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>> even as his legal problems are mounting his hold on the republican party is tightening. i'm phil mattingly in washington. pamela brown has the night off, and you are in the cnn newsroom. we begin this hour in ukraine as it wrestles with a terrifying fear of a nuclear disaster. it is now almost six months to the day since russia launched its unprovoked invasion. new video from ukraine's ministry of defense right here says this is a successful strike destroying a rare russian radar complex in south eastern ukraine. ukraine is about to get more u.s. help in its fight against russ...

should ever have to bury their kid. >> pain and rage. that's the cycle of emotions a mother says she is experiencing after losing two sons in less than a year after the war in afghanistan. ♪ >> announcer: live from cnn center, this is "cnn newsroom" is kim brunhuber. ♪ the biden white house is officially hands off regarding last week's fbi search of donald trump's mar-a-lago residence. it turned up 11 sets of classified materials, including some with the highest secrecy. privately some white house officials admit they're worried about what other sensitive documents might be out...

information, which suggests officials believe trump knew he had classified documents and released allegedly intentionally did not return them. justice department prosecutors made the case for secrecy warning, quote, evidence might be destroyed. even saying the affidavit would provide a road map as well to the investigation. that does not appear to be resonating with the judge, who set in motion the possibility at least of releasing a redacted version of that affidavit, something that could happen as early as next week. and in a cnn exclusive report, some former trump allies are calli...

Power grid because of spikes in air-conditioning use and hydropower plants that are struggling to meet demand. droughts are sweeping across the country. part of china's youngest river and other res reservoirs have completely dried up. villagers line up with their buckets. in the south the heat and droughts are ravaging crops, impacting 159 million acres of arable land. many regions are taking desperate measures. central hubei province is firing rockets into the sky with chemicals to help clouds produce more rain. videos of staff pouring ice cubes into swimming pools have gone viral as did this...

Chains back home. >> it strengthens people's belief you can't rely on china too much for the battery materials processing. >> reporter: this is china's strongest and longest heat wave on record. lasting for more than 60 days, pushing temperatures above 110 degrees fahrenheit in some regions. it put extreme pressure on the power grid, because of spikes in air conditioning use and hide re power plants that are struggling to meet demand. droughts are sweeping across the country. parts of china's longest river, the yangtze and other reservoirs have completely dried up. fire trucks are sending wate...