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now on cnn "news central." john berman here with sara sidner, and kate is off today. the ukrainian leader volodymyr zelenskyy was candid with erin burnett, and he says that last week proves that pew tipp does not have control. he addressed crimea, the claim of an assassination cry mere ya after russia claimed that crimea tried to kill the russian-backed leader there. >> translator: we cannot imagine russia without the

crimean-backed leader. and the attempt means one thing, the war is not over yet. >> to be clear, in victory or in pi piece. >> translator: it will. >> reporter: i know that bill burns came to visit you regularly, and what did you tell him about the plans the take back the territory in the counter offensive? >> translator: to be honest with you, i was surprised to see the information in the media in the u.s., ukrainian and the european media. it should be beyond the we don't have bad relations with the cia,

because we have good relations. we have good relations with the cia chief, and we talking. i told him about all of the good things that we need in the battlefield, and we are talking. >> you can watch the full report wednesday night at 8:00 with erin burnett. cnn just learned about this news saturday, but zelenskyy was saying that he was surprised about the information that he thought that it was secret, and reported. cnn correspondent oren liebermann, what are you hearing about the officials? >> well, sara, it is first noted that you d a -- that burns was

there in january, and he did confirm the meeting, and this is simplying other meetings and many more meetings of burns to ukraine, and what was this about? to, according to the u.s. official, that there is intelligence support for the ukrainians to count box rnlgt and burns who who did speak openly in london did speak about the and that did hurt putin's standing, and that would help ukr ukraine, but it also hurts

recruiting. >> this disaffection will gnaw away. and that once in a generation opportunity creating business for us here >> "and that there was an attempt at that or another attempt at that, and the opening of the cia there, and the timing of the visit, because the u.s. official say it was before the wagner mutiny against putin, and so that did not come up in those conversations there. >> oren liebermann, thank you for your reporting. john? >> and joining us is phil mudd, a cnn senior adviser. and phil, always great to see you. >> thank you.

>> how important for you to have secret meetings that stay secret? >> i don't thigh it is sgm in the newspapers in the united states and ur, and that conversation without diplomacy involved gets publicized, but part of the message is to moscow in the middle of the political and we can see that with whether or not committed, the message to putin is don't underestimate us, because we are committed for a long time. >> and what does it mean when they say that we are doing well

with recruitment right now inside of russia? >> i think it is an interesting mes and so what do you ti tell pin in the face of a mini revolt? you tell him, look, you are vulnerable. and there is a huge informants that is volunteers. they are saying i am disaffected, and i want to sign up. if i were putin i would take advantage of the flipside. they will flood the zone, and find out how the americans are trying to recruit people online and send their own recruits in to if they can but, it is not as

easy as you think, john. >> you think they will send in plants, because of the -- >> hell, yeah. >> it is a dangerous game. >> yeah, yeah. it is intel game. you are thinking of the digital world, and ask people to get into recruiting, but this is the intent and one of the best informant of al qaeda he was a great, great infor mabt, but he would be sent through , and so overtime, you have to figure out whether to hangle, and they will send in aingep sfloimgt and we

have not seen wagner since the failed revoult, and does tu cia how important is it to know? >> i would be interested where he is, and i would have a big insurance policy, and if you are looking at the insurance po pol policies, and i would understand that he is trying to mount something else, and i would be and interesting question is not what and there is going to be a number of military analysis of what was responded generally as far as the generals are involved and what happened militarily and

on platforms like facebook, did they talk about it, and did they talk about it in a way that is different than a year ago. this is a gold mine of the people assessing russian operations. a real gold level, john. >> how welg. >> i am going to say fp. >> reporter: normally, the people who you want to talk to who know what putin is close to, they have a vested interest in staying close to him. maybe they have corruption involved and that means that i are getting money to staying with the revum, and value to thems are ol and including the

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he has been found in a hospital. he speaks a few words at a time, and it is going to be a long journey. tomorrow, demar hamilton is going to be throwing out the first pitch, but first, he is going to be holding a free cpr class. he has been touring to help hold cpr training clinics and stresses the importance of that cpr that saved his life. and now, donald trump says that there is nothing with pence who helped to find voter fraud and stop the certification of biden's win. kristen hoemdz is going us with the details. what are you hearing us along

thelines that donald trump, himself, he was trying to pressure, ak considereding to source. >> that is right. we know that there was communication between the former president and doug ducey, but we never knew what they talked about. over the weekend, i learned from a source that duecey privately over the weekend that he was trying to find some reason to overturn the election, and trump lost by some 11,000 votes. and also, we learned over the weekend that pence had pence call ducey, and the question is whether or not pence applied pressure, and he said, he said. >> i did check in, and reviewing

the election results burk there is no pressure involved, margaret. i skuz called upon to pass information on to the president, and no more or no less than that. >> reporter: and sarah, we have been reporting for years the infamous call between trump and raffensperger in georgia where he asked for more vote, and we know that raffensperger has been calling for the investigation between jack smith, and the efforts to overturn the 2020 election, and two things to be known for the coal and we are told that jack smith has not reached out to former arizona governor regarding the 2020 election. >> okay. moving on to the another presidential candidate, and talking about ron desantis the governor of florida facing criticism this morning after the

campaign shared this odd video to say the least on twitter slamming trump over donald trump's support for lgbtq community. >> i will do everything in my power to protect the lgbtq citizens. ♪ >> ugh, yeah. kristen, what are the republicans saying about this video with lathered up body builders and dark music? >> well, sara, i usually say, well, it depends who you talk to and go into the responses, but it is going into the bizarre and

it teeters on the bizarre, and this is going to people who give ron desantis what it is supposed to mean. we also heard from the log cabin republicans who call themselves the largest organization of republicans who support the lgbtq. they said it is divisive and destr destructive, and the trump campaign who have the most to benefit from a desantis misstep. you hear the music and the oiled up christian bale, and then you hear trump saying that he shgoing to offer his support this community coming a month after the pulse shooting. he was accepting the nomination in ohio, and he said that he would support this community, and any community facing

domestic terrorism, and it is unclear why the desantis team would choose that speech to draw a line of the president's support of the lgbtq team, but it is a moment of time when this group was suffering, and so there are a lot of questions ant that, and if they know what this speech was about when they put it out there. >> all right. kristen holmes, thank you for the reporting. john? unched the largest military operation in dec decades. this is just into cnn, the russian ambassador has just had an interview, , and what we learned from that meeting.

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this morning, an israeli source says that the country has lost the largest military operation in the west bank since 2002, the second sinintafata.

hadas gold is outside of jerusalem with the latest. what are you learning? >> john, this is being described as the largest israeli military operation in the west bank since 2002 in the days of the second i intifata and there were tanks, but they were outside of the city of jenin, and in terms of the air strike, this started 1:00 a.m. overnight, and they used drones for the air strikes to target locations within the jenin refugee camp, and it is hard to describe how dense and populated this area is. the israeli military saying they were focused on the terrorist infrastructure and command and control structures and command and control sites and the like.

they have carried out ten separate strike, and there are ongoing gun battles, and the israeli military is still engaging in fighting, and what they say militants in the mosques and the like. but i was in jenin yesterday with our team for a different story with the drones buzzing above our heads, but today, the residents are saying that the sheer amount. and jenin has witnessed several of the military raids in the last year and half, and this is in response to an increasing attack of these drones against israel. but many of the residents there are saying that the israeli bulldozers are tearing up their streets. this is ostensibly to remove the ieds that they have been using

against the israeli military there. we know at least eight palestinians have been killed, and we know that no militant group has been claiming them as the members, and we know of at least 50 injure. we know that there has been one israeli soldier injured. the white house is monitoring this, but they are supporting the israeli people. but there is condemnation from egypt and jordan for the scale of this operation, and the concern now, john, it is going to turn into something so much broader. we are talking about the days of the second intafata and they are saying these are targeted targets, but they are calling on all of the members now to operate against israel.

>> hadas gold, quite a few developments coming in quickly there. sara. and now, we are learning that the u.s. ambassador has been able to meet with detained journalist evan gershkovich. the charges are being called baseless, and kylie atwood is joining us, and what is the concern that the u.s. is not able to get to evan? >> yes, sara. this is confirmed by the u.s. embassy from moscow that with u.s. ambassador lynne tracy, that there is contact with evan gershkovich, and there is concern that she has not been able to meet with him since

april, and the u.s. embassy has been requesting meetings with him, but they have been turned down. so it is good news that she has been able to get in to meet with him, and we have not been getting the readouts yet, and we may get more as time goes on, because we understand that the meeting concluded today, but we should note, he was detained in march on charges of espionage, and the state department is denying it, and the family is denying it, because he was there as a journalist for "the wall street journal." and one of the challenges of being charged with espionage in the russian system is that the russians are looking for something they can get out of the united states from their spying around the world. what we are learning is that the u.s. is trying to learn what it will take to get evan out of prison.

we should also note that paul wheelen has been wrongfully detained in russia for more than four years, and they are trying to find out what it is going to take to get them released, and there is also a whole host of americans wrongfully detained by the state department at the same time, and this is a good news of the american hs being denied access to this prisoner in russia. >> thank you, kylie atwood for your reporting. john. new this morning in france, protests are flaring after a teenaged boy after police killed a boy at a traffic stop. they detained over 157 people overnight in france.

some 45,000 security forces were deployed across the country. france is being gripped by violent demonstrations following police shooting, and french president emmanuel macron calls it inexcusable, but he says that many are exploiting boy's death. so where do things stand in these protests, right now, melissa? >> reporter: well, this is a part of paris that saw violence saturday night, and the house of the local mayor was rammed by a car on fire, and attempted murder investigation ongoing with his wife and children inside. we saw the town hall with a message on it. and we are seeing solidaire and support for the mayor as a line has been crossed. it has been a week now, and a

remarkable levels of anger and it is gripping part of the outer parts of paris, and not only the well off periods of france, but many of of the other parts, of the years of frustration of the fears, and the systemic and what we have seen over the course of the weekend was another weekend of remarkable violence. they were down to 157 sunday night with the violence, but they are hoping that the violence may be quieting down, and what has helped is that young nial, the young boy killed by the police, and his grandmother had to say. >> translator: i blame the policeman who killed my grandson. i'm the grandmother, and i blame the police who killed my

grandson. and the people who are here and breaking things, i tell them, stop! stop! we want to calm things down. don't break. remain calm. >> reporter: now the words of the grandmother who buried her grandson may have carried some weight, but they are taking, no chances, john. the head of the paris police will try to remain calm tonight and hopefully keep the streets calm. and now, major disruptions over the country for the weekend, and the cancellations though are looking better. we will have a report coming up. e your car insurance so you only pay for what you need. check it outut, you could save $700 dollars just by switching. ooooh, i'll look into t that. let me putut a reminder on my phone. save $700 dollars.

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909 million americans are facing severe threats today, and power storms are expected to spread from mississippi to massachusetts and bringing wind gusts and possibly tornadoes a. record number of travelers passed through the u.s. airports on friday. the weather, as you can imagine, created travel nightmares for those wanting to spend the holiday away from home or get home for holidays. so far 93 flights have been canceled, which is not bad, but that number is expected to rise as the storms continue to increase throughout the country. we go cnn meteorologist allison chinchar, and how are thing looking right now? >> we have two target points today. first is the area of of the

midwest, and the high and keep in mind now we will go over it again. 250 re. ant and many of them are going to ramp up today through the evening. from massachusetts into mississippi and arkansas and oklahoma. the secondary target point is up across sections of the midwest with large hill. so once it starts to get the heating of the day, and into the holiday, we will have thunderstorms possible, and the target is here across the midwest including minneapolis stretching into denver and yet again many of the same areas,

and we will talk massachusetts into mississippi, and the threats themselves will remain the same, and you are still talking damaging winds and potential for large hail. another concern is going be the heat because of how widespread it is. numerous states across the southeast will be feeling triple digits. across the west, where the systems that will be kaus spreading off to the north and we could see record temperatures. 30 cities could end up with records over the next several days. >> it sounds like a forecast to keep us on our toes, allison. >> and pete, what are you seeing in terms of the cancellations in

the last few days and tomorrow? >> well, today is not so bad, john. thinking back to a week ago, when airlines across the u.s. canceled 2200 and i just checked flight aware, and 180 degrees, and the numbers are climbing, but thinking yesterday, when the storms hit the east coast, it caused cancellations to climb, and we saw 600 cancellations yesterday according to flight aware, and the faa is warning as the air moves on, we could see some stoppaging between dfrmt df dfrmt. now, i want you to listen to transportation secretary pete

buttigieg giving the transportation department credit after they have handle this in the short term and they are on the path of recovering from the big cancellationsf last week. take a listen. >> we are watching the more severe, and potential for the more severe weather a week alg, and we have come a long way. >> last week, united airlines canceled more flights than any airline. we are talking about 3,000 at united, and 8,000 in a mow >> and now, to blame are the cancellations of last week, and he says that they will reassess the hub in newark, and that is a massive hub which triggered a tough cancellations that

cascaded last week. we will see the big test is not over just yet, john. 17.7 million people are expected to be screened at, za between now, and the 5th. we saw the with and now, it is going to be a huge holiday rush, john. >> pete muntean, thank you very much. join cnn tomorrow for a july fourth celebration with an all-star lineup and spectacular lineup. the u.s. air force band is going to perform with demi lovato and sheryl crow and just a few. it starts tomorrow night at 7:00 p.m. eastern right here on cnn. sara? >> for those who are traveling to california, thousands of hotel workers in southern

california are on strike, just as the summer and how that might affect you in a life report just ahead.

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nows of unionized hotel workers in los angeles walked off the job sunday, going on strike just as tourists packed into southern california for the july 4th holiday weekend. the walkout came af their labor contract expired. they're demanding better pay and better benefits. most of them cannot afford to live anywhere near where they work. the strike left hotels short

staffed during this holiday season. cnn's camilla bernal is in los angeles this morning. i see the strike is still happening. what can you tell us? >> reporter: hey, marianne. this is the scene outside a number of hotels in los angeles. if you're staying at the j.w. marriott, for example, it's what you're waking up to. it's not necessarily pleasant for the guests here. these are the people behind the scenes. these are the people that cook and clean. even though the hotels are going to stay open, it is significant because, of course, you're seeing them outside instead of working in the hotel. they have a number of demands, including, of course, higher wages and better pension. but they're also asking for better conditions when they're working, safer work loads and essentially just better health care. one of the things that they're really interested in is the housing fund as well. what they're saying is -- and it's almost impossible to live

here in los angeles and work in these hotels. and they say it's almost just really difficult to be in los angeles with the salaries that they have at the moment. here is what one of those union members told me just a few minutes ago. >> last year i took a leap of faith, and i ended up moving to apple valley because my rent was increasing to $3,000 for a two-bedroom apartment. the wage and what we get paid now is not the same as, you know, the rent prices. the rent has gone up and our wages hasn't. so, we're, you know, basically scraping the end of the barrel. >> reporter: and she's not the only one that was expressing those sentiments. i talked to someone else who told me, i have to work two jobs in order to live here in los angeles. so, they say they're going to be out there for as long as it takes. and it's not just here at the marriott, but it's in a number of hotels.

we did reach out to marriott, though, and what they're saying is that they're going to remain open and that they're trying to negotiate here. the union is saying that they know what their demands are. they simply want these hotels to sign. meanwhile, though, we know people familiar with those negotiations and with plans say that they're going to remain open and they're going to continue to do whatever they can. but asking for a $5 increase. they're offering $2.50. so, we'll have to see where those numbers come. in the meantime, these workers will be out here picketing. sarah? >> thank you so much. i know it's hard to hear us. one of the big things across the country is a lot of people who work in cities that are really, really expensive to live in, having a hard time with that. >> hard to make ends meet. thank you all for joining us. this has been "cnn news central." "inside politics," up next. ♪

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