is. welcome to this special edition of the lead. i m kaitlan collins in for jake tapper. we start with our politics lead and a major victory for donald trump for now. a judge has now granted his request for a special master, allowing a third party attorney to come in and review the documents seized from mar-a-lago last month. the judge cited senchlg reasons for her decision, including the potential stigma that donald trump faces after the search plus what she calls, quote, swirling allegations of bias and media leaks. trump s lawyers argued he needed a special master because they couldn t trust the justice department, and in today s ruling, the judge said federal investigators can not continue reviewing the materials they took until the special master has finished their work. let s get straight to cnn s senior justice correspondent, evan perez. evan, i know this filing is 24 pages long. it came out on this holiday, but what are the main takeaways from it? kaitlan, the j
there were guns. a rare mass shooting in denmark. tragic news there are several fatalities reported. announcer: live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster. it is monday, july 4th, independence day in the united states. millions of americans will be celebrating the holiday without covid restrictions the first time in three years. the celebrations come at a time of deep division over conservative politics. roe v. wade one of the issues. cost of living a concern for many families this holiday weekend. several cities marked independence day early with fireworks shows on sunday. you re looking at picture from milwaukee, wisconsin. it s their first show since 2019. but in many cities, fire work displays may be limited with costs for displays around 35% according to the pyrotechnic association. retailers are ready to meet demand this year. the fourth of july cookout will cost more this year, roughly 17% higher than last year. that s a little over $10 more tha
just as summer temperatures heat up, thousands of kids could be left high and dry. why thousands of pools and summer camps may not open. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. the wife of a supreme court justice could be dragged to the forefront of the investigation into the january 6th insurrection. ginni thomas, the wife of supreme court justice clarence thomas says that she is willing to meet with the house select committee investigating the capitol attack. the request for her interview comes after the committee says they have emails between ginni thomas and former trump attorney john eastman. eastman, of course, the architect of the delusional, unconstitutional theory that vice president pence could single handlely have overturned the election. while the contents of the emails between the two have not been revealed, eastman in emails to a different trump lawyer, according to the new york times, seemed to have insight and knowledge that supreme court justices were i
though. cnn s nadia romero reports. we have hit a very quiet moment here at the busiest airport in the world. and perhaps this is the best time to travel, the middle of a holiday weekend and the middle of the day. take a look behind me. this is where you enter the main security checkpoint at the busiest airport in the world. you can just walk right in and make your way through to the tsa checkpoint. this is a clear, this is a free check. this is standard boarding. look how easy it is for people to make their way to the front counter and make their way to the checkpoint. this is a far cry from what we saw saturday and definitely friday. let s look at the numbers on saturday of 2020. so, july 2nd, 2020, of the holiday weekend, only 467,000 passengers made their way through security checkpoints. and then last year, look at that dramatic increase. 1.9 million passengers, and then increasing again on saturday of this year, 2.16 million passengers. of course, we saw the height,
white. they have the same last name but are not related. they were last seen more than a week ago leaving the lauderdale county detention center in alabama. nadia romero reports. reporter: we re learning new details about what happened leading up to the escape of inmate casey white and corrections officer vicky white. new video released of vicky white inside of a quality inn hotel, not far from here in the county courthouse where she allegedly stayed on thursday, the night before the escape just last week. we re getting a look inside of the patrol car she used to transport casey white. they were going from the detention center to an evaluation, but no evaluations or hearing was scheduled. inside the car, they found her jail keys, radio and other items. that car was abandoned at a shopping mall and they got