happened just next door as cnn s jean casarez reports. reporter: crime scene investigators continue to process the scene at defendant rex heuermann s home on long island. the murders may have occurred in 2008 and 2009, but investigators continue their pursuit to find any evidence that can help prosecutors in the upcoming trial. neighbors in the area still stand in disbelief. the guy was odd and strange, but never violent. reporter: neighbors of suspected serial killer rex heuermann speaking out about his past behavior. one telling news nation heuermann doug holes in his back year, another saying they remained friendly after a confrontation 28 years ago when heuermann would look over the fence and try to talk to his wife while she was sunbathing. it happened so many times that finally i pulled him over and we had a talk. reporter: residence in this long island suburb still in shock. for something like this to happen and right under our nose. reporter: as author
this is cnn news central. thank you so much for joining us. we begin with breaking news. it s an end of an era in the music world. tony bennett, the legendary singer, whose timeless cla classics brought us timeless classics like rags to riches and i left my heart in san francisco he has died. bennett was 96 years old. stephanie elam looks back at his life and incredible legacy stepping out with my baby reporter: a legend on stage, tony bennett s career spanned more than 70 years. he was opening up for pearl bailey when bob hope discovered him in 1949 in a new york city club. you know, it s been about 16 years since i discovered you singing in a greenwich village nightclub. how come this is your first appearance on my television show? well, i ve been waiting for you to make good. reporter: bennett had a string of hits in the 50s but the best was yet to come. he won his first grammy award in 1963 for his song i left my heart in san francisco and per
way. the document describes conversations apparently between the informant and the ceo of burisma, an energy company in ukraine that was trying to take its business to america and then eventually lead to an ipo on the stock exchange here. that person tells the source he has many text messages and recordings that show he was coerced to make such payments to the bidens. that it would cost him $5 million to 1 biden and 5 million to another. that revelation sparking fresh calls for president biden s impeachment from republicans. dana: congressman byron donalds believes this document was hidden for years to protect the bidens. they were protecting them when he left the vice presidency. the last year as vice president. they were protecting hillary clinton, by the way, when she was in the middle of her shenanigans and the essence of a two-tier justice system in america now. dana: anchor shannon bream. byron donalds also said when i asked him about the f.b.i. saying they re con
also tonight, the devastated ukrainian city of odesa on alert for a potential fifth straight night of russian missile strikes as they re issuing ominous new warnings about who vladimir putin might attack next. and tributes are pouring in for the legendary singer tony bennett after his death at the age of 96. we ll talk to two carrying on his legacy. michael bule and harry harry jr. is joining us live. i m jim acosta, and you re in the situation room. our top story this hour, the new trial date on the calender for donald trump. the former president turned criminal defendant heading into an election year packed with legal proceedings as a third indictment may be around the corner. cnn s senior legal analyst paula reid is joining us now with all these developments. paula, now the judge in the classified documents case has this trial date set for next may, how do we expect things to unfold? so as part of this order the judge included a list of 30 deadlines and dates, all th
in sight. vice president kamala harris taking on in s new rules when it comes to teaching black history. what she had to say and how governor and republican presidential candidate ron desantis is responding. i am predicting a absolutely three-peat. i don t think there s any doubt if they show up which they usually do. confidence there. team usa did show up in their first match, moving one step closer to a three-peat. we ll look at what is in the way here for team america. so much of the southern united states is under some sort of heat warning at this hour with blazing hot temperatures expected for the next several days. cnn looks at the official and what s driving these scorching weather patterns. i wish i had better news as far as the heat goes, but it is going stick around. it s actually going to build and expand as wooe go the weekend a early part of next week. it s not only a problem across the u.s. but around the world. in fact, we re seeing very, very hot con