payback. what is next with cdc changes. breaking tonight we have to wait a little longer, at least, to get a look at the materials used by the justice department to obtain the search warrant for last week s search and raid of the florida compound of former president trump. the judge declined to order the unsealing today instead scheduling a hearing for thursday. the president is calling for the release of the affidavit that was part of those materials in what he calls the interest of transparency. the fbi opposes the move. correspondent mark meredith has our report tonight. good evening, mark. bret, good evening to you. thursday s hearing is going to be fascinating pitting former president trump directly against the government he once led. trump and the media are urging federal judge to unseal the affidavit related to last week s search. the justice department trying to block the release and as for president biden, he is just trying to avoid talking about the case. palest
Bret? bret: rich edson in jackson. rich, thanks. another race we are watching out in alaska, sarah palin running for congress in a special election. she is facing two other republicans there to finish the term of congressman don young. he died in march after serving 49 years. up next, people who lost their jobs over their refusal to be vaccinated are now fighting back and some are getting some big bucks. we ll wring you that story. first, here is what some of our fox affiliates around the country are covering tonight. fox 9 in minneapolis as the state nurse s association votes to authorize a strike. it would involve is a thousand nurses at 15 hospitals in the twin cities and duluth would be one of the largest nurse s strikes in the country s history. fox 31 in denver as federal officials say arizona and nevada will get less water from the colorado river because of extreme drought. officials predict levels at lake immediate will plummet even further than they have. the colorado river
Rainfall before it has a chance to make its way down to reservoirs and ground water. and i mentioned there in the intro lake powell, i mean, some experts fear the huge reservoir could possibly run out of water, and lake immediate, the country s largest reservoir, you mentioned that drought of 2012 to 2016, i covered that out there, been out to see how, you know, it had reached historically low levels. well, now things are even worse, i mean, so low at lake immediate that it revealed a water intake valve. that s really a dramatic illustration of the problem that will effect millions and millions of people across the west. is it a realistic fear that some taps could actually run dry? i think probably not. most of the urban areas are pretty well prepared, they ve thought about these issues for a long time, so, for most people, i think they ll probably find a way to scoot around it, moving water back and forth with some of the reservoirs in the colorado river so the intake
Still under investigation. steve harrigan, fox news. shannon: in tonight s whatever happened to segment, the water out west. we have new evidence tonight of the severity of the ongoing drought in that section of the country. officials are preparing for the first time to declare a water shortage in the nation s largest reservoir. chief correspondent jonathan hunt has the story tonight from lake immediate. i think alarm bells ringing. across the west as water levels plummet long the colorado river and most especially at the nation s largest reservoir lake mead now at lowest level in history. everybody should be concerned, everyone should know what s going on. i think people don t realize how much of the southwest the colorado river propels. the drop of lake mead bathtub
Drying up our water sources. look at lake orville in northern california. the satellite image on the left was taken two years ago. this is lake immediate, largest water reservoir in the country, 25 million americans rely on this for water. it is the lowest level since the 1930s. allison chinchar joins me. how much of the country is being impacted by extreme weather? it is scorching lot in the southwest. absolutely. you look at the western third of the country, you re talking about nearly 90% of this region in some level of drought. now you start to factor in the intense heat that goes with it, it is not a good combination. this is out of death valley. 130 degrees fahrenheit. set a daily record there yesterday. in total we had over 40 places set heat records just on friday alone.