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video of donald trump answering questions under oath about carols rape accusation. well show you the footage that could make or break the trial against the former president. were also in ukraine now where the chief of the wagner group says hes pulling his forces from bakmuud. and later this hour, were showing protests about the individual held in a choke hold by a passenger. im wolf blitzer. youre in the situation room. lets get straight to our top story this hour. the never before...

>> secretary of state antony blinken reacting to the shocking news. >> our thoughts, our prayers are with him, for his family, with the people of japan. this is a very, very sad moment and were awaiting news. >> former president donald trump who had a very close relationship with abe saying, quote, absolutely devastating news that shinzo abe a truly great man and leader has been shot. he has a true friend of mine and much more importantly america. >> brian: you heard it was serious and...

How will the results shape the world?

Criticism of putin. today, putin met his council to not spoil this, wagner wont leave bakhmut until one day after, prigozhin said. another topic that was bound to be on the agenda, this apparent drone attack on the kremlin, which russia has accused of master mining. all a bad look for the kremlin no matter whats happening behind closed doors. ukraine perhaps launching a counteroffensive imminently seized on the battling display of disunity, saying that could be a turning point in bakhmut, and wa...

>> when you come to a room of a comatose patient, you start just telling him the news, telling him his story. alexei, dont worry, you were poisoned, there was a murder attempt. putin tried to kill you with novichok. and he opened his, like, blue eyes wide and looked at me and said very clear -- "come on, poisoned? i dont believe it." like, hes back. this is alexei. putins supposed to be not so stupid to use this novichok. his wording, his expletive, his intonation. if you want to kill someone, j...

>> this is unbelievable. poor guy. poor guy. >> they will kill him. >> they will kill him, literally. >> poor kudryavtsev. >> poor kudryavtsev, yes. >> hes a dead man. >> lets offer him to defect. lets arrange for him the whole thing. >> seriously. >> because i think thats the humanitarian thing to do. >> okay. well, "spiegel" have been begging me to call them since the morning. can i tell them this already? confidentially? >> lets just decide. are we going to publish this conversation? >> no. >...

As opposed to previous cases, this poisoning took place on the russian soil, so no one is going to share cctv footage with us. were not going to have fancy videos from the airport where the poisoners fly in and out. and as much as it hurts to admit, while putin is in power, well never find out the truth. >> yulia, how is your husband this morning? >> it was so crazy, like its putins signature poison. we were actually so shocked that he didnt just decide to murder him, but to poison. and not just...

On a crime scene. >> when you come to a room of a comatose patient, you start just telling him the news, telling him his story. alexei, dont worry, you were poisoned, there was a murder attempt. putin tried to kill you with novichok. and he opened his, like, blue eyes wide and looked at me and said very clear -- "come on, poisoned? i dont believe it." like, hes back. this is alexei. putins supposed to be not so stupid to use this novichok. his wording, his expletive, his intonation. if you want ...

>> spilled the whole story. >> whole story. >> this is unbelievable. poor guy. poor guy. >> they will kill him. >> they will kill him, literally. >> poor kudryavtsev. >> poor kudryavtsev, yes. >> hes a dead man. >> lets offer him to defect. lets arrange for him the whole thing. >> seriously. >> because i think thats the humanitarian thing to do. >> okay. well, "spiegel" have been begging me to call them since the morning. can i tell them this already? confidentially? >> lets just decide. are we ...

As opposed to previous cases, this poisoning took place on the russian soil, so no one is going to share cctv footage with us. were not going to have fancy videos from the airport where the poisoners fly in and out. and as much as it hurts to admit, while putin is in power, well never find out the truth. >> yulia, how is your husband this morning? >> it was so crazy, like its putins signature poison. >> we were actually so shocked that he didnt just decide to murder him, but to poison. and not j...