aishah: former president trump pushing to release the affidavit but the justice department is urging the court to keep the documents secret, saying releasing it publicly would interfere with an ongoing criminal investigation. john: documents show the government is investigating trump for potential obstruction of justice and possible violations of the espionage act. aishah: and what s at stake at today s hearing, and peter doocy how the white house is responding. john: mark meredith live outside the courthouse in west palm beach florida, mark, what can we expect in the next coupon of hours? good afternoon. we can expect the judge to listen as lawyers are trying to push to get him to unseal a federal affidavit which would likely outline where the investigation stands into the former president. this is going to be fascinating, we have also seen the judge already agree to release some materials. the search warrant came out, which detailed not only what was collected fro
not one g.o.p. and are voted in favor of the nearly $740 billion spending bill. meanwhile vice president kamala harris had to come in and break the 50/50 tie. on this vote, the yeas are 50 and the nays are 50, the senate being equally divided the vice president votes in the formative in the bill as amended is passed. that vote came after a marathon 16 hours session over the weekend, they called it vote aroma word demo republicans add tried to plan amendments and when it was all over the package still contain hundreds of billions of dollars from climate change, deficit reduction, and tax hikes. the supersize of the irs adding 807,000 agents while the democrats are putting themselves in the back for this and getting their wit liberal wish list past. republicans warned this is turning into a war in the middle class that will backfire big time on the dems come november. here is hundred that ted cruz. all the democrats say they are worried and want to lower gas prices, they al
pottinger resigned in the immediate aftermath of the january 6th attack on the capitol. he will appear alongside former trump white house aide sarah matthews. also today, opening statements are expected in the federal trial of former trump adviser steve bannon for his refusal to cooperate with the january 6 committee. he s charged with two counts of contempt of congress for flouting subpoenas from the committee. the trial is expected to move quickly. and the government s case might even take one day. let s go to cnn s senior crime and justice reporter katelyn polantz. thank you for joining us. let s start with matthew pottinger and these details. obviously he was a pretty big figure in the west wing. he is considered to be have influence in the west wing. that s right, potting was the deputy national security adviser. that s a high-ranking position, he s alongside another person the former white house press secretary sarah matthews. they re both going to be live witnesses
texas power grid operator to warn people to cut back on the ac or face possible blackouts. extreme heat also roasting southern europe with wildfires raging in france and spain and a worsening drought in italy and portugal. and in the uk, monday was the third hottest day on record and today promises to be even hotter. even china is experiencing a massive heatwave with dozens of cities announcing heat alerts. we have live reports from north america, asia and europe and our coverage begins with melissa bell in france. reporter: southern europe in flames. vast swathes of the mediterranean engulfed by wildfires driven by the sweltering temperatures of europe s second heatwave this summer. from portugal through spain, italy and france, where one of two massive fires near the city ten to rage and spread. down here on the ground, you get a real sense of what the firefighters are facing. these parched conditions, the earth already dry for so many months of high temperatures and hose
the next insurrection hearing as a top committee member tests positive for covid. ultimatum from the families in uvalde to school officials. that is what we are watching at this hour. thank you very much for being here. i m kate baldwin. the stream heat affecting people around the world. the united kingdom recorded its highest temperature mp surpassing 104 degrees and temperatures are reaching triple digits across europe. the heat fueling wildfires from france, spain, portportugal. some cities in texas in the united states will see temperatures above 100 degrees the next ten days. we have multiple reporters covering all of this for us. let s begin with nina in london. how is london handling this? reporter: it s really sweltering. remember, this is a city that is more used to complaining about rainy cold summers and they have never seen anything like it. the mercury topping 40.2 de degredegrees and it might be as high as 42 celsius later on in the day. i m outside of kings