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the cnn newsroom starts right now. it is 5:00 a.m. on the u.s. east coast. we begin with breaking news this hour coming out of the u.s. state of texas. eight people have been found dead there, including some children, in the back of a semi truck. this in san antonio, texas. there were a total of 38 people found inside the tractor trailer. at least 20 of them are in critical condition. investigators believe other people had been inside that trailer but got inside cars that had come to pick them up. police are treating this case as a case of human trafficking. the driver of the truck is presently in custody, we understand. the trailer was parked in a walmart parking lot you see here on this map. people -- police say people were discovered when a person from that truck asked a store employee for water. it's unclear at this hour where the semi truck came from or how

long it had been parked where it was found, but the u.s. department of homeland security is investigating this case. here's the san antonio police chief with more. >> late last night we had a call from a walmart employee to conduct a welfare truck in a tractor trailer that was parked in the lot here. he was approached by someone from that truck who was asking for water. came back with a water, called the police. we arrived on the scene and found eight people dead in the back of that trailer. there were a number of other people that chief hood will talk about who were transported to local hospitals. checking the video from the store, we found that there were a number of vehicles that came in and picked up a lot of the folks that were in that trailer that survived the trip. we're looking at a human

trafficking crime here this evening. >> all right. again, a lot of questions for sure, but the breaking news we're following this hour out of the u.s. state of texas, eight people found dead in the back of a semi truck in san antonio, texas, in a walmart parking lot. we'll of course continue to follow the story and bring you updates as we learn more here on cnn. now to u.s. politics and the prospect of new sanctions against russia over its meddling in the u.s. election. the u.s. president donald trump has shown little interest in punishing moscow, but veto-proof legislation may soon hit his desk, and it aims to do just that. the kremlin says it views such a sanction as negatively. quote, quite negatively. cnn's kaitlyn collins has more. >> reporter: house and senate negotiates announced saturday they came to an agreement on a new bill that would place sanctions on russia, north korea, and iran. these sanctions against russia

would be against meddling in the 2016 presidential election as well as their military gregs in ukrai -- aggression in ukraine and syria. this could come to a vote as soon as tuesday. it would go to the senate after that, and then it could hit donald trump's desk before august. now, a key part of this bill is a congressional mandate that would require review if donald trump decided to end or ease these sanctions against russia. this is a key part of the bill that the white house has pushed back on as it has been crafted. if donald trump decided to veto this legislation, he would almost undoubtedly face backlash from democrats and republicans alike who think the president should take a tougher stance against russia. meanwhile, donald trump has been very active on twitter, blasting hillary clinton, james comey, and the special counsel. his most notable tweet saturday was about pardons. let's take a look. while all agree the u.s. president has the complete power to pardon, why think of that when only crime so far is leaks

against us. fake news. this tweet comes after a "washington post" report claimed the president and his legal team were exploring his pardoning ability and seeing just how far his authority does go. a source familiar with the discussion told cnn that a curious donald trump was asking questions in an informational way. donald trump's lawyer pushed back on this "washington post" report, calling it nonsense and saying that his team is cooperating fully with the special counsel's investigation. back to you. >> kaitlan collins, thank you for the report. the reaction from the kremlin, it's predictably negative. let's bring in cnn's claire sebastian following the story from the russian capital. any new official word from moscow about the possibility of new sanctions? >> reporter: well, george, just that two-word response we got out on saturday from the kremlin spokesman. the economical nature of that

quite negatively is how they view this. really reflects the fact while the kremlin has always been quick to condemn sanctions from the u.n. or eu, it is a situation now where its patience is wearing thin and not just because of this new round of sanctions we might see as a result of this bill but of course existing sanctions. you'll remember the obama administration brought in a set of new sanctions in late december against russia for alleged meddling in the u.s. election. russia did nothing at that point, and they now say that they reserve the right to retaliate for this and any new sanctions. the rhetoric has been heating up in recent weeks. the foreign minister in the last week described the seizure of russian diplomatic compounds in the u.s. as daylight robbery. the foreign ministry has said that a package of retaliatory measures is already in the works, and the kremlin has said explicitly that it is running out of patience. so i think the two-word response, quite negatively,

perhaps purposefully understated. >> all right. so where this goes still uncloer, buncloe unclear, but if history is a guide, help our viewers get some context on how that nation might respond to a new round of sanctions. >> reporter: i think if history is a guide, then the response is not always predictable. you know, traditionally in diplomacy we have a tit-for-tat response. you expel our diplomats, we'll expel yours. but russia has often opted for what they called an asymmetric response in response to the eu and u.n. sanctions over the conflict in ukraine. they banned food imports from a number of european countries. back in 2012 when the u.s. sanctions suspected russian human rights abuses, russia a couple weeks later banned

american families from adopting russian children. so it's not always an equal and opposite response. but i want to read you a tweet over the weekend from a prominent russian senator. he said, if the u.s. brings in new sanctions, we should review our relations in areas that are important to them. without our reciprocal measures for the u.s., the price will be zero. you really get a sense that the mood is they're ready to retaliate and not in the mood to take this lying down, george. >> claire sebastian live in moscow, where it is just past noon. thank you for the reporting. now gelet's get some context by the london bureau chief of "the new york times." we appreciate having you with us on the show this hour. always a pleasure. let's talk about the issue of sanctions. the u.s. congress, they're focused on making this happen for russia with bipartisan support despite a president who's seeking warmer relations with that nation. here's the question though. when this bill hits the

president's desk, will he have any other choice but to sign it? >> well, of course, the president always has a choice. it's not an easy choice for him, or it will not be because of course if he signs it, it throws relations with russia, his bromance with vladimir putin into a deeper freeze, and if he doesn't sign it, he opens himself up to more questions about why he's so friendly with russia. this is one of the fascinating things about trump. it's one reason he's so unusual. he's not a traditional republican. traditional republicans, as you see in the congressional votes, are very skeptical about russia, very concerned to defend the nato alliance, very angry about the annexation of ukraine, russian meddling in the elections, et cetera, et cetera. trump doesn't seem too worried about any of those things. in that sense, he really is

going against his own party or the backbone of what he now says is his own party. and because of that is running into this kind of trouble inside the congress. it's not an easy choice for him, not at all. >> but when it comes to sanctions, this is an issue that actually has bipartisan support. so it is not restricted to one singular party here. if he were to veto this bill, given its wide support, would congress then have the ability to override his veto? >> well, you know, from here it's hard to do the head count. i suspect they'd have trouble doing it, but you know, congress is pretty fixed on punishing russia. now, the russians, as your correspondent said, had held off retaliating on obama sanctions at very end of the obama administration, which were meant to punish russia for ukraine and also meddling in the election,

and that included taking away from the russians these two resorts, quote, things that they have in maryland and other places that were owned by the russians. they were taken away. putin decided that trump sounded nice, that they'd have a reset, a new relationship. so they did not retaliate. they didn't expel any americans. but now as we see, their patience is running out. they no longer believe that president trump will be able to create the warmer relationship with russia that they were hoping for. so having waited this long, the tit-for-tat will be about the obama sanctions. of course, if there are new sanctions, there may be more retaliation. but i think a lot of people in russia are still hoping that the rhetoric of threat will be

enough to convince donald trump to veto this bill. part of what the sanction bill is interesting, too, will be its impact on relations with iran where donald trump is very skeptical about the iran nuclear deal. and the iranians are very unhappy about the idea of any new sanctions against them as well. >> steven, also interesting to point out that congress has included a provision to make sure the president is unable to weaken this particular bill if he signs it. let's talk about the president's most recent tweet on another power that is new to the president, his ability to pardon. donald trump recently tweeted this statement. we'll take a look at it. here while all agree the u.s. president has the complete power to pardon, why think of that when only crime so far is leaks against us. important to point out in this tweet that it is debatable that

the president has complete power to pardon. that is a question that is certainly up for discussion. the simple fact that the president tweeted about this issue of pardoning, given the questions that surround him regarding the investigations into the trump campaign and the administration, what do you think the reason was behind him putting this tweet out? >> well, it's a very good question, george. these tweets are like an arrow into the brain of donald trump. we get a sense from what he's obsessed with from his tweeting. clearly he's obsessed with the russia investigation. there are people in the white house who are talking particularly with the new position for mr. scaramucci that trump wants to go to war to some degree against this investigation, which seems to be spreading and spreading and spreading of his campaign ties to russia.

he's particularly angry that the investigation might even include his financial dealings and indeed his tax returns, which he's been very careful not to reveal to the american people. so i think, you know, what he's worried about is that his family is going to get caught up in some kind of criminal investigation about ties to russia during the campaign. and that's what's being looked into. so what's on his mind is pardoning perhaps -- who knows, anyone involved in those dealings so they're protected from any criminal charges. now, does the president have the ability to pardon people? i believe the president does. there are arguments both way, but traditionally presidents have had the right to pardon. now, if he's going to be pardoning, and here we're just

speculating, members of his own immediate family or his son-in-law, that would create a kind of constitutional question. i mean, what worries me is we do seem to be heading toward a kind of constitutional challenge between the department of justice's investigation into these russian links and the white house's clear intention to try to shorten or circumvent or at least circumscribe this investigation so it doesn't go into the heart of mr. trump's and his family's financial dealings. >> a lot of questions there. steven erlanger in london. thank you so much for the insight and context today. >> thank you, george. after a roller coaster six months with the trump administration, sean spicer has handed over his resignation as the white house press secretary. he did that on friday. this came just after anthony

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welcome back to "newsroom." i'm george howell. the u.n. security council is set to meet on monday over the latest wave of violence in jerusalem and in the west bank. this after another palestinian was killed on saturday in clashes with israeli forces. officials say three other palestinians were killed in clashes the day before, as were three israelis in a west bank stabbing attack. we have more on this story with cnn's oren lieberman. have there been new arrests in the west bank? >> reporter: there has been a sweep from the israeli military, specifically around and in the location of the friday night attack on the settlement in the northern west bank. that's where an israeli military official says 25 palestinians were arrested who were suspected either of being ready to carry out an imminent attack or of being members of the hamas militant group.

this is the response, and it's not a surprising response in that sense, from the israeli military to try to secure the area as well as sending in more soldiers. meanwhile, palestinian factions have called for today to be a day of rage, and even if that call consider largely symbolic, we don't really see the rage on the street, it is an indication of where the situation stands right now. it is tense in the west bank, in and around the old city of jerusalem. we'll see where it goes from here. there are different reports palestinians have called off contacts with israelis at the leadership level. does that include security coordination? that israeli military official says they're trying to see how much of the security coordination has been cut off. that's critical to the safety of both sides here. so everything is right now sensiti sensitive. today, as are the next few days, critical. >> watching this violence escalate over the last few days, if you could give our viewers some context as to when this round of violence really started and what might have been behind it. >> so when you're talking about this specific round, it looks

like it started about a week and a half ago when three arab-israelis killed two israeli police officers on the most sensitive site here, the holiest site for jews. in response to that attack, israel put in metal detectors to try to secure the noble sanctuary. that is what has suddenly created is such sensitivity. it's not about the metal detectors. it's about who controls the holy site. now it's palestinians and other arab states in the region who say the israelis are trying to take over this holy site, and that's why this is so sensitive. it's not about metal detectors. it's about a holy site. we've seen repeated clashes in which palestinians have been killed. we saw the attack at that area about a week and a half ago, another attack on friday night when three israelis were killed. it looks like this is very much headed toward another round of violence. the question is what is done

today to head that off. the international community tries to get involved to keep that from happening. >> just after noon in jerusalem. oren lieberman live for us. thank you for the reporting today. the turkish president is headed to the gulf region this hour. he'll try to patch up the growing rift between qatar and its neighbors. ending turkish-qatari military operations. that's one of the demands being made by gulf countries in order to lift the diplomatic and economic boycott against doha. hundreds of turkish soldiers have already arrived in qatar since this crisis started in june. let's bring in cnn's senior international correspondent ben wedeman live in istanbul. a pleasure to have you here this hour. clearly turkey has a stake in this given its military interest in qatar. can its president truly make an impact here? >> reporter: well, we did hear the president before he left istanbul this morning describing saudi arabia, which is the first

stop on his tour which will also include qatar and kuwait. he described them as an elder statesman who can help resolve this issue. he said that it's in no one's interest to prolong this crisis. now, turkey is a regional superpower. it has a huge role to play in the gulf as well. it does have several hundred troops in qatar that are part of a 2014 agreement between the two countries to establish a base there, but it's only since this crisis began that turkey d dispatched several hundred troops to qatar. turkey also has important trade ties with all the powers in the gcc, the gulf cooperation council, including saudi arabia, including bahrain, the uae, and qatar. and it is eager to resolve this crisis so those ties can get back to normal. turkey is particularly

interested in gulf investments in its large economy. so that's what he's going to be trying to do, but because turkey is seen by saudi arabia, which is one of the key players in this crisis, as a backer of qatar, as a backer for the muslim brotherhood, which of course the quartet that saudi arabia is part of is opposed to, it's going to be interesting to see how erdogan is going to pose himself as part of the solution as opposed to in the eyes of many of egypt and the other three members of this quartet against qatar as part of the problem. george? >> but certainly he is walking a very fine line here given, you know, his support for doha but at the same time his support of other nations there in the gulf region. >> yes, and he has come down very clearly on the side of

qatar along with iran. so what you have is this is part of this ongoing cold war between iran and saudi arabia that goes back many years. but his support for qatar is really key because turkey, unlike the gulf countries which have a lot of oil but not much else, turkey is a serious country. has a huge military, part of nato, it has a huge modern economy, and therefore it does have an important role to play. yes, turkey has been sort of walking a fine line between being a part of the nato or the pro western bloc and also maintaining good ties with hamas, relatively good ties with iran, and supporting the muslim brotherhood. but nonetheless, because of turkey's strategic importance, it does have a role to play in resolving this crisis somehow.

george? >> somehow is the question. cnn's senior international correspondent ben wedeman live for us in istanbul following the story. it's been half a year since the u.s. president donald trump took office. we asked some of the people who supported the president to give him a rating, a performance rating so far. we'll give you that response. and for several days, thousands of protesters have rallied against efforts to radically overhaul poland's judicial system. now they're demanding action from the president. coming to you live from atlanta, you're watching "cnn newsroom." " new aveeno®... ...positively radiant® 60 second in shower facial. works with steam to reveal... ...glowing skin in just one minute. aveeno® "naturally beautiful results®" tand, our adulte children are here. so, we save by using tide. which means we use less. three generations of clothes cleaned in one wash. those are moms.

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just after 12:30 p.m. in istanbul, turkey, 4:30 a.m. in san antonio, texas. this is "cnn newsroom" worldwide this hour. i'm george howell with the headlines we're following for you and some breaking news out of the u.s. state of texas. eight people there found dead, including children, in the back of a semi truck. this in san antonio, texas. more than two dozen others were taken to a nearby hospital. many of the people in critical condition. investigators are treating this case as a case of human trafficking. the trailer was parked in a walmart parking lot, and the driver is presently in custody. we'll have more on this breaking news story as we learn more here on cnn. a bill imposing new sanctions on russia, on north korea, and iran, it could hit the president's desk by the end of the month. u.s. lawmakers will vote on the bill on tuesday. then it heads to the senate. the bill would also curb president trump's ability to water down those sanctions.

president trump has the issue of pardoning on his mind, if you look at the tweets he sent out. on saturday, he wrote that he has the complete power to pardon. that is certainly debatable among many officials. "washington post" reported this week that the president asked advisers about his ability to pardon aides, about pardoning his family members, even himself, in connection with the russia investigation. the u.n. security council is set to meet monday on the escalating israeli-palestinian violence. officials say a palestinian died after clashes with israeli forces on saturday. that's in addition to three palestinians reportedly killed on friday and three israelis who were stabbed to death in a settlement. whatever your opinion about the early morning tweets and almost daily issues of the russia investigation, no one can argue it has been a busy, an unprecedented start to the presidency of donald trump. gary tuckman spoke with some

trump voters in the u.s. state of florida to see how they feel about the president six months on. >> reporter: izzy's diner in palm bay, florida, is in the heart of trump country. the president won big here in the county, helping him win statewide by less than a percentage point. a half year from his presidency, we came to breakfast to talk to seven donald trump voters. first question for all of you, we start with izzy. how would you describe his presidency in one sentence? >> i think he's doing well. >> i think he's doing an outstanding job. i just wish more people would get behind him. >> i think he's done well if people would just work with him and not always against him. i think we'd make some progress. >> i feel like i'm alice in wonderland, down the rabbit hole. it has been a disaster. >> reporter: marge is an

independent who voted for trump and is not pleased about her decision to do so. >> i think his presidency is worse than what i saw with nixon and watergate. it is the most disastrous presidency in my lifetime. >> reporter: the rest at our table are registered republicans who are pleased with vatheir vo. >> he can't speak without getting ripped apart. if you just leave him alone, let him do his job, he's a hell of a businessman. let him run the business. >> it's like vietnam. he's being stopped before -- every time he gets to this line, he's being stopped. >> where is him bringing together republicans and democrats and working his deal with them? where is it? it ain't there. he's golfing. >> reporter: six others at this table say there's an organized effort to undermine the president, and there's passion here about the russia investigation. >> it's bs. >> what's bs? >> all of it. it's just made-up news.

i think it's all bs. >> reporter: and regarding donald trump jr.'s meeting with russians -- >> opposition research is part of the political game, is it not? >> are you bothered by the fact it was russian government opposition? >> as opposed to what, ukrainian? >> by someone in the united states who had the opposition research. raise your hand if you're bothered by that. doesn't bother anybody? >> it's not illegal. i think it's been done for years. it's been done a lot by everybody. >> so this isn't any big deal? >> no. >> reporter: and the republicans here don't blame trump for the health care bill failure. although -- >> i think he could have used a few more people to help him design that bill. >> i don't think our politicians today care about our country. >> you think that's why the health care bill has failed? >> yes, i do. >> do you think donald trump does care? >> i think he really, really

does. >> it's not the democrats that are stopping him with health care. he stood on platform after platform after platform saying, i can bring these people together. i can do it. i alone can do it. what happened? >> reporter: what would you say to donald trump if he was sitting at this table? >> i was tell him to stop tweeting and get on with business. get off that social media. that's what i would tell him. >> gary tuckman, thank you for that report. again, speaking to voters in florida. more on the breaking news we're following. eight people found dead, including children in the back of a semi truck in san antonio, texas. let's bring in now the fire chief for san antonio, charles hood, joining us now live on the phone. charles, thank you for being with us. what we know at this point, eight people found dead. we understand the suspect in custody. what more can you tell us? >> good morning. this is a real sad tragedy that

we responded on about 12:26 this morning. we responded on a call for a welfare check in a walmart parking lot. units arrived and found multiple people in the back of an unrefrigerated trailer. actually, the trailer did have refrigeration, but it was not working. multiple people in the back of a trailer. so these people were all suffering in various stages of heat distress to heatstroke. unfortunately, eight of them were dead. we quickly called for mass casualty incident and had about 29 units responding out there to that. we ended up treating a total of 30 patients. 17 of those were critical, priority one patients. unfortunately with heatstrokes, a lot of these folks are going to have irreparable brain damage. that is a real tragedy of this. some of them were in extremely poor condition. we also transported another 13 that were in serious condition.

again, we utilized seven different hospitals and got all those folks transported. we had at least two children that were school age. none of them were reported to be dead when we left. so the eight dead were all male. we don't know the gender or demographics of some of these patients because they have gone to so many different hospitals. so the number is solid, but as far as the sex and that information, that'll be forthcoming in the morning. this is going to be a crime incident. san antonio police department is investigating it. the one thing we do have a concern about is some of these people might have wandered out into the brush from that truck. so we'll do another search in the morning. hopefully we have everybody accounted for, but again, we're very fortunate that we did not have 38 dead bodies in the back of that vehicle because that really, really could have happened. so it is a tragedy, but it could

have been much worse. >> charles, we understand that investigators are treating this as a case of human trafficking. it's still early in the investigation, so i don't mean to ask too soon if you're not able to answer this question, but i'm sure you've spoken to some of the people who were on that truck. any indication of how long they were there? >> reporter: you know, i know there's video information they're looking at. majority of these people were in no condition to talk to any of them. majority of those 17 were unconscious. so a lot of that other information -- i know the police department will have investigators in all the emergency rooms to follow up. again, we didn't have a lot of conversations with the majority of these people. so it's really unknown how long they were there, but the great thing is that they were found and they weren't there another night because if they would have been, none of them would have survived. >> charles, that is an understatement for sure.

thankfully they were found in time. thankfully they got out of there. again, we understand the situation, eight people were found dead, including some children in the back of this semi truck there in san antonio. charles, thank you for being with us. you're watching "cnn newsroom." we'll be back after the break. to struggle. to want to give up. but not to give in. to be scared. but not scared away. or hit the wrong note. and keep playing. you're learning resilience. tenacity. lessons you can't put a letter grade on. lessons i'm learning, too. here's to the moms who show their kids that every step -even a misstep- is a step forward. what if we could bring you by having better values? at blue apron, we work directly with more than a hundred family farms. so instead of spending on costly middlemen and supermarkets, we can invest in the things that matter most:

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president's plan to rewrite the constitution there. mr. maduro is not backing down despite the threat of economic sanctions from the united states. in the meantime, a violinist who has become a symbol of anti-maduro protests was wounded on saturday. the 23-year-old has become famous for playing the violin while clashes rage on. he tweeted a video from the hospital saying that the bullets will not stop the opposition. about 100 people now have died in around three months of protests. anger is growing in poland of what some see as a power grab. many people coming to, chanting "we want a veto," this after the upper parliament passed a controversial new bill on saturday. it gives the government the power to remove all of the country's supreme court justices and to pick their replacements. poland's president has 21 days

now to either sign or veto that bill. more demonstrations are planned in the coming days, all of this to try to influence the president to reject that bill. our mohammed lila has this report from the pole lish capital. >> reporter: thousands of ordinary people here in poland continue to flood the streets to protest what they say is a move by the country's ruling party that would infringe their basic democratic rights. you'll see many people holding candles. they say they're a symbol of hope. they're chanting slogans like "free court system" or "we want a veto." this all has to do with a controversial piece of legislation that's been proposed by the country's ruling party. if that legislation is approved by the country's president, it would give that ruling party unprecedented power to appoint and remove the country's supreme court judges. and here's why that's important. if you think back to democracy 101, one of the basic hallmarks of a free and stable and healthy democracy is an independent

judiciary. well, these people here are protesting, saying that if this bill becomes law, then this country will effectively no longer have an independent judiciary because whoever is ruling the country, in this case the law and justice party, would be able to appoint supreme court judges that support that country's on mandate. for its part, the ruling party says this is part of the democratic process. the ruling party should be allowed to have that control over the supreme court system. but if this flood of protests that we've seen not just in warsaw but in fact right across the country, is any indication there are tens of thousands, if not hundreds of thousands of people right across the country that are demanding that the president veto this legislation, and that's really what it comes down to. the last effort or the last hope, really, of the protesters who are protesting is that the president will exercise his veto power. all eyes now are going to be on a meeting that takes place on monday between the president and the head of the country's supreme court system. we know this legislation will come up. we know the president himself

has 21 days to decide if he's going to approve it or if he will listen to the demands of the protesters and veto the legislation. certainly that's something that many of the opposition parties are hoping for. muhammad lila, cnn, warsaw. >> the former president of poland is also against this bill. he says the changesi could weakn polish democracy. listen. >> translator: our generation led poland to freedom in an incredibly difficult situation and based it on the separation of powers. this is the most important thing that we managed to do. if anyone wants to disturb this most important victory, you, the young people, cannot let that happen. so that there is no doubt i will always be with you despite my condition. even if they arrest all of you here. >> one resident of warsaw told cnn he remembered how his own

parents protested in 1989 against poland's then-communist regime. he called these demonstrations, quote, the same moment. british princes will and harry say that they regret the last phone call they had with their mother, diana, the princess of wales. in a new documentary for itv and hbo, the duke of cambridge and prince harry reveal they were in a rush to end the conversation so they could go play. william, who was then 15 years old, and harry just about 12, had no idea that phone call would be their last. their mother died in a car crash on august 31st, 1997. diana, our mother, her life and legacy, celebrates her life and work 20 years after her tragic death. >> our mother was a total kid through and through. when everybody says to me, you

know, so she was fun, give us an example. all i can hear is her laugh in my head. that sort of crazy laugh where there was just pure happiness shown on her face. one of her mottos to me was, you can be as naughty as you want, just don't get caught. she was one of the naughtiest parents. she would come and watch us play football and smuggle sweets into our socks. literally walking back from the football match and having sort of five packets of starburst and just the whole shirt was bulging with sweets. sort of looking around, throw it into the top box, lock it all up. >> there's a couple memories i have that are particularly funny. just outside this room where we are now, she organized when i came home from school to have cindy crawford and christy

turnington waiting. i was probably a 12 or 13-year-old boy who had posters of them on his wall. i went bright red and didn't quite know what to say and sort of fumbled. i think i pretty much fell down the stairs on the way out. i was completely and utterly sort of awe struck. that was a very funny memory that's lived with me forever about loving and embarrassing and being the joker. >> they're opening up more about that. this is "cnn newsroom." we'll be back after the break. remember our special night?

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the legendary tour de france ends in just hours from now with the last dash through the city of paris. front runner chris froome of britain will be wearing the yellow jersey as the cyclists speed down the champs-elysees to the finish line there. barring any last-minute upset in sunday's final stage, froome is virtually assured of winning his fourth tour title. he finished saturday's 20th stage with a commanding 54-second lead. the fourth and final round of the british open is presently under way. american jordan spieth is leading the pack, and he'll be trying to make some golf history. our alex thomas has more.

>> reporter: not another tiger woods, but he's the closest golfer since tiger's hay day to match that excitement and record breaking. jordan spieth taking a huge grip on this open golf championship coming into the final round after a perfect round of 65 on saturday. jordan spieth, of course, hitting the headlines when as a 19-year-old he became the youngest pga tour tournament winner for more than 80 years. he did it again in 2015, winning the masters and the u.s. open. now he's poised to lift the claret jug, which will make it three of four majors any golfer can possibly win. he's done it at such a young age, just 23. his closest competitor is fellow american matt kuchar. both men were outshone in terms of scoring by south african's brandon grace. he's the first man ever to shoot a 62 in a major golf

championship. the funny thing was, when he holed his final putt, he didn't realize at the time he'd broken the record. he had to wait for his caddie to tell him he'd done it. alex thomas, cnn, royal birkdale. >> alex thomas, thank you for the report. strong thunderstorms roared across the central part of the u.s. on saturday. our meteorologist karen mcginnis is following that at the international weather center. >> yeah, it has really packed a wallop across kansas and into missouri, now pushing into the ohio river valley. very strong storms with high winds. st. louis set a record high temperature of 108 degrees on saturday afternoon. that's 42 degrees celsius. now come the thunderstorms as a stubborn weather system just streaks across this region and produces the high winds, heavy downpours. we've had wind gusts reported around 70 miles an hour in some cases. while much of the western united states bakes. we aren't seeing record high temperatures, but it has been hot and dry. a little bit of a break across

the midwestern united states. not going to be quite as hot. but take a look at washington, d.c. those temperatures bounce up into the low 30s. that is in degrees celsius. to temperatures in the upper 20s for thursday. they continue to bounce around over the next several days or so. so much in the way of heat relief going into monday for chicago. temperatures in the 70s but right back up again. george, it's not going to be long term. back to you. >> thank you. that wraps this hour of "newsroom." i'm george howell at the cnn world headquarters in atlanta. for our viewers in the united states "new day" is next. for other viewers around the world, stay with us. your headlines are after the break. thank you for watching cnn, the world's news leader. shift without a disaster. my bargain detergent couldn't keep up.

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