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
been talking to the special counsel, and jack smith responds to trump team s efforts to delay the documents trial. also tonight, how conservative republicans managed to attach restrictions on abortion access to a key defense bill, and what that could do to the chances of getting it through congress. later, without being able the say who left a pact of cocaine in the west wing, the secret service still says case closed. why? good evening. jack smith decides to charge the former president for his role in trying to overturn the election, being able to show his intent will be critical. and showing a ten could hinge on whether or not he believed he had won. tonight there is new evidence that smith is thinking along those lines, and is looking for evidence for people who know or heard him indicate he d lost. jared kushner and hope hicks have both gone before the grand jury, and some of the questions asked was whether the former president was told he lost the election. other mem
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you are in the cnn newsroom. a dangerous heat wave that has already lasted weeks is getting worse this weekend. 85 million americans are under heat alerts after a heat dome expanded into california. we have live pictures from earth cam, from dallas, one of the major cities hoping to keep everyone safe through this heat. the temperatures there are expected to rise to 102 degrees. the national weather service has issued excessive heat warnings across arizona, too. dallas, the temperatures rather in phoenix, have reached 110 degrees fahrenheit every single day this month. that s forced a lot of businesses and parks to close or adjust their hours. national park websites across the west and the southwest warning hikers about the dangerous heat. and these are live pictures from earth cam over the grand canyon where the highs could reach 116 degrees. the sacramento zoo in california, the zoo is still open to visitors but it is going to close early today and tomorrow, due to tr
restrictions on abortion access, to a key defense bill. what that can do to the chances of getting it through congress. later, without being able to say who left a pack of cocaine in the west wing. the secret service still says case closed. the question is why. good evening and special counsel jack smith decides to charge the former president for his role in trying to overturn the election. being able to show his intent will be critical. and showing intense could hinge on whether or not he really believed he had one. tonight, new evidence that smith is thinking along those lines, and is looking for evidence from people who would know, or might have heard him indicate that he had known he had loss. sources tell cnn that jared kushner, and former top aide, hope hicks, have both gone before the grand jury. and some questions asked whether the former president was told he had lost the election. this adds to the picture given by testimony from other members of his inner circle. in