chinese spy balloon and when they realized they must tell the president about it. this comes as u.s. navy divers and other military personnel are scouring the ocean floor off the coast of myrtle beach, south carolina. and we re getting new video in to cnn. a resident in south carolina shot this and said he believes it could be debris from the balloon. to be clear, cnn cannot independently verify whether or not this is, in fact, debris from that chinese spy balloon. we re reaching out to the navy for comment. in the meantime, republicans are condemning president biden for failing to take action on the balloon sooner. cnn s alex marquardt joins us now with more. alex, you re learning more about this timing, when it came down to the decision-making that was taking place inside the biden administration. we heard the president stating to reporters emphatically yesterday that he made this call on wednesday that the balloon be shot down as soon as it was safe to do so. but there s m
preferred better science better results julian assange will soon be a free man. assad claimed his mission was to shine a light on evidence of war crimes and abuses of power if everything goes well, julian will be on a plane on the way to freedom biden is preparing for whatever version of donald trump might show up thursday night before for this thursday s debate, will give donald trump far fewer opportunities to score with those unscripted, colorful moments. over the next few days. more than three-quarters of the country will see temperatures over 90 degrees fahrenheit live from london. this is cnn newsroom with max foster hello, will warm. welcome to our viewers joining us in the us and around the world. i m max foster. it is tuesday, june the 25th 9:00 a.m. here in london, 4m of the ceiling studios in atlanta with the first us presidential debate will be held in just two days president joe biden huddling with top aides at the camp, david presidential retreat in maryla
russia s army denies blowing up the dam, instead blaming the ukrainians. aiming to prevent the offensive operations by the russian army on the section at the front line, they kyiv regime committed an act of sabotage or other a terrorist act, the defense minister set. while the floodwaters are affecting ever more areas around kherson, upstream, the levels are critically low. around the zaporizhzhia power plant, the biggest in all of europe, which relies on a pond connected to the river for cooling. the international atomic energy agency says so far, there is no danger, but that could change. it is therefore vital that this cooling pond remains intact. nothing must be done to potentially undermine its integrity. as you can see it there, alison, and extra major situation for this part of ukraine. two things really stood out for us today. on the one and, it was just how fast the water is still rising here in the area but also how
they ve dismissed the head of china s national weather service. analysts see this as a move from beijing to try and shore up its argument that it s a weather balloon. that, of course, is something the pentagon strongly rejects, saying they are confident it is a spy balloon and that this balloon and the one spotted over latin america are part of a fleet of chinese spy balloons that have been spotted around the world in the last few years. jim. all right. selina wang, thank you very much. staying overseas, ukraine s government is readying for a reshuffle near the top with the current defense minister set to be replaced by the head of defense intelligence. an official under president zelenskyy said this move was, quote, absolutely logical for warfare, but we do know that the defense minister has been under pressure for several weeks related to corruption scandals inside his department. with me now to talk about this, cnn military analyst and retired air force colonel cedric leighton.