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Hicks, were in regular communication with michael cohen and based on the timing and content of these messages, quote, at least some of these communications concerned the need to prevent stormy daniels from going public. joining me now is legal contributor katie fang, good morning to you. >> what's the most important thing you learned in the release of the court documents is. >> it's a two-prong answer, jo ling. the first part is i'm disappointed that the southern district of new york opted not to pursue criminal charges against somebody like hope hicks and maybe other people like kevin pecker ...

June of 2019, just a month ago, hope hicks gives closed-door testimony to the house judiciary committee and she basically flat out denies knowledge, involvement regarding payments to stormy daniels. you think about later on, the fdny releases evidence with a series of text messages, phone calls and emails. we know that hope hicks doesn't stand on the sidelines. she was involved in the air force one statement involving donald trump jr. there wasn't ellie anything about russian adoption. she needs to come forward and she needs to clarify what's going on. jo ling, the final thing i'll tell you is...

Power grids too. kathy park has details. good morning, kathy. >> jo, good morning to you. it would typically be a busy weekend here in central park. but the heat wave has kept the crowds relatively small as the city braces for round two today. >> in new york city, subways, on the hottest day of the year. >> all the heat is overwhelming. >> underground, no relief. parts of the city feel like 111. new york is one of many states in the east and midwest under dangerous heat emergencies this weekend. add humidity to the mix and it's brutal. it feels like 112 in d.c. 105 in chicago and wichita, too....

Consequences if they do not release all of those tankers. also new reports that a member of congress has become the most high ranking u.s. official to meet with iran. president trump was asked about that yesterday as he left the white house. >> rand is a friend of mine, and rand asked me if he could get involved. the answer is yes. if other senators ask me to get involved i'll probably say yes depending who they are. we'll see what happens. i have many people involved. and iran is going to work out very nicely. >> the president saying iran is nothing but trouble. what's the clarity? what's the...

How they put these members of congress in harm's way. make no mistake, these words will generate a certain amount of excitement among the donald trump base. we'll be fooling ourselves if we think he won't do it again. >> adrianna, the president's tweets sparked a lot of controversy amid the scrutiny going on inside the border detention centers. with those tweets, the president changed the subject to racial issues. is that the idea, to take the spotlight and move it because these conditions in the detention centers are deeply, deeply disturbing. >> you're absolutely right, jo ling. we have a cr...