the weapons capable of causing massive damage are banned by more than 120 countries around the world because of their risk to civilians. president biden defending his decision. james longman in ukraine. new images coming in. the massive cargo ship fire now burning for nearly 48 hours at one of america s largest ports. two firefighters killed battling the smoke and flames. the blaze kicking up to more decks. the ship listing, raising concerns it might sink. the urgent manhunt at this hour for a murder suspect who escaped from jail in the northeast. the dangerous fugitive accused of multiple violent attacks last seen in the recreation yard. how he got free. where were the guards at the time? the earth reaching its hottest temperature for the fourth day in a row. temperatures well into triple digits in arizona and california. severe storms moving from colorado all the way east this weekend. rob marciano tracking it all. the walmart shooter getting 90 consecutive life sen
the lead starts right now. for the first time since the start of britain s war, ukraine will be getting an aid package from the u.s. that includes cluster munitions, bonds that are banned by most countries. president biden gave an exclusive interview where he tried to defend that controversial decision, and the special counsel zeroes in on an oval office meeting during donald trump s final days in office, a meeting described as nuts. follow-up from the exclusive cnn reporting and what it tells us about the investigation into trump in january 6 and a possible third indictment of mr. trump. there then, he survived the taliban and decades of war working as an interpreter in afghanistan during the war, only to be shot and killed while driving a lift in the united states. the latest on the search for suspects. welcome to the lead. we start today with our worldly deadly cluster munitions or bombs, a lethal weapon that can disperse hundreds of smaller explosives over an area up to
is on the table in that case. now, the shooter has pleaded not guilty in the state case, and the trial has not been set yet. all right, rosa flores, thank you so much . turning to the earth matters series. earth is heating up, yesterday set yet another record for the warmest average temperature on planet earth, 63.01b0f. the highest since they have been keeping records. that is alarming, that figure, we consider half the globe is in winter. this is the fourth day in a row temperatures have broken or tied the record, the horses have a degreer tn it was in august 2016 according to the centers for environmental production. partof the u.s. broke heat record yesterday. in arizona and tucson they reached 110b0f, west palm beach florida hit 97. other cities time previous records. experts say temperatures will likely keep rising in the coming weeks. mark zuckerberg giving elon musk 70 million reasons to face off with him, that is next.
the heat daily index reached 100 or higher for 20 days straight. linsey? linsey: not much relief in the future. victor, thank you. there are also severe storms moving from colorado all the way east. let s get to abc s senior meteorologist rob marciano. rob, you have been tracking this record heat all week long. how long can we expect these sweltering temperatures to continue? reporter: well, linsey, some folks will get relief from the heat with these storms but not florida. it s going to continue there with heat index readings up over 100 droes the next several days. in miami today, hit 97. hasn t been that warm for three years. 103, miami. 104, melbourne. that s what it s going to feel like tomorrow. drop the humidity in the southwest. these are inhumane numbers. 116 in palm springs. 116 in palm springs on thursday. similar numbers in phoenix. here s the severe weather threat. little rock and memphis
it got better organized to hit the mouth of the mississippi. no wind with this really but a lot of rain. we ve seen flash flood warnings throughout new orleans throughout the morning. d.c. hit 97 yesterday. there s some of that heat that helped the storms fire up. 91 in blacksburg, virginia. out west, record lows across nevada and california. it s been horribly cool. some of the cool air will sing to the south and east as we go through time and numbers like this with that deep magenta in kansas city will go away as we go towards the weekend and next week. dangerously hot temperatures. that part of the world has been usually warm for the summer. when do you officially enter the dog days of summer? it s august.