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BECKY ANDERSON, CNN HOST, CONNECT THE WORLD: Donald Trump threatening Brazil with new levies. And it's not because of economic reasons, but

political ones. It's 09:00 a.m. in Washington, 05:00 p.m. here in Abu Dhabi. I'm Becky Anderson. This is "Connect the World".

Also coming up, Secretary of State, Marco Rubio meets with Russia's top diplomat. Just hours after Russia launched another massive drone attack on

Kyiv. People in Central Texas still digging through the damage there caused by the catastrophic floods. We're live on the ground for an update for you.

And the rise and rise of Nvidia's stock, the market value of this tech giant hits a milestone. Well stock market in New York opens about 30

minutes from now. U.S. futures a touch lower after Wednesday's AI led rally, Nvidia, very much part of that. More coming up.

Well, this hour, world leaders are gathered at a summit in Italy to consider how to rebuild Ukraine and its future. We're expecting Ukrainian

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to speak from that recovery conference next hour, but some 2000 kilometers away, Russia's attacks on Ukraine have shown

no signs of slowing down.

Residents of Kyiv is surveying the damage following one of the most ferocious aerial assaults by Moscow since the start of this war. President

Zelenskyy says some 400 drones were launched for over 10 hours as the bombardment continued for a second night on his country's capital, and he

called it an obvious buildup of terror by Russia.

Well, despite this, the Kremlin, for its part, says the peace process hasn't stalled and that Russia still prefers a diplomatic solution. CNN's

Senior International Correspondent Ben Wedeman is in Rome, where that Ukraine recovery conference is taking place.

And Ben, CNN producers on the ground in Kyiv overnight reporting drones and missiles, quote, flying at different altitudes, attacking from all

directions, with some of the drones initially bypassing the capital before abruptly changing direction and speeding back towards the capital.

Our viewers can read that full reporting online. Ben, how are evolving Russian tactics as you see it, and increased bombardments affecting the

sense of urgency in the meetings where you are today?

BEN WEDEMAN, CNN SENIOR INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Well, the meeting did seem to have an air of urgency in terms of just the strength of the

rhetoric we are hearing from European leaders. Donald Tusk, for instance, the Prime Minister of Poland was saying that there will be no recovery

without victory.

We are here to discuss how to help Ukraine, not only to survive, but to win and to rise again. Now the European Commission President Ursula Von Der

Leyen also was saying that this conference is really all about bringing Ukraine into Europe, and that your Ukraine has two flags, the flag of

Ukraine and the flag of Europe and that Ukraine future is with Europe.

Now Keith Kellogg, the American Special Envoy for Russia and Ukraine, is here in Rome. He did attend the conference, and he gave a fairly boiler

plate speech. But really the focus has been the urgency among European leaders that they really need to step up and take the lead in a sense, in

terms of supporting Ukraine.

Von der Leyen, for instance, made the point that Europe as a whole is the largest donor to Ukraine at the moment. Although the United States is the

single largest nation to provide assistance to Ukraine. But I think the feeling is that given the unpredictability, so to say, of the Trump

Administration.

And the fact that this president in the White House seems to blow hot and cold on Ukraine, depending upon his mood at any given hour, that really the

adults in the room, the European leaders, who are so much closer to Ukraine, really have to focus on providing the kind of assistance Ukraine

needs at a time when we're seeing the pressure from Russia is increasing.

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The Russians have always depended in Ukraine on the fact that they have it's a bigger country, a larger population. They are able to sacrifice more

in terms of resources and lives and wealth in this war. And I think there, the Russians are trying to take the long view and just where the Ukrainians

down.

And I think the Europeans realize that if they don't step up, if they continue to depend on the United States, Ukraine may indeed start to

seriously lose in this three-year-old war, Becky.

ANDERSON: And I get your point. It's so you know, the people in the room, frankly, finding it quite difficult to sort of look beyond the conflict at

present. This is the fourth Ukraine recovery summit. And I wonder whether those leading the conference have specific goals for rebuilding,

considering Ukraine is increasingly ravaged by war.

For instance, today, UNICEF reporting that 70 percent of Ukraine's kids don't have access to basic goods and services like food, clothes, books and

heating, and they urge those there where you are to ensure that the most vulnerable are front and center in any reconstruction plans.

So again, you know, how difficult is it for these guys in the room, men and women, to look beyond this conflict, to ensure that there are plans in

place and plans funded, importantly, for any sort of day after at this point?

WEDEMAN: Yeah, keep in mind that there are many companies that are taking part in this conference, because it really is, even though the focus is on

the situation today, the sort of long-term view is recovery after the war. And certainly, for the Europeans, they realize this is a large country, 40

million people, with significant resources in terms of minerals, industry, agriculture and so on.

And there is a realization that they do need to prepare the way when the war eventually comes to an end to provide the kind of assistance to prevent

Ukraine from sort of going backwards in terms of its post war recovery. Of course, the fear is that once the war is over, the world's attention could

turn elsewhere, and the situation in Ukraine could deteriorate.

So definitely, the focus is on opportunities, on the needs of Ukraine in the post war era, although obviously the immediate focus is the situation

in Ukraine right now, Becky.

ANDERSON: Yeah, good to have you. Thank you. Ben is in Rome. While Russia keeps pounding Ukraine, the top Russian and U.S. diplomats met today in

Malaysia. This happened on the sidelines of the ASEAN Summit. U.S. Secretary of State, Marco Rubio and the Russian Foreign Minister Sergey

Lavrov talked, of course, just days after President Trump voiced frustration.

And that's to put it mildly with Russian President Putin for not pursuing peace with Ukraine. Mr. Trump said multiple times this week that Ukraine

needs defensive weapons from the United States. Kylie Atwood is at that ASEAN summit in Kuala Lumpur. She joins us now. Marco Rubio spoke to you

after that meeting. What did he tell you?

KYLIE ATWOOD, CNN U.S. SECURITY CORRESPONDENT: Well, listen. He said that he expressed that disappointment, that frustration, on behalf of President

Trump, that there hasn't been progress between Russia and Ukraine on movement towards a peace process to end that war.

But he also said that he spoke with the Russian Foreign Minister. They both put ideas on the table. He said that he would take those ideas back to

President Trump as soon as tonight, and he told me that the ideas that Russia put on the table were new. They constituted a different approach.

So that's significant. Of course, we have to be cautionary here when we talk about potential movement towards any sort of peace in the Ukraine war,

but it was clear that the Secretary of State did not feel that the meeting today took them backwards, and when he was asked about the possibility of

new U.S. sanctions on Russia, he made no commitments. Here's what he said on that.

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MARCO RUBIO, U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE: The president has said that that's an option that's available to him, both under existing authorities, but

primarily if the Senate and the House can pass legislation that gives them the opportunity to do that, again, that's the President's decision to make.

We are obviously -- he's frustrated by the fact that more progress has not been made.

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ATWOOD: Now the Secretary of State then went on to explain that the halt on U.S. weapon shipments to Ukraine that was put into place last week in his

description, was the result of a review of U.S. stockpiles. He effectively downplayed that halt, said that was a pause pending review that those

weapons shipments to Ukraine have continued on.

So, making it clear that there isn't a halt at this moment in time when it comes to those U.S. shipments of weapons to Ukraine, Becky.

ANDERSON: Good to have you. Thank you very much indeed. Kylie Atwood, there in Malaysia. We are following details on horrific attack in Gaza, and I got

to warn you, the images that you are about to see our graphic. This is the aftermath of an Israeli military strike in central Gaza near a medical

clinic where families were reportedly waiting for medicine and other supplies.

At least 15 people were killed, and as you can see, many of the casualties were children. CNN's Jerusalem Correspondent Jeremy Diamond joining us live

with the details on this as you understand them, Jeremy.

JEREMY DIAMOND, CNN JERUSALEM CORRESPONDENT: Yeah, Becky, a horrific strike that took place in central Gaza today, and it took place just outside of a

health clinic run by the American nonprofit Project HOPE. This clinic was distributing nutritional supplements and providing medical services, mostly

to young mothers who with babies and other children.

We know that as a result of this strike, 15 people were killed. Of those 15, Becky, 8 of them were children, 3 were women, and then there were 4 men

who were also killed in this strike, and you can see in the horrific aftermath of this strike, the bodies of several children as young as two

years old played on the ground in front of this clinic.

We've actually just gotten a statement from the CEO of Project HOPE the clinic in question. He says, Project HOPE's health clinics are a place of

refuge in Gaza, where people bring their small children, women access pregnancy and postpartum care, people receive treatment for malnutrition

and more.

Yet, this morning, innocent families were mercilessly attacked as they stood in line waiting for the doors to open. He calls this a blatant

violation of international humanitarian law and a stark reminder that no one and no place is safe in Gaza, even as ceasefire talks continue, and he

says this cannot continue, calling for an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza strip.

That CEO Rabih Torbay also told me that this location of this clinic was known to the Israeli military, that it was a de conflicted site that had

been shared with them. The Israeli military has said that it targeted a quote, Nukhba terrorist in the Hamas terrorist organization who infiltrated

Israel during the October 7th massacre.

They declined to provide that terrorist's name, and they did not provide any explanation for why they chose to carry out this strike on this

individual in front of a health clinic where young families were waiting in line for aid. They did say that they are aware of reports of a number of

injured individuals in the area, and that the incident is quote, under review.

But this, of course, shows us, Becky, that even as these negotiations are ongoing for the ceasefire in Gaza. We are continuing to see day after day

more Palestinians being killed in Gaza, and in this case, a very large number, certainly as a proportion of targeting one terrorist who were

killed in this strike, Becky.

ANDERSON: Jeremy is there in Jerusalem. Thank you. Well, in the wake of deadly floods, the Governor of Texas calling on state lawmakers to back

measures to improve emergency warning systems. A closer look on that is just ahead. Plus, more tariffs coming down the track says President Trump

will bring you the response from one in the crosshairs Brazil, that after this.

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ANDERSON: Welcome to "Connect the World". I'm Becky Anderson. The death toll from the devastating flood disaster in Texas keeps rising. Officials

report at least 120 people have now died in the floods, and more than 160 remain missing. Rescue crews there say searching for victims along the

Guadalupe River could take days, if not weeks.

And in the wake of such an enormous tragedy, there are growing questions about how local, state and federal officials are responding to the crisis

for more. Let's get you on the ground. CNN's Leigh Waldman is near the Guadalupe River in Kerrville. We are hearing that Texas Governor Greg

Abbott is calling a special legislative session in the coming weeks.

Flooding is, of course, on the agenda as the search for what is now very likely bodies continues. What are authorities and legislatures hoping to

accomplish at this point, is it clear?

LEIGH WALDMAN, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, Becky, they're hoping to solve some of the issues that we are seeing highlighted by what happened here in the

Texas Hill Country over the course of this flooding. One of those big things being an early warning system for areas that are at risk of

flooding, having some kind of siren system installed.

So that if something like this happens, flood water is moving in overnight, when people might be asleep, might not have their phones turned on,

something to alert people about what is coming their way, and they're also hoping to provide relief funding for individuals, families, even

communities that are hard hit and affected by this devastating flood.

We know, the community of Kerrville and just up the road, the community of Hunt have been devastated by this flooding. The communication issues,

though, have been at the center of questions and confusion by members of the media, but also members of this community were pressing local officials

for answers about when alerts were actually sent, who received those alerts, and that's something that they're also hoping to address with this

special session.

ANDERSON: What Texans are getting the federal aid they need? There is talk that it was slowed. What can you tell us?

WALDMAN: Well, we know that FEMA has been deployed to this area, and with that, they'll be providing assistance to the people who need it. The

governor touched on that when he came in toward this area, saying that these different disaster relief centers would be opening, but mentioning

that FEMA was here, was active, helping out this community to rebuild, repair and continue on in the recovery efforts.

But we know some of the FEMA response was slowed, and that's thanks to some new rules put in place by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, all

grants overseen by FEMA would need her personal sign off. Anything that's over $100,000 would need her personal sign off.

So historically, we have seen FEMA move resources into an area fairly quickly, like their urban search and rescue crews. That's what we've seen

done in the past, but those efforts were slightly delayed, according to sources. Until Monday, 72 hours after the flood struck, because the

signature needed had to be signed by Kristi Noem herself.

ANDERSON: Wow. How's the community coping? And how is it remembering the victims?

WALDMAN: Becky, just farther down from where we are right now, there's a playground here, but we saw 13 crosses put into place right alongside the

Guadalupe River. We're speaking to neighbors in this community.

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They said those popped up overnight honoring the some of the lives lost a young man down the road, who spoke with him, he was telling us that on his

property they've unfortunately found six deceased people, including a child. So that's what people are coping with, as they live alongside the

Guadalupe River here in the heart of Kerrville, there's a memorial that's there.

And we know that some of the families of victims who were lost are starting foundations in their name. It's all in hopes to keep the memories of those

lost life.

ANDERSON: Good to have you, Leigh. Thank you very much indeed. And if you'd like to help, do go to cnn.com/impact, where you'll find resources for

donations, and you'll be connected to charities that are on the ground there right now. An awkward moment occurred during President Trump's

meeting with 5 African leaders yesterday at the White House, while chatting with the President of Liberia, there was this exchange.

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JOSEPH BOAKAI, PRESIDENT OF LIBERIA: We just want to thank you so much for this opportunity.

DONALD TRUMP, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: Well, thank you, and such good English. It's beautiful -- Where did you learn to speak so

beautifully?

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ANDERSON: Well, the Liberian Leader reminded the president that is his country's official language is English. And one Liberian diplomat told CNN

Trump's question was inappropriate and condescending. A South African politician questioned on X why the Liberian Leader didn't stand up and

leave.

Also on Wednesday, a new trade threat from President Trump, 50 percent tariffs, 50 percent tariffs on imports from Brazil, but this time driven

not by a perceived trade imbalance. I think it's one of the countries that the U.S. is actually in surplus with. Instead, Trump posting on social

media that he wants to pressure Brazil into stopping the trial of its Former President, Jair Bolsonaro, which Trump calls a witch hunt.

Bolsonaro is accused of planning a coup to hold on to power. Current President Lula da Silva hit back saying Brazil would put matching tariffs

on U.S. goods. U.S. had a trade surplus rather than a deficit with Brazil last year, as I say, well, across this from the White House is our Chief

National Affairs Correspondent, Jeff Zeleny.

I think we have to consider here exactly what we know about the economic impact tariffs of 50 percent would have on both countries. Is it clear at

this point, and is it clear, frankly, whether this is bluster or whether this is a real threat?

JEFF ZELENY, CNN CHIEF U.S. NATIONAL AFFAIRS CORRESPONDENT: Becky, it's not clear. You certainly have to take a threat like this seriously because the

president, the U.S. President, is saying it, but just given our history over the last several months of these trade threats, tariff threats, on

again, off again, trade wars, you must be also somewhat hesitant and knowing if they will actually come to pass.

But actually, the significance of this, it's quite clear that a grievance in politics, are driving this comment and decision much more so than actual

trade policy. But a trade war nonetheless, could be in the offing, but President Trump is saying quite specifically, leave Bolsonaro alone, and

trying to draw some comparisons to his own defeat in the 2020 election, which, of course, he said was unfair and it didn't happen.

You know, the facts do not bear that out. He lost that election. Joe Biden won that election. He's back in the White House, but it's that sense of

grievance that President Trump is still carrying forward here. But actually, the impact could be quite significant. I mean, Brazil is the

second largest trading partner after China.

Many things from the food sector, the agriculture sector, of course. So, there could be a significant impact on both countries, but on the United

States as well. So that is why there is some hesitancy to actually believing this will go through, because the ramifications could certainly

boomerang and affect the White House and the United States and producers in this country, as well as in Brazil.

ANDERSON: Just for some context here, Bolsonaro often called, when he was in power, the sort of Donald Trump of South America, wasn't he? And you

could draw a lot of comparisons with the way that he acted, the way he conducted himself. How well did the two get on?

ZELENY: Quite well, actually, there definitely are many comparisons between them, and certainly their situations of losing power. Of course, Donald

Trump has come back to power, but they got on very well. And I recall some visits to Mar-a-Lago. The Trump has stayed in South Florida, so there was

quite a strong relationship.

And there definitely is a sense of a shared grievance here. And any time that President Trump can sort of revisit the witch hunt idea, which, of

course is something that he repeated throughout his first term in office.

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He likes to do that, so that is one of the things that is driving this. But it was met with some pretty sharp reaction from Brazil's leaders in saying,

effectively, stay out of our affairs here. So unclear where this is going but again, important to point out, this is not just going to hurt to Brazil

a trade war.

Should it come to that? And there's an August 1st deadline here. There are a couple weeks here to let this dissipate, if you will, but it would

certainly hurt the U.S. as well. So, we'll see if it comes to pass. I think there's a good reason believe it may not, but you know, we obviously can't

say that for certain.

ANDERSON: Yeah, Jeff, good to have you, sir. Thank you. Let's get you up to speed on some of the other stories that are on our radar right now. And

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will now head to North Korea on Friday for a three-day visit, according to Russian state media ministry

spokesman says that is all part of strategic dialog talks between the diplomats after the first round was held last year.

Of course, he has just met by the U.S. Secretary of State, Marco Rubio in Malaysia. Well Former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol is back in

custody over an investigation into his declaration of martial law last year. A court approved a warrant for his re arrest on Thursday morning over

concerns of the destruction of evidence.

And at least four people were killed and several kidnapped when Houthi fighters sank a cargo ship in the Red Sea. The ship went down on Wednesday

after coming under attack for two days, according to sources companies involved in the rescue operation. You're watching "Connect the World" with

me Becky Anderson, out of our Abu Dhabi programming headquarters, here.

Still to come, artificial intelligence Nvidia and the future already making history right now, what the company's record market cap means for it and

the rest of us. That is up next.

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ANDERSON: Slightly tinnier opening bell today being rung remotely and streamed into Wall Street from Minnesota, today. It is Thursday, July the

10th, and it is the start of the new trading day there on Wall Street and in Minnesota, of course. You are watching "Connect the World" half past 5

here, half past 9 in New York.

And we're going to take a look and see how the Nvidia stock is trading today, after it broke the $4 trillion benchmark in market value, beating

out Apple and Microsoft to become the first publicly traded company to hit that milestone. Nvidia stock rose 2.49 percent on Wednesday, at the close

date and intraday record high, pushing its value above the 4 trillion marks.

Just waiting for these markets to settle before we bring up that price, and that's what it looks like today. So still on the rise. That's partly due to

the Taiwanese chip giant TSMC reporting a 40 percent surge in revenue in the last six months. These chips have become the lifeblood of the global

economy, powering everything from smartphones to missiles, of course.

Joining us now live from New York to discuss all of this is Senior Technology Writer for Barron's, and the Author of "The Nvidia Way" Tae Kim

in the house. It's good to have you, sir. I mean literally, this is a company which is powering us into, you know, a new generation of

technology.

And, you know, frankly, the way our lives are run and what we do with our lives. They have a huge sort of market advantage in these advanced chips.

$4 trillion that is a huge turnaround from a 40 percent drop in the stock price when the whole deep seat panic set in at the beginning of the year,

here's the stock price for our viewers sake for the last 12 months.

You've written about these ups and downs for this company, highlighting all the threats, rising competition, not a lot about the moment, low-cost

models, government regulation. How do you think, first, given that we've just seen them break this record on market cap.

How do you see, how do you think that they've seen off what have been all of these very important issues that they must deal with?

TAE KIM, SENIOR TECHNOLOGY WRITER FOR BARRON'S: Becky, thanks for having me. I think a lot of those fear, uncertainty and doubt that happened over

the last 12 months have turned out to be short term noise, like they've been overhyped and misleading, especially the DeepSeek moment, where all

these skeptics are latching on this idea that these efficient AI models might lead to a glut of AI chip demand.

People thought that somehow China figured out a way to build state of the art AI models for a few million dollars instead of the tens of billions of

dollars that American AI companies were building. I mean, those narratives turned out to be completely false, and that's why the stock has come back

as Nvidia keeps printing these unbelievable financial results.

I mean, we're talking two years ago, the company was having revenue of $7 billion a quarter, and now it's $44 billion it's one of the biggest

historic ramps in computing history. And I believe it's just getting started. We're about 2.5 years into the cycle.

ANDERSON: You wrote back in January, the betting against Nvidia today is like betting against Microsoft and Intel back in the day during the early

days of the PC revolution or Apple after the iPhone's release. And you have been proven right to date, the influence of this single individual country,

not just on other organizations, but on countries.

And here in the UAE, you know, building its sovereign AI sort of infrastructure. Europe, looking, you know, at catching up with some rest of

the parts of the world. The U.S., in its sort of, you know, quest for AI supremacy, this Geotech story is so preeminent at present, how much further

can this one company go, I guess, is the question. And who is the competition at this point?

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KIM: So again, like these computing cycles usually take about 10 years, the PC internet cycle, the smartphone mobile cycle, the cloud cycle. And what

usually happens is one or two companies get accrue the vast majority of the benefits, because in technology, there's a thing called network effects and

ecosystem and everyone kind of stays with the market leader, and usually the market leader can invest more.

Nvidia says now that each chip cycle, which they come out with, every year, they spend 20 to $30 billion in R&D, which makes it almost impossible for

any rival to compete with that kind of spending. The main competitors are the major hyperscalers who create their own custom AI chips, Google,

Amazon, web services, but they're a fraction of the market.

And the reason is -- and they've been doing this for 5 to 10 years, and they've never been able to create a lot of third-party revenue or

customers, the reason why people always come back to Nvidia is one, software compatibility. People are confident if they build their software

and their AI applications on top of Nvidia 10, 15, years from now.

They'll know that their software investment is going to be compatible with the state of the art 5, 10 years from now. And the other part is just

hardware performance. Nvidia makes the fastest AI server systems.

ANDERSON: Yeah.

KIM: I mean, this latest one has 72 GPUs and 1.5-ton server rack in the six-foot box, and they have a million half components, and they just came

out with a new one that deployed that's 50 percent faster. Every year they're just coming out with a better AI server and chip.

ANDERSON: And what does this all mean for us, ultimately? I mean, these Nvidia chips power a new world of LLMs, large language models. They power

these chatbots. For example, drop four out last night. This is Elon Musk's AI model. This is what Elon Musk had to say about the point that we are at

and he was talking about reasoning here as he unveiled Grok 4. Let's have a listen.

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ELON MUSK, OWNER OF X: Grok 4 is smarter than almost all graduate students in all disciplines simultaneously.

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ANDERSON: He says we've hit the big bang of intelligence. And he's talking about artificial intelligence here, and compute as it is known, which is

effectively what these chips do. What they fuel is the power for these systems, is at the heart of this. What do you make of Elon Musk's

assessment?

KIM: So, Elon Musk is exactly right, and these reasoning models are huge step function up in capability. They started coming out by OpenAI last

year. Now, XAI, Elon Musk AI company has one, Google Gemini has one. And what happens with these reasoning models? Before ChatGPT, would you ask a

question, it'll spit back an answer very quickly, and sometimes it would be right, sometimes it will hallucinate an answer.

But these reasoning models actually take a few minutes, one to two minutes. They search the web through hundreds of sites and spit back a very high

quality, accurate answer. I've -- since reasoning models came out, I started using it like 100 times more than before. Jensen Huang says these

reasoning models, because they use so much more compute, take about 100 times more computing resources than the prior models.

And these are a big deal. They're going to enable AI agents as they get smarter. You want to see robotics within a year or two. So, we're just at

this inflection right now where AI is taking off, and the capabilities because of these reasoning models is so much better than it was just four

months ago.

It's an amazing advance in AI technology, which is ironic, because everyone was worried that AI was going to not advance a few months ago.

ANDERSON: Yeah, it is, what a time we live in. Nvidia's stock up a third of 1 percent today, after its rise yesterday, at 163 bucks and change. Good to

have you, sir. Thank you very much indeed. Joining us. More news after this.

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ANDERSON: Novak Djokovic his quest for a 25th major title rolls on at Wimbledon. The 38-year-old made history with his quarter final win on

Wednesday, but not without a little injury scale. Let's bring in Andy Scholes who joins me now. What happened, Andy?

ANDY SCHOLES, CNN SPORTS CORRESPONDENT: Well, I mean, Becky, he Djokovic. He lost the first set, then won the next two, and looked like he was right

about to win the match. Then right there. Look at that really awkward fall. It looked like he may have hurt his leg.

You see, his wife was his son were certainly concerned. Djokovic did shake it off. Was able to get up there and win the match, winning two straight

points there to take it to make his -- record 14th Grand Slam or Wimbledon semifinal. Big question, though, is now, Becky, at 38 years old, can he get

one more.

You know, Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, they never won after they turned 37 years old. Can Djokovic do it and get that 25th Grand Slam title, which

would break the tie that he has with Margaret court for the most all time. We'll wait and see. The problem is, Becky. He's got Jannik Sinner and

Carlos Alcaraz waiting for him still Sinner in the semifinals, Alcaraz potentially in the finals.

Those two guys are in their prime right now. Djokovic would have to conjure that magic one more time if he wants to get that 25th title.

ANDERSON: So, question to you, would you bet against him?

SCHOLES: I -- you know, I'm a Djokovic fan. I want to see him do it, Becky.

ANDERSON: Yeah.

SCHOLES: But it's just so hard to see him grinding out a five set against the Carlos Alcaraz at his age or even Sinner, but he is 2 and 0, against

Sinner at Wimbledon, so he beats him on the grass.

ANDERSON: Yeah.

SCHOLES: We'll wait and see.

ANDERSON: Absolutely. I wouldn't bet against him, on the grass very specifically, and you're right to point that out.

SCHOLES: Yeah.

ANDERSON: Good to have you. Andy's got "World Sport" after this. I'm back in 15 minutes time.

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