you are live in the cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington. just days after the january 6 committee exposed a president whose actions were a disaster, there is little evidence that donald trump has lost his mojo with the far right of the republican party. in fact, he was greeted with a hero s welcome last night in florida. watch this, complete with video and pyrotechnics. ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the 45th president of the united states of america, donald j. trump! and i m proud to be an american where at least i know i m free and i won t forget the men who died who gave that right to me and i gladly stand up next to you and remember still today but unlike the lyrics to that lee greenwood song, trump didn t gladly stand up to defend the country on january 6. he sat watching tv fo 187 minutes while the insurrection happened and even last night he wasn t letting go of his bogus election grievances. if i stayed home, if i announce that
right now more than 85 million americans are under excessive heat warnings and advisories and in the northeast, the heat forced organizers of the boston triathalon to postpone the event. new york city s triathalon will go forward as scheduled tomorrow but there will be changes to ensure safety of participants. cnn sdoval is in new york with more on how the city is trying to keep people cool. reporter: you may say it is july, it is supposed to be hot. but meteorologists are saying by the time we finally get some relief here in new york possibly next week, new yorkers will have experienced temperatures above 90 degrees for seven straight days. the last time that was experienced was back in 2013. the national weather service predicting the dangerous july heat wave is far from subsiding. after blistering parts of the nation s south this week, forecasters expect temperatures in the northeast will soar above normal for this time of year. i sat outside here until ten to 4:00 thi
assault charges, video of the incident there. the 43-year-old man is charged congress with a dangerous weapon. cnn s evan perez is following this and other developments for us. evan, what do you know about the suspect? reporter: jim, we know he was facing, first, a state charge. he was released almost immediately after he was charged with a second-degree assault at the state level and now federal prosecutors have decided to charge him on a federal charge. that charge is for assaulting a member of congress. of course he is running for governor in the state of new york. obviously the justice department looks at this in a different lens. they view this as part of, frankly, a lot of these types of incidents around the country attacking not only trying to threaten members of congress, members of the supreme court, other public officials. there is serious focus on this at the justice department. he is 43 years old. on top of the state charge for which he was immediately released
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watch her whole transformation. awesome. patrick snell, always good to see you, too, in studio. it s been a while. thank you so much. i know. it s been two months. maybe tomorrow. thanks so much. this quick programming note, from the grass lands all the way up to ice fields join cnn for an epic journey through patagonia s wild highlands, right here on cnn. thank you for joining me. i m fredricka whitfield. more next with jim acosta. you are live in the cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington. we have breaking news in to cnn this hour. a man accused of attempting to stab republican congressman lee zeldin arrested on federal