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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 trump's 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 noamerica's 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 his list -- unity. ukraine will be the main focus of the two-day meeting but for a group that has be...

betrayal. he essentially called yevgeny prigozhin a traitor. the kremlin said that yevgeny prigozhin was going to have to go to exile into belarus. now we're learning that prigozhin was inside the kremlin with 35 other commanders just a couple days after that mutiny took place and the kremlin, jake, gave some details as to what was spoken about. they said that vladimir putin listened to what these commanders had to say. apparently they pledged allegiance to vladimir putin. there was one thinat caught our attention. i want to read you what was said. quote, the president gave an assess...

come -- drone attacks cause blackouts across ukraine. russia targeting more power plants and escalating the bloodshed and suffering of civilians. also tonight, a cnn exclusive on the trump tapes. stand by to hear some of then president trump's revealing recorded interviews with journalists bob woodward including trump boasting about the letters that sparked the mar-a-lago documents investigation. as early voting in georgia sets records right now, the high stakes midterm election is now only three weeks away. we're following flash points in the battle for control of congress includi...

South of the country through odesa towards mas maldova. this is a significant moment and analysts will watch very carefully to see if russia tries to pull its troops out as those civilians are moved out of the town, as well, especially if the troops try to pull out under the cover of civilians. >> very significant moment indeed. nic robertson in keyiv. the capital for us. stay safe. i want to bring in jill doherty right now, also joining us retired u.s. army general wesley clark, a cnn military analyst and also the former nato supreme allied commander and fred pliken is with us. in the last we...

The ballot in? over there, you put it into that box over there. so, it's a fairly straightforward process. and, again, all of it paper ballot so you don't have any issues afterwards. but right now you can see folks here well in control of the situation. election running smoothly. as i've said, there's been a decent amount of people who are coming here. it is still fairly early. and one thing that we also have to point out, george, there's actually on the day of the election the largest marathon in germany going on in berlin as well. certainly not making it easier for people to cast their ballo...