america you re still innocent until proven guilty. we re in a situation where there are people in my own party who are blaming doj. how about blame him? he did it. a few of donald trump s challengers in the 2024 race reacting to his indictment as the former president is now just hours away from his arraignment on several federal charges. we ll have a full break down of what is expected from today s hearing. and we ll look at the extra security measures in place outside the miami courthouse amid possible protests and threats of violence. meanwhile, house speaker kevin mccarthy refused to condemn those threats, some coming from members of his own party as he defended the former president. good morning and welcome to way too early on this tuesday, june 13th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. it s a historic day, and former president donald trump is now just hours away from his first scheduled court appearance as a federal criminal defendant. bu
president. and if i had to bet, i would bet it s near. do you believe there s enough evidence? well, they would indict if there s not evidence, but from what i ve seen there s substantial evidence there. that s former attorney general bill barr with a bleak prediction for his former boss. it comes as there are major developments connected to donald trump s handling of classified materials. we ll bring you the very latest. also ahead a key witness in multiple investigations into the former president finally gives testimony to a grand jury. plus chris christie makes it official. we ll show you his pitch for the 2024 republican presidential nomination. good morning, and welcome to way too early on this wednesday, june 7th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. we re learning more revealing new details this morning about two separate grand juries looking into former president donald trump s handling of classified documents after he left the white ho
people onto local roads. this is a way that i would never take to work under now circumstances. reporter: the devastation is reminiscent of an interstate failure from a fire in atlanta back in 2017, worsening the gridlock for weeks. steel girders supporting overpasses like the one in philadelphia can become vulnerable when exposed to flames. according to engineering experts steel loses about 20% of its strength at 750 degrees, and half of its strength at 1,000. it actually soften, it loses the ability to carry the weight that was above it, and as a result we can have damage and in extreme cases can have full collapse. u.s. central command is reporting that 22 service members were injured in what it called a helicopter mishap in north east syria on sunday. a statement released last night did not give a cause for the accident, but it did note that
explosion that destroyed a critical dam in southern ukraine was most likely deliberately setoff from the inside. the new york times is citing engineering experts who say a structural attack from outside the dam was possible but definitely less plausible. both ukraine and russia had blamed each other for the incident which has triggered massive flooding and endangered thousands of people living downstream. ukraine s national police say 23 towns and villages have been flooded. by 9:00 p.m. yesterday at least 1,300 people were forced to evacuate. joining us now senior correspondent for yahoo news, our friend michael weiss. great to see you. let s talk about the explosion of the dam which comes as it appears ukraine is in the early stages of this much anticipated early offensive. give us your sense of the state of play. well, as you mention the new york times is out with a report where structural engineers are rather cautiously submitting