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[08:00:08] ANNA COREN, HOST: Hello, I'm Anna Coren in Hong Kong. And welcome to News Stream.

Well, the battle for Mosul could be nearing an end as Iraqi troops are close to pushing ISIS out of the city.

China criticizes the U.S. after a patrol sails close to a disputed island in the South China Sea as President's Trump and Xi speak to discuss North

Korea.

And potential trouble at home for Trump as Republican lawmakers brace for more anger over their health care plan.

We begin at what is a critical time for the Iraqi city of Mosul. People there are anticipating the fall of ISIS. Well, you're looking at some

early scenes of celebration with soldiers and civilians both hoping that a nightmare lasting three years could soon be over.

Well, the military has been making key gains against ISIS in Mosul's old city, and troops are now fighting street by street.

Well, let's get the very latest. Our Nick Paton Walsh joins us from Irbil, which is east of Mosul. And Nick, as we saw there people are celebrating.

Politicians in Baghdad are certainly celebrating. But troops are still locked in a deadly battle fighting ISIS. They claim there are at least 200

militants still in the old city.

How close is victory and what are these troops up against?

We seem to have lost Nick Paton Walsh, but we'll try to turn to him a little later.

Well, it soon could be the end for ISIS in Syria as well as coalition forces drive into the key city of Raqqa. But those caught there live in

constant danger, something CNN has been given an exclusive insight into. Atika Shubert met a woman who managed to escape to The Netherlands, but

whose daughter is still in Raqqa.

For the, social media can feel like a matter of life or death.

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ATIKA SHUBERT, CNN SENIOR INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: : As coalition forces circle the ISIS capital of Raqqa, somewhere in the city the daughter

records messages, she begs for help, whispers for rescue from ISIS and airstrikes. Her mother weeps as she listens.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE, TRAPPED IN RAQQA (through translator): Get me out of this horrible situation. I am tired. My son is exhausted. Get me out of

here! I beg you!

SHUBERT: Watha is not the mother's real name. She does not want to be identified fearing ISIS will target her daughter. But her voice and enough

to understand the horror of life in Raqqa.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE, (through translator): when you go to the market to buy food and other things, you see a hand here, a leg here, a head there that

ISIS has left. We used to drink coffee there. Now it's full of bodies.

SHUBERT: Watha has already lost one daughter to the sea when she fled for Greece. The boat sank and the little girl drowned. She was two and a half

years old. Her body washed up on the shore months later, now buried on the Greek island of Chios. Now Watha is determined not to lose her eldest

daughter in Raqqa, to get her out. The 23-year-old had tried to leave, but ISIS arrested her, then beheaded, her husband. Her son, Watha's first

grandchild, is almost two years old.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE, (through translator): I'm exhausted, mom. I can't bear this life anymore. My son is sick, and there's no medicine or clean water

or anything for my child.

SHUBERT: You've never seen your grandson before.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE (through translator): No, I haven't seen him. My dear, I wake up in sadness. I go to bed in sadness. I don't know any other

emotion than sadness. Every day I live in fear of tomorrow.

SHUBERT: But when you see those photos and you get those messages, it gives you hope that it might be possible.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE (through translator): When I see the pictures, my heart breaks into pieces. There is no hope. The only hope is their voice. The

only hope I have are their voices.

[11:05:06] SHUBERT: You cannot see her face, but Watha weeps as she talks. She clutches at her phone and her heart, filled with hope and dread at

every new message. She doesn't respond straightaway, but only once her voice is steady.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE (through translator): Sweetie, the most important thing is that you take care of yourself. And god willing, as I promised, I will

come and get you. God will come and get you and we will see each other again. Stay strong.

SHUBERT: A mother's plea only one voice of so many struggling to be heard amid the terrifying noise of war.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE (through translator): We moved to another place today, I don't know when I'll be able to get online again. The army is all over

the place.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

CURNOW: Well, let's return to the battle of Mosul. For the latest, we'll get Nick Paton Walsh to let us know what is going on. Nick, as we have

said, the troops there underground locked in a fierce battle with at least 200 militants in the old part of the city. What are they up against? And

how close is victory?

NICK PATON WALSH, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Well, there's an incredibly small pocket of the old city, Anna, that's still controlled by

ISIS. You mentioned 200 fighters, well that was the estimate we heard about a week ago before they actually seized the al Nuri mosque, the sort

of front of the old city.

We don't know how many are left are in there. We do know, unfortunately, that they all appear to be willing to be suicide bombers, so the broader

question is how many civilians are actually still trapped in their midst.

There are possibly a matter of hundreds of meters between the Iraqi special forces front lines and the river that runs through the heart of Mosul that

marks the back stop of ISIS territory, so as we've heard from U.S. officials and also Iraqi ones now, we could be into a matter of hours,

potentially, until the city is set to be fully liberated.

But that doesn't mark the end of the fight here. We will still see sleeper cells, suicide bombers, launching a lower level insurgency. Already signs

of that underway around the city of Mosul itself. But the political victory is what Baghdad is urgently wanting to announce and that could be a

matter of days away, Anna.

COREN: Nick, you mentioned the number of civilians still trapped in that old part of the city. Human rights groups are being very critical of the

use of air strikes. Obviously, they've been critical so far as troops gaining ground, but it's come at an enormous cost with claims that dozens

of civilians have been killed. What can you tell us?

WALSH: Well, we've heard reporting, too, obviously of civilians caught in the violence here. One coalition official I spoke to about a week ago

pointed out that there's now a delicate balance, frankly, that Iraqi forces doing this operation have to strike between moving quick enough to save

people from starvation. They're down to the last remnants of food, some emerging saying they barely have water to live off in the past weeks or so.

And also, too, the discretion they need to take to preserve human life from the kind of firepower that they have been using. So, an impossible choice,

frankly, for the coalition backing Iraqi forces and Iraqi forces themselves quite what you choose to do.

We've seen large amounts of artillery used, airstrikes, too, that is part of defeating ISIS here, as well. They are using civilians as human

shields. It's incredibly hard to know, frankly, how this could be brought to a different kind of conclusion, given the volume of firepower being used

by ISIS against the coalition, the volume of firepower being used by the coalition in the old city, too, an impossible task, frankly.

While of course nobody wants these civilians lives lost , there is just an absolutely ghastly nature of the fight that frankly ISIS have engineered

here, but so many thousand of civilians still in their midst.

COREN: Nick Paton Walsh joining us from Irbil. Thank you.

Well, China is calling recent military action by the U.S. a serious provocation. Over the weekend, a U.S. navy destroyer sailed within 12

nautical miles of a disputed island in the South China Sea, one claimed by Taiwan and Vietnam as well as China.

Well, it's just one sign of growing tension between Beijing and Washington, and it's not clear what impact, if any, they could have when it comes to

diplomatic efforts over North Korea.

Well, U.S. President Trump spoke with Chinese President Xi Jinping by phone on Sunday as well as Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Pyongyang was the

focus of both calls.

Well, our Alexandra Field joins us now from Beijing. And Alex, I think it's fair to say that after last week's events the honeymoon is certainly

over between the United States and China. But tell us were they able to patch things up on this call?

ALEXANDRA FIELD, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Yeah, well, we certainly anticipate that the topic of this call would be heavily about North Korea, but the

tone and tenor, the sort of color and texture of what that call might be like was harder to predict. In the end, you have statements coming from

D.C. and Beijing, however reaffirming that these two leaders are continuing to work together, that they continue to share a goal which is the

denuclearization of the Korean peninsula and that they're building on cooperation that they established a few months ago when they met in Mar-a-

Lago, that's President Trump's residence in Florida.

You'll remember that this is when both leaders were touting that they had developed this warm relationship, it took on the sort of chummy undertone,

and that was supposed to be really this foundation for how they would work together to reign in North Korea.

We know that the Trump administration really looks squarely at Beijing. They see Beijing as having the leverage here, the economic leverage here,

to force some kind of cooperation when it comes to denuclearization.

But Anna, as you point out, it seemed that this relationship, which has so much to do with the two leaders, might be on the rocks, especially given

this tweet that President Trump put out more than a week ago really suggesting that China's efforts to reign in North Korea were failing. So,

it was interesting backdrop for this conversation. But in the end, both sides are saying that the cooperation on that issue remains.

[08:11:16] COREN: And, Alex, tell us what has been the reaction in China to the souring of relations?

FIELD: They had been watching. Sort of, for the last couple of weeks, and really for the last couple of days, as they can visibly see D.C. turning up

the pressure, really kind of piling on the heat, given the fact that the U.S. feels that China is failing in its efforts to reign in North Korea.

So, what we've seen from Beijing is that they've been meeting each of these measures that they see as provocative with a pretty swift response.

You pointed out that that U.S. destroyer had approached one of these disputed islands in the South China Sea. Of course, the U.S. does not

recognize Chinese claims to that island. Chinese officials responded immediately saying that this U.S. destroyer was trespassing and that this

was a political and a military provocation.

They had similar responses, voicing their objection pretty loudly when the U.S. sanctioned a small Chinese bank, which they have accused of doing

illegal financial activity with North Korea. And, again, another loud objection from Beijing when the U.S. announced that it would move forward,

the Trump administration announced it would move forward, the Trump administration announced it would move forward with a $1.4 billion weapons

deal with Taiwan.

So, they are quick to respond when they see what they perceive to be a provocation from Washington, but the line in the tone generally stays the

same here in Washington which is that they essentially -- rather here in Beijing the line stays the same, which is that they say that they're

working toward cooperation on this big issue, which is, of course, North Korea, or working through differences on other thorny issues, Anna.

COREN: Alexandra Field, good to see you. Many thanks.

Well, another high profile conversation is also on the agenda for President Trump later this week. He'll meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin

with the first time when they both attend the G20 summit.

Well, Matthew Chance joins us now from Moscow with more. And Matthew, we heard from Donald Trump's national security adviser HR McMaster over the

weekend saying, quote, that Trump has no specific agenda when he meets with Vladimir Putin and they will discuss whatever the U.S. President wants to

talk about. Surely he can't be serious.

MATTHEW CHANCE, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Well, I mean I think we have to take the national security adviser's words at face value. Perhaps

he's as much in the dark as the rest of us as to what the president of the United States is going to discuss. Certainly, there's no shortage of

issues for the two leaders, President Trump and President Putin of Russia to talk about. There's the -- not least of which from the U.S. point of

view is the allegations of Rusisan involvement and intervention in the U.S. presidential election, which swept Donald Trump into office.

There's also other outstanding issues -- the conflict in Syria, the continuing hostilities in Ukraine, the sanctions, which Russia dearly wants

lifted from its economy that have been imposed by the United States. And so there's absolutely no shortage of topics of all countries to have

meetings. There's no shortage between two countries of topics that need to be discussed, but I'm afraid which topic will be selected by the president

of the United States to talk about is, I'm afraid, anybody's guess.

COREN: Matthew, what's been the reaction in Russia to this upcoming meeting? Because obviously critics of Trump say that he is at a

disadvantage going into this meeting. But who will have the upper hand?

CHANCE: Well, it's difficult to judge. I mean, certainly, Donald -- President Putin, Vladimir Putin, on his past performances has always

demonstrated a mastery of facts. He's usually extremely well briefed. And, of course, I don't have any doubt that he will be on this occasion.

It's an incredibly important meeting from the Russian point of view.

The priority for the Russians is to get the sanctions lifted, is to normalize the relationship with the United States and to have their

interests considered when it comes to various theaters around the world. So undoubtedly this is the agenda that President Putin will be going into

this meeting with.

At the same time, expectations from the Russian side, at least, are extremely low. This was a president, President Trump, who promised when he

came into office to turn the relationship around with Russia. He hasn't been able to do that because of the domestic political pressures that he's

facing at home. But now the expectations here in Russia are extremely low in -- the state media anchor yesterday in his sort of weekly broadcast said

that even if they agree to have another meeting and to meet again, that would be considered a success.

So, basically the message is if this is not an abject failure. That will be something to take away from the Russian point of view.

[08:15:52] COREN: Yeah, well, Donald Trump certainly under a lot of political pressure to address those allegations of Russian meddling in the

presidential election. Matthew Chance, good to see you, and many thanks.

Well, Mr. Trump's international diplomacy appears to be in high gear as he starts his Monday. Within the hour, he tweeted this: "we'll be speaking

with Germany and France this morning." And then a few minutes ago he added, "we'll be speaking with Italy this morning." No word on what specifically

on the agenda. Stay tuned for any news out of that.

Well, all of this comes as Mr. Trump doubles down his criticism of the media, this time literally slamming CNN with a tweeted video, it's been

doctored to show Mr. Trump wrestling a man with a CNN logo on his face.

Well, CNN responded with a statement that said, in part, "it is a sad day when the president of the United States encourages violence against

reporters." We'll have much more on this in just a few minutes.

Well, coming up, new developments in the Persian Gulf crisis. Qatar delivers its response to an ultimatum.

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COREN: Authorities in Germany confirm a number of people have been killed in a fiery bus crash in Bavaria. A tour bus carrying 46 people collided

with a truck then burst into flames Monday morning. Well, 31 people are said to be seriously injured.

Qatar's foreign minister has arrived in Kuwait. He is delivering an official response to a list of demands from Middle East nations that have

cut off relations.

Well, so far there's no word on what the response is. Egypt, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain accuse Qatar of supporting terrorism.

Kuwait has been mediating the crisis.

Well, among other things, the demands called on Qatar to severe its ties with the Muslim Brotherhood and Hezbollah. They also call on Qatar to shut

down the al Jazeera television network.

Let's bring in international diplomatic editor Nic Robertson. And Nic, as we know, that deadline has been extended for another 48 hours, but is it

likely that anything will change?

[08:20:08] NIC ROBERTSON, CNN INTERNATIONAL DIPLOMATIC EDITOR: It seems not. And it seems also a little odd that the deadline required to be

shifted, because it appeared that the deadline -- and I say appeared because there has been a certain level of imprecise nature about the minute

of a deadline or an hour of a deadline. But Monday was the deadline. And today, as you say, the Qataris, the foreign minister, traveled to Kuwait,

delivered to the Kuwaitis their response to these demands.

So, it appears on the surface that the deadline in and of itself was met for the response.

We don't know what is in that response yet, and it's not clear why there was a feeling that they needed another 48 hours, perhaps there's another

level of response yet to come, that's not clear -- or there certainly hasn't been. That hasn't been mentioned. But what we do know that the

next step is that the Kuwaitis will then pass on this -- the Qatari response to the Emiratis, the Saudis, the Egyptians, and the Bahrainis

whose foreign ministers are expected to hold a meeting in Cairo on Wednesday. Then after that, then perhaps we get another response.

We've heard the Qataris today, their defense minister has been quoted on the national -- the Qatari national news agency as saying that they're

prepared to defend the country. This is how they feel the position they're in at the moment that it's an attack on their sovereignty. And they say

that they're prepared to militarily defend the country.

Senior Emirati officials describe this sort of deadline passing without a bang. That's certainly not their expectation that there's any military

elements in any of this. If anything, this may -- they expect -- at least to drag over out over months and, you know, the next moves could

potentially be a financial tightening of the screws and some potentially, you know, in their view the Emirati-Saudi view, some monitoring of al

Jazeera by international monitors western United States, European monitors, that sort of thing -- Anna.

COREN: Nick, we know that the foreign ministers of Saudi Arabia and those three nations, part of this boycott are obviously meeting on Wednesday, as

you mentioned, if there are no developments by then, what happens next?

ROBERTSON: Well, we know that President Trump has weighed in on this over the weekend. His call to Qataris, he called the emir there. He called the

King Salman in Saudi Arabia. And he called the crowned prince here in the United Arab Emirates.

So, he's taking an interest. Later this week, the G20 is underway. The Saudis are a participant there. The Germans, the German who are -- Germans

who are hosting this have said as far as they're aware at the moment that the Saudi king isn't coming, so one would expect at the very least the

crown prince or somebody else to take his place.

So, that may become another forum where at least President Trump can, you know, express his concerns and interest to the Saudis and that they can

bring that to the wider group.

There certainly is an international interest in making sure that this isn't -- that this doesn't become a confrontational standoff over these demands,

but there is -- and there certainly seems to be from President Trump at the very least, strong support for the Emirati-Saudi position that there needs

to be a cut and financing of terrorist organizations and that is what they're telling the Qataris needs to happen.

But of course the Qataris, and we've heard this just in the last few minutes from there, from their ambassador in Moscow began putting another

country into their mention of this, but from there at the Qatari ambassador in Moscow they're saying, well, no one has presented any evidence of us,

Qatar, funding these terrorist organizations.

This is a standoff, and it's not going away. The next phase does seem to be a diplomatic one, however.

COREN: Nic Robertson joining us from Abu Dhabi. Many thanks.

Well, a major shakeup at the Vatican over the weekend. Pope Francis has replaced a powerful cardinal as the church's chief of doctrine.

Conservative Cardinal Gerhard Muller was said to be at odds with the pope's vision of a more open and inclusive church.

Well, it is The Vatican's second high level departure in the last week with another cardinal taking a leave of absence to fight sexual abuse charges.

Now Vatican correspondent Delia Gallagher joins us now from Rome with the latest. And Delia, is this just a coincidence or does Muller's dismissal

have anything to do with the leave of absence granted to Cardinal George Pell to face those sexual abuse claims back in Australia?

DELIA GALLAGHER, CNN VATICAN CORRESPONDENT: Well, Anna, there doesn't seem to be a direct relation between the two events, however, you could make the

case for a sort of secondary connection insofar as Cardinal Muller's doctrinal office also deals with sex abuse cases at the Vatican and had

come under criticism in the past few months by one of the prominent members of Pope Francis's commission for the protection of minors on sex abuse for

not cooperating with some of the commission's recommendations. There's also a backlog of cases at that office at the Vatican.

So, in a week in which the spotlight has once again been turned to the question of what the Vatican is doing about sex abuse cases via the

Cardinal Pell situation, you might say that it's convenient for Pope Francis to be seemed to be replacing the head of the office that deals with

those sex abuse cases.

But I think that's a secondary connection. The first reason is probably more likely, as you pointed out, an ideological one -- Anna.

COREN: Yeah. As you say, the pope and Muller certainly were at odds when it came to ideology and their own observers saying that Pope Francis is

cleaning house of conservatives. What do you make of that?

GALLAGHER: Well, certainly that's the conservative take on this move by Pope Francis. Of course, the official reasoning given by the Vatican is

simply that his mandate was up, it was a five year mandate. He was appointed by Benedict XVI. It ended on Sunday. And the pope told him on

Friday that he would not be renewing it. And defenders of Pope Francis would say it's entirely within reason that he would put somebody else in

that position, somebody who might be more in line with his approach to doctrine, which is less hard line, but more looking at how that doctring is

lived and received by Catholics around the world.

But certainly the conservative take on non-renewal of Cardinal Muller is Pope Francis's attempt to get rid of some of those conservative factions

within the Vatican -- Anna.

COREN: And Delia, you talk about doctrine. How does this shake up things in the Vatican?

GALLAGHER: Well, it will be important to see how it works out down the line. I mean, Pope Francis is very firm saying that doctrine is important

to him. It's just a different approach whereby he doesn't want to go only by the books. He wants to take into consideration what's happening with

real people and Catholics around the world trying to live up to that doctrine.

So, it's a very fine line. Cardinal Muller was in a tricky position, so at once uphold what's on the books and try to go along with what some of the

changes that Pope Francis is making.

She second in command is a Jesuit. He's already been in that office as the second in command. He will now be in charge. So, it'll be interesting to

see how he is able to walk that line with Pope Francis, because this is a big dividing issue within the Caholic church between conservatives and

liberals. How Pope Francis is implementing these changes while still staying faithful to some of the traditions of the Catholic church, it's

causing a lot of upheaval -- Anna.

COREN: Delia Gallagher in Rome. Many thanks for that.

Well, still to come here on News Stream, as Republicans in congress try to refuel and replace Obamacare, they may face more seething anger back in

their home districts. The Fourth of July recess, well, that's anything but. Just ahead.

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[08:31:23] COREN: Well, U.S. President Donald Trump is ramping up his attacks on the media, this time tweeting a video of himself hitting a man

at a wrestling match. Well, the clip was edited to show the man's face covered by the CNN logo. A response from CNN describes the tweet as

juvenile and encouraging violence against reporters.

Well, CNN's media senior correspondent Brian Stelter has more.

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BRIAN STELTER, CNN SENIOR MEDIA CORRESPONDENT: This anti-CNN video from the president of the United States has become one of his most popular

tweets ever as measured by the number of people who are sharing it on Twitter.

This is unlike anything we've really ever seen from President Trump or any American president for that matter. He's taken a video that seems to have

come from the pro-Trump message board of Reddit and then shared it on his own platforms to millions and millions of fans. It is an escalation in his

long running war against the media, that includes outlets like the New York Times, the Washington Post, recently the cast of MSNBC's Morning Joe and

this network.

CNN released a statement on Sunday responding to this Twitter video saying, quote, "it is a sad when the President of the United States encourages

violence against reporters." The statement referenced Deputy Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders' recent comment that the president has

never encouraged violence in any form. CNN's statement said, quote, "certainly Sanders lied when she said the president had never done so.

Instead of preparing for his overseas trip, his first meeting with Vladimir Putin, dealing with North Korea and working on his health care bill he is

involved in juvenile behavior far below the dignity of his office."

The CNN statement ends by saying we will keep doing our jobs, he should start doing his.

Now that kind of sentiment was echoed by some other journalists on Sunday. Some Democratic lawmakers also weighed in, criticizing the president of the

violent gone of the video. However, some of his supporters said this was all an overreaction that the president was just having some fun. This was

an obviously humorous video and should be taken in that way.

I can tell you, journalists at CNN and elsewhere are not laughing. For example, the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press weighed in saying

this seemed like he was encouraging violence against reporters.

I asked Twitter PR, I asked Twitter public relations if this kind of tweet could violate the Twitter code of conduct, the terms of service that

forbid hateful behavior, harassment and incendiary rhetoric and violence, things like that. Hours later, Twitter said this tweet is not in violation

of the terms of service.

Of course, it's an obviously newsworthy thing. Here is the president once against trying to delegitimize major news outlets. The target this time

happens to be CNN, but it's been other news outlets in the past. The president seems to think this is to his advantage to be picking these kinds

of fights and stoking these kinds of fires.

And what we saw mostly on Sunday were his supporters definitely on his side, and then a whole lot of criticism from many other corners.

We'll see if he continues this in the week ahead. Of course, a busy week for the U.S. president traveling overseas meeting the Russian president of

the first time. This is going to be a very busy work week in the real world for him. We'll see if he keeps up the tweets in the virtual world.

Brian Stelter, CNN, New York.

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COREN: The U.S. health care vote has been delayed until after the Senators come back from the Fourth of July recess, but that doesn't mean they're all

getting a break. Republicans are back in their home districts and some are facing constituents' heated reactions to their health care proposal. CNN's

Randi Kaye reports.

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[08:35:10] RANDI KAYE, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Republicans in Congress know they need to get the health care bill right. They haven't

forgotten the stinging reaction to the House bill.

BILL CASSIDY, (R) LOUISIANA: Now --

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: 2020, you're gone. You're going.

KAYE (voice-over): The man yelling at Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy of Louisiana --

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: You're done.

KAYE (voice-over): -- had to be escorted out by security. With the dismantling of Obamacare under way, the atmosphere is ripe for anger. And

members of Congress across the country are feeling the wrath of voters. Republican Sen. Tom Cotton's town hall in Arkansas.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I'm an angry constituent. Do work for us.

KAYE (voice-over): Representative Tom MacArthur's town hall in New Jersey.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: My wife was diagnosed with cancer when she was 40 years old. She beat it, but every day, every day, she lives with it. She thinks

about it. Every pain, every new something going on somewhere. Is it coming back? Is this cancer? Do I have it again? Is it going to kill me this time?

Is it going to take me away from my children? You have been the single greatest threat to my family in the entire world. You are the reason I stay

up at night. Sit on down. You're done.

KAYE (voice-over): Republican Sen. Joni Ernst's town hall in Iowa.

At Republican Congressman Raul Labrador's town hall in Idaho, the more he said, the more fired up the crowd became.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: You are mandating people on Medicaid except dying. You are making...

(CROSSTALK)

RAUL LABRADOR, (R) IDAHO: That line is so indefensible. Nobody dies because they don't have access to health care.

KAYE (voice-over): In some cases, members of Congress lose complete control, unable to even make their presentation.

TOM REED, (R) NEW YORK: If I'm allowed to complete the nine slides --

KAYE (voice-over): Representative Tom Reed in New York was drowned out by angry naysayers.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: How can you say you're representing your constituency when only 70 percent of the U.S. population is supporting you?

KAYE (voice-over): It was all just too much for this man in the crowd to take.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Don't shout each other down. If you're Americans, then act like Americans.

KAYE (voice-over): Perhaps, the general feeling of hostility among voters angry about changes to Obamacare can be summed up in a single tweet. Like

this one. "Rep. Tom Reed, you're done. I don't usually vote in the midterms but I will now. Start packing your bags, you muppet." A warning shot or a

sign of things to come?

Randi Kaye, CNN, New York.

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COREN: You're watching News Stream. After the break, we'll take you on an up close look at one of the most feared predators in the sea: the great

white shark.

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[08:40:15] COREN: Well, beachgoers in parts of the U.S. will need to be on alert over the Fourth of July holiday weekend after shark sightings in

several states. CNN's Boston affiliate WCBB reports that researchers spotted great whites this past week near Cape Cod, Massachusetts.

But one person says he's not scared.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

ANNOUNCER: One trained to be the best since the day he was born, the other has been perfected by evolution. The great white shark meets the greatest

of all-time.

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COREN: Olympic Champion Michael Phelps is to race a great white for Shark Week on the U.S. TV network Discovery. Well, it's part of an effort to

publicize their program about the threat that great white sharks face. Well, CNN went to the coast of Cape Cod to take a look at the underwater

predators in their natural habitat.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We're heading out to survey the area for white sharks. We'll videotape them, and if possible place some tags in them.

In a second, we're going to hear the voice of our spotter pilot. And he's basically canvasing this entire shoreline looking for white sharks.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: OK, there's a big, slow moving one.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: About a knot of inland.

UNIDNETIFIED MALE: All right. All right, we've got a shark.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Get a little power (inaudible).

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: You're going to see it very shortly.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I see the shark. It's lazily moving along here. That's beautiful.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Hi, you see him? Dorsal came right out. What a beauty.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: So, we've discovered that the white shark numbers are increasing here off of Cape Cod and have been for, you know, roughly the

last decade. We firmly believe that that's driven by the growing seal population. And those seals, which are piled up here right on the

coastline of Cape Cod are drawing these white sharks in, because white sharks feed on seals. And now we have the opportunity to study them for

the very first time.

He's dead ahead of me. Slow down.

Maybe we have him head into shallow water and tag them.

Magnet off.

He's up pretty good.

He's coming up a little.

Well, we went ahead and placed an acoustic tag on this shark. You can see it right there. We'll get a sense of where it spends its time over the

course of the next 10 years around Cape Cod.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: What are we thinking like 13 or 14 on this one?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I have been doing it now for several years and I've been studying sharks for over 30 years. But every time I go out I'm like

a, you know, a kid opening my presents on Christmas morning. I love it. I love it.

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COREN: Incredible creatures, but I wouldn't want to come face-to-face with one.

Well, that is News Stream. Thanks so much for your company. I'm Anna Coren.

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