Likely. Were following the legal and political implications. Plus a warning to Donald Trumps legal team from the judge overseeing the election interference case, saying more inflammatory statements will require a quicker start to the trial. We are live outside the court. And the death toll as they have yet to even start searching the hundred of burned out buildings. Well take you live to maui. Were following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here to cnn news central. Another controversial investigation that could have some pretty big repercussions for 2024 is escalating. Today a Special Counsel was designated in the federal probe of hunter biden. Attorney general Merrick Garland named david weiss to the role. Weiss has been leading this investigation. Yes, he has. Hes been leading the investigation into hunter biden for the past five years, in fact. This week he asked himself to be elevated to that role of Special Counsel. Were following that in realtime.
quote, irrelevant to the contempt of congress case against him. that is set to begin next week. the doj wrote, quote, the defendant s sudden wish to testify is not a genuine effort to meet obl gigations, but a last-ditch attempt to avoid accountability. bannon s reversal comes after he received a letter from former trump that waives executive privilege, but new court documents show that an attorney for former president trump actually spoke to the fbi weeks ago and contradicted bannon s claim that the former president had invoked executive privilege over particular information or materials, so who is telling the truth and who is not? more on that in a moment. also, in the january 6th public hearing that is tomorrow, this is the next one, the panel is expected to focus on how the violent mob came together, the rule of extremist groups in the deadly insurrection, and any connections of those groups to trump s inner circle. a former spokesman for the oath keepers, a far right
in paris, arkansas, some people still do not have power, following strong storm under ant warning. it was miserably hot. all ud down all night because it was too hot. i sweat so bad. the heat also building in the northeast, new york, philadelphia, and boston are expected to see a heat index around 100 degrees today. this is serious heat and we re really concerned about those, particularly with pre-existing respiratory conditions. heat is the number one cause of weather related deaths in the u.s. one heat expert says if you have air conditioning, stay inside. but if you don t if they don t, to have windows open with a fan. to cool off their extremities, their feet, their hands in cool ice baths. put cold towels on the back of their necks. and to check on their friends, family, and neighbors. and there is no relief in sight. around 275 million americans expecting to see a high above 90 degrees. and more than 60 million people are expected to see a high at o
the committee has called him, quote, uniquely positioned to testify. the understatement of the year. just think of what he knows. think of how many times you out there heard his name from other witnesses during the hearings. mr. cipollone said something to the effect of, please make sure we don t go up to the capitol. we re going to get charged with every crime imaginable if we make that movement happen. on his phone, i remember pat saying to him, something to the effect of, the riders got to the capitol mark, we need to see the president now. and mark looked up and said, he doesn t want to do anything, pat. and pat said something to the effect of, and very clearly, had said this to mark, something to the effect of, mark, something needs to be done or people is going to die and the blood is going to be on your hands. this is out of control. i m going down there. pat cipollone weighed in at one point. that letter that this guy wants to send, that s a murder/suicide pact.
of mind and it s all raising more questions about the potential charges against his father. here s cnn s senior national correspondent, ed lavandera. reporter: in the mayhem of the shooting at the highland park fourth of july parade, new details are emerging from a witness that provided key surveillance video which helped identify the alleged shooter. see people running, he s walking. reporter: it was a camera connected to a building owned by habim. he captured the alleyway the shooter used. started looking at the camera here. he was on the film at 10:07 into the alley. and 10:14 coming out. when he comes out, he s holding an orange bag in the rifle butt, something in the bag hits the guardrail and drops. and he looks at it and that s when we caught him on his camera so we knew who it was and then he left. reporter: newly released documents paint the picture of a depressed teenager with a history of drug use and a home life marked by domestic incidents. a report fro