Fans are getting ready for the big game in spain too. The womens game there has seen an explosion in popularity, with the number of women players in federated leagues increasing by almost 200 from 2009 to 2022. Heres one of them. Translation the way they are showing us they are breaking down barriers time and time again the collective Bargaining Agreement a few years ago, the professionalisation of womens football, all this, and also the way they represent the values of sport for me and i think for all of us is a complete inspiration. Off the field during this competition, there have been serious conversations taking place about womens sport and its place in the world, including pay equality. The total prize pot for the womens world cup is 110 million thats a 300 increase from the 2019 tournament. But by comparison, its significantly lower than the 1140 million pot for the mens tournament in qatar last year. At the beginning of the competition, analysis by cnn found that female players
live in the cnn newsroom, i m jim costa in washington. we begin the hour with president biden heading to europe tomorrow to shore up alliances at a critical time during his week long trip that he will attend a nato summit, and russia s unprovoked war in ukraine will be the big subject. priscilla alvarez is there for us where president biden is spending the weekend. priscilla, nato allies will have a lot to discuss, as well as this war in ukraine will be a huge part of the conversation. what can you tell us? reporter: it is going to be the key topic of discussion, as this war is ongoing. especially as there are questions as to what aid can be prided in the long-term. president den, will start his trip in the united kingdom where he will meet with king charles, as well as the british prime minister. he will then move onto lithuania to attend a nato summit and conclude his trip in england. there is a question about whether ukraine will be joining the alliance, and yesterday, n
u.s. president joe biden heading to europe later today. a big item on the agenda, when and how ukraine could join nato. tensions between the u.s. and china may finally be easing as u.s. treasury secretary janet yellen wraps up her trip to beijing. we ll have a live report from taipei. mark your political calendars. we now know the date for the 2024 republican iowa caucuses. the important tradition, tures in the nation nominating contest for president of the united states. nato leaders meeting this week in lith wane that will try to cover a lot of ground in just a few days with ukraine topping their agenda. u.s. president joe biden is set to leave in the coming hours, stopping first in london before going on to vilnius. at the summit he ll press allies to continue their support for ukraine and discuss kyiv s longstanding request to join the military alliance. the summit will take place against the backdrop of the u.s. finally agreeing to supply ukraine with cluster bombs
Electricity. Most in lee county. Some customers might not have power for months. Governor ron desantis says 2,000 people have been rescued. State officials are trying to determine how many people are still unaccounted for. The window for finding survivors is starting to close. Cnns Carlos Suarez has more. Reporter unrecognizable in parts. Still underwater in others. Hurricane ians destruction and path so vast Search And Rescue efforts continue days after the storm tore through florida. We kent get over the bridge. Reporter residents in Desoto County are stopped. Air boats are key to getting supplies in and people out. These air boats are going out taking people into town and its been going for a while now. Reporter the death toll across the State Climbing rapidly. A lot of sick people running out of medications. A lot of people running out of water and until we can get everything up and going, were trying to get them out. Reporter hundreds of Sanibel Island residents cut off from the m
ukraine is not directly claiming responsibility, but the fire has was hardly extinguished by the time ukraine began trolling russia. the ukrainian government s official twitter account tweeting sick burn. it was featured in a russian rom com. now ukraine is giving its own hollywood treatment you might say. ukraine has new stamps with figures of leonardo dicaprio and kate winslet in their famous pose from titanic tierchg tita instead they re on the kerch bridge. there was a video tweeted of marilyn monroe famously singing happy birthday to jfk. take a look. happy birthday to you happy birthday to you happy birthday mr. president happy birthday that is epic trolling. fred pleitgen has the latest from the ukrainian capital kyiv. fred, what s the latest from where you are? reporter: i hi there, we see the russians and ukrainians blaming each other for what happened on the kerch bridge, on the crimean bridge. a senior adviser to russian president vladimir putin comin