hello and a warm welcome to our viewers joining us in the united states and all around the world. i'm christina mcfarlande in for max foster. >> pressure who wants him to release the cctv footage from the day that the fbi searched through mar-a-lago. >> when fbi agents showed up and they asked the trump team to turn off the surveillance cameras, they did not do so. red lights of warning for the 40 million who depend on

this water system to survive. >> this will undoubtedly affect u.s. prices for consumers. >> translator: i try to stay positive and it helps me to survive. it is thursday, august 18, 9:00 a.m. here in london, 4:00 a.m. on the u.s. east coast where donald trump and his allies are trying to get control of the narrative. and at least one of his many legal challenges. the former president is said to be considering releasing surveillance video of the search at his mar-a-lago residence. some want to include it in campaign style ads to fire up trump's base. others say it could backfire when the public sees the shear volume of material seized. trump has already admitted he

did not comply with the fbi's request to turn off the cameras during the search. here is his son eric on fox news. >> you still have the surveillance tape, is that correct? are you allowed to share that with the country? >> absolutely, at the right time. >> while we wait for trump to make up his mind, the federal magistrate who approved the search warrant will hold a hearing today to decide if the affidavit used to get that warrant should be made public. jessica schneider has that story. >> reporter: trump's legal team and justice department lawyers are gearing up for a court fight thursday afternoon. and it is all over whether the affidavit that provided the basis for the search at mar-a-lago last week should be made public. the federal judge will be able to read over arguments from both sides before the hearing and then this judge will pepper both sides with questions before he deliberates and makes his

decision. the justice department we know is adamantly opposed to anything being released from the affidavit. the details in the affidavit are what allowed the affidavit to secure the search warrant and the doj has said it could potentially derail their ongoing investigation if it is unsealed because it would reveal specific investigative techniques and highly sensitive information about witnesses that they have already talked to. so you can expect that the justice department, prosecutors, will be arguing forcefully against the unsealing of the affidavit in court thursday afternoon. and we expect trump's team will be arguing for maybe all or at least some of the materials to be released since trump and his allies have long been advocating for a full accounting what have they are calling an unprecedented search at mar-a-lago. jessica schneider, cnn, washington. the "new york times" is reporting that trump repeatedly told his attorneys that documents wanted by the national archives were in fact his, not theirs. and in fact the presidential

records act requires preserving such documents. truf trump's claim is just the latest in a string of explanations and excuses. >> he keeps changing his defenses. first he said the fbi planted it, then he said, well, he declassified it, and now he is saying it is mine and not your. well, it is the government's property, it is not his and i think that is what healed him ts this situation. people are wondering why risk all this to keep the documents? now you see it, he just believes it is his and he never thought that he would get caught. butt fact that he keeps changing his explanations surely raises the eyebrows amongst prosecutors who pay attention to these things because in my mind it shows consciousness of guilt. >> as for the surveillance footage of the fbi search, an attorney explains what we might learn if that is made public. >> potentially it would reveal the manner in which the

documents were being handled and also perhaps most importantly who had access to them. and given the supposed sensitivitity of these documents at the highest levels of classification, there is really no good reason, there is no enknock could you husband explanation for having them there not in a scif which is the secure facility where normally they would be viewed. and so if it is something from surveillance, probably goes to just how at risk those documents were and, you know, while i understand the department had to cross a lot of ts, dot a lot of is to get to the search warrant decision, it concerns me that they took this long because frankly the reporting that they were asking a better lock to be put on it really begs the question, i mean, if you think there is something so important that needs to be locked down, you need to get to it quickly. >> also forger chief financial officer of the trump organization is expected to plead guilty to a 15 year tax fraud scheme. a source tells cnn allen weisselberg is willing to

testify in a possible future trial but he won't enter into a cooperation agreement with prosecutors. the case involves an off the books compensation for weisselberg and other executives including luxury apartments, a bear of cars and private school tuition for a family members. donald trump's former attorney rudy giuliani is not talking about his appearance before a grand jury in the state of georgia. they met behind closed doors for about six hours on wednesday. prosecutors told giuliani earlier this week he is a target of their investigation. cnn caught up with him as he arrived at the courthouse. >> mr. giuliani, when you met with georgia lawmakers, did you lie to them? >> we will not talk about this until it is over. it is a grand jury and grand juries as i recall are secret. >> do you believe president trump is the ultimate target of this investigation? >> i'm not going to comment on the grand jury investigation. >> what do you think their ultimate goal is here, what are you expecting to talk about here today? >> they ask the questions and we'll see.

>> that was our nick valencia you saw there questioning giuliani and here is his report from atlanta. >> reporter: cnn asked giuliani's attorney for details of his testimony but the attorney declined to comment saying that he was going to respect the secrecy of the special grand jury process. we don't know exactly what the line of questioning was, but we do know that giuliani was inside for roughly six hours. he spoke before georgia lawmakers at least three times in the wake of the 2020 election appearing twice in person and once virtually. during those appearances, he spread conspiracy theories and baseless claims about election fraud. what we don't know is how cooperative giuliani was. prior to his testimony, he seemed to indicate that he was willing to play hard ball, something he said through his attorney. he also said that any conversation he had with the former president, donald trump, was protected by attorney/client privilege. but now that giuliani has been named a target of this criminal investigation, things may not

have been that cut and dry. nick valencia, cnn, atlanta. meanwhile trump's former vice president says he would consider testifying before the january 6 committee if he were invited. a source close to mike pence warns against reading too much into the remarks but the former vice president says that he will speak out at some point. >> if there was an invitation to participate, i would consider it. it would be unprecedented in history for a vice president to be summoned to testify on capitol hill, but as i said, i don't want to pre-judge. if there was ever any formal invitation rendered to us, we'd give it due consideration. >> pence was rushed out of the building during the u.s. capitol riot. the chair of the committee investigating january 6 has been calling on the former vice president on teto tell his stor. >> we'd love to have former vice president pence's testimony. we have sought it, we've talked

to his attorneys in the past. >> the committee has laid out in detail donald trump's pressure on pence to help overturn the 2020 presidential election. she went from being the number three republican in the u.s. house to losing her congressional seat in just a matter of months. but liz cheney is not backing down from a battle to keep former president donald trump out of the white house. she conceded her house seat on tuesday losing in the republican primary to a candidate who trump endorsed. he gloated about the result calling it wonderful for america. as for what is next for cheney, she is not ruling out her own run for the oval office. >> you didn't say yes or no and that is fine if you are thinking about it, but are you thinking about it, are you thinking about running for president? >> it -- that is a decision that i'll make in the coming months. and i won't make any announcements here this morning. but it is something that i'm thinking about and i'll make a decision in the coming months.

>> cheney is still vice chair of the house committee investigating trump's role in the insurrection. she doesn't want the panel's findings to be politicized which is any decision about the presidential campaign won't happen until next year. the death toll from a horrific explosion in kabul, afghanistan is rising. [ sirens ] >> we've learned at least 21 people are dead and 33 injured after a blast tore through a mosque during evening prayers on wednesday. that is according to a spokesperson for the city's police chief. the taliban have condemned wednesday's blast which happened two days after afghanistan marked the first anniversary of the taliban takeover. the western u.s. has been plagued by wildfires in recent months due to extended periods of hot dry weather. this one north of los angeles broke out wednesday and quickly

grew to about 50 acres. firefighters reportedly stopped the flames from encroaching on an animal shelter. and as water levels fall to critical levels, there are fears that massive bodies of water like lake mead will disappear. so far neither the u.s. government nor affected states have come up with a plan to conserve water. and in parts of central texas including dallas and ft. worth, they were under a flood advisory overnight as isolated flash flooding in the area has been reported and more rainfall is expected through the weekend. derek van dam is at cnn "weather center" and joins us. >> and the form that caused the isolated flash flooding in and around dallas dissipated as quickly as it formed, but just enough to create that flash flooding event that did occur and you can see on the latest

radar the storm system has dissipated, it has moved to the south while weakening at the same time, but not before producing upwards of around 4 inches of rain from this radar estimated total in the southeastern sections of dallas county, this is outside of the metroplex region. nonetheless this area hit hard by heavy rainfall and it is not only central texas that is dealing with heavy rain, we have flood watches in effect for much of the great basin including new mexico as well as arizona, even portions of utah and colorado. now, a rare day three flash flood rainfall outlook was issued yesterday about, 24 hours ago, so giving plenty of forewarning. the increasing threat of flash flooding today through bring. notice the shading of red, that is a moderate risk from the weather prediction center, a level three out of a four tiered level. they are anticipating significant amounts of rainfall

that could lead to localized flash flooding. so we're getting this monsoonal moisture surge across the area. we know that these two states and much of the western u.s. have been plagued by drought, so this could put a dent in the drought. is it a drought buster? not necessarily. we need a significant amount of rain and snow over the course of a winter season to really end the ongoing mega drought taking place. we do have a stalled out frontal boundary that will produce a significant amount of precipitation across the gulf coast states. in fact the climate prediction center has above average rainfall for these locations so we'll monitor the deep south over the course of the next week for the potential of flooding. and the other big story we're monitoring is high heat over the western u.s. in fact breaking records for places like redding, california, boise, idaho, temperatures easily in the triple digit figures, that will continue today and into the weekend as well as our excessive heat continues. >> if it is not droughts, it is

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we're now just hours away from the start of a new trading day on wall street. here is where u.s. stock futures stand right now. dow and nasdaq and s&p 500 futures all down. similar picture to wednesday where a drop in u.s. stocks put an end to an august rally with all three major indexes closing in the red. investors weighing new economic data, including the census bureau figures that show retail sales were unchanged in july but auto sales were down. meantime the federal reserve is indicating interest rates will

continue to climb until inflation is substantially reduced and americans are hit hard by rising prices and are pulling back on spending which has been back news for retailers like target. the company says its profit plunged by 90% in the second quarter and even though it slashed prices on general merch merchandise, target ended the quarter with 1.5% more inventory than it had three months ago. and like most things, the cost of school supplies has gone up. this year the american average household will intend $864 on back to school shopping, 40% more than before the pandemic. prices of basic items like tape, glue, sneakers and backpacks have all gone up and teachers and store owners are blaming it on inflation. and if you think inflation is already making food too expensive, brace for more pain at grocery stores. a new report says the ongoing drought is likely to make prices for some food items go up even more.

vanessa yurkevich explains why. >> reporter: hi christina. extreme drought conditions through much of the west and great plains is wreaking havoc on u.s. farmers and ranchers. nearly three quarters of farmers say this year's drought is hurting their harvest according to a new survey. and this year's drought conditions are taking a harder toll than last year's. 37% of farmers say they are plowing through and killing existing crops that won't reach maturity because of these dry conditions and that is a 24% jump from last year according to the survey. farmers in texas are being forced to sell off their cattle herds earlier than normal due to the extreme drought as water sources try out and grass burns up. farmers in the lone star state reported the plalargest reducti in herd size down 50% followed by new mexico and oregon at 43% and 41% respectively.

access to water for livestock is a key issue for farmers and ranchers. and new water restrictions on the colorado river announced tuesday by the u.s. federal government will limit how much water states in the area can take. this will undoubtedly affect food prices for the u.s. consumer. for example, in california which grows 80% of the world's supply of almonds, farmers have been forced to forego planting or destroy their own orchards and that could signal a rise in price down the road. u.s. consumers are already spending 9.3% more on fruits and vegetables from a year ago according to the last month's consumer price report. christina. meantime natural gas prices in the u.s. are spiking as well thanks to inflation and climate change. they have skyrocketed to levels not seen since 2008 and are up about 70% since the end of june. part of the problem is high

demand this summer with soaring temperatures forcing many americans to crank up their air conditioning and experts are warning of sticker shock this winter when families turn tole natural gas to heat their homes. we now have new numbers on the spread of monkeypox. the cdc says the u.s. topped 13,000 cases on wednesday with new york, california, florida, texas and georgia reporting the highest numbers. meanwhile the world health organization says globally monkeypox cases increased by 20% last week compared to the week before. more than 35,000 monkeypox cases have been reported from 92 countries so far. meantime cdc is planning to overall how the agency works so it is better prepared to respond to a public health crisis in future. sanjay gupta has those details. >> reporter: i think that the overarching theme here is the cdc is conceding the fact that

they did not rise to the challenge as well as they could as one of the preeminent public health organizations in the world. and as a result, you saw the cdc at times being very slow to act, at times being much more reactive as opposed to proactive. and also at times being too influenced by politics even more so than public health. and as a result, trust in the organization has fallen. and if you go back to h1n1 days, trust in the organization was around 80%. and now it is in the mid 60% range. still some of the highest trust among federal government, but when it comes to public health, obviously this is a real concern if a third of the country simply does not believe or trust what is coming out of an organization like this. even with some of the most recent cdc guidelines, only about 19% of the country say it is really clear what those guidelines are. and so the cdc is conceding the

points and saying that they want to make changes specifically in terms of sharing information faster, they want to get the information out quickly, they want to be translated in to easy to understand knowledge for people by their own concession, they say that so much of what they have been putting out was geared for scientists as opposed to the average citizen. that is going to change. and really prioritizing public health communication. one thing that has been critically important i think is to think about the cdc being an organization where communication is coming from the scientific body itself as opposed to from the white house and starting to untangle some of the politics and public health. so this is a part of what the cdc has been focused on now. they are doing a lot of polling within the organization, understanding their position in society and trying to act accordingly. this will take time. there is a lot of work that needs to be done. but restoring the trust into

this organization is very important because the last thing that they sort of put on their agenda is getting ready for another public health emergency and as you well know, we are already talking about here in the united states polio and monkeypox as well. so critically important times for the cdc. christina. >> our thanks to sanjay for that. still to come, donald trump's contentious relationship with the fbi, it stretches back years before agents searched his mar-a-lago estate. and later, wounded ukrainian soldiers are refusing to give up even as they battle life-changing injuries. we'll hear from some o of them just ahead. and it's ready to go our cost for shippining, were cut in half just l like that go to shipstation/tv and get 2 montnths free i'm jonathan lawson here to tell you about life insurance through the colonial penn program. if you're age 50 to 85, on a fixed budget, li insurance remember the three ps.

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welcome back to "cnn newsroom." i'm christina macfarlane. if you are joining us, let me bring you up-to-date with the our top stories. in the coming hours a federal judge will hold a hearing to decide if the affidavit used to get the mar-a-lago warrant should be made public. this comes as donald trump's team says he is considering releasing the security footage of the fbi search. trump already admitted that he did not turn off the cameras during the sarearch. and that search is the latest in a series of showdowns between trump and the fbi. the organization representing thousands of retired special agents is warning political attacks against the agency are dangerous and could incite but trump has baeen complaining about the fbi for years. brian todd explains.

>> reporter: it at a time dates before he became president. >> go after hillary. >> reporter: the days of the 2016 campaign when trump was relentless of his badgering of the fbi to investigate his opponent's handling of her emails. >> the fbi did not act. i have such respect for the fbi. i'm so disa pointed. how did they let that happen? she was so guilty. >> reporter: and then from almost the moment he stepped in the white house analysts say trump seemed to view the fbi as his own personal instrument of power. >> donald trump, you know, upended and tried to usurp the fbi in that spring of 2017 and that relationship has never been smooth since. >> he's become more famous than me. >> reporter: soon after taking office, trump pressured then fbi director james comey to drop an investigation into former national security adviser michael flynn. that is according to comey

himself who claimed had trump put the squeeze on him personally. >> i got the sense my job would be contingent upon how he felt i conducted myself and whether i demonstrated loyalty. >> reporter: trump denied asking for comey's loyalty, but ended up firing comey later saying that he was frustrated over the ongoing russia probe. >> he wanted that investigation shut down, he saw it as a political problem and this was what comey was up to. >> the morale in the fbi definitely took a hit after the firing of jim comey. i think that was the watershed moment that made everybody kind of focus on this issue of the possibility that the administration is really trying to have a direct impact on how we did our work. >> reporter: throughout the russia investigation and afterward, trump continued to berate the fbi for how the investigation played out. >> these were dirty filthy cops at the top of the fbi. >> reporter: trump complain texts between two fbi employees were biased against him.

>> look at these horrible fbi people talking about got to get him out, insurance policies. >> reporter: but one analyst says donald trump wasn't alone among presidents who believed the fbi should be holden to them. >> that is something that has long frustrated presidents going back to nixon and johnson and even john f. kennedy that the fbi was not necessarily loyal to them personally. >> reporter: after lambasting the fbi again following the mar-a-lago search, there are incidents that he might have softened a bit toward the bureau telling fox that the temperature has to be brought down and he will do whatever he can to help the country but many analysts are concerned that the latest battle between trump and the fbi could be irreversible especially if it unleashes more violence against agents. brian todd, cnn, washington. we now have unofficial

confirmation from ukraine that its forces were behind the series of devastating brass in russian-held crimea. an internal government report obtained by cnn acknowledges for the first time ukraine's role in the attacks on russian airfields and ammunition depots. and in the north at least four r russian missiles in the city of kharkiv and at least seven people were killed. and russia claims that ukraine is preparing a force flag operation with the zaporizhzhia nuclear plant. the facility is under russian control and recent shelling has raised fears the plant's safety could be compromised. for more, let's go to david mckenzie live for us in kyiv. david, i believe they will be discussing the situation at the plant. and that is why we're hearing the claims of false flag operations.

>> reporter: at this point you have to take everything with a pitch of salt, a handful of salt frankly when it comes to the zaporizhzhia power plant. both sides have blamed each other for shelling there and around it and in it. and leading to fears of course of a very serious situation like a leak or a fallout of some kind. that russian statement claiming that ukraine is planning some kind of strike to blame on them, timed with the u.n. secretary-general's visit here to ukraine later today, he will be having a meeting with the president of turkey, president erdogan and also volodymyr zelenskyy. that will be an important meeting in terms of discussing further the cooperation to getting much needed grain out of this country. but i'm sure that they will be -- there will be discussions about the overall security situation and possibly about that nuclear site. there were these significant strikes on kharkiv in the northeast as you described,

hitting a residential building, at least seven people killed. it continues to be very heavy assault by russian forces both on military and on civilians in the northeast and particularly in the east of this country. the grinding war has had a massive impact on civilians and soldiers alike and we met some soldiers who are struggling to rehabilitate. a coffee and a cigarette, that is all anthony asked for after field surgeons amputated both of his legs. okay, you are a fighter. you'll be okay, they told him. i try to stay positive and it helps me to survive. a veteran of ukraine's war, just nine days into this conflict, this man clearing plastic munitions when they exploded.

it left him bowed but not broken. it is hard, but this is my task. to stay upright, he says. and i'm doing it. maybe i'll even return to duty. at a rehabilitation center, the soldiers often choose camo prosthetics. artists have been doing this for nine decades, putting soldiers back together and the physical rehabilitation is not enough. how is the attitude or the hope for a patient important in this process? >> translator: it is 50/50. 50% depends on our doctors, and 50% depends on the soldier and his mental health. if he doesn't want it, doctors can't help him. >> reporter: how do you feel about this war now? it has been many months.

>> translator: i'm very sorry for the younger men who are dying in this war he says. for permanent soldiers who have been going to the front since 2014, i understand. for the younger guys, i feel sorry for them. russia's invasion sent 23-year-old far from home to the northeastern front. he felt proud to defend his homeland. our orders were to push the enemy from the fron frontline, he says. we were too close to the enemy. russians attacked their position with overwhelming force, with tanks and mortars. yes, i'm very angry, he says. but first of all i'm angry because they attacked ukraine and i'm angry about my leg.

of course it is much better when you have your own legs, he says. but now i understand that the wheelchair and prosthetics are part of my body. it is physically very, very hard. it is very hard. you can see the pain and discomfort on his face there. of course after a horrific injury like this, you will have phantom pains where the limb used to be for a long time afterwards. and what is extraordinary is that there are soldiers who go to that center, get a prosthetic and then head back out to the front. in fact a few days before we were there, there was a soldier who came back to have his prosthetic fixed because it was damaged in another attack. shows a commitment of ukrainian soldiers to defend their homeland, but also the grinding

impact of this conflict. andre said his son wants to go out and fight to join what his father did, but he says he needs to take care of his -- i need to take care of him and one day he wants to have grand children. >> yeah, it is important, isn't it, to see the toll this is taking on average soldiers and as you say the resolve that they have despite that. david, thank you so much for your reporting there live from kyiv. still to come, china faces its longest and most severe heatwave in more than 60 years. deadly fires sweep across europe and north africa. the details when we come back. h. tastes great in our iced coffees too. which makes wawaking up at 5 a.m. to milk the cows a little easier. (moo) mabel says for you, it's more like 5:15. man: mom, really?

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strong thunderstorms hit southern france wednesday. this video shows heavy hail and rain pummelling a hospital.

it led to orders by the city to close all parks and gardens. there are reports of flooded roads and downed trees throughout the area. local firefighters were called 169 times during the storm. as of now no injuries have been reported. and in eastern spain, this new video shows firefighters running to escape a violent blaze. two firefighters were injured, they were working to save a number of homes from going up in flames. the wildfire began on monday and has led to hundreds of evacuations and dozens of injuries. and in algeria, the death toll from wildfires there has risen to at least 26 according to the country's interior minister. two dozen firefighters have been reported in the eastern part of the country, crews are still working to contain those flames. china's worst heatwave in more than 60 years is showing no signs of letting up, the extreme heat has prompted red alerts

across multiple provinces. and river drying up am mitted heat and low rainfall threatening drinking water as well as water for crops. and let's get right to kristie lu stout who is live from hong kong with the latest. how are china coping, what measures are they taking to try to combat this? >> reporter: you have officials across the country scrambling to find ways to alleviate the effects of this prolonged and punishing heatwave. would he learned today that one city has suspended factory production in a week in a bid to save electricity during a power crunch during the heatwave. we've also learned that in another city, the subway system is running on low power mode and there have been photos going viral on social media showing people boarding a subway in the dark. and also you have in another province officials there to resorting to cloud seating in a bid to make rain, a practice where you shoot silver iodide

pellets in the clouds to somehow induce rainfall, china has been doing it since the 1940s. for other two months now china has been suffering baking and scorching conditions, a red alert has been issued to over 138 cities and counties across china, that means that these are areas that expect a temperature of around 104 degrees farenheit or about 40 degrees celsius. it was on wednesday when chinese authorities said this is a record-breaking heatwave, that this was the strongest heatwave since 1961. i want to bring up the statement for you coming from the national climate center. they said the heatwave this time is prolonged, it is wide in scope and strong in extremity, all signs together the heatwave will continue and its intensity will increase unquote. unfortunately this day we have additional really devastating

extreme weather news to share out of china, we've been monitoring the situation out of northwestern china where there have been landslides, flash floods, and as a result 16 people have died and 18 remain missing. back to you. >> sad news to hear. thanks very much. nasa has rolled out its mega moon rocket ahead of its scheduled launch on august 29th. the launch will formally start the areffort to return humans t the moon as practice for future missions to mars. the first mission will be unmanned 3. still to can come, in texas just as children are going back to class, a school district has pulled dozens of books from l libraries. the reasons why, next. plus the new nba schedule is out and there are some surprises in store like games played outside the u.s. skip the rinsese with finish quantum. its activelift technologogy provides an unbeatable clean

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adaptation of anne frank's diary. ed lavendera explains why the books are under scrutiny. >> reporter: the book banning controversy is once again swirling in the state of texas, this time in the city of keller which a suburb north of ft. worth. last year the keller school district created a community committee which was allowed to review complaints and challenges from community members an parents in the school district that were complaining about various books. the committee looked at 41 different books, they were pulled off the shelves, they included a lot of books dealing with lgbtq issues, but also included in those -- that review was the bible, graphic adaptation of anne frank's diary, the bluest eye by tony morrison. of those 41 books, about two-thirds were allowed to put back on the shelves or adjusted

for more appropriate grade levels like high school or middle school depending on the book. but what has changed, just the day before schools started, principals were told that those 41 books had to once again be pulled off the shelves including the same books reviewed last year. what is sparking the change? in may a right wing christian organization political action group helped elect three new school board members. now the school board has had documented new policies by which books that have been challenged by parents or members of the community are reviewed and once again these 41 books are back under the micro scope. and so all of the principals across the district were told that those 41 books needed to be taken off the shelves. so even though this was done last year, this review process is happening once again in this texas school district. ed lavendera, cnn, dallas. good news for lakers fans. lebron james is staying with the

lakers and his new contract puts him in record territory. the nba star has signed a two year $97 million extension with los angeles and with that deal james is now the most paid player in league history with career earnings of $532 million. james who is entering his 20th season averaged just over 30 points a game for the lakers last season. and the nba schedule for the upcoming season has been released. opening night doubleheader will pit the warriors against the lakers on october 18th. and the celtics will take on the 76ers. and there will be five games on christmas day and two games held outside the u.s. in mexico city and paris. and the bengals quarterback joe burrow has now returned to training camp after his appendix ruptured last month. he addressed the surgery for the first time on wednesday. >> i didn't really feel much, just getting checked out and had

some discomfort and so we thought we'd get it checked out. turns out i had it, so we had to get it fixed. not ideal timing obviously, but glad it happened now and not halfway through the year. it was frustrating, but control what you can control. and so we're working back to get to that point. not quite there, but we've got three weeks left to get my strength, my speed and my athleticism back to where it was before. >> earlier this year burrow left t -- led the bengals to their first super bowl since 1998. they open the season against the steelers on september 11th. now forget deep addition, new york style or neapolitan, papa john's just unveiled a whole new kind of pizza, one without a crust. that's right. the pizza chain has announced its latest menu item papa bowls that has all the toppings of a normal pizza just minus the

dough. u.s. pizza sales which saw a boom early in the pandemic are still up, but growth is slowing. the company says they hope to get people excited about pizza again. and of course boost those sales. and in more food-related news, girl scouts have announced that new cookie will be joining its 2023 lineup. the raspberry rally cookie, dubbed the sister sister cookie to the much loved thin mints is infused with raspberry flavor and dipped in the same chocolate coating as its siblinging. the new cookies can only be purchased online. a strategy the girl scouts say is aimed at enhancing ecommerce and entrepreneurial skills. the girl scotts annual cookie season runs from january to april. i hope i can purchase some here in london. the "addams family" is returning to a small screen near you, and getting our first look at what the upcoming spinoff

series wednesday has in store. >> maybe you will make some friends. >> i do like stabbing. >> how good does that look? that is part of the trail foert netflix series out this fall. janet ortega plays the entitle character wednesday. catherine zeta jones will be in it. it features eight episodes, four directed by tim burton. is that does it here. "early start" with christine romans is coming up next.

good morning, welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. it is thursday, august 18, i'm christine romans. new developments this morning in the legal drama surrounding former president donald trump, justice department lawyers today will make their case for keeping secret the probable cause affidavit that was the basis for the warrant for that fbi search at mar-a-lago. and cnn has learned some of trump's allies are urging him to make surveillance video of that search public. th