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The Trump team is on indictment watch after the former president’s new target letter from the special counsel. Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie joins to discuss the potential charges. Plus, the leader of the failed mutiny against Russia is apparently seen in public for the first time since the rebellion. We have a report on Yevgeny Prigozhin’s fate and the deal we’re told he cut with Putin. A...

Donald Trump says he expects to be indicted and arrested again after being informed he’s a target of the special counsel’s January 6th criminal investigation. We break down the gravity and the timing of the potential criminal charges and discuss the latest in the investigation with the former chief of staff to former Vice President Mike Pence. Also, the judge in the Trump classified documents case...

Ukraine is claiming responsibility for an attack on a bridge linking Crimea to Russia, a vital supply line for Vladimir Putin’s war. Key White House official John Kirby joins to discuss the strike and Putin’s vow to retaliate for what he’s calling a terrorist attack. Plus, the federal judge in the Trump classified documents case is now looking to push the ball forward on setting a trial date. Also...

The Trump legal team asked for a new court order that would upend the investigation into 2020 election interference in Georgia as potential indictments loom. Plus, actors are hitting the picket lines striking against the film and TV industry, effectively shutting down Hollywood. Also, after eluding police for over a decade, a suspect is charged with murder in the serial killings of women on Long I...

President Biden is on his way back to the United States after a final round of talks with allies in Europe. He is touting the NATO summit as a success and declaring that Vladimir Putin has already lost the war in Ukraine. Also, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin sits down with Wolf in Lithuania and shares that he has no doubt Ukraine will join NATO after the war ends. Plus, Donald Trump’s son-in-law a...

Wolf is live from the capital of Lithuania tonight as President Biden vows the United States and NATO allies will not waiver in their support of Ukraine. The critical summit in Lithuania ends in a show of unity as questions remain as to when Ukraine will be invited to join the NATO alliance. The Ukrainian ambassador to the United States joins to answer what does this all mean for Ukraine’s defense...

President Biden and NATO allies hold their high-stakes summit as tensions flare over Ukraine’s bid to join the alliance. President Volodymyr Zelensky takes his fight for membership directly to the summit and calls the uncertain timeline for Ukraine’s entry “absurd.” Also, a grand jury has been selected in Georgia to consider potential indictments against Donald Trump and others. Plus, CNN is on th...

President Biden is now set to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenksy during the NATO summit as Ukraine pushes to join the alliance. Plus, the Trump team is now facing a deadline to weigh in on the timing of the trial. This as the former president’s co-defendant is accused of unnecessary delay by the special counsel. Also, parts of the northeastern United States are swamped by historic fl...

First: Exclusive new CNN reporting on the special counsel's investigation into efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election. Prosecutors are probing witnesses about a heated Oval Office meeting just weeks after Donald Trump's loss, during which the former president considered desperate measures to stay in power.  Then: On the campaign trail, Donald Trump is once again trying to spin his lega...

First: Stunning new developments on the whereabouts of Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin. Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko claims the mercenary is back in Russia, where police raided his homes, seizing guns, passports, cash, and wigs.  Next: At least six people are dead after a Russian strike on an apartment building in the Ukrainian city of Lviv, which had been a relative safe haven, largel...

First: The Secret Service is trying to determine who brought a bag of cocaine into the West Wing.  Also: The Philadelphia mass shooting suspect appears in court as we're learning about his disturbing social media posts. What might they reveal about a motive?  And: President Zelensky warns that Russia is ready for a potential attack on a Ukrainian nuclear power plant under the control of Russian fo...

A pair of mass shootings interrupt the festivities in two major US cities. A gunman in Philadelphia is accused of killing five and injuring two children, one of the victims just 2 years old. Just hours later in Texas, three people were shot and killed in a fort worth parking lot. We bring you the latest on the investigations.   Plus, in Israel, eight people are injured after a man rams a pickup tr...

CNN's Hadas Gold reports on Israel's ongoing "counter-terrorism effort," strikes that Palestinian officials are calling "a war crime." Back in the USA, the Desantis campaign unloads on GOP front-runner Trump in a staunchly anti-LGBTQ video that is drawing criticism from GOP LGBT group Log Cabin Republicans. Also, "wrongfully detained" American journalist Evan Gershkovich receives a second visit fr...

President Biden just announced new action aimed at easing student debt after the U.S. Supreme Court blocked his loan forgiveness program. We’re also following the high court’s other major decision today which put limits on LGBTQ protections. Plus, growing questions about the fate of the Russian mutiny leader Yvegeny Prigozhin. Are Kremlin spies plotting to kill him as Ukraine’s intelligence chief...

The Supreme Court delivers a huge blow to affirmative action, ruling that race cannot be a specific basis for college admissions. We examine how this will impact higher learning in America. Also, CNN has new reporting on the top Russian general who appears to be missing after the mutiny. Documents indicate he was a secret VIP member of the Wagner mercenary group behind the rebellion. Plus, the for...

Vladimir Putin puts on a show of public support amid new reporting that his top military leaders were targets of the Wagner mutiny. We discus new details about the rebellion and its impact on Putin’s war with the Ukrainian ambassador to the United States. Plus, prosecutors interview the Georgia secretary of state who was on the infamous call from Trump asking GOP officials to “find votes.” Also, P...

Rescues are underway after another deadly Russian missile strike in eastern Ukraine. Locals officials are accusing Russian forces of deliberating targeting crowded civilian areas. Plus, Donald Trump is now responding to the audio obtained exclusively by CNN in which he acknowledges that he had documents that he did not declassify. Former Secretary of Defense Mark Esper, who served under Donald Tru...

Vladimir Putin speaks publicly for the first time about the armed munity by Wagner mercenary forces. The Russian president shows his face and blasts rebel leaders as traitors amid questions about his own grip on power. This comes as Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin now claims that the aborted armed march to Moscow was not to oust Putin. In Washington, President Biden says the U.S. had nothing to do...

A new mission is underway to investigate the debris of the imploded submersible. The company that owned the vehicle is under intense scrutiny as we learn about early warnings that the sub might be unsafe. Plus, sources reveal that at least two fake Trump electors were given limited immunity in exchange for their grand jury testimony. Also, the chief of the Russian private military Wagner Group mak...

After days of searching, the Coast Guard just announced the catastrophic loss of the missing submersible. Debris from the vessel was discovered not too far from the crew’s planned destination, the wreckage of the Titanic. Deep sea experts joins to analyze safety concerns amidst the tragic implosion and the recovery effort. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privac...

The search for a missing underwater tourist vessel intensifies as banging noises are heard in the area again today. As the oxygen supply is running out, we’ll show you what conditions are like inside the small submersible with five people on board. Plus, China is now lashing out at the United states after President Biden referred to Chinese leader Xi Jinping as a dictator. This as CNN is getting a...

New reaction to Hunter Biden’s plea agreement in a long-running federal criminal probe. Sources say the Justice Department is expected to recommend probation for the president’s son as Republicans are blasting the deal made by a Trump-appointed prosecutor. Also, one of Trump’s GOP rivals says the former president just admitted to obstruction of justice on national television. Plus, the search for...

A desperate search and rescue mission thousands of feet below the surface of the Atlantic Ocean after a submersible operated by a company running expeditions to the wreck of the Titanic is now missing. We have the latest information on the mission to find the sub and the five people on board. Also, Secretary of State Antony Blinken says progress was made in the high-stakes meeting between the U.S....

Three years after the police murder of George Floyd, the DOJ now says excessive force and racial bias have been routine among Minneapolis police officers. Also, the gunman in the deadliest antisemitic attack has been convicted of 63 federal charges including capital offenses that could lead to the death penalty. Plus, amid fierce fighting in Ukraine, a senior military officer is warning that new R...

The Trump-appointed judge in the classified documents case issues her first order since the former president was arraigned, jump starting her oversight of his looming trial. We’ll explain why she’s setting a deadline for new lawyers on both sides. Also, the Pentagon leak suspect was just indicted by a federal grand jury for allegedly disclosing classified information. Plus, jurors have wrapped up...