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trump is indicted in the coming days, the special counsel's work is far from over. >> the department of justice has prosecuted people time and again for interfering with their ability for their vote to be counted. >> i have never been anti-vax. i've never told the public avoid vaccination. >> the capacity of ukrainian's air defense is not yet enough to protect the entire ukrainian sky. >> live from london, this is "cnn newsroom" with max foster and bianca nobilo. >> it is friday, july 21. 9:00 a.m. here in london and 11:00 a.m. in odesa, ukraine where the region has come under russian fire for a fourth night in a row. ukraine says russian missiles hit grain infrastructure overnight destroying more than 100 tons of food.

it all happened after this -- [ sirens ] air raid sirens went off in the city of odesa but later the residents were given all clear. the u.s. says its customs munitions supply to ukraine have been used in battle. they are already having an impact on the battlefield. scott mclean is joining me. so a fourth night of bombing in odesa and now evidence really that the air defenses in the port city are becoming unable to cope with the bombardment and the type of missiles being fired on the city. >> that's right, no indication that there will be a quieter night, that any missiles were shot down early this morning. and even yesterday morning. case in point, 19 missiles were fired at odesa, only 15 shot down -- sorry, only 5 shot down.

so only a little better than a quarter there. and the difficulty is the types of missiles that are being used. they fly at such a speed and trajectory and altitude that it makes it extremely difficult to shoot them down. ukrainians are being accustomed at this point with going about their daily lives with exception of the sirens. but sometimes you hear the sirens after you hear the explosion. and that seems to be the case this morning as well. ukrainians say the two missiles t that struck these grain facilities came in at such a low altitude that they weren't detected up late and so that is why the sirens were going off simultaneously to the actual blast. so ukrainians are saying that we have at least two patriot batteries already, but we need a lot more to protect the country. >> we saw u.s. officials last night confirm that cluster munitions are being used by ukrainian troops on the

battlefield. it was just two weeks ago that the u.s. said that they would send these under much controversy. do we know how they are being used and how much of an impact they are having? >> yeah, john kirby said that he would guess they have been in use for about the last week or so. but you mentioned they are controversial because this is a fundamentally different kind of weapon. this is a bomb that essentially breaks up into 80, 90 smaller bombs that spread across the area of about a football field and not all those little bombs actually detonate which causes problems down the road similar to land mines. and that is why countries like the uk and european countries have outlawed them. obviously americans have not and now the ukrainians. vladimir putin has denied that the russians has used these, but he said that he would consider using them if ukrainians start to. so perhaps that is something we may see on the battlefield now that we have confirmation that the ukrainians have used them. as for how effective they have

been, john kirby talked about this with reporters yesterday. listen. >> they are using them appropriately, they are using them effectively and they are having an impact on russia's defensive formations and russia's defensive maneuvering. i think that i can leave it at that. >> one of the other interesting points that john kirby made when he was speaking with reporters is he said that the u.s. is concerned about russia targeting civilian ships carrying grain or going to port to collect grain. the russians have already said that civilian ships headed into port are fair game because they could be carrying weapons. kirby is now concerned and the cia director made similar comments yesterday that the russians may strike civilian ships going into port and blamed ukrainians warning of a potential false flag operations. russians called it pure

fabrication. >> scott, thanks very much. all right. the u.n. secretary-general condemned russia's attacks on odesa and saying the destruction of port facilities is having a negative impact well beyond ukraine. wheat and corn futures continue to rise after russia's decision to pull out of the deal allowing ukraine to export grain through the black sea. the foreign minister accused vladimir putin of racketeering by skkilling the agreement. and the u.n. won't give up on negotiations to revive the deal. the agency tells cnn the collapse of the deal leaves a massive hole in their operations. >> we relied on the black sea initiative to move 725,000 tons of food to people living in places like afghanistan and yemen, ethiopia, somalia and so on, countries that desperately need that food assistance. and this was a country where we could guarantee on high quality,

competitive market price food. donald trump's legal team believes that they had until midnight thursday to formally respond to a target letter that trump said he received from special counsel jack smith, but that deadline has now apparently passed without response from trump. smith has numerous criminal investigations involving trump and the former president has already been indicted twice so far. legal experts expect trump to be hit with a third criminal indictment in that case. a former special counsel at the pentagon explains the legal jeopardy facing trump. >> when you look at this charge for denial of rights, it is actually a hand and glove situation. it is about election law crimes. the department of justice has prosecuted people time and again for preferring with their ability for their vote to be counted. for interfering for their vote to be certified. and for the use of violence to prevent their vote from being

exercised. so this is something that they have tried many times before -- orss prosecuted success anfullyy times before. >> and this is the third time that the grand jury has heard from will russell. and more witnesses interviews are being scheduled. legal affairs correspondent paula reid has more. >> reporter: as anticipation builds for a probable third trump criminal indictment, cnn has learned the special counsel investigating january 6 is scheduled to speak to at least two additional witnesses over the next several weeks. now, the former president received a target letter this past weekend, he said he received it on sunday. but we know in the weeks preceding that letter, investigators were reaching out to several witnesses they had never spoken with before trying to set up interviews. some of those have already been

completed like the interview with rudy giuliani, but other people couldn't get a date on the calendar until well into next month. now, they can still indict former president trump before they finish all their interviews. we saw that in mar-a-lago. they indicted former president trump and his co-defendant walt nauta and then investigators continued their work and sent out at least one additional target letter as they continue to gather evidence in that probe. but it is clear even if former president trump is indicted in the coming days, special counsel's work is far from over. paula reid, cnn, washington. robert f. kennedy jr. was grilled on capitol hill thursday by members of his own democratic party angry over his covid conspiracies and censorship claims. eva mckend has the story. >> reporter: spreader of vaccine misinformation robert kennedy jr. invited to testify on

capitol hill. >> it is the witness' time. don't censor the witness. >> he's still talking. >> reporter: in a testy hearing on censorship with kennedy telling the committee his views are protected speech. >> the first amendment was not written for easy speech. it was written for the speech that nobody likes you for. i was censured not just by our democratic administration, i was kren censured by the trump administration. >> reporter: and they accuse him of giving it a platform in congress. >> that is not just supporting f free speech. they have co-signed on idiotic bigoted messaging. it is a conscious choice. >> reporter: regarding kennedy's blatant lies where he said that covid-19 is targeted to attack caucasians and black people, the people who are most immune are jews and chinese. and now kennedy brazenly

claims -- >> i'm under oath. in my entire life, i have never uttered a phrase that was either racist or anti-semitic. i have spent my life fighting my professional career, fighting for israel. >> reporter: but the ceo of the american jewish committee called his prior remarks deeply offensive and incredibly dangerous. kennedy repeatedly claimed that he didn't say things that are in fact on camera. >> i've never been anti-vaccine, but everybody in this room probably believes that i have been because that is the prevailing narrative. i have never told the public avoid vaccination. >> reporter: but kennedy has attacked safe vaccines. including the covid-19 vaccine. and promoted false claims like childhood vaccines can lead to autism and that hiv was by vaccine research. even saying this --

>> i see somebody on a hiking trail carrying a little baby and i say are they vaccinated. >> reporter: and another key driver for the xwop-led hearing is to call out what they deal was social media censorship of a damning hunter biden story. >> this was illegal government censorship to protect and prop up joe biden on the eve of the 2020 election. >> reporter: but democrats argue that misinformation is the larger threat. >> they want to force social media companies to promote conspiracy theories because they think that that is the only way that their candidate can win the 202 24 election. >> reporter: kennedy still enjoys some support. the latest quinnipiac poll has him at 14% among democratic and likely democratic voters. still, kennedy faces an uphill battle as he takes on president biden in the democratic primary. eva mckend, cnn, washington

sfloop investigati. investigators believe the suspect in the gilgo beach killings may have lured women to his home. brynn gingras has the latest. >> he has been extremely quiet, not really talkative to staff. >> reporter: accused serial killer rex heuermann alone and under suicide watch behind bars as the investigation into his alleged killings expands. >> i think in the coming days as we continue to gather evidence, anything is possible. >> reporter: his wife of more than 27 years now filing for divorce. in a statement her attorney said the sensitive nature of her husband's arrest is taking an emotional toll on the immediate and extended family. >> if you ask me, i don't believe that they knew about this double life that mr. heuermann was living. >> reporter: a week after his arrest, the investigation spans

three states. authorities are searching not only his long island home but also his office and nearby storage facilities. two las vegas condos he purchased. and in south carolina where he owns land. sources tell cnn their agents towed heuermann's truck which connects him to one of three murders he is charged of committing more than a decade ago. authorities are combing through evidence. >> we're looking for potential trophies, souvenirs, jewelry, anything that could be attached to the four women or other women that he might have been involved with. >> reporter: several departments are also reviewing cold cases to see if he heuermann is connected. this as more women are coming forward saying that they too were solicited by him. >> i had a really, really bad feeling. my gut was telling me i needed to get away from him. >> reporter: heuermann's phone logs and his dna police say are smoking guns in a case that ran

cold for years. court paperwork described how he used burner phones to taunt victims' families and research this case as recently as last month. >> it tells me that he was concerned, trying to take a look at, you know, where do we stand as an investigative team, did we have someone that we may be possibly looking at. i'm sure that would have probably scared him. >> reporter: the 59-year-old architect has pleaded not guilty, but a friend of wofrnt veh one of the victims believe police got it right. >> he's just such a big monster. >> reporter: oauthorities say after the arrest he just asked for an attorney. he was very quiet. the ride to the jail where he was taken which is about an hour and a half, he has been very quiet in his cell as well, not accepting any visitors at all. that is a stark difference from what his attorney said happened after he was presented with the

charges in the case where he said that he was distraught. brynn gingras, cnn, new york. this just into cnn, south korean police say one person was killed in a stabbing account near a subway station in seoul. three others were wounded and taken to hospital. authorities say a man in his 30s has been arrested. still ahead, the heatwave scorching southern europe is taking a toll on some popular tourist sites. what greece is planning for visitors. and it has been a thrilling opening to the women's world cup. we're just hours away from the united states taking on vietnam. a live record from sydney is just ahead. love can get a little messy... good thing there's reresolve. love the love. resolve the mess.

welcome back. the southwestern united states can expect another weekend of triple digit temperatures. the scorching heatwave is breaking records from phoenix, arizona to death valley, california. jennifer gray has the forecast. >> main reason we have seen all of this heat not only across the u.s. but around the world are

these areas of high pressure that really just haven't moved. and we call them heat domes where it just traps the heat inside and until a big shift occurs and the large scale weather pattern, we really won't see much change at all. so we'll continue to see extremely hot temperatures across the u.s. you can see in the deep south and in the southwest, same story continues, excessive heat warnings, heat advisories in place. however we will see a dip in temperatures across the southern plains. and this will be for friday into saturday. you can see a little bit of that heat goes away across the gulf coast. but still seeing above average temperatures for much of the southwest, much of texas and then expanding well to the north by the time we get into the beginning part of next week. so still in breaking record territory with 170 or more possible records broken once again through the rest of the week. we're looking at high temperatures in the triple digits in dallas, we do drop slightly on saturday, but then

close to 100 on sunday. houston triple digits, del rio triple digits. and so really hot continuing. 21 consecutive days of high temperatures above 110 for phoenix. we're still on that streak, that record-breaking streak for them and temperatures will stay above 110 for the foreseeable future. you can see all the way through thursday at least. high temperatures hitting 124 in death valley. palm springs hitting 120. phoenix close to 120 on friday. and temperatures are expected to stay above average all of next week and beyond. this is from the climate prediction center. we also have a risk of severe weather. this is for portions of the south, mid-atlantic, the northeast. we could see damaging winds, large hail, this is for friday. you can see from the forecast radar just storms racing through by the time we get into friday night and even into saturday. and so we are going to be on the lookout for severe weather there over the next 24 hours or so.

the heat has gotten so bad in athens, greece that the city is closing the being a crop popular tourist sites. 20 visitors have fainted due to the heat. athens is still bearing the bankruptcy of the heatwave with temperatures expected in the upper 30s today, 40s on saturday and sunday in madrid and rome with mid-30s. let's take you live now to paris and melissa bell. we know of course this is peak tourist season. but with this unprept pprecede heat, tourist attractions will have to reassess their safety measures. >> that's right. we've seen it at thein athens a is set to increase over the

course of the weekend and into next week as the fourth heatwave hits the european continent specifically its southern part. but it has also been over the course of the last few days the coliseum in rome that has had to close its doors to tourists. so there is impacts on the tourists. one of europe's heaviest tourist seasons and the impact these long term changes could have on what that means for tourism and those parts of europe so used to welcoming the many millions of tourists over the summer. and you are talking about temperatures that europeans are simply not used to having to live with. and of course this on a continent where there is very little air conditioning, we're simply not equipped. what you are likely to see as well the next few days with the rising temperatures again in parts of spain, greece, italy, is again the health systems coming under increasing strain as we've seen over the course of the last few days with hospital

admissions for instance in italy, parts of italy increase by 25%. but also those wildfires that have been so devastating in greece with many thousands of people evacuated over the course of the last few days already. and huge difficulty that authorities are having in bringing then under control. roads are under a state of emergency and all of these individual european member states are trying to help the greek firefighters get to these fires that keep picking up day after day. what you are likely to see are the parched conditions that we see in southern europe as a result of the high temperatures. and a rekindling of the flames that we saw cause such devastation last summer. remember, it was only a year ago that we saw the wildfires spread as far north as london. so once again parts of france, parts of spain being placed under warnings, not just of the

heat, but of those fires that are likely to be rekindled and to spread again through parts of europe that have simply not seen it. bear in mind a couple days ago you were looking at wildfires in the swiss alps. and so there is short term impact of how the tourists and locals get through the summer months, but the long term question of how europe can actually adapt to the changing conditions at a time when we start to understand that these are long lasting long term changes. >> and i vividly remember seeing the wildfires here in london last summer. it was quite a shock. melissa bell, thanks. and as she mentioned, the searing heat is making it difficult to get control of wildfires burning in three areas of greece. residents in attica are evacuating their homes as a major fire has rekindled. firefighters are getting help from the french, italian and

israeli crews. wildfires are also burning in laconia in southern greece. and now there has been growing animosity between sweden and iraq after an attack on the swedish embassy in baghdad and the desecration of the koran in stockholm. we'll have the details. plus the pentagon and u.s. army sharing new details on the american soldier who bolted in to north korea.

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let me bring you up-to-date with the top stories. for the fourth consecutive night, russia launched strikes on odesa. and apparent deadline has passed for donald trump to respond to the special counsel's target letter on whether he will testify before a grand jury in the january 6 insurrection. the former president faces potential indictment in the probe. and now to the american soldier who dashed in to north korea. the pentagon says private travis king is officially awol, absent without leave, adding they don't

think that he would have any intelligence that north korea would find valuable. and there was no indication that the crossing was planned in coordination with the north. king had faced assault charges and was due to be removed from the army. the army says had he returned to the u.s. he absolutely would have faced additional consequences. we heard from his mother earlier. >> i just want my son back. i just want my son back. get my son home. and pray. pray that he comes bk. >> meanwhile the state department says that it relayed messages to north korea saying that king crossed on his own without any help from the u.s. but wouldn't reveal whether the north has responded. will ripley reports from near the dmz. >> reporter: the demilitarized zone is one of the most heavily fortified areas in the world to try to prevent people from being

able go in or come out. there is a reason why this road has tank traps basically tanks would come rolling down, they would blow up to stop an invasion. and so obviously takesit is a h secure area. so how did he run across? we're learning that he was supposed to get on an american airlines flight to dallas but after going through all the security right at the gate to the plane, he claimed that he had lost hiss passport and was escorted back outside of the airport, somehow made his way here tuesday where he was able to get on a tour, he had booked a tour, passenger manifest was approved bayou nighted nations command and he along with 40 other people took a bus over to the joint security area where he was basically according to others on the tour run across and get into a north korean van

where he was whisked away. where he is now, still an open question because the north koreans have not released any information publicly and it may be quite some time before we officially know anything about the soldier's whereabouts or when he might have he a chance of getting back to the u.s. will ripley, cnn, south korea. u.s. officials have confirmed to cnn that china based hackers recently broke into the email of u.s. ambassador to china nicholas burns. burns is just the latest named official to fall victim to a sophisticated hacking operation that began in may but wasn't discovered until a month later. microsoft determined the hackers were based in china even though the hacked government accounts were not classified, administration officials suspect that they gave beijing salvalua insights into u.s. thinking ahead of the visit by the secretary of state. rishi sunak has suffered a

defeat. the prime minister has struggled to reverse his plummeting fortunes in the nine months since he has held office. boris johnson quit parliament last month in anger over a report found that he lied to lawmakers. now to widespread condemnation over the desecration of the koran in sweden for the second time in just weeks. an iraqi nationalist is behind both of the stunts that damaged the holy book but most of the anger seems to be directed at sweden for allowing the latest public gathering to take place. protestors stormed the embassy in baghdad thursday and iraq has threatened to sever diplomatic ties. salma abdelaziz has been closely monitoring all of this for us. and it is hard to believe that all of this is the result of the

actions of one man really. the protest that was planned yesterday, the burning of the koran, did not actually take place, but the fallout from that is continuing to be felt. we heard that the swedish ambassador yesterday had been expelled from the country. >> yes, essentially a one man demo that lasted about 45 minute, live streamed outside of the iraqi embassy in stockholm, but even before this tiny event took place, there was demonstrations in baghdad. hundreds of protestors stormed the swedish embassy, that part of the building like many of them followers of the shiite cleric. again this man and his translator, this tiny event was taking place, and iraq recalled its charge affair, it threatened to sever diplomatic ties. but compared to what happened last month when this same individual carried out a burning of the koran, actually burned pages of the koran at the time

and there was wider condemnation, this is much more contained. but you still of course have the structural issues that remain in the muslim world. many countries have blasphemy laws. whereas in the west freedom of speech is prioritized. so you can only imagine that it will be just a matter of time -- >> and that was the inherent conflict. what is the likelihood that this individual will do it again? >> it is the inherent conflict, but i think that it is important to remember that there is also a political element here. so for example last month when this took place, he had burned the pages of the koran on a very poignant and inflammatory holiday and so turkey was considering the bid for sweden to join nato at the time. and so that became central to that argument. it became -- turkey was considering at the time

withdrawing or risking that. and in this case just yesterday, a prominent shiite cleric became the voice of anger and discontent with this. so you have to remember how these moments, one single man, one single action, can be galvanized by political forces in the middle east and how that translates and can turn in on something so much bigger, so much more inflammatory. >> salma, thanks for breaking it down. and israeli lawmakers are expected to vote monday on the first part of a controversial ju judicial reform plan and hundreds plan to be there. they say the move would strip the supreme court of most of its power. but netanyahu says it is necessary to restore balance. >> translator: even in these moments i'd like to tell you that efforts are being made to reach an agreement on the reasonableness bill. i sincerely hope that these efforts will be successful, but

even if not, the coalition's door will always remain open. >> polls show the judicial reform plan is widely unpopular in israel. hundreds of military reservists are vowing to refuse service if it passes. kenya is bracing for a third day of anti-government demonstrations. at least three people were killed in clashes this week. they are protesting tax hikes and cost of living. larry madowo has the latest from nairobi. >> reporter: this show of force is how the kenyan security forces has been responding to these planned three days of anti-government protests. that is why you are getting criticism from the united nations, from the opposition, from society about how the kenyan government is cracking down violently on mostly peaceful protestors.

that is the language here. kenyan opposition is crying foul accusing the government of heavy handed policing tactics and using some language is not sept accidental. kenyan officials say some of the beatings and brutality has crimes against humanity, calling them specifically a genocide in the making. and that choice of language is deliberate because after the 2007 elections, the president was tried at the international criminal court. but those cases collapsed for lack of evidence. so this language is an attempt to try to paint these in a much larger context by the kenyan opposition. what you see here for instance, the water cannons that we've seen often in homes where children live. and these are some of the policing tactics criticized in the three days of protests.

they began as a fight against the legitegitimacy of the government. and so now they have fully become anti-government protests that have turned this nation into this major crisis. larry madowo, cnn, nairobi. protestors take to the streets after shocking video emerges showing two women being sexually assaulted in india. the latest on the investigation, just ahead. s free hot breakfast for the whole fafam. they have wawaffles! and splendid pools. cannonball! book direct at choicehotels.com.

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in india, a shocking graphic video has emerged showing two women being sexually assaulted. cnn has seen the video but is not showing it outf respect for the survivors of the brutal attack an indigenous group says the assault happn early may in a northeastern state. and the video shows the terrified women being forced to walk nhrou a crowd of

fully clothed men. the group says they were then taken to a field and gang raped, an allegation that is under investigation. vedika sud is joining me now. this horrific incident took place in may but really only came to light after the video was circulated on social media. so what has been the nationwide reaction there, how are the government responding to this? >> reporter: that is the irony, that it has taken 2 1/2 months for the nation to know that such a horrifying incident, terrifying brutal, deeply disturbing incident took place in the northeastern state. and we believe it took place on the 4th of may. two women forced to walk on a street naked. and there was a mob that surrounded them, that allegedly sexually assaulted them, but the video shows it, a video that we've seen and we've been deeply disturbed by.

they were then taken to a field where they were allegedly gang raped there. they were screaming, crying, asking for help, covering parts of their body, but the men kept brutalizing them. and it has been 2 1/2 months since action was taken. and that is a question that lot of activists here in india are asking the government both in the state as well as the center both ruled by narendra modi's party. and we saw the opposition lawmakers asking questions. they were demanding answers from the indian prime minister on the situation. it is the first time that he was actually spoken, and that was yesterday, but he did speak about the video, not about the violence at large that has been going on for months now, over two months. and here is dwla the indian prime minister had to say about this video.

>> translator: and i want to assure the countrymen that no culprit will be spared. the law with all its might and strictness will take steps one by one. whatever has happened with the daughters will never be forgiven. >> reporter: and so protests have also been seen the last 24 hours in the streets of delhi. the congress party, members of the party, are demanding justice for these two women. people on social media, everyone absolutely horrified by this video. but the question remains why has it taken 2 1/2 months since the incident for action to be taken on the ground. according to the chief minister, four arrests have been made so far and there is a massive municipality according to police that has been launched to find the perpetrators of this heinous crime. but there are more than two dozen of them and only four arrests in more than 70 days. and that is shocking in itself. it has taken a video, just to

summarize the incident, one video to go online to be published online to go viral for action to be taken by the authorities and the people to be brought to book. and just four arrests. and i want to repeat that, four arrests out of more than two dozen men who brutalized those two women crying out for help and no help coming their way. back to you. >> as you say, just four arrests in itself is quite shocking. we hope that this clamor for action does result in justice for these women. vedika sud, thanks very much. we'll be right back. ah, these bills are crazy. she has no idea she's sitting on a goldmine. well she doesn't know that if she owns a life insurance policy of $100,000 or more she can sell all or part of it to coventry for

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- [announcer] do you have an invention idea but don't know what to do next? call invent help today. they can help you get started with your idea. call now 800-710-0020. the women's world cup in australia and new zealand, both host countries got off to a strong start with wins in their opening matches. the game to watch will be usa against vietnam. that match will be played in auckland. angus watson is joining us live from sydney. and i believe that you are the lucky man to be watching matildas in their opens game. great to see the co-hosts get

off to a winning start but particularly new zealand. what a moment to win. >> reporter: that's right. new zealand something of a fairytale opening to the world cup as hosts. they were up against one of the more heavily favored teams of the tournament, norway, winners of 1995 fifa women's world cup, 1-nil on the night. wonderful goal there, wonderful sweeping move from the new zealanders to get that victory on the board in their first match. where i was stadium australia, over 75,000 screaming made till t -- matildas fans as they played a very brave republic of ireland. and they are playing without one of their players who had a calf

in injury. and again they notched had 1-nil victory. and today canada drawing nil-nil with nigeria. and switzerland beating the philippines. right now a great game going on spain verse costa rica, goals are raining in and it was already 3-nil to spain at the break. >> and no doubt in the hours to do the one to watch will be u.s. going for a third consecutive crown and no doubt wanting to i think this year give a good sendoff to their star megan rapinoe who of course this will be the last world cup seal be pla -- she'll be playing. >> reporter: certainly a changing of the guard we could say. they have such a strong squad. but they have some real young guns primarily sophia smith and

trinity rod man playing up front this will be the ones to watch. megan rapinoe, a real star that as i've said, there is nothing like the women's national team for its depth. they could field two teams. and both would do extremely well. >> either way, an intimidating process pspect for vietnam. angus watson, thanks for joining us. now german police say that they will try again today to find out what could be a li lionlioness on the loose. this video appears to show the roaming on the outskirts of berlin. witnesses say they have seen a large cat chasing a wild boar. they checked with zoos and animal parks but still can't say where the animal came from. now former u.s. president

barack obama is playing deejay this summer with a play list ig that covers just about everything from country to hip hop. ♪ "california love" made the list of songs that obama says he's been listening to lately. also on his list -- ♪ walk like an egyptian ♪ >> that of course was the bangles and their hit. anyone who watched mtv in the 1980s will remember both the song and the video. obama said his playlist is a mix of old and new and reflects his eclectic musical taste. continues to be the coolest president of all-time. and that does it here for "cnn newsroom." "early start" with christine

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