a win for president trump. the u.s. supreme court rules in his favor about spending military funds on the border wall. democrats make a huge move, chairman of the judiciary committee takes a step toward an impeachment investigation. also ahead this hour, defying the police. hundreds of protesters defy police orders and demonstrate in hong kong. we're live from cnn world headquarters in atlanta, and we want to welcome our yviewers hee in the united states and around the world. i'm george howell.

c"cnn newsroom" starts now. 4:00 a.m. on the u.s. east coast and we start with immigration and the u.s. president, two big wins on that front for him. on friday building his wall and slowing the flow of migrants to the north. first at the supreme court. the court approving $2.5 billion of the pentagon's money to build the border wall in trump said mexico would pay for. it allows the money to be spent while it is battled out in lower courts. president trump claimed victory, he said this in a tweet, wow, big victory on the wall. united states supreme court overturns lower court injunction allowing southern border wall to proceed. big win for border security and the rule of law. >> build that walli, build that wall! >> on the campaign trail,

immigration has been the rallying cry of donald trump's campaign and time at the white house. earlier scott jennings explained why this is such a big win and the timing is prime for the u.s. president on this issue. >> number one it is a political victory at a time when the president had come under some attack for not building the wall so he can now check that box. and this is also at a time when the most recent gallup poll shows that immigration is at the top of the list. so the president is being responsive to that. and i think it validates the president's position. he said the border issues has been a national emergency all along. since he declare national imagine, what has happened? thousands more people have come, we've all seen that it is an actual emergency. so he is valley dauleidated on . and i think this supreme court

decision will bait the democrats into saying some pretty dumb stuff at this week's cnn debates. they have already become extremists on immigration and i think that it will get even worse on your debate stages this week. >> nearly 20 u.s. states along with rights and environmental groups and border communities are backing lawsuits that claim president trump's emergency declaration violates the constitution. the american civil liberties union slammed the court's decision saying this, this is not over. we will be asking the federal appeals court to expedite the ongoing appeals process proceeding to halts t the damag from trump's border wall. and lest we forget, this is not exactly what mr. trump has pitched to his supporters in the past. >> mexico is going to pay for the wall. >> mexico will pay for the wall. and mexico is going to pay for the wall. and who is going to pay for the

wall? the other big win for mr. trump on immigration, a deal struck with guatemala. with the threat of tariffs now off the table, guatemala agrees to a deal with the u.s., asylum seekers traveling through guatemala will have to apply for asylum there if they decide to claim asylum at the u.s. border, they will be returned to guatemala. mr. trump called the deal a win for both countries. listen. >> we've been dealing for many years i would say with guatemala and with other countries. and we are now at a point where we are -- we just get along and they are doing what we've asked them to do. i think that it will be a great thing for guatemala. they don't want these problems

either. so we're able to get it done fairly quickly. mexico also is working along with us very nicely. i mean tremendously actually. you will see a chart where the numbers are really through the floor i should say because they are going down. >> the deal will likely be challenged in court with critics saying guatemala is one of the most dangerous countries in the world, not a safe place for asylum seekers. putting immigration aside now, there is still the threat of impeachment hanging over the white house. the white house judiciary committee has filed a suit to get secret grand jury information from the russia investigation. the reason, they say they need to decide whether to impeach president trump.en serfaty has . >> reporter: democrats on the house judiciary committee are admitting that the investigation that they are already conducting into president trump could lead

to recommending articles of impeachment against him without the full house ever formally voting for an inquiry. >> there is no difference between what you're doing now and impeachment inquiry, correct? >> in effect. we will see what remedies that we can recommend. we're not limited. >> reporter: the committee filing a lawsuit in federal court to get the underlying grand jury material from robert mueller's report arguing, quote, the committee issen come tuktsitukt ducting an investigation whose purposes include determining whether to recommend articles of impeachment. jerry nadler now opening threatening impeachment proceedings. >> the house must have access to all the relevant facts and railroare consider whether to exercise full article 1 powers including power of the utmost gravity, recommendation of articles of impeachment. >> reporter: while also readying a second court case to compel don mcgahn to comply with his

subpoena. >> this court filing is the first time that you are seeing us telegraph to the court that one of the remedies we have is impeachment. >> i would say we are in an impeachment investigation. >> reporter: this comes as 100 democrats support opening up an impeachment inquiry and as some are growing impatient with house speaker nancy pelosi's strategy, worried the window for starting impeachment proceedings may be closing. >> let's get sophisticated about this, okay? we will proceed when we have what we need to proceed. >> reporter: but pressure is growing from top doors like chair may nadler who has pleaded with pelosi privately to allow him to lean into impeachment. >> we may decide to recommend articles of impeachment at some point. we may not. it remains to be seen. and there is no point speculating on whether the speaker or anybody else will agree with our decision at that point. >> reporter: meantime pelosi also trying to minimize another

party rift. >> i don't think that there ever was any hatchet. >> reporter: meeting one-on-one with progressive alexandria ocasio-cortez for the first the time in months. >> you're in a family. and in a family, you have your differences but you are still family. >> reporter: after the two have been openly feuding for weeks. >> as a i think i think the speaker respects, you know, the fact that we're coming together as a party. >> reporter: amid this debate over impeachment, the house is now heading in to a six week long recess where members will be hearing directly from constituents, it could be a key moment for democrats and could shape the narrative around impeachment for when they return here in september. sunlen serfaty, cnn, capitol hill. let's put it all into foe tuesday with james boyce,

professor of political studies. good to have you with us. >> good morning. >> so it is being called an impeachment investigation rather than an impeachment inquiry. so whether that is a matter of new answer oig or subm nuance or splitting hairs, there is an effort to get secret information to help democrats decide whether to impeach. so why haven't they just said it is happening? >> well, it is quite remarkable, isn't it. you do have clearly a great rift within the democratic party between the leadership in the form of nancy pelosi and several of her individuals who should be her key lieutenants, jerry nadler for example. the extent of that rift i think is a cause for great celebration in the white house. if you had a more united democratic party who could frankly line up all their ducks effectively and get this sorted out, i think the white house would be in carable more

trouble. the hearing with robert mueller this week of course was being touted as being a turning point, it had been delayed to allow the democratic members of congress to get their game faces on effectively and make sure that the hearing was going to be quite devastating and i think most people would agree that actually that hearing was more disappointing quite frankly to those seeking to impeach president trump. and as a result what we are now seeing is chairman nadler realizing that clearly that star witness will not suffice, they will have to go after the raw material that he based his report upon. so this is definitely going to be an interesting dilemma for the courts to decide whether to unseal this documentation. >> not all democrats clearly want to impeach. many fear that it could energize the president's base, others are worried that it could force democratic candidates running for president to talk impeachment rather than talk

about table top issues that will be so important come the 2020 election. do you see this as a losing hand for democrats or could it be a win, could it help them? >> well, that is the $6 million question at the moment and it certainly is one which is splitting the democratic party. clearly nancy pelosi has her issues with regard to this believing that democrats win when at the talk about the table top issues, issues to do with the economy, et cetera. the other side of that from other democrats is that there is a constitutional responsibility to move ahead with this. clearly i think speaker pelosi is of the opinion that quite frankly right now the math on capitol hill did not support a successful impeachment. but of course going back to some 20 years to when beto o'rourke w -- bill clinton was impeached, it could be the same thing then,

the house did impeach bill clinton, but there was no chance effectively of him being removed from office even though they controlled the senate at never going to get enough democrats to move away from supporting bill xliclinton. so should you move forward when you know that there is a certain outcome. even against richard nixon, it was the only last minute when the smoking gun tape emerged that sufficient number of republicans on capitol hill deserteded richard nixon, that he chose to resign. so impeachment is far more about politics than it is about law. and of course impeachment is only the beginning of a process, simply impeaching a ppresident s not guarantee his removal. >> many democrats say rather focus on the election, that is the place to beat the president. let's pivot for a moment to talk about the president's big wins on immigration in guatemala for sure but also at the supreme court, the court giving his

administration the nod to use funds from the defense defendant by overturning a lower court ruling. how does that play for president trump as he moves on to the campaign trail and shares that with his base? >> well, no doubt about it, donald trump has been very successful in presenting all decisions as overriding successes for him and his administration. on the one hand, we can rightly say as you are reporting that he has got the successful positive ruling from the supreme court. on the other hand as you are also reporting, very clearly he has always said that the mexicans will pay for this very clearly that is not going to be the case. i doubt xwthat he would make an reference to the second element and will be focusing on the first aspect of that. remember of course that this is not a simple left/right issue. the democratic party in the past have long been supporters of having border security, almost half of the border is already secured by some degree of a

fence or a wall. and it will be interesting to see just how much of this funds go into extending those existing borders or how much it is going to be replacing existing territorial borders which are in place and perhaps need fixing. donald trump has gone done to the border in the past and stood in front of new sections of the wall which have in the past just been replacing other elements of a fence which for example barack obama and bill clinton put in place. so this will be of great significance thing. >> james boys from london, thank you. you don't want to miss the democratic presidential debates next tuesday and wednesday night. dana bash don lemon and jake tapper moderate. july 30 and 31 beginning at 8:00 p.m. only here on cnn.

now to hong kong where thousands are protesting in the streets this hour, they are coming together in a small town on the border with mainland china making their voices heard. you see this live image right now, 4:14 p.m. there in hong kong. people on the streets, they are protesting after they were attacked by mobs wearing white shirts. wielding iron bars and bamboo sticks. at least 45 people were hurt and about a dozen people were arrested. kristie lu stout is with the protesters and joins us live. and what do you see there, what is happening behind you? >> reporter: hi george. i'm in the far north of hong kong and in the last hour we have seen a significant increase in the number of protesters who are here. and this is an unlawful protest. take a look at the number of people here, all of them risking arrest as they come out in

force. the police denied permission saying that they would not be able to control the scene. and they are out here because of the events that took place last weekend, the brutal scenes of chaos, the mobs of men wearing white t-shirts and wielding sticks and brutally beating passe passersby, journalists. within w hong kong police announced 12 were arrested in connection to those attacks. nine believed to have background with organized criminal groups here in hong kong. but the protestors are not only angry about the triad involvement but also what they perceive as delayed police response. the police seem to be reluctant to get involved and arrest people on the scene. earlier this week we heard from the police commissioner who defended the police action as well as condemni ining rye lens

he saand -- violence. but you can tell that the protestors are not buying it. and earlier today i spoke with some protestors why they risk arrest to take part in this assembly. this is what they had to say. >> we don't trust the police, hong kong police, anymore. because you now they are cooperate with the gangsters against us for the protestors and they hit us without any reason. >> reporter: what would satisfy you? >> to let them hear our voice. i don't know if they will respond. i don't think that they will answer anything. but we want them to hear our voice and hear what we want and let them know that we are -- we're not just going to be silent. this is not the way. this is not hong kong. >> reporter: there are people of all ages here participating in this unlawful assembly, but there are quite a number of young people.

earlier today i also spoke to a group of masked middle schoolboys, boys who are 14, 15, 16 years old. i asked them about why they were taking part in this protest and they said that it was because they were against what the police did last weekend because we also want freedom and also asked for universal suffrage, scenes that the protests today has very much changed from the beginning of this big long hot summer of protests here in hong kong starting with a single issue and turned into a challenge of the political institutions of hong kong and people really questioning the hong kong police force as well. back to you. >> kristie lu stout live for us. we'll stay in touch with you. still ahead here on "cnn newsroom," two close allies look ahead at a post-brexit relationship. the u.s. president and the new prime minister talk of trade in their first phone call. the latest from london ahead for you. plus canadian police go door to door in a rugged remote

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welcome back. the new prime minister of the united kingdom spoke with the u.s. president by phone on friday. the two discussed working out a free trade deal after britain leaves the european union for brexit. president trump has long been an outspoken fan of boris john cso but this is believed to be that i first time to speak since mr. john can son mov s johnson moved in to 10 downing street. selma, what more can you tell us about the conversation between these two? they know each other and seem to be aligned on many issues. >> well, george, after that phone call, president trump did tell reporters that they were speaking about a very substantial trade agreement. he went on to say that trade between the countries could increase by three, four, even five times. unclear where he got those numbers. and he went on to say that the trade between the uk and u.s. had been impeded by the eu.

so this is very good of course for prime minister johnson who wants to kind of turn away from europe and towards other countries towards the u.s. for the future of the uk. but here is the catch. boris john can son ason and the negotiate any trade agreements until they actually leave the eu. so we have the deadline of october 31. that is his first hurdle. and there is a lot at stake here. very limited options. he has said that he will try to renegotiate with brussels, but eu officials have said that they will not renegotiate with the back stop that they have worked on for three years now with prime minister may's administration. he's offered to crash out on october 31 a no-deal brexit, but parliament looks ready to block that possibility. so if no renegotiations, then his only option is a general election. so, yes, boris johnson will make a lot of this relationship from

across the pond. he will try to tout that, but that won't save him from the crisis at home. >> you speak about the uk not being able to negotiate until it is out of the eu. the eu certainly has certain standards on agricultural and food and many different things and the uk presently is in line with these standards. but again the prime minister as you point out pointing to a bright spot post-brexit -- something going on back there? >> we're hearing -- sorry, not sure what is going on. >> yeah, we'll get back to you. thank you again. hoping everything will be just fine with that sound going off in the background. police in canada are expanding their search on the hunt for two murder suspects in a small rural community. they are knocking on every door in the central province of manitoba. that is where the suspects were last seen.

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welcome back to viewers here in the united states and around the world. you're watch muching "cnn newsroom" live. i'm george howell with the headlines we're following for you. u.s. supreme court has ruled that for now the u.s. president can use the $2.5 billion in pentagon funding to build his border wall. a lower court had blocked the president's move, but it is not over as the appeals process is still yet to be heard. house democrats are ramping up their call for impeachment. house judiciary committee filed a suit to get secret grand jury information and enforce a subpoena against don mcgahn to testify. president trump spoke by phone on friday with boris johnson, their first conversation since mr. johnson became the new british prime minister. downing street says the two leaders agreed to pursue a free trade deal after the uk leaves the european union and brexit.

protestors in hong kong are out in the streets in force rallies in a border town where violence broke out just last sunday. that is when mobs attacked protestors for nearly an hour. police had denied authorization for the demonstrations saying that they pose a threat to public safety. some of those men who carried out the attacks on the hong kong protestors last week are suspected of having links to organized crime groups known as t triads. anna coren explains what they want. >> reporter: they are well dressed as they control with ultimate discretion. these are the mafia-like triads like the blockbuster that inspired dicaprio's 2006 film

the departed. they are known for being impossible to recognize on the streets. almost always operating in their own criminal underworld -- until now. >> translator: i explained that i just got off work, i'm still wearing your work shoes, i'm not your are target. i asked them not to beat me, but they didn't listen. >> reporter: calvin is a restaurant worker who says he doesn't take part in political protests. but the scars on his back tell of the savage beating he took as the pole wielding men targeted a train station last weekend. he was one of 45 people hospitalized as pro democracy activists were caught up in the violence. hong kong police have arrested 11 men and linked some to triad gangs. >> wherever the money, they will go. and whoever pay them, they will take the job.

>> reporter: in new territories on the fringe of the city, experts say crime is made possible through links with local government. >> hong kong cannot get rid of the triad. >> reporter: the violence sturnlged rumors that officials may be using their connections with triadstimidate demonstrators. >> i think this tactic deployed by the central government to strengthen hong kong people. it move. police deny any collusion. what is more likely, that they support the status quo and hired low level thugs to scare protestors away from the business interests. but that is all cold comfort to protest organizer and lawmaker eddie chu.

>> there are more personal to me against me that if i do not stop provoking citizens to take to the street, then i will be murdered. >> reporter: this week china's military said that if asked by hong kong, it could deploy troops to the streets. chu says that chinese soldiers are not as frightening as triads. >> we could go back home and still be safe. but if beijing and hong kong allow thug rules in hong kong to replace the position of police, then we cannot have our normal life. >> reporter: as the city of 7 million braces for even more protests, many are just wanting their normal lives back. anna coren, cnn, hong kong. in south korea, two people were killed when the upper floor of a night club collapsed. it happened in a southwestern

city and rescue officials say 17 were injured including foreign athletes participate in the world and you cquatics champion. many were pinned under the trouble. in the philippines, a least eight people were killed when twin earthquakes struck. a 5.9 magnitude tremor and an aftershock rocked a northern province. some buildings were reduced to rubble. in one area residents were forced into the streets after a church was damaged. iran has released some of the crew members aboard the panamanian flagged oil tanker and granted access to a separate investigational seized last week. matthew chance has more on these developments plus reports that iran has test fired a ballistic

missile. >> reporter: firstly there has been no confirmation from iran that any weapons test has taken place. but an unnamed u.s. official has told cnn that mid range ballistic missile was fired by iran from a base in the south of the country. the official said it landed 1,000 kilometers, that is 600 miles, to the north in an area near the iranian capital. at no point was shipping or any u.s. base under threat. under the terms of its international commitments, the iranian missile tests are not banned. but the country's growing missile program is one of the reasons that the united states pulled out of the iranian nuclear deal last year. washington wants to see curbs on missile developments. intelligence officials say the latest test was part of iran's efforts to improve the range and

accuracy. mike pompeo says he would be welcome to travel to iran if necessary. iran and the u.s. have both indicated a willingness no principal to gosh great, but ne signs of that happening soon. there have been some developments with the tanker seized last week still being held by iranian authorities. but access has finally been granted. iranian ambassador has confirmed that 18 of the crew have been visited describing their condition as very calm with no sense of panic. indian officials say the crew are safe and doing fine. matthew chance, cnn, abu dhabi. president trump says he is not overly concerned by north korea's recent tests of two short range missiles. that is despite the fact that pyongyang said that the tests were intended as a solemn warning to south korea. here is what the u.s. president had to say about it on friday.

>> they are short range missiles and my relationship is very good with chairman kim. we'll see what happens. but they are short range missiles and many people have those police stills. he didn't say a warning to the united states. i can tell you that. but they have their disputes, the two of them have their disputes. they have had them for a long time. but they are short range missiles. and very standard missiles. >> the timing of the missile tests is significant because the united states and south korea will soon hold joint military exercises. pyongyang views those exercises as rehearsals for an invasion of north korea. the question, would yyou wie advice from someone who does not drink wine? why the u.s. president says french wine is not as good as american wine. we'll have that story for you. plus you can now call the

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u.s. president donald trump is proposing a tariff that many wine drinkers may find hard to swallow. he suggested putting a tariff on french wines in retaliation for france's new 3% tax to be imposed on earnings in france of the u.s. tech companies. >> france put on a tax on our companies. you know that. and wrong, wrong thing do. they should not have done it. so i may do that. i've always liked american wines better than french wine. even though i don't drink wine. i just like the way they look. okay? but the american wines are great. american wines are great.

and they didn't do the right thing when they start taxing our companies. >> he says that he likes the way they look. mr. trump adds that tariffs may be put in place before the upcoming g7 meeting which will be held in france. freak weather in the alps threw the tour de france into chaos on friday. besides hail and ice, the storm triggered a mudslide so the race was halted. about 18 miles and 25 kilometers from friday's finish line. officials are modifying the course for saturday. do don riddell has more. >> reporter: the tour de france has been unpredictable and ex-i will rating and we always knew that the alpine stage would be exciting, but few could have predicted the drama that unfolded on the mountain side. and it likely means that the french hopes of celebrating a

homegrown winner for the first time since 1985 have been dashed. the frenchman began wearing the leader's jersey, but he fell behind during the stage. his plan was to try to win it back on the descent but horrendous weather left the course impassable. snowplows were immediately dispatched to try to clear the way. but it was in vain. and not only that, we alsoed that the extraordinary sight of rocks and mud slipping down the mountain and completely blocking the road as well. and you can see from the panic among those who witnessed it that this was serious. the world's best cyclists were hurdling down the mountains towards them just a couple minutes away. event organizers didn't have long to think about it, they had to stop the race, but it was chaotic. the general director left to reason with furious psych licyco didn't yet understand the magnitude of the dangers made.

they were credited for the work that they already put in. some overcome with emotion. >> translator: the truth is, i can't describe what i'm feeling right now. there is a lot of emotion. i can't stop myself crying. i'm so happy. tomorrow is a very important day. and i hope to be able to defend the yell will ow jersey all theo paris. >> reporter: there are now just two stages remaining, but only one more in which to race. it is tradition that they don't compete on the way into paris on sunday. with a 48 second deficit, alaphilippe seem to accept that his dreams are over. and another french rider had to pull out with a thigh injury. it is a grueling test of ensu enduran

endurance. the finish line was nearly in sight. he was devastated to leave the race like that. it really was a miserable day for france, but the drama could hardly have been more compelling. back to you. >> the weather just really shocking in that situation and extreme heat across europe, record-shattering temperatures and now the heat shifts north. >> it impacted the tour de france and you start talking about shattering records, all-time record temperatures, and we just want to recap really what happened, where the weather is going, where the majority of the heat is going. and what it is doing to the forest fires. check out this, mercury climbing way past 40 degrees in the nu r netherlands. so they have to review the all-time record heat records thursday and they have come back now and have included the united kingdom in the hottest day on

record for the 25th of july. 38.7 degrees recorded in the cambridge region. that was warmer than the deadly heat wave that struck in 2003, 38.5 degrees was the temperature there. and it surpassed the july record which we originally thought had been broken. now we know that it was also included in that dubious list of the netherlands as well as brussels and into germany as well. look at this, the heat was incredible. we're talking about 10, 15 degrees celsius higher than what it should be. mercury climbed to 1308 degrees in paris. so now a cooling trend has settled in from the atlantic, but this is also putting the squeeze on the heat. is that shifts a little further north. so places like scandinavia, look at these temperatures, it is about the difference between the average high and actual

temperature forecast for the day. so a significant departure from normal. so if you are traveling there, be prepared for heat but the cool weather is coming and that will bring relief into those area as well as we head into next week. the heat will be in the mediterranean where it should be this time of year. and talking about the arctic circle, with the month of june being the warmest on record across the plan either, looks like july may also be the warmest july on record. it has sparked hundreds of wildfires in the arctic circle. this is a satellite image coming from russia. you can see some of the fires. unfortunately, this has created a very bad air pollution problem. we're talking about 50 gay tons of co2 emissions.

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arthur ashe stadium in new york, home to the u.s. open and largest tennis stadium in the world. but this weekend, it will be filled with fans of a different kind, fortnite. the wildly popular video game. and just like tennis, the winner will take home millions of dollars. tony ilo has this story. >> reporter: it is the world's hottest online video game with more than 250 million registered players. fortnite is an absolute sensation. >> it is always changing, always new. fresh. every day. >> it is a competitive game. >> reporter: the game so big it now has its own world cup. this weekend thousands will pile into arthur ashe stadium in flushing, queens to watch the competition in person while millions of others will stream the action online.

this 14-year-old came all the way from norway to compete. >> i was hooked instantly. >> reporter: 40 million players took a shot at competing in the cup. only 100 made it. including this 15-year-old of smithdown, long island. his dad says his son is so famous in the gaming world he has to home school him. >> you'll have them yelling his name out, it was a big distraction. >> reporter: griffin made $300,000 in 18 months playing fortnite. >> we have a retirement fund set up for him already. >> reporter: if he wins the world cup duo competition, he and his partner will split $3 million. and since cody qualified for more spots, he still wins big even if he comes in last. >> i qualified five times. so that is a guaranteed 120 k that i'm making. >> reporter: cody's dad says playing video games at this level is like a professional sport.

>> relax, don't get psyched out. >> reporter: he supports his son's decision to spend long hours online honing his skills. >> it takes a special parent to really figure this out. but i know where he is all the time. he is in his room. >> reporter: and now in queens at the world cup with a fortnite fortune at stake. >> well, he has a point. he's in his room. so i suppose that is a good thing. now to las vegas where it looks like a playing of locusts have taken over the city. look at that. but insect experts say nothing to worry about there, these are harm rest desert grass hoppers on their annual migration to the north. in this case there are just more of them than usual because of the higher than normal rainfall. that is this hour of "cnn newsroom." i'm george howell at the cnn center in atlanta. the news continues after the break. ♪

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