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will any of them bring up trump s legal troubles? the nation s scorching summer is getting worse. with 150 million americans under heat lettalerts in more than 30 states. we will take you to the hottest spots in the country. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you are in the situation room. donald trump s legal team is preparing to defend him against newly revealed charged, even as additional indictments of the former president are very, very possible in the immediate days ahead. paula reed is following all of this for us. paula, the classified documents case against trump is broader and more serious now that these new charges have been added. reporter: new charges and a new co-defendant. yesterday, wolf, as everyone was watching the grand jury in washington, a grand jury down in florida returned a superseding indictment, expanding the current case against the former president. the big question is whether the new ....
the times adds, that includes the cost of protecting the staff that are carrying out the investigations. what was most fascinating and kind of most disturbing is that 1. 9 million of that money went to paying in the u.s. marshals to protect jack smith, his family, and prosecutors working on the case, many of whom had been named name checked on social media by donald trump and his supporters. people went out of their way to tell me that that number was rising rapidly as the almost $2 million to protect the department of justice, to make sure they are not harmed during this investigation. that is something. meanwhile, former nypd commissioner bernard kerik, you remember him, he worked with rudy giuliani to uncover what was alleged voter fraud, he has now turned over thousands of pages of documents to jack smith s office. and tonight former trump justice department official richard donahue told nbc s spoken to the special counsel s office. last year, he told the janu ....
before attacking election security. the special counsel was given thousands of pages of documents related to giuliani. winning the election is his legal defense. the campaign is the defense. i think it s a just fiable case a righteous case, but it s not an easy case. the international atomic agencydiscovered mines at the zaporizhzhia power plant. this one nuclear power plant is being drawn into the heart of the conflict. the doj is suing the state othe over the float bug wi wall. the texas governor says it is ready for a fight in federal court. he s not moving forward in good faith. political stunts in inhumane way. protests in israel turning violent. israeli lawmakers voted to overhaul the justice system. a move critics say is pushing israel towards dictatorship. one to restore a measure of balance between authorities. they believe it s so important for them to stay out here right now and voice their anger. that s not good for israel. it s n ....
and we start tonight with a fox news alert. my opening monologue jus t moment. but first, a hazmat team wast seen at donalddo jr s homegh in florida tonight after an envelope reportedly sent with an unknown white powder inside. pretty scary. anyway, joining us now with the latest is matt fan. what s the lates.t in florida? sean donald trump jr says an> envelope with a suspiciousth white substance arrived to his home in jupite ar, florida earlier today, causing a massive emergency response from law enforcement workers in white hazmat suits were photographed insids ine and aro the exterior of trump jr s home. fire and rescue trucks from palm beach county were also on the scene. a spokesperson for trump jr tells us the results of the substanc e came up inconclusive, but officials do not consider it deadl officiy. . the daily beast initially reported that trump jr opened the envelope, causint,g white powdery substance to fly out. donald trump j ther told the da. beast ....
thank you so much for joining me tonight. cnn primetime with abby phillip starts now. hi, abby. good evening, everyone, i am abby philip. thank you for joining me. this morning, hunter biden woke up thinking he had a plea deal. but tonight, not only is he without one, but he is still under active investigation. now, the president son had expected to plead guilty to tax and gun possession charges after making a deal with the justice department. but the judge today raised some concerns about the deal, calling it unusual and tangled. in fact, at one point, she asked, is it even constitutional? now, prosecutors and biden s lawyers fought back and forth. and eventually, he changed his plea when the judge said that she could neither accept nor deny the deal in its current form. so, now, after thinking a deal could put all his legal problems in the rearview mirror ahead of his father s reelection run, no less, the politics just got a little messier. it s giving republica ....