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we speak. hundreds of thousands of protesters taking to the streets as lawmakers vote to potentially severely weaken the country's supreme court. texas is facing a crucial deadline just hours from now, as the justice department demands the removal of a floating barrier at the border. we'll speak to the republican congressman whose district lies along the rio grande. and an historic weekend at the box office. did you go to the movies? a lot of people did. the "barbenheimer" sensation taking the country by storm. we'll break down which movie came out on top. this hour of "cnn this morning" starts right now. this is where we begin this morning. a battle over texas and the justice department over those floating barriers at the southern border. that battle coming to a head today. just hours from now, greg abbott is facing a crucial deadline. the doj threatening to sue if he doesn't commit to removing the barriers that texas set up in

the rio grande to repel migrants. the judge is refusing to budge. he says his state has sovereign authority to defend the border. joining us is republican congressman of texas, tony gonzalez. his district stretches along 800 miles along the rio grande. we appreciate you being with us this morning. >> good morning. thank you for having me. >> according to the biden administration, in just a week, cbp agents reported a number of disturbing things, including dozens of migrants with injuries, broken limbs, and that includes several children, babies, under the age of 1, do you support governor abbott's use of these floating barriers and what is happening right now there? >> the barriers, i think, it's a small portion of the overall amount of border on the river, but they're very popular, i think for folks that want to see something different and that want to see this come to an end, they're very popular. it is all very tragic, though. it's absolutely horrible, the amount of people that have died

along this very dangerous trek. last year, there were 856 migrants that perished. the year before that, 168. so something has to change. but i don't know if the bloomies are necessarily the answer, but we have to look beyond that. >> this is your district. you say they're popular, but do you support it? let me show you some images that came from texas dps. these are images of injuries that have happened for migrants. i don't have to tell you, you've read the reporting, "the new york times" reporting on a number of migrants there who have talked about being underwater by barbed wire. texas dps trooper and paramedic nicholas wingate sent that email to his supervisors, detailing how concerned he was. let me read you some of ose concerns, about what's happening. quote, we were given orders to push people back into the water to go back to mexico. he read about a 4-year-old little girl o tried to cross and was told to go back, then she passed out, because of

exhaustion. he alswre about experiencing a 19-year-old woman who was in pain because of the wire and was doubled over and this was all happening as she was pregnant and having a miscarriage. so do you support what governor abbott is doing there? >> i support the buoys, because they are a deterrent in preventing people from entering the country illegally, but we have to be compassionate in how we handle anyone. i don't care who they are, regardless of their legal status. i would much rather see not one person have to step one foot in that water, because it is dangerous. you're going to drown, you're going to get injured, but the reality is, many people are leaving very desperate situations in venezuela and nicaragua and all throughout the country, all throughout the world. but i don't want to see them get in the river at all. and i hope when they see these bou buoys, they turn around. but i don't want to see any law enforcement not hand out water, not treat people with humanity.

but you have this -- it's always somebody else's fault but mine, and it's always somebody else that's going to solve it. i'm of the mind-set, we have to work together. this isn't a democrat or a republican issue. how do we just fix it? my district wants it solved? >> have you spoken to governor abbott about this? >> i have not. i have not spoken with him. i have spoken with some dps folks and others on the ground. i often get my information directly from those on the ground that are doing the work. and the part that bothers me is before you would see dps and border patrol agents, federal and state, working together a little -- very closely. and now i'm seeing a bigger divide and a bigger bit of animosity that's growing there, which can be dangerous. >> the justice department in its letter to governor abbott threatening legal action says that the state of texas is violating federal law. they also write about humanitarian concerns, and they specifically mention the buoys

that they believe violate the law and some international treaties. but they also write about, quote, related structures. and you've seen the evidence of some of those migrants stepping on that wire, which they say has been underwater. and that's where they're encountering it. if you were governor, could you continue this operation? >> i'm not too sure if i would use the razor wire as as a deterrent. i would much rather see working with congress and working with the white house for a real solution. these aren't real solutions. these are roadblocks that are just historically aren't going to solve this problem. this problem gets solved when people stop making that trek. and part of stop making that trek is going down the route of legal pathways. right now, there are very few legal pathways. nine you have to ten people are claiming asylum. they're not going to qualify for asylum. they're going to have to live their lives in the shadows forever. i introduced a bill. it's called the hire act. it has a dozen republicans, half

a dozen democrats endorsed by 40 outside groups, the farm bureau, the u.s. chamber, the hispanic chamber, some immigration groups as well. and i think we need to get people that want to come over here for economic purposes to come through the front door. imagine if you didn't have to be smuggled in a train. >> i want to end on the hire act, you have pretty broad bipartisan support, but before we do that, it's significant what you're saying, is that greg abbott, your governor is doing, is not a real solution. the hire act, i thought it was teresting that the san antonio express says it is a bill that merits support and they where, quo, we have had our fair share of disagreements with representative gonzalez, but he has repeatedly modeled bipartisanship and is invested in finding solutions. while this is a narrow bill, it holds as a model and has promise for future reforms. do you believe that this bill

would directly decrease the number of migrants crossing the border in your district illegally? >> i do. and the number one reason is it would get us to stop talking about illegal immigration and focusing so much on the blame game that you see go back and forth, and more focused on, wait a second, how do we funnel more people here legally, through the legal route. not pathway to citizenship, not some of these other things that are very contentious, but work visas. there were shortages in every single industry. if you were tired of waiting 30 minutes to get a beer, the hire act can help you. if you're tired of waiting two weeks to see a doctor because there's a lack of nurses, the hire act can help you. look at these images and stories. it should pull at everybody's heartstrings. the americans lives that are impacted that live along my

district because of this crisis, it can all come to an end if we can start to focus on real tangible solutions. the hire act isn't intended to solve everything, but intended to make one step so we can take another step and all of a sudden maybe we're walking before we're running. >> we will see if the speaker agrees with you and views it. turning our attention now to jerusalem, thousands of protesters are in the streets. hundreds of businesses are closed on one of the most consequential days in israel's history. supporters are also in the streets there, embracing the potential change. lawmakers are voting on part of the government's plan to curb the power of israel's supreme court. and we actually just learned that the proceedings may be ahead of schedule. there could actually be a vote very soon. cnn's hadas gold is live in jerusalem. she's been following all of this very closely, frankly following it for months. hadas, where do we stand at this

hour? >> reporter: so this is the road to the israel parliament. that's why you see so many protesters here. actually, what they're doing right now, they're gathered around screens that are showing the live action on the parliament, because any minute now, we are expecting the votes to commence for the second and then final readings on this legislation. you can hear protesters around me are chanting. they're chanting things like shame to the members of parliament. they're chanting things like democracy. we know that protesters have been trying to make their way to as close to the parliament as possible. police are blocking them and police have arrested at least 19 protesters so far. we've seen them use things like water cannons to try to disperse protesters, but it is almost 95 degrees, so the water cannon might be a welcome relief. but the heat is not stepping phlegm coming out. this legislation would give the government unfettered power to do what it wants without a check on the government. this legislation is trying to strip the supreme court's

ability way of declaring of stopping government actions and saying they are unreasonable. we've seen flurry of reports that there's reports of ministers trying to work to a consensus, work to try to delay this vote in some capacity. but all indications are pointing that benjamin netanyahu and his government are going to be pushing ahead. weekend see action in the next few minutes if they halt the voting on the parliamentary floor. that's why you're hearing these protesters starting to get louder and louder. they want the lawmakers inside parliament to hear their shouts. we've heard from president joe biden in the last 24 hours, thousands of israel military reservists, saying they will not serve if this legislation passes. benjamin netanyahu himself was in the hospital getting a pacemaker just about 24 hours ago. and he came essentially straight from the hospital, here from the parliament, because he feels that this needs to be pushed, also, he's getting a lot of pressure internally from his own coalition partners and that they need to get this through. otherwise, it could topple his own government, it could topple him from power.

so we're about to really reach the premeak of drama. protesters here getting louder and louder by the minute. >> hadas, appreciate it. we'll continue to check in with you and keep us posted on any of those developments. new this morning, ukraine is taking credit for the drone attacks on moscow overnight. an official says that cnn's ukraine defense agency was responsible for the strikes. the russian military says two attack drones crashed into buildings after being interepted by electronic warfare. one of them hit a russian defense ministry building that houses the orchestra. the other reports no injuries there. ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy had vowe ed retaliati after a week of attacks. walk us through what you're seeing. >> reporter: well, first of all, it's a remarkable claim of

responsibility by ukraine for that drone attack on moscow, and it does come after these incredibly intense strikes for the past week on this city. and so much of the damage has been here in the city center, the historic center of odessa, which is a unesco world heritage site. we are within the main cathedral, the orthodox cathedral in odessa. it has been significantly -- severely damaged. this is the length of the cathedral. you can see back there, some -- a blackened area. we understand an electrical fire was started after the missile strike. workers are -- have been working around the clock since the strike to try to clear the debris from here. we're trying to stay out of the way. that's why we're wearing these hard hats that they've asked us to wear. and i'll ask my cameraman to pan up. you can see this beautiful ceiling where frescos have been destroyed. up in the dome, the windows have been blown out. just extraordinary damage to this magnificent cathedral. and then if we come around this way, up there is the altar.

you can see there, the pillars are on their side or leaning over. and were it not for that wall there, that entire thing likely would have collapsed. and then finally, over here in this corner, this is where most of the destruction has taken place. there is no more roof. that is where we understand that the rocket came crashing through, going down at least two floors. this hard marble floor completely pockmarked by debris that carved out these pockets in that marble. guys, this really does speak to what we've heard from ukrainian officials, calling for more air defenses in the wake of these extraordinary strikes in odessa. president zelenskyy himself saying, what is needed now is fend off this russian terror is a full-fledged sky shield. guys? >> before you go, some of these strikes are coming very close to the romanian side of the danube river. and that begs the question, what

does that mean as the war inches closer and closer and closer with these russian strikes to nato territory? >> well, there was a strike earlier today by russian drones against what we understand to be a grain infrastructure, right along the border with romania. that border between romania and ukraine, they are separated there by the danube river. and it is remarkably close to nato territory. we have seen some of the fighting spill over to poland there before, a ukrainian air defense missile falling in poland. this is a russian missile coming very close to nato territory. it just speaks to the fact that this fighting a all across the country. we're here in odessa, which is nowhere near a front line, and russia has been pummeling this city, they have been hitting lviv, and now this border area near to romania is certainly going to raise the alert level of nato countries. we're going to hear some discussions about article v. of course, if russia were to decide to strike a nato country

and we're very far from that right now, but if that were the case, and the nato article v means that other nato allies would come to the defense of that country. so this is an extraordinarily close strike to nato territory. >> it really. >> erica? >> alex, thank you for giving us that perspective. we appreciate it. alex marquardt reporting live for us in odessa, ukraine, this morning. new this morning, the u.n. command says conversations have started with north korea about u.s. army private travis king. he, of course, is the soldier who crossed the dmz into the country last week. he has not been seen or heard from since. >> the conversation has commenced with the kpa through the mechanisms of the armistice disagreement. >> king was facing transfer back to the u.s. after being convicted of assault in south korea. military officials say it is unclear why he willfully crossed without authorization. so we're less than a month

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oh, the latest question looming over the 2024 race, will donald trump show up to the first republican presidential primary debate or could he perhaps instead attend a separate event? just idea, trump responded to a truth social post suggesting that he should do a -- whether he should do a one-on-one interview with tucker carlson the night of the fox debate. trump responding, interesting. so many people have suggested this.

clearly, that made harry enten laugh. our senior data reporter. a little chuckle from you. the reality, trump may or may not show up. he did meet the donor threshold -- he did meet the polling threshold. who else? >> yes. so right now, we have six candidates. you mentioned the former president, ron desantis, tim scott, nikki haley, chris christie, and vivek ramaswami, have all met the thresholds, so those six candidates will be on the stage if they want to be. i'll note that there are two other folks who are at least close to making the debate. the former vice president, mike pence. he's hit the poll criteria, but not the donor one, and doug bergen, the north dakota governor says he's hit the donor criteria, but not the poll one. right now we're at a stage of six if trump decides to debate, then we could dgo to eight, and there are a bunch of fd other people that aren't close to meeting those thresholds.

>> a lot of the republican candidates are turning their attention to tim scott, interestingly, because he's polling so well, especially in terms of his favorability, right? >> yeah. so this to me is one of the most interesting questions, right? we've been talking about a two-way race in terms of donald trump and ron desantis, but what happens as these other candidates become better known, and tim scott is one of those. i want you to take a look here. this is the favorability ratings for scott, trump, and desantis among republican voters, who hold a viewpoint of all three, right? we've eliminated those without an opinion. look who has the highest favorable rating amongst this group. it's tim scott at 89%. that's higher than donald trump's 82%, and ron desantis' 81%. and i think the question is, will scott move up in the polls, the better known he becomes? and i want you to take a look here. this is iowa, new hampshire, fresh polling out over the last week. look, donald trump is still well ahead in both of these states, but look who rounds out the top three. it's tim scott who's moving up in the polls. this is the question, will this two-way race become a three-way

race, especially as a lot of republicans have soured a little bit on ron desantis in this race. >> fascinating, harry, thank you very much. >> thank you. the extreme heat posing problems in more ways than one, including increasing the tick population. how to best protect yourself and your family. that's next. a nightmare in greece as a massive wildfire forces thousands of residents and tourists to back up and leave, all just at a moment's notice. we'll take you there, just ahead. ♪ it takes two to make it outta sight ♪ ♪ onene, two, get loose now ♪ ♪ it takes two to make a... ♪ stay t two nights and get a $ 50 b best western gift car. book now at bestwestern.com. - [narrator] we just signed the lease on our third shop. my assistant went to customink.com to get new uniforms with all the locations. he found great products, uploaded new art, and had boxes sent to all the shops. custom i makes it so easy. get started today at customink.com.

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scenes of chaos and fare this morning, as wildfires rage in southern greece. thousands of tourists and residents have been forced to flee their homes and hotels. have some described just harrowing journeys, running from flames at their backs. tourists now sleeping at airports, waiting to fly home, and officials say firefighters continue to battle dozens of fires across the country. our sam kiley is live in greece with more reporting. these fires have been going on for more than a week. evacuations like this, pretty unprecedented, right? >> well, there's been an impressive response both by greek civilians and indeed by the authorities to what unfolded in rome, but the poor old greeks have had a lot of practice and they know there is worse to come. the greek prime minister has just announced that what he believes is the country is

effectively in a state of war. they haven't declared war, they have declared a state of emergency. he's speaking rhetorically. but what he's saying and did say that more of this type of horrific event is certain to occur in the southern mediterranean, not just in greece. but this is how it unfolded in rhodes. >> reporter: it's a regular visitor wildfire, and no one knows where or when it will strike. the latest maelstrom in southern europe, rhodes, an island of an gent ruins, facing a modern apoc apoca apocalypse. intense heat waves have turned forests into desiccated tinder, yearning for a spark to roar into flames. and anything that fails to flee the inferno has little chance of survival. greek authorities have evacuated

tens of thousands from popular resorts at peak season, and the government says it's the largest such operation in the country's history. >> all our money, passports, clothing. we had to lend a woman some of my wife's clothes, because she had nothing to wear. it was terrible. >> british tour operators are flying empty planes here to bring desperate tourists home. powerful winds have made life just about unbearable for people on these islands, living through this heat wave. but those same winds are fanning the flames of these infernos. >> and the problem is spreading. latest overnight, the island of corfu where thousands have now been evacuated and police are bolstering their ranks in anticipation of more to come. the greek government that be 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. >> we are experiencing here and in many countries, extreme climatic events. please, i renew my appeal to the leaders of the nations to do something more concrete to limit polluting emissions. it is an urgent challenge and cannot be put off. it concerns everyone. let us protect our common home. as heat waves and fires are escalating yearly in southern europe, the threat is now even perhaps to the pontiff's own home. now, poppy, the long-term reality is now also in europe in conflict with short-term politics, in countries like the united kingdom, the british prime minister there, rishi sunak suggesting that his government may backtrack on his

comments to hit net zero, because of the austerity that that country is enduring. meanwhile, of course, as i said, the greek prime minister is effectively saying that his country's at war against fire and climate change and that that is going to be the case right across the mediterranean for as long as anybody can see, poppy? >> yes, no end in sight for all of this. sam kiley, really appreciate the reporting live from greece. well, so many people of course, outside during the summertime. temperatures rising, along with those temperatures, the tick population is also rising. that means your chances of potentially contracting lime disease, which is carried by certain ticks, are also higher. joining us now with more on how to protect yourself, cnn medical correspondent, meg terrell. so you and i were talking in the break, full disclosure, two people, one of them being my mom in the last two weeks, have been diagno diagnosed with lyme disease and it took a wile to get there. they kept thinking maybe they had mild covid. why are we seeing, are there just more ticks and that's why

more people are now getting bitten and infected? >> there are more ticks and they're in more places. that's what experts have been telling cnn about what's going on here. and primarily, we expect to see lyme disease in the northeast, in the midwest, but really, anywhere these black-legged ticks also known as deer ticks exist, you can see lyme disease risk. you can si it in the west coast, where another kind of tick carries lyme disease. this is an increasing problem. and we all have to be really careful this summer. >> i grew up in minnesota and summers in the northern woods of minnesota, where they are all over. deer ticks look a little bit different than regular ticks, right? what should people be looking for? and has this lyme disease grown over the years? >> yeah, it actually has. if you look over the last three decades, the incidence of lyme disease has doubled since the early 1990s. and so it's both more prevent and happening in more places. you can see the differences between '96 and 2018 here. and the difference for that is warming temperatures, so the tick can exist in more places

and live its life cycle in more places, but deer rare encountering people pb and one of the things to look out for, they can be tiny, the size of poppy seeds and those ticks can spread lyme disease. >> and it's much more treatable than when it was first discovered. you can get an antibiotic now, but that's also good to know, it's not quite what felt like the sentence it was when it was initially discovered. >> that's really important. so the most important thing to do is to try to avoid getting ticks. cover up your skin, tuck your pants into your socks. you can use permetherin-treated clothing. there are repellants, you can stick your clothes in the dryer when you get home, if you've been in an area that you expect there are ticks, that should kill ticks. do careful tick checks. the cdc has a diagram to show you everywhere you should check. if you've find one, take it off right away, try to do it

cleanly. you can save it in alcohol to show a health care provider and look o for symptoms. they can be similar for what you see for a cold, and you can get treated with antib antibiotics that can cure it. the cdc doesn't recommend it for anybody that has exposed to a tick. >> and check your animals, too. >> that's right, check your pups! democrats are slamming florida's new standards for teaching black history. governor ron desantis has a history of embracing the classroom culture wars and this is no different. so how could it impact his bid for the white house? that's next. also, "barbenheimer" shattering box office expectations. in the end, it is a barbie world. we'll tell you why. so i consolidated it into a low-rate personal loan from sofi. ditch credit card fees and high interest. borrow up to $100k. sofi. get t your money right.

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as parents, teachers and students gear up for the start of the school year, the classroom culture wars continue. in fact, they may be pushing into overdrive. we're not just talking about public schools, we're going elementary school all the way up through universities. within just the past few days, the president of texas a&m university resigned following controversy over the school's failed attempt to hire a new professor to lead its journalism program. there was backlash that the professor's hiring because of her work on diversity, equity, and inclusion programs. in california, governor gavin newsom just bought a $1.5 million fine against a school district after it refused to carry a textbook that references the first out gay politician elected in that state, the late harvey milk. a school member called milk a pedophile earlier this year. it is important to note, there are no credible accusations of pedophilia against milk.

and then of course, there's florida. vice president kamala harris flew down herself to bash republicantheir state standards for teaching black history, including one new rule that would require that middle school students be taught, quote, how slaves developed skills which in some instances could be applied for their personal benefit. florida governor in 2024 and presidential candidate ron desantis was asked to clarify that standard on friday. take a listen. >> i mean, i didn't do it. i wasen't involved in it. but i think what they're doing is i think that they're probably going to show some of the folks that eventually parlayed, you know, being a blacksmith into doing things later in life. but the reality is, all of that is rooted in whatever is factual. they listed everything out. these were scholars who put that together. it was not anything that was -- that was done politically. >> joining us now, cnn political commentator, former white house

senior policy adviser and former national coalitions director for biden/harris 2020, ashley all allison. also with us, joe pinion. good to have both of you with us this morning. i was struck really by ron desantis doubling down on this. you know, these are the standards. this is the history. hey, you could be a blacksmith and you could go use that somewhere. it is remarkable, and i think will heard, perhaps, put it really well when he said in a tweet. d i think we can call it up re, basically saying, i can't believe i have to say this, but slavery wasn't a jobs program that taught beneficial skills. it was literally dehumanizing and subjugated people as property, because they lacked any rights or freedoms. when you look at this, joe, especially as a republican strategist, when you look at this, how is it that this is where ron desantis is going? he is doubling down on this, and there is this push that somehow this is a more accurate view, accurate telling of u.s. history. >> well, look, the only thing

slavery taught anyone is that there are no limits to the brutality that lurks in the hearts of man. and the only thing that those comments teach us is that in many ways, the vestiges of that brutality still exists. there's nothing worse than trying to tell the people that are descendants of such brutal subjugation that somehow, there were some lessons learned along the way. it's a sad day. but it detracted from the real issue. we talked about the tenureship that was denied there -- >> you mean at texas a&m. >> texas a&m. it's a broader issue that black professors have struggled to get tenureship at many institutions. issue by issue, i think the actual issues confronting black people in many ways on a day-to-database get lost because of the insanity on the far fringes, when in reality, you're looking at california, where we

have over 70% of juniors who are not reading at proficient levels. in florida, you see those numbers much the same way for black students. so those are the real issues, those are the real stakes. the civil rights issue of offer time. and we have people trying to relitigate the values of the civil rights movement in the first place. >> this is the second time, ashley, in a year we have seen vice president harris go to florida and speak in a way that i think many of her democratic supporters have wanted to see even more of from her. was she in her element with what she delivered there? >> i think she was doing what the vice president of the united states should be doing. and as the first woman of color, the first black woman, the first woman to ever serve in that high office, it's so important to have her voice in this moment. she went to florida the first time to talk about abortion, because the governor desantis passed a six-week abortion bill. and so she spoke up for the women across this country who have for the first -- many, like myself, for the first time in their life have lost a

constitutional right, and now we see the shenanigans that the governor is pushing around -- this is not up for debate. that debate is over. slavery is wrong, no one benefited from slavery, except for the slavery holders that profited from free labor of black folks. and so she went and said, no more! we are not going to do this. and we are better than that as a country. so i appreciate her voice. i hope we hear more of it as a candidate, but more importantly as a vice president of the united states. >> it's remarkable to me to that this is, in terms of the culture wars -- we know that the culture wars work with some voters. they are engaging certain voters. to both of your points, we all know what slavery was and it was terrible and it should not be repeated and it was not beneficial. what's remarkable is that there seems to be this feeling that history is a threat and i think to a dear friend who was german

who told us about the field trips in high school to concentration camps so you learned a fulsome history of what happened, not in a way that say, you should feel bad because your parents or grandparents may have been involved in that nazi regime, it's simply, let's learn from history so we don't repeat it. why is history such a threat? >> i think those that don't learn from history are doomed to repeat it. it's an old saying, tried and true, because we know where history tells us things like this go. i think that there are two things that are kind of juxtaposed here. there is the very real concerns of parents, whether you're talking about them being exposed to material of a sexual nature they think at an inappropriate age. whether you think they're concerned about the fact that we are teaching history in a manner that in many ways has children to have more questions than answers at an age before they're able to fully comprehend them. those are real concerns. which is not a real concern is trying to go down to the florida department of education website, as i did, you just have to make sure i wasn't actually losing my mind, where it was there as a clarifying bookmark.

it's literally what it says. >> page 6 and page 17, two important clarifications, they felt. >> it was -- it's shocking! it would shock the conscience. and so i think, the hard truth is that the overwhelming majority of republicans, including the ones that texted me last night do not believe in this. don't feel this way. don't want to have a world where we try to dress up slavery as a good thing. but i think, unfortunately, that's the only conversation that gets had. not the conversation about when should we have these conversations, not the conversations about, is there a better way to tell the whole story. none of that gets discussed, because, again, we're ending here with idiocy on both ends of the political spectrum. >> final word, quick. >> i appreciate this. i wish that the folks in the republican field right now would all come out with unquestionable deniability that no slave benefits from slavery. that's a simple line that we should all put on their website and say, and stop this conversation. and if ron desantis can't do that, he should get out of the

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organizers here are set up big screens so that protesters can see what's happening on the parliament. and you can hear that they are getting very loud and they are actually all starting to walk down towards the parliament building. they don't seem to be indicating that they're going to be leaving anytime soon, despite the fact that this passed. it appears that all attempts at last-minute dponegotiations fai. those appear to have failed. the government has managed to pass the first aspect of this massive judicial overhaul. this isn't the only part of the judicial overhaul. it's one bill of several. we're seeing on the screens what's happening on the parliament floor, coalition members congratulating each other, including benjamin netanyahu, just out of the hospital, actually, for a pacemaker that was just installed. he literally left the hospital this morning and came straight to the parliament when this vote passed. now, this does not mean necessarily that starting at this very moment, the supreme court cannot stop government actions. there are still several steps that need to be taken. and ironically, one of those

steps is most likely an immediate legal challenge to this legislation, which will ironically be heard in front of the supreme court likely. now, if the supreme court decides that this legislation cannot stand because it is, ironically, unreasonable in their eyes, then we are set up here for a major politician crisis here for a country that has no written constitution. that's partly what's the issue here. for these protesters, this passing, this, they believe, is the beginning of the end of an independent judiciary. this, they believe, is the beginning of government having unfettered what it wants because the supreme court is the only check on the government here. i don't think that these protesters are going home anytime soon. i have a feeling we're going to be in for a very eventful next few hours as she is protesters get potentially even more riled up. >> hadas, what will happen now? because benjamin netanyahu and those who supported it said the judiciary needed reform, it had too much power. opponents say if you take away

this sole check on the government then you essentially have a dictatorship. now exactly what happens once these bills pass? >> reporter: so most likely what will happen is the israel bar association has said they are going to file an immediate petition in front of the supreme court. the supreme court can file an injunction, temporary injunction stopping the legislation from being enforced. now, that might happen, we have a feeling that that will happen and then there will be a legal battle in front of the supreme court about whether this can stand. there's a lot of unanswered legal questions here about what the legality of this will be. i think also in the more immediate will be, keep in mind, thousands of military reservists have said they will not heed the call to serve if this legislation passes. this legislation has now passed so now we're going to see whether they are going to live up to that pledge, whether if they get called up for service if something happens on the north of lebanon, if something happens with gaza or even with

iran, will they heed the call to get into their jets, to get into their tanks and serve as per their military reserve duty, and if they don't, will they be arrested? will there be legal ramifications for them. >> these are all questions on the table because this legislation has now passed. >> all right. watching it very closely. israel of course one of this country's closest allies. president biden of course was very direct in where he stands on this and what he thinks should happen. those words may have been heard, but it didn't certainly change anything, hadas. >> reporter: no, it didn't, and we've heard from president biden now twice in the past week urging netanyahu -- urging israeli leaders take a step back, take time to come to a consensus, there is no need to rush this, have a negotiation, but clearly that pressure didn't seem to have much effect. remember, benjamin netanyahu has not yet been invited to the white house, has not yet opinion invited officially for that big

white house visit. this judicial overhaul has one of those potential reasons why. we did hear from president biden saying that they do -- from the white house saying that they do expect netanyahu and biden to meet sometime in the u.s. soon. now the question will be this legislation has passed, there was no compromised negotiation will that invitation still stand? how will this affect u.s.-israel relationships. the israelis have been saying this is our own internal debate this has nothing to do with the united states, our partnership with the united states is strong, especially when it comes to security issues. a lot of questions now hanging especially with military reservists saying that they will not serve. we have yet to hear from the white house on this legislation passing since this has just happened in the last few minutes but it could very easily effect u.s.-israeli relations with all of the legal and political questions going on. >> hadas, really appreciate the reporting. good to have you on the ground. we will continue to check in with you. we will be right back.

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it was a sea of pink this weekend across the nation's movie theaters. "barbie" raked in a stunning $155 million in its debut, taking the crown for the largest opening weekend of the year. it was released on the same day as christopher nolan's epic "oppenheimer" which inspired what we haven't seen in some time, a double feature weekend. joining us jordan morrow. we should note "barbie" made by our parent company warner brothers which is part of our parent company discovery. what a weekend and it did not disappoint. it exceeded not only the money expectations, but i think you saw it, viewer expectations. >> i loved it, full disclosure.

>> it was incredible. it exceeded expectations, no one thought that "barbie" or "oppenheimer" could do this much at the box office. this is a weekend we haven't seen in a long time in years to have two movies do this well at the same time. >> it's fascinating that you have two big summer blockbusters which hasn't happened as you pointed out in so long and you also have it at a moment where these stars can't even react to the success because of the strikes. >> yeah, it's an odd moment right now, you can't have margot robbie, ryan gosling out doing press to talk about the success, but i think everyone still knows the marketing for this movie was everywhere. >> yes. >> you see pink, people in costumes everywhere. "oppenheimer," "barbie," it all came together and i think everyone is benefitting. >> do you think the studios will capitalize on -- well, i don't know how you make another sequel to "oppenheimer," i haven't seen it yet, but on the "barbie," this really exceeded expectations, a different kind of film, too. >> hopefully we see a sequel for "barbie," it's made so much

money it seems like the next step would be to make a sequel. "oppenheimer," i don't know if that lends itself to a sequel, but hopefully this is not the last we see of "barbie." >> jamie foxx speaking out for the first time ever being hospitalized, he's been private about what happened but speaking out, i think there's a little bit of that sound. >> i know a lot of people were waiting, you know, or wanting to hear updates but to be honest with you i just didn't want you to see me like that, man. i want you to see me laughing, having a good time, partying, cracking a joke, doing a movie, television show. i didn't want you to see me with a -- with tubes running out of me. i went to hell and back and my road to recovery had some potholes as well, but i'm -- i'm coming back. >> a lot of support for jamie foxx understandably, fans happy to hear from him. there is still a lot of concern.

he says he's coming back, this is littered with potholes in terms of the recovery. do we have a sense of whether he plans to share more about what happened to him? >> i mean, no one is really sure, there haven't been a lot of details about what happened to him. finally he is speaking out to his fans. this is a pretty beloved actor. i think everyone can breathe a sigh of relief. when he's ready to share more details about what happened i think he will find a time and a way to do that. >> he has a new movie out on netflix. >> pause of his recovery he's not able to promote that right now but everyone watching on netflix has been a fan and happy to see he's doing well. >> we really appreciate you being with us. i have a busy weekend ahead of "barbie" and "oppenheimer." >> neither one of us has seen that. >> we will go to a matinee. >> thanks to all of you for joining us, we will see you back here tomorrow morning. "cnn news central" starts now.

texas officials have hours left to remove a floating border barrier or face federal legal action. ukrainian defense officials take credit for a drone attack on moscow after russia release has weekend of relentless violence in odesa. cnn is on the scene. new video this morning shows the moments an unharmed black man was attacked by a police dog. that despite surrendering. kate and sara are off today, i'm john berman with rahel solomon. this is "cnn news central." ♪ but first, breaking news just into cnn. protests erupting in