justice. plus, joe biden s primetime punch. the president tonight will use a national address to warn republicans are actively working in his view to undermine american democracy. and sarah palin loses in her alaska comeback attempt. a democrat won the special house election. so did advocates of what is called rank choice vote. a first for us, though. a court showdown next hour over the fbi s search of donald trump s mar-a-lago. the justice department says it did everything by the book and that its investigation should continue full speed ahead. team trump, though, is objecting and asking a judge to name a special master. that s an independent third party to review the materials taken from the former president s hotel, home and office. the hearing is before a trump-appointed judge who is already on record leaning in favor of a special master. team trump last night responded to a detailed government filing asserting that trump had no standing to ask for a special master and as
after a costumed character appeared to snub two little black girls. mother s response right here on cnn as the park called the incident a misunderstanding. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we start in our earth matters series. half of humanity is in a climate danger zone. that is the message today from the very top of the united nations and the record temperatures many of you are feeling right now are just a symptom, multiple heat waves across the globe are creating a series of crises just look at this video from london. a row of houses on fire. officials say because of the heat. the london fire brigade says they have never seen weather related incidents, quote, on this scale before. in spain, in france, in italy, wildfires spreading rapidly. the flames on top of an extreme drought in italy, destroying crops, which could cut off a source of food this fall. in major cities, travel disrupted. trains and flights canceled over and over, due to the heat and causing a glob
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state of ohio is bracing for more protests after a black man is shot multiple times by police. body camera footage is set to be released later today. announcer: live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with kim brunhuber. ukrainian military official in the liuhansk region. he describes the city as being on fire. one of the few places still under ukrainian control in the donbas. they say fierce fighting is ongoing and denies that the city is surrounded. in the black sea, snake island is once again under russian control. they claim they destroyed some of the equipment rich shans left behind. volodymyr zelenskyy said it will take $600 billion to rebuild his country after the war. he ll present what it takes. he s urging ukrainians not to give up. translator: no matter how difficult it is for us today, we must remember that there will be tomorrow and tomorrow should bring maximum benefits to ukraine. everyone should do absolutely everything possible. cnn s scott mccla
u.s. supreme court overturned the landmark roe v. wade decision. for anti-abortion activists, it s a victory that s been decades in the making, and for abortion rights supporters, it s a devastating setback. at the white house, president joe biden says decision to ultimately put women s health in jeopardy. it s a sad day for the court and for the country. now, with roe gone, let s be very clear. the health and life of women in this nation are now at risk. it was three justices named by one president, donald trump, who were the core of today s decision to upend the scales of justice and eliminate a fundamental right for women in this country. so on capitol hill, lawmakers on both sides of the abortion debate reacted to the supreme court decision. take a look. what this means to women is such an insult. it s a slap in the face to women about using their own judgment to make their own decisions about their reproductive freedom. americans celebrate this historic victory