of the country are finally getting a break. plus donald trump enters yet another plea. and the social media event in new york that got completely out of hand. which influencer brought out the mob and the charges he faces. one in five is starting their weekend under a heat advisory. in phoenix they re putting sunscreen on the road to keep the pavement cool. it s called cool pavement. it kept roads up to 12 degrees cooler. tennessee river valley and parts of the northeast and plains and jennifer gray has more on what s in store. the oppressive heat will continue to be a big story this weekend and actually build as we get into the beginning part of next week. you can see already excessive heat warnings for a huge chunk of the south. heat advisories, as well. excessive heat warnings. a couple of days they got a break but back in it. 107 degrees in dallas for a high temperature today. phoenix, 115. las vegas, 107. oklahoma city at 102 so temperatures across the south are
here are tonight s headlines. water rescues underway in tennessee after more than 10 inches of rain falls in under 24 hours. literally everything in our yard, it floated away. john: mass chaos in new york s union square after crowds gather for a giveaway of gaming consoles and computers. we have seen at least a dozen people being arrested. john: school shooting reenactment. investigators fire dozens of rounds as part of a trial against the parkland, florida, resource officer, who never entered the school. he is still guilty of running away from our children. the victim in the decades-long gilgo beach murders investigation has been identified. authorities say jane doe number 7 was karen vergata. i think it is important that we remember and honor not only miss vergata, but all of the victims on gilgo beach. john: as the writers strike nears hundred days, the widespread effect it is having as a multibillion-dollar industry sits at a standstill.
threatening, he s potentially witness tampering. then there s hunter biden and the transcript from his his ex-business partner that is, shall we say, revaling. devon archer claimed it was all about selling the biden brand. but which biden? the latest on how joe biden is doing his own rebranding. then a mob seen in manhattan mob scene in manhattan when a social media star promised some free stuff, now he s been charged with inciting a riot and for downtown new york commuters, a travel nightmare: welcome, everybody. glad to have you, i m neil cavuto. by the way, did to you know that that new york city bedlam actually started with the promise of free ps5 gaming consoles? i mean, i could see if they were giving away boxes of cannolis or napoleons, but a game? anyway, more of that in a bit. but first to the serious fallout from all of these presidential legal battles, and alexandria hoff in washington where they re very much not playing games. alexandria, to you. reporter: yea
here are tonight s headlines. water rescue was underway in tennessee after more than 10 inches of rain falls in under 24 hours. literally everything in our yard floated away. john: mass chaos in new york s union square after crowds gathered for a giveaway of gaming consoles and computers. we have seen at least a dozen people being arrested. john: school shooting reenactments. investigators fired thousands of rounds as part of a trial against the parkland, florida, resource officer. who never entered the school. he is still guilty of running away from our children. the victim in the decades long gilgo beach murders investigation has been identified. authorities say jane doe num number 7 was karen vergata. we think it is important that we remember and honor not only miss vergata but all of the victims on gilgo beach. john: as the writer s strike nears hundred day, the effect it is happening is a multibillion-dollar injury sits at a standstill.
take certain stands that even a former president will be held accountable. this is an important reversal of that decision former president ford made to choose healing, which didn t happen, over accountability. this time accountability comes first. hello, everyone. thank you so much for joining me. i m fredericka witfield. we begin this hour with a new salvo in the war on ukraine, ukrainian forces carrying out an attack in the dead of the night on one of russia s biggest oil tankers in the black sea. a sea drone with almost 1,000 pounds of explosives hit the ship. video shows the moments leading up to the attack. russia says the tanker was not carrying out, but ukrainian says say it was. the attack came after russian sea drones targeted a coastal naval base striking a warship. nick paton walsh looks at the escalation in the black sea. reporter: we are beginning to see perhaps a new ukrainian tactic. the black sea s shipping lanes now repeatedly under attack by ukrainian