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You are live in the cnn newsroom. Im in washington. We begin this hour with news that the Florida Republican party has scrapped its own loyalty oath requiring candidates to pledge support for the partys eventual nominee. It is a promise donald trump has flatly refused to make all along. It is seen as a major defeat for trumps closest rival in his own state, Florida Governor ron desantis, and a big win for donald trump. Meanwhile, as trumps legal woes consider to pile up, the judge has been asked to place a limited gag order on trump. They want to continue to block his ability to make continuin...

Rose to 27 feet. it unindated this community to cover the first floor of homes. fire authorities tell us no one was injured or died. the fires start when the floodwaters shut the systems off. natural gas builds up and any electrical spark can cause a building to ignite. the new jersey governor murphy reiterated there is still concern at rising water levels. >> our death toll has climbed to 25 overnight and we have at least six missing across the state. my biggest concern right now is folks have to appreciate the fact we're still, while the weather may be good and while the floodwaters may have...

Now. two minutes after talking with air traffic control, 40 minutes into the flight, the transponder goes dark. it. is the instrument that sends out a signal to air traffic control. it tells what height, which direction and speed it is traveling. suddenly, this giant 777 is blind to the world. >> there is no easy explanation for why it happened. >> either it was intentional, someone tried to turn all the systems off at once or the pilot was kept from communicating or a mechanical failure that took all the systems out at one time. >> then, minutes after the transpond aer stops, it makes a unexp...

They said they think it's russia. i have president putin. he just said it's not russia. >> reporter: other members of the trump administration continue to cast a much darker view of russia. >> we don't trust russia. we don't trust putin. we never will. they're never going to be our friend. that's just a fact. >> reporter: and tonight concern that russian government hackers carried out probing cyber attacks on vital u.s. infrastructure including the power grid, potentially giving the kremlin the ability to turn off the lights. earlier this year the department of homeland security and fbi detail...

The ability to turn off the lights. the department of homeland security and the fbi detailing a two-year multistage effort by mow c moscow targeting the u.s. energy grid. they planted malware that allowed them to move into larger networks. once inside the energy suppliers, they collected information on the facilities control systems, attempting to gain the ability to turn those systems off. >> they're positioning malware so they could pull the trigger when they wanted to. but they're also sending the united states a message. we are in position to cause harm if we wanted to do it. so you, the u...