philadelphia do prepare to give an update any moment now. we ll go straight to that. also this hour, extreme weather in reeking havoc on picnics and parades as blistering heat and thunderstorms leave millions under a severe weather watch. we ll have the latest weather forecast of what you can expect today and on this busy holiday, about 15,000 hotel workers in southern california walked off their jobs further complicating travel plans. we ll explain why they re hitting the picket line. we ll start with the mass shootings that left two u.s. cities reeling with eight people killed. fort worth texas, three are dead and more than a dozen injured while in philadelphia, five were killed and two injured after a gunman wearing a bulletproof vest opened fire on a street. any moment, we re expecting an update from philadelphia s mayor. this is the live picture at the microphone. we re watching that. when it does happen and the police commissioner joins the mayor, we ll take you there
along with analysts chuck rosenberg and lisa rubin. what can we expect based on arguments put forward in advance by both sides? reporter: to set the scene, because donald trump is here in person the security has really been ramped up. there s a much greater police presence. in terms of in the courtroom, this is a long shot for donald trump, this idea that a former president can t be prosecuted for any acts whited while serving in offense, it s belied by the fact that gerald ford pardoned richard nixon. this three-judge panel is an all-female panel with two judges appointed by president biden and one appointed by former president george h.w. bush. in addition to arguing immunity, trump lawyers are also making the argument that this produce is improper under double jeopardy. ken, i need to interrupt you because the hearing is starting. let s listen in right now. our jurisdiction was challenged by an amicus. you are not questioning our collateral order jurisdiction? [indis
and that the republican front-runner is heading into the new year with section 3 of the 14th amendment nipping at his heels. first it was colorado, now it s maine saying that trump is disqualified from being on the ballot. and let s not forget that more than a dozen other states with the 14th amendment have cases pending. 14th amendment cases. now the new ruling from the maine secretary of state is as fiery as it is somber. quote, i nclude as did the colorado supremeou that the record establishes that mr. trump over the course of several months and culminating on january 6, 2021, used a false narrative of election fraud to inflame his supporters and direct them to the capitol to prevent certificati o the 2020 election and the peaceful transfer of power. i likeise conclude mr. trump was aware of the likely hood for ce and at least initially supported its useiven he both encouraged it with incendiary rhetoric and took no timely action to stop it. the weight of the evidence ma
thanks for sticking around. it s friday. we have a lot going on a major show the d.a. who made history by indicting donald trump is under a lot of scrutiny. he has a very interesting record, a record that includes beating trump in court previously did you know that? we have been working on one of our special reports around here, and we are going to air it for you live tonight on manhattan district attorney alvin bragg. that s coming up we begin on the federal side of thing where is the criminal probe of trump continues he is a criminal defendant in new york but the federal case involves a star witness who was also targeted for harm or assassination by then sitting president donald trump when i say those words out loud here, it almost sounds like extreme or hard to remember, but that is really what happened you might think if you were defending yourself in the case where you re accused of causing harm to your own vice president, you d want him to testify and say on your be
crew has reached the site where a u.s. drone crashed in the black sea after being hit by a russian jet. i ll ask key white house official john kirby what, if anything, the kremlin might learn from the wreckage. also tonight stock prices slide amid fresh chaos in the banking industry. two troubles at two banks atting to fears more failures on the horizon as many americans are wondering if their money is safe. and former trump lawyer michael cohen just wrapped up his second round of testimony in the investigation of hush money he says he paid to stormy daniels. the adult film star meeting with prosecutors today as a grand jury considers criminal charges against the former president. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. announcer: this is cnn breaking news. let s get straight to the breaking news. sources now telling cnn that russian naval craft have arrived at the site of the u.s. dron