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>> leaders of the world's wealthiest democracies sent a message to russia and china during the second day of the g7 summit. ukraine president volodymyr zelenskyy is among the non-member leaders invited to the summit. he is boosting support for his country in the war with russia. zelenskyy is expected to address some leaders tomorrow, but today he held sit-downs with some leaders. >> providing military aid to ukraine was one of the items for the g7 leaders, but the leaders of japan, germany, italy, united kingdom and the u.s. issued statements on china to help end the war in ukraine and establish sustainable economic relations. ongoing negotiations over the debt ceiling have been a subject of interest at the gathering. during a meeting with australia's prime minister, president biden was asked about the talks and said negotiations are progressing as he expected. we have team coverage.
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jasmine wright is live in washington. nic robertson is standing by in ukraine. let's start with mark stewart in hiroshima. president zelenskyy's goal here, explain what he's getting done by being there face-to-face with these leaders. >> indeed, victor. i don't want to discount the meetings that he's been having with the heads of state such as the prime minister of italy, the prime minister of the united kingdom and this upcoming meeting that is expected with president biden. in many ways, his visit to the g7 is not just about the g7, because ukraine and the g7 member nations very much see eye to eye in both position and in principle when it comes to this war in ukraine. the bigger challenge for him is to get global world support. so, when he is here during this stay in japan, he's also having access to the leaders of india, indonesia, brazil, south korea,
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vietnam. not necessarily traditional members of the g7. they're invited guests. but it's a chance for him to initiate conversations with them, build relationships at a time when he really feels he needs global support in order to succeed in ukraine. >> so the war in ukraine one major topic. the other was china. this meeting is happening as japan and other countries expressed concern about the stability in asia, but also the role of china and what we're seeing as increasing aggressiveness -- aggressive military maneuvers by china when it comes to taiwan and the south china sea. what is the discussion on that? >> absolutely. china is a complicated issue. it's very tricky, because many of these g7 nations have arrangements, economic arrangements with china. they depend on china for manufacturing, to maintain their supply chains, yet there's some
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behaviors that the g7 nations are not thrilled about. this idea of economic coercion, and then some of these military practices, some of this pressure and this alignment with russia. what we saw today was a statement released by the g7 members, not necessarily saying to china, you know, we're putting you on notice. the language was tempered. it says a growing china plays by international rules would be of interest. so, a little bit of a softer statement than perhaps some people would like to see, but it sets the tone to china, the g7 members are certainly watching. >> mark stewart for us in hiroshima. nic robertson is up next. president zelenskyy's attendance here, he has to go 15 months in now to russia's war to make sure that the world leaders don't lose the sense of urgency just as we're getting into the potential counter offensive that's coming from ukraine.
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>> yeah. this is a big diplomatic reach for him. sorry, this is the alert warning alert going off. we have them regularly here. this is a big diplomatic reach for him. over the past year or so, everything that he was doing was remotely. now it's face-to-face. this is the furthest he's gone, the furthest he's traveled from kyiv for this diplomatic face-to-face meeting. it's important. it counts. it doesn't stop here with the f-16s. it was the tanks. it is the f-16s, that sort of coming through the pipeline now, a deliverable. talking to commanders here today they're saying it's good. we need it in the battlefield. we need it today. we'll be ready for it when it comes. you know, zelenskyy is looking ahead as well. he wants and this was his position all along, he wants ukraine to be a member of the european union and wants
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particularly important the next big summit is the nato leaders summit coming up in a couple months. he wants to sort of bring his g7 allies and partners there, particularly the ones who are members of nato to help shore up the position and support he wants from nato. ultimately, that keeps open the aspiration of becoming a member, of an insurance policy, a security insurance policy, which is very likely going to be a piece of what an ultimate peace plan from ukraine's perspective looks like. there's a lot more diplomatic lifting for him to be doing. now he's doing it face-to-face and putting in the miles to make it happen. >> he sure is. a lot of miles there. nic robertson, appreciate it. another topic that was discussed at the g7 was the debt ceiling negotiations or lack
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thereof, not really as a point of concern or more with curiosity. the talks between white house and house speaker kevin mccarthy's office appear to have stalled. >> let's go to jasmine wright in washington. it ended without a clear indication of when they would meet again in person. what do we know about where they stand and beyond still right now? >> we're going into the weekend with some conflicting messaging out of the white house. on one hand, president biden in japan over the last few hours projected optimism saying he's not at all concerned about the state of negotiations, whereas others in the white house are saying something completely different. of course, we saw on friday that major whiplash where negotiators came out of the room feeling as though there was no progress being made, talks hit a snag and a pause. hours later they went back into the room and we heard from sources in the room they had a candid conversation but left without any idea of what a deal
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could look like and when they would be meeting again. president biden reacting to that pause in japan. this is what he had to say. >> it goes in stages. what happens is the first meetings weren't all that productive. the second ones were. third one was. what happens is they -- the carriers go back to the principals and say this is what we're thinking about. then people put down new claims. i still believe we'll be able to avoid a default and we'll get something decent done. >> there we heard from president biden saying he believed they would be able to avoid a default. we know president biden is an optimist. now we also heard a few hours later from the communications director of the white house who in a searing statement accused republicans of pushing this country to the brink of a default and also holding the economy hostage, though in that statement he said if republicans
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could come to the table and negotiate in good faith, a path is still available to move forward. time here is running out. that x date is june 1st, the treasury department identified, when the u.s. could be unable to pay its debt. and that could have a catastrophic economic outcome. president biden returned to d.c. on saturday scrapping the later parts of his trip to australia and new guinea to shepherd these talks along, that are really on the outliers are a couple things when you talk about spending caps on both sides and fiscal spending for 2024. president biden and house speaker kevin mccarthy have said repeatedly they hope to have a deal. of course, time is of the essence here and it's not on their side. >> jasmine wright, thank you very much. new york city's historic
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roosevelt hotel has been reopened as a welcoming center for asylum seekers as more busloads of migrants arrive in the city. >> the city currently has about 40,000 migrants in its care, but nyc mayor eric adams says additional, state and federal funding is needed because city shelters are running out of space. gloria is live in new york this morning outside the roosevelt hotel. good morning. what services will migrants receive at this location? >> good morning. that number of migrants in the city's care right now has actually significantly ticked up over the last several weeks. we're now at over 40,000 people that are currently in the care of the city. i wanted to give you a look at what's happening directly. behind me is the roosevelt hotel. a historic location in new york city that has recently been
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opened to house the migrants. and what you're seeing here directly behind this white van are two city buses. so far this morning, about three or four buses have arrived. about 20 to 25 migrants have arrived here at the hotel. what's happening is the city buses are bringing them here from port authority bus terminals, that's where the migrants are being bussed, usually from places across the southern border down in texas. they're meant to arrive here as a first point of connection. you asked about what services they're getting. well, they're getting here, the first thing they're offered is food and water and medical care. they're also being offered vaccinations and a place to sleep, a place to shower, a place to just settle down after this very long trip that they've been on. and then the city is helping to connect them with services. everything from health to schools if there are children
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and shelter. that is one of the key issues in all of this because, as you have heard over the last several weeks, mayor eric adams has been talking about the fact that the city is running out of space. this hotel behind me, 175 rooms for families and children. it will eventually scale up to over 850 rooms here in this hotel. but, migrants continue to arrive. the city is now seeing an average of 600 migrants arrive here per day. the city is barely keeping up. mayor eric adams has been asking for federal help, federal funding to help with the needs of these migrants. this place behind me is just meant to be a temporary stop in their journey. the city has said they are going to work with them to connect them to the services they want and to help them get to the place where they eventually want to go, whether that's in other
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places outside of new york or other places here in the city. i did speak to two migrants who are here at the hotel who told me that their process has started, they showed me their wristbands showing they have been registered, they're getting help and just waiting to see if they can be connected to their friends and family so they can get on their way. >> gloria, thanks so much. still ahead, florida governor ron desantis is expected to enter the 2024 presidential race next week. we'll have more on his potential strategy to run to the right of former president trump. and the colombian military is scrambling to find four children they say may have survived after a plane crash in the amazon jungle nearly three weeks ago. the latest on the search and ...everyday products... ...designed smarter. like a smart coffee grinder - that orders fresh bebeans for you. oh, genius! for more breakthroughs like thahat... ...i need a breakthrough card.d...
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launching his presidential campaign. governor desantis spoke in new hampshire on friday to leaders in that critical first primary for republicans. the "new york times" reports that desantis told donors this week that only he can beat former president trump in 2024. sources say that desantis could enter the race as soon as next week. with us now, "politico" white house reporter daniel lipman. good to see you. he's now speaking in private about former president trump directly. is there some expectation, any telegraphing of strategy that he will square up with donald trump rhetorically and take him on publicly? >> well, he clearly has a tight balancing act, because trump is his top opponent, but he can't criticize him too personally because he still wants to peel off some of those republican
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voters who had voted for trump and really liked the guy, but think that he should not be the republican nominee and that he can't win. so, it's not as much fear about offending trump as much about, you know, getting as many voters in the republican party who love the guy and peeling them on policy. that's why he's delayed entering the race this much because he wanted to rack up those conservative policy victories in the florida legislature. >> speaking of taking him on policy, governor desantis criticized the former president for not giving a direct answer during the cnn town hall about a federal ban on abortion. is that the strategy to try to run to his right on issues like abortion, on issues like guns as well? >> that clearly seems to be what desantis is doing. so, i think there is a risk here that it's a -- this is a short-term strategy. and desantis has to get through the primary, which is a very
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conservative base but it would hurt him down the road in a general election. that is a tomorrow problem. he can't worry about that too much. he clearly is trying to say to people who are pro life in the republican movement that trump is not on your side as much. he blames the pro-life movement for republicans losing last year because of roe v. wade, which trump had put into progress because he nominated all those justices at the supreme court. it's a little ironic that now trump doesn't want to take credit for his major accomplishment that republicans like. >> debt ceiling now. it's may 20th. treasury secretary janet yellen said the country could default as early as june 1st. president biden today said he's confident they will reach a deal. is that confidence shared as effusively throughout the administration? we heard from republicans that
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they paused this, they don't see this as productive, but is everyone on the president's team as certain as he appears to be? >> well, they have to kind of be pretty publicly confident and privately they don't think there's going to be a default. they know that the risk to our economy and to the global financial balance that we have would be grave. politically, republicans don't have much to gain from a default. you have trump who says let's just -- don't give in at all. for mccarthy, this would be a huge black eye. i think they're working out the details to try to figure out a deal. republicans want to have the spending cuts go way into the future, democrats want them to sunset in two years where it could be much easier to increase spending again. i think the president's team, we're still ten days, maybe 2 1/2 weeks left.
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they feel confident that there will be a deal and that this negotiation will go like every other debt ceiling negotiation we've had in the last 10, 15 years. >> up to the limit and then a deal ultimately. one of the points of contention is work requirements for certain types of federal aid. the white house seemed to suggest that the president might be interested in dealing with that and then pulling out a bit. are democrats willing -- enough democrats in the senate willing to go along with work requirements for some federal aid that republicans are calling for? >> they're not excited about going forward. so, you might see some democrats vote against it. they'll do the math to see if some republicans vote for it, then some democrats can vote against it. i think democrats think it would be a betrayal of some of the poor voters who voted for biden and, you know, they're trying to
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get the working class to come back to the democratic party after many years or in the last five years voting for republicans and trump. they're not willing to let the country default if that is the main sticking point. it seems like, you know, biden has supported this in the past, though these are more draconian working requirements. it's going to be hard -- this is not an issue that appeals to the broad middle in terms of most americans have jobs, if you're able-bodied, many people think that you should work as well. that's not something that democrats -- it's not a hill they'll probably die on. >> all right. we'll see. daniel lipman, thank you. still ahead, search and rescue efforts under way in columbia right now for four children who may have survived a plane crash in the amazon jungle nearly three weeks ago.e shie ld actively shields the enamel
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the colombian military is working to find four children they say may have survived after a plane crash in the amazon jungle nearly three weeks ago. >> the missing children's father has been assisting in the search and search peoples found footprints they believe belong to those children in a remote part of the jungle. stefan is joining us now live from bogota. how is the search operation going, and the children's backgrounds? are they all part one of family? >> that's correct. they are all half siblings and the father is the stepfather of the two older daughters, the two that are older children, and the biological father of the two youngest children, he's joined the search and rescue operations. unfortunately the mother of the
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children, the biological mother of the four of them, died in the crash, it was confirmed the past week. but in terms of the operation, it's really like looking for a needle in a haystack. the operation is as big as 50,000 acres. that's why finding any trace of these children is proving extremely difficult. >> reporter: a desperate search continues, but still no breakthrough. colombian authorities are scouring the amazon for four children believed to have survived a plane crash on may 1st looking for signs of life after nearly three weeks. earlier reports that the children had been found were later dialed back. the grandfather of the kids ages 13, 9, 4 and 11 months says he is holding out hope. >> translator: they already know
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the jungle. after that accident, maybe they are hiding. they hide. maybe they don't realize that they are looking for them. they are children. we hope that they are alive and have access to water because water is life. >> reporter: the plane had taken off and details of the crash remain fuzzy, but the same plane crashed in the same region of the jungle less than two years ago, according to the colombian civil aviation authority. below the dense forest canopy, rescue efforts carry on around-the-clock. the colombian armed forces using dogs to help search for the children following a trail of scattered debris including hair scrunchies and a baby bottle. from above, colombian's air force using loud speakers to play messages from the kid's mother in their language.
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in bogota, the community is mourning those who died on the crash after it was announced the bodies of three adults including the pilot and the mother of the four children had been recovered and demanding answers for what had gone wrong. while the nation holds its breath praying for the lives of the four children. and you can see they are calling out for the oldest of the children, he's only 13 years old. >> what a harrowing and mysterious story. thank you. joining me now from los angeles is last survivor man stroud, he is a survival expert and creator of the show "survivor man" and the author of "survive." thank you so much for joining us. this is just remarkable.
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if these children, indeed, have survived, that's a theory that colombian officials are working off of, these children may have survived first a plane crash and three weeks in the amazon jungle. what would it take for these children to survive these kinds of conditions? >> well, mostly it would take the exact same thing that it would take all of us, extreme excellent resilience. i can only imagine the level of fear. we're dealing with a 13-year-old as the oldest. the resilience factor, the will to live, the ability to think and be proactive in those thoughts. again, we're dealing with someone with limited life experience. >> talk about the terrain and what they must be facing day in and day out if, again, they are truly alive and are surviving this. >> i feel bad now because sometimes i almost say it with a smirk on my face and a joke, when i'm in the amazon jungle,
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you can't just simply sit down. there's no such thing as simply doing everything. everywhere you touch or sit there may be something poisonous. the amazon jungle can be a very thick, wet, congested, slippery, ankle-breaking dangerous place. it's not just the poisonous insects, snakes, spiders, it's also jaguar, pumas. there's a lot -- that's one of the most dangerous places i've ever been. >> the youngest child is only 11 months old. on this trail, apparently some of the search and rescue teams found a baby bottle. what are your biggest concerns for the children? >> it's definitely turning into a physical thing now. you can avoid the physicality of it for a while, but we're into more than a second week here. i was part of a crew that found
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a 70-year-old man after 18 days, we found him alive. he's alive to this day. but it's more -- i'm worried more now about the physicality of what they're going through. the mental state is something, it seems like they -- i don't know how long they waited and how long they stayed at the plane, but at some point they decided to move. they were in survival mode. mentally speaking, terrific. but physically speaking now, it's getting to be a long time. i'm worried more about that. you wouldn't think hypothermia could affect you in the jungle, but days of pouring rain and dark, long nights, you can become quite chilled down to the point of hypothermia in a situation like that. >> the way the whole story has unfolded has been bizarre. you had the president of colombia who had tweeted all children had been found. that tweet was deleted. you had another welfare official from the country saying she was confident the children were found alive, but going off a
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second-hand source. communication is an issue there as well in the jungle. what does your gut tell you? are you hopeful? i'm sure you are hopeful, but practically speaking, what are the chances? >> that's a great question. first of all, i'd respond by saying let's ignore some of the media for the moment, not withstanding this media. let's ignore the rumors. the reality is what's going on? until we have them with us and they're safe and until we have a photograph of that, we don't know the situation. i would suggest that not even trying to be an optimist, i think they still have a tremendous chance of surviving. we don't know if they're injured. is one of them or any of them injured? it's quite possible. that notwithstanding i think they're chances are quite good. i heard mention of water. it is the jungle. you can go a long way without finding water, but for the most part that's not as big of an issue as a desert, or the top of
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a mountain. water, they'll keep drinking and drinking. maybe they took some food from the plane if there was some. i'll say i'm very optimistic that we will find them. >> wow. okay. let's see what happens from here. let's pray for a miracle. thank you. still ahead, a georgia mother accused of leaving her newborn in the woods in a plastic bag four years ago has been arrested and charged. that's next. al save 50% on the sleep number limited edition smsmart bed. plus, speciaial financing. only at sleep number. out here, you're more than just a landowner. you're a gardener. a landscaper. a hunter. because you didn't same goes for your equipment. versatile, powerful, durable kubota equipment.
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. four years ago a newborn in north georgia was found abandoned in the woods, left in a plastic bag, and miraculously she survived. >> how did you hear it? >> we heard it from our house. >> oh, i'm so sorry. i'm so sorry. >> oh, my goodness. you can hear the officer saying i'm so sorry. the person who left her there was never found, that is, until
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last week. authorities in forsythe county identified and arrested the birth mother of the child known as baby india. isabel, tell us more about this. how did the police four years later catch up with the birth mother. >> it's such an incredible story. it was the family that found the baby who dubbed her baby india. they thought it was the sound of a raccoon or baby dear and then they found that discovery. how did investigators find the mom four years later? they used what's called advanced dna, that's according to the sheriff of forsythe county. he said ten months ago using dna they were able to find the biological father of that baby. using the same dna, they found the mom. that happened in the past week. so, the mom is 40-year-old karima jiwani. the sheriff says she is cooperating with investigators. she's been charged with criminal attempt to commit murder,
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cruelty to children in the first degree, aggravated assault, reckless abandonment and other charges. a lot of people want to know why did she do this? what's the motive behind it? thide can't get into the details or the but they were able to piece together with -- including digital evidence, they found the f a car. and that jiwani drove with that baby after the birth for a long e the baby was put into that wooded area. here's what else the sheriff had to say. >> this child was wrapped up to suffocate in a plastic bag, thrown 20 yards in the woods in an isolated area with one house nearby. that family happened to arrive home when they weren't supposed to and happened to go back outside because it was going to rain to empty their car when they earlier decided they were
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going to do it the next morning. that's divine intervention. this baby is supposed to be here. >> the sheriff said the evidence led to them saying jiwani had a history of concealed pregnancies and surprise births. the baby, the sheriff says, is prosperous, happy and healthy. >> i was going to ask how this baby is doing. four years old by now. what an incredible story. thank you. let's take a look at some of the top stories we're following this hour. a nebraska bill banning most abortions after 12 weeks is set to become law after the state's legislature voted for its passage on friday. the ban would restrict most abortions with exceptions for sexual assault, incest, and medical emergencies. the bill replaces restrictions on gender affirming care for transgender nebraskans under 19. sources in peru tell cnn that the prime suspect in the
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disappearance of american natalee holloway could be handed over to u.s. authorities by mid-june. joran van der sloot was one of the last people to see her alive before she vanished in aruba nearly two decades ago. currently he's serving 28 years in peru for the murder of a 21-year-old woman. usair travel hit a new pandemic era record. tsa says it screened 2.6 million people at airports nationwide on friday. that's a 10% increase from the same day last year. the last pandemic-era record was set november 27, 2022. that's the sunday after thanksgiving. aaa is predicting a major surge in air travel next weekend ahead of memorial day with an expected 11% surge compared to 2019. cnn has exclusive reporting on what caused some of the massive travel delays across the country last summer. but in this instance, it appears to not be the airline's fault,
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the trouble stems from a part of the airline industry that most passengers never see. >> reporter: it was the summer of air travel meltdowns. figures from flight tracking site flightaware showed last memorial day to labor day airlines in the u.s. canceled 55,000 flights and delayed a half million more. >> it was horrible. >> a flight gets canceled, then it's tough to get on another one. >> reporter: the blame was mostly put on the airlines, which was mostly right. >> the airlines need to be prepared to service the tickets that they sell. >> now cnn has learned from internal documents that thousands of those flight delays were triggered by repeated short staffing at one federal air traffic control facility in florida. the federal aviation administration's jacksonville center facility is responsible for controlling airspace used by
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by every nearly arriving and departing flight. last summer, it was short staffed during more than 200 shifts. documents reveal over seven weeks that the faa believes staffing problems delayed 4,622 flights, nearly 1 in 10 of all delays statewide. >> it has just a domino effect throughout the industry. >> reporter: at tampa international airport, the executive vice president of operations began monitoring the staffing problems as passengers began getting stranded. in june, he wrote the faa saying what's odd to me is that the only faa facility that seems to be having staffing issues is jacksonville. >> asked the question, what are you going to do about it? what is the faa doing to address the issue so we can get our operational dependability back of track? >> reporter: in one message, one senior faa official gave a blunt assessment to billy nolan. i don't believe we have any excuse other than a straight-up shortage of certified
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controllers in multiple areas. paul rinaldi is the former president of the union has represents air traffic controllers. also revealed in the documents, a whistle-blower complaint revealing overworked jacksonville controllers. the faa tells cnn it has changed leadership at the facility. >> it's a demanding profession. >> reporter: the faa vowed to hire 1,500 new controllers this year and 1,800 next year, but is warning that issues will not be fixed fast. with another key facility in new york also half-staffed, delays at three major airports could rise by 45% this summerments >> we own our part. the industry will own their part. it will take all of us working together. >> reporter: the faa underscores the biggest impacts on delays are weather and volume. the faa says it has taken steps to put extra staff at jacksonville center and says conditions have improved since last summer, but what remains to
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>> great to see her where we are right now. brittney griner, this was her first official wnba game since october of 2021. it's been a long time since she was on the court with her teammates. her, along with her mercury teammates, got a pep talk from vice president harris before the game. the eight-time all-star, as you can imagine, got a nice ovation from the crowd when she was introduced before the game. then griner, she looked like she had not been away from the court at all. made her first shot from the field, went 7 for 9 shooting, scored 18 points. her mercury would end up losing this one to the sparks. >> it was nice to be back on the court in a real game and everything. the love from the fans when i came out was amazing. the players. you know, i definitely feel it. i felt it when i was over there. celtics were trying to even
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their series with the heat last night. they had a nine-point lead halfway through the fourth quarter after grant williams hit this three. he was pumped up, so much so he had words with jimmy butler going up the court. that lit a fire under jimmy. he would hit multiple shots with williams guarding him leading the heat on a 24-9 run to close out the game. butler finished with 27 points. jayson tatum went 0 for 3 with two turnovers. miami shocked that boston crowd whipping it 111-105. jimmy butler was asked after the game about williams trying to trash talk him. >> it makes me smile, it does. when people talk to me, i'm like, okay. i'm a decent player. i don't know. it's just competition. i do respect him, though. he's a big part of what they try to do. he switches, he can shoot the
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ball. i don't know if i'm the best person to talk to. western conference finals continue today in l.a. lakers down 0-2 in a must-win against the nuggets. how about some hockey. we had the quadruple overtime finals, and this one just went 1:35 in the overtime period. the first overtime goal and game winner came at a good time for vegas. they won that us with 3-2. stanley cup playoffs continue tonight. hurricanes and panthers in game two, facing off on tnt. moving day on the pga championship. brooks koepka had five birdies on the back 9. he's three shots back of the lead. three guys atop the leaderboard,
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h hovland, scocory connors and scheffler. >> andy, thank you very much. you should trash talk me before every show. we'll have great shows. >> i can do that. thanks for watching. >> much more ahead with fredricka whitfield. that's next. with marinated chicken and double cheheese. sweet and savory... ...kinda like you and me, chuck. bye, peyton. try the refreshed favorites at subwaway today. okay everyone, our mission is complete balanced nutrition. together we provide nutrients to support immune, muscle, bone, and heart health everyone: woo hoo! ensure with 25 vitamins and minerals. enter the $10,000 nourishing moments giveaway. check. psych! and i'm about to steal this game from you just like i stole kelly carter in high school. you got no game dude, that's a foul!
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