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pomp and power, the president of the united states abroad for a big nato summit but a conversation on if and how quickly to bring ukraine inside the alliance threatens to fracture unity across europe. trouble since he walked in. ron desantis falls back on blaming a familiar culprit to explain why his campaign stumbled off the blocks, the media. it might be the ugliest headline of the biden presidency a conversation about the biden family and the cruelty of counting to six versus se...

t "the lead" starts right now. >> ukraine is pushing, pushing, pushing. cnn is live as the 31 nations meet. and why special counsel is accusing donald trumps right-hand man of trying to delay the prosecution of him. and the once in a thousand year rainfall behind devastating flooding in parts of america ears noamericas northeast, trapping drivers in cars and on roads and forcing some to swim to safety. >> we start today with our word lead. the president in lithuania with one goal on hi...

now, we do have new reporting on where yevgeny prigozhin was shortly after. the story keeps getting weirder. the only sort of bright spot for vladimir putin is ukraines counter offensive has been slow. will cluster munitions change that, and how much blow back will president biden get for that. one nation against it is the uk, we have the latest on the presidents stop in london this morning. theres a lot to get to. let us start with the reporting. joining me now, nbc news correspondent...

this means for special counsel jack smiths multiple investigations, and trumps third presidential bid. frightening future, the second year of a post-roe america looks worse than the first. were going inside the all out episodes to keep the southeast swath of the country from turning into an abortion desert. all of this and more is coming up. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> and a good saturday morning to you im katie phang. we begin with a major show of support from the white house on what could become ...

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is allowed into the eu, which has been stalled for years. eu spokesperson says there are clear steps that cannot be linked to the separate nato tract. president biden must explain providing cluster bombs to ukraine. ukraine prime minister among four allies which voiced opposition. >> this is about keeping ukraine in the fight. these additional art tillery shells have cluster bombs in them, they have a low dud rate, to defend their own territory, hitting russian positions. >> white hous...

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yelling. some try to avoid meeting so they dont get chewed out. how the [bleep] dont you know this? it is behavior that is at odds with the day one morning to staff. >> i am not joking when i say this. if you work with me and i hear you treat another colleague with disrespect, talk down to someone, i will fire you on the spot. on the spot. >> while white house staffers cower in the corner, aoc backs his reelection run, even if it was reluctantly. >> will you support joe biden for reele...

counsel jack smiths other big investigation into former president trump as federal grand jurors hear more testimony that could possibly lead to new indictments. good day. im garrett haake in washington. andrea is traveling to lithuania to cover the nato summit where russias invasion of ukraine will continue to dominate the conversation for our allies. united states has made it clear going into this summit that a fast track for ukraines entry into the alliance is off the table for now a...

grips france. here at home, republicans seeking to defeat the president in next years election are refining their tactics on the campaign trail. with presumed front runner, over the gop, donald trump. donald trump betting on expanding his electoral base by campaigning this weekend and nevada. a state that he lost twice. trump and other republicans continuing to double down on cultural issues to rally gop voters. oklahomas education chief is still under fire for his insensitive comments...