excuses, excuses. smartmatic, the voting technology company that is suing fox news for lies about the 2020 election, is now putting rudy giuliani on blast, for allegedly making up stories they say, to avoid turning over documents. and a new court filing, smartmatic says, quote, the dog ate my homework. since the dawn of time, people have made up excuses to avoid doing things they do not want to do. this is exactly what giuliani has done here. we should note, cnn has reached out to giuliani's attorney for comment, we have not yet heard back. thank you so much for joining me tonight, cnn prime time with laura coates starts right. >> hello and welcome to our viewers joining us here in the united states and all around the world, i am rosemary

church. ahead on cnn newsroom, a high of voters go to the polls and a crucial new litmus test on abortion rights in america more than a year after roe v. wade was overturned. bring on the bleeps, a cussing donald trump aroused against the indictments levied against him and charges and arrest warrants alabama after a massive riverfront brawl and the questions police have after reviewing the tape. >> live from cnn center, this is cnn's room with rosemary church. >> good to have you with us. we begin with a crucial victory for abortion rights activists in ohio. voters on tuesday rejected a republican backed measure that would have made it harder to amend the states constitution. this comes ahead of a november ballot in which voters will

decide whether to enshrine abortion rights in the states constitution. nearly 90% of the votes counted, 56% of the people have voted no, while 44% said yes. tuesday was the first of a two-step process to determine whether the november referendum will be able to pass for a single majority. cnn's jeff zeleny breaks it all down anything for us. >> ohio voters rejected efforts to make it more difficult to amend the state's constitution indentation flattest fight over the abortion battle. a special election called in ohio to raise the threshold to amend the state constitution with the november rally in mine, when there will be a question about and shining abortion rights protections were defeated. the vote no side of the equation defeated the aside. this is all on a measure called issue one. it would have required a 60% supermajority to change the states constitution.

this would affected abortion and other matters, but i certainly wasn't when you're at the supreme court overturned roe v. wade, this is the latest example that we've seen across the country of support for abortion rights waiting out. this is the beginning at the campaign and supporters made that clear in columbus ohio unto stannite. >> ohio, we did it, we did it. [applause] tonight is a major victory for democracy in ohio. the majority still rules in ohio. and the peoples power has been preserved, we did it ohio, we did it. >> with one campaign over another campaign is beginning,

and that is for the effort for the november ballot to enshrine abortion rights in the state constitution. there is no doubt between now and then, certainly, abortion will play a front role in the conversation here but also in the 2024 presidential campaign as well. the outcome at the race will test the political potency for the abortion rights issue. we've seen so many example since the supreme court overturned roe v. wade, ohio beating the latest. jeff zeleny, cnn, columbus, ohio. >> linda lee is a political strategist and women's co-chair of the democratic national committee, and she joins me now from philadelphia in pennsylvania, thank you so much for being with us. >> thank you so much, rosemary. >> so ohio voters have projected issue one in a significant win for supporters of abortion rights after the ballot measure was pushed very hard by the states republican let congress in an effort to make it harder to in shrine

abortion rights in the constitution, but they felt at. what is your reaction to the result? >> i am absolutely floored but not all surprised by the vehemence against the power of women and our allies after tops. ohio voters -- double digits. not only that, kansas trounced an abortion ban despite the catholic church sending $3 million, despite waves of money coming in from outside groups, badly gerrymandered wisconsin, elected a pro-choice judge by double digits. the republicans, i noticed, the more they come after us, the more they lose. it's a losing formula that they can't seem to shake. >> this special election in ohio has made the state the latest battleground for abortion rights. does this represent a wake up

call for the republicans, do you think, on the issue of abortion rights in this country? >> you would think so, but it appears to me that instead of shying away from your deeply unpopular policies, republicans are doubling down on their right-wing extremism, despite repeated and overwhelming evidence that their heinous policies are election kryptonite. frankly, they have no one but themselves to blame, and what i found particularly galling, is that initially they said that special elections are a waste of money, that the summer doldrums in august are a terrible time to have elections. it is true, people are not around, and it's extremely expensive. they've also said republicans, mind you, that a special election it is an opportunity for special interest to squeeze through their own agenda. and a few weeks after all of that, they voted in favor of a special election when they realized that abortion rights advocates had enough signatures to get on the november about. that is the height of

democracy. >> and a new cnn poll shows a majority of americans, 64%, disapprove of the supreme court decision to overturn roe v. wade a year ago. 36% approve. if the numbers reflect the voting intentions of americans in the 2024 presidential election, and if the ohio special election turns out to be a litmus test for abortion rights in the country, do you expect abortion rights to become a much bigger issue than republicans realize and perhaps voters realize, even perhaps one at the main issues for american voters? >> absolutely, other than the economy, this is the main issue because it strikes at the heart if humanity. this is at the very core of women are. this is not simply a partisan issue. let's look at what happened in ohio. we have republican stakeholders and respected leaders on both sides of the aisle saying that this is anti-democratic.

governor kasich even voiced his dissent saying that the referendum is anti-democratic. on the other side, you have people like senator j.d. vance trying to gaslight everyone because let's be very clear, the initiative to reach the referendum national 60% is not to protect the american people, it's to protect politicians from the will of the american people. so it's completely backwards. i think by doubling down over and over again, republicans are digging a hole even deeper. >> lindy lee, thank you for joining us, appreciate it. >> thank you so much. a u.s. district judge is rejecting a delay requests from donald trump's legal team, scheduling a hearing for this friday,, she is trying to decide for rules on handling evidence in the case against the former u.s. president for trying to overturn the 2020 election. trump does not have to go in person, but on the campaign trail in new hampshire on tuesday, he complained about

how's legal troubles are affecting his presidential run. >> i won't be able to go to iowa today. i won't be able to go to new hampshire today, because i'm sitting in a courtroom on [bleep] [applause] -- because his attorney general charge me with something, terrible. >> scott jennings is a cnn senior political commentator. agents been out from louisville, kentucky. good have you with us. >> thank you. >> so donald trump suffered a bit setback on tuesday and his attempt to delay the hearing at the january 6th case. the judge really directing the legal team efforts to move the term to next week but while the strategy to delay proceedings appears to be failing, at the same time, his support rises every time his legal woes deepen. how inevitable is it that the republican party will head into the 2024 november elections

with an indictment, perhaps convicted presidential nominee? and what impact will that have on this country? >> he is certainly the either in the republican primary right now, but you alluded to the calendar. this is what is very important is that there is a possibility that donald trump could become the de facto nominee at the republican party, sometime in the spring of next year than face trial, then be convicted and go to the republican national convention in august to get formerly nominated. but at that point, as a convicted felon and if that were to happen, the republicans on the florida convention would have a pictures to make about what they really wanted to nominate formerly a convicted felon to represent their party. for donald trump, the entire campaign is about the charges. his defense is winning the white house, so the campaign is the defense, and the defense is the campaign. his best way out of most of this is to win the white house and either pardon him self or ask the department of justice. at that point, under his

control, to lay all go. >> mentioned the calendar, we are looking at it there. trump claims that he -- his court unter is sparking his campaign for the white the courtroom, certainly on th coming friday. what is the strategy here? just to rile up the base? >> well, he is not wrong about next year. when these cases actually go to trial, he will have to be in the courtroom so right now, he's under indictment in the city of new york, under two federal indictments, one and washington and on in florida, and is quite likely to be under indictment in atlanta georgia here in the next couple of weeks. there are numerous jurisdictions were they would have to appear next year. right now, i think the main strategy is to delay all of this and pointed to after the elections. i think american people would like to see the cases result before the election, but his best legal strategy maybe to get them all delayed until after next november. >> in the meantime, gop

presidential hopeful rhonda scent this is struggling financially and losing traction in his effort to stay viable as he trails trump and the fight for the what else. desantis just fired his campaign manager and replaced her with a loyalists, the third time in less than a month that he has tried to restructure his team. will any at this make changes or help desantis political fortunes in any way, what do you think went wrong for is campaign because he seemed to start strong there, and he's lost his way. >> desantis is still solidly in second place, the only candidate in double digits against donald trump. what happened to ron desantis was donald trump. trump has gotten stronger since the beginning at the year and about half or more than half of the republican party appears to want to re-nominate donald trump. on the other hand, he's looking for another candidate or candidate, they divided their

loyalties. some to desantis, some for tim scott, some for the other candidates in the race, so while trump has gotten stronger, the fragmentation over the other part of the field has only gotten larger, that really has prevented desantis from rising in the polls. i still think that desantis is not out of it. i don't think the race is over, but right now, if you laid down 20 bucks on a betting market and putting, certainly donald trump is the smartest money, but just saying, there are era of miles that are yet to travel. the iowa caucuses -- between then, lots of things that do happen, trump will be indicted again, there will be several debates in the republican primary and some of the debates provide a moment for candidates to break out and get more attention for the kind of the sea and give people a second look. >> we're watching very carefully. of course, got jenning, thank you for your pocket analysis, appreciate it. >> thank you. >> house republicans are pushing to open an impeachment inquiry into president joe biden before the end of this

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combat drones ve been shot down in the city suburbs. he says the countries are defense took down the drones that were attempting to fly over moscow on tuesday. in the meantime, inside ukraine, president volodymyr zelenskyy is acknowledging its country's highly anticipated counteroffensive against russia has been difficult. that comment coming after western officials described to cnn's increasingly sobering assessment about ukraine's ability to retake significant territory. cnn's clare sebastian joins me now live from london, good morning to you claire. what is happening on the battlefield as ukraine's counteroffensive moves much slower than hoped? >> yeah, rosemary, ukraine seems to be concentrating its efforts down in the south in the zaporizhzhia region and also in the east in bakhmut. they have this week claimed

some success in both those areas, but the issues that were raised by the western officials to cnn are playing out, in separation on tuesday, saying that the events was slowed down by minefields and their lack of aviation, that is exactly what western officials have been talking about, the scale at the , the layers, minefields, trenches and bunkers and things like that have been a real factor in the slow speed at the counter offensive. that is one thing that russia is focusing its main operation up around berdiansk, to retake territory that they lost earlier in the war -- trying to retake it again. president zelenskyy acknowledging that things have been going slower than expected. he is urging patients from ukraine's western allies. if you listen to john kirby, the national security council, they have that patients, at least for now.

take a listen. >> i think every ally, every partner, every nation, more than 50 at them, including the united states, that are involved in supporting ukraine, feels responsible for helping ukraine be successful on the battlefield. no one wants to see them struggle, but like i said, even day myth that they're struggling and not doing as well as they would like. we are all dedicated to continuing to think what they need. if that means more training, that means more training it will be. if that means more capabilities, that means more capabilities it will be. we're all in this together. we all want them to succeed. >> he is also trailing another security package coming later this week. there is more than just time pressure coming to the changing seasons, rosemary, there is political pressure as well. i want to show you a cnn poll showed a few days ago that shows that right now, 51% of americans say that the u.s. is already done enough to help ukraine. 48% say that they should do more versus 62% at the

beginning at the war in the first couple days of the conflict, the u.s. should do want to help ukraine. that may suggest that in some circles in the u.s., there is an element of fatigue, something that we know president zelenskyy is worried about, something in for him to factor in a cities with this counteroffensive, rosemary? >> our thanks to clare sebastian joining us live from london. cnn is getting a real look inside the trenches in southern ukraine, where some forces are tasked with a grim job of recovering the bodies of those killed in battle. our nick paton walsh has the story, but we warn you, some images in the report are graphic. [sound of artillery] even saving the dead can be lethal work. it is dawn and freshly over run russian positions on the southern front. where the assault is on trench and networks spread out in the open this is rare footage, letting us see the point of view of the ukrainian soldier and body collector -- his unit tasked with bringing back the fall in their own but also russian death.

this ukrainian body, seemingly to almost melted into the ground the heat speeding up decay another factor in this grim, grueling work. where they are often guided to their targets by the smell from which the masks aren't protection enough. [speaking in a non-english language] [bleep] [bleep] [sound of artillery] [speaking in a non-english language] [speaking in a non-english language] >> russian drones see them. and they watch them back. [speaking in a non-english language] >> anti-drone rifles, a modern trench in warfare for the last century. [sound of artillery] >> it is exhausting work while

troops here, focus on survival and taking cover. he and his team must carry these heavy but vital burdens all the way back to the road. where they can then bring closure to the grieving, the chance of burial and a goodbye. [speaking in a non-english language] >> a week earlier, and another part of the trench is worth the fight is ferociously pass western supplied armor that has been torn apart. [speaking in a non-english language] >> ukrainians remain found, but the shelling is constant. [sound of artillery] [speaking in a non-english language] >> the search, however, in the captured russian position is cautious. propping each spots for minds. [speaking in a non-english

language] [sound of artillery] >> for the, man holding the position defended. body collectors are welcomed relief. taken away the reminders of how close death is. [speaking in a non-english language] [bleep] [bleep] >> the russians, still looking for targets, here among the men rescuing russian corpses. [speaking in a non-english language] >> it is the work nobody ever wanted to do, out, exposed in the warning. as ukraine breaks for a breakthrough. >> now we finally see -- his face in a moment when they know that they have survived death.

[speaking in a non-english language] >> the relief they feel here, nothing compared to the families who may feel some less agony and closure from the cargo they return home. nick paton walsh, cnn, zaporizhzhia, ukraine. >> still to come, new charges in alabama after a riverfront brawl that started with a group of white men assaulting a black man.

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alabama police say the three white men are facing assault charges after footage showed them attacking a black man who was the captain of a bow trying to talk. and that initial fight over the weekend quickly turned into a chaotic brawl. one man has already turned himself in, and authorities say the other two are expected to follow suit. cnn's ryan young has the latest on the investigation. >> you see stuff like that on the tv, but to see it live, being a person of color, you have those stories from your grandmother about how it used to be, and how wrong it was. so, it was hurtful. >> thomas was on the river cruise of the harriet too, witnessed a fight that took place between a group of white voters and a black employee that escalated into a massive fight on the riverside dock in montgomery, alabama, on saturday. >> the incident occurred after the river boat co-captain, giving picket, tried to clear

the dock space with a riverside cruiser normally docks. much going police chief daryl albert announcing tuesday that three white men had been charged with third degree assault for their involvement in the incident. >> we are asking for mr. reggie, the black man, 42 years old, who is seen wielding that folding chair to contact the montgomery police department for further interviews. >> the chief identified the other victim today, a 60 -year-old white male whose mother signed an arrest warrant on one of the individuals who attacked her son. the river cruiser idol for 40 minutes while the captain was prevented from docking, and first attempted to contact the pontoon owners by the cruise be asystole. >> the co-captain was then picked up by a separate vessel, and brought to the peer in an attempt to have a conversation with the private boat owners or have those votes moved so the harriet could dock. a confrontation ensued between the co-captain and mr. pickett, the co-captain, being attacked

by several members of the private vote. >> everybody is yelling, hey, and the captain, everybody's country because we can't help him, because he's getting stomped, kicked, and cussed. >> while it appeared to be largely split across racial lines, the police chief said, at this time, there's not a lot enough evidence to meet the criteria to charge for a hate crime, for inciting a riot. >> knowing montgomery systole, all the civil rights things we went through here in the city of montgomery, and what that means to the nation, we were amped up to get this right. we will continue to do all that we need to do to ensure we get it right. >> montgomery's mayor, steven reed, says the investigation is not over yet. >> you can't allow your emotions or initial thoughts to get out in front of what the facts tell you. while this is an ongoing investigation, so far, the facts are, kind of, separating themselves from what was fixing. >> and, right there, you see

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states. here is what he told cnn about what he saw. >> it's barbaric, you see that they're basically treating the asylum seekers, the human beings as animals. you see the razor wire here, right over there, the bexar chapter of konstantin wire on them. you see clothing including people and kids, stuck to the razor wire. therefore soon border patrol to stay away from some at the areas, when its border patrol that actually has responsibility for all of this process. >> governor greg abbott's border plan a separated at least 26 families at the border since early july, according to immigration attorney. and it 130-year-old woman is trying to join our family here in the united states by seeking asylum. andrea andrade told us espn on espanol does she can to hear from el salvador to follow her son and two grandchildren who

were already granted asylum. >> the truth is, at my age, i can't really work that much, michael is the beat with migrant children. >> right now, she's waiting in mexico for her son to formally request her entrance to the u.s. per immigration laws. she has no idea along the process will take but says that she trusts god to see her through it. i want to thank you for joining us. i am rosemary church. for our international viewers, world sport is coming up next. for our viewers in the u.s. and canada, have you back with more cnn's room in just a moment, stay with us. huh, h huh, so did their dog roger. ♪ ♪ gain scent beads keep even n the stinkiest stuff smelling fresh.

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dora in the pacific are fueling wildfires in maui. evacuation orders have been issued for several areas of the hawaiian island. officials say flames have destroyed multiple structures and burned about 1000 acres, which is more than 400 actors. parts of eastern massachusetts saw some serious flooding on tuesday. this was the scene in the town of north and over, north of boston. you can see water pouring out of a building. there are reports of police responding to cars stuck in the high waters. a parking lot was submerged in the same area with about 20 cars flooded up to their hoods. the person who shared these videos say that the water is slowly receding. cnn senior meteorologist chad meyer brings the forecast across the u.s. for wednesday and beyond. >> another update across the deep south and southwest but

really north america almost cut into. where on a day he spotted up to the south and very nice to below normal what there is up to the north. some of the below normal weather will go away in the next couple of days but still, the heat will be across the deep south. something else that develops later in the week is that we'll see above average temperatures in the pacific northwest. that will be the story later on in the week but still hundreds of records will be broken across the south. look at dallas, 107, 107, one away for the next three days, where they are most still be hot. 97 but not heat indexes like this, where in dallas, it will feel like 109 later today. baton rouge will feel like 1:12, where it's been so sweltering all summer long. there is the potential for severe weather on the north side of that heat. right there paducah, memphis, all the way to nashville, as the storms fire in the morning hours to the west, continuing from the overnight hours that we saw yesterday and then slide

off to the east through the deep south and also in towards the mid south. this is an area that will see significant area around five or 6:00, duke, memphis and the like, and then moving on west from east for the rest of the evening. some spots will have four inches of rainfall in the area. there could be able to watch out with this, but there is the rainfall there, the four-inch swath, so we do know that there will be a significant that there of some flash flooding in places that pick up that four, possibly 6 to 8 inches of rainfall in the face of thunderstorms, we'll have to keep watching the. >> thanks for that. it may want to check the status of your flight if you're traveling out of an east coast airport in the united states. that's because the airlines are still trying to bounce back from two straight days of storm delays and cancellations. cnn's aviation correspondent pete muntean has the story. >> airlines still in recovery mode now, and we're not out at

the woods yet. countless passengers had their travel plans -- when the storms moved up and down the east coast. some like up on their flights today. the faa says that we still could see some ground stops, as the day goes on. so the number of cancellations yesterday puts it in the top five since memorial day. 1700 flight cancellations in the u.s., about a third of all flights canceled, 8800 and the u.s. putting passengers on average an hour ten minutes late getting to the destination. the worst airport is at the, new york laguardia, followed by reagan international airport then newark and charlotte, for american airlines. but it's really thought the airlines and took it on the turn. it delayed a third of all its flights in the u.s., more than 1300. now, it is a positive passenger saying that it's working to get schedule back on track, although we'll see as the day goes on, and these ground stops

that the faa is warning about, they say that there could be some in new england, florida, orlando, miami, lauderdale, palm beach, also atlanta could end up on the list once again. pete muntean, cnn, regular point. >> it's official, july was the hottest month ever recorded on earth, and it wasn't even close. european scientists confirmed the data and the pre-kirner climate change report, which came out tuesday. it found its ally's average global temperature was around 1.5 degrees celsius higher than pre-industrial levels. even before the month is over, it was clear to them that it will be a record breaker. >> first week of july, i see too extreme temperature event. at the time, the percentages climate change services referred back to these as the warmest temperatures ever recorded. not three weeks into the month, more than, that we can say that

not only the first week of july with the record but the three weeks of july, where the warmest on record. with respect to previous record temperature for july, it's so large that we can confidently say that it's almost certain to -- virtually certain that the end of july, we will have seen the warmest july on record. >> charting global our temperatures, you can see here, starting in the 1940s on the left. the major upswing in july temperatures all the way to 2023. eu scientists say that we've met a crucial warming threshold that could serve as a global tipping point, ushering in more extreme weather now and into the future. u.s. president joe biden was in arizona on tuesday to designate a new national monument. the land surrounding the grand canyon are not protected. the president says that this will help right the wrongs of

the pass and serve the area for future generations. cnn's white house correspondent arlette cites reports. >> president biden named the fifth national monument of his presidency here in arizona, marking the latest step to make his conservation stamp on the country. the new monument is in part known as the ancestral footprint at the grand canyon. it encompasses nearly 1 million acres surrounding the grand canyon and much of the land is sacred to the tribal communities who live in this region. part of what the national monument will do is protect the land from any potential uranium mining. that is something that tribal leaders and environmental groups a push for for quite some time. the president officially making this a national monument, as he signed that designation here on tuesday. now the president also used the trip as a chance to highlight is climate agenda, warning against what he described as maga extremists in congress, who are trying to undo some of

his initiatives. but the president made the case for the role that the u.s. can play when it comes to the issue of climate change. >> there is a lot of good that will come from the sacrifices that we're dealing with and taken on the climate crisis. folks, these are investments in our planet, our people and america itself. protecting our outdoor treasures, make indication more resilient. some maga extremists in congress are trying to undo it all. i did not get help from guys on the other team. every single solitary person voted against this is stark clean energy investment, and now many are trying again to remove these parts of the bill, but we won't let them. there is too much at stake. >> the presidents visit here to arizona comes as part of a three state swing, as he's also traveling onto new mexico and utah this week. and the presidents mission while here in the western part of the united states is to

promote the economic climate initiatives that was in the profession reduction act which passed one year ago to stop us. it comes a time when many americans, according to polls, don't know what the inflation reduction act, entails so part of what the presidents challenge is heading into the reelection campaign is trying to convince american voters at the economic and climate impact that this piece of legislation has had. arlette saenz, cnn, traveling with the president near the grand canyon. >> american's credit card debt levels have just reached a new but undesirable milestone, surpassing one trillion dollars for the first time in history. data released tuesday by the new york fed shows credit card abounds jumped up in the second quarter by 45 billion dollars or more than four and a half percent. rising credit card debt and auto loan balances combined to drive up overall household

that. the new york fed says overall household debt has spiked by nearly three trillion dollars since the end of 2019, just before the pandemic. these increases are coming at a time when interest rates have soared to a 22 year high. beachgoers in new york have reported numerous shark sightings this week. three possible sharks were spotted in long island on thursday, and another was confirmed in queens. the sightings came a day at their a 65-year-old woman was pinned on the leg by a shark at new york's rockaway beach. officials say it's the first shark attack at that location in 70 years. the woman was taken to the hospital and is now in stable condition. several beaches were closed to swimmers due to these incidents. the mayor of tampa, florida says that she real than a whopper of a casual fishing last month.

it was not a shark but it was a 70 pound or 32 kilogram bundle of cocaine, with an estimated street value of just over 1 million dollars. mayor jane castor was fishing and the florida keys with family at the time and turned the drugs over to the u.s. border patrol. thanks so much for your company, i am rosemary church. we'll be back with more cnn newsroom after a very short break. do stick around. stops. (♪) and you realize you'u're in love... steve? with a laundry detergent. (♪) gain flings. seriously good scent. here's how tommy lost 30 lbs noom weight. i'm tom. noom helped him use pshology to lose weight. the mindful aspect made me feel

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