heat wave is smothering a us humidity, driving the heat index into the triple digits. and this could be just the beginning of a brutally hot summer for americans and a new study suggesting the looming threat of an earthquake and tsunami. and the northwestern us of a size rarely seen on this planet and science contests are warning no one is ready. okay, we re following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here to cnn news central right now, speaker mike johnson is meeting with former president trump at mar-a-lago. the two liters said to be working out their game plans as trump tries to win back the white house and republicans tried to keep control of the house of representatives this is happening just days after trump held strategy talks with republicans in washington, the former president s first trip to capitol hill since the january 6 attack, we ve seen it and selena train with us now to be a fly on the wall in this meeting, collina exactly
get your podcasts, the news continues on cnn with wolf blitzer in the situation room now, new details just coming in. and how president biden, former president trump, are gearing up for their cnn debate now less than two weeks away. but are sources inside both campaigns are telling us yes, about their preparations that were tracking the fall out from a major us supreme court ruling, striking down a ban on bump stocks, a controversial gun accessory the justices still preparing to hand down opinions at other major issues, including donald trump s immunity claims. also tonight pope francis this makes a historic visit to the g7 summit in italy, meeting with president biden and other world leaders about concerns over artificial intelligence welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer a year in the situation room first up tonight and inside, look at the debate preparations taking place inside the biden and trump campaigns. cnn s kristen
could she knows. don t tread on that. no. go they could have rows. there was room for jack. alright. believe jake tapper right now a long-awaited update on the health but if princess kate, the lead starts right now new information from the princess of wales saying she s making good progress after her cancer diagnosis. and the big plan she announced for this coming weekend. there remains one outstanding mystery, however, plus hundreds of comedians walk into the vatican. this is not a joke, actually happened earlier today. what pope francis told fallon colbert, conan, chris rock, whoopi goldberg, julia louis-dreyfus and others in the star studded cast of characters. but first, the us supreme court ruling on several major cases today, but not on the january 6 immunity case, which could have a big impact on the upcoming presidential election. how this frees up donald trump to focus on debates and running mates i welcome them to lead. i m jake tapper. we re going to start off
welcome news when it comes to your wallet. a key inflation report shows that price increases went to zero last month. the markets are like what will the fed in the next hour we re said to get an interest rate decision from chair jerome powell and president biden back on the world stage. he s headed to it believe for a highly anticipated summit with a lot at stake. but casting a shadow over the trip. yesterday s conviction of his son, hunter, on felony gun charges happening now, house republicans moving forward in their planned to hold attorney general merrick garland in contempt of congress for violating subpoena requests. now, an uneasy feeling filling his growing among gop lawmakers. do they have the votes were following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here to cnn news central we start this hour watching stocks rally after a new report shows inflation cooling down in may, the gains have been a bit in afternoon trading, but the dow roared o
hold it against the defendant for not testifying in his own defense the judge, though, has push back on the defense s efforts to add more language to the jury instructions that would be more favorable to 100, for instance, the idea that he would he didn t knowingly violate the law, which is something that defense is really all about. and they also wanted to they also want to make the argument that hunter biden did not think he was addicted to drugs when he bought that gun? in october of 2018? that s the reason why we re here and why hunter is facing these three federal charges that could send him to prison if he is convicted, but it s you pointed out, we could very much have this case in hands of the jury today if a hunter biden does not testify and john, i mean, the fact that we re here we had about ten witnesses. i think i was to ten witnesses or four-and-a-half days of testimony on the part of the by the prosecution s this case really is what the jury is going to be co