The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer and Pamela Brown

President Trump promised retribution for Iran's "surprise attack." The result is renewed strikes against Iran ... Todd Blanche's nomination is now in jeopardy. Why is a GOP senator holding up a key vote for Blanche to become the next US attorney general ... A new CNN poll reveals that a third of Democrats now say they identify as Democratic Socialists.


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Today's abbreviated show begins following an intense Senate grilling of Dr. Anthony Fauci during which he repeatedly invoked his Fifth Amendment rights.
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As today's show begins, two days of funeral services for the late Republican Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina are just set to get underway, beginning with a ceremony up on Capitol Hill featuring remarks from VP Vance and Senate Majority Leader John Thune. And later this afternoon, President Trump, other government officials and world leaders - including Benjamin Netanyahu and Vlodomyr Zelensky - will gather at the National Cathedral for a tribute to Graham's life.


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Three people are dead after a shootout at a Seattle food festival ... Opening statements are underway for the trial of a mother accused of killing her three children in 2023 ... 100 days from the midterms we take a look at the issues voters care about most.
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President Trump tells Axios he's "considering a massive attack, bigger than ever before" on Iran. This, after the US has carried out 13 straight nights of attacks. The New York Times reports that Iran rejected a ceasefire deal from the US, but both Washington and Tehran are denying that report. All this comes as the Pentagon website that tracks casualties of war removed four soldiers recently killed in the Iran war from the site. And that has raised new questions and some suspicions about the administration's accounting.
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