A warm welcome to our viewers watching from the United States and all around the world. Im paula newton. Ahead on cnn newsroom, republican candidates gatherer in iowa. See how one found out the hard way what happens when you target the former president. Plus when it comes to u. S. Weather, even the good news says theres little relief in sight for much of the country. Well explain and have the latest on the heat alerts. And later, what its like living in odesa and seeing Historic Places destroyed by russian attacks. Well get a firsthand account of life in the war zone. So if donald trump or his supporters are bothered by the latest charges the front runner faces, no one is showing it. A little joke there, i guess. The former president received a Stand Og Ovation Friday Night in iowa. In fact, it was a rare appearance where most of his republican rivals also spoke. Trump mostly highlighted what he considers to be his administrations accomplishments, but he also went on the attack without
a little joke there, i guess. the former president received a stand og ovation friday night in iowa. in fact, it was a rare appearance where most of his republican rivals also spoke. trump mostly highlighted what he considers to be his administration s accomplishments, but he also went on the attack without specifically addressing those charges against him. listen. they want to weaponize the ira, just like they have weaponized the justice department. if i weren t running, i would have nobody coming after me. or if i was losing by a lot, i would have nobody coming after me. now while trump didn t directly address the new charges he faces in the iowa event rksz he has been commenting elsewhere since they were filed thursday. paula reid has our story. reporter: former president trump facing new legal peril. a florida grand jury returned a
growing concerns. reporter: former president donald trump facing new legal peril. a florida grand jury returned a superseding indictment thursday for two charges for trump s efforts s to alter or destroy documents. he prosecutors also charged carlos de oliveira. he told another employee the boss wanted the server with the surveillance footage to be deleted. prosecutors also added one more count against trump of willful retention of national defense information related to a classified document he showed to visitors at his golf club in
tuesday night is $1.05 billion, the fourth largest prize in mega millions history. good luck. hello again, everyone. i m fredericka witfield. we begin this hour with the growing legal problems for former president trump. the special counsel is charging trump with three new counts in the classified documents investigation. those charges include one additional count of willful retention of national defense information and two additional counts of obstruction. trump now faces 40 felony charges in the case after originally being indicted on 37 counts last month. cnn s paula reed has more. reporter: former president trump facing new legal peril. a florida grand jury returned a
willing to testify to a particular aspect of this to strengthen your case. it could be they did not have that witness locked down at that point in time, or there was new additional information that demonstrated this was now the appropriate time, that they could meet that burp. all this is really contingent on what you can prove. allegations in the court of public opinion add up to nothing in front of a trial jury, but as you plan out your case strategically, methodically, who will be that witness? what will be the hurdles i will have in terms of my ability to present this, what will a judge say about its admissibility, and how can i work with the powers that be who know the intelligence of the document to know that i can actually put forth this evidence in a way that won t unnecessarily delay the trial further than the other existing documents might. superseding indictment brings an additional codefendant, carlos d de oliveira.