-- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com donald trump explains his twitter attack as being modern day presidential. ahead this hour, a cnn exclusive. iraqi soldiers retake mosul, going house by house. we take you to the front line. plus, rome's latest metro line is going to have to wait a bit, with ruins dating back two millenia in the way. live from cnn world headquarters in atlanta, we welcome our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i'm george howell. >> i'm natalie allen. "newsroom" starts right now.

thank you for joining us. as george likes to say, it is 4:00 a.m. on the east coast. >> it's really early. >> we're ready. our top story, donald trump is away from the white house this morning but he returned briefly saturday night for an event at the kennedy center. ♪ >> this was the celebrate freedom concert designed to honor u.s. veterans. the president though used the occasion to attack one of his favorite targets, the media. >> the fake media is trying to silence us, but we will not let them. because the people know the truth. the fake media tried to stop us from going to the white house, but i'm president and they're

not. [ applause ] the dishonest media will never keep us from accomplishing our objectives on behalf of our great american people. it'll never happen. >> he's pushing the brand, but i'm not buying. after the kennedy center event, the president immediately returned to his get away in new jersey. he's set to return to the white house early next week. >> while away, he's keeping alive his ongoing feud with the media. two tv journalists in particular. he's cnn's ryan nobles. >> reporter: the president of the united states started his holiday weekend by tweeting about mika brzezinski and joe scarborough, continuing his freud with the hosts. crazy joe and dumb as a rock mika are not bad people but

their low rated show is dominated by their nbc bosses. too bad. he also accused the media of trying to get in the way of his social media usage, suggesting that his twitter feed is among the reasons that he is currently the president of the united states. but there are many republicans in congress that are concerned about the president's use of twitter and that it is getting in the way of his agenda, including important things happening this week like his trip to europe for the g-20 summit and the debate over health care. still, his aides say the president is diligently working on health care. he is expected to make calls to lawmakers over the july 4th recess with the hope of coming to an agreement to repeal and replace obamacare when they return on july 10th. ryan nobles, cnn, at the white house. >> thank you so much for the reporting. now, let's bring in leslie, a senior lecturer of international relations at the university of london. good to have you this hour. >> thank you. >> let's talk about the

president and twitter. from what better than his latest tweet, let's take a look at it here. it says, my use of social media is not presidential. it is modern day presidential is what he says. modern day presidential. this clearly is a response to critics who want him to put the phone down, who say he is demeaning the dignity of the office of the president of the united states. but mr. trump is pointing out here that he is rewriting the rules, as he is the president. >> well, he is rewriting the rules. of course, there is a difference between tweeting and tweeting specific messages. i think that donald trump still has a high degree of confidence that his tweets are effective in mobilizing a certain part of his base. there is data to suggest he is holding on to a certain part of that base. remember, the strong approval ratings for donald trump have come down to around 20%, which is much lower than they've been for other presidents at this time. never mind the overall around 38%. but the tweets are problematic,

even in his inner circle, they are concerned. occasionally, they'll able to restrain him. the republicans are, i think, concerned about twitter, as are many americans. but the question of decency and dignity reached an all-time low this week with his tweets about the anchors on "morning joe." i think the question is how to respond. what we haven't seen yet is those people around him, those in congress and the broader public, having a clear strategy on how do we respond? does one ignore the tweets? does one name, shame and call them out? this is a difficult question. foreign leaders and publics are reading the tweets and having a dramatic effect. a research center released a poll, suggesting more than half of the respondents polled in 37 countries see donald trump as a dangerous president. they see him as a strong president but see him as dangerous. there's very serious drop off in terms of how people are viewing donald trump, how they're

viewing america as a country. notab notably, they continue to see americans as individuals very favorably. this distinction is being drawn. the tweets are very difficult. there have been many modern presidents. there is something distinctive about donald trump himself. >> let's talk about how registered voters are viewing the tweets, as well. important to put the context out here, that this poll i'll show was taken before this latest twitter storm involving these msnbc anchors. take that look here. this is a fox news poll that shows that 71% of registered voters believe that this hurts the president's ability to accomplish his agenda. 17% believe it is helping the president. clearly, he believes that this strategy is working for him, but many voters seem to disagree. >> that's right. again, it's that 17%. 17% to 20% strong approval. that's just not very high for a president at this point in his tenure. the question is whether or not

the 70% who disapprove, does it change how they'd vote? in recent polling, even with the greater disapproval, many people would vote the way they voted. so there is a question as we dpin begin to head to midterms, how will this affect people's voting behavior? there is disapproval for the tweets, making people twinge and turn away and, frankly, it is embarrassing for most americans, i believe, but what does it do in terms of responding and how does it actually affect what happens? that's a much more complex question. donald trump doesn't seem to be responsive or have any real radar for caring deeply about this, which creates a fundamental problem for anybody around him who wants to take this data and translate it into a new way of acting within the white house. >> mr. trump gave more insight into his focus on twitter. i want you to take a look at this other tweet that mr. trump put out.

it gets to the heart of his rational behind it. he says the following, quote, the fake and fraudulent news media is working hard to convince republicans and others i should not use social media. remember i won the 2016 election with interview, speeches and social media. i had to beat the fake news, and i did it. we will continue to win. this is the president's point here. the question though, is his strategy working for him? >> well, there's another question, too, which is, the dissonance question, that he's not really updating. so as his tweets become viewed in more problematic fashion and you see the data, the kind you've just put up, is hereevals this going into his belief, that this is a successful strategy? the challenge is for those around him, whether they can per

tw -- persuade the president that it might have been one component of why he won the presidential election. there are so many components. the fact this he is overrelying on this may be problematic not only for those around him but probably for this president in due course. >> leslie live for us in london, thank you for the insight. >> thank you. isis is on its last legs in mosul but that doesn't make the fighting less violent. >> a photographer has followed soldiers on the ground. you may find some of this footage disturbing. our nick paton walsh has the story for you. >> reporter: from here to the river is all isis has left of mosul. this is the story of how it fell on the streets around the mosque they once held sacred but then destroyed. a brazilian photographer,

gabriel, is on foot with iraqi special forces. every foot fall could hit a booby trap. an eerie silence holds in just about everything. endless soot. [ gunshots ] streets empty. every human they meet is either desperate to escape or the enemy. in the alleyways, two men approach them. one is carrying a bomb. they rush in to help the wounded. the second man carrying a much larger device. gabriel struggles to breathe. the dust also means they can't see if there are any other bombers or where their three

dead and dozens of colleagues lie. the advance continues up to and around the mosque. civilians, human shields for weeks, stoop under gunfire or are even oblivious to it. some never leave the underground. loud, constant blasts in the darkness. unable to walk, the first man fains ignorance but admits that isis is on the roof and lined the entire street. the intier gaerrogator tells th he is isis. the u.n. estimated 150,000 people were trapped here, but in the end, nobody had any idea, or how many lie left behind them in the rubble.

water, water. i'm dying, she screams. encrippling heat and panic. pray you never know thirst like this. or what it is like to carry your family out lifeless on a cart. this is his mother. for god sake, help me carry him, he cries. they try running to the narrowest part in the street that a vehicle can reach. stop the blood loss, they plead. it is unclear if the boy survived. even when this dust is cleared of isis, the killing in iraq won't stop. a private hell of memories won't suddenly be washed away. nick paton walsh. >> i don't know what to say after that.

what a powerful story there. the good news is, this fight for mosul is really coming to an end. monday, in a cnn exclusive, we expose the human side of war. we'll take you to the netherlands, where we speak to a syrian mother who receives desperate messages from her daughter back in raqqah. take a look. >> you've never seen your grandson before? >> translator: no, i haven't seen him. my dear, i wake up in sadness. i go to bed in sadness. i don't know any other emotion than sadness. every day, i live in fear of tomorrow. >> you'll hear more of those desperate messages, the response of hope from her mother.

that's monday only here on cnn. well, a defeat in mosul appears imminent for isis as we said, but the terror group is expanding beyond iraq and syria. it's brought groups under its black banner and is now waging war in the philippines. >> ivan watson recently spoke to a former member in a cnn exclusive. he detailed that group's bloody history. >> reporter: what was the attraction in those days to join an armed militant group? >> to us, it was a noble publication, to take part in jih jihad. >> reporter: what was the justification at that time for killing people? >> first, we thought that the

organization is for religious purpose. it is for the propagation of islamic teachings. it is to establish the sharia. we never thought that the group would resort to kidnappings, bombings and many other atrocities. >> $15 million in ransom for the release of 20 of 21 hostages kidnapped four and a half months ago. >> especially during the start of the group, the foreign connection, foreign support is very important. >> what kind of things did these men teach you? >> they provided us with their experience in afghanistan.

how to conduct an ambush and what are the things needed during warfare. >> did you use the islands and boats to smuggle people and money and weapons? >> yes. it was very easy for us. the people can just come in using fast speedboats. they can easily transport firearms and money very easily. >> reporter: how much money would be on a boat? >> millions. this has never happened before. that militant groups in the philippines have come together. >> reporter: do you feel any guilt about your time with the -- >> yes. >> reporter: -- militant groups? >> i resent having joined this kind of organization.

having known people who brought this destruction. now to syria's capital. authorities gave chase to a suicide bomber. the man was driving a car, managed to escape and blew himself up at the square in central damascus. >> syrian state tv says several people were killed and wounded. authorities are also pursuing two other suicide car bombers. state media reported they were able to intercept the attackers and destroy the bombs at an entrance to the city. still ahead on "newsroom," defiant qatar is facing a monday deadline now to comply with the demands from saudi arabia and other gulf nations. now, it's saying what it will do. we'll have details on that ahead. also, many state capitals across the united states are refusing a request from the trump administration to turn over their voter data. later this hour, amazingly, well-preserved ruins discovered while excavating a new subway

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welcome back. the russian president, vladimir putin, is urging qatar and the king of bahrain to resolve the

diplomatic crisis between qatar and its powerful neighbors. monday is the deadline for qatar to comply with 13 demands from several gulf arab states. it is increasingly unlikely the deadline will be met. qatar's foreign minister says larger nations should not bully smaller ones, and he adds qatar is ready to face the consequences. >> this list of demands is made to be rejected. it is not made to be accepted or negotiated. instead qatar rejecting it as a state of principle, we are willing to engage in providing the proper condition for the good of these countries. qatar is in a region considered the center of stability in a terrorized region. there is, i think, enough wisdom in avoiding such an

irresponsible action against any country. none of the countries and our spas international allies is going to accept such an escalation in that region. the region is vital for the entire world. it is not just vital for the arab region. >> saudi arabia, egypt, bahrain and the uae have all cut diplomatic ties with qatar, accusing it of supporting terrorism, something which qatar denies. among the demands, shut down all channels, stop developing a turkish military base in the country, rebus dduce ties with cut ties with terrorist organizations, stop interfering in the four countries affairs, stop giving qatar nationality to citizens of the four countries. with all that said, let's look at the mood in qatar right now after this.

cnn is there in the capital of doha. >> reporter: hi, natalie. you know the comments we heard from the foreign minister, this really is reiterating what their position has been all along. saying that this crisis is not about combating terrorism, as it has been packaged. they say this is about trying to contain qatar moves by its stronger neighbors and strip this country of its sovereignty. it is not just government officials, natalie. we are hearing this also on the ground. this is how people feel. there really is this undeniable mood of patriotism and defiance here. ♪ that has taught me all i know ♪ >> reporter: four years ago, this woman ended her singing career to focus on composing music. as her country qatar is facing a

crisis, it is time to act, she says. >> all of a sudden, there is this embargo and they were blockaded. i wanted to get this message of love and unity and togetherness out, and i wanted to show this to showcase the strength and our unwavering loyalty for our leader. ♪ pabove it all ♪ >> reporter: along with some of qatar's most known musical talents and a volunteer choir, they recorded the song, "one nation." >> our home is being attacked, and we've got to stand up for ourselves. we have to stand up for it. we've got to take ownership of our messaging. we have to take ownership of our narrative. we've got to get this out there. >> reporter: they feel the demands by the alliance aim to strip it of its sovereignty. on the streets of s of doha, is to be national day, with

supports of the country's leadership. the latest, this iconic image where people leave messages of support and patriotism. this 10-year-old, perhaps too young to understand the politics behind this, says she's here to express her love and is proud of her country. >> under the crisis of this block blockade, it's brought us together. people do it from the grassroots because it is not forced by the government. it is heartwarming to be here with everyone. >> reporter: we're told the poster was put up by a businessman. >> during the crisis, our government, they've done -- i think they've done very well in handling the situation and providing a normal life for people, for maintaining the standard of living in the country. so this is just the way for the people and for us to show our support to our government and to our leadership who have really

made us proud of them at this time of crisis. >> reporter: the sense of national pride is a sure sign that qatar will not be backing down any time soon. natalie, it is not just the mood of nationalism. there is also a certain level of uncertainty and anxiety as the deadline draws closer and closer. >> does anyone know what happens when the deadline expires? >> reporter: well, that's the big question. i don't think anyone really k w knows beyond the countries that have moved against qatar. it's really unclear. so you have the saudi foreign minister in the past week saying this list of demands is non-gloesnonh non-gloeshabnon-m non-negotiab non-negotiable. they said the demands are valid for ten days, and after that, they will be void. so it is really unclear. we've heard from the qataris, again, reiterating their

position. they're not rejecting them outright but saying they're open for dialogue. if any country has any dprooech grievances, it should provide the evidence and they'll be happy to resolve the crisis. we heard from a senior official from the uae last week saying there will be no escalation. there will be a parting of ways with qatar. >> qatar is remaining defiant. we'll wait and see. thank you. still ahead here on "newsroom," as their country runs out of supplies, bus loads of venezuelans are heading across the border in order to feed their families. we'll look at the journey ahead. also this. >> these are the last images of the hot shots, preparing to fight the fire that will kill them. cnn speaks with the families of 19 brave firefighters who die protecting their city in one of the deadliest fires in u.s. history. much of the western united states is dealing with the same

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minister has been released from prison. the 71-year-old had his sentence cut by 1/3 last week. reduced sentences are common practice in israel for prisoners who haven't committed violent crimes. he was serving a 21-month sentence for corruption. a huge power outage is causing headache for central and south america and mexico. the president of panama was giving a speech saturday and, as you can see, the lights went out. in costa rica, traffic lights aren't working and local media is reporting dozens of road accidents as a result. in little rock, arkansas, authorities now say 28 people were wounded when gunfire broke out at a nightclub early saturday. two are listed in critical condition. the others have non-life threatening injuries. local police believe the shooting was gang related, not an act of terror. more than half of all u.s. states are balking a ining at h

over sensitive voter data to the trump administration. the presidential commission asked for the information last week, saying they want to investigate possible election fraud. >> some states are outright refusing to comply, prompting the president to tweet, numerous states are refusing to give information to the very distinguished voter fraud panel. what are they trying to hide? to answer that question, here's cnn's tom forman. >> so many cities are corrupt, and voter fraud is very, very common. >> reporter: in a quest to root out allegedly rampant voter fraud, the president wants the voter's full name, address, date of birth, political affiliation, military service, criminal records, part of his or her social security number and more. states, particularly democratic blue ones, are pushing back hard. california is flat out refusing to hand over the info.

>> the president's allegations of massive voter fraud are simply not true. >> reporter: so is new york. we will not comply. and virginia, too. there is no evidence of significant voter fraud. ♪ we're not gonna take it >> reporter: some republican states who went red for trump are also balking, including iowa and wisconsin. they'll hand over some data. others are dismissing the whole idea of voter fraud run amuck. >> you might find some illegal activity but not to the scale described. >> people that died ten years ago are voting. illegal imgramigrants are votin >> reporter: donald trump lashed out after news more people voted for hillary clinton, tweeting, i won the popular vote. if you deduct the millions of people who voted illegally. >> so many things are going on. >> reporter: to help steer his commission, he chose kansas

secretary of state, who calls the state's complaints complete nonsense. >> we're looking at all forms of election irregularities, voter fraud, suppression. >> reporter: he's hunted vote cha cheaters back home for months but found a dozen. he is a champion for voter id laws, which many see as a way to suppress minority votes. and he was fined by a federal judge in kansas last week for his conduct in a lawsuit involving voting rights. connecticut's take? given the secretary's history, we find it very difficult to have confidence in the work of this commission. underlying it all is this simple fact, there is simply no credible evidence that there's ever been a widespread voter fraud problem. that's adding, clearly, to the hesitancy of many of these states. tom foreman, cnn, washington.

>> tom foreman, thank you. in venezuela, more than -- four more people have died, rather, as protests demand the president, maduro, leave office. the months of unrest raised the death roll to 86 at this point. venezuela facing crippling inflation and many are ouring out of cash. they're dealing with food shortages and many are crossing the border for supplies. >> this is a response to new sanctions against the attorney general ortega. the government froze ortega's assets and banned her from leaving the country. she is a well-known critic of president maduro. many venezuelans are standing in lines outside grocery stores for hours and aren't able to buy basic necessities or they're heading to columbia for what they need. >> we have this report from the border. ♪ >> reporter: a very busy and quite festive scene here in

columbia, where flows of people come to the border of columbia and venezuela to buy very basic goods. tens of thousands of venezuelans cross the border into this town to find a basic good they cannot find in their home country. and inside the stores here in columbia, venezuelans know they can count on this. they can count on store shelves to be filled with the basics. pasta, rice, cooking oil, diapers, things they cannot find in their home country of venezuela right now. cnn, columbia. >> thank you for the report. still ahead, it's a long holiday weekend here in the united states. as fires pl s blaze through the western parts of the u.s., storms threaten the mid states. cnn remembers the hot shots. the firefighters who lost their lives four years ago in one of the deadliest fires in u.s. history. plus, canada celebrates a

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we are in the midst of a long holiday weekend, but i would think no fireworks in the western united states. fires are dominating the west, but heat is also an issue. >> our meteorologist derek van dam is here. what are the next few days going to be like? >> it's the time of the year where at least when i was a child, we'd go camping, lighting fires, pretty traditional. you just can't do that this time. you have to think about common sense here. there's a lot of dry, tinderbox type conditions out west. we continue to run with very large fires. in fact, over 12 states right now are reporting large fires with just around 250,000 acres being burned from some of the active fires that are ongoing right now. this is looking out at the bakersfield, california, region. this is just one of the 34

active, large fires across the u.s. some of which you can see dotted across the map behind me. you can actually notice the winds, as well, that are associated with helping spread some of these fires. yeah, a lot of residents from the fire in utah, now allowing to be returning to their homes, which is good news for them. but, wow, devastating conditions for them over the past few weeks. 65% containment with that fire right now. 34 fires still ongoing. when we talk about how we stand compared to years past, we have burned a significant amount of the u.s. in terms of wildfires. we have burned about 2.7 million acres so far to date. our ten-year average is 2 million acres. you can see the difference there. it is a significantly active year in terms of wildfires and brush fires. that threat tonights today and through the holiday weekend. we have our critical fire threat

across northwestern portions of arizona. we have scattered, dry thunderstorms. these thunderstorms are particularly dangerous over the dry conditions across the west because they often have lightning but no rain to help put out the fires that the lightning starts. i wish i could bring some of the rain they experienced across parts of upstate new york. flash flooding. as we head into the weekend, we look out for the potential of severe weather across the midwest states. large hail, damaging winds across nebraska into kansas. that continues into the day on monday as well as tuesday. we'll leave you with this. the july 4th holiday forecast, will you be seeing fireworks in the rain or watching them under dry, clear conditions? the answer is new york, you're looking pretty good. i think chicago, minneapolis, kansas, you'll have rain to contend with on independence day. >> derek, thank you. wildfires fueled by gusty winds and high temperatures are sweeping through -- did you say 12 u.s. states?

>> yeah. >> 12 u.s. states now. >> one fire in particular is a haunting reminder of the 19 firefighters who fought another blaze and lost their lives four years ago in one of the deadliest fires in u.s. history, in the same area, in arizona. cnn's martin savage has more now on how the men went above and beyond the call of duty to protect their city. >> reporter: these are the lags -- last images of the hot shots, preparing to fight the fire that will kill them. a wind shift sends planes racing toward the team, trapping them in a canyon. >> it's being cut off. >> reporter: all 19 men died. in the aftermath, friends, family and officials worked to preserve the now hallowed ground and the memories of those lost. >> we had to get it right. you had to get it right. >> reporter: the result is a memorial like no other that will test your heart as well as break it. >> this is a good example of the whole way.

>> reporter: a rugged, seven-mile trail, climbing more than 1,000 feet up the side of a mountain. is it hard to come here? >> yes and no. no because i know andrew is in heaven. >> reporter: 29-year-old andrew ashcroft was one of the hot shots killed. his mom remembers him returning from other fires, a smile on his face, smelling of smoke. >> there were times i said, could you put a fire in the fire pit? i need to smell andrew for a minute. >> reporter: on the trail, there are carefully placed plaques every 600 feet. every so often, you meet a new member of the crew. this is andrew, deborah's son. the last part of the trail is the hardest of all. 600-foot decent, following the same path the granite mountain crew did that day. it is tough physically but very tough emotionally. you end up here.

the place where the men made their last stand. iron crosses marking where each firefighter was found, tightly clustered. the men were as close to each other in death as they were in life. among them, karen and jim norris's 28-year-old son. >> scott was fun loving and a adventuro adventurous. he enjoyed making people laugh. this is a very emotional and sacred place to me. >> reporter: firefighters can often be found here, like this montana crew hiking up during this interview. four years after the deaths of hot shots, their memorial is a trail for remembering and a path toward healing. martin savage, cnn, yarnell, arizona. >> wow. >> so very sad. how about it, that those guys happened to walk by during the interview, give her some extra support. coming up here, canada gets

the royal treatment for its 150th anniversary. we'll tell you how prince charles and queen elizabeth marked the date ahead here. plus, an archaeologist's paradise. a mini pompei during the excavation of rome's newest subway line. we'll explain.

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and helps prevent cavities. go beyond brushing with act®. you never know what you might find digging underneath rome. well, how about this one? while digging rome's third metro line, archaeologists found a third century house destroyed by fire but well-preserved. >> so cool. complete with central heating systems, beams and even the bones of a dog. cnn's ben wedeman takes a step back in time with this report. >> reporter: scratch the surface in rome and you find history. it's an archaeologist's paradise. but for officials overseeing the long, delayed construction to the city's newest subway line, line c, rome's embarrassment of ancient riches is a curse that keeps on giving. while digging a shaft for the subway's tunnel near the coliseum late last year, workers

uncovered what appeared to be the charred remains of a luxurious home, complete with central heating, dating back 1,800 years. it is an extraordinary situation, rome's archaeological superintendent tells me. collapse of the ceiling sealed everything inside. it was carbonized without being burned. it's unique in rome. the ceiling's wooden beams which would have been decayed to dust have been preserved. there are no human remains, but archaeologists did find the bones of a dog who wouldn't, or couldn't, flee the flames. this poor dog was already in the room during the fire, says this

archaeologi archaeologist. we found ashes under its paws, probably part of the puburning ceiling fell on it and there it was stuck and died. construction didn't begin until 2007. since then, work has been delayed by one archaeological discovery after another. this is the challenge of trying to make life modern in an ancient city like rome. no matter where you dig, you're almost certain to find something. rome wasn't built in a day, and its newest subway line won't be completed in a decade, maybe not even two. the future will have to wait as the past is uncovered. ben wedeman, cnn, rome. >> ben wedeman, thank you so much. >> i love that. that was fun. thank you, ben. canada marked a major milestone on saturday. >> hello, everyone!

happy canada day! >> the canadian prime minister, justin trudeau, was there celebrating the nation's 150th anniversary. he wasn't the only high profile guest at the fes fif tivities i ottawa. >> prince charles and the duchess of cornwall had been touring the country, just awarded a top civilian honor. queen elizabeth celebrated canada day on instagram. the royal family posted this portrait of her wearing a maple leaf broach. >> here's a report from the canadian broadcaster. >> reporter: pomp and ceremony on parliament hill as the prime minister and his family welcomed the prince and princess. a celebration of all that is canada. >> let us be known the world

over for our integrity, for our compassion and for our never-ending desire to be better so we can do better. >> happy birthday, canada. >> reporter: a moment to thank those who serve in uniform in canada's veterans. an all-star cast entertained the over 25,000 people on parliament hill. an extra special day for some. >> congratulations. you're now canadian citizens. >> reporter: sworn in as new canadians as thousands cheered them on. heavy rain made for a soggy celebration. logistical nightmare as parts of parliament hill flooded, limiting access. that didn't put a damper on people's spirits. >> it is part of being canadian. we can survive anything. everyone has been polite in the lines. >> drove seven hours to get here. a little rain isn't going to stop us.

>> mr. trudeau got applause in ottawa but there was something missing. gave a shoutout to almost all of the countries provinces and territories with one key exception. he mentions nine provinces in the country but forgot about the tenth. al b alberta, home to many canadians. he said he was embarrassed about the omission and tweeted this. got too excited somewhere over the rockies. sorry alberta. i love you. happy canada day. >> thank you for watching this hour. i'm natalie allen. >> i'm george howell. the news continues right after this break.