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Air strikes in Aleppo Reported; Two NPR Reporters Killed in Afghanistan; More than 300 Pregnant Women in US May Be Infected with Zika Virus; Clinton Projected to Win Puerto Rico Primary; Clinton, Sanders in Dead Heat in California; Memorial for Muhammad Ali in Lousiville, KY, Friday; Terror Concerns for Euro 2016. Aired Midnight- 1a ET

Aired June 06, 2016 - 00:00   ET

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[00:00:12] NATALIE ALLEN, CNN ANCHOR, off camera: Pinned down, ISIS faces attacks on several fronts in Syria and Iraq and U.S. warship sails into the Mediterranean to help out Coalition Forces battling the terror group.

Also nearing the finish line, Hillary Clinton is very close to clinching her party's nomination after a big win from Puerto Rico; but Bernie Sanders is pinning his hopes on Tuesday's California primary, vowing to fight on.

And it is just days before the start of the European Football Championship in France. We look at just how prepared French security forces are in keeping the game safe from terrorists.

it's all ahead here on "CNN Newsroom." We're live here in Atlanta. Thanks for joining us; I'm Natalie Allen.

ISIS is coming under fierce attacks on a number of fronts, including its de facts capital in Syria. After three days of intense fighting, the Syrian Army, joined by Russian forces, entered Raqqa. It's the first time in two years' regime forces have been inside that city. U.S.-backed Kurdish and Arab militias cutoff a key supply route between Raqqah and Manbij, another ISIS held city.

And in Iraq, the militants appear to be losing their grip on Fallujah. Iraqi security forces and militias stormed a neighborhood in southern Fallujah on Saturday.

At the same time, U.S. and Coalition Forces are stepping up their aerial assault against ISIS. 23 new air strikes were launched against ISIS targets Saturday in Syria. Most of the strikes took place near Manbij. War planes also targeted six cities in Iraq, including Fallujah and Mosul.

The accelerated bombing campaign has prompted a U.S. carrier to move closer to ISIS targets in Syria and Iraq. CNN was one of the few teams taken onboard to see the operations in action. Fred Pleitgen spoke with the pilots conducting the strike missions.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) FRED PLEITGEN, CNN CORRESPONDENT: High intensity operations on the USS Harry Truman. Jets taking off every few minutes to hit ISIS, now from a better position than before. The Truman just moved from the Persian Gulf to the Mediterranean Sea, much closer to Syria. We spoke to FAT pilots flying one of the first strike missions.

LIEUTENANT "FANUS", PILOT, F103: It was a close air support mission. So we don't know the targets prior to taking off. There did happen to be a few targets, we struck those targets.

PLEITGEN: The U.S. says its air strikes are having a major effect, as allies forced on the ground continue to win back territory from the extremists in places like Fallujah in Iraq, and in northern Syria. American jets not only hitting ISIS positions on the frontlines, but also supply lines and cache warehouses.

The U.S. has drastically stepped up its bombing of ISIS targets, both in Iraq and Syria, and the Harry Truman plays an important role in that stepped up campaign. Now that it's here in the Mediterranean, its jets are even closer to many of the targets they need to hit.

The increased operational tempo, and the move from the Gulf to the Mediterranean put a strain on the Truman's crew. The carrier's tour extended by a full month, but the Admiral tells me his men and women are still going strong.

REAR ADMIRAL BRET BRATCHERDER, COMMANDER, CARRIER STRIKET GROUP 5: It's a graphic illustration of the flexibility that's inherit with the naval forces. You know, we can operate anywhere we want to in the world. As it happens on this deployment, our priority has been the support of Operation Inherent Resolve in Iraq and Syria.

PLEITGEN: U.S. commanders believe the coming weeks will be critical in the fight against ISIS, now that the group seems to be losing its grip on some of its major strongholds, gains the Truman's pilots help pave the way for.

FANUS: We have definitely degraded then, and we have destroyed them in many different places all throughout Iraq and Syria. So I feel like we've made a large impact.

PLEITGEN: ISIS may be weakened, but some of the most intense fighting against the group probably still lies ahead and so do many more combat missions for this carrier's jets.

Fred Pleitgen, CNN, aboard the U.S.S. Harry Truman in the Mediterranean Sea.

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ALLEN: Well activists say the city of Aleppo is coming can under heavy bombardment by the Syrian regime. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says at least 40 air strikes pounded the city, followed by barrel bombs and shelling from helicopter gunships, it says at least 19 people were killed in the past day. These images on social media reportedly show rescuers pulling [00:05:03] two children out alive from rubble. Look at that video; that's after an air strike hit a rebel-held neighborhood of Aleppo on Thursday.

Two NPR news crew members documenting the war in Afghanistan have been killed. They were traveling with an Afghan army unit near Marjah Sunday when the convoy was attacked and their vehicle came under fire.

CNN's Asia Pacific Editor, Andrew Stevens, is covering the story for us and joins us now from Hong Kong. Hello to you, Andrew. I want to ask first, what do we know about the details of how this happened?

ANDREW STEVENS, CNN ASIA PACIFIC EDITOR, via satellite: Yeah, well what we know so far, the fairly basic details, is it happened on Sunday morning and Zabihullah Tamanna, who was the interpreter for David Gilke, Zabihullah, actually, a journalist in his own right, as well, they were traveling in a five vehicle convoy with the Afghan Special Forces on the way, as you say, to Marjah, which is in Helmand Province, when they came under fire from the Taliban. Their vehicle was hit. It was hit by shell fire. The driver of the vehicle was also killed can.

Now, the two NPR people were part of a four-man NPR team who were in country for about -- their assignment was lasting about a month. They'd been there for three weeks or so. The other two are unhurt. It's not known whether they were in the convoy at the time, but they were unhurt at this stage. That's about all the details we know at this stage, Natalie.

We'll and we've been reading about -- yes, as you say, the interpreter was a reporter in his own right and David Gilke was quite an awarded war photographer. He had been in combat, I guess, most of his career; a very tough person, correct?

STEVENS: Yes, very tough; and a man who returned time and again to conflict zones, particularly in Afghanistan, particularly in Iraq, as well. Aaron Ivan Watson worked with him as a colleague at NPR. He's described as a very compassionate man and a man who would get in very close quarters in these conflict zones, in order to tell the story of what was going on. He didn't sugar coat anything, as Ivan said; but certainly, David, the recipient of many awards.

He won an Emmy. He won a George Polk Award, as well as many White House Correspondence Awards. So he was certainly a veteran. He was very, very concerned always about security, always about first aid, and to the people around him. in fact, he was interviewed by his employer, NPR, quite recently, where he talked about why he was a photo journalist and how he operated under what could only be intense pressures sometimes. Listen to what he said.

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DAVID GILKE, PHOTO JOURNALIST, NPR: You know, when your taking pictures, it's easier; and that doesn't make it okay. It's not like you put the camera to your face and therefore, it makes what you're seeing okay, but certainly you can put yourself in the zone. It's, I am doing this, and what I am doing is not pleasant, but you just, you marched through it. I mean, it's hard; but, you can't get caught up in it and become part of it. You still need to maintain your state of mind that you are helping tell this story.

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STEVENS: Voice of David there, and just one other quote I want to share with you, Natalie, something that he was quoted as saying in an article, he said, "It's not just reporting. It's not just taking pictures. It's do these visuals, do these stories, do they change someone's mind enough to take action?" A man reporting from these conflict zones, from Somalia to South Africa to Afghanistan to Iraq. A man dedicated to his craft and to telling the story, an unvarnished story, now dead at 50.

ALLEN: It's very, very sad. I was also reading that one time he was in a Humvee and the Humvee was hit by a rocket and when the dust settled, he was seen coming out with his video camera and just started shooting. So a brave, brave photographer indeed and what a loss.

All right; thank you so much, Andrew Stevens for us in Hong Kong.

Top U.S. health officials say more than 300 pregnant women in the United States and its territories may be infected with Zika. The mosquito-borne virus is known to cause birth defects, particularly microcephaly. CNN's Nick Peyton Walsh is reports on the uncertainties facing babies born with microcephaly there how their families are affected.

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NICK PEYTON WALSH, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Born into a struggle that grows as they age. This clinic is in Recife, where the disease of Zika has been cruelest in Brazil, (inaudible) with what happens when babies with microcephaly grow and so do their problems.

Unable to tell us the pains, agonies they may or may not be feeling or what [00:10:02] we can do to help.

VERONICA SANTOS, MOTHER OF BABY WITH MICROCEPHALY, via translator: It was when he was born and we faced the other people in the hospital, their expressions, seeing and accepting the difference, for me, that was the hardest phase.

WALSH: So what works? Exactly how quickly Zika could even spread here at ground zero. There's a whole different set of problems, and that's working out really as these babies grow older, quite what the disease means for their development.

Arturo cannot eat. Doctors say his brain can't switch between swallowing and breathing properly, so he's fed by a drip and stunted in growth. The

size of a three-month year old when will he is now eight months. They're testing his hearing, seeing if he turns his head to look. A little to the right, to the left, nothing. This is how it goes here. every minute, discoveries that alter the child's future.

Victoria was abandoned by her natural mother at birth, adopted by Kelly a month ago. KELLY OLIVEIRA, MOTHER, ADOPTED CHILD WITH MICROCEPHALY, via

translator: When we saw her, we fell in love with her. I didn't want to know what she had; that didn't matter. She is my daughter.

WALSH: And today may change her life. She's having her eyes stimulated, being fitted for glasses, to find out if she can see at all. It's hard to tell what she sees, if the bright lights became real shapes.

With Leandra it's a little more palpable. Her first sights, but still, her arms stiffened straight, her underdeveloped brain telling them to do so.

The talk here of prejudice, of days spent between ferrying children specialist doctors, of being fired from work because of that, of a lack of state money to pull them through. This is the world that Zika brings, and here and globally it is only beginning.

Nick Peyton Walsh, CNN, Recife.

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ALLEN: Bernie Sanders is calling foul on Hillary Clinton's delegate lead. Just ahead, why he says it's inaccurate. Also, Louisville, Kentucky, is preparing to tribute to their homegrown champion, Muhammad Ali. How they'll remember a legend, just ahead.

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[00:16:43] ALLEN: Taking a look at the U.S. presidential election, Hillary Clinton now very close to securing her party's presidential nomination. CNN projects she will win Puerto Rico's democratic primary. Results show Clinton leading rival Bernie Sanders with nearly 62-percent of the vote. The democratic frontrunner took more than half of the delegates allocated so far. That leaves Clinton just 29 delegates short of the number needed to win the nomination.

California's primaries one of the next crucial conflicts, that's Tuesday; both out campaigning over the weekend. On Sunday, Hillary Clinton held a policy round table, in Vallejo, where she talked about education and mental health treatment. The day before, Bernie Sanders slammed both Clinton and Republican, Donald Trump, at a rally in Los Angeles. A recent USC- "Los Angeles Times" poll shows Clinton and Sanders in a dead heat among eligible voters in California but among likely voters, Clinton holds a ten-point lead in that poll.

Sanders has doubled-down on his promise to stay in the race despite the odds. Chief Washington Correspondent Jake Tapper spoke with him in California.

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JAKE TAPPER, CNN CHIEF WASHINGTON D.C. CORRESPONDENT: Bernie Sanders is barn storming California where polls are very tight ahead of Tuesday's primary here. Hillary Clinton holds a significant lead in delegates, but Sanders says he's not concerned, and that he will end up the Democratic Party's nominee next month at the convention in Philadelphia. He shows no evidence that he's going to back down or that he's preparing to bow out.

In all likelihood even if you do win in California, which is certainly possible according to the latest polling, Secretary Clinton on Tuesday night will declare a victory in the nomination race. She'll say that she has enough delegates and will be the nominee.

BERNIE SANDERS (D-VT) DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: I think that's kind of not quite accurate, and I think the Democratic National Committee has made that clear; but what she would be doing is combining pledged delegates, those are the real delegates the people vote for, with superdelegates, people who are appointed by the committee; and what the DNC has made it very clear is that the media should not lump those two together because pledged delegates are pledged to the candidates, superdelegates may change their mind.

TAPPER: Will your strategy be different if all the contests are over she has more pledged delegates than you do, or are you taking this to the convention no matter what?

SANDERS: Look, again, I don't want to speculate about who will end up having more pledged delegates. She is ahead of us right now, no question, but California's coming up. They've got 475 pledged delegates here. You don't know what the world is going to be like four weeks from now, five weeks, but let's not forget, Democratic Convention is the end of July; that's a long time away.

TAPPER: Now Clinton told me this week that she will secure enough delegates on Tuesday to win the nomination, of course, that's only if you include superdelegates. As for Sanders, well, we'll have to see what his next move will bed.

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ALLEN: Jake Tapper, there, talking with Bernie Sanders.

Well, California, New Jersey, New Mexico, South Dakota, and Montana all hold primaries on Tuesday, it's not just California, and we'll have all day coverage here on CNN. Be sure to tune in June 7th for the final batch of state primaries of this election season.

[00:20:03] Voters in Peru are anxiously awaiting the results of a very tight presidential runoff election. Keiko Fugimori, the daughter of imprisoned former president Alberto Fugimori, is facing off against former World Bank Economist Pedro Pablo Kuczynski. According to Peru's state news agency, unofficial exit polls show the two candidates neck in neck as the voting wrapped up Sunday. The winner leads Peru for the next five years.

The body of Muhammad Ali is back in the city where his career began. There will be a public memorial this Friday in Louisville, Kentucky, for the legendary boxer. Thousands are expected to attend. It will be at this huge sports facility; it holds 22,000 people. And just prior, his body will be driven through the streets before that ceremony. Ali died Friday; he was 74.

The entire city of Louisville is rallying around a celebration of Ali's life. He was their neighbor, their friend, their family. Here's our Martin Savage.

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MARTIN SAVAGE, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Muhammad Ali has finally come back home, and the efforts to memorialize his life are fully under way. There was, last night interfaith service that was organized by the Islamic community. There are other services that are being talked about today, but, of course, the big events are for the latter part of the week. Thursday is set aside primarily for the family of Muhammad Ali; but Friday, that is the day where the world can celebrate his life.

And, in fact, Louisville, Kentucky, has put out the welcome mat for the entire world to come because they know that their hometown son is one who has been shared by so many people in so many other places. It'll begin 9:00 in the morning with a motorcade, a procession that'll actually wind through the streets of Louisville; sometimes on highways sometimes on side streets. That's designed to allow as many as possible to bid their final farewell.

Two o'clock, though, there is going to be an interfaith service. Among those former President Bill Clinton will be on-hand. About 20,000 people may be able to squeeze into that facility, and it is going to be quite remarkable. These plans have been years in the making, and we're told that it's not just from the family and not just from the city, but also one of those who helped make the plans was Muhammad Ali himself.

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Ali's daughter Hana spoke with CNN earlier about her father's passing.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) HANA ALI, DAUGHTER, MUHAMMAD ALI, via telephone: Naturally, it's difficult. You know, I think that we're all in shock still. We just can't believe it. I mean, I know it sounds crazy, but we sort of thought that Daddy would just defy the odds of even death I think. You know, he just always seemed to always fight through everything. And you know, like people know he's in the hospital on and off, and he always comes out of it. So we all expected that to be the same, and so did Lonnie, so it was sort of a surprised us too.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Were you all with him during those last few days? Can you talk us through what those final moments were like?

ALI: Well, yes; our father -- our stepmother called us all right away and told us she was taking him to the hospital. And right away, my sister, Maryum and myself were like, we'll be right there. And then she let us know when we were making plans that we should get there as soon as possible. So, we hopped on a plane and we just stayed at the hospital 24/7, and we went home to sleep, of course, and we got back in the morning and we all hung out with him in the room, his friends and family.

People were gathering, I mean, the waiting room and Lonnie just kept it private so the kids and grandkids could spend time with our father and we all took turns and we were in there laughing and crying and telling stories and crying and laughing and kissing him.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: And what were those last few moments like?

ALI: Sorry.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I think, -- are you okay?

ALI: I'm sorry, just -- okay. It was really beautiful. He was very - he was at peace, and we were all taking turns speaking with him and whispering and telling him we love him. It was very peaceful and beautiful. He would have been proud.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: He would have been proud.

ALI: Really a man. Yeah, I think our father's such a spiritual man and he's always been -- he loves his religion and it literally broke his heart to see, you know, I think, the way the world is viewing Islam now, as a whole, because of the actions of a few people, and he -- Islam means peace and love, and he's all about peace and love, and he's always tried to spread that and share that and to see him go and have an Imam there and reading the Koran to him, in Arabic, and English, it was just beautiful and spiritual and overwhelming.

[00:25:05] Like I said, we went through a whole bunch of different emotions, so -- but we had each other and we're all strong and we was just there and literally we had, like I said, we had time just sharing stories and we're talking to him like he could hear us and laughing and just, you know, and crying and hugging and kissing him and hugging him. It was just beautiful. Even the nurses that were helping him were in tears. They love him, so --

[Laughter]

UNIDENTIFED FEMALE: Yes, he's --

ALI: The world loves him; he belongs to the world.

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ALLEN: How sweet, that Hana was able to share her thoughts with us on her father's passing, understandably breaking up during that interview. She added that her father once told her about a recurring dream he had about a parade in the streets of Louisville in his honor. Now she says that turned out to be more like a premonition.

In eastern Belgium, at least three people are dead, 40 others injured after two trains collided. Officials say a passenger train slammed into the back of a freight train on the same track, at high speed. They also say two of the trains six carriages derailed. Authorities are looking into how this happened. The Euro 2016 Futbol Championship starts this week. We will look at the scrutiny French security forces face for this big event when we come back.

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ALLEN: Welcome back to CNN Newsroom. I'm Natalie Allen, here are our top stories: CNN projects Hillary Clinton will win Puerto Rico's Democratic Presidential Primary. [00:30:03] She holds a strong lead over Bernie Sanders. As of now,

Clinton is just 29 delegates short of the number she needs to clench her party's nomination.

There is fierce fighting against ISIS in several of the terror groups strongholds in Iraq and Syria. Iraqi security forces, with militias, have stormed a neighborhood in southern Fallujah. Fallujah was the first Iraqi city to fall to ISIS in January of 2014.

In neighboring Syria, the fight to retake the strategic city of Raqqah from ISIS militants rages on. The Syrian army, joined by Russian forces, advanced into Raqqah Province on Saturday in an effort to seize the de facto ISIS capital. Separately, Aleppo coming under heavy bombardment in fighting between rebels and government forces in Syria. Activists say at least 40 air strikes, shelling from helicopter gunships and barrel bombs pounded the area Sunday.

The body of boxing great Muhammad Ali has arrived in his hometown of Louisville, Kentucky. Former President Bill Clinton is among those who will eulogize him at a public ceremony on Friday. Ali's body will be driven through the city before the memorial.

In New Delhi, India, five people are under arrest in connection with a suspected organ harvesting scheme at one of the city's most prestigious private hospitals. Police conducted raids in other Indian cities in search of the alleged ringleader. CNN's Sumnima Udas joins me now live from New Delhi with details; hello.

SUMNIMA UDAS, CNN CORRESPONDENT, via satellite: Hi Natalie; these kinds of busts against these kinds of kidney trafficking rings are certainly nothing new in India, but it's probably the first time it's happening in such a prominent hospital.

This is one of the biggest and most popular hospitals in this country, and they've arrested five people so far, including two people who are associated with this hospital. Now the hospital says that these two people are not directly employed by the hospital, that they're actually some sort of secretarial staff to certain doctors in the hospital. That's what they're calling them; so some kind of middle man really. So they're saying that they too, the hospital too, is a victim of this massive, well-orchestrated kidney racket. So they're really sort of stepping away and denying any wrongdoing in this case.

The police officials here are looking into their investigating. They're saying they're also looking into certain doctors now at that hospital because, according to Indian law, there needs to be a committee that looks into all the documents for all these people who come from kidney transplants, but also of the donors as well, to ensure that those donors are actually relatives or somehow related to the person who needs the kidney. So in that very high level committee there's government officials, there's doctors, there's all kinds of people involved. So the police now are looking into whether these committee members knew about anything as well, whether they are also somehow involved in this case. Natalie?

ALLEN: I was reading that this is a particular problem in India because so many poor people can't afford a transplant. Can you explain how kidney trafficking operation works?

UDAS: That's right. In 1994 India basically came up with this law to ban organ trafficking really and set up this requirement for a committee. So again, this committee requires that most people who require organ transplant that it's coming from some sort of relative. If you don't have a relative, then there is a process involved where you can get it from people who are brain dead, but that is a much longer process. There's a huge waiting list for that. So for every 200 - there's about 200,000 people who need these kinds of transplants every year in India, and only -- according to local reports, there's only 3-percent of that demand that's met by these sort of official ways. So there is this huge racket going on.

What happens is these middle men, these touts. They go to smaller villages, poor sections of society. They either dupe them into coming into the city and then saying we're going to help you find a job, and then they somehow orchestrate this operation and take out their kidney and they're not even aware of it; but many times they actually pay these people. They offer them a certain of money, in this case, according to local reports, about $7,500, for the most part, is what they offered them. So these people, because they come from such poor sections of society, they're willing to give up a kidney, and then that kidney is then used by wealthier people who come to these very big hospitals in India. Natalie?

[00:35:02] ALLEN: Ongoing issue there in India, even though they're trying to take steps to avoid it. Sumnima Udas for us live there; thank you so much.

In Sri Lanka, a soldier is dead after a series of explosions at one of the country's biggest armories. Local residents say the blast continued for more than five hours Sunday. Thousands of people were evacuated, at least five people were treated for injuries. The cause of the explosion is now under investigation.

France is getting ready for the Euro 2016 Futbol Championship. Find out who is warning that it could be a target for terrorists; that's ahead.

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ALLEN: France's President says an attack during the Euro 2016 Futbol Championship is a real threat. Francois Hollande told a public radio station that France must not be intimidated even though the threat exists. France is hosting the tournament, which is set to begin Friday. The country is on high alert following recent terror attacks in Paris and Belgium.

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FRANCOIS HOLLANDE, PRESIDENT, FRANCE, via translator: Even though we are very vigilant, there are still precautions that need to be taken throughout the competition but we've put in place all the means to succeed. We can never allow ourselves to let this threat affect the way we live. It's a threat that exists, and I wouldn't be in this position as president if I didn't tell you very clearly that there is a threat. It's a threat that will be around for a long time, so we must take every precaution to ensure that this tournament, the Euro 201, will be a success; and it will be.

(END VIDEO CLIP) ALLEN: The U.S. State Department is also warning that Euro 2016 stadiums and events are potential terrorist targets. It has issued a travel alert urging Americans to be vigilant and cautions that July's Tour de France, the cycling race, could also be a target. Our Jim Bitterman has more for us from Paris.

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JIM BITTERMAN, CNN CORRESPONDENT, off camera: For months now, with more than 70 realistic mock terrorist attacks and security drills, the security forces here have been training to handle just about any threat to the Euro 2016 soccer championship. But, just in the past two weeks.

This was the first one, a Futbol match at the Stade de France, the same stadium attacked by terrorists last November. It was supposed to be real-time practice for the Euro Cup, but fans overran the security, smuggled in fireworks and incendiary devices, supposedly not allowed. Within hours the Interior Minister called together everyone involved with security to see what happens. The head of an association which represents most of the private security companies involved in Euro Cup safety says it wasn't their fault.

CLAUDE TARLET, FRENCH PRIVATE SECURITY AGENCIES UNION, via translator: the security units were confronted with filtering and frisking people on the outside of the game premises. We never do that this way. Moreover, out of [00:40:02] the 26 stadium doors, only four of them were opened. It was impossible to properly ensure the security of the event.

BITTERMAN: And this with a second hit: a warning from the U.S. State Department advising Americans to avoid crowd like those at the Euro Cup. The French response was that all possible security measures are being taken. But are they?

The authorities here say 90,000 military police and private security personnel will make sure nothing happens during the tournament here, but there are stadiums in ten different cities to protect fan zones which will welcome millions of fans, training grounds and team hotels which have to be protected for a month. The 90,000 number, might not seem so large in view of the task. In fact, more important than the security measures you can see are the ones that you can't see. With the state of emergency extended by two months, the Government continues to have sweeping powers to tap telephones, monitor internet conversations, and put people under house arrest.

Officials here know well how much is riding on having a safe and successful tournament.

PIERRE-HENRY BRANDET, SPOKESMAN, FRENCH INTERIOR MINISTRY via translator: This is the image of France, the French product, and if I may say, the French brand that will be in better shape if the Euro Cup is held in peace and tranquility.

BITTERMAN: In the end, there won't really be a good answer to how secure the games are until they're over on July 10th. There's been too much terrorism in France and neighboring Belgium in the past year and a half to say that the games will be totally secure, even with all the good intentions. It's like the Interior Minister Spokesman put it, 100-percent precaution does not mean zero risk.

Jim Bitterman, CNN, Paris.

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ALLEN: That's an event we'll be watching. Of course, we so hope it turns out safe. "World Sport" is next; and Kate Riley has more about what's coming up.

KATE RILEY, HOST, "WORLD SPORT": Yes, Natalie; and only one place to start. We're going to talk about Game Two in the NBA Finals. Golden State Warriors taking on the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Cavs have really dug themselves a hole. Now, before this match, the Warriors won six in a row against the Cavaliers taking Games Four, Five, and Six of last year's Finals, both regular season meetings in this campaign, and then game one of this year's finals; and now they can add one more to that list, Game Two of this year's finals. Of course all the action coming up in just a moment.

First, look who is swapping coats for the night. From Football to basketball, Nemar was all smiles with the reigning MVP, Steph Curry, and a nice exchange of jerseys there. Nemar in town, of course, because of the 100th Copper America, which is being staged in the U.S. right now. Stay tuned to CNN for a breakdown of all the action that's on "World Sports."

ALLEN: Coming up; I'll step aside. Kate's coming up next, please stay with us.

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