Biden administration. Sources telling nbc news that the president will ask politicians to pick a side. And tell the American People whose cider they are on. And to portray himself as fighting for Working Americans and democratic values. While his opponents want tax breaks for the wealthiest and want to abandon ukraine to russian aud democrat Vladimir Putin abroad. Curtain number two, the republican nominee, were talking about the fourtimes indicted expresident , he goes on trial for Campaign Finance violations for Paying Hush Money to a porn star in just over two weeks. Whats he doing . He is getting ready to play host to hungarian leaders at the private club where hes alleged to have illegally stashed some of the most Important National security secrets our country possesses for years. Hes a leader defined by his affinity for Vladimir Putin and his dismantling of democracy, piece by piece in his own country, which means in Donald Trumps eyes, he is, quote, a very great leader a very s
Kremlin is dragging out the war, waiting to see what happens in the 2024 u. S. President ial election. Cnns new reporting is straight ahead. And political Collision Course Donald Trumps legal calendar filling up just as the race for the republican nomination is heating up. After trumps third arraignment yesterday well show you why he hopes the Supreme Court can throw him a line. A Major Development in the gilgo beach murders investigation. Police say theyve identified a victim whose remains were found nearly three decades ago. Were following these stories and many more coming in right here to cnn news central. A brazen drone attack on the black sea and a potential warning to russias navy that more could be on the way. Look at this video obtained by cnn. It appears to show a Ukrainian Unmanned sea drone approaching a landing ship at a Russian Naval base. The video shows the drone inching closer and closer until you see there, the camera cuts off, likely the moment it hits and the ship e
The state department expects to be able to evacuate some american who is wish to leave the african country of niger. they plan to transport them on a flight for nonemergency diplomats and family members them comes after the nation s democratly elected president says he was detained by son-in-laws in a military coup. president biden called for his immediate release. keep in mind, the country of niger is a key u.s. partner, serving as a base for hundreds of u.s. troops to assist with counterterrorism missions. jim in. jailed opposition leader alexei navalny was sentenced to an additional 19 years in a russian prison today. he was clearly not shocked by the decision. just received this statement posted in navalny s official telegram channel. he says he already knows he s serving a life sentence. cnn political and security analyst david sanger joins me
When we have heard u.s. officials speculate i don t think they have any particular intelligence on this that putin s waiting this out. because the two leading candidates for the republican nomination, both former president trump and ron desantis, have both said they don t think the united states should be involved in the war in ukraine. so if they get elected, the problem goes away. if you think that putin only has three ways to win this war a crack in the nato alliance, the ukrainians running out of ammunition, or president trump or governor desantis getting elected and pulling the u.s. out, then it would make perfect sense for him to keep a low-level war going through the end of 2024. there s been some effort it seems to, quote/unquote, trump proof u.s. military aid to ukraine work bipartisan support in congress, to lock it in regardless of the outcome in
Democratic, the idea that these two men are meeting without any record whatsoever and without any notion of what the agenda is is just fundamentally wrong before you even get to these second ask third order questions which, you know, are increasingly becoming first order questions. which is a question that conservatives often like to pose in the legal process. if you re not guilty, why are you hiding? yes, and also you re the president of a you re democratly elected president when you go in and meet with this world leader, we have a right to be aware of what is being discussed, at least in broad strokes. i would push you on that, the national security apparatus has a right. the entire public does not. but the notion, to your point, the notion that the national intelligence director sitting down with our own andrea mitchell tonight is saying in public, perhaps as a signal to people that something s off, i am being kept out of the loop on this and i know more than the president,