CNN Inside Iran, CA Hostages Released, George Santos Scandal and more

Hey there from CNN. I'm David Rind with the five things you need to know for Wednesday, June 3rd. CNN is back inside Iran at a very tense time for the ongoing ceasefire. The U.S. and Tehran traded strikes again overnight. Things really heated up after the U.S. hit a military ground control station near the Strait of Hormuz out of self-defense, that's according the U.S. Central Command. Iran responded by firing missiles and drones at U.S. bases in Bahrain in Kuwait. The U.S. says all missiles and drones were either intercepted or fell short of their targets. However, Kuwait's health ministry says an Iranian strike injured 63 people at Kuwait's airport. Indian embassy says one Indian national was killed in the attack. So like I said, CNN senior

international correspondent Fred Plikin is in Iran. So Fred, what is the mood there as all this plays out? David, I'm currently on the road to Tehran from the border between Iran and Turkey. And Certainly the mood on the ground here is very much one of watching and waiting to see what happens next. People here very closely following those negotiations that have been going on between the United States and Iran, trying to get to a memorandum of understanding to pave the way for larger talks for a possible bigger peace agreement. At the same time, of course, people here are very much aware of the situation in the strait of four moves, those strikes that took place overnight. And people here also understand that all of that is very very much.

dangerous for the process that is going on and could lead to further armed conflict between Iran and the U.S. It's important to note CNN operates inside Iran only with government permission, but we retain full editorial control of the reporting. All right, more news coming up, including the latest on a hostage situation north of Los Angeles. Stick around. Back to school starts now. Get long-lasting battery life on the Dell-XPS laptop, powered by Series 3 Intel Corps. so you can work from anywhere.

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A 15 hour long hostage standoff and Bakersfield, California has come to an end. The suspect, who was believed to be wearing an explosive device and barricaded himself inside a bank building with multiple hostages, is now dead, and all of the hostages have been released. Authorities say that no hostages were hurt, but they were given medical attention at the scene. Two hostages were released Tuesday as negotiations were ongoing.

You can check out CNN.com for more details about how this all unfolded. The Supreme Court is allowing Alabama to use a congressional map that will benefit Republicans in this. year's midterms. Yesterday's ruling allows the state to cut off one of the two House districts represented by a black Democratic member of Congress. CNN's Ellie Honig breaks down how he got here. This is all based off of the Louisiana Supreme Court opinion that came down in late April. In that opinion, the U.S. Supreme Court said the states can essentially draw congressional lines for whatever political reasons they want. They cannot, however, consider race either way in drawing those lines.

So the state of Alabama took that opinion and said, Okay, we now want to undraw one of those majority black districts and go from two down to one. And in tonight's opinion, the Supreme Court, in a six to three split, the six conservatives in the majority, the three liberals in the dissent said, it's okay, Alabama, you can go ahead and do that. Ukrainian drones hit St. Petersburg Russia overnight, damaging infrastructure and wounding several people. The attack came just hours before the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum opened in the city. The event has been described as Russian President Vladimir Putin's version of Davos, and about 20,000 people are expected to attend.

Meanwhile, Ukraine says hundreds of drones hit several other Russian cities overnight and claimed to have struck a naval warship and other key assets in a major attack spanning as far as Moscow. CNN has reached out to the Russian Defense Ministry to confirm the attack. Moscow and Kiev have escalated aerial bombing in recent weeks. Just yesterday, Russia launched one of its deadliest attacks in months against Kiev and the central city of Danipro. Authorities say at least 23 people were killed. One more break. When we come back, he's already been kicked out of Congress and went to prison. So who could have predicted what allegedly happened next? Stick around. Back to school starts now. Get long-lasting battery life

address. Traders bet millions of dollars on individuals like the president's son Barron, Tucker Carlson Tucker Carlson, and George Santos. Before the event, George Santos had publicly said he would attend, but he didn't end up showing. But the source said Kalshi realized one of the accounts placing big bets on the market belonged to George Santos, so they froze the account and referred the matter to the Justice Department and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, which regulates prediction markets in the U.S. NPR first reported on the investigation and George Santos told them he wasn't the aware of any insider trading investigation. CNN has also reached out to George Santos, the Justice Department, and Kalshi, which did not comment.

And important to say that CNN has a relationship with Kalshi and uses its data to cover major events, but editorial employees like me aren't allowed to trade on prediction sites. It's all we've got for now. Next up day comes your way later this evening. Talk to you later.

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