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a warm woelcome to our viewers. ahead, an american nurse and her child kidnapped near haiti's capital. what we know and the latest plan to help end gang violence there. plus, more than 65 million people waking up to heat alerts right across the united states. we'll tell you weather relief is on the way. and -- >> as you know, biden has ordered his top political opponent to be arrested! i've got to be arrested! they want to arrest me! >> at his latest campaign rally, donald trump blames president biden for his latest legal problems in the classified documents case. >> there is growing concern this morning for an american nurse and her child who were kidnapped

in haiti. alix dorsainvil worked for a christian aid organization called el roi haiti. her and her child were reportedly kidnapped thursday morning near the haitian capital, port-au-prince. according to the group's website, dorsainvil is originally from new hampshire. she moved to haiti after her husband asked her to care for students at a haitian school. her husband, in fact, is director of the organization and said his wife and child were taken while serving their community ministry. a statement says in part, alix is a deeply passionate and loving person who consers haiti her home and the haitian people her friends and family. alix has worked tirelessly as our schools and community nurse to bring relief to those who are suffering. the abduction came shortly after a warning by the state department for americans to leave haiti. just yesterday, secretary of state antony blinken had this to say about efforts to end the unrest there.

>> we have very deep concern for the situation there, particularly with regard to violence and the activities of the gangs. we are, as i think you know, the largest humanitarian donor to haiti, but we are also very focused on working together with partners to try to help the haitians restore security, restore stability. that is the necessary foundation for being able to make progress on a political way forward and as well as those in need. we've been very focused on trying to put many place what's best for a multi-national force, including a lead nation to take this on. my expectation is that we will have some progress to report on that very soon. >> apparently, there may have been some progress. kenya a short time ago announced it is offering to send 1,000 police officers to haiti to help curb gang violence there.

they would also help train haitian forces. a u.n. security council mandate is required for the offer to move forward. stay with cnn, we will continue to have more on this developing story. the extreme heat, meantime, continues to stifle large parts of the united states. the number of people under heat alerts is growing by the hour. right now, more than 70 million people are currently under heat alerts from southern california, you see it there, right to the deep south. the dangerously high temperatures have claimed the lives of several people in illinois, texas, and arizona. parts of the southwest are expected to remain in a heat wave for several more days, but in the coming hours, phoenix may actually end its days-long streak of temperatures topping 110 degrees. right now, just after 2:00 a.m. in phoenix, it is 102 degrees. now, relief is on the way for people, though, meantime in the mid-atlantic, with a heat wave expected to ease this weekend for much of the east coast. but look at this.

there was widespread damage and power outages around washington, d.c. after severe storms passed through the area on saturday. the national weather service issued alerts for high winds. emergency officials responded to multiple calls for trees and power lines down. and the city's rail line also reported disruptions caused by those downed trees and power outages. now, at last report, there were still nearly 100,000 homes and businesses without power across maryland, virginia, and d.c. on the other side of the country, firefighters are dealing with a massive blaze in southern california that rtstard thursday. the boney fire has led to an evacuation order forsome residents of riverside county. the fire has spread across than 2,000 acres, about 100 hectares, and only about 5% contained. authorities say at least one firefighter suffered minor injuries. now, it's not heat or fire,

but heavy rains and fires from a typhoon that's lashing beijing and several other cities in northern china. more than 800,000 people have been affected, some 500,000 evacuated. according to the chinese state news agency, the heavy downpours will continue over the next three days. some place have seen the highest daily rainfall totals in more than 60 years. now, before making landfall in china, it has battered taiwan and the philippines, killing at least 39 people. now, the imminent threat of more criminal indictments doesn't seem to bother donald trump very much, at least not when he's campaigning, appearing in erie, pennsylvania, on saturday, the former president was defiant about the legal peril hanging over him. and he claimed it was because he's a threat to president biden's re-election. take a listen. >> the radical lunatic democrats, they impeach me, they indict me, they rig our elections, and the republicans

just don't fire the way -- they're good people, but they don't fight the way they're supposed to fight. the others are dirty, sick players and the republicans are very high class. they've got to be a little bit lower class, i suspect. >> cnn's allayna treen was at trump's rally and as this report. z >> reporter: i am here in erie, pennsylvania, where trump spoke to a large crowd of supporters on saturday. as is typical with trump's rallies, there is a big crowd and a lot of energy. one thing that was interesting was the venue wasn't entirely full. and that's not normal for trump's rallies. yes, there were a lot of people there on saturday, but there were also many empty seats. but donald trump took to the stage at around 6:00 p.m. and he gave a pretty typical 2024 stump speech. he went for his agenda items for his campaign. he also walked through his highlight reel from his time in

office, and he also spend a lot of time criticizing president joe biden. one thing i found very interesting is that he made an appeal to republicans and told them that they immediate to investigate the biden family more. and also to act on the information that they've gathered already. and he said, any republican that doesn't do that needs to be primaried. but he also spent a good amount of time talking about his own legal troubles. he railed against jack smith, criticized the justice department, and revised the well-worn playbook that we've seen him use time and time again when talking about the charges and mounting indictments that are looming in front of him, which is to characterize them as election interference. and my colleague kate sylvan and i caught up with some rally attendees and they told us that they think that donald trump is entirely right in the sense that they do think that he is the victim of a political witch hunt. and that really, the biden family needs to be more focused

on in an investigative context. so i think you'll continue to see donald trump using the same rhetoric as he moves forward and continues forward with his very aggressive campaign scheduled. al allayna treene, cnn, pennsylvania. mike pence was in iowa saturday meeting with voters directly to try to gain their support. held this roundtable with first responders. during that event, he spoke with cnn about his chances of reaching the threshold of 40,000 donors to qualify for republican debates. listen. >> i think, you know, i think we're maybe a couple of weeks away yet, based on the pace of things coming in. our focus is on the campaign, to be honest with you, you know, the criteria of 40,000 donors being added to the requirement of being at a certain place in the polls is somewhat new. we accept that criteria. confident that we'll get there.

>> it's notable, pence did not directly attack donald trump, likely to avoid the anger of iowa voters who had booed another candidate for criticizing the former president. now, u.s. president joe biden meantime is breaking his silence on what he called a family matter. for the first time, he has acknowledging his seventh grandchild. the young girl is the daughter of his son, hunter biden, and a woman in arkansas, who took him to support over child support payments. jeremy diamond has more. >> reporter: during his decades in politics, president biden has put the family at the center of his political life and his political image. his role as a father, his role as a grandfather, talking frequently about his grandchildren. but until friday, president biden had only acknowledged that he has six and not seven grandchildren. that chapnged when he put out this statement, saying, that our son, hunter, and navy's mother, london, are working together to foster a relationship that is in the best interest of their daughter, preserving her privacy

as much as possible going forward. this is not a political issue, it's a family matter. jill and i only want ways best for all of our grandchildren, including navy. and that last sentence there is the first time that president biden has, indeed, acknowledged this 4-year-old girl as one of his grandchildren. now, a source familiar with the matter says it was the resolution of a court case in recent weeks between hunter and this girl's mother, over child support payments that led to the president now acknowledging this girl as one of his grandchildren. it's important to note back in 2020 when a dna test confirmeded that hunter biden was this daughter's father and he then began making child support payments, yet it was not until friday that president biden has acknowledged this girl as one of his seven grandchildren. another source familiar with the situation says that the president has spoken with his son, hunter, about doing what's in this girl's best interests going forward. and that that could also including the possibility of the president meeting his

granddaughter for the first time. jeremy diamond, cnn, washington. and you are looking at live pictures there as president vladimir putin is in st. petersburg, russia, and he has kicked off the annual navy day parade in st. petersburg. and he will continue speaking there at a speech where sailors and veterans were showing off the country's naval might. now, president vladimir putin is overseeing the events, and as you can see there, will continue to bring you any nuzlines as we get them. the kremlin says he was joined by several african officials, including four heads of state. it happened a day after he wrapped up the russian/africa summit, where he discussed ukraine and other global issues. we are getting, meantime, the first response from ukraine after a drone attack on moscow. the ukrainian air force says the strike showed that, quote, there's no more tranquility in russia's backwaters.

the statement referred to this. yeah, the video shows an explosion and fireball after the attack. russian military officials say they intercepted three ukrainian drones, but two of them still crashed into a shopping complex. that came on the heels of another drone strike in moscow on monday which did not cause serious damage or casualties. salma abdelaziz joins us from london. you join us as vladimir putin has taken to the stage there in st. petersburg. these were, in fact, audacious attacks by ukraine, and you wonder if it has something to do with the timing of this parade. >> i think the timing of the parade is important, but in general, paula, ukraine has been more and more focus in recent weeks, claiming attacks on russian-occupied regions and inside russia itself, making clear that they want to ramp up the cost of this war for russians, even those outside of

the battlefield. i want to bring you one more piece of video. this is dash cam footage of this drone attack on a shopping complex in moscow today. you can see that moment, that flash of light, and begin to get an understanding of how terrifying that must have been for residents. and ukraine, as you read in that statement, said that is absolutely the goal. i'll read you a little bit more of that statement, where they say there is no longer tranquility in the backwaters of russia. it goes on to say the statement, the war is affecting those who were not concerned. there's always something flying in russia, as well as in moscow. and beyond affecting residents' families, civilians, it brings worries and fears and concerns to russian officials, who i image are sitting in st. petersburg during this naval day parade, probably wringing their hands and wondering if they will interfere during this moment where president putin is trying

to display a show of force. these are not the only brazen attacks that they're claiming. i'm mentioning here the attack on a very critical bridge, the chonhar privbridge, which conne russian-occupied crimea to russian-occupied kherson. a critical land supply route there that provides ammo, troops, everything that front line troops need. it's not the first attack on that very key land route for russia. ukraine says it's going to continue to ramp up strikes there again in an attempt to choke out russian troops. and all of this comes as president zelenskyy, we saw president putin there, addressing troops. president zelenskyy, himself, as well, trying to give a moral boost to troops near bakhmut. we have footage to show you of that as well on saturday, making a visit on the commemoration of a military holiday. that is a city that of course has been home to fierce fighting now, fierce conflict now for

many, many months. president zelenskyy trying to show his own display of strength and solidarity. >> and in the meantime, as you said, we continue to keep an eye on vladimir putin in that speech in st. petersburg. salma abdelaziz, thanks so much. meantime, poland's prime minister says dozens of mercenaries in belarus are moving towards a strategic corridor on the poland border that connects belarus to a russian enclave of kaliningrad. you can see the map there and why it's so important. poland's prime minister says the troop movement is part of an ongoing strategy to try to destabilize poland. listen. >> we've got information that over 100 of the wagner group mercenaries moved towards belarus near the gap. why would they do it? obviously to prepare another stage of the hybrid attack on the polish territory. they may in belarusian border guards disguise rtry to

infiltrate poland in disguise. this would create an extra risk. >> thousands of wagner troops are in belarus after a failed military uprising in russia. it was part of a deal negotiated with the belarusian president, who has since asked wagner to train his country's military. now, new barriers are failing, apparently, to deter migrants who are trying to cross the u.s. border from mexico. still ahead, why they believe giving up is not an option, even though -- even though the crossing is now more dangerous than it used to be. plus, a controversial new law in israel has outraged tens of thousands of israelis who fear their democracy may be slipping away. that story when we return. otc strength lidocaine that contours to the body to relieve pain right where it hurts. and did we mention, it really, realally sticks? salolonpas, it's good medicine. i have moderate to severe crohn's disease. now, there's skyrizi. ♪ things are looking up ♪ ♪ i've got symptom relief ♪ ♪ control of my croh's means everything to me. ♪

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daylight. orange buoys four feet in diameter and anchored to the river bed as well as concertina wire stop them at the eagle pass border in texas. a migrant family from venezuela say they have been on the mexican side of the border, gauging the risk of right to cross the river with young children in tow. what we have seen is that people have gotten hurt with the razor wire, he says, adding that they're thinking wtwice before taking any risk. but his wife says the family fled venezuela for reasons that are much more compelling than floating barriers, including crime, extortion, and living under a dictatorship. others say barriers or not, returning home is not an option. this migrant father traveling with his wife and young son say the buoys and razor water are indeed going to make it more difficult to cross, but their mission, he says, remains unchanged. making it to the united states, barriers or not.

>> this is what they look like up close. >> reporter: texas governor greg abbott announced last month a plan to deploy the floating barriers to deter migrant crossings. >> we're securing the border at the border. this will prevent people from even getting to the border. >> reporter: mexico's top diplomat blasted the barriers, claiming they violate more than two international treaties and more than 80 democratic members of the congress signed a letter urging president joe biden to challenge their installation in court. the justice department filed a federal lawsuit on monday to rye to force texas to remove the floating barriers on the rio grande and then file the motion seeking a preliminary injunction wednesday in an attempt to put the case on a fast track. the response from governor abbott, texas will see you in court. the mayor the border city on the mexican city of the rio grande told cnn in recent weeks, anywhere from 600 to 700

migrants arrive there daily, only about a third as compared to last year, although the number of minors traveling with their families has recently increased in a noticeable way. rafael romo, cnn, atlanta. now, as the new week begins in israel, many people there say that they are fearful of losing their democracy now that the right-wing government of benjamin netanyahu has passed its first law to overhaul the nation's judiciary. large numbers of protesters have returned to streets of tel aviv on saturday to show their strong disapproval, just as they've done every weekend since january. cnn spoke to one protester who says the weekly demonstrations won't be ending anytime soon. >> wherever i think the government is not taking care of us, as citizens, the only thing we can do is come here. this is our duty, the only thing we can do as citizens.

we come here almost every week for seven months. maybe we thought we would be tired, but we're here to show that we are not tired. we're just beginning. >> now, everyone is now waiting to see if the israeli supreme court strikes down the controversial measure when it hears appeals in september. the prime minister hasn't said how he might respond if that were to happen. now to bangladesh, where police clashed with protesters who blocked roads and threw rocks as they demanded the resignation of the country's prime minister. police used rubber bullets and tear gas to try to disperse the crowds. dozens of people were arrested can at least nd at least 20 off were injured. it accuses the government of human rights abuses and corruption. in thailand, officials say at least 12 people were killed and more than 120 were injured when a fireworks warehouse

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at this hour, more than 70 million people in the united states are under a heat watch. athena jones has more now on how people in new york are right to beat the heat and of course that humidity. >> we're here in new york's washington square park. this is the heart of new york university's campus, and we are dealing right now with a real temperature of 91 degrees, but a feels-like temperature approaching 98 degrees. take a look around this park, though. you would not know from the number of people out and about here that we're approaching a heat index of 100 degrees, but this is one of the areas new yorkers come to cool off. we talked this week about the urban heat island effect. that is cities and parts of cities with a lot of concrete, a lot of asphalt.

not a lot of water sources, trees or grass. those areas with reach a temperature or feels-like temperature of 10 degrees hotter than the rest of the area. this is not one of those areas. a lot of people we've seen throughout the course of the day have been getting in and out of that fountain, looking to cool off. and doing a number of other things to make sure that they can beat the heat. take a listen to what some of the folks we've talked to told us. >> i would be like a lizard. stay in the shade, move slowly. otherwise, you'll be sweating bullets. >> what else are you doing? >> air-conditioning, cup of ice on the neck, the whole nine yards. >> does this concern you at all? >> 80 days of smog in, you known the next 20 years, we're past the point of return. we have been. it's one of these things that's the new normal and you know, c'est la vie. >> thanks to athena jones there. this summer, the u.s. may be heading for another wave of covid-19, but they're telling us not to panic. scientists say this surge could

very likely be much milder than previous summers. as of this week, the cdc says many covid indicators are actually showing signs of a spike, but one major indicator seems to show it's already leveling off. last hour, i spoke with dr. scott muskovitz about where things stand and what you can do to protect yourself. listen. >> one of the contributing factors to the now rise this summer is the fact that so few people have been vaccinated recently. if you look back when the bivalent was available back in the fall, that's already well over six months for the elderly, and a lot of people haven't had a vaccine in a year. what do we know about the vaccines? they're great for the first four months, for every age group. and then they start to slack at six months. the older you get, the less effective the vaccine is. that's why we're seeing some hospitalizations increase and why we're going to see the

people of all ages are going to be more likely to be able to get covid, because they're losing their immunity. >> and sould say, go out and get a vaccine right now? another booster? >> this is one of the things i'm being asked all the time when i'm seeing patients. and we're right at the edge where i am actually telling people to hold off. why? we now know, the fda has approved, the production is starting. there will be the upgraded vaccination that will be focusing specifically on omicron, and it's going to drop the original component of the vaccine that was in the bi bivalent, which is what we want now. and that vaccine will be available in september, probably mid-to-latter at the latest and there's going to be a massive push against the united states to get your flu shot and to get your covid vaccine updated. and then for the other 60, get

that new rsv vaccine that's available. so i am advising my patients right now to wait until september, since it's right around the corner. >> it is, indeed. experts say americans are traveling a lot more this summer, so the hot weather, it's actually driving people indoors. but they also say other pathogens are circulating at much higher levels this summer. so if you get something that seems like a bad cold, it may not be covid at all. now, in the meantime, we go to the issue of large cruise ships. in the heart of amsterdam that will soon be a thing of the past. the city is bringing in a key measure to try to control the enormous waves of tourists that flood in. and steps like this seem to be a trend among european cities. unwelcome visitors, a large cruise liner like this can carry thousands of passengers. but some cities, such as amsterdam say that's just too many people in one place at one

time and are taking steps to cut down on the number of tourists. last week, the city voted to close the downtown terminal, which will effectively ban cruise ships from docking in the heart of the city. city officials say they had to intervene because of the impact on the environment and the sheer numbers of tourists. this year, amsterdam is expected to receive more than 18 million overnight visitors, and in just two years, that number could reach 23 million with even more people taking day trips to the city. that's a lot of people and a lot of revenue. and the decision is getting mixed reviews from tourists ready to spend. >> you can never have enough tourists, can you? the cruise ship must bring in millions to this place every year. >> we took taxis, we took ubers, we spent money at restaurants. but at the same time, if it is bringing a vibe to the city that people don't like, i think that's the people of the city's prerogative. >> two years ago, venice made a

similar curb, banning large cruise ships from its city center. officials say it was overwhelmed with 5.5 million visitors in 2019 alone, far outnumbering the local population of 50,000. in 2019, debrof nick limited the number of cruise ships docking there to no more than two per day. tourism has surged in the city, in part because of the popularity of the hbo series "game of thrones," which filmed scenes there. back in amsterdam, the city is also trying to clamp down on the type of tourists coming in. earlier this year, it launched an online campaign called stay away, targeting young british men who want to come to the city to get high or drunk. it also banned smoking cannabis on the streets in the red light district and there is a move to move sex workers to the outskirts of the city. despite the economic impact, some residents say that they are all for the less is more tourism

plan. >> if people want to be on a cruise ship in the middle of the ocean, it's fine for me. just go to spots that are no so crowded. >> this is a debate that is sure to continue in europe, especially as some of those cruise ships have now just diverted to other ports of call. okay. so france and the eu suspend critical aid to the african nation of niger after a military takeover, but is wagner far behind? we'll talk with an expert in west africa about wagner's influence and actions in that volatile region.

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france and the eu are cutting off financial and security aid to niger, days after a military coup ousted the west african nation's democratically elected leader. cnn's larry madoa is monitoring situation from nairobi. >> reporter: the eu is hitting

niger where it hurts the most, where there's a democratically elected president or coup leaders declaring themselves in charge, they badly need aid. that budgetary support from the european union, from the u.s. and other international partners keeps the country on the move, and now the european union saying this. president mohammad bazoum is democratically elected. he is and remains the only legitimate president of niger. he must be released immediately and without delay. the eu hold the coup leaders responsible for his safety and that have his family. and that money question is something the u.s. has touched on. antony plinken has become the first u.s. secretary of state to visit in march and he's been talking about this traveling in australia. >> we are united in condemning the actions that have taken place in niger, calling for the immediate release of president bazoum, calling for the immediate restoration of the democratic order in niger. our economic and security partnership with niger, which is

significant, hundreds of millions of dollars, depends on the continuation of the democratic governance and constitutional order that has been disrupted by the actions in the last few days. >> the european union says it's ready to support future decisions against the regime in niger, including sanctions on the regional body, the economic community of west african states has a summit coming up on sunday, but the african union is asking for the release of president bazoum and says these soldiers must go back to their barracks within 15 days. they have not been paying attention, but the general wois the head of the presidential guard and has declared himself a new leader of niger has been meeting senior government officials. he says they have to go back to work, and he's playing president as the international community all tells him, no, we don't recognize you. larry madowo, cnn, nairobi. and we will be right back with more news in a moment. ♪ (music plays) ♪

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between ukraine and russia. now, while much of the world is of course condemning the coup in niger, the head of the wagner militia has a different take yevgeny prigozhin says that niger's troubles stem from colonialism and that without evidence that western nations are sponsoring terrorist actions there. these recent images were taken on the summit of african leaders. prigozhin says that wagner is capable of dealing with situations such as niger. in fact, there are scenelike this one. the ruian flags being carried by jubilant crowds wagner militia contractors are rrently in neighboring mali, helping it fight an islamic insurgency. it's iortant to note that wagner has a sizable footprint in africa, well beyond that. these are the countries right now that it's believed that the

mercenary networks operate. i want to turn to the director for the geneva center for africa and strategic studies. i thank you for joining us now on what really have been stunning developments in niger. and given all of the uncertainty that we see there now, how does wagner's presence and motives throughout the region further complicate the situation? >> well, of course, we know that wagner has a strategy. and that includes pouncing on any opportunities, you know, that gets to, you know, take advantage of the chaos. what they're doing in the central africa republic is no different from the same activities in mali, in burkina faso. so at this point in time, what they're essentially saying, they're calling for the military junta to rely on wagner.

this is a private contractor that specializes on providing security, not national security. so perhaps, you know, what we're going to see is that, you know, wagner perhaps will want to expand. but providing the military junta with options. which will encroach on the military process, which niger has faced for the first time in its history, to see a democratically elected process, you know, just in 2021. it's very concerning, you know, scenario. and i hope that the meetings which have been held by the regional body, but also african union, will find some kind of a solution to pressure the junta to give back perhaps power to a democratically elected government or to have a transitional government. go ahead. >> and those meetings will continue and we'll see what

comes out of them in the coming hours. but to continue to this striking information that you give us, help us better understand how the attempted immunity by wagner's leader last month in russia could now affect how wagner tries to operate going forward in africa. i mean, those comments from prigozhin were so out of place, really, because he was speaking as if he was the leader of a country, with a military prepared to launch a military intervention there. >> well, i think we all thought that they had been exiled to belarus. and it was some kind of good news that we would see the end of wagner. but essentially, you know, we keep seeing him appearing and talking about official positions of this nature. perhaps, you know, what i would have expected, in the afr african/russian summit to a lot

of pressure to discontinue the use of private military contractors, who they are much more focused on redeeming security than national security. but i don't know how this is going to go forward. because of course, the russian president has made it clear that he would kind of integrate wagner forces into his regular forces. but we haven't seen the same structure been applied to african countries. and i think this is where africa needs to be very careful, considering the fact that wagner has the ability to turn against its own -- its owner in the sense of russia, we do not know if we can do the same thing in this african country. so africa needs stability. they have the leverage and we should use it better how they apply this to national security. >> and wagner has already, you know, shown in africa that it's been able to fill that power va vacuum. and in fact, enrich itself as

well. how does wagner's presence in africa, now seeming growing presence there really complicate things for western allies, when they're trying to stabilize some of those countries? >> of course it will. we're talking about geopolitics here. what wagner would potentially do in this situation. let's talk about niger for example, that has a huge u.s. presence. it has a huge, you know, presence of french troops and german troops that are stationed in niger public. niger was the last bastion of democracy that we relied upon. especially when we saw the troops that led mali into niger publickina faso, they went to niger. now the anti-french demonstration. and perhaps we've seen a lot

that some of the protesters are kind of calling on russia to in intervene. it complicates the matters on how to apply sanctions ds again this regime. but i have to add, some of the things they need to do is to try to assure that governments do not change constitutions. we do not have constitutions approved. in one of the central african countries, which wagner operates, there is an ongoing referendum, where the president who has been guided by wagner is changing constitution to run. this is the kind of case that african countries should have. >> understood. a fine point you make there, given the meddling in that constitution. david otto for us, thanks so much. really appreciate it. all right. we are on the woman's world cup. it's been an historic week and a

half for new zoealand, co-hostig the biggest event and earning their first-ever win in six appearances. unfortunately, their tourmnamen is coming to an early end. carolyn manno is live for us in new york. this news host for the tough country. >> it is. especially because it was a day of such celebration over former champ champion norway. that set up a must-win scenario for norway against the philippines and they answered the call in overwhelming fashion. sophie putting home the cross in the sixth minute to get the scoring started and they never really stopped. gleels in the first half, three more more in the second as they seem to be finding their footing, win six-nil, but new zealand needed to beat sw switzerland in front of their home crowd, but the football

coming-up just short. the keeper up in the dying moments, putting a heard just wide of the net and that would really be the best look that new zealand got in this match. a very tough break there. elsewhere in sports, wn obamacare a star brittney griner is taking a leave of absence to focus on her mental health. the phoenix mercury announcing yesterday that she'll miss at least the next two games. there's really no word about when she might rejoin the family. the 32-year-old as many know spent nearly 300 days in a russian prison before being ree released as part of that prisoner swap last december. the team fully supports her decision to take this time away from the game. and after lebron james' son, bronny, went into cardiac arrest on monday, this was a really nice video posted by lebron

james over the weekend showing the family enjoying something of an uplifting note from the 18-year-old who's out of the hospital and on the mend. take a listen. snowe ♪ ♪ >> so just something small there, but still reason to smile. and it's really not clear yet pa caused bronny's health scare, but lebron james wrote that the family is together, safe, and healthy. which is a great sign after such a troubling week for their family. good news there. >> yeah, music and healing always good. appreciate it, carolyn, thanks so much. thank you for watching. i'm paula newton. for viewers in north america, "cnn this morning" is next. for the rest of the world, it's "p.o.v. abu dhabi." age is just a number, and mine's unlisted.

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