Good evening, I'm William Brangham. I'm Nanavaz and Jeff Bennett are away.

On the news hour tonight, Donald Trump's lawyers meet with the special counsel as a potential

indictment on election interference looms over the former president. Then, July is set

to be the hottest month ever. How this record heat is disproportionately affecting Americans

based on where they live and work. And efforts to protect right whales from possible extinction

run up against lobster men fighting for their economic survival.

If we don't stabilize and begin the recovery, they will be gone within a couple decades.

They will be extinct.

Good evening and welcome to the news hour. Former president Donald Trump's legal team met

today with federal prosecutors as a grand jury continues to hear evidence about Trump's efforts

to overturn the 2020 election. It comes days after Trump revealed he received a letter from

the Department of Justice, notifying him that he was a target of a criminal probe into the aftermath

of that election in the January 6th Capitol riot. Joining us now is NPR's Justice Correspondent

Kerry Johnson, who has been following all of today's developments.

Kerry, so nice to see you again. So Trump's legal team met with the DOJ today, not unusual for

that type of a meeting to occur. Trump even referred to it as a, quote, productive meeting in a

post on his social media site, Truth Social. Do we know what was discussed today at that meeting?

The special counsel's office, the special counsel Jack Smith is not talking.

What we know comes from Donald Trump, who, as you said, posted that his lawyers met with the

special counsel team today, presumably in an effort to stave off an indictment related to the

January 6th investigation. Trump also said that he did nothing wrong, that he relied on advice

from his lawyers, and it would be bad for the country. It would further destroy the country,

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