infections rising in half of the country. the uk variant coming to every state. we have a lot going on. gabe gutierrez, let me talk with you. we know that testimony is going to continue in a few moments. they re trying to argue that he just didn t follow his training. yeah, that s right, but the prosecution has not released it s witnesses, so we don t know for sure who will testify today, but we expect more of the same with regards to that use of force training. that outside expert that you mentioned. he came after a officer from the officer said derek chauvin went too far. he is important because he is someone that is renowned around the country comes on to say that in his opinion the force that derek chauvin used was excessive. we re seeing more cross-examination in the last day or so and we expect that to continue today. the defense of course continues to argue what the prosecution has discounted. but they re saying this was an angry crowd of bystanders that may have dis
tensions between the judge and the prosecutor as the case is now moving to closing arguments. and the death toll in the astroworld concert disaster is up to nine. an injured victims died a short while ago as dozens of lawsuits are moving forward. we want to welcome our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. this is cnn breaking news. and we begin with the breaking news. the release of trump white house records now on hold. after an emergency ruling by a federal appeals court. this derails tomorrow s deadline for the january 6th committee to get the documents. let s bring in jessica schneider. she s working the story for us. this is a win, at least in the short-term, for the former president. this is a win and for trump s legal team in terms of running out the clock here because a portion of these documents were set to be turned over to the committee. that deadline now is pushed until at least early dec
thing every year so sometimes you get lucky, sometimes you don t. coming up, we ll have the latest weather forecast with what you you can expect today during your celebrations. we re going to start with two u.s. cities responding to a series of mass shootings last night that left a combined eight people dead in fort worth, texas then in philadelphia. in fort worth, three are dead and more than a dozen injured after two separate shootings. while in philadelphia, a gunman wearing a bulletproof vest and armed with an ar type rifle killed five people and injured two. a toddler and a 13-year-old boy. at least one man is now in custody and officials there are set to give a press conference at the top of the next hour. we ll cover that for you live. in a statement, president biden responded to the violence writing quote, today, jill and i grieve for those who have lost their lives and as our nation celebrates independence day, we pray for the day when our communities will be fre
right now. out front next, the breaking news u.s. air strikes in the middle east tonight. u.s. fighter jets right now striking parts of yemen with tomahawk missiles. we are waiting to hear directly from president biden as the entire middle east and the world right now are on edge. and more breaking news tonight. trump s tirade, a judge shutting the former president down after an outburst at his fraud trial in new york. could this be the beginning of the end for trump s business empire? and christie s hot mic moment everybody s been talking about. we have the man on the other end, who was speaking to christie on that mic. what else did he say and what was it really an accident? let s go out front. and good evening. i m erin burnett, and we do begin out front tonight with the breaking news, the united states striking the middle east this hour. a u.s. official telling cnn that right now the u.s. military is carrying out strikes with fighter jets and tomahawk missiles on ye
pandemic, americans are celebrating independence day with fireworks, pool party and barbecues but flight cancellations and delays are im impacting travelers. more than 1500 flights have been cancelled since friday morning amid staffing shortages. this comes as we re seeing a big increase in demand for air travel. even if you plan on driving today, you ll be paying a lot of the pump. the nationwide average for a regular gallon of gas, 4.81. that s nearly a 1.70 more than it was last year. let s start live at hartsfield jackson in atlanta. one of the busiest airports in the world. you were there all weekend serving as a grief counselor to these passengers that watched the flights get delayed, delayed and ultimately cancelled. what s it like there now? reporter: it was a rocky weekend, but today has opinion going pretty smoothly here at the airport despite seeing those weight times of about four minutes and they would spike up to 45 minutes. just when you had wave of passenger