i'm michael holmes. appreciate your company. now, coming up here on cnn "newsroom." the director of the fbi, urging americans to wake up, and get on the offense against the threat, that he is comparing to 9/11. >>> also -- >> the country that i love, that i came in, that i have sacrificed so much, doesn't care about us. >> feeling abandoned, after republicans refuse to back a commission, to investigate the capitol insurrection. capitol police officers are speaking out. >>> and it doesn't have any teeth, but it's one of the world's most dangerous underwater predators. what it is, and why human beings are to blame. >>> welcome, everyone. the u.s. government, warning that just about every facet of america's infrastructure is, now, directly threatened by an epidemic of ransomware attacks. and as we saw with the colonial pipeline, in april, a successful attack can, quickly, throw daily life into turmoil. an investigation found hackers accessed colonial's system, with a compromised password. it was that simple. cyberexperts believe ha

i'm michael holmes. we have just learned that preliminary results in the iranian election with 90% of the vote counted, ebrahim raisi poised to be the winner. earlier the conservative chief justice was congratulated by his sole moderate opponent, and president hassan rouhani, whose term is ending, also congratulated the president-elect before the official results were made public. the last polling places closed well after midnight local time. some of them have been open for 19 hours. that was much longer than planned and an effort to boost voter turnout. now, besides dealing with domestic crises, iran's next president will help decide whether the 2015 nuclear deal can be revived. it is a position raisi is said to favor. the executive vice president of the quincy institute for responsible statecraft and the author of "losing an enemy: obama, iran, and the triumph diplomacy" joins me now from fairfax, virginia. good to see you. i'm curious. what does the leadership's decision to basically, you know, rig th

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here's michael holmes with the story. >> reporter: it is commonly known as the hottest place on earth. tourists posing for photos in death valley, california. the numbers on the themometer say it all. it's a scorcher. >> we're from michigan so this is extremely hot for us. we have a ton of water in the car, gatorade and we aren't going to do much. >> reporter: an alarming snapshot of a growing global crisis affecting not only the west but countries around the world. a u.n. official tweeting that drought could be the next pandemic with no vaccine to cure it. the warning not just for poor nations but developed ones, too, with population growth changing rainfall patterns from climate change and over cultivation just some of the factors contributing to drought. without enough water this farmer in jordan says he has no income. >> translator: the problem is that we don't have any water. look at this tow nato. if there was water, it would have been bigger and i could have sold it for a good price. >> reporter: there is a struggle to provide enough power to nearby cities. heavy rain finally s

i am michael holmes and you are watching cnn "newsroom." the u.s. passed a milestone over the weekend in its effort to vaccinate americans against covid-19. the centers for disease control and prevention report more than 300 million vaccine doses have been administered and 63.5% of adults are partially vaccinated. paula sandoval reports on the push by the first lady and the top disease expert. >> stopping by an iconic harlem church hoping to increase the vaccination numbers, and the first lady and dr. anthony fauci made time to stop by the baptist church and speaking not only with the church officials but to those administering the vaccine firsthand to see what is going on in communities of color, and they realize churches are the most trusted institutions in the black and brown communities. >> people in the community trust the church and people in the church, and that's how we are going to do it, through the faith community to reach out to their congregation and flocks. >> both the first lady and dr. fauci spent time speaking with some getting thei

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i'm michael holmes. appreciate your company. coming up here on "cnn newsroom," like terrorism in the wake of 9/11. that's how the fbi director is describing ransomware attacks escalating across the country. >>> travel rules reversal. why many brits vacationing in portugal are now rushing to get home. >>> and as the jersey shore prepares for summer crowds, restaurant owners are finding employees hard to find. ♪ >>> we begin with a dire warning from the u.s. government. ransomware attacks are getting so frequent that they could cripple vital infrastructure if drastic action isn't taken soon. experts say cyberattacks are up more than 100% compared to this time last year, and last year was busy. hospitals, schools, police, transportation, gasoline, food, government -- no one has been spared. and a single successful attack can throw daily life into turmoil. remember colonial pipeline that was hacked with an errant password. suddenly millions of americans couldn't get gas, a jarring wake-up call for the biden administration. jessica s

michael holmes, cnn. >> a family physician and national covid testing consultant, pioneered a method of pop-up coronavirus testing in hawaii. he joins us now from st. louis, missouri. good to see you. thank you very much, doctor. how concerned are you, then, about this delta variant? >> oh, we are very concerned about it because, you know, we have pockets in the united states that we still have to really worry about. we have a large section of the united states, if you really take a circle over the southern united states, it extends up into the midwest and some of the western states. we're just barely getting above 30% with the vaccine. and i am traveling throughout the united states and it is very, very concerning because there is no mask to be seen and people are just standing on top of each other as if life never happened with coronavirus. so, i am very, very concerned for these areas. it seems like we're going to have two varieties of the united states associated with the way we're going to approach this going forward. >> i mean, we're in the south here, and certainly you're righ

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. >> my colleague michael holmes discussed with an expert the threat ransom ware poses. the ceo of a cybersecurity during dragos an here is part of their conversation. >> so far everything has been criminal in nature taking advantage of these things. but it does expose the weakness that everyone is concerned about where you could do disruptive attacks and we have seen these types of attacks before, not with ransomware but with cyberattacks and infrastructure including ukraine in 2015 and ukraine in 2016 when cyberattacks took down portions of the system. >> reporter: you mentioned health care organizations being hit. one imagines at some point lives are going to be at risk or even lost. >> absolutely. so i think we have to, first, focus on human life. that is obviously what we need to protect the most. beyond that, it also is just a significant economic impact. a lot of these companies, especially when you look at industrial companies, they are portions of our supply chain for food, energy, water. when you interrupt those it can have an impact on our day-to-day lives and

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. >> my colleague, michael holmes, discussed the threat posed by ransomware, earlier, with an expert. robert lee was a u.s. air force cyberwarfare operations officer, and now he is ceo of the cybersecurity company, dragos. here is part of their conversation. >> so far, everything has been criminal in nature, both from non-state actors and state actors. taking advantage of these things. but it does expose the weakness that everyone's concerned about. where you could do disruptive aattacks. and we have seen these types of attacks, before. not with ransomware but with cyberattacks and infrastructure. including, ukraine 2015 and ukraine in 2016 when cyberattacks took down portions of the electric-power system. >> yeah, absolutely. what worries you, most, in terms of potential impacts? i mean, you mention healthcare organizations being hit. one -- one imagines, at some point, lives are going to be at risk or -- or even lost. >> absolutely. so, i think, we have to, first, focus on human life. that is, obviously, what we need to protect the most. beyond that, it, also, is just as significant

i'm michael holmes. just learned that preliminary results in the iranian election with 90% of the vote counted, ebrahim raisi poised to be the winner. earlier the conservative chief justice was congratulated by his sole moderate opponent, and president hassan rouhani, whose term is ending, also congratulated the president-elect before the official results were made public. the last polling places closed well after

michael. >>> thank you. now to the rise, fall and transformation of mike tyson. part two of "mike tyson: the knockout" airs tonight, taking viewers inside his trial, conviction and sentence. t.j. holmesle. he went on to earn some $400 million in the ring. but then things unraveled and filed for bankruptcy and went to prison. since then he's trying to put things back together and stage a comeback not in the ring but in life. mike tyson, "the knockout," part two of the series will look at the former heavyweight champion's trial, conviction and sentence for raping an 18-year-old woman. >> she brought down a huge icon. mike tyson had been undefeated for the most part. here this 18-year-old contestant comes along and she defeats him. comes along and she defeats him. >> reporter: mike tyson's story, one of transformation. >> why did you tattoo your face? and he says -- >> i just feel like i wanted to tattoo my face. i didn't like the way it looked. i just wanted to change it. >> reporter: and a redemption. he rose from the streets of brooklyn to become an icon. >> as time went by and we really began to work on these early childhood issues, yes, tears started to come. i've had sessions in w

michael? >>> we turn now to the nba playoffs and lebron james facing a first-round elimination for the first time in 15 years after the phoenix suns steam rolled the lakers last night. t.j. holmes all the drama. good morning, t.j. >> reporter: hey, good morning to you, stra. lebron and the defending champion lakers are now a loss away from being eliminated in the first round of the nba playoffs. that is something that rarely happens for a defending champion and also rarely for lebron to get beat in the first round. it's never happened before, 14-0 in his career in the first round without anthony davis injured last night but need to win thursday or they're done. also last night, the nets won their first playoff series in seven years. their big three of kevin durant, kyrie irving and of course james harden. they are on their way to the next round to play antetokounmpo and the milwaukee bucks. and last night, the highlight, the double nickel put up by damian lillard. 55 points last night from the portland trail blazers' star and he made a record 12 three-pointers in the game, an nba playoff record, this was many double overtime, but they lost. so still the double nickel was kind o