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ahead right here on "cnn newsroom," rescue efforts have ended at the site of india's worst train crash in decades. we will take you live to the site with a look at what authorities are saying caused the crash. plus -- >> i don't have anything to announce today, but i can tell you, when i got time to announce come this wednesday, i'm announcing in iowa. >> republicans eyeing the white house were out in force this weekend. we'll look at whether an alternative to donald trump is emerging. and the vegas golden knights grabbed the early lead in the stanley cup final. cnn sports' coy wire joins me live to break down the historic matchup on the ice. >> announcer: live from cnn center, this is "cnn newsroom" with paula newton. and we begin this hour in washington, d.c., where two more names will soon join the ever-growing list of republicans running for president.

now, a former new jersey governor, chris christie, who ran in 2016, is expected to announce his candidacy tuesday. former vice president mike pence, meantime, says he'll formally announce that he'll enter the race on wednesday. candidates have been picking up the pace as the whether turns warmer, with their first major test coming early next year in iowa. later today, gop presidential candidate nickki haley will tak part in a cnn town hall with jake tapper. haley was among the top republican hopefuls who traveled to iowa on saturday, for the annual roast and ride event. it's a major gop gathering, hosted each year by republican senator joni ernst. now, nearly all of the party's major presidential candidates and likely candidates, of course, those who hadn't yet announced, were there. but not donald trump. he declined the invitation. we get more now from cnn's jeff zeleny, who is in des moines. >> 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 prrp presiesident donald the only major candidate not in the state in iowa as several others attended joni ernst's roast and ride. these candidates were making their case for why they can be the best alternative to donald trump and be 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 that 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. >> so many different faces, many different backgrounds, but most of these republican candidates essentially singing from the same songbook, right 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 intensifies. now, there is no doubt that the person hanging over this race more than anyone is donald trump. he decided not to come. he was invited to this. senator joni ernst said that she made the invitation, but she simply does not like to be in the same room with other candidates. we will see, of course, in the months to come if that, indeed, 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. and a quick programming note. as we mentioned earlier, cnn

will host a town hall today with republican presidential candidate nikki haley. that's live from grand view university in des moines, iowa. the former south carolina governor will take questions from cnn anchor and chief white house correspondent, jake tapper. be sure to tune in at 7:00 p.m. in des moines, iowa. that's monday at 8:00 in the morning, hong kong. plus, cnn will host a town hall on wednesday with former vice president mike pence, live from grand view university, in des moines. the republican is expected to announce his candidacy for the presidency later this week. and he will take questions from cnn anchor and chief political correspondent, dana bash. be sure to tune in wednesday, june 7th, at 8:00 p.m. in des moines, iowa. that's thursday at 9:00 in the morning, hong kong time, right here on cnn. now, just two days before the u.s. risked triggering a global economic meltdown, u.s. president joe biden signed into law the legislation to prevent it from happening. and of course, in the nick of time.

the u.s. treasury had warned that it was heading to default by monday, if congress failed to act. now, the bill to suspend the debt limit until 2025 cleared congress late thursday, but that was only after weeks of grueling negotiations between the white house and republican leaders. late friday, mr. biden spoke from the oval office about why this deal had to happen. >> passing this budget agreement was critical. the stakes could not have been higher. if we had failed to eed to reac agreement on the budget, there were extreme voices life threatening to take america for the first time in our 227-year history into default on our national debt. nothing, nothing would have been more irresponsible. nothing would have been more catastrophic. no one got everything they wanted, but the american people got what they needed. a 66-year-old veteran from new hampshire is accused of threatening to kill a u.s. senator, that's according to the u.s. attorney's office. the man, brian landry, even

claimed that he is a former sniper and was ready to put the sniper in his crosshairs. polo vasandoval has the disturbg details. >> reporter: federal officials are not naming the senator that was a target of this threat, but they certainly are expanding on the nature of it. they say in their filings that brian landry called a senator's district field office on the morning of may 17th and left a voice mail. that voice mail transcribed in these federal court documents. he allegedly said, quote, i'm a veteran sniper and unless you change your ways, i got my scope pointed in your direction. and i'm coming to get you. you're a dead man walking, you piece of expletive. this voice mail first provided to the u.s. capitol police that then brought onboard the fbi. federal investigators then visited on may 24th, the 66-year-old man. they spoke to him and he wr reportedly said that he was extremely angry with certain politicians over the handling of entitlement programs for veterans, specifically that a particular senator was blocking

military promotions. landry reportedly could not recall, exactly what he said on the voice mail, but he also notably denied any sort of intentions or desire to commit violence. landry was, nonetheless, charged with threatening to assault, kidnap, or murder a u.s. official in connection to the performance of officials to that officials' duties. and a judge ordered him released on friday pending a bail review hearing that's scheduled for next month. we have reached out to his defense and are currently waiting to hear back. but this certainly highlights what has been a recent trend of threats of political violence in the past directed at state and federal officials, many people lately feeling more emboldened to actually make calls like this one. but you hear from the intelligence community and the biggest concern is those who do not raise those red flags. those that do not leave voice mails or leave twitter traffic. >> our thanks polo sandoval there.

yeah, the body of brandon colvin sr. has now been recovered after the six-story building he was in partially collapsed in davenport, iowa. authorities informed his family saturday. in the meantime, we're happy to report that his son, brandon colvin jr. attended his high school graduation on saturday. you can see the picture of him there. the 18-year-old slept on the pavement near the partially collapsed building and refused to leave in spite of the risk that the rest of the building might fall. still ahead, volodymyr zelenskyy says that ukraine is ready to launch a counteroffensive, but he warns his country still needs nmore long-term support from the west. his message to naeto, ahead. and the heartbreaking fact she was too young to even understand what was coming. and later, china's defense minister condemns u.s. actions in the pacific, saying an armed confrontation would be a disaster for the world. we'll have details on the latest

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authorities in india say they have identified the cause of the country's worst train crash in decades. now, according to the railway minister, it was the result of a change in the electronic signaling system. officials are now clearing the crash site after ending, sadly, their search for survivors. so far, more than 270 people have been confirmed dead with nearly 1,200 now taken to hospitals. prime minister narendra modi has visited some of the injured and promised accountability for the tragedy. now, across southeastern india, people have been honoring the victims with candlelit vigils and flowers. officials say that will compensate everyone affected by this disaster. cnn's ivan watson is at the site of this crash. and ivan, you know, absolutely, the gruesome heartbreaking tales that people are telling out of this have just been, you know, so horrendous to hear. what more are you learning now about the investigation? >> right, well, the recovery

efforts is very much underway in this ferocious heat out here. people are hard at work, trying to clean the railroad lines. but i'm learning from residents of this rural community around here that about what the scene was like on friday night, when this collision actually took place involving three separate trains, two passenger trains, and a cargo train. so i want to invite deepak to come and speak with me here. you're a retired army helicopter technician and you were playing football, soccer nearby when you heard the crash. what did it sound like? did you know what it was, immediately? >> we, as a nearby resident, we could understand the railway crash sound, but it was so huge, for a moment, we thought like, is it an earthquake or something like that? >> reporter: an earthquake. so you and residents came here. what did you find and did you begin doing? >> there are few residents nearby the place of the

accident, so a lot of people couldn't come. we as a young person, me and my teammates, they came to the position. and we find that al of screaming sound, a lot of crying sounds were coming out, because the bodies were so badly turned and crashed that no people were coming -- capable of coming out. >> and it's important to note, this was all in pitch darkness. there are no lights here. >> yes, yes, yes. you might have seen that there is no light on this road. and a lot of darkness. so, what i thought at that moment of time, i just told my boys, please bring out your mobile phones. and other people who were recording the scene, i just instructed them, please requested them to please help us -- >> turn the flashlights on. >> so we can at least take volunteers to help. >> and what happened? there are many trapped people. did you help rescue some of them? >> yes, because other people were getting feared of this light, because it's a huge electric light. >> voltage.

>> so, i being an army veteran, i have operated in other operations, so i had confidence that, yes, we'll check it out, and we'll find out that electricity is there. i entered into the train cars. >> yes, yes. initially, we just stepped into the darkness that i found in the bushes and all of those, bodies were like scattered like anything. >> i just, you know, one incident was there. i put my foot on somebody and she was like screaming. soy so i found that there are a lot of people lying around here that are really badly injured. it was complete darkness. at that moment, i decided, a few kids, i just decided to bring the water with buckets and mugs, because resources are not much available nearby. i brought it and i told them, please give everybody water. anybody who is alive, make them come. i also told everybody, by

rushing here and there, please don't be -- have patience. we are here. we are going to do something. >> and did the residents -- did you actually, as volunteers, pull survivors from the train wagons? >> yes. yes. one train wagon where i told the guys to put the mobile light. i entered into is. it was no space, literally, because it was so inclined that everybody was -- male, female, everybody was dumped out a place. so we had to pull them very carefully. we pulled them out, a few were alive. we just separated them. so we had to -- we don't have to waste the time. so we just put them -- >> how many in that single passenger car? >> from that, i -- as a live person, i recovered almost eight persons, what i remember, because it was not exact memory if for that point of time we were having, we were rush -- a lot of rush. but 28 people, i personally had saved. >> 28?

>> yeah. >> tdeepak, thank you for sharing. it was a very difficult night, but it sounds like you and the other residents here as volunteers really made a difference and saved a lot of people's lives. paula, that is just one eyewitness account of what has been described by indian officials as one of the deadliest train disasters that this country has seen in a century. back to you. >> yeah, chilling, ivan, just to hear what they did just to try to help. and the fact that over a thousand people also were sent to hospital. ivan watson for us in eastern india. really appreciate that. now, earlier, cnn spoke with a man who survived the horrific crash. and he says that he was sitting toward the back of one of the trains when it suddenly came to a full stop. he described what he saw and how he reacted after the collision. listen. >> what was visible to us where the one or two coaches that had derailed the other train, while the main impact was still about 500 meters away from us.

so we got start to, you know, work with the victims there, you know, trying to help them, trying to give them water, carry some of the very seriously injured or dead bodies out of the cars, and up to safer zones. about an hour or so, you know, when i realized that i heard pluns ambulances and the sirens coming, i didn't see any relief workers coming to this side of the train, that's when i sensed that there was something else that might have awkward, which was even more devastating than what i was seeing. and that's when i ran towards the front part of the train and it was chaos. it was something that i really cannot describe. i saw coaches on top of coaches. the engines, you would have seen the pictures. you know, we -- about two or three stories, you know, in terms of height. it was lying on a couple of other coaches.

there were lots of bodies with unimaginable injuries on them. i saw a head without a body, i saw skulls crushed in, i saw bodies completely crushed by the metal, amputees. it was horrifying, to be very honest. ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy says his armed forces are ready to launch their long-awaited counteroffensive, but warns it will cost a lot of ukrainian lives. in an interview with the wall street journal, he acknowledged russia's superior air power and said that a large number of his soldiers will likely die because they don't have a roof of protection from fighter jets. and he announced that ukraine will not able to join nato while the war is ongoing, but is hoping to secure a pledge from the alliance to become a member right after the conflict ends.

mr. zelenskyy was speaking with "wall street journal" editor in chief emma tucker. here's how she characterized his comments. >> i think the impression that i got is that he's looking for more conviction from the west. he was sort of saying, what are you waiting for? this is about values. this isn't ukraine versus russia. this is about values. so if you are a country that supports the idea of democracy, if you're a member of nato, if you're in the eu or whatever, you choose your side. >> now, earlier, u.s. national security adviser jake sullivan spoke with cnn about ukraine's anticipated counteroffensive and america's support for the country. here's what he told our fareed zakaria. >> jake, when you think about the ukrainian counteroffensive, what are you looking for to see that, in fact, the massive investments that the united states has made in helping ukraine are paying off? >> well, first, this is not an

exam. we're not grading ukraine's counteroffensive and saying, you know, you did well, based on what we give you or you did poorly. we want to support ukraine to make as much progress as possible on the battlefield, so that it is in the strongest possible position at the negotiating table. and we do belief that this counteroffensive will allow ukraine to take strategically significant territory back from russia. areas occupied by russia that are rightfully sovereign ukrainian territory. >> now earlier, we took the pulse of ukraine's military preparedness to retake its land from russia. i spoke with retired attorney general mcryan from the australian army and asked him how ready is ukraine for this counteroffensive, listen? >> they've been forming new bri grades, 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 like 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? >> 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 define where the weakest points of the russian line is, so they can potentially penetrate through their 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 the this war. >> absolutely. the ukrainian offensive won't live look like previous ones. not only the ukrainians are different, but the russians are. as you said, they have learned, although they haven't learned as fast as ukrainians. they have learned. 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, backed up with reserve mobile forces. so this will be a very profound challenge for the ukrainians, but they've been training, they've been preparing, they've been rehearsing and equipping for some time. and they're up to the job. >> our thanks to mcryan there. now, ukraine says the casualty toll is growing from a russian strike near the city of dnipro. officials now 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 defenses made a clean sweep in the skies over kyiv overnight. initial reports indicate that ukraine shot down all the russian militaries headed towards the capital. officials say that was the city's second night in a row without any explosions. and across the border, officials say at least seven people have been killed in shelling in russia's bell grad region since friday. one of their goals include showing russians that resistance to president putin is possible. scott mclean joins me now from london for more on all of this. we talked about the blasts in russia, in russian-held territory. they're all notable. and how could all of that activity now start to fit into what we see as the coming

counteroffensive? >> yeah, so both ukrainian and russian officials, paula, have confirmed that there were strikes in melitoppel. we have also gotten word from the russian side that there were drones struck down over a railway town in crimea. and none of these places are all that close to the front lines. so this may perhaps suggest that ukraine is trying to cut off supply lines, aim at fuel ammunition depots, at fuel dumps, at barracks, things like that, which military analysts would suggest is a shaping operation, to quote/unquote shape the battle field for this future offensive. you also mentioned the strikes in russian territory. not russian-held territory, but russia itself, by these anti-putin militias that are operating primarily from ukrainian territory to launch their cross-border incursions.

there have now been four locations where there have been fatalities reported in the belgorad region of russia. you mentioned one of the goals of these groups, another is simply to distract russia and perhaps make them redeploy troops to these border areas that seem quite porous and quite weak. >> and it has certainly rattled residents there in russia, understanding what's at stake now. i want to talk about that security firm in singapore, which is now rapping up. the u.s. defense secretary laid out what the expectations were from this counteroffensive as far as the united states is concerned. listen. >> as we go forward, i think we're all sensing that the ukrainian leadership is increasingly confident in the capability that they have and opportunities that they may have. does that mean that they're going to expel every russian out of every corner of ukraine? probably doesn't.

but i think it may provide, they may have the opportunity to begin to change the dynamics on the battle field, and that's really what you're looking for. >> change the dynamics on the battle field. >> it seems like spliupplying i amount of weaponry, that ukrainians need to make enough of a dent to prove to the russians that, look, it doesn't make sense to dig in and wait for the west to get bored with the situation in ukraine and hope for a negotiated settlement in the future. that they immediate to either fight or get out. ukraine also clearly needs to show that they can actually move the front lines. the risk for ukraine is that if they can't, that there may be calls for them to actually cede territory to russia and try to negotiate an end to this war. from the russian's point of view, it has been extremely difficult for them to actually move the front lines. obviously, early on in the war with we saw them taking large

swaths of the territory quite swiftly, but more recently, it has been a real slog for them. take bakhmut, for example. this symbolically important city, but strategically, rather insignificant place, that the russians managed to capture, but only after months and months of fighting and countless lives lost. one of the things to mention, paula, and that's that president zelenskyy said in that "wall street journal" interview that you referenced that there are certain things that he would like to see, more air defense, fighter jets, those u.s. officials said on friday that, look, fighter jets are more of a longer-term goal. the priority roight now is getting them tanks and things on the ground that will make more of a difference sooner when it comes to this counteroffensive. >> he also made it clear, he knows that the counteroffensive needs to get some wins fairly quickly. scott mclean in london, really appreciate the update there. conflicting reports emerge

after several people were killed in a rare clash along the egyptian border with jerusalem. and the war of words at that security conference in singapore. while america's defense secretary is calling chinese behavior irresponsible.

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(chainsaw revs) (tree crashes) (chainsaw continues) (daughter screams) let's pretend for a second that you didn't let down your entire family. what would that reality look like? well i guess i would've gotten us xfinity... and we'd have a better view. do you need mulch? what, we have a ton of mulch. back back to our viewers here in the united states and all around the world. i'm paula newton and this is "cnn newsroom." as the u.s. and chinese defense chiefs exchange tough words at a security conference in singapore, the pentagon is reporting a second disturbing encounter between the two countries. now, the u.s. says a chinese military ship came close to cligd with a u.s. destroyer

saturday in the taiwan strait. and it follows a mid-air incident last week over the south china sea. u.s. defense secretary lloyd austin told reporters china's behavior is irresponsible. >> what you've heard me say in the last several weeks and especially the last couple of days, you know, 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, and so, that continues. and as we were coming in, as you know, you saw an example of one of our aircraft being intercepted by one of their aircraft at a very dangerous distance there. very close proximity. and just recently, 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. >> so that incident happened just hours, in fact, before china's defense minister chastised the united states in a tough speech at that security conference in singapore. he accused the u.s. and its allies of trying to destabilize the indoe pacific region. and said if the u.s. wants to avoid confrontation, it shouldn't be sending its military near chinese territory. cnn's kristie lou stout has more now from hong kong. >> reporter: as tensions rise between the u.s. and china, defense chiefs from around the world have been in singapore for asia's largest security forum. and hours after warships from the two powers were involved in a near collision, we heard from china's defense chief, lee phong shue. he said that the u.s. and china could seek common ground and

common interests and accused the u.s. of trying to destabilize the region. >> -- are pushing for nato-like military alliances in the asia pacific. history has proven that block politics, division, and confrontation have never delivered genuine security. they can only escalate tensions. >> reporter: lee added that china has played a constructive role in regards to north korea and ukraine, and china will continue to deepen military partnerships with other countries. on saturday, pentagon chief lloyd austin warned china that a conflict over taiwan would be devastating. china earlier rejected an offer from austin to meet at the summit in singapore, citing sanctions on officials and chinese companies, and austin expressed deep concern about the lack of high-level communication. >> for responsible defense leaders, the right time to talk is anytime. the right time to talk is every

time. and the right time to talk is now. >> a senior chinese military official pushed back, saying the u.s. is to blame for the breakdown in dialogue. on the same day of austin's speech, the u.s. and canada staged a rare joint sailing through the taiwan strait. a chinese military ship came within 150 yards of a u.s. navy destr destroyer. >> 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 -- that's extremely dangerous. i think accidents can happen that could cause things to spiral out of control. >> on sunday, china's defense chief said, quote, they are here for provocation. the u.s./china relationship is at its lowest point in decades. the two superpowers are at odds over an array of issues, including taiwan, access to

technology, and territorial disputes in the south china sea. at a dinner on friday night, austin shook hands with his chinese counterpart, but without high-level talks, that single gesture is not enough to diffuse the tension between the u.s. and china. cloth, cnn, hong kong. three israeli soldiers and an egyptian security officer are dead in a shooting incident and it happened on saturday on the israeli side of the border with egypt. the israeli defense forces say an egyptian police officer crossed the border and killed two israeli border guards and that triggered a manhunt that left the attacker and another israeli soldier dead. egypt says that their officer crossed the border, in fact, in pursuit of drug smugglers and was killed in an ensuing gunfight. for more on this, we are joined by hadas gold who is live for us in jerusalem. of course, we want to know more about this incident, but also crucially, how both israel and egypt are responding to it.

>> reporter: all indications from officials both in egypt and israel is pointing to this being an isolated and very unusual incident, and we're getting a clear indication that neither side wants this to turn into or spiral into something bigger. they cooperate on security matters, especially on this stretch of the border preen israel and egypt along the sinai. there is a fair amount of drug and weapons smuggling there and there is cooperation between the two. and all signs, all messages we're getting from both sides is that they're cooperating on this investigation. it is a very unusual incident. something like this has not happened i would say in more than a decade. what happened is earlier this morning, in the early hours of this morning, when two israeli soldiers who were manning a watch spot along the border, when they did not respond to a check-in, that triggered other soldiers to come check on them and that's when they discovered that those two soldiers had actually been killed. an ensuing manhunt, that's when they engaged with this egyptian security officer, where the egyptian security officer as

well as a third israeli soldier was killed. israeli officials say and we're also seeing from israeli media that the security officer, the egyptian security officer crossed the border along the fence at what's an emergency opening. we have an image of this emergency opening. according to the israeli media, it was being secured with just zip ties. so the security officer must have cut them in some way in order to be able to cross. we have also heard from the israeli defense forces, two soldiers that were killed, they did not fire a bullet from their weapons. meaning they were killed on the spot by their security officers and there was that gunfight. we're hearing from the egyptian side saying that this security officer was tracking and going after drug smugglers when he breached the security barrier and engaged in the firefight with the soldiers. but there are some unanswered questions. for example, was the security officer by himself? if so, why? and there's obviously a lot more kbes to be answered.

now, both the egyptian minister of defense and the israeli minutes of defense have spoken already. they say they are cooperating and the israeli defense forces say that this incident is not at all an indication or represent the relationship between the two militaries. paula? >> hadas gold for us in jerusalem, thank you. now, more fallout caused by florida's anti-drag law. cities and towns right across the street are canceling some pride events due to fear of legal trouble. that story after the break. urs y to relieve pain right where e it hurts. and did we mention, it really, really sticks? salonpas, it's good d medicine. moderate to severe e eczema still disrupts my skin. despite treatment it disrupts my skin with itch. it disrupts my skin with rash. but now, i can disrupt eczema with rinvoq. rinvoq is not a steroid, topica or injection. it's one pill, once a day. many taking rinvoq saw clear or almost-clear skin

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a federal judge in tennessee has struck down the state's anti-drag law. now, in a 70-page ruling released late friday, the judge said tennessee's state law barring drag performances is an unconstitutional restriction of free speech. the judge who was appointed by former president donald trump called the law vague and overbroad.

the state's attorney general is reviewing the ruling. florida also passed a law recently targeting drag performances. new those restrictions are having an impact on pride celebrations in that state. during a time set aside for lgbtq people to honor their community and their history, some pride events are actually being scaled back or even canceled. cnn's victor blackwell has our report. pride kroosds florida will be noticeably less colorful this year. festival organizers are making significant changes or canceling events altogether due to potential consequences from governor ron desantis' new law that many believe targets public drag performances, a mainstay of pride events. >> welcome, welcome to st. cloud's first pride event. >> it's very disheartening. >> reporter: christina, organizer of pride in st. cloud, canceled the orlando area event that was planned to include drag performers. according to the new law signed by desantis just weeks ago, local governments are banned for

issuing public permits for events that include some adult live performances. venue risks steep fines and losing licensing if a child is present, knowingly admitting a child would be a first-degree misdemeanor. >> once the bill was signed, i said, we can restructure the event, we'll make sure it's only 18 and up for that portion. they went and talked with all of the performers and came back to me and said, we're really sorry, but we just don't feel safe. >> reporter: organizers in port st. lucey candle its annual pride parade. they reached an agreement with the city to host a slimmed down festival. drag performers were welcome, but anyone under 21 was not. >> i was in the closet for so many years and still face hatred and oppression, and i can't even go to my own pride fest. >> kissimmee pride is on, but drag, indoors only. >> for example, drag bin go will be taking place inside of our civic center and it will be an event where we will be requiring ideas and also asking folks to go ahead and preregister online

to participate. >> john's orlando restaurant hamburger marys hosts drag shows most night. he's file a federal lawsuit against the state and claims he's losing business because of the new law. desantis' office has not responded to a cnn request for comment. >> we have a street party with a stage, with the performers outfront during pride. we usually get 3,000 to 4,000 people on the street watching. >> at the start of a month that's in part a celebration of visibility, some feel that the sunshine state is shoving them back into darkness. >> now with the governor stepping in and the legislation that's going through, we're moving back in time. and it's unfortunate for us. and everybody else in this state, because what they're doing, it's heartbreaking. >> and these are the beginnings of gay days here in central florida. more than 150 tho,000 people ar expected to come here from around the world to celebrate pride. they'll be at the major theme parks wearing red shirts to be

seen. in a statement from the ceo of gay days, he says that they are working with their hotels and different venues to make sure that they don't run afoul of the new law. however, according to the website, there is a drag queen b bingo event that is advertised as open to all ages. we'll see how they navigate that. they've also invited governor desantis to the event. it's unlikely he will attend. victor blackwell, cnn, orlando. still ahead for us, historic matchup on the ice as the florida panthers take on vegas' golden knights. cnn's sports' coy wire breaks down game one of the stanley cup final. you've evolved. you've changed. so have we. that's why new dove bodody wash now has 24-hour renewing micro moisture for contininuous care. new dove body wash. change is beautiful.

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that's right. >> take it away, coy. >> all right, listen here. we have the desert, and we have south florida facing off. a sun belt battle for the stanley cup. sin city has got to be feeling good after the game one win by the golden nighs. check out the best pre-game show in sports. slaying the dragon, just like jonathan marcia. bearing his tenth goal in the last 11 games. vegas wouldn't have been this far if sit were not for their goalie. the second period, lunging away, bauds he must do yoga, because he reaches out for an incredible save. game was tied at 2 after 2. zach firing what would be the game-winning goal, past panthers' goalie who gets handed his first road loss these playoffs. knights take game one and are dancing to a 5-2 win. >> we don't get rattled. i score the first goal,

shorthanded, could have been a bit of a back breaker for us, we get the next power play, we score. marcia steps up and stevenson makes a great play. we can't let the momentum swings get too distraction in this series. >> let's go, from the rink to the pitch. first-ever fa cup final. manchester city, scoring the fastest goal in competition history. 12 seconds in, unreal. he was not done. tied at 1, early in the second half, and city skipper scores a second and decisive blow, 2-1, the final, as city win the fa cup for a seventh time. they've also secured the premiere league title, so that all separates them from becoming the second english side from winning a treble is milan next saturday in turkey. the miami heat are hoping to channel that kind of energy tonight for game two of the nba

finals. playing in game one like he was mad that he didn't win a third straight league mvp. heal tallied his ninth triple double. butler had just 13 points. and paula, he said he spent some time with his daughter, reilly, to escape and the rest of the team needed a reset, too. >> i'm going to do an escape room tonight. i think my guys went and saw spider-man today. just doing normal stuff. because, at the end of the day, i'm as normal as they come. it's not always about basketball. it will never always be about basketball. me and my guys are going to love me whether i win or lose. my daughter will love me whether i win or lose. >> one of the hardest workers in all of pro sports. to have that perspective, too. when we mess up on the show, it feels good to just be home with your kids, they don't care. mommy, dad dy, we love you

anyway. >> i love his press conferences and he puts it all on the line. it's a good poisont, if we see r children, we realize, it's all good. coy wire, thanks so much. i'm paula newton. i want to thank you for your company. for viewers in north america, "cnn this morning" is next, for everyone else, it's "connecting africa." ♪you said close your eyes don't look down♪

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