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that wingspan unbelievable. and, yes, you guessed it covered with solar panels. congratulations, folks. lots more on line on cnn.com. thanks for watching everybody. i hope you have a wonderful fourth holiday. my colleague brianna keilar is going to take it from here. hi there, i'm brianna keilar in for wolf blitzer. we start with the beginning of the july 4th holiday weekend as jitters over possible terror attacks are leading to major security upgrades at many cities across the country. boris sanchez takes a look. >> they're reaching out on social media, telling people it's a holiday we ought to kill people. >> police and fbi on heightened alert as nearly 42 million people will travel this weekend. according to aaa, the most in eight years. this amid social media chatter by isis supporters and calls by
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the terror group to strike in the west. >> i don't think they're capable of a large-scale attack but certainly an tae tack which could kill maim or wound hundreds of people. >> police departments in los angeles, philadelphia boston and atlanta tightening up security measures. >> we're constantly seeking to be creative to be proactive. name of the game is to be prepared. >> at the washington mall they're preparing for all possibilities. new york city taking the greatest security measures in years. the city swept for explosives even out at sea where hundreds of boaters will be watching the fireworks. snipers will be strategically placed, spotters will be inside the crowds and a hundred mobile cameras will capture the activities on land and in the air. >> there's no credible threat to this event but our operating premise is that we are the target in new york city all the time. >> on thursday within minutes of
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the first report of shots fired inside washington's naval yard the entire complex was locked down as hundreds of police swat teams and federal investigators swarmed the scene, blocking streets as helicopters hovered overhead. the threat a false alarm, but it reveals that law enforcement is at the ready this holiday weekend. >> bring your family have a great time. you're going to be at the most well-secured event in the city. >> boris sanchez joining me now from new york's penn station, also rene marsh here in washington on the national mall where more than 700,000 people are expected to crowd in for the wonderful fireworks show there. boris, you were touching on preparations going on where you are. is this response greater than what we've seen for other holidays like last july fourth or new years? >> reporter: brianna, this is
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certainly the bigger -- a much bigger effort than usual. officers tell us it's not because of any credible or specific threat but rather in light of recent events around the world, bombings in the middle east the attacks last week in france and tunisia as well as several isis-related arrests here in the u.s. including one in queens last month. officers are asking new yorkers to be vigilant, to keep an eye out for anything that may seem out of place and to alert them right away. brianna? >> rene washington standing ready, we saw that with the navy yard incident. you're on the mall can you see the security measures? >> i can tell you, brianna, just by being out here it is clear we're in a period of high alert just within the last hour we witnessed law enforcement essentially tighten their control around this area surrounding the capitol. they have now extended the perimeter about three blocks from the capitol.
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before earlier, we saw people milling around this area but that's no longer the case again, extending that perimeter out for about three blocks. we've seen canines out here we know capitol hill police saying they have strategically positioned their officers throughout the grounds here you can see there's fencing up concrete barriers metal barriers. we also know that federal agents who are usually off for this holiday, they are on call. so we clearly feel that this is a sense or time of high alert. tomorrow in this very section of the capital we know that there will be hundreds of thousands of people weather permitting gathering here for that fourth of july concert and those are the sort of huge celebrations that law enforcement are going to be paying a close eye to. of course brianna, we know the major concern leading up to this holiday is that lone wolf attack and it's so difficult to detect them because they're not operating within a network. brianna? >> what about travel?
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how's the tsa handling this? >> we know they're on alert as well. they are seeing a high volume of travelers here during this holiday season. i spoke with a government official today and he tells me at the airports alone they're seeing two million passengers per day. that's more than usual. usually they'll see about 1.8 million. so the traffic volume is high. as far as what they'll be doing, you can expect random spot checks. they may randomly pull passengers out of line to check them. so that's what they're going to be doing so of course they don't reveal everything but that's one of the measures flyers may notice. >> rene boris, thank you, guys. the state department ordered a security review at embassies and consulates ahead of this july 4 weekend. global affairs correspondent elise lab bit joining me to talk
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about this. elise, the question is what is the threat? there's been chatter but it doesn't seem there's a clear threat that the state department is responding to. >> brianna, you always get these threats in the leadup to a holiday weekend but officials tell me there has been something specific nothing credible that caused them to cancel any event. usually before a holiday weekend the state department does order their embassies and consulates to review assess their security posture and this is no different. they call it emergency action committee, they look at the security and threats and whether new measures need to be put in place. there's a standing operating procedure and it looks like all the embassies are ready to go. in the last year or so a lot of embassies in the middle east have been on high alert. so the state department thinks they here in a good position going into this weekend. >> they've gotten used to some
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of this. it's also worth noting elise, that a number of these overseas installations have already celebrated the holiday, right? >> that's right. because of the muslim holy month of ramadan that started early this year, a lot of muslims are fasting. a also in these countries very hot during the month of july so a lot of folks had their celebrations last month and some of them did the u.s. national celebrations on president's day so while july fourth is certainly a big weekend for everyone here in the united states a lot of embassies and consulates around the world try to bring in their people around other weekends not necessarily the july fourth because they want to be off as well. >> elise labott thank you for the update. just ahead on this fourth of july are security measures in place appropriate or are they just scaring the public unnecessarily? we'll have our panel of experts weighing in on that days after
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presidential candidate donald trump's explosiveonve comments about kmex can immigrants many of his competitors are now his critics. >> i don't think donald trump's remarks reflect the republican party. >> the comments were inappropriate and have no place in the race. >> i don't agree with them. >> when you label a group of people as rapists and drug dealers, that's more about you than it is them. >> has the controversy hurt trump's chances or other republicans' chances at winning the white house? we'll talk about that just ahead.
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to presidential politics now, republicans are concerned about the fallout over donald trump's comments about mexican immigrants calling them rapists and drug dealers. and while the party worries about the political impact trump is paying a financial price for his remarks. these words have cost donald trump a lot of money. "when mexico sends its people
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they're not sending their best. they're sending people that have lots of problems and they're bringing those problems with us. they're bringing drugs, they're bringing crime, they're rapists and some i assume, are good people. >> the billionaire entrepreneur is now out of business with major companies. >> you're fired. >> nbc taking him off "the apprentice" and along with univision declining to air trump's miss usa and miss universe pageant. macy's pulling out trump's suit line and mattress maker serta which selling a line of trump-branded beds not renewing his contract. now the big apple, his hometown also looking to dump trump. new york city mayor bill de blasio writing in a statement "we are reviewing trump contracts with the city. donald trump's remarks were disgusting and offensive and this hateful language has no
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place in our city." not only is the city reviewing a skating rink and carousel in central park with trump's name on them, they're also looking to break a very lucrative contract at this public golf course here in the bronx named after the presidential candidate. nyc's parks committee chair telling cnn their contracts have a "terminate at will" clause that he believes the department should use to sever ties with trump immediately. none of the criticism has stopped trump from doubling down. >> you don't have any regrets? >> some are rapist some are killers, we don't know what we're getting. there's no apology because what i said is 100% right. >> talking has made him a great businessman however talking doesn't necessarily make you a great politician. >> marketing expert peter shankman says fiery soundbites likely won't help trump down the road. >> he continues down this path where he says whatever pops into his brain without a filter he's going to anger people in much higher positions of power,
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people who can get him into office they'll start distancing themselves if they haven't already. >> another republican candidate is speaking out against donald trump's remarks. former texas governor rick perry says republicans have plenty to offer latino voters and trump doesn't speak for the party. >> i don't think donald trump's remarks reflect the republican party. i think we have a great message for the hispanic community, for individuals who want to live free who want to be able to take care of their phamly who want to live in a secure world. the republican party is where they need to be looking. >> joining us to talk more about donald trump in the twisz president -- 2016 race, david chalian and senior away correspondent joe johns. david, you have hispanic organizations who are complaining not just about trump's remarks but how republicans are responding to them saying that they need to really respond more forcefully here. how -- do you see republican
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candidates having to balance how they respond to this? >> well it is a tricky balance. first of all, no republican candidate wants their campaign to be dictated by what donald trump says. so -- and yet they understand the brand problem that the party has and none of them want this to just go sort of hanging out there so that the negative reaction to the remarks sort of hang on them. so that's the balance. plus remember donald trump is representing a slice of the republican party of the activist conservative base. there's a big chunk of republican primary voters who are very anti-immigration reform and so the republican candidates want to be careful offending them as well. now, i just will say, though jeb bush for example, has had tons of practice at this because of where his position is on the issue. he's not where the base of the party is and obviously his wife is of mexican descent. he right away came out last week and said "this is wrong." now i don't think he's going to make smacking down donald trump a rallying cry of his first campaign but he quickly got out
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to say this was wrong. >> the backlash is coming though. you can see in the the online petition from pataki, you can see it from some of the candidates. part of that has got to be the fact that he's doing so well in some of the early voting states in the polls. so there are some penal whoople who suggest the farther you get into this the more pushback you'll see from republican candidates. >> he's doing well in the polls but i also would imagine maybe some close to him are concerned about the backlash especially when you're talking about the businesses pulling the plug on so much trump stuff. are they respond? is the trump organization responding to this? >> they won't talk about it on the record but you can feel there's real heartburn there that we're talking more about u.s. -- miss usa than we are talking about the presidential campaign. there are concerns about it obviously, and you call they get mad. but the fact of the matter is it's out there, what are you going to do about it? one of the things that they do talk about going to your point at the top about the amount of
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money donald trump has lost the implication from them is they really don't care. i have a statement i got from the trump organization. i don't want to take him out of context but he said donald trump is an enormously wealthy person with a net worth in excess of $9 billion. his goal is to make america great again and if that means compromising several small business ventures he has shown he is prepared to do that. >> "small business --" macy's serta. there's a number of these business ventures at this point. the thing about his talking about hispanics is that after mitt romney lost in 2012 the republican party did a post-mortar tum and one of the hallmarks of it was they needed to be more inclusive. they needed to reach out to hispanic americans and this is completely counter to that. >> exactly. if reince priebus, the chairman of the republican party, could
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have sort of made an entire game plan of how he wanted the nomination season to, go this was not part of it. this is antithetical to what they were hoping to do in terms of looking art the party and saying where do we need to improve to win back the white house. mitt romney himself has said and repeated again recently unless we do better with latino voters we're not going to win the white house here and this is going against the grain there. so i do think that's why you're going to start seeing -- i mean george pataki is trying to get attention, he's at the bottom of the polls using this issue to get his name in the mix. but you'll see some of the top tear tier candidates step away a bit more from donald trump. >> you have donald trump coming in our cnn/orc national poll as well as new hampshire and iowa those being the big ones. what is it about what he's saying? >> well people think he talks straight. >> they want someone genuine. >> straight talk. another thing you see all the negative articles about donald
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trump right now, he hasn't apologized he hasn't backed down. there's a segment of the population that likes that likes a guy who will go and say what he thinks doesn't care how he says it and then doesn't back down. so there's an element of that too, and you know it's one thing trying to run for the nomination for the republican party. it's another thing to run in the gin. general. so right now we're talking about conservative voters who make some big choices very early on. and there's a segment out there that listens to donald trump. >> part of that straight talk that they love is that it's not typical politician talk. one of his highest marks in our new hampshire poll was that he's the least likely to actlike a politician. and you know what? "politician" is a dirty word in america these days so that's a refreshing thing for a lot of voters. >> i will note bernie sanders who's gaining steam on hillary clinton opened one of his events yesterday saying "i'm going to
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tell you something that a politician wouldn't tell you" and then he was very frank with them and it does resonate with voters on the left as well. joe johns, david challian thanks so much guys. coming up new information on a letter escaped killer richard matt sent to his daughter before he escaped from prison. plus counties in several states have not granted couples marriage licenses. why the legal battle may be far from over.
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on these new revelations. this is fascinating stuff, deb. >> it really is. so let's start with the letter first. this is a letter that richard matt is believed to have written his adult daughter and the buffalo news received information from unnamed law enfortsment sources that he had received this letter about three days after richard matt broke out of prison. and the letter apparently said "i also promised you i would see you on the outside, i'm a man of my word." now, there's no indication according to reports, that the daughter knew about this prison breakout and clearly she was very concerned that in fact her father might seek her out. matt also has a half brother and interestingly, enough he also lives in the buffalo area and the two other times that matt -- one of which he had broken out of prison he found his half brother the second time before he fled to mexico he also made contact with his half brother. so clearly authorities were very concerned that that might be one of the ways or one of the -- some of the people who he made
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contact with. the thing we can tell you about the prison riot is this happened just a week before richard matt and david sweat broke out of prison. it was a partial lockdown. the superintendent called for a full lockdown but headquarters in albany said no. there are reports that perhaps if the honor block had been searched people would have found this hole that they had cut in order to break out. but that's sort of 20/20 hind sight. so, again, very fascinating letter and a prison riot that could have been perhaps exposed this getaway. brianna? >> he wrote this letter to his daughter and yet we're learning his family doesn't want to claim his body. so what happens to it? >> well it's interesting. the family said they want nothing to do with his body. they changed their mind so although they did not go to pick up the body, the funeral home did transport the body from malone county, which is where he
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was shot and killed to an area just outside buffalo, new york. so we understand there will be no service but they will at least know where the body is buried. >> so it's not anonymous or just in a different plot. deb feyerick thank you so much. a sign in a baltimore police van could add to simmering tensions between law enforcement and the community. it's a sign posted on the inside of a door that reads "enjoy your ride we sure will." this comes on the heels of protests and riots after the death of freddie gray. he suffered a critical neck injury after being handcuffed and shackled inside a police van in april. six baltimore police officers have been indicted in connection with gray's death. it's been a week since the supreme court made marriage equality a reality in all 50 states but a county in texas is having a hard time accepting it. the hood county clerk initially said she would not issue licenses to same-sex couples because of her religious believes and as cnn's ryan noble shows us, that has left many upset and disappointed.
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>> reporter: this may be the epicenter in the fight over same-sex marriage. >> what do we want? >> marriage equality! >> when do we want it? >> now! >> grand bury texas, a small town roughly 65 miles southwest of dallas boasts the first town square in texas. >> welcome to god's country. [ cheers and applause ] >> reporter: the town may be the last to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples. >> it's one man and one woman. that is how marriage should be. >> reporter: jay kato and joe stapleton have been together for 27 years and were prepared to get married on monday. it was their first opportunity after the supreme court declared gay couples have a constitutional right to marry. they want their license to read "hood county" where they live and pay taxes but so far the county's clerk, katie lang is holding up the process. >> we want to be the first people in hood county to get married. we thought we would be married on monday. >> lang initially said she would not issue the licenses because
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of her own religious objection but later in the week she said she would allow other members in her office to do so. but couples like jim and joe have been told the proper paperwork has not arrived. but in similar small counties the logistical issues have been worked out and gay couples like jonathan means and jason white successfully obtained a license. while jim and joe continue to wait. >> when do i come in your office? he said i don't know. and everything was she didn't know. >> reporter: lang's reluctance has sparked a bitter battle from both sides. religious freedom supporters on one side of the street gay rights activists on the other. one side defending lang's right to object. >> we have a message for katie lang you are not alone. your community is here with you. >> reporter: thor demanding she abide by the supreme court's order or quit. >> get on board we quality or resign today. >> reporter: as many americans come together to celebrate the
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country country's independence a texas-sized battle remains over an issue the highest court thought they'd settled. >> well that was ryan nobles reporting and so this case does open up an interesting debate here. i want to talk about it now with jonathan turley a professor of law at george washington university. thanks so much for joining us jonathan. texas, this is not the only state that has the problem with the decision. you have alabama, arkansas georgia, kentucky and louisiana to name a few. what happens next? >> look there are legitimate concerns about the opinion. you don't have to be a bigot to dissent from this opinion. the justices that dissented had some very valid objections to make. i don't agree with them but that is one issue. you can have legitimate concerns. but there are some forms of on station that are not legitimate. if you're a county clerk, you are bound to comply with the laws of this nation. that's the sort of covenant that we agree to when we created this
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constitution. we live by the results as a nation committed to the rule of law. now those county clerks may not agree with it. >> but they are a government official so on the flip side you have someone who works in the private sector. someone who bakes cakes or provides other wedding services and you say that's different. >> there are some issues there that concern me about people who have legitimate free speech or free exercise objections to participating in certain weddings or making certain types of products. i don't think we should dismiss those concerns. this happens when rights come into collision with each other. but those clerks are a different issue. what they will face is eventually an order from a court, maybe a federal court to comply. if they do not comply they'll be subject to a contempt order. but none of that changes one critical fact. what they're doing is wrong. when they took the oath of their office when they agreed to serve in this position they agreed to comply with the laws of this nation. they don't get to pick and choose.
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>> okay so i want you to listen to something governor bobby jindal said the governor of louisiana. this is how he reacted to the ruling. >> what the left wants to do is take away our first amendment rights from christians and others who believe marriage is between a man and a woman. i don't think the state should be age to discriminate or penalize those following their conscience. >> you're saying there's a difference between people following their conscience if they are a public official, a government official or someone who is in the private sector. and you're hearing a lot of republicans saying when i know it comes to people who object personally they should be able to exercise that right of their believe. so where do you go when you have that right, religious liberty confronting what has been decided by the supreme court. >> that's going to be the difficult question of balancing. i have a piece in the "washington post" coming out talking about how we define the scope of this new right because
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the supreme court did not say that homosexuals are a protected class. instead, justice kennedy talked about the right of dignity, that's something new for many of us. we're not sure how far that right of dignity goes. >> so if you're not sure then you would expect it would be then challenged in court. so you see this going through the courts again? >> we had a couple days ago a baker hit with a heavy fine because she refused to create a cake for a gay wedding. we've had photographers who said look i don't agree with same-sex weddings and i don't want to be a participant in those weddings. you can disagree with those positions but constitutionally you have a conflict between the free exercise of religion free expression and also the right of homosexuals to be able to engage in commerce not to be subject
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to discrimination. that issue has yet to go fully before the supreme court. and i think it will. and the answer is going to be difficult. people can't dismiss these interests out of hand. >> settled law maybe not totally settled law. jonathan turley thank you so much for the insight. up next, the threat of terror on this holiday weekend. we'll take a closer look at what is behind these warnings and what you can be prepared to do about them. stay with us. ificial flavors, colors sweeteners preservatives, and no artificial smiles. because clean dressings, taste better. panera. food as it should be. big day? ah, the usual. moved some new cars. hauled a bunch of steel. kept the supermarket shelves stocked. made sure everyone got their latest gadgets. what's up for the next shift? ah, nothing much. just keeping the lights on.
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back to our top story. the extra security precautions being taken by law enforcement across the country this fourth of july weekend. to be clear, as of right now, security officials say there are no concrete threats. joining me to talk about the response and the threat this holiday weekend, we hav tom fuentes, cnn law enforcement analyst and former fbi assistant director. we're also joined by kimberly dozer, cnn global affairs analyst and contributor for the daily beast. so my first question is this --
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there fif there are no credible threats or specific threats, is that the new normal that some -- there could be intelligence chatter having to do with terrorists and it may or may not inspire some lone wolf that we don't know about until it happens? >> i think this is our new normal. >> we've had both counterterrorism officials and senior u.s. officials say they've never seen the threat higher. is but it's a diffuse threat. so we spent a lot of time informing the public they should be on their guard but we haven't told them all right, here's how to be on your guard. and in other countries what they do face a constant threat places like israel or afghanistan, the public learns to take certain steps when they go to a big public venue and i think that's what we'd like to share. >> we'll talk about that. but that's the front, right, tom? that you're explaining to people look, if you're going to a big event this july 4 weekend, listen up there are things you can do and we need to explain
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those to you? >> right. but the difficulty is in new york city, in washington, d.c. you have a diverse population. we have a lot of foreign diplomats here in both cities. you have foreign visitors here and then you have americans from all over the country so what happens is people come downtown to enjoy the parade, the fireworks, the festival and they don't look like mr. and mrs. america to everybody else they're ethnically different or racially different, everybody's carrying a backpack because it's going to be a long hot day here and they'll need cameras and water. >> so you think there may be profiling? >> there's people that can look suspicious that aren't. so now you're trying to weigh that with is it just a decent foreign visitor or radicalized terrorist? >> well, there's certainly a very big difference between those two. >> but not necessarily in appearance is my point. >> to some people for sure, i will give you that. as they may be perceiving it.
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i don't know. >> but you're saying in terms of see something say something that people have to start educating themselves on what is generally suspicious. >> in a way they can't unless they can read minds because if you see somebody like that, you're ready to say something, will there be profiling of a lot of innocent people based on that because somebody saw something they perceive as suspicious? >> let's talk about the consumer -- almost consumer tips in a way. what do you tell people to do if they're going to events? what should they pay attention to that they don't normally? >> when i looked at various web sites, homeland security et cetera i asked myself is there a checklist so that when people go to a public venue they can think about things? i found one on the fema site ready.gov, make a plan. they say if you're at a large event and something happens, beforehand you should have already arranged with your kids or friends a rendezvous point.
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you should have one person not at the event be the person you text don't call because the lines are probably overloaded with texts to say "i'm okay at x location." with your kids you can fill out this form where you have your marge contact numbers but a map to the rendezvous point you draw to the kids so they can get there just in case they're ten feet away when the crowd panics over something. so these are steps you can take everyday at any event so you don't stop living or avoid going out to something like a fourth of july celebration because the terrorists have you scared. >> you make that plan. >> also, brianna, activate -- most smart phones and cell carriers have the system of "find my phone" or "find my friend." activate it so you can track where your friends or family are. even without a terrorist act just get frost a half million person crowd. >> and use text. you mentioned in the case of virginia tech the parents so
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worried about their children who were able to get through. >> texting requires much less bandwidth so you'll get a busy signal if making a cell phone call but the text is more likely to go through. >> and real quick, where's the plan again? >> it's at ready.gov make a plan. >> thank you so much really important information. happening right now in athens greece we have like pictures to show you, there are people by the thousands taking to the streets there, separate rallies both for and against european financial bailout. on the left side of your screen those are the yes supporters. on the right side the no supporters. as the country is preparing for a critical vote this sunday richard quest sorts it out for us next. i like my seafood like i like my vacations: tropical. and at red lobster's island escape, i can try new dishes like the island seafood feast with crab, lobster jumbo sweet and spicy and coconut shrimp. so hurry in, it'll be gone before you know it.
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today, a moment of silence across britain. britain, including queen elizabeth, honoring the victims of the bloody terror attack at a tunisian beach resort last week. 30 british citizens were among the 38 victims. the british embassy in tunisia also held a memorial service on the beach as you saw right there. armed guards -- armed security guards standing watch over that service. and happening now, duelling
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rallies in athens greece. we have live pictures to show you, this coming ahead of sunday's referendum. one rally is taking place near the stadium, the other is happening near this all ahead of greeks going to the poll to vote either yes or no on a bailout deal. european officials warning that a "no" vote will lead to a greek exit from the eurozone. cnn's richard quest is joining me from athens. the greek government already rejected the bailout. europe has allowed it to expire. tell us -- explain to us why this referendum is taking place. >> reporter: this referendum is taking place so the people of greece can decide if they want to go down the road for austerity or give the government
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the opportunity to negotiate a better deal and if the government fails, risk of leaving the eurozone. briana here there are -- i'm not an expert at gauging crowds but there must be 10 15 20,000 people in the main square waiting to hear the prime minister who is going to address them in about 15, 20 minutes from now. there's another similar rally being held just about two miles away on the other side. listen to it. they are shouting "no, no." that's what they are shouting. because that's what they want the people to vote on sunday. >> it's something that -- this is very much about the future of greece richard, and these are pocketbook issues.
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you have banks that have shut down atm withdrawals limited to 60 euros a day. no one wants to accept credit cards there without more emergency funds how is greece going to cope? >> because fundamentally the government says if you vote no that will force the europeans who don't want greece to leave the euro that will force the europeans to negotiate a better deal. that's the strategy. it's risky. it's untested. and it could backfire spectacularly. and i think you're right, brianna,bree briana the greek people here tonight, they believe -- on both sides -- i'm not being partisan here. both sides believe they are
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fighting tooth and nail fundamentally for the political future for the economic direction of this country. >> and it's so loud where you are there as people demonstrate, richard quest. we know you have to yell over the crowd and sorry about your little choke-up. grab a glass of water because you have a long day and a weekend ahead of you. thanks richard. coming up an exclusive report from north korea which has opened just a new airport terminal. some call it stunning. we're going to take you to it, next. hing listerine® total care helps prevent cavities strengthens teeth and restores tooth enamel. it's an easy way to give listerine® total care to the total family. listerine® total care. one bottle, six benefits. power to your mouth™. and for kids starting at age six,
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what little money the country has on extravagant construction projects. the latest, a new terminal at the airport in pyongyang. >> reporter: i'm inside pyongyang's new terminal. only a handful of flights take off from pyongyang in the course of a woke but this was built with the hope and the idea that that number will grow. one thing we noticed while flying in here a lot of soldiers were working on the runway. in fact soldiers played a huge role in getting this completed rather quickly. north korea uses its massive military as a construction force. the supreme leader kim jong-un played a personal role in the design and development of this airport, inspecting it. in fact he was seen conducting a field inspection after he was
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happy with its progress. people are pretty relaxed about having their picture taken, which is quite unusual for north korea where a lot of times people have shied away from the camera. hello. how are you? the airport even has a convenience store where you can pick up a snack before your flight and there's a selection of fresh fruits and vegetables similar to the grocery stores that you see around pyongyang. even frozen items, although i'm not sure how you would carry that on the plane. there's a book shop for in-flight reading and literature about kim jong-un and his father kim jong-il. our flight is boarding now so it's time to go. a lot to explore here at north korea's brand-new international airport. will ripley cnn, pyongyang.
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that's it for me. thanks so much for joining us. i'll be joined by the chairman of the house foreign affairs committee. "newsroom" with brooke baldwin begins right now. here we go on this day before fourth of july. i'm brooke baldwin. you're watching cnn. we begin with words, words from now dead fugitive richard matt himself, quote, see you on the outside written before he and david sweat tunnelled out of prison in upstate new york. this letter reportedly sent to his daughter seen as an ominous vow, considering this brutal murderer was in prison for 25 years to life. his daughter receiving this letter as the manhunt was well under way three days into their time on the run. but the post mark here was actually dated before that escape. let me read this
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