well, welcome to all of you watching us here in the united states, canada, and all around the world. i'm kim brunhuber. i want to get to our breaking news this hour. i want to show you live pictures from hanoi, vietnam right now, where air force one carrying u.s. president joe biden has just landed moments ago.

now, the president's arrival in hanoi marks a major turning point in diplomatic relations between the two former adversaries. we'll have much more ahead on the significance of this visit and how it came about. but first, we want to see if we can catch the president as he actually de-planes air force one here. he's in asia and vietnam specifically to promote his relations and -- diplomatic relations in those countries, in the context of the tensions with china. he's going to go to a welcome ceremony and make some remarks later on. we're going to be following this in vietnam with a live reporter coming up later. all right. now to morocco, where a nation is in shock and grief after being ravaged by its deadliest earthquake in decades. more than 2,000 people have died since the disaster struck friday

night. and many of the victims are already being laid to rest. there are also fears that the death toll will continue to rise as emergency crews dig through the rubble of collapsed buildings, but many are still holding out hope that they'll find people alive under all of that debris. now, those who survived are now coping with trauma and sleeping outdoor after losing their houses. others who still have a place to live are hesitant to return to their homes, worried that they could also collapse. morocco's king has instructed officials to set up an interministerial commission to provide much-needed relief for the victims. cnn's sam kylie has more from the city of marrakesh, a world heritage site where historic buildings have been badly damaged. >> the residents of the me d'nah here in marrakesh are still coming out to look at what has happened to their own city. and this very often is what they're greeted by. a building that has collapsed into the street.

so far, more than 2,000 moroccans have been killed in this earthquake, and the figures could rise very rapidly. here in marrakesh, the number is about 13, possibly more. and there are about 1,500 or so people who have been very seriously injured. but the government is saying that the problems are really focused to the southeast of marrakesh, up inin the atlas mountains where there many villages, perhaps dozens, perhaps even more, where there are buildings that have completely flattened down into rubble, just like this. but in those cases, they're very, very, very difficult to get to. many of the roads have been destroyed by landfalls. it is the military, really, the only route to safety for these people who are stuck. there are many, many thousands of people who have been spending the second night out in the

open, if they survived at all, they are desperately needing all kinds of humanitarian help, and particularly help from the military who are able to reach them in some cases, by air. but already have been some dramatic rescues with people being pulled out of the rubble after at least 12 hours, pressed down with mud and concrete weighing heavily on top of them. and they have also begun the funerals. if many of the villages, berber villages predominantly in the foothillses of the at last mountains, a significant number of people are already being buried. and at the moment, the government is saying they are mobilizing all of the possible national resources to this, and they have called for a three-day period of national mourning. sam kylie, cnn in marrakesh. >> and joining me now from marrakesh is the head coach of the national soccer team of gambia, and he was in marrakesh

when the quake hit. thank you very much for making the time to speak with us. first off, what is the situation now? how are things where you are there? >> yeah, we are still based in our hotel in the northern parts of marrakesh. yesterday evening, the first time that we went out of our hotel, because we had a training session to do. crossing the streets of marrakesh, we were a little bit surprised that there was no damage in the modern part. we saw many people sleeping on the roads, and sleeping in the cross and everything. but we know that in the old part of marrakesh, there's a lot of damage. >> yeah, just must have been a terrifying momentum for you and the players when the quake hit. >> yeah, it's something that i think we will remember forever. we were in shock, we never experienced this, and i have to say, last night, the majority of the staff and the players decided to sleep outside again

around the pool area with the tourists. so we still don't feel secure. we are still the fear that there could be an aftershock and even the traumatic feeling of every noise we here, we always remember on that, but on the other side, we can be happy that we were sitting? a strong structure. it is very sad that so many people lost their lives and were not so comfortable as us. >> you must be thankful that it could have been much, much worse. so from what i'm hearing from you, there seems to be a big divide between sort of the more modern part of the city and the older part of the city, in terms of when you look around and see the extent of the damage. is that right? >> yeah. literally, marrakesh is a world-famous heritage with beautiful, historical buildings. and actually, they are not built for such a magnitude of earthquake. and there is the biggest damage there, it's also the biggest part of the population. and they are the most casualties

in the modern port, with a very modern city and sophisticated with beautiful buildings. you almost don't see any visible damage, at least. you only notice that the people are afraid and the people are sitting outside on the street, also in the modern part. so people are scared. but the damage is less in the modern part, compared to the old part. >> how are you faring in terms of things like water, electricity, food? >> yeah, for us, we don't see any problem. we have the players not to brush teeth with the tap water, because you don't know there is any damage on the water pipes, but we have no problem. even during the earthquake, the electricity in the hotel was always on. and even the seconds after, we had all internet. we all talk about, how is that possible after such a shocking moment. but we can imagine that in the other parts of the city, the

problems were more -- also electricity, and other cases, but we were lucky. we were in the lucky part of the city. >> yeah, i find that incredible. also incredible that you guys actually went out for a training session after all of this. you know, soccer must be the last concern for you right now, but you were there to play a match, so what happens to you in the team next? are you going to -- you know, i know a lot of people have tried to leave the city. is that what you're going to do or hang tight and sort of see wants? >> yeah, we got yesterday the message from the african football confederation. you can compare the united states with concacaff that the show must go on, the game will be played in a crucial last qualifier for both teams. we immediate the points to be

qualified for the african cup of nations, the goal cup for africa and congo brazil need to beat us to qualify. our minds are totally not on football. we think about the casualties and think about the mental problems, the moral problems of our players and staff members, but we are forced to play and we have to be focused as sportsmen to do that as best, we are representing our team, our country, our federation. and tonight, we have to be prepared for 90 minutes, we have to pull our focus away from terrible things we experienced and see around us, to play football. for me, it will be a much more respect to the moroccan casualties and also to everyone involved that this came was postponed to a alerlater day, b it's out of my hands and turkey has decided we have to play this game. >> yeah, i have to shake my head at that. it seems like a strange decision, but certainly, as you

say, soccer the last thing on people's minds right now and we just wish everyone is safe out there. really appreciate you speaking to us. head coach of the gambian national team, tom fit sweet. for more information about how you can help victims of the moroccan earthquake, go to cnn.com/impact. we want to take you now live to that mhathanoi, vietnam, whe president biden has arrived for high-level talks. he traveled from new delhi, india, where he participated in the g-20 summit. we have the president's trip to vietnam covered from start to finish with kevin liptak in new delhi and anna coren in hanoi. so take us through what president biden now fresh from this g-20 summit, where he's trying to accomplish in vietnam. >> reporter: kim, as you say, president biden arrived about 20 minutes ago. he has just disembarked from air

force one and has got into a car and he's heading to the presidential palace where he will meet with the general secretary in the coming hour. they will hold a bilateral meeting and then the president will address the press a little bit later this evening. but kim, this is a very significant trip. you know, some analysts are saying that this is the most important trip by a u.s. president since bill clinton came here in 2000 to reestablish diplomatic ties with vietnam. we are getting an upgrade from both sides, from the vietnamese and also from the americans. the vietnamese will be upgrading their relationship to a comprehensive strategic partnership while the americans have said, just on air force one, that they will be upgrading their relationship with vietnam to a top level. and that will have a security component embedded in it.

but look, let's walk through what this really means. it's symbolic, but also highly substantiative. for the americans, it's about countering china's influence and assertiveness in the region. they are trying to shore up friends and allies in the indopacific region. they also want to diversify their supply chains away from china. and vietnam is a key component in all of that. for the vietnamese, this is about economic development, as well as security. this is a country of 100 million people. over the last 20 years since relations have been normalized, 20-plus years, we have seen incredible growth. 20 years ago, vietnam was making, you know, t-shirts and running shoes. now they have invested in the semiconductor industry. and this is something that the voluntary manslaughter will be speaking to the americans about.

you can certainly expect some lucrative business deals happening in the coming day. there's a large contingent of american businessmen traveling with president biden. but the biggest concern you would have to say for the voluntary manslaughter is their maritime security. the south china sea is a place that, you know, china is encroaching on. they've claimed the spratly, the islands. vietnam says that is part of their territory. so the voluntary manslaughter are looking also for security agreements. and that is something that we are expecting to hear, kim. >> all right. we'll be following this throughout the day. really appreciate that. ana, stand by. i want to bring in kevin liptak, who's in new delhi, where the president just wrapped up two days aft the g-20 summit. so kevin, the biden administration, i imagine they'll be hailing the g-20 as a victory for the president. it's a cliche that we always

sort of talk about foreign trips or a break from domestic travels. i want to bring in the poll numbers, for biden, it's been fairly dismal news for the president in the context of his re-election hopes. >> yeah, he left for this trip with some pretty significant political headwinds in that cnn poll. and certainly, no president wants to travel abroad with that kind of sort of political standing. and it is interesting, the president's advisers really do view these foreign trips as a moment to present the president as a commanding figure on the world stage. and they do think that that provides an important contrast with republicans. and in fact, just before he left for this trip, his campaign released a television ad highlighting his trip to ukraine earlier this year, with its, you know, 11-the hour back and forth train ride, really right to present the image of a strong leader. and it really does to try to get at the questions of president

biden's age. and that is, in our polling at least, one of the most significant concerns for voters whence it comes to president biden. and certainly, i don't think that when president biden is on these trips, his advisers really do view him in his best light. whether it is on that trip to ukraine. whether it's at these g-20 summits, putting in these long hours, in a far-flung time zone. but at the same time, those imagines are not necessarily translating to voters back home. and it is interesting at these summits, when you get all of these world leaders in the same room, you'll remember, these are politicians, too. we kind of see them as leaders, but they are politicians, they understand politics as well as any. and certainly, when president biden is making the case to them for sustained american commitment abroad, a sustained role for the united states in these countries, they have to be wondering how sustained that can really be if president biden

cannot win re-election, because certainly his opponents, his most likely opponent, donald trump, has a very different view of america's role abroad. i think this is something that has sort of cast a shadow over the president's trip. and it will be something that he's returning to when he gets back home next week, kim. >> appreciate the context in which these foreign trips are taking place. kevin liptak in new delhi, anna coren in hanoi. thank you both so much. still ahead, donald trump courts voters in iowa at the biggest college football game in the state. details just ahead and an update from pennsylvania on a convicted killer that escaped from a prison in philadelphia. and later, nations around the world step up to offer assistance as morocco struggles to cope with a deadly and devastating earthquake. we'll have that and the latest on the search and rescue operations after the break. stay with us. ♪ zyrtec! ♪ works hard at hour one and twice as hard when you take it again the next day. so betty can be the... barcode beat conductor.

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deadliest earthquake to strike the country in decades. survivors say homes and buildings in the area have been completely flattened. rescue teams are now combing through all of that rubble, hoping to find any sign of life under the weight of the collapsed buildings. and although there has still been no official request for international help, countries across the world are offering assistance to morocco in the wake of the deadly earthquake. michael holmes has now more on the aid being offered by the community of nations. >> reporter: the scope of devastation from the earthquake in morocco may take days to become clear, but there is one thing that is certain. the country will need help to recover from this disaster. people in marrakesh are lining up to donate blood after hospitals and health centers in the area made a plea to stock up. but that's just a tiny fraction of what the country urgently needs. additional rescue teams, heavy equipment, specialized doctors and medical supplies are often critical in relief efforts.

and many nations are pledging their support, with india's prime minister, narendra mody offering his nation's resources at the g-20 summit in new delhi. >> we pray all the injured people get well soon. the entire world community is with morocco in this difficult time and we are ready to provide them all possible assistance. >> reporter: the u.s., the uk, the uae, france, japan, and the united have also sent condolences and offers of help. similar vows of aid from germany with one agency making plans deploy with highly trained sniffer dogs, which are crucial in search and rescue efforts. >> and the task will be, if we have an international request for help, and germany's offer is also accepted, that we are briefed by the local forces, assigned a disaster area, and then go into the search? >> reporter: turkey, which is still recovering from its own powerful earthquake earlier this

year, which killed more than 45,000 people, says it can spend more than 200 aid workers and a thousand tents to affected areas. that same quake killed several thousand more in syria and the white helmets, a volunteer group that provided emergency services in that crisis is once again stepping up, saying, quote, with our experience in search and rescue and in responding to earthquake disasters, we can confirm our full readiness to aid in the rescue efforts in morocco or those trapped under the rubble. israel, which routinely sends emergency personnel and supplies to disaster zones says it is preparing to send a rescue team and humanitarian aid to the area. even algeria, which broke off ties with morocco two years ago said it would open its air space for humanitarian and medical flights to morocco. help from all corners of the world is at the ready, if and

when morocco asks for it. michael holmes, cnn. >> and again, for more information about how you can help victims of the earthquake, go to cnn.com/impact. all right. now to iowa, where several republican presidential hopefuls descended saturday for the state's biggest football rivalry game in a bid to court voters. have a look. [ chanting: usa ] >> you see him there, former president donald trump being greet ed with cheers by hundred of students as he waded through the crowd. ron desantis was also there meeting voters and attending tailgate parties, taking a dig at trump, desantis said he's km km optimistic about winning the state's caucuses in january. >> i'm actually start hearing a lot of people saying, because you're showing up, i'm supporting you. that's the way you've got to do

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welcome back to all of you watching us here in the united states, canada, and all around the world. i'm kim brunhuber. this is cnn flooumz. more on our top story this hour. authorities in morocco say more than 2,000 people have been killed in the country's deadliest earthquake in decades. thousands more have been injured. many of them are in critical condition and in urgent need of aid. the moroccan national soccer team has been stepping up by donating blood for the victims. players are also urging others to do what they can to help. the government has deployed rescue teams to help those in need, but on saturday, some places were still waiting for support. a travel blogger in marrakesh spoke about the immediate response in that area. >> there's no official guidance coming from anywhere that we've received. we don't know what to do next. some people are starting to make

their way into the medina and see there's damage everywhere. some people are opening their businesses and trying to get on with their day. k nobody knows if there's more aftershocks coming. >> stephanie joins us live from lago, nigeria. bring us up to speed. what's the latest on the rescue ef efforts? >> they're ongoing as moroccans try to come to terms with the devastating aftermath of this earthquake. it's a race against time and rescuers are trying to pull people out of rubble and it's hampered by being the especially being in very remote mountain villages and people reporting that the roads to some of these areas are littered with debris.

we've been speaking to some of these people and take a listen to what they have to say. >> translator: we are living in a crisis situation. we ask that king mohammad vi intervenes and ends us some help. people don't have electricity, they have nothing to eat or drink, no bread, nothing. so government officials say they have been right to prioritize getting drinking water, tents and food blankets to victims in the worst-affected areas, but they are hampered by some of the rubble and debris that make it difficult to get to some of these areas, but people are reporting a community spirit as neighbors gather to pull rubble out of areas themselves and they have been donating blood, flocking to hospitals and

centers since a nationwide call went out to get blood into these centers. and king mohammad 6 has ordered mosques to hold funeral prayers and the country has declared three days of national mourning. so that's the kind of immediate situation looks like right now, kim. >> sounds as if morocco needs more help and stephanie, plenty of offers of international support pouring in. >> absolutely. this is -- morocco's not had to deal with an earthquake of this exact for about six decades. so they will need all the help they can get. and that is coming in. and they have said that they're confident that the government in morocco will respond quickly to these offers of support. they all pledge support as well as goebl leaders that have been

speaking out about the devastating impact of this earthquake, and also pledging their support, whilst the red cross, doctors without borders, all the international aid agencies will be meeting very keen to lend expertise in disaster areas similar to this, kim. >> all right. thanks so much, stephanie baa sa in lagos. >> earlier i spoke with a professor in morocco when the earthquake struck and i asked him about damage that he witnessed. here he is. >> so i'm currently in marrakesh. i live in in rabak so we drove to the affected areas yesterday to try to bring some food and water to people. so we bought some supplies around marrakesh and then drove about an hour south and some surrounding localities. the situation there is really bad, especially, you know, i

mean, people often cannot travel to places where there's more help, so we've seen people prosecute red crescent and they're trying to help and distribute food and water and other important necessities. and -- but there are other parts that are more remote where we tried to basically reach families that have had their houses collapse or partially collapse or in any case, they're afraid to stay in there. and so they're basically camping outside, and even marrakesh, to be honest, there's thousands of people who are camping in the public areas and the green spaces, because they're afraid of sleeping in their homes. >> those more rural areas that you've been to, honestly, the needs are far greater there. give us a sense of what those areas actually look like and how they're so hard to access. why it's been so hard to get aid up will. >> well, these reasons are -- these regions are some of the poorest areas of morocco, so even before the earthquake, the

infrastructure wasn't particularly good there. so the population is quite scattered throughout the mountains. some of the villages and hamlets and yeah, we basically took some unpaved roads, but we weren't even in -- we weren't even close to the hardest-hit areas. these areas were affected badly, but i mean, some of the pictures that i've seen from the real mountain villages that are deep in the mountains are really horrific. and these are places that even with unpaid roads are really, really difficult to access. it's just a lack of basic infrastructure, even before the earthquake. >> all right. again, for more information about how you can help victims of the morocco earthquake, you can go to cnn.com/impact. u.s. president joe biden flies straight from the g-20

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we want to take you back to hanoi. you're looking at live pictures right now where u.s. president joe biden is expected at any time at the presidential palace. that's what you're seeing there. he'll be greeted by vietnam's leader, general secretary. now, this visit has been in the works for a while and it marks a major shift in how these two governments will conduct their relations going forward and it can't be overlooked that it's happening on chooip's doorstep. cnn's hanna koren is covering

this for and joins us from hanoi. with reports about a vietnamese arms deal with russia, will that make it more challenging for the president to sell the u.s. as a viable alternative to russia and china? >> reporter: kim, that report in "the new york times" really comes as in surprise. vietnam and russia have had a long and deep history, particularly when it comes to weaponry. remember that it was the russians that supplied the vietcong with plilt hardware during the vietnam war. also, many of vietnam's military commanders, the top brass have gone to, whether it be the soviet union or later russia to train. there is a very deep history there and we know that vietnam has got its weapons from russia. but we did hear from u.s. officials aboard air force one several hours ago, saying that they are working to help vietnam

diversify away from russian military hardware. that is something that they are working to do. whether there is an arms deal that will be announced on this visit, that is yet to be known, but certainly, we heard from this u.s. official saying that thereby a security component. you know, you mention china, you know, this northern neighbor for vietnam. they share an 800-mile-long land border. and obviously, china is going to be watching biden's visit very, very closely, hanoi is not in a position to upset beijing. it can't offered to upset its largest trading partner. so it knows that it's walking a very delicate tightrope. but obviously, the americans are coming to vietnam, relations are being upgraded from the

vietnamese side as well as the american side and this is not just symbolic, it is highly substantiative. economically, but also when it comes to security, the south china sea, but then, also the component of weapons. diversifying away from russian weapons. but you know, we spoke, kim, to one u.s. government official said that vietnam is incredibly pragmatic. you know, they know that they need to walk this tightrope. they know that they need to remain autonomous. they don't want to jump into bed with either camp and be part of this superpower showdown and do what is best with vietnam. and what is best for vietnam is having a health relationship with the u.s. as well as china. >> concretely, you sort of alluded to weapons, but from the

vietnamese perspective, what more are they concretely hoping to come away with here from the u. u.s.? they want economic development. they look to china and see the china miracle and they want to replicate that. and they have taken extraordinary strides over the last few decades. remember that vietnam only normalized relations with the united states in 1995. bill clinton came here and reestablished diplomatic ties. so much has been done since then. the u.s. is vietnam's largest export partner, its second largest trading partner behind china, between the u.s. and vietnam, there's something like $138 billion in bilateral trade last year. that is only expected to grow. so certainly, we know that there is a business delegation traveling with the president, we're expecting lucrative deals to be signed here in hanoi

tomorrow, but as far as vietnam is concerned, you know, they've moved from manufacturing into semiconductors. and they have ambitions, kim, to form their own fabs. and they are positioned to share that technology. there is real opportunity here and that is something that vietnamese are certainly looking to get out of the americans. >> appreciate it. anna coren in hanoi. thankso much. >>. russian claims its air defenseh attack on crimea. the russian defense ministry says eight drones were shot down the peninsula this morning, but further north, the tables were turned. have a look at this. >> that's one of the drones ukraine says it shot down over kyiv. military officials say more than two dozen drones were knocked out of the sky, most of them

targeting the capital. debris ended up crashing all over kyiv and causing damage on the ground. for more on this, what's what's lat latest. >> and until the border between latvia and russia as well. certainly, from the ukrainian side, there has been an escalation that has happened in that they've certainly had their drone capabilities upgraded considerably the past couple of months and certainly a year and a half since this war has been going on. i know that it is a priority for the ukrainian government to upgrade their drone capabilities to not only help their troops on

the battlefield. we did just see those dramatic pictures over kyiv tonight. and that's also something that still remains commonplace. and one of the things that we see, especially around the ukrainian capital, is that it gets targeted by an array of ballistic missiles, cruise missiles, and also those drones, as well and this past night happened to be one with a wave of drone attacks. it was quite interesting, we were looking at some of the details that we were getting from the ukrainian government, from ukrainian authorities. they said around the kyiv areas, that it was really not one large drone attacks, but waves of drone attacks, with these drones coming from different directions. kyiv has an elaborate air defense system, still, these drones, while they move very slowly, the fact that they come in swarms does make it difficult. and also, the other thing for the ukrainians, as well. when they take down these drones, they fire at them mostly using cannons, using rifles or cannons. they don't usually use missiles to take them down, which might

be one of the reasons why some of those drones did make it through. again, though, for the ukrainian capital, for many people there there, obviously, a sleepless night. but once again, that elaborate air defense system in kyiv seems to have worked, despite the fact that we did see that fiery debris coming down over the ukrainian capital, kim. >> lots of interesting details there, fred pleitgen in london, thanks so much for that. all right, still ahead on "cnn newsroom," a big night for american tennis. star coco gauff, how the teen sensation pulled off her first grand slam victory on home turf. coy wire joins me live next. stay with us. believes in continuous improvement... like rounded corners that resist peeling, with an array ofof active ingredients... and sizes to relieve your pain. salonpas. it's good medicine. i was stuck. unresolved depression symptoms were in my way. i needed more from my antidepressant. vraylar helped give it a lift.

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there we go. there's the president and there's the band as they strike up. he's shaking hands be vietnamese digni dignitaries. he, of course, just finished the g-20 summit in new delhi and he'll be spending some time in vie vietnam, where he's hoping to increase the american diplomatic presence, as he is trying to counter the effects of the influence of china. we'll have much more on the significance of this visit in the coming hours here. please do stay with cnn. all right, home court advantage might have been the special ingredient for american coco gauff after dropping the first set in the u.s. women's open final, she took command to

win her first career major. with me now is cnn's coy wire. new york and the rest of the u.s. has been waiting a long time for this. what a match. >> coco gauff backing the first american teen, kim, to win the u.s. open since her idol did it, serena williams, back in 1999. and she had to rally after losing the first set. the of27 of the last 28 players had gone on to win the u.s. open, but the crowd started chanting, let's go, coco, and she did go. arena sabalenka never stood a chance. and watch, kim, when she hits the winner. collapsing to the court, coco gauff turned pro at 14 years old. she graduated high school virtually in paris during the french open last year, and now at 19, she claims her first-ever grand slam title, just over a decade ago, she was in the stands at arthur ashe stadium as a fan and now she's showing that dreams really can come true. >> that girl like, she had the

dream, but i don't know if she fully believed it. as a kid, you have so many dreams and as you get older, sometimes it can fiddle away, and i told her, don't lose that dream. i lost a little bit of the dream as this journey has gone, but just keep working hard and keep believing in that dream and don't let the doubters diminish that. >> keep believing in that dream. now it's novak jdjokovic's turn. the man who meet djokovic at arthur ashe in 2021. since then, he has beaten medvedev four out of five times, while also winning three majors with another win sunday afternoon, the joker would equal the great margaret court with 24 career grand slam single titles. kim? >> amazing. >> so i want to switch gears here. the first sunday of the nfl season kicks off today. so you played nine years in the league, so sunday night you have a fascinating new documentary coming out called hard hits, can football be safe?

what did you learn about the nfl's efforts to make the game safer? >> i went to a research lab and i think people will be as shocked as i was. hundreds of millions of dollars, epidemiologists, biomechanical engineers, researching, developing technology and new equipment, testing shoulder pads, cleats, new helmets. the helmet i wore in my playing days is now banned. it is. what the nfl is doing is vital because it will have a trickle-down effect on the high school and youth levels. i can't wait for pe to check l at's going on behind thanks so much for that, co wire. "hard hits: can football be safe" premieres sunday night 8:00 p.m. eastern and pacific in the u.s. and around the world right here w, of course, on cnn. that wraps this hour of "cnn newsroom." i'm kim brunhuber. "cnn this morning" is next.

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