president trump have been caught off guard by this target letter indicating that he will likely be indicted. when donald trump unleashed the violence against mike pence, against congress, he was interfering with their rights and privileges to do their job. long term, these charges are a real problem for donald trump. my aunt s home is pretty much gone as well. this is a popular crossing area for migrants because the water is very shallow. and despite the buoy being deployed, we ve seen migrants cross the river. live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster and bianca nobilo. it is thursday, july 20, 9:00 a.m. in london, 4:00 a.m. in washington where the justice department is investigating how donald trump and his allies tried to over turn the 2020 presidential election. later today, a grand jury in that investigation is expected to meet possibly to vote to br unprecedented third criminal indictment ainst trump. facing charges to three laws includmperg w
he says special counsel jack smith has informed him he s now the target of a wide-ranging january 6th investigation. did trump know he lost the election and still sent supporters to the capitol that day? was he involved in attempts leading up to january 6th to overturn an election he knew he lost? tonight, trump confirming the letter saying such a letter, quote, almost always means an arrest and indictment. jonathan karl standing by with late reporting, when this could all happen. also tonight the major news involving a u.s. army soldier now being detakened in north korea. the pentagon tonight confirming to abc news the soldier willingly crossed the dmz on his own. our chief foreign correspondent ian pannell reporting. here in the u.s., the deadly heat and now all-time records being set from phoenix to elliel paso to miami. what the water temperatures are and why they re concerning. this is seen across europe. triple-digit temperatures and evidence of a changing climate a
the port city of odessa. residential buildings were hit in the attacks but russia s main targets were dozens of architectural monuments in the historic center, including this iconic orthodox cathedral. it was originally build more than 200 years ago. ukraine says several world heritage sites were also damaged in the attacks. president vladimir zelenskyy called the strikes russian evil. and today president putin met with alex, what is the reaction to the attacks that we ve seen in recent days? well, it has been outrage, fred, outrage from kyiv, outrage from the international community and now from unesco because so much of the damage is in the historic downtown, which is a unesco heritage site. 19 missiles were fired at odessa, the most at the cathedral. president zelenskyy calling for more adefir defenses saying ukre needs a full-fledged sky shield. this comes as ukraine is struggling on the battlefield, making modest gains. we got to spend time with the 47th mechanized b
fueled in part by this deadly and dangerous heat. and the passengers on board a delta flight sitting for more than an hour on the tarmac amid triple-digit temperatures outside. they had to call in medical teams and oxygen. the stunning images tonight. that powerful tornado in north carolina, tearing through homes and businesses, hitting at lunch hour. multiple people hurt. and the twister slamming into a pfizer plant, sustaining major damage. in kentucky tonight, the governor there declaring a state of emergency. widespread flooding. and we re learning more about the nightmare on board that delta plane. passengers and crews spending more than an hour on the tarmac. the outside temperature reaching 110. rob marciano standing by with the tornado concerns still at this hour and the storms and heat. we also have new reporting tonight in the defection of an american soldier to north korea. his mother making a desperate plea tonight. the new image of that soldier at the dmz jus
overseas, a u.s. national believed to be an american soldier in north korean custody after breaking away from his tour group and running across the border from south korea into north korea. good day to you. i m peter alexander in for my friend, andrea mitchell. she is on assignment. she will join us later this hour. we do begin with breaking news here in washington, and it comes from the special counsel s office. this morning in a lengthy post on donald trump s truth social page, the former president writes in part, quote, deranged jack smith, the prosecutor with joe biden s doj, sent a letter, again it was sunday night, stating that i m a target of the january 6th grand jury investigation and giving me a very short four days, he says, to report to the grand jury, which almost always means an arrest and indictment. this stunning new development signals that special counsel jack smith s probe into mr. trump s alleged role in the 2020 fake elector came has advanced in its inv