mexico sunday at age on cnn welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper this hour. it s hard to forget the images of a cargo ship crashing into the baltimore bridge in march causing a devastating and deadly collapse. but while the cleanup and investigation have moved forward, those 21 crew members have been stuck on the ship for almost three months. today, there was a hearing about letting them return to their families, mostly in india and sri lanka. and we ll bring you those updates plus is the united states at risk of being pulled into yet another global conflict. the white house is issuing a stern warning after video emerges of a major clash in the south china sea and leading this our supreme suspense as the country he waits for blockbuster decisions from the highest court in the land. the justices issuing four rulings today. but we re still waiting on the three janiot highly consequential ones that we have talking about for weeks now, former president trump s claim that he has
9:00 p.m. eastern. here on cnn and screaming on max, the news continues on cnn with one mr. wolf blitzer, right? next door in the situation room thanks for watching happening, now with just one week to go before the historic biden trump debate right here on cnn, will take you inside the radically different ways the two candidates are getting ready and they re strategies when they step on stage also tonight, new reporting that the judge in the trump classified documents case rejected advice to step aside when she was first assigned, ignoring the urgings of two more experienced federal judges and the biden administration appears to be expanding in agreement with ukraine allowing counter-strikes inside of russia using us weapons. how far will ukraine go and hitting back on vladimir putin? its own turf welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i will flits her you re in the situation room our top story? tonight, preparations for the cnn presidential