of ayman. a modern conspiracy falls apart. has republicans wanted to paint the biden family as criminal. their star witness has just been charged with crimes of his own. then, biden s big week. the president just wrapped up major winds at home and abroad. plus, the gop has just six months to take out trump before the primaries begin. can anybody in the primary field grow a backbone and take him on? i m michael steele, in for a man. let s get started. t s get started. the smoking gun and republicans investigation into the biden family appears to be nothing but smoke and mirrors. gal left, a key witness in the gop s probe and the co-head of an energy think tank has repeatedly accused president biden and his family of accepting millions of dollars in bribes from china. this week, in a stunning case of irony, he found himself at the center of criminal investigations. according to a newly unsealed federal indictment, he is been charged with arms trafficking, sanctions violations
you ve been waiting all week to get to the weekend, and now we have arrived. good morning. welcome to cnn this morning. it s saturday, july 15th. i m victor blackwell. and i m rahel solomon in for amara walker. victor, good to be with you, my friend, even if remotely. even if there s distance between us, it s good to have you on the show. coming up, scorching hot temperatures and dangerous conditions, now 45 million people are under heat alerts this weekend. we ll tell you who s going to see the worst of it. a pizza box and burner phones. a cold case gets cracked over after decades. how authorities track down a string of killings in new york that went unsolved for years. i worry that it s going to go on for a long time. i hope that it s not. right now we cannot make a liveable wave on what we re living. and hollywood grinds to a halt as actors join writers on the picket line. how long it could go on and what it could mean for your favorite shows. and the mega
plus, absolute chaos. that is how one democrat described the house judiciary hearing after republicans double down on unproven conspiracies, and gop hijacking, the annual defense bill is chock-full of amendments to address right-wing cultural agreements, a member of the house armed services committee will respond, and we will get her reaction to senator tommy tuberville s blockade on u.s. abortion promotions, a move that leave this country less safe. i am michael steele, in for free be careful if you are claustrophobic. tonight we begin with the walls closing in on donald trump for his efforts to overturn the 2020 election results, as investigators in both the federal and state levels move towards the final stages of their probes. let s start with the special counsel, jack smith, s inquiry. according to reporting from the new york times, cnn, prosecutors recently sat down for hours apparently with both trump s son-in-law, derek kushner, in his former longtime aide, hope hic
products ranging from sugar free gum, to diet sodas. the label does not mean diet soda necessarily causes cancer, the science in this case is not conclusive. we re told, it s the harmful effects of tobacco, in fact based on the w. h. o. s guidelines, someone weighing 184 counts could safely drink up to 33 cans of diet soda day, and stay within the recommended limits for aspartame. news continues, source for kaitlan collins. starts now. tonight s right from the source, jack smith facing donald trump s inner circle. his family, jared kushner has now cuts to five before the grand jury. and the january six investigation, as well as help kids. former white house communications director, and trump whisper. plus, he s already shaking up the 2020 world race, hoping to be a third party nominee. the democrats are growing worry tonight, about cornell west. and whether he can tip the election and donald trump s favor. he s here to respond. and drug bust. secret surface has given up try
as journalists, we have a duty to bear witness when our nation is in peril to shine a light on the dark path that donald trump and his enablers lead us down. that is the moment at which we find ourselves this morning. i ll admit to being a little surprised late last night that anything donald trump can say can surprise me anymore. but this is some nasty stuff. last night s speech was dangerous for the truths that donald trump told as it was for the lies. there were lies, but the truth is that we are dangerously close to donald trump rising to power again and finishing what he s started when he tried to overturn the results of the last presidential election, and take over the government in contravention of the will of the american people. and if you listen closely, to his 90-minute speech from last night, he was basically openly plotting how it was going to weaponize the government by cleaning house and firing anyone that his administration considers an enemy, or insufficientl