a warm welcome to our viewers joining us in the united states and all around the world. i'm christina macfarlane in for max foster here in london. just ahead -- >> justice department really is trying to hint at the seriousness of this investigation. >> everyone including donald trump has the right to be presumed innocent and doj should not be in the business of getting out there and making statements before anyone can charge them. >> she has fought a valiant

fight. her fight is not over regardless of what happens on tuesday. >> it is literally a vote to help save the republic. >> here i have a one bedroom and i pay $800 a month. >> americans leaving pricey u.s. cities heading south to work from home in mexico city. it is tuesday, august 16, 9:00 a.m. here in london, 4:00 a.m. in washington where the u.s. justice department is making clear just how serious they are about the criminal investigation of donald trump and the search of his florida home. they are now opposing the release of an affidavit used to get the search warrant for the mar-a-lago despite growing calls for more information. evan perez has the details from

washington. >> reporter: justice department says releasing more information about the investigation that led to the search of donald trump's florida home would put the probe and possibly highly classified information at risk. the department made the statement in a court filing opposing efforts by the news media including cnn seeking to get public access to the document investigators provided to the judge in order to get a search warrant approved. the court filing says, quote,s disclosure of the government's affidavit at this stage would also likely chill future cooperation by witnesses whose assistance may be sought as this investigation progresses, as well as in other high profile investigations. the filing is the latest indication of the type of highly classified information that was contained in the 20 boxes taken from the palm beach estate of the former president. court documents released last week showed that among the material that the fbi retrieved from mar-a-lago were documents

labeled tssri, the highest classification reserved for the most sensitive government secrets. evan perez, cnn, washington. democrats and republicans are clamoring for more information about the mar-a-lago search, but a legal analyst says keeping the affidavit private is at least in part to protect trump's rights. >> one of the reasons why doj does not reveal these affidavits is because you are protecting the rights of the innocent, the presumption of innocence, the rights of people who have not even yet been accused. and just so people understand, we have not seen this document, but it would layout in detail the probable cause that doj used to get in that search warrant, it would layout probable cause that crimes were committed. i don't know that donald trump and his supporters would want that to be out there in the public. >> of course we still don't know exactly what the documents seized by the fbi are about, but a former counter espionage

official had this assessment. >> at the end of the day, i'm willing to bet these weren't just inadvertent documents laying around the cheeseburger wrappers in the residence that gsa threw in a box. i think that the fbi and doj will find a number of documents that either related to trump's enemies, related to trump's business interests, related to things that trump had a very personal interest and reason to want to keep those. and when you combine those things, something that is highly, highly classified along with strong reasons, none of which are appropriate, that donald trump would want them, i think that you are approaching the point where it would make sense and be necessary to charge him if the evidence supports it. >> donald trump's legal troubles don't end at the gates to mar-a-lago. a source says the federal grand jury investigating the january 6 events has subpoenaed former white house attorney eric herhir esh man, his testimony has been played frequently and he has

talked about his efforts to push back against bogus fraud claims by trump and his allies. and prosecutors in georgia have told rudy giuliani that he is the focus of an investigation. giuliani's attorneys say if they want to play hard ball, we know how to play hard ball and giuliani himself had this response. >> it is just a further desecration of the 6th amendment. i was his lawyer of record in that case. the statements that i made are either attorney/client privileged because they were between me and him, or they were being made on his behalf in order to defend him. when you start turning around lawyers in to defendants when they are defending their clients, we're starting to live in a fascist state. >> more now from political correspondent sara murray.

>> reporter: prosecutors investigating whether donald trump and his allies committed any crimes in georgia in their efforts to overturn the 2020 election have informed rudy giuliani as of monday that he is now a target in their investigation. now, this a pretty stunning development. he is the person closest to former president donald trump that we have learned is a target in any of these investigations. now, we already knew that giuliani had been under scrutiny by these prosecutors and they wanted him to appear before the special grand jury and give testimony on wednesday. giuliani's attorney says that he is still going to appear before the special grand jury but it is unclear exactly what information that he will provide. costello said that if prosecutors think giuliani is going to answer any questions about his frgs cconversations a his former client, they must be delusional. rudy giuliani appeared many times and even before lawmakers spreading conspiracy theories about the election results. of course we'll wait to see if he answers any questions about

that in his wednesday appearance. >> stick around, we have a lot more of trump's legal troubles to tell you about including where things are at with trump's organization's financial problems. it is primary day in alaska and wyoming, and these votes will be the latest test of former u.s. president's donald trump hold on the republican party. he has been slamming alaska center lisa murkowski who assumed his second peeimpeachme and is backing his opponent. and he is also supporting sarah palin. but trump's biggest target is wyoming representative liz cheney. he has been promoting her opponent who holds a commanding lead right now. another republican on that committee is speaking out in defense of cheney. >> the party is in a bad place. look, we are standing up against evil. liz cheney is standing up against evil.

she has fought a valiant fight, her fight is not over regardless of what happens on tuesday. and i think that it says a lot about the party if she loses. i think it says a lot about the party that were quick to say defund the fbi and support a guy like donald trump. >> cheney has been calling on democrats to switch parties and vote for her. many have loudly praised her role in holding trump responsible for the attack on the capitol, but many republicans say she's moving too far away from the party. >> while she has been a very conservative vote in the legislature, she just seems to be swinging a little bit more toward the left. but even before that, in the last couple of years, it just does not feel like she really represents the state anymore. you take for example the gun vote. that is not pro wyoming, she's not representing her constituents anymore. when you start voting against

the second amendment, that becomes answer issue for a very large number of wyoming voters. >> it is literally a vote to help save the republic. i see her as a person of courage and integrity who has told the truth that donald trump lost the election and yet tried with lies and manipulation to stay in office anyway. >> but cheney is behind in the polls. university of wyoming survey found at least 60% of likely voters plan to vote for her opponent. jeff zeleny picks up the story. >> we have to set aside partisan differences and understand that there is something much bigger at stake here. >> reporter: on the eve of the wyoming primary, liz cheney is in an uphill fight to hold her congressional seat even as she begins eyeing the next steps in a bigger battle ahead. >> many people will come up to me and say i never voted for you before but i'm going to do this

time and i say great, and let's keep that going. >> reporter: a republican from one of the state's most storied political families, cheney has become a pariah in her own party and she is turning to democrats and independents for a last minute life line. >> i never thought i'd vote for cheney, but she has earned my respect. >> reporter: annette langley says she's a proud democrat but she stood in line for nearly an hour to change parties and vote republican. >> she might not win, but she needs support. >> reporter: the odds are long considering how former president trump's shadows looms large in wyoming where the rolling summer beauty has been punctuated by a scorching political campaign between cheney and harriet hageman. if the cross overvote doesn't change cheney, her admirers hope it could help avoid an embarrassing blowout that trump would revel in. >> liz, you're fired. >> reporter: mike sullivan is a

former democratic governor of wyoming who served three decades ago. >> wyoming, always a trailblazer. >> reporter: he planted a cheney sign in his front yard to send a message for democracy and the rule of law. >> without regard to her poll itit ittic politics, she has reflected herself as a leader and i think history would prove that and the legacy that she leaves will be a very impressive and important one. >> reporter: joe mcginley, a former county chairman, says he believes some republicans are afraid to admit their support for cheney feearing the wrath from trump and his loyalists. >> a lot of people are just afraid to speak up. >> reporter: the outcome of tuesday's primary will make clear whether such a hidden cheney vote exists or if republicans reward her for not changing her positions in the face of a brutal campaign. >> i will never violate my oath of office and if you are looking for somebody who will, then you need to vote for somebody else on this stage because i won't.

>> reporter: these days cheney is hard to find outside of friendly audiences at house parties which aides attribute to rising threats of violence. she told cnn last month that she was well aware of the headwinds facing her. >> i don't intend to lose, but some things are more important than any individual office or political campaign. >> reporter: perhaps it is less a question of whether congresswoman cheney wins on tuesday than what she will do if she loses. of course she does keep her position on the january 6 special committee investigating the capitol attacks for the next several months. she also retains her congressional seat until early january. but her aides tell me that she is planning a longer term battle against her ultimate quest, that is keeping donald trump out of white house. jeff zeleny, cnn, jackson, wyoming. meanwhile the white house is planning to play off the recent string of accomplishments that do give democrats momentum ahead of the november midterms. today president biden will sign

a landmark legislation that his administration calls a big win for the american people. the so-called "inflation reduction act" is the largest climate investment in u.s. history with nearly $370 billion devoted to fighting climate change. it will also help lower medicare and other health care costs and the administration says that it will make the largest corporations pay their fair share of taxes. for many americans financial relief from washington can't come fast enough. majority say that they are worried about being able to pay for housing. nearly 60% of renters say their rent increased during the past year and home builder confidence hit a two year low because of high interest rates, supply chain problems and record home prices. the travel industry is also feeling the pressure, american airlines is slashing 31,000 flights from its schedule in november. united and delta have been eliminating flights too this year. airlines have been struggling with flight cancellations and delays as they face staff

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tr trump's mar-a-lago home. the fbi is investigating what they are calling an un unprecedented number of threats including against two of the special agents listed on the court records as being involved in the mar-a-lago search. the agent's names were plaqued o blacked out in the official copy, but they weren't in the leaked copies that was put out by the conservative media outlets earlier in the day on friday. plus we've learned that the fbi has noticed an uptick in what is called doxxing where people online publicly post the personal information of fbi employees who could then be targeted by people across the country. and we've even seen threats against the judge in florida who approved this warrant, his contact information was taken offline by the court so his personal information was no longer out there. so a very heightened threat environment, so much so that the fbi headquarters in washington is now surrounded by a fence,

something we've seen at other government institutions over the past few years like the supreme court or the u.s. capitol building. now surrounding the fbi headquarters. and the fbi director christopher wray is speaking out, he issued a statement to employees saying that their safety and security is his biggest concern and the fbi now also urging the public to speak out if they see any threats. jessica jessica schneider, cnn, washington. iran says it is close to resuming itd nuclear deal with the u.s. and other world powers. iran's team has delivered a response to the latest eu proposal. iran's foreign minister says that tehran is at the point of agreement if the u.s. is realistic and flexible. the original 2015 deal was meant to keep iran from developing nuclear weapons for ten years but then president donald trump pulled the u.s. out of the agreement and hit iran with new sanctions in 2018. fred pleitgen has covered iran

st extensively and is joining us live. clearly iran still has reservations here. do we know what those are? >> reporter: they certainly do and the iranians have said none are unsolvable. and i've just spoken with some folks close to the negotiations and they have said that they believe that all of this can be done very quickly. they want some minor changes they say to the text that was put forward by the european union. on the one hand they say that probe that was done by the international atomic energy agency where the board of directors of the iaea repr reprimanded iran for not being able to explain some traces that was at a site. and iranians say that was unfair and the probe needs to be closed. and iranians also, and this is important, they also want guarantees that there will be real sanctions relief, that the sanctions relief that is put forward if the deal can comes back into full force, that is if the u.s. joins it, because of course we always have to keep in

mind that the united states is the country that is currently outside of the deal, that there is nothing to impede companies from doing business with the iran countries from doing business with iran, that the sanctions relief that they get will be real. and then of course there is also the fact that the iranians are saying that because the u.s. defendant the deal when the trump administration went into office -- or after the trump administration came into office, that they want guarantees that the u.s. at least will pay a price if it decides to exit the iran nuclear agreement once again. they are very close to an agreement, they say that the wording, changes that the iranians want at least from their side, are minimal. they believe it is something that the u.s. can agree to. but of course we've known from the stages of the negotiations to try to fully revive the deal that all of this is extremely complicated and that there are of course sides involved that simply don't trust each other. the european union now says that it is studying the changes that iran wants, the comments that iran has made. of course the united states is going to have to weigh in as

well and see if all of that works for them. iranians certainly do believe that something can be achieved or that an agreement could be achieved as soon as sometime this week. but also of course they always caution that none of this is set in stone and none of this is for certain. but certainly right now there does seem to be a good deal of optimism in tehran that this deal can be revived. >> we'll wait to see what their response is. fred pleitgen, thanks very much. and state run media in china is reporting seven officials in taiwan have been sanctioned for supporting independence for the self-governing island. activities became more egraeegis after nancy pelosi's visit to taiwan earlier this month, this as another five person u.s. congressional delegation visits taipei after that trip. and kristie lu stout is joining me live from hong kong. china continuing to act angrily

to both of these trips. what do we know about the latest sanctions against taiwanese officials, what they relate to? >> reporter: well, china says that the seven taiwan officials are being sanctioned for promote taiwan independence, and includes taiwan representative to the united states, we know taiwan ministry of foreign affairs has responded to the sanctions saying taiwan does not accept threats or intimidation. taiwan's foreign ministry is also responding to the latest round of military drills by china. on monday china launched a new set of military exercises to protest this current visit, the latest visit of this u.s. delegation of congressional lawmakers, and taiwan basically condemned the u.s. of military drills. but we've also learned more details about this visit that was led by the u.s. under ed markey, he met with the taiwan president, he and his fellow u.s. lawmakers also met with other top officials, but they also met with representatives of

tsmc, the taiwan top chip maker, talking about the ways to expand economic cooperation between taiwan and the united states and how to improve the semiconductor industry. i want to bring up a tweet senator markey sent, he said i'm honored to have met with tie wi taiwanese officials and the united states must continue to support their participation in the international community. it is very significant that this group american lawmakers met with tsmc, this is the world's largest contract chip maker, they produce 90% of the world's most advanced computer chips and the timing is of note because earlier this month you had president biden sign the chips apgt to act to boost the competitiveness of the u.s. and tsmc has already pledged to make a new chip fab in the u.s.

state of arizona. so interesting to see if this latest visit will pave the way for more investors in semiconductors. and the taiwanese president has a new statement out, let's bring it up for you, it was published on the president's official website. she said the taiwan strait is the main route and therefore the peace and stability is critical to the stability of the global high tech product supply chain. again, china's reacted strongly to the latestist congressional visit and we continue to monitor for any chinese military activity today. back to you. >> interesting to see what this is potentially really about. critzi kriti kristie lu stout, thank you. still ahead, we'll break down some of the problems that could be in store for donald trump. florida and plus what we're learning about a reported strike on a russian backed mercenary group in ukraine.

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welcome back to "cnn newsroom." i'm christina macfarlane. if you are just joining us, let me bring you up-to-date with our top stories. voters will soon decide the fate of congresswoman liz cheney who is facing a tough primary race in wyoming. polls show a majority support trump backed harriet hageman. and the u.s. justice department will not release details of its search into donald trump's mar-a-lago home. the doj says doing so would compromise the criminal investigation. we've heard a lot of different stories from donald

trump since federal agents recovered 11 sets of classified material including heated attacks on the fbi. on monday the former president claimed agents stole his three passports along with everything else calling it, quote, an assault on political opponent at a level never seen before in our country. one former trump official tells cnn his messaging is nothing new. >> paranoia and anger, if i had to guess, i was actually speaking with somebody in trump world today and we were actually talking about what it must be like. and you know, we saw some crazy things and he was always very paranoid. he always was very paranoid. that is something i've talked about before. paranoid about leakers, et cetera. but he was also paranoid because he thought people were staealin from him a lot, so when i say the fbi stole my passport, that came as no surprise. i think he is angry and paranoid, i would imagine he is

nervous. there are so many investigations happening and so much news coming that it is hard almost to keep up with. >> the former president's legal woes don't end with the department of justice. "new york times" is reporting that former trump organization cfo alan weisselberg is nearing a plea deal with manhattan prosecutors, this is just days after donald trump pleaded the fifth in a similar probe into his business. tom foreman has more. >> reporter: with legal battles raging all around team trump, the news out of new york is not good for the former president. just days ago, he squared off against nearly a dozen assistant attorneys general on allegations he fraudulently raised the value of his company to get favorable loans and then dropped it to pay less in taxes. >> mr. trump, how do you feel? >> reporter: trump calls it a witch hunt yet he reportedly took the fifth hundreds of times despite a history of ridiculing those who do the same.

>> the mob takes the fifth. if you are innocent, why are you taking the fifth amendment? >> reporter: a similar probe by the manhattan district attorney is also still alive. in georgia, a top political ally senator lindsey graham of south carolina has been ordered to testify about trump's failed effort to overturn his 2020 election loss in the peach state. >> i just want to find 11,780 votes. >> reporter: trump's lawyer rudy giuliani has been told that he is a target and has been ordered to meet with the grand jury there this week. those close to the losing candidate insist they did nothing wrong but questions have been raised about the legality of their pressure on state officials. >> we are going to look at everything until that investigation is complete. >> reporter: and heavy legal fire is coming from washington, d.c. too. >> the search warrant was authorized by a federal court.

>> reporter: the seizure of reportedly classified documents from trump's florida home has triggered sharp questions for trump and for the justice department from some republicans. >> show us the goods. we need to determine if this is a national security threat. >> we fight like hell. >> reporter: but so much more. a federal grand jury is skrut thizing trump's efforts to overturn the election and justice along with the january 6 select congressional committee is looking at trump's role in the attack on the u.s. capitol. for which he is also being sued by several police officers injured in the violence. and many of these cases, trump's allies could ultimately face criminal charges and he could too. an idea that was long considered unthinkable for a former president. yet political analysts note a former president behaving as trump has was also considered unthinkable. tom foreman, cnn, washington.

officials in russian-controlled crimea say at least two people were hurt after an explosion apan ammunition die poe. a fire caused the ammunition to get detonate, this just a week after major damage at crimea. and video posted on social media appears to show the aftermath of the attack and pro-russian accounts say that there were casualties. in kyiv, ukraine's president is accusing russia of nuclear black male after days shelling around the zaporizhzhia power plant, it has raised fears of a potential meltdown prompting grave warnings from world leaders. let's get to david mckenzie live for us this kyiv. this statement from president zelenskyy, an attempt to galvanize the international community to it take an even

tougher stance on russia con wht is a very real threat of nuclear. >> reporter: there have been ongoing rocket attacks and shelling in the region of that nuclear power plant in zaporizhzhia. now, it is important to stress that both sides accuse each other of these attacks, but president zelenskyy as you say in his nightly address hitting hard at the international community asking for them to do more to try to secure the site to get russian soldiers out of there that occupied it in march. take a listen. >> translator: if now the world lacks the strength and determination to protect one nuclear power plant, it means that the world will lose to terrorists. yield to nuclear blackmail. >> reporter: the u.n.

secretary-general has been in discussions with the defense minister of russia trying to ensure some level of safety. but it is worth again remembering that this is right on the frontline between russia and ukraine. and those ongoing strikes put this entire area, the region in fact, in danger, christine. >> and, david, moving to eastern ukraine now, what more do we know about the circumstances around the attack on the paramilitary wagner group? >> reporter: well, we've located the videos showing a devastating attack on this building in the east. new, according to a variety of sources, this was a base used by the wagner mercenary group that has been notorious for its alleged war crimes both in ukraine and frankly other parts of the world. this would be a significant blow, psychological more than anything, by the ukrainian military. it points to a possible intelligence failure that

revealed that base. in the last few hours though, ukraine has admitted that they are taking -- losing some position to russians in the very fierce fighting in the eastern part of this campaign where the russians have been pushing incredibly hard with sustained artillery and rocket fire on that area of donetsk. and while the attention has been on the south and this very alarming situation of the power plant, in terms of the wider war, i think the east is really where the ukrainians are digging in and trying to maintain their positions and not be overrun. >> interesting. david for now thank you very much. still ahead, chaotic scenes in kenya, first fights and chairs thrown moments before officials announce the winner of a presidential election. plus researchers are warning climate change will make heatwaves in america even hotter and more frequent. pedram javaheri will explain the extreme heat felt, next.

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more than 100 million americans from texas to the great lakes will be living in a so-called extreme heat belt in the next 30 years due to climate change. that is according to a new study from the nonprofit first street foundation which found that the current 7 hottest days of the year in the u.s. will increase to 18 by 2053. temperatures could exceed 125 degrees farenheit or 52 degrees celsius on the hottest days of the year. meteorologist pedram javaheri has the details. >> good morning, christina.

yes, a fascinating look at how the climate will change in the coming decades. first tree foundation, a nonprofit group that analyzed it using computer models to analyze extreme temperatures around the united states, models show you 2023 the estimation is that about 8 million americans would experience at least a day of 125 degree heat indices across the u.s., namely around the southwest. that is the no too surprising. a few scattered about the central united states. extrapolating out 30 years, you can see about a ten fold mc, northern a ten fold increase in the distribution of extreme heat days, again 125 degree temperatures where over 107 million americans, some in major cities across the centralist, as far south as texas, chicago, st. louis, memphis, just to name a few cities that would experience the extreme temperatures and notice the disparity. we know the southern u.s. expected to have the heist

increase here as far as how many days of such temperatures you experience. right now generally about seven or so days is what we're seeing across the yinldunited states o extreme hottest days. the southern united states will see the most dramatic increase, mainly across southern portions of florida, miami dade county in particular, as many as 40 days of temperatures of this magnitude. so essentially when you have one week of a heatwave, and i mean significant heatwaves, it will become a one month event and that is the dangers of a sobering study that has been released. >> thanks to pedram. okay. kenya's election officials have declared william ruto to be the country's next president defeating raila odinga by a narrow margin. but some odinga supporters tried to prevent officials from announcing the results.

chaotic scenes at the national tallying center in nairobi, authorities had to be called in to break up the fist fights and scuffles that you see here. in other parts of the country odinga's supporters protested with burning tires in the streets. larry madowo is joining me now. i know that you were there in mr. odinga's hometown when the results came in. unsurprisingly, this is new leading to allegations vote rigging by his campaign. so what will happen next here? >> reporter: it is not clear if william ruto will ascend to the presidency in two weeks uncontested or if raila odinga's coalition will go to court to challenge his win can which is likely. they have seven days to file an election petition if they choose to do so, and we'll hear in the hours ahead if that is their choice or whatever that decision is, but they contested that win because they said that they were not allowed to see the final outcome, the final result before it was announced as had been promised by the electoral commission here and they even

claimed that the independent electoral commission's website, its results essentially had been hacked without providing any evidence. and so this uncertainty about whether or not william ruto will be the fifth president or there is a possibility that this all goes before the kenya supreme court and as happened in 2017, the supreme court might decide to throw it out, annul the election and kenyans will have to do another repeat election. we'll have to wait and see. but he william ruto did accept his win and this is what he said. >> in this election, there are no losers. le people of kenya have won because we have raised the political bar. i want to say that the people of kenya led by the 14 million who turned up to vote are the

biggest winners. >> reporter: there are already congratulatory messages coming in from leaders. a stunning win by william ruto who had been charged with crimes against humanity and tried in the international court but those cases collapsed. there were celebrations here for hours by odinga supporters and that quickly turned into anger and now they wait to see what will happen next. >> not what they have wanted, another potentially contested election. thanks very much, larry. social distancing may be a relic of the past for most of us now, but an updated booster shot could be in your future. the uk is the first country to approve one, it is made by moderna and will target both the original strain and the omicron variant. health officials say that it

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gas prices in the u.s. have now fallen for 62 straight days and that downward trend might continue, potentially dropping below $3 a gallon. aaa says the national average is now $3.95. the drop coincides with falling oil prices which hit a six month low on monday. meantime due to the rising cost of living in the u.s., some americans are finding it more practical to live and work in mexico. but the influx of foreigners paying in u.s. dollars has some locals concerned about the economic impact. david culver reports from mexico

city. >> reporter: look past the charming cafes, scenic parts, flashy apartments and you will see this capitol city for what it is becoming, a refuge for migrants. >> i grew up in new york. >> l.a. >> atlanta. >> reporter: perhaps not the border crossing you expected. americans heading soit to work from home in mexico city. >> i've been here for several months already. >> reporter: born and raised in the u.s., eric rodriguez hardly speaks spanish and admits he is not here to rediscover his mexican roots so much as to save money. >> some san diego my apartment was $2500 for a studio. here i have a one bedroom and i pay $800 a month. >> reporter: the state department says 1.6 million u.s. citizens live in mexico. but they don't say how many are living and working there on tourist visas. the mexican government does not

track that data either. but they reported more than 5.3 million american tourists flying in during just the first five months of this year. nearly a million more than that same period in 2019 pre-pandemic. rodriguez is among the unreported but undeniably present so-called digital nomads. here officially as tourists. most working completely for u.s. companies. still getting paid in u.s. dollars. allowing for a far more affordable life in mexico. >> i think there was a sense of we want people to do here to stimulate the economy, thank you for being here, but i know that recently there has been complaints from locals about the effect that ex-the patpats livi have had on their own lifestyles. >> reporter: sandra ortiz is one of them. [ speaking foreign language ] prices are going up high. she said it is difficult because a lot of them have money to spend on some of these apartments and rents.

for more than 50 years, ortiz and her four siblings ran a restaurant popular with locals on a prime corner in the increasingly desirable neighborhood. but as prices climbed, ortiz says it became unaffordable for the family. and in february, she says they were evicted. all their belongings piled on to the sidewalk. you had five minutes to get everything out and move it out of -- >> si. >> reporter: so where do the locals go? that is what we need to be asking ourselves fernando tells me. the pandemic coupled with global inflation have made hears worse leaving locals in fear of a culture clash. this is part of the problem he says, expats move here because it is cheap, not because they want to truly immerse in the local culture. families like the ortizs feel they are getting pushed out. sandra and two of her siblings now working at another restaurant, no longer the owners. the thought of visiting their

old restaurant, too painful. we went by, renovations already under way. high end apartments coming soon. david culver, cnn, mexico city. for fans of american muscle cars, it is the end of an era. two of dodge's iconic models the challenger and the charger are being phased out after the upcoming model year as dodge prepares for an all-electric future. but before that happens, dodge is offering customized convertible versions of the two cars which will set the buyer back an additional $26,000. dodge will also make a series of last-call special edition chargers and challengers. and in the nfl, defensive lineman tells cnn he is leaving las vegas and joining the tampa bay buck theories. last year he made history when he became the first active player to announce he is gay. this will be his second stint

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here we go, welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. it is tuesday, august 16, i'm christine romans. we begin this morning with a flurry of legal maneuvers affecting former president donald trump and his allies. first the justice department says key parts of its mar-a-lago probe involve highly classified material and must remain secre