The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer

E.J. Antoni, chief economist at the conservative Heritage Foundation and a longtime critic of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, is President Trump's pick to lead the agency. Antoni's background and previous comments about the BLS is fueling concerns about the legitimacy of future jobs reports under his stewardship.  Also on today's show: The largest wildfire in California this year is now at 120,000 acres ... and growing.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

As today show begins we're expecting President Trump to address the critically important issue of crime here in the nation's capital as he threatens a federal takeover of Washington, DC. Federal agents have already fanned out across the city. And a source tells CNN that as many as 130 FBI agents could soon patrol side by side with local law enforcement. We have our correspondents covering all the angles of this important story as it unfolds and begin with CNN's Alayna Treene  at the White House.    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Israeli security cabinet greenlights a plan to occupy Gaza City. It puts Israel one step closer to fully occupying the entire Gaza strip. Plus, an exploding wildfire north of Los Angeles is burning more than a football field every two seconds. We take you there live.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

President Trump's sweeping tariffs are now in effect, and they raise taxes on imported goods to their highest levels since the Great Depression. Most products coming into the US now face an average effective tariff rate of 16%-17%, and they include some of the country's largest trading partners. We get specific and assess the potential impact these new tariffs could have on your wallet.  Also on today's show: A first-on-CNN interview with two of the hero soldiers who subdued yesterday's shooter at Fort Stewart, Georgia. Plus, ICE agents spring a raid dubbed Trojan Horse at a Los Angeles Home Depot. What the city's mayor has to say about it.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Top White House officials are meeting today to hash out how to deal with the escalating fallout from the Jeffrey Epstein case. Plus, Diddy's lawyers say the convicted music mogul deserves a pardon.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A big name takes his name out of the running for Federal Reserve chair. Also, Texas Democrats are speaking out as the fight over redistricting crosses state lines.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

As Texas Democrats flee the state over redistricting, the state's GOP Governor Greg Abbott threatens to charge them with felonies. Plus, House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries joins us in the Situation Room to respond to Abbott's threats.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

President Trump's tariff plan, which is scheduled to go into effect today: What they it mean for the US economy and for you. Also, US envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff and US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee head to a food distribution area in Gaza as a starvation crisis grips the enclave. Palestinians react with hope, skepticism and anger.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

As today show begins we're tracking the flurry of 11th-hour activity amid President Trump's trade war. Plus, terrifying turbulence on a Delta flight, with two dozen people taken to the hospital as passengers who weren't wearing their seat belts hit the ceiling and carts bounced around the cabin.    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

As we come on the air today, multiple countries - including the US - are on high alert for tsunamis after a massive 8.8-magnitude earthquake off the coast of Russia. Plus, the latest GDP numbers show the economy rebounding sharply in the second quarter. But a major company that makes items you use every day says its products could soon cost more.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Investigators are piecing together why a gunman opened fire in a Manhattan high-rise, killing four people - one a 36-year-old NYPD officer - before turning the gun on himself. We bring you all the latest developments. Plus, new video shows Palestinians swarming aid trucks as the food crisis in Gaza grows more dire by the day. Two leading Israeli human rights groups are now accusing Israel of genocide. Israel's ambassador to the United States joins the show live to discuss.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

As today's show begins, we've been listening to President Trump speaking to reporters just before leaving for a trip to Scotland. What did he say? We begin our coverage with CNN's senior White House reporter Kevin Liptak.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Once again, the Jeffrey Epstein controversy dominates the news ... and today's show. The big headline: US Attorney General Pam Bondi has reportedly told President Donald Trump that his name is in the Jeffrey Epstein files. Meanwhile, sources tell CNN that US Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche will meet today with Epstein's accomplice, convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Lawmakers in Texas are holding their first public hearing into this month's deadly floods. Both Democrats and Republicans are promising to look for answers after the disaster killed at least 135 people. But divisions are already emerging. Plus, sentencing day. The man who admitted to killing four University of Idaho students in their home will soon learn his fate. Today, will the victims' families finally get some answers to a very simple question, why? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Justice Department is in talks with Ghislaine Maxwell, Jeffrey Epstein's longtime girlfriend and accomplice. And it's coming as calls for transparency over the Trump Administration's handling of the Epstein files grow louder in the halls of Congress. Plus, we have cell phone video of Florida officers pulling a man from his car and punching him in the face during a traffic stop. How are authorities are defending their actions?  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

As today's show begins, Department of Homeland Security Kristi Hoem is providing an update on an off-duty border patrol agent who was shot during an apparent botched armed robbery over the weekend in New York City. The 42-year-old officer is in stable condition and is expected to survive. Police say there is no evidence that he was targeted because of his employment. A suspect is in custody.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

President Trump is firing back over a note reportedly bearing his name to Jeffrey Epstein. He says it's fake and vows to sue a close ally. Plus: A mother of a Camp Mystic victim shares her story and the letters from her eight-year-old daughter after her death.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

First: We speak exclusively with the owners of Camp La Junta about the moment they jumped into action to save every camper from the rising waters of the Guadalupe river. Then: Maureen Comey prosecuted Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell. Now she's been fired from the DOJ. Does it have anything to do with the fact she's the daughter of the former FBI Director James Comey?  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Powerful airstrikes rock the Syrian capital of Damascus. State media there is blaming Israel. We have late reporting coming into the Situation Room. Plus, there are growing calls for an investigation into the death of a Palestinian American beaten to death by Israeli settlers in the West Bank, including a new push this morning from the US Ambassador to Israel.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Elon Musk's AI chatbot Grok became infamous for posting antisemitic rants and praising Hitler. Now it's landed a $200 million contract with the Defense Department. Plus, underwater divers were left stranded in subway stations filled with water as flash floods hammered parts of the Northeast.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Central Texas is dealing with a new, dangerous threat as flash flood warnings hamper the search for more than 150 people still missing after the flooding on July 4th. Officials in Kerr County met for the first time to discuss how to prevent such a tragedy from happening again. Plus: Nine people are dead after a fast-moving fire at an assisted-living facility in Massachusetts.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The bureau is looking for a man they say appeared to fire a pistol at law enforcement during an intense standoff between ICE agents and protesters at a California farm. Plus, new dispatch audio from Texas obtained by CNN reveals a firefighter asking for an emergency alert hours before some residents were notified.    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Rescue crews are working tirelessly through challenging conditions looking for at least 160 missing people in central Texas. We're on the ground in Kerrville with the latest. Plus, investigators are on the scene in Los Angeles after a tunnel collapses, trapping 31 workers underground. Miraculously, everyone got out alive.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Rescue teams are scouring through debris, desperately looking for more than 170 people still missing after flood waters tore through Texas. Plus, we bring you new CNN reporting that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth did not inform the White House before authorizing a pause on weapons shipments to Ukraine, setting off a scramble inside the Trump Administration. And later in the show, House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries joins the show.    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

As the death toll in Texas continues to rise, officials face increasing scrutiny about whether they were prepared for the devastating flood. Plus, President Trump ups the pressure on trading partners and says he will send new weapons systems to Ukraine.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

At least 82 people are killed as waters rage in Texas, including dozens at a girls summer camp. Rescuers are still desperately searching for survivors. Plus, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will meet with President Trump in just a few hours at the White House. This comes as we're learning ceasefire talks have now restarted in Doha, Qatar.    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

President Trump is celebrating this 4th of July with a major legislative victory, signing into law his so-called big beautiful bill. Plus, the FBI and DHS issue a warning about potential "lone wolf" attacks today.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

As today's show begins, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries is at five hours and counting in his marathon speech delaying a vote on President Trump's big beautiful bill. But is it too little too late? Plus, we examine today's stronger-than-expected jobs report.    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Today's show gets underway just moments before the jury reaches a verdict in the Sean "Diddy" Combs trial. Plus, we anaylze the showdown in the House over President Trump's "big beautiful bill."  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

President Trump visits the massive Florida detention facility dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz." The temporary tent city is already facing escalating backlash. Plus: The "Porky Pig Party." That's what former first bro Elon Musk is calling the GOP as it debates the "big, beautiful bill." Does Trump have the votes to pass it?  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Today's show begins as the Senate is in a marathon voting session on President Trump's massive legislative agenda, aka the "Big, Beautiful Bill." Trump's self-imposed deadline on that bill is just four days away. Plus: Officials are now trying to piece together why a man lit a brush fire in Idaho and then opened fire on firefighters, killing two and gravely injuring a third.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

As today shows begins we are expecting the Supreme Court to rule on several key cases, including birthright citizenship and the national authority of lower courts. Plus, House lawmakers are getting very classified, sensitive information from US intelligence officials on the airstrikes on Iranian nuclear facilities.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Today's show begins immediately follows President Trump's press conference at the NATO summit in the Netherlands just before his return to the United States. Trump insisted that the US "obliterated" Iran's nuclear facilities, despite intelligence suggesting the impact of the bunker buster strikes was limited.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Today's show begins immediately follows President Trump's press conference at the NATO summit in the Netherlands just before his return to the United States. Trump insisted that the US "obliterated" Iran's nuclear facilities, despite intelligence suggesting the impact of the bunker buster strikes was limited.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

President Trump lashes out at both Israel and Iran for allegedly violating a ceasefire deal he brokered just hours earlier, dropping the F bomb in the process.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Israel is ramping up strikes on Iran, targeting military headquarter buildings, airports, a prison and the same nuclear facility the US hit less than two days ago. Get details on this and all the day's news on The Situation Room.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Iran unleashes a new strike in Northern Israel at the same time officials from Iran and European countries are meeting in Geneva. Will any progress be made to end the conflict?  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A source tells CNN that President Trump has reviewed various attack plans for Iran, but he is holding off, at least for now, to see if Tehran will back away from its nuclear program. This, as Israel says a major hospital was struck by Iran and suffered extensive damage.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

As today's show begins, President Trump has just finished dodging questions about possible US strikes on Iran, saying, "No one knows what I'm going to do." But he did say that the Iranians had reached out to him about negotiating but "it's too late."  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Warning anyone in Tehran to "immediately evacuate," President Trump leaves the G7 summit early while urging a "real end" to the Israel-Iran conflict. Plus, why he's dismissing his own intel chief, saying, "I don't care what she said." Also, Russia launches a massive attack on Kyiv and dozens of other cities in Ukraine.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The man suspecting of shooting two Minnesota lawmakers and their spouses is apprehended after an intensive, two-day manhunt. We tell you what police found in his car, and whether officials think he acted alone. His court appearance happening today.  Plus: In a new wave of attacks, Iran targets an Israeli oil refinery, damaging the power grid, while Israel hits military command centers in Tehran.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The world is keeping a wary eye on the Middle East after Israel's unprecedented attack on Iran targeting nuclear facilities and top military and scientific leaders. Iran is vowing revenge and has launched over 100 drone strikes against Israel.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices