a war of words fueling the already tense situation in ramadi. can iraqi forces defeat isis to retake the city? and are they even willing to do so? >> deadly flooding in the state of texas after days of record storms. the latest on the search-and-recovery and whether the rains will stop any time soon. >> and a record week-long heat wave has killed hundred of people in india. we will have a live update on the conditions right now. hello, i'm rosemary church. welcome to our viewers in the united states and all around the world. thank you for joining us. this is "cnn newsroom."

it is 9:00 a.m. in iraq. forces siding with the government are waiting for orders to attack ramadi. the strategic city fell to isis just over a week ago. and major blow to the iraqi government. since then iraq's army and shiite militias have fought to retake small areas around the town. it sits just 110 kilometers west of the capital baghdad. but isis forces are also preparing for the expected battle. reuters reports that the militants are bringing reinforcements into ramadi. >> meanwhile, a top iraqi official is criticizing the military for alug lowing ramadi fall to isis. the deputy prime minister railed against the army for retreating last week. take a listen. >> it was an election that surprised all of us that with

all of the power would withdraw against such a small enemy that attacked them. and they left the people surrounded by isis. this is not the army that we are willing to see or we expecting to see. >> in an exclusive interview with cnn's arwa damon, an iraqi soldier among the last to retreat from ramadi described the city's fall. first a warning, arwa's report contains graphic video you may find disturbing. [ gunfire ] >> reporter: chaotic final moment captured on a cell phone. [ gunfire ] >> translator: come on, fight, a voice shouts. this one of last fire fights with isis before ramadi fell. a body is seen in the dirt behind one of the berms used for

cover. the man who gave us the video was one of the soldiers there, wounded in the final battle. >> translator: there were three i.e.d.s that took out two humvees and killed five. then they came at us with two bulldozers rigged with explosives, he remembers. his contingent he says numbered around 140 spread out in smaller units. along the vast terrain west of ramadi. the soldier was in this armored personnel carrier reloading ammunition. one soldier calls for a heavier weapon. a warning that isis is approaching from another direction as well. then they came at us with big gun trucks. surrounding us from four directions. there should have been a force to our rear, but they weren't there, he says. his commander radios for air support. moments later, cries of no

ammunition, no ammunition. and the unit receives orders to withdraw. he is built ebitter and angry. though wounded he wanted to keep fight. just two weeks before the fall of ramadi he says his unit captured an isis position. killing six he claims. two corpses seen torched in this video. another seven he says were detained. four of them foreigners. under interrogation, a captured isis fighter described their surveillance and bold tactics. he recalled the fighters saying, "you flash a light at the tower. we know that there are only 28 soldiers and a five hour rotations and there is a lack of ammunition. if the soldiers don't fire at us then we crawl and plant the bomb. and he bristles at the accusation that iraqi soldiers don't hatch tve the will to fig.

he wants to quit the army and join the militias. the failure is with the military higher ups he says who gave the orders to retreat and allowed supply lines to fail. and front lines to collapse. arwa damon, cnn, baghdad. >> it is worth noting the u.n. says almost 55,000 people have fled ramadi since isis captured the city. we want to bring in cnn's ian lee he joins us live from cairo with details. ian, we are hearing isis militants are bringing reinforcements into ramadi in preparation for the counter attack from iraqi forces. and of course, these, these shiite militias. this will likely be a tough fight for iraqi forces. will they be able to force isis out of the city given what happened last week. and have they, the will to do this? that is the big question here. >> you are exactly right,

rosemary. that is the big question. really when we look at the battle for ramadi we have to look at past battles where we have seen this kind of force engage isis. we saw that in tikrit. we heard the prime minister say "this battle for ramadi will take days." the battle for tikrit they said the same thing. it ended up taking weeks upon weeks. when isis takes ground they know huh how to dig in. they've know how to reinforce their hold. we have seen improvised explosive devices. bobbytraps, ieds. and slows any advancements. when it cam to tikrit, it took u.s. air strikes to loosen their grip of city for their the iraqi army and militias to finally go in and take control of the city. don't expect this to be an easy fight. it's likely to be very bloody. we have seen recent video released that allegedly shows isis militants inside ramadien

control of police stations. there was also another video, recently released that allegedly shows one of the terrifying armored vehicles that isis is, isis uses. packed with explosives. they drive them toward the front line. and then they detonate. these are all things that iraqi fighters and their militias, that will be fight will have to confront when they try to retake the city. >> yeah, and iraq's prime minister seems to thing it is just going to be a matter of days, retaking ramadi. that's not what a lot of analysts are thinking here. ian, let's move from iraq to syria now. and as we have reported it's believed about 200 people were excuted by isis in palmyra, including 13. the number expect to rise. some suggest it is higher than that. what more details are we learning about the brutal executions? >> that's right. when isis takes control of an

area their rain of teeign of te begins. going door to door. over 60 people civilians were kld becau killed because they may have worked for the syrian government or hid soldiers or militiamen once isis took control. these people were as we are hearing, brutally executed by beheadings. the trademark of isis. and 150 militiamen and soldiers of the syrian regime also executed in the same way. the syrian government news agency has put that number over 400 people who have been executed as well. and really to kind of highlight the fear that isis does spark in the local population. before they advance into a city, you always see a massive wave of people fleeing in front of them. 11,000 people fleeing palm ryra

afraid. they are kidded the lucky ones. >> we will be watching the attempt to retake ramadi in iraq. covering also what is happening in syria. overall what isis is doing in that part of the world. ian lee reporting. watching this, monitoring from cairo. many thanks to you. >> all right. i want to turn now to the deadly storms in the south central united states. five people have died. many communities are trying to recover right now. record-setting rains caused rivers and creeks to overflow their banks causing flash floods. though the storms half eased up, the national weather service predicts more storms this week. and that could mean more flooding, of course. cnn's ed levendera gifves us th latest from the banks of the river in central texas.

>>. >> reporter: it was described as a wall of water rushing downstream here in the blanco river. this a refrigerator from a home upstairs. it was really a lot of these trees. massive trees. kind of hard to really describe to give you a since of how large the trees were that were swept away. washed out several bridges along the way. but there is also a great deal of concern about more rainfall in the coming days. what that will mean for the flooding situation. the blanco river crested more than 40 feet over its usual levels here in central texas. so a dramatic scene where these floodwaters were rising very quickly and because of that, because there is so much saturation, and because a lot of the tributaries and creeks are already very filled, the concern is that, it went take much more rain to create flash flooding

situations tha s that's what th concern is. urging people to react quickly if the floodwaters move back in. to pay close attention to the situations. it takes a matter of minutes for flood watts to get out of control. >> ed lavandera there. our pedram javahari. people are missing. devastating stories here. horrendous. not at an end yet. >> the rainfall is something you would see with tropical storm going very slowly over a region. this is just unbelievable what they're seeing over the last couple days. in fact the national weather service in houston, texas, releasing a statement right now saying this is an extremely dangerous lifeening situation. they are saying do not attempt to travel unless you are fleeing an area or area subject to flooding. literally to stay put.

unless they are forcing you out of the region we have brand new video out of houston, texas to show you the scenes over the last few minutes. perspective right there, roads literally taking on water. we know in houston. monday night across the region. we had a huge basketball game taking place as well. downtown. the houston rockets were playing, playoff game, and you can see the thunderstorms and lightning flashing there. the official were telling fans to stay inside the venue. even after the game was over. they didn't want 20,000 people on the streets of houston with tremendous amount of walter that has come down. what transpired ahead of us. looks like a long setup. as far as when it will come to an end. in the past 12 hours. houston. in around houston. have picked up 7 1/2 inches of rainfall. impressive in and of itself. over a foot of rainfall saturday into sunday alone. in portions of texas. tornado watch in effect around houston. 4.1 million people right now.

this will expyire within the net hour. lightning strikes. 500 ahon hour. and the active weather. southern tier. new orleans over the next couple couple hours. 19 tornados monday. alone from texas into oklahoma. parts of arkansas. this pattern of severe weather. going to continue. don't know about getting that many tornados. and the heavy rainfall. models take the storms. notice the time stamp. sunrise. around new orleans. beyond that into the afternoon hours. birmingham, atlanta. strong thunderstorms. the storm tries to scoot off to the east. rainfall upward of 6 inches or more than 150 millimeters in the forecast in the couple days over the region. flood advisories, in place. you know the pattern will continue. and over the past 24 hours. touched on international cities. how they compare with what has happened. we're going to do this for the united states now. about 19 inches of rainfall has come down in oklahoma city.

that would take seattle well known for rainfall. upwards of 6 months to accumulate all of what oklahoma city has seen in a couple week time. phoenix would take two years to get that much rain. in houston. five months worth of rainfall. of course you are seeing similar numbers in parts of houston come of down. literally getting something you would see in three, four, five months, rosemary in a matter of 12 hours. causing all of these problems around texas. >> just terrifying the amount of rain. it mark the end of the drought. hard to believe that the ground is going to be able to absorb a lot of this. >> a lot becomes run-off. wasted. you want this in a gradual trend. often times either something or nothing at all. right now getting all the rainfall. >> seems to be all extreme weather conditions. pedram, many thanks to you. we'll talk again soon. on monday the u.s. honored american troops who died in service of their country. president barack obama spoke at arlington national cemetery. where more than 400,000 service members and their families, are

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welcome back, everyone. well there were some jitters in the u.s. over threats made against several airliners on monday. it was a busy travel day after a long holiday weekend. as tom foreman explains the threats had the u.s. air force scrambling its fighter jets. >> reporter: air france flight 22 from paris was escorted in by u.s. fighter jets after authorities say an anonymous caller threatened the plane. port authority police radioed the pilot. >> do you have any one ill or sick on the aircraft? >> no. no. nobody is sick. >> you haven't had any body ill or sick during the fight, correct? >> correct. >> reporter: at new york's jfk airport passengers were held for two hours as fbi agents searched the plane and found nothing

issuing a statement saying the plane has been cleared. this passenger said for the longest time he had no idea there was a problem. >> when we landed and they stopped us. this when we know that something is wrong. >> reporter: there were other scares in the air too. >> united 53. >> another threatened flight coming into newark from spain. authorities say they received threats against multiple flights and security scrambled to deal with some planes coming from europe and the middle east. landing in numerous american cities including new york, new jersey, buffalo, and atlanta. yet searches have so far turned up nothing. still enough to rattle nerves with more than 37 million americans traveling over this holiday weekend. a 10-year record according to aaa. and in washington, d.c. amid huge crowd. police grew worried over the weekend about a suspicious car parked near the capital the they said it smelled of gasoline and contained a propane tank and

pressure cooker. but once the bomb squad destroibd tdestro destroyed the cooker it was never intended to do any harm. that was tom foreman reporting from washington. >> a deadly weekend in the u.s. city of baltimore. police say 28 people have been shot since friday and nine of them have died. the surge of shootings added to the record breaking violence. the "baltimore sun" reports 35 people have been killed so far this month. making it the deadliest month in the city in more than 15 years. >> disheartening we are seeing such an increase in violence. especially when you think about the progress that we have made. we have come too far to have this type of set back. >> law enforcement, public safety, and the community, will persevere, over this small number of bad guys carrying guns, pulling triggers, killing peoplen o ein our community. >> so far none of the victims

has been identified. and police have not made any arrests in the shootings. >> the u.s. city of cleveland is set to move forward on agreed changes to its police department. a reform plan was created after a 2014 justice department report found patterns of force and civil rights violations by cleveland police. the next step comes while the city is dealing with unrest after the acquittal of a police office. officer accused of klg two unarmed african-americans. brian todd reports. >> reporter: a cleveland judge aquits police officer michael brelow, and touches off a round of protests where 71 people are arrested. and sparks concerns over what may happen next. >> my concern is there is a spike in violence, that there is -- a, a group that, that

steals the discussion. and it, it bend into violence and not a civil discussion about effective and proper engagement between the police and the community. >> reporter: found not guilty in the 2012 deaths of timothy russell and melissa williams, two unarmed african-americans. about a dozen police officers fired 137 shots into their vehicle in about 8 second. authorities said brelow himself stood on the hood of the car and blasted 15 shots through the windshield. nuven none of the other officers were charged with manslaughter. >> causation was not proved for both counts. >> the judge acquitted brelow after a 22-mile car chase prompted by the couple speeding away. brelow and officer had reason to believe they were at risk that even after all the shots the police couldn't be sure the threat was over. and that it couldn't be proven brelow's shots worth one that killed russell and williams.

cleveland can't exhale just yet. a decision will likely be made soon in the case of 12-year-old tamir rice, he was shot and killed by cleveland police in november while holding a pellet gun. the investigation is almost finished in the rice case. >> i am concerned. >> protest leaders are looking for accountability. >> remember the unrest is there, america is experiencing unrest because police are killing us it is that simple. >> the justice department found that in a two-year probe that cleveland police used unnecessary and unreasonable force at a significant rate. ron hosko whose group helped fund officer brelow's defense acknowledge the cleveland police are under enormous pressure going forward. >> without question, each and every future case that comes from cleveland, particularly where you have -- a difference in the race offer when who encountered and the police. these situations can reasonably be expect to flare up again.

and bring more and more protests. >> and the cleveland police are still not out of the wood in that brelow case. the cuyahoga county prosecutor says he is pursuing justice for timothy russell and melissa williams. he says five cleveland police supervisors have been charged with dereliction of duty by a grand jury. they will be charged by his office for failing to control that dangerous car chase. brian todd, cnn, washington. >> more than a week after b.b. king's death there are now questions about how the blues legend died. hear why two of his daughters believe their father was murdered. >> plus nigeria's fuel strike could soon be over. the latest on the crisis that left much of the country with idle cars and without power. we're back in a moment. we all enter this world with a shout, and we see no reason to stop.

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>> welcome back to our viewers here in the united states. of course all around the world. i'm rosemary church. we do want to update you on our top stories this hour. forces loyal to iraq's government are on the outskirts of ramadi waiting for orders to attack. isis has held the provincial capital over a week now. islamic militants are bringing in reinforcements ahead of the expected attack. residents in the south central u.s. are cleaning up after a devastating storms over the weekend. five people have died. and many homes were washed away by flash flooding in the region. though the rain has subed sided the national weather service

predicts more severe storms this week. >> the storm system is also responsible for a deadly tornado that devastated a mexican border community in 6 seconds. the city's mayor says it killed at least 13 people and injured 200 others. the brief but powerful twister tossed cars and damaged hundreds of homes. >> officials have just reported that the death toll has risen in india. more than 760 people have been killed. as a result of a severe heat wave. experts say searing temperatures, high humidity, and a lack of water are contributing to the large number of deaths. our reporter is live in mumbai and has the latest on the very serious situation. those numbers, and now of course, so shocking they've gone above 700 people dead as a result this, this week long heat wave. and with more hot temperatures in the forecast. that death toll is of course expected to rise.

what is the government doing about this. and how are authorities responding to those who are most at risk. >> well, the local government in the state of telegana and ashapervas, the two states in south india the worst affected where most deaths have taken place. they have swung into action. they are setting up relief camps in, in numerous senders across the main cities over there. where they are trying to provide water and buttermilk to people to cool them down. of course to keep them high drat -- hydrated. people that are dying are dying of sun stroke tore dehydration. we are hearing reports of people being brought into hospitals. i have also heard the government has requested these hospitals to cancel the leave of any doctors and nurses over there so they can deal with influx of patients coming in. and we have also just gotten

confirmation from both the states that they have announced relief packages, compensation packages up to $1,500, or in one case, $750 for the families of victims who have died as a result of this heat stroke. so the local governments in the two states are swinging into action to see what they can do to help people. they are also urging pemg ople the states to stay indoors to not step out between the hours of 10:00 clock a.m. and 4:00 p.m. when it is the hottest. to wear loose cotton clothing. stay hydrated. to use umbrellas, caps as much as possible. but it is a situation which remains very tough for thousand of people. who don't have a choice. have to stay out in the streets and are exposed to hush sun and heat. >> yes, malika, many are the many poor in india that don't have access to any foufrm air

conditioning orphans. then there is that additional problem of power cuts of course. so how many more people could potentially die as a result of the heat wave that will last a number of week now we understand. >> yes, there is no relief in sight. we are waiting for the monsoon rains to hit. it is expected to hit the southern coast of india end of the month. it takes weeks for the monsoon rains to travel inward and upward into india. it could be a week, two weeks before the rains hit. most of india. really cool temperatures down. as a result of that, the death wave, the number of people dying could definitely increase as a result of this, this heat wave. it is a very, very, difficult situation. as you pointed out. there are many poor people. most vulnerable sections of our society who do not have access to -- to even -- air conditioning is really considered a luxury here in india. power remains a huge problem for

about 400 million people. a third of india's 1.2 billion people who don't have reliable access to power. so they don't even have a fan to put on to cool down. and leave alone air conditioning which remains out of reach for hundred thoucs of thousand of i. >> devastating situation. many thanks to you for bringing us up to date. now we have pedram javahari back with us to explain the situation. now learning more than 700 people have died. we are expecting the number to go up. the conditions are not going to go away any time soon. talk to us about the forecast there. of course this terrible combination of the heat, the humidity, and the lack of water. >> yeah, very few places on our planet, rosie get the extreme heat and extreme humidity that india deals with every single may. this is the hottest time of year. premonsoon heat that builds. our body does a wonderful job of helping us cool off.

sweats of course, surface of your skin, water evaporates, cools the layer beneath the skin, where blood flows, body temperature. when your body is at 80, 90, 100%. the moisture content of the sweat on your skin is same as the humidity. evaporation is not taking place. you are remaining hot. once your core temperature gets to 40 celsius, 104 fahrenheit when you get into trouble. you begin to lose motor functions. become dizzy. then problems arise very, very quickly. we'll touch on what is happening here across india. causes of heat. talked about extreme temperature thousands. also that tremendous humidity that is there. put any sort of pre-existing health conditions in place. have your core temperature get up to 104 fahrenheit. 40 celsius, all the, use take place. we have seen this around the world. in 2003. summer of '03. 70,000 people lost their lives because of heat waves. in russia back in 2010. 50,000 people approximately, losing their lives with the heat

wave. 700 in chicago in 1995 heat way. the number pushing up over 700 as well in india. onset of the monsoons, first weeks of june. the kids trying to cool off. temperature thousands, 48 celsius. 120 fahrenheit. just the ambient temperature in the shade. you factor in the humidity, talking 142 degrees fahrenheit. or 61 degrees celsius. very little. your body can do to get away from the extreme heat. by the 25th of may. today. on to june 1. beyond that into the fifth of june. progresses to the north. heat is locked up there across the eastern portion of india. still at least three weeks away from seeing any sort of reprieve from the extreme conditions over this region of india, rosemary. this is something that will, a lot of people look forward to, of course we know hey lot of

people make their livelihoods from the monsoon rains as well. they're literally waiting every day for this now. >> that at least will bring relief. but until then, of course it is going to be a devastating situation for so many people. >> it is. >> pedram, many thanks for explaining that all to us. appreciate it. >> weather was the cause for an accident in the u.s. state of florida. three children were thrown from an inflatable bouncy house or monday after a water spout tossed it into the air. andrew spencer has the details. >> reporter: it is difficult to see the water spout coming ashore at this beach in fort lauderdale, florida. not difficult to stet power. in this cell phone video you can see the wind rip the bounce house from its moorings. >> lift up the bounce house. spin it up in the sky. >> i was scared. it was frightening. i was like, oh, my god. i can't believe this. >> reporter: friend and family members could only watch as the children inside the bounce house were carried away.

>> it gets high up by the palm trees. you see kids flying out of the bounce house. little kids start flying out hitting the ground. and flies all the way across the air. knocks over all this stuff. and it just keeps going. just keeps going. >> three children were carried into the sky and dropped. ambulances would later take them to a nearby hospital. i'm andrew spencer reporting. >> all right, in central china a fire reduces a nursing home to day patch of charred rubble. and twisted metal. authorities say 38 people were killed and six others injured in the fast-moving fire. according to state-run media it happened in a building that hou housed residents who couldn't move without help. that may have contributed to the high death toll. an investigation is currently under way. >> taiwan is proposing a peace is nesh tiinitiatives to settle disputes in south china sea.

the plan is for countries to set aside their differences so they can discuss ways to share resources. china and several other countries including the philippines, taiwan and malaysia claim parts or awful the contested waters. last week the u.s. flew surveillance planes over beijing's man made island in the south china sea. the chinese navy warned the planes to leave the area im immediately. >> nigerians may soon have fuel again after an apparent end to the streak that tripled the country. fuel has sat untouched in nigeria's capital because importers cut off the supply. they blame the government for not paying them subsidies. here is our report. >> reporter: nigeria's fuel shortages now seem to be coming to an end as petrol tankers begin to deliver fuel, petrol, diesel to stations across the country. this comes after unions and fuel importers have lifted their strike on the importation of fuel. a strike that has grounded the

nigerian economy. many local flights have been grounded. operators not able to operate normal service. banks have been closing early. people are just getting back to and fro from work. much more expensive. petrol to fill their cars. as you can see, people beginning to queue to get their hand and fill their tanks with this petrol. but they have not been happy with this situation. >> the fuel crisis is very unfortunate. nigeria, this tis a result of crude oil. we are not suppose to face the situation we are in right now. >> you cannot do anything.

to get from my house to my work. it is -- >> reporter: they expose the failure of nigeria's fuel subs r subsidy importation scheme. there is fuel in the country. this is simply a short term fix. the long term problems are yet to be dealt with. >> we'll have much more ahead in the cnn newsroom after this short break. stay with us.

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welcome back. two of b.b. king's daughters claim the blues legend was murdered. the 89-year-old musician died almost two weeks ago while in home hospice care in las vegas. his doctor said the death was caused by a series of strokes.

but kings' daughters believe their father was poisoned by two close aides. coroners have now done an autopsy. they say so far there is nothing to suggest foul play. king's funeral is set for this saturday. >> an iranian american journalist for "the washington post" is on trial for espionage right now in tehran. state media reports jason rosian's trial is taking place without any of his family in court. just his court appointed attorney and translator. he is accused of passing information. he has been in iranian custody for more than 300 days since he and his wife were arrested in july. his wife has since been released. "the washington post" denies the charges and says this will be rosian's first court appearance since he was detained. the u.s. has called the charges absurd.

>> malaysian authorities confirm the body found in 139 graves near the thai border are migrants. ma malaysian police and border guard found the body in camps believed abandoned two week earlier. autopsies will be done to figure out how the migrants died. hundred of might ranlts have landed in malaysia and indonesia in recent weeks. both countries agreed last week to accept refugees if the international community helps resettle them within a year. >> bangladesh's leader says people trying to escape the country should be punished along with the traffickers who help them. according to state media, prime minister sheik hassina says migrants are tainting the country's image and endangering lives. myanmar's state run newspaper reports authorities are about to repatriot more than 200 citizens from bangladesh who were rescues off myanmar's coast last week. >> not all migrant stories are

those of desperation. in austria we find one group of refugees looking to the future. cnn international correspondent fred rick plankin tells a hopeful story of refugee revitalization and a vienna hotel. >> reporter: imagine for a second what it would be like to be a refugee. many of them come from places -- iraq, syria, africa, afghanistan, tens of thousand flee their home, cultures on a dangerous journey. butten stead of comfort they often find an mos teemos -- ani. imagine a world where it is refugees that make you feel comfortable and at home, the incredible story of the hotel in vienna. 20 refugees hired from crisis zones across the gleb obe t he welcomes guests. features a poster appealing for

help. a journey he knows all too well. he fled persecution in guinea, smuggled across the sea, in a ship. his story its one amongst the many that decorate the walls of the hotel. others including yzidi, who fled iraq. one woman running from homophobic attacks. they all help run the business. chef samir told a cnn affiliate about his new life in austria's capital after fleeing afghanistan. >> translator: it is very good. i am so happy in austria. this know it like my country. my country is a catastrophe. there are such great people here. i have so many friends here. >> now in a safe haven the refugee staff can make visitors feel welcome in a sanctuary of their own making. >> it is good to have those

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