we will break it down with our political and legal analysts. lebron james's son, bronny, recovering after collapsing and suffering cardiac arrest during basketball practice. we can speak with the cardiologist who treated damar hamlin. and extreme heatwave. more than 100 million people under alerts from coast to coast, it is cooking the ocean, literally, wiping out coral reefs in the florida keys. we will talk to a shark expert about the unfolding crisis. it this hour of "cnn this morning" starts right now. ♪ ♪ there is a lot of news this hour. here are the developing stories right now. in hours, hunter biden will walk into a federal courtroom and plead guilty to tax crimes as a part of a contentious deal with prosecutors. house speaker kevin mccarthy seems to be warming up to an impeachment inquiry of president biden.

>> if more of this continues to unravel, it rises to the level of an impeachment inquiry. this comes as we are waiting on a third indictment for donald trump connected to trying to overturn the 2020 election and as we've learned the special counsel's office has spoken with two more key witnesses in that investigation. former trump administration official chris krebs and trump's acting deputy attorney general richard donoghue who had this to say at the january 6th hearings. >> you also noted that mr. rosen said to mr. trump, quote, doj can't and won't snap its fingers and change the outcome of the election. how did the president respond to that, sir? >> he responded with very quickly and said, essentially, that's not what i'm asking you to do. what i'm asking you to do is say it was corrupt and leave the rest to me and the republican

congressmen. >> this just in. rudy giuliani conceding in a new court filing that he made defamatory statements about two atlanta-area election workers. katelyn polantz joins us now. let's talk about what giuliani is saying. >> giuliani is really trying to tread a line here legally that is quite complicated in the way that he is doing it, is that he is saying in court after being sued for defamation by two georgia election workers, ruby freeman and shea moss, who say that the statements he made about them hurt them in a lot of ways. he says, yes, he concedes he made the statements, that they were false and defamatory, but he is saying it so that he can get on to other parts of this lawsuit and still wants to argue that what he was saying about the election in georgia after the 2020 vote about vote fraud there, about these elections workers, that that is constitutionally protected

speech and also that he shouldn't have to pay any damages to these women because what he was saying specifically wasn't damaging to them. so this is a short filing from him, but it's trying to get him out of some of the accountability in this lawsuit that has just piled up around him because not just that this lawsuit has pressed on to a point that has been really risky for giuliani, it is also a lawsuit that a judge is quite mad at him about because the ruby free man and shea moss say he hasn't turned all over the evidence, hasn't searched for all the records that he has, so he was in hot water with the judge. so he is making this filing to try to divorce himself from a lot of that, those issues that are going on. but whether this is going to be accepted by the judge, how these two women are going to respond to this, whether it would end the case, that is all a major question here. and also what criminal investigators might see in his

statement here that he is conceding that he is making these false statements about these women that is also going to be a big question going forward. >> certainly is. thank you for the reporting. elie hoenig is back with us along with van jones. good to have you here at the table this morning. for the folks at home, i want to remind them what we heard from ruby freeman and shea moss about how their lives were changed. take a listen. >> i have lost my name and i have lost my reputation. i have lost my sense of security. all because a group of people starting with number 45 and his ally, rudy giuliani, decided to scapegoat me and my daughter shea. >> i don't want to go anywhere. i second-guess everything that i do.

it's affected my life in a major way. in every way. all because of lies. >> so giuliani is saying sure i made some statements, but, but, but, but i will not concede those statements, right, were defamatory, i won't concede that they really led to this horror that was detailed there. by the way, it was protected as free speech. does this work? >> so, first of all, this was some of the most memorable and searing testimony we saw during the january 6th committee hearings. these women were accused by rudy giuliani and others of committing election fraud crimes. they did nothing wrong. to the contrary, they did their jobs as civil servants. and their lives were torn apart. now, they sued rudy giuliani for defamation. he is now making the remarkable

concession, yes, i lied about them, which you almost never see. maybe never see in a defamation case because usually that's the ball game. what he is trying to d is limit his exposure. yes, i lied, however, first of all, they weren't damaged, or other people are to blame for the damages that are done to them. we don't know who he is going to blame for causing that harm to them. the other point he is going to argue, this was constitutionally protected political speech. you have a lot of leeway to make political speech. you can say things that are outrageous but can't make knowingly false statements as rudy is conceding that he did. >> i am so struck by the fact that what we're seeing now in this is vindication for the victims of the lies. this is about prosecuting individuals and investigating them, but at the same time you are seeing -- >> well, i mean, the way our country works is that regular people, grandmas, baseball coaches, decide they are going to get up very, very early on a

tuesday morning and help their neighbors vote. it's the biggest volunteer program in the country. certainly the most important one. the idea that you could do that and then have america's mayor, the hero of 9/11, tell your neighbors this person stole the election, this person is a criminal, this person is an enemy of democracy, is shocking to anybody. then his defense is, so what? >> yeah. >> so what? i did it and so what? so my hope is that, you know, that the judge looks at this for what it is, an admission that he was at least the first domino and biggest domino in a series of events that hurt this woman and her family and she gets some kind of justice. >> we have people anticipating there could be an indictment when it comes to the special counsel's investigation into january 6th. and as we've learned, we know that rudy giuliani has spent time with the special counsel. we also now have learned that

chris krebs and richard donoghue sat down with the special counsel. start putting you all of these pieces together for us. sort of where do we stand this morning? >> this is important new information that chris krebs and richard donoghue spoke with the special counsel. rudy giuliani is probably the least credible person i could think of. richard donoghue is about the most credible. i don't know him personally. he is a long-time federal prosecutor. he did the right thing here. he testified he is on the phone with donald trump in a conference call and takes a note. trump says, just you, doj, say the election was corrupt and me and the republican congress will do do the resist. that is one of the most incriminating pieces of evidence that we know of. the fact that jack smith is talking to him i think significant. >> hunter biden is going to walk in a courtroom in delaware. aside from the optics and the fact that this is the first in american history, the republican chair of the house ways and means committee is saying, wait,

jung, don't green stamp this. take into consideration the new testimony of two irs whistleblowers. >> it's extraordinary that they are wanting to step into another domain of government to do it. look, this hunter biden, he is being -- he faced a trump-appointed prosecutor, in front of a trump-appointed judge. i don't know what amore these people want in terms of, you know, having some confidence in what's going on. the idea of this whistleblower i think is tough because in general i like whistleblowers and i want whistleblowers to have protection to be taken seriously. >> two of them. >> so you have two of them. that needs to be taken seriously by everybody. i am not partisan enough to say i am on a different team, so i don't want to hear from them. but these -- you know, our government has a way of functioning. we have three independent branches of government. it would be highly unusual and very shocking if you were going to court and all of a sudden a congressperson said, stop your

case, i want to do something over here. that's not how our system works and shouldn't work that way. >> here's what to watch for today. will the judge accept hunter biden's plea deal as is. he doesn't have to. the vast majority of times the judge does. if the judge accepts this, then i think that takes the temperature down. if the judge rejects this, that's going to raise the temperature a lot. watch what the republican congressmen do. i agree with van. the whistleblowers absolutely need to be heard here and they are not necessarily saying the same thing that david wise and merrick garland are saying. they are saying that david wise had full authority. the whistleblowers are saying, yes, but certain investigative avenues were cut off. that's the question. >> yeah. that's an important distinction. we have been hearing more from speaker mccarthy talking about the potential for an impeachment inquiry into president biden. we also have reporting from our fantastic colleagues up there on the hill that there has been more of a push among top

republicans to go after joe biden. if you are going to do an impeachment proceedings of some sort, go for the top dog. what do you make of this move here? republicans say, hey, we are just following the facts. >> well, i think they might notice that when their guy, trump, gets in trouble, whether impeachment, indictment, his approval goes way up. so just from a political matter, as a political matter, going after joe biden and trying to impeach joe biden will have the same effect for joe biden. his numbers will go up. the party will rally to him. you know, the difference from the trump impeachments versus this, this will be completely pulled out of nowhere, even the impeachment efforts against his cabinet members coming out of nowhere. as a political matter, pretty foolish. there is a reason that kevin mccarthy is not in a big rush. the distract his congressman doing anything america cares about and a lot of people will

have to testify under oath who we would love to see testify under oath. a lot of their people have to testify under, which we would love. i think it's much ado about nothing. >> appreciate it. thank you both. lebron james's 18-year-old son is now out of the intensive care unit. he is in stable condition this morning. bronny james went into cardiac arrest during basketball practice on monday at usc. he is gearing up for his freshman season with the trojs. well wishes pouring in from the sports world, including from buffalo bills safety damar hamlin who wrote in part, here for you guys just like you have been for me my entire process. hamlin suffered cardiac arrest himself in the middle of a monday night football game earlier this career. he was hospitalized more than a week. joining us is the head of the cardiology team that treated hamlin, chief of cardiology at the university of cincinnati medical center. thank you for being with us. this is different, right? this is not -- bronny didn't

suffer a tremendous impact and this happened but they are both young men you would think at the prime of their health. what are your questions this morning? >> every cardiac arrest is different and every cardiac arrest is similar. what i mean by that is the initial event of the heart stopping needs to be treated and aggressively approached by bystanders and medical personnel. and really and truly today is a good day, a day of congratulations to the staff, to the people at usc who evidently were able to resuscitate bronny james immediately. that's fantastic. that's step one. but every cardiac arrest is different. and the next steps are to figure out why, if possible, figure out why this happened. >> understanding that we know you're not treating him. you can't see his medical

records. when we pull back a little bit, it feels like in some ways we're hearing more about cardiac arrest, about heart issues in young athletes, whether it be that freak accident what happened to damar hamlin, in terms of collapsing at practice. is there something that parents should be aware of, especially parents are active young athletes? are there further concerns? >> absolutely. i would say we don't completely understand why young, healthy athletes have cardiac arrest. it's not an epidemic. it's been something that's been around for a long time. it may be changing. again, for every cardiac arrest, there is multiple potential reasons for it. so what should parents do? number one, most important step is screening. any young person involved in significant athletics should

be -- have a good health screening process prior to the season, prior to their release to play. and a good medical screening is the first step. that does identify maybe 1% of athletes who have something significant in their background or exam that makes them at higher risk. but there is a certain degree of unpredictability with this as well that so far we have not had the science, the technology to identify beforehand who might be at higher risk. >> doctor, the question now, if bronny and his family decide he wants to go back to play maybe even this season, obviously, he was a widely discussed to be a key nba draft pick potentially, can you get to the level you were athletically after something like this without putting your health at risk? >> i mean, obviously, i don't know the details. but i can tell you people do

recover. and young people in general have an excellent chance of full recovery, particularly if the situation is if they are resuscitated effectively. i can't emphasize that enough, bystander, cpr, antidepressants, medical personnel on hand quickly, the prompt resuscitation is the first and major, major step in terms of predicting long-term recovery. so, again, good news. >> yeah. that sounds like they did that. doctor, thank you for this. but really also for what you did to save damar hamlin and all your patients. appreciate it. >> thank you. we're united on this. this is a great thing. thank you. >> thank you. a federal judge blocking the biden administration's controversial asylum policies, another legal setback for the white house. we will ask democratic congressman escobar of texas

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of course, we are in midtown, at the foot -- or the mouth of the lincoln tunnel. we are in the rush hour traffic time:right now sources are telling me initially one firefighter and one person in stable condition. unclear if they are critical in stable condition, what are we talking here, that's unclear at this midnight from the sources. the mayor's office is sending someone there, the fire department is sending people there to gather information. so this is very much in the initial phase. but this is an area like you said midtown manhattan, a crane, an area that is very well, you know, being developed. there is a lot of cranes, a lot of construction in this area if you are not familiar with the hudson yards development around here and it appears that this crane was doing some work and partially possibly caught fire and collapsed and, you know, i have seen videos where it's h hitting another building and it fell on to midtown manhattan street, that's a big deal. very initial as far as injuries.

we will continue to follow. >> do we know, you said this is near the entrance to the lincoln tunnel, which is on the west side, obviously, of the city, not too far, as you point out, from where we are here. do we know how high the crane is up? >> no. >> these buildings are all skyscrapers. appears to be working on the skyscrapers. to make the note of the lincoln tunnel, this will be a headache for people trying to get in the city. the more serious thing is the fact that this is very busy area of manhattan at this hour. so the concern is are there injuries to anyone who responded to the area like a firefighter, firefighters to those working in the area, and also people just commuting to work. so we're gonna continue to stay on this. >> we have some pictures where it appears that they may be, you know, fighting this from nearby buildings because not just a lot of construction a lot of high buildings around here. we are seeing some pictures

here. we will check in with you as you learn more. thank you. >> absolutely. a ruling that could have major implications at the southern border. a federal judge has blocked president biden's controversial asylum policy. it's a big blow in to the white house which leaned on the measure to drive down the border crossings. the biden administration imposed the system more than two months ago and it barred migrants from seeking asylum if they crossed legally or if they failed to seek asylum in another country while en route to the updates. the federal government will appeal the ruling but it comes as the justice department is suing the state of texas over using those floating barriers in the rio grande river. the governor argues they are intended to deter migrants from crossing. joining us is democratic congresswoman veronica escobar of texas, represents el paso, which is really the epicenter of the border crisis. she is on the judiciary committee and a biden campaign national co-chair. you were critical of the biden administration doing this. you called it a step backward.

you stayed it was choosing to limit asylum against the laws. united states. to do you agree with the judge that just ruled against the white house? >> well, first, poppy, i have to tell you, the other part of my statement was acknowledgment that the biden administration is doing everything it possibly can to do two things. first, to deter people from using human trafficking organizations because the cartels are in charge of that now, and secondly, to create legal pathways to encourage people to use the legal pathways which are safer and help keep people away from the human traffickers. so the biden administration is doing the best that it can given that congress has not acted on addressing our broken immigration system in 37 years. so while i would love to see a different policy, really it's on congress. and today, for example, in the house judiciary committee, we are having secretary mayorkas

instead of my republican colleagues talking about a better path, a way to be helpful and do our job as legislators, they are focused on im peefrpg secretary mayorkas -- >> some called for that, for sure. some of your republican colleagues have called for legislation like congressman gonzalez. we will get more to what he said in a moment. so i can be clear, you didn't want this policy in place. now a judge is saying it's illegal. do you want to see it gone or do you want to see it remain? >> i want to see congress act. >> i know. we all do, congresswoman. but this is impacting your district. so i am wondering if you want it gone or you want it to remain. >> i would like to see us come up with a policy together that would not just open up legal pathways, but also that would deter migrants from using the cartels. >> this is the best that the biden administration has come up

with. it really is un -- so i'll i am uncomfortable with the policy, the only alternative is for congress to legislate. and i put forth my own bipartisan competence i have immigration reform bill that would address these issues. >> yes, you absolutely did. and that is one of the questions, that's called the dignity act and puts forth some other policies. i'd like your response to what republican congressman in your neighboring district tony gonzalez told us on monday about a separate issue, about those buoys that are floating put there by greg abbott in the rio grand. >> i support the buoys because they are a detournament in preventing people from entering the country illegally, but we have to be compassionate in how we handle anyone. i don't want to see them get in the river at all. i hope when they see the buoys they turn around. i also 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 by mine and it's always somebody else that's gonna solve it. >> he is uncomfortable with them, but he also is i think making the point that you are making. congress repeatedly fails to act. and because of that repeated failure of your body as a whole, do you blame the biden administration for trying to act in unilaterally and do you blame governor green flag for saying i have the authority do this, he believes, in the texas constitution, i don't know if that's gonna hold up in court, we have to do this because congress has failed? >> let me be clear. the buoys are horrific. they are -- and they are not a deterrent. anyone who believes that buoys or concertina wire is somehow a deterrent for desperate people who are seeking asylum, obviously is ignoring the reality on the ground. we have heard reports from the texas department of public

safety, from a whistleblower who talked about women and children being caught up in that concertina wire and we have seen on video that the buoys don't essentially deter people. and also let's be gear. governor abbott does not have jurisdiction when it comes to immigration that. is a federal responsibility. and as i mentioned, the biden administration is doing everything possible as the executive in the absence of congressional action. >> i would note the department of justice brought this suit on environmental grounds, not on immigration grounds, saying you are violating the statute section 33 of code 403. the question is going to be up to a judge, right? are they in violation or not. i wonder what you think about beto o'rourke. he has an op-ed in "the new york times" this morning. obviously, he held your seat for six years before you. and he is saying that th

move these buoys unilaterally. he says this is a president's chanceo show america that a humane approach is not only the right thing to do, it's the best way to establish safety at the southern border. do you want to see the federal government swoop in and take them out? >> i would love to see federal personnel sent to remove everything that is on federal property. but i am grateful to the administration. the doj is acting, taking the governor to court. that is the process and i support that process. >> okay. finally, you sit on the judiciary committee. secretary mayorkas will be in front of you and your colleagues this morning answering questions. republicans said that he is displayed dereliction of duty, some calls to impeach him. do you think there are things he could have done better? >> you know, the biden administration and secretary mayorkas inherited a broken system, and for context, the

increasing numbers of migrants arriving at our nation's southern border began under the trump administration. the only drop in crossings happened during covid when the globe shut down, basically, and those numbers went back up a couple of months later long before the presidential election, even longer before president biden was inaugurated. this is all a distraction tactic to so -- so that republicans have something to give the american people to focus on and it's kevin mccarthy reward to his most extreme members of the republican party. >> the border crossings, illegal border crossings, spike more after biden took office. we have seen them down 42% in june since this policy was put in place, but now it may go away. we will watch the hearing closely and appreciate your time this morning. >> thank you. a lot of important ground there. just ahead, the u.s. women's national team takes the field

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we are following this breaking news here in new york city. these are live images for you. you can see here this is what is left of a large crane. two people we know are injured after the top part of that crane toppled and we actually have video of the moment of collapse. there was a fire -- look at this here. you see it strike part of a nearby building, swing, and then ultimately, if you keep watching, you can see it fall there to the ground. this was posted on twitter by jimmy faring. we have been following this. i know you have been working your sources. what do we know about what happened here? so scary. >> terrifying to see that video. we can play it again just to kind of get an idea of how intense this is.

i mean, this is, again, an area of manhattan which is very busy for two reasons. one, obviously, the time of data that it is. people are going to work. this is near the mouth of the lincoln tunnel. a lot of traffic it flooding around this area. it's ten blocks where we are sitting at this very moment, an area in hudson yards. we are seeing a lot of cranes at this moment. but this is incredible to see this. erica just narrated for you, it hits the side of the building and ultimately collapsed on 10th avenue of new york city here in midtown. what i'm learning from sources is just right now it appears there is two injuries. one is of a firefighter and one is of a civilian. when we say civilian, unclear from my sources if it's someone on the ground, is it someone in a car, is it someone who was operating this crane or on that construction site. so that is very unclear. i also don't quite know the extent of those injuries. i was just told stable condition

from my sources. so stable isn't really a condition, it means you are not getting worse orte unclear if if it's critical. the mayor's office, the fdny, the department of buildings of new york city are flooding to this area which is a very intense scene with all these departments sort of trying to figure out exactly how this happened, if there is more injuries, and it's possible there might well be because of the busyness of this hour. >> we have a team heading down there as well. and i think that video shows so well how congested these buildings are, how tall there are. there is so much construction going on around here. to see that crane fall, this is a fear for a lot of people would walk around any big city with a lot of construction. a lot of questions there. >> that congestion hitting a building on the opposite side of the street is incredible. the u.s. women's soccer team takes to the pitch tonight when they take on the netherlands. it's rematch.

2019 final which of course the u.s. won. joining us host of the kerry champion show, so great to just watch the women dominate again and again and again. they have conceded a tough match against the netherlands, but they bested them nine times. they have taken them on the last nine times. what will we see tonight? >> you know what? tonight we are going to see, i believe, more of the same. i think in the opener a lot of us who are huge fans of the women's team noticed that it was just a bit clunky. they were trying to find their way in terms of what they were going to do out there on the field and that is because this has been a huge storyline, 14 of the 23 team roster are brand new. this is a brand-new event. while we have nine women returning, if you will, it still makes sense that it didn't quite flow as well, although we won. i think tonight we will see a much more sophisticated attack. i think we will see a little bit more gelling. i think the nerves are gone for

the ladies who haven't had the opportunity to appear in their world cup. this was their first. now i think they have settled. we will see something look a little more cohesive tonight, if you will, from the women. and i definitely think it will be a win. >> looking forward to the u.s. team meeting with secretary of state antony blinken, who told fox sports, watching the rest of the world catch up to the u.s. women's dominance. it's quite a statement. i think a lot of people would agree. >> well, the women have been easily the most talented. and if in fact this three-peat happens, we talked about this as well, right, object this very show, that would be the first time that happened. on the men's side or the women's side. imagine being so dominant that there would be absolutely no one in the world, literally world cup, that would fear -- that can deal with you. i will say this though. i am cautiously optimistic that this is already a foregone conclusion that the women are

going to language. but i know that the other countries just aren't as afraid of us for various reasons, right? again, the lack of experience. we don't have all of our favorite players there in terms of some of our really important playmakers due to injuries. but this fresh new crop, give us hope. they really, do. i think after the first performance, the other countries started to look around and say, okay, the u.s. is still the most talented. i mean, it's something special to brag about, and it always, for me, leads to the girl power that i love to talk about. >> amen. >> i literally was thinking girl power in my head before you said that. i am with you 100%. 100%. we want to ask about bronny james and how the sports world is responding this morning. such a talented young basketball player. in stable condition. what are you hearing? >> from what i am hearing this morning, i am hearing that lebron james and his wife savannah, as parents, obviously, are feeling somewhat better.

but you all have to understand, and i'm sure we have done enough research on this, this is rare but yet there is something that is seemingly common about it because we have seen so many different young athletes suffer cardiac arrest. it makes news, right? we talked about damar hamlin earlier in the year. we watched on monday night football as that happened. not exactly the same case. we had someone in 2020, a florida state basketball player, suffered cardiac arrest during a game. and he was able to recover. and they called it athlete's heart. while, you know, experts say it effects maybe 100 to 150 athletes a year, one athlete is too many. and you both are parents. you can speak to that. what's next for bronny james is the big mental hurdle of getting into the mindset that he can get competitive again. once they find out the cause of this cardiac arrest, he then has to start an entirely different mental process.

it doesn't matter that his father is lebron james. it doesn't matter that his name is lebron james junior. what matters is that can he get hisself up and ready to partic participate and compete competitively? i know for a moment they thought this dream he had of playing with his dad might be overshadowed by this. and i feel like the big part now is the mental as mpect of getti back in the mindset, am i okay? can i compete? can i go out there and do what i want to do and live this dream? >> for sure. we are root are for him, and the women. thank you. coming up, from the white house to the doghouse, another one of the president biden's dogs involved in several biting incidents at the white house. will commander the german shepherd have to leave like his brother major? verywhere. the high interest... i felt t trapped.

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>> you notice how she is swimming? >> yeah, looks like she is lightly on one side. almost like she is weighted down. she is not quite level. now, that is unusual. could be a past injury. or maybe a chemical imbalance. either way, something to know for sure. >> something to know for sure. shark expert marine biologist conservationist the man responsible for cocaine shark part of discovery channel's shark week which we are part of the same parent company, the blowfish herd joining us now. as we look at this, you wanted to conduct this experiment, try to understand what was really happening. why did you want to know? >> well, it all started when a production company came to me with the name cocaine shark and said we have got this idea. is it too insane? i looked at it and i thought,

you know what? this is genius wrapped up in goodness all over. so while we are looking at this much, you know, bigger event of large sharks coming across cocaine, what we're looking at in the scientific community are actually the effects of pharmaceuticals that we are taking, legal or illegal, making their way through our streams and wastewater and into the oceans. so this was a really good kind of poster child to get people talking about it, get people interested in the effects of human pharmaceuticals entering the seas. >> you didn't actually use cocaine? right? >> no, we didn't. no. my parole officer was very clear about that and said, no, no charlie for you, whether blowfish, sir. no, we didn't. i have said before on this, the idea of a shark coming across a

bale of cocaine, i believe this area, the gulf of mexico, you know, you have got south central america. i don't need to explain the geography to you guys. you get it. it really is a unique hot spot world wide for this drug running. bales do go over very regularly. and when you consider the number of sharks there, the number of different species, sharks are intelligent animals. they want to understand their environment, interact with it but they don't have hands. they only have their mouth, so, you know, a bale float goes in the water f they want to test it, see what it is, they are going to get a of cocaine. i think that this event could have happened multiple times, but if a tree falls in a forest does it make a noise? if we are not there watching the shark eat the bail at that particular moment in time we cannot accurately say, yes, that is a cocaine shark. so instead we have to kind of look for the hallmarks, kind of the come down of a cocaine shark

instead. >> it is fascinating. as we're talking about this and we're talking about the oceans, we've been talking a lot this morning and frankly over the last several days about the temperature of the ocean and we're seeing it rise, how detrimental that can be, over 100 degrees in the florida keys, what it's doing to the coral reefs, bleaching them. the effect on the ecosystem. what is the effect on sharks? >> as the temperature rises it's going to move sharks out of their historic grounds, areas which were previously inaccessible because of the temperature will now be accessible. so we would expect to see shark species in areas where historically we haven't seen them before and another big issue is as the temperature -- as the sea water rises the oxygen concentration goes down. when you think, you know, a shark and certainly these wonderful big charismatic sharks, tiger sharks, hammer heads, they're big powerful

animals, they're sports cars of the sea so they need a lot of oxygen and fuel going in. as the water starts to become stagnant they're going to leave those areas. when you lose top predators from an ecosystem invariably the ecosystem suffers. >> we will be watching. that is a guarantee to the series. tom, thank you very much. discovery shark week episodes of "cocaine shark" airs tonight 10:00 p.m. discovery part of our parent company warner brothers discovery. we are continuing to cover this breaking news out of midtown, manhattan, two people injured after a crane caught fire and partially collapsed. we have new details ahead. how white e do you think your teeth really are? let's try the tissue test. ooof, still yellow. whitening toothpaste can only do so much. there's toothpas white, and there's crest 3d whestrips white.

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been upgraded now to a five-alarm fire. we know that the two injured, one of them is with the fdny, the other we're told our brynn gingras reporting from her sources is a civilian. she's been told they are both in stable condition but not a lot of information beyond that. this is, as you can see, an area with a lot of tall buildings, this is an area only about ten blocks from our studios here in new york city on the west side of new york near hudson yards, not too far from madison square garden, right by the mouth of the lincoln tunnel. this crane caught fire and then a massive chunk of it fell off. >> let's show you the moment when this crane collapsed. it is stunning to see. this is during rush hour, watch this. and it swings across the street and appears to hit a vacant construction site on another skys skyscraper, that was posted by a

bystander, jimmy faring. we can tell you this is during rush hour, in the middle of new york city. this is right next to times square. i think you cannot get a more busy part of new york city at this time of day. >> yeah, it really is. we're going to continue to follow this. we do have our crews on the way there on the ground so stay with cnn, we will continue to keep you updated. >> and thank you for starting your morning with us, we will see you back here tomorrow morning. "cnn news central" is now. y pay for what you need. that's m my boy. ♪ stay offff the freeways! only pay for whahat you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪

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