He claims he will return to power. Welcome to our viewers in united states and around the world. I m wolf blitzer. You re in the situation room. We re coming to you live from geneva switzerland where we re covering the bidenputin meeting. Phil, the president is clearly looking ahead to a summit with putin that will take place here in geneva. Reporter: wolf, it s been the ever present element throughout the course of president biden s foreign trip. He have seeking to bolster the u. S. Approach and the u. S. Involvement in g7 in the nato summit here in brussels. Through each meeting he had with any of the allied world leaders, he made clear the meeting was integral to what s coming next. The meetings all serve as a through line to that meeting. The president wanting to show a united front. Taking not just himself into the meeting but all the alied western democracied. He s played coy about what he will say when he sits down with the russian president and what he expects from that meeting
and the black father of ten killed by police in north carolina his family saying he was unarmed. we ll tell you what we re learning president biden announcing the u.s. has hit its goal of 200 million covid shots in his first 100 days but many appointments still unclaimed. what he s calling on all employers to do. new images from the border migrant boys rescued from the rio grande. our team is in arizona where the national guard is being deployed and the price you pay. why it s going up on everything from toilet paper to detergent announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening, everyone the george floyd story does not end with the conviction of his killer hours after the jury spoke with its verdict against derek chauvin, the u.s. attorney general spoke on what happens next a wide-ranging federal investigation into the minneapolis police department the case and its outcome an inflection point in the struggle over police brutality. congress under n
lockdown. how strict measures like that have controlled the spread. it doesn t seem to matter which side of the aisle they are on, republicans and democrats alike are facing a backlash. mitch mcconnell is taking a lot of heat primarily for democrats but still voted not to convict. i voted for allowing witnesses, but i think at the end it wasn t more witnesses that were going to change your mind. mitch mcconnell said himself there is no question president trump is practically and morelandly res ly morally r. a number of republicans used a faux constitutional argument that somehow you couldn t protect a president after he was out of office. democratic impeachment managers are facing questions of their own. one is pushing back on the notion that witnesses coup turned the tide of the conviction. witnesses in a senate hearing do not come and stand before senators and make a statement. it s a deposition. it s videotaped and brought before the senate. we didn t need more wit
where resistance forces are still holding out, despite demands for surrender. we ll bring you a live report. also this morning, mask confusion. the doj says it may appeal the ruling from a federal judge that suddenly lifted the mask mandate on planes and transit systems if the cdc says it s necessary. meanwhile, more democrats are pushing president biden to delay lifting title 42 until the u.s. has a more solid plan in place for migrants expected to arrive at the border. and we have exclusive new reporting about what the administration wants from congress. and in florida, governor ron desantis is asking lawmakers to consider stripping disney of its self-governing power. we ll take a look into what all of this means, next. and unfolding right now in ukraine, an intense battle for mariupol, the besieged port city, absolutely critical to russia s military strategy. just hours ago, the commander of the last ukrainian troops in mariupol warned his forces are outnumbered and
a key witness in the trump classified documents case now identified. the lead starts right now. who is trump employee number 4? cnn confirms the name after he allegedly discussed surveillance camera footage on donald trump s mar-a-lago property. this new identity as the former president faces new charges. plus the political future of senator mitch mcconnell. what his office is saying today about his freeze this week in front of reporters. and only on cnn. terrorized by the taliban, the desperate plea from afghans now in hiding two years after the chaotic american withdrawal. welcome to the lead, everyone. i m in for jake tapper. we start today with our law and justice lead and the chaotic and consequential week for donald trump and his growing legal challenges. as the former president and his lawyers waited to see if he would be charged for his efforts to overturn the 2020 election, special counsel jack smith unveiled more charges in a separate case. the one involving t