good afternoon, i m yasmin vossoughian. we have a lot to cover for you this afternoon. out today, a big announcement about former president, barack obama, plans for midterm campaigning. and the places that will get a visit from the democrat s most powerful asset. plus, the georgia senate debate. while an abortion scandal hangs over his candidacy, it was a strange attempt at theater that got herschel walker a scolding. mister walker, you are very well aware of the rules tonight. yes. and you have a prop. that is not allowed, sir. we are going to have the highlights of reaction from voters in this key senate race. plus, new developments in the mar-a-lago documents case as the doj asks for an end to the special master. and the president is set to speak in just an hour or so about the top of the 3 pm hour, about the economy and the some tough inflation news this week. all of that, plus you have to hear it to believe it. at least one of our schools in our town has, in on
the mayor of jackson, mississippi, with an ominous warning. flooding in parts of the state capital. a federal judge has indicated she s likely to grant a request from the former president s legal team to appoint an independent legal expert or special master to review evidence taken to an fbi search of donald trump s sprawling mar-a-lago estate. a hearing for a final decision scheduled for thursday. the application for a special master is seen by many experts has have nothing legal benefit and it s possibly a delaying tactic. meantime, the director of national intelligence will advise senior lawmakers on the potential risk to national security posed by top secret documents being kept in trump s florida residence. reporter: cnn has learned that director of national intelligence avril haines confirmed to lawmakers the intelligence community is working together with the justice department to review all relevant documents that have been retrieved from former president trump
fired back calling it racist. dana: president biden staying silent on the fentanyl. 300 people a day die. that is expected to get worse. fentanyl seizures at the border continue to double year-over-year. peter doocy brought it up in yesterday s briefing but according to the white house everything is just fine. 300 overdoses a day now. we know fentanyl is coming in the sfwoo the country across the southern border. we are securing the border. we have record levels of funding from dhs to stop drugs from entering into the country. 300 overdoses designed to target children. drug cartels in mexico want to kill american kids. what is this president doing about it? to say we re not doing enough is categorically wrong. dana: we have reaction from former d.e.a. special agent. matt finn standing by at the border but let s go to grady trimble in chicago with new arrivals. we were there last night as the first two buses arrived. several migrants waved at our cameras and g
dumpster. tonight, we hear have a doctor who was at the parade with his family and young grandson. he describes the horrific scene on the street. alex perez and pierre thomas standing by. also today, a curfew in place and fireworks canceled in akron, ohio, tonight. tensions are rising after police released body cam video of the deadly shooting of jalen walker. more than 60 wounds on his body. frustrations return trip home after the holiday. more than 2,000 flights delayed or canceled just today. that number is likely to soar tomorrow. tracking severe thunderstorms from montana to illinois. damaging winds and possible flash flooding. red flag warnings threaten fireworks displays in the west. wnba star brittney griner s personal appeal to president biden while on trial in russia. her letter to the president saying, quote, i ll terrified i might be here forever. good evening, everyone. and thank you so much for joining us on this fourth of july holiday. i m linsey da
hello and welcome to bbc news. ukraine says it s enduring heavy russian shelling in the city of lysychansk, as the battle for the east of the country intensifies. lysychansk is the last ukrainian held city in luhansk, part of the industrial donbas region that russia is focussing its military power on. these pictures from russia s state owned domestic news agency, ria, show drone images of battles near the city. but kyiv denies russian claims that the city has been encircled. meanwhile, two more britons captured by russian forces in ukraine have been charged with being mercenaries, according to russian state media. it comes after two other british men were sentenced to death last month. joe inwood reports. andrew hill travelled to ukraine to help fight the russian invasion. dylan healy went there to help evacuate civilians. both men now face being tried as mercenaries in an unrecognised separatist court. they would not be the first to appear there. last month, aiden aslin, sha