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, jury deliberations start this morning in the kyle rittenhouse murder trial. their job made harder after dramatic closing statements and confusing instructions from the judge. amid soaring tensions, the u.s. and chinese presidents met for more than three hours in a high-stakes virtual summit.

with so many complicated issues on the table, we'll tell you if they were able to break any ground. plus donald trump's onetime top adviser appears in court for stonewalling congress. but will this make steve bannon talk? we'll take a look. ♪ >> announcer: live from cnn center, this is "cnn newsroom" with rosemary church. thanks for joining us. just hours from now, a jury in wisconsin will begin deliberating the fate of a teenager accused of fatally shooting two men and wounding another during protests last year. 500 national guard troops are on standby outside kenosha as the high-profile trial starts to wind down. kyle rittenhouse has pleaded not guilty to all counts against him, including intentional homicide. cnn's omar jimenez has been following the trial and has more

now from kenosha. >> in this entire sequence of events from the shooting of jacob blake on sunday, august 23rd, 2020, all the way after that, everything this community went through, the only person who shot and killed anyone was the defendant. >> reporter: after about two weeks, the prosecution and the defense of kyle rittenhouse had one last chance to leave an impression on the jury. >> you cannot claim self-defense against a danger you create. >> reporter: at one point during closing arguments, the prosecution even demonstrates the moment where they say rittenhouse pointed his weapon prior to the fateful chase that ended in the killing of joseph rosenbaum, even pointing out that in the aftermath, people believed rittenhouse could have been an active shooter and that the crowd had a right to defend itself that night. >> how are we supposed to know where he's going next? and i got to stop here for a moment and highlight the hypocrisy of the defense because

according to the defense, if someone has a gun, they're a threat. if someone points a gun, they're a threat. there's only one exception to that -- the defendant. by their logic, he gets to run around with a gun all night, but, oh, we're not supposed to take him as a threat. doesn't work that way. there's no exception in the law for kyle rittenhouse. >> garbage. just like his case. >> reporter: the defense doubled down on its argument this was self-defense. >> the state wants to call my client an active shooter. kyle was not an active shooter. that is a buzzword that the state wants to latch onto because it excuses the actions of that mob. he runs two blocks from 63rd to 61st, scene two, without firing his weapon. >> reporter: attorney mark richards argued rittenhouse did what he did because he had to, especially in regards to joseph rosenbaum, the first of the two killed that night. >> kyle shot joseph rosenbaum to stop a threat to his person, and i'm glad he shot him because if

joseph rosenbaum had got that gun, i don't for a minute believe he wouldn't have used it against somebody else. he was irrational and crazy. my client didn't shoot at anyone until he was chased and cornered. >> reporter: but during rebuttal, the prosecution argued there were plenty of steps rittenhouse could have taken before shooting rosenbaum. >> no one is saying that mr. rosenbaum should have chased mr. rittenhouse. no one is saying that mr. rittenhouse did not have a right to defend himself. this case is about the right to use deadly force. hit him, kick him, knee him, anything else. and mr. rosenbaum and mr. rittenhouse are alive. >> reporter: in total, rittenhouse faced six charges until the misdemeanor of a minor in possession of a weapon was dismissed early in the day over the gun not being long enough under wisconsin statutes to be

considered illegal in the hands of a minor. but rittenhouse still faces five felony charges, all of which he pleaded not guilty to, the most serious comes from the shooting and killing of anthony huber, second of two people killed that night. rittenhouse faces first degree intentional homicide, but the lesser offenses of second degree intentional homicide or first degree reckless homicide could also be considered. those offenses could be considered if the jury is not satisfied of guilty beyond a reasonable doubt on the original charge. in regard to the shooting of gaige grosskreutz who survived after being shot, rittenhouse is charged with first -- the judge said the jury could consider the lesser offenses. on top of those two charges, he also faces two counts of recklessly endangering safety tied to the shooting either at or near two people who were not killed and first degree reckless homicide for the killing of joseph rosenbaum. the jurors now get to decide the

fate of kyle rittenhouse over a year after he killed two people and wounded a third. >> members of the jury, the time has now come when the great burden of reaching a just, fair, and conscientious decision in this case will be placed totally with you jurors. >> reporter: omar jimenez, cnn, kenosha, wisconsin. >> areva martin is a cnn legal analyst and the author of "make it rain." she joins me from los angeles. good to have you with us. >> hi, rosemary. >> jury deliberations begin in just a few hours from now in the rittenhouse trial after the defense and prosecution wrapped up their closing arguments. the prosecution saying ritten house went looking for trouble in kenosha last year, the defense saying he acted in self-defense when he shot and killed two men and wounded another. what's your assessment of those two very different arguments? >> well, i think the prosecution did a really effective job. they introduced this concept that kyle rittenhouse was this active shooter, and that term,

active shooter, is used typically in like mall shootings or these mass shootings that occur on school campuses. so i think by painting him as an active shooter, it really gave the jurors a visual of someone who was, you know, going from location to location, firing this weapon in a reckless way and wreaking havoc on this entire event that was going on, this protest. so i think the prosecutor was extremely effective in that narrative because their narrative is he was the provoker. he was the provocateur, that he set in motion everything that happened that night, that kyle rittenhouse, because he was walking around with that ar-15 rifle, because he left the location of that auto supply store, and because he pointed his rifle at mr. rosenbaum, that's why he ended up killing two people and wounding a third person. but then we heard a very different story, rosemary, on the side of the defense, who

says, no, that he was acting out of fear for his life and that his conduct was reasonable and proportional. so the jurors are going to have a lot to think about. >> so how difficult do you think it will be for the jury to fairly assess what to do and what would you expect the outcome to be, especially considering the judge dismissed the sixth charge of illegal gun possession? >> yeah, a lot of pundits are scratching their heads as to why the judge dismissed it so late in the trial. it definitely could convey to the jurors that the prosecution overcharged the defendant, and they had to dismiss one of the charges. and there was also, you know, the thought that that charge, the misdemeanor gun charge, although it only carries up to a year in jail, might have been a compromise for those that couldn't decide if there really was self-defense in this case. i think, you know, wisconsin has this very different self-defense law. the burden of proof is on the

prosecution to prove that kyle rittenhouse didn't act in self-defense, and there were some holes quite frankly in the prosecution's case. some of its own witnesses are actually corroborating witnesses for kyle rittenhouse's narrative. but the big picture, when you look at the big picture, here's a 17-year-old who is in illegal possession of a weapon. he crossed the state line. he inserts himself into a volatile protest. he says he's there to provide medical care even though he has no medical training. he says he's there to protect the building, the owners of the building didn't invite him there to protect the building. then he goes out into the street and he's with this very intimidating weapon that's strapped to his body and there's evidence that he did point that rifle at mr. rosenbaum. so the provocation jury instruction that was given to the jurors is really important for the prosecution. i think the case for the prosecution has been made, but, you know, rosemary, jurors are very hard to predict,

particularly in a trial that's been as contentious as this one, and that involves issues, i think, where we see this country polarized. those that are in favor of open carry laws and gun laws see kyle rittenhouse as a hero. those that disfavor the number of guns that are in the street think that this is the perfect case to send a strong message about public safety. >> yeah. i mean so divided. and, areva, i wanted to mention this because the judge has received a lot of attention for his outbursts directed at the prosecution and questionable comments, including a racist remark. what did you make of his behavior, and what impact could it have potentially on the outcome? >> i thought his behavior on many occasions was just reprehensible. he inserted himself into this trial in a way that a judge should never do. he made himself the center of attention which took away or undermined some of the attention that should have been placed on the facts and on the law and on

the parties of this case. that's not the role of a judge. you know, the comment that he made, the asian racial slur, again, completely inappropriate. and he also did something that could have, you know, swayed the jurors. he single handedly -- or he called out one of the witnesses for the defense because he was a veteran, acknowledged his service to the country, and then actually clapped for him in open court. again, that kind of conduct is not appropriate for a judge, and jurors are watching everything. they're watching the judge. they're watching the lawyers. and they're getting their signals from the judge, and the judge should be a neutral arbiter, should not be someone that comes off as biased for either side. so i think the judge's conduct, you know, was textbook on what a judge shouldn't do. >> areva martin, thank you so much. appreciate your analysis. >> thank you, rosemary. monday turned into a long day for u.s. president joe

biden. he started out the week signing a massive bipartisan infrastructure bill. and hours later, he held his first summit with the head of the world's second largest economy, chinese president xi jinping. it was a largely closed event, and from what we saw, things looked cordial. but according to the chinese, there was some tough talk on taiwan. and according to the foreign ministry, mr. xi said taiwan's desire for u.s. support is driving tensions. and after record chinese military activity near the island, china's president warned whoever plays with fire will get burned. cnn is covering this story from around the world. beijing bureau chief stephen gee young is live in the chinese capital. and nic robertson joins us live from london. stephen, what's china saying about what came out of this virtual meeting between the two presidents?

>> reporter: well, rosemary, just a little while ago, state media actually quoted a senior chinese official in attendance at this meeting as saying there were two important points of consensus out of this summit. one is that both sides agreed this relationship is extremely important and, two, neither side is seeking tovy acold war. so the fact that those very basic and minimal agreements can be potentially cause for celebration is really a reflection of how bad things had become, which was why even before this meeting began, a lot of people said the whole point of this virtual summit was to put a floor on this free fall in this relationship, which obviously began long before mr. biden took the white house. but after he became president, his decision to keep most of his predecessors's harsh china policies and measures as well as him talking about building this coalition with like minded democracies to counter an increasingly aggressive klchina-

those men who had a personal history were able to have some face time was considered a positive step, and this obviously allows the two governments to keep communication channels open at the very top to avoid any misjudgments, strategic miscalculation that would obviously cause harm not only to bilateral relations but even global peace and prosperity. now, at the end of the day, the two leaders very much stuck to their respective governments' talking points on a whole range of issues. but they did have a candid discussion on those sensitive issues from trade disputes to human rights, and, as we mentioned, taiwan. on that front, the chinese in their readout said mr. biden pledged to stick to the u.s. government's official one china policy, but they did not say mr. biden said that policy is very much guided by the taiwan relations act, which obligates the u.s. government to provide

taiwan with weaponry to defend itself. and the white house very much highlighting mr. biden's remarks about not wanting to see any unilateral change in the status quo. it is very much a he said/he said situation, but the fact the two men are talking and hopefully re-establishing some kind of personal rapport is going to be important, and the best result out of this, the most concrete result, if you will, is probably both governments now agreeing to set up or resume dialogue between lower ranking officials to have discussions and talks again on a series of concrete issues. and given how low the bar is or was before the meeting to judge improvement in this relationship, rosemary, that is indeed progress. rosemary. >> thanks for that. nick, with such low expectations of any concrete outcomes from this meeting, what is the best that can be achieved from this new dialogue, or is it just that -- dialogue? >> reporter: well, it's the guardrails that president biden talked about, as if those lower

level officials can establish because it seems that president biden does want to establish a mechanism or a conversation to make sure that there is no -- as president xi sort of framed it, you know, coming off track in the relationship over the tensions over taiwan, particularly when, you know, both nations have military either aircraft or, you know, battleships in that area, in numbers, at times. that can be misinterpreted. so i think, you know, if over time we see an emergence of a common dialogue between lower level officials that emerges into something that can, you know, potentially provide -- you know, i use the expression hotline because hotline is often used between capitals to reduce tensions and make that quick phone call if something is about to be misinterpreted.

if the tensions in sort of military terms on the ground continue to ramp up, then having that sort of diplomatic track, the guardrails as president biden is talking about, if that's established, that's something that i think, you know, one of the sort of standout comments that we've heard quoted to president xi was describing, you know, when you have two vessels like the united states and china moving forward together against the wind, then neither ship should yaw, should stall. so the indication there is really that president xi is framing both countries as equal but should maintain these parallel tracks and should not sort of cross into each other's lanes. again, this really sort of focuses down on taiwan. what steven is saying, absolutely correct there about these lower level meetings that may generate the next level of conversation. but from an international

perspective, from an international diplomatic perspective, the conversation was good to have had. the fact that the conversation was necessary to have represents a bad state of affairs. nothing has changed that we see overnight tonight that is actually really changed that dynamic. the potential is there, but nothing so far has changed. >> all right. nic robertson, many thanks for that. appreciate it. well, donald trump's former chief adviser, steve bannon, says he's going on the offense. more of his fiery reaction to contempt of congress charges just ahead. and u.s. president joe biden celebrates a major policy victory. we'll look at whether it's just what he needed to boost his sagging poll numbers. back in just a moment. day can . align contains a quality probiotic developed by gastroenterologists. it adds more good bacteria to your gut to naturally help soothe your occasional bloating, gas and abdominal discomfort.

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outside the court, bannon had some pointed comments for top democrats. >> this is going to be the misdemeanor from hell for mer irk garland, nancy pelosi, and joe biden. joe biden ordered merrick garland to prosecute me from the white house lawn when he got off marine one, and we're going to go on the offense. if the administrative state wants to take me on, bring it. >> in a major legislative win for his administration and fulfilling a key campaign promise, u.s. president joe biden signed the roughly $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure package into law on monday. the legislation includes money for roads, bridges, trains and broadband among other things. and president biden said it will also help ease supply chain issues. >> the bipartisan law will modernize our ports, our airports, our freight rail, to make it easier for companies to get goods to market, reduce

supply chain bottle necks as we're experiencing now, and lower costs for you and your family. >> so let's discuss this further with cnn's senior political analyst ron brownstein. thanks so much for joining us. >> hi, rosemary. >> so at last, a win for president biden after all the infighting, the low approval ratings, and high inflation. he can now tout his new infrastructure law. but will it be enough, do you think, to turn his fortunes around? >> necessary will but not suffi, right? clearly if this plan collapsed, if the build back better plan, which is still awaiting congressional approval, collapsed, conditions would be worse for him politically. but the history is that these kinds of big legislative wins -- and this is indeed a big legislative win that has the potential to affect the lives of many americans, the build back better plan even more so. those kinds of legislative wins can help you in your re-election. it's really hard, though, to

have legislative success in year one translate into political success in year two. after all, republicans lost seats in the house the year after ronald reagan passed his tax cuts in 1981. democrats lost seats in the house the year after barack obama passed the affordable care act in 2009. what the president needs for his short term political interest is an improvement in the conditions americans are worried about, primarily covid and inflation. but this does lay down some important achievements that probably will be unfolding in a way that will be useful for him if he's running for re-election in 2024. >> what's likely to happen next with joe biden's build back better proposal? how are its prospects looking, and when will americans find out how it actually impacts their lives because at the moment when they're being polled, they don't see that it's going to make their lives any better. >> exactly. you know, the democrats are in a situation very similar to the problem they faced in 2009 and 2010 when they were kind of

caught in the legislative vietnam of trying to pass the affordable care act, which ultimately became very popular, but at the time, americans did not see it directly connected to their concerns about the recovery from the financial crash of 2008. i think they do face the same challenge here where voters so far do not see a connection between their concerns about essentially returning to normalcy under covid and also getting inflation under control and this agenda. now, the build back better agenda does have a lot of programs in it that will relieve financial stress on average working families from allowing medicare to negotiate for prescription drugs to reducing child care expenses and health care subsidies, so there is a lot there if they can get it done. you know, that question kind of pivots on the same dime that we've been kind of watching for months. what does joe manchin want, and what is he willing to accept? i don't think anybody in the democratic party has a full

answer to that. they believe in the end he wants something to pass because he recognizes that failing to pass anything would be potentially catastrophic to the biden presidency, and he doesn't want to be responsible for that. but clearly he has a very different vision of what this should be than essentially everyone else in the democratic party at this point, including even kyrsten sinema. >> meantime, of course, on the other side of the political spectrum, trump ally steve bannon turned himself in to the fbi after a grand jury indicted him for contempt of congress last week. he came out fighting, though, threatening to topple joe biden and make the charges against him, in his words, a misdemeanor from hell. how will this likely play out, and could the january 6th committee have handled this better perhaps? >> well, i was just really struck by bannon's arraignment and his language today, coming at the same time that president biden was talking about the fruits of bipartisanship at the white house, you know, in unveiling this deal, which was, in fact, an agreement across

party lines. i think the bannon language is more a reflection of what the default is on almost all questions in washington, and really to me, the significance, it's not surprising that he would use this in a kind of way to try to rally the trump base. the more surprising and distressing dynamic is that so much of virtually the entire republican party in congress has been willing to side with trump and bannon and the others trying to stiff-arm this committee, trying to downplay what happened on january 6th, kind of rewriting history. and it suggests that there is a kind of bending to the knee that is still going on 11 months after the election to trump and all sorts of, you know, challenges ahead in terms of the republican willingness in congress to stand up for fair and free elections. it's just a pretty ominous sign if they are unwilling to support

a congressional committee for no other reason than defending the institutional prerogative to compel testimony from those that they need to hear from. we are on a rocky and potentially dangerous road, and each day kind of takes us farther down that path. >> all right. ron brownstein, thanks so much for your analysis. appreciate it as always. still to come, as new covid infections reach record levels in parts of europe, some countries are laying down the law to keep the unvaccinated out of public spaces.

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two explosions rocked the capital, kampala, on tuesday. the first happened around 10:00 a.m. local time near the central police station. the second blast went off less than 30 minutes later near parliament. cnn's larry ma doe low joins us now live from nairobi, kenya. larry, what more are you learning about these two blasts? >> reporter: rosemary, we don't know a whole lot about these explosions at this time except that we have seen social media video and some eyewitnesses who claim there are bodies on the scene. we have seen police use sniffer dogs. we've seen medical personnel remove some survivors from the scene of these two explosions and take them for further medical attention. this area has been cordoned off according to eyewitnesses and local media reports, and at this time police have not yet given a statement about the cause of this ploegs, how many people are injured, or how many casualties at this stage. they're working to understand a lot more of what happened here,

but these two twin explosions in the center of kampala, one at the police station, close to it, the other on parliament avenue, near a major insurance company, which is now tweeting they can confirm there were two explosions close to where their offices are and their staff are accounted for. this happened very close to the parliament of uganda, and the parliament of uganda has canceled today's session and is advising members of parliament not to report to the premises today. so very little information at this stage but this quick background for you, rosemary. last month there were two other explosions in kampala, one at a bar and another in a bus that was headed upcountry in another part of the country. and these two were blamed by police at the time on the rebel allied defense forces, which is an affiliate of islamic state. >> all right. we will of course continue this breaking news on those explosions, those two explosions in the ugandan capital, and we'll bring those details as

they come in to us. many thanks to larry madowo joining us from nairobi. well, covid infections have risen more than 20% in u.s. children over the last two weeks according to the american academy of pediatrics. and children now account for about a quarter of all new cases in the u.s. in europe, some countries are imposing restrictive new measures on the unvaccinated to fight a recent surge of new cases. starting today, the german state of bavaria is banning anyone who has not got the jab from restaurants, hotels, and other public spaces. the move comes just one day after austria imposed a lockdown on its unvaccinated residents 12 and older. for more on this, we're joined now by cnn's selma abdul azez. the unvaccinated singled out for lockdowns in a move that perhaps

would motivate more people to get their shots. what is the latest on all of this and of course reaction? >> reporter: well, rosemary, let's start with the example of austria because these are the toughest restrictions we've seen against unvaccinated people across the european region. there's about a vaccination rate of 65% in austria. that's a lot lower than what you see in most western european countries, and it was agreed in september by authorities that if the icu capacity for covid patients reached 30% in austria, then rules would be put in place against the unvaccinated. and that's exactly what's happened. you're going to see police do spot checks to try to find out if people on the streets have their proof of vaccination or not. but, again, austria is not the only country doing this. a lot of european countries now trying to beat back this rise in infections by targeting those that are not yet immunized. take a look. a traditional christmas market in austria, but this year, in order to wander through these

holiday stalls, visitors must first show they are fully vaccinated. austria, like a growing number of countries with surges of new covid-19 cases, is getting tougher on the unvaccinated. it recently ordered a temporary new lockdown that only applies to those who have not followed government advice and received the covid-19 vaccine. police have been stopping vehicles to check for covid-19 certificates though people under the age of 12 or those who have recently recovered from the virus are exempt. critics say the new rules will be hard to enforce. under the targeted restrictions, the unvaccinated can only leave their homes for specific reasons like going to work or shopping for essential supplies. people are divided over the policy. >> translator: i would say it will be difficult to control. you cannot differentiate between people that way. it creates two classes in society.

>> translator: i think it's right. it would be nice to put an end to all of this, and scientists and data show that this is possible through the vaccine. >> reporter: imposing consequences on the unvaccinated is gaining momentum, especially in places where health care systems are strained with record numbers of coronavirus patients and where vaccination rates have stalled. the german state of bavaria rolled out new restrictions banning the unvaccinated from restaurants and hotels starting tuesday. the russian government is considering legislation that would make health passes mandatory to access bars and restaurants. a proposed bill is before parliament that would require people to prove they have been inoculated, recovered from the virus, or have medical conditions that prevent them from getting vaccinated before entering these public spaces. singapore announced last week it will stop paying medical bills for covid-19 patients if they are unvaccinated by choice, a

move that many singaporeans support. >> it's been almost a year. billions of people have already taken it. i think, you know, it's about time now that people start realizing, okay, this isn't that bad. >> reporter: patience wearing thin as the virus keeps coming back, with some governments deciding there should be a price to pay for not getting vaccinated. now, rosemary, you're hearing that debate again over the right of authorities to curb civil liberties depending on whether or not you're vaccinated. that debate over whether it creates two classes, but here's the bottom line. the world health organization says that europe is the only region for two consecutive weeks now that has seen a rise in covid cases. and what authorities are trying to do is to find a way to live reasonably with the virus while still allowing the economy to resume, normal life to resume, and particularly now we're edging towards the holiday season. so rather than these nationwide lockdowns, you're going to see more and more authorities considering targeted

restrictions towards the unvaccinated, rosemary. >> and i suspect the vaccinated will be cheering them on. salma, many thanks. coming up, major outrage on chinese social media after covid prevention workers killed a pet corgi whose owner was in quarantine. we're back in just a moment.

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story out of china. covid prevention workers caught on camera killing a quarantined woman's pet dog. the woman eventually tested negative, and the incident has sparked a massive outcry on chinese social media. cnn's will ripley joins us live this hour from taipei to talk more on this. will, such a disturbing story. it's just heartbreaking. what is being said about this across china? >> reporter: we do want to warn our viewers some of them might

be very disturbed by the video that we're going to show here in a few seconds. so just want to give you a heads-up. we're showing it. we've made the decision to show it because this is important. it's important because it speaks to the misinformation about covid-19 and animals that appears to be rampant in some parts of the world, including in china. and it speaks to the fact that even more than a year and a half into this pandemic, this kind of thing is still happening, and people and animals sometimes are suffering. even in china with some of the world's harshest pandemic protocols, what you're about to see crossed a line. security footage from southeast china friday sparking outrage on chinese social media shared by a devastated dog owner. some viewers may want to look away. covid prevention workers force their way into a locked apartment. one with a plastic bag, the other a crowbar. did the leaders say we need to settle it right on the spot, one

says? yes, the other replies. before taking a swing at the head of a small corgi, cowering behind a table. the dog whimpers, runs to another room. the workers off camera finish the job. >> absolutely heartbreaking, shocking, and totally brutal. >> reporter: and in your view completely unnecessary? >> there is no justifiable reason why this should ever be done to a companion animal. >> reporter: the dog owner in quarantine. no pets allowed. a handful of people in her building tested positive for covid. she tested negative. her dog was never tested. some chinese cities like shanghai allow people to quarantine with their pets. in many places, pet owners are forced to leave their animals behind. a local government statement confirms the corgi was killed as part of a need to thoroughly disinfect homes in the area. the workers safely disposed of the dog, the statement says. they apologized for failing to

fully communicate with the owner. both no longer on the job. cnn reached out to the dog owner and authorities. so far, no response. other pets have died in china's zero covid crackdown, including these cats in september, killed without their owner's consent. she was in the hospital with the virus. >> there's no scientific evidence that dogs and cats can spread covid to humans. there is a risk if an infected person were to touch or handle a cat or a dog, but that would be exactly the same risk as if you were touching a doorknob after an infected person. >> reporter: less than three months before the winter olympics in beijing, china accused of extreme measures to fight a fresh outbreak. millions of people under mandatory lockdowns. just over 1,300 reported cases nationwide. chinese authorities under tremendous pressure to eliminate the virus. some call this a heartbreaking example of unchecked government power in the name of public

health. and this woman who owned the dog doesn't have covid. she tested negative. there were a few people in her building who tested positive. everybody went into quarantine as a precaution. the dog was never tested. health workers had no idea if the dog had covid or not. this was simply what they did to try to disinfect. animal rights activists point out that disinfecting that apartment while keeping that dog alive would have been as simple as rinsing off the dog under hot water, maybe with some shampoo. that would have eliminated the risk. but, rosemary, people don't know. there's still so much fear out there about covid and particularly in china, where they have this zero covid strategy. there is so much pressure on these local governments to eliminate the virus that some people at the local level have apparently given orders, just get rid of everything, including this woman's dog as she was in a nearby quarantine hotel watching

it all live on a webcam, unable to do anything about it. >> the consequences of fear and misinformation there. such a brutal act as your guest said. will ripley joining us live from taipei, many thanks. well, the diplomatic pressure on belarus is building with thousands of migrants looking for a way out of the standoff at the border with poland. back with that in just a moment.

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call for your free publisher kit today! the military rulers in myanmar have now charged former state counselor aung san suu kyi with election fraud. state media report she's one of 16 people facing that charge, including the country's former president. a military appointed council says laws were violated during last year's elections. suu kyi and her party won a majority of seats in that vote before being ousted in a military coup. well, after spending almost six months in a myanmar prison, american journalist danny fenster is on his way back to the united states. fenster was arrested in may, one of dozens of media workers detained in myanmar since february's military coup.

he was sentenced last week to 11 years in prison on trumped-up charges. his release was negotiated by former u.s. diplomat bill richardson. the european union is planning to impose new sanctions on belarus as thousands of migrants remain stranded at the poland/belarus border. the german chancellor and french president made calls to the bela belarusian leaders. cnn's fred pleitgen has more on the situation at the border. >> reporter: the standoff at poland's border with belarus is intensifying. poland's government saying it has thwarted hundreds of attempts by migrants to force their way into the eu. poland says the migrants' moves are controlled by belarusian security forces. text and voice messages obtained by cnn from a migrant inside the camp provide more evidence to bolster those accusations.

the belarusian forces are forcing us to try and break the barrier and are directly threatening the youth. we are afraid to tell them anything that pressures us, the text says, and goes on, the checkpoint must be stormed. we are looking for a way not to listen to them. later, we also received this video from the same person. we young people are sitting here. we don't know what they're going to do to us. they are forcing us to cross the border or something else. we don't know, he says. the government of belarusian strongman alexander lukashenko has consistently denied instigating and fanning the border crisis. but polish authorities have released videos they claim shows belarusian forces breaking down parts of the border fence and using strobe lights and laser pointers to impede the work of polish troops trying to prevent breaches. the spokeswoman for poland's border force tells me their forces are on constant high

alert. >> translator: we have observed that is mainly groups of young men that are trying to forcibly cross the border, and the belarusian forces are assisting them by giving them equipment to cut through the fence and giving them tear gas, which is used against our border guards. >> reporter: the eu and nato accused belarus of weaponizing the plight of migrants to destabilize the region. poland has put up a barbed wire fence, deployed around 15,000 border guards, police officers, and soldiers to fortify the border. poland has created several large military bases here in the border region with belarus. the polish government says it is not going to back down in this situation. they also say they could deploy even more forces to this region if the crisis continues. very few migrants make it across into the eu. some end up in this shelter in the town of bialastar. this individual from iraq, who asked us to hide his face, says he was beaten by belarusian

security forces on the trek to the border. it was a daily disturbance, he says. if you said you couldn't get up or that you were sick, they would grab us and beat us with sticks until we fell and couldn't get up again. the belarusian government insists it has handled this crisis in line with international law and instead accuses poland of a heavy-handed approach. as both sides dig in with hundreds of migrants caught in the middle. fred pleitgen, cnn, cush neets sa, poland. now to severe flooding along the canada/u.s. border. the entire canadian town of maresh, population 7,000, has been ordered to evacuate. and south of the border in washington state, streets are submerged and thousands of households are without power. hundreds of people have been displaced north of seattle. i want to thank you for your company this hour.

i'm rosemary church. have yourselves a wonderful day. "cnn newsroom" continues now with max foster.

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