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states, canada, and around the world, i'm isa suarez, ahead right here on cnn newsroom. the idf investigates why its troops accidentally killed three israeli hostages in gaza. america's mayor gets hit with a staggering judgment in a defamation lawsuit. we'll find out how much the jury says rudy giuliani should pay. and ukraine's bid for the eu membership moves forward, but no agreement on aid. how this delay could prove costly for ukrainian troops as well as morale. ♪ but first this morning we begin with grief as well as outrage in israel after the israeli military says it mistakenly shot and killed three israeli hostages in gaza after misidentifying them as a threat.
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several dozen protesters gathered on the streets of tel aviv on friday. let's have a look at this. they're chanting everyone now, demanding the government take immediate action to bring the remaining hostages home safely. the idf has identified the three israeli citizens it killed in northern gaza, you're seeing them on your screen there, all three were kidnapped by hamas during the october the 7th terrorist attacks. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu on friday described their deaths as, quote, an unbearable tragedy and says israel will learn the lessons of the incident. well, israel's military says it's still gathering facts about the fatal shooting and it began reviewing the incident immediately. our alex marquardt has the latest for you from tel aviv. >> reporter: in announcing the three tragic deaths of these
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israeli hostages, the israeli military said that this is a sad and painful incident. they said the idf bears full responsibility for what happened, and launched an investigation into how these three men, a 28-year-old, 26-year-old, and 25-year-old man, how they were killed. what they know now and what they've told the public is that these three men were seen as a threat when they were spotted by israeli soldiers in the northeastern gaza neighborhood of heavy fighting. when those bodies were taken back to israel they were confirmed to be among the more than 100 israeli hostages. now, there are a lot of questions that still remain, the idf says they had been fiercely fighting hamas militants in the area, many of whom had been wearing civilian clothing, but they were suicide bombers, a spokesman for the idf was asked
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whether the men were shouting or speaking in hebrew, whether they had their hands up. he said that will be part of the investigation. he did speculate that these three may have either escaped from captivity or they may have been released as militants fled south because of the heavy pressure being put on them by the idf which the idf also issuing a warning to soldiers in gaza tonight to be much more vigilant about civilians, and also gave tips on how to identify the remaining hostages. now, in the wake of the news a protest erupted in tel aviv at 10:30 in the evening. it started at the base of israel's defense ministry, the equivalent of israel's pentagon, and marchers walked all across the city for some three hours, demanding that israel's government bring the hostages home. i spoke with one young man who said he wants the government to
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do whatever they can to strike another deal, to bring more hostages home. i spoke with a retired general who told me tonight was supposed to be a night of celebration, that they were supposed to be marking three hostages who had escaped from hamas captivity, instead he said everyone in israel is crying. >> they need to announce that to bring back the hostages is the number one priority for this war, and i think, you know, the clock is ticking, and it's against the hostages. >> we want to do everything we can to bring back the hostages. even to bring all the prisoner from israel, i don't know, we just want our family, we just want our friends, we are asking our government to do the best they can, to find more solution, because we want our friends and we want our family now. >> reporter: that general is actually a hero, considered a hero here in israel for his acts on october 7th. he went on to tell me that the
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netanyahu government has to make a deal with the devil, it's a reference to hamas, of course, he says that he is willing to pay a very high price to get these hostages home. alex marquardt, cnn, tel aviv. well, u.s. national security adviser jake sullivan says israel will transition to a new phase of the war focused on, quote, more precise ways of targeting hamas leadership. he made those remarks on friday in tel aviv after meeting with israeli president isaac herzog, the u.s. also wants to see results to avoid civilian casualties in gaza. sullivan traveled to ramallah in the west bank to meet with abbas. and sullivan, quote, stressed the importance of enhancing the protection of civilians. and joining us is the president of the palestinian initiative
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and a member of parliament. good morning, good to see you. let me pick up with what we've heard from jake sullivan, saying that israel will transition to what he called a new phase of the war, but also calling for more care to avoid civilian casualties, you reaction to what we heard, mr. as a rsullivan's comments. >> i think what mr. sullivan is saying is not enough, and he's advocating the continuation of this terrible war for months to come. if we count the palestinians who are being killed, including those under the rebel, you're talking about no less than 25,000 palestinians killed, and 10,000 children killed, include in addition to 50,000 people injured. how many more people should die? i think the solution is not the continuation of this terrible war, which will take lives of palestinians as well as israelis, but to stop the war. since the 7th of october we've been saying the best solution is
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a complete, permanent cease-fire, and then exchange of prisoners. today, as you have mentioned. israel is shooting their own prisoners, up to now, it's not just the last three. 19 others were killed by the israeli bombardment, and it is now estimated that no less than 300 of them were also killed on the 7th of october by israeli planes. the solution is immediate and permanent cease-fire, and not the continuation of this war. >> the last point to our viewers, that has never been verified and we did report just now on the growing anger as well from tel aviv to bring the hostages home, of course, as the idf looks to investigate, the troops accidentally, their words, killed three israeli hostages. let me talk to you about the politics because i think i would like to get your thoughts on this. we have seen this week growing rift between u.s. and israel in what relates to this so-called day after, the u.s. has said the
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palestinian authorities should assume governance, responsibilities in gaza after the war, but netanyahu has repeatedly rejected the idea, saying it would not happen as long as he is prime minister. what challenges do you see here? how does the u.s. thread this needle? >> well, the challenge is in netanyahu's government, it's a very extreme government. it has fascist sentiments, and netanyahu himself is interested only in one thing, the continuation of this war forever, because if he loses his position as prime minister he will go to jail, this is for sure. the reality is that what netanyahu speaks about is the reoccupation of gaza, and then finding some other country or some other structure to take care of the civilian needs of the people under his occupation, and violation by the way of international law. the americans say they want to bring in the palestinian authority, but it has to be a different kind of authority.
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i don't know what kind of authority, more secure authority, which will not work, the reality is that nobody can impose on palestinians who should govern them. that should be the standard, palestinians have to choose their leaders through the democratic free elections, which we were deprived from since 2006. but the reoccupation of gaza will only complicate the problem. what we need is to end the occupation, which have been there for 56 years, and not expand it into gaza. >> and on the -- on the war that we have been seeing, this week we heard the israeli defense minister basically saying, as he was meeting jake sullivan, that the war in gaza will last more than several months, if this continues, from a geopolitical perspective here, how much damage does this do to the u.s. reputation in the middle east? >> it has already caused so much damage but it will be worse, and i don't think the arab countries
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and many other countries in the region can relieve the anger of their own people because the people are out in the streets, you see them everywhere, people are so angry about these massacres committed against the palestinian people, the war crimes like genocide, and collective punishment, and the transfer of palestinians, the ethnic cleansing that has happened, 90% of the people have been forced out of their homes, several times. this has to stop, and i think the united states will lose a lot, not only in the middle east, but worldwide. you have to be aware also of the fact that usa and israel and many other western countries are sending the world message, that we don't have international law anymore, and the law of jungle is prevailing. this will have severe consequences in other parts of the world like southeast asia and many other countries, like in europe as well. so they are playing with fire, and this has to stop. the only way to stop it is to
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have immediate, permanent's fire. >> doctor, as always, great to speak to you, thank you very much, sir. >> thank you. well, rudy giuliani, the man once known as america's mayor, is now on the hook for nearly $150 million after more than ten hours of deliberations, a washington jury ordered giuliani to pay more than $148 million in damages to the two georgia election workers he defamed following donald trump's 2020 presidential defeat. after the verdict shaye moss and ruby freeman, the two women at the center of this trial, spoke out about the personal cost of giuliani's life. this is what they said. have a listen. >> we hope no one ever has to fight so hard just to get your name back. >> i can never move back into the house that i called home. i will always have to be careful about where i go and who i
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choose to share my name with. >> giuliani said he plans on appealing the judgment, saying, quote, the absurdity of the number merely underscores the absurdity of the entire proceedings. 70 million people are under threat of severe weather today as a powerful storm system threatens florida and the entire east coast. the possibility of flooding and severe winds already prompting florida's governor to activate the national guard. tens of thousands of homes and businesses could lose power. chad myers is at the world weather center with more on what to expect. chad. most of this storm right now is still in the gulf of mexico but by later on today it will affect florida. tomorrow the carolinas, and by monday, it will be in the northeast, delaying or cancelling flights. let's get to it. the storm still west of florida, but by later on this afternoon heavy rainfall and flooding all the way from jacksonville down to south florida.
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there may even be a few tornadoes embedded in this flow because the storm is spinning so much. this is a nor'easter without snow. it's just not cold enough. there's no snow on the backside of the storm to put down nor'easter type snow. but we're going to get nor'easter type rain, we're going to get the wind, we're going to get the surge, we're going to get wind coming on shore pushing that water on shore, and causing beach coastal erosion, and some of these bays, rivers and estuaries, they will be flooding for sure, with all of this wind pushing the water in just one direction. so, yes, rain today across florida, look how much rain tomorrow in the carolinas, up into the piedmont. four ircnches of rainfall. it will slide back into the ocean but it's going to take its time doing it. flooding here, two to four inches, all the way up even into parts of atlantic, canada, there
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may be even some wind with gusts 60 miles per hour. that will bring down trees and it will bring down power lines, and in some of these spots across the delmarva to the northeast will have gusts with tropical storm force without a doubt. potential for tornadoes, wind, not really a hail event here, but really, this is wind, a surge, we're going to see coastal erosion, and coastal flooding, all the way across florida, and for that matter, all the way up the east coast. i can see at least 100,000 or more people by monday morning being without power. >> stay safe, everyone, thank you, chad. >> now, key allies delay the next round of aid for ukraine just as it faces another brutal winter. still ahead, we talk to a former defense minister how long ukrainians can hold out without more aid. this story afterer the breakak.
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minister blocked eu aid worth about $55 billion. that happened after an even bigger aid package became stalled in congress, and ukraine's will to fight is taking a hit. >> reporter: even if u.s. and, indeed eu do end up finding their way to ukraine the damage on this delay on both parts has been to ukrainian morale. this has been a ghastly summer, frankly, for ukrainian troops trying to prosecute a counteroffensive that hasn't had the success they wanted. now they face a winter with invigorated russia, using everything they can, drones, prisoners to attack their positions but no longer do they feel that pretty much the west unified has their back. that's essentially the big change we've seen this week, and i think it's going to slowly deteriorate ukraine's readiness here. it is going to be a very
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difficult winter, but it's going to be, frankly, impossible for them to continue their defense if the u.s. and the eu money dries up. one medic i spoke to, lost a friend in the last months, and he said to me, without this aid, we're finished. well, for more, we are now joined by a former ukrainian defense minister, a champion of the think tank defense strategies and is a distinguished fellow at the atlantic council. speaking to us from kyiv. great to see you this morning, i don't know if you heard our correspondent there showing us really the harsh reality of on the front lines with ukraine clearly as you saw facing another cold as well as bleak winter while being locked of course in this military stalemate. talk to what we've seen the last few days, the $55 million blocked by hungary's leader, what does this mean for the war
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and the counteroffensive here? >> it's very simple. if western supporters are walking away, which i sincerely hope is not going to happen, because it's just completely ridiculous. if that's happening then it will mean there will be substantially more deaths on the front line because we will be -- we will need to bring the -- you know, more people in order to do something which we could do with the weapons provided by their -- by the west, or there will be lack of ammunition, or lack of weapons, and of course that -- it absolutely doesn't mean ukraine will decide not to fight. we will be standing. but it just means like substantially more casualties, substantially more deaths, some lost territories and civilians as well, because russians are trying to advance in the areas, wh which are populated by civilian, and, of course, there are still bombing, kyiv today, tonight was
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bombed by -- tried -- they tried to bomb them with the tens of different rockets and drones and so on which will all be done by the air defense. of course that would not be happening. so that's the consequence. >> that is a consequence, the solidarity, though, the funding, the money isn't there, the solidarity, though, with kyiv, they're still there, right, we saw that this week with the talks, continued talk from president biden, there's political gridlock in the u.s. on ukraine funding, what's the risk here, long-term risk here for ukraine if it doesn't get this aid, i wonder, can it go alone, andre, without u.s. funding? >> for some time, yes, because we -- >> for how long, for how long? >> we're talking about, in some -- it depends on the systems and weapons, because in some systems and weapons, like for example -- completely depend on the united states and in this case they were talking about
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weeks, sometimes months, but in some weapons we need them like right away, and so we're talking about, again, weeks. and, of course, we have support from europe, we have support from britain, and some -- and they are providing whatever they can, but in many, many cases the u.s. is just a sole supplier of certain items. >> and i'm sure you saw, as some of our viewers did see this week, president putin and his conference, four hours conference where he sounded and looked, andre, kind of like he was winning and he said in as many words that he believes that european, and western, u.s. support for ukraine is dwindling. what does the political dithering from the u.s., what does it do for president putin? >> first of all, it gives him a very good media opportunity. because putin is capitalizing on anything he can. because actually, as, again, as united states government confirmed, we have killed or wounded 90% of their original army.
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so for any country, that would be devastating. but putin, using the situation of the united states to its benefit and he's trying to show, to project the confidence. he actually has not that much grounding for the confidence because even with the current lack of support his progress is extremely limited, and they're trying to put all resources in one location, which is north of donetsk, and several other locations, but more in that area, and their progress is extremely, extremely difficult. so, but he's projecting like he's almost winning the war, which is not the case. but he's using the sort of despair and confusion in the west to obviously to his benefit. >> yeah, and to the propaganda, which we had seen. let me bring it back to the war in ukraine. in two years in, i'm keen to get a sense of you, andre, of the mood, i imagine there is huge fatigue, probably an understatement, and are peeking to an analyst in kyiv on the ground just last week who told
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me that ukrainian women, wives, mothers, partners are calling for their men to be returned and be replaced for a break. what is the mood right now, andre, in ukraine? >> generally, the mood is resolve. as it was for all this time. so people understand that there is nothing worse than russian occupation, and so there is absolutely no desire to walk away or whatever, you know, or to give in. statistically there is a little bit percentage which are for some kind of perhaps concessions but these percentages are extremely small and based on a constant media discussion, especially in the west, about the -- whether the negotiated outcomes is possible. but vast majority of ukrainian population understand that there is absolutely no other way. we don't have a plan b. we need to fight with russians because they -- i mean, where they come, territories they occupied are just living in the hill. so, there's no way out for us,
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four hours for humanitarian purposes. israel says the pause is meant to allow civilians to replenish basic supplies such as food and water, but it's unclear how many people in the area might be aware of the announcement. the internet monetary agency net rock said on friday that connectivity in gaza collapsed for more than 24 hours. meanwhile, israel's military is investigating after its soldiers mistakenly shot and killed three israeli hostages in gaza. the idf says the three hostages were misidentified as a threat during a military operation in northern gaza. a unicef spokesman says gaza is now a graveyard for children and living hell for everyone else. he warns the kids there are suffering without enough food, water, as well as medicine. we have more in this report although we warn you it contains graphic images.
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>> reporter: these are the desperate cries of a father left with nothing but his voice, a father who can no longer protect his three vulnerable children. i can't survive, they destroyed my house. he says. i can't get food. i have no one to support me. i spend the night moving from tent to tent for more than 60 days he's tried to stay strong. until he could no more. his disabled children homeless, hungry, hurting from gaza's war. what do you do when your child needs you but you've got nothing left to give? have mercy on us, he says. no mercy for the people of this besieged land, it seems. rain a blessing, they used to say, now it only brings more despair. for those forced out of their homes, life has become this
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miserable existence as rains flood their makeshift camps, it's a harsh winter that's only just beginning. the tiny tent she lives in, two daughters and grandchildren, she spent the night trying to catch the rain that tliped through the roof of their flimsy shelter. this is hue miliation. i have these children without a father. i can't take it anymore. even children now hate life, she says. it's just too much for parents to bear when you can't even keep your children dry, warm and clean as diseases start to spread and the aid they so badly need, now a weapon in this war. i want to protect my children, this mother says, the bombings and destruction are not enough, on top of that, now we have the rain, cold, and illnesses.
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to be a parent in gaza is a blessing turned into torture for those who no longer wonder if, but how they and their children will die. he was sitting, thinking how he will feed his children when an air strike hit. where do i take my children? i fled and came here to die. i gave my children my everything, who will take care of them if i die? like many in gaza, thest not only israel they blame, they want hamas to stop a war for which they pay the price, abandoned, alone as the world won't stop their pain. 6-year-old lana was under the rubble of her home for three days, mommy and daddy are underneath it, she says. i just want mama. i want baba.
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i want my family, lana kries, to be a parent in gaza is to live in the fear of this, that you no longer are there when they need you the most. . this is cnn, london. >> heartbreaking report there. our cnn investigation found that in the final days, few days, i should say, of the trump administration, the u.s. and nato led intelligence went missing from the white house after being transported by this cia. source, tell cnn that the file contained information about the eu government assessment that vladimir putin had sought to help trump win the 2016 election. so, where could this mystery binder be, and why does it matter? here's more for you. >> reporter: so this binder that was brought to the white house contained raw intelligence that the u.s. and nato allies collected on russia's efforts to meddle in the 2016 election, including sources and methods, some of the most sensitive information in the intelligence world. what we're talking about here is
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the underlying intelligence that formed the basis of the u.s. government's assessment that vladimir putin sought to help trump win 16 election. the disappearance of this binder was so alarming to intelligence officials that they briefed senate intelligence committee leadership about the situation last year, and we're told by one u.s. official familiar with the matter that this was not among the classified items found in last year's search of trump's mar-a-lago estate. so more than two years later it appears this binder is still missing. but my colleagues and i closely followed the trail of this intelligence from the cia to the white house. trump had spent years trying to declassify material that he said would prove his claims that the russia investigation was a hoax. and this intelligence was part of a massive collection of documents that he ordered brought to the white house. there was a sort of frantic scramble in the final days of the administration to redact them, so they could be declassified and released publicly. now, on his last full day as president, trump did issue a declassification order for some
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of the materials, and the fbi has published some of it on its website, but after that, things get a little murky. we don't know what happened to the binder that went missing, there is one theory that has emerged from testimony from cassidy hutchinson, the former top aide to former chief of staff mark meadows. she told the january 6th committee that she was, quote, almost positive it went home with mr. meadows. she said it had been kept in a safe in meadows' office when it was not being worked on and she also wrote about this in her new book, claiming that on january 19th, the final night of the trump presidency, that she saw meadows leave the white house with an unredacted binder, quote, tucked under his arm. now, mark meadows' attorney strongly denies this. he said in a statement, quote, mr. meadows was keenly aware of and adhered to requirements of classified matial. has been treated accordingly and any suggestion he's responsible
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for any missing binder or other classified information is flat wrong. at this point the mystery of this missing binder remains just that, a mystery. katie bell lewis, cnn, washington. former first lady melania trump made a rare public appearance on friday at her naturalization ceremony in washington. the 25 immigrants being sworn in as u.s. citizens, it was part of the national archives annual bill of rights day celebration. the slovenian born first lady shared the challenges she went through to become an american citizen in 2006, from researching immigration law and organizing a mountain of paperwork she emphasized the hurdles immigrants often face to secure their citizenship. >> my personal experience of traversing the challenges of the immigration process opened my eyes to the harsh realities people face, including you, to
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try to become u.s. citizens. >> the growing migrant crisis along the southern u.s. border is prompting the governor of arizona to mobilize the national guard to the region, the governor is also urging president biden to reopen some ports of entry which were closed because workers were reassigned to take migrants into custody. >> reporter: jason owens says his agency is overwhelmed by the unprecedented migrant surge, with thousands of people entering the u.s. illegally every day. one hot spot, lukeville, arizona. >> did you sleep outside? >> reporter: where mida and her three children from ecuador waited in the cold overnight to be transferred for immigration processing. >> the border being exploited by criminal elements. >> owens says some border patrol facilities are 200 to 300% over
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capacity, without about 20,000 migrants in custody. the federal government has temporarily closed three ports of entry, eagle pass, texas, lukeville, arizona, and a pedestrian crossing in california, interrupting lawful trade and travel, while illegal crossings continue. >> it's frustrating for all of us. >> owens says several dozen employees at these crossings have been reassigned to process migrants. >> it's not their right response. >> arizona governor katie hobbs a democrat wrote a letter to president joe biden urging him to use the national guard to reopen the lukeville crossing. >> the tourism is being greatly impacted in especially iraqi point. >> it's a resort town on mexico's sea of cortez, where many americans own investment property. >> it's our only source of income. >> he owns seven vacation properties and says he has lost $35,000 in cancelled reservations since the crossing closed. it's how americans access the
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beach town. >> it makes me very upset. i feel like our leaders are failing us. >> she said it's on tiktok, that it's on facebook. that the border is open. >> apparent misinformation fueling the flow. >> what's the backup in lukeville? >> it's a very remote location. >> owens says the cartels have dropped off thousands of migrants in the rugged arizona desert, creating a logistical nightmare for agents. >> and while we're doing that, we can't be out on patrol, and so guess what the cartels and the smugglers are doing? they're using that opportunity to cross other things. >> like fentanyl, cash, and criminals, he says. apprehensions of people on the terrorist watch list have spiked. 15 in fiscal year 2021, 169 in fiscal year 2023. >> these are the things that keep us up at night. there is nothing that crosses our borders elicitly that's not in the control of the tcos and the cartels. >> that's a scary thought. >> it's very scary.
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>> reporter: he says the only thing scarier are the people detected on the border but not apprehended. more than 1.1 million since 2019. >> they're making millions, tens of millions of dollars a week. >> reporter: a few hours after talking to chief owens on this boat ramp, an apparent coyote used the same ramp to smuggle a man into laredo, texas. >> these folks with the criminal history, coming in with bad intent. >> reporter: i asked the u.s. border patrol chief what he needs to keep the border safe. let me show you. take a look at this wide shot of the scene here, you'll see the arizona desert, the border wall, and mexico is on the other side. the chief says that he needs technology, infrastructure, and more border patrol agents in the past few days we've seen a steady flow of migrants walking along this path, let me show you how they get into the united states. smugglers on the mexican side, they cut the border wall, and on the u.s. side you see these white markings, these are repairs to the border wall, these pieces of metal are welded
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on to close the gaps. take a look at this one, this is not just a freshly cut border wall, it was just repaired last week. now, i don't want to mess with the integrity of the border wall, but if i were to swing this open, this would swing, and that is how migrants are able to slip into the united states, now, this just shows you all of these repairs, just how relentless the smugglers are at crossing people into the united states and making a buck. rosa flores, cnn, lukeville, arizona. the autopsy report for former friends star matthew perry has been released. we'll have the details on that when we come back. you are watching cnn newsroom.
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subsequent drowning, according to the autopsy perry's live-in assistant found him unresponsive in the pool of his malibu home. cnn's dr. sanjay gupta takes a closer look at the report here. >> sadly, here's what we do know after reading this 30-page report from the medical examiner's office, they list acute effects of ketamine as the cause of his death, matthew perry's death, along with drowning. coronary artery disease, and -- to give you some context of the ketamine, the dosing that they found, the levels that they found were around 3,200 nano grams per milliliter. the tell you what that means, sometimes it can be used in anaesthesia and the levels there are seen between 1,000 and 6,000. he had a lot of ketamine in his system. a couple of important points, it is still incredibly rare, even at those levels, for someone to die of ketamine intoxication.
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unfortunately, he was also in the swimming pool at the time, and it sounds like that in combination with the ketamine is likely what led to his death. as one medical examiner told us, the ketamine probably is not what ended up killing him, but made it more possible for him to drown. that is kind of what we know at this point. they do know that some ketamine was found in his stomach, which suggests he swallowed it. you can swallow it, snort it, you can inject it. and there's different rates of on set. injection is obviously the fastest. if you swallow it, it can tack a half hour to an hour for it to take effect. it's possible he took this ketamine will ever it really took any effect. he was in the swimming pool. the ketamine caused a significant disassociation, which is what it typically does, and that's ultimately what led him to drown. he also had buprine, a synthetic opioid. we don't know why he was taking
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these together but at times it can actually be used to help dampen some of the effects of ketamine. it's a sad story. it's sad all around. but this is what the medical examiner has concluded, that ketamine in conjunction with him being in a swimming pool is most likely what led to his death. >> thanks to sanjay gupta there. prince harry describes a uk high court's rules as vindicating and affirming, on friday it found that he had been the subject of, quote, extensive phone hacking by a british tabloid newspaper group. royal correspondent max foster has the details for you. >> reporter: a clear victory in 15 cases of shocking invasions into prince harry's privacy, which he says blighted his younger years and left him paranoid, and depressed. the court ruled voice mails intercepted and personal information stolen through deception. his lawyer gave a statement on harry's behalf. >> today's ruling is vindicating
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and affirming. i've been told that slaying dragons will get you burned, but in light of today's victory, and the importance of what is doing what is needed for a free and honest press it is a worthwhile price to pay. the mission continues. >> reporter: that's the mission now by prince harry's team to encourage the british authorities to press charges, as harry continues with his cases, the case of the british tabloids. this is one battle in his wider war against the so-called red tops. this case hinged on stories published in the 1990s and 2000s by mirror group newspapers, mgn responded today by saying, quote, where historical wrongdoing took place we apologize unreservedly, have taken full responsibility, and paid appropriate compensation. harry became the first british royal in about 130 years to give evidence of a court of law when
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he faced two days of questioning of the high court in june. he said he was targeted by mgn for 15 years, though the judge said friday he only found evidence of phone hacking for the period 2003 to 2009. the judge awarded harry damages of around $180,000, not a big financial win, but a hugely symbolic victory. >> it's a major victory, it's a major battle which he has won, i say that because there has been a trial where he gave evidence and his claims have largely been upheld. >> in harry's words, a great day for truth and accountability. max foster, cnn, london. argentina's president fulfilled an unusual campaign promise on friday, the newly elected leader raffled off his last paycheck as a member of congress on instagram and announced the winner on the social media platform. he says his number one focus is the country's economic growth,
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calling it the worst inherited crisis in history. >> translator: today my top priority is hyperinflation, today inflation in argentina is at a daily 1%. this means that 3,678% per year. we are totally committed to ending inflation, to weakening hyperinflation. >> earlier this week the president's government devalued the peso by more than 50% as part of emergency economic reforms, yet with the country's poverty rate at roughly 40% and rising some fear the measures will have a devastating impact fofor much of the populationon. we'l'll have m much morere aheat here o on cnn newswsroom.
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