hundreds believed to have drowned in the mediterranean, trying to reach europe. new details on what's become the deadliest week this year for migrants and why that grim record may soon be broken. plus as the u.s. marks its memorial day, donald trump speaks to an audience of war veterans. we will tell you how his speech in washington was received. and the presumptive nominee has months to go on the campaign trail, but we'll explain why one chinese factory is already betting on a trump victory. hello and welcome to our viewers here in the united states and of course all around the world. i'm rosemary church. >> good to be with you. hey, everyone.

i'm errol barnett. we appreciate you kicking off your week with us. this is "cnn newsroom." it has been a tragic week for migrants trying to reach europe from the african continent. >> the u.n. fears at least 700 people may have died in three shipwrecks while crossing the mediterranean. italy's coast guard says more than 14,000 migrants were rescued in the past week. senior international correspondent ben wedeman joins us from rome with more on this. ben, 14,000 migrants rescued but hundreds still missing feared dead. how were so many souls lost? >> reporter: really it's the basic situation that you have in libya where you have human traffickers who are oftentimes at gun point forcing people to get on these ships. they obviously paid to get on them, but they didn't realize

many of them quite how unsea worthy they are. they're set out to set. in one of the cases, the ship that went down, and i don't even want to call it a ship. it's a vessel. it went down on thursday. it had more than 670 passengers onboard. it didn't even have a motor. it was being towed by a similar boat that had a motor. and also at least 500 people onboard. basically they pull these boats. these boats make their way into international waters where they send a distress call, and of course the italian navy, the italian coast guard are out there on the open seas, provided with support by aircraft as well. so they see these vessels, and they go to their rescue, as they're obliged to under international law. but the problem of course now is with the onset of summer, the seas are calmer. there are hundreds of thousands of people, mostly from sub saharan africa waiting to make this dangerous crossing.

so when there's a break in the weather, as we saw over the last week, they will come, and they will come as just thousands and thousands of people. thursday alone, 4,000 people were rescued at sea by the italian coast guard and the navy. and we can expect as the temperatures go higher and the seas get calmer, more and more people to make this dangerous journey. >> and, ben, that is the real concern, isn't it? so what are authorities doing to try to stop people setting off on these perilous journeys? >> reporter: unfortunately, very little. there's been talk among european leaders about some sort of military action against the human traffickers. mateo rensi, the italian prime minister, has been urging european leaders to try to do more to somehow deal with this problem, not out on the open seas but where the rouots of th problems are, which isn't even in libya.

the problems are in corruption, hopelessness, war, and poverty in africa. and of course that's not been addressed. and so as long as you have a situation of instability in libya, you have all these problems in africa, people will continue to try to make it to europe to find a better life, and there doesn't seem to be any real momentum among the -- in the international community to try to resolve the real problems. whether they're in africa or, of course, the other migrant refugee stream from iraq and syria. very little is actually being done to try to resolve the root problems. >> and so we can expect more of this. our ben wedeman joining us there live from rome just after 8:00 in the morning. many thanks to you, ben. >> we'll talk more about that expectation here, rosemary. refugees and miegrants continue to flee to europe in staggering numbers. more than 200,000 have reached

europe so far this year. the vast majority of them crossing the mediterranean. that's according to the international organization for migration. and just look at the dramatic difference between this year and last. during the first quarter of 2016, the number of refugee arrivals is more than eight times higher than the same period in 2015. really shocking. >> it certainly is. we do want to turn now to isis in libya. stability has eluded the country ever since the 2011 of muammar gaddafi. candidate donald trump says isis makes millions of dollars each week selling libyan oil. >> now, that is simply not true. isis doesn't control any libyan oil fields. but indeed the terror group wants to. nick paton walsh reports from a major vulnerable libyan refinery. >> reporter: a distant speck from up here, but this is libya's shimmering prize.

oil worth billions. in part paralyzed by government infighting and most troublingly in isis' crosshairs. this is the malita refinery which pumps gas direct along the mediterranean sea bed to italy. one plant worker points out what he says is a militant stronghold in a hotel just down the coast. the sea's pretty much open here. on this jetty, the graffiti says that god is great, but you don't want to just rely on him. nato have expressed concerns isis is trying to get its hands on boats to perhaps fashion some sort of crude pirate navy, and in a place like this so vital to europe's energy, you can see how worrying that must be when you have this much shore line to try to defend. >> too many faces here, you know. sometimes it comes from the sea.

otherwise, maybe it comes from the land. you don't know how is it. how is it? >> reporter: isis have already hit some facilities in the east. the damage and oil fires caused visible from space in these nasa images. their own propaganda shows a wider scope of ambition. this attack on an installation in the eastern town of ras lanoush. they want to control the industry and its potential billions yet have so far mostly affected production and so much panic in the u.s. presidential race. >> isis is making millions and millions of dollars a week selling libya oil. and you know what? we don't blockade. we don't bomb. we don't do anything about it. >> reporter: trump is wrong. isis haven't made much money yet and don't control any oil fields. but their attacks are costly to what's left of the crumbling libya state, bringing closer the day isis could seize control of

refineries and sell fuel on the black market. these boatsest of a thriving market. tankers used to try and ship libya's black gold. an infrastructure isis could use were they to get their hands on key refineries. europe watching this slow collapse just across the water. nick paton walsh, cnn, libya. >> some other stories we're following for you. a major voice is leaving the geneva peace talks aimed at ending the syrian civil war. the chief negotiator for the syrian rebel group said he resigned out of frustration over the lack of progress with the dire humanitarian situation in the country. he called on the international community to follow through on achieving peace in the region. >> in northern iraq, officials say thousands of kurdish troops have launched an effective against isis near mosul.

peshmerga led forces aimed to dislodge the terror group from villages said to have been kurdish. local media report this comes ahead of a joint iraqi/kurdish effective to retake mosul. mosul is iraq's second largest city and was captured by isis in june 2014. still to come this hour, donald trump honors america's veterans at a rally in washington, but his controversial comments about vietnam war veterans, senator john mccain, are raising questions about trump's sincerity. plus brazil continues to struggle with political corruption. the latest in the scandal that seems never-ending. that's later this hour. and why a u.s. zoo says its workers had no choice but to kill an endangered gorilla. stay with us.

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>> with donald trump and hillary clinton viewed unfavorably by many voters, johnson says the libertarian ticket could play a pivotal role in the november election. listen. we don't have that sound. meanwhile, donald trump received a warm welcome in washington just ahead of memorial day, a national holiday when americans honor fallen members of the military. >> the presumptive republican presidential nominee spoke at the rolling thunder motorcycle rally sunday. the event pays tribute to prisoners of war and soldiers missing in action. scott mcclain has the latest. >> reporter: donald trump talks constantly about his support for veterans, but it is not often that he gets to speak to a large crowd of them directly. here today he seemed to get a good reception. but in many ways this was a typical trump stump speech. he seemed to tick all the boxes, talking about trade, about the second amendment, building support for our military and, of course, veterans. >> our veterans have been

treated so badly in this country. you have a secretary that last week said, no, the wait time doesn't matter. forget about wait time. i know people and i've gotten to know so many vets. and we just raised almost $6 million for the vets because i didn't do a television show. i said, let's do this. and we're announcing on tuesday all of the groups that we put up this money, and we raised this tremendous amount of money because we love the vets. >> reporter: that money he mentioned was raised a couple of months al when he decided to skip out on a fox news debate. ever since then, he has been dogged by questions about where exactly the money went. as you heard, he is now promising a full accounting of this on tuesday. trump is also facing questions about comments he made last year about senator john mccain, who himself was a former prisoner of war. trump said, i like people that weren't captured. now, mccain says trump should apologize on behalf of other p.o.w.s, and then yesterday on

cnn, former senator bob dole, who is himself a trump supporter, also called on trump to apologize. today we asked trump's campaign manager, corey lewandowski, whether or not he did plan to apologize. he said, not that i'm aware. scott mclean. cnn, washington. we are just over a week away from the final super tuesday of the u.s. election season. despite trailing far behind hillary clinton in the number of delegates, bernie sanders says he can still win the democratic nomination, and he says he is the candidate who can defeat trump. sanders has largely ignored clinton recently, even after a state department inspector general's report slammed her use of a personal e-mail server while she was secretary of state. >> joining me now is ron brownstein, cnn political analyst and senior editor of the atlantic. good to see you, ron. >> good evening. >> just wondering how damaged hillary clinton's leadership

style is now as we head into a new week in the wake of her e-mail issues that have continued to worsen. and is it at a point that it's even reversible at this stage? >> i mean the inspector general of the state department reporting on her e-mail use, it was a very tough report in a lot of different ways. and for me, i thought the biggest red flag was what it said about her leadership style. i mean it really spoke to a level of insul airity that i think is a dangerous sign for a president. it did not seem there was anyone around her to really say, this is not a good idea. and, in fact, as you saw in the report when career officials raised questions either from a record keeping point of view or a security point of view, they were told to not raise questions. they were told to be quiet. i mean, i think people can differ on the degree to which the e-mails themselves worry them, but i think what this sort of tells you is that the circumstance the around hillary clinton simply did not include enough dissenting voices to say,

simply, is this really a good idea? is this something we should be doing? >> now, at this point, bernie sanders has essentially lost the race. some 3 million more people have voted for clinton than have voted for sanders in this primary and caucus process. why doesn't it feel that way for democrats? if you look at the way the landscape is, donald trump has enough delegates to be the nominee, and hillary clinton hasn't got there yet. >> yeah. i mean she will get there on june 7th. but you're right. it does not feel that way. i think it doesn't feel that way because you're looking at the scale. you have -- you know, you have a small boat that is preventing a super tanker from getting into port. hillary clinton started this race with enormous advantages, and she simply has not been able to put bernie sanders away. having said that, i do think she has beaten him. i mean as you pointed out, she has won 3 million more votes than he has. she has won 55%. if you look at all of the caucuses and all of the primaries, she's won 55% of all the votes. i think the reason if doesn't feel that way is he's won a lot of small states.

he's won 20 states overall. 12 of those 20 are in the smallest states of the country. she's won 14 of those 18 large states and the reason, errol, she wins the large states is that she dominates among the diverse components of the democratic coalition, african-americans and hispanics and every large state on the democratic side is diverse. sanders simply has never cracked that. so, yes, clinton has not put him away. but she has, i think, pulled away and will have won this race deceasively by the end, even if it doesn't feel that way. >> now, on the flip side here, the federal judge who is hearing a case against trump university, he was incorrectly described by donald trump is a mexican simply because trump disagrees with how he's handling the case. we've seen this type of language from donald trump before. what do you make of what he's doing now? >> it's on extraordinary moment. to me, it was comparable to the other moment where on the sunday before super tuesday here on cnn, state of the union with

jake tapper, he would not denounce david duke, the former ku klux klan grand wizard and kind of danced around that for several days. why did donald trump feel it necessary -- first of all, let's go back a step. in a speech in san diego friday night, he delivered an extended rant against a sitting u.s. federal judge who is hearing a case against trump university. and in the course of that rant, he felt compelled to point out that the judge, who was born in indiana, a graduate of indiana university, a former assistant u.s. attorney who handled narcotics issues was a, quote, mexican. that was how donald trump skibed him. that kind of rashle coding and racial signaling has been central in many ways to his appeal. you know, it has worked for him to this point. the problem i think he's got is that as you look at the general election electorate, he's hoping to be defined in other ways, as an outsider, as a business guy.

but he has, i think, been tattooed for big portions of the american electorate with this image of fermenting racial backlash, and those kind of comments really show is unable or unwilling to move beyond that. >> some say this is why speaker ryan has held back his official endorsement of donald trump. he's waiting until he behaves a little more presidential. how long do you think speaker ryan can continue to hold back his endorsement? >> first of all, i don't think there is some other donald trump, right? i mean the idea there is a pivot to a presidential trump, i think, has really been exploded week after week. certainly this week when he attacked the sitting republican latina governor of new mexico and made these extraordinary comments about the judge. he is what he is. that appeals to a certain segment of the party. you're seeing republicans essentially capitulate. marco rubio this week. there are hard races all of the time, but the level of personal belittling that trump and rubio engaged in is almost

unprecedented. i think perhaps unpress dented in american primary politics, and there was rubio today on cnn, you know, essentially throwing in the towel and saying almost short of running for vice president, i will do whatever he wants. in a buy nary system like we have, we don't have a multi party system, there is enormous pressure on everybody to fall in line. certainly there is no republican in the leadership of the republican party that wants hillary clinton to be president. but i think paul ryan sees donald trump as kind of an existential threat to ryan's vision of the party. ryan sees himself as an heir to jack kemp. t i think he worries that donald trump will define the party in a lasting way as a party of racial backlash, and that is a very dangerous proposition e lector rally if for no other rhieason where 30% of the voters might be non-white. when ronald reagan was elected, it was 10%. >> they can't wait for the trump

they love. as you mengszed, they might just have 0 to go with the trump they have. ron brownstein, gaet to get your insight from washington. >> thank you. now to a story that's disturbed and angered a lot of people. a zoo in the u.s. is facing growing criticism for its decision to kill an endangered gorilla. >> jessica schneider explains why zoo kuiper says they have no choice. >> this is in a gorilla cage and a 3-year-old child has fallen into the gorilla cage. >> reporter: a 4-year-old boy slips into the zoo's gorilla habitat. suddenly, harambe, a 17-year-old, 400 pound gorilla approaches the boy. his mother watches in horror at what happens next. >> mommy is right here.

[ screaming ] >> oh, my god! >> okay. everybody back up. >> mommy loves you. i'm right here. >> reporter: the young boy screams, and the urgent calls to 911 can be heard on this bystander video. >> my son. >> reporter: harambe drags the boy around the moat and up a ladder for a total of ten minutes as the zoo's dangerous animal response team anxiously decides what to do next. >> the little boy himself had already been talking about wanting to go in, go in, get in the water. and his mother is like, no, you're not. no, you're not. i don't know if the screaming did it or too many people hanging on the edge. if he thought we were coming in. but then he, you know, pulled the boy down further away from the big group. >> engine 32. the gorilla has the child and

has dragged him around the pen. >> reporter: officials considered the incident very threatening, deciding harambe must be taken down immediately. >> the reason that tranquilizing was not chosen is in an agitated situation, which the male was, it may take quite a while for a tranquilizer to take effect. but certainly at the instant he would be hit, he would have a dramatic response. the child wasn't under attack, but all sorts of things could happen in a situation like that. so he certainly was at risk. >> reporter: they say their only option, a rifle. >> oh, my god! >> reporter: harambe was shot and killed. the child was taken to cincinnati children's hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. >> we have rescued the child. disregard, everybody. notified for trauma. >> it's a sad day all the way around. the right choice was made. it was a difficult choice. >> reporter: harambe was a

western lowland gorilla, a critically endangered species. the zoo had hoped he would eventually father other gorillas. >> we love this zoo. it's very friendly. everything is beautiful here. but when you see something like that and then you have the disappointment because what do you say to your grandchildren? >> it is a tough story to follow and to tell, really. but the situation would have been so different if they hadn't moved as quickly as they did. >> and the fact of the matter is those gorillas are highly unpredictable. we were covering in rwanda. the gorilla was calm one moment and charged us the next. they can be highly unpredictable and of course very powerful. >> of course that was jessica schneider reporting. peta said this about harambe's death. quote, even under the best circumstances, captivity is never acceptable for gorillas or other primates. this tragedy is exactly why peta urges families to stay away from

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and a warm welcome back to our viewers here in the united states and all around the world. you are watching "cnn newsroom." i'm rosemary church. >> and i'm errol barnt. we're 30 minutes into our two-hour block. here's a check of our top stories. the u.n. fears more than 700 migrants may have died at sea trying to reach europe from africa in just the past week. most were on three boats that capsized within days of each other. italian authorities say more than 14,000 migrants were rescued during that time. a major figure in the syrian

peace talks in geneva has resigned. the chief negotiator for the syrian rebel opposition announced his resignation via twitter saying the international community has failed to make necessary progress in the country. brazil is home to the world's largest lgbt pride parade. thousands of people gathered in sao paulo for the annual celebration. it was as colorful as ever with all kinds of costumes and floats lining the streets. there had been celebrations throughout may. >> in fact, brazil itself doesn't have a ton of reasons to celebrate lately. they are struggling with a major political and economic crisis. the hope was that the impeachment proceedings against president dilma rousseff would calm thing down for a while. >> but now people are demanding the interim president who replaced her resign as well. ivan watson reports from brasilia. >> reporter: when the honor

guard arrives to greet foreign diplomats at the presidential palace, so do the protesters. demanding the resignation of the brand-new interim president michel temer. brazil faces a political crisis during a time of great economic pain. >> this is the worst economic crisis brazil has ever had since the early '30s, last century, the great depression. >> reporter: a fresh scandal this month forced a top cabinet minister to announce his resignation barely 11 days after assuming office. embarrassed after audio recordings emerged of him purportedly colluding to stop a major corruption investigation. and the irony, this is one of the politicians who spearheaded the impeachment process against

dilma rousseff, forcing her to step down earlier this month for allegedly breaking budgetary laws, which she denies. more than two-thirds of the congress here voted in favor of an impeachment process of the elected brazilian president. but many of these lawmakers are themselves implicated in a variety of corruption scandals. political analysts say the scale of the alleged corruption here is mind-boggling. >> almost 60% of the chamber of deputies are being investigated in some stage of criminal investigations. >> reporter: 60%? >> 60%, yeah. >> reporter: that's a view echoed even by some lawmakers. do you think there's a lot of corruption in this room? >> i don't think. i'm sure. >> reporter: part of the problem is it's tough to govern here when there are dozens of political parties represented in

the brazilian congress. there's even a professional clown. ♪ >> reporter: a comedian who was applauded when he cast his vote for the impeachment of president rousseff. polls show she had nearly single-digit popularity ratings when she was suspended, but so does the legislature that suspended her. people don't respect you? >> no. like -- yeah, they don't respect. we don't have too much credibility together with the society. >> reporter: and it hasn't helps politicians' credibility that several ministers in the new interim government also appear to be under investigation for alleged wrongdoing. >> well, that's the political class we have right now. we can't go to the supermarket and buy a new one unfortunately. >> reporter: the changing of the political guard in this country is still very, very complicated. the elected president, dilma rousseff, is still living over

here in the official presidential residence, and she is vowing to fight the impeachment proceedings against her. iv iv ivan watson, cnn, brasilia. all right. the u.k.'s top economists have weighed in on whether britain should leave the e.u. this is important stuff. take a look. nearly nine out of ten said leaving would damage britain's economic future. more than 600 economists were polled. >> supporters of an exit say it would cut red tape and free the u.k. to negotiate its own trade deals. as the referendum nears, the e.u. is trying to bolster its image. erin mclaughlin shows us what they're up to. >> reporter: this is europe. the european parliament, that is. a performance meant to entertain and to educate.

one of many activities across the european capital. leaders say they realize they have an image problem. many of their citizens simply don't know how the politics work. once a year, they open it up to the general public. >> i think there is a huge distance between citizens and the various institutions. >> reporter: do you understand how european politics work? >> not really, no. when the people don't know how it works, they don't understand why it's important. >> reporter: officials say lack of understanding is a threat to the union's very existence. they're worried about the rise of eurosceptic far-right parties across the continent and the looming british referendum on e.u. membership. >> do you think that a lack of understanding of e.u. institutions is sort of fuelling that debate in the u.k.? >> oh, yes, absolutely. i think there is a huge amount

of ignorance about the european institutions, about what they do. >> reporter: this is the room where 28 heads of state of government meet to decide on critical issues from the economy to foreign policy. with the u.k. referendum, the question now, will the u.k. give up its seat at this table? erin mclaughlin, cnn, brussels. a pastime that was once considered mainly nerdy has become a hot new sport. just ahead, a look at the emerging e sports industry. plus one company in china is making bets that donald trump will be the next face of the u.s. presidency. and they're taking every detail into consideration. more on that after this. don't let dust and allergies get between you and life's beautiful moments. with flonase allergy relief, they wont. most allergy pills only control one inflammatory substance. flonase controls six. and six is greater than one. flonase changes everything.

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i want you to take a look at what the heavy rain in china has been doing to the landscape there. it's one of several landslides that have been ravaging the southern part of the country for days now. >> that is just immense. another slide trapped 36 people inside their homes. firefighters rescued them by drilling holes into the walls to pull them out. the rain has also caused flooding, leaving at least eight people dead. >> and flooding has claimed two more lives in southeastern texas. at least six people have now died in flood-related incidents there since torrential rains inundated the region thursday. >> police are searching the brazos river west of fort worth for a 10-year-old boy who fell into the waters there. people living along that river have been told to evacuate. it seems like we talk about flooding in the u.s. more

frequently. at least that is certainly true about texas. our meteorologist greg vandamme joins us with more information on that. what is happening? >> you're spot on about that. you've made a very good point here. and just to prove that, we've got some data that will back that up. but houston's free press summer festival had to be moved for the second consecutive year just because of flooding. that's an annual event that takes place in houston. proof is in the pudding there. take a look at this. this is coming from climate central. what they've done is categorized a day with two inches or more of rainfall. they consider that an extreme rainfall day. they put all the weather data from the middle part of last century all the way to the president day and time. you can see the up tick in frequency of more extreme rain days. fingerprints of climate change written all over that. proof is in the pudding as we

said. first moving that festival in houston for two consecutive years and then shattering records just outside of houston. over 19 inches of rain in a 48-hour rainfall total. just to put that into perspective, for our viewers in los angeles, that is four more inches than you receive in the entire year. unbelievable. that's equivalent to 260 billion gallons of water filling 375,000 olympic pools. no wonder there are flood warnings in and around the greater houston area. we still have our flood watches just outside of san antonio and just west of austin, texas. we do have more rain. the bull's-eye really centered on the central and western sections of texas. this is an already saturated environment. so localized flooding possible once again this week. this is the forecast rainfall through at least the end of the work week. remember this is a public holiday on monday in the united states. we have memorial day taking place. now to the other part of the

world that we showed you video of just a moment ago, and that was landslides over southeastern china. this is the onset of the east asia rainy season. we talk about the plum rains that coincide with the ripening of the plums in this part of the world. the topography here much different than that of texas because texas is extremely flat and very fast. this part of the world has a lot of mountainous terrain. so extremely heavy rain soaks into the soil. gravity takes hold, eventually wins. the slope fails and we get our landslides and mudslides which have caused fatalities in china. look at this. more rain in store for this area. we could experience easily an additional 200 to 300 millimeters of rainfall going forward. this is an extreme event, and the onset of the rainy season begins. across that part of the world, looks like the potential for even more landslides and mudslides going forward. so it's just -- we talk about the frequency of heavy rain events on the uptick, and to me,

again, that has climate change written all over it. it's got the fingerprints of it, and it just seems to be a common theme here in the weather department. >> extreme weather events. >> that's right. the frequency of heavy rain. >> thanks so much, derek. well, america still has several months to pick their next president. but one company in china is already predicting a winner. why they're playing the trump card. that's next. every ingredient is the main ingredient. the strawberry poppyseed... romaine, mandarin, pineapple, blueberry, strawberry, strawberry... strawberry... salad with chicken. at panera. food as it should be.

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now, electronic gaming has come a long way since i used to play super mario brothers. i don't know what you used to play but it's come a long way. >> it certainly has. today is a multimillion dollar industry and draws crowds that rival traditional sporting events. don riddell takes a closer look. >> reporter: it's a scene you'd expect at any major sports event. fans lined up for hours outside. merchandise stands doing a roaring trade. broadcast cameras ready for action and fever pitch

excitement during the game. expect this is a little bit different. this is esports, the sport for the digital generation. at the intel extreme masters in poland, some of the world's best teams are going head to head in games like league of legends and counterstrike, and it's already worth an absolute fortune. >> 200 million fans worldwide would watch it. this is bigger than the nhl. >> last year's finthese are dyn which lightning-quick reflexes and communication are critical for success. and the players are feted like rock stars. >> when you play, you're so focused on playing the game. you don't like -- you block everything out. but when you win and see everyone, like the whole arena full, it's unreal.

>> reporter: players are international icons. call of duty players have over a million twitter followers. so there's a stardom and celebrity element to it. >> reporter: once maligned as a pastime for lethargic kids in basement, e sports is now highly lucrative. this man has amassed prize money of almost $2 million. as you can see, there's still a market for retro video games but things have changed so much since kong was king. over the last 15 years, the advent of internet technology has enabled these sports to explode into a highly sophisticated and global gaming community. a creation helped turn it into a spectator sport. >> it's a game changer of not only because what it represents, it represents like basically

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international competition. esports is in its own definition global. you can play against someone in any game, anytime in the world. therefore we say it's going to be from that perspective much more global than any sport can be. >> it's safe to say that esports will be very, very close, if not on par with the traditional sports we see today, like football, basketball, and what not. for traditional sports, i would be scared, you know? >> reporter: don riddell, cnn. >> very interesting. >> fun way to make a living. >> and they do make some money. well, the u.s. race for the white house has a long way to run yet. but one chinese factory is turning this year's presidential election into a business opportunity. >> and they believe donald trump will win but aren't ruling out hillary clinton or bernie sanders. and they are taking every detail into consideration as our hannah

vaughn jones found out. >> reporter: the donald, duplicated. this mask factory in eastern china making thousands of trump masks. the owner predicting the billionaire will take the white house. >> translator: we've built up a lot of stockpiles of him because we think that when the u.s. citizens come to vote, they will probably vote more for him. so we've made the necessary preparations because we don't want to miss the sales peak. >> reporter: but despite his pred election for trump, the factory creates likenesses of other politicians, including barack obama, bernie sanders, and of course hillary clinton. no detail too small to consider for this mask maker. >> translator: the main things we considered in our designs are the actual features of hillary's face. you can see we've included these tiny little wrinkles because that way the effect is more realistic. you can see with all these details, all these wrinkles.

we've considered all the tineiest details. >> reporter: as americans choose who is going to be the new face of the white house, one corner of china appears to have decided that trump trumps clinton. but as with the real contest, this rubber rivalry has many months left to run. hannah vaughn jones, cnn. >> he enjoyed that hillary mask a little too much. >> he led with the point about the wrinkles too much. >> we get it. >> thanks for watching "cnn newsroom." you can follow us on twitter anytime. i'm rosemary church, and you can find me at rosemary cnn. >> we have more "cnn newsroom" after a short break. more of the top stories from around the world. please do stay with us. >> don't go anywhere. i have a blog called

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the mediterranean. this hour we go live to italy, where those rescued have been brought to safety. >> plus a u.s. zoo defends its decision to shoot and kill an endangered gorilla after a small boy falls into its enclosure. and 2.5 million americans are expected to take to the skies over this holiday weekend. the country's major airports knew they were coming, but still are not managing the crowds very well. >> yikes. hope you're not stuck anywhere right now. a big welcome to our viewers here in the state and those of you watches all around the world. i'm errol barnett. >> and i'm rosemary church. thanks for joining us. this is "cnn newsroom." it has been a tragic week for migrants trying to reach europe from africa. >> the u.n. fears at least 700 people may have died in three shipwrecks while crossing the mediterranean. italy's coast guard says more than 14,000 migrants were

rescued in the past week. our senior international correspondent ben wedeman joerns us from rome to discuss this. ben, we know these migrants and refugees are fleeing various crises at home. how exactly do they come to be on these barely seaworthy vessels. ? >> reporter: it's important to keep in mind that really this voyage across or into the mediterranean is really the last step of a journey of nightmares that begins in their home countries. they come across the sahara desert where there's a whole other system of human trafficking in place, which is perhaps no less merciless than that that exists on the coast of libya. once they get to libya, oftentimes they have to work to earn the money to collect, to pay for the journey into the mediterranean. for women, oftentimes that involves prostitution. many of them are raped and

sexually exploited. for the men, it's basically almost slave labor. many of them are sleeping in warehouses with barely any sanitary facilities. they get by on almost no food as they wait for the possibility basically to earn the money to pay these human traffickers. the human traffickers don't really give them a choice. once they say, okay, your boat is ready, they go to the ports in various parts of libya. and oftentimes when they see the vessels they are expected to make this journey on, many of them say, no, i don't want to go on it. and they're, you know, at gunpoint forced to get on these boats. now, the boats, they never are intended to actually reach the shores of italy or southern europe. really they're just seaworthy enough at best to get out into international waters, where somebody onboard is instructed on how to make a distress call

to the italian navy, the italian coast guard or whoever. so it's a very difficult journey from a to zed. of course what we're seeing so far this year, perhaps more than 2,000 people dying in the mediterranean compared to 3,700 for all of last year. the authorities are expecting more such disasters to take place as the weather improves and the sea becomes calmer. errol. >> and that's what makes it more stunning, ben. you do have the italian coast guard saying they were able to rescue some 14,000. but we have hundreds missing, feared dead. the migrants know the risks of what could take place but yet still, as you say there, we expect more of them to take this same life-threatening journey in the weeks and months ahead. >> reporter: indeed once they've gotten to libya, really there's almost no going back. they can't afford to go back, and so they must go forward.

they earn their way. but because of the underlying problems, the reasons why they came, whether it's economic hopelessness in gambia, or the war against boko haram in nigeria, or lifelong military -- compulsory military service in eritrea, people see no other alternative than to try to get to europe despite the risks, despite the fact that all along the way in their journey to europe, there is exploitation, a very real possibility of death along the way. but they're desperate to make this journey, and so it is. now, european authorities are sort of at wit's end trying to figure out how to deal with this. we saw the e.u. working out this agreement with turkey, but there's no agreement when it comes to libya, which of course is in a state of chaos itself.

italian officials have been desperately trying to get the e.u. to get a unified position on how to deal with it. for instance, matteo renzi is trying to convince european leaders to put together a fund to deal with how to house refugees, how to rescue refugees and migrants. but there's no agreement among european leaders. so the problem over the coming months is probably only going to get worse. errol. >> yeah, it's a concerning situation all around, and there is not one simple fix. it would need to be multi-faceted. ben wedeman live for us in rome. five past 9:00 in the morning there. ben, thanks. the united arab emrates, a judge in the coming hours is expected to hand down a verdict in the case of three men charged with supporting libyan militants. two are dual u.s./libyan citizens, and one is a dual canadian/libyan citizen.

they could face up to 15 years in prison. u.s. president barack obama has brought up their case with abu dhabi's crown prince. our reporter has more. >> reporter: two years ago, father and son were successful businessmen living in dubai. both u.s. citizens. today they're in prison in the uae, facing two criminal charges including engaging in hostilities in a foreign country. that's libya. they're also accuses of having ties to libyan political groups associated with the muslim brotherhood, which the uae has cracked down on in the past few years. the family denies the charges, saying both men were tortured into signing confessions. their daughter and sister says this nightmare began in august 2014. that's when security forces stormed into their villa without a warrant, she says, arresting both men and confiscating electronics. both were then held in commune ca doe for several months. officials have insisted the pair are being accorded due process and treated in accordance with

international fair trial standards. but human rights groups and the u.n. have challenged this case, citing credible reports of torture. the state department publicly has voiced concerns but stopped short of calling for a release. the family, while appreciative, says everyone can be doing more. we'll learn more about the men's fate on monday, when a court is expected to issue a final verdict. if convicted, the two could face 15 years in prison. jon jensen, cnn, abu dhabi. a major voice is leaving the geneva peace talks aimed at ending the syrian civil war. the chief negotiator for the syrian rebel group said he resigned out of frustration over the lack of progress with the dire humanitarian situation in the country. he called on the international community to follow through on achieving peace in the region. in northern iraq, officials say thousands of kurdish troops have launched an offensive against isis near mosul. peshmerga-led forces aimed to dislodge the terror group from

villages said to have been kurdish. local media report this comes ahead of a joint iraqi/kurdish effective to retake mosul. mosul is of course iraq's second largest city and was captured by isis in june 2014. the u.s. now has a third choice for president. former new mexico governor gary johnson secured the libertarian presidential nomination at the party convention in florida on sunday. his running mate is former massachusetts governor bill weld. >> with donald trump and hillary clinton viewed unfavorably by many voters, johnson says his ticket could play a pivotal role in the november election. >> at the end of the day, really we pull from both sides. and, look, this is another voice at the table. it's arguably combining the best

of what it is to be a democrat and the best of what it is to be a republican. neither of which actually do very well at what they're supposed to be good at. >> meanwhile, donald trump received a warm welcome in washington just ahead of memorial day, a national holiday when americans honor fallen members of the military. >> the presumptive republican presidential nominee spoke at the rolling thunder motorcycle rally on sunday. the event pays tribute to prisoners of war and soldiers missing in action. scott mclean has the latest. >> reporter: donald trump talks constantly about his support for veterans, but if is not often that he gets to speak to a large crowd of them directly. here today he seemed to get a good reception. but in many ways this was a typical trump stump speech. he seemed to tick all the boxes, talking about trade, the second amendment, building support for our military and of course veterans. >> our veterans have been treated so badly in this country. you have a secretary that last

week said, no, the wait time doesn't matter. forget about wait time. i know people and i've gotten to know so many vets, and we just raised almost $6 million for the vets because i didn't do a television show. i said, let's do this. and we're announcing on tuesday all of the groups that we put up this money. we raised this tremendous amount of money. >> reporter: that money he mentioned was raised a couple of months ago when he decided to skip out on a fox news debate. ever since then he has been dogged by questions about whether exactly the money meant. as you heard, he is now promising a full accounting of that on tuesday to try to put this issue to bed. but trump is also facing questions about comments he made last year about senator john mccain, who himself was a former prisoner of war. trump said, i like people that weren't captures. now, mccain says trump should apologize on behalf of other p.o.w.s, and then yesterday on cnn, former senator bob dole, who is himself a trump supporter, also called on trump to apologize. today we asked trump's campaign

manager, corey lewandowski, whether or not he did plan to apologize, and he said, not that i'm aware of. scott mclean. cnn, washington. now, trump might be the presumptive republican nominee, but he's still ruffling feathers would his controversial comments. i spoke with cnn's political analyst ron brownstein about trump's verbal attack on a judge who's hearing a lawsuit against trump university. >> to me, it was comparable to the other moment where on the sunday before super tuesday here on cnn, state of the union with jake tapper, he would not denounce david duke, the former cue clux grand grand wizard and kind of danced around that for several days. why did donald trump feel it necessary -- first of all, let's go back a step. in a speech in san diego friday night, he delivered an extended rant against a sitting u.s. federal judge who is hearing a case against trump university. and in the course of that rant, he felt compelled to point out

that the judge, who was born in indiana, a graduate of indiana university, undergraduate and law school, a former assistant u.s. attorney who handled narcotics issues, was a, quote, mexican. >> that was how donald trump described him. that kind of racial coding and racial signaling has been central in many ways to his appeal. and, you know, it has worked for him to this point. the problem i think he's got is that as you look at the general election electorate, he's hoping to be defined in other ways, as an outsider, as a business guy bringing a turnaround acumen to government and economy. he has been, i think, tattooed by big portions of the american electorate with this issue of fomenting racial backlash. those comments show he is unable tore unwilling to move beyond that. >> some say this is why speaker ryan has held back his official endorsement of donald trump. he's waiting until he behaves a bit more presidential.

how long do you think speaker ryan can continue to hold back hisndorsement? >> first of all, i don't think there is some other donald trump. the idea this there is a pivot to a presidential trump, i think, has really been exploded week after this. certainly this week when he attacked the sitting republican latina governor of new mexico. he is what he is, and that appeals to a certain segment of the party. you're seeing republicans essentially capitulate. marco rubio this week. there are hard races all of the time. but the level of personal belittling that trump and rubio engaged in is almost unprecedented in american primary politics. there was rubio today on cnn essentially throwing in the towel and saying almost short of running for vice president, i will do whatever he wants. in a buy nary system like we have, we don't have a multiparty system, there is enormous pressure on everybody to fall in line. rtainly there is no republican in the leadership of the republican party that wants hillary clinton to be president. but i think paul ryan sees

donald trump as kind of an existential threat to ryan's vision of the party. ryan sees himself as an to jack kemp. the idea that conservatives can go in and compete with their ideas in any community in the country, and i think he worries that donald trump will define the party in a lasting way as a party of racial backlash. and that is a very dangerous proposition e lector rally if for no other reason in a country where 30% of the voters in this election might be non-white. for comparison. when ronald reagan was first elected, it was 10%. >> that was cnn senior political analyst ron brownstein speaking with me earlier. as you heard in scott mclean's report just a moment ago, one of the republican party's most respected members is backing trump. bob dole, who ran for president in 1996, tells cnn that trump has his support. but he adds the billionaire should apologize for some of his past comments.

>> when donald trump clinched the republican nomination, it was an easy call for me. what's a lifelong republican supposed to do? support the opponent? now, i've seen candidates come and go, and i think, you know, this is real phenomenal with trump doing what he's done from scratch. i applaud him for that, but i don't applaud him for the ins t insults. and i, as a supporter, i would like him to issue a blanket apology or individual apology. >> dole also suggested a running mate for trump. former house speaker newt gingrich. now, a zoo in the u.s. is defending its decision to kill this endangered gorilla. the reason it says zoo workers

had to use lethal force. and danger is rising in texas. why thousands of people are rushing to higher ground to get out of harm's way. also coming up. actor johnny depp faces some serious allegations days after separating from his wife, amber heard. stay with us.

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a zoo in the united states is defending its decision to shoot and kill an endangered gorilla to save a little boy. >> now, critics say the cincinnati zoo didn't have to kill the animal. but the zoo says the situation got so dangerous, it was really the only choice. cnn's jessica schneider explains. >> reporter: a day of panic and desperation at the cincinnati zoo. >> cincinnati zoo. this is in the gorilla cage. a 3-year-old child has fallen into the cage. >> reporter: a 4-year-old boy slips into the gorilla habitat and over a remote wall. suddenly, harambe, a 400 pound

gorilla approaches the boy. his mother watches in horror at what happens next. >> mommy's right here. [ screaming ] >> oh, my god! >> everybody back up. >> mommy loves you. i'm right here. >> reporter: the young boy screams, and the urgent calls to 911 can be heard on this bystander video. harambe drags the boy around the moat and up a ladder for a total of ten minutes as the zoo's dangerous animal response team anxiously decides what to do next. >> the little boy himself had already been talking about wanting to go in, go in, get in the water. and his mother is like, no, you're not. no, you're not. i don't know if the screaming did it or too many people hanging on the edge. if he thought we were coming in. but then he, you know, pulled

the boy down further away from the big group. >> engine 32. the gorilla has the child and has dragged him around the pen. >> reporter: officials considered the incident very threatening, deciding harambe must be taken down immediately. >> the reason that tranquilize was not chosen is in an agitated situation, which the male was, it may take quite a while for a tranquilizer to take effect. certainly at 9 incident he would be hit, he would have a drama response. it would take a few minutes. the child wasn't under attack, but all sorts of things could happen in a situation like that. so he certainly was at risk. >> reporter: they say their only option, a rifle. >> oh, my god. >> reporter: harambe was shot and killed. the child was taken to cincinnati children's hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. >> we have rescued the child.

disregard, everybody. notified for trauma. >> it's a sad day all the way around. the right choice was made. it was a difficult choice. >> reporter: harambe was a western lowland gorilla, a critically endangered species. the zoo had hoped he would eventually father other gorillas. >> we love this zoo. it's very friendly. everything is beautiful here. but when you see something like that and you have the disappointment because what do you say to your grandchildren? >> jessica schneider reporting there. you might imagine peta is not happy about this. here's what the animal rights organization had to say. quote, even under the best circumstances, captivity is never acceptable for gorillas or other primates. this tragedy is exactly why peta urges families to stay away from any facility that displays animals as side shows for humans to gawk at, end quote. let's move to the weather now, and flooding has claimed two more lives in southeastern

texas since torrential rains fell thursday, at least six people have died there in flood-related incidents. >> police are searching the brazos river for a 10-year-old boy who fell into the waters. people who live along that river have been total to evacuate. >> our meteorologist, derek van dam joins us with details. >> unfortunately the bull's-eye for rainfall, heavy rainfall over the next week, is right centered over central texas once aga again, you know? put this into perspective, guys. los angeles receives about 15 inches of rain annually. that's roughly 380 millimeters. in two days alone, central texas received 19 inches or just under 500 millimeters. so that's in two days. they receive an entire city's annual rainfall and some. unbelievable. take a look at this. we zoom into the region that's had the excessive rainfall. this is brenham, texas. they set the wettest calendar day on record. by the way, this is just outside

of houston in washington county. that is an area where many swift water rescues took place. this is also putting into further perspective that amount of rainfall is equivalent to 260 billion gallons. that's also equivalent to filling roughly 375,000 olympic swimming pools. wow. all right, guys. there's plenty to talk about here because the flood threat is ongoing. just because it's not raining this very moment in time doesn't mean the water has receded. that's going to take some time. as i mentioned before, there's more rainfall coming. look at our high resolution radar imagery. heavy rainfall just outside of the houston region. that is going to bring the potential for more flooding this week, especially as we head into wednesday through friday. that's where we expect some of the heaviest of rainfall to take place. another part of the world that's seen excessive rainfall is across southern china. this particular region has been prone to landslides and mudslides. this is the onset of the east asia rainy season, also known as

the plum rains, which coincide with the ripening of the plums over this part of the world. more rainfall to come. in excess of 200, perhaps even 400 millimeters of rainfall. the difference between the topography in china compared to that in texas, texas is very flat, very fast open landscapes. this area is mountainous. we're talking about southeast china. so when we get this heavy rainfall, it soaks into the soil. it doesn't take long for gravity to ultimately win. we see that slope failure, mudslides and landslides like this. take a look at this video coming out of southern china. this is astounding footage captured on some of these cell phone cameras. you can see that moment as a landslide itself, gravity taking over, sliding right across a roadway in that region. fortunately no one was injured. in this recent heavy bouts of rain, there have been over 74 fatalities in china and over 300,000 people evacuated from their homes. so millions and millions of people feeling the effects of

mother nature across the world. >> that is terrifying footage, isn't it? >> those landslides, so powerful. we want to show you some video. this is no one's idea of smooth travel surely. spending more time waiting in line than in the air. why flying into and out of major u.s. airports has become such a trial. and donald trump says isis has made millions of dollars from libyan oil. and nick paton walsh went to libya to find out if there's any truth to that. what he did find. we'll have that for you when we come back.

welcome back to those of you watching here in the states and all around the globe. it's your last hour of "cnn newsroom" with us today. i'm errol barnett. >> and i'm rosemary church. time to check the headlines for you this hour. the u.n. says at least 700 migrants may have died at sea trying to reach europe from africa in the past week. most were on three boats that capsized within days of each other. italy's coast guard says about 14,000 migrants were rescued last week. heavy rain is bringing disaster to china. in this video you see a massive landslide as it happens. another slide trapped 36 people inside their homes until authorities could rescue them. the rain is also causing flooding that's killed at least eight people. in northern iraq, officials say thousands of kurdish troops have launched an anti-isis effective near mosul. peshmerga-led forces aimed to dislodge the terror group from villages said to have been

kurdish. local media report this comes ahead of a joint iraqi/kurdish effective to retake mosul. iraq's military says they are steps closer to retaking fallujah from isis. early monday, the military announced its forces and shiite militias have seized a key town just ten kilometers southwest of the city along with several villages in the same area. >> a senior militia leader said a fallujah assault could come very soon, stressing that civilian safety is a top priority. he said that delaying attacking the city itself to get civilians more time to get out. >> translator: one of the obstacles delaying the assault on fallujah is our concern over the safety of civilians in fallujah. we have urged people inside fallujah to leave the city to spare them, and we will do our utmost to protect them. we may delay the assault to give people more time to leave. >> despite those words, the

united nations have warned that tens of thousands of people are still trapped in fallujah has bombardments intensify. turning our attention to isis in libya, stability has eluded the that country since the 2011 ouster of moammar gadhafi. donald trump says isis makes millions of dollars each week selling libyan oil. >> but that is not true. isis does not control any libyan oil fields. but it wants to. nick paton walsh reports from a major and vulnerable libyan refinery. >> reporter: a distant speck from up here, but this is libya's shimmering prize. oil worth billions. but part paralyzed by government infighting and now most troublingly, in isis' crosshairs. this is the mellitah refinery which pum gas direct along the

mediterranean seabed to italy. it's upped its defenses, but one plant worker points out what he said is a militant stronghold in a hotel just down the coast. the sea's pretty much open here. on this jetty, the graffiti says that got is gread is great, butt want to rely just on him. nato have expressed concerns that isis is trying to get its hands on boats to fashion some sort of crude pirate navy. in a place like this so vital to europe's energy, you can see how worrying that must be when you have this much shoreline to try to defend. >> too many faces here, you know. sometimes it comes from the sea. otherwise, maybe it comes from the land. you don't know how is it. how is it? >> reporter: isis have already hit some facilities in the east. the damage and oil fires caused visible from space in these nasa

images. their own propaganda shows a wider scope of ambition. this attack on an installation in the eastern town of ras lanouf. they want to control the industry and its potential billions, yet have so far mostly disrupted production and sewn little panic in the u.s. presidential race. >> isis is making millions and millions of dollars a week selling libya oil. and you know what? we don't blockade. we don't bomb. we don't do anything about it. >> reporter: trump is wrong. isis haven't made much money yet and don't control any oil fields. but their attacks are costly to what's left of the crumbling libyan state, bringing closer the day isis could seize control of refineries and sell fuel on the black market. these boats evidence of a thriving black market trade. tankers used to ship libya's black market gold.

an infrastructure isis could use were they to get their hands on key refineries. europe watching this slow collapse just across the water. nick paton walsh, cnn, mellitah, libya. the united kingdom's top economists have weighed in on whether britain should leave the e.u. nearly nine out of ten said leaving would damage britain's economic future. more than 600 economists were polled. >> supporters of an exit say it would cut red tape and free the u.k. to negotiate its own trade deals. as the referendum nears, the e.u. is trying to bolster its image. erin mclaughlin shows us what they're up to. >> reporter: this is europe. the european parliament, that is. a performance meant to entertain and to educate. one of many activities across

the european capital. e.u. leaders say they realize they have an image problem. many of their citizens simply don't know how the politics work. so once a year, they open it up to the general public. >> now, i think there is a huge distance between citizens and the various institutions. >> reporter: do you understand how european politics work? >> not really, no. >> when the people don't know how it works, they will -- don't understand why it's important. >> reporter: officials say lack of understanding is a threat to the union's very existence. they're worried about the rise of eurosceptic far right across the continent. and the looming british referendum on e.u. membership. >> do you think that a lack of understanding of e.u. institutions is sort of fueling that debate in the u.k.? >> oh, yes, absolutely. i think that there is -- there's a huge amount of ignorance about

the european institutions, about what they do. >> reporter: this is the room where 28 heads of state of government meet to decide on critical issues from the economy to foreign policy. with the u.k. referendum, the question now, will the u.k. give up its seat at this table. erin mclaughlin, cnn, brussels. now an update to a kidnapping we told you about earlier. mexican football player alan polido has been rescued. >> authorities say he was kidnapped saturday night in northern mexico after leaving a party with his girlfriend. pulido is a striker for the greek team. america's airports are not making the grade. why you want find entertainment and amenities like this if you're flying in the states. before i had the shooting, burning, pins-and-needles of diabetic nerve pain, these feet were the first in my family to graduate from college,

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many americans are traveling for the memorial holiday weekend, but catching a flight in the states can just be miserable. >> sure can. and it's not just because of those awful queues for security checks. as rene marsh reports, america's airports are lagging behind the rest of the world. >> reporter: long lines. >> we were just in security for almost two hours. >> reporter: missed flights. >> two and a half hours early and it still wasn't enough time. >> reporter: and frustrated passengers. it's become the standard at airports nationwide. but the trouble facing america's airports goes far beyond the security checkpoint. >> people going through airports that are kblt in the 50s, the 60s, the 70s, so the structures as they aren't can't accommodate. >> reporter: decades ago, there were more than 62 million travellers, today that number has grown but capacity has not. more than 750 million passengers

are expected to fly this year. presidential candidates on both sides agree the nation's airports are not ready for the 21st century. >> i'm tired that we don't have a single airport in our country that's considered in the top 25. >> you look at some of our airports. it's third world. >> reporter: also in need of updating, the faa's air traffic cole system. doug parker is the ceo of american airlines. >> our flight times and what we schedule our times to be are longer than they would be. >> reporter: airports like new york's laguardia and los angeles have ranked as some of the country's worst in the past because of outdated terminals. these terminals are old, they're kind of falling apart, and we really needed to upgrade them. but that's difficult to do when you're really constrained for space. funding is finally coming through in some major cities. but at smaller airports like kansas city, which lacks

amenities and space for passengers, they're still looking for the cash. >> we have new aircraft, for example, that are now flying in the united states. we have gates that don't accommodate an a-380. somebody has to pay for that. >> reporter: funding comes from airlines, states, local multiplealities and the federal government. but it's a much simp doppler funding process in other parts of the world. in south korea, international consistently rates as one of the best in the world. it's heavily funded by the government. there's entertainment, high-end retail, and computer stations. showers, spas, an on-site hotel. full stage performances, and the terminals are massive. congress regulates a tax on passenger airfare, and a $9 tax for round trips. that money goes to airports for construction projects, but the fee hasn't been raised to account for inflation in 16

years. >> it's not a fair fight. their governments recognize the importance of airports. our government says it does, but they need to show it by increasing funding for us and looking at us as an economic engine for local communities. >> reporter: major airports like laguardia and l.a.x. are finally investing billions of dollars into renovating their airports. the problem is for small and medium-sized airports that aren't hubs, they may not get the same sort off support from airlines and they may not have access to a lot of local funds, so they are still dealing with old infrastructure that cannot meet capacity needs. a lot of airports want to see that passenger tax increased, but airlines don't like the idea because it would make ticket prices look a lot more expensive. congress has the power to increase that tax, but so far they have not. at reagan national airport, rene marsh, cnn. let's turn to hollywood news now, and the separation of stars johnny depp and amber heard is

growing increasingly acry moan yusz. 30-year-old heard filed for divorce monday and got a restraining order against 52-year-old depp. joining us now to explain what's going on is senior editor of in touch weekly, kim serafin. always good to talk with you. >> thank you so much. >> heard has filed domestic violence allegations against depp. two of his former ex-s say he's not capable of such behavior. so what is going on here? >> i mean this has kind of thrown everyone for a curve because nobody had thought this about johnny depp. of course amber heard did file for divorce on monday. then friday she showed up to court requesting this order of protection and this restraining order. she had bruises on her face. she had provided some photos that also showed some bruises on her face. she alleged they got into some altercation, some fight last saturday and that he allegedly threw a phone at her. then also in her application,

she alleges that there had been verbal and physical abuse for the four years of their relationship. so i think a lot of people were just shocked to hear this because, you know, you wouldn't expect this from johnny depp. as you did mention, his ex did also -- there's a letter allegedly from his ex, who is the mother of his two irchildre where she says these claims are outrageous. his daughter did a post on instagram defending her father. of course these could potentially stick. we don't have a response from johnny depp yet. he has been in portugal with his band performing. his lawyer did put out a statement saying that amber was attempting to secure a premature financial settlement to their divorce by these allegations of abuse and that she was maybe -- was the negative press that she was getting because of the divorce filing encouraged her to do this because she did file for divorce just three days after johnny depp's mother died.

there's just so many different things going on, and this is going to be a long, drawn out saga for sure. >> we'll be hearing lots more on this. want to turn to the weekend box office now. x men was at number one, but johnny depp's alice through the looking glass did not do very well at all. what is being said about that? >> yeah, it's interesting. it was kind of a low key memorial day weekend. x men did come in number one. for the four day weekend it's predicted to make $80 million domestically. people thought it might make $85 million to $100 million. it didn't get great reviews. but alice through the looking glass, this is the sequel to alice in wonderland. did not get great reviews but compounded by the fact there was all this negative attention around johnny depp, a lot of people think that played into this. expected to make only about $35 million. way below expectations for the four-day weekend. not great news for alice through the looking glass. i think a lot of people think that obviously all of the p.r.

that johnny depp was getting leading up to this did not help the movie. >> no, i wouldn't think so. and just very quickly, this weekend kicked off the summer movie seen. what can we look forward to in. >> so many great movies coming up. there's of course lots of seek wells, lots of blockbusters, suicide squad, that is one that people are tweeting about a lot. you have to wait till august for that one. but you also have jason bourne coming up, matt damon returns. so i think a lot of people are very excited to see that one. independence day, another big blockbuster. so we'll get the aliens coming to earth and earth fighting back. then of course you have a lot of great family movies. finding dory, i think this is the one that everyone wants to see. i don't think this is just a family movie. i can't wait to see finding dory. of course ellen degeneres is back. this is the second most tweeted about movie that's coming out. i think a lot of people really want to see this one to see ellen degeneres back. then of course you have a lot of

comedies, particularly the all-female ghostbusters remake. this is getting a lot of attenti attention. some negative attention. the trailer was kind of poorly received but a lot of controversy about it. melissa mccarthy, kristen wiig, this female cast of the ghostbusters remake should be really great. >> lots of great movies to look forward too. kim serafin, always a pleasure. thanks so much. now a daredevil hit the bull's-eye with his latest stunt over the great wall of china. watch him turn into a human arrow, next.

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all right. we want to show you this daring feat by someone who's difficult to describe. jeb corliss, the so-called human arrow, jumped out of a helicopter and flew through the area extremely fast to hit a target over the great wall of china. the american has been referred to as a base jumper, a wing suit daredevil, also crazy. a report say he jetted about 200 kilometers per hour. that's equal to 124 miles an hour to pull off this stunt. >> this appears to be the moment he hits the bull's-eye. corliss later explained his

inspiration for doing this. >> one of the most ancient forms of human competition is archer k y. people have been doing it for thousands of years. i thought how amazing it would be to take archery, this ancient competition and bring it into motd ern time where the human being becomes the arrow and we punch through miniature small bull's-eyes. is it even possible? could a human being traveling at 120 miles an hour after getting out of a helicopter one mile away from their target, could they hit an apple-sized target with a go pro? and that was the idea? >> i love his intensity. corliss says his feat was a decade in the making. >> about 29,000 people ran in the rio marathon and half-marathon on sunday. probably the closest thing to a warm-up the city will get for the upcoming olympics. >> everything went off without a hitch, though many people have been questioning if the city can

handle the olympic games. sunday's runners were impressed with what they saw. rio de janeiro is marvel us. you can't help but be amazed. only in brazil. and even better that it is in rio de janeiro. >> the city is marvelous. when we were right on the edge, nearly stopping, you look up at all of this, and it is so good. amazing. >> i just quickly want to say, rosemary, these are my last few days with you as i take a dream job in d.c., but it's been a real pleasure to be by your side here on this program. >> it's been such a pleasure having you as well. we've got one more night. >> a bit more to come. >> thank you so much for watching cnn. i'm rosemary church. >> and i'm errol barnett. please continue to connect with us on twitter anytime. "early start" is next for those of you in the states. >> for others, stay tuned for "cnn newsroom." have a great day. see you.

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dangerous holiday weather stalking the carolinas and barely north threatening to end the holiday on a wet and stormy note for millions. now trouble at one of the nation's busiest airports. donald trump's campaign warning a third party candidate would put hillary clinton in the white house. this comes as the libertarians pick their nominee and a never trump republican suggests a challenge is waiting in the wings. and zoo officials in cincinnati face serio