a very warm welcome to our viewers joining us in the united states and around the world. i'm isa soares in london. just ahead here on "cnn newsroom" -- >> i am here to support brian kemp. >> he has divided our party, he allowed him to steal our election, he is covering it up. >> i've done exactly what i told people would do. g that is what georgian's want.

russia's invasion of ukraine only heightens the goals of fundamental principles of national order. live from london, this is "cnn newsroom" with isa soares. >> welcome to the show. it is tuesday, may 24th. and right now, u.s. president joe biden is wrapping up his diplomatic tour in asia. earlier mr. biden kicked off the second in-person quad summit alongside leaders of japan, india and australia. the controversy was over the summit after controversial subjects. he later clarified that the issue is unchanged. and biden also spoke one-on-one with narendra modi, one key topic, russia's war on ukraine which mr. modi has been

reluctant to condemn. the war was a major topic, mr. biden addressing it in his opening remarks. have a listen. >> russia's assault of ukraine heightens the importance of fundamental principles of international order, international law, human rights must always be defended regardless of where they are violated in the world. so the quad has a lot of work ahead of us. >> cnn has reporters covering every an angle of the story. kevin liptak, the president's comments still looming over the last day of the summit. has the clarification eased nerves or has the calculus simply changed here? >> reporter: i do think that the comment has been following the president around today as he convenes the quad summit and a

reporter asked him if his comment meant that the long time u.s. policy of strategic ambiguity toward taiwan was dead, and he said no. trying to tamp down on the suggestion that he was breaking with years of policy. but really when you talk to the president's aides, you really don't hear a lot of consternation that the president went off script and i think that is because biden and his team really do think that the calculus has changed somewhat and that really has changed because of russia's invasion of ukraine. they think that if there is ever a time to put china on notice and to back ukraine publicly, it would be now. and you see that in this quad gathering that the president has really kind of revitalized, he has brought together these leaders really as a counter to china in this region. and of course the white house says that these countries do have other things that they need to talk about, they have areas of cooperation that they will find that don't really have anything to do with china, but that is kind of the looming

backdrop to the whole gathering. in their talks they did come up with modest announcement on information sharing, on maritime issues, distributing covid pediatric vaccines. but really what the president wants do as he gets ready to head back to washington is to show china that the united states is a player in this region. >> and kevin stay with us, let me go to steven. as you heard kevin say, no consternation that biden has gone off script, so what has been the reaction from beijing following that clarification? >> the chinese foreign ministry just responded to biden's clarification. basically dismissing it as part of washington's word games and they reiterated taiwan remains the reddest of china's so-called red lines even though the ruling communist party has never controlled the island. that is why officials are lashing out at mr. biden's remarks on monday and warning the u.s. not to underestimate

chinese people's resolve to safe guard national sovereignty. this fiery rhetoric not surprising and not new. the real question on the minds of many analysts and likely many chinese officials seem to be how many of these presidential gaffes if you will would take to convince the beijing leadership that there is a real shift in the u.s. policy toward taiwan. that has been replaced by strategic clarity. but regardless of backtracking from the white house afterwards. so the question becomes whether and how that shift would change the thinking and calculation of xi jinping. many seem to think instead of deterring him from attacking taiwan, he would accelerate preparations and planning because as much as beijing hates the comparison between ukraine and taiwan, one likely lesson they have drawn from the war in ukraine seems to be the longer you wait, the more difficult it may become to take over taiwan by force given the likely improvement in taiwan's defense capabilities with the u.s. getting more serious in

preparing the island to fight that war. >> very important context. stay with me. let me go to vetica. we understand that president biden is meeting with honarendr modi who has been reluctant to criticize the invasion of ukraine. what more are you learning about this meeting that took place? >> india continues to stand with its position on the invasion. but just ahead of the bilateral meeting, biden did mention that india and the u.s. will be talking about ukraine. now, one of the things that biden said and he described the war of russia and ukraine as unjustified and brutal, and he said that the negative effects and how to mitigate these negative effects of war would be discussed between the two leaders. along with that, he also said that they will be talking about the impact on the entire global

world order as far as this war is concerned. what is clear is a couple of weeks ago, we heard from the u.s. president joe biden where he said that india's stand on russia is somewhat shifty. ever since you've had a lot of top u.s. officials talking about india's stand in press conferences where they have acknowledged india's situation. they realize that russia and india share historic ties and india relies on russia for defense supplies. and also just recently about a day ago you had a top u.s. administration official come out and say to the press that we do understand that countries share different historic ties, and they have different views. and so somewhere down the line u.s. has accepted india's position, they are not happy with it, but this is something that will be discussed in detail during today's bilat. >> and let's take you to tokyo and blake essig. this is of course a quad meeting, something that we've been talking about for days now.

and a meeting that has been in place since the early 2000s. talk us through the regional goals and whether any of these goals were achieved here. >> reporter: when the four leaders of the quad came together in tokyo today, prime minister kishida says that they all had a frank discussion about the impact of the war in ukraine and the impact that it is having here in the indo-pacific and all agreed that the rule of law and sovereignty must be upheld no matter the region. and they also addressed myanmar and north korea's continued effort to develop its nuclear and missile program saying that each country would work in partnership toward advancing north korea's complete denuclearization. and while the quad leaders also addressed issues relating to climate change, vaccine, humanitarian assistance and infrastructure, all important issues, experts say the quad mainly exists to counter the

territorial claims in the region. and kishida says that the leaders expressed grave concern over china trying to change the status quo. although china's economic growth is beneficial for its trading partners in the global economy here, quad members are looking to encourage beijing to abide by international law, play by the rules and keep the seas free and open. of course china sees the quad as a coalition of countries trying to limit its economic growth and says that it reeks of military confrontation. although the quad isn't a nato mutual defense--like mission, but they continue to push to maintain maritime security. >> thank you all very much. now voters go to the polls today for primaries and runoff elections in five u.s. states. donald trump's influence looms large in republican races across

the country. former white house press sent sarah huckabee sanders is running for governor in arkansas and a slew of others are hoping to capital lid on their conne conn president. mike pence has endorsed brian kemp. and trump is supporting herschel wa wa walker's senate bit. jeff zeleny has more. ♪ >> reporter: mike pence on the campaign trail, taking sides on the eve of the georgia primary. in a rare public stand against donald trump. >> i'm a christian, a conservative and a republican in that order. and i am here to support brian kemp. i'm here because brian kemp, frankly, is one of the most successful republican governors in america. >> reporter: the former vice president rallying support for

governor brian kemp who is not only running for re-election, but trying to move beyond relentless criticism from trump who has been nursing a grudge at kemp and other republicans for refusing to overturn the last election. >> i can honestly say i was for brian kemp before it was cool. >> reporter: to make his point, kemp invited pence for the final rally of the campaign. putting a fresh spotlight on the long simmering conflict between the former president and his once loyal partner. >> president trump is wrong. i had no right to overturn the election. >> reporter: the governor is hoping for a big win over his chief rival former senator david pe perdue. >> brian kemp is a turncoat, a coward, a complete and total disaster. >> reporter: kemp has repeatedly declined to engage as he did today on a call with reporters. >> i've never said anything bad about him, i don't plan on doing that. i'm not mad at him. i think that he is just mad at me and that is something that i

can't control. >> reporter: his campaign has not been about trump but rather focused on a potential rehappen with stacey abrams who is running unopposed in the democratic primary. more than 800,000 people have already cast their ballots, a record early vote in the battleground. while many republicans have made clear that they are eager to look forward, trump's obsession with narrowly losing georgia has loomed large. he endorsed congressman jody heist to challenge the election official. >> jody is running against one of the worst secretary of states of america, a r.i.n.o. trying to turn the tables on me because i'm fighting for election integrity. >> reporter: and he famously refused to help trump overturn the election. gop voters will determine his fate tuesday. >> as long as i am secretary of

state, georgia will lead the nation in election security and election integrity and accessibility. >> reporter: the former president attacked his former vice president for coming to georgia saying it was a desperate move trying to become relevant. as for mr. pence, he did not mention mr. trump at all. simply ignoring him, but he said this election in georgia on tuesday is about the future of the republican party. that indeed spoke volumes. jeff zeleny, cnn, georgia. and be sure to follow all the key races right here on cnn. we are expecting the first results tuesday at 7:00 p.m. on the east coast. that is midnight if you are watching us here in london. 7:00 a.m. in hong kong.

finally something to cheer about, the dow soared looking to bounce back from its longest losing streak. strong earnings there jpmorgan chase and other banks driving the rally along with comments about president biden about maybe lifting some of the tariffs on china. but if we look at futures, the rally could be short lived as you can see. red arrows across the board with the dow down 1%, s&p and nasdaq down more than 1% also. more relief is on the way for u.s. families coping with the nationwide baby formula shortage. the white house says a second flight of formula will be leaving germany wednesday morning and heading straight for the u.s. it is expected to contain more than 100 pallets of the infant formula, this along with the first delivery on sunday is the equivalent about 1.5 million ounces of bottles.

the delivery is part of the biden administration administration "fly formula." and doctors are warning parents and caregivers not to dilute or mix the formula. and the white house is tracking the monkeypox outbreak as new suspected cases are reported in florida and as well as washington state. the u.s. cdc is in the process of releasing vaccines from a national stockpile for high risk people. health officials warn anyone can get the virus, but some groups may have a greater chance of exposure in this outbreak particularly the lgbtq+ community. >> those who are most at risk of getting it are those in drebt conta direct contact with the skin lesions or respiratory drop lets of someone who is infected with the virus. it cannot be transmitted as far as we know in past outbreaks as well as so far in this one through airborne transmission like covid can.

>> a cnn tally confirmed cases in at least 15 countries, uk and portugal reported additional infections on monday while denmark confirmed its first case. up next right here, officials say that the u.s. could send forces to ukraine to protect the u.s. embassy in kyiv. we have all the details for you. plus the war in ukraine front and center at the world economic forum, how russia's invasion has dealt a major blow to the world economy, that is next. because every green thumb, 5k, and all-day dance party starts the night before. the sleep number 360 smart bed senses your momovements and automatically adjusts to help keep you both cocomfortable all night and cacan help you get almost 30 minutes more restful sleep per ninight. sleep number takes care of the science. . all you have to do is sleep. don't miss our weekend special. save $1,000 on the sleep number 360 special edition smart bed, queen now only $1,999. plus 0% interest for 48 months on all smart beds. ends monday

u.s. officials telling cnn that the biden administration is considering sending u.s. special operations forces to help guard the u.s. embassy in kyiv, but they say the discussions are in the very early stages. the embassy reopened remember last week after being closed for three months. meanwhile heavy fighting is being reported in parts of eastern ukraine where russia forces have been intensifying their attacks. one official says russian mice still stliks have damaged the railway infrastructure. and volodymyr zelenskyy says they are ready for a prisoner exchange with are ush sha as

early as tomorrow and he called on allies to keep political pressure on russia. suzanne malveaux is tracking it all live from lviv in western ukraine. what more do we know about the possible prisoner exchange with russia and whether any of the azovstal fighters will be part of this critically? >> reporter: right now this is really in the phase of discu discussions, this is really not a real effort at this moment. we'll see how it plays out. but president zelenskyy telling the audience through video in a conversation in dab boston esse dabo that his country is ready for a prisoner swap as early as tomorrow underscoring the sense of urgency, but also saying that high school a humanitarian effort but it is also a political effort because it requires the cooperation of many partner and and allies to pull this prisoner swap off. and he says under no

circumstance should there be concessions to russia, but, rather the world community should continue with the economic pressure, closing those businesses. the oil embargo, the sanctions, that all of that in its totality will push this to a point to the russians, the breaking point, in which they would have some sort of exchange. but president zelenskyy also underscored really what he believes is the devalue that the russians have of their own soldiers, their own people. he noted that there are tens of thousands of body bags filled with the corpse of russian soldiers left behind. so the question really being whether or not there are any kind of value, if you will, in those people, in those russians when they talked about this kind of idea of a prisoner swap. we did hear through russian state media the deputy foreign minister saying that russia was open to a prisoner swap, but

also we heard from the leader of the russian controlled donetsk region that says that they are preparing documents for the rye bu tribunals that they plan to hold for those in captivity at this moment. and i've been in touch with the wife of one of those in cap captivity from the mariupol steel plant and she saays they she has not heard from her husband and she just continues to wait. >> and i know that you will stay on top of this story for us. suzanne, thanks very much. and while in the coming hour, european commission president and the nato secretary-general are set to address the world economic forum, nato expansion likely to be at the top of the agenda. russia's invasion has dealt a major blow to the economy. and this as new satellite images show russian ships being loaded with what is believed to be stolen ukrainian grain in the

crimean port. and they have set sail. for more, anna stewart is joining me now. so a lot for us to go through. let's start off with what we expect to hear from the secretary-general. yesterday we heard president zelenskyy addressing the dabo summit and he called for maximum sanctions on russian. >> yeah, and i expect that we'll get some reaction from some of those demands. wanting oil sanctions, wanting no trade with russia. and the eu commission president will likely have to address that. they announced a sixth round of sanctions nearly a month ago thousand but all the delays and divisions in the eu particularly from hungary have left that on the table for now. and the nato secretary-general talking about sweden and finland wanting to join nato but of course there are objections from turkey. so plenty for us to dig into. and those addresses are coming up in the next hour. >> and of course we'll bring

them to you as soon as they happen. but let me pick up on the food security aspect. grain of course, wheat and grain, ukraine is a huge producer for much of the world. the founder of dabo really was saying -- asking president zelenskyy how can we help to sort this -- put an end to this crisis. what can be done at this stage? because the risk is that the long term impact it will have on the poorest nations in the world. >> russia and ukraine collectively produce around 30% of the whole world's grain. so this war is having a very rely real detrimental impact. the playoff is that russia needs to reopen the ports. and we had very strong comments from the effective director of the world food program speaking on a panel with our julia chatterley. take a listen. >> thousannow we're taking food

the hungry to give to the starving. this is crisis mode. what do you think is going to happen when you take a nation that normally grows enough food to feed 400 million people and you sideline that? what do you think is doing to happen? and so you add the fuel costs, food costs, shipping costs, it is devastating to not just our operations but to global food security. >> if something doesn't change he says 49 million people around the world will be pushed to famine if nothing changes. >> staggering numbers. anna stewart, thank you very much. still to come, a manhunt is under way after a professional cyclist was murdered in texas and authorities say the suspected killer may have been involved in a love triangle. plus new testimony in the johnny depp/amber heard trial poses new questions, what expert witnesses had to say. after a short break.

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a suspected killer is on the run as authorities in texas investigate a possible love try triangle murder. they believe kaitlin armstrong killed mo wilson who allegedly dated her boyfriend colin strickland. randi kaye has the story. >> we're quiet over here, never had this happen before. >> reporter: tonight this woman is a fugitive, she is 34-year-old caitlkaitlin armstr u.s. marshals say she's on the run wanted on a first-degree murder charge in connection with the fatal shooting of 25-year-old anna moriah wilson. according to an arrest

affidavit, wilson an elite cyclist was gunned down earlier this month at a friend's home in austin, shot multiple times. >> if she knew she was going to be wanted for this, she probably had a five day head start. >> reporter: the motive may an jealous rage. the affidavit says both women had been in a romantic relationship with the same man, another professional cyclist named colin strickland. an anonymous police said that armstrong made statements expressing a desire to kill wilson. and on the day of the murder, they swam together and then had dinner. he dropped wilson off at her friend's home afterwards and did not go inside. later that night, wilson's friend returned home to find her bleeding an unconscious in the bathroom. officers found bullet casings on the floor and wilson appeared to be suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. despite cpr efforts, she was

pronounced dead at the scene. investigators zxzeroed in on armstrong after showing surveillance video of a suv near the home. that is according to the police affidavit. which also says that ballistic evidence recovered at the scene shows similarities to bullets test fired from a sig sauer handgun purchased for armstrong. and the potential that the same firearm was involved is significant. >> she doesn't have a criminal history and came here to texas and is residing here with her boyfriend. >> reporter: still the arrest affidavit shows armstrong had a jealous streak. strickland told investigators that while he was dating wilson, armstrong called wilson to say that she was the one dating strickland. he also told investigators armstrong had blocked the other woman's number in his phone and that he had to change the women's name in his phone so armstrong didn't know who he was

speaking to. strickland also admitted lying to armstrong about his whereabouts that day so she wouldn't know that he was with wilson. in response to the killing, strickland issued a statement saying he and wilson had only a brief romantic relationship about a week or so in the fall of 2021. he said about a month after dating wilson, he resumed his relationship with armstrong. wilson's family also released a statement reiterating that she was not in a romantic relationship with anyone at the time of her death. randi kaye, cnn, palm beach county, florida. >> "new york times" reports another sexual assault case involving actor bill cosby is headed to court, this time in a civil trial. judy huff accused him of forcing her to perform a sexual act on him at the age of 16. memory has changed since she first made the allegations. cosby claims the story is made

up. defamation lawsuit between amber heard and johnny depp, some questioning whether depp will take the stand again or heard will rest her case after calling multiple expert witnesses to the stand. jean casarez breaks down the events on monday. >> reporter: monday there was a lot of expert testimony in regard to money damages in the depp case on the side of amber heard, there was an expert witness that testified that the op-ed that amber heard had published in the "washington post," that it did not ruin johnny depp's career, that he ruined it himself. but there have been witnesses for depp that have said that three days after that op-ed came out where amber heard said i am a public figure and i'm the face of domestic abuse, that disney sent a communication saying that final decision that they would they would not be using johnny depp in pirates of the caribbean 6. now, in other testimony because this is a defamation case,

credibility is so important and credibility of amber heard is really at stake here. in australia in 2015 when depp was making pirates of the caribbean 5, he testified about his finger being severed. the tip of it. he said that amber heard had thrown vodka bottles at him and that one of them landed on the edge of the bar, it broke, and that then severed his finger. heard's team put on an or the speed d orthopedic version and said that can't be so. >> it is not consistent in what we see in the described injury pattern or the clinical photographs. and there are several lmelement. the description was hand being flat on the bar and the bottle crushing the finger from the top. but looking at the images, there is really no significant injury and to create the type of injury

with that team of a crush injury, we would anticipate both injury of the fingernail and other parts of the finger. >> reporter: amber heard testified herself that she doesn't know how the finger was severed but that there was a phone on the wall and that johnny depp forcibly gutted it out of the wall and she believes that is how he severed his finger. but we haven't seen any pictures of any phone or any hole in any wall and once again, this is all about the credibility. so heard is still in her case in chief, she has not rested. tuesday morning here in the united states, the question will be will she rest and it goes then into the rebuttal case, or will she keep going and the pivotal question is, will johnny depp get back on the stand and if so, who will call him. jean came sarscasarez, cnn, new. and the war in ukraine hit a

milestone on monday, and it happened in a courtroom. a 21-year-old russian soldier was sentenced to life in prison for war crimes. he pleaded guilty to killing an unarmed civilian in the early days of the war. and a long time russian diplomat announced his resignation and blasted what he called an a aggressive war unleashed by the president. and russians profoundly disagree with what mr. putin is doing. and with me now, clare sebastian. and he also said in his resignation letter, it called it a bloody war pretty much lambasting russian leadership. >> he did not hold back. and this is rare. he was a 20 year veteran, an employee don't forget of the foreign ministry. extremely rare to see this kind of dissent at this point.

just another part of his post on linkedin, he said the aggressive war unleashed by putin against ukraine and in fact against the entire western world is not only a crime against the ukrainian people but perhaps against the people of russia. he names vladimir putin and goes on to accuse the foreign ministry of lies and in-profi unprofessionalism. and the state department, the foreign ministry has not commented, but state department says that this stands that many are willing to stand up to putin. and so the open question, is that true. are there many people willing to stand up to putin. and we have seen various examples of dissent, but i was looking at polls of public opinion, and if you ask did you personally support the actions of the armed forces of ukraine, in march 53% definitely yes, in april just 45%. so there is a shift there. but we move to putin's approval

rating which in february was just 71%, and in march, it jumped after, 83%. now just down a fraction to 82%. so no concrete answer as of yet to whether this represents a sea change. >> and so far we've heard nothing from russia from the kremlin regarding this resignation. >> nothing at all from the kremlin or the foreign ministry. today there will be a regular call with journalists, but as of yet nothing. and that in itself potentially ominous. remember putin never mentions the name of alexei navalny. so when he doesn't mention something, that is something to watch. >> clare, thank you very much. and still to come here -- >> you can see just how completely full this dormitory is. bunk bed next to bunk bed next to bunk bed. >> cnn heads to the u.s./mexico border where desperation is growing as thousands wait for a

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tens of thousands of migrants are still waiting to enter the u.s. despite a judge's ruling keeping in place title 42, the covid-related law that allows border agents to turn my grants oig away from the u.s. [ speaking foreign language ]mi. [ speaking foreign language ] >> reporter: are you nerves that they won't let you enter the country? >> translator: yes, not knowing how long we'll have to be here, especially for the baby. he is only a year and a half old, so yes, it is difficult. >> reporter: thank you so much for your time.

so his story there, very similar to other stories that we have heard in this shelter, the shelter is called the good shepherd shelter, and it is completely full at the moment. the majority of migrants here are actually haitian, but as you heard there, he is venezuelan, there are people from honduras here and this shelter which can hold 80 people is completely full. and i want to enter one of the dormitories. and bear with us because it is a little dark. there are no lights in here. but you can see how completely full this dormitory is. it is just bunk bed next to bunk bed next to bunk bed. there are dozens of people living in the facility, most of whom are spread out, and they asked us to respect people's privacy so that is why you are seeing empty beds. but there are people sharing bunk beds. and remember this is one of the most dangerous cities in mexico and so people who come into the shelter can't leave unless they have a good reason to do so.

one of those legitimate reasons would have been to apply for asylum at the border and many were hoping here that with the expiration of title 42 that they could have gone to the border to do that more easily. of course that didn't happen with the federal judge in louisiana continuing to allow that policy to be in place. and that has been very disappointing for people here, many of whom would have gone to the border to try and apply for acai lull. and we spoke to the director of the facility who told us thatlu. and we spoke to the director of the facility who told us that things can't continue like this, he is building another facility across the street that can house horn d more than double than he has right now, and he already knows that there won't be enough room to handle all the people still in the area. >> and that was matt rivers reporting there. and a political career off to a whirlwind start, south

korea's new president is a foreign policy novice but already thrust on to the world stage after a summit with president biden. and he is tackling the relationship with north korea and doing it head-on. he spoke with paula hancocks. and paula is joining us now live from seoul with the very latest. so paula, what kind of shift or policy change are we expecting to see if any from president yoon? >> i think that we'll see a shift. he did talk about his prede predecessor, moon jae-in, his tactics and said his approach has shown not to work, many calling it survival diplomacy. and he said that that is simply not working. however, we're seeing really a dual track approach from the president at least from what he was saying in our interview. you see on one hand with all the intelligence assessment saying

that missile test or underground nuclear test is imminent from north korea. he said if there was that seventh test there would be a stronger and firmer response than there had been before, it would be kood naturdoord nature coordinated with the u.s. and when i asked if he would speak to kim jung-un, he said that it was up to kim jung-un to initiate that dialogue. and that is a massive if because at the moment he does not appear interested in talking, far more interested in testing his weapons. and he also said he doesn't want north korea to collapse, he would like to see a north korea that prospers alongside south korea. and also talking briefly about covid which pyongyang hasse h admitted an outbreak. and he said that he would offer vaccines, masks, testing kits, but i asked as you say that so publicly, as does the united states, it is very difficult for

kim jung-un to be able to publicly accept help from the two of you. how else could you get that aid to the north korean people. >> translator: if north korea accepts these medical supplies to quickly distribute them to its people, we will provide them in any method north korea wishes. it could be through a third country or international organization. we are fully prepared. >> north korea also now publicly saying that the outbreak is easing. unfortunately, we all know from bitter experience that covid outbreak does not ease within just a couple of weeks. >> paula hancocks for us in seoul, thanks very much. still to come, california's governor says that if residents don't control their water usage, the drought will get worse. and we'll have the latest on that and including this -- >> we already know the drought situation is pretty rough across portions of the western u.s., but what if i told you

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california's governor says that the state needs to cut back its water usage now or

restrictions may come into play. the state is in its third year of an extreme drought and reservoirs are at critical lows. and all this as they are bracing for higher than normal temperatures. pedram javaheri has the latest forecast. >> and this incredible heat has been in place for a couple of days and now the central valley of california, about 7.5 million americans under the heat advisory where temperatures, as hot as 103 degrees which is about 20 degrees above seasonal averages. 82 is normal in sacramento there for this time of year. 101 what we expect on tuesday. could be a record. 102 we expect on wednesday. also on pace here to be a record. and notice bakersfield, even palm springs, temperatures running at least 5 to 20 degrees above average. but there is the record for sacramento, a record standing since the early 1950s. and we know the drought

situation has been pretty bad, but the average rainfall daifd today across long beach, 1.4 inches have come down since may 24th. and the perspective is that 14% of normal has occurred and we're entering dry season. this is really a bad setup when it comes to the excessive heat and of course the upcoming fire season. just toward the east, a mvp weather severe weather across texas. and winds and hail, very little in the chance of tornadoes here, but looking at some storms across houston as far as wednesday afternoon is concerned. could bring in heavy rainfall across the landscape. >> thank you very much. and now major league baseball has suspended yankees third baseman josh donaldson for one game for what they call inappropriate comments. tim anderson who is black told

them that donaldson called him jackie multiple times during saturday's game, an apparent reference to jackie robinson who was the mlb first black players. donaldson admitted it but denied any racist tensions. bob costas says donaldson has a reputation for stirring up trouble. >> he has a prickly personality. he is a provocative guy. he is very edgy. he's had run-ins with umpires, with teammates, opponents. that is not unheard of among players, but he has a pattern of that. okay. when he read this sports illustrated thing, he says that he started calling tim anderson jackie every time their paths crossed. that is just designed to dig at him. and he has to be more aware. there is 1,000 ways if you want to be obnoxious, if you want to be a bench jockey, if you want

to get on the other guy's nerves, there is a bunch of ways without going to that territory. >> josh donaldson has appealed the suts pspending. and the celtics have evened up the series with the miami heat. jayson tatum led all scorers with 31 points for boston. the celtics jumped out to a big lead in the first quarter, never looked back. the heat shot a miserable 33% from the field and starting lineup scored only 18 points. game five is scheduled for wednesday night in miami. and that does it here for me. do stay in touch, details will be on your screen and meantime our coverage continues on "early start."

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good morning and welcome to our viewers in the united states and all around the world. it is tuesday, may 24th, i'm laura jarrett. >> and i'm christine romans. we begin with primary day and one of the most watched races in the country this season in voters' hands today. polls open in five states this morning and former president trump's influence will be tested. in alabama, there is a primary to replace richard shelby who is