and welcome to our viewers here in the united states and all around the world. i'm michael holmes. i appreciate your company. coming up here on the program, new video. one of the devastating strikes forcing russia to retreat in southern ukraine as volodymyr zelenskyy reveals the regions his troops have retaken. also, changing up the fight. u.s. and nato forces using what they've learned from the russians to alter the way they train. and a chaotic scene at a funeral.

israeli police beating with batons. >> live from cnn center, this is "cnn newsroom" with michael holmes. >> ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy says more than a thousand towns and villages have been retaken so far from russian forces, including six more over just the past 24 hours. he says the russian military is paying a heavy price for its aggression. >> translator: today we can report 200 downed russian military aircraft. russia has not lost so many aircraft in any war in decades, and russia has lost almost 27,000 soldiers. >> ukraine also says russian troops continue to retreat from around the city of kharkiv in

the north. farther south, ukraine claims it successfully blocked a russian advance at a key river. you're looking at drone video there showing pontoon bridges destroyed. also tanks and other heavy equipment destroyed as well. meanwhile, russia's top general and the u.s. defense secretary spoke by phone for an hour on saturday, their first chat since the war began. the pentagon says secretary lloyd austin again appealed for a ceasefire and to keep the lines of communication open. all right. let's look closer now at the bloody retreat of russian forces from kharkiv. cnn's nick paton walsh is there and reports on the shocking devastation the russians are leaving behind. >> reporter: charred, chewed and mauled. northern kharkiv stars seem infinite. putin's troops breathing artillery fire down the neck of this city of a million for two months. but even still, it's a shock to

see just how close the russians g got, on the other side of this road. we are told this is from demining, a controlled blast. yet here everything is fluid. ukraine stopped russia's advance here on the first day of the war, killing two soldiers by this armor. three civilians shot dead in this car, and their bodies recovered only two days ago. you can see the colossal force used against armor here. a tank tourette, literally that full distance thrown off the tank body. >> reporter: a village lies ahead, liberated days earlier. people are starting to go back, he said, but they are still shelling it. two women died two days ago when they walked on to a trip wire traps set in the village. and even around these factory,

special forces here warn as a soldier was wounded by a booby trap three days ago. the ze d-markings of russia's invasion still a deranged sign of their collective insanity even two months on. why do they do this? they say they reclaimed this area about a week ago, but they're now in the difficult task of demining what they can. but look around here. there is really not much left to make safe. these civilians evacuated from the next village, just two kilometers away. "it's a nightmare," she says. "the shooting is heavy" the driver adds when we let them race on. desperation takes different forms here, and caught by another kind of survival is dimitri, whose wife moved away a while ago, wheeling back food he's got for his six dogs. "i haven't really left my home

for two months," he said. "i cross the field past the bomb fragments to get the food." a sign of how long the violence has swell here, not that it is slowing. nick paton walsh, cnn, zurkuny, ukraine. a former nato supreme allied commander. good to have you back, general. let's start with this. the ukrainian defense minister said on facebook on friday that the russians are scaling back their movements in order to settle into a new longer phase of the war. do you believe that, that this is going to go on for not just months but perhaps even years? >> well, i think there is continuous calculation on russia's side, on putin's side on what the most advantageous move is. it will be a battle position for russia when the ground fully

dries out in eastern ukraine. it may be possible at that point for russia if it makes a breakthrough to exploit with armored forces in the conventional way that you see in the war films about the germans and the russians and how they fought in world war ii with wide open maneuvers, dust trails following the tanks and so forth. he also may believe that he's got a better chance if he mobilizes forces, retrains a little bit, waits for china to settle its leadership issue and to count on stronger chinese support. this pushes back a decision period to, let's say, late october, early november, or even into the early part of 2023 after the ground freezes. >> yeah, because at the moment, it's simply too muddy for them to go into the fields, as you say. there has been this more fierce fighting at the azovstal steel plant. why is it taking so long to

capture that place, and how embarrassing for the russian military given its failure to do so given its overwhelming numerical superiority. >> this is a very tough piece of terrain. it's underground. it's bombed. it's convoluted. there are a million corner, pockets, places to hide, ways to get elevation and snipe. it's enormous. and if you don't know it like the back of your hand, you're going to blunder into an ambush and get shot. and the ukrainians that are defending this, they know it. they've been there. they've studied it. they've worked it. so when fresh russian soldiers are put into it, it is a meat grinder. >> going back to the broader battlefield, it seems russian forces are pulling back from the kharkiv area, which of course is very close to the russian border. some analysts are saying that situation is starting to look like kyiv in terms of the ukrainian forces having success

with counteroffenses. do you expect more counteroffenses given the arrival of this new more powerful western weaponry? >> i think it's all about the balance of power, and i think if the ukrainians believe they can spare forces from holding the line in donbas, and that's a long line, all the way from the kherson area in zaporizhzhia, all the way up toward kramatorsk and beyond, if they can spare the forces from that, still maintain a mobile reserve, still maintain the artillery return fire, then they could push to outflank the russians by continuing northward, northeastern, eastward from kyiv. and certainly that's what the russians fear. that's why they've blown their bridges. >> yes, exactly. in the longer or medium term, do you think putin is likely or intends to annex those areas it

does occupy in the south, in the east of the country, then say as he did in crimea, that those places are part of russia? >> well, i think he certainly has the capacity to do that. he certainly is considering doing it. he hasn't done it yet for a couple of reasons. number one, they're not classified. they've still got a lot of resistance in there from regular ukrainian forces that have infiltrated back in and are continuing sabotage, sniping, and occasional artillery rates in there. number two is i think he still believes he can swing some part of world opinion his way. and once he announces the annexation of these areas, that's over. and the advantage for him would be that then when the ukrainians attack, he could say they're attacking russian soil. this gives me the right to use nuclear weapons to defend myself. >> yeah. >> so it's a trade-off for him.

>> yeah, that is the big fear, if he does declare those areas part of russia, then the russia nuclear doctrine of self-defense could come into play again, which is very worrying. got to leave there it, unfortunately. general wesley clark, as always, appreciate your expertise. >> thank you. ukraine is starting its first war crimes trial since the conflict began. the suspect is a 21-year-old russian soldier, vadim who appeared in court on friday. prosecutors say he carried out orders to shoot and kill an unarmed civilian in the early days of the war out of concern the victim could reveal the russians' position to the ukrainians. if convicted he could face between 10 and life in prison. ukraine says it's investigating more than 11,000 war crimes cases. now last hour, i spoke about the trial with the ukrainian human rights lawyer and asked why it's

important to hold the proceedings now instead of waiting for the international criminal court. >> the problem with international criminal court is that icc will focus on several episode. icc will never cover all war crimes which is committed in the frame of this war. and this means that other crimes which will not be selected by icc will remain the responsibility of national system. >> there are reportedly 11,000 potential crimes under investigation. i mean, how many could there end up being? the war's only been going for a few months. >> yes. it's already unprecedented number of war crimes. and we are not sure that ukrainian national investigative body and ukrainian national justice will be able to cope with such a huge amount of

crimes. right now we're thinking how to ingrain into the national element, into the national system. maybe it will be a more official tribunal or something like this to strengthen the capacity of the ukrainian national system to deliver justice. >> how vital is it, not just for ukrainians, but in a way for the world global order that there is accountability for what has been happening to civilians in ukraine? >> it's very important, because in our part of the world, russia and their representatives weren't punished for the crimes which russian soldiers committed in chechnya, which russian soldiers committed in crimea, donbas, and we have to stop this circle. we have to bring to justice not only russian soldiers, but also the top military and political leadership of russia.

>> europe will soon be sending more desperately needed support to ukraine. the eu's foreign policy chief says the bloc will provide military aid worth $521 million. he made the announcement friday while attending the g7 foreign ministers meeting in germany. meanwhile, finland says russia is cutting off electricity exports to the country. russia claims it's due to late payment, but it does come a day after finland's leaders announce their support for joining nato. moscow only provides about 5% of finland's total power usage. now to latvia where u.s. and nato special forces are using lessons learned from russia's ruthless war on ukraine to change how they train. cnn's fred pleitgen reports. >> reporter: a lonely road somewhere in latvia. then suddenly an unmarked u.s. special forces plane touches down.

practicing medical evacuation of a casualty under the toughest circumstances. what these special operations forces are doing requires a huge amount of skill. they're operating a pretty big plane on an extremely narrow runway that's normally a road, and all of that in the middle of the night. however, this could be a very real scenario when trying to extract a patient from a dangerous environment. nato's special operations command granted us rare access to these medevac drills with elite nato units on the condition that we don't disclose the identities of those taking part and even modulate their voices. the special forcesed me diblgs t medics tell us the war in ukraine is changing the way engage. >> how are we going to transport them to the surgeon? >> during the wars in iraq and

afghanistan, the u.s. built a system of medical evacuations by helicopter that military officials say gave casualties a more than 90% chance of survival, even from catastrophic wounds. that's because they often got to an operating room within an hour of being wounded, the concept of the golden hour. the fact that you guys had air superiority was the bedrock of what got you that golden hour. and that's something that will evaporate you think? >> i think we can all agree. just watching the last seven to eight weeks of conflict that assumption seems to be pretty valid. >> reporter: and that means it could take longer to get wounded comrades to hospitals, and that operations may need to be performed on or near the front line. >> it's not ideal, but if it has to happen here, then we're able to do it. >> the spirit of what we're doing is called prolonged casualty care, prolonged field care. and the concept is identifying the strategies that will help us prolong life in order to get that patient to surgery.

>> reporter: the special forces medics say they're learning a lot from ukrainian medics, who are providing care for their wounded while often under fire from the russian army. >> doing a phenomenal job of clearing the battlefield and implementing some of these strategies, taking care of their patients en route. so you're not just throwing a person in the back of a van and leaving them unattended. you're putting somebody with medical care in there with that patient while they're being transferred. >> and then leaving the patient. >> reporter: and so that's exactly how u.s. and nato special forces are now training, turning a regular cargo van into a makeshift ambulance, and constantly caring for their patient until they arrive at makeshift airfield. they kept the patient alive for three days before a medical evacuation flight was possible. it's all an exercise, but a scenario they fear could become a reality. >> the rate at which we're collaborating now is more than i've seen in 20 years in the military and in previous

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an emotional day and a chaotic one in jerusalem as the slain al jazeera journalist shireen abu akleh was laid to rest. israeli police, as you can see there, rushing and attacking mourners trying to carry her casket through the crowd. they also ripped palestinian flags from a hearst carrying her coffin. the israelis ban carrying palestinian flags in some situations. we have this report. >> reporter: muslim prayers at a catholic hospital. a display of palestinian solidarity for shireen abu akleh. from strangers and family alike.

her niece. >> she meant everything to me and clearly to everyone we can see. she made a huge impact on pal stan and all the people. she left her fingerprint on everyone's heart. >> reporter: as the funeral procession began, israeli police first blocked the coffin from moving forward, then charged, hitting several pallbearers with batons, the coffin nearly falling to the ground. things are very tense here. the funeral procession tried to walk out of the hospital. israeli police did not allow it. they threw in tear gas, flash bombs trying to disperse the clouds. now it appears the hearse, the car is being brought here to try to bring the coffin out. israeli police insist they acted against stone throwers, but cnn did not see any stones, but did witness dozens of plastic bottles being thrown at police. what is clear is that israeli police ultimately used force to try to contain this outbreak of

grief and anger. shireen abu akleh was beloved by palestinian viewers for giving them a voice and chronicling their struggles. born and raised here, jerusalem was her home. israeli authorities did finally permit the family to bring her coffin to the church by car. thousands of mourners were also ultimately allowed to swell the streets, carrying her atop a river of grief, anger, and defiance to her final resting place at the mount zion cemetery. even at her own funeral, it seems shireen abu akleh gave voice ato the struggles and frustrations of so many palestinians. in the u.s., a new study shows the pfizer vaccine rapidly loses its effectiveness in children to get the omicron variant. the vaccine was more than 90% effective against the original

virus for kids between aged 5 and 15. but once omicron dropped in, the efficacy dropped to less than 29% for kids between 5 and 11. the effectiveness was measured two months after receiving the second dose. but the study shows boosters did restore much of the vaccine's protection. the white house covid response coordinator has a pretty grim forecast for covid-19 in the u.s. dr. ashish jha says the country could potentially see 100 million coronavirus infections this fall and winter if congress doesn't approve more funding for vaccines and treatments have a listen. >> we're looking across a range of models, preliminary models because we're projecting the fall and winter. we're looking to try to plan what we might see. and indeed, the model suggests if we have no vaccines for americans this fall, winter, we don't have testing, we don't have treatments, we could end up

seeing a pretty sizable surge of infections in the fall and winter. so there are a lot of different models out there, a lot of different scenario planning that we're doing, and we're trying to plan for these kinds of situations. >> a senior white house official tells cnn that 100 million is a moderate number that falls somewhere in the middle of more conservative and more extreme predictions. i'm michael holmes at the cnn center in atlanta. for our international viewers, "inside africa" up next. for our viewers here in north america, i'll be back with more news after a break.

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the president is extremely focused on this. >> we're looking at every possible angle. >> reporter: stories of depleted or empty store shelves and panicked parents across the country ratcheting up the pressure on the federal government. >> so we are working on every lever here to expedite addressing this and to ensure when people go, when mothers go to the grocery stores in the coming weeks that they will see the shelves stocked. >> reporter: the president convening a call with manufacturers and retail theirs week to discuss ways to boost production. the administration also announcing other initiatives, like cracking down on price gouging and importing more baby formula from abroad. cnn also learning that the white house is strongly considering invoking the defense production act to try to ease the pressure, though it is seen as a longer term, not an immediate solution. >> the production of baby formula is so specialized and so specific that you can't just use the defense production act to

say to a company that produces something else, produce baby formula. it just doesn't work that way. >> reporter: and one major problem is getting in the way of faster progress, according to the white house, hoarding. >> what we are seeing, which is an enormous problem, is hoarding. people hoarding because they're fearable. that is one element and people hording because trying to profit off fearful parents. >> about whether it waited too long to act and hasn't been aggressive enough. >> i don't think it's about a label. i think it's about addressing directly the need that families all across the country have. >> reporter: and also reticent to publicly predict when the shortage will end. >> we're working to move as quickly as possible that is the candid, honest answer. >> now when cnn had asked the white house earlier in the week whether there is federal guidance for parents who can't find formula in stores, they didn't have a good answer. but on friday, the white house

announcing now that there is a new website, hhs.gov/formula that has some basic information for what parents might try to do if they can't find baby formula. now important to emphasize that one of the reasons there is such panic and concern among parents across the country is because there is not a good substitute for formula or breast milk. some parents are now asking questions like whether it is safe to dilute formula, whether it is safe to make formula at home. and the answer to both of those questions is no. mj lee, cnn, the white house. >> now earlier, cnn spoke with food and agricultural reporter helena evich at politico. we asked whether the biden administration really could have done more and sooner. >> well, i think it's important to note that this has really been brewing for months, if not years. so int got worse over the

holidays. i was already hearing from parents complaining about supply. and then we have a massive recall of some of the biggest brands in the country in february. so this has been -- i'm calling it a slow-moving train wreck. it has been building for a long time. but part of it, you know, was in response to a safety concern. so it's hard to say whether or not, you know, biden himself acted -- didn't act here. certainly republicans are seizing on that, and you are hearing just relentless attacks from republican lawmakers trying to pin as much blame as possible on the president directly. clearly they see some political points to be gained here. >> dozens of homes in orange county, california still under evacuation orders as the coastal fire continues to burn. county officials say the blaze destroyed at least 20 homes and damaged about a dozen others. the state's prolonged drought is

driving the brushfire. it has burned roughly 200 acres in about three days and is only about 25% contained. southern california expected to see rising temperatures over the weekend, making firefighting even more difficult, could even lead to new outbreaks. joining me now, cnn meteorologist derek van dam. it's just getting worse and worse, and it's getting more and more. it's a year-long fire season now. >> yeah, right, that's what firefighters are saying, that they have to prepare for fighting a fire at any month of the year. that's just incredible and kind of terrifying as you think about it. but let's talk about what has led to this particular moment in time. remember, we're coming off the winter season. basically, november to april is when the state of california receives the majority of its precipitation. and if we go back to october of last year, i want you to pay attention to this shade of red that goes through much of the state. 87% of the state of california in october of last year was under extreme drought. then you fast forward to the

beginning of this year, during the course of the winter, they received some healthy snow and rain throughout the state that reduced the extreme level down to just 1%. but look how it has rebounded now to 60% of the state, covering this area. 60% of california now under extreme drought, and conditions continue to get worse. unfortunately leading to these brushfires that have unfortunately created such problems. you can see the coastal fire at 25% containment. and if you talk about areas in southern california, just look at the rainfall deficit we're dealing with here. we're only at 14% of average for long beach. that's very close to where the coastal fire actually began. and western united states here, just a picture of drought. 91% of the entire western u.s. under drought conditions. and a similar scenario unfolding across the state of new mexico, where they are creeping closer and closer to actually breaking the largest wildfire in the state's history. currently right now at 270,000 acres scorched from the calf

canyon and hermits peak fire. and they don't have that far to go before they break that largest fire of all time for state of new mexico. look at the space images coming out of new mexico. you can see the fires burning and the smoke billowing, impacting the quality of the air. the dry conditions continue over the next following week, and the temperatures, as michael talked about a moment ago, starting to build into southern california. we'll see that heat shift a little further east. and we have the potential to shatter over 125 record high temperatures from today through next sunday. in texas, you're going to heat up as well with daytime highs in the triple digits. so california to texas to the plains, this is an area that's extremely dry, and they're finding temperatures extremely warm and well above average. michael? >> it sure is. good to see you my friend. derek van dam, thank you very much. scientists say climate change is behind south africa's worsening flood season. a new report says the heavy rains behind last month were

twice as likely as they would have been if greenhouse gas emissions had never heated the planet. more from johannesburg. >> reporter: the intense flooding in south africa in april caused widespread disruptions. tens of thousands pushed from their homes, more than 400 people killed in that flooding. there is still people missing. and a huge amount of many lost in infrastructure especially. now a group of scientists from the world weather attribution project have done a rapid analysis, both based on observations on the ground and computer modeling which they say that shows even with the current level of global warming, that kind of rainfall, that kind of destruction was made worse because of climate change, and it could happen more frequently in this part of the world. we also know based on our reporting and scientific exposes

and discovery that the southern part of this continent will be affected very badly by climate change. more frequent droughts in namibia, botswana and zambia, as well as other countries in that band as well. scientists say this proves yet again that more needs to be done quickly, both to prevent the worst effects of climate change that we're living with right now, and to stop it from being much worse. david mckenzie, cnn, johannesburg. coming up here on the program, u.s. women's basketball star brittney griner made her first appearance in a russian courtroom on friday. we'll have the latest development in her case after having spent nearly three months in detention. and if loose lips sink ships, what do loose tweets do to a publicly traded company shares while in the middle of a multibillion takeover? elon musk learned that lesson on friday.

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a russian court extended u.s. olympian and women's basketball star brittney griner's detention until at least june 18. brian todd has the story of what might be going on behind closed doors as the u.s. government tries to negotiate her release. >> reporter: seen for the first time since her arrest, brittney griner is shown handcuffed with her head down as she learns her time in detention in russia has been extended. according to taas, a russian court has ruled the american basketball star will be detained until at least june 18th, drawing a swift response from the white house. >> i would just reiterate the russian system wrongfully detained ms. griner. >> reporter: that's an accusation the state department leveled at the russians last week. the russian foreign ministry issues a statement to cnn saying griner's detention is based on objective facts and evidence

that griner was caught red-handed trying to smuggle hash oil. in russia, this is a crime. and that griner faces a prison term of up to ten years. >> this is an escalation. you can't presume that she is going to be given a fair trial. you can't presume that the process isn't weighted. >> reporter: griner was jailed in mid-february. russian authorities say they found cannabis oil in her luggage when she arrived a at moscow airport. despite the ramping up of heated redrick over griner's case, we asked a former white house hostage adviser what could be going on behind the scenes. >> at the national security council and within the highest levels, we're going continue to insist on a proof of life confirmation of her health condition, and thirdly, specific location. those are things we want to have as a backdrop to then move into the diplomatic process. >> reporter: an american diplomat was able to meet with griner on the sidelines of her hearing on friday and says griner is doing as well as can be expected under exceedingly difficult circumstances.

analysts worry about her and fellow american paul whelan, also detained in russia. >> it's not a pretty picture. so i think we have to be concerned about their health, obviously, on a day-to-day basis and the conditions in which they're being held. >> reporter: wheelan has been detained since 2018 on espionage charges which he has denied. one analyst says that charge doesn't bode well for him. >> espionage charges, that's basically for life in russia. so i think the united states, if they're involved in that negotiation, together with other governments, that's going to take a very, very long time just because of the complexity of the case. >> reporter: the analysts we spoke to are all worried about the health and living conditions of brittney griner and paul whelan, but they say as americans, they're probably being treated better than the russians that putin has in prison because they say one thing the putin regime will try hard to avoid is having an american die in their custody. brian todd, cnn, washington. tesla founder and ceo elon

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famous international affair. cnn's bianca nobilo with the story. >> reporter: ukraine, your vision has always been very important. and now in this period of war, it's become even more important. >> reporter: while his countrymen fight on the front lines, oleh, age 26, the lead singer of the kalush orchestra, was given special permission to leave the ukrainian battlefield for the eurovision stage. >> translator: of course this is a huge responsibility and stress, especially now with the missiles flying around. a lot of my relatives are in danger, and this causes lots of pressure. >> reporter: one of the core members of the group chose to stay behind and fight, while the commentator at eurovision set up a studio in a bomb shelter. ♪ the song "stefania," written before the war began about his mother, has now taken on greater significance. >> translator: it is true that this song has become very

popular and has been perceived as an actual anthem of the war. but i would rather it is called the anthem of our victory. >> reporter: fusing ukrainian folk elements with rap, the group's performance combines past with present at a time when the country's future is unknown. and what would a victory for ukraine in the eurovision song contest mean for your country? >> now for ukraine, it is important to have victory in all different aspects. and a victory in this eurovision contest would raise the spirits of the ukrainian people a lot. so i hope to bring good news for ukraine because there hasn't been any good news for a long time. >> reporter: eurovision known for its zany costumes was born from a desire to promote cooperation between countries in the years following the second world war. viewed by almost 200 million people, it's an exercise in soft power. votes usually align with the country's alliances and sympathies, with neighboring countries and blocs often giving points to each other.

historically, belarus and russia have voted for one another. but this year they've been banned from competing. >> russia has been disqualified from lots of events. the world shows it is on our side, that they are condemning the invasion of one country into another country in the center of europe. >> reporter: from a little girl belting out "let it go" in a bunker, to trapped soldiers singing inside the besieged azovstal steel plant as the russians shell it, defiance has running out through the chaos of this war, a fight to which oleh and his band will soon return. >> as soon as eurovision ends, we'll go back to ukraine. if it comes back to that, all of us will go and defend our country until the very end. >> bianca nobilo, cnn. >> thanks for spending part of your day with me. i'm michael how many times. you can follow me on twitter and

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live from cnn world headquarters in atlanta, welcome to all of you watching us here in the united states, canada, and all around the world. this is "cnn newsroom." i'm kim brunhuber. just ahead -- >> translator: russia has lost more than 3,000 tanks, armored combat vehicles, a large number of conventional military vehicles. >> ukraine's president reveals what he calls the extent of russia's losses in putin's war of choice.