taiwan in six different locations opening fire. so what is the cost/benefit analysis of this trip here? live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster. it is thursday, august 4, 9:00 a.m. here in london, 4:00 a.m. in washington and 11:00 a.m. in moscow where closing arguments are expected in just a few hours in the trial of u.s. back star brittney griner. it is the second hearing so far this week for griner who was arrested at a moscow airport back this february. she is being held on drug charges after being caught with cannabis oil in her luggage. griner pleaded guilty to the charges against her in hopes of securing a lighter sentence. the u.s. has attempted to broker a prisoner swap with moscow, but so far no agreement. fred pleitgen isle following the developments for us from moscow. and this could be the final day, we could get the result. reporter: we could indeed. certainly something that is not set in stone and isn t necessarily on the official agenda.
this is actually exactly what happened in the richard nixon tapes case back in 1974. reporter: nixon s tapes were ultimately ordered released by the supreme court. the chairman of the senate judiciary committee dick durbin is now calling on the pentagon inspector general to investigate these missing texts from senior officials at the defense department. the pentagon has responded saying they are aware of the requests but they are still waiting to get an official ask from senator durbin. jessica schneider, cnn, washington. and senator kyrsten sinema has emerged as a key holdout on her party s economic package, the only democrat not to pledge her support after chuck schumer and joe manchin reached a deal last week on the bill. sinema has been raising questions about some of the bill s proposed tax increases such as a 15% minimum tax on corporations. she has also expressed concerns about raising taxes on so-called carried interest which would impact private equity and hedge
it will feel considerably warmer than the middle and upper 80s. and speaking of heat, look at the northeastern united states. washington, philly, new york, boston, heat indices in this region up to 106 freesdegrees i afternoon hours. so that will have impacts. we expect a cooling trend possibly early next week as we get multiple systems that push in. but very active pattern with historic heat, historic flooding and fires widespread as well that we ve covered in recent weeks. paededram, thank you very mu. and wildfires continue in the western united states. red flag warnings cover large portions of washington, oregon and montana. in northern california the devastation is monumental. the mckinney fire scorching the earth leaving charred buildings and cars in its wake. but officials say lower temperatures as well as rain
taiwan in six different locations opening fire. so what is the cost/benefit analysis of this trip here? live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster. it is thursday, august 4, 9:00 a.m. here in london, 4:00 a.m. in washington and 11:00 a.m. in moscow where closing arguments are expected in just a few hours in the trial of u.s. back star brittney griner. it is the second hearing so far this week for griner who was arrested at a moscow airport back this february. she is being held on drug charges after being caught with cannabis oil in her luggage. griner pleaded guilty to the charges against her in hopes of securing a lighter sentence. the u.s. has attempted to broker a prisoner swap with moscow, but so far no agreement. fred pleitgen isle following the developments for us from moscow. and this could be the final day, we could get the result.
reporter: that s right. they say all missiles hit intended targets. earlier we have seen the pla fly drones over an outlying island and also sending a larger than usual number of aircraft for incursions into the air defense zone. obvious i will the pla has promised a lot more including practicing a blockade around the island and also potentially conducting live fire drills inside taiwan s territorial water and also firing missile that could fly directly above the island. all of that of course considered a major provocation by taipei and washington, but from the chinese perspective, all of this is very much justified and part of their long promised forceful response to pelosi s visit. but remember it is also worth noting that some analysts say this is also part of beijing s political psychological and information warfare, at least partly aimed at implicating