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At a time of a global pandemic. >> and harris, as you look at pictures from our drone team live over the border, a drilldown on some numbers. for instance, unaccompanied minors in july more than 18,000 encounters with unaccompanied minors. you compare that to one year ago. it was just 2 1/2 thousand. the numbers are increasing month-by-month by month. border patrol agents here really need the help. >> harris: thank you. officials in border communities are dealing with the problem firsthand as we...

To show up. these are the first parliamentary elections in afghanistan in eight years. almost 2 1/2 thousand candidates competing for 250 seats in afghanistans parliament. but politics in afghanistan is a risky business. this election campaign has been marred by violence. two candidates were killed during that campaign. and on polling day, in kabul, at least three people died and 20 were injured in a suicide bombing as a polling station was due to close. there were several other incidents around...

To show up. these are the first parliamentary elections in afghanistan in eight years. almost 2 1/2 thousand candidates competing for 250 seats in afghanistans parliament. but politics in afghanistan is a risky business. this election campaign has been marred by violence. two candidates were killed during that campaign. and on polling day, in kabul, at least three people died and 20 were injured in a suicide bombing as a polling station was due to close. there were several other incidents around...

Russian president vladimir putin is blaming ukraine for increased fighting between pro russian rebels and ukrainian armed foerzes. at a news conference putin said ukraine needs money and is exporting world powers. he said they could, quote, best squeeze that money out of the european union and u.s. and international financial institutions by portraying itself as a vick tm of a gres gregs. so far president trump has been silent on alleged violations to the cease fire agreement this week. senior i...

Conditions. cnn national correspondent payton walsh was there on the ground. nick, who is being blamed here for the escalated violence? what did you see on the front lines in eastern ukraine? >> jake, its always very hard to really divine who is firing at who, who started what. all you hear or you see on the sky line is a ka cough any of shell explosions and violence. i should point out in 24-hour period just recently past seen by osce monitors, they recorded 2 1/2 thousand explosions. a stagger...

Whats happened to the sales? >> well, the books themselves have skyrocketed. just recently, just in the last week, probably 2 1/2 thousand of just this title, probably 5,000 of our constitution coloring books, just yesterday, right up the hudson river a community called clarkston, a councilman wants 2500 constitution books on patriotism, freedom, freedom much speech, liberty, justice, patriotic book to hand out at his fourth of july parade. >> gretchen: you build for all audiences because you we...

In new south wales it is feared a levee in the city of grafton could collapse now. the mayor of the town ordered that 2 1/2 thousand people living there are being told to evacuate. police are urging people to move to higher ground. listen to announcements from the emergency services. the australian military has also been brought into the worst affected areas to help with relief work. and its been a really tough couple of weeks as i said. and as you understand it has been a very poor start to the...

Because it was a huge deal for to you cancel it, wasnt it? >> it was. this is our major annual fundraising ehave not. typically attended by about 600 people. we typically net 2 or $300,000 and as the date approached and as we began to understand devastation to long beach, we decided we werent comfortable having a party while people were in the cold and hungry. so we canceled it. >> so you decided in place to do what? >> we called up the caterer, tell him use the $75,000 check as a deposit. said ...