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Trump: Placing D.C. Metro Police Department Under Direct Federal Control; Trump: Peace Could Involve "Some Swapping Of Territories"; Foreign Press Association Condemns Killing Of Journalists In Gaza; Four Million Plus People under Flood Alerts In Parts Of U.S. Midwest; Life Going Swimmingly For Rick Ross; Aired 12-1p ET

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CLARE SEBASTIAN, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Ceasefire should be in place for real peace talks to happen and that no territory should be handed over that was

taken by force. Now that very much contrasts to what we heard from President Trump in these comments that he said that territory essentially

would be out for discussion. He said, look, Russia's occupied a big portion of Ukraine. They were going to try and get some of what they've occupied

back, he said. But, of course, Ukraine cannot accept the loss of any of its territory permanently to Russia.

LYNDA KINKADE, CNN ANCHOR: All right. Clare Sebastian for us in London. Stephen Collinson in D.C. Great to have you both with us. My colleague,

Bianna Golodryga has more on this breaking story next. I'm Lynda Kinkade. You're watching CNN.

BIANNA GOLODRYGA, CNN ANCHOR: Hello, everyone. Live from New York, I'm Bianna Golodryga. Zain is off today. You are watching "One World."

Police in the U.S. Capitol will soon be under direct federal control. President Donald Trump announced the move moments ago saying, we're going

to take our Capitol back.

The president says the crackdown begins in D.C., then we'll go to other cities like New York and Chicago. He adds that the National Guard will also

be deployed on the streets of D.C. to help reduce what he calls complete and total lawlessness.

That's despite D.C. police figures showing crime has actually dropped since last year. Here's the president speaking in the last hour.

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DONALD TRUMP, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: You can be any -- anything you want, but you want to have safety in the streets. You want to be able

to leave your apartment or your house where you live and feel safe and go into a store to buy a newspaper or buy something. And you don't have that

now.

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GOLODRYGA: President Trump was also asked about Ukraine and he said he will push President Vladimir Putin to end the war when the two meet on Friday.

CNN's Stephen Collinson joins us now from Washington, D.C.

Stephen, so we heard the president say that today is liberation day in Washington, DC, saying he's going to take the Capitol back, deploying the

National Guard. Statistics may show that crime has gone down. I think there are a number of people that would feel unsafe in the nation's capital. I

think that's quite an objective comment to make there.

Nonetheless, the president is saying that he has the authority to do so. He can take over the city's police department, but actually taking over the

city itself would require an act of Congress in terms of its autonomy. Tell us more about the significance of this move.

STEPHEN COLLINSON, CNN POLITICS SENIOR REPORTER: Right. The president has the power to take over the police department under D.C. Home Rule laws for

48 hours. He can extend that to 30 days if he informs key figures in Congress. But it's not clear after that that he can do this legally.

He would need a change in the law. And since the Democrats have sufficient numbers in the Senate to create a filibuster to block such law, it's

unlikely to happen.

That said, I think we've seen Donald Trump challenge the law and the Constitution repeatedly over the last seven months of his second term. So,

I'm not sure necessarily that we should put too much stock in the constitutional safeguards stopping him here.

You're right. I think there are some people in some parts of D.C. who do feel unsafe from crime, especially from youth crime. But at the same time,

the figures have come down since last year and D.C. is nowhere near as dangerous as it was in the past.

So, what the president is doing here, as he is done on a number of other measures, for example, on tariffs, he's declaring a state of emergency to

unlock new presidential powers. What he does is he looks around, finds presidential power that is not being implemented and grabs it and tries to

use it. So, this is very characteristic of his entire presidency.

And I think we should look at this against the political backdrop. It will be very popular with Trump's base voters. It will fill conservative media

for days.

But those who disagree with Trump and those who've seen foreign capitals, authoritarian states, with troops on the streets, which are usually a

symptom of a country that is not very healthy in terms of its democracy, will see this with alarm.

And as yet more evidence that the president has already weaponized the justice system is now trying to use the military in one small step, but

that could get a lot wider. He did say he would even be ready to send regular troops, not just National Guard reservists to D.C., that he's using

the military for civil purposes. And that will, I think, cause a lot of people pause.

GOLODRYGA: That's right. The -- according to local police data, the city's violent crime rate actually hit a 30-year low the day he took office and

has dropped another 26 percent this year alone.

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He said he's not stopping in Washington, D.C. then. He's got his eyes set on New York City and Chicago as well. Obviously, we saw the National Guard

in Los Angeles.

Aside from these all being major U.S. cities, they're all also Democrat cities as well, just the -- the significance and optics of that, Stephen.

COLLINSON: Yes. I think that it's going to be a lot more difficult for Trump to do the same thing in New York or Chicago, simply because of the

separation of powers and the -- the fusion of powers between states and the federal government under the Constitution.

But again, he's certainly certain to push this as far as he can. And that shows, I think, that the fact he's picking on these cities, that they're

big democratic cities. There's certainly a racial dimension to this because all of those places have big minority populations.

Right back to his convention speech in 2016, before he won the presidency for the first time, Trump portrayed American inner cities as hotbeds of

crime and violence and created a very dystopian picture of them. And he said, I alone can fix it. That is another classic trope of an authoritarian

leader.

So, very much he's trying to implement maximum presidential power. And I think it will be yet another test for the courts and the Constitution over

which Trump, to a great extent, has trampled so far in his second term.

GOLODRYGA: All right. Stephen Collinson, thank you.

I want to bring in Brian Todd now. Brian, the president says he's invoking Section 740 of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act. Explain to our

viewers what that entails.

BRIAN TODD, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, the Home Rule Act was the 1973 act, Bianna, that gave Washington self-governing power back in the -- in the

early '70s there, as we mentioned.

Section 740 of the Home Rule Act does state that the president, I think as Stephen mentioned a moment ago, can take control of the D.C. police for 48

hours. And this is a quote, if he determines special conditions of an emergency nature exist, end quote.

And he can control the Metropolitan Police for large -- for -- for a longer period if he notifies the chairs and ranking members of the congressional

committees which deal with the D.C. legislative affairs.

And he requests for control of the Metropolitan Police Department after 30 days in would require a new law to be passed.

So, let's see how far the president is going to extend all of this, whether he goes past 30 days or not or whether he tries to. I mean, there are other

things to unpack here that are just of real import.

I mean, how is this going to play out practically on the streets of D.C.? How will the D.C. police department respond to a federal official coming in

and basically calling the shots for them?

You know, I've talked to city leaders for the past week since this one incident occurred which spurred all this. And at least one former city

official told me that, you know, having an outside person come in from the federal government, that person's not going to know the city better than

the Metropolitan Police.

And the Metropolitan Police have done some very important things over the past two years to bring crime way down in this city. It's important to note

for viewers out there that despite the president's depiction of Washington, D.C. as a crime-ridden cesspool, essentially, this is not a city under

siege. Crime has gone way down in this city, 26 percent from a year ago, more than 50 percent from two years ago. It is really extraordinary that

crime dropped in this city.

This is all taking place basically as a result of one incident, an -- an attempted carjacking of a former DOGE employee, Edward Coristine, a 19-

year-old, a week ago Sunday morning when he was mugged by about 10 young people around his car. The police got there. The young people scattered.

They had beaten him up pretty significantly. He did survive. But after that fairly high-profile incident, the president has kind of gone on this tear

to portray Washington, D.C. as -- as a horrible crime-ridden city.

Now, look, the city does have its pockets of crime. It does get bad. And -- and there are obviously some parts of the evening and early morning where

you don't want to be out in certain parts of the city, just like every other major metropolitan city in the country and, in fact, in the world.

But, you know, the -- the overall statistics just do not bear out what the president said.

We do, Bianna, have the first real pushback from a member of the D.C. City Council that I can tell you about. This is from Council member Charles

Allen. He represents Ward 6 in Washington, D.C. And that does encompass parts of Capitol Hill.

He said, quote, this is in a -- in a social media post, quote, the president taking over local control of MPD and putting the U.S. military

onto the streets of D.C., under the guise of public safety is wrong. It's an extreme, outrageous, and dangerous move for our city and the safety of

all of our residents, end quote.

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That is from the first member of the D.C. City Council to speak out in earnest about any of this. And we've been going to them for days and days,

all 13 members of the D.C. City Council. This is the first real pushback to the president.

We have also reached out to Mayor Muriel Bowser and to the D.C. Metropolitan Police for comment on all of this since the president started

speaking more than an hour ago about this whole thing. We have not heard back from them yet. Bianna.

GOLODRYGA: Yes. As you have noted, the city's violent crime rate has actually gone down to decades low rates since the president has been in

office now. Actually, it hit a 30-year low on the day he took office.

But as president Biden learned, the numbers and how people are feeling could be two very different things. I think about inflation and the fact

that the Biden administration continued to say that inflation is going down, though so many Americans still did not feel that it was going down

fast enough for them.

You live in the D.C. area, Brian. I'm just wondering how D.C. residents are feeling about this.

TODD: A lot of D.C. residents, Bianna, are -- are seeing this as maybe more of a political show than anything else.

Look, D.C. residents, and I -- you know, I lived in D.C. proper for many years. Our son lives in D.C. now in -- in an area actually where some of

this crime occurs.

And my son actually tells me that in that area on Friday and Saturday nights overnight, there is a big police presence all the time. And they

really have concentrated on some of these high-risk areas. That's the U Street Corridor I'm talking about in Washington, D.C.

So, you know, again, for years, the -- the police have been addressing this in Washington. I think that many residents here feel safer than they have

felt.

Look, in Washington, D.C., and again, like every other city, there are pockets of the city that are dangerous. There are times of the evening and

early morning hours that you do not want to be out in those pockets of the city. But again, a lot of this is pretty relative. It is a safer city than

it was many years ago.

GOLODRYGA: All right. Brian Todd, thank you so much for your analysis and your own personal perspective and your son's as well. We appreciate it.

Well, as we just heard, President Trump suggested that a peace deal with Ukraine would include, quote, some swapping of territories with Russia.

He's scheduled to meet the Russian president on Friday in Alaska, but the Ukrainian president is not invited. Here's what Trump had to say.

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TRUMP: I'm going to meet with President Putin, and we're going to see what he has in mind. And if it's a fair deal, I'll reveal it to the European

Union leaders and to the NATO leaders and also to President Zelenskyy.

I think out of respect, I'll call him first. And then I'll call them after. And I may say, lots of luck, keep fighting. Or I may say, we can make a

deal.

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GOLODRYGA: As preparations for the Trump-Putin summit move forward, one European diplomat tells CNN, quote, we are at risk of being a footnote in

history. The foreign policy chief called an emergency meeting today, and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz is holding a virtual meeting Wednesday

with President Trump, Zelenskyy, and other European leaders ahead of the summit on Friday.

My next guest is a foreign correspondent for "The Economist." Oliver Carroll is joining us live from Kyiv.

Oliver, I'm not sure if you were able to hear the president's press conference and some of what he said, but essentially he said that he will

be meeting with Vladimir Putin alone, that his first phone call after will be to President Zelenskyy, and then he will call other European leaders.

He said that it's not up to him to make a deal. And that in the first two minutes, he will know if a deal can actually be made. Your thoughts.

Oliver, can you hear me?

OLIVER CARROLL, FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT, THE ECONOMIST: Sorry. You just cut out there. Sorry, Bianna. Yes, I can hear you now.

I mean, I think my thoughts are that this is, you know, we have reached a moment which might be historical. The positions are a lot closer than

they've been for years, but they're all predicated on a sense of, you know, playground politics and internal horse trading in D.C., which, you know,

had some upwards, you know, chaos and ego is basically fighting each other.

And the genesis of the agreements, which -- which apparently are on the table right now, there's basically three -- three levels to it. The first

was, you know, at the beginning with Zelenskyy and Trump at that infamous Oval Office, and that was a deal which was forged by Steve Witkoff, well, a

sort of outline of a deal.

And then we had Keith Kellogg coming in to play the next -- the next phase, where you saw the sort of adults taking over in the room, European Union.

European leaders also getting involved.

And now we seem to have come to a moment where, you know, basically because of, you know, the fighting between Witkoff and -- and Kellogg, which I

understand is going on. You have a sort of very strange combination in which, you know, Ukraine is being presented with things which it might not

be able to agree to.

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So we -- we're one side -- at a one side, it could be a historical moment. I think the side, it could be a pretty -- pretty ugly moment.

GOLODRYGA: Yes. We heard President Trump reiterate what he said on Friday that there could be some swapping of territories that would precede

cessation of hostilities and a -- an angry response, immediate response, from President Zelenskyy calling that proposal a non-starter saying Ukraine

will not hand over any territory that Russia does not currently occupy.

Does that risk further fissures in your view between President Trump and President Zelenskyy? Because it was interesting to hear President Trump

repeat a couple of times in this past hour that President Zelensky hasn't been able to accomplish a ceasefire in three and a half years. He's been in

office three and a half years. He's been in office three and a half years. You know, no mention of President Putin being in office for some 25 years.

That's -- that's another story. But just your views on how -- how sensitive their relationship really is in volatile.

CARROLL: I mean, I think with -- with someone like Mr. Trump, there's always things that you will -- you will provoke him to do things which are

against their interest. And that -- and the -- the sort of very thin line that Zelenskyy and his negotiators will have to walk is -- is to make sure

that they don't know anything which will anger Trump.

At the same time, you know, they -- they -- they have to work out -- the other side of that thin line is, what can they sell to their people? What

can they -- this -- this is -- this is after all -- all a sort of war which was started by, it was an invasion started by Russia.

And the kind of land swaps which I've been told -- have told about which might have been put into the -- into the -- into the agreements with the

Witkoff latest phase. I mean, this basically is giving away some of the most fortified sections of the front line.

So from a purely military perspective, this is a very dangerous proposal and it would be very difficult, unless there is an obvious quid pro quo,

which I haven't yet heard, for Ukraine to agree to it. So, it's very dangerous. A very thin line that Zelenskyy has to walk now.

GOLODRYGA: Right. Because it -- it appears that Steve Witkoff has a unique approach to these types of negotiations, didn't travel with his own

interpreter. I don't know if there was an even note-taking on his part. So, all of this seems to be sort of word of mouth and reporting.

You're right to point out the polls among Ukrainians. Ukraine, obviously, a democratic nation. He would need to have approval from his own constituents

for any sort of deal. About three quarters of Ukrainians polled in July rejected a plan to end the war that would involve Ukraine as seeding the

entire Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson, and Zaporizhzhia regions. There do appear to be a slight majority of those that would support a plan in which the

frontline would be frozen.

At this point, do you think that that is the best case scenario for any type of pause in fighting is sort of a -- a freeze to the fighting?

CARROLL: Well -- well, I think in any negotiation, you really got to leave your positions closed until the -- the moment of negotiation. And what

seems to be happening is that Ukraine has been -- or -- or Ukraine's positions have been open for them before even any negotiation starts.

So, I mean, I think in -- in -- in the end of -- you know, in the end of things, you know, Ukraine is in a position, Ukrainians want the end of war.

They're three and a half years into war. Every day that war happens in Ukraine, they're losing since the, you know -- the war is happening on

their territory.

And you're absolutely right with Steve Witkoff. The -- the issue is we have this very -- very -- I mean, the kind of this -- issues which are being

discussed are so important. It doesn't -- it isn't really clear that Mr. Witkoff understands the -- the detail.

I mean, why wouldn't you try to simplify things? Cut your about, cut Ukraine out. The problem is these people will have to deal -- you have to

deal with these people if you don't include the players.

GOLODRYGA: Right. And President Putin continues to say it's all about getting to the root cause of the war, which we know questions the

legitimacy of an independent Ukraine, whereas it appears Witkoff believes this is a territorial land dispute, and that's about it.

Oliver Carroll, thank you so much for your time and for your really important reporting.

CARROLL: It's always a pleasure. Thank you.

GOLODRYGA: And do stay with us in the next hour. I'll be speaking to the European Union's Foreign Policy Chief, Kaja Kallas, on Europe's strategy

this week, ahead of that summit in Alaska.

And still to come for us, Gaza is the most dangerous place on Earth for journalists. We'll speak to the head of the Foreign Press Association after

Israel targeted and killed and Al Jazeera news team.

Plus, the father of a hostage captured on October 7th speaks to CNN about his growing frustrations with Prime Minister Netanyahu.

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GOLODRYGA: Israel's controversial plan to take over Gaza City has sparked growing anger and opposition, both at home and abroad. Take a look at one

of the largest protests we've seen in recent months in Israel.

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GOLODRYGA: Tens of thousands of protesters rallied against Israel's plan over the weekend, and hostage families are calling for even more rallies

this week.

Earlier, CNN spoke with the father of this IDF soldier who was kidnapped by Hamas on October 7th.

Yehuda Cohen believes that his son is one of the 20 hostages still alive in Gaza after being held there for nearly two years. He's among those

demanding a deal to end the war and the release of all the remaining hostages.

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YEHUDA COHEN, FATHER OF HOSTAGE NIMROD COHEN: Army's exhausted. There are no plans. And we endangering hostages. And we need to end it and get a

hostage deal. Everybody says that, except Netanyahu and his extreme government.

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GOLODRYGA: Well, every journalist in Gaza is writing his own obituary. That is the stark observation from the news chief of Al Jazeera English. After

Israel carried out a strike in Gaza City on Sunday, killing prominent Al Jazeera journalist Anas al-Sharif and four of his colleagues at the news

network.

Israel said it targeted al-Sharif after accusing him of leading a Hamas cell. It has previously published documents it claims show proof of those

ties. Al-Sharif and his network had previously denied the allegation.

The journalist and his colleagues were in a tent marked with a press sign at the time of the attack according to the director of Al Shifa Hospital.

And all seven people were killed in the Israeli strike.

The committee to protect journalists says 186 journalists have been killed since the beginning of the war in Gaza. The vast majority of them,

Palestinian.

That's important to note that Israel has not allowed international journalists into Gaza since the Israel-Hamas war began nearly two years

ago. And Palestinian reporters have become the eyes and ears of those inside the enclave.

As mourners carry the bodies of the reporters in a funeral procession, one Gaza journalist said Israel should let international journalists into Gaza

to give the world a first-hand look.

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MOHAMMAD ABU SALEM, PALESTINIAN JOURNALIST: I, myself, I feel -- I feel I'm not safe. I could be killed any time because I'm a journalist or because

I'm just a -- a regular citizen here.

But despite that, we have to continue covering and telling the truth, otherwise, the word will not know what is running here.

If the Israeli occupation forces think that the Palestinian journalists are not accurate or whatever, let the foreign journalists to come to Gaza.

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GOLODRYGA: The Foreign Press Association says it's outraged by the targeted killings of journalists in Gaza.

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Let's bring in Ian Williams, the President of the Association. Ian, welcome.

The Foreign Press Association says it's outraged by the targeted killings of journalists in Gaza. Let's bring in Ian Williams, the President of the

Association. Ian, welcome to the program.

As we've noted, we've seen repeated calls for Western journalists to be allowed into Gaza as the war approaches its two-year mark. Just talk about

-- tell our viewers why that is so important to have Western journalists there to observe what is going on, on the ground throughout the war and

what the reaction has been and the justification when you reach out to the Israeli government demanding as much.

IAN WILLIAMS, PRESIDENT, FOREIGN PRESS ASSOCIATION: Well, the -- one of the points is we should trust Palestinian journalists as well, but there is,

you know, profound sort of racism and the Israeli government has basically said, if you're Palestinian, you're not to be trusted.

Whereas I think the foreign press, the press in general, are now beginning to learn that whatever the Israeli government says has to be taken with a -

- a hundredweight of salt because there's -- you know, what they say bears no relation to reality and they use keywords like, you know, the Hamas

Ministry of Defense. Hamas controls the place, I mean, the Ministry of Health.

Hamas controls the place. Journalists there -- frankly, I don't care whether Al-Sharif was in Hamas or not. We don't kill journalists from being

Republicans or Democrats or in Britain Labour Party.

Hamas is a political organization, as well as a terrorist organization, perhaps. But it's not permissible to go killing people. And this was -- the

distinct change now is the idea actually boasted that this was a targeted killing.

And the reason they're doing that is they're not letting foreign journalists in. So, Palestinian journalists are the only ones who are

there, the only ones who can tell what's happening there and what they say completely contradicts what's coming from Israeli spokesman in Israel and

across the world.

You know, it's quite clear. They've documented the ongoing massacres and it's the Israelis don't like it.

GOLODRYGA: What do you mean by not caring whether Al-Sharif was part of Hamas? Because the Israelis have produced what they say is evidence and

have longstanding statements where they say he was not only part of Hamas, but he was leading a Hamas cell.

In your view, that doesn't make him fair game for Israeli targets?

WILLIAMS: Well, first of all, I don't believe it. He's been working 24 hours on journalism. He doesn't have going -- he doesn't have time to work

in a cell on the side.

The second point is I basically don't believe anything the Israeli government says about this. They've lied and lied and lied. They buried a

whole medical team after denying it. They went and destroyed the evidence. They bombed hospitals claiming there are Hamas facilities underneath, which

weren't there.

And the only way to con -- conclusively disprove them was to let foreign journalists in. And they won't do that.

So, now, they're basically saying, if foreign journalists are allowed in now, I would -- I would make sure they compose their wills before they go.

GOLODRYGA: So these are two separate --

WILLIAMS: Because the IDF have no compunctions.

GOLODRYGA: These are two separate issues you raise. I think the majority of journalists around the world, and I would imagine a lot of our viewers

would support allowing Western journalists into Gaza to see for themselves and report for themselves what is happening in this war.

But when you say you don't believe a word Israel is saying, you know, there's been a lot of accusation thrown at Israel for not producing

evidence to -- to confirm some of the claims they've made if they then produce evidence and you say, I don't believe it. Where does that leave

things?

WILLIAMS: Well, it leaves things -- we work on the balance of proof. Our job is to challenge your authority. The authority here is denying access to

independen -- to independent witnesses. Nobody else is allowed to go into Gaza. International organizations aren't allowed into Gaza. Journalists

aren't allowed into Gaza. Reuters, AP, CNN, BBC are not allowed into Gaza.

Now, what does that give us more than little hint that things are going on there that the Israeli government doesn't want you to know about or doesn't

want you to witness? What are the conclusions you're going to give?

Now, there's a presumption in favor of Israel in a lot of this, which is totally unjustified after the recent experience.

I think -- and they've -- they've targeted journalists before, in the West Bank as well, by the way. We're looking at Gaza. But journalists have been

assaulted and killed in -- in the West Bank as well for witnessing what the settlers are doing, let alone what the IDF is doing.

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So, I think we're really -- you know, it's not -- it doesn't do Israel any great favors, but basically making everything they say totally

questionable.

GOLODRYGA: All right. Ian Williams, we'll have to leave it there. Thank you so much for the time. President of the --

WILLIAMS: Thank you.

GOLODRYGA: -- Foreign Press Association. We appreciate it.

And breaking news into CNN, there has been an explosion at a steel plant in the state of Pennsylvania. Officials say people are trapped under the

rubble there. They're our live pictures from the scene.

The explosion happened at Clairton Coke Works south of Pittsburgh. Well bring you more on this breaking news story out when we get more

information.

Meantime, still to come for us, heavy rain across parts of the U.S. this weekend triggered major flooding in the Midwest. Meteorologist Derek Van

Dam joins us just ahead.

And later.

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LISA RESPERS FRANCE, CNN ENTERTAINMENT CORRESPONDENT: So, let's start with the obvious, like, how big is this pool? Is it Olympic size or is it Rick

Ross size?

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GOLODRYGA: He's now one of the biggest swimming pools and a great laugh at that in America and CNN is invited in to see rapper Rick Ross on his larger

than life lifestyle.

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GOLODRYGA: More than four million people across the U.S. Midwest remain under flood alerts after record breaking rain triggered massive flooding in

the region this weekend.

Milwaukee County and Wisconsin declared a state of emergency Sunday. It got over more than six weeks' worth of rain on just one day turning roads into

rivers, flooding homes and businesses and forcing the closure of the below beloved state fair. Officials say at least 65 water rescues were executed.

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CNN's meteorologist Derek Van Dam joins us to discuss the heavy rains. And, Derek, this is becoming a common theme and common visuals that we've been

covering over the past few months. Tell us more about what we've seen today.

DEREK VAN DAM, CNN METEOROLOGIST: Yes, Bianna. All too familiar, right? With everything that happened during the month of July in Texas and other

locations, New Mexico. Now, we're talking about Wisconsin.

And this is incredible because so much rain fell from the sky, a tremendous amount of precipitation. Fourteen and a half inches was recorded by a rain

gauge just to the north and west of Milwaukee. That's over 368 millimeters of rainfall. That left to scenes like this. Roads turned into rivers.

But look at all the debris getting picked up by what we call flash flooding that, of course, takes people by surprise, especially when you get that

amount of rain.

By the way, if confirmed, that could be the most amount of rain that the state of Wisconsin has received in a 24-hour period. The National Weather

Service still needs to confirm that.

But here it is. This is a radar estimate of where the heaviest rain set up. There's Milwaukee just to the north and west. You can see that pink shade.

That's off the charts high, right?

So the water has to go somewhere seeking its own level. But unfortunately, the -- the rain has come through, and I guess fortunately I should say, but

we still have high rivers across the region.

So a few locations still under a flood warning, but that's not anticipated to stick around too much longer because the rain is coming to an end.

But focusing just to the south and west across Kansas and Missouri. That's a whole another story. That's where we have an elevated risk of flash

flooding today. Saturated environment more rain falling from the sky. You know what that means can lead to more scenes like this.

This is something we want to avoid. Turn around. Don't drown. If you see flooded roadways, you never know just how deep that flood water could get.

Look at these people getting stranded in the cars. Bianna.

GOLODRYGA: Unbelievable. Let's hope all of them are OK and heed the warnings there.

Meteorologist Derek Van Dam, thank you so much.

Well, the roof of a Nebraska prison was ripped off by a violent storm that tore through the U.S. Midwest over the weekend. The extensive damage caused

to the Nebraska State Penitentiary and Lincoln caused nearly 400 prisoners to be displaced from their cells.

Emergency teams worked to make sure everyone was safe and accounted for. The strong winds also killed one person and seriously injured another in a

park.

We've got more shocking video to show you. Police in Los Angeles are searching for thieves who stole thousands of dollars' worth of popular

Labubu dolls from a store. How could they?

Take a look at this. The L.A. Sheriff's Department says masked bandits made off with about $7,000 worth of the valuable dolls last week. The toy store

said the thieves cleared out their entire inventory and trash their shop.

The dolls were created by Hong Kong born artist Kasing Lung around a decade ago and they've become -- recently become extremely collectible with some

fetching thousands of dollars at auction.

Well, finally for us today, life is good for hip hop legend Rick Ross.

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GOLODRYGA: Rick Ross knows how to live big and to play big as well. He owns not one but two mansions all near Atlanta and one in South Florida.

CNN's Lisa Respers France gets poolside with the one and only big boss, Rick Ross.

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FRANCE (voice-over): Rapper and entrepreneur, Rick, Ross AKA "The Boss," has long lived a life of luxuries.

From his massive car collections, expensive jewelry and huge mansions, everything this man does is big. Including his pool.

FRANCE: So, let's start with the obvious like how big is this pool? Is it Olympic size or is it Rick Ross size?

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RICK ROSS, AMERICAN RAPPER AND ENTREPRENEUR: Even though I've always claimed to be the biggest, this may really be the biggest.

FRANCE (voice-over): The massive 350,000 gallon pool sits on his more than 300-acre state nicknamed, the Promise Land, just outside of Atlanta. And it

is one of the largest residential pools in the country.

And for Ross, it's not just for show.

ROSS: I use it. I swim every summer. I love being in the -- in the water. You know, I'm a Aquarius. Shout out all the Aquarius, baby.

FRANCE: Of course, you're the biggest boss. Do you feel like -- do you feel like your pool is like a metaphor for that?

ROSS: Without a doubt. You know, because being a boss that means that you someone who put in a lot of work. And I feel like you deserve your

trophies. I'm proud of it. And I feel like it's a good thing for me to open the gates just for that inspiration for, you know, others.

FRANCE (voice-over): A chance to inspire comes yearly. Today, Ross is throwing his annual pool party. A who's who for friends and fans. Champagne

and massive pool floaties are there to help kick the party off right.

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And when he isn't throwing his own parties, the businessman rents out the home for film production. One film in particular got Ross the cameo of his

dreams.

ROSS: "Coming to America One" was my favorite film of all time.

EDDIE MURPHY, AMERICAN ACTOR: To be loved. To be loved. Wow.

ROSS: Years ago, I put together a way we would charge film companies this, that, this, that. But when I heard that Eddie Murphy actually wanted to use

it, I was like, he know he got to let me get in this.

General Izzi, we have just been informed, Akeem -- Akeem has returned from America with a son.

FRANCE (voice-over): But the pool is not the last of his big plans for the Promise Land.

Is there anything that you would want to add to it? I mean, because this is truly an estate. You have this land and this beautiful pool, the beautiful

house. Is there anything else you would want?

ROSS: It is. And you're going to be the first person I've ever opened and said this too, 18 holes of golf.

FRANCE: So, you're a big golfer?

ROSS: Not big, but it's a great industry to be a part of.

FRANCE: That's always thinking like an entrepreneur.

ROSS: Of course, I could see it now. I could see it. And it's going to be happening.

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GOLODRYGA: What a smile, what a story. All right. Our thanks to Lisa for that report.

And one more story this hour. Volunteers cleaning up after last month's deadly flooding in Texas made a rare discovery under the debris. Take a

look at this. Crews stumbled upon dinosaur tracks reserved in a riverbed.

Paleontologist told CNN the footprints likely belonged to a 35-foot tall carnivore that roamed the area some 100 million years ago. Each print

measures about 20 inches across roughly the size of a large pizza.

Now, researchers hope the newly exposed river banks will reveal even more tracks from these ancient giants.

All right. Well, that does it for "One World" today. I'm Bianna Golodryga. "African Voices Changemakers" is up next. And I'll be back with "Amanpour"

in about 15 minutes. Stay with us.

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