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welcome to all of you watching us here in the united states, canada, and all around the world. i'm kim brunhuber. ahead on "cnn newsroom," for the first time in five years, a u.s. secretary of state is in china. we'll go live to hong kong for the latest from anthony blinken's visit to baeijing. plus, a look at the extreme weather around the world from tornadoes in the u.s. to scorching temperatures in mexico and sweden. and later, daddy day care in the u.s. congress. how changing a diaper brought a group of fathers together at work. this hour, the u.s. secretary of state is holding talks in beijing to try to mend ties with china. earlier, antony blinken began the first of several meetings with the u.s. foreign minister. his main goal is to reestablish lines of communication with senior chinese leaders,
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especially in the military. high-level talks have been disrupted in recent months, but president biden says that they can get back on track. here he is. >> i'm hoping that over the next several months, i'll be meeting with xi again. and talking about legitimate differences we have, but also how there's areas we can get along. >> cnn's anna coren is following developments from hong kong. she joins us now with more. take us through what we're expecting from this meeting? >> well, kim, the talks have been underway now for an hour and a half. antony blinken is there with the u.s. delegation, meeting with china's foreign minister, kim cheung, which we saw welcoming the delegation, ushering them in for talks. they will hold this meeting this afternoon, and that will then go into a working dinner, taking place at the state guest house.
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this is the place where china hosted president nixon half a century ago when nixon reached out to china, to thaw relations there. the symbolism should definitely be noted. we just got a tweet from chinese foreign ministry spokesperson. her name is wa chung ying. she said, i hope this meeting can stir u.s./china relations back to what the presidents agreed upon in bali. she is referring to the three-hour talk that president biden held with president xi jinping in bali a the g-20 last year. really, not anything really substantial came out of those talks, other than, we need to keep talking. and that was supposed to be antony blinken heading to beijing, back in february. but of course, there was the spy balloon over the u.s. air space
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and the diplomatic row that ensued. this is really an opportunity, kim, to get relations back on track. to reestablish the lines of communication. you will remember, particularly, you know, military-to-military, how essential those communications are, considering what has taken place over the past month. those near-misses in the south china sea and the taiwan straight with the naval vessels as well as the fighter jets. both countries, they definitely don't want accidents, mishaps to then turn into an armed confrontation. ion, so, they need to continue with dialogue. this is an opportunity to get something back on track. to lower the temperature, the rhetoric. to discuss the issues. there are so many issues, kim, antony blinken is going to be stuck in that guest house for hours, trying to get through the list of issues. you know, it goes from taiwan,
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the war in ukraine, the fentanyl crisis. we know that there are detained americans that the united states is lobbying to have released. and then on the china side, you know, they are really struggling with the sense of containment that the u.s. is trying to impose on china, diplomatically, economically, and militarilily. so the hope, kim, is that this meeting will pave the way for other meetings. we know that the u.s. treasury secretary and commerce secretary wants to go to china. and of course you heard biden a little bit earlier saying that he hopes to meet with xi in the next few months. i guess we'll have to see what happens. >> thanks so much, anna coren in hong kong. appreciate. i want to discuss this more with john burns, american emeritus professor in hong kong. thanks so much for being with us again. you and i spoke a few days ago. the theme was low expectations. is that still the case? has anything changed?
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>> absolutely. i think the expectations are very low, and low because, you know, the militaries have not been speaking to each other since pelosi's visit to taiwan. low, because they continue to test each other's red lines, i would say, on taiwan, the south china sea, the balloon going over the u.s. and let's remember that the u.s. is in asia as a legacy of world war ii and the cold war. this is 70 years the u.s. has been in japan, korea, and now in other parts of asia. and this is something that china perceives now as a threat. so i think distrust is high and expectations are low, on both sides. >> well, antony blinken is the first top u.s. diplomat to visit
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beijing since mike pompeo in 2018. so how different will this meeting be considering everything that's happened? >> it's different in the sense that i think the stakes are high here in this video, because neither side wants a hot war. and both sides have common interests respond that. so here is a chance for the two sides to reengage, to a certain extent. and i expect this to happen. so if something like this happens, i would say, this would be the best-case scenario. >> so, on the military side, i mean, the primary goal here is to improve lines of communication, to head off any armed conflict, as you said. in context, that seems relatively simple. so what are the challenges here? >> well, i think the challenges
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are distrust. let's remember, the u.s. has sanctioned chinese leaders, including the minister of defense. i think it's very difficult for the minister of defense to engage the defense secretary in the united states, while he is being sanctioned. and so this kind of tit for tat behavior, which has gone on since the trump administration, really, and just continued with biden, this is the kind of thing that i think these talkses are seeking to break through. so if they can do that, this will be a success. >> all right. speaking of mistrust. president biden has publicly, recently, anyway, tried to downplay the spy balloon issue, but how do they handle this and reports of a chinese spy station in cuba, as well? >> beyond the military thing, there are some issues that both
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sides would like to discuss. taiwan is critical for china. and then the u.s. has a list of things it would like to discuss with china. i -- it's difficult to see how this, you know, they will start talking. these are issues that are not easily resolved, compromise appears to be slim on these issues, and remember, they have to sell these issues domestically to their constituents in china and in the u.s. so i think this is only a first step. i don't think we should see anything more in it than that. >> lots of challenges, a lot at stake, as well. john burns, thank you so much for being here with us. appreciate it. >> thank you. joe biden's presidential re-election campaign is officially underway.
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♪ about 2,000 union members were on hand in philadelphia for his first rally since announcing his candidacy. biden took pennsylvania in 2020 and he told the crowd that labor support will be critical for him to win re-election. >> and i'm more -- excuse me for getting a little emotional, i'm more honored by your endorsement than you can imagine. coming this early, it's going to make a gigantic difference in this campaign. >> and in his rally in philadelphia, he reminded voters that he's from pennsylvania and had the personal and political ties to the state. and in this polarized political environment, even visiting a construction site is a chance to campaign, especially when it's in a key swing state. while in pennsylvania, biden got a firsthand look at the
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temporary structure workers are building at the site of that highway collapse in philadelphia. the demolition phase was completed on thursday. pennsylvania's governor echoed the president's praise for unions. >> i can tell you now, i can state with confidence that we will have i-95 reopened within the next two weeks. we are going to get traffic moving again, thanks to the extraordinary work that is going on here by these union trades workers. >> florida governor ron desantis took his campaign to nevada on saturday. another key state that any serious candidate has to try to win. speaking in a republican event near lake tahoe, desantis told voters among other things that he wants term limits for congress and to restore the line item veto. that presidential power was ruled unconstitutional some 25 years ago. in making his pitch for the presidency, he offered his grim view of the country under democrats. here he is.
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>> leftist democrats are destroying cities all over our country. it's destroying other states. and i think what we're going to see in this election coming up is america's got to make a decision. because we need to restore sanity in this country. >> recent polls show desantis with about 23% support among republican voters compared to more than 50%, who say they favor trump. cleanup is underway in northern texas, days after a tornado killed three people and destroyed hundreds of homes. the governor has signed a new disaster declaration for several more counties in the area. that summons all the state resources to health in the rebuilding process. the tornado that struck this town was rated an ef-3 and had peak winds of 140 miles per hour. it was on the ground for only about 11 minutes, but the governor says the storm left behind some of the worst damage he's ever seen. here he is. >> i've seen more tornadoes than
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i can count. i've never seen the level of decimation to a town as i've seen today. what the people in this area have gone through over past couple of days, there's nothing short of horrific. >> around the world, people are suffering in the early days of the northern summer. the climate crisis is becoming more increase. lynda kinkade has more. >> mexico is on a hot streak. on a stifling day in the capital, some wish this heat wave would just cool down. this construction worker says it's tough, because you can really feel the heat. he describes it as very heavy and says he often gets dehydrated. high temperatures in some mexican states reaching 45
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degrees celsius. and whether experts predict it will remain hot for the next 10 to 15 days. beijing is feeling the heat, hitting a record high for this time of year on friday. people used umbrellas, fans, and face masks to try to stay cool, as chinese authorities urged people to stay indoors. and even though 30 degrees celsius may not seem extreme, it is unusual in places like sweden. meteorologists there say so far this month has been the driest in over 20 years, which could increase the risk of wildfires. spain is taking early precautions to prepare for another potentially brutal fire season. last year, it was one of the worst hot spots in europe, with nearly 500 wildfires destroying more than 300,000 hectares of land. firefighters say that they are already training for the battles ahead, by taking part in drills
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to get to know the terrain, see what the vegetation is like, and practice where to unload heavy machinery. extreme scenes of a different kine in serbia, a state of emergency was declared friday after days of heavy rain flooded towns. some residents say that they lost everything in a matter of minutes. this man says all of a sudden, a big wave came and in about ten minutes, water was about a meter and a half high in the house. the serbian meteorological institute warned that the rains could continue through the weekend. lynda kinkade, cnn. all right, just ahead, on the heels of a deadly dam collapse many ukraine, emergency crews go house to house and find more victims in the floodwaters. plus, some asylum seekers in the u.s. are being offered jobs and housing, only to be flown across the country with nothing to show for it. we'll hear their stories.
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we're getting reports of ukrainian strike on a russian
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ammu ammunition depot in the occupied south. cnn isn't able to independently verify that claim. meanwhile, ukraine also says that russia is trying to push back against its ongoing counteroffensive. officials say russian ground forces went on the attack across eastern and northeastern ukraine on saturday and conducted more than three dozen air strikes. ukrainian commanders say their troops held the line while russian forces stayed on the defensive in the south, which is one of the main directions of ukraine's advance. despite all-out fighting, russian president vladimir putin says he's still open to talks with ukraine. he spoke during a meeting with a group of african leaders who pitched their peace plan in st. petersburg. president zelenskyy says peace talks are off the table as long as russian troops are in his country. the african leaders called for the removal of all access to grain exports across the south
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sea. putin claimed that more ukrainian grain won't solve the world's food problems. well, the grim task of retrieving the victims isn't over yet in the aftermath of a dam collapse in southern ukraine. have a look. this is video from the occupied part of the kherson region where more human remains were found on friday. russian officials say at least 29 people have died on their side of the dpnipro river, whil ukraine says that its death toll has grown to 16 with at least 30 more missing. the damage done by the collapse, that's not in dispute. but what is heavily disputed is who is to blame? >> that's right. in terms of the damage, first off, kim, you mentioned the death tolls on both sides. there's been a u.n. report that found that almost 10,000 buildings were completely inundated by floodwaters.
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another 2,000 were partially affected. plus, issues with drinking water in southern ukraine and crimea, as well. you also have a severe lack of agricultural water, water for irrigation systems in southern ukraine, as well. so that part is not in dispute. but in terms of what happened, who's to blame, still plenty of questions. you have the united nations saying, look, we don't have enough information to draw conclusions. nato saying they can't say t definitively either, but they're inclined to blame the russians. saying, blowing up this dam and all the flooding that ensued is not helping ukraine's counteroffensive efforts. you have the ukrainians blaming russia. they say this is based on ukrainian intelligence that suggests that there were russian bombs placed inside the dam itself. there's also an international group of legal experts that is assisting right now the ukrainian prosecutor general's office, and they say that it is highly likely that it is russia who placed explosives, based on
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the available evidence. so what evidence do we actually have? first off, we know that in november of last year, this dam was damaged during fighting, where the ukrainians were trying to take part of the kherson region. we also know based on satellite images that we can bring up now that part of the dam, or at least a roadway that went over top of it was damaged a few days ago before. you can see that section missing right there. we don't know who is responsible or what may have been responsible for that. social media mosts also guest that some people in the area heard an explosion at the time. also, if you look at seismic data, according to a norwegian group that monitors this, there was an explosion around the time of the collapse. not a massive one, but a significant one. now, it is possible that that explosion was not from war, but from one of the turbines exploding, for instance. that has happened before. but experts say that probably wouldn't have been enough to actually cause the dam to collapse, because these things
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are pretty sturdy. and if they're well-maintained, they don't just collapse like that. whether or not this was well maintained, though, of course is an open question, because it was controlled by the russian side, and obviously, it's literally on the front line of a war. now, the russians, of course, blame the ukrainians. they haven't provided evidence, but there is some evidence that suggests that at least it wasn't russia. first off, some of the areas that were flooded were well known as staging grounds for unction troops. second off, ukrainian troops reported seeing russian troops being swept away by the floodwaters and some russian regiments being flooded. so if it was russia that was responsible for this, it's pretty odd that some of its people may have been caught offguard. that doesn't necessarily implicate ukraine either, because ukrainian shelling of the dam would be unlikely to cause it to collapse. maybe some damage on the top, some water lost, but certainly
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you would need a much larger explosive placed at the base of the dam. the bottom line in all of this, kim, a lot of finger pointing, still not a lot of definitive answers. >> thanks so much, scott mclean, in london. never before have drones played such a major in critical role in the conflict. both ukraine and russia have used them for attacks and reconnaissance. cnn was given exclusive access to an elite drone unit with the ukrainian military as it attacked a russian position along the southern front lines. cnn's fred pleitgen reports. >> reporter: a 3-d printed stabilizer fin, some plumbing tubing, lots of glue, and the bomb is ready. then its night vision goggles on, lights off, and full speed ahead to the front line. we're with an elite drone unit of ukraine's security service, is sbu and the patrol police, looking to take out a
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key russian anti-tank position with a prescision strike. we found this target only recently, a team leader says. it was discovered literally only today and today it will be destroyed. we're going to the drone launch site right now. it's extremely dangerous and we have to watch out that the russians don't see us. speed and precision are essential. the drone on steroids able to carry a massive payload up to 45 pounds. in this case, a mortar shell the ukrainians say they got from retreating russian forces elsewhere and are now using to hit putin's army. >> bomb is ready. and we're ready to go. >> okay. >> is it time? >> yeah. >> ready steady. >> reporter: it's big, it's loud, and it's heading straight to the russian position. we need to hide. out here, the hunters quickly
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become the hunted. >> so for the russians, the drone crews are also a high-value target. obviously, the russians want nothing more than to kill these guys. unphased by the shelling around us, the pilot flies straight to the target and releases the bo bomb. >> so you just dropped the bomb? >> yeah. >> reporter: this is what the blast looks like from the drone's camera. pitch black. the strike, fully automated. it's not until daytime that a reconnaissance flight proves that they've hit and destroyed the target. not clear how many russians were killed and wounded here. this will allow the defense forces of ukraine to move forward and continue the offensive, he says, with minimal losses, we'll inflict maximum losses on the enemy for the victory of ukraine. but it's not over, as the uva flies back, intercepted text messages show that the russians have heard the drone and are targeting it. enemy birds spot, a russian
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text, understood, another answers. they launch flares to spot the drone. >> now you can see. >> oh, yeah, back there. >> are they shooting those up to see the drone or why? >> they cannot see the drone, but they should. >> finally, the drone makes it back. they need to get out of here fast. >> we follow you? >> yeah. let's go. follow me. >> come on! >> after what they say was a successful mission, the drone warriors leave exactly the way they came. fred pleitgen, cnn in southeastern ukraine. all right, coming up here on "cnn newsroom," some asylum seekers in the u.s. are being offered jobs and housing, only to be flown across the country with nothing to show for it. we'll hear their stories, coming up. please stay with us. my most important kitchen tool? my brain. so i choose neuriva plus. unlike some others, neuriva plus is a multitasker supporting 6 key indicatators
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welcome back to all of you watching us here in the united states, canada, and all around the world. i'm kim brunhuber. this is "cnn newsroom." some asylum seekers are arriving here in the united states after harrowing journeys from south and central america only to be whisked away on another trip, one they didn't bargain for. cnn's camilla bernal smoke to some of them and tells us their stories. walking the streets of sacramento is a dream come true for this 31-year-old migrant. but the first time she sat foot in the california capital, she felt confused, angry, and betrayed.
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unfulfilled promises, said the migrant, who asked not to be identified for legal reasons. it was in a shelter in el paso, texas, where she says two men approached her with the offer of a lifetime. a paid trip on a jet to california, and the promise of a job and housing. >> she said they offered her a job, so she was happy and signed. >> this after she spent two months traveling from her native colombia to the u.s./mexico border. she describes the difficulties of the jungle, the train, starving, sleeping on the street, begging for money. >> she is emotional and says it's the worst, because you feel like you are at your lowest. >> the offer in the end was too good to be true. but it was made to a total of 36
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migrants, who traveled on two separate charter flights. when we got here, we didn't have a job nor a house, nor direction in life, said this 34-year-old venezuelan migrant, who was part of the first flight. the migrants are at the center of a political battle over immigration policy, with republican governors like gregg abbott of texas and ron desantis of florida sending thousands of migrants from texas to democratic-led cities. >> we didn't come here for political reasons, we came here for work. >> but he says he wants people to understand their suffering. and their desire to work. >> she says they're human beings with feelings and families. >> reporter: camilla bernal, cnn, sacramento, california. the greek coast guard is
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denying it's responsible for capsizing a boat filled with migrants. a man told cnn earlier this weed saw authorities towing the boat with ropes tied in different places. the coast guard said they were observing at a close distance, not a mooring distance. an eu official said it may be the worst tragedy ever on the mediterranean sea. just hours before sudan's warring sides agreed to a new cease fire, a horrific air strike left devastation in a civilian neighborhood. the health ministry says at least 17 people were killed, including children, and 25 homes were destroyed in a residential area of khartoum. shortly afterward, the rapid support sources agreed to 72-hour cease-fire brokered by the u.s. and saudi arabia and whether it will hold isn't at all career. meanwhile, hospitals across the
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khartoum region say they're struggling to treat the huge number of civilians injured in the fighting. the few still operating say they're overwhelmed and short on supplies. >> the situation keeps deteriorating, making it unbearable. from what i saw in the hospital, there are patients dying from medical shortages approximately every 10 to 15 minutes. >> now to the west in darfur, thousands of villagesmilitias a into chad. this video shows displaced sudanese trying to escape as militiamen mock and taunt them. a group of high-level ugandan officials visited the school that was the scene of a massacre a day after it was attacked by islamist rebels. the death toll from friday's brutal attack has risen to at least 41. local police and militia are blaming a rebel group from the neighboring democratic republic of congo. cnn's larry madoa reports.
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>> reporter: horror and heartbreak. the adf, an armed group linked to isis, attacked this high school, sources say. distraught neighbors speechless as police try to peace together what happened. . a heavy security presence, but for many here, litoo little, to late. dozens of people were brutally murdered, most of them were students, some as young as 13. staffer brandon masika heard it all. >> i heard the students crying, jesus, jesus, jesus. they tried to open my room. they failed. >> reporter: it's an unspeakable tragedy that shocked the nation, but hit this area especially hard, like this man who says he lost four relatives. >> we are still in shock. people are crying.
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everyone is in shock and the school around, there are like five schools. they have already released the students who were in the section. >> reporter: survivors are being treated at a nearby hospital, with some said to be in critical condition. the ugandan military says it is in hot pursuit of the rebels. it calls terrorists across the border in the democratic republic of congo. they also abducted six students, prompting this apology. >> it's very unfortunate. please forgive us that a mistake happened and our children died. this was a very peaceful area. i live in congo, that's where i spend all my time. but what happened here is a real shame. >> reporter: but residents and their leaders are outraged that this tragedy happened, despite assurances from the ugandan military. >> their borders are secured. security is tight. i want the security to tell us where they were when these killers came to kill our people.
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rebels that came to kill our people. is this security within uganda? >> reporter: the friday night massacre saw 17 girls attacked with machetes and a petrol bomb thrown into the boy's dormitory, where 20 students had barricaded themselves. they were burnt beyond recognition, the ugandan first pl lady said. >> parents across the country, please do not panic. our children are safe and they will remain safe. there are evil people and they're trying to harm our children, but they will not manage. >> reporter: neither the adf or isis have claimed responsibility for the attack. larry ma ddowa, cnn, kampala.
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in the coming hours, pope francis will lead the weeklying an lest prayer at st. peter cease basilica just two days after he was discharged from the hospital. he was at the hospital for more than a week where he was recovering from abdominal surgery. let's go to barbie nadeau live in rome. i imagine the square is filling up in anticipation. what's the mood there? >> reporter: well, you know, rome is heaving with tourists right now. we're expecting a pretty big crowd by the time he gets out there at noon, in an hour and 15 minutes from now. the mood is great, because everyone is so pleased that the holy father was able to recover and get out of the hospital. you know, 86 years old,
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underwent a three-hour surgery. what a difference a week makes, too. a week ago, he wasn't strong enough to go out on the balcony to give thissin angeles prayer. this is a good news story for a change, kim. >> absolutely, you and i were watching as he was emerging from the hospital there. talk to me about how his recovery is progressing in terms of his future plans. i take it he's still planning to travel later this summer? >> yeah, you know, they did cancel the wednesday audience for this coming week. he doesn't usually hold these wednesday audiences, a two or three-hour affair, when people, pilgrims, and tourists alike fill st. peter's square to hear him speak? he's not doing it this week, because he's still at post operative. it's unclear if he'll do the
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last one in june. everything is pointing towards a really big august. he's supposed to go to world youth day in portugal. that's a grueling affair during the best of times. he'll be a little over a month, i guess we should say, post operative. then a couple weeks later, he'll be taking this big trip to mongolia. both of those things are still on the calendar. there's no indication that they'll be canceled. but we can expect that they'll be resting in july. doctors are watching him. nobody wants him to push himself too far. this is a man that has proven time and time again, he has the stamina and energy of a person much younger than his own 86 years. kim? >> thanks so much, barbie fnadeu in rome. appreciate it. one american tourist is dead, another badly injured following a violent altercation while hiking in germany. the suspect, also an american tourist, is in custody. the two women, both graduates of the university of illinois, apparently had met the man on
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wednesday while hiking near this castle in southern germany. at some point, he allegedly attacked both women and pushed them off a steep drop. 21-year-old eva euille, a computer science graduate from naperville was killed in the fall. her friend, 22-year-old kelsey chang was badly hurt. a neighbor back home in illinois said she was horrified by the news. >> my heart breaks for them. i just -- i'm -- i'm very upset. very upset. very, very sweet people. so i mean, it just -- it it shouldn't have happened. >> the university of illinois put out this statement, quote, both had just graduated in may and should have been able to celebrate such an important accomplishment without the fear of such a tragic outcome. the mayor of tijuana, mexico, is in protective custody after receiving gang threats. he is now living on an army base following an attempted attack in may. this comes after she says her
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administration cracked down on criminal gangs. cnn's rafael romo has more. >> it's not only the fact that it's a public official being threatened, it's also the fact that we're talking about the mayor of tijuana, a major border city and a place frequently visited by americans, because it's located across the border from san diego. the mayor has said that she was already the victim of an attempted attack. according to the mayor on may 17th, one of her bodyguards was shot at. that's when she made the decision to seek protection from mexico's military, and now she's announced that she will be living on an army base. why is she is being targeted? she said since taking office, her police force has seized 1,700 weapons from criminals and arresteed 60 murder suspects as well as other suspects accused of other crimes, but she tells cnn she doesn't know who's behind the threats. >> translator: we found some
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banners where they asked me to stop the work i am doing. the banners were not signed by any criminal groups and i had some phone messages that asked me to stop working that weren't signed either. >> reporter: mexican president confirmed that the teeijuanatij the mayor is under the protective custody of the military. adding that his government is going to wait and see how the situation unfolds before deciding what to do next. the tijuana mayor is not the only one who has received threats, according to president lopez obrador. the governor of baja california, where tijuana is located, was also threatened as a former governor of the same state. for the time being, the mayor will continue to sleep at the army base with her son and her pets, although she continues to carry out her daily duties at city hall and other places, at all times escorted by her bodyguards. rafael romo, cnn, atlanta. just ahead, we'll explain
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just in time for father's day, lawmakers on capitol hill can agree on at least one issue, recognizing the role dads have in improving life for their children and families. cnn's jake tapper has the story of how the dads' caucus began. >> reporter: it's a common question asked by parents all across the united states. who is going to watch the baby? and it's one that the congressional dads' caucus aims to address head-on. during the house speaker votes back in january, california congressman jimmy gomez was doing two jobs at once. congressman and dad. while republicans were looking for votes for mccarthy, gomez was looking for a changing table for his 4-month-old son, hodge. >> during the speaker's vote, i just changed him on the floor in the democratic cloak room. and it was fine, but, you know, a lot of people don't have access to the democratic cloak room. >> reporter: and after this viral moment on the house floor, the congressional dads' caucus was born. the caucus says that it will push for policies that support
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working families, like expanding paid family leave or making child care more affordable or increasing the child tax credit. >> i think that the dads' caucus is creating a dialogue. what's the role of dads in the workplace? what's the role of dads in the household? and how you combat some of those i would say, outdated notions that dads shouldn't step up and do their part? >> reporter: the u.s. and papua new guinea and a handful of small island nations are the only one in the world that do not guarantee paid family leave. the family and medical lee act became law in the u.s. 30 years ago, but it does not guarantee paid, job-protected leave for workers. today, only one in four workers in the u.s. has access to paid family leave and lower-income workers are not surprisingly hit the hardest. the congressional dads' caucus now has 30 democratic members, including congresswoman rashida tlaib, but it has failed to give bipartisan support in the house.
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>> i've written more bills with republicans that any democrat in the country, not by compromising values, but by right to find common ground. and if there's one area of common ground that should exist, it's carrying about our kids and carrying about our families. >> reporter: republicans have long-opposed a government-funded paid leave program. and republicans tend to favor tax credits and policies that will not increase spending. one republican criticized the dads' caucus, saying, quote, fathers care about keeping their kids safe. they care about putting food on the table for the families, and keeping a roof over their heads. they don't just care about liberal policy priorities. if they wanted this caucus to actually be taken seriously, they would have made it bipartisan, like almost every other caucus in the house is. the congressional dads' caucus has also taken issue with the parents' bill of rights, a republican education bill that requires public schools to share their material with parents. the dads' caucus argues this takes away from the real problems that families face.
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while the dads' caucus advocates for policies they say will help american families, they're also hoping to add a few more changing tables in the capitol complex for themselves. >> changing your daughter on the restroom is not a republican or a democratic issue, right? it's something that whether you're a republican dad or a democratic dad, something that we should all be able to push for. >> and in honor of father's day, the prince and princess of wales have released a picture of william with he has three children. it shows the first in line to the throne with prince louis and princess charlotte. it was taken earlier at the windsor estate, the home of the british royal family for almost 1,000 years. prince william ob's dad, king charles, observed his first official royal birthday. it marked the first trooping for someone other than queen
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elizabeth in seven decades. the 74-year-old king actually had his real birthday as monarch november. young prince louis stole the show. the 5-year-old appeared to cheer on the pilots during the military flyover at buckingham palace. that wraps this hour of "cnn newsroom." i'm kim brunhuber. i'll be back with more news in just a moment. please stay with us. ♪ zyrteeeec...♪ works hard at hour one and twice as hard when you take it again the next day. so betty can be the... barcode beat cononductor. ♪ go betty! ♪ let's be moree than our allergies! zeize the daday. with zyrtec. i'm m sholeh, and i lost 75 pounds with golo. i went from a size 20 to a size 6. before golo, nothing seemed to work. i s exercising for over an hour every day. it was really discouging.
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