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should be subpoenaed. the russian foreign ministry has now claimed responsibility for the attack. >> there is a major sense of urgency around getting that grain exported to the countries most dependent on ukraine's grain exports. ♪ it's monday, july 25th. 59 a.m. here in london, 5:00 a.m. in the u.s. west coast. where millions of americans across the country are seeing the impact of the growing climate crisis. a dangerous and scorching heat wave that's already responsible for several deaths. on monday temperatures hit as high as 102 degrees fahrenheit in parts of the northeast, with several cities sweating through their hottest days ever. both boston and philadelphia have extended their heat

emergencies after seeing record high temperatures, and across the country close to 50 million people are under heat alerts today, in some areas the blistering heat even led to power outages. sunday new york's electric provider says it was working to restore scattered outages, and in boston power has mostly been restored after an outage forced 20,000 customers to go without electricity amid the blazing heat. the heat combined with conditions of years of drought is fueling a wildfire near yosemite national park. thousands of people have been forced to evacuate from rural communities from the fast moving oak fire has burned more than 15,000 acres. ca . >> reporter: firefighters are working around the clock to do everything they can in the air and on the ground to stop these flames, but say this fire has been difficult for a number of reasons. first, the weather.

the drought. they say that the afternoon is really the worst time because they're seeing the temperatures increasing, they see the humidity drop and the winds picking up, they also say the terrain is making things difficult because it is very steep so it's hard for these firefighters to get close to the flames. finally, they also say it's hard to get to the people, the homes. they say that a lot of these homes in the area are large, they sit in maybe 5 acres of land, a lot of it is covered by a forest, a lot of times it's overgrown and dry, so it makes it difficult not just for the firefighters but it makes it dangerous for the people who live in this area. there are many who 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, but there are others who say they just don't want to leave. i spoke to someone who has lived here for 20 years, john mullin, and here is what he told me. >> you get real nervous, but when embers -- friday night was

the worst night for us on tip top. >> why? >> because the stuff was coming out of the sky and it will spot, the fires will jump to our property. so we had to be, you know, prepared. i've seen fire before so i feel like i can protect myself. i have no kids with me in my house, so i can leave at a moment's notice. >> reporter: and we are expecting progress because we are seeing more resources. on saturday there were about 400 people that were working on this fire, by sunday more than 2,000 people were working on the fire. camila bernal, cnn, mariposa county. let's bring in cnn meteorologist pedram javaheri now. we were just hearing that these wildfires continuing to be a very dangerous problem after one of the hottest weekends we have experienced in u.s. on record. >> yeah, you know, and it continues and what's important to note of course, this is the time of year with where the population is the highest across some of these national parks and the impacts for people across this region certainly going to be felt when you look outside,

look in the sky, you see the embers, the haze, the smoky conditions. and with the oak fire in particular, 15,000 acres of land consumed, 0% containment, excessive heat widespread across large areas of the western united states and drought monitor shows you over 74% of the western u.s. still experiencing drought conditions, 35% of that classified as extreme or worse. so we know the conditions are dire when it comes to how arid this landscape remains. the excessive heat as you noted, look at this, upwards of 50 million americans heat indices in spots 100 to 105 degrees fahrenheit, that includes places such as philly, close to new york city as well where it's going to feel dangerously hot. portions of the plains we are talking about temperatures in oklahoma city, tulsa into little rock pushing up close to 110 or greater as well. so this is the area we're watching with the active pattern that has been in place and we do have a system on approach that eventually brings in showers this afternoon and evening around the northeast and with it

cooler weather is expected into early next week, but look at this weekend of active weather, over 600 severe wind reports scattered about the eastern third of the united states, the midwest, areas of the northeast as well and the severe weather concerns are in place with this line of active weather, coming into the afternoon hours where some of these storms will produce damaging winds yet again, but bring with it cooler temperatures. the western united states impressive run of heat there as well, heat indices and what it will feel like in spots 100 to 109 degrees. this is one area that not only has the lowest concentration of air conditioning units across the united states but also has remained rather cool for much of the summer, christina, and they're going to see another round of hottest temperatures of the year in the next couple of days. >> all right. pedram javaheri, thanks for now. i want to turn to europe where searing temperatures are helping fuel wildfires also across the south. this was the scene in western greece on sunday as crews battled a fire there.

one of several wildfires raging across the country right now and in italy crowds looking to beat the heat headed to the shores at the lake. temperatures in italy have spiked to 40 degrees celsius as the heat wave settled over the south. in london crews battled three separate weather-related fires on sunday. officials say all three are now under control. another fire was also reported in surrey just southwest of the capital. for more let's bring in nina dee santos outside of london. i know temperatures have dropped in london but the remnants of this heat conditioning to be a major problem, even in a congested area like london. >> reporter: that's right. let me step away. all of this grass land behind me, we're only right next to heathrow airport is pretty parched and this is what people are worried about, it's land like this that could be a tinderbox if fires start.

the temperatures dropped dramatically, about 20 degrees celsius, about 68 fahrenheit, way below the 104.5 fahrenheit that we saw when the temperatures peaked at over 40 degrees celsius across the british capital last week but it hasn't really rained since and that's why the wildfires continue to start. firefighters say people really have to remember over the course of the weekend when it's nice weather like on sunday, do not use barbecues, do not throw anything that might be an ember of a flame or even a cigarette on to the floor because this type of grass land is so parched at the moment it can literally go up in flames. just behind me we had a blaze that was 12 acres wise, chris n, right near heathrow airport. there were blazes in the southeast of london, far in the west in surrey and also in the north of the capital as well. but this is nothing in comparison to what many people across central and southern

europe are having to deal with, in particular those wildfires in greece, the island of lesbos attracts many tourists we saw flames there and flames threatening houses on the outskirts of athens. the canary islands in spain have also been hit by these fires. when it comes to the flames that we saw ravaging parts of the southwest of france, that is finally out, but only after two weeks of exhaustive work by french firefighters who are very well-equipped to deal with these types of wildfires. the reality is that tens of thousands of people are getting displaced and even in temperate climates like the united kingdom where it's not often that you get a barbecue-type summer, people are tempted to go out in parks like this and barbecue and they're being reminded that with conditions like these after the heat wave we saw last week it's absolutely a no-no at the

moment. christina. >> that absolutely cannot happen in these conditions. nina dos santos, thanks very much. the january 6th investigations is far from over and the members of the house select committee looking into the u.s. capitol riot say their work is not done. republican vice chair liz cheney says they're considering a subpoena for ginni thomas the wife of clarence thomas, cheney says it all depends on whether ginni thomas will meet to discuss her role on 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 fully prepared to contemplate a subpoena if she does not. we've certainly spoken with numbers of people who are similarly situated in terms of the discussions that she was having that you've mentioned, so it's very important for us to speak with her and, as i said, i hope she will agree to do so

voluntarily, but i'm sure we will contemplate a subpoena if she won't. >> meanwhile, cheney says there's no decision yet on whether the committee will make criminal referrals of donald trump but she believes trump violated his oath of office. >> donald trump's violation of his oath of office, the violation of the constitution that he engaged in is the most serious misconduct of any president in the history of our nation. i think that, as i said, the committee has not decided yet whether or not we will make criminal referrals. 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 who would conduct themselves the way that he did in attempting to overturn an election and stay in power must never again be anywhere close to the oval office. >> well, the committee's next public hearings are scheduled for september, about two months before the november midterm

elections. president joe biden seems to be improving following his covid diagnosis on thursday. the latest no you from cnn's arlette saenz. >> reporter: president biden's physician dr. kevin o'connor says the president's covid-19 symptoms continue to improve significantly. his predominant symptom at the moment is a sore throat and the other symptoms like the runny nose, body aches as well as that loose cough is starting to diminish considerably according to the president's doctor. o'connor says that the president will continue on that paxlovid treatment as well as take tylenol and use that albuterol inhaler as needed for his cough. now, the president has completed his third day of isolation here at the white house and day five will be on tuesday. his wife first lady dr. jill biden continues to remain at their home in wilmington, delaware, and she tested negative for covid-19 on sunday. earlier in the day on sunday dr. ashish jha, the covid-19

response coordinator here at the white house was asked whether the white house would be transparent and provide information if the president suffers from any long-term covid symptoms. here was his answer. >> absolutely. you know, we think it's really important for the american people to know how well their president is doing, which is why we have been so transparent, giving updates several times a day, having people here from me directly, directly from his physician, and obviously if he has persistent symptoms, obviously if any of them interfere with his ability to carry out his duties, we will -- we will disclose that early enough and with the american people. >> one big question is what president biden's week will look like as he remains in isolation here at the white house. he was last seen participating virtually in a meeting with his economic advisers on friday. the president was actually scheduled to travel to florida on monday, but that trip was pulled down after he was diagnosed with covid-19. now, the white house has said that the president was working over the weekend, he participated in conference calls with his staff and aides and

their message throughout this process is that the president has been able to continue his working even as he is experiencing these covid-19 symptoms. now, the president's isolation will end on tuesday but he will not physically return to work until he tests negative from covid-19. arlette saenz, cnn, the white house. this week the biden administration is bracing for what could be a dismal economic report expected to show the u.s. economy has shrunk from april to june. if the report is true, that would mean the economy has contracted for two straight quarters and many economists describe that as a recession. polls show many americans already believe they are living in a recession, although the biden administration degrees to differ. u.s. treasury secretary janet yellen concedes the country's economic growth is slowing but says the economy is in a period of transition. >> so there are threats on the horizon. >> yeah. >> growth is slowly globally and

i'm not saying that we will definitely avoid a recession, but i think there is a path that keeps the labor market strong and brings inflation down. >> and here is a quick check of the markets now as concerns about the economy simmer, markets looking open to mixed, dow down, s&p 500 is down and nasdaq up as you can see there in the green. but there is good news at the gas pump, aaa reports prices are continuing their steady decline, for now averaging about $4.36 a gallon, that's down from nearly $5 a month ago. okay. still to come, there are growing concerns over the deal to export ukraine's grain after a missile strike at the odesa port. cnn's ivan watson is live in ukraine with the details. >> reporter: that's right, christina. i will have an update on russia's ongoing blockade of ukrainian ports and the latest

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efforts to restart grain exports from ukraine appear to be gaining some traction. moscow says russia, turkey and another party still to be determined will be escorting vessels carrying those shipments through the black sea. since it started the war russia has blockaded ukraine yan ports trapping millions of tons of grain and deepening a global food crisis. on friday russia signed a deal to restart the exports but acknowledges that a missile strike saturday targeted the port of odesa and what it calls military infrastructure and claims to have hit a ukrainian naval vessel. warning that more provocations like this will put the deal at risk. this as russian foreign minister sergey lavrov is trying to shore up support in africa after a meeting with top officials in egypt he will stop in ethiopia, uganda and the republic of congo, all countries that rely

heavily on wheat imports from russia and ukraine. cnn is covering this story from all angles, ivan watson is in ukraine, clare sebastian is in london and larry madowo is live in kenya. i ivan, despite the attacks we saw over the weekend moscow is saying that this grain is still going to be exported. what more do we know? >> reporter: yeah, and the ukrainians say despite their anger at the russian government for the missile strikes that they, too, have planned to adhere to the agreement but first i want to draw your attention to this growing phenomenon we are seeing in some ukrainian cities and that is these battlefield trophies, burned out russian tanks, armored personnel carriers placed on display in city centers. there's a similar kind of display in the capital kyiv and this was just put in over the weekend here in the southern city of kryvvi rih and it attracts onlookers, pedestrians

who take selfies next to these symbols of the russian invasion and in general take a look at it. i think in that spirit we heard more defiance in his weekly -- daily, nightly video statement from the ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy. take a listen. >> translator: after all that our people have gone through, after all that we have learned over the centuries, ukrainians will never give up their independence and they will not break from the inside, as has happened more than once. not this time. preserving unity now, working together for the victory is the most important national task that we all will definitely fulfill. >> reporter: christina, with that in mind the ukrainian military claims that it destroyed launching systems for s-300 rockets of russia's in occupied kherson district that

they claim have been used to bombard the southern city of mykolalv day in and day out. these kind of salvos that have been hitting almost constantly. meanwhile, when it does come to that grain agreement, we're hearing from the head of usaid, samantha power, that if as she puts it russia cannot be trusted and that's a criticism that's been echoed by the ukrainian government and if this grain deal may fall apart amid more attacks on some of the very ports that the agreement has stipulated to allow the export of blockaded ukrainian grain, then there will be a plan b and that was already being worked up and implemented, which is to try to ship grain on river barges up the danube and on trains and by trucks. these could only handle a fraction of the capacity of the normal cargo ship transport through the black sea which existed until russia invaded this country on february 24th.

christina. >> and we will get more on that plan b with larry in just a moment. ivan, thank you for now. i want to turn to clair in london. interesting, clair, that sergey lavrov has chosen this strategically chosen this moment to conduct a four-country tour of africa. >> reporter: yeah, africa the content most affected, africa and the middle east by the blockade of grain exports from ukraine's black sea ports. i think there are a couple short-term goals, one obviously russia wants to continue to garner support for its actions in ukraine, many african countries have abstained or in one case opposed u.n. votes condemning russia's actions in ukraine. no african countries have joined russian sanctions. they also want to use that opportunity to counter the western argument that it's russia's fault essentially that there is now a global food crisis. take a listen to what he had to say on his first boston in egypt. >> one fake story which i would like to mention here which is

important to this region is the so-called world food crisis which is being blamed bluntly, unconditionally on russia as if the food crisis started on the day when we launched our special military operation in ukraine. >> i think the world food program which gets half its grain from ukraine and is struggling to provide the aid it needs to would have a different opinion on that. there was some start to this before that, but there's another goal that he's pursuing and that's to sort of rally support, appeal to those in africa who have an aversion to neo colonial, anything that's neo colonialism from western powers and this is apparent in an article that he wrote in several african newspapers before his trip. he says, we know that our african colleagues do not approve of the undisguised attempts by the u.s. and it's

satellites to dictate their will to everyone to impose on the global economy a model of the world order. we value he says the balanced position of africans as regards the situation in ukraine and around it. so as we see biden firming up his alliances in the middle east, putin doing the same. this is russia doing this international outreach, proving again it certainly believes to the world that it cannot be isolated. >> clair, thank you. i just want to turn now to get the lawyers from larry from the african continent. he is in nairobi. larry, this grain desperately needed by africa if the content were to avoid a famine, a food crisis. what are you learning? we heard ivan speak earlier about a possible plan b. what are you learning about that for exports? >> reporter: i've been talking to samantha power the administrator of the u.s. agency for international development and she's been here in kenya and in somalia, some of the countries that are worst affected by a drought that's been four consecutive failed of

somalia, the pandemic has played into this. we're seeing some of the worst drought here on record and she's also announced a $1.3 billion extra humanitarian and development assistance to help these countries to feed people to stave off mass starvation and death. 86% of the world food program appeal right now is being shored by the u.s. and countries need to do more to make sure that people who depend on these wheat and grain exports from ukraine but also russia can get it because that will help reduce prices. she's called out the president of china for having not done enough to contribute to make sure the global food crisis is alleviated. >> this is a moment for all countries that play leadership roles in the international system as the people's republic of china clearly inspires to do and has done in certain domains. it is for them, for all of us,

to show up and to dig deeper than we have so far if we are going to prevent this crisis from becoming a catastrophe. >> how big is the impact of russia's invasion of ukraine into the current problem you're seeing in kenya and somalia and ethiopia? >> in terms of food just coming from somalia more than half of the wheat in this country, the country of somalia, comes from ukraine. it is trapped in the port of odesa. 20 million metric tons of wheat and corn are trapped. so, you know, we can all hope and even pray that the deal that the united nations negotiated but that it -- russia immediately turned its back on by bombing the port of odesa, that that deal somehow sticks. >> do you worry about russia's commitment to that deal if literally just hours after it was signed they're already bombing odesa, and what impact would that have if they don't honor their end of the deal?

>> well, we have been living the contingency plan because there is no way that you can trust anything vladimir putin says. we are working with the ukrainians on plan b. plan b involves road and rail and river and, again, you know, sending in barges and, you know, adjusting the rail system so that they're better aligned with those in europe so that the exports can move out more quickly, but there is no substitute for putin allowing the blockade to end, his blockade to end, and the grains being sent out the most efficient way possible, especially because we've lost so much time. >> reporter: this plan b with the road and rail and river were all in the works but it couldn't handle the scale of the amount of grain that needs to be exported to the world and is also more expensive. as part of her trip here she's next in india trying to find some alternative sources of wheat and grain for the world

just to try and fix some of this global food crisis that's biting especially hard here. >> also this grain needed a lot faster than they could provide with that plan b. larry, thank you very much there. live from nairobi. still ahead, scorching heat and rising covid cases in china. how those high temperatures could complicate the countries's covid response. plus the fbi raises an alarm about chinese made telecommunications equipment and potential interference with the u.s. nuclear deterrent. cnn's exclusive report just ahead. how those high temperatures

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welcome back to "cnn newsroom," i'm christina macfarlane. if you are just joining us, let me bring you up to date with our top stories this hour. in california the fast moving oak fire burning just outside yosemite national park has forced thousands of people to evacuate. fire crews are working to contain the blaze that's burned more than 15,000 acres. meanwhile, nearly 50 million people in the u.s. are under heat alerts today. cities in the northeastern u.s. marked some of their hottest days ever on sunday. we're also seeing scorching heat across much of china, more than 65 cities and counties are under red alert. the country's highest warning. for more let's get to steven jiang. we know china getting hit on two fronts at the moment, not only the heat but that surge in covid cases as well. >> reporter: that's right, christina. very much a double whammie. now, the extraordinary thing about this heat wave, of course,

is how unrelenting and widespread it's been. it's been going on for more than a month in many places and is stretching from shanghai and its surrounding area to the east, to guangzhou and hong kong and the south and all the way to the northwestern region where they have seen temperatures over 40 degrees celsius for the past few days. surprisingly many people across the country trying to escape the heat by flocking to beach towns, especially to tan island nicknamed china's hawaii. the resorts were filled with domestic travelers, undeterred by the challenges of traveling in china these days, the potential risk of getting stranded because of the zero covid policy. there is a resurgence of covid cases across the nation. on monday the health ministry reported more than 600 locally transmitted cases, that is an alarmingly high number for this country, that's why we are also seeing lock downs and mass testing making a come back in

many cities including the country's biggest financial and financial hub shanghai. they just went through a brutal two-month lockdown starting in april. shanghai just reopened on june 1st but for the past few weeks they are already several with a new outbreak and that's why the authorities there have ordered several new rounds of mass testing for much of the city's 25 million people and the next round of testing is happening tuesday through thursday when extremely high temperatures are, again, in the forecast. christina? >> i really feel for those health workers having to stand out there in that intense heat. steven jiang, thanks very much from beijing. okay. an fbi investigation has determined that chinese tech giant huawei has equipment in the u.s. that could disrupt highly restricted defense department communications. that includes airwaves used by u.s. strategic command which oversees the nuclear arsenal. katie bo little lis has more on

what the fbi found in an exclusive report. >> reporter: it all started with a figure fbi counterintelligence investigation that dates back to the obama administration and was briefed to the trump white house in 2019. the fbi knew that equipment made by huawei was still being used by small rural cell service providers out in the midwest located near sensitive u.s. military installationes in colorado and nebraska, including nuclear missile sill lows. companies were used the equipment because it was cheap and reliable but the fbi as part of its investigation determined that the equipment had the capability to intercept or even disrupt restricted defense department communications, potentially giving china a pivotal and dangerous window into america's nuclear arsenal. as one described it this was in the bfd category. as part of the investigation the fbi discovered that the leading regional provider was placing weather and traffic cameras atop a number of their towers and live streaming them as a public

service. intelligence officials tell us they believe those live streams could be used by beijing or any other nation state to track patterns of sensitive military movements. the combination of these two things was profoundly disturbing to u.s. counterintelligence officials. now, china denies using any of this equipment that's filed in the u.s. and huawei denies that their equipment could be used for such a purpose but this comes at a time when the u.s. government has worried about what officials tell us has been a dramatic escalation of espionage activity on u.s. soil by china over the past decade and in the meantime the equipment remains in place. these small rural telecom companies have been mandated by the fcc to rip and replace the equipment but the amount of money congress has appropriated to reimburse them is about $3 billion short of what it's going to cost all these companies to get the job done. the bottom line is that three years after the fbi briefed the white house on its findings and three years after the fcc passed its rip and replace rule, that

equipment still remains in use. katie bo lillis, cnn, washington. on tuesday the u.s. will host a virtual meeting of the indo-pacific economic framework as it seeks to counter china's growing influence in the region. president biden launched the 14-country group in may during a trip to tokyo. he wants to use it as a way to raise environmental, labor and other standards across asia. topics on the agenda include trade, supply chains, clean energy, infrastructure, taxes and combating corruption. parts of the southern japan are on high alert after a volcano erupted sunday. you can see here lava shooting out of the crater surrounded by columns of ash and smoke. officials say people living nearby should be ready to evacuate. cnn's blake essig is joining me from tokyo with more. do we know how potentially dangerous this is and how many people could be affected by

this? >> reporter: christina, the reality is scientists can't predict just how dangerous this possibly could be, but a large scale eruption of course is possible and if that happens hundreds of thousands of people could be at risk. mount sakurajima erupted last night sending plumes of ash, hot cinder blocks known as ballistic volcanic bombs flying through the air, more smoke seen this morning. so far two communities home to 15 people vr urged to evacuate located within two miles or three kilometers of the volcano's crater. at this time one evacuation center has been set up and is housing two dozen people. the good news is that so far there haven't been reports of damage or injury as a result of the ongoing eruptions but as the volcano continues to erupt that could change and if it does there is a big concern for the

roughly 600,000 people who currently live just outside of the danger zone in places like kagoshima city. those residents have been cautioned but not urged to evacuate at this time. while japan meteorological officials have said large-scale eruptions aren't imminent, measurements indicating a swelling of the volcano are still being observed which tells scientists magma is still building up meaning a large-scale eruption is still possible. take a listen. >> how should society deal with the risk of natural disasters that may not be that high, but that if they occur can be extremely devastating. and if we had some exact theory for predicting what would happen that would be cool, but given that we don't we should err on the side of caution. >> reporter: during last night's eruption the japan meteorological agency says at least one volcanic bomb flew a

mile and a half or two and a half kilometers from the crater which prompted the agency to raise its alert level to a five out of five, that's the agency's highest possible alert level at this point. a government task force has been set up to monitor the situation at mount sakurajima. it erupted several times over the past 200 years killing dozens of people, christina. >> well, it's a situation we will continue to monitor. completely unpredictable at this just ahead, pope francis arrives in canada to deliver an apology for the countries's indigenous communities. we will have a report from edmonton. one or two clicks anand everything was up and running. i was printing o out labels and saving money. shipstation saves us so much time. it makes it realally easy and seamless. pick an order,r, print everything you need, slap the label onto the box,

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pope francis arrived in edmonton on sunday for the first stop in his visit to canada. the trip comes after the roman catholic church tries to atone for decades of abuse against indigenous people at so-called residential schools. cnn vatican correspondent delia gallagher is traveling with the pontiff. >> reporter: pope francis arrived in canada to a deliberately subdued welcome ceremony, deliberate because as he told us on the paypal plane coming over from rome he is coming to canada in a spirit of penance. penance that is for the wrongs done to indigenous people here and he was met at the airport by representatives of indigenous groups as well as of course by prime minister justin trudeau. pope francis did not take the stairs to come down from the paypal plane. we know he has been dealing with a knee issue, he took a chair lift from the back of the plane and then was put into a

wheelchair. however, on the papal plane francis was standing, walking up and down the aisle with the aid of a cane in order to say hello to journalists. given that his knee issue caused him to cancel only three weeks ago a trip to africa we will have to see how the pope holds up during his six-day visit to canada. after a long 10 1/2 hour flight from rome, sunday is a rest day for the pope, his first full day of meetings and events begins monday morning. delia gallagher, cnn, edmonton. hundreds of migrants had to be rescued in the mediterranean over the weekend. the german ngoc watch says it saved more than 400 migrants from five different boats in just 12 hours. and the italian coast guard rescued almost 700 more. sadly, five bodies were found during that rescue. migrants were transferred to the

ports in cal brie a and sis aly on sunday. and an infant is among at least 17 people dead after a boat capsized off the bahamas. the prime minister says the victims from haitian migrants likely trying to reach the u.s. 25 people were rescued on sunday but the boat was carrying as many as 60 when it capsized. officials in the bahamas say this was a human smuggling operation and are threatening prosecution. thousands are fleeing their country as it's rocked by instability and gang violence. up next on "cnn newsroom," saving the date. how iraqi farmers are struggling against the climate crisis, trying to protect date palms. with hydration that beats the $100 cream in every jar of regenerist retinol24 collagen peptide new vitamin c and the iconic red jar can't top this skin shop now a at olay.com

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iraq's desert thousands extend across the horizon, young date palms recently planted in hopes of saving an age-old staple that is now under threat. >> translator: the date palm is the symbol and pride of iraq. that's where we wanted to plant palm trees torques restore the culture to what it used to be, 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 date palm tree groves across the country but once thriving plants have withered away, dehydrated and blighted by environmental changes. >> translator: before we had an abundance of water, rain water, too, coming from the mountains. this area was like a sea, but due to the lack of rain the land started drying up gradually. >> reporter: decades of drought in addition to ongoing conflicts are slowly creating desert-like conditions in once lush areas

and as water levels decline salt levels rise, new challenges for those hoping to keep the industry alive. >> translator: the issue of water sal inn zags began around the mid '90s which 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 in a press release 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 is a linty to air pollution, conflict and land use change. amid efforts to reverse some of those collective impacts on a key agricultural sector some of those who depend on its success fear the worst. >> translator: what is in my heart is a dread of never seeing the palms again.

we are waiting for the palms to come back, but over here everything is baron. there is no water, nothing. i don't know that it will come back. i worry the beautiful dates won't ever come back. >> reporter: whether the date palm industry can be revitalized before it's too late remains to be seen as iraq trying to save a national icon from a global climate crisis. now, climate activists glued their hands to the glass casing of a preem vera painting in florence italy on friday. the protesters were part of a group called last generation carrying a banner urging against the use of gas and coal. the museum says no harm was done to the painting because of the glass barrier. bystanders can be heard telling them to move away before they were escorted out of the museum. lots of boaters have been

out on the water off massachusetts over the past few days as new england sees some of its hottest temperatures ever and they are not alone. a whale jumped out of the party near plymouth on sunday and landed on a small boat and we have pictures of the whale breaching -- goodness me, there was only minor damage to the vessel and no one was injured. officials say boats should stay at least 100 yards away from whales to avoid these types of interactions. the massachusetts environmental police are investigating the incident. all right. that does it for this edition of "cnn newsroom." i'm christina macfarlane in london. stay with us for "early start" with christine romans up next.

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it is monday, july 25th. 5:00 a.m. here in new york. thanks for getting an "early start" with us. i'm christine romans. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. we begin with wall street and main street bracing for an avalanche of news this week on the health of the u.s. economy. news that will impact everything from your budget at home to the midterm elections this fall. tomorrow figures on consumer confidence which is already in the dumps as people worry about inflation, on wednesday the federal reserve meets again to try to tame that inflation b