♪ welcome back. we have some breaking news just in to cnn. a jury in the uk has reached a verdict in actor kevin spacey's sexual assault trial. he has been found not guilty on all counts of sexual assault. i want to bring in salma abdelaziz. this verdict coming out a short time ago. what else are you learning? >> just moments ago, rahel, and this has been a riveting case that has taken the jury nearly four weeks to hear what has been astounding evidence with kevin spacey defending himself against 12 charges that were brought forward by four men. those were later dropped down to nine offenses. i'm speaking about very serious charges here. three cowunts of indecent assault, one count of sexual assault and one count of

engaging in sexual activity without consent and one count of engaging in penetrative activity without consent. he has now been found not guilty of all of those charges, rahel. this will, of course, be welcomed by kevin spacey and his lawyers. he has said throughout this trial that he welcomes his day in court. he welcomes the -- in 2000 and 2010, a period in which kevin spacey was the artistic director of the old vick theater here in london. the prosecutor, of course, bringing forward these accusations of the young men who at the time were in their 20s and 30s described spacey as a sexual bully saying he delighted in making others feel powerless. of course, kevin spacey hit back in court, yes, i was a big flirt and a promiscuous person and

went on to describe the encounters as fun, flirtatious and denying that, and found innocent of all 12 of those charges and this is huge for kevin spacey and said he hopes to be found innocent and hopes to get his career back. >> salma, this was a four-week process, and a four-week trial and remind us who testified of the alleged victims and what we learned about the relationship between the alleged victims. spacey now being found not guilty, but the relationship between these people and spacey? >> now, the rules will not allow me to name those victims, rahel, and that's very, very important. we are not going to identify them in any way. these are alleged victims of sexual assault so they absolutely cannot be identified by us, but these are four people who knew kevin spacey well. one of them was a driver who alleged that kevin spacey at one point while sitting in his vehicle grabbed his penis with

such force that he screamed out in pain. this was an allegation dating back nearly 20 years ago. another was a young actor who also was aspiring to learn to have kevin spacey as a mentor. he described being drugged by kevin spacey. that was his allegation against this award-winning actor and said that oral sex was performed on him without his consent. again, these are just absolutely horrifying and riveting tales. the prosecutor in this case, brought these cases to life, brought them to a juror of 12. what the issue is when you're looking at these cases is that this jury needed to find kevin spacey guilty beyond a reasonable doubt, and that seems to be the conclusion, of course, with them now finding him not guilty of any of these charges that that was not the case, dating back to these charges. some of them again, nearly 20 years old and very little

physical evidence there. it really became a matter of he said-he said in court with the prosecutor trying to paint the picture of a powerful actor in a great position of influence. of course, kevin spacey, as the artistic director of the old victor -- of the old vick, rather, who tried to take advantage of that position, and kevin spacey and his lawyers hit back and said that was absolutely not the case. yes, he was a flirtatious person and yes, he was a person engaged in the youth scene in london, but he never, as he says, never engaged in anything untoward with these men. >> that conclusion coming down and that verdict coming down moments ago. salma abdelaziz, we so appreciate you bringing it out to us. john? >> at this moment hunter biden is inside a federal courthouse where he is expected to plead guilty to two federal tax misdemeanors. he arrived a short time ago. biden will plead guilty for not paying taxes on time and a

felony gun charge. this probe began in 2018 and examined allegations of money laundering, foreign lobby and other potential charges throughout its course. with us now is evan perez and sara murray, what are we expecting to see over the next several minutes if has not already begun? >> we expect that the hearing is getting under way right now there at the federal courthouse in wilmington. this is a five-year investigation and in the end what prosecutors are agreeing to as part of this deal with hunter biden is that he's pleading guilty to two misdemeanor counts related to his taxes, not paying them on time in 2017 and 2018. as part of this investigations, investigators also found that he had purchased a gun during a time that hunter biden says he was addicted to drugs and therefore making him -- making that purchase an illegal purchase. as part of that he is going to agree to abide by certain

conditions and at the end of which if he satisfies them and if the court is satisfied he will -- the federal government will get rid of this felony gun charge, something that obviously, this is a case -- obviously, that has now become highly politicized and it's just a matter of where you think the politicization comes from. if you talk to republicans, they believe that this investigation was politicized by people inside the justice department. now, of course, they are making this the center their effort to go after the current, sitting president. what we expect, though, at the end of this, john, is that the prosecution is going to suggest that hunter biden serve no prison time as a result of this. now there's a very bizarre little sideshow that happened just in the last 24 hours where the federal judge yofr seeing the trump appointee, by the way.

she is very angry, apparently that a member of hunter biden's legal team may have said something that caused a filing by republicans to be taken down. so we expect that that will be part of this court hearing as well, john. >> thank you very much, evan. do stand by. sara murray, that's a good segway to you here because one of the things that's been unusual here. this is a plea agreement going after a federal judge and congress, there are committees of congress trying to weigh in here before the judge signs off on this. what's going on there and what else does congress have cooking when it comes to huntser biden? >> the house republican ways and means committee wrote to the judge and said consider the ramifications around the case and consider what we heard from the irs saying there was political interference in this case and that is certainly an interesting move and it fits with the political strategy that we've seen from these house

republicans that even if this signals the end of hunter biden's legal problems, it will not signal the end of the political headaches for hunter biden or joe biden or the rest of the biden family. one thing republicans want is they want to get testimony from david weiss, the u.s. attorney overseeing this probe. he said he would agree to testify in september or october. they want to know essentially what the avenues of the investigation he covered included. they wanted him to answer more directly than he has in the letters with the allegations of political interference and it's clear that this fodder over the biden family business dealings is building a potential campaign for joe biden impeachment and we heard the most important words from kevin mccarthy so far. take a listen to what he said. >> the more of this continues to unravel it rises to the level of inquiry. what that simply provides is that the american public has a

right to know and this allows congress to get the information to be able to know the truth. >> now republicans haven't been able to prove that joe biden benefited off of his son's business dealings, that he was involved in all in his son's business dealings and they believe impeachment may be another mechanism for him to do so, john. >> sara murray, thank you so much. evan and sara, keep us posted because this is all in the federal courthouse right now. elie holding and from southern district of new york. counselor, the expectation is that the judge will sign off on this probation for two tax charges. do judges always sign off, federal judges on plea agreements? >> almost always, but not always, always. it is up to the judge whether he or she, in this case, she wants to accept the plea agreement, but 99.something percent of the time when you go before the court saying we, the

prosecution, has agreed with the defense and the judge will accept the plea and move forward with sentencing at some point later. why could the judge reject the deal to anticipate your next question? >> you're asking my follow. >> first of all, the judge could not be convinced that the person is guilty. the judge will listen to what hunter biden says and if the person hasn't fully admitted to the crime she cannot accept the guilty plea. another possibility is if the plea is simply inadequate. i had one very close call in my career where he thought we as prosecutors are being too lenient with the defendant and he put us through the ringer and made noises that he was not going to accept it. the point is the judge has the final say as to when she accepts it. >> how much does the letter from the house ways and means committee to the judge have? >> little to no influence, i think. it's not really the judge's concern here whether politicians

think that there's some other universe of fact. the judge needs to constrain herself to the charges as they're laid out in the judging instrument, in this case it's called the information and not an indictment because the parties agreed to it and bigger picture to whether this is a reasonable and appropriate outcome within very broad parameters. sara outlined what is happening inside congress. hunter biden, if this is all agreed to will be under probation for some time, the prosecutor here has also said things that make one wonder about whether or not there are still any other criminal investigations still going on. what's possible to continue on there? >> yeah. so this is sort of a standard thing that prosecutors will say and any investigations is ongoing until the moment when the sentence is done and when the appeal is done and this is the question that the whistle blowers have been raising and the claim made by the irs agents who worked on the cases is that there were certain investigative avenues that were unduly, prematurely headed off and they

were told you cannot look down that avenue. the u.s. attorney trump appointed who has been in charge of this case has now agreed that he will testify in the fall and that is the key question. >> what else would david weiss be asked about and how much would he be willing to say? will he open all of his books in the investigation? >> he has to be careful and i think he will be careful, and i do not think he'll get into the nuances of the investigation. what investigative tactics did you use? did you seek a search warrant and that kind of thing. i think he can answer the following questions. one, how did this take five years? i've not heard a reasonable answer from anybody and for the record, there's no way this case should have taken close to five years. did you, david weiss have complete control over this case. he has said in a letter i had complete control and that was a distinct question from, in your capacity as the person who had complete control, did you shut down any lines of inquiry, and

that's where the rubber meets the road. giving them guidelines and a road map of how to ask the questions. >> elie honig, thank you so much. former trump attorney rudy giuliani is conceding that he did make defamatory statements about two georgia workers after the 2022 election and it is in connection to what giuliani is facing and filed by ruby freeman and shayne moss and he made allegations against them in an effort to undermine georgia's election. giuliani saying he does not deny moss and freeman's accusations that he smeared them after the election. i want to bring in justice reporter katelyn polantz to help us understand what giuliani did concede and what he didn't exactly concede. >> yeah. rahel, he is trying to contain the legal risk that he has. so rudy giuliani has been sued by those two georgia election workers for statements he made about them after the 2020

election. let's start by listening a little bit to what he was saying about them, ruby freeman and shayne moss who were in georgia working in the vote counting in atlanta. >> ruby freeman and shayne moss and another gentleman surreptitiously passing around usb ports as if they were vials of heroin or cocaine. i mean, it's obvious to anyone who is a criminal, investigator or prosecutor that they were engaged in surreptitious, illegal activity again that day. >> so rudy giuliani now is coming and saying that he does concede that he made those statements, that those statements are false and that they can be defamatory. now that they are suing, but he's trying to contain it to just this lawsuit. he obviously is facing a lot of different legal risk around the country in georgia, nationally with the federal criminal investigation and we don't know exactly how what he's saying in

this lawsuit today is going to factor into that and also, rahel, he is trying to still find a way to eke out some sort of win or at least something that doesn't hurt him too badly in this lawsuit. one of the things that he wants to say is he shouldn't be held liable for the damages that these women suffered or that they say they suffered meaning he won't have to necessarily pay them if he is able to convince the judge of that. he wants to try and claim that what he's saying after the election is protected speech. so opinion, largely, more so than fact, but here is what those women had to say according to their house deposition when congress investigated. >> i've lost my name, and i've lost my reputation. i've lost my sense of security all because a group of people starting with number 45 and his

ally rudy giuliani decided to scapegoat me and my daughter shay. >> i don't want to go anywhere. i second guess everything that i do. it's affected my life in a major way, in every way, all because of lies. >> so we still have to see how the judge in this lawsuit is going to respond to what giuliani is saying here and what happens in the criminal investigation and other investigations, but we just did get a statement from their lawyer from ruby freeman and shayne moss' lawyer from giuliani saying a major milestone in their fight for justice. katelyn polantz. thank you, katelyn. >> terrifying moments just outside our window in the cnn headquarters. this crane collapses at a construction site. you are looking at the

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we are learning new developments this morning after a crane collapsed in new york city. take a look at this video. it shows the terrifying moment the structure collapses, striking a nearby building before then dropping to the

street below. fire officials say six people were hurt in this incident, four civilians, two firefighters all suffering minor, non-life-threatening injuries and i want to go to bryn gingras. what more are you learning? what's the latest here? >> we're getting a lot of details from the workers who were there watching as this crane collapsed, rahel. i'll get out of the way so you can zoom in and you can see where the crane landed here in mid touven, manhattan and you can see the debris scattered on the ground and outside of the building that the workers were working on and we have exclusive video from one of the workers who was working on the same level as where the crane was positioned. at that moment the crane was trying to bring up about 16 tons of concrete that was going to be poured and then it appears to be some sort of issue, they believe the workers mechanical failure of some sort. i wanted to hear from the worker

about what he describes happened next. >> i actually saw it smoking and told the guys that's not a good sign. my foreman asked me if i had ever seen that before. i told him yeah. it's not an issue if they put out and like i said, the crane operator did exit the cabin because what happens is the computer system shuts down letting him know there's an issue so when he came out of the cabin he did try to extinguish it, but when the flacmes starte flaming, he only had the option of exiting the plane coming down. and that worker actually telling me they felt the building rumble as that crane was coming down and there was a bit of a stampede from workers as they were trying to escape that building. the worker telling me he told his coworker the best thing to do is stay still. nothing is going to happen to this building, and i want to move very quickly before i send it back to you, rahel. they have the drone position

down here. we saw it go in the air and the crane doing its investigation along with the department of buildings here on the scene and this is an area that is shut down because of this investigation and the fire is out at that crane, but as you mentioned, six injuries and i have to tell you, in talking to the guys that work here it is a miracle that there weren't more injuries particularly at the hour that this happened and how busy this section of manhattan is. rahel? >> absolutely. with everything that was involved, it is really incredible that there were only six injuries and minor, nonlife-threatening injuries. thank you, brynn. new this morning a cnn exclusive, we have learned that former marine trevor reed is expected to make a full recovery after being wounded while fighting in ukraine. reed was detained in russia in 2019. he was released last year as part of a prisoner swap. natasha bertrand joins us now from the pentagon with this exclusive.

natasha? >> yeah, john. sources are calling jake tapper that former marine trevor reed is expected to make a full recovery after fighting in ukraine and being injured on the battlefield there. we are learning a little bit more about how this played out. he was apparently wounded by shrapnel, and he was taken to a hospital in kyiv and later transported out of the country by two ngos. medicare hubs kyiv which is a german ngo and ukraine which is an israeli ngo. the source close to reed also told our jake tapper that reed actually first went to ukraine back in november of 2022, and he was motivated to fight alongside ukrainian forces because of what he experienced what he was in russian captivity. now recall that reed was detained by the russians, wrongfully detained according to the u.s. and he was released as part of a prisoner swap in april of 2022. so he went back recently to fight with the ukrainians and he and his unit had apparently been

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investigators are wrapping up with their search after coming up with boxes and boxes of items from the home of suspect serial killer rex heuermann. they found a lot of evidence inside of his long island home and that includes 279 weapons found inside of a vault. heuermann is accused of killing two women in 2010 and authorities believe he may be linked to more murders. i want to bring in trial attorney misty maris. always good to see you.

this is an investigation that seems to grow and grow and grow. when you heard the detail about all of these weapons inside of a vault, what was your reaction to that? immediately, i thought now law enforcement and investigators are going to be looking at whether or not these weapons have been involved in any other crimes. remember, this was the first time that they searched heuermann's home. we heard that this home was cluttered. we heard that this home had a large backyard that appeared to have some disturbances and now we're hearing that there was a vault with a cache of weapons. the purpose now searching the home, there are several different buckets. first, we have anything that connects heuermann to the three victims that he is being charged with a crime. we know there's a fourth. he's a prime suspect in the fourth. those are the gilgo four. now we learned there are property in other states so are there other crimes he could be connected to or missing persons

cases? now the second part of that is we now hear about all of these weapons? are there other crimes that these weapons could have been involved in? law enforcement went into the home under the presumption and thinking that some of the murders could have occurred there. so what evidence remains after all these years? did he keep trophies? is there dna? there's a whole slew of things that can come out of the search of his home. >> misty, as you know, heuermann has said that he has not done this. you are a defense attorney. what could a possible defense here be? >> i would expect the dna analysis to be attacked. we don't know what comes out of this search now. we only know what was in the probable cause affidavit and one of the things that linked rex heuermann is mitochondrial dna, there are hairs on the bodies that belong to his wife and one that belongs to him and as a defense attorney you are always going to look to undermine those

findings with respect to dna with expert, but keep in mind, he had been observed and followed for over a year before he was arrested, but during that time law enforcement did not want him to be keen to the fact that this was happening. so now with this search of his home, it's going to be interesting to see what else comes out of that that links him to these crimes and of course, as defense attorneys are going to try and develop those defenses after reviewing all of that evidence. >> misty, stand by because i want you to listen to an interview my colleague anderson cooper had with a woman who went out on a date with the suspect in the summer of 2015. this is what she said. >> he seemed almost like too excited to talk about it, and then once he did start talking about it, it didn't seem like a true crime fan who has seen information who watched tv or read and it seemed like someone who was re-living it.

he had this look in his eye, as he was telling it, he was re-living it in his mind. >> so, misty, you hear that he's apparently asking about the murders. he's wanting to talk about it. he wants to apparently get into the details, and this is according to the woman that we talked to. what does that tell you about perhaps his profile? >> absolutely critical to this case because remember, some of what was found in his technological footprint were massive amounts of searches related to the searches, searches about why can't they catch the gilgo beach killer? searches about the families and the victims and searches about where law enforcement was and searches about the task force that was formed and now you're getting other people who have had interactions with him coming forward and corroborating his interest in the case. now we know he had been basically getting away with this for years and years and years and so his interest in the case

is going to speak to his potential intent, potential cover up and all sorts of other things that are going to come out and be really important when this case goes to trial. >> so much to watch here. misty maris, always good to see you. >> lawmakers raise questions about ufos which they now call uaps at a hearing on capitol hill and some truly stunning claims. [announcer] tens of thousands of customers wrote about carvana being smooth in their five star reviews, including teri. to be honest, i thought it was almost too smooth but carvana was super transparent from beginning to end, car details, financing, evy step and there were no rprises. well, my monthlyayment did come out lower than expected. th i got to pick up my mustang at the vending machine and it was so fun and exciting i did a little dance.

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so happening now, this highly anticipated hearing is under way on capitol hill. former military members are being asked about what they know about ufos who are now called uaps, unidentified anomalous phenomena and whether they are a threat to national security and whether information has been withheld from the american people. the house oversight committee is listening to testimony from three witnesses. cnn's tom foreman has been listening in. give us a sense of what we heard so far. >> the overall theme so far from those on the committee up in front of them is that the truth is out there and we're not being told enough of it which is interesting because we're actually being told more now about observation of these unidentified phenomenon than we ever were before. videos released and people testifying about it and nonetheless, that's the overall theme here and particularly

note -- >> tom foreman, i hate to have to interrupt you, but we have completely different types of news right now. let's go to the uk where kevin spacey is discussing the fact he was just found not guilty of sexual assault charges. >> but i would like to say that i'm enormously grateful to the jury for having taken the time to examine all of the evidence and all of the facts carefully before they reached their decision, and i am humbled by the outcome today. i also want to thank the staff inside this courthouse, the security and all of those who took care of us every single day, my legal team, evan longstein and lucy for being here every day and that's all i have to say for the moment. thank you very much. >> that was a brief statement

from kevin spacey. again, who was just found not guilty in the united kingdom of sexual assault charges. what was interesting there is just to hear his voice obviously over the last several years with the swirl of allegations surrounding him. he has not been out in public very much. he made a very brief statement thanking the jury and thanking the people who worked at the courthouse. more on that ahead. in the meantime, back to the story we were just discussing of a very different nature here in the united states and the congressional subcommittee is holding a hearing on ufos which are now called uaps and unidentified aerial phenomenon -- or anomalous phenomenon who has been covering that so closely. tom, you've been listening to this hearing and i don't mean to make light of it because these members are taking it very seriously. the witnesses are taking this very seriously and some of the insinuations are quite serious which is that there is something not being told to the american people. >> yeah. at the core that's what they're saying. they're trying to say, look, we

think there's much more to this, many more of them, many more that aren't reported and among those that are reported, few that are being let known to the public here. i will say, politically it fits very well for republicans right now to say you can't trust the government which is exactly what they said when they started off, and the government is not being straight with you because a lot in the party think they're not being straight with them. the question is where do they go from here? people who testified today are all speaking to the idea that they need to be not only more transparent that when people report this that it need not be mocked or made fun of or their career should not be hurt and they should be allowed to move forward. i think in many ways how you see this hearing today is a bit of a rorschach test. if you see it as yeah, yeah, yeah. this is a bunch of noise about something. there may be odd things happening now and then, but they are not some big, extra worldly threat. they're just something odd that we have to sort out or if you

see it as a great, big, government cover up and the word cover-up is used this morning and how you see it is this is more of the same and we'll find out as the day goes on. >> the most important thing is there are facts and evidence presented which we can all judge for ourselves. tom foreman, great to have you watching this for us. thank you. >> rahel? >> this morning deputies in north carolina are trying to find out how three marines died after their bodies were found inside the car in a gas station. the marines were part of the 2nd marine logistics group about 30 miles from where their bodies were found. diane, what more are you learning about this? >> you know, rahel, right now the pender county north carolina sheriff's office in addition to the u.s. marine corps are still investigating this. they have not revealed a cause. they are still looking into that, what killed these three very young u.s. marines who were found inside a vehicle outside

of a gas station in hampstead, north carolina, as you said, not far from camp lejeune. i do want to identify them for you, again, very young. lance corporal tanner j. keltenberg, just 19 years old. lance corporal merax dockery and garcia just 23 years old and all three were motor vehicle operators with the 2nd marine logistics group at camp lejeune. on sunday morning the pender county sheriff's office says it received a missing persons report and it began investigating at that time. that is when they found that privately owned vehicle outside of that gas station and all three of those marines inside of it said that they were decease. they pronounced them dead at the time. according to the sheriff, they are still investigating what may have happened to them, but the sheriff's office did say, it does not appear that there had ever been any threat to other members of the community.

now, look, was there a statement that was issued and you may be seeing the photos of these marines at this time just released by the u.s. marine corps. i also want to read you a statement that came from b brigadier general michael williams. he said my deepest sympathy and condolences are extended to the family, friends and family of lance corporal keltenberg, lance corporal dockery and lance corporal garcia. we are providing support to those impacted by the tragic loss as they navigate this extremely difficult time. such young marines and an investigation under way to find out what happened to them. >> great to have you bring us the latest. thank you. >> we are getting new detailses about what is happening outside a federal courthouse in wilmington delaware, the plea deal and the plea hearing for hunter biden is under way with the judge asking both sides

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hunter biden's attorneys and the prosecution whether she had the power to essentially make the justice department go back and re-do this investigation if there is any part of it that she finds lacking and the answer from both sides is no. the justice department attorneys in there said that, you know, this could be addressed through the political process which we expect is exactly what is going to happen here, rahel. we expect that the judge who is a trump appointee mary ellen will accept the recommendation from the prosecution that they accept this plea deal. hunter biden would plead to two misdemeanors for failing to file his taxes in 2017 and 2018, and then she'll take up the question of the sentence. at this point, prosecutors are recommending probation, no jail time and so one of the things that has come up is whether she can ask for a more severe sentence. that's, of course, up to the judge. the judge makes the final

decision. the plea hearing is still ongoing at this hour and we expect also this the issue of hunter biden's drug abuse in the past is going to be part of this. one of the things that she and hunter biden have already discussed is the fact that he won't be allowed to use alcohol or illegal drugs during this period. he would be subject to drug testing by the court as a result of this agreement. rahel? >> sort of outlining the conditions of release could look like. evan perez live for us in washington. thank you, evan. john? >> this morning the uvenrelenti heat wave is expanding along the northwest and northeast. temperatures are rising over 100 degrees over the next seven days. in florida the heat is turning the ocean into something like a hot tub. the water temperatures are at record levels for july and this has consequences all around the world. cnn's chief climate correspondent bill weir reports.

>> here in cartagena, locals and tourists are used to bathtub warm water, but nothing like the numbers scientists are seeing now. north of us in florida in florida bay, triple digit temperatures fahrenheit, 101 degrees and that's the sea surface, 38 degrees celsius. as a result of that, some scientists are seeing complete, total coral reef loss. 100% bleaching in some areas. no telling how much of florida's reef system is left of it because we have the two hottest months left to go and all of this a result of generations of heat-trapping gas and the atmosphere holding down as much extra heat every second as ten hiroshima help sized atomic bombs. the cold water has masked a lot of that obvious heat, but this year, obviously, you can't ignore it anymore, and this is just the beginning of a trend that scientists worry could have half of the planet's surface in

a marine heat wave. that puts enormous stresses on coral systems which is not just for snoshgrkelers and scuba div and so much of sea life and if you add acidification, sea creatures are facing stresses that are just off the charts right now. there is new science about a big circulation system in the atlantic and this is a triangular-shaped conveyor belt that takes warm water and up toward canada and the uk as a result of greenland shedding so much fresh water and if that shuts down it's an apocalyptic scenario we've seen in movies like "the day after tomorrow" there is a tipping point that that could happen. as early as 2025 and as late as 2090. all of the signs point to warnings that we're headed to that key, vital tipping point

that must be avoided to preserve life as we know it on the planet. so in the meantime, some scientists even in miami are desperately trying to save what corals they can, bringing them into laboratories and a futile effort given the scope of the problem right now, but again, we are just heading into the two hottest months of the year. bill weir, cnn, carta jen a colombia. >> our thanks to bill for that. >> john, coming up for us, new details from the hunter biden hearing. the judge dealing a blow to the republicans who were hoping for a re-do so that hunter biden could potentially face more serious charges. you are live outside the courthouse with more. ack. refi at sofifi.com. you could save thousands and get to your goals faster. sofi. get yoyour money right.

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