is cnn newsroom, with rosemary church. >> thinks of being with us. we are following the developments. this hour, out of the group ukraine, we are learning that a reactor has been shut down. a protection system has been activated because of shelling. this comes as u.n. inspectors are en route to the site, as fears grow that the shelling could trigger a nuclear accident. earlier, we saw the team from

the international atomic energy agency head out from the city. before they left, the head of the agency spoke about the significant risks involved in their mission. >> we are moving. we are aware of the current situation. there has been increased military activity, including this morning. until very recently, a few minutes ago, i have been briefed by the ukrainian regional military commander, here. about the inherent risks. weighing the pros and cons,. having come so far, we are not stopping. we are moving, now. >> melissa bell is following development. she joins a life in kyiv. this was a dangerous mission

for the atomic and inspectors. now, we are hearing more shelling at the nuclear plant, as they had there in an effort to avert a catastrophe. what is the latest that you are hearing on this? >> reporter: that's right. he spoke of the fact that he had been told by that military regional administration, that there had been more shelling. he spoke of the minimum standard being set for the mission to go ahead. you heard a moment ago of the importance. we are getting more details about what is going on. we're getting this from an official statement of the energy utility, here in ukraine. it is announced as a result of what they say, russian shelling just before 5:00 a.m., this morning. the fifth reactor had to be switched off. it's emergency protection system activated, rosemary. that means that this reactor

plant that had been down to two reactors functioning, is now down to a single one. as far as we know, the inspectors continue to make their way towards the plant. whether they will get there, giving the shelling, it is about a two-hour drive between the town and the plant. they are still, as far as we know, on their way. but, it is perhaps more dangerous than we imagined it would be, given the shelling. there will be a question of access. whether or not they can get to these russian controlled territories on the south side. and, whether they are going to be able to get inside the plant. what we heard was that the first mission was to ensure the security and safety of the plant. then, to see whether a permanent mission could be established. at this stage, given the showing this morning and the situation around the plant -- which is tense -- it is unclear whether that is going to be able to go ahead.

>> we will go ahead and continue to follow this. melissa bell, live from kyiv. donald trump floors are responding to allegations that he kept classified material at his mar-a-lago estate with a big so what? the former president's legal team is preparing for a hearing in florida, today. demanding that a special master review everything the fbi sees from his home. they claim it is no surprise that agents found sensitive material. it was never cause for alarm. the justice department sees things differently. accusing the former president of hiding and moving documents to obstruct its investigation. sarah murray, has our reports. >> the trump team is doubling down on their request for a special master to review the materials seized from the august surgeon mar-a-lago. that is from wednesday night .

they say that the notion that the records contained materials and should not have been cause for alarm and that the archives should continue to negotiate in good faith to get the documents back. we know, those negotiations went on for months and the former president had still not returned all of those. the trump team did not rebut, fact by fact, many of the damning items the justice department laid out in a court filing, earlier this week. they did take issue with a june 3rd meeting. the trump team says it has been significantly mischaracterized. this is when investigators showed up at mar-a-lago to collect documents after they had issued a subpoena. a traveler signed a document saying that we have handed over everything, pursuant to this subpoena. we later learned, that was not the case. there were many documents with classified markings left behind . the trump team had some pointed words for how the

justice department has conducted themselves, saying, left unchecked, the doj will impugn, leak, and publicize selected aspects of their investigation with no recourse. but, to somehow trust the self- restraint of currently unchecked investigators -- the moves the fbi have made have been signed up by a judge, but we will hear more about this fight in florida, on thursday. sarah murray, cnn, washington. >> trumps legal team is challenging the legitimacy of an intelligence community review of the documents retrieved from mar-a-lago. from director, andrew mccabe, explained way that is not likely to be a winning argument. >> there are completed -- conflating with the damage assessment review. the doj was clear that backed up any delay causing significant farm and slowing down the ability to find out how much damage has been done as a resort of this improper storage.

that is diplomatic of the way that they are tying to attack this thing. death by 1000 cuts. they go after the governments filter team. the process was laid out in the search warrant affidavit. they say that all the material will be reviewed for attorney- client privilege. they have done that and come up with some materials. they're looking to the court for guidance. >> let's talk about this, with jessica livingston. she is a professor at loyola high school, and host of the podcast, passing judgment. good to have you with us. >> it to be here. >> donald trump floors have responded to the explosive court filings that old alleges that classified documents were hidden and moved to obstruct the investigation into how the

materials were handled. trumps legal team says that they want more transparency and oversight of the doj. they are doubling down on their call for a special master to review the documents. what do you make of their response? >> it was a very muddled response. it was a bit chaotic. in the end, it did not address the factual assertions in the doj filing. the backgrounds to the filing was filled with those allegations that you just mentioned. that's trump, and or, his attorney obstructed the investigation by willfully hiding these documents. then, the doj filing pivoted to , here is the law as to why trump is not entitled to a special master. that is where i saw, he did not respond. the reasons are pretty damning and difficult for trump to respond. he seems to have given up on

some of the arguments. he is focusing on this idea, a little bit, executive privilege. but, as the department laid out, there are binding supreme court precedent that indicates, in this type of scenario, where it is part of the executive branch looking at these documents for specific purposes. any assertion, which is clumsily asserted, is executive privilege, it makes no sense to have a special master. >> trump and his team were very angry about this photo being included in that filing of highly classified documents. we can bring the picture up again. the documents found at his mar- a-lago office. the image tells a story. given the filing in the response from trumps lawyers, what are you expecting? when the judge makes a ruling on whether the former president gets a special master to review whiteout house documents? >> what they want to point out, we would not have seen any of this if trump had not asked for a special masters. so, every step along the way, we know more. what we have learned every step along the way is worst for

trump because of what he said. he called the search warrant into question. we saw the search warrant, it has three specific crimes listed . the espionage act -- obstruction of justice, these are serious crimes. then, he keeps going. then we have the affidavit. the affidavit gives us even more details about the potential wrongdoing. and now, of course, we have the picture that you showed that kids heart palpitations to people who have ever worked in government. if you think about what is contained in those documents, and who is potentially threatened if those documents fall into the wrong hands -- that is why we want the documents back. there the people's documents, not the presidents. having said that, we have a new judge tomorrow. appointed by the former

president and confirmed after he lost the election. she doesn't have a long track record for us to be go and predict what is going to happen. legally speaking, i don't think he has a strong case. >> has a crime been committed? >> i will say, if this is john smith, not donald trump -- we're talking indictments. we're not talking about special masters. the doj lays out, in great detail, all the ways in which they tried to get the documents back. again, not the president's documents, the people's documents. how he said no, how his counsel , or trump himself, said that we have nothing else that is responsive. the fbi does not believe him. they go in and get documents. they are, in fact, responsive. they are classified and highly sensitive. all this indicates that an indictment could be coming. it would be until after the midterms, probably. >> jessica livingston, always great to get your analysis. many thanks for joining us. >> thank you. >> a key member of the january 6th select committee says that the mystery of the missing

secret service text messages is still not solved. democratic congresswoman, zoe lofgren, says that the committee received thousands of documents from the secret service, she is concerned. here is what she told pamela brown on wednesday. >> we have got other records from the service that seem to contradict some of what the service have been telling us. it is not clear that the messages that were erased can be recovered from the service, itself. although, that may be possible from the department of homeland security. the fact that they were erased, after they were told to preserve it is disturbing. every time i look at that, i have more questions. it doesn't look good. sarah palin is not heading to the u.s. congress, at least

not yet. the formal public nominee for vice president has lost her bid to fill alaska's vacant house seat. trump backed palin was defeated by mary peltola, who will become the first indigenous member of congress. palin blamed the loss on the system of ranked choice voting, used for the first time in the special election. the people of alaska do not want the destructive democrat agenda to rule our land and our lives, that is what resulted from someone's experience with this new am a crazy, convoluted, confusing, ranked voting system. it has disenfranchised 60% of voters.

alaska's only house he has been empty since march, after the state republican congressman died. palin will get another shot of the house, to the november midterm election, when she and peltola will be on the ballot, once again. palin is vowing to reload instead of retreat. joe biden has to philadelphia, to light a fire under democrats heading into the midterm elections. house minority leader kevin mccarthy is expected to give a speech in the state, just before mr. biden's address. mccarthy is expected to slam democrats on crime, and inflation, as mr. biden wraps up his rhetoric on the mega supporters. cnn's, mj lee has the report. >> the white house is making clear that president biden's prime time speech in pennsylvania on thursday night is not just going to be about the theme of democracy, but also about the battle for the soul of the country. of course, that was a main pillar of the presidents campaign, back in 2020. is clear that the right house

sees a political opening, here. not just to cast the midterms as a choice between democrats and republicans, but, against trump republicans and the maca gop actors. here is what he said. >> let me say this to my maga republican friends in congress. don't tell me you support law enforcement if you want condemn what happened on the sixth. don't tell me. you're either on the side of the mob are the side of police. you can't be pro-law enforcement and pro- insurrection. you can't be a party of law and order, and call the people who attacked the police on january 6th patriots. you can't do it. >> ahead of that speech, thursday night, i asked karine

john pierre whether the president believes that some of these factors, these threats to democracy that he saw a couple of years ago. that prompted him to run for president in 2020. whether he believes those forces are still out large, whether he believes there have been progress made, since he has come into office. john pierre told me, it is not stopping, it is continuing. that gives you a little bit of an idea of the tone of that we will see from president biden. i will note, this will mark the second of three trips planned to the state of pennsylvania in just about a week or so. you really get a sense of how much this political calendar is ramping up. mj lee, cnn, the white house. >> still to come, waiting in line for clean drinking water. it will be the new normal for some sippy residence until a ry local water facility. is back online. the weight could be longer than expected. back witith that, in a moment.

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urging its residents to not charge their lexical vehicles from 4:00 to 9:00 p.m. i find it interesting considering that a few days ago, the state of california has banned the sale of gasoline powered vehicles by 2035. let's talk about the heat. look at this, records broken in anaheim. 106, beating his record set back in 2020. we have over 40 million americans under heat alert. much of that encompasses the state of california. about 20 of the most populated cities over the western u.s. -- inputting the los angeles area, just outside of san francisco. some of the areas you anticipate. the cooler weather to the quote coast, we may not experience the release and relief you would expect to get, near the ocean. 160 potential records broken over the next weeks or so. incredible amounts of heat, a

large heat don't start to build over the region. it is not going anywhere. we know that this type of heat can be extremely dangerous. not only that, but faithful. temperatures are reaching the triple digits, easily. death valley, we use that as a marker. those were the hottest temperature is located. 125, highest ever recorded. we are footing with that into the early parts of. rosemary? >> unbelievable. derek van dam, many thanks. serena williams's swansong will last at least one more night. the 40-year-old tennis great advances to the third round of the u.s. open with a stunning onset of the world number two player. williams, who has 123 tiles in her career says, no one

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welcome back, everyone. more on our top toy story. on goring showing near a power plant, this hour. even as u.n. inspectors are headed to their facility, the head of the international atomic energy agency says that the team is pushing forward, despite the significant risks involved. shortly after the comments, we learned that one of the reactors at the plant has been shut down. an emergency protestant system has been

activated because of the shelling. how do you focus on learning, in the middle of a war? students and teachers across ukraine must adjust to the reality, as the new school year gets underway, for many. when kids heads back to school, this will be the new normal. bomb shelters built inside of schools, to pretend tech against russian attacks. there are signs that the war is taking a toll on children's mental health, and their ability to learn. one educational worker says there is a risk of a lost generation of ukrainian children, if they can't go to school. our next guest saw some of those challenges firsthand, as he took these in ukraine. a photojournalist who documented the impact of the world war on children. >> thank you for being with us.

>> no problem at all, thank you. >> the latest united nations assessment is hard to read. 1000 children killed, or injured since the war began in the ukraine. thousands more traumatized. you return from an assignment with unicef, focusing on the state of children. what did you find? >> first of all, that number is not the verified number. the real number will be higher than that. i found that's -- as you expect, the war is awful for children. this one is particularly bad because of the use of explosive weapons. these projectiles are hitting children in civilian areas. it is not just the explosion and buildings, it is aftermath, as well. children, beyond the fighting,

exposed to deeply distressing events. many of these 10-year-olds were telling the stories that you would want to hear from your closest added adult friend. deep trauma. >> we continue to look at some of the images, i want to highlight a couple of photographs, and get the stories behind them. the first is posing in front of her classroom in kyiv. what are you able to tell us about her? >> she was more grown-up than most of the friends that i have that are or correspondence. she was 12 years old. she is standing in front of her school and she told me, they bonded a month ago. it was an airstrike. i don't know why. i am her photographing her hand, i have to hold myself together making these pictures, especially for the kids. but, i don't know why they bonded, just the innocence.

she said, i thought covid was bad, but this is the worst time of my life. i asked, what do you want to do? she wants to be a psychologist because she wants to hear people's problems that have come up through the war and try to help them. she told me that she started keeping a journal of her thoughts. she started meditating and doing yoga to try and do with the stress. the strength of marcia, i was so moved by it. she told me she was in a bomb shelter when the war started. her friend had an asthma attack. she started calling her friend down with breathing exercises. under russian shelling, saying, it will be all right. you won't die. everything going to be okay. a 12-year-old girl. these are the positions that us adults are putting these kids in.

they are the most vulnerable victims in the conflict. >> yeah. clearly, her story, and all these children's stories have touched you very deeply. what about diana? she is on roller blades, here in a suburb. her school was also destroyed. what more did you learn about her and her life? >> diana was a nine-year-old. she was part of the largest residential neighborhood in ukraine. it was hit hard by the russians , throughout the beginning of the war. the russians pulled back, but it is still being hit by missiles, and by artillery. when diana returned, after evacuating, my mom told me that she started crying and saying that she didn't want to be here. diana said that she turned to her mom and said, is okay, i have gotten used to it. >> she is living in a huge

apartment complex, building after building, there is not one window still intact. russian shells come in every night, every day . she told me about her birthday, having it in a bomb shelter. she didn't want anything, she just wanted to go to the park with her mom. but, she can't go to the park, playground, or old-school because it is filled with unexploded ordnance. sure he rolls her blaze outside her apartment. that night, i went back to the hotel and there was a huge explosion. the hotel and the city shook. it was the same night that a cruise missile hit the dormitory , killing 14 people. she was okay, thankfully. living in an environment like that, i've never seen anything like it. >> it is a horror. it is so important that you share the stories.

that we understand what is going on, and the lives of these young children, living to the war. when this word does come to an end, the suffering will be over for the children of ukraine. what will they need to help heal their scars, if that is even possible. this is >> i'm not sure about healing scars, but they will learn how to carry what they experienced. they're going to need a lot of psycho help. the buildings we can rebuild, but these kids will need real attention from experts. most importantly, we need a cease-fire. we need this work to stop. the most important thing for all these children is that we find a way to peace. that we can find diplomacy, rather than artillery and cruise missiles. unicef, in this case, has been doing incredible work in

ukraine. direct work in conflict zones, on the front line. working to fix schools and help children. i was deeply moved by the work they were doing. supporting them is a start, now. >> thank you so much for sharing your incredible images, and the stories behind them. we appreciate it. >> thank you. still to come, any report outlines evidence of alleged human rights violations in western china. the chinese government is not happy about t the release. a live report, comoming up next icy hot pro with 2 2 max-strength pain relievers. hey, i just got a text from my sister. you remember rick, her neighbor? sure, he's the 76-year-old guy who still runs marathons, right? sadly, not anymore. wow. so sudden. um, we're not about have the "we need life insurance" conversation again, are we? no, we're having the "we're getting coverage so we don't have to worry about it" conversation.

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china is lashing out over a long-awaited report from the u.n. that accuses the chinese government of committing see serious human rights violations -- which could amount to crimes against humanity. the assessment comes four years after you have experts first call attention to what they said were credible reports of more than 1 million muslim minorities being held in detention centers for re- education and indoctrination. the report was released at the end of the human rights commissioner's term. china caused the findings a plan by the u.s. and western countries. we are joined, live from hong kong. good to see you, kristi. you have that long-awaited

report, released against china's wishes. what are the key lines in it? >> rosemary, this report is 45 pages long. it was released minutes before the end of the tenure of the outgoing u.n. human rights commissioner, michelle bachelorette. this is a condemning document. it says that serious human rights violations were committed. it says that crimes against humanity may have been committed in the region, as well. it methodically goes through a number of the key allegations that have been leveled against china for its treatment of mother -- muslim ethnic groups. including sexual violence and , including forced medical treatment. it adds that these allegations are credible. inside this report, there are the voices of people who were inside these detention facilities. who works there or

were detained there since 2016. many said that they were first to undergo medical treatment. that they were administered pills and injections. i want to share one testimony from report. one individual says this. quote, we received one tablet a day. it looked like aspirin. we were lined up. somebody with clause check our mouse to make sure that we swallow this. other spoke of various forms of sexual violence in the camps, including . including sexual humiliation. including forced exams. one such exam took place in a group setting that prompted one woman to share this quote -- it made old women ashamed and young girls cry. it is utterly distressing and disturbing to read. china has blessed the release and said that it is based on lies and disinformation. we have a statement from china's mission in geneva. they say this, all ethnic groups are equal members of the

chinese nation. we have taken actions to fight terrorism and extremism, effectively curbing the occurrences of terrorist activities. china has called the camps vacation all learning and training centers. for years, the u.n. has cited experts saying that they are not that. they are extrajudicial detention centers. it included in the report, a number of recommendations including an appeal to china to start a prompt process to free those arbitrarily detained. rosemary? >> reporter: so distressing. joining us live from hong kong, many thanks. thousands of troops are coming together on the korean peninsula as the u.s. and south korea staged their largest combined military drill in years. an up close look, just a head.

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insurance. welcome back, everyone. the u.s. and south korea are holding the biggest combined military exercises in years. both are calling them defensive. but, north korea says the drills are invasion rehearsals. paula hancocks joins us from korea. these drills always put north korea on edge. more than ever now because they are the largest in a long time. and they also are using live fire. was the latest? >> rosemary, there were 11 days of drills between the militaries. that hadn't happened for some time. the chief freedom shield was

believed to be, the first time that this had happened in four years. what we went to see on wednesday was something that was corresponding with that. not part of that. but, it was the first time that this joint combined units, u.s. and south koreans had had their large scale drills as the unit had been created back in 2015. it used to be the fact that we were quite often invited to see these drills to show to the world. and, to potential enemies, what the militaries can do. now, it appears to be back to normal. >> reporter: these live fire drills had not been seen for some time, here on the korean peninsula. >> a south korean attack --

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them wargames. saying, they simply did not have a place while he was talking. >> with new leadership in the u.s. and south korea, came a decision to expand the exercises. in the face of missile launches and a nuclear test from north korea. >> 18 missile launches so far, this year. we're waiting to see if there will be a seventh nuclear test. the intelligence agencies are saying that they believe that the preparations have been done and they haven't done for months. what remains is the political world. rosemary? >> paula hancocks, joining us from korea. thank you for that report. thank you for your company. i rosemary church. have yourself a wonderful day. cnn newsroom continues with christina mcfarland, max. from sleep number? because proven quality sleep is vital

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