all right. thanks for joining us. the news continues here on cnn happening now and escalating campaign battle over immigration. that s president biden orders new protections for some undocumented spouses and children of us citizens and slams donald trump for fueling fears of immigrants standby to here are trump is hitting back tonight. also this hour, an extraordinary seen in north korea as kim jong-un embraces letter putin and gives him the red carpet treatment. the us watching wearily as these adversaries of the west are cozying up and increasing their military cooperation at a moment of reckoning, that s what one senator is calling a tense hearing about growing worries over the safety of boeing jets. we re going to tell you how the testimony of bowman ceo played with lawmakers and with relatives of crash victims who were there in the room welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world i m wolf blitzer, a you re in the situation room we begin with presid