can the u.s. president be charged with a crime? why donald trump's attorneys say no. also, north korea's military shake-up. the country's top military officials have been replaced just over a week before the trump/kim summit. plus, a deadly eruption. a volcano spews smoke and ash into the sky in guatemala, killing more than two dozen people. hello and welcome to our viewers here in the united states and all around the world. i'm rosemary church from cnn headquarters in atlanta. this "cnn newsroom."

and we begin with the russia investigation. one of the u.s. president's attorneys rudy giuliani is suggesting it may be pointless for donald trump to testify before the special counsel. giuliani told abc news the president could probably pardon himself if it ever came to that, though he doesn't intend to apparently. giuliani also told "the huffington post," quote, in no case can he be subpoenaed or be indicted. i don't know how you can indict while he's in office, no matter what it is. if the president shot james comey, he'd be impeached the next day. impeach him and then you can do whatever you want to do to him. more now from cnn's boris sanchez. >> reporter: rudy giuliani for the most part echoed some of what we saw in those letters published by "the new york times" on saturday that were sent from the white house legal

team to the special counsel in january of this year. giuliani said that he likely would have changed some of it, but that he agrees with 80% of its premise, namely, the idea that president trump being the top law enforct officer in the country could end any investigation he so chooses, even one directed at him. to clarify, giuliani said he perhaps wouldn't go that far, but he said that theoretically, it is clear in the constitution that the president reserves that right. further, on the issue of pardons, giuliani made the case that in theory, the president does have the authority to pardon himself. but on both counts giuliani said that likely wouldn't go that route. here's more from the former moyer of new york city. >> he is not, but he probably does. he has no intention of pardoning himself. but he probably does. that's not to say he can't. that's another really interesting constitutional margin, can the president pardon himself. i think the political ramifications of that would be tough. pardoning other people is one thing. pardoning yourself is another.

>> giuliani also said he would be prepared to challenge any subpoena coming from the special counsel in court. further, he argued that the president reserves the right to challenge the special counsel probe in court legally as illegitimate. boris sanchez, cnn at the white house. >> joining me now to talk more about this cnn legal analyst and criminal defense lawyer mark geragos and cnn political analyst and white house correspondent for "the new york times," michael shear. good to have you both with us. >> good to be here. >> thank you. >> okay. so president trump's lawyer, rudy giuliani told "the huffington post" that mr. trump could shoot former fbi director james comey and still not be indicted for it. and these are the actual words he used. "in no case can he be subpoenaed or indicted. i don't know how you can indict while he is in office, no matter what it is. if he shot james comey, he would

be impeached the next day. impeach him, and then you can do whatever you want to do to him." mark geragos, to you first. what does this tell you about giuliani's understanding of presidential powers? is he right or is he wrong? >> well, there is -- i think he is engaging in a little rhetoric, because what it is an open question as to whether you can force somebody to stand criminally trial during their presidency. but i think most people would agree that if a president were indicted during office, all they would do is they could suspend the proceedings or keep the indictment sealed until after the president was out of office. that doesn't mean that they can't impeach him at the same time because impeachment is the process by which you get him out of office. so i understand what he was trying to say. i wouldn't say it was the most artful way of describing it. but that has been kind of the tour that rudy has been on for

the last month and a half. >> yes, it was most certainly an unfortunate example, wasn't it? michael scherer, what was your reaction to what giuliani said about shooting james comey? >> well, look, i think mark is right. what giuliani was brought on to be was a public relations pit bull, not kind of a stellar legal mind. he is a lawyer, but the legal strategy is being done largely by other people. what rudy giuliani's mission is to sort of muddy up the waters in a public relations sense. and what we've seen from him from the time he came on the scene representing donald trump about a month ago is that he's basically done one -- made one outrageous statement after another, and this is sort of height of that the idea being to kind of whip up public opinion, not so much to lay out a sort of reasoned legal strategy. >> it certainly got our attention, didn't it? and this is what rudy giuliani said when he was trying to explain why it's better that the president doesn't testify before

the special counsel on the russia investigation. let's have a listen. >> i mean, this is the reason you don't let this president testify. if, you know -- all recollection keeps changing or we're not even asked a question and somebody makes an assumption. in my case, i made an assumption. then we corrected and i got it right out as soon as it happened. i think that's what happened here. >> so mark, what is your recollection of what giuliani said there? are chaining recollections sufficient reason for not letting a president testify? >> look, this is an area i would agree with him on. anybody who practices criminal defense, anybody who does the defense of criminal cases will tell you that it's a rare case where you would let your client go in and testify. it just is too fraught with danger. the expression we always use when you're talking about this is a perjury trial. no matter what you -- your client is going to say, if the

client does not say exactly what the prosecutor thinks is the truth, then they expose themselves to the perjury or obstruction or having their words manipulated because it isn't singing from the same she prosecutor has. so in that instance, i would agree. yowould have to be hard-pressed to have somebody allow their client, let alone the president, go in and testify. i think bill clinton is exhibit a as to why you wouldn't do it. >> michael shear, do you agree? >> i'm not a lawyer that makes sense from a legal perspective. i think from a political perspective, that doesn't -- that hasn't been the way politics has been practiced in this country for a long time. we expect our political leaders to answer the questions that are put to them. there has been a real sense i think in bill clinton's willingness ultimately to testify was testimony to the

fact that there has been a sense that political leaders can't dodge the public completely. they can't simply refuse to answer questions when they're serious like this. now i think donald trump has been testing norms since the beginning of his campaign much less coming into the white house. he shatters them. he looks at historical trends and historical assumptions and then does the opposite. and so, you know, mark is probably right. the lawyers are telling him and obviously giuliani is saying, we're telling him not to do this, and it's probably the safest thing from a legal perspective. and i think what we don't know is what will the public do if there were to be a real big fight between mueller and the president over coming in to testify and the president simply refused. what will the public assume that means? i don't think we know what they will think and how they will react. >> yeah. and interestingly -- go on. >> i think that's a brilliant point. because the first thing i thought of when i heard rudy giuliani saying this today was trump famously saying that he

should shoot somebody on fifth avenue and his base wouldn't care. so i think he operates from that. i think there is in fact rudy probably in his mind was rkenine base wouldn't care. and i think it's a very astute point that he does break norms. and in this case, there is always a tension in these high profile cases. having lived some of these, he will tell you that there is always a political or a pr strategy, and that's a lot of times that tension with a legal rategy. in this case, the two actually may kind of be able to meld and be counterintuitive to whatever the historical perspective. >> interestingly, a former new jersey governor chris christie rejected the claim made by donald trump's legal team that by the very nature of his office, the presi cannot obstruct justice and could simply shut down the russia

investigation all together. let's listen to what he said exactly. >> you can tell any time that rudy didn't agree with something, he said he'll have to ask john about that, go back to john dowd. itutrageous claim. it's wrong. they're trying to make a broad argument. lawyers do tha all the time in n to codan, i've seen manyimes happen. in the end, cooler heads prevail. >> so, mark, what is the legal situation here given even republicans can't seem to ag can the president obstruct justice or not? and can he legally shut down the russia investigation or not? >> well, the interesting thing here is whatever he does is going to go the u.s. supreme court. right now the present constitution of the u.s. supreme court is in his favor. i, if you're speculating, so there is no definitive answer. we have a definitive answer if it were a civil lawsuit. but in a criminal context, i don't know that we've got an

answer, and it would go no matter what he does, it would probably go to the u.s. supreme court, and he's got better than a 50/50 chance that he would prevail that there that he could shut it down. >> and michael shear, you get th final word here. e do you think this is all going? what do you think we're going to see happen? presumably the president will not testify. is that where this is all going? and what do you see as the end game here? >> i think the two big questions that we don't know looming over the next, say, six months are, one, will mueller push the question of a presidential interview or testimony, and will he push to it the point of taking it ahe way the supreme court, as smarck sa-- mk says. and second, what is bob mueller's end game? is he planning to try to test the question of whether or not a sitting president can be indicted? is he simply going to skip that stage and send a report directly to congress and basically say to

the congress, look, this is a political problem. you to solve this? and we don't know the answer to both of those. i think there is lots of people that are guessing and lots of speculation what might happen. but i think those are the two big looming questions. will he sit for an interview and will mueller indict him? those are the questions we should all be looking for over the next six months. >> and we watch every twist and turn on this. thank you so much, mark geragos and michael shear. appreciate it. >> sure. >> thank you. well, just eight days before president trump and north korean leader kim jong-un are set to meet face the face in singapore, north korea is shaking up its military leadership. the country's top three litary . their replacements younger staunch kim loyalists who also is said to have experience interacting with foreign delegations. now this comes as preparations are in full swing for the june 12th summit. the first time a sitting u.s. president will meet with a north korean leader.

and cnn's alexandra field is in seoul, south korea. she joins us now live. good to see you, alexandra. let's start with this latest development. the replacement of these three top north korean military officials by kim jong-un ahead of the june 12th summit. what does this tell us? >> yeah, rosemary, this is certainly interesting to watch. don't forget the u.s. replaced its top diplomat in the run-up to this important sit-down. now we're seeing a shake-up at the top within north korea. we're talking about the director of the political bureau, the army chief and the defense chief. you point out these are younger men. obvious will they're loyalists to kim. these are people who have held sensitive and high level positions in the past, and they've had that all important interface with foreign relations to the extent that they can within north korea. why is this happening? it's tough to glean what the motivations always are inside of north korea, but certainly analysts are weighing in that there are a variety of factors that could have prompted.

this this could certainly be another effort to shore up or even further consolidate kim jong-un's power within north korea, which he is already holding very firmly. it could also be part of a trend that we've seen since 2011, a shuffling of persoel within north korea since kim jong-un came to power, and also you have to regard it to some extent as obvious preparation in some way for this all important sit down with the united states. and also for these ongoing inter-korean talks. look, it was just last week that secretary pompeo said that it seemed that north korea was contemplating a strategic shift in a new direction the likes of which we had not seen before. certainly you could look at this as feeding into that. but you've also got to remember news broke yesterday, rosemary, you and i were talking about it that at the same time you see north korea shoring up some of its old relationships making moves like inviting bashar al assad to pyongyang. you have to take all of this frankly and you can't determine what the motivations are inside

the regime. these are all clues about what could be happening. >> they are. alexandra field bringing us up to date from seoul in south korea where it is nearly 4:15 the afternoon. we thank you so very much. and i talked just a short time ago with graham ong-webb a research fellow at the school of international studies in singapore. and i asked him what the expectations are for this meeting. >> very high stakes. i think observers here in this country and in the region have a very low bar in terms of the expectation coming out the summit. this is an unprecedented historical event. we have a sitting u.s. president as in donald trump, mr. kim meeting, two heads of state, see looking eye to eye for the first time. and the bar is set pretty low.

this is an a unprecedented historical event. we have a sitting u.s. president as in do trump. never mind you have all the otherecla and agreements we are expecting from it. but these two important people in the room have to get along with each other in order to negotiate the terms of denuclearization. >> but is that more success for kim jong-un, because he, his father and his grandfather have en wanting to sit down with the u.s. president for so long. now they're getting that opportunity. but it doesn't appear that they're having to give very much up for that. >> you're quite right. and that is what concerns many of us, that the fundamental goals of kim jong-un's regime, mr. kim jong-un himself are actually quite different from the goals set out by the trump administration and all the other stakeholders involved in this critical issue.

the goals for the dprk really are quite simple. it's about getting the handshake in the room with the leader of the world's sole super power and getting lots of cache, a lot of legitimacy from that. mind you, mr. kim jong-un has had to work quite hard to earn his place as the leader of the dprk. it's easy to overlook that fact. it wasn't just handed to him. he's had to earn it over the last few years and not less than a deca upon coming into power in 2011. he is two steps away from this hereditary rule of mr. kim il sung. so he's had to build his place in the history of the dprk. and so shaking hands with president donald trump is going to build a lot of legitimacy, consolidate his power in the eyes of his own people, which allow him to rule over the dprk going forward for some time to come. >> but will he give anything up? and will he really venture into the realm of this concept of denuclearization, which of course means one thing for the

united states and another thing for north korea? >> well, i would argue that he has to. and i think he knows. and that is where i think we get into the sticky areas of this whole event about what exactly the dprk, mr. kim ng-un, tof cssions that they are going to make when they meet with president donald trump. on the 12th of june. something tangible clearly has to come out from this meeting. it's not certain what this tangibility is going to be, but i think some concessions have to be made. and coming back to the point about the three top military officials being rey younger generals, that could be a positive sign. it's still too early to say. i agree with the correspondent earlier on. but i think more needs to be done. so i was expecting he will address directly the issue of denuclearization, what that's going to look like and the

er have fieblt of that as well in order for any lasting deal to be in place, the dprk clearly will have to abide by this notion of fair execution. >> graham ong-webb, thank you very much for sharing your analysis with us. we do appreciate it. we'll be watching closely on 1 out of this summit. well, one of central america's most active volcanos erupted for the second time this year, and nearly two million guatemalans are being affected. the latest on the fuego volcano still to come. plus, we will explore how a new medical study could change the lives of breast cancer patients across the globe.

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one of central america's most active volcanos has stopped erupting, but ash from the fuego volcano is still in the air, affecting communities around the summit. at least 25 people were killed during the nearly 17-hour eruption. black smoke was sent into the sky sunday, drifting all the way to the capital, guatemala city, some 40 kilometers, or 25 miles away. nearly two million people are being act affected, and

officials warn new eruptions are still possible. evacuations and rescue efforts are under way. more than 3,000 people have been forced from their homes. so let's get more now this. from our meteorologist ivan cabrera. ivan, this is tragic for those 25 people and their families killed in this eruption. and of course there is more eruptions expected, and that is the concern here. >> it absolutely is, rosemary, and unlike kilauea, we are thinking this was the main event. but as you mentioned, there are additional threats here that will continue. of course, the main eruption was through sunday afternoon as this ash just kind of spewed up into the atmosphere a good 10 kilometers here. and then we had what we call a pyroclastic flow that is nasty stuff. it's a mixture of the lava fragments, gases and also ash that comes down the mountainside. and what is waiting for them?

well villages are right on the foothills of the mountains. they had no time because, one, it's a thousand degrees, by the way, celsius as far as how hot this glass is and it flows a good 700 hours per kilometer. there is no time to get people out of the way. let's talk more about the additional threats we have ongoing in guatemala on the southern side of the country here. by the way, there is three volcanos here. the fuego volcano, fuego means fire in spanish here, the town that was mainly hit, el rodeo was right here, very close to the summit here of the volcano. so there is really no time. we had a flow that went directly through the town. and as you saw the folks that were able to escape were coming out just with soot all over. by the way, this volcano has already erupted. this is the second time so far this year. but nothing like we've seen. this is the most violent eruption that this volcano has produced in 40 years. and it was kite something as obviously you can tell with the death toll there.

the cloud, as i mentioned, went ah all the way up into the sky 10 kilometers that ash is not going todisappear. it continues to follow across other villages which depending on the wind flow is coming out of the south. that's going to continue to be a threat over the next couple days. and as rosemary mentioned, we could have additional eruptions because this one was so powerful, thinking that that was the main event hopefully here. the additional threat, my goodness, we're still talking about that. we've got rain on the way. what this does is the ash that still on the mountainside mixes with the water and turns into some nasty stuff, a mud flow called a lahar that will come down the mountainside. not at 700 kilometers per hour, but it will still be bad enough. the rain for the rain, every afternoon the heating of the day. temperatures into the 20s that will be enough for thunderstorm activity we could have high rainfall tallies as well that will be what i'll be watching the next few days as far as the additional threat. oh, and of course, kilauea as

well. it seems it has been volcano season in the last couple of months. rosemary? >> unbelievable. thank you so much, ivan, for keeping a very close eye on that. we appreciate it. >> you're welcome. well, a trade truce between china and the u.s. could be in trouble. ahead we will look at beijing's warning to washington about the threat of u.s. tariffs. plus, in eight days, singapore hosts a momentous meeting. the high stakes summit between the u.s. president and north korea's leader. but just how did singapore get pick as host? we will explore that when we come back.

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a very warm welcome back to our viewers here in the united states, and of course all around the world. you're watching "cnn newsroom." i'm rosemary church. let's check the main stories for you this hour. donald trump's lawyer rudy giuliani says the u.s. president does not intend to pardon himself in the russia investigation, but probably has the power to do so. giuliani also told huff post that the powers of the presidency are so vast, mr. trump could should v shot former fbi director james comey in the oval office and still wouldn't be indicted. days before u.s. president donald trump and north korean leader kim jong-un are set to meet in singapore, north korea's top three military officials have been ousted. all three appear to have been replaced by younger kim loyalists, part of an ongoing transformation of the country's military and political establishment since kim took power in 2011. melania trump is expected to take participate in an event

monday honoring families of u.s. service members killed in action. the u.s. first lady has not been seen in public since may 10th shortly be she was treated for what the white house called a benign kidney coition. monday's event will be closed to the press. finance ministers from six countries are speaking with one voice against the u.s. decision to impose tariffs on steel and aluminum imports. the officials from the group of seven sent a rare message to president trump expressing unanimous concern and disappointment in the trade action. the u.s. insists the imports are a national security threat. >> the idea that the canadian steel that's in military vehicles in the united states, the canadian aluminum that makes your fighter jets is somehow now a threat? the idea that we are somehow a national security threat to the

united states is quite frankly insulting and unacceptable. >> mr. trudeau, i think he is overreacting. i don't want to get in the middle of that as a fine friend and ally of the united states. nobody denies that. but the point is we have to protect ourselves. >> and beijing is warning washington that all the progress that's been made in recent trade talks will be wiped out if the president follows through on his latest tariff threat on chinese exports. the white house isn't backing down. >> they take our technology. everybody knows they steal it. >> yes. >> but they also force the transfer of it. they evade our export controls. and they're coming over here, chinese state-owned enterprise, coming over here with bags full of money and buyingplaces like silicon valley. that's a relationship with china that structurally needs to change. we'd love to have a peaceful and friendly relationship with china, but we also are standing firm on the idea.

>> yeah. >> and the president is the leader on this. >> how far are you willing to go? >> and cnn's matt rivers joins me now from beijing with more on the trade talks. what is happening here? how close are china and the u.s. to a trade war or are we just witnessing some bluster here? >> we didn't get any closer over the weekend. really they spent two days, the negotiators here in beijing spent two day, and they don't seem to have a lot to show for it, at least publicly. we haven't h anything substantive from the u.s. side since they left here heading back to washington. we did hear something from the chinese they put out a statement through xinhua, the state media outlet here basically saying there was some substantive progress made. they didn't go into details on what the progress was. the big take away from what they said is any negotiations, any

agreements that are come to in those negotiations, the chinese will not be held to them if the united s moves forward w its tariffs. the chinese have said, look, if you put these tariffs on the table, if they are implemented, we will not abide by any agreements that were taken place here in beijing or perhaps during the last round of negotiations in washington. and so it begs the question here, rosemary, if the united states is going ahead with these tariffs, which publicleems like they are, and the chinese have said well, we will not negotiate under the threat of tariff, what exactly did commerce secretary wilbur ross accomplish here if anything? publicly they haven't said they've accomplished much at all. >> yeah, it is a question worth asking. and how worried is china about u.s. tariffs? realistically, how much of it its gdp could be impacted? >> these $50 billion in tariffs might sound like a lot. they wouldn't really hurt china in any real substantive way when you're talking about the gdp.

i think if there is worry in beijing, it't happens next. does this escalate? is it a tit for tat kind of thing, 50 billion here, 100 bill 100ion. that's where it could have a dent in chin economy. but also some resolve in beijing there is a willingness in every single public statement china has said, we don't want to fight a trade war, but we will. who comes out on top in a trade war? you is a lot of economists who tell you everybody loses in a trade war, and it's split. if you talk to certain analysts some say the u.s. can deal with it better. some say china can deal with it better. but in the end it can hurt both like it at all. matt rivers joining us from beijing where it is 3:36 in the afternoon. many thanks. well, president trump heads to quebec on friday for the g7 summit where the issues of trade and tariffs will likely take center stage. and then it will be on to singapore for his summit with north korea's kim jong-un.

cnn's will ripley takes a closer look at how the small city state was picked to host this historic meeting. >> reporter: welcome to singapore, known for its mythical mascot, the merlion. half fish, half lion. and soon something even more surreal. some are calling it the meeting of the century. the first ever summit between a sitting u.s. president donald trump and north korean leader kim jong-un. teams from washington and pyongyang are on the ground, with only days to figure out a long list of logistical challenges. everything from the venue, infrasture and security to who will cover the costs given north korea is a cash strapped country. of all the sites officials floated, singapore is not the most adventurous like mongolia, nor the most diplomatic like geneva or stockholm. it's not even the most symbolic place considered like panmunjom on the demilitarized zone.

so why choose this small city state for one of the biggest geopolitical meetings of our time? for one, location. singapore is just close enough for north korean leader kim jong-u fly relatively easy from pyongyang. it's also one of washington's closest asian security and trading partners, making it friendly turf for president trump. the u.s. and north korea both have embassies here. in fact, north korea moved to this new building a couple of years ago. they also both trade here, although north korean trade is currently suspended over sanctions. singapore also has a growing reputation as a hub for regional diplomacy. it hosted this major security forum over the weekend. perhaps attractive to both kim and trump, singapore does not tolerate rowdy protests. that disrupt public order. rowdy press conferences don't happen here either. singapore is a tourism hot spot, known for chili crab and a striking skyline. but most importantly for the u.s., it's neutral ground.

all of it making singapore perhaps the most conventional choice for two of the world's most unconventional leaders. will ripley, cnn, singapore. and we'll take a short break here. but still to come, more protests in jordan as the stability of the crucial u.s. ally is on the line. >> why anger is reaching a new high over austerity measures. we're back with that in just a moment. ahh... summer is coming. and it's time to get outside. pack in even more adventure with audible. with the largest selection of audiobooks. audible lets you follow plot twists off the beaten track. or discover magic when you hit the open road.

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this has been the scene in jordan for the last five days. thousands of protesters taking to the streets to show their anger over austerity measures recommended by the international monetary fund. demonstrators are demanding the prime minister's resignation after the government proposed raising income taxes for some workers. king abdullah has asked to meet with the prime minister on

monday. and cnn is following the problem. good to see you jomana. what is the latest on these protests, and how likely is it that king abdullah will ask his prime minister to resign? >> that's the speculation right now, rosemary, that we heard late last night that the king had asked for the -- he had summoned the prime minister for a meeting today. the speculation has been that he is going to ask him to resign. the ball is in the court of the ultimate decision maker in jordan, and that is king abdullah. is he going to move in the direction of meeting the demands of these protesters? there have been several demands, but the two key calls from the protests have been for the sacking of the prime minister in this current government, and also for withdrawing this income tax law bill.

this tax law, rosemary, they want to widen the tax base. they want to increase the tax brackets, and they're going to penalize people who do not pay tax in jordan. just t put this context, right now according to the government, only about 3% of jordanians do pay income tax. but this tax bill has really been -- what has triggered these protests. but anger and frustration with the economic situation is something that has been building for a listening tile. this is a country where the cost of living has continued to go up over recent years, yet wages of the people have not really changed. this is a country of very few resources. it is very reliant on foreign aid, aid from gulf countries, for example, and they've seen a drop in that foreign aid recently. in 2016, jordan did get this three-year credit line from the imf. but with that came these terms and conditions that they have had to -- they're having to meet

in order to reform the economy. and these include austerity measures that have already been enforced, like scrapping bread subsidies, for example, and introducing more sales tax. but right now the most controversial has been this income tax law bill that is being -- that was referred to parliament, that parliament is not even touching. the jordanian government, rosemary, is in a very, very tough position. they have to meet these terms from the imf, but at the same time they're facing anger on the streets that we have not seen in a very long time. >> yes, and we will be watching to see what king abdullah does in the end once he meets with his prime minister. jomana karadsheh joining us from istanbul in turkey. thank you for joining us. there are more fears of hostilities between gaza and israel.

this israeli military says this video shows the moment they struck militant targets on sunday. that was in retaliation after gaza's five projectiles at israel. this confrontation end ed an unofficial and brief cease-fire but not confirmed by israel. also in gaza we are learning more about a young palestinian nurse killed on friday while trying to help injured protesters. her body was carried through the streets saturday as thousands honored the woman who dedicated her life to saving others. she is the latest victim of israeli gunfire, which has killed in recent week morse than 100 palestinian protesters who are demanding the right to return to lands now inside israel. our ian lee has more. >> reporter: a young medic's final moments. razan al najjar races to help an injured palestinian protester,

hands raised in the air. international law protects medics. but minutes later, an israeli sniper killed the 21-year-old. her friends struggled but failed to save her life, a bullet wound to the chest. she died just hundreds of meters from her neighborhood, now adorned with her smiling image. we meet razan's father ashra. he takes us inside their home. her mother sabrine clutches her daughter's blood-soaked vest. the sorrow weighs heavily. she tells me they were scared for razan, but that she alleviated their fears, telling them she felt obliged to help and was clearly wearing a medical vest. ashraf and sabrine now want

accountability for their daughter's death. "i want justice for razan. here is her weapon. i want the world to know this is the weapon of razan al najjar." razan worked the front lines during the weekly protests near the israel-gaza border fence. just last month she explained to "the new york times" why she risked her life. >> reporter: israel's military says it's investigating al najjar's death, adding that the idf constantly works to draw operational lessons and reduce the number of casualties in the area of the gaza strip security

fence. medical workers protested outside a u.n. office in gaza city. all believe israeli snipers are deliberately targeting them, a charge the israeli military denies. razan al najjar is the second e sniper, according to the palestinian ministry of health. more than 200 were also injured, many wearing vests like this they were with her when she died. they'll tell me they'll remember her for her bravely and will more than ever continue where she left off. ian lee, cnn, gaza. >> a truly heartbreaking story there. a human rights group says 110 people have been killed in anti-government protests in nicaragua since april. the unrest began over proposed social security reforms. but as the government cracked down on demonstrators, the protests expanded to calls for president daniel ortega to

resign. reports say five protesters were killed saturday. on sunday, pope francis called for an end to the violence. it is a ganger. a newical study is offering some truly good news to women with breast cancer across the globe. the details coming up.

and now to some revolutionary news for breast patients -- breast cancer patients across the globe. a study shows 70% op of women who have a common form of breast cancer may not have to go through chemotherapy. a test shows whether they would benefit from hormone therapy alone. a cnn correspondent spoke to ana cabrera. >> it actually is game changing. what this study found is that about 85,000 women a year in the united states are getting chemo who don't need it. and so what the scientists did is they used a genetic test that's already out there and in use, and they figured out, hey, wait a second, when the test

says this, a woman needs chemo. but when it says, that a woman doesn't. this doesn't work for all forms of breast cancer. but it does work for 10s of thousands of women. and avoiding chemo, it is great to avoid the hair loss, the nausea. but in addition, chemo puts you at a higher chance of getting leukemia later in life and heart failure. so to avoid that is huge. >> is this something women in the future are going to be able to do or can "people" people benefit right now? >> they can benefit in their doctor's offices starting tomorrow. because the test is out there. two out of three women with breast cancer are getting the test. so the test is there and doctors know how to use it better. you might be wondering about the third woman. it's interesting. sometimes women, their insurance doesn't cover it because it does cost thousands of dollars or sometimes doctors don't know to use it. so this is going to really up the ante that this test needs to be used more often than it is. >> this is great news. doctors say they are delighted to be able to spare patients any

unnecessary treatments. an offduty fbi agent could face charges after someone was shot while the agent was showing off his dance moves. the agent was dancing at a bar in denver, colorado when he does a backflip and a gun falls out of his waistband. he goes to pick it up, but accidentally fires it, shooting one person in the leg. here is how a witness described the scene. >> it was a break dance circle, a quintessential break dance circle. there is one man doing flips. and he left and the fbi i guess, we didn't know that, he came on the scene and he did a backflip. and he was dancing. right as he did that backflip, his gun fell out and it hit the ground. it shot off. >> denver police say the person shot is expected to survive, and the district attorney's office will determine whether to bring charges against the agent. don't dance with a gun. thanks for your company. i'm rosemary church. remember to connect with me my

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the idea that we are somehow a national security threat to the united states is quite frankly insulting. >> i think he is overreacting. >> the g7 could be interesting. u.s. allies with a fierce campaign against the president's new tariffs. now even senate republicans trying to slow the president down. you have everything you