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our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm bianca nobilo live from london. max foster is on royal assignment today. just ahead on "cnn newsroom" -- >> the maintenance worker spoke with investigators, he drained the pool that led to the flood. >> the idea of a flooded room, it is very clear that they are trusting and verifying every single facet of the investigation. a major dam in the kherson region was just destroyed. >> both sides are blaming each other, although there seems to be some agreement in those conflicting accounts that there was some kind of strike. he claims information about him using unlawful methods including phone hack. >> but they maintain there is simply no evidence.

live from london, this is "cnn newsroom" with max foster and bianca nobilo. it is tuesday, june 6, 9:00 a.m. in london, 11:00 a.m. in southern ukraine where officials are giving a dire warning hours after a major damn in the kherson region was destroyed. they say water levels in the read voir are falling rapidly and will reach critical levels soon. authorities are urging civil i can't bes -- civilians to evacuate. russia and ukraine are blaming each other with destroying the dam and saying russian forces blew up the dam in a panic. for more, we're joined by clare sebastian. obviously ukrainians are in peril day in and day out, but what is the imminent danger. >> this is an emergency. and we're getting from ukrainian officials that there is a short window to get to safety saying there is basically a five hour

window until the waters would rise too high and cause flooding further down extreme. and we're hearing that more than 700 people have been evacuated and that is really a small amount considering how many people are thought to be in the danger zone. another ukrainian zone saying 16,000 people on the west bank of the dnipro river are whain w he calls a critical zone. ukrainians can't access the eastern bank to try to evacuate people there because it is russian occupied. and in terms of from the russian side, they seem to be slightly playing it down a little bit and russian official in kherson saying that there was no threat to life, that the situation on the east bank of the dnipro was under control. but i think it is fair to say that the flooding has already started according to ukrainian officials and there is a real threat from the volume of water not to mention that the reservoir provided water to the

zaporizhzhia power plant which is upstream of the hydroelectric c dam. we're hearing that there is in threat to nuclear safety, but ukrainian officials are also warning about that. >> there have been so many threats to that power plant, they don't need another. in terms of the blame game here, we've been hearing from russian officials and ukrainians as well, but what strategic disadvantage does this now pose ukraine? >> if they were to try to cross the dnipro river, try to sort of cut off russia's land bridge somehow in that route to crimea, then it makes it much harder. it is much harder to drive tanks or armored vehicles across flooded land. and this is something that ukrainian officials are really hinting at. an adviser to the regime saying that the russians are deliberately hitting the residents of the occupied crimea, a krfrreference to the

that crimea gets its water supply from that hydroelectric power plant. and they exchange them for certain opportunities to deter the offensive, essentially saying russia is prioritizing those efforts over thwell-beingf the people of crimea. russians say this is a nonsense and that it is a terrorist attack by ukraine. and now to sources telling cnn about a series of events at mar-a-lago that may have federal prurs raising their eyebrows. sources tell us that an employee who drained the pool which caused flooding in a room where computer service containing surveillance video logs were kept. it is not clear if the flooding was intentional, but the incident occurred as prosecutors were obtaining surveillance video to see how documents were moved around the resort. they are looking into trump's

handling of classified materials after he left the white house and if anyone at mar-a-lago has tried to be on structure the invest obstruct the investigation. trump's lawyers met monday with the top prosecutor signaling an end to the investigation may be they're. katelyn polantz. >> reporter:s. >> reporter: the top federal prosecutor investigating donald trump and the way he handled classified documents after he left the presidency, that prosecutor took a meeting on monday with a team of defense lawyers representing donald trump. they all met at the justice department headquarters in washington, d.c. along with a career official from the justice department who also sat down with trump's lawyers. this is the sort of meeting that appears to be coming at the final stage or in a final stage of this criminal investigation around the former president and around what happened at his estate in mar-a-lago and potentially other places throughout his business empire. we don't know exactly what happened at the meeting at this

time, but it is quite significant that people in the justice department would agree to meet with trump's lawyers whenever they had requested this. so there are potentially additional people who could be brought into a grand jury investigation. we do believe one witness is going to be speaking to a grand jury in south florida this week, there may still be things happening in this investigation, but this is quite a significant moment for the justice department and for donald trump's legal team as they prepare for the possibility of a federal indictment against the former president. and then also we at cnn were able to understand a little bit more about the obstruction of justice part of this criminal investigation, that is because we have learned and we're able to confirm of a flood that happened at mar-a-lago at the resort in october of last year, that flood flooded a room because there was the draining of the pool at mar-a-lago and

the water from the pool went into a room that stored i.t. equipment including some of the videotapes and surveillance system of the property. the obstruction of justice investigation has looked at a lot of things the past year, but one of the things that they had pursued that the prosecutors had pursued was what was happening and how was the trump organization or donald trump himself responding to multiple requests for surveillance tapes. and we do also know that the maintenance worker that decided to drain the pool at mar-a-lago and then caused this flood in the room, that person was captured on surveillance tape moving boxes. so it is a moment prosecutors have been asking about as they ask about many different things that happened surrounding the surveillance footage and the moving of boxes. trump's legal troubles don't stop there. his lawyers have asked a judge

to stop writer e. jean carroll from amending her defamation lawsuit. she is now seeking at least $10 million in damages. she was already awarded $5 million in her sexual abuse and defamation case against him. trump's attorneys are pushing to have the amended lawsuit thrown out and saying she is trying to retrofit the part of the case that favors her. and it is safe guarded by fair reporting privilege. the field of the republican people seeking the presidency is yoeing. chris christie is expected to announce his kacandidacy later today. and doug burgum teased a potential bid announcement on wednesday. meantime new hampshire's republican governor chris sununu tells cnn he won't be entering the presidential race but he still has sharp criticism for trump's candidacy. in an exclusive interview with

dana bash, sununu shared his vision of a future republican party. >> former president trump and his message, his style, his brand, have cost us dearly and he doesn't represent the republican party, he doesn't represent the individual government local control that we all talk about. he is about himself. >> one could argue that you are out of step with the republican party, not the candidates running. current republican party. >> maybe the base. maybe the base. >> they are the ones who elect the nominee. >> and that is the frustration. so i want to make the business bigger. i want to get more independents into the base. i want more young people that used to be a part of the base, we want to get them back in. >> current state of the republican party is not deterring mike pence who has filed his paperwork to run. he plans to formally announce his candidacy on wednesday just ahead of his appearance at a cnn town hall. this puts him toe to toe with his former boss donald trump who says that he wishes pence a lot

of luck despite haitheir disagreements at the end of their term in office. be sure to catch that town hall this wednesday, he will take questions from dana bash. it starts at 8:00 p.m. wednesday in des moines, 9:00 a.m. thursday in hong kong. the republican chairman of the u.s. house oversight committee is moving ahead with plans to hold the fbi director in contempt of congress. james comer announced the hearings will start thursday. >> reporter: james comer says that he still wants to move ahead withholding the fbi director christopher wray in contempt of congress and house speaker kevin mccarthy says he is willing to push this to a full floor vote. this is after on monsignor fbi officials came to a secure room at the capitol and showed comer and jamie raskin and internal documentmonsignor fbi

officials came to a secure room at the capitol and showed comer and jamie raskin and internal document that they say that joe biden was involved in a bribery scheme. here is what they had to say. >> at the briefing the fbi again refused to hand over the unclassified record to the custody of the house oversight committee. we will now initiate contempt of congress hearings. >> i'm surprised that my colleagues want to try to litigate this in public much less hold the director of the federal burrow of investigation -- federal bureau of investigation in contempt when there is a whole process. >> reporter: comer had subpoenaed the fbi for this document and clear he still wants a hard copy. the fbi says they have been very accommodating in allowing the lawmakers to view it saying it contains uncorroborated information and that it is unwarranted for this committee to move forward with contempt proceedings. the white house says this is a political stunt designed to hurt joe biden.

one thing was clear after this briefing, comer and raskin came out with very differing views on whether the allegations in the document could still be part of an ongoing investigation. comer believes it could still be part of an ongoing hunter biden criminal investigation based out of delaware. jamie raskin said when the allegations first came to the fbi, they were checked out while bill barr was the attorney general and the fbi could not corroborate them and essentially that was that. sara murray, cnn, washington. california officials are investigating a second flight transporting migrants. the department of justice has determined that they were all asylum seekers and were carrying documents reportedly from florida. sacramento's mayor says migrants would be taken care of and blast the people responsible. >> we've been working together over the last 48 plus hours to make sure first and foremost

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unlawful use of a controlled substance while possessing a firearm and making a false statement. abi the teacher has filed a lawsuit saying the school knew of the boy's history of violence. he will not be criminally charged. a fire aboard a small cruise ship called the wilderness discoverer forced the valuation of 51 passengers and 16 crew members in alaska. the group ordered a water shuttle and then a large cruise ship, and a small group of crew members remain aboard the damaged ship. there are no reports of any injuries. still to come, a 10-year-old in michigan steals his mother's car and leads police on a car chase. and plus investigators have a new theory of what may have caused a plane to crash in virginia over the weekend. those details just ahead. and prince harry is due in

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police in the french capital and other cities are bracing for a 14th day of major protests tuesday against france's new pension law. one media organization says it expects as many as 600,000 protestors across the country angry after the government raised retirement age from 62 to 64. and it comes two days before france's national assembly is set to debate the law. one french journalist has made covering the protest his exclusive beat and he spoke with cnn's melissa bell. >> reporter: another pitched battle between protesters and police in the heart of paris. the images captured by a journalist who has made this his specialty. he's covered every major french protest the last seven years. his focus? to document the many uprisings

against the government and tell the stories of the anger behind them. the money is there, says one protestors, we just have to go and get it. traveling across the city, protestors hush each other as they get closer to the stock exchange, there they pause and then charge. through the flares and smoke that engulf the building lobby, sound of anger at theed french president. shocking scenes but for paris, nothing new. the protests against the government upping the pension age from 62 to 64 are just the latest round to draw people to the streets. >> translator: in paris there are protests almost every day, some smaller, some bigger. in france we're used to it. as soon as something goes wrong, the french protest. >> reporter: the hardest to cover he says were the yellow vest protests of 2019 and 2020.

>> translator: the police, protestors, we've never seen protests that violent. everyone was a little shaken and a little changed. >> reporter: over the years the 25-year-old has been on the receiving end of rubber bullets, police batons and angry protesters. >> translator: several times i found myself in the middle of the police charges. they hit me with their shields even though they could see i was a journalist and they could have avoided me. >> reporter: but it has earned him a decent living covering hundreds of protests he says. >> translator: once a fwlon administ demonstrations is over, everyone goes back home. bus stops have been shattered, but life goes on and everything is okay for the pa rizians who go back out for a walk when the

protests are done. >> reporter: in a city where culture of protests runs deep, it is just another day and another cleanup of the streets of the french capital. melissa bell, cnn, paris. in the coming hours there will be arguments on whether prince harry's immigration record should be unsealed. they claim he may have been previously ineligible to enter the u.s. after public confessions of drug use. but that is not his only legal battle. court is set to resume here in the uk next hour where the duke of sussex will make an incredibly rare appearance as a royal testifying in a trial against british tabloids. nada bashir is joining me from out side the courthouse. what kind of arguments are we expecting in prince harry's cross-ex cross-examination?

>> reporter: we got a sense of that legal argument yesterday. of course they are accusing the invasion of privacy, publishing articles featuring details of personal information, personal matters which they believe were obtained through methods including phone hacking, the interception of voice mails, and also by using private investigators. according to prince harry's legal representative, thieves elethieves -- these elements featured in articles included the details of private conversations between prince harry and his brother, william, as well as with his former long time girlfriend, chelsea. the details of which led to a breakdown in that relationship. according to representatives, prince harry is set to go into graphic detail as to how this invasion of privacy by the newspaper group impacted prince

harry on a personal level and that he suffered bought owings bouts of deprefssion and they sy articles show the tell tale signs of information being gathered through unlawful means. of course today is the day where we do expect prince harry to give evidence to stand before the court. we're still waiting for his arrival outside the court here in central london. there was a bit of frustration yesterday from both the judge and defense lawyers over the fact prince harry wasn't present for the first day of the hearing, the judge saying he was a little surprised given the fact that he asked all those providing eflvidence to be present. and prince harry is of course one of four selected representatives to give evidence in court, but there are more than 100 claimants in this case accusing the newspapers of obtaining information through illegal means. this is a huge lawsuit here in

london. very high profile case. you can see the media gathered behind me here, all eyes watching and waiting for what prince harry will have to say later today as he stands before the court. >> nada bashir, thank you. in india train services have resumed on both lines after restoration work was completed at the site of the deadly train crash in odisha. officials say more than 150 bodies have been identified so far. they have also launched an official investigation into the accident that killed at least 275 people and injured more than 1,000. ivan watson has more. >> reporter: this is what happens when a passenger train moving at 80 miles per hour slams into an immovable object. you get enormous train cars like this thrown over, overturned as if they were children's toys. just days ago this was the scene

of wofrnone of the deadliest tr disasterses in modern india history and already the railroad has been reopened and we can see what looks like a brand new modern train moving down the tracks here. that is even has scores of people are still looking for their missing loved ones from the accident that took place friday night. now, the initial accident authorities say was caused by a switching malfunction. so a passenger train was moved on to a track where there was a parked frates train loaded with iron ore. and that crash sent some of the train cars into the other track where there was an approaching passenger train coming from the other side. so that mistake led to absolutely catastrophic results. as you can see, the railroad here has been reopened.

we have another train moving through right now. and the railroad system in india, it dates back in origins to when this country was a british colony and it is essential to the country. more than 13 million people a day move around on trains in india. so that is part of why the authorities have worked so hard to reopen the rails after the train crash. i'll show you here, this is an example of a railroad station in the indian countryside. and it will happens to be just within sight if you see the lights down there of where the terrible train crash happened on friday night. the very next day, end i can't's prime minister narendra modi, he was supposed to inaugurate a brand new high speed train. instead he had to rush to the crash to survey the recovery efforts and meet with some of the survivors.

the indian government has great ambitions to modernize this country. but as this terrible tragedy has highlighted, there is also a lot of work to be done to maintain aging and central infrastructure. ivan watson, cnn, owe disha sta. and it is estimated 26,000 people remain evacuated as more than 400 wildfires are burning in canada. justin trudeau attempted to ease people's concerns. >> year after year with climate change, we're seeing more and more intense wildfires and in places where they don't normally happen. our modeling shows this may be an especially severe wildfire season throughout the summer. we'll get through this together. >> in all more than 2,000 wildfires have broken out in canada since the start of the year. the government says more than 3 million acres have burned.

in haiti at least 42 people are dead and another 85 injured after heavy rains triggered widespread flooding and land slides. officials says rain caused several major rivers to overflow. nearly a dozen people are still missing and more than 13,000 have been displaced. ale upple unveiling a new m reality headset but will the price be worrying. and how much money expected to bring in this year when we return.

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me bring you up-to-date with our top stories. officials in southern ukraine are urging residents near the dnipro river to evacuate after a major dam was destroyed. it is unclear who caused the strike at the dam at this point, but ukraine's military intelligence claim russian forces blew up the dam in a panic. sources tell cnn that investigators are looking in to an employee at mar-a-lago resort who drained the pool causing a room which held surveillance footage to get flooded. unclear if it was intentional, but prosecutors say the timing of the incident just two months after the raid on mar-a-lago is suspicious. in the coming hours national transportation and safety team is set to begin recovery of the mysterious plane crash in virginia. sunday the faa lost contact with the private jet just 15 minutes after it took off from tennessee. brian todd has more on the investigation. >> reporter: new details on the

crash of that private jet in virginia that prompted an emergency fighter jet response, a source telling cnn the pilot of the says in a citation was on observed unresponsive and slumped over in his seat. the ntsb is now on site in central virginia going through what is left of the wreckage with another source saying investigators are now most interested in hypoxia, oxygen, as a possible cause of the crash. the twin engine jet went hundreds of miles off course including passing into restricted air space. investigators say highly fragmented wreckage in mountainous terrain. >> the engines, weather conditions, pilot qualifications, maintenance records, all aspects will be items that we routinely look at. >> reporter: the flight path show as takeoff from tennessee. and the plane turns but doesn't land. instead it keeps flying at 34,000 feet right into highly restrictive air space near washington, d.c.

the capital briefly placed on elevated alert and air national guard pilots scrambled to intercept. causing a sonic boom heard around the beltway. but norad says pilots got no response to fly-bfly-by, flares radio calls. authorities say the plane was not shot down but if it appeared to be a threat -- >> they do have the ability to shoot down a civilian aircraft if that is required. >> reporter: the plane was tracked until it crashed in to the mountains of central virginia. there were four people on board. how might a lack of oxygen cause a crash? >> some sort of depressurization of that likely, rapid or maybe slow, which caused the pilot to be incapacitated and also rendered the passengers unconscious. >> reporter: first responders telling cnn there were no survivors, just a crater and small debris fragments and scenes of human remains.

>> very hard to get to. a lot of overgrowth and they had areas where they actually had to get on their hands and knees to crawl to get under the brush to get into it. >> it will be very difficult to recover. certainly any important wreckage information and for the victims on the plane, we won't be able to tell whether they had any signs of oxygen deprivation. >> reporter: investigators at the crash site are looking to see if the plane had a black box with a cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder. we're told this particular jet is not required to have a black box but some are outfitted with them anyway. discovery of a black box would of course provide invaluable information in this investigation. brian todd, cnn, virginia. u.s. federal regulators have sued binance the world's hlarget crypto exchange saying that it was running and i will legal

exchange mixing billions of customer funds and tdiverting some of it to another entity. binance spokesperson says that the accusations are unjustified. global airlines could make nearly $10 billion in profit this year after bouncing back from pandemic lows. that is according to a new forecast from the international air transport association. the group's director general says despite economic uncertaintieses, people are returning to the skies to reconnect, explore and do business. the forecast is more than double the original projection from december. and for a fourth day, dockworkers at west coast ports in the united states are disrupting international trade, that is according to the pacific maritime association. two of the six marine terminals at the port of long beach remain closed during the day shift monday. groups representing the more than 20,000 to being workers have been negotiating a new contract since may of last year. and apple is done ducking

around. the company will make it easy 00ier to enter your frustration by allowing everyone's favorite four letter word in texts. >> and there is a refreshed design to better support you as you type. and in those moments where you just want to type a ducking word, the key board will learn it too. >> the announcement came as part of the developer's event on monday while the feature is supposed to correct spelling, auto correct has become notorious for changing the meaning of text messages with its substitutions and curse words have long been the biggest offender. you can also turn off auto correct to text whatever you want. and apple has unveiled its apple vision pro and it will cost $3500 and will be available early next year. the device blends virtual reality and augmented reality which allows users to overlay virtual images on live video of the real world around them.

here are more details for you. >> reporter: big day here where tim cook and apple has unveiled the biggest new device since the apple watch in 2015. vision pro, a mixed reality headset sits on your head like a ski goggle. you might know virtual reality, a full screen that blocks everything out.is mixed reality world and virtual world overlaid on one another. what does it do, that is the big question. apple showed a video which had a desk with different workstations with different screens that you can adjust. they showed a home cinema with a tv screen as big as you want. but the big question though is will people spend $3500 on it. especially when its closest competitor is only around $300. tim cook and apple say that they have cracked the code on a device that they are calling historic. it will be available in stores

early next year. john sar len, cnn, cupertino, california. prince harry has just arrived at the court in central london where he will be taking to the witness stand and facing cross-examination. cnn will be bringing you live updates. just ahead, world leaders and veterans are gathering to celebrate the anniversary of d-day. we'll have a live report for you from normandy.

79 years after operation over-lord, american, british and french officials arenormandy fo of d d-d-day. president mckron macron and lloyd austin will be there. oren lieberman is there for the

ceremony. always good to see you. so the leaders are meeting today to commemorate d-day confronted with the tragic fact especially for those who gave the ultimate sacrifice to protect the security of europe that there is war on the continent once again. >> reporter: that is certainly on everybody's mind here, that connection between what is happening now and what happened 79 years ago here. defense secretary lloyd austin arrived a few minutes ago, general mark milley showing up right behind him. they will walk down this path towards the normandy american cemetery. a short time ago we saw world war ii veterans who had come, some who participated in the d-day invasion, waited here before they were led down this path where the ceremony begins. there will be ceremonies and commemorations all along the beaches at different points here. a number of speeches and we'll be here for all that as we listen to this powerful moment remembering what happened here 79 years ago. general mark milley marking the

beginning of the offensive as the world waits for another counteroffensive in ukraine. >> i think ukrainians are very well prepared. the united states and other allied countries have provided training address ammunition and advice, intelligence, et cetera to the ukrainians. they are in a war that is an existential threat for the survival of ukraine and has greater meaning to the rest of the world. >> reporter: ukraine and its agents have carried out a number of attacks inside russia including a drone attack in moscow. u.s. officials have exclusively told cnn it was part of a complex network of saboteurs. >> there is always risk in any war. there is risk of escalation clearly in this particular case. so we'll have to watch that very carefully. if russia escalates against ukraine, then that is part of the give and take of war. >> reporter: milley also spoke about the tension with china just days after a chinese warship cut off a u.s. navy vessel in the taiwan strait at a

distance of 150 yards. >> both countries are great powers in the world today, both countries have significant amounts of nuclear weapons, they have large and capable militaries. and so a conflict between great powers, arguably for sure we're in competition and arguably we're in confrontation, but not yet in conflict. >> reporter: milley says communication with beijing is key to avoid conflict. >> i personally don't think that war between china and the united states is inevitable. i don't think it is imminent. but it needs to stay in a status of competition in order to do that, countries have too talk to each other. and in times of crisis, it is necessary to dehe is are a late. >> reporter: but as a defense conference last week, lloyd austin only shook hands with his chinese counterpart who radio he fused -- refused a formal meeting. >> i've not had an opportunity to talk to my counterpart before i talked to my previous counterpart. we've sent out messages and they sent messages out back and

forth. so there are some communications, but we'd like to have an opportunity to talk. >> reporter: and back in washington, milley says he spoke with senator tuberville over a one man blockade at the number of general officers that could affect military readiness. >> it is a large number. and each one is to replace somebody else and somebody will replace them, so you multiply it by three. so you are looking at potentially between 1,000 and 2,000 officers are impacted. and most are married, so now you are looking at another about 4,000 family members. >> a backup of the whole system. >> it is becoming a backup of the whole system. >> reporter: in congressional hearings, chairman of the joint chiefs has repeatedly defended the department against ac accusations of being too woke. >> we're about fighting and winning on battlefields and we're all about readiness now and in the future, modernization. i think the accusations of woke

areoverexaggerated. >> reporter: part of the tmessae we expect to hear today in normandy is one of unity. the unity that was critical to the success of d-day nearly eight decades ago between the u.s., the uk, france and others, canada for example. and the unity that is still important today, whether it comes to dealing with the war in ukraine, unity of the west, or dealing with china, unity between the u.s., south korea, japan and others. it is one of the foundational messages here and we'll bring that to you as we go through the speeches and the events today. >> oren lieberman live for us in normandy, thank you so much. and you are looking at live pictures of the world leaders arriving. there is french president macron. and the uk defense secretary ben wallace among other key figures from european nations. as well as a strong presence from armed services themselves.

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the vegas golden knights crushed the florida pantherses in game two of the stanley cup finals. the star neinetted two of the sn goals. and knights broke an nhl record for most different goal scorers in the first two games of the final with nine different players finding the back of the net. game three is thursday in florida. the u.s. president welcomed the super bowl winners to the white house on monday. he praised the kansas city chiefs performance on and off the field citing their efforts to promote racial justice and help schools. patrick mahomes called the visit surreal and really cool and he helped present joe biden with a team jersey even though the president admitted that his wife jill is a diehard philly fan. the chiefs beat the eagles in the super bowl 38-35. some stories in the spotlight this hour in michigan, a car chase right out of a hollywood movie.

a 10-year-old boy stole his mother's car and took it on a highway leading police on a car chase. authorities say that the child took the car from a relative's home where he was staying. when officers tried to pull the car over, the young driver wouldn't stop so the on sstar navigation system was used to stop the vehicle. the young boy was later a rained. the 10-year-old told police he wanted to visit his mom in detroit.the 10-year-old told po wanted to visit his mom in detroit. a mysterious species buried their dead 100,000 years before humans. the brains were believed to be an one third the size of a modern human brain. these revelations could change the understanding of human evolution and that is because behaviors like these were only associated with larger brain home yoe samians.

interesting. and nasa will launch a new launch last year, but a software issue caused them to miss the window. it will now blast off in october. nasa says the ship will reach the astroid by 2029 and orbit for 26 months. and that does it here to "cnn newsroom." i'm bianca nobilo. "early start" is coming up next.

a crucial dam just blown up in ukraine's warzone, what both sides are saying about it. plus a flood question after pool water soaks the surveillance records at trump's mar-a-lago resort. and right now live in n normandy, war veterans return to mark the anniversary of the dflt d d-day invasion that led to the nazi defeat. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm christine romans. we begin with this major dam in russian occupied southern ukraine destroyed just hours ago, the collapse of the dam on the dnipro river prompting evacuations and fierce of large scale devastation. want to br