Were breaking down the historic summit that just wrapped up at camp david a short time ago. Also tonight, were learning more about Donald Trumps plans to skip next weeks republican president ial debate. Sources saying an interview with former fox news host Tucker Carlson is now in the works as trump aims to steal the spotlight from his rivals. And a categoryfour Hurricane Lashing Mexico and is posing an unprecedented threat now to Southern California. The region is under its first Tropical Storm watch ever, and potentially facing a years worth of rain in a matter of hours. Welcome to our viewers here in the United States and all around the world. Wolf blitzers off today. Im alex marquardt, and youre in the situation room. The Camp David Summit is our top story this hour. President joe biden working to strengthen ties with japan and south korea as the three countries face urgent threats from china and north korea. Cnns Arlette Saenz is at camp da david. And will ripley is standing by. H
this after the u.s. justice department informed the former president he s a target, a target of the probe. also tonight, washington, d.c. monuments are shrouded in haze as wildfire smoke from canada drifts to the nation s capital. we re tracking this air quality emergency as it moves into the mid atlantic and threatens the health of tens of millions of americans. and the flood disaster in ukraine grows even more dangerous as the region is rocked by shelling and the kyiv government accuses russia of shooting at rescue workers. i ll acquit white house official john kirby about that devastating dam collapse and the broader state of the war right now. 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 donald trump apparently in imminent legal peril. once again, the u.s. justice department moving toward a final decision on indicting trump in the classified documents probe after alerting the for
Leaving the white house. Stand by for our exclusive report. Plus, we are awaiting a final vote in the House Of Representatives on the Debt Limit Deal. This hour ill be getting reaction from a key Progressive Democrat who says she is voting no. Also tonight, attacks on russian territory appear to be escalating. Kremlin officials calling the situation near the Ukrainian Border alarming. One day after Drone Strikes shook the russian capital city of moscow. Welcome to our viewers here in the United States and all around the world. Wolf blitzers on assignment. Im Alex Marquardt, and youre in the Situation Room. And lets get straight to cnns new exclusive reporting on this Special Counsels criminalvection of former president donald trump. Katelyn polantz and paula reid have been working their sources. They are joining us now with the latest. Kaitlan, i want to go to you first. What are you learning about this critical key new piece of evidence . Well, alex, this is an audiotape that the Just
leaving the white house. stand by for our exclusive report. plus, we are awaiting a final vote in the house of representatives on the debt limit deal. this hour i ll be getting reaction from a key progressive democrat who says she is voting no. also tonight, attacks on russian territory appear to be escalating. kremlin officials calling the situation near the ukrainian border alarming. one day after drone strikes shook the russian capital city of moscow. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and all around the world. wolf blitzer s on assignment. i m alex marquardt, and you re in the situation room. and let s get straight to cnn s new exclusive reporting on this special counsel s criminalvection of former president donald trump. katelyn polantz and paula reid have been working their sources. they are joining us now with the latest. kaitlan, i want to go to you first. what are you learning about this critical key new piece of evidence? well, alex, this i
episodes. remember not that long ago the drone that appeared to target the drone that appeared to target the kremlin? but this does appear to involve a number of drones, we don t know how many, at least eight, some reports suggest many more. there is a lively debate going on about the type of drone that was used. our colleagues at bbc verify our study on those videos in an temp two get to the bottom of exactly what we are looking at. we are talking about a target around 300 miles from ukraine. it is within range of some of the munitions ukrainians have. you mentioned it in your introduction, 17 attacks on kyiv this month alone. there is the view that this is a case of ukraine giving moscow a taste of its own medicine. there had been warning last few days that there would be some kind of response if this relentless nightly and in some cases daily attack on the ukrainian capital went on. we are still attempting to get to the bottom of it, but it is likely ukraine did this to gi