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Heatwaves Hit Parts Of U.S., Europe, And Asia; Authorities In Spain Estimate Over 510 Heatwave-Related Deaths In One Week; White House Deputy National Climate Adviser Ali Zaidi Is Interviewed On Biden Administration Environmental Policy; Video Of Violent Arrest Of Black Man By Police In Tennessee Causes Outrage; Shark Attack Incidents Increase Along U.S. East Coast; Federal Communications Commission Takes Measures To End Robocalls About Car Warranties; American Runner Sydney McLaughlin Breaks Her Own 400-Meter Hurdles World Record. Aired 2-3p ET
Aired July 23, 2022 - 14:00 ET
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JEAN CASAREZ, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Now the question is, would he not cooperate, or could he not cooperate because of a medical condition that no one ever knew existed. His attorney and guardian ad litem Ryan (ph) Ruth (ph) tells CNN that he will be looking into that, and also says that Palmer was in bad shape, non-responsive, and basically alive by the machine in the hospital.
Jean Casarez, CNN, New York.
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FREDRICKA WHITFIELD, CNN HOST: Hello again, everyone. Thank you so much for joining me. I'm Fredricka Whitfield.
The heatwave scorching the U.S. from coast to coast is bringing dangerous record high temperatures to several cities this weekend and fueling wildfires in the west. Residents in Mariposa County, California, have been told to evacuate immediately because of a growing wildfire. The Oak fire near Yellowstone National Park has burned more than 6,500 acres. It's now zero percent contained.
And right now, more than 85 million Americans are under excessive heat warnings and advisories. And in the northeast, the heat forced organizers of the Boston triathlon to postpone the event. New York City's triathlon will go on as scheduled tomorrow, but there some changes to make sure that participants are safe.
Let's go to CNN's Polo Sandoval in New York for more on how people are trying to keep cool.
POLO SANDOVAL, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Fred, another hour or two you may actually find me in there, especially as we get closer to today's predicted high of about 97 degrees. You may say it is July, it is supposed to be hot. But meteorologists are saying that by the time we finally get some relief here in New York, possibly the middle of next week, then New Yorkers will have experienced temperatures above 90 degrees for seven straight days. The last time that that was experienced was back in 2013.
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SANDOVAL: The National Weather Service predicting the dangerous July heat wave is far from subsiding. After blistering parts of the nation's south this week, forecasters expect this weekend's temperatures in the northeast will soar above normal for this time of year.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I sat outside here until 10:00 to 4:00 this morning.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Too hot inside. That's why I'm sitting outside.
SANDOVAL: Expected record setting temperatures prompting various heat alerts in the northeast corridor throughout the weekend, including in Boston and in New York, where the forecasts are calling for a high at or near 100 degrees in the city on Sunday.
JAMIE MCSHANE, CON EDISON: We're entering an extended heat wave. We're concerned about the consecutive one day after the next of high temperature, high heat.
SANDOVAL: A similar weekend in store for parts of the southwest with daytime temperatures in some areas likely to exceed 110 degrees according to forecasters. In all, roughly 85 percent of Americans will see temperatures above 90 degrees over the next week. Arizona officials report at least 29 people died from heat-related issues since March. Dallas recorded its first heat-associated death of the year, a 66-year-old woman with underlying health conditions. All across the country, authorities are asking people to take caution, staying indoors and hydrated, limiting sun exposure, and checking on the most vulnerable.
ADAM PALUKA, EMSA PUBLIC AFFAIRS: Don't think you're invincible because of your age. Don't think you're invincible because of fitness level. Everybody can succumb to the heat. There is nobody who is immune.
SANDOVAL: The heat has only compounded drought conditions out west. NASA satellite imagery showing Lake Mead at its lowest level since 1937. It's a source of water to millions across seven states, tribal lands, and parts of Mexico. Compared to the image in 2000, the recent photograph from this year shows what may be the worst drought in 12 centuries. The extreme heat in the U.S. continues to be matched by deadly summer conditions overseas.
Authorities in Spain estimated more than 510 heat wave related deaths this week. Scorching temperatures melted the roof of a museum in central China. And Chinese state media showing COVID workers desperately trying to keep cool in sweltering suits.
And in the U.K., rail workers painted tracks white to absorb less heat to keep them from expanding. Operations at a London airport were temporarily suspended to repair a small section of runway damaged by the summer sun. The heat also adding to wildfire concerns -- 19 European countries are on extreme danger alert.
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SANDOVAL (on camera): And back here in the United States, health officials especially here in New York, for example, the governor has actually implemented a statewide what some have described as an extreme heat action plan, Fred. It's designed in part to expand access to cooling centers. As we just mentioned, this heat has already proven to be deadly for some here in the country. And there is concern that, of course, as temperatures continue to rise toward the northeast, places like New York, Philadelphia, and Boston, that that threat will remain until we finally get a break. Fred?
WHITFIELD: Polo Sandoval, thanks so much.
Let's now turn to CNN correspondents in Europe and Asia who are covering those dangerously high temperatures around the world.
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BARBIE LATZA NADEAU, CNN CONTRIBUTOR: The extreme temperatures of this ongoing heat wave continue to be a problem here in southern Europe where the temperatures are just not dropping. Now, this is obviously a problem for people trying to stay cool. Air conditioning is rare. But it has also caused a number of wildfires. We've got fires burning across Italy, across Spain, France, and Portugal, leading to a number of evacuations. Firefighters working under extremely difficult conditions as the heat just is oppressive. Now, we've got 19 countries in Europe under extreme fire alert right, and there's no end in sight.
Barbie Latza-Nadeau, CNN, Rome.
SELINA WANG, CNN CORRESPONDENT: China's brutal heat wave is about to get even worse. Nineteen cities have issued red alerts, the highest heat warning, meaning temperatures are expected to surpass 104 degrees Fahrenheit. And more than 200 cities are under orange alerts, the next most severe warning.
The weather authorities are saying the hottest day of the year will be Saturday, which according to the traditional lunar calendar is called the day of great heat. This heat wave has been ferocious. Last week dozens of cities logged record highs, some reaching more than 110 degrees. This is all part of the global trend of more extreme weather driven by climate change.
Not just heat but also flooding is hitting China. Flooding in recent months have displaced millions of people and destroyed vast fields of crops. All of this puts more pressure on an economy already battered by COVID lockdowns. The crop damage threatening to push up inflation.
And all of this also comes as COVID cases are rising. At least 30 cities are in full or partial lockdown. There have been reports of COVID workers collapsing on the job due to heat stroke. In these suffocating temperatures, they wear full head to toe hazmat suits. Video of giant pools of sweat in their suits have gone viral on social media. Some COVID testers have even gotten creative but hugging giant ice cubes and taping ice to their suits. And residents across the country, young, old, and sick, are all required to wait in long lines for regular COVID tests even in this scorching weather.
Selina Wang, CNN, Beijing.
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WHITFIELD: Let's talk more about this incredible heat wave sweeping everywhere. Joining us right now is White House Deputy National Climate Adviser Ali Zaidi. Ali, good to see you.
ALI ZAIDI, WHITE HOUSE DEPUTY NATIONAL CLIMATE ADVISER: Good to be here.
WHITFIELD: So President Biden announced several executive actions this week to address climate change, but climate activists say that these efforts fall short. Is the president planning to take more impactful action such as declaring a climate emergency to address the crises?
ZAIDI: What's been very clear to me, having worked for the president from day one of this administration, is that there's just no stop in Joe Biden when it comes to climate action. From day one he's been taking action, joining the Paris agreement, bringing the auto sector together on accelerating forward on electric vehicles, tackling methane pollution, the most potent form of greenhouse gas emissions that's coming from the oil and gas sector, and bringing along 100 countries to do the same.
And what he made clear this week on Wednesday is that we've got to go faster and faster. We're putting the sirens on, we're going faster, we're looking at more tools to tackle this emergency, because we see it, it's here, it's a clear and present danger. I think extreme heat is a great example of why we just can't delay any more. And the American people are looking for that action.
WHITFIELD: And this extreme heat comes way ahead of what many forecasters expected would happen. I do want you to listen to what the U.N. Secretary General had to say this week about the climate crisis.
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ANTONIO GUTERRES, SECRETARY-GENERAL OF UNITED NATIONS: We have a choice -- collective action or collective suicide. It is in our hands.
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WHITFIELD: So how does the president view the United States' commitment to the rest of the world in addressing climate change?
ZAIDI: We've got to take action here at home. And I think "collective" is absolutely the right word. With industry, with labor, with state and local governments, with Congress, and with the president using his executive powers. We've got to also adapt to the reality that we face. The president this week laid out a set of actions to help the American people deal with extreme heat. But we're seeing it in the millions of acres scorched by wildfire. We're seeing it in the parched fields as farmers and ranchers deal with drought. We see it when the hurricanes barrel towards our city.
So we've got to invest in resilience, being able to withstand the next storm, the next extreme weather event. And we've also got to be a partner to everyone around the world as we tackle this global problem. And the president is doing exactly that.
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So I think the U.N. secretary general is right. This is the time for collective action. It's the time for decisive action. That's what the president is doing right now.
WHITFIELD: And it's also reported that Democrats are trying to revive climate talks with West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin after he said earlier this month that he wouldn't support climate provisions in a reconciliation bill. Are you able to tell us if there's been any real progress there?
ZAIDI: Look, here's the facts. The president passed a historic bipartisan infrastructure law that makes the largest investment in modernizing our electric grid to make it cleaner. It included the investment to get him to his 500,000 E.V. charging stations goal made by -- made possible by that infrastructure bill. It included the largest investment in making our infrastructure more ready for the impacts of climate we're already seeing. And there are additional investments Congress can make to help cut consumer costs, to help accelerate this change.
But here's the deal, and this is what the president said. Congress has not taken action, and he will. He's putting the sirens on. We're going to go faster and faster. Whether it's the extreme heat actions he laid out this week, whether it's the efforts to build offshore wind, not just the turbines but the manufacturing capability here in the United States, as he laid out in Massachusetts, we got to do that, we got to tap into all our innovation and ingenuity, bring everybody in to tackling this crisis.
WHITFIELD: Is there a concern from the White House that perhaps, particularly in this fall's midterm, that these are the issues that many voters will be mindful of and that the White House wants to or is yearning to appeal particularly to younger voters who are particularly cognizant about the climate crises?
ZAIDI: And 81 million people voted for Joe Biden, gave him the mandate for action. It's action he's been taking since day one of his administration. It's action he's accelerating and upping the tempo and ambition on. When I talk to folks, to voters, to leaders of grassroots organizations, what I'm hearing right now is people are fired up. They want to go faster.
They see the opportunity in the jobs, in the manufacturing, in the ability to help our vulnerable Americans, whether they're dealing with extreme heat or high utility costs. Clean energy is a critical answer to that. And the president is excited about moving forward and tapping into this opportunity. This is not a story of doom and despair. It's an opportunity story. And we're chasing after that.
WHITFIELD: All right, Ali Zaidi, glad you could be with us today. Thanks so much.
ZAIDI: Thanks so much.
WHITFIELD: So, when will the U.S. get some relief from this heat? CNN's Allison Chinchar is in the CNN Weather Center. Allison?
ALLISON CHINCHAR, CNN METEOROLOGIST: Hello to you, Fred. We take a look, it's a pretty widespread heat swath. You've got over a dozen states under some type of heat alert, heat advisories, excessive heat watches or excessive heat warnings. For some areas we'll start to see a cooldown in the next 24 to 48 hours. For others, we have yet to hit that peak. In the northeast, that's likely to be on Sunday. Take a look, Philadelphia likely topping out at 100 degrees on Sunday. If they can make it to that mark, it would be the first time in a decade they've had a temperature that warm.
Washington, D.C., forecast to get just close to that century mark there, even Boston looking at a forecast high of 98. If they hit that mark, it will be the first time, it will possibly break a near 90-year daily record. And they're one of many. Over 35 possible locations have the potential to break records, not only today but also on Sunday.
Now, we also talked about an area that will be getting relief, and that's going to be the Midwest. You still have a hot day yet again today, St. Louis, Chicago, Omaha. But there is light at the end of the tunnel, you will start to see those temperatures coming back down. But the Midwest is only one of the only spots. Information, as we take a look at the pacific northwest, temperatures there, Fred, are actually going to be going back up again. Looking at Portland, we're talking about triple-digit temperatures next week.
WHITFIELD: That's a lot. Allison Chinchar, thanks so much.
Still to come, we'll show the violent arrest of a 25-year-old black man after a failed traffic stop in Tennessee. The incident under investigation now.
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WHITFIELD: New today, stunning video of a violent arrest, and it's raising a lot of questions about police use of force. A 25-year-old black man tased, beaten with a baton, and bloodied in Tennessee following a failed traffic stop. An investigation is under way into why two police officers chased Brandon Calloway into his own home after he allegedly ran a stop sign. And all of it caught on cellphone video obtained by CNN from Calloway's girlfriend. And we do want to warn you that what you're about to see is disturbing.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Stop! Stop! Brandon! Brandon! Brandon! Stop! Stop hitting him! Stop hitting him! Stop! Stop it! Stop it! Stop! Stop! Stop! Stop it! Stop! Why are you tasing him and hitting him? He has no weapon! He has no weapon! Why are you tasing him? You're beating him and tasing him? He has no weapon, sir, there's no weapon. They're being aggressive, I have all of this on video. No, I need to report this. No, you will not --
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Stay away.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Don't put your hands on me! Do not put your hands on me! I need to call my mom. need to call his mom.
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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Get on the ground!
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I didn't do nothing!
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Get on the ground!
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Look what they're doing. Stop hitting him! Stop! Brandon, stop resisting. Just stop. Just stop. Get on the ground! Get on the ground, baby. Get on the ground. Get off of his neck!
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WHITFIELD: That's really hard to watch. CNN's Nadia Romero is here. You spoke with this young man, Brandon Calloway. What did he say?
NADIA ROMERO, CNN NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: He is still really shaken up from this. You can see the physician injuries. You saw in the video the blood on his face. He still has bandages on his face. He says that he had to have stitches, he has bruising. He has blurred vision, headaches, and nightmares from all of this happening. He says that he never really thought that he would be involved in something like this. I want you to listen to him talk about what he's been through over the past couple of days.
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BRANDON CALLOWAY, SUBJECT OF VIOLENT ARREST IN TENNESSEE: I'm definitely having flashbacks and nightmares. I really feel like my life now is a nightmare. That's like a consistent thing. I've always had fear because of what has happened to other people like me. But no, I never thought anything like this would happen to me.
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ROMERO: According to affidavit, police officers say they tried to stop 25-year-old Brandon Calloway after he ran a stop sign. They say that he did not stop after giving him commands to do so, that he then started speeding, and then got out of his car, ran into that home, and that the officers in the affidavit said that they felt like he needed to be detained, and then say that they kicked in his door, and then that's where that cellphone video that we just showed you picked up, as they run inside. He was tased, he was hit with a baton, eventually arrested, bonded out. And now there is the full investigation. One of the officers you saw in the video is on administrative leave as the investigation continues, Fred.
WHITFIELD: So what we were able to see is all based on cellphone video that Calloway's girlfriend shot.
ROMERO: Yes.
WHITFIELD: What about the perspective from bodycam video if indeed these officers were wearing it?
ROMERO: Bodycam video, dashcam video, what happened leading up to when that cellphone, when she pushed "record," and that's something we just don't have. CNN was denied our request for bodycam videos. The response was because this is an ongoing active investigation. That would help to clear up what we know before the cellphone video. So did he run a red light -- or I'm sorry, excuse me, did he not stop at a stop sign? Was he speeding? But his attorney said to me that doesn't matter. If he did do those things that he was alleged to have done, those should have been traffic violations, misdemeanors, and should have not escalated to this point. Take a listen.
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ANDRE WHARTON, ATTORNEY FOR BRANDON CALLOWAY: At best you have two honor traffic violations. No prior felony alleged, no robbery, no homicide, no speeding, no active speeder allegations. You have a quick level of forced entry into the home, immediate use of force.
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ROMERO: So Attorney Wharton there says they are just waiting for the investigation to be complete, but they're hoping for a transparent investigation with all of the video elements available.
WHITFIELD: All right, keep us posted. Nadia Romero, thanks so much.
Coming up, the devastating impact that restrictive new abortion laws are having on some women who miscarry. One woman says it took weeks to get the medical care that she needed.
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WHITFIELD: As more states ban abortion, the fear of life or death complications for women are becoming reality. In Texas, some women who suffer miscarriages say doctors are denying them the care they need because of the state's strict antiabortion law. CNN senior medical correspondent Elizabeth Cohen shares one woman's story.
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ELIZABETH COHEN, CNN SENIOR MEDICAL CORRESPONDENT: Marlena Stell and A.B. DeSilva have always wanted a little brother or sister for their daughter Adelina. Instead what they got was a nightmare because of Texas antiabortion law.
MARLENA STELL, WAS REFUSED MISCARRIAGE TREATMENT: I get so angry that I'm treated this way because of laws passed by men who have never been pregnant and never will be.
COHEN: Stell's nightmare started out as a dream come true. After months of trying, she became pregnant late last summer.
STELL: We were super excited because we didn't think I could get pregnant.
COHEN: An ultrasound at seven-and-a-half weeks showed all was well. But at an ultrasound two weeks later --
STELL: She said there is no heartbeat, there is no viable pregnancy.
COHEN: Stell asked her doctor for a standard treatment, a surgery to remove the fetal remains. She says her doctor refused. That surgery, commonly known as a D&C, is the same procedure used to abort a living fetus.
STELL: She said because of the new law that's passed, you're going to have to get another ultrasound for me to be able to even do anything for you.
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COHEN: Overwhelmed emotionally and physically --
STELL: The pain would get so severe it would be hard to walk.
COHEN: -- she went to get a second invasive ultrasound at an imaging center, describing it later in an YouTube video.
STELL: Someone shoves a wand in my sensitive place and tells me, hey, you lost your baby again. I shouldn't have to go through that twice.
COHEN: So you had to hear it twice that you lost a baby.
STELL: It's gut wrenching. I'm sorry.
COHEN: That's OK.
STELL: Because you already know what you're going to see. It's just like seeing it twice, being told you're not going to be a mom.
COHEN: Even after that second ultrasound, would your obstetrician give you the surgical procedure?
STELL: No. No.
COHEN: She had to go get yet another ultrasound showing her dead fetus.
So you were walking around, carrying a dead fetus? STELL: And just emotionally carrying it around and just knowing that
there's nothing you can do, it just feels like -- it's like I can't grieve or move past it because I'm just walking around carrying it.
COHEN: Dr. Lillian Schapiro has been an OBGYN in Atlanta for more than 30 years.
When a woman is walking around with a dead fetus for weeks because she can't get a surgical procedure, what's the danger to her?
DR. LILLIAN SCHAPIRO, OBSTETRICIAN-GYNECOLOGIST IN ATLANTA: She can develop an infection that can make her sterile and never able to have children again.
COHEN: Or even worse.
SCHAPIRO: The baby dies inside. The baby starts to release parts of its tissue. It can get into the mother's blood supply. It can cause organ failure. It can cause death.
COHEN: In Texas and some other states, a doctor who does the right thing and surgically removes a dead fetus could be vulnerable to an expensive lawsuit.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Any private citizen can walk into court and say I think Dr. Smith performed an abortion.
COHEN: And citizens are incentivized to bring such cases. They can win more than $10,000. And even when doctors can prove the fetus was dead, the doctor still has to be responsible for their own legal fees.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: They're going to lose even though they win. And that's the chilling effect. They face this specter of potentially endless, ruinous litigation that they just can't stop, they can't avoid, they can't preempt.
COHEN: As I spoke with Stell, I thought back to how between my second and third children, I had a miscarriage that was handled very differently.
They saw there was no heartbeat. They did a D&C. It allowed me to move on quickly get pregnant again. And then I got pregnant again, too.
SCHAPIRO: Right, and that's great. And that is the story we want to hear from people.
COHEN: Stell was not so lucky. She did finally manage to find a doctor to perform her D&C but it took two weeks. She worries the nightmare could happen to her again.
Are you trying to get pregnant again?
STELL: No.
COHEN: Why not?
STELL: I'm worried about getting infected, have something happen to me, and then my daughter is left without her mom.
COHEN: Now they're contemplating moving away from Texas, away from their extended family, just so they can try to get pregnant again.
Elizabeth Cohen, CNN, Conroe, Texas.
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WHITFIELD: Coming up, encounters with sharks have made headlines from Boston to Miami, triggering beach closures and advisories. So what should you do if you encounter one? We'll discuss with a wildlife and shark expert, next.
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WHITFIELD: It felt like a bear trap. That's how 16-year-old Max Haynes described what it felt like being attacked by a shark while he was surfing off a New York beach this week. Max was paddling about 20 yards offshore when a shark grabbed his right foot, leaving a four- inch gash as you see right there. Max's attack is the sixth shark incident in under a month off the coast of Long Island. And with temperatures hitting nearly 100 degrees, weekend northeast beaches are packed.
Joining me right now is a wildlife biologist Forrest Galante, and he is also the host of "Shark Week's Island of Walking Sharks." And "Shark Week" premieres tomorrow night, which a lot of folks always look forward to it, but at the same time this is like too real right now, with so many shark attacks, seemingly more than usual, happening, particularly from Boston to Miami. So what is going on?
FORREST GALANTE, WILDLIFE BIOLOGIST AND SHARK WEEK EXPERT: Quite simply, as you just stated, it is hot out. People are going to the beach. And any time you have that many people entering into the ocean, you are likely to have a human-wildlife encounter. And so it's sort of just a numbers game. It's hot. It's summertime. The sharks are in shallow water where the fish are to hunt. People are in shallow to cool down and swim, and that confluence of events leads to human- wildlife encounters.
WHITFIELD: And is it the warm water that seems to be bringing a lot more sharks to the shore as they go for these schools of fish, or what's the explanation?
GALANTE: That's certainly a part of it. What happens is in the summertime there are a lot of migratory fish moving along the beaches. In the winter that shallow water is too cold, so the sharks are offshore or deeper down. But it's that combined with the fact that sharks are, indeed, hunting in the same zone that people are swimming in. But it's not that sharks are here and they're coming to get us and they've changed their behavior. It is just simply the fact that it's mid-summer, lots of people are in the water in the same zone that sharks are. WHITFIELD: So we're still of the mindset really that sharks are not
looking for you, the swimmer. They don't really want humans. A lot of times when they bite, it's kind of by mistake, they mistake you for something else, perhaps. Is that still the logic?
GALANTE: That is absolutely correct. So what happens is the sharks are hunting, and they are absolutely not hunting human beings. They are out there targeting fish, targeting seals.
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They come along, they see something they're unsure of or they have a predatory response, go for a bite, nip on a guy's foot and go, yuck, junk food, and spit it out and let it go. And that's why you're not having fatalities or major injuries occurring. It's only a four-inch gash is another way to talk about it or look at it, compared to the incredible capabilities of these animals and how amazingly efficient they are as predators. And so this is a shark making a mistake, a classic example, and going, I don't want to eat this. They're not actually trying to eat people.
WHITFIELD: So what do you do if you are in the water and you see a shark or there's -- you've got a warning that there's one nearby? How do you make sure that you're not part of the mistake, if there's a way in which you can avoid it?
GALANTE: First of all, what I would recommend is prevention, right? And there are a couple of key things that we can do as beachgoers and swimmers that are going to drastically reduce our likelihood of a negative shark interaction. So before I even explain what you may want to do if you come into contact with a shark, if you just do simple things, don't swim near river mouths, right, don't swim at dawn or dusk because sharks are typically crepuscular hunters, don't be swimming in an area where fisherman have bait or they're catching a lot of fish, don't take shiny objects into the water, right, something that a lot of people don't think of.
But that flash, that shimmer of a sequence or something very shiny can certainly trigger a shark's feeding response. Don't crunch beer bottles or water bottles, beer cans or water bottles in the ocean because that crunching actually simulates fish bones. Then there's a couple others. But my point is, if you just educate yourself a little bit and make wise decisions when visiting the beach and going into the ocean, that is going to vastly, vastly reduce your likelihood of a shark encounter.
If you happen to have a shark encounter, stay calm, try and maintain eye contact. If it gets too close, push it on the nose. They have a specialized organ on their nose called the ampullae of Lorenzini which when stimulated is way too much for them to handle.
And if you see a shark, stay calm and slowly exit the water. If you act like prey, they're going to treat you like prey. If you act calm and confident like a predator, then you're not in much jeopardy.
WHITFIELD: And then there are those who also say you try to poke it in the eye, but that just seems like that is going to take some precision.
GALANTE: Yes, if a shark has latched onto you, you can poke it in the eye, you can go for the gills, like I recommend, the nose. But the reality is, in that situation it's tense, and it's moments, just like that surfer who got nipped on the foot, it's moments. It's not like he was hanging on there when he was like, hey, excuse me, where is your eye for me to poke. It doesn't really -- you don't have that kind of time. So if you just give it a tap, give it a hit somewhere on the facial area and slowly, calmly back out, that's going to also lead to much less of a dramatic situation.
WHITFIELD: Good tips, but let's hope nobody has any other kind of close encounters. Forrest Galante, thank you so much.
GALANTE: Thanks for having me.
WHITFIELD: Coming up, a rare show of solidarity aboard the International Space Station. Two astronauts, one European, one Russian, conducted a joint spacewalk for the first time in more than 20 years. Detail straight ahead.
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WHITFIELD: Check your phones, someone may be trying to reach you regarding an urgent matter. You've probably heard that message already several times this week. Those calls were the single largest consumer complaint for the past two years, and the FCC says it's finally cracking down on them. CNN's Camila Bernal joins me live with details on this. So Camila, do we know who is responsible for these calls?
CAMILA BERNAL, CNN NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Hey, Fred. The FCC says yes, they know exactly who it is, and they're pointing to 13 individuals in six different companies. They say most of them are based out of Texas and here in California. But they say some of them are overseas. But they say they are the ones responsible for a lot of these calls. We've all gotten them, we've all heard them, and people even joke about it, saying, hey, I'm trying to reach you about your car's extended warranty.
But for some people this is not funny. This is the single largest source of complaints that the FCC has received. So now they're saying we are going to stop this, we are going to take action. And that action being asking all U.S. telecom companies to block these calls. And they say if the companies here in the U.S. do not block the calls, then what's going to happen is that they too could be held liable for all of this.
Look, there are millions of calls that are made every single day, and in fact the FCC is saying that they believe more than 8 billion calls have been made since 2018. A lot of these calls sound like this. Take a listen.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: We've been trying to reach you concerning your car's extended warranty. You should have received something in the mail about your car's extended warranty.
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BERNAL: Now, a lot of these calls coming from what appears to be a local number so a lot of people pick up. But it is really important to note that, with some exceptions, most of these automated calls that are made without the consent of the receiver, they are illegal here in the U.S., Fred.
WHITFIELD: So Camila, has anyone been scammed out of money as a result of those robocalls?
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BERNAL: Yes, and it's a problem, because not just are they willing to take your money, but they are also going to take your identity, things like your Social Security number. So it could be annoying, but it could have really bad consequences when it comes to your money, but also when it comes to your identity. In other cases they could be selling you something, but otherwise it is really important to stop it because it could cause serious problems, Fred.
WHITFIELD: Yes, more than a headache. That's like a nightmare. Camila Bernal, thank you so much.
With the war still raging in Ukraine, this week a rare show of solidarity between Europe and Russia at the International Space Station. CNN's Kristin Fisher has more.
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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: This is Mission Control Houston. The hatch to the airlock is open.
KRISTIN FISHER, CNN ANCHOR: It's rare for a European astronaut to put on a Russian spacesuit and do a spacewalk with a cosmonaut outside the International Space Station. But it's even more unusual given the war in Ukraine raging a few hundred miles below, especially since this cosmonaut, Oleg Artemyev, is one of the three pictured here photographed a few weeks ago with the flags of two Russian occupied regions in Ukraine. The other spacewalker is Samantha Cristoforetti with the European Space Agency, or ESA.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: All right, Samantha, it is your time to shine.
SCOTT KELLY, FORMER NASA ASTRONAUT: I think Samantha doing that spacewalk with Oleg, the optics aren't the greatest, but they're in space. It's work that needs to get done.
FISHER: Former NASA astronaut Scott Kelly spent nearly three months in space with Cristoforetti back in 2015. Her mission on this spacewalk is to continue activating the European robotic arm that's attached to the Russian segment of the station, the same robotic arm that the former head of Russia's space agency instructed cosmonauts to stop using earlier this month after Europe killed a separate space project with Russia over objections to the war in Ukraine. Dmitry Rogozin was removed as the head of Roscosmos just days later.
KELLY: I was really, really happy to see him go.
FISHER: Kelly was one of Rogozin'S most vocal critics, even getting into a few twitter fights before Rogozin blocked him. Rogozin repeatedly threatened to pull Russia out of the space station in response to U.S. sanctions. Now Kelly's hopeful that Rogozin's replacement, Yuri Borisov, will improve Roscosmos's relationship with NASA. Borisov will now be in charge of overseeing a newly agreed upon seat swap. Starting in September, two Russian cosmonauts will launch on U.S. spacecrafts from Florida while two American astronauts will ride Russian rockets into space. It's a practice that's been done in the past but never with tensions this high.
KELLY: I have mixed feelings about it.
FISHER: The International Space Station has survived every conflict on earth for more than two decades, and despite the war in Ukraine, this unlikely partnership continues in space, a European and Russian working side by side for seven hours to finish the job.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Thank you very much for your hard work.
FISHER: Kristin Fisher, CNN, Washington.
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WHITFIELD: All right, new today, American runner Sydney McLaughlin broke her own 400-meter hurdles record today, her world record, taking the gold at the World Athletics Championships. Just take a look.
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WHITFIELD: She left them in the dust. It looks like she's ready to take another lap. She's got energy left. Joining me right now, host of "CNN World Sport," Patrick Snell. What an amazing, exciting race.
PATRICK SNELL, CNN WORLD SPORT: Fred, it was phenomenal. What a talent she is, still not even 23 years. I'll tell you what, though, what a special Friday night last night in Oregon, a night that will live long in the memory. And another record-breaking exploit from the U.S. superstar athlete Sydney McLaughlin. The 22-year-old from New Jersey breaking her own 400-meter hurdles world mark, taking gold Friday.
And as we just saw, she just powered clear of all her rivals, clocking a time of 50.68 seconds. That beats her previous mark, 51.41, which she set at the U.S. championships last month. It was a sensational, dominant performance.
Mclaughlin now the first woman to finish this particular event in under 51 seconds. For the record, it was the Dutch runner Femke Bol and former world champion, another American competitor Dalilah Muhammad claiming silver and bronze respectively. This marks also the fourth time this year the Olympic champ has broken the 400-meter hurdles world record. But the big question now we're all asking, Fred, what comes next for the young American?
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SYDNEY MCLAUGHLIN, 400 METER HURDLE WORLD CHAMPION: Me and Bobby are going to go back after this season and decide if this still what I even want to do, or if we're going to find something else, because I think we've accomplished so much in it. But there's more to this sport, and there's more I want to try. So we'll see after this season if we want to stick with it or switch to something else. But there's always more to be done and more to improve upon.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Could the 400 without the hurdles be next?
MCLAUGHLIN: It could be. Anything is possible.
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SNELL: Watch this space, not giving too much away, a reference to her coach Bobby Kersee there. But what a talent, and really she could only just be getting started.
WHITFIELD: What a team they've become. The sky is the limit. It's been amazing, it's been amazing to watch her whole transformation, the style of her running. Awesome. Patrick Snell, always good to see you, too, in studio.
SNELL: Good to be here. Good to be here. It's been a while.
WHITFIELD: Thank you so much. I know. It's been two months.
SNELL: Let's do it more often. Let's do it more often.
WHITFIELD: Maybe tomorrow. Let's start looking at the calendar. Thanks so much.
