The latest news from around the world. Official traveling with mike pompeo in indonesia said they heard the reports and are following the situation closely. Venezuela is in the middle of a deep financial crisis. The International Monetary fund said inflation will reach 1 million percent this year. Blackouts and shortages of basic items are common place. Cnn atlanta. What does this apparent attack tell us about the political and economic turmoil effecting venezuela . We posed that question to jennifer mccoy. A professor at Georgia State university and the coauthor of the Book International mediation in venezuela. Theres a great deal of unrest in venezuela and a lot of dissatisfaction apparently among military ranks. The government has been arresting and removing Military Personnel from the ranks
The latest news from around the world. Yet. There were funerals of those killed. The president elect said he welcomes the opposition taking their dispute to the courts here in zimbabwe but the growing cause in the region and continent for the opposition and leader to concede defeat. But so far, this dispute continues leaving this country in a potentially difficult limbo as it tries to move beyond years of economic stagnation. Sources close to the white house tell cnn that President Trump is worried his children will get called up in the Russia Investigation Lead by special counsel Robert Mueller. Mr. Trump is said to be especially concerned about his son don jr. Although the president s attorney denied that in a statement to cnn. Mueller has been looking into the meeting at trump tower that don jr. Held with a group of russians during the campaign. If don jr. Was lying when he told Con Depress Underoath that his father did not know about the meeting at the time, he could be charged with with a crime. The political clout of u. S. President trump is about to be tested. On tuesday, voters in ohio go to the polls for a special election. The president is using his star power to energize his supporters hoping it will be enough to send troy to congress. The district normally favors republicans but democratic challenger Danny Oconnor surged in the polls and is now statistically even. If he loses it could foreshadow aan electoral backlash in the Midterm Election which is are three months away. The president addressed that possibility with disdain and insults. Theyre talking about this blue wave. I dont think so. I dont think so. Maxine waters is leading the charge maxine. Shes a real beauty. Maxine. A seriously low iq person. Seriously. Maxine waters. Maxine waters, a democrat. Well, the president also addr s addressed election meddling but declined to single out russia. We have to stop it. We have to stop meddling. We have to stop everybody from attacking us. But there are a lot. Russia is there, chinas there. Were doing well with north korea but theyre probably there. We have to stop everybody. Lets talk more about it with the chief Diplomatic Correspondent from the new york times. He joins us from brussels. We appreciate you being with us. Lets begin there with the rally
in the state of ohio. This is the final special election. A congressional battle between a republican and democrat. The vote is tuesday prior to the midterms. How critical is this outcome for mr. Trump . Well, for us its critical. I think momentum is what were talking about. If the republicans lose this seat which is possible, it would indicate that mr. Trump has not only been energizing his base but has been energizing the opposition to him also because the Democratic Party is always arguing with itself. But the fact is there are a lot of people out there who will campaign and will vote against mr. Trump as well as his base that fights enthusiastically for him. He is someone that lives on division and creates division and it could be that in the
midterms his party is cursed by that kind of division. But we have to see. Yes. He continues to blast the media during his rally. Was the attack on the News Industry his war, if you will, on the media, do you think that could help him or hurt him in the november midterms . Some of these are like trumps greatest hits. The way he goes after Maxine Waters and Hillary Clinton, these are buttons that he presses that he knows excites his supporters and the media is a very good target for him. We are, you know, he likes to use us as i keep saying as puppets in his little show. I do think, you know, it has certainly helped us as a newspaper. Its helped you as a network with more viewers. Again, the country has become so polarized that people are much
they were three or four years ago. What worries me is i dont think he actually in his heart of hearts means it. Thats left to be said but enemies of the people, thats a dangerous phrase and im worried that hes going to get somebody killed. He is having fun and may not be thinking of the consequences. When his daughter was out this week does she think the media is the enemy of the state. She said no. Thats right. And then his press secretary, you know was dodging it. I dont think she thinks so but rather than say so which would have annoyed her boss. She said i speak for him and you know what his words are. And what he actually believes
inside himself, this is a man that has an outer person and inner person both arranged differently but they dont always agree with one another. Right. Lets talk about the investigation. Sources close to the white house tell cnn the president is growing concern that the Russia Investigation is getting close to his son don jr. , about that meeting at trump tower during the election with some russians and perhaps getting close to his soninlaw Jared Kushner and that may be what is behind his increasing public frenzied agitation over Robert Mueller. He continues to relent leslie attack the investigation. What do you think about that report about hill being concerned about his family. I think hes right to be concerned. I think hes right to be concerned. Donald trump junior is on the record in an email asking for more dirt on Hillary Clintonfrom this meeting with russians. Thats why he took the meeting. And so this, you know, makes him vulnerable, particularly if he lied to congress about it. I dont think anyone is is going to get him for perjury particularly but he is an instrument that mueller is looking at trying to decide whether there was real conspiracy, collusion, between the Trump Campaign and russia because the Trump Campaign was clearly looking for dirt on Hillary Clinton and these socalled representatives of russia seem to be offering it. So thats what mueller is looking into and i think the president is right to be concerned that this investigation will touch his son. I also want to ask you, steven, why is there such a back and forth about whether mr. Trump will sit down with
muellers team. Well, his lawyers would like him not to. But President Trump as we know is full of selfconfidence. He believes he can get into a room with anyone, whether its kim jong un or its the president of iran or Vladimir Putin and win the day through his personal negotiating skill. So partly, i think he just, you know, wants a conversation with Robert Mueller because thats who trump is. But i think his lawyers will probably restrain him, maybe hell answer questions, written questions that theyll be able to vet but, you know, the president does, as we know, what he pretty much wants to do. He wanted to beat Vladimir Putin and his aids thought it would go away and he didnt so he met Vladimir Putin. If he really wants to do a face
to face interview with mueller thats what he wants to do but his lawyers will encourage him not to do that. We always appreciate your insight. Thanks for giving us the time. Thanks, natalie. Well, speaking of Vladimir Putin, how about this one, American Martial Arts Actor steven segal became a russian citizen a couple of years ago and now the kremlin is awarding him. Seagal has become a special representative to promote russia and u. S. Relations. He is a close friend of the russian president. A small Minority Group gathers. Why theyre protesting a new law in israel. Well tell you about that. Plus officials are Warning Hawaiians to get their Misdemeanor Kits ready as Hurricane Hector gains power on its way toward the island. Ahh. Summer is coming. And its time to get outside. Pack in even more adventure with audible. With the Largest Selection of audiobooks. Audible lets you follow plot twists off the beaten track. Or discover magic when you hit the open road. With the free audible app, your stories go wherever you do. And for just 14. 95 a month you get a credit, good for any audiobook. If you dont like it exchange it any time. No questions asked. You can also roll your credits to the next month if you dont use them. So take audible with you this summer. On the road. On the trail. Or to the beach. Start a 30day trial and your first audiobook is free. Cancel anytime, and your books are yours to keep forever. No matter where you go this summer make it better with audible. Text summer5 to 500500 to start listening today. Against the countrys new nation state law. The law declares israel a jewish state but the druze say it discriminates against them. Oren joins me from jerusalem. Was this expected or some what of a surprise . The druze anger has been building since the law was passed and its important to understand what theyre angry about. The druze, a minority numbering less than 150,000 werent angry about the fact that this makes israel the nation state of the people. They support that. Theyre angry that the law fails to mention equality or democracy or minority rights. Thats what they would like to see added here and its the lack of the word equality that leads them to say this law makes them feel like second class citizens. This protest had been planned. Benjamin netanyahu had been meeting to workout some sort of
compromise. It looked like he a historic compromise but that fell apart when the meetings between netanyahu and the druze fell apart angrily. That lead into this protest where you see Tens Of Thousands of people in the central square. Two flags there you see. One the israeli flag and the second that multicolored druze flag. They lead this protest but they werent the only speakers. In fact, the israeli mayor spoke and before this law was passed they were both jewish and democratic. All israel citizens are not treating he equally. That gets at the anger of this law. The question now is what happens next . Dru e leaders said there could be a special law passed but Israels Parliament isnt in session so any solution is on hold as anger over this law
builds. Well see if there was more protests planned but this was an he enormous one. Are they getting supports from others . They very much are. That protest was not only druze. Would have been more than half the druze population in israel. Others see it as discriminatory. It treats others as second class citizens. I mentioned the mayor of telaviv. He called for a solution to make them feel whole again. Acknowledge what they contributed and not only the druze, but other Israeli Citizens and there are a number of different groups there so they were all part of that anger over the law and well see what kind of fix some of the politicians can work around or does this anger continue to grow here. All right. Youll be watching it for us. As always, thank you. More than 700 firefighters are battling a forest fire in southern portugal. Two villages were evacuated when flames erupted saturday and ten water carrying aircraft were deployed. The peninsula has been experiencing near record high temperatures. An extreme heat wave is stifling much of europe bringing drought and fires. And Western Europe remains in the grip of the heat wave with more records being set. Were going to talk about hawaii as well. Something interesting going on there with Hurricane Hector but it was only a matter of time before portugal took fire here as a result of very dry conditions. Basically whats occurring in california on a much, much smaller scale and were hoping to avoid the calamity that was 2017 when we lost upwards of 100 people here as a result of the fires. So the government issued 700 plus Now Fire Personnel as natalie mentioned. 10 aircraft are dropping Fire Retardant on these fires here. 1,000 hectares have been burned as a result. The temperatures are not helping out. Its well into the 100s. Curtesy of this area of High Pressure which will begin to move and the dry air will go away. Well get into much cooler temperatures here. Youll be able to see what im talking about here. See the Cloud Cover North and west . Thats the milder air and rainfall from Northern Europe coming in but as you can see its still a ways away so tuesday and into wednesday before we can get into the noticeably cooler air. So for now, mid 40s. 113 degrees in portugal. This is where theyre fighting fires and dealing with these temperatures where they should be, well, they should be in The 20s And Lower 30s or 70s and 80 degrees. Temperatures similar to where they have been the last few days. This afternoon well continue to see this and one more day tomorrow before we begin to cool off. By the way, the rest of europe is doing okay thank you as far as the temperatures. Its not cool but its seasonal with temperatures in the 20s and the lower 30s but well get rid of extreme heat as that begins to push in and by the way as the cooler air ushers in from the atlanta it will bump the high east so the hot air not experienced across Central Europe will be on the way so here we go. Look at that. One more day in the 30s. 40s today. 30s tomorrow and then the rest of the week will be in the 20s and it will be the other way around across berlin where temperatures here will be in the 20s and will begin to climb into the 30s by later on this week. This is a cat 4 right now. Its 130 miles per hour. Get perspective here because otherwise where is this thing . Well its 1,300 miles away from
the big island of hawaii. This looks to be a mover here to the west for the next few days. Its not going to have Much Movement latitude wise north or south so its got to go in a westerly direction. Two things to watch with this forecast here. One the system will be weakening as it moves toward the west. So were going down categories as opposed to the other way around and also the cone is just to the south of the big island. The problem with that is forecast areas are huge natalie by the time we get into wednesday here. So it shifts a little bit to the north. We could be seeing direct impacts from hector. And by the way, the rainfall associated with it will also mix in with the volcano. Because thats where it is. That is also not going to be good. Well watch that closely and we have plenty of time to do so. They don deserve to have a double whammy. Thank you. Coming up here, sharp divisions
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