there were guns. a rare mass shooting in denmark. tragic news there are several fatalities reported. announcer: live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster. it is monday, july 4th, independence day in the united states. millions of americans will be celebrating the holiday without covid restrictions the first time in three years. the celebrations come at a time of deep division over conservative politics. roe v. wade one of the issues. cost of living a concern for many families this holiday weekend. several cities marked independence day early with fireworks shows on sunday. you re looking at picture from milwaukee, wisconsin. it s their first show since 2019. but in many cities, fire work displays may be limited with costs for displays around 35% according to the pyrotechnic association. retailers are ready to meet demand this year. the fourth of july cookout will cost more this year, roughly 17% higher than last year. that s a little over $10 more tha
people who do know it is a lie but they choose to repeat the lie and choose to live in that alternative reality? well your exactly right. there is a tendency to think this is somehow based on education or experience or anything else. and it is not whether you went to college or where you went to college that is the most likely predictor, it is whether you consumer right-wing media. you re more likely to bring conspiracy theories about vaccines and elections. that is the problem in this country. is that we have a very well funded, very aggressive operation that is spreading these lies for profit. and political gain. and it is incredibly dangerous. there are a lot of people who know better, particularly a lot of republicans on capitol hill, but there are also a lot who believe it, whose brains have been pickled by this. that is what is so scary. it is not a grift and people are controlling the levers of powner this country. it is pretty shocking. i want to ask you about sol
shooting. and the platinum jubilee celebrations in the u.k. minus the guest of honor. announcer: live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with michael holmes. welcome, everyone. the war in eastern ukraine now being described as a grinding slog with neither side appearing to make any significant gains in recent days. ukraine concedes russian troops have made some modest in roads in and around the key city of severodonetsk but were pushed back from nearby towns. britain s defense ministry says it expects russians will control all of the luhansk region within two weeks. the international red cross said the scale of destruction defies comprehension. but ukraine claims its forces have progressed into the southern kherson region. as the conflict surpassed 100 days ukraine s president, volodymyr zelenskyy, remained confident of the outcome. translator: we have been dedefending ukraine for 100 days. victory shall be ours. glory to ukraine. now, the human toll in ukraine
to ukrainian positions. where next? we are already seeing signs of fighting ramping up in slovansk. expect the trend to continue, max. scott, thank you. and, claire, you have been following these grain mountains which are making their way around the world. reporter: right. again, russia ukraine accusing russia of stealing that. what are they doing with it? reporter: the news this morning coming by reuters citing the ukrainian ambassador to turkey, the turkish authorities detained a flag vessel which apparently you can see a picture of it there, which is a kilometer away from the turkish port which is on the black sea. of course, a very contested water at the moment. now, ukraine says that ship is full of stolen grain and it set off from a port in the sea of azov. it is hard to confirm these
areas, there are pockets here and down in the south where now the russians have to advance, gain ground, take over donbas and then hold and be an army of occupation, very difficult to do both. what the russians would like to do is get out here to slovansk. and what frustrated them is those rivers. a couple of weeks ago we talked about the fail return river crossing. they lost 50, 60, 70 vehicles there. and their putting in combat power and what we re hearing about the ukrainians is their also suffering losses. this is massive artillery bombardment, here in luhansk, if coy redraw it, this region here, that is the end of luhansk province. that is a success for putin. i don t know what success is when you destroy everything in your wake. to take over donbas, they have to move further to the left and