right now more than 85 million americans are under excessive heat warnings and advisories and in the northeast, the heat forced organizers of the boston triathalon to postpone the event. new york city s triathalon will go forward as scheduled tomorrow but there will be changes to ensure safety of participants. cnn sdoval is in new york with more on how the city is trying to keep people cool. reporter: you may say it is july, it is supposed to be hot. but meteorologists are saying by the time we finally get some relief here in new york possibly next week, new yorkers will have experienced temperatures above 90 degrees for seven straight days. the last time that was experienced was back in 2013. the national weather service predicting the dangerous july heat wave is far from subsiding. after blistering parts of the nation s south this week, forecasters expect temperatures in the northeast will soar above normal for this time of year. i sat outside here until ten to 4:00 thi
assault charges, video of the incident there. the 43-year-old man is charged congress with a dangerous weapon. cnn s evan perez is following this and other developments for us. evan, what do you know about the suspect? reporter: jim, we know he was facing, first, a state charge. he was released almost immediately after he was charged with a second-degree assault at the state level and now federal prosecutors have decided to charge him on a federal charge. that charge is for assaulting a member of congress. of course he is running for governor in the state of new york. obviously the justice department looks at this in a different lens. they view this as part of, frankly, a lot of these types of incidents around the country attacking not only trying to threaten members of congress, members of the supreme court, other public officials. there is serious focus on this at the justice department. he is 43 years old. on top of the state charge for which he was immediately released
particularly winning on a global landscape. and let s talk about more key talks. i would not be surprised if we see a few more cases in the upcoming days. i m pamela brown in washington. you are live in the cnn newsroom live on this sunday. and we re following several major news stories for you in the next two hours, starting in florida, where a suspected case of monky pox is detected. families are forced to ration supplies. meantime, cnn is traveling with president biden in asia, where there are concerns north korea could stage another nuclear test during his trip. and pennsylvania senate candidate john fetterman more determined than ever to flip a senate seat for democrats of being discharged from the hospital. plus, johnny depp set to take the stand again in the defamation trial against his ex-wife amber heard. and this just into cnn, the biden administration accepts a second flight equipment with 114 pellets to washington dulles airport. the exact timing wil
ve burning man. Getting out was a nightmare. From london to new york, the worlds Fastest Airliner, 1300 Miles Per Hour set to take the skies in 2027. Ours will not bring cell phones to school until Middle School, until they are 12 years old. Ainsley Auto Worker Union vowing to strike if they dont reach an agreement with the Big Three Automakers by next week. Steve President Biden downplaying the threat, it could cost billions if they walk out. Griff Jackie Ibanez has more. A strike could happen in nine days if United Auto Workers do not reach a deal with 46 pay raise, 40 hour paycheck for 32 hours worked and pension. These are demands called unrealistic. The president s he is not worried at all. Mr. President , are you worried about an auto strike. [indiscernible] i dont think it will happen. That remark was a shock to shawn feign, whos he was shocked and maybe the president has inside information, but we arent aware of involvement from the white house or department of labor. Former Pr
what voters at home care about? should social media have a warning label, the same way cigarettes do? the new pitch from the surgeon general who says our children s well-being is at stake. and wiping the slate clean. maryland s governor just pardoned tens of thousands of people convicted of marijuana-related crimes. why he says he was motivated to take such sweeping ab shun. we start with president biden pushing spending to a new level in what is expected to be the most expensive presidential campaign in american history. today the campaign announcing a new $50 million ad buy, part of a massive new effort to reframe the stakes of this election just ten days before the first presidential debate. the goal in the words of the biden campaign is to focus on trump s legal issues and allow the president to project himself as a, quote, wise and steady leader in contrast to trump s chaos and division. in the courtroom we see donald trump for who he is. he s been convicted of 3