downing of another object off the northeastern coast of alaska. that was near the canadian border. nor is it clear if it is related to the chinese spy balloon shot down last saturday. any chance, any indication that we might hear from the president on this? what can you tell us? reporter: well, we are expected to see president biden in just a short while. he s hosting an event with the nation s governors. it is unclear whether he might address this issue at the top. the white house is saying that president biden and canadian prime minister justin trudeau jointly authorized this operation to shoot down what they described as an unidentified and unmanned aircraft in north american air space. i want to read you this readout from the white house which said that the two leaders spoke in, quote, an bundance of caution. that ll the recommendation of the militaries that they authorized it to be taken down. president biden authorized u.s. fighter aircraft assigned to norad to conduc
advanced cyber security, it s ultimate speed for ultimate business. and it s all from comcast business. and this is cnn welcome everyone. you re in the cnn newsroom. i m omar jimenez in washington. we re going to start this our breaking news out of southern california. the post fire has already burned over 12,000 acres in los angeles county, and it only started yesterday. hundreds of firefighters are battling to keep the blaze and check, but officials say the fire for is just 2% contained at this point with powerful wind gusts in the forecast camila bernal is on the scene and gorman, california. camille, i know you ve been out and about over the course of the day. what are you seeing there right now hey omar. so right now what we re seeing is crews trying to prevent those blames from getting closer into the areas where we are now. so what you re seeing here behind me is actually a back burn. and so we ve been with this crew for awhile now, what they re telling us is that th
Officials say 19 people were killed including children. russia s main targs were dozens of architectural monuments in the historic city center including this iconic orthodox cathedral. it was originally built more than 200 years ago. ukraine says several u.n. world heritage sites were also damaged in the attacks. president volodymyr zelenskyy called the strikes russian evil. also today, russian president vladimir putin met with belarusian president alexander lukashenko. cnn s senior national security correspondent alex marquardt is with us from kyiv. alex, what s the reaction, not just to today s strikes but the attacks we ve seen in recent
Have exceeded 110 degrees particularly in phoenix, and the record heat wave is showing no signs of breaking. the heat has been unrelenting in our community. we have to be innovative, and ha is the phoenix way. we build for extreme temperatures in the summer so that we ve made infrastructure investments that help us get out of these challenges. but this summer has set some tough records. from the southwest to florida, 44 million people are under heat warnings today. the heat not just taking a toll on millions of americans, it also drives up costs for businesses trying to find ways to keep employees and customers cool. a recent report says extreme heat costs the u.s. $100 million each year in lost productivity. those high temperatures are on the move. cnn meteorologist chad myers joins us right now. chad, more records could be set
Next opponent. i didn t have the bright eye, it was just the next opponent, next opponent. after i lost in the quarters, realizing i had it do some interviews with some pretty big names, robin roberts, cnn, espn, that s when i began to really understand that was a pretty cool thing that just happened. up until that point i think i was kind of blind. i was blissfully ignorant and i ll take it. that s great. so i heard that you felt even with that match with dennel that you just felt free, you hit your rhythm. what do you think happened there? i think had had just been playing some good ball in the weeks leading up to it. i didn t play some of my best tennis in the first, but something just clicked. in a lot of my matches, i usually hit a 10 to 15 minute stretch where i can really play well. i think i pushed it for two