hello. welcome to viewers joining us here, in the united states, and all around the world. you are watching "cnn newsroom." just ahead, donald trump's legal woes are mounting. some of his closest allies, being called to testify in election probes. the department of justice, reasserting the seriousness of the classified documents seized by the fbi in its

investigation. primary elections will soon be held in alaska and wyoming. why a republican trump critic, liz cheney, faces a difficult fight to hold onto her house he. and china has reportedly sanctioned officials in taiwan, claiming, the recent visit by u.s. house speaker nancy pelosi, is a sign of pro- independence activities. live from cnn center, this is " cnn newsroom," with rosemary chance. >> good to have you with us. we begin this hour with a group of growing illegal troubles for trump and his closest allies and advisors. first, the u.s. justice department is opposing the release of the affidavit of used to get the search warrant for trump's for the home. the two apartments is, the ongoing investigation and vials highly-classified criminal

materials, and making the details of could compromise their work and discourage cooperation from witnesses. in the meantime, prosecutors in georgia have notified trump's former attorney, rudy giuliani, that he is a target in their investigation.they are looking at efforts by the ex-president and his associates to overturn the state's 2020 presidential election results. a federal judge has ruled that republican senator lindsey graham must testify before a grand jury in that same investigation. giuliani's attorney says, if they want to play hardball, we know how to play hardball. giuliani, himself, had this response. >> it's a further desecration of the sixth amendment. i was his lawyer of record in that case. the statements that i made are either attorney-client privileged, because they were between me and him, or they would be made on his behalf, in order to defend him.

when you start turning around lawyers with defendants when they're defending their clients, let's not live in a fascist nation. >> more now from cnn political correspondent sara murray. >> reporter: prosecutors investigating whether donald trump and his allies committed any crimes in georgia in the efforts to overturn the 2020 election has informed rudy giuliani, as of monday, that he is now a target in their investigation. this is a pretty stunning development. he is the person closest to former president donald trump. we have learned, he is a target in any investigation. we knew giuliani had been under a strict, special grand jury testimony for wednesday. giuliani's attorney, costello, says, he will still appear before the special grand jury, but it's unclear exactly what information he's willing to provide. costello says, the prosecutors think giuliani will answer any questions about conversations

with his former client, donald trump, they must be delusional. giuliani appeared in georgia multiple times in the wake of the 2020 election, and appeared before lawmakers there, spreading conspiracy theories about the election results. of course, we will wait to see if he answers any questions about that in his wednesday appearance. back to you there it is primary day in the u.s. states of wyoming and alaska. the big focus is on several prominent republican women. former vice presidential nominee, sara palin, is trying to mount a political comeback by vying for alaska's at-large congressional seat. alaskan senator, lisa murkowski, voted to impeach former president donald trump, who's been lashing out at her and supporting her opponent, kelly sheibak of. but the most closely-washed race will be in wyoming, where representative liz cheney is in serious danger of losing her seat. cheney is an outspoken trump critic, and the vice chair of the house committee

investigating the attack on the u.s. capitol. cnn's jeff valin the explains what she's up against. >> we have to set aside partisan differences. we must understand there's something much bigger at stake here. >> reporter: on the eve of the wyoming primary, liz cheney is in an uphill fight to hold her congressional seat, even as she is eyeing the next steps in the bigger battle ahead. >> many people come to me and say, i have never voted for you before, but i'm going to do at this time. i said, great. let's keep that going her >> reporter: republican from one of the state's most storied political families, cheney has become a pariah in her own party. she's turning to democrats and independents for a last-minute lifeline. >> i never thought i would vote for cheney, but she has earned my respect. >> reporter: lightly says, she's a proud democrat, but stood in line for nearly an hour to change parties and vote republican. >> she might not win, but she

needs a solution. >> reporter: the odds are long, considering how former president donald trump's shadow looms large in wyoming, where the state's summer has been punctuated by a scorching political campaign between cheney and harriet hagaman. >> we are fed up with liz cheney! >> reporter: if the crossover boat doesn't save cheney, her admirers hope it can help in void an a piercing blowout that trump would revel in. >> liz, you're fired. get out of here! >> reporter: mike sullivan, a former democratic governor of wyoming, who served three decades ago. >> wyoming, always a trailblazer. >> reporter: he planted a cheney sign in his front yard to send a message for democracy and the rule of law. >> with no regard to her politics, she has reflected herself as a leader. i think history will prove the legacy that she leaves will be a very impressive and important one. >> reporter: john mckenna,

former gop county chairman in casper says, he's afraid some republicans are afraid to state their love for cheney, fearing the wrath of trump. >> a lot of voters support cheney, but they are afraid to speak out her >> reporter: the outcome of tuesday's primary will reflect if there is such a hidden cheney support, or i f publicans will reward her in the face of such a brutal campaign. >> i will never violate my oath of office. if you're looking for somebody who will, but for somebody else on this stage, because i won't. >> reporter: these days, cheney is hard to find. outside of from the audiences and house parties, which is a tribute to rising threats of violence. she told trammell last month, she was well aware of the head winds facing her. >> i don't intend to lose. some things are more important than any individual office or political campaign, though. >> reporter: perhaps it's less a question of if congress woman

cheney went on tuesday than what she would do if she loses. of course, she does keep her position on the general sixth special committee investigating the capitol attacks for the next several months. she also retains her congressional seat until early january, but her aides tell me, she is planning a longer-term battle against her ultimate quest, keeping donald trump out of the white house. jeff 70, cnn, jackson, wyoming. joined me now, political analyst michael genovese. he is the author of "modern presidency, six debates that defined the institution..it's great to have you with us. >> thank you. >> so, let's start with liz cheney, who faces a tough fight in her wyoming primary race in the coming hours, because of her determined anti-trump stance. how critical is this race for the republican party and, of course, the nation, and if she loses, as most analysts say she will, how likely is it that she will run for president? >> i think the race is emblematic of everything going

on in the republican party now. liz cheney made the mistake of speaking which truth of power. always a dangerous thing, but in trump world, it's even more interesting, because donald trump loyalists are so passionately in his favor, and so strong in their commitment to him, that any deviation is dangerous. and so, if you look at the 10 republicans who voted for impeachment of donald trump, two of them won their primaries. three of them lost. a fourth looks like, tonight, will lose. and four of them simply didn't run again. that tells you how powerfully donald trump is seen in the party, and how much control he has over primaries. he's been able to both personalize, weaponize, and nationalize the congressional races. many local races tend to be local, and based on people liking their current member of congress. donald trump has managed to completely change the

mathematics of elections. maybe after donald trump, they will want someone squeaky clean. that opens the door for liz cheney. >> so, since last week my seek seizure of classified documents from donald trump's mar-a-lago home, we have seen an unprecedented increase in threats of violence against the fbi and others, with some even threatening civil war. how far might this go? >> this isn't unusual in american politics, because politics has always been a tough, with dirty politics and vaults. we've never been in a position, since the civil war, where violence is openly discussed and threatened. online, you see people saying, kill fbi agents. the fbi office, in dc, has been barricaded this is unprecedented. donald trump encourages it. you remember bottone. we thought that was an aberration. we now know it's not. we know it's a part of a strategy. it's two webinars politics. his followers are very willing to go to the fringes for him.

this is unusual in american politics. it's very dangerous. you need republicans to stand up and say, enough is enough. they did that in watergate. they're not doing it now. so, if donald trump is gonna be stopped and the violence will be limited, it has to be republicans who do it. it's their problem. he is their problem. >> as you say, they're not doing it yet. donald trump's shifting explanations, having those classified documents at his home, have been stunning enough. now, with these threats on the rise, he says, he would like to help bring down the temperature in the country of a fire that he actually stoked. so, what is going on here? is this helping or hurting trump politically? we are getting closer to the november midterms. >> it helps donald trump within the party. it hurts him nationally. and so, in the party, he's been able to really dominate the

primary season. when it first started, he lost a few, won a few. but since the early failings, he's been very, very effective in getting his people nominated, and getting his enemies defeated in the primaries. so, he's had a great effect within the republican party. nationally, he has not been able to make that convert into either an independents or others supporting him, but he is threatening his base, while narrowing his potential vote but he's not doing himself any great favors after he gets out of the party. after he's out of the party, he really has many negative attitudes about him, and he doesn't have the support of independents. >> very quickly, rudy giuliani has been told by prosecutors in georgia that he's a target of the special-purpose grand jury investigating whether former president donald trump and his allies violated the efforts to change the 2020 election results here, in the state of georgia. so, giuliani went from being

subject to being a target. what could this potentially made for him, legally, and how might this impact donald trump, do you think? >> it's a huge step. to be the subject means, we're looking at something. to be the target means, we were looking at you, and a grand jury is looking specifically at you as a potential person of, perhaps, an indictment. that's a wake-up call. normally, telling someone to talk to your lawyer, and maybe approach the government to make a deal. that deal would involve, basically, turning over donald trump. and so, donald trump publicly is nervous about this. rudy giuliani is going to say, he does want to spend time in jail. and so, the cost of staying out of jail might be to turn over everything you know about donald trump. this is really a worrisome time for donald trump, in this regard. >> incredible last few days. we have covered it there, but still so much more to do. michael genevieve, thank you so much for being with us. appreciate it. >> thank you, rosemary.

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officials in russian -controlled crimea say, at least two people were hurt after an explosion at an ammunition depot.

the russian defense ministry says, a fire caused the ammunition to detonate. evacuations are now underway, and it comes just a week after a series of explosions caused major damage to a russian air base in crimea. moscow annexed them from ukraine in 2014. ukraine has not claimed responsibility for the incident. meanwhile, ukraine says, it's troops delivered a major blow to the notorious russian- backed paramilitary group. social media videos appear to show the aftermath of an attack on a base in eastern ukraine. apparently, used by the wagner group, a private military unit. also, pro-russian accounts linked to the group say, there were casualties. to the south, ukraine is attacking ridges, part of the campaign to cut off key russian supply lines, and loosen russia's grip on the region. for more, we want to bring in cnn's sebastian, who joins us live from london.

good morning to you, claire. ukraine's president, zelenskyy, calling for strict sanctions against russia. the nuclear blackmail around the nuclear power plant. what is the latest on this? >> yeah, rosemary. fears are mounting again this region. the nuclear power plant is the biggest facility of its kind in europe. russia has been occupying the power plant since the early days of the war and recently, we saw an uptick in schelling, causing international alarm. we are now seeing, far from withdrawing from the area, the international community has called for russia to do this, as ukrainian officials say, they are occupied administrative buildings in the area, vetting, as it were. president zelenskyy, stepping up rhetoric around this, calling for international action. take a listen. >> [ speaking foreign language ] >> translator: russia does not stop its blackmail actions at the nuclear power plant and around it. provocative shelling of the nuclear power plant territory continues. under cover of the station, the

occupiers are shelling nearby towns and communities. the russian military hides ammunition and equipment right in the station's facilities. >> so, a dangerous situation there, rosemary. he's calling for international sanctions on russian's nuclear monopoly. this would not be an easy task. russia is a major player in the nuclear supply chains around the world. for example, the u.s. has about 40% of the uranium imported from russia in the power plant for 2021. the eu, 20% of its uranium. so, very intertwined in the world. back to this question of how to disentangle the sort of economic elements from russia to reduce its leverage here. meanwhile, the situation around the plant remains the most immediate concern. there was a phone call monday between the russian defense minister and the u.n. secretary-

general, antonio gutierrez. no clear signs of progress between the two sides, though, on the path forward here. >> all right, clare sebastian, joining us live from london. many thanks for that. basketball star brittney griner's legal team has filed an appeal against a russian court's verdict. griner was sentenced to nine years in prison for smuggling drugs in russia. she was detained in february for carrying vape cartridges containing cannabis oil in her luggage the u.s. maintains, griner has been wrongfully detained and is negotiating a potential prisoner swap with russia in an attempt to bring her home. iran says, it's close to resuming its nuclear deal with the united states and other world powers. according to state-run media, iran's team has delivered a response to the latest eu proposal. iran's for minister says, tehran is at the point of agreement if the u.s. is realistic and flexible the original 2015 deal was made to

keep iran from developing nuclear weapons for 10 years. but then-president donald trump pulled the u.s. out of the agreement and hit iran with new distinctions in 2018. as the taliban celebrate the first anniversary of their return to power, the u.n. warns we must not forget the women and girls of afghanistan. they have been systematically excluded from public life, with female students no longer allowed to attend secondary school. cnn's chief international correspondent , reported from kabul on the many ways afghanistan has changed a year into taliban rule. >> reporter: it's a three-hour journey from shakira's home to the center of kabul. but each morning, she and other women take this walk, driven by hunger, the need to feed their

children. their destination is this a bakery, one of many across the capital, where crowds of women now sit patiently every day. quietly waiting for handouts. >> so, all the women have been pressing pieces of paper with their phone numbers into our hands. they're desperately hoping that maybe we can help them. circular tells us, on a good day, they might get two or three pieces of bread. every morsel counts. were you doing this a year ago, or has this situation become worse in the last year? >> [ speaking foreign language ] >> reporter: there's no work this year, she says. my husband has a card, but now only is $.30 or $.40 a day. a year after the taliban took power, afghanistan is isolated and increasingly impoverished. largely cut off from the global banking system, and the foreign

aid that once funded almost 80% of this country's budget. it is also unmistakably safer. one thing the taliban has been able to improve his security. outside kabul's airport, shops are open, and the streets are calm. excuse me. >> [ speaking foreign language ] >> reporter: cover my face? far cry from the chaotic scenes we witnessed last summer. he told me to cover my face. but he doesn't want to comment on that thing he is carrying. tens of thousands risked life and limb to try to flee the country. >> [ sound of gunfire ] >> stay behind him! >> reporter: many feared for their lives. others, that the taliban would take the country back to the middle ages. >> [ speaking foreign language ] >> reporter: for these girls, that fear has come true. they were just a year out from

graduating, when the taliban announced a de facto ban on girls secondary education after sixth grade. now, they have improvised ways to deify the band, setting up unofficial schools where they continue their studies. the dreams of it diploma may have vanished for sadath, but her drive has not. >> i said to myself, i am so strong since encountering my dreams, and what i want to do. >> reporter: do you ever feel scared? >> yes. it's a risk for us, that we don't cover our face, and we study our lessons. >> reporter: you are very brave. >> yeah. i know. >> reporter: girls education is one of the main reason no country in the world has yet recognized the taliban's effort. a point we put to foreign

ministry spokesman, abdul kabar tulhi. when will the taliban allow girls to go back to school? >> from the perspective of the government, there are a range of issues that have led to the temporary suspension of secondary schools. the most important and significant part of this is that the policy of the government of afghanistan is education for all citizens of afghanistan. >> reporter: yet, all citizens of afghanistan are not currently able to get an education and what is the hold up? >> it seems that international actors are, unfortunately, weapon huizing the issue of education, instead of coming forward and interacting positively. they are trying to find moral justifications for some of the inhumane policies of sanctions, which is leading to the

collective punishment of the entire people of afghanistan. >> reporter: do you want to see girls going to school again? >> i think a policy of the government of afghanistan is very clear, and that is education for all citizens of afghanistan. >> reporter: the taliban says, it wants to see peaceful and positive relations with all countries, including the u.s.. but those prospects were dramatically diminished. the head of al qaeda, killed by a u.s. drone strike in a village in downtown kabul just over two weeks ago. >> we have made it very clear, the government of afghanistan was unaware of the arrival or presence of mr. al-zawahiri in kabul. so far, we have been unable to establish, as a fact, as a matter of fact, that mr. al- zawahiri was, indeed, present in kabul .

>> reporter: is in that almost more frightening, though? the idea that you are claiming, potentially, the leader of al qaeda was here, in the center of the city, and you didn't even know about it? >> again, we contended that he wasn't even present here. even if he was, these types of incidents happen everywhere in the world. >> reporter: but they really don't. how can the u.s. possibly trust the taliban leadership, though, to stay true to its promise that it will not allow sanctuary to be granted to terrorist groups? >> if we look at the doha agreement, the articles that define the government of afghanistan, all of them have been fulfilled. if you look at the commitments that the united states of america has made, sadly, they have not fulfilled a single article. but we're hopeful and continue to earn the united states' adherence to that agreement. >> reporter: it's a bracing position that complicate

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welcome back, everyone. as we mentioned earlier in the hour, primary elections today, in alaska and wyoming, will test the continuing influence of the former president trump on the republican party and wyoming is drawing the most attention january 6th committee vice chair, liz cheney, is struggling to keep her seat in the house of representatives against challenger harriet hedman. recent polls show hagerman, who is endorsed by trump, leading by a wide margin. cheney is the most prominent critic of trump in the republican party. she voted with democrats to impeach the former president, which tanked her poll numbers in the conservative state. state-run media in china is reporting seven officials in taiwan have been sanctioned for supporting independence for the self-governing island. a statement says, pro- independence activities became

more egregious after u.s. house speaker nancy pelosi's visit to taiwan earlier this month. these officials and family members were reportedly banned from entering the mainland at the special administrative regions of hong kong and macau. this move is in addition to the leaders china has previously sanctioned. taiwan's foreign ministry quickly responded, saying, i cannot accept threats of intimidation from, quote, an authoritarian regime. cnn's kristie lu stout joins me now from hong kong. good to see you, kristie. what is the latest on this continuing fallout in response to this second, now, u.s. congressional delegation visiting taiwan? >> reporter: of course, strong responses from kyiv in the form of these new sanctions on seven taiwanese officials. also, more details about the latest u.s. congressional delegation to visit taiwan being led, this time, by the u.s. senator ed markey. they have met with the

president and top officials. they have also met with representatives of nicolae miu, taiwan's chip-making giant, on ways to expand economic cooperation between taiwan and the united states, including investments in semi conductors, as well as how to improve the semi conductor supply chain. earlier today, there was a tweet sent by senator ed markey, where he described the nature of the visit, saying, quote, i'm honored to have met with the tony's president and the tony's manufacturing company of semi conductors. united states must continue to support taiwan's role in the international community. end quote. this is significant, the fact that senator mikey met with nicolae miu, the world's largest contract chip maker, producing 90% of the world's super-advanced computer chips,

which also comes at an interesting time. earlier this month, u.s. president joe biden signed the chips and science act in order to boost the competitiveness of america's own semiconductor chip production, and taiwan is up in the united states to meet that goal. nicolae miu has already placed about us$12 billion to help create a new chip in the u.s. state of arizona. we are basically seeing, this visit could lead to additional investments in the semi conductor space. meanwhile, we have been monitoring con from the taiwanese president, who made this quick quote, saying, this route is the same connection between the south china sea and the taiwan strait, which this stability is critical to the high-tech global supply chain. so, semi conductors will be important to focus on during this visit. back to you now. chaotic moments in kenya. the results that sparked the skirmishes in kenya, coming up

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can agree. election officials on monday declared him the winner in last tuesday's vote, defeating nicolae miu by a narrow margin . he will be kenya's fifth president since the country gained independence, and he won the office on his first attempt. but it took a most a week to tally the votes, and some of nicolae miu's supporters rejected the results, throwing the race into chaos. cnn's letter, doyle joins us now from kenya. so, larry, a very divided response to the response of kenya's elections. what is the latest response to president-elect ruto's win? >> reporter: there's still a lot of celebration in parts of the country that support william ruto. especially the north, where he comes from. and other parts of the country. he has a national following, but sort does nicolae miu. those who voted for nicolae miu, still feeling hopeful that there is some way to turn this thing around. we saw intrigue yesterday,

one, before the announcement, with some chaos at the national tallying center. anti-riot police had to be called in to support, and didn't want an announcement to be made. even more fascinating, four commissioners of the electoral commission calling a separate press conference before the announcement, and declaring that they could not support the final winners of the presidential election. it was unprecedented. i have covered elections since 2007. i've never seen anything like this, rosemary. we expect to hear more from them. they only say, they can trust the final outcome, because the final bit of this outcome was opaque. not a lot of information was given. it led to speculation about exactly what they meant. but that seemed to tie with what they have been saying, that this will just be a part of a process where they cannot verify the final outcome before ruto was declared president. that chaos is the background for the declaration of william ruto as student, and he addressed it afterwards. >> what happened this evening

is an unfortunate situation. i think it is an attempt by our competitors to roll back what we have achieved as a country. >> reporter: what we have achieved as a country is something that many kenyans are proud of. they called it a boring election, with no violence during the election. almost seven days kenya had to wait for the presidential declaration. the path forward for nicolae miu is most likely a challenge of the election in the supreme court. he has seven days to file a petition, and the supreme court will have 14 days to determine it, rosemary. >> we will continue to follow this, larry. thank you for joining us from kenya, covering the elections there. just ahead, a new study where california going from one climate extreme to the other. details on the alarming predictions s of the so-called

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well, more than one hundred million americans will be living in a so-called extreme heat belt in the next 30 years due to climate change. that is according to a new study from the non-profit first street foundation, which found that the current seven hardest days of the year in the u.s. will increase to 18 by 2053, and in that heat belt, which would stretch from texas up to the great lakes, temperatures could exceed 52 degrees celsius, or 125 fahrenheit, on

the hottest days of the year. scientists are warning of a disastrous event that could happen in california in the next four decades. it's not an earthquake. you are looking at what is now drought-prone areas in the state that are predicted to, one day, be a vast inland sea. a new study by science shows, climate change has doubled the chances of what's called a mega- flood. climate scientists describe it as a severe flood across a broad region that has the potential to bring catastrophic impacts to society. i spoke earlier with climate scientist daniel swain. >> sounds a little paradoxical to be talking about the risk of a severe flood event the midst of what is essentially a historic drought in california and the southwestern united states but it may be a little bit less paradoxical than it might seem at first glance, because we know that, in a warming climate, the water of april holding potential of the

atmosphere increases rapidly with rising temperatures so, that's one of the main reasons why the risk of an extreme flood event in california is going up in the atmosphere can hold more water vapor, essentially raising the ceiling on how intense is a petition can become. but it doesn't necessarily increase precipitation all the time. in fact, that very same mechanism, the increase in the water vapor holding the potential of the atmosphere, also increases the severity of droughts. think of it like the atmosphere acting as a giant sponge. it can soak up more water, potentially, and squeezing out in the form of increasingly extreme rainfall, but the rest of the time, is just extracting more moisture, leading to more drought. >> so, what would a advanced inland sea in california look like? who would it affect? >> well, last time a flood of this magnitude occurred in california was on the way back in 1862.

came to be known as the great flood of 1862. at that time, of course, california was much less urbanized and developed as it is today. there were 400,000 people living in the state then, as opposed to nearly 40 million today. california also lacked large water and flood -controlled infrastructures. all the levees and dams they can mitigate flood risk circumstances. back in 1862, the central mountain did, indeed, fill up like a temporary inland sea, almost 300 miles in length. that was incredibly disruptive, as you might imagine, to the towns and cities that were developing there, as well as agriculture. today, we don't think we would see that same 300-mile inland sea because of the modern flood- control measures in place. the flooding would still be quite widespread, though. there would be vast areas inundated that haven't seen flooding, really, in recorded history. >> i also asked him what measures needed to be taken now

to reduce the risk of a mega- flood. take a listen. >> to increase -- not just public awareness -- but also awareness among the entities of the state and regional and federal level that are involved in the flood control and disaster preparedness, and to highlight the fact that this is a risk that is increasing in a warming climate, even the same warming climate that is simultaneously bringing an increase in drought and water scarcity to the same regions. >> experts say, the flood would be unlike anything anyone alive today has ever experienced. want to thank you for spending part of the day with me. i'm rosemary church. "cnn newsroom" continues next. with christina macfarlane.

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