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Aired September 7, 2015 - 01:00   ET

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JOHN VAUSE, CNNI: As a tide of migrants pours into Germany and Austria, warnings of both countries are reaching their limits.

ZAIN ASHER, CNNI: Drivers join a convoy of cars to Hungary to pick up migrants and help them western Europe. We are going to be speaking to an organizer on that effort ahead.

VAUSE: And former U.S. vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin says, everyone should speak American.

ASHER: And that's all straight ahead. I'm Zane Asher thank you so much for being with us.

VAUSE: Great to have you with us, I'm John Vause. The second hour of CNN newsroom begins right now.

Well, desperation is giving way to a little bit of hope for thousands of refugees and other migrants arriving in Germany. Over the last two days, more than 12,000 have made their way there. Mostly by train, from Hungary.

ASHER: A lot of them are escaping war in Syria, instability in Libya and violence in Afghanistan and Iraq.

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ASHER: And many are being warmly welcomed as you can see here, with cheers and material support and that includes food, clothing and toys. But, despite the outpouring, leaders in Germany and Austria say the help may have to be scaled back and normal border controls be instated. They say the level of support for migrants right now is simply unsustainable.

There are thousands more migrants still determined to make their way across Austria, into Germany. It is the final stretch of a very dangerous journey. Fred Pleitgen has more from Vienna on the migrant's hopes and the help they're now getting.

FREDERIK PLEITGEN, CNNI: Hundreds of refugees are still pouring here into the railway station in Vienna, many of them with their children, and all of them of course, looking to complete that very difficult journey that they have undertaken. Now, what the authorities have done is that they've designated this

platform here, are for trains for the refugees. What we're seeing here also is an outpouring of support from the Austrian population.

There's many people bringing food, bringing water and just helping these people along. We've spoken to some of the refugees. And they've told us about the difficult journey that they've had to make it to here

(UNKNOWN) (THROUGH TRANSLATOR): From Hungary, we went through a torture. We walked a 110 kilometers with the children. They didn't allow us to take cars or trains. The government fooled us, but the people are very nice. We arrived here safely and we are comfortable here and we like the people and the government of Austria.

PLEITGEN: One of the things that's extremely important to speed up the process and just make everything work more efficient is, that they have a lot of people here who speak the local languages of the refugees. You have people who speak Farsi, Dari, a lot of people who speak Arabic.

Because for the refugees also, it's important for them to know the process. It's important for them to know what will come next. What will happen when they get to Munich? How do they get on the trains best? That is something that is very, very key to making this whole process work.

Now, one of the things that we have to keep in mind is that things are going very well here at the Vienna train station, but Europe is still facing a major challenge in dealing with the tens of thousands of people who have already come here. I spoke earlier with the spokesperson for the UNHCR, Melissa Fleming. And she says that Europe needs to find a common approach to make all of this work.

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FLEMING: UNHCR has suggested for example, big reception registration centers in Greece and Italy and then Hungary, run by the E.U., supported by UNHCR, where people could go there and register. And if they are refugees, they could be distributed and relocated to all different countries in Europe.

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PLEITGEN: Now of course as these thousands of people come here to Europe, the material aid that they get from the folks here in Austria, in Germany, that's something that's important for them: the food, the water, the toys for the children.

But in many ways, what we find, what's even more important to a lot of these people is to be received here with a smile and to be welcomed and shown that they have a chance to integrate here in Europe and possibly start a new life. Fred Pleitgen. CNN. Austria, Vienna.

VAUSE: And some migrants still stuck in Hungary may get a free ride from a pretty remarkable group of volunteers. There are 200 drivers from Austria, Germany and Slovakia have crossed the border to ferry migrants back into Austria and as far as Vienna, if they want.

At the half hour, we'll speak with one of the organizers about that remarkable convoy, which essentially began with an almost 2200 miles. It involves buses, trains, a lot of walking, through all types of weather. With more, senior international correspondent, Atika Shubert, she reports now from Munich, the final destination for many migrants.

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ATIKA SHUBERT, CNNI: From morning till night, they keep arriving in Munich, treated like heroes by local residents. For this Syrian woman, it's an emotional welcome after a harrowing journey.

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SHUBERT: So this is the process for refugees arriving here in Munich. Those initially arriving, go to register with their IDs. They get fingerprinted inside the train station then they line up here to board buses. While they're waiting, we have seen volunteers coming by. We know there's about 150 volunteers here. Often, they have the different languages they speak written on their vests: Arabic, Urdu, or Dari.

We've also seen people coming by with food, snacks and water and there's two medical techs here. So anybody needing any medical attention, any health concerns, can also be brought here to see doctors and nurses.

Now, the process is, once they're on the buses, they're then brought to temporary shelters. This can be anything from university dorms to unused housing that needs to be filled up or also contain our villages.

They will then be found more permanent housing elsewhere in the country. The question is, how sustainable is this? Already we've seen several thousand people here arriving here every day.

And Germany has made clear that all of this is a temporary solution. The question is, how quickly can they come up with a joint asylum policy to deal with the thousands of people arriving here every day. Atika Shubert, CNN, Munich.

VAUSE: This crisis is also spiraling over to Syria's closest neighbors. In Jordan, the U.N. refugee agency says more than 200,000 Syrian refugees have stopped receiving food aid from the World Food Program because of funding shortfalls.

ASHER: A WFP spokesperson says the most vulnerable refugees will receive 50 cents a day. Now the WFP says they need $236 million just to give the refugees aid until November. Israel shares a border with Syria and has given medical treatment to thousands. But Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel is in no position to take in refugees.

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BENJAMIN NETANYAHU, ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER (THROUGH TRANSLATOR): Israel is a small country, a very small country that lacks demographic and geographic depth. Therefore, we must control our borders: both against illegal migrants and terrorism. This is what we have done with our border with Sinai. We blocked illegal migration from there.

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VAUSE: And the oil-rich countries on the Arabian Gulf have offered very little in the way of refuge for the migrants.

ASHER: That's despite their relatively close proximity to both Syria and Iraq. And as Becky Anderson reports, many in the international community are demanding to know why.

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BECKY ANDERSON, CNNI: Exhausted and drained, but determined to make it. Most are marching towards Germany, where they are being welcomed with open arms. The majority are Syrian and have travel thousands of miles in search of a better life, often paying the ultimate price. And now, questions being raised about why these people fleeing war couldn't find suitable refuge closer to home, namely, in rich Arab Gulf countries that can afford to house them.

The uproar has gained momentum in social media. Images like these were widely circulated, with hashtags such as welcoming Syria's refugees is a Gulf duty, calling on leaders to do more. And the U.N. has voiced its concerns.

(UNKNOWN): And that is why we have been asking that not only the borders of the region are open, but that all other borders, special in the developed world, are also open. And this is true in Europe; it is true in the Gulf. It's true everywhere, where countries have the capacity to receive some Syrians and to integrate them into their societies.

ANDERSON: There are more than 4 million Syrian refugees in the region. But according to Amnesty International, six Gulf countries haven't offered any resettlement locations to the refugees. They have been giving money, though, and lots of it. Since the war broke out, Kuwait alone has donated to almost a $1 billion to the U.N. to help Syrians, making it the fifth largest donor worldwide.

(UNKNOWN): But there is a lot that the Arab Gulf states have done that has not been recognized by the international community. I don't think anybody, any country, any state, have helped the Syrian refugees, more so than the Arab Gulf states.

ANDERSON: But Gulf countries don't recognize refugees, as they're not signatories to the 1951 refugee convention. So anyone who wants to enter has to meet standard visa requirements, which tens of thousands of Syrians do. And there are security concerns about hosting large populations from Arab states. (UNKNOWN): Having refugees also feeds into ISIS appeal and it feeds into the violences in the region, which is already, you know, the most violent region on earth. So all in all, anything that goes in the neighborhood impacts the security and the stability of the Arab Gulf estates who are, by far, the most stable and the most secure, of all Arab countries.

ANDERSON: We have spoken to officials here in the UAE, who say that they have given almost a half $1 billion, citing their efforts to help Syrians in Jordan and in Iraq as examples. For the moment, it seems the money will continue, but the doors are staying closed. Becky Anderson, CNN. Abu Dhabi.

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VAUSE: And Pope Francis is calling on the tens of thousands of Catholic churches and ministries across Europe to open their doors and take in refugees. His request came Sunday during an address in St. Peter's Square. And he says the Vatican will host two refugee families in the coming days. He also called on every religious community to show mercy.

POPE FRANCIS (THROUGH TRANSLATOR): Faced with the tragedy of tens of thousands of refugees who are fleeing death from war and from hunger, and who are on the road in the hope of a better life, the gospel calls us and asks us to show solidarity to the smallest and the abandoned, and to give them a real hope.

ASHER: In the meantime in the United States, Republican presidential candidate John Kasich, is calling on the United States to do more, while also saying the migrant crisis is largely a European problem.

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JOHN KASICH, GOP PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: I think we do have a responsibility in terms of taking some more folks in, making sure they assimilate, and at the same time, helping people to actually be safe as they as they move. That is logistical support. But this is fundamentally an issue that Europe has to come to grips with. We can provide some humanitarian aid to them.

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VAUSE: A commercial break here on CNN newsroom. When we come back, Hillary Clinton, slipping as the number one choice for president among some U.S. voters. We'll say who is taking the top spot and where when we come back.

ASHER: Plus, Mexico is launching a new investigation into its key claim about 43 students who went missing last year.

VAUSE: Also later this hour, Australia's war on terriers continue. Johnny Depp's dogs get their day in court.

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ASHER: Welcome back everyone. A new, independent report rejects Mexico's findings in the disappearance of 43 students last year. Now, the students' families are demanding a meeting with Mexico's president, accusing the government of lying to them.

Mexican officials announced on Sunday that they will revisit their claims. The college students' bodies were burned in a landfill. The report says there's no way that happened. But it does say the city of Egula's mayor and corrupt police were involved. Here's Nick Valencia with more.

NICK VALENCIA, CNNI: The Mexican government says it will launch a new investigation into the disappearance of 43 college students in the state of Guerrero, Mexico last year after a freshly released independent investigation found inconsistencies in the government's official account. The new report, released by the Intra-commission on Human Rights, included investigators from Latin America and Europe.

The report goes on to say that there were contradictions in the government's findings, including casting doubt on why the students were targeted. The government said the attacks were a case of mistaken identity. But this report says that not only did the federal police and state police know that the students were there, but they did nothing to intervene when local police shot the unarmed civilians.

Government says also that police thought the students perhaps were rival cartel members. The independent report cast doubt on that, saying that more likely, this vicious attack was due to students inadvertently hijacking a bus linked to the movement of drugs and cash in the city. Late Sunday, the Mexican government's attorney general's office posted a press conference responding to this report.

(UNKNOWN): According to the information regarding the specific findings of the ashes in the Coachella landfill, I have ordered an additional investigation about the fire regarding the absolute necessity of a new investigation with the highest level of investigators who have the experience needed for an issue of this magnitude.

For this reason, we will request a new investigation led by a group of forensic investigators of the highest prestige.

VALENCIA: Also on Sunday, Mexico's president, Enrique Pena Nieto, took to Twitter to say thank you to the investigators from the independent Intra-commission on Human Rights and also says that the Mexican government is now looking into it. Nick Valencia. CNN. Atlanta.

ASHER: The Iran nuclear agreement looks every bit like a done deal since U.S. President Barack Obama secured enough support in Congress last week to side with him. Should Republicans votes to kill the deal?

VAUSE: Yes. It's a little complicated. But we know now the head of Democratic National Committee has told CNN her choice to back the agreement was not automatic and she struggled with it.

And on Sunday on NBC's Meet the Press, former Secretary of State Colin Powell, a Republican, said he is in favor of the deal as well.

POWELL: And here's why I think it's a good deal. One of the great concerns that the opposition has that we are leaving open a lane for the Iranians to go back to creating a nuclear weapon in 10 or 15 years, but forgetting the reality that they have been on a superhighway for the last 10 years to create a nuclear weapon or a nuclear weapons program with no speed limit.

And in the last 10 years, they have gone from 136 centrifuges, up to something like 19,000 centrifuges. This agreement will bring them down to 5000 centrifuges. All of these will be under IAEA supervision and I think this is a good outcome.

ASHER: Now, even though Powell support is not going to be affecting the vote at all, it certainly didn't go unnoticed at the White House. President Obama tweeted quote, "Thank you, Colin, for putting your experience and expertise behind this important initiative for our country."

VAUSE: We should note here a number of House Democrats still have not yet announced which way they will vote on this nuclear deal.

ASHER: Now to the 2016 race for the White House, new polls on the Democratic front showing Bernie Sanders overtaking Hillary Clinton in the key state of New Hampshire. The Vermont Senator is leading Clinton by nine points according to a new NBC Marist poll. Sanders credits the growing support to his stance on economic issues.

BRENIE SANDERS, DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: We have a very specific set of ideas and programs that take on the billionaire class and say, you know what? Enough is enough. This country belongs to all of us and not a handful of billionaires.

VAUSE: Meantime, on the Republican side, neurosurgeon Ben Carson is gaining ground on frontrunner Donald Trump in Iowa. Trump is still leading in that state but only by seven points. Jeb Bush has lost roughly half his support since July. Senior Washington correspondent, Jeff Zeleny, has more.

JEFF ZELENY, CNN: A new poll shows that Bernie Sanders is continuing to hold his advantage over Hillary Clinton in New Hampshire, holding a 9 point lead over Hillary Clinton. This is pretty remarkable for this Democratic, socialist Senator from Vermont. Of course, it's next door to New Hampshire and he's well-known there, but still so striking given Hillary Clinton's command over this campaign.

Now, here in Iowa, where's she campaigning today, she does have a lead over Bernie Sanders, but that lead has dropped from 24 points in July to only 11 points now. Almost cut in half here. So, Hillary Clinton knows that she has her work cut out for her here

over the next five months before the all-important Iowa caucuses that start this presidential campaign. And on the republican side of this field, Donald Trump is still leading in New Hampshire and in Iowa.

This new NBC Marist poll shows, he is still in command of this race in both states. But the coming on strong is Ben Carson, the neurosurgeon who has been campaigning so much in Iowa, he's appealing to evangelical Republicans, those Christian conservatives who are so important in any republican primary campaign, where voters are clearly sending the signal that they are looking for anyone but a politician, an anti-establishment figure.

That's why Donald Trump and Ben Carson, coming on so strong in Iowa.

VAUSE: Well, thanks to Jeff Zeleny for that report in Iowa. And candidate Trump is already looking ahead to President Trump and who might make up his first cabinet. He says he will seek out great minds like former vice presidential nominee, Sarah Palin, possibly as secretary of energy.

On CNN, Palin hinted it's a job that she would like, adding, she wouldn't have it for long because she'd scrap the department and give responsibility back to the states. She also defended Donald Trump after he was caught out last week not knowing the names of many prominent world figures.

He said, they were just gotcha questions. Palin seemed to agree, saying the U.S. needs a strong leader, not someone who's good at Trivial Pursuit. She also backed Trump after he said his republican rival, Jeb Bush, should lead by example and stop speaking Spanish.

PALIN: It's a benefit of Jeb Bush to be able to be able to be so fluent in Spanish because we have a large and wonderful Hispanic population that, you know, is helping to build America and good, and that's a great relationship and connection that he has with them through his wife and through his family connections.

On the other hand, you know, I think we can send a message of saying, you want to be in America, A: you better be here legally, or you're out of here. B: when you're here, let's speak American. I mean, that's - let's speak English and that's a kind of a unifying aspect of a nation is the language that is understood by all.

VAUSE: Understood by all. And keep in mind, when Sarah Palin was running for vice president in 2008, she thought it was a gotcha question when asked what newspaper she read.

(UNKNOWN): What columns specifically, I'm curious, that you've...

PALIN: All of them. Any of them that have been in front of me over all these years.

(UNKNOWN): Any name of them?

PALIN: I have a vast variety of sources where we get our news to. Alaska isn't a foreign country.

VAUSE: And the last president election, that was when Herman Cain was briefly leading the republican field. He also famously dismissed any questions about the tricky names of world leaders.

CAIN: I'm ready for the gotcha questions. And they're already starting to come. And when they asked me who's the president of Ubeckybeckybeckystanstan, I'm going to say, you know, I don't know. Do you know?

ASHER: Do you know? Uzbeckybeckybeckystanstan?

VAUSE: I don't know where Beckybeckystanstan is.

ASHER: You know everything John.

VAUSE: I know everything. I also know we're taking a break. Where governments have failed to add volunteers are taking action. Ahead, we'll talk to an organizer. How the convoy of drivers, crossing borders to give desperate refugees a ride.

ASHER: And we want to give you an inside look at the journey these migrants had, are either traveling by boat, train and bus with the families and shares her experiences coming up.

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VAUSE: Welcome back everybody. You're watching CNN Newsroom. I'm John Vause.

ASHER: And I'm Zain Asher. Let's give you your headlines. The July 31st arson attack against a Palestinian family in the West Bank has now claimed a third victim, a toddler. The child's father and now the mother have now all died from their injuries after the firebombing of their home blamed on suspected Jewish extremists. The family's four year old boy is the only survivor and remains in the hospital.

VAUSE: Officials in Guatemala are counting votes after Sunday's elections to elect a new president, vice president and members of Congress. Last week, former President, Otto Perez Molina resigned over a bribery scandal and he's currently in custody.

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden called the acting president to congratulate the government for holding these elections.

[01:30:00] ZAIN ASHER, CNN ANCHOR: At least 15 people are dead and close to 50 injured after a bus crash Sunday in Brazil. Officials say it happened on a winding road in the popular resort town between Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo. There may have been a problem with the vehicle's brakes. It is believed that most of the dead and injured are tourists during a long holiday as the country celebrates Independence Day on Monday.

JOHN VAUSE, CNN ANCHOR: Refugees and other migrants continue to stream into Austria and Germany. Some 12,000 of them in just the last two days. Individuals as well as government officials have been handing out food, clothing and just moral support. But German and Austrian leaders are warning the current level of assistance cannot continue.

Hungary's hard-line and frankly miserable treatment of migrants has been seen as an embarrassment to many in Europe. On Sunday, police rounded up hundreds of migrants and herded them into a new camp called an alien holding center. It has a high fence, armed with police and guard dogs. The Red Cross says this camp is much better than the previous ones.

But for most, Hungary is just a stop on the way to someplace else. And last week, the Hungarian government decided to stop migrants from boarding trains out of the country because they did not have the right documents. A group of volunteers form Germany, Austria, even Slovakia, decided they would do something. A call went out on Facebook and, by the weekend, a convoy of almost 200 cars started ferrying migrants over the Hungarian boarder and beyond.

One of the organizers of the refugee convoy is Ashubet Jujabo (ph). And Ashubet (ph) joins us on the phone from Vienna, Austria.

Ashubet (ph), how many migrant do you think you have managed to get out of Hungary on this convoy?

ASHUBET JUJABO (ph), VOLUNTEER CONVOY ORGANIZER (voice-over): Good morning from Vienna. Yeah, we think that around, that 380 people came with us this night. So we are very happy.

VAUSE: Ashubet (ph), how did this come together? What was the motivation?

JUJABO (ph): You know, in Europe, we have a very difficult situation at the moment. And it changes every hour and at some places, where I am, for example, the last 72 hours where it's total chaos. It was a very, very hard struggle for the refugees. And this idea just came because the Austrian population really has this big, big need to help people who are coming and who are wanting to come to us.

VAUSE: Clearly, it's very moving, very emotional what's happening to these migrants in Hungary. I wonder where you and your drivers stand legally. What are the risks which you're all taking with this?

JUJABO (ph): You know, it was also for us a very difficult situation because we know that we, at the moment, are in this moment in a way, but on the one hand, we decided we want to do it because we're not afraid of what happened to us compared to them, what happens to the people who have to escape their countries. And because of the things that happened to them because of the things we did in Europe, and we did for years in America and other countries. This was the one thing. And on the other hand, the situation was so chaotic that even the Hungarian police, at one point, said, yes, please take them because we can't take them any more. So it's -- at the moment, we're in a gray zone. And European laws, migration laws at the moment are absolutely out thrown, you know.

VAUSE: It sounds like what you're saying is that the government has failed to act, they've really missed things up. You felt like you had a responsibility --

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JUJABO (ph): Yeah. Yeah. The governments are, at the moment, they failed because this law, I know if you know about this but --

VAUSE: That's the law where you have to seek asylum in the country where you first arrived.

JUJABO (ph): Yes. It is absolutely baffling and it is absolutely outdated. And the European government has to find a new solution very, very quickly. The nation knows this. We took our cars and went to get them.

VAUSE: We have seen really moving scenes in Germany. Some really moving of emotional scenes of people cheering and clapping when these refugees arrive. And it's unbelievable to think of them getting that reception after they have been through so much.

But now we're hearing that Germany and Austria are saying they are approaching the limit of what they can do. That's understandable. But does that worry you? And how important is it that other countries now take up and do similar action as the Germans and the Austrians?

[01:35:] JUJABO (ph): I think it's very important that every country takes his own responsibility because it's a global problem. It's a European problem. And we just can solve it together. On the other hand, it's very important that we all together give the refugees, come from their, have our solidarity and support because there are many, many racist of people and attacks on refugee camps are in Germany, and it's very dangerous situation also.

VAUSE: Ashubet (ph), we appreciate your speaking with us. And congratulations and well done for actually doing something.

JUJABO (ph): Thank you so much. Bye.

VAUSE: Bye.

ASHER: It was very touching.

It has been a very long and difficult journey for most of the thousands of people now seeking asylum in Western Europe. Many have to get to Turkey and Greece after leaving their homeland in the Middle East. But even after they reach the Balkans from Greece, their hardships were hardly over.

Our Arwa Damon has been with the migrants along each ardent part of their trek and she brings us this reporter's notebook.

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ARWA DAMON, CNN SENIOR INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): At the Greece/Macedonia border, four days spent under the rain after the Macedonians shut it down.

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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: We're dying.

DAMON: The children's clothes did not even have enough time to dry before the showers started again. And no one, not a single non- profit, not the government, to even provide something as simple as a tarp.

A pregnant Syrian woman, who did not want to be interviewed, grabbed my arm in the crowd. Eyes welling up, she plead, "Please do something, I don't want to lose my baby."

Hours after we met, the Macedonian police started letting people through, some so desperate they threw themselves across, others making a run for it.

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DAMON: A mother lost her son. She, frantic, begging the police to let her through. It just didn't make sense. How could they be treated like this?

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DAMON: Brief flashes of relief, trains departing, carrying them through Macedonia, small faces pressed up against the glass, hands waving.

But the respite short lived. The further into Europe they moved, the worse their treatment became. Often traveling overnight on foot, train tracks lead the flow of humanity from Serbia into Hungary.

Here the real nightmare for most begins. Parched, they arrive. But there is no water. Just hours of waiting under the beating sun where buses finally arrive to take them to the transit camp where all say the conditions are inhumane and they are treated like animals, herded around like sheep and forced to scramble for food and water. And we are not allowed in.

At the Budapest train station, after waiting for days if not over a week, sleeping on cement, a moment of slight hope as a packed train departs. Also short lived.

An hour into what should have been a journey into the Hungary/Austria border, it stops. Whatever hope they had, shattered.

A little girl inconsolable. Her mother unable to speak. All they want to do is get out of Hungary.

Police order refugees off and into a camp, but they refuse.

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DAMON: Bedding down for the night up in the overhead compartments, parents trying to make their children as comfortable as they can, still struggling to believe that, in Europe, they are finding themselves reduced to this. It is heart breaking to witness.

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DAMON: Thousands take matters into their own hands and start walking from Budapest to the Austrian border, no longer willing to exist at the mercy of European leaders. We are in awe of their resolve.

Here they see the compassion of some of the Hungarian people, ashamed of their government's treatment of the refugees, handing out food and water and more.

(on camera): He was on his crutches the entire way, but then again, someone stopped and actually gave them a child's stroller. The injuries from a barrel bomb.

(voice-over): The men have children living under ISIS in Syria. Getting to Germany means a chance of bringing and saving them.

Almost all of these people have fled the war zones of Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan, homelands that no longer offer a future for them or their children. The world yet unable to resolve those wars. The people suffering the consequences deserve better than this.

Arwa Damon, CNN, Hungary.

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[01:40:31] ASHER: Time for a quick break here on CNN NEWSROOM. When we come back, some relief for stock markets in Asia after weeks of losses. What's next for China as the economy adjusts to a new growth model.

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ASHER: Asia-Pacific markets are up and running with trade resuming in China after a four-day weekend. Let's look at the numbers here. The Hang Sang down about one-third of 1 percent. The Shanghai Composite is down about three-quarters of 1 percent. The Nikkei is flat right now.

China's stock market has been dealing with weeks of losses as the economy adjusts to a new growth model. China's growth has been slowing considerably in recent years.

For more on that, we turn to CNN's Saima Mohsin, joining us live from Beijing.

Saima, last hour, we looked at the stock market, it was up ever so slightly, and now it was down. That is symbolic of what we've seen over the past few months, just incredible volatility. Do you think the worst is over? Do you think the worst is behind us?

SAIMA MOHSIN, CNN CORRESPONDENT: The People's Bank of China and China's governor is saying it is, but we're not quite sure, are we? Let's see what the markets do. They are up and down today. They've had, particularly in this region, they have had a lot of respite. The Chinese markets were closed for our days, two days, national holiday, two days with the weekend. They were able to concentrate on domestic markets and find stability there. But as you're saying they are already showing signs of a downturn after a really modest start this morning on the upturn, but there is a lot of caution as well. It really depends on who you speak to. The IMF is saying the volatility in the Chinese markets could have a huge impact on economic growth around the world, not just in Asia, and we have seen that already in Canada's market in recession. Alternatively, you speak to Goldman Sachs guru in Asia-Pacific, Mark Schwartz, and he told my colleague, Andrew Stevens, that he believes the reaction around the world is over done, that China is going through a transition, that this is something that all economies around the world should be used to as well. China has a couple of months of instability, a couple of months of stability. It going through an economy transition from an economy that's reliant on government directed to one that is market related. So it really depends who talk to on what's to come. Having said that, this could have a huge impact on the U.S. Federal Reserve's decision on whether or not to increase interest rates. The U.S. economy itself showing a reasonable amount of growth, though not what they wanted in the jobs report on Friday. But still, some say what's going on here in China and in Asia may impact the Fed's decision on whether or not to increase interest rates. Like I say, it depends on who you speak to -- Zain?

[01:46:38] ASHER: We see so much volatility in the U.S. markets, especially because of China. So we will wait and see what the Fed decides when it comes to interest rates.

Saima Mohsin, thank you so much. We appreciate that.

We turn to weather. A powerful storm has been dumping heavy rain over Japan and there is more on the way.

Our Meteorologist Allison Chinchar is joining us now.

We also know there's another tropical depression on the way as well?

ALLISON CHINCHAR, AMS METEOROLOGIST: Yes, newly formed as of today. We are keeping an eye on it. It's expected to get up to tropical storm strength before it makes landfall in Japan We can take a look at it. Take a look at the picture. Mother Earth making a little bit of a smiley face for you. We have the new tropical depression off to the left of the screen. And we're also keeping an eye on Kilo, the one on the right hand side. A little bit of a hesitant joke from Mother Earth. Here we are taking a look at the new tropical depression. Again, winds not very impressive at the point. 55 kilometers per hour. But the track is expected to fly off to the north, making landfall near Japan in about 48 hours or so. Now notice it is expected to intensify. Now the front that has been moving through the area has been dumping very impressive amounts of rain. Now again this is from the front. Once that depression slides up here, it's going to see more rain dumped on a lot of these areas.

We're also keeping an eye on Australia. They're wrapping up their winter season. It's been a cold one. Melbourne, the coldest winter in 26 years. Their sixth coldest winter on record. A lot of the areas went to stay below normal. Melbourne averages about 17 and it will only be 14 for much of this week. Again, we're keeping an eye on that. It's been quite a different story on the western side of Australia. Having its warmest winter in two decades. They've been battling a lot of wildfires out there as well. Hopefully, as the seasons begin to change, they can get much-needed relief.

VAUSE: We appreciate you being here for Pedram Javaheri. And I think we noticed that you're a lot taller.

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CHINCHAR: Just a little bit. Just a little bit.

VAUSE: OK, thanks, Allison.

Australian authorities are pressing on with their legal action against Johnny Depp for his two dogs which were allegedly smuggled into the country. Charges were brought on a gold post courtroom. Prosecutors accused Johnny Depp of illegal importation of the couple's cute terriers while the husband was filming another "Pirates of the Caribbean" this year. The case has been adjourned until November. There was no sign of Depp's wife in court today but he was spotted at the Venice film festival over the weekend where her super-star husband had pretty harsh words for Australia's agriculture minister.

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JOHNNY DEPP, ACTOR: I killed my dogs and ate them.

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Under direct orders from some kind of -- I don't know, sweaty, big- gutted man from Australia.

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VAUSE: Laugh it up, Johnny. The charges carry a maximum penalty of 10 years in jail. But still time to get the dogs flown back to the U.S.

[01:50:06] ASHER: We are going to take a quick break. We will have much more news when we come back.

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KATE RILEY, WORLD SPORTS ANCHOR: I'm Kate Riley with your CNN World Sport headlines.

Eugenie Bouchard has withdrawn from the U.S. Open because of a locker room incident which resulted in concussion.

Meanwhile, can anyone stop Serena Williams from completing the calendar grand slam? Her next opponent in her way will be her sister, Venus. And on Sunday, Serena took care of business, 6-3, 6-3. Lewis Hamilton dominated the Italian Grand Prix and he kept his

victory after a serious investigation over the tired. Sebastian Vettel delighted the watching masses by taking second place. And he was helped by the dramatic departure of Nick, who had been pushing his countrymen hard. But he was stopped by an engine fire three laps from end. Streaks ahead of all of them was Hamilton who drove to victory by more than 25 seconds.

The new NFL season gets underway on Thursday and Tom Brady will take to the field for the New England Patriots. On Sunday, the 38-year-old spoke about recently Deflategate, the first time that Brady expressed regret that two team employees were suspended over the scandal indefinitely.

That's a look at all your sports headlines here on CNN. I'm Kate Riley.

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ASHER: Of all the images of the migrant crisis we have seen, it was one picture that caught the world's and many heart's attention more than any other, that disturbing image of the little Syrian boy's body washed up on that Turkish beach. On Sunday, it was a bleak return to the beach for the other person in those pictures, Gendarmerie Command Sergeant Major Mehmet Ciplak.

VAUSE: He discovered the little boy and picked him up on the beach. On Sunday, he spoke with the Turkish news photographer who snapped the pictures that moved so many.

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MEHMET CIPLAK, SERGEANT MAJOR, TURKISH MILITARY: Above all, I am a human as well. I am father to a 6-year-old boy. I thought of my son the moment I saw the lifeless body of toddler, Aylan, and I immediately put myself in Aylan's father's place. This is an indescribable scene.

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ASHER: Ciplak described the photo of Aylan as, quote, "the shame of all countries and humanity," and he said he hopes it will spur the world to end the crisis.

Now if you want to help the refugees, we have on our website a list of aide group working on the crisis, from groups dedicating to rescuing the migrants on the Mediterranean to groups providing food to young refugees, all on CNN.com/impact.

[01:55:28] VAUSE: We will leave you now with some of the latest images from this migrant crisis. There are so many stories of suffering and loss and hopelessness, there have actually been a few bright spots, moments of compassion, respect, and a better side of humanity. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

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