extraordinary dispute play out in south florida this afternoon. it s going to be a high stakes argument over what level of transparency the american public is owed when it comes to the justice department s investigation of sensitive documents that were stored at the former president s home. the doj does not want the affidavit released, claiming it could compromise their investigation. cnn has learned that some trump allies are urging him to publicly release surveillance footage of fbi agents searching mar-a-lago. eric trump says his father will absolutely release the tapes at what he calls the right time. now, remember, this is the video of the search itself from the trump s own security cameras. this is not the surveillance video that had been subpoenaed by investigators and reportedly showed activity around the boxes that contained classified documents, activity so alarming to law enforcement that they pushed for the search warrant. katelyn polantz is live outside of th
good morning to viewers here in the u.s. and all around the world, it is monday, july 4th, and the independence day celebrations kicking off early in some cities. this is video from milwaukee s waterfront where thousands gathered to catch a spectacular fireworks show, just beautiful there. the mood was not so festive at america s airports, though, flights canceled, passengers stranded. if you are flying holiday weekend chances are you are not having a happy 4th and feeling anything but independent because you were at the mercy of overwhelmed airlines. more than 1,500 flights were canceled from friday through sunday and saturday was the worst, 653 flights were axed. the airlines are also blaming the weather, thunderstorms in the northeast delaying thousands of flights and adding to the chaos the highest travel demand we ve seen since the start of the pandemic and, of course, rampant staffing shortages. let s take you now to one of the busiest airports in the world, atlanta s
after a costumed character appeared to snub two little black girls. mother s response right here on cnn as the park called the incident a misunderstanding. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we start in our earth matters series. half of humanity is in a climate danger zone. that is the message today from the very top of the united nations and the record temperatures many of you are feeling right now are just a symptom, multiple heat waves across the globe are creating a series of crises just look at this video from london. a row of houses on fire. officials say because of the heat. the london fire brigade says they have never seen weather related incidents, quote, on this scale before. in spain, in france, in italy, wildfires spreading rapidly. the flames on top of an extreme drought in italy, destroying crops, which could cut off a source of food this fall. in major cities, travel disrupted. trains and flights canceled over and over, due to the heat and causing a glob
of staff mark meadows. she has been in some of the most dramatic motels of videotaped testimony. she identified the names of several republican lawmakers she said were asking about pardons. she talked about conversations around the legality of the fake elector scheme. she reportedly confirmed accounts that trump reacted approvingly to the chants of hang mike pence. we re also learning that the cell phone video of john eastman last week. you re looking at it as it s unfolding, eastman was there in order to overturn the election. we ll have more on that in a moment. let s bring in jessica schneider on the latest. brianna, cassidy hutchinson has long been considered a crucial witness since up close and personal to those at the white house. and she does have crucial details on what happened on january 6. we know she s been interviewed behind closed doors privately by the committee three times. and now, she will appear at this last-minute hearing in public. privately, we kno
in all 26 states have laws that indicate they could outlaw or set extreme limits on the procedure. protests intensifying nationwide both for and against the supreme court s ruling to overturn the federal constitutional right to an abortion. many many protests were peaceful there were incidents with some protesters getting arrested. as some states move to restrict abortion rights others are taking steps to protect access and funding. also some major companies are pledging to provide support for employees and in some cases their defendants where abortions are now being outlawed. meanwhile, there are questions about the future of other court-determined rights. a consenting opinion from justice clarence thomas calls for the court to reconsider precedents on contraception and same-sex marriage. we want to get right to the supreme court in morning, cnn s josh campbell is there. josh, for everything that happened the court is not done yet. reporter: they are not done yet. you ca