firefighters arrived at the scene. crews battled the flames for hours, from the construction site and the roof of a nearby building. the following crane was owned by new york crane and equipment, the now-deceased founder of the company james lomma was charged and acquitted with the death of two construction workers and a . there is an engineer about rights of the plans, there is essentially a general contractor. there is the user. we will be looking at all of those folks. reporter: it s still quite the busy and loud scene. you can still see the piece of the crane, the arm that fell behind me. earlier today, once the fire was finally extinguished, the expression and found that both of the buildings impacted and tt remain standing are structurally stable, meaning they are not at risk of collapsing, but there was a stop work order for the construction site as the investigation continues. jb? james: thank you, lilia. now to the expanding heat dome
based on such fundamental misunderstandings. reporter: the judge also had constitutional questions on how the gun charge would be handled. in the plea agreement, the charge would be dismissed if biden remains drug-free and commits no additional crime for two years. on capitol hill, the republican house speaker reacted. there should not be to justice systems in america totally today that is what happened. reporter: hunter biden left court and did not comment with reporters as originally planned. a plea deal is still possible. of the parties have 30 days to answer the judge s questions before she makes a decision. the white house said hunter biden s tax case is a personal matter, jb. james: catherine herridge in delaware, thank you very much. now to a scary incident high above new york city this morning. parts of a large construction crane atop a high-rise building came crashing down onto the streets during the morning commute. cbs s lilia luciano reports a dozen people, includin
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is so hot, beachgoers say it is just not cooling them off. they say it is like a hot tub. 50 miles south of here in the upper florida keys, water temperatures hit 101.1 degrees. if confirmed, it could be the highest sea surface temperature ever recorded. researchers are worried about the damage to the fragile coral reefs. most importantly in south florida we lose that protector, that barrier from hurricanes. reporter: outside atlanta, high school football practice has already started for the brookwood broncos. above 92, then we shut down practice altogether, we go inside. we get the air conditioning. and so our players are safe. reporter: and it is about 15 degrees above average here in minneapolis. these are not the kind of extreme temperatures we are use to around here, jb. james: susan elizabeth, stay cool. for where this expanding heat is headed next, let s bring in meteorologist jacqui jeras from our partners at the
here are tonight s headlines. the concern tonight from a federal judge, why she gave hunter biden and federal prosecutors 30 days to come up with a new agreement. a trial clock is ticking. a crane collapsed here in manhattan. what caught fire at a construction site on the west side of the city this morning. at least two firefighters are injured. it is building, another building going up every week it seems like around here. in a string of. an alarming moment on capitol hill. republican senate leader mitch mcconnell freezes midsentence during a press conference. james: we are tracking severe thunderstorms as two-thirds of the country are now in the heat dome. it didn t take long to start sweating out here in this heat. and there is no relief at the beach. we ll be water temperature at flora s manatee bay was measured at 101.1 degrees. if you want to lower your