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Trump Hits Campaign Trail To Back Darline Graham; U.S. And Canada Trade Talks Fail, 50 Percent Tariffs Now In Effect; Flood Threat Across Parts Of The Mid-Atlantic; Tupac Shakur Murder Trial Resumes Monday Afternoon; Suge Knight Associate Gives Combative Testimony; Defense Team Calls High-Profile Forensic Psychiatrist As Expert Witness. Aired 7-8a ET
Aired August 22, 2026 - 07:00 ET
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VICTOR BLACKWELL, CNN ANCHOR: Welcome back to CNN this morning. Here's what you need to know today. President Trump went to South Carolina to make a personal push for Senator Darline Graham ahead of Tuesday's runoff.
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DONALD TRUMP, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: Darline is somebody I've known for a long time. I asked her to do this. I said, Darline, you got to do it.
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BLACKWELL: How she's defending her debate performance, where she told voters that national security wasn't her thing. The U.S. Canadian trade war is back on now after talks to reach a deal fell apart overnight. At the last minute. The tough talk now coming from both countries this morning as tariffs go back into effect.
People in some parts of the Midwest have been without electricity for nearly two weeks after storms knocked out power. We're going to speak with one person who lives in Gary, Indiana, who says that they're just in survival mode.
And for the first time in court this week, we heard from the man accused of orchestrating the murder of Tupac. The key takeaways from the first week in court. It's all coming up on CNN THIS MORNING.
Its Saturday. Who doesn't love a Saturday? August 22. Thank you for joining us. I'm Victor Blackwell.
With his political clout and control of Congress on the line, President Trump hit the campaign trail last night in South Carolina. He was there to help push Darline Graham across the finish line in next week's Republican runoff. She's the sister of the late Senator Lindsey Graham. And she took a hit this week when she admitted in a debate that "National security is not my thing." (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
TRUMP: I thought she was just being honest. She's very smart, and she was being honest. She's totally for the military.
I mean, she's going to do what the military wants and really what the president wants. She understands that national security is my thing. And she is a terrific woman who answered -- I watched that. I thought it was a very honest answer, actually.
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BLACKWELL: CNN's Betsy Kline has more on the rally and the president's pitch.
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BETSY KLEIN, CNN SENIOR WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT: President Trump was remarkably on message here in Myrtle Beach ahead of South Carolina's Tuesday runoff election. And folks I've talked to have been very clear-eyed that this is going to be a very tight race. It's going to be a matter of turnout.
And President Trump did his job tonight. He praised Darline Graham. He encouraged voters to get out and to pretend that his name was on the ballot on Tuesday.
He also touched on some of the nuts and bolts that polls are open 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.. But it also had all the hallmarks of a standard Trump rally. The president touted his ballroom project.
He touched on the war with Iran, which he described as a little detour. He blamed inflation on the Democrats, took aim at Democratic socialists as well as old rivals like Hillary Clinton and Former President Joe Biden.
He also just kept coming back to Darline Graham. Listen.
TRUMP: We're going to elect Senator Darline Graham to fight, fight, fight for South Carolina and to always put America first. She only knows how to put America first. She will be somebody you're going to be very proud.
You vote for her. You're going to be very proud of that vote. The first step is winning the runoff election this Tuesday. You have to get out August 25. You have to get out and vote. And we need every South Carolina patriot to go to the polls and vote for Darline Graham.
KLEIN: This race is causing divisions among South Carolina Republicans, as well as President Trump's own allies. But the president remains all in on Darline Graham. Behind the scenes, the president's team acknowledges they have a lot on the line on Tuesday, especially after some of the president's endorsed candidates have failed to win their primaries.
The president making calls privately to garner support for Graham. He was also asked about her debate gaffe last week, where she said that national security was "Not her thing." The president doubling down on his support. He said that this was just Graham being honest.
It's also very personal for the president. Lindsey Graham was one of his best friends. And he said he was doing this to honor Lindsey. But of course, South Carolina is not a battleground state, and some are questioning whether this is the best use of the president's time with just two months to go before those midterm elections. Betsy Klein, CNN, traveling with the president in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.
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BLACKWELL: New this morning. The trade war between the U.S. and Canada is back on after trade talks failed at the last minute overnight. Now 50 percent tariffs on $20 billion worth of Canadian goods are in effect. Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney says they'll match it.
The president, Donald Trump, and Carney, along with trade officials from both countries -- they were in talks all week to try to avoid this. But both sides are now blaming each other for talks breaking down. U.S. trade representative Jamieson Greer said, in part, the new demands and walk backs of other commitments by Canada have upended the careful balance reached in the past days. PM Carney is blaming last- minute changes from the U.S. He calls them unfair, uneconomic, and called into question the reliability of any deal.
In headlines this morning. A federal judge has struck down the Trump administration's ban on visas for immigrants from 75 countries. The judge called the ban contrary to law. He said it was outside the statutory authority of the State Department Secretary Marco Rubio.
The visa ban prevented the U.S. from issuing permanent residence visas for people joining family members or taking jobs in the U.S. It did not apply to nonimmigrant visas for tourists or students. Most of the 75 countries are non-European.
The three teens who knew Nolan Wells, the teenager who died mysteriously while vacationing with friends on Mississippi's Horn Island on the Fourth of July, may be planning a lawsuit against Reverend Al Sharpton. Their attorneys say Sharpton made two defamatory statements about the three friends. They're also demanding an apology. A cause of death has not yet been determined by the state. Photos of Wells surrounded by white friends, and the fact that his friends returned from the trip without Nolan led to widespread speculation about how he may have died.
TikTok and its parent company, ByteDance, have agreed to pay $400 million to settle a lawsuit over children's privacy. The Justice Department sued TikTok in 2024. They alleged that it allowed kids to create accounts and then illegally collected their personal data. Under the settlement, TikTok will pay $300 million immediately to an additional -- rather and an additional $100 million later. Friday settlement is one of the largest ever in a children's privacy case. All right. We now turn to the latest in the U.S. war with Iran. State media is reporting that this morning Iran is giving Iraqi oil tankers the green light to travel across the Strait of Hormuz. Now, the number of boats that moved through the key waterway increased by 27 percent this past week. That's according to a CNN analysis of information from a UK marine trade agency. But shipping levels are still at just 20 percent of the pre-war average.
In the meantime, China is dismissing President Trump's economic D-Day threat against Iran and Trump's promised economic consequences for countries that do business with Iran. China says it's not the solution. Now, in Oman, Secretary of State Marco Rubio is working with the top diplomat there after the president threatened to bomb the country over its negotiations with Iran.
CNN's Sebastian Shukla joins us now with more. Sebastian, good morning to you. What's the latest?
SEBASTIAN SHUKLA, CNN PRODUCER: Yes. Good afternoon, Victor. What we've seen from this announcement about Iraqi oil tankers being able to pass through the Strait of Hormuz is really likely to anger Washington, D.C., and in particular, President Trump, who touted earlier this week about an impending economic D-Day for Iran. What we've been hearing in the last few hours is that there may be a little more movement on that come Monday afternoon, Eastern Time, where Reuters is reporting that Scott Bessent, the U.S. Treasury Secretary, will be giving a press conference.
Details are a little thin on the ground as to what exactly he will say there. Will that be the announcement of these sanctions? Will we get more details about the sanctions, or will it be more of a timeline about when these sanctions will come in place?
But what we do know is that the president is actively looking at what implementing these new sanctions and when it will take place. You mentioned China, who have spoken now about what potential future sanctions could be. It's important to note that China and Iran are incredibly close economically, is one of Iran's biggest, if not the biggest, trading partner.
They have said that they do not fit the interests of any party. That's a reference to further sanctions. But the Iranians as well are also talking about future sanctions and the difficulty that the Trump administration has now found itself in with Iran.
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Abbas Araghchi, the Iranian foreign minister, has said that this would be a doubling down by the administration as a result of failed policies. And, of course, will result in surging interest costs. All of the details and the interest, economic outcomes of this war are being handed down to U.S. consumers.
And I think there is a real question here about what more can sanctions really do to hurt the Iranian economy, especially when it is so adept at being able to avoid them and has done for so many years? Victor, the question really is, what will this new tranche be able to deliver from previous ones? Victor.
BLACKWELL: Sebastian Shukla, thanks so much. The defense rests in the Lindsay Clancy trial as the prosecution prepares to call its witnesses. Coming up. The conflicting opinions about Clancy's mental state.
Towns from the Midwest to the Mid-Atlantic are facing the threat of torrential rain and possible flooding. We've got a forecast for you. And look at this. A massive explosion. Huge fire. More than a dozen people were injured. Cars and homes damaged. We'll tell you what we know that happened here.
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BLACKWELL: Parts of the Mid-Atlantic are in for another round of storms today. Look at this. You can see water -- once it plays. Well, wasn't there.
I can tell you that it did say that water was pouring through 113 year old Well Theater. There it is in Norfolk. Norfolk is one of the many cities that's in line for more storms this weekend.
CNN's Allison Chinchar is here tracking the latest. These places have already been hit. So, they are saturated.
ALLISON CHINCHAR, CNN METEOROLOGIST: And that's part of the problem. It's not necessarily that today is just going to be a huge amount of rain. It's the fact that they've gotten it several days already this week.
So, that ground is saturated. Now, we're adding more rain on top of it. And you can see where the rain is right now.
This is not very heavy rain, but again, it's the compounding effect of having several days-worth of rain. Now, the really heavy rain will come back in later on this evening to a lot of these same places you see here.
So, you're talking Virginia, North Carolina, Maryland, Delaware, all of those regions. We also have some strong thunderstorms out in the Central Plains. You can see here lots of lightning with these storms as they continue to move basically due south.
And we have the potential for more strong to severe thunderstorms as we go through the rest of the day. Now, really kind of the best chance for that exists in this yellow region here, kind of in the Ohio valley there. So, you're talking about Ohio, Pennsylvania, portions of Kentucky. That's where you could end up seeing some damaging winds and even the potential for some small hail across some of those storms.
Here's a look at the forecast. Again, by about 5:00 tonight, notice a lot more of those showers starting to fire back up, thanks to the heating of the day around the Great Lakes. That's what's going to slide into portions of the Mid-Atlantic as we go later this evening and especially overnight. So, even by early Sunday morning, you still have some of those ongoing showers and thunderstorms across the Northeast and still across areas of the Carolinas before that wave finally pushes back out.
We've talked about it because this is multiple days' worth of rain. You have the potential for flooding. The yellow area right here is where you have that highest risk.
But even in the green areas, just because of how much rain these areas have had the last few days, that's what's giving the potential there for the flooding. Even something as simple as an inch, Victor, could likely cause some additional flooding because of what they've already had.
BLACKWELL: Nowhere for it to go.
CHINCHAR: Yes.
BLACKWELL: Allison Chinchar, thanks so much. 11 days in the dark with no power, spoiled insulin, closed schools, empty grocery shelves. The reality for thousands of people in Gary, Indiana, is grim after a devastating storm. Tens of thousands of people are still without power.
The utility company NIPSCO says the storm caused unprecedented damage. They say light should be back on by Tuesday. But for the families struggling in the heat, that feels like a lifetime.
It will be more than two weeks. And in a city where a third of the residents live in poverty, it leaves a lot of people asking a painful question would it take nearly two weeks to restore power anywhere else?
With me now is Shatiya Hardin. She is one of the people who lives there and also owns a small business in Gary, Indiana, still without power. Shatiya, thank you for being with me.
I am sorry that this is what we are talking about. But just tell me what it's like. I mean, we can all theoretically imagine what it's like to live without power for now, nearly two weeks. But you tell me, how tough has this been?
SHATIYA HARDIN, RESIDENT, GARY, INDIANA: Well, thank you for having me. And good morning to you. As of myself and my family members, it's been extremely tough. It's hard to look at everyone and everything around us in the community because there are limited resources.
And also it's -- the people of the community are very upset. It's a division of what we should be asking for -- people thinking what we should be asking for versus what we are receiving, along with the actual resources that are available to everyone in the community.
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It's dark nights -- very dark nights, blackouts, and hot days. So, we're struggling to find air. A lot of us don't have the proper resources like myself -- me sitting in a car -- most of my days driving around. Of course, that takes gas.
So, we're constantly having to fill up. Those residents and citizens that does have generators are having to do the same thing, going back and forth to the gas stations to get gas to put in the generators. So, its long, exhausting nights for them having to make sure they're filling them properly. And, you know, not causing any long-term issues for their families.
BLACKWELL: Yes.
HARDIN: Food -- and like I said, resources has been limited. As far as food from the community, the mayor and several, like local people, have given donations and fed the community. But as far as any hopes for anything different, it's slim to none.
BLACKWELL: Yes. You told the Associated Press, "It's not OK for us to continually be in survival mode." Do you think that --
HARDIN: I did.
BLACKWELL: -- that Gary is being ignored or treated in some way different than the other parts of the state that were hit by this storm?
HARDIN: Absolutely. I absolutely think that. I think that because we are a poverty-stricken area, the cries are not heard because it's not directly affecting those around us.
Resources are always available. I'm two cities -- two towns over from where I live. The stores are open. The streets are cleaner. The resources are available to their communities.
They're speaking on it. Their residents have different options other than what we have. The grocery stores are open and active.
They don't have spoiled or expired food offered to their citizens opposed to us. And that's an issue that I had as well.
BLACKWELL: Yes. But let me read this --
HARDIN: The -- vouchers that were given -- I'm sorry.
BLACKWELL: Let me read this in response to you. You're saying that Gary says -- you believe Gary's being ignored. An executive at the utility company NIPSCO told the AP, "We have areas that are probably affluent where we still have customers out as well. This has nothing to do with race or any type of division. It really is a matter of where the storm hit."
So, that is the statement from NIPSCO. I know you disagree with that. But I do want to ask you this question. My colleague, Fredricka Whitfield -- her team has booked the mayor of Gary, Eddie Melton, later. And I want to give you the opportunity.
If there's something you want to say or question you have for him, I'm going to have hand over this portion of our conversation and maybe play that -- have them play that for the mayor. So, is there something you want to say?
HARDIN: Sure.
BLACKWELL: A question you have for the mayor of Gary?
HARDIN: Yes. I would like to know, with the donations that are being given to the city moving forward, how can you hold NIPSCO or what are you going to do to hold NIPSCO more accountable for this type of issue? Are you guys going to start cutting down the trees so that they're not hovering over the utility lines and poles? Can you start to maybe aim towards the sanitary part of it with the sewage lines and making sure that they're properly cleaned, like they used to do, cleaning the sewage lines, making sure that the trash is not building up so that we don't have flooding issues?
And again, the trees that's towering over the poles and the cords and everything for the electrical lines, that should be maintained properly so that we don't have these issues when the storms do come.
BLACKWELL: Shatiya --
HARDIN: So, moving forward, how are you going to hold them accountable?
BLACKWELL: Shatiya Hardin, again, I am sorry that this is happening to you and the thousands of people who've been living with this now for more than ten days. I thank you for your time. And hopefully the power is on soon.
HARDIN: Thank you.
BLACKWELL: Thank you.
HARDIN: Thank you so much for having me.
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BLACKWELL: An explosive accusation in court. How the man on trial for the murder of Tupac Shakur says prosecutors have endangered his family? Also recently, we've been told to stay away from lettuce and jalapenos and a lot of stuff to avoid getting violently ill. Well, now there is a new food to watch.
And good morning to you in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, a shot courtesy of EarthCam. Thanks for watching.
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BLACKWELL: Court is back in session on Monday, after the first week of the Tupac murder trial. The only person ever charged, Duane "Keffe D" Davis, is accused of planning the drive-by shooting in 1996. And on Friday, he spoke for the first time in the trial to accuse prosecutors of giving out his personal information.
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DUANE KEITH DAVIS, FORMER LEADER, SOUTH SIDE COMPTON CRIPS: They keep giving out my address. They broke in my house, vandalized my house, vandalized my wife' car, you know what I'm saying? Because they keep giving out my address.
Now they gave out my sister' address. This stuff is wrong.
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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I have heard it's going on both ways.
DAVIS: They are wrong! They are wrong!
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: That there is -- that there is concerns both ways.
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BLACKWELL: Prosecution has already interviewed 18 witnesses, but it's likely that only half of the people are expected to take the stand.
Joining me now, former prosecutor Julie Grant and criminal defense attorney Michael Bixon. Welcome to you both.
Julie, let me start with you. What do you make of this claim that we just heard from Davis there, that by giving out his address in public court, that is putting his family in danger, his home in danger?
JULIE GRANT, FORMER PROSECUTOR: Victor, good morning. Thank you for having me.
It may be valid.
BLACKWELL: Yes.
GRANT: It might be. And prosecutors have to take extra special steps to make sure they are being very careful in discovery matters. For instance, when you are going through documents and pieces of evidence, there is a redaction process, a very careful process every office has to take to make sure that when things are being sent to defense attorneys or given to witnesses and such, that personal private information is protected, because we want to make sure everyone is safe.
He is on trial right now, but certainly he has a right to be safe, and his home should be safe. And you heard the judge there say, this is going both ways. So, that tells us, Victor, that people are really, really heated about this case. A lot of passion. 30 years --
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BLACKWELL: Yes.
GRANT: -- after this beloved rapper was so brutally taken. BLACKWELL: Yes. Michael, let me ask you about the defense in the opening said that any claims that Keefe D told this story himself is B.S.
And then, on Friday, the jury heard the proffer from 2008. This investigation where he kind of told his story. How difficult is that to overcome for the defense? And what does the defense now do with the jury now to -- I guess, get them on side after initially telling them that's not happening and them hearing it for themselves?
MICHAEL BIXON, ATLANTA-BASED CRIMINAL DEFENSE ATTORNEY: I got to be honest. I think, it's a pretty low hill to climb for the defense. I mean, yes, you did hear his own words, and you heard him talk about what had happened. But we have had other versions as well. What he said in that interview is very different from what he gave in books and what he gave on T.V. interviews. There are key differences between each one of these.
And so, while he has given an interview and he has talked about what happened, all those details don't necessarily line up. So, I do think that it plays in the defense's favor that you have these inconsistencies on a case that revolves really solely around the statements of this individual.
BLACKWELL: Michael, let me stay with you on the tape because what we also heard was from the LAPD detective, and I have the quote here: "Nothing you say today will be used against you."
Now, of course, because he's talked so much about it, he wrote the book, he is been on podcasts, been paid for his story as well.
Do you think the state has any work to do with the jury to overcome that assurance from law enforcement?
BIXON: I don't know how much sympathy the defense is really going to get for them using his words against him when they sort of promised that they wouldn't. Right?
I mean, he is obviously gone out and he's talked about the same set of events in other interviews and in his book as well.
So, the statements are out there. Now, you know, the state just coming back and using that against him. I don't really see it playing too much in his favor with the jury. I think, they are going to look more at the words themselves rather than how they were obtained.
BLACKWELL: Yes. Julie, Keffe D mentioned Suge Knight, he mentioned Faith Evans. He mentioned Foxy Brown. He mentioned Sean Diddy Combs. What's the likelihood that they will be subpoenaed to come in and to corroborate anything that he said.
GRANT: I've been wondering about this, Victor. So, we are hearing a lot of famous names, as you mentioned.
BLACKWELL: Sure. GRANT: Suge being especially key because he is a witness to this. Remember, he was driving the car that Tupac, his artist at Death Row Records, was in and seated in the passenger seat when he was shot.
Keffe D and Suge Knight go way, way back to when they were children and they played sports together.
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BLACKWELL: Yes.
GRANT: So, if anyone could have put this case to bed back in 1996 when Tupac was shot, it's Suge Knight. But we know he's a hardened gangster, a hardened gangster.
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I mean, make no mistake about it, he may have had a very successful career in the record business, but he is feared. He is feared on the streets. He is doing a long stretch right now for killing someone else. He has got a voluntary manslaughter conviction.
There is not a lot of utility with him, because he probably won't say anything. So, if you are prosecutors, you don't subpoena Suge Knight, because he is useless to you.
BLACKWELL: Yes.
GRANT: But if you are on the defense side, I would think about it, because he's probably going to get up there and say, I didn't see a thing.
BLACKWELL: Yes.
GRANT: I didn't see what happened. Might help his friend
BLACKWELL: On the recording. I mean, the case of Faith Evans, who an R&B singer, if you don't know or recognize the name, Davis said that she called the next day and asked, was it him? That Foxy Brown, who is a rapper, that she was told to get out of the car.
And so, to corroborate some of those things, do you need them to come in and say yes or no? Those things happen or not?
GRANT: No, I don't believe so. Because they were not present. And we know the other individuals in the two cars, the black BMW that Tupac was in, and the white Cadillac that Keffe D was in, every is deceased except for Keffe D and Suge Knight.
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BLACKWELL: Yes.
GRANT: So, that's where this really boils down to. Who can offer something valuable? And really, it's Suge. And I think, Diddy is kind of an interesting part of this that his name keeps coming up, and two things could be true at once, Victor.
It could be that this was a revenge shooting; it was all about revenge for Keffe D's nephew, who was beaten badly in that video we saw at the hotel by Tupac and Suge, in retaliation for that chain robbery,
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BLACKWELL: Yes.
GRANT: And also, Diddy, could have had a lot of animosity. It's pretty public that he did with Suge and with, you know, others in his -- in his label.
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BLACKWELL: Yes.
GRANT: Tupac, in particular. So, it might be what we say in the law -- of red herring. Diddy's alleged involvement.
BLACKWELL: Most valuable testimony you've heard in this first week.
BIXON: Oh, that's hard to say. I think, it's actually been through Davis himself, through the recordings that were given, and it's not quite the testimony that we would imagine. But the words are so powerful to hear for a jury.
It's different when you're reading a transcript. It's different when you see it on paper. When you hear someone's voice telling the story, to me, that's the most impactful by far.
BLACKWELL: All right. Julie, Michael, thank you both.
GRANT: Thanks, Victor.
BLACKWELL: All right, Lindsay Clancy's defense team rested its case on Friday, after calling 10 witnesses. Prosecutors accused the mother in Massachusetts of murdering her three children. But her attorney says that she should not be held criminally responsible, because she was suffering from postpartum psychosis.
Here is Sherrell Hubbard.
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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: OK, so counsel can see it sidebar.
SHERRELL HUBBARD, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice over): After 18 days of testimony from both sides in the triple murder trial of former nurse and mother Lindsay Clancy, the defense rests. Before resting, the defense called 10 witnesses to testify about her mental health. A forensic psychiatrist, the defense's final witness, testified Friday that Clancy was "frankly psychotic" at the time of the killings.
DR. PHILLIP RESNICK, FORENSIC PSYCHIATRIST: It's almost like she was a puppet, and someone else was pulling the strings. HUBBARD (voice over): Clancy doesn't deny killing her three young
children in 2023, but her attorney argues, Clancy should not be held criminally responsible because of mental illness.
This week, the defense has called several witnesses to the stand in an attempt to focus on her mental health struggles, including immediately after the killings.
DR. PAUL ZEIZEL, FORENSIC PSYCHIATRIST: She had bipolar disorder with postpartum psychosis. In addition, she was unable to conform her behaviors to the rule of law.
HUBBARD (voice over): After the defense rested on Friday, prosecutors presented rebuttal witnesses. Prosecutors have painted the crime as premeditated. The D.A.'s office alleges Clancy was not in a state of psychosis and instead killed her children, "deliberately and meticulously".
DR. AVRAM MACK, FORENSIC PSYCHIATRIST: As I understand the deaths, they were done methodically, one by one, in a way that was organized. Similarly, her attempt at suicide was organized and thoughtful in a sense.
HUBBARD (voice over): Lindsay Clancy has pleaded not guilty to three counts of murder and faces life in prison if convicted.
I'm Sherrell Hubbard, reporting.
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BLACKWELL: Still ahead, after years of drought, millions of people are now facing significant cuts to their water and power supply.
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What states will be impacted?
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BLACKWELL: Three states that depend on the Colorado River for water now face big cuts as two key reservoirs fall to record levels. A new two-year operating plan was published by the Department of the Interior yesterday. Arizona would see a 27 percent cut. Nevada, 16 percent. And water could be reduced by 10 percent in California. That's according to Arizona State University KYL Center for Water Policy.
Well, the Colorado River supplies water to about 40 million people in the Southwest. More than 50 million people in the deep south and southwest are expected to be under heat alerts this weekend.
Here with me, CNN meteorologist Allison Chinchar. That has to include Atlanta because it -- I feel it.
CHINCHAR: It actually doesn't.
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BLACKWELL: No?
CHINCHAR: But here is the thing. Here is the thing you have to -- look, it's hot, it's summer, we get it. But for a lot of these places, it's the prolonged effect.
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And for Atlanta and much of the southeast, it's that humidity. That's what makes it feel so, so bad. But for a lot of these other places, it's the combination of the heat and the humidity. Especially these areas right through here, that you can kind of see around the deep south.
So, you are talking Louisiana, portions of Texas, Oklahoma, Mississippi. Now, obviously, into the Southwest, it's more of a dry heat there, but it's still well above where these places would normally be. So, you kind of take a look as we go through the rest of the couple of days.
Again, temperatures themselves are going to be in the triple digits. Then, you have to factor in what the humidity is going to, so, that feels like temperature is going to be several degrees higher than that.
But even on Monday, you are looking at 108 in Dallas, 109 in Oklahoma City. But we talked about, it's the prolonged effect here.
OK, look, yes, we get a little bit of a dip down here on Thursday for Dallas, but keep in mind the average is 95. So, even that little cool down there, Victor, is actually still above where they normally would be this time of year.
BLACKWELL: All right. Allison, thank you.
Tourists around the world have faced another busy travel season over the last few months. So, if you are wanting to book your next big trip away from the crowds, you may want to take a look at Western Mongolia. Here is CNN's Will Ripley.
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WILL RIPLEY, CNN SENIOR INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT (voice over): This is Western Mongolia, home to one of the world's oldest musical traditions, throat singing.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Yes. Terrific.
RIPLEY: I got -- I got goosebumps.
RIPLEY (voice over): Mongolia's Wild West is one of the most remote places on Earth, where eagle hunters roam and China and Russia meet. People here are still living as nomads, just like their ancestors.
RIPLEY: Even in this day and age of A.I. and the Internet and social media, you have so many people here in Mongolia that are choosing to continue to live off the land and live in a simple way. It's really beautiful and incredible.
RIPLEY (voice over): But this is something I've never heard before.
RIPLEY: The last song you sang was about this, this river behind us. Can you tell us the meaning behind that song?
GANZONG, MONGOLIAN THROAT SINGER (through translator): The meaning of this song is about our Olgiy heritage. It's our hymn. This beautiful, famous song is praising this river, and it has been sung for 75 or 80 years now.
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BLACKWELL: Wow! At least, 15 people were hurt in this explosion and fire in Taiwan. This fire broke out overnight in a space used for parking near some homes. 20 vehicles, 11 homes were damaged. Right now, it's unclear what created this explosion.
Health officials are warning about another food poisoning outbreak linked this time to alfalfa sprouts. The sprouts were sold under the Calco brand to restaurants and grocery stores. The CDC said it's aware of 55 cases across 15 states, at least, four people have been hospitalized.
And the Broncos' Bo Nix, looking good as he made a return from injury last night.
CNN Andy Scholes, here now with more.
ANDY SCHOLES, CNN SPORTS ANCHOR: Yes, remember Victor? The Broncos' fans, they thought they were going to the Super Bowl last year, but then the news came out that Bo Nix had broke his ankle and was going to miss that AFC Championship game. Denver then ended up losing to the Patriots without him.
But Nix making his return to action last night after two off-season surgeries to repair that fractured right ankle, and he looked pretty good. Nix hooking up with new star wideout Jaylen Waddle here in the first quarter for a 35-yard reception. Then, later in that drive, Nix to R.J. Harvey. Nice pass there, 21-yard touchdown.
Nix finished six for nine passing, 76 yards. Broncos ended up losing to the Packers, 33 to 13. You got 10 more preseason games on the schedule for today.
All right, in the WNBA, meanwhile, multiple sex toys were once again thrown on the court last night, briefly delaying the Sky and Valkyries game. This comes a day after there was also a delay in the Dream- Sparks game for the same reason. Similar incidents occurred last season in the WNBA. And after the game last night, Sky forward Natasha Cloud called out the people doing it.
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NATASHA CLOUD, GUARD, CHICAGO SKY: That hate is unwarranted. It's not factual, and it says more about the internal struggles of that individual than it ever will say about the collective group. Men -- the men that are throwing it, but also shows that you are weak, like extremely weak, and it says a lot about how you feel about women.
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SCHOLES: Now, as for the Sky-Valkyries game, it had a thrilling finish. Game was tied at 70 time, winding down. Sydney Taylor, the crossover stepped back three. It was good with 0.6 seconds left on the clock.
Now Golden State ran a pretty good play and got a shot off at the buzzer, but it was no good. So, the sky get the three-point win -- their third in a row.
Finally, in baseball, Jefry Yan on for the Mets in a tie game in the bottom of the ninth last night against the White Sox. Thought he got Colson Montgomery there looking, so he did his patented celebration. But that was actually called a ball.
He ends up walking Montgomery. Then, two batters later with two outs, Jake Rogers gets a hold of this one for the two-run walk-off home run. White Sox end up winning their six to four, Victor.
I feel bad for our guy, Yan though. I love his celebrations. And then, two batters later, it turned out pretty bad point.
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BLACKWELL: I do love watching those videos on social media, where people like celebrate before they finish the race, and then, somebody comes by.
SCHOLES: Yes.
BLACKWELL: I mean, I feel bad for him, buddy (PH)
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SCHOLES: I didn't think that was a strike, though. That's why I feel extra bad for him.
BLACKWELL: Andy, thanks.
SCHOLES: All right.
BLACKWELL: "FIRST OF ALL", is coming up at the top of the hour. A relative of Doris Miller joins us to react to CNN reporting that the World War II hero's name may be removed from an aircraft carrier and possibly replaced with the name of President Trump.
Plus, look at the screen. Look at this man's face. He was confronted by ICE in Virginia. Jose Mejia Hernandez says he woke up in the hospital looking like this, and no one told him what happened. The Department of Homeland Security is responding to claims. I'll get reaction from the man's attorney.
And a moment-a long time coming. We've got a preview of the return of a different world. You will hear from the new faces that are coming to Hillman College, and some of the legacy cast from the classic sitcom. And you have to see what the iconic sets you remember look like now.
Those stories and conversations you won't see anywhere else, coming up after a short break on "FIRST OF ALL".
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