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memorial day off. it's tuesday morning. we're glad you're with us. i'm jhappy to be joined by my friend erica hill. >> relaxing. >> we hope you had a good one. let's get started with five things to know for this tuesday, may 30th. drone attacks hit the heart of russia. two people are injured and three residential buildings this morning are damaged in moscow after the ukrainian capital of kyiv with stands another attack. >> the debt limit deal set to face its first hurdle today in the house rules committee. speaker kevin mccarthy said he's not worried despite concerns from at least two republican members of that committee. police in hollywood beach, florida, say at least nine people were shot along the boardwalk, three children among the wounded. we're told at least one suspect had been arrested. also today, elizabeth holmes will report to prison in texas. former theranos ceo facing 11 years behind bar for fraud and

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hurt. there have been 17 attacks on kyiv so far ahead of that planned counteroffensive we have been talking so much about. officials also just releasing this body camera video of police responding to one of those attacks. gives you a realtime look at the daily reality of war here as officers are out there to help injured civilians. let's bring in cnn's fred pleitgen live in eastern ukraine. first, what more are we hearing about this attack on moscow? >> reporter: hi there, poppy. certainly the russians are pretty shaken by this attack that happened there on moscow. and one of the things that they're obviously doing, as you noted, they blamed as they put it the kyiv regime, blaming the ukrainians. some of the footage that came out of russia seemed pretty dramatic, with the person pointing at the drone. the russians say all of the uavs, the drones sent towards moscow, were put out of commission. they say several were taken down using electronic countermeasures brought them off course and they

crashed. they needed to activate their air defenses with short range air defense systems. nevertheless, there have been several russian politicians said we believe this could be our new reality. this could be the case because of the on going war in ukraine that it can also come to moscow. obviously a lot of residents in that city pretty shaken as well. this happened in the early morning hours of today and definitely not something the russians have seen before as this war has been going on, guys. >> can you tell us more about the strikes overnight in kyiv, fred? >> reporter: yeah. i'm at the scene of one of the strikes here that happened in kyiv overnight. we were actually in kyiv. we're not in eastern ukraine. and the night was definitely not calm. i mean, it was over several hours that we heard drones in the air the entire time. ukrainian made drones where you can hear the engine howling the entire time. then you can also hear the sound

of the machine gunfires the ukrainians are trying to take them down. where we are right now, you can see substantial damage after one of these drones impacted here. you can see the cleanup is already going on. i want to just ask our camera man to pan up right now. you can see it actually impacted up there in the first top couple floors of that building. now, that is something that is absolutely significant, guys, because despite the fact that the russians shot dozens of drones one again or sent them at the capital kyiv the ukrainians say they managed to take most of the drones down. now, what you're seeing up there, the ukrainians are saying is actually damaged from a drone that was down and debris then hit this building and caused that explosion that you saw up there unfortunately in this building one woman was killed. i was able to speak to kyiv's mayor. here is what he said. >> actually may have a lot of attacks to our city not just to

capital of ukraine. a lot of people killed. >> reporter: kyiv mayor of course, former box champ as well was on the scene very early on. and of course not a quiet night here at all. and, you know, this is the third major missile and drone attack that we have had here in the city in the past, i would say, 30 to 36 hours. some with drones and ballistic missiles. right now the ukrainian capital feeling and a lot of people here obviously showing a lot of resilience, guys. >> fred pleitgen live in kyiv. thank you very much. >> all comes as president zelenskyy now says he made a decision on the timing of ukraine's counteroffensive. >> translator: the commander in chief and the commanders of the operational directions reported to the staff not only the supply of ammunition, not only the training of new brigades, not only our tactics. but also the timing. this is what is most important. the timing of how we will move

forward. we will. the decisions have been made. >> joining us now cnn military analyst, former member of the joint staff of the pentagon retired cedric leighton. as we listen to what we heard in that nightly address from president zelenskyy. they have the timing. not saying what that timing is for obvious reasons. but that the timing has been decided. what does that signal to you in terms of where things stand for this counteroffensive, how quickly could it happen? >> reporter: good morning, erica. really tells me that they've finalized their plans. they're moving forward in a way that is quite methodical and they doing it in a way that will allow them to move forces where they need to. now, the one thing that they don't have is strategic surprise. but they do have tactical surprise. they can move forces where they need to. the russians, of course, are going to be watching them from an intelligence perspective, but they will be able to do some things that will keep the russians guessing, but there's

clearly a timetable that's been set. we should be seeing a few things, maybe not like d-day back in world war ii, a few things that will indicate an offensive is going forward. >> i'm interested why zelenskyy would say that we have decided on a time frame. we have one. why would he say that at all? why would he make that pronouncement? >> poppy, i think it's messaging. it's also psychological. what he's trying to do is trying to tell the russian side that we are coming for you. we are going to move you out of our country. but, on the other hand, he's still keeping them guessing although made some pretty emphatic statements here, he's keeping them guessing as to the timing and the place where this is actually going to occur and could be places in the sense that he could use multiple areas to mount certain types of attacks. >> we have seen this litany of attacks in kyiv, but we are also seeing attacks making all the way to moscow. russian officials as fred

pleitgen just said, saying they believe this could be their new reality. how are you reading that this morning? how are you reading those attacks? >> yeah. these are very interesting because generally what they're using are drones that are actually soviet-era drones that have been modified by the ukrainians. so, the ukrainians are not violating any promises that they've made to the west and to the u.s. in particular not to use u.s. or western supplied weapons to attack russia itself. but they're still doing it. and it's not quite setting russia ablaze to borrow a phrase from churchill. but what they are doing is they are actually moving forward and telling the russian population that they are at risk of some kind of an attack. it's not as bad or as severe as the attacks on kyiv, obviously. but it is cheerily something that puts people at risk and it is a warning. >> one question in all of this sort of bigger picture is the role of china and can china be a

moderating force at all. they have said as much, but the real questions about what that would look like and where their alliance would be. the fact that given that, the chinese government is refusing to sit down with defense secretary lloyd austin basically saying, no, you cannot meet with your counterpart at this security forum happening in singapore, reminds me of what lloyd austin told kaitlan after the spy balloon, that basically the chinese weren't picking up the phone. it does not seem like things have improved since then. how does that factor into what's going on in russia and ukraine? >> yeah. that's certainly true. things have not improved. it seems as if china and russia are basically in lock step when it comes to the diplomatic aspect of this. and i think what the chinese are failing to do in this particular case is take advantage of an opportunity to play the role of mediator or at least seem to be playing the role of mediator. the very fact that they're not meeting with secretary austin is an indication they're not

interested in being a mediator. they're more interested in supporting putin. that will limit their effectiveness with ukraine and limit their effectiveness with other countries in the west. >> always appreciate your insight. thank you. this morning, new surveillance video shows the moment that people started running for their lives. this happened during a mass shooting on a crowded florida boardwalk. nine people were shot. including a 1-year-old baby. here is another look at the chaos. police say they detained one person. they're still searching for an additional suspect. carlos suarez is live in hollywood, florida. a beach boardwalk, nine people, a 1-year-old shot. what do we know about the victims at that time? >> reporter: well, right now hollywood police have not released the names of these victims. authorities out here said that an argument between two groups of people led to that shooting. the boardwalk out here is lined with hotel restaurants and bars.

thousands of folks gathered to celebrate the memorial day holiday and when that shooting took place sunday after -- monday afternoon rather. cameras out here captured the crowds of folks running for safety after they heard the shooting take place. some videos that were posted on social media showed some of the injured being treated on the beach. now, hollywood police say they had a number of officers in the area in anticipation of the holiday crowds, so they were able to get a lot of these injured folks to a hospital in relatively short order. the chief of police here in the city of hollywood talked about exactly some of his feelings a few hours after the shooting. here is what he said. >> it's unfortunate when we have law-abiding citizens come to our beach to enjoy the day, that gets disrupted by a group of criminals who engage in this type of violent activity. these that were involved in the incident today will be held accountable for their actions.

>> reporter: all right, poppy. nine people in all were shot. four of them minors, including that 1-year-old baby. we're told all of the people that were shot are expected to be okay. and that that 1-year-old baby is in stable condition. >> thank goodness but still terrifying. carlos, thank you for the reporting very much. the debt limit deal set to face its first major test in congress today. will it even make it to the house floor? that's a question if you can believe it. live coverage from clig capitol hill and the white house. >> smoke from a massive wild fire in canada could spread to boston and new york today. meteorologist derek van dam will break down what that could mean for the air quality where you live. ♪ electric dreamam days are here. come in now and experience the intense thrills and incredible offers on any of five

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colleagues this is not a deal we should be taking. the whole point of the rules committee is to say we have a power sharing where we have a representation of the entire conference and i'm not thrilled with this bill right now. so i'm not going into the rules committee with a very positive view towards this bill. kevin is a friend. i think the republican party best when we're unified but not for the sake of unity. >> so as speaker mccarthy scrambles to prevent a mutiny, president biden is trying to sure up enough democrats to support the bill. >> i never say i'm confident. but i feel very good about it. there's no reason why it shouldn't get done by the 5th. i'm confident that we'll get a vote in both houses. and we'll see. >> we'll see. we have lauren fox on capitol hill. and let's start with arlette saenz at the white house. he says we'll see because progressive democrat miss are not happy. i think it was really telling that congresswoman pramila jayapal says, yes, biden does have to worry about

progressives. >> reporter: yeah, good morning, poppy. president biden there says he feels very good about final passage, but he also acknowledged to reporters that he doesn't know if he can get progressives on board with this agreement. this all comes as there's a very real palpable frustration from progressives in the democratic party over the toughening of work requirements for some recipients of food stamps. now, what white house officials have been arguing to progressives and democrats behind the scenes is that they need to focus on what was not included in this bill. the fact that they were able to keep out even tougher work requirements on other social safety net programs. the fact that they were able to preserve democratic priorities, like the inflation reduction act. those are all arguments as they're trying to get democrats to support this agreement. now, behind the scenes, both senior staff and president biden himself had been working the phones to democratic lawmakers as they're trying to get this legislation over the finish line. and even some progressives are saying they're not yet ready to support this agreement, the

white house did get a boost yesterday when this coalition, the new democratic coalition, the leaders of that group said they will endorse this agreement. that group comprises about 100 democrats, which will be key as they are trying to get this legislation over the finish line with that house vote expected tomorrow. >> lauren, when it comes to this house rules committee, the meeting that we're all waiting for later today, there is the potential to stop this bill in its tracks. >> yeah. i mean, one thing to keep an eye on this morning is the comments from chip roy and ralph northam, two of the conservatives who sit on the house rules committee, like you mentioned. they were placed there by house speaker kevin mccarthy part of the concessions in the race to get mccarthy that gavel. they wanted to have equal representation on that committee of not just allies of the speaker who was always going to vote for bills in the rules

committee and conservative hardliners. all eyes on thomas masse, another conservative who was placed on that committee. he has not said yet whether or not he would support this legislation moving through the rules committee. but the expectation typically is that the republican party, the republican members or the majority party in that committee are the ones who get it out of the rules committee and then put it on the house floor. if it does get to the house floor tomorrow, the expectation is that republicans will have a strong vote. i'm told by multiple sources they are working to lock down about 150 or more republican votes. of course, the expectation being that this vote was always going to be a coalition of moderates in the republican and democratic party with the expectation they could lose those on the far right and the far left. >> but lauren, what chip roy is essentially saying here and what he said yesterday is essentially there was a handshake agreement, speaker mccarthy, to get my vote to become speaker that all nine of us had to unanimously agree

on legislation before it goes to the floor. there's a lot of dispute about whether that was actually the agreement. but if that's the hangup, it's not just going to be a problem for this legislation. it's going to be a problem for every bill. >> well, the concern, right, is that democrats could always support the rule. that typically doesn't happen. it's not the minority's job typically to get a bill out of the house rules committee, but the expectation is that typically republicans would do the heavy lifting here. of course, again, thomas masse will be a key vote here. and i should note there were a number of republicans we asked about chip roy's claims yesterday, dusty johnson, stephanie vile, both saying that they had no idea that that was a promise. and if it was a promise that was made, it was not shared more broadly with the republican conference, poppy. >> thank you, lauren. thanks, arlette. it's called one of the strictest anti-lgbtq laws in the world. how washington has now responded

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make its way down? >> we have another couple hours before we start to experience the thickest of the smoke. good morning to you, erica. good morning, new york city. you're hazy skies with this hue of orange and read brought to us by our northerly neighbors in nova scotia. you saw the wild fire smoke that inhibited the driving conditions just outside of halifax area. you have to follow the wind to see where the smoke is coming from. so you can trace it back all the way to the fires that are takes place just outside of halifax. that is going to drift in to places like new york, boston, nefl. this is different from the smoky sunrises and sunsets we have seen over the past couple weeks. that was smoke from the upper levels of the atmosphere from wild fires in alberta, the western side of canada. this is different. just here isly because the proximity of these wild fires in halifax just to our north and the wind direction. so it's going to actually draw in some of that smoke into the low eer levels of the atmospher

to the surface. the potential for you to taste it, almost fell it as you step outside today is a real possibility in new york and boston. air quality there starting to go downhill as the smoke starts to settle in. >> i shouldn't go outside for a run later? >> yeah. i would put that off until tomorrow. >> derek, thank you. >> good excuse. president biden is threatening sanctions in uganda after the president of uganda signed one of the strictest anti-lgbtq laws in the world. he called imshameful. republican senator ted cruz joined the president, slamming the new law, calling it horrific and wrong. our david mckenzie joins us live from johannesberg with more. you have been following this for a long time. it's been making headlines. now it's officially law. some of the provisions in it also criminalize sex education completely for the gay community? they also call for rehabilitation or conversion therapy as many people call it here in the united states.

this is broad. where does this go? >> poppy, good morning. it is very broad and very dangerous for the lgbtq community, say human rights lawyer. i've been speaking to people who are part of that community in east africa. they say they are afraid. they're worried because this is a very vaguely-worded bill but has very severe punishments, including -- promoting homosexuality. i'm using the term in that bill. you can't have sex education for those who are in the lgbt community. public health officials say it will stop people going to clinics and getting services because they are afraid. already many people have been fleeing their homes, afraid of being handed over to the authorities because of this bill. that's the other thing it asks for for people to hand over who they believe who are lgbt to the police and for them to face prosecution or very widely

discredited conversion therapy. so it is a very bad news bill for that community. and there is promise from lawyers within the country to fight it. poppy? >> this went back to articlement because this has been going on for months now. they made some revisions to it but ultimately passed it. since it has the support of the president and majority of parliament, any chance of it getting revoked or appealed? >> it will get appealed in the court of law. that happened to a previous law like this several years ago. but it will, we believe, go into effect in the coming days and weeks. it basically means people can be put in jail or have the death penalty against them because of this law. now, the u.s. president biden has said that they are going to review the relationship through the national security council with uganda. the u.s. spends about a billion

dollars in humanitarian and military support of uganda. and that money is extremely important leverage for those wanting to see the end of this bill before it does real damage to those communities in uganda. because you had senator ted cruz, republican, of course, weighing in on this, you possibly could have bipartisan support in congress to pun issue ugandan lawmakers. >> to sanction? >> sanction individuals and certainly put punitive measures when it comes to foreign aid coming from the u.s. to uganda. i expect that to follow from the white house in the coming days. >> david mcken thi, thank you so much for that reporting. florida governor ron desantis kick off his campaign in iowa today. recent polling actually shows him neck in neck in the state with another candidate who will also be making a stop there this week. we're live in des moines.

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robin. great to see you this morning. desantis' pitch, i'm the guy who can win. how is that sitting with iowa voters? >> it's definitely something some voters are very interested in. after the 2020 election, some people are looking for an alternative to donald trump, who at least in the most iowa polling remains at the top of the list. so many people who agree with some of the politics of desantis are looking at alternatives and desantis as the front-runner as well. >> one of the interesting things is that republican voters in iowa know trump. they know him well, obviously. you know, they haven't been governored by governor ron desantis, only the people of florida have. what have you been hearing from voters there, republican voters, about what their main questions are about ron desantis? >> of course. ron desantis' track record is

similar to kim reynolds, a republican here in iowa. they have had a relationship. they were together earlier this year. people are looking at his track record favorably. kim reynolds is popular among iowa republicans. heading into the 2024 race, it's more of a question of if desantis will be a better choice to beat biden than former president donald trump. >> that's part of what he's starting to hit on, being a better choice to defeat biden. i wonder, because we know the caucuses in iowa, sometimes you get a different terms of engagement from voters as you would in a general election. beating biden in a general is one thing, being victorious in these early contest is yet another. how do the culture wars play in iowa that ron desantis is really doubling down and pointing out his big wins in his state. is that what is most important?

>> it will be interesting to see play out. this is something that has been a big deal in iowa in the past few months with our own legislative session, passing something that democrats have said are culture war issues in terms of certain subjects in schools, banning hrt hormone therapy for minors, things like that that desantis has done in florida as well. however, i think that there is a concern that some of the people who don't want to vote for trump again in the caucuses are looking for someone less controversial. so that's something they're weighing for, these are big issues in the republican party, but also is it going to be too far for a general election? >> is there recent polling that shows how they square up? what i'm looking at is from march. and it found trump and desantis were neck in neck with iowa republicans. anything more recent that tells

you where we are? >> that's the most recent i have as well. it's just something that talking with voters, having been to desantis and trump events, neither of them are very anti-one another or on that different of sides, but it's people, you know, iowans take their role seriously as first in the nation state. >> of course. >> and trying to evaluate. >> they take it very serious. there's an engagement factor, too. a lot has been made how ron desantis is or is not engaging with voters, is or is not engaging with the media in interviews. how important is that to voters that they get a real sense of who he is? because as poppy pointed out, they feel very comfortable, many voters, with donald trump because they know who he is. >> absolutely. and that's sort of, you know, one of the terms that people point to of the iowa caucuses is the kind of forces people to go out, shake hands, have these more intimate, personal events that you need to talk to

individuals and prove on -- even just person to person basis that you're a good choice for them to caucus for because it is a smaller state. and i think that's something that he's holding some events, holding an event at a church tonight. he's probably going to do the retail politics along with the big 2024 candidate pool who will be here in the next few days. >> busy few days coming up which, of course, kicked off several very business months ahead. robin, good to have you here this morning. thank you. >> thank you. just ahead, the suspect in the disappearance of natalee holloway wants more security in prison. vandersloot's attorney says he's being beaten behind bars, something the peruvian prisonprison denies.. we have the latest developments on that t case ahead. you can get your credit card recommemendations, and it shows you ways to save money. do so much more than get your fico® scocore. download the experian app now. ♪

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the tree of life synagogue in pittsburgh. you will remember this. it happened in 2018. and according to the anti-defamation league was the deadliest anti-semitic attack ever in the united states. now years later, federal prosecutors are calling for the death penalty. verdict would have to be unanimous. it's what many family members want. >> four down in the atrium. >> reporter: 4.5 years after the deadliest anti-semitic attack in u.s. history, a jury will finally hear opening statements in the trial of the alleged gunman in the pittsburgh synagogue shooting massacre. after a lengthy jury selection, which started in april, 12 jurors and 6 alternates were seated, questioning focussing primarily on whether these men and women could sentence the suspect robert bowers to death if he's found guilty of killing 11 jewish worshippers. >> i don't think i could anticipate the intensity of this jury selection. >> reporter: throughout the

process, family members of victims watched bowers across the courtroom. on the morning of october 27th, 2018, prosecutors say bowers walked up to the tree of life synagogue and opened fire. members of three congregations were worshipping there at the time. >> it's a very horrific crime scene. one of the worst that i've seen. >> reporter: federal prosecutors say bowers entered the building and intentionally shot people praying while expressing his desire to kill jews. he now faces 63 felony counts, 22 of which are punishable by death. his defense team has offered a guilty plea in exchange for taking capital punishment off the table and two of the congregations who were impacted asked the justice department in 2019 to accept a life in prison plea, but prosecutors were unswayed and still fighting for execution and families of nine victims asked attorney general merrick garland to keep the death penalty on the table, calling anything less a grave

injustice. >> the death penalty must apply to vindicate justice and to offer some measure of deterrence from horrific hate crimes happening again and again. >> for us i think 10/27 is pittsburgh's version of 9/11. it's a day that really shook the foundation of who we were as a community. >> reporter: ryan is the president and ceo of the jcc of greater pittsburgh, which served as a makeshift command post after the shooting. he says jewish life here has continued and persevered after the attack. >> do you know at this point what justice looks like? >> i don't. i know that it is going to be grueling for those families that lost loved ones for a process that has taken 4.5 years to get here and will take a number of months to go. but they're also stronger together and they do not feel like they have to take that

journey by themselves. >> reporter: so after five weeks of jury selection, nearly five years since that deadly attack, this trial is ready to start in just a few hours at 9:00 a.m. our cnn team will be inside that courtroom through the duration of this trial to report all the news to you. poppy? >> danny, thank you very much. >> denying a news report that the prime suspect in the 2005 disappearance of natalee holloway was beaten in prison. an attorney for joran vandersloot telling news his client was severely beatened and petitioned for vandersloot to be moved to another facility. it's interesting the timing here, jean, given this looming extradition to the united states. what more do we know? >> reporter: they're right in the midst of the paperwork. his attorney was telling abc news his client was severely

beaten, currently in the medic area of this maximum security prison in peru about 24 hours away from lima. it's very, very remote. but he is asking the attorney for him to be moved to another maximum security prison as soon as possible. but the penitentiary institute of peru is telling cnn this is not true. he was not beaten. he was not attacked. let me tell you about the prisons in peru because i was there at castro castro which was the original maximum security prison that joran vandersloot was at for the first few years before his trial and then immediately after his trial. everyone can wear street clothes. and so because of that -- look at that knife. see that knife? that was a prison in his cell trying to saw his way out of the cell. because they wear street clothes, they're not supposed to carry weapons, but you can easily carry weapons. >> they don't check their pockets, pat them down? >> i didn't see it.

they try to maintain order. he does not think it's because of what's happening the deportation. he thinks that it is -- the extradition, he thinks it's because of the gang activity in the prisons. >> the question this morning for everyone who has been seeking justice in this for a long time is could this impact the extradition? >> well, how severely beaten is he, if he is beaten. let's talk about justice. today is may 30th. and this is so ironic. may 30th, the very last day natalee holloway was seen alive. it's believed she was murdered on the 30th of may. stephanie flores in peru, she was murdered on may 30th. >> the same day. >> the same day years later. it's the anniversary of both of their deaths. >> and now this? >> a bit chilling actually. jean, appreciate it. thank you. well, to basketball now. they couldn't handle the heat. miami defeats boston in game seven. they're headed to the nba

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♪ they stand eye to eye with history and they did not blink. the heat are going to the nba finals. >> quite a night for the miami heat, beat out boston and the celtics. they're headed, as you just heard to the nba finals. the heat started the eastern conference matchup with the dominating 3-0 run but lost three games in a row. made that comeback in game seven last night, beating boston by 19

points. miami fans brought out the pots and the pans to celebrate the big win. it will be a while before they can cheer on their team in person, though. the heat head to denver to take on the nuggets in the finals. our omar jimenez is live in boston. how are they coping? how are they doing this morning? >> reporter: look, in short not great. coming into this game, i mean, there had been 150 attempts to come back from an 0-3 deficit and 150 fails. now, there have been 151. the celtics, of course, on the wrong side of that. they really couldn't get it going from the beginning in any consistent way over the course of this game. any momentum they got seemed to be completely met with an earth or soul-shattering three from the miami heat on their side. take listen to some of these fans as we spoke to them after the game ended.

how are you guys feeling right now. >> pretty terribly, honestly. >> jalen brown is leaving. he says the fans hate him. give him the money. >> i wanted to say on behalf of boston, i'm -- i wish my city had responded better. >> reporter: and look, after a loss like this, everybody is making theories about where players are going to go, what coaches need to do and things like that. i think we heard a lot of that from fans, but let's not forget, let's not discount the miami heat there. give them credit for what they did. you heard kevin harlan said they went eye to eye with history and they did not blink here. they made their own history, becoming the first play-in team to make it to the nba finals and beating a number one seed along the way and now the number two seed, boston celtics. take a listen to miami heat's star player, jimmy butler, after the game. >> i'm just confident.

i know the work we put into it. i know what we're capable of. but nobody is satisfied. we haven't done anything. we don't play just to win the eastern conference. we play to win the whole thing. everybody's confidence is so high. we have to believe we can do something incredibly special. we'll hit the ground running when we get to denver. and i like our chances. >> reporter: so they go on to play the number one seed denver nuggets. they had their bags packed for denver and not to return to miami. they're capitalizing on that planning ahead. poppy? >> omar, thank you, friend. game one heat versus the nuggets that is thursday night, 8:30 p.m. "cnn this morning" continues right now. at least nine people were po wounded including three children. >> customers tried to run toward the bathrooms and just waited. >> an altercation with guns with thousands of people around them

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