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JOHN VAUSE, CNN ANCHOR (voice-over): Twelve thousand stories of freedom and celebration, a breakthrough in the European migrant crisis, but there are still hundreds of thousands searching for a new life.
ZAIN ASHER, CNN ANCHOR (voice-over): At this hour we'll be examining what lies ahead for the migrants who have been fortunate enough to be starting a new life, a safer life and what can be done to combat a wider crisis that shows no signs of abating.
VAUSE (voice-over): Also ahead, just months ago, Hillary Clinton seemed the unstoppable frontrunner. Now new polling shows cracks in the Clinton campaign.
ASHER: Hello and thank you so much for joining us. I'm Zain Asher.
VAUSE: Great to have you with us. And I'm John Vause. CNN NEWSROOM begins right now.
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ASHER: We begin with the massive flow of migrants into Austria and into Germany.
VAUSE: Twelve thousand people from Syria, Iraq and other countries have crossed into Germany and Austria over the last two days.
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VAUSE (voice-over): There were tears of joy and exhaustion as the migrants received food, clothing and support from local volunteers as well as government workers. At the same time, leaders of Germany and Austria are warning that the level of help is unsustainable and very soon it could be scaled back. (END VIDEO CLIP)
ASHER: But there are thousands more migrants still determined to make their way across Austria and into Germany.
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VAUSE: For them, it is the final leg of a treacherous journey from desperation to safety. Fred Pleitgen met with some migrants who have made it as far as Vienna.
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FREDERIK PLEITGEN, CNN SENIOR INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Hundreds of refugees are still pouring here into the railway station in Vienna, many of them with their children and all of them, of course, looking to complete that very difficult journey that they've undertaken.
Now what the authorities here have done is they have designated this platform here for trains for the refugees. What we're seeing here also is an outpouring of support from the Austrian population.
There's many people bringing food, bringing water and just helping these people along. We've spoken to some of the refugees and they've told us about the difficult journey that they've had to make it to here.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE (through translator): From Hungary, we went through a torture. We walked 110 kilometers with the children. They didn't allow us to take cars or trains.
The government fooled us. But the people are very nice. We arrived here safely and we are comfortable here and we like the people and the government of Austria.
PLEITGEN: One of the things that's extremely important to speed up the process and just make everything work more efficient is that they have a lot of people here who speak the local languages of the refugees.
They have people who speak Farsi, Dari, a lot of people who speak Arabic, because, for the refugees also, it's important for them to know the process. It's important for them to know what will come next.
What will happen when they get to Munich?
How do they get on the trains best?
That's something that is very, very key to making this whole process work.
Now one of the things we have to keep in mind is things are going very well here at the Vienna train station, but Europe is still facing a major challenge in dealing with the tens of thousands of people who have already come here.
I spoke earlier with the spokesperson for the UNHCR, Melissa Fleming, and she says that Europe needs to find a common approach to make all of this work.
MELISSA FLEMING, UNHCR SPOKESPERSON: The UNHCR has suggested, for example, big reception, registration centers in Greece, in Italy and in Hungary, run by the E.U., supported by UNHCR, where people could go there and register and if they are refugees, they could be distributed and relocated to all different countries in Europe.
PLEITGEN: Now of course, as these thousands of people come here to Europe, the material aid that they get from the folks here in Austria, in Germany, that's something that's important for them, the food, the water, the toys for the children.
But in many ways what we find is even more important to a lot of these people is to be received here with a smile and to be welcomed and shown that they have a chance to integrate here in Europe, to possibly start a new life.
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VAUSE: Our thanks to Fred Pleitgen there, reporting in from Vienna.
And it has been a long and very difficult journey for most of the thousands who are now seeking asylum in Western Europe.
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ASHER: That's right. First, many had to get first to Turkey and to Greece after fleeing their homelands in the Middle East. But even after they had reached the Balkans from Greece, their hardships were hardly over. Arwa Damon has been with the migrants on each arduous part of the trek and she brings us this reporter's notebook.
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ARWA DAMON, CNN SENIOR INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): At the Greece-Macedonia border, four days spent under the rain after the Macedonians shut it down.
The children's clothes --
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DAMON (voice-over): -- did not even have enough time to dry before the showers started again. And no one, not a single non- profit, not the government, to even provide something as simple as a tarp.
A pregnant Syrian woman who did not want to be interviewed grabbed my arm in the crowd.
Eyes welling up, she pleaded, "Please do something. I don't want to lose my baby."
Hours after we met, the Macedonian police finally started letting people through, some so desperate they threw themselves across, others making a run for it.
A mother lost her son. She was frantic, begging the police to let her through. It just didn't make sense.
How could they be treated like this?
Brief flashes of relief, trains departing, carrying them through Macedonia, small faces pressed up against the glass, hands waving.
But the respite short lived. The further into Europe they moved, the worse their treatment became. Often traveling overnight on foot, train tracks lead the flow of humanity from Serbia into Hungary.
Here the real nightmare for most begins. Parched, they arrive. But there is no water. Just hours of waiting under the beating sun, where buses finally arrive to take them to the Ruska transit camp, where all say the conditions are inhumane and they are treated like animals, herded around like sheep and forced to scramble for food and water. And we are not allowed in.
At the Budapest train station, after having waited four days, if not over a week, sleeping on cement, a moment of slight hope as a packed train departs. Also short-lived.
An hour into what should have been a journey to the Hungary- Austria border, it stops. Whatever hope they had, shattered. A little girl inconsolable, her mother unable to speak. All they want to do is get out of Hungary.
Police order refugees off and into a camp, but they refuse.
Bedding down for the night, up in the overhead compartments, parents trying to make their children as comfortable as they can, still struggling to believe that, in Europe, they are finding themselves reduced to this.
It is heartbreaking to witness.
Thousands take matters into their own hands and start walking from Budapest to the Austrian border, no longer willing to exist at the mercy of European leaders.
We are in awe of their resolve.
Here they see the compassion of some of the Hungarian people, ashamed of their government's treatment of the refugees, handing out water, food and more.
DAMON: He was on his crutches the entire way. But then again, someone stopped and actually gave them a child's stroller. The injury is from a barrel bomb.
DAMON (voice-over): The men have children living under ISIS and Syria. Getting to Germany means a chance of bringing and saving them.
Almost all of these people have fled the war zones of Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan, homelands that no longer offer a future for them or for their children. The world yet unable to resolve those wars that people suffering the consequences deserve better than this -- Arwa Damon, CNN, Hungary.
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ASHER: In the meantime, Pope Francis says that Catholic institutions throughout Europe should be taking in refugees.
VAUSE: These requests came Sunday during an address in St. Peter's Square. He says the Vatican will be hosting two refugee families in the coming days.
ASHER: There are tens of thousands of Catholic churches and monasteries across the continent. He called on every religious community to show mercy to those fleeing desperate situations.
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POPE FRANCIS (through translator): Faced with the tragedy of tens of thousands of refugees who are fleeing death from war and from hunger and who are on the road in the hope of a better life, the Gospel calls us and asks us to show solidarity to the smallest and the abandoned and to give them a real hope.
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VAUSE: As the charity and support pours out in Germany and Austria, there are questions about the Gulf states. Many of the migrants come from regions close to the Arabian Gulf countries. But as Becky Anderson reports, those oil-rich states often have very little in the way of refuge.
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BECKY ANDERSON, CNN HOST (voice-over): Exhausted and drained but determined to make it. Most are marching towards Germany, where they are being welcomed with open arms. The majority are Syrian and have traveled thousands of miles in search --
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ANDERSON (voice-over): -- of a better life, often paying the ultimate price.
Now questions being raised about why these people fleeing war couldn't find suitable refuge closer to home, mainly in rich Arab Gulf countries that could afford to house them. The uproar's gained momentum on social media, images like these were widely circulated, with hashtags such as #WelcomingSyriasRefugeesIsAGulfDuty, calling on leaders to do more.
And the U.N. has voiced its concerns. ANTONIO GUTERRES, U.N. HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES: We're
asking that not only the borders of the region are open but that all other borders, especially in the developed world, are also open. And this is true for Europe. It is true in the Gulf, it's true everywhere, where countries have the capacity to receive some Syrians and to integrate them in their societies.
ANDERSON (voice-over): There are more than 4 million Syrian refugees in the region. But according to Amnesty International, six Gulf countries haven't offered any resettlement locations to the refugees. They've been giving money, though, and lots of it. Since the war broke out, Kuwait alone has donated almost $1 billion to the U.N. to help Syrians, making it the fifth largest donor worldwide.
ABDUL KHALEQ (PH) ABDULLAH, PROFESSOR OF POLITICAL SCIENCE: There is a lot that the Arab Gulf states done that has not been recognized by the international community. I don't think anybody, any country, any states have helped the Syrian refugee more so than the Arab Gulf states.
ANDERSON (voice-over): But Gulf countries don't recognize refugees as they are not signatories to the 1951 Refugee Convention. So anyone who wants to enter has to meet standard visa requirements, which tens of thousands of Syrians do. And there are security concerns about hosting large populations from Arab states.
ABDULLAH: Having the refugees also feeds into ISIS appeal and it feeds into the violence in the region, which is already, you know, the most violent region on Earth. So all in all, anything that goes in the neighborhood impacts the security and the stability of the Arab Gulf states, who are by far the most stable and the most secure for all our countries.
ANDERSON: We've spoken to officials here in the UAE, who say that they have given almost a half a billion dollars, citing their efforts to help Syrians in Jordan and Iraq as examples.
ANDERSON (voice-over): For the moment, it seems the money will continue but the doors are staying closed -- Becky Anderson, CNN, Abu Dhabi.
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ASHER: Well, many are calling on the U.S. to do more to resettle Syrian refugees. U.S. Republican presidential candidate Carly Fiorina thinks that if America does, it could risk terrorists slipping in.
She's also blaming President Barack Obama for not doing more to stem the Syrian crisis, which has led to many fleeing to Europe. Here's more of what she said on CBS Sunday.
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CARLY FIORINA (R), CALIF.: Those pictures are unbelievably heartbreaking. And unfortunately, we have known this crisis was coming for a very long time. This is an example of what happens when the United States fails to lead.
President Obama had options in Syria three years ago and he failed to exercise any of those options. And he has watched as this humanitarian crisis has grown and grown.
I think the United States honestly, sadly cannot relax our entrance criteria. I mean, we are having to be very careful about who we let enter this country from these war-torn regions to ensure that terrorists are not coming here.
I think the Europeans need to continue to step up here, both in terms of the amount of money they provide for humanitarian relief. They have not done as much as the United States has done on that front and I also think they are beginning to step up and let some of these refugees cross into their borders.
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VAUSE: Carly Fiorina there speaking. She is a Republican candidate for president and when we come back on CNN NEWSROOM, we'll have more on the race for the White House. Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton is campaigning hard.
But some new polling just out shows she is losing more ground to Bernie Sanders. Details after the break.
ASHER (voice-over): Plus the head of Goldman Sachs in the Asia Pacific says he isn't worried about China's economy. We'll have a check of the market when we come back.
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ASHER: Welcome back, everyone. Asia Pacific markets are back in action with trade resuming in China after a four-day weekend. Let's take a look at the numbers for you.
You can see they're mostly in positive territory right now. The Hang Seng is pretty much flat but up roughly about 0.25 percent. The Shanghai Composite is up about almost 1 percent and the Nikkei again is pretty much flat, but up about 0.25 percent.
VAUSE: China's stock market has fallen 40 percent since June as the economy adjusts to a new growth model. And earlier, Goldman Sachs' Asia Pacific chairman told CNN's Andrew Stevens he's not worried about China's economy.
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MARK SCHWARTZ, CHAIRMAN, GOLDMAN SACHS ASIA PACIFIC: I think the market reaction globally is overdone. I think China is going through a very normal transition from a state-controlled, state-dominated system to a more market-oriented system. It's going to take a long time.
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ANDREW STEVENS, CNN CORRESPONDENT: I was going to say, how long?
SCHWARTZ: I think everyone is impatient. My own sense is it's going to take a decade, two decades.
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ASHER: For more on China's markets, I want to get straight to CNN's Saima Mohsin.
So, Saima, we gave our audience a quick check of Asia markets there. It seems as though most markets are inching into positive territory.
Do we think the market correction for the Shanghai Composite is mostly over?
Is the worst behind us?
SAIMA MOHSIN, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, that's certainly what the governor of the People's Bank of China wants everyone to believe and listen to. Of course, we've had so much volatility in the Chinese markets, Zain, but that's had a huge impact --
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MOHSIN: -- not just around Asian markets but right around the world, Canada and Brazil being affected --
ASHER: OK. It looks as though we lost Saima there, but she was talking about market volatility in Asia.
We know that the Shanghai Composite right now is up pretty much about almost 1 percent but there has been a lot of volatility. We'll try and get Saima back as soon as we can.
OK. Now there is a big shake-up in the U.S. Democratic race for president. Bernie Sanders is leading Hillary Clinton as a top contender in New Hampshire by 9 points, according to a new NBC Maris poll. New Hampshire is a key state and holds first primary elections.
VAUSE: This comes as Clinton apologizes for the controversy over her private e-mail server, she says she does have an explanation for why she used it and this is how she put it Friday in an interview on MSNBC. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
HILLARY CLINTON, FORMER SECRETARY OF STATE: I am very confident that by the time this campaign has run its course, people will know that what I've been saying is accurate. They may disagree -- as I now disagree -- with the choice that I made. But the facts that I have put forth have remained the same.
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ASHER: Hillary Clinton is campaigning in Iowa, where she's still topping the polls. Earlier our colleagues Michael Holmes and Amara Walker asked senior Washington correspondent Jeff Zeleny whether Clinton is losing support or if Bernie Sanders is simply gaining more momentum.
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JEFF ZELENY, CNN SR. WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT: I think it's a mix of that. I mean, and Bernie Sanders is up on Hillary Clinton in New Hampshire, but I'm here in Iowa and Hillary Clinton is still maintaining her lead here but, boy, things have certainly changed over the summer months.
The dynamic in this Democratic presidential race has shifted, there's no question. Senator Bernie Sanders, the Democratic Socialist from Vermont, is really tapping into what a lot of liberal Democrats want to hear.
He's firing up crowds across this country and tens of thousands of people are coming out to hear him. He's attacking Wall Street, of course. He's going after big business and billionaires and Hillary Clinton is running more of an establishment campaign.
And this as we know, on both sides of this race, Democrat and Republican alike, voters are not in the mood for an establishment politician. So that's one of the reasons that Hillary Clinton is going to have to shake things up a bit here in the coming weeks and months.
MICHAEL HOLMES, CNN HOST: But, Jeff, what people say to pollsters and what they do when they get into the polling booth are different things. And the interesting that you make there about Bernie Sanders, he's really resonating with people when it comes to issues of income inequality, going after Wall Street, making it a fairer place.
But when it comes to international policy, sitting down with Vladimir Putin, dealing with Iran, they don't see him in that broader arena, if you like.
Is that going to hurt him long-term and help Hillary?
ZELENY: It certainly is a challenge for Bernie Sanders long-term once the race becomes more serious. Right now it's important to keep in mind, Michael, that polls are a snapshot in time, not necessarily predictive of what will happen some four or five months from now.
But foreign policy is really not necessarily on the minds of these American voters at this point, despite all the challenges and crises happening around the world here. But Hillary Clinton is definitely more experienced in foreign affairs, she's definitely more suited toward all of these negotiations, like you mentioned here.
But her challenge will be trying to appeal to voters on these home-grown domestic issues here. So, you know, this is just a summertime thing that Bernie Sanders is drawing some attention here, not predictive of what's going to happen, but there is no question she has to shake up her campaign a little bit to get voters more enthused about what she's saying here.
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VAUSE: And former U.S. vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin is weighing in on the 2016 election. In an interview here on CNN, Palin praised Republican candidate Jeb Bush for being bilingual and being able to speak Spanish. But she says she actually prefers people in the U.S., much like Donald Trump said, in her words, to speak "American."
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SARAH PALIN, FORMER GOVERNOR OF ALASKA: You know, I think we can send a message to say you want to be in America, A, you better be here legally or you're out of here; B, when you're here, let's speak American (sic). I mean, that's -- let's speak English and that's kind of a unifying aspect of a nation, is the language that is understood by all.
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VAUSE: You betcha.
ASHER: Well, Palin also said that she's eyeing the position of Energy Secretary in a potential Donald Trump administration. But she also said that if she did become Energy Secretary that she would get rid of it.
VAUSE: Yes, she wouldn't have the job long because she would scrap it.
ASHER: She'd scrap it. She would let the state be in charge of that.
VAUSE: Interesting Cabinet.
Still to come here, driving without hands. Our Samuel Burke goes behind the wheel of a self-driving car. And it's a ride you won't want to miss.
ASHER: Plus, after a warm welcome in Germany, migrants are now looking --
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ASHER: -- forward to the future. When we come back, how they're reacting to the end of their long, very hard journey.
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VAUSE: Welcome back, everybody. You're watching CNN NEWSROOM. I'm John Vause.
ASHER: And I'm Zain Asher. Let's give you your headlines.
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VAUSE (voice-over): At least 15 people are dead and close to 50 have been hurt after a bus crashed Sunday in Brazil. Officials say it happened on a winding road in the popular resort town of Paraty, between Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo. It's believed most of the dead and injured were tourists and there may have been some problems with the bus' brakes.
ASHER: The families of 43 missing college students are demanding a meeting with Mexico's president and are accusing the government of lying.
This comes after a new report saying there is no evidence that students were burned at a landfill last year after they were killed. On Sunday, the government said it will launch a new investigation into the students' disappearance.
OK. Let's give you another check of the Asia Pacific market. Let's see, let's zoom in here.
What can we see?
OK, the Nikkei is basically flat right now. The Hang Seng is pretty much also flat, probably up about 0.25 percent. The Shanghai Composite is still up almost 1 percent.
OK. So for more on this, I want to go back to CNN's Saima Mohsin.
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ASHER: So, Saima, let's pick up where we left off. Good to have you back. But let's pick up where we left off. We were talking about whether or not the market correction is pretty much over and if the worst is behind us.
What do you think?
MOHSIN: I started by saying that is exactly what the governor of the People's Bank of China wants us to believe. He is adamant that the correction is in place --
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MOHSIN: -- that the currency is stabilizing as well. China is over it.
Of course, we know from Chinese markets' history that there are often two to three months of volatility, two to three months of stability and that is what Mark Schwartz was referring to in his interview with Andrew Stevens. We saw a clip of that earlier.
And he is adamant that China has the financial firepower and the financial flexibility to withstand this transition to being led by the markets.
So right now we are seeing those modest highs. Of course, that could be because Asian markets have had those few days' respite from the Chinese markets as they've been closed for four days, two days public holiday and the weekend. So they've been able to concentrate on their domestic markets.
So things may change in the next few days, but for now there is a tentative calm -- Zain.
ASHER: And Saima, the thing that strikes me about this issue with the Shanghai Composite is that we could have seen this coming. I think a lot of people knew that the bubble was eventually going to burst.
So what long-term reforms can we expect from Beijing, from the Chinese government, to make sure this doesn't happen again?
MOHSIN: It's twofold, isn't it?
One is that we know that the Chinese markets have this kind of up-and-down nature as they go through this transition and, as Mark Schwartz said, hold your horses; don't react too fast and furiously to it, as we've seen over the past week, stretching out right to Canada and Brazil's recession and the U.S. markets as well, of course.
Then there is, of course, the market itself that does need some kind of stabilizing. Now, the Chinese regulatory authority said that it's noticed this, it's accepted it and they're going to place a few more measures.
Looking at it, they've taken a look and they say they want to crack down on the stock market violations, they're saying that they recognize there is illegal financing and they want to crack down on it. They said they recognize there is market immaturity, there's unsound institutions.
They want to look into the legal framework as well that delves into the markets as well. They're saying they're going to take these corrective measures. They haven't said how.
Crucially, they've also said they plan to put in a circuit breaker as well, which basically means that when the automated markets are operating, if there is a huge amount of volatility either way in the market, they can cut into that and stop trading, trying to stop any kind of major reaction and ripple effects right around the world -- Zain.
ASHER: Yes. So clearly more market supervision is need and in terms of the global market, there is that looming question of when the Fed is going to raise interest rates. OK, Saima Mohsin, live for us there in Beijing, Saima, thank you so much -- John.
VAUSE: Well, Zain, refugees and other migrants continue to cross into Austria and Germany, more than 12,000 of them in just the last two days. Individuals and government officials have been handing out food, clothing and just moral support.
But German and Austrian leaders are warning the current level of assistance cannot continue for long. There's so many migrants that the trek to Germany has been long, arduous and uncertain. They've carried their children, their baggage, their hopes across unfamiliar countries. But most just don't even speak their language.
ASHER: Right. For a lot of these people, reaching Germany is a dream come true. Here's our Atika Shubert with more.
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ATIKA SHUBERT, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): From morning to night, they keep arriving in Munich, greeted like heroes by local residents.
For this Syrian woman, it's an emotional welcome after a harrowing journey.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: (Speaking foreign language).
SHUBERT: So this is the process for refugees arriving here in Munich. Those initially arriving go to register with their IDs, they get fingerprinted inside the train station, then they line up here to board buses.
While they're waiting, we've seen volunteers come by. We know there is about 150 volunteers here. Often they have the different languages they speak written on their vest -- Arabic, Urdu or Dari. We've also seen people coming by with food, snacks and water and there's two medical tents here, so anybody needing any medical attention, any health concerns can also be brought here to see doctors and nurses.
Now the process is once they're on the buses, they're then brought to temporary shelters. This can be anything from university dorms to unused housing that needs to be filled up or also container villages.
They will then be found more permanent housing elsewhere in the country.
The question is, how sustainable is this?
Already we've seen several thousand people arriving here every day. And Germany has made clear that all of this is a temporary solution.
The question is, how quickly can they come up with a joint asylum policy to deal with the thousands of people arriving here every day? Atika Shubert, CNN, Munich.
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VAUSE: Of course, there's been a lot of hardships --
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VAUSE: -- along the way for these migrants as they have trekked across Europe and they've now also been dealing with bad weather.
ASHER: That's right. Rain has been soaking those on the roads in many parts as well as those waiting for transport. Our meteorologist Allison Chinchar is joining us now.
So Allison, what can these migrants expect?
What are they dealing with in terms of weather as they stretch across Europe?
ALLISON CHINCHAR, AMS METEOROLOGIST: Well, they've got both short-term and long-term problems. Short term, we'll actually see a slight improvement just in the next 48 to 72 hours.
But long term, they're going to be dealing with more struggle. So again, it's really kind of an impact and how quickly they can get to their destination.
Now we do want to take a look; we have had a lot of rain in a lot of these areas, mainly focused unfortunately in all of the destinations they're trying to get to. So we've seen a lot of the migrants just covered in a lot of their ponchos and rain gear, trying to trek to their destination.
This is in Hungary. We can see a lot them carrying the umbrellas and all the gear needed to be able to make it through. In some of the other areas, they're also dealing with the incredible hot temperatures, so they've been trying to stay hydrated as much as they possibly can; again, with supplies limited, that has been a struggle.
Here is a look at the forecast again. Notice in these areas we're not expecting that much rain, at least in the short term. So that will be good for them, giving them at least a few dry days perhaps to make some progress in those destinations.
But we do expect more showers and thunderstorms in at least a couple spots, including Munich. Again, we know Germany will be one of those hopeful, final destination spots and we're looking at scattered showers and thunderstorms, a high of 22 in Munich. But over the long term, again, summertime tends to be very dry
and very warm, but as we start to transition into winter, we'll start seeing a lot colder temperatures and a lot more moisture coming in.
That will cause a few issues for them as well, especially as they begin to make the longer trek or if they're held up in those spots for quite some time. They'll be dealing with more of these winter storms.
VAUSE: We know this problem won't all be resolved by winter. This is going to be going on for a very long time, so these people who have probably gone through a lot, they are about to go through a whole lot more.
Thank you for being in for Pedram for us today.
CHINCHAR: You're welcome.
ASHER: Appreciate it, Allison.
OK. We're going to take a quick break here on CNN. When we come back, one company is redefining the future of driving. We'll take you on a new kind of test drive. That's next.
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ASHER: Welcome back, everyone. A Muslim flight attendant says she was suspended from her job for refusing to serve alcohol. She's now trying to get her back at U.S.-based airline ExpressJet.
VAUSE: She said her religion does not allow her to consume or even serve alcoholic beverages. And we get the details from Nick Valencia.
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NICK VALENCIA, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Charee Stanley says she was suspended from her job as a flight attendant because of her religious beliefs. This week, the 40-year-old Michigan woman filed a charge of discrimination against regional airline ExpressJet.
The issue: Stanley converted to Islam two years ago. She says she only learned recently that her faith prohibits her from serving alcohol. She and the airline did work out an accommodation for two months.
Until, she says, one of her co-workers filed a complaint against her, saying, quote, "She was not fulfilling her duties as a flight attendant by refusing to serve alcohol."
Four weeks later, Stanley's religious accommodation excluding her from serving alcohol was revoked by the airline. She was suspended.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: What we're asking for is that her employment be reinstated and her reasonable accommodation be reinstated as well.
VALENCIA (voice-over): Her lawyer says her client's, quote, "...sincerely held religious beliefs should not keep her from being a flight attendant."
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: In this situation, the law requires that the employer accommodate her beliefs. And she really -- she's not required to search for another job in order to have her beliefs accommodated.
VALENCIA (voice-over): A spokesman for ExpressJet declined to discuss Stanley's complaint, but in a statement to CNN said, quote, "We embrace and respect the values of all of our team members. We are an equal opportunity employer with a long history of diversity in our workforce."
CNN aviation analyst Mary Schiavo says a reasonable accommodation for Stanley may be difficult, given she works for a small airline.
MARY SCHIAVO, CNN AVIATION ANALYST: In the case of the airlines where you have just one flight attendant on a flight of 50 seats or less, the pilot can't come out of the cockpit and serve the drinks.
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the self-driving cars being tested right now in Israel, but we'll try to get that to you maybe in the next hour or later on today. But it is quite astonishing when you think about how they actually do drive in Israel. It's a country with a lot of innovative people and a lot of (INAUDIBLE). We've lived there for a while so this will be an interesting experiment.
ASHER: OK. Thank you so much for watching, everyone. I'm Zain Asher.
VAUSE: I'm John Vause. We'll be back in 15 minutes with the latest news from around the world. In the meantime, WORLD SPORT is up next. You're watching CNN.
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KATE RILEY, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Welcome to CNN WORLD SPORT. I'm Kate Riley. Thank you so much for joining us.
We start with the race to qualify for next year's European football championships in France. Earlier this weekend it was England who became the first country after the host who booked their place at Euro 2016.
A day later, the door was wide open for the 96 finalists. So the Czech Republic would follow suit and become the second team to qualify. Standing in their way, though, was Latvia, who hosted this clash on Sunday in Riga.
It was a great start for the visitors, who opened the scoring after just 30 minutes. David Limbersky, who cuts in from the left and finishes low and across the goalkeeper and in the 27 minutes they doubled their lead.
Then another strike from outside the box onto the top left corner, 2-1, in which finished the Czech Republic, celebrating big time.
In the Netherlands, misery continues in a big way after their new head coach, Danny Blind, the Dutch soundly beaten in Turkey today, to Konya where we go with the Turks take the lead after just eight minutes and it gets worse for Holland, just minutes later, it was then the Turkish captain, Turan, who added to the Dutch misery. Turkey added a third late on, the Netherlands' heaviest competitors face defeat since 1996.
So let's take a quick look at the Group A standings, this is how they look right now. They certainly make sweet reading for the Czech Republic. Iceland got the only point they needed against Kazakhstan to make sure reaching the European championships for the first time. And then Iceland, unbeaten in six competitive home games since June 2013. The Dutch, though, are in turmoil. Their hopes of qualifying for France automatically are now over. It's now Turkey who hold the advantage in the race to finish third behind Iceland and the Czechs.
From Group A to Group B, where, after three straight wins, the Welsh national team had high hopes of sealing their place at next year's Euros, ending a near 60-year absence from major tournaments in the process. The group leaders hosting third place Israel on Sunday in Cardiff and the home town had high hopes that Gareth Bale and Co. would turn on the styles, the Real Madrid star did have a hand in the goal. But wasn't in the fourth minute of injury time, too. But finally shows his effort is rightly ruled offside, goalless it ended.
So the Welsh do remain top of Group B after the draw. Belgium beat Cyprus 1-0 to put them one point behind Wales while Andorra yet to get any points as they lose 3-0.
Here in the United States, it's hard to believe that for the second straight tournament, there is no Jordan Spieth for rounds 3 and 4 at this weekend's Deutsche Bank Open near Boston. And as the youngster sorts out his issues, the spotlight falling very firmly on another American, the event's overnight leader, the 2010 champion, Charlie Hoffman. You'll see it going into this third round. Hoffman fell off the lead on Sunday. On the 7th hole, Hoffman misses the long par putt. He bogeyed and dropped to -9. As a result, this left the door open for Henrik Stenson. He makes a midrange birdie putt on the 7th to get to -11 and would then take the lead. Rickie Fowler also made some strides in Sunday's round. He tied
with the leader, Stenson, with a long birdie putt on the 8th hole to get him to -12. He would finish in second. Matt Jones would get in the next team on his 11th hole. He sinks a long birdie putt to get to -12 in a three-way tie for the lead.
After a tough bunker shot on the 15th he finished -11 and tied for third at the end of the day. Stenson broke the tie on the 18th and he takes the outright lead at -13.
Let's check that leaderboard for you now. Henrik Stenson on top after a round of 65 to put him at -13 under; Rickie Fowler finished the day one stroke back after he played a round that saw four birdies. And WORLD SPORT returns shortly.
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RILEY: Welcome back.
Over to Italy now, where it was with collectively heavy hearts on Sunday the world of Formula 1 paid its respects to a member of their tight-knit community ahead of the Italian Grand Prix. The drivers present on hand to observe a minute's silence in memory of the fallen IndyCar racer Justin Wilson, who died in an accident last month. The British driver had previously raced in F1 for Minardi and Jaguar teams.
The race itself would see another victory for world champion Lewis Hamilton. The fans here at Monza, though, were hoping for great things from Ferrari. But it wasn't to be as one of their drivers, Kimi Raikkonen, had a terrible start but did fight back to end in 5th. His teammate did much better, though. Sebastian Vettel delighted the watching masses by taking 2nd place. It was held by the dramatic departure of Rico Rosberg, who had been pushing him hard.
But he was stopped by an engine fire three laps from the end. Streaks ahead of all of them was Hamilton. He coasted to victory by more than 25 seconds.
Can anyone at all stop him this season?
This was Hamilton's seventh victory this campaign and it puts him 57 points ahead of his teammates and great rival Rosberg, the British driver, was also made to sweat, though. An investigation was launched triggered by his tire pressure being allegedly below the minimum standard before the race.
Relief all around for Mercedes after stewards ruled the team had followed safe operating procedures. Well, sport often brings communities together in times of grief
or tragedy and this was the case on Sunday for one non-league club in Sybil (ph). Worthing United, a football club, played their first game since two of their players were killed in Shoreham air crashes. They were traveling to a match. The FA Vase match against East Preston was dedicated to Matt Grimstone and Jacob Schilt, who were among the 11 who died.
Normally the south cosite (ph) played in front of 100 people. But on Sunday, a sellout crowd of 1,000 paid their respects to the players, who were both 23.
Eugenie Bouchard has withdrawn from the U.S. Open on Sunday before her 4th round match. It wasn't down to anything on court, though. In fact, it was down to a locker room incident which has resulted in concussion.
Bouchard was having a bounceback tournament after struggling for most of the season. And prior to the U.S. Open, the number 25th ranked Canadian had lost 13 of 16 matches in WTA and third cup play.
Competition with your siblings is one thing, but what about it being played out on the world stage?
That exactly what's happening in the U.S. Open quarterfinals next week. And on Sunday, Serena Williams, desperate for a pick-me-up, faced fellow American Madison Keys. Williams had the all but perfect match, reporting six aces and no double faults against an opponent who was also in the middle of her best new season. The World number 1 firing on all cylinders and won 6-3, 6-3 as her quest for a calendar Grand Slam continues.
Next up, it's her sister, Venus. And blink and you would have missed it. This match between Venus and Anett Kontaveit was one of the --
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RILEY: -- quickest. It was completed in just 50 minutes' time. And the 35-year-old Venus, a seven-time Slam champ, gets the job done, winning in straight sets, 6-2, 6-1. Venus winning through to a Grand Slam quarterfinal this year for the second time. Having done so at the Australian Open as well.
So Venus Williams versus Serena Williams, it's going to be the 27th meeting between the sisters, Serena leads 15-11 in terms of wins. Venus won her first-ever meeting as professionals back in 1998 at the Australian Open. Serena won the last one coming in at 20-15 earlier this year at Wimbledon. They've met four times at the U.S. Open. Each has won twice.
Defending champion Marin Cilic overcame a tweaked right ankle after 23 aces and returns to the U.S. Open quarterfinals with a 6-3, 2-6, 7-6, 6-1 victory over the 27th seed Jeremy Chardy of France. But he was also going to head into the quarterfinal between Novak Djokovic and Roberto Bautista Agut. The Spaniard played well, last year reporting on court terrace, but Djokovic was ultimately too good and the Serbian advanced to the quarterfinals with a four-set victory, 6- 3, 4-6, 6-4, 6-3. It finished Djokovic, who was searching for his third Grand Slam title of the year. Will play number 18 Feliciano Lopez in the quarterfinals.
And all those results from the U.S. Open brings this edition of CNN WORLD SPORT to a close. I'm Kate Riley. Thanks so much for watching.
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