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hello and 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." the china and the u.s. working to improve relations that haven't been this bad in a long time. we're live in china how a trip by the american secretary of state might change that. plus -- >> i'm looking forward to this campaign, yoipt to know why, because you've got a story to tell, we've got a story to tell. >> president biden in his element as he officially kicks off his re-election bid. we'll take a look at the message he brought to a battleground state. and scientists make a groundbreaking device when it comes to synthetic human embryos. the ethical concerns that come with this new creation. we begin this hour in beijing, where the u.s. secretary of state is on a diplomatic mission to mend

fractured ties with china. antony blinken has been meeting with the country's foreign minister for sttalks on a rangef issues, that are expected to include taiwan and other u.s. security concerns. blinken's main goal is to reestablish lines of communication with senior military leaders in order to avoid a potential conflict. 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 opening that over the next several months, i'll be meeting with xi again, and talking about legitimate differences we have, but also, how there are areas we can get along. cnn's anna coren is following developments from hong kong and joins us now with more. so ana, take us through what we'rei iexpecting from this meeting? >> this meeting has now been going for more than two and a half hours. the u.s. secretary of state antony blinken there with his delegation, meeting with china's fortune minister and his

delegation. the last conversation those two men had was a few days ago and a rather testy conversation, in which the chinese foreign minister said, to show respect. that's what the united states needs to do. show respect to china and to also stay out of china's internal affairs. so, obviously, they have a lot to discuss, but really, the aim of this is to reopen dialogue. we just received a tweet a short time ago from a spokesperson from china's foreign affairs ministry. let me read it to you. she says, hope this meeting can steer china/u.s. relations back to what the two presidents agreed upon in bali. she, of course, is referring to the summit in bali, the g-20 in november of last year, where the two presidents they met for more than three hours, and basically discussed the importance of continuing the conversation. and that was meant to be antony

blinken, traveling to beijing, back in february. but of course, there was the chinese spy balloon that flew over u.s. air space. so that was postponed abruptly. so as i say, kim, this is about reestablishing ties, reestablishing relations and hoping that this may lead to the treasury secretary, the commerce secretary for the united states visiting china, and of course, maybe, biden and xi meeting in thefection few months. kim? >> beyond establishing communications, antony blinken said that he intends to raise, quote, our very real concerns on a range of issues. so what is on that long list? >> top of the agenda, i would have to say, is military-to-military communication. we've seen some near misses in the south china sea and the taiwan strait, between naval ships and fighter jets, between the two countries. now, an accident happened, we know that that could very quickly turn into an armed

confrontation. that is something both countries want to avoid. so this is establishing communications between the military. taiwan is obviously going to be top of the agenda, as is the war in ukraine. we know that the united states has told china not to sell weapons to the russians. you also have the case of a number of detained americans in china that no doubt antony blinken will be lobbying for their release. and you have the opioid crisis. many of the precursors of fentanyl are made in china. so china, they are -- the u.s. is asking china to crack down on that. china, it has its list of grievances. hopefully, a lot of this can be thrushed out, you know, just to perhaps establish the bottom line. but the hope is, kim, that communications will continue into the future. can only be a good thing. >> thanks so much, anna koren in hong kong. earlier, i spoke with john

burns, an emeritus professor at the university of hong kong and asked him if the u.s. and china still have low expectations for antony blinken's trip? >> the militaries have not been speaking to ooemp since pelosi's visit two taiwan. low, because they continue to test ooeach other's red lines o taiwan, the south china sea, the balloon going over the u.s. and let's remember that the u.s. is in china as a legacy of the u.s. this is 70 years the u.s. has been in japan, korea, and 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

beijing since mike pompeo in 2018. how different will this meeting be, considering everything that's happened? >> i think it's different in the sense that i think the stakes are high here in this visit, because neither side wants a hot war. and both sides have common interests beyond 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. >> joed's presidential re-election campaign is officially underway. ♪ a large crowd of union members was on hand in philadelphia for his first rally since announcing

his candidacy. biden warned that the economic progress of his first term could be undone if republicans win the white house. here he is. >> let me tell you something. republicans after what i've done, when they come back the try to get rid of all of these clean energy investments, when they try to do these things, guess what? they're coming for your jobs. they're coming for your jobs. they're coming for your future! they're coming for the future of your kids and your grandkids. >> cnn's priscilla's alvarez was at the rally and has our report. >> reporter: president biden kicked off his re-election campaign in philadelphia on saturday, where he spoke to a union rally. in his remarks to about 2,000 union members, president biden kicked through a number of issues who have resonated with this movement, including low unemployment rates, adding jobs in investing and manufacturing.

the crowd was revved up over the course of his remarks, providing enthusiasm and expressi ing the support for the president. and it has already been clear through their endorsements that they stand behind him. the afl-cio had already endorsed the president and that is their ea earlyiest endorsement of a p presidential candidate, making clear that these unions are critical to his campaign moving forward. it is a group that president biden has relied on before when it comes to his political ambitions and one that he hopes will mobilize voters going into 2024. that's important not some nationwide, but also in the crucial swing state of pennsylvania. it's a state where the president has political ties and personal ties, both of which he was trying to capitalize on during his remarks on saturday, as his campaign really kicks into gear in earnest. priscilla alvarez, cnn, philadelphia. well, in this polarized political environment, even visiting a construction site is a chance to campaign, especially

when it's in a key swing state. have a look. while in pennsylvania, biden got a firsthand look at the damage, as well as the temporary structure workers are building at the site of that highway collapse in philadelphia. the president mentioned the highway's importance to transportation and commerce throughout the region. >> i know how important this stretch of highway is not just to philly, but to the entire northeast corridor. over 150,000 vehicles travel on it every day, including 14,000, 14,000 trucks. it's critical. it's critical to our economy and critical to our quality of life. we'll continue to do everything that we can within our power to get this back open as quickly and as easily as possible. >> the state hired a contractor to backfill the gap in the highway. this will get construction going again until a permanent reconstruction is finished. polo sandoval has the story. >> reporter: per the governor of

the state of pennsylvania, the repairs to the badly damaged of interstate 95 seem to be moving right along. governor josh shapiro appearing alongside president biden at a campaign event on saturday. during that event, the governor said that the damaged section of interstate 95 will reopen in the next two weeks. the governor also praising efforts for union workers, some of them actually present at that biden event over the weekend, as they updated folks on the repair efforts. listen in. >> there's something special happening in our community. people coming together. now, don't get me wrong. i know that motorists are hurting and business owners are hurting. but right now, this community is coming together and lifting up those workers and making sure that they know we are supporting them. >> hard to believe it was just last weekend that a tanker truck was involved in a deadly accident under that portion of the sinterstate. the fire causing that damage to the overpass. the demolition portion of the project, we're told, that

wrapped up on thursday. now it's full speed ahead with repairs, according to officials. a state disaster declaration, it's really what allowed authorities to not only dip into federal funds, but go around the red tape that's typically necessary for projects of this scope. and it's certainly a very busy road, one of the busiest in the region, roughly 160,000 vehicles that are carried through that portion of the interstate in philadelphia every day. polo sandoval, cnn, new york. nikki haley won't have her husband by her side as he campaigns for the republican nomination in the coming months. michael haley, a major with the south carolina national guard, is deploying to africa as part of the u.s./africa command and probably won't be back until next year. the candidate called canada's deployment ceremony a moment of pride shared by all military families. this isn't the first deployment the haleys has been through. major haley served in afghanistan a decade ago when his wife was governor of south carolina. florida governor ron desantis took his presidential

campaign to nevada on saturday. another key state that any serious candidate must try to win. speaking at a republican event near lake tahoe, the republican told voters what he thinks is wrong with the country and how to fix it. here he is. >> 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. we need to restore a sense of normalcy to our communities. we need to make sure our institutions have integrity. >> one recent poll shows desantis with about 23% support among republican voters compared to more than 60% who say they favor trump. all right. just ahead, pope francis will lead the angelus prayer today after being discharged from the hospital. we'll head to rome for the details. plus, russia tries to stage a pushback on the ground as ukraine claims success from the air. we'll have the latest from the

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you're looking at live pictures of the st. peter's square. next hour, pope francis will lead the weekly st. angelus prayer. the 86-year-old was at a rome hospital for more than a week where he was recovering from abdominal surgery. for many, let's go to cnn's barbie nadeau live in rome. i imagine lots of folks there excited to see the pope, especially after everything he's been through. >> reporter: that's right. you know, what a difference a week makes.

one week ago, he was too weak to stand at the balcony of the hospital to give his sunday angelus and blessing of the crowds, even though some people had gathered there. this sunday, we're expecting him to look out of the window, make his angelus proud, give a few comments, he often does on sunday, about world events and bless the crowd. pope francis, 86 years old, underwent a three-hour surgery, just 12 days ago. and he's recovered. that's really a remarkable, you know, inspirational thing for so many catholics and non-catholics alike. but we're not seeing him back to his usually activity. he will not be holding his wednesday's audience this wednesday. that's something that takes two to three hours. kind of out in the sunshine, in the elements. we're not seeing -- that's been canceled for this week. and, you know, we expect him to rest a little bit. he's got two big trips coming up in august. the first part of august, he'll be going to portugal for a world youth day, the last part of the month, he's expected to go to mongolia for a big trip. he'll be resting.

his doctors don't want him to be keeping his pace, they want him to rest and get stronger. >> thanks so much, barbie nadeau in rome. appreciate it. ukraine says 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, supported by dozens of air strikes. ukraine commanders say their troops held the line. and just a couple of hours ago, ukraine's air force announced a successful strike in the occupied part of the kherson region. for more on all of that, scott mclean joins us from london. what's the latest on russia pushing back against ukraine's offensive? >> it is very clear, kim, that this is not going to be a walk in the part for the ukrainians to push back. any thoughs or dreams of a lightning quick advance is not

realistic, not materializing, because the russians continue to launch their own attacks, as we've seen. as you've mentioned, they have been concenconcentrated, at lea the past day or so, in the northeast or the eastern part of the front line. and in particular, the heavily disputed and symbolically important town of bakhmut. this is a town that was captured by the russians not long ago, but only after months and months of extremely heavy and extremely deadly fighting there. either way, this is very clearly going to be a grinding effort for the ukrainians to take back territory, meter by meter. the ukrainians say that, look, there were some three dozen russian air strikes over the past 24 hours or so. and they say among those was one missile that killed two civilians who were actually delivering medicine and food to local people in the kharkiv region. they also say that yesterday, they had nine of their own strikes on russian territory.

so clearly, the ukrainians are obviously not going away, either. >> yeah, that's right. and then, just word we're getting now about another successful strike by ukraine b what more can you tell us about that? >> this is in the occupied kherson region. the ukrainians say they hit a pretty significant ammunition depot. how significant, we don't know. but the area this was in is just north of the ukrainian peninsula. and the russians have actually acknowledged that there was a strike there. in fact, the russians say that they don't acknowledge that it was an ammunition depot, but they say that a strike on that town, they believe, came from a storm shadow long-range missile, which has been provided by the united kingdom. the ukrainians have only said that this ammunition depot was hit. this was an area that the ukrainians have targeted before, because they believe that it's being used by the rnkss as a sort of storage and logistics center, because it has pretty

good rail links in the area, as well. the russian also say that there were seven attacks coming into that region. they say that five of them were struck down. kim? >> all right. thanks so much, scott mclean. appreciate it. a high-level delegation of ugandan government officials has visited the schools where dozens of people died in a horrific massacre. it was attacked on friday, by islamist rebels believed to be from a neighboring democratic republic of congo. ugandan military said it was in hot pursuit of the attackers. but that didn't stop residents and elected officials from criticizing their handling of border security. >> the borders are secured. security is tight. i want the security to tell us where they were when these killers came to kill our people. >> the rebels that come to kill our people. is this security within uganda? >> meanwhile, the death toll from friday's attack has risen

to at least 41. some victims were as young as 13. injured survivors were taken to local hospitals. well, a close call for a passenger ferry in the philippines. 120 people were rescued after the mv esperanza star caught fire while at sea early sunday morning. the philippine coast guard says the ship was traveling between two islands. the coast guard says no one was injured and the fire has been put out. rescue ships will stay on the scene as a precaution. 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. plus, we'll hear from a young survivor of a deadly tornado in texas and look at what's next for the devastated community. stay with us. ♪ ♪ let your love shine. book an appointment now wiwith a bridal jewelry expert.

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switch today at xfinitymobile.com. 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 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

betr betrayed. 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 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 greg 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 entire to work. >> she says they're hughes with

f human beings with feelings and families. 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 more state resources to help 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. z >> i've seen more tornadoes than 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 the past couple of days is nothing short of horrific. >> cnn's isobel rosales spoke to

some of the people who lived through that tornado. >> i spoke with so many people in this community over the past couple of days, and not one of them heard a siren. now we know from the city manager, that's because the siren system failed due to a lack of electricity. those that did know, whom i spoke with, that there was danger coming, that's because they had weather applications on their phones that alerted them. i want to show you now what's happening here on the ground. that's really cleanup mode. heavy machinery coming here and clearing out all of these destroyed homes and businesses. they'll need to clear this out before they can rebuild. and also, look up there. these guys up there, crews working on those power lines. getting electricity back into this town. that is going to be a big part of the cleanup effort, as well. and rebuilding effort. i spoke with an 11-year-old little girl who rode out the storm in a mobile home, pray in that moment as the windows were shattering that her family would make it out safe. her family did, but at a nearby mobile home, 11-year-old matthew

ramirez did not. >> he's very funny. he was very funny. we would always joke around and he would always playing with his friends, playing soccer. he loves soccer. and i just remember, like, him -- like, we would be in class, sometimes he would come in class, and he would just be laughing for no reason. and he would make his friends laugh. and it was funny. >> and ramirez at 11-year-old ois the youngest victim. we heard from the hospital who said they treated 160 people related to this tornado. injuries related to this tornado. in a hospital that only has 25 beds. really a remarkable effort by the medical staff. isabel rosales, cnn, pairington, texas. >> at least 11 people are dead and 20 others are missing after a cyclone swamped southern brazil on friday with torrential rains. helicopters searching for victims flew over wrecked residential areas and floods.

one hard-hit town got almost 30 centimeters of rain in a single day. more than 2,300 people in the region are seeking shelter after the storm. authorities issued a warning against possible landslides. and in spain, a record-breaking drought is taking its toll. lack of rain has driven flamingos away from a famous saltwater lagoon. normally thousands of the birds flock to hatch their chicks. only a few dozen of these pink birds can be seen there on saturday. in central spain, ruins are reemerging as water levels drop in a reservoir east of madrid. this year, with spain has experienced its hotest and second driest summer on average. off the coast of florida, a huge haul of cocaine. the u.s. coast guard says one of its crews has seized more than 14,000 pounds of cocaine in the atlantic ocean and caribbean sea. that's more than 6,400 kilograms. the street value is estimated at

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old school hard work meets bold, new thinking, ♪ to help you see untapped possibilities and relentlessly work with you to make them real. ♪ researchers in the u.s. and the uk say they've made a leap forward. they created synthetic human embryo-like structures from stem cells that are more advanced than any similar structures made so far. now, what they created doesn't have a beating heart or even a brain, but they've raised troubling legal and ethical questions. scientists say these embryo models could some day improve our understanding of genetic

diseases or what causes miscarriages. the embryo-like structures are confined to test tubes. implanting them a womb would be illegal. for more on this, i'm joined by david magnus, the director of the stanford center for biomedical ethics. thank you so much for being here with us. so researchers are generally not allowed to grow human embryos for more than 14 days. so from an ethical point of view, what's the difference between growing a human embryo and growing a human embryo model? >> yeah, so that's actually a tough question to answer. and in way, we don't really know the answer yet. scientists are trying to find ways of better understanding the process of development, and the current 14-day limits that are mostly self-imposed by the research community, although there are some regulations that impose those limits as well in some jurisdictions, make it hard to really fully study development. so there are these efforts to try to create these embryo-like

structures. this is the first one that's gone much past the blastocyst stage. in the last year, there were some induced blastomeres, things that we were able to get out not quite as far as this, but were not created from embryonic stem cells. and all of these things are trying to create things that they think will avoid those problems. the challenge is, we don't really know what though call these things or how to think about these things from an ethical or regulatory point of view. insofar as they can't turn into humans, they probably are morally not fully, morally -- or they don't have full moral status that embryos do, if they don't have the ability to develop ever into humans. and then the question also becomes from a regulatory point of view, how do the regulations see them? the downside is, the more they can't develop, the less they are like embryos, the less valuable they are from a research point of view. >> but if you take this process

to its natural conclusion, the fear is that we might end up with engineered babies, and even though most scientists might adhere to those -- either the laws in the u.s. or to international ethical standards, the demand is such that bad actors would eventually be able to take advantage of the technology. >> well, i think there is certainly a worry about what happens if it turns out these embryo-like things can turn into viable embryos. and it actually raises a host of troubling ethical issues, because some folks believe that the key to understanding moral status has to do with the potential to develop into a human being. and if this turns out to be something that can be done successfully with induced stem cells, not just with embryonic stem cells, then it would mean that every cell has the potential to turn into a viable human being. and what that does to arguments around potential is anyone's guess. but it will mean a lot of

rethinking around a lot of the current ethical debate and where lines are currently drawn. >> the problem is, as you outline, critics say that these models right now are just sort of a massive relatively disorganized cells, and even those who are involved in this research, they say those models really don't replicate what real human embryos are. do the benefits outweigh the potential harm here? >> right now, i think the risks are low. i think the moral status is low. but as people called out even a couple of years ago, when the eyeblasts were created, we need to really start changing the regulations and start thinking a little bit more broadly about how we capture and think about these kinds of new types of entities that are being created, so that we have a systemic framework for asking questions about how organized are they? how much developmental capacity do they have? because the pressure to really get better and better models really hinges on making them as

much like embryos as possible. the more they're like embryos, the more valuable they are from a research point of view, and at the same time, the more likely they are to run afoul of ethical and regulatory considerations. >> yeah. i mean, it's such a zone of moral and legal ambiguity. so i guess, do you believe that stricter controls and explicit laws are necessary then to prevent abuse? >> i do think that we will need to have reconsideration of some of the current regulations and laws that exist. and in the u.s., unlike the uk, where they have the human fertilization embryo authority, a central body governing this realm, we done have that in the u.s., so it's right now helter skelter across the states and different states will have to rewrite some of their regulations and their limitations based on this, and other states won't. it's going to vary state my state. i think the most important thing is we start having those

conversations now, while the research is still in a preliminary stage, while we can say pretty clearly that these structures, whatever they are, they do not rise to the level of full embryos and don't have the capacity to turn into human beings. and so lack that moral status and concern at the current time. so the time to really sort out where we draw those lines and what the oversight should look like is now while this research is still ongoing, but before it's across those boundaries, where you have to start to make really, really tough calls. >> such a fascinating but fraught topic. really appreciate your expertise on this, david magnus. thanks so much. >> no problem. coming up here on cnn musem newsroom, round three of the u.s. tournament golf tournament had many wincing during the 18th hole of the tournament. coy wire joins me to explain the up and down day for rickie fowler. here he is. ♪

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two americans are trying to win their first career major. they're tied for the lead at the u.s. open in los angeles, heading into the final round sunday, but it's far from a done deal from either guys. joining me now, coy wire. setting up to be a grand stand finale here. >> it was moving day, as it's known as on saturday. some great action. there was some record-setting scores the first couple days, but now the los angeles country club is starting to show that typical u.s. open drama. the shot of the day from saturday comes from last year's runner-up and world number one, scotty scheffler. he was six back of the lead on the 17th, not anymore. 197 yards out, kim. scheffler holing out for eagle! oh, my goodness, he followed

that up with a birdie on 18 and all of a sudden the 2021 master's champ is right in it, just three back heading into sunday's action. there is a tye for the lead. two guys seeking their first major title. southern california kid, rickie fowler, set the two-day scoring record and drains a 69-foot putt here on 13 for birdie. that put him at 11 under, but he did come back down and finished with a bogey on 18 for an even par on the day. and that left the door open for wyndham clark. watch the club spin here. that's when you know it was a good shot. unchartered territory from the 29-year-old from denver in six major career performances, he had mixed the cut four times and never finished better than 75th. but he sinks the birdie to take a share of the lead headed into sunday. keep an eye on rory mcilroy, just one shot back as he tries to snag his first major in almost a decade. >> it's been such a long time since i've done it, you know,

i'm going out there to try to execute a game plan and i feel like over the last three days, i've executed that game plan really, really well. and i just need to do that for one more day. >> you're nervous whether or not you're leading or chasing. i want to win the golf tournament. i'm showing up and i want to play good and win. >> i would say this week, this is the best i've felt all year and definitely in a long time. i'm not scared to fail. i've dealt with that. so, we're just going to go have fun. continue to try to execute. leave it all out there and see where we stand on 18. a special moment after the phoenix mercury's game if washington, d.c. this weekend. wnba star brittney griner meeting with national security officials who helped secure her release from a russian prison last december. the meet and greet with u.s. state department and national security council members also included other families of wrongfully detained americans. the iconic las vegas strip shutting down for the stanley

cup champion, vegas golden nights and 200,000 of their closest friends. vegas winning in just their sixth season. that's faster than any nhl expansion team ever. the celebration in las vegas, well, it went exactly how you think it might go. >> i know you have been here day [ bleep ] one. this is an incredible day for me and my teammates. i don't know, i'm trying not to tear up here. so sorry. >> give that man a beer. captain mark stone, and you know, he got emotional there. >> yeah. >> despite the alcohol that was flowing all around him. >> i love you guys! >> i know.

but you guys as a canadian knows that no one parties quite like the nh players. >> and i have to say, even though that is a new american franchise, like more than half of those players are actually canadian. in a way, we won that championship, right? >> and you heard him get that eh in there, you know, that's what gives it away. like sometimes when you say "about," we hear the "aboot." >> trying to get rid of it, but you just, you can't. it stays there. appreciate it, coy wire. thanks so much. before we go, i want to share something with you. a maryland man discovered persistence pays off when it comes to the lottery. after playing the same losing combination of numbers year after year for decade, he bet $4 and finally won $50,000 from the bonus match five game. the winner is a retired printing press operator who's remaining anonymous and he says he'll use some of the winnings to pay bills and save the rest. that wraps this hour of "cnn

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