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The U.S. loses some of its counterterrorism tools after the Senate fails to reach a deal keep pass of the patriot act intact; Australia's opposition leader introduce is a bill to legalize same-sex marriage; It is the first day of a smoking ban in Beijing; One resulted in the death of a man back in May. The other came a month earlier when a woman was injured from a gunshot to the neck. Police still half no suspects; Gaza is struggling to rebuild almost a year after deadly fighting with Israel; Authorities in Aruba have reopened the Natalee Holloway. Aired 2-3a ET

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[02:00:08] ERROL BARNETT, CNN HOST: The U.S. loses some of its counterterrorism tools after the Senate fails to reach a deal keep pass of the patriot act intact.

ROSEMARY CHURCH, CNN HOST: Australia's opposition leader introduce is a bill to legalize same-sex marriage.

BARNETT: And today marks the first day of a smoking ban in Beijing. We'll take you there with reaction to this tough new law.

Hello, everyone. I'm Errol Barnett. A warm welcome to our viewers in the U.S. and around the world.

CHURCH: I'm Rosemary Church. Thank you for joining us. This is CNN NEWSROOM.

BARNETT: We begin this hour with an American spy program which has lapsed at least for now. U.S. senators failed to extend provisions of the patriot act which gave the national security agency sweeping surveillance powers.

CHURCH: Government officials have been warning of serious national security consequences if the authorities expired. Supporters like Republican Senator John McCain say America need this counterterrorism tool to keep groups like ISIS at bay. Listen.

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SEN. JOHN MCCAIN (R), ARIZONA: We have seen events lately that are transpiring. Is has taken Palmyra, they're in the streets burning bodies, killing people. Going to destroy 2,000-year-old antiquities. At the same time Ramadi has fallen with thousands of innocent men, women, children being massacred. And at this time isn't this program as critical as it has ever been since its inception? Given the fact that the Middle East is literally on fire and we are losing everywhere.

(END VIDEO CLIP) CHURCH: Rand Paul, a U.S. senator typically on the same side as McCain, has been the biggest critic of the patriot act. He says it's illegal and robs Americans of their rights.

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SEN. RAND PAUL (R), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: People say how will we protect ourselves without these programs? What about using the constitution? What about using judicial warrants? The Tsaranev boy, the Boston bomber, how will we look at his phone records? Get a warrant. Put his name on it. You can get a warrant. There is no reason in the world. The guy had already bombed us. Do you think anyone was going to turn down a warrant? We should have gotten a warrant before. Get warrants on people we have suspicion on.

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BARNETT: Now the White House is not pleased with this law expiring. Saying quote "we call on the Senate to ensure this irresponsible lapse in authorities is as short-lived as possible," END quote.

Let's go ahead and take a look at what exactly has expired. The so- called lone wolf provision allows agencies to monitor people believed to be acting alone and not directed by a terror group. The White House says it has never been used.

CHURCH: The roving wiretap provision has also lapsed. It lets investigators tap any phone of any terror suspect without needing a new warrant. And the most controversial is the bulk data collection which let the NSA get phone record of millions of Americans and keep them for years. Any new collection has stopped. But any open investigation can still gather the data.

Well there is a compromise in the works, the U.S. House passed it a few weeks ago and now the Senate is debating it.

BARNETT: That's right. But a final vote probably won't happen any sooner than Wednesday.

Athena Jones has more from Washington.

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ATHENA JONES, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Several patriot act provisions have expired because the Senate failed to pass a bill to extend the law. Take a listen to some of the debate last night on the Senate floor from the two Republican senators from Kentucky. Majority leader Mitch McConnell who supports the programs and Kentucky senator Rand Paul who opposes them. Take a listen.

SEN. MITCH MCCONNELL (R), SENATE MAJORITY LEADER: These aren't theoretical threats, Mr. President. It's not a theoretical threat. They're with us every day. We have to face up to them. We shouldn't be disarming unilaterally as our enemies grow more sophisticated and aggressive. PAUL: The people who argue the world will end and be overrun by

jihadists tonight are trying to use fear. They want to take a little bit of your liberty. But they get it by making you afraid. They want you to fear and give up the liberty.

JONES: In the end in a vote of 77-17, the Senate did agree to begin debate on a bill that already passed the house, the USA freedom act, that would allow the programs to continue while also reforming the bulk phone collection pre grogram that has been so controversial. That sets up a vote for final passage in the Senate some time midweek. That's because of some procedural rules in the Senate and also some amendments that could be voted on. If, of course, they do end up amending the USA freedom act, it will have to go back to the house for them to consider those amendments. So this is not over yet.

Athena Jones, CNN, Washington.

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[02:05:22] BARNETT: And one thing to keep in mind is that the U.S. patriot act was enacted just after the 9/11 attacks in 2001.

CHURCH: Our colleague Brian Stelter spoke with journalist Glenn Greenwald who said this is the first time the NSA is having powers taken away.

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GLENN GREENWALD, CO-FOUNDING EDITOR, THE INTERCEPT: When the patriot act was enacted even in the weeks after 9/11 when the country was pretty much willing to do anything the government wanted it was recognized it was incredibly radical and extremist piece of legislation. And the idea was these powers were given to government should be temporary not permanent. So they're going to sunset every five years unless Congress renews them. And yet in 2005, the Bush administration demanded renewal and overwhelmingly Congress renewed with no fight.

In 2011, President Obama demanded renewal. And Congress overwhelmingly renewed it without any debate. This is going to be the first time, and this is extra ordinary, since 9/11, 14 years ago, that the Congress is taking away powers from the federal government in the name of terrorism rather than giving them new ones. And so, hopefully, this can be built on.

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BARNETT: And you just saw an image of Edward Snowden there on the right-hand side of your screen. It was two years ago that he revealed the patriot act was being used to justify bulk surveillance. And we will certainly keep you posted on that story and its developments.

But now to this, a travel ban for five senior Taliban leaders living in Qatar has been temporarily extended. The men known as the Taliban five were released in a prisoner swap with U.S. army sergeant Bowe Bergdahl in May of last year. CHURCH: Their travel ban was set to expire Sunday.

And CNN's Nick Valencia has more now on the next steps.

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NICK VALENCIA, CNN CORRESPONDENT: We are hearing from U.S. officials, Qatar's government has agreed to extend the current travel ban for the so-called Taliban five. Under this agreement, the ban will stay in place while the governments of Afghanistan, United States and Qatar work towards a longer term solution.

We're told from a senior administration official, that the five Taliban members will not be able to travel outside of the country of Qatar and may be subjected to some monitoring. As you very well know there has been no shortage of controversy towards the Obama administration for the release and relinquishing of these five Taliban members for the freedom of Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl.

On Sunday, show "Face the Nation" here in United States spoke to CIA director John Brennan about what he wants to see happen for the Taliban five.

JOHN BRENNAN, CIA DIRECTOR: I want to make sure that they're not going to be allowed to return to the fight. And I think this is part of a rehabilitation process as well as the monitoring and observing process. So arrangements that we worked out with the Qataris, with the Afghans, I think we are trying to still looking at what are possibilities here.

VALENCIA: These five individuals were detained relatively early on in the war with Afghanistan. With a senior administration official saying that they're between mid to high level members of the Taliban. We wanted to give you a little more specifics on exactly what the five are accused of starting with Fazl. He was said to be the chief army staff under the Taliban regime and accused of war crimes during Afghanistan's civil war in the 1990s.

Another, Nori has denied his role of importance and level of access to Taliban officials.

Wasiq was reportedly also an Al Qaeda intelligence member, and denied links to any terror groups contending that he was actually detained while trying to help the U.S. locate senior Taliban leaders.

Omari, the man that you are looking at there on your screen, was a minor Taliban official and the Taliban's chief of communications. Alleged to have helped Al-Qaeda members escape from Afghanistan and Pakistan.

And perhaps the highest level of the five, individuals here is Khairkhwa who is said to be an early member of the Taliban with direct ties to Osama bin Laden.

Of course, the concern for those critics toward this move of relinquishing the five Taliban members that these members will return to the Taliban and strengthen that group.

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CHURCH: Nick Valencia reporting there.

All right, we do want to turn now to the fight against ISIS in Iraq. The military there isn't battling the extremists alone, of course. It is aligned with Shiite militia and moderate Sunni tribal fighters. Their support is vital in the fight against ISIS.

BARNETT: That's right. But despite this, CNN has been speaking to Sunni tribesmen, who feel abandoned by Baghdad.

Nick Paton Walsh has more.

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NICK PATON WALSH, CNN SENIOR INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): The sandbags is exactly what Iraq needs to stay together as a country. Meters away you can glimpse the flag of ISIS, extremist from Iraq and minority. But holding them off here are the men the U.S. says a key to victory. Moderate Iraqi Sunnis who will die to rid their hometown of ISIS.

If America is to send help to the Sunni tribes in Anbar here is where it is most badly needed. They have been in combat with ISIS for months. And now the enemy is just across the river.

But they have been without pay for months. Some have chief metal and chip board. The government is not helping.

People like ISIS, another said they are not Sunnis, no, that enemies, the ones that destroy not build.

The local mayor of the town of Emirate Al Falluja, (INAUDIBLE) sees his enemy on the TV screen. This long distance camera shows that mortars slamming into ISIS positions and was pay for by locals themselves. They say Baghdad, whose officials are often Shia and distrust Sunni has ignored months of their pleas for help. Now they arm themselves.

We buy them, we says, there are lots of weapons on sale on the Iraqi market whether it is on the previous, army, or what ISIS took from this army, put it up for sale from a third party even some things come from Iran and are sold directly.

Here, is where local volunteers are trained and armed. But again, we're shown the chip board, 500 of them they say. This man, was trained by the U.S. nine years ago. Then to help them, fight Al-Qaeda here. Now, they want America's help again.

We want the Americans to arm us directly, he says. If they give it to the government they will take what they want and give us the weapons, the good stuff to keep. Outside the hospital, you can see the help they are getting. An ambulance from Sunni Saudi Arabia. Inside, three injured, from a mortar that hit off duty young fighters

playing football the day before, another died. This town endures, yet feels abandoned despite broad recognition it is vital they win.

Nick Paton Walsh, CNN, Emirate Al Falluja.

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BARNETT: Now, Iraqi war planes did step up assault on ISIS positions in Fallujah over the weekend. Witnesses say this mosque was hit along with the warehouse and the market as well as two other locations. They say at least 31 people were killed and 82 wounded over the past three days.

CHURCH: CNN's Ian Lee is tracking developments and joins us from Cairo with the very latest.

So Ian, what information do you have on the fight to retake Fallujah from ISIS militants. And also these rising tensions on the frontline where Sunni tribal fighters with Shia militia and Iraqi forces. They're trying to work together in this operation.

IAN LEE, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Rosemary, the battle is very intense. We have seen air strike. We have also seen artillery being used to soften the ISIS targets so that they can advance. And ISIS is very good at digging in. When we saw previous battles, intense battles in other parts of Iraq, it was really the air strikes that were able to free up the forces on the ground so that they could move in and take it.

But as we have heard, as we have seen, there have been civilian casualties. That is something that the government is going to have to watch very closely. They don't want to, in any way, turn the local population against them by rising civilian casualties.

But as they advance it has been slow go because ISIS has dug in the -- or has put roadside bombs which they're very good at. That have slowed them down. You have expert diffusing those. And then when you look at working together. The cooperation, which is in crucially vital that they do work together, the Sunnis and the Shiite. You do. As we heard from Nick's piece that the Sunnis are saying that there is a lot of mistrust between the central government and them. And that is going to be crucial, because Anbar province is predominantly Sunni province. They were a thorn in the side of the Americans when the U.S. was occupying them. It wasn't until they had a political deal with the local Sunni tribes that were able to bring the situation under control. And we heard from the former CIA director, David Petraeus, talked to the BBC and said once again he believes that to take control of Anbar province and the Sunni areas you are going to need a political deal. But with the mistrust, that is going to be the biggest hurdle for them to overcome.

[02:14:58] BARNETT: Ian, it is Errol here, what about the (INAUDIBLE) oil refinery, (INAUDIBLE) od the second operation over the weekend. The aim there to reclaim the oil refinery. And I guess to eliminate some of the supply lines. Do we know how much progress was made on that front this weekend?

LEE: Well, they are pushing slowly to totally recapture the oil refinery. It is slow go. It is very difficult combat within the complex of that refinery. But it is crucial that they take it and also because it is, the pathway that lead from the province to Anbar province, to cut off ISIS supply lines. So they are pushing very slowly. We have been seeing again these roadside bombs that have slowed them down, landmines also being laid. So they have to pick their way through as they advance. But they are making progress towards that goal. A lot of it being made by the (INAUDIBLE), the Shiite militias that have proven to be effective against ISIS -- Errol.

CHURCH: All right. Talking there with CNN's Ian Lee reporting live from Cairo. Many thanks. Keeping us up to date on what is happening there on the front lines with ISIS.

BARNETT: Thanks, Ian.

Now, to some other stories. U.S. surgeon traveling to Switzerland to evaluate an injury to U.S. secretary of state John Kerry. You see Sunday, Kerry broke his leg in a cycling accident in France near the Swiss border. He was later air lifted to a Geneva hospital.

CHURCH: The American physician is the same doctor who performed a previous hip surgery on Kerry. The secretary of state plans to return to the states later today.

The European Union wants answers as to why Russia is banning 89 European officials from entering the country. The Russian travel ban list includes politicians as well as military officials. An EU spokesperson says in part we consider this measure as totally arbitrary and unjustified.

BARNETT: BARNETT: But an unnamed official at Russian foreign ministry told the Russian news agency task quote "this was done as a response to a sanctions campaign unleashed against Russia by some Germany-led countries of the European Union," end quote. The EU imposed sanctions in March of last year. You may remember that was after Russia annexed Crimea. We are going to have much more on this in the next hour with a live report from our correspondent in Moscow.

CHURCH: But for now, let's take a very short break.

Still to come here on CNN, mysterious shootings leave of a community on edge in one U.S. state. The police now say they have caught a break in the case.

BARNETT: Also coming up, Beijing residents will find it harder to light up this week. We will have a live report on the new smoking restrictions there.

CHURCH: And bad weather is delaying a solar powered plane on the toughest leg of its journey around the world. Remember that. We'll have more on it when we come back.

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[02:16:52] CHURCH: And a warm welcome back, everyone.

Police in the U.S. city of Windsor, Colorado say they have found evidence connecting two mysterious unsolved shootings.

BARNETT: That's right. One resulted in the death of a man back in May. The other came a month earlier when a woman was injured from a gunshot to the neck. Police still half no suspects.

CNN's Erin McLaughlin has the latest on the investigation.

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ERIN MCLAUGHLIN, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Two random shootings. Authorities now say are linked. And fears in Colorado there is a sniper on the loose.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Be vigilant. Be aware of surroundings. See what's going on.

MCLAUGHLIN: The warning Friday as police revealed there is evidence connecting the shooting of 48-year-old John Jacoby to the shooting of 20-year-old Cori Romero. Police won't say how they are links but they say the victims appear arbitrary.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We have reasons to believe that the two victims knew each other.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: There is no indication of that at all.

MCLAUGHLIN: On May 18th in the town of Windsor, Jacoby was shot twice and killed riding his bike. Five miles away, and about a month earlier, Romero was shot in the neck while driving.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: 911. What's the address of emergency?

CORI ROMERO, SHOT IN THE NECK: I'm on the highway right now and somebody just hit me and I'm bleeding from my neck and I'm scared.

MCLAUGHLIN: The FBI are involved offering a $10,000 reward. So far no suspect has been identified. Adding to the mystery, at least two dozen reports of shattered car windows.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: There have been a lot of broken windows on i-25, car windows. Those have not been linked to this event. It is not that they've been discounted either.

MCLAUGHLIN: The news has this rural town on edge.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: It makes you stop and think. It's just, yes, scary.

MCLAUGHLIN: Erin McLaughlin, CNN.

(END VIDEOTAPE) CHURCH: Hundreds of people marched through Mexico city in support of national security forces. Suspicions about the police were raised when 42 suspected gang members died in a recent gunfight. And there was just one government fatality.

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JOSE ANTONIO ORTEGA, MEXICAN PEOPLE'S COUNCIL FOR PUBLIC SECURITY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE (through translator): We all want peace in Mexico. We don't want violence, we don't want more death, we don't want hostages and kidnapping. We want peace. And that we have to recognize those fighting for Mexico for peace.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

BARNETT: The march comes eight months after the abduction of 43 students in Guerrero State. The government says corrupt local police actually handed the students over to a violent drug gang that killed them.

I want to get the latest on this story out of the African continent. Several African leaders are urging Burundi to delay elections for at least six weeks as civil unrest continues grips that nation. This comes after east African head of state held an emergency summit on the situation in Burundi.

CHURCH: In recent weeks, Burundi has seen a failed coup, deadly clashes and anti-government demonstrations. Protesters are angry over their president's decision to seek a third term. Saying, it violates the 2003 peace accord that ended the country's civil war.

Australia's opposition leader presented a bill to parliament to legalize gay marriage.

[02:25:00] BARNETT: Bill Shorten presented the same-sex marriage legislation despite calls to hold off on its introduction. He said 2015 is the year, Australians should embrace marriage equality.

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BILL SHORTEN, AUSTRALIAN OPPOSITION LEADER: Let us delay no more. Let us embrace the definition of marriage, respects, values and includes every Australian. Let us declare in the house of the Australian people it is time.

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CHURCH: Little shortened there. Well, the legislation aims to change the common definition of marriage in Australia. Right now, it is described as an act between a man and a woman. The new bill calls it an act between two people.

BARNETT: All right, the pool of candidates vying for the U.S. presidency is crowded but that is not stopping more candidates from jumping in. The latest is South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham.

CHURCH: Graham is expected to be the ninth candidate vying for the Republican nomination. His announcement is expected Monday morning.

Well it has been almost a year since the brutal fight between Israel and Palestinians in Gaza. The fighting left deep wound, especially for a buy hit by an Israeli artillery shell. His story coming up.

BARNETT: Plus, ten years after she vanished in Aruba. There may be a new clue in the Natalee Holloway case. Stay with for us details.

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[02:29:53] BARNETT: Welcome back tour viewers around the world. I'm Errol Barnet.

CHURCH: And I'm Rosemary Church. It is time to check the update here on the top stories we are following this hour.

Several revisions of the USA patriot act have expired. That leaves the government with fewer tools to investigate terrorism. Senators failed to reach a deal on a compromise passed by the house, but could vote by midweek. The White House wants the surveillance program renewed as soon as possible.

BARNETT: Witnesses say, Iraqi war planes and artillery founded Falluja for three days in a campaign to retake the city from ISIS. Sunday the planes bombed a market, a mosque, a warehouse, and two other locations. Witnesses say at least 31 people have been killed. And more than 82 wounded during the weekend assault.

CHURCH: Scattered rain has brought some much-needed relief to parts of India as it faces a devastating heat wave that has now killed more than 2,200 people. But officials say temperatures are expected to return to 45 degrees Celsius in the coming days.

Beijing is cracking down on cigarette smokers. And unprecedented ban prevents smoking in public places. Anyone who violates it faces a $32 fine.

BARNETT: And that fine is much steeper for businesses up to 1,600. But it's unclear just how this ban is going to be enforced this week.

Let's check in with David McKenzie. He is on the streets of Beijing and can bring us up to speed.

David, China has enjoyed the taxes on cigarettes for more than 300 million smokers there. So, why ban it now? Are they realizing the high cost of caring for the smokers over time as well?

DAVID MCKENZIE, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well that's right, Errol and Rosemary. You know, I am hearing, district of Beijing. This is an area that is full of bars and cigarette shops and like the shops this one right near me here.

What they're trying to do, they say, is to try and curb the level of smoking here in Beijing. This is not a nationwide ban. Just, just through the capital. And yes, speak about the cost. More than a million people according to statistics died because of smoking related use last year. So, the world health organization is calling this a quantum leap forward - Rosemary and Errol.

CHURCH: So David, explain to us how people are responding to this. And what it is going to take to get hit with this fine. Where exactly can they smoke? Where can't they smoke?

MCKENZIE: Well, it is good question. You can't smoke in now inside public places. Seal of public places, inside any of the street corners, here in the bars or in restaurants, near schools. You can't sell cigarettes. So it is in line with many international programs in other parts of the world, like the U.S.

You know, the one issue, though, is enforcement. They say that this is unprecedented. But in fact there has been an anti-smoking law in public for some time here. It just hasn't been enforced. And the fines were only around a dollar.

There is also just a cultural issue here. Smoking is engrained in China. And also the cost, it is only $1 to buy a cheap pack of Chinese smokes. And you know, this is a foreign brand here in China. It has a warning that many people will find familiar, you know, smoking will harm your health. They haven't been able to push that through on local brand. But they will because people give gifts of cigarettes to each other here. Not really appropriate to have a gift to some one that could say it would kill them. And so, there is a lot of cultural issues here as well engrained that might struggle the authorities, to curb smoking at all -- Rosemary and Errol.

BARNETT: So David, if it is just in Beijing then, how will they measure the success of such a program to -- roll it out elsewhere?

MCKENZIE: Well, they'll measure success, I guess, by inspection. Seeing if restaurants and other areas are actually enforcing the law because now, they say, well if you see someone smoking in a public space, you should call the authorities and rat them out. You should also send messages on social media particularly on the We Chat social platform. And they are going to post photographs, name, and details of people they say who have in fact, been smoking illegally.

Again, it is all about enforcement, whether they have success here. Then they maybe will roll it out through the rest of the country. But China is the biggest consumer of tobacco. It is one of the last bastions, must be said of the tobacco industry in terms of growth. So really, health officials from the WHO saying this could be an important test case in the coming months. Whether they can in fact, enforce it in the capital, then maybe they can enforce it around the country - Errol and Rosemary.

CHURCH: Many thanks to David McKenzie there out on the streets of Beijing. We will see in the days ahead how people do respond to this ban on cigarette smoking. Appreciate it.

BARNETT: Thanks, David.

Gaza is struggling to rebuild almost a year after deadly fighting with Israel that went on seven weeks.

CHURCH: And for one boy, bloodied on the beach by an Israeli shell, life is still far from normal.

CNN's international correspondent Nic Robertson has his story.

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[02:35:09] NIC ROBERTSON, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT (voice- over): Summer has come to Gaza again. With his friend, Montasa Bakha in the green, appears to be enjoying it, liberating and launching a fishing boat splashing in the waves. Smiles aplenty. But all is not as it seems.

Ten months ago on this same beach, this was Montasa bloodied by an Israeli shell. His closest brother and three cousin had been playing football with were killed.

Can you show us the places that you got hurt when the bombs fell?

He is quiet. Points to his elbow. Says his back hurts too. But it is not just his body in pain, his mind too.

Do you remember that day? What do you remember happening that day? He can't speak about it. Struggles even to concentrate. His father Ehab tells me the attack changed his son. He is angry, can't sleep, has nightmares. The doctor gave him pills to calm him down he says, but no one here can make him better.

At his family's graveyard overlooking the sea, Ehab shows me where his son and grandson, Montasa's brother and cousin killed in attack are buried. For six generations, the Bakha family have laid their kin here, all fishermen. They're used to hardship, but this is different. A parent's pain, losing a child.

I die 100 times every day when I see him in front of me. I can't do anything for him. We can't forget the incident, it as if every day, every minute, every second, I see my children cut up in front of me.

Within a day of those rockets striking the beach here, the Israeli military said there would be a careful inquiry. And that a preliminary investigation had determined that the intended target was Hamas terrorist operatives. And the fact that there were civilian casualties was a tragic outcome.

Today, Israeli patrol boats are still just offshore. And the investigation is still ongoing. In the harbor, Ehab shows me some of his family's fishing boats. They're one of Gaza's biggest fishing families.

He was telling me the family have about a thousand of the smaller type of boats here. And perhaps, 20, 25 of the larger boats in his extended family. Since the attack, he has lost heart in fishing. His own boat is idle. He blames Israel for the shelling that shattered his family. But he also blames Palestinian leaders for not making peace.

Everyone in power here looks after their own interests, he says. We are stuck with nothing. Is this a life he adds? His son Montasa wants a better future too.

Are you going to be a fisherman like your dad one day? He nods yes. It is a dream. But if he is to realize it, someone must first rid him of his nightmares.

Nic Robertson, CNN, Gaza.

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CHURCH: Well bad weather delayed the solar impulse from reaching Hawaii. The experimental plane is attempting to fly around the world powered only by the sun. It is now in a holding pattern off the Japan after taking off from Manjing (ph), China only Sunday. The journey to Hawaii expected to take 130 hours. The plane's toughest leg yet.

BARNETT: And just listening to it, the plane seems to sing as it flies. In the cockpit, you have the veteran Swiss pilot, Andre Borschberg flying solo. Earlier he told CNN about how he is coping so far.

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ANDRE BORSCHBERG, PILOT: I tried not to think about 130 hours, but simply about the present moment. What do we do next? How we get organized? So I really focused last night to see how, how I could sleep, how I could let the airplane fly by itself. How I could trust what the airplane was doing. But in this cockpit you hear a lot of noise. You feel what the, the how the airplane flies. And in some ways it was difficult to detach myself from that. The airplane is doing fine. We will manage well. Take time for you and, and rest. So I had to learn that.

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[02:40:07] BARNETT: Such a fascinating, you know, experiment. You could call it. Borschberg is strapped into a special seat which also serves as a bed and toilet. He has got to sit there the whole time.

CHURCH: He's got everything.

BARNETT: What are you going to do? The solar in pulse requires very weather conditions for its journey across the pacific.

CHURCH: And our meteorologist Derek Van Dam joins us now.

Of course, the big problem here, the enemy of a solar plane is bad weather.

DEREK VAN DAM, CNN METEOROLOGIST: The wind. Yes, the wind specifically pushing that thing bad. It need very specific wind condition just for takeoff, landing and 8,000 kilometer journey that is attempting to do at the moment. In the holding pattern over the sea of japan. It has already been in the air for over a day. So I mean, these guys are going through some serious conditions. But there is something that is blocking them from heading to Hawaii.

And I'm going to show you that in just one second. This plane is roughly the weight of a vehicle, around 2300 kilograms or roughly 5,000 pounds. So any crosswind over four knots or seven kilometers per hour. And that thing is not taking off.

By the way, there is no insulation on this plane. So the pilot could endure if there was a breakdown in his protective clothing. We are talking about temperatures between negative 40 degrees Celsius and positive 40 degrees Celsius. So a wide variety of weather conditions impacting the pilot.

So here is the trip that he is a tempting to make. Remember, he is just west of the mainland of Japan. He is trying to cross the pacific and trying to reach Honolulu in Hawaii. But there is this massive storm system that is really blocking him at the moment. This is all from what is called the plum rain. It is a very stationary frontal boundary that sets up this time of year. And of course, he needs perfect weather conditions to make that journey and that front is not providing the perfect weather.

I mentioned early that he has already been in the air over a day. We are talking one day, 12 hours, two minutes and 22 second to be exact. And this is actually a live web cam of the plane. Actually just hovering around this, the sea of Japan. I love technology. It is such a cool story to talk about if you ask me.

We started in Abu Dhabi, obviously ending in Abu Dhabi. He has made several different trips. And he took off over the east coast of japan trying to get to Hawaii. But again, the weather is not really playing along too well for him. So good luck to those guys as they go. And try to break boundaries and records with all kinds of stuff.

Now, we are going to go to the United States because we have got a big wake-up call. Monday morning, heading to work. If you are in New York City, by the way, if you are paying attention to, up with us, we appreciate your viewership. But look at these temperatures. We are talking about a 20 degree temperature change. Cold front sweeping through. You also have the possibility of some minor flooding in and around Manhattan.

Guys, I want to show you one quick video. This is amazing. Remember we have been talking about flooding in Texas. Well, take a look at some of these cowboys on the screen. I have heard of cowboys on horses herding cattle. But they decided to strap up the airboats and herd the cattle. That's amazing.

BARNETT: Herding cattle by airboats.

VAN DAM: By airboats. So they were rescued about 250 different cattle. Had to make a nine-mile trek down the dry land.

BARNETT: We'll see you next hour.

VAN DAM: All righty.

BARNETT: Now, authorities in Aruba have reopened the Natalee Holloway case ten years after her disappearance because of a new lead.

CHURCH: What one man says happened to Holloway and why he waited so long to come forward.

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[02:46:52] CHURCH: Welcome back, everyone.

A Dutch man claim he knows what happened to Natalee Holloway and where she is buried.

BARNETT: Holloway is the U.S. teenager who vanished some ten years ago now while on a high school graduation trip to Aruba.

Martin Savidge talked to the alleged witness about what he says he saw the last night Holloway was seen alive.

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MARTIN SAVIDGE, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): The latest clue to possibly finding Natalee Holloway ten years later isn't in Aruba, but nearly 5,000 miles away in Amsterdam.

It is here, that the new witness in the case, now lives. And because what he has to say is so remarkable. We want to hear it face to face.

Jurrien de Jong says he is something this case never had an eyewitness which means you were the last person to see Natalee Holloway alive.

JURRIEN DE JONG, WITNESS: Yes.

SAVIDGE: The problem is while he was in Aruba, De Jong had a job that let's just say was again the law. He won't give details.

DE JONG: That's the reason I was on this construction site was illegal activity.

SAVIDGE: And doing wrong on the night of May 30th, 2005, put him in the right place, he says around 2:00 in the morning.

DE JONG: I was just about to leave when I hear, you know, a young couple approaching the entrance.

SAVIDGE: He says he sees a young man chase a young woman into the construction site.

DE JONG: I thought first in a playful way. Like I am going to get you.

SAVIDGE: The couple disappeared up a partially built stairway. And short time later he says the young man reappeared carrying the young woman who looked to be limp in his arms.

DE JONG: Jumped down, put her, and with a turn twist slammed her.

SAVIDGE: It's what came next if De Jong was right that changes everything. He says he watched from a distance as the man appeared to hide the woman's body in the section of the foundation.

DE JONG: He made an opening in the crawlspace of the foundation and he pulled her by the ankles inside the crawlspace. Stayed inside for a minute or something and then came out and closed the gap.

SAVIDGE: De Jong knew he witnessed something. But it wasn't until the news broke about Natalee Holloway he put it together. He says he couldn't go public.

DE JONG: You have to understand that first the law could have punished me for things. But also the people I work with. You know they, they wouldn't be pleased.

SAVIDGE: Did you know who the man was?

DE JONG: No. At that time not yet. But the days after this missing girl, this and that. Then I heard Joran, yes.

SAVIDGE: Years went by. Then in 2008, De Jong says that he saw an interview by an undercover Dutch journalism which Van Der Sloot says Natalee Holloway died when the two were together and her body was dumped in the ocean. Van Der Sloot later said he made that story up and said he had nothing to do with Holloway's death.

De Jong says he got angry because he knew it was a lie. And because he has a daughter close to Natalee Holloway's age. So one father reached out to another. De Jong called Dave Holloway and said.

[02:50:03] DAVE HOLLOWAY, NATALEE HOLLOWAY'S FATHER: She is on land. And I know where her body is hidden. And my initial thought was, this is another crazy.

SAVIDGE: Holloway blew De Jong off. And what happened?

DE JONG: Nothing.

SAVIDGE: More years went by. In 2010, Van Der Sloot was convicted of killing a young woman in Peru. Finally, De Jong goes to the police and gives a sworn statement telling them exactly what he saw and where her body could be found.

What happened after you gave the testimony?

DE JONG: Nothing.

SAVIDGE: Finally, two years later, De Jong's statement got the attention of the new prosecutor in Aruba and of Natalee Holloway's dad.

HOLLOWAY: I read the statement. And I thought, my God, you know, this is a pretty detailed police statement with a lot of facts.

SAVIDGE: So, three months ago, nearly ten years after she disappeared, authorities in Aruba reactivated the case of Natalee Holloway.

Martin Savidge, CNN, Aruba.

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CHURCH: And will take a very short break.

But still to come, Spanish singer, Enrique Iglesias is injured at a recent concert.

BARNETT: That's right. We will bring you details on his mishap with a concert drone. Something you only here today in the future. We'll have more after the break.

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[02:55:18] BARNETT: Something singers didn't have to worry about a few years ago, SINGER Enrique Iglesias injured his hand on a drone during his concert. On Saturday, the Spanish pop star was performing in Tijuana, Mexico, when he grabbed a drone, used to get crowd shots, something he has done before.

CHURCH: Probably won't again.

But when he did, something went wrong and he injured his hand. He was treated and later flown to Los Angeles for treatment from a specialist. Wow.

All right. Now to an incredible record breaking feat out of California. A 92-year-old cancer survivor has become the oldest woman to finish a marathon.

BARNETT: This is just awesome. Harriet Thompson ran the San Diego rock 'n' roll marathon on Sunday, finishing in just 7:24. There she is. The race is 26.2 miles and more than 42 kilometers. And get this, she completed the same marathon 15 times before.

CHURCH: Wow.

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HARRIET THOMPSON, MARATHON FINISHER: I have such lofty ideas. Really lofty. I keep thinking I am wonder if I am going to be able to finish this.

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BARNETT: And keep this in mind. Harriet who has had cancer twice, said this is the only marathon she runs because it raises money for blood cancer research.

CHURCH: Isn't she wonderful? And this year has been tough for her. Her husband died of cancer back in January. And one of her sons just died of chemotherapy.

BARNETT: Harriet, you are my hero. Absolutely fantastic.

CHURCH: You go, Harriet. That's fantastic. And you have been watching CNN NEWSROOM. I'm Rosemary Church.

BARNETT: And I'm Errol Barnett. Please do stay with us.

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