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[01:00:44] NATALIE ALLEN, CNN HOST: Ambushed on the air. We will have details about the gunman who killed his former colleagues during a morning newscast.

How markets in Asia are reacting to the Dow's big rally.

And we'll tell you about who ISIS operative targeted in USA air strike in northern Syria.

Welcome to our viewers here in the United States and around the world. You are watching CNN NEWSROOM. I'm Natalie Allen.

The U.S. dealing with yet another deadly shooting. This one all more shocking because it happened on television. Alison Parker and her cameraman Adam Ward were doing an interview when a former employee from their Roanoke Virginia station walked up and shot them to death. Vester Flanagan was a reporter who had been fired two years ago.

The crew had been interviewing Vicki Gardner, that's her right there. She was shot in the back and is in stable condition after surgery. Outside the TV station, people are leaving flowers and balloons at a makeshift memorial. Sadly an all-too-common scene in the United States after such tragedy. The young journalist colleagues have had to cover the story while dealing with their own grief throughout this day.

Alison Parker's family released a statement a few hours ago, her father called her a bright shining light. Andy Parker said although her life was brief she was so happy with it. He choked up when he was on FOX News earlier along with Alison's boyfriend.

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ANDY PARKER, ALISON PARKER'S FATHER: She lived a great life. I mean, she did a lot of stuff. She excelled at everything she did. And she loved what she did. She loved the people she worked with. She was happy with her place in life. So, you know, we can only take some solace in the fact she had a wonderful life. She was extremely happy and she loved this guy with all of her heart. And that's the toughest thing for me that she -- everybody that she touched loved her. And she loved everybody back. And you know, I'm not going to let this issue drop. This is -- you know, we've got to do something about crazy people getting guns.

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ALLEN: Vester Flanagan had a long history of complaints against the various TV stations where he worked. He accused co-workers of racism and harassment but as Drew Griffin reports no one thought it would take a deadly turn.

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DREW GRIFFIN, CNN SENIOR INVESTIGATIVE CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): The day he was fired from WDBJ-TV February 1st, 2013 the shooter told his bosses I'm not leaving. You're going to have to call the f-ing police. Colleagues said he threw a tantrum. The sales staff took shelter in a locked office. And police did, indeed, escort him out of the newsroom.

Internal memos obtained by CNN show his brief one year employment was racked with complaints of aggressive behavior, poor journalistic performance, and warnings from management that he was making his co- workers feel threatened and uncomfortable. At one point the station referred him to mandatory counseling. After his firing, former colleagues tell CNN they were concerned for days he would come back. Jeff Marks is the station's general manager.

MARKS: It was, I guess, a little bothers some that he was still in town and would be seen by our employees. But, again, what do you do?

GRIFFIN: The shooter sued WDBJ-TV claiming discrimination. The suit dismissed last summer. The station was the last stop in what appears to be a spotty career in local television. Records showed he works at TV stations in Greenville, North Carolina, Savannah, Georgia, Midland Texas, and San Francisco not far from his home town.

In 2000 he was fired from a station in Tallahassee, Florida for what the news director described as odd behavior. After his firing, a lawsuit filed alleging racial discrimination. The suit dismissed.

This morning allegations of racism would emerge again. This time in a disturbing string of tweets on the shooter's own twitter page. Hours after the shooting he rights Alison made racist comments meaning Alison Park, the reporter he killed but never worked with. It's unclear if they ever even met. A minute later he writes EEOC complaint, meaning a claim of racism with the equal employment opportunity commission. Another tweet, Adam went to HR on me after working with me one time. He meant the station's Human Resources department. Adam was Adam Ward, the photographer killed. The station's manager said no one saw this coming.

[01:05:42] MARKS: He did make some accusations against people some time ago. You can never imagine that somebody is going to come back and act on those issues that were so old.

GRIFFIN: About a week ago, the shooter started posting pictures and apparent life history, highlights from his childhood through high school and beyond. And in the rambling 23 page fax to ABC news he says his plan to kill was set in motion after the killings in Charleston, South Carolina earlier this summer. Why did I do it? I put down a deposit for a gun on 6-19-15, the church shooting in Charleston happened on 6-17-15. Later, he write, admiration for the South Korean national mass killer responsible for the killings at Virginia Tech and the Columbine high school killers. His final tweet, I filmed the shooting, see Facebook.

Drew Griffin, CNN, Washington.

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ALLEN: So horrific what he did. And to shoot it like that and post it is a new day and a sad day at that. Second amendment to the constitution allows Americans the right to bear arms and with few exceptions there have not been many restrictions placed on that.

President Obama and Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton say they don't want to deny basic gun access to law-abiding citizens but they are ask canning for gun control legislation.

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BARACK OBAMA, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: What we know is that the number of people who die from gun-related incidents around this country dwarves any deaths that happened through terrorism. And we're willing to spend trillions of dollars to prevent terrorist activities, but we haven't been willing so far at least to impose some common sense gun safety measures that could save some lives.

HILLARY CLINTON (D), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: Yes, I feel this great heartache at what happened. And I want to reiterate how important it is we not let yet another terrible instance go by without trying to do something more to prevent this incredible killing that is stalking our country.

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ALLEN: Earlier, I spoke with Tom Fuentes, the former assistant director of the FBI. We talked about the gun the shooter owned and his possible issues that led him to the shooting.

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TOM FUENTES, CNN LAW ENFORCEMENT ANALYST: He purchased two Glock pistols legally here in Virginia. And they are not sure yet which gun was used or if both were used. We will know that better after the autopsies and after the ballistic comparisons are made. But he did buy two with Glocks legally here in the state of Virginia.

ALLEN: He had a troubled past, but nothing from that troubled past would prevent him from purchasing a gun in the U.S.?

FUENTES: No.

ALLEN: Unless what? FUENTES: Unless he had convictions for felonies or if he had been

known to be committed for psychiatric care, mental health care, let's say. And apparently neither of those two occurred. So he was able to this year purchase both guns legally.

ALLEN: And he said that he did -- he put a deposit down, I'm quoting him. "I put down a deposit for a gun on 6/19. The church shooting in Charleston happened on 6/17." And reportedly indicated that the Charleston shooting was the trigger for him. What do you make of that?

FUENTES: Well, he indicated many things. And it sounds like he had, you know, very serious mental health issues and anger management problems and extreme narcissism and other indicators going back many years. You know, he had already been employed and fired from several TV stations here in the U.S. And you know, so it is not something that developed overnight. It developed over a long period of time. He, himself, cited that as one of the triggers. It would have been on his part piling up of grievances and feeling discriminated against and oppressed over a long period of time. And I think finally, you know, he felt like he was going to seek retribution based on the relationship he had with them when he worked at that station.

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[01:10:22] ALLEN: Tom Fuentes with me there earlier. Again, we don't know if the shooter ever met Alison Parker. Chris Hurst is news anchor at that TV station. He was Alison Parker's boyfriend and they had just moved in together.

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CHRIS HURST, ALISON PARKER'S BOYFRIEND: This is my memory of her. When we had our six-month anniversary, she made a scrapbook for me and put in all of the pictures that we spent together for the first six months. Even pictures they didn't want to be in there she put them in there.

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ALLEN: Parker's friends and co-workers describe her as a rock star, loved her job and took a genuine interest in the people she interviewed.

John Berman has a look back on the life of those people.

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ALISON PARKER, VICTIM: Hey, everyone. I'm Alison Parker. Photojournalist. Adam Ward and I are putting the final touches on our special report.

JOHN BERMAN, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Their love of the job, their passion for their work, it leapt through the screen.

PARKER: Witnesses say that this is the day they will never forget. BERMAN: They informed and delighted a community.

ADAM WARD, VICTIM: In Salem, Adam Ward, News 7 sports.

BERMAN: A community in the state of pure disbelief.

JEFF MARKS, GENERAL MANAGER, WDBJ. This place is in shock as you might expect. There's a lot of crying and hugging going on.

BERMAN: Colleagues say 27-year-old Adam Ward and 24-year-old Alison Parker of Virginia affiliate WDBJ were unfailingly positive, relentlessly hardworking and never shied away from a story.

PARKER: I wanted to go through a sleep study to see if my job impacts how I snooze.

BERMAN: Or a challenge.

PARKER: My hobby is white water kayaking.

BERMAN: In this profile from the station earlier this year, Parker spoke of her love of the outdoors and the arts.

PARKER: My dad was on Broadway back in the day.

BERMAN: Her father released a statement today saying, I find my grief unbearable. Not hearing her voice again crushes my soul.

Both Parker and Ward began as interns at the station, eventually becoming a morning show team as staff reporter and photographer.

MARKS: Adam was the kind of guy who if he were on the way home and knew of something that needed to be done, he would turn around and go do it.

BERMAN: Ward was engaged to morning show producer Melissa Ott, seen here in a tweet this morning, celebrating what was reportedly supposed to be her last day at the station. Instead, she was in the control room when her future husband was gunned down.

WDBJ's anchor Chris Hurst said he is numb after the news. Parker was his girlfriend of nine months and just moved in with him.

She was the most radiant woman I ever met he posted on social media today and for some reason she loved me back.

Parker's last interview was with Vicki Gardner, the executive director of a local chamber of commerce. She was live on air when gun fire rang out. Gardner was shot in the back and is recovering a hospital today. As this unfolds, WDBJ stays on the story with a broken heart but not broken. Because there's no greater tribute to great reporters than to keep reporting.

MARKS: This doesn't happen in our part of the country. But it has. And we will be forever scarred by it.

BERMAN: John Berman, CNN, New York.

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ALLEN: Amazing how that station in Roanoke, Virginia, just kept the story going up.

Coming up here, we will have more reaction from the station about the loss of their colleagues there in Roanoke. So young.

Also ahead here, Wall Street ends its sixth day losing streak with a big rally. We will go live to Beijing to see if markets in Asia are following suit.

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[01:15:34] DEREK VAN DAM, CNN METEOROLOGIST: Good day! I'm CNN meteorologist Derek Van Dam with the quick look at your weather watch if you are located across the United States. Let's us look at your national forecast, the big apple topping 28 with mostly sunny skies. There will be a few thunderstorms for Miami.

We do have a possibility of thunderstorms across the central United States, but more importantly our ongoing of fires continues for the eastern sections of Washington and portions of Montana. Our red flag warnings are expected to cross that area through the early parts of the weekend. But there is a large shift in the weather pattern that will not only bring cooler weather, but also the possibility of rain to the Pacific northwest and that could help the firefighters the ongoing places taking place across that region. Good news certainly.

Showers and thunderstorms across Central America and throughout the Caribbean, but more importantly we have our eyes set on tropical storm Erica currently moving westward across the (INAUDIBLE) Islands. You can see its sustained winds with wind dust just shy of 100 kilometers per hour.

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[01:18:01] ALLEN: Welcome back. Financial market in the Asia-Pacific region are following best (INAUDIBLE) today moving higher across the board right now. The Shanghai Composite index is up 1.85 percent. Tokyo's Nikkei up as well just over a point and the Hang Seng and Australia S&P ASX 200 also up.

Lots of green arrows. Wall Street managed to end the six-day losing streak, surging 619 points thanks to a late-day rally. Investors and analysts hope optimism will spread to Europe and beyond.

Richard Quest has that.

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RICHARD QUEST, CNN AVIATION CORRESPONDENT: The sort of number investors have been hoping to see. A sharp rise in the Dow Jones industrial, up 619 points after many days of serious losses. The markets have been up throughout the course of the whole session. It opened up sharply. It held the gains and then right towards the end of the close, up it went like a rocket.

This is the third best performance in terms of points of the Dow since 2008. It's also a remarkably resilient and strong performance four percent. Factor in to the overall global scene at the moment. You have markets like Hong Kong and China that have been down so much in recent days. You also have the London, the Frankfurt, the Paris market. And now the hope has to be that with the buyers coming late in to the day in to New York, and showing some form of resilience and optimism, that ultimately what's happened is that the negative feedback loop has been halted.

Richard Quest, CNN, New York.

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ALLEN: CNN's Steven Jiang is following developments for us from Beijing. And he joins us now live from there.

Steven, so what are they saying there or thinking about these numbers in Asia. All green arrows following the late rally on Wall Street?

[01:20:10] STEVEN JIANG, CNN PRODUCER: That's right, Natalie. Everything, all the major markets are in positive territory, including the Shanghai Composite, which is about 1.6 percent up, last I checked. So, you know, this of course is related to the huge rally we saw on Wall Street. But here in China, at least, also maybe some of the measures taken by the government in the past few days are finally showing some of the desired effect.

Remember, just late last night, on Wednesday, the central bank injected more than $20 billion in to the economy to shore up growth. And earlier this week, they have also announced a cut in the interest rate, as well as easing bank lending. In addition the government has also announced more investigations in to officials in the regulatory commission, securities regulatory commission, as well as executives from the country's biggest brokerage house for alleged insider trading and rumor mongering. So all of these measures they are taking really are trying to address two types of fears, one of course, is the fundamentals in the economy. But also the investor confidence in the government's ability to handle a crisis, to handle the markets. So they are definitely still trying to address both problems and we may be seeing some of the effect they are hoping for, Natalie.

ALLEN: Right. The markets may or may not be the best gauge of the real economy there in China.

Steven Jiang, following it for us. Thanks so much, Steven.

Elsewhere in China, the state-run news agency says police have arrested 12 people suspected of involvement in the devastating explosions a couple of weeks ago in Tianjin. Those in custody include the chairman, vice chairman and three managers of the company that stored the companies inside of the warehouse that blew up. Last week state media said ten senior executives with the firm had been detained. The blast killed 139 people.

And nearly two decade hunt for a man the FBI called one of the most wanted terrorists is now over. An Arab intelligence source tells CNN this man (INAUDIBLE) has been captured in Lebanon. A U.S. court indicted him in 2001 for his alleged role in the 1996 bombing of the Khobar towers, a U.S. military housing complex in Saudi Arabia. Nineteen American servicemen were killed. The source says that (INAUDIBLE) picked up in a Saudi led operation in Beirut. Quote "bundled in to a plane and taken in to Saudi Arabia to be interrogated."

And now, we turn to a major development in the war against ISIS. A top recruiter for the terror group a British citizen has been targeted in a U.S. drone strike. Military officials say they are confident he was killed.

Our Pentagon correspondent Barbara Starr broke the news. She's got the latest.

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BARBARA STARR, CNN PENTAGON CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): CNN has learned that British-born Junaid Hussain, a top ISIS operative was targeted and likely killed in U.S. drone strike in Syria earlier this weekend. Hussain, had vowed to attack the U.S. U.S. officials tell CNN there's quote "a high level of confidence Hussain died standing in Iraqa (ph), the declared capital of ISIS in Syria which the group has always thought to be secure.

PAUL CRUICKSHANK, CNN TERRORISM ANALYST: This is a huge gaffe to the United States. Junaid Hussain was the most prolific English language propagandist for ISIS. He was somebody that he was incessantly calling for attacks in the west.

STARR: Hussain is accused of being involved in the hacking of the U.S. central command Web site and posting personal information and addresses of U.S. military personnel. He was linked to the attack in Garland, Texas, in May at a contest where participants were asked to draw the prophet Muhammad. Investigators believe Hussain was messaging one of the gunman to radicalize him to launch an attack, making it potentially the first is-directed attack in the U.S. Hussain was a social media star.

CRUICKSHANK: He used that to sort of talent spot potential terrorist lone wolves in the west and then take the communications off line on to online encrypted apps which are very difficult, almost impossible for U.S. agencies to read.

STARR: Just last week, a U.S. drone killed the number two is leader, (INAUDIBLE), raising the obvious question, does the U.S. have a snitch inside of ISIS?

CRUICKSHANK: Not clear whether this came from a human intelligence source or somebody inside or close to the ISIS terrorist group was with able to get information back to handlers in the west or from enhanced surveillance of is communications. [01:25:06] STARR: Despite the success, the intelligence community

taking a potential hit. The "New York Times" reports the Pentagon's inspector general is investigating an allegation that some ISIS intelligence reports were altered to paint a rosier picture. The Pentagon says it knows nothing about it since the IG operates independently.

JOSH EARNEST, WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY: The president places a premium on getting an unvarnished assessment from intelligence community.

STARR: Barbara Starr, CNN, the Pentagon.

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ALLEN: Our coverage of the Virginia TV news crew murders continues. Ahead, we will hear from the gunman's former television boss.

Plus, Germany's chancellor appeals for tolerance as she visits a migrant camp in her country.

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[01:29:19] ALLEN: Welcome to our viewers here in the U.S. and around the world. You are watching CNN NEWSROOM live. I'm Natalie Allen.

Our top story, the family of the man who shot and killed reporter Alison Parker and the cameraman Adam Ward on live television is offering condolences to the victims' families. Vester Flanagan had worked with both victims in Roanoke, Virginia until he was fired two years ago.

Wall Street managed to break the six-day losing streak. The Dow gained 619 points on Wednesday with, its biggest one day gain since 2008. Checking stocks across the Asia-Pacific region right now, the Shanghai composite up 1.38 percent. Tokyo Nikkei up as well to several points. The Hang Seng and the S&P ASX, they are all in the green so far.

Police in China have arrested 12 people suspected of involvement in the deadly blast that killed 139 people earlier this month in Tianjin. According to the state-run news agency, those in custody include the chairman, vice chairman and three managers of the company that stored the chemicals inside of the warehouse that blew up.

Turning to the shooting death of two young journalists in Virginia, before the gunman killed himself, he wrote a lengthy message outlining his grievances.

Ryan Nobles reports.

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RYAN NOBLES, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Bryce Williams bounced around the country working as a journalist, but the man, whose real name is Vester Flanagan, didn't always leave on good terms. He was fired and, in some instances, feared. Management at WDBJ had to call police after firing Flanagan.

DAN DENNISON, WDBJ NEWS DIRECTOR: He was escorted by the police out of the building because he was not going to leave willingly or under his own free will. It was a tough situation.

NOBLES: But no one would have guessed this. Flanagan, caught on Adam Ward's camera holding a gun. This is the last image before the feed stopped. Seconds before, WDBJ reporter, Alison Parker, and cameraman, Adam Ward, were interviewing Chamber of Commerce's Vicki Gardner. Flanagan ambushed the team while filming with his own camera. He shot all three, killing Parker and Ward.

UNIDENTIFIED WDBJ ANCHOR: Those among them, the kindest, nicest people who worked here.

NOBLES: Soon Flanagan posted his video of the shooting to social media. Two hours after the attack, he faxed a 28-page suicide note to ABC News. Flanagan said he was bullied for being gay and black. But was inspired to attack after the Charleston church shooting. He said he was a human powder keg waiting to go boom. Family and friends remember the two journalists caught in his path killed simply for doing their jobs in Roanoke, Virginia.

In roan oak, Virginia, I'm Ryan Nobles reporting.

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ALLEN: Earlier, our John Berman spoke with WDBJ general manager about Alison Parker and Adam Ward. As you have been hearing, they were very well thought of. He's remembering them as eager, earnest, young journalists.

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JEFFREY MARKS, WDBJ GENERAL MANAGER: I worked with both of them but not as close as their daily colleagues did but if I came in the morning and saw them I knew I was in for smiles. They have had a great attitude and it showed in their work. Adam was always willing to do whatever extra was need. Even at the end of a long shift when he got up at 3: 00 in the morning. Ail Alison was would get involved in whatever she was asked to do and showing solid growth as a reporter and anchor and they were joys to be around. Alison was preparing to learn a dance routine with a partner to take part in a charity I vent called dancing with the valley stars. She was very much looking forward to it and we all were. Adam had so much fun playing on the company softball team that they let me play on, too. Adam was a lot better than I was and one of the reasons we won the city championship. I will remember them so fondly and I'm so distressed, as are their colleagues here.

JOHN BERMAN, CNN ANCHOR: Those are the memories we want to keep and hold dear.

The gunman worked at your station for a short time before he was fired a couple of years ago. What can you tell us about his time there? MARKS: Well, it was tumultuous in that he was not strong as a

reporter. Did a lot of coaching with him to try to make him more aggressive as a reporter, but in his personal relationships sometimes he was a little aggressive and people were shy to work with him. He was just not a pleasant person, as it turned out. He seemed to have some anger and stress.

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ALLEN: We will continue to follow all of the developments of course in this story. Keep up with them as well on our website CNN.com. You can learn more about the life and careers of Alison Parker and Adam Ward.

Other news now, it seems U.S. Vice President Joe Biden could enter the presidential race any day now but in a conference call with key members of the Democratic Party, he spoke emotionally about his concerns about running.

CNN's Jim Acosta has that.

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JIM ACOSTA, CNN SENIOR WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Behind closed doors, Vice President Joe Biden held a conference call with Democratic Party leaders gathered for a summer meeting aimed at attracting presidential contenders. During the call Biden revealed he is trying to determine if he has what he called the emotional fuel to run.

[01:35:06] JOE BIDEN, VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES (voice- over): If I were announce to run, I have to commit to all of you that I would be able to give it my whole heart and my whole soul. Right now, both are pretty well banged up and trying to figure out that issue.

ACOSTA: The call was billed as an opportunity to hear from Biden on the Iran nuclear deal.

BIDEN (voice-over): We have access to any place in the entire country of Iran, regardless of where it is, where we suspect it to be.

ACOSTA: It was all seen by top Democrats as another sign Biden wants to stay on their radar screen.

The vice president has ever reason to hurry up.

HILLARY CLINTON, (D), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE & FORMER SECRETARY OF STATE: Vice President Biden is a friend of mine. He and I were colleagues in the Senate.

ACOSTA: His potential competition, Hillary Clinton, is busy building up her reputation in Iowa, grabbing a key endorsement from that state's popular former governor. But she is sounding more contrite on her use of a personal e-mail account to conduct personal business as secretary of state. CLINTON: Well, I know people have raised questions about my e-mail

use as secretary of state. I understand why. I get it. So here's what I want the American people to know. My use of personal e-mail was allowed by the State Department. It clearly wasn't the best choice.

ACOSTA: A source close to the Clinton campaign tells CNN they are not worried about Biden. They are way more focused on Sanders.

But the vice president's allies like the Draft Biden super PAC says donors are ready for an alternative.

DRAFT BIDEN SUPER PAC MEMBER: I have been surprised by the number of donors who reached out, some with Hillary Clinton, some who are not and want to get involved.

ACOSTA: Still after losing his son, Beau, to cancer, Biden may not be prepared for a run. As one friend told "Politico," "He is not himself. He is sort of all over the place." Something the vice president hinted at in that call with the DNC.

BIDEN (voice-over): Believe me, I have been giving this a lot of thought and dealing internally in the family about how to do this.

ACOSTA: Jim Acosta, CNN, the White House.

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ALLEN: News from the other side, Republican presidential hopeful, Donald Trump, remains unapologetic, no kidding, for kicking a prominent journalist out of the conference Tuesday night. Here's what Trump said in a TV interview Wednesday morning.

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DONALD TRUMP, (R), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE & CEO, TRUMP ORGANIZATION: He was totally out of line last night. I was being asked a question from another reporter. I would have gotten to him quickly. He stood up and started to rant and rave like a madman and he was out of line and most people -- in fact most newspaper reports said I handled it very well.

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ALLEN: Trump had Jorge Ramos escorted out of the event by his security for trying to ask about Trump's plan to deport 11 million illegal immigrants living in the U.S. Ramos explained to CNN why he wanted Trump to answer his questions.

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JORGE RAMOS, REPORTER, UNIVISION: As a reporter, you have to take a stand when it comes to racism, discrimination, corruption public life, dictatorship and human rights. The journalism is always when reporters take a stand in front of those who are in power.

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ALLEN: Ramos, a well-respected American journalist for Univision, wrote an article before the incident with Mr. Trump painting a picture of what he thinks Trump's plan would look like if Trump did become president. And a quote from his article, "For Trumpland to be free of undocumented immigrants, terror would necessarily reign."

We have a programming note for you. Donald Trump will be live on CNN later. Look out for his interview in the 7:00 a.m. eastern hour. That's in a little more than five hours from now.

Ahead here, Germany's chancellor gets an earful from some of her citizens when she visits a town where anti-migrant incident recently turned violent.

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[01:42:41] ALLEN: You are watching CNN NEWSROOM. The Italian Coast Guard said 50 people were found dead inside of a boat off the coast of Libya. A Swedish patrol found the migrant ship Wednesday, 439 people on board were found alive. The victims are among hundreds of people who have died trying to reach Italy by sea this year as we continue to tell you they just keep coming. They are mainly from war-torn countries in the Middle East and Africa seeking asylum in Europe.

Hungary is beefing up security along its borders, concerned over the influx of people attempting to cross in to the country. On Wednesday, Hungarian police used tear gas to disperse people inside of a camp along the Serbian border. This video shows migrants crawling under a barbed-wire fence meant to keep them out. That's how desperate they are, even that older woman there.

Earlier, CNN's Robyn Curnow interviewed a spokesman from the Hungarian government and asked him about Hungary's move to build a border fence to keep migrants out.

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ZOLTAN KOVACS, HUNGARIAN GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN: A fence is not the solution, most definitely having a fence is better than not having one, trying to reestablish law and order at the border. It is completely unacceptable that people enter the country at will and we have 141,000 illegal migrants this year.

ROBYN CURNOW, CNN CORRESPONDENT: This is a chaotic flow of humanity. There doesn't seem to be a coherent response. There's this sort of mismatch of reaction. What to do next?

KOVACS: We keep on telling, at the moment it seems to be Hungary is the sole country that is keeping law and order, trying to keep law and order. Everybody, including Greece, Macedonia and Serbia would comply with what they were supposed to do the situation would be a little better. Obviously, the solution to the problem is foreign countries or the regional cooperation and requires European and as a matter of fact even beyond Europe solutions.

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[01:45:] ALLEN: As you can hear, in Germany, Chancellor Merkel appealed for tolerance as she visited a migrant camp in her country where violent protests have raged but from the moment she arrived she could hear some townspeople let her know how they felt.

Ian Lee has more on the crisis for us from London.

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IAN LEE, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): German police clashed with anti-migrant protesters in the eastern city of Hydenel (ph). Xenophobia front and center as the country witnesses a rise in attacks against refugees.

Chancellor Angela Merkel, under pressure to react, visited on Wednesday, greeted by hecklers.

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ANGELA MERKEL, GERMAN CHANCELLOR (through translation): We must put all of our efforts in to making clear there's no tolerance for people who question the dignity of others. There's no tolerance for those who are not willing to help where legal and human help is required.

LEE: Xenophobic attacks on the rise in Germany. One of the latest, they suspect arsonists torched this shelter for asylum seekers in the town of Nown (ph), as Europe's most populous country buckles under the massive influx of refugees. Berlin expects 800,000 of them will apply for asylum by the end of the year, four times as many as 2014. Overall, the United Nations predicts more than one million, fleeing war, repression and instability, will arrive on the continent in 2015, causing some nations to take drastic measures, erecting walls with razor wire and dog patrols to try to keep the desperate refugees out.

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LEE: Hungarian police tear gassed hundreds at an overcrowded registration center on Wednesday.

GEOFFREY ROBERTSON, HUMAN RIGHTS LAWYER: There's plenty of evidence that democracies turn right. They turn rabidly nationalists where there are immigrants on the horizon.

LEE: But even as Europe tries to fortify its borders, many countries on the E.U.'s fringe are finding it impossible to stem the flood of migrants seeking a better life.

Ian Lee, CNN, London.

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ALLEN: Just four days after its birth at the National Zoo in Washington, the smaller of the two panda cubs has died. The cub hadn't been able to keep weight on and was showing signs of respiratory distress. Zookeepers were monitoring the cub around the clock as its mother was focused on keeping the healthier sibling alive. Despite the best efforts to help the mom out, zoo officials were not able to save this itty-bitty panda. So far, the other cub appears to be thriving.

Extreme drought uncovered a piece of historical wreckage. We'll tell you what was uncovered in this dried up river in Poland.

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RACHEL NICHOLS, CNN SPORTS ANCHOR: I'm Rachel Nichols with your CNN World Sports headlines.

Manchester United secured their European football after missing out last season for the first since 1990. United went into the game 3:1 up and the result was never in doubt as Wayne Runny (ph) scored his first goal for the new season for the win. Runny (ph) grabbed a hat trick with Andre Correra (ph) scoring the fourth.

At the World Athletics Championship in Beijing, two of the fastest men on earth have continued to eye each other. Usain Bolt and Justin Gatlin (ph) both qualified for Thursday's final in the 200 meters. Each man won his seat. Gatlin (ph) crossed in in 19.8.7 seconds but wasn't running his hardest. Obviously, easing up at the finish line. And then there was Bolt. He finished in 19.9.5 seconds, his first time of the year. But he was so relaxed during it, he actually took the time during the race to exchange a laugh and a joke with a fellow competitor.

Now, off the track, the IAAF announced the two Kenyan athletes have accepted provisional suspensions following positive drug tests. It was confirmed in a statement they will provide full support and cooperation to the IAAF.

[01:50:54] That's a look at your sports headlines. I'm Rachel Nichols.

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ALLEN: If you are getting tired of Apple's Siri, we like her and not like the sometimes, Facebook has announced its own assistant program. What do you think of this? It is calling its Siri "M." "M" doesn't have a voice. Instead you communicate with it using text. Like other digital assistants, it will answer your questions about trivia or where to eat dinner but "M" can help you place on-line orders, book flights and hotels. It is game on, Siri.

What do you think, Derek?

DEREK VAN DAM, AMS METEOROLOGIST: Not game on for weather personnel. If they are asking "M" for the weather forecast.

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ALLEN: Just follow Derek on Twitter.

VAN DAM: I was going to say, you have your own personal weatherman right here.

ALLEN: He is personally affronted by this, and you should be.

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VAN DAM: It is fine. I promise.

ALLEN: What do you got for us?

VAN DAM: Natalie, we have some impressive stuff out of New South Wales in Australia. We have had a lot of rain over the region. Worst rain in some locations this the past 13 years. It's caused some serious flooding. Look at the visuals out of the area. You can see what I'm talking about. 1600 emergency calls since this began. You can see some of the kangaroos hopping to safety there, as well. 79 flood rescues, 320 properties evacuated, as well. The dam west of Sydney actually spilling its banks, as well, which is a dangerous situation. The satellite loop doesn't look impressive but what I can show you is the radar imagery over the past five days. As we focus south of Sydney, you can see the rainfall. This is an area that has had consistent amount of precipitation, Guangdong to the Kiama region. They were setting records for rainfall over the past decade. Look at these rainfall totals over a 72-hour period. Just shy of 500 millimeters. Unbelievable stuff. Of course that led to scenes of the flooding you saw moment ago. That storm system will pull away from South Wales and Victoria. We welcome in another active weather pattern that will bring impressive rainfall to Melbourne. You can see the rainfall totals going forward anywhere between 50 to perhaps 150 millimeters of precipitation. So very active weather pattern continues. And there's still a possibility of more rainfall south of Sydney. Here's Melbourne's forecast, showers from Friday in to Saturday.

I'm going to quickly switch gears. I want to talk about the ongoing drought taking place in Europe, specifically Germany and Poland. It's been hectic over the region thanks to a high pressure system that dominated the weather pattern keeping temperatures very warm and keeps the dry weather in place. It is not all bad. It has revealed impressive, quite beautiful artifacts from World War II, believe it or not. The river, which runs across Poland, Poland land's longest river, is actually sunk to its lower levels. Look at what it revealed for archaeologists coming back to discover what is a Soviet-era World War II plane they also found some of the pilot's remains, helping to solve some of the mysteries from this plane and found parachutes, pistols, heavy ammunition. I don't know, for me to see something like this, this is all thanks to, what is the drought that is ongoing across that area. It lowered the lake and river levels enough to where it reveals this.

[01:55:54] ALLEN: Years ago, local news, same thing happened to the Mississippi River, all of a sudden boats started to appear.

VAN DAM: Started to appear.

ALLEN: They didn't know from war or whatever.

VAN DAM: The mystery remains. Drought can do some things that are good.

ALLEN: Derek, thank you.

Thank you all for watching us here at CNN NEWSROOM.

Errol Barnett and Rosemary Church will be with you next.

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[02:00:07] ERROL BARNETT, CNN ANCHOR: Two journalists gunned down on live TV by a former co-workers.