News, the president is speaking out about trumps behavior, whether he should get Intelligence Briefings, whether he would vote to impeach if he were still in the senate. I ran like hell to defeat him because i thought he was unfit to be president. I watched what everybody else watched, what happened when that crew invaded the United States congress. But im not in the senate now, i will let the senate make that decision. Should former President Trump still receive Intelligence Briefings . I think not. Why not . Because of his erratic related to the insurrection. What is your worst fear if he continues to get these Intelligence Briefings . I would rather not speculate out loud. I just think that there is no need for him to have that Intelligence Briefing. What value is giving him an Intelligence Briefing . What impact does he have at all other than the fact he might slip and Say Something . Tonight the latest reporting from the New York Times says trumps defense lawyers, bruce castor and
a barrage of missiles raining down on ukrainian cities, and russian says they took out major munitions, but ukraine says they took out most of them. a drought fueled by climate change is drying up the colorado river. leaving game. umpires are walking off of the diamond not because of the players, but because of their parents. the shortage of umpires. all of this coming up on cnn news central. president biden has wrapped up the first day of his big trip to japan. this morning he met with japan s prime minister before the g7 summit kicks off tomorrow. the main focus is on the support to ukraine and uniting the allies against the china s influence, but he decided to cut the trip short to head back to washington to deal with domestic matters concerning the debt ceiling. we go to mark who is following president, and now, how are the other leaders viewing this issue of the debt crisis and the president at home? kate, this debt ceiling distraction is one that the president
law in those regions he annexed illegally. my interview with an iranian human rights activist, a star of popular shows, spotlighting the heroic women fighting for freedom in iran. good day, everyone. i m andrea mitchell in washington. president biden is taking steps to try to help democrats in close races, trying to hold on to congressional majorities. today s focus, bringing down gas prices. he will explain his plan to release another 15 million barrels of oil from the strategic petroleum reserve in december, with more potentially coming later this winter. it s a relatively small release, but what does it mean for the long-term? joining me now, gene spurling. we have seen the polls. voters say their focus is on the economy and inflation. this release will not happen until december. maybe the price comes down because markets are anticipating it. what s being done to anticipate hurting americans right now as we head into the midterms? let s remember that this 15 million
this kind of extreme measure. let s not forget our shared humanity and our share faiths. right. that s part of the american contract. it s great to get your perspective on this very difficult issue. s that the show for tonight. now we go to alex warren. we re going to be joined by a former clerk of samuel alito who says justice alito should recuse himself from the trump cases. that former clerk is going to join us to make his case. i am looking forward to hear that clerk s story on something i agree with. the breaking defendant trump news of the night is that donald trump has to give up his guns. donald trump who has had bodyguards for many many years before he had secret service protection, never had any rational reason to carry or even possess a firearm but like many people, who hope that a handgun might make them feel, i don t know, more like a man. donald trump owns three handguns. and he obtained a license to carry a concealed handgun. a license that the new york
of the espionage act and illegal possession of documentless. those hearings are scheduled for june 21st, june 24th and june 25th. one of the defense arguments that judge cannon will consider in those hearings is that jack smith s appointment as a special counsel is unconstitutional and therefor the case should be dismissed. the judge will also consider the prosecution s motion to change donald trump s conditions of release to ineffect imposing gag order on donald trump that prevents him from making false statements that quote pose a significant imminent and foreseeable danger to law enforcement agents proceeding in the prosecution of this case. the governor s request is necessary because of several false inflammatory statements recently made by trump that distort the circumstances under which the federal bureau of