what cnn going to do. tell me what cnn is really going to ask. if i want to find out about russia, ukraine, if i want to find out about a science or if i want to find that about what's really going on regarding joe biden, nor donald trump, how kind of going a cnn never. everybody knows that you go, would you go for it for a light hearted things for anderson cooper and, and for somebody to make a mistake or to make a guy those days are over. cnn is dead and right behind cnn is fox news because they've lost their i or your store number one, still powerful, still making a lot of money. but since tucker left, it says the dominion law sued the same. and this is a, this is a harbinger of what's happening, that method that, that platform, it's over with. it's, it's a new era. and so all of these great and wonderfully talented people are here on platforms that people like cnn dismiss. if i want to find out what's going on in the world, i don't go to see on it. guaranteed. egypt has banned a team of dutch archaeologists from the country after the netherla

cnn just announced a coo just 24 hours before that piece came out.ning me now to discuss what is next for licht and the network, brian stelter is a former cnn anchor, and alex sherman joins me, as well. brian, we should have put you on that timeline. if only there was a national weekly show to talk about all the drama. what is going through your head right now? >> there is a lot of sadness, but a lot of relief for cnn sta staffers i had more than one anchor say if we could just get the last year of our life back, and it distracts from the news. >> i guess the larger question is how much damage has been done to the cnn brand as a result of this kind of ill conceived turn around plan? >> i had executives say to me, you know, viewers are confused they don't know what we stand for or who we are. but i believe that is repairable when there's a very bad or very good event in the world, audiences come back to cnn whether it's a space launch or something catastrophic the next time an event happens, i believe the audience there come back. and it will take mon

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ahead here on cnn newsroom. investigations intensifying as cnn has learned that donald trump's former chief of staff testified before a federal grand jury even as the classified documents probe picks up steam in florida. cnn is on the ground in parts of ukraine after the massive dam collapse in kherson. what we are learning about who is responsible for the damage. we have a live report. plus, shooting a one 80. after slamming lid golf for taking saudi money, the pga is now putting up a hypocritical slope. to partner with the liv golf. we begin with two major developments in the special counsel investigation of donald trump. forced, sources tell cnn a second graduate based in south florida issuing testimony of the former president's handling of classified documents. that panel is expected to hear from another witness in the day ahead. this is in addition to a grand jury already meeting in washington. another source says former trump white house chief of staff mark meadows has testified before a grand jury investi

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what cnn going to do. tell me what cnn is really going to ask. if i want to find out about russia, ukraine, if i want to find out about a science, or if i want to find out about what's really going on regarding joe biden, or donald trump, how can i go into cnn? never. everybody knows that you go over there, you go for it for a light hearted things for anderson cooper and, and for somebody to make a mistake or to make a gas. those days are over, cnn is dead. and right behind cnn is fox news because they've lost their i or your store number one, still powerful still making a lot of money. but since tucker left is the dominion lawsuit the same. and this is a, this is a harbinger of what's happening. that method that, that platform, it's over with it's, it's a new era. and so all of these great and wonderfully talented people are here on platforms that people like cnn dismiss. if i want to find out what's going on in the world, i don't go to see on it. guaranteed. egypt has banned a team of dutch archaeologists from the country off to the netherlands

cnn cannot verify those claims.aine's front line battle. >> reporter: after the brief but intense drama in russia, it's back to the war in ukraine. while wagner chief yevgeny prigozhin was on the rampage against officials in moscow, officials in kyiv were largely silent, following napoleon's advice, never to interrupt your enemy while he is making a mistake. briefly, many ukrainians entertained the hope that civil war or chaos in russia would lead to an early end to war, but prigozhin's sudden about-face dashed those hopes. sunday ukrainian presidential adviser said in an interview he was hoping for something more concrete, perhaps a civil war in russia. he said he was still confident that will eventually happen. while attention was diverted away from the front, the fighting went on. sunday, ukrainian officials claimed their forces had seized a kilometer, a kilometer stretch of trenches near bakhmut. they said they killed, wounded, or captured an entire battalion. they didn't give exact numbers. it was a limited tac

justin lewis, cnn. >>> joining me now from los angeles is ron brownstein, he is a cnn senior political analyst and senior editor for the atlantic. ron, great to have you with us. let's start with the gop, what is your main take away from the gop in iowa? did any of the candidates make a good case, do you think, of why they should lead the post trump gop? >> yeah, you know, we are obviously facing a unique situation. we have not had in the modern era, former president try to come back, and he has a big piece of the party. ultimately, they are going to have to make a strong case to convince republican voters who asks him. they're not there yet, is the short answer, they are beginning to circle around themes, ron desantis saying, you know, you need two terms to finish this, we have a culture of losing i am not sure, and nikki haley is saying we need a new generation of leaders. all of this seems to me, still, a little oblique and indirect, 75 percent of republican voters are satisfied with the donald trump residency, over 70% of them think he actually won. you need to give them a good rea

cnn sports andy scholes joins me live to break down the victory. >>> live from cnn center, this is "cnnsroom" with kim brunhuber. >>> all right. we'll have more on those stories in a moment, but first, we're following a developing story out of russia. a court in moscow confirms that it has detained a u.s. citizen on drug charges. a statement from the short finds the man as travis leak, describing him as a, quote, former paratrooper and musician. video of leak's arrest and mug shot were published in russian tabloid outlets on thursday. cnn filmed leak in 2014 for an episode of "anthony bourdain and parts unknown." a state department said they will pursue consular access as soon as possible. we'll have more on the story in the hours ahead. ♪ >>> donald trump isn't letting a 37-count indictment get in the way of campaigning for the 2024 gop nomination. on saturday, the former president had multiple campaign stops to rally his supporters, in greensboro, north carolina, trump used much of a speech to rail against the u.s. justice department. here he is. >> these criminals cannot be rewarded.

melanie simona, cnn, capitol hill. >> with us from los angeles to cnn senior political analyst ron brownstein, who's also senior editor at the atlantic. it is done, ron crisis averted. now what i want to know from, you what does the steele tell us about the state of american politics? and really, it is to preview those battles to come. >> yeah, i mean, as we have, said it was extraordinary that we were in this position to begin with, given how really peripheral and minor policy is that we were debating were. i mean, the mismatch between the and, and the means, the means you know, participating a -- to get a small change in a one sixth of the federal budget, which is spending, that is all we talk about, to get changes in work requirements, essentially have no impact on the budget, and some minor changes in -- it was all crazy that it came to this. it is at least somewhat reassuring that there was enough critical mass in the center to prevent the u.s. going off the cliff in an unprecedented way. >> yes, and a bigger point that perhaps the bar has been set much lower these days. a huge victory i

cnn reached out. young woman who recently graduated from the coast guard academy. she told me that the culture has not changed. she asked us to hide her identity. this is what she said. >> i was sexually assaulted three times. the first by a superior. the second time by somebody i considered a dear friend, and the third by al cadet. it was completely toxic and devastating to my sense of self. and left lifelong damages to my physical, mental health. the coast guard academy employs, reinforces and cultivates a system that thrives on the trauma and pain of women and minorities. it's designed for their failure. >> the coast guard sent cnn a statement saying in part they're dedicated to addressing the needs of survivors and holding offenders accountable. we're going to have much more about this throughout the day and on cnn.com in a story by my incredible investigative colleagues who have been working on this for months, melanie hicken, blake ellis and audrey ash. pamela brown, cnn, washington. >> that's o

cnn has is not putting that out. doubt that if it's the department of justice, that would be very on like the department in modern times. post-watergate, they have put out very strict rules, and neither the fbi or the department judges are leakers anymore. >> yes, and i was a subject to prosecution if you do in fact a leak. don, i have to ask you politically if you look at this, we have seen so many things in terms of the background of donald trump whether it has to do with his past, his past as president -- presidents, voted in his weight do not seem to care. we are certainly looking at a situation where if you were a betting person it is likely that donald trump could become the gop nominee, and then presidents again. in the context of everything you just heard, what would a second donald trump charm look like when it comes to national security issues knowing what you know now? >> voters are not concerned because they are a certain kind of voter. they are authoritarian personalities that like strong leaders like th

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from cnn center, this is "cnn newsroom" with paula newton. >>> and we begin this hour in washington, d.c., where two more names will soon join the ever-growing list of republicans running for president. now, a former new jersey governor, chris christie, who ran in 2016, is expected to announce his candidacy tuesday. former vice president mike pence, meantime, says he'll formally announce that he'll enter the race on wednesday. candidates have been picking up the pace as the whether turns warmer, with their first major test coming early next year in iowa. later today, gop presidential candidate nickki haley will tak part in a cnn town hall with jake tapper. haley was among the top republican hopefuls who traveled to iowa on saturday, for the annual roast and ride event. it's a major gop gathering, hosted each year by republican senator joni ernst. now, nearly all of the party's major presidential candidates and likely candidates, of course, those who hadn't yet announced, were there. but not donald trump. he declined the invitation. we get more now from cnn's jeff zeleny, who is in de

cnn's jeff zeleny has more. >> reporter: nikki haley at a cnn town hall, telling voters she's in it to it. she did so by taking direct aim at former president donald trump and florida governor ron desantis particularly on social security and medicare. >> i know that trump and desantis says we're not going to deal with entitlement reform. don't lie to them and say we don't have to deal with entitlement reform. yes, we do it's the reality. is it going to hurt? yes. >> reporter: she sought to walk a careful line an abortion policy. she said she's pro life in her words, saying simply would not happen in a deeply divided congress, that could be one of her challenges as she goes forward trying to win over republican primary voters but she made the case it's time for consensus. >> i don't judge anyone for being pro-choice, any more than i want them to judge me for being pro-life. what can we do with consensus. we come to consensus and say what can we all agree on? i think we can all agree on banning late-term abortion. i think we can all agree on encouraging adoptions making sure foster kids

a cnn investigation. >>> live from cnn. this is cnn newsroom. >> first we start with breaking news out of uganda where police say at least 25 people were killed and eight others injured when armed rebels attacked a school near the border. our larry is following developments very closely and joins me now live. larry what more can you tell us about the group that the government said is behind this terrorist attack? >> we are learning more about what happened at this secondary school. it's it's in the west near the border of congo. the spokesperson for the military operations in the eastern democratic republic of congo said about 20 to 25rebels from the adf attacked the school friday night and they essentially massacred this poor students, at least 26 were killed in this attack. eight were wounded and are receiving treatment. some of them in critical condition. we are also hearing the military spokesperson that at least six students were kidnapped during the operation and when they were done they set the school on fire and as

jennifer hansler, cnn, washington. >>> still ahead on "cnn newsroom," new footage of the four childrensing in the colombian rain forest were finally rescued. >>> and besides being charged with thousands of charges, fans and supporters stand by. >>> and later, taking a trip to the beach. we'll tell where you this very beach is. coming up. bug spray works best... when your family actually wears it. ♪ get or-free eight hour protection from mosquitoes and ticks without the ick. vo on-body repellent. people love it. bugs hate it. feeling sluggish or weighed down? could be a sign that your digestive system isn't at its best. but a little metamucil everyday can help. metamucil's psyllium fiber gels to trap and remove the waste that weighs you down and also helps lower cholesterol and slows sugar absorption to promote healthy blood sugar levels. so you can feel lighter and more energetic. lighten every day the metamucil way. and metamucil's psyllium fiber also comes in easy to take capsules. (dr. aaron king) if you have diabetes, getting on dexcom is the single most important thing you can do.

that's after fighting the saudi-backed tour for the past year. >> live from cnn center, this is "cnn newsroom" with paula newton. >> and we begin this hour with two major developments in the special counsel investigation of donald trump. now first, sources tell cnn that a second grand jury based in southern florida is hearing testimony about the former u.s. president's handling of classified documents. and that panel is expected to hear from yet another witness in the day ahead. this is in addition to a grand jury already meeting in washington. another source says former trump white house chief of staff mark meadows has testified before a grand jury investigating his former boss. cnn's senior legal affairs correspondent paula reid has that story. >> reporter: former trump white house chief of staff mark meadows is not just a witness for special counsel jack smith. he is the witness. why? well, when it comes to the january 6th investigation, he was at the center of everything. the house select committee that looked into the events surrounding january 6th came to the conclusion that al

cnn's nic robertson joins me now.his is because for the first time in his long reign, he actually looked vulnerable. >> reporter: yeah, he did, there's a number of reasons, shoigu -- prigozhin, rather, was able to draw attention to a narrative which actually has popularity with the people. that was witnessed over the weekend, there are people coming off to applaud prigozhin in rostov-on-don and applaud his troops coming out of town. he's said that the war is being badly fought and a lot of people clearly feel that way. and i think that is something obviously that touches a nerve inside the kremlin. but the reason this came out, and that this narrative went went on for so long, is partly putin's fault for not dealing with the spat in his inner circle defense minister sergei shoigu and prigozhin which ultimately has come down to control of prigozhin's troops which between shoigu and prigozhin also means a battle over the money, if you will, that those force, the wagner forces, bring in for, you know, principally for put

brian todd, cnn, virginia. >>> u.s. federal regulators have sued binance the world's hlarget crypto exchange saying that it was running and i will legal exchange mixing billions of customer funds and tdiverting some of it to another entity. binance spokesperson says that the accusations are unjustified. >>> global airlines could make nearly $10 billion in profit this year after bouncing back from pandemic lows. that is according to a new forecast from the international air transport association. the group's director general says despite economic uncertaintieses, people are returning to the skies to reconnect, explore and do business. the forecast is more than double the original projection from december. >>> and for a fourth day, dockworkers at west coast ports in the united states are disrupting international trade, that is according to the pacific maritime association. two of the six marine terminals at the port of long beach remain closed during the day shift monday. groups representing the more than 20,000 to being

this is a cnn exclusive.ump's handling of classified documents have audio of him in 2021 admitting that he took a classified document with him after leaving office. trump did not respond to cnn's questions about the tape while on the campaign trail today in iowa. jake tapper is joining us now. he is going to be covering this extensively next hour on his show. so, jake, first off, what's on this tape and why is it seen as so critical a piece of evidence for the special counsel? >> so cnn reporters, paula reid, katelyn polantz and kaitlin collins broke this story. what it is is an audio tape the special counsel has from july 2021. expresident trump, former president trump at bedminster meeting with some individuals that are writing an autobiography of mark meadows. on the tape we are told donald trump is pushing back on an article in which mark milley, the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff is described as keeping trump from attacking iran. trump is angry about this and basically holds up a document. we hear

in other words, stop being cnn.is's tenure was marked by the embarrassing cnn plus with mass lay offs. it was near first rating and it was great tv and yet, chris is out. it is not about great tv, it is about keeping those at cnn still suffering from trump's derangement syndrome happy. they hate it when that orange man brings them so many eye balls. who'll replace chris? they certainly have options if they go figure diversity. maybe this guy? [laughter] >> or this one or this one? [laughter] >> the obvious choice, obviously, dylan mulvaney, this buzz is for you, cnn. we say good-bye to chris, we barely watched ye. let's take a look back at his finest achievement at cnn. >> chris achieved a number of accomplishments including the firing of don lemon and april of 2023, he fired don lemon and notably, he fired don lemon and he went so far to fire don lemon? did we tell you? he fired don lemon. oh, also, brian stelter. >> kayleigh, you are the only cnn alum here. i think toobin lasted as ceo. was that necessarily fair?

how seniors are making big money on the app. >> announcer: live in cnn center, this is cnn newsroom withim brunhuber. >>> the federal criminal case against donald trump is heading into the discovery phase, that's when government prosecutors have to give trump's lawyers all of the evidence they have against the former president regarding the top secret materials seized from his home last year, and special counsel jack smith, who's charged trump under the espionage act wants to make sure the evidence he turns over won't be leaked. in filing for a protective order on friday prosecutors explained that, quote, the discovery materials include sensitive and confidential information, the materials also include information pertaining to ongoing investigations, the disclosure of which could compromise those investigations and identify uncharged individuals. now, filing for a protective order is standard, core procedure, and trump's team has already agreed to the terms, which are quite strict. cnn's paula reid is in washington with those details. >>> the special counsel's office is asking the judge

cnn's david mckenzie has the report.rn it contains disturbing material that may be hard to watch. her he called it the wilderness to his flock to kenya. we've come to try to understand how over so many months so many could have died. the data still being found. teams carefully remove the members of a christian cult from shallow graves. they've already unearthed 300 people, many of them children, many of them showing signs of starvation. >> it's painful. so painful. just so painful. is this my daughter. >> reporter: he says his daughter and son-in-law both abandoned good jobs and took their children to the forest cult. what happened next is hard to comprehend. >> they watched them die and they starved the children. >> reporter: the members of the cult, including your own family, they were starving the children? >> yes. >> reporter: and when the children didn't die quickly enough -- >> -- they suffocated them. >> reporter: they suffocated them? >> they suffocated them, yes. >> reporter: and this is your own blood. >> and i

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you're watching cnn newsroom. sources tell cnn that u.s. trump for records related to a classified document on iran. the document was discussed in an audio recording of the former president. although sources also say that trump's attorneys have been unable to produce the document itself. while the recording first reported by cnn is now in the hands of the special counsel jack smith who's leading the justice department investigation. our senior legal affairs correspondent paula reid has more. >> why did you take classified documents? >> reporter: cnn exclusively reporting that former president trump was served with a subpoena in mid-march seeking records related to the same document he talks about on tape. >> everything i did was right. >> reporter: special counsel jack smith, the attorney general general picked him to oversee investigations into trump, trying to track down any additional classified materials still in trump's possession. trump's attorneys turned over some information, but not the document in question. on the tape he acknowle

this is "cnn newsroom."ome asylum seekers are arriving here in the united states after harrowing journeys from south and central america only to be whisked away on another trip, one they didn't bargain for. cnn's camilla bernal smoke to some of them and tells us their stories. >>> walking the streets of sacramento is a dream come true for this 31-year-old migrant. but the first time she sat foot in the california capital, she felt confused, angry, and betrayed. unfulfilled promises, said the migrant, who asked not to be identified for legal reasons. it was in a shelter in el paso, texas, where she says two men approached her with the offer of a lifetime. a paid trip on a jet to california, and the promise of a job and housing. >> she said they offered her a job, so she was happy and signed. >> this after she spent two months traveling from her native colombia to the u.s./mexico border. she describes the difficulties of the jungle, the train, starving, sleeping on the street, begging for money. >> she is emot

amanda davies, cnn, istanbul. >>> and that wraps up this hour of "cnn newsroom." i'm laila harrak. brunhuber picks up our coverage after a quick break. do stay with us. bug spray works best... when your family actually wears it. ♪ get ododor-free eight hour protection from mosquitoes and ticks without the ick.k. zevo on-body repellent. people love it. bugs hate it. hi, i'm jill and i've lost 56 pounds on golo. hi, i'm barry and i've lost 42 pounds. jill and i are a team. if she tells me to do something, i usually jump on board. golo was doable, it's realistic, and it's something we can do the rest of our lives. as a business owner, your bottom line is always top of mind. so start saving by switching to the mobile service designed for small business: comcast business mobile. flexible data plans mean you can get unlimited data or pay by the gig. all on the most reliable 5g network, with no line activation fees or term contracts... saving you up to 75% a year. and it's only available to comcast business internet customers. so boost your bottom line by switching today. comcast business

and cnn's dana bass will moderate a cnn town hall with pence after announcement 9:00 p.m.ednesday right here on cnn. >>> and belmont stakes the final leg of the triple crown kicks off saturday. the crace amid scrutiny a horse died after suffering apsnuan iny at belmont park. 12 horses have died at churchill downs in last month. >>> a russian official's report casualties in four locations in beltway regional. a pro-ukraine units began cross-border incursions two weeks ago. sam kiley reports on the battle for belgorod. >> reporter: a ukrainian strike in russian occupied -- >> ooh! it's hittieating up in russian. the governor of belgorod province struggles to reassure a rattled population. >> translator: i heard that the armtd armed forces of ukraine hel our territory. 2,500 people are staying in shelters in belgorod. there are many questions that residents of border villages are asking starting with who will pay my utilities? what about our property? who is watching over it. >> reporter: raiding russia a second time. in a stunt that could have been filmed anywhere, one fight

that cnn be right down the middle.e's asked, he hasn't forced his hand. curious to see if the next ceo that goes in is tasked with making it down the middle and if they'll be out in a year, as well. it is a mess over there. >> greg: i think they will keep whoever is temporary in there, what they call a staff favorite, that is the person who is less competent. stafr favorite will manage the network into a decline. do you think it isir fa, he only had a year. you need more than a year to grow into your job. kat, how long were you at boston market? >> kat: i was there for a couple months and i quit right before thanksgiving. >> greg: that's like being a supermarket or shopping mall santa and quitting december 20. >> todd: take that children. >> kat: i got higher paying work as waitress, i'm making minimum wage and tips? holy. i was so excited. >> greg: good. >> kat: i think we cannot underestimate how few people have any idea who this is. most people don't. most of us are paying closer attention. only time we talk about c

. >> live from cnn center, this is cnn news room. with rosemary church. >> good to have you with us. questions and uncertainty hanging over russia at this hour, after an armed insurrection over the weekend rattled the country and uth leader exposing what some call cracks in vladimir putin's 23 year rule. the streets are quiet but anxiety gripped the city saturday after wagner group mercenaries marched toward moscow a deal brought to an end and whereabouts of head yevgeny prigozhin remains a mystery. his news service told cnn he will answer questions whether he has quote proper communication. one thing is clear the insurrection marks the most serious threat we have seen to putin's rule. >> this is just an added chapter to a very, very bad book that putin has written for russia but what is so striking about it is it's internal, the fact that you have from within, some one directly questioning putin's authority, directly questioning the premises upon which he launched this aggression against ukraine. that in and of itself is something v

cnn's natasha bertrand is joining us now.dicates that finally this offensive has begun? >> sara, they're seeing a lot of increased activity that is essentially out of the ordinary for what has been happening over the last several months including as you mentioned that intensified fighting over the last 48 hours and what they are seeing essentially is ukraine continuing to probe more actively russian defenses and try to figure out where there are gaps where they can punch through and essentially create momentum so that larger forces within the ukrainian military can move in and take more territory and they're seeing activity in the southeastern zaporizhzhia region between kherson and the zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant that seems new and they're seeing increased ukrainian activity south of the city of donetsk in eastern ukraine that appears to be a new ox f offensive and the bottom line that we are hearing from ukraine officials and u.s. officials that it is not going to be something that is announced. it will be a series of

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center, this is cnn newsroom.rosemary church! >> it's a heavy with, us and we begin with a search and rescue mission happening right now in the north atlantic ocean, for a missing submersible carrying five people to carry the wreckage of the titanic. the sub belongs to the commercial underwater exploration company ocean gate, which issued a statement saying it's taking every step possible to bring the five crew members back safely. the u.s. coast guard says it would conduct searches on the ocean surface throughout monday evening. and that the canadian coast guard would pick up tuesday morning with searches both on and below surface. the wreck of the titanic is almost 400 nautical miles southeast of newfoundland. in canada, it sits into parts on the ocean floor. more than two miles or almost four kilometers before the surface. u.s. coast guard official briefed reporters monday on the search. let's take a listen. >> it is a remote area, and it is a challenge to conduct a search in that remote area. but we are deploy

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cnn's nada bashir it outside the high court in london with more.ourt here behind me, they'll be hearing and considering over the next three days, today, we're expecting to hear the opening statements from both the claimants, that is of course, more than 100 people suing the mirror group newspapers, as well as prince harry and the defendants representing the mirror group newspapers. more than 100 claimants alleged. the mirror group newspapers used unlawful means including phone hacking in order to solicit details about notable actors, celebrities, sports stars and of course, members of the royal family in order to publish articles 201991 and 2011 featuring private details. now prince harry has been selected amongst four representatives of the claimants. he himself alleged 140 articles published during the period using information solicited through those unlawful means including phone hacking. at this stage, the court will only be considering 33 of those stories. this is an issue that is deeply important and personal to thesu. he has expressed that i

thanks for watching cnn tonight. our coverage continues now. >>> hello and a warm welcome to our viewers joining us in the united states and around the world. i'm max foster. bianca nobilo is back next week. just ahead -- >> friday will be the busiest day here and nationwide. make sure that you are giving yourself plenty of time. >> the smoke in the northeast, heat across the deep south and also california and then the severe weather that will be possible on friday afternoon. >>> the supreme court stirring up protests with its decision gutting affirmative action saying colleges and universities can no longer rely on race in the admissions process. >>> live from london, this is "cnn newsroom" with max foster and bianca nobilo. >> it is friday, june 30, 9:00 a.m. in london, 4:00 a.m. on the east coast where more than 70 million people are starting the weekend under heat alerts. temperatures will be around 100 degrees farenheit in the south. and out west another heatwave is just beginning. in parts of california and nev

now cnn now learning that the u.s. had detailed intelligence on the plans for the mutiny but kept it secret for most of its allies. >>> welcome to our viewers here in the united states and all around the world. wolf blitzer's off today. i'm alex marquardt, and you're i'm alex marquardt, and you're in "the situation room." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com anywhere . >>> putin going public just a short time ago blasting the rebels as traitors as he attempted to show russia and the world that he is still in control. cnn's ben wedeman has been covering it all and what it could mean for the war in ukraine. >> reporter: tonight, vladimir putin lashes out at those who led an armed rebellion against him. an armed rebellion would've been suppressed in any case. the organizers of the rebellion could not fail to understand this. they understood everything, including that they resorted to criminal acts to divide and weaken the country, which is now confronting a colossal external threat exun precedented pressure from outside.

cnn was also able to speak with the father of the children directly.unlikely survival a miracle. cnn's stefano pozzebon joins us live from bogota with more on this story. stefano, what more did the father say about this incredible rescue? >> reporter: yeah, sara, it was good to speak with the father. he is the biological father of the two youngest children and the stepfather of the two oldest ones. as i was saying we were able to speak with him yesterday, it was the first interview he gave to an international media. we were lucky to sit down with him and actually get to feel a little bit of his emotions. he, for example, recounted that flight on friday when he was allowed to take his children out of the jungle finally after looking for them for 40 days on a military helicopter. this is how they actually got out. take a listen. >> translator: the moment we found the kids we started to see thunder and lightning bolts. we left at the right moment. ten minutes later and the helicopter could not have taken us. >> reporter: so thunder bolts, lightning, the r

the first incident is something that was reported by cnn. it was a meet ing at his bedminster golf club in 2021, where he showed people information that he said was highly secretive and that he could not declassify it because he was no longer president. he also allegedly share d as classified map with a representative from his political action committee. prosecutors also lay out how they allege how he was trying to press his lawyer about possibly lying to the fbi after the government subpoenaed trump to get his records back. they also lay out a series of damning understands and conversations for one of his aids, what appears he's pressuring nauta to move boxes containing classified materials to keep him from investigators. we heard from jack smith for the first time friday. he insist ed that he wants this trial to move along as quickly as possible. paula reid, cnn, washington. >>> i'm here nearby to where the former president is at his bedminster golf club, where he played golf friday morning as advisers were making calls to his supporters a

. >> announcer: live from cnn center, this is "cnn newsroom" with laila harrak. >>> ukraine says its forces sometimes have to fight for every meter as they make slow headway in their offensive. while officials say ukrainian troops continued their advance around bakhmut without giving details. they say russian troops have been pushed back up to one kilometer, but the ukrainian offensive has been slowed by air strikes, artillery, and a maze of defensive fortifications. >>> russian president vladimir putin is denying the offensive has made any progress, but as fred pleitgen finds out, ukraine's gains are small but real. >> reporter: ukraine's army continuing to take the fight to the russians on the southern front. this video shows the 128th territorial defense battalion clearing trenches after ousting vladimir putin's army, the unit says. one of the soldiers, nicknamed the octopus, telling me the fighting remains fierce. "we're currently launching an assault," he says. "our front line is moving forward. we've already advanced a lot, more than two kilometers, so now we're only moving for

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matthew chance, cnn, moscow. >> live now to london, cnn's clare sebastian with the very latest. for an event that was so tumultuous and with potentially serious consequences, it seems astounding how quickly calm has returned to moscow. is that just a facade? do we know what lies beneath? >> reporter: i think an uneasy calm is the best way to describe it, john. this is now something that significantly ramps up the pressure on president putin and perhaps more importantly on the war in ukraine. he now has to prove somehow that the miscalculation that led to him not only having to fight this war for more than 16 months, but then having to defend his own country against an armed rebellion was somehow part of a larger purpose. also the fact that the person who apparently spearheaded this rebellion, yevgeny prigozhin, appears to have pretty much gotten away with it. and the messaging from the kremlin tends to support this. the clip that matthew chance in his piece showed part of on sunday included a clip of a pre-insurrection interview with putin saying that essentially his day starts

jeff zeleny, cnn, des moines. >>> cnn will host a town hall this sunday with republican presidential candidate nikki haley live from des moines, iowa. the former south carolina governor will take questions from chief washington correspondent jake tapper. be sure to tune in sunday, june 4th at 7:00 p.m. in des moines, iowa. that's monday at 8:00 in the morning hong kong time. cnn will also host a town hall wednesday with mike pence live from grand view university in des moines, iowa. the republican is expected to announce his candidacy next week. he will take questions from dana bash. be sure to be there as well june 7th at 8:00 p.m. in des moines, iowa. right here on cnn. >>> military is pushing pack against u.s. criticism it is coercing other countries saying the u.s. is the one trying to consolidate and provoke confrontation. the response comes after the u.s. defense secretary accused china of escalating tensions by repeatedly intercepting u.s. and allied aircraft in international air space. a navy destroyer sailed through in a routine tran sut on the same day he spoke. ivan watson