washington today. unvaccinated superstar novak djokovic is barred from playing in this year s open as migrants cross the u.s. southern border in record numbers without being asked to produce vaccine records. peter doocy says it s a double standard and pressed the white house press secretary on this yesterday. listen. somebody unvaccinated comes over on a plane, you say that s not okay. somebody walks into texas or arizona unvaccinated they are allowed to stay. that is what is happening? it is not like somebody walks over and that s not now. that s exactly what s happening. thousands of people are walking in a day. some of them turn themselves over, some are caught, tens of thousands a week are not. that is what is happening. gillian: fox cameras have captured hundreds of migrants doing precisely that over the last year, swimming, walking, sometimes boating. former secretary of state mike pompeo is in focus with us. first this morning we go to griff jenkins here
we remember two legends. i contributed a great deal to the game. basketball superstar and civil rights champion bill russell. captain, the enterprise is up there. and television trailblazer initial nichols of star supreme court. power. power. these protest remembers at the steps right in front of the senate. many of them slept overnight on the steps outside here to protest the failure of the burn pit legislation. they all have this mumbo-jumbo about a budgetary gimmick but nothing changed. this is the oldest trick in washington. republicans are not opposed to any of the substance of the bill. i think it s a disgusting move. it s really an ongoing crisis at a scale almost unimaginable. you can see some of the garbage that s still over here, and can you actually see how high the water has come. this is what we do not want to see, a floodwatch. more rape coming and we expect the water to rise up each higher. and i m pamela brown in washington. you re
catastrophic wildfires, a climate state of emergency in the united dates. united states. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom, with rosemary church. thank you for being with us, in ukraine there is more follow-up thursdays brutal attack on a detention facility in russian held territory in the east. on sunday the u.s. ambassador to ukraine said russia must be held accountable for the attack, kyiv says dozens of ukrainian prisoners of war were killed in the strike, russia says ukraine is responsible, the international red cross says it is still waiting for access to the site. to the north missile strikes were reported in you train second largest city, and russian forces have been stepping up the attacks, likely trying to pull resources from the front lines to protect civilians. meanwhile these been in the odesa region after a russian missile strike set off a grass fire, according to local officials russian forces fired at least two missiles from occupied crimea, but t
champion, as the activist and paved the way for every black player who came into the league after him, and including me. the world has lost a legend and my condolences to the family and may he rest in peace. this is from the boston celtics organization, bill is a champion unlike any other, and bill s dna is woven throughout the celtics organization with relentless pursuit, and from the individual glory to the commitment of social justice and civil rights on and off of the court. andy shoals is taking a look at bill russell s life and career. i took basic skills and egotistically speaking, i think they had the best command of all of the skills in basketball as a package of anyone who has ever played. reporter: the champion of champions, bill russell played the best of anybody in nba history, and he had one thing on his mind winning. one thing i loved to do was to be back on defense by myself and have a three-on-one coming to me, and i loved that. because over half of t
washington. republicans are not opposed to any substance. i think it s a political move, and i think it s disgusting. it really is an ongoing crisis here at a scale that is almost unimaginable. you can see some of the garbage that is still over here. and you can actually see how high the water has come. this is what we do not want to see a flood watch. with more rain coming, we expect the water to rise even higher. you re live in the cnn newsroom. and we begin this hour with the passing of two legends who were both game-changers in their respective fields. basketball great bill russell led the boston celtics to 11 nba championships. his final two titles as the first black head coach in a major american sports league. and he was also a tireless champion for racial justice and civil rights, working alongside dr. martin luther king jr. and muhammed ali. in 2011, he was awarded the presidential medal of freedom. and we re also remembering nichelle nichols, who playe