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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...

russian military forced the others to shut down and it lost its main connection to the nations power grid and atomic safety experts are extremely worried. cnns melissa bell has the latest from ukraine. >> reporter: theres been good news from the ukrainian counteroffensive tonight according to officials here in kyiv with an aide to president zelenskyy of what he says is the ukrainian flag. this town has been the center of battles for some time and we are getting some confirmation of the...

pm, now scrapped because of a hydrogen leak. then there was this, pretty remarkable, slow developing drama unfolding all morning over the skies of tupelo, mississippi an ending in a cornfield. it began with the pilot threatening to crash that plane into a walmart. that is where we begin with this mississippi breaking news. the latest development we have just learned is that that plane is now down. apparently landing safely with the pilot now in police custody, after circling the skies ...

We have new video to share of yesterdays drama that unfolded in the skies over tupelo, mississippi. hours after the pilot of a stolen plane threatened to intentionally crash into a walmart this is where he eventually crash landed. this is a soybean field in nearby ripley. the suspect is an employee of an aviation company at the airport where the plane was stolen. police say he doesnt appear to be a licensed pilot. he is charged with grand larceny and making terroristic threats and also expected ...

Pilot was gonna follow through on his threat to crash into walmart? >> yes, alex im not sure how the military wouldve responded to this. in that horizon hairlines case five years ago in seattle, the military was put on alert and maybe even scrambled jets to make sure that that large airplane would not have impacted in a congested area. in this case, though this twin engine was a smaller airplane and it was loitering over an area over tupelo, but way north over lot of farmland. im sure the milita...