hello, and a warm welcome to our viewers here in the united states and all around the world. i'm paula newton. ahead on "cnn newsroom," heat domes are scorching much of the southern united states as the weekend begins. we'll look at when relief may be

in sight. vice president kamala harris taking on in's new rules when it comes to teaching black history. what she had to say and how governor and republican presidential candidate ron desantis is responding. i am predicting a absolutely three-peat. i don't think there's any doubt if they show up which they usually do. >> confidence there. team usa did show up in their first match, moving one step closer to a three-peat. we'll look at what is in the way here for team america. so much of the southern united states is under some sort of heat warning at this hour with blazing hot temperatures expected for the next several

days. cnn looks at the official and what's driving these scorching weather patterns. i wish i had better news as far as the heat goes, but it is going stick around. it's actually going to build and expand as wooe go the weekend a early part of next week. it's not only a problem across the u.s. but around the world. in fact, we're seeing very, very hot conditions in various places across the globe. so above average temperatures are going to stick around across the southwest. we do have actually below-normal temperatures for portions of the plains, and even close to the gulf coast. so while many are staying very hot, we do have a little good news center folks as we head into the weekend. those below average temperatures are going to shift to the east. as i mentioned, the heat builds back in. far north we're going to see very hot temperatures in the northern plains, the midwest. of course, not as hot as bthe south, but warm conditions very

far north. dallas will hit 103 once again on monday after taking a break from the triple digits. houston will actually cool off a couple of degrees. and then you see as we head to the east, places in alabama, in the 80s. so temperatures have moderated a little bit for some areas across the mid south, the southern plains. these two areas of high pressure, these heat domes that are just trapping that hot air in are really going to stick around. we still have the excessive heat warnings in place, heat advisories for the down south as well as the southwest, hitting 125 in death valley on saturday. sunday, 120. palm springs, 116. vegas hitting 116. 114 phoenix, has been extremely hot, 22 consecutive days with temperatures at 110 or above. and the streak is going to stay alive over the next seven days most likely as temperatures top that. look at the low temperatures -- staying above 90 degrees for the seven-day period, as well. here's the temperature outlook

for next week. above-average temperatures extending all the way into the northern plains, the midwest, the northeast, chicago, even hitting the 90s by the time we get to the middle part of the week. so temperatures will just gradually be warming as we go throughout the next seven days or so. so the heat continues and builds to the north. >> thank you. and the extreme weather isn't just limited to the united states. 19 major italian cities are still on red alert due to that intense heat. now as the northern regions of lombardi and veneto clean up from violent hailstorms that injured more than 100, crews in india will continue to search for survivors after a landslide that killed at least 22 people. and sweltering temperatures and rising floodwaters are wreaking havoc across much of china. the country's weather service has issued a heavy rainfall

warnings for eight provinces until saturday evening. we'll get much more later on the blistering heat in greece. that's later in the hour when i'm joined by the deputy mayor of athens. we want to hear how they're keeping citizens and tourists safe. that will be coming up. now a date has been set for the highly anticipated trial of donald trump's classified documents case. now a judge on friday scheduled the proceedings to start in may, 2024. deep into the u.s. presidential election cycle. now, trump currently leads all republican candidate, and if it holds he would be facing at least four different trials on the campaign trail. the former u.s. president is also set to appear in court for cases related to fraud, defamation, and hush-money payments. all scheduled to start before his documents trial. earlier trump said it would be very dangerous if these sent to

prison for mishandling top-secret documents. >> it's a dangerous thing to even talk about. >> okay. >> because we do have a tremendously passionate group of voters, and i mean maybe, you know, maybe 100, 150, i've never seen anything like it. much more passion than they had in 2020, much more passion than in 2016. i think it would be very dangerous. >> now the judge overseeing the documents case effectively rejected a request from trump to start the trial after the election. and another request from the government to begin the hearings in december. cnn's paula reid has those details. >> reporter: the central conflict in this case right now between the two sides is about timing and when this case should go before a jury. defense attorneys argue it would be, quote, unfair to put on this trial before the election. they say this is unusual, and it's too early to set a date. prosecutors wanted a date of december, and they argue that it doesn't matter if trump is

running for the white house again, he should be treated like any other busy and important person. judge aileen cannon split the difference. she's put down a date of may, 2024. but in addition to that date, she also included a detailed schedule. all the things that need to happen between now and when this goes to trial. and it's easy to see that if a few of those hearings or filings get pushed back or delayed, you could see how this could get pushed to the end of 2024 or even early 2025. the trump team is quite happy with this. they say they're confident they'll get this pushed back after the election. and again, it's unclear exactly when this case will go. but it is likely, every expert i talked to said it's more likely than not that this will be delayed, possibly each delayed after the 2024 election. paula reid, cnn, washington. the white house has announced that several tech giants have agreed to implement guardrails on artificial

intelligence. president joe biden says cultures like microsoft, google, and meta committed to clearly labeling a.i.-generated content and to put new a.i. systems through outside testing before they're released publicly. the announcement came after mr. biden met with senior executives from seven companies. also comes as congress and the white house are trying to develop more regulations to governor earn the rapidly growing industry. also, president biden is now elevating cia director bill burns to his cabinet, and that is largely symbolic move. mr. biden says burns delivered a clear-eyed approach to u.s. national security and cia. particularly its strategy toward russia since the -- toward moscow, pardon me, since russia's invasion of ukraine. he says he's honored to serve alongside the intelligence officers and intelligence community. the role of cia director has been in and out of cabinets the past several years. president biden chose not to include the post in his cabinet

when taking office. that is, of course, until now. ukraine says at least six people are dead after a new wave of russian strikes in the donetsk region. eight people were wounded in multiple attacks that hit the region and other parts of ukraine. emergency workers are still working at the scene of one of them. meantime, ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy says russia will pay for its attacks on the grain infrastructure in odesa. listen. >> translator: in total since the beginning of the week, more than 20 people including two children have been affected by russian terror in the odesa region alone. only absolute evil can inflict such strikes. there will be a response. >> moscow is conducting live fire drills in the black sea friday. russia quit the ukraine grain deal this week and later said any cargo ship headed to ukraine could be considered a carrier of

military equipment. russia's exit from the deal caused grain prices to soar, and the united nations says it's alarmed. a top u.n. official says many people who need aid now may go hungry or even starve to death. now for more on all of this, we have more from london. you know, we've heard certainly the warnings there and what's at stake. and despite this, there seems no viable solution, at least not as of yet. and worse than that, we just heard how there could be a potentially dangerous escalation in the black sea. what more are you learning? >> reporter: absolutely. these attacks by the russian armed forces against the port city of odesa are a reminder of how high the stakes are here. we've seen days and days of attacks. officials believe these are targeted at destroying all goods attempted to be exported from ukraine's black sea port. as we saw last year prior to the

deal between russia, ukraine, turkey, and the united nations, there is a lot at stake and ongoing efforts to revive the deal. we've heard from the turkish president, president erdogan, who said he is hopeful that he can still mediate some sort of revival of this deal between president zelenskyy and president putin. of course, the united nations has been clear in its warning of the impact that a failure to write this deal will have on the countries most dependent on ukraine's exports over the last deal. we've seen more than 32 million metric tons of agriculture ad goods being exportsed from the black sea ports and 700,000 tons of goods being distributed, shipped by the u.n.'s world food program to its humanitarian operations for countries like afghanistan and yemen. so there is still a lot at stake. we've heard that stark bawarnin from the u.n.'s humanitarian chief. >> for many of those 362 million people, it's not a matter of

sadness or disappointment. it's a matter of threat to their future and the future of their children and their families. they're not sad. they're angry. they're worried. they're concerned. some will go hungry. some will starve. many may die as a result of these decisions. >> reporter: the u.n. suddenly ringing the alarm bells. president erdogan in a prime position as a mediator for this deal in terms of the fact that he has maintained cordial relations with president putin but also supporting ukraine. we've heard from president erdogan saying he hopes to continue conversations with president zelenskyy, but crucially hopes to maintain that channel of dialogue with president putin in terms of focusing on reviving the black sea grain initiative deal. >> that's worth noting this could not come at a worse time in terms of the aid appeal that the u.n. made for sudan, just to name one given what the scale of the food aid that is needed right now. thanks for following the developments. appreciate it.

okay, so we heard them loud and clear. the usa is ready to defend its title in the women's world cup. playing in new zealand, the u.s. had little problem with vietnam as it kicked off its group competition winning 3-0. but the experts are telling us don't read too much into one game. this is vietnam's first appearance in the tournament. and cnn's christine brennan says the u.s. faces much stiffer competition in the weeks ahead. listen. >> the u.s. is going to have to play better. they're young players who were trick tonight. there are older veterans, alex morgan missed a penalty kick. megan rapinoe did not look sharp. so the u.s. is going to need to be better. but the u.s. also knows it's going to need to be better than they were against vietnam. so if they progress and if they play better from game to game through the tournament, as the u.s. has done in previous world

cups, i think they're going to be in decent shape to win it all. but this is no guarantee for the united states because the world has caught up to the u.s., and in the case some nations they've been very good for a long time, like germany. and we'll see how it plays out. it will not be an easy task for the united states. >> cnn's angus watson now live from sydney where you are soaking up much of the enthusiasm. it must be noted, a lot of the tournament will be played in australia. given the dominance there of the united states, did they give other teams, you know, a bit of a window into what might be some of their weaknesses going forward? >> reporter: well, i think that while all the focus is on team usa right now, perhaps some of that focus is allowing other teams to go under the radar. right here we have japan up 1-0 against zambia. they were the 2011 champions. they were the runners up in 2015

and have just placed a scintillating half of football really marking their intentions to perhaps go long in this world cup. and as our wonderful colleague christine brennan was saying, there's teams out of europe, germany, spain, france, england, who are tremendous well staffed with talent, too. but team usa will be the ones to beat, the favorites for the competition today starting with a win against vietnam 3-0. it could have been more without hero ex-from the vietnamese goalkeeper saving a penalty, riding luck, as well, to keep team usa from scoring further. two goals from sophia smith in the first half. one from the captain in the second. a great way for team usa to start, paula. >> yeah. i see behind you the fan zone, i guess, is alive and well. we'll continue to keep an eye that, as well, in sydney. angus watson, thank you so much. now seven months after winning the men's world cup,

football icon lionel messi pulled off another stunning victory in his debut with inter miami. in the final moments. friday's tight lon contested match, the striker scored the game-winning goal off a free kick to give his new team a 2-1 victory. messi said after the game that he saw the goal and knew he had to score. boy, he did just that. he added that the win could boost the club's confidence as it competes in the league's cup tournament this month, and we'll have much more on both the world cup with carolyn mano, this game and the world cup, as she joins us later in the hour. i have to tell you, it was absolutely poetible. okay -- poetic. okay, new standards for teaching black american history. why the u.s. vice president is blasting florida's new policy. ♪ love can get a little messy...

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[ cheers ] ♪ in san francisco ♪ so many of us could listen to that for hours. the legend, tony bennett, singing his signature song "i left my heart in san francisco." now his soothing tenor even late into his life never failed to melt all of our hearts. he was, of course, an american original. cnn's stephanie elam with more on his life and career. ♪ >> reporter: a legend on stage, tony bennett's career spanned more than 70 years. he was opening up for pearl bailey when bob hope discovered him in 1949 in a new york city club. >> you know, it's been about 16 years since i discovered you singing in a greenwich village nightclub. how come this is your first appearance on my television show? >> well, i've been waiting for you to make good. [ laughter ] >> reporter: bennett had a string of hits in the '50s. but the best was yet to come.

he won his first grammy award in 1963 for his song "i left my heart in san francisco," and performed it on "the julie garland show." ♪ i left my heart ♪ [ applause ] >> reporter: the crooner's unique voice and timeless style helped him win 19 grammys and two emmys throughout his career. >> tony bennett, ladies and gentlemen. maybe the best pop singer in the whole world. >> i asked sinatra why do you think we stayed around so long. and he said because we stayed with good songs. >> reporter: but the classics weren't always hits. in the '70s, bennett found himself without a recording contract. he was in debt and batting a drug problem. >> i realized that i thought i was doing well with the drugs, and it -- i really wasn't. >> reporter: that's when bennett's son danny stepped in as his manager. bennett resigned with columbia records and began to revitalize his career. he discovered a new audience -- the mtv generation.

>> look, it's tony bennett. >> hey, good to see you. >> we did a commercial for mtv, and they liked it so much they gave me an unplugged special. and it won album of the year. ♪ fly me to the moon ♪ >> reporter: bennett went to collaborate with singers like amy winehouse for "body and soul" and lady gaga for "the lady was a tramp." ♪ i never bothered with beam that i hate ♪ >> reporter: at 85, he became the oldest living artist to hit number one on the billboard 200 chart with his duets two album. he toured with lady gaga to promote their album "cheek to cheek." bennett's talent went beyond singing. he was an accomplished painter with artwork at the smithsonian. >> i have a charmed life because i've always known what i wanted to do. >> reporter: he used his voice for more than singing. after serving during world war ii and participating in the

liberation of a concentration camp, bennett became a pacifist and antiwar activist. in 1965 he marched with martin luther king jr. and harry belefonte in selma. tributes to the legendary artist pouring in from billy joel and elton john to hillary clinton and the king family. the son of a grocer and a seamstress, bennett married three times and had four children. he and his third wife susan founded the exploring the arts foundation and opened the frank sinatra school of the arts in new york. >> everybody has a dream, a hope that something's going to work for them. and then when it happens, it's a great joy. >> reporter: bennett was diagnosed with alzheimer's in 2016. but with the encouragement of his doctors, kept doing what he loved best -- singing. ♪ how do you keep the music playing ♪ >> reporter: he cut his final album, "love for sale," with lady gaga.

[ cheers ] and performed with her one last time in two soldout concerts for his 95th birthday. >> he's my musical companion. he's the greatest singer in the whole world. >> reporter: aired on cbs, it was a moving tribute to a musical legend. ♪ your golden sun will shine for me ♪ [ applause ] >> as he said himself, he was the original american idol. you know, grammy award-winning artist michael buble performed on two of his duet albums. he spoke to cnn about the profound impact fa -- impact

bennett's music had on people. >> it's not just in the beautiful country of america and north america, it is worldwide. listen, i toured nearly 50 countries this year, and there's not a place, there's not a language spoken that doesn't love him and that won't love him forever. he'll become part of all our lives in wonderful moments when we get married or fall in love to difficult moments. you know, when we're saying good-bye to each other. heaps just become a part of culture. [ applause ] ♪ i left my heart ♪ [ cheers ] ♪ in san francisco ♪ i'll be taking meetings with family and friends. and checking voicemail as my activivities permit. i'll connect with you after reconnectiting with me. ♪

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welcome back to our viewers here in the united states and all around the world. i'm paula newton, and you're watching "cnn newsroom." florida's board of education has sparked outrage with a coroversial new set of andards for teaching black history in public schools. the state's new curriculum requires some schools to teach lessons on how slavery could have offered a, quote, personal benefit to enslaved people. it also says that during lessons on violence, teachers should discuss, quote, acts of a violence perpetrated against and by african americans. vice president kamala harris took a last-minute trip to florida friday to blast the new standards which are supported by governor ron desantis. listen -- >> we are creating these unnecessary debates. this is unnecessary to debate

whether enslaved people benefited from slavery. are you kidding me? are we supposed to debate that? let us not be distracted by what they're trying to do which is to te unnecessary debates, to divide our country. let's not fall in that trap. >> anyone who read that's will see that it's thorough, very factual, and for them to try to demagogue it -- that may have worked in the past. nobody's buying their nonsense anymore. and so you know, she's going to come down to the state of florida and try to chirp and try to demagogue. all she's doing is ignoring the responsibilities that the administration has to secure our border. they're failing at that. >> joining me now is kelly carter jackson, a michael and

denise kellen 68 associate professor in the department of africana studies and author of "force and freedom: black ablilgzists" and podcast "this day in esoteric history" and "you get a podcast." we'll encourage people to check those out. thanks for being with us now. so many in the last few months have made this about politics. this entire issue. in an opinion piece in may, you stress that this is indisputably about history and the history is that slavery was wrong, pure and simple. you say that curating a more politically palatable history for political gain is dangerous. why? >> you know, i think that when we whitewash history, when we marginalize major stories, major turning points, when we pick and choose sort of pinpointing a timeline arbitrarily to tell

romantic narrative or to tell only a positive narrative, i really think that students are robbed from their history. i can't tell you how many times at wellesley college and other places i've taught students have come to my class and said, "was i think told this, why am i just getting this now? what happened if i never went to college? would i get the history of the slave rebellion or history of this black abolitionist?" it's important to tell a full portrait of manner history, the good, bad, ugly, benign, so students understand that history is complicated. and no, we don't just have sweet narratives that put us on a constant pace of progress. that of all the progress that we see in america, it comes through hard-won efforts and activism. >> you know, i read what most of -- a large document, i read most of what the florida, you know, education board put out. they say that it's thorough, that it was put together by a

group of scholars of all walks of life. and yet, slavery in the united states -- i don't think there's an argument there. it was a crime against humanity. perhaps enscoped the largest ever committed in history. do you believe that what they've decided to do now puts that in dispute in florida? >> you know, i read most of the 216 pages. pages 3 through 21 really highlight the african american portion of the history that's being taught. there were some things, i will say i was encouraged to see. there were certain names that i was like, okay, i'm glad to see that tubman and other major leader of the abolitionist monument were mentioned, maskers that took place were -- massacre that's took place were mentioned. i think nuance is left out. when we think about how we craft these conversations and how we get our students to be critical thinkers, there's some language within the document that has me a little disturbed.

you know, there is a discussion of race riots that take place. but there's no direct conversation of lynchings. there is phrases like, you know, when violence was committed by both white and black people. and i think you have to make a distinction there. violent acts against white people, against black people, is not the same thing as black people defending themselves from white people. so there's acts of violence and then there's self-defense. but you don't get that sharp distinction there. and i think students will be left to sort of, you know, make up their own minds about what they think actually happened in slavery. if we create this portrait of slavey that talks about how slaves benefited from the institution of slavery, there's language in there about how certain skills enslaved people developed caused them to benefit from certain aspects of slavery. that's impossible. there's no way in which enslaved people could benefit from the institution of slavery. so with that kind of sloppy, slippery language that concerns

me the most. >> understood. and we don't have a lot of time left, but as an educatesor, can you take -- educator, can you take me into the classroom? what does this do to students of awful races, but i want -- all races, but i want to speak specifically to african american students who were in those classrooms, black americans in those classrooms, when they hear things like you just uttered. >> yeah. for me, it's important that we're honest with students. students will value most moon see it and accuracy. these atrocities happened, and if we don't learn them, you know, my fear is that we repeat them. my fear is that we try to mimic these things. i want students not to be grieved by the fact that history happened but grieved by the fact that if you don't learn what took place, in some ways we put ourselves in a horrendous paths of repeating things that we should never revisit. >> and unlikely to really understand the conditions in which you live in america.

obviously that understanding of history, of which you provide is so important for the living experience in the united states. kelly carter jackson, thank you so much. appreciate it. >> thank you. it's going to be a scorching hot weekend across much of the united states. large parts of the country are under some sort of heat alert or advisory. and experts are warning people to stay cool and be aware of the dangers of excess heat. now southwestern states are going to keep feeling the heat. look at that, with temperatures expected to stay in the triple digits throughout the next few days. greece, meantime, is also bracing for more ms. iserable h with temperatures soaring this weekend. greek authorities have ordered all archaeological sites including the acropolis to close for the afternoons through monday. now the oppressive weather comes as firefighters are struggling to contain a wildfire burning west of athens for more than five days now. more than 100 homes and businesses have been severely

damaged from the fires over the past week. joining me from athens is the city's deputy mayor. thank you so much for joining us on what i'm sure are some trying days there in athens. you know, it's only mid morning. i'm checking the temperature here, it's about 95 degrees fahrenheit, 35 degrees celsius already. supposed to get hotter through the weekend. what is your city doing to principally keep people safe? because this heat is very dangerous. >> well, first of all, thank you for the invitation. and good morning from beautiful and sunny athens. indeed, temperatures are rising high right now. we're talking about 56 degrees celsius. that's approximately 105 degrees fahrenheit. no one can argue that we're not talking about climate change any its more. we are mid the actual climate crisis. the outcome of that, having said that, the outcome is hot days and of course heat waves. nonetheless, athens has been

prepared, and we have been -- in order for visitors and citizens to withstand this heat wave. so if you let me just highlight the most important one -- we have drones with thermal cameras surveying all the cities, the hills and the parks, in order to detect the most thermal points or incident of fires. we have 24 lines, support lines for anyone not feeling -- not feeling okay. we have help at home for the elderly people. we're going to homes to provide them help as needed. we have also been prepared for a new program to protect our community people, our people, and because you said about acropolis, yes, acropolis has closed down in order to protect both of these tourists and of course the people working to the acropolis. you understand if we have

temperatures at 48 degrees, that's 115 degrees fahrenheit, that's hazardous for the visitors and for the people working in acropolis. and apart from that, let's not forget our four-legged friends. we have more than 150 cooling stations for our four-legged friends, our cats and dogs. and of course we have cooling stations spread out through the city in order to give water. >> that is a thorough list, and i'm sure many cities around the world are listening right now. have you seen increased strain at hospitals? and i want to point out there is an air conditioning -- isn't air conditioning everywhere in athens or the rest of greece for that matter. >> we have not -- we are accustomed to -- acclimatized with hot weather. but again, we are not for heat waves. having said that, our hospitals

are already prepared, and we are on the -- not only for -- if i could say the heat waves, but in order to help anyone in need. so that means that all our hosts within the city and throughout greece are in high alert for those in need. but because you said and mentioned the other cities in europe, yes, all the cities in europe, in the mediterranean area, have been struck by those heat waves. but let's not forget that athens is cooler than any other major area. >> understood. i want to lean on your engineering experience -- >> you go -- by all means. >> yes. you are an engineer by training, and you've done research at columbia's earth engineering center. you know, i don't think this is going to stop any time soon. i'm sure you do not expect it to, as well. what can cities do to mitigate these effects so that next

summer, perhaps, we have fewer -- certainly ill health and death? at the end of the day, some of the stats from europe alone are shocking in terms of the level of death that some of these heat waves cause. >> plant trees. plant trees anywhere possible. that's the best way to mitigate the climate crisis. that's the solution for the municipalities. plant trees, increase the green areas. when you do it -- extensive, use natural-based solution materials for the pavement. again, walk in, enter in the circular economy. talking about pavements, we can use -- wasting energy, the revenues of the waste can be used in order to fix, to constructs pave materials. and that means, of course, that are also cool materials. we will nature-based solution materials, cool materials, and

of course increasing all the -- no payment wherever possible. if i could say one more thing because we have fellow viewers that are watching cnn international and right now in athens, they can visit coolathens@cityofathens.gr to find more information and application. >> and -- deputy mayor, i have to leave it there. a lot of good information for so many people right around the world. thank you so much. appreciate it. and we'll will be back with more about in a moment. l you past the doubt. past the pain, anand past your limits. no matteter what, we go on. biofreeze

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weeks after vanishing from public view, speculation is intensifying about the whereabouts of china's foreign minister. he was last seen on june 25th, six months after he was promoted to his post. now he's no its where to be seen, and no bun can explain why -- no one can explain why he's

gone. will ripley has our story. china has every right to defend its sovereignty and territorial integrity. >> reporter: as china's ambassador to the u.s., he was combative and controversial. we are fully justified to do what we must. >> reporter: polarizing, persuasive, performing under pressure. a patriotic poster child of china's wolf-warrior diplomacy for an assertive new era under xi jinping. china's powerful president promoting his loyal aide to foreign minister last december. a meteoric rise making him china's second most-powerful diplomat. darting around the world, welcoming alliance and adversaries to beijing. just last month, u.s. secretary of state antony blinken. and his last-known meeting on june 25th with russia's deputy foreign minister. since then, he's been missing for more than three weeks. absent from high-profile visits by top u.s. officials.

janet yellen, john kerry, and most recently former u.s. secretary of state henry kissinger. >> translator: it is rare for a senior chinese diplomat to have gone missing more than 20 days ago. in my memory, that has never happened before. >> reporter: china saying he was unable to attend meetings due to health reasons. even that official explanation later deleted from the chinese foreign ministry website. the ministry often leaves out content it deems sensitive from its transcripts. chin's disappearance was also not mentioned in china's state-controlled media. fueling intense speculation on line. on chinese social media, one wabo user asked we can't guess what happened to him. another saying is this how our wolf warriors end up? china's diplomacy on a busy schedule these days driven by a stream of high-level exchanges between beijing and washington.

>> translator: the fact that the foreign minister has disappeared has created attention and discussions. >> reporter: discussions fueled by china's authoritarian system, a one-party state focused on xi jinping. china's most powerful leader in decades. few outsiders know what's on his mind. the lack of transparency igniting discussions about the missing foreign minister and what his future might hold. the sudden disappearances have become more common under xi jinping as he cracks down on dissent and concentrates power into his hone hand. in the past, government officials who have disappeared sometimes have been out of public sight for months only to reappear facing potential charges from the communist party's corruption watchdog group. will ripley, cnn, seoul. excitement is building at the women's world cup. reigning champs team usa breezed past vietnam in their opening

match. those details and all the action ahead.

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japan and zambia have been battling on the pitch at the women's world cup and not looking so good for zambia this hour. their opening match is being held in hamilton, new zealand, with japan dominating four goals to nil. hours earlier vietnam made its world cup debut against team usa but never got to score. for on all of this we are with cnn sports carolyn manno. a dominant performance by the united states, but vietnam staying in the game as much as they could, right? >> reporter: yeah, absolutely. i mean, this could have been much worse. it could have gotten out of hand. you have to give vietnam a lot of credit for playing really tough, especially against a time that they idolized in the united states. at the end of the day, there wasn't a question of if the back-to-back champion u.s. women's team would beat them, it was kind of just a matter of how much. bh what were the margins. it was closer than a lot of

people expected even though the americans were dominant in the 3-0 win. sophia smith drove the ball to the back of the net to open up the scoring in just the 14th minute, setting the tone. she wasn't done. she struck again deep in stoppage time at the end of the first half for her second goal of the game. she's considered one of the breakout stars of the tournament. and at 22 years and 346 days of age, she became the second youngest player in history to score multiple goals in a world cup game. megan rapinoe started her final world cup on the bench but came in in the 61st minute for team usa becoming the 14th player to reach that milestone and the captain acided a goal in the 77th minute to put this away. after awward smith talked about rising to the occasion while there are games to be played. >> every minute was fun, and the crowd was amazing. i think it was a good place to

start in this tournament. but i know we have so much more to get to. >> i feel relieved. i was anxious going into the tournament. so it's good to have a game under our belt and to kind of get a feel for it and know what to expect. but beane that the next two games are going to be hard. we're going celebrate this for a second but put our focus into the next game. >> reporter: and the u.s. will next face the netherlands on wednesday night in america. of course a little bit further in the calendar over there, their second group game or rematch of the 2019 world cup final. elsewhere for you, messi's debut with inter miami has been one of the most anticipated in recent memory. somehow this lived up to expectations and then some. it was out of a storybook. the crowd was so crazy, seven months after bwinning the men's world cup the seven-time fifa player of the year came off the bench, he delivered this magical messi moment, curling in a free kick sfriek outside the box in the 94th minute that set the crowd of more than 20,000 people

into a frenzy. and that would turn out to be the game winner in a 2-1 win over mexico's cruz azul. he said after the game he saw the goal, he knew he had to score. and inter miami co-owner david beckham, also a pretty good player in his own right, said he simply could not have wished for a better debut. >> as soon as i saw the free kick given, i thought this is the way it's meant to win. such a special nights for us, our families, for everyone in the stadium, for you guys, such a moment for this country. it's such a moment for this league. and it's a very proud moment for us. >> reporter: inter miami next plays on tuesday at home in fort lauderdale, florida, against mls side atlantaishes night. -- atlanta united. a lot of fun. >> it was. thank you so much. i'm paula newton. i'll be back in a moment. except the hours that you're sleeping. so why d do we leave so much untapped potential on the table? this is a next level bed, for a nenext level you.

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