hardest, vladamir putin has finally become a wanted international war criminal. the lead starts right now. the international criminal court issuing an arrest warrant for vladamir putin today. the russian president and another top official are accused of committing war crimes by deporting ukrainian children to russia. then, could this be responsible for the covid virus? it s linked to raccoon dogs, raising question it is animals sold at the market were the origin and not a lab leak. are you sick of getting annoying spam texts? the new rules that will force phone companies to crack down on those robbo texts blowing up your phone. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we start with our world lead and an arrest warm issued for vladamir putin. the kremlin is trying to dismiss the warrant for the russian president, issued by the international criminal court. earlier today, the icc alleged that putin and his commissioner for children s rights forcibly detained thousands of
Numbers though that do not distinguish between fighters and civilians. These latest numbers coming as the Israeli Military launches new attacks ahead of a major Ground Offensive. In the city of rafah. Israeli troops are moving in on the eastern part of that city, as well as central and northern gaza, where the Idf Claims Hamas is trying to rebuild more than 300,000 civilians have fled rafah since monday. Thats according to the uat un calling it a quote force and inhumane displacement of palate justinians back here in the Top White House officials continue to send israel stark warnings against the launch of a widescale invasion we believe two things. One, you have to have a clear, credible plan to protect civilians, which we havent seen second, we also need to see a plan for what happens after this conflict in gaza open is over and we still havent seen that we are tracking all the latest developments here at home and overseas. We start with cnns Paula Hancocks and abu dhabi and paul, a
Her answer that leads to more questions coming up. Good to have you with us. Well, we begin this hour with the relentless rise in Coronavirus Infections across the United States. The numbers just keep going up and up. And you can see them here. In this chart. Note how steep the rise has become in recent weeks as cases increase rapidly. This surge is hitting florida hard. It shattered the singleday case record reached by any state sunday, reporting over 15,000 new infections. Cases are spiking from coast to coast. See those dark red states on this map . Well, theyve all seen increases of 50 or more. In Californias Los Angeles county, Officials Say they now have substantially more covid hospitalizations than they had a month ago. Phoenix, arizona has so many coronavirus patients who need help breathing theyve set a record for ventilator use. And Michigan Health authorities have issued an advisory telling partygoers at this Independence Day celebration to get tested. At least one of them
I wrote for a Foreign Government and i had no idea. A dupe in an apparent russian plot. An unsuspecting journalists tells how he was hired to help in an attempt to meddle in a u. S. President ial election. Hello and welcome to our viewers here in the United States and all around the world. Im michael holmes, and this is cnn newsroom. Well, lets start with the story that has triggered outrage from u. S. Military veterans and a flood of angry denials from the white house. A former Senior Trump Administration official now confirming to cnn the accusations in the atlantic magazine. That the president , donald trump, insulted u. S. War dead during a 2018 trip to france. Other news outlets including fox news and the New York Times also corroborating parts of this report. But the president and others in his orbit strongly denying it, still. And now theres a new wrinkle involving vietnam. Cnns Jeremy Diamond with the details. Reporter well, the white house is still reeling from this report in
Im Kim Brunhuber. This is cnn newsroom. From washington, d. C. To every State Capitol, the threat of armed protests over joe bidens upcoming inauguration has led to a level of security unlike any in recent memory. Now this isnt what you expect to see around the seat of americas government, and its not just around the u. S. Capitol building. Much of official washington is sealed off in all directions by trucks, barricades, troops, armed security. The National Mall is closed. Up to 25,000 National Guard are pouring into washington from all over the country. The fbi warns that all 50 State Capitols could be targets. Most of them have greatly enhanced their security. For his part, the president elect has readied about a dozen executive actions as soon as hes sworn in. Well have more on that in just a moment. But we begin with cnns Shimon Prokupecz and the scene right now in fortress washington. Reporter roadblocks like this all across washington, d. C. The National Guard now patrolling alm