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CNN Headlines: President Trump Heading To NATO Summit Today; FIFA Allows USA's Folarin Balogun To Play Today; Humanitarian Need Increasing In Aftermath Of Quakes. Aired 5:30-6a ET
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BRAD SMITH, CNN ANCHOR: It is half past the hour. Let's hit the refresh button on our top stories.
Ukraine under deadly attack from Russia this morning. This is just hours before a high-stakes NATO summit in Turkey is set to begin. Trump is scheduled to meet the Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy on the sidelines. And also, the Strait of Hormuz will be one of the biggest topics of the talks. The president has taken an increasingly hostile tone towards the NATO alliance.
And huge crowds have turned out for the third and largest day of public mourning for Iran's slain leader -- supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. He was Iran's longest-serving supreme leader, by the way, and he and his members of his family were killed in the U.S. and Israeli airstrike that launched the war with Iran.
Also, House Republicans are moving ahead with a key part of President Trump's agenda after a brief standoff on Capitol Hill. Speaker Mike Johnson says the House will try to pass the president's voter ID bill using budget reconciliation processes once lawmakers return. Now the president has made the legislation a top priority.
That is protesters on Sunday denouncing the upcoming NATO summit in Turkey this week despite a Turkish crackdown on dissent ahead of this meeting. This summit is coming as the president takes an increasingly hostile tone towards NATO.
CNN's Julia Benbrook has more.
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JULIA BENBROOK, CNN CORRESPONDENT: President Donald Trump is expected to depart for the NATO summit in the coming hours, and we are getting a few more details about his schedule. I want to pull that up for you now.
His trip includes departing Monday evening. On Tuesday he's expected to meet with the Turkish president and have dinner with NATO leaders. And on Wednesday he will participate in a NATO working session. He is expected to meet with both the Ukrainian and Syrian presidents during his trip and hold a press conference before departing.
Now both the conflicts in Ukraine and Iran will loom large over discussions. When it comes to Iran, according to a senior U.S. official, the topic of security in the Strait of Hormuz will likely come up. In fact, they said that several member countries have expressed willingness to contribute to maritime security but argued that they don't have necessary ships or assets to contribute to a meaningful maritime effort.
When it comes to Ukraine, we know that Trump had several conversations this weekend. According to the Russian Foreign Ministry, he spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin for roughly 90 minutes on Saturday. They said that call was businesslike and highly constructive.
Trump also spoke with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who I mentioned he has plans to meet with on the sidelines of the NATO summit, and Zelenskyy said that call went very well.
Now it's no secret that Trump's had a tumultuous relationship with NATO. At times he has threatened to pull out of the alliance and has questioned whether it is benefiting the United States in the way that it should be.
He has repeatedly called for member nations to spend more when it comes to defense in recent days. He reiterated that point in a social media post writing in part, "The United States spends more money on NATO than any other country, by far, to protect them without getting any benefit from so doing." Adding, "Ridiculous."
So a big week ahead. A lot of things that we will be tracking as he travels.
Julia Benbrook, CNN, the White House.
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SMITH: Thank you, Julia.
Now more images from Tehran where the largest day of public mourning for Iran's slain supreme leader is underway. You can see people holding flags and banners, some threatening U.S. and Israeli leaders. A massive funeral procession is following a six-mile route through the heart of Tehran.
The late ayatollah's son and successor has not been seen in public since the weeklong public funeral began on Friday.
Well, in a stunning twist ahead of Team USA's World Cup match again Belgium today, FIFA has confirmed that Folarin Balogun will be able to play. Yesterday, the disciplinary committee announced that they would use an obscure rule to suspend the automatic one-match ban for one year. Now this would allow the striker to play against Belgium.
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CNN World Sport's Patrick Snell takes us closer into how this decision may impact Team USA's changes going forward.
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PATRICK SNELL, CNN WORLD SPORT: This is a huge boost for Team USA at this World Cup. In a stunning twist on Sunday, Folarin Balogun, who was facing a one-match suspension for Monday's match in the Round of 16 in Seattle, is now able to play for the Americans against Belgium.
The 25-year-old forward, who plays his club football for Monaco, was given a straight red card. This was during the Round of 32 win over Bosnia Herzegovina after stepping on the ankle of a Bosnian defender.
But then came the plot twist over the weekend. Tournament organizer FIFA saying it has decided to use Article 27 of its code, which allows for a full or a partial suspension of an unpitched disciplinary measure under a probationary period -- in this case, a year.
America's President Donald Trump taking to Truth Social to applaud FIFA's decision. "Thank you to FIFA for doing what was right and reversing a great injustice," he posted.
Now, a source familiar with the matter saying Trump spoke by phone with FIFA president Gianni Infantino this week following that controversial red card call, asking Infantino to review that call.
CNN has reached out to FIFA for comment. We'll stay across the very latest on all of this as I send it right back to you.
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SMITH: All right, it's time for Buzz Express, the stories that have everyone talking.
Kansas City Chiefs coach Andy Reid spoke to CNN about the new marriage advice given by Adam Sandler during the wedding between Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift.
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ANDY REID, HEAD COACH, KANSAS CITY CHIEFS: I thought Adam said it -- I thought Adam said it well. He said kiss every chance you have every day. So whether you're going to bed or going to work or, you know, wherever -- whenever you're -- go ahead and kiss her. And I thought that was a simple way in its simplest form. It really was touching that way.
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SMITH: And Beyonce, the queen, surprised fans over the weekend by releasing a brand new single called "Morning Dew." The drop comes exactly two months before her birthday and the 20th anniversary of her second album "B'Day." Beyonce is rumored to be working on a rock album after releasing both dance and country records.
And Universal's "Minions & Monsters" is taking over the box office, grabbing the top spot with a $36 million draw over the weekend and more than $60 million since the opening. The animated film follows the minions as they take on 1920s Hollywood. Always a good film when they're involved.
Next up on CNN HEADLINE EXPRESS, in the market to buy your first house? What experts say that you need to make in a year to buy that starter home.
And more than a week after those deadly earthquakes in Venezuela rescue efforts continue. More first responders being called in to help. More on that when CNN HEADLINE EXPRESS returns.
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SMITH: Now to the latest drama surrounding the reflecting pool in D.C. The Trump administration plans to use the same company to work on it that previously got a no-bid contract to renovate the pool. Trump had pledged to restore the pool in time for the nation's 250th birthday but shortly after the bottom was painted and repainted American flag blue, the green algae returned and pieces of the coating began peeling off the bottom.
Interior Secretary Doug Burgum told CNN that he is 100 percent sure that vandals caused the damage.
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DOUG BURGUM, INTERIOR SECRETARY: This is like a strong material --
DANA BASH, CNN ANCHOR: Yeah.
BURGUM: -- and it's the size of eight football fields. And the only way you can end up with actual slices in once spot and not the other is that someone physically cut it.
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SMITH: The price tag has ballooned to more than $14 million.
Let's go around the globe.
Venezuela's acting President Delcy Rodriguez sending more troops to help emergency responders in the aftermath of the deadly earthquakes. Rodriguez says that it's a new military unit for the current earthquake emergency and future disasters. Now it comes in the wake of harsh criticism of the government's response to the disaster. Officials say more than 3,300 people have been killed and more than 17,000 people have been displaced.
CNN contributor Stefano Pozzebon has more on how survivors are trying to move forward.
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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: (Speaking foreign language). STEFANO POZZEBON, CNN CONTRIBUTOR (voiceover): Zosan Zander (PH) has
not seen her son in 10 days. They were separated in between quakes that shook Venezuela on June 24. But her 9-year-old Xavier was trapped under the rubble. Four days later she saw a video of a child being rescued at night. She believes it was her son but in the chaos that followed she hasn't been able to find him. She's not going to rest but from here there's little she can do.
POZZEBON: This used to be a golf course. La Guaira was a tourist hotspot by the Caribbean Sea and so here is where tourists will come and play golf and relax. Now, of course, it's a tent city for hundreds of displaced, many of whom actually used to live there in these blocks. And every day they wake up and they see their homes and flats broken down by the brutality of the earthquakes.
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Sheyna Ceballos is also looking for a loved one. She's lost all hope of finding her mother alive but will not leave the golf course until she recovers her remains.
SHEYNA CEBALLOS, EARTHQUAKE SURVIVOR (through translator) If I had the money I'd dig her out, but I have none.
POZZEBON: This is what's left of Sheyna's home. An entire life shattered in an instant. Now like her, thousands of Venezuelans are only beginning to grasp the magnitude of this catastrophe.
POZZEBON (voiceover): Before this tragedy Venezuela was already in a deep humanitarian crisis, facing chronic shortages of food and medicines.
World Central Kitchen has been operating here since 2019. In response to the earthquake, they have stepped up with free meals for survivors and volunteers.
POZZEBON: Can you describe the moment that Venezuela is right now when it has been 10 days since the earthquake?
MIGUEL TORTOSA, COMMUNICATIONS RESPONSE MANAGER, WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN: The numbers keep increasing and we are still in the first phase of the operation. I would say this is still the emergency phase and our teams are still, like, finding the exact numbers so we can get the amount of meals needed to cover all the needs.
POZZEBON (voiceover): Survivors and relatives of the victims have criticized the government response as inadequate and delayed. Many point to the armed forces who they say showed up too late or didn't do enough.
DELCY RODRIGUEZ, ACTING VENEZUELAN PRESIDENT (through translator): Our officials were deployed immediately. You can count the hours between the quakes and when we signed the emergency decree. There were 4,000 officials out in the first 24 hours and 10,000 officials the following day. POZZEBON (voiceover): The government also laying out credit agreements
with the international monetary fund and plans to begin the reconstruction. But at the golf course in La Guaira the present is too dark to look ahead.
CEBALLOS (through translator): Now I just want to find her remains. To think about the future makes no sense.
POZZEBON (voiceover): Stefano Pozzebon, CNN, La Guaira.
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SMITH: Thank you, Stefano.
Monsoon rains lashed western and central India over the weekend during one of the driest periods for the country. The rains flooded homes, uprooted trees, and disrupted traffic. Indian has just logged its fifth-driest June on record, raising some deep concerns over farm output. The monsoon delivers about 70 percent of annual rains and replenishes crucial water sources in the nearly $4 trillion economy.
In Italy, Europe's largest active volcano is erupting. Officials issued a red alert Sunday as Sicily's Mt. Etna emitted large ash clouds. The eruption has impacted flights with widespread cancellations. And the volcano has been active for nine days straight.
Well, cycling fans have been asked to stay away from the Tour de France because of a wildfire burning near the Spanish border. Only the riders and essential vehicles will be allowed on the route. Extreme heat and wildfires are happening across Europe with fires in Spain as well as France.
And the temperatures in Paris are sweltering but now residents and visitors have a new way to cool off, swimming in the Seine River.
CNN's Melissa Bell explains why that was impossible just two years ago.
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MELISSA BELL, CNN SENIOR CORRESPONDENT (voiceover): Forget climbing the Eiffel Tower. The cool new thing to do in Paris is to swim beneath it.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: It's very quiet -- yeah, very nice and you can see some very little fish in the water -- yeah.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We swim in Copenhagen where we come from as well, so --
BELL: OK, so --
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: -- we don't really mind actually.
BELL (voiceover): Others are still a little hesitant.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I have not, like, entered the water but I think the idea of, like, lounging by the Seine is really cool.
BELL (voiceover): It's hard to imagine that the Seine River was once a toxic mess, home to half of Paris' untreated wastewater. In fact, for 100 years, swimming in it was strictly prohibited. Now, for the second year in a row, public swimming areas will be open until the end of August.
MAYOR EMMANUEL GREGOIRE: First, I would like to guarantee them that the quality of the water is very good. Secondly, it's an amazing occasion to discover Paris in a different way.
BELL (voiceover): A swimmable Seine was one of the pledges of the 2024 Paris Olympics. One-point-four billion euros were spent getting the river clean enough for the athletes to compete in it. But the idea was always to give ordinary Parisians their river back too.
BELL: A few years ago the idea of swimming in the Seine River would have seemed crazy. But then again, this is a city in which it is often said that the only sane thing is the river.
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Cape Verde soccer team homecoming parade.
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SMITH: A hero's welcome for Cape Verde's national soccer team, back home after its World Cup run. The underdogs nearly pulled off a stunning upset against the defending champions Argentina. Representing a small island nation off of the west coast of Africa, the team captured hearts around the world. In the process, they became one of the must-watch stories of the tournament.
And from the passion of the players to the future of the game, this is Atlas, a humanoid robot that delivered the match ball during the Norway-Brazil World Cup game this weekend. And here he is practicing ahead of the event. The robot, built by Boston Dynamics and backed by Hyundai, uses a special radio link to stay connected. That's because the packed stadium made regular Wi-Fi unreliable with thousands of fans on their phones. Really exciting stuff there.
Still to come on CNN HEADLINE EXPRESS, take a look at this. A helicopter just misses another chopper and then has to land in New York's East River. We've got more on that ahead.
And how you can get part of a $50 million Disney settlement. We've got the details on who is eligible straight ahead.
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SMITH: A possible payout for some streaming subscribers after Disney agrees to a big settlement.
CNN's Maribel Aber has this and the rest of your Money Express headlines.
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MARIBEL ABER, CNN CORRESPONDENT, MONEY MATTERS: If you paid for YouTube TV or DirecTV stream you could get some money from Disney. The company agreed to a $50 million settlement for people who subscribed in the past seven years. Now you've got until September 8 to file a claim, and to do that you'll need a notice that will be sent by mail. If you think you should have received one but didn't, you can email info@onlinetvsettlement.com for help.
As a heat wave grips much of the nation, expect your power bill to climb with the temperatures. There are a few things you can do to pay less this summer. Now you probably already know you can raise your thermostat a few degrees and use fans, but did you know servicing your air conditioner and making sure its filter is clean can help it run more efficiently? You can also turn down your water heater because who needs a steaming hot shower when it's 90 degrees outside?
Most Americans can't afford a starter home -- 62 percent of them, according to LendingTree. The financial marketplace says you need $62,000 a year to afford a starter home. That's because the average price is about $200,000 and the median income for non-homeowners is closer to $55,000.
Paying more than a dollar for an ice cube may sound a little silly. That's exactly why a pack of ice Aldi is selling is having a moment online. Aldi calls them "Frozen Ice Cubes" and a pack of four costs about $5.00. The difference, these specialty ice cubes are clear and nearly two inches thick, and they are designed for cocktails because they melt more slowly.
And that's your money matters weekly wrap-up. I'm Maribel Aber at the Nasdaq MarketSite.
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SMITH: Thank you, Maribel.
Let's get a check in on some of the other stories making news across the country.
We start in New York.
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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Oh my God. Oh my God.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: That was entirely too close.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: It was.
(END VIDEO CLIP) SMITH: Too close for comfort. A small plane was seen making a hard landing into New York's East River on Sunday. Authorities say that the seaplane landed upright just after noon in the water between Brooklyn and Manhattan. Responders with the fire department helped eight people off of the plane.
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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: LaGuardia tower, mayday, mayday, mayday. A plane down on the water.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Seventeen, do you copy that?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: All right. We got two boats approaching. It looks like the pilot is OK. I can't tell if there's any more passengers.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: How many passengers on board?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: (INAUDIBLE).
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Is anybody injured?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Negative. This is the other seaplane. The crew on board -- I believe it's six or seven passengers.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The people are talking to me. There's a boat behind you. They're going to come try to get closer. Just come on through.
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SMITH: It's unclear what led to the hard landing, but the FAA says it caused a wing strut to snap. The aircraft was towed back to dock.
And the parents of a missing 4-year-old South Carolina girl were denied bond on Sunday. It comes one day after law enforcement officials announced the search for their missing daughter. It's turned into a homicide investigation. The child's 22-year-old mother and 23- year-old father went before a judge in separate hearings yesterday. The pair is charged with murder-homicide by child abuse.
The Aiken County sheriff shared new details about the search for their little girl.
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SHERIFF MARTY SAWYER, AIKEN, COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA: Sadly, the night of the 911 call on June the 30th -- when that call was made it was already too late to save Javeayah. At this time our investigation supports that she had been deceased for at least a month.
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SMITH: The mother is also charged with filing a false police report. Investigators say that they're still searching for the child's body.
And in Idaho, a teenage boy was rescue after falling into a canyon below -- the iconic Perrine Bridge. The Twin Falls sheriff say that the office -- well, the sheriff's office says that the boy was climbing on the rocks below the landmark bridge when he fell. And rescuers found him conscious and alert before bringing him on a boat to safety.
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And in Oregon this little fawn was rescued after getting stuck on a roof. The homeowners have no idea how it got on top of their house. Firefighters were able to come in and bring it back down. All right, excellent work by the firefighters.
That does it for CNN HEADLINE EXPRESS. I'm Brad Smith. "CNN THIS MORNING WITH AUDIE CORNISH" starts right now.
