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around the world. i'm kim brunhuber. ahead on "cnn newsroom." we're live in france with a look a another night of protests after the fatal police shooting of a teenager. this as a french mayor's home was attacked overnight. and we already knew about donald trump's call to georgia trying to overturn the 2020 election results in that state. well, now we're learning about a different phone call with the governor of arizona. and an unrelenting heat wave is scorching parts of the u.s. this holiday weekend, this as millions of americans are taking to the skies and roads to celebrate. what's in store for this fourth of july weekend, that's ahead. >> announcer: live from cnn center, this is "cnn newsroom" with kim brunhuber. all right. we'll have those stories in a moment. but first, we're following police reports of a mass shooting in southern baltimore. now, the exact number of casualties is still unclear, but it appears that there are

multiple fatalities and dozens of people wounded. we are expecting a news conference and will bring you the latest details as soon as we get them. we turn now to france, where an official's home has reportedly been attacked during nationwide protests during the fate police shooting of a teenager. the mayor of l'hay-les-roses says a group of people randmmed car into his residence, injuring his wife and one of his children. it happened as demonstrations raged across the country for a fifth straight night. police say they detained more than seven cars that damaged buildings. several areas were reinforced with extra security to discourage more violence. here he is. >> translator: and i think that everyone has understood that the state will not back down. i think, and let me say here, that the message of responsibility over youth given to parents is very important.

>> let's getmore now from katherine trent. first of all, what's the latest on this alleged attack on the mayor? >> well, the latest we're hearing, kim, is that prosecutors have now opened a normal investigation into attempted murder, after this attack, which is shocking a lot of people in france, as they're waking up this sunday. images of extreme violence coming out of this town of l'hay-les-roses. his family was inside, his wife and his two young children, when around 1:30 a.m., a car rammed into the building. the prosecutors say that they believe that that was try to burn it down, and in fact, pictures of a huge blaze at the property were prbroadcast.

the family managed to escape, but his wife was injured, we believe her leg was fractured and one of the children was injured, too. so the mayor of that town has said that he is shocked by the violence. political reaction coming out, too, has been of people very shocked to hear of those events. we've seen in previous nights, town halls and city halls across france coming under attack, basically, in these riots, with bins set on fire outside, vehicles set on fire, angry protesters and rioters coming to those symbols of the french state, of french authority. but this is an attack on seemingly on his family. and we've had reactions, for example, from marine le pen saying that a new milestone has been reached in france. there's increasing pressure on authorities to crack down on the violence. >> yeah, pressure on authorities, and also on french president emmanuel macron to do

some more, right? >> absolutely. because this has carried on now since tuesday, when the 17-year-old boy was shot dead in a traffic stop by police in a suburb of paris. and since then, it has spiraled to not only the suburbs of paris, of course, but cities and towns right across france. so people are comparing this to the weeks of violence that france saw back in 2005, which was extremely hard for authorities to put down. now, emmanuel macron has cut short his visit to brussels and now has had to cancel a state visit to germany which he was due to be starting this sunday. he is considering bringing into place a state of emergency. for the moment, that is not the case. there are local curfews put in place in some towns and cities across france.

and 45,000 police officers have been drafted in to try and contain the violence. some 7,000 police officers in the paris region alone. but there are a lot of people calling for more action, and saying that this needs to be contained fast. >> thanks so much, katherine norris trent. appreciate it. later this hour, we'll discuss how the unrest in france compares to the 2020 u.s. protests over the death of george floyd. that's coming up in an interview with journalist and filmmaker rakiu dalu. parts of the u.s. are expecting extreme and in some cases dangerous heat for the fourth of july holiday weekend. in central california, southern nevada, and southwestern arizona, temperatures could soar to up to 110 degrees and up to 120 in desert areas. all right. we're going to bring you some breaking news now. we're following police reports of a mass shooting in southern baltimore.

now, the exact number of casualties is still unclear, but it appears that there are multiple fatalities and dozens of people wounded. police are addressing the media now. let's listen in. >> this morning, officer received numerous calls for a shooting at 800 gretna court. when officers arrived, we located multiple victims suffering from gunshot wounds. we located one female adult, deceased on the scene. nine additional victims were transported from the location to area hospitals. additionally, we had 20 other victims walk into hospitals throughout the region. our detectives are currently working an extensive crime scene. the two deceased victims we have are both adults. we have three other victims who are in critical condition. our hearts and prayers are going out to the families, sending out to the families and friends of these victims, as well as the community in our entire city. this is an extensive crime scene. our detectives are going to be here quite a while. if anyone saw anything or knows

anything, please call 911 or local metro crime stoppers, 1-866 1-866-7-lockup. we have members of our fire department, emergency management, as well as other jurisdictions working with us to rye to determine a motive. again, please call 1-866-7-lockup. >> this morning, all of baltimore is grieving for the lives that we lost here and our hearts are with all of those who are still recovering as a result of this mass shooting. as you heard, this investigation is ongoing and our homicide detectives will continue to work until they find out what happened here. but what we do know this morning, and this was the reckless, cowardly act that happened here, and that has permanently altered many lives and cost two people their lives. and i want those who are responsible hear me and hear me very clearly. we will not stop until we find you and we will find you.

until then, i hope with every single breath that you take, that you think about the lives that you took and you think about the lives that you impacted here tonight. we're also asking for anyone that knows anyone, anything about what happened here, anything about this mass shooting, to come forward with any piece of information. treat this as if it were your family and how you would want people to treat it if you were mourning, if this was your neighborhood, if this was an event in your community that this happened at. we want you to treat it that way, because that's how we have to treat each other as baltimoreans. we are mobilizing every resource in our power to embrace this community and support this community through this unspeakable tragedy. montesy will be conducting a coordinated neighborhood response and every single city agency will be in brooklyn to support this community beginning later this morning. i want to again express that this is an absolute tragedy that did not have to happen.

it again highlights the impacts and the need to deal with the overproliferation of illegal guns on our streets, and the ability for those who should not have them to get their hands on them. and also, the need for accountability on each and every level, when you're dealing with guns and gun violence. and again, we will not stop until we find those cowards who decided to just shoot dozens of people, causing two people to lose their lives, and we're going to be here until we find them and hold them accountable, and until they are held accountable for the actions that they took, because we cannot rest until they do so. and again, our thoughts and prayers are with their entire community and entire city. thank you. all right. at this time, we'll take a few questions. we'll start here and take a few questions. one question per outlet. >> commissioner, just to be clear, right now, there's no suspect or suspects? >> we're actively reviewing

video, talking to possible witnesses to try to identify suspects. >> neighbors told us that there was some sort of block party going on. do you have an idea of wahat wa going on at the time this unfolded? >> there was a block happening inside on 800 gretna court. >> can you give us the total number of injuries and the total number of casualties, just so we have a concrete number? >> it's a total of 30 victims, 28 of them are non-non-fatal ats point, two are critical, and three have been pronounced deceased. >> all right. thank you, guys. >> thank you. >> we were listening there to baltimore's police commissioner after a mass shooting in southern baltimore. they said two people are dead, many more injured, including three people in critical condition. police say that they're still trying to identify suspects and

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the trump campaign is pushing back against reporting that the former president targeted arizona in his efforts

to overturn the results of the 2020 election. donald trump lost the state to joe biden by fewer than 11,000 votes. a source tells cnn that the current republican front-runner tried to push doug doocy to help overturn his loss. the source says that trump called doocy and pressured him to find fraud. sources also say that trump leaned on vice president mike pence to talk to doocy as well. a trump spokesperson responded saying, these witch hunts are designed to interfere and meddle in the 2024 election, in an attempt to prevent president trump from returning to the white house. cnn's jeremy herb has been digging into these revelations and has more details from new york. >> reporter: sources telling cnn new details about president trump eefrts efforts to pressur governor doocy after the #2020 election. governor doocy had not shared details about what president trump told him during that phone call. now sources tell cnn that

president trump pressured the governor to try to find enough fraud in the state to overturn the election in arizona. sources also tell cnn new details that president trump tried to enlist his vice president, mike pence, in this effort. vice president pence, he called governor doocy several times after the 2020 election to discuss the election, but a source tells cnn that vice president pence did not follow through with the request to pressure the governor. and this all comes as special counsel jack smith is ramping up his investigation into efforts to overturn the 2020 election, including some of those efforts by the president and his allies to reach out to state officials. now, the governor's spokesperson, he downplayed the significance of this call to us, saying in a statement to cnn, frankly, nothing here is new nor is it news to anyone following this shall the last two years. governor doocy defended the results of arizona's 2020 election, he certified the election, and he made it clear that the certification provided a trigger for credible

complaints backed by evidence to be brought forward. up none were ever brought forward. the spokesman also told cnn that the special counsel's office has not reached out to governor doocy to set up an interview and talk about this call. special counsel did interview this week another state official, georgia secretary of state, brad raffensperger about the call he had with president trump in 2021, about finding enough votes for the president to win the election in that state. jeremy herb, cnn, new york. >> ukraine is claiming success in the latest russian strike on the capital, kyiv. officials say russia fired a barrage of missiles and iranian-made drones overnight, but ukrainian air defenses had a perfect score shooting them down. meanwhile, ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy says wagner mercenaries have suffered enormous losses during the war. he said ukrainian troops have killed 21,000 of them and left

80,000 more wounded. zelenskyy spoke after meeting spanish prime minister pedro sanchez on saturday. now, cnn can't verify those claims about the numbers injured. for more, cnn correspondent scott mclean joins us from london. first, scott, let's start with those attacks on kyiv. what more are we learning? >> as you mentioned, kim, the ukrainians said they had a perfect score in shooting down eight irani-made drones and three caliber cruise missiles. these are long-range missiles, either fired from occupied parts of southeastern ukraine or from the black sea, either. and interestingly enough, the ukrainian air force says this is the first time in 12 days that drones have been used to fire at the capital. what is also unusual is the fact that all of them were shot down, which is why the ukrainians have been pushing for more air defense, for their skies, because president zelenskyy said last month that they simply do not have, despite what they've been given from the west already, they do not have enough air defense systems to protect

both cities and also troops on the front lines. zelenskyy, as you mentioned, also met with pedro sanchez yesterday, the spanish prime minister, and there were some headlines that came out of that, including the extraordinary claim that you mentioned that 21,000 wagner mercenaries were killed along with 80,000 injured in eastern ukraine. now, cnn can't verify that kind of a number, but zelenskyy did go on to say that, look, the insurrection attempt in russia is definitely weakening russia on the front lines and he says that ukraine has to take advantage of that. but he also seemed to preempt some criticism of the speed at which the ukrainians are moving forward with their counteroffensive, saying that, look, unlike what he describes as the cannon fodder of wagner mercenaries, the ukrainians have to be much more careful with their own moves, along the heavily mined front lines, because they value every single life. one other thing that i thought was interesting and was worth

pointing out from that press conference, kim, is that president zelenskyy was asked whether or not he thinks that he is the person in the world who is most in danger right now, and he said, well, no, because he thinks that vladimir putin is much more in danger than he is, because from his vantage point, it's only the russians that are interested in killing him. he says that the whole world would like to kill putin. kim? >> interesting way to put that. so, scott, in the spirit of never letting a serious crisis go to waste, the cia here saying that the unrest in russia could be seen as an opportunity for them. take us through that. >> yeah, a recruiting opportunity. something that they have made clear in the past. this disillusionment with the russian government may actually help them. and they say that there are already contacts coming in. and they tried to really bolster their efforts a few weeks ago when they made this video, very slickly produced, very dramatic video that they posted to their telegram account, which appeals to the russian sense of patriotism, and then directs

russians to the way to contact the cia, anonymously, securely through the dark web. and cia director bill burns spoke in england yesterday, gave a speech where he said that that video has been viewed 2.5 million times in the very first week since it was put out a few weeks ago. and here's what he said about why he believes that this is such an opportunity for the cia to recruit, within russia. >> disaffection with the war will continue to gnaw away at the russian leadership. underneath the steady diet of state propaganda and practiced repression. that disaffection creates a once in a generation opportunity for us at cia. at our core, a human intelligence service. we're not letting it go to waste. >> obviously, not saying how many they've recruited thus far or what industries that they work at, but the cia has previously said that they want to recruit people in industries like finance, tech, or cyber.

i should also mention, cukim, tt according to a u.s. official, bill burns reached out to his russian counterpart to say that the u.s. had nothing to do with the insurrection in russia that we saw a few weeks ago. we have seen previously american diplomatic efforts to do the same with their russian counterparts, with a similar message. the kremlin, though, has yet to comment on this. >> all right. thanks so much, scott mclane in london. appreciate it. so for more analysis, we're joined by nigel gould davis. thanks so much for being here with us. first of all, cnn spoke with you over a week ago, i guess, as all of this, the wagner insurrection was unfolding. could you ever have guessed that this was how it would all play

out? >> the events over the past week have been extremely unpredictable and there's still a great deal we don't know about them. and in particular, the circumstances in which the acute crisis was suddenly defused. a bargain appears to have been struck under conditions of extreme pressure, and maybe we can talk a bit more about that. but what's clear is that this is a tectonic moment in russian history. and even if the immediate threat to the kremlin has been averted, the shock waves of it continue to spread out across russia. and to sew deep anxiety and unease among russian elites in particular. and if there's at least one really important ongoing strand of this, which is clearly not resolved yet, it's the question of how much further this went than prigozhin and wagner,

specifically. the suspicion that others, even closer to putin, may have been involved. and the fact that the general has been detained, and it appears have been questioned for several days now suggests that this plot or this plan went further. >> do you get the sense that all of this unease that your talking about will result in consequences for putin? >> in the short-term, his position is secure. there is no other wagner-like threat to him out there. there are other so-called private military companies, but none with the resources and the standing that wagner did. i think the question it poses in the minds of many elites now, more insistently than ever is whether putin is really the person that they still want around. he has demonstrated profound misjudgment in allowing this

situation to arise in the first place. prigozhin was entirely putin's creation, not an outside force, he owed everything to putin's patronage, and then turned on putin in a way putin didn't realize. so it demonstrates just how out of touch he is and in addition to that, tensions are intensifying within the elite, between the true hard liners, even harder than putin, who want this war to be prosecuted in a truly ruthless and unhindered way, and the majority of those who think that this war actually has been a bad idea from the start. and that they would rather stop sooner rather than later. >> so turning now to the roll that belarus and lukashenko played here. lukashenko is viewed as a praia by the west. he and this country have been hit increasingly by sanctions from the u.s. and other countries. so how should the west react, if wagner mercenaries do set up

shop on ukraine's northern flank and that much closer to nato countries? >> yeah, i still think that decisions are being made in the kremlin about the future of wagner forces. how far they'll be folded into which forces. the sum suggestion that they might be -- some of them in belarus might be absorbed into belarus' regular armed forces. and of course, belarus is a co-belligerent, but not yet a co-combatant in the war. it hasn't sent its own forces directly to fight against ukraine. those preside also over military sources for russia. but if in whatever way, and whatever form a critical mass of the wagner, current or former wagner forces were permanently located in belarus, that would create the potential new worry of another axis of attack, from

ukraine's north down into -- much closer to kyiv or even ukraine's western border, than the fighting that's currently going on. and the russian regular forces did, in fact, mount such an attack at the beginning of the war itself. it would an unwelcome develop for ukraine, of course. if this threat further to the west and further to the north would be renewed. >> really appreciate your expertise on this, nigel gould davis, thanks so much for talking to us. france could face a national reckoning after a person of color was killed by police. ahead, we'll discuss how the death is fueling a social movement which is drawing comparisons to the george floyd protests of 2020. and the writer's strike, which has paralyzed some movie and television productions for as long as two months could get some backing from another major hollywood union. stay with us.

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." i want to get back to one of our top stories this hour. >> in france, more than 700 people have been detained after a fifth night of protests sparked by the fatal police shooting of a 17-year-old boy. nahel, which was of north african descent, was killed last week during a traffic stop. the tragedy sparked public outrage against the police which

have been accused of systemic racism. and witnesses and surveillance video contradicted the official narrative of the shooting, similar to the george floyd case here in the u.s. weeks after floyd was killed in 2020, additional information was released about the agonizing moments around his death. this included graphic images which show the 9 minutes and 29 seconds that police officer derek chauvin held his knee on his neck. similar, this sparked a national conversation about race, police brutality, and social injustice. joining me now from paris is writer, journalist, and filmmaker rokio dealo. first of all, what do you make of the protests and what police have dealt with the protesters? >> the protests are a result of a process which has connected to systemic racism and a way of

operating in the french policy that targets mostly people of color, young men, especially young people of color. so the protests are occurring a sense of despair, a sense of outrage that is present among that population for a long time. it has started very, very vividly on wednesday, because many people, many of those young people think that they could have been nahel. and that's why they are so angry. >> and that sensation would be familiar to many african-americans here, but just to contrast here, the language used by the largest police union in a statement, they said that they were, quote, at war with savage hoards andvermin. i mean, here if the police said that, you would say that they were saying the quiet part out loud. what does it say about relations between the police and the community that they would openly use that kind of language? >> that tells a lot about the

sense of impunity, the disrespect that they have towards a certain groups. and the fact that they can openly use colonial vocabulary to speak about the population, the populations that they are supposed to protect. and i would like to draw your attention to the fact that when nahel was killed, the first statement was published by one -- another union of the police who congratulated the cop for killing a 17 -- a teenager. so that tells -- that informs a lot about how the police perceives the population and why that population is so outraged. it's pause they know that they're not considered as fully citizens. they are treated as second-class citizens. and that's why the police can openly speak about them as if they were still colonized, and as if they were animals ss to t.

>> now, some of your work has involved comparing american and french views of race, you know, officially, race and ethnicity are treated very differently here than in france. france prides itself on at least pretending to be color blind. but some say that official -- that that official policy just makes them sort of blind to the problems of race that are very real. >> yes, actually, color blindness is a tool of racism. it's a very beautiful idea the fact that we are all the same. but as race has -- is like -- racism is deeply rooted into french history, it still operates. people who are not white are still, you know, mistreated by the police, by institutions. they don't have the same opportunities. so being blind to their racial position is being blind to their experience. and i think that that ideology

of color blindness is part of the larger denial about racism in france. and that's also for france a way to get away with something that also happened here. what i hear the most when i speak, when i try address race in france is that i'm importing something that doesn't belong to france and doesn't belong to the u.s. and it's a narrative that france tells toi itself, that we do no have any problem with race. >> yeah, but that's obviously clearly not true. now, here in the u.s., the killing of george floyd became a transformational moment for the country in many ways. do you expect this to be similar in france? >> i'm not so sure. i think that there is still a divide. and they released a statement a

few days ago, that france has to deal with its profound problem with racism, and that statement was dismissed by the french government, saying that there was no problem of racism in the police. so i think the country is still not ready to address the problem of race. people who are affected by racism know much about the fact that racism is still very much present. but the institution and the larger white population still prefer to choose the comfort of denial. and that doesn't help. i think that we need a real moment of recalling that that history of slavery and colonialism has very, very serious consequences on the lives of people who live today and whose ancestors were enslaved or colonized. >> finally, i want to circle back to the protests. some french politicians have

been calling for harsher crackdowns. some worry that if the rioters become more violent, they might do more harm to the cause than good. where do you see things head requed? >> what i can say, i can understand the reasons of rage and anger. of course, i'm saddened by the fact that they destroyed their own neighborhoods, but neighborhood, if it wasn't for those uprisings, would we be talking about what happened to nahel? i don't think so. i think that those young people would know that the only way to attract attention to them is to make noise. and i don't know if it's the best way, but it's one of the ways, and it's the only way that i have found to be listened to. because it's not the first time this happened, this happened 18 years ago, and there was -- you know, there were three weeks of uprising. it also happened 40 years ago. and still, the same problem, the same kind of violence, the same

kind of death still takes place and there was no response. as long as the systemic problem is not addressed, the same kind of response from people in the streets will happen. we have not heard the authorities telling that we will have a real -- that they have a real political will to transform the police force, and to make it get rid of racism. >> one can only hope that this will result in meaningful change. really appreciate your perspectives. thanks so much for speaking with us. >> thank you for having me. >> all right. the cries for democracy continue in israel. tens of thousands took to the streets yet again to protest against prime minister benjamin netanyahu's proposed judicial reforms. the demonstrations are now in their 26th consecutive week and

come days after the lawmakers gap debating the bill. the protesters thronged the capital of tel aviv, waving flag and chanting "democracy." just days ago, netanyahu said he would drop the most controversial aspects of the plan, which would allow lawmakers to overturn supreme court rulings, but the new bill would still open the door to corruption and weaken israel's democracy, opponents say. still to come, another bus load of migrants has been sent to texas to los angeles in a callous political move. what l.a. officials are saying. that's ahead. plus, thousands of hotel workers are set to go on strike this holiday weekend if california. just ahead, we'll have details of their key demand. please stay with us. hurry up dad! you've been in there forever! i'm trying! this cheap stuff is too thin! i told you notot to get the other toilet paper. here's charmin ultra strong. ahhh! my bottom's been saved! woooo!

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another bus carrying dozens of migrants including 11 children arrived in los angeles

from texas on saturday. it's the second such transport to the city in recent weeks, funded by the state of texas. the l.a. mayor's office says that they weren't formally notified of the arrivals. republican governors have been sending migrants to several democratic-led states to protest the biden administration's policies, which they say has led to an immigration crisis at the border. authorities say that their migrant system is already backlogged. listen to this. >> so our immigration court system is incredibly backlogged in los angeles. there's nearly 100,000 open cases. and because of that, court dates can be pushed out. the first court date can be several months from now. >> the screen actors guild, which represents 160,000 actors is delaying plans to go on strike, against the mayor hollywood studios and streaming services. the guild announced an extension of contract negotiations with the studios to july 12th. just hours before the contract was set to expire on friday night. the guild's member had

overwhelmingly voted authorize a strike. about 11,000 members of the writer's guild of america have been on strike for two months, bringing production to movies and television shows to a halt. if the actors follow suit in going on strike, it could stall most remaining productions. dozens of major hotels in california are bracing for a workers strike this holiday weekend. thousands of staff from more than 60 hotels are expected to walk off in a push for better wages. some of the big names likely to be affected are j.w. marriott, hilton, and sheridan grande. >> this is significant, because we are talking about 15,000 hotel workers. these are the people that greet you when you get to the hotel, the people that are behind the scenes, that are cooking and cleaning, and they have a number of demands. they're, of course, asking for higher wages and better pensions, specifically, they're asking for a $5 an hour increase. but they're also asking for better health benefits, for safer workloads, and they're also focused on a housing fund.

and part of the reason is that the union says that a lot of the employees, the workers cannot live in the areas where the hotels are, where they work. they're pointing to members who are having to commute two, three hours a day, just to get to where they work. and so they say this is making it extremely difficult for them. and i want you to listen to what one of the union members says about being an essential worker. >> during the pandemic, we were called essential workers. now there's no pandemic. employers think that we are not essential anymore, and they think that they can run without us, but we all know that's not true. >> and a person familiar with management plans has told us that the hotel's plan to stay home, that they offered a $2.50 increase. we are waiting to hear from both sides in terms of an update on those negotiations and those numbers. but there is this notion on the part of the hotels that it is l.a. city leaders who should be

focused on affordability here. camilla bernal, cnn, los angeles. the atlanta police academy is the apparent target of arsonists. on saturday, a number of motorcycles were set on fire and then after the flames were extinguished, firefighters discovered several incendiary devices. police vehicles were vandalized in another part of the city. georgia governor brian kemp issued a statement saying, quote, these attacks on public safety resources are outrageous and completely inexcusable. the planned destruction of property and attempted use of explosive device put both lives and community assets in danger. still ahead, number one nba draft pick, victor is officially on his new team. cnn sports carolyn manno joins me live to look at when we could see him on the court. that's coming up. goodbye gush f! thanks to always ultra thins... with rapiddry technology... that absorbs two times faster. hellooo clean and comfortable. always. fear no gush.

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french phenom victor women ben yama is now officially part of the san antonio spurs. when can we actually see him take the court with his teammates? >> he said he's spent more time

with the media than his team. the hype around the 19-year-old top overall pick has been so overwhelming and it's going to grow to a fever pitch when he does step on to the court for the first time, expected next week at the las vegas summer league. a couple days away, but before that can happen, he had to take care of business, as in signing his brand-new contract with the spurs. terms of the deal not disclosed, but it was previously reported by "forbes" that wemby was expected to earn around $12.2 million in his rookie season. remains to be seen how many action he's actually going to see on the floor in vegas, considering his season in france just wrapped up a couple of days ago, but he said he's excited about what's coming next. >> i'm glad this is over now and i can focus on basketball 100%. i don't know how it works yet, how many minutes i'm going to play, but i'm not going to have a big role and it's going to be intense. yeah, i can't wait to try to do it. to wear the spurs jersey for the

first time. >> everybody will be watching. that's for sure. in free agency news, it looks like damian lillard will be putting on a different jersey next season. agent aaron goodwin confirming to cnn that the seven-time all-star has requested a trade. lillard spent the first 11 seasons of his career in portland. this is a huge story going into free agency. he ranks first in blazer's history in both points and three po pointers, second in assists, and he's hoping to take his talents to south beach and play with the miami heat. that's the preferred destination. in the meantime, soccer fans in miami are holding their breath in anticipation over the arrival of arguably the greatest player of all-time, messi, whose contract with paris st. jermaine ran out on friday. he has verbally agreed to join miami, but hasn't put pen to paper. expected to make his debut on july 21st, but the demand for anything with his name on it is already sky high.

t-shirts are flying off the shelves, but his official jersey unavailable for now. we'll wait and see. and watch this. indy car driver walking away unharmed from this terrible wreck during indy car practice on saturday. his car rolling seven times throughout the gravel before coming to rest on its side. he said his brakes had failed when he was going about 180 miles per hour. he was evaluated and released by doctors, but not cleared to compete in qualifying. and rush hour traffic will take on a whole new meeting on the streets of chicago this afternoon, kim. the windy city set to host its first-ever street race. denny hamlin getting a start from the poll position. it's 2.2 miles, it's through grant park, set against the backdrop of lake michigan and the city skyline. some have questioned the massive downtown disruption ear, but nascar hopes that the race will help grow the sport. there's been a lot of attention focused on this, you think, what

the intention is. but hopefully everybody living in chicago won't be too affected, kim. >> absolutely. thanks so much, carolyn manno in new york, appreciate it. all right. well, the fourth of july has plenty of traditions here in the u.s., barbecues, baseball, beer, hot dogs, witbut here's a new mash-up. pepsi is introducing a cola-infused ketchup they're called cola-chup. it will only be available at yankee stadium in new york and three other ballparks on july 4th. and before we go -- cities across the united states getting a head start on the fourth of july celebrations. this was the view from atop the cnn center here in atlanta at the fireworks display at centennial olympic park. a quick programming note, cnn's july 4th special returns with an all-star line.

celebrate with spectacular fireworks and musical performances. don't miss "the 4th in america" live tuesday, july 4th at 7:00 p.m. eastern, of course, only here on cnn. that wraps this hour of "cnn newsroom." i'm kim brunhuber. you can follow me on twitter @kimbrunhuber. for viewers in north america, "cnn this morning" is next. for the rest of the world, it's "connecting africa." see ya.

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