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in the spirit of penance to honor an apology to the countries indigenous people. live, from cnn center, cnn newsroom was rosemary church. is good to have you with us. we begin with the blistering temperatures of the northern summer. record-breaking heat waves sweep across china, europe, and the united states. millions of americans are still under heat alert across parts of the u.s.. monday, three cities in the northeast sarr record-breaking high temperatures, and in the next 24 hours, we could see the same happening in the pacific northwest. in europe, the scorching heat is helping to fuel wildfires in some areas. this was the scene on the greek island of as crews battled a fire raging near a popular

tourist destination. it is one of several wildfires burning across the country. in london, there were crews battling weather-related fires. all three are under control. another fire was also reported, southwest of the capital. millions of people are also dealing with sweltering conditions in china. more than 65 cities and counties are under red alert. this is the country's highest heat warning. cnn is covering the story from every angle with reporters all around the globe. we are in new york, california, in london, and beijing. to the u.s. east coast, where more than 90 million americans are under heat alert as oppressive temperatures blanket large parts of the country. the northeast has been especially hot.

officials have confirmed at least one heat related death. we have the story from new york. >> reporter: all we can long, millions of americans are forced to find creative ways to keep cool as a heat wave has persisted through the northeast, extending down the eastern seaboard and affecting many people as far as the southern plains, with temperatures rising extremely high. newark, new jersey. the national weather service confirms that they saw a high of 102 degrees, making the fifth consecutive day. we saw the temperatures in triple digits. the longest streak as far as the heat wave goes started in 1931. that's an important perspective. authorities are confirming the death of one individual on saturday, one person with pre- existing health conditions who went to the medical examiner and died from heat exposure, according to officials. what we saw and heard all we can long from health officials throughout the country is that

people take those warning seriously, stay indoors and air conditioning, or if you're out and about, try to stay cool. the mayor in new york city is saying that largely, it seemed that was the case over the weekend. hospitals report a major increase in heat related illnesses part of that is likely because of what officials did on sunday, reducing the length of the new york city triathlon out of fears that they could potentially see heat related illness among the over 2000 participants of the annual event. cnn, new york. >> the extreme heat with years of drought is fueling a wildfire near yosemite national park, in california. thousands of people have been forced to evacuate, from rural communities where the fast- moving oak fire has burned more than 15,000 acres. we have more on that story. >> reporter: firefighters are working around the clock, doing everything they can in the air

and on the ground to stop these lanes. they say this fire has been difficult for a number of reasons. first, the weather, the drought. they say the afternoon is the worst time, because they are seeing temperatures increasing. they see humidity drop, and the wind is kicking up. they say terrain is making things difficult. it's steep, and hard for firefighters to get close to the flames. they also say it's hard to get to the people, the homes. they say that a lot of the homes in the area are large, sitting on five acres of land. a lot is covered by a forest, a lot of times overgrown and dry. it makes it difficult not just for firefighters but dangerous for the people who live in this area. many have already evacuated. authorities are asking people to listen to the warnings, to get their belongings, and leave if they are under those evacuation orders.

others say they just do not want to leave. i spoke to someone who has lived here for 20 years. here's what he told me. >> i get nervous, but friday night was the worst night for us . >> reporter: why? >> the stuff was coming out of the sky. the fires jumped to our property, so we had to leave. i have seen fire before. i feel like i can protect myself. i have no kids in my house. i can leave at a moments notice. >> we are expecting progress, because we are seeing more resources. saturday there were about 400 people working on this fire. by sunday, more than 2000 people were working on the fire. cnn, mariposa county. is not only the u.s. experiencing oppressive heat. we are standing by outside of london. as well, beijing, with the latest on conditions in china. let's start with nina.

you are just outside of london and these temperatures have been difficult for people in that part of england. talk to us about what they have had to deal with, right now? >> the temperature is nowhere near what it was last week. in terms of degrees celsius, it hit a record, surpassing 40 degrees celsius for the first time on record in united kingdom. as you can see, if i step away, the grassland behind me is completely parched and dry. that is where the risk continues to be. as we saw last week, yesterday, overnight, we saw four fires, seemingly spontaneous, breaking out in grassland like this. i am in a place a few miles outside of the center of london , somewhere between london and heathrow airport, which is a huge corridor of activity in one of the largest capital cities in the world.

that's about half a mile down that way, where we have 12 acres worth of learning grassland on a sunday afternoon. it took firefighters several hours to try to extinguish the flames and they only managed to get the blaze under control a few hours away. among the country roads, behind where our cameraman is sending, you'll see the fire trucks in case anything reignites. to the west of london and surrey, we saw grassland ablaze . also, south of the capital and other parts of the outside areas. why is this happening? even if the temperatures are coming down it's relatively windy. they are advising people to be vigilant and not use barbecues or throw any and extent was flames or cigarettes on the ground because they say it's tinderbox dry and the spectrum

of wildfires is something that londoners are unused to but they will have to get used to. the firebird grade is at its busiest day since world war ii. >> it's not part of the world that used to dealing with these temperatures and conditions with no air conditioning in a lot of areas. let's go to you, in beijing. high temperatures, right across china, how are people sheltering from this? >> reporter: that's right. this heat wave has been unrelenting and widespread, hitting almost every part of the country from the southeast, including shanghai and surrounding areas. this region has seen temperatures over 40 degrees celsius in the past few days. 67 chinese cities across the nation have issued their highest level, in their locations, to surpass 40 degrees

in the coming 24 hours. as you can imagine, people across the nation are trying to escape the heat in their home towns. i returned from the southern island, often nicknamed china's hawaii. the results are filled with domestic travelers and crowds flocking to pools and beaches, undeterred all of the challenges of traveling in china including the potential risk of getting stranded because of the government's insistence on a zero covid policy. this is a double whammy that millions of chinese people are facing, not only the heat wave, but this resurgence of covid cases across the nation. the health authorities are reporting more than 600 cases for the previous 24 hours. it's alarmingly high, by chinese standards. that is why lockdowns and testing have made a come back with a vengeance in many locations, including shanghai. they had to go through a two month lockdown in april.

the city just reopened june 1st. for the past few weeks, they have been dealing with a stubborn new outbreak, with the authorities ordering new rounds of mass testing for much of the city's residence and the next round is happening tuesday through thursday, when the temperature is forecast to hit as high as 38 degrees celsius. it's an unpleasant experience to go through. >> joining us from beijing. nina, outside of london. thank you to you both. we want to bring in our meteorologist, to look at these high temperatures across the globe. is this the new normal? >> seen these records fall left and right, you can see, 37.4 celsius, which is 99 degrees fahrenheit. that had never happened in recorded history.

guess what? saturday is slightly cooler, the hottest temperature up until sunday came around, and friday was slightly cooler than that, the hottest temperature until saturday. it gives you a sense of scale. three consecutive days of temperatures observed across hong kong from friday into sunday. the heat remains, showers and storms pop up toward the end of the week. that brings relief for some areas. we're talking about temperatures climbing up to 40, hundred and 4 degrees fahrenheit and 108 fahrenheit. typically the average is in the middle 30s, putting you in the middle 90s. it's well above seasonal averages. shanghai has three red alerts, which are issued typically when you reserve hundred and 4 degrees fahrenheit. they have had three this year. 17, since 1873. speaking of how severe and expensive the heat wave has been, we have had three events

take place and only 17 accumulated prior to that in over 140 years. the area has a population twice the size of new york city. temperatures climb up to 104, by tuesday. will notice some relief across the area as thunderstorms move in thursday and friday. now, europe is much the same. countries of italy, spain, france, germany, and the united kingdom have their hottest temperatures ever recorded across those nations. there is some relief in store as we hit cooler air on the horizon. we have areas across the south beginning to see heat building farther towards the north. we've had severe weather, as well. berlin and prague, run to venice, with strong storms in the past 24 hours with additional storms in store. look at the storm reports across poland. this is ping-pong hail across poland. with instability with the storms, fueled by the heat already in place which sets off strong storms.

in paris, temperatures will want to climb back up into the upper 80s, close to 31 celsius. across the northeastern u.s., it feels like 105 in places like philadelphia, boston, close to 100. if you work your way towards areas like little rock, 109-112. the pacific northwest, the air- conditioning of the united states, where it's typically the coolest and most people don't have ac units, amateurs are climbing up to 100 or 109 in a few spots into monday and tuesday before cooling weather arrives. >> i do worry about those people who do not have air conditioning or any relief. many thanks, for staying on top of those extreme weather conditions made straight ahead, russia changes its story. what they are saying about the weekend missile strikes on the ukrainian port city of odessa, plus, how a new ukraine and russia deal on a grain exports

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welcome back. efforts to restart grain exports from ukraine seem to be picking up momentum. moscow says that russia, turkey, and another party are still to be determined and will be escorting vessels with shipments through the black sea. russia, ukraine, turkey, the united nations, signed a deal to restart the export, since the start of the war, russia has blockaded ukrainian ports, dropping millions of tons of grain and deepening a global food crisis. russia admitted on sunday that its forces had hit a ukrainian worship in odessa with high precision missiles. kyiv warns that provocations like this will put the deal at risk. in the meantime, russian foreign minister is trying to shore up support in egypt and africa. that was after a meeting with top officials in egypt.

he will stop in ethiopia, uganda, and the democratic republic of congo. these are countries that rely heavily on wheat imports from russia and the ukraine. ukraine says that it intends to abide by the agreement on grain exports, despite the russian missile strikes on odessa, over the weekend. moscow has officially said that it carried out the latest attack on the port city. ivan watson is in ukraine, with more. >> reporter: after denying responsibility for the missile strikes on the ukrainian port 80 of odessa on saturday morning, the russian foreign ministry has pulled a complete 180. they now claim responsibility for the attack, saying they were carried out with caliber cruise missiles that hit as, moscow claims, a ukrainian naval vessel in the port. the attack on saturday has been condemned by the ukrainian government, because they were carried out hours after russia signed a deal, mediated by

turkey and the united nations, with ukraine, to allow the export of ukrainian wheat on cargo ships from odessa, and to other ukrainian ports. the criticism has been echoed by the u.s. government, by the uk, and the european union foreign policy chief. that said, the ukrainians say that they plan to try to adhere to the agreement, which the u.n. secretary-general has said could be a beacon of hope on the black sea, because we have seen global grain prices soaring sense russia invaded ukraine in february of this year. ukraine is one of the worlds biggest producers of wheat. that has plunged, tens of millions of people into acute hunger, the u.n. says. russia's top diplomat, at a meeting in egypt, has said that russia does intend to adhere to

the agreement, and went on to say that he believes that russian and turkish ships, as well as another countries ships, that has yet to be determined, would escort cargo ships from ukrainian ports to the bosporus strait, where the ships would then go on and bring their valuable grain to world markets. ivan watson, cnn, ukraine. matthews schmidt is a professor of local science at new haven. take you for joining us. on saturday, russia fired multiple missiles at odessa, hours after the u.n. and turkey made a deal with russia to reopen shipping ports to allow ukraine to restart grain exports, shielded by suppose it safe corridors. what impact does that attack,

and potentially others have, on getting grain exports out of the ukraine and around the world to help ease an international food crisis? >> in the immediate term, probably none. the grain will still go out. it's almost as if president zelenskyy had his press release typed up before the attack, saying we told you, you can't trust them. what the russians did was follow the exact letter of the law. they were not supposed attack nec base ships or parts of this process. instead, they attacked the city. we will see that as they go on. the real thing that worries me is there is a 40 million ton shortfall. we are facing that with wheat and the deal will only put, at best, if it works, and the russians are firing rockets at odessa, it will not. it will put 25 million tons out there. we are still facing a food crisis. >> clearly. in the meantime, it has to be

said that russia is destroying grain fields, targeting grain storage facilities, adding to that global food crisis. what needs to be done about russia's actions, and what will likely happen next then? you seem confident that this grain, or a large portion of will still get out. >> is in everybody's benefit to get some grain out. i think that russia will do what it does. it will follow the technical letter of the law and they will gaslight, say that what it's doing, attacking the land, when it's harassing ships, is not a violation even though everyone else looks at and says it is and it will force ukrainians to decide to let it go or not. i think they will because it's in their benefit to get the grain out. >> certainly, the optics of this expert deal signed by russia appear to show that it's not really worth the paper it's written on. what does it tell us about making deals with russia since,

as you point out, they are not actually breaking the law. this is a political deal. at the moment, they are not really fulfilling their side of the deal. >> i think a lot of this is the fact that ukraine needs the money from the experts, ukraine cares about behaving in a western standard, with western values, and is trying to avert a food crisis, because it's the right thing to do. those things, like any western power, facing a country like russia knows, it means that you end up tying your hands behind your back and going ahead and going through this process, even though you know the deal is not worth the paper it's written on. >> thank you for joining us. appreciate it. >> my pleasure. the u.s. says that if the efforts to export ukrainian lee by sea routes fail, there's a contingency plan involving

road, rail, and rivers. the head of the u.s. agency for international development spoke to cnn about to the plan in kenya. >> we've been living the contingency plan because there is no way you can trust anything vladimir putin says. we are working with ukrainians on plan b, which involves road and rail and river, and, again, sending in barges, adjusting the rail systems, so that they are better aligned with those in europe, so that the experts can move out more quickly. there is no substitute for vladimir putin allowing the blockade to end, and the greens being sent out in the most efficient way possible, especially because we've lost so much time. >> she believes that adding the grain exports to the global market will help to drive down prices. still to come, pope francis arrives in canada to deliver an

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i am ivan watson in southern ukraine, and this is cnn. pope francis is in canada this week, as the church tries to atone for decades of abuse against indigenous people. the roman catholic leader is on what he has called "a tour of penance." he is apologizing for the church's involvement with residential schools, facilities were indigenous children were abused, separated from families, and forced to assimilate into

white culture. paula newton has more from alberta. >> reporter: this is a pope who is not in the best health. he is 85, having mobility issues, and he is coming to canadian soil after having canceled other trips this year. this is what he calls "atonement." he calls it his journey of penance. other popes have been asked to make this apology. it is appalling conditions that these children who were ripped away from their families were put in, in residential homes. they were abused, emotionally, physically, sexually. it has led to intergenerational trauma. survivors tell us that they never knew, in their life, how to raise their own families, behave, how to love, and were taught to be ashamed for their own culture and background. a lot of those schools were run by the catholic church. think about that. abuse happened at the hands of

priests, nuns, and school staff. i want to show you that he is going to be making a cross- country trek, for a man who, as i said, is 85. it's a marquee moment, when he goes, a little bit outside of edmonton and goes in fact, to an indigenous community where he will speak that apology. he said it in rome a few months ago, but on canadian soil, he will do that. before he left, he repeated in a tweet, saying please join me in prayer. he established, really, saying that look, this is a journey of penance. he means that with sincerity. the issue is how survivors are taking this. some are gratified, but so many of them that we have spoken to have a lot of ambivalence about him coming here and really want the catholic church to do more with atonement. a lot of that comes from financial settlements, but also to let go of the impunity with

which the catholic church has operated in this country for decades. >> that was paula newton, in edmonton, canada. and infant is among 17 people found dead after a boat capsized off the bahamas. the prime minister says that the victims were haitian migrants, likely trying to reach the united states. 25 people were rescued, on sunday, but the boat was carrying as many as 60 when it capsized. officials in the bahamas say that this was a human smuggling operation and they are threatening prosecution. thousands of haitians are fleeing their country as it is rocked by instability and gang violence. and australian journalist says that she was forced to publicly retract some of her work after being abused and threatened by the taliban. in an article published by

foreign policy, lynn o'donnell says "i left afghanistan today after three days of cat and mouse with talib and intelligence agents, who detained, abused, and threatened me and forced me to issue it barely literate retraction of reports that they said had broken their laws and offended afghan culture. if i did not come they said they would send me to jail." donna had been in investigation of women and girls forced into major taliban fighters. here is what she told cnn. >> they call their general directorate of intelligence. he said that the decision was his and his alone. he wanted to have a meeting with me to discuss, face-to-face, my crimes and that if i did not have the meeting, he would order border points to close against me and not allow me out of the country. they came over and they were rude to me from the get-go, and a kafkaesque sort of way and said that i knew my crimes did they would look at each other and say, she knows her crimes,

and they took me away to the headquarters of the intelligence agency and kept me there for four hours. >> the taliban accused o'donnell of being an intelligence agent. a number of advocacy groups have condemned the treatment of her. stating the date. farmers struggle against the climate crisis, trying to make production of the staple fruit forage again. we will take a look at that, on the other side of ththe break. that's's your why. it's your purpose, and we will work with you every step of the way to achieve it.

this is cnn, the world news network. the date is a middle eastern staple food that is popular all over the world. environmental changes are making it hard to produce the fruit. we look at how farmers are trying to save the date. >> reporter: at the enter of the desert, thousands extend across the horizon.

young date palms, recently planted, in hopes of saving a staple that is now under threat. >> the date palm is a symbol and is pride. that's why we wanted to plant the trees to restore the culture. a country of more than 30 million palm trees. >> reporter: iraq has been one of the top date producers in the world, with millions of trees growing across the country. these once thriving plants have since withered away, dehydrated , and blighted by environmental changes. >> before, we had an abundance of water, rainwater, too, from the mounds. this area was like a sea. due to the lack of rain, the land started drying up. >> reporter: decades of drought, in addition to ongoing conflicts, are slowly creating desert -like conditions in 1/areas. as water levels decline, salt levels rise,

posing new challenges for those hoping to keep the industry alive. >> the issue of water salinization began around the mid-'90s, created another issue for us, other than the issue of cutting. now, if people want to plant new palm trees, they will face saltier water and soil. >> reporter: the u.n. stated that it is supporting iraq in mitigating and adapting to climate change. the country's environmental situation has been subject to a number of converging pressures, ranging from poor water quality, deforestation, soil salinity, to air pollution conflict and land-use change. amid efforts to refer some of those collective impacts on a key agricultural sector, some of those who depend on it success fear the worst. >> what is in my heart is the dread of never seeing the palms again.

we are waiting for them to come back. over here, everything is there. there is no water, nothing. i don't know that it will come back. i am worried the beautiful days won't ever come back. >> reporter: whether the industry can be revitalized before it too late remains to be seen. iraq is trying to save a national icon from a global crime climate crisis. cnn, istanbul. for those of you in north america, cnn news continues after a quick break. for international viewers, world sports is coming up next. ♪ lunchables! built to be eaten. ♪

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and all of us will stop at nothing to drive you happy. we'll drive you happy at carvana. welcome back to are viewers in the united state and in canada. am rosemary church, and you are watching cnn newsroom. one of the heads of the january 6 committee investigating the u.s. capital riot says that they are considering a subpoena for ginni thomas, the wife of supreme court justice, clarence thomas. the republican vice chair, liz cheney, says it depends on

whether ginni thomas will meet voluntarily to discuss her role in trying to get the 2020 election overturned. >> the committee is engaged with her counsel. we certainly hope that she will agree to come in voluntarily, but the committee is prepared to contemplate a subpoena if she does not. i hope it does not get to that, i hope she comes in voluntarily. >> the committee has emails between ginni thomas and former trump lawyer, john eastman, as well as text messages between her and trump's white house chief of staff, mark meadows. liz cheney says that there is no decision yet on whether the committee will make criminal referrals of donald trump. but, she believes that he violated his oath of office. >> donald trump, the violation of his oath of office, the violation of the const tuition,

that he engaged in, is the most serious misconduct of any president in the history of our nation. there is no doubt in my mind that the president of the united states is unfit for further office. any man who would conduct themselves, or woman, would conduct themselves the way that he did, and attempting to overturn an election and stay in power must never again be anywhere close to the oval office did. >> the committee will hold their public hearings next in september. the white house is deciding whether to declare monkeypox a public health emergency. this comes a day after the world health organization did just that, calling the outbreak "a global health emergency." the top covid experts at the white house says that he is confident that the u.s. can kick the spread of monkeypox and keep it contained. >> we have substantially wrapped up testing and ramped up vaccinations. we have to keep doing more. we are not done.

we will do more in the days and weeks ahead. whether we declare a public health emergency or not will be based on the facts on the ground and what that declaration will allow us to do. no decisions have been made so far. we will continue to assess that on an ongoing basis. >> the w.h.o. says that there are more than 16,000 monkeypox cases reported in 75 countries, including more than 2800 in the united states. world public health officials have focused their prevention efforts on men who are part of the lgbtq community, but anyone can get the virus. let's turn to a professor of epidemiology at ucla, who joins us from los angeles. great to have you with us. >> thank you for having me. >> given what we know right now about the spread of monkeypox across united states and the world, should the white house immediately declare monkeypox a

public health emergency, and why is it taking this long to figure out what to do about it, given the world health organization, as reported, has already declared it a global health emergency? >> i think it's important that we do everything we can to make the point that this is a serious situation. we are starting to see more cases. we still do not have adequate testing. we do not have great situational awareness about how many cases exist. we can be sure that there are many more out there than we are actually counting. it is important to consider declaring this a public health emergency, not only globally, as he did through the w.h.o., but locally. >> with more than 16,000 cases reported in 75 countries, and as you said, that number is

probably higher because we are not getting all of them reported, what do we need to know about this virus, and how can we protect ourselves? >> at the beginning of this, you had very important pieces. this is a virus traditionally spreading in africa. normally, through animal exposure, and then into human populations. you can see cases spreading person-to-person but generally speaking, that has been minimal, just a few cases. we are seeing it spread person- to-person very easily, through very close contact, often sexual contact, and right now, we are seeing this in populations and lgbtq men. a virus will never stay in one population, especially like monkeypox that has multiple modes of transmission. we can anticipate that this will continue to grow and potentially, have opportunities to spread into many populations.

you can get it, of course, through close contact, which includes sexual contact, but you can also get it from contaminated objects, like sheets or bedding or clothing that is contaminated. it is more than one way to get this virus. the things i am worried about are that this virus will become entrenched in human populations, but i am very concerned about the potential for this virus to spill over into animal populations in places where animals have not normally been carriers of this virus, and we could see it become endemic. both in humans and animals. that is going to be a big problem for the world. >> how do we stop it? >> what we need to be able to do is have good situational awareness. that is testing, case definitions, making sure clinicians know exactly what to look for to even offer testing, and we need to be able to get the vaccines out. right now, to populations that are at very high risk.

then, potentially offering vaccines to people who may be in different risk categories, going forward, to be able to make sure that we do not see the spread of this virus. it is the same things we always talk about. situational awareness through surveillance, testing, clinical case definitions, vaccines. >> professor, what symptoms should people be looking for? what should they do if they think they have a questionable rash? >> if you have a questionable rash, contact your healthcare provider or your local public health jurisdiction, whatever that is. this is a global show. you know, if you have been in high-risk settings, in particular, if you are having sexual contact in that group, i think that is clear. if you think you may have been exposed, contact your healthcare provider.

if you are at risk, look into whether or not you are eligible to get vaccinated. vaccine supplies in united states are reasonably low, but they are going to continue to increase. if there are vaccines available, you should avail yourself of those vaccines and also, just take precautions as you can. sure you watch for people who may have rashes. use protection. any measures you can take to limit the potential for spread right now, is a good idea. we know cases are continuing to increase. what is reported is definitely not the full picture, given the limited testing. >> very important information. thank you, as always. appreciate it. >> my pleasure. well, covid cases are rising in much of the world. that is largely due to the ba .5 sub variant. in the u.s. alone, you can see from this map, just how widespread the infections have

become, globally. you can see the sharp rise in cases, especially in north africa, asia, australia, and latin america. joe biden's doctor says the u.s. president is feeling much better, four days after his covid diagnosis. the latest, now. >> reporter: president biden's physician says the presidents covid-19 symptoms continue to improve significantly. his predominant symptom, at the moment, is a sore throat. the other symptoms, like runny nose, body aches, and that cough is starting to diminish considerable, according to the presidents doctor. dr. o'connor says the president will continue on the antiviral treatment and take tylenol and use that albuterol inhaler as needed for cough. the president has completed his third day of isolation, here, at the white house. day five will be tuesday.

his wife, first lady dr. joe biden, continues to remain at their home in wilmington, delaware, and tested negative for covid-19. the covid-19 response coordinator here at the white house was asked whether the white house would be transparent in providing information, if the president suffers from any long-term symptoms. here was his answer but >> absolutely. it's important to the american people to know how the president is doing which is why we have been so transparent getting updates, several times a day, having people, directly from his physician. obviously, if he has persistent symptoms, if any interfere with his ability to carry out his duties, we will disclose that early and often. >> reporter: one big question is what president biden's week will look like as he remains in isolation at the white house. he was last seen participating virtually in a meeting with his economic advisers on friday. the president was scheduled to travel to florida on monday,

but that trip was pulled down after he was diagnosed with covid-19. the white house has said the president was working over the weekend and participated in conference calls with his staff. their message, throughout this process, that the president has been able to continue his work, even as he is expressing these covid-19 symptoms. his isolation will end on tuesday but he will not physically return to work until he test negative. cnn, the white house. a danish cyclist won his first tour de france title on sunday. the 25-year-old is the second dane ever to wear the yellow jersey. it is cycling's most prestigious prize after finishing second in last year's race. he beat the two time defending champion by more than 3.5 minutes. he overcame a puncture and crash during the race.

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