. welcome to a special holiday edition of cnn tonight. we we have new details on former president trump's efforts to pressure state officials after his defeat in the 2020 lexington. a source tells cnn trump called then arizona governor doug ducey to pressure him to find fraud in the results that could switch the outcome. sources tell cnn then vice president pence called ducey several times but did not put pressure on the governor. kristen holmes has the latest details. what do we know >> before we get to pence's response to this call, i want to

give a little bit of context. we did know tell the. former president donald trump's governor doug ducey did speak. i learned observed ducey told people it was a pressure campaign to try and find widespread fraud to overturn the results of the 2020 election in the state of the arizona. as you remember, trump was losing by a small margin, about 11,000 votes. we also learned pence made a series of calls to governor ducey at the same time. i'm told by sources they was in the pressure campaign. pence was reaching out to try and see if there was any evidence of widespread fraud and telling ducey to report it. pence was asked about those calls specifically this weekend. take a listen to what he said. >> i did check in with not only governor ducey but other governors going through the legal process of reviewing their

election results. but there was no pressure. margaret i was calling to get an update. i passed along that information to the president. no more or less than that. >> pence saying there was no pressure from the former president on him to make those calls. but it is important to note something widely reported. we read in these interprets from trump's aides at the time in the administration. there was enormous pressure on former vice president pence from the former president just overall to find widespread fraud to overturn the 2020 election. and eventually not to certify that 2020 election. sos that important to context there. the other thing is there's another call that we have reported extensively on. that's the one there's a recording of between trump and the georgia secretary of state brad raffensperger. which he's essentially asking him to find votes to help him overturn the election in the state of georgia. that call is now been subject to the specially council's investigation into trump's

handling of january 6, 2020 election,th raffensperger met with jack smith. learned that ducey has not been contacted by jack smith. there is no recording of this call. the other thing i want to say here is that we do have comment from the governor's spokesperson, former governor's spokesperson on this call. he essentially just says that the governor stands by his action to certify the election and considers the issue to be in the rear view mirror. it's time to move on. but again, it is important to note that it's hard to move on. because the former president is now running for office again, a huge part of his platform is that 2020 election saying that the 2020 election was rigged. a lot of his base still believes that. and it is still subject of this special council investigation. the 2020 election and trump handling of it. even though former governor ducey is moving on the country is not able to do so yet.

>> thank you much. back with me. and constitutional law professor at john j college of criminal justice glory brown russell. shouldn't governor ducey have mentioned this pressure campaign >> got to feel for the guy. he's kind of between a rock and hard place he would love to move on from the election denier, i am struck some unlikely heros. people i might disagree with strongly ideal oh logically. i never would think i would praising chris christie liz cheney but these are people standing up against someone they kind of agree with. maybe not on the election but politically they want the republicans to succeed and they're taking courageous stands. rather than the political football to whom and whatever i'm struck by the public ethics of this moment.

>> i wouldn't be too struck. first of all, we are going to take mike pence at his word? >> he's certified the election. >> right. ok. he did the bare minimum. he did the bare minimum because dan quail told him he had to. >> but he go there. he saved democracy. >> but i mean, i am just saying the idea that trump, you know, i mean, there's so many opportunities for republicans to be brave and do the rye thing. then you have this governor ducey, former governor ducey saying it's the rear view. to this is how we got here. republicans saying it's in the rear view, let him play golf. it's not like he's trying to overturn the election. right? now, he's running on that. >> professor, this all rang a bell to me, because we all remember the moment that governor ducey was i think certifying the election in his state and his phone rang. let's just play this, because he

had -- he had his phone specially designed to with president it played hail to the chief. let's listen for this moment. ♪. ♪ ♪ >> so professor, that was a moment where the president of the united states is calling and he's like i'll hold that call. he doesn't answer it. and continues doing the work of the state to certify. are you surprised that the special council jack smith has not spoken to governor ducey there >> i'm surprised because the special counsel spoken to others. there's been this ongoing sense that there's a national conspiracy in arizona would be a part of it. the way the former governor

acted was like the teenager when the parent calls. and they've called again and again. and i know what this is about. so when i hear former vice president pence say there was to pressure. if one were to continue to call again and again, asking the same question, that's harassment. that is pressure. even though they're asking is there any fraud? they're actually under stating. the real question was is there a vote you can find, 10,000 votes you can find for me in arizona, which is what donald trump actually wanted. so yes, i believe that what ducey did was courageous, given the fact that as was pointed out, the base will come for them. and tear them to pieces. and donald trump then begins to have this harassment of ducey on social media. that then turn this man who had presidential hopeful dreams

saying i'm just going to leave office altogether. >> jason >> first i don't know i would say downloading a ring tone especially designing a phone >>. >> you're right. thank you for highlighting my technological know, how. the point is it was designed to know when it was donald trump calling >> look, i think it's a mistake to think that that was one just one call. right? i think there were probably many calls. and i not only fault president trump for doing that. i think it was an act of desperation. i would like to think nobody else would act like that. but he wasn't getting answers from people making calls before him. i'd be curious to see if we could get a list of all the calls that were made into ducey's office, all the back channels to everybody else in that office and other states too. i think, mike pence, to mollily potent, i never heard that mike pence is a liar. i take him at his word i think mike pence being a former

governor has a relationship with all the former governors. he wanted for himself to empathize with doug ducey in what he was doing just like he i'm sure call brian kemp and other republican governors to get what is the story on the ground and be able to go back to the president and say, there is nothing to be done. but yet trump did not want to listen to any of that and continued to do -- to the previous person's comment harass the governors and other elected officials. >> let's move on to what cnn k file a has unearthed. we all i think will remember that in 2016, donald trump as a candidate was very, very concerned about having a potential president who could be under indictment. he talked about it a lot. here it is. >> we could very well have a sitting president under felony indictment and ultimately a criminal trial.

it would grind government to a halt. if she were to win, it would create an unprecedented constitutional crisis that would cripple the operations of our government. >> well, jay, it's settled. that's how he felt about hillary clinton. obviously he must feel that way about his own. >> is this even a gotcha, the guy himself is a walking constitutional crisis. we lost track. he said he wants to suspend the constitution literally and under the hallmark of fascism. wants it to go against political enemies, literally another hallmark of fascism. i don't know if this counts he's a hypocrite he said one thing before. threat this individual poses to our way of life and our country should really, it's july 4th. we should be celebrating and not being kept awake at night wondering which new article of the constitution donald trump is going to try to violate.

>> former president trump really warned people down with saying two things at once. people like jay and a lot of people say, well, there's trump being trump. but i mean he was quite crystal clear. that the country could never have a candidate running for president under indictment. that would be a constitutional crisis back then. >> imagine that he found out that there was someone who had been indicted twice on state charges and federal charges, then impeached twice. and that person. >> he would not have olympiced that >> he would not have liked that. but with a lot of trump stuff was projection. you know, this kind of hilary is dangerous for the reason, you know, i mean, he did everything and remember. i think part of what's -- what is sort of the hallmark of him was that he would also just, you know, lie. and not tell the truth. and you know, anything that would sort of serve his case, he would go along with. >> professor, you're our constitutional law expert. what do you think when you hear

president trump say that in 2016 >> i think about the 25th amendment. i raise this many times before. i think he's emotionally troubled. and there is the possibility and it's been raised before, that if he were to be in this particular position, and for some reason god help us all, becomes president again, that we would have to invoke the 25th amendment. there are too many mental issues here telling us that this man should not be in office. but i would have to also say there's nothing that states that he can't run. and there's nothing that states that someone who's indicted cannot run for office. and if it bogs down on democracy, i travel internationally and ask people outside the country. what do you think what's do you think is happening in this country? we've lost so much credibility around the world because of donald trump. many issues.

but because of donald trump and our system. but i'll say this positive thing going back to july 4th. we're still here able to discuss a democracy. and there are nationalist presidents around the world. the fact that we still have checks and balances in place with a very conservative super majority supreme court with his appointees there, so many issues. i would say we have to keep the idea of democracy going. make sure we understand that we have to be strong. not have him wear us down until we give up and say, you know, i'm tired of hearing about this man. what does he wants and when can we give it to him. >> i appreciate you saying all of that professor. i think we need to keep in mind our patriotism and we get to have those conversations every night on tv, jason? >> i'm waiting for the next show where jay shows up in his lock him up t-shirt to symbolize exactly what the trump campaign

was in 2016. i would hope that he would acknowledge that what he said in the past was wrong. i think what he's going to say is that he meant legitimately indicted because he thinks all of these indictments are not correct. and then i also think that he's of his mine or got people around him that are honestly saying, look, once you get elected. you can pardon yourself even though at least one of the indictments is a state charge. he'll try and find way to convince new york that he can be part -- he can pardon himself. look. we've got -- i can't even count how many months we have left in this campaign. but at least in the primary season, this will not be the first time that his previous statements come back to bite him and are in direct contradiction to think that he's campaigning on them. >> but he just felt so strongly about it. in 2016 he would be an unprecedented constitutional crisis it would cripple the operations of our government. i take your point. thank you all very much. so there's a lot of talk about affirmative action since the

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harvard legacy admission policy, hot on the heels to decision arm deaver. these action accuses harvard of violating the civil rights act of 1964 with special consideration of legacy students. and donor families and admissions. the lawsuit argues that it gives unfair advantage to would it students based on their connections. lawsuit cites s s study by the national bureau of economic research found 40% of harvard's applicants are typically white. 70% of legacy applicants are white. the report also found that legacy applicants are 67 times more likely to gain admission.

my panel is back to discuss. jay. you were a legacy student at an ivy league school. at the time, it was a point of pride. did anybody ever say to you, oh, i know how you got in. you don't deserve to be here. >> no, i was the beneficiary of the old kind of affirmative action, if you had parents went to school got informant unfortunately for me, my parents were not healthy r wealth donor source, but my father and uncle was graduate. i was moved, you know, i think it was julian reid did a clip where she said she was haunted by fact that people felt like she was we're people feel like she doesn't deserve to be there. because she was a beneficiary. but i can say from my privilege point of view, i was proud of it. there was a whole sort of elitist fraternity for the children of legacies. it people say we should colorblind it should be a two-way street. it was not. this was kind of of extra bonus people were proud of. it was the opposite of sigma.

absolutely i was beneficiary. when people think there's a neutral ground i'm not commenting on the my rth of the lawsuit. certainly the doesn't matter everybody has equal access, that's ridiculous. >> murray, i don't know if you treat this out. but you called it to our attention. this is jfk's harvard application essay. so former president kennedy applied to harvard with this argument. i've always wanted to go there. i have always felt it is not just another college. but a university with something definite to offer. then too i would like to go to the same college of my father. to be a harvard man is an enviable distinction and one i should sincerely hope to attain. and he did. >> someone myself who had a lot of advantages because of my mother and grandfather's successes. it's important to not let people into college because of who their parents are. and you know, i would go one further and say, like we should

be looking at you know, athletes and musicians and the way in which the administration gets around just looking at people for beg capable. but for sure, there's nothing to recommend this whole legacy application. and the reason it's done is for donations. because they think that they can get a more alumni giving if there is a legacy. if there's a family legacy, families give more. maybe that's true. but it's an advantage to the students. >> also many, many of these schools have, the very elite colleges have millions, billions of dollars endowments and they will be fine. >> professor it's eye opening to look at it through this lens, this is the conversation happened more acutely since the supreme court ruling last week. of just what is affirmative action? what is an unfair advantage? how is legacy not in that, you know, in that category? >> well, it is very interesting

listening to the conversation of the other panelists and hearing how they can so, you know, casually speak of their advantage, because now it's been years later. when justice clarence thomas is still struggling with what he considers the stigma that he encountered as someone who gained office and gained college admission and other privileges based on affirmative action. now regrets that he had these privileges. he never gave any of them up. one of my major concern is what the is educational connection to legacy? that's what the supreme court saying about affirmative action. diversity has no educational component. that's what clarence thomas wrote in his conoccurring opinion. what is the educational benefit to the college and to other students in the classroom for legacy applicants? and once again, it goes back to the money they bring in. maybe the prestige being a second or third generation. connections being mailed in

these schools is priceless. and that's what the parents want. the parents want their children to be in classrooms, and dormitories to share space with future leaders. and so the education can be the same great education found somewhere else. but the benefits of being in that environment go well beyond anything that we can find in another situation. i have to say. last fall, i was a fellow in the harvard kennedy school and i was a visiting professor there and i saw the resources harvard had to offer its students. i'm not saying that the students there were all brilliant. some were very smart but they weren't all brilliant. but the aspect now is how much more are they going to get because they're brushing shoulders with other people who are going to be those future leaders? so yes, a legacy is something that is an inheritance.

i believe that there is a racial component to it, sense for so many generations, people of color weren't allowed to attend the school. so of course, they didn't have the legacy advantage that white students and then white alumni have. but i also believe that as long as there are people getting in criminal jeopardy because they're trying to buy their way into these schools, the sense what the schools offer is beyond an education. it's a step into the direction of being one of the top tier people in this country and being in the 1%. as far as political economic and social achievement goes. >> you're so right. it's the network that it exposes students to that as you say is priceless. jason, we have a statement from harvard. so the senior communications officer add harvard college says, the school will not comment on this specific lawsuit. quote. as we said in the weeks and

months ahead the university will determine how to preserve our essential values consistent with the court's new precedent. what she said is cnn in an e-mail. but it's interesting, jason, to think that affirmative action has been stigmatizing to people. not just clarence thomas. other people have said that they got -- they felt as if people looked at them as oh, i know how you got here. and legacy was badge of honor. >> i think i'd be hypocritical if i agreed with the supreme court decision. but didn't agree with the lawsuit that's coming forward here. i think if we're going to have an even playing field. as much as possible. because we all realize that it's not always an even playing field. i think they will find ways to get around folks that want to go there that have legacy, they will find way to get around it. we had the case a few years ago with folks getting into rowing or tennis or faking surfing to be able to get in. they will find a way.

but this case i would like to see it go all the way. i'm curious how the supreme court would rule on it. but i also, i read something earlier today, too, that somebody suggested that they look at the beneficiaries of faculty members and their kids getting into the schools as well. are they getting an inherent advantage because their parents are teaching at the schools. >> there's apparently a lot of interesting ways to get into college that have nothing to do with your grades and achievements. so i will keep exploring that. thank you very much. ahead we have an exclusive interview with ukraine's president. what he's saying about his at me to kick occupiers out of crimea. how realistic is that goal? how realistic is that goal? the queen sleep number 360 c2 smart bed is now only $899. plus, free home delivery when you add an adjustable base. shop now only at sleep number.

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their territory. >> we cannot imagine ukraine without crimea. now crimea is under the russian occupation. means one thing. war is not over yet. >> to be clear, in victory, in peace, is there any scenario where crimea is not part of ukraine? >> it will not be victory. >> let's bring in cnn national security analyst steve hal and lieutenant general mark kirtlink a military analyst. you heard president zelenskyy. ukraine will fight until they get crimea back. does that suggest any hope of some sort of brokered deal spoken of months ago, not lately. is off the table? >> no, i don't think it's necessarily off the table.

i mean it's obviously a decision that the ukrainians themselves have to make. it's very difficult geo political decision. it's a difficult war time decision. does one decide at the end of the day as a country sovereign country of which crimea was definitely part of ukraine, still is, as far as the international community is concerned. about do you as a country, ukraine, say i'm going to exchange land so we can end a war? clearly ukraine is not at that particular point yet geo politically. and that's why i believe what you heard the president say, zelenskyy say, will it come to that? it's hard to say and only the ukrainians can make that decision. i think when you hear western policy makers, whether it's americans or others, say it's the ukrainian's decision, that's not just a political statement. that's actually the truth. they do have to make that decision. they're not there yet, clearly. we'll see what happens as the war continues >> general we heard better part of a month now about ukraine's

big counter offensive, now we hear 180,000 russian troops moving into this eastern front. what does that mean for the ukrainian counter offensive >> it's not that they'reder suggested that he estimated there were 150,000 troops in the eastern part of the country. there's military reasons for that. tactical operational reasons for that. i believe that what the russians are doing is trying to shore up the central part, because mr. putin cannot afford to lose the donbas. that was the first area he attacked in 2014. there had been some gains by ukrainian forces in gaining back territory in the east. in the donbas reggie he also wants to liberate areas in the southeast. by russians moving more and more forces into the east. ukraine has to stay there to

defend against them. they can't reenforce some acts in the southeast. so what we're seeing is what normally plays out on the battlefield. moves, counter moves by enemies, and to try and gain ground. in this case, ukraine is attempting to truthfully operationallize along a 600 clam meter front where the best places are to attack and gain ground first. they would like to do it in some ways to the disadvantage of the russians. russians are reenforcing lines in the east to prevent them from doing that. this is difficult combat activity >> it was interesting to hear talk to president zelenskyy about the short lived queue, you know, the wagner uprising. here is what president zelenskyy described, here's how he describe russia's grip on power after that >> we see putin's reaction. it's weak.

firstly, we see he doesn't control everything. wagner's moving deep into russia and taking certain regions shows how easy it is to do. putin doesn't control the situation in the regions. he doesn't control the security situation. all of us understand that his whole army is in ukraine. almost entire armies is there. that's why it's so easy for the wagner troops to march through russia. >> steve is that true? ? that putin doesn't control some territories? >> let's start with the fact it's extremely difficult to determine what's precisely going on inside the kremlin. and the reason i say that is because the first question that pops up -- i think this is what zelenskyy was trying to get at -- how could this have happened? i think he's saying a lot of things that are correct. i think it is the case that there are so much -- there's so much russian focus on so many russian troops in ukraine now to include his internal security

service likes the fsb. its primary responsibility in past is to protect the regime. yet these focuses now apparently shift. shifted into ukraine. which, of course, has indeed i think zelenskyy is right, made some parts of russia less secure than they were before. so i think he's right. putin is weakened here. there are a lot of people saying, well, let's be careful when we talk about putin being weak. nevertheless there are facts on the ground. one of them is that a mutiny group of russian military guy, the wagner group all made it to the moscow, to the gates of moscow under putin's watch. and i think just a couple of weeks ago, many of us would have said that's virtually unthinkable. so zelenskyy is right he's not as strong before this happen >> what do you think. >> i think the same thing, steve is exactly right. and remember, we haven't just seen the troops, the wagner

group, heading back into russia towards restov-on-don north towards moscow, unimpeded by any russian security forces. s let's go back about a month. we had the russian victory, the so-called mutiniers that decided to invade. these were other forces weren't stopped by any security details any they went back towards excuse me into russia. i believe zelenskyy is on target. the russian army is mostly in ukraine right now. the fact you mentioned early on in the program about how there were more airborne and air is not a troops in the east. that's an indicator. because like steve said, those guys are usually the palace guards, most elite troops. if he's trying to put them in defensive positions, something they're not good at. these are people that jump out

of airplanes and attack targets. if he's putting them in defensive positions, that means he's hurting. we've seen all along, even though the defensive battle is going to be tough for ukraine, they have succeed. they regained territory, and you know, russia started this war with 200,000 soldiers going into ukraine. now they're saying well, we got 150,000 in the donbas, and ukraine did very well at the beginning against a much larger force, spread out over much larger territory. i have high hopes for what ukrainians are going to do. it will take time. it will certainly take time and there will be a lot of casualties. this is a tough fight. general and steve hall thank you both very much. back here think twice before setting off fireworks this 4th of july. they're responsible for at least six wildfires in washington state this weekend. that story next. ♪ ♪

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. this is cnn. firefighters in washington state are battling a wildfire burning sense early sunday morning. it covers more than 500 acres. it's the tunnel five fire. it's forced hundreds of people to flee their neighborhoods. so far, it has destroyed ten homes. it threatens 250 more. this fire is currently 0% contained. and the cause is still unknown. and it was not the only fire in washington state this weekend. fireworks sparked six smaller fires in the pacific cascade region. joining me is work of commissioner of public lands hilary franz. how worried are you about the 4th of july celebrations with fireworks tomorrow? >> extremely worried. right now, our landscape is extremely hot. it's extremely dry. we have winds down in those conditions. you can see on the screen there and all it takes is literally one spark in these areas and we

have 100,000 -- it could be a thousand acre fires 100,000 acres in a little day >> what are you telling people? everybody wants to celebrate the 4th of july. they want to be safe. what's the balance? >> i mean, the 4th of july represents truly the best of america. no one person sees american values more than our firefighters. if you think about it our firefighters are people of service. dedication and courage. they put their lives on line every single day. fighting to protect the lives of strangers they will never meet. they're the best of the best. our role models, heros. honestly, this is a time we need to celebrate them and protect them. that means across washington state, across our country. we need to take care of them by being one less spark. we're urging people, please do not light fireworks. go at firework show set up boy a professional. watch it keep yourself safe. keep your neighbors safe.

keep our firefighters safe. those images you just saw in that community. it was just a few years ago. where a fireworks literally sparked a fire that burned 10s of thousands of acres. it was just a foolish error, they thought no big deal. unfortunately, it truly threatened lives and damaged that entire landscape and that community and our firefighters were fighting it for days and weeks. >> so the professional fireworks shows have not caused fires. everything that the firefighters are battling in terms of fireworks, those were just amateurs? >> that's right. what's happening are people out having fun. we understand. they're in the communities. wanting to celebrate the beautiful holiday weekend. celebrate america. we understand that. unfortunately now, and especially in washington state, we're seeing extremely hot weather and we've had significant period of time with no moisture. so our landscapes are extremely dry. you mentioned six fires.

and the reality is all it takes is one spark. and we will have 50 fires quickly. that leads to reduced resources. so if you are looking at a number of fire. have you five on the landscape. it's taken on this particular fire, we'll have eight to ten air resources, thousands of firefighters. we will have engines. all of those fires take enormous amount of resources and get very stretched when we have so many fires happen on the landscape, state by state. community by community. >> it's incredible. hilary how much the weather pattern in washington state changed the past decades. used to be known for rain. used to be known for being wet. so many months per year. it's really changed now. this tunnel fire. talk about that. it's scorched as we reported more than 500 acres of land. is it still 0% contained at this hour >> it is and it is not to any factor than of our firefighters

and resources. we have had literally eight class air resources scoopers, fire boss, huey as well as thousands of firefighters fighting the blazes. unfortunately what you have is hot dry condition. you also have an area that has amazing wind. known for wind and kite surfing. unfortunately when you take fire, fuel and wind, you have an enormously dangerous situation. sadly we have thousands of people whose homes are at risk. we have thousands of people who are at risk. we are urging people to take every step. we are on this fire, we have been working morning until night starting yesterday when it started. we are working hard as we can. unfortunately it gets very difficult with the winds. we're hoping we'll get some breath of fresh air, reduced wind. hopefully some moisture. unfortunately, there is none on the horizon.

>> we know people appreciate everything you're doing. and thanks for letting he is help you get the message out tonight about what you're hoping for 4th of july. hilary france, thanks for being here. >> thank you so much, be safe everyone? you too part of the country can expect thunderstorms and other severe weather to impact 4th of july celebrations tomorrow. chad myers is at the national weather map when we come back. ♪. ♪ .

thunderstorms, lightening and other severe weather could affect your 4th of july celebrations. meteorologist chad myers is here to tell us what to expect. hi, chad. >> two areas of concern for your 4th of july. the major threat back out to the

west here in the yellow and orange. that's where there could be hail. severe weather. could be lightening and thunder and also severe gusty winds out there. across the deep south and up the east coast. this is where i'm more concerned about lightening from the sky to the ground. and that's where people will be outside. so you have to watch this. the storms that we had earlier today have now moved offshore. if not, they're moving quickly offshore. by 3:00, they're gone. you will notice more showers and storms pop up throughout the heat of the day in the northwest. there will be some thunder and lightening there. not as much probably as down across the deep south. where storms fired all day monday in some spots. they will go away overnight. then back again in the heat of the day with more lightening from cloud to ground with people outside. by wednesday morning, it's all over. but somewhere around that 7:00, 8:00 area for tomorrow night, that's when things could get a little bit exciting. back out here toward the midwest.

where the severe weather, where the severest weather will be, minneapolis back to omaha, lincoln, a line of weather will push in wind hail, people severe thunderstorms right around sunset and the like where you might the want to be outside watching fireworks. this will be a place to watch closely. there could be a shower in dc in the heat of of the day. things calm down certainly by nightfall. heat will be cross the deep south where it will be muggy, but the temperatures are going to be the warmest out in the southwest. where we still have heat advisories, vegas, palm springs, phoenix above 100 degrees throughout the afternoon. so 90% of the country has a very nice 4th of july. there are a few little spots that will sprinkle around that will certainly get interesting at times just make sure you have a way if get warnings either on your phone or however you do it. make sure if you're outside tomorrow you have a way to know that a thunderstorm is coming. >> hail and wind sounds too exciting. chad, thank you. cnn 4th of july special

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