month. boeing says it is taking steps to make sure this doesn t happen again. our coverage continues now with wolf blitzer in the situation room. i ll see you tomorrow. announcer: this is cnn breaking news. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer in the situation room and we re following major breaking news here in washington. we re awaiting two key votes in the house of representatives on a truly historic vote, including a truly historic vote impeaching the homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas. we re also standing by for the house to vote on a standalone bill sending aid to israel. this as federal appeals court deals a huge blow to donald trump s legal defense ruling he does not have does not have immunity in the federal election subversion case. let s get to cnn s manu raju. update our viewers on these important two votes. reporter: we re waiting for what will be an historic and unprecedented and highly
special counsel s investigation. standing by for the next big announcement in the race for the republican presidential nomination. the former new jersey governor chris christie kicking off his campaign this hour. we ll have live coverage. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer, you re in the situation room. announcer: this is cnn breaking news. let s get right to the breaking news on the special counsel s investigation of former president donald trump. our senior legal affairs correspondent paula reid is joining us right now. paula, tell us about this new york times report and why potentially it is so significant. reporter: incredibly significant in the special counsel investigation. the new york times reporting trump s former white house chief of staff mark meadows testified before the grand jury, that special counsel jack smith has been using in both of his investigations, both into january 6th and also into the
this as new york police are now increasing courthouse security just ahead of a potential trump indictment. also tonight, trump s top gop allies are rushing to his defense and trying to discredit the new york d.a. who s investigating him. trump s legal peril and the political fallout looming over a major gathering of house republicans. and a high stakes handshake, china s president xi jinping ven v strengthens his alliance with vladimir putin, praising him as a dear friend as the russian leader stands charged with war crimes in ukraine. we ll have the latest on their talks in moscow, hours after putin s defiant visit to the war zone. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer, you re in the situation room. we begin with the latest testimony in the new york grand jury investigation of donald trump amid questions about whether the former president is on the brink of being indicted. let s go right to our senior legal affairs corres
after a year of russian brutality and ahead of an expected counteroffensive. the mayor of kyiv will join us live this hour. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. we begin this hour with president biden making his 2024 plans official, and making the case that he deserves a second term. cnn s phil mattingly reports on the president s big announcement and how trump figured into his message. four more years! four more years! reporter: president biden is officially in. this is not a time to be complacent. that s why i m running for re-election. reporter: a short campaign-style video timed four years to the day after this 2020 campaign launch. we have to remember who we are. this is america. reporter: the launch heavily and intentionally featuring vice president kamala harris and telegraphing a campaign strategy crafted to sharpen attacks on national republicans. around the country ma
crew has reached the site where a u.s. drone crashed in the black sea after being hit by a russian jet. i ll ask key white house official john kirby what, if anything, the kremlin might learn from the wreckage. also tonight stock prices slide amid fresh chaos in the banking industry. two troubles at two banks atting to fears more failures on the horizon as many americans are wondering if their money is safe. and former trump lawyer michael cohen just wrapped up his second round of testimony in the investigation of hush money he says he paid to stormy daniels. the adult film star meeting with prosecutors today as a grand jury considers criminal charges against the former president. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. announcer: this is cnn breaking news. let s get straight to the breaking news. sources now telling cnn that russian naval craft have arrived at the site of the u.s. dron