ed o'keefe, cbs news senior _ of florida. ed o'keefe, cbs news senior white - of florida.nks with the country, after hosting this year's eurovision song contest on its behalf. josh parry has more. in this rainbow, the yellow and blue takes centre stage. thousands of people, including hundreds of ukrainians, marched through liverpool's streets as the city played host to kyiv pride. we understand that people are kind of tired about... of the war, but you cannot be tired because people are dying on the front line. 0urfriends and loved ones. queer people are dying on the front line to protect freedom. liverpool and ukraine already have a special relationship after the city stepped in to host eurovision back in may. # stefaniya, mamo, mamo, stefaniya... 0rganisers see this march as a chance to continue that legacy. those marching carried messages of support for those on the front line back home, like combat medics boris and elena. are you looking forward to the day that you could both march together? yeah, because when pride will happen in kyiv, it means, like, the war is over

ed o'keefe. _ across the state of florida. ed o'keefe, political respond there in iowa for us. bakhmut as kyiv continues its counter—offensive. the city has been the scene of some of the fiercest fighting of the war. alexander vindman is a retired us army lieutenant—colonel. i asked him for his analysis of recent developments in ukraine. colonel vindman, 18 months into this war now, i want to ask you about putin's strategy here. does he have anything else in his war chest that he can commit to this war? he really has nothing — commit to this war? he really has nothing new— commit to this war? he really has nothing new in _ commit to this war? he really has nothing new in terms - commit to this war? he really has nothing new in terms of. has nothing new in terms of capabilities. but what he can rely on is kind of the brutality that he's experienced thus far, or he's leveraged thus far, or he's leveraged thus far, or he's leveraged thus far, to continue to punish the ukrainian population. the callousness with which he treats his own troops — he continued to mobilise tens of thous

ed o'keefe, thank you so much forjoining us.at were unveiled against former president donald trump. how has his campaign responded today? they've essentially brushed it off and said that, you know, this continues to be part of what they call a witch hunt, politically motivated work by the biden administration and prosecutors that they question and don't believe that it will have any real detrimental effect on their standing politically. he made clear in a radio interview on friday that despite all of this, he intends to continue running for office, that there's nothing in the constitution that stops him from doing so. and he's right about that. and look, despite the legal issues, he enjoys high double digit leads over the rest of the field. right now here in iowa, it's somewhere between 30 to a0 points. in national surveys it can be as much as 30 or a0 points as well, and nobody yet has been able to really catch him. and 12 of president trump's rivals are there tonight in iowa. what have we heard from them? have they been speaki

ed o'keefe, thank you.that is scorching large parts of the country. nearly 180 million americans are under alerts tonight with the middle of the country from the great plains to the great lakes feeling that heat. cbs's roxana saberi reports from new york city, where the heat index neared the triple digits today. >> reporter: as heat scorches large parts of the nation, the largest power grid operator serving 13 states and washington, d.c., is issuing an emergency alert, asking power plants to run at full capacity to meet increased demands. in new york city, power company con edison said it's grid is holding up so far. but spokesman alfonso quiroz says the high temps are heating up equipment, above and below ground. what are the risks of overtaxing the system? >> there could always be an outage to customers, and that is what we don't want to have happen. >> reporter: in additions to worries about the power grid, consumers are also concerned about prices heating up at the pump. jonathan vigliotti is in l.a. >>

. >> reporter: i'm ed o'keefe in south carolina, where florida governor ron desantis was peppered withhe news. >> governor, does the former president's legal issues disqualify him? >> reporter: he said this about trump's behavior during the capitol attack. >> i think it was shown how he was in the white house and didn't do anything while things were going on. he should have come out more forcefully. of course that. but to try to criminalize that, that's a different issue entirely. >> reporter: the governor came here to be the first to file paperwork for the state's primary next year. >> we're going to make this official. >> reporter: but yet again, it's the former president's legal challenges that are dominating the discussion, and he seems to gain support every time this happens, something another of his opponents, nikki haley, commented on today. >> the rest of this primary election is going to be in reference to trump. it's just going to continue to be a further and further distraction. >> reporter: back in washington, the grand jury continues to meet this week. and for now, trump i

. >> reporter: i'm ed o'keefe in south carolina, where florida governor ron desantis was peppered witho the former president's legal issues disqualify him? he said this about trump's behavior during the capitol attack. >> i think it was shown how he was in the white house and didn't do anything while things were going on. he should have come out more forcefully. of course that. but to try to criminalize that, that's a different issue entirely. >> reporter: the governor came here to be the first to file paperwork for the state's primary next year. >> we are going to make this official. >> reporter: but yet again, it is the former president's legal challenges that are dominating the discussion. and he seems to gain support every time this happens, something another of his opponents, nikki haley, commented on today. >> the rest of this primary election is going to be in reference to trump. it is just going to continue to be a further and further distraction. >> reporter: back in washington, the grand jury continues to meet this week, and for now, trump is not expected to appear. meanwhile

we have ed o'keefe who join us live in new york this morning.orning, happy fourth to you. >> reporter: happy fourth amanda. you had me until the sticker price of $300,000. we'll see. let them test that -- see how it goes the next few years but coming up on "cbs mornings," we're celebrating the fourth of july with a look at the history of the "star-spangled banner" and why it's still a symbol of our democracy today. >>> if you are heading out for a day at the beach, going to be sunny there in the bay area a little later. the mamany option for sunscreen and this ones doctors recommend. >>> it's big summer blockbuster time. eric davis joins us to share his musive movies from fandango. maybe the ones worth skipping. see you at 7:00. >> i'm definitely liking forward to that barbie movie for sure. >>> a check on our weather now. lot of us heading out for the holiday. so what can we expect? a lot of us going to be outside. >> hope everybody is outside. the only thing is i hope everybody dresses properly because for many of us, we're going to be seeing