neighbors against neighbors. a fight over who gets to use the river that fuels life. we visit two states that are facing off. hello. welcome to the lead. we begin this hour with our world lead. a pair of escalating international crises. russia and the united states are now indicating they re ready to hold talks about a prisoner swap. just a day after a russian court convicted american basketball star brittney griner of drug smuggling, and sentenced her to nine years in prison. potential prisoner swap talks could include fellow american paul whelan who has been detained in russia since 2018. we ll have more on that in just a moment. first another crisis unfolding. china is taking dramatic new steps of retaliation for house speaker nancy pelosi s visit to taiwan including sanctioning pelosi and her family. plus, military escalation. taiwan s defense ministry reports dozens of chinese war planes crossing into its air defense territory today. in return, the white house summon
pact and added support for his war in ukraine. we re going to look at what kim jong own got out of the trip for north korea and a broader impact for both of their adversaries fire and floods. while the east bags and the west coast with wildfires that are torching hundred grids of buildings and forcing thousands of people to flee in texas. problem is water and they tropical storm do to make landfall here in the next 24 hours and remember i m bringing the incomparable willie mays, the iconic baseball player who may have been the greatest to ever play the game. we re following these major developing stories and many more we re all coming in right here to cnn news central we begin this hour with pomp and circumstance in north korea as vladimir putin and kim jong own looked a strengthen their alliance the russian president just wrapped up a rare visit to pyongyang, his first trip there in more than two decades. he was met with a lavish ceremony that included a military parad
really it s a total tragedy jake tapper loves k-pop and the leads starts right now is, this extreme weather our new normal believes starts right now at least 27 large wildfires are burning out west fueled by insanely high temperatures. and 70 million americans from indiana domain are under an alert burt from that same heat. now, first tropical storm of the season is here. we re going to dive into the reasons as to why and how to keep your family safe and what one of the most excruciating hearings in heat years had the ceo of boeing facing brutal questions from democrats and republicans, lawmakers demanding answers. and serious changes because after months of safety concerns and frankly, some pretty scary stories from passengers, i m going to talk to one us senator who told the ceo that he is the problem. plus latin reports putin says he and kim jong-un have taken the relationship to a new level. what they re now promising each other and what that might mean for the free wor
unknown as pig butchering plus president biden unveils a sweeping new executive action on immigration aimed at protecting undocumented spouses and children of us citizens border state republican congressman dan crenshaw, republican of texas, is here to react leading this hour, the brutal, scorching heat wave punching the united states right now is more than half the country faces dangerously high temperatures. those high temperatures or fueling fires across the western united states made worse by driving gusty winds. federal officials say there are 29 large fires burning in the united states it s including a pair of fast-growing fires are tearing across southern new mexico right now, multiple fires also exploded across parts of california overnight, officials predict the fires could get even worse as temperatures continue to rise this week this moment thinking it d be joined by new mexico governor michelle lu khan, grisham, who just declared a state of emergency and parts of
blitzer denied it six once cnn closed captioning is bronchi by ucar help maintain a healthy urinary tract with you, cora, having utis four tenure. you, cora, we make uti relief products. we also make proactive urinary tract health products. you cora is a life s they tried today at your core.com a major executive order on immigration. president biden, unveiling a new plan to offer legal status and protection to over half 1 million families undocumented spouses and children of american citizens could be impacted and so could the race for the white house and a wildfire pushing an entire town new mexico to evacuate, squeezing it like a pair of toms over 15,000 acres burned in southern california, a wildfire only about 25% contained as the midwest also swelters under high temperatures. and boeing ceo on a seat that maybe hotter than usual, testifying before congress on the heels of new who whistleblower allegations that the company had questionable plane parts. we are following