bracing for landfall. parts of mexico and the southwestern u.s. are in the path of hurricane hilary. the powerful storm could bring floods and catastrophic destruction. ukraine says its pilots are already training on f-16 fighter jets, but just when those planes will be ready for use in combat is an open question. who will get the trophy in the women's world cup? we will find out just a few hours from now. a live report from sydney, australia, ahead. the southwestern united states and parts of mexico are bracing for the arrival of hurricane hilary. the historic storm expected to make landfall in the coming hours in mexico's baja california peninsula. the region is already feeling the effects. hilary is now a category 1 storm, but it remains dangerous with maximum sustained winds of around 85 miles an hour. it's expected to bring catastrophic and life-threatening flooding and california's governor has declared a state of emergency for southern parts of the state. officials are urging residents not to underestimate the storm. >> again, the message from the mayor, from i think all of us here, please take precautions right now. a couple of minutes of effort today could reduce our impacts tomorrow. that can make the difference between a prolonged power outage, other service disruptions, and obviously it could also make the difference between life and death. so i hope the people will make good choices. >> for more, let's go now to cnn meteorologist karen maginnis. karen, you are keeping an eye on hurricane hilary. does it still pose extreme danger for those in its path? >> yes. if anything, we're looking at a situation that will concentrate as we go through the early morning hours sunday, which in the next few hours, you'll really start to see the weather deteriorate across southern california. we've seen the clouds and the rain fairly continuous throughout the afternoon and evening hours. and las vegas, phoenix also. it lets you know here's the advance of hurricane hilary, now supporting winds of 85 miles per hour. intermediate advisory moving a little more quickly north-northwest at 20 miles an hour. its position puts it about 480 miles south-southeast of san diego. here's some of that moisture moving across the southwest into western sections of arizona and into southern nevada. this is going to have broad reaches. i did mention southern california because that is its own test. because never before, at least in several generations, have we seen tropical storm warnings out in southern california. san diego into los angeles, bakersfield into coachella into palm springs. this rainfall is going to be significant. some of this coastal area, 1 to maybe 3, 4 inches of rainfall. you get up into higher elevations, it will be more. then those higher peaks into the santa rosa mountains, the san gabriel mountains, into the santa ana mountains, this is where the rainfall is going to be significant. hilary's o orographically will lift and wring this moisture out to the tune of 8 to 10 inches of rainfall. let me point out, these areas hardly get any rainfall this time of year. just fractions of an inch. and to see this volume of moisture that will materialize over the next 24 to 48 hours, laila, this is potentially catastrophic. we could see infrastructure damage, power outages, the wind will kick up. probably a tropical storm intensity, but because it's going to be here for the next 24 to 48 hours, that's the big problem. we'll keep you updated. back to you. >> thank you very much for staying on top of it, karen, thank you. now residents of southern california are preparing for the storm, but most are unsure what to expect since they haven't seen a storm like this in their lifetime. cnn's natasha chen has more. >> reporter: this is a weather event that's created a lot of questions for people in southern california because they have never seen a tropical storm warning, and the last time a tropical storm made landfall in california was more than 80 years ago. so a lot of people are wondering what exactly they should do. officials have said a lot of the preparations that folks would have made for winter storms and flooding months ago apply here, asking people to please take advantage of the sandbags that are being given out, to bring materials indoors, to not go outside or drive in the weather on sunday and monday if they don't have to. officials have also been very proactive in going to outdoor areas where there are encampments of unhoused people trying to convince them to take shelter inside before the storm really comes through. the most intense of which is supposed to be sunday afternoon, at least through the san diego area, with very strong rains and winds. we are seeing a lot of events being canceled or postponed. in fact, major league baseball moved their sunday games to saturday. there are concerts, like ones at the hollywood bowl, being canceled. the u.s. navy has even temporarily moved their ships and submarines away from san diego just during this storm, at least until it passes through. catalina island in los angeles county has been warned for people -- they're strongly encouraged to leave that island that they're likely to get hit. a lot of highwater rescue vehicles prepositioned, a lot of personnel out there ready to act as soon as this weather comes through. it has been more than 80 years since southern california has seen a tropical storm make landfall, so a lot of people are nervous. officials telling them to just be prepared. natasha when, cnn, los angeles. >> christina dahl, principal climate scientist at the union of concerned scientists. thank you for joining us. millions brace for hillary clinton hullrricane hilary. what is cause this can dangerous storm? >> that's right, california does not typically experience hurricanes or tropical storms like this. we're having a very unusual situation in which a hurricane formed off the west coast of mexico, and it's traveling northward, whereas most hurricanes that form in that region travel westward out to the pacific ocean. so they don't affect california regions so much. this one's traveling northward through relatively warm waters. and it's prompted the first tropical storm warning in california history. so we've never experienced something like this before. >> wow. what concerns you, besides the fact that it's so rare and unusual? >> well, the flooding is really a big concern here. there are parts of california and especially desert areas that can expect to see a year's worth of rainfall in just a couple of days. that's really dangerous, because it can cause flash flooding that comes on very suddenly. it can cause things like mudslides and landslides. and so we have areas that are really unprepared for that level of rain. even though it's just 5, 6 inches, which isn't that much for a hurricane these days -- these are places that typically see that much precipitation in a year. so the environment's not really prepared to deal with that massive influx of water. >> do you think local authorities in these impacted areas will be prepared for these types of very extreme weather events that they rarely see? >> absolutely. i think people heave here are very much looking to their local weather forecasters for advice on what to do, when to do it, when to get out of harm's way. we know that emergency responders are standing by, because they are aware too that this is an unusual situation. and there are maybe some folks who aren't fully appreciating the dangers that these -- this storm is going to post pose. >> and do you think going forward, we can potentially see more of these types of dangerous storms? >> we know that globally, hurricanes are growing more intense. that's because our ocean waters are warming. and all of that extra warmth serves as extra fuel for the storms. so what we see in our climate models that look at what could be happening in the future is that as we continue to warm the planet, we're continuing to add fuel to our hurricanes, and wear expect to see more strong hurricanes going forward. we don't expect the frequency of hurricanes to change all that much. so that's a little bit of good news. but we do need to prepare for a future where we're seeing more frequent extreme storms like this. >> so what does a state like california now have to start thinking ahead, implementing measures to take into consideration a future where these types of extreme weather events could happen more frequently? >> i think what we're seeing really all across the world this season is that we are not able to cope with the climate that we have today. so we've seen extreme heat in places around the world that has caused deaths and a lot of suffering. we have seen extreme rainfall and extreme storms. we've seen the wildfires in canada that have made hundreds of thousands of people leave their homes and evacuate and millions more suffer from the downstream wildfire smoke. so this is the climate we're experiencing with just over 1 degree celsius of warming since the industrial revolution. and we've seen now that we have a lot to do to catch up to where we already are. in doing all that catch-up, it will hopefully help us prepare for a future that has more of these climate extremes in it. >> christina dahl, thank you so much for joining us. extreme heat is driving winds across north america. more than 1,000 of them are burning across canada right now, in the worst fire season on record. tens of thousands of people are under evacuation orders. two fires are raging in spokane county, washington, burning more than 17,000 acres and more than 185 buildings between them. u.s. president joe biden is due to visit maui, hawaii, on monday to get a firsthand look at the devastation from quwildfires la week. ukraine makes a new push to expand its arsenal of fighter jets with an advanced plane from sweden. more deadly violence erupts in the occupied west bank as a father and son are fatally shot at a car wash. ♪ i'm currently out of the office... focusing on a little blue-sky thinking. i'll be taking meetings... with familily and friends. and checking voicemail... as my activities permit. i'll connect with you... after reconnecting with me. ♪ get 1.9% apr for 36 months plus $1,500 purchase allowance on a 2024 xt5 and xt6 when you finance through cadillac financial. ♪ with new scope squeez mouthwash concentrate, just add water. squeez to control the strength of your mouthwash. and find a zone all your own. ♪ ♪ scope squeez. how do we decide what hotel to book? [ding] aargh! fear not, i got you! who are you? i'm your fairy hotel mother. what is happening? let me help you pick a hotel you feel good about. choice hotels is a family of brands, with a hotel for every type of stay. [whoosh] [ding] like a comfort with the kiddos. oooo, spacious! [whoosh] [ding] or, a cambria hotel downtown for just the two of you. hold my wand. don't wave it at anything. stay twice and get a $50 giftcard when you book direct at choicehotels.com. mmm! yeah! what did i say!?! [ding] aargh! aargh! aargh! trouble booking the family vacay? come on. [whoosh] [ding] comfort has free hot breakfast for the whole fam! they have waffles! [whoosh] [ding] and splendid pools! [ding] cannonball! book direct at choicehotels.com. wake up, achievers. you're making the most of every hour of your life. except the hours that you're sleeping. so why do we leave so much untapped potential on the table? this is a next level bed, for a next level you. my circadian rhythm is kicking your circadian rhythms butt! it's not a competition. i know, but i'm still winning! so, it is a competition. save 50% on the sleep number limited edition smart bed. plus, free home delivery when you add a base. shop now only at sleep number. russia is reporting two new drone strikes from across the border in ukraine. the mayor of moscow says one drone was shot down south of the capital overnight, while another alleged drone wounded five people in the city of kursk according to a local governor. he says it damaged a rail station but train service is up and running. ukraine say 15 children are among the wounded following a russian missile strike on the city of kherniv. top military officials say ukrainian pilots have started training on f-16 fighter jets, but who will provide the planes and when are open questions. for more on this latest development, nada bashir joins us live from london. ukraine did receive potentially more good news related to the f-16s? >> reporter: absolutely. we saw some delay on that front. there were questions around the time frame of when we would begin to see ukrainian pilots receiving that crucial training on the u.s. main jets. now according to ukraine's air force that training has begun. they are receiving training from u.s. instructors within ukraine. and of course typically, this sort of training on these advance jets would take months according to ukrainian officials, typically around 32 months. but they say this elite class of ukrainian pilots set to take part in this training program can master the operation of this jet within just four months. we've also heard from ukraine's defense minister. he's given a slightly longer assessment saying it could take a minimum of six months. that will be a blow to ukraine's air defense and military aspirations over the coming months, particularly in the harsher winter months as they continue to grind on with that counteroffensive. but this training will prove crucial and the hope for ukraine is that the supply of these jets will mark a shift in their counteroffensive, give them that all-important edge in the skies. this $remain questions. we've heard the ukrainian defense minister saying it remains to be decided what weapons these jets will be killed out with once they're supplied to ukraine. we know the u.s. has expressed its commitment to approve the supply of these jets as soon as that training is complete. and of course there are still talks ongoing between the u.s. and its european partners over what other countries might potentially supply ukraine with these u.s.-made f-16s. of course, we also know president zelenskyy has been in talks with counterparts in sweden over the possible supply of the swedish-made griffin fighter jet. that is expected to be an ongoing discussion. the hope there is it will bolster ukraine's air defense operations and also offensive operations as they continue to battle russia's ongoing encroachment in the eastern region. meanwhile, those talks are ongoing, but ukraine and sweden appear to have agreed on a statement of intent on the supply of swedish-made armored vehicles to boost ukraine's counteroffensive capabilities on the front line. >> nada bashir reporting, thank you so very much. ukraine made some progress in its counteroffensive, capturing a village in the donetsk region this week. nick payton walsh went to see the newly liberated area. >> reporter: there may be ruin around them, but the direction is forwards. we're with the 35th ukrainian marines. the first reporters to get to the outskirts of urajena. yet another village announced liberated wednesday. the victories may be small but are constant. just down here, urajena, yet another town taken as the counteroffensive does move forward. we were just seeing the neighboring village taken last week, but they keep moving. with that much incoming, we're getting out of here as quick as we can while they control urajena. the russians do everything they can to make it a nightmare for the ukrainians to be there. the unit showed us the intense fight captured by drone. this, their tank advancing, dropping a string of anti-mine explosives behind it, they want, when then, once it turned, detonated. the unit released a video of them in the town wednesday, of how they turned their firepower on what was once a russian stronghold that shelled them. the company commander recalls many more russians hidden there than he expected. "very many died, especially when they started to run," he says. "when they held houses, lots of them died there." but they were caught as they fled. the smoke around russians likely made by cluster munitions. ukraine has said it is already using some rounds controversial supplied by the united states. we could not confirm if these fires here were the new american cluster bombs, but the losses suffered were clear. and they say their use is less of an ethical dilemma when you're in this brutal fight. "i don't understand it, that side is using whatever they want," he says. "our people are dying from all this and it's okay. when the other side die, it's not? i don't understand." his footage shows how young some in the assault were. he has no time for western analysts who say this should be moving faster. "i would say they can always come to me as a guest and fight with me." he says, "if someone believes that you can fly over the minefield on a broom like in harry potter, it doesn't happen in a real fight. if you don't understand that, you can sit in your armchair and eat your popcorn." out here, the last month of advances feel both empty and grueling. littered now with russian dead. they haven't moved perhaps as far as it is felt. these just empty farm fields in which many have died to take each kilometer. the russians mined so hard here, they used this machine to do it. so much damage done, it's hard to imagine what plans moscow had for here at all, had they kept it. nick payton walsh, cnn, near urajena, ukraine. a manhunt under way in the occupied west bank right now after a 60-year-old israeli father and his 29-year-old son were fatally shot. it happened at a car wash in the town of huweta. the killers are still at large, and israeli security forces are searching for them. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu is calling the shooting cruel and criminal. the militant movement hamas praised the shooting, calling it a response to the israeli occupation. cnn's hadas gold is tracking developments from jerusalem. what more have you learned? >> reporter: laila, so this father and son were reportedly in hawara, this town in the occupied west bank. it's a palestinian down, but for context it sits on a major roadway that connects many israeli settlements as well as palestinian towns. both israelis and palestinians often frequent shops and services here because they're much cheaper, and that's apparently what this father and son were doing in this town. they are not settlers, they went there to run errands, and they were at this car wash when they were shot and killed. cctv video being reported by israeli media shows what appears to be a gunman shooting people at short-range. that's what we have to go on. israeli medics said they tried resuscitation but they succumbed to their wounds. now there is a major manhunt under way. residents in hawara and surrounding villages are reporting a very heavy israeli militaries present. they say there's several checkpoints being set up. otherwise, we're seeing reports that moflts are still happening in the area, but there's a lot of checkpoints and some restrictions on movements. in terms of responsibility, both the militant groups hamas and islamic jihad have praised the attack, but neither have necessarily claimed direct responsibility for the attack. as noted, the prime minister benjamin netanyahu sent condolences and said security forces are working diligently in order to find the murderer and bring him to account he said in a statement. hawara has also been the scene of several attacks by israeli settlers targeting palestinians. these are often revenge attacks in the aftermath, like we saw last night. there were reports of israeli settlers targeting things like palestinian cars, some cars were damaged. we did not see reports of homes damaged. the israeli military has said it has stepped up its enforcement efforts to try and stop these attacks. we are seeing reports the idf reports that it did shoot and injure a masked suspect that they said did turn out to be an israeli citizen who was reportedly throwing stones at palestinians. this has been already one of the deadliest years in recent memory for israelis and palestinians across israel and the occupied west bank. this shooting shows that this cycle is continuing. >> cnn's hadas gold reporting in jerusalem, thank you. still ahead, the latest on hurricane hilary. the storm threatening to bring catastrophic flooding to mexico and southern california. hundreds of people still unaccounted for after the maui wildfire disaster. we'll bring you the latest on the search efforts next. ♪ welcome back to our viewers in the united states and canada and all around the world. i'm laila harrak and you're watching "cnn newsroom." hurricane hilary barreling toward the southwestern united states and parts of western mexico. the historic storm expected to make landfall in the coming hours on mexico's baja california peninsula. it's now a category 1 storm but could still pack a punch with maximum sustained winds around 85 miles an hour. it is expected to slam into southern california as a rare tropical storm. the search for survivors in maui goes on nearly two weeks after wildfires devastated the community of lahaina. officials have now surged 78% of the burn zone. the death toll stands at 114, but authorities estimate more than 1,000 people are still missing. bill weir brings us the latest from maui. >> reporter: it is now day 11 since the catastrophic fire that tore through parts of maui and absolutely decimated the town of lahaina. and while the search area has grown with a lot more personnel, a lot more cadaver dogs coming into west maui, the number of the missing remains stubbornly stuck and just puts a pit in your stomach when you think about all the families waiting for some confirmation, fearing the worst, but holding on to some bit of hope. president biden and the first lady are coming to maui on monday. whether or not they actually will walk through lahaina, the burn zone, or just fly over the scene, the fema administrator could not say but promises the president will stand with the people of maui and lend an ear to local leaders who are very concerned that the reopening plans, the rebuilding plans, anything going forward, won't include them as has been the case here for generations. the number of people in shelters is going down as more move to hotels around the island and off-island as well. and there's a lot more personnel. we're hearing there are now over 1,000 personnel here, both state and federal. that has been a big cry early on. mostly a citizen-led response. now seeing more of the official response, and they're trying to fold those folks in but meeting some resistance from the locals who have said, we set this up ourselves, you're a little too late. so a lot of raw emotions as you can imagine in a place with so many displaced, so many still missing this many days after the fire. at this hour, wildfires in canada are still ravaging northern and western parts of the country. prime minister trudeau holding an emergency meeting to discuss the situation. right now an estimated 35,000 people are still under evacuation orders in british columbia and the premier says another 30,000 might have to clear out as well. they're restricting lodging for nonessential travel in parts of the b.c. interior. that's so evacuees and first responders have enough places to stay. cnn's paula newton has more on the fires sweeping through canada. >> reporter: canada continues to grapple with an incredibly challenging and historic wildfire season, and this weekend is no different. i want you to take a look at a map here just to understand the two communities now most at risk. and that is yellowknife in the northwest territories and clone that and west clone that, british columbia. yellowknife, that capital city had to be completely evacuated. nearly 20,000 people. the town is a ghost town. it had threatened to definitely consume parts of that city, but now authorities are saying most people have left, the evacuation was successful. in the meantime, the weather has helped keep the wildfire at this point in time away from that city. they still say much work continues. they do not expect those residents back any time soon. and they did get a little bit of help from the weather. cooler conditions and the wind conditions are better as well. then the situation throughout british columbia. it's most acute in colona and west colona. at least dozens of structures, possibly more, already consumed by fire. earlier in the week, people that really had to scramble to get out of harm's way. authorities say they had a bit of a reprieve with that wind. smoke is still there, but it does mean that those water bombers, despite the smoke, are up in the air. and valiant efforts there to try and keep homes and also critical infrastructure safe from fire. this does start to cap, hopefully, as far as canadians are concerned, a historic wildfire season that has affected nearly everyone in the country from one coast right to the other. paula newton, cnn, ottawa. when donald trump and 18 codefendants surnd this week in fulton county, georgia, it's hard to know how that will play out. negotiations are ongoing and likely to continue. cnn's isabel rosales explains how the jailhouse process there usually works and how trump's booking could be modified. >> reporter: sources tell cnn that trump's team has already been in contact with d.a. fani willis' team and those conversations are expected to go into early next week. conversations specifically about the conditions of trump's appearance and the logistics about his surrender. we're also heard from the secret service. a spokesman telling us that the agency has been on-site at the jail over the last couple of weeks, in contact with the sheriff's office in fulton county, also with the city of atlanta, ahead of trump's surrender. and also planning for his first court appearance. we've heard from officials here, including the sheriff, patrick labat of fulton county, that trump and his codefendants are going to be treated the same as everybody else. let me walk you through what the normal booking process would look like here at the jail for a newly charged defendant. that process would involve hours of waiting, simply waiting their turn to get fingerprinted and get their mugshots taken. also, there is typically a body search that is conducted by a jail deputy. although in the past, high-profile defendants who have voluntarily surrendered have been able to forgo that body search. a medical screening austincally happens. and a pretrial consultation to determine whether it's appropriate for someone to be released without bond. here's what the sheriff had to say about the nature of this case. >> our goal is treat everybody equally. if you're indicted, we're going to treat you as though you were indicted here locally. and so we will continue to do fingerprints, mugshots, et cetera in the safest possible fashion. >> reporter: it is much more likely this process will still be conducted much more swiftly for these codefendants due to the high-profile nature of some of them, including mark meadows, former chief of staff. also due to the safety precautions that are involved with transporting somebody that is a former president of the united states. it's also possible that trump and his codefendants might not even have to show up in court for that first appearance for arraignment. that is because a judge could choose to conduct that arraignment virtually or choose to allow them to waive that right to an arraignment. if that happens, it's unclear when the public will be able to see trump in a georgia courthouse for the first time. clearly the clock is ticking. trump and his fellow 18 codefendants have until friday to turn themselves in. we're learning more about former u.s. president jimmy carter's health from his grandson. "it's clear we're in the final chapter." the 98-year-old former navy lieutenant and georgia farmer has been in hospice care since february. his wife, rosalynn, has dementia. josh carter says there's always somebody at the house to keep his grandparents company. adding the two of them are still holding hands and the carters have been married 77 years. cnn's reached out to the cart strer for comment but has not received a response. the widow who wrote a book on grief after her husband's murder will not face the death penalty if she's convicted of killing him. kouri richins is accused of killing her husband, eric, then writing a children's book about grief. prosecutors in utah say they do not intend to seek capital punishment if she's found guilty. 39-year-old eric richins died from a fentanyl overdose. investigators say kouri searched "what is a lethal dole of fentanyl" on her phone. we're just hours away from the start of ecuador's presidential election. coming up, a candidate having breakfast with his family forced to flee the restaurant when gunfire erupts outside. niger's coup leader discusses a possible return to democracy. we'll explain how his transition plan would work and when it could take effect. teria. good thing adding lysol laundry sanitizer kills 99.9% of bacteria that detergegents leave behind. clean is good, sanitized is better. ♪ ♪ (female announcer) attention! medicare has expanded dexcocom coverage -for people with diabetes. -if you have diabetes, getting on dexcom g7 is the single most important thing you can do. it eliminates painful fingersticks, helps lower a1c, and covered by medicare. before using the dexcom g7, i was really frustrated. my a1c was stuck. (female announcer) dexcom g7 nds your glucose numbers to your phone or dexcom receiver without painful fingersticks. the arrow shows the direction your glucose is heading-- up, down, or steady. and because dexcom g7 is the most accurate cgm, you can make better decisions about food, medication, and activity in the moment. after using the dexcom g7, my a1c has never been lower. i lead line dancing three times a week, and i'm just living a great life now. (woman) it's so easy to use. dexcom g7 has given me confidence and control that everything i need is right there on my phone. (female announcer) now, millions more are covered by medicare. take advantage of the expanded coverage by calling today. pain hits fast. so get relief fast. only tylenol rapid release gels have laser-drilled holes. they release medicine fast... for fast pain relief. and now... ...get relief without a pill. with tylenol dissolve packs. relief without the water. that's me before dawn powerwash. [sigh] now, powerwash gives me the power of an overnight soak in minutes. with 3 cleaning boosters... not found in traditional dish soaps that help break down, loosen and lift away food and grease... so much faster! voting in ecuador's national elections gets under way just hours from now, but it comes at a time of deep anxiety over political violence, including the assassination of a presidential candidate. on saturday, another candidate and his family were in a restaurant when gunfire broke out nearby setting off a panic that he might be the target. cnn's rafael romo has those details. >> reporter: otto sonnenholtz is one of eight candidates in ecuador, said he was having breakfast with his family when the shots rang out. he said he was approached by a supporter for a picture, and when they were about to take it, the shooting started. the ecuadoran national police later said sonnen holter was not the target, it was actually an armed robbery at a sports store nearby and five were detained. officers confiscated two firearms, sports merchandise, and cash. the attack was so close to the restaurant it rattled not only the candidate and his family but everybody there. the shooting happened only ten days after fernando villavicencio, the outspoken anti-corruption candidate and former investigative journalist, was gunned down after a rally in quito, also a day before the ecuadorans head for the polls in the first round of presidential voting. the family of villavicencio, the murdered candidate, has fighted a legal complaint against the government. they accuse the state of murder by willful omission for failing to protect the life of fernando villavicencio, knowing he had received threats from criminal groups. the assassination and the spate of violent attacks against elected officials and candidates have marred the election in a country struggling with corruption and organized crime. almost a month after overthrowing niger's government, coup leaders are now weighing a possible return to democracy. the military ruler has called for a national dialogue to outline the principles of such a transition, saying it should last no longer than three years. in a speech he also said the military is still open to talks with the regional bloc ecowas but pushed back against the military's threats of intervention. >> translator: neither the national council for the safeguarding of the homeland nor the people of niger want war and remain open to dialogue. but let there be no misunderstanding. should aggression be undertaken against us, it would not be the walk in the park that some believe it to be. in effect, they will be facing up to 26 million nigeriens. >> earlier thousands of military supporters gathered for a census outside a stadium where they said they would be willing to help the army if ecowas at attacked. it happened on the same day ecowas sent a delegation to niger to continue diplomatic efforts. officials say the envoys met with both the junta leader and the ousted president, who has been in detention since the coup. they overcame tough opponents and personal challenges. now england and spain are one win away from the world cup title. we'll have a preview of sunday's match next. a mystery! jessie loves playing detective. but the real mystery was her irritated skin. so, we switched to tide pods free & gentle. it cleans betttter, and doesn't leave behind irirritating residues. and it's gentle on her s skin tide free & gentle is epaa safer choice certified. it's got t to be tide wake up, achievers. you're making the most of every hour of your life. except the hours that you're sleeping. so why do we leave so much untapped potential on the table? this is a next level bed, for a next level you. my circadian rhythm is kicking your circadian rhythms butt! it's not a competition. i know, but i'm still winning! so, it is a competition. save 50% on the sleep number limited edition smart bed. plus, free home delivery when you add a base. shop now only at sleep number. to finally lose 80 pounds and keep it off with golo is amazing. i've been maintaining. the weight is gone and it's never coming back. with golo, i've not only kept off the weight but i'm happier, i'm healthier, and i have a new lease on life. golo is the only thing that will let you lose weight and keep it off. who loses 138 pounds in nine months? i did! golo's a lifestyle change and you make the change and it stays off. (soft music) try killing bugs the worry-free way. not the other way. zevo traps use light to attract and trap flying insects with no odor and no mess. they work continuously, so you don't have to. zevo. people-friendly. bug-deadly. how do i love thee? ...let me count the ways. ♪ love can get a little messy... good thing there's resolve. love the love. resolve the mess. england and spain will compete for the biggest prize in women's football, the world cup championship. both teams are set to play in the final for the first time. england are trying to become only the second country to hoist the title as reigning european champion. spain meantime hoping to win despite never advancing past the round of 16 before. cnn's amanda davis is in sydney where the final will be played. oh, to be there with you, amanda. it's team england and team spain's moment. >> reporter: yeah, i can tell you the atmosphere is building. the gates have opened. fans from both sides starting to pour in. they really are here and invested in what is about to play out. people with their faces painted, shirts, wigs on, scarves, hats, you name it. they are definitely displaying their colors with pride. and after what has been the biggest and best, most competitive women's world cup to date, it all comes down to this, one final match. there really is a sense of a feeling that this is the beginning of a new world order. not just because it's the first women's world cup final in 16 years without the u.s. women involved. of course, they lost the final in 2011, then won the next two in 2015 and 2019. as you said, we're going to get a first-time winner whose name is going to be engraved on that trophy this evening. both spain and england in this, the decider, for the first time. it's been seen as a tournament that has really shifted the momentum, placed a focus not only on women's football but also women's sport in particular. and this is just the beginning of the new era. spain's irene pereda saying in the final prematch press conference yesterday how it's only relatively recently she's been able to dream of taking part in a women's world cup final, that until recently women didn't feel that they had a space in this world cup final. that has very, very much changed with the way her and her teammates and the rest of the 32 nations who have taken part here in australia and new zealand have competed. of course, the best way to make your mark and really get people to sit up and take notice is to win the biggest prize of them all, this women's world cup final. england's captain, millie bright, admitted she and her teammates need to play the game of their lives here this evening against a side who ran them very, very close just 13 months ago in the quarterfinal of the european championships back in england. england's had to come back from a goal down to beat spain 2-1 in the quarterfinals. england, of course, then went on to win that tournament and really were given such a huge boost by that. but this is a spanish side who are widely regarded as one of the most talented squads in world football. they've scored more goals than any other in this tournament. and there was no escaping in the prematch press conference just how big a moment this is. >> i think everyone knows how big this is. i think it's been players' dreams for years. so i think everyone already knows that. and we know how passionate our nation is back home and how much they'd want to us win. for us it's a process. we have a game plan to execute. we need to play the game of our lives. >> reporter: both sides have received messages of support from all over the place. tennis world number one carlos alcaraz has sent his support to spain's players, playing of course in cincinnati in the buildup to the u.s. open. queen letitia of spain is here and prince william is hoping to watch from home, hoping the lionesses bring back a first world cup crown to england, the first since 1966. >> the teams are on fire, amanda davis, thank you so much. tourism in italy is expected to break records this summer. now there's a new or old attraction. an ancient roman crime scene that's opened for the first time in a couple of thousand years. ben wedeman reports from rome. >> reporter: passersby peer down into the crime scene in rome's busy largo argentina. jovanna points to where the murder happened. "during the ides of march in 44 b.c., the senate was in session and there, julius caesar was assassinated by the conspirators, stabbed 23 times." an architect who supervised the ruins, the restoration, the ruins here. okay, so the murder happened a while ago, but now after more than two millennia, visitors can get a close look at where historians believe roman senators dispatched the would-be dictator. for years it was stray cats who came, saw, and conquered this square. now they have to make room for sightseers. the authorities in rome are eager to capitalize on the resurgence of tourism following the pandemic lockdown. recently revealing a private theater built for a mad emperor, immortalized in the epic 1951 blockbuster "corvadis." >> here is history's evil green y genius, nero. >> reporter: nero was a classic case, says rome-based archaeologists, of a leader who thought he knew best. >> at a certain point he realizes as he's getting older, wait, i can do whatever i want. those guys that are advising me, they're inhibiting me. i can get rid of them. who's to say i can't? >> reporter: the theater was where nero, a self-styled poet, musician, and athlete, honed acts to entertain the masses. he was bigly into bread and circuses. the bread and circuses are over now. his city still brings the masses. ben wedeman, cnn, rome. that wraps up this hour of "cnn newsroom." i'm laila harrak. kim brunhuber picks up our coverage after a quick break. so, you've got the power of xfinity at home. now take it outside with xfinity mobile. like speed? it's the fastest mobile service around. with the best price for two lines of unlimited. only $30 bucks a line per month. that's hundreds in savings a year when you wave bye to the other guys. all on the most reliable 5g network nationwide. you really shouldn't walk out the front door without it. switch today at xfinitymobile.com. welcome to all of you watching us here around the