the stabbing at a new york gas station that killed a gay professional dancer. the death being investigated as a hate crime the teen police are searching for. and the extraordinary legacy of henrietta lacks more than 70 years after her cells were harv harvested without her knowledge, the historic settlement for her family good evening, and thank you for joining us donald trump's legal jeopardy became much more serious late today, after the former president was indicted for a third time, this time, by a federal grand jury in wash washington, investigating his alleged attempts to overturn the results of the 2020 election in the new indictment, mr. trump is charged with three counts of conspiracy and one count of obstruction. he was summoned to appear on thursday before a federal magistrate judge in washington washington. the indictment also mentions six unnamed and unindicted co-conspirators. it says mr. trump and the knowingly false claims of election fraud to get state legislators subvert als to the lemate election rts just moments, col jack smith called the anuary 6th attack on capitol an precedented at the seat of american deacy. was fueled by lies. an attack, he said, that was fueled by lies late today, the trump campaign again called it a witch hunt, an interference in the current presidential election in which mr. trump is the republican front-runner by a wide margin we have it all covered tonight, starting with senior legal correspondent laura jarrett. reporter: tonight former president donald trump facing a blistering new indictment fro special counsel jack smith, this time, for his actions leading up to the capitol riot on january 6th, including, prosecutors say, trying to steal the election from the winner, president biden. the indictment alleging mr. trump was determined to remain in power, and spread lies about winning the 2020 election saying, "these claims were false. and the defendant knew they were false. the former president faces four counts, including conspiracy to defraud the united states and conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding. prosecutors described about alleged criminal scheme that mr. trump launched after election day, in an indictment that also details six unnamed co-conspirators. prosecutors did not charge mr. trump with inciting the january 6th riot the special counsel speaking out late tonight. >> the attack on our nation's capitol on january 6th, 2021, was an unprecedented assault on the seat of american democracy as described in the indictment, it was fueled by lies, lies by the defendant targeted at obstructing a bedrock function of the u.s. government >> reporter: tonight's indictment against the republican front-runner, the second one from special counsel jack smith just last week, adding new counts in that classified documents case, accusing mr. trump of trying to delete surveillance video subpoenaed by doj. prosecutors say co-defendant carlos de oliveira told another mar-a-lago employee the boss wanted it erased the former president posting, not -a-lagpes were deleted. they were volunty handed over i never told anybody to delete them." mr. trump has pleaded not guilty in that case, slated to go to trial next may in the heat of the republican primary. and then, there's his trial set for march. manh manhattan's d.a. indicted mr. trump for falsifying business records. the former president pleading not guilty there, too and in fulton county, georgia, where barricades are up, the d.a. says she'll unhis mont trump face chargetrying t ovhe elect results in that st e're r to go >> reporter: former president trump has been summoned to appear in a washington, d.c. courtroom this thursday lester >> laura, thank you. immediate reaction tonight from the former president garrett haake is following that part of the story. garrett, the republican front-runner tonight slamming these charges and this prosecutorthis prosecutor. >> that's right, lest >> reporter: that's right, lester the former president and his campaign had long anticipated he would face charges in this case. and they were ready with a statement almost a moment the indictment was unsealed, calling the charges part of an un-american witch hunt against the president, and asking why it took 2 1/2 years to bring what he calls these fake charges right in the middle of president trump's winning campaign for 2024 the statement answers their own rhetorical question, saying this is an act of election interference, echoing something we've heard repeatedly from mr. trump on the campaign trail. now, reaction is still coming in from republican-elected officials around the country. most congressional republicans coming to the former president's defense, with statements also p preprepared for this moment most of his other campaign rivals so far still silent his top rival, ron desantis, out with a statement, saying he has not read the indictment, but suggests that there is political prosecution at work here, something that he would end should he be president. lester >> all right, garrett haake, thank you. laura jarrett back with me, as well as chief justice contributor jonathan dienst if you step back for a moment, this is astonishing what we've witnessed over the last several weeks can we talk about the confirmation of these unindicted co-conspirators and why they would not be named or indicted a this point >> well, it's possible that the special counsel's office is still gathering information on some of them we're working to confirm some of the names. but based off of what we can piece together, just from what's public, it appears many of them are actually the former president's own lawyers, which is quite unusual, and part of what makes this case so complicated. >> yeah, jonathan, you've got some reporting on that >> yes, it's four lawyers, one justice department official, one political consultant we spoke with an attorney for john eastman, one of the lawyers who is an unindicted co-conspirator, number two, his lawyer confirms he is named in these charging documents as unindicted co-conspirator number two. and he allegedly came up with president to not certify the election this plan, this idea, to pressure the vice president to not certify the election results, to come up with this fake electors plot, alleged plot, and that he was behind it. now, his attorney tells us, they plan to file a memo with the special counsel's office to show them why this is just legal thinking, coming up with ideas, and why he should not be prosecuted or charged criminally again, today, it was trump and trump charged alone. there's six others named as alleged co-conspirators, unindicted co-conspirators, and to be determined if in the days and weeks ahead, they get target letters notifying them that they could be charged next >> yeah, and laura, looking at what we know so far, it's likely that some important meetings that the former president took could loom large in this prosecution. >> well, and you see many of them detailed here and it also appears that many people took notes, including the former vice president of the united states, took notes, the prosecutors got their hands on them, and clearly, they're using now to bolster their case and they also lay out, again in detail here, all of the times that mr. trump was told that the things that he was saying were false. told by people like the vice president, by senior leaders ofrector of national intelligence, that the reason that they're including that the justice department, by the director of national intelligence, that the reason that they're including that information, is because prosecutors have to show that he had a corrupt mind-set and one of the ways that it appears they're going to do that is to show that he was put on notice by people who were in the best position to know that what >> do we know anytg about the judge or has a judge even been assigned? >> last i checked the judge hadn't been assigned. he was saying was not true >> do we know anything about the judge or is a judge even been assigned in this case yet? >> last i checked, the judge hasn't been assigned so, we'll see who is on the wheel here it's worth noting, this is a district very well acquainted with the facts of the case, as everybody is on january 6th. but this district has obviously heard so many cases from the people who actually stormed the capitol. so, all of the judges are going to be very much up to speed on the facts. >> all right, laura and jonathan, thanks very much for all that meanwhile, in new york, a first court appearance today for the man charged with killing three women in the so-called gilgo beach murders in long island family members were there, as well, today. stephanie gosk has late details >> reporter: the hearing was brief. accused serial killer rex heuermann stood handcuffed, the tallest in the courtroom, while family members of the victims looked on. the 59-year-old denies murdering three young women over a decade ago on long island outside the courthouse, his defense attorney was asked how his client was doing >> he's a man who has never been arrested before he's maintained his innocence from the inception of this case so, he's doing the best he can at this point in time. >> reporter: today, prosecutors discussed sharing evidence with the defense. >> talking about 13 years worth of investigation. it is a massive amount of material. and don't forget, it's continuing, because the investigation is continuing >> reporter: four hard drives, eight terabytes of data. thousands of photos, autopsies, surveillance footage, and dna reports, according to prosecutors. and there will be more investigators combed through heuermann's home, removing truckloads of possible evidence, including, the d.a. said, nearly 300 guns stored in a walk-in vault.e obtained by "the new york post" appear to show how extensive the search was. investigators apparently remov photos from inside the house obtained by "the new york post" appear to show how extensive the search was investigators apparently removing a panel from the bathtub. today, attorneys for heuermann's wife and children released a statement, slamming the policee for the way the home was left, writing, "the deplorable conditions they are now left to live in after the roughshod, wholesale upending of their home by police investigators is absolutely unacceptable." while his family struggles, heuermann will remained behind bars, held without bail his attorney says there is no talk of a plea deal. >> we're prepared to go forward, we will defend this case in a court of law, and we will go to trial in this case. >> reporter: but the trial may not happen soon the prosecutor says there could be more charges. heuermann is the main suspect in the disappearance of a fourth woman the victims' families have waited over a decade for an arrest a conviction will take longer >> and stephanie joining me now stephanie, you were in the courtroom. what was heuermann's demeanor, was there any reaction when he walked in the room >> reporter: you know, lester, he came in expressionless he didn't say anything over the course of the hearing. there were victims' family members in court. they didn't react, either the prosecutor says they've been a part of this process every step of the way, lester the next court hearing is scheduled for late september. >> all right, stephanie gosk, thank you. fitch downgraded its united states credit rating from top tier aaa status today. fitch, one of three credit rating agencies, said the decision reflects the erosion of governance, following the debt ceiling standoff earlier this year. fitch joins the s&p, which also stripped the u.s. of aaa status more than ten years ago. the white house strongly disagreeing with that move tonight. now, to that massive wildfire scorching the california desert, and now spilling into nevada, fueled in part by record heat, with little relief in sight. miguel almaguer has the latestan out-of-control blaze >> reporter: facing an out of control blaze and extreme conditions, tonight, this ithe dangerous firefight for crews in california's mojave desert remote, but exploding in size, the york fire has torn across 80,000 acres the largest in the country so far this year, now spilling into nevada >> we were pretty concerned that it could start coming down at us >> reporter: as the unusual desert blaze destroys protected joshua trees and threatens endangered animals -- >> just heartbreaking. >> reporter: -- the erratic conditions here have created firenados, a vortex of swirling flames and smoke smoke. baking in triple digits, firefighters are battling an inferno while working inside an oven >> it gets really bad. it's hard to breathe >> reporter: if the heat wasn't enough, smoke is drifting across two states, smothering parts of las vegas, where a thick haze triggered flig delays, and is iming aiality. >> yeah, it's humid. it's hot >> reporter: for som 43 million today under he alerts, the conditions outside are stifling in july, phoenix averaged nearly 103 degrees. the warmest temp for any u.s. city in any year and across the west, the start of fire season was delayed because of our wet winter, but now, conditions are prime for disaster lester >> all right, miguel almaguer, thank you. in 60 seconds, the manhunt for the suspect who stabbed to death a gay man at a new york city gas station. and later, short-staffed and burned out 911 dispatchers are warning about dire conditions their call for help. images and videos. social media, fine-tuned to suck them in. and steal them away. alone you can't stop it. together we will. we have a plan. join us. 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