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BIANNA GOLODRYGA, CNN ANCHOR: A brand-new Air Force One makes its inaugural flight. "One World" starts right now.
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DONALD TRUMP, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: The head of Boeing said, this is considered the best 747 they've ever built.
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GOLODRYGA: Before boarding that flight, President Trump defended how much he's made and more than a billion dollars, actually, from crypto ventures
since taking office. We'll take a closer look.
And Venezuela rescue efforts are underway for the thousands still missing as citizens turn their anger toward the government.
And later this hour, World Cup fever grips the United States. We'll speak to a football super fan ahead of tonight's big game.
Hello, everyone. Live from New York, I'm Bianna Golodryga. You are watching the second hour of "One World."
Donald Trump has just landed in North Dakota for the opening of the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library. It's just one of the events
celebrating America's 250th anniversary this weekend, but it's how the president arrived that's getting the most attention.
For the first time, Trump flew on that $400 million jet gifted by the Qatari government. The refurbished Boeing will serve as a temporary Air
Force One, but both Democrats and Republicans have expressed ethical and national security concerns about accepting such an opulent donation from a
foreign government.
The luxury jet was just one of many gifts Donald Trump received in his first year in office. And we're now learning just how profitable that year
was for the president.
According to a mandatory federal filing, Trump pocketed billions of dollars in 2025, mainly from cryptocurrency and meme coins. One of the biggest
halls, more than half a billion dollars from the sale of digital tokens by a Trump family crypto firm. There were also tens of millions of dollars
from property investments and royalties.
CNN's Kevin Liptak joins me live from the White House. Before he departed from North Dakota, Kevin, the president took some questions from reporters.
No surprise. This disclosure form and the amount of money that -- that he has received and has been noted, there are billions of dollars in revenue
over the last year.
Was the topic du jour? And the president's response basically summed up to everyone did well because of the stock market. And as it relates to crypto,
my sons, who are standing right behind him, run the business and also the investments.
Do you think that's going to cut it with the American voters?
KEVIN LIPTAK, CNN SENIOR WHITE HOUSE REPORTER: I'm not sure. And I think there are two reasons. One is that the bulk of his revenue did not come
from stocks at all. Yes, he was active in trading stocks over the last year. That's part of the reason why this report is almost a thousand pages
long is because it lists all of them.
But in reality, the bulk of his revenues came from crypto. And I think reading this, two things I think become clear. One is that it has become
pretty lucrative for President Trump to be president.
We have not seen a president in American history who has been so profitable during their time in office. Overall, the president making a $2.2 billion
in revenue, which is a multifold increase from the year previous when he was out of office.
The other thing that is becoming clear is that President Trump is no longer just in the property business. You know, that is obviously where he made
his name and fortune. But now he is very much a crypto Titan at a moment when he is also the top regulator of crypto.
And over the course of the last year, as he has rolled back certain Biden era regulations of that industry, he has profited enormously. He is
shrugging off the questions that there are some conflicts of interests here, that there are allegations that he's profiting off the presidency.
Let's just listen to what he said.
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TRUMP: I purposely, I never speak to any of the people that run the money, but they're big institutions. And they invest in whatever they invest.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: But to critics who say -- to critics who say you're profiting off the presidency, Mr. President.
TRUMP: Well, you know why I'm profiting? Because the stock market is going up. Everybody is profiting. If you have -- you have a 401(k)? How has your
401(k) done? It's got up 85 percent.
Thank you, President Trump.
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LIPTAK: So, he says he doesn't talk to the people who are managing his businesses. But when it comes to World Liberty Financial, which is the
crypto business from which he has made more than $500 million over the last year, the two people who are involved in co-managing it are Donald Trump
Jr. And Eric Trump, who are literally standing behind him in the frame of that shot at Joint Base Andrews.
And so I think still plenty of questions about the ethics of all of this, about even some of the national security questions here.
You know, World Liberty Financial, a massive stake in that business was bought by the Emirati Investment Fund last year. And that was reflected in
the disclosures as well.
Now, the president still makes plenty of money off of his more traditional businesses, including Mar-a-Lago, the club in South Florida. He made $77
million down there last year, which was a 50 percent increase from 2024.
He's also made money off of the watches he sold. The Bibles that he sold. He made more than $200,000 from the Bibles.
He also made a significant amount of money from settlements that he's received over the last year, including from ABC and CBS.
And so a -- a very profitable year for President Trump. And not one that I think is necessarily going to put a lot of questions to rest about how he
may be profiting off of the office that he holds.
GOLODRYGA: Right. Because traditionally, presidents see their net worth increase once they leave office for lucrative speaking events and ventures,
what have you. I don't think we've ever had a president see their net worth increase so drastically while they are actually sitting in office. That's
the distinction.
Kevin Liptak, thank you.
Let's dig a little bit deeper. CNN Stephen Collinson joins me now live from Washington.
So, Stephen, does this become an albatross around the president's neck that won't go away like the Epstein scandal? Or is this yet another issue and
another scandal that the president can overcome, especially as we're gearing up for the midterms?
COLLINSON: You know, that's a very interesting question, because although these figures are pretty staggering, these kind of ethics questions and
accusations by the president's opponents that he's profiting off the presidency aren't exactly new. And it's not clear that they have exacted a
political price from him so far.
Indeed, many people on the right regard President Trump's wealth and capacity to make money as proof that he would be a good steward of the
economy. That was something I heard very often in Trump's crowds in the elections of 2016 and 2024, especially.
It's almost as though once you make little pretense of being worried about these questions as a politician. You give yourself some kind of immunity
against it politically.
Now, the question is at a moment when many Americans are hurting to buy food, they're struggling to pay for rent and mortgages, healthcare is a big
issue. Affordability is the big question in the election.
Does the comparison of the president making billions of dollars in office flying around in a new 747 that was gifted to him by Qatar? Does that
really make this case much more clear cut?
We had a Democrat, Congressman Jimmy Panetta on CNN's domestic channel in a couple of hours ago. And he basically argued that Donald Trump is showing
us, look how much gold I've got and you can eat cake.
We will see in the next few months in the right up to the midterm elections if Democrats are able to make that stick and profit from it politically.
GOLODRYGA: Right. Because on the one hand, the economy's remains pretty solid, continues to grow here. The stock market hitting new highs as the
president was trying to -- to -- to point out in his answer about the -- this disclosure and how much money he's made off of it saying, listen,
everyone that has a 401(k) has made a lot of money, thanks to me being in office.
But the fact that the affordability issue, which he continues to dismiss remains a big concern for American voters, Republican voters, especially
independent voters as well, who Republicans will be seeking in the midterms and then obviously in 2028.
Do you think that coupled with what we've seen around the world and corruption or at least the -- the idea of potential indications of
corruption?
Do you think that that is something that could hurt not only Trump, but the Republican Party?
COLLINSON: I think over time, it could, whether it's going to be this general election in November, that's another question.
On the economic point, when the president talks about stock markets and 401(k)s and reasonable economic growth and low unemployment, that's doing
what presidents do. They look through the economy through a particular lens. And Trump, by his own wealth and prosperity, is particularly shielded
from those realities.
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But voters, as you suggested, look at rent. They look at how they're getting to the end of the month with their wages.
Fewer -- you know, you've got a 401(k), which is America's stock market- linked pensions, that's great, but you can't draw on it until you're retired. That doesn't help you pay the bills at the end of the month. So, I
think that is really concentrating the minds of voters.
It's also motivating, actually, what's happening on the left. You have a lot of these insurgent, progressive, populist Democrats who are unceasing
establishment candidates. Their message is very clear. They're not just saying we need to make life more affordable, as Democrats are before.
They're saying, we need to lower rents. We need to take this action to lower rents or this action to lower grocery prices. So, it's very specific.
So, this issue, I think, is really becoming quite a clear-cut in the election. And in normal circumstances, a president who is literally
boasting about his wealth and how much cash he has and flying around a new plane, that would be a political disaster.
Trump has always managed to change the political weather, to not fall prey to the same type of political gravity that normal politicians do. Is that
about to change? And that, I think, is worth watching very closely in the next few weeks.
GOLODRYGA: Yes. And that insurgent, progressive movement continues to pick up steam there on the left. We saw in primaries in Colorado yesterday where
a Democratic socialist toppled a 15-term congresswoman there who herself was a legitimate, described herself as a -- as a progressive.
The fact that now the DSA is on track to double its numbers in Congress, some of these candidates have had very questionable posts, social media
posts, alarming a number in the Jewish community and other more moderate Democrats as well. Some of those that have won over the last few weeks have
even said that they would not support Hakeem Jeffries as their party leader.
So, talk about the dynamics that are taking place within a party that had always been touting itself as a big tent coalition. Can it stick with these
types of new members?
COLLINSON: Yes. And can it win elections if it is going further to the left? Because, of course, in the United States, like many other countries,
elections are generally one in the middle.
And the way that you get progressive change, for example, in the Obama administration with health care, is by having candidates in more moderate
districts that can win new majorities, and then you can pass laws. That's the big argument of the centrists in the Democratic Party.
Certainly, you mentioned Hakeem Jeffries, who would be Speaker if Democrats win the House back in November. I think he's going to have an increasing
problem with the left trying to drive policy in the House if the Democrats do get that majority.
But I think in many ways, it's actually not surprising that we're seeing this populist push, even though right now it's mostly confined to
Democratic areas. You have a party that's very angry with the establishment.
There's a generational shift going on here, because remember what happened with President Biden, who was in his 80s in office, and that led to the
Democrats losing the presidency in many ways.
As you mentioned, there's great hostility to Israel among younger, more left-wing voters. That is a driving force, which is tearing at traditional
divides in the party. And there's this feeling, and this was borne out in the results yesterday in Colorado, that Democrats haven't been tough enough
in going after President Trump on issues just like this, which the -- the issue of perceived conflicts of interest and what Democrats say is
corruption.
So, in many ways, I think this is almost mirroring what happened in the Republican Party in 2015 and 2016, when an anti-establishment populist wave
started to build inside the party and change the party. The possibility that it can happen in the Democratic Party, I think, is very real.
GOLODRYGA: Yes. You took the words right out of my mouth there, Stephen. Many are comparing this to the Tea Party movement that we saw on the right
now taking place on the left.
Stephen Collinson, great to have you on and your analysis, as always. Thank you.
Well, it's now been one week since back-to-back earthquakes devastated Venezuela. According to the government, more than 1,900 people lost their
lives in the earthquakes.
Despite that, the U.S. Geological Survey says that it's likely tens of thousands are dead, emergency workers and ordinary Venezuelans have not
given up hope. However, volunteers on the ground are still searching for survivors who may be trapped under the rubble.
Journalist Mary Triny Mena has a closer look from Caracas.
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MARY TRINY MENA, JOURNALIST: I'm standing nearby and a building that collapsed in Caracas, in the area of Los Palos Grandes here. The rescue --
the search and rescue operations has been ongoing since last Wednesday when the two earthquakes strike.
And basically, the workers are doing their best to try to find more people alive. They -- they hasn't -- haven't stopped. They have been working 24
hours, even though there was -- there's been rain and many obstacles for them to continue their -- their jobs.
Families and relatives, of course, are keeping an eye on all these works that rescuers from 30 countries are doing.
Right now, this is a collective effort. Many countries bring in equipment, dogs, specialized materials in order to try to reach more people.
But as the hours and days go by, of course, there's a little bit of desperation among the families that are waiting to know about their
relatives.
Injures has been taken to hospitals, but those hospitals are now overwhelmed by the amount of people. And also, there's a large numbers of
people disappeared.
We've been talking to some of the relatives and even one survivor of this deportation flight that came to Venezuela last week. The protocol says that
every deportee coming from the U.S., they landed from Miami on midday, and then the earthquake has struck.
They were taken to a hotel nearby the airport in La Guaira State, which is the area most devastated. And suddenly, the -- the hotel, they were staying
in collapse. There were more than 100 people, mostly men, and some of them are stuck in their -- in the building.
Families are saying that they -- they hope some of them are alive, but they are receiving -- they -- they are not receiving not enough support by the
rescues team. They say they come by -- by but they are not allowed to do some groundwork -- really groundwork.
Some people that are -- were able to leave the premises, they -- they are safe and saying it was a horrible day for them.
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GOLODRYGA: Our thanks to Mary Triny Mena for that.
Well, for more information about how you can help Venezuela earthquake victims, go to cnn.com/impact.
We'll be right back.
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GOLODRYGA: Ukraine is increasingly taking the war onto Russian soil by ramping up large-scale drone attacks.
In addition to targeting the Kremlin's oil refineries, Kyiv is again claiming that it hit one of Russia's largest satellite communications
centers near Moscow.
Russia has yet to confirm the strike, but its defense ministry says that it shot down more than 400 Ukrainian drones overnight.
CNN's Nick Paton Walsh has more on Ukraine's expanding drone assault inside Russia.
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NICK PATON WALSH, CNN CHIEF INTERNATIONAL SECURITY CORRESPONDENT (voice- over): Hell is still nightly for Ukrainians. Here are drones slamming into Zaporizhzhia, where strikes killed one, injured five.
But again Monday night, while Ukraine was dragging its injured from the rubble, they fired about 250 more drones back at Russia than were fired at
them.
Four hundred 419, 60 of them at Moscow, this video apparently showing the moment a drone impacted, near where Russian officials said a six- month-old
baby was among the two Russian dead that night.
Very few images of the damage to Moscow emerged, where a space communications center was struck in Dubna. A lot of video actually came
from Ukraine's president, flaunting the damage the Kremlin has instructed its law enforcement to hide, Russian city skies blighted more and more like
Ukrainian cities, and scenes like this devastating attack on a Moscow oil refinery two weeks ago shattering the sense in the capital of Putin's war
of choice being something far away that others fought, now forced to admit more times than he would ever like in the last month to the problems
Russians already know about, like gas shortages.
PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN, RUSSIA (through translator): You are well aware that problems persist for both drivers and businesses. It's not always
possible to find the required grade of fuel at present.
WALSH (voice-over): Ukraine released footage Tuesday of drone units who said they had targeted Moscow's specific anti-drone defenses, making the
route to the capital easier.
But it is not just Moscow under pressure. The peninsula of Crimea battered hard. Its isolation, a key Ukrainian goal, achieved through blowing
bridges, trains, roads, blackouts, and more gas queues.
The frontline, brutal battles remain, but the story has changed. Ukraine, less the victim, more the disruptor, hoping to keep Moscow off balance long
enough until it falls.
Nick Paton Walsh, CNN, London.
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GOLODRYGA: Well, NATO is promising more assistance for Ukraine. Secretary General -- General Mark Rutte says, a summit in Turkey next week will see
the alliance commit to providing long-term security assistance for Kyiv. Rutte spoke in Berlin at a news conference with German chancellor.
CNN producer Sebastian Shukla reports.
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SEBASTIAN SHUKLA, CNN PRODUCER: The NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte came and attended a German cabinet meeting in a room here known as the submarine
at the German Defense Ministry. It's a sort of relic of the Cold War act, I think, for the times facing the continent more broadly.
But the message that is supposed to be being delivered by all of the European alliance members of NATO is that they have heard the message
coming from the White House and from Donald Trump about increasing defense spending, reducing reliance on Washington for their support and investing
in their own defensive capabilities.
For weeks now, we've seen a sway of different political events from the chancellor here to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, to Macron in Paris,
trying to appease Donald Trump for their spending and that they have heard what he has wanted them to do and they have acquiesced.
I pushed Mark Rutte on the question, though, about the defense spending commitments of the European allies and that given that the Americans are
taking a step back in NATO across the board, does that mean that the reliance and that the defense of Ukraine rests solely on the Europeans?
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MARK RUTTE, NATO SECRETARY GENERAL: Well, when it comes to the defense of Ukraine, the U.S. is still indispensable. The flow of key support from the
United States into Ukraine continues, paid for by Canadians and Europeans, and I think that's only fair.
This is his famous program. And these are, for example, the interceptors or the Patriot systems protecting the critical infrastructure in Ukraine,
energy infrastructure in the cities. And only the U.S. can do this at skill and is still doing that, and helping in so many other ways, not always to
be disclosed in a press conference.
So, at this end-to-end, Europe is massively supporting Ukraine in money and in support and in defense industry output. Look at Germany when -- when it
comes to what Germany is doing bilaterally, but also through the check ammunition initiative and other initiatives and also investing in defense
industrial based in Ukraine, so that's Europe, but also the U.S. and we need both. It is really end-to-end.
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SHUKLA: And that is the same message that followed immediately after that by the German chancellor who said and reminded me that we should look at
what happened in Evian where President Trump remained on the same page as the European partners and that they believe now that all of those G7
members believe that the president is fully behind them and supporting and pledged his support, not only to the European nations and NATO, but also to
Ukraine.
But we have to wait to see whether the summit in Ankara next week goes exactly to plan. The Europeans have been trying so hard to make sure that
it doesn't get derailed at all by Donald Trump and the crosshairs that the alliance has been in for some time.
And so that the main topic of the alliance and one of the themes that they can focus on entirely is ending the war in Ukraine.
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GOLODRYGA: Our thanks to Sebastian Shukla for that report.
Joining me now is CNN political and national security analyst David Sanger. David, great to see you.
So, Ukraine is now striking Moscow almost nightly, choking off Crimea, which was Putin's crown jewel, as you'll recall, after illegally annexing
it in 2014.
Now, you look at these headlines, Russia, Russia facing fuel shortages. Twenty-eight percent of Russia's refining capacity was offline as of June
20th.
President Zelenskyy is calling these strikes long range sanctions. And he is convinced that this is what it takes to bring Putin to the table in
earnest.
Do you agree with that assessment? Do you think that Putin will now look to bring this war to an end? Or will he just double down?
DAVID SANGER, CNN POLITICAL AND NATIONAL SECURITY ANALYST: Well, thanks for having me, Bianna. I think it's a big gamble. I mean, the -- obviously, the
effort by President Zelenskyy is to make ordinary Russians feel as if this is not a distant cost-free war for them.
And I think when Putin came out the other day and acknowledged the fuel shortages, when those who went to his economic forum in St. Petersburg saw
the black smoke rising just across the way from a giant refinery that had been hit. It looks like it was hit by a Russian anti-missile system, but
nonetheless, was burning and dropping soot all over the -- the city, I think that has been successful.
The question is, is there anything in Putin's DNA or his history that would make you think that this is likely to make him more likely to strike an
accord? And I don't know many Russia experts who think that it will.
The risk at the other side is literally that he goes nuclear, that we get ourselves back into the kind of situation that we saw in October of 2022
when the U.S. believed there was roughly a 50/50 chance that a cornered Putin at that moment would roll out tactical nuclear weapons and use them
against, say, a Ukrainian military base. We haven't seen that since, but I think there is rising risk here.
GOLODRYGA: To that point, David, we know that the Biden administration was very adamant that Ukraine only use weapons provided by the U.S. and the
West in a defensive capability and not, it was not in favor of these types of longer-range strikes. And I think the same held for some of the Trump
administration as well.
But now, we're not hearing much at all from the Trump administration. In fact, we are hearing the president praise these deep strikes and the images
that he's seeing. I mean, he's known to -- to like winners, right? I remember his reaction to the Hezbollah pager attacks by Israel.
Do you think that this is a genuine strategic shift from the president who has long expressed his frustration in animosity with Zelenskyy? Or do you
think this all changes once Vladimir Putin gets him on the phone again?
SANGER: I think it shifts, but a few things. First of all, whatever the president's view of it is, since the United States is not now sending
weapons directly to Ukraine, that it's selling some weaponry to Europe and Europe is then giving it to Ukraine, the U.S. doesn't get the kind of vote
that it had during the Biden era, right? Because it's not our -- not our stuff.
Second, this is being done largely with Ukrainian-made drones and some Ukrainian-made missiles as well. They've obviously stepped up production.
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They doing that, some with the help of private American money and private technological help from the U.S. that isn't widely advertised at the time,
but it is a very different equation, but it's not risk-free.
And when you talk to the Europeans, there is fear that one of Putin's reactions, since he believes that this is largely Europe's fault, will be
to take some kind of action beyond Ukraine's borders into NATO territory in the next year or so.
We haven't seen any threats of that yet, but it's not an unreasonable guess that he would step up pressure on the Europeans.
GOLODRYGA: But it is still happening with U.S. intelligence providing some of the logistical --
SANGER: Yes.
GOLODRYGA: locations, I would imagine, for these strikes. And that hasn't been cut. We've seen that happen early in this president, in his second
term. That hasn't happened now.
Are you hearing that there's any risk of that happening, David?
SANGER: I've not heard of that. Those cuts happening during the Biden period from the start of the war on. There was the creation of a joint
intelligence center in Germany called the PIT, where American, British, Ukrainian officials met each day and helped identify targets. And we
believe that is going on to this day.
GOLODRYGA: And as you note, though, a bigger risk also, not only as it relates to this war between Russia and Ukraine, but what this means for
Europe and NATO members there.
A lot of reporting suggesting that they are not prepared for this modern- day drone warfare specifically, and what happens if the United States is not a player, if one of these countries is attacked.
So much uncertainty remains, David. Great to see you. Thank you.
SANGER: Great to see you. Happy Fourth.
GOLODRYGA: You too.
And we'll be right back with more.
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GOLODRYGA: All right. Welcome back to "One World." I'm Bianna Golodryga.
The Democratic Republic of Congo is leading England one-zero in the World Cup knockout match that kicked off about 30 minutes ago.
Meantime, fans in Mexico are still surfing a high from their team's win yesterday. Mexico are headed to the round of 16 after beating Ecuador.
CNN's Valeria Leon was part of the wild celebrations last night.
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VALERIA LEON, CNN CORRESPONDENT (through text translation): This is the celebration of Mexico's victory over Ecuador.
Thousands of fans are screaming "Long Live Mexico" after this two-zero game in the fourth game of the World Cup in the Mexico City stadium.
We hear, "Yes, we did it." And the foam fight.
And if, yes, this is how they celebrate.
And it's also the solidarity of the people here on the streets. They're helping with the very famous Quiere volar. That's a type of celebration
this World Cup.
In Mexico City, there are more than 500,000 people here surrounding the Angel of Independence.
It's become.
The World Cup Celebration. This is how it's lived here in Mexico City.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE (through text translation): Long Live Mexico.
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GOLODRYGA: That is one of my favorite packages I've ever seen. We actually didn't even need that translation because it was pretty clear what was
going on and what Valeria was celebrating and saying. That is a whole new standard for celebrating.
Well, let's talk about the games taking place today. England, as we noted, playing the Democratic Republic of Congo right now, trailing by one goal.
Belgium meet Senegal about four hours from now. And the U.S. men are taking on Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Team USA fans are gearing up for that clash and they're looking to end a 24-year wait since the Team won a World Cup knockout match.
All right. Time now for The Exchange. Brian Hexsel is the president of the American Outlaws, a Team USA supporters group and a self-proclaimed super
fan of Team USA. He's joining us before heading out to the stadium to watch that game.
Brian, I am right there with you rooting for Team USA. I just have to say, I don't know if you were able to see, but I'm pretty sure you were able to
hear Valeria Leon's report from Mexico when Mexico won and beat Ecuador last night.
The bar is pretty high for U.S. fans. Can you cut it?
BRIAN HEXSEL, PRESIDENT, AMERICAN OUTLAWS: You know, we're going to -- tonight, we're going to win two-zero. U.S. is going to make it to Seattle,
you know, to that round of 16 game. I'm super excited about it.
You know, we have a huge meet-up today with the fans all across the U.S. here in San Jose. We're going to bring the noise and we're going to bring
the ruckus to the game.
GOLODRYGA: Two-zero. Wow. I'll take any win, but -- but you have it pegged at two-zero. OK. Well, listen, God willing. No offense to Bosnia-
Herzegovina. I know that they are a -- a great strong team too, but the U.S. is believed to be the stronger of these two here. So, there's a lot of
pressure on the U.S., especially given that Canada and Mexico now, the other two hosts have made it through.
Let's talk about your organization because for some 20 years now, American Outlaws has been defined by following the U.S. team around the world piling
into stadiums around the world wherever the game went.
Now the World Cup is in your own backyard, has it met your expectations thus far?
HEXSEL: You know, we started, you know, 2007 with this idea out of Lincoln, Nebraska, to grow the game here in the U.S. It's succeeded, you know,
expectations for this World Cup.
You know, we have over 30,000 members across the U.S. that come to games. And, you know, I'm super excited about what's to come here today.
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And, you know, with our events through the group stage, you know, we've had marches in Seattle to the stadium with over 10,000 people, you know, going
to that game in L.A., both of them over 5,000 people on our marches inside to the stadium.
So, I'm super excited to see what brings today here in San Jose.
GOLODRYGA: Well, I have to say aside from seeing all of these American fans cheering on Team USA, it is pretty incredible, and I feel quite patriotic
here as an American to see so many foreigners come to the United States and experience these games themselves.
Have you had time to speak with some of these super fans like yourself from around the world coming to take in these games from the U.S.?
HEXSEL: Yes. So, part of our thing that we do with American Outlaws is we usually hold fan-friendly against the team that we're playing.
So with the -- when we were in Seattle, we had the Socceroos from Australia. That's their name of their supporters group. We had a fan
friendly. And it was really fun right before the game.
So, it's stuff we do and getting to meet people from all over the world. That's what makes the World Cups, you know, amazing.
And it also creates that relationship to when you go to those other countries, just a vision on vacation, you know, get to see some, you know,
familiar faces and meet up at pubs and have drinks too, so.
GOLODRYGA: And no doubt, Brian, soccer has become much more popular here in the United States over the past few decades. I myself am a soccer mom. I
think, according to one statistic, it -- it has now surpassed baseball as the third most popular sport in the U.S.
But, but there are still those critics that say, you know what? It's too low scoring. I can't get into it. What do you say to them about why you
love this game so much and they should too?
HEXSEL: Yes. First thing I just tell them, come to a game with American Outlaws and you will, you know, discover that passion for the country. And
that's what it all starts with is that is the passion for the USA national team. And it could be both men's or women's teams. And that just changes
the atmosphere of what we bring from our night before parties from the night before to the actual game day events where we have a tailgate and
really just bring everybody together.
So, overall, I just challenge them to actually join us in the supporter section and then they're going to be a lifelong fan.
GOLODRYGA: Listen, I hope I'm not being presumptuous. I'd like a ticket to join you in one of those games as well, because I too have become a huge
fan of the sport and really rooting for Team USA here, but this has been such a fun World Cup to watch.
So, Brian, you said it, two-zero. We'll see a hope. Hope you didn't jinx the team. I don't think you did. We will be watching tonight. Thanks so
much. Have fun.
HEXSEL: Awesome. Thank you.
GOLODRYGA: All right. We'll bring you this breaking news just into CNN. Live pictures here from the Empire State Building in New York City where
two masked people have climbed to the top of the antenna spire on top of the building.
They just started on their way down. They were holding a banner that says "When the power of love beats the love of power, the world knows peace."
CNN affiliate, WABC, reports police will attempt to talk them down.
This is something you see in movies. Did not expect to be reporting on this today. You never know what you will be finding here in Manhattan.
All right. We'll have much more on this when we get more information.
We'll be right back.
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GOLODRYGA: Well, who gets to shape the way Africa is seen? That is the question storytellers and change-makers are taking on.
In this week's Inside Africa, we are in Nigeria where creators are using A.I. in theater to challenge old narratives and tell African stories on
their own terms.
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MOKY MAKURA, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, AFRICA NO FILTER: Well, we know that if somebody else tells you a story, they control the narrative. They control
how they want you to be seen.
We have to tell our own stories because nobody else is going to do it for us the way we want it.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Who gets to tell Africa's story? It's a question being asked by a growing generation of artists, filmmakers, and creators who
believe changing perceptions of the continent starts with changing who holds the microphone.
MAKURA: This was 1985. This is what people saw.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: For years, Africa No Filter has backed storytellers trying to challenge familiar stereotypes, supporting projects that present
Africa through African eyes.
MAUKRA: I just use the slide to show that nothing has changed that much.
We've had over 40 years since Live Aid when the world saw the continent on its feet. And over that period of time, it feels as if there's been no
progress. It feels as if we're a broken continent that we've got no agency to create the change and that we're dependent on foreign powers with deep
pockets.
To shift that, we need to start telling different stories. We need to show stories of opportunity, stories of progress, stories of innovation.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: In Lagos, one of those storytellers is using artificial intelligence to preserve memories that might otherwise
disappear.
MALIK AFEGBUA, VISUAL ARTIST: We should be seen in multiple dimensions, because we're always sitting in a certain light.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Malik Afegbua's work captures the experiences of African elders, connecting generations while reimagining how history can be
passed on.
AFEGBUA: I shot like there was -- there was a gap and there was also something missing somewhere.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: But reshaping narratives isn't only about new technology.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Let's go.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Let's go.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: With theater producer, Bola Edwards, it begins by reviving one of Africa's oldest traditions.
BOLA EDWARDS, FOUNDER AND CEO, PROUD AFRICAN ROOTS: Our forefathers use storytelling to shape communities the way they wanted the community to
grow. So, it is going back to the drawing table and bringing back that old oral tradition of storytelling.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Her production, Story Theater with Grandma Wura blends music, dance and storytelling to reconnect young audiences with African
history and culture.
MAKURA: I think we have been culturally colonized, right? Everything American, everything British, everything French. But now, we're going back
--
EDWARDS: Absolutely.
MAKURA: -- to our roots.
EDWARDS: Absolutely.
MAKURA: Going back to who we are and remembering.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Whether through theater, technology or digital media, the aim is increasingly the same, to tell African stories through African
perspectives.
MAKURA: Nobody's waiting for permission and that's what we are about. Here's the funding, here's the opportunity, here's the platform, use it
because nobody's coming.
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GOLODRYGA: NASA is teaming up with an American company to stop one of its oldest working spacecraft from re-entering Earth's atmosphere in flames. It
plans to launch a spacecraft tomorrow morning to boost the orbit of the Swift Observatory before it faces a certain doom.
CNN's space and science writer Ashley Strickland explains.
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ASHLEY STRICKLAND, CNN SPACE AND SCIENCE WRITER (voice-over): An American startup has partnered with NASA in a race against time to save one of
NASA's oldest working spacecraft.
More than 20 years ago, NASA launched The Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory containing multiple telescopes to study gamma ray bursts, the most powerful
explosions in the universe.
After decades circling the earth, providing invaluable research, the observatory is now rapidly dropping altitude and is expected to sink into
Earth's atmosphere later this year, unless it can be reversed.
GHONHEE LEE, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, KATALYST SPACE TECHNOLOGIES: From a technological perspective, we've finally gotten to this point where we
don't just have to throw away a $500 million asset as it burns up.
We've gotten to the point where we have robotics, maneuverability, autonomy, to where we can actually make different decisions that were not
available even five years ago, say, hey, we would really like to keep this spacecraft, the Swift, alive for another few years. Let's see what we can
do.
STRICKLAND (voice-over): LINK is a robotic servicing satellite created by Katalyst Space Technologies. This week, a Stargazer jet is set to fly over
the Pacific Ocean and launch a Pegasus rocket carrying LINK and bring it closer to Swift.
Over several months, the robotic spacecraft will grab Swift and bring it into a higher safer orbit.
But without any recent data or photos of the Swift spacecraft, the mission is extra tricky. Katalyst engineers have been using a testing area called
"The Void" with a model of Swift and LINK along with a computer simulation of the mission to plan it out exactly.
CHANDLER CASEY, GUNS NAVIGATION CONTROL ENGINEER, KATALYST SPACE TECHNOLOGIES: The hardest part is just kind of that uncertainty there,
especially as you get close. As you can imagine, this is a very difficult technical operation to be able to grab something so far away just through
semi-autonomous cameras and robotic systems.
STRICKLAND (voice-over): NASA says they could have allowed Swift to burn up in the atmosphere, but saw this as an opportunity to demonstrate future
space exploration capabilities and save Swift.
LEE: Our goal is to have hundreds of robotic spacecraft, just like this one, up in orbit, that are constantly maneuvering between low earth orbit
and the moon, building things, moving things, and that's something that NASA, as well as other parts of the government, can take advantage of to
buy things as a service rather than having to re- invent the wheel each time.
STRICKLAND (voice-over): Ashley Strickland, CNN.
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GOLODRYGA: Well, sources have revealed to CNN the apparent location of Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce's highly anticipated wedding celebrations,
and it's the world-famous Madison Square Garden, with preparations seemingly already underway.
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Sources say the first event is a rehearsal this Thursday with a larger wedding celebration planned for Friday.
Keep in mind, this information could be a decoy meant to throw the media off the scent.
All right. Well, NASA will pay at least half a billion dollars to three companies as part of its plan to build a base on the moon.
The agency has announced plans for missions to deliver Landers, Rovers, Buggies and other cargo to the moon. This is phase one of a three-part plan
to build a $30 billion permanent lunar settlement.
NASA says it hopes astronauts will eventually live and work on the moon.
All right. That does it for "One World" today. I'm Bianna Golodryga. Thanks so much for watching. "Amanpour" is up next.
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