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Thousands of Migrants Huddle in Hungary, Wanting to Reach Germany; Migrants Face Sea, Not Secure on Land; China to Reduce Military; Farmer Tractor Protest in France; Migrants Allowed into Budapest Rail Station; Migrants Board Trains for Journey to Germany; Manhunt Called Off in Fox Lake Police Killing, Investigation Continues. Aired 2-3a ET

Aired September 3, 2015 - 02:00   ET

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[02:00:11] ROSEMARY CHURCH, CNN ANCHOR: Nowhere to go. Thousands of migrants huddle in the streets of Budapest, unsure when or if they will ever be able to leave the country.

ERROL BARNETT, CNN ANCHOR: China's military might on display. Beijing hosts a spectacular parade to mark 70 years since the end of World War II.

CHURCH: President Obama talks tough on climate change as he wraps up his trip to Alaska.

BARNETT: Hello, everyone. I'm Errol Barnett. We're with you for the next two hours. A big welcome to our viewers in the U.S. and all around the world.

CHURCH: I'm Rosemary Church. Thanks for joining us. This is CNN NEWSROOM.

It is 8:00 in the morning in Budapest, and hundreds of migrants are waking up after spending another night huddled on the ground outside the city's main train station. Hungarian police lined up to block them from boarding a train to Eastern Europe.

BARNETT: The government there says migrants must have the proper documentation before they can leave. Hungary's prime minister will meet with European Union officials today to discuss this ongoing crisis.

Germany is where many migrants hope to end their Germany.

Our Fred Pleitgen joins us from Munich with the latest.

Fred, at a time when E.U. officials will meet and discuss policy, there are thousands of people simply trying to find a roof to put over their heads in Germany. What are they all going through right now?

FRED PLEITGEN, CNN SENIOR INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: It certainly is very difficult. And, Errol, the past couple days there were many people who have arrived here to the train station here in Munich. And the authorities here and the volunteers here have put up a tent city outside to help these people to give them medical checks and bring them to temporary shelters.

One of the interesting things going on here is there are fewer and fewer people coming to the Munich rail station because they can't get out of Hungary but it's that doesn't mean there aren't still many people coming here to southeastern Germany. Of course, there are other routes except for the railway that people can take. There are people who go into those vans and trucks. We have seen tragic things happen there in the past.

The shelters here in Bavaria are stretched. There are a lot that are three or four times overbooked and it is a big problem that the authorities are dealing with. But there has been criticism wondering why the Hungarians aren't allowing the people stuck there allowing people to come here.

I spoke to one top-level Green Party politician yesterday who says, even with E.U. law, it's within the realm of legality for the Hungarians to allow the people to come here to Munich -- Errol?

BARNETT: And, Fred, you have this kind of push to have each European nation to take a more equal share of the asylum seekers. But Germany is taking the lion's share of them. They may have been the most welcoming to the refugees and migrants. And I wonder if that might encourage those to divert their journeys to Germany because of that.

PLEITGEN: That might be the case. If you look at the public opinion in this country, people would be open to more refugees coming to Germany at this time. And countries like Sweden and France have been very, very good. And it's interesting, in the past days, you saw the leadership of Germany, France, and Italy come together and say we need a more equal share of countries taking in these asylum seekers who are coming here to Europe. But it certainly could very well be the case that it could encourage more people to come here. You can see the people in the train station saying we don't want to be in Hungary. We want to go to Germany. That's something that the public sees as well. But at this point in time, there appears to be a window where public opinion is so positive to all of this. that German population is willing to take in more people. There's a lot of donations that we've seen. Not just here at Munich train station but at the temporary shelter last night we saw people coming up in their cars to donate food and clothes. Right now, in this country, there is a positive mood. And at this point in time, it is secondary to think this might encourage more people to come here in the future.

BARNETT: Fred Pleitgen live for us this morning where people are welcoming migrants and refugees with open arms.

Fred, thanks.

Now, for many of the migrants who survive perilous sea crossings to reach Europe, life on land does not provide much more security.

[02:05:14] CHURCH: And Arwa Damon brings us two stories of two Syrian families stranded in Budapest.

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ARWA DAMON, CNN SENIOR INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): They almost drowned crossing the Aegean after their dinghy sprung a leak. For 21 days, this Syrian family pushed, carried and, at times, dragged Mahmud across Europe. Mentally and physically disabled since birth, his face scratched up from the journey. His mother, who refuses to leave his side, is exhausted.

Babies Mahmud's antics bring about a smile, albeit a tired one and he's has diarrhea for days. His mother is in her last week of pregnancy with his younger sibling. She started cramping up and is terrified will give birth in the street.

We first met the family in front of the Budapest train station main entrance.

"We couldn't make ends meet in Turkey. We can't go back to Syria. Our house is on the front line in Aleppo," she told us. "We wanted a future, access to good education for the children."

But now, they are doubting the decision to take this journey. She says they can forget everything they have been through, but not being left to languish like this.

"We hope you will save us," she pleads, "I beg you, save us."

(on camera): They have nothing left, literally nothing. They have the clothes that are on their backs. For the baby, they have a pair of warm pants and a jacket that they put on him at night, because it's gone quite cold. And they have a backpack full of diapers and baby formula. But that's it. They lost everything back home. And then they lost everything throughout different stages of the journey.

(voice-over): Another family, another story. Echoes of the same misery. Mahmud, a chemical engineer, was a successful businessman. His 4-year-old son's face scratched up when he fell crossing into Macedonia.

"It's too hard for me to see my family like this," Mahmud said. "Mohamed, the eldest, 17, so bright he graduated before his class and he should be starting university."

This woman shows all she has from home, three tiny photos of the kids when they were younger before life turns into this. She misses her parents still in Syria the most.

"I just want to see them," she says.

She just wants her mother to hug her and reassure her all is going to be OK.

Arwa Damon, CNN, Budapest.

(END VIDEOTAPE) CHURCH: And we go from Arwa's report there to these live pictures. Now these are refugees and migrants camped out in Budapest at the front of that train station as we heard in that report from Arwa. They don't want to stay in Budapest. They want to move on. Mostly, they want to go to Germany.

The frustration of this is that the Hungarian authorities are keeping them there because they don't have the necessary documentation to allow them to board the train to leave Hungary. And the problem here is these are the conditions these people are living under. And a lot of the leadership throughout Europe want to see some changes made so these people can be moved on and can go to more welcoming countries, like Germany, for instance.

We saw that report from Fred Pleitgen, there. So this is the plight for these people. It's terrible.

BARNETT: We heard some of the reporters saying for these people they don't feel welcome. What strikes me, as we look at this child, is many of the migrants are children, these refugees, so many people brought to Europe with their parents fleeing such chaos. There is an image of a young Syrian boy washed up dead on Turkish beach, which many newspapers are leading with this morning. And if these images don't change policy and change hearts and minds in Europe, nothing will. I mean, these are humans trying to find something better and something new, and Europe offers that, but certainly Germany has shown itself to be the most welcoming location for so many of these migrants. But truly heartbreaking scenes for so many people.

CHURCH: And we will stay abreast of this story. It is key to this part of the world and it is key, too, that nations are moving in a positive way to help a lot of these people. And Germany is the one showing how to move forward. So we'll continue to watch this.

But there are ways you can help the migrants. And you can find all of the information that you need at our website, CNN.com/impact. Do take a look at that.

[02:10:19] BARNETT: Now we turn our attention to China, which has been showcasing its military might with a lavish parade in Beijing. This event marked the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II. The military wound through the heart of Beijing during the celebration.

CHURCH: President Xi Jinping also used the event to announce that China will be slashing its military personnel. And here's why.

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XI JINPING, CHINESE PRESIDENT (through translation): China's PLA is an army of the people and the PLA must remember the principle being loyal to the country, and maintain the peace and integrity of the nation, which is a sacred mission, and has a sacred in addition of also making world peace. I now announce that China will reduce military by 300,000.

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CHURCH: Xi Jinping with that announcement.

We'll go to CNN's Will Ripley, who is following the Chinese activities from Beijing.

Will, let start with that cut in troops. And in any other country, 300,000 troops is a lot but it's not going to make a mark on the two- million-plus army that China has. What is the significance of this reduction and why 300,000? Why not another number?

WILL RIPLEY, CNN CORRESPONDENT: We don't know why specifically the number 300,000 was chosen. But there are 2.3 million troops right now. China will still have the largest Army in terms of personnel in the world by far. The spending is dwarfed by a great deal by the United States which spends five or six times that in terms of expenditures. And China has been cutting the size of the people's liberation Army since the 1970s. But comparing the Army back then to the one that we're seeing now, the one on parade in the streets in Beijing today it is a much more powerful, professional, and active fighting force today than it was when it had larger numbers. And that's because, Rosemary, the Chinese government is investing heavily in weapons technology. And the weapons that we saw on display here in Beijing today according to state media, 80 percent had never been seen in public before. And unlike previous parades these were weapons manufactured in China. Missiles, tanks, aircraft, all of these things that China will be now putting up for sale in some cases and exporting to other countries and make it clear they have an arsenal they are growing and spending money on to defend Chinese interests.

CHURCH: The message has been received loud and clear. But we have seen massive displays of military hardware in China before. But this is a first in terms of marking the end of World War II with all the pomp and circumstance. Why are we seeing this now? What are we to make of the timing of this?

RIPLEY: Normally, China doesn't hold military parades like this. But Xi Jinping by choosing to hold the parade, mark the 70th anniversary of the defeat of Japan in the end of World War II it's significant in the fact that Xi is sending a message right now aimed at his domestic audience and internationally. He is firmly in control and the Chinese should feel proud and patriotic about where their country has come in the last 70 years that China is the strongest and most successful it has ever been. And that is what is hammered on every channel playing documentaries about what happened in the years leading up to World War II about Japanese oppression and China's role in World War II that some might say as far as communist troops is being exaggerated by the communist state media. But they are saying that China is willing to defend its interest even though the president said that China will not invade another country or act aggressively. But try telling that to Japan, which has a territorial dispute with China, or the other Asian countries that have territorial disputes in the East China Sea, they might paint a different picture about how this parade is being interpreted and being looked at.

CHURCH: And as we watch the strengthening militarily and the weakening economy.

Will Ripley, reporting live from Beijing. Thanks to you.

We'll take a short break here. But hundreds of angry farmers are descending on Paris and bringing hundreds of tractors. Why they are taking their protest to the capital. That's next.

[02:15:20]BARNETT: Plus, low oil prices are hitting Russia hard. We'll see you how local businesses are coping after this.

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BARNETT: Fed up French farmers are staging a big tractor protest in Paris right now, causing traffic delays and backups. But that's the point. More than 1,000 tractors are expected to roll through the capital.

CHURCH: The farmers are protesting falling food prices and cheap imports which are threatening their livelihoods. Lawmakers agreed to an emergency relief package in July worth more than $670 million but the farmers say that's not enough.

Jim Bittermann joins us live with the latest on the protests.

Jim, talk about the situation on the ground there. And the farmers say a $670 million relief package is not enough. What would they like?

[02:20:17] JIM BITTERMANN, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Not enough. They say they would like three billion Euros worth of relief over the next three years. It doesn't look like the government is ready to do that.

We're on the eastern edge of Paris where, in fact, all the tractors are you are talking about and a couple of motorcycles as well, all the tractors are going to come roaring through here in the next few minutes a little bit late this morning. 1,512 tractors, who are going to stage a massive rally on the eastern edge of Paris. They have been demonstrating in other parts of the country. Some of the farmers left their fields 48 hours ago to get into their tractors and drive at 25 miles an hour and you can imagine the traffic jams that creates to get to the capital from all over France and expected to demonstrate throughout the day today and drive back just as slowly.

CHURCH: So what sort of support are they getting from the public? I can imagine that there would be a lot of angry citizens there. But for the most part do they have widespread support?

BITTERMANN: Surprisingly, according to the opinion polls, in fact, they do have widespread support. France is a country in love with its farmers because it's in love with food, and they take on the issue that the farmers have been talking about. Basically, the pork and beef and milk prices are just too low and they are being undercut by their European neighbors. They would like to see Europe do more as well as the French government. This is a prelude to a European summit in Brussels on Monday.

CHURCH: Jim Bittermann joining us live from Paris with that report.

Let's bring up live pictures from Hungary. The people that you're seeing here, the refugees camped out in front of the train station, reports that they weren't allowed into the train station. Now they are being allowed. This is a significant move. Hungary had been very firm about this. The authorities had said these people had thrown away their documentation and had no paperwork. If they had no paperwork, they would not be allowed entry into the station, and ultimately move west across Europe in their aim to get to Germany. We are looking at the people gathering. Word has got around that the station is open and they will have access to these trains. That's as much as we know at this point.

BARNETT: You can only imagine the wait after camping outside with your young children that, yes, you will be able to make it to your destination. Some of them had already purchased their tickets. They were so frustrated that the officials would allow them to do that without allowing them to be able to board the trains and make their journey. But officials are buckling to international and regional pressure.

Germany taking a leadership role and going beyond what the current laws for asylum seekers are, and Germany doing what it can to really address these unprecedented crises we're seeing in Europe.

Thousands of migrants making these long journeys from war-torn nations seeking a better life. Look at them pushing. Women, men, with their children. It really quite a moment to watch.

Our Arwa Damon is there. She has been spending time with so many of these people, listening to their stories.

Arwa, tell us what you are seeing and hearing and how important a moment this is for the people we're watching.

DAMON (voice-over): Actually, Errol, I'm not at the train station just yet. This certainly is going to be such a relief at this stage for these people. The vast majority of them having spent weeks and days there. And we're not sure if they were ever going to be allowed to leave. Many yesterday when we were leaving were in a complete and total panic as to what they should do or where they should go. Many were going to try to attempt to smuggle across to Austria and Germany. But they were nervous about doing that. All have heard about those who have perished on the back of the cooler truck found on the highway. And heard about others who were caught in Austria and sent back to Hungary. These are people who have spent days or weeks on the streets of the train station. They thought they would be forced to go into the various camps that this country has set up and nobody wants to do that. They are traumatized by the experience they had in the one transit camp they go through on the Hungarian/Serbian border. They believe if they go in, they won't get back out and their application for asylum in Western Europe or their ability to leave Western Europe is going to be hindered. People yesterday, a lot of the women especially were really beginning to be emotionally drawn out and a lot were close to tears and anxious over the fact that they may not be able to get on these trains. They thought they were going to have to wait until the meetings between the E.U. leaders. So we're getting there as fast as we can to speak to the people as they move onwards in their journey.

[02:26:10] CHURCH: You have had an opportunity to talk to Hungarian authorities. Tell us why they were so adamant in the initial stages about keeping these people from going on the trains and talk to us about what you think has suddenly changed the situation here.

DAMON: Well, the Hungarian government says they are abiding by E.U. regulations when it comes to asylum and the Dublin regulations. They basically dictate you must apply for asylum at the first country you arrive in that is part of the European Union. Technically, for most of these people, that is Greece. But because of the economic crisis in Greece it is considered not stable enough and unsafe for refugees. So Hungary has said it is abiding by the rules. But they have also been bending the rules. Clearly, they bent the rules on Monday when we also saw them apply refugees and migrants to board these trains. So there doesn't seem to be any sort of cohesive pattern to the logic that is being applied to how these migrants and refugees are being processed and treated which is another reason why the Hungarians are coming under criticism. But you are getting mixed messages from the Austrian and German governments who say yes, we will allow them through and hold up trains or say yes we will welcome them and then shut down their borders. To try to control the influx. So there is a sense that this is really a by-product of a lack of cohesive strategy and the governments not sure how to handle the growing crisis. The problem is that the refugees and migrants feel that the politicians are playing ping-pong with their lives and the longer it takes to make a cohesive decision the longer they stay on the streets. And there has been criticism about the Dublin agreement and regulations. They came to be back in 1990 when the numbers that Europe was dealing with were nowhere near the sheer number they are getting right now.

BARNETT: And Errol here. That is the issue. We're looking at this one vantage point of the train station and there are easily hundreds of people trying to make their way into the train station. Germany is dealing with a backlog of migrants and refugees. They're trying to process everyone. You talk about many feeling as if it's like a diplomatic ping-pong being played with their lives. But, even with this announcement today that they'll be allowed to board these trains, with so many people there that have been waiting for three days, surely not everyone will be able to board a train today, who wants to.

DAMON: And that's going to be causing panic. When the Hungarians opened the train station on Monday they opened it for 24 hours. When they opened it, there was a big rush to get on the trains and some people were saying to themselves, let's let the crowds go and we'll catch the 5:00 a.m. train. That 5:00 a.m. train never left, because the Hungarians shut it down again. No one is going to want to risk waiting to see if they are going to keep it open or shut it down. The Hungarians are not well known for communicating how long opportunities are going to exist for them or what they need to actually do to make sure they are able to get on these various trains. So that is going to be potentially a big problem.

[02:30:00]: We need to see if they are told how long the trains are going to be running for. Otherwise, yes, everyone is going to try to cram themselves on them because they are not going to remain stuck like they did last time when they didn't get on the trains and be forced to continue living in the streets.

CHURCH: Arwa Damon talking to us from Budapest in Hungary as we watch live pictures.

People being allowed entry into the train station. This is a giant move after, as we heard from Arwa, weeks and days camped out in front of the train station. At one point, people were allowed in and stopped due to a lack of documentation.

We will talk again with Arwa Damon on the other side of the break, as well as Fred Pleitgen, who is in Munich, Germany. We'll talk to both of them and we'll continue to follow this incredible story.

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CHURCH: You are back with us with this breaking news coming out of Budapest in Hungary. We want to bring up live pictures here showing these refugees and migrants who were camped at the front of the train station in Budapest.

And now they are getting word that the train station is open and people will be allowed to board trains and move west across Europe. Most of these people want to end up in Germany, which, as far as they're concerned, has been the most welcoming country.

We want to go to Arwa Damon, who is in Budapest covering the story, talking to so many of these people who have been camped out with their young children.

Arwa, talk about the situation on the ground and how significant this is, this change in approach, when it comes to the authorities there in Hungary, and why we're seeing this now.

[02:35:08] DAMON (voice-over): Well, Rosemary, this is very significant because people couldn't take it any more. People didn't know how to spend another night there. They don't know how to keep living in this limbo. They didn't want to report into the Hungarian camps. They were afraid the police were going to sweep everybody up into the camps. They are all traumatized by the retched experience they had at the camp at the Hungarian/Serbian border. And they also just wanted to get to Germany because they have been through so much, Rosemary, they risked so much just to come this far and they didn't think they would end up watch their children sleep in the streets, not in Europe. But here's the problem. We don't know if this is a change in policy. We thought that maybe on Monday when we saw the Hungarians also letting people on the trains that was a change in policy and people back then waited until the following day to get on the less crowded train and it shut down on them. There is going to be chaos as people try to board the trains. They don't know how long this is going to last and stay open at this stage. And we also need to watch very closely as to whether or not this leads to a long-term policy that facilitates the migrants and refugees moving through this part of their journey. Technically speaking the European Union is breaking its own laws. They are laws that antiquated and can't be applied to the current influx but countries need to agree to permanently bend their own rules and change their agreement and legislation like the Dublin regulation because they need a new set of laws to governor this influx they have not seen since World War II -- Rosemary?

CHURCH: Arwa Damon reporting from Budapest in Hungary.

As she said, this is very significant. These are live pictures. Very significant, as she said, because people could not take this any more. They were fearful about being forced into camps. But she emphasized this point, we don't know if this is a change in policy, as far as Hungary goes. We'll be keeping a very close eye on that.

Looking at the live pictures. We know that people have been allowed into the station. The hope is, of course that they will be able to board those trains and move westward in Europe and move toward Germany. For most of them, that is the end destination.

BARNETT: You can see the speed at which people are moving toward the train station. The excitement, the panic, really, because as Arwa also mentioned, they don't know for how long this policy will be in place that allows them to board the trains. These pictures coming to us from earlier. All of this breaking in the past half an hour.

Let's bring in our Fred Pleitgen, who is on the other end of this journey, in Munich outside a train station there.

And, Fred, when we spoke at the top of the hour, you mentioned that where you are, there is capacity, there's room and space and resources for these migrants and refugees to arrive. Surely, officials in Germany will welcome the news that Hungary is letting these folks get on the train.

PLEITGEN: Yeah, one thing that the German officials have done, Errol, is they have this capacity in place. They were quickly here on Monday and Tuesday when there was an influx of people coming from Hungary but it's things were cut off when people were stuck at the train station in Budapest what the Germans did, might have been a smart move is they put it all on hold. They didn't take down the capacities at the rail station where they put up medical tents and brought in a lot of supplies and converted a big waiting area into an arrivals hall. They put that on hold. For instance, there were a lot of food donations brought here to Munich by people. Those were in danger of going bad, but it's there is a supermarket chain here that volunteered to put all these things in a cooling house to make sure they don't go bad. It seems as though the authorities in Munich have the capacity to ramp this operation up once these people start arriving if they do indeed start arriving in greater numbers.

Very quickly, also, late last night, we were at a temporary shelter. People arrive here at the rail station and are processed here. Just very, very superficially. They get a wristband with a number on it. And what happens is they are bussed to a temporary shelter to get a roof over their heads where processing takes place and they are sent to refugee camps in the Bavaria area, in southeast Germany, and the rest of journey as well. There is a process in place and there is capacity. Surely if many people arrive, that will be strained, but it does appear, at this point in time, the German authorities will be ready to deal with a larger influx.

We can see in the railway station itself in Munich there is a large number of police officers. What happens is when one of the trains arrives, it is greeted by police officers on the platforms and they isolate the refugees and bring them to the waiting area -- Errol?

[02:40:54] BARNETT: And, Fred, I want to note to the viewers, the video we are watching pictures from moments ago from inside the train station in Budapest, Hungary. We saw from outside the speed at which everyone is running to the train station. And as you look inside, people are pushing, elbowing each other, a panic to get on the trains. They have been waiting for three days already. They already thought they would be able to board the trains and get to Germany. And now with this sudden announcement that they can board the trains, they're not sure how long this policy will be open.

Fred Pleitgen is speaking to us from Munich in Germany where this train destination will end.

And, Fred, what about policy and law? German Chancellor Angela Merkel made it clear that Germany was willing to allow the migrants and refugees to register in Germany, even though it was not the nation of contact. What is next for migrants when they arrive?

PLEITGEN: What is next is they are processed here and it is the case that the German government has said that the refugees coming from Syria will be able to apply for asylum here in Germany even if they have come through other European countries. We have been talking about the Dublin agreement and about that fact that usually if you are a refugee that you have to apply for asylum in the first country that you get into. And also when you do apply for asylum and that initial application while your application is still being -- is still in the initial stages of processing, normally you're not allowed to leave the immediate area where you've been placed. If someone is placed into a refugee shelter in Munich. Normally, they are confined to the Munich area until they get a more further documentation that will allow them to move through Germany and throughout the rest of the European Union. There are processes in place. There are processes at this point in time of course are being bent as these people are boarding these trains. But it appears clear to the politicians here that, at this point, in time the European laws needs to be bent to deal with that influx in Hungary. BARNETT: Our thanks to Fred Pleitgen in Munich, Germany, and Arwa

Damon in Budapest, Hungary, as the refugees are now being allowed to board a train after waiting three days, desperate to find a better life.

We'll continue to track this news story. And we'll be back after this short break. Please do stay with us here on CNN.

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[02:46:37] BARNETT: Three suspects remain on the run in the U.S. after a police officer was shot and killed on Tuesday.

CHURCH: The search was called off earlier in the immediate vicinity of Fox Lake in Illinois. But police say that does not mean they will stop looking.

CNN's Ryan Young has the latest.

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RYAN YOUNG, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): The all-out search for three accused cop killers is shifting and expanding. Dozens of officers and canine units no longer going door to door.

UNIDENTIFIED LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER: The perimeter was pulled last night at 10:30 as the individuals were not located in that perimeter after being extensively checked.

YOUNG: Now searching by boat and by air, the view of Fox Lake and the complexity of the search area becoming clearer. We remain just outside the two-mile no-fly zone.

(on camera): From this vantage point, you get an idea of you have commercial areas and residential areas and the marsh lands and the lakes. A lot of homes butt up right against the woods. If you are trying to escape or hide there are plenty of places.

(voice-over): More than 100 investigators are hunting for the killers. And tonight, we are learning more about Lieutenant Joe Gliniewicz's last moments. The 30-year veteran was on his way to work Tuesday morning when he spotted three suspicious men, two white and one black, and decided to stop and investigate.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: If you are driving down a roadway that has nothing but open fields and possibly abandon businesses and see three individuals that have no reason for being there, it would be a fundamental police procedure to stop, at least question them.

YOUNG: He radios for backup and pursued the suspects on foot. Dispatch audio reveals Gliniewicz was shot by the time other officers arrived.

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DISPATCHER: Assist, officer down. Two subjects, a male white and male black, heading towards the swamp. Officer wasn't answering. I just checked.

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YOUNG: Less than 20 minutes after the first call, dozens of officer were on the scene. But his killers had vanished.

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DISPATCHER: All county units responding to officer down. Fox Lake subjects are to be considered armed and dangerous.

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YOUNG: Now, a community on edge as it mourns a beloved officer, husband and father of four.

UNIDENTIFIED LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER: Not only did Fox Lake lose a family member, I lost a dear friend.

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BARNETT: That was our Ryan Young reporting.

We're back with more news after this.

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[02:50:30] DON RIDDEL, CNN WORLD SPORTS ANCHOR: I'm Don Riddel with your CNN World Sport headlines.

So much pressure on Serena Williams to win the U.S. Open and complete the historic calendar slam. She cleared another hurdle on Wednesday, beating in straights sets. The world's number one was down much of the first set. She said she was feeling tired in the show but she came back to take it in a tie back, winning 7:7, 6:3. She plans another in the third.

Only two men have ever won the Tour de France and the one in Spain, and it looks as though that exclusive club will not be accepting a new member any time soon. British cyclist Chris Froom was hoping to joins the past winners but somehow he crashed into a barrier while pedaling up hill only five minutes into the stage on Wednesday. He had begun the minute just a minute and 18 seconds off the pace. He is now 7.5 minutes back.

The European tour was presented with a tricky case when they realized that the world number-one golfer, Rory McElroy, was going to come up short at the 13 events required for membership. McElroy was forced to miss several tournaments because of an ankle injury and, so far, he's played for just nine weeks. On Wednesday, the European tour made a special dispensation in that win on the condition that he plays three more events, taking his total to 12.

Those are your sports headlines. I'm Don Riddel. (END VIDEOTAPE)

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CHURCH: OK, so we've all been there, standing with your hand out to shake someone else's and you are ignored.

BARNETT: That happened to Chicago's mayor this week.

CNN's Jeanne Moos shows us the embarrassing moment and other memorial handshake snubs as well.

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JEANNE MOOS, CNN NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): This is what a nice warm handshake looks like. And this is the handshake from hell, the dreaded snub that happened at a raucous town hall meeting about Chicago's budget Monday.

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MOOS: Mayor Rahm Emanuel extended a hand to a voter who disagreed with his policies and the man reported said, "I don't want to shake your hand," and kept both of his firmly fixed on his phone.

Sometimes politicians snub each other, for instance, when the candidate in red reached out to shake the hand of San Antonio's mayor after a radio debate. The mayor, Ivy Taylor, first ignored the hand, then gave her challenger a piece of her mind, angry about what she considered a personal attack on her family.

But more often than not, snubs are unintentional.

BARACK OBAMA, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: Well, it is --

MOOS: President Obama didn't mean to ignore the Irish prime minister's hand. But once he did, what could the prime minister did but inspect his nails?

(on camera): Sometimes folks get shook up over a perceived snub but an unshaken hand can be deceiving.

(voice-over): Case in point, the time when George Bush was hosting a summit, but other world leaders didn't seem to want to shake his hand.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The one with the cooties.

MOOS: Turns out, this was the snub that wasn't. Earlier that morning --

GEORGE W. BUSH, FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: How you doing?

MOOS: -- President Bush had shaken and even held their hands.

Fewer see snubs where none occurred on late-night comedy shows. The guest, Rob Riddle, diss'd Conan's sidekick, Andy Richter? (SHOUTING)

Riddle wiggled out of it, calling it unintentional.

CONAN O'BRIEN, FORMER LATE-NIGHT HOST: Rob looks at Andy like I'm going to give it to you, and then --

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MOOS: There's a difference between a diss and a plan old miss.

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MOOS: Jeanne Moos, CNN, New York.

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[02:55:14] CHURCH: Happens with the high fives as well, right?

BARNETT: You never want to miss.

Final story for you. A woolly sheep in desperate need of a haircut finally got fleeced.

CHURCH: This is Chris, the sheep, before his radical makeover. Hikers in Australia discovered him, and animal welfare experts were worried he wouldn't make it through the summer since he was wearing such a heavy coat. They sent out an SOS to trim the poor guy.

BARNETT: The shearers cut away more than 88 pounds, 44 kilograms, of wool. Drum roll, please. And here's Chris now, a much lighter and cooler version of himself.

I don't know if we've asked the question, why is his name Chris?

CHURCH: I don't know. It should be Sean, the sheep.

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CHURCH: He is, by faarrr, happier, isn't he?

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BARNETT: Rosemary, I like that.

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CHURCH: You have been watching CNN NEWSROOM. I'm Rosemary Church.

BARNETT: I'm Errol Barnett. Please do stay with us. Another hour to go after this short break.

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