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plus, get the new samsung galaxy s24 on us. ♪ hello and welcome to our viewers joining us here in the united states, around the world, and streaming us on cnn next. i'm rosemary church. just ahead, a special operation in rafah bringing two israeli hostages home 128 days after they were first captured. those scenes unfolding amid more devastation for gaza with dozens reported dead after another round of israeli strikes. the kansas city chiefs notch their third super bowl win in five years. we're live in las vegas with the highlights from the thriller in the desert.

good to have you with us. we begin this hour in gaza where the israel defense forces says two hostages have been rescued from the southern city of rafah during a special operation overnight. the two men are now at a medical facility in israel where they are said to be in good condition. the idf also says they conducted a series of strikes in one district in rafah. the palestine red crescent society says more than 100 people have been killed in those strikes and says the death toll may rise further with people still trapped under the rubble. all this comes as concerns are growing over a potential israeli ground offensive in rafah. journalist elliott gotkine is following developments from london, but we begin nic robertson in tel aviv. what are you learning about this israeli operation that successfully rescued two

hostages? >> reporter: it was complex, it was fast. the idf say this was something that had been in the planning for a long time, that they were waiting for the right conditions to execute it. they described the idf spokesman describes the special forces going into the building where the two hostages were held on the second floor. going in there as part of a covert operation. that they got in that room, into the building, at 1:49 a.m. then at 1:50, they got the call, is special forces got the call from the air force that the air force was beginning to conduct the bombing operations in the area, part of the cover to extract the team, and they were told the team, the special forces team, the two hostages were told they had to get out of the building immediately. a very high-speed operation on the ground. the special forces in that room, according to idf, in an intense firefight with hamas inside that

building. and in the space of a minute, getting the hostages, then getting them out of the building. fernando marmen, 60 years old. luis haas, 70 years old, taken out of the building under covering fire that involved aircraft, helicopters. we now understand from the palestinian red crescent, at that same time, air operations hit a mosque, according to palestinian red crescent, hit houses as well, resulted in 100 fatalities of palestinians in that area. women and children among them, we understand. but the two hostages then taken to a safe place, given a medical check, and very quickly put on helicopters and taken to hospital just outside of tel aviv here. just to give you a sense of how fast that operation was, the operation begins 1:49 a.m. that's when the special forces troops go into the building where the hostages are held. at 3:30 a.m., the relatives of

the hostages get phone calls saying, "come to the hospital outside tel aviv, we've got your loved ones here, come and see them." and the son-in-law of one of the hostages, of luis ha, said he's seen his father-in-law. he says his father-in-law is in a bit of a state of shock, otherwise in good condition. the idf say both men are in good medical condition. the son-in-law goes on to say that far from being utterly traumatized by the situation, luis ha is asking about his family members. he seems quite alert, although he's described as being very pale. the idf say in this operation, there was just one slight injury to an idf soldier during the operation. >> a happy ending there for those two hostages and their families. thank you for that, nic.

let's go to elliott in london. what more are you learning about israel's deadly strikes on rafah and its planned ground offensive for that city? >> reporter: rosemary, these would appear to be the most intense strikes israel has carried out on rafah since the start of this war on october the 7th with the hamas-led terrorist attacks. let's not forthis isn't the first time war has come to rafah. it's been a part of this war since day one with israel carrying out strikes every now and then. i suppose the countries and the leaders around the world who have been expressing grave concern about the possibility of an israeli ground operation in rafah will perhaps feel even more concerned after this operation, to see more than 100 fatalities, albeit with a successful rescue of two israeli hostages. i suppose the big questions which everyone is still asking is, how exactly does israel propose to evacuate more than 1 million palestinians, more than half the population of the gaza strip, many of whom have been

displaced multiple times and taken refuge in rafah? how is israel going to get that many people out of rafah to enable to it carry out its ground operations? where are they going to go? as far as the operations are concerned, israel is convinced that there are four hamas battalions remaining in rafah and feels in order for it to be able to achieve one of its key wartime missions, namely destroying hamas militarily, it has to destroy those battalions. prime minister netanyahu in interviews over the weekend saying anyone who says to israel you shouldn't go into rafah is saying israel should lose the war and hamas should stay. the other thing to note about rafah is of course, it is on the border with egypt. and it is believed and suspected by israel that under the ground there, that has been where the tunnels that hamas has managed to bring in so many materials and supplies and weapons to help its war machine keep running, whether everything from fuel to the materials it needs to build

that sprawling tunnel network, to rockets, to rocket launchers, it believes many of those would have come through tunnels under the ground from egypt into rafah, and that is another reason why this is a key part of israel's war objectives. as we know, there is grave concern not just reason nally, from the saudis, from the emirates, the uk has expressed concern. we've had the eu's foreign policy chief warning of a potential unspeakable humanitarian catastrophe if israel goes in on the ground. prime minister netanyahu has instructed the idf to create or come up with a detailed plan of how to do so. i suppose while everyone was focused on this, this is something netanyahu discussed with president biden ofrts weekend, no one was really thinking that there might be the kind of operation that we've just seen happening overnight. i suppose israel will feel emboldened by that operation and hold that up as evidence of why it needs to go into rafah. >> all right, thanks to elliott gotkine live from london.

u.s. defense secretary lloyd austin has transferred his duties to his deputy after being hospitalized. the pentagon says austin has symptoms "suggesting an emergent bladder issue." biden administration officials were notified quickly, unlike austin's previous stay at the hospital for prostate cancer treatment. deputy defense secretary kathleen hicks has assumed austin's duties, and although officials did not say how long austin would be staying at the hospital, he has taken unclassified and classified communication systems that are required for work. the u.s. senate has taken a step closer to passing a more than $95 billion foreign aid bill with crucial assistance for ukraine and israel. the senate voted sunday to advance the critical bill with 18 republicans backing the package despite opposition from former u.s. donald trump. it comes after republicans blocked a wider bill that included a bipartisan border

deal. if the bill is eventually passed by the senate, it's unclear whether house speaker mike johnson would hold a vote on it. the bill is also expected to include humanitarian assistance for civilians in gaza, the west bank, and ukraine. former u.s. president donald trump's controversial comments on nato are facing intense criticism from world leaders. the former u.s. president told his supporters at a campaign rally that he would tell russia to do, quote, whatever the hell they want to any nato member country that failed to spend enough on defense. u.s. president joe biden says trump will, quote, abandon our nato allies. cnn's paula hancocks joins us now live from abu dhabi. trump's provocative nato remarks have drawn strong international criticism. what more can you tell us about that reaction and what's being said? >> reporter: rosemary, we know

from when he was president that donald trump is no fan of nato. he has threatened to pull the u.s. out of nato while he was in power. he has also criticized some of the member nations for not spending as much money on defense as he believes that they should, or not reaching the suggested 2% of gdp to put towards the nato pocket. but what we've heard is a very swift and a very stiff pushback from those within nato itself, also from european leaders. we've heard, for example, from jens stoltenberg, secretary-general of nato, saying, quote, any suggestion that allies will not defend each other undermines all of our security, including that of the u.s., and puts american and european soldiers at increased risk. the basis of nato, at the core of nato, this is article 5 which

stipulates that if one member nation is attacked, then all member nations act as though they are attacked. they would all come to the defense of that one particular country. now what we've heard from the former president over the weekend suggests that that may not be the case if trump were to be in power once again as well. and it is increasing concerns within nato. rosemary? >> paula hancocks live from abu dhabi. the kansas city chiefs have done it again. they are now back-to-back super bowl champions. we'll go live to las vegas to see how they pulled off a miracle with taylor swift looking on.

♪ welcome back, everyone. the super bowl provided a thrilling finish. the kansas city chiefs beat the san francisco 49ers with a touchdown in overtime. the chiefs have now won back-to-back super bowls. in kansas city, thousands of chiefs fans came outdoors to cheer for their team and taylor swift was at the game to

congratulate her boyfriend, travis kelce, with a kiss. cnn's andy scholes is live at the stadium. he joins us now. good to see you, andy. so take us through all the excitement of sunday's super bowl and the kansas city chiefs' win against the san francisco 49ers. >> reporter: i mean, rosemary, what a game we just had here in las vegas. the first-ever super bowl in vegas certainly did not disappoint. it did look that way for much of the game. the first half was rather slow. lots of punting. a lot of people were like, this is not going to be one of the greater super bowls we've ever seen. it certainly did not turn out that way, because super bowl lviii is going to go down as one of the best finishes the game has ever seen. you mentioned taylor swift was here to watch her boyfriend, travis kelce, play in the super bowl. she got shown on the jumbotron and started chugging her drink for all her fans. not a lot of offense the first half. chiefs dune 10-6, they were

punting. this play changed the game. the ball hits the niners player's foot, they can't recover. patrick mahomes and chiefs take their first lead of the game 13-6. niners come back. brock purdy to juwan jennings. the niners go back on top. jake moody's extra point was blocked. that would be huge because the chiefs would kick a field goal in the closing seconds of the fourth quarter to send this game to overtime, tied at 19. just the second overtime game in super bowl history. niners kick a field goal. mahomes had a chance to go 75 yards to win it, and he did just that, finding miko hardman for the three-yard touchdown to win the super bowl. chiefs beat the niners 25-22, their third super bowl title in five years. taylor swift on the field celebrating with her boyfriend, travis kelce, giving him a big smooch and hugs. mahomes wins his third super

bowl mvp. he's already thinking about going for three titles in a row. >> just look at that cute couple. andy, so the chiefs win back-to-back super bowls. where does that put them in the history books? and where do they go from here? >> reporter: like i said, mahomes, we had a sound bite where mahomes talked about trying to win, already thinking about trying to win three in a row. do we have that sound bite? no. he said they were going to already think about three in a row. travis kelce talked about how he doesn't care what people call him, he knows they've won three super bowls in tive years. that's historic company. think about america's team, the dallas cowboys. i was growing up in the '90s, they won three super bowls. they were considered one of the best teams in league history. that's where the chiefs find themselves. the first to win back-to-back since the patriots did it in

2005. mahomes just the fifth quarterback ever to have three super bowl titles. rosemary, patrick mahomes is only 28 years old. this team is just getting started. but just what a fantastic super bowl we had here. and the chiefs head coach, andy reid, he joked after the game, like he's done the past two times he won the super bowl, he's going to go enjoy himself a big old cheeseburger. >> andy, we do have that sound or tape of mahomes, let's run that now. >> i'm going to celebrate tonight, at the parade, do whatever i can to be back in this game next year, try to go for that three-peat. it's an ongoing thing in the nfl. once you win that championship and you have those parades and you get those rings, you're not the champ anymore. come back with the same mentality and i learn that guys like that. >> i'm back to back, won three in whatever years. call us a dynasty, call us what you want. we've got something more special than really what you see in the nfl, because the guys in this locker room and the head coach.

>> andy, there's going to be big celebrations. >> reporter: i'm sure, i'm sure travis kelce right now is leading a celebration. if you're ever going to win a super bowl, las vegas is the best place to do it. i'm sure the chiefs are having a grand old time. they're going to have a parade on wednesday. they've already canceled school. it's going to be an entire day of celebrations there in kansas city. patrick mahomes told me over the summer after winning the super bowl last year, he drank over 500 coors lights. we'll see if he can top that this time around. >> he likes to set records. andy scholes, thank you so much, joining us live from las vegas. fantastic. u.s. president joe biden speaks with israel's prime minister as concerns grow over a possible israeli ground operation in the southern gaza city of rafah.

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back to our top story. the israeli military says two hostages held in gaza are now back in israel after a covert operation overnight. the two men, 60-year-old fernando simon marmen, and 70-year-old lewis ha, are said to be in good condition and are now in a tel aviv medical facility. israeli forces also say they conducted a series of strikes in rafah. the palestine red crescent society says more than 100 people have been killed in those strikes. we have video obtained by cnn showing some of the aftermath. u.s. president joe biden voiced concern over a potential israeli ground offensive in rafah during a phone call with israel's prime minister and discussed efforts to free the remaining hostages. cnn's priscilla alvarez has details from washington. >> reporter: president biden and israel prime minister benjamin netanyahu spoke over the phone

on sunday in what a senior administration official described as a call focused on the release of hostages who have been held in gaza. this call came amid tensions between the two leaders and at a critical juncture for hostage negotiations. according to the senior administration official, this call lasted about 45 minutes. two-thirds of it focused specifically on the release of hostages. u.s. officials have been working around the clock to hammer out a framework that would include the freeing of those hostages as well as a humanitarian pause. there are significant gaps that remain, but it's unclear exactly what they are and what progress can be made in the days and weeks to come. president biden, according to the white house readout, emphasized the need to capitalize on the progress so far. this following pushback from prime minister benjamin netanyahu who called hamas' recent proposals "delusional." another important element of this phone call was about the military operation that israel has suggested would happen in rafah.

that is a city that has more than 1 million palestinians, many of whom have been displaced and have nowhere else to go. senior administration officials said the u.s. has taken issue with this, noting that under the current conditions, the u.s. cannot see how this would happen. the u.s. being quite forceful on this point, as israel says they would help with the evacuation of these palestinians. but what remains clear after the phone call on sunday is that both president biden and the israel prime minister will remain in close contact. >> let's bring in malcolm davis, a senior analyst at the australian strategic policy institute. appreciate you joining us. >> thanks, rosemary. >> so israel's military says it rescued these two israeli hostages during a special operation in rafah 128 days after their capture. how were they able to pull this off, and what dangers would have been involved in doing this?

>> i think this probably was in preparation for some time. this certainly wasn't something that was pulled off at the last moment. they would have had probably extensive intelligence, reconnaissance support from drones or satellites, at the same time as they probably would have had special forces units moving forward undercover to identify not only the location of the hostages but also the location of hostile forces, hamas forces. this would have been a well-planned, carefully executed operation. everything about it suggests that is the case. rather than being some sort of opportunistic move to grab hostages off hamas. and so it's not necessarily certain that they can do this in the future. >> and this hostage rescue

offers relief for the families but over 100 hostages remain in captivity, and their families worry the imminent ground offensive planned by israel in rafah could put their loved ones at risk. could this special operation result in more rescues, or could it put the remaining hostages in greater danger? >> i think hamas will be on their guard now, particularly with the idf operation against them in rafah. if hamas still control those hostages, if they haven't transferred to other groups around the middle east region, then they're likely to be in that southern area around rafah. so the question for the israelis is, how do they identify the location of these hostages and extract them, as opposed to hamas moving them again or, even worse, basically executing them? i think that the israelis are going to go ahead with this big military operation against rafah.

i think the israelis are determined to defeat hamas. but as they move forward, the risks are growing that ultimately, the hamas group could do harm to those hostages. >> and before this planned israeli military ground offensive can take place in rafah, more than 1 million palestinians currently sheltering in that city need to be evacuated. how can that be achieved, and how dangerous is an evacuation on that scale given there's really nowhere to go and more than 60 palestinians were just killed in israeli strikes on rafah while those hostage rescues were taking place? >> i think there is nowhere for them to go. that is the problem. you've got a large number of palestinians in harm's way with nowhere for them to be extracted from that danger. the egyptians don't want them on their side of the border. same with the jordanians.

the suggestion that of moving them into israel doesn't seem practical. there's been some talk of moving them into northern gaza, but the israeli defense force is still undertaking operations there against hamas units. so there really is nowhere for these people to go, and they are very much in harm's way. either as a result of hamas deliberately putting them in harm's way as human shields, which we all need to accept does happen, or because the israelis are undertaking military operations in densely urbanized, built-up areas packed with civilians. i think what the israelis may need to do is not repeat what they did today with that large-scale air strikes. they need to end those air strikes and go in on the ground, at greater risk to their forces, but it will also reduce the risk to palestinian civilians. >> malcolm, what will likely happen to those palestinians unable to get out of rafah, and

of course, to the remaining hostages, if this israeli ground offensive goes ahead in the next few days, perhaps hours? >> i think they shelter in place. they find somewhere to avoid being exposed as a target, if possible. they shelter in locations where there is some degree of humanitarian assistance, some degree of international oversight through groups like the united nations. but it really is difficult to see how they can avoid risk at all. i think that as the israeli defense force moves south, there is a greater risk that more civilians will be harmed. there's a greater risk for the hostages, that they'll be harmed. and at the same time, the hamas group will try to exploit every single civilian that is harmed for their benefit. so this is a really difficult situation. i do think that it's time for the israeli defense force to

stop with these air attacks and these artillery attacks and start going on the ground with precision and with recognition that they have to follow the laws of armed conflict which express proportionality and international humanitarian law. they cannot go in and indiscriminately kill civilians on the ground. >> malcolm davis, many thanks for your military analysis, appreciate it. an ancient art has become a highly competitive sport. we'll take you inside the world of lion dancing after a short break.

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when you buy one unlimited line. and for a limited time, get the new samsung galaxy s24 on us. welcome back. former finnish prime minister alexander stube of the national coalition party won the presidential runoff on sunday.

stube is the man in glasses being congratulated by everyone as the results were announced. he is pro-european and a strong supporter of ukraine. finland joined nato last year, and the country closed its border with russia to prevent illegal entry. officials say the border will remain closed until mid-april. ukraine claims the russian military is using a satellite internet service linked to elon musk. ukrainian intelligence says it intercepted communications that prove starlink terminals are giving internet access to russian forces in the occupied donetsk region. starlink is operated by spacex, which elon musk owns. spacex denies doing any business with moscow but says it does investigate claims of unauthorized use. ukrainian forces have been using starlink during the war with russia. you might be familiar with lion dancing from lunar new year

celebrations, but you may not know it's also a competitive sport. cnn's kristie lu stout brings us an inside look while visiting one of hong kong's tom teams. top teams. >> to be a lion, you need agility, power, and control. >> reporter: it's the lunar new year. lion dances are breaking out all over the world, performed to scare away evil spirits and bring about good fortune. but in many parts of asia, the ancient art is also a fiercely competitive year-round sport. ♪ ♪ at least three nights a week, members of hong kong's lion team

meet in this parking lot to become fearless lions. >> translator: at its core, you need spirit. you need to show great energy. you can't just -- ♪ >> reporter: master lee has trained some of the city's top lion dancers. they've racked up hundreds of trophies in the club's 40-year history. >> translator: the plum blossom pole puts the focus on jumping. it's more dangerous. you're jumping, flying more than two meters in the air. >> translator: when i started jumping, it was hard to break through the fear. i must trust my partner 100%,

because my life is in his hands. i'm the one always being lifted up high, so i have to believe in him. >> translator: originally, the traditional sport was male-dominated. now more and more women are joining the sport. the competition is, of course, extremely intense. >> reporter: lee estimates there are around 30 professional teams in the city, but clubs are struggling to keep the tradition afloat. dancers have to hold full-time jobs, leaving little time to practice. and it isn't easy to find proper training venues. despite challenges, lee and others in the tight-knit community continue to teach. >> translator: the team gets along like a big family.

why do we like lion dance? because it makes us feel like heroes. >> thanks for joining us. for our international and max viewers, "world sport" is next. for our viewers here in the united states and in canada, i'll be back with more "cnn newsroom" in just a moment.

welcome back to our viewers here in north america. i'm rosemary church. police in texas are trying to figure out why a woman armed with a long rifle entered the church of famed televangelist joel osteen and began firing. two offduty law enforcement officers who were there responded, killing the woman. authorities say she entered the lakewood church in houston sunday with a young child, who was struck in the exchange of gunfire and is now in critical condition. it's unclear if the child is related to the shooter. one man was also injured. this took place in one of the largest mega churches in the united states. for more on the shooting, jean

casarez. >> reporter: this happened between services at joel osteen's lakewood church in houston, texas. the afternoon service had finished, people were leaving. the spanish service was about to begin. according to the chief of police, troy finer, it was about 2:00 p.m. when a female shooter entered. >> approximately 1:53 p.m., a female approximately 30, 35 years old entered the property on the west side here in the parking lot. of lakewood church. she entered the building, she was armed with a long rifle and a trench coat with a backpack. accompanied by a small child, approximately 4 to 5 years old. once she entered, at some point she began to fire. >> reporter: houston's fire chief, samuel pena, said the

bomb squad was on scene, hazmat, they went through the entire building to make sure nothing else was found. they did not find any explosives at all. they believe this is an isolated incident, but it is a criminal investigation that is just beginning. jean casarez, cnn, new york. tennessee police say they will not stop searching for a suspect wanted for murdering an officer last week. more than 100 law enforcement personnel have joined in the manhunt for the suspect. cnn's rafael romo has details. >> reporter: law enforcement officers have been searching for the suspect in a densely wooded part of blunt county, tennessee, the wildwood area. blunt county is located 16 miles south of knoxville, tennessee, the area law enforcement have been focusing on. it's possible the suspect may have fled the state. 42-year-old kenneth hart is accused of shooting and killing a sheriff's deputy and injuring

another during a traffic stop on thursday. the suspect is wanted on warrants of first-degree murder, attempted first-degree murder, and being a felon in possession of a firearm. the officer killed was 43-year-old deputy greg mccone, father of two who had been with the sheriff's office since 2020. a second officer, 22-year-old deputy shelby eggers, was injured after returning fire. she was treated at the hospital and released. this is how jeff french, the chief deputy of the blunt county sheriff's office, earlier described the efforts to catch the suspect. >> we've had multiple law enforcement agencies -- state, local, federal, over 150 personnel, probably, searching dense areas, wooded areas. we've done search warrants and we've followed and -- up on every tip that we've gotten. no tip's too big, too small. we appreciate the community in sending us those. so we ask that you continue to do that, and we're going to

continue to follow up on it. >> reporter: blunt county has published a photo of mccone, decorated with flowers and a wreath to honor the memory of the fallen officer. hart's brother has been arrested and charged with accessory after the fact. authorities confirmed a woman was also arrested in connection to the shooting and an official from a nearby county said she's the suspect's girlfriend. as previously reported, the reward for information leading to the harts' capture was increased to $100,000 on saturday. rafael romo, cnn, atlanta. still in the u.s., the nation's storm prediction center says snow is expected to sweep into the northeast at the beginning of this week. cnn meteorologist elisa raffa has the forecast. >> our storm is on the move. that severe risk is sliding east as we go into monday from alabama into georgia and the

carolinas. that's where you're looking at that threat for the 70-mile-per-hour wind gusts, large hail, and a few tornados. some heavy rain there, too. you can see that line continues to push east and then move north into the carolinas into monday. as we go late monday into tuesday, it starts to clash into cold air up in parts of the northeast going into new england. and that's going to pump some snow from central pennsylvania, upstate new york, and parts of new england. and we'll find that snow come with some gusty winds and could drop visibility late monday, early tuesday morning. then going into tuesday night, all of that starts to exit. here's your footprint of the snow. you see the deep pinks and purples? that's where we're looking at snow totals 6 to 8, upwards of 12 inches of snow. snowfall rates 1 to 3 inches per hour possible, gusty winds up to 40 miles per hour. you're looking at some really messy conditions, low visibility kind of peaking as we go into tuesday. really, again, exiting tuesday

night. we haven't really seen much snow in the east. a lot of our snow depth so far this year has been to the west. 25% snow cover for the lower 48. a lot of it the sierra nevadas into the intermountain west where we had that atmospheric river event unfold a week ago. seasonal departure from normal for snow has been well below average for some places from the upper midwest and the great lakes area, then going into new england. some places that you really typically see snow, like minneapolis, buffalo, haven't really seen too much so far this year. part of the reason is, we've had a really warm winter. you see all the red dots. a lot of these cities in the great lakes region and the northeast are looking at their warmest winter on record. it's just been kind of springlike, lacking a lot of the cold, lacking a lot of the snow. we know that winter is warming across the lower 48 since 1970. you can see those same places,

the upper midwest, great lakes, going into new england are some of the places with the biggest fever, 4 to 5-degree fever. that makes winter the fastest-warming season for a lot of these places. social media has made stanley water tumblrs a must-have item for many consumers. the president of the long-established company quips that it is a century-old overnight success. as cnn's vanessa yokavich reports, with international popularity comes scrutiny. >> reporter: screams. tears. waiting in the freezing cold. >> absolutely freezing. not my first time doing this. >> reporter: fights. and arrests. >> one woman in roseville has been arrested -- >> reporter: all over a stanley cup. not that stanley cup. this one. >> i don't get it.

can you explain it to me? >> tiktok and social media streams have an incredible ability to vault brands to popularity that we haven't seen before. it also has incredible ability to see fomo. somebody sees one carrying it, somebody's got to have it, it continues to show in their feed. >> reporter: the stanley converger took off and took over on social media. users proudly showing off collections, even making "snl." >> big, dumb cups. >> reporter: the company isn't laughing. limited editions are selling out in minutes. but for over a century, the stanley brand targeted men. popular on hiking trails and construction sites. >> it's some kind of tough thermos bottle. >> reporter: today their success is with influencers and tiktok moms. the company's key demo now women. introducing lighter colors, it's a fashion accessory. the company couldn't do much advertising. their consumers do it for them.

>> is it the best thermos in the world? absolutely not. but it took advantage of a moment where everyone thought it was. >> reporter: that insatiable need to own one has sent the company's revenues soaring, from $70 million in 2019 to $750 million last year. >> we are a 110-year-old overnight success. >> reporter: but with that success comes scrutiny. >> stanley took advantage of the rise in popularity on social media. is there a flip side to that? >> there is. what the internet giveth, the internet can taketh away. >> reporter: just as fast as tiktok moms put stanley on the map -- >> i'm divorcing my stanley. >> reporter: concerns over lead in the cups spread across social feeds. some tip tookers allegedly found small braces of lead by us aing at-home lead tests. stanley's website confirms lead is part of the vacuum seal at the base of the cups but says there is no lead on the surface of any stanley product. do you think that has caused any

damage or enough damage to the brand to impact sales, impact popularity? >> keep in mind a year ago their sales were here, now they're here. even if they go to here, it's still a giant win for stanley. >> reporter: for some, the popularity may already be waning. >> it's a water bottle. i remember when hydro plastics were the fad. i feel a lot of people will buy them, then the hype will go down. i like them, it's blue. it was a gift for my aunt for a birthday. >> reporter: would you spend your money on it? >> no, no. yes, they're nice, they're cool to have. but there's so many other things i can spend $50 on. >> and don't forget the lid. in england, king charles went on his first public outing nearly a week after buckingham palace announced he had been diagnosed with an undisclosed form of cancer. the 75-year-old monarch attended

church sunday with his wife, queen camilla, on his estate in sandringham. the palace shared that king charles would step back from public duties while he's undergoing treatment. charles has expressed his gratitude for the public's support, saying it has brought him, quote, great comfort and encouragement. thanks for spending part of your day with me. i'm rosemary church. "cnn newsroom" continues with max foster after a short break, do stay with us.