tuesday night is $1.05 billion, the fourth largest prize in mega millions history. good luck. hello again, everyone. i m fredericka witfield. we begin this hour with the growing legal problems for former president trump. the special counsel is charging trump with three new counts in the classified documents investigation. those charges include one additional count of willful retention of national defense information and two additional counts of obstruction. trump now faces 40 felony charges in the case after originally being indicted on 37 counts last month. cnn s paula reed has more. reporter: former president trump facing new legal peril. a florida grand jury returned a superseding indictment thursday, adding two charges against trump for an effort to alter, destroy, mutilate or conceal surveillance footage at the heart of the prosecution s case. trump reacting in a new interview right after the charges dropped. it shouldn t even be a case. reporter: prosecutors a
just ahead, holiday heatwave, tens of millions of americans face sweltering heat as they prepare for their fourth of july festivities. a u.s. military operation leaves multiple people dead and dozens injured. we are live in tel aviv. extending the olive branch, another member going to beijing hoping to mend tattered relations with china. we ll have more in a live report from hong kong. meantime conditions are improving in chicago after heavy rain triggered flash flooding sunday. the rising waters stranded people in their cars and temporarily shut down major highways. the national weather service says it was chicago s heaviest rain event in more than 40 years. millions of people are under severe storm threats throughout the eastern u.s. on monday from mississippi to massachusetts. gusty winds and damaging hail are the main concerns. tragically, gun violence is once again overshadowing another holiday weekend in the united states. baltimore police are investigating a ma
who refuses to sell to gay marriage come in a blow to lgbtq rights. here are tonight s headlines. a restriction to the power of the biden administration as the president condemns today s ruling. i think the court misinterpreted the constitution. today s decision has closed one path. now we are going to pursue another. a new record for the july 4th holiday. aaa is predicting that nearly 51 million of us in this country will be on the move. tsa and airline safety expect next week. storms will continue into our holiday weekend. john: actors poised to strike. the current contract for the screen actors guild nears expiration, while the writers guild it s day 60 of their strike. we are here is actors today, standing in solidarity with writers. [applause] riots erupted across france, for a third straight night, following the deadly police shooting of a 17-year-old during a traffic stop. and the oscar goes to. alan arkin, little miss sunshine.
here are tonight s top headlines. a restriction to the power of the biden administration as the president condemned today s ruling. i think the court misinterpreted the constitution. today s decision has closed one path. now we re going to pursue another. a new record for the july 4th holiday. aaa is predicting that nearly 51 million of us in this country will be on the move. tsa and airlines expect airports to stay busy all the way through next week. the storms and heat will continue into our holiday weekend. john: actors poised to strike. the current contract for the screen actors guild nears expiration, while the writers guild hits day 60 of their strike. we are here as actors today, standing in solidarity with writers. [applause] riots erupted across france, for a third straight night, following the deadly police shooting of a 17-year-old during a traffic stop. and the oscar goes to. alan arkin, in little miss sunshine. actor and broo
stories breaking. former president donald trump picking up a key endorsement just four days away from the new hampshire primary. one of his most dedicated pursuers meantime in court is facing new allegations of impropriety. controversial georgia prosecutor fani willis is blaming the estranged wife of her alleged lover for accusations she was she has engaged in an improper relationship with him. willis is the prosecutor leading the election-related case against former president trump. now she is facing conflict of interest allegations herself. correspondent steve harrigan is following this has details tonight from atlanta. good evening, steve. steve: bret, things are really getting complicated, bitter and personal even ahead of a february 15th hearing that will try to determine if there was an improper relationship between the d.a. and the prosecutor she hired and also to determine whether the two misspent public money on vacations for themselves. now, the prosecutor, nath