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poppy is so excited about this morning moment that she didn't think she could contain herself so she's allowing me to read t here goes. >> things that i don't want to read. >> all right. i will do it. you've heard of counting sheep, how about goats? about 40 goats casually walked into a new neighborhood, this is near mckinney, texas. >> they ate a little bit from everybody's yard all the way around the circle here. in fact, one of the guys just on two legs eating my tree. it was pretty wild. >> we're told the goats broke from a larger herd grazing nearby to help with the fire season. they were eventually reunited. >> what our viewers couldn't hear is the camera crew is
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making goat sounds behind the camera. >> probably shouldn't do that. >> i love them. >> good to be with you. >> good to be with you. thanks for reading about the goats. easy trip back to atlanta. >> thank you. >> we will see you this weekend, right? >> i will be back in my seat on saturday. >> cnn "news central" is now. ♪ a race against time, search and rescue teams have just hours to find a missing sub as experts believe the passengers will run out of oxygen today. >> banking noises in the search area have been picked up. sonar devices detecting consistent sounds every 30 minutes at one point overnight. what that could mean. >> so even if they do find t getting it to the surface will be a herculean effort. we have new reporting on how they plan to do it. this is cnn "news central." ♪
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>> underwater noises have brought new hope this morning in the race to find that submersible that went missing while carrying five people to the wreckage of the titanic. the u.s. coast guard is redirecting its search efforts after a canadian military surveillance plane detected banging sounds yesterday in the north atlantic. rescuers say the sounds came in 30-minute intervals. we spotted a coast guard ship heading out to join the search this morning, you see it there, they're part of crews from around the world that are scouring the waters as the time is running out. experts believe the five people on board, scene here, could run out of oxygen today. there are four passengers and a pilot on that sub. we learned yesterday that the pilot is stockton rush, the ceo and founder of oceangate, that's the company that runs those titanic wreckage tours. cnn's miguel marquez is joining us from st. johns newfoundland.
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tell us if you heard any new information about the sounds they're hearing every 30 minutes or so. >> reporter: so they heard those sounds yesterday for about a four or five-hour period, every 30 minutes a banging sound. later in the day they heard other sounds, they couldn't quite tell what they were. didn't sound like the same banging. they had one poseidon plane, sub hunters that picked up the sounds and a second one dropped buoys, they also heard sounds. they moved ships on the surface and sent down a remote operated vehicle to the area where they thought those soundser coming from and that turned up nothing, unfortunately. the coast guard spoke to cbs this morning a short time ago and described the sounds this way. >> there is a lot of metal and different objects in the water around the site. that's why it's so important that we have engaged experts
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from the navy that understand the science behind noise and can classify or give us better information about what the source of that noise may be. >> reporter: so now they have three coast guard ships from the canadian coast guard that are out there. they have side sonar capability and they are patrolling that area, trying to pick up any other sounds. they have poseidon planes up that can drop buoys, they are also listening to see if they can get a more exact location and figure out exactly what those sounds were or are that they are hearing. they also did pick up an object, a white rectangular object in the water yesterday, they weren't able to get to it because the ships that were moved toward t they heard these sounds and they were redirected to try to figure out where those sounds were coming from, but literally all hands on deck. there are three u.s. military
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c-17s that flew into st. john's yesterday, the gear from that went on to the horizon arctic that shipped out earlier this morning and then there was a coast guard ship just a couple of hours ago that shipped out. it takes about a day to get there from here, about 460 miles away from the site where we're standing right now, so nothing moves very quickly, but everything that they can throw at this thing seems to be done. sara? >> all right. miguel marquez, thank you so much. we are looking at pictures of that submersible, just the size of a minivan but we are talking about a huge body of water that they are looking in. kate? >> absolutely. let's talk more about this search and hopefully rescue. joining us right now is ocean explorer tom detwiler, he led the team that found the wreckage of the titanic, is also a close friend with ph nargeolet one of the people on board the missing vessel. what are your new thoughts on this reporting that we were talk being with miguel marquez of search crews picking up repeated
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banging sounds via sonar devices. does that give you hope? >> well, like everybody, you want to hold out hope until there can be no more hope. the banging sounds are interesting because knowing ph nargeolet and his experience with submersibles and his background in submarines this is exactly how he would try to indicate that they were still alive and try to communicate with surface. he would do some banging, do it on a neg lar schedule so that it was dishable from the background noises that are in the ocean all the time. so it is encouraging that there did seem to be a pattern to it and, you know, we are going to continue to hold out hope. >> absolutely. tom, is that -- do you think that that would be -- you said that would be exactly what he would be doing. is that, do you think, ph would be improvising or is this some sort of, i don't know, standard protocol or procedure that you're familiar of when it comes
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to underwater emergencies? >> it is a standard protocol for contacting any sort of rescue service that might be coming your way. >> that is super interesting. you've described ph as a close -- as a close friend. i want to play for you, tom, what another ocean explorer david gallo said about p.h. on cnn last night. let me play this for you. >> if p.h. nargeolet was sitting here with me like he normally would be, this is what he would say to do, let's just sit down together in a small room, figure out what needs to be done and let's make it happen, let's do it. >> tom, what do you think p.h. would be saying right now? >> it would be exactly that. he is very calm, collected, expert in his field and, you know, we would have approached this in a very scientific manner, very straightforward
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manner and just get the fastest reaction out there that we could have. i've spent the last two days trying to get an effort out there, it's on its weiwei now and i know that p.h. would have done the same thing for anybody else out there, whether he knew them or not. the community would have drawn together just like you've seen it over the last couple days and we would do anything in our power to get out there. never questioning costs, never questioning time, you know, just do it. drop everything. >> tom, talk to me about the effort and what you're trying to get out there and what you've seen that's been deployed so far. talk to me about the scope and scale and what they're also up against in terms of trying to find them and get to them. >> well, some of the experts have already said that, you know, you see navy assets going out there, that's very important because the navy assets that are currently on their way are the assets that are experienced in finding things under water and doing recoveries from very
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deepwater. some of the few assets that are available and they will get there within the next day or so. that's the limitation is it's very far out there and, you know, just getting this very heavy equipment moving, get it to where it needs to be, mobilizing it on the ship, as you can imagine, when a ship goes out to sea everything has to be fastened down so you're doing a lot of welding and things like that to make sure that it stays in place as the ship starts to roll in the seas, and then, you know, it has to be able to take the load if you're doing a recovery. so there's a lot of work that has to be done, but these are all guys who do this routinely and they do it quickly and i think that you will see some success in finding it quickly. >> where is your heart and head on this right now? i know you said that you want to hold out hope because you've got to hold out hope for another day, you also know the realities of the risks and the dangers down there. i mean, you've -- you probably
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know it better than anybody. >> my whole career has been in the very deep ocean and i do know all the things that can happen and i've run over all those in my head. but i've seen miracles happen at sea as well, very unexpected things, very surprising things. so i'm going to continue to hold out hope. they still have some oxygen left and you have to consider that the oxygen estimates are based on normal activities in the sub. one thing p.h. would have done is tried to calm everybody down and keep them quiet so that they're using less oxygen. you can potentially extend that beyond the estimates. >> tom, i can't -- that's super important to consider in all of this and thank you so much for coming on, having your level of expertise and also just to hear about your friendship with p.h. and what you know he would be doing down there right now is really important for everybody. thank you so much, tom.
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>> you're quite welcome, kate. >> john? >> that was a great discussion. this morning we have a firsthand account of what it is like to take part in this kind of underwater adventure. one year ago simpson's writer mike reese was on the same submersible that is missing in the atlantic. he told a cnn affiliate about the dangers he proo prepared for ahead of the trip and explained the navigational issues his team experienced during the dive. >> it was just 11 months ago in this very same sub and i see over and over on every dive we took they lost communication. this is just one of the problems with this thing. you know, i'm sure the world is very worried and that kind of thing, but something to know having gone through it is you know going in how very dangerous
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this is. it's not any bad reflection on -- on stockton rush, it's his company and he designed it, but it's just that we are all part of this ongoing experiment. before you even get on you sign this long, long waiver that mentions possible death three times on the first page. so you know what you're getting into. in fact, when i stepped on to the sub i just -- you know, part of my mind was going, well, this could be the end. >> wow. >> so that -- i mean, mostly, you know, it's a very creepy feeling to think if they're alive, down at the bottom of the ocean or something like that and, you know, just knowing i don't think there is a way to get them out of the situation like that and that they will
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just be sitting there for three or four days before the oxygen runs out, very scary thought. >> scary indeed. i did note, sara, he said that every dive they took they lost communication. so people who are involved with this, they had some awareness of issues that had been taking place. >> absolutely did. it's still terrifying. all right. just ahead, while biden is defending his son's plea deal republicans are on the attack saying he got off easy and once again, going after hunter biden. and now the trump-appointed u.s. attorney that oversaw the case. and a record-breaking heat wave takes over texas, soaring temperatures are extremely dangerous. to illustrate that, some turned their cars into ovens to bake cookies. and another supreme court justice is accused of taking a luxury trip with a republican mega donor and failing to report it. how samuel alito tried to get ahead of the propublica
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republicans are now responding to the details coming out about hunter biden's plea deal on federal tax offenses and they don't like it. if a judge approves the deal, hunter biden would likely be sentenced to probation for misdemeanor counts relating to failing to pay taxes in 2017 and 2018. he would also avoid further prosecution on a separate felony charge of illegally possessing a firearm. no jail time. in his first -- in his first comments about his son's guilty plea, president biden he says he's very proud of his son. but elected republicans including house speaker kevin mccarthy they paint the whole thing as a sham really, calling it a sweetheart deal and evidence of bias at the justice department. let me bring in cnn's paula reid, she has more on this. paula, attorney general merrick
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garland he just talked about -- he just talked about this hunter biden case. what did he say? >> reporter: that's right, kate. he is traveling, he is in stockholm attending a conference, he was asked about the outcome of the hunter biden investigation. let's take a listen to what he said. >> as i said from the moment of my appointment as attorney general, i would leave this matter in the hands of the united states attorney who was appointed by the previous president and assigned to this matter by the previous administration, that he would be given full authority to decide the matter as he decided was appropriate. that's what he has done and if you have any further questions about that matter, you should direct them to the u.s. attorney to explain his decision. >> reporter: and, of course, he is referring to david weiss who was appointed by former trump. he's pushing back on criticism
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that the justice department is playing political favorites by emphasizing the fact that this was overseen by an independent prosecutor. of course, hunter biden's legal and personal problems have been something that republicans have put a lot of energy and time into, especially trying to tie them to his father, but here in the justice department's investigation after five years a trump-appointed u.s. attorney with all the resources of the justice department who looked at everything from possible foreign lobbying to money laundering narrowed this case down to just two misdemeanor tax violations and a possible gun charge. as part of this deal hunter biden will plead guilty to failing to pay his taxes on time. in 2017 and 2018 according to prosecutors he failed to pay about $100,000 each year by the irs deadline. now, he has subsequently paid those taxes, plus fees and penalties, and the justice department will recommend probation. now, on the gen charge, he can actually avoid that if he follows through with some
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court-ordered requirement. that will be expunged. kate, a lot of folks have asked, well, is this what would happen to anyone else and it does appear in talking to former federal prosecutors and looking at previous cases that for the tax offenses, yes, for a case like this when it's injure first time having this result in a plea deal to misdemeanors does appear to be common. when it comes to the gun charge it's very uncommon to the prosecuted at the federal level for failing to disclose addiction on the form when you purchase a firearm. kate, there's another case that's working its way through the appeals court that could make it even harder to bring a case like that so it does not appear that this is a sweetheart deal but that question will be up to a judge because of this is subject to their approval. >> it seems what is also becoming very clear in this as we wait for the judge's approval if it does come is the legal realm and the political realm as it is very much all intertwined here are two very different things. great to see you, paula.
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thank you. sara? >> joining us now is former federal prosecutor rent nadeau mariotti. you have hunter biden who didn't pay his taxes on time for 2018 and 2017. is this any different what he is doing than would happen to the average american? >> it's different but not in the way you might expect. i think it's actually harsher than the treatment that a typical person would receive. so i charged misdemeanor tax charges that are just like the ones here, in other words, we talk a lot of times, the public might talk about tax evasion and think of all tax crimes as tax evasion. tax evasion is a specific felony charge where you can actively trying to deceive the government, deceive the irs. usually that's the sort of crime that is charged in a tax case. that or tax fraud. when i've brought these misdemeanor-type charges just for failing to pay or failing to file your tax return, i usually
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use those as a backstop in a more serious case. you would throw them in just in case the jury was split on some of the other counts. i don't recall ever seeing misdemeanor tax charges on their own. i'm sure it's happened, but it's the exception rather than the rule. it's pretty rare. the justice department rarely works on cases in order to generation a misdemeanor tax charge. i would consider that a failure of an investigation. similarly, you know, the gun charge, i have never seen that gun charge brought before. usually the types of gun charges that are brought are felon in possession where -- or a firearm used in the course of committing a violent crime or a drug trafficking crime. i've talked to other former federal prosecutors and they have had a similar reaction. >> let me ask you this, is there any chance the judge decides not to take this plea deal? that would be pretty unusual, would it not? >> yes, and there's no evidence
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that there's -- at least that i'm aware of -- of other crimes that were passed up by the prosecutor. that would really be the only way in which this would be a benefit to hunter biden. >> all right. i want to move on to something else that is going on when it comes to the trump family. new york prosecutors have subpoenaed e. jean carroll the attorneys for the entire deposition that donald trump took in that case where he was found liable for sexual abuse. will they get it? is this something that is pretty cut-and-dried? >> yeah, i think they will have no trouble getting the transcript if they want to get it, for sure. >> and let me just ask you this about sort of the mixing here of politics and -- and the justice system, which is supposed to be separate, but equal powers. what kind of pressure in any of these cases is the doj under when they are going forward with some of these cases, whether it
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be donald trump or whether it be hunter biden, what kind of pressure are they facing and what do they do to deal with any perception that there is, you know, some malfeasance on their part or potential malfeasance on their part? >> that's an excellent question. there is a lot of pressure. i worked on cases that i thought were high profile that were nothing even approaching the sort of high profile these cases were and i would scrutinize every word that i put into that indictment, every -- you know, every word that i said in court. there is a lot of i's and a lot of levels of review on everything that i did and i think that was certainly the case in both the hunter biden case and certainly the donald trump prosecution. i also think that, you know, the strategy that you see the justice department employing under garland is to have independent prosecutors handling these cases, whether it's robert hur or jack smith or this u.s.
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attorney as well. >> it is a really good point. thank you so much. so much, so much, renato mariotti, you always bring the heat. i appreciate it. we have the latest on the noises heard in the search for the missing sub and the technology rescuers will use if they do manage the find the vessel. special counsel john durham on capitol hill to testify about his scathing report into the fbi's investigation into donald trump's 2016 campaign and alleged ties to russia. we have new details coming up. in the subwaway app today. now that's a deal worth celebrating. man, what are you doining?! get it before it's gone on the subway app. ♪ type 2 diabetes? discover the power of 3 in the ozempicic® tri-zone. ♪ (oh, oh, oh, ozempic®!) ♪ in my ozempic® tri-zone, i lowered my a1c, cv risk, d lost some weight. ozempic® provides powerful a1c reduction. in studies, the majority of peop reached an a1c
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sub. officials reported that the underwater noises or banging picked up during their search so far have not yielded any results yet. cnn's paula newton is tracking this and, paula, obviously officials are trying to keep their hopes up, but what signs have they seen so far? >> reporter: yes, so hopeful that we've heard these noises, that they have heard these noises but also, as you point out, totally unnerving and the reason is that even if they locate this submersible it is going to be very difficult to actually bring them to the surface. let me tell you what's going on now, the u.s. coast guard which is the lead on this just told us in the last few minutes that canadian ship, another one, the john cabot is headed to the area and they will use what they're calling side scanning sonar. simply put, it is using sounds they detect on the sea bed to map t by mapping those acoustic sounds they may be able to better pinpoint the location of
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this submersible. john, even if they find it, what they've done now and what they've dn doing for the last 48 hours a pre-position thing both equipment and expertise that is already there or headed there and that means more submersibles that can go deep into the deep sea and actually continue to search or in the best case scenario they find the submersible and will begin thinking about how to raise it to the surface. crucial here is everyone is watching the clock. look, they have about a day's worth left of oxygen. i wouldn't ever be specific about that. i mean, experts tell me that because of the expertise on this submersible, they might be able to use that oxygen for much longer. john? >> what about the weather, how is that affecting things? >> reporter: you know, john, i've been out in these waters, the weather can turn very dramatically. the good news is here the weather looks good and it looks good for the next little while, at least the next 24 to 48 hours.
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this is really good news for all the crews out there. you know, in the beginning this have search when they were searching the surface water they had some fog, doesn't seem to be apparent right now. let's keep in mind, everyone has said how remote this area is and how challenging it is. so good news that the weather is cooperating. >> at least they have that on their side, paula newton, thanks so much for that. sara? thanks, john. if officials are able to locate the missing sub, they will then be tasked with the highly complex mission to recover the craft and the five people on board. there are very few assets in the world that can reach more than 12,000 feet below sea level where the titanic lies and even those that can, they can only travel about 1,000 feet per hour, which means it could take 12 hours to reach the titanic, if it is at the bottom, that submersible. let's take a look at those machines which are called remotely operated vehicles or rovs. this is one of them that we know
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has been deployed to that search site. rovs are about the size of a cargo van and they are tethered to a surface ship with a 2 inch thick cable which provides power and communication. now, u.s. military rovs have electric motors and cameras but would not have the capacity to actually be able to lift that submersible. that is where this piece of technology could come in. experts have suggested an rov could attach a cable to what's called the fly away deep ocean salvage system. it has the ability to lift loads up to 60,000 pounds and could potentially haul the submersible to the surface, but, of course, they have to find it first and that is where the trick it, kate. >> absolutely. the u.s. coast guard, u.s. navy, canadian coast guard they have been on this search and rescue mission since sunday. now the u.s. military is offering up additional assets to assist in what is clearly becoming a massive effort.
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cnn's natasha bertrand is tracking this and joins us now. how is the u.s. military happening out now? >> reporter: yeah, kate, so a number of different military branches have been invoked to search for this vessel, including the navy, the new york air national guard and transportation command. as sara just mentioned, the navy has provided this deep submersible object essentially, a roving object, that can lift things off of the sea floor very deep inside the ocean that weigh up to 60,000 pounds, it is called the fly away deep ocean salvage system. that is going to be very key if they do actually recover this submarine and if they can ultimately try to bring it to the surface, that is going to be very instrumental in that. of course, they are still trying to figure out whether that is even possible and where this vessel even is. the navy has been in touch with the coast guard about these banging sounds and actually we just heard from a senior coast guard official earlier this
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morning who said they have enlisted some navy experts to try to figure out what those sounds might be because those navy experts have the scientific expertise to try to figure that out. and then basically with regard to the search operation, the transportation command, which is responsible for transporting different assets of the u.s. military to different locations around the world, they have actually sent out three c-17 planes which are transporting cargo from the locations in the united states to newfoundland to try to then put them on site near where the search operation is taking place. so things like heavy transported commercial and rescue-related cargo that could help the assets deployed there already try to figure out where this submarine s as well as, of course, c-130 aircraft being deployed by the u.s. military to help in the search and rescue operation. really an all hands on deck effort by the u.s. military in conjunction with the u.s. coast guard which is still taking the lead on this, kate.
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>> sure seems like this. great to see you, natasha. thank you. all right. the battle to stop organized crime on big retail stores coming up on cnn "news central," california's new tactic against major theft rings. and repair in record speed. the damaged portion of i-95 that collapsed earlier this month is set to reopen way ahead of schedule. when drivers can stop taking those detours, that's next. the subway series is taking your favorites to the next level. hold on, chuck! you can't beat the italian bmt. uh you can w with double cheese and mvp vinaigrette. doububle cheese?!? yes and yes! man, you crazy. trtry the refreshed favorites at subway today.
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highly critical of the fbi's investigation into donald trump's 2016 campaign and possible contact with russia. durham yesterday met behind closed doors with members of the house intelligence committee about this. let's get over to cnn's sara murray, she's following this from washington for us. what are you hearing? >> reporter: well, kate, we're getting a double dose on john durham on capitol hill this week. what we saw yesterday is the house intelligence committee meeting in a bipartisan fashion behind closed doors with both the top democrat and the top republican emerging with concerns about how the fbi handled things during the russia investigation and the belief that things could be done better in the future. listen to the top republican on the house intel committee after meeting with john durham behind closed doors yesterday. >> the issue here is not just politicization, the issue here is these were presidential political campaigns and so
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that's what has such a higher degree of standard of concern because it can affect political and electoral outcomes and that's why our conversations were so important. >> reporter: now, i think that what we are going to see today and what we are already seeing today before the house judiciary committee is a much more partisan take on john durham's report as well as other ongoing investigations. we already heard from jim jordan who is the chair of the house judiciary committee talking about mar-a-lago, the search of the former president's home there, we also heard from jerry nadler the top democrat on this committee, basically questioning if republicans are using this as a way to just distract from donald trump's recent indictment. you knew, we got john durham's opening remarks so far where he does raise concerns about the way the fbi conducted themselves. we are going to wait and see how much of this devolves into sort of a proxy fight over donald trump and his legal woes more broadly versus how far they really get into the depths of the durham report and possible changes that could be coming to the fbi.
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kate, we should note the fbi has said in a statement that they have made changes in the wake of a justice department inspector general report on these same issues. so, again, we will see how much of this devolves into a sort of partisan food fight or how much they stay on top of today, kate. >> stand by to stand by. great to see you. thank you so much. new this morning supreme court justice samuel alito responding to ethics allegations hours before they even went publish lick. overnight propublica published a piece investigating in 2008 he went on a luxury fishing trip to alaska with businessman paul singer. propublica describes singer as a hedge fund billionaire who has repeatedly asked the supreme court to rule in his favor in high stakes business disputes. the story said he flew alito to alaska on a private jet and that the justice did not report the fishing trip or the private jet flight on his annual financial disclosure. propublica says alito did not recuse himself from cases involving singer's hedge fund
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that came before the court after that trip. now, hours before this article came out alito wrote an op-ed in the "wall street journal" alleging that the hospitality did not have to be reported under the rules at the time and that the accusations against him are not, quote, valid. our supreme court reporter ariane de vogue is with us now. tell us about the suggestions in this report. >> reporter: right. we have another supreme court justice being accused of skirting ethics law. it is very strange that alito sort of tried to get ahead of the story and published his response ahead of time, but before we get to that, the two take a ways from this reporting is that in 2008 alito did accept a ride on a private jet from this man named paul singer who is a big conservative player, a big gop donor, to go on this luxury fishing trip and he never
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disclosed that on his campaign finance reports, and that ethics people say that's a problem. because it exceeds gift limits and that he should have moved to recuse it, at least put it on these financial disclosure forms. he said that the rules at the time didn't force him to do that. so he chose not to. and then the second big issue, john, here is that, in fact, there were cases related to an entity related to singer that came before the supreme court and, in fact, in 2014 the court heard a case and ruled in his favor. and critically here, samuel alito did not recuse from those cases. we talked this morning to the reporter at propublica and he sort of puts together the take away here. take a listen. >> the experts we spoke to said that that's an expensive gift and, you know, if you were -- if
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you were going up against somebody in court and you found out that the person on the other side had been flying around the judge on a private jet, the basic question is can that judge be fair? that's the situation. >> reporter: but of course alito said that he and his clerks never caught the fact that paul singer was related to these cases that came before the supreme court. >> you and you have been reporters for a long time, i think the technical term for what alito did here is a switch switch-a-roo. propublica reached out to him for comments, he went to the "wall street journal" and put out this statement. pretty interesting. >> reporter: right, john, and you don't usually see supreme court justices do these kind of switch-a-roos, right? basically they went to the public information officer, they were told no comment, and then alito turns to the "wall street journal" and what's really kind
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of astonishing here is he wrote the op-ed himself defending himself. you do not usually see that. and here is what he wrote about the ride on the private jet, because i think it's interesting. he said, i was asked whether i would like to fly there in a seat that as far as i'm aware would otherwise be vacant. it was my understanding that this would not impose any extra cost on mr. singer. had i taken commercial flights that would have imposed a substantial cost and inconvenience on the u.s. deputy marshals who would have been required to assist me. this all comes of course as the court is really under a lot of pressure to look again at how it handles ethics questions. that's what's at issue here and they are under the spotlight again, john. >> and they police themselves and congress is discussing whether or not that's 100% appropriate anymore. great reporting and great to have you here. scorched in texas. several cities breaking heat records across the state.
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first day of summer, and it's off to a dangerously hot start in some places. more than 30 million americans are under extreme heat advisories across texas, oklahoma and new mexico today. the heat index in some places could be as high as 120 degrees. these record temperatures come as early as nearly 200,000 customers are now without power across the region after a weekend of devastating storms. energy officials are now asking people to do their best to cut back on their electricity use to ease the strain on the entire system. cnn's rosa flores is in texas. you are in a wonderful spot when it's hot, galveston.
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the heat is breaking records there and you've got your gadgets. so how hot is it? >> i'm here with all of the gadgets today, sara, and i'm on the beach to try to cool off all at the same time. it's about 84 degrees right now and it's not even 9:00 a.m. so a lot of people in texas will be coming to texas beaches like this one to try to cool off. in nearby houston, the temperature has not been under 80 degrees for about a week. the temperature there during the day, actually has been between 100 and 101 and when you put in the humidity, the heat index has been between 110 and 115, and let me tell you something, houston is not alone. all of the major cities in texas have had a heat index of between 110 and 120. and the smaller cities have not had much relief. those cities have had a heat index of 108 to 112 so imagine that. cooling centers have been
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opening across the state to give people some relief so they can go in there and get some air-conditioning. i ier ercot, the power grid here has been asking people to conserve energy and you mentioned this and i want to invite you into my picnic in galveston because i'm in the mood for chocolate-covered strawberries and we'll conserve energy today and we'll try to make some here on the beach ask you can see that these chocolates are almost melting. not yet. >> there you go. my first chocolate-covered strawberry. >> i mean, it's 8:54 in the morning and you're eating chocolate and strawberries and you're sitting on the beach. i'm just going to tell you, i know it's hot, but i'm jealous. it looks fantastic, but people need to be careful out there because the heat is really serious. save some of those chocolates and the strawberry situation for me later. thank you, rosa flores. >> appreciate it. >> she starts in the ocean and
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she's got her toes in the ocean and she ends up eating strawberries on the beach. that might be my favorite live shot and it's like goodfellas. >> i don't know who she'll meet next on the beach. that was awesome. >> california is teaming up with retail giants to battle retail crime and it's organized smash and grabs. the types we've seen on numerous videos. so these groups are calling for an increase in information sharing between retailers and websites to stop the resale of these stolen goods. big box stores including target say this kind theft will cost their company more than $500 million this year. cnn's veronica miracle with the latest on this effort that the retail companies say is completely necessary. >> absolutely, john. california attorney general rob bonta says there are many ways
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that these organized crime rings steal millions of dollars in products every year. some of it is from storefronts and other times they go to warehouses and they steal from trains, shipping containers and sometimes they steal from the backs of trucks and what they will do is return these products for cash or they will go to third-party reseller sites like ebay. so this effort to stop it at every single level has been about two years in the making. law enforcement, these third-party retailer sites and these retailers are all working together to share intel where before, they were working independently. retailers will be tracking the state and reporting it to police and now they'll be sharing all of this information in real time in an effort to stop it very quickly and here's what the attorney general had to say. >> it's not about the occasional smash and grab at your local big box store. this is about a multibillion-dollar criminal
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enterprise. criminal schemes that are complex, orchestrated and incredibly organized. the only way we can take these criminals down is by beating them at their own game and being organized, as well. >> john, pretty staggering numbers according to a 2020 national retail survey, for about $1 billion in retail sales that these organizations make, about $700,000 are stolen every year. john? >> that really is incredible. thank you very much for that. kate? >> so is there new hope now in the search for the missing titan deep water vessel? crews report hearing repeated and consistent banging sounds as they're scouring the water and one ocean explorer just told us that making consistent noise like that is a standard protocol in an emergency under the water. we have many more details coming in. that's next. the subway series? it's the perfect menu lineup. just give us a number, we got the rest. number three? the monster. six? the boss. fifteee? titan turkey. number o one? the philly. oh, yeah, you probably don't wantnt that one.
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