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all. warnings of more sanctions. the high stakes call between president biden and putin turns tense at times. so what did it achieve? and a standing ovation for angela merkel who is take a bow after 16 years as germany s first female chancellor. we re live in berlin for a vote on her replacement. announcer: live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster. well, it s wednesday, december 7th, and we re just hours away from a key deposition into the attack on the u.s. capitol, and that sounds like it s no longer happening. but first exclusive reporting on the very wide net, the january 6 committee is casting. cnn has learned members have officially subpoenaed the phone records of more than 100 people including trump officials and associates and his one-time chief of staff mark meadows. one of the first things that this committee did when they first got stood up some months ago was they sent letters to phone carriers, to telecommunications carriers asking ....
information with the public on the progress of the investigation. a significant amount of very telling evidence has been accumulated. it is a significant case that is developing, and the staff is working overtime, pulling all the pieces together and connecting the dots. this comes amid the less than surprising news that one of the committee s bigger fish, mark meadows, a former congressman himself and of course trump s former chief of staff, has decided to skip out on his deposition tomorrow. that reverses a deal he made with the committee. today meadows explained why he just can t cooperate. the committee was fully intending to continue to press forward asking about executive privilege items, things that are protected by that. in addition, we found that in spite of the our cooperation and sharing documents with them, they had issued unbeknownst to us and without a courtesy call, issued a subpoena to a third-party carrierer trying to get information. so we feel it ....
of the committees bigger fish, mark meadows, a former congressman himself and of course trump s former chief of staff has decided to skip out on his deposition tomorrow. that reverses a deal he made with the committee today meadows explained why he just can t cooperate. the committee was fully intending to continue to press forward asking about executive privilege items, things that are protected by that. in addition we found that in spite of our cooperation and sharing documents with them, they had issued unbeknownst to us and without even a courtesy call, issued a subpoena to third-party carrier trying to get information. so at this point we feel like it s best that we discontinue to honor the executive privilege. it looks like the courts will have to weigh in on this. indeed, the committee tells nbc news that has requested phone records as part of its inquiry, and that they only saw information on the dates and times of communications. nevertheless committee chai ....
cooperating with the panel. and americans feeling the pain right now of inflation. they re finally though getting some relief. oil and gas prices that have been soaring are now going down. but will the trend continue? we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. we begin with president biden confronting putin and the threat of a russian invasion of ukraine. let s go to our senior white house correspondent. phil, a critical day for the president of the united states. no question about it, wolf. and white house officials say president biden was explicit in his warnings that there would be severe consequences for any russian invasion of ukraine, but the president was also explicit in laying out an alternative path by diplomacy. the president was crystal clear of where the united states stands on all of these issues. tonight, a clear message from the president. as fears of a russian i ....
launches a primary bid against the incumbent governor. part of donald trump s attempt to exact revenge on republicans who dared to stand up for his election lies. up first, two dramatic developments that will make this week a defining test for president biden on the world stage. the first, the white house cnn has plans to announce a diplomatic beijing of the olympics slated for february. athletes as of now can still go, but there will be no official delegation sitting and watching the events, a new escalation in an already tense time with china. the second big global test ashes phone call tomorrow between the american president and russia s vladimir putin. that call follows new reporting that u.s. intelligence sees clear signs putin may be planning to invade ukraine. let s get straight to the white house and cnn s arlette saenz. two big global challenges. reporter: yeah, john, and president biden is staring down two foreign policy tests this week when it comes to both ....