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in lithuania where nato is meeting. j joe biden met with lithuania. allies will focus on the war in ukraine. and the white house will send united positive signal on ukraine's path to membership but declined to provide a time table. and an official says mr. bipartisan will meet with president volodymyr zelenskyy on wednesday. cheers on eve of the summit amid a rapid reversal of turkey joining nato. stoltenberg said turkey has now dropped objections after standing in the way for more than a year. stockholm appears to be

supporting turkish membership according to turkey's state run news agency. correspondents are tracking all of these developments. clare sebastian is live for us in london, but we begin with melissa bell in lithuania for us. this is quite the reversal that we're seeing from turkey, it has been a real sticking point and bone of contention now for over a year. talk to us about the significance of that and what might have driven that decision. >> reporter: i think it was crucial in order that the rest of the next couple of days could even take place. if the succession could be blocked and dominate the next couple of days, what hope was there of actually considering the question of ukraine's. so crucial first stumbling block and right up until the last minute these divisions have dominated the run-up. and the fact that they should have been resolved as we saw the

bilat begin between the american president and lithuanian host celebrated this morning saying that it was with a head full of steam that they could now go into the summit. listen first of all though to what the swedish prime minister had to say yesterday after that crucial meeting that paves the way for the year long deadlock to be resolved. >> translator: i'm very happy the three of us, president of turkey and the secretary-general of nato and myself, have shaken hands over this joint statement. we are thus taking a very big step towards a formal ratification of sweden's membership in nato. it has been a good day for sweden. >> reporter: good day also no doubt for nato and the unity that this summit was meant to be all about in terms of the actual accession of sweden, it will

take another couple of months. budapest also has to formally drop idea of a possibility of using its veto, but it should happen very quickly. and still the fact that the thorny issue has been removed means that the leaders can talk about what they have come here to discuss, which is not just the reform and reinforcement of nato capabilities inside, but the question of who is allowed to join next and specifically of course the question of ukraine. you just saw that bilateral meeting between lithuanian and american presidents just at the beginning of what will be a very busy day for all the leaders. and what you will see in a short while before the official summit kicks off will be 31 members of nato including finland new ow w sweden discussing what comes next. and tomorrow we understand the arrival of president zelenskyy and regardless to what the actual wording of the final

communique is, the fact of his presence at this summit when he'd not been explicit as to whether he was coming until the last minute, here just 20 minutes from the belarusian border. >> melissa, stand by. we'll listen into the nato secretar secretary-general. >> support to ukraine to help them liberate more land. on the membership issue, i also expect that allies will send a clear and positive message on the path forward towards membership for ukraine. i have proposed a package of three elements with more practical support with a multiyear program to ensure full cooperation with forces to move ukraine closer to nato. to create political ties with the establishment of the nato ukraine council, we'll have the

inaugural meeting tomorrow with president zelenskyy. and then to remove the requirement for membership action plan, this will turn the member closer for ukraine from a two step process into a one step process. so all of this will send a positive and strong message. then allies will also make important decisions to further strengthen our deterrence and defense with new defense plans and the more forces on high readiness. we also agree that -- i also expect agree on more ambitious defensive plans where 2% of gdp for defense will be a minimum. and then lastly, i look forward to also welcoming our indo-pacific partners at this summit. this will demonstrate that security is not regional, security is global, and

therefore i welcome the partners from australia, new zealand, south korea and japan. and with that, i'm ready to take some questions. >> steve sedgwick, cnbc. security guarantees didn't stop vladimir putin in 2014. what is concrete about the future security guarantees for ukraine that will make a difference, and second point if i may on the same issue, ukraine has fears that perhaps security guarantees will change over time with different leadership, perhaps different presidency in the u.s. what kind of guarantees are there that security guarantees will outlast any change of presidency in the united states? thank you, sir. >> we all agree the most intimate task now is to ensure that ukraine prevails as a sovereign independent nation in europe. so most important thing we can do is continue to provide weapons, ammunition to support ukraine. unless ukraine prevails as a

democratic nation in europe, there is no issue to be discussed about security guarantees or membership in nato at all. and then on the membership issue, we will send the clear message, a positive message, on the path forward. the text in the communique will be made public within hours later on today when all allies agree on the text, but i expect allies will agree, a message on the need to move ukraine closer to nato with making sure that the forces are with the nato ukraine council and the requirements for the membership plan. this is all about moving ukraine closer to nato membership which will be extremely important for ukraine and also demonstrates the unity and the strength of the message that the allies are sending to ukraine.

>> that was jens stoltenberg, nato secretary-general, speaking in lithuania. we'll continue to monitor that and bring you developments throughout the day. melissa bell is also in lithuania. back to you, melissa. did we get any idea there about the die lemm mdilemma when it comes to ukraine membership in nato? will this incentivize russia even more? >> reporter: this has been the principal argument from those least favorable for membership. that any such decision, any such signal would surely escalate things further and really moscow beyond what they wish to do.

what the more fervent stronger signal to the membership of ukraine, and i include of course the baltic states hosting this summit, that it is now time to go much further. and i think what you just heard was a lot of confidence that when the 31 members plus sweden meet later today, they will agree on that fairly maximus version of what the ukrainians could have hoped for. clearly what president biden set out was the impossibility of considering ukraine accession while the hostilities continue because nato by definition would be drawn into a conflict with russia and that was a nonstarter. but there are profound divisions on how strong the signal should be on when ukraine can join. what you just heard from jens stoltenberg was a very confident tone that they will be able to send the strongest signal that

kyiv could possibly have hoped for. >> melissa bell, thank you. clare with us in london, what exactly does ukraine want bearing in mind what melissa just said about there being legitimate strategic concerns that actually give strong guarantees in the immediate but also in the future could escalate the condition flikt and r and avoid that? >> or saying that as soon as the war ends, that could incentivize russia to drag out the conflict. i think what they don't want is more of what they have heard thes last 15 years. lithuanian president called it more of those mansions that they could join some day. and frankly russia has invaded twice since 2008, so it is clear that that did not work as a deterrent. so they need something more

concrete, they want a strong signal which is what stoltenberg is promising. ukrainian politician said millions want to hear the word invitation, they want to hear that, they have been waiting for that, are we going to hear that. and stoltenberg says just wait and see the text of the communique. so he wasn't going to be drawn on that. but i think the language in the communique will be critical and as melissa pointed out, optics as well of zelenskyy meeting with president biden, coming to the summit happening really on russia's doorstep. >> and these are all important points what ukrainians want to hear because often in ukraine media, this is seen as preventing russia from moving further into their territory. clare, thank you so much. donald trump's legal team is pushing for a delay in the trial

over his alleged mishandling of classified documents. his defense attorneys argue a trial during the upcoming election season will create extraordinary challenges. this as trump just agreed on a date for a first hearing in the case recommending a week from now along with the justice department. but trump isn't the only one who has been trying to delay the trial. paula reid has more from washington. >> reporter: trump's long time aide walt nauta is asking the court to move a hearing that is scheduled this friday, it would focus on how classified materials will be handled during the course of this case. but the special counsel is pushing back saying that this is both unnecessary and contrary to the public interest. pretty strong response for someone just asking to move a hearing. but we have to put it in context. one of the central tensions of this case is timing. little delays that will add up over time. we know former president trump has always prepared civil sit

l litigation, of course this is a criminal case, with the idea of delaying things, draw them out. and this is no different. this is arguably the biggest case of his life. he has every incentive to push a potential trial after the 2024 election. the special counsel is pushing back because they know little delays all add up. it already took walt nauta a month to be formally arraigned after repeatedly delaying his arraignment hearing. so that is part of why they are really push back now on the request to delay friday's hearing. ultimately it will be up to the judge, aileen cannon, to decide if this will be delayed. even will be watching this decision. even though it seems procedural, the fact is this is a key issue, whether she will allow little delays over time which would likely push this until after the election. so a lot of focus on this judge

and how she handles what is otherwise a very routine matter in a case that is anything but routine. paula reid, cnn, washington. trump's troubles aren't limited to florida. in the coming hours grand jury selection set to begin in georgia in an election interference case tied to the 2020 election. it stems back to a recorded call the president made to georgia's secretary of state where he asked the official to find more than 11,000 votes to help win the state. but the case has expanded beyond that event. the fulton county district attorney told our affiliate her case will go where the evidence leads. if trump is charged, it will mark yet another indictment in his ongoing legal woes. donald trump's former lawyer is trying to negotiate an end to a defamation lawsuit he's facing in georgia. two election workers are accusing rudy giuliani of using them as scapegoats for how votes were counted in the state during the 2020 presidential election.

the plaintiffs are seeking an unspecified amount in damages. giuliani has already been ordered to pay them for attorneys' fees. a new dangerous long lasting heatwave in the u.s. could set dozens of heat records even in notoriously hot places. the heat is hitting south texas, south florida and the southwest the hardest now and through the workweek. but by the weekend, the hottest temperatures will arrive in the southwest making brutally hot cities like phoenix even hotter. not long ago from lithuania, the u.s. president approved a state of emergency declaration, more than 50 swift water rescues had to be carried out monday night. this drone footage that you are looking at over londonderry shows you the disaster. more than 9 million people are under flood alerts including

this vermonter. >> this is my home, that is my garage. >> what have you lost? >> we didn't know yet. all i know, there was a whole bunch of tools in there and we watched them go down. >> you are wet from head to toe without any shoes on. you lost your shoes getting across here? >> yeah. i couldn't find a rope, so i took two heavy duty extension cords, tied them to there and to the back of the truck and i was going to bring them out. >> and vermont's capital has issued an emergency health order that has closed the downtown area for the time being. joining us now on the line is william frazier, city manager of month mount. the scale of this is immense. how do you begin to approach it?

>> it is beyond anything we've seen. the level of water is frightening. and most latest piece of news is that the dam may breach. as we're having this conversation, we're in the process of moving our dispatch center and emergency operations center out of our downtown and up to our water treatment plant which is on higher ground. >> has the capital of vermont seen anything like this before? >> not to this extent. in 1992, we had a pretty catastrophic ice jam flood and then in 2011, we had two floos in may and august. and they both had flooding in the downtown, but not to this extent. we're completely under water in our whole major commercial area. we've got roads out in different areas. a lot of washouts.

people really can't leave their houses because there are no routes to go because of the road washouts. >> what are the biggest threats to public health and safety at a time like this and do you need any extra support and who from? >> well, one of the interesting things that is happening, that this is a statewide emergency. not just here in montpelier. i think the floodwaters are not clean. they have oils in this, sewage, all sorts of con tam 24taminant them. people seem to want to wade in them. we were pretty distraught watching almost like sight seeing tourists coming up and taking pictures. it was really kind of like get out of here, this is dangerous. so not a good situation. so that is a big thing. and then once the waters recede, we're concerned about electrical

damages in basements, you know, building systems failing. and those kinds of things. so is that one of the reasons that we want to close the city until we can assess just how safe it will be to return to the commercial area. >> we'll let you get back to that very important work. but so grateful that you've taken the time to speak to us given what is going on. >> our pleasure. >> that was the city manager o f mo montpe montpelier. and despite successful lunch of a new app, sources tell that meta slashed jobs within its team. what that could mean amid the upcoming political season. and later, the state now considered america's inflation hot spot. we'll tell you where and why it is costing so much.

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confirmed leadership are central to the defense of the united states. >> that was u.s. defense secretary lloyd austin speaking at a ceremony where the general stepped town as hdown as head o marines and he did not give a confirmed leader. and that is because a republican leadership is blocking nominations. senator tuberville was asked about his decision to stall the confirmation of military appointments and here is what he told kaitlan collins. >> you're claiming abortions are going to sky rocket because the pentagon is paying for people to take off work and go out of state to get them? >> abortion for three exceptions is going to abortion at anytime. also their dependents. you are adding a lot of people into this, a lot of time frame into that during the pregnancy.

that is what i'm talking about. there is no set rules on this. it is just, hey, if you want to have one, have it, we'll pay for your flight anywhere to a state that can do it, we'll give you three weeks off paid, that doesn't come off of your time off as a service member? there is a lot added to this and it will be charged to the taxpayer. >> seven former u.s. defense secretaries including two who served under former president trump disagree with you. and they signed a letter to senate leaders saying your, as areing military readys and risks turns them into military pawns. and there are pretty important positions that you are holding up critical to checking iranian and chinese aggression. are you saying that you know better than those seven former defense secretaries? >> first of all, those secretary of defenses were nominees, they weren't elected. i was elected to represent the

people of alabama and this country. number two, if they want to confirm a general or admiral, we can do it tomorrow, okay? i'm not stopping all of them. >> senator tommy tuberville says he wants to speak with the white house and secretary austin about the pentagon's abortion policies. he says he hasn't heard from either in a while. the united states air force is suspending personnel moves and bonuses until the end of this fiscal year and they say it is to avoid exhausting funds. according to the air force the shortfall is due to higher than expected amount of costs. the new fiscal year starts october 1 and members of the air force scheduled to move in july will still have relocations approved. laert mov later moves will be delayed. and israeli protestors are gathering for what they are calling a day of disruption. police are trying to arrest

demonstrators. this is the 27th week of protests this israel. some of which have attracted half a million people. the protests come hours after israel's legislation gave initial approval to a measure that critics say will a sleverey undermine democracy. opponents say that they are worried that the country could be slipping toward authoritarianism. still to do, new details about vladimir putin's armored train. we'll give you a look inside the luxury vehicle that he has been slowly up grading over the years. and then imagine seeing floodwaters creeping into your backyard like this and then completely taking over. i'll speak with a vermont resident who was forced to evacuate along with his family.

welcome back. if you are just joining us, let me bring you up-to-date with our top stories. donald trump's legal team is

asking a florida court in the special counsel classified documents case to delay setting a trial date. jump and the justice department have suggested june 18 for the first hearing in the case. and nato leaders are arriving in vilnius for a two stakes two day summit. they will focus on the war in ukraine and kyiv's push to join nato. the white house says that the group will send united positive signal on ukraine's path to membership but declined to provide a time table. and while president biden was in lithuania, he declared a state of emergency in vermont where flash floods are raging. they have wiped out roads and left entire communities in water. anymiguel marquez shows us justw bad it is getting there. >> reporter: we've been trying to get to ludlow and other areas hit incredibly hard and this is what you find everywhere. this is the williams river in chester, we had to come back because we couldn't get a signal and the water was extremely deep. i'm standing on mud here. if i stand up this way, that is

the road. but check it out, it is washed out just over here. you will see it throughout the area. you will go down a road, there will be no water on it, and a half hour later, it will be completely flooded out. and kuehn eep in mind the water starting to recede, but they have had rainfall after rainfall after rainfall for weeks and weeks and there is literally nowhere for the water to go. search and rescue in vermont has affected about 50 if not more, we saw one earlier today in the six counties in the southern part of the state that are having -- are being hardest hit by the rainfall. the green mountains here, that storm just went up and dumped a massive amount of rain very quickly on to it and it all flowed into the valleys and rivers. and this is the effect. you can be upriver and the water

will go down, but if you go down river, it gets higher and higher. we were at a spot trying to cross earlier and we heard a loud rumbling and emergency crews said everybody out, you know, go back to higher ground. they weren't sure if a bridge had collapsed or a dam had collapsed and there would be a pulse of water coming down there as people were waiting for the water to recede at another crossing down here. just very, very concerning times for vermont right now. the entire state has just been pummeled by this latest storm. >> and we're hearing from someone dealing with all the flooding firsthand. these are photos of scott's backyard and you can see the water near the back fence. and then it moves much closer and now the whole backyard is essentially a lake. scott woke up early to speak with us from the hotel where he and his family are now taking shelter. thank you so much for joining us

on the line. i'm so sorry for what is happens to you and your family and your home. >> thanks for having me. not a problem. we're in the northern part of the state and the southern part has been hit a lot more. we're lucky that we had plenty of time to get things ready in the house and get out. >> and take us through how the evacuation came to be and when you realized that this was an extremely serious flooding situation for you and your family. >> sunday evening we got alerts that the weather was coming, but it wasn't going to be too bad with the river by us. so we just kept an eye on it, but then the rain kept coming. probably about monday afternoon we could start seeing the water closer and closer to the house and then the cresting of the river got higher and higher and started purposing towards last

time the area flooded and had this much damage which was 2011 with hurricane irene. and i've been here last 10, 15 years, and so realized that it was time to start the -- getting things off the ground in the house and try to find places to go. >> have you experienced anything like this before in vermont in terms of flooding? >> no, we're pretty new to the area. so we haven't been here the last flood. but a lot of people in the neighborhood were here in 2011 when everything flooded as well. they have been very helpful, and they have been going up and down the block of the neighborhood and helping people get situated and get out. >> are your neighbors and friends all in fairly similar situation to you, have they also been evacuated to hotels? >> yes, a lot of our friends are

at other friends' houses at higher ground and different parts of the state upstream or higher elevations that didn't have the issue with the rivers. >> what are your immediate priorities and concerns now for the next few days or week? >> i'm hoping that we'll be able to get back in there sometime later today once the water starts going back down and see how bad -- we didn't know right now moisture how much water wene house, so we'll find out how much water went into the house later today and then just try to find a place to stay the next day or two before we can try things on utd and get back in. >> we appreciate you telling us what you are going through. wishing you all the best of luck and i hope that you can get back home soon. thank you so much for joining

us. >> thank you very much. we're keeping an eye on the u.s. stock futures with just hours to go until a new trading day begins. it is a mixed picture but not a particularly positive one. on monday, wall street started the week with gains as investors wait for the start of the second quarter earning season and key inflation reports expected out in the next two days. all major indexes closed the day in positive territory. the sunshine state has other title now. america's inflation hot spot, that is thanks to florida's growg pulation and skyigh housing costs. the miami, ft. lderdale, west palm beach area is seeing a 9% inflation rate for the year ending in april. metro areas with more than 2.5 million residents. and census data shows florida' population grew the most of any state fromul2021 and july of 2022. economists say remote work gave

some the freedom to relocate during the pandemic and people are continuing to move to florida. sources tell cnn that meta, parent company of february and instagram, made an unspecified number of cuts to its election team responsible for addressing misinformation and coordinate harassment campaigns. there are worries that it could affect content as it heads into the 2024 election season. one forensic expert says meta response time to tips has already slowed down significantly. a meta spokesperson says protecting the u.s. 2024 elections is one of our top priorities. and new meta threads app has quickly become a major threat twitter. more than 100 million users have signed up for threads just days after its launch according to mark zuckerberg. that isis a staggering feat but

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person in the helicopter with them. north korea has accused a spy plane entering their zone monday eight times. this came from sister of kim jung-un who is also a senior official in the she provided no evidence. according to state media, she said if there are repeated intrusions the u.s., quote, will experience a very critical fight. pentagon denies north korea's allegations. we're getting a remarkable look inside the secretive way russia's president prefers to move about a his country on the rails and in luxury. documents shared with cnn reveal vladimir putin travels on an armored train complete with a gym, spa and even a turkish steam bath. matthew chance has this story. >> reporter: a rare glimpse inside putin's secret train.

with leaked documents revealing how the kremlin leader travels amid increasingly tight security and luxury. >> he is surrounded by enemies. so he wants to be protected. >> reporter: from outside train number one as it is dubbed in russia seems ordinary. its carriages perfectly di disguised with regular paint work and grime. state media was once allowed inside recording president putin meeting transport officials in the board room. the train's other 20 or so carriages, some updated as recently as last year, but remain a closely guarded secret. until now. the russian company builds what

it calls elite wagons for its clients, special lidizing in lu designs. among a trove of documents including blueprints, letters and images obtained exclusively by the investigative center and shared with cnn, this one dated august 2018, notifying the kremlin of a test run for what it calls sports health wagon that has been order. the company in photos show what the center says is putin's private gym on board the train. as recently as last year, the kremlin was looking to upgrade the gym with american equipment to replace the italian machines originally installed. a former member of putin's personal protection service who says that he fitted the train's secure communications equipment before defecting from russia told the center that the kremlin leader started traveling by

train more regularly in the buildup to the invasion of ukraine last year. but discretion for the russian president doesn't mean discomfort. leaked plans for the train also show a luxurious spa on board including a turkish steam bath. according to the dossier center, a cosmetology suite with a massage table and high end beauty equipment. now, the kremlin disputes the dossier center's findings telling cnn that president putin neither owns nor uses a railway car like the one described. but in the aftermath of a recent armed rebellion here in russia

in which putin's authority was threatened, the focus on his isolated existence is higher than ever. and the idea of putin being pampered as he travels incognito by armored train underlines how strangely cloistered the kremlin leader has become. even paranoid and besieged according to his former speechwriter. why is it do you think that vladimir putin and the kremlin have spent such large sums of money planning and constructing this armored presidential train? >> he was getting more and more enemies, committing more crimes. the world of concrete and armor, physical defense.

>> reporter: there are signs that is an image the kremlin knows it should shed. in recent weeks we've seen putin more publicly engaged than he has been for years. but in his increasingly hostile world, the security and luxury of train number one may be sanctuary indeed. matthew chance, cnn, moscow. coming up, how one boundary-breaking pageant winner could be poised to make miss universe history. (female announcer) attention! medicare has expanded dexcom coverage -for people with diabetes. -if you have diabetes,

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