about? hunter biden says i believe so. yes, your honor. here s what flag the president said in 2020 during a campaign debate. my son has not made money in terms of this thing about what are you talking about? china. with us today is congressman pat fallon. former deputy independent counsel, sol wisenberg, katie pavlich and former clinton adviser, mark penn. all standing by. first to jacqui heinrich. she joins us from the knot lawn. hi, jacqui. gillian, good to see you. hunter s acknowledgement about making money from a chinese infrastructure investment company in court and the president s unawareness about it may lend some credence to the president s claim that he s never spoken with his son about his overseas business dealings. even that has been called to question after white house officials have started to shift their language around here to saying the president was never in business with his son. we ve asked about that multiple times. the answer we always get is tha
the special counsel is asking about yet another oval office meeting involving donald trump. the lead starts right now. a new cnn exclusive, what did donald trump say behind closed doors. the oval office meeting about election security that has the attention of the special counsel. the new reporting you ll see only on cnn. plus see you in court, mr. president. the strong response from the government an texas as the border heats up. and protests go into the night as the overhaul aft supreme court court powers. welcome to the lead, i m bianna golodryga. in for jake tapper. we start with a cnn exclusive. we learned jack smith is scrutinizing another oval office meeting in regard to the efforts to over turn the 2020 election. prosecutors have asked about a february 2020 meeting in which former president trump praised the work done to secure the upcoming presidential election. and the expansion of the use of paper ballots and security around vote tallies. that is a star
hard-won release from kremlin custody. also tonight, new questions about special counsel jack smith s grand jury schedule as a potential third indictment of donald trump looms. we ll explore why there are indications the panel did not meet today, as had been widely expected. and a fresh sign of the struggles for ron desantis and his presidential bid. the republican drastically cutting his campaign staff as he aims for a reset and subtraction against trump. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. our top story tonight, a former american prisoner of russia wounded on the battlefield in ukraine. let s go right to cnn s alex marquardt. he is in the ukraine war zone for us. he s got more on the revelations about marine veteran trevor reed. what are you learning, alex? well, wolf, let s start with what we do know. there is lots we re still trying to figure out. what we do know is former marine tr
smith s grand jury has been some investigating donald trump and his associates trying to overturn the last election leading up to and on january 6th. there appeared to be no grand jury activity at the federal courthouse in washington, d. c. today. the january 6th grand jury usually meets on tuesdays and thursdays and so that means the next likely meeting of that grand jury is thursday. most observers believe that that means that donald trump will not be indicted by that grand jury until thursday but this time might be different. this time we might not get our usual tip about when donald trump is indicted. our usual tip comes publicly from the defendant himself donald trump. that is how the news media and the world learned the donald trump is being indicted the first time in manhattan and the second time in southern florida. prosecutors told donald trump and his lawyers so they could arrange his surrender for arrest and rain and then donald trump was like any defendant almost
parental rights are expected to take center stage in the 2024 elections. chloe cole detransitioned, yet to see a trans identifying child who had a positive outcome with their transition. she will explain why with us coming up. john: right now, a live look at the white house where later this hour press secretary karine jean-pierre will likely be pressed on the implotion of hunter biden s plea deal. hello, john roberts in washington. sandra, we made it to friday eve. sandra: speaking of fireworks, there could be some in the white house briefing room. i m sandra smith in new york, and this is america reports. the judge overseeing the case giving both sides 30 days to turn in written briefs after she raised questions about the deal during that hearing yesterday. chief among her concerns whether the president s son is still under investigation and if he would receive immunity from any possible charges in the future. john: miranda devine tells us why she thinks the true m