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Honoring the Slain Bangladesh Hostages; ISIS Role in Recent Terror Attacks Examined; Australian Election Explored. Aired 3-4a ET

Aired July 4, 2016 - 03:00   ET

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[03:00:00] ROSEMARY CHURCH, CNN NEWSROOM SHOW HOST: Two continent several deadly attacks and the one thing they have in common is ISIS. The terror group has also more grief to Iraq. One of the deadliest attacks in recent memory hits right in the heart of the capitol.

The Prime Minister of Bangladesh joins hundreds to honor the people killed in the weekend cafe siege.

And in Turkey, 13 people detained after last airport attack have now appeared in court.

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

With Ramadan nearing an end, there is been a flare up of major terror strikes. And ISIS has either claimed responsibility or is suspected in all of them The latest and one of the deadliest attacks in Iraq, capitol in years. A suicide track bombs targeted a crowded in Baghdad.

In Bangladesh, gunmen took hostages in the cafe in Dhaka. The standoff came to a violent end. And ISIS is also suspected in the attack on Istanbul's airport last week.

Well, CNN has correspondent in different locations across two continents to bring you developments on this attack as they unfold.

And we want to begin with the situation in Baghdad. Jomana Karadsheh joins us now with the very latest. Jomana, 126 people killed, 25 of them children. The big question everyone is asking at this time is how this truck particularly got through with all those explosives on board. What is being said by authorities?

JOMANA KARADSHEH, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Actually, that is the big question right now, Rosemary, on the minds of so many Iraqis, we are seeking so much anger and frustration.

But I want to also give you an update from the scene. This is more than 24 hours after the bombing and I just had a video call with our Iraqi cameraman and producer on the ground there. It is a scene of total devastation. I have not seen an after math of bombings in Baghdad like this probably since 2009 or 2010.

The security services are still there. The first responders they're still trying to pull bodies out of the rubble, and according to our producer on the ground, they're still pulling body parts, family members are around the scene and still looking for their loved ones.

He gave me examples of people he had spoken to really, really emotional, a mother and father who were there looking for their son. He was at a cafe there with his friends, he's a teenager, he was and celebrating his birthday and until this point, they don't know where their son is.

He is still missing as more bodies are being pulled out of the rubble. Another man was there, his five relatives including children who were there to buy clothes for the Muslims Eid festival in the night of couple of days, they were there they're still are missing and they're still trying to find any traces of them.

And, Rosemary, this person is someone has covered Iraq for more than 10 years now and he tells me he has not seen a scene like this in years.

CHURCH: It is just hard to fathom the evil entailed in these sorts of attacks and then the heartbreak that follows.

Jomana Karadsheh joining us there bringing us to date on the situation. I appreciate it.

Well, many of the victims of this weekend's bombings with children. As we pointed out, a group that is paying a heavy price as the violence in Iraq continues.

The United Nations reports that one out of every five Iraqi children, that is 3.6 million are at serious risk of death, injury and sexual violence and abduction or recruitment into armed gangs.

One-third of Iraqis children, that's about 4.7 million are in need of humanitarian aid. And 1 in 10 have had to flee their home due to violence just since the beginning of 2014.

Well, for more on the battle against ISIS in their recent tactics in Iraq, we are joined by Lina Khatib, she is the head of the Middle East and North Africa Programme for the Chatham House. Thank you so much for talking with us.

It is just astounding when you look at those sorts of numbers. I want to start by looking at these what appears to be these changed tactics on the part of ISIS as it launched across the globe while at the same time losing in territory in its caliphate.

[03:05:09] Is this ISIS on the defensive or is this something worse?

LINA KHATIB, CHATHAM HOUSE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA PROGRAMME HEAD: Well, this news strategy for ISIS has been in place since last year more or less. It's (Inaudible) in around May of last year than it can longer expand geographically.

And in order to confiscate for that its planned launching attacks around the world opportunistically. And so, what we are seeing at the moment is something that -- have been found a while ago but that's what intensifies the more ISIS lost territory.

And, as we know in Iraq the government has (Inaudible) that would be half of the international and ISIS coalition two key areas, for ISIS simply Jihadi in Fallujah and also ISIS is stopping to feel the pressure in Syria.

So, certainly it will speak to compensate for it by showing that it had level its influence through this type of attack.

CHURCH: And of course, ISIS is appealing to lone wolves who are being inspired by the ruthless or brutal ideology, is there any way to stop these sorts of attacks on soft targets across the globe. Or do we have to accept this is the new norm?

KHATIB: I mean, of course, we shouldn't accept that this is the new norm. But we should also realize that ISIS raids on the vulnerable everywhere for recruitment. And unfortunately, these kinds of lone wolves exist practically everywhere. There is no one formula that country are immune to protect themselves.

In the West, I think the security services have a better job and so they have record intelligence (Inaudible) ability that I think is almost of (Inaudible). And that means that the West is not that vulnerable is Iraq.

And that's why the spectacular vulnerable attacks that we have seen in Baghdad is far worse than what we've seen elsewhere in the world. But at the same time we have to think back and look at the drivers that drive people to join ISIS in the first place. And addressing this is not going to be something that can be -- that can happen overnight.

CHURCH: Yes, there is a sense of them waging war against the modern world, isn't it? But what about this, this new chat we're hearing. There's talk about a more cohesive global war on ISIS, how possible is that and how could it work perhaps?

KHATIB: The moment we are seeing an international coalition against ISIS that is mainly profit on military action. This is not enough. What is needed in parallel is also looking at the political problem of is.

ISIS benefits from the lack of trust in the Iraqi government. It benefit from you can also see (Inaudible) also a regime in Syria because these two things are key causes of grievances for people in Iraq and Syria.

And ISIS, despite its transformation into a franchise like Al Qaeda would be like decentralize activities around the world. Ultimately, it's an organization with significant geographical presence in Iraq and Syria.

And this is what gives its appeal. This is what makes it different from Al-Qaeda. And that's (AUDIO GAP) why people join from all over the world because they see a physical are that they migrate (ph) to kind of work on these things. So, to really meet an ISIS you need to start with Iraq and Syria. You

really need to find a political solution for the Syrian complex as well as with the Iraqi government to increase the trust between us and the Iraqi (Inaudible).

CHURCH: Yes, and clearly a solution that needs to be found quickly. Lina Khatib, thank you so much for joining us with your analysis. We appreciate it.

Well, Saudi authorities are investigating a suicide blast near the U.S. consular in Jeddah. State media report that early Monday morning a man blew himself up after police approached him in a hospital parking lot.

The officers were taken to the hospital with minor injuries. A robot was used to detonate three other devices found inside the bomber's car. The parking lot of the hospital is about 10 meters from the U.S. consulate ward (ph).

Well, Bangladesh is remembering the victims of Friday's Dhaka terror attack. The Prime Minister paid her respect to the memorial service. On Saturday, she called for two days of national mourning starting Sunday.

A gunman killed 20 hostages and two police officers at the cafe in Dhaka's diplomatic sign.

[03:10:01] Bangladeshi troops ended that siege. The Prime Minister said on Saturday six terrorists were killed and one was captured.

For more on the situation in Bangladesh, our Sumnima Udas joins us now from New Delhi. And, Sumnima, of course, all the focus now is on the sole surviving gunman who is injured. He is not able to talk at this time but will be able to talk eventually.

Until that time what more are authorities able to piece together in their investigation to learn more perhaps about these attackers, who were they and why they struck this particular cafe?

SUMNIMA UDAS, CNN CORRESPONDENT: You know what we've gone from authorities that far is simply that all the attackers, Bangladeshi as most of them were from the capitol City of Dhaka.

And right now the government continues to maintain that they don't see any ISIS or Al-Qaida linked or any foreign links. They simply don't have enough evidence to prove that.

And as you mentioned that those surviving gunman who's really beyond this, there's so many of these questions as who's behind this and why while he's injured and he hasn't been able to tell the authorities anything.

But we are getting a sense of who these attackers were. Just from our colleagues who are in Bangladesh who have been talking to locals there, as soon as the local media, they have that printing out pictures of these attackers, a lot of people there seem to know some of them.

It is one of the societies where people know other people. I mean, it's the country or city of seven million people but it is still a small sort of social society. And what struck most people is just how regular these guys were.

They came in with their jeans and t-shirts on and some of them spoke English, some of them have been educated in colleges abroad according to an analyst. You know, they are people who play sports. They have their Facebook accounts. So, that's really what struck most people, Rosemary.

CHURCH: Yes, hat and more importantly, of course. So, let's find out more about the victims who were killed in this cafe siege. What do we know?

UDAS: Although mostly foreigners, you got Italian, there are Japanese, Bangladeshi, and American citizen as well. And they just had a tribute ceremony when the army there was bringing out the coffin draped in the flag of wherever the victims were from really a heartbreaking scene.

Then Prime Minister was there, the ambassador of various embassies in Dhaka. And also thousands of Bangladeshi locals were sort of gathered at the stadium to pay tribute to the victims.

And according to local -- from local media report, we are also getting a sense of who these victims were. I mean, there was three college students who were just out on a Friday night, one of them was allowed to leave. The gunman says you can leave but he decided to stay back and then where university student who said he'll stay back just to be with his friends, he, of course, did not survive.

There was an Italian woman seven months pregnant, she was about to go to Italy to deliver her baby, she did not survive. So, just a heartbreaking stories, Rosemary, and a lot of family members are now arriving in Dhaka to pick up the bodies of their loss ones. Rosemary?

CHURCH: Stories are so hard to tell.

Sumnima Udas, joining us there from New Delhi. Many thanks to you.

And the victims, as we heard, killed in this Dhaka terror attack came from Italy, from Japan, India, Bangladesh, and the United States. Seven Japanese nationals are among the dead.

I response to the tragedy, Japan has arranged for victim's families to fly to Bangladesh. It's also sent a team of terrorism experts to Dhaka.

And for more our Matt Rivers joins us now from Tokyo. So, Matt talk to us about how Japan is reacting to this tragedy and what we're learning from the victims from that nation.

MATT RIVERS, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, information about the victims who they were and where they came from, that was the top headline in all of the major Japanese newspapers this morning that we saw. It's on the mind of everyone here really, it's big news, of course.

And we do know now that the families of those people that were killed left on a government chartered plane, local time, yesterday evening here in Tokyo, landing this morning in Bangladesh to perform just the incredibly grim task of having to go collect the remains of their loved ones who were murdered during this attack in Dhaka.

They were met there, as you mentioned, by the vice minister of foreign affairs for Japan, as well as a team of terrorism expert who were called in to assist in this investigation given the level of Japanese involvement in terms of the amount of victims that were there.

[03:15:06] Now we did hear this morning that some of these families had having arrived already in Bangladesh have actually made their way to some these hospitals where their loved ones are, to begin that process of bringing them back home.

We're not sure if all the families have gone to the hospital yet. But we do expect that to happen during the day sometime local time in Bangladesh. And we are learning more of these victims, the eight people that were involved as victims. Seven of whom were killed, one was injured but survive.

All eight of them were there as a part of the Japanese international corporation agency. That is a governmental agency here in Japan that gives assistance to a developing nations in the form of development project.

So, these eight people were actually in Dhaka working on a traffic problem, a traffic issue trying to alleviate those kinds of problems for the city that are seeing its population booming. So, these are people just trying to make the lives of ordinary citizens of Dhaka better.

These were good people trying to do good work. And one of the people is 32-year-old, Makoto Okamoto, he went as a part of that group. His father and his grandfather spoke to local here in Japan before going to Bangladesh. Here is what they had to say.

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KOMAKICHI OKAMOTO, VICTIM'S FATHER (TRANSLATED): He was very proud of his work. As he could work hard for the country and development. Everybody loved him. He is a good man.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE (TRANSLATED): He was a very, very good boy, I really hope that the news was wrong but now I cannot do anything.

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RIVERS: Then there were also reports here that we couldn't confirm but there were local media reports suggesting that the family members might actually have the opportunity to go to the cafe, to the bakery where this attack happened.

And so, you can imagine, Rosemary, if they were to in fact, to go do that, or even just go near the scene how emotional that must be for them.

CHURCH: I would think that would be so difficult for them in a difficult situation as it is to deal with.

Matt Rivers joining us there from Tokyo just after 4.16 in the afternoon there, many thanks.

Well, Turkish officials are rounding up suspects as they investigate the deadly terror attack at Ataturk Airport. What that plot and others could mean for ISIS's strategy is just ahead in a live report.

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

[03:20:00] Iceland's fairytale is over at Euro 2016 as they were thrust 5-2 by host France. The game was effectively over by a hard time. France race into a 4-nil lead as they'll play Germany in the semifinals on Thursday.

The day after Portugal versus Whales, The outcome of the Austria Grand Prix has bridge new life into the race for the driver's title after another epic showdown between Mercedes teammate, Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg.

This was a tense climax that all came down to what happened during the very last lap. Remember, it was the Brit who secured poll position by Rosberg battle back to take the lead. Hamilton wasn't going to give up though, he wanted his lead back and he will get it.

The pair involved in a scramble that was definitely in contact as Hamilton overtake Rosberg ends up losing his front wing and he withdraw back to four, so the English man takes his 46th victory of his career.

And fans lucky enough to get into Wimbledon for the fourth ever middle Sunday were treated into a great game between Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and John Isner. It's been a good day for France. Tsonga overcame Isner 19- 17 in the fifth set. Expectators were treated to an unexpected four hours and 24 minutes of action.

And that's a look at all your sports headlines. I'm Kate Riley.

CHURCH: Welcome back, everyone.

Well Turkish authorities have arrested two suspected ISIS militants at Istanbul's Ataturk Airport. State media report the men traveled from Ukraine Sunday, they had multiple passports, military items and I.D. cards that belong to other people.

Now this arrest come just five days after terrorist killed 44 people a Ataturk Airport. In Sunday, more than a dozen people detained after the attack appeared in the Turkish court.

CNN international Nima Elbagir joins us now from Istanbul with the very latest on this. So, Nima, how significant is the arrest of this two suspected ISIS militants from Ukraine. Let's also talk about this court appearance and where does this all lead the investigation?

NIMA ELBAGIR, CNN SENIOR INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Well, the semi officials news agency that release the information about the arrest on Sunday night was careful not to draw a direct line between this arrest and the ongoing investigation into the Istanbul Ataturk Airport attack.

But given that we know that three of those appearing in court on Sunday who have now being charged with belonging to a terror organization and will go to trial. Three of them have foreign names that definitely seem to imply that they were from the Caucasus region.

And given the -- given that U.S. officials have told CNN that they believe the overseer of this plot is a man named Ahmed Chataev who is from the northern Caucasus region of Russia. It's very difficult not to see a picture of coalescing around these ISIS foreign fighters specifically from that part of the world.

And there are the links that the Turkish government will be looking very, very closely at. We'll also getting a little bit more detail about the circumstances surrounding this arrest. Again, from Turkish state media and from the Turkish local media.

Their understanding is that one of the men who was -- who has now will now be facing trial was picked up. Because a phone call was made from one of the attackers in the hours leading up to the attack to one of these men and also with a name that suggest he comes from the northern Caucasus region.

So, you see these pictures starting to emerge and some sources have begun to talk about the Uzbek regimen which is a fearsome regimen within ISIS and that would -- that would absolutely illuminate much of what we've been hearing that this is an investigation. That is centering on direct ownership and direct support and coordination from the leadership inside the war ministry in Raqqa, Rosemary.

CHURCH: So, wouldn't we look at this, what do we make of the possible involvement of militants from Ukraine from that region, what does it tell us perhaps about ISIS strategy change tactics perhaps and what its goals might be going forward?

ELBAGIR: Well, much of the concerns in the months leading up to the campaigns design to degrade ISIS territorial footprints was that ISIS would seek to throw the extent of its impact and its reach to other ways. And by other ways through these asymmetric attack to going back to more stereotypical terrorist strategies, was those similar of Al- Qaeda has been involved with for some many years. And other military groups around the world.

And in fact, ISIS' spokesperson warned of this back in May. That you may think that taking our territory you have defeated us. But there are other past and other roads to victory. And this last week really has illuminated what ISIS in this iteration clearly see those paths to be, Rosemary. [03:25:03] CHURCH: All right, our Nima Elbagir joining us there from

Istanbul. About 10.24 in the morning. Many thanks to you, Nima.

Well, tensions between the Israelis and Palestinians are soaring in Jerusalem. Israeli mourners attended a funeral precession for a man killed on a car crash Friday caused by Palestinian gunfire.

Israel says incitement in the Palestinian media has contributed to attacks often carried out by young people. Palestinian leaders say assailant have acted out of desperation over settlement expansion and the collapse of peace talks.

On Sunday, Israeli forces raided a home in the West Bank City of Hebron and arrested six people.

Well, Israeli as federal election remains a nail bite with no clear winner of what the future could hold for the ruling coalition. That's coming up next.

And efforts underway to rescue two groups of miners in China, how they became trapped. We'll explain.

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CHURCH: And a warm welcome back. You are watching CNN Newsroom. I'm Rosemary Church. I want to check the headlines for you this hour.

Iraqis are mourning the victims of two bomb attacks in the capital Baghdad. In a deadliest one, a suicide truck bomb plowed through a crowded shopping district in Karrada Saturday night. At least 125 people were killed including dozens of women and children.

In Bangladesh, the Prime Minister has paid tribute to the victims of the Dhaka cafe terror attack.

[03:30:01] She attended a memorial for the 20 hostages and two police officers who were killed. Seven of the victims were Japanese and several Japanese companies say they are now suspending business troops to Bangladesh.

Saudi authorities are investigating a suicide blast near the U.S. consulate in Jeddah. State media report that early Monday morning, a man blew himself up after police approached him in a hospital parking lot. The officer suffered minor injuries. The parking lot of the hospital is about 10 meters from the U.S. consulate ward.

Australia's political future is hanging in the ballot. The federal election results remain too close to call. The liberal national coalition led by Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull is in danger of losing its majority after a late swing to the opposition Labour Party.

The Labour party leader, Bill Shorten says the election results show a rejection of the prime minister's economic agenda. Final results will not be known before Tuesday.

And joining me now on the phone is Michelle Grattan. She is the chief political correspondent for The Conversation and professorial fellow at the University of Canberra. Thank you so much for talking with us.

So, Michelle, conservative incumbent Prime Minister Malcolm insist he is quite confident his coalition will reach a majority. But it's appearing more likely this will end in the hung parliament. We won't know the result of course until around Tuesday as I mentioned. But that's when postal and other votes account. But how is this likely to turn out and why is it taking so long to determine an outcome?

MICHELLE GRATTAN, THE CONVERSATION POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT: Well, we don't know whether there will be a hung parliament or the slanderous of majority to Malcolm Turnbull. Because the differences is just a (Inaudible).

But what takes so long is that the pre-polled but has to be counted those who polled before the formal Election Day, and more and more people do that for convenience, especially there was score of holidays on in the many parts of Australia.

So, absentee vote and postal vote and in fact, it could extend for quite a quite a few days beyond Tuesday although we will have a bit of a better indication there.

CHURCH: And of course, even some conservatives themselves have said this election was a disaster for their party with large swings against the coalition government. So, what went wrong and what could this means for Australia going forward if a hung parliament isn't going to be the outcome?

GRATTAN: I think that most people expected the Turnbull victory, maybe the loss of the -- if you think of course, but maybe the least quite a decisive victory. What happened is that we saw quite a view voters support micro parties individuals, those party called the Nick Xenophon team which is the south Australia.

It's lead by a popular senator who's been in parliament for some time. But now, he's gone for a wider grouping and he's got some senators in the upper House, he's taken one seat in the lower House. And he represents really a popular sort of approach, I guess somewhat entered the globalization sort of economic switches that generally fashionable with the major parties.

You also had a big scale by the Labour opposition in the later art of the about health, the Medicare, health's team, you know, Australia which covers everyone is very, very popular. And Labour said that the liberals would privatize this now.

This would not actually the case, there was no evidence. They denied that, but nevertheless, people became quite concerned that Medicare would be if not privatized cut back so that there would be more user pays because the conservative government has been trying to get in co- payments and the like and this has been unpopular.

CHURCH: And of course, as we wait, Michelle, for the outcome of this, there's talk of the possibility of former Prime Minister Tony Abbott making a come and even talk of a leadership challenge for the opposition's Bill Shorten just troubles some rumors there or how likely is that two scenarios?

GRATTAN: I think there will be no challenge to Bill Shorten. He has done better than people had expected during the campaign. And while one rival did put his toe in the water I think that toe is being taken out quite smartly.

[03:35:00] As Bill and he challenge Malcolm Turnbull will I think that liberals would feel that any return to Tony Abbott would really be somewhat absurd. Of course, Malcolm Turnbull replaced Tony Abbott and even though he had this very bad election result, he's still a lot more popular in the community than Tony Abbott he is.

There is no other possible leadership put on the horizon so I think that Malcolm Turnbull will be, the one managing this hung parliament if that's what we get or the very narrow majority parliament that will be a big challenge for Malcolm Turnbull whose not necessarily a patient man.

But he has to deal with not only as the hung parliament across benches in the lower House but also in the Senate where certainly he won't have a majority and this election has produce a very diverse lot of cross benches in the upper House. There will be very tricky to get legislative bills through.

CHURCH: All right.

Well, he will have to remain patience. As will the Australian voters waiting till Tuesday until they get a result. Michelle Grattan, pleasure to talk with you. Thanks so much.

Well, the rush is on to rescue nearly two dozen miners from two flooded mine in China. Official say 12 miners are trapped and four others missing in this mine in north China.

Authorities say they are in touch with the men by phone. And in southwest China six miners are trapped there due to heavy rain. Some 4,000 cubic meters of water filled the line.

All right. Well, we want to get more on the flooding in China, and of course other parts of Asia with the monsoonal rain. Our Pedram Javaheri joins us now to bring us up to date on that. And of course, when we talk about monsoonal rains, not over yet, long time that...

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PEDRAM JAVAHERI, CNN METEOROLOGIST: Not over yet. Yes. I mean, you know, just the 400,000 cubic meters you said, Rosemary, I did the math on that, that's equivalent to two Olympic size swimming pools being poured into these mines here in a very short time period.

So, very dangerous of course, and as you said, this is the time of the year that you begin to see the monsoon really pick up an intensity and storms are plenty. Pick your choice. You got at least five storms scattered about this region, you have frontal boundaries all around the area. So, the rainfall is going to be persistent at least in the next couple of weeks. And the area of concern for the heaviest rain unfortunately it's the same area where we have the miners where we have the recent flooding of that state place across eastern China.

In Mohan, in particular, some of these images just mind boggling and what you see what transpired in just a couple of days' time and the rainfall amount have been generally between 100 to 200 millimeters. In fact, the town Anjin across just west of Shanghai, picked up about 200 millimeters of rainfalls in two days.

Now you can compare that to a city where amount of course for its rainfall that be in London it will take them five months between January and May to begin to accumulate the amount of rainfalls we saw in this flood stricken areas of eastern China.

And of course, the progression of the monsoon you see climatologically, just literally lie where it should be. Around Shanghai in the beginning of July and eventually work its way up towards Beijing by the latter portion of July.

But here comes the next 48 hours. You notice the heaviest rain now stretching from Shanghai, just west of Shanghai towards Souls. So, if your travel plan takes you around that region something worth noting here with very heavy rainfall in the forecast in store for them.

Now know, one thing that we have not touch on very often in recent days. In fact, 200 days to be precise is the drought for the tropical storms across the area of western Pacific Ocean.

In fact, that has come to an end. We do now have our first name tropical storm of 2016, this is in that part just sitting west of Guam at this point. The concern with this storm system is all indication are taking right towards areas near Taipei eventually around Eastern China, Shanghai could be in line for some very heavy rainfall if not powerful wind.

And of course, as we just touched on, you know what's happening there in recent days.

Now shifting the attention out towards Pakistan, we know at least several dozen fatalities in place here with a very similar scenario, where you have the river in place, you have flooding that is really first the banks of these river to communities, and now we're talking about significant flooding around some of these areas.

And in fact, I'll take you in toward the Hindu Kush Mountain in the town of Chitral, that's where we had at least 20 fatalities over the past several days from flooding that had taken place. And you notice these mountains in this surrounding area that's really a major issue here as we have the water funnels down.

Of course, the water comes down for the lowest point courtesy of gravity and that goes right in towards that valley out there. This is again in the peak of monsoon season not just for Pakistan, not just for the parts of China, also in India. So, now everyone is starting to see these event begin to accumulate really the last couple of weeks and now they're culminating this week, but the flood we're seeing.

CHURCH: Yes. And of course we just see this every ear.

JAVAHERI: Every year.

CHURCH: (Inaudible).

JAVAHERI: All right, thank you so much, Pedram. I appreciate it.

Well, the next political battle in the U.K. is heating up, ahead, the candidates for the prime minister and their plans for the Brexit.

[03:40:10] Plus, people in this world found have no problem saying good-bye to the E.U. But hear why this break up may cause the million in the long run, we'll explain.

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CHURCH: The political focus in Britain is shifting to who will replace David Cameron as Prime Minister and how the Brexit will be managed.

CNN's Isa Soares joins us live from Downing Street with some perspectives. So, Isa, of course if anyone guess who will eventually leave Britain but one thing for sure, no one seems to be able to agree on how the Brexit process will work going forward.

So, what impact is always the certainly having on the country and what do the Brits saying about who they want as their new leader.

ISA SOARES, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, if you remember last week, there were lots of fears, Rosie, about exactly of what this would mean whether there would be a quick exit or what else a 50 would take will take it for a couple of years. And now, you are seeing people are calming as the politics are starting to calm down as well putting people and looking at this, and thinking long-term, what does it mean for the country.

If you are a remain voter you would see the thousands who took the street, Rosie, at the street on this weekend. People basically that they are worried in terms of short term. Not long-term but short term.

They want to know what does this mean for the economy, what does this mean if you're a European in this country, do you have to leave? Many of those see much more relaxed and much common during the last of couple. They basically want to see, the majority we spoke to, want to see Theresa May.

They think she is shrewd and she's got a, you know, a steady hand and management at the home office and the majority would like her to take over.

[03:44:57] Of course, if you are from the Brexit camp, Rosie, many would say that she shouldn't be in charge she shouldn't be the one taking over the country because she always -- she also supported a Brexit. She has been really commenting on that. And the critics who say it will be Brexit by the back door. Take a listen to what she say to these critics.

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THERESA MAY, BRITISH HOME SECRETARY: Seventeen million people voted to leave, 16 million people voted to remain. But now, we have a decision that we will leave, I'm being clear that Brexit means Brexit. What we need to bring to do is to bring those sides -- two sides together, bring leave and remain together and bring the country together and move forward.

And I think the question is not what was your view 10 days ago, what do you vote 10 days ago. What you're going to do now and how you are going to look at the future and how you are going to take this forward.

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SOARES: She's always been very clear from the beginning if you remember she said Brexit means Brexit. But for those who have been speaking to in the street and I have to say from the remain camp, those who have been rallying at weekend, they think that she's really going to be a pacify, unifier, not just for the country uniting the country but also for the party.

And in the last 24 hours, we've also seen the first comments from Boris Johnson. He, as you remember, he was the one that wanted that many thought he wanted the seat behind number 10. But then Michael Gove stepped in. And many people said that backstabbing him slightly.

But he basically said that we should stop contagious mourning. The country should stop contagious mourning. Mourning, he said he likes to the portrayal followed by Princess Diana's death. If you remember in 1997 he said we have to end this to Syria and just get on with it. Rosie?

CHURCH: Yes, of course, the sooner than they can do that the sooner the uncertainty ends and make a move forward.

Isa Soares joining us there from 10 Downing Street. It's about 8.47 in the morning. Many thanks to you, Isa.

Well, the European Union has been helping to prop up small Rosh town for years now. And yet, it voted to leave.

Our Phil Black traveled to Wales to find out why.

PHIL BLACK, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Edinburgh in southern Whales. A small town in a region known as The Valleys. Here communities who wants to built around cold mines. They closed decades ago, so did Edinburgh steel plant and tough times follow.

Poverty, unemployment for many the loss of hope. That's why the European Union took an interest. Here through the grim is in sideways rain of the Welsh summer's day and you see the E.U. flag everywhere.

It's often closed to new building and infrastructure. The E.U. has helped pay for like this huge sport and education center. A new highline or a major new road.

The E.U. money also helps people with job training and apprenticeships. All out the E.U. has contributed around 145 million pounds to this local area over the last 15 years.

Do the people here knows that E.U. pumped a lot of money into the town?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Oh yes, we are, they know about it.

BLACK: Yes.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Yes. But you voted out anyway. It's a contradiction not easily explained. This area voted for Britain to exit the E.U. by a whopping 62 percent despite being a net beneficiary. It gets back a lot more money than it contributes.

There is a lot of money that comes here from Europe.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: A lot of money.

BLACK: Where's that going to come from.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: That's the question.

BLACK: Well.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: During the people have shop also in the foot. BLACK: Well, I voted out on (Inaudible).

BLACK: Are Deb Faye. In the Crossing Cafe Deborah Jane Inabreal (ph) have been listening to customers talk all things Brexit for the most (ph).

They know the E.U. spend big money here but they still want out.

It does not make a difference here.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Yes.

BLACK: Or do you think they have, what that you tell me. Do you think it has helped you?

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Well, they have. But I think a lot of it is being spent on things that we could have live without or it could spent in different ways.

BLACK: Deb Phillips, a customer and Brexiter agrees. It's about control.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: So, we're being told where the money is going to be spent.

BLACK: Over coffee, Allan Jones who voted to stay predict a new obvious problem. He says the E.U. investment won't be replace equality by the British government. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: A stupid thing to do because if you are -- once

you go this money is gone.

BLACK: But here in Wales as with many places across the U.K. many and the economy were not deciding factors in how many people chose to vote?

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Out.

BLACK: What was the thinking there.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Both them rule enough instead of ruling ou ourselves.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Out.

BLACK: Tell me why.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I don't know, the immigration is worse.

BLACK: Change, celibacy, border control, the referendum shows these things mattered more to people in this struggling town than the E.U.'s efforts to improve the quality of their lives.

[03:50:05] Phil Black, CNN, Edinburgh, Southern West.

CHURCH: There has been a spike in crime in Rio de Janeiro, just a month before the Olympic Games. But hear why the city's mayor says there is no need to worry.

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JAVAHERI: Thanks for keeping us at a cable news network. Meteorologist Pedram Javaheri with you on Weather Watch right now.

Where are watching thunderstorm across the eastern third of the United States. And of course, the 4th of July holiday in place across this region of the world that we know a lot of storms going to impact portions of say Kentucky, towards portions of Tennessee.

And eventually for the southern United States get some active weather. So, again, we're looking at about third of the country impacting with some rough weather going in for the 4th of July.

The vast majority of it locks on the eastern side and through Thursday plenty of rainfall across portions of say Kentucky onto even Virginia where we know flooding occurred in recent days a major, major damage that left in place across that region.

And that is where we're looking for some heavy rain later in the week. But the other big story here becomes the widespread area of heat that build across the Central United States. You notice a couple of areas by mid-week actually will want it to stay cool. And that's the northwest and the northeast and everyone else pretty much get down a warm pattern over the next couple of days. Around the northwest you see multiple rounds of wet weather come in

even some high elevations snow showers in July. Not unheard off in the Canadian that Washington State border there, come later this week.

And as you work your way towards the south, expect those temperatures to be very uniform about 31 to 33 degrees from Havana towards Belize City, Managua around 32, and in Quito out towards Lima, temperatures into the lower 20s and upper teens there. Take care.

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CHURCH: Welcome back. The 2016 Olympic Games are just a month away. And Rio's mayor says his city will be ready despite what he calls the terror or security situation. He blamed the state governor for that. But he tells CNN's Shasta Darlington he's confident Rio will still be safe for the games.

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EDUARDO DA COSTA PAES, RIO DE JANEIRO MAYOR: Fortunately, this is not going to happen. It is going to be the

national best year. The security, the army, the navy, everyone is going to be here.

So, as you know, this is not a city of responsibility in Brazil. It's a state level responsibility. I think they do a terrible job on security. They do a terrible job before the games and after the games.

Fortunately, they are not going to be the ones responsible for security during the games.

[03:55:01] SHASTA DARLINGTON, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Yes, I think you raised a valid point. There is also a question of residence, police aren't getting paid, crimes are rising. Do you worry that your citizens that your -- especially the most vulnerable could be abandoned during the Olympic Games and everybody is taking care of the tourists.

PAES: I am not worried about them being abandoned on the games stand. I'm being worried being abandoned every day on their everyday life. So, this is the most serious issue in Rio and the state level is doing a horrible -- a terrible job there.

I mean, that's completely being failing and it's work of police taking care of security in the state.

DARLINGTON: One of the big problems has been Zika, athletes had been cancelling. Do you think you might be underestimating the impact of the fear over the Zika virus is going to have on the games.

PAES: I don't think so, actually what's happening -- so, actually it's in the contrary. I mean, people are overestimating what could happen. I mean, at this time in Rio, if you're an American, please don't go to Florida. You got more cases in Florida than what we had now in Rio.

I'm not saying there is not a problem, it is a problem that we have to face but as we always said, especially

during this time of the year, it's wintertime in Brazil in Rio, so the weather gets better. So, the spread of the mosquito it gets better so we'll have less case of Zika now.

DARLINGTON: I lived here in Brazil, I lived in Rio, I'm rooting for these Olympics to work but it just seems like every time something can go wrong it does and even more, how are you going even get people excited about these games?

PAES: These are the kinds of problems that you face in the U.S. There was a kid in the lake in Disneyland and Disney World, and then the crocodile comes and eat the kid, you know, I mean, there's a crazy guy, hat American guy that goes into a gay disco and shoots, I don't know, 40 people. I mean, problems happen everywhere. Obviously when you become Olympic city these problems, you know, they rise.

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CHURCH: And we'll have to leave it there. Thanks for your company. I'm Rosemary Church.

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