♪ good morning, everyone. from washington, d.c. abby phillip is here. carlos alcaraz almost broke his wimbledon trophy with us. let's move on. five things you need to know. breaking this morning, ukraine attacks a crucial bridge connecting russia to crimean peninsula, rail traffic is still moving but road traffic has stopped. ukrainian intelligence officials said that it damage will hurt rush sa. another brutal weekend, more than 1700 flights cancelled yesterday the faa blaming it on storms, severe storms the philadelphia suburbs also hit especially hard. a top investigator in the gilgo beach serial killings describing the suspect as a quote, demon. they continue to gather evidence and they have more human remains

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>> more than 13 million americans are under flood watch in the northeast. at least five people are dead and two children are missing in the suburbs of philadelphia after they were swept away by the floodwaters. over in connecticut, the governor said that the amount of rain this was biblical and he warned that the storms are happening more and more frequently. danny freeman is in bucks county, that baby and toddler are still missing what's the latest there. >> reporter: truly a baby and toddler, still missing at this point, first responders have been working through the weekend and will continue today to try and find these two who are still missing. an incredibly trying weekend for this bucks county. we're not few tar from route 532 where the bulk of this intense flooding incident happened. initially over the weekend, reports that we got seven people were missing, ultimately five

were pronounced dead and the two left are those two children they're looking for. no fashionly has been impacted, the family of six trapped in flooding, visiting from charleston, south carolina, there was a mother, a father, a grand mother and three children. well, the father was able to get out of the vehicle as the flooding started to occur and was able to rescue his 4-year-old son. the grandmother of this family was also able to survive. yesterday we learned that the mother of this family, she had died in this terrible incident and then also we're looking for that 9-month-old and 2-year-old as well. take a listen to what pennsylvania governor shapiro had to say yesterday at a press conference. >> in short all hands are on deck for the commonwealth to work together with our local partners. we have your backs and we'll be here as long as it takes to make sure bucks county gets back up

on its feet. >> now abby, first responders emphasized this flooding happened so quickly on saturday evening that really no drivers had a chance to get out of, the cars that were stuck. no cars drove into the flooding according to first responders and that water got as much four, five feet deep at one point. it destroyed part of the road there, that's what led these cars to go into the creek. first responders were able to rescue eight people for their cars and two others from the creek, but again still searching at this time for those two children. >> just so devastating for that family. severe storms forced ground stop at major airports. cnn aviation correspondent is tracking the situation this morning. >> i'm looking at flightaware right now, i'm tracking a

flight, my girlfriend is trying to get back from scotland. three hours late. 280 cancellations so far. 850 delays. compared to yesterday, 1750 flights cancelled. in the top fe for cancellations this summer. 9800 flights delayed. when you put it into context, 40% of all flights scheduled in the u.s. yesterday were delayed. that makes it the top four delays this summer. pretty incredible. the average delay, an hour and 10 minutes. the worst airports, no surprise, newark, jfk and laguardia. the faa is especially hard hit right now because of the shortage of air traffic

controllers. ground stops in philadelphia. listen to united airlines ceo scott kirby. he said with climate change comes more extreme weather and then we'll see even more and more cancellations and delays, united had its own meltdown the last week of june but he said this time no airline is safe. listen. >> regular operations are going to be more likely to occur as the climate warms and therm dynamics 101 we're going to have more thunderstorms. >> the faa is already warning of ground stops today in new york and also in central and south florida, so we'll see as the day goes on these thunderstorms build, a big downfall of things especially in the afternoon. we'll see as this day goes we could see more an more delays today. but hopefully at least right now the numbers are still pretty low. >> still low. we're thinking of you and your girlfriend. >> hope she makes it home.

>> thanks. over to ukraine now, new overnight, two significant developments in russia's war on ukraine, ukraine is now taking responsibility for an attack on the only bridge linking russia to the annexed crimea peninsula the full exat the present time of the damage is unknown but ukraine said it will cause logistical issues for russian forces who use that bridge as a major hub for transporting resources into the territory this comes as we learn that russia is pulling out of this crucial deal that allows ukraine to safely export grain to the rest of the world. >> i want to kind of start for people who don't necessarily understand the symbolic and tangible significance of this moment, what does this attack show you in. >> so the big thing about this, phil, this is the connection, this is the most symbolic connection that russia has to crimea, they built this when

russia had annexed crimea, putin opened it himself. and this is the place where all of the russian military forces get their resupply from, almost all of their resupply comes this way, but for the most part this is the area that's really important for the russian resupply effort for the entire war in ukraine. >> do you feel like this will have a tangible impact if. >> absolutely. it will have a significant impact. one of the big things about this this is the only link between crimea and russia that exists. it does supply all of the military supplies, the fuel, the goods, all the things they need, it's the longest bridge in europe, over ten miles long for the road portion. it does both road and rail traffic. when you look at the damage right here you can see that this would be a major cause of delays, that split right there

makes it impossible for road traffic to continue. the big thing with this, phil, if they can't get this operational it's going to really stop the war effort for the russians. they'll have a heck of a time maintaining their position on the southern front. >> interesting in terms of the timing, we knew there was a deadline for the longstanding grain deal. which was supposed to expire. russia said they're pulling out even before the expiration. do you think the timing is connected in. >> i think it's connected. a problem when it comes to stabilizing global food supplies. with this expiring today and the russians not renewing it we can expect prices to go up not only in africa, asia and europe but also here in the united states because the global food supply is completely interconnected. >> all right, two very

significant stories in ukraine, thank you. on the political front, new pressure on ron desantis presidential campaign, confirming some staffers have been cut for quote nimble and candidate-driven campaign. now this is coming as financial disclosures show some warning signs for desa, al he raised an impressive $20 million t second quarter he has burned through $8 million of it since entering the race, plus less than 15% of his contributions have come om small donors, according to a report at the washington post, more than seven weeks, skepticism about th florida governor's 2024 bid has grown. the doubts extend to long friendly fox news and its owner the conservative media magnate

rupert murdoch. he'll be interviewed by our own jake tapper in a rare interview for desantis who only speaks to fox and other conservative-friendly outlets. thank you both for joining us. hannah, great piece in the post, really detailing what's going on here and the concerns are getting louder and louder from people who really, really want to support desantis. >> yeah, absolutely. i think this is something that we've seen spilling into public view for a while, but now it's reaching a fever pitch. with the staff cuts and financial disclosures this week, growing sense that he needs to do something different. >> that's the question i had in

reading your piece, a lot of people have a lot of ideas, not a rarity of people having thoughts on campaigns they support. does it seem like they are starting to lock into a new strategy or a shift they can drive towards to change those dynamics? >> it's a mixed bag. when i talk to people close to the campaign, people who talked to the campaign last week, they're staying the course, trying to tune out the daily news cycle, never in the plan to cut staffers seven weeks in, we might be hitting the tipping point here, going on cnn that's big shift in strategy. >> yeah, he's more than welcome on cnn but this is a candidate in ron desantis who's been so public about this idea he doesn't have to do those things. i do, though, want to the other

side of things play his perspective in response to some of these critiques of his campaign. >> i think it would be political mall practice to be running for president fixated on national rather than south carolina, you can make up ground, we're making up ground in all of those states. >> look, i've heard that before, too, we've covered many a campaign, it's true, iowa, new hampshire, south carolina matter a lot, but at this stage so does the narrative around your campaign. >> that's right, and from governor desantis' perspective and those of his aides and his supporters, they see the indictment of donald trump as a big part of the explanation for this trend that people in the republican party the base rallied around trump it's actually boosted trump's popularity in terms of the

primary but desantis has other problems as well. it's also about -- desantis' connection, his ability to connect with voters, not only in the base, axios does swing voter focus groups, those swing voters the more they see of desantis theyless they like him. backlash to famous video where he embraced the anti-lgbtq ad. some concern inside the republican camp that he's run too far to the right the strategy of trying to capture the trumpist part of the trump base may hurt him in the general if he get there is. >> hannah, when you talk to folks in and around the campaign, i think there has to be a very acute concern that people decide that desantis isn't the guy to take out trump, they have to look elsewhere, but

how acute is that threat or the potential for that in terms of concerns inside the campaign right now. >> i think you saw in a memo that the campaign put out, they gave particular attention to tim scott, as much as they try to say it's a two-man race, they're looking at these lower polling contenders, if one of these people have a moment at a debate that could threaten our standing right now, we're in second place but others are greepg up. >> because they have evidence of it or speculate ing? >> i've definitely spoken to donors who are taking another look at tim scott? and rupert murdoch's reported interest in tim scott as well. that's a big part of >> it to your point, i was reading politico this morning they have a quote from a donor

who says tim scott is the guy who's running who has some personality and charisma, his delivery is terrific. >> they're looking at tim scott as a very different person, a very optimist message from tim scott. desantis' ads are kind of dark. >> dark worked in 2016, right, i mean, it worked for donald trump at the time. but right now, desantis' challenge is not only could he win a general election it's can he overtake donald trump as an alternative? a republican who does that, is that person going to have a bleaker look at america? it's still early, we're talking about six months away from the first vote. none of this bodes well for this group of other candidates, mike pence, nikki haley, chris

christie. it's become a three-way race. donald trump, ron desantis and tim scott race. >> if you're tim scott it helps to have a superpac who back you. thank you very much. exclusive interview on cnn, florida governor ron desantis, he'll join jake tapper tomorrow for a one-on-one campaign interview on the trail. at 4:00 p.m. eastern time. coming up, a leading house democrat now walking back comments that members of her own party are calling anti-semitic and dangerous. plus -- >> i'm a trouble shooter. born and raised on long island been working in manhattan since 1987. >> that's the man who's been charged with a string of murders that terrorized a long island community for more than decade.

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a suspected serial killer captured in new york but a top investigator on the case tell cnn there could be more victims. police arrested rex heuermann on thursday in connection with the gilgo beach murders. investigators say that he killed at least three women and is the top suspect in a fourth. all of their bodies found near each other more than ten years ago, here's what the suffolk district attorney raymond tierney told us earlier this morning. >> you're talking about something that's 13 years in the making, so when you talk about the unbelievable amount of material that was there prior to me assuming office in january of 2022 and you also have over 300 search warrants and judicial requests, so there's a tremendous amount of information which obviously, you know, the defense's going to want to look

at. >> what else did investigators say about this case? >> reporter: yeah, aby you can look here at this scene, it's still ongoing, investigators still at the house of rex heuermann all through the weekend, taking out evidence that's going to be part of what investigators comb through as they continue to search for clues in the case. the district attorney said 300 search warrants and subpoenas were done for this case just prior to his arrest, you can imagine there's more that's still happening and they're also getting a flood of calls into the tip line, and as you guys said, heuermann is connected to three of those murders that happened a decade ago the district attorney saying to you guys this morning they're very close to them then charging him for the fourth murder. of course a big key here is going to be that dna they got on

that pizza crust that heuermann discared in manhattan, they're trying to see how he possibly could be connected to other murders as well. the top investigator of this task force telling us it's very possible there are more victims. hear more from that top investigator who talked to cnn. >> we'll continue the investigation, the task force is going to continue to work, we're not shutting down the task force, there are still things that we have to do, there are still human remains that have to be investigated further in gilgo. >> of course those human remains also found in the time line that stretched more than a decade and areas around gilgo beach and others in this area of new york, a part of this investigation is also including talking to witnesses, we understand that heuermann's wife and children are also cooperating with this

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pro-pa pro-palestinian supporters. yesterday she walked back those comments in statements she wrote, words do matter, so it's important that i clarify my statement, i don't believe the idea as israel as racist. israel is the legitimate homeland of the jesh people. efforts to demonize it is not only dangerous and antisemitic, it also undermines america's national security. one of the lawmakers who signed on to the letter to the congresswoman, do you accept where the congresswoman has gone. >> it certainly helps. one of the reasons why the leadership of the caucus, democratic caucus, and many of us, it will be a significant number of members have put out

statements or will join this statement is to ensure we set the record straight, make sure that everyone knows the fact that israel is one of our strongest, most strategic partners, that's for our national security and quite frankly the security of the region and it's a strong democracy. more than 70% of people voted in the last election in israel. they have a diverse legislature or knesset. pride in israel is one of the biggest prides in the world. so it's a vibrant, inclusive democracy and as it relates to the west bank and the palestinians, i believe almost 180,000, nearly 200,000 palestinians come into israel to work and so it's a very

strategic partnership and relationship and we want to make sure that folks know where congress stands. >> i think the issue, look, i think there are deep issues and divides within your caucus, there's been a shift amongst some of the more progressive members of your caucus but the netanyahu government and some of the distributions has exacerbated those concerns. do you have concerns where netanyahu's leadership has taken things? >> yeah a couple of things. one, something like 95% of congress including the vast majority of democrats support israel. that's really important. two, the issue i believe is of

how do you get to a place where we can have security and ultimately two states. and to continue to focus on israel. which we have done for decades and decades and decades. what we need is a legitimate governing authority in the west bank, first and foremost, and that's going to require europe and arab nations to come together to work with the palestinians to establish a legitimate governing authorities in the west bank to get rid all of the bad stuff, the terrorism, mostly driven by iran, at which point we'll have a secure west bank and a partner in peace and then we're off to the races in terms of getting to a place

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this morning, new yorkers are once again being urged to prepare for the smoke burning from wildfires in canada. winds are expected to carry a smokey haze to the northeast yet again this week. it comes as canada is experiencing its worst fire season on record, about 25 million acres have burned so far this year. no end in sight. cnn's paula newton live with more, paula, i guess the biggest question right now, are firefighters actually making progress against these

wildfires? >> reporter: no. progress is not the way you put it, all they can do is protect communities like the one we're in and try to protect when you're up here -- they've come all the way from america's sout southwest. >> welcome to quebec. >> reporter: now quebec's scorched land. joining international firefighters doing what they can to slow wildfires that won't quit. >> secure the edge and make sure that the communities are safe. >> reporter: the silver state hot shot crew is looking for hot spots. they're fire-fighting crews specially trained and skilled now taking on canada's record-breaking wildfires. i know you're from montana, big

sky country, this is a big fire. >> in the scope for us in the states it would be one of the largest fires to ever occur in the united states. >> reporter: the total area burned in canada already has shattered records. now 10 million hectares, almost 25 million acres, still burning. >> when they burn like this, no way to put people in front of it to stop it. no amount of resource prs the ground or from the sky that's going to be able to stop these fires. >> reporter: as shocking and unsettling as it is, this fire is just far too large to extinguish, in fact the area already burned is larger than most countries on on the planet, not only does the fire burn but there's going to be a lot of smoke. and that means many american cities could be shrouded in smoke on any given day for weeks

or months to come. >> don't be surprised if it continues. secondly, this is a problem that's going to go on into the future, when it's the year to burn and the conditions are right it's going to continue to burn. >> reporter: here, many were evacuated within minutes as the flames threatened towns and fires burned with raging speed. jimmy seaburn is grateful to see the american help. he fears his home will be threatened again. it's incredible but not normal. he says it's not more mall but cautions we should all learn to expect the worst from the weather now. the rain has arrived. but it's like a drop in an otherwise empty bucket.

the mayor of this town, says the rain is answered prayer, she may not have to evacuate her town again but they have to adapt. were you scared? >> i wasn't scared i was mad. then i have a job to, stay calm and i said to my people let's be patient, let's do it and keep it zen. >> reporter: it may be difficult to stay calm as mother nature rages. the cliche applies here in every way possible, canada is burning. and it's not out of the woods yet. you know what's so incredible to think of there are burns burning right through this country from one end to the other and to that end, the can thadian government called in the military in the can that's west to help deal with those wildfires.

e we're a little more halfway through the fire season. we'll be watching the air quality index. >> no end in sight. jason aldean was back on stage performing in saratoga springs in new york last night. shaking off a bout of heat exhaustion earlier that forced him to end his concert in connecticut. ♪ >> taking to social media on sunday saying he suffered from a combination of dehydration and exhaustion. he added that he didn't think it was that serious, aldean did say, though, he was treated with

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that twitter has lost about half of its advertising revenue and it still as a negative clash flow. thbillionaire tweeting in advice to a follower, need to reach positive cash flow before we have the luxury of anything else. it's a far cry from april when he said that the platform is roughly breaking even and most of its advertisers have returned. joining me now, cnn senior media analyst, sarah fisher, also the senior media reporter at axios. sarah, this is a real problem for twitter. and it's just evidenced by the fact that the ceo of twitter, who believe it or not is not elon musk anymore, it's linda ruckerino, she has an advertising background, what does this mean for the job that she has ahead to get this platform in the green? >> great question.

it signals she has a very tough road ahead. twitter can cut all of the expenses they want. elon musk went in and slashed expenditures, he hasn't been paying bill, but the fact that it's still not making money means it has an advertising problem. he said earlier this year that many advertisers have returned, there have been many third party estimates that suggest that that's really not the case. and even those who have returned are just not spending as much. the reason being, they don't want to be called out by elon musk for pulling all of their spend, so their spend has been dramatically reduced. but for the viewers of cnn, this is just another signal that this platform continues to be slightly unstable. even though linda yakkerino is a major hire, if they can't afford to bring in money to pay the bills, that means the product will not be good for folks like you and me. >> the first thing i think when i see this stuff, and it's reply, so maybe i'm overthinking it to some degree. you can utilize twitter from a

business perspective, from a messaging perspective. and i often think if any high-ranking officer is being too candid, there's a flougts behind it. am i overthinking this? >> he wants to signal both to the user base, but also to potential advertisers that we have work to do. that we're still trying to get to a place where we're cloe positive. but phil, the problem here is the inconsistency. if you're going to come out in march and say most of our advertisers have returned and we'll be cash flow positive by june and come out in july and say, we're still not cash flow positive and 50% of our advertising revenue is still down, i think it leads to a very confusing and mixed message. the thing that i'm going to be watching is can we get to this place of an equilibrium where linda yakkerino can bring advertising revenue back up, they can begin to cut expenses and become cash flow positive by the end of the year. i'm a little bit skeptical, in

part because they have so many outstanding payments. even just the other day we had a former employee wage a lawsuit saying that the company owns $500 million in backlog severance payments to former employees. that's going to make it tough for them to ever become profitable. >> we have so much to talk about on this. and to that point, we have some reporting on cnn that says that twitter africa employees haven't even received their severance payments. but before you go, sarah, i want to touch on something that you have some new reporting on. it has to do with tucker carlson, who had also floated maybe working with twitter about some kind of new platform. now we are learning a little bit more about what's next for the former fired fox news host. >> yeah, so he is going to be launching his own media venture. axios and others have reported that he's raising money to do so. but the big news, abby, that we reported last night, as did cnbc, is that he's landed a seven-figure advertising deal around his twitter show. that's a big deal, because it's the first major commercial partner that he has brought in since leaving fox, as many of

your viewers know. many of your viewers as know, h in a legal battle with fox. is he going to be able to lure investors. he's a rich guy, but if he's starting his own media platform, which will be mostly video-based, that will require resources and i have reported that there is investor interest, in fact, one of the executives who was leading the company, who is taking the advertising deal company public is going to invest seven to eight figures in tucker carlson's new media company. >> that's really amazing to hear. especially considering that twitter and tucker carlson probably have the same problem, which that advertisers may not want to be next to that content. >> great reporting. you can check that out on axios. airlines are trying to get back on track after yet another brutal weekend. more than 1,700 flights canceled yesterday. we'll tell you how things are looking today. and breaking overnight, ukraine attacks a crucial bridge connecting russia to the crimea peninsula. what it means for russia's

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