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following the major developing stories and many more all coming in right here to cnn news center. u.s. made cluster munitions have already arrived in ukraine. that according to ukrainian general telling cnn those weapons now, quote, radically change the battlefield. despite the risk to innocent civilians. general speaking to alex marquardt. he's in dnipro. they didn't explode, last in the battlefield and threatening civilians down the line. >> reporter: well, jim, he said they are certainly going to be used within the framework of the deal struck with the united states and they will be keeping

track of where they're being fired. he is in charge of arguably the most important section of the counter offensive. these cluster munitions are in country and he believes they can be extremely effective on the battlefield. he thinks russian troops are very worried and they may, indeed, leave areas where these clusters can be most effective. now he does acknowledge how dangerous these cluster munitions are. he says they will not be used in densely populated areas. that was one stipulation alongside the need to keep track where they're being fired. he said it will be senior leadership, military leadership that will decide when and where these cluster munitions are deployed. take a listen to a little bit more of what the general told me earlier today.

>> have you used them already? how much do you think they're going to change the fight? >> reporter: jim, when the u.s. announced these would be heading to ukraine, one they said was russia has been using its own cluster munitions for the entirety of the war not just against the army but against civilians. russia said they would respond in kind. so we could maybe expect russia to reciprocate. we heard from the former president who has become quite a fire brand saying their arsenal needs to be emptied out of these inhumane weapons he called them because they have been using

them for so long. >> did the general have an answer explanation for the so far disappointing results in ukraine's counter offensive in the south and the east? did he play down those reports, those assessments? >> it's an excellent question. it's something i certainly did ask him about. he says they are having success. he notes that it is modest and he said rather honestly that it is less than they would have anticipated. that's why, you know, in part at least he is eager to get these clusters onto the battlefield because he does believe that they will make an impact. what he says, jim, is what we heard from others before, that despite the fact that the ukrainian side has built up formidable arsenal of new western weapons and armored vehicles and gotten all of this training in germany, that they are still up against very strong russian defenses. you have mile upon mile of fields that are just covered in

russian mines that are very difficult to cross. as soon as a certain section is cleared, then the russians come back out and lay mines again. the ukrainians are coming under significant fire. so it's really the stiffness of that russian defense that he says is really responsible for the lack of progress. one thing he says, jim, he wishes he had more of is long range ammunition. we have heard that time and time again from the ukrainians. >> no question. alex, please keep yourself and your team safe. i want to bring in now u.s. army major mike lyons. there's reporting in "the wall street journal" today that's consistent with other reporting. that seems to indicate putin is looking through the senior ranks in the military to see who was with him, who was against him in this including holding a senior general it seems perhaps against his will. in your view does putin have the juice? does he have the power to successfully put this down?

>> you know, it's just going to depend. someone like this always has people around them that will do whatever it takes to stay close to him. the russian defenses in ukraine still are what they are and they're still much in his chain of command that believe in their mission and they're not going to go against him. i think it's not a good idea for us to hope that the collapse comes from within right now, within russia, in order for ukraine to have victory on the battlefield. we had a president today say russia was losing. i'm not sure that was the smartest thing to say. this is going to depend on how deep and level his chain of command is. he's still alive and that tells you he's still not giving up. >> let me ask you about the wagner group specifically. there is some reporting that putin is attempting to dismantle it and the leader's fate certainly in question here. we saw that meeting with putin

earlier in the week, but you have to wonder about his safety going forward. does the wagner group survive? >> they'll keep them go. they exist and they collect rare minerals. the bottom line prigozhin's an earner. for putin to get rid of a mercenary army he has significant control over is not smart on his end. given the fact that others within russia, too, are likely gathering mercenary armies themselves. i don't think that you've heard the last of the wagner group. i think they'll become a force down the road. not necessarily in ukraine. >> on the cluster munitions, it

strikes me there's been the most attention on high profile marquee weapon systems, whether it's f-16s. leopard tanks. himars, attack 'ems. the cluster is an ugly weapon, dangerous weapon, old school. this is what ukrainians need to break through the entrenched russian lines which harken back to world war i. was this the right call? will this be potential lip impactful? >> jim, the cluster munitions are not game changing but they will affect how the artillery is used, either from a breakout persp perspective. they'll have some impact. it will take the strategic weapons in order for ukraine to really claim some level of

success. the other same issue is they're running out of artillery and munition. we can't make it fast enough. nato can't. this is going to keep the guns firing, so to speak, so they don't go quiet. the ukraine counter offense is in real risk of culminating. that means getting stopped and not moving forward as much as they would like. i think they still have six or eight weeks before that nato equipment shows up. it was the right decision to make. it will keep the artillery going. >> just as you said, here is the cluster munitions breaking. those are intended to kill personnel. major lyons, always good to have you on. brianna. >> the good news on inflation keeps on coming. a key indicator showing wholesale inflation was up by .1 of a percent.

the president crediting his bidenomics. the ceo of america's biggest bank is not so sure. do you think bidenomics has been a success? >> god, it's such a tough question. it shouldn't be political. the fiscal spending, $5 trillion of excess fiscal spending over two years, some to count jericho individual, some far more excess that is causing inflation. >> all right. let's discuss this now with justin wolfers. he's a professor of economics and public policy at the university of michigan. will you answer that question then? does the president get some credit here? >> there's two parts to that. one is is the economy doing well? on that score, unemployment's at a 50-year low. inflation has fallen from 9% just a year ago down to 3% at a much more normal rate.

he has a whole lot of other things to boast about. inequality is falling. the much harder question is how much credit does the president deserve for that. we see this with every administration. the white house says the economy responds to us and only to us and outsiders say there are so many other factors going on. i will say economists think people inside of washington overstate the economy. there are a billion ways they could mess things up. biden definitely hasn't messed things up. >> talk about that. you said inequality. the shrinking of the wage gap being part -- a bigger part of the story here. what are you seeing? what is really standing out to you? >> this has just been the first -- it's been a fwub louse

economic recovery. it's the first one in which we're seeing inequality. real wage rises are occurring. well in excess and those from the bottom end of the income distribution. we're seeing hot labor markets. rising tide lifts all boats. african american unemployment rates are the lowest ever. we're seeing prime age employment rates are at their highest rate in 20 years and nearly their highest rate for a much, much longer period. we've seen employment rates among the disabled are higher than they've been in a long, long time. all of this is when you run a hot labor market, it's the most beautiful labor market program you can imagine. you get people into jobs. they acquire skills and you also show employers that if they look a little harder, they'll find some hidden talent in places they wouldn't previously have looked.

>> that's a really interesting point. so as we increase the chances looking at these numbers of a soft landing, which i think is music to everyone's ears, why is it that people still are pessimistic about how things are? maybe they're optimistic a little bit about their individual financial situation, but they're still a little sour on how they think broadly the economy is performing. why is that? >> last two years have been the most puzzling two years of my professional career as an economist because we've seen the economy move to get stronger and stronger and better and better throughout that entire two-year period and there has been a drum beat from wall street, media, public opinion that we're in the midst of a recession which never arrived. what we're currently seeing on wall street is almost every wall street firm is now quickly sending out new research notes saying oh, we don't think a recession is coming after all.

so i think the first thing that happens is the lead opinion is going to change. there's a lot less talk about a recession now. we're going to start to see a lot more of this on main street. one of the most important things that has just happened is in recent months wages are finally starting to grow at a more rapid pace than inflation. as inflation keeps coming down, people aree more and more of that, which means that their paychecks are going to go a little further. so i'm optimistic about the state of the economy and it turns out if you ask people questions like do you think it's easy to get a job right now or do you expect to get a wage raise or if you were to lose your job, would you be able to find one again very quickly? people start to tell you that this economy is one that's really serving them pretty well. >> that's interesting. so those are the questions really to ask. justin wolfers, it's always great to have you. thank you. >> thanks, brianna. >> jim? >> always good to listen to hard

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new developments in the breach of u.s. government email accounts by hackers in china, yet another cyber breach. senior state department official tells cnn antony blinken raised the issue in a meeting today with his chinese counterpart face to face. we're getting new information on which of the more than two dozen organizations were targeted by those hackers. cnn national security correspondent kylie atwood joins us from the state department. we're looking at the extent of this. just tell us how far this went and for how long. >> jim, this actually didn't go on as long as you might think.

as you know, a lot of these hacks are long running campaigns. solar winds carried out was maybe 18 months of access without being noticed. >> the secretary of commerce, jean ramondo, congress has been very tough on chinese for sanctioning them. commerce officials are considering another visit to china. so there was some success from the hacker's standpoint and success from the u.s. government defensive measures. it's a bit of a mixed bag.

>> ramondo involved in the chips act. certainly interested as they try to troll for information here. stay with us. i do want to turn to kylie now. this is notable, the secretary of state used his face to face to raise, i imagine, u.s. peek at another chinese breech. >> yes. what we know is that the secretary of state met on the sidelines of a foreign minister's meeting in indonesia today with his counterpart. the top diplomat from china. the state department said generally speaking he did speak about this breach. what we don't know is how specific he got with that language. it's important to note that the state department said they don't actually publicly have the determination as to who was behind this breach. they're not pushing back on microsoft saying that it was china that was behind be it. this public readout may have something to do with the fact that they're not saying china

was hienbehind it. here's how ty described the secretary's discussion with wang ye. i'm not going to g into specifics, but we have consistently made clear that any action that targets u.s. government, u.s. companies, american citizens is of deep concern to us and that we'll take appropriate action to hold those responsible accountable. and the secretary made that clear again tonight. tim, i do think that the time line here is an interesting one because as shaun was saying, microsoft first believes that this was detected. this hacking began in mid may but it wasn't until june 16th that they were alerted that the suspicion of this hacking had actually happened and that alert came from the state department. it was the first agency to detect that this was ongoing. that june 16 date is important because that is the day that the secretary of state was actually leaving washington heading to beijing for his meeting with his chinese counterparts.

it's just an interesting time line as we track down, you know, what was detected when and when they actually suspected that china was behind this. jim? >> it's also notable because there's been some criticism of the administration of having a tough talk to soften relations with china. of course, you had a hack going on in the midst of that effort. that one going from the mainly chinese side. kylee atwood, thank you. today the head of the u.s. coast guard was grilled by senators after an investigation by our chief investigative correspondent pamela brown and her team uncovered that they mishandled sexual allegations for decades and they hid a report about it. the agency is launching an internal review but senators want to see more. >> cannot tolerate the fact the coast guard did not notify us of this.

cannot have the media be the policemen on the beat and i'm going to ask for an i.g. inspection so that we can get to the bottom of all the problems that have occurred here. >> cnn's oren liebermann is at the pentagon. it took five years for the coast guard to conduct this probe and then they kept it secret until cnn started asking questions about it. >> that's why you saw so many of the senators grill admiral linda fagan about what on earth first happened and kept it quiet. this begins in 2014 when a graduate in new london, connecticut, comes forward with an allegation of sexual assault that hadn't been investigated. when the coast guard begins this investigation which is operation foul anchor, they found much more than that, including dozens of substantiated cases of sexual assault, rape, sexual harassment

at the coast guard academy between 19 8 and be 2006. the report itself took five years to complete, but when it was finished in 2019 it was kept secret. it wasn't disclosed to the public and it wasn't disclosed to the congressional oversight committee. that's why you saw so much of this anger. senator tammy baldwin said it was insulting and retraumatizing that it was kept secret. she said it was an unconscionable amount of justice as she grilled admiral fagan. she is the first woman to lead the coast guard and any military service. the coast guard has come a long way in how they handle this, but there is more work to do. here is some more of what the investigation found. take a look at this. first, many suspects were never criminally investigated acrding to this report. those that were and found to have ssttiated allegations agai sentences in many cases, including demerits or extra

homework. finally, according to the report the victims of the assault were punished for fraternization or engaging in lewd acts. here is fagan on where the coast guard is today. >> it started as legacy sexual assaults that were mishandled at the coast guard academy but it is clear to me we have a culture in areas that is permissive and allows sexual assaults, harassment, bullying, retaliation. it's inconsistent with our core values. >> now one of the open questions about this report in operation fouled anchor is why the dates were limited between 1988 and 2006, why they didn't look at the last 17 years, for instance. fagan promised there would be accountability and transparency. there's a 90 day review of that. the one of the big questions though is how much accountability there can be. fagan said she would use the jurisdiction of the coast guard to the extent that she could.

some of these cases may have happened too far long ago for that to happen and many of these people may have left the coast guard already, brianna. >> yeah. the victims were punished. there it is right there. unbelievable. oren liebermann. thank you for following this for us. coming up, two more republican presidential candidates said they have qualified for the first gop debate. we'll tell you who you can expect to see on the stage. what does it mean for trump's possible participation. plus, a jury has decided whether the pitts bburgh synagoe shooter will face the death penalty. we'll tell you just how they ruleled after this. the

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. almost here if you can believe it. we're about one month from the first republican primary debate in the 2024 campaign. now two more candidates say they've reached the threshold to be on that first debate stage. today former new jersey governor chris kchristie and tim scott. you're seeing this debate starting to take shape. i can't believe it's almost here. >> that's right. we only heard from six people, six in this enormous field who say they've qualified. there are a few requirements. one is 40,000 unique donors. there were a lot of candidates who were really worried about this. the six who have said they've qualified are donald trumpn

desantis, nikki haley, tim scott and chris christie. because of this, you are seeing some candidates doing some unconventional things. doug bergham was offering gift cards of $20 for folks who donated at least $1 to his campaign. >> interesting. >> the one person we haven't heard from, really watching it most closely, is former vice president mike pence to see if he has met that threshold. >> it would be interesting to have him on the debate stage politically speaking. do we expect there will be more people and this is going to be a crowded field? how crowded? because at a certain point it almost becomes clown carrish. >> exactly. the 40,000 donors, that was one of the other big ones. one is polling. those numbers have not all come in. you have to qualeify at 1% or to national polls and two state

polls. there haven't been that many polls. we do expect to see those numbers coming out. some candidates are not quite polling at 1% yet. we'll have to see how many polls come out and will they actually meet that threshold. there's the threshold of who's going to be on the stage, whether or not the former president donald trump will be on the stage. he is stoking the drom drama and will he want to be on this stage? >> he tried that before pulling out of a debate. i wonder if he regretted it. >> some people can't afford this. bergham is very well off. >> this is just in to cnn. we've learned the house ethics committee has revived an investigation into republican congressman matt gates. we're told investigators have

started reaching out to witnesses. paula reid, do we know why this has been revived particularly since they decided not to pursue allegations previously? do we know what they're asking witness bes about? >> this is not a new investigation into the congressman. earlier this year the house ethics committee quietly reopened the probe. we've learned for the first time they have begun reaching out to witnesses to begin gathering evidence about his alleged activities. these are not new allegations. in 2021 they announced they were going to investigate gates and allegations of possible sex trafficking. and images on the house floor and campaign funds and other

alleged crimes but that ethics investigation was deferred at the request of the justice department that investigated the congressman from late 2020 until earlier this year when their investigation into possible obstruction of justice, possible sex trafficking and allegations of engaging in sex with a minor, that investigation was closed. the congressman was not charged. he's always denied wrongdoing. >> one witness was asked about possible lobbying by the congressman and some of his associates. a source familiar with the committee's work tells cnn the justice department's decision has no bearing. these are not technicalities. these are happening within a

political reality. the congressman is increasingly at odds with the leadership of his party. this is a republican controlled committee. house speaker kevin mccarthy said he doesn't know anything about this ongoing investigation. he gave us a statement in regards to our new reporting. he said in part the ethics committee has never found me to be in violation of house rules though they've been investigating me during my entire seven years in congress. i will note that this inves investigation was on hold for the past seven years. it's not something i'm worried about. i'm focused on the work. in response to the possibility that this investigation could be part of some possible retaliation. the congressman tells people the best of people and prepare for the worst. >> the house is a republican

controlled committee. you need republican and democratic support. >> reopening -- this is not new. it's been on hold. it's been on pause since the justice department asked them back in 2021 to defer this. therefore members need at least the blessing of a few members of their own party. >> thank you so much. brianna. ahead, wait until you hear how this adorable 6-year-old girl says she was able to fight off and escape an alleged kidnapper. . >> when he came and grabbed you, did you scream? >> yes. >> and then what did you do?

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the federal trade commission has just announced it is investigating the parent company of chatgpt. open ai is being scrutinized for possible violations of consumer protection law. the investigation could also complicate open ai's relationship with lawmakers who have raised concerns about the threat artificial intelligence poses to jobs, to national security and to democracy. cnn's brian thung is joining us on this. what specifically is the ftc going to be looking at? >> brianna, it's going to be a lot of the same issues the ftc is traditionally concerned about. things like privacy, truth in advertising and whether or not these companies like open ai have been faithful to their commitments they've been making to the public. earlier this week we know the

ftc sent a 20 page civil investigative demand to open ai with a number of requests for information. just looking at all sorts of things, including how it gathers data for the training models. how it modifies its algorithms to produce different responses when you input different inputs and also how the technology may actually be harming ople's personal reputation. so let's take a look at part of this document. they said describe in detail the extent you have taken to address and mitigate large language model products for remarks that are false, misleading or disparaging. what they're looking at for here is evidence open ai may be pushing information out there using its products that might not be lining up with reality which plays into the broader debate about could ai have negative effects on our democracy, on the way that we,

you know, understand the world based on the information that's available on the internet and stuff like that. >> also opening them up to defamation and that kind of thing. >> potentially. it's a very open debate about what ai's role is in the law we've seen numerous lawsuits in recent weeks about copyright infringement and there's possible litigation around that. there are a lot of big questions that policy makers have not yet figured out. congress is really trying to get its arms around this issue now. this ftc investigation is the first time we've seen direct regulation of the ai industry by the u.s. government. >> really interesting. we'll be watching it for that. brian, thank you. >> jim? >> now to some of the other headlines we are watching this hour. listen to this one. a stranger tried to snatch her, but a 6-year-old bit her way to safety. police in miami say the girl fended off a man who tried to

kidnap her as she was playing outside her home. he attempted to carry her away. she used the only weapon she had, her teeth. >> reporter: when he came and grabbed you, did you scream? >> yes. >> and then what did you do? >> bit him. >> then what? >> he slapped me and threw me on the floor. >> i told her, don't talk to strangers. if anything happened, try -- >> brave little girl. a 32-year-old was arrested. in pittsburgh a jury has ruled that a gunman behind the deadliest anti-semetic attack in u.s. history is eligible for the death penalty. he was convicted. some 63 charges including the murders of 11 worshippers at the tree of life synagogue.

prosecutors showed bowers had a history. the defense argues he suffers from mental health issues. the penalty phase begins monday. that is expected to last several weeks. last night at the 31st annual he espy awards, lamar han got teary. >> the training staff of the buffalo bills. >> saved his life. earlier this year hamlin shook the sports world when you may remember he went into cardiac arrest after making a tackle in game on live television. thanks to that training staff he is alive and well today. also fully cleared to resume football activities in april. that, brianna, just incredible comeback. >> it took that whole team to keep him alive. amazing. so there's a bumpy ride, you know, some choppy air and then there is turbulence so severe

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some really scary moments aboard an allegiant flight that took off from north carolina yesterday. the plane experienced severe turbulence right before landing in florida. two passengers, two flight attendants were injured. >> more than halfway through descending, and all of a sudden we heard a small turbulence, and the stewardess beside us fell to

the ground, and then we hit a major turbulence, which was petrifying, and she was literally like matrix, watched her go up in the air and just land straight down. >> petrifying like matrix. cnn's pete muntean is here. tell us what we know about the specific incident here and how severe it was. >> you know, the nuts and bolts of this sound like pretty much every other turbulence incident we've been covering. it seems almost like they're on the rise. this flight was going from asheville, north carolina, descending into st. pete clear water airport. we know that paramedics met this flight at the gate. and we're going to play the air traffic control audio in a second where the pilots specifically asked for this. they knew right away that passengers on board were hurt. in fact, in some of the audio they say that some of the passengers were bleeding. there were about 197 people on board this flight. we know that the crew was hurt. they're especially at risk in incidents like this. we also know some of the passengers were hurt.

we heard that soundbite where they said it looked like the ma matrix, people being thrown up to the ceiling. i want you to listen now to the calm of pilots radioing this in to air traffic control in tampa where they essentially say we need to land right now. we need to decre an emergency, and we need paramedics to meet us at the gate because there's some people really hur. >> get it on the ground, already called ahead for medical. >> allegiance 227, we have multiple head injuries and one broken ankle. >> the faa is investigating this. the ntsb says it's aware of this, although not yet investigating just because of the severity of the injuries. you know, turbulence is caused by relatively common things. it can be wind coming off of a mountain or it can be different layers of wind at altitudes essentially like wind shear, and this it could be thunderstorms. i looked at the radar, there were some thunderstorms in the area at the time, not uncommon in the afternoon in florida as this flight was coming in to

descend in st. pete clearwater. >> you and i have talked about more than one of these incidents. i don't want to establish trends from isolated incidents here and there, do the numbers show this is more common, and if so, what could be the cause? >> injuries on board commercial airliners, the number one cause is turbulence. and these turbulence incidents have gone down in number, according to the faa from when they really started keeping track of this in the early 2000s, but it does seem anecdotally like we're covering this more and more often with more and more severity, more and more injuries. so the real trend here -- and this is something that leaders at main airlines point to -- is that climate change is really contributing to more extreme weather events. that is what causes thunderstorms when we see delays and cancellations, and of course that's what causes big turbulence events like this. of course the ntsb is trying to get ahold on this, and they keep looking at it in the totality in hopes of bringing this down and keeping incidents at bay. >> try to fly around it, you

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