happening now, rescues are under way after another deadly russian missile strike in eastern ukraine. local officials accusing russian forces of deliberately targeting crowded civilian areas right in the center of this city. in russia tonight vladimir putin is attempting to show strength after the mutiny by wagner mercenaries. this, as we have a new satellite image suggesting the wagner chief is indeed in exile right now in belarus. and donald trump is now responding to the audio obtained exclusively by cnn in which he acknowledges having secret documents he did not declassify. stand by to hear the recordings and what trump is saying 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 in ukraine with the new russian missile strike on a very crowded city center, the death toll now up to at least four, including a baby, and more than 40 injured. cnn s ben wedeman is joining us now live from
coast 8:00 here in seemy california and this is america s late news fox news at night. and we are live tonight at the ronald reagan library where the reagan national defense forum is in full swing this weekend. the annual event is a gathering of political leaders, defense experts, and some of the u.s. military s top brass and in moments, we will talk to some top military leaders about the biggest military concerns facing the united states and, of course, the biggest threats facing america. but breaking tonight, the ceasefire is now over. the war between israel and hamas is back on with israeli defense forces saying they have conducted more than 200 attacks on hamas targets in gaza just today. it comes in response to hamas firing rockets into southern israel. nate foy is live on the ground in northern israel with more on this. nate. hey, trace, the sun is about to rise here in about 30 minutes for a second day of fighting. as israel announces the deaths of six hostages who w
secret contingency plan for attacking iran. and this is the most sensitive of sensitive documents. and if you go through it you realize that general milliand general mckenzie, who s the sentcom commander in warning of iran, going through how would we attack, what would the casualties be, how many ships would be sunk? this is the kind of stuff that is at the top of the top secret chain. this is not just top secret, it s top secret sci. yeah. sensitive compartmented information. doesn t get anymore sensitive than that. and it s the detail about how we would attack and it is trump. you know, it s milley s plan,
he s required to have these contingency plans. but it s trump who raises the issue. it is on june 3rd, 2020, at the white house, they ve brought general mckenzie the sentcom commander to talk with trump about withdrawing from iran. and then trump says, i m sorry withdrawing from afghanistan. then trump says well, what have we got for iran? and they literally go through it, and milley is saying to the president, look, there is a bad side of this. what will the casualties be? how many pilots are going to go down? how long will this war take? three days or 30 years? and in the second meeting general milley is telling president trump, don t do it. you will start a war that you cannot get out of. you know firsthand, based on
out two months ago a report showing sentcom actually falsified intelligence reports to try to placate the president and make it seem that there was a rosy picture of isis. there have been real troubling questions that we ve seen go on under the obama administration. and this has become politicized. not because of donald trump but because of the democrats. you have john podesta sending out a letter saying electors deserve to be briefed on this, russia did not meddle in machines. russia did not change votes on the election day. the american people had their say and they chose donald trump david you have the editorial page of the wall street journal and the democrats saying why not just why not make public what their findings are? i agree with you, but can quickly become politicized. what i m saying is as a president-elect you got to go bigger here. anyone will rule the day if they think this is a political argument and ignores the interference. here s what concerns me and i