A warm welcome to our viewers watching from the United States and all around the world. Im paula newton. Ahead on cnn newsroom, republican candidates gatherer in iowa. See how one found out the hard way what happens when you target the former president. Plus when it comes to u. S. Weather, even the good news says theres little relief in sight for much of the country. Well explain and have the latest on the heat alerts. And later, what its like living in odesa and seeing Historic Places destroyed by russian attacks. Well get a firsthand account of life in the war zone. So if donald trump or his supporters are bothered by the latest charges the front runner faces, no one is showing it. A little joke there, i guess. The former president received a Stand Og Ovation Friday Night in iowa. In fact, it was a rare appearance where most of his republican rivals also spoke. Trump mostly highlighted what he considers to be his administrations accomplishments, but he also went on the attack without specifically addressing those charges against him. Listen. They want to weaponize the ira, just like they have weaponized the justice department. If i werent running, i would have nobody coming after me. Or if i was losing by a lot, i would have nobody coming after me. Now while trump didnt directly address the new charges he faces in the iowa event rksz he has been commenting elsewhere since they were filed thursday. Paula reid has our story. Reporter former President Trump facing new legal peril. A Florida Grand JuryReturned A Superseding indictment thursday add aing two charges against trump for an effort to alter, destroy, mutilate or conceal Surveillance Footage that is at the heart of the prosecutionss case. Trump reacting in a new interview right after the charges dropped. It shouldnt even be a case. Reporter prosecutors also added maralago Property Manager to the case, charging him with obstruction and lying to the fbi during a january 2023 interview. The indictment describes how he told another maralago employee that, quote, the boss wanted the server with the Surveillance Footage to be deleted. Prosecutors also added wasnt more one more count, willful retention of National Defense information related to a classified document he he showed vuters in 2021. That meeting was recorded by one of his aids. This was done by the military given to me. This is classified. Isnt that interesting . Reporter cnn has learned that document, a presentation concerning Military Activity in a foreign country, was actually returned to the archives in january 2022. Prosecutors will have to prove that document was willfully retained, even though it was returned, even before trump received a subpoena. The former President Firing back suggesting he would have smith fired if hes reelected. If youre elected president president begun, is he somebody he would fire. I wouldnt keep him. Why would i keep him . And in a social media post, calling for smith to be thrown in jail. Smith was appointed by attorney general Merrick Garland to oversee investigations into trump after the former president launched his latest bud for the white house. When i pointed mr. Smith, i did so because it underscores the justice departments commitment to independence and accountability. Can you tell us if well have an indictment this week . Reporter smith has said little. Trumps lawyers met with the Team Thursday ahead of an expected indictment in that case. Were going to walk down to the capitol. Reporter amid all the legal peril, concerns about security at the courts. In atlanta where trump may also face challenges in the coming weeks, barricades are going up around the courthouse. Carlos is expected to make his First Court Appearance on monday, though its unclear how his addition to the case will impact the timeline for a potential trial. Our paula reid there. Back in iowa, criticizing trump is a sure way to alienate a friendly crowd of conservative vo voters, as many politicians have learned the hard way. But in a highstakes election season, the gloves have to come off sometime. Listen to will herd barely get ten words out last night before the backlash erupted. Listen. Donald trump is running to stay out of prison. If we elect i know, i know, i know. Listen, i know the truth. The truth is hard. Now, it is a crowded field of gop contenders, all of them looking for an edge to chip away at trumps sizable lead ahead of next januarys iowa caucuses. We want education in this country, not indoctrination in this country. We got it done in florida. We need to get it done nationally. And i got Kamala Harris coming down to florida trying to create a phoney narrative because she understands florida has stood up to the lefts agenda. We have beat the lefts agenda in the state of florida. Then you go and look at the boarder. I know kamala is here in iowa, but i bet you she hasnt spent near as much time at the border as she spent in iowa talking about abortion. I have been to that border. The idea that those ranchers get up first thing in the morning and go see if anyone died crossing the fence. With us now is thomas gift, director of the center on u. S. Politics at University College london. Good to see you. Mr. Hurt there was certainly booed off the stage in a hurry. Many predicted that this would happen, but the way that the republicans, the gop have rallied around trump after charge after charge, indictment after indictment, do you believe theres any secret sauce, Secret Formula to try to break a strangle hold on the party . I dont. I do think that the reaction to will hurds comments are as predictable as you can get. There are two things you cant can lecture the leaders on in 2023 and thats donald trump and the truth. So doing both at once saying trump is only running to stay out of jail and the truth hurts, it seems like hurd was trying to elicit a negative response. He can stand up there and grand stand without much concern. The whole point of this Campaign LikeAsa Hutchinson is to make a po point. But as youre suggesting for viable republican who is are trying to compete for the nomination, you can see why theres been such a reluctance to challenge trump head on. Youre going to put through the ringer for doing it, which is one reason why Chris Christie didnt show up last nagt. He knew his critiques wouldnt go over and he was right. But if you cant attack trump and be nice to trump and still make end roads, it makes it impossible for any other alternative candidate to emerge as viable here. And that was my next question. As much as Chris Christie can read the room and know he shouldnt be in that room,en didnt they learn that in the 2016 primary race that somebody needs atab him more . He will become the nominee, period. Yeah, and i think maybe there are a lot of candidates who are just vying for second place basically a Vice President ial nod. I do think that you see some change in posture from ron desantis in particular. Maybe thats just out of desperation. What hes been doing up until this point certainly hasnt been resinating with republican voters. Hes been trying to make this argument about eligibility essentially saying, look, i understand your concerns and know youre upset. I realize some of you might prefer a second trump term, but im the candidate that can win. The problem with that is that the right wing base isnt much swayed by the eligibility argument. Thats more something that resinates with party elites and donors. And ron desantis has gotten off to such a poor start, both with his slippage in the poll turmoil in his campaign. His argument about competence is hard to take to voters, which is one reason why were starting to see a search for trump alternatives. I think some are looking to tim scott maybe as an antitrump candidate because hes a more effective foil. Hes more positive, a lot more optimistic and doesnt drive in that same trump lane. Its going to be hard for any candidate to really compete here. Hard is probably the understatement of this political season as well. We heard trump say in his address to iowa that he wouldnt be prosecuted at all if he werent running for president. Listen now to what he said in an interview about how hes going to handle the charges against him, the indictments and perhaps even guilty verdicts. Take a listen. You get convicted and sentenced. Does that stop your campaign for president , if youre sentenced . Not at all. Theres nothing in the constitution to say it could. Even the radical left say it wouldnt stop me. It wouldnt stop him either. Thomas, is there anything that you see in this race that will change it . I have to note a that when you go to the general against joe biden, if you watch or listen to conservative media, right now, they are going on about the hunter biden situation. As far as they are concerned, the scales are balanced in terms of political leaders facing justice, even though people mention its not the president facing these legal troubles, its his son. Absolutely. The hunter biden scandal, if you want to call it that s a perfect rejoinder for republicans to muddy the water. Theres no parallel here. Any time you hear trump and indictment, all republicans want to do is talk about hunter biden. They really do think its evening out the scale, even if theres no reality in which thats separate the case. But donald trump is not going to be deterred by any indictment or future indictment. Hes really doubled down and hes used it to both fundraise and increase his position in the polls. So to your fundamental question, is anything going to change this race, its always possible. Theres still a long way to go. I do think that some of these indictments and potential charges could have some downstream implications for the general election if trump is the nominee, but in the short run, all this only helps him. He has such a strangle hold on the party, which we observed time and geb its going to be difficult to topple. And while a reminder is that these elections and The General Go State By state, when you look at the popular vote right now, biden and trump are tied. That gives you a preview of what maybe to come if trump does become the nominee. Thank you so much. We appreciate it. Thank you. Now in the state of georgia, officials have beefed up security outside an atlanta courthouse as they brace for another possible indictment of donald trump. Hes being investigated in the state over election interference and charges could be handed down as soon as next week. Sara murray has our report. Reporter barricades are going up around the courthouse in atlanta. And on monday were in the window for when the District Attorney may announce charges as to anyone who may face an indictment as part of her investigation into efforts but trump to overturn the 2020 president ial election in georgia. Were seeing a lastditch attempt by Donald Trumps attorneys to have her disqualified from the case, try to have evidence from the case thrown out. A judge has set a hearing in that on august 10th, which is smack dab in the middle of that indictment window. We still i think were probably weeks rather than days away from any potential indictment. And this has been a big investigation and one that some critics believe should have moved faster. Take a lock at a preview of our deep dive into what happened in georgia coming this weekend. We are more than two years past the pressure campaigns, the harassment of public and private citizens, the coordinating of fake lek electors, the breach of equipment, and we still dont know. Will trump and his a allies face charges here in georgia . And if so, will there be convictions. They rigged the president ial election in 2020, and were not going to allow them to rig the president ial election of 2024. Did voters deserve an answer to this question before donald trump became an announced candidate again . I dont think theres i any question about that. From a national per sspective, question about it. From a local perspective, no question about it. We saw former President Trump lie to the american people. You saw him gin up this outrage. Is it a remedy if hes charged with a crime in georgia . If they indict him and cant convict him t will be an exoneration. Is that better or worse . I dont know. This will give you an idea of how sprawling the investigation in georgia actually is. Everything from trump attorney Rudy Giulianis false statements in front of georgia lawmakers to try to persuade them to up end the election result to a former publicist for kanye west who tried to pressure a Georgia Election worker into admitting that she participated in an election fraud. All that and more is coming up sunday at 8 00 p. M. Eastern on our deep dive with anderson cooper. Our thanks there to sara murray. As they have done since january, protesters in israel are expected to be out in force again today to demand their government stop its overhaul of the judicial system. Its become an historic showdown over the past seven months with neither side backing down. A controversial new law came into force wednesday that will likely add more fuel to todays demonstrations. Critics say it has weakened Supreme Court and undermines israeli democracy. Benjamin netanyahu dismissed those concerns as silly. He claims the overhaul is needed to reset the Balance Of Power in government. Now in the u. S. , more than 100 Million People from Southern California to new england are waking up to heat alerts in the hours ahead. In phoenix temperatures are expected to stay above 110 degrees right into the weekend. The scorching temperatures are easing in the midwest. But people on the northeast will have to wait until later sunday to get any kind of relief. Miguel marquez looks at how people are coping. Dead hi heat, more than 30 states under alert, temperatures record breaking. Oh, my god. This is hell on earth. Nowhere worse than phoenix, arizona. This is unreal. Day, night, never seen anything like it. Reporter a city accustomed to heat now overwhelmed by it. A new record 15 days so far this year over 115 degrees. The morgue in Maricopa County adding ten refrigerator containers prepping for a possible spike in heatrelated deaths. Already the morgue is over its normal capacity. If it started to tilt, thats fine. Arizonas ultrahardy, some essentially suffocating from the heat. Wildlife suffering too, a Great Horned Owl cooling off in a sanctuary. A at the minneapolis zoo, ost ridges taking a shower. A polar bear in search of ice. The midwest, baking. Construction workers taking extra precautions. Conditions being pushed to the extreme. This isnt for the unseasoned worker. Dont try to attempt to come out and start working in this heat until you have been fully acclimated. Along the eastern sea board, the heat dex, the mix of temperatures and humidity, hitting upwards of 110 degrees in some areas. Im sweating within i probably am sweating within 7 seconds of stepping outside. Im not joking. And also as soon as im on the subway platform, it gets really ugly, really messy. Reporter Public Cooling Stations set up. Power companies urging customers to conserve energy. Power grids everywhere under pressure. We recommend setting your aircoair conditioner to 78 degrees or the lowest of the cool settings. Remembering that its all about maintaining your comfort while also ensuring Energy Consumption for the entire city. Reporter while summer and heat go together, Climate Change service calculates july will be the worlds hottest month on record ever. So the good news is in places like new york and much of the u. S. , the temperatures are going to come down in the days ahead. The bad news is were all going to have to live with more extreme weather in the days ahead. Back to you. Our thanks to Miguel Marquez there. Much more to come here on cnn newsroom, including comments from a soon to be exwife of the beach murder suspect. Plus a major ukrainian city caught in the cross hairs of russian missiles. 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