have you live with us in birmingham. so the u.s. president is playing to his base. this continuing hammering. but politically, this us versus them argument, does it work in his favor leading up to the 2020 election? >> i don't think it works in his favor. i do think it plays well to the base. when he brings up the names of these congress women at these rallies, you know, he gets, you know, a huge response from this. and i think he thinks he's playing to his supporters briy bringing their names up. it appears

it's interesting that many u.s. citizens might not know or be able to name many different members of the house of representatives, but because trump has foekscused on these wn so much, he's brought a lot of attention to them they might not have. i think that helps them and helps bring them more support rather than helps bring more support for president trump. so he's continuing in these attacks, i don't think it worked for him. >> what many would call it, the politics of division that we're seeing it play -- the question that i have for you natasha, the art of distraction. while we're talking about these congresswomen, while we're talking about israel and the u.s. president, these other big stories that are in the background, people concerned about a weakening economy and also, major issues like gun control where we saw the president do a 180 on that just in the span of a few days. >> right, and i think trump does try to distract away from the

big issues. this happened last week even with the death of jeffrey epstein and he'd start into tweet crazy conspiracy theories about this to distract from what was going on with the issue on gun control in the u.s., and this particular feud has a similar flavor to it. the bottom line is the economy isn't doing very well, projections are we may enter a recession by next year. that's not going to look particularly good for trump because we're seeing consumer confidence go down and independents were actually very optimistic about the economy when trump was elected and right now consumer confidence among independents is at an all time low. what we know historically is that for any president that enters a re-election with the last two years they've been facing economic downturn or recession, only one has been reelected since 1900. since then the next successive four presidents have not been

reelected. it's generally very bad for a president to be in a downturn or recession in the last two years of their first term if they have any chance of being reelected. >> back to the political implications of what we've seen here, again, this continual, you know, attack on these freshmen congresswomen, we've seen a nation essentially punish members of congress who were the president's political adversaries. could that damage bipartisan support in congress when it comes to israel? >> i don't think it's going to damage bipartisan support when it comes it israel because this relationship, this alliance is a very strong alliance. it's been very strong for decades and decades. israel has the right to decide whether they want to bar people or not, this has happened in the last month with the spanish representative being denied entry. it's not great for israeli u.s. relations that this has happened, but i think this is a storm they're going to weather. what i think is more important

is trump stays out of the personal feuds with these congresswomen and tries not to get involved in these things because i just don't see how this is going to amplify the support that he has. >> and how does this look for the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu to weigh in on this very u.s., very domestic issue with two u.s. congresswomen? well n some ways it's not surprising. in israeli politics netanyahu would be considered very right wing, very conservative. he shares a lot of characteristics that trump does and tends to be bolder in his moved when it comes to criticizing those that he sees to be dangerous to israel. i'm not surprised that he's weighed in on this. i think he has a very close relationship with trump. i think that their relationship played a role in denying these congresswomen entry, and you know, for the future of, you

know, israeli u.s. relations, i don't think it's going to be a huge deal. it's not a very promising development that they were denied entry. >> natasha lynn stad with perspective, we appreciate your time today. thank you. >> thanks for having me. now to hong kong and the 11th straight weekend of protests that we've seen on the streets. at this hour, i want to show you a live look at what's happening right now. pro-democracy marchers, it's underway taking place. thousands of people turned out walking beneath a gray sky on this day. another rally is happening in another part of the city. that rally is in support of police. hong kong is on edge, though, as these demonstrations show no sign of letting up. cnn is live in hong kong. our will ripley is on the streets with the pro-democracy demonstrators. what are you seeing? what are people telling you given the significant shift that we saw just a weekend ago at the international airport there?

>> reporter: there have been thousands of people that we've seen, perhaps tens of thousands marching to this location here where the protest is supposed to disburse. this is where the legal protest is. i have to tell you for the moment that's exactly what's happening. people are still gathering here. but it's peaceful. i'm going to take you down to the street level and kind of walk through the crowds here who remain relatively upbeat, forceful with their message that they want to take back their community, take back their community from mainland china, also shouting words of condemnation for hong kong police over what they have accused of being excessive force in dealing with protesters. it's the reaction to the police force that has had to escalate in recent weeks that has led to the outbreaks of violence that have often occurred here after dark in the last several weeks. and of course culminatiing in a dramatic motel when the hong

kong airport was shut down for two consecutive nights. at the moment here, this protest appears to remain peaceful, despite the large crowds. we'll obviously have to watch and see what happens in the coming hours. the big question is what's going to happen tomorrow in hong kong when a much larger gathering is expected at victoria park, a gathering that could include upwards of 100,000 people and more. sundays have typically been the big day and the day when tensions along with the crowds escalate. >> will, we're looking right now at this live image. it's 5:11 p.m. there in hong kong where you are. if i could ask our director, though if we could bring up the images we took earlier in shenzhen where you see the paramilitary that they are there bhi established right along the border with hong kong. there's the image there. how concerned are people that china's military could decide to cross over that bridge and come into play here? >> reporter: i think there is

concern among china's military -- i'm sorry there is concern in hong kong that china's military has assembled. some of the younger protesters here have said they're unafraid of what they view as an inevitable confrontation with the mainland. we know that china is conducting drills with its armed military police. at this stage that is more of a propaganda tactic than anything else. they want all of these people to be aware they're being given this right to come out and express themselves at the bhe blessing of the communist party that does not allow any gathering of this sort. it would be quickly and swiftly stopped in the mainland. people don't have access to social media to be able to organize this. they feel that authoritarian china is encroaching more and more on their freedoms and the

special rights that they have as citizens of hong kong under the one country two systems policy which is supposed to be guaranteed for 50 years from the handover in 1997 to 2047. as violence escalates, there are some who are wondering if that 2047 deadline is moving closer and closer. keep in mind, the chinese military already has thousands of troops stationed here in hong kong. there's a bridge connecting hong kong to the mainland if they wanted to move in, george, they could do so and very quickly. >> will ripley on the ground there in hong kong. thank you. we'll keep in touch with you and follow this. ominous developments to tell you about from two world hot spots. north korea keeps firing missiles, and the u.s. says iran may be poised to do the same. nascar legend dale earnhardt jr. survives a fiery plane crash, still ahead, we'll take a look at how he and his family escaped with their lives.

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>> the reason we see all of these things happening in all of these different krcountries is because all of these rivals of the united states see no real pushback from the trump administration. >> reporter: the incoming chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, the president's personal military adviser has a dire warning. >> china went to school on us. they watched us very closely in the first gulf war, the second gulf war. they watched our capabilities. they will have the capability to defeat us by mid-century. >> when it comes to countries like iran and north korea, they are under heavy sanctions so how are they getting everything they need for all these weapons programs? u.s. officials tell us both those countries are very active on the black market and engaging in cyber espionage. barbara star, cnn the pentagon. >> barbara, thank you. the justice department has unsealed a seizure warrant, this following its failed attempt to keep an iranian tanker captured

off gibb ral ter from being released. america's financial system was used to support an illicit shipment from iran to syria. the supreme court has ordered that ship to be released. iran wants any delay getting that tanker out of gibraltar. international travel can be stressful enough. travellers you could say needed a bit of extra patience because of this. u.s. customs and border patrol system went down for about two hours, and you can see it caused big backups and long lines at many airports. our rene marsh has more on what happened. >> reporter: customs and border protection experienced an outage with its computers at various airports on friday. this left lots of international travelers in long lines. the wait times at various

airports really frustrated many of these passengers. they found themselves having to be processed by customs and border protection manually because these systems were down. it is unclear at this point what caused the outage, but we do know it created lots of travel woes for these international passengers. many airlines forced to rebook these passengers because they missed flights. rene marsh, cnn washington. thank you. for many people who have been following this story about nascar racing legend dale earnhardt jr. and his family, they are safe at home after they escaped a fiery plane crash. their private jet bounced down a runway. it slammed through a fence and burst into flames. when landing at an airport in tennessee on thursday. our dianne gallagher explains. >> look how high the fire ball is going. >> the national transportation safety board on the ground investigating this fiery plane crash that retired nascar driver

dale earnhardt jr. managed to escape holding his 15-month-old daughter. his wife amy, their dog gus, the plane's two pilots also rushing to safety. authorities say despite the flames and thick black smoke no one was injured beyond some cuts and bruises. >> they were involved in a plane crash. everything else went -- we're all extremely lucky. >> reporter: investigators are climbing through what is left of the now charred cessna citation aircra aircraft. the ntsb has not determined a cause for what it is calling a firm landing. >> the airplane basically bounced at least twice before coming down hard on the right main landing gear. >> reporter: the skid marks in the grass still visible. part of the airport fence wrapped around the fuselage. >> that would have been where the door was there would have

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world, you're watching cnn "newsroom," i'm george howell with the headlines. the curfew and communication blackouts in kashmir has now entered its 13th day. security remains high and tight in that region, and there is very little activity on the streets. authorities have said that they would begin restoring phone lines, but it's unclear when that will be completed. u.s. custom and border patrol computers are back online after being out on friday. it was a glitch that led to long lines, travelers waiting to be protestersed processed at airports across the country. u.s. president donald trump attacked a muslim member of congress after she turned down an offer from israel to travel to the west bank to see her grandmother. democratic congresswoman rashida tlaib said israels restrictions on her were quote, oppressive. mr. trump slammed talib on

twitter calling her obnoxious. protests are happening right now in hong kong. people on the move for an 11th straight weekend. what you're seeing right here, this is a pro-police demonstration that's taking place. pro-democracy demonstrations also taking place as well in hong kong. this live image there of what's happening there. more massive protests are planned for sunday. in the meantime, these pro-police groups continue to gather, and that's where we find kristie lu stout by phone joining us at the pro-police rally in hong kong. we see the scene here. what are people telling you? >> george, you know, incredible the numbers of people who have showed up for this pro-police rally here. the rain has not deterred them. these are supporters of the hong kong police. thousands of people are here, and they have been sharing messages like save hong kong.

we support the police of hong kong, saying police add oil, add oil is an expression of support here. some of the pro police supporters are holding prc flags, the national anthem of the people's republic of china, which also played at the start of the rally. right now we've been listening to this speaker from various industries speaking to the crowds. we heard an educator, a lawyer, a policeman's work and pop star who's also here expressing his support for stability, for law and order, for the hong kong police. one speaker spoke to the crowds in english with a message for the international community asking the question why are you afraid of china? we should love hong kong. we should love china once and for all. stop the violence. so george, this is a massive display of support for the hong

kong police, and again, what they see is violence from the anti-extradition protesters. >> you are looking at this live image here, if i could ask our director again to share with our viewers, show them the paramilitary that have set up just across the bridge, china's military poised and prepared doing drills. they could possibly move in, kristie, what is the sense among people there of this military group that could come in to support them against the protests? >> there is a -- i can confirm alarm about possible military intervention by the prc. i should also remark that where this pro-police rally is taking place is located right next to the hong kong of the people's liberation army, which has been based here since the handover in

1997, but they have been very low key in regards to their presence in the territory. 6,000 soldiers are based here. people are aware of the video, the scenes from across the border. they're aware of the propaganda video that's been circulating showing armed chinese police simulating riot tactics in a hong kong like landscape, but they are here to express their support for hong kong police. and that is their message here today. >> kristie lu stout by phone with us at this pro-police demonstration in hong kong. we'll keep in touch with you and follow you and or other correspondents that are there. greenland has a message for the u.s. president. that message, the island is open for business but it is not for sale.

the government is responding to reports that mr. trump has talked about buying the danish territory. it's not the first time that america has expressed some interest in doing this. the u.s. has tried to buy the island before, and it appears there's a lot to like about it. greenland is considered the world's largest island. it's more than three times the size of america's second largest state, which is my home state of texas. the arctic territory is thought to be rich in natural resources. the u.s. government estimates it has as much as 17 billion barrels of crude oil, but here's what green landers have to say about mr. trump's idea. >> translator: we don't trade countries or territories anymore. if countries want other territories, it's war. it's not something you buy or sell. >> translator: i can only laugh, laugh at trump with these announcements. i can't take it seriously. >> why?

>> translator: who takes trump seriously? i think that says it all about him. he's lost his connection to earth. >> well, they see the humor in it there in greenland. our senior international correspondent fred fliplieken i there and has more reaction of what people are saying. >> reporter: it seems like a lot of folks here in greenland seem to be mocking president trump's alleged idea to acquire this territory or possibly somehow purchase it. the government has come out and said, quote, greenland is not for sale. local folks in the southeast say look, this is something america has tried in the past. they talk about 1867 when there apparently was a push and the time shortly after world war ii. one resident said it simply isn't going to happen. now on the face of it, it might not be such a crazy idea for america to want to do this. greenland does have very vast natural resources that the

chinese have been trying to get their hands on through some chinese companies. it's obviously not something america is very fond of and it's a strategic place for america as well. there's a big air base that the u.s. has here in the northwest of greenland. however, if the greenlanders really do have all these natural resources they can get to them and exploit them, the first thing they'll want is their own independence from denmark. right now they're semiautonomous. if president trump wants to have greenland, one thing he'll probably have to do is acknowledge that the global climate crisis is real. you can see behind me there's a lot of icebergs you see here, this has been one of the warmest summers greenland has had on record. fr fred. >> to talk more about this, we bring in a professor at the political science department of the university of copenhagen joining us this hour from copenhagen denmark, good to have

you with us. from the country's acceptance of climate change, the political differences around health care, even land rights, there are major differences right between the united states and greenland as different as fire and ice you could say? >> well, it is obviously very different countries and i think there's also people with a great sense of humor. in that sense they will often -- at what people in copenhagen are saying and now they are kind of saying to what mr. trump is saying. but in many ways the president is doing what he does best, which is to put out a topic in a deeply controversial fashion, but which nonetheless somehow reflects what has been long standing u.s. interests in the area, the united states have and have had since the second world war a large military presence and a huge strategic interest in

greenland and obviously as chinese interests are manifesting themselves in the arctic as russia is rearming in that region. obviously the u.s. has a renewed interest and where that is going to translate into actually buying the place, which of course is not possible, that is not going to happen, but it is a way to signal an ocasio-cortinc interest which started during the obama presidency and is somehow carried on by mr. trump. >> it is interesting to see the response from denmark to the -- the reporting of this suggestion by the u.s. president. i'd like to get your thoughts about denmark's response? >> i mean, the joke going around in copenhagen yesterday was that if mr. trump wanted to buy greenland then perhaps we should offer to buy hawaii where the weather is much better. i think that reflects the dane's reaction to this that in some ways we don't take it seriously. if you want to take it seriously, i think it's bad for

both sides that two close allies who has been close allies since the second world war at the place where we at least perhaps not always take seriously what's coming out of washington. that is of course a major issue for the trump administration if the european allies are not really sure when an idea is an actual idea or just some stuff quoted in the wall street journal, then it's very difficult to us to get the right policy response and down the line, that is making cooperation on iran, engagement with russia, and of course dealing with arctic issues increasingly difficult. >> we appreciate your time and insight on this interesting reporting, and we'll stay in touch with you for it. thank you. >> thank you. melting glaciers in greenland and the arctic are just a small part of a bigger problem. global climate crisis, the change that's happening around this world.

last month the planet's hottest month on record, it was july, and that's according to the u.s. national oceanic and atmospheric administration. the average global temperature almost a degree celsius, that's more than 1.7 degrees fahrenheit. it's above the average for the 20th century, and despite research that overwhelmingly says climate change is human made, some political leaders, well, they refuse to accept the science. they just try to ignore the facts, but the facts are there. when democratic leader chuck schumer tweeted about the report, john cornyn responded by saying, it's summer, chuck. that's what he said. meteorologist derek van dam, he said it's summer. >> it's hard to believe that 97% of the world's leading climate scientists say that climate change is human caused, yet our leaders across the world and particularly this country don't accept the science. >> the thing is it's not a political issue. >> right. >> it's just the sun comes up. the sun goes down, moon.

>> yeah, you look at it as black and white. there's a lot of science to back up this theory, and here is more proof from noaa stating that july 2019 was the hottest month on record, not only was it the warmest month globally but it was the 415th consecutive month with above average temperatures. this is just the latest data in this irrefutable warming trend that's not only being felt globally but locally. here's the latest from the noaa report. you see a lot of red on this map. pay particular attention to alaska, southern africa, southeast asia as well as europe. those are the hot spots that took place across the world in the month of july, and by the way, 2018 was the fourth hottest year on record, so we're coming off of a very warm year. the five hottest years on record were within the past five years. this really raises alarm bells and should really perk your ears up as well.

we're seeing this trend time and time again. irrefutable evidence. the science is there, and we're on par to match the second warmest year on record to date. now, some things locally that we took note of. miami, florida, had its warmest low temperature ever recorded. and in alaska, this is what we really have been paying attention to. we had such a warming trend in the month of july, anchorage was 6 6.5 degrees fahrenheit above their average temperature. this unfortunately has had a negative effect on salmon as well as trout fishing killing off some of those fishes in some of the local rivers. it wasn't just across north america, it's throughout europe as well. the hottest day on record for five individual countries set on the 25th of july. get this, in sweden on july 26th they had their warmest temperature observed north of the arctic circle. of course we reported on wildfires spreading across the arctic, and into greenland the

mass melting of the glacial ice there. we had over 12.5 billion tons of ice lost just in one day alone. you're looking at the removal of the arctic ice in july there, substantial amounts, and, in fact, report sea level -- or sea ice minimums for the month of july set there. why is this happening? we're seeing these heat trapping greenhouse gases on the rise. levels that we've never seen in 800,000 years of records. we don't have physical records but we have things like tree ring samples and ice core data to help prove that theory, where are those greenhouse gases coming from, our heat production, our agriculture, our forestry and other land use. unfortunately we tie together this story of heat waves and a warming planet. climate change is real. >> derek, thank you very much. still ahead, african-american voters very important in the upcoming election. we will explain their growing

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in the united states, democrats hoping to be the next u.s. president are focusing in on the importance of african-american voters. vanessa euro coe vich has details. >> faith and politics taking center stage in the democratic primary today as three 2020 hopefuls made their pitch to african-american church leaders and black millennial voters in atlanta. >> christ does not strengthen you to sit on the sidelines, christ does not strengthen you to sit on the couch! this is not a spectator sport. >> reporter: cory booker joined

by julian castro and pete buttigieg with elizabeth warren and bernie sanders speaking saturday. buttigieg who has struggled to build support among black voters hoping to make inroads with an electorate key to winning the democratic nomination. >> i get why voters are cynical right now because i think a lot of promises have been made. promises have been made to black americans and they have not been kept. >> reporter: but the openly gay south bend mayor also not directly addressing whether his sexuality might add to the challenge of winning over some black voters. >> do you think that black voters of faith may have a difficult time connecting with you particularly because some may have very conservative religious or moral beliefs around homosexuality. >> a new fox news poll shows joe

biden retaining front runner status with elizabeth warren surging into second at 20% followed by bernie sanders at 10% and kamala harris at 8%. all four democrats also lead president trump in potential head to head matchups with biden holding a 12-point advantage. this as beto o'rourke rolls out a new plan to combat gun violence, proposing a mandatory buyback of assault-style rifles and a national gun registry. it comes in the wake of the mass shootings in dayton and o'rourke's hometown of el paso. >> i owe my family, my community, my country my very best. >> on day two of the conference, elizabeth warren and bernie sanders will make their pitch to church leaders and black millennial voters here in atlanta. the two of them are polling amongst the highest of all the candidates of african-americans, and they will try to continue to make inroads with this critical electorate of african-american voters in order to win the democratic nomination. back to you. >> vanessa, thank you.

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