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we are following the breaking news out of virginia beach, virginia, where the east coast is trying to come to grips with a terrible mass shooting that happened there. by the time police arrived and got to the scene, 12 people were already dead, four others seriously wounded. this happened inside a city building just as workers were preparing to leave for their weekend. police say a disgruntled long-time city worker entered the building around 4:00 in the afternoon local time and opened fire. he was armed with a semiautomatic handgun and extended magazines and a silencer. an employee described what happened. >> i was on the first floor and my boss had just left. i heard screams in the parking lot. i assumed there was a car accident or something. then he called his boss who

works right beside me and told us there was a gunman and we needed to shelter in place and we locked our doors. i immediately texted my loved ones and maybe a couple minutes after that i just heard rapid gunfire. >> that gunman was identified as a 40-year-old engineer in the public utilities department. the police chief said officers engaged in a lengthy gun battle with the suspect during which an officer was shot, but saved by his bulletproof vest. >> i can tell you that it was a long gun battle between those four officers and that suspect. we've recovered a .45 caliber handgun with multiple extended magazines that were empty at the time. the suspect was reloading extended magazines in that handgun firing at victims throughout the building and at our officers.

i want you to know that during this gun battle, basically the officers stopped this individual from committing more carnage in that building. when the suspect went down due to his injuries, our officers then immediately rendered first aid as they were removing him from the building to the waiting ems personnel. >> shortly after that the mayor and the governor both tried to comfort the grieving community. >> once we get over the shock of it, you know, we're going to move forward as a city, as a community. we're going be to be there for the families and, you know, don't forget the people that were, you know, victims of this tragic event, they were family members, they were co-workers, they were a vital part of the community of virginia beach and they will not be forgotten. >> their families are facing

painful loss and grief. they each leave a hole in a family, in their neighborhood, in this community and in our commonwealth. we mourn with our loved ones. >> now of the people caught up in this, there were so many stories with people who did their best to survive. shortly after the gunman was identified the investigation immediately shifted to the gunman's home. our brian todd was there. >> we're here at the home of shooting suspect dewayne craddock. he lived in his attached home just over my left shoulder here where the porch is illuminated there. police have been there all night looking for different clues. this is going to be one of the key components of the investigation, this location right here, as they piece together parts of this investigation and one of the key parts of that is to try to piece together a motive for this shooting that left at least 12 people dead that municipal

center in virginia beach. we know that suspect according to police did come in with two guns, a .45 caliber pistol, semiautomatic, magazines and a rifle, apparently came in ready to do battle with police and did do battle according to police. this was a long, drawn out gun battle inside that municipal center. he went up to three floors and left victims on each floor and engaged by police fairly quickly in a long gun battle they were able to stop him. one police officer shot and wounded but he was saved apparently according to police by his bulletproof vest. again a key component of what we don't quite know yet and what police are trying to learn more about is the motive. what set him off? sources tell cnn that craddock was a disgruntled employee of the virginia beach public works department, but beyond that at this moment, we don't know a lot and officers are here, fbi agents and others processing some evidence. this is going to be one of the key crime scenes where they're

going to try to put all that together and hopefully learn more about the specific motive and whether he actually targeted people specifically in that building. these were co-workers, most of them, that he killed. was he targeting people specifically in that building. we're told he fired indiscriminately. but again, specific motive and possible targets he might have had is going to be pieced together in the hours and days ahead. brian todd, cnn, virginia beach, virginia. >> thanks. employees who are caught up in the shooting explained as best they could the short amount of time where this happened, it felt like forever. >> we heard shooting. we heard shooting. but we didn't think it was that close like in proximity of the building, so i just thank god that they were able to alert us in time because if it had been ten minutes more we all would have been outside, so that's what i'm fwratsful for today.

>> i just don't know why anyone would do something like that. i don't know what would possess somebody to just come in and start shooting at people. i have an 11-month-old baby at home and all i could think about was him and trying to make it home to him. >> we go down the stairs, go through the corridor and there was a lady on the stairs, unconscious, blood on the stairway, we didn't know what happened. when the other co-workers went upstairs she came down saying get out of the building, there's a gunman, she was shot. >> joining us to talk about this is cnn law enforcement analyst and former washington, d.c., police chief, charles ramsey joining via skype this morning. good to have you, charles. >> good to be here. >> look, a disgruntled worker entering a building and opening fire and we know that attacker used a handgun with a sound suppresser, so unlike other shootings many people in his path they didn't hear the sound

of gunfire. >> that is unusual. you know, a lot of people think that a silencer totally muffles the sound. it doesn't. but it would take a minute before you really understood that was actually a handgun going off as opposed to the regular sound of a gunshot. i imagine it was confusing for people there. >> look, as a city worker, charles, this attacker would have obviously had knowledge of the building. could that have played factor when he moved from room to room especially as police officers closed in on him. >> no question about that. he was a veteran worker, been in that building god know house many times. victims on all three floors. he moved around and he moved around with ease. he had a .45 caliber semiautomatic with extended magazines. i don't think we're sure whether or not a rifle found belonged to him or not. he clearly intended to kill as many people as possible. because he knew the building he

knew where people would be gathered and you would have clusters in the building. he didn't waste any time. these things go down fairly quickly and the police response was quick. he was still able to kill 12 people. i mean it's just terrible. >> charles, would that have given him advantage? again, when police cornered him and tracked him down, would that have given him some adrang? >> there's no question about that. he knows the layout. when you get dispatched to a scene, whether it's a school, a factory or what have you, odds are you've probably not been in that building very often. this was a municipal building. officers probably go in and out of that building, but that doesn't mean they really know the layout that well. especially when you get beyond the first floor. he would have an advantage since it appears he planned this out to some extent. he knew what he was doing. there's no question about that. he would have the advantage. he knows his actions. you're trying to figure him out

and locate and figure out the situation. >> as far as weapons, we understand a .45 caliber handgun, investigators found a rifle, multiple magazines and extended magazines were used. what does this tell you about this gunman going into this situation? >> he planned on an awful lot of carnage. the average .45 caliber semiautomatic or the one i had carried 14 rounds. when you put one in the chamber that gives you 15. with the extended magazine you can carry 30. i mean it depends on the magazine itself. they, too, come in different sizes. he had multiple extended magazines. he had a lot of ammunition. if he had not been taken down when he was, there's no doubt in my mind more people would have either been wounded or killed. >> charles, look at this point the motive is still unclear, but it raises the question, the question is always there, were there warning signs. what can businesses do and people do to try to identify

risks like this as early as possible? >> one of the things that will be a part of this investigation is to kind of backtrack everything to find out exactly what it was that made this individual disgruntled to a point where they would become violent. we have a lot of people that are disgruntled in the workplace, but they don't necessarily go out and start trying to kill people. you know, they're going to have to really dig deep, but what i would say to people is this, you know, if you've got a person who is really being threatening and i don't know if this guy was being threatening beforehand or not, but certainly don't take it lightly. report it, pay attention to that sort of thing and if it's serious enough give the police a call and at least have it looked at. i couldndon't know if this was actionable type of situation or not. did he behave in a way that would really allow law enforcement to take proactive steps. we'll find that out during the course of the investigation. >> charles ramsey with perspective, thank you again for

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president trump is setting the statement for next week's visit to the united kingdom. in an interview with "the sun" he criticized outgoing prime minister theresa may and expressed support for boris johnson saying he would be an excellent replacement. theresa may is to step down as conservative party leader after mr. trump's visit triggering a leadership contest. mr. trump had also something to say about meghan markle, the new duchess of sussex, back in 2016 she said she would move to canada if he won the presidential election. mr. trump said he didn't know she was, quote, nasty, end quote. in the united kingdom he is to have lunch with her husband, prince harry. trade tensions between the united states and mexico could come to a head on wednesday, that's when mexico's foreign minister says he will be in washington to discuss the president's threat to impose tariffs on mexico. he and u.s. secretary of state mike pompeo already have talked

by phone and mexico's president says his country will not fall for any provocations. >> translator: we are forced to act with great prudence and we will insist on dialog. >> mr. trump is vowing to impose escalating tariffs starting june 10th if mexico doesn't stem the flow of migrant into the u.s. while analysts say the tariffs will hurt the economies of both countries one white house adviser says it won't hurt consumers. >> why raise american consumers' prices on all that stuff coming from mexico? >> this is one of the misunderstood aspects of the trump tariffs. china, for example, bears the burden of the tariffs for lower exports and prices for their products and lower profits. people who say somehow the american consumer is going to

pay for this is simply not true. >> retailers and other business groups are disputing that. they say prices are going to go up and lawmakers in mr. trump's own party say they are concerned and surprised by this move. republican senator chuck grassley released a statement calling this move a misuse of presidential tariff authority and adds, making good on the threat would seriously jeopardize the passage of the usmca, the united states/mexico/canada agreement. it is a replacement for the current north american free trade agreement. automakers have backed the new arrangement, but they're pushing back at the idea of new tariffs on mexico because prices could go up on cars and just about everything else americans buy. tom foreman explains. >> reporter: more than a third of all vegetables bought in the u.s., wine, beer, and snack foods too, more than a third of all televisions, nearly half of

all air conditioners, machinery, medical tools, and much more. americans buy so much from mexico the economists are warning a new tariff on mexican goods could hit very hard, especially when it comes to cars. every u.s. auto plant uses parts from mexico which is the largest foreign supplier. almost $60 billion worth of parts were imported from mexico last year alone. while automakers have supported trump's efforts to rewrite the north american free trade agreement, nafta, an industry group says the imposition of tariffs against mexico will undermine its positive impact and would impose significant costs on the u.s. auto industry. the u.s. chamber of commerce is calling trump's proposed tariff a tax, plain and simple. >> at 5%, that's $17 billion, in addition taxes on american consumers and businesses. >> reporter: the president's

defenders say no way. his use of tariffs is a powerful tool to force other nations to trade more fairly and consumers will not be squeezed. >> the governments of china and mexico will pay for it and the producers in mexico and china pay for this. >> reporter: but china already feeling the heat of trump's trade policies is currently threatening to hit back by restricting exports of rare natural high-tech and manufacturing companies in the u.s. such a move could drive up the cost of electric cars, cell phones and other products paid for once again by american consumers. so how much could it cost you? it's more than just a few cents on a piece of fruit. if the trump administration goes through with its most severe threat, a 25% tariff on mexican goods, that means according to one analyst that the average cost of a new car could rise

$1300. tom foreman, cnn, washington. let's get some perspective now on both of these trade disputes. political analyst james boyce joins us from london. good to have you with us, james. >> good morning, george. >> the white house is leaning in on the use of tariffs as a weapon aimed at motivating china, motivating mexico, certainly mexico on the issue of illegal immigration. the president's team is saying it puts the ball now in mexico's court. listen. >> one of the biggest things they can do is repatriation of the thousands of people coming from central america, they can return them back home, they can stop these massive caravans from coming through their country into ours. that would be a very big first step. certainly we've made some progress on the asylum, but we need to do a lot more on that front. we're hopeful they will do that. >> the question of tariffs as the magic bullet, james, does it

work? >> well, it's interesting to hear sarah huckabee sanders talking about this in regards to an immigration issue, whereas, of course, what the administration is deliberately doing is using this situation which is, of course, a trade issue. it's not only mexico, of course, but china, india is in the firing lines, the european union, all these major trading blocks are in the line of fire for the trump administration, for the imposition of huge tariffs, all of which of course is going to impact the american consumer most primarily because you're going to see, as you report, you talked about there a huge rise in the cost of everything quite frankly if these tariffs are, indeed, imposed in the end. >> we've heard that before, that other countries would pay for many other things but as you point out, the experts indicate that taxpayers, americans, consumers would end up paying for these tariffs. let's talk about the timing of this new threat. on the heels of a successful trade agreement reached between

the united states, canada and mexico, wouldn't tariffs muddy the water of a deal that has yet to be ratified? >> well, it's very strange because only two weeks ago, the trump administration removed tariffs on steel and aluminum coming in from mexico and canada which seemed to be a good step forward to replacing nafta. now, of course, by muddying the waters as you rightly put it, by talking about imposition of tariffs, anything up to 25% on mexico, this, of course, really starts to i think call into great dispute whether, indeed, the administration can get the replacement for nafta, which was, of course, a bipartisan agreement passed under the clinton administration through and that's not helped, of course, by his recent attack by speaker pelosi. it will be vital if this is to progress through congress. >> let's talk about the internal tug of war that we understand in the white house that's happening, because the president overruled a pair of his top economic advisors in deciding to

move forward with tariffs on mexico, urged on to do so by people like white house trade adviser peter navarro and stephen miller known for his hardline approach to immigration. there are indications that this came together pretty quickly, last minute. >> yeah. and it's troubling, quite frankly, because if there's one thing which is a constant problem with his white house it seems, they see not to be able to see the linkage of their policies here. very clearlies the attempt to use a trade issue to combat immigration, might well have some impact upon mexico in terms of attempting to stem immigration, that's debatable, quite frankly, but what it's certainly going to do is have an effect not only on issues to do with pricing within the united states, but, of course, it could severely deal a death blow to any efforts to try to get the replacement for nafta through, which, of course, was one of the

central points of donald trump's candidacy in the first place. when you consider the idea that he touts himself as the master of the art of the deal, it seems the idea of political linkage is a lesson this white house simply refuses to learn. >> switching from my side of the pond to yours, president trump set to visit the uk on monday and he'll be doing so ahead of comments that he made to the british newspaper "the sun" where he criticized the prime minister theresa may for her handling of the brexit and miss may will be stepping down as prime minister after mr. trump's visit and mr. trump signaling he thinks boris johnson would make an excellent replacement. how will these comments, do you think, how will they affect the president and how will he be received by his british hosts when he arrives? >> well, i think quite honestly this fits a pattern. when he was in the united kingdom a year ago he made not dissimilar comments ahead of his arrival then. when he was here he also criticized theresa may,

virtually side by side with her at checkers, saying that he would have taken a very different approach to dealing with the european union. he might have been right, quite frankly, because look at the mess we are in. there are diplomatic norms which all previous american presidents have taken prior to a visit to the unite td kingdom. they will talk up the special relationship and the relationship with the prime minister. we haven't seen that from donald trump. it does fit a european union. anybody who is surprised by this probably hasn't been paying attention. >> the president also reportedly calling meghan markle "nasty" and he is set to meet with her husband for lunch. >> that could be interesting. >> indeed. thank you for your time today. >> thank you, george. the looming humanitarian disaster as the military ramps up its offensive in idlib, the last rebel held enclave inside syria. we'll tell you what's happening there. we'll return to our breaking news out of the state of

virginia, virginia beach, virginia, a dozen people who lost their lives in a mass shooting.

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against the u.s., they've already gotten tougher over the past few hours. about $60 billion worth of u.s. goods will now carry an added tax of up to 25%. this follows the u.s. raising tariffs on chinese goods in early may. months of talks between the two countries have not produced a trade deal. billionaire philip green is facing four counts of misdemeanor assault in the united states. the charges come after a fitness instructor in arizona alleged that he repeatedly touched her inappropriately. the chairman of arcadia group, the retail empire that owns topshop, is denying the charges. in hungary crews are preparing to raise a sunken crew boat from the danube river. at least seven south korean tourists died when the boat sank after hitting a cruise ship. teams are still searching for 21 passengers who are still missing. hungarian officials blame the crash on human error.

♪ we want to bring you up to speed now on what happened in this terrible tragedy that played out in virginia beach on friday. here's what we know so far. police are searching the home of the disgruntled city worker who went on a shooting spree on friday. he entered a municipal being during office hours and killed at least 12 people and seriously wounded four others. the gunman died after a long shoot-out with police. one officer was shot by saved by his bulletproof vest. police say they recovered a rifle and semiautomatic handgun that was equipped with extended magazines and a silencer. alyssa andrews took a picture of one of the gunshot victims and earlier she explained what happened, but we do warn you what you're about to see here is graphic. >> the police were just running back and forth with machine guns in their hands and i was

actually in the car with my grandson, but when i first noticed, you know, they had blocked the road off, so i couldn't go anywhere. i was parked on the side of the road. then i just saw a police officer run in front of my car with this gentleman that had just gotten shot. i told him i was an rn and said can i help you and i guess they got him over -- he said no, stay in your car. they took him away. i pray that he's okay. >> that community still trying to recover. we'll, of course, continue to follow the story from virginia beach. now to syria, and idlib, the last rebel-held enclave there, the city is a political and humanitarian tinderbox. over the last seven years, fighters and families have ended up there after the syrian troops recaptured territory. idlib is supposed to be a

protected area, but the military is ramping up its offensive now. now nowhere is safe. cnn's selma reports, but we warn you what you're about to see in this report, it is important to see but it is graphic. >> reporter: this is supposed to be a safe place. syria's last rebel-held enclave should be protected by a deescalation agreement. now, that seems all but forgotten. here's the aftermath of one of those air strikes up close. rescue workers arrive to find a young boy crushed by the rubble. he's still laying in his bed. the bomb killed him before he woke. his father kneels in prayer. he has more sons trapped inside. finally another boy emerges. horrified at the site of his dead brother beside him.

don't worry, they say. he's just sleeping. alive, meant to bring some comfort. this doctor, president of med global, says even the hospitals aren't safe. he just returned from a medical mission in idlib. >> in idlib alone in the last four weeks, 24 hospitals were bombed and went out of service. i visited one of the hospitals that was built inside the mountain for protection in the city and in spite of that, was bombed completely and went out of service. >> reporter: medical facilities shared their gps coordinates with the united nations as part of the deescalation agreement, doct the doctor says. >> people are suspecting russia, a member of the united nations security council has shared the information with the assad regime or they're bombing the hospitals themselves. >> reporter: human rights groups have long warned of the

catastrophic consequences of a full-scale offensive on the province of 3 million. the repeat spike in violence, the worst in a year, has killed 250 civilians, most of them children according to the opposition. syria and russia both accuse the opposition of violating the agreement first and called on turkey, which backs the rebels, to end the fighting. tens of thousands have fled what's left of their homes, but for most, there seems no safe place left to hide. cnn, london. let's bring in world food program's syria director karene joining us from damascus. good to have you with us. >> good morning. >> your group addresses the thousands of people displaced acrossed idlib. given the access that you have there, what are you seeing? >> well, the situation in idlib

is reaching dramatic levels. lives are lost, people fleeing conflict are displaced, civilian infrastructure like hospitals, schools, bakeries are being destroyed and now what we also see is that farm land is being destroyed. so far 300,000 people had to flee their homes. they're moving from the south of idlib and the north of hama towards the northern part to safety. the program has been able to reach 190,000 people so far with emergency food assistance, which is food that we provide that they can eat it on the move. >> let's talk a bit more about that. the conditions for people across syria today following the many years of a bloody war. what is the situation with regards to access to food, with jobs and medical care? >> yes.

the world food program has been supporting the people in idlib since 2014 through the security council approved cross-border operation, so we've been moving in food to support 600,000 people every month through turkey. with the current search, we have increased that number and supporting 700,000 people and we are ready to support more people with our monthly rash shon that they receive and in addition with the emergency supplies for them to be able to eat on the move. but you know, partners under -- go ahead. >> go ahead, please. i didn't mean to interrupt. >> but partners on the ground, you know, whom we're working with are telling us that it is already an unbearable situation for people. they have to leave everything behind. they have to move towards the north to the camps. the camps are overcrowded. this is a very densely populated

area. the whole part is overcrowded. people receive tents from humanitarian partners but they have nowhere to pitch them. they're moving from a to b to nowhere. you know, one man told our partner that he had to carry his aging mother who is wounded for hours on his back until a vehicle would pick him up or another woman told them that she had lost in the blink of an eye everything, because of bombardment. her children are traumatized because they see the bombs and the shelling falling from the sky, so really, the situation is terrible. we need to stop this and we need to allow these people to return to safety and to a decent life. >> you talk about the people who go to the camps that are overcrowded, and, of course, there's some 150,000 others, many people who are kind of living out in the open, not

lucky enough to get to those overcrowded camps. we'll stay in touch with you and again continue to get insight from you and your group as you have access to the people there across idlib. thank you for your time. >> thank you. the u.s. president said that he fell in love with kim jong-un. he said that at one time. now a u.s. official is renewing concerns about north korea saying the threat it represents is extraordinary. johnson & johnson is a baby company.

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in love with kim jong-un patrick shanahan warned that international security summit -- warned at that summit that north korea is still a major threat. >> the challenges are significant. we are focused on negotiations to achieve a final, fully verified denuclearization of the korean peninsula. we acknowledge that north korea has neared a point where it could credibly strike regional allies, u.s. territory, and our forward deployed forces. north korea remains an extraordinary threat and requires continued vigilance. >> the u.s. state department is investigating reports by a south korean newspaper that north korea executed some top officials after the failed summit between president trump and kim jong-un. our will ripley explains what we know and why it's so hard to find out exactly what's going on there. >> reporter: north korean leader

kim jong-un and his delegation smiled politely when president donald trump walked out of february's failed summit in vietnam but south korea's largest newspaper says kim is believed to be carrying out a purge of top officials following the epic failure of negotiations with the trump administration. cho sun ill bo says special envoy to the u.s., kim yong chol was executed in march for betraying the supreme leader. >> we're aware of reports that there has been an execution but since we do not have any way of confirming that i wouldn't have further comment. >> reporter: cnn has checked with numerous sources and is not able to verify the newspaper's reporting. south korean reports said north korean executions have at times been inaccurate. a senior diplomatic source with knowledge of the situation tells cnn these top officials have certainly disappeared, but there's no independent information or intelligence at this point on what's happened to

them. even for the u.s. state department, credible information is difficult to obtain from one of the world's most see creative nations. >> we've seen the reporting which you've referred and doing our best to check it out. >> reporter: as for secretary of state mike pompeo's negotiating parter kim yong chol who hand delivered a letter to president trump in the oval office, the same south korean paper says he's been dismissed and is doing forced labor. the paper says kim's interpreter in hanoi is in prison in a political camp for a critical interpretation error. kim's trusted younger sister, kim yo-jong may have been affected, the paper says. she's reportedly been removed from official activity. >> i see it as him feeling that he was going to come through with an agreement with president trump in hanoi and he's trying to blame somebody. >> reporter: the breakdown in talks in hanoi led to escalating

tensions, including two north korean short-range missile tests in recent weeks. the future of u.s./north korea diplomacy is unclear. what is clear, somebody needed to pay the price for what happened in hanoi. the question is, did they pay the ultimate price? will ripley, cnn. let's bring in paula hancocks, also following the story this hour in seoul, south korea. at the very least we know that many people disappeared. what more do we know around this reporting that we're following? >> well, george, there's nothing more that we know around this reporting because it's based on one newspaper report with a single, unnamed source. clearly it's not known whether or not that is accurate. we've seen officials there, the secretary of state, mike pompeo, also steve beingen, who is in singapore for the defense ministers, speaking at the

shangri-la dialog, everybody is being cautious saying they simply don't know if this is accurate. we had a statement from the blue house just on friday saying they're looking into what can actually be confirmed from that report. it just shows how difficult it is to know exactly what's happening within north korea. it is not an exact science to try to predict what is happening within the regime, who is in, who is out, and quite frankly, sometimes the only way we know for sure if someone has been purged is because state run media itself will announce it. we've heard in the past, for example, the uncle of kim jong-un was found guilty of treason and executed on kim jong-un's orders and that, of course, we knew for sure because north korea had announced it. we have also had many reports from this chosun ilbo from the intelligence service in south korea reporting that individuals have been executed, only for

them to turn up either months or years later with a promotion in many cases. it is a very difficult thing to try to figure out exactly who is in and who is out. it is clear that someone had to take the blame for the hanoi summit. it was humiliating for kim jong-un. it was a great surprise to kim jong-un that he had to walk away without an agreement and clearly they don't want any kind of blame to be pointed towards the leader himself. george? >> paula hancocks on the story, live in seoul, thank you. thousands of liverpool and tottenham fans have descended on madrid for the champions league final and it's more than a little tough finding a ticket. we're live in madrid with that story next. maria ramirez? hi. maria ramirez! mom! maria! maria ramirez... mcdonald's is committing 150 million dollars

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it is the greatest show in club football, the countdown is under way as fans arrive to madrid for the champions league final. kickoff just hours away and some people are headed to the spanish capital without tickets. there are reports they are being sold for as much as $30,000. in the uk 800 extra flights have been put on ahead of the match.

amanda davis is in madrid following the story. talk about the fans, the tickets, of course, and the buildup. >> yeah, george, the first all-english champions league final is taking place since 2008 and it really is a glorious day here in madrid. we're still nine or so hours away from kickoff and incredibly there are some fans already arriving here at the stadium. you'd think more in hope than expectation of getting their hands on one of these tickets which are proving so elusive. as you mentioned, between 70 and 100,000 fans are being understood to be traveling here to spain, but only 34,000 tickets inside the stadium have been released to supporters. they are very, very much hot property. a lot of the people who have left the uk at 3:00 this

morning, of course, do have the tickets. they know they're going to get inside. the people who have been here for a couple of days now, who have come in from the likes of malaysia and israel and very %-pt last minute. that doesn't really seem to be the case, unless people have been prepared to spend an awful lot of money. uefa's governing body issued a warning to those fans saying do not do it, don't buy tickets on the black market. they know there is a large number of fake tickets on the market. for that reason a lot of fans are opting to stay in the center of madrid about eight miles or so away from here. there's some fan zones set up. the atmosphere is fantastic. they just want to be here to see their team, one or the other, create history a little bit later on. >> and finally, amanda, who is the favorite here?

>> i think liverpool on paper and with the fans you speak to very much the favorites given their performance in the premier league this season. they finished 26 points clear of spurs in the premier league and have beaten them in the majority of their recent head-to-head meetings, although the liverpool contingent in the press conference yesterday were very keen to play that down. they were saying this is a one off, this is the champions league final. our games against spurs in recent times have been very, very tight, decided on just one mistake, for example, their last meeting with the spurs goalkeeper hugo. but we saw in the semifinals with both these sides they both fought back from those incredible positions. they both fought back to put their place in this final. nothing can be guaranteed in this game, george. >> amanda davis, thank you. as for tickets, no winning tickets for big lotto jackpot in the united states.

no one picked the right numbers for the mega millions drawing on friday night. the grand prize was $444 million. so that means an even bigger prize next drawing on tuesday night. a cool $475 million. americans seem to like their lotto tickets. research shows they spend nearly $73 billion just last year. my producer of the is show has a theory, you should go out far to the country, don't buy your tickets in the city, go far in the woods, that strange gas station, that's where you'll get the winning ticket they say. thank you for being with us for "cnn newsroom." i'm george howell in atlanta. for our viewers in the united states, "new day" is next, for viewers around the world "erin burnett out front" is ahead.

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