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and our breaking news is this, you've seen them countless times running and dig through the rubble to save civilians in the conflict, but now israel and jordan have come to the rescue of the white helmets. >> a group of 800 syrian civilians including members of the volunteer rescue group, they've been evacuated into jordan. israel says its military complete completed the military effort at the request of the european currents. let's bring in orrin he's there live. oren, they are now safely out of syria. tell us where they are now and where they go from here. >> reporter: well, it was an

overnight operation that took them from southern syria, one of the last areas that hasn't been taken through the syria regime, through israel and then into jordan. jordan says through a spokesman that they're being held in what he terms restriblingcted areas they'll be there for three months before they are moved. among those countries, canada, germany, and the ruck and that gives you the support the white helmets have internationally. this gives you an idea of how sensitive this was. remember that the white helmets are considered a terrorist organization by the syrian regime and by the russians which means getting them out of syria becomes that much more delicate and crucial especially as the syrian regime with the help of the russians closes in on the last parts of southern syria. we nope there has been an international effort to make sure these white helmets and these other civilians have a way out. george and natalie, we just saw

how that came through here. >> it is interesting at the same time that the united states not really on that list of other nations that you mentioned as these civilians and the white helmets have been evacuated from syria. >> well, the u.s. was part of the effort to put together this operation to make sure there was a way out. from what we know right now, which is a statement from the jordanians as well as a statement from the foreign ministry, it doesn't look like they'll take in any of these white helmets even over the course of the few years since they started helping a few years ago. this is a volunteer rescue group that in the fighting of syria, in the a yos ever syria has become an important factor and group for saving lives. they say there are roughly 4,000 members of the white helmets according to the organization and they say they've saved more than 100,000 lives in the years

of fighting in syria. >> if you could remind our viewers around the world what the white helmets have done in syria, just the work they did digging through the rubble and trying to avoid these double taps of these continued bombings from syrian troops. >> reporter: absolutely. and through all of the fighting, through the syrian civil war, the white hill mets were an unarmed rescue group that did search and rescue, provide medical aid, go in shortly after a bombing in incredibly dangerous areas and help those in need of desperate medical assistance. and we saw them once again in the front pages of the headlines when it was the syrian regime that used chemical weapons in douma in damascus if the was the white helmets that went in and brought us the images that were shown to the world of what happened there. we were reminded of the work then do and why they're so critical as the war continues. >> again, some 800 civilians including the group the white

helmets evacuated from syria. thank you for the reporting, oren, we'll stay in touch with you. the gunman who held hostages for hours at a los angeles grorkry store sits in jail this hour. >> we just learned that the won who you see here was caught in the crossfire as a gunman barricaded himself inside a trader joe's store and traded gunfire with police. she died at the scene. the standoff lasted several hours with the suspect making demands to believe. tended when the g it ended when he surrendered peat peacefully after the shooting. >> the suspect in the end asked f handcuffs, he handcuffed himself and then our fire department is under lapd's careful high, treating the suspect's wounds. >> anda the suspect got those

wounds while on the run from police, this after shooting his grandmother and another woman. police chased him to that trader joe's store where he crashed his car and that's when the standoff started. during the standoff, some people were able to escape through a backdoor and a window in the back of the store. a mother of one employee was relieved when she saw her daughter on television running from the store. >> i was just praying, just praying and i was just like in disbelief. but once, you know, she was smart enough to what she heard and she ran out through the back. >> one can only imagine in disbelief, she says. cnn miguel marquez was on the seen at the incident and filed this report for us. >> reporter: it's an incredibly tense several hours here in los angeles, one person dead, others shot and possibly could expire

as well. all of this as a trader joe's, a popular grocery store in southern california. this is the remnants of what was a hostage barricade situation. around 1:30 specific time in the afternoon, the individual shot his grandmother several times. he took someone else with him. a young woman with him. police later in l.a. picked him up and started following him. they were in literally hot pursuit when they -- the young men crashed into a poll outside this trader joe's with a gun many hand, starts running in, exchanges gunfire with police. that's when somebody inside the trader joe's, a young woman was hit. police followed him in, tried to resuscitate her but she expired at the store. and for then several hours the individual held up in the store taking hostages at one point and then letting them all go later in the afternoon sur runderiren

himself to police, asking for a pair of handcuffs which he handcuffed himself and then turned himself over to police. it has ended but certainly it's royaled this neighborhood and there's some sense of relief. but that one person is dead at a store that's extraordinarily popular and typically very busy on a saturday afternoon. it has just sent a shock. mikkel marquez, cnn, los angeles. >> as all this was happening, miguel also spoke with a trader joe's employee who explained how he and other workers were able to escape. >> i wasn't sure if i had a viable exit on the ground floor so i proceeded upstairs where we have a storage space. i moved through the storage space to a brack room that we have where we have an emergency ladder grabbed the ladder, proceeded even further back to a back storage area. i grabbed a couple of my coworkers, brought them back as

well. i barricaded the hallway as best could, grabbed a weapon and put the ladder out the window. and after getting the attention of a s.w.a.t. officer was indicating i wanted to go out the ladder. he gave me a thumbs up, i went down the ladder were, held the ladder and was able to get three of my coworkers out. there was one person coming down the stairs that was going up, i grabbed her. there was another person back in the braik break room, i grabbed her. there were additional people upstairs already, i just tried to figure a way out. >> well we'll bring you any new developments as we continue to follow this store. >> major story out of dhafl we'll stay on top of. now the u.s. president at one of his golf resorts this weekend, but he still found time to blast the russia investigation on twitter. also targeting his former

personal attorney michael cohen. he started his sta za with this. inconceivable that the government would break into a lawyer's office early in the morning, almost unheard of. even more inconceivable that a lawyer would tape a client, totally unheard of and perhaps illegal. >> of course it was not proven that that wauns heas unheard ofe lawyers to go into his office. but cohen had recorded a conversation with mr. trump just before the election talking about this woman, former playboy model karen mcdoogle. he denies having an affair with her. >> after that, the president turned his attention to another topic. ryan has more on that. >> reporter: the president is spending the weekend at his golf course in bedminster new jersey and his twitter feed was busy on saturday. he took the opportunity to suggest that the investigation into his campaign's potential

ties to the russian government during the 2016 election could end up having an effect in the election in 2018. the president tweeting, quote, no collusion, no obstruction but that doesn't matter because the 13 angry democrats were only after republicans and totally protecting democrats want this witch-hunt to drag out till the november election. republicans better get smart fast and expose what they're doing. now, the president's tweet storm comes against the backdrop of increasing criticism for his decision to have this summit with president vladimir putin of russia in helsinki and subsequently his decision to invite president putin to washington sometime this fall. there's been a lot of talk about the reaction from the director of national intelligence dan coats who was at a security summit in aspen. coats learned of the president's invitation during an interview with nbc and coats seemed to be a little bit shocked. coats attempted to clear the record on saturday. he put out a statement that said some press coverage has

mischaracter rides by responding toing to breaking news. it was not meant to criticize the actions of the president. i am committed to providing the best possible intelligence to support his ongoing efforts to prevent russian meddling and maintain es peace, denukes dangerous ra jeemds and protect our nations an our allies. you'll note that the direct to national intelligence makes no mention of whether he thinks it's a good idea for froufrp invite vladimir putin to washington sometime this fall, but there's one person who thinks that the interactions with russia have not been going very well and that's his former opponent hillary clinton. she had some harsh criticism for president trump during a festival on saturday. take a listen. >> the great mystery is why the president has not spoken up for our country.

and we saw that most clearly in this recent meeting with putin. we don't know what was said in the room where just the two of them. >> and there's no doubt that we've grown a bit accustomed to president trump and hillary clinton trading barbs long after the election has been decided but this is really out of the norm. usually after a summit like this the two sides go to their corners and are respectful of the job they have to do after the fact but that's not the case this time around and that's one example of how the trump administration is unlike any other administration we've seen. well, in a related development, for the first time in fbi history, the agency has made public its highly classified application for a fisa warrant, and the warrant alize the fbi to conduct surveillance on a suspect. in this case, this man right

here, former trump campaign adviser carter page. >> the warrant states that the fbi believes that page has been the subject of targeted recruitment by the russian government. it goes on to say the fbi believes that page has been collaborating and conspiring with the russian government earlier this year. the 400-page warrant became a political hot potato in congress. some republicans allege it showed the russian investigation was biased against the u.s. president because the warrant relied on the so-called steele dossier kbh which was funded by mr. trump's political enemies. but democrats say the warrant showed the fbi had a legitimate certain about people in the trump campaign which predated the steele dossier. >> let's talk about this with steven ear linger. he joins us from brussels. always good to have you with us. i want to begin with what is the development with the fisa warrant reveal about the fbi's investigation and does it give credence to republican claims of

bias by the fbi? >> well, first of all, we should note that it came out of a freedom of information act request many news agencies. so that's why we -- that's why we have it. i think it actually undermines the republican claim that this was all a fraud and in helping hillary clinton. if you read the papers, which are fairly thick, carter page was under suspicion before this famous steele memo. the fbi sought to survey him before. now, it is true he was working for mr. trump as a kind of adviser, but that's what set the fbi off. the fact is that he was in contact, according to these documents, which are intended to allow this kind of surveillance on an american citizen. judges agreed to do that, but

these documents show that mr. page was in contact with russian officials, intelligence officers for quite some time. and this is what bothered the fbi. i think people who suggest that all of this surveillance was simply a method for the fbi to hurt donald trump and help hillary clinton, i think this will help show that they're wrong. >> carter page, one of the avenues of the investigation into potential collusion between the trump team and russia, let's talk more about the other development with the president and russia. his courting of vladimir putin continues to baffle people, steven, in the united states, even his own administration which stays after the summit have still not been informed of what was discussed. but the world got a sense of the meeting with the president's remarks at the news conference that followed when he cow kowto

to mr. putin. >> i think we're doing really well with russia as of today. i thought we were doing horribly before today. a good competitor he is and i think the word competitor say compliment. i hold both countries responsible. i think that the united states has been foolish. i have president putin, he just said it's not russia. i will say this, i don't see any reason why it would be. i have great confidence in my intelligence people, but i will tell you that president putin was extremely strong and powerful in his denial today. >> baffling that the u.s. president continues to praise vladimir putin. and this is a president who has insulted our close allies in europe while embracing putin. what do you make of it, steven? >> well, trump i think has two things on his mind, really, and

they overshadow everything. that is, i won the election so anything that puts a taint on my election victory is horrible and i need to fight it, hence, charges of russian collusion. so he has to show that he and putin are fine. and, two, he is absolutely convinced that he can do a deal with anyone in the world one on one because he's the great negotiator and he doesn't have to listen to advice and he doesn't have to listen to his experts, he doesn't have to listen to dan coats, he just has to play golf and get up and go into a meeting and have a conversation. so that's the other thing that is very much on trump's mind. and all this is in the context, of course, of the november midterm elections. i think mr. trump sees the political danger of charges of

collusion and so this is what he wants to beat off. also, anything that president obama has done mr. trump regards as bad, weak, bad, sad. so when obama tried do a reset with russia, which did work very well, now mr. trump has to say, well, i did it. i did the reset. obama couldn't do it, everything was bad, and now everything is perfect. so that's the other thing that very much in the president's head. and the details of foreign policy, i mean, it's extraordinary to people that he did not stand up and say, look, you know, not meddled, meddled's one of those nice words. you try to interfere in our election, our democratic election and it's intolerable. and he was given a chance to say that and he did at the was given a chance to talk about the annexation of crimea as illegal and he said nothing. it was putin who said trump says

it's -- i think some ways putin was trying to give trump a leg up here to help him. >> he looked a little uncomfortable while mr. trump was talking. we'll have to leave of it there and we'll discuss more as -- if, in fact, steven. >> referee: -- we learn more before from mr. trump. we always appreciate you being with us. thanks so much. >> thanks, natalie. >> the story about a woman who made it through the missouri tour boat tragedy, now she is trying to make it through and survive a great deal of pain. >> lord, if i can't make it there's no use in keeping me here. so i just let go and i started floating. >> we'll bring you that terrifying story of a mother who lost her husband and lost three young children. >> that's ahead here. plus we'll have an yup update on the torrential rains across parts of vietnam that have led to deadly landslides.

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thunderstorm. spen te 17 people died in that tragedy. >> survivors of left dealing with the emotional wreckage as they wait for answerers. one woman lost nine family members, including her husband and three young children. had he she told reporters how she made it through the water. listen. >> and i saw there was a great big boat out there, like a river boat. and they were oh my god, they were jumping in saving people. they were throwing life rafts out to everybody. but i couldn't reach it. i couldn't get there in time. and so somehow i managed to get to the boat. these beautiful people, angels, i don't know who they were, they pulled me up. and when they pulled me up from the boat, i did see any of my family. but i believe i survived by god and by good samaritans. >> she kind of stolen our hearts the past two days. tia says she's not sure yet if

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explains what they're looking for. >> this investigation's in its early stages. there are two parallel investigations going on. the ntsb is conducting an investigation into the sinking of the vessel and the circumstances surrounding that immediate event. the missouri state highway patrol is conducting a broader investigation into the circumstances that led to this tragedy before hand and whether or not this should be treated ad as a crime scene. >> investigators also wanted to know why the boat's driver and captain changed their route the day is sank and when this that decision was made. coming up here, the pictures don't lie. there were two super powers at the helsinki summit, so why we are getting details mainly from one of them? we'll have a live fort worth moscow coming up here on cnn "newsroom."

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welcome back, everyone, you're watching cnn "newsroom" live from atlanta. i'm natalie alzplen and i'm george howell. >> first breaking news out of syria, volunteers from the white helmets rescue group have been evacuated into jordan by israel. they're among a group of 800 civilians pulled from the conflict. israel said that its military completed the humanitarian effort at the request of the u.s. and european countries. white helmets are volunteers. a woman is dead, one man in custody, this after a standoff in a l.a. grocery store. the woman store employee died during the gunman's fight with police at that trader joe's

store that you see right there. the suspect eventually surrendered. police say he also shot his grandmother and another woman before escaping to the store. top diplomats from the u.s. and russia spoke on the phone saturday. russian foreign ministry and mike pompeo discussed the ax normalizing relations. lavrov object to the arrest of this woman, mariia butina on what he called fabricated charges. with few exceptions, the white house has been carouselly quiet about details of the summit between presidents trump and putin, but moscow has been quick to fill in some of the blanks and praise the outcome. let's bring in matthew chance live in moscow for us. hello to you, matthew. and clearly russia owning the narrative here, not the united states with the u.s. president staying kind of mum about the details and moscow is running

with it, aren't they? >> reporter: well, think they've probably got a bit more from their point of view to shout about because shortly after the meeting took place, sergey lavrov came out and described the talks as magnificent, better than super which was the phrase he used. worried high praise coming from the normally restrained russian foreign minister. but in terms of, you know, what was discussed behind closed doors in helsinki, well there are was some, you know, glimpse of what was discussed mentioned at the joint press conference. they said they had spoken about talking to each other's officials about various aspects, cybersecurity. but not much else was given away. since then, the white house has been tight lipped. but the kremlin and the defense minister and foreign ministry has been talking about all sorts of aspects of those talks, for instance the russian defense ministry spoke about how there

is a joint u.s./russian discussion about the return of refugees in syria and reconstruction in syria during and after the conflict there and the defense ministry also spoke about international security arrangements that were being discussed, like the renewal of the strategic arms reduction treaty between the two sides. the russian foreign ministry has said that concrete proposal were discussed about eastern ukraine. it's been reported in the media here that one of the proposals put on the table is a referendum in eastern ukraine to decide the future status of that region. there's been all sorts of information trickling through from the russian side. but you're right, the americans, unusually, have been absolutely tight lipped about what was discussed and that's led to all sorts of concerns being expressed over in the u.s. >> because there were only translateters in that meeting, no one else. so we'll wait and see if mr. trump reveals anything elsmore from his side.

let's talk more about the conversation between sergey lavrov and mike pompeo. do we know anything more about what they're looking for and whether they talked about a potentially -- potential follow-up meeting between mr. putin and mr. trump in washington? >> reporter: that telephone conversation between the u.s. secretary of state and the russian foreign minister taking place last night here local time. we understand it was initiated by the u.s. side. they called the russians, in other words. and unusually there's been, as far as i'm aware, no redoubt from the state department on what was discussed but the russian foreign ministry has spoken with it. they said that they're talking about improving bilateral relations. but the key issue that was discussed was this issue of mariia butina who's a young russian woman who was arrested in the united states the day after the helsinki summit on allegations of acting as an agent of russia. basically she's been accuse dollars of being a spy although

she's not formally charged with espionage. infiltrating right ring conservative groups like the rifle association to try to push russia's agenda. they told mike pompeo that the evidence against her was fabricated. other officials here in russia said it was an arrest in order to discredit that new friendship, that new detente between the u.s. and the russian president. what i think it describes is the fact there's a detente on the way between president trump and president putin. the other operators of the u.s. administration, the justice department, fbi, everyone else, he they're still continue going about their business of enforcing the law. and that's something that's going to continue while russia continues to conduct itself in this way. natalie. >> her story is another chapter we'll continue to follow. matthew chance for us in moscow. thanks so much. this story ahead really affects all of us.

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welcome back. parts of asia are taking a beating from the weather, some from typhoon rain and others from dangerous heat. it is a big deal for sure. >> derek's here with more about it. >> it stretches from japan to shanghai toe vietnam. we're going to try to cover it all, but first let's go to vietnam where the death toll continues to mount across this area. you're look at swollen rivers, flooded streets, damaged house, andtor rents of water rushing through fill ville agevillages.

this is thanks to remnants of a tropical storm that's moved across the region. this is the latest information from the joint typhoon warning center. you can see it churning across the south china sea. sustained winds at 65 miles an hour. it's the heavy rain. rain es says of 250 meters and i'm sure those will go up as the day goes on. this one is of the scenes coming out of extreme northern sections of vietnam in the say mountainous area so with this amount of rainfall, it doesn't take much to cause landslides and mudslides. now, the joint typhoon warning center has indicated five separate areas across the pacific that are currently being advised on in terms of tropical activity. again, we still have storm system, this is ample, that moving into shanghai or at least has impacted shanghai within the

past couple of hours. you still have another couple hours of extremely strong and gusty winds and heavy rain for china's largest city. 85 kilometer per hour sustained winds near the center of this circulation. the heaviest and strongest of the winds and part of storm just to the north and east of shanghai but nonetheless this area getting battered with heavy rain from this particular tropical system. i know we also have to talk about what japan has been dealing with lately. if you recall, two weeks ago they were dealing with extreme rainfall leading to flooding. now the recovery efforts are being hampered by extreme heat. tokyo has seen 30 degrees celsius or higher at least 26 times since the end of june. now remember, this area is you kplunsed by ocean current so there's a lot of humidity in the air so as you step out side it fools warmer. tokyo feels like 40 degrees,

osaka in the lower 30s. you can see just how people are dealing with the heat. impressive sunshine and just extreme temperatures and a long-lived heat well making it difficult for people to copy. weather across asia very extreme. we're talking heat waves and heavy rains lots to talk brchts we know you care about this next story. some of the world's biggest companies are finally taking a step, one step, to eliminate single-use plastic. starbucks says it plans to get rid of plastic straws by 2020 and mcdonald's is going to switch to paper straws in 2019. it is a start, but there is a long way to go, of course, to eliminate the dangers posed by all of our plastic waste. >> at least 8 million tons of plastic go into the ocean every year. this according to world economic forum. that's like dumping the contents

of one garbage truck into the ocean every minute. the united nations predicts that by 2050 there will be more plastic in the ocean than fish. now, take a look at what it looks like up close and personal. there it is. >> yeah, how about this. these are waves of garbage, most of it plastic washing up on a beach in the dominican republic. hundreds of people have been working to try to clean it all up. this is the story that got our attention. >> let's talk more with fiona nichols joining us from our london bureau. look looks at that video again just to show people. appearance i disturbing video to say the least, but that's the ocean. i mean, can you believe that? that's the ocean. and i think for a lot of people it's out of sight out of mind. but it really isn't because it's -- this is happening.

we'll talk more about the implications on human health in a moment, but first help our viewers to understand exactly how big this problem is as it stands right now. >> yeah, george, it gets no easier looking at footage like that. i've been working this for quite a while now tnd it's gut wrenching to satisfy waves of plastic washing up on the beaches. it's estimated that 12.7 million tons of plasticent urs our ore shans every year. that's the equivalent of a gore bathe truck every single minute. >> and it's happening as we speak literally. >> yeah, you're quite right. so we use these things for five minutes and they pollute our environment for decades to come. once in the viernl, plastic pollution just breaks down into smaller and smaller petes where's it poses a real threat to marine wildlife.

birds mistake it for feed. 95% of sea birds have eaten plastic. this is a global problem and it's our responsibility to protect our oceans from this issue. >> okay. looking ahead, trying to see if there are solutions that are in place, what is being done currently to try to stop the flow of garbage like this into our oceans? >> there's lots of things happening at the moment. like you just mentioned, there are companies making small announcements to tackle plastic solutions. straws are but the a drop in the ocean. there's massive amounts of pack anging that we're producing every single year. in the uk alone supermarkets produce 800,000 tons of plastic every single year, plastic pa packaging. if you scale that up globally we're talking a serious amount there. so that's really great, but what we really immediate to be doing is making sure that we reduce our amount of plastic pollution.

stores are -- they're a fine place to start, absolutely. but there's so much more that can be done. and it really is reduction that needs to come in here. it's just essential that we need to reduce the amount of plastic pollution that we're producing. >> are there things that can be down try to clean up the mess here that mankind has made? >> clean up efforts are really worthwhile thing to do. i do beach cleans as often as i can, but a helpful way to think of it is if you came home and your house was flood ready are, you're not going to run and grab the mob mop. you're going to go up stairs and turn that tap off at the source. that's what we need to do with plastic pollution. we need to go great to the source which is the producers of plastic and turn off the source. plastic production is set to double in the next ten years and quadruple by 2050. but what's great about this is that actually plastic doesn't make itself, we make it and we can reduce the amount that we're

making and then cleanup efforts, i doubt we'll every get every single piece of plastic in the ocean, but they're a worthwhile way of understanding the issue and really seeing the scale of the impact it's having on our environment. >> you think about it, i mean, it affects all of us, you, me. i think about my son, wham i leaving for him had the. >> makes you think twice really about that straw is that you could get and just discard. you see things like that straw in the bellies of aquatic life, you see it in birds, these birds their bellies filled with plastic. as these plastics continue to break down and get smaller and smaller and then are ingested into fish, what are the enex-pla occasions for you and me where are all of us? >> the human health impacts ever unknown at this point. it can't be good. as you say plastic pollution once it's s it's in the ocean it breaks down into smaller pieces

and once they're in smaller pieces they attract tommic chemicals around them and then fish eat and. and you're look at seriously high levels of toxins that human health impacts aren't understood yet. but we can look to the wildlife alone, there are remote islands far from any where where humans live where there are sea birds not making it past infancy because their stomachs are so full of plastic pollution. >> we'll have to leave it there. we appreciate you being with us. thank you so much. >> thank you. in our next hour, we're going to talk with the folks that are trying to clean that up mess there in the dominican republic. we'll have more on the story and we'll be right back after this. >> stay with us. tation it was c. it's great when you see a hundred orders come in, a hundred orders come in, but then you realize i've got a hundred orders i have to ship out. shipstation streamlined that wh the order data, the weights of , everything is seamlessly put into shipstation, so when we print the shipping ll

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tor re welcome back. you may remember earlier this week when the u.s. president said that montenegro is full of, quote, very aggressive people, quote, that could leave the u.s. and other allies into world war iii. >> where did that come from. >>? well our nick peyton walsh went to this small balkan nation to

talk about the u.s. president's comments. >> reporter: welcome to the frontline and the collapse of the west as we know it. menacing militant montenegro. >> they're very aggressive people. they may get aggressive and congratulations, you're in world war iii. >> i don't know what to say. i think that this really stupid. >> he said montenegro was aggressive. maybe he make some mistake. >> no, i don't know. they look like aggressive men. >> i don't know, you tell me. >> i think no. >> where you going now, to start world war iii? >> no. >> where you going instead. >> drink coffee. >> yeah, that's the drums of war you're hearing there. but make no mistake, nobody's giggling here for russian influence to increase his influence in the balance cans and control this deep water port. it's even accused of trying to kill the prime minister of co core -- orchestrating a coop.

>> while it was here, investigators say that dozens of radicals were supposed to gather spurred on by russian intelligence and seize some state buildings including this. but parliament paralyzing the government, rescue ioning the electionsans doing their best to make sure that nato wanted little do in this chaos with this tiny aspiring member. >> but montenegro joins nato all the same just ten days after donald trump got perhaps the closest he ever had to the country when he pushed his prime minister out of the way at a brussels-nato summit. and its minuscule army, less than one u.s. army brigade, will soon partially be on the russian border, part of a naval exercise in the baltics. but now the u.s. commander and chief has not necessarily said that they will come to their defense. they feel safe still.

was it really worth it to get their security? >> we have no intentions whatsoever to start world war iii. we toor small for that. but we really believe that article 5 is unconditional and rock sol zblid isn't that exactly what the russians wanted to hear? >> maybe. maybe. it might be music for their ears, but still i believe that we are not safe. >> but here the most powerful man in the world off hand musings bring not just laughter, but real concrete consequence. our top stories are just ahead here. >> cnn "newsroom" right back after the break. i'm lucky to get through a shift without a disaster.

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call or go online today. a mission to save the white medical he helmets, those are people who volunteer to help in the syrian war, they've been evacuated. we'll go live to israel with that story. also are. >> i barricaded the hallways as best i could, grabbed a weapon and put the ladder out the window. >> the story of people climbing their way out of a hostage situation inside a grocery store in the city of los angeles. also, waves of plastic literally taking over a beach. how do you fight this much plastic pollution? we'll talk with a group work doing that this hour. >> it's terrifying. live, from cnn world headquarters in atlanta, we want to welcome our viewers here in the united states and all aroun