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welcome to all of you watching us here in the united states, canada, and all around the world. i'm kim brunhuber, ahead on "cnn newsroom." a heat wave is bringing temperatures never seen before in the u.s. and europe. well tell you how hot it could get this weekend, plus -- >> wherever you are, we will hunt you down in whatever hole you may be residing in and bring you to custody, period. >> that's the message from law enforcement to the men suspected of killing four people outside of atlanta on saturday. we'll bring you the details of the manhunt. and later, gang violence in haiti is raging out of control and now the u.n. is considering sending a military force to the country. but first, we want to tell you about reports coming into cnn about a large earthquake in southern alaska. the united states geological survey is reporting that a 7.2 magnitude quake struck a short time ago. the national oceanic and atmospheric administration says a tsunami advisory is now in place in southern alaska and the alaskan peninsula. now, we haven't yet received
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reports of injuries or damage, and we'll bring you more on the story as we get it. well, tens of millions of people are sweltering under oppressive heat waves in the united states. heat alerts stretch from florida to the pacific northwest and alerts for dangerous heat levels have been in effect for parts of arizona and texas for more than 30 days in a row. the heat wave could set more than 100 temperature records through monday. death valley, california, could top 130 degrees later today. right now, at 1:00 a.m. in phoenix, it's 105 degrees. now, according to data from the national weather service, heat kills more americans than any other type of severe weather and temperatures could get even worse, especially in the southwestern u.s. cnn's rafael romo has more on the story from las vegas. >> reporter: people here in las vegas are going to have to wait a few more days for a respite. the national weather service has issued an excessive heat warning for the city, expected to last until news evening.
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and meteorologists here are taking a close look at the climbing temperatures, because there's a possibility that the city's official all-time record of 117 degrees could be tied some time between sunday and monday. a good portion of the country is experiencing extreme heat, more than 85 million people are under heat alerts from the national weather service and at least 15 states from florida to california. phoenix has topped 110 degrees for 14 consecutive days, and is forecast to make that at least 19 by tuesday, which will be the longest stretch in that city's history. earlier i spoke with a tourist from canada visiting las vegas with her daughter who told us that she had found the right combination of indoor and outdoor recreation to stay safe in this oppressive heat. >> going to all the shops, in and out, just walk outside for a bit, get too hot, go in, cool down, and repeat. >> reporter: that sounds like a great plan. >> thank you. it was a spur of the moment trip
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and just let's go. and she was monitoring the temperature on her phone. and she's like, mom, it's going to be hot! >> reporter: miami has seen a record 34 straight days where the heat index has climbed above 100 degrees, with the last 12 topping 105 degrees, which is double the previous record of six. in oklahoma, they saw their heat index climb to 126 degrees on thursday, the highest in 30 years. officials for the city of las vegas are reminding residents and this applies to people in other states, too, that you should never leave pets or people in hot cars, even just for a few minutes because the temperature inside can increase to dangerous levels very quickly. rafael romo, cnn, las vegas. >> the blistering heat wave across southern europe is intensifying amid the busy summer tourist season. italy now as 16 cities under a severe red alert health advisory, the highest level they have. on saturday, greece shut the
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famed acropolis in athens because of the heat and the authorities in spain say the heat wave is affecting the country's typically cooler north, not just areas in the south. the hottest temperatures ever recorded in europe could happen in sicily and sardinia, potentially reaching a scorching 118 degrees, 48 degrees celsius. let's bring in cnn's barbie nadeau live in rome, where it is scorching. so pabarbie, hot now in italy a apparently it's going to get even hotter. >> reporter: that's right. we're told that tomorrow and tuesday are going to be even hotter than today and yesterday, which by my set of standards were very, very hot. you know, tehese tourists here n central rome are under this incredible sun. we talked to a tourist who is used to the heat, but is still suffering here in italy. let's listen to what she had to say. >> it was suffocating. we're from washington, d.c. and get a lot of heat there, but
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it's not like this. it's like you can't find relief. let me put it that way. >> reporter: and you know, you listen to that, she's used to the heat and it's still hot. part of it is the humidity, part of it is because tourists tend to not stop. you plan a vacation to a city like rome or florence or sicily or something like that, you want to use every minute of your holiday to see as much as you can. and that's just not feasible. authorities here are hoping that the tourists also, as well as the people who live in this area, just kind of take it easy during the hottest times of the day and keep hydrated, kim. that's about all we can do. >> turning to other countries in europe, many also sweltering there as well. >> reporter: that's right. you know, greece especially is really, really feeling the effects of the heat. they're used to hot weather there, too. the fact that they closed the acropolis outside of athens, two days in a row speaks volumes. that's a hugely popular tourist attraction. people come to athens to see that.
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and the fact that they've closed it and said it's just not worth the risk to humans says a lot. it says a lot about where we're going top spain, too. we're seeing incredible temperatures where it's usually just not at hot. there's nowhere to find any relief. it's just going to get worse before we can start talking about a break in the temperature. >> it's scary. >> barbie nadeau in rome, thanks so much. >> reporter: yesterday, i spent time with my wife in the sea of galilee in the sun without a hot, without water, not a good idea. first of all, i want to thank you all for your concerns and to the excellent teams here at sheeba who examined me. thank god i feel very well, but i have one request from you. we are going through a heat wave. drink more water and be less in the sun. >> that was benjamin netanyahu speaking on saturday from a hospital near televiv. he is expected to be released today after he was treated for dehydration and kept overnight for observation.
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cnn's hadas gold joins us live from jerusalem. hadas, dehydration, that's what they're saying. what more can you tell us? >> reporter: that is what they're saying right now at least after the initial tests. but after being admitted to the hospital yesterday, the emergency room saying after the prime minister experienced dizziness. on friday, he was at the sea of gallie where he was say in the sun, without a hot, without water, and on saturday, he started to experience dizziness and on the advice of his personal doctor went to the emergency room in a suburb east of televiv. there he underwent some initial tests. he said he was in good condition. however, he was kept overnight. he is still in the hospital as far as we know right now. still receiving further tests. they do say that he is still in good condition, and they haven't said anything other than dehydration. now, there are starting to be increasing calls by those, especially israeli political
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class for a full independent medical report from the hospital. we have not received that yet. we have been asking the prime minister's office for further information about his condition. they do say that they believe that he will be released today. that's according to the prime minister's office. now, israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu is 73 years old. israel and this region is also going through a major heat wave. it is incredibly hot right now. and for the prime minister, this is not the first time he's actually been admitted to the emergency room in the past year. in october, during the holiday when observant jews undergo a fast, he began to feel unwell and was taken to an emergency room where he was kept overnight. and this has been an very eventful time in israeli politics across this region, the rising violence across the occupied west bank and israel and the rising domestic political pressures he is facing from the massive judicial overhaul. benjamin netanyahu is trying to push through this government and the rising protests on the street. israelis taking to the streets
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on quite a rell level to protest that judicial overhaul. there is a lot going on. but still some questions about the prime minister's condition. they have had to move a cabinet meeting that was scheduled for today. they are pushing it further because he is still in hospital. we're still awaiting further word on a medical report from the prime minister and still waiting to see when he will be reds f released from the hospital. >> kim? >> you mentioned the protests despite the heat wave, those protests are continuing. >> they are continuing. they were out again last night. they've been coming out once a week, essentially now for more than six months. last week, there was what they called a major day of disruption. they were at the airport, clogging up the arrivals terminal there for several hours. they were taking to the streets. there were dozens of arrests made that day. and the protests are planning another day of disruption this week. and that's because a part of the legislation that is a part of this overall package has been brought back on to the table. they are trying to get it passed within the next few weeks. this specifically has to do with
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trying to strip the ability of the supreme court from declaring government actions unreasonable. again, it's just one bill of sort of this package of bills. that's the judicial overhaul. but for the protesters, it's just the fact that this legislation is in play once again that's bringing them back out on to the streets. and they're planning another major day of disruption this week, but the government is pushing forward with their plans to get this specific part of the legislation passed within the next few weeks. >> all right. we'll be watching those protests later this week. hadas gold in jerusalem, thanks so much. georgia police are asking for the public's help locating the suspect in a deadly quadruple shooting and they're warning that he should be considered armed and dangerous. authorities say 40-year-old andre longmore shot and killed four people saturday morning in a town 30 miles south of atlanta. cnn correspondent polo sandoval has the story. >> first question, a possible motive. the local police chief says it's still too early to say.
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he was also asked if there's a possible connection between the suspect and any of the four victims. and the chief saying at this point, he does not believe that to be the case, though it's still extremely preliminary. they're currently looking for him. he was last seen aboard a 2017 black gmc acadia, with georgia plates dhf-756. i want you to hear directly from the henry county sheriff as he shared a message not only with the community, but also aimed directly at the suspect that they're trying to find right now. >> reporter: this is an all hands on deck movement to make sure that we place mr. andrew longmore in custody. the henry county sheriff's office is also offering a $10,000 reward for any information leading to the arrest and apprehension and prosecution of mr. longmore. if you see mr. longmore, please call 911. do not approach him, because he
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is known to be armed and dangerous. >> sheriffs officers there certainly hoping that that reward will encourage anybody to offer any sort of information in terms of his whereabouts, though certainly discouraging any member of the public from actually approaching him. >> meanwhile, police in pennsylvania have re-captured an escaped inmate after intensive nine-day manhunt. the prisoner, michael bernham was found in a wooded area looking dishevelled and wearing his prison pants inside-out. officials say he had broken out of prison on july 6th, using bed sheets as a rope to escape out of the military facility. bernham didn't get very far. he was found in the same city as the prison he escaped from. police located him on saturday after residents reported a suspicious person on their property. bernham had told the owners of the property that he was camping, but they recognized him as the fugitive. law enforcement officials
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tracked him through the woods with the bloodhounds and search dogs. bernham is now back in jail. police describe their relief that the ordeal is over. listen to this. >> i am very happy to be standing here in front of you to announce the capture of michael bernham. a short time here in warren county. i want to thank the residents of warren county and the surrounding area for their patience through all of this. i know it was challenging for them. i know that they were nervous, i know that they were scared. but you know, they remain gracious to all of our people and we're were very, very helpful to all of us. coming up, dozens of people have died from flash flooding and landslides in south korea. now a dramatic search and rescue underway in a race against time. we'll have a live report. and later, novak djokovic could win his 24th grand slam today at wimbledon, but first he has to beat the top-ranked tennis player in the world. stay with us. wake up, achievers.
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downtown kharkiv in the early hours of sunday while zaporizhzhia was hit more than 50 tes in the past4 hours, leaving ateast seven people injured. but russian-appointed officials claim ukraine tried to hit back, launching what they call a massive drone attack on crimea. nada bashir joins us from london. so more aid for ukraine. take us through what they're getting and what difference it might make. >> we are hearing that pledge of further aid for ukraine. that is certainly a significant development. we know, of course, following the nato conference, we've heard there's repeated calls and reiterated calls from president zelenskyy for further support. and that is only being underscored by the recent developments, though we are seeing, of course, overnight, those attacks that you mentioned in both car kharkiv and in zaporizhzhia. in kharkiv, that damage we've heard from the ukrainian military officials, talking about the infrastructural damage that we have seen there.
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at least four missiles reportedly launched from the belgorod region overnight, shortly after 1:30 a.m. local time, exploding and hitting the ground. we know that there has been consistent shelling in these surroundings areas overnight as well. that has been, of course, a huge concern, at least one person reportedly killed. and as you mentioned, we have also seen those attacks around the zaporizhzhia region. as you said, 52 strikes in the last 24 hours. and this comes just day we heard from the ukrainian military officials, warning that we have seen an intensification of russian attacks over the last month in comparison to may. this has been a real concern as ukraine counntinues with its counter offensive. and we've now heard from ukrainian intelligence officials that this isn't going as fast as expected or as they'd hoped. the gains as far as territory
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are not as substantial as ukraine would have anticipated by this point in time. so we are seeing that continued push for aid for ukraine and for that military backing from ukraine's western nato allies. >> now turning to a development where you are in the uk. the defense secretary stepping down. do we know why? >> look, we've heard from ben wallace, speaking to the sunday times newspaper here in the uk. he's been clear that this isn't in relation to anything regarding the prime minister or their own decisions, or a personal choice he has taken. he has spoken about the toll that his political life has had on his family and that he intends not only to leave government as defense secretary following the next reshuffle of cabinets by ricky sunak, not expected in the coming months, but intends to hit down as a member of parliament following the next national general election. he has been defense secretary for the last four years and really rose to prominence at his profile growing and increasing, following russia's invasion of
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ukraine. he has been a consistent figure in times of real political turmoil with the conservative party leadership. and we have heard that he had his hopes set on the potentially of nato secretary general. the timing is interesting given the fact this comes shortly after the announcement that jens stoltenberg would be remaining in post as secretary general. but now the challenge for rishi sunak is who will be ben wallace's successor? in sudan, after three months of bitter fighting and allegations of horrific war crimes, representatives of the sudanese armies have returned to saudi arabia to resume peace lks with rebel forces, b there's no indications that those talks have actually restarted. saudi and u.s. mediators suspended the talks because of numerous cease-fire violations and neither have said those talks are back on. stephanie joins us from lagos,
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nige nigeria. given what's happened before and what's happening now, i imagine expectations are fairly low? >> that's right, kim. the cease-fire violations have been -- cease-fires have been violated many times and talks were suspended because neither party is listening and blaming one another for the cease-fire not being supported or adhered to. it's really low expectations. this is coming on the back of the talks in cairo with the neighbors -- sudan's neighbor, who got together to say, this war as taken a toll on our region. something has to be done. these generals need to come to the table and sit down and talk and put down their weapons. that is essential. and this comes also on the back of the icc probing the war
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crimes, horrific war crimes that is bringing misery to sudanese people and the very real fears of engenocide happening again i west darfur, as happened 20 years ago, kim. so the situation is just very untenable, but there seems to be no end in sight to -- for the sudanese people to this war, seemingly unending war, kim. >> yeah, sad to see, stephanie in lagos, thanks so much. still to come, millions across the u.s. are under heat alerts this weekend and it's only going to get more intense over the next few days. more on that next. please stay with us.
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welcome back to all of you watching us here in the united states, canada, skpand around t world. i'm kim brunhuber. this is "cnn newsroom." we're returning to our top story. the major earthquake in southern alaska. the united states geological survey says a 7.2 magnitude quake struck a short time ago. the national oceanic and atmospheric administration says that a tsunami advisory is now in place in southern alaska and the alaskan peninsula. so far, we haven't received reports of injuries or damage. we'll bring you more on the story as we get it. more than 80 million people are under heat alerts in the u.s. right now and the weeks-long heat wave that's blanketed the southwest is only set to get more intense. if you're in the south, tw temperatures are going to be on the rise this week. death valley, california, hit a staggering 29 degrees on saturday. tourists were still visiting the national park, despite the conditions, hoping to be part of the record-breaking weekend. listen to this.
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>> i've never experienced this kind of heat, no. it's really hot. you can maximum stay out like 10 minutes, 15 minutes, then you need to have some air from the car. but even the car is getting some trouble getting the cooling. >> it's so hot and it's like, you know, you get dry really quick and, you know, the sweat. the sweat is also not -- we're not used to the sweat in denmark. now to vermont, where new downpours and flooding concerns are affecting an area already devastated by both. have a look. this is video from earlier in the week. dozens of homes were evacuated and several people had to be rescued after rivers overflowed their banks. more rain is moving into the area as we speak and more flooding is expected. flood watches are now in effect through at least late sunday night. a massive search and rescue
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operation is underway right now in south korea. emergency teams are trying to drain this underpass in the central part of the country. it flooded after torrential rains overflowed and burst the levy of a nearby river, trapping several cars and a public bus inside. so far, the bodies of seven people have been recovered and the rescue teams are searching for any possible survivors. days of torrential rain have devastated parts of south korea. overall, at least 33 people have died from flash floods and landslides and thousands of people have been forced to evacuate their homes. mark stewart joins me now from tokyo. mark, horrific scenes there. bring us up to speed. what's the latest? >> well, kim, let's start with this rescue effort, with that underpass. it's happening about 100 kilometers, that is, south of seoul, about 60 miles to the south of seoul. this is now going into its 11th hour. and it's really been difficult for two reasons. first of all, crews actually had to gubuild a dam to contain the
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water before they could go in. that's in addition to the fact that there's been heavy rain in this area since thursday and throughout the day today, there has been a heavy rain alert. so that's making things very difficult. as you can see though, a very large response taking place, just outside of seoul. let me just tell you some of the equipment and the manpower that is involved, according to emergency responders, about 399 workers, close to 400 people have been involved with this 65 pieces of individual equipment are helping to try to get to this underpass. crews have been able to send dive teams in. they have seen many vehicles. i think as you mentioned earlier, there was a bus. at one point, one of the victims identified as a woman in her 70s. this is a very tough situation. rescue workers have been asked about survivors, if there's the potential that there may be some air pockets hidden below. unfortunately, that does not appear to be the case. what has happened in seoul is also representative of some of
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the issues that, everybody seeing across the region. here in japan, we have seen a landslide in the last few days. we have also been dealing with flooding, and sadly, there are report of fatalities. and finally, an issue that has also been plaguing asia has been heat. now, it is a hot time here in japan. it is a rainy time here in japan, but we are seeing temperatures in the very high 90s, even today, a high of about 98 degrees, 36, 37 degrees celsius. even though it's something that people are used to in this part of the world, especially in the summertime, especially because we're on an island surrounded by water, it is very difficult and it is yet another example of why people need to take caution in this part of the world, kim. >> absolutely. and as you say, that extreme weather being fell in other asian countries, including in japan, where you are. >> reporter: yeah, and you know, this is something that emergency responders have been primed to
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deal with. unfortunately, these forces of nature are too big. as we mentioned, we have a landslide, we have seen flooding. even with the best preparation, it's something that's very difficult to combat. >> all right. thanks so much, mark stewart in tokyo. well, people in northern india are grappling with floods after bouts of torrential rain. the river was at it its highest it's been in 45 years, overflowing its banks after unusually heavy rainfall. hundreds of people were forced to evacuate. roads have been severely damaged and a school building was washed away. u.s. climate envoy john kerry is feeling the searing heat of beijing this weekend, as he arrives for talks with his chinese counterpart. temperatures are soaring to 36 degrees celsius or nearly 100 fahrenheit in the chinese capital. cnn's anna coren has more on the high-level talks from hong kong. >> reporter: after the planet recorded its hottest week in history and extreme weather continues to cause death and destruction globally, the world's two biggest polluters
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will hold climate talks in beijing during a heat wave in the capital. u.s. climate envoy john kerry begins a four-day trip to china on sunday. >> as the two leading emitters in the world and as the two largest economies in the world, china and the united states really need to cooperate on this. >> reporter: both sides are feeling the pain on their home soil this summer, with u.s. states facing intense heat and flooding, and record temperatures across china, where even the pandas are struggling to keep cool. >> temperature extremes are a frightening reminder of what we're headed for. and the most frightening part is that global temperatures will keep increasing until global emissions reach zero. >> reporter: in beijing, john kerry will meet his chinese counterpart. the pair have worked together on the climate issue for years, and made a key bilateral deal in
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2021. >> the holy grail of this visit from the u.s. perspective would be walking away with a grandfather from the chinese to protect and isolate china from the rest of their relationships so it's not susceptible to a geopolitical flare-up as we saw with nancy pelosi's visit to taiwan last year. >> reporter: since pelosi's controversial trip and the shooting down of a chinese surveillance balloon in february, the two sides are now trying to get back on track. kerry is the third senior biden official to visit china in the past month. u.s. secretary of state antony blinken met with xi jinping last month. and u.s. treasury secretary janet yellen visited last week, where she called on china to give more cash to help developing countries cut emissions. experts hope kerry's visit will lay the groundwork for cop-28, the next climate summit hosted by abu dhabi in november. >> if they can find way to agree with each other on certain
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issues. then it is much easier for the rest of the world to get onboard. >> reporter: but with both countries still heavily reliant on fossil fuels and facing economic pressure at home, any progress is likely to be an uphill battle. anna coren, cnn, hong kong. coming up here on cnn musem newsroom, after two years of escalating gang violence in haiti, the united states is calling for international help. that's coming up. please do stay with us.
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combat gangs. >> reporter: it's now been two years since the assassination of haiti's leader has plunged this country into even more chaos. the united nations says what is going on now is unprecedented in haiti's history. what is happening is that armed gangs have not only taken over the capital with their violence and brutality, but it is having an impact right across the country. we are here in southwestern haiti, in lakai, and even here, what is happening in port-au-prince can be felt, first and foremost economically. remember that haiti already has one of the highest incidences, rates of food insecurity in the world and now because of the control that those gangs have in port-au-prince, aid groups tell us that the situation is worsening even here. not just with food insecurity, but also with the threat that that kind of violence, the violence that is already a
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reality in the capital, will come here. >> we heard about gbb, we heard about violence on children, and this is something that was not common in this country side. >> it's shocking for you, then, to see it here. >> for me, it was the first time hearing something like that. on this side. >> reporter: in fact, the u.n. secretary general was here earlier this month and he said that he was absolutely appalled by the level of torture, the witness accounts that we he heard from, the fact that women and young girls were being gang-raped. having said that, what he is asking for, he says, is not a mission, but a robust military force by what he is calling interested member states to come here and work hand in hand with the authorities. that is far from a reality right now. and even the aid appeal from here in haiti remains remarkably undersubscribed. they are still in needs of
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hundreds of millions of dollars. and yet, the international community seems to have aid fatigue about haiti and is yet to step up to really try to provide this country with even the basics of life right now. paula newton, cnn, lakai, haiti. >> joining me now is jacqueline charles, caribbean correspondent for "the miami herald." thanks so much for being here with us. so as we just heard, kidnappings, killings, sexual violence are on the rise. haiti seems on the brink. how precarious is the situation right now? >> well, the situation is precarious. we saw a little bit of as r respite, just about a month or two ago after some vigilante killings. what happened, the population was taking this shall of security into their own hands. they were blocking off roads, they were actually hunting down alleged, you know, gang members and the united nations put out some statistics on how many
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people, you know, has been killed in these vigilante killings, saying this is not the way to go. but i just recently came from haiti not long ago. and what you started to see is indeed, kidnappings have returned. we're starting to hear more about, you know, incidents of violence. and so there is concern that we are now going right back to where we were just a couple of months ago. >> that's sad to hear. the problem, of course, is those rampant gangs now control close to 80% of port-au-prince, which means many people zpdisplaced. they can't move around, they don't have food or access to medical care. how are haitians coping? >> haitians are coping in a very difficult situation. i just wrote this story this week, there's an american priest that's been working with the leaders of four very powerful gangs and he's gotten them to call a truce. so these gangs have basically
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carried out some massacres in the largest slum in port-au-prince, but then when you go towards, you know, tabara, where the u.s. embassy sl is located, we had an incident over a week ago where pr approximately 20 armed men went into the trauma hospital, dragged out a wounded gunshot victim and doctors without borders had to announce that they were temporarily suspending services. this is not the first time they've done it, but you have to say, how many temporary suspensions before it becomes, you know, a permanent? you know, you go out, just an every day running errands, you don't know whether you're going to be the next kidnapping victim, you don't know whether you're going to be the victim of the violence. and of course, it's sexual violence. increasingly, gangs are using sexual violence, rape, gang rape and mutilation of young girls and women. this is now part of their tactic. this is very much a rising problem and a rising concern.
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>> just absolutely horrific. the u.n. security council has asked the secretary general to come up with solutions including a possible deployment, many in the country say that's just a band-aid, and of course, they sort of are reluctant to see foreign soldiers, because they're seen as having caused more problems than they've solved in the past. do you get a sense that more boots on the ground is what's needed here? >> this issue, of course, is very controversial on who you've asked. i've seen polling that haitians want help. they recognize to the haitian national police is just 3,300 people on public safety duty in a country of 12 million. they can't do it on their own. the polls show that the -- not the politicians, the folks who are having to live with this insecurity and the gang violence, who cannot get out of their neighborhoods or get their kids to school. they are asking for help and they want help from the outside. >> in the meantime, the u.n. is promising more policing support,
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more training, but gangs have so much influence and in the government. is there a point to bolstering the policing without broader anti-corruption reform? >> look, the haitian national police. they are ill-equipped, outgunned. gangs are using heavy machinery. when you talk to police officers, when you have had success, what they describe to you is running military operation. and so while, yes, while additional police advisers are great, but everyone that's looking at this and studying this are saying, what the police need are assets, military muscle. >> the problem just seem insurmountable, but there is no debate. haitians do need help. really appreciate your insights. jacqueline charles, thanks so much. >> thank you. all right. i want to return to one of our top stories. we had mentioned earlier that israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu was hospitalized for
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apparent dehydration and kept overnight for observation. now we're learning a bit more about his stay there. i want to bring back in cnn's hadas gold live from jerusalem. so thahadas, what more can you l us? >> there had been some questions, because the prime minister's office had been saying that the prime minister had been admitted to the hospital for dehydration, but he had been kept overnight and further tests were being conducted. now we're hearing finally from the hospital itself, from the senior doctors there themselves that while they do believe that the reason for hospitalization was dehydration and they say that he went through multiple types of tests, including on his heart, that that did come out as normal, benjamin netanyahu has now been implanted with a heart monitor. this is a very small device that will just go under the skin, under his chest. it will be able to continuously monitor his heart and they say that this was performed while he was completely fully conscious, according to places like the british heart foundation. this is a relatively quick procedure that's done.
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a heart monitor placed just under the skin on the chest, with local anesthetic. so he was never put under. the doctors do say at no point, no heart arrhythmia was found or anything like that, but they wanted to implement this heart monitor under his chest so that his own close medical professional team could continue regular monitoring. so as of right now, the reason for the hospitalization initially was the dehydration, the prime minister's office saying that he had been in the sea of galilee on friday. this region is undergoing a major heat wave as is so much of the rest of the northern hemisphere right now. prime minister benjamin netanyahu put out a video statement yesterday saying he had been out without a hat, without water, it was not a good idea. he complained of dizziness on saturday, that's when he went to the emergency room. so still the diagnosis for hospitalization is dehydration, but the major news out of this is that the prime minister now has a heart monitor. he is 73 years old, he has no known major previous medical conditions, although in october
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of last year he was also sent to the emergency room while feeling unwell during yom kippur, the jewish holiday when observant jews. fast. he also spent the night overnight then, but was not implemented with a heart monitor then. he has not yet been discharged from the hospital, but according to the hospital's statement, they expect him to be discharged within the next few hours. kim? >> interesting development. thanks so much, hadas gold in jerusalem. still ahead here on "cnn newsroom". >> it's official. details of major league soccer's unique deal, that's coming up. please stay with us. except the hours that you're sleeping. so why do we leave so much untapped pototential on the tab? this is a a next level bed, for a next level you. my circadian rhythm is kicking yourur circadian rhythms butt!
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frontier, not six feet under, but millions of kilometers above. these families are sending ashes of their loved ones into space aboard a rocket. nasa and several private companies have launched cremated remains into space before, but the company celestes says it's the first to send so many to its final resting place in deep space. >> no one's done that before, we'll have 196 capsules of cremated remains, of people who have passed away, or dna of people who are still living. that repository will be 330 million kilometers out into space, for the first time in history. >> reporter: the pioneering flight is slated for later this year and includes some well-known names. >> some really famous "star trek" cast members, we have their ashes or their dna that are flying, along with a couple of famous presidents. we've got a hair follicle from george washington, president dwight eisenhower, and president
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john f kennedy are also onboard that flight as well. >> the rocket has room for dna from the living, like this arizona couple who say they love to take trips interstate or intergalactic. >> so i guess it would be the ultimate road trip. >> this is the dna memorial kit. and basically, it takes the dna, it creates a substrate, a powdered substrate that's capable of intergalactic travel, because you don't have heaters onboard, you have to have the dna that's in a powdered form that can handle the rigors of space. >> reporter: celestes says they've launched 20 space flights dating back in 1997. they usually throw a party on launch day and family members can monitor the flight on a satellite tracker. >> for the person, it fulfills their dream. for the family, it provides a profound sense of closure. >> reporter: fees start at just under $3,000 to fly your loved one's remains briefly into skpas back again, and for nearly
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