i'm john yang.ers of nato countries prepare for a summit later this week that will focus on russia's war in ukraine, russia said it shot down a cruise missile near the crimean city of kerch. the 11-mile-long kerch bridge is a key russian supply line, linking russia and the illegally annexed crimean peninsula. yesterday ukraine appeared to confirm the widely-held assumption that they blew up the span last october, leaving it out of commission for weeks. the nato summit will also discuss ukraine's bid to join the alliance, although there aren't enough votes to approve membership. today on abc's "this week," ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy said that he wants at least security guarantees from nato. pres. zelenskyy: it would be an important message to say that nato is not afraid of russia. i'll be doing whatever i can in order to, so to speak, expedite that solution, to have an agreement with our partners. john: president biden, who left today for europe, says ukraine isn't ready for nato members

i'm john yang.ht, there is unrest across israel on the eve of a defining moment, even as prime minister benjamin netanyahu recovers from an emergency heart procedure. netanyahu's doctors gave him a pacemaker last night, after he was rushed to a hospital with an irregular heartbeat. from his hospital room today, the 73-year-old prime minister said he's in "excellent health," and he said he'll be in the knesset monday, when his right-wing ruling coaliton is set to pass the first part of his judicial overhaul plan. opposition to the plan reached a climax this weekend, with mass protests across the nation. the bitter disagreement reflects the deep split between israelis who want a more secular and diverse nation, and those with a more religious and nationalistic vision. the heat dome that's been parked over the southwestern united states is beginning to drift to the east. that will bring triple digit temperatures to the plains and midwest by mid-week. in the midwest, many places could see the highest te

i'm john yang.2023 has become the summer of superlatives -- scientists say the first two weeks of july were the earth's hottest on human record. in the southwestern u.s., phoenix has never been this hot for this long. and the heat has spread to places like boise, idaho, where today's high is forecast to be above 100. across the southeast, a new wave of heat and humidity will make it feel as hot as 115 degrees in some places. more than 90 million americans are under heat alerts. and in europe, greek firefighters are battling dozens of wildfires. an intensifying heat wave stretching from spain to greece is setting records. ukrainian officials said its drones hit an ammunition depot early today in the illegally annexed crimean peninsula. it forced evacuations and the brieclosure of a key bridge that connects crimea and the russian mainland. it was the latest in an series of aerial assaults from both sides. it began monday when ukraine blew up two sections of that 12-mile-long bridge, a crucial russian

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i'm john yang.the south and west, new all-time heat records could be set as forecasters say the weeks' long heatwave is entering it most intense phase. the forecast high in las vegas is 117 degrees, the hottest temperature ever recorded there. nearly a third of all americans are under heat advisories, watches and waings. for some areas, the heat wave has been unrelenting. phoenix, arizona has seen 16 straight days with highs over 110 and is on track to beat the record of 18 days. el paso, texas had highs above 100 for a month. there's also record-setting heat in the waters off florida, reaching the mid 90's. not only does it make it harder for people to cool off, scientists warn of coral bleaching, fish kills and algae blooms. and the warm waters could fuel tropical storms come hurricane season. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu was taken to a hospital near tel aviv earlier today after feeling dizzy at his home. doctors say it was likely dehydration. in a video from the hospital, netanyahu s

. ♪ john: good evening, i'm john yang.rth of july weekend block party in baltimore, maryland late last night ended in chaos and tragedy as gunfire broke out just after midnight. 30 people were shot, at least two of them fatally, some of the wounded are in critical condition. baltimore police say the crime scene is extensive. so far, they've made made no arrests. there was another mass shooting overnight, this one at a wichita, kansas nightclub. nine people were hurt there, seven were shot and two more were trampled in a rush to the exits. according to the gun violence archive, there have been 338 incidents so far this year in which four or more peoplwere shot. that is an average of nearly two a day. across france, a fifth straight night of violent riots over the fatal police shooting of a 17-year-old of north african descent. police said they arrested more than 700 protesters overnight. it's the worst rioting in france in years. the mayor of a paris suburb says he was the target of an attempted murder. his home was rammed

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as john yang reports, tasers may rank below guns on the spectrum of police force, but using them has hs. and a note, some images in this report are disturbing. john: sonya williams struggles with the death of her first-born child, darryl tyree williams. >> he was a good person. i'm not going to say he was perfect. he had his flaws like we all do. but he was loved by everyone. he didn't have no enemies. john: she's especially troubled by the way darrell died, in the custody of police who had used a taser on him several times. >> he didn't deserve this. not a day go by that i don't think about him. it's just hard. it's a hard thing to go through. john: the events leading up to daryl williams death began unfolding at about 2:00 a.m. on a january morning. williams was sitting in a parked car on raleigh, north carolina's southeast side. police were in the predominantly black neighborhood, on what they call proactive patrol, because they said, officers are frequently called to the area. in williams pants pocket, an officer finds a folded one dollar bill with a white powdery substance. >> bo

. >> good evening, i'm john yang. millions of americans across the south and west, it is a very hot fourth of july weekend. the national weather service warning of a dangerous combination of heat and humidity. texas has been the nation's hotspot. the wet blanket of heat and humidity is moving east to places like montgomery, alabama and jackson, mississippi. high temperatures and high humidity made it feel like 110 and 120. on the streets of nashville, tourists did not mince their words. >> it is hot. -- hot. very humid. the humidity makes the difference. it sticks to you. >> over manhattan, another day of hayes and unhealthy air. the smoke from canada's wildfire lingers. conditions the same in new england and michigan. skies could clear when rain is forecast to move in. among those people dealing with the heat and hayes, a record number of americans heading out of town for the holiday weekend. more than 50 million people will travel at least 50 miles from home. more than 43 million projected to hit the highways. anoth

. ♪ >> good, i'm john yang.this, the 500th day of the war in ukraine, more russian shelling took more ukrainian lives. the attack on the eastern ukrainian town killed at least eight civilians and wounded 13 others. president volodymyr zelenskyy marked the day with a video showing him on snake island of the black sea, a symbol for ukraine's resistance. russian forces captured the island in the early days of the war, only to be forced to withdrawal a few months later. zelinski is in turkey, where president erdogan endorsed the nation -- with nato. a flashpoint between ukraine and russia. resident biden told cnn ukraine should not be admitted into nato just yet. >> i don't think there is unanimity in nato about whether to bring ukraine into the nato family now at this moment in the middle of a war. so i think we can work it out. but i think it is premature to call for a vote now. >> ukraine's membershipn nato will likely be discussed next week, with president biden and the leaders of other nations gathering in lil

. >> good evening, i'm john yang. meteorologists say july has been the world's hottest on record. they also say some relief is on the way for many americans. where than 100 million americans are under heat alerts. parts of the midwest, mid-atlantic, and northeast, heat and humidity, is making temperatures feel between 100 and 110. in phoenix, the high temperature has been above 110. for a record 30 straight days. there is possibility rain will end the street. a cold front pushing south is forecast to pull things off next week. the south will continue to bake. former president donald trump made his first appearance last night since three new felony charges were added to his classified documents case. at a republican dinner, he said the charges against him and the investigatns that could lead to more charges are politically motivated. other republican candidates spoke at the dinner but avoided mentioninghe former president's name. one exception, will heard. >> donald trump is running to stay out of prison. and if we elect -- i know. i know the truth. the truth is hard. >> tonight, t

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but as john yang reports, the decision has big consequences for federal prisoners trying to challengens. john: amna, the case involved a man who was convicted in 2000 of having guns, despite being a felon, a violation of federal law. he was sentenced to more than 27 years in prison. but nearly two decades later, the supreme court changed the interpretation of the law used to convict him. under the new interpretation, he would be innocent. and on those grounds, he went to court to have his conviction thrown out. but in a 6-3 decision that fell along ideological lines, the court said he couldn't appeal, because he'd already challenged his conviction once before. daniel medwed is a professor at northeastern university school of law and the author of "barred: why the innocent can't get out of prison." what does this do for people like mr. jones in this case, people like him who want to have their convictions reviewed? prof. medwed: in a sense, this slams the door on people trying to raise claims of legal innocence, that they can prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt after they have filed

john yang has more. reporter: in a city in northwest syria, an entire generation born into war.ve only known life in this camp have learned to live with the bare minimum. at this camp, one man feeds his children what little he can. they dip bread in oil, six of them eating from a single plate. they have not had meat, fruits, or vegetables for months. >> there are no opportunities for us to wk. there is nothing. my children are malnourished. my baby needs protein. reporter: the closure of the border crossing will block it aid to his camp and that amounts to a death sentence, he said. >> the closure will cause us to suffocate and starve to death. the camps depend on you when aid and closing the crossing means killing us. reporter: next door, one man tries to cool his tent with water. it is over 100 degrees on most summer days and his youngest child cannot bear it. >> there is no water. look at this dilapidated tent and our conditions. the picture speaks louder than words. reporter: once known as the capital of the syrian revolution, the area has long been reduced to rubble by the

as john yang tells us, beijing is trying to extend that crackdown overseas. >> for several years now,ong kong has been cracking down on dissent at home. the strict new security law was implement it in 2020 after nearly a year of pro-democracy protests. since then, more than 260 people have been arrested. nearly all independent media shut down. opposition candidates disqualified from elections. now china is trying to extend the reach of its oppression by targeting critics living in exile. they have issued arrest warrants for scholars, pro-democracy activists, and former lawmakers no longer living in hong kong. a hong kong businessman turned online commentator no living in the united states is named in one of those warrants. the government accuses you of subversion, colluding with law enforcement, and they have put out a six-figure reward for your arrest. how do you react to that? >> i think i'm very happy because it means i really touch on their nerve, the weakest point. the whole thing about the communist party is they claim that they represent all the people, and now, i am trying to

john yang has more now on the court's ruling in favor of a web designer who refuses to create websitese-sex couples because of her religious beliefs. john: geoff, the justices sided with her on a 6-3 ideological split, saying that forcing her to make websites for something she doesn't believe in would violate her first amendment rights. writing for the majority, justice neil gorsuch wrote, "the first amendment protects an individual's right to speak his mind regardless of whether the government considers his speech sensible and well intentioned or dely misguided, and likely to cause anguish or incalculable grief." today the colorado attorney general said the decision gives businesses free rein to discriminate. >> this sweeping opinion promises to destabilize theic md encouraging all types ofpu bl sinesses, not just those who make websites, to have a first amendment right to refuse customers because of who they are. john: president biden said the decision was disappointing. kate sosin is a reporter at the 19th news, where they cover lgbtq+ issues. kate, from your perspective, what is th

petitions, a fundamental right that protects against unlawful and indefinite imprisonment, but as john yangts, the decision has big consequences for federal prisoners trying to challenge their convictions. >> the case involved a man convicted in 2000 of having guns despite the -- despite being a felon, a violation of federal law. he was sentenced to more than 27 years in prison, but nearly two decades later, the supreme court changed the interpretation of the law used to convict him. under the new interpretation, he would be innocent, so on those grounds, he went to court to have the decision thrown out, but in a 6-3 decision that fell along ideological lines, the court said he could not appeal because he had already challenged his conviction once before. a professor at northeast university law school and the author of "barred: why the innocent cannot get out of prison." what does this decision do to people like mr. jones, in this case, people like him who want to have their convictions reviewed? >> i think as justice jackson said in her dissent, in a sense, this slams a door on people righ

and john yang. they all comes 1st prominent forward visitors since the beginning of the call of, of 19 pandemic. 3 years ago. north korea's defense minister says his country and russia united encountering what he calls gangster. like us hedge many, both russian and chinese delegations of visiting north korea as part of the 70th anniversary of the korean. who on his desk during the visit came, showed off. north korea's military austin, old including band ballistic missiles to russian defense minister, so again, showed through some of the weapons on display were banned by the un security council in 2006 with the support of both russia and china. let's go live now to florence, louise. she's joining us in through sun and south korea and it's a much more somber mood and the south isn't as strong as the north and south of mocking this anniversary in very different ways. that's right in south korea is being marked in a much more significant way than it is normally the south korean government invited vetera

john has met with ross's defense minister, so they shall go in film yang. like video reports, the pair discussed military cooperation and regional security. a chinese delegation is also visiting for the 70 of anniversary commemorations that the could be a more more than 40 people have been killed in wild fires across the southern europe. $55.00 is a greece, a baffling plains around the country for 2 weeks now. with the official, the same old and $600.00 wild fires have broken out. 5, the rules of aging in croatia easily and spain dental authorities suspects an electric vehicle may have caused the fire board a condo ship carrying almost 3000 cars. the coast guard says the fire could be burning the dates. officials say that doing everything possible to prevent it from thinking which could lead to an oil spill is as ami has declared support for the soldiers who say their ousted or have ousted president mohammed by zoom from palla . the head of the army said he was pledging a like the legions in order to avoid a deadly confrontation between various military for

john, the patron saint of clergy, stands. one of them gave birth to the name yang, not far there at a time, pancakes are such a pedestal and stood on this pedestal. here's a figure of st. john. it's not a kohanku, and uh, it's a figure. she stood on replanting, rowing drove the castle. you can later be in this place and show aliya the watch, the soviet statue was thrown off. aliya e was now in the lake, this figure of water was pulled out at night. eh, they tightened this tower, as it had already split it, it rings like that and slaughtered it with firewood. but everything secret becomes clear figure, st. john was found quite by accident, when one historian decided to read what is written on the bell, but slipped and fell on stacked boards and firewood under the chimes. he miraculously survived next to him in a pile of firewood and found a protruding stone hand. as a result, in 2003 , the found figure of the saint was installed on the territory of the church; this is the hair stone they brought. it's from uh pagan. if you save , it will turn out that this is power.

facilities in odessa also targeted north korea's leader came, john loan has hosted russia's defense minister and the chinese delegation and peeling yang. they all came 1st high level visitors since depend on x. lol fi has destroyed an ancient church in palermo on the italian island of sicily, 3 people have been killed. extreme hayes, and strong winds offending files across the mediterranean. well, those are the headlines. on alex's 0 through stay with us, witness is coming up next. thank you very much for watching the the the a, my family story is inseparable from the story of my country. even though i've never really lived there the we moved around a lot and i grew up in x. so because of the war. ready ready ready ready ready ready ready the my father founded the sudan peoples incorporation movement, the scale in, in 1983. ready with my mother, by his side had an armed struggle against and it's not me extend a mental us government based in the north of the country for the self determination of the people in the south and democratic transformation of the whole country. it was a civil war characterized by nick as well as religious diff

. >> welcome back, toby yang said she was crazy in love with convict john manard, together they escapeelebrated with romantic dinners by candlelight. but the honeymoon was over, and now they were hurdling down a dark highway with police in pursuit. here's andrea canning with the conclusion of breakout. >> the chase was on. reality in the form of dozens of police cars and two helicopters was in hot pursuit of toby and about to bring her two-week odyssey with john manard, to a sudden and possibly deadly conclusion. >> everything was like slow motion. i couldn't hear anything. it was this weird kind of vortex i was in. i couldn't hear anything, and there are sirens everywhere. i looked over at john and he was talking, but i couldn't hear him. >> he cut left and shot across the median. and then we all turned, and everybody went across the median. >> he passed a semi truck on the shoulder but the wheels went off into the grass. when he came back on the pavement he lost control of the truck. >> that's the truck on dash cam video, swerving off the road. now they were heading towards a three a