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hello and welcome. i'm lynda kinkade. ahead on "cnn newsroom." the u.s. led coalition said the latest strikes in yemen are about protection and not escalation. but the houthi rebels say they won't be deterred. u.s. president joe biden is projected to win his first official primary victory of the 2024 campaign. and -- >> i am honored to stand here as foreign minister. we mark a moment of equality and a moment of progress. >> after two years of political gridlock northern ireland's government returns to a power sharing agreement with a new first minister. >> live from atlanta this is "cnn newsroom" with lynda kinkade. we start with breaking news. just minutes ago the u.s. announced it had shot down an anti-ship cruise missile in yemen. it comes after the u.s. along with british and coalition

forces struck at least 30 targets in yemen at ten different locations. fa-18 jets and a pair of u.s. destroyers hit what the u.s. said were facilities involved in attacks on international shipping. british jets also took part in the operation. the british defense secretary said the strikes are about protecting innocent lives. the u.s., u.k., are at the forefront of an international coalition trying to stop the houthi attacks. in a statement the group said today's strikes specifically targeted sides associate would the houthi's deeply buried weapons storage facilities, missile systems, and launches and defense systems and raiders. the strikes in yemen come just one day after u.s. strikes on iranian backed groups in iraq and syria. and the u.s. said those were in retaliation for the deaths of three u.s. soldiers in jordan. cnn correspondent oren leiberman has more on the attacks in

yemen. >> reporter: for the third time in recent weeks the u.s. and the u.k. carried out drone strikes on houthi targets in yemen. this time the coalition air strikes targeted 36 targets across 13 different locations in yemen as the u.s. and u.k. backed by coalition of australia, bahrain, denmark, canada, netherlands, and new zealand tried to disrupt the ability to target shipping lanes in the red sea and gulf of adan. it was u.s. f-18 fighter jets taking off from the deck of the uss eisenhower as well as two u.s. destroyers launching tomahawk cruise missiles that took part in these strikes. the u.s. went after underground storage facilities, command and control missile systems, drone storage and operation sites, raiders, and helicopters of the houthis. so in that target list you see the effort of the u.s. to try to disrupt the abilities of the houthis to continue to attack commercial vessels as well as

u.s. warships. in a statement from the joint coalition, they also specifically mention a january 27th attack when the houthis successfully hit the oil tanker -- this is worth pointing out the ship issued a distress call because it was burning forcing a u.s. destroyer to respond as well as others. that's the grave nature of what the u.s. sees here and what the u.s., u.k., and others see it as so important to respond to the houthis and let them know that if the attacks continue on international shipping, so too will the u.s. and the u.k. strikes on houthi targets. again, that attempt to throw off or disrupt their ability to continue these attacks. despite these latest u.s. strikes, the houthis promised the attacks will continue. oren leiberman, cnn, in the pentagon. >> despite the continued strikes and warnings, the houthi rebels are showing no signs of stopping their attacks on international shipping lanes. cnn's nic robertson has more.

>> reporter: the houthis are calling this third round of joint coalition strikes against their military facilities an escalation, and they're vowing to respond to this escalation with escalation they see. it's rhetoric, but if you look at their track record since the strikes began on them several weeks ago, they have continued to strike international shipping in the red sea. the houthis as well as went through an almost 8-year military campaign against the saudis, muff of that by the saudi air force doing the same sort of thing, targeting their military hardware on the ground. the saudis at that time were supported by u.s. intelligence, supported by u.s. air to air refueling capabilities. so the houthis believe they've been in this war against the united states and its allies already before. they believe that they can withstand it, they have bunkerized and buried a lot of their military hardware, and their assessment may be after they look at their battle damage

with daylight, their assessment may be they've had more losses, more significant losses than they've really had in a single day in the past. however, their attitude is very clearly to keep fighting at the moment, and they say they're doing this in support of the palestinians in gaza. and they say if in essence -- and this is what the iranians are saying as well. that if there is a cease-fire in gaza, then all this trouble there, violence there, other iranian backed proxy violence in the region, all of that will go away. i think the important take away from the houthi perspective and the iranian proxy perspective here is that the cease-fire they're looking for in gaza is one that ends on hamas' terms with hamas being able to walk away with israel weakened, and therefore with the united states interest toward its principal ally in the region weakened as

well. this is what the houthis are talking about, and they vow to continue fighting for that aim. nic robertson, cnn, tel aviv, israel. well, iran's foreign minister reportedly told the u.n. that these strikes make it difficult to reach political solution in the region. according to state run media he is slamming the u.s. for trying, to quote, resolve issues by force. russia also criticized the u.s. and requested an urgent u.n. security council meeting. that's according to sources is happening on monday. the russian ministry of foreign affairs issued a statement saying, quote, the united states is purposefully trying to plunge the largest countries in the region into conflict. well, as tensions grow in the region, israel's government is facing new pressure at home. thousands of protesters took to the streets saturday demanding a new government and the return of hostages still held in gaza. in tel aviv they held signs that

slammed benjamin netanyahu and called for bringing the hostages home. hamas is reiterating the only way for it to happen is to stop the fighting in gaza and to have a complete pull out of israeli troops. the group was commenting on a cease-fire proposal that's been pushed by international negotiators. mr. netanyahu has already dismissed those preconditions. well, i want to bring in michael stein, and managing director at the institute. he joins us live. good to have you with us. >> thank you very much. >> the u.s. used b1 bombers to strike targets in syria and iraq. a day later with a coalition of allies they hit militants in yemen. what did they achieve given that we're already hearing about what seems to be reprisal attacks? >> well, the attack on iraq and syrian militant proxies -- it seemed today have been pretty

carefully calibrated to show a tough response to the attack against u.s. service members that resulted in the death of three u.s. soldiers on january 28th but not to invite further escalation in the region. and as such i have to say i don't know it will accomplish mump. i doubt we'll see necessarily an escalation in response from iran. the chance this will somehow stop the iraqi or syrian proxy attacks on u.s. interests and u.s. soldiers, i think it's quite low because there's really thought much deterrent value in what the united states has done. >> why would a coalition of countries, the u.s., the u.k., along with australia, bahrain, denmark, the netherlands help targets in yemen but not targets in syria in iraq? >> they see obviously iranian proxies, a rebel group, the houthis that are attacking

global commercial shipping. and that again is a global interest, not just a u.s. interest. it's not specifically relate today the conflict in gaza no matter what the houthis may claim. i think they're showing they can act in defense of their own interest and of something that is a global interest. if ulook at the countries involved these are all trading countries. these are countries that depend in large part on maritime trade. and i think it's important for each of them to show they're capable of defending their interests in concert with the united states and the u.k. >> michael singh, we'll leave it all for now. we have had a few audio issues tonight. we apologize for that. thank you for your time. in russian custody after police cracked down on anti-war protests of vladimir putin's election headquarters. one russian source said authorities pulled men from the crowd of ukrainian war protesters in moscow. seven journalists were taken to

one police station while at least another 27 people, only one an actual protester were driven to another. a source says one state media employee has been released. the protest was part of a growing movement of women demanding their husbands and sons be brought home from the war. our cnn contributor jill dougherty has what risks they are taking by speaking out. >> well, if these were regular protesters who were saying we want an end to the war or we don't like putin or we don't support the government, et cetera, they would be hauled off within two seconds and they would probably be -- at least some of them would be facing extremely long prison sentences, et cetera. we've seen that. essentially the kremlin has been able to shutdown the protests that began at the beginning like after the invasion two years ago. now, who are these women? well, it's a mixture. actually, this is not just happening in moscow.

these protests -- they're really kind of -- they're different from protests. what the women usually do is just like this, they lay flowers on a tomb, they have a memorial. it's usually a very peaceful protest. and these are women across the country not just moscow, st. petersburg, et cetera. as i said they're not very well-organized, but i think you have to look at the back story on this. because if you go back to the early days of the putin government when putin had started the second czechen war, the women who were at that time trying to bring their sons home from chechnya actually had a very powerful, very influential -- especially a marginally influential organization. it was called the soldier's mother's committee. i covered them many times and they were influential. they no longer pretty much exist. they've been shutdown, but this

still lingers. and the message that these women are saying is -- really resonates, that there men have been serving for too long. in fact, many are serving since the beginning of the conflict, and they want them home. >> we will have a full interview with cnn jill dougherty inn the next hour. here in the u.s. cnn is projecting that president joe biden has won the south carolina democratic primary. the result, of course, is no surprise. mr. biden crushed his two nearest challengers, minnesota lawmaker dean philips, and author mari anne williamson. with more than 96% of the votes he'll claim all the state's 55 delegates ahead of the democratic nominating convention in august. well, south carolina also launched biden to the democratic nomination in 2020. we'll have more coverage of the u.s. presidential race later in the show. we're going to take a quick break. when we come back he calls himself the world's coolest

dictator. well, despite his iron fist reputation, he's still expected to score an easy win at the ballot box. and millions of people in california are bracing for helvy rains and severe flooding. >> a dangerous and life threatening flood event is unfolding in california. there's now a high risk of excessive flooding. that's very rare. we'll explain why, talk about timing and totals. that's coming up next.

well, millions of people in california can expect heavy rain, severe storms, and life threatening flooding in the coming hours. millions of sandbags are available and rescue equipment has been prepped. authorities say multiple organizations are standing by to help including the national guard as well as state emergency and fire officials. cnn meteorologist alissa raffa has the latest. >> dangerous and life threatening, those are the words the national weather service are using to describe the flood event that will unfold sunday and monday in california. we now have a level 4 out of 4 high risk of excessive flooding for parts of southern california. and that's incredibly rare not just for california but really for the u.s. when you get that high risk, now that's issued fewer than 4% of the days that we have that flooding risk issued, but it's

responsible for 80% of our flood damage across the u.s. and nearly 40% of flood related deaths. you really can't take these words lightly. dangerous, life threatening are really the words to describe what could unfold the next couple of days. there's the flood watch in effect from sacramento down to san diego for widespread 3 to 6 inches of rain for more than 40 million people. you can see why. there's that moisture plume that just sits over california for the next couple of days. that's part of the problem. it's going to sit and going to stall and also fueled by really warm ocean temperatures. those ocean temperatures are 1 to 3 degrees above average right now, and that can really pump that sponge even more. so dangerous and life threatening flash flooding is really on the table, and we're talking about flooding at rivers and urban in the streets as well. mud and debris flow could cause some landslides as well especially over previous burn scars. downed trees and power lines can also be an issue especially where you're saturated from all the rain you've got the last couple of days. and then adding insult to injury

this storm is not just about water, it's also about wind. we have high wind warnings in effect where we can see gusts 65, 70, even 80 miles per hour possible. can see some wider gusts in that lighter tan shade there, 45 mile per hour gusts. something to watch out especially as that ground is so saturated, you can see some of those colors pop up, some of those wind gusts over 40 to 50 miles per hour. here's that storm hitting land by sunday morning. the heaviest rain goes north first, then slings into southern california. as we go into the afternoon and evening hours, l.a. getting the brunt as the grammys will be going on. we'll find some of that heavy rain continuing to pile in monday and tuesday as that fire hose continues to sit there. again, all the yellow widespread. 3 to 6 inches of rain. some of the oranges and reds showing where we could see some of those locally higher amounts. and don't forget where it's colder we're looking at several

feet of snow. >> thank you for that. more than 50 people have died and more than 1,000 homes damaged by wildfires in chile. you can see beach goers stare in wonder at the ominous skies blackened by the heavy smoke. the situation is particularly dire near val periso. take a listen to this heart stopping video. a driver going through the flames while trying to keep his passengers calm. >> officials tell cnn the death toll is likely to rise.

nearly 400 residents reported missing in one coastal city alone. more than 90 fires are burning in different parts of chile affecting more than 100,000 acres. a politician who dubbed himself the world's coolest dictator is expected to cruise to re-election in el salvador on sunday. he won praise for his crack down on the country's notorious gang violence, but critics say the price for that is the loss of many freedoms and the abuse of human rights. >> reporter: she breaks down in tears when she talks about her niece she was just 20 years old when she was murdered in the streets of el salvador. the pain still fresh, seven years after she was killed. back then el salvador was close

to being a failed state with the highest murder rate in the world, it was gangs like the infamous -- who set the rule. to this day she doesn't know who killed her. she's sure, however, on who turned the tide on crime. he became president in 2019 and quickly tied his name to a security crack down that sent tens of thousands to jail and effectively taking the gangs off the street. a state of emergency was declared in 2022 granting the government exceptional powers to deploy the army and allowing the police to detain any citizen without charge for up to 15 days. besides curtailing civil rights such as due process. the government claims el salvador is finally safe, and he's cruising to re-election this sunday. but his critics such as human rights watch accuse him of mass

indiscriminate detentions and even torture. at cnn we spoke with a woman who was arrested on november 11, 2022. the police claimed she was part of a gang, she denies the crime and says that she never saw a judge. six months later she was found not guilty and was released, but she says that she was put through inhumane conditions inside the prison. we're hiding her identity for security reasons. the government admits hundreds of thousands of people may have been imprisoned by mistake but doubles down on the crack down. they'll never say anything about the lives offure heroes and their families now helpless without them, leaving the door

wide open on the tight line between security and individual freedoms. >> according to a statement from the country's acting president, the presidential office posted on "x" he passed away overnight at a hospital in the nation's capital with his wife and children by his side. he announced in january he'd been diagnosed with cancer. he'd served as president since 2015 and was in his second term. just minutes ago the u.s. announce adnew strike against a houthi target in yemen. we'll have the latest on this breaking news next on cnn. plus, the latest from the u.s. presidential race as joe biden clenches his first official primary win in south carolina.

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welcome back. i'm lynda kinkade. within the past hour the u.s. has announced a new strike on an anti-ship cruise missile in yemen. it follows a series of attacks carried out by the u.s. and the you can and other allies. they struck at least 30 targets at ten locations in yemen. the u.s. says those facilities involved in attacks on international shipping. the strikes in yemen come just a

day after u.s. striked iranian backed groups in iraq and syria. the u.s. said those were retaliation for an attack that killed three u.s. soldiers in jordan last sunday. cnn's priscilla alvarez is traveling with president biden and has more details on those strikes. >> reporter: the u.s. and its allies announcing another round of strikes against houthis in yemen, an attempt to try to degrade and diminish their capabilities as the houthis continue to target u.s. vessels and commercial vessels in the red sea. and a move the u.s. and the allies say could rock the global economy. now, this is the third round of strikes that this coalition has engaged in, and two senior administration officials tell me that president biden gave the green light for these strikes to take place on monday, but, of course, it takes time and preparations to roll those strikes out. now, when they did happen, it happened when president biden was at his campaign headquarters saturday morning in a show of how the campaign trail and the ongoing situation in the middle

east are colliding this election year. now, the president did not weigh in on the strikes, but u.s. officials have consistently said they will take these measures in an attempt to deter the houthis. now, of course this is separate from the retaliatory measures that were taken by the u.s. on friday. those were in response to the deaths of three service members in jordan and targeted about 85 targets in iraq and syria. but, again, all of this happening as president biden arrived here in los angeles for fund-raising event and heads to nevada tomorrow for another campaign rally in a show of how the president is hitting the campaign trail while he's also grappling with the ongoing situation in the middle east and trying to avoid engaging in a wider regional war or escalating any conflict that is occurring there? priscilla alvarez, traveling with the president, cnn. >> we are also closely following the u.s. presidential race as president joe biden clenches a landslide victory in south carolina in the first official

democratic primary. cnn is projecting that he will defeat his two nearest challengers. minnesota lawmaker dean philips and author marianne williamson by more than 96% of the votes. he gains all the state's 55 delegates as the party heads towards its nominating convention in august. the president hailed his projection win saying voters have set him on a path to winning presidency again and making donald trump a loser again. joining me now is cnn political analyst ron brownstein, a senior editor with the atlantic. good to see you, ron. >> good evening. >> so as expected joe biden won south carolina virtually unopposed. this was meant to be a test of his efforts to mobilize black americans to vote for him. how did it go? >> well, it's hard to have a definitive answer from this because on the one hand it -- by any measure, it was an impressive performance, but it

tells us above all they did not develop a serious challenge into this primary and neither of the candidates are truly competitive candidates. and his vote share was overwhelming everywhere in the state, in white precincts, in black precincts. turnout wasn't very high, which what we expect with an incumbent president not facing a serious race. so i guess it would say it tells us only a very limited amount about what is still a challenge he may face in november. and it's worth noting that in the polling the challenge he faces with black voters is not only is the issue democrats face which you said mobilization and turn out, he also has some persuasion issues because he's polling below where democrats usually do at this point particularly with african american men. >> and of course recent polls show that voters are concerned about the ages that both joe biden and donald trump, and it's a concern for many voters. trump, of course, has many

countless court cases coming up in the year ahead. despite that, the polls show biden and trump are very close going into 2024 in this election in november. just take us through the latest polls. >> yeah, i mean, i think, you know, as we kind of look at polls -- there have been polls out this week with biden aslightly ahead of trump, trump slightly ahead of the biden, the two even. i think the truths are pretty consistent in this polling. i do not believe by november given where joe biden's approval rating is now stuck around 40% there will be even by november, it is unlikely there will be a majority of americans who are affirmatively walking into the balas box and saying, yes, i want another four years of joe biden. i also think it's highly unlikely there will not be a majority of americans who walk into the ballot box and say i want to live in the united states donald trump is sketching and offering and under the kind

of policies and the posture toward democracy that he has presented. and we don't know how those two fundamentally negative truths will play out against each other. you know, what we saw in 2022 was that in the key states even though a majority of voters disapproved of biden's performance, democrats won anyway because of an unusually large number of the voters who were disenchanted still voted against the republican alternative that trump inspired in many cases the republican alternative because they viewed it as too extreme. and that is the pathway for a biden second term if there is one. if there's a pathway for trump it's the historic trend or correlation that a president with an approval rating this low will struggle to win re-election. so we'll see how this double negative election plays out, but i think that's the path that we're headed on. >> yeah, so you're saying both

sides are going to find it pretty hard to mobilize people just to vote. i have to ask you, though, about young voters because they're pretty split between trump and biden. what more could biden do to win over the young vote? >> the young vote is also an important point about what you just said. you know, the mobilization for the democratic side is really much more trump than biden. i mean trump's voters are i enthusiastic about trump. some biden voters are enthusiastic about biden, but most of them say they're voting to prevent trump from imposing his vision of what america should be. and biden has struggled with young voters from the outset, from the 2020 primaries. they were never enthusiastic about him. they were been hit hard in this economy, but trump is anathema of everything most of them profess to believe like on issues of inclusion of lgbtq people, abortion rights, democracy, climate. and so biden does need to do

better among young people than he is doing today. the gaza war, israel's war with hamas is a particular problem with that cohort, younger voters. but he has a lot of ammunition to use, ultimately, in that many of these voters particularly younger women voters are deeply hostile to trump and what he stands for. i will say it is likely that if biden wins a second term, it is more likely to be because he improves among older voters where he is running relatively better than he did in 2020 than among younger voters where he faces the risk of something like 2016, not essentially them voting for trump but a significant percentage peeling off, splintering off to vote for various third party options. >> all right. ron brownstein as always, good to have your perspective. thanks so much. >> thanks for having me. still to come, saturday was a day that many in northern

ireland thought they would never see. a politician leading its parliament and she said she will help create unity, not division. >> collectively we are all charged with leading and delivering for our people.

well, for the first time

ever in northern ireland a nationalist politician is the first minister. michelle o'neill of sinn fein was sworn in on saturday marking a historic shift in northern ireland's history. her party was once considered the political arm of the army called the troubles. now she shares powwer the deputy first min sfr. they're pledging to serve all of northern ireland. >> reporter: as the sun rules over the city of belfast this morning it spoke of a new dawn. cameras assembled to capture the landmark moment, political paralysis finally ended. and it was a historic moment for sinn fein's michelle o'neill. cheers into the chamber by supporters, the first nationalist or republican to ever be appointed first minister of northern ireland.

>> today opens the door to a future, i'm honored to stand here as first minister. we mark a moment of equality and moment of progress, a new opportunity to work and to grow together. >> reporter: this day she said would have been unimaginable to her grandparents, made possible by the good friday agreement. michelle o'neill's father was an ira prisoner and she's attended memorials for former members. but she has pledged to show respect to the royal family and cooperate with colleagues to cherish the union. >> this is an assembly for all, catholic, protestant and the center. i am sorry of all the lives lost. the past cannot be changed or cannot be undone, but what we can do -- what we all can do is build a better future. i will never ask anyone to move on, but i really do hope that we

can all move forward. >> reporter: the d.u.p. who collapsed today nominated a deputy first minister. the family also has links to the troubles. her father was convicted for his role in a loyalist plot. in her speech she spoke of remembering the devastation from an ira bomb. >> michelle o'neill and i come from very different backgrounds but regardless of that for my part i'll work tirelessly to ensure we can deliver for all and northern ireland. michelle is an irish republican and i'm a very proud unionist. we'll never agree on those issues, but what we can agree on is that cancer doesn't discriminate and our hospitals need fixed. >> reporter: the pulse of deputy first minister has equal power but less symbolic weight. some unionists have found michelle o'neill's appointment hard to bear.

>> michelle o'neill may be first min stir but not in my name nor in the name of thousands of unionist who will never bow a knee to ira sinn fein. >> reporter: few see its return as a panacea, but many hope it will be a platform to start fixing things. >> our thanks to catherine sampson reporting there. well, across europe many farmers say they're fed up with regulations surrounding their livelihood and are not satisfied by raising concessions by the eu and their own country. from italy to greece they won't stop protesting until their demands are met. a slow moving tractor dam blocks a road to rome. vehicles that should be back on farms hogging the open highways. in a loud honking message to the

italian government and the eu. farmers here like the ones protesting across the continent are fed up. >> translator: we are expecting an answer from the government after this demonstration because it's a critical situation. we cannot be slaves inside our fa farms. >> it's a sense of anger and frustration shared by many farmers across europe who soy their going rogue because of rising costs, competition and cheap imports. farmers have held some of the biggest and loudest protests, obstructing major roads in paris and key highways across the country. the many french protesters are dismantling their block aids after the government made key concessions to step up checks on food imports not meeting french and eu standards and provide more financial support to

farmers. >> translator: these are people who put their heart and soul into these demonstrations. they went up to paris at 30 kilometers an hour and came back down again for eight days. it's extraordinary. they're our heroes. >> a lightening rod for other european farmers. in greece farmers already hit hard by recent flooding dumped spoiled produce on the streets to protest high energy bills and demand permanent changes to a diesel tax. cheaper goods are also an issue, especially those from ukraine after the eu waved import duties on ukrainian grain, sugar, and meat following the russian invasion. one german farmer says it could put her out of business. >> translator: if things go on like this, small family farms like the ones we have here will cease to exist. if we no longer exist, then the products will be imported from

abroad, and then we won't know under what conditions they were produced. >> in malta farmers protested the eu's environmental targets among other issues, which they say makes them uncompetitive. though there has been a small compromise, the eu farmers on that front, the european commission says it will delay a requirement for farmers to keep part of their land unused to improve biodiversity while still receiving support payments. but farmers across the continent say they need more concessions from the eu and their own countries, something that could affect climate goals, foreign imports, and even what food is on the table. well, still to come it appears that plastic waste is everywhere even in places where humans don't live like

antarctica. we'll show you what scientists are finding in these once pristine waters.

no matter how pristine and untouched the landscape it appears no place on earth is

safe from pollution. scientists are looking for and are finding evidence of microplastics in one of the world's most remote places, antarctica. >> reporter: in antarctica, a continent with almost no humans, he hunts for man made pollutants, namely microplastics which have if filtrated what should be one of the best preserved ecosystems on earth. >> translator: we are polluting the waters of antarctica, a continent at this moment we call the heart of the planet. we are connaminating it with microplastics. >> reporter: the marine biologist uses a net to seive water. things we'd hope not to see in our oceans or food, but it might be inevitable. the u.n. says we produce more than 430 million tons of plastic

worldwide every year with an estimated 200 million tons in our oceans right now. new zealand researchers first found microplastics in the antarctic snow in 2019. now this team is tracking for more. >> translator: moy croplastics themselves a pollutant. it's namaterial not natural. the sea does not produce plastic. plastic is produced by human beings. and if we find microplastics here is because somehow in whatever form, it arrived here. >> reporter: researchers say these tiny pollutants could be traveling via ocean currents, the atmosphere, even animal feces. cril can easily mistake microplastics for their typical meal of plankton. higher up on the food chain penguins and evan whales. it likely enters the intestines before affiliating their lungs and reproductive systems, even their ability to swim. only adding issues on the

continent as it and the rest of the world grapple with the effects of climate change. >> translator: the microplastics we have today may not be from our generation but from generations ago. maybe we are leaving another problem for the generations to come. >> reporter: he and his team who work aboard a columbian navy vessel aren't the only ones hunting down these microscopic dangers. last month the international atomic energy agency joined forces with argentina launching an investigation into ant art cot cu's microplastics. the agency says these pollutants could damage ice and trap heat causing glaciers to melt and sea levels to rise. now these scientific expudgzs will provide a thermometer reading of just how dire the world's microplastic problem really is. well, seven-time formula 1 champion lewis hamilton says his

time with mercedes has been incredible. after an announcement he will join the ferrari team next year. the racing sensation who's been with mercedes 11 years insists he's focused on the upcoming season right now, but he insists driving for ferrari is something he has want for a long type. he wrote on social media, quote, i feel incredibly fortunate after achieving things with mercedes i could have only dreamed of as a kid, but i now have a chance to fulfill another childhood dream, driving in ferrari red. lewis hamilton isn't the only one switching sides. there are reports a french superstar will join real madrid once his contract ends this year. the sports network espn says he's not informed either teams of his decision but expected to make an announcement next week. he said he would not renew his

contract last year. i'm lynda kinkade. i'll be right back with much more "cnn newsroom" after a very short break. stay with us. you're watching cnn.

growing up, my parents wanted me to become a doctor or an engineer. those are good careers! but i chose a different path. first, as mayor and then in the legislature. i enshrined abortion rights in our california constitution. in the face of trump,

i strengthened hate crime laws and lowered the costs for the middle class. now i'm running to bring the fight to congress. you were always stubborn. and on that note, i'm evan low, and i approve this message. two leading candidates for senate. two very different visions for california. steve garvey, the leading republican, is too conservative for california. he voted for trump twice and supported republicans for years, including far right conservatives. adam schiff, the leading democrat, defended democracy against trump and the insurrectionists. he helped build affordable housing, lower drug costs, and bring good jobs back home. the choice is clear. i'm adam schiff, and i approve this message. hello and welcome.

i'm lynda kinkade, good