lebanon once known as the switzerland of the middle east is falling apart. for almost two years the economy has been in free fall, made worse by the coronavirus pandemic. picking up a bag of food, part of a local radio stations program to help the needy. two years ago her monthly salary was worth more than $800. now it amounts to less than $80. things were all right before, she says. we worked, we got by. but now we can't afford anything. at a gas station just up the street people line up for hours. beirut gets at best just a few hours of electricity a day. more than 80% of families here don't have enough food to eat. while the world bank describes lebanon's economic crisis as one of the the worst the world has seen in the last 150 years. the bottom still nowhere in sight. you go to thefir pharmacy for b formula for your kid, there's none, he says. aspirin, none. days ago the prime minister here warned lebanon was days away from a social explosion. he may be right. u.s. and european diplomats have made it clear they're actually eager to provide lebanon with

in a statement federer said that he was disappointed because it has been an honor to represent switzerland at the games. he hopes to be back on tour later this summer. the city of tokyo meanwhile reporting more than 1,000 cases of coronavirus on wednesday topping the 1,000 threshold for the first time since may 13th. olympics scheduled to begin july 23 and those are certainly numbers you don't want to see less than two weeks out from the games. >> and two knee surgeries in just a year, that will definitely do it. andy, thank you. >>> still ahead, president biden with a blunt and impassioned defense of voting rights. >>> jim crow assault is real. it is unrelenting. we're going to challenge it vigorously. >> and then that lingering question, could the american political divide actually cost the u.s. its perfect credit rating? when you earn a degree with university of phoenix, we support you with career coaching for life, including personal branding, resume building and more. that's our promise to you. that's career services for life. learn more at phoenix.edu. (customer) movie night. (burke)

the issue of cyber attacks with russia's president vladimir putin as they sat face-to-face in geneva, switzerland, last month. and following that meeting, the president told reporters that he told putin if these types of attacks were to continue, and if the russian golf was involved or had knowledge that the u.s. would be ready to respond. these issues of cyber attacks really such a point of contention between the u.s. and russia over the course of the past few months. arlette saenz, cnn, traveling with the president in travers city, michigan. >>> a record-breaking heat wave is overwhelming parts of the pacific northwest, plains and canada. millions are under heat warnings. in 2017 and 2019 there were only 12 deaths from hyperthermia in the whole state. overall almost 100 people have died in oregon from the recent extreme weather. >>> today is july 4th, independence day in the u.s. americans are ready to enjoy the long holiday weekend but some are worried spectacular traditions could be dangerous during this historic heat wave. paul vercammen explains. >> reporter: up and down the west coast they

heads-up, switzerland, adriatic region, that's the area we're keeping a close eye on for the potential of flooding. kim. >> in the past, experts warned us of this and we're seeing it now. >> exactly. >> derek van dam, thank you so much, appreciate it. >>> covid-19 cases are now on the rise in every single u.s. state. the highly transmissible delta variant is only part of the equation. the cdc is the other. saying those living in low v vaccination areas are suffering. those who are vaccinated are better off. >> there's a clear message that's coming through. this is becoming a pandemic of the unvaccinated. >> and louisiana has one of the lowest vaccination rates in the country. a doctor there says people in their 40s and 50s make up half of hospitalized covid-19 patients. that's much younger than before. and many of them aren't making it. >> it's coming for us. it's a beast. that's what we're seeing in the hospital. that's why we're nervous. that's why we're here to talk to you today. because it's different. we are either going to get vaccinated and end the pandemic. or we are going to a

switzerland are land. a rise in cases there as in denmark. concern across europe about the rise in numbers. and that is the reason whying to in to this latest round, there are a lot of people in a lot of places who are very worried. >> something to keep an eye on. tear are darren lewis, thanks so much. >>> finfinafinally, virgin gala says that richard branson will be on its next sub orbital flight is tset to launch july 1. maybe a coincidence, but that is more than a week earlier than jeff bezos plans to take on his blue origin company spacecraft. last month bezos announced he and his brother would be joined by 82-year-old wally funk, making her the oldest person to have flown in space. she was a pilot who trained for the mercury program in the 1960s but denied a chance to go to space. >>> thanks so much for watching. "early start" is next. hey, i just got a text from my sister. you remember rick, her neighbor? sure, he's the 76-year-old guy who still runs marathons, right? sadly, not anymore. wow. so sudden. um, we're not about to have the "

the issue of cyber attacks with russia's president vladimir putin as they sat face-to-face in geneva, switzerland, last month. and following that meeting, the president told reporters that he told putin if these types of attacks were to continue, and if the russian golf was involved or had knowledge that the u.s. would be ready to respond. these issues of cyber attacks really such a point of contention between the u.s. and russia over the course of the past few months. arlette saenz, cnn, traveling with the president in travers city, michigan. >>> the threat of escalating violence in afghanistan has led u.s. officials to update their emergency evacuation plans at the american embassy in kabul. it comes just days after u.s. troops left bagram airbase, the center of military power in afghanistan, during 20 years of war. the taliban have made recent fw gains across the country. top u.s. military commanders warn civil war could come from the pullout. many are asking how long can the u.s. keep its diplomats in the country? >> reporter: 650 marine also look after the embassy in kabul and contractors wi

we saw the epic game between france and switzerland where the world champions were put out by the side, and of course we've got the today's fixture as well. i think there are so many elements of this tournament that kind of prove to the people who felt that a pan european tournament across 11 countries couldn't be pulled off. it's proved them wrong. >> yes, absolutely. all right. let's hope for a great match today for the neutrals. darrin lewis in london, thank you so much for joining me. >> thank you, kim. >>> argentina is celebrating a big win in the copa america championship. they beat their bitter rivals brazil 1-0 on saturday at rio de janeiro. this is the first major title that superstar lionel messi has won as a member of his national team. every son souza of cnn brazil has more. >> reporter: it's being 29 since the kickoff of copa america, despite all the questions about brazil's ability to host the tournament. it happened successfully. the final took place with few supporters, only 10% of maracana's capacity. 7,000 spectators were allowed by rio de janeiro officials to watch.

>>> in our world lead today, american and russian officials met today in switzerland for, quote, professional and substantive talks about stability between the two nations. professional, even as russia poses an ever growing cyber threat against the u.s. according to the biden administration with president biden saying yesterday that russia has already started interfering in the next elections in the united states. >> i think it's more likely we're going to end up, well, if we end up in a war, a real shooting war with a major power, it's going to be as a consequence of a cyber breach of great consequence. look at what russia is doing already about the 2022 elections and misinformation. it's a pure violation of our sovereignty. >> so, cnn's kylie atwood who covers the state for us joins us now. kylie, i mean, you just heard what biden is saying about the cyberattacks possibly leading to a kinetic war about the russians interfering in the u.s. election 2022. so why have this meeting? >> well, i think the administration is looking at the relationship with russia in buckets. and the nuclear buildu

of course, coming after their summit only-three weeks ago, in geneva, switzerland. cyberattacks, front and center in that meeting. now, president biden urged vladimir putin, once again, to take more action against the russian companies that are involved in the hack. we asked president biden about that phone call on friday. >> well, i made it very clear to him that -- that united states expects, when a ransomware operation is coming from his soil, even though it's not -- not sponsored by the state -- we expect them to act, given enough information to act on who that is. and secondly, that we have set up communications now on a regular basis to be able to communicate to one another when each of us think something's happening in another country that affects the home country. and so, it went well. i'm optimistic. >> consequences. will there be, sir? >> yes. >> so, it is unclear what consequences, exactly, president biden has in mind. he, later, said that he would consider going after the software companies, the servers of these russian companies that are involved in the

the issue of cyber attacks with russia's president vladimir putin as they sat face-to-face in geneva, switzerland last month. and following that meeting, the president told reporters that he told putin if these types of attacks were to continue, and if the russian golf was involved or had knowledge that the u.s. would be ready to respond. these issues of cyber attacks really such a point of contention between the u.s. and russia over the course of the past few months. arlette saenz, cnn, traveling with the president in travers city, michigan. >>> one of the stars of america's olympic track and field team is now forced to miss her event. coming up, sha'carri richardson speaks out about her suspension and what led up to it. so, no more night sweats. no more nocturnal baking. or polar ice cap air-conditioner mode. because the tempur-pedic breeze° delivers superior cooling... from cover to core. helping you sleep cool, all night long. during the tempur-pedic summer of sleep, save $500 on all tempur-breeze mattresses... ...and experience your coolest sleep this summer, with our best breeze savings of

russia taking silver and the bronze going to switzerland. and how about this? within the last few minutes, we can tell you china now with a second gold, michael, on this day in the tokyo games, winning the women's weightlifting 49 kilogram final with an olympic record as well. a total of 210 kilograms. she holds the world record she actually set back in april. this day saturday, she set the olympic record in the snatch round. that was at 94 kilos. the clean and jerk, she set another olympic record with 116 kilograms. a really special day so far for china. what an impact. what else have we got on tap for saturday? a quick glance, we can tell you we've got the 3 x 3 basketball. that's going to be in the men's and the women's and they're in the pool as well for a whole batch of swimming heats. we'll be keeping a close eye on all that. >> it's a lot. you make me excited. i mean a busy saturday already in progress. what's been catching your attention? >> yeah, i'm looking forward to a certain football match in particular, or should i say soccer to be fair? i don't k

worry that lebanon's corrupt and incompetent political elite will simply pocket that aide, send it to switzerland and lebanon be damned. >> thank you very much for that powerful report. and thanks very much to you all for joining us. anderson starts now. >>>>> good evening. no president should have to do what this president did today when he spoke up in defense of the right to vote and the obligation elected officials have to graciously leave office when the voters say it's time to go. after nearly 2 1/2 centuries as a functioning democracy that should obviously be a given. sadly it's not, which is what made president biden's speech today in philadelphia so significant, the fact it was even necessary. and sadly, it is. whatever else you might think of his specific legislative agenda on voting rights, the filibuster, even who you'd prefer to see in office. after 40 years, after month and month of lies that have corroded public faith in elections themselves it's become clear that the institutions and traditions of democracy are in need of defending. traditions, for one, such as not concocting a con

of course, coming after their summit only three weeks ago in geneva, switzerland. cyber attacks front and center in that meeting. now president biden urged vladimir putin once again to take more action against the russian companies that are involved in the hack. we asked president biden about that phone call on friday. >> how did the call -- did president putin respond to your call? >> i made it clear that the united states expects when a ransomware operation is coming from his soil when it is not, not sponsored by the state, we expect them to act on investigation who that is. secondly, we've set up on a means of communication on a regular basis to be able to communicate with one another when each of us thinks something's happening. >> you said there will be consequences, will there be, sir? >> yes. >> it's unclear what consequences president biden nas mind. he later said he would consider going after the software company, the servers of those involved in the hack. one thing is clear, the white house is increasingly stepping up its pressure on russia. the question

and russia got under way in switzerland on wednesday. laying frouground work for futu issues. >> reporter: the state department called the u.s. talks with russia other strategic civility both professional and substantive. and frankly, this is one of those rare topics that the u.s. and russia both see as in their interests to discuss with the other country because both countries are working on things that the other one feels threatened by. on the russian side, they are building up their military might in the arctic, they are also working on an unmanned torpedo powered by a nuclear reactor, something that the u.s. is a looking at. on the u.s. side, theys working on nuclear projects that russia has their eyes on. so there is a certain level of interest in terms of sitting down, putting their cards on the table and seeing if they can come to any broad ranging agreements in terms of raining owing reignning it in and bringing so controls in. but still questions if the talks will also talk about other topics potentially in the space race or whe

now we need to focus on switzerland, austria. adriatic region. croatia. look at our radar picking up on 200 centimeters of rainfall. cut off low from the flow of atmosphere. there's nothing to push it out. so it's very stagnant. sits over the same area for a long time. fingerprints of climate change written all over this, kim. >> derek, appreciate it. >>> we're getting an idea just how deadly the recent historic heat wave in canada might have been. officials report at least 808 deaths in british columbia in late june, that's almost four times the number of deaths there during the same period last year. now, at this point, officials can't say how many of those deaths were directly caused by the danger of heat, but they say, the connection is clear. that same heat wave contributed to 17 wildfires across the united states. the national intra-agency fire center says more than 1 million acres have occurred throughout 12 states. in oregon, the latest wildfire the country has seen this year, the bootleg fire has scorched 273,000 acres since it started ten days a