welcome to those joining us in the united states and around the world. you are watching cnn newsroom. just ahead, russia murder investigation into the car bomb that killed the daughter of a man who has been called vladimir putin's brain. who she was in the reaction straightahead. another u.s. official is here to strengthen ties with the island despite the warnings of the farmers caught in the

middle of the geopolitics. to see if he violated antiterrorist laws . thank you for joining us. investigators say they are working to find out who is responsible for a car bomb near moscow. investigative beginning planned that blasts. they are following all of those developments from moscow. a car engulfed in a massive fireball outside of moscow. the driver was dead on the

scene. that driver was a well-known commentator and supporter of russia's invasion of ukraine who was sanctioned by the u.s. and by the uk. also the daughter of alexander dugan who promotes russian expansionism. according to the russian state media and explosive device detonated saturday night setting the vehicle on fire. russia has opened a criminal investigation and the investigative committee says that they do believe she was murdered. taking into account data that was ardie obtained the investigation believes that the crime was preplanned and of an ordered nature. will forensic work continued to the foreign ministry applied implied that ukraine may be behind the attack. foreign ministry spokesperson maria zafar wrote on television that we should talk about state terrorism implement it by the regime.

ukrainians deny any involvement. >> i emphasize that the ukraine is nothing to do with this. we are not a terrorist state. >> some believe that this was not the actual target of the explosion but rather her father. also sanctioned by the u.s. may remain highly influential. calling for the annexation of large parts of ukraine. ultraconservative philosopher and tv personality with roots in the orthodox church he is the champion of expansionism. some cleaning he may have influenced the decision to further invade the ukraine. he said russia must kill, kill and kill the people running ukraine and that there should be no more discussion.

he was 29 years old when they were killed. they were frantically working to find those who are responsible. cnn, moscow. let's bring in scott mclean. what were you learning about this deadly car bombing and of course the murder investigation? >> as you heard there's plenty of speculation from within russia that it was alexander dugan who may have been the actual target. one of the people is a family friend who was being driven by his daughter at the time of the blast. both have been at this festival called traditions in a small town or village 50 kilometers or so outside of moscow. they had driven separately. just a few kilometers down the road from where the festival was taking place. that was the main highway to go

to moscow and that is the moment that we are told that the explosion took place. if it took place in the parking lot of the festival the consequences in terms of human lives would've been a lot worse. according to investigators we are getting information. the bomb was placed underneath the land cruiser on the driver side. there was about 400 grams or so of tnt according to investigators used inside the bomb. to be clear there is no indication as to who was behind it. the blame game has already begun. you mentioned a ukrainian trace which originated from the head of the dead man's people's republic. a breakaway region of occupied ukraine that suggested without evidence that it was ukrainians who may have been behind this. ukrainian denial is also notable because it was swift and in the past where there's

been unexplained explosions inside of the russian territory the ukrainians have not claimed responsibility for them. in fact they are not even likely to acknowledge them at all. so it is absolutely notable. the chair of the intelligence committee was also asked about this and says he has not been briefed so he has no special knowledge as to who may or may not be behind it. he did suggest that they were plenty of factions that could be responsible. he also had this to say. >> anything is possible. i certainly hope if it was an attack on any of these people that it was an internal affair and not something emanating from the ukraine. we received terrible war crimes against ukraine. in russia should be held accountable. i would certainly never want to see anything like an attack on civilians by the ukraine. i hope the representations are correct.

>> one other thing to mention and it is worth mentioning here that the explosion took place on saturday evening. that is two years to the day that alexia and of all he was reportedly assassinated. u.s. federal appeals court says senator lindsey graham does not have to testify for now before the grand jury. looking to investigate the efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election in georgia. the attorneys say that he called the election officials as part of his duties as the then share of the judiciary committee and it was only to discuss the process of counting absentee ballots. he is among a handful of key allies that the grand jury has subpoenaed. in the meantime a vocal republican critic of donald trump says that she has no regrets sacrificing her political career to defend

democracy against the former president. liz cheney is days removed from a crushing defeat in her reelection bid in wyoming. she became a top target of trump and his supporters after voting for his impeachment and is now serving as the vice chair of the january sixth committee. cheney told abc news that a greater concern is the direction that the republican party is taking. >> i have no regrets. i feel sad about where my party is. i feel sad about the way too many of my colleagues to respond it's what i think is a great moral test and challenge of our time. a great moment to determine whether or not people will stand up on behalf of democracy and our republic as a whole. >> cheney went on to say that she is now focused on keeping

donald trump out of the white house. a majority of u.s. voters say that the various ongoing investigations into alleged long wrongdoing should continue. according to a new nbc poll nearly 6 out of 10 voters back these investigations. this was conducted following the chief search of his florida home. joining me now is jessica levinson. she is a professor of law at loyola university and the host of the podcast passing judgment. always good to have you with us. so that poll that we just mention found 57% of registered voters want to the investigations into the former presidents to continue. compared to 40% who do not. and one of those investigations is the georgia election meddling probe. but republican senator lindsey graham who was set to testify this week in relation to that

investigation was granted a temporary reprieve by an appeals court on sunday. what could this potentially mean? >> a delay of months. at least for senator graham's testimony. when people ask me where do i think the former president could have the most immediate legal exposure? so wing could he be invited the soonest? when it comes all of these investigations i've always pointed to georgia. in that case there's a phone call. there is evidence. we've witness testimony. and it's pretty clear to all of us when we hear that phone call where he says just find me almost 12,000 votes. now lindsey graham was part of that story. what he has said is i don't have to testify i have total immunity from a subpoena because of the speech and debate clause. which basically protects sitting lawmakers from being subject to subpoenas for issues that fall within legislative duties. it's gone up and down between

trial court and court of appeals. with the court of appeal says is go back to the trial court and try to figure out if some of this information is covered by the speech and debate clause and some is not? the bottom line is it's not great for the investigation because it can take months. top republicans are demanding the release of the affidavit that authorized the recent search of his home. but it will be need need to be redacted before its release. the department justice is preparing for a hearing with the florida magistrate this week on what can and what cannot go public. what will they likely decide? if it is too heavily redacted to that run the risk of fueling more conspiracy theories? >> there will be conspiracy theories either way unfortunately. but if we see just enough information so that everything is open to interpretation it

could lead to more disinformation. what is interesting, as you mentioned there are a lot of republicans are calling for the release of the affidavit. but the former president while he has called for the release outside of court he did not join the media organizations saying let's release the affidavit. so it does matter what you say out of court as opposed in court. in terms of what the judge is going to look at, the department of justice has been asked to go line by line with anything that they need to redact and explain why to the judge. the judge will then determine whether not it's within the national security interest or legitimate. or protect the roadmap for the investigation? at that point it's probably not over. this is an order that can be appealed to the chief judge in that district. it could take a while before we have an answer on what is redacted and what is not. and frankly if we see anything other than the words and, the

and or. >> and while all of this is happening donald trump is struggling to retain and hire top tier lawyers. what is that significance? >> i think that a lot of people in the republican establishment and legal establishments have seen that there are serious issues with client control when it comes to the former president. i think he will retain counsel but let's remember that counsel also has official duties so they cannot misrepresent the court and they have to say only what is true. they can't make things up. and that is part of the reason why particularly when we talked about the postelection litigation. acid focus on what the president and his speakers say outside a court versus what they say in court under oath. people look at the former

president as a potential client and again they see some serious client control issues. >> while republicans are doubling down on conspiracy theories the democrats are racking up legislative and policy victories as fuel prices drop an employee number strengthened. but the approval rating of the president is still low. on 42 or so percent. what might this mean for the midterm elections? >> we are having this conversation and the obvious answer is that if the midterms were held right now then joe biden doesn't have to glee big coattails. there still about three or so months. and the last things you mentioned are probably the most significant. it's the economy and fuel prices. it's not really fair because presidents don't control the economy. there are so many factors that go into this. but if people are paying less at the gas pump or the grocery store or less for all of their

basic goods and services than that is going to be better for the party in power which right now are the democrats. if there's a major bombshell when it comes to the january six committee i don't actually know of that moves the needle that much. i think that's where we are in american politics today. >> it's always good to get urinalysis. many thanks. pakistan's former prime minister is under investigation now under an anti-terrorism law . we will have to live report coming up. try nervivenerve relelief. when we ststarted our business we were paying an arm and a leleg for postage. i remember setting up shipstation. one or two clicks and everything was up and running. i was printing out labels and savi money. shipstation ves us so much time. it makes it really easy and seamless. pick an order, print everytng you need, slap the label onto theox, and it'seady to go. our costs for shipping were cut in lf. just like that.

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the former prime minister imran khan is being investigated under an antiterrorism law. we are joined now with more on this report. so what is going on with this investigation and what are those potential ramifications? >> it's been a very early morning here. late on sunday night there was a first information report filed by capitol police. not charging but investigating

on antiterrorism laws. basically there was a rally on saturday night in which he spotlessly taken out in support of those who are in police custody since the ninth of august. during the speech that he made he stated that he's going to take action against the chief of police as well as the female magistrate involved in this case it was the former chief for iran con when he was the prime minister. those are the statements that the interior minister has said are inflammatory and invoking of terrorism. there was a huge outpouring of support when it came to a head

last night. many supporters came out to the suburb with a live in support of him. with so people come out in the streets as well which is the largest and most populous city they also enjoy a lot of support there. this is a political crisis that has been boom brewing since april 2022. earlier this year when he was removed and this is a situation where we have seen it used very strongly. while there is an anti-arrest bail of five we have to wait and see how this plays out in the capital. emergency crews are sifting through the rubble of what was once an upscale hotel. they are searching for any remaining explosives after security forces ended a 30 hour

standoff with militants on sunday. 21 people were killed and more than 100 were injured in the hired hotel attack. the join us live from kenya. what were you learning about this deadly siege? >> we know the actual death toll can still rise. they are still sifting through the debris to see if the bodies buried underneath the rubble. this is an ordeal that lasted more than 30 hours and gripped the nation because it reminded somalia of the terror they may have been driven by the capital in 2011 but they controlled in large part the sudden influx into somalia which is why they've been carrying out the airstrikes against this group targeting the fighters. the most recent attack happened about a week ago killing about 13 fighters. this is an organization

described as the largest global affiliate. that it has grown between five to further do more damage. other tax it has been described as one of the longest sieges for the group in somalia in over a decade. there are signs all around of how intense and prolonged the battle was. please say began on a friday night when the militants blasted their way into the building shooting civilians as they tried to escape. witnesses say the attackers barricaded themselves inside and blew up the stairs in order to trap people in upper floor.

hour by hour fears gunbattles erupted. between the insurgents and the elite armed forces who eventually regain control the hotel. more than 100 people were rescued. one police commander says it was hard fighting. he says it is shocking innocent people lost their lives here. he adds that security forces were engaged in rescuing people one by one and in groups. please say the hotel is badly damaged. they are sleeping debris for any explosives that were left. they say they are still counting the dead as some may have buried the loved ones instead of taking them to hospitals. but the attacks just months after the new president was a rut elected? it shows how dangerous they are and how difficult it will be to defeat them.

>> he would promise that he would neutralize the terror group and that appears to be direct message to him that they are still here to stay. they've had attacks all across the area and a hotel complex. back in may they reauthorize the redeployment of u.s. troops in somalia. he reversed the decision by the president and 2020 to withdraw all u.s. troops because they consider it a serious threat and that is why the u.s. troops are back on the ground fighting and supporting the military. in the coming hours we will find out if kenya and their former prime minister follows through on his promise to challenge the presidential election results in court. he has until the end of the day

on monday to file his claim with the supreme court. last week after officials declare that he narrowly lost the presidential race he said that he completely rejects the results. his opponent is the deputy president william naruto who says he will engage in any possible court proceedings. officials declared that he won the presidential election with just over 50% of the vote. still to come. why some of the farmers feel that they were caught in the middle of recent tensions between beijing and washington. months of fighting ukraine the land is littered with raw lime -- lion live rounds of ammunition. what is being done to make ukraine safe?

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murder investigation underway in russia. a car bomb killed the daughter of a prominent ally of vladimir putin. she died saturday night after the vehicle that she was driving exploded. a russian investigative community is says they believe someone ordered the attack. she was the daughter of alexander dugan who is being called the spiritual guide to russia's invasion ukraine. let's get some perspective with the commemoration working six months since this were began.

so, david, what has been the reaction for your independence day? >> there was a dramatic firebomb. but the ukrainian government and officials particularly a spokesperson or visor to the president's office had this to say. ukraine definitely has nothing to do this because we are not a criminal state. we are also not a terrorist state. as you might expect certainly based on that ukraine is very much pushing back on the wood. glenn ukraine on this apparent attack. >> how do they plan to mark

their independence? >> this is an important week for ukraine. is the 51st anniversary of their independence from the soviet union. but also marks six months since the war began. just a few days ago the un updated their death toll. 5500 people were killed. many thousands injured in this conflict. it will be a undercount when you compared to the actual death toll. >> for each devastating strike there is a chain reaction. >> the ammunition did not detonate on that initial blast in a has been thrown from here.

it can travel several hundred meters. >> long after the fighting has stopped this kind of ammunition can take out children. >> you can see it was left by the trucks ready to detonate them. >> i can only imagine the fireball it was produced here. >> the explosive ordnance is here. the threat is very real. buses stop at anytime must stop immediately. >> this shows how dangerous the work is and it is painstaking. the full area has taken several

days and you are not finished. >> we've merely scratched the surface. >> and you have an entire country. how do you do that job? >> me doing this job here in ukraine removing one item however small or large it is saves one life than that is a goal that i have reached. >> on this spot is a suspected shell. john eldritch must go it alone. using only his fingertips. he works very carefully. the shells are designed to destroy defensive positions. if armed even the slightest knowledge can set it off.

>> it's really quite interesting. you get used to it after time. >> soon they will have ukrainian members clearing their own land. >> this will be an enormous task because all has to be done carefully. even if this were stopped today it could take years for the country to be safe. >> to give you an idea of how long the threat can remain that team in that area is finding ordnance and grenades all the way from world war ii. you can imagine those areas of the east, northeast and the south that are seeing the heavy

fighting and blast over the last few days and into the next few months. this is a threat to the will have long-lasting implications on the ukrainian civilians. so for the ukrainian government as said they've defused more than 180,000 explosives. third delegation to less than a month. the strip comes after visits from nancy pelosi a few weeks ago and a senate delegation last sunday. indiana state officials are on an economic devotional level. they met with the taiwanese president earlier today and talked about the hopes for mutual economic development.

>> there are more opportunities than i have been before for us to continue. strengthening and nurturing this relationship as the economy continues to grow. some of the islands farmers feels they are caught in the middle this diplomatic friction. >> reporter: geopolitics? that's something his hard work cannot change.

>> there is some kind of political issue between taiwan and china. we just want to grow fruit and sell it at a reasonable price. >> that is something that got more difficult following the recent stop in taiwan. >> we will not abandon our commitment. six days of live fire drills were executed in response. at the same time exuding the economic power over the democratic island. going after what some consider low hanging fruit. beijing says it's because of excess pesticides. they say it's less about healthcare and the economy but all about politics. >> we all know that politics is behind the band. this is a politically motivated

economic sanction with pressure for taiwan. >> it came the same day they met with the president. sanctions will cost farmers likely a lot of money. if it doesn't change you can force him and other farmers to let them go. >> they can really put everything on hold. it is impossible for farmers to pin them. >> reporter: only about 7% of this is exported to china. the vast majority being sold and processed locally in places like this. a small number on paper but it will have big impact financially and mentally. >> i think psychology is the bigger factor. i can say there are large number of fruit items in taiwan.

20 farmers are forced to get creative by transforming it into something else. to make up for all the lost revenue. they always come and then leave the next day. the impact is felt by the taiwanese farmers. >> reporter: as is usually the case it's not the politicians that suffer. but everyday people who are looking to pick some fruit and feed their family. cnn, taiwan. coming under fire after opponents over a leaked dance party video. will have the latest coming up. d powered by the makers ofof nyqu.

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more states are moving to impose strict bands on the abortion procedures. there is a hearing expected in a lawsuit over idaho near total ban on abortion. is set to take effect on thursday. tennessee and oklahoma are expected to interact with similar laws this week. even in states where it is still legal it can still be hard to access care. and kansas they went to the polls and chose to protect abortion rights. recent data shows 98% of counties do not have clinics that provide the procedure. there's also pushback from those that have forced switch rules. more than 80 district attorneys have signed a letter saying that they would not force abortion business from.

is spoke with a lawyer, feminism former vice president of the national organization for women and asked her how effective some of those efforts would be? >> the oral was the state of florida really. andrew warren was fired from his job by ron desantis, the governor. he spoke out and said he was not going to prosecute people who are violating the law so to speak. he was not going to prosecute people who are providing abortions. women who are getting abortions. and that is a very interesting approach. what has happened now is that he has made such a met there in federal court suing under the first amendment of the united states constitution. saying he is right to keep it

there. that's a very interesting issue. it raises the first amendment of the constitution. saying that you have a right to an abortion and he has the right to not prosecute. there are places where there are so many other serious crimes are being committed and they simply don't have the person power to prosecute them. there other places like michigan and georgia the don't want to prosecute in certain counties. the leaked footage of the finished prime minister continues to cause a stir. he is pushing back against criticism sparked by the video showing her at a party. she says it was meant to be private and she is disappointed that it was shared. critics say her behavior was inappropriate for a world leader.

let's get more details from melissa bell. it's good to see you. what is the latest on reaction of the prime minister? >> she did come in for a fair amount of criticism back home specifically for opposition with the politicians about the video with her dancing and there was speculation on whether not drugs may have been consumed. she explained that disappointment where the videos were private initiative and made public. they've been filmed in a private space and she resented that they've been known to the public. she went to pain saying that no drugs have been consumed and under pressure from the opposition taken a drugs test to prove that she had no drugs in her system. going on to say she never took drugs even as a teenager. what we have seen is a lot of interest generated by the story.

and a lot of support online. they go and posting videos of themselves to show that it is possible to be when he's at the heart of controversy in the past because of what he is worn or for being someone who insists that you will go to festivals and do things that normal. the foreign minister have been found to be positive and she was a test case. but there were some controversies before. a lot of the tension is being held to see how they prepare themselves. were talking about the young woman. it's simply that were not used to seeing the 36 your women empower. and that goes to a lot of the support of the receipt online. it speaks to them saying men are held to a much lower

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what are we learning about all of this historic flooding today? >> it has been a soggy summer across portions of the southwest. parts of northern arizona have seen 400+ percent of what is normal for this time of year.

we go from extreme drought to of course getting extreme rainfall in the monsoon season. some of it is beneficial. but certainly a lot of it is becoming problematic. what we are watching his parts of oklahoma and into arkansas as well as tremendous rainfall here has been observed over the past 24 or so hours. even into the early morning hours is very heavy rainfall into the dallas metroplex area. see this densely populated area and you can see quite a bit of flooding. and that is why the region is underneath the flood alerts. that is what we are watching here and you can see it lingering into the afternoon after's as well. anytime see heavy rainfall with a lot of concrete you know that it becomes runoff. 55% or so in these urban environments from what falls from the air. whereas the natural ground about 10% of it can go forward as most of it is absorbed by the soil and the landscape. it becomes more of an issue in the urban environment. moisture is plentiful and we

expect the heavy rain to continue to the afternoon hours. from dallas and eastward into new orleans some of the highest areas of concern with a moderate risk. heavy rainfall starting before sunrise to your morning commute could be problematic across this region. is a noted is a historic drought year in the state of texas so pick your location for year to date here you can see the san antonio has never been drier than last year. so the amount of rain that is coming down is problematic. new orleans is next in line for some of these storms to arrive in the direction until monday afternoon. in some parts the world drought conditions are having an unexpected effects, revealing hidden treasures and pieces of history.

dozens of upright stones arranged in circles are now visible for only the fourth time since their discovery. it is unknown who built the site known as spanish stonehenge. but experts believe it may be a mass tomb. and eastern serbia 20 warships have been exposed and experts say that the ships were scuttled by forces during world war ii and still contain ammunition and explosives. in southwestern china a small island containing three wooden statues is now visible. above the water they are thought to be at least 600 years old. thank you for spending part of your day with me. sena newsroom continues with max foster coming up next.

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a warm welcome to our viewers joining us in the united states and around the world. i'm max foster in london. just ahead -- >> upper echelons of russian politics and controlled media, hear a lot of anger. >> and putin's close advisers may not be happy about how the war is going and may want to let putin know but in a not direct fashion. >> we've seen so much backlash from republicans. >> such a historic move that the fbi and department of justice has taken.