♪ kwjt hell row and welcome to all of you watching us here in the united states, canada and all around the world, i'm kim brunhuber. ahead on "cnn newsroom" -- >> if when the russians decide to move through and take this territory, it is unhlikely thes soldiers will r see them, not up close. >> cnn is in the trenches to show you what ukrainian forces are facing. monkeypox spreads across

europe. we'll look at how the virus is spreading in the u.s. and the push for vaccines. millions of americans hitting the road this holiday weekend but fright delays and rising gas prices are putting the brakes on many of those, hoping for a great escape. we begin in ukraine where russia is said to have bombed an island it just abandoned two days ago. ukraine released this video saying it shows russian air strikes on sfanake island frida night. they used phosphorus bombs which cnn can't independently verify. russia is trying to destroy the equipment they let behind after leaving the strategic island in the black sea. this as a senior u.s. defense official says ukraine has used the u.s. made high mars multiple

rocket launches to take out russian targets. at least four of those are in ukraine with four more on the way. president zelenskyy is accusing russia of terrorism following friday's residential strikes near odesa. at least 21 people were killed with 40 others wounded. zelenskyy said no one should buy russia's usual spin on attacks like this. >> translator: no one hit any military equipment, ammunition. as russian propagandist and officials always tell about such strikes. i emp sies, this is not some mistake or accidental missile strike. >> the u.s. officials say russia may face more attacks from behind the front rhinos. they say trhree recent asas fac

attempts a growing resistance movement in the south. back on the front lines, russia is pressing ahead with its grinding offensive in the east. the city sloviansk is within striking distance. they are outgunned as they push back against russian forces. >> reporter: these ukrainian fighters know it won't be long now. the russians are getting closer. firing heavy munitions into this dense forest everyday. vladimir shows us where cluster bombs and much bigger rounds have fallen close to their camp. incoming fire booms steadily nearby. as is showed to us, the advanced multitank weapons were hugely effective earlier in the war, but they're not the weapons ukraine needs most for this

fight in the east. >> translator: you can hear it, he says. every one of our heavy shots they make ten or 20. it's because we lack artillery. outgunned by the russians, outnumbered, too. >> of course they're coming, he says. there are many more of them than us. the fighters positioned in this forest a short distance from russian lines are all volunteers who signed up when the war started. for weeks they have been waiting, ready to carry out one job, to attack any russian convoys trying their luck on a nearby road. if when the russians decide to move through and take this territory, it's unlikely these soldiers will see them, they will see more of heavy weapons, rocket fire, big heavy weapons that russia is using to drive ukraine forces back steadily, slowly across this region.

russia's big weapons don't just fall in the forest. a key city in the donbas is now within easy range. here russia's artillery destroyed a local business. six people outside a supermarket were injured when cluster bombs dropped around them. bo bomblets killed a man and a pet. terrifying many more people. the expotions blew debris over her bed. she tries to brlock out noise with a pillow every night. >> the russian advance is only a short drive from this road. almost every home has someone

living in it. the people here are still reluctant to leave. she feels she has nowhere to go, but the strain of staying is unbearable. she says we don't have gas. we don't have power. we don't have water. but we only want the shooting to stop. in the donbas, russia's unmatched artillery is an unstoppable force with loose aim and no concern for civilian suffering. it is steadily overpowering ukraine's forces. phil black, cnn, the donbas, ukraine. washington has its own fight with moscow right now. american basketball star brittney griner appeared in a russian courtroom friday on drug charges that could result in a prison sentence of up to ten years. u.s. embassy officials in moscow attended the proceedings and at least one was able to speak

directly with griner. brian todd has more. >> reporter: wearing a white t-shirt led into the courtroom in handcuffs. the basketball star was read the charges against her, said she understood the charges but otherwise declined to speak. a top u.s. diplomat who spoke to griner in the courtroom updated reporters. >> she is doing as well as can be expected in these difficult circumstances and she asked me to convey that she is in good spirits and is keeping up the faith. >> reporter: the prosecution beliefs griner had the intent to import cannabis oil into russia. in court on friday, prosecutors gave more specifics saying griner was carrying two cartridges totally less than a gram of hash oil. >> most cases it wouldn't be prosecuted in the united states. >> reporter: but in russia it carries a penalty of up to ten years in prison if griner is

convicted. >> she will almost certainly be convicted. the question is what kind of sentence is she going to get. that will be a real indicator of the political motives behind it. >> u.s. indication u.s. officials expect griner to be treated as a political pawn came in early may when the state department classified her as being, quote, wrongfully detained. her case is being handled by america's top hostage envoy. talk of a possible trade. >> there has been speculation in the russian media they might want his name is victor boot. >> victor boot, nicknamed the merchant of death, notorious russian arms dealer. boot is now serving a long sentence at the u.s. federal penitentiary in marion, illinois. >> unfortunately the only way to often bring americans home from these kinds of conditions is by making some sort of negotiated swap. and so, the russians have been asking for victor boot's return for a very long time.

>> reporter: while rumors of a possible deal circulate, new questions over the conditions griner could be facing in detention. >> to be in russian prison as a 6'9", black lgbtq american, those are really difficult conditions to imagine that she's been treated fairly. >> reporter: the kremlin holds so many important cards in this case, but is typically projecting a disinterested stance. vladimir putin's spokesperson demee tree peskov saying this case is not politically motivated. a statement that many find laughable. brian todd, cnn, washington. >> griner's wife says she hasn't been able to speak directly with her but they have been able to exchange letters. she spoke exclusively with abby phillip inside the locker room for the phoenix mercury, her team. here is part of that conversation. >> i just want people to try to put themselves in her shoes, you know, and just think about the

fact that, you know, this is not our typical system. so bg is not walking into a situation where there is a balance of justice. she's walking into a situation where their judicial system has a 99% conviction rate. so, in their system, there is no innocent. in their system it's guilty. so she's having to make decisions, you know, that are -- that's going to preserve her physical and mental health right now. and so just, you know, be gracious in understanding that she's having to navigate something totally different than what an american would have to navigate in a judicial system -- in our judicial system here. to them they're treating her like a princess basicbasically, know. because they do things differently. i'm not trying to bash with they do, i don't agree with it.

but i don't think they're treating her in a way that they could, be considered harshly. i think they think their treating her as best as their system allows which should tell you a lot because i think that's terrible still. >> what could the biden administration do today to demonstrate to you that they really on it? >> well, again, you know for me, we're at 130 days. the only thing that the biden administration can do for me is getting my wife back to be very honest and frank with you. >> you can see more of abby phillips interview with cherelle griner at 1:00 p.m. in london. evidence suggests potential witness tampering ahead of last tuesday's block buster hearing on capitol hill. that dramatic testimony has now

put a spotlight on the secret service and donald trump's behavior on january 6th. we'll have those details just ahead. plus the july 4th weekend is off to a rocky start for travelers with hundreds of flight cancellations and the threat of storms across the country. i understand we have a new tropical storm, is that right? >> new at 5:00 a.m. this morning from the national hurricane center a new tropical storm has just formed off the coast of south carolina. couple that with our chances of severe weather across some of the most populated areas along the eastern sea board and we have the potential for major headaches at the airports. i'll update you for the fourth of july weekend forecast coming up after the break. with parodonx active gum health. it kills 99% of plaque bacteria and forms an antibacteririal shield. try parodontax active gum healalth mouthwash. if you have type 2 diabetes or high blood pressure you're a target for chronic kidney disease. you can alreadhave it and not know it.

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voltaren. the joy of movement. ♪ age is just a number. and mine's unlisted. try boost® high protein with 20 grams of protein for muscle health. versus 16 grams in ensure high protein. boost® high protein also has key nutrients for immune support. boost® high protein. allegations of witness tampering are getting extra scrutiny on capitol hill following tuesday's explosive january 6th hearing. sources say cassidy hutchinson, former aide to mark meadows was contacted twice prior to appearing before the committee and one was allegedly dlied by an unknown person by meadows. and new details are emerging

that appear to corroborate some of the sensational details from hutchinson's testimony about the president's intense anger when security detail refused to take him to the capitol. sources in the secret service say versions of that story have been circulating inside the agency ever since. for more on the continuing fallout of tuesday's bomb shell testimony, here is cnn's ryan nobles. >> reporter: witness intimidation has become a serious focus of the january 6th select committee. cnn has learned that both instances the committee presented as examples a possible witness intimidation during their hearing on tuesday, were directed at their witness, cassidy hutchinson. >> he knows you're loyal and going to do the right thing when you go in for your deposition. most americans know that attempting to influence witnesses to testify untruthfully presents very serious concerns. >> reporter: sources say the committee believes that pressure was applied at the behest of

mark meadows a claim meadows' spokesperson ben williamson rejects. no one from the meadows' camp, himself or otherwise ever sought to intimidate or shape her conversations with the committee. williamson said in a statement to cnn. the accusations of intimidation come at the same time "the new york times" reports that organizations close to donald trump have been helping to pay for the legal fees of witnesses before the committee. it's a practice that is not uncommon or illegal, but according to the committee's former senior investigator it does raise potential problems. >> it does run the risk they would be less cooperative than they would be if they had attorneys advising them being paid by the client, in other words, the witness themselves. >> reporter: the committee is also still working with secret service to schedule another round of depositions for two agents at the center of a dispat over the former president's conduct inside the presidential suv on january 6th. >> tony described him as being irate. the president said something to

the effect of, i'm the f'ing president, take me up to the capitol now. the president reached up towards the front of the vehicle to grab at the steering wheel. mr. engel grabbed his arm, said, sir, you need to take your hand off the steering wheel. we're going back to the west wing. we're not going to the capitol. mr. trump then used his free hand to lunge towards bobby engel and when mr. ornato recounted this story to me, he motioned towards his clavicles. >> reporter: cnn learning that accounts of an angry trump demanding to go to the capitol over secret service objections and lunging forward in the sufficient started circulating amongst the agents after january 6th. tony ornato met with the committee on two previous occasions. his verse of events that day were murky. >> mr. ornato did not have as

clear of memories from this period of time as i would say ms. hutchinson did. >> reporter: meanwhile, the work of the committee was front and center last night in wyoming. >> the only time that the j 6th situation ever comes up is when people talk about how unfair this entire committee is. >> reporter: vice chair liz cheney's opponent promoting conspiracy theories about the election results. while cheney accused her of doing trump's bidding. >> she knows it wasn't stolen. i think that she can't say that it wasn't stolen because she's completely stolen because she's beholden to donald trump. >> the committee is working on scheduling depositions of those two secret service agents at the center of the controversy over what happened in the presidential suv on january 6th. tony ornato and bobby engel said they would be willing to come back in and testify about their recollection of the events on january 6th. this is also another key figure

the committee is trying to come to some sort of agreement on as it relates to testimony and that's pat cipollone the former white house counsel. cipollone signaled he would submit a tribed transcription. the committee may be looking for much more. ryan nobles, cnn on capitol hill. the battle over abortion rights in the u.s. is heating up. legal fights are under way in more than a dozen states over abortion bans and limits. president joe biden vows to keep fighting but he wants congress to act. >> ultimately congress is going to have to act to codify the roe into federal law. as i said yesterday, the filibuster should not stand in the way of us being able to do that. this is not over. it's not over. >> on thursday, biden held a meeting with nine democratic governors on friday to discuss abortion rights. he also predicted that if the democrats lose the senate and the house, then republicans will ban abortion nationwide,

consistent with what the supreme court ruled. the fourth of july holiday weekend has just begun here in the u.s., but for many, travel disruptions are already causing chaos. delta airlines says it's expecting operational challenges over the holiday. nearly 400 flights have already been cancelled so far today with hundreds of additional niflight delayed. 42 million people are predicted to drive this weekend. >> reporter: a very busy weekend expected for this holiday, independence day weekend here in the u.s. the american automobile association expecting rec record-breaking numbers right now according to their forecast, nearly 48 million travelers out there by plane, by car, by other means. but what's really interesting this year is that there will be 42 million. that's what they expect for the number of folks that plan to take to the roads.

that is increase over last year and that is expected to be record breaking. interesting also because of the soaring gas prices. today we are looking at 4.84 for a national average, but if you look at just a year ago, it was at $3.12. and yet despite those soaring prices when you talk to folks, they'll tell you, hook, we want to get away. we want to take the break. we're not happy about the gas prices but we'll do what we have to do to also try to avoid the disruptions which industry experts say because of staffing shortages over at the airport. listen to what some of the drives told me today. >> prices are crazy. i'm fueling just now. you know, it's like 5 for a gallon. it's just crazy. we thought a lot about where to go, the distance, maybe share a big car. >> two jetskis cost me 20.

that's at least $300 on fuel. >> reporter: aaa says about $42 million drivers are expected to hit the road. other travelers are 3.5 traveling by plane and 2.5 traveling by some other means. >> labor shortages won't be the only challenge this holiday weekend. much of the u.s. will see heavy rains and thunderstorms and that will have a big impact on the roads and cause more delays and cancellations in the air. let's bring in cnn's meteorologist derek van dam. there were already plenty of delays because of the bad weather i just mentioned and now a tropical storm? >> we have been monitoring this off the coast of south carolina. it had very suspicious characteristics of tropical development. sure enough, 5:00 a.m. eastern standard time the national hurricane center comes out with an update officially tropical

storm colin has developed. that has to meet a certain set of criteria including some of the rotation in the radar which i'll show you in just one moment. 40 mile-per-hour winds with this particular system. it sits about 50 miles to the southwest of the myrtle beach area, considering this is the fourth of july weekend, lots of people hitting the beaches along the coastal carolinas. this is something you want to keep very close attention to because the potential for this to produce strong gusty winds and also localized flash floods. really confined to the coastal areas including wilmington. here is the official track from the national hurricane center, still not showing much strengthening with this system before it dissipates over the western at lan tick monday evening.

this runs parallel to the coast of south and north carolina going forward. now this is the radar imagery i was talking about a moment ago. notice that spin, the little circulation right northeast of charleston. this is what we were watching overnight. this is prompted the national weather service on top of the observations of winds of tropical storm force along the coast to issue this newly formed tropical storm colin and rainfall potential can't be underestimated. we have the potential for two to four inches of rain locally higher amounts. and if is that amount of rain falls in a quicker period of time, of course, that could lead to localized gnasflash flooding. something we will monitor as well. the weather prediction center has a slight rick of flash flooding across the coastal areas of louisiana. hey, dpguess what, we have e potential for severe weather across some of the most populated areas of sea board,

d.c., new york, philadelphia and boston. go figure, that's where we have our greatest threat of travel delays at the airports for many of those locations. the good news out of this forecast, kim, just in time for the big show, monday night, fourth of july fireworks we should be dry and clear across the northeast. >> all right. at least, a little good news to end on there. appreciate it. just ahead here on "cnn newsroom," two brothers killed in the texas migrant tragedy. their dream to start a new life in the u.s. heartbroken families of the victims of the mass shooting in uvalde, texas, are demanding action from the mayor and want to know why the school district police chief is also city counselor, still has his job. >> nobody is giving us any answers. it's been over a month. you have no idea how frustrating this is. no idea. and we're sitting here just

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i couldn't touch her. i couldn't say my last good-bye. >> reporter: raw emotions turned into heated exchanges at the uvalde city council meeting thursday. after mayor don mclaughlin told a room filled with family members of the 19 children and two adults killed at rob elementary there was no new information he could share on the investigation into the failed police response. >> why is it that children are calling 911 and you can't tell where these calls are coming from, that y'all didn't get it? my sister had no -- there's nothing saving her but a lot of children that could have been saved. keep protecting pete arredondo, the school board failed the minute this happened they should have fired him. >> ma'am, let me tell you something, i feel your pain. we all do. >> oh, no, you don't sir. no, you don't. >> reporter: the mayor said he too is frustrated with the lack of transparency in the investigation and read this letter from the uvalde district

attorney any release of records to that incident at this time would interfere with said on going investigation. >> which means if we release it, she can take each and ere one of us to the grand jury and indictment us. i had one heated argument with the district attorney and told i could go fly a kite. >> she doesn't have a heart. >> no, she doesn't. >> cnn reached out about this story but so far hasn't heard back. >> over and over. >> visibly absent from the meeting, recently elected city council member pete arredondo, the head of the texas department of mick safety has identified arradondo, also the school district police chief as the incident commander and laid the blame on him for the failed misrm police response. he told the texas tribune he didn't consider himself the incident commander.

thursday was the second council meeting he missed. if he misses one more, he could be removed. >> but that's not consolation for the families who want arredondo ousted. >> i want you to look at this -- not as a city council member, look at it as a dad, as a parent. you don't do what you can do as a mayor. go beyond that. i know there's a limit on what you can do. go beyond that. what if it was your kid? you can't say nothing. >> i can't, you're right. >> nobody can. do you understand that? do your part for us. if you can't say something, do something. >> reporter: if arredondo misses the next city council meeting scheduled for july 12th, he could be voted out by majority of his city council peers. i reached out to his attorney and have not heard back.

rosa flores, cnn, san antonio. we're learning one of the men charged in that tragic human smuggling incident in texas was already under investigation by the department of homeland security. that's according to a criminal complaint filed on wednesday. officials say he was communicating with this suspect about the smuggling, the driver of the semi truck transporting the migrmigrants. officials are calling this the deadliest human smuggling incident in u.s. history. if charged, both men could face the death penalty. for many of those brave enough to make the dangerous trip across the border, it's a chance at a better life. cnn's rafael romo has the story of two brothers killed in the tragedy who share the same dream of reaching the u.s. >> reporter: the two brothers shared a dream. they would travel together by land through central america and

mexico, hoping to reach the united states in less than two months. we planned it all as a family so they could have a better life, her mother says. we wanted them to make their dreams come true. 23-year-old and his 18-year-old brother were among the 53 migrants found dead in sweltering conditions inside a tractor trailer this week in san antonio, texas. a homeland security investigations agent says this is the deadliest human smuggling incident in u.s. history. >> it's just horrific that any human being would treat another human being like this. it's just horrific. and the sooner that we can get the investigation top to bottom to give us more detail, the better off we are. >> reporter: the brothers were not traveling alone. 24-year-old marji, wife of the older brother, was also found

dead in the tractor trailer. 28-year-old ramirez was among the four honduran nationals who died there. a friend of her's said she wanted to travel to the united states to be reunited with her family. i'm going to leave, she told me, because the whole family wants to be together. my mother and my two sisters. most of the migrants found trapped in the tractor trailer came from gaud guatemala, honduras and mexico. >> the large number of victims and the expectation that most or possibly are citizens of foreign countries will likely lead to a prolonged process. among the 16 survivors is the grandson who lives in a rural area. asked why her grandson risked his life to get to the united

states -- because we're poor, she said. there are no jobs here to make a living. the need is great. an answer that explains why so many continue to seek a dream is that this week ended in tragedy for dozens of migrants. rafael romo, cnn. iran is assessing the damage brought on by earthquakes that shook the south of the country on saturday. the country official news agency says at least five people have been killed and 44 others injured. emergency teams are conducting rescue operations. according to authorities, the villages sustained damage and many homes in one village were destroyed. cases of monkeypox are rising around the world. just ahead i'll talk to health expert about whether the growing number of infections is a public

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u.s. health officials are growing more concerned with the ever-increasing number of monkeypox cases. according to the u.s. centers for disease control and prevention, 460 cases have been reported across 32 states. the biden administration also announced additional deliveries of vaccines as part of the nationwide strategy for preventing the disease. and the cdc is reporting more than 5,700 cases worldwide. cnn senior medical correspondent elizabeth cohen has more on that. >> reporter: cases of monkeypox have tripled in europe in the past two weeks. let's take a look at the numbers for monkeypox cases in europe and globally. since mid may, 90% of lab-confirmed cases globally have been in europe. that's 4,500 cases total in europe. the highest case counts have been in the uk, germany and

spain. now let's take a look at who is getting monkeypox. in europe, 99% of the cases have been male, mostly gay men, most of them between 21 and 40 years old. there have been some cases among household members and non-sexual contacts and also in children. hearing about these skyrocketing case counts might make you ask, are we headed for a covid-like situation? and the answer to that, according to public health experts, is no. it's much harder to get monkeypox than to get covid. for monkeypox, you typically have some kind of skin to skin close contact. it doesn't have to be sexual but close contact or something like sharing towels or sheets. experts say we are not headed for a covid-like situation but still people need to be careful. we definitely want to keep these case counts down rather than going up. back to you. >> joining me now is a professor

in the department of epidemiology at ucla. thank you so much for being here with us and especially it's great to have you because you have studied monkeypox specifically for years. so great to take vadvantage of your expertise in this. you and i talked a few weeks or so ago about monkeypox. you said we should be, quote, concerned but not raising a huge alarm. and we don't need to be worried that we might see a global pandemic like covid. with the numbers that we're seeing now, especially in europe, are you any more concerned now than you were in mid may? >> well, definitely. i think that what we're seeing is a lot more spread than we initially anticipated. and i think that the events that now we understand served as amplifying events for the globe had so many people, very mobile population that then seeded outbreaks globally. so we really are now seeing a

lot more cases than we had initially -- than we had initially thought. we're really seeing that monkeypox is taking advantage of social and sexual networks to transmit very, very quickly and efficiently. so, you know, i think that the more we see this virus spreading in this manner, the more concerned we should be just because, you know, viruses never stay in one population. they're going to spread wherever they can to vulnerable populations. so, it's really important to get in front of this as soon as we can. >> yeah. well, on that, the w.h.o. has urged action to scale up efforts to prevent it from becoming endemic but stopped short of calling it a public health emergency. but isn't it already? shouldn't they have been quicker to raise the alarm here? they were accused of being slow to react when covid emerged. seems like this may be happening yet again. >> well, kim, i think that the

key here and to be clear, you know, i am -- i was a member of that committee for monkeypox, that i think that what we make decisions on are the data that are available at the time. and i think that one of the things when it comes to a public health emergency of international concern, you know, it's complicated because there are many, many implications. the other issue is that i think the process of declaring public health emergency of international concern, the committee did really highlight the importance of what was happening at the time, laid out all of the things we needed to understand, the gaps in the data and truly outlined what's needed to know whether or not this is truly an emergency of international concern and made a point that the committee should meet again very soon to re-look

at the data and make further recommendations. >> yeah. i was going to ask you, do you know when? >> i don't. i'm not aware. >> so, here in the u.s. we've had fewer than 500 cases, but the real number could be much higher. now, we always tend to say that about many diseases, but in this case is there anything about this disease specifically that might suggest their accounts are way off and could be circulating a lot more widely than we think? >> absolutely. i think that the issue here is that we just don't have enough data at this point. we don't have widespread testing. and that's really what we need. situational awareness is beginning to help us really understand what's happening here. the scale of this outbreak, the burden of infection, but we also have to remember that even in places like the democratic republic of con go where i do most of my work, we have been seeing increasing of monkeypox for a very, very long time.

and so i think -- and we don't have the testing available to confirm every single case. the best thing we can do at this point is to scale up testing rapidly and at the same time deploy the tools we know work, the vaccines which will make a difference in terms of stopping spread and having really good messaging. this virus is not the same kind of virus as covid, as sars koe v the the virus responsible for covid-19. i think it's really important that people understand these are di different viruses. we understand a lot more about monkeypox than we did the sars-cov-2 virus. we're starting with the base of knowledge with some tools that will actually make a difference and know how to be able to do case investigation, contact tracing, quarantine, isolation, all the things that really will make a difference to stop the spread. >> really appreciate your

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power plants to suspend operations back in march. this as temperatures in the capital hit more than 100 degrees fahrenheit or around 38 degrees celsius in recent days. >> translator: if there's a sudden power outage, we are going to have problems in our daily life. if it gets hotter than this, i think it will not just be a warning but a serious alert that the power outage may happen for real. >> reporter: extreme conditions aren't just affecting humans. animals at tokyo zoo are also feeling the heat. >> translator: we have veterinarian doing check-ups when needed and in some cases we are letting the animals walk freely from their enclosures to the exhibition area so they can stay in cooler zones. also, we are taking some animals to a back room where there's good ventilation. >> reporter: japan's heat wave is one of many happening around the world as scientists warn of more extreme weather due to climate change. temperatures in japan are

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