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we begin with a blistering and dangerous heat wave and a stranglehold across the western united states. millions of people are sweltering this weekend. more than 40 million are under heat alerts as temperatures soar 15 to 20 degrees above normal. for the fifth day in a wroe, electric companies in california are asking customers to turn off unnecessary lights and appliances in order to save electricity during the late afternoon and evening hours. cnns chris winn reports from los angeles...

well discuss the implications on u.s. relations with beijing. live from cnn center, this is c"cnn newsroom" with kim brunhuber. >> we begin with two major weather events unfolding right now. the first here in the united states, a dangerous and blistering heatwave continues its stranglehold in the western part of the country. more than 40 million people are under heat alerts as temperatures soar 10 to 20 degrees above normal and electric companies in california are asking companies to...

cnn speaks with asylum seekers in and out of the country. live from cnn center, this is "cnn newsroom," with kim brunhuber. we begin with scenes of utter devastation in northern california, where wildfires have burned through more than 9,000 acres. the mill fire has left hundreds of houses ablaze in the small town of weed. firefighters say theyre making progress, but the fire is still only 25% contained and the nearby mountain fire is 5% contained. streets are littered with charred...

mishandled classified documents. well see if hes singing the same tune after what the fbi found at mar-a-lago. and russian shelling shutting down another reactor at the biggest nuclear plant in europe. is it safe and should the world be worried? it is a big disappointment on the launch pad in dpla flo -- florida. nasa pulling the plug on the scheduled launch of the unmanned artemis one rocket. engineers could not fix a liquid hydrogen like in time for liftoff and thats the second t...

Outage. the service went down yesterday, prompting -- which manages the system to switch to a backup line. it is sincerely apologize for the -- now been rectified. also, some of what is coming up later in the program, for you in just a moment, speaking to the defense committee chair after -- what the government makes of russias rebellion, and what could be next for the -- prince william irvilles how he will tackle from leftists life work, we look at the thoughts on the leading charity shelter --...

>> terrifying. russian shelling knocked out the last power line going into the panel. there were four of them. steadily the russian shelling knocked one, two, three, and the fourth one out. this is now cut off from the ukrainian power grid. the electricity to the plant is now being supplied by a backup line going to a local thermal reactor but in any normal situation, this would require all the reactors to shut down. for example, this happened in the united states, the united states requires tha...

Announced a big initiative to finally get to it, but the problem is we have to get truckers to get those goods out of the ports into our warehouse and thats the biggest shortage we are seeing. >> the trees are stunning, do you have a backup line of charlie brown christmas trees i case you cant get the real nic ones because they are in short supply? what is your backup plan? >> its funny, about six months ago we said if we can get our trees here what are we going to do and we looked into selling ...

Now to one of the stories we have been closely following for months. the devastation faced by millions of americans in puerto rico in the aftermath of hurricane maria. they are facing another setback. a massive blackout. this one, island-wide. >> power officials say it was caused by a worker who got too close to a power line with a bulldozer yesterday. the electricity is back on for some people this morning. the power authority says about 70% of the customers, about 1.1 million homes and busines...

Weve allowed it to happen. weve gone backwards. were apparently okay with it. many trains used to crack 100 miles an hour with regularity back in the 1930s. well, today our high-speed line on the east coast, the acela, averages 87 miles an hour. much of the world from spain to france to china is zooming down the rails while we regress. we travel back in time. then theres hartsfield airport in atlanta, the worlds busiest, when they have electric power. they did not yesterday, thanks to an undergr...

France to china is zooming down the rails while we regress. we travel back in time. then theres hartsfield airport in atlanta, the worlds busiest, when they have electric power. they did not yesterday, thanks to an underground fire that also toasted the backup line. and as a result over 1500 flights were canceled along with all the holiday hopes and dreams of tens of thousands of air passengers idled. theres speculation tonight a power line was gnawed on by a rat. and if thats true, if something...