and it has been ten years since the yarnell hill fire claimed the lives of 19 firemen. we ll look back at their legacy, how that wildfire and climate change have crews changing their strategies. that s coming up. we re going to start, though, with extreme weather across the country, from heat waves to heavy winds and rain, cancelled outdoor celebrations and even ruined some travel plans over the holiday weekend. nbc meteorologist michelle grossman, with what we can expect. and first, here s blayne alexander. reporter: there s no question summer is in full swing, if you doubt it, just step outside. millions of americans are dealing with record-breaking temperatures, and it s not just inconvenient, it s dangerous. between the dangerous heat and severe storms, mother nature really is bringing a one-two punch. overnight, we saw severe weather hit places in alabama. we ve also seen the weather turned deadly, turns trees over, including crushing one woman in her car in missouri
to the impact of his tourette s. we ll be learning a bit more about it. i want to start by introducing my panel for the next hour. tonight, i mjoined by the broadcaster and political reporter at politics home, nadine batchelor hunt, and bryan lanza, who is a former director of communications on presisent trump s transitions team and a partner at the global on president trump s transitions team and a partner at the global strategy firm mercury. hello. a proper hello in a moment, but i want to bring details out of that ukrainian city of kramatorsk, that city centre, you can see the pictures, which has been hit by a russian missile attack. we know that potentially people are trapped under the rubble as they are attempting to be rescued. we know there are injuries and we know there are fatalities there. this is effectively city centre, so an area with restaurants, and the attack happened about 7:30pm in the evening, so it would have been busy at the time. the latest numbers are t
the appeals court hearing on donald trump s immunity hearing has wrapped up. the three-judge appellant panel facing this big question can the former president be held criminally responsible for actions that he took while in office to overturn the 2020 election loss. we heard a remarkable argument from trump s team who heard the argument that prosecuting a former president would open up a pandora s box as john sauer said that working in the capacity as alleged in the indictment by jack smith, the special counsel s office pushing back on that. this notion that we are all of the sudden going to be seeing a floodgate, i think that, again, the careful investigations in the clinton era didn t result in any charges. the fact that this investigation did doesn t reflect that we are going to see a sea change of vindictive tit-for-tat prosecutions in the future. i think it reflects fundamentally unprecedented nature of the criminal charges here. cnn s evan perez joins us now. ev
record numbers of migrants crossing the u.s. border, a dire humanitarian crisis. the lead starts right now. with border crossings at an all-time high, the biden administration warns times ahead will likely get even worse now that a key immigration policy that had been used to turn away migrants has expired. the scenes at the u.s.-mexico border today as we learned of two u.s. migrant children who died in u.s. custody. all this as the debt crisis intensifies. we won t in some cases be able to pay our troops. the impact as the nation gets closer to defaulting and not being able to pay its bills. plus, surrendered. a u.s. marine veteraning himself in on manslaughter charges after holding a new york street artist in a deadly choke hold on a new york city subway. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we re going to start today in our world leader with theen anxiety and uncertainty at the u.s.-mexico border. record numbers of migrants are entering the u.s. including near
he defamed her by denying it happened. this is moments away. we will bring it to you live here and stay with it throughout this hour. national correspondent bryan llenas is standing by at the courthouse while we wait for the news that the jurors are about to present this verdict. hi, brian. yes, i m here in new york. we have our producers at the courthouse. we re waiting now what the verdict is. it said that they would be announcing it at 3:00. we re looking to see as soon as we get the verdict what it is. in this case we need to step back here, this is a civil federal case, which means that all nine jurors must come to a unanimous decision on whether or not they believe former president trump committed assault, a battery and whether or not he defamed e. jean carroll. the burden of proof here is lower than a criminal case. you must proved beyond a reasonable doubt in this case. the only thing they have to do is convince the jury that e. jean carroll said the events more tha