good morning. it s sunday march 24. our main story: russia has begun a national day of mourning after at least 133 people were killed in an attack on a rock concert in moscow. the islamic state group has claimed responsibility but russia s security services have claimed the assailants had links to ukraine something which kyiv has fiercely denied. our russia editor, steve rosenberg, has the details. in what was left of crocus city, the full horror of what happened became clear. the attackers had torched the building. a rock concert became an inferno. gunfire but first, the gunman had opened fire. gunfire to kill as many of the audience as possible in one constant stream of bullets. russia says the four gunman who did this have been arrested. and claims they planned to cross into ukraine. kyiv denies any connection to the attack. it s islamic state that s claimed responsibility. president putin promised vengeance. translation: all the - perpetrators and organisers of this c
saturday. i m fredricka whitfield. while the web of legal jeopardy is facing donald trump, it keeps getting wider, one of those strands, the case pertaining to the former president s handling of classified documents, is starting to come into focus a federal judge in florida has officially set a trial date in that case for may of next year. with obvious implications for the 2024 election cycle. marshall cohen is following all of this from washington, d.c. for us. good to see you. what is the new potential plan? can you break down the schedule for us? reporter: we got a new schedule, fred. good morning. judge aileen cannon down in florida put this schedule on the docket yterday. and here s the decision. may 2024, that s when this trial is as of now supposed to begin. look, fred, that s right in the middle of the gop primary campaign season. by then, it might all be over. donald trump was the presumptive nomie by this time in 2016. we ll see how the primary contests go next
start today at contracosta.edu . hello again. thank you so much for joining me this saturday. i m fredericka witfield. blistering heat and flash floods hitting the u.s. again, boston getting hammered with heavy rains. fenway park s closing forced the delay of the game. 33 million people are under severe weather threats today. it s not just the concern of storms. heat warnings are in effect for 80 million people from california to florida. cities like phoenix are continuing to set records for 22 straight days over 110 degrees in the arizona capital. now to the question millions are asking, when will there be a cooldown? cnn s chad myers is in the weather center. it is summer, but this just seems unusually hot for a very prolonged amount of time in so many parts of the country. that s exactly it. we have a jet stream that is just stuck. if you re in nice weather, you ve been in nice weather for a while. if you are in the heat, it hasn t gone away for a month. the desert s
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
officials say 19 people were killed including children. russia s main targs were dozens of architectural monuments in the historic city center including this iconic orthodox cathedral. it was originally built more than 200 years ago. ukraine says several u.n. world heritage sites were also damaged in the attacks. president volodymyr zelenskyy called the strikes russian evil. also today, russian president vladimir putin met with belarusian president alexander lukashenko. cnn s senior national security correspondent alex marquardt is with us from kyiv. alex, what s the reaction, not just to today s strikes but the attacks we ve seen in recent days? reporter: hi there, fredicka. it s fury, both here in ukraine and around the world. it has been almost a week of almost daily punishing strikes by russia against odesa. we ve seen significant damage caused. this comes in the wake of the grain deal expiring, that international grain deal that s been in place for the past year that h