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Questions Swirl Around Teen's Death After Mississippi Boating Trip; Satellite Images Show Iran May Be Rebuilding Nuclear Sites; CNN Aboard The USS Abraham Lincoln In Arabian Sea Amid Fresh Strikes; Outrage In Texas After ICE Shoots And Kills 52-Year-Old Man. Satellite Images Show Iran May Be Rebuilding Some Nuclear Sites; Trump Threatens Iran if Tehran Tries to Assassinate Him; More Than 90 Water Rescues in Missouri Amid Historic Storms. Aired 6-7a ET
Aired July 11, 2026 - 06:00 ET
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VICTOR BLACKWELL, CNN ANCHOR: Welcome to CNN This Morning. Here's what's new this Saturday, a family is demanding answers. Their 18- year-old son mysteriously found dead. Investigators say no foul play is suspected, but his parents have questions.
President Trump says the ceasefire with Iran is over, but that's not stopping diplomatic talks with some of the top allies from Washington.
CNN on board the USS Abraham Lincoln and its support ships as fighter jets fly missions around the clock near the Strait of Hormuz.
Plus, paging Dr. Social Media, 47 million Americans say they've turned to their feeds for health information. How to separate good advice from bad advice.
Saturday, July 11, 2026, a brand new weekend. Thanks for starting it with me. I'm Victor Blackwell.
An investigation is going on now in Mississippi as a family is looking for answers in the mysterious disappearance and then death of their son. The uncertainty around 18-year-old Nolan Wells' death after a holiday boating trip is tearing their small community apart. It's fueling speculation and grief and some racial tensions.
Nolan, who is black, went on the trip with several of his friends, all of whom were white. Investigators say Nolan's friends returned from the trip without him and told them that he planned to get a ride back with someone else.
On Monday he was found dead in the waters off that island. Given Mississippi's fraught history with race relations and their son's unusual behavior, his family told reporters Friday that they have questions about the evidence.
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CHRISTINE WONSLEY, NOLAN'S MOTHER: My sister and I actually went through Nolan's cell phone, particularly Snapchat because that is so popular with the children. And when we opened it up there was nothing. There were no saved pictures. There were no snaps from that day. And we did open it before the 24-hour expiration. So we found that very concerning.
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BLACKWELL: CNN's Ryan Young is laying out what we know about this case.
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WONSELY: We just want to know what happened and why our baby didn't come home.
RYAN YOUNG, CNN SENIOR NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): The family of Nolan Wells is pleading for answers tonight in a case rife with speculation, grief and racial overtones.
WONSLEY: Nolan was is the kindest soul. He never met a stranger. He loved everybody.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Nolan is a person with a big heart.
YOUNG (voice-over): Details remain elusive about how the beloved 18 year old college football player who died during a Fourth of July boat celebration on Horn Island off the coast of Mississippi. His friends returned to the dock without him, authorities said. The Jackson County sheriff says there's an active investigation, but so far, no foul play suspected.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We're still waiting on the truth to come out.
YOUNG (voice-over): The sheriff has not elaborated on how Wells became separated from his friends or why he didn't have his cell phone. Wells family's attorneys speculate that Nolan's cell phone was returned with deleted text messages and that the teen's keys were also left behind with his friends.
WONSELY: Anyone who's ever been around Nolan will tell you at social gatherings, he's taking videos, he's taking pictures. That's why we feel that things may have been deleted was because the fact that there was nothing in either one of his accounts.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We do not have the cell phone that they speak of, and we've never had the cell phone, but it is to my understanding that we requested the cell phone for an extraction.
YOUNG (voice-over): Sheriff Ledbetter says one of the three friends who was on the boat with Wells was the first to report him missing around 11:00 p.m. that night. Mississippi investigators are exploring social media reports of an alleged altercation or argument that may have involved Wells, the only black man in his friend's group. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We're going to work this investigation thoroughly and professionally.
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YOUNG (voice-over): The Jackson county coroner told CNN there were no immediate signs of physical injury and that his body was found face down in the water close to the shoreline. The coroner has completed Wells autopsy, but an official cause of death has yet to be determined as they are still waiting for the results of tests, including a toxicology report. Authorities also believe strong rip currents in the area could have potentially posed a risk.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We're working towards the same goal as the family. We want a thorough investigation and that's what we're going to continue to do until we arrive at the answers that the family deserves.
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YOUNG: Yes, Victor, as you know, the Internet has been talking a lot about this story and is also giving the family a groundswell of support. Now that Benjamin Crump and his team has stepped in, it's only further amplifying what the family feels, which is the they want to know a timeline of exactly what happened. How could he leave his phone behind? There's so many unanswered questions that make people feel uneasy about this case and hopefully soon we'll get some more of those answers. Victor.
BLACKWELL: All right, Ryan, thanks so much. Just ahead on first of all, at 8, Christine and Elmore Wonsley, Nolan's parents, will join me along with their attorney Ben Crump. I'll speak with them about their son and some of the details of the investigation. So stay with us for that.
Now to a CNN exclusive on the U.S. conflict with Iran. CNN has learned that Iran could be rebuilding some nuclear sites. Take a look at these exclusive satellite images obtained by CNN from Vantor. They show new activity happening at several Iranian nuclear sites and missile facilities late last month and into this month.
The activity calls into question whether Iran had violated the interim agreement it signed with the U.S. mid June. Yesterday, a senior U.S. Official insisted that the U.S. must obtain Iran's enriched uranium as a condition for its final deal.
In a social media post, the president also said that 1,000 missiles are locked and loaded and ready to destroy Iran if they try to assassinate him. Israel warned that the U.S. warned the U.S., I should say, that Iran had been working on a new plot to assassinate Trump.
And this morning, after Trump declared the cease fire over, Iran's foreign minister has arrived in Oman for talks with his Omani counterpart. Let's try to get talks back on track over the Strait of Hormuz. Let's go to CNN's Nada Bashir. Not what's within reach today in these talks in Muscat. NADA BASHIR, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, look, this isn't the high level delegation that you might expect for more of a ceasefire discussion. But the focus, according to Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesperson of these discussions today between Iran's foreign minister, his Omani counterpart, is looking at a mechanism, they have said, of control for the Strait of Hormuz.
Now, of course, that key shipping route between Iran and Oman has been the key stumbling block and sticking point in these mediation efforts and in trying to keep that memorandum of understanding, an initial ceasefire deal going. And clearly that has not been the case.
The U.S. has accused Iran of firing on vessels traveling through the Strait of Hormuz. They have called on Iran to guarantee the safe passage of vessels through that strait in order to ensure and allow for that memorandum of understanding to be fully in place and for that ceasefire negotiations to continue. But clearly that has not been the case.
What we may expect to see today is potentially some movement between Oman and Iran to try to establish some sort of more formalized mechanism to allow for vessels to travel safely through the Strait of Hormuz. And the hope of would be amongst mediators and diplomats engaged in these ceasefire negotiations is that might shift the needle somewhat or at least enough to allow for further talks and negotiations to take place.
But of course, we've been hearing very stark, firm rhetoric from the U.S. president, not least, as you mentioned, with regards to reports of new intelligence, Israeli intelligence, of potential plots to assassinate the U.S. president. Now, it's important to note that according to an official and source is familiar with this intelligence, including U.S. intelligence assessments, this isn't a more formalized operational plot, but rather a reflection of sentiments among senior members of Iran's military and political factions that want to see the U.S. president assassinated. But again, not a formalized plot, so to speak, but again, a lot of firm rhetoric coming from both sides.
We are also potentially expecting, expecting to hear from Iran's new supreme leader today with a new message that we will be waiting to see what he has to say there.
BLACKWELL: All right, we'll stand by for that. Nada Bashir, thanks so much. A federal judge has dismissed the convictions of the four remaining Proud Boy members from the January 6th attacks on the U.S. Capitol in 2021. Judge Kelly says that he granted the motion as part of a request from the Department of Justice.
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President Trump signed an executive order. You probably remember this was the first day in office of the second term. Issued full pardons to about 1,500 people originally convicted in the attack, but only commuted the sentences of Ethan Nordean, Joseph Biggs, Zachary Rehl and Dominic Pezzola. They faced some of the most serious charges. Judge Kelly said that he lacked the authority to sustain their convictions after the DOJ moved to close their cases.
Maine Democrats will hold a convention on January 25 to choose a Senate candidate to replace primary winner Graham Platner. He officially withdrew his candidacy for the U.S. senate yesterday. Progressive Democrats had considered Platner their best opportunity to defeat incumbent Republican Susan Collins in that November midterm race. That could help take them -- help them take control of the Senate.
Now Platner's campaign had already faced several scandals, but he decided to end it after recent allegations of sexual assault, which he denies.
The White House is beefing up security at one of the entrances. Now these upgrades include fortifying the front door of the entrance of the North Portico. The Secret Service has been pushing to improve security around the White House in the wake of the assassination attempts on President Trump and alleged flight to attack the UFC fight on the South Lawn last month.
In April, an intruder breached the perimeter around the White House and assaulted officers. Officials expected, or expect rather to get those upgrades completed by mid-September.
A one in 1000-year flood has parts of Missouri underwater. Rising river levels have forced a lot of people to evacuate their homes to higher ground.
Plus, a royal reunion. King Charles hosts Prince Harry and his family for the first time in years.
But first, CNN gets exclusive access to where the U.S. military has its strongest presence. Right now we'll take you on board the USS Abraham Lincoln patrolling the waters near Iran.
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BLACKWELL: CNN Exclusive. Now we have rare access to the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier and the Navy destroyer protecting it. That destroyer is the U.S. ship closest to Iran as it patrols the Arabian Sea. CNN's Pamela Brown shares a firsthand look at the mission of these warships.
She also spoke with the commanding officer responsible for the safety of 20,000 people on board, as well as the skies above the Strait of Hormuz.
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PAMELA BROWN, CNN CHIEF INVESTIGATIVE CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): One fighter jet after another takes off from the USS Abraham Lincoln. Overnight missions amid rising tensions with Iran.
We're in the Gulf of Oman near the Strait of Hormuz, aboard a ship President Trump says has been attacked more than 100 times since the conflict began.
BROWN: And they've tried with missiles and with drones.
CAPT. DANIEL KELLER, COMMANDING OFFICER, USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN: Yes, everything they've thrown at us hasn't really gotten near us at all.
BROWN (voice-over): Earlier, we watched as missiles were prepped and loaded onto these fighter jets. The mission? As real as it gets.
BROWN: I want to show you these symbols right here. These are drones right here that this fighter jet has taken out during this conflict. These are missiles that have been taken out just by this fighter jet alone.
BROWN (voice-over): With the Lincoln under constant threat of attack, it's guarded by Navy destroyers for protection. On a chopper headed to the USS Frank E. Petersen Jr. Destroyer high above the Gulf of Oman, we get our first look at vessels headed toward the Strait of Hormuz.
BROWN: See, got five vessels so far RC maritime traffic. In fact, right here, turn around. See, there's the ship right there passing by. That's about the sixth ship we see.
BROWN (voice-over): The traffic is lower now as tensions rise again in the Gulf. Officially, The Navy reports 20 vessels around the Strait as we head to our destination. The warship they say is at the tip of the spear.
BROWN: We are the closest Navy ship to Iran right now, correct?
CAPT. CASEY MAHON, COMMANDING OFFICER, USS FRANK E. PETERSEN JR.: You're right on the. We call the picket line the firing line right now. So if Iran were to, to attack, you know, the U.S. naval forces, we'd be the first ones they'd be attacking. But don't worry, our radars are working, our guns work. You have a lot of well-trained folks down below.
BROWN (voice-over): Threats are part of life out here.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: If you don't obey my order, you will be targeted.
BROWN (voice-over): Like when Captain Mahon led this ship through the Strait of Hormuz in April. Radio transmissions between the U.S. And Iran were released by Iran state media. Mahon confirmed to CNN an exchange did happen.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I'm ready to open fire on them without any warning.
BROWN: And so the Iranians were threatening?
MAHON: Correct. Yes, yes. They told us, hey, you have to turn around within 30 minutes or we'll put fire on you. We kept going. Obviously had to go through what was potentially a minefield to get there, which was, you know, not something I had in my -- my bingo card for things I would do in my life go through minefield.
BROWN (voice-over): The firepower aboard this ship is everywhere.
MAHON: We have this as our last ditch defense.
BROWN (voice-over): Captain Mahan calls the shots from a command center several decks below.
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BROWN: Just with Iran being to the north, they're always on the lookout for all kinds of threats. Have you had any close calls?
MAHON: My flight really starts at that Iranian coastline. It comes all the way back. I don't wait for it to come to me. I go out and I'm trying to meet that threat.
BROWN (voice-over): Back on the Abraham Lincoln, it can be tough to keep spirits high for the nearly 5,000 people here. Because of its limited port visits, the Navy considers this deployment among the longest consecutive days at sea for any aircraft carrier.
RANDALL STORIE, WORKS IN HANGAR BAY: I mean, I haven't stepped off the ship in the year 2026.
BROWN (voice-over): Most have been here more than six months under threat and missing their families.
BROWN: What kind of toll does that take on you personally?
LT. COMMANDER JOE CAPSTAFF, USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN: It's tough. I had my first kid born in February. So very excited to get home, meet her.
BROWN: You've never met your daughter?
CAPSTAFF: No.
BROWN: She was born right around when this conflict started.
CAPSTAFF: She was born February 6th. So I was able to get on FaceTime, watch the birth, talk my wife before everything went down. So.
BROWN: And you don't know when you'll be able to do that?
CAPSTAFF: We'll see. I mean, hopefully home soon. But unfortunately it's a common story on the ship. I think, you know, get in the Navy, this is what you kind of sign up for.
BROWN (voice-over): Pamela Brown, CNN USS Abraham Lincoln.
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BLACKWELL: All right, Pam, thank you for that report. Last block early in the show on the Democrats nominating convention in Maine. The date is July 25th. I think I said January. They can't wait that long. So correct. The date is July 25th.
Next, the ICE shooting that is fueling protests and controversy will explain the growing argument over the facts, including what led up to the deadly shooting in Houston.
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BLACKWELL: A community in Houston wants answers after 52-year-old Lorenzo Salgado was shot and killed by ICE on his way to work. ICE claims he rammed a law enforcement vehicle and refused to obey commands. Now the three other men who were in the van dispute that claim. Their attorney calls the federal version of events completely false.
CNN's Carolina Peguero is in Houston with more on the investigation.
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CAROLINA PEGUERO, CNN CORRESPONDENT: The community of Magnolia park here in Houston are still gathering honoring Lorenzo Salgado after the incident took place where ICE agents shot and killed Salgado on Tuesday. Lots of information coming out of Houston, but there's still unanswered questions.
We were informed today by state representatives and Congresswoman Sylvia Garcia, who spoke to acting ICE director in Harris County that the ICE agents who were involved in the shooting have been removed from the city of Houston but unsure yet if they are still conducting their duties in the state of Texas.
While the family of Salgado as well as state officials in the District Attorney's Office are asking for an independent investigation and more details on the moments leading up to the shooting. The lawyer of two of the three men that were in the van with Lorenzo, including his brother, also told CNN he spoke with them and they gave written statements on what they witnessed before being detained.
The lawyer is looking for their clients to be released and receive a fair process. He says he fears of them, however, being pressured to sign voluntary departure documents and the DHS on the other hand has released several statements accepting that Salgado was not the intended target and that ICE agents did not have body cameras on them during the incident.
But they do deny allegations of pressuring any of detainees to sign voluntary departure documents, as well as erasing surveillance videos in the area. Now, the Mexican government, Mexican President Claudia Shanebaum has also taken legal action and has formally filed complaints with the U.S. government Prosecutor's Office on the death of Salgado, as well as other Mexican nationals that have died in the hands of ICE agents and under the Trump administration. Carolina Peguero, CNN, Houston.
(END VIDEOTAPE) BLACKWELL: Well, now to the U.S. conflict with Iran. A CNN investigation shows Iran could be trying to rebuild some of its nuclear sites. Joining us now to discuss, CNN national security analyst Alex Plitsas. He's also director of the Counter Terrorism Project at the Atlantic Council.
Alex, good morning to you. I want to start this by just playing part of this exclusive reporting from a colleague in Katie Polglase.
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KATIE POLGLASE, CNN CORRESPODNENT: This site in Parchin is believed to be holding explosive material for nuclear weapons. Before the U.S.- Israeli strikes, Iran built this concrete shield around it, a sign of its importance. It was then struck multiple times during the U.S.- Israel bombing campaign this year. The targeting was precise. You can see the holes left behind by bunker busting bombs.
Now in new imagery from June and July analyzed by CNN in conjunction with the Institute for Science and International Security, we can see Iran appeared to be taking steps to repair and reconstruct the site. You can see temporary covers placed over the impact holes. Then, weeks later, with the memorandum still in effect, the covers are removed and replaced with a mesh concrete mixing trucks are visible nearby. Experts say these trucks are a sign the Iranians are intending to seal the holes.
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BLACKWELL: And so the question is whether Iran violated the memorandum of understanding even before the president said that it was over and what this suggests about any potential concessions on the nuclear program from Iran.
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ALEX PLITSAS, CNN NATIONAL SECURITY ANALYST: So I think there were a number of construction activities that took place across several of the sites. And my understanding is that in many cases it was to try to block the entrances, because plans had leaked that the U.S. was looking at options that included a ground raid into the facilities, which would have included a large number of U.S. forces.
And a story broke about that this week. So -- and some of it did appear to be a bit of reconstruction, but it didn't really appear to be reconstituting the program because what's really missing and got hit is the arrays of centrifuges underneath.
So, it obviously does raise concern. Everyone is watching it. But at this point, as you saw, it was -- you know, the covers are being replaced, concrete being poured in the holes. So, it was to make life more difficult for the U.S. in the event of a ground raid in some cases.
BLACKWELL: OK, appreciate that clarity. Let me ask you about what's happening today. Iran's Foreign Minister, Abbas Araghchi, is in Muscat to talk with his Omani counterpart about the Strait of Hormuz.
A senior U.S. official say the Trump administration expects Iran to announce soon that the Strait is open, commercial vessels will not be attacked. How likely is that, considering that is the major leverage the Iranians have?
PLITSAS: So, that statement comes from -- you know, will come from pressure from the U.S. and from Gulf partners who have basically, quite frankly, had it at this point. I was speaking to mediators again yesterday, and they're tired of this good cop, bad cop or split, apparently, between the negotiators, the civilian government that show up in either Oman or Doha or Pakistan, wherever the talks are.
And then they go back in elements of the IRGC, then start acting out what we saw ship struck the other day. So, there have been some statements that had come out. There were leaks rather that the Iranian government said, look, there were some rogue elements of our forces here who basically were trying to undermine a deal.
And this really wasn't representative of us. And everybody finally said, enough, you need to step to the microphone, there needs to be a unified voice for what Iran's actual position is here, because the President has had enough.
And quite frankly, so have the mediators, the people showing up to mediate and then sending delegations to the late Ayatollah's funeral within a day or two, then have their ships or infrastructure attacked by Iranian missiles and drones. So, everybody's patience is done at this point.
BLACKWELL: Do you expect that there will be that clarity from the Iranians.?
PLITSAS: That part is less clear, only because the Iranians have to get their act together internally. So, you get positive messages from the mediators, which is what's been taking place pretty much throughout the negotiations.
But they've got to go back. They've got to consult the supreme leader. They've got to consult the National Security Council apparatus. They've got to go consult the IRGC. It's not one unified voice, and this is not uncommon.
This is kind of the way Iran works. So, they have to get all the parties involved on one sheet of music. And unfortunately, it only takes a couple of rogue actors from missiles or drones to fly, as we saw over the past week, that led to this round of escalating violence.
BLACKWELL: Yes, but the President said several times, he's made it clear that the ceasefire is over, but there has not been this resumption of attacks like we saw at the beginning of the war, certainly before the ceasefire in April.
So, we don't really know what that means from the U.S. perspective. How does Iran hear that? What does this end of ceasefire mean for them? PLITSAS: It's a clear, escalatory message from the President that,
you know, his patience is done. It's a lot of messaging that's going on as well. You know, the ceasefire is over. But if you notice, we don't have, you know, fighter aircraft or bombers or missiles flying, you know, into Iran at this point.
So, it was a statement that was made that was sort of a wake-up call for the Iranians, then that came on top of two escalatory measures, actual physical actions that took place. So, after Iran struck those three ships over a period of 24 hours, the U.S. hit back and hit back much harder than it had previously to send a message.
And it also slapped the oil sanctions back on Iran because they were -- it was a message to them that they're not going to make money while they're misbehaving in the street, particularly because Intelligence reports have been coming in according to U.S. officials I've spoken to.
That the combination of the pre-war sanctions, the actual damage from the war and the blockade in combination is actually impacting the Iranian economy and the IRGC and other elements, they all need cash, and that's really what this is about.
BLACKWELL: Alex Plitsas, thanks so much. This morning, parts of southeast Missouri are still underwater after extreme flash flooding. A series of thunderstorms dumped massive amounts of rain across the area this week.
It overwhelmed rivers and triggered one of the largest search and rescue operations in the history of the state. More than 90 people were saved from rapidly rising waters. Our Sherrell Hubbard has more.
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SHERRELL HUBBARD, CNN REPORTER (voice-over): In southeastern Missouri, forecasters say a 1 in 1,000-year rainfall event is underway where more than a foot of rain has fallen since Thursday evening, triggering dangerous flash flooding.
But there had been dozens of water rescues including that of five campers previously unaccounted for along the Black River.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I was terrified. I was. It was -- I don't know if I'd ever been that scared before.
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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We're just waiting behind a building, just trying to -- that was blocking the current from washing us away. And that was what was really scary.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: My husband got up and went out and had all of our campers moved to high ground. They did that and then high ground was no longer when they were rescued. They were actually on top of a vehicle and water patrol rescued them. HUBBARD: Business owner Joanne Franklin says she was awakened around
2:00 in the morning by an alert on her cellphone and jumped into action. At least, two counties, Iron and Reynolds Counties, were under a rare flash flood emergency, which is the highest level of a flash flood warning part of the day Friday. Even more rain is predicted Friday evening into Saturday in southeastern Missouri.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: That is a field.
HUBBARD: The same storm system also brought serious flooding to southern Illinois, where up to 7 inches fell in some places with first responders performing a number of high-water rescues. I'm Sherrell Hubbard, reporting.
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BLACKWELL: And as Sherrell said that it may not be over yet. Officials are concerned potential thunderstorms could trigger more flash flooding in the south. Our Melissa Nord joins us now with the latest on that. And we were just talking about new video that was posted by the state --
MELISSA NORD, CNN METEOROLOGIST: Right --
BLACKWELL: About rescues that happened as well.
NORD: They brought --
BLACKWELL: Young people.
NORD: Yes, Black Hawk helicopters in rescuing over 200 campers and counselors as well from a different camp along the Black River. It's really mountainous there. It's the Saint Francis Mountains. So, a lot of that water has to go somewhere and it goes into the Black River.
It's a small river basin, so we are still under the gun, Victor, for more red -- heavy rain about it that could lead to flooding as we go throughout the day today. But I think it's going to improve as we go a little bit later into the day.
And again, it was -- it was flash flooding, training storms going over the same areas over and over again. Some of those rainfall amounts in excess of 10 to 12 inches. Still, some flood alerts along the Black River.
We've also been watching some flooding ongoing near Paducah, Kentucky, Carbondale, Illinois, even Louisville, and ongoing some flooding issues this morning. A stalled-out boundary, a lot of moisture coming in from the south of that is triggering more of these rounds of showers and thunderstorms.
Now, there are some coming in from western Missouri, so we'll watch that for some heavy rain across southeastern Missouri again. There's also a level two risk of flash flooding, a rather of severe weather today. You can see on the future radar more of those showers and storms
though popping up later today closer to Nashville. And then luckily, that front sags a little further south tomorrow, taking that risk of heavy rain to the south of Missouri.
Other big story we're going to talk more about at 7 O'clock heat dome. We're talking about some all-time record high temperatures possible in places across the west, pushing into the northern plains as well. A lot of heat to come, Victor. We'll talk about that in the next hour.
BLACKWELL: All right, Melissa, thanks so much. A tiny parasite causing some big problems. A growing number of states are reporting cases of a nasty stomach bug. What you need to know and how to protect yourself and your family.
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BLACKWELL: King Charles has reunited with Prince Harry, Meghan and their children. This private meeting happened at the king's country residence on Friday afternoon. It was the first time the king has been with the whole family together since 2022, and it suggests a possible step towards mending their relationship.
Given it was a private family occasion, the royal family will not release any pictures or further details of the meeting. Harry arrived in the U.K. on Monday to mark the one-year countdown to the Invictus Games.
Meghan, Archie and Lilibet joined him later, and William and Kate, along with their children, were absent from the meeting. The two brothers are still estranged, according to British media. Right now, a growing number of states, they're reporting cases of a nasty stomach bug.
Cyclosporiasis is a parasitic infection that can cause diarrhea and cramping for weeks. Most of the cases are in Michigan, and normally the state reports about 50 cases a year. They're already up to almost a thousand.
And now, multiple other states are reporting cases and clusters, and officials have not been able to track where the cases are coming from. Dr. Jayne Morgan joins me now. Thank you so much for being with me. Can we start with just what makes this different than other food-borne illnesses.
JAYNE MORGAN, VICE PRESIDENT OF MEDICAL AFFAIRS, HELLO HEART: So, what makes it different in that, we still haven't been able to track where it's coming from. So, unlike many infections, this is not transmitted from human to human.
BLACKWELL: Yes --
MORGAN: The more likely place that we get is actually from our food source. And it's the fresh fruits and vegetables. The main thing that people like me as a cardiologist --
BLACKWELL: Yes --
MORGAN: Are telling people to consume --
BLACKWELL: Right --
MORGAN: It's on fresh fruits and vegetables. These are little parasites, what we call little oocytes. The little eggs that then can get into your body and begin to develop and create more and more what we call havoc in the intestines, also known as diarrhea.
BLACKWELL: And so, this is the time of year, I mean, you should be eating fresh fruits and vegetables --
MORGAN: All the time --
BLACKWELL: All year long --
MORGAN: That's correct.
BLACKWELL: But this is, you know, the Summer brunch time. You have your -- you know, fresh fruit salads --
MORGAN: Right --
BLACKWELL: Amid that. Are you suggesting -- let me back up before we get there. Should -- how do people treat these? Of course, you should wash them.
MORGAN: Right --
BLACKWELL: But should we stay away from fresh fruits, have only --
MORGAN: Right --
BLACKWELL: Cooked vegetables and fruits right now?
MORGAN: Right, or are you saying, Dr. Morgan, do you recommend an ice cream Summer?
BLACKWELL: Right --
MORGAN: And just avoid the fresh fruits and vegetables. So, listen, let me just say washing them actually doesn't remove all of the parasites --
BLACKWELL: No --
MORGAN: This is a part of the challenge. It can certainly decrease the number, but it's not full-proof.
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So, what would we recommend if you have lettuce, peel all the outside layers off. If you have fruits and vegetables, and you're able to peel them, peel the outside layers off because washing certainly helps, and it's a really great hygiene to follow, but it doesn't actually get rid of all of the parasites. So, cyclosporiasis, unfortunately.
BLACKWELL: And the parasite is resistant to bleach. So, when we're going into the public pool or to this --
MORGAN: All right --
BLACKWELL: The water park or the splash pads, it could be there as well, right?
MORGAN: It certainly. We can find it in pools and water sources. And also, you know, part of the reason that we find it in water sources is, it's spread by something we call fecal oral route, which sounds disgusting.
BLACKWELL: It does.
MORGAN: But we sort of, you know, eliminate it in our waste, and then it gets into the food supply. So, it's not passed from person-to- person. We get it in our food supply as it passes through our body and waste --
BLACKWELL: OK --
MORGAN: Unfortunately.
BLACKWELL: So, watch out for the fresh fruits and the pool --
MORGAN: I Know --
BLACKWELL: I know --
MORGAN: Unfortunately, that's terrible advice from a cardiologist --
BLACKWELL: I know. So, let me ask you about this new study that was published by the "Journal of the American Medical Association", shows that more than 20 percent of adults in the U.S. who use social media say they're making health decisions based on information they find on these sites.
MORGAN: Right --
BLACKWELL: Clearly, there are risks to doing that.
MORGAN: Yes, there are risks. And you know, there are ups and downs with looking on social media for your health information. I like to tell patients to follow something that I call the three Ds.
Use social media to discover. It's a great place to get introduced to topics, to find communities. Then I want you to have discernment. Now, make certain that you're following a reliable source, do your homework.
And then lastly, you have to make a decision that decide, that decide needs to be with the physician and your healthcare team. BLACKWELL: Yes --
MORGAN: So, social media can be that first layer. Discover the information. And one of the reasons that people do that is because it provides instant access. May be difficult to reach your doctor or your healthcare team.
Or you're busy, so you can do it in the middle of the night and look for that kind of information. So, yes, you know, positives and negatives in many ways is still the wild west out there --
BLACKWELL: Yes, and I thought that third D was going to be doctor, but --
MORGAN: Doctor, it is --
BLACKWELL: You know, they're part of the decisions --
MORGAN: It's decide --
BLACKWELL: Yes --
MORGAN: With your doctor --
BLACKWELL: With your doctor. But it's -- you know, a lot of people find community there when they have certain health conditions, and they find -- they may actually find -- you know, I didn't know that, that was a problem I should actually --
MORGAN: That's right --
BLACKWELL: Be concerned about. Now, you go to the second part of having discernment and making that decision.
MORGAN: That's right.
BLACKWELL: Dr. Jayne Morgan, thanks so much.
MORGAN: You're welcome, Victor --
BLACKWELL: All right. Meta says it missed the mark. Why the company is pulling a controversial A.I. image feature after privacy backlash. We'll get into that.
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BLACKWELL: A family in Mississippi is demanding answers after their 18-year-old son died during a boating trip. Nolan Wells was found dead Monday just off Horn Island. Police say it appears he accidentally drowned and they continue to investigate.
This teenager's family says that what their friends are telling isn't adding up. And this case has sparked online speculation and racial tensions in this community because Wells appeared to be the only black man among this group of friends.
Meta has removed the new feature that allowed people to use its A.I. tool to make fake images from content on Instagram. This feature was part of a broader rollout of muse image. That's a new A.I. image generation tool.
It sparked some fierce blowback because of privacy and copyright concerns, and Meta said that they missed the mark. Today, the World Cup quarterfinals wrap up, England takes on Norway at 5:00, Argentina versus Switzerland at 9:00 Eastern tonight.
One of those semifinal games is already set. France plays Spain on Tuesday, and the finals of the World Cup will end a week from tomorrow. At a time when we need it most, "CNN HEROES" is back, celebrating good news, good people.
Kicking off its 20th year, the first CNN hero of 2026 is Andrew Lunetta. He's building tiny homes in Syracuse, New York, offering unhoused people not just safe shelter, but stability and dignity and support.
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ANDREW LUNETTA, BUILDS SHELTER FOR THE HOMELESS: We take for granted the stability that a home affords us. If you were to just imagine doing anything without a house, like, oh no, that's what I have to get first.
That is where our tenants are coming from constantly. A tiny home is a really solid model because it pairs this independent and also private living.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I wish people understood that the homeless population are still human, and any time, circumstances can change. I was living at my husband's grave for eight months. My whole life was turned upside down.
When I finally got to the end of the rope and became out of my home, the only place that I felt was home for me was the cemetery where my husband was.
LUNETTA: In its simplest form, stable housing made it so we no longer had to sleep in the cemetery.
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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Come in!
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Hi! It's so good to see you!
LUNETTA: The next step after that was long-term case management supports to help her address the things that hopefully she's not going to have to deal with anymore.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I am so proud of you.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Thank you.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: It kind of helped me out. You know, man, hey, you all got me focused.
LUNETTA: When a tenant moves in, they don't necessarily understand that they're being housed by this organization that cares a whole lot about them.
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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Yes, dude, you've been knocked out of the park.
LUNETTA: So, when all of a sudden, we're knocking on their door. It's a little bit like well, this is different. Hey buddy, you want to walk. But as time goes on, and I think that it seemed that we mean it, it's really pretty profound, some of those changes. This wouldn't exist without the tenants.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: You are a great leader, sir. Peace is now what I have. It's like freedom to just exhale. Like your nervous system is now able to rest.
LUNETTA: Let's go get this toilet fixed, shall we? They still don't love being called a landlord, but it is true, that's what we are. And I think that what this population needs is, landlords who care. And it's absolutely what we do.
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BLACKWELL: Good important work. For the full story about Andrew's work and to nominate your hero, go to cnn.com/heroes. Now, the next hour of CNN THIS MORNING will have the latest on the war with Iran, and the new message from Iran's supreme leader.
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