taiwan in six different locations opening fire. so what is the cost/benefit analysis of this trip here? live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster. it is thursday, august 4, 9:00 a.m. here in london, 4:00 a.m. in washington and 11:00 a.m. in moscow where closing arguments are expected in just a few hours in the trial of u.s. back star brittney griner. it is the second hearing so far this week for griner who was arrested at a moscow airport back this february. she is being held on drug charges after being caught with cannabis oil in her luggage. griner pleaded guilty to the charges against her in hopes of securing a lighter sentence. the u.s. has attempted to broker a prisoner swap with moscow, but so far no agreement. fred pleitgen isle following the developments for us from moscow. and this could be the final day, we could get the result. reporter: we could indeed. certainly something that is not set in stone and isn t necessarily on the official agenda.
it will feel considerably warmer than the middle and upper 80s. and speaking of heat, look at the northeastern united states. washington, philly, new york, boston, heat indices in this region up to 106 freesdegrees i afternoon hours. so that will have impacts. we expect a cooling trend possibly early next week as we get multiple systems that push in. but very active pattern with historic heat, historic flooding and fires widespread as well that we ve covered in recent weeks. paededram, thank you very mu. and wildfires continue in the western united states. red flag warnings cover large portions of washington, oregon and montana. in northern california the devastation is monumental. the mckinney fire scorching the earth leaving charred buildings and cars in its wake. but officials say lower temperatures as well as rain
taiwan in six different locations opening fire. so what is the cost/benefit analysis of this trip here? live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster. it is thursday, august 4, 9:00 a.m. here in london, 4:00 a.m. in washington and 11:00 a.m. in moscow where closing arguments are expected in just a few hours in the trial of u.s. back star brittney griner. it is the second hearing so far this week for griner who was arrested at a moscow airport back this february. she is being held on drug charges after being caught with cannabis oil in her luggage. griner pleaded guilty to the charges against her in hopes of securing a lighter sentence. the u.s. has attempted to broker a prisoner swap with moscow, but so far no agreement. fred pleitgen isle following the developments for us from moscow. and this could be the final day, we could get the result.
is rotting, that is spoiling, that people really could use at this point. and they can t. and this is just emblematic in what we re seeing in every town throughout southeastern kentucky. it is the grocery store, the post office and the bank. it is the school. it is the fire department in almost every city. just down the road in jeremiah, we saw the fire and rescue center completely destroyed. the tanker that you see there, that yellow one out frond, we spoke with the chief the fire chief there, and he says that he has spent 15 hours through the flood on that tanker. he got a call in the middle of the night, told the station is flooding, you need to get here. he said that his pickup truck got swept up. he was able to steer it into that yellow tanker, ram it in there, but he couldn t get the door and the window open. here s what he said. i reached and found my pistol
tonight for the final listed stop on her tour of asia, japanese officials still working on pelosi s schedule for tomorrow in tokyo and that includes who she will meet with. and that all being said, the chief cabinet secretary said that he welcomes the speaker to japan and that her visit will further strengthen personal and parliamentary cha e exchanges b united states and japan. they wouldn t comment on the surprise visit to taiwan, but the chief cabinet secretary did express concern over the live fire military drills and urged a peaceful resolution of the cross-strait issues. he said that china s exercises could undermine peace and stability in the region and directly impact the security of japan and its people. this is just 110 kilometers east of taiwan. i inokay. steven and blake, thank you both