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ahead right here on "cnn newsroom," investigators say they know what caused the deadly train crash in india and who's to blame. we will have a live report from the scene. plus, gop presidential candidates are making their case to iowa voters as we learn when another republican will officially enter the race. and stunning comments from ukraine's president about the spring offensive against russia. what he had to say and what it could mean for the course of this war. >> announcer: live from cnn center, this is "cnn newsroom" with paula newton. so authorities in india have identified the cause of the country's worst train crash in decades. according to the railway minister, it was the result of a change in the electronic signaling system. the minister also says the

people responsible now have been identified, but he refused to provide any further details. authorities are now working on gathering evidence. evan watson has made his way to the site of the crash and joins me now with more. every time i look at the scene behind you, i keep thinking that people's loved ones are still buried in those wrecks and how horrific it is, especially now with authorities already saying that they understand what might have lead to it. >> that's right. i mean, i think the officials are saying that there's virtually no chance of finding any survivors at this point. so the effort is very much on helping the wounded and helping victims be reunited with their families. and also with the clearing of just the massive scale of the disaster. we're going to try to give you a sense. i mean, this is a disaster zone that covers -- it's hundreds of meters long. it involved at least 21 derailed and overturned train cars, three

separate trains that collided on friday night here, less than 48 hours ago. so the sheer amount of wreckage here is massive. and the -- i think what is remarkable is that you have hundreds of workers out here in brutal, ferocious heat. they have heavy equipment, but they're also working by hand, digging, using pick axes and shovels, even manually tying new railroad rails, huge beams of metal to try to lay them down on the tracks, as the authorities say they want to get this stretch of railroad open again, as early as wednesday morning. that said the scale of the loss of life, i think, has really stunned people, in a country that depends very much on trains for everyday life, more than 13 million people move around india

every day on trains. and that tragically also has a lot of history of deadly accidents on india's railroads. but just to give you a sense here, we're in a rural part of eastern india, of orisha state. and the accident took place after sunset on friday. one of the survivors is a woman whose own daughter died in one of need crowded train cars. take a listen to what she had to say. >> as we kept rolling, my daughter got stuck there and my daughter got buried under bulky iron right in front of my eyes. i managed to stand in the corner, but i was hit in the head by some iron rod or something. i thought about how to get my daughter out from underneath the iron, but didn't know how to move such heavy iron. my daughter kept crying and died right in front of my eyes.

>> reporter: now condolences have poured into india from leaders all around the world from pope francis, the indian prime minister was here on the scene on saturday, seeing the wreckage, visiting with some of the survivors, offering his condolences. and calling for an investigation into what exactly happened here. according to the railway minister, there was some kind of change in the electronic interlocking that led to this horrific disaster. and he has indicated that the cause and the people responsible have been identified, but they have not been named publicly. the government has announced that it will provide half a thousand -- half a million rupees to the family of each victim of the accident. that's a bit more than $6,000 u.s. and some $1,200 equivalent u.s. dollars to everybody who was wounded in this accident.

but again, we're just giving you a scene here. you've got heavy equipment and then workers out here carrying shovels and picks. and that's kind of how the work is going on here. india has been going through an effort to modernize your infrastructure, and even just driving here, the highway, you can see works projects to update and renovate the highway, but this has highlighted the fact that there are concerns about the aging rail infrastructure and concerns about human error, which possibly could have led to what officials have described as one of the deadliest rail disasters in a hundred years of indian history. paula? >> yeah, despite how the crews are working on the scene there to try to get it up and running, ivan, as you say, so many questions from families who have already been through really unspeakable tragedy in the last few days. ivan watson for us on the scene, really appreciate it, as we continue to check in with you. now, two more names will

soon join the growing list of republicans running for president. former new jersey governor chris christie, who ran in 2016, is expected to announce his candidacy tuesday. and former vice president mike pence says he'll formally enter the race wednesday. sk pence and other gop hopefuls gathered in saturday for a major republican event. but donald trump did not attend. the host of the event, joni ernst, told cnn that republican voters are looking to the future, not the past. >> president trump has great face here. it is strong. but at the same time, people don't want to hear about what has happened in the past, because we've had two years of a biden administration that is just destroying our nation. and so they want to know, what are the future decisions that will turn our country around and who is going to lead us forward. >> now, iowa is a crucial early state in presidential elections and saturday's event gave voters there a chance to see and hear candidates in one place.

cnn's jeff zeleny was there. >> reporter: republican voters in iowa who will have the first say in the presidential race next year got an early glimpse of their options in this campaign. former president donald trump, the only major candidate not in the state on saturday, as several others attended. senator joni ernst roast and ride, an annual political event featuring barbecue, motorcycle riding, and a side of politics. these candidates were making their case as to why they could be the best alternative to donald trump and the best option for republicans to win back the white house. here's a sense of their argument that they offered to voters at this point. >> we've got to start doing this in a way that we can win a general election. it's time for a new generational leader. we've got to leave the baggage and the negativity behind. we've got a country to save. >> here's the thing. you can't do any of it if you don't win. there is no substitute for victory! >> and we need to dispense with the culture of losing that has

beset the republican party in recent years. iowa shows it can be done. florida shows it can be done. we had red waves in 2022. the rest of the country, not so much. >> i am running because i believe america can do for anyone what she has done for me. we've got to restore hope. >> reporter: so many different faces, many different backgrounds, but most of these republican candidates essentially singing from the same songbook, trying to make the case for why they are best to win back the white house for republicans and confront donald trump in a one-on-one competition as this race in inte intensifies. there is no doubt the person hanging over this race more than anyone is donald trump. he decided not to come. he was invited. senator joni ernst said she made the invitation but he simply does not like to be in the same room as other candidates. we will see in the months to come if that was a mistake. but these candidates will be coming back to iowa, which opens this process early next winter. this campaign right now, as summer approaches, is rapidly

intensifying. jeff zeleny, cnn, des moines. >> so you saw florida governor ron desantis in that report. he's been unapologetic about his ongoing feud with disney, one of his state's largest employers. during his appearance in iowa on saturday, candidate desantis vigorously defended his position, claiming his dispute with disney is rooted in deep principle about protecting children. but one of his rivals is taking issue with the governor's approach. here's former arkansas governor, asa hutchinson, speaking earlier to cnn. >> i disagree with disney, but no, let's don't use the power of government to punish a business that we disagree with on a social issue. that to me is a conservative position. and i don't think we should be going after and punishing businesses. >> as you can see, it is game on with these candidates. be sure to catch cnn's upcoming town halls with two of the republican presidential candidates.

tonight, you'll hear directly from former u.n. ambassador nikki haley live from iowa's grand view university. and on wednesday, vice president mike pence, who is expected to announce his candidacy this week will take questions from cnn. they're all at the times listed as you see there. the epic battle over the debt limit officially ended on saturday with u.s. president joe biden signing the just-passed bill into law. the white house announced the signing on twitter with a statement from the president, saying the deal safeguards social security, medicare, and veterans benefits. besides suspending the debt limit until 2025, the new law also caps domestic spending at current levels, expands work requirements for some food stamp recipients, and takes back billions in covid relief funds. former u.s. president donald trump is facing several criminal investigations, even as he tries to make a case, as we were just saying, for that second term in office. now, we don't know yet if he will face those charges, but we're getting more details about

how those investigations are proceeding. cnn's politics reporter jeremy erb has the latest. >> we've learned key developments in two of the investigations into former president donald trump. first, in special counsel jack smith's probe into trump's handling of classified documents, sources tell cnn that trump's lawyers were unable to locate a classified pentagon document about plans for a possible strike on iran. a document where trump was recorded on tape claiming was in his possession in 2021. the special counsel subpoenaed trump for the document in march, not long after one of his aides in that meeting, margo martin, appeared before the grand jury. well, trump's lawyer provided some documents in response to the subpoena, they could not locate the classified document that trump was referring to on tape. it's unclear if that document had already been returned to have the government, if it's still missing, or whether it was even in trump's possession in 2021. importantly, though, trump on the tape appears to acknowledge that the document was still

classified. now, in georgia, the fulton county district attorney is seeking information from two firms hired by the trump campaign, tasked with investigating claims of voter fraud after the 2020 election. both of those firms found allegations of voter fraud to be false or offered information to the trump campaign that refuted trump's claims of election fraud. fanny willis is investigating reports to overturn the election in georgia. her information comes as she is eyeing potential racketeering charges in her investigation. the firms could help establish a pattern of failed attempts by the trump campaign to find voter fraud after the 2020 election. willis is expected to announce in august whether anyone will face charges as part of her investigation. cnn, jeremy erb, new york. ukraine's president drops new hints about the looming counteroffensive. what he said about ukraine's

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ukraine says the casualty toll is growing from a russian air strike near the city of dnipro. officials say the body of a 2-year-old girl has been recovered from a building damaged in saturday's attack. the number of wounded has now grown to at least 22 people, including 5 children. the strike damaged multiple homes and gas pipelines. ukraine says its air defense made a clean sweep in the skies overnight. reports indicate that ukraine shot down all the missiles headed towards the capital where air sirens still went off. and president volodymyr zelenskyy is dropping more hints about the looming counteroffensive. he told "the wall street journal" that ukraine is ready and strongly believes that ukraine will be successful. for more on all of this, we're joined by scott mclean who is in london following developments for us. it's obvious what's going on here.

officials in kyiv obviously bolstered by the fact that their air defenses are shielding the city. and yet at the same time, we get the tragic details of that other strike in dnipro. there's no way that they're going to be able to protect this entire country. >> and that's precisely one of the points that president zelenskyy made in that "wall street journal" interview that you mentioned, that there are not enough air defense systems to protect both ukrainian soldiers and all of the cities. and russia still has this tool of intimidation at its disposal to intimidate the millions of ukrainians who don't live anywhere near the front lines and still have to live in this constant fear. he also talked about the patriot air defense system, arguing that his country needs far more because this is the one system that can shoot down some of these incoming russian missiles that frankly existi ing air defense systems cannot. he also made his pitch again for more modern fighter jets.

listen. >> translator: the reality is 50 patriots will, for the most part, prevent people from dying. everyone knows perfectly well that any counteroffensive without air superiority is very dangerous. if anyone understands the importance of protecting the sky, why is there an issue with giving us modern planes. what exactly is the problem here? >> so zelenskyy wants 50 patriot battery systems. right now, ukraine has just two, and when it comes to fighter jets, the u.s., the u.s. defense official made clear on friday that that's simply not the priority. that's more of a longer-term goal. the priority at this point is getting tanks on the ground and troops trained to actually use those tanks. they think that that will make a bigger impact on the battlefield, especially with this counteroffensive looming. and in the sky, the u.s. says that, look, it doesn't make sense to try to match russia plane for plane. what makes more sense is to give ukraine the air defense system that it needs, to keep russian

jets out of ukrainian air space by and large, so that the tanks and the troops on the ground can do their thing. paula? >> no matter the debate on military strategy, you can see zelenskyy being quite frustrated there. what more did we learn from that "wall street journal" interview, because he was incredibly blunt. >> reporter: he was. this was a long interview, quite a wide-ranging interview and blunt on quite a few topics. one of them was nato. he said that, look, he understands that ukraine cannot join nato wile the country is at war. but he also said that he is looking for a hint from nato that it will, in fact, be able to join once the war is done. and if he's not going to get that hint at the next nato summit next month, there's no point in ukraine showing up. he also compared russian president vladimir putin to a cornered animal, saying that, look, the world needs to isolate russia and it needs to isolate russia more powerfully, meaning that russians shouldn't get visas to leave the country. the other point that he made,

paula, is on u.s. politics. and he said that broadly speaking, the biden administration has been more helpful to ukraine than the trump administration had been, but he also points out that, look, there wasn't the full-scale invasion when trump was in office. he also said that he simply does not understand trump's comments about being able end to the war in 24 hours, saying that, look, ukraine was still at war, even though it was at a standstill, largely, when trump was in office. and he didn't do that then. paula? >> yeah, clearly already sending a warning that time is trudging on for this election campaign. he cannot be guaranteed as to what the gop candidates, nominee, or eventual president, if that happens, will give him in terms of his defenses. scott mclean for us, thanks for wrapping all of that. appreciate it. for more analysis, we're joined by retired army general mcryan, a former defender of the army defense college, and joins us from brisbane. good to see you.

zelenskyy previewed that counteroffensive and his take, sobering. there was no prbravado there. he said, russia has superior air power. how do you assess ukraine's readiness at this point, even given what zelenskyy says they do not have at this point? >> well, hi, paula. it's good to be with you again. ukraine has been preparing for this offensive for many, many months, indeed since the end of last year. they've been absorbing new equipment, forming new brigades, conducting preliminary operations, deep strikes in ukraine and beyond. so they are as ready as they'll ever be. there's never a perfect time, but the time is getting close for them to launch this offensive. >> now, can you walk us through and describe what you are describing as a reconnaissance mission by ukraine. and it's been ongoing, as you point out, for months. how crucial will that be to the success or failure of this counteroffensive? >> well, for many months, ukrainian forces will have been conducting reconnaissance across the front lines, of russian

defenses, of their obstacle belts, of where russian headquarters, logistics nodes, and their reserve locations are. so they'll want to be picking targets to strike before the offensive, but also trying to divine where the weakest points of the russian line is, so they can potentially penetrate through there in getting to russian rear areas. >> the other point about this is the fact that russia has been learning on the trot here in this war, as well. if in your words russia is able to mount a more competent, mobile fighting force in the weeks and months to come, what will ukraine actually be facing on the ground? it definitely will be a different scenario, compared to the early days of this war. >> absolutely. the ukrainian offensive won't look like previous ones. not only the ukrainians are different, but the russians are.

they have learned, but haven't learned as fast as ukrainians. those who have survived have been able to share lessons, and the russian forces have occupied deep, kilometers-deep defensive zones, backed up with artillery and reserve mobile forces. this will be a very profound challenge for the ukrainians, but they've been training and have been preparing and have been rehearsing and equipping for some time and they're up to the job. >> you know, the strategic stakes in all of this for this counteroffensive are very high. we have always known that they believe that it can play the long game. zelenskyy just said, they know they don't have that much time. how quickly do they need to show gains in this counteroffensive? >> they certainly need to show some progress this year pip mean, zelenskyy, whilst he said he might not go to the nato summit in july, if he doesn't have signals about joining, he would like to go to that summit and he would like to have some progress by then. but at the end of the day, the

ukrainians will need to destroy russian forces and take back territory over the next couple of months to put them in a better position to take back the more difficult territory, such as crimea in the near future. >> secretary austin said himself that he's not expecting ukraine to gain every inch of territory. but he's expecting the dynamics to change. if the dynamics change, what will that mean in terms of negotiating some kind of truce here. >> well, ukrainians have been great at surprising with their competence since the beginning of the war. they've been nothing if not innovative and inventive and good leaders on the battlefield. i expect as secretary austin said, that will continue. but by the end of this offensive, ukrainians want to be in a position where the russians aren't able to conduct a winter offensive, and where they're in a good position to hold crimea and the donbas at risk if they're not able to take it back this year. >> yeah, not discussing the more

thorny issue of crimea, with all of that. mick ryan, thanks so much for us. really appreciate your analysis. u.s. secretary of defense, lloyd austin, is also calling on china to, quote, reign in its behavior after another close encounter between the two countries' militaries. the latest confrontation happened saturday in the taiwan strait. the u.s. says a chinese military ship came within 150 yards of a u.s. destroyer. and the u.s. ship had to take steps to avoid a collision. it comes days after a mid-air incident between a chinese jet and a u.s. spy plane. austin is calling china's actions irresponsible. listen. >> i've voiced my concern about the irresponsible behavior we've seen with the close intercepts and the coercive behavior that we see in the waterways. just in the last day, we've seen another incident where one of

their ships crossed in front of one of our ships. probably 150 feet or something like that, and that's extremely dangerous. i think accidents can happen that could cause things to spiral out of control. >> now, china's defense minister, meantime, says it's the u.s. that's being provocative by sailing its military ships near china. this came after he addressed a major security krconference in singapore, condemning u.s. behavior in the region, but calling for cooperation. >> the china u.s. relationship has global significance. the international community looks for some stable relationship and is concerned about any potential conflict or confrontation. it is undeniable that a severe conflict or confrontation between china and the u.s. will be an unbearable disaster for the world. okay, ahead for us, con

fl flikting reports emerge after four people are killed in a rare shooting along the border in egypt. we'll head to jejerusalem live.

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and welcome back to our viewers here in the united states. i'm paula newton and you are watching "cnn newsroom." police in the u.s. state of texas believe they may have just arrested a possible serial killer. now. it comes after the murder of an 80-year-old man. a five-day manhunt for the suspect, and a surprising confession from the victim's former roommate. camilla bernal picks up the story from there. >> reporter: this is a man that authorities say was ready to kill again and on may 24th, raul mesa called the austin police

department and told the detective there, my name is raul mesa and you are looking for me. in that phone call, raul mesa told detectives about killing his 80-year-old roommate. he not only detailed their relationship, but also told authorities the manner in which he killed his roommate. according to police, he gave them details that had not been made public before and in addition to that confession, he also told authorities about killing a 66-year-old woman in 2019. so authorities began looking into these two cases, but they now also say that they're looking at a number of cases that may have a connection to raul mesa. they say between eight and ten cases that they're currently looking at, but also add that there could be more of these cases. they knew he was dangerous. there was a five-day manhunt for mesa. and when he was arrested, they found him with a bag that had duct tape, zip ties, a gun, and

additional rounds. the detectives said that they spoke to him after he was arrested and here is what he's saying about that conversation. >> i won't go into the details of that conversation, because it's part of the investigation, but i will let you know that mr. mesa said that he was ready and prepared to kill again. and he was looking forward to it. >> and looking at mesa's criminal history is also chilling, because in 1982, he served about 11 years of a 30-year sentence for killing an 8-year-old girl. authorities in austin saying that justice was not served in that case. and there are a lot of questions as to whether or not the latest killings could have been prevented. . the austin police department and detectives there say they're committed to investigating the latest killings, but also those cold cases. mesa is expected to be in court on july 5th. camilla bernal, cnn, los angeles. in peru, the prime suspect in the disappearance of american teenager natalee holloway is on

the move. officials say joran van der sloot was transferred from a maximum security prison early saturday to a facility in the capital lima, from there he's expected to be taken to the u.s. to face extortion and fraud charges linked to holloway's disappearance. now, she was last seen alive with van der sloot and two other men 18 years ago while leaving a nightclub in aruba. a 66-year-old verne from new hampshire is accused of threatening to kill a u.s. senator. according to the u.s. attorney's office, brian landry called a senator's district office and left voice mail. it allegedly said, quote, i'm is a veteran sniper and unless you change your ways, i got my scope pointed in your direction and i'm going to get you. he then called the senator a dead man walking and added a couple of expletives. andre appeared in court on friday and did not enter a plea. the new hampshire man is charged with threatening to assault, murder, or kidnap a u.s.

official. he's been ordered to request a mental and official evaluation from the veterans administration. investigators did not identify the targeted senator my name. three israeli soldiers and an egyptian security officer are dead in a shooting incident and it happened saturday on the israeli side of the border. the israel defense forces say an egyptian police officer crossed the border and killed two israeli border guards, triggering a manhunt that left the attacker and another israeli soldier dead. egypt says that their officer crossed the border in pursuit of drug smugglers and was killed in an ensuing gunfight. now let's go to hadas joins that joins us live from jerusalem. and as we just outlined, there is still a lot of confusion as to exactly what happened here. can you walk us through it? >> a lot of confusion, because, paula, this is such an unusual incident. israel shares a very long border with egypt, along the sinai. and in recent years, it's been

pretty quiet for incidents like this, compared to the borders with jordan or lebanon. while there's a decent amount of drug smuggling, weapon smuggling that happens along this border, with something like this hasn't happen in a decade. what we understand, early this morning, after two israeli soldiers who were manning a rather desolate outpost along the border, when they didn't respond to a check-in, other soldiers went to check on them and that's when they found their bodies. and an ensuing manhunt is when more soldiers encountered this egyptian security officer involved in a gunfight. both the egyptian security officer and a third israeli soldier were killed in that incident. israeli officials believe that this egyptian security officer breached the border fence. we have an image of that border fence. you can see, and this is being explained in israeli media, this is an emergency small opening that's used sometimes when needed to cross from one to the other, and israeli media saying it was just secured with zip ties, meaning that the security officer may be cut it with some

sort of knife or something to cross over. now, the egyptian military is saying that this officer was chasing drug smuggling agents, saying that he breached the security barrier and exchanged fire with israeli security personnel. another thing we're learning from the idf is that those first two soldiers who were killed, they did not fire their weapons, which means that essentially, they did not engage in any sort of gunfight with the security officer. this is still being investigated, exactly what happened, because as we're hearing from the egyptians, they say that their officer was chasing drug smuggling agents, but we haven't heard about any other officers that were with them. there were drug smugglers caught or drug smuggling stopped a few hours before, but it's still being seen as a very unusual and isolated incident. and there's very clear indication from officials from both egypt and israel that there is no desire to turn this into anything bigger than a potentially isolated and very unusual incident. the israeli minister of defense has already spoken with the

egyptian minister of defense. we've also heard from the idf's chief spokesperson, who said this is a very unusual incident that does not represent the relationship and joint action between the militaries. egypt and israel often coordinate and cooperate on security in the area, but paula, this is also an indication, and it's being portrayed as this in the media as a major failure by the israeli military. how did they not notice somebody crossing the border and those two soldiers in that outmpost, they should have been checked in on once an hour. that was not done. >> still a lot more information to come. but both countries, egypt and israel wanting not to escalate this further and both will continue with their separate investigations. hadas gold in jerusalem, really appreciate the update. just ahead for us, the man known as putin's chef is pressing forward with his war of words against the kremlin and the russian defense ministry. what yevgeny predpigozhin is sag

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private military company has released an audio reporting of him blasting unidentified criminal factions as well as russia's top military leaders. yevgeny prigozhin took aim at those inside the kremlin and railed against the current state of the war, blaming russia's defense minister and the chief of the general staff. prigozhin said if defense officials don't stop the incursions in russia's belle grad regions, they will go plo personally. they have been fighting for russia for years. by yevgeny prigozhin's own admission, his mercenariesies h suffered heavy losses there. more now on the man who seems to have free rein to criticize

other members of putin's inner circle. >> reporter: for months now, yevgeny prigozhin has been leading the charge in ukraine and stealing the limelight. >> translator: guys, don't bully the russian military. >> reporter: the taunt typical as he announced the withdrawal of his wagner mercenaries last week after claiming the first russian advance in ukraine in months. power on the ground that has translated into far more open political confrontation with moscow. long-known by his nickname as putin's chef, the oligarch shared the russian president's humble beginnings in the tougher neighborhoods of st. petersburg. reporteredly a former convict, he used putin's rise to build a vast catering empire. as putin set his sights on crimea and eastern ukraine in 2014, prigozhin's forces were there. the wagner mercenary group

became known as putin's private army, operating on his behalf, but in the shadows, across the middle east and africa for years. but it took the chaos of the 2022 russian invasion of ukraine for prigozhin to take center stage himself. flexing his power and his voice. and he raised loudly again this week against russia's top military brass after drone attacks on moscow brought the war far too close to home for comfort. you are the minister of defense. you didn't do a damned thing to stamp this out. why are you allowing these drones to fly to moscow? >> reporter: because propaganda is arguably what yevgeny prigozhin does best. setting up this notorious troll farm in st. petersburg, which was blamed for pumping out disinformation around the 2016

u.s. presidential election. prigozhin was sanctioned by the u.s. despite denying any involvement. now, he is personally taking his propaganda machine on the road and across russia, turning his attention to what he calls the enemy at home, with increasingly obvious political ambitions of his own. >> while the system was stable, there was no place for him, and he was waiting and waiting. and then the system started collapsing. and he found the opening and he burst into the system. >> reporter: and russia's political system, just like its history, appears to be something prigozhin is very aware of. >> all of these divisions can end up in a revolution, just like in 1917. first, the soldiers will stand up, and after that, their loved ones will rise up. >> reporter: with prigozhin's very thinly veiled lets, he's

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undocumented migrants. governor desantis called it the most ambitious legislation in the country. some farmers are learned that the new immigration law could lead to a shortage in workers, especially since they rely on foreign nationals to do agricultural jobs that americans don't want. cnn's gary tuchman has that story. >> it's 7:30 a.m. in humid north florida. the beginning of a long day. on a large farm. where hired workers are in the middle of harvesting roughly 2.2 million watermelon, about 32 million pounds worth, over the course of about six weeks, with more than 150 people working to harvest the watermelon. i ask former owner trevor bass this question. how many u.s. citizens pick crops on your farm? >> none. >> zero. >> zero? >> zero. >> actually, on this day, there is one u.s. citizen.

me. i requested a chance to work for one day on this farm, to learn more about why so many farmers have such a difficult time getting americans to work on their farms. >> okay, so this watermelon is ripe, it's ready. you turn it over so the yellow part is on top, so then the people who pick it up know it's ready, because they see the yellow part on top. >> everyone i'm working with here is from mexico, all part of the u.s. government's guest worker program known as h2a. american farmers can hire foreign nationals under the h2a program, as long as they follow strict provisions, which include only hiring them after trying to employ americans first, which this farm owner did. and got no takers. the idea is we have this chain here, and we're going to be taking these watermelons, putting them on this bus, and we're going to be doing it for hours straight. dustin blank is a farmer is also represents other farms when selling finished product to

stores. >> and you represent how many farms? >> over 30. >> and how many u.s. citizens do you know of who work on any of those farms? >> short of management? zero. >> reporter: under h2a, guest workers can't get paid less than americans. florida's minimum h2a salary is $14.22 an hour and the mexicans are permitted to work as many hours as they want with extra bonuses for the work done. they can easily make more than $1,000 a week. they are subject to income tax. edgar hernandez is a husband and father who sends all of his money home to his family. i ask him why he doesn't think there are any americans harvesting with him. it's heavy, he says. the work is hard. these farm owners don't disagree with that assessment. americans have other choices and just don't want to do this, they say. >> i would say this work on a scale from 1 to 10 would be a 9.

it's about as hard as it gets. >> reporter: there are about 18,000 pounds of watermelon on each of these buses. it's extremely monotonous. >> both of these men describe themselves as politically conservative. however, they say the government program is not only a necessity, but should have an application process that is faster and more flexible. >> yes, we don't need the open the borders and let everyone across, but these guys are coming here for a reason. they're coming here for serious work to try to support their families in mexico, or wherever they've come from. they're not here to play. i mean, it's very obvious. >> reporter: there is a lot of work to do, and many of these men work into the evening. all of them, except for me, will be back for several weeks to come. gary tuchman, cnn, newberry, florida. manchester city are on the brink of english football history after beating cross-town rivals manchester united 2-1 in the fa cup on saturday. city scored just 12 seconds into

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