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ahead on cnn newsroom, ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy will attend the g-7 talks in person. we'll go live to hiroshima and london for the latest. congress and the white house could be close to a deal to avert a default on the united states debt, but will there be a cost for democrats? disney cancels plans for a $1 billion campus in florida but makes no mention if this is related to the house mouse's ongoing spat with governor ron desantis, as he is expected to make a big announcement of his own. >> live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with paula newton. >> so it is 4 p.m. in hiroshima, japan, where the annual g-7 summit is now underway. soon they add a special guest, ukrainian about the volodymyr zelenskyy. he's due to attend the gathering after first stopping in saudi arabia to attend
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today's arab league summit according to cnn sources. that meeting will also be significant. already ukraine is top of mind in japan. the uk and european union have announced new sanctions targeting russia's diamond trade in. a key development, sources tell cnn the u.s. will not stand in the way of allies sending f-16 fighter jets to ukraine, something kyiv has been requesting for months. our correspondent is standing by for us in london. kevin, to you first, a surprise visit from zelenskyy. it's interesting as much as china may be top of mind for these leaders, still ukraine is the task ahead. how significant do you think it is he'll be there in person? >> reporter: i think it's highly significant. certainly he wouldn't make that journey if he didn't hope to exact some commitments from these leaders who are at the g- 7 and it's almost certain he will use this appearance to
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appeal for more advanced weaponry. as ukraine prepares for this counter offensive, the real hope for world leaders here is that ukraine will be able to regain some territory that will help zelenskyy eventually gain leverage at a negotiating table with russia. when and where that happens all remains to be seen. the leaders are behind closed doors this hour talking about ukraine specifically at a very specific session dedicated to that topic. they are expected to emerge with significant new sanctions against russia, including from the united states sanctioning 300 individuals, entities, really trying to close some loopholes in the existing sanctions regime that had allowed russian entities to evade those punishments going forward. the hope is to clamp down on the kremlin's war machine. you also heard from the united kingdom earlier today banning imports of russian diamonds. this had been one of the
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remaining untapped industries in russia that western sanctions hadn't been applied to yet. certainly ukraine really looming very large over these talks. it was hard to ignore the symbolism of the leaders earlier today laying wreaths at the hiroshima memorial. >> we've been warned inform times of the risk there given what's happening in zap raise why and elsewhere. when we talk about the people around the table, they see mostly eye to eye on ukraine, but there is a split at times over what kind of weapons to be exported, whether or not it's going to include jets. in terms of the actual front line now on the eastern front nearby bakhmut, is there a discrepancy really here between what the eu allies want to see and what the united states is
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willing to give? >> reporter: a discrepancy between president zelenskyy's wish list and what allies are willing to give. there's been this constant calculation, this constant balance, paula, between providing the weapons president zelenskyy wants to see on those front lines, that he says his forces need, and not escalating the conflict by providing weapons that might be seen as too offensive, if you will, but that calculation is constantly changing. at the beginning of this conflict when the nuclear threat from russia seemed much larger in the west's eyes, they were less willing to provide weapons, such as tanks, for example, that are now on those front lines, but for president zelenskyy, this is why it's important to show up in person. this is why it's important for him to come to japan, shake hands, look his partners in the eye. this is his diplomatic strategy, if you will, because time and time again that has resulted in him getting more
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from his allies. i'll give you the example of just a few days ago earlier this week. president zelenskyy was on this whistle stop four-country european tour. he visited rome, berlin, paris, london. during that visit he was able to get a $3 billion aid package from germany, air defense systems from france, attack drones from the uk. so he knows, president zelenskyy knows, that by showing up in japan, he can push his allies further and beyond the need for defense help, of course, along those very complex front lines where we're expecting that counteroffensive, he's also going to demand that his partners tighten that noose around russia. he wants to see more sanctions. he wants to see economic consequences for russia's invasion of ukraine. you'll remember that some of these countries, including japan, the host country, continue to import goods from russia.
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he wants to see an end to that and an increase on the pressure, the economic pressure, towards the kremlin. >> yeah. in the time we have left, kevin, we talked about ukraine and yet around that table, the g-7, there's talk of the u.s. debt crisis and the fact it's going down to the wire and those allies do know that it will also harm their economies if there's any wobbling over it. >> reporter: yeah, that's right. for all the talk about ukraine and china, really the biggest threat to global stability is the risk of an american default. that would have catastrophic effects, not just for the economy in the united states, but it would send the global economy into a tailspin. we did hear earlier this morning the president received an update on the negotiations with house republicans. the white house says they're making steady progress. people close to the talks say they're really quite far apart at the moment. we don't expect to see a deal in the making anytime soon, but certainly the world leaders who
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the president will encounter on this trip will want to gain some assurances from on him that the u.s. is not headed to default. how much he can reassure them remains to be seen and certainly this dysfunction back in the united states does nothing to rebut the notion you see and hear from european leaders that the u.s. isn't a functional political system at the moment. the approximately will want to talk to them about that when they continue meeting over the course of this weekend. >> a lot of reinsurance will be needed, especially as there aren't many guarantees the president can give them at this hour. thank you both. bobby gosh is a bloomberg opinion columnist covering foreign affairs. good to see you. the way this g-7 meeting is unfolding, the stakes are high as ever for the g-7, but it can't be a talk shop anymore, right? if biden gets his wish, he needs to robustly mount a
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counterbalance to china's rise. what are the challenges for him to get there? >> the challenges is unlike russia, for instance, where all the g-7 partners are more or less united in their position against vladimir putin, when it comes to xi jinping in china, there's not that same unity. everybody recognizes china poses a challenge, a threat, if you like, but they have different views how they should respond. the europeans, for instance, emmanuel macron, chancellor scholz of germany don't want to go as far as the americans do as biden does putting shackles on china because europe depends very greatly on trade with china and would like to expand that trade. everybody feels that china is growing in influence at their expense, but the adequate response, there's still quite a
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lot of daylight between the american position and that of some of its allies. >> yeah. the we have seen that recently, in fact, but how do you think they come to that accommodation militarily perhaps on a new strategy and some would say even its confrontation right now between china and the united states and yet have those european allies try and get closer to china on trade? i mean this is a really thin line to try and walk here. >> yes, it is a very -- it's a cliche, but it's a very delicate balancing act. leading up to this summit, the biden administration has been trying to ratchet down the sort of confrontation. we had sort of high level meetings between biden administration officials and chinese officials to try and soften the tone a little bit. they're also using language
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like derisking investments and derisking economic relations with china. they're not saying decoupling. they're just saying is expand the supply chains a little bit. don't depend entirely on china. china's fine. we all need china. we want china to be part of the global economic system, about but let's not depend entirely on it. so they're trying to find a language that will not get china's back up too much, will not cause too much anxiety among the european allies, but sends a message that we're all behind the united states, behind biden, in recognizing that china needs to be, if not put in a box, then certainly needs its wings clipped a little bit. >> yeah. it's interesting, too, though, that the biden administration backed away from that phrase of decoupling, right? and they moved to more accommodation perhaps with a fairly shrewd eye as to what
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china's ambitions are militarily. bobby, i want to talk about the debt ceiling crisis. the eu allies will be as cynical as the rest of us saying look, there's going to be a lot of wrangling. in the end the debt ceiling crisis will get managed and yet what is the risk here for those allies around the table when they say look, our u.s. counterpart here is not reliable. they can never get their act together and it's at our expense, right? because you know better than anyone that this will rattle financial markets even if it's resolved at the last minute. >> well, they will certainly be looking to the president to give them some sort of assurance that a deal will be made, the problems will be overcome, but as you say, they've seen this movie before. they've seen debt crises like this, a confrontation between congress and the president. biden's not the first president to have this problem and they know that at the end of the day the united states is good for
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its debts. there may be some wrangling on capitol hill, but there's no real risk that the united states will not pay its debts. at the worst, it will get delayed a little bit, but the u.s. is good. the dollar is strong and that, you know, the matter will get resolved. >> thanks so much. >> anytime. now ukraine could eventually be getting those fighter jets it says it desperately needs. sources tell cnn the u.s. signaled it will not stand in the way if allies want to send f-16s to kyiv. the u.s. would have to sign off on any third-party transfer due to the sensitive technology on the planes. the uk and netherlands are looking to sunday the jets and train ukrainian pilots. israelis marked one of the most contentious anniversaries on their calendar thursday. known as jerusalem day, it
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commemorates israel's seizure of east jerusalem in the 1967 war. palestinians mostly stayed out of sight as israeli flags paraded through the mostly muslim old city, sometimes accompanied by harsh anti-arab rhetoric. >> reporter: by the thousands they came, nearly all in white waving israeli flags. for these marchers, this is a celebration of when israel took control of east jerusalem from jordan in the 1967 war, giving jews access to their holy sites in the old city. for palestinians it marks the beginning of the occupation in east jerusalem, but in recent years the march has become more like a right wing nationalist rally and a pretext for violence between jewish israelis and palestinians, who make up most of the population in this part of the city. most marchers were peaceful. some groups sang songs about getting revenge on palestinians, erasing their
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names, others chanting may your village burn emboldened by the presence of right wing government ministers like the national security minister who marched alongside them to the western wall. thousands of police showed how continuance the situation was even before the marchers started. using heavy-handed tactics to clear the route, including on senior cnn correspondent ben wiedeman. the marchers targeted the press forcing reporters to cower for cover, but in 2021 the thousands ofs i reallies made
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2021 there was the 11-day war set up. hamas threatened if any of their red lines were crossed, but this year most of the drama stayed on the ground in clashes and scuffles and not rockets in the sky. hadas gold, cnn jerusalem. ten days before turkey's runoff election, the president's rival vowed to send all migrants and refugees back to their countries. the bold promise is aimed at securing support of a third candidate, far right secularist olgan who netted just over 5% of the vote and is poised to be kingmaker. his backing is needed to have a real chance of beating the incumbent president, who barely fell short of an outright majority. >> translator: i announce it to you here. i will send all the refugees home as soon as i come to
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power, period. >> now a programming note for our international viewers, president erdogan joins cnn's becky anderson for an exclusive in-depth interview ahead of turkey's first ever presidential runoff. here's a preview. >> so up until last sunday you had comfortably won every election you have competed in. that is a remarkable record over 20 years. now your leadership is challenged and you are competing in the first ever presidential runoff in turkish history. how confident are you, sir? >> translator: the current competitor has been challenging us for 15 times now and he was defeated each time that he challenged up and the forthcoming runoff elections which will be held next sunday i feel confident that my people
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will invest in a strong turkish democracy and i hope and pray that out of the runoff elections our people will not let us down. >> okay. our international viewers can watch the full interview with president erdogan on "connect the world "at 5 p.m., in istanbul, 10 p.m. in hong kong. head over to cnn.com for more of that interview. still to come, the white house says steady progress is being made on the u.s. debt deal, more on where negotiations stand next. plus dianne feinstein's recent health problems were more source than first believed. we'll tell you what her office is now saying as the senator returns from a months long absence. symptoms? with ubrelelvy, there's another option. one dose works fast to eliminate migraine pain.. treat it anytime, anywhere without worrying where you are or if it's too late. do not take with strong cyp3a4 inhibitors. allergic reactions to ubrelvy can happen. most common side effects were nausea and sleepiness.
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where he's attending the g7 summit. cnn's manu raju has more details. >> reporter: in a sharp shift the speaker of the house indicating new optimism a deal to avoid the first every debt default in american history could actually be reached. for days mccarthy has been pessimistic, critical of the white house, has questioned whether there could be a deal, but in a conversation that i had with him on thursday morning, he indicated that they could get there. he believed that he sees a path to getting a deal. he believes there's a structure to getting a deal. he even praised the white house negotiators and thinks a bill could be on the house floor as soon as next week. that would mean they need a deal in principle the next few days to get legislative text drafted and to the floor of the house. there are still a lot of questions, including what is in there? republicans pushed for a slew of spending cuts. they demanded work requirements
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on certain social safety net programs as well as caps on domestic programs and want to ease the permitting process for energy projects, all which of has caused pushback from a number of democrats and particularly liberals. in the aftermath of the president's decision to negotiate with kevin mccarthy after insisting for months he would not negotiate, the president and white house reversed course and now progressives are concerned. >> he said there would be no consequence. can there be work requirements? >> don't give it. it's a consequence to my constituents. >> we're worried about the work requirements and what's going on in the environmental justice communities asking are we going to be sold out? >> i thinked leadership is moving very cautiously. we just don't want all those communities sold out. >> reporter: are you concerned the white house may have given too much to mccarthy in these negotiations? >> yes, i'm concerned about that because again, we
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shouldn't be negotiating. >> reporter: that one comment from pramila jayapal was a response to president biden saying there would be no work consequence as part of these discussions. they're saying those have significant consequences to her constituents, but on the right kevin mccarthy faces pressure himself. a number of conservatives do not want him to water down the house-passed bill that included a wide range of spending cuts saying they will oppose it if it is watered down substantially. that means mccarthy, if he is to get a deal with the white house, will have to get a coalition together that could lose significant support from the right and left wing of the house and senate, but can they get enough support to get it through both chambers of congress and done before the first ever default could occur in early june? all that is still a question as we hit into critical negotiating days and to see if
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the two sides can reach a deal and raise the $31.4 trillion borrowing limit without any wreckage to the economy. manu raju, cnn, capitol hill. the office of u.s. senator dianne feinstein now confirms her recent bout with shingles was more serious than she first acknowledged. feinstein is back in washington the first time since february. on thursday she initially denied a "new york times" report that she had developed encephalitis, a brain inflammation, while hospitalized. she told cnn it had been the flu, but a short time later her office set the record straight confirming the senator had encephalitis but said she recovered. given the seriousness of the issue, many wonder whether feinstein should step down for the sake of her health. here's what some of her fellow senators had to say. >> reporter: do you have confidence that she can continue to do this rigorous job? >> we're all human and we all have health issues and right
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now she is performing as a united states senator doing her job. >> reporter: are you worried about her ability to do her job? >> i can't answer that. well, because i don't know. i have confidence in her judgment and her family's judgment and her staff's judgment. >> besides confirming the encephalitis, feinstein's office revealed she's currently dealing with another complication of shingles known as ramsey hunt syndrome which can affect facial muscles. florida's governor could be on the verge of finally joining the republican race for president, but critics say he's bad for business and disney seems to agree. plus house republicans look to bolster their claims of fbi bias against conservatives with testimony from self-described whistleblowers, what questions remain about their legitimacy?
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new $1 billion campus outside orlando that would have brought 2,000 high paying jobs to the state. cnn's natasha chen has our details. >> reporter: in a memo written by the disney chairman of parks experiences and products, josh demauro, said given the considerable changes that have occurred since the announcement of this project, including new leadership and changing business conditions, we have decided not to move forward with the construction of the campus. this was not an easy decision to make, but i believe it is the right one. this memo did not mention governor ron desantis. this does refer to the lake nona campus that was supposed to be the site of this office complex east of walt disney world. 2,000 people were supposed to move there, but now they are going to stay in southern california. some people had already moved to florida and the chairman in that memo said they would work on an individual case-by-case basis on their options,
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including the possibility of returning to burbank here in the los angeles area. governor ron desantis' office through a spokesperson gave a statement to our colleague that read, "disney announced the possible of a lake nona campus nearly two years ago. nothing ever came of the project and the state was unsure whether it would come to fruition. given the company's financial straits, falling market cap, and declining stock price it, sun surprising they would restructure their business operations and cancel unsuccessful ventures." on the same day disney did announce they are shutting down the "star wars" galactic star cruiser at the walt disney world resort. that is a premium experience where families paid thousands of dollars for a two-night voyage through the galaxy. that has only been open about a year. despite that announcement, demauro in his memo did say they are still going to invest $17 billion and ad 13,000 jobs to that florida resort in the next ten years.
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the orange county mayor said that these 2,000 jobs not moving to florida was a result of disney not having an inclusive and collaborative work environment. the florida democratic party chair said that this loss happened because of desantis' unhinged personal vendetta against disney. natasha chen, cnn, los angeles. hours after montana's total ban on tiktok was signed into law, a group of users is suing the state. they say the new law is unconstitutional and violates their right to free speech. montana's ban goes far beyond restrictions enacted by other state, some of which have blocked the use of tiktok on official government devices. the new law goes into effect in january. three self-described fbi whistleblowers testified in the u.s. house committee hearing thursday. their testimonies are key to republican allegations that the nation's top law enforcement agency is weaponized and biased
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against conservatives. their credentials as whistleblowers are not quite rock solid. cnn's sara murray has more from washington. >> reporter: two fbi employees who were stripped of their security clearances -- >> this is the retaliation they faced for coming guard and telling us the truth. >> reporter: -- now star witnesses for republicans at they try to drive home the gop narrative the fbi is unfairly targeting conservatives. >> activists in the fbi and department of justice have weaponized the full weight of their agencies against everyday americans. >> reporter: democrats slammed the premise of the hearing. >> my colleagues on the far right are on a mission to attack, discredit and ultimately dismantle the fbi. >> reporter: and question the credibility of the republican so-called whistleblowers. >> you all have employment grievances. that doesn't make you whistleblowers.
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the enumeration of grievances does not constitute whistleblower status. >> reporter: a letter said certain fbi employees had security clearances revoked after espousing alternate theories about the january 6th attack on the capitol. the witnesses claim that's retaliation. >> it appears that i was retaliated against because i forwarded information to my superiors and others that questioned the official narratives of the events of january 6th. >> reporter: among the reasons fbi staff operation specialist marcus allen had his security clearance pulled? trying to hinder investigations into january 6th rioters the fbi wrote. >> the claim i obstructed a lawful investigation is dubious and i do not recall ever being admonished for such infraction. >> reporter: his clearance was first suspended in january 2022 according to the fbi. in one email allen told colleagues to exercise extreme caution and discretion in pursuit of any investigative inquiries or leads pertaining to the events of january 6th. he also suggested federal law enforcement infiltrated the january 6th crowd. the committee also heard today from former fbi agent steve
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friend. his clearance was suspended in september 2022 and later revoked. the fbi says friend objected to a s.w.a.t. team arrest of a january 6th rioters, used an unauthorized flash drive to download documents from fbi computer systems, and participated in unauthorized media interviews. >> my whistle blowing was apolitical and in the spirit of upholding my oath. nonetheless the fbi elected to closes ranks and attack the messenger. >> reporter: special agent garrett o. boyle said he expressed wrongdoing in the fbi to see his security clearance suspensed. that suspension began in september 2022. >> why do you think they came down on you so darn hard? >> the agency as a whole wants to get rid of people who simply don't tow the line that they want. >> reporter: what republicans are really trying to do with these witnesses is trying to convince americans of this let's call it a dubious claim
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that the fbi, which has a history of being a pretty conservative law enforcement agency, is actually full of liberals who are out to get conservatives across the country. you can bet this is not going to be the last hearing on this subject. sara murray, cnn, washington. the. you'll want to see this, a real life story of succession worthy of its own tv drama. just ahead, a look at how the founder of one of the world's most valuable luxury brands is grooming his children to take over. keeps flaring, put it in check with rinvoq, a once-daily pill. when uc got unpredict, i gorapid symptom relief with rinvoq. and left bathroom urgency behind. check. when uc got iny way, i got lasting, eroid-free remission with rinvoq. and when my gastro saw damage,
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luxury brand lvmh remains a driving force behind the nearly $500 billion company. many wonder which of his five children will take the reins one day. cnn's melissa bell looks at a family dynamic and, yeah, why it bears an uncanny resemblance to a certain hit tv show. >> explain what he's doing. >> he's terrifyingly moseying. it's like if santa claus was a hitman. >> reporter: a magnate and patriarch. >> i love you, but you are not serious people. >> reporter: preparing his succession as carefully as he built his empire, not logan roy, but the real world's richest man, 74-year-old bernard arnu worth more than $230 billion having built the world's biggest luxury goods company all the while very
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personally raising, educating, and evaluating his five potential successors. >> i think my group is controlled by family. so instead of looking every day at the stock market, i look for the next ten years. >> reporter: all five children work for their father. 48-year-old, the chair of christian dior, her brother, 45- year-old antwon, who is ceo of the holding company of christian dior and the three children from the second marriage, 31-year-old alexander who is executive vice president of tiffany's, 28-year-old frederick who runs tagheuer and the youngest 25-year-old john who runs the marketing division. >> translator: he is a good father, but a merciless boss, so the children have to work
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hard. when the moment comes, he'll be able to choose. >> reporter: the $500 billion lvmh dominates the fashion world with some of its biggest names like christian dior and louis vuitton. it was built through ruthless acquisition and like way star is diverse with vineyards, hotels, restaurants, and newspapers. >> i have you beat! >> reporter: but it is in the treatment of their children that the fictional and real characters diverge, far from fostering discord, he's insured harmony but with a cold eye on business nonetheless. the stakes are huge. the value of the company but also the power that it brings. like logan roy, bernard arno has cultivated his relationships with the powerful acquiring a vast media empire and making lvmh a symbol in
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france. its headquarters stormed by protesters only last month, but while arno has sought to protect his children, he's also made it clear what he expects of them. >> of course, we understand the level of responsibility that is ours. the way we see things is that my father is super healthy and going to work ten, 15, 20, 25 years. his five children are now working together in different parts of the group, but we're very close. >> reporter: an empire carefully built and ultimately soon up for grabs, but so far without the family drama. melissa bell, cnn, paris. still to come for us, tennis star rafael nadal withdraws from the french open due to injury and announces possible plans to retire, what that's about coming up next.
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so the supreme court ruled thursday that andy warhol violated copyright laws in his portraits of the singer prince. the court ruled 7-2 that warhol infringed on the copyright of celebrity photographer lynn goldsmith rejecting the argument the pop art pioneer sufficiently transformed her photo of the rock star. you see some of those andy warhol interpretations there and, in fact, this is a significant step in the debate between what amounts to artistic freedom versus intellectual property. this is a case to continue to watch for, especially given the prominence of andy warhol's work. i want to go now to the nba playoffs, never a dull moment
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where the denver nuggets jumped out to a two-game lead on the los angeles lakers. jamal murray had 37 points to lead all scorers. now i want you to watch him hit back-to-back-to-back in the fourth quarter. i know you're wondering lebron james did lead the lakers with 22 points, but given the score as you see there, it was not enough to stop denver's late game surge. final score, nuggets 108, lakers 103. the best of seven series now moves to los angeles for game three on saturday night. that's a good series. tennis star rafael nadal has withdrawn from the upcoming french open unfortunately due to the injury. it's the first time he'll miss the tournament since his debut in 2005. the spaniard also announced that he will likely retire next year. cnn's patrick snell has our report. >> some big news from the world
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of tennis. on thursday rafael nadal, the 22 grand slam champ and undisputed king of the french open announcing he won't compete later on this month at roland garros since he debuted there 18 years ago. he is withdrewing due to injury and then revealed next year is likely his last in professional tennis. when that day does come, boy, will it be truly momentous for the sports world and for the span-year-old who hoped to challenge a record extending 15 open crowns suffering a hip injury during his second round in january this year and initially saying he hoped to be fit again with six to eight weeks or so, now admitting he did give it everything he could to try and make it for the season's second grand slam. >> i will not be able to play in roland garros. as you know, i was even working as much as possible every
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single day for the last four months, have been very difficult months because we were not able to find the solution to the problem that i had in australia. so today i still in the position that i am not able to feel myself ready to compete at the standards that i need to be. my ambition is to try to stop to give myself an opportunity to enjoy next year. that's probably going to be my last year in the professional tour. >> definitely an emotional press conference there thursday. nadal won his first grand slam crown in 2005 when he triumphed at the french open when he was 19 years of age, the first of 14 roland garros titles to date. his record in the french capital is formidable. he's lost just three times in
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paris since his 2005 victory, undoubtedly one of the most dominant records in all of sports. i'll send it right back to you. i'm paula newton. thanks for joining us. bianca nobilo has our coverage from here as cnn newsroom continues. stay with us. i got a new credit card, and i'm even finding ways to save. finally getting smart ababout money feels really good. see all you can do witith the free experian app. download it now. i'm rld champion skier lindsey vonn, and ever since ietired, i've had trouble falling asle and staying asleep - you know, insomnia. which was making my days feel like an uphill battle.
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