today on inside politics, we re not going anywhere. you re struck with us. those promises to ukraine came directly from the president of the united states today. that as the west outlines that country s path toward nato membership. but exactly when ukraine can walk down that road remains a life or death decision. i m dana bash in washington. and i m wolf blitzer reporting live from lithuania, where this hour we expect to hear directly from the president of the united states joe biden. his speech will follow a rather contentious few days. ukraine has publicly questioned why its allies are waiting to formally admit the countries into nato. ukraine s president volodymyr zelenskyy struck very different tones. he says he s grateful for the great unity and for long lasting american security garn tees, but he also used stark terms to describe the costs of nato s decision to keep ukraine at arm s length. we are over at the university where the president is getting ready to speak
as the fight goes on in ukraine, the result is already decided. there is no possibility of him winning the war in ukraine. he s already lost that war. and putin getting sharp new criticism from inside his own military ranks. i ll talk to former defense secretary william cohen whether all of this gets us any closer to a possible end game. and a third secretary of state says she s been interviewed by jack smith s investigators about donald trump s efforts to overturn the 2020 election. that official, michigan s jocelyn benson joining her counterparts in arizona and georgia as key figures in the federal probe. so what s next? but we begin with the brutal weather scorching the earth right now, records shattering across the globe with temperatures hotter than we have ever seen, and forecasts say there s no end in sight. as the washington post put it, it s as if every alarm bell on earth is ringing for a planet on the brink. in the u.s., more than 82 million people are cu
official here says russian spies are plotting to assassinate yevgeny prigozhin. this as a top russia investigative reporter uncovers new information about what led up to the coup attempt. plus, a life-or-death mission. i ll speak with ukrainian troops who trained in oklahoma. they are trained to take down putin s prized hypersonic missiles on the patriot system. and they ll tell you what happened when one of those missiles was aiming directly at their unit. and another major story we are following tonight. the supreme court ruling in favor of a web designer who says she didn t want to make wedding websites for same-sex couples. but there s a late-breaking twist tonight to that story. let s go outfront. and good evening, i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, putin s alleged assassination plot. ukraine s military intelligence chief tonight saying russia s security service, the fsb, has been given the mission to assassinate yevgeny prigozhin. the wagner group leader, who
- [announcer] do you have an invention idea but don t know what to do next? call invent help today. they can help you get started with your idea. call now 800-710-0020. good evening. we begin tonight with new developments on two key questions for this country and the free world. how to prevent a default on the national debt that could destroy global confidence in our economy, and how to ensure russia s ifivation of ukraine is rolled back. president biden at the g7 summit in hiroshima, japan, and grappling with both. on ukraine a milestone with president zelenskyy due to travel from ukraine to japan this weekend. president biden gave his okay for the joint effort to train ukrainian fighter pilots on f-16 fighters and other advanced aircraft. and on debt ceilings it looks like talks the president was updated on remotely are back on again. they resumed tonight hours after house speaker kevin mccarthy s negotiators called a halt to them earlier today. as only cnn can we have co
voicing his biggest fear. i think if this technology goes wrong it can go quite wrong and be want to be vocal about that. we want to work with the government to prevent that from happening, the bbc finds a uk conservative party donor is a british businessman whose companies are linked to a money laundering investigation. and glitz and the glamour of the 76th cannes film festival. we re live in the south of france. ukraine s military says it s shot down, six advanced russian kinzhal hypersonic missiles, that president putin has claimed are unstoppable. the volley came during a fresh overnight barrage, described by officials as exceptional in its density . ukraine says, all 18 missiles of various types, were shot down. this footage showing kyiv s air defences in action. at least three people were injured by debris. in a tweet, ukraine s defence minister said: another unbelievable success for the ukrainian air forces . last night, our sky defenders shot down six russian hype