just days before barack obama visits his father's homeland the u.s. launches strikes on militants in east africa. protests in greece while lawmakers debate economic reforms. and u.s. presidential candidate donald trump doesn't

hold back in his interview with cnn. >> welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm paula newton. >> and i'm errol barnett. this is "cnn newsroom." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com we begin this hour with new security concerns about barack obama's trip to the african continent this week. >> besides visiting ethiopia he will go to kenya, his father's homeland for the first time as u.s. president. and as barbara starr reports, soft targets near his tour route are a big concern. >> al shabaab militants in east africa posing new worries for president obama's trip to kenya. cnn has learned in the last week the u.s. military has conducted nearly half a dozen secret air strikes in somalia against al shabaab forces.

an attack against kenyan troops there was imminent by the al qaeda africa affiliate. >> this sends a clear message to al shabaab not a try to attempt anything against the president. >> reporter: the u.s. does not believe that al shabaab can get anywhere near the president but there are other reasons to worry. >> what's most likely is not an attack against a u.s. government official like the president but an attack that happens while the president is there. what al shabaab is likely to do is go for a soft target. >> reporter: like the nairobi mall attack in 2013 where 67 were killed. it just reopened. or this april attack when nearly 150 people were killed in an university. the u.s. is trying to determine if one of their drone strikes may have killed the planner of

that attack. there is growing social media and internet chatter amongst the somali-based militants about the visit of the president. they all know when he is coming. a kenyan flight bulletin outlining details of the president's trip has been released including when air space in nairobi would be closed because of the arrival and departure of air force one. but officials are brushing it off. >> but the details of the president's schedule that are critical to keeping him safe are details that have not been disclosed publicly at this point. >> reporter: al shabaab has lost fighters territory and financing in recent years but one thing they have not lost is their ability to conduct attacks. in fact the number of attacks by al shabaab has been growing steadily and that is why there is so much concern about what the people of kenya are facing

as the president of the united states is about to arrive. barbara starr, cnn, the pentagon. for its part kenyan authorities are struggling with smuggling activity. the routes are used by militants and are a security nightmare. we are live in nairobi with more on this story. the u.s. is taking aim at al shabaab targets with half a dozen air strikes in somalia ahead of obama's visit. how big a threat does al shabaab pose right now? >> reporter: there is always a concern with soft targets when it comes to al shabaab and their ability to move through that porous and long border of 800 kilometers. there will always be unease when you have a dignitary of that stature. but nairobi is not the focus of

the concern. what people are worried about is that continued ability to move back and forth across the border. this country is reeling from that university attack that took the lives of over 100 students. we traveled through the routes just to see how much of a security headache they really are, errol. take a look at this. dirt tracks criss crossing through the bush. they are known as the panya, the rat routes. a become door into kenya. these are the routes that al shabaab is using to travel back and forth into the country. behind us is the official route. but this is the smuggle route. it takes you from somalia into kenya and back out again. no government presence no check points. you can bring in what you want and who you want. >> two years ago we traveled

these same tracks. we'd come back to see if anything had changed. it's even busier than before. surprised to see us some spot the camera and turn back. one man stopped to threaten us with rocks. when our producer approaches he admits this is his regular route smuggling people back and forth, no passports, no questions. and this junction is not in the middle of nowhere, it's 20 kilometers from a major military base and the airstrip and out here you wouldn't know it. there is no government presence just clear access all the way to somalia. in spite of an increased security drive for the government al shabaab's attacks and ambitions have been spilling over into kenya with deadly frequency. once little known back crowds

the panya are now a security nightmare. a spokesman for the military tells us they are doing everything they can to fight this but it's not easy. >> there is a border being constructed. it's a long border which has been porous for a long time because the previous government have not taken serious action to ensure there is probably control. we have a border patrol police. we are specialists. we are not denying there is a problem. >> reporter: on the panya routes the sun begins to set. night falls as we wind our way into the heart of the town. no check points no security searches and no one the wiser. security headaches aside, errol, i have to tell you the mood here is extraordinary. there really is a sense of so much pride. not only is a sitting u.s.

president coming here but they feel like it's one of their own coming home. errol? >> we hope the trip goes off without a hitch. nima elbagir with that report. and tomorrow nima will return to garissa university. israeli forces shot dead a palestinian man. the troops stormed the man's home to arrest his two sons. the report says during the incident the 53-year-old man was killed and his sons were injured. and an israeli forces spokesperson says that it was forced to attack by a violent

mob and an assailant attacked a soldier who fired at the man. that man was evacuated for medical care. greek prime minister alexis tsipras got the support he needed for a second package of reforms for his nation but it took a marathon debate that stretched into the early hours. it includes overhauls to the banking and judicial systems that were required to kick start talks with eurozone leaders. >> as you can see there, many people in greece are upset about the vote. protests erupted on wednesday. some demonstrators threw petrol bombs at police. elinda labropoulou joins us now with more. obviously you can understand the tension and why this is so heated. the reforms did go through, though. they passed. is this now yet another phase of this drama, a point where

perhaps the greek people can take a pause? >> reporter: what we expect to see now is we expect the bailout talks to finally begin. all the steps until now were to get to that point. the vote yesterday and the vote last week was in order for prior measures to be put into place so the final talks can begin. so in that sense, there's going to be a little bit of rest as the negotiations get under way. we understand that creditors officials will be in athens to discuss detail as of tomorrow. but what we are seeing is a division in the main political party, the leading party. and what we're seeing there is that the hard left has really been very outspoken about how these measures are not good for greece how it's not going to sport support them. and the prime minister has lost

over a quarter of his own mps and he is actually very close to what we call the minority threshold. this is the threshold he can still hold a minority government which is 120 mps. in the vote yesterday only 126 mps supported him. while the negotiations get underway and what is going to be very tough to implement the questions remain as to whether this government will be able to hold together and how it will be able to do it. so we know there is a congress that's happening in the beginning of september. a party congress and we expect that mr. tsipras will have by then who is in and who is out in order for this bailout to go ahead. >> and after all this there is speculation that the greek people could be facing an election in the fall. we were with you earlier in the week when the banks reopened.

not much changed in terms of capital controls but people were able to get to their safe deposit boxes. what has the mood been in the last 48 hours that they have been watching the political drama unfold? >> reporter: a lot of skepticism because the political situation and the financial one are directly linked. and i think for most greek people they were hoping there would be some unity within their own parliament and all sides would gather together and try to join forces. we haven't seen that happen at this point. in the month ahead whether we will see that what people crave is a return to stability whether that is financial or political. this is really what would make the difference in most people's lives and what they would hope

to see. >> that would be understandable at this point. appreciate that update. the white house campaign for support for the iranian nuclear deal is moving forward on capitol hill and abroad. thousands of people rallied against the agreement in new york's times square waving signs and chanting kill the deal. >> the u.s. secretary of defense is trying to reassure allies that the obama administration is now meeting with members of congress. people in his own parties are against that deal. as elise labott reports, opponents say there should be no deal while americans are being held in iran. >> reporter: secretary of state john kerry arrived for a closed-door, high-stakes briefing trying to sell the iran nuclear deal to a skeptical congress. >> make the region our friends and allies safer and the world

safer. >> reporter: but that may not be enough to convince lawmakers worried it will embolden iran. and angry that four americans are left behind including "washington post" reporter jason rezaian. he was thrown in a notorious prison. today his family and employers made another plea for his release. this time calling on the united nations to step in. >> no evidence has been produced of espionage. saw he did was work diligently and fairly as a journalist. >> rezaian reported on the culture and daily life of the iranian people and spoke with cnn's anthony bourdain before his arrest. >> do you love it here? >> i love it and hate it but

it's home. >> reporter: his brother thinks his case was caught up in the nuclear talks. but now he hopes that the iranians will send his brother home. >> the right thing to do is to release him now because he is innocent. >> reporter: president obama under fire for striking the deal while rezaian and two other americans are still being held. a fourth american missing. tension was on full display when a reporter asked about their fate. >> the notion that i am content as i celebrate with american citizens languishing in iranian jails, major, that's nonsense. >> reporter: this week the president once again promised to spare no effort. >> we're not going to relent until we bring home americans who are unjustly detained in iran journalist jason rezaian should be released.

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the man accused of killing nine black church goers in south carolina now faces hite chime charges. the grand jury indicted dylann roof with 39 charges. >> he sought out an african-american house of worship, one that was noted because of its age and significance and he sought out african-american parishioners at worship, racially motivated

violence such as this is the original domestic terrorism. >> lynch says that he had accused the plan for months. the victims were members of a church. the case of a woman found dead in her jail cell in texas. authorities say that sandra bland committed suicide by hanging after three days in this jail. >> her family wants to know why this traffic stop ended in her arrest and ultimately her death behind bars. >> reporter: documents show that when sandra bland arrived to the waller county jail she told the staff she previously tried to commit suicide. jail intake forms show that bland tried to commit suicide in 2014 after losing a baby.

waller county sheriff glen smith says that the investigation shows no foul play and all the evidence points to bland taking her own life. >> there is absolutely no doubt in my mind now. i eagerly, i want the texas rangers outside investigation and the fbi monitoring that investigation. i want the district attorney to stay independent. >> reporter: despite the public statements the family contest the claim that bland was depressed. >> i can tell you we take issue with the notion that she was suffering from depression. he was never clinically diagnosed, as this family understands. everybody has hills and valleys and the bottom line is there is no medication we are aware of that she was taking to address any epilepsy or depression. >> reporter: but on facebook earlier this year she addressed this issue. >> i'm suffering with something that you may be dealing with

right now it's a bit of depression and ptsd. >> she says i'm struggling with things but i am anchored in god and no matter what you look like i come before you to say we're dealing with an issue you may have which to me is just courageous. >> reporter: but this dash cam video shows part of what took place during the traffic stop of sandra bland, adding more fuel to the pointed questions from her loved ones. >> step out or i will remove you. >> reporter: the trooper on paid leave and the family says the force used was excessive especially for being charged with an improper lane change. >> i feel like the officer was picking on her. point-blank, period. i think that is petty. >> get out of the car now. >> why am i being apprehended? >> reporter: trooper brian encinia says that she was

arrested for assault on a public servant and she began swinging with her elbows after she was removed from the car which is not captured on video. but a cell phone did pick up part of the exchange that was caught off of the dash camera. investigators say they are trying to access to sandra bland's cell phone that may have captured parts of the arrest. >> for a failure to signal. >> it's so different to watch. thanks to ryan young for that report. military officials are praising the heroism of marines who risked their lives to save others during last week's shooting rampage. one general says that their immediate actions that day saved lives. >> our marines reacted the way you would expect. rapidly going from room to room they got their fellow marines to safety.

once they had gotten to safety some willingly ran back into the fight. >> and mohammad abdulazeez is accused of killing the servicemen and it is believed he acted on his own during the shooting spree. we knew this was going to happen because u.s. presidential candidate donald trump is still talk. blunt remarks, still making headlines. he says he is not the only one doing the name calling on the campaign trail. >> lindsey graham called me a jackass. i'm called a jackass. you have to fight back. the country has to fight back.

you are watching "cnn newsroom." your last half hour of the day with the both of us. i'm errol barnett. >> i'm paula newton. there are new security concerns about barack obama's trip to kenya this week. the united states has been bombing al shabaab militants in somalia ahead of the president's visit. u.s. officials do not believe that al shabaab poses a direct danger to the president but they worry that they may strike vulnerable targets during his visit. greek lawmakers overwhelmingly passed a second set of reforms. the bill includes rules for dealing with failed banks and speeding up the justice system, conditions required by the

eurozone creditors to begin negotiations. secretary of state john kerry met with lawmakers on wednesday to gain support of the iran nuclear deal. many republicans are vowing to derail it. kerry is scheduled to testify before the senator commission on foreign relations today. donald trump is taking his campaign to the u.s.-mexican border today week after he called undocumented immigrants rapists and criminals. >> his message seems to be resonating with primary voters but a new poll suggests that may not last. >> reporter: donald trump is heading to the border. he is trying to stay on top of the republican field by doubling down on immigration during a thursday tour with border agents. >> with illegal immigrants it's

a huge problem. >> reporter: but a new problem shows fresh vulnerabilities for trump not in the primary but if he would become the party's nominee. >> we have to make america great again. >> reporter: in three key general election battlegrounds, colorado iowa and virginia nearly six in ten voters hold unvavlun unfavorable views of trump. party leaders say he is talking too tough. >> rick perry put glasses on so people think he is smart. you have this guy lindsey graham a lightweight. >> reporter: it was rick perry's turn today. trump says that perry was once begging for my money and support. hypocrite. perry fired back. >> he offers a barking cannavale act that can best be described

as trumpism a toxic mix of demagoguery and mean-spiritness and nonsense. it is a cancer on conservativism and it must be clearly diagnosed, excised and discarded. >> reporter: the poll shows trouble for hillary clinton. >> i'm going to keep going. i believe it's so important for all of us. >> reporter: in the same three general election swing states majorities of voters had an unfavorable view of her and she is trailing jeb bush marco rubio and scott walker in those three states. >> we have already discussed about probably what a circus it's going to be there. given the comments that he has made it's incredibly controversial. you know the chaos at the border

tomorrow. >> let's see how he defends his actions. anderson cooper sat down with him one-on-one. watch as he tries to get a straight answer out of a man known as the donald. >> jeb bush says if we embrace this language we never win. >> when you say divisive -- he said it. >> but you are quoting it. >> i couldn't care less of lindsey graham. and rick perry from texas. i posted a picture of him look for money and support. i called him a hypocrite. i don't know these people and they are saying these -- am i supposed to say it's okay for -- one guy, i guess it was lindsey graham called me a jackass.

i'm called a jackass. you have to fight back. the country has to fight back. everyone is pushing the country around. >> is it presidential though? >> i think -- >> to give out a personal phone number? >> that was a long story. you have to see the whole story. there was a whole story where he wanted to get on "fox and friends" he wanted to come in for campaign contributions and then shehe starts hitting me years later. and i said this guy was over here and he -- as you probably know the room was packed. standing room only. it was overflow crowds and closed-circuit television into other rooms the place went wild. we all had a good time. >> is is that presidential? if you are -- >> i was hit by someone unfairly. i was called names by somebody. the somebody who is hitting me

was up in my office asking for money and asking if i can get him on television. >> if you are president of the united states you will be hit by half the country, are you going to call them dumb and stupid? >> no. politicians will never make this country great again. >> as president you will change your tone? >> i think so. >> do you have the temperament to be president? that is the question that jeb bush was raising about the divisiveness and the language. someone attacks you and -- >> i'm different than you think. i'm number one in the polls by far and being attacked on all sides. when you attacked -- >> you "f"if you are president -- >> excuse me. in my opinion when you are attacked you have to defend and attack back. i am being attacked by certain people. actually i think bush is a nice

guy. i don't think he has the temperament. he is a nice guy but he doesn't have the temperament because he is too low-key and laid back. can you imagine bush negotiating with china? you want to talk about temperament, i'll introduce you to the chinese. they have temperament but can you imagine bush negotiating trade deals with china? >> his brother said he would be a uniter not a divider. what would you be? >> i think i would be a great uniter. we have a president right now, the world is a mess. hillary clinton was the worst secretary of state in the history of this country in my opinion. the president right now doesn't get along with russia and the only one he gets along with is iran and that is suspect because they want to blow everybody up. >> in 2007 or 2008 you said that hillary clinton surrounds herself with smart people and could be a good negotiator

against iran. >> i don't think so. i know her very well. when i'm a businessman i like everybody. i have to deal with these people. i'm not going to attack people. i have to deal with these people. >> donald trump as president would be a different donald trump than on the campaign trail. >> who do we get along with in the world today? almost nobody. we did a stupid thing in iraq by going in. and in 2004 i was totally against going in. if you look in july of 2004 reuters and stuff before that. but july of 2004 bush sent a group the talk to me. i was getting publicity on the fact we shouldn't be doing iraq. i'm the most militaristic person. but i said you will decimate this country and create an imbalance in the middle east. that's what's happened. and i said iran will take over iraq and the second largest oil reserves in the world. and i said other groups will

take over worse than saddam hussein. it's isis. >> have you ever publicly acknowledged making a mistake? >> do i ever publicly -- >> have you ever said i made a mistake. >> i guess. i don't like to make too many mistakes. >> did that clear it up for you? >> apparently it did. senator lindsey graham wanted to clear something up though. because donald trump gave his phone number out he had a phone that was useless to him now. we want you to take a look at what he did with it. ♪ ♪

. lindsey graham doing it with humor and comedy. >> he did say words at the end. >> he said this is for the veterans. >> it's an interesting campaign already. he is the leader of a brutally violent drug cartel but for some he is a folk hero. ahead, the conflicting views of el chapo.

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take a look at this a soyuz spacecraft has docked with the international space station. they cracked the hatch and entered the space station a short while later. this is the first time we are

getting a look at these shots. they joined the astronauts already on board. nay will be studying the effect of micro gravity on headaches. a fast-moving wildfire is tearing through glacier national park in the u.s. state of montana. but one vacationing family in the area got far too close to the flames. take a look. >> oh, my gosh, go. >> larry, we need to go. >> go, go now. >> i'm going. >> fast dad, go! holy crap dad, go. >> larry is like you want me to speed up? this fire began on the east side of the park and doubled in side in a single night and spans 4,000 acres and that is 1600 hectares. the visitor's center has been closed and park rangers are searching for back country hikers who may be out there to

get them out of harm's way. >> ivan cabrera joins us now. it is terrifying. and the fires jump across the road and you think it's okay. and in moments you are not. >> the wind has been the big factor and it's summer. who doesn't go to the northern rockies in the summer in? this is a time when a lot of people are there. we are flying to the northern rockies. this is about 24 kilometers just to the south of the canadian border in fact. 14 miles or a little over that. one historic structure has burned and of course the evacuations are precautionary, as you saw, some are self evacuating and in a rapid fashion. dry heavy timber is what they are dealing with. the wind is not helping. a disturbance is coming in from the south. if we can get this on top of the fire that would be fantastic.

but it's not going to be bringing the rain. it will kick up the wind out of the south and west. we will be talking about wind gusts over the next couple days. that will not be helpful at all. temperatures 69 to 70 degrees through the weekend. in croatia the fires are burning. this is the adriatic sea. and the hot climate you get in trouble here with these patterns that we get into. we have a big high in charge now and the temperatures are from 35 to 40 degrees. imagine fighting a fire. these are temperatures in the hundreds in fahrenheit. we have livestock involved farmland destroyed, acres upon acres and the vineyards decimated as well. an economic impact that will be

felt for a time. you can see this pattern does not break. remaining hot to the south and cool and showery and stormy to the north. a relatively strong area of low pressure in northern europe. it is going to roll through to the north with heavy rain. that's where the cool air is. temperatures in the 20s. but down to the south highs from 35 to about 40 degrees. we'll cool off a little bit in the low to mid-30s. we'll do better for the weekend but the winds are an issue there as well. >> thanks for keeping us updated on that, ivan. we have this information just in to cnn. u.s. defense secretary ash carter has made an unannounced visit to baghdad to meet with prime minister haider al abadi and other leaders there. this is the latest stop on his middle east tour. he is trying to reassure leaders

there about their deal with iran. the gulf coast states are concerned that tehran will be able to make nuclear weapons. u.s. secretary of defense ash carter is now in baghdad. cnn's freedom project is dedicated to the fight against modern-day slavery. and we are airing this week, "children for sale." >> jada pinkett smith shows us the viciousness that the human trafficking operations are underway right now in the united states. >> reporter: the unwritten rules of the streets can be as bewildering as they are brutal. this undercover footage shows a young woman arguing with a

suspected exploiter. >> who is the -- >> hey, hey, hey, not out here. don't do that out here. >> other men sense her weakness and surrender. -- surround her. according to rebecca, a trafficking survivor a woman can be taken as property just by making eye contact with one of these men. >> if you look at him you can be taken from who you're with and he can't do anything about it because you looked at another person. >> reporter: on this night, this woman made it to safety. so many others do not. >> it's happening every day. every neighborhood every socioeconomic status. these guys trade women like kids trade baseball cards. >> he is taking their bags putting it in the car, you're

coming with me. coming with them to any place that clients are weight and willing to pay for sex. >> one of the places they utilized was a field where a woman serviced over 50 men in a field. and you can -- you can -- people can say -- well -- nobody, nobody chooses to do that. >> right. that is so uncomfortable to watch but reality for so many people. join us this weekend for the cnn freedom project documentary "children for sale" watch an encore presentation sunday night at 8:00 in london and 9:00 in berlin. we're back after this. en brutal. but then i got a domain and built my website all at godaddy. now i look so professional i just got my first customer who isn't related to me.

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joaquin "el chapo" guzman is still on the run after escaping from a mexican prison nearly two weeks ago now. >> as paulo sandoval reports the admiration that some have for this man is complicating efforts

to find him. >> reporter: on the streets of mexico city everyone knows the name of joaquin guzman. at this market in the heart of the city we found that ruthless cartel boss known as el chapo. about $8 will get you a t-shirt that bears the face of mexico's most-wanted man. the shopkeeper here says his el chapo tees became his hottest item after the escape. [ speaking foreign language ] he says people of all walks of life come here to buy this shirt. it's not about the face on the shirt he says he is just filling demand. >> money and drugs. >> and they also have the custom made t-shirts like this one here. it's a plain white t-shirt but they have the machine to print el chapo's face on there. this is the wanted poster that

is circulating here in mexico. ♪ >> then there are the musical tributes. narco ballads tell the story of a so-called great escape. ♪ >> people are saying it was epic. the escape was epic. it's amazing. it's incredible like el chapo is a hero and it's not true. this guy is a terrible criminal. >> reporter: this journalist says that el chapo is admired and seen as a robin hood like figure. she says it's this glorification of the culture that allows guzman to remain camouflaged among the people that revere him. ♪

>> reporter: paulo sandoval cnn, mexico city. just time for one quick story for you. taylor swift's plans for global domination have hit a roadblock with chinese sensors. she announced plans to sell her clothing lines in chinese websites. but the tour's name 1989 that's an issue. >> let's first explain she was born in 1989. in china that date is heavily censored because it was the year of the tiananmen square crackdown. internet searches containing those numbers are routinely blocked. and her initials t.s. looks like a reference to tiananmen square. >> it's been a pleasure having paula newton here this week.

thanks so much. i wasn't too bad to hang out with. >> not at all. we'll talk later. "early start" is next in the united states. >> and for the rest of you, another edition of "cnn newsroom" begins next. have a great day. . . .

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new information in the mysterious death of activist sandra bland. new documents detailing her depression and previous suicide attempt. donald trump heading to the border this morning as we learn about his finances. the obama administration trying to sell the iran nuclear deal here at home