daughter? >> that's the hit "the sound of freedom" which only cost $15 million to make. . celebrities really are like us, alana delray was seen waitressing in alabama. we don't know why she was in alabama much less working at the waffle house. >> are you making cookies? >> yeah. >> oh, chocolate chip? >> yeah. >> they're the best. i'm going to but the chocolate chip in with the cat food, is that right? >> that's david letterman at a store in iowa over the weekend. letterman was >> thanks for joining us. i'm christine romans. "cnn this morning" starts right now. well, good monday morning, everyone. we are so glad you're with us. i'm so glad to have erica hill by my side. good morning. >> nice to be with you and nice

to have you back. a well-deserved break. >> sometimes work is a break after you're away for two weeks with little kids. >> true. >> we had a good time. thank you for being with me this week. we appreciate it. we have a lot of news to get to. big breaking news really around the globe and here at home and cnn is on scene for all of it. here are the five things to know for this monday, july 24, 2023. thousands of protesters right now outside of israel's supreme court as the country's parliament is set to vote next hour on the first part of a historic judicial overhaul. this would severely limit the supreme court's power there to put any check on the government's actions. we're live in jerusalem. russia says ukrainians hit two buildings in moscow. we have a live look at the damage. and a legal fight over buoys at the border. the justice department threat tong sue over them, and today's the deadline for the state of texas to respond. concerns have been over those

buoys and razor wire. the historic heat wave here in the u.s. that just won't quit. more than 35 million americans waking up to advisories this morning. stephanie elam is in las vegas where at 3:00 a.m. it is already well over 90 degrees. and it is not just here in the u.s. wildfires in greece forcing thousands to evacuate as that country endures what could become its longest heat wave ever recorded. sam kiley on the latest. cnn starts right now. we do begin in jerusalem pause happening right now thousands of protesters are on the streets there. hundreds of businesses closed. look at those images. look at that. that is right now on what could be one of the most consequential days in the history of israel. lawmakers are getting ready to vote as soon as next hour on part of the government's plan to

curb the power of the country's supreme court. >> president biden is warning israel's government against moving ahead with the judicial overhaul saying overnight it doesn't make sense. the focus should be on pulling people together and finding consensus. the prime minister says the changes would correct judicial overreach. saddas gold is live there. these are things poppy pointed out. any sign these protests actually have any impact? >> reporter: well, the debates are wrapping up right now inside the israeli parliament. votes are expected to take place soon outside. the heat is boiling and so are the protesters who have chained themselves to each other right outside the parliament trying to block the entrances there. the israeli police trying to use water cannons to try to disperse them. they say they will not back down until the overhaul is off the table. the pressure from joe biden doesn't seem to be moving anything.

prime minister benjamin netanyahu is still pushing ahead with the first major legislation of his massive judicial overhaul plan. the protests have grown more intense even after six months, but prime minister benjamin netanyahu is pushing ahead to weaken the power of israel's courts. getting its first real vote in parliament on monday after a debate. it would strip the power of the supreme court to stop government action ifs if it deems them unreasonable. one of the only checks on the power in israel, a country with no written constitution. they dismiss the cries of those who say this puts them on a path to dictatorship saying it's necessary to rein in an elitist and out of tough authority, not an attack on democracy, he says. many israelis disagree. many weeks of protests on the

streets, former israeli presidents, supreme court justices, and leaders of israel's high-tech industry joining the demonstrations. president biden even sending out loud and clear warnings from washington, and in a country seemingly always on the edge of the next security conflict, thousands of military reservists pledging that if the law passes, they will no longer heed the call to serve, including more than 1,100 elite air force officers from fighter pilots to drone operators. a development worrying enough that israel's top military officer told the entire israel defense forces in an open letter on sunday that, quote, no service members have the right to say this they wat they will serve. adding to the drama, the prime minister admitted to want hospital, going under sedation to control an irregular heartbeat. he said he feels great after

questions swirled about how forthright he's been about his health. with the billio pass monday and chipping away at the courts and the pipeline, many israelis are asking, what about the health of the israeli judiciary? now even if this bill passes today, it will likely immediately face legal challenges which will ironically place it in front of the supreme court. if the supreme court declares this unreasonable law is itself unreasonable, well, that could plunge israel into an even bigger judicial crisis. poppy and erica. >> that is remarkable to think the supreme court is being tested here that will have to rule on this and what happens after that. haddas, thank you for the reporting. new this morning, ukraine is now taking credit for a drone attack on moscow overnight. russia's military says two drones crashed into buildings after being disabled with electronic warfare. now one of them was brought down near a russian defense ministry complex. no injuries have been reported, but if you look here, you can see windows there on the top of that high-riser blown out.

a wave of drones also attacked russian-occupied crimea. a top official says the russian strikes are proof they are less and less capable of protecting its skies. >> also a video on social media shows one of the drones buzzing through the russian capital. volodymyr zelenskyy vowed to retaliate after a week of releg relentless strikes on odesa. alex marquardt is live inside a cathedral in odesa. we're glad you're there. what are you seeing and learning? >> reporter: good morning, erica and poppy. president zelenskyy had vowed to make the russians feel the retaliation. so whether those strikes on crimea and moscow overnight are in response to what we've seen here, that is a major question, but it has been a week of regular attacks, almost daily attacks by russia, some of the most severe coming just yesterday on this historic center where i am in the middle of odesa in the heritage site

and we are in the building that was perhaps most damaged, the cathedral of configuration. they asked us to wear these helmets because there is so much damage that could then fall down. i want to show you what has happened. this is the most damaged part of the cathedral, this corner up here in the top right. this is where we are told a missile or a rocket came plunging through the ceiling, crashing down at least two floors we're told. just look at this. incredible levels of damage, and then i mean, ask my cameraman to just spin around. you can see here in the floor, this marble floor, how powerful the blast was. shrapnel digging out pockets of that marble. it is just incredible to see the ceilings of this cathedral blown off. it's as if there is no ceiling at all. the daylight, the sun coming right through there, and then over here is the knave, and the altar, and when you look up at the altar here, you can see that it is blown to the side.

those pillars leaning to the side. it's only standing up because it is leaning against the wall there, and if scottie pans up to that beautiful dome, all of the windows have been blown out because of this blast. defrescos have come off the wall. chandeliers have fallen down, those golden ceilings are falling down. this is what remains of the knave of the cathedral. this would normally be filled with pews. people come here were prayers and services, but it is now covered in this smokey, acrid dust that scratches your throat and nose. you can see how thick it is. damage done to the walls here, you can see that is from the blast of this strike. this church, this cathedral has a long history. it was destroyed in 1936 by stalin when he was in power. it was rebuilt when ukraine became independent.

now once again under attack and severely damaged. poppy, erica? >> wow. i mean, it is incredible to see and have you walk us through all that damage. russia still is denying that it targeted that church, correct? >> reporter: they are. i mean, they have been going after more relevant sites if you will, grain storage sites, food storage sites that ukraine believes those attacks are linked to russia pulling out of this grain deal. they report this has nothing to do with the conflict. russia is saying they didn't target this historic downtown or the church. they blame ukrainian air defenses. that argument is completely irrelevant because had it not been for russia's strikes on this city, there would be no need for air defenses. there would be no need for ukraine to defend itself. so this city continues to come under withering attack by russia, and this is why president zelenskyy has said that what is needed now is what he calls a full-fledged sky

shield, more defenses from the u.s. and other western allies to protect odesa and other cities all across this country. guys? >> alex marquardt, live there in odesa for us this morning. thank you. an unrelenting heat wave. you have no doubt been feeling it scorching the southwest for weeks. now it's spreading. the national weather service warning people the extreme temperatures will expand east throughout this week to the midwest, and then the east coast and the northeast. tens of millions of americans are already facing these heat alerts including in phoenix where temperatures have hit at least 110 degrees for 24 straight days. our stephanie elam is live in las vegas this morning. it is very early there, just after 3:00 a.m. how hot is it? >> reporter: according to my calculations here, poppy, it's 89 degrees at 3:00 in the morning. that would be a hot day in and of itself. i'm just very -- you could go for a nice swim and you would be cooling off. perspiration out here right now, but what you're seeing is the temperatures in the west are

15 degrees above normal and we're starting to see some of these records that have been around for a long time starting to fall. a heat wave bearing down across the globe with little relief in sight. millions of americans are under heat alerts and now wildfires are ablaze creating more challenges for some communities in the pacific northwest. residents in parts of maricopa county in arizona were told by local authorities to evacuate as firefighters battled the diamond fire while facing scorching hot temperatures. >> the heat has been unrelenting in our community. >> reporter: in phoenix, sunday marked 24 consecutive days of at least 110-degree temperatures and in las vegas, the city has seen ten consecutive days of temperatures at or above 110 degrees, tying the longest streak of days with those high temperatures. in parts of arizona, the heat is so brutal, emergency rooms are being filled with people treated for heat-related illnesses.

>> we try to throw a little bit of ice, you know, on here, on the bottom, get a little bit on the bottom and when they get their body on here, we like to throw it above them. what's going to happen is the only thing showing is going to be their head, okay? that in an ideal world. w we also like to throw water on there, and this will drop their body temperature a degree almost every five minutes if done properly. >> reporter: the arizona burn centers say people are getting burned on the pavement. >> the pavement is so hot it only takes a fraction of a second to get a pretty deep burn and to lay on a hot pavement or a hot surface for ten minutes, 20 minutes, a half an hour, an hour, that's full thickness burn. the skin is completely destroyed. >> reporter: phoenix's mayor explains how they are battling the heat. >> we have mobile cooling units that can go to an emergency site

like a fire. we even have tactics where we can go out with i.v.s that have been cooled and that can cool people from the inside which can save lives. another program we have that's very popular is our cool pavement program. so we are really just looking at how we design the city. >> reporter: and they have been really working to help out the unhoused population there in phoenix, and also the other thing to keep in mind people may be collapsing because of heatstroke and that's when they're coming in contact with that super hot cement and asphalt and we're seeing these burns, but what we're seeing in the west is going to start to move its way east and you should see temperatures rising to about 20 degrees above normal, and montana, you may see temperatures above 100 degrees, poppy. >> it feels like sadly the new normal. >> yeah, it does. >> stephanie, thank you for the reporting from las vegas. texas is facing a crucial deadline today as the justice department demands the removal of a floating barrier at the

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they are meant to deter migrants, but it's said they raise humanitarian concerns, and also they are dangerous and illegal. governor abbott seems dug in. he believes they have the authority to do this. so what will happen today? >> reporter: well, let me show you because the state of texas has several layers of border barrier. you can see there are two sets of wire. now the fact that it's dark and you might not be able to see it, that's one of the issues that critics raise, and that's why they call these traps for migrants. beyond that in the middle of the river, you'll see the border buoys. these are 4 feet in diameter, and according to the u.s. state department, the state of texas deployed these buoys without consulting with the u.s. federal government and without obtaining permits, and mexico's top diplomat complained to the united states saying that these buoys violate two international treaties and mexico's concerned these buoys could be on mexican

territory. now there are more than 80 u.s. democratic lawmakers who complained to president biden. they sent him a letter last week saying he should investigate and also that they should file legal action. well, late last week the u.s. doj indeed sent a letter to the state of texas threatening to sue, saying that these buoys were deployed unlawfully, that they raise humanitarian, public safety, and environmental concns, and the u.s. doj gave the state of texas a dea here's what that letter said in part, quote, if we do not recei eastern time on july 24, 2023, indicating youcommitment to expeditiously removing the floating barrier and related structures, the united states intends to file legal action. well, governor greg abbott fighting back on twitter saying, quote, texas has the sovereign authority to defend our border under the u.s. constitution and

the texas constitution. this was a thread by the governor on twitter in which he blames the biden administration for the problems on the border and then he ends with this, poppy saying, quote, we will see you in court, mr. president. so does that mean that these buoys are not going to be removed without a court fight? we'll have to see, poppy. >> we will have to see. rosa, just before you go, dps has released images of injuries that migrants have sustained, cuts from wire that some of those migrants have said is underwater. are they taking legal issue also with those wire barriers behind you or is it just the buoys? >> reporter: you know, it's unclear based on this letter from the u.s. doj because the u.s. doj specifically states the floating border barriers and, quote, related structures. so could those related structures also be some of that wire? i wish this was daylight, poppy, because we could probably show you some of that wire is

actually underwater, and that's one of the critics -- that's one of the things that critics say is, quote, those death traps. you mean, if we pan over, if you could pan just in the dark, you really can't see the second layer of wire for example, and that is what critics are saying, and these democratic lawmakers are also highlighting is that these turn into death traps if they are not lit up and so the owner of the property where we are this morning has asked the state of texas to remove this wire from her property, and she says that the state of texas refuses to do so. now would she take legal action? she tells me that she could. >> we will follow all of it. rosa, thank you for that re reporting. a little bit later in the program, we'll be joined by tony gonzalez. this is in his district. we'll get his reaction and his thoughts on this happening there, erica. new this morning, the u.n. command says conversations have started with north korea about

u.s. army private travis king. king of course, crossed into the country last week and hasn't been seen or heard from since. >> the conversation has commenced with the kpa through the mechanisms of the agreement. >> cnn's priscilla alvarez is at the white house. these conversations need to happen. when and how would the white house be involved at all? >> reporter: erica, we don't know if the white house is involved in the conversation that you heard there, but it would be the start of trying to get some information about travis king. recall he crossed into north korea last tuesday and we have not publicly seen or heard from him and north korea has not acknowledged that he is in their custody. so there has been no information so far about him and his condition. now the united nations command is a multinational military force that includes the u.s., and it controls the south korean

side of the joint security area which king along with others was touring last week, but again, we have not heard from the white house yet whether the u.s. is involved in that conversation that the u.n. command is referring to. now we do know that u.s. officials have been trying to get in touch with north korea and talking to their allies to get some information about this u.s. national, but on friday, national security council spokesman john kirby said they have no update yet, though he maintained that they would continue to try. now this is bringing a lot of concerns here back at home. just over the weekend, republican representative mike mccaul said this he was concerned about the potential price the u.s. may have to pay to have king come home. we don't know anything about his condition yet, nor whether there would be a price for him to come home. a lot of these still open questions. we've asked the white house for more information and we're waiting for their response. >> we know you'll stay on it, priscilla, thank you. twitter's icon, the little

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in a record-breaking box office blowout, "barbenheimer" weekend lived up to the huge expectations. "barbie" and "oppemheimer" both opened on friday, but one movie clearly took home the crown. >> hi, barbie. >> hi, barbie. >> hi, barbie. >> hi, barbie. >> hi, barbie. >> ugh. >> "barbie" had the biggest open of any film this year. the expectation was more than $300 million in north america alone. both movies blew away expectations. both of you got to see -- you've both seen "barbie," right? >> i'm the only one on earth who hasn't seen it yet. >> i haven't either. we can go together. >> i'll go again. >> you loved it. >> i did love it. >> when you talk about

blockbuster movies, these are it. you have the fanfare, soldout theaters and this is what theater owners want to see especially after another blockbuster, "mission: im pos possible"did not perform so well. >> this is the best day ever. >> it is the best day ever. >> reporter: barbie painted the world pink, and this weekend, fans came out in droves. >> that's impossible. >> reporter: not only is it possible, the film shattered expectations and is on track to make at least $155 million at the u.s. box office in its opening weekend. >> i'm coming with you. >> reporter: the new movie sends barbie and ken to the real world. >> cold shower. falling off my roof. and my heels are on the ground. >> reporter: to deal with an existential crisis. >> this is the real world. what's going on? why are these men looking at me?

>> reporter: the movie is the biggest domestic start for a solo female director, greta gerwig, surpassing "wonder woman." >> mattel and warner bros., they have to be just tickled pink. >> reporter: barbie is made by mattel, and warner bros. discovery, the same parent company as cnn. >> everything about this movie and the toy is fun, right? and i think people are looking to escape. >> reporter: "barbie" bested this weekend's other blockbuster, "oppemheimer" about the father of the atomic bomb. >> i don't know if we can be trusted with such a weapon. >> reporter: which made at least $80 million over the weekend. the two blockbusters premiering at the same time spawned fan mash-ups dubbed "barbenheimer." >> we'll remember this day. >> reporter: the two real films contributed to the fourth highest grossing movie weekend ever in north america, something theater owners hope is a sign

that the pandemic-fueled slowdown is finally over. >> it's being celebrated as some sort of novelty, but this is the way it was prior to the pandemic. movies used to come out on the same weekend and compete with one another. >> reporter: but for barbie fans, it's just fun. >> i have been waiting for two years. >> barbie has inspired you to be like anything you want. you can be an astronaut, a doctor, a chef -- >> reporter: or even a blockbuster movie star. cnn, new york. >> and normally today we might hear from some of the film's stars, but we will not be hearing from them because of -- >> the strike. >> the strike. they're on strike. they won't be posting on social media or be able to talk about the success of the films and they won't be able to promote the films. even the writers, the writers were so integral in these two movies. can't hear from them either because the writers are on strike. >> let the work speak for itself

right now. >> it makes you think. maybe you didn't expect that from the barbie movie, but it will make you think. >> the reviews. >> my mother-in-law and i very much enjoyed it. we did not wear pink though. >> thank you, vanessa. i'm definitely wearing pink with my daughter. ahead, this. >> there's my car with a bear inside of it. so fun. this bear's absolutely destroying the inside of my car right now. oh my gosh. >> okay. that happened. a bear got stuck in a woman's car. this was in south lake tahoe. look at that. that actually happened. this bear was able to open the door, get inside, apparently close the door too, but couldn't get out. the police opened the door with a rope. the bear ran free, and the car was left as you can imagine, unrecognizable. the bear chewed and ripped through the interior and unfortunately that's not all. >> she's just cleaning out the poop in my car. the bear pooped. >> job well done. >> my car smells atrocious, bit

is so bad. >> oh my gosh. >> i can't imagine the call to your insurance company after that. >> i mean, they have the video of it. they should get covered. >> i swear it really was a bear. >> call us if your insurance company denies it. plus, alabama's governor has just approved a new congressional map. why some say it would make a segregationist crowd.

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welcome back. in a move that may be defying the supreme courts, alabama is trying to add a second majority black district to its newly drawn congressional map. kay ivey insteadpproved a map with just one majority black district. the response was quote, the republican politicians who supported this would make george wallace proud.

the map must be approved by federal court next month. we'll get to this in a moment, but errol, the fact this went to the supreme court, they said you've got to do this to represent the black population in your state. the state comes back, redraws it and only makes one majority black, makes the second district 40% black when they could have just complied with the law. >> yes. >> speak to the why, and will this stand up? >> well, the why is that opposition to black empowerment is kind of the core of conservative politics in alabama. it has been for, you know, a century now, so this going to sort of go to a trial and they have the right to do this. they can go to trial and they can sort of play the whole thing out and lose all over again because when the supreme court issues its orders, the determinations basically say, this goes back to a lower court for outcomes that are not inconsistent can what we found. they have every right to go and play the whole thing out, lose

all over again, and then have some further court action. it's also important to note that you don't have to have a 70% black district in order to elect a black representative. all over the country within the black caucus, there are really interesting cases where there are people who are representing, you know, majority white or latino districts. this is not necessarily going to play out as a yes/no question about whether or not there will be a second black representative out of alabama. >> it is fascinate ing when you see the republican leadership say this was a compromise and there was not a single democrat who supported it in terms of these maps. as we look at all of this to poppy's question about the legal points here, given what we saw, the fact that they're continuing on may end up in court again, where does all this end? >> it's going to end back in the courts. i think that's for sure. so just a little background here. so the state of alabama has seven congressional districts. about a 28% population.

that works out 2 out of 7 is almost exactly 28%, but alabama's original map only had one majority black district. that was challenged all the way up to the supreme court which in a bit of a surprise ruling struck down that map, including chief justice roberts and justice kavanaugh joining with the three liberal justices. they said, no, that violates the voting rights act. >> right. >> a bit of a surprise opinion. they sent it back down and said, you have to go back to the drawing board. give us another one, and the courts said you should try as hard as possible to create two majority black districts. they came back with one, and then another that's 40%. so they gave the alabama legislature a tiny bit of wiggle room and they didn't say, no matter what, you have to give us two majority black districts. they said as close as possible. is 40% as close as possible? they were given an inch and it seems like they've taken a foot or so. >> the governor, kay ivey said the legislature know our districts better than federal courts.

ultimately you have to comply with what a federal court says. i want to get to an interesting interview with former vice president, now presidential candidate mike pence on "state of the union," and listen to what pence says. >> the president's words were reckless that day. i had no right to overturn the election, but while his words were reckless based on what i know, i'm not yet convinced that they were criminal. criminal charges have everything to do with intent, what the president's state of mind was, and i don't honestly know what his intention was that day. >> what does his answer become if there is an indictment from jack smith on that? >> it's extraordinary. i mean, look. i wonder if he would say the same thing about, what were the intention of the people that were chasing you as you and your family ran for your life and they were chanting hang mike pence? >> he said it's important to make a distinction between these

people who said hang mike pence. he said it doesn't represent the whole movement. >> that attempt to walk that tight rope has walked him into fifth or sixth place. it doesn't seem to have raised him any moment, built any momentum or have a realistic chance at the republican nomination. he's in an awkward place. he was part of an administration and is loyal to a former president who almost literally was telling people to go and harm him physically, and so if he thinks he can somehow convince this movement to get behind him, even as he sort of licks the shoes of the person who has scorned him, cursed him, and threatened him, you know, good luck with that. it doesn't seem to be working. the polls don't suggest it seems to be a viable strategy. >> in terms of his point about intent, right? because intent is a big part of a criminal charge, right? he does say he told dana and i'm quoting here, the president's words were reckless that day. we don't know that if there is an indictment, right?

there are still a lot of ifs and we don't know what we'll be talking about in terms of charges, but if we're talking only about that day, base d on what we know abpublicly, that d is not the sole focus. >> he knows it's not likely to be if there is an indictment. based on what we know is in the target letter, jack smith will be focusing on on actual january 6, 2021, but the weeks leading up to it when there was a coordinated effort to commit fraud and conspiracy to steal the election. i actually think the way it looks like -- again, all qu qualifiers here, but the way it looks like is going to have the actual events and the actual speech on january 6th. it may be a final chapter or maybe a post-script, but not an indictment. >> thank you very much. tourists racing to the airport in greece after these wildfires on a greek island caused huge evacuations. we'll take you live to greece.

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out amid a scorching heat wave. cnn's sam kiley is in greece for us this morning. it is truly the perfect storm, and these numbers are staggering, sam. >> reporter: they are alarming, erica, aren't they? and yet again, we're faced with yet another season here in southern europe where records are likely to be broken. this one the biggest heat wave they have had ever, or for very many years with some temperatures hitting 45 to 48 degrees centigrade. for i don't know what that is in fahr fahrenheit, but extremely, egg-frying hot. every year passes, and more and more are catching fire. that is what unfolded in roads.

it's a regular visitor wildfire, and no one knows where or when it will strike. t this is tourism in the 21st century. the latest southern roads, an island of ancient ruins facing a modern apocalypse. intense heat waves have turned forests into desiccated tinder yearning for a spark to roar into flame, and anything that fails to flee the inferno has little chance of survival. gr greek authorities have evacuated tens of thousands from resorts at peak season, and they've said it's the largest such operation in the country's history. >> all the money, some of my wife's clothes, she had nothing to wear. it's terrible.

>> reporter: british tour operators are flying empty planes here to bring desperate tourists home. powerful winds have made life just about bearable for people on these islands living through this heat wave, but those winds have fanning the flames of the infernos. and the problem is spreading. the latest overnight, this island where thousands have been evacuated and police have been bolsters their ranks in anticipation of more to come. the greek government has been battling wildfires across the country for a week, during what's expected to be the longest heat wave this country has ever seen. as temperature records are shattered across europe and the world, every day our planet has become slightly more unlivable. >> translator: we are experiencing here and min many countries, extreme climatic events. i appeal to the nations to do

something more concrete. it's a challenge that cannot be put off. let us protect our common home. >> reporter: as heat waves and fires are escalating yearly in southern europe, the threat is now even perhaps to the pontiff's own home. now if that seems like an exaggeration, i mentioned 48 degrees anticipated in southern europe. poppy and erica, that's 118 degrees fahrenheit. i'm told in all of this happening amid british tourists that are being evacuated, the united kingdom's prime minister though suggesting that the united kingdom may start to back away from its targets in terms of reducing dangerous emissions. erica and poppy? >> in the midst of all of it. >> really appreciate it. thank you. ahead, we're going to take you back live to jerusalem where israelis are out protesting a controversial judicial reform bill. where things stand as this goes

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could it have been any other way? magnificent. >> total storybook ending. intermiami fans going mad for messi. lionel messi scoring the winning goal in his debut. carolyn manno wearing appropriately pink that i love. >> everybody is wearing barbie pink. i'm wearing intermiami pink. >> just how people wanted it to go. >> it was incredible and i remember speaking with david beckham about this back in february of 2020 asking him about what messi's arrival could possibly mean, and now we're seeing it in this highly anticipated debut where ticket sales have tripled since last year, and tickets were going for tens of thousands of dollars, and then to have this moment at the end of the game to win it. this free kick that just sent everybody into a complete frenzy, and it really kind of underscored what this is going to mean for major league soccer, and i thought it was so interesting that you have this pantheon of all-time greats in sport that is transcend their

flooeld field of play and it's such afy ni -- finite, elite group. you had serena, and lebron, and they were all kind of geeking out. >> and beckham. >> david beckham was very emotional afterwards because he really knows how hard this path has been to get him here, and now he's here through 2025. >> it is really something. also a lot of focus on the ladies. >> yes. >> which is super exciting. the world cup, so this wednesday, usa back on the field. pretty decisive women against vietnam. >> as expected, right? it wasn't about whether or not they were going to win that game against vietnam, but about really what the goal differential was going to be. they left some goals out there, but i think those will come. now they face the netherlands. that's a much tougher test. they rank ninth in fifa, but i want to play you guy what is naomi girma had to say. listen. >> i think it's to be expected and i think going to this world cup, you know, the game has just grown and a lot of federations

have grown as well. so i think it's to be expected, and i think it's great to see so many countries coming in and making a great impression on the world stage. >> girma, 23 years old, one of the breakout stars of this tournament. the daughter of ethiopian immigrants and that's a problem of their own making and the reason these federations have grown is because women have set the bar. >> you say that again? u.s. women have set the bar? >> over and over and over. >> caroline, thank you. "cnn this morning" continues right now. >> translator: i was asleep and was woken up by an explosion. everything started to shake. it felt like the whole building had come down, but it sounded worse than it looked. as it seemed like the whole mall had exploded. good morning, everyone. we are so glad you're with us on this very busy monday. erica hill with us. good morning. >> nice to be with you. welcome back. >> thank you. we have a lot to get to. here are the five things tkn