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[03:00:00] ROSEMARY CHURCH, CNN NEWSROOM SHOW HOST: Critical hours, the U.S. Secretary of State urges an end to the bombing of Aleppo ahead of new talks on Syria. Plus, anger and defiance in May Day protests from Seattle to Paris.
Also ahead, Barack Obama earns rave reviews poking fun at himself and his possible successors in his final term as comedian in chief.
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BARACK OBAMA, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA PRESIDENT: I am hurt though, Bernie, that you've been distancing yourself a little from me. I mean, that's just not something you do to your comrade.
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CHURCH: Hello and welcome to our viewers here in the United States and all around the world. I'm Rosemary Church and this is CNN Newsroom.
And we begin this hour with an urgent push to try to save the crumbling ceasefire in Syria. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is in Geneva for talks with other leaders about the crisis. The original cessation has not gone as planned in recent.
Violent has sour what was one say promising step towards peace. Kerry joined by the Jordanian foreign minister spoke about what he hoped to accomplish in the talks.
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JOHN KERRY, U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE: We both want to emphasize the seriousness of the situation with respect to the cessation of hostilities. And we are talking directly with the Russians, even now.
The hope is that we can make some progress but the United Nations Security Council resolution calls for a full country, country wide cessation and also to all of the country to be accessible for humanitarian assistance. Obviously that hasn't happened and isn't happening.
And so, these are critical hours. We look for Russia's cooperation, we obviously for the regime to listen to Russia.
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CHURCH: And one of the more shocking instances of violence came on Wednesday. An air strike hit a hospital in rebel held Aleppo killing dozens of people. Secretary Kerry says Syrian government is to blame. It denied that claim that on state media.
Chanel 4 News obtained exclusive surveillance footage showing the air strike as it happened inside that hospital.
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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: This is a silent film but you begin to imagine the sounds. The CCTV cameras outside the hospital in the rain and inside are unflinching observers of what is about to unfold.
The clocks on the screen are about an hour out. It is 9.30 a.m. on Wednesday evening. And the outskirt hospital is shaken by an explosion nearby. Some people head downstairs expecting casualties to arrive. That turns out to be a deadly mistake. No one you can see here has any idea that this hospital is seconds away from becoming a target itself.
The choice of where to go left or right up or down seals their faith. The man in green is Dr. Muhammad Maaz, leaving the intensive care unit. He is 36 years old and he's the last pediatrician in Aleppo. He's already done one day shift at another hospital and he's in the middle of the night shift in this one.
He is single and his parents have fled to Turkey. He was looking forward to visiting them a few days later. We don't know exactly where he has now gone, but we do know his fate.
At 9.42 and 12 seconds, the hospital is hit. Same explosion, different camera. Minutes after the dust clears, the survivors emerge. The ghostly image of a nurse carrying a child or a baby from the maternity ward.
Civilians milling around in a days, taking on the tasks of the nurses who've been killed or injured. Dr. Maaz is now dead and so are 50 others, nurses, patients, visitors.
As the smoke clears, the road outside emerges as a field of rubble. Since then, two more hospitals have been hit and yesterday, one of Aleppo's main storage facilities. In this case, four CCTV cameras bare silent witness.
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[03:05:00] All right. We turn to Iraq now and ISIS is claiming responsibility for two suicide bombings in the southern city of Samoa. At least 30 people were reportedly killed and dozens wounded in Sunday's attack.
The terror group says it attacked a gathering of Shiite Special Forces with one car bomb then detonated the second when security forces arrived. The attacks come amid serious concerns over the country's political stability.
Hundreds of demonstrators stormed the heavily fortified green zone in Baghdad over the weekend, calling for the dismissal of top Iraqi leaders and demanding a vote on government reform. The protesters have since left the area but vow to return Friday.
CNN's Jomana Karadsheh joins us now from Oman, Jordan with more on this. And of those two levels to this, is the politics and then of the violence that we've just reported. Let's start with where this is going politically and what is likely to happen here.
JOMANA KARADSHEH, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, Rosemary, as always, the Iraqi political situation is a very complex one. But what we're seeing right now is years and more than a decade of frustration by the Iraqi people and what we saw last summer, Rosemary, as you recall, thousands of people took to the streets calling for economic and political reforms, a fight against corruption.
They really wanted to see change. We saw Prime Minister Haider al- Abadi at the time come out and he laid out a plan for his reforms, what he called a reforms package that he said he was going to submit to parliament for votes. That there was going to be changes in the cabinet, something that people have been calling for.
They wanted to see an end to this sectarian and ethnic quota system that has been in Iraq put in place by the United States in 2003, and they wanted to see a competent politicians, competent ministers taking over the various ministries with the cause techno crowds to provide people with what they want.
Now, these reforms that were promised by Prime Minister Abadi, he really stalled. Nothing has happened over the months since that summer, since the protests we saw and it is because really essentially a parliament, Rosemary.
That this political system, this quota system, they have -- these politicians have blocked every attempt vie Prime Minister Haider Abadi to present these changes to give people what they have been asking for to an extent.
And what we saw happen after that in late last year and early this year is the protests started again. What used to be a mostly grassroots movement, a secularist movement to an extent was taken over by Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, who has presented himself as the leader of these protests, demanding change and we saw thousands of his protesters taking to the streets in recent weeks.
He's issued ultimatum after ultimatum to parliament to politicians to give people the changes that they are looking for but nothing has happened. And then again, of course it seemed that the final straw, Rosemary, was on Saturday when nothing happened, when there is no quorum in parliament.
The Prime Minister Haider Abadi couldn't present his cabinet that people have been asking for a vote, because parliamentarians did not show up and that is when we saw Sadr's speech and people taking to the streets preaching the walls and going into the green zone.
So, what happens next nothing has really essentially changed other than Muqtada Sadr showing that he really is serious about this; that his supporters are capable of turning Baghdad into this chaos we saw in the heart of government in the green zone.
So, the situation may have calmed down for the time being but it is not over. And it all depends on what Iraq's politicians are going to do now. A very unpredictable and volatile situation, Rosemary.
CHURCH: It is certainly anyone's guess. CNN's Jomana Karadsheh reporting there from Oman, Jordan. Many thanks to you.
In U.S. politics, the focus now is on Indiana. And Tuesday's primary could be the last stand for the stop-Trump movement. A new Wall Street Journal/NBC/Marist poll shows Donald Trump leading Ted Cruz by 15 points. Fifty seven delegates are at stake and they could make a real difference.
Trump is just 235 delegates shy of hitting the magic number to clinch that nomination and he's not letting Cruz forget it.
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DONALD TRUMP, (R) U.S. PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: He has no road to victory. He can't win. He's the first person in the history of the United States who picked a running mate, Carly, who picked a running mate, she picked now. He picked a running mate even though he has no chance to win.
[03:10:02] So, he picked as a presidential candidate, a running mate but he has no chance to win. So, that's the first in the history of our country, folks. Ted, 'Lyin' Ted', I want to congratulate you.
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CHURCH: And Trump says the republican contest is essentially over. Jessica Schneider reports he is looking ahead to the general election with a promise to try to unify the party.
JESSICA SCHNEIDER, CNN CORRESPONDENT: An hour long rally here Fort Wayne where Donald Trump promised to bring back jobs, where he also used harsh words against China saying it is raping the U.S. economy.
And Donald Trump also returning to his regular rhetoric against who he calls 'lyin' Ted' Cruz. He slammed the short lived alliance between John Kasich and Ted Cruz calling it all just part of the rigged political system.
Donald Trump also dug into Heidi Cruz's comments that her husband is in fact an immigrant. Even though Donald Trump did concede that Heidi Cruz was likely just referring to the senator's father's Cuban roots.
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TRUMP: Heidi, nice woman, she said my husband's -- you heard about this, right? He said this once; my husband is an immigrant, right. He's an immigrant. And that's what I've been saying. Except a lot of people. I think she was trying to say, she was trying to put the little bit of a Latin term on it.
He was born in Canada, folks. He was born in Canada. One thing I'll tell you. Number one, he's got -- he can't win. He got no path to win, and even if he had a path, when where he doesn't, he has very few votes, and he has very few delegates.
But I've been saying he wasn't born in this country. And the first thing the democrats would do, assuming he won, which he won't, so it doesn't matter. I'm not even playing that card, is they would bring a lawsuit against him.
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SCHNEIDER: But Donald Trump did pulled a bit on his harsh tone saying he wants to bring the party together, even pledging to raise money for the Republican National Committee, as well as congressional candidates if he makes it into the general election. And at one point today saying to the crowd, please, let's focus on Hillary.
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TRUMP: But you know the Republican Party has to come together, folks, and it doesn't come together, it's going to be hard. But I'll tell you this.
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I'll tell you this, they said to me, well, if it doesn't come together, does that mean you can't win? No. I think win. Why, do you think it helps that Jeb Bush, what's that worth like two votes? Jeb and his wife. Jeb and his wife. Seriously.
I don't think it matters but it would be nice to have the Republican Party come together. With that being said, I think I'll win anyway. I think I'll win New York State, I think I'll win Michigan. I think I'll win states that no one has ever won before, as a republican, for many years 347.
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SCHNEIDER: Donald Trump has all but declare this race over saying Cruz and Kasich have no road to victory. Donald Trump of course touting that 15-point lead that he right now has in the polls just before voters here in Indiana heads out to vote on Tuesday.
Jessica Schneider, CNN, Fort Wayne, Indiana.
CHURCH: And democratic frontrunner, Hillary Clinton, says she believes she will win the party's nomination and is willing to work together with Bernie Sanders. She spoke to CNN's Jake Tapper about Sanders campaign and where its headed.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) HILLARY CLINTON, (D) U.S. PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: Senator Sanders has
been a passionate advocate for positions that he cares deeply about. I think that's been helpful to the democratic primary process.
He's brought million to people into the process which I think is also very good for the Democratic Party. But there comes a time when you have to look at the reality.
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CHURCH: Though Sanders acknowledges he has a tough road to climb, he insists it's not impossible. And he emphasizes he is not getting out of the race before the convention.
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BERNIE SANDERS, (D) U.S. PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: It is virtually impossible for Secretary Clinton to reach the majority of convention delegates by June 14th with pledged delegates alone. She will need super delegates to take her over the top at the convention in Philadelphia. In other words, the convention will be a contested contest.
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CHURCH: Sanders is turning to super delegates to keep his campaign alive along with trying to win a majority of the remaining delegates. But he admits it's a long shot.
Still to come, he's had harsh words for illegal immigrants are heard why some Latinos nonetheless support Donald Trump.
Plus, protesters throw Molotov cocktails. Police globe riot control grenades. We will tell you where May Day protests turned violent Sunday when we come back.
And history in the making all aboard the cruise ship voyage that's helping the full relation between the U.S. in Cuba. That's coming your way after this.
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KATE RILEY, CNN WORLD SPORT ANCHOR: I'm Kate Riley with your CNN World Sports headlines.
It wasn't quite the title winning party that Leicester City fans were hoping for, but it surely still just a matter of time before the Fox's steal its first ever English top flag crown.
On Sunday, Claudio Ranieri's man took another big step towards the most unlikely title; they got a point out Manchester United after a 1- 0 draw. Monday they could see them crowned champions if Tottenham lose all draw to Chelsea.
So the tracks of Sochi where Lewis Hamilton's fall from 10th to 2nd but its teammate Nico Rosberg took the checkered flag to extend his lead at the top of the standings. He also writes his name into the history book.
He also played second fiddle to Hamilton for the last few seasons, but he's now won seven consecutive races and the first four of this season. Germany is the only fourth driver in Formula One history to win that many races back to back.
And to the NBA playoff now and the decisive game seven match between Charlotte Hornet and the Miami Heat. It was the series that was back and forth but Sunday was the Heats' day, thanks to point guard, Goran Dragic matching up 25 points. He lead all score with the Heat's win, 106 points to 73 to take game seven and the series and they'll play the Toronto or the pacers next in the second round.
And that's a look at all your sports headlines. I'm Kate Riley.
CHURCH: Violence and police clashes marred May Day an international worker's day of Turkey, the U.S. and in France. In the northwestern U.S. City of Seattle, protesters attacked police with fireworks, rocks and Molotov cocktails.
Five officers were injured and authorities report nine arrests were made. A similar scene played out in Paris where police used tear gas and batons after scuffled with protesters.
And in Turkey, workers defy a ban on May day rally where met with police water cannons. But the day passed differently in other locations. This is Sunday's May Day rally in Moscow. In Havana, workers carried banners writing "Cuba will overcome" as President Raul Castro looked on.
So, more now on the situation in Paris. France's interior ministry says 18 protesters were arrested after violent May Day clashes there. The demonstrators are upset over planned labor reforms that they say will make it easier for employers to fire workers.
CNN international correspondent, Jim Bittermann is in the French capital and filed this report from the streets earlier.
[03:20:00] JIM BITTERMANN, CNN SENIOR INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: In what is almost becoming typical these demonstrations now, the legitimate demonstration ended a few minutes ago. A lot of people dispersed, but now moving through the crowds are what the French called (Inaudible), so these are basically vandals who have been throwing rocks to the police, so the police have been responding them with tear gas.
And we've seen this a couple of times already this afternoon. As march went along, basically being disruptive at several instances by the clusters. The march itself, against the law that the government has proposed reformed the labor code in France.
It's been watered down considerably by the government because it cleared exactly this kind of outburst. But in fact, they are going to present the law on Tuesday and we expect this kind of protest to continue around the law.
Jim Bittermann, CNN, Paris.
CHURCH: Relations between Cuba and the United States have taken another step forward. For the first time in almost 40 years, a U.S. carnival cruise ship sails to Havana Sunday. But this cruise trip received a mixed send off.
Some protesters gathered outside the port with signs, calling for democracy in Cuba and urging a boycott of carnival.
CNN's Patrick Oppmann has more on this historic voyage and the reactions it's getting.
PATRICK OPPMANN, CNN CORRESPONDENT: The first U.S. to Cuba cruise in nearly four decades is finally underway.
One more step towards greater ties between the U.S. and its communist run neighbor. Some of the 700 passengers on board Carnival bottom line said they feel like they're making history.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: My grandmother went back in the day before it was ever closed. And so, just being able to go there and meet the people and see the people, it will be meaningful to us.
OPPMANN: But it's been anything but smooth sailing for the week-long cruise that will make three stops in Cuba. Cuban-American protested at Carnival's Miami headquarters after the company said the Cuban law prevented Carnival from accepting bookings from anyone board in Cuba.
The island government says the restrictions on Cubans just traveling aboard boats were in place to prevent Cubans from making the often dangerous journey to the United States.
Facing growing public outcry, Carnival said it would delay the cruise until everyone can sail to Cuba. That's when the Cuban government did something completely unexpected and reversed their decades old policy.
Now, Cuban-born people who have passports issued by Cuba can travel to the island on cruise ships and the Cuban government has said it will ease restrictions on private boats and not a moment too soon for Carnival.
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ARNOLD DONALD, CARNIVAL CORPORATION CEO: To be part of being the frist people to be able to sail from the U.S. to Cuba and back, including those who were born in Cuba, is a tremendous privilege and honor.
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OPPMANN: The Cuban government cruise happens rarely, even less so to satisfy U.S. business concerns. But apparently opening the U.S. cruise companies and the potential earnings it would which is too good an opportunity for Cuba. So, let's sail by.
Patrick Oppmann, CNN, Havana. A year ago, the Leicester City Football Club would have been thrilled
with a draw against powerhouse Manchester United, but the folks' fortunes have changed in the last four months, and now fans are a little disappointed instead.
The English Premier League leaders could have clinched the title on Sunday but were held to a 1-0 draw. Now that means their remarkable run is not done quite yet, instead, Leicester will now play the waiting game. Second place Tottenham needs a win against Chelsea Monday to stay alive. But a loss or draw, means Leicester finally gets its crown.
Christina MacFarlane spoke to some of the excited fans.
CHRISTINA MACFARLANE, CNN WORLD SPORTS ANCHOR: We're waiting for the winning goal that never came. The match ending 1-all against Manchester United tonight. So, remember, the weight shift to that Tottenham and Chelsea game. And Tottenham needs to draw or lose the Leicester still to wrap up the title but that didn't bother the fans here.
They were waiting with nervous and baited breath throughout the game. Very happy I think just to see them through to a draw after going down to term. I have Terry alongside me. Terry, how are you feeling after that nail biting match?
JOHN TERRY, CHELSEA CAPTAIN: Brilliant. You know, a point was great. Tomorrow night, we're going to have Chelsea beat Tottenham. You know, and tomorrow night you'll be back here the celebration is going to be real. You know, the team is going be electric and really electric. You know, you want to get yourself down here tomorrow night in Leicester if tomorrow Leicester night is going to win the league.
MACFARLANE: OK. Can you explain to me how Leicester has been so successful this season? It's the question everyone is asking.
TERRY: The question is that is Leicester can have in us. Then it's brilliant. You know, they love each other. They're family to me. And Facebook and everything else. And this just unbelievable.
[03:25:10] MACFARLANE: Team spirit. You think that's what done it.
TERRY: That's what it is.
MACFARLANE: Yes.
TERRY: And a great manager, you know, Ranieri.
MACFARLANE: And how do you feel about the prospects of playing Champions League Football next season having to fight to Barcelona, Real Madrid, Bayern coming to your club here at Leicester?
TERRY: I can't imagine it. I can't imagine it. You know, come to little Leicester, you know what I mean? It will be in Barcelona in the semifinal and the quarter finals. I can't dream it. I can't. I can't dream it. I don't know what I'm going to do. Crawl on the floor. MACFARLANE: OK. Well, celebrations still put on ice here for 24 hours
to see if Leicester can still wrap the title for the first time in their 132-year history. What do you say, guys?
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MACFARLANE: Cristina Macfarlane, CNN, in Leicester City.
CHURCH: Very happy fans there. Let's shift to the weather now. And severe storms have made a dramatic run across the southern U.S. midsection. I want to turn to our meteorologist Pedram Javaheri to join us again. So, just how bad is this?
PEDRAM JAVAHERI, CNN METEOROLOGIST: You know, it's actually been a drought of sorts when it comes to severe weather in the U.S., Rosemary. In the month of April we should have 150 tornados in the U.S., we had 60, 65 or so. So very much on the lower end.
But of course, if you are -- if you are among the few that experienced those 65 tornadoes around the country, it's not a fun site. Some of these areas were hit very hard. So, we'll show you exactly where we're talking about. Really the State of Texas is one of the areas that over the past couple of days we saw reports of almost 200 severe weather damage coming in.
The vast majority of them really related to hail and damaging winds. We had eight reports of tornados across this region. But the flash flooding that took place really where became fatal. And among the top weather killers in the world are flooding events and then this particular events, almost eight inches came down in about 200 millimeters in Palestinian, Texas, the town in the eastern side of the State of Texas.
And video to share with you out of this region really shows you what we're talking about when it comes to the flash flooding that took place, the damage that was in place. In fact, you see that satellite dishes on the roof top there. Officials say the water level at one point reached nearly to the top of the roof of this particular property.
Water came through. We know of at least seven fatalities across this region. One of which had a family and a grandchildren involved with his. Of course, a devastating situation when you talk about the incredible amount of water that came down and the disaster that followed across this region.
But I want to show you how it looks on the surface level from the maps here across this region of the United States. The soil moisture almost at 100 percent of capacity. And basically what this translates to is any amount of rainfall we get which is another 2 to 4 inches or another say, 100 or some millimeters expected would bring that water instantly to the surface level. And that is course a major concern for flash flooding in store over that region.
Now so we take you over to the Indian subcontinent the opposite spectrum is taking. We have major drought, major heat in place. State of Bihar across the northeastern corner of India right there. In fact, they have cooking restrictions between the hours of 9 a.m. and 6 p.m. because of fires that were spark by people cooking in this extremely arid, environment. The heat of course is been in place in this region. We know the monsoon's around the corner.
You notice those temperatures are going from 44 Celsius which is about 111 Fahrenheit, down to about 105 Fahrenheit or 41 Celsius. So, there is at least some cooling in store. Still above normal. But can you imagine, Rosemary, people in this area being told no cooking inside your home between 9 a.m. and 6 p.m. If you're caught doing so, two years in jail. That is how severe of a situation it is in the place in India.
CHURCH: Unbelievable.
JAVAHERI: Yes.
CHURCH: Yes. That's harsh. All right. Thank you so much, Pedram. I appreciate it.
Well, protesters in Iraq are calling for government reform, storming a heavily fortified area in the capital to voice their demands. And we will have a closer look at the political crisis here. Still to come, stay there.
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CHURCH: And a warm welcome back to all our viewers here in the United States and around the world. I'm Rosemary Church. I want to update you on the main stories we've been following this hour.
U.S. Secretary of State, John Kerry is in Geneva trying to reestablish the cessation of hostilities agreement in Syria. He met with Jordan foreign minister Sunday. Kerry says he's also talking directly with Russia on the matter. The ceasefire has been on the brink of collapse in recent weeks.
For the first time in almost 40 years, a U.S. cruise ship with American tourists on board set sail to Cuba. The Carnival cruise ship left Miami Sunday with 700 passengers on board. The journey is being proclaimed as the beginning of a new era.
ISIS is claiming responsibility to two suicide bombings in southern Iraq. At least 30 people were reportedly killed and dozens wounded in Sunday's attack. ISIS says one attacker blew up his car at a gathering of Shiite Special Forces. The second car bomb detonated when security arrived.
Joining me now to talk more about the unrest in Iraq, is Feisal al- Istrabadi, he is the former deputy permanent representative of Iraq to the U.N. and now a professor at Indiana University.
Thank you, sir, for being with us. Now, ISIS is claiming responsibility for this double car bombing in Iraq. Where they say they targeted Shiite security forces. What was your initial reaction to this horrifying development?
FEISAL AL-ISTRABADI, FORMER DEPUTY PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF IRAQ TO U.N.: Of course, the claim has to be believed, I think, taken at face value, at least and of course since. Unfortunately, they have been targeting -- this was actually be relatively unusual for them to target the security forces.
Up until now their principal targets have been so-called soft targets. Civilian targets, shops, you know, markets, et cetera. Even funerals and so on. So, I think clearly they're gearing up, they know a battle is coming. They know that the situation is -- I don't want to say exactly unstable in Iraq but not stable.
And I think they're taking it as a target of community. So, hopefully that will send a message to the political class that they need to take matters quite seriously now for the greater good of the country.
CHURCH: And there is of course a lot of anger in Iraq over this and fear as well, given ISIS has penetrated the usual peaceful city of Samoa.
[03:35:03] What could this signal for Iraq's future and how should Iraq's leadership be responding to this?
AL-ISTRABADI: Well, unfortunately, we have a political class which is not up for the job. It is nonetheless the elite class have we're unlikely to be able to go to new elections anytime soon. One would have hope that before the events of the last 36 or 48 hours, that political class would have risen to the challenge of governing a country which is really in dire straits on a number of fronts.
What we're going to have to do I think is to confront a number of issues simultaneously. ISIL, yes, but a domestic agenda that includes the failure to provide services and the failure to combat corruption. All of these things and basic fundamental political reform.
All of these things have now become a priority of the same degree. They're all in crises. We must deal with all these images simultaneously.
CHURCH: Feisal Istrabadi, thank you so much for talking with us. We do appreciate it.
AL-ISTRABADI: My pleasure to be with you, Rosemary.
CHURCH: Well, despite, controversial stands on illegal immigrants, you might be surprised whose supporting Donald Trump's campaign. We'll explain.
Plus, the committed style of Barack Obama some of the best zingers from the U.S. president final White House correspondent's dinner, after we return. Stay with us.
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CHURCH: In the U.S. race for the White House, Donald Trump has made immigration a major part of his presidential campaign agenda and he's done at using pretty harsh rhetoric.
But despite that, Nick Valencia reports the republican front-runner has support for some Latinos.
[03:39:59] NICK VALENCIA, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Donald Trump has no doubt in rage immigrant's rights groups and upset many Latinos. But he's also done something somewhat surprising, he's inspired other Latinos to speak up and speak out about things that they have been thinking for years.
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TRUMP: We went under a fence and through a fence and -- oh, boy, I felt like I was crossing the border actually.
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VALENCIA: You've heard it before, the controversial comment on immigration by republican presidential candidate Donald Trump.
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TRUMP: They're bringing drugs, they're bringing crime, they're rapists and some, I assume are good people.
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VALENCIA: It's remarks like this about Mexico that's inspired a new wave of Latino activism both for and against the candidate.
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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Yes, yes.
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VALENCIA: At the Trump event in Genesee, Wisconsin in March, we meet Miguel Fajardo, an adamant Trump supporter.
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VALENCIA: What do you say to those, Miguel, who are going to watch this and say, I cannot believe that he's supporting Donald Trump? What do you say to these people?
MIGUEL FAJARDO, TRUMP SUPPORTER: Those people because that's people that on them, they are illegal in the United States, we call the illegal immigrants there. They vote for Trump.
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VALENCIA: Fajardo says he emigrated from Mexico to the U.S, quote, "the right way, legally." Now as U.S. citizen, he says Trump has empowered him, emboldened him even to speak up and speak out against illegal immigration.
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VALENCIA: Do you have...
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FAJARDO: yes. I have the key to come in. The right way. You have to come in the right way.
JORGE FLORES, ACTIVIST: I can't believe all those Latino people support Donald Trump because those people they forgot where they come from, you know.
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VALENCIA: For the Flores family, where Donald Trump surging in the polls, they say it is a battle of survival while their four children were born in the U.S., parents Jose and Maria entered the country illegally. Under a Trump presidency, they fear their family will be broken up.
Because of trump, the Flores family and many others like them has stepped up their activism for undocumented immigrants. In an act of symbolism and pride, they say at rallies they wave both the Mexican and American flags.
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LESLIE FLORES, ACTIVIST: I think that everyone just wants to be proud of where they came from but also wants to be a part of the United States.
J. FLORES: And we represent we are united.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The next president of the United States, Mr. Donald J. Trump.
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VALENCIA: Should Trump actually become the next president, he will likely do so with the help of Latinos. Something Mexican supporter Miguel Fajardo says won't be a problem.
FAJARDO: He's the only one who can open the door and take it out every -- all that suffered at White House.
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VALENCIA: The Flores family couldn't disagree more.
J. FLORES: I want to send my message to Donald Trump. My children make America great.
L. FLORES: Not Donald Trump.
J. FLORES: Not Donald Trump
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VALENCIA: Without question, in 2016, Donald Trump has inserted immigration as a defining issue in the presidential cycle. Of the 11 million undocumented immigrants in this country, Latinos make up more than half and at 17 percent of the overall U.S. population, Latinos are now present in every states.
They are the largest minority in half of those states. Latinos certainly have the capacity to reshape the American political system and they are using their voices to be more vocal both for and against Donald Trump.
CHURCH: Nick Valencia reporting there.
And coming up, Donald Trump like you've never seen him before. CNN's own Jake Tapper shows off his drawing talents by putting jokes about the billionaire to pin. We'll show the results. It's here.
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JAVAHERI: Good Monday to you. Pedram Javaheri for CNN Weather Watch.
In the Americas, look at such where the southern U.S. really being the big weather story of the last couple of days, seeing now multiple reports of severe weather.
[03:45:04] And notice the thunderstorms do want to blossom in the past couple of days. They've been the case upwards of almost 200 storm reports. We have vast majority related to wind and hail. Very large wind. Now large hail, I should say and damaging winds across this region.
But of course, the rainfall has been very, very troublesome as well. We know multiple fatalities across the State of Texas with rainfall that came down upwards of almost 200 millimeters in a couple of days span. And notice the severe weather threat is there, once again for the same elements primarily here for damaging winds and large hail.
So, that continues for some of the major metro cities across the southern U.S. Notice the temperature trend, it is a cooling one as we segue into the month of May and go deep into the month of May. The temperatures actually want to cool off and it show here.
So, New York, Washington, come back down after the teens after the upper 20s in recent days. Your Monday is pretty marvelous around portions of the south with temps into the upper 20s. Around Atlanta it should be cloudy, New York City, not too bad with some morning showers into teens.
And the Western U.S. onto British Columbia temps also on the nice and warm side there. Mid-20s in Vancouver. And you notice, Chihuahua around 25 degrees. And Chile expect a few showers around San Juan, Caracas isolated thunderstorms. Vast majority of this region does look dry.
(COMMERCIAL BREAK) CHURCH: Celebrities, journalists, and politicians all mingled Saturday night at the annual White House correspondent's dinner. This was the final time Barack Obama attend of the dinner as president, taking on the role of comedian in chief.
Mr. Obama poked fun at himself and other politicians, including his fellow democrats. No one was spared from the jokes and jabs.
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OBAMA: You got to admit it though, Hillary trying to appeal to young voters is a little bit like your relative who just signed up for Facebook. Dear America, did you get my poke? I am hurt though, Bernie, that you've been distancing yourself a little from me. I mean, that's just not something that you do to your comrade.
Some candidates aren't polling high enough to qualify for their own joke tonight.
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They say Donald lacks the foreign policy experience to be president, but in fairness, he has spent years meeting with leaders from around the world, Ms. Sweden, Ms. Argentina. Ms. Azerbaijan.
Ted had a tough week. He went to Indiana. Hoosier country. Stood on a basketball court and called the hoop a basketball ring.
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What else is in his election con? Baseball sticks? Football hats? But sure I'm the foreign one.
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CHURCH: You should check the whole thing out if you haven't already. And now for a colorful spin on the White House correspondents dinner, brought to you by CNN's very own cartoonist Jake Tapper. As you'll see through his drawings, Saturday night was not the first time Donald Trump was the target of the president's jokes.
JAKE TAPPER, THE LEAD SHOW HOST: It was the White House correspondent's association dinner or nerd prom, a few years ago, when one person in particular stood out, Donald Trump. Front and center a few years ago, while considering a White House run against President Obama in 2012.
OBAMA: Donald Trump is here tonight.
TAPPER: It was just days after the president released his birth certificate. Trump sat at the dinner stoically while the president mock him.
[03:50:06] OBAMA: We can get back to focus things on the issues that matter, like did we fake the moon landing?
TAPPER: Known only to a few people the Bin Laden raid was just minutes away while the president, confident perhaps in that mind frame, mocked Donald Trump's leadership skills.
OBAMA: You, Mr. Trump, recognized that the real problem was lack of leadership, so ultimately you didn't blame little John or meat loaf, you fired Gary Busey.
TAPPER: Trump responded later in fortuitous passion.
TRUMP: I guess when you're leading in most of the polls, that tends to happen.
TAPPER: People close to Trump have said that the mocking at his expense that night fuelled the desire to run for president. Some of it from the president, some of it from the evening's entertainment Seth Meyers.
SETH MEYERS, LATE NIGHT SHOW HOST: Donald Trump has been saying that he will run for president as a republican, which is surprising since I just assumed he was running as a joke.
TAPPER: But as we now know, it might just be Donald Trump who gets the last laugh.
CHURCH: And joining me now to talk more about the correspondents dinner is In Touch Weekly magazine senior editor, Kim Serafin. Thank you so much for being with us. Oh, what a night. So much to talk a about.
Let's start with how President Obama went on his eighth and final correspondent's dinner. The overall assessment, if you like, and of course all the press and celebrities in attendants.
KIM SERAFIN, IN TOUCH WEEKLY SENIOR EDITOR: Yes, this has always a big night, obviously for Washington, but certainly for celebrities. Celebrities always show up and clearly this is going to be a big celebrity event because it's President Obama's final correspondent's dinner.
And by most accounts, pretty much by all accounts, President Obama did a great job. He is really funny, now is his last chance to kind of be funny to show that he is humorous, show that he can make fun of himself but also make fun of all of the media there.
And I think pretty much people from both sides even said he was really funny he did a great job. And of course, it's not a correspondent's dinner without all the celebrities who show up. And it's not a celebrity event unless a Jenner or Kardashian shows up clearly.
And Kendell Jenner was there. President Obama even mentioned Kendell Jenner. Apparently she talked to President Obama before the dinner. He asked how Kim and Kanye were doing. You also had Carry Fischer showing up with Gary Fisher. Gary Fischer is her dog, her service animal. He was vetted. So, he was
allowed to be there. But he showed up on the red carpet with Carry Fischer. So that cause quite a stern and a lot of people loved that.
And then even Helen Mirren showed up. She was wearing all purple to honor Prince and she even had that Prince symbol drawn in a tattoo on her skin to honor Prince, which I thought was really nice.
Plus, you have Will Smith was there. Carry Washington was there, Christy Turlington was there, so a lot of models and celebrities and a huge night for everyone.
CHURCH: Yes. It was huge. It was hilarious. I loved it. All right. Let's move on to the movie "Captain America" dominating overseas. What are the numbers looking like?
SERAFIN: Yes. This is huge. "Captain America Civil War" people have been waiting for this next Avengers movie. And it is doing well. It's only opened overseas in about 37 markets I believe. It hasn't even open in China yet and it opened next weekend in the U.S. already has made $202.2 million.
So, this tells you this is going to be a huge when it opens elsewhere in other place. This is a huge number and it's not surprising, it's not surprising for an Avengers film. So, I think certainly people are expecting just to do even better when it opens here in the U.S. next week.
CHURCH: Totally. My kids can't wait to see that.
And as the world continues to mourn the loss of super star Prince, we are learning more about his estate and his personal chef is now speaking out. What's being said?
SERAFIN: Yes, it's interesting. We'll find out more tomorrow about his estate. There's a probate hearing in Minnesota deciding where the -- how his inheritance is split.
By Minnesota law, it should probably go to his sister and his five half siblings but there is a probate hearing. But we're hearing more about his eating habits, his personal chef did an interview where he talked about Prince and what he liked to eat.
And just saying that in the past few months, past couple of months, Prince didn't seem like himself. This is a chef that has cooked for him for three years. Prince of course is a vegan, he would eat things like soups and salads. But the personal chef did say that he made him a red pepper bask and a kale salad the night before he died, and that Prince didn't eat any of it.
And that he had notice the change in his eating habits. Just recently, that he had been suffering from sore throat and some upset stomach, so he tended to have more smoothies and fruit juices, for example.
So, we still don't know any information from the medical examiner. We're still waiting for that. But obviously any clues, people are looking for anything to find out what exactly happened.
CHURCH: Yes. Still going to be a while before we do get those details. Kim Serafin, always a pleasure to talk with you. Thanks so much.
SERAFIN: Great. Thanks so much.
CHURCH: All right. Now back in Washington, President Obama admitted that in the final months of his administration, he's receiving less respect than he used to get, and that includes his recent meeting with one of the youngest royals in London.
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[03:55:11] OBAMA: Even some foreign leaders they've been looking ahead, anticipating my departure. Last week, Prince George showed up to our meeting in his bath robe. That was a slap in the face.
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CHURCH: Very funny. Well, Prince George's baby sister, Princess Charlotte is also getting her picture taken. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge released these new photos ahead of Charlottes' first birthday on Monday. Catherine took the photos at their home in Norfolk. Very cute.
And finally, take a look at the size of this Australian newborn. Ziad tips the scale of nearly 6 kilograms, that is more than 13 pounds. Doctors say he's perfectly healthy. His mom says he had no -- she had no idea until how big he was until after she was born. She might have though of course that she was going to give birth to twins. Look at that boy.
And thank you so much for your company. I'm Rosemary Church. Remember you can connect with me anytime on Twitter. Early Start is next for our viewers here in the U.S. For everyone else, Max Foster is up with another edition of CNN Newsroom. Stick around.
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