syria. from cnn world headquarters here in atlanta, i'm george howell. this is "cnn newsroom." good day to you and welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. we begin this hour with the terror concerns in the u.s. ahead of a major patriotic holiday, the fourth of july. cities across the u.s. are beefing up police presence especially in target-rich places with large gatherings planned, like the city of new york like washington, d.c. atlanta and philadelphia. chief u.s. security correspondent jim sciutto reports. >> reporter: in new york city today, ramped-up security ahead of fourth of july fireworks. new york governor andrew cuomo announcing new plans to enhance monitoring of celebrations across new york state. this is the new normal across the country, increased security at july 4th events from los angeles to washington to philadelphia.

♪ as communities big and small respond to an fbi bulletin warning of potential lone wolf attacks timed for the holiday weekend. >> we know "a," that there are a lot of travelers, "b," transportation has been and is a target of some of these groups and "c," that we're seeing an increasing number of attacks, especially large crowd gatherings. >> reporter: the state of alert extends to americans overseas. the state department ordering all diplomatic posts worldwide to review security. behind the threat a call to arms from isis to supporters around the globe to attack wherever and however they can, this during the muslim holy month of ramadan through the middle of july. the terror group's list of american recruits and sympathizers growing by the week with nearly 50 charged since the start of the year. >> all they're trying to do now is to inspire one or two or a small number of individuals to conduct attacks, and their propaganda begs people to do this in the west in the u.s.

in europe in north africa. and people are now listening. >> reporter: the u.s. is not alone in facing the threat of isis-inspired attacks. the uk carried out an eerily realistic counterterrorism drill with more than 1,000 emergency personnel earlier this week. this as the bodies of 30 british citizens gunned down by an isis supporter in tunisia last week arrived home by military escort. >> that was cnn's jim sciutto reporting there. soft targets, any place where large numbers of people gather are causing a great deal of worry for security officials. jonathan gilliam, a former fbi special agent, explains exactly why. >> what i fear the most is what we saw in tunisia last weekend, which is one or two people with automatic weapons, and they simply go into a place where it's really crowded, or they go to a bridge where traffic is stopped or a tunnel or a captive

audience that's on a ferry that's going across from new jersey to new york and just simply taking out 40, 50 people. >> the new york police department said its enhanced counterterrorism and security measures will be greater this fourth of july weekend than in past years. now turning to greece it is noon in that country and less than a day before greeks began casting votes in a referendum that may determine the country's future in europe's single currency. big rallies on either side tens of thousands of greeks demonstrated in athens friday. prime minister alexis tsipras is encouraging people to vote no in this referendum. that would essentially mean that greece does not accept the austerity-driven terms of a bailout plan offered by european lenders. >> translator: whatever we choose on sunday on monday

there will be absolutely nothing to divide us. nobody doubts our presence in europe. a no to a not-viable solution doesn't mean a break with europe. it means the continuation of negotiations with better terms for the greek people. i invite you all to say no to ultimatums to blackmail, to the campaign of terror. >> alexis tsipras calling it blackmail. meanwhile, a huge crowd of demonstrators gathered not far from the no rally to support a yes vote. a yes vote endorses the now-expired bailout terms. our journalist on the ground elinda labropoulou, joins us now from the capital city of athens. elinda very good to have you with us. i have to quote you from another hour talking to my colleague, natalie allen, putting this in proper perspective, that greeks have one hell of a decision ahead of them. what's the mood ahead of this vote?

>> reporter: well we know that the two sides are very close. the yes and no are only within margin of error. i mean one percentage point between them. so greeks are facing a very big decision but they seem to be responding to two different questions. the yes-no seems to be voting on whether greece is going to stay in the eurozone and potentially europe while the no camp seems to suggest that by voting no they will be able to put more pressure on europeans, on their creditors, to give greece a better bailout deal. now, this is the position that the government has been supporting all along. it is what we heard from mr. tsipras last night during a rally in athens. so the two sides seem to be very polarized at the moment. this is also a message that all politicians have picked up on because as you understand at a time of such financial difficulty both sides have to

recommend calm and make sure that whatever happens at this referendum that politically, greeks stay united. >> elinda so the prime minister obviously is pushing for a no vote but is there any talk about the political fallout if in fact greeks vote yes? >> reporter: well there is. of course there is. and the finance minister has already said that he would not be prepared to sign a deal with the europeans if the yes vote wins simply because he thinks that the terms of the deal will be too harsh. he believes that debt sustainability has not been addressed enough and therefore, he would not be prepared to be part of that next decision-making. the prime minister has left things a little bit more open. what he has said he said well i'm not an all-weather prime minister, and that's very open to interpretation. we could be looking at big

political changes ahead if the yes wins simply because it will mean he no longer has the mandates to push forward the reforms that he had initially suggested. so as a result we could see a national unity government. we could even see a government that would be forced to stand down george. >> elinda and you know this is speaking to us -- >> reporter: but this is all, obviously, after the referendum. >> certainly, certainly. and as you're speaking to us we're seeing these images of people in long lines trying to get to the atm, trying to get as much money as possible but their money limited due to capital controls. so what is the general mood of just people on the ground the simple fact that they can only access so much money and there's uncertainty about what the situation will be in the next week the next two, three weeks? >> reporter: well i think there's uncertainty on what the situation will be on monday because we know that there's

really enough money in the banks just to last until monday. and on monday the european central bank will decide what it will do with a lifeline of support that it's been providing to greece. so this referendum is seen as crucial to what europe's reaction will be towards greece as well. and i think what everybody's hoping for is some kind of deal obviously, with the best terms possible for greece. but i think what really greece doesn't want to do is have more weeks of negotiations with the economy standing still, george because really by now, every day that passes makes people more and more nervous. and of course their money's also running out, bringing more shortages. >> quite a bit of uncertainty in greece. elinda labropoulou joining us live in athens. elinda thank you. and we will stay in touch with you as greece will vote on sunday. the crisis in greece has ramifications all over the

world, and it affects financial markets virtually everywhere, and it impacts your money. our reporters explain how and why. ♪ >> reporter: greek banks are closed for one very simple reason. there are too many depositors too many people trying to take out too much money. and before long they're going to completely run out. for the last few weeks, the european central bank has been funneling money in the back door and it's been going straight out the front. it couldn't continue. and now there's no more money coming in. they had to stop it going out. >> so if this is happening in greece why are world markets in turmoil? it all depends on how much exposure there is to greece and how fearful investors are about the outcomes. in the u.s. there's little direct exposure but it's the uncertainty that investors don't like.

and fact that the safety net of the ecb is no longer available to give emergency money to greece that's keeping investors on edge. >> reporter: greece continued to cue that queue going down further, many people sheltering from the rain. the majority of people we've seen have been able to take out the limit of 60 euros, but we have spoken to several pensionists who said they have not been able to get out not even a single euro. the reality of the crisis may set in in the next couple of days. >> reporter: why does greece matter for my money? because a run on a bank in a modern economy is bad for everyone. >> if you're a traveler it means bring a lot of cash to greece a lot of cash. you cannot rely on the banking system. that could hurt tourism for greece going forward. for everyone else it matters to your money. it matters to your 401(k). if stocks fall around the world, that hurts your retirement. if europe becomes destabilized because of what's happening with

greece that affects anybody who makes or sells a product in the united states to europe. the eurozone is america's largest trading partner. >> reporter: what happens next for the banks really depends on the bigger picture. the greek banks need to know that there's more money coming towards them from the european central bank. depositors need to know that their money is safe. once depositors know that they can get their money back that there isn't a banking crisis that the money is safe then they stop demanding it. it's a really difficult problem, trying to stop a bank run, but that's what they have to do. >> that report there from "cnn money," and cnn will have full coverage of sunday's vote. the polls open at 7:00 a.m. local time across the country. and our day of special, live reporting includes the first exit polls and the results itself as this country decides on its economic future. iran's foreign minister says

a deal over his country's nuclear program is close. mohammed javad zarif released a video statement on friday that expressed hope although some officials say some make-or-break gaps are still unresolved. our atika shubert is live where talks are taking place. good to have you with us. negotiators are trying to beat this deadline of july 7th. how's it looking? >> reporter: well there does seem to be some progress but we're very short on details, frankly. we are hoping for a statement shortly from the iaea. we might get something more about the progress but in the meantime as you point out, the iranian foreign minister has published really a rather extraordinary video on youtube, and it really is an appeal to understanding iran's point of view in these talks. take a look. >> at this 11th hour despite some differences that remain we have never been closer to a

lasting outcome. but there is no guarantee. getting to yes requires the courage to compromise. the self-confidence to be flexible the maturity to be reasonable the wisdom to set aside illusions and the audacity to break old habits. >> reporter: now, he doesn't specifically mention who he's addressing this to but clearly, an american audience is one of the people he's addressing using the words audacity for example, seems almost targeted towards the obama administration. but it's a video message complete with piano music in it that really appeals to where iran stands and how they feel the sanctions are unjust. and this for them is the big sticking point -- what will be the timetable for sanctions to be lifted if there is an agreement? we know for example, that negotiators worked until 3:00

a.m. here just the other night dealing specifically with that issue of sanctions. meanwhile, the technical teams working on the nuclear issues also continue to be working around the clock. so, there is a lot of work happening. we don't have a sense of just how close they are to a deal yet, but in general, most officials say there has been progress george. >> progress certainly. but atika, to get back to the issue of the deadline on july 7th. if they don't hit that deadline is that a hard deadline or do they have a, you know a scenario in place where they could take another couple of days? >> reporter: i think the fact is this is very much a self-imposed deadline and it's really to meet the political demands of the parties back home particularly congress. congress needs to have this agreement, if it comes forward, by july 9th. and then it needs to kind of go through all the details, drill them down and approve it within 30 days. that's key before anything moves forward. so that deadline is really much

more relevant for the u.s. delegation. for the iranian delegation however, they feel that they can come to an agreement and ratify it later. so yes, it could go beyond that deadline. >> atika shubert live in vienna. thank you so much and we'll stay in touch. you are watching "cnn newsroom." it has been quite a week for donald trump. his controversial comments cost him a lot of business but the presidential hopeful continues to rise in the polls. we'll follow that story. plus criminal charges in the philippines after a ferry sinks, killing dozens of people. moms know their family's mouths often need a helping hand. after brushing 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, listerine® smart rinse delivers

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welcome back to "cnn newsroom." i'm george howell. let's talk about donald trump. in just two weeks, the trump has gone from brash real estate mogul and tv personality to a top u.s. presidential contender. but fair to say, he has ruffled some feathers. joe johns reports on whether it is despite or because of his recent controversial comments. >> reporter: former new york governor george pataki today lawnunched an online competition calling to stand up to trump after calling on his rivals to denounce the former reality tv star. >> these comments about mexicans that are so divisive he's flat out wrong. >> reporter: on twitter, trump firing back at pataki calling him a "terrible governor of new york who couldn't be elected dog catcher if he ran again," a

change of heart from when pataki was governor and trump donated to his campaign. but companies doing business with trump appear to agree with the former new york governor cutting ties with the real estate mogul over the controversial comments made at his campaign announcement. >> they're bringing drugs, they're bringing crime, they're rapists, and some i assume are good people. >> reporter: macy's saying they will no longer sell trump clothing. nbcuniversal and univision backing out of carrying the miss usa and miss universe pageants partly owned by trump. >> what nbc and univision did to these young women was disgraceful. they never had them in mind. >> reporter: but even the executive of reelz, the network that picked up the pageant, dismissed the donald's remarks. >> i agree with everything nbc and univision and macy's are saying. i think those comments are ridiculous. >> reporter: former pageant contestants also rejecting trump's rhetoric. >> i think that it's extremely

dangerous to generalize a population and attribute such hateful comments to them. >> reporter: but trump remains steadfast in his position telling cnn's don lemon that his statement was backed up by a 2014 fusion report about central american women being raped while traveling to the border. >> all you have to do is go to fusion and pick up the stories on rape! >> that's about women being raped. it's not about criminals coming across the border entering the country. >> well somebody's doing the raping don. >> reporter: amid the controversy, trump has surged in the polls now up to second place nationally and in the early voting states of iowa and new hampshire. >> that was joe johns reporting there. anger at donald trump extends beyond the border. mexicans say they are furiou over his comments on immigration. >> you can't help but be offended you know? nobody should be able to speak like that of a nation of a group of people. >> i just hope our neighbors, our friends back in the usa

realize how dangerous simple thinking like that can be. >> those are the comments from mexico city. despite the public uproar trump has refused to back down from his remarks. in fact, he doubled down on them. a pilot is dead and two crew members are injured after a medical helicopter crash in frisco colorado. the accident happened as the chopper was taking off at a hospital. witnesses say it erupted into flames as it slammed into a parking lot. >> we heard the helicopter take off. it started to spin unkroebl uncontrollably then it crashed. big explosion and debris actually came at me. >> terrifying there. the flight for life copter was not on a medical call and no patients were on board. the crew members are being treated at an area hospital. switching now to weather,

hot july 4th temperatures and summertime thunderstorms will be a problem here in the u.s. let's turn to our meteorologist, karen maginnis who's following it all. karen? >> yes it looks like a very active weather pattern in certain parts of the country, with thunderstorms erupting across the deep south and a few rumbling in the northeast and new england. and it looks like an uptick in some of that moisture across the desert southwest. but the heat has really been stifling especially across the western third of the united states. we've still got some sultry temperatures across the midwestern u.s. but look a lot at these 90-degree readings. salt lake city expecting 96 for a high. el paso texas, 95. and el paso typically can see triple digits easily this time of year. into the northeast and new england, i think the cloud cover will suppress those temperatures a bit with readings mostly in the 70s. we had nearly 100 reports of severe weather across the deep south. most of those were high winds with downed trees. no reports of any injuries but

there are flooding situations that are of concern over the next 24 hours or so, especially right along the border with arkansas and louisiana, extending through the tennessee valley and through the appalachians. in tupelo mississippi, more than 6 inches of rainfall prompted a flood warning issued for that area. this is predictive rainfall and yet, there you can see for new york and washington, d.c., just scattered amounts of precipitation throughout the afternoon, even into the evening for the big july 4th celebrations. but for atlanta and birmingham extending over towards dallas and into new orleans, it looks like we'll see better than 50/50 chances of showers and storms. this, too, is a predictive radar going into saturday. mostly scattered precipitation in the northeast and a little bit more widespread across the deep south with little pulses of energy moving along a rather stalled-out or quasi stationary

weather system through the tennessee valley. but those hot temperatures and no rain relief for most of the west coast. george back to you. >> karen, so, i look at the map there, and over atlanta i see clouds and rain. >> yes, that's pretty much it. big race coming up in the morning tomorrow too. >> big race but we'll be watching fireworks, i guess in the clouds. >> yeah pretty much. >> thank you. i appreciate it. as americans head to the beaches this weekend, here is a word of caution. there has been a wave of gruesome shark attacks along hundreds of miles of the u.s. coastline. just look at what one man landed on in north carolina's outer banks. a two-meter-long shark, about 6 1/2 feet. as cnn's meteorologist, jennifer gray tells us many people are now spooked about diving into the water this holiday weekend. >> reporter: new video out of florida shows a kayaker fishing for grouper and getting a bigger bite than he bargained for, a bull shark.

then franticly swimming for safety as he says others circled nearby. close encounters with sharks have holiday beach-goers on alert this holiday weekend, especially on the east coast. >> saw about a five-foot sand shark, and it was within eight feet of me. >> they're around us more closer and moving around. >> reporter: at least ten attacks in the carolinas since june seven in north carolina alone. that's one more than the yearly average for both states in just the past month. >> a lot of people utilizing the beach, and this time of year we also have the migration of a lot of coastal species. >> reporter: experts say that along with shark migration, a buffet of nesting sea turtles in warmer saltier water could attract more sharks to the beach. in south carolina fishermen are reeling in sharks from the pier. in myrtle beach, babies yes, but moms not far off. >> we've seen some of the bigger sharks out here and it's kind of scary. >> reporter: the victims of the ten recent bites range in age from 8 to 68 with two teenagers losing limbs after their

encounters. >> any shark bite is a rare occurrence to have all these bites occurring recently is very unusual. >> reporter: unusual and unintentional. experts say humans are not targets for sharks and that these attacks are unfortunate accidents. >> when your hands and feet are splashing, i mean this looks like fish bellies to them. they realize they made a mistake and spit us back out again. >> reporter: still, those looking to soak up the sun here have mixed feelings about sharing the water. >> i was just trying to put the shark thing off my mind so i wouldn't get scared and i just tried to enjoy it, but i did also be careful. >> reporter: the beaches will remain open lifeguards on duty here saying sharks aren't the biggest danger this weekend. >> i'd be more concerned about driving down to the beach and getting in a car wreck on the way down here than i would be having an incident with a shark. >> definitely something to watch out for. that's cnn's jennifer gray reporting. you're watching "cnn newsroom." greece's future in europe could come down to the choice of

one little word, yes or no. ahead, we'll look at what happens next as voters decide on that country's future. also coming up find out what a killer wrote to his daughter just days before he broke out of a maximum security prison in new york. more on that story as this broadcast continues worldwide on cnn international and cnn usa.

welcome back to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. this is "cnn newsroom." i'm george howell. good to have you with us. the headlines this hour. greeks go to the polls on sunday for what's becoming a polarizing vote on how to handle the country's staggering debt.

thousands on either side rallied in athens friday ahead of the referendum. a yes ballot supports a euro group debt relief plan and a no vote opposes the plan's terms. the greek prime minister wants citizens to vote no. security is tight in the united states and abroad for american independence day celebrations. fourth of july. officials warn the large gatherings could be terror targets. they've also said there has been some chatter about terrorist threats for the holiday weekend but nothing credible or specific. iran's foreign minister says a deal involving his country's nuclear program is closer than ever as next thursday's deadline approaches. but officials for iran and the western powers have said there are gaps that still need to be worked out. a preliminary deal was reached back in april. nigerian troops are battling boko haram gunmen who are trying to make their way into maiduguri, the capital city of borno state. that is according to local

residents. meanwhile, international help could be coming from french president francois hollande. he offered several african nations military intelligence assistance. now back to the big vote ahead for greece and its economic future. right now it is too close to call exactly how this greek bailout referendum might turn out. a poll shows a razor-thin margin with the yes camp at 44% and the noes at 43%, but 12% of respondents say they are undecided. nina dos santos takes a look at what could happen either way. >> reporter: yes or no. one of these two words will decide greece's destiny, and with it the future of the single currency itself. unable to find common ground with its creditors, athens has asked its people whether they accept or reject stringent reforms set out as part of the country's second now-expired bailout. the eurozone and the imf have made it clear they want a yes. greece's government has lobbied for a no. either way, the stakes couldn't

be higher. >> even in the case of a yes vote we will have to face difficult negotiations. in the case of a no vote the greek position will be dramatically weak. >> reporter: if greece votes yes, the chances of a deal with its lenders would be higher. the prime minister and also the finance minister, though could fall on their swords and instead give way to a new government here which would enter fresh talks with the country's creditors. based on how those go greece may eventually get the money that it needs to urgently open up its banks to pay back its debt and also to think about a fresh third package in aid from here. this scenario makes a greek exit from the eurozone less likely but do expect swift austerity as part of the conditions. >> we've seen just a small element of the unfolding, what can happen with not being able to get money out of banks or a small amount. i mean it's incredible what the ramifications could be and nobody can really say how it

would work out under that scenario. >> reporter: if greece votes no well all bets are off. hard line in the ruling coalition would see their hands strengthened through new negotiations and concessions on debt relief. banks would remain shut and the country could find itself kicked out of the euro. a parallel currency might have to be issued before going back to the drachma, leaving its people poorer and the markets prey to uncertainty. >> the no vote will definitely be a painful situation. the situation's already painful in greece at the moment. i believe that banks will remain shut for a longer time. it will probably trigger or seize up the support of the ecb to the greek financial sector so you might expect a collapse of this financial sector and a collapse of the whole economy. i do not think that the euro group and the euro group has made it clear that the no would hurt negotiation. >> reporter: greece's leaders have pitched this referendum as a decision on austerity.

europe instead views it as a vote on membership of the euro. whatever it means to each side athens could be just words away from a dramatic rescue or financial disaster. nina dos santos cnn, london. >> certainly, all eyes will be on greece with this vote coming sunday. now we turn to the philippines, where there are some major, new developments in the investigation of a ferry that sunk there, killing 59 people. cnn philippines reporter david santos has details. >> reporter: charges have been filed against the 19 crew members of the capsized ferry that killed dozens of people here in central philippines. now, the local police chief here in ormoc city is filing murder charges against the owner, the boat captain and the crew members of that passenger ferry. police officials here are saying that the basis of the complaint are allegations made by some of

the survivors of the mishap saying there were irregularities in the actions of the boat's crew prior to the incident. but investigators cannot say how they were involved establish a motive of a deliberate intent on the part of the boat's crew to commit murder. they say they will leave it up to the state prosecutors to determine if the allegations will merit a charge. now, it appears that the police here decided to pursue the murder complaint in a bid to keep the crew members in jail. >> that was david santos with cnn philippines reporting from ormoc city. colombia's president is blaming a guerrilla movement for a pair of bombings in bogota. eight people were wounded in the blasts on thursday outside a pension fund management company. at the time president juan manuel santos called the attacks terrorist acts. on friday he spoke to the nation.

>> translator: the information that we have now indicates the perpetrators are the eln guerrilla, and there is evidence to indicate this. >> the eln, or national liberation army is the second largest guerrilla movement in colombia after the farc marxist rebels. now, in the united states one of the convicted killers who led police on a three-week manhunt apparently told his daughter that he would see her "on the outside." a letter richard matt wrote to her was postmarked before he escaped from prison in new york. cnn's deborah feyerick reports. >> reporter: killer richard matt was so confident he would elude immediate capture after breaking out of his maximum security prison he sent his daughter a letter. law enforcement sources telling "the buffalo news" matt wrote, "i always promised i would see you on the outside. i'm a man of my word." the daughter who lives in a suburb of buffalo, new york reportedly received the letter three days after her father's

dramatic escape from clinton correctional facility about 350 miles across state. there is no indication she knew in advance of her father's plans. matt spent 20 days on the run before a border patrol special operations team found him alone behind a tree. he was shot three times in the head after apparently aiming a 20-gauge shotgun at an officer. matt's body has been taken to the buffalo area after his family had a change of heart and decided to claim the body. the funeral home says there will be no public or private services. david sweat is listed in fair condition. he continues to heal from two gunshot wounds he sustained during his capture. police put out a photo of the type of backpack he was carrying when arrested just two miles from the canadian border. they believe the inmates took it from a camping ground in franklin or clinton county and are asking the owner to come forward, possibly to trace the escapees' route. the department of corrections has been criticized for failing to order a total lockdown of the

clinton facility following a fight in the yard a week before the escape. a corrections official tells cnn that only a partial lockdown was necessary because the melee among 30 inmates in the prison yard lasted less than a minute involved no weapons and only one injury. security measures have been tightened to ensure daily, random cell checks and weekly security inspections. deborah feyerick, cnn, new york. you're watching "cnn newsroom." a family of 12 from britain has not been seen since april, and some believe that they may now be helping isis in syria. details next. plus a syrian teen helps refugee children get an education, despite many parents not wanting to send them to school. her inspiring story is next. great job! k.... now let's get ready for the ball. here it comes. here you go. good catch! perfect! alright, now for the best part. lets see your pour. ooo....let's get those in the bowl

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welcome back to "cnn newsroom." i'm george howell. british authorities believe a family of 12 may be the latest to try to link up with isis in syria. erin mclaughlin reports on how the family left home for a holiday weeks ago and simply never returned. >> reporter: friends say this family was living a simple life in luton, england. all 12 may now be in isis-controlled areas of syria, including the head of the family 75-year-old muhammed abdul mannan his terminally ill wife and grandson as young as a year old. the family lived on this quiet street outside of london. this is the family home where they based a successful electric and plumbing business. friends tell me this is an ordinary family. they're baffled as to how and why this could have happened. friends say it all began with a

family vacation to see relatives in bangladesh. on april 10th police say one of the members of the party was stopped and questioned at the airport. their house was also searched. police say they found nothing to suggest they were planning to go to syria. the family was allowed to continue their trip. on may 11th the family flew through istanbul. friends say they were going to stop and sightsee for a few days but they never boarded the plane back to england. >> i understand that a member a female member of the family were radicalized, and she is the one who has influenced a few other members of the family and shielded the children and the elderly parents. they have got no idea what was about to happen to them. >> reporter: the community leader ashuk ahmed says he believes one of the women may have had links to an extremist group in luton. >> it was only no more than 10 or 12 of those members, but they are quite vocal, they are quite active and you see them out on the street distributing

leaflets fliers with their messages. and i understand that the girl who also somehow had link to that group. >> reporter: ahmed says it's the very same group that's been linked to abu aziz also from luton, now in isis territory fighting for the group. before twitter shut down his account, he would post inflammatory pictures and messages. here aziz calls for isis to behead the british home secretary. in another, he talks about burning his british passport. in stark contrast to what we believe to be the tweets of 19-year-old mohammed toufique hussein, believed to be in syria. he tweets about rap music and jokes, nothing to suggest links to extremism. his friends say he's just a teenager. >>chill, relaxed guy like me. we played football we went to school we had a laugh. this whole thing, i'm just like it blew me away. because i spoke to my friends, we're like, what's going on? he's just ghosted.

>> reporter: just how all 12 ghosted is a mystery. the remaining family has released a statement saying their disappearance is completely out of character. they are worried they may be in danger. erin mclaughlin, cnn, luton, england. so much of the news right now out of syria is about war, death and destruction, but our next story shows how something extraordinary can rise out of terrible loss. a syrian teenager whose family escaped to jordan now spends her time making sure that other refugee girls stay in school. her campaign has earned her the nickname the syrian malala. >> translator: i left syria 2 1/2 years ago due to various reasons and problems in all of life's aspects -- in education, making a living and the freedom of movement as well as other related difficulties which led to being unable to stay in our own time or move to another place in syria.

therefore, we decided to leave and move to jordan. being a refugee does not mean an end to a life. on the contrary you have to be stronger to be able to help your country and to help the people you love. even if you were a refugee, you have to be strong to face these problems. i noticed that a lot of people do not like education, and because i really like education, i decided that i should start to advise people even if they don't take my advice. i might fail the first time but maybe i will succeed in the second. and maybe the third time i will convince more people and the fourth time i will get even more. so, i will be more effective. i also started to notice an absence of girls daily from the school and other girls would drop out. then i realized while living in the camp that most people want their daughters to drop out of school and get married and want their sons to find jobs. if we get opportunities to get

education in the refugee camp we should seize the opportunity. we shouldn't waste it to chase other things that we can achieve later in life. education will solve a lot of problems in our lives. we can't do much in our lives if we are uneducated. we can't help others we can't help our country. we will not be able to solve many problems in the present or the future if we are not educated. with education, we can protect ourselves at any time in any place, and we can achieve our goals. we should not lose hope no matter how difficult life is we have to be optimistic. the future is unknown to us and we should look to the future with hope and ambition. if we manage to raise a generation of educated and knowledgeable people people who protect their unity, their ambition and their dreams whether here in the camp or

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welcome back to "cnn newsroom." i'm george howell. cycling's most famous race kicks off in just a few hours' time. the 2015 tour de france begins in the netherlands with an individual time trial over 14 kilometers long a course that's about 8 1/2 miles long. 198 riders from 22 different teams will compete in the race. the winner of the tour will pick up the yellow jersey in paris on july 26th. uber has suspended its ride service uberpop in france after violent attacks there. cab drivers burned tires and blocked traffic last week arguing the company is unfair competition. uber drivers don't have regular taxi license and get their fares via an app.

the french government ruled uberpop illegal last year but uber has appealed that decision saying its activities are legal. a new app promises to cut the hassle of finding a parking spot and bringing the valet driver right to you. cnn's samuel burke talks to the creator. >> reporter: we're in downtown brooklyn trying out a parking valet app called zurks. first, we want to see if we can find a parking space on our own. "no standing." there's a spot. nope that's a fire hydrant. can't park anywhere. >> it's an on-demand valet and car services company. you choose where you want to go. one of our agents will meet you there. we take your call we park it in a secure garage and when you want it back we bring it right back. >> that's a driveway. no parking any time. ooh, i think we have something. that is a parking space. i finally found a parking space.

it was a near nightmare. the question now is how long will it take zirx's valet to get to me? >> while the app itself is very simple the technology behind it is fairly complex. so we're looking at all kinds of things like where are there open garage spaces in our network, where do we have available agents that can park those cars. we're even looking at traffic data in realtime to estimate your arrival and departure. >> hey, there. thank you. all right, so what do i do? okay. so i just -- >> keys. >> yep, perfect. thank you. >> the parking industry hasn't evolved, and the experiences that we're having in other industries are really amazing, given the new technology that's available. and so what we're doing is bringing that kind of technology to a $41 billion parking industry that needs innovation. >> street parking could take anywhere from 15 to 20 minutes.

>> it usually takes like an hour hour and a half, sometimes two hours. >> a garage a little faster but i still have to walk. it's time-consuming. >> my boyfriend has an apartment here and most of our bonding time we joke that we look for parking. i think that zirx is going to change that a lot for me. >> i think the concept is great. price point is on par with parking in a garage. if i'm walking ten blocks to a garage i might as well pay a similar price to have the car picked up and delivered back to me. >> reporter: here it is. so i got the car back and zirx may be more convenient than circling the block, but you still have to find a place to stop, wait for them to come and get the car, and you've got to have the money to spare. >> pretty cool. takes the hassle out of trying to find a spot to park your car. we thank you for watching this hour of "cnn newsroom." i'm george howell at the cnn center in atlanta. for our viewers in the u.s. "new day" is just ahead. for everyone else "ammananpour

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