♪ the barnes firm, injury attorneys ♪ call one eight hundred, eight million ♪ ♪ hello and welcome to our viewers joining us from in the united states and all around the world. i'm paula newton. coming up on "cnn newsroom," the u.s. is vaccinating at record speed. but experts worry it's still not enough to outpace yet another covid surge. we are live in jerusalem where the israeli prime minister is in court to face corruption charges. and satellite images show russia is testing new weapons in the arctic.

moscow insists peaceful motives. experts say otherwise. ♪ so, a public messaging tightrope for u.s. health authorities. they are celebrating of course those vaccination gains while emphasizing that we haven't gone back to normal just yet. now, new covid cases are holding steady or falling across much of the country as vaccination numbers rise. but a fourth coronavirus wave looms in the upper midwest, driven, in part, by increased movement. and we're now seeing more movement right across the country. this was the scene at atlanta's airport on easter sunday. i mean, take a look amid a record-setting travel weekend during the pandemic. the cdc updated its travel guidance friday, but it seems

not everyone got the message. >> the cdc says if you have the vaccine it's safe to travel, but they're asking people not to travel that much if they don't have to. is that still factoring into the decisions when you think about making travel decisions? >> um, can i say not so much? [ laughter ] not so much. i mean, we'll be vaccined. we're scheduled. so, that i guess will alleviate some worries for us. >> okay. u.s. health experts, meantime, have their work cut out for them as you can see from what she said. here's natasha chen. >> reporter: on the second easter into the pandemic, there are more signs of hope and a resurrection of life compared to a year ago. >> we share the sentiments of pope francis who said that getting vaccinated is a moral obligation, one that can save your life and the lives of others. >> the u.s. is now averaging more than 3 million covid-19 vaccines administered every day,

even with the recent discarding of 15 million potential doses of the johnson & johnson vaccine. a source familiar with the company's vaccine manufacturing process says it's not a major setback and that it can be made up in a few weeks. the federal government has now directed johnson & johnson to take over the manufacturing of its vaccine at the baltimore facility where the contamination occurred. but even with the strong u.s. vaccine rollout, some places like mississippi are seeing what appears to be widespread vaccine hesitancy. >> we need to make sure that we educate our people and let them know that this vaccine is safe, that it is -- while it is under an emergency use authorization, it has gone through clinical trials with literally tens of thousands of individuals who have done that. it has been peer-reviewed. >> reporter: mississippi also just relaxed indoor capacity guidelines. meanwhile on saturday, michigan reported its highest daily case count since december 7th. and experts warn that things

could soon get worse. >> at this time we really are in a category 5 hurricane status with regard to the rest of the world. at this point we will see in the next two weeks the highest number of cases reported globally since the beginning of the pandemic. in terms of the united states, we're just at the beginning of this surge. we haven't even really begun to see it yet. >> reporter: the cdc hasn't said whether the b.1.1.7 variant is the dominant strain in the u.s., even though its own scientists predicted it would be by now. >> these variants are concerning, but this is exactly what the virus is built to do, and the vaccine is eliciting such good immune responses that while there is a damper in efficacy probably, it won't completely obliterate the response, especially on a pandemic scale. >> reporter: 18% of the u.s. population is fully vaccinated. >> in over a year -- >> reporter: including george, who traveled from buffalo, new york, to be with family in marietta, georgia, for his first

in-person socially distanced church service since the pandemic begin. >> big step in the right direction. we're headed in the right day. >> reporter: tim and joey are vaccinated too. >> it's wonderful to be here, but it's also wonderful to see people who we haven't seen in almost a year. and you hope to keep connected to them. ♪ >> reporter: celebrating the spirit of renewal while acknowledging the challenges that are still here. >> and in the coming back, we don't want to lessen the concern for the safety of our people. so we continue to keep our safety protocols. i'm still concerned with the safety of the youngest ones to the most elderly. >> reporter: natasha chen, cnn, marietta, georgia. >> cnn medical analyst dr. rodriguez joins me now from los angeles. he's in internal medicine and viral specialist. it has to be said, what everyone is hearing is that, look, we need to be cautious. and there's even been this sense

of foreboding coming from officials. and yet i have to tell you, just traveling around this country, it is as if america has moved on from this virus. how dangerous is that posture right now? >> it's very dangerous. and, unfortunately, this is what has gotten us into trouble time and time again when we have jumped the gun, when we have stepped outside without any caution in the middle of the hurricane. and this pandemic is far from over, unfortunately. yes, we had a huge spike earlier this year that has come down dramatically. but it has not come down to the point where we were in april. so we are still at a very dangerous level. and it's a little bit disconcerting that people are just not paying attention to this, and the doors are wide open in many areas. >> yeah. and that's really what it's about. and it's as if almost people have forgotten that this virus

has still managed to outsmart us time and time again. now, the variants, they are concerning of course. there's now something that is called a mutant variant. can you explain that to us? apparently it's where two mutations come together in the same various. but what are the implications of that? >> well, it all depends where the mutations occur. very quickly biological explanation here. the virus has 29,811 beads. they're called nucletides. and it should be identical to the sequence of those beads. number one should be red, number two blue. when by chance one of those beads gets supplanted by a different color, that's a mutation. some mutations have no consequence. but some, for example, what is called the indian virus mutation, has two mutations that change the spike protein where the virus latches on. we don't think this has much consequence, but the fact that

they are two mutations affecting this very important part of the virus is, i don't want to say concern, but it's definitely worth looking at. and mutations are going to happen, paula, as long as people continue to get infected. that's a fact. >> and that is what i really want to try and get to the point to. we are starting to talk about passport vaccines. it seems a bit ridiculous, considering we're going to get ahead of ourselves. from everything that you see and how quickly the variants are spreading now, it is as if we will continually be one step behind this virus. >> well, hopefully not, but that certainly is a possibility. and some days it does seem that way. and i think you're right, absolutely, you took the words out of my mouth. i was going to say that we're almost putting the cart in front of the horse as far as talking about vaccine passports. but some countries, for example, israel has started to require people show that ty have been vaccinated in order to come in. so, some people are going to say that this is against their civil

liberties, et cetera. eventually this may go to courts. but right now we need to just stay our ground and see what is happening, what is changing before we start extrapolating into the future of vaccination passports. >> and, quickly, doctor, do you see any way that we will not have to have a booster to this vaccine -- and i know they're still doing clinical trials on this, or have to have -- have to be vaccinated again? >> well, i think that eventually we'll have to be vaccinated again, and hopefully each vaccine will be changed. and i know it will be changed to sort of protect us against the variants. the question is will we need to get vaccinated a year from the original vaccination, two years? you're right, all those studies are ongoing. it's great that the latest studies show we have at least six months' protection. and that's only how far we can go. but i do think eventually we are going to need boosters to what's going to become an endemic disease, something that is around all the time.

>> yeah, and important to remember in most areas of the world, in fact, there are no vaccines at the moment. dr. rodriguez, thanks so much, really appreciate it. >> my pleasure. now later today, british prime minister boris johnson is set to lay out a road map to further ease covid restrictions there. we expect to find out more about this plan for what are commonly called vaccine passports, and of course a time line to relaunch international travel. the government plans to test the program at live events in the coming weeks. now for more on what we can expect to hear from boris johnson, i'm joined by -- and, yet, is there some unease really that the government could unfortunately get it wrong again? >> absolutely, paula. i mean, it's sort of two sides of a coin. there's the joy, the fact that for many people in this country who have not been allowed to travel outside of this country since christmastime, since even

before that for some people. so that excitement, that anticipation, that normal life could resume in some ways, that social events, concerts and big sports events could begin to happen. that is very exciting. that's something everyone is really looking forward to in the prime minister's announcement. there is a great deal of controversy around what is cloakly known as vaccine passports, what the government is insisting is called a covid status certification but really functions in the same way. and this is something that authorities promised up and down would never happen. but one senior government official argued when we're seeing countries like israel, for example, that are requiring some form of proof that you've taken a vaccine in order to enter those countries, then why not use this dmomestically to make things better. concerns about people's civil liberties, concerns about the right for people who may not be able to take the vaccines because of health reasons, and how authorities are able to

manage this with all of these ethical concerns. they already have an uprising around 70 members of parliament who say this covid status certification will be divisive, and will be discriminatory. so prime minister boris johnson will face some tough opposition in pushing out these measures in trying to make this happen. but, yes, this announcement should allow for these pilot programs to begin to test this. and i think that's when we're going to start to see the issues come through, paula. >> and i know there's a lot of excitement about those events. a covid status certification doesn't exactly roll off the tongue. but they are on the leading edge of this because of their vaccine rollout. now, india has recorded more than 100,000 new covid-19 cases in a single day, the highest number since the pandemic began. there were more than 103,000 reported cased just in the last 24 hours, beating the previous record set last september. now the alarming figure underlines the worsening

situation inside the country. prime minister narendra modi chaired a meeting sunday to review covid procedures and called for infrastructure to be ramped up. we're going to go live to delhi. that is a big number. the caseload seems more and more alarming by the hour. what is the indian government counting on in terms of mitigation to get those numbers down? >> good to be with you, paula. well, the writing was on the wall when it comes to these alarming numbers that you're talking about. since mid-march we've seen a huge surge in the daily cases. since april there's been a huge surge within 24 hours in these cases. one was anticipating figures to reach the 100,000 mark sooner than later, and it has happened. today like you mentioned prime minister narendra modi chaired a

meeting. they have over 57,000 new cases, which is an alarmingly huge number. it's more than half the caseload that's been reported within the last 24 hours. this is a densely populated state, as we know. mumbai itself has a lot of people living in it, and there are also a slums in and around this state. a lot of people move in and out of the area as well. so it's been business as usual that these local trains that are very famous worldwide in mumbai. so you have a lot of people traveling through those trains. a special team has now been sent to assess the situation and understand why it's been the top of charts through the pandemic when it comes to the highest

covid-19 numbers through the year. also, there are a lot of festivals that have gone by. the festival of holy, it's a hindu festival, along with easter. and now there is a huge religious festival coming up in india. it's one of the biggest religious festivals not only across india but the world. you have tens of thousands of people congregating through the month of april in this area, and that's a cause for concern. the state government has put some restrictions in place, especially a covid test. but of course this could turn into superspreader, and that's the worry. but along with this, the medical experts have been saying that it should be alarming that india has crossed 100,000 cases. and given the last time india recorded a high which was supposed to be the highest which was 98,000 cases in 24 hours in

mid-september was when the lockdown, the successive lockdowns eased out and the economy was picking up. this time there's been no lockdown. so how could we expect the numbers not to increase, given that india is experiencing a second wave of covid-19? paula? >> all good points. and of course all eyes on any mutations and variants that they have there. we'll continue to keep an eye on it. appreciate it. still to come for us here, benjamin netanyahu is facing charges of bribery, fraud, and breach of trust, which he denies. we are live in jerusalem, just ahead.

the trial of former minneapolis police officer derek chauvin begins in the coming hours. it resumes, rather. he's charged with murder in the may 2020 death of george floyd. now this week jurors will hear from more witnesses after of course what were days of gut-wrenching testimony. the prosecution argues that chauvin literally squeezed the life out of george floyd. one of the most damning moments came during the testimony of the most senior officer of the minneapolis police force.

>> pulling him down to the ground facedown and putting your knee on a neck for that amount of time is just uncalled for. >> so, the defense argues floyd's pre-existing health conditions and alleged drug use are to blame for his death and say chauvin acted by the book. >> and you will learn that derek chauvin did exactly what he had been trained to do over the course of his 19-year career. the use of force is not attractive, but it is a necessary component of policing. >> israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu's corruption trial has now resumed. he is accused of bribery, fraud, and breach of trust, which he denies. it comes of course amid deep political uncertainty in israel. there was no clear winner of the recent elections.

so today the country's president is beginning to try and decide who should form a government. for more, we are joined live from jerusalem. n it is fair to say that there are different things at stake this time around as he's trying to cobble together that government. >> yes, paula, it's definitely a split-screen day. we just saw benjamin netanyahu leaving the courthouse after listening to the state prosecutor lay out the litany of charges against him, three main cases for bribery fraud and breach of trust. while he was sitting in court less than two miles away, his likud party colleagues are trying to convince the israeli presidents that netanyahu is the one who should form the next

government. so this is what benjamin netanyahu wanted to be doing monday morning, visiting the head of state, trying to convince the president to give him the mandate to form a governing coalition. >> translator: any other government that is formed that is not a right-wing government will be an unstable left-wing government that will be formed against what the majority wants. >> instead he will be at the corruption trial. and if they achieve success, that could help with his potential success in court says the head of the israeli democracy institute. >> the past two years the legal clock and the political clock are completely intertwined. nothing that happens in israeli politics can be really understood without understanding the time line of netanyahu's trial. his key motivation is to dodge

the legal process or to try and somehow overcome it. >> reporter: netanyahu faces charges in three separate cases. in case 4,000, netanyahu faces the most serious charge of bribery, as well as fraud and breach of trust. prosecutors say netanyahu advanced hundreds of millions of dollars worth of regulatory reforms for a multi-millionaire businessman in exchange for favorable coverage in the businessman's news website. in case 2,000, prosecutors say the prime minister sought favorable coverage from the publisher of one of israel's largest newspapers. and in case 1,000, prosecutors say netanyahu received gifts such as cigars and champagne from overseas businessman, something a public servant should not do. >> he created a crime that doesn't exist in the rule books of the united states. >> he denies all the charges and says he wants the case to run its course. >> basically a fake witch hunt with fake charges with

blackmailing witnesses. unbelievable. erasing documents, creating new crimes. this is ridiculous. the whole thing is just collapsing. >> in the political arena he faces what many analysts say is an insurmountable tasks trying to cobble together a 61-seat majority coalition either by trying to convince members who had defected from his likud party to return, or by getting a small islamist party to sit alongside extreme right-wing and religious parties. the opposition parties are having similar problems as they fight among themselves among who should lead a potential hodgepodge coalition. ♪ but netanyahu presses on. israel's longest-serving prime minister, hoping to keep his streak going and keep himself out of jail. paula, we are expecting hundreds of witnesses to testify, and this trial will be taking place monday through wednesday every week for the foreseeable future. in an interesting potential

twist for benjamin netanyahu, unless he gets special permission, he may have to attend every single day of that trial. paula? >> wow. i had not realized that. good to see you in your new post, and you certainly have your hands full. thank you. now, ethiopia's foreign ministry says eritrean troops have been withdrawing from the tigray region. eritrean forces are there. thousands of civilians are believed to have been killed in the conflict. a cnn investigation compiled eyewitness testimony, claiming that soldiers from eritrea were carrying out massacres, extra judicial killings, and deploying rape and sexual violence as a weapon. jordan says it's uncovered a plan to destabilize the kingdom, and the government is pointing a

finger directly at a member of the royal family. and u.s. president president biden has another big plan in the works. his next focus, a bill to create jobs and rebuild america's crumbling infrastructure.

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with the police investigation. they believe his truck slid down an embankment last friday and hit an eight-car passenger train. now, to the dramatic political events in jordan where the government has accused former crowned prince hamzah bin hussein of trying to destabilize the country. ben wedeman is following the events from beirut for us. we've all been saying it, right, the details of what's been going on here have been completely unnerving and frankly a bit bizarre. but what's at stake now that what is obviously turmoil within the royal family is now out in the open? >> i've been around for a few years, paula, that really causes

one a bit of vertigo when you look into the details of it. and of course the details are still very vague. now what's interesting is that the deputy prime minister never used the word coup d'etat in his press conference. jordanian officials are talking about attempts to destabilize the kingdom's security and stability. and of course they all resolve around hamzah bin hussein, the once crowned prince of jordan, he was declared crowned prince in 1999 when king abdullah ii became king of jordan after the death of his father king hussein. but in 2004, king abdullah turned around and named his son prince hussein the crowned prince. and it's been clear ever since that prince hamzah and his

mother, american-born queen noor were not happy about this. now the broad outlines of this situation, shall we say, would indicate that there was some sort of foreign involvement in this plot, so to speak. but the details are fairly unclear at this point in terms of what foreign entities may have been involved. now, what's at stake, of course, is the stability of jordan, an important country in terms of the west's policies in the middle east in terms of the attempts to counterterrorism in the region, keeping in mind, of course, that jordan is in the unfortunate situation of being a neighbor to israel, the palestinian territory, syria, iraq, and saudi arabia. it's home to more than 600,000 syrian refugees. at the moment its economy is in

very bad shape, and it's grappling with a severe outbreak of coronavirus. so, any form of instability of or uncertainty in jordan has impact well beyond its immediate neighborhood. paula? >> which leads me to my next question. you mentioned queen noor. she did tweet that she was praying that truth and justice would prevail and that this was wicked slander. you mentioned, how rattled would jordan's allies be? and do they have a reason to worry here? >> there is reason to worry because jordan's history. there has never been this sort of palace intrigue really dirty laundry being washed in the open like this before. and, therefore, yes, this represents something that's

unprecedented for jordan. so obviously the united states is worried as far as its regional allies, if you can call them that, are concerned, yes, they've all sort of chimed in to voice their support for jordan, but there's reason to believe that some of that support may not be all together sincere. for instance, the former finance minister jordan, former chief of the royal court, at some point became an adviser to crown prince mohamed bin salman of saudi arabia. and one of those who has been detained as a result of involvement in this situation, shall we call it. there's also some indications that there is an israeli individual who has also come out and offered a private jet for the wife of prince hamzah to get her out of the country, which

raises the question of an israeli role in all of this. so there is so many pieces to this puzzle sorting it out, if it's ever sorted out, is going to be difficult. paula? >> yeah, and the plot thickens. i'll remind you that you reminded us that you've been around a long time, and i'm glad that you're here to walk us through this, as this has been a very confusing situation for us. president biden is making jobs his latest push. he revealed a plan addressing both issues. he is whipping up support and countering critics. arlette saenz has more. >> reporter: after spending the holiday weekend at camp david, president biden will return here to the white house on monday where he will get right to work on pitching his american jobs plan. that sweeping $2.25 trillion investment in infrastructure and

jobs. the president has indicated that he believes there will be changes made to this proposal, as he's looking to not only get republican sign-on but also to ensure that his democratic caucus stays together to support this proposal. now the president has said he'll invite both republicans and democrats into the oval office to talk about their ideas for the plan. and he's also dispatched five of his cabinet secretaries, what he is calling a so-called jobs cabinet to pitch this plan to the american people and to get buy-in and just hold discussions with lawmakers on capitol hill. they are also reaching out to mayors and local governors trying to build that support out in the country. and the transportation secretary pete buttigieg talked about the president's desire for this package to both be bipartisan but also ensure that they are quick in their action. take a listen. >> the president really believes in a bipartisan approach, and it's one of the reasons i'm constantly having conversations with members of congress on both

sides of the aisle gathering ideas. bottom line is we've got to deliver for the american people, and we can't let politics slow this down to where it doesn't actually happen. >> reporter: now, republicans have been fierce in their opposition to that $2.25 trillion price tag and the tax hikes for corporations that the president has proposed to pay for this proposal. senate minority leader mitch mcconnell has said he's prepared to fight the president every step of the way. and it's not just republicans that the president needs to worry about. he also needs to keep an eye on his democratic caucus, as there are moderates who are calling for specific elements of this proposal to be changed, and progressives are saying that the president could go bolder. but one thing that you hear over and over from white house officials is that it's not just about getting bipartisan support from lawmakers, it's also building that bipartisan support out in the country, which is what you saw a tactic from them that you saw during the american rescue plan, as they're trying to get support from republicans

and democrats, ordinary american voters, as they are trying to pressure these lawmakers to get on board. arlette saenz, cnn, the white house. just ahead here on "cnn newsroom," the ice in the arctic is melting, and russia's military is taking advantage of it. we'll tell you what they're doing there in a cnn exclusive report. and safety crews in florida are working to prevent what officials say is a potential catastrophic flood situation. why toxic wastewater is threatening one community, and what authorities are doing about it. that's next. lysol disinfecting wipes together can be used on over 100 surfaces. and kill up to 99.9% of germs. lysol. what it takes to protect. - grammarly business helps my company build higher performing sales teams. since simon's team started using grammarly business to sharpen their writing, we've closed more deals. learn more at grammarly.com/business.

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international security editor in london with the exclusive reporting now. you know, experts have been warning about this for at least a decade now. and, yet, a lot of what they feared, russia seems to be trying to implement now. >> well, certainly. and the ice is melting significantly faster than many scientists, diplomats, or military experts had in fact expected. there's been a lot of talk about russia doing things. but here they are actually implementing significant military maneuvers, heightening in the last months or so with the test and completion of tests in the months ahead of these new super weapons long advertised by the kremlin head russian president vladimir putin but often thought by officials to be too terrifying to ever be possible. but there are signs they are moving to fruition, and just recently too all of this enables russia's stronger hold on what's called the northern sea route, potentially a route from asia to europe that's half the length almost of that of the suez

canal. and, remember, that in trouble recently, yet again another fact increasing competition for control on this new ice-free sea lane. it's a new frontier expanding for all the wrong reasons, with pushy neighbors rushing in. russia is seeing the arctic ice melt fast and filling the gap with a military buildup, some of it on alaska's doorstep not seen since the cold war. this is a new generation of super weapons like the poseidon, 120-mile-an-hour stealth torpedo. it's designed to sneak past u.s. koezal defenses and detonate a warhead causing a radioactive tsunami to hit the east coast with contaminated water. experts told cnn the weapon is, quote, very real. it'll be tested in the summer near norway whose intelligence head said it's not only the ecological damage that could be

bad. >> it's a strategic system, and it's aimed at targets and has an influence far beyond the region in which they tested currently. >> reporter: some said russian president vladimir putin was fantasizing when he revealed this and other new weapons like the hypersonic missile in 2018. but continuing development and tests make them very real. >> russia is projecting an image that it's developing new technology, and this of course is destabilizing the strategic balance. >> they are now starting to develop those capabilities that could reach the united states and its nato allies. >> reporter: that's not all russia is up to. cnn has obtained satellite images revealing that the system buildup of russian bases along its northern coast line, part of what a u.s. state department official called a military challenge. close to alaska, two new radar stations, a quick reaction alert

force of bombers and jets. a thin strip of land has seen the slow growth of a large air strip. and in the northernmost point is another base that's sprung up since 2015, one of several in the arctic decorated in the colors of the russian flag. and they are home to jets. a storage facility has slowly been built up for the poseidon torpedo. russia has had its eye on being the arctic power for years and is now moving to make that happen. yes, this is its coast line for sure, but u.s. officials have expressed concern that this buildup is not just about protecting, it's also about projecting power across the ice, even towards the north pole. there are new resources to exploit under the ice, yes, but

russia released this video in january of the first time a freighter got through the ice in the east in the thick winter to sell a new trade route along its northern coast. it's a possible money maker for the kremlin, cutting the current journey time from asia to europe from the suez canal nearly in half. u.s. officials voiced concern to cnn that russia is already demanding ships use russian crews and get permission to cross it. in response to russia's buildup, the u.s. has sent b-1 bombers to fly out of and marines to train in norway. who gets there first makes the rules they say in a rush for a place nobody should want to be conquerable. >> we asked the russian foreign ministry and russian experts for comment on this and received no response. but it's important to point out that russian president vladimir putin in an extensive arctic plan published twice has pointed

out that their interest in the arctic is purely economic and peaceful. and russia would argue this is its coast line so it's entitled to do exactly what it wants. but the broader issue here is that it is being matched by the other arctic neighbor, the united states, and there is a fear i think possibly that the sheer pace in which this buildup is occurring with unpredictable things like that poseidon torpedo, a terrifying notion could lead to miscalculation, could lead to simply an escalation there which nobody needs. and this is a part of the world unaccessible, bleak, desolate for millenia, which is now suddenly a place where people have to calculate what they might militarily need to do or be able to do. starting change ahead here, which is being matched by military advances. paula? >> and a change unfortunately that's only been made possible, because this is still a climate emergency when we were looking

at those extraordinary pictures of the russian ship going through that ice. nick, really appreciate the report. thanks so much. now response teams in florida are trying to prevent what authorities say is a real catastrophic flood situation. the problem is at a decommissioned phosphate plant south of tampa. officials fear the wall holding the wastewater back could collapse. the threat of toxic flooding in the area has forced hundreds of residents from their homes. the governor took an aerial tour of the site and says everything is being done to keep people safe. joining us for more on this is tyler. just the updates on this have been alarming, and yet we did get some good news in the last 24 hours? >> yes. so, paula, it looks like the threat of that wall of water coming in has lessened a little bit. so that is good news. but there are myriad hazards

with this situation with that fertilizer plant and the issues there with that leak. we have the florida state of emergency issued for manatee county. and to give you a little idea of exactly where this is located, so here's the state of florida. we'll zoom into the tampa/st. pete area because this is right where the plant is located or the former plant is located. and the issue here is that tampa bay is right over there. it is close. and they're pumping the water out so they can fix the leak here. they're pumping the water out and they're putting it into tampa bay. that's an issue because this is a huge fishing community. this is a huge fishing industry in this area. the revenue brings in $27.8 billion. it provides 173,000 jobs to the area. and with this nutrient-rich water leaking on into the tampa

bay and them pumping the water into tampa bay, well, that's letting that nutrient-rich water sitting there, and that can lead to red tie and algae blooms. and if you've lived in florida, well, you know that that can be very harmful when those red tides start to develop, because it hinders the fishing community, it causes a lot of if issue to unfortunately die, and it can be harmful to you, and it smells terrible. and, as you can see here, if all that water begins to just rush all the way in, it could potentially get all the way up to 371 olympic sized pools. here is the thing. the high tides, as you can see here, aren't going to be very helpful with this because it's actually going to push that nutrient-rich water deeper on into tampa bay. so we could be looking at some pretty big impacts from this situation. >> yeah.

we are certainly hoping that florida officials are able to get it under control because that's exactly what they want to do. tyler, thank you so much. and we will be right back with more news in a moment. when you skip the rinse with finish quantum, you save up to 20 gallons of water each time. finish quantum with activblu technology has the power to remove the toughest stains without pre-rinsing for dishes so clean they shine. join finish and skip the rinse to save our water.

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stanford is back. the women's college basketball team edged out arizona on sunday to win the ncaa championship. >> the women's tournament started with 64 teams in san antonio. and in the end stanford, the last team standing as national champions. and it was quite the journey this season for the cardinal. because the entire tournament was held in texas and because of covid protocols in their home state of california, the stanford women's team spent a whopping 87 nights in hotels this season. just goes to show you how resilient this team is. and the game against arizona very tight in the fourth quarter. under 3:00 to go, haley jones, the bucket plus the foul put

stanford up by 4. arizona had a chance to win this game but stanford all over ariel mcdonald. the winningest coach in women's college basketball history, now she has her third national title, first since 1992. >> it was a very, very tough tournament to play the three games in a week, you know, to deal with all the covid stuff, i'm so proud of our team. >> so many great players have passed through this program, and they've been coached by the greatest to develop not only as a player but just as a person, as a young woman. and so i think this is just -- it's just an honor to be able to do this for her and with her. >> to win this in the same year that she's become the all-time winningest coach, it just means everything. >> congrats to stanford. the men, meanwhile, will crown a champion monday night. it's the matchup that all of

college basketball has been waiting for. gonzaga versus baylor. one of them will leave indianapolis monday night as champions for the first time. >> and our thanks to andy there. and thank you for watching. i'm paula newton. "cnn newsroom" is back in a quick break. rapid wrinkle repair® smooths the look of fine lines in 1-week, deep wrinkles in 4. so you can kiss wrinkles goodbye! neutrogena®