trace: we re getting a new look at the seized documents. some marked secret and top secret. chief washington correspondent mike emanuel has more from the d.c. newsroom. good morning. a 36-page filing from federal prosecutors meeting a federal judge s late night deadline. they argue the motion for a special master in the case fails for multiple independent reasons. in this filing prosecutors write the government also developed evidence that government records were likely concealed and removed from the storage room and that efforts were likely taken to obstruct the government s investigation. the government also released this photo which contains a number of files with bright yellow or red cover sheets signifying top secret material. they appear spread out over a carpet. the court filing said they were recovered inside a container in the former president s office. prosecutors write three classified documents that were not located in boxes but rather were located in the desk
and giano caldwell, but first this. john: to kick off america reports, life expectancy in america dropping to the lowest level in more than two decades, according to the cdc. deaths from drug overdoses and covid fueling the decline. john roberts in washington. sandra, good wednesday to you. sandra: i m sandra smith in new york city. plunged to an average of 76.1 years in 2021. fentanyl poisoning driving that number with more than 72,000 deaths by the end of last year. john: president biden s border crisis making it worse. officials are trying to stop the flow of fentanyl from creeping into the u.s., but despite efforts, parents are feeling the consequences of drugs in their family. fentanyl has changed the game. no longer can we say just be careful or it s not going to happen to my family. it took half of what he thought was a percocet. you have to talk about these pills and other forms that unfortunately they are now taking other than just pills. no mother want
we begin with a blistering and dangerous heat wave and a stranglehold across the western united states. millions of people are sweltering this weekend. more than 40 million are under heat alerts as temperatures soar 15 to 20 degrees above normal. for the fifth day in a wroe, electric companies in california are asking customers to turn off unnecessary lights and appliances in order to save electricity during the late afternoon and evening hours. cnn s chris winn reports from los angeles. reporter: across the west, the scorching heat is showing no signs of cooling off this holiday weekend. our ac at home can only do so much when we re in these triple digits. reporter: in glendale, california, residents are seeking refuge at the galleria shopping mall, taking advantage of the free air conditioning. getting out to the mall and just getting out of the house to get some sort of cool release is nice. reporter: california is in the midst of its longest heat wave of the yea
cnn speaks with asylum seekers in and out of the country. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom, with kim brunhuber. we begin with scenes of utter devastation in northern california, where wildfires have burned through more than 9,000 acres. the mill fire has left hundreds of houses ablaze in the small town of weed. firefighters say they re making progress, but the fire is still only 25% contained and the nearby mountain fire is 5% contained. streets are littered with charred remains of cars and cinder blocks where houses once stood. officials say help is on the way, with fire strike teams ready across the state to respond when necessary. now, those wildfires are being fueled by a blistering and dangerous heat wave that continues its stranglehold across the western united states this weekend. more than 40 million people are under heat alerts as temperatures soar 15 to 20 degrees above normal for the fifth day in a row electric companies in california are telling cu
will comply swiftly and one committee member indicates the messages may have already been recovered. the texts could provide a crucial window into then president trump s movements and his plans and his heated exchange with secret service agents about going to the capitol on january 6th. according to explosive testimony from former white house aide cassidy hutchinson, she was told that trump even tried to lunge at a secret service agent. a d.c. police officer who was in the president s motorcade on that day corroborated details of her stunning account. and let s bring in former d.c. metropolitan police officer who defended the capitol on january 6th. he s a cnn law enforcement analyst, michael fanone. so michael, you were there at the capitol, obviously. what do you think would have happened if donald trump had gotten his way and actually made it to the capitol on that day? how much worse would that have made the situation? i think it would have made it considerably worse. i