Happening now in the newsroom, a heartbreaking loss for u. S. Womens soccer. Off the post sweden can win on this kick. Plus one on one with Donald Trumps lawyer who claims trumps efforts to overturn the 2020 election were aspirational, not criminal. And lost at sea for two days in a boat only 12 feet long. Well show you the incredible rescue. Youre live in the cnn newsroom. Hello again, everyone. Thank you so much for joining me this sunday, im fredricka whitfield. Donald trumps lawyer doubling down that trump was within his First Amendment rights when he told former Vice President mike pence not to certify the election results. The Attorney Says it all boils down to the way he asked. And all of this played out in the open. Its all free speech. There was a Supreme Court decision that says when youre exercising free speech, youre not engaging in a fraud on the government. Unfortunately most people dont understand thats just one example of the actions. Its very political. Thats just one
the dangerous record breaking numbers will bring temperatures as high as 110 degree in parts of new mexico and arizona. allison. reporter: right, fred. not a lot of places dealing with temperatures below average, and for the ones that are it s really due to all of the rain and the shower and thunderstorms in the forecast. but for the southern tier, it s still hot yet again. it s what we feel like we re on repeat for much of the summer. you ve got heat alerts stretching from california all the way to florida. in fact, florida and louisiana, the entire states, are covered with some type of heat alert. now, in the gulf coast region, the big concern there is not just the temperature but also factoring in the humidity. take corpus kristy. the high temperature today of 97 but the feels-like temperature tops out at 115. new orleans not much better, the high temperature likely to get up to 98 but the heat index around 112. out west it s not much better.