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How Ukraine's Operation "Spiderweb" Unfolded; Rutte: NATO Must Pivot To A Full War-Fighting Readiness; Exit Polls Project Lee Jae-Myung Elected President; Social Media Video Appears To Show Escaped Louisiana Inmate; 27 Reported Killed In Third Deadly Incident Near An Aid Site In Gaza; Trump's 50 Percent Tariff On Steel Imports To Begin On Wednesday; Aired 12-1p ET
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ZAIN ASHER, CNN ANCHOR: One-two punch. Ukraine slams Russia with underwater explosives just a day after a massive drone attack.
BIANNA GOLODRYGA, CNN ANCHOR: The second hour of "ONE WORLD" starts right now.
Another day, another attack on Russia's war machine. Could this be a turning point for the war in Ukraine?
ASHER: And stranger than fiction, a man claiming to be one of the escapees who broke out of prison in New Orleans post a plea on Instagram, the
celebrities and politicians he's begging to help him.
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GOLODRYGA: Remembering Marilyn. How fans are paying tribute to the star on what would have been her 99th birthday.
ASHER: All right. Coming to you live From New York, I'm Zain Asher.
GOLODRYGA: And I'm Bianna Golodryga. You're watching the second hour of "ONE WORLD."
And we are following fast-moving developments in the war on Ukraine this hour. As peace talks show little sign of progress, the Ukrainian
intelligence service says it carried out a major attack on the bridge that connects occupied Crimea to Russia with over 1,000 kilograms of explosives.
ASHER: It may prove to be another significant blow to Russia's war effort, but it comes as Ukraine, this is more ground on the front lines.
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ASHER: Those are Ukrainian forces trying to defend against Russian drone strikes in the north of the country, where Russia is making gains in
efforts to create a buffer zone along the border around Sumy and Kharkiv.
Meantime, we're getting new insight on how Ukraine managed to carry out Sunday's attacks on military bases across Russia.
CNN's Nick Paton Walsh has more.
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NICK PATON WALSH, CNN CHIEF INTERNATIONAL SECURITY CORRESPONDENT (voice- over): A bird's eye view of humiliation. Ukrainian drones halfway across Russian Siberia. Seconds from hitting the Kremlin's most prized bombers.
But the data was bad for Moscow, 117 drones hitting 41 long-range bombers across Russia, a Ukrainian security source said.
A torn-up skyline here in Belaya. Exactly what Moscow dreaded and Ukraine needed, a boost to its flagging morale. Damaging Russia's war machine, for
sure, but maybe also its calculus in peace talks.
VOLODYMYR ZELENSKYY, UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT: Our Operation Spiderweb yesterday proved that Russia must feel what its losses mean. That is what will push
it toward diplomacy.
PATON WALSH: Ukraine hit Irkutsk, 4,500 kilometers away from Ukraine, where Google Earth still shows similar propeller-driven aircraft in the open. But
they also struck Olenya right on the Arctic Circle. Similar planes also on Google. Another example of something that just was not meant to happen in
Russia's brutal war of choice.
The how was as extraordinary. Ukraine's Security Service head, Vasyl Malyuk, commenting here.
VASYL MALYUK, UKRAINE SECURITY SERVICE HEAD (through text translation): How beautiful it looks, this airbase Belaya.
PATON WALSH: And releasing these images of the wooden mobile homes they used the roof cavities of to hide the drones. Before their release once
Ukraine said all their operatives were out of Russia.
The planes hit mainly the Tupolev 95 and Tupolev 22, the Ukrainian source said, aging, easy to damage, hard to replace.
They were partly behind the nightly terrors that beset Ukrainian civilians. Whether these strikes make a dent in this daily toll will take weeks to
learn, but it may also damage the Kremlin quicker away from the front lines, its pride hit hard, although state T.V. put on a fierce display of
why Russia has been pummeling Ukraine so relentlessly.
It may also, too, change its thinking, perhaps towards peace talks that continued Monday in Istanbul. And of how long Russia can sustain this war
if Ukraine keeps throwing painful surprises its way.
Nick Paton Walsh, CNN, London.
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GOLODRYGA: Well, amid the heightened Russia-Ukraine tensions, NATO leaders are expressing deep concern regarding Europe's military readiness. Take a
listen to NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte speaking in Lithuania on Monday.
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MARK RUTTE, NATO SECRETARY GENERAL: We are facing the most dangerous security environment in decades. Russia's royal progression continues.
Terrorists persist. We are not at war, but we are not at peace either. So we must continue to strengthen our deterrence and defense. And that means
pivoting towards a full war fighting readiness.
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ASHER: The United Kingdom appears to be hitting that call. Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced the U.K. would be building up to 12 new attack
submarines and investing billions of dollars to increase its nuclear deterrent capabilities.
GOLODRYGA: Joining us now for more on this is retired General Wesley Clark. He's the former NATO Supreme Allied Commander. General Clark, always good
to see you.
It's notable that every time it appears Ukraine is losing on the battlefield, we see some of this ingenious maneuvering asymmetrical attacks
that they impose on Russia, whether it was the attacks on the military bases taking out. They report 40 of their bomber planes. But even if that
number is in the dozens, that is still quite significant, now this bridge again attacked for the third time connecting Russia to Crimea.
Talk about the impact this has on the Russian military and where things stand at all when it comes towards some peace negotiations.
WESLEY CLARK, FORMER NATO SUPREME ALLIED COMMANDER: Well, on the battlefield or beyond, actually Ukraine's basically holding its own. We
know there's a staging of Russian forces in the northeast. We know kind of what the Russian campaign plan would like to see unfold. We'd like to see
an offensive in the northeast against Kharkiv drawing in all of the Ukrainian forces up there to defend Kharkiv. And then they would like to
make a run for Odessa and take Odessa and lock Ukraine out of its ability to export through the Black Sea. That would be their winning plan. But
they're not able to execute that.
Now these other strikes like the -- the attack on the Kerch Bridge, we haven't seen whether the span has fallen or not. But clearly, Russian
engineers have got to go in there and they've got to see what the strength of the -- of the bridge is. And they're going to put a stop on traffic
until they can make an assessment.
At the very least, that's helpful logistically. There are other ways that there's a rail line that's been built that -- that goes directly through
Mariupol that can provide logistic support for the Russian forces so they don't have to go through Crimea.
But still this is helpful. The strikes by the drones, it took out a substantial number of Russian aircraft. It's a huge psychological blow to
President Putin and to the armed forces. You can be sure that there'll be a lot of people sacked in the security forces and in the armed forces who
were supposed to protect these air bases.
And there'll be a further tightening of whatever they can do to prevent drones and explosives and -- and wooden boxes from moving around in Russia.
But the war is going to continue until Putin understands he cannot win. And so this is why the statement by the NATO Secretary General is so important
and why we need strong U.S. leadership. We need the Trump administration to reinforce what the Biden administration was doing, military assistance to
Ukraine. Patriot missiles, 155 artillery ammunition, small arms, new technology like lasers to shoot down drones, all of that needs to go in.
When Putin realizes he can't win, that's when this war will stop.
ASHER: All right. So you're saying that essentially what should come of all of this is the Trump administration giving more military aid to Ukraine.
One of the things that Zelenskyy talked about is this idea that, yes, of course he's trying to send a message to Vladimir Putin, but he is also
trying to send a message to Donald Trump as well. This idea that we're not as much of the underdogs as you might think. We can actually do well and we
can carry our weight in this war, hoping that perhaps because Donald Trump doesn't see them as potential losers anymore, that maybe he might step up
in terms of aid and assistance.
I mean, do you think that's going to be really the case here, General?
CLARK: I think it's certainly the hope that -- that President Trump and his administration will see that this is not a defeated Ukraine that -- that
providing assistance can help assure security and also give us a stronger position vis-a-vis China in the Pacific.
But it remains to be seen. President Trump is very, very reluctant to take any measures against Mr. Putin. There's a big sanctions bill going through
Congress, hopefully it passes, and then it'll be up to Mr. -- President Trump to pull the trigger on it.
The thing is he needs to pull the trigger on something because that's what's missing right now. The statements by lower level officials, that's
great, military exercises in Europe, that's great, but it's really down to President Trump and his credibility.
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And the credibility in Ukraine is going to carry over to his credibility in dealing with tariffs and dealing with the Chinese threat in the Pacific.
So I hope the administration recognizes this. And I certainly hope President Trump will make the right moves to reinforce Ukraine.
GOLODRYGA: So far, we haven't heard from President Trump responding to this Operation Spiderweb by the Ukrainians. But President Zelenskyy's viewpoint
is that it only takes damaging Russia's morale, Russia's military to get Vladimir Putin to seriously get to the negotiating tables.
We know that talks yesterday in Istanbul lasted for about an hour, and that's it, and the two sides just agreed on prisoner exchange.
Given what we've seen over the last 48 hours, do you see any possibility that Russia starts to think twice now about what is widely reported to be a
summer offensive now into its planning stages?
CLARK: I don't think Russia's going to recalibrate and say, OK, now we're not going to do the summer offensive. I think that all the peace talks are
simply an effort to drag this out to avoid helping Europe mobilize its own forces to give those voices for peace in various countries a chance to say,
oh, please don't -- don't -- don't spend any more money on it. This can be over soon, et cetera.
And so it's just part of the Russian strategy. They think they can succeed in this summer offensive. It has to be defeated. When it's defeated, then
President Putin has to ask himself, can he redo this? Can he then hold what he's got and go against Lithuania, which is on the Russian drawing boards
militarily?
So we're a long way from this being finished. It's a great operation for Ukraine. I'm really -- I'm really amazed as they can pull this off. I'm
sure it's going to hurt Russia internally. It hurts Mr. Putin's psychological image of himself as well as his credibility with other
Russian leaders. But calling off the war, calling off the offensive, not yet.
ASHER: And just in terms of -- I want to just sort of fill down something you mentioned earlier. This idea of what Putin is actually going to learn
from it when you -- from this, when you think about this brazen attack on military targets deep inside Russia. You mention there's going to be, of
course, accountability. You mention that people are going to lose their jobs, of course.
But just in terms of getting a bit more specific on what Vladimir Putin is going to learn from this to protect some of these military sites deep
inside Russia from being as exposed and as vulnerable, what do you think the strategy is going to be going forward?
Will Russia, for example, no longer group aircraft together? You know, is that one way to sort of mitigate the risks here?
CLARK: Well, they've already moved the bombers a long way away. So there's a possibility they can put shelters over the remaining aircraft. That's
expensive. It takes a while to do that. They'll certainly tighten up security around the air bases.
They'll also put renewed effort on an intelligence offensive inside Ukraine. Imagine how could this have been done for 18 months and not one
word of it leaked to Russia? This will infuriate Mr. Putin. He will demand that his agents in Ukraine produce better results.
And so there'll be actions inside Russia like this to tighten up security. But it's not just the aircraft. It's his fleet. His fleet, his Black Sea
Fleet, is suffering. There's sabotage in the Black Sea Fleet. He knows it. He can't get some of these ships out of port. So there is a lot of
corruption in the Russian military.
And the way it works in Russia, of course, it's not a democracy. So people take whatever actions they think they can get away with, sugar in the gas
tanks of military vehicles, sabotage on ships. You can't find the repair parts for aircraft.
And so there is a certain dragging of the feet in the Russian military that will probably be intensified after this operation.
GOLODRYGA: Can I just ask you briefly a quick question before we go? Should other militaries, including the United States, be it all concerned or
rethink about any vulnerability or exposure? Our fleet here in the United States may have or U.S. allies may have for that matter to similar types of
attacks?
CLARK: I think there's no question about it. We've got to look at our own security situation.
You know, we've been worried about drones around air bases for a long time. And there was publicity in -- in recent months about these drones flying
over in New Jersey and who are they in or the UFOs and so forth.
The fact is we have the technology. We have the laser technology to take out drones, but we don't really deploy it. We don't deploy it partly
because of Pentagon procurement.
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Also partly because it's just not that high on the priority list. So, I think that one of the things we're going to see out of this, Bianna, is
we're going to see much more effort to advance these being type weapons that can deal with drones. This would be electronic measures and lasers.
They're out there.
The Chinese have given the first lasers to the Russians now to deal with Ukrainian drones. So it's -- it's going to be the next wave. And those
systems can be deployed successfully around U.S. assets in the homeland and -- and handle safely so they're not like shooting machine guns up in the
air.
GOLODRYGA: All right. General Wesley Clark, always good to see you. Thank you.
CLARK: Thank you.
GOLODRYGA: Well, there's political chaos in the Netherlands today. The leader of the Dutch Far Right Freedom Party, Geert Wilders, has toppled the
country's governing coalition. And the issue is all about immigration.
ASHER: Wilders says a lack of support from other government members for strict asylum reforms is why his party is withdrawing support for the most
right-leaning government in Dutch history.
It means the country will likely have new elections coming up in the next few months. And the leader of the People's Party Freedom and Democracy, the
VVD is highly critical of Wilders' decision.
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DILAN YESILGOZ-ZEGERIUS, LEADER, DUTCH VVD PARTY (through translator): I find it incredibly irresponsible in a place and time where we agree with
each other, where we have once again expressed political commitments and can submit motions together.
Keep in mind, we stop at a time where there is a war going on. You can see how angry I am. There is a war going on. There may be an economic crisis
coming our way. People are worried about it.
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GOLODRYGA: Well, after six months of political chaos, South Korea has chosen a new leader.
ASHER: Yes. Exit polls project opposition leader, Lee Jae-myung, will be the next president of South Korea. Moments ago, he celebrated with
supporters. He's going to be succeeding Yoon Suk Yeol, the disgraced former leader who briefly declared martial law back in December.
GOLODRYGA: On the campaign trail, Lee promised political and economic reforms and said he would re-establish trust with the U.S.
Our Mike Valerio has more from Seoul.
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MIKE VALERIO, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, it's certainly a celebratory mood here in the center of Seoul. This is Gwanghwamun Square, where hundreds of
supporters of the progressive liberal candidate, Lee Jae-myung, have gathered and now joint exit polls conducted by several South Korean media
outlets have revealed that he is likely to be declared the winner of South Korea's presidential election.
What this means, Lee Jae-myung, again from the Democratic Party, the liberal candidate here, was one of the leading voices who advocated for the
removal, the impeachment of South Korea's former president, Yoon Suk Yeol, the one who declared martial law on December 3rd of last year.
That was done sending troops to the National Assembly when the former president was in, from his point of view, in a political log jam. So, he
sent a forceful response, but it was a huge miscalculation.
Now the job awaits, Lee Jae-myung to become a figure on the world stage for South Korea, to stabilize South Korea's economy in the wake of this
paroxysm in December, and to certainly lead and reassure Democratic allies in the rest of the world that a brush with authoritarianism will never
happen again.
Certainly, a huge job that awaits him because South Korean society is cleaved roughly in half between conservative and liberal supporters, so he
has a lot to do in terms of unifying the country.
Mike Valerio, CNN, Seoul.
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ASHER: All right. It's been 18 years since Madeleine McCann was last seen. Now, German police are in Portugal looking for clues about her
disappearance. After the break, what led them there after all these years.
GOLODRYGA: Plus, new disturbing details in Sunday's attack on a Jewish gathering in Boulder, Colorado.
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ASHER: All right. German police are in Portugal, helping to find clues about Madeleine McCann. She's the British girl who disappeared back in 2007
when she was just three years old. German investigators are involved because they identified a German man as a suspect. Back in 2022, he denies
the allegations and he's not been charged.
GOLODRYGA: McCann went missing while on vacation with her family in Portugal 18 years ago.
ASHER: New developments in the Louisiana jail escape. U.S. Marshals are investigating a video which appears to show one of the remaining escaped
inmates who broke out of a New Orleans jail last month.
GOLODRYGA: Yes. A video posted online shows a man identifying himself as Antoine Massey declaring his innocence while also saying he was, quote, let
out.
Joining us now is St. Anne's Ryan Young. Ryan, what more can you tell us about Antoine Massey in this video?
RYAN YOUNG, CNN SENIOR NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Yes. Ladies, this story seems to be more wild every time I join you. It was about a week ago when
we talked the last time. This is day 18 in this massive manhunt number. Ten folks escaped at first. Eight have been captured so far. So there's still
two on the run.
Derrick Groves and Antoine Massey. And he's the one who's escaped from other facilities before. In fact, two other times he's escaped from a jail
facility.
But then he went right to camera and said, basically, not only am I innocent, but he needs help. He even asked the president for help. Take a
listen.
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ANTOINE MASSEY, FUGITIVE: When I get back in custody, I'm asking y'all please come and help. You feel what I'm saying? I'm asking the world. I'm
letting you al l knew I'm not (INAUDIBLE) I'm not none of that. None of that. I'm a good person. (INAUDIBLE). You know what I'm saying? I want to
let them know that you knew that going down the run. I'm trying to be (INAUDIBLE) person not to run. That's the type of person I am.
My name is Antoine Massey. I'm asking for help. I was one of the ones that was let out all these parents jail on May the 16th, on May the 15th, 2025.
So please, Meek Mills, Donald Trump, Lil Wayne. Please help me.
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YOUNG: Lady, he's not using the words escape. He's saying that he was let out. Of course, there's an investigation.
ASHER: I hardly notice that.
YOUNG: Yes. I know. And this -- this is part of the conversation that everyone's talking about because how did they get through so many different
layers of security? That's still a big part of this investigation.
You can see them running right there outside the dock. Who left the door open? Why did the person guarding the door leave the go get lunch before
all this happened? So there's so many questions here. That's what makes this story so interesting.
And then the fact that he did this video, you know they're looking at where he posted from. What app did he use? What kind of phone? What state is he
in? Now he's giving all this away. There's so many questions, but something that for all our international viewers, $50,000 reward for if you catch him
or you get a number or you can call in a tip, $50,000 could come to your pockets.
And that's basically what's going on here. The tips have been coming in, especially since they raised the reward. But this story just keeps taking
so many twists and turns. It's unbelievable.
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ASHER: Right. I love that you said that to our international viewers, as if to say he's in London or --
GOLODRYGA: You never know.
YOUNG: At this point, we don't know, but I doubt that the passport worked, because I'm trying to get the London till time soon. There's no way he got
past that chip.
ASHER: To our international audience, if you happen to see him, but I will say it is, I mean, it is remarkable. I mean, to be on the run for two
weeks, I mean, that is something.
And that -- that video, I will -- I will literally never forget that video. Like that video is -- is I mean --
GOLODRYGA: When they were all let out.
ASHER: When they were all let out. Yes. I got let out on May 15th. I got -- I got let out.
YOUNG: Right. Is it Shawshank Redemption or is it something new here with the phone? It's crazy.
GOLODRYGA: It is. Ryan Young, we're glad you're on it for us.
ASHER: Thank you. And our international viewers are going to be watching out for him today.
YOUNG: Why not? You can make some money.
GOLODRYGA: All right. Well, we are learning new details about the suspect in Sunday's anti-Semitic attack in Boulder. Mohamed Soliman has been
charged with a federal hate crime with a possible sentence of life in prison if convicted. The state of Colorado has charged him with 16 counts
of attempted murder.
ASHER: Yes. He made his first court appearance of Monday by video link from jail where he did not enter a plea. At least a dozen people were injured
when Soliman allegedly threw two Molotov cocktails at a group of people who were calling for the release of Israeli hostages.
An attack investigated, say, was planned long in advance.
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J. BISHOP GREWELL, ACTING U.S. ATTORNEY FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO: Mr. Soliman stated that he had been planning this attack for a year.
And when he was interviewed about the attack, he said he wanted them all to die. He had no regrets and he would go back and do it again.
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GOLODRYGA: Investigators say Soliman yelled "Free Palestine" during the attack. A court affidavit alleges that he said he wanted to kill all
Zionist people.
The victims include a Holocaust survivor and six members of one congregation. Marc Sallinger reports.
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RABBI MARC SOLOWAY, BONAI SHALOM SYNAGOGUE: Our congregation is called Congregation Bonai Shalom. And Bonai Shalom means builders of peace.
MARC SALLINGER, KUSA REPORTER (voice-over): In a space built on unity, peace was ruptured inside this congregation.
SOLOWAY: It's just shattering, but, you know, some of that dream has been - - has been smashed in this horrific attack.
SALLINGER (voice-over): Marc Soloway has been the rabbi here for 20 years.
SOLOWAY: Like the worst nightmare, worst nightmare, you know.
SALLINGER (voice-over):: Six of the people who were badly burned on Pearl Street are part of the congregation.
SOLOWAY: And they were violently and brutally attacked by fire. And it's like brings up horrific images of our -- of our past.
You know, just the idea of someone who's literally got their body on fire in the middle of the mouth in Boulder, Colorado. It's just like -- it's
just defies belief.
SALLINGER (voice-over): The march on Sunday raised awareness for Israeli hostages. The group wanted peace. Today, the rabbi spoke of unity in the
face of an anti-Semitic terror attack.
SOLOWAY: You can feel incredibly sad. You can feel angry. You can feel a whole range of emotions. And the most important thing is we're -- we're
here together. We've -- we've got each other's backs. We're taking care of each other.
JONATHAN LEV, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, BOULDER JCC: I think it's hard for any community member right now in Boulder to answer the question of whether
they feel safe.
SALLINGER (voice-over): Across the street at the Jewish Community Center, Jonathan Lev knows that safety goes beyond having a guard at the door.
LEV: Safety is actually both physical, but it's also emotional. And right now, I think emotionally, it's almost impossible to feel safe.
SALLINGER (voice-over): He says this was an attack on the entire Jewish community.
LEV: What we're seeing here is increased violence connected to rhetoric that is dangerous. And it's filled with hate and anti-Semitism.
SOLOWAY: It is just inconceivable that Jewish people in the United States of America in 2025 can feel so unsafe right now.
SALLINGER (voice-over): In a space built on peace, terror brings so much pain.
SOLOWAY: We're like a big family, so we're all just feeling broken and angry and grieving and sad and hopeless. And it's hard to know to where --
where to direct the anger to. But, you know, it's a lot. There's a lot of emotion.
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GOLODRYGA: Welcome back to "ONE WORLD." I'm Bianna Golodryga.
ASHER: And I'm Zain Asher.
For the third straight day, Palestinians trying to make their way to a controversial US-Israeli bank. Food distribution site in southern Gaza was
shot dead.
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GOLODRYGA: The health ministry says 27 people were killed and dozens more wounded. The Israeli military acknowledged they opened fire after
identifying what they refer to as several suspects moving toward them, despite firing warning shots.
The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, meanwhile, says the violence happened in an area well beyond its site.
ASHER: But aid agencies say that hunger is being weaponized against the population on the brink of famine. They warn that desperate civilians will
be forced to walk through active combat zones to reach extremely limited distribution sites. U.N. human rights officials called the fatal attacks
unconscionable.
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JEREMY LAURENCE, SPOKESPERSON U.N. HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS: The willful impediment of access to food and other life-sustaining relief
supplies for civilians may constitute a war crime. The threat of starvation, together with 20 months of killing of civilians and destruction
on a massive scale, repeated forced displacements, intolerable dehumanizing rhetoric and threats by Israel's leadership to empty the strip of its
population. Also, constitute elements of the most serious crimes under international law.
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ASHER: All right. Time now for "The Exchange" and my conversation with Shaina Low. She's an adviser for the Norwegian Refugee Council joins us
live now from Amman, Jordan.
Shaina, thank you so much for being with us to talk about this. I think what a lot of people find really concerning and extremely troubling is that
it now appears to be a pattern. It's not just a one-time thing, which we initially assumed that it would be. It's happened several days in a row,
which is heartbreaking, when you consider what the enclave has been through as it pertains to getting food.
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This is an enclave that is on the brink of famine. This is an enclave that has suffered a blockade when it comes to food for at least 12 weeks. And
the food that is getting in, not only is it a tiny fraction of what is needed, but now people who are trying to get access to that food now risk
being shot at and killed.
Give us your take on this, Shaina.
SHAINA LOW, NORWEGIAN REFUGEE COUNCIL COMMUNICATIONS ADVISER: Well, it's absolutely devastating to -- to see what has happened in Gaza over the last
20 months. And then this rollout of the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation over the last couple of weeks.
Palestinians in Gaza are starving quite literally. They don't have access to nutritious foods. Things that are available on the market are far too
expensive for people to afford.
And the tragedy of all of this is that there is a way to get aid to people. There is a way to ensure that people are getting what they need and that
they can access it safely. And that's the way that the U.N. and its humanitarian partners like the Norwegian Refugee Council operate.
And we saw how successful we could be during the ceasefire when for six weeks we had aid flowing into Gaza. We had the ability and we're capable of
scaling up of reaching devastated communities where they were not forcing them to walk dangerous routes, many kilometers in order to get a box of --
of pasta and some -- and some instant ramen.
It's -- it's absolutely ridiculous that we are still calling for a ceasefire, still calling for an end to the -- to Israel siege and for the
free flow and unfettered access for aid agencies that know what we're doing and know how to do our jobs and are ready and willing and able to save
lives.
GOLODRYGA: Shaina, the -- the Gaza Humanitarian Fund there that's coordinating now and running the food distribution for the last week or so
says that seven million meals have been delivered over that period of time.
Can you give us context? Is there any way to confirm that amount? And where does that stand in terms of the amount of food that needs to be distributed
over that period of time?
LOW: Honestly, I don't know. We don't have staff near those facilities and so we don't know if the numbers that they are -- are giving are even
accurate.
But there are two million Palestinians in Gaza. And so that would be one meal every other day for all of the people in Gaza. It's nowhere near
enough.
The U.N. and partners have thousands of truckloads of food waiting to enter Gaza to reach people and -- and -- and be able to scale up to the point
that people will actually be able to start getting the nutrition that they need, getting the caloric intake that they need.
But what we're seeing coming from the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation is -- is incredibly inadequate. And -- and we know that we can do it and have the
ability to do it in a way that protects civilians and saves lives.
ASHER: When you have very few aid sites and you have a population that is starving, and to get to that aid site, they have to walk for miles, and on
top of that, they have to walk through dangerous combat zones, what is the solution in terms of at the very least finding a way to bring food to the
population as opposed to making them travel through an area where they could easily be killed as we've seen in terms of what's happened for over
the past three days?
LOW: Well, we saw during the ceasefire and even before the ceasefire that aid agencies had hundreds of distribution points where they were able to go
and reach communities where they were.
This ensures that not only do people not have to walk long distances, but it also ensures that those that do not even have the ability to walk long
distances. The elderly, people with disabilities, of course, we have a huge population in Gaza of amputees as a result of the last 20 months of
hostilities. Pregnant women or --or female-headed households.
And so we know that we can go and work inside of communities. The -- the things that we need are the free flow of aid and the ability to access
those communities, even of the trucks that were allowed in through the traditional mechanisms over the last week or so have only been able to go
and get the -- collect that -- that aid, a fraction of it.
Because there's lack of access. The Israelis continue to deny access and they don't allow us safe routes in order to reach communities throughout
Gaza. It appears so clearly to us that this effort, the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, is really an effort with Israel and the U.S. backing to -- to -
- to forceably displace the Palestinian population and advance Israel's goals of -- of taking over the territory and -- and permanently occupying
it.
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ASHER: All right, Shaina Low live for us there. Thank you so much.
GOLODRYGA: And coming up for us, one of Donald Trump's most significant tariffs is about to go into effect. A look at how it will change the U.S.
steel industry in just a moment.
Also ahead.
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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We come on Wednesdays for mainly one reason. That's because Terry's here.
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ASHER: Some restaurant customers say they'll drive hundreds of miles to be greeted by this Texas woman. Find out why.
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ASHER: All right. By this time tomorrow, the U.S. market could be all but cut off from imported steel.
GOLODRYGA: Donald Trump says that he will enact a 50 percent tariff on steel starting Wednesday. Trump says the 50 percent tax is so high, quote,
nobody's getting over the fence.
ASHER: The move is likely to raise the prices of cars and trucks, but American steel companies are celebrating the reduced competition. The stock
price of domestic steel companies soared on Monday.
GOLODRYGA: Our Matt Egan has more on this. So this is interesting because thus far, Matt, we have talked about this sort of being a --a collective
punch in the gut in terms of these tax and tariff policies that are being really interpreted as taxes on Americans.
Why then are steel companies celebrating this particular news?
MATT EGAN, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, Bianna, investors are betting that the tariffs are going to be so high at 50 percent that it's going to crowd out
foreign competition. So that means U.S. steel companies can potentially make more money and gain market share.
So that's why we did see steel stocks soar yesterday. We saw a 10 percent gain for Nucor, 10 percent for Steel Dynamics, 23 percent for Cleveland
Cliffs. That's the biggest one day increase for that stock in nearly a decade.
And remember, the president did put a 25 percent tariff on steel imports back in February. And then the other day the president said that starting
tomorrow, we're going to have 50 percent tariffs on U.S. imports of steel.
And his point here, his goal is to try to revive the rust up, right? And he's right to point out that the steel industry is obviously in decline,
right? When you look at output and employment, it is down dramatically from a few years and a few decades ago.
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And this has been really painful to a number of different Rust Belt communities. Think about U.S. steel. This used to be the most valuable
company on the planet. And in this modern economy, it is kind of an afterthought.
And so some analysts do think that these steel tariffs could end up encouraging more steel production in the U.S. But the problem, of course,
is there are a lot more people who work for companies that use steel as an input than there are people who work at steel makers.
And we saw this play out back in 2018 when the Trump administration put tariffs on steel. The Peterson Institute found that the cost of saving
steel jobs was staggeringly high, right? $900,000 per steel job saved. That is more than 10 times the amount of money that each of those steel
employees on average was making.
And so this is why we are hearing some warnings that this could backfire, including from former U.S. Treasury Secretary Larry Summers. Take a listen
to what he said to CNN's Boris Sanchez.
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LARRY SUMMERS, U.S. ECONOMIST: And effect of this is going to be to destroy manufacturing jobs. The net effect of this is going to be to push up
consumer prices to make, for example, our automobile industry less competitive than it would otherwise be.
This is ready-fire-aim kind of policy. It is -- doesn't follow from any kind of coherent economic logic.
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EGAN: And so that is the irony here, right? This is a policy that is designed to help manufacturing workers. And yet, there are these concerns
that it could end up actually hurting manufacturing workers because of all the different companies that use steel as an input.
And look, at the end of the day, we don't know exactly how this is going to play out, but history does show that this can be a risky strategy.
GOLODRYGA: No doubt. We'll see how it plays out.
Matt Eagan, thank you.
ASHER: All right. One of America's most iconic companies says that Trump's tariffs are both good and bad for its business.
GOLODRYGA: So a neutral position. Campbell's famous for its canned soups and a host of other familiar foods says that it's seeing an uptick in
sales. Now the firm thinks more Americans are eating at home because of uncertainty about the economy.
But on the downside, it says most of its cans contain steel and prices may have to go up if tariffs drive up the cost of the raw materials.
ASHER: While more people seem to be eating at home, there is a restaurant in Texas that's pulling in customers from hundreds of miles away.
GOLODRYGA: Yes. 89-year-old Terry Guerra is the star attraction at Whataburger. I love Whataburger, in Corpus Christi reporter Alexis Scott
explains why she's so popular.
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TERRY GUERRA, WHATABURGER EMPLOYEE: Would you like some water or something?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: No, I'm fine.
GUERRA: You're OK. Can I get this?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Yeah, sure. OK then.
ALEXIS SCOTT, KRIS 6 REPORTER (voice-over): Many say, Ms. Terry Guerra has been a beacon of warmth and hospitality in Corpus Christi.
GUERRA: Are you all together? We can put this table together with that one.
SCOTT (voice-over): Working in the restaurant industry for more than half of a century. She's become legendary right here in her hometown.
GUERRA: I was a waitress over 60 years before I came here. I worked for this Mexican restaurant called Ray's Restaurant 32 years. Then they closed
in 2004. And I went to work at Price's Chef at Six Points.
SCOTT (voice-over): Now, working at Whataburger on the Bay and serving up a side of friendliness, Ms. Terry earned the title of service ambassador.
At 89 years young, she's considered one of Whataburger's most experienced employees. She's been featured in various stories, including one from "The
Washington Post."
Customer say they come for the burgers, but stay a while for Ms. Terry.
FRANK MCNIFF, WHATABURGER CUSTOMER: We come on Wednesdays for mainly one reason. That's because Terry's here. We can always count on her. She's
wonderful to us. She's like a second mother.
TOM SALAZAR, WHATABURGER CUSTOMER: We've gotten to know her over the years. And an incredibly nice person.
SCOTT (voice-over): Some coming all the way from Dallas, Oklahoma, and even California to see her. Her family says it's a blessing to see her appetite
for life.
MELISSA SALINAS, TERRY GUERRA'S DAUGHTER: She's 89 years old. I have a lot of friends that are in canes and walkers and they can't work no more. But,
you know, I -- I'm just so blessed because my mom can still work.
SCOTT (voice-over): I asked Ms. Terry her secret to staying motivated.
GUERRA: Family.
SCOTT (voice-over): Oh, and dancing.
As she continues to move through life with a purpose, she has become more than an employee. She's family to many and is the main ingredient in making
Whataburger feel like home.
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GOLODRYGA: Ms. Terry sounds amazing. Seeing those dancing moves.
ASHER: Her dancing especially.
GOLODRYGA: Wow. And get this. She says she doesn't have any plans to slow down. I'm not surprised. She wants to work as long as she can. That's
amazing. Good for her.
ASHER: Nice to end the show in the feel-good. Well, haven't ended yet.
GOLODRYGA: No.
ASHER: It's nice to almost end the feel-good in the story.
We'll be right back after the short break.
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GOLODRYGA: What a bombshell. One of --
ASHER: Iconic and ageless.
GOLODRYGA: -- Hollywood's biggest ever stars. Marilyn Monroe was born 99 years ago this week on June 1st, 1929 -- 26.
ASHER: If you're a fan --
GOLODRYGA: Do the math there.
ASHER: If you're a fan, Julien's auction is hosting a 10-day online auction of all sort -- sorts of Marilyn-related items.
On the auction block, jewelry, photographs, even a couple of checks that the auction house says are signed by Marilyn Monroe herself to earn that.
GOLODRYGA: Yes. There are so many iconic Marilyn Monroe on-screen moments, but one in particular usually comes to mind.
ASHER: Yes. And it involves that spectacular scene when she's wearing that spectacular dress.
GOLODRYGA: Yes.
ASHER: You know the one. Jenny Marc takes us back.
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JENNY MARC, SENIOR PRODUCER, CNN (voice-over): Scene stealing, legacy making, scandalizing.
MARILYN MONROE, ACTRESS: Oh, do you feel the breeze from the subway? Isn't it delicious?
MARC (voice-over): When an upward breeze caught Marilyn Monroe's cocktail dress in 1955's "The Seven Year Itch," it cemented the 29-year-old actress
as the prototypical Hollywood goddess.
And while it might not have been the first, some critics say it was a nod to Thomas Edison's What Happened on 23rd Street, New York City. It was a
moment that went down in cinema history.
Although --
MONROE: Oh, here comes another one.
MARC (voice-over): -- Monroe's encounter with the New York subway grate was actually filmed in California, as the original 14 takes, filmed in front of
a crowd of press and jeering fans in New York were unusable.
Among the onlookers was Monroe's husband Joe DiMaggio, who disapproved of the scene. It w7as allegedly one of the factors that led to the stars
divorced from the famous baseball player.
The dress itself was made by costume designer, William Travilla, who later referred to it as that silly little dress.
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Carefully crafted from Rayon and acetate crepe, it was heavy enough to swing his Monroe walk, but light enough to catch the breeze from the grate.
Though many of Monroe's looks are legendary, the white dress is perhaps her most recognizable, and her wardrobe has consistently inspired pop culture
through the years would echo seen on red carpets to this day.
While the famous scene has reverberated throughout cinema, like in 1994's Pulp Fiction, it's inspired works of art, including a 26-foot tall statue
by Seward Johnson, and is even referenced in advertising, like this 2016 Super Bowl ad from Snickers, with Willem Dafoe.
WILLEM DAFOE, AMERICAN ACTOR: This is a disaster. Who's the genius who puts a girl in heels on a subway grate?
MARC (voice-over): The original dress sold at auction for what was a record-breaking $4.6 million in 2011. It was the most expensive dress ever
put under the hammer, until Monroe's happy birthday outfit sold for $4.8 million five years later. Proof if it was needed of Maryland's indelible
mark on fashion history.
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GOLODRYGA: What an icon. Wow.
ASHER: And that does it for this hour of "ONE WORLD." I'm Zain Asher.
GOLODRYGA: And I'm Bianna Golodryga. Thanks for watching. Don't go anywhere. I'll be right back with "AMANPOUR."
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