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Trump War of Words Continues; Dashcam Video of Sandra Bland Arrest Released; Al-Awlaki Inspiration to Tennessee Shooter?; Apple Shares Tumble on Earnings Report; Israel's Iron Dome of the Underground; Obama Pitches Iran Nuclear Deal to Veterans; Obama Discusses Iran Nuclear Deal on "Daily Show"; Gun-Mounted Drone Gets Attention of Federal Investigators; Pope Calls Human Trafficking, Climate Change Interconnected Emergencies. Aired 1-2a ET

Aired July 21, 2015 - 01:00   ET

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[01:00:17] JOHN VAUSE, CNNI HOST: The battle for the Republican presidential nomination gets nasty. Donald Trump reveals an opponent's personal information in his latest stunts.

ZAIN ASHER, CNNI HOST: And new dash cam video of Sandra Bland's arrest, the woman whose death in police custody is now under investigation.

VAUSE: The drone that fires a gun made by a teenager and it might be completely legal.

ASHER: And the U.S. president faces tough questions on Iran on his last appearance on funny man Jon Stewart's "the Daily Show."

VAUSE: Hello, everybody. We'd like to welcome our viewers in the United States and around the world. I'm John Vause.

ASHER: And I'm Zain Asher. And this is CNN NEWSROOM.

VAUSE: Great to have you with us. We begin with Donald Trump once again drawing a lot of criticism after taking his feud with fellow U.S. Republican presidential candidate Lindsey Graham to a whole new level.

ASHER: So now, here's what happened. At a rally in Graham's home state of South Carolina on Tuesday with millions of people watching on national television, Trump gave out the senator's private phone number.

Here's our Dana Bash with more.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

DANA BASH, CNN SENIOR CONGRESSIONAL CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Donald Trump unbound by a barraged by criticism.

DONALD TRUMP (R), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: They say they didn't like the way that, you know, I'm a little loud. I'm a little too strong. They don't like it.

BASH: The reality TV star with a flair for drama took presidential politics to yet another level.

TRUMP: And I see your senator. What a stiff. What a stiff.

BASH: Responding to fellow Republican candidate Lindsey Graham saying this to CNN.

SEN. LINDSEY GRAHAM (R), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: He is becoming a jack ass.

TRUMP: And I watched this idiot Lindsey Graham on television today and he call may jack ass. He is a jack ass.

BASH: Standing in Graham's home state of South Carolina, he retaliated by reading aloud the personal cell phone number.

TRUMP: He gave me his number. And I found the card. I wrote the number down. I don't know it if is right number. Let's try it. 202 --

BASH: We asked why.

Why did you read Lindsey Graham's cell phone number?

TRUMP: So people can call him so he can maybe get something done but he won't be able to.

BASH: Graham now unable to be reached by cell who responded through his campaign manager saying Donald Trump continues to show hourly that he is ill prepared to be commander in-chief.

All this amid a back and forth with Iowa's largest newspaper, "the Des Moines Register," whose editorial board called for him to pull the plug on his bloviating the side show. Trump shot back about the newspaper's sagging sales. He appears to be buoyed by the politics of personal warfare. That and crowds like this.

All told, some 1,100 people in the Maine auditorium and an overflow room Trump visited after the speech. Many in this retirement community waited on line for hours to get in.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: He has set of balls. (ph). He is a doer.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I think he is terrific because he tells the truth.

BASH: Not everyone who came was a supporter.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: He scares me.

BASH: He scares you but you are still here?

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Yes. I want to see him. He is a celebrity.

BASH: Despite causing so much controversy with comments about John McCain's war service, some veterans here in military rich South Carolina came to hear him. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: He just disappointed me. I wasn't offended, but I

was disappointed.

BASH: And yet it's not a deal breaker.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: No. Not yet.

BASH: Why is that?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Too far to go. The man has tremendous background. He, obviously, has a great ability to delegate. He can make a decision on the spot but it also gets him in trouble.

BASH: As for Graham, he did try to make light of trump's cell phone stunt by saying in a tweet, probably getting a new phone, iPhone or android? Now, that would be an upgrade no matter what for somebody like Lindsey Graham who only communicates by phone. He doesn't text or e-mail. Currently has a flip phone.

Dana Bash, Hilton Head, South Carolina.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

VAUSE: Clearly that Donald Trump throwing out personal insult and taking cheap shots at his rivals and working for now. He is leading in at least one national opinion poll. But is it a meaningless side show, what critics call a destruction with traction or is he speaking truth to power as his supporters claim winning over voters who admire his blunt talk.

Jeffrey Lord is a former aide to President Ronald Reagan and a contributing editor the "American Spectator" and he joins us now from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

Thank you for being with us. How much harm is being done right now to the GOP and the primary process with candidates throwing around personal insults like this?

JEFFREY LORD, FORMER REAGAN WHITE HOUSE POLITICAL DIRECTOR: You know, I don't think any to be perfectly candid. I know people are concerned about this. You know, to be perfectly candid, there's a lot of anger out there in the base of the Republican Party towards the quote- unquote Republican establishment, the leadership in Washington, et cetera. This is their way, I think, of sending a message to these folks.

[01:05:10] VAUSE: It appears Mr. Trump has survived the insult to Senator John McCain accusing him of not being a war hero, questioning his war hero status, if you like. Potential though, is trump facing a much bigger problem when it comes to social conservatives with his views on religion? He said he's never asked God for forgiveness and he seemed to mock Holy Communion.

LORD: That is a valid question. As he goes through what we used to call in the Reagan era the three legs of the Republican Party, the three-legged stool. Social conservative was one, economic conservatives and the national security conservative. But don't rule out the fact that he may be, like Ronald Reagan, changing the dynamic so that as people sort of weigh their choices here -- I think what they are looking for here is honesty. And I think that's why they are responding to him.

VAUSE: Would you vote for Donald Trump for president? Do you think he would make a good president?

LORD: Sure. You know, it always amazes me. He's built this entire global organization. And, you know, you can't be a dummy and do that. I've gotten to know him a bit. He's a very, very smart guy, very talented. And I listen to these descriptions of him from people, you know, that he is a rodeo clown or he is this and he is that. And I think, you know, boy, talk about the power of, you know, under estimating people. They used to under estimate Ronald Reagan, too, you know. He was a B movie actor and he was not very bright, and all of that kind of thing. I think they are massively underestimating Donald Trump and I think they are going to, you know, pay a price for it.

VAUSE: Is there a problem here though that as Donald Trump goes through this primary season that eventually he alienates so many sections of the American voting public that he runs out of support from veterans to immigrants, and the list just keeps going on.

LORD: Yes. I don't think he is going to run out of support. The whole McCain incident I found particularly fascinating because when McCain ran for president himself, there were all kinds of people out there saying things that were just terrible about Senator McCain that he was abusive, he had a bad temper, he was mentally unstable. I mean these were common reports in the media of the day. And suddenly now they are all defending his honor which I must say I find somewhat suspect here. So I think, they are making a mistake, a big one going after Donald Trump like this.

VAUSE: My God, are you saying there is hypocrisy in politics these days? I'm shocked.

LORD: It's shocking, John. I just to find this out.

VAUSE: Jeffrey Lord, great to speak with you. We appreciate your point of view. I hope we can talk again.

LORD: Anytime, John. I'd love to do it.

ASHER: And it's true that Ronald Reagan was perhaps under estimated initially but at least he had held public office before.

VAUSE: He was head of the actors union. He was in California. He had actually run for the presidential primary at least once before. Missed out. So yes, he had a lot of runs on the board.

ASHER: Donald Trump, I mean if he can survive Senator Graham attacking him, if he can survive attacking McCain.

VAUSE: He still has the conservative media on his side, like Rush Limbaugh, FOX News, still supporting him.

ASHER: OK. So we'll see what happens. The debates are going to be interesting to watch with him on the stage.

VAUSE: King Kong.

ASHER: And another Republican contender had officially entered the race. Second term Ohio governor John Kasich announced his bid for the White House Tuesday in front of a crowd of thousands of supporters at his alma mater Ohio State University.

VAUSE: This is the second time he sought the nomination and here he is talking about his plans for job creation and also the economy.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

GOV. JOHN KASICH (R), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: You want job creation, you balance the books. Am I right? You balance the books. If I'm president, or maybe I should say when I am president -- I will promise you, I will promise you that my top priority will get this country on a path to fiscal independence, strength and we will rebuild the economy of this country because creating jobs is our highest moral purpose, and we will move to get that done.

(CHEERS AND APPLAUSE)

(END VIDEO CLIP)

VAUSE: Kasich said he also supports Medicaid expansion under the affordable care act, that's Obamacare, common core education standards and a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants. He should run as a Democrat.

ASHER: Certainly more moderate than the rest of the Republicans.

OK. And here's a look at the 16 Republican candidates officially in the running. There's a lot of them there. Kasich's competitors include former Florida governor Jeb Bush, Florida senator Marco Rubio and Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker. This is a very, very crowded field. It is growing by the second.

[01:10:01] VAUSE: This one not so crowded. Democrat field includes five major candidate, former secretary of state Hillary Clinton leading the way so far. Bernie Sanders giving her a run for her money. Let's see how long that actually lasts.

ASHER: OK. On to another story we are following. A young woman is stopped by police for a minor traffic violation. Three days later she's found dead in a jail cell. Now, we are getting a look at the dash cam video of the arrest.

Now police say 28-year-old Sandra Bland is her name, she hanged herself. This is what police are saying, that she hanged herself with a noose made out of a trash bag while under arrest in Texas earlier this month. Her family say they do not believe that she killed herself and she had a lot of good things in her life to live for. That is what the family is saying.

VAUSE: The district attorney says there are cameras in the hallway outside Bland's cell and they don't show anyone entering or leaving before her body was found. The DA says a grand jury will ultimately decide whether what happened was a suicide or homicide.

Let's get to that arrest video now. You may see some glitches here. We don't know if the video has been edited or an issue with the camera equipment. What you are about to hear though is a tense exchange between the police officer and Miss Bland.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Do you mind putting out your cigarette, please?

SANDRA BLAND, VICTIM: I'm in my car. Why do I have to put out my cigarette?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Well, you can step out now.

BLAND: I don't have to step out.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Step out of the car. Step out of the car.

BLAND: No. You don't have the right.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Step out of the car.

BLAND: You do not have the right to do this.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I do have the right. Now, step out or I will remove you.

BLAND: I refuse to talk to you other than to identify myself --.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Step out or I will remove you.

BLAND: I am getting removed for a failure --

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Step out or I will remove you. I am giving you a lawful order. Get out of the car now. Or I'm going to remove you.

BLAND: I'm calling my --

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I'm going to yank you out.

BLAND: OK. You're going on yank me out my car? OK. All right. Let's do this.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We're going to.

BLAND: Don't touch me.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Get out of the car.

BLAND: Don't touch me. I'm not under arrest. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: You are under arrest.

BLAND: I'm under arrest for what?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Send another unit. Get out of the car. Get out of the car. Now.

BLAND: Why am I being apprehended?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I said get out of the car.

BLAND: Why am I being apprehended?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I'm giving you lawful order. I'm going to drag you out of here.

BLAND: You're going to drag me out of my own car.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Get out of the car! Get out. Now! Get out of car.

BLAND: For failure to signal. You are doing all of this for a failure to signal.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Get over there.

BLAND: Right. Yes. Let's take this to court. For failure to signal. For failure to signal.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

ASHER: Joining us now is Harry Houck, CNN law enforcement analyst.

So Harry, thank you so much for being with us. I want to get your reaction to this video. At what point did the officer overstep the boundaries do you think?

HARRY HOUCK, CNN LAW ENFORCEMENT ANALYST: Well, everything looked good up to the point where the officer asked the woman to stop smoking and she wouldn't stop smoking. I think maybe the officer overreacted when it came to the smoking incident and he had then opened the door and then told her to get out of the vehicle.

But one thing people have to remember is no matter what, when a police officer tells you to do something on a stop, you have to do what the police officer tells you what to do.

ASHER: Even in a situation whereby he is telling you to stop smoking and it certainly not against the law to smoke in your car. You still have to do what he said.

HOUCK: Well, now I mean, she didn't have to stop smoking, of course, you know. And it seems like, you know, she was very arrogant. She was yelling at the officer. It was a very tense situation for both of them. The fact is that the officer should have let the smoking thing go. That's what I would have done. But still the officer then made the decision that he was going to

place her under arrest for resisting arrest or for the summons because the summons is in lure of an arrest and she should have just complied with the officer. He probably would have let her go even after that.

ASHER: And so, I mean, given that it is sort of unnecessarily escalated and I think, you know, watching this video, they are probably both to blame to some degree. But In terms of disciplinary action, what do you think should happen to this officer?

HOUCK: Well, you know, the department regulations for that state police there, he might have broken a regulation or so. And you know, that officer might get suspended or something like that. And maybe not -- that might not even happen, you know. Because the officer did act properly. The fact, you know, they are going to ask the officer, listen, did you tell her to get out of the dare because she wouldn't stop smoking or because you decided because the way she was reacting toward you that you were going to place her under arrest for motor vehicle violation.

ASHER: And of course, the sad part of all of this is that Sandra Bland ended up allegedly committing, now we don't know what happened, but allegedly committing suicide in her jail cell. Now, we know that the investigation is being looked at, it is going to be treated as a murder investigation. Now, given that there are no -- seem to be no witnesses. We know there's a videotape outside of the cell. What will the FBI be looking for in terms of evidence here?

[01:15:12] HOUCK: Well, they are looking for the same thing that police weren't looking for here. They are going to look that video. That video was on the cell area. The police said that nobody went near that cell. Also there were two prisoners across from her cell. They were interviewed. They said that nobody went in to the cell at the time nor did they hear commotion coming from that cell. So it pretty much looks to me as an easy investigation and an easy case. I would call this case sort of a ground ball based on the evidence I have seen.

ASHER: But the officer -- the officer who arrested her certainly isn't to blame for the latter half in terms of what happened in the cell but it could have been deescalated.

HOUCK: Yes. It could probably have been deescalated. Buy you know, I thought that even after he told her to stop smoking and she decided she wanted to stop smoking, she still had that arrogant attitude towards the officer from the beginning. So she seemed to be a little out of control. So even if the officer tried to calm that down, I don't think it would have helped.

ASHER: Well, there were clearly tensions flaring but we will see what happens with that investigation.

Harry Houck, joining us there. Thank you so much. We appreciate that.

HOUCK: Thank you. ASHER: So I guess the question is, if an officer tells you stop

smoking, even though you know it is not against the law to smoke in your car, do you absolutely have to do what the officer says. I mean, that would get anybody upset.

VAUSE: Do it and work it out later on.

ASHER: Yes. I guess, that's right.

VAUSE: The Pentagon says the U.S. say drone strike has killed a veteran terror leader in Syria. Official say (INAUDIBLE) was the leader of the Khorasan group, an offshoot of Al-Qaeda that has been planning attacks on western targets.

ASHER: The U.S. had a $7 million bounty on his head. Pentagon official say a missile hit his vehicle in northern Syria earlier this month.

And U.S. President Barack Obama has ordered American flags to be lowered in honor of the Chattanooga shooting victims. Flags will fly at half-staff at the White House, the capital and other government grounds until Saturday.

VAUSE: Meantime authorities still don't know why Mohammad Abdulazeez opened fire on U.S. service members last week.

Sunlen Serfaty reports.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

SUNLEN SERFATY, CNN NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Tonight, investigators are focusing on how this man, Anwar Al-Awlaki may have been a motivation behind the Tennessee shooting spree.

In writings examined by the FBI, Abdulazeez, as far back as 2013 he wrote he agreed with some parts of the American-born Yemeni cleric radical teachings. Al-Awlaki, leader of Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula was killed by U.S. drone strike, but has inspired a series of recent terror attacks, including the shooting at "Charlie Hebdo" in Paris, the Boston marathon bombings.

DAVEED GARTENSTEN-ROSS, FOUNDATION FOR DEFENSE OF DEMOCRACIES: He is the pre-twitter inspiration for a lot of terrorist attacks, someone who would show up again and again in various attacks as being a figure who they looked upon as being particularly inspirational and also particularly authoritative.

SERFATY: Investigators have also uncovered data found on Abdulazeez's cell phone showing Internet searches as recently as a day before the shootings, questioning whether someone could use martyrdom to atone for sins like being drunk. The reference as came at a time when Abdulazeez was coping with losing his job because of drug issues and attempting to hide it from his family.

Three months ago, Abdulazeez was arrested and charged with DUI. Police say they notice a white powder under his nose at the time. Tonight, the FBI is focusing on the 48 to 72 hours leading up to the shootings, putting together a time line, interviewing those who came in to contact with him, leading up to the point he rented the mustang convertible to Thursday's attack.

So far, investigators have found no communication or coordination with any terror group, but they continue to sort through what has emerged as a complicated, conflicting web of political and religious views.

GARTENSTEN-ROSS: Assuming that Abdulazeez wasn't connected to any group, that's the kind of lone wolf that is difficult to stop. Someone who doesn't really have traces of communicating with say a terrorist operative, someone who isn't acting on a group's behest.

SERFATY: Sunlen Serfaty, CNN, Chattanooga.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

VAUSE: When we come back here on CNN, Apple posted almost $50 billion in sales this quarter, but that wasn't enough for investors and we will explain why shares took a tumble.

ASHER: Plus, several convicted (INAUDIBLE) and for U.S. governor Rob Blagojevich. We will explain why he is going to be remain in jail.

We are back after the break. Stay with us.

(COMMERCIAL BREAK)

[01:23:39] VAUSE: Welcome back, everybody.

Bill Cosby's legal team is fighting back and calling for sanctions against one of his accusers. The legal file stands from the recent released of the comedian's full deposition in a ten-year old civil case. Andrea Constand alleged Cosby tricked her into taking drugs before he sexually assaulted her.

ASHER: The lawsuit she filed against him was settled for an undisclosed sum back in 2006. Now, earlier this month, Constand filed legal papers asking to unseal Cosby's entire deposition and free her from confidentiality restrictions.

VAUSE: A U.S. federal appeals court has thrown out some of the convictions against former Illinois Governor Rob Blagojevich. In 2011, he was found guilty of conspiracy and attempted extortion. Among his schemes an offer to appoint Obama campaign adviser Valeria Jarrett to fill the Senate seat, which vacated by then president-elect Obama, that is if Mr. Obama would give Blagojevich a cabinet position. But now, the U.S. Supreme Court of appeals ruled that was not necessarily an illegal deals. Charges still stand and for now Blagojevich remains in jail.

ASHER: Now, head to Wall Street now where shares in major tech companies took a big hit on Tuesday on the heels of weak earnings reports. Now, Microsoft's share fell nearly four percent in after hours' trading. The tech giant posted this biggest quarterly loss ever mainly from a right down on its acquisition of Nokia last year. [01:25:05] VAUSE: And Apple shares tumbled six-and-three-quarter

percent after hours despite the company reporting $29.6 billion. That's billion in revenue in the third quarter. Apple sold 47.5 million iphones which was less in what analysts have expected. And the company did not reveal any data on the sales of those apple watches.

ASHER: Now Apple made its Wall Street debut almost 35 years ago. And investors who bought in early and held on to those stocks are sitting on a gold mine. John and I were debating how we could do the same.

VAUSE: Fire up the time machine.

Samuel Burke talked with a couple invested $17,000 in Apple shares, that was back in 1998, today, they are millionaires.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

SAMUEL BURKE, CNN BUSINESS CORRESPONDENT: They say buy low. But if you were buying Apple stock in 1998, you were buying really low, under a dollar a share in today's terms.

When you first invested in apple, how much was your initial investment?

NING WANG, EARLY APPLE INVESTOR: We started in 1998, $17,000 for the 600. That's how we started. We didn't spend much on it. They were cheap.

BURKE: This is before the iPhone, even before the iPod. That was actually a low point for the Apple companies. What made you so excited about apple?

TING QIAN, EARLY APPLE INVESTOR: I think it is 1998 or 1999. I went to the Mac world conference and I saw Steve Jobs talking and the whole thing triggered it. It is not just about the product. And they kind got me interested in their business.

BURKE: Ning Wang and his wife, Ting Qian, didn't stop buying Apple stock in 1998. They say they have invested tens of thousands in the company over the years, an investment in a stock that is up over 13,000 percent since they first bought.

Recently you hit a million dollars in your total investment. What was that moment like?

WANG: She's more excited about it.

QIAN: Yes. Not the money part.

BURKE: Ning and Ting have sold some of their stock to buy things like a vacation home but say they have always held on the most of it.

When you guys have sold stock was it because you didn't have confidence in the products or the business?

WANG: Never. You know, always discipline. You know, the market goes up and down. You cannot catch it.

BURKE: So what does the couple think of the stock today?

QIAN: I think it is time to buy. In time to buy.

BURKE: Time to buy?

QIAN: Yes.

WANG: And more?

BURKE: That's news to him.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

ASHER: That was our Samuel Burke there.

VAUSE: Time for a short break. When we come back, Israel has the iron dome to prepare against air strikes. We will tell you what they are doing to fight against Hamas and its soldiers underground.

ASHER: And what this drone is doing sparked a federal investigation in the United States. We will have the latest legal concerns coming up in just a second. Don't go away.

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[01:31:30] JOHN VAUSE, CNN ANCHOR: Welcome back, everybody. Thank you for staying with us. You are watching CNN NEWSROOM live all around the world. I'm John Vause

ZAIN ASHER, CNN ANCHOR: And I'm Zain Asher. Let's give you your headlines.

In Texas, authorities released dash cam video revealing new details about a case that captured world wild attention. Among other things, the video shows the officer who stopped Sandra Bland for an alleged traffic violation, threatening her with a taser. Bland was found dead inside of her jail cell a few days later. The cause of her death is under investigation.

VAUSE: Two British men are held on terror charges in London. The uncle and his nephew are accused of planning to join ISIS in Syria. The nephew was allegedly planning to attack U.S. military personnel inside the U.K. by running them over with his car.

ASHER: Spokesperson says a U.S. airstrike on July 8th hit the leader of the Khorasan group that is an offshoot of al Qaeda that's been planning attacks on Western targets.

VAUSE: Israel says they are moving quickly to develop an anti-tunnel device to fight Hamas tunnels being dug from Gaza to infiltrate Israel.

ASHER: They call it the "Iron Dome of the Underground."

Here's our Oren Liebermann with more.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

OREN LIEBERMANN, CNN CORRESPONDENT: This could be a video from last summer's Gaza war, militants in a tunnel but it's not. Hamas is building new tunnels and finding them has become a top priority ever since the Gaza war. Along the border with Gaza, Israel is testing a new tunnel detection system working with the United States.

Major Magr Nir Pellet (ph) says it is a dangerous game of underground hide and seek.

MAJ. MAGR NIR PELLET (ph), IDF: Every time that we find that there is a new tunnel that previous method didn't manage to find, we test ourselves and analyze that case and find a new method to find the next one.

LIEBERMANN: During the war, Hamas militants launched surprise attacks from tunnels that crossed under the fences into Israel. They destroyed more than 30 tunnels. The IDF says there were nearly 60 miles of tunnels along the Gaza border.

[02:25:07]Captain Daniel Elbow (ph) took us into one of the tunnels. Israel intelligence knew Hamas was building tunnels but had trouble pinpointing them. When the soldiers stepped into the tunnels they were stunned by the construction.

(on camera): There's a lot of room here once you get rid of the claustrophobic feel to move quickly here. Someone could run easily carrying weapons. And there is enough room for a motorcycle and the surface is flat enough that you can move quite quickly.

CAPT. DANIEL ELBOW (ph), ISRAELI IDF: The next tunnels will be at least as good as this one. And Hamas did not stop the digging process.

LIEBERMANN (voice-over): Tunnels experts say tunnels are not just a tool of the past, they are a battleground of the future.

ATTA SHEMACH (ph), TUNNEL EXPERT: It's going to be our problem for the -- at least five decades from now. One of the main tools to a struggle and to be a -- let's say kind of a fair fight, it's to go underground.

(GUNFIRE)

LIEBERMANN: Israel won't say much about the tunnel detection system but the IDF is constantly working on improving the system. Before the Gaza War, the IDF developed Iron Dome to protect against rocket attacks. Now they are testing the Iron Dome of the Underground to protect against tunnels.

Oren Liebermann, CNN, southern Israel.

(END VIDEOTAPE) [01:35:12] VAUSE: Iran's parliament will be taking its time deciding whether or not to approve the nuclear deal. Foreign Minister Mohammad Zarif presented it to lawmakers on Tuesday. They decided to form a committee to look at.

ASHER: And they will not vote on it for 60 days. That's the same amount of time the U.S. Congress is studying the deal for.

Zarif said the deal is in Iran's best interest, although he never claimed it was totally in Iran's favor.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

MOHAMMAD JAVAD ZARIF, IRAN FOREIGN MINISTER (through translation): I emphasize negotiating is about give and take. And unless the significant level of the two sides are met, no agreement can be reached. In order to reach demands we have had certain flexibility concerning restrictions and monitoring. This flexibility has been goal oriented and well calculated.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

ASHER: Meantime, U.S. President Barack Obama is taking his pitch for the Iran nuclear deal on the road. He told a group of war veterans in Pittsburgh that the U.S. should choose diplomacy instead of rushing in to another armed conflict.

VAUSE: Those remarks are clear reference to George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

BARACK OBAMA, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: In the debate over this deal, we're hearing the echoes of the same policies and mindset that failed us in the past. Some of the same politicians and pundits that are so quick to reject the possibility of a diplomatic solution to Iran's nuclear program are the same folks who were so quick to go to war in Iraq and said it would take a few months.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

ASHER: Mr. Obama also talked about the negotiations with Iran later in the day during his final appearance on the comedy news program "The Daily Show."

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

JON DAILY, HOST, THE DAILY SHOW: So we're fighting with Iraqis to defeat ISIS, along with Iran but, in Yemen, we're fighting Iran --

(LAUGHTER)

-- with Iraqis and Saudis.

(LAUGHTER)

OBAMA: That's not quite right, but that's OK.

(LAUGHTER)

But look, look --

(CROSSTALK)

OBAMA: Here's --

STEWART: Who are we bombing?

(LAUGHTER)

OBAMA: Right now, we're going after ISIL and we have a 16-country coalition and that's a top priority. But with respect to Iran, look, this is an adversary. They are anti-American, anti-Israel, anti- Semitic. They sponsor terrorist organizations like Hezbollah.

STEWART: Sounds like a good partner for peace.

OBAMA: Probably -- well --

(LAUGHTER)

--- as has been said frequently, you don't make peace with your friends.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

ASHER: Trust Jon Stewart to inject humor in to it.

VAUSE: That is what he does well.

And on a friendly note, the president said he issued an executive order to keep Jon Stewart from leaving "The Daily Show." It will be a sad day when Jon Stewart signs off. That is set to happen on August --

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ASHER: In the meantime, a Lufthansa passenger jet carrying more than 100 passengers had close call with a drone. Apparently, it made the pilots very, very angry.

VAUSE: The jet was preparing to land on Monday when the pilots noticed a black object on the right side of the plane. The pilots navigated around it and the jet landed safely.

ASHER: The private use of drones falls into unchartered legal territory. And privacy issues are not the only problem.

VAUSE: Rene Marsh reports on a recent incident in Connecticut that's raising serious safety concerns about how drones are used.

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RENE MARSH, CNN AVIATION & GOVERNMENT REGULATION CORRESPONDENT (voice- over): This is the video that caught federal investigators attention. Police say 18-year-old Austin Haughwout, of Clinton, Connecticut, is the mastermind behind this homemade gun-mounted drone.

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MARSH: The video posted to YouTube gained more than 1.7 million views. One person writing, quote, "Strange and scary thought for someone to be using a drone to carrying a firing gun."

Police say Haughwout opened fire on his private property.

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MARSH: And that's not illegal if done safely. Police have no evidence anyone's life was in danger.

The FAA is now investigating whether he violated the agency's rules.

PETER SACHS (ph), LAWYER: There are countless ways that drones can be useful. Using one as a remote-controlled weapon is not one of them.

MARSH: This comes after a man crashed a drone on the White House lawn earlier this year. In the end, prosecutors did not pursue charges.

From his online posting, the Connecticut teen appears to be a drone enthusiast. He has posted additional videos including this one.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: You want to take pictures.

[01:40:01] MARSH: He says a woman assaulted him after he flew a drone above her. The woman allegedly believes he was recording her at a Connecticut beach.

HAUGHWOUT: She took a swing at me and I began to fall to the ground.

MARSH: The woman was charged. He was not.

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MARSH: But when it comes to this video, no indication yet whether there's any law to be enforced.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Laws, they take a while. Technology doesn't wait. It moves forward.

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MARSH (on camera): Because drone laws have not caught up with technology, it is sometimes tough to regulate the surge of drones taking to the skies. Although it appears there's nothing police can do on a state and local level, the FAA is still investigating. There's no federal law that explicitly prohibits arming a drone, but the FAA does have regulations that say you cannot drop an object from an aircraft, and a drone is considered an aircraft. At the very at least, this could be a violation of FAA operating rules.

Rene Marsh, CNN, Washington.

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VAUSE: Acclaimed American novelist, E.L. Doctorow, has died at aged 84. He wrote several novels grounded in American history. The award- winning author died of complications from lung cancer. U.S. President Barack Obama reacted to his passing by tweeting, "E.L. Doctorow was one of the greatest novelists. His books taught me much. He will be missed."

ASHER: We'll take a quick break here on CNN. When we come back, the pope seems more determined than ever to tackle two major global problems, calling climate change and human trafficking interconnected emergencies. We will have details coming up in just a moment.

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[01:44:55] ASHER: A short time from now, the Vatican will open his second day of a conference on human trafficking and climate change as well.

VAUSE: On Tuesday, Pope Francis spoke at a conference attended by politicians from around the world.

We get the details from Delia Gallagher.

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DELIA GALLAGHER, CNN VATICAN CORRESPONDENT: Pope Francis addressed local leaders from around the world gathered at the Vatican today to discuss climate change and human trafficking, two of the issues at the top of the pope's agenda. The Vatican says they are interconnecting emergencies. And the pope called on local politicians to lead the way at a grassroots level, saying they were the ones most able to reach out to those marginalized. He said the most important work is done from the peripheries to the consciences of human kind.

The pope expressed the hope that the United Nations would take a strong position, he said, on the question of human trafficking. He said he had great hope in the Paris summit on sustainable development goals that it would reach a fundamental basic agreement.

The mayors each had 10 minutes to speak today, the first day of the conference. We heard from Mayor Bill de Blasio, who said that New York City is committed to reducing green house gas emissions by 40 percent by the year 2030. We heard from the mayor of Kochi, who said that India has the most slaves in the world but that they have enacted laws, to help protect child labor to give children the right to go to school, and to make sure in rural areas they have the right to work. We heard also from the mayor of Madrid, who said it is not just creating laws but lawmakers have to set an example, and that she and the local counselors in Madrid walk or take public transportation.

The mayors and local leaders will have a chance to continue their discussions tomorrow on the second day of the Vatican conference.

Delia Gallagher, CNN, Rome.

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VAUSE: CNN's Freedom Project highlights the fight against slavery and human trafficking. And our new documentary, "Children for Sale: The Fight to End Human Trafficking," airs international on Wednesday, 8:00 p.m. in London, and 9:00 p.m. in central Europe.

ASHER: Heavy rain and flash flooding have hit northern Iran.

Our meteorologist, Ivan Cabrera, joins us.

Ivan, we did see some pretty surprising video of these buildings collapsing on the banks of --

IVAN CABRERA, AMS METEOROLOGIST: Unbelievable stuff out of Iraq. We talked about the rain yesterday. Now we're just getting, I think a sense scope of how significant this was across Iran.

Let's show you to the scene and show you what Zain is talking about here. Where's your house? Well, it's in the river. This is awful stuff. This is not in Teheran. This is further to the north and east. Look at this triple-decker there. Just going down. A matter of seconds. Unbelievable. We did have some injuries. We did have some fatalities. It is unusual because they don't usually get this kind of rain this time of the year. There's Teheran. We will take you to one of these valleys nestled by the mountain hill tops. That water can only go down the valley and river, and that's where we had the river taking homes with it. There you see the river. There we continue to see it swelling here. I don't think we will get additional rainfall. That's going to add to the volume but it already is bad enough. We have to get the crest moving further down the pike here. Few scattered showers over the next couple of days and that's it. Just unfortunate that it will be a while before they get that mess cleaned up there.

Let's talk about portions of eastern China and in to Japan. Look at this rainfall, 431 millimeters. That's 17 inches of rain in two days. This is getting out of hand now. Portions of Japan and Kochi, 144 millimeters of rain. Portions of China in the 100s and 300 millimeters of rainfall. Incredible stuff because of this frontal boundary with heavy rainfall that will continue the next several days. Not going to move that much. I think we are in for quite a rainy pattern here.

And a quick update on our typhoon. We continue to monitor that one. It is heading north and west with. I think by the time it arrives in southern Japan this weekend it will be much weaker. We will be talking about heavy rain and gusty winds but I don't think it will be a catastrophic event.

VAUSE: Has it stopped raining in China?

(CROSSTALK) CABRERA: It has not stopped raining in China. It hasn't. This has been an incredible rainy season. You saw the totals here. More to come.

VAUSE: Ivan, good to have you with us.

ASHER: Thank you, Ivan.

[01:49:46] VAUSE: When we come back, a restaurant owner feeling the heat on social media because she did not want that whine with her bacon and eggs. We'll explain.

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VAUSE: This is a problem. You are out. There's a crying child who will not stop. What do you do? I do the glare.

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ASHER: You do? I bet you were mean to them, too.

The owner of a diner in Maine yelled back and that got people on the Internet yelling at her.

Here's our Jeanne Moos with that story.

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JEANNE MOOS, CNN NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): There's nothing appetizing about a cry baby in a restaurant. But here at Marcy's Diner in Portland, Maine --

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MOOS: -- a crying 21-month-old has provoked an outcry all because owner, Darla Neugebauer, did this.

NEUGEBAUER: I turned around, slammed both hands on the counter and pointed at the child and said this has got to stop.

MOOS: That's not how the toddler's mother remembers it. Tara Carson told WCSH that the owner was --

TARA CARSON, MOTHER OF TODDLER: Screaming in her face like shut the hell up. I was in pure shock. I had never seen behavior like this before.

MOOS: The two stories diverged in other ways.

NEUGEBAUER: After 40 minutes of screaming, I had had enough.

[01:54:53] MOOS: But the mother says the toddler was crying and not screaming for a little over 10 minutes, not 40.

The owner had asked the parents to take the child outside at least once before, but the mom says it was raining.

The parents vented their anger on the Marcy's Diner Facebook page, "The owner is an absolute lunatic. May karma bite you in the (EXPLETIVE DELETED)."

In her F-bomb-laced responses, the owner called the toddler that monster and the beast.

The back and forth prompted a deluge of comments, though way more sided with the owner. The morning show chewed over the topic.

NEUGEBAUER: And her parents said, are you screaming at a child? Yes, I am, and she shut up.

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MOOS: So far, the egg seems firmly on the grill rather than on the owner's face.

Jeanne Moos, CNN --

NEUGEBAUER: This has got to stop.

-- New York.

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VAUSE: Of course, you are.

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ASHER: Crying child. Come on, John, where's your heart.

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VAUSE: Shut up.

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ASHER: Is that what you say to the baby?

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On that note, thank you for watching, everyone. I'm Zain Asher.

We will continue this argument.

VAUSE: Yeah. I'm John Vause.

Stay with us. You are watching CNN.

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ASHER: It's a baby.

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