a warm welcome to our viewers joining us in the united states and all around the world. i'm christina mcfar plane in fo max foster. just ahead -- >> no person is above the law. w >> we should expect to see from individuals that we have not seen yet. >> a lot of new information for the public that sheds additional light on this terrible dereliction of duty. >> it is hot. >> my parents lost their house, everything, my uncle lost his

house. it is days like today, warm enough to wear short sleeves, near 60 degrees in greenland. it is thursday, july 21, 9:00 a.m. in the morning here in london, 4:00 a.m. in washington and we're just hours away from the january 6 committee's final primetime hearing. in focus, the 187 minutes when the riot unfolded at the capitol and what then president donald trump did or failed to do. at least two former trump officials are expected to testify, both resigned soon after the riots. and the committee plans to show how dump stood by while the rioters created havoc on the capitol. here is ryan nobles. >> reporter: during that period of time, they are going to show

through white house records, call logs, the diary that took place at that time, that he just really wasn't doing all that much other than watching television and in some cases cheering on his supporters that were at the capitol that day. so what the committee is going to show is that there were opportunities for him to try to stand in the way and quell the violence and that there was really only one person who could tell his supporters to go home on that day and that was donald trump. and he just refused to do it. >> we also know that the committee has video outtakes of a speech trump gave the night after the riot. sources say it shows trump having a difficult time taping the message, refusing to accept the election results, attempting to call the rioters patriots and trying not to accuse him of any wrongdoing. two key members of the committee say they plan to play clips of this video at the hearing. >> there are people urging him to say things to try to get the

rioters, the attackers to go home. there are things that he can't be prevailed upon to do or say not for hours and hours. and then ultimately when he does give a statement still things he wouldn't say. >> the president displayed extreme difficulty in completing his remarks. of course hours had passed when he could have simply taken a walk for 10 or 15 seconds over to address the country and address his followers and tell them to go home. and people were beseeching him, begging him do that and he refused do that. it is extremely revealing how exactly he went about making those statements and we'll let everybody see parts of that. >> americans have now heard live testimony from more than a dozen witnesses, but as kristin holmes points out, today's witnesses will be able to elaborate on what was happening inside the

white house on january 6. >> reporter: matthew potting better and sarah matthews, two former trump white house officials who resigned after the deadly capitol attack on january 6, testifying publicly. >> the president started talking about the rally. >> reporter: after talking to the committee behind closed doors. >> one of my staff brought me a printout of a tweet by the president. and the tweet said something to the effect that mike pence, the vice president, didn't have the courage to do what should have been done. i read that tweet. and made a decision at that moment to resign. that is where i knew that i was leaving that day once i read that tweet. >> reporter: pottinger, former deputy national security adviser, served under trump for four years. the former journal aist i istis

marine was brought in by michael fli flynn who he worked for in the military. potinger told the committee that he alerted mark meadows the national guard had still not arrived at the capitol on january 6. former deputy press secretary sarah matthews was one of several calling for trump to condemn the violence on january 6, a source tells cnn his inaction led to her resignation that night. >> he said that we could make the r.i.n.o.s do the right thing is the way he phrased it. and no one spoke up initially because i think everyone was trying to process what he meant by that. >> reporter: now she will testify about what she experienced in the white house that day. >> it was clear that escalating and escalating quickly. so when that tweet, the mike pence tweet us was sent out, i remember us saying that that was the last thing that needed to be

tweeted at that moment. the situation was already bad. and so it felt like he was pouring gasoline on the fire by tweeting that. >> reporter: she spent her adult life working in republican politics spending her college summers interning for ohio senator rob portman and then speaker of the house john boehner and helping with the 2016 republican convention. joining trump's re-election campaign before being brought over to the white house by press secretary caylee mcenany. the testimony comes after that of another white house aide, cassidy hutchinson, whose bombshell revelations sent shockwaves through washington. and those two witnesses along with pat cipollone whose video testimony we anticipate seeing large portions of tomorrow during the hearing will really help shape the focus of that hearing which we expect to be 187 minutes. lawmakers examining the amount of time that former president trump did not do anything to stop that violence as it was

unfolding on capitol hill. kristin holmes, cnn, washington. and ever since the january of hearings got under way last month, there has been growing speculation as to whether trump will be held accountable even though it is strictly a legal question, the political fallout of charging the former president can't be ignored. on wednesday merrick garland indicated where he stands on the issue. >> look, no person is above the law in this country. nothing stops us -- >> even the former president? >> i'll say it again. no person is above the law in this country. i can't say it anymore clearly than that. there is nothing in principles of prosecution or any other factors which prevent us from investigating anyone, anyone who is criminally responsible for an attempt to undo a democratic election. >> garland may feel it is wise

to go slow, but some jurisdictions like georgia's fulton county are moving much faster in their investigations of alleged election interference. elie honig says even if trump is eventually charged, there is no sign that it will happen in the near future. take a listen. >> given the facts that we have here on the ground, the lack of any subpoenas, lack of search warrants, i think it is reasonable to conclude but here we are 18 months out, they are in no position to be indicting donald trump anytime soon and if they do, it won't be into next year. a trial would be into 2024. the political implications and danger of that i think are obvious. and if you want to contrast, look at the fulton county d.a., things like subpoenas, witness interviews, those are things that we learn about and we've been learning about those day by day, they are clearly moving at a fast pace. doj we're not seeing the same indicators.

>> and officials in georgia are pressing ahead with their investigations. a judge has now ordered judge's former attorney rudy giuliani to testify next month before a grand jury. giuliani was subpoenaed earlier this month, he was expected to argue for blocking the subpoena at the hearing on wednesday in new york. but he didn't show up. jury deliberations could begin as soon as today in the contempt of congress trial for trump's former adviser steve bannon. prosecutors wrapped up their case wednesday after calling two witnesses. it is unclear if bannon will testify in his own defense. he is charged with failing to comply with a subpoena. you can catch the january 6 hearing coverage right here on cnn, it are the takes at 7:00 p.m. on thursday in washington and in new york, and that is midnight here in london. friday at 7:00 in the morning in hong kong.

there is no let up in sight amid the dangerous heatwave that has been scorching a large part of the u.s. 110 million people under heat alerts in more than 24 states. from california to new england, many states are recording triple digit temperatures. across the nation officials are urging people to stay indoors and some cities are opening public cooling centers for anyone who has no other place to hide from the heat. in texas, firefighters are battling several wildfires west of ft. worth. and some residents lost everything in those fires. >> my parents lost their house, everything. my uncle lost his house. another aunt lost everything. and another aunt is still battling out there trying to keep her house. just in my family, three -- one, two, three, four are gone.

>> and some ranchers are selling their cattle earlier than usual fearing the livestock may not survive in the heat. >> we're taking young cows in the prime of their life and they are getting turned to who -- we're selling them just out desperation just because you don't want to mistreat the animal and make it starve. >> in europe, more than 20 countries remain under heat warnings with some of the most severe stretching teach into eastern europe. in greece at least one person is dead and dozens hospitalized after a wildfire broke out north of at athens. and in southwest france, fires have burned through 20,000 hectares. president mckacron traveled to e region to thank firefighters. and in the uk, recovering from its hottest day in record with fires cropping up around london and fire brigade's busiest day since the second world war. pedram javaheri is joining me

from the cnn weather center. this is a bleak picture across the globe. in terms of the u.s., though, where is this heatwave hitting the hardest at the moment in. >> the central united states parts of the southwest, we're seeing interest temperatures here that are above average of course which is the hottest time of year but also pushing into this record threshold of 110, 111. a few of these areas, these are just kind of the tip of the iceberg because you factor in the humidity, it is considerably warmer and feels considerably warmer in these areas where upwards of 100 million americans dealing with the excessive heat conditions. 110 across portions of the south and 115 in portions of the southwest. but speaking to the humidity here, look at this, in memphis, it will feel lickke 103. in louisiana, it will feel like the lower 100s. so incredible between what it feels like and what it is outside because of the humidity. of course our body is pretty

efficient at cooling itself off. the most significant and most effective coolant for our body is through sweating. once that sweat gets on your skin, it evaporates and that evaporative cooling causes about 22% of the heat to be removed from your body. but when the air is so humid, that evaporative cooling doesn't take place as effectively, you continue to sweat, that alters the sodium and potassium levels, that leads to fluid loss and dehydration which makes heat the top weather killer in the united states. not hurricanes, not tornadoes, but heat. and these sort of temperatures every year take hundreds of lives with them. and you notice the perspective, upper 90s, factoring in the humidity, it will feel like lower 100s. and this is not just in the united states. look at the last three years across europe. italy, spain, france, germany and the united kingdom have all seen their hottest temperatures in recorded history since the summer of 2019.

of course most recently the uk joined that club with the 104 degree on tuesday afternoon. and unlike the united states that has about 85% of its homes with access to air conditioning units, in the uk, only 1% of residents households have access to air conditioning units and germany 3%, france 5%. spain 30%. and in italy, only 7% of households with access to air conditioning units. so when it comes to heat across other areas of the world outside of the united states, impacts are far more dangerous and that is what has been happening across a lot of these areas. >> pedram, speaking as someone with no air conditioning, i am not part of that 1% unfortunately. pedram javaheri from cnn center, thank you. an update now on what investigators call the deadliest human smuggling interest in u.s. history. federal grand juries in texas have indicted four men in the

operation that left 53 migrants dead last month. authorities say they were found in a sweltering tractor trailer. more than a dozen others were found alive and hospitalized for heat related injuries. okay. still to come, boris johnson's final message to parliament as the race to select the next british prime minister heats up. and mario draghi has just arrived at the presidential palace and says that he will meet the president as the p.m.'s job hangs in the balance.

mission largely accomplished. for now. i want to thank you and all the wonderful staff, all my friends and colleagues, and mr. speaker, i want to thank everybody here. s on t. boris johnson going out with a bank. his tenure plagued by scandals, soon coming to an end after

three short years. the race to replace him is now down to two candidates, former finance minister rishi sunak and liz truss. they will spend the next few weeks campaigning before a vote by card carrying members of the conservative party and final results will be announced on september 5. now to the political crisis in sri lanka where there is at least now some stability with a new president sworn in. former prime minister ranil wickremesinghe took the oath of office just a few hours ago. he now faces the monumental task of turning around an economy in shambles, not to mention winning over skeptical public. many wanting him out of the office before the job was even

offered. some of the protestors who helped force the last president out say that their fight is not over. some breaking news now, italy's president has accepted the resignation of prime minister mario draghi. you can see some images coming into us in the last hour of him arriving at the palace. for more, let's go to barbie nadeau who is live for us. this time it appears it has been accepted. what more can you tell snus. >> the president really had no choice but to accept the resignation of mario draghi. he lost support over the course of the last couple of weeks with a classic italian political in-fighting among the parties. now, last night mr. draghi did win a confidence vote in the senate. but he won it on the back of

three major parties abstaining from the vote and that was a message that was just too clear too mr. draghi who realized that he could not go on and lead any sort of government, you know, this mandate that was elected in 2018 was set to end in may of 2023. that is a five year mandate here in italy. and so now the country has no choice but to go to snap elections. which we think will likely be held in october. but no date has been confirmed yet. the president of italy has asked mr. draghi to stay on as a technocrat to continue as best he can through these summer months and into the election campaign to keep the government afloat. but the parties that abstained last night are crucial to this, they are the center right leading parties, one led by one that is very familiar to the

voters. and now they are looking toward this upcoming election. five years ago before the pandemic, the economic situation was different. we're in a very troubled country right now and whoever is elected in these upcoming elections has a difficult task on their hands. >> yeah, sounds like this was politically calculated behind the scenes. but how potentially damaging is this for italy? ta draghi had been praised for bringing stability, some unity, took them through the energy crisis, social inequality and of course the war in ukraine. so how detrimental could it be for italy? >> well, you know, i think on the global stage very debt fridaymental. you have a leader that is a eur eurocrat, head of the european central bank. but he's never run for office, he's never run in a political campaign here. so he is not the choice of the people per se. he may be accepted by the vast

majority, but he hasn't stood for election. and that did mean something in this country. he is not affiliated with any of the parties, the people that were instrumental in pulling him down let's say. italy is often in political uncertainty, this is the 67th government to fall essentially. and what is going on forward is a difficult time for this country. the economic situation is dire. no one can say that italy is fully recovered from the drastic effects 69 pandemicof the pande things like that. you have the war next door, all of these things will be a big factor going forward. and there will be a lot of disappointment on the world stage, but it is hard to say how it will play in italy. i think that they are ready for an election and let their voices be heard here. >> and we'll wait to see how this evolves in the months to come. that election as you say potentially scheduled for october. barbie, thanks very much. and still to come, the u.s.

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welcome back to "cnn newsroomg hours the u.s. house select committee whether hold its final hearing. two former trump white house officials are set to testify.

and 110 million people under heat alerts in more than 24 u.s. states from california to new england, many states are recording triple digit temperatures. u.s. president biden announced more than $2 billion in funding for clean energy development on wednesday. the money will also go towards helping communities cope with the impact of climate change. the president says it is his responsibility to take urgent action. mj lee has more from the white house. >> reporter: president biden's message on wednesday could not have been more clear. and that is that the earth is simply getting too hot. he pointed to a number of different things that are happening as a result of climate change including the wildfires that are raging across the country, record-breaking temperatures, and he even said that supply chain issues are being exacerbated by extreme weather. he also alluded to the climate bill that is now basically stalled on capitol hill after senator joe manchin of west

virginia said that he had concerns about what that might do to inflation that is already so high. here is what he said. >> still discussions going on about whether or not there will be action on my climate plan. i'm told that is in play. we'll see. we'll see what happens. >> reporter: the white house is talking about taking a number of executive actions including in two areas, one is increasing funding for communities that are suffering from extreme heat, and the second is investing more in wind energy. this is a part of the reason why we saw the president visit massachusetts where he was speaking was a former coal plant that is being transformed in to a wind energy farm. now, one thing that we didn't hear from the president in his remarks is declaring a national emergency on climate. that is something that the white house has said is potentially on the table but not the announcement that he is going to make this week. he also told reporters that he has not personally spoken with senator manchin.

mj lee, cnn, the white house. dramatic viral video china showing covid testers getting physically sick, some even fainting from possible heat stroke. they have had to work long hours outdoors in those heavy protective suits amid the country's recent heatwave. and selina wang is joining me from beijing with more. and china getting hit on two fronts here, the heat and the surge in covid cases. and as we saw, potentially very dangerous for those health workers. >> reporter: exactly. unlike other parts of the world, this heatwave is hitting a population in china that is still reeling from the harsh covid-19 lockdowns. china is dealing with another surge in covid cases because of the highly contagious omicron subvariants and that is putting at least 30 chinese cities in full or partial lockdown. and this brutal heatwave, it is not only making it all the more suffocating for the people who

are trapped and sealed in their homes, but also more dangerous for these frontline covid health care workers. scorching temperatures sweep over china turning mass covid testing into a dangerous task. state media shows covid workers collapsing on the job due to what the videos say are heat stroke. in eastern china, a covid worker vomits on the ground as colleagues rush to tear off her hazmat suit. unable to stand, she is carried away. it is a scene playing out across china. fainting, falling, crunclying o ground motionless, struggling to breathe. the covid worker's long hours in the suffocating heat made worse by their their head to toe full body protective gear. that is not water according to state media, it is sweat. gushing out of this worker's

hazmat suit. the sweat pools inside the protective gear lining the inside of their rubber gloves. the surging temperatures coinciding with surging covid cases. cities across china require a recent covid test to enter any public area, that leaves everyone young, old and sick all waiting in long lines like these in the brutal heat. >> it is really hot. especially exhausting and you feel like -- a lot of times you feel anxious because you have things to do. >> reporter: to survive covid workers are getting creative, hugging giant blocks of ice, placing them on their backs, laps and feet. colleagues rub ice on each other and tape ice cold water bottles to themselves. some authorities have now said covid workers can wear ppe that does not cover their entire bodies. dozens of cities have been experiencing record high temperatures.

last week more than 80 cities issued red alerts with some logging temperatures of more than 110 degrees farenheit. in central china, a museum closed after the roof melted. and another city opened un underground air raid shelters for people to escape the heat. and crops are withering and dying under the high temperatures. the soil parched and cracked. the damage to china's crop production threatens to put more pressure on an economy already devastated by the pandemic. but in zero covid china, even health care workers hospitalized from heat exhaustion get a positive spin from authorities. this prop began today official shows government officials visiting covid workers in the intensive care unit while showing the motionless patients in bed, the video rallies people to work together for victory against covid. and temperatures are now starting to ease up in parts of

china, but officials say the worst could still be to come with more extreme weather expected in the coming months. and also this heatwave in china follows brutal flooding in recent months that have displaced millions of people in china. the government now is saying climate change is a top priority with these recent unrelenting torrent of weather-related emergencies really being a wake-up call to beijing. but the question, is it all too late. >> a good question. really feel for those covid workers in that intense heat. selina wang, thank you very much there from beijing. a tech rally helped the u.s. markets rebound wednesday after a choppy day of trade and the dow picked up 48 points and nasdaq gained more than 1.5%. streaming services soared with netflix shares jumping 5%. disney and paramount also up. and let's take a look at the futures. all of which as you can see are in the red right now. u.s. gas prices keep inching

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shear is omar yejimenez. but a warning some of this content is very graphic. >> reporter: they were the final moments of a foot chase. body camera videos show how it ended with a chicago police officer shooting an unarmed 13-year-old who was running from a stolen vehicle and who lawyers and some witnesses say had his hands up. the 13-year-old's attorneys say the teen was trying to surrender. the officer's attorney says in a split second decision he thought the teen's cellphone was a gun. >> jesus [ bleep ] christ, dude. >> reporter: that was the reaction of the officer next to the shooting officer after shots with your fired. >> was anyone hit? he was hit? >> reporter: shortly after, two offices grabbed the 13-year-old

who had just been shot by his sweat shirt and legs and carried him away from the gas pump where he was laying. >> they drag him with no regard for this young man. pull him like a rag doll away from the pump to another area after he had already sustained a major injury to his back. >> they are supposed to value sanctity of human life. there was no value here. officers believe that they likely struck those gas pumps. >> reporter: chicago police later said they were concerned that gas tank might have been hit by gunfire and could explode. the shooting officer didn't have his body camera activated until roughly 40 seconds after the shooting. as he asks another officer if his is own. ball's camera being off was inadvertent, he told cnn, but inclusionable the teen's attorney says. >> the suggestion that maybe this was just a 2e6r7temporary t

mindedness, they know that they are supposed to engage the cameras and it is up to them. >> reporter: the 13-year-old was a passenger in a suspected stolen car when officers ride to stop it, police say he jumped out and started running. and then right as he turns and appears to raise his hands, he is shot at least once. leaving him now paralyzed from the waste down his attorneys say. and for you all at least it is clear that his hands are up. >> his hands are up. there was no justification for the officer to shoot. >> and he was unarmed. >> clearly unarmed. >> reporter: at least some bystanders on the scene appear to agree. one witness who didn't want to be identified said -- >>is hands was up. i seen the cop run up to that boy and start shooting. >> reporter: but the attorney at the shooting officer is looking less at where the hands where and more what he said his client thought was in them. the attorney wrote to cnn in

part, officer ball reasonably believed that the object being pointed at him was a firearm. and ended up being a cellphone. but officer ball had to make a split second decision as he had no cover and no concealment, he discharged his service weapon to stop the threat. the teen's attorney argues that he was trying to surrender and that the pursuit shouldn't have happened in the first place. >> there has been no charges against him. he was in a stolen vehicle and he ran away. he ran away. and does that warrant being shot in the back and paralyzed from the waste down. >> if all you need is to have someone flee from the police to justify a shooting, we got real problems in this city and in this country. >> reporter: the teen's attorneys dispute there was ever anything in his hands and argue that there is no deputy video to prove it. separately the family of the 13-year-old has now filed a federal lawsuit against the chicago police department in part to account for the life of

their teen that has now been changed forever because of his injuries. the chicago police department couldn't comment on this particular shooting because what happened is still under investigation by the civilian office of police accountability. but they did confirm this officer was stripped of his police powers two days after the shooting pending the outcome of that investigation. omar jimenez, cnn, chicago. ukrainian first lady addressed the u.s. congress on wednesday as images of ukrainians impacted by the war were shown behind her. she pleaded with lawmakers to help ukrainians defend themselves with more weapons. she said the country especially needs especially air defense systems to protect against russian missiles. take a listen. >> and i appeal to all of you on behalf of those who were killed, on behalf of those people who lost their arms and legs, on behalf of those who are still

alive and well and those who wait for their families to come back from the front. i'm asking for something now i would never want to ask. i'm asking for weapons. >> the kremlin now confirms what u.s. officials have been saying for a while, that russia's goals in ukraine extend far beyond the donbas. on wednesday the russian foreign minister used the deployment of u.s. long range rocket systems to justify moscow's desire to push farther west into ukraine. he said it is to prevent the long range weapons from threatening russia, but u.s. officials say moscow has always had designs of capturing as much of ukraine as possible. >> they do in fact have larger broader territorial objectives in mind inside ukraine. and what we said yesterday we'll say again today, we're not going to tolerate that and neither will the international community. >> ukraine's military says those rocket systems are already making a difference on the battlefield despite round the

clock russian bombardment in donetsk, russian forces have not been able to advance. on wednesday the u.s. military announced that it would soon send four more of the weapons to ukraine bringing the total to 12. nic robertson is joining us live from kyiv. and this was an emotional appeal by the ukrainian first lady for weapons, specifically for air defense systems and those long range missiles we've been talking about. why are those missiles so important and what effect do they have on the battlefield? >> reporter: ukraines say that they are having a big effect. and i think that the russian defense minister saying that russian forces should prioritize the targeting of these himars systems, the fact that sergey lavrov is saying essentially because of these systems we're going to fight harder and push deeper, although i think part of that is also signaling to the united states and the uk who

will be supplying more of these weapons that they shouldn't supply the even longer range versions of them, which in turn indicates the pressure that russia feels that it is now getting on its military advances or attempts to advance because of these weapon systems. the ukrainians are using them against ammunition stores. so it depletes russia's ability to fight effectively at the frontline or as effectively. but ukrainian officials say russia does have a lot of weapons still at the front lines so it doesn't take away the threat completely, but it makes it harder for russia to advance. they are also using these systems to attack strategic bridges that will cut russia off from areas that it wants free and easy access into and out of. again, that will over time help ukrainians. but the frontline here is hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of kilometers long and much of it is active much of the

time. and the additional four systems coming from the united states will bring the total number to 12. and while they are mobile, that doesn't really cover the frontline in its entirety. i think this is why we heard from ukraine's first lady yesterday speaking to congress, this very emotional appeal. she said that she wouldn't want to appeal for weapons, but as she explain it is here, people in this country have the same right to wake up feeling safe. this is how she explained it. >> i'm asking for weapons that would not be used to wage a war on somebody else's land but to protect one's home and the right to wake up alive in that home. i'm asking for air defense systems in order for rockets not to kill children in their strollers. >> reporter: it is an emotional appeal because it is emotionally and heartfelt here. but i think that we'll hear a continuing resounding call from ukrainian officials, these

weapons systems are working, they are holding russia back. but of course ukraine's real aim is to push russia back. that will take more of the himars and those air defense systems. >> all right. thick be nic robertson, thank you pech. and the heatwave is hitting greenland as well. scientists around the world alarmed by the unusually high amount of melting ice. ogram. if you're age 50 to 85, and looking to buy life insurance on a fixed budget, remember the three ps.s. what are the three ps? the three psps of life insurance on a fixed budget are price, price, and price. a price you can afford, a price that can't increase, and a price that fits your budget. i'm 54, what's my price? you can get coverage for $9.95 a month. i'm 65 and take medications.

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unusually warm weather in northern greenland has triggered rapid melting and scientists are alarmed. rene marsh reports. >> reporter: off the coast of northwest greenland, the water is perfectly still but puddling on icebergs indicate a transformation is under way. that is the sound of rapid melting triggered by a few days of unusually warm temperatures. during cnn's first three days in northern greenland, the temperature topped out nearly ten degrees higher than normal. it is days like today warm

enough to wear short sleeves, near 60 degrees in greenland, a high melt day when it is this unusually warm, and it is also deeply concerning for scientists. >> it definitely worries me. we are at 67 latitude here on top of the world in north pole and we could just yesterday, we could wander around in our t-shirts. that was not expected. >> basically at the melting point today as you can see. >> reporter: at a research site in northeast group land, near melt conditions at an elevation of nearly 9,000 feet made what is usually a froezen landing strip inoperable. climate scientists tweeting minutely heatwave, neglect live 1.6 degrees celsius in the middle of the greenland ice sheet. our planned planes are postponed because the skiway is not that good when it is this warm.

they pass the time playing volleyball in shorts atop the ice sheet. temperatures near 32 degrees farenheit at this altitude were unheard of. the national snow and ice data center tells cnn from july 15th through 71th alone, a melt surge in northern greenland caused ice sheet runoff of about 6 billion tons of water per day. that is about the volume of 2.4 million olympic sized pools. put it another way, enough water for flood the entire state of west virginia with one foot of water in three days. >> the amount of melt from the ice was to us was very surprising because it was really warm day. you could hear the ice melting in front of our eyes. >> reporter: research scientists tell cnn this extent of melt in north green land this past week is quite unusual and will contribute to global sea level rise which impacts coastal

communities half a world away. rene marsh, cnn, greenland. florida has seen a slew of marine animal rescues this week, this 200 pound giant sea turtle was found disoriented on someone's beach front patio. fortunately it was released back into the water. and in key west, baby turtles wandered into a restaurant after they were hatched. rescuers had to help this baby dolphin which had gotten stuck under a pier be freed. and then the baby was struggling to swim, soma reason experts were caring for it at a rehabilitation center. quick update on our breaking news. italy's president has accepted the resignation of mario draghi. the government will stay on in a caretaker role. he made the move just a day after winning a confidence vote

in the senate but three key parties in his coalition boycotted the vote. thanks for joining me. and stay with us, "early start" with kristin fisher is next. they use stamps.com all the services of the post office only cheaper get a 4-week trial plus postage and a a digital scale go to stamps.com/tv and never go to the post office agaiain.

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you 00 . welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the word. it is thursday, july 21, i'm kristin fisher in for christine romans. and we begin with dramatic new evidence set to be unveiled by the january 6 committee. tonight in primetime, never before seen outtakes from a video message that former president trump recorded for his supporters in the da