but the north koreans have a real deep-seated hate are red to the united states because of what they are taught in school, the propaganda they grow up with. now this american citizen is in a situation he will be right there and he will be in north korea for perhaps quite a long time because it's difficult to communicate right now. the north is more isolated than ever, very little in terms of foreign diplomats on the line. no open lines of communication. there are backchannels. they will be operating. it's not going to be easy. it's not going to be quick. >> kylie, will makes a really interesting point. i want to caveat this. this is very early. our reporters are trying to get more information and we don't n know a lot right now. one area you have a ton of expertise is covering how the united states operates in situations like this. much of that is behind the scenes. very little is known that well. one of the question is, do we

have any idea who this individual may be and also what is the united states doing in a situation where there are no diplomatic pipelines open, no contacts that actually exist with the country where a u.s. person has been detained? >> yeah, well, i think we need to note that we don't know much at all about who this american is right now. we don't know if it's a male, a female, if they were just an american going on one of these joint security tours when they were visiting south korea or if they were a member of the military. we don't know right now who this person was and that is a critical question because that will influence kind of the the conversations that are had between the u.s. and south korea and then, of course, potentially north korea to try to secure their release. but to your point about the fact that the united states doesn't have regular diplomatic relations with north korea particularly right now in the biden administration, that makes a situation like this even more

complicated at this moment in time because it's not as if there have been lines opened between the two governments so that u.s. officials can pick up and call over to the north koreans. the biden administration has repeatedly said that they are open to talks with north korea. they are open to talks without preconditions essentially saying that north korea wouldn't have to break down its nuclear program in order to engage in talks, but we haven't seen any interest in the north korean side up to this point during the biden administration. it was very different during the trump administration as we recall. there were two summits between president trump and kim jong-un. so there were open lines of communication. but when you talk to officials who were in the trump administration leading those conversations, those lines just aren't open in the way this they used to be. so that makes a moment like this even more complicated, more challenging, more delicate. and the u.s. is going through their incredibly close ally south korea right now to to try

to figure out what they can do on behalf the united states to really work on this situation, as will was saying, this demilitarized zone between north korea and south korea has a lot of different assets to it. i have been to this area. it's an area where you can look over and see the north koreans but the north koreans aren't right there in front of the u.n. command who is in charge of maintaining this area. they are quite far ways away. it's interesting that according to the u.n. command that this american crossed over this demarkation line without authorization and then is believed to be in north korean custody. that indicates that the north koreans were in some way ready for it, potentially, and were looking to potentially detain someone. of course, we will learn much more about this in the hours to come. >> we certainly will. i believe we have now with us colonel cedric leighton, who has some additional perspective on this because just in the last

week, colonel, north korea tested an icbm missile. typically, these tests are designed to demonstrate the current capabilities, but also to send a message about their posture. set the table for us. what is context here of how north korea is positioned -- feels about itself as it relates to the united states right now. >> yeah, good morning. i think north korea feels threatened and they lash out in various ways when they feel threatened or ignored. and i think we are seeing a bit of that right now. we have a u.s. nuclear submarine docked in the south korean port of busan. that's a unique situation, hasn't happened in 40 years. you have a situation where you have the possibility of them demonstrating power. we haven't seen a nuclear test in a long time as well.

with their icbm launch, which you mentioned, that becomes a, now, test launch for them and is also a demonstration of power, and then this action on the dmz, that becomes a situation where they are lashing out, trying to pick individual out of the mix. they see that, what amounts to hodgins taking, is working a bit for the russians and they want to emulate that. we remember the case of otto warmbier, that ended tragically with his death, the college student from ohio. that kind of thing, you know, hopefully, doesn't go that far in this particular case, but it certainly is a danger and certainly a possibility for this american who is now dough taped by the north koreans. >> you know, one of the key things we cawant to keep reiterating, there is a lot we don't know about really anything that's going on. what we do know according to the

united nations command on twitter, a u.s. national has crossed the military tee mark ace line into north korea during a military tour. on that issue, white house officials are clearly aware of what's going on right now. to the extent we know, what are they to go, how are they operating in this moment? >> well, they are also in a fact-gathering phase. they are trying to understand what are the details, what was the circumstance that this u.s. national may have crossed or that we know crossed into north korea. so in the situation like this, officials are backchannels, trying to get information from the allies in the region. as you heard from will and kylie, this is complicated because there is no line of communication with north korea, but what can be done in the region or the united nations command to try to understand how this u.s. national cross neighborhood north korea and got -- is now in custody are all questions that white house officials have that they are, wog on getting information on.

i asked the white house for any comment or any information they can share us with. they haven't rprovided any yet. this is a white house that cares deeply and has made detained americans a priority. just last week, we heard from president biden about a separate ways, an american journalist detained in russia, but he said this in his response to reporters. quote, i am serious about doing all we can to free americans being illegally held in russia or anywhere for that matter. so this is top of mind for president biden and other cases of detained americans. you can imagine the white house working around the clock to dry to determine what happened here and what is going to be done moving forward. >> yeah. the detained americans issue, as colonel leighton was saying, builds on itself. when a rogue state like north korea sees what russia does, it seems to embolden them in some ways. will, i want to go back to you on the question of where do we

go from here, and as kylie said, south korea is a key ally, likely to be leaned on by the united states in figuring this out. what about china? what role do you think china will play as they are a close ally of north korea's? and while they are not necessarily allied with the united states, there is some communication that happens there. >> there is no country with more leverage over north korea than china. china is the enforcer of sanctions or the nation that would look the other way if sanctions are not being enforce. sanctions prevent missile components and other -- and materials that are used either for the north korean military or north korean elite. but if china kind of, you know, allows those things to go in the country, the life and living standard continues as it does for those who in pyongyang need to be kept happy, the small group of north korean elites and then the military has enough

components to keep building the missiles that kim jong-un is collecting and launching with his 10-year-old daughter alongside, who could some day be the one in command of that entire growing arsenal. basically, securing the fourth dynasty of the kim family. whether she is the successor, it's going to be the kims in control for quite some time. and kim jong-un has a pretty stable relationship with the chinese. you know, he hasn't gun that nuclear test, which probably would cross a line that would aggravate china because every time north korea does something, certainly the case in the fire and fury days, 2017, you know, north korea will launch missiles, to a nuclear test and everybody looks at china and says why aren't you doing more to solve this problem where china gives the same response. both sides need to look at the situation and resolve the situation with cool heads prevailing and, you know, not escalating tensions. china doesn't want to see

anything break out on the korean peninsula or see south korea at their doorstep. at least with north korea there, it's kind of a buffer zone for china. they have interest in letting north korea continue to survive. if they wanted to, they could, you know, really pressure north korea to do something on this. i would not wager much of my own money that that's gonna happen, guys. >> kylie, to that point, even in kind of the most tense elements of the bilateral relationship between the u.s. and china over the course of the last year, which has started to cool a little bit, it has seemed, u.s. officials say if there is an issue we should be talking about, north korea, there is interest on both sides in terms of north korea not doing the next nuclear test that i think everybody has been expecting. there has been a shift in terms of u.s. contacts.

secretary secretary yellen, john kerry met with the foreign policy -- yesterday, i believe, if my timing is correct. do you think that that could end up being a helpful line of communication that's been sort of reopened over the course of the last couple of the weeks? . >> absolutely. i think as will is pointing out, the impact, the influence that ea can't really be overstated. and when you do have what is becoming more regular contact between the u.s. and chinese officials, that is noteworthy in a situation like this. john kerry is in china right now meeting with his counterparts over there, talking, of course, about climate change. john kerry was the former secretary of state. he is someone with an incredible diplomatic history. you know, he is someone that is probably being alerted to this situation wrright now and potentially, you know, could play a role. we don't know what that looks

like. it is noteworthy he is. the secretary of state antony blinken traveled to china just last month and also that the secretary of treasury was wias there earlier this month. we should note the timeline here when it comes to americans being detained in north korea. just to sort of give team context about how north korea has used americans who are wrongfully detained to engage with the u.s. side. otto warmbier was released in 2017. there were then three other americans who were detained in north korea and released in 2018 and later that year was when we saw the first summit between president trump and kim jong-un. there was a second summit that following year. so it's very clear that in the past these americans have been used as leverage by north korea to engage with the u.s. side to get something out of the united states that they want in that situation. it did lead to them getting

accolades, getting a attention on the world stage, standing by the leader of the free world when president trump was in office. so that's note worth and i think we should consider that context when having this conversation. clearly on the china front very important to watch that john kerry is there right now. >> it is a very important point, and as you said, in 2018 the secretary of state at the time, mike pompeo, went to pyongyang and brought back americans tee taund in north korea. kylie, priscilla, will, colonel, we will have more on this breaking news out of north korea. we will bring you the latest developments as they come into us. also, we have to turn to the scorching temperatures around the world and for many it won't let up anytime soon. we are live in phoenix, rome, and hong kong on these global heatwaves next. you could save $700 dollars just by switching. ooooh, let me put a reminder on my phone. on the topop of the pile! oh. only pay for what yoyou need.

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welcome back. across the nation and around the world, blistering heatwaves are shattering records on multiple continents. here in the united states 65 mull americans are under heat alerts from florida to california. today phoenix is set to mash its all-time record for longest hot streak. 19 days of 110 temperatures. the heat hell is worldwide. that's a quote from a climate group in the uk. extreme heat intensifying in southern europe, italy, being described as a giant pizza oven. cnn has this covered around the world from u.s. to europe to asia. we want to start here at home with stephanie elam in phoenix. >> reporter: good morning, phil. you are right.

we are breaking records in phoenix in all the wrong ways. not only that height and 19th day over one ten degrees, it's the low temperatures at 3:00 in the morning local time, above 90 degrees and that is part of the dawning here. hospitals seeing people come in with burns because surfaces, the ground is so hot. if people get to the point that -- at 107 degrees they are falling, making contact and dealing with the burns. dealing with a lot of the dangers here from heat. for more, let's go to anna coren in hong kong. >> reporter: china is suffering an extreme heatwave with temperatures reaching above 50 degrees celtics, 126 degrees fahrenheit. in in setting a new record for the country, it comes as u.s. climate enjoy john kerry is in beijing, hoping the two largest emitters of greenhouse gas can work together to reduce global warming.

also the effect of climate change felt in south korea where torrential rain has caused flooding and landslides killing more than 40 people. even though this is monsoon season, the volume of rain falling has experts sounding the e away larm. >> reporter: you know, it's another grueling day in rome. there are so many tourists teefying what the authorities are telling them to do, get out of the sun in the heat of the day. of course, the italians and other southern europeans where it's also hot know better. they are inside drinking water, not taking much food or alcohol. but the tourists, on the other hand, are enjoying themselves in the heat. for more, let go to derek van dam in atlanta. >> reporter: yeah, barbie, our own heat hell is unfolding in atlanta and across the southeastern united states. this time it's heat coupled with

wildfire smoke, reminiscent of what new york and the eastern seaboard dealt with a couple of weeks ago. this time the smoke traveled over 2,000 miles to get where i am located now. what you see is extremely unhealthy air. it's set to continue for the next several hours. choking this city of over 6 million people in this larger metropolitan of atlanta with wildfire smoke coupled with heat. the climate crisis here and now the fingerprints of climate change being felt in the southeastern u.s. phil, abby. >> thank you all very much. let's bring in bill weir. bill, let's pick up there where derek left off. are we here now? is this what it feels like to be at the onset of climate change? >> i am afraid to say that seems to be the case. it's not that the planet is going to refreeze anytime soon. a lot of this is baked in after

a century of industrialization and right now scientists estimate every second of every day our planet absorbs as much heat as ten hiroshima-sized atomic bombs. now we are seeing heat blobs around the world, the ones we talked about, in the southwest there, which have been holding for weeks, almost 40 days with these major warnings as well. the superlatives, you talk scientists, seen ocean temperatures broken by five degrees, just gobsmacked by it. bonkers are some of the quotes they said. that's the 38 days. 1,500 record high temperatures set in the united states in the last couple of days. over 3,500 globally. and about 80 million under heat alerts in 14 states right now. >> as we look across kind. scale of what's happening right

now, there are kind of downstream effects that i think people will be tangibly seeing, including some in their wallets, i think. and most think about homeowners insurance. if you are dealing with hurricanes, floods, everything is changing right now. how is it actually affecting homeowners insurance? >> california and florida are the canarys in this coal mine. no pun intended. the big ones have essentially pulled out of california, modified there. in florida, aaa, lexington and farmers modified how they cover. they are having insurance crises, louisiana also dealing with this. florida may have to pass a hurricane tax. they have enough of a pool of money to pay for the damage. >> and, bill, so there is this thing that is actually really fascinating me. it's about white paint. tell us how that can have an impact on how climate change plays out in some of these major cities. >> well, if you have seen

pictures of san torini, greece, the buildings there, they were live in kaefgs and realized if we cover them in white as a refl refleck surface, it brings temperatures down. there is science on the whitest possible paint on rooftops, parking lots, because earth lost so of ice at the polls, the reflection of sunlight is being absorbed instead of reflected, now it will have to be man made to keep temperatures down. you will see a future where major cities, most of the rooftops will be white or have green space growing there. those are the cities that will be coolest. it's time to study the hottest places around the world, those who adapted in the smartest way, and scale it up fast. >> the only actual solution is lead a trip with me and abby to greece and we need to look at this ourself. no, it's fascinating.

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back to our breaking news. an american man is believed to be in north korean custody after crossing the border during a tour of the dmz. that's according to the united nations command which says it's working with the north korean army to resolve the situation. joining us is former cia north korea analyst and former white house official sue terry, and will ripley and colonel cedric leighton are back as well. so you have recently been to this area. what is your view of what we could be talking about here? is this something that could have been accidental? is this something that could have been intentional, meaning someone intentionally going across that border? what's your feel of it based on the limited information that we have right now? >> well, this absolutely could not have been accidental.

so i have been to the dmz, that area, a dozen times in my lifetime. i just took a delegation out in january of this year. they are very, you know, you can't even take pictures. you have to be away. the soldiers are standing there. it's very restricted. they are very careful about it. there is no way this could be accidental. this had to be intentional. somebody had to intentionally decide to run across, which is very, very unfortunate because now i am sure the entire tour is going to be shut down or reviewed. but actually cannot be accidental. >> can you elaborate on the idea of the tours? i feel like i was peripherally aware they existed, but can people just go to the demilitarized zone and take these -- how does this work? what's the universe of people we're talking about here? >> you go to korea. this is, obviously, a place of

significance, right? president trump was there with kim jong-un. remember the whole dmz, you know, when president trump crossed. it's a place where it symbolizes there is war still on the korean peninsula. so people want to be there, they want to see it. you can see the north korean side from the south korean side, and, you know, there is even a -- the south korean soap opera very famous. so people want to go there. but you have to plan this in advance. you have to give your name, your social security number, you have to go in group. months in advance you have to submit, check out, get approved, then you go and you -- it starts is with some sort of film to show the history of, you know, the korean war to just history of the dmz, and then you see a bridge. you see -- the buildings and then you go to that particular

area where you look into the north. but this is not something you can wake out saying i am going to check out the dmz. you have to plan this in advance and get approved, you know. photocopy, you know, name, social security, birthdate, all of that. >> yeah, yeah, i mean, clearly something that they want to know who is there because this is an incredibly sensitive part of the world. colonel leighton, we were just playing those video reels of former president trump in the dmz with kim jong-un in his administration. i was not far away in south korea when that was happening. a lot of this antagonism from north korea is designed to get moments like this. the biden administration has not engaged in that same way. so is kim jong-un trying the same basic tactic here, trying to get attention to potentially get more engagement? >> i think that might be the

case, and i think it's very interesting, as describing the way you get tourists, we should note that it's part of the orientation for many people who are stationed in south korea and the u.s. forces korea, they get these tours like that. so there are military people that go on the tours, civilians go on the tours, and it becomes a way to get a look at, you know, a place that you won't see otherwise. but, you know, "star wars" as far as north korea's attempt to engage with the united states they have a difficult time trying to, in sessence, break te code of thousand talk to us and they find that doing things like this, they found, in essence, i will called it the spoiled child syndrome where you act out and try to get your parents' attention. s similar psychologically. they want to talk about something, you know, perhaps

economic reasons to do so, perhaps other diplomatic reasons where they would like to engage with us. this is a definitely a possibility that the biden administration should be exploring because it is very important, you know, to see if the north koreans want to take that path as opposed to the more -- path they have been on recently. >> will, you have spent more time inside north korea than certainly many -- if any reporters i am aware of. putting together kind of what's -- in terms it of this couldn't be an accident. something -- it just -- it doesn't work like that. you are not just walking six feet, to some degree. your sense of north korean leadership, how they operate? what are the chances they would want to deliberately try and almost grab a u.s. person and bring them over? it seems like an enormous escalation tactically from their purposes. >> it would not happen.

there is not -- there is not a single soldier on the north korean side that would be given an order to grab an american and bring them back to the north. the north koreans are, you know, not stupid, and they don't want to inflame the situation. they will inflame the situation by launching icbms that they say they have to protect their sovereignty, but they are not going to be grabbing americans citizens. it's a nuisance for the north koreans because now in a country with very scarce and limited resources they will provide food, health care, and when this american is eventually released, he or somebody will get a very large bill, maybe the u.s. government, a very large bill listing the items that north korea will charge exorbitant prices for because they need cash. so anytime that they have an opportunity to get foreign currency, they will jack up the prices. one time we got a $5,000 soda bill before we spoke outloud to the radio that you know is

listening to your room and the bill miraculously reduce today a reasonable price. the north koreans are operators. they know how to get what they need. and so now that there is an american in north korean custody it potential presents an opportunity for the biden administration that may not have existed before, and that is -- and i talked to diplomats about this -- if the biden administration wants to engage with north korea, president biden needs to write a letter to kim jong-un. it needs to be a leader-to-leader letter. that's what they got use odd to with donald trump. whether the president is willing to do that, i have no idea whatsoever. that's what i was told. this is months ago. not after this incident, but when we were talking in general about how to revive diplomacy so stalled in north korea. what was said to me is it has to be leader-to-leader communication. they want letter from president biden. maybe this would be the opportunity for president biden to write that letter and maybe

open up a sliver of communication, any communication at all would be a good thing. >> and if this is intentionally as you believe what it is, does it change how the biden administration engages with the north koreans about returning this individual? >> so, first, i do believe it's intentional. north koreans did not do this. you know, when i went there in january, north koreans are not even there. since covid, they really scaled back. so i believe this was completely on this person's intentional decision. i think for the biden administration, it is true, right now there is a lot going on. just started a nuclear group with americans, south koreans. we are sending in the nuclear submarine to south korea. you know, as part of strengthening extended deterrence. there has been complete impasse between wards and seoul.

this opens an opportunity much. we know it's not north koreans who took this person, so, you know, president biden will reach out to get this american back. but there is a small opening that there was not, you know, there wasn't one before, right. it's been years of no communication with north korea. and naurns arenorth koreans aret interested in any talks about denuclearization. now we have another issue to talk about. also a tlittle bit of opening t begin the dialogue between washington and pyongyang. >> thank you very much. this is a fast moving story. an american man believed to be in north korean custody afters crossing the border at a tour at the dmz according to united nations command. we will bring you updates. the biden administration kind of across the agencies is working through collecting information and what they are going to say at some point in the future.

meanwhile, the first hearing in former president donald trump's classified documents case set for today. cnn has learned the judge told prosecutors and the defense to come ready to talk about the trial's timeline. prosecutors say they want it to start in mid-december. the former president's lawyers asking to delay, setting a date at all. paula reid is in fort pierce, florida, where that hearing will happen in a few hours. what are we expecting today? >> reporter: we are not expecting former president trump to be in attendance. it's unclear if his codefendant, walt nauta, will be here. but all eyes will be on the judge. this is her first hearing with lawyers from both sides of this case. she is a trump appointee and every decision that she makes going forward could have an impact on the outcome of this case. today's cheerhearing is procedu about how classified information will handled but she told them

to be ready to discuss a possible trial date. that has been a sticking point between the two sides. the special counsel says it could be ready to take this case to trial in december, but defense attorneys have said it's too early to put a date on the calendar and they are going to try to delay this until after the 2024 election. so any indication that she gives which way she could be leaning in terms of that defense strategy will be incredibly significant. >> paula, lawyers for jack teixeira, the national guardsman accused of posting this trove of classified documents online, he brought up president trump in a court filing. what did he say? >> reporter: his lawyers are saying, look, our client has been charged with mishandling and being reckless with sensitive national security secrets. so is the former president. c is our client in jail and the former president is not? of course, there are some key

differences, right. the courts have determined? to be a flight risk. they made a different determination with former president trump. one of the most famous people in the world. there is what happened to these classified materials where he allegedly posted them on social media. former president trump is charged in a different way, with mishandling these. so there are some differences. it appears to be an argument that is more about sort of getting a attention and headlines than something that has merit and will get their client back on the streets as he awaits trial. >> yeah, you almost can't blame them for trying there. paula reid, thank you very much. >> reporter: yeah. and we are continuing to cover that breaking news out of north korea. an american man now in custody after crossing the border into that country. we will have more on that after the breaking news. that's why subway's proffered by this champ. and this future champ. and if we proffer it, we know you'll p proffer it to. he's cocky for a nineteen year old.

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an american man is belied to be in north korean custody after crossing the border during a tour at the demilitarized zone. the united nations's command says he crossed without authorization in the joint security area. >> that's where the so-called truce village is. the u.n. command says it was working with north korea's army to resolve the situation. kylie atwood is following the story from the state department. kylie, former cia north korea analyst sumy terry just told us that this is likely an intentional act by this individual. still there is going to have to be suggests to some degree. do we know how those would actually start, what is the process is? >> we don't know how those would start because we don't know what the hotlines between the u.s. and north korea really are right now. we know that there are ways for the biden administration to communication with north korea. they have said that they have reached out in the past. but we don't believe that there

are really active lines of communication. so we don't know exactly, you know, how the north -- how the biden administration would reach out at this time. as we discussed earlier, however, the u.s. and south korea are incredibly close allies. so rest ashsured that the u.s. s in constant contact with the south korean government who, of course, is on the southern side of this border to try to figure out what the south korean government can do. as sumy terry said, this is likely in her perspective an intentional act on behalf of this american. that doesn't mean that it won't be used as leverage by the north koreans. if they, you know, have an american who has crossed over this border, you know, potentially aggressively and without authorization, they have someone in their hands that they can use as leverage against the united states, and we will just have to watch and see how they are going to try to and use the situation. as you have been discussing this

is an incredibly fortified border between the north and south korea. when you visit this area, it's not like those visitors are looking north koreans in the eyes. there are north korean soldiers far, far away. you can use binoculars to try to see where they are. the fact that this american, according to the u.n. command, which is in charge of maintaining the stability, maintaining, you know, the area, according to them, if they crossed over without any authorization, that appears to be what has prompted this situation right now. >> and we will continue to monitor all of these developments. we are still early on in this story as we figure out who exactly this american is, who crossed over into north korea and what the white house and the state department both are saying about it. kylie atwood, thank you for that reporting. and new overnight, russia retaliation. ukraine says that it shot down a barrage of classruise missiles

drones. our cnn team on the ground witnessed ukrainian air defenses firing up into the sky and a loud explosion that rocked the city. the air assault comes 24 hours after russia accused ukraine of attacking its bridge to crimea with naval drones. alex marquardt is live in odessa, ukraine. alex, you are there where the strikes happened. a crews saw it occur on the ground. what happened there? >> reporter: yeah, we were up most the night witnessing this major attack. this was a response by russia, they said today, to that attack on the kerch bridge which connects russia to the peninsula. it included against the city of odesa. around 2:00 a.m. in the morning when it started, just shy of 24 hours after that attack against the bridge. a local military official announcing that the city was under assault, the air defenses were in combat.

we saw that. air raid sirens going off. hundreds of red trace-arounds being fired into the sky from the air defenses. we heard the air defenses firing up into the sky and then what appeared to be a crone or something else on fire streaking across the sky behind me. we saw that several times. and then we heard that there were calibers, russian crews missiles fired from the black sea. moments later heard several enormous blasts. i want our viewers to take a listen to one of those. take a listen. so that was the last in a series of at least four major explosions, not too clear how far away it was, but you can hear that car -- that car alarm going off. now, this resulted in some damage, as you might imagine, to the port of odesa as well as

some other civilian buildings. luckily, no one was killed. one person was hurt. russia said -- russia pulled out of the grain deal as well yesterday. there were two major stories on the same day. but they say that that had nothing to do with the attack on the bridge and there was global condemnation for russia pulling out of the grain deal. we spoke with the administrator of u.s. aid samantha power who said vladimir putin is playing roulette with the hungriest people in the world and called it deeply disturbing. here is a little bit more of what she had to say. >> the whole world needs to raise its voice, particularly the global south, rookies groo to say it's unacceptable to hold hostage the hungriest people in the world because of some power play and aggression carried out by moscow. >> reporter: so power told us she is hoping that global pressure will bring russia back

into this deal. meanwhile, she announced the u.s. would be giving $250 million in aid to support ukraine's agriculture sector. the attack last night, that was according to russia's ministry of defense in response to the attack on the bridge, but russia still saying that they are still considering other ways to respond to that. abby. >> alex marquardt, live in odesa, thank you. new details are emerging on the man suspected behind the gilgo beach murders. what investigates are found in a walled-off vault in his basement. and how his family reacted to his arrest. and the breaksing news, an american in custody at the boborder. stay with us. (momom) the moment i loved our subaru outback most...

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♪ new information just in, a u.s. official tells cnn the american man who in custody in north korea north korea is believed to be a u.s. soldier. he was arrested after crossing the border during a tour at the dmz. that's according to the united nations' command which says it's

working with the north korean army to resolve this situation. joining us now on this new information is cnn chief law enforcement and intelligence o analyst john miller and cedric leighton is back with us. john, hold on for a second. i do want to go to cedric leighton on the news that this individual we've just learned is believed to be a u.s. soldier. what's your reaction to that? >> well, abby, you know, obviously, this sounds like a really incredible incident. and if this person crossed the border deliberately and did so without authorization, that becomes a problem. there have been six defectors, u.s. defectors, to north korea since the end of the korean war. most of them in the 1960s. the most recent one was in 1982. so, these kinds of things do happen. i'm not saying that the person is a defector, but that is the

kind of thing obviously going through the minds of our administration officials here in washington. and, of course, folks on the ground in korea as well. >> john miller, as we all kind of search for answers right now, behind the scenes, what are u.s. intelligence officials, spokes at the dod doing to figure out what exactly is happening here? >> so, bill a lot of wheels are turning and grinding very quickly. you've got, you know, an emergencying meeting going on, one would imagine at the national comsecurity council le, tasking out to get this information. what happens in the one, two, three version of these steps. first things first, figure out what happened. did he wander across? did he run across? does this appear to be an intentional act? here you have a member, a former member of the u.s. military, a private second class, who has crossed over that border. you begin with the videotape.

there is a 2.5 mile buffer there there are sentries on one side, sentries on the other side, each one mirrors the other. they're watching with binoculars. so there is a lot of video coverage. they'll go to the videotape, watch how it happened. at the same time, the fbi will be going to the home of this former -- i mean, this military person who crossed over. they'll be looking to talk to family. they'll be looking to talk to friends. was there any discussion of this beforehand? is he emotionally disturbed or stable? all of those wheels are turning at once. because you have to figure out, was this an accident. highly unlikely, given the structure of that border and its security. or was this an intentional act and if so why. and just to wrap this up. you also have to look at what was his job in the military? does he have access to sensitive

information? what is the threat assessment there. >> yeah. i mean, such 'important point. this really opens up almost a pandora's box of possibilities here. colonel lleyton, you have pointed out it's been decades since 1982, the last time something like this, if this person is a u.s. soldier, would have happened. how have things changed in terms of u.s./north korea relations during that time? how have things in north korea changed? that's quite a long time. >> there have are huge changes, it's circular, at one point, very bad relations and then things and then bad relations again. and we've had with north koreans regular meetings with the u.s. and military officers, these types of things that are handled very differently but now, the

situation is kind of back to where it was in the '80s where is essence, a freeze, in these regulations and that is going to complicate the ability to get this person back. and it's going to make it a bit more difficult to find out, in some ways, what happened. but john's exactly right, we're going to see what this person is in the military, what he was doing in the military? what the specialty was. what kind of access they have and that could lead to, perhaps, some more theories to what happened here. >> john miller, we only have about 30 seconds left. how quickly, it seems given the amount of surveillance in that area, u.s. focus in that area, it's fairly easy to determine what happened here. am i overstating things? >> no phil, i think you've got that right. that's one of the most watched sections on the planet earth.

what occurred, they're going to know that quickly. >> john miller, invaluable perspective. and cedric leighton, thank you, my friends. we're going to continue to cover the breaking news of the peninsula, an american man is believed to be in north korean custody after crossing the border. stay with us, our reporters across the world are working to bring this information to you as soon as we have. "cnn news central" starts right now. breaking news. a u.s. soldier detained by north korea. taken into custody right at the border. we are working our sources and have the latest from u.s. officials. missiles rain down on the city of odesa. russia's response to ukraine's attack on a key bridge. for the first time in weeks,