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Donald Trump Generates New Wave of Controversy After Remark; Michael Phelps Wins 20th and 21st Gold Medals at Summer Games; An Urgent Appeal for Aleppo. Aired 3-4a ET

Aired August 10, 2016 - 03:00   ET

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[03:00:00] ROSEMARY CHURCH, CNN NEWSROOM SHOW HOST: Under fire, Donald Trump generate a new wave of controversy after a remark some interpret as a call to harm Hillary Clinton. His response, "give me a break."

The best ever, Michael Phelps, cements his status at the greatest Olympian of all time with his 20th and 21st gold medals at the Summer Games.

And an urgent appeal for Aleppo. The U.N. says more than two million people there are running low of water and electricity.

Hello and welcome to our viewers all around the world. I'm Rosemary Church. And this is CNN Newsroom.

One day after trying to reboot his campaign to focus on the economy, Donald Trump is at the center of another controversy. The U.S. republican presidential candidate consistency attacks rival Hillary Clinton for promoting tighter gun control.

As Jim Acosta reports on Tuesday, Trump took it a step further.

JIM ACOSTA, CNN SENIOR WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT: Firing up a big and rowdy crowd in the now critical state of North Carolina, Donald Trump offered this cryptic warning about Hillary Clinton's plan for the Supreme Court and sounded like he was suggesting that Second Amendment supporters could take matters into their own hands.

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DONALD TRUMP, (R) U.S. PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: Hillary Clinton wants to abolish, essentially abolish the Second Amendment.

And, by the way, if she gets to pick...

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... if she gets to pick her judges, nothing you can do, folks. Although the Second Amendment people, maybe there is.

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ACOSTA: The comment was so brazen, it shocked people sitting right behind Trump. The Clinton campaign immediately cried foul.

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TIM KAINE, VIRGINIA STATE SENATOR: I think he was just revealing as he has in many other statements that he's made. Just no understanding for the role of leader and I don't find the attempt to row it backward persuasive at all.

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ACOSTA: At Trump campaign it's terrifying the candidate's comments saying, "It's called the power of unification. Second Amendment people have amazing spirit and are tremendously unified which gives them great political power. And this year, they'll be voting in record numbers and it won't be for Hillary Clinton, it will be for Donald Trump."

The uproar sparks by Trump's remark once again raised questions about the GOP nominee's ability to stay on message. One of the campaign's top surrogates conceded Trump simply botched the point he was trying to make about Clinton's position on guns.

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WOLF BLITZER, THE SITUATION ROOM SHOW HOST: It was awkwardly phrased, though.

MICHAEL HAYDEN, FORMER CIA DIRECTOR: Yes, it may have been awkwardly phrased but he talks aggressively to the people.

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ACOSTA: But former CIA director Michael Hayden who just signed a letter along with dozens of other former national security officials pledging to never vote for Trump, said "The Second Amendment comments could have unintended consequences."

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HAYDEN: You're not just responsible for what you say; you're responsible for what people hear.

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CHURCH: Well, CNN's Jim Acosta reporting there. And Trump insists his referenced to Second Amendment people was an effort to rally the influential gun lobby.

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TRUMP: Nobody in that room thought anything other than what you just said. This is a political movement. This is a strong powerful movement, the Second Amendment.

You know, Hillary wants to take your guns away, she wants to leave you unprotected in your home. This is a tremendous political movement. The NRA as you know endorsed me, they're terrific people, Wayne and

Chris, and all of the people over there. And by the way, they've already -- I just saw, they tweeted out basically they agree 100 percent with what I said and there can be no other interpretation. Even reporters have told me. I mean, give me a break.

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CHURCH: Joining me now from Washington, CNN political analyst, Josh Rogin, he is also a columnist for the Washington Post. Always great to chat with you.

So, Donald Trump in trouble over his Second Amendment comments. His campaign says he was referring to the mobilization of gun owners but many others interpreted as a suggestion of gun owners using guns to stop Hillary Clinton. two very different interpretations of course. What is the likely impact of this?

JOSH ROGIN, CNN POLITICAL ANALYST: Well, it just reinforces the narrative that Donald Trump is so careless with his words that he, even if he's not intentionally inciting violence, that he might unintentionally insight violence.

And this comment came right after he mischaracterized Hillary Clinton's position on the Second Amendment, which reinforces the narrative that Donald Trump is simply not being upfront and honest about with the American people.

This is comes in a speech where he also said lots of other sort of questionable things. Like NATO changed its terrorism policy in response to his own words.

[03:05:05] And, you know, this also comes at the end of -- or in the middle of a week where Trump has made a number of other factual errors, including tweeting a speculation that her e-mail server was somehow responsible for the death of an Iranian scientist.

Overall, it's just a long string of really questionable incredible statements that are dogging his campaign.

CHURCH: And I do want to bring up some new numbers now. The latest NBC/Wall Street Journal/Marist polls finds Clinton leading by 11 points in Pennsylvania, 5 points in Ohio, and 4 points in Iowa against Trump. What's at the root of that new support for Clinton do you think?

ROGIN: Right. Well, these numbers reflect sort of the first subsequent of polling after everything has settled down from the convention season. And what happened was Trump got a bump during his convention, Hillary got a bump during her convention.

And then rather than leveling up, Trump was dogged by terrible press mostly of his own creation for the week after the democratic convention in Philadelphia and now the polls are reflecting that.

So, he's unable to sort of recover and he's not really making any efforts to recover. And he's losing sort of those undecided independent voters, especially in these swing states, especially in these rust belt states who didn't vote for him in the primary, who didn't vote for Hillary Clinton and now reluctantly, as the election nears may coming up with their final decision.

CHURCH: And we know of course that Trump has said that he wants to debate Clinton, but now we are seeing him wavering, insisting he needs to see the conditions attached to those debates before he actually commits fully. What's going on here?

ROGIN: Yes. Well, Trump thinks he can negotiate everything. So, he wants to make sure that when these debates happen, he has the most favorable terms and will come up with almost any excuse as leverage to bargain for the best terms that whatever he thinks are good for him.

In the end, he's going to have to debate Hillary Clinton. He can't get out of it. He likely knows that. But any sort of competitive advantage he can get, he's going to complain until he has enough chips to cash in to get that leverage.

CHURCH: Yes. We'll watch and see what happens there. And, of course, finally, republican Senator, Susan Collins adds her voice to the many GOP voices now saying no to Trump. What impact will this likely have? And what does it perhaps signal?

ROGIN: Right. It's a sign that republicans and senior republicans and lawmakers are feeling more empowered to distance themselves from Trump. We've seen this in House races as well. The establishment is concluding that Trump is more likely to lose than to win and they're making calculations accordingly.

We'll have to wait and see whether republicans who are actually on the ballot this year follow suit.

CHURCH: All right. Josh Rogin, always great to talk with you. I appreciate it.

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ROGIN: Likewise.

CHURCH: Two more golds for the most decorated Olympian of all time, U.S. Swimmer, Michael Phelps led his team to victory in the 4 by 200 meter freestyle relay. Taking home his 21st Olympic gold medal.

Phelps also won gold in men's 200-meter butterfly. But it was a disappointing day for American tennis star Serena Williams. The defending Olympic champion is now out of medal contention after a third round upset by Ukraine's Elina Svitolina.

Well, our Christina Macfarlane joins us now live from Rio. So, Christina, what a night in the pool for Michael Phelps, taking him to an impressive 21 gold medals. How did it all play out?

CHRISTINA MACFARLANE, CNN WORLD SPORTS ANCHOR: Absolutely, Rosemary. It was definitely Michael Phelps's night. And that 200-meter butterfly race was the race of redemption for him. I think we can call it not just because he defeat his great rival from London 2012 Chad le Clos.

But because it's been a long road for him to get back here. Remember, he retired from the game back in 2012. He said he wasn't enjoying the sport anymore. he's had a turbulent time away from the pool.

But last night, he really seemed to be enjoying his swimming. Just edging ahead of the competition to take that win in front of a packed atmosphere down at the swimming pool yesterday.

And with it, becoming the first individual gold medalist in Olympic swim history and when he took that 20th gold medal he sat up, he wagged his finger at the crowd indicating that he was number one.

And of course, that wasn't the last we saw of Michael Phelps first night. He came back just 15 minutes later to compete in the men's 4 by 100-meter race. And it was superb performance by the men's U.S. Olympic team.

Michael Phelps suffering something of a mishap with his swimming cap. He managed to snap it just before he got to in the pool as tonight's late drama, but he did managed to get hold to one of his teammates.

[03:10:01] He got in the pool the time. By the time he came around to swim his full leg, however, the U.S. were winning it hands down. They were far out ahead and it was just up to Michael Phelps to bring it home for his 21st gold medal. It really was an exciting scene.

CHURCH: Indeed and he just do that. And, of course, the other success story, the U.S. gymnastics team leaving the other competitors in their dust. What's being said about their performance?

MACFARLANE: Oh, it was just extraordinary, Rosemary. Surely now we can say this is the greatest women's gymnastics team of their era. That's the question here that everyone is asking and that's because they blew away the competition last night.

They actually won by eight clear points over their rivals, Russia. Now that's the largest margin in open -- in the open era and they won in every discipline.

In fact, they were so successful, but by the time their star, Simone Biles, you can see they came to take to the floor, they already racked up the Olympic gold medal.

Simone, of course, looking to become the first gymnast to win five Olympic gold medals in one -- in one Olympic Games. And I wouldn't put it past her, the United States now have become the first team to win back to back gold medals since the Romanians did it in 2000 to 2004. And of course, they'll be back for more golds and more medals later this week.

CHURCH: So lately, and of course, her personal story is something to look into as well. That perhaps for another day. But what's going on with the diving pool of the game? One day it's blue, the next day it's green. What's happening? MACFARLANE: Yes. That was a bit of a curious story on Tuesday,

Rosemary. It was down at the synchronized swimming pool that the entire pool turned from blue to green within one day. You can see there. And it wasn't just a light green, it was a deep green.

In fact, it was so green that the competitors in the pool were saying they couldn't see their teammates. That how was cloudy it was in the water. Now the organizers came down they took a measure of the water just to test what was going on and they couldn't figure out exactly what had happened.

They said the water was clean, there was no risk of swimming in it. But it certainly made for some rather green and gory headlines yesterday. It didn't stop the women's Chinese swim team, though, from taking gold. However, their experts probably left their teammate feeling rather green.

CHURCH: I would think so. I hope that mystery gets solved. It's quite intriguing. And finally, an official media bus came under attack at the Rio Games. What details do you have on that, Christina?

MACFARLANE: Yes. This came in late in the day yesterday, Rosemary. It was quite concerning and we had reports that the media transport bus that was traveling from one of the Olympic clusters, the Deodoro complex to the athletes' village came under attack by either a bullet or stones being thrown at the bus.

We're still not sure which one it is. The police are looking into it. Now it shattered the windows of the bus. There were a number of journalists on the bus. And couple of hours ago, the Rio organizers let us know that two of the journalists have secured or suffered minor injuries, but beyond that, no one, thankfully was hurt.

It was driving very close to one of the large favelas here in Rio, known as the city of God favela, which is depicted in the well-known film. And as I say, the police are looking for the instance to find out whether in fact, it was shot, fired or stones -- stones thrown.

but as you can imagine we're already a city on high alert here and it's just putting -- ramping up that extra bit of tension for all of us here at the event.

CHURCH: Yes, totally understand that. A real concern for everybody. Christina Macfarlane, always a pleasure to chat with you in front of the Copacabana Beach there. An impressive backdrop for sure. Thanks so much.

Well, now for a look at the medal standings after the fourth day of competition. The United States is in first place with nine gold medals. China is close behind with eight gold medals while both Hungary and Australia each have four.

And rounding up the top six are Russia and Italy with three golds each. The U.S. also leads in total number of medals with 26.

And 20 gold medals are up for grabs Wednesday. Here are some events to keep your eye on. In gymnastics, Japan's Kohei Uchimura will be looking to defend the men's individual all-around title. Nobody has defended the title since 1972.

The first rowing finals take place after high winds cause trouble in the early part of the competition. And in the men's cycling time trials, Tour de France champion Chris Froome is hoping to medal. He won bronze four years ago in London (Inaudible).

Well, Olympic refugees are making history as they compete in the summer games. We will hear one athlete story of struggle and success. That's later this hour.

Plus, Syrian government forces are battling for crucial road in Aleppo, making it harder for humanitarian groups to deliver to those in need.

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PEDRAM JAVAHERI, CNN METEOROLOGIST: This is weather watch on CNN. I'm Pedram Javaheri with you watching the southeastern U.S.

Yet again, as really the predominant area for any sort of uniform weather pattern. A lot of thunderstorms that are present. And you take a look the moisture content really sticks out here like a sore thumb when you take a look at how much moisture is locked in that region.

There is some storms around the northeastern corner of the U.S. but it is around the Gulf Coast that the most high flood risk remains in place. In fact, up and down the Panhandle working your way out towards New Orleans, in the State of Louisiana there heavy rainfall expected, and the models indicating the heaviest rain now can be displace a little farther back towards the west.

And that could be again, north of 250, to 300 millimeters by the time this is all said and done later this week. Temps into the upper 30s. You factor the humidity about 41, 42 degrees across parts of Dallas.

In the Denver, Colorado, also a little steamy there at 34. Winnipeg, some thunderstorms possible there. Temps should be into the upper 20s and low 30s there.

Here's what's next of Javier, now losing a lot of its tropical characteristics. The Sierra Madre Mountain across this region of Western Mexico will see a lot of thunderstorms begin to see flourish into the afternoon hours.

Some flooding concerns on those high elevation communities. But temps should be kept a little cooler there into the mid-20s around Mexico City. Chihuahua around 31 degrees. And work your way to the south, you notice places like La Paz, some morning snow showers could mix in as well.

CHURCH: Syrian government forces are battling rebels for a crucial road in Aleppo. Rebel fighters tell CNN the road is still accessible but not secure enough for aid delivery. The United Nation said Aleppo is suffering a horrific humanitarian

situation and is calling for an urgent ceasefire in order to get aid to an estimated 275,000 people in need.

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JENS LAERKE, UNITED NATIONS HUMANITARIAN OFFICE SPOKESPERSON: Attacks on civilian infrastructure this week has severely damaged the city's electric and water infrastructure, leaving all but two million residents of Aleppo without electricity or access to the public water network.

Water available through wells and tanks in Aleppo is not nearly enough to sustain the needs of the population. The U.N. is extremely concerned that the consequences will be dire for millions of civilians if the electricity are other networks are not immediately repaired.

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CHURCH: And CNN's senior international correspondent Fred Pleitgen is tracking developments from Berlin. He joins us now live.

[03:20:03] So, Fred, you, of course have reported many times from Syria. So, just how likely do you think it is that the ceasefire that the U.N. is calling for will actually happen?

FREDERIK PLEITGEN, CNN SENIOR INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: I think it's very unlikely that the ceasefire would happen at this point in time, Rosemary. You have to see that right now the situation on the battlefield in Aleppo that way that it is, is that both sides, both the rebels and the regime are trying to force a decision in Aleppo.

You've seen after the rebels have broken the siege of Aleppo that the pro-Assad forces, especially the Russian air force have done a lot of bombardments especially in the southwest of the city, but also on rebel-held areas as well.

Whereas, the rebels have come and said, look, now we feel that we can take the rest of Aleppo by military means. So, at this point in time both side seemed to be looking for a military solution. It really seems that both sides have their eyes on this, what they see a massive pride.

And are basically crushing the prize in the process. Continuing these military campaigns. And then the big question is, who do you talk to when you try to get a ceasefire like this going?

If you look on the rebel side the main group, the strongest group that was behind these rebel of advances was affiliated with Al Qaeda.

And only a couple of weeks ago. And so, the big question is, do they talk to the U.N.? Would they talk to, for instance, the U.S. or Russia? At this point that seems highly unlikely, and then of course, you have the general distrust that is in place between the rebels and the Assad regime. There have been ceasefires in Aleppo in the past. Some of them have actually held for a few days or even a few weeks. But in large, long- term, it really hasn't ever happened.

So, it seems as though at this point in time the prospect for a ceasefire is quite unlikely and it seemed as if both sides are looking for a military solution to Aleppo, which of course is one of the most intense and one of the most important battles that we've seen so far in Syria's ongoing civil war, Rosemary.

CHURCH: And, Fred, as you touched on there, we don't really know who is in control of this crucial corridor at this point, do we? And talk to us, too, about what those who are waiting for some sort of humanitarian aid, what they're going through at this point.

PLEITGEN: Well, I mean, it's very difficult for them and the situation has got even worse than it was before. The situation was very tough, especially for the people who are in rebel-held Aleppo for a very long time. Access to things like as the U.N. was saying, for instance, clean water, access to a lot of food stocks, access to electricity.

It was a disaster on both sides even before all of this happens in Aleppo. Even a government held parts of Aleppo (TECHNICAL PROBLEM).

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MATTHEW CHANCE, CNN SENIOR INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: ... amid a Turkish crackdown on opponents, more than 18,000 have been detained. Relations between Turkey and the west strained. And the Kremlin sense this as an opportunity. Putin was quick to remind his Turkish counterpart of his early backing.

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VLADIMIR PUTIN, RUSSIAN PRESIDENT (TRANSLATED): I know that I was one of the first who called on the phone and expressed my support in overcoming the internal political crisis after the coup d'etat. I'd like to say again that it's our principal position that we will always categorically be against any unconstitutional deeds.

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CHANCE: Amid Turkish anger with western criticism, Putin's hand of friendship may mean a lot.

Matthew Chance, CNN, St. Petersburg.

CHURCH: For the second time in a week, Israel has charged a humanitarian aid worker of helping Hamas. A United Nations spokesman says they are conducting their own internal review and will cooperate with authorities.

Oren Liebermann has more now from Jerusalem.

OREN LIEBERMANN, CNN CORRESPONDENT: The United Nations Development Program has poured million dollars into Gaza, helping to rebuild the coastal enclave after the 2014 Gaza war. A slow and difficult process.

Now a U.N. worker, 38-year-old Waheed Borsh has been indicted by an Israeli court with directing U.N. aid to Hamas that melt (Ph) an Jihadist organization that runs Gaza.

Israel says Borsh directed U.N. aid to benefit Hamas, claims Hamas says are baseless.

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SAMI ABU ZUHRI, HAMAS SPOKESPERSON (TRANSLATED): It's part of an Israeli plan to restrict the work of international relief organizations operating in Gaza in order to tighten the Gaza blockade.

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LIEBERMANN: It's the second time in a week, an aid worker has been charged with aiding Hamas. On Thursday, 38-year-old Mohammad al-Halabi was charge with siphoning millions of dollars from World Vision, a U.S.-based humanitarian organization, to Hamas.

Israel says al-Halabi was a member of Hamas' military wing and used his position as the director of World Vision in Gaza to divert money to Hamas.

In a video statement, Major General Yoav Mordechai spoke directly to the people of Gaza.

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YOAV MORDECHAI, IDF COORDINATOR OF GOVERNMENT ACTIVITIES IN THE TERRITORIES (TRANSLATED): Hamas is burying you and your hope of living a normal life. I want to say clearly, its exploitation of Israel's civil policy harms you and we will not stand idly by.

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LIEBERMANN: Al-Halabi's father says his son had nothing to do with Hamas.

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KHALIL AL-HALABI, MOHAMMAD AL-HALABI'S FATHER (TRANSLATED): We don't know why this media frenzy was created by Israel on the subject. They know and I know and I'm convinced he has nothing to do with all these charges.

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LIEBERMANN: In Gaza, protestors demonstrated in support of al-Halabi. World Vision says the charges are very serious but they are skeptical.

President Kevin Jenkins released a statement saying "If any of these allegations are proven to be true, we will take swift and decisive action. Unfortunately, we still have not seen any of the evidence. World Vision's cumulative operating budget in Gaza for the past 10 years was approximately $22.5 million, which makes the allege amount of up to $50 million being diverted hard to reconcile."

CHURCH: Oren Liebermann reporting there and he joins us now live from Jerusalem. So, Oren, why are we seeing this happen now? Is there anything significant in the timing of it?

LIEBERMANN: Well, from reading the indictment sheet against Mohammad el-Halabi, the second case we talked about there, it's obvious that the Shin Bet, the Israeli Security Agency investigation went on for years not weeks or months, so why now you ask.

Well, Israel have long accused Hamas of using U.N. facilities and humanitarian aid facilities and supplies to either launch rockets or store weapons. Now it seems Israel has shifted that investigation. Now they are going after the financing and the supplying of Hamas.

Why specifically now? I don't know that there's a specific time as to now, but it simply seems that the investigation is now focusing on the funding, the financing, and the supplying of Hamas as least as it relates to international aid organizations. Rosemary.

CHURCH: All right Oren Liebermann, joining us there live from Jerusalem. Many thanks to you for that report.

[03:29:59] Hillary Clinton is battling for support across party lines and rejecting a controversial supporter. The latest on the U.S. presidential campaign, coming up.

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CHURCH: He suggested supporters of the American right to bare arms could stop her. Critics accused him of making a veil threat of violence. Trump says he was talking about the gun lobby's political influence.

Well, the latest opinion poll shows a tight race between Trump and Clinton in the crucial State of Florida. According to Quinnipiac University, Clinton has the support of 46 percent of likely voters polled to Trump's 45 percent.

[03:35:01] She has more of an edge among voters in Ohio, leading Trump, 49 to 45 percent there and she's got a solid 10-point lead over Trump in Pennsylvania.

Well, meanwhile, Clinton is disavowing support for the father of the Orlando shooter who showed up at one of her campaign events. The appearance put the U.S. democratic presidential candidate on the defensive.

Our senior Washington correspondent, Jeff Zeleny reports. It came on what was otherwise a strong day for Clinton.

JEFF ZELENY, CNN SENIOR WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT: Hillary Clinton is casting a wider net tonight.

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HILLARY CLINTON, (D) U.S. PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: Thank you for the work you every day.

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ZELENY: Searching for new republican supporters and newly competitive red states. Possibly up for grabs in the wake of Donald Trump. The Clinton campaign's concerted efforts to recruit some of the republicans peeling off Trump is paying off, at least in small ways.

Two prominent republican environmentalists who ran the EPA during the Nixon, Reagan, and George H.W. Bush administrations announced their support today for Clinton.

They said, "Trump has shown up profound ignorance of science particularly on climate change." Yet, not all republicans coming out against Trump are turning towards Clinton, including republican Senator, Susan Collins of Maine.

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SUSAN COLLINS, MAINE STATE SENATOR: I have a lot of concerns about Hillary Clinton and I am not going to support her.

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ZELENY: CNN has learned the Clinton campaign is also eyeing new investments in Georgia and Arizona, exploring whether Trump's challenges have created a realistic opening in republican territory.

Those are two red states with a high share of Hispanic and black voters. Democrats believe they can flip. It's a delicate dance for Clinton. In Florida today, blasting GOP congressional leaders for not signing off on Zika funding.

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CLINTON: Get a bill passed. Get a bill that is focussed on combatting Zika passed.

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ZELENY: While in South Florida, Clinton also visited ousted DNC chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz.

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CLINTON: So, please, do everything you can to make sure Debbie has a resounding victory on August 30th.

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ZELENY: She's fighting for her seat in Congress in a primary this month. It's one of the remaining wars in the democratic family feud. Bernie Sanders is supporting Wasserman's Schultz's rival. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

CLINTON: After you take a few days off, we got to get back to work in November, right?

(CROWD CHEERING)

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ZELENY: All this as Clinton's rally Monday night outside Orlando focusing on Trump.

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CLINTON: He wants to roll back regulations on Wall Street.

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ZELENY: Suddenly overshadowed by another man. The father of the Pulse Night Club shooter was sitting just behind Clinton, watching as she talked about the nation's deadliest mass shooting killing 49 people in June.

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CLINTON: And I know how many people, family members, and loved ones and friends are still grieving.

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ZELENY: Seddique Mateen told CNN affiliate WPTV he's a democrat and wanted to attend the rally. The Clinton campaign said it did not know he was in the audience or selected to be on stage.

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SEDDIQUE MATEEN, OMAR MATEEN'S FATHER: Why they should be surprised. I love United States and I've been living here for a long time.

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ZELENY: He said he supports Clinton.

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MATEEN: Clinton is good for United States, versus Donald Trump.

CHURCH: CNN's Jeff Zeleny reporting there.

And coming up next, new concerns about safety at U.S. amusement parks after two incidents in two days.

And later, an athlete from Congo is competing on the first ever Olympic refugee team. Why the summer games are about more than just a medal for him.

We're back with that and more.

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CHURCH: A Ferris wheel accident and a death on the world's highest water slide are raising new concerns about the regulations at amusement parks in the United States.

Now CNN's Rene Marsh reports no single federal agency has total oversight.

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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I've got three kids that have fell from the Ferris wheel. Three kids.

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RENE MARSH, CNN AVIATION CORRESPONDENT: Monday, three girls fell about 45 feet from an amusement park ride in Tennessee. One of them severely injured.

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GREGORY LYNTHACUM, EYEWITNESS: One fell, bounced off, the other one fell immediately behind bouncing off and then hit in the concrete.

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MARSH: And just one day earlier, 10-year-old Caleb Schwab died from a neck injury after riding this 168-foot tall water slide in Kansas City, Kansas. A foot taller than Niagara Falls, it's dubbed the world's largest water slide.

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DEBORAH HERSMAN, NATIONAL SAFETY COUNCIL PRESIDENT & CEO: What do we know about water parks is there is very little federal oversight or regulations. They're not required to report their injuries and that much of this is handled at the state and local level.

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MARSH: There are more than 400 amusement parks in the United States attracting more than 330 million visitors per year. No federal agency is responsible for oversight, it's up to the states to regulate. And some are more strict than others.

But the trade group that represent amusement parks tells CNN quote, "Serious incidents are extremely rare."

The most recent data from 2014 shows of the millions of visitors to amusement parks in the U.S., there were 1100 reported injuries. But that number does not account for water parks or traveling parks like the Ferris wheel incident in Tennessee. That data is harder to come by. It also doesn't account for close calls like this. A Texas father forced to hold his 6-year-old son mid-ride after the safety restraint came loose. And fatal incidents like the woman who fell out of a roller coaster car and plummeted to her death at six flags over Texas in 2013.

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CARMEN BROWN, WITNESS: She goes up like this and when it drops to come down, that's when it released and she just stumbles.

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MARSH: All raise questions about why there isn't one standard to insure the millions of riders are safe.

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HERSMAN: They're expecting to have a safe ride. We need to make sure that all of the work on the design, maintenance, and oversight and inspection is done so that there is a safe ride for everyone.

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MARSH: Rene Marsh, CNN, Washington.

CHURCH: The U.S. Justice Department says the police in the city of Baltimore have a racial bias. And African-Americans are being victimized by it.

The police department has been under investigation since the death of Freddie Gray. He died last year after suffering a neck injury while in police custody.

The federal investigation found Baltimore police engaged in unconstitutional practices that led to disproportionate rates of stops, searches, and arrests of African-Americans.

[03:45:04] The report comes weeks after charges were dropped against the remaining officers facing trial in Gray's death.

Well, Delta Airlines passengers are bracing for another day of travel disruptions caused by Monday's massive computer system crashed. The carrier canceled a thousand flights Monday, and said it cancelled another 775 on Tuesday. Thousands more were delayed.

The head of Delta posted a video apology.

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ED BASTIAN, DELTA AIRLINES CEO: This isn't who we are. This isn't the quality of service and the reliability that you've come to expect from Delta Airlines. We're very sorry. I'm personally very sorry for what has happened to you and the impact it had on travel plans whether it's for personal and vacation, the impact on your families or on your business ventures or for whatever reason you were traveling on Delta.

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CHURCH: And Delta says it is slowly getting passengers rebooked and getting operations back to normal. Aviation experts say the breakdown will likely cost Delta tens of millions of dollars.

Well, with all being there, running late may be caught up in airport security for whatever reason you miss your flight or most people just rebook, right?

But this guy at Madrid's International Airport actually breached security and hit the tarmac. Lagging his two carry-ons he carries towards the plane. Astonishingly, this man actually managed to board that flight but he was detained and will face charges in his destination, the Gran Canaria.

Well, high winds postponed the Olympic rowing competition last week. We will tell you if row has faced better conditions when they take to the water on Wednesday.

The full forecast still to come.

Plus, an impromptu moment between two gymnasts from opposing countries captures the heart of the Olympic Games. The story behind this very special selfie. That's coming up.

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JAVAHERI: This is Weather Watch on CNN. I'm Pedram Javaheri with you watching the southeastern U.S.

Yet, again, as really the predominant area for any sort of uniform weather pattern. A lot of thunderstorms that are present. And you take a look the moisture content really sticks out here like a sore thumb when you take a look at how much moisture is locked in that region.

There is some storms around the northeastern corner of the U.S. but it is around the Gulf Coast that the most high flood risk remains in place.

In fact, up and down the Panhandle working your way out towards New Orleans, in the State of Louisiana there heavy rainfall expected, and the models indicating the heaviest rain now can be displace a little farther back towards the west.

And that could be again, north of 250, to 300 millimeters by the time this is all said and done later this week. Temps into the upper 30s. You factor the humidity about 41, 42 degrees across parts of Dallas.

In the Denver, Colorado, also a little steamy there at 34. Winnipeg, some thunderstorms possible there. Temps should be into the upper 20s and low 30s there.

Here's what's next of Javier, now losing a lot of its tropical characteristics this. The Sierra Madre Mountain across this region of Western Mexico will see a lot of thunderstorms begin to see flourish into the afternoon hours.

Some flooding concerns on those high elevation communities. But temps should be kept a little cooler there into the mid-20s around Mexico City. Chihuahua around 31 degrees. And work your way to the south, you notice places like La Paz, some morning snow showers could mix in as well.

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CHURCH: For the first time in Olympic history, a team made up entirely of refugees is competing in the summer games. One of the athletes is a judo fighter from Congo who took refuge in Brazil.

Shasta Darlington has his story.

SHASTA DARLINGTON, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Popole Misenga has reigned in his brutal tactics. Aiming for gold as part of the new refugee team, training in his adoptive home, Brazil.

"My fight in the Olympics would be for all of the refugees, he says, to give them faith in their dreams." But it was a violent road that started in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

During the five-year conflict that ended in 2003, more than five million people were killed and millions more left homeless. Misenga was separated from his family during the war and to this day doesn't know if they survived.

He says he was mistreated when he lost matches. Misenga's coach says the experience left him aggressive.

"In Congo they always had to win or they were punished in a cage," he says. He came to Rio in 2013 to compete in the World Judo Championship for Congo. He stayed and requested asylum. A decision he doesn't regret although he faces unexpected challenges.

"I thought I'd make a better life here and forget what was going on in my village, he says, but here shots are fired every day."

We visit Misenga in the working class neighborhood where he now lives with his Brazilian wife and toddler son. This is where Popole gets the bus every day to go to training. Three different buses, two and half hours. He doesn't get home until around 11.30 at night.

He shows us the hair salon where he slept on the floor when he first arrived. Until he met Fabiana. She says the Olympics are about much more than competing for a medal.

"He needs this because it could help him find his siblings, she says. He hasn't seen them since he was a kid." Misenga says he wants to bring them to his new home, to Brazil.

Shasta Darlington, CNN, Rio de Janeiro.

CHURCH: All right. I want you to take a look at this picture, it captures the true spirit of the Olympic Games. Lee Eun-ju of South Korea and Hong Un-jong of North Korea snap this selfie while competing in Rio.

Now the two gymnasts set aside the fact that their two countries are technically still at war with one another and shared this very charming moment.

This is Lee's first Olympics. Hong is a veteran gymnast winning the gold medal in vault in 2008. What a great picture there.

And our meteorologist Pedram Javaheri joins us now because we do want to look about -- look at the weather for the Rio Games because storms threatening. What sort of impact are they likely to have?

JAVAHERI: Yes, I know that earlier in the hour, you are speaking with our Christina Macfarlane, there were some clouds and storms were only right through behind it. And you just look at schedule, Rosemary, we have sailing on Wednesday, canoeing, archery, beach volleyball, the equestrian events taking place.

CHURCH: Yes.

JAVAHERI: Can you imagine and there are some thunderstorms potentially, can you imagine being on a horse, a clap of thunder potentially is scaring and frightening some of these horses.

CHURCH: Yes.

JAVAHERI: A lot of things can go wrong when weather is rough across this region with so much at stake of course, not only for the athletes but also for the spectators as well.

but here's a live look at what we have right now. Out of Copacabana Beach, again, you see the waves picking up a little bit. You see the flags in the bottom of your screen being kicked up around a little across this region.

Winds at around 15 to 20 kilometers per hour. That is the steam. We think gusts could be much, much higher. But when you think about the events taking place in the archery being one of them on Wednesday afternoon.

With the storms coming in, somewhere between 1 to 3 p.m., where the heaviest rain showers is expected to push through. They'll be scattered in nature but some of these thunderstorms could be very heavily locally across this region.

So, again, the models indicate where the strongest storms will be. Some of them are going to remain offshore, but into the early afternoon hours don't be surprised to get some of these events that are halted because of the rough weather expected on Wednesday across the Rio area.

[03:55:08] Winds, as high as about 24, 25 kilometers per hour. That's the stem begin. Gusts could get up to about 40 kilometers per hour. Keep in mind we have almost a 70 kilometer per hour wind gust on Sunday when rowing events were halted because of that. And again, some of these activities very much precision sports or

precision events that are going to require very little in the way of rough weather to be able to succeed that. I mean, if you take a look there's the Wednesday forecast, showers highly possible across that region.

And then we see a little bit of a drying trend on Thursday into Friday, isolated storms come back later into the weekend. But that's the story across Rio.

The story is excessive heat across the Korean Peninsula. This is out of Seoul, South Korea. Some kids are cooling off there as the hottest temperatures of 2016 are upon us across this region.

How about mid and upper 30s, almost 40 degrees. We're talking around 102 to 104 Fahrenheit in places just outside of Seoul work your way into Tokyo. This is among the hottest temperatures on record for some of these cities.

In fact, Tokyo was at 29 just a couple of days ago. Look at this. They climbed to 37.7 yesterday. Just a couple degrees shy of their all-time hottest temperature observed. We know at least 700 people have been hospitalized in Japan over the last couple of days with excessive heat illnesses.

So, this is a major issue where it looks like it will cool off some significantly here comes Thursday and Friday, but for about a three to four-day period it's been the hottest of the year across Japan in particular.

CHURCH: Of course we always worry about the elderly in those situations.

JAVAHERI: Right.

CHURCH: Pedram, many thanks. I appreciate it. And thank you so much for your company. I'm Rosemary Church. Remember to connect with anytime on Twitter @rosemarycnn. We'd love to hear from you.

More news after the break with Max Foster in London. You have a great day.

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