adjunct professor at georgetown university and a cnn contributor. also former cnn moscow bureau chief. good to see you again, jill. let's start with how big of a bargaining chip is she for vladimir putin and what might he want in exchange for her? of course the arms dealer viktor but, his name keeps coming up. >> she's a significant person. she is a major sports figure. she's, you know, in the public eye. interestingly, you know, she was going to russia to play, which is what happens with some female athletes in basketball in the united states. but she's really kind of -- you know, she's a significant person. and as to what would happen, yes. i mean, the prime person that you would immediately think that the russians would want to trade her for would be viktor but. back in 2002 i interviewed viktor but in the moscow bureau and at that point he was a wanted man. and still to this day is one of the biggest, you know, convicted arms dealers in the world. at that point he was providing weapons to latin america, africa, the middle east, and he actually c

we are live in kyiv with the latest. ♪ >> announcer: live from cnn center, this is "cnn newsroom" withchurch. >>> good to have you with us. we begin in ukraine where officials are already turning an eye towards rebuilding even as their troops suffer a major setback on the battle field. in the hours ahead, ukrainian officials will arrive in switzerland for talks about how to rebuild the country once the fighting ends. but for now the war rages on with russian forces claiming control of a critical city in the east. on sunday, ukraine's military said it was forced to withdraw from a key target in russia's push to take control of the donbas. the loss likely means russian forces now effectively control the entire luhansk region and can shift their focus to advancing in neighboring donetsk. neighboring cities are coming under more fire. ukrainian officials showed this video showing the aftermath of an attack. they say at least six people were killed and 15 wounded amid some of the heaviest shelling in recent days. in his nightly address, ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy described the

let's start with cnn's scott mclean live in kyiv.cott, they are basically outgunned in this region they pulled out of. >> reporter: out gunned, out manned. max, look, this was one of russia's major goals in this war to take luhansk and the other take donetsk region, and perhaps far beyond that. ukraine has conceded their troops did have to pull back. there are still some pockets of resistance. the local governor in the area spoke with cnn this morning and framed the situation like this. saying the ukrainians could have gone on and fought for, say, another two weeks or so, but they would have sustained heavy losses and they would have run the risk of getting completely encircled by those russian troops which, of course, would have had even greater consequences. russian troops, they say, in that area were more prepared than they were anywhere else along the front line, in part, because these are the same soldiers who had been fighting on and off for the last eight years since this conflict began back in 2014. they also knew the local a

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several ceos telling cnn, this is a cosmetic issue. for qatar airways chief executive, this lawsuit is not only about the a350. >> you know, when you have an aircraft manufacturer that today has the market power that it's using to get this way, and trying to send a message to others in the industry, that either you will comply with what we tell you or we will do something else. and this is a very dangerous precedent, that is now happening. >> reporter: the airbus chief executive still sees the possibility of an amicable resolution, with one of his largest customers. >> we see the planes, the painting defects, not flying when they could be flying. we see them being back. the amicable settlement is there. and we are working in that direction. >> reporter: airbus can look for other buyers for the a321s, once earmarked for qatar, the fate of undelivered 350s is unclear. some of the a350s have been grounded for more than a year. unless airbus accepts that there is a problem with the paint, the manufacturer fiercely denies this is a safety i

phil mattingly, cnn, saudi arabia. >>> after president biden left saudi arabia, cnn's nic robertson sat an exclusive interview with the saudi foreign minister. here's how he addressed the controversy over the fist bump. >> reporter: president biden has taken lot of heat for that fist bump photo with crown prince bin salman. what did president biden get out of that? >> he got out of it a meeting with a key leader in the region. he got out of it i think a reinvigoration of the strategic partnership between saudi arabia and the united states. >> he must have got something, but what did you give him? >> i see the image as a win for president biden. >> but did he have to get a fist bump in public to open the door to all of that? >> i don't know why we are hung up on a fist bump. i think the two leaders met, they exchanged pleasantries. this is quite normal. >> has saudi arabia given any guarantees about oil? is there really any commitment at all to add additional capacity? >> so we cannot give any guarantees. we're talking about the future. the most important point in the crown prince's stat

hadas gold, cnn, jerusalem. >> back with me now is cnn legal analyst, elie honig. you're here. when i was reading this i thought about the documentary you've done about the 60th anniversary of the eichmann trial. we'd spoken about it on air. you spoke to a prosecutor, you spoke to an investigator from that trial. what have you learned in researching this topic? >> yeah, phil, i really had the remarkable privilege to speak to these two men who were part of that trial team that prosecuted and convicted adolf eichmann. as you said, i spoke with one of the prosecutors who was in his 90s at the time, when he was a child, his family fled from the nazis all across europe. i also spoke with michael goldman who was one of the lead investigators in the case when he was a child, the nazis captured and murdered essentially his entire family, his mother, his father, his sister, his extended family, and he himself was put in concentration camps. he survived, auschwitz, and a decade and a half later he found himself as one of the lead investigators in that trial, the 1961 trial w

. >>> live from cnn center, this is "cnn newsroom," with kim brunhuber. >>> president biden has issued a major disaster declaration for the state of kentucky, as catastrophic flooding has killed at least 16 people, including six children. and the death toll is expected to rise. flash floods wiped out entire neighborhoods, scores of people are missing. kentucky governor andy bashir says it's hard to get a fix on the number of cell services out. bridges were demolished, and some homes were completely carried away. for many who have been affected, the damage is devastating. >> i don't know what we're going to do. we don't have no place to live now or anything. >> the water got to about there. we had about this much more room before we got flooded, and i've never seen it that high. we came out of the house, and it was so swift that even a jet ski was hard for him to handle. and he took us out one at a time. >> federal disaster declaration will free up more aid to help recovery and cleanup efforts in the state. cnn reports the sheer scope of the disaster will make rebuilding difficult. >> t

this is "cnn newsroom." embattled uvalde schools police chief pete arredondo has resigned from his city council post. he's faced intense criticism over the delayed police response to the school shooting in may that left 19 children and two teachers dead. arredondo had been elected to the city council just weeks before the massacre. arredondo wrote in this resignation letter, "it is in the best interests of the community to step down as a member of the city council to minimize further distractions." just last week, arredondo was placed on leave as police chief, but he still holds the position. cnn has reached out to his attorney for comment. >>> u.s. authorities have arrested and charged four people in connection with the deaths of 53 migrants smuggled in a sweltering tractor-trailer. the driver is among those charged. authorities say they found him in texas hiding in the brush near the scene, after trying to flee. one homeland security security official described the tragedy as the deadliest human smuggling

welcome to "cnn newsroom." victor is off. the next televised hearing in the january 6th investigation will happen tomorrow. cnn has learned the committee plans to zero in on the roles of extremist groups and their possible connections to donald trump and his advisers. we expect to hear testimony from jason van tatenhove, a self-subscribed propagandist from the extremist group known as the oath keepers. a new court filing is revealing the extensive planning of the far right malitia group, including a death list and attempts to obtain weapons ahead of january 6th. also today, former trump strategist steve bannon having a sudden change of heart. he faces possible jail time and now just days before his contempt trial, he says he is willing to testify before the january 6th committee after all. let's start with cnn congressional correspondent ryan nobles. what are investigators hoping to reveal to the public during tomorrow's hearing? >> reporter: i think it's twofold. first, they want to make it clear those right wing extremist g

cnn is a faker. his career.uined a long-term romance with a subordinate then one of the main presenters. uh, he also took the risk because of a conflict of interest and for accusations of harassment. there is don lemon, another presenter, who, for the time being, remains on the channel , is also accused of harassment. a. well, there are several producers of the tv channel and are now accused in the process of pedophilia. that is, here, as it were, exceptionally very bad and sad. now the editorial office of the hay stigma cannot be delivered to them. and these people teach us to live to save the drowning. the stars could have, but they didn't. as this spring the buoyancy of the ship did not help, coming to the paddy forests. once the face of focus-nus, the popular host had to provide good numbers for the cnn plus service, the streaming platform, in which they invested $ 300 million, worked for only a month, because the broadcast was watched by an average of only 10,000 people. the audience they trust , respect, g

this is "cnn newsroom."nce the elementary school massacre in uvalde, texas. family members of the victims say they're kept in the dark about the botched ed police response. >> these kids were obliterated. my sister was obliterated. it was a closed casket. i couldn't hug her. i couldn't touch her. i couldn't say my last good-bye. >> reporter: raw emotions turned into heated exchanges at the uvalde city council meeting thursday. after mayor don mclaughlin told a room filled with family members of the 19 children and two adults killed at rob elementary there was no new information he could share on the investigation into the failed police response. >> why is it that children are calling 911 and you can't tell where these calls are coming from, that y'all didn't get it? my sister had no -- there's nothing saving her but a lot of children that could have been saved. keep protecting pete arredondo, the school board failed the minute this happened they should have fired him. >> ma'am, let me tell you something, i f

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ahead on "cnn newsroom" -- >> just relieved to get out of there.'m going to lose everything i have. >> catastrophic and deadly flooding across kentucky as rescuers are still working to reach people in areas where the roads are simply gone. we'll look at what role climate change is playing in all of this. >>> russia and ukraine's blame game. two nations pointing fingers after an attack on a prison holding prisoner of war. we're live in kyiv with the latest. >>> how russia is getting around sanctions by plundering sudan's gold. ♪ >> announcer: live from cnn center, this is "cnn newsroom" with kim brunhuber. >>> it's 5:00 a.m. in eastern kentucky where a humanitarian tragedy is unfolding and will likely get worse. president joe biden has issued a major disaster declaration for the state as catastrophic flooding has killed at least 16 people, including 6 children and that death toll is expected to rise. raging waters decimated entire neighborhoods, scores of people are still missing. kentucky governor andy beshear says it's hard to know how many. he ex

and former cnn moscow bureau chief about the trial. and asked her about the speculation that some sort of prisoner exchange could bring her home. >> she's a significant person. she is a major sports figure. she's in the public eye. interestingly she's going to russia to play which is what happens with some female athletes in basketball in the united states. she's really kind of, she's a significant person. and as to what would happen, yes, the prime person that you would immediately think that the russians would want to trade her for would be victor boot. back in 2002 i actually interviewed him in the moscow bureau. and at that point, he was a wanted man. he at that point and still to this day is one of the biggest convicted arms dealers in the world. at that point he was providing weapons to latin america, africa, middle east. and he actually came to the bureau and i went back to look at that script, he said i'm a businessman. and in the russian media today, he was described as a russian businessman. >> yeah. certainly they like him b

this is "cnn newsroom."hen the january 6th committee resumes its hearings in september, one key issue will be missing text messages from secret service agents at the time of the insurrection. now cnn has learned ten agents may have sent or received relevant texts of those messages apparently weren't preserved. if recovered, that i could help corroborate testimony that trump became irate when agents blocked him from going to the capitol to join his supporters. we have more now from cnn's manu raju on the dramatic "prime time" hearing. >> reporter: president trump was sitting in the white house for more than three hours, watching tv as the deadly attack on the capitol unfolded. >> are you aware of any phone call by the president of the united states to the secretary of defense that day? >> not that i'm aware of, no. >> are you aware of any phone call by the president of the united states to the attorney general that day? >> no. >> are you aware of any phone call by the president of the united states to secreta

we're live in kiev. >> live from cnn, this is cnn news room, are rosemary church. >> good to have you with us, we begin this hour with a rare mass shooting in denmark. at least three people are dead and several injured after a gunman opened fire sunday in a busy shopping mall in copenhagen. >> we're told a man in his 40s and two younger people were killed. three of those injured are in critical condition, witnesses describe a chaotic scene. >> >> we were five meters from an exit. we stayed on the roof maybe 15 minutes. the police arrived. people kept running, i don't know if they were running after him. it was panic. it was not very clear. >> the suspected gunman is due to face a judge on monday. we're in london with more details on this. >> well, the investigation is still very much ongoing. and we are still learning more information about this incident hour by hour. at this stage, police have confirmed that one individual has been arrested. a 22-year-old danish man was identified. and they have not ruled out the possibility of further suspects just yet. they have confirmed that trag

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cnn's joins us now live from tokyo. such a difficult time for the country as japan prepares to bid farewell to a beloved former leader and as more details emerge about the suspect what is the latest on this? >> yeah, before we get there, were moments away from the hearst carrying his body from arriving were behind me. keep an eye on that for you, hundreds of journalists, dozens of cameras fixated pointing down the street that way, there's a helicopter overhead signaling to us to his arrival could be imminent. as you are mentioning, we are learning a lot of details by the hour, by the day. nhk, the public broadcaster reports of the suspect targeted him because he held a grudge against a group he believed he had ties to and it was linked to his mother. cnn contacted local police but they would not name or provide any information on the group. as for the homemade weapon used to kill the former prime minister, police say the alleged gunman may have tested it and certain groups facility. they refused to name the group that s

williamson said in a statement to cnn.he accusations of intimidation come as the same time "the new york times" reports that organizations close to donald trump have been helping to pay for the legal fees of witnesses before the committee. it's a practice that is not uncommon or illegal, but according to the committee's former senior investigator, it does raise potential problems. >> it does run the risk that they would be less cooperative than they would be if they had attorneys who were advising them who were being paid by the client, in other words the witness themselves. >> reporter: is committee is still working with secret service to schedule another round of depositions for two agents at the center of a dispute over the former president's conduct inside the presidential suv on january 6th. >> tony described him as being irate. the president said something to the effect of, i'm the f'ing president, take me up to the capitol now. the president reached up towards the front of the vehicle to grab at the steering wheel.

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cnn's brian todd is at the march in washington while cnn's jeremy diamond is traveling with the president in delaware. brian, you first. what's happening? >> reporter: fredericka, an intermittent but sometimes driving rainstorm has not stopped hundreds of these protesters from going from here in franklin square park to the white house and then back here to franklin square park. they just marched past us on their way back to the white house and are gathering in the center of franklin square park. we'll walk with them a little bit. a little bit ago we saw several protesters press against the white house fence. some of them actually tied themselves to the white house fence. the protest leaders briefed the protesters that they should prepare for the possibility of getting arrested and if they wanted to risk getting arrested, they could go up to the white house fence. but they did go to the white house fence and we did not witness any arrests. the protests were very peaceful. there were police in the crowd but they were kind of letting them do their thing and not really wanting to get in the m

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cnn's allison chinchar is in the cnn weather center. >> hello to you, fred. it's pretty widespread heat swath, over a dozen states are under some type of heat alert, advisories or watches or warnings. in some areas we'll see a cooldown in the next 24 to 48 hours. in others, we have yet to hit that peak. in the northeast, that's likely to be on sunday. philadelphia likely topping out at 100 degrees on sunday. if they can make it to that mark, it would be the first time in a decade they've had a temperature that warm. washington, dc forecast to get close to that century mark there, even boston looking at a forecast high of 98. if they hit that mark, they'll probably break a near 90-year daily record. they're one of many. over 35 possible locations have the potential to break records, not only today but also on sunday. we also talked about an area that will be getting relief. that's going to be the midwest. you still have a hot day yet again today. st. louis, chicago, omaha. but there is light at the end of the tunnel, you'll start to see those temperatures comi

this is "cnn newsroom."y, there is more heavy rain in the forecast for already devastated kentucky. the weather prediction center has issued a three out of four moderate risk for excessive rainfall across the southeastern part of the state today. historic flooding from earlier in the week killed at least 25 people and one local mayor says that's the tip of the iceberg. raging floodwaters wiped out countless homes, roads and bridges. the governor says the damage could amount to hundreds of millions of dollars and the infrastructure could take years to rebuild. we're also hearing stories of courage. this 17-year-old spent hours on the roof of her neighbor's home escaping the danger with her dog. just one example of hundreds of people who are now having to dry out and figure out what to do now that floodwaters ripped apart their lives. >> i don't know what we're going to do, we don't have no place to live now or anything. >> the water got about up to there. we had about this much more room before we got flooded

, i'm joined by cnn meteorologist derek van dam. we heard the governor say he's never seen anything like this. this is two separate 1,000-year flood events in the u.s. what does all this mean? >> having back to back one in 1,000-year events is extremely rare. we had st. louis earlier in the week and eastern kentucky just a couple days ago where exceptional amounts of rain fell in a short period of time. what exactly does one in 1,000-year event mean? it doesn't mean that every 1,000 years we'll see a flood of this magnitude. it is a statistical average that meaning that a .1% chance. a deck of cards, right? if we're referring to a 100-year flood, the cumulative risk over a 30-year period, the odds there about 26%. that's like pulling out any red heart from the deck of cards. a one in 500-yard flood is equivalent to the chances of you pulling out two red hearts out of that deck of cards. but a one in 1,000-year event, this flood, for example, or the two one in 1,000 year events is so rare, it's like pulling out a red diamond ace of s

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cnn's whitney wild is part of the team breaking this story. do we have any idea why it took so long for dhs to notify the committee? >> reporter: certainly that is a question that every oversight body has a role trying to untangle this wants to know. we don't have a direct answer, but it is something we continue to work out. insight committees said the inspector general was aware of the missing text messages as of december 2021. now sources are saying they notified the office of the department of homeland security inspector general that the text messages had been erased. they told them they had problems with the text messages being erased in may 2021. so this information get to go dhs oig seven months earlier than we previously knew. the secret service explained they were lost in previously scheduled data migration in cell phones and the committee and cueffari are both interested in the messages because they could shed a lot of light on what happened that day. it could be important information we don't have now. . >> it absolutely could be. th

they wrote it for themselves. >>> this just in to cnn.ouse lawmakers led by house armed services committee chairman have traveled to ukraine to meet with president volodymyr zelenskyy. that's according to a new statement from zelenskyy's office of the meeting comes as we're learning two americans have died in the donbas region of ukraine. and the u.s. ambassador to ukraine is blasting russia for a missile attack on odesa, just one day after ukraine and russia agreed on a deal to resume grain exports from that port city. cnn's international diplomatic editor nic robertson is joining us now from kyiv. what more are you learning? >> reporter: yes, the united states ambassador here has called it outrageous, that russia should strike at one of the ports where this grain export is supposed to begin in the coming days. from what we have seen, and what we understand from officials, the missiles, two cruise missiles, impacted the port area, it appears two boats in the port have been hit. and certainly firefighters are trying to put out a blaze ami

isa soares, cnn, london. >> that wraps up this hour of cnn. i'm kim brunhuber.next. please stay with cnn. >>> buenos dias, good morning, and welcome to your weekend. we're grateful to have you on new day. it's saturday, july 16th. i'm boris sanchez. >> i'm kristin fisher. thanks so much for joining us. it's great to see you in person, boris, for once. >> it's a busy day. >> indeed. >>> we begin with president biden's effort to turn the page on relations with saud

you are watching cnn newsroom. just ahead, record-breaking temperatures are sweeping across three continents, bringing with them dangerous wildfires. >>> russia admits it was behind an attack in odessa, in ukraine , but says the deal to allow ukrainian grain exports will go on as planned. >>> the pope arrives in canada in the spirit of penance to honor an apology to the countries indigenous people. >>> live, from cnn center, cnn newsroom was rosemary church. >>> is good to have you with us. we begin with the blistering temperatures of the northern summer. record-breaking heat waves sweep across china, europe, and the united states. millions of americans are still under heat alert across parts of the u.s.. monday, three cities in the northeast sarr record-breaking high temperatures, and in the next 24 hours, we could see the same happening in the pacific northwest. in europe, the scorching heat is helping to fuel wildfires in some areas. this was the scene on the greek island of as crews battled a fire raging near a

cnn's camila bernal is at the santa monica pier with more.a, how much have transmission rates actually increased in l.a. county? >> well, look, the county says they're seeing about 9,000 cases every single day, and the problem is that hospitalizations are increasing. they say that compared to last month they've seen an 88% increase. so for every 100,000 people that are here, 10.5 more or less, are having to be hospitalized and that's what's concerning for them. so they say that if those numbers stay or increase over the next couple of weeks, what's going to happen is that everyone here over the age of 2 is going to have to wear a mask. you'll have to wear it if you go to a restaurant, to school, to work or just to a store and, look, yes, the numbers could go down, but officials here are very skeptical about that. here is what the director of the department of public health had to say. >> with these very high rates, unless we start seeing a slowdown in spread, a slowdown in what's happening in our hospitals, in two weeks we will do a universal

now, this was a cnn exclusive. to wage a court battle over executive privilege, which could open up the door to much more expansive testimony from those closest to donald trump. also this morning, "the washington post" reports texts from chad wolf and ken cuccinelli, these are two top officials from the trump department of homeland security, these texts are missing from the period leading up to january 6th. >> cnn has also learned that the january 6th committee plans to

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live in the cnn newsroom, i'm ryan nobles in washington. jim acosta is off today. and we're less than a week away from the january 6th committee's last planned hearing and new developments are coming fast and furious. on friday, the former ceo of overstock testified behind closed doors for nearly eight hours. he was part of that chaotic december 18th white house meeting in which outside advisers urged then president trump to seize voting machines. but those weren't the only outside advisers pushing extreme measures. new today, "the new york times" reports that a little known conservative lawyer talked to trump about declaring something akin to marshal law after the election. and also today, the secret service responds after the select committee issues a subpoena for a bunch of text messages that were erased by the agency. let's start there with cnn's senior crime and justice reporter kaitlyn poe lants. this hunt for the missing text message comes a day after the select committee issued a subpoena to say they want the information perhaps era

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you're live in the cnn "newsroom." we want to take you right now to mariposa, california as evacuations are under way as fires threaten the ancient sequoias. our nick watt has just arrived on the scene. nick, how serious is the season there, and what are they doing to protect these incredibly special trees? >> reporter: well, we just have heard that the fight is going in the right direction, but it is still a huge fight. the flames are within a mile or two of mariposa grove which is home to about 500 of these giant, beautiful, ancient sequoia freeze, so the way that they are trying to contain the fireworks the way they are trying to keep those trees safe, they have 360 personnel on the ground, including hot shot cruise who are digging trenches around mariposa grove, a kind of break to try to stop the flames coming in. they are also attacking this fire from the air. we have seen a 7:37 that's making rounds to fresno airport, dropping retardant up here and a d.c. 10. they have been dropping retardant along this ridge her

. >> cnn's allison chinchar is at the cnn weather center. allison, can we expect the temperatures to abate anytime soon? >> it depends on the region in which you're talking about. yes, some areas will start to see some relief in about the next 24 to 48 hours, but for others the temperatures are only going to go up from here. let's do a breakdown. here say look at where we have all the heat advisories and excessive heat warnings across the country. central u.s. still reeling with heat, some of the areas really haven't had a break from the triple digits over the last two to three weeks. oklahoma city still expecting a temperature around 102 with heat index of 106. even up around louisville, heat index into the triple digits. close to record-breaking, the high forecast today in philadelphia 99, but the record is 98. same thing for boston, also likely to break a record there. even montpelier will smash the record. temperatures do start to come down a little bit tomorrow and then definitely by the time we get into tuesday. part of that is you hav

you are living the cnn newsroom. we begin this hour with the congressional investigation into the attack on the capitol and what could be a new start with this for the january 6th committee. >>> steve bannon, former trusted advisor to donald trump now says, he will testify, and he wants to do so publicly.his offer comes as he faces trial next week on criminal contempt charges for defying a congressional subpoena. bannon had argued he wasn't allowed to cooperate because trump claimed executive privilege. it was an argument rejected by the committee and federal prosecutors. but in a letter to bannon, trump waived that claim of privilege. the committee will want to focus on bannon's conversations with trump and what bannon witnessed in the plot to overturn the election results. they will also want to know about his remarks on the day before the insurrection. >> all hell is going to break loose tomorrow. just understand this, all hell will break loose tomorrow. it's not gonna happen like you think it's going to happen. o

cnn was taking tt allegation very serioly.it but, you know, they were taking e reality seriously that maybe the bureau would be closed down, maybe we'd all be kicked out of china and cnn would have no presence. cnn had told us to not even talk to the other reporters. it's unlikely that their true identities will ever be independently confirmed. jason: but one foreign correspondent continued to pursue the self-immolation story. in an article entitled human fire ignites chinese mystery, washington post journalist philip pan of the alleged immolators, kaifeng city. pan visits the home of miss liu chunling, the woman who died on the square d the moer of the 12-year-d girl. but a man at the door sends him away and directs him to the government for any questions. miss liu's neighbors say they were not just surprised by what she was said to have done they were caught off-guard by the claim that she had taken up falun gong at all. none had ever seen her practice. woman #2: (over phone) i'm really sorry about that, but this is somethin

>> cnn's manu raju is on capitol hill for us. what do we know about the focus of this committee for future hearings? >> reporter: well, they haven't decided exactly yet how they will split-up those future hearings in september. the committee members told me last night those are still issues that they are still trying to sort out. they plan to use the next month in august when congress is on recess to have more testimony from witnesses behind closed doors. liz cheney indicating that subpoenas have been issued and committee members indicating that depositions will occur. they plan to put together that report, the all-important report detailing all of the committee's findings beyond what we've seen in the hearings, but all the other interviews and record they've produced that test the ultimate conclusions they reach. they will be detailed in that report that they are now in the process of putting together. in talking to some of the committee members last night, they also said a criminal case has been made for the justice department,

ryan nobles, cnn, on capitol hill. >>> a source tells cnn the chairman of the georgia republican party has appeared before a special grand jury. david schaffer is one of 16 fake electors who took part in the plan to try to keep donald trump in the white house despite joe biden's win. he also faces inquiries from federal investigators and the house january 6 committee. his attorney did not immediately respond to cnn's request for comment. >>> now to lottery fever, which has taken over the u.s. the drawing for the mega millions lottery and a $1.1 billion jackpot is later today. it is the second largest jackpot in mega millions history. the winnings can be paid out bit by bit annually over 29 years or you can take a lump sum which is about $648 million before taxes. mega millions tickets are sold in 45 u.s. states, washington, d.c. and the u.s. virgin islands. get your tickets. >>> you are watching "cnn newsroom." still ahead, a warning to joe biden straight from beijing, if you play with fire, you get burned. >>> and some areas of the u.s. are raising the alarm about mo monkeypox. we'll

this is a special edition of "cnn newsroom." right now with independence day festivities kicking off around the country, holiday travelers are facing a number of challenges. hundreds of flight cancellations, high gas prices, thousands of flights were delayed or canceled over the weekend alone. we'll have a live update on that in a moment. >>> we're following protests in akron, ohio, after body cam video was released showing the fatal police shooting of an unarmed black man who was shot at least 60 times. 60 times. the police chief speaking out. more on that story ahead. >>> also this morning, former president trump is anxiously considering when he might announce a run for president in 2024. playing into that decision, pressure to reclaim his image following devastating testimony from the january 6th select committee hearings. >>> but we begin in washington this morning. president biden will return to the white house in time for a fourth of july fireworks tonight. meanwhile, he's facing blowback for blaming gas stations for high

later confirmed by the satellite images provided to cnn by maxzar. but with the help of long range rockets known as himars, ukraine has been targeting russian am pew naam new ammunition depots. >> and we have two or three weeks when they haven't enough ammunition to fight us. >> reporter: still he predicts that it will take a long time for ukraine to win the war in the south. >> i'm not some you are that we will win this year. it might be into next year. >> reporter: before i go, he shows me captured russian passports and drivers' licenses. when did you capture these? >> about some weeks ago. >> reporter: russian men ranging from 22 to 41 years old who he speculates are now dead. they look like you. >> yeah, they look like me. >> reporter: they have similar names. >> yeah. but they are our enemies because i'm standing in my territory and they came to me to capture our territory, to kill maybe my parents. >> reporter: this is what ukrainians are fighting for. now, another development here on the southern front, both ukrainian and russian occupation of

let's bring in cnn's priscilla alvarez.u hearing this morning on this effort they are making? >> among those caught in the cross hairs after the supreme court decision are federal agencies trying to navigate the states that have banned or will ban abortion and one of those is the department of health and human services. that is a department that oversees the care of migrant minors who arrive to the united states without a parent or guardian and some of those minors when they come into custody are pregnant. it makes it all the more challenging with the shifting abortion landscape and a source now tells me that the administration is working on guidance to ensure that their abortion rights are protected. now, hhs has previously released two separate memos, one in 2020 after litigation and another one in 2021 after the texas abortion law. both of those memos focused on pregnancy related medical services and it's the texas one that an advocate pointed to when i spoke to her about what to expect moving forward. that texas guidanc

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cnn has also learned more about this, ms. hutchinson's testimony about what fellow white house staffer anthony renato told her in the presence of secret service head of detail on january 6th. it was about the ride the former president wanted to take to the u.s. capitol and what happened when he was told no. >> the president had very strong, very angry response to that. tony described him as being irate. the president said something to the effect of, i'm the f'ing president, take me up to the capitol now. to which bobby responded, sir, we have to go back to the west wing. the president reached up towards the front of the vehicle to grab at the steering wheel. mr. engle grabbed his arm and said, sir, you need to take your hand off the steering wheel. we're going back to the west wing. we're not going to the capitol. mr. trump then used his free hand to lung towards bobby engel. and when mr. renato had recounted the story to me, he had motioned towards his clavicles. >> and was mr. engel in the room as mr. renato told you this s

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this is "cnn newsroom." first, russia reportedly denied involvement, now it is offering a very different statement on a missile strike on a key ukrainian port. we're live in ukraine and istanbul with details, and is monkeypox a global health emergency. what is means and why valuable time was lost. and wildfires burned thousands of acres arnault cyosemite national park, adding dangers to the heat wave. >>> live from cnn center, this is "cnn newsroom," with kim brun brunhuber. >> we begin with breaking news out of moscow. russia is confirming for first time that it did strike the ukrainian port of odesa. the russian foreign ministry now says it hit military targets in the port with precision missiles, but these strikes came one day after ukraine and russia signed an agreement in istanbul, which would allow ukraine to resume grain exports through its ports. now, turkey said moscow initially denied it had anything to do with the strikes, and turkey said the attack hit port facilities, but didn't damage any infra