the weapons capable of causing massive damage are banned by more than 120 countries around the world because of their risk to civilians. president biden defending his decision. james longman in ukraine. new images coming in. the massive cargo ship fire now burning for nearly 48 hours at one of america s largest ports. two firefighters killed battling the smoke and flames. the blaze kicking up to more decks. the ship listing, raising concerns it might sink. the urgent manhunt at this hour for a murder suspect who escaped from jail in the northeast. the dangerous fugitive accused of multiple violent attacks last seen in the recreation yard. how he got free. where were the guards at the time? the earth reaching its hottest temperature for the fourth day in a row. temperatures well into triple digits in arizona and california. severe storms moving from colorado all the way east this weekend. rob marciano tracking it all. the walmart shooter getting 90 consecutive life sen
boarding morning. welcome to cnn this morning, it s sunday, june 30th the last day of june. all ready? ready for july? i am so ready for the four? yes, it is coming. i m victor blackwell was able resolve this in for amara walker. here s what we re working on for you this morning. pressure campaigns. the editorial boards of separate swing-state newspapers are calling on both president biden and former president trump to bow out of the 2020 four race for the white house. we are going in depth on all of it straight ahead. the first hurricane of the 2024 atlantic season is now a category two and closing in on the caribbean. meteorologists elisa rafah is here to track the life-threatening wind, storm surge. and if we could see any impact here in the u.s. we are just a day away from a consequential supreme court ruling that could lead former president trump off the legal hook in his criminal cases what are legal experts are watching out for in that case that could reshape p
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very dangerous. linsey: mona, thank you. new york is launching a new shark patrol program. drones will be taking to the air to watch swimmers on the coast. here s trevor ault. reporter: tonight drones are ramping up their search of the new york coast, patrolling for any sharks dangerously lurking in the atlantic ocean and long island sound. governor kathy hochul announcing plans today to deploy dozens of those new shark monitoring drones, potentially tripling their fleet, after an unprecedented spate of shark attacks. five apparent bites in the past week alone. my first reaction to when the shark grabbed my foot was to immediately get out the water, get help. reporter: lifeguard cary epstein says these drones are another tool to keep swimmers safe. our eyes in the sky gives us a completely different vantage point. reporter: experts say warmer water is drawing the predators closer to shore. the international shark attack
a family spending new years rounding the volcanic wide island off new zealand s coast. january 1, 2010. this girl, then 15, decided to spend the morning alone in her cabin. and the trip of a lifetime turned to terror as her locked door to cabin 3073 suddenly clicked. i didn t hear the card key go in, but i did, hear, like the door open, and, like, the lock like yeah. and i thought it was my brother or sister at first. and then when i saw the guy come in, i didn t recognize the bartender uniform. i just it was someone working on the ship so i thought it was a room attendant that was going to clean my room because i didn t put the sign like, oh, don t disturb or whatever. reporter: it wasn t a room attendant. it was a crew member. in a bartender uniform. threatening the girl not to say a word as he forced the teen to perform oral sex. at her family s request, we are not showing her face. you were 15. yeah. reporter: scared. you didn t tell you family. no. i at the