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i'm kim brunhuber. ahead on "cnn newsroom" -- >> i never experienced this kind of heat. it's really, really hot. >> smoldering heat takes over the u.s. as temperatures could hit 130 degrees in some places this weekend. cnn as reporters all across this developing story. plus. >> we ended this without anyone else getting hurt. >> pennsylvania fugitive murder suspect michael burnham has been caught. we'll look at what tipped off the police to his arrest. and a major decision from the fda this week that will impact millions of women and girls in the u.s. more than 80 million people remain under heat alerts, as the weeks-long heat wave continues and intensifies here in the u.s. dangerously high temperatures will continue across the western part of the country throughout
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the weekend with temperatures getting hotter in the south early next week. the weather prediction center says daytime highs will range between 10 to 20 degrees above normal in central and southern california and reach up to 120 degrees fahrenheit in parts of california, arizona, and southern nevada. take a listen to what people in las vegas are saying about the heat. >> i think it's going to be a hot one, but we can do it. we're here in vegas, having a good time. >> we're out here trying to beat the heat. but it's par for the course. the heat here, rains different places, thunderstorms, weather patterns have changed. >> more than 100 temperature records are possible through tuesday across the west and south. death valley, california, could top 130 degrees today. that's what happened just five times in more than 110 years of record keeping. and right now, at 2:00 a.m. in phoenix, it's 100 degrees. in southern california, the riverside county fire department is battling three wildfires that
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started friday. officials say the rabbit fire grew from 20 to 4,500 acres and was only 5% tcontained on saturday. cnn has reporters all across this story. mike valerio is in valencia, california, examining how people plan to beat the heat across the southwest. hadas gold joins us live from jerusalem with a look at the israeli prime minister's dehydration due to the heat. and barbie nadeau is live in rome with how europe is handling their own heat wave. but first, raphael romeo is in las vegas with a look at the temperatures across the u.s. >> reporter: people here in las vegas have going to have to wait a few more dates for a respite. the national weather service has issued an excessive heat warning for the city, expected to last until tuesday evening. 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
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some teem bime between sunday a 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 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, walk outside for a bit, get too hot, go inside, cool down, and repeat. >> that sounds like a great plan. >> thank you. it was a spur-of-the-moment trip, just, let's go, and she was monitoring the temperature on her phone. 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
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100 degrees, with the last 12 topping 105 degrees, which is double the previous record of 6. oklahoma saw its 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 for just a few minutes, because the temperature inside can increase to dangerous levels very quickly. rafael romo, cnn, las vegas. >> reporter: the blistering heat wave across southern europe is intensifying amid the busy summer tourist season. italy now has 16 cities under a severe red alert health advisory, the highest level. in greece, some people flocked to the beach, maybe hoping for a break from the oppressive heat. on saturday, officials shut the famed acropolis because of the heat. and in istanbul, people tried to cool off as the heat wave hit
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turkey. and authorities in spain say the heat is affecting the country's typically cooler north, not jus areas in the south. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has been fitted with heart monitor under his skin after being admitted to a hospital san saturday for what's being diagnosed as dehydration. that word came to us a short time ago from the shiba medical center in televiv. doctors expected the prime minister had become dehydrationed on a trip to the beach on saturday and was admitted to the hospital for tests. he's expected to be released today. hadas gold joins us live from jerusalem. what more are you hearing about netanyahu's condition? >> in the past half hour/hour is when we received word about why the prime minister had been kept overnight and into this morning. he is still, as far as we know, in the hospital, and has not been discharged yet. that's because after running a few tests, the doctors there do
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believe that his hospitalization reason was for dehydration, because we did hear from his office that he spent friday at the sea of galilee, which has been under a heat advisory, there's a heat wave across this region. it's been incredibly hot. they say on saturday, he began to experience dizziness and went to the emergency room at the shiba medical center, which is in a suburb just east of televiv. and there, they were running tests on him, they kept him overnight, he's still there right now. they've been running tests on him and all of the tests have turned out to be normal. however, we did just receive this statement from the head of the cardiology at the shiba medical center, saying that though they have found no arrhythmia or anything like that in his hrtthey did decide to implant him with a heart monitor. in order to continue monitoring, we decided to install a holster to allow the medical team of the prime minister to continue regular monitoring. what this is, as it's been described to us by the hospital spokesperson, this is a small inch and a half, inch and a
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half-long, kind of looks like a tube of some kind that is placed just under the skin, just over the heart, to be able to provide continuous monitoring for an extended period of time of the heart. but as we are hearing from the prime minister's office, and now from the hospital, that the reason for hospitalization was dehydration, but in the course of the monitoring and in the course of the tests, they did decide to insert this heart monitor. benjamin netanyahu has no known major heart issues. he is 73 years old. this is not the first time he's been administered to hospital for not feeling well, and the israeli prime minister now will have a continuous heart monitor under his skin at all times. kim? >> thanks so much for that. hadas gold in jerusalem. i want to turn now to a story we're following this hour. a major earthquake has struck southern alaska. the united states geological survey is reporting that a 7.2 magnitude quake struck not long ago. the the national oceanic and
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atmospheric administration initially declared that a tsunami warning had been declared for southern alaska, but it has just been canceled. we have not received any reports of injuries or damage. georgia police are asking for the public's help finding the suspect in a deadly quadruple shooting. authorities believe 40-year-old andre longmore shot and killed three men and a woman early saturday morning, but they warned that he should be considered armed and dangerous. listen to this. . this is an all-hands on deck movement to make sure that we place mr. andrew longmore in custody. the 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 is known to be armed and dangerous. >> the shootings took place in a neighborhood in hampton, georgia, a city about 30 miles south of atlanta.
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authorities believe longmore is driving a vehicle that isn't his own. a 2017 black gmca acadia with license plate dhf-756. police in pennsylvania have recaptured an escaped inmate, a man with survivalist skills who they'd warned was dangerous. the prisoner, michael burnham, didn't get very far. he was found in pennsylvania, in the very same city as the prison he escaped from. polo sandoval brings us the details. >> after about nine days on the run in parts of rural pennsylvania, the search is now over after an inmate was recaptured by authorities on saturday afternoon. the man's name, michael burnham. he was recaptured without incident in a wooded area in warren county, pennsylvania. the 34-year-old former reservist and survivalist was also a prime suspect in a new york homicide case, as well as a related arson case in western new york. it was back on july 6th that
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burnham reportedly used a rope, fashioned from bedding to escape out of a window of a recreation room at the facility that he was being held in, in northwestern pennsylvania. during the search for the last few days, a search that was conducted by hundreds of states, local, federal officers, they were able to locate some camp sites and various stockpiles that they believe were directly linked to burnham. however, then, saturday came and i want you to hear directly from lieutenant colonel george bivines describing how a private citizen managed to call in a tip that led to the arrest of this runaway inmate. >> he was pursued by the officers along with k-9s. new york state police had a bloodhound and customs and border patrol had a search and patrol dog immediately behind the bloodhound. and so, yes, he was being tracked and pushed by a line of tactical members. >> you can also see this
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incredible imagine obtained by cnn. you can see those moments immediately following the re-arrest of michael burnham. officials saying that he was dirty, wet, tired, and also wearing his prison pants that had been turned inside out. however, officials have not been able to say anything about the conversations that were held with the inmate there on the ground. there's still a lot to be determined, including where he will eventually be housed, what kind of correctional facility or at least the name of it and also, what kind of additional charges he may face. polo sandoval, cnn, new york. more than a decade after a string of killings terrorized a long island community, there was a scrap of pizza crust that finally led police on friday to make an arrest. 59-year-old new york architect rex hurman is now facing charges. he murdered fthree women in 200 and 2010 and he's the prime suspect in a fourth killing. he has pleaded not guilty.
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the so-called gilgo beach murders confounded authorities for years. they had been focusing on hurman in early 2022, and they say that he matched his dna on a discarded pizza crust to a hair on burlap one victim was wrapped in. the county district attorney says that it was vital to keep much of the investigation quiet. here he is. >> and then you also have to worry about leaks, because we have executed lots of search warrants and we've just started to begin to comb through that evidence and hopefully we'll get more evidence and if the nature of your investigation or close you are leaks to that one person, all of that evidence disappears. so it's a balancing act. >> hurman is next due in court august 1st. ukraine says russian missiles and artilleries have
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ukraine is reporting a barrage of russian strikes o two major cities. says russian missiles hit downtown kharkiv in early hours of sunday whe zaporizhzhia was hit more than times in the past 24 hours, leaving at least seven people injured. a russian-appointed officials claim that ukraine tried to hit back, launching what they called a massive drone attack on crimea. nada bashir is monitoring developments and joins us from london. so nadia, what more can you tell us about the latest strikes? >> we've heard from ukrainian officials in the past few days, warning that that bombardment of ukraine's eastern jeregion, has intense ify intensified. that's what we saw last night, four missiles launched from the belgorod region, two exploding
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in the air, and two hitting the ground across the kharkiv region, causing some infrastructural damage there. and we saw shelling continue overnight. at least one person killed as a result. and as you mentioned, we saw that consistent attack towards the zaporizhzhia region. we saw attacks and strikes on the zaporizhzhia region just overnight friday into saturday. that was repeated again, according to ukrainian military officials, at least 52 strikes over just 24 hours. and at least seven people wounded in that attack. and this is, of course, a significant concern, as ukraine continues with its counteroffensive. we have, of course, learned from russian-appointed officials in the crimea region, what they described as a massively prolonged drone attack, which they say that they were able to deal with. however, of course, this is a huge concern. we've heard from ukrainian officials acknowledging what we have heard from western and nato officials over the past few weeks that the counteroffensive is not moving as quickly as they
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had anticipated or hoped. the gains they're making are not as substantial as ukraine had hoped. and there is that repeated call for further military support from nato allies. and we saw president zelenskyy speaking alongside his nato allies in the nato summit, reiterating that call for further support, but also k crucially for more concrete commitments when it comes to ukraine's potential succession to the nato alliance. this has certainly underscored that fact. president zelenskyy and his military officials continue to be confident in their efforts over the course of this counteroffensive. but the bombardment of eastern ukraine is only intensifying, and there is that real push by ukraine for further support from their allies. >> thanks so much, nada bashir in london. in sudan after three months of bitter fighting and allegations of horrific war crimes, representatives of the sudanese army have reportedly returned to saudi arabia to
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resume peace talks with rebel forces, but there's no indication those talks have actually restarted. and there's no sign of letup in the fighting. the capital of khartoum has been besieged for months between shelling and sighting. intense fighting has been reported in west darfur on the border with chad. cnn steephanie busari joins us live from lagos, nigenigeria. even though expectations for any negotiations are pretty low considering what's gone on before, there's just so much at stake in terms of the need for a cease-fire and the ability to establish humanitarian corridors for refugees and for aid. >> absolutely, kim. this war is entering its fourth month, and there's still so much uncertainty about when the sudanese army and the rebel
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support forces will lay down their weapons to come to the table and talk end and the missry for the sudanese people. the latest we're hearing is that sudanese representatives have arrived in saudi arabia to hold talks with the rapid support forces, but expectations are low, as so many cease-fire violations have happened. the u.s. and saudi arabia have previously mediated these talks, but they were suspended last month because both sides agreed to cease-fire by ending to cease-fires. but in the same breath, they violate them. and then they blame each other, leading to this frustrating merry-go-round. now, the fighting continues. four people have died, we're hearing after drones hit a medical center in the city of amnem. u.s. humanitarian chiertin griffith has said that the people of sudan need to be
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allowed -- they need to be nitarian corridors opened. he said they cannot replenish stores of food, water, and medicine if brazen looting of these stocks can continue, and we cannot deliver if our staff are prevented from reaching people in need. the real victims here are the sudanese people, who are stuck in homes, fighting around them. there's been no respite for nearly four months since this war began in mid-april. and there's real history that history may be repeating itself. we heard last week of 87 bodies found in a mass grave in this city. and ethnic -- which has some kind of ethnic tensions. most people found were from the tribe who were non-arabs. and the u.n. worries that real war crimes against humanity are happening in west darfur.
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and the icc has started a probe into these crimes going on there, kim. >> thanks so much, stephanie bu busari, live from lagos. still to come, millions across the u.s. are under heat alerts this weekend, and it's only set to get more intense in the coming days. plus, heat waves are not only scorching the u.s., people in southern europe are also sweltering. coming up, we'll go live to roam. stay with us. the worry-free w. not the other way. zevo traps use light to attract and trap flflying insects with no odor and n no mess. they work continuously, so you don''t have to. zevo. peoplele-friendly. bug-deadly.
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top stories this hour. over 80 million people under heat alerts as the weeks-long heat alerts continues. dangerously high temperatures will continue to plague western states throughout the weekend with temperatures getting hotter in the south early next week. more than 100 temperature records are possible through tuesday across the west and south and death valley, california, could top 130 degrees today, and that's only happened five times in more than 110 years of record keeping. in southern europe, italy now has 16 cities under a severe red alert health advisory, the highest level they have. and of course, it comes in the heart of the busy summer tourist season. cnn's mike valerio has more from valencia and california. >> well, right now, we're about 30 miles from the beach here in southern california. and if you can't make your way to the coastline, this certainly is a good alternative. to my right, we have tons of tubing, a profusion of parents and family.
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this is hurricane harbor in the santa clarita valley. and of course, six flags told us on a day like today, when we're expe expecting temperatures exciteding triple digits, they have to prepare, life guards in our background right here. about two dozen of them. a dozen first responders spread between the theme park and the water park that you see in our backdrop right here. listen to what six flags told us about their preparations for an intense weekend like we're experiencing right now. >> we have a sheriff's station on site for different emergencies and things like that that take place, but our staff is overly prepared to make sure that everyone is staying cool. we have our medical trained staff on site. we have an surveillance. we have very great relationships with local fire department, emts, that can come in and we can call them at any given notice and they come on site to help us if there is anything that is more drastic. >> at the start of the weekend, about 90 miles away from here in riverside county in southern california, not one but three
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wildfires sparked on friday, as we moved into saturday, thankfully firefighters reported that they started to get a good handle on controlling and containing those wildfires, not affecting too many population centers or threatening too many homes. of course, this is the start of summer, drier temperatures. we are going to be monitoring for a potential fire danger as we get deeper into july and of course, deeper into this heat wave. mike valerio, cnn, valencia, california. >> let's check in now with cnn's bar bie nadeau live in rome. it seems like europe's heat wave isn't going away anytime soon. >> no, that's absolutely right. and they just seem to keep upping the predictions and tomorrow, we're expecting it to be up to 41 in rome. on tuesday, 43 in roam. that's coming up from the national weather service here. that would really break records. and it's not just in rome, though. it's all over southern europe.
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and also the northern italy. we took a closer look, starting in venice. >> it's not easy work, guiding tours from the stifling canals of venice during a heat wave. italian meteorologists cheekily naming a new round of heat beginning sunday after the ferry man of the dead in greek mythology, who carries souls to the underworld. this gondalier says his boat can sometimes feel like an inferno and has to be careful not to burn himself on the gondola. it's a sign of how hot it is in italy and it's a sign of how much worse it could get. meteorologists in italy are telling people to prepare what could be the most intense heat wave of the summer, if not of all-time in the country. forecasters say rome could top 40 degrees celsius and possibly break its all-time high temperatures.
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and ssci will is prikded to hover near europe's current heat record of 48.8 degrees. but it's not just italy. much of southern europe and the ballkins are also broiling. in cyprus, two residents complained it was too hot to move unless to get a drink of water or find a place in the shade. >> it's 46. oh, my god. now you can't stand outside. >> the hot, dry weather also creating prime conditions for wildfires. the sizzling temperatures in spain's canary islands making it harder for firefighters to battle back the flames there. wildfires also burning in croatia, which spread rapidly because of the searing heat and windy weather. european health officials are advising people to stay out of the sun and to look after the elderly and the vulnerable. volunteers were on hand in greece to hand out water bottles to tourists as officials once again changed the operating
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hours of the acropolis to avoid people visiting during the hottest part of the day. but some tourists say even that wasn't enough. >> it was suffocating. we're from washington, d.c. and you get a lot of heat there, but it's not like this. like you can't find relief. >> the zoo in rome offering frozen treats to cool down the animals, although some prefer to dip in the water. the next few days could boil down to finding ways to cope with heat, which could get more difficult if temperatures across europe go farther into the red than they've ever gone before. and you know, kim, when you listen to those temperatures that are coming, and you look at those fires, you know, this is about more at the end of the day than the tourists. this is really, really dangerous for so many people who live in the mediterranean area in southern europe. even the water temperatures are high if you're trying to get relief at the beach or something like that. it's just really, really, really
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dangerous. and you know, the bottom line is authorities know that and they want everybody to keep cool, stay hydrated, take cover in the hot part of the day and try to protect themselves. kim? >>. >> good advice. a massive search and rescue effort underway right now in south korea. teams are trying to dry this underpass. 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. overall in south korea, at least 3 p 33 people have died from flash floods and landslides. mark stewart joins me now from tokyo. what is the latest on the search for survivors from the flooding in south korea? >> this is a search now that has been going on for a good 12 hours and despite optimism, the reality is that the effort, the success in finding survivors
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just may not come to fruition. this is a very difficult search, and as time goes by, the chances unfortunately dwindle. this has been an intense effort, a herculean effort. as many as 400 rescuers have been on the scene. at least 65 pieces of equipment have been involved in all of this. as you mentioned earlier, the difficulty is that this underpass, this tunnel flood because of this levy break and then time really started on saturday night to try to, for lack of a better word, to mop it up, to drain all of this water. and that has added time, and unfortunately time is very critical in this situation. 15 vehicles, at least, have been trapped under there, including a bus. among those who have been killed is a woman in her 70s. the flooding that we are seeing here, which is about 60 miles or
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100 kilometers south of seoul is just one of many examples of flooding that we have seen in south korea over the last few days. heavy rain really began first falling on thursday and it has continued throughout the weekend. homes have been flooded. farms have been flooded. there have also been evacuations. so, this is not just isolated to this particular scene, although this is, you know, unfortunately, one of the more intense, one of the more deadly places where this has occurred. and this is, falling in line very much in a narrative that we have seen around the world. we have seen reports in the last hour from california. we saw barbie nadeau in rome, and now here in asia. here in japan where i live, we have seen a landslide, flooding, and unfortunately we have seen deaths. and just today in tokyo, another day of extremely hot temperatures. >> all right, thanks so much, mark stewart in tokyo.
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. this week, the food and drug administration approved the first birth control pill for sale over the counter without a precipitation in the u.s. it's called o-pill and could be available at pharmacies in just a matter of months. cnn's medical correspondent meg terrell has the details. >> well, the fda says that almost half of the more than 6 million pregnancies in the u.s. every year are unintended. and so the agency and many experts in this space hope that making birth control more accessible in this way can contribute to fewer unintended pregnancies. now, the o-pill is the same
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version of a daily contraceptive pill that's one that's been on the market since 1973. although the maker stopped marketing it in recent years, due to business considerations. but this one now is the same one that was approved, only now it doesn't require a precipitation. it's a progesterone-only pill, sometimes called the mini pill. it just includes one hormone. it's been found to be 98% effective when used perfectly. you lose a few percentage points of that efficacy if you don't use it perfectly, ie, not exactly at the same time every day. but still, more than 90% effective. there's no age restriction on the fda approval here. and experts tell me that's very important, because it's often younger people that have trouble getting precipitations for contraception. and so having no age restriction could enable more people who really could benefit from this to be able to get it. the one group for whom it's contra indicated, it's not recommended to be use is people who have breast cancer or who have had breast cancer, because
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this is a hormone and that can affect breast cancer risk. and one really important unanswered questions right now is the price. the company has not yet announced what it will cost. it is expected to hit the market at the beginning of 2024. the company does say, quote, they're committed to ensuring that o-pill is affordable and accessible to people who need it. doctors i've spoken with say that they hope that this will be priced in an accessible way. and they point out that walmart has an option available for a precipitation contraceptive that costs about 9 million a month, cash pay. perego has also said it is going to seek insurance coverage for this product. but, you know, experts say this has been a 30-year quest to making contraception available over the counter, and they really hope this can make a dent in the number of unintended pregnancies in the u.s. every ye y year. and joining me now is dr. daniel grossman a professor of
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obstetrics and gynecology at the university of california san francisco. we just heard there about impact this might have. for you, how big of a deal is this? >> first of all, thanks so much for the invitation. honestly, it's a huge deal. you know, as was said, this has been decades in the making. it's really long overdue. these medications are so safe and effective, it really just makes total sense for them to be available over the counter. we know that requiring people to get a precipitation can put a medically unnecessary obstacle in their way of getting effective birth control. it's hard for people to start birth control. it's hard when they run out of birth control. it's hard to get re-supplied. so this is really, it's a huge deal. >> now, the manufacturer says they'll make the pill accessible and affordable to women of all
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ages. but a recent survey found that 10% of women wouldn't be able or wouldn't be willing to pay any out-of-pocket costs for this type of contraception, so cost is obviously a huge issue here. >> yeah, it really is. in fact, i've done research also looking at this and found that on average, people who are interested in using this kind of over-the-counter birth control for adults, the most that they're willing to pay is about $15 per month. and for teens who are interested, the most is about $10 per month. and once the cost goes, you know, up much beyond that, interest really falls off. it's going to be important that prego makes this available as an accessible cost. i understand that they're planning to make it -- also, they're going to have a consumer assistance program for low-income people, so they'll be able to access that at no cost.
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but the key piece of this will be insurance coverage. there are about eight states now, including california, that require insurance companies to cover over-the-counter contraceptives. and i'm hoping that that's going to just grow as this gets rolled out. >> you mentioned teens there. and we heard there that there's no age limit here. any concerns about that? after all, it is a very powerful medicine that alters body chemistry. are there any dangers here? >> really, there are no dangers whatsoever. this is a very safe product. you know, as we also heard, the only condition that's, you know, really considered, like, a dangerous condition for someone to take the pill is breast cancer. and breast cancer is really pretty much unheard of among teenagers. so it's really safe for this population and it's just so needed. we know that teens often have
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problems accessing birth control. they may have difficulty getting to a clinic. they may not to want use their parent's insurance. it's very common when they first start using birth control, that they use over-the-counter methods. this adds a new over-the-counter method that is so much more effective than the currently available over-the-counter methods. go ahead. >> just one other thing i was going to say about the age issue is, if there had been an age restriction, it just makes it so much more complicated. it means you have to have an i.d. to be able to purchase the product and show your age, it has to be behind a counter in order to get it. so it is just such good news that the fda followed the science and followed the recommendation of its own advisory committee to approve this without an age restriction. >> and what about the -- another issue. the people, let's say, start turning to these oral contra
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contraceptives, is it possible they might not use condoms, leading to more stds? >> you know, we'll have to see how that plays out. i mean the reality is that, you know, currently, combined dual use method is -- we need to do more education really around that. in talking to -- in surveys who have looked at this, people say that if they're using condoms, they understand why they're using condoms, to protect themselves against a sexually transmitted infection and would continue to use them if they had access to an over the counter pill. we'll have to see what happens with that. but it's really going to be key, i think, to continue educational pushes around that. sounds like a game changer with huge implications. appreciate your analysis, dr. grossman. thanks so much. >> thank you. still ahead, the men's final at wimbledon is set for today.
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. we could be in for one historic men's final today at wimbledon. novak djokovic versus carlos alcaraz. it's the matchup everybody wanted to see. what do you think we can expect? >> reporter: well, i'm hoping that this is going to be a match for the ages. it sounds like it could be, the man that everybody considers to be the greatest of all-time and novak djokovic trying to become the third man to ever accomplish this calendar grand slam, facing this top player in the world right now, a young spaniard in carlos alcaraz, who has admitted to cracking under the mental pressure, but physically is elite. so novak one win away from a record-tying eighth wimbledon title and his fifth straight, he hasn't lost a match on center court in a decade. he's looking supremely confident
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right now, kim. he's won 34 matches in a row at wimbledon, so the 36-year-old has only lost one wimbledon final he's ever reached. that was ten years ago. it should be a fascinating contest. >> i think this is probably the best finals that we could have. we are both in good form, we're both playing well, we're both, you know, i guess, want to take this title, you know, without a doubt. i look forward to it. it's going to be a great challenge, i think from -- greatest challenge, probably, that i could have at the moment. yes, i do have more experience playing in many more grand slam or wimbledon finals than him. but still, he's in great shape. he's very motivated, he's young, he's hungry. i'm hungry, too, so let's have a feast. >> meantime, 24-year-old marq marquette becoming the first unseated woman at wimbledon on saturday. the czech's run was so unexpected, in fact, that she told her husband to stay back at
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home to look after their cat, franky. she's like, don't even come. it's not even going to be a big deal. once she made the final, they found a pet sitter so he could make the trip to london and see her hoist this trophy as wimbledon champion. just an incredible performance. >> yeah, i mean winning, it's an amazing feeling. you know, i have -- i have my husband here, my little sister. she came, you know, also on friday, so, yeah, i'm just very happy to share with the people and all i have here, because in paris, it was a bit sad. i couldn't go there, you know, to hug them, and now this happened. so i think just to share it with them, it's amazing. >> she embraced her sisters in this beautiful viral moment. meantime, back stateside, messi making it official, signing with intermiami yesterday. the deal making him a florida man to the end of the 2025 season. and in a statement, the argentine superstar said he's
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very excited. he's expected to debut on miami on july 21st. the wnba taking over las vegas this weekend, highlighted by the triumphant return of brittney griner, the nine-time all-star playing in her first all-star game since being detained in russia. the mercury star delivering on the floor. she threw down this slam dunk for 2 of her 18 points on the night. starring an all-star record 31 points on ten 3s as team brianna stewart beat team asia wilson, 123-127, the final. finally for you this morning, steph curry once again approving he he can hit a shot from absolutely anywhere. sinking a hole in one and losing his mind, breaking into a fullout sprint, celebrating, soaking it all in. he was actually still out of breath when the reporter caught up to ask him what it felt like. certainly felt like one of the biggest moments of his professional sporting career to us.
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>> 140 yards is not 94 feet, but, wow, i'll be out of breath for the rest of the day for good reason, though hey, that's what i'm talking about! >> this is a guy that's won multiple championships, right? but certainly loves to golf, too, fun to see him to have some fun. >> just doesn't seem fair that you could be so good at so many different things. >> i know. >> carolyn manno in new york, thanks so much. appreciate it. before we go, no one hit the powerball jackpot in the u.s. on saturday night, so you know what that means? the jackpot rollover and it will be drawn again on monday. right now, the monday jackpot is expected to be $900 million. if you win and take the cash payout, the value would be a little more than $465 million. i'm kim brunhuber. you can follow me on twitter @kimbrun huber. for viewers in north america, "cnn this morning" is next. for the rest of the world, it's
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