made of >> what about debate night in america begins june 27. good seven hello and welcome to our viewers, joining us from all around the world and everyone streaming us on cnn. >> next, i'm rosewood church, just ahead. >> us president joe biden and donald trump will meet face-to-face. >> one week from today for the first presidential debate, we will show you how the two candidates are prepping for the event and extreme weather conditions in the us leading to a fires, floods, and mudslides. we will tell you when we might get a break from the record heat plus russian president vladimir putin touches down vietnam just hours after signing a mutual defense pact. >> with pyongyang from redlands this is cnn newsroom with rosemarie have you with us? >> we'll end just one week. us president joe biden and former president donald trump will face off in a live debate right here on cnn. both men are preparing for the pivotal showdown in what could be a defining moment in this year's presidential race? the white house press secretary said this about mr. biden's preparations that is squarely. >> nick camp of the campaign. so i have to keep that there and i'm not going to speak in details about that. >> trump who skipped all the republican primary debates, is ramping up his preparation for this high-stakes moment. cnn political analyst maggie haberman explains trump, is taking this more seriously than people allow publicly, right? i mean, in public, his aides often downplay the prep that he does. he's been doing not standard debate prep he doesn't have stand-ins as of now for biden, they are focusing on various issues that could come up abortion, health care her gi covid, and then very specifically in this was one thing that came up last thursday what trump will say when asked january 6 related questions the race remains tied to a new folks news poll shows mr. biden has inched ahead of trump for the first time since october, but as you can see, it's still a very close match up. well, the campaigns are clearly eager for the showdown with the biden team marking the juneteenth holiday by tearing into what he calls trump's flagrant racism. >> he's campaign also released this ad we celebrate freedom freedom to live play. jews marry, vote we are the culture we blaze trails. we define our future. >> we are the heart and soul of america and we must ask ourselves, in this moment, how will we continue our legacy? how will we continue to define america with our hard-earned rights under attack from those who looked to divide the nation the biden campaign released a statement marking juneteenth and attacking trump. >> it reads in part, and i'm quoting here, donald trump has spent his entire life denigrating black americans. he spent his entire presidency harming black communities, and he spent his entire campaign. this cycle engaged in mt racist gimmicks instead of meaningful outreach, black americans have not forgotten his lifetime of racism. the comments come just days after donald trump trial hi to court black voters as he campaigns in detroit over the weekend and be sure to watch are cnn host the us presidential debate next week, it's on thursday, june 27th at 9:00 p.m. eastern here in the united states. that's 2:00 a.m. friday in london, 9:00 a.m. in hong kong more than 2 million people in southern texas are under a tornado watch, right now due to tropical storm alberto, the national hurricane center's as alberto has been strengthening and will continue to bring heavy rains, coastal flooding and gusty winds along the coast of texas and north northeastern mexico through the de today, flash flood warnings are also up in some areas, mudslides are also possible, especially in higher terrain across north eastern mexico. the center of the storm is about 120 20 miles east southeast of tampico in mexico and is expected to make landfall near there in the coming hours. the winds have knocked out power to more than 10,000 customers in texas. that's according to power outage outage.us and storm surge combined with the tide will cause normally dry areas near the coast to be flooded texas governor greg abbott has issued a disaster declaration for 51 counties impacted by the tropical storm. last hour, i spoke with the mare of corpus christi in texas and i asked her what they've been doing to prepare for the strip former and possible tornadoes. take a listen so what we've been doing the last 24 hours is working very diligently, proactively and with our departments are many departments most especially are texas department of emergency management, the division of emergency management with the state of texas i mean, so it's been there's been a lot of good partnership and good deployment of resources here in this christie so what are you telling residents to do to prepare for the worst-case scenario here? >> so we're telling them of course what we hear in texas turnaround don't drown and make certain to stay in. if you don't need to leave because we don't know the rains. are there, come and go and they're very heavy at times and they're lighter and others. but there are different sled levels around the city. and so there are or low lying areas, there are some areas for example, north beach, which is it's it's below sea level and since it can be very dangerous. and so we're asking people to stay alert to our public news releases we have reverse alert, which are constantly going out, letting everyone i know what's going on. and of course, just to stay safe and not to leave your home. if you don't have to or if actually right now, we are really monitoring everything you really it's by the minute, like we just said, there's a tornado watch. now until your hours later from now, but we just we're just keeping everyone abreast and apprised of everything that's happening meantime extreme hate is still posing a threat to other parts of the us. >> cnn meteorologist chad myers has the latest forecast it sure would be nice to get some of those rains here from parts of texas into new mexico where the fires are. and yes, we will see a few scattered showers here, but really more we're going to get will be the wind. we're going to see wins 20 to 25 miles per hour in areas where the fires are now the wind is from an opposite direction that could put firefighters and danger, but also could push the fires back onto areas that have already burned. but you never like to see 20 to 30 mile per hour winds over a fire zone. i'd like to see some wind here in the east, maybe blowing this heat away for a change, or at least giving you a wind chill factor, which certainly won't be the case again, we're talking about heat index how about 260 million people or more going to see temperatures above 90 over the next few days, maybe not every day, but certainly you will. there's where the heat will be for today, a little bit farther toward the west tomorrow. and really just expanding toward even dc by the weekend where temperatures will be almost 100 degrees and that's not heat index, that's thermometer. we still have these excessive heat warnings and watches all the way across the us where we're just now seeing just long duration days, whereas day after day over 90 degrees over 95 degrees in some spots, even new york city today, all the way to 92. and if you are not in the wind or if you are in the sunshine or between buildings with the concrete, it will feel warmer than that without a doubt, today's heat index and syracuse, a lovely 99 this afternoon, and 99 not with heat index, but with the air temperature for dc saturday and for sunday. lot of folks going to be doing things out and about in dc make sure you tried to stay cool. there are lots of water for you, the pets, the kids and even the plants because they're going a little bit of water please have a great day. >> parts of new mexico are enduring multiple weather-related disasters heavy rain on wedensday cause flash flooding in the mountain village of ruidoso with mudslides in areas already burned by wildfires, those storms appearing alongside wildfires burning near the same village officials reported but at least two people have died as a result. the two major fires burning in the area have scorch large parts of the land forcing residents to evacuate california is experiencing a dramatic surge in wildfires. cal fire's as the amount of land burned by fires the increased nearly 1,500% from the same time period last year. they say the fires are fueled by dry grasses and strong winds, but nearly all of them have been caused by people will like are chad myers reported high temperatures are set to continue across the us route weekend. it comes after more than a dozen daily high temperature records were either broken or tied on wednesday in the northeast. some new england states will see a brief reprieve from the heat thanks to cold front sweeping on friday, but others are busy thinking of ways to stay cool maggie and hide breezy overwhelming, but it is what it is staying cool is process this week, i think eating a lot of ice cream, take what the showers and being grateful for air conditioning, we are so blessed to have it. so stake hydrated and be well out there vladimir putin is spending the de, in vietnam in a bid to boost economic ties after his trip to north korea, dignitaries welcome the russian leader at her noise presidential palace just a short time ago, mr. putin is trying to dispel the perception that he's increasingly isolated by western sanctions over the war in ukraine is already met with the vietnamese president and we'll speak with the prime minister and communist party chief in the hours ahead. >> that russian leader has expressed his willingness to help vietnam with its nuclear power program and increase tourism between the two countries. please. >> let's bring in cnn's beijing bureau chief steven jiang. >> now so steven, what's been china's reaction to this strengthening of bilateral relations between russia and north korea rosemarie. >> officially they have not said much although the chinese foreign ministries daily press briefing, there's about his star, so they may say a bit more, but i expect these reactions where you volatility bland along the lines of china welcomes to see russia and north korea develop neighborly friendly name labor, labor relationship because even some analysts in china have described this upgraded relationship between pyongyang and moscow as transaction or with each side offering what the utter desperately need. now, china at the end of day, feels very secure and confident about it. so relationship with both north korea and russia because it's row it realizes is simply indispensable in terms of propping up both economies can of course has been providing north korea with an economic lifeline for decades and increasingly they've been doing this with the russian economy, helping moscow dodge severe western sanctions by rapidly expanding its trading the investment relationship with moscow. and a lot of language you heard in the past few days in pyongyang also explains why 23 liters she put a namdar kim very much feeling bonded over. there are common shared grievance against the us and its allies. and these language about hegemonic power trying to it will suppress at our country's interests, very much reminding a lot of people if what you often hear, here in beijing as well. but china of course, unlike moscow and pyongyang, is still very much part of the global trade system and they do still need western investments and technologies, especially when they are facing economic headwinds. and xi jinping also this own political ambitions potentially wanting to play a peacemaker in the war in ukraine. so you're not going to hear china throw corn and call for support publicly behind russia's war efforts in ukraine at the end of day though, these tensions that have been building on the korean peninsula with this for tat cycle, north koreans testing more weapons while you us and its allies responding with bigger and bigger military exercises, not in the interest of china because everything's happening on its doorstep. that's why interestingly, auto beijing insisted coincidentally, chinese officials were actually in seoul on tuesday talking with their south korea counterparts about improving diplomatic and security ties. sound on a day when putin, as i was actually arriving np on, yeah, so china definitely trying to strike a delicate balance here. rosemary. all right. so even john joining us live from beijing, many things will put it in the trip to north korea ended with a treaty signing which he says includes a mutual defense provision. some experts are comparing bring it to nieto's article five. an attack on one country means both could respond. and it may be an attempt to justify the use of north korean munitions in the war in ukraine. cnn's matthew chance reports from moscow this was carefully choreographed pomp and ceremony a lavish welcome in north korea for the russian president pyongyang's central square tens of thousands cheered, waving flags and balloons there's their own ruthless autocrats, kim jong stood shoulder to shoulder with the kremlin, strong it's been 24 years since putin's last visit here now, international sanctions and war have driven him back later, the two leaders signing a strategic alliance treaty, unwavering, they called it heralding a new and dangerous phase in cooperation between moscow and pyongyang giotto do not ask them, can you can each row, evan, i've no this powerful treaty will be very constructive, declared kim jong un strictly peace-loving and defensive. he said but this one she wanted to go off in clarified the partnership includes mutual assistance in the event of aggression that's similar to nieto's article five, raising concerns this ukrainian attacks on russia could invoke the clause ready us officials. so russia is using north korean ammunition to sustain its barrage on the ukrainian front lines moscow and pyongyang deny arms transfers, which would be invited elation of un sanctions. the kremlin needs all the help it can get to win its conflicts in ukraine what north korea may get in return is also concerning its space ballistic missile and nuclear programs used to threaten the us and its allies would benefit it's from russian technology kremlin says pyongyang has an even asked for help in the most sensitive areas back in pyongyang, the only tech being transferred so far seems to be automotive. the kremlin gifting kim, a russian made limo in which putin then drove him around during a brief interlude but then it was back to the business of states state-sponsored flatter putin and kim stone-faced at times sats as the captive audience clapped along to patriotic russian and korean songs leaders opposed to the us and its allies are isolated in sanctioned by the west pyongyang at least neither looks like a pariah matthew chance, cnn, moscow 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