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a surprise visit and a major show of support. secretary of state tony blinken on the ground in ukraine and meeting with president zelenskyy. blinken's message for ukraine and also for americans back home. we are burning up. this summer we're experiencing the hottest temperatures ever recorded in human history. is this the new normal? i'm sara sidner with the masterful kate bolduan and john berman. this is "cnn news central." ♪ later today a historic first in the various criminal cases against donald trump. cameras will be on in the courtroom. so we can all see the proceedings inside and that means voters can see. this will be in georgia where a judge will hear arguments about whether a trial should start as soon as next month, october 23rd, and whether trump's case should be severed from some or all of his 18 co-defendants.

that's what trump wants, along with a much later trial as speculation swirls over whether any of his co-defendants might turn on him. with us now cnn's paula reid who has been following all this. paula, what are we going to see in just a few hours? >> reporter: well, it's significant. we're going to be able to see this entire hearing, and while it's about scheduling and logistics, not necessarily the most exciting topics, here in this case they take on a true significance because we know that the central tension in all of the trump-related criminal cases is timing. he wants to try to push all of these cases back until after the 2024 election, but prosecutors are keen to move these things along as quickly as possible. now, today they're focused not only on scheduling but also the possibility of breaking this case up into smaller cases. they've asked the district attorney to come with a good faith estimate of just how long it's going to take for her to

put on a trial with 19 defendants. already several people charged in this case have asked to separate or sever their case from the rest of the group in hopes of getting a faster trial. the district attorney insists she wants to try everyone at once so the judge is going to have some questions about exactly how that's going to work, how long it's going to take and he's also said that he wants to hear what she thinks would be the consequence if they did maybe break this up into some smaller groups. so shout out to the state of georgia for the fact that there will be cameras in the court which will allow anyone who is curious about what's going on here, the process, to tune in and see how this is working. this is not an opportunity that taxpayers are afforded of course at the federal level where the former president faces two criminal cases. >> here, here for cameras. i don't know about you but i actually do find logistics and skelen thrilling. it will be very interesting to see it all play out before our eyes today. on a separate matter and one that we will not see because it

has to do with federal court, we could hear soon, very soon, you know, hours, about whether mark meadows' case will be moved from this state court to federal court. >> reporter: that's right. any moment now we will get a decision on this and hear the former white house chief of staff is arguing that everything that he is alleged to have done here he did in his capacity as the white house chief of staff. he and his lawyers argue because of that this should be moved to federal court where there are laws that actually protect federal -- certain federal workers from state-level prosecutions. they are also confident if they can get it moved to federal court that they will be able to get the case against med keys dismissed. it's not clear he is going to be successful but whatever happens here will have ripple effects because i know when speaking with my sources other defendants and their attorneys in this case they are watching to see what happens with meadows because they believe meadows has the strongest shot of anyone besides maybe the former president of

successfully moving his case to federal court. they are like, look, if it doesn't work for him we are not even going to try for our client. >> a decision on that could come at any moment. keep us posted. thank you very much. and joining us now to talk about much more about this is former federal prosecutor danya perry. today this hearing live in front of the cameras broadcast out. what will you be listening in for? >> well, in some ways it's just an everyday kind of a scheduling conference, but this one obviously has a lot of complexity and intricacies to it. the kind of everyday piece of it will be how long the government anticipates a trial to last with different configurations of defendants, how many exhibits they will have, how many witnesses and the like. i actually am quite curious to see what the district attorney has to say about that, given that her last rico trial lasted for, i believe, eight months and

it was months long to even select a jury, but then of course there's all this what you could call infighting or conflict between the classes of defendants, some of whom are looking for speedy trial, others of whom are looking to push it back and so there will be questions of different trial dates, whether the judge will grant certain of them a speedy trial, it seems he will, and then whether or not he will sever those cases. so there's actually a lot in contest and that will be very telling for the rest of the trial this afternoon. >> can you give us a sense of what this is like for the prosecution when you have several people asking for a speedy trial? do they even have the numbers to try and deal with this? they could all be happening in a very similar time frame. >> it would be very complicated. da fani willis says that she does have the resources, she does have the man and women

power, she could go forward on october 23rd against all 19 defendants. that is impossible. i cannot imagine a world -- i should say highly unlikely. it's hard to conceive of this judge ordering the other defendants who would like to push this off, it's hard to see him forcing them to go to trial next month. so she may have to do this trial very complicated trial, in stages. of course, that will be very taxing on her office's limited resources. it's hard to see that happening even though certain of the defendants, sidney powell and kenneth chesebro are asking for this early trial date, they could also change their mind once they have the full breadth of discovery which is set to be somewhere in the order of magnitude of 2 terabytes of information or some 150 million pages. maybe they think they want that now and might change their minds later. >> there's also, then, the mark meadows factor in all of this.

he's still waiting to hear as paula reid was laying out to hear from a federal judge if his case is going to be moved out of fulton county and into federal court. if that happens does that upend all of this that we're talking about here? does the fulton county superior court judge need to head back into court and figure something else out? >> it could be. i happen not to think -- and i've written about this, i don't think that mr. meadows has the better of that argument, although, as you said in the introduction, he has a better argument than some of his co-defendants because in some ways, of course, everything that a chief of staff does could be said to be under color of his office or federal law, but i think here when you're talking about intruding into the counting and tabulation of ballots, that is not something that is typically within the executive branch, so i think that's a long shot argument. but if he does win, it could

upend very much of what's happening in state court. it could well be that some or all of the defendants are then removed as well to federal court so that will introduce a whole other layer of complexity yet to be told. >> for sure. which means stand by to stand by. good to see you, danya. cnn is going to be carrying this hearing that we're talking about at 1:00 p.m. this hearing we will be carrying it live. special coverage this afternoon begins at 1:00 p.m. eastern. john? >> you can see it with your own eyes. new this morning secretary of state antony blinken making an unannounced visit to kyiv, the first cabinet secretary to visit since the ukrainian counteroffensive began. the secretary will meet with president volodymyr zelenskyy and deliver remarks at a press conference this afternoon. the visit comes as a cnn poll shows that a majority of americans do not support increased u.s. aid for ukraine. overnight russia launched a barrage of missiles at the capital city, a reminder that blinken is in the middle of a war zone.

cnn national security correspondent kylie atwood is at the state department and melissa bell is in kyiv. kylie, first to you. what does the secretary want to get out of this trip? >> reporter: well, listen, he said it in his own words today as he has been talking throughout his events in kyiv, saying this is all about reaffirming u.s. commitment to ukraine, continued commitment to ukraine militarily, to make sure that they succeed on the battlefield, but also to building up a strong democracy, building up a resilient economy as they have to face this barrage of attacks from russia over the course of the last year and a half or so. the timing of this trip is critical to look at for a few reasons, john. first of all, senior state department officials think that this trip will help them make the case to americans about the need for continued support. not just making the commitment to ukrainians but to the american public because there has been some softening in the american public support in some

polls, including cnn's poll and it comes after a few weeks after president biden put forth a new proposal for $24 billion in additional funding for the war. we will see how that plays out in congress. and later this month there's the u.n. general assembly and so senior state department officials say that blinken is looking to meet with the ukrainians and align with them about what their message is going to be on that world stage, when world leaders gather in new york later this month, what are the ukrainians asking for and, of course, it comes at this critical moment as ukraine is heading into the fourth month of its counteroffensive and we know that blinken feels that he will be able to learn more about how that counteroffensive is going by being there on the ground. what he wants to hear from the ukrainians is how they plan to continue carrying out that counteroffensive in the weeks to come. >> melissa, what is the situation on the ground as we sit here this morning and what does president zelenskyy want

out of this? >> reporter: well, if ever a reminder were needed, john, of what is happening in this country, it came overnight, as you mentioned a moment ago here in kyiv, fresh ballistic and cruise missile strikes on the ukrainian capital that were intercepted by ukrainian anti-air defense systems even though some of the debris caused some damage here in the capital. but what we've been hearing just in the last few moments is of a deadly attack on civilians, once again, it's just a village that is not very far from the front line from bakhmut within striking distance certainly, 16 civilians, including one child have just died, john, in an attack on a market in a town that is not very far from there in russian shelling. an important reminder, i think, even as the secretary of state is here of exactly what is happening to civilians all along the front line that is, remember, more than 1,000 kilometers long. a lot of civilians on that front

line, many more have just today paid the price and i think that is the important context in which secretary blinken is coming. he's going to be meeting with president zelenskyy and it is, of course, all about selling this, again, to the american people when he gets back, but it is going to be also about seeking some of the reassurances that his administration is looking for about the fight against corruption, the ability of this country to meet its -- the obligations it seeks to join nato, the european union and to move on from the past. so an important visit that comes at a critical time of course as ever amid more destruction at the hands of the russians, john. >> melissa bell, kylie atwood, thank you both very much. 16 dead in that attack according to melissa bell right there. a reminder that civilians very much the victims here. >> the war still very much ongoing. all right. a new warning from the hard right flank to house speaker kevin mccarthy this morning, impeach president biden or lose your job. we will talk about that fight coming up. and convicted murderer alex

murdaugh's attorneys leveling new allegations against the court clerk in the case, claiming something she did means murdaugh should get a brand-new trial. all the twists and turns on that case is also coming up. and republican presidential candidates are making their pitch in new hampshire we're there and asking if voters are in search for something new or a 2020 repeat. >> they were attacking him constantly. how can anybody do a good job? i mean, he did, but he was constantly attacked and it was all fake. [clock alarm]

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capitol's attending physician clarified that there is no evidence that he had some sort of a stroke or a seizure. what more can you tell us about what we might hear or some members of the gop might hear today. >> reporter: that health update was part of a letter that mcconnell's office released as part of this bid to tamp down speculation about his health and political future. most republicans we talked to yesterday said they are satisfied with that assessment and that they have no concerns about his fitness to serve, but there were several republicans who are openly expressing concern about his ability to lead. they say they're not sure if they can support him again for leader the next time he runs and they're also casting doubt on what the capitol physician said. let's take a listen. >> but since he fell now he has struggled and i hope he can continue. >> i think it's an inadequate explanation to say this is dehydration. >> the reality is that we may expect that mitch mcconnell will

check out for 20 seconds a day. >> reporter: now, mcconnell is expected to address the topic of his health at a closed-door lunch with his republicans later today and after that he is going to be delivering his weekly press conference in front of cameras, in front of reporters, a similar setting to where he experienced those last freezing episodes. his performance no doubt going to be closely watched. >> i would be remiss if i didn't ask you about those issues. house speaker kevin mccarthy is facing some threats from matt gaetz about whether or not he is going to go forward and impeach president biden. what do you know about that? >> reporter: yeah, so kevin mccarthy facing his own unique set of challenges and headaches as they return to washington next week. speaker kevin mccarthy not only has to figure out how to fund the government without angering conservatives but has to figure out how to deal with growing calls from members on the right to start impeaching president biden and congressman matt gaetz

one of those members on the hard right said he's done waiting around and he is going to try to force a floor vote on impeaching president biden and he also threatened mccarthy's speakership if kevin mccarthy stands in the way. it puts mccarthy in a difficult spot. even though he has said he is willing to eventually go that route he also has a number of moderate members who say they are skeptical or down right opposed to impeachment. he has a lot to figure out in the weeks ahead, sara. >> he has been between a rock and a hard place and he finds himself there again. thank you so much melanie zanona, live on capitol hill. >> i want to read the tweet from matt gaetz that has caused this stir in the house. he wrote, quote, we've got to seize the initiative, that means forcing votes on impeachment and if speaker mccarthy stands in our way he may not have the job long. so not really a veiled threat at all. with us nowtime national threat cal correspondent molly ball. i want to talk about matt gaetz

and other threatening kevin mccarthy. are they the boys who cried vacate, the formal phrase, vacate the chair. do you think they would really do this, force mccarthy out? >> i think you've put your finger on the issue which is that this is a nuclear option and can only be used once. if they trigger the motion to vacate, you know, with this extremely narrow majority kevin mccarthy can't take anything for granted and we have seen, you know, since that first series of late night votes that eventually delivered him the speakership he has been engaged in a real high wire act and he's managed to do it successfully, but for his detractors on the right, they have to know that if you come at the king you best not miss as a wise man once said, right? if they trigger this option and it doesn't work out it looks like a paper tiger going forward. it works better as a threat than an actual practice. if it were succeed obviously it would throw the entire house

into chaos with really unpredictable consequences. so they're wielding this threat hoping that they will get mccarthy to go along with it and it's not clear how he will get himself out of this not just one jam but several jams as mel laid out. >> several jams. how tight is that needle that he has to thread or maybe the head of the needle that has to be threaded if i'm going to use the metaphor correctly. there's the impeachment issue for president biden but also this government shutdown looming in just a few weeks here. does mccarthy really have any flexibility? >> he doesn't have a lot, right? he has just a couple of votes to spare. when he was able to get that deal to raise the debt ceiling earlier this year it passed with more democratic than republican votes. if he goes that route again it's going to increase the complaints on his right wing who don't like to see him doing deals that way. but so far he's managed to sort of outrun the problem.

he's been able to push off until another day all of these difficulties and we may see him pull a rabbit out of a hat again. but as you said there's this september 30th government funding deadline, the senate is increasingly in a bipartisan manner ganging up on the house to say we've done the work, you guys need to do your part here and then there are several other must-pass bills that he's going to have to deal with. >> and to be clear, he doesn't really have allies in the senate. the senate is going to get its version done with some republican support, it seems. very quickly a policy issue, the deficit. estimates are coming in that the deficit for fiscal '23 will be twice than fiscal '22. $2 trillion. how will that influence maybe not just what we see in congress but the campaign? >> well, on the campaign i think you already have all of the republican candidates talking a lot about fiscal discipline and

i think it is giving ammunition to some of the house conservatives who have said that they want to trim spending by even more than was agreed upon in that debt ceiling bill. so this is a conversation we're going to hear more on as these negotiations are under way on capitol hill. on the other hand as you just said, you know, the senate has passed these funding bills in a bipartisan manner so you have republicans and democrats in the senate putting pressure on the house, putting pressure on the house republican majority not to gum up the works and shut down the government. >> molly ball, great to see you. thank you so much. >> thank you. coming up for us, an escaped killer has now been on the run in pennsylvania for basically a week. schools are, again, shut down today because of it and we just got some brand-new information about how he escaped. we have much more ahead. also, convicted killer alex murdaugh, he wants a new trial. the wild allegations of jury tampering by a court official that his attorneys say they've

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some breaking news this morning. police in michigan are searching for the suspect who shot and set fire to patrol cars at a police post. omar jimenez following this story. what are you learning? >> reporter: for starters this is way in the upper peninsula of michigan where michigan state police say that multiple vehicles of theirs were lit on fire and hit with rifle rounds

around 3:30 this morning. i want to show you some of the pictures they've released of the suspect here where, as you can see, it appears to show a man stepping out of a vehicle, aiming what appears to be a gun in the direction of the camera, which according to michigan state police is likely where those police vehicles were. gets back in the vehicle, and then leaves. it's why michigan state police are asking people to be on the lookout now because this is someone that is not in their custody, they put out the description of the vehicle, a silver honda crv. they're considering this man who they described as a white male to be armed and dangerous. they also mention what he was wearing at the time, which they believe to be camouflage as well and are asking anyone with information to come forward. obviously a scary sight to see upon up on surveillance video or to wake up to seeing those videos shot out. thankfully there were no troopers inside as we understand

from michigan state police. no one was hurt here but the threat of someone who appears to have the ability to fire at vehicles at will is one that they want that community to be on the lookout for. >> omar jimenez, keep us posted on this. thank you very much. kate? let's talk about another manhunt. a dangerous game of tactical hide and seek, that is how one u.s. marshal is describing the manhunt for the escaped mur remember in eastern pennsylvania. officials there say that they are trying now to stress danelo cavalcante into making a mistake. hundreds of law enforcement officials are combing through heavily wooded terrain as part of the search area. now essentially a week with this man on the run. cnn's danny freeman is tracking the latest on the search, he joins us now. danny, you have new reporting in also about how this man escaped. >> reporter: that's right, kate. new reporting just in the past few minutes that really sheds light on how convicted murderer

dan low cavalcante escaped the chester county prison. a law enforcement source telling me they believe cavalcante climbed up on to the roof of the prison behind me, ran across the roof and escaped that way. this also comes i should note three months after a separate inmate escaped this particular prison back in may according to court documents. we also have new information about the potential shifting of the search area. you might remember we spoke a lot about this yesterday. that trail cameras on monday night captured cavalcante a little bit outside of the initial two mile perimeter that police established south of the prison where we are. the trail cameras were in longwood gardens, big sprawling botanical gardens a tourist destination. a little further south that's where police started to expand their perimeter. today we drove around that area, fewer troopers near longwood gardens but a lot more troopers near the brandy wine creek along

route 1. that's actually further east than most law enforcement officials have been searching before. we're waiting on some confirmation from law enforcement that this search has expanded, but, again, just from looking at the footprint on the ground that's what you can see. those trying to capture cavalcante are not deterred. take a listen to what one of the u.s. marshals said last night on cnn. >> this is a dangerous game of tactical hide and seek. this is a dangerous, dangerous man, he's got nothing to lose. i can tell you this his desperateness will not outlast the resolve of our law enforcement officers here. >> reporter: so, again, those two new pieces of reporting that a law enforcement source has told cnn, they believe the escape happened when cavalcante climbed on to the roof and we believe that this manhunt is expanding. we will get a press conference and more information at 3:00 today. kate?

>> so now we just had also announced new information, a new press conference that's going to be coming, you will be here. yesterday they were expanding it south, the search area, now it's moving over to the east. schools closed again in some of the search area. this clearly is in the thick of it still. danny, thank you for being there. s sara? it is now up to a judge in south carolina to decide whether convicted killer alex murdaugh will get a new trial. he was found guilty of killing his wife and son in a sensational and highly publicized trial this year you will remember. attorneys allege the jury that convicted murdaugh was tainted after the court clerk encouraged them not to believe murdaugh's testimony and to come back with a quick verdict. murdaugh's lawyers provided the court with sworn affidavits from at least one of the jurors who decided the case and one who was dism dismissed. >> when i shared with him the affidavits, he is a lawyer, he was astonished, he was shaking,

he was in disbelief. >> i guess the question now is, is it enough to get him a brand-new trial? joining me now eric bland, an attorney who represented the estate of murdaugh's long time housekeeper after she died of suspicious circumstances at the murdaugh family hope in 2018. thank you for being with us this morning. i want to delve into this a little bit and look at what the filing says. so here is what it says, it says the clerk of court, rebecca hill instructed jurors not to be misled by evidence presented in mr. murdaugh's defense, here is a cutout from that actual filing. she told jurors it says not to be fooled by mr. murdaugh's testimony in his own defense. i'm curious what you think about these allegations just in general and what it might mean. could he potentially get a new trial because of this? >> very serious allegations, sara. for our system to work it has to

work for the worst of us so that it works for the rest of us. alex certainly represents the worst of who we are as a society. we have to have a system where the jurors listen to a judge, a judge is the one that instructs the jurors. a clerk of court has a very, very important role in our system, they're coordinators, they're fascinators, they make the system run smooth, the filings of all cases that take place, they deal with jurors and scheduling. very, very important roles, but they are not instructors to the jury. however, i do want to say it should be fully investigated, but let's wait until we hear from people under oath. let's wait until we hear from the clerk of court under oath. i don't think we're going to hear from her on a press release or a press statement like we saw yesterday from the defense, however, we have to be very careful for jurors who want to change their opinions after a

jury verdict is rendered. remember, sara, these jurors were polled and they said that this verdict was based on our free will. so we don't want jurors to change their mind and i'm suspect of whether somebody is going to send somebody to prison for life, for murder, simply because there were some suggestions from a clerk of court. so i want to hear a full investigation, but it is a very serious allegation. >> can i ask you, sir, if it matters the numbers. in other words, we've got one juror who decided the case, one juror who was dismissed that are saying in sworn affidavits that, you know, they were pressured by the court or they felt pressured. does it matter if it's one or does it have to be many, enough to give him a trial, new trial? >> that's up to a court. i would think for a judge it should be more than one. one juror getting buyer's remorse or decision remorse, that's not going to do it, but

if we have a lot of other jurors who confirm exactly what was said, again, we can never have a clerk of court or any court official, whether it's a bailiff or a police officer or anybody making that kind of communication on substantive issues with a jury, and certainly it's never appropriate for anybody to tell a jury to disregard the testimony of a witness. again, that's within judge newman's province, it was very clear. so these are serious allegations. whether it had a substantive change on the verdict, whether they were not going to convict him we'll have to hear, but i doubt that what the clerk of court said swayed anybody's mind, but he may be entitled to a new trial. we have to have a system where everybody is treated fairly. >> yeah, it's a really good point. i have never heard of a clerk having this much conversation with a jury. so this will be interesting to

watch. but the poor family who is going through this, it's quite a lot, a lot of twists and turns. eric bland, thank you so much for your analysis on that. john? all right. sara. donald trump widening his lead over his republican rivals in a new cnn poll with some numbers beneath the top line that might surprise you. all night... ...or blasting the air conditioning. because the tempur-breeze feels up to 10° cooler, all night long. for a limited time, sasave up to $700 on select tempur-pedic adjustable mattress sets.

this morning a new cnn poll shows just how big donald trump's lead is in the republican presidential field. it is big. trump is at 52%, governor ron desantis from florida at 18%. that's a 34% gap, which is big. bigger than it was when we last

polled. but this is a national poll. what matters most, of course, now is the situation in the states, particularly the early voting states. cnn's jeff zeleny has been talking to voters in new hampshire and is at the center of the universe in manchester, new hampshire, this morning. jeff, what have you heard? >> reporter: john, good morning. one of the big questions hanging over this republican presidential race is whether it's becoming more of a coronation for donald trump or a full-blown campaign for the rest of his rivals. talking to many voters here over the last several days certainly offers a more nuanced view of the race. >> catch up to trump, it's a big climb. >> reporter: bob has a front row seat to the republican presidential contest. he likes a few options, but he loves former president donald trump. his wife crystal does not. >> i think he's had his time and

there was a lot of controversy over it and it's time to move on. >> reporter: their disagreement brings to life monumental divide inside the republican party. >> they were attacking him constantly. how can anybody do a good job? i mean, he did, but he was constantly attacked and it was all fake. >> reporter: here in new hampshire home to the first in the nation primary, a summertime campaign has given way to a fall fight for survival in a race dominated by signs of trump's strength. republican governor chris sununu insists the gop contest is still competitive. >> you don't believe that this primary is effectively over? >> oh, god, no. not even close. not even close. was it over when clinton was leading barack obama by 20 points at this point back in 2008? no one could beat the clinton machine, remember? >> reporter: sununu believes trump will be unable to win back the white house for republicans. he points to the general election in new hampshire where in 2016 trump fell short to hillary clinton by fewer than 3,000 votes, but four years later he lost to joe biden by

nearly 60,000. a big reason he believes is independent voters turned away from trump. >> here in new hampshire i think they will play a big role. i think a lot of independents will vote in the primary. >> reporter: at a stop for mike pence larry introduced himself as one of those independents. >> i was a republican from the first day i could vote, many, many years later, i went independent. >> reporter: he told us he's looking for a candidate that can turn the page from trump. >> i'm waiting for someone to step up so i can feel comfortable voting for someone not against someone. >> reporter: forming new jersey governor chris christie is taking his candidacy entirely on new hampshire. >> and this is the state in the country that can get it rolling. >> reporter: his republican challengers are also urging new hampshire voters to keep their minds open. today pence had this equip at the ready. >> what did indiana jones say? never tell me the odds. >> reporter: linda russell is

sizing up the republican field in hopes of finding a fresh face. >> i like the thought of desantis or vivek. we definitely need younger. >> tump is not your first choice. >> i think everything was great when he was here but there's so much baggage with him and people are going to vote for biden just because they don't like trump and we don't need that again. >> reporter: and linda russell there she was looking for a fresh face. she also mentioned nikki haley. i was at a town hall event with nikki haley last night, john, and several people said they came for the first time because of her strong debate performance they were intrigued by her and plan to support for her. she will be campaigning in new hampshire again today as will former vice president mike pence. she will be delivering a big speech this afternoon trying to remind republicans about the true meeting of the party, the conservative nature of the party versus the populous streak it has had in the era of trump. no question, john, this is a dynamic race, still unfolding at least in some voters' minds here in new hampshire. >> so important to hear from the

voters and see it through their eyes. not sure whether they picked up on the fact that mike pence got it wrong, it was hans solo who said never tell me the odds, not indiana jones. >> that's right. >> i don't think they will vote against him for just that. >> good fact check. >> jeff zeleny, thank you very much. facts first. facts first. >> i did just look up famous indiana jones quotes. one being, i don't know, i'm making this up as i go. >> everyone is lost but me is one of my favorite indiana jones quotes. >> did you seriously just pull that out? >> one of my favorites. >> useless knowledge in that big brain of yours. coming up for us, more than two decades behind bars, the longest prison sentence of all the january 6th defendants has been handed down to the former proud boys leader enrique tarrio. what he said before learning his fate. that is next. and it has been a summer like no other and at least one way. scientists now say this season was the hottest on record and

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♪ on our radar this morning, former proud boys leader, enrique tarrio was sentenced to 22 years in prison tuesday. that the longest sentence given to anyone in relation to the january 6th attack so far. his lawyers said they are respectfully disagreeing with the judge's decision. >> we respectfully disagree, but we respect it. there will be a day and a time when an appeal will come and we expect an appeal to come soon. >> but he was convicted by a jury of his peers. prior to his sentencing, tarrio apologized for the pain and suffering for the capitol attacks. today's remembrance will be open to the public with a celebration of life planned for tomorrow. richardson died in his sleep at his summer home in massachusetts on friday. he was 75 years old.

now as tropical storm lee develops in the atlantic, the national hurricane center warns the storm's strength is nearing hurricane status. it's forecast to become a category 3 storm which is a major hurricane or possibly even higher this week and it could impact the leeward islands by the weekend. kate? >> so to state the obvious, summer is hot, but this summer was hotter than hot. phoenix, arizona, you'll remember experienced a record smashing 25 consecutive days of temperatures hotter than 110 degrees fahrenheit. china posted an all-time national high of 126 degrees fahrenheit. the heat in italy and spain pushed europe's all-time record to 119.8 degrees fahrenheit. now scientists with the european union that the summer of 2023 was the hottest one on record globally. cnn's bill weir is here with more on that. how hot was it, bill? serious stuff, though, what does

it mean? >> serious stuff. it's not just a little bit, this record. it's by a lot. take a look at the last 30 years on this hemisphere. you can see it's been going up gradually there and along comes 2023, and it is over a half a degree fahrenheit, off the charts and this is happening around the world. this is happening from the polar bears at the north pole to the penguins at the south pole and the sea surface temperatures are most striking. it is literally off the charts when we look at where we are in 2023 compared to the last '70s, '80s and '90s. this is what scientists have been predicting and heating up the atmosphere inundating the oceans. >> i'm just looking down. it really just keeps rising. but the jump here, i mean, what comes next then? >> that's the scary part. the real headline is this is the coolest summer for the rest of our lives. so much of this is built in. if we can level off the co2

level in the atmosphere. the new science says the temperature will stabilize there and how high that goes is anybody's guess because there's no movement and the companies are still drilling and the politicians are still banking it and until that changes, this is just going to get worse. >> it's want just incremental change when you see this. it's big change. it's big. it takes money and you've done so much reporting on the people trying new things and the systems that could be put in place, but lacking in all of it is political will. >> absolutely. it is in our hands, but it has to be change. >> everyone needs to keep an eye on this chart and remember this. great to see you. john? >> those charts are incredible. >> really, yeah. >> counting down to cameras in the courtroom. a hearing in one of criminal cases against donald trump and for the first time we will see it. stand by.

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