all the time running, run. run. run, yasmine, run like the wind. also this hour the worst is yet to come. that's the warning from the laugh -- louisiana governor as tropical storm barry pushes into the state. and more leaked cables from the now former uk ambassador to the united states. these are just as damaging but this time the u.s. decision the abandon the iran nuclear deal. welcome to our viewers here in the u.s. and in new york, you

have electricity. i'm in atlanta -- >> i'm george howell in atlanta. "newsroom" starts right now. 4:00 a.m., the lights are back on in new york. this after a blackout that left parts of the biggest city to plunge into the darkness. the outage was marked out for hours in some of the most popular tourist districts. >> the con ed utility company said at the peak of the blackout around 73,000 customers had no electricity. that included madison square garden where jennifer lopez was just starting her concert. ♪ it had to be weird for concert

goers and tourists and residents. it was a dramatic night that could have been a lot worse. here's how it unfolded. >> we are getting preliminary reports is a transmission problem. con ed in new york city is working to address it now. we hope to have news soon on when power will be restored. >> i was on the sixth floor. we lost power very quickly and my understanding is that there's a wire underneath our building 101 west end that caused the transformer to explode. timing was right around 7:00. give or take. that explosion caused the blackout up and down the west end. >> no power at 66th street. >> no lights. no lights. >> here in midtown manhattan about three or four blocks south, you're going to end up in times square. but check this out, another two or three blocks you run into

central park. you run into west 51st street it's incredible when you see how dark it is. we're standing basically on the perimeter line of the affected area and the places that aren't affected. a gift shop is all lit up, but yet you see -- the gift shop across the street is completely in the dark. >> you will see some of the police officers directing traffic on central park south. this is central park south where there is no power. think about famed hotels like the plaza hotel, the essex house, those buildings still without power. >> we divide the electric system into networks. they're roughly equivalent to neighborhoods, and we lost six of the neighborhoods on the electric system. i'm happy to report that as of a few minutes ago, all six networks and all 73,000 customers have been restored. >> we have to make sure that the system is designed in a way that this does not happen. when you are talking about a blacked out or a potential black out or a significant area of the city having a blackout, you a

are -- you are really dealing with potential chaos and public safety threats and the system has to be better than that. period. well, the lights have been out in parts of louisiana as well because heavy rain from tropical storm barry is swamping parts of the state of louisiana. low lying neighborhoods outside of new orleans have been especially hard hit. more than 120,000 homes and businesses have lost power. >> and the levee system, some are struggling to handle the volume of water and the deluge is far from over. more than a foot and a half of rain. that's 50 centimeters of rain can fall over the next couple of days and baton rouge is vulnerable to flooding.

they're still recovering from a major flood a few years ago. >> so people there are nervously watching the river. which has been at or near flood stage for many months. we get more from randi kaye in batten rouge. >> reporter: the situation seems to be deteriorating. the winds are gusting, we are here on the banks of the mississippi river. we are just outside the bell casino and we have seen some small white caps which is high and you can see out there the trees, they're blowing pretty strongly. also dipping into the water and some of the water here is coming up on the edge of the steps much closer to us. but this is a real concern. it is the main concern here in baton rouge isn't so much the wind, even though it's strong. but it's the water because in 2016 a few years ago, they had a pretty major depression that hung around and sat over this area and dropped about a foot and a half of rainwater.

and those people are still struggling to get through that. i spoke to one woman who is living in a fema trailer for three years. another woman who got back into her home and who evacuated because of this storm. right now we know that the national guard is here. they have high water vehicles because they're expecting so much rain and flooding here in baton rouge. they are hoping to get to folks who are trapped in the homes and they have the public works folks checking the drainage system making sure that the water has somewhere to go and the problem is that the gulf is pushing the wind and the water up this way. this water coming down from the rain doesn't really have anywhere to go. so they're very concerned about surging and flooding here in this area. one last thing, they do have the shelters open. while they are urging people to stay home and shelter in place, if they do leave they are allowed to bring their pets

along with them to the shelters here because they don't want them to stay at home if it's dangerous because of their animals. concerns here in baton rouge and the latest from here is that it's windy and rainy. and the worst really could be yet to come as the rain and the storm hits this area. this is randi kaye reporting, cnn, in baton rouge. well, let's check in with another part of the state. guy mckin melissa is mayor of st. bernard parish. is there flooding there? >> good morning, natalie. yeah, we're in st. bernard parish, just the southern most eastern part of louisiana. we're holding up fine. the storm is basically past us. but it was very contentious here

in the beginning. it's really unprecedented, with the levels of the river, they were predicted to be flood stage at 20 feet with the storm at the mouth of the river actually push back the river. it was very contentious and the information that we needed to get to our citizens so that they can make sure that their families are safe was very important. and the governor worked with the corps and congressman scalise was even involved in making sure that the corps gave us the information so we could give it to our citizens. >> did you see much flooding? do you have power there? >> we have power. you know, at one point in time we have had s -- you know, we had 3,000 or 4,000 residents in st. bernard parish without power

but we are blessed in southeast louisiana, we didn't get the brunt of the storm. it gives us a heads up going into the hurricane season. we did have storm surge on the outlying areas of the levee system. we saw about five feet of storm surge. our fishing community, you know, they're used to that kind of surge from a storm like this. but we were very fortunate in this one, natalie. we were hit from three areas, right, so you have a high river. the gulf was surging. and this rain that we were worrying about. you guys have showed pictures of new orleans flooding. a few days before, so we were ready for all of that. we were blessed but more importantly we were prepared. >> yeah. so you're a vulnerable parish there so you feel very fortunate

that you guys are going to be okay. we really appreciate you talking with us. i'm sure it's been a long night. thanks so much and take good care. >> god bless. >> all right. now let's get a sense of where this storm is headed next. our meteorologist derek van dam is following this. >> good news there from that parish. >> yeah. he is talking from the finger quote/unquote of louisiana. they refer to that little area in the extreme southeastern portions of the state, but the overarching theme here, this is not only yet. don't let your guard down if you're in louisiana. because this is going to be a long duration rain event. the potential for flash flooding exists today and into monday. not only for louisiana, but for mississippi, alabama. western tennessee and into

arkansas. this is a large area that is going to be encompassed by tropical storm barry and it has been a very difficult weather forecast for meteorologists for a number of reasons. but you're looking at the satellite imagery. you can see the bulk of the precipitation is still located over the gulf of mexico. basically, the drawing feature of this storm is moving in a general northerly direction. that's conpounding the flash flood effect. it's going to take it with it slowly and we have a flooded mississippi river basin. you add 10, 15 inches of rainfall on top of that and the water will seek its own level and it will try and move across this region and potentially bring the flash flooding to some new levels here. you can see some of the rain bands setting up from lafayette

into the baton rouge area. it's seen one to two inch rainfall rates. we have 11 million people under a flash flood threat and this water is going to move its way across the river valley. you see the shading of red anywhere from central louisiana, right through the northern portions of the state into arkansas, western tennessee, as well as mississippi. those are areas that have the potential for 10 to 15 inches of rain that's why we have river flooding occurring along the mississippi river basin there. by the way, a very saturated environment. any wind gusts, 40 to 50 miles an hour wind gusts could easily bring down trees, power lines and that's why we still have over 100,000 people without power in louisiana as we speak. so this is a long duration event. that's the story we are trying

to hammer home here, natalie and george. don't let your guard down just let. >> great advice. so thanks very much, derek. >> thanks. the classified cables of a former ambassador have leaked again. next, what the official reportedly said about the u.s. president and the decision to leave the iran deal. also ahead here it is bastille day in france. we'll take you to paris for the pomp and pageantry. do you want me to go first or do you want to go first, brea? you can go first. audible reintroduced this whole world to me.

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welcome back. there is a new bombshell from the leaked cables of britain's former ambassador to the u.s. >> darroch accused the u.s. president donald trump of ditching the iran nuclear deal to spite the former president, barack obama. this according to a new report from the daily mail. darroch called mr. trump's decision an act of quote diplomatic vandalism. let's go live to london and let's talk about the implications of the allegation itself. the leak suggests mr. trump made the critical decision out of personal spite for his

predecessor. >> george, that's right. that comes from this new set of leaked cables that were published in the mail on sunday. i'll show you the front page, you can see that trump axed the iran deal to spite obama. this is part of a two-page summary that came after boris johnson was visiting the white house to try to convince the americans to stay in the iran deal. the summary as you noted shows that kim darroch, now the former ambassador to the united states, believed that trump pulled out of the deal just based off of personality and that he accused the white house of having no plan "b." and we're sort of seeing the results of that with the tensions in iran. a foreign office saying they wanted to find out who leaked the cables but that also it's always been clear that the uk and the u.s. differ when it comes to the iran deal so they're trying to tamp down sort of how explosive these leaked cables may be because they say that's always been their policy

of trying to convince publicly the americans to stay in the iran deal. this is not nearly as explosive as the emails leaked last weekend which showed more colorful language that kim darroch used to describe president trump and within the course of a few days he said he felt he had to resign after president trump's comments about him. and then the prime minister candidate johnson not pulling his -- putting his full support behind darroch he should stay and he felt he had to resign. >> there is a the threat from law enforcement in the uk that this could be a quote criminal matter. both contenders for prime minister have defended the press in publishing the details. the telegraphs as a matter of public interest. the broader question right now, what impact will they have on the special relationship between the united states and the uk? >> well, in terms of the police

investigation into this, they were -- i think rightly battered by both the press and the two candidates for prime minister for saying -- for trying to warn publishers off of publishing any of the leaks saying they could be subject to prosecution. now, the police have sort of walked that statement back yesterday afternoon saying that they do respect freedom of the press. you're right, you noted the two candidates for prime minister, hunt and johnson, saying they fully defend the media's right to publish this but there's a hunt on for the leaker because the police are saying that leaking these documents violates the official seekers act. but in terms of what it could do to as you said the special relationship we recently heard comments from president trump, well, i heard kim darroch say nice things about me. it's too bad, he's a nice guy. i don't think will completely ruin the special relationship but the question here in the united kingdom what is next? who will appoint the next ambassador to the united states

and what kind of appointment will it be, because ambassadors in uk are usually nonpolitical appointees. these are career civil servants not like in the united states where we see the political appointees. it another interesting to see how this row will affect the ambassadors from the united kingdom going forward. >> to your point, number ten looking into this for sure. thank you. let's dig deeper now. james boyce is a professor of international political studies and he joins us from the london bureau. >> thanks, natalie, good to speak to you. >> more fallout from the leaked cables. now we learn from the former ambassador saying that donald trump only ended the iran deal to make his predecessor, barack obama, look bad. how bad does that look for president trump? >> well, it's just another example of people suggesting that the entire political

strategy is based upon undoing the work of barack obama. it has been quipped widely that if barack obama had cured cancer somehow, donald trump would bring that back. what we're seeing here in the details is really interesting because what it reveals is the strength of the british relationship with the united states. our foreign secretary, boris johnson, could get high profile meetings with john bolton, with mike pence and with the secretary of state in an attempt to try to persuade the administration of the error of the ways and he's quite revealing as is the fact that there was clear daylight between some of those gentlemen and the president and no apparent rationale for why this decision was being made to walk away from the iran deal, except some personal animus and campaign pledges made in 2016.

>> a good point, because i want to play a video of president trump announcing in may of 2018 that the u.s. would withdraw. here it is. >> not only does the deal fail to halt iran's nuclear ambitions, but it also fails to address the regime's development of ballistic missiles that could deliver nuclear warheads. finally, the deal does nothing to constrain iran's destabilizing activities including its support for terrorism. >> the question is where he got that information. who agreed with the president a year ago? we know that secretary of state mike pompeo at the time said that iran was complying. >> well, that's right. and again, these details are revealing because that statement was made shortly after foreign secretary johnson left washington having failed to

persuade the administration to stay within the deal. and when you consider the fact that john bolton had recently joined the white house, i think many people are of the belief that that was very much the -- sort of the telling point here. that national security bolton was long known to be a hawk on this issue and it helped i think tilt the balance in favor of this. but the problem of course as these details are revealing, there's no plan "b." it's easy to walk away from a deal and donald trump has proven that over the course of his presidency. what we have yet to see from this president is the art of the deal, where's the next plan? what's going to come next? that's what we have failed to see so for from this administration. >> was this a miscalculation from president trump? that iran shows no signs of capitulation and he's trying to twist the arms of north korea, hasn't worked and china on

trade, hasn't worked. >> well, that's right. again, you know, we can look around and see what's happening in the united states with nafta and trying to get new deals there between the u.s., canada and mexico, for example. it's all well and good say the deals are in place are imperfect. guess what, most are imperfect because there is a degree of give and take which is always required. and i think that all too often we are seeing a naivete on behalf of this administration on how deals are struck and the idea of compromise which of course is a dirty word to some, but it's an essential element of international relations to get any agreements done. that really is i think a learning curve this administration needs to get on pretty quickly. >> right. considering what's going on with iran right now. the tensions and the instability that we are all experiencing with the situation.

always appreciate your insights. james boyce, thank you. >> thank you, natalie. just hours from now, immigration raids across the united states many people at this point living in fear. we'll speak to an immigration attorney about how families are coping with what's to come. also ahead here, france kicking off bastille day with a parade. we'll take you to paris next. d. right away, called my mom, called my sisters. i'm from cameroon, congo, and...the bantu people. i had ivory coast, and ghana...togo. i was grateful... i just felt more connected...to who i am. new features. greater details. richer stories. get your dna kit today at ancestry.com.

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i'll pass. welcome back to our viewers here in the u.s. and around the world. you're watching live from atlanta. i'm natalie allen. >> i'm george howell with the

headlines this hour. in new york it was lights out but the power has been restored there. this after a major blackout crippled parts of manhattan saturday night and at the peak 70,000 customers had no electricity. no one was injured or killed. power is out in parts of louisiana. the gulf coast is already under water from tropical storm barry and much more rain is on the way. the bulk of the storm is off shore as it slowly moves into the river valley. more than 120,000 homes and businesses are without power. the daily mail has published more details from leaked emails. he accused kim darroch of ditching the iran deal to spite barack obama and he said it was a move of quote, diplomatic vandalism. >> france is celebrating

bastille day. french president emmanuel macron presiding over the event. it marks a pivotal moment in the french revolution. back here in the united states, major cities are bracing for raids by immigration and customs enforcement. better known as i.c.e. >> they will take place in nine cities. the ones you see here and are set to get under way in the coming hours. officials say the focus will be on undocumented immigrants who already have court orders to be deported. well, a mother in chicago turned to a local church to seek sanctuary when she was ordered to leave the country and leave her family behind two years ago. >> and now she worries she could get caught up in the coming raises. rosa flores has the story. >> reporter: this woman has lived in chicago for some 20 years. she's the mom of four u.s. citizens who she raised in the

outskirts of town. but for the past two years, she has lived inside a church away from her family and hoping to not be deported. lena who is undocumented says she gets in a panic thinking of getting pulled away and stashed in overcrowded detention facilities she has seen on the news. she took sanctuary in this church a place federal agents typically avoid raiding. do you have a plan if there's a raid here in this church? >> no. >> reporter: but now she's worried that it could all come to an end this weekend. when planned i.c.e. raids in cities across the country including chicago are set to begin. for more than a decade, a time span covering administrations of both parties she checked in with immigration officials twice a year and there was never any issue. until donald trump took office. cnn was there in 2017 the morning of the first check-in

during the trump era. it was an emotional affair for her entire family. first, she was told she could stay for another year. >> translator: i feel very happy because i was given another year. >> reporter: and then -- her joy turned to heart break when she was asked to return to the federal building in four months with her bags packed in a one-way ticket out of the country. her daughter became physically ill. you were having a panic attack upstairs? >> yeah. i couldn't breathe. i was choked up. i couldn't talk. >> reporter: lena says that's what hurts her the most about being hunkered down the last couple of years. not being able to simply hug her daughters outside of this church. especially when they needed their mom. and that's something she may never do again on u.s. soil come this weekend. rosa flores, cnn, chicago. as we talk more about this

now, we have pamela stewart, an attorney and i appreciate your time to talk about this. the president has said this is mainly about criminals. he has said this is about people who courts have ruled should not be in the united states. the mayor of atlanta spoke about this. her feelings around what's happening. let's listen to that. we can talk about it in a moment. >> we have a very vibrant immigrant community in our city. and this notion that these raids will somehow assist us is absolutely not true. we have not asked for the assistance of the federal government, the president has not spoken with me as a mayor or anyone affiliated with this city to see if this will assist us with any crime issues we are having and it's creating chaos and anxiety in our families within our communities. >> so that's atlanta mayor keesha lance bottoms saying many

mayors have been kent in the dark about what is about to happen in their cities in a matter of hours now. >> it's true and she has been a champion for immigration and immigrant rights and the president of the administration, they're simply not being honest. there have been a lot of individuals that have been targeted by this operation already because it started on friday. friday morning, we got a call from a single mother who said that four i.c.e. officers went to her home for the sole purpose of arresting her. she had no prior crimes, she did not know she had an outstanding order of removal because a lot of these individuals are ordered deported or removed in absentia which means they were never present at the hearing because they did not receive any notice or because they did not know. maybe they changed addresses. but luckily, these i.c.e. officers something they seem to have a change of heart once they got there. they were supposed to arrest her, her 2-year-old and her 10-year-old.

once they got there, they decided not to make the arrest and asked her to come back to report for a supervision. she's obviously very shaken up. she's going to comply with everything that they have asked for, but they're not targeting criminals here, but single mothers, fathers and children. 2-year-olds as well. >> the mayor said this -- you posted something similarly on your social media, that immigrants should know their rights. explain. >> absolutely. the supreme court determined that immigrants have their -- have the right of due process. it's a basic right. and we have rights. we have rights not to answer the door. we have rights to remain silent because everything that the immigrant says can be used against them. to establish the deportation. they have a right to speak to an attorney. they have a right to not sign anything. they have a right to have their case heard. for example, if they did not receive a hearing notice, they

have a right to file a motion to reopen and have their cases properly heard before an immigration court so they can present their case. so they have due process and also they're human beings. they should be treated humanely, with dignity and respect and not like animals. >> this has implications not only for immigrants but also for american citizens who may be supporting who may be providing shelter or assistance. what are you hearing from people in the communities who at this point are uncertain? maybe in fear. >> absolutely, george, a great point. i have many american businesses that are telling me, first of all, they're going bankrupt. they can't maintain their businesses because they don't have the workers necessary to continue on. also, i have u.s. citizens that are scared. they come to me and they say, you know, is my citizenship going to be taken away. this has caused a big panic. everyone is full of anxiety. you know, it's just a big ordeal

and we want everyone to remain calm, to be proactive about it. to speak to an immigration attorney, to see if something can be done about their immigration case. but, you know, we have gone to school with folks that are undocumented. we work with them. they're our co-workers, they go to our church. this is an impact to the u.s. citizen children and can you imagine the trauma, the psychological damage for generations to come to see their mother, their father, abruptly being taken away in such a harsh manner? >> again, with lee and pinyatoe law group. you're making the point that people should know their rights as we see what happens and what plays out in the hours to come. well, protesters are gathering in hong kong for another day of marches. they're demonstrating in part of

an effort to spread their pro democracy effort across several towns outside the city's main island. >> for weeks thousands of people who have called on the government to completely kill an extradition bill that have -- that's been viewed as a power grab by beijing. >> matt rivers is in hong kong for us. it started peacefully, but didn't end peacefully what's it like here today? >> much larger crowds by a significant number. easily tens of thousands if not well over 100,000 people i would estimate at this point in today's march. it has been 100% peaceful so far. let's show you what it looks like for now. we're about two-thirds of the way through the planned route and we have been standing in this location for the better part of an hour now. the crowds that you're seeing there below really represent what we have been seeing for the last hour. the people keep coming.

you can follow the path all the way around they're continuing this march. a couple of different options, that organizers have laid out for protesters to end up at either at a public transportation station or make their way to government offices here. this is working class, largely. this protest made up of working class folks so you get elderly people here. there's children at this protest and young people here. as opposed to yesterday which was a significantly smaller protest with mainly just young students. this is a very cross-sectional look at hong kong's society. people coming out in opposition to this extradition bill like they have been over the past six weeks or so. the momentum, george and natalie, is remarkable that they have been able to sustain weekend after weekend getting the amount of people out there. they're in a different district than the protests we saw last month when it was centered

around the hong kong government buildings and central hong kong. this is in another district. and that's part of the protesters' plans here to bring the protests to as many different districts in hong kong as possible. to spread their message as far as possible and this is an area that lots of main land chinese are known to come and buy stuff at shopping malls around here. that's not lost on the protesters hoping to spread their message to the main lands. >> well, saturday brought confrontations and we know you'll be covering it for us. thanks. france is showcasing european defense capabilities for bastille day. we'll take you live to the french capital for a national french holiday that's very important there. stay with us. t-mobile. reason to join do you like stranger things? sure you do. that's why netflix is on us. and here's another reason to join. bring in your discount, and we'll match it.

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european leaders are in paris for france's annual bastille day celebration. you're looking at it right there. german chancellor angela merkel in attendance. >> macron is presiding over. if you can walk us through what is expected to come on this day. >> hi, george. it's noisy here, so i'm not quite sure that -- working on -- and the fly path is going on right now. we have planes flying over here basically that are representative not only of the french air forces but also of the navy forces and patrols and we're looking at right now -- i think we are looking at the jets and an atl 2 which is used for patrolling. this is a start of what is the

traditional 14th of july bastille day parade. it will involve -- the aircraft in the formations now. later on there will be about 40 helicopters and we're going to see in the space of the next hour and a half we're going to see about 5,000 marching troops and 250 motorized troops and all sorts of things coming down the avenue here. it's the big parade that donald trump watched a couple years ago and he created days ago. >> if you can hear me okay, the focus is on european defense but we will hear from the french president. what would you expect him to suggest are the biggest threats of security? >> he talked about european cooperations and they have to maintain their own -- in terms of russia, for example.

they're concerned about what's taking place in georgia and the ukraine and other places where russian had been in kind -- russia has been kind of aggressive. as far as the french are concerned there's the question of iran which france has a different take on iran than the united states does. so in fact there are a number of things where europe should strike its own posture with regard to world affairs and part of it is the military might. this is about european cooperation and a couple of other things as well he's emphasizing. one of the things that he wants to remind people that a hundred years ago on the 14th of july, 1919 in fact there was -- the veterans had just returned home from the war and there were the walking wounded all over the place and that's one of the things that he's emphasizing to. the treatment of veterans and treatment of the wounded.

george? >> jim bittermann on the phone for us, live in paris. you're looking at the live images from the french capital. a show of french military might, strength, on this bastille day as that nation celebrates. all right. coming up here, history made, history denied. no matter who you're rooting for, the women's final at wimbledon will be talked about for years to come. we think you know why. some more from wimbledon, next.

serena williams had dominated women's tennis for so long that seeing her lose is always a shock. and for her to lose at wimbledon in straight sets, well, that's practically unheard of. >> unheard of. but if anyone could do it, it was simona halep, the romanian champ was nearly flawless as she crushed her opponent, 6-2, 6-2. and she called it the best match of her life. >> i think it was, wasn't it? christina macfarlane is joining us from wimbledon. we'll talk about the men in a moment, but first, let's talk more about halep. robbing serena of that important win, but her play was other

worldly, wasn't it? >> that's a good word for it, natalie. this was not what we expected of halep. she had a reputation of being inconsistent, a built of a choker in the big moments. she used to get so nervous, that she was sick in the locker room before the big games. but my goodness, she was a lion out on center court yesterday. she said it was the best game she's ever seen. i think it was one of the best performances we have ever seen from a woman finalist at this level. she hit just three unforced errors against serena williams which is a record for the women's final. and she didn't even let serena get into the game in the first place and serena didn't appear to be herself out on the court yesterday. we thought the magnitude of the moment might overwhelm her. she was going for the 24th grand slam title yesterday. you know, she missed out on the chance to win her third

straight -- on the third straight final to make that 24th mark. we wonder what this will do to serena williams psychologically. she has to pick herself back up again in six weeks' time and go in the u.s. open. she admitted she was like a deer in the head lights. >> 6-2, 6-2, that had to hurt. now to the two male titans, djokovic versus federer. what is expected in this one? >> well, 56 minutes was a little bit short for you yesterday, we can expect a bit more of an epic battle today. this is the 16th time in a grand slam final that novak djokovic has played roger federer. as ever when the big three meet at the level there is history on the line. for roger federer he is looking to extend his record of 21 -- with 21 grand slam titles and for djokovic he is look for sweet 16 to add to his collection. but i have to say, this is more than just a match today because

both of these players are now gunning to be the g.o.a.t. the greatest of all time. while federer currently leads the pack on 20 grand slams a win today for novak would put him within four of that total and when you consider that roger federer is five years older than djokovic, 37 years old, i think a win takes on a greater urgency for him. if he can do it today he will become the oldest grand slam champion of all time. a lot to play for out on center court later. >> he has been talking about his age and it seems like he's freaking himself out a little bit talking about his age. but we'll be watching christina. thank you so much. >> definitely going to be one to watch for sure. so the big weekend in sport continues with the british grand prix. the uk's lewis hamilton is seeking a sixth win at the silver stone circuit in england. >> he was edged out of pole position at the qualifying race by a few fractions of a second.

but mercedes teammate -- by mercedes teammate did it. england and new zealand will face off in the world cup final in cricket and they're looking for the first title ever. >> the english are hosting the match in england and are considered the favorites. they're coming off a strong performance against australia, the defending champs but new zealand is not to be underestimated. they stunned india last week and were the world cup runners up in 2015. let's take you live back to the city of paris. bastille day celebrations taking place there. the french president is showcasing the military defense. >> marking the storming of the bastille fortress during the french revolution. thank you for watching. thank you for watching. "news day" is coming up next.

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