reportedly planned to capture top russian military leaders. back at home, developments in the special counsel probe into former president trump s effort to overturn his 2020 loss. a star witness in georgia s investigation is due to meet with federal prosecutors today. in new york city, the former marine accused in the chokehold death of a homeless subway rider faces a judge today. and are president biden s economic policies working? he s set to deliver what is being called a major speech to try to convince voters of just that. this morning, potentially deadly, catastrophic heat across the country, threatening some 69 million people who are having to deal with those conditions. they re under heat alerts. the national weather service says temperatures today are expected to reach up to 110 degrees in texas. over 112 in louisiana. and a reminder about how dangerous heat like this is. and a medical examiner in webb county, texas, reported nine heat-related deaths in just e
made progress, but just how much is an open question with dramatic consequences for geopolitics. plus, reckless. a security threat, a consummate narcissist, two former trump officials warn another trump presidency would endanger the country, but only some of his gop rivals showed they re willing to confront him head on. a debate from affair over race on this juneteenth holiday. the first black president and only black republican in the u.s. senate disagree on how much progress america has really made on race. i m dana bash. let s go behind the headlines and inside politics. up first, the american secretary of state takes a big trip and a big risk. today, antony blinken stood shoulder to shoulder with china s xi jinping. that handshake, 35-minute meeting was even possible, sends a signal that china and the u.s. are serious about taking the teeth out of tough talk these past few months. listen to the u.s. secretary of state as he strikes a realistic, but generally posit
soon. plus, all eyes on florida where a grand jury in the trump classified documents case heard from another witness today. the washington post reporting that if trump is indicted, a majority of the charges will be brought in florida. so what does that mean? and ukraine gaining background around bakhmut around the chief of russia s private army admits there will be major russian losses in ukraine. good evening, i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, the hazardous air now choking more than 75 million americans. it s an unbelievable situation. these are live pictures of new york. thick smoke from wildfires burning hundreds and hundreds of miles away is now smothering the city. you got more than 8 million people affected just there. and it is way bigger than new york, philadelphia, pittsburgh, syracuse, all of them, the images you see there, 75 million americans are suffering from the hazardous haze. it is so bad particularly in new york city that the air quality index th
7:00 in the morning, they re our teams will continue working. now we have had a past few days here at hiroshima, i think we ve had very important, productive meetings of the g7 summit. we also held a quad meeting here in hiroshima rather than australia, and important bilateral discussions, with primary issues prime minister of japan, prime minister of australia, and president zelenskyy in ukraine as well as the prime minister of india. this is my third trip to the north pacific as president, and i look forward to rescheduling my stops in popular guinea, and australia later. i spoken with the prime minister and probably in the guinea, and secretary blinken s traveler to meet with the pacific island partners in that moment. also i will be hosting, and i ve spoken with the prime minister, hosting the leaders of the pacific island forum in washington this fall, because i will be unable to make it to pop what new guinea. and with prime minister albanese, we ll have a state visit l
subway. that comes as a brandive new witness steps forward to give a firsthand account of what happened on that train. ppeneda sixty six year old woman backing up several witnesses who saw nearly makingneely aggressive threats towards riders, telling the new york post that newlats,y that thingsk like, quote, i would kill ila mother ever and don t care. i ll take a bullet. i ll go to jail. she also went back to thank daniel penni after the incident. the marines attorney speaking ou the mariney ist and defending tt this morning. daniel pennies surrendered to them as the u.s. has requested york county district attorney s office. he did sto voluntarily and with the sort of dignity. drop it, bro. that is characteristic of his history of service to this grateful nation he has had held up. nearly has an extensive criminal history. he had been arrested forty four times, including for punching a sixty seven year old woman in the face and for trying to kidnap a seven year old girl.