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anchor: this is "bbcs america." we know how hot it is on land, but how is the heat wave affecting oceans? we look at sea water temperatures in florida which could be the hottest on record. a suspenseful day in court hunter biden, but he leaves without a plea agreement. >> ♪ eat my dinner in a fancy restaurant ♪ anchor: irish born singer sinead o'connor known for her hit single "nothing compares 2 u" has died at the age of 56. ♪ anchor: welcome to "world news america."

after a dramatic day in court, a plea deal for hunter biden, son of president biden, has fallen apart. it was expected to spare him prison time, but the delaware judge said she could not rubberstamp the agreement. during the three-hour hearing, they question whether the deal would provide hunter biden with immunity from crimes he could be found liable for in the future. this follows a five year investigation into the finances of hunter biden who becomes the first child of a sitting president to be charged by the justice department. taking a step back, what did the plea agreement entail? america's first son was to be charged with two misdemeanor counts for failing to pay his taxes on time. he admitted he illegally possessed a gun while being a drug user and agreed to a drug treatment and monitoring in lieu of a more serious felony charge

and possible jail time. some republican politicians including former president trump complained the president's son has benefited from favorable treatment. earlier i spoke with editor sarah smith who was outside the courthouse in delaware. this case has had so many twists and turns. tell us what happened in court today that led to this plea deal being put on hold. sarah: it was a really dramatic twist in what has been a complicated story. it was like a vip rode into the courtroom expecting a simple, quick hearing. he was going to plead guilty to two counts of tax evasion and

unlicensed gun. the judge in this case started asking questions. she wanted to know more about this plea deal to rid what immunity did it give hunter biden? would it stop and being prosecuted for other crimes? did he understand what he was getting immunity from and what he was not? lawyers quickly had to have a conference. they could not agree. the judge has given them two weeks to sort out the details of the deal to come back and tell her about it. hunter biden has not pled guilty to anything and we do not know if the plea deal that had been agreed will stand. anchor: what comes next? we have this 14 day period. do we know if they will be able to come to a new deal? sarah: it seems there is not much between the two sides. it is a question of pinning down the detail of what it is hunter

biden's pleading to and what he is getting commute -- what he is getting immunity from. the judge will take 30 days to think about it. it could be six weeks or longer before we know what is happening. it seems likely the deal will be similar to what we understood was supposed to happen today. it does not look at the wider things republicans in washington want to have investigated in hunter biden's backgrounds. they continue to allege there were corrupt foreign dealings, with ukrainian and chinese energy firms. in capitol hill they take evidence from witnesses about different things. they continue to do that politically while this legal process sorts itself out in delaware. anchor: sarah smith, thank you. in the u.s. the national weather service issued heat alerts for

more than 100 million americans as the heatwave has scorched much of the south and southwest and moves east. it is not just driving record temperatures on land, but at sea. off the coast of florida it could be the hottest temperatures measured. coastal waters there exceeded 100 fahrenheit. that is the temperature of a hot tub. it has surpassed the highest surface temperature ever recorded which was 99.7 fahrenheit in kuwait in 2020. warming waters pose a major threat to ecosystems like coral reefs, home to millions of algae and other tiny organisms. joining me from florida is a cbs correspondent. we have been hearing about these high temperatures in the waters.

can you describe how hot the water is and what is driving these extreme temperatures? guest: we have been speaking to people here in florida. i have been speaking to them throughout the week, from lifelong residents, to people vacationing here. people who vacation in florida come here quite often. everyone tells you, the water out here is hotter than i have ever felt it. i spoke to one man here from north carolina saying, he thought because today was overcast earlier, we did not have the highest temperatures we have seen, just in the low 90's. this individual tells me i thought the water would be cooler, but he went into the water and it was almost as hot as it had been the past few days.

that is the reality we are getting use to. when you go to the beach and get into the water, you go to cool off. but it is not doing that anymore. anchor: it must be difficult for marine life to cool off since this is where they live. what affect is this having on plants and animals that live in the ocean? guest: a lot of concern about coral reefs. i spoke to a researcher worried about the coral reefs dying. he put it, not only is it absolutely dire, but think of it as this, if all trees on earth happened to disappear, what would happen to life on land? he is saying that is what is going to happen in the ocean and he is alarmed, saying he has never seen the coral reefs dying

to the extent they are right now. they are a vital part of marine life. they also protect land from things like hurricanes, erosion. it is something we are trying to wrap our minds around while it is happening. it is something that has affected everyone who lives here in south florida. anchor: do we have any sense of when or if these oceans may cool back down? guest: it all depends how the weather around it is behaving. they are keeping a close eye on water temperatures. we unofficially hit that record which is believed to be the hottest temperature ever recorded in the water.

those temperatures are constantly monitored. in florida we had a milder day. you cannot describe it as mild, but it is milder than what we have seen the past few days. to put this in perspective, we had our first excessive heat warning ever a week and a half ago. since then, we have had four excessive heat warnings. anchor: thank you so much. in europe, more than 40 people die as flames and heat and golf the military in area across italy. extreme heat, fires and storms have claimed at least seven lives. wildfires in algeria have killed at least 34 people, including 10 soldiers. authorities say they have

extinguished 80% of the fires. our reporter is near the tunisia-algeria border. reporter: i am a few miles away from the algerian border with tunisia. here, people are closing the roads because of power outages and water disturbances. this small village has been particularly affected by wildfires, with more than 300 people evacuated to the neighboring city. meanwhile, tunisia civil defense forces are still struggling to contain the wildfires. we can see a helicopter taking part in this effort. it is a real headache for the civil defense forces.

this is a freshly extinguished area, but we can see and smell the smoke. all it needs is wind. once it blows, the fires reignite. on the other sides of the orders, the algerian -- civil services remain alerted. anchor: we are following several developments from the u.s.-mexico border, migrants coming to the u.s. a federal judge ruled against the biden's administration policy that would disqualify asylum for migrants who do not ask for humanitarian refuge in a third country on their way to the u.s. monday the justice department sued the state of texas and governor abbott for alleging he violated the law by deploying large buoys along the rio grande river. i spoke with a democratic texas

congressman. congressman castro, thank you for being here. i want to start with what happened monday, the biden administration suing the state of texas for a new floating border in the rio grande river, calling it dangerous and unlawful. abbott accuses the administration of not doing their job on the border. what do you make of it? congressman castro: in the last month they have put out death traps on the rio grande. razor wire along the banks of the river, placed in the river so it becomes invisible to asylum-seekers who get caught up in it. he also put out these barrel traps with wiring and netting so people get caught in them. he ordered state troopers not to help people who are in the water and to push them back towards mexico. there is a case of a four-year-old girl passing out in the water and was pushed back

by the troopers towards mexico and the rio grande. they also refused to give water to migrants who are trekking through 105, 110 weather in deep south texas. these are barbaric and extremely cruel actions and i am glad the biden administration and department of justice has filed an injunction to stop it. anchor: so you agree with that move? congressman castro: absolutely. the justice department is right to do it. i do not think greg rabbit has control of the rio grande river, which is an international body of water. this is in context of the fact border crossings into the u.s. have gone down by 70% over the last few months and yet despite the fact crossings have gone down, governor abbott has gotten more extreme in his cruelty. anchor: he said texas is

defending its sovereignty and constitutional right to security along the border of its state. what is your response? is the biden administration doing enough? you asked about the drop in recent crossings, but in many years it has seen record crossings. congressman castro: security and immigration issues are important, but especially in texas. more than any other state, texas has a longer border with mexico, 1200 miles. in texas, border security will always be a big issue. but we have three or four times more border patrol agents then at the turn-of-the-century. we have anti-tunneling technology, aircraft, tools to control migration. in addition to that, the biden administration when title 42 ended, started to streamline the

process to make it more efficient and discourage border crossings. they created an app to allow an orderly line of people, instead of crossing a river, can through their phones set up a time and appointment to be considered for asylum. we have a lot of enforcement mechanisms and have worked on improving the migration system. if this was a matter of migration, migration and border crossings have gone down 70%. greg abbott is a caricature at this point, playing to his right wing extremists. anchor: there is a new federal investigation from texas border state trooper, allegations of officers denying migrants water, pushing them back into the rio grande. how concerned are you that an increased focus on border

control could be endangering lives? congressman castro: what greg abbott is doing is endangering lives. we have seen it in the few anecdotes that have come out so far from employees of the department of public safety. a pregnant woman caught up in the wire and miscarried, a four-year-old girl who nearly drowned and was pushed back by state troopers towards mexico. this is just the tip of the iceberg. more information continues to come forward. these are death traps greg abbott has set for asylum-seekers. anchor: thank you for joining us. a jury in london found hollywood actor kevin spacey not guilty on all nine sexual offense charges he was facing. the allegations which spanned more than a decade from 2001 to 2013 were made by four men.

mr. spacey wept when he heard the verdict. he thanked the jury, saying he was humbled. >> i am enormously grateful to the jury for having taken the time to examine all evidence and facts carefully before they reached their decision. i am humbled by the outcome today. anchor: this is not the first time mr. spacey has faced criminal charges. in 2019 he faced several indecent assault and battery charges in massachusetts, which were later dropped after the alleged victim declined to testify. the reserve hiking interest rates by 0.25%, raising the rates to the highest level in 22 years paired the benchmark rate is in the 5.25% to 5.50% range. jerome powell says the fed will watch incoming data for how to

reach the 2% inflation target. to the women's world cup in the highly anticipated match between the u.s. and netherlands. before it kicks off, a look at earlier games including an amazing play from spain as they dominated zambia 5-0, solidifying their ticket to the round of 16. japan and the next round with a 2-0 win over costa rica. heartbreak from ireland, eliminated after a 2-0 loss to canada. all eyes on the u.s. and netherlands, rematch of the 2019 women's world cup final in france that the u.s. won 2-0. joining me to discuss, katy perry the u.s. defeating the netherlands in 2019. this year these are different teams. maybe the u.s. is not the juggernaut it was? katie: that is right.

a lot of players in the u.s. have aged. megan rapinoe, 28 years of age. the fans will open a couple hours ahead of the game. if you remember the u.s. versus vietnam, it was filled with fans. they will be out in droves to support the team today. a rematch, but different. both have won earlier games. however, the wind -- the wins were not as convincing. the u.s. thought they would get double digits against vietnam but instead got 3-0. very different players on the team. a very important dutch striker has been out with injury, due to

her acl. are they going to be able to match that performance? they have played two times since. they also played each other in the quarterfinal at the last olympics. we are saying both times with u.s. wins. the u.s. is a firm favorite, but dutch players should give them a run for their money. the question is if we can see sophia smith can repeat that amazing performance against vietnam. no doubt a lot of fans coming down here. anchor: it should be a fun one. let's take a look at other news making headlines. a scary incident in new york city, a crane on a high-rise building partially collapsed. you can see debris falling to

the street. 12 people suffered minor injuries. a fire broke out in the crane's operating car. a fire on a cargo ship off the dutch coast carrying more than 3000 vehicles burned out of control, killing one crew mayor -- one crew member and injuring dozens of others. it began near an electric vehicle en route. the irish singer sinead o'connor has died age 56. she was known for her haunting hit single "nothing compares 2 u ." we look back on her life. >> ♪ since you've been gone i can do whatever i want i can see whomever i choose ♪ reporter: sinead o'connor, "nothing compares 2 u." >> ♪ i can eat my dinner in a

fancy restaurant ♪ reporter: why it was such a huge global hit has become a mystery, but one thing is certain, the emotion, the heartbreak. >> ♪ nothing compares to you ♪ reporter: there is nothing fake here. her first hit marked her out as a performer with an edge. a record executive started talking about her hair, she shaved it off. she was angry, had had a troubled upbringing and spent part of it in care. but joining a band revealed her gift. >> ♪ tell me what's wrong ♪ reporter: she had the voice and

charisma to be a chart friendly popstar. >> ♪ used to worship god as a mother now look at what we are doing to each other ♪ reporter: but she was a protest singer. in an era before the truth about the abuse of children within the catholic church had been widely accepted, her views marked her out as a troublemaker. but, she had a global platform to speak her mind and was always going to go too far. that moment came when she ripped up a photograph of the pope on american tv. a few years later she declared she was mother bernadette, ordained by a breakaway catholic sect. then she converted to islam. she was open about her struggles with mental health. >> it has been an eventful life

for you. >> as my friends said to me the other day, you're not boring. i sometimes get upset because people say, you're a terrible person. they say, you're not boring. >> ♪ living with you baby was sometimes hard ♪ reporter: she continued to perform, but losing custody of her son shane left her bereft. at age 17 he was found dead. sinead o'connor. those were real tears. >> nothing compares -- >> ♪ nothing compares nothing compares to you ♪ ♪ anchor: thank you for narrator: funding for this presentation of this program

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