reportedly planned to capture top russian military leaders. back at home, developments in the special counsel probe into former president trump s effort to overturn his 2020 loss. a star witness in georgia s investigation is due to meet with federal prosecutors today. in new york city, the former marine accused in the chokehold death of a homeless subway rider faces a judge today. and are president biden s economic policies working? he s set to deliver what is being called a major speech to try to convince voters of just that. this morning, potentially deadly, catastrophic heat across the country, threatening some 69 million people who are having to deal with those conditions. they re under heat alerts. the national weather service says temperatures today are expected to reach up to 110 degrees in texas. over 112 in louisiana. and a reminder about how dangerous heat like this is. and a medical examiner in webb county, texas, reported nine heat-related deaths in just e
implosion of the titanic bound sub deepening as one man speaks out to tell his story. plus, inside the implosion, we ll tell you what the catastrophe might have looked like under water. i m here with a friend of those on board to talk about the warning signs he heard himself. and tanks on the streets of moscow tonight. russia breaking into state television with an urgent message. now the head of russia s private army accused of attempting a coup. let s go out front. good evening. out front tonight a new mission to the titan debris field underway at this hour. the robot that found the sub s wreckage near the titanic is back deep under water to search and map the debris. it s a slow process. right. it s pitch black. it s operating under that crushing pressure, 380 times the pressure on the surface. and as this new mission is underway at this hour we re learning troubling new details about the titan submersible. a marine certification company telling cnn it rejected a requ
well. first, we want to get to this absolutely gripping story as we now learn that there are 40 hours of breathable air left for the five people, five adventurous souls aboard the titan and it was a dream trip to the bottom of the ocean to see the wreck of the titanic up close. now according to the very latest that we just heard, this is where we are. if you were to find the submersible at this moment, would that give you enough time to save these five people on board? i don t know the answer. i ll tell you we ll do everything in our power to affect a rescue. heroic efforts and civilian efforts are coming in to the arena here to try to help out, this is what it looks like in there. these are previous images from previous expeditions. not the current one. you can see very close quarters there. it s very dark. it s a tube inside about the size of a minivan. enough space for five people, a small toilet, not much else on board here. there appears to be a waiver that passeng
the five people on board who are hoping to see the wreckage of the titanic. submersible could use up all its air in less than about a day and a half. let s get an update from correspondent molly line in boston. good evening, mollie. good evening, bret. the coast guard reported there is no sign of the missing submarine with the five people on board and at this moment an estimated 35 hours of life support left there on board private and military assets are scouring above and below the surface covering thousands of miles. the canadian coast guard playing a major role. remote operating vehicles and diving planes are conducting a grid search. they are specialized if being able to see these things from the air. they have given it everything that they have to it. and if it s on the surface, we re fairly certain we would be able to find it. the founder of observation gate leading the mission. in 2021 the firm started taking paying customers to the titanic rec. will hammish ha
the president s son will plead guilty to federal criminal charges. the lead starts right now. hunter biden strikes a deal on a felony charge and agrees to plead guilty on two misdemeanors, the criminal prosecution the president s son now avoids, as the republicans blast the deal calling it a slap on the wrist. a trial for donald trump set to begin in less than two months as the former president argues his own defense of sorts on national tv. these boxes were interspersed with all sorts of things, golf shirts, glclothing, pants, shoe many things. many things. and the urgent underwater rescue mission running out of time as the coast guard estimated 40 hours left of breathable air for the crew on board the missing sub. welcome to the lead i m jake tapper. we start with our law and justice lead. hunter biden has struck a deal with federal prosecutors one that the legal teams hopes keeps the president s son out of prison. he ll plead guilty to two misdemeanors for fail