The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer

Donald Trump is raging after his historic criminal conviction, condemning it as a scam and promising an appeal. We look at the road ahead for the former president and his campaign to return to the White House. Plus, top Republicans are rushing to Trump’s defense with House Speaker Mike Johnson taking it to a whole new level by saying the Supreme Court should step in. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Donald Trump’s historic hush money trial is now in the hands of jurors who are already making request to rehear testimony from two key prosecution witnesses, former lawyer and Trump fixer Michael Cohen and former National Enquirer boss David Pecker. Our experts breakdown all the possible outcomes as the jurors review evidence to determine the fate of Donald Trump. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The prosecution in Donald Trump’s criminal trial in New York is getting the last word before the judge sends the case to jurors who will decide the former president’s fate. We break down the latest in the final lap of the criminal trial, from gavel to gavel, bringing you all the latest details and analysis. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

An Israeli airstrike turned a camp for displaced people in Gaza into a fiery death trap. Top U.N. officials say the scenes are horrific and a testament to how the city of Rafah has been turned into a "hell on earth.” This as the Israeli prime minister is now claiming the killing of dozens of civilians was a mistake. Plus, both sides are preparing to make their final pitches to jurors in the New York hush money cover up trial. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Biden campaign launches a new attack ad warning that Donald Trump has “snapped.” The president’s team is sharpening its pre-debate strategy against Trump as Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s potential as a spoiler is on display with a new appeal to the Libertarian Party. Also, why Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is returning to the hospital. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Donald Trump is out on the campaign trail as Republicans are increasingly closing ranks around him including his onetime bitter opponent turned supporter, Nikki Haley. Plus, partisan sparring over Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito and whether he has crossed ethical lines amid growing controversy over politically provocative flags flown at his home. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nikki Haley declares she will vote for Trump in the upcoming presidential election after fiercely attacking him during her 2024 presidential bid. We are breaking down her announcement and the timing of this development in the upcoming election. Also, the judge in the Trump classified documents case holds the first hearings since delaying the trial and a shouting match erupts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The judge and lawyers in Donald Trump’s criminal trial just wrapped up pivotal talks on jury instructions that could potentially influence the final outcome. Closing arguments are now set for next week followed by jurors’ deliberations on the former president’s fate. Plus, new details on a commercial flight that turned deadly. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Fireworks in the courtroom as the defense begins presenting its case in the New York hush money cover up trial. The defense is calling a witness who was reprimanded by the judge for snide remarks and eye-rolling. This after star prosecution witness Michael Cohen admitted on the stand to stealing from the Trump Organization. Plus, the United States is denouncing the International Criminal Court as it seeks war crimes arrest warrants for the leaders of Israel and Hamas. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

New reaction to video obtained exclusively by CNN show rapper and producer Sean “Diddy” Combs physically assaulting his then-girlfriend Cassie Venture back in 2016. Hear what Ventura’s husband is now saying about it. Also, President Biden wraps up his outreach to Black voters who could potentially make or break his reelection bid. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The bruising cross-examination of Michael Cohen by Donald Trump’s lawyer wraps up for the day after the defense repeatedly hammered the prosecution’s star witness for his past lies and aggressively tried to catch him in new lies under oath. Trump’s team scored major points in its bid to undercut Cohen’s credibility. We take you inside the courtroom from gavel to gavel with new testimony transcripts and look ahead to what’s next. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The first Biden-Trump debate of 2024 is now set for June 27th on CNN. Plus, Michael Cohen is bracing for round two of his fiery cross-examination in Donald Trump’s hush money cover up trial. Also, a CNN exclusive look inside the illegal gun trade in Haiti as the country is devastated by gang violence. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In the Trump trial, Michael Cohen wraps his second day of incriminating testimony against Donald Trump. He was grilled by the defense in a sometimes testy cross-examination. Trump’s lawyers seized on Cohen’s past lies and recent attacks on the former president in hopes of discrediting the prosecution’s star witness. We take you inside the courtroom from gavel to gavel with all the latest developments. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In the New York hush money cover up trial, star witness Michal Cohen is wrapping up his first day of blockbuster testimony, detailing the Stormy Daniels hush money deal and how Donald Trump was allegedly involved in covering up his relationship with the adult film star and her $130,000 payoff. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

New testimony in the New York hush money cover up trial sets the stage for the star witness against Doanld Trump. His longtime lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen is now expected to take the stand on Monday. The judge is warning Cohen should not speak publicly about the case as Trump fumes about his gag order. We take you inside the courtroom from gavel to gavel breaking down all the latest. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The judge in the New York hush money cover up case denies Donald Trump’s request for a mistrial and refuses to modify Trump’s gag order. The Trump team is urging the judge to intervene after Stormy Daniels’ salacious testimony about her alleged sexual encounter with Trump. This as a new transcript of Daniels’ combative cross-examination has just been released. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

An exclusive new CNN interview with President Joe Biden where he explains his decision to pause some U.S. bomb shipments to Israel. Plus, on Capitol Hill, the House kills an effort led by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene to oust Speaker Mike Johnson. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A very dramatic and contentious day in court as Stormy Daniels begins testifying in the Trump hush money trial. The adult film star detailed her alleged sexual encounter with Donald Trump and the hush money agreement to buy her silence. Defense attorneys wasted no time, hitting back during a combative cross-examination, attacking Daniels’ credibility and prompting her to testify under oath that she hates Trump and wants to see him held accountable. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Prosecutors cut straight to the heart of the case against former President Trump, grilling two Trump Organization employees about the alleged scheme to disguise hush money money payments as legal fees. Plus, Hamas accepts a ceasefire proposal brokered by Egypt and Qatar. But, Israel says there are still significant gaps between the two sides. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A longtime trusted aide to Donald Trump takes the stand in the hush money money cover trial, wrapping her blockbuster testimony just a short while ago. Hope Hicks took jurors inside Trump world as the Stormy Daniels story broke and described how Trump feared allegations of sexual misconduct would hurt his 2016 presidential campaign. Hicks teared up at one point as she faced cross-examination with her former boss only a few feet away. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices