counsel jack smith appears poised to indict the former president for a second time, and it s only a matter of when. we ll go through the possible time line in just a moment. plus, house speaker kevin mccarthy seems to bow to pressure from the far right by floating a possible impeachment inquiry for president joe biden. and also ahead, the latest fallout from israel following that nation s parliament s vote to strip the supreme court of a key power. good morning and welcome to way too early on this tuesday, july 25th. i m jonathan lemire, thanks for starting your day with us. the political world is once again on pins and needles this morning awaiting the likely third indictment of former president donald j. trump. the grand jury convened by special counsel jack smith will meet here in washington today to continue its work on the probe into trump s efforts to overturn the legitimate results of the 2020 election. while it is possible the jury votes today on whether to indict
welcome, i m wolf blitzer, you re in the situation room. tonight, as the january 6th federal grand jury is preparing to reconvene tomorrow, we re learning more about the special counsel s investigation of 2020 election interference. cnn s senior justice correspondent evan perez is part of the team that brought this exclusive story. you re learning new details about a trump oval office meeting in early 2020 being scrutinized big time by jack smith. tell us more. this is a meeting in february 2020, and trump was convening a meeting in the oval office with some of the top officials, and the topic was the upcoming security on the especial and all of the great work that they had done to secure the most secure election in history. at the time, he suggested that all of the good work needed to be out there. he suggested that the fbi and homeland security have a press conference to talk about all the work they had done to secure the election. only a few weeks later, he started tal
also ahead, the slow broil of our nation continues. the midwest now grappling with near triple digit temperatures. and later, a new legal showdown over the border, the federal government now suing texas over these floating barriers in the rio grande. good morning. it is 10:00 eastern. i m ana cabrera reporting from new york. we begin with the potential third criminal indictment that could come as soon as today for former president donald trump. the grand jury tasked by the special counsel to hear evidence on election interference is expected to convene in washington, behind those doors. there is more news about that investigation today, including that bernard kerik turb turned over thousands of pages of documents. he worked with rudy giuliani in an effort to uncover voter fraud. that s how he fits into this. joining us now, nbc news correspondent garrett haake, ryan reilly, standing by outside that d.c. courthouse, jill winebanks, former watergate assistant special prosecut
for july 24th. russia claims drone strikes hit two nonresidential buildings in moscow. no one was hurt. ukraine s intelligence agency says it carried out the drone attack. a critical day in israel. the country is set to vote on the first part of an overhaul that would limit the supreme court s power to put a check on the government s actions. the historic heat wave in the u.s. will not quit. more than 35 million americans waking up to heat advisories and nearly every corner of the country will face above normal temps. today is the deadline for the justice department and the agree to meet their demands. if not, the doj is vowing to take legal action. bye-bye birdie. the bird has disappeared from the tech social platform. we ll get into it. cnn this morning starts right now. this just into cnn, a ukrainian defense intelligence official is now claiming responsibility for the drone attack on moscow overnight. an official with the agency who was not authorized to speak p
checking out the truth behind them. let s start in greece where new fires have been reported in rhodes. more than 80 wildfires are now burning in greece, with tens of thousands of residents and tourists forced to flee. the greek government says it s launched the biggest rescue of its kind in response to the emergency. this footage was filmed in island of corfu on sunday evening. over 2000 people have been evacuated from the island. this video was filmed in a corfu hotel, as guests were dining. the government says it has sent boats to evacuate residents by sea, if required. the greek emergency services are deadling with several fires including two in areas east and south west of the capital, athens. the eastern island of rhodes which has been badly hit, one fire brigade officials there says that around one in ten of the hotels in the central and southern parts of that island have been affected. ministers in the uk say they are reviewing the situation in rhodes. and our repor