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>> it was the best. >> the five things you need to know for this wednesday, june 21st. the crew searching for the submersible heard banging sounds underwater yesterday. a canadian aircraft reported a white rectangular object in the water at one point. the search continues as time is running out for the five people on board. e u.s. coast guard once there's only 24 hours of oxygen left. hunter biden strikes a deal with federal prosecutors and republicans are curious. they are claiming double standard is at play at vowing to connue investigating the bidens. a federal judge set a date for donald trump's terminal trial in documents case. cnn poll showing a softening of support for the former president among the public and

voters but he still, by far, the clear but manner. u.s. mical experts are recommending all adultunder 65 be seened for anxiety disorders. this comes just after recommendation to screen children eight and above. millions of americans face scorching temperatures this morning as hundreds of thousands wake up with no wer. cnn this morning starts right now. here is where we begin. such a big development overnight. >> the banging has been heard. where is it coming from? >> and consistent time periods may indicate something helpful. a major development overnight in the search for the submarine at went missing while driving on the titanic shipwreck. a canadian surveillance plan has detected underwater noises in the area. theyeard banging sounds at 30

minute intervals yesterday, according to an internal government memo. time is quickly running out to save the five people who are on board. it is estimated they only have about one day left of breathable air at this point, if that submarine is intact. we have learned the tight end was -- the ceo and founder of the company oceangate operate that submersible. there are questions this morning about the safety and regulation of it. two former oceangate employees separately voiced concerns of the safety of thveel, titan, years ago. let's begin with cnn international correspondent paula newtonho has the latest. >> reporter:ood morning to you. this hopeful news is also quite chilling. think about it, you e re than two miles need surface, perhaps am desperately trying to get someone's attention. they picked up this banging from sonar on the surface of

the ocean at the canadian aircraft. and all of this, coming as you point out with 24 hours of oxygen left. 's sound of hope in the search and rescue of the missing submersible with five people on board. according to an internal u.s. government memo, snot picked up banging sounds underneath the water on tuesday at 30 minute intervals. >> regular 30 minute intervals is a man-made thing, n a natural occurrence. it does not happen like that in nature. it is a good sign ofope. >> reporter: the memo was not clear as to when the banging was hurt on to say or holong it lasted. >> they can triangulate the noise. again, it is only happening every 30 minutes. they only have a data update every 30 minutes. if it was happening every minute, it would be a lot easier and a lot faster. >>epter: hower, time continues to be a critical factor as the vessel's oxygen

supply dwindles. >> we will do everything in our power to affect the rescue. >> reporter: sofi the u.s. coast guard says it has searched an ea about the size of connecticut. >> getting the equipment on scene as a top priority. >> reporter: the u.s. navy is sending a flyway devotion salvage system, similar to the retrieving heavy underwater items like the small submsible. on board, oceangate ceo and founder stockton rush, british venture --, one pakistan's the richest man and his 19-year- old son. and the vesselop -- pilot. >> if i was in a band with anybodit would be paul. he would do everything he can, and without panic, to work his way out of this situation. >> reporter: as the ongoing search and rescue continues, we

are learning of coer in 2018 regarding the planned expedition of the submersible to the titanic wreckage cites. in a letter obtained by the "new york times", and addressed to the oceangate ceo, stockton rush, the demand committee of the -- society raise concerns. our apprehension is the current experimental approach adopted by ocean gate, could result in a negative outcome from minor to catastrophic that would have serious consequences for everyone in the industry. you know, we at cnn have reached out to ocegate for comment and have not heard anything. i want to go back something in the port. you got stockton rush, the ceo and french mariner, the two best experts you can he down there. if the banging did come from the submersible, that is likely why they knew they would be putting the sonars in the wire,

as soon as they would be the hard part is now finding the submersible and then trying to lift it to the surface. indeed, it is on the sea bed. >> there is hope, thank you very much for the report. >> david gallo a senior adviser r the strategic initiatives for rms titanic inc. which owns the salvage rights to the titanic wreckage site. good to have you back. these 30 minute intervals of the banging, is there training that suggests that if you are in this situation, to do that, so that they know anyone searching that it is not occurring naturally? >> i don't know about any formal training but it is something that you think people do. you see itn movies and world war ii movies, as submarine second about him. but it is something, it's not natural, would be very unusual for it to be natural. but it is something -- would do

and one of the wonders i have is , do they make any signal back, acoustically, noise back to signal to the sub that we hear their signal. >> is there something in this, based on what we know, that could pick that up? >> you would hear it, you'd be surprised if you don't hear it through the sub. sound carries easily in the ocean and the frequency and all that stuff, you would hear it in the sub, tightly. >> your personal friends with one and i wonder if you can speak to what he brings to this now family of five down there, fighting for their life? what he would bring to them inside. >> yeah, apart from being my friend, he is part of the five. my heart goes out to all of the loved ones of those people. paul, one of the nicest people

that walked the face of the earth. is calm, he's thoughtful, whether he's on the deck of a rolling ship in the middle of a storm or in a parisian cafe. and smart, smarter beyond smart. if i was going to the titanic, he be the first person i call. is the person that we worked with to make the air france 447 search successful. is the person, also an employee -- that helped create the first tailed map of the titanic in 2010. >> you are with rms titanic and have thexclusive rights of this wreckage site and know the region. as we are told, there are seven mechanisms on this submersible that would bring it to -- and involuntary, even if people are incapacitated, there are ways to bring it to the surface.

what, in that region, would stop the seven from bringing it up? if it hasn't already, it is a huge area. >> that is a good question and that is something i'm trying to grapple with, if the sub didn't make it to the bottom in an hour and 45 minutes, i'm not sure that they could, it means they probably went by anything like a jagged edge or a cable. so would have been mid water and if something went wrong mid water, why did they drop a ballast, so to speak, of batteries, and --. it is a tough one and that is why the suace search from air is important, and the underwater search is important. >> can we talk about the ongoing search? out searching the area. a great they heard the sound that helps give them data points, trying to triangulate this. how hopeful are you this morning with 24 hours left of oxygen, that they've got enough time, with my dad about where this could be?

>> poppy, when i heard the banging, i said, here we go again. in malaysian air, we heard banging quite often and it always turned out be something different. if they are trying to triangulate, and i'm sure they are, to find where that noise is coming from, the next hope would be, and they probably will, start moving ships and tools in that direction, whether it is identifying or because the time is short. it takes a day or so just to get there. from st. john, you're pretty much working with the ships you've got. >> if they do find it, and let's hope they do in the next 24 hours, and we asked this to the head of the coast guard leading the search is today, what is the plan to bring it up to the surface if it is not already on the surface. if it is two miles down, how do

you get it up? >> while there are companies that do that, that can retrieve things. i know the navy is sending one grp out there, that specializes in the net. are good at that. ate companies but time is of the essence. so if it is sound and you can bring it up, they're going to have to work quickly, with their best and brightest minds on that. it is an engineering issue. so they've got to enfy really quickly what the problem is and get it out of there. >> the navy resource you are right thing, -- deep open salvage system to help and a potential rescue mission. the first thing though, they've got to find it before they make any effort to bring it up. david gallo, thank you very much. we will in on your expertise a little later in the show. republicans are railing on the hunter biden plea deal. >> it seems to me that if you are the leading opponent of a president, you're going to get jail time. if you are the son of a president, you don't get any

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doing hard time. it is only because daddy is president, that he gets the sweethearteal with no jail time. >> we will fact checked that. that is senator ted cruz, one of many republicans criticizing the justice department. with the president's son will plead guilty, he's made a deal on a felony gun charge and it is expected he will avoid prison time. palavi joins us. it is not just ted cruz, so many republican leaders in both chambers are really upset with this. they think it is not fair, even though the lead prosecutor, david weiss was appointed by trump and kept in place by biden. >> it is not terribly surprising theare criticizing the deal. republican lawmakers have put a lot of time and energy into investigating hunter bid's personal and legal problems, and making an effort to connect them to his father. were here, as you no this was a trump appointed u.s. attorney. they looked at hunter biden for

about five years, looking at everything from possible when lobby violations to money laundering. in the end, the only charges broughas a result of this deal are two relatively minor tax charges and one charge is being diverted, related to the purchase of a firearm. so in no way does this particular case from the justice departme affirm the many accusations the gop has made about president biden, or his son. >> reporter: the doj's years on investigation into hunter biden , nearing a potential end. accordg to a letter filed by federal prosecutors, hunter will plead guilty to two misdemeanor tax charges and strike a deal to resolve a separate felony gun charge. accoing to crt documents, hunter biden owed at least $100,000 in federal taxes for 2017 and at least anothe $100,000 in 2018. but did not pay the irs by the deadlines. his lawyers say he eventually paid the bill along with fees and penalties.

on the tax charges, according to cnn sources, the justice department has agreed to recommend a sentenf probation, as part of the deal. on the gun charge, prosecutors allege a 2018 incident in which hunter biden possessed a gun to -- despite hisrug addiction and in violation of federal law. struggling with drug and 18 years of age. rly as the deal allows him to enter a diversion program. hunter has been in and out of rehab numerous times before. house republicans, seizing on the news. >> it continues to show the two tier system. if you are the president's leading clinical opponent, t doj tries to put you in jail and give you present time. if you are the president's son, you a sweetheart deal. >> reporter: presidential hopeful and former vice president mike pence also weighed in. >> while i welcome these charges and the guilty plea, i

have a sense that this will do little to allay the concerns of millions of americans, that we simply don't give equal treatment under the law. >> reporter: ian interview on tuesday, biden's lawyer, chris clark, called the investigation dogged but they are. >> this was a five-year, very diligent investigation pursued by incredibly professional osecutors. some of whom have been career prosecutors. one of them at least was appointed by president trump and no one has said they're not confident, good or diligent. >> reporte the hunter biden investigation has been overseen by trump appointed u.s. attorney david weiss. in the letter, he made it clear that he has ultimate authority over the criminal investigation. asked about the doj deal on tuesday, the president expressed support for his son. >> i'm very proud of my son.

>> reporter: and we are waiting for a date to be set for hunter to go to crt for his arraignment and to plead guilty. i want to emphasize everything about this deal is still subject to approval by a judge. poppy, you and i were talking during the commercial break about this deal and whether this is something that would happen to anyone else. but based upon previous cases, while no one is exactly like hunter biden, for someone who failed to pay taxes on time for the first time, and for someone who failed to disclose their addiction on a form when purchasing a firearm, especially in the wake of last year's supreme court decision expanding second amendment rights, asl as a similar case working its way to the appeals court, this seems like a pretty average resolution. diversion, which is what is getting for the gun charge, that is a common alternative to incarceration, especially when drugs or alcohol are involved. >> thank you smuch. standby. >> let's bring in legal analyst -- former assistant attorney for the southern district of new york and formefederal new

jersey state prosecutor. do you agree with that? there's nothing sweet about the steel? >> i do. if you bring it down this wa on the tax charges, nothing unusual. failed to pay his taxes r two years and later repaid them. you can't geyourself out of a charge by paying but giving a misdemeanor plea is completely within the norm. the gun crime is unusual in th virtually nobody gets charged with that partular crime to begin with, which is possessing a firearm while an addict. i was a prosecutor for 14 years and charged dozens and dozens of federal firearms cases in new york and never heard of that law. it is a lot but it is way down the list. the very fact that hunter biden got charged withs on its own, is unusual. on the other hand it is unusual to get charged with firearms crime and get pretrial diversion. but it is rare to see someone charged to begin with. >> something i thought was interesting is hunter biden's lawyer said, i'm paraphrasing, we consider this pretty much done.

assuming the judge signs off. the actualustice dartment, the memo or whatever you call it, says this is quote, ongoing and jim jordan is an example of a republican in congress who wants to know what ongoing actually means. what you think it means? >> i'm right there with representati j jordan. we need to do reporting to understand what that means because u.s. attorney david weiss put in his statement about this case, the investigation is ongoing. now too many of us, that read like boilerplate language. this entire deal is subject to approval by a judge and that file stays on, while he is on probation, while he completes his requirements for diversion and if anying goes wrong, right, the case can can go on. there could be additional steps because it would be highly e unusual. if they are still looking at some sort of subti matter, potentially to bring charges to resolve a case with a plea deal and bring those

additional charges, you want to make sure that you have all your chips on the table when you're trying to negotiate a deal and pressure someone. so that they are up against the potential charges. at this point based on talking to sources and experts, it appears it is the plate. but we are interested as representative jim jordan is in getting answers and clarification from the u.s. attorney. >> if i can add to what paula said, doj prosecutors are trained from day one. you call everything ongoing until a case is signed, sealed and delivered. that is the habit of doj, something th do to protect themselves. when we see the paperwork between the parties, i assure it will say everything that we as doj no, as of this moment, and there are no future charges. you would not ter a deal otherwise. >> one investigation we know that is ongoing th out any ambiguity is the house chippy investigation into all of this. they wanted more documents from doj. e they likely, more likely at the doj, to handover documents now that this deal has been reached?

>> the fact the case is going to be over soon makes it slightly less sensitivfor purposes of turning over information to the public and congress. bucount on doj to hold the line and u.s. attorney in this case, david weiss has written a letter to jim jordan thing, i'm not giving you anything because it is not the role that once a case is put out, come on in and we will open our files for the public. that would endanger the doj and basket of methods, it would endanger witnesses, it would endanger the reputation of the person being investigated. the doj has long held the line. we do not let people into our investing in the files and if congress pushes here, doj is going to hold the line and if necessary, take it to court. >> thank you. great reporting. we are joined by congresswoman nancy mesa with thoughts. we have more on the significance of the banging sounds, detected in e search for the titan submersible. a lot of people wondering, what

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retired astronaut and expert accident investigator who has done two state finances aquarius underwater habitat and trained on underwater spacewalks. thank you for being with us. let me start of course with the biggest news of the morning, the banging that's been heard, it's been pied up by canadian planes. happening every 30 minutes. what is your take onhat? >> is an optimistic sign, you

take every bit that you can at this staf the game, with the oxygen supply running low, and the fact the vessels have been down for as long as it's meant. certainly, any signs of hope are very positive signs right now but we also have to be realistic with the seriousness of the situation. >> u.s. coasgud has not replicated that, and hearing the tapping and the banging themselves. so let's talk about what is happening inside the submersible. it is about the size of an extended cab pickup truck, the inside, as described by cbs news. the size of a minivan. psychologically, physically, since you train underwater, what are they going through? >> probably a lot of challenges, a very stressful situation. at those steps, you not getting a lot of ambient

light. if they've lost the ability to genete light within the vessel, it would be very dark. if they lost the ability to generate light, that's possible because they have had power issues and the inability to communicate, would also mean that they ve an inability to geraecessary he'd. it is going to be cold at those abs as well. there's not a lot of ambient heat coming from the surrounding environment. the air, circulating inside the cabin, would be probably, still, there wouldn't be cabin air circulation, which could also pose a lot of potential hazards, with just breathing the air. the oxygen is important, but also co2 generation by five people in this small, confined vessel, is going to be very challenging and potentially creating poisonous environment for the crewmembers. >> youentioned temperature and this is something i've been

thinking about over the last couple of days, at this point, w cold at that depth visit? is it? >> i don't have the exact numbers t i will tell you, if you don't have the ability to generate heat, as you've probably been out in the ocean over a short period of time, evtually days on a sunny day. you imagine depths where you don't have the son, beating down on you and providing the additional heating. it is going to get cold and unfortunately, the thermal generation, the thermal conditioning required to help people remain in a comfortable situation. >> thank you so much for giving us your insight, having trned in these underwater vessels. summer is comingand hot, dangerously dangerously hot. and louisiana, with no nd texas electricity. they are facing another triple we have more on that, next. donald trump is still by

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because she ruled in favor of the former president last year dung the document investigation. cnn's kaitlyn polich joins us from washington, d.c. she says she expects there could be some movement here. how quickly do expect the date to but that depends on the work to do before trial and when it takes place. so there is a state on the calendar now, set by judge eileen cannon in florida, for essentially the back half of august when the trial is set, now. and now, there will be some discussions about that, that is very likely, it is expected and it typically happens in this part of the federal court in the southern district of florida. both sides get to go to her an potentially ask to delay things. if they need to. and she said that in her order yesterday. if there are complicated issues that arrive in this case or issues that are around the classified material being used in the case, there's 31 documents, many of them have some sort of classification

markings that are charged as part of this case. so there may be very complicated discussions that have to be hadefore trial, about how much classified information can be used at that trial, and how that will be handled. that could derail things andt is very likely that trial date will change. but of course, the justice department wants it to move fast. the special counsel said that. the day of the indictment, that they wanted to speedy trial. edited -- and is the defendant's rights to have a trial that happens faster they can clear their name without beg under a cloud of scrutiny for too long. so we will have to wait and see how this plays out. victor, there is no predicting court, especially when it comes to timelines. >> understood, we know that you will watch that quickly. this, new overnight, propublica publishing the latest in a series of investigations into the supreme court ethics. reporting in 2008, justice samuel alito went on a luxury fishing trip to alaska with

paul singer, a man described as hedge fund billionaire that asked the supreme court to rule in his favor on high-stakes business disputes. e report writes, the group flew on one of the largest bush planes to a waterfall, which days where there is snap salmon from the water with a t that night. there were multi-course meals of crab legs and filet and on the last meeting, a member of the group back to the wind that they werdrinking cost $1000 a bottle, one of the largest fishing guides told propublica. hours fot was published, alito wrote, the charges do not hold water. joining us now, he reported that broke the story, journalist justin elliott. thank you very much for being with us. there is lot to get to and i want to understand from you, if you can explain, if it is believable that juice alito and his clerks didn't know the

connection to some of these big cases. one of them is a 2014 case, one of singefunds, versus argentina, it had to do with sovereign wealth and sovereign debt. it ultimately grand singer over $2 billion. is it believable he really didn't know alito and his clerks didn't know the connection to these cases? >> it is hard to sayha in the justice' head, but i can tell you that paul singer's connection, to this case, was widely reported in mainstream media. you might remember, his hedge fund actually at one point to try to seize an argentine navy ship. this was an incident in 2012, covered in the "new york times", wall street journal. it was not a secret that this was paul singer's fund, being sued by argentina in the supreme court. >> justin, reading this op-ed, published by the wall street journal, justice samuel alito,

writes that propublica misleads readers. and talked about why there was no application to recuse but some of the things he points out, he writes that what you describe lavish evenings, he says while they were family- style meals, they were rustic accommodations. can you paint a picture here of what the justice was enjoying in alaska? >> yeah, i acknowledge luxury is in the eye of the beholder but what is not contested is that justice alito flew to alaska from the east coast, on a private jet, provided by the hedge fund billionaire, paul singer. in alaska, they stated a king salmon lodge, which at the time you know, they serve king crab, they are flown around the area on bush planes, to go fishing. we have pictures, you can see the fish and they flew back in

a private plane. drink, is in dispute but pretty much everything else, justice alito acknowledge. i think the important fact here is that when paul singer later had cases at court, justice alito did not recuse hself. >> so alito writes in his op- ed, his interactions with paul singer over the decades have been extremely limited. he describes them as more than a handful of occasions, all of which consisted of brief and casual cnts at events attended by large groups. on the location, have we discussed activities of his business and we have never talked about any cases or issues before the court. does that square with your reporting? >> you know, we talked to a series of ethics experts about when justices should recuse themselves and what it came down to ins case is the fact justice alito accepted private jeflights from paul

singer and this is not cheap. a one-way private jet flight on the jet we are talking about to alaska, could cost over $100,000 to charter the plane, justice alito did not pay for it. he did not reimburse paul singer, that is not in dispute. so the experts we spoke to say it is an expensive gift and if you are going up against somebody in court and you found out that the person on the other side had been flying around, a judge on a private jet, the basic question is, can the judgbe fair. that is the situation. >> you write in this piece, it is potentially a violation of federal law. that alito did not make these disclosures. i know the disclosure rule changed recently, justin, and this is part of the defense justice thomas gave as well. were those rules in place that

would require alito to disclose all of this, when it happened in 2008, for that have since been updated? >> he gets into the weeds but the law issued here, was passed after watergate. kind of the area of good government reform. the law has not changed. all the ethics lawyers we spoke to say getting a gift of a private jet flight should have been disclosed. justice alito maintains the filing instructns did not require him to disclose it. but, i will note as we say in the peace, we found examples of multiple other federal judges, disclosing guests of private jet flights at the time. >> really important reporting, everyone should read it. justin elliott, thank you very much. a development in the search for the missing submersible, underwater banging has been detected. what it means for the passengers on board and will rescuers be able to reach them, before they run out of air. .

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just after his top diplomat went to beijing and try to repair the fractured u.s. china relationship, president biden referred to as present as a dictator. this is what he said last night in san francisco. got upset in terms of when i shut down that balloon with two boxcars full of spy equipment is he did know is there. the president went on to say, that was a great embarrassment for dictators, when they don't know what happened. wonderf the white house is clarifying these comments this morning.

>> poppy, so far the white house is not reissued reaction or clarification of the president's comments. but it does raise the question, whether the comments from president biden will complicate and potentially upend some of the efforts that were made over the weekend to ease tensions with china. it is worth noting president biden, as recently as saturday had actually talked about the chinese bible in incident and in similar terms saying it was an embarrassment for china's leadership. but he went a step further last night, when he compared to chinese president xi jinping to dictators. this came in and off-camera fundiser, which tends to be a venue where we see the president speak a little bit more freely and candidly about various matters. so that is something we have clearly seen takplace in relation to comments about china and this bible in incint. china has already slammed, the

white house this morning calling the comments absurd and irresponsible and accusing president biden of engaging in political provocation. so we will see whether over the course of the day, if the white house decides to issue any verification, any type of work back. but this is proving to be yet another wrinkle in incredibly tense relation between u.s. and china. >> it certy , thank you for the reporting at the white house. cnn this morning continu right now. a complex search, now more complicated by time. , which they are running o of. >>'s crew searching for the submersible hurt banging sound every 30 minutes. >> if they are alive, they are in freezing temperatures. >> all our efforts are focusing on finding the submarine. >> hunter biden has agreed to plead guilty and strk a deal to resolve a felony gun charge >> prosecutors are expected to recommend the present time.