also this hour, ron desantis at war with some fellow republicans who are taking aim at the florida governor over his support of teaching guidelines that suggest enslaved people benefited from slavery. all that, plus a woman who faked a story about going missing is now being charged for false report by officials, you say they wish they could have gone further. in a global heat wave from soaring temperatures here at home, to heat fueled wildfires overseas, will bring you the latest on the dangerous situation around the world. lebron james posts new video of his son, brawny, just days after he went into cardiac arrest. what bronny s health crisis can teach parents of other young athletes, especially young men of color, that s all coming up next. we re gonna begin with former president trump s rally in pennsylvania, which is set to start in just a few hours, he ll be hearing even more baggage this time, with those for us charges from the doj on the classified documents case. le
live from washington, i m paula reid in for jim acosta. you re in the cnn newsroom. and we begin this hour with yet another consequential week for former president donald trump. on thursday as we waited for an indictment in the special counsel investigation into election interference, we learned of three new charges in the mar-a-lago documents case instead. the new charges include two counts of obstruction related to trump s alleged efforts to get his employees to destroy security video before it could be viewed by the justice department. cnn s zach cohen joins us now. explain these new allegations starting with the effort to try, though they were unsuccessful, to delete security video. reporter: yeah, paula, these new charges really center around allegations that trump employees not only attempted to destroy the surveillance video at mar-a-lago, but they did so because trump himself is the one who asked them to. and the reason trump wanted the footage destroyed according
both candidates are on the ground there pitching themselves to voters. so far today, mr. trump has blasted haley, who was trailing him by double edits saying the end is near for her campaign and predicting her run for the white house will fizzle out after saturday, but can haley have enough good will at home? she just delivered her i m not going anywhere speech to a crowd and she s been slamming mr. trump more and more on the trail, going after his recent losses in court and his snowballing legal debt and now she is turning to what mr. trump said about the death of alexei navalny or perhaps more importantly, what he did not say. why trump s failure to condemn putin is raising eyebrows, instead comparing the u.s. to russia and how much it could resonate with voters. we have a whole lot to cover. we want to start with the reporting and joining us now is nbc news correspondent following the trump campaign, my friend garrett haake. and from greenville, south carolina, ali vitali
we re learning from our sources about the special counsel s investigation. plus, our russia experts are weighing in on cnn s exclusive new reporting. documents showing a missing top general in vladimir putin s military has been a secret member of the mercenary group behind the recent mutiny. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer, you re in the situation room . there s angry backlash tonight after the u.s. supreme court ruled that race can no longer be a specific basis for college admissions. cnn justice correspondent jessica schneider has our report on the decision and the disredissent. reporter: the supreme court stirring up protests with its decision to gutting affirmative action saying colleges and universities can no longer rely on race in the admissions process, but prospective students are allowed to talk about how race has shaped their experiences in the applications. the decision will prohibit students from ch
the sub vanishing without a trace while exploring the wreckage of the titanic. what the coast guard is saying about multiple underwater noises detected earlier today. and even if the sub is found, is the equipment capable of bringing it to the surface in time? gio benitez in halifax again tonight. the massive explosion in paris. more than two dozen people injured. the building housing the paris american academy, a fashion and design school. the structure partially collapsing. smoke filling city streets. authorities now revealing a possible cause. the deadly heat wave across the south taking the life of a postal worker. record-high temperatures in texas. the heat index nearing 120 degrees. tornado threats from wyoming to texas. rob marciano timing it out. pentagon leak suspect jack teixeira pleading not guilty in federal court today. prosecutors accusing him of accessing highly classified documents, then sharing them with a group on social media, putting many lives at ri