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♪ hello and welcome to our viewers joining us here in the united states, and all around the world. you are watching "cnn newsroom" and i'm rosemary church. just ahead, from killer to worthy adversary, president joe biden sets the stage for his summit with russia's vladimir putin. rare and dangerous, parts of the west and southwestern united states brace for record breaking heat, whiat texans are being
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urged to do. and the unfriendly skies, kicking, punching, screaming, thousands of unruly passenger complaints, why experts say the worst could still be ahead. ♪ thanks for joining us. well, joe biden will say good-bye to brussels in the coming hours, but not before speaking with eu leaders. from there it's on to geneva for his first meeting as u.s. president with russia's vladimir putin. cnn's senior white house correspondent phil mattingly begins our coverage. >> i have found that he is a, as they say when you used to play ball, a worthy adversary. >> reporter: president biden now deep into preparation for his high stakes sit-down with russian president vladimir putin. >> i'm going to make clear to
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president putin that there are areas where we can cooperate, if he chooses, and if he chooses not to cooperate and acts in a way that he has in the past relative to cybersecurity and some other activities, then we will respond. >> reporter: even as he seeks to reestablish and tighten u.s. bonds with traditional allies in brussels the russian leader never far from his mind. >> i'm hoping that president putin concludes that there is some interest in terms of his own interests in changing the perception that the world has of him in terms of whether or not he will engage in behavior that's more consistent with what is considered to be appropriate behavior for head of state. >> reporter: and responding this way when told putin laughed when
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biden referring to the russian leader as a killer. >> as to the first question, i'm laughing, too. the answer is i believe he has in the past essentially acknowledged that he was -- there were certain things that he would do or did do. but look, when i was asked that question on air i answered it honestly. >> reporter: a lengthy list of items on the agenda in geneva, from firm warnings on cyber attacks, political prisoners and aggression in ukraine to areas of potential cooperation like afghanistan, arms control and the iran nuclear deal. >> we should decide where it's in our mutual interest, in the interest of the world to cooperate and see if we can do that. and the areas where we don't agree make it clear what the red lines are. >> reporter: biden meeting privately about baltic and
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eastern european leaders over the course of the day soliciting their positions in advance of the meeting and reassuring allies analysts say their answers factored into weeks of preparation for the unpredictable russian leader when he thrives hijacking conversations. >> translator: where is evidence? where is proof? it's becoming farcical. we know it well. >> reporter: biden's preparation was included an emphasis on ways that putin may try to pull the meeting off track as the russian leader previewed those potential lines in his recent interview. >> reporter: u.s. is a high tech country, nato has declared cyberspace on area of combat, that means they are planning something. they are preparing something. so obviously this cannot but worry us. >> reporter: but biden looking to enter the meeting with more than just his agenda in hand, spending his first full day in brussels seeking to rally
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leaders in a show of unity heading into the jen can a sit-down. the intended message to putin, western democracies are once again aligned against russian malign activity. for weeks white house officials have pushed back on criticism that perhaps the meeting itself elevates president putin and his role, his status in the world, perhaps it's happening too early in the biden administration, perhaps the president didn't have enough clear outcomes to shoot for to justify the meeting itself. they believe that the fact that the relationship is at such a low point, that there are such significant differences is why president joe biden who almost always prefers face-to-face meetings on anything whether on capitol hill or world leaders wanted to sit down with president putin. and the president addressed this idea at his press conference in brussels. there has been uncertainty from some allies about whether or not this was happening too soon. the president made clear every leader that he has spoken to in brussels at nato there has been more than a dozen in the words
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of the president found it, quote, thoroughly acceptable. phil mattingly, cnn, brussels. so let's go live now to geneva and cnn's fred pleitgen. good to see you, fred. so president biden has been preparing intensely for this high stakes meeting with a man he calls a worthy adversary. so what are the expectations and just how tricky and challenging could this prove to be? >> reporter: well, i think that both leaders in the run up to this summit i think one of the things that they tried to do is they've tried to decrease the expectations and bring all of this on to a more realistic footing. the messaging we saw from president biden and also vladimir putin as well in the run up to the summit as we heard there in phil's report, president biden saying that vladimir putin is a worthy adversary, vladimir putin for his part saying that the remarks that president biden made in the past about him being a killer that that was not something that bothered him, that he believed that president biden is a professional and respectable politician who has obviously been in politics for a very long
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time. so the two leaders are really signaling to one another that they want to get rid of all the emotional talk around this meeting and really get down to business. it was quite interesting because we heard from the russian side earlier today who said that the russians believe even if there is not a final communiqué, if there is not many things in the way of written agreements they still believe that this meeting could be useful because the relation right side such a low point, they want to bring more predictability, stability and lines of communication into the relationship between the united states and russia. now, of course, both sides say that there are going to be topics that will be touched on where there is not going to be any agreement, where it can't be achieved. for instance, ukraine would seem to be a tough topic. one of the things the russians acknowledged today is that alexei navalny and his fate will be on the agenda as well in this meeting. and then there are other areas where both sides believe perhaps some headway can be achieved, arms control is one of those areas, the situation in
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afghanistan, the iran nuclear agreement. one thing both sides have said is going to be very important to these two leaders is cybersecurity, disinformation and generally the realm of the cyber sphere where both the russians and the u.s. have said that they want some form of cooperation. the u.s. -- obviously said that it wants the russians to crack down harder on cyber criminals operating from their territory, also from hacking as well. it will be interesting to see if any head way can be made, both sides telegraphing that they believe that this meeting can be very useful and they want to make the most of it, rosemary. >> fred, we also understand that russia has indicated it's ready for a prisoner swap, but not including paul whelan. what more are you hearing about that. >> reporter: you're absolutely right about that and this is also one of the things that we understand is certainly going to be one of the topics of this meeting as well is a swap of prisoners between russia and the united states. trevor reed, for instance, on
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the u.s. side and victor booth on the other side where our crew has gotten some reporting yesterday that the judge that sentenced victor booth believes that he has been in jail for an excessive amount of time already and could very well be part of a prisoner swap with paul whelan. the russians as far as paul whelan is concerned seeming to pour cold water on that this morning. there was a statement by the deputy foreign minister where he said that paul whelan was not part of the discussions when it comes to prisoner swaps, prisoner exchanges. they do say that there is a mechanism of for that. that is not to say that an agreement could not be achieved here today or tomorrow i should say between these two presidents that would include paul whelan, but that certainly would be outside of the sphere of any sort of mechanisms internationally that are already in place for such cases, rosemary. >> fred pleitgen joining us live from geneva, many thanks. nato leaders are vowing to
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stick together to confront threats from russia and what they call challenges from china. they wrapped up their summit in brussels on monday. cnn's melissa bell is live in the belgian capital, she joins us now. so how successful was this nato alliance meeting and what is expected out of president biden's upcoming talks with the eu leaders? >> reporter: well, in the end the points of contention or areas of difference or the differences of focus that we had seen yesterday at nato seemed in the end to give way to a communiqué that satisfied everyone. the threat that russia posed, the challenge that china posed really making a step towards europeans who had been reluctant to be as hard line as joe biden had wanted them to be on the threat presented to nato by beijing. so there are two different approaches, but an agreement that there are challenges to be faced. now, today is going to be much more about how beyond military means and beyond those questions
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of security china's rise can be countered or met with an equal rise by the united states and the eu and that is all about the kind of collaboration that joe biden and european leaders here that will be meeting in the next couple of hours are going to be talking about, what we expect them to announce is a council on trade and technology essentially between the united states and the eu that represent together 40%, the world gdp. the idea is that they would join forces to try to encourage trade, technology, in order that they could counter on that soft power front, economic front, the rise of china as well. there will be a talk of course of a number of other issues and i think this show of unity between europeans who fought such a long and lonely battle these last few years in the name of the promotion of democracy, in the name of the multilateralism to see them stand to squarely shoulder to shoulder with joe biden ahead of that crucial meeting in geneva with vladimir putin will of course be one of the most important images of today, an important symbol of unity after
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so many years of fracture. >> melissa bell, many thanks. here in the united states the fallout from a justice department scandal that started in the trump era is growing. on monday house judiciary committee chairman nadler announced his committee will open a formal investigation, it will look into the justice department subpoenas starting members of congress and journalists. nadler says it is also possible that these cases are merely our first glimpse into a coordinated effort by the trump administration to target president trump's political opposition. if so we must learn the full extent of this gross abuse of power. now, meantime executives from cnn, "the new york times" and the "washington post" have met with the u.s. attorney general to address the subpoena scandal. merrick garland says he will
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work to put the department's new pledge against spying into journalists into regulation so that the promise has teeth. cnn pentagon correspondent barbora starr was among those targeted during the trump years and she is now speaking out about her experience. take a listen. >> even as top executives from cnn, "the new york times" and the "washington post" met with the justice department as i'm talking to you i still do not know why the department of justice sought my email and phone records. originally they wanted something like 30,000 of my emails, business email, business phone records and my personal email records and my personal phone in my home. >> i'm lucky to have a legal team that was able to push back and the judge cut back on the government's request.
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at one point in the proceeding we got the transcript at one point in the proceeding the court says the following, the court has to conclude the theory of relevancy upon which this request is made is not based on suff sufficient, art cla testify facts but rather on more speculative predictions, assumptions and scenarios unanchored in facts. we believe it's likely the justice department was seizing records from so many people as part of a link investigation but they did not really narrow it significantly until they were forced to. they sought my records across a broad swath but the judgment limited it to records from june and july of 201. but here is the key fact, this did not go to a secret court proceeding until the middle of last year 2020 and it was not until this may that i was even
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allowed to know that these secret court recordings had happened. they take place without the person being involved being allowed to attend. cnn lawyers represented me, they represented cnn, but it was a pretty grim prospect to learn that there had been these secret courts and i had no knowledge of it. you know, when you cover the u.s. military you're very aware that u.s. troops raise their hand, they swear to protect the constitution and as part of that they swear to protect the first amendment to the constitution in the united states. that first amendment assures protection of a free press. u.s. troops swear to do that, they will die on that hill to protect the constitution of this country. a lot of people think maybe the justice department needs to take a page out of that book. >> her story is available on our
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website at cnn.com and be sure to check that out. on capitol hill momentum is building in the senate behind a $1.2 trillion infrastructure plan. joe manchin a west virginia democrat and the senate's most critical swing vote said monday he would back a reconciliation bill assuming the bipartisan bill got a fair look. now, it is a shift for man chin who has been a road block for president joe biden's legislative agenda for months. senate republican leader mitch mcconnell says if mr. biden wants to fill a vacancy on the u.s. supreme court he better hope a seat opens up before the end of next year. listen to what he told conservative radio host hugh hewitt. >> i think it's highly unlikely, in fact, no, i don't think either party if it controlled -- if it were different from the president would confirm a
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supreme court nominee in the middle of an election. what was different in 2020 was we were of the same party as the president. >> there's been a lot of speculation about whether liberal justice stephen breyer should retire at the end of this term. democrats are confident they could get a biden nominee through the senate as long as they're still in the majority. coming up here on "cnn newsroom," new developments in that report of a possible leak at a chinese nuclear plant. the latest details next. plus a scorching and dangerous heat wave is baking much of the western u.s. we will take a look at the forecast for extreme weather still to come.
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it could be several days before this fire at a chemical plant in illinois is put out. the main concern at this time is chemical runoff spilling into a river. people living nearby have been forced to leave their homes. >> we heard some explosions around 7:15, didn't think anything of it and then a couple minutes later we heard a lot more louder explosions so we
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stepped outside and all you could see in the sky was smoke, there's burning flying debris at our house and we're worried that the house is going to catch on fire. it's scary. i hope we never see anything like this again. >> officials still don't know what cause that had blaze. to an update on the exclusive report we brought you yesterday, the u.s. assessing results of a possible leak at a chinese nuclear plant. a lot of questions about what's going on still needs to be sustained but as steven jiang reports we have been hearing from the plant's operators. >> reporter: very haven't heard much from the french side in the past 24 hours because this chinese plant is a chinese/french venture. the chinese conglomerate did issue an earlier statement saying they are continuously monitoring environmental readings both on site and in the surrounding area indicates everything is normal and that
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the company has been operating this plant in strict accordance with nuclear safety regulations and technical procedures. we have since heard more details and player fiction from edf, that's the french utility company that owns a 30% stake in the power plant. they say they are aware of an increased concentration of noble gases in the primary circuit in one of the two reactors and it says that the increased levels of these noble gases xenon and krip ton indicate a degradation of the housing of the fuel rods. they say there is no increasing pressure within the system and that the escaped gases were dissolved within the water in the system and collected and extracted. also that that's housings affected are the first of three containment barriers. but the company acknowledged that the issue of a potential leakage was first discussed last
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october after a plant refueling outage but the company says without a full analysis it's too early for them to say whether or not a complete shutdown of the reactor is needed and the company says the current readings, current levels of radiation on site are below the chinese government threshold. all that information and explanation still do not address some of the more pressing questions raised by the edf subsidiary. it is in a memo dated june 8th this french company said the situation posed an imminent radiological threat and that the chinese safety authority had been raising the acceptable limits of radiation for the area surrounding the plant to avoid having to shut it down and the revised level was more than double the initial threshold and also exceeding the french standard which is why the french company was concerned about the potential risks. so all these questions remain unanswered and we hope to pose these questions directly to chinese officials in the coming
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hours. steven jiang, cnn, beijing. and this just into cnn in response to our reporting china's foreign ministry said just moments ago that the tai shan nuclear power plant is safe and meets all technical requirements. a spokesman says there is no abnormality in the radiation environment around the plant. he says its safety is guaranteed. well, texas is having more problems with its power grid. residents are being asked to turn up their thermostats and avoid using large appliances like ovens, washers and dryers. the state he is main power grid is struggling to keep up with demand as temperatures rise. back in february a severe winter storm left millions of people in texas without power for days. a significant number of plants went offline monday although state officials could not say
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why. texas isn't the only state suffering in the heat, record high temperatures are expected across the western u.s. and meteorologist pedram javaheri joins us now with the details. good to see you, pedram. what sort of records are we talking about here and how are states responding to this? >> we've seen plenty of reports of shelters opening up from the salvation army to other shelters allowing the homeless to come into these facilities and allowing them to cool off. the concern is not just how hot it will get into the afternoon hours but how warm it will stay into the overnight hours, almost 100 degrees in some of these areas even into the overnight hours, that doesn't allow your body to effectively cool off and recover from the daytime heat. if you ask me or ask a lot of people what you think the most -- that deadly weather element is they often would pick hurricanes, maybe tornadoes, but i'm here to tell you, take hurricanes, tornadoes, put them together they still come in behind heat when it comes to every single year and the number
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of lives lost in the u.s. so heat certainly a silent killer. look at these observations in the past 24 or so hours across the state of arizona, temps into the 1 teens in spots. 110, 112 degrees across arizona. areas across california 113 degree observation, that ties a record. even as far month as montana where records this time of year around 96, a 10 # degree afternoon across places such as tell na. pretty expansive heat wave, high pressure in place, with high pressure you get sinking compressing air, what's happening across the four corners region of the united states and that is allowing temperatures to warm up in advance of summer arriving on sunday. a few days before summer arrives and we're watching upwards of 275 record temperatures possible over the next week, encompassing 50 million americans underneath these alerts around the western united states. not just there but even into parts of montana. how about these readings.
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look at phoenix, arizona, climbed to 119 degrees, all time record there is 122, but the concern is these overnight temperatures only cooling off into the 90s over the next several days. rosemary, las vegas the hottest it has ever been on the strip in vegas, 117, you will notice how close we get to it, again, before summer officially arrives and these dangerous overnight temperatures over the next few days as well. >> just shocking record temperatures there. pedram javaheri bringing us the latest on that. the spread of a contagious covid variant is worrying health experts all across the globe. coming up on "cnn newsroom" we are finding out how it's affecting reopening plans in the uk. and the partisan vote count in arizona is nearing the end of one phase, how republicans are pushing to do the same in other states. wet dishes? residue? spots? it's not your dishwasher's fault. simply add finish jetdry 3in1
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president joe biden is urging more americans to get vaccinated against covid-19 as health officials express concerns over a more contagious variant that's now spreading across the u.s. cnn's nick watt has more. >> reporter: looks like today we will pass 600,000 people killed by this virus in this country. yes, average new case counts are now a tiny fraction of the peak, but the so-called delta variant could cause more pain. >> right now in the united states it's about 10% of infections, it's doubling every two weeks. >> reporter: today in england --
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>> i think it is sensible to wait just a little longer. >> reporter: they delayed reopening due to a delta-driven surge. >> this could spike a new epidemic heading into the fall. the vaccines seem to be effective. >> the real risk is all the unvaccinated people who are very, very vulnerable to this variant. >> reporter: in part why president joe biden wants 70% of american adults to have had at least one shot by july 4th. >> i need you. i need every american to do their part. >> reporter: current projection, we will fall short in large part because of a stark partisan divide, 14 states already reached 70% and every single one went for biden in the last election. not a single state that went for trump has even reached 65%. >> it's exactly where i expect to see it start spreading and it makes me so sad that this requires has become politicized. >> reporter: another potential issue come the fall, schools. >> we have to do better. we have to maintain a level of
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urgency. >> reporter: in april 90% of k through 8 schools were open. doesn't mean 90% of kids. take the fourth grade, only about 50% attended fully in-person in large part because -- >> families couldn't handle the hybrid option, they either need them in every day or home remote. we need all students to have in-person learning every single day in the fall, hybrid should not be an option as a primary option. it can be done. >> reporter: another issue for the fall, are there going to be things that only vaccinated people are allowed to do? well, new york presbyterian one of the largest hospital systems in the country have just said that all of its staff must be vaccinated to work. here in california disneyland if you have not been vaccinated you will still need to wear a mask. if you have been fully vaccinated starting tuesday june 15th you will no longer need to wear a mask in the happiest
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place on earth. nick watt, cnn, los angeles. >> and as you heard nick just mention there the spread of the delta variant is forcing england to delay lifting further restrictions. almost all social restrictions were set to end this coming monday, but they are now pushed back another four weeks. >> i know that people have been planning and arranging important moments and that businesses have been gearing up to reopen so it is with a heavy heart and faced with this reality we have made the difficult decision not to move ahead with step four next week. instead we will pause for up to four weeks until the 19th of july with a review of the data after two weeks. >> for more on this let's bring in cnn's scott mclean who is joining us live from london. good to see you. so what has been the response to this extended lockdown and increased vaccinations?
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>> reporter: well, first off, rosemary, the prime minister insists that it will be worth it, that a little bit of caution now could save potentially thousands of lives but it's also abundantly clear that his government has been caught off guard by this delta variant first spotted in india, it is 6 had% more transmissible than the uk or alpha variant, it is also about twice as likely to land you in the hospital according to a new study and vaccines don't work quite as well against it, though the government went to great lengths yesterday to make clear this is vaccines are still highly effective in preventing hospitalization. in explaining this need for delay government scientists yesterday showed this bar chart which seems to really say it all. the orange bars are the alpha variant, the blue ones are the delta variant, you can see how it goes from zero to now 96% of all new cases that are showing up today.
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four more weeks gets the government to get everybody over 50 with two shots in their arms and everybody over the age of 18 the chance to have at least their first one. the prime minister is confident four weeks is all he will need here but also made no promises saying that if, for example, a new scarier more deadly variant were to come around that, well, things could be extended once again. there were protesters outside of downing street yesterday calling for all of these restrictions to go away on schedule, there was also a backlash, rosemary, from even within parliament because mps were not consulted on this before it was actually announced. the house speaker actually saying that he found it unacceptable that downing street was running roughshod over members of parliament. >> all right. scott mclean joining us live from london. many thanks for that. after more than a year the lights are returning on broadway. on monday host stephen colbert
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welcomed back a live audience for his late night show on cbs. hundreds of fully vaccinate d members packed into the studio. colbert celebrated his return to the stage. >> i have not been on this stage in front of a live audience for 460 days. i don't know if i even remember how to pander to the most beautiful crowd in the world. hey, look at that man right there. look at that man right there. it feels like -- it feels a little bit like the first day back at school. >> well, he seemed very comfortable. still could come, why the fbi thinks qanon conspiracy theorists may become more violent in the future. plus a rare statement from republican fire brand marjorie taylor greene and what prompted it.
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♪ me and you, we're waiting for the dark ♪ the fbi has a stark warning for u.s. lawmakers. qanon conspiracy theorists may become more violent in the future. here is cnn's whitney wild with more. >> reporter: the fbi has warned lawmakers that online qanon conspiracy theorists may carry out more acts of violence as they move from serving as, quote, digital soldiers to taking action in the real world, this after becoming emboldened by the january 6th u.s. capitol attack. the shift is fueled by a belief among some of the conspiracies more militant followers that they can no longer follow the
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plan. alarmingly the report suggests the fact that some qanon predictions haven't happened hasn't turned some followers off, instead there is a belief individuals need to take greater control of the direction of the movement than ever before, however, some qanon adherence will likely disengage from the movement or reduce their involvement in the wake of the administration change the report says. in washington i'm whitney wild. republican lawmaker marjorie taylor greene is finally apologizing for comparing covid-19 mask rules on capitol hill to the holocaust. it comes weeks after she made the remarks and after a colleague in the house announced plans to introduce a censure resolution. greene is usually defiant when facing criticism of her controversial remarks, but this time voters in her district began to express dismay. >> and i have made a mistake and it's really bothered me for a
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couple of weeks now and so i definitely want to own t the horrors of the holocaust are something that some people don't even believe happened and some people deny, but there is no comparison to the holocaust and there are words that i have said and remarks that i have made that i know are offensive and for that i want to apologize. >> well, the partisan hand recount of arizona's ballots in maricopa county is nearly finished after six weeks. the effort continues despite two legitimate orders that confirm joe biden won that state, but republicans are looking to this discredited audit as a model to push the lie that the election was stolen from donald trump. sara murray has our report. >> reporter: republican proponents of arizona's so-called ballot audit on the cusp of wrapping up the hand count. >> that's the to be counted
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corral and that's empty. >> reporter: of course, there's more to come. the auditors are launching into the murky process of analyzing the maricopa county ballots for anomalies, whatever that means. >> we have never seen an audit conducted this wayer in even the head of the company who produced the ballots for maricopa doesn't know what to make of auditors who used uv lights to pour over the ballots. we went in a dark room and put a black light and started looking at the ballots. if there's something that you can see under a black light or uv light it would be nas fact to find out. we couldn't see anything. we are not sure what they are looking for. >> reporter: the arizona spectacle after coming after two previous reviews showed no evidence of widespread fraud. spear heading the effort karen phan who says she's been cheered on by former president trump. >> i don't know what's legit, what isn't legit but why wouldn't we want to answer those questions. >> reporter: the audit has some under widespread criticism from
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both parties republicans are trekking in eager to bring audits to their states and to try to prove trump's lie that he actually won the 2020 election. josh mandel who is running for senate in ohio and often pats himself on the back for loyal a trump supporter making his pilgrimage on sunday. following in the footsteps of others like bert jones a georgia state senator. >> it was very orderly, very organized, it -- and it was very just businesslike on the floor in there and i was impressed. >> reporter: that's jones heaping praise on the audit while auking to a right wing personality raising money to help pay for the audit. all this have as the arizona secretary of state's office keeps a running log of the problems popping up in the ballot review. i don't know anything so if you want me to do anything you will have to show me a seemingly
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untrained audit worker says. another documented concern, ballots that have been flagged for additional review are being mixed in with other ballots. after a software problem a few dozen ballots remain mislabeled. sara murray, cnn, phoenix. police in texas have arrested a second suspect in connection to this weekend's mass shooting in austin. the violence unfolded early saturday in austin's 6th street bar district. police say one person was killed and another 13 were injured. officers took one suspect into custody on saturday, they say the second suspect a 17-year-old was arrested on monday while attending summer school. a security guard is in critical condition after a shooting at a popular atlanta mall. police arrested two 15 year olds, a male and a female, in connection with the shooting on sunday. they are facing multiple charges. witnesses say the two suspects
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two football powerhouses are getting ready to clash later today and the coronavirus remains a big concern at the copa america. here is patrick snell with our minute in sports. >> hi there. thanks, rosemary. we start with in us from copa america a tournament controversially being held in brazil where over 40 covid-19 cases now been confirmed among teams and service providers. monday seeing arj nina taking on chile. the life of dealing know mare donna honored. >> to the action, this group a opener, 73rd goal for his company one apiece, though.
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at the european football championships a huge match later on today as france take on three-time european champions monday while monday a goal for the ages in the czech republic's victory over scotland, amazing strike from some 50 yards out there. and in the nba playoffs trae young and the atlanta hawks have leveled their second round best of seven series with the philadelphia 76ers, 103 points to 100 victory, series level at two apiece. on that note, rosemary, it's back to you. >> thanks so much, patrick. a scary trend is taking off in the skies, the federal aviation administration because it has received 3,000 reports of disruptive passengers so far this year. cnn's dan simon reports. >> reporter: the struggle and screams coming from the most unlikely of passengers.
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an off-duty delta airlines flight attendant on board a flight from los angeles to atlanta. the pilot asking for, quote, all strong males to come to the front of the aircraft to handle a problem passenger. >> i am very thankful that it did not end badly. >> reporter: passengers saying the man who police identified as 34-year-old stefan duncan of atlanta made an announcement over the plane's pa system telling everyone to take their seats and prepare to put on oxygen masks. >> that created quite a stir amongst everyone around us, became very tense. >> reporter: the plane safely diverting to oklahoma city. according to the police report the off duty attendant making statements about being seated next to a terrorist and stark his personal items like tennis balls in various places throughout the plane, ignoring orders from the flight crew, the report says he allegedly assaulted a crew member and when another crew member tried to intervene he pushed her against the wall and put both hands
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around her neck and began choking her. cnn has reached out to duncan, it's not clear if he has legal representation. on thursday another delta flight, this one from l.a. to new york was forced to land in detroit after another passenger became disruptive. earlier this month a third delta flight from l.a. to nashville forced to make another emergency landing with a passenger trying to breach the cockpit. these incidents just the latest in a string of unruly behavior in the nations skies. the naa reporting it's received more than 3,000 reports of unruly passengers since the beginning of the year. the majority related to people not wanting to mask up. >> what we're seeing on board really is an outcome of the stress of this pandemic. people have been stretched to their limits. >> for now the question is whether things could get even uglier with summer travel season picking up and passenger numbers starting to approach pre-pandemic levels.
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