The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer and Pamela Brown

Freed Americans Evan Gershkovich and Paul Whelan are on their way back to the United States after their lengthy imprisonment in Russia. Their release was part of a historic prisoner swap between Moscow and the West, bigger than any exchange since the Cold War. Former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper joins to discuss what may have gone into the negotiations. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Rep. Steven Horsford, chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus, joins to discuss Trump attacking Harris over her racial heritage when he sat down for a Q&A at the National Association of Black Journalists convention. Plus, the United States reaches a plea deal with some of the organizers of the 9/11 attacks in 2001. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The 2024 battle for Georgia is intensifying as Vice President Kamala Harris is about to hold a rally in Atlanta. This as we learn new details in the search for her running mate, including the timeline and the process. Plus, the political ad wars are heating up between Trump and Harris. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Vice President Kamala Harris enters a critical week and the lead up to her vice president announcement and the Democratic National Convention. Both Harris and Trump are now sharpening their lines of attack. Plus, top contenders to be Harris’ running mate are hitting the campaign trail and the airwaves. Also, Biden lays out his proposal for sweeping Supreme Court reform. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Trump says he is planning on returning to the Pennsylvania city where a would-be assassin tried to take his life. Plus, Trump’s running mate is stirring up more controversy, now accusing Democrats as a whole of being anti-family and anti-child. Also, Kamala Harris talks about convention plans, and her vision for final stretch of the presidential campaign. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Vice President Kamala Harris meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as she’s weighing how her stance on Gaza may change from President Biden’s position. Plus, Harris is on the brink of getting one of her most significant endorsements—Barack Obama. Also, Jennifer Aniston slams JD Vance’s “childless cat ladies” comment. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

CNN has learned that Vice President Kamala Harris is less than two weeks away from naming her running mate as Democrats push towards making her their presidential nominee. This as we await remarks from Biden about why he chose to end his reelection bid. Plus, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faces the U.S. congress, offering a strident defense of the war in Gaza and dismissing the anti-war protestors as “useful idiots.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

“We will win again.” Kamala Harris begins her campaign to secure the Democratic Party presidential nomination as part of her bid for the White House. This as President Biden is back at the White House where he is gearing up for a primetime address tomorrow night where he'll explain his decision to exit the presidential race. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Now that President Biden has stepped away from the 2024 presidential race himself, he assured Democrats that he will still be fully engaged on his presidency. This as Kamala Harris gains momentum for the Democratic nomination as many top Democrats come out in support of her. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The pressure on Biden to drop out of the presidential race intensifies by the hour as top democrats are caught in what some are calling a doom-loop. Plus, Donald Trump is getting ready to take his campaign on the road as he prepares for his first campaign event since the attempt on his life. Also, a massive global tech outage causes chaos around the world. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

CNN has learned that former President Donald Trump has met with the head of Secret Service on Tuesday to discuss the assassination attempt that occurred on Saturday. CNN is learning that law enforcement had identified the shooter as suspicious a full 19 minutes before the shooting took place but failed to locate him. Also, Lou Dobbs, veteran cable news anchor dies at 78. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

According to sources, President Trump is closely watching growing calls for President Biden to drop out of the race. This as the White House announced the president currently has Covid and is experiencing mild symptoms. Plus, a look inside the third day of the Republican National Convention. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

As questions remain over how a gunman was able to shoot at former President Trump during a rally, new details emerge on the shooter the day of the assassination attempt. Plus, President Biden speaks at the NAACP convention, saying Kamala Harris is not only a great vice president, she “could be president.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Live from the Republican National Convention, excitement is building after Trump picks Ohio Sen. JD Vance as his vice presidential running mate. We bring you the latest on the nomination and what is next for the Trump campaign. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In a stunning development in the criminal trial for Alec Baldwin, the judge has dismissed the indictment against Alec Baldwin, effectively throwing out the case. Plus, Biden will speak in Michigan after a high-stakes news conference fails to end Democratic rebellion. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

As we await a high-stakes news conference from President Biden, he is facing an intensifying pressure to exit the race for the White House. Anxious Democrats are watching very closely to see how the president does tonight as more and more members of his own party are now going public with their fears that President Biden no longer has what it takes to defeat Donald Trump. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Actor and megadonor George Clooney tops an expanding list of high-profile Democrats calling on President Biden to step down from his re-election bid. The Biden camp is saying there is zero chance that will happen. This as Biden is busy hosting Nato leaders. We speak with White House National Security Communications Advisor John Kirby about the global scrutiny facing Biden right now. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Biden shares remarks with allies amid a pivotal summit as his presidential campaign faces scrutiny and shaky poll numbers. Plus, Rep. Mikie Sherrill (D-N.J.) becomes the seventh House Democrat to publicly say Biden should not run for re-election. Also, CNN is on the scene of a children’s hospital that was hit by a Russian missile strike in Kyiv. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

President Biden is unbowed by the growing pressure within his own party to end his 2024 presidential bid. We’re getting new reaction from Democratic lawmakers and donors. Plus, White House records reveal a Parkinson’s disease specialist visited with the president's physician earlier this year. Also, Trump looks to reclaim the spotlight with vice presidential rollout. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

President Biden takes his fight for political survival to Wisconsin, insisting he is staying in the race for the White House and will beat Donald Trump. Plus, Sen. Mark Warner is reportedly putting together a list of Senate Democrats who will ask Biden to step down. Will he succeed? Also, Trump is seeking a pause in the classified documents case after the Supreme Court immunity ruling. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

As Democrats debate Biden’s political future despite his remarks that he will remain in the race, we examine who could replace Biden on the ticket if he eventually drops out. Plus, we break down what Biden told Democratic governors during a recent meeting at the White House and what his plans may be going forward. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

President Biden is about to meet with Democratic governors who want answers about his shaky debate performance. We ask one of those governors what he wants to hear from Biden as the president remains defiant about stepping down. Plus, the Department of Justice plans to pursue Trump cases even if he’s reelected in November. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The White House goes on defense amid a barrage of questions about Biden’s ability to win the 2024 election. Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear joins to discuss whether Biden should step aside from the Democratic nomination. Plus, Donald Trump’s sentencing in the New York hush money case has been delayed after the Supreme Court’s historic ruling on presidential immunity. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

President Biden is expected to speak soon on the Supreme Court immunity ruling that delivered a serious blow to the January 6th criminal case against Donald Trump. We bring you new reaction to the historic high-court decision that Trump has immunity for official acts he took as president. Plus, Biden is scrambling to try to ease the growing fallout from his debate performance. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

President Biden tries to bounce back from his struggles on the debate stage, holding a fiery campaign rally today and vowing to win the election. However, many Democrats are in panic mode right now suggesting, at least privately, that he should consider stepping aside. Meanwhile, Trump is seizing on Biden’s performance and is calling the president incompetent. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Continuing the countdown to the CNN Presidential Debate. Wolf Blitzer and Kaitlan Collins anchor with a panel of CNN experts, including: Nia Malika Henderson, Jonah Goldberg, Phil Mattingly, Jamie Gangel Manu Raju, Shermichael Singleton, Kristen Soltis Anderson, Ashley Allison, and Bakari Sellers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Counting down to the CNN Presidential Debate. Wolf Blitzer and Kaitlan Collins anchor with a panel of CNN experts, including: Nia Malika Henderson, Jonah Goldberg, Phil Mattingly, Jamie Gangel Manu Raju, Shermichael Singleton, Kristen Soltis Anderson, Ashley Allison, and Bakari Sellers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The final countdown is underway to CNN’s historic presidential debate between President Biden and former President Trump. We are getting new behind-the-scenes details on how the candidates hope to impress voters and attack one another. Plus, the Supreme Court reportedly tips its hand, briefly posting a draft ruling on a pivotal abortion case. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The preparations for the Trump-Biden debate on CNN are shifting into high-gear with only two days to go until the candidates face-off. We are getting new information on how both candidates hope to score points on the debate stage. Plus, the judge in the classified documents case is not buying the Trump claim that the Mar-a-Lago warrant was invalid. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The judge in the Trump classified documents case is deciding on whether to impose a gag order on the former president. We break down the signals she seems to be sending about her impending ruling. Plus, the Supreme Court added two opinion days as the blockbuster term nears end with major rulings still expected. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Trump and Biden are prepping for the CNN presidential debate just days away and are setting expectations of what can occur. Plus, the judge in the Trump classified documents case just wrapped up a hearing on whether special counsel Jack Smith was legally appointed after pushing Trump’s lawyer to defend an argument she called ominous. Also, the Supreme Court upholds law banning domestic abusers from owning guns. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We take you inside the radically different campaigns of Donald Trump and President Biden ahead of their CNN debate just days away. Plus, new details on the judge in the classified documents case who apparently ignored advice to step aside. Also, the Biden administration appears to expand an agreement with Ukraine, allowing counterstrikes inside of Russia using U.S. weapons. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Vladimir Putin wraps up his visit to North Korea, claiming his ties to Kim Jong Un have reached a whole new level. We break down their new mutual defense treaty and how this partnership of adversaries threatens the West. Also, a state of emergency as wildfires rage in New Mexico and turn deadly. CNN is on the scene where flames are forcing thousands of people to flee. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Biden and Trump trade attacks in an escalating fight over immigration. Plus, one senator is calling the Boeing CEO congressional testimony a moment of reckoning after growing worries over the safety of Boeing airplanes. Also, Kim Jong Un gives Putin a hug and the red-carpet treatment in North Korea as the two countries increase their military cooperation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Biden campaigns slams Donald Trump as a “convicted criminal” who is only out for himself in a scathing new ad. This as Trump has been plotting his 2024 strategy with House Speaker Mike Johnson. Plus, a potentially ominous meeting is revealed as Russia’s Vladimir Putin is set to hold talks with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un in North Korea. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

With less than two weeks away, new details on how Biden and Trump are preparing for the CNN presidential debate. Plus, tracking the fallout after a major Supreme Court ruling strikes down the ban on bump stocks, a controversial gun accessory. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Donald Trump returns to Washington to rally Republicans on Capitol Hill. Our sources inside the meeting share details, including the moment the former president shook hands with one of his toughest critics turned supporter, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell. Plus, we're following President Biden at the G7 summit in Italy, where he just signed a historic ten-year security agreement with Ukraine. The Ukrainian ambassador to the United States joins to discuss. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A CNN exclusive interview with the special prosecutor forced to step down from Georgia’s case against Donald Trump. Hear why Nathan Wade says he believes Trump could still stand trial even if Trump wins reelection. Also, the U.S. House of Representatives votes to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress. What this means for Republican lawmakers’ efforts to secure the tape of President Biden’s interview with Special Counsel Robert Hur. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hunter Biden has been found guilty on three felony gun charges, becoming the first child of a sitting president to be convicted of a felony. We get reaction from the defense team, the special counsel, the Trump campaign, and the first family. Plus, Trump tells probation officials that he has a gun in Florida that he didn’t turn over to police after his indictment. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Israeli police have just released video of the moment hostages were rescued during a daring and deadly raid inside Gaza. The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations joins to react. Plus, the Hunter Biden gun trial is now in the hands of a Delaware jury. Also, Donald Trump holds a virtual meeting with a probation official. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Court insiders offer a new portrait of the judge overseeing the Trump classified documents case describing her as isolated and inexperienced. Plus, the NAACP is now calling on President Biden to immediately stop weapons shipments to Israel over the enormous civilian death toll in Gaza. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

President Biden marks 80 years since the D-Day invasion by warning that democracy is more at risk now than any other time since World War Two. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is with President Biden in France and joins to discuss emerging global hot spots and emerging threats here at home. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The election subversion case against Donald Trump in Georgia was just put on hold indefinitely. The state appeals court ordered a pause until it rules on the latest effort to get District Attorney Fani Willis disqualified from the case. Plus, Trump is renewing his threat to get revenge for his criminal conviction in New York. The former president turned felon suggested he may prosecute and even jail his political opponents if he returns to the White House. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

President Biden is launching a new crackdown on illegal immigration at the southern border with strict limits on asylum seekers set to take effect at midnight. Senator Joe Minchin joins to give his reaction live. Plus, sensational testimony and evidence in the Hunter Biden federal gun trial as prosecutors introduce his infamous laptop and illegal drug photos found on it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A jury was selected in Hunter Biden’s federal trial on gun charges with opening statements expected tomorrow morning. We break down the legal issues and the political stakes in this unprecedented prosecution of a sitting president’s child. Plus, chaos erupts as a Republican-led House panel grills Anthony Fauci about the Covid-19 pandemic. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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