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Fan Violence in France Mars Euro 2016; ISIS Claims Deadly Damascus Bombings; Police: Multiple Injuries in Florida Nightclub Shooting; Police Identify Singer Christina Grimmie's Killer; Israel Closes West Bank and Gaza Crossings; Immigration Hotly Contested in Brexit Debate; UK Celebrates Queen Elizabeth's 90th Birthday; Dogs Chew Boy's Beloved Trump Hat. Aired 4-5a ET
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[04:00:01] GEORGE HOWELL, CNN ANCHOR: I'm George Howell. This is CNN.
Bottles flying, teargas fills the air at Euro 2016 football tournament. Russia and England and Marseille. Dozens of people injured.
Donald Trump strikes back. The billionaire goes after a former Republican presidential nominee after Mitt Romney accused him of trickle-down racism.
Plus, ISIS is taking heavy losses as Libyan forces retake key coastal territory there.
And Iraqi troops close in on Fallujah. Live from CNN World Headquarters in Atlanta, welcome to our viewers here in the United States and around the world. I'm George Howell. CNN NEWSROOM starts right now.
Violence among football fans for a third straight day in France. Just take a look at these images from the stadium in Marseille. English and Russian fans who met in the Euro 2016 championship clashed yet again on Saturday. On the pitch, Russia and England ended in a one- one draw. But in the streets, authorities were determined to make sure that fans fighting each other, neither side would win. Police used teargas against bottle-throwing crowds. They made over a dozen arrests.
CNN's Alex Thomas has more for us from Paris.
ALEX THOMAS, CNN INTERNATIONAL SPORTS ANCHOR: When Dimitri Payet scored a sensational goal on the opening day of Euro 2016 to make himself a national hero for host France, it appeared that football had finally shoved the negative headlines to one side. But only 24 hours later, matters off the pitch again stealing the spotlight at this European football championship. Reuters reporting that after England's game against Russia, Russian fans charged into the section containing England supporters. There was panic and there was a bit of a crash.
We have yet to receive details precisely of injuries. We know that the authorities were expecting possible trouble outside the Stade Velodrome in Marseille. Bottles (INAUDIBLE) and not serve alcohol. Thoughts inside the grounds that did appeared to be a lack of policing and stewarding, according to social media reports. The wife of one of the England players, Rebekah Vardy, married to Leicester City Striker Jaime, saying on Twitter, that has to be up there with the worst experience ever as an away game. Tear gas for no reason. Caged and treated like animals. Shocking.
The organizers of Euro 2016, UEFA, European Football's governing body said, they won't comment about possible sanctions against side of Russia or England or both until they receive more information from their disciplinary departments. EUFA has observed as it all they're matches of course. But it was just the latest in a long line of incidents. Three days of violence in Marseille in the South of France that ended up on a Saturday with around 500 people rioting. Police having to break it up using teargas canisters once again and police saying, the total tally of arrests over two days was 17.
And on the Saturday, there were a total of 31 injuries, four seriously hurt and three police officers receiving minor injuries. The French Interior Ministry as felt obliged to comment as well saying preventing violence is a priority for them. They've already banned 6,000 known troublemakers, including 3,000 from the UK who have free representatives at this Euro 2016 tournaments and 200 foreign police officers are helping, the police forces here in France to deal with it. They're saying that they had planned for possible football hooliganism and it won't take resources away from the security services planning to prevent any possible terror attacks.
As I said, all those bad headlines taking the focus away from matters on the pitch where England had led for so long against Russia before the Russians got a late equalizer. It means Wales top group B after winning their game against Slovakia earlier on in the day. And Albania nil, Switzerland winning (ph) Group A was the other result from day two of Euro 2016.
Alex Thomas, CNN, Paris, France.
HOWELL: Alex, thank you.
There is a great deal of focus now on how France is handling the violence at Euro 2016. My colleague Nick Parker spoke earlier with CNN Law Enforcement analyst Steve Moore about how this latest situation unfolded and what more police can do about it.
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STEVE MOORE, CNN LAW ENFORCEMENT ANALYST: With the lack of the officers separating the Russian and the English fans that maybe they had their eye on counterterrorism and either did not expect this much hooliganism or did not prepare for it adequately. I think this caught everybody apparently by surprise.
NICK PARKER, CNN INTERNATIONAL ANCHOR: I mean, obviously, as you are looking into the terror threat, this is really the last thing that French authorities needs to be honest with you. We'll turn to the terror threat in just a second. But I wanted to ask whether you had an opinion as somebody that has great expertise in more violence. Why football or soccer as it's known here in the United States seems to attract more violence than other sports.
[04:05:21] MOORE: You know, we've looked into that, and it goes back almost to the turn of the 20th Century. And you have, you know, there's a lot of books on social dynamic of it. But suffice it to say that this is not about football. The hooliganism is not about football. It's about social class. It's about race. It's about politics. But it is not about football.
PARKER: And so far, the clashes that we've seen in this tournament, have they surprised you or they broadly in line with what you were expecting?
MOORE: You know, they were broadly in line with what we would have expected about 10 to 15 years ago. Britain, more than anyone else, has made grade strides in ending this type of violence and taking steps that would stop this. I am very surprised that some of the standard -- it appears that some of the standard precautions that the British take were not taken in a Euro championship like this.
PARKER: Indeed. And I just want to ask you about the terror threat that's obviously hanging over this competition to some degree. What is your perspective on the preparations the French authorities have made at this stage and is there a danger that they could become overstretched with these kinds of scenes breaking out.
MOORE: Well, that's a good observation, Nick. I cannot think, if you were out there as a terrorist trying to plan vulnerability, trying to plan a way to attack these games, the one thing you would pray for is this type of violence that would distract the police there. The police and the authorities away from counterterrorism and, on top of it, create confusion in the streets and at the stadium, which would have -- which would, of course, make it easier to get in and out of the stadium with things that you shouldn't have.
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HOWELL: That was CNN law enforcement analyst Steve Moore speaking with my colleague Nick Parker.
Now on to Syria where ISIS claims that it targeted a Shia mosque revered by foreign fighters battling with Syrian rebels. Twin suicide bombings killed at least 20 people near the Sayyidah Zaynab shrine in Damascus. The Sayyidah is not a shrine, that is according to the Syrian opposition group based in the UK. Protecting the shrine is one of the main reasons that Hezbollah, militia and other foreign fighters have given for entering a war.
More and more analysts say that ISIS is turning to attacks like this as it continues to lose ground on the front lines.
CNN's Ben Wedeman reports the group is being slowly turned back in Iraq, Syria and Libya. BEN WEDEMAN, CNN SENIOR INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: ISIS is now
under more pressure than it has been since its creation. In Libya, forces from both the eastern and western parts of the country have stripped ISIS of its control of a stretch of almost 200 kilometers on the Mediterranean Coast. On Saturday, forces from the west said they retook the city of Sirte's port which is just five kilometers to the east of the city and they are poised to go into this city proper. Here in Iraq, Iraqi forces continue to press their offensive, to retake the city of Fallujah from ISIS.
Fallujah came under ISIS control the first major urban center to be taken by ISIS in January, 2014. Since a year and a half Iraqi forces have retaken from ISIS the cities of Tikrit, Baiji and Ramadi, and all that's left under, firmly under ISIS control is the city of Mosul in the north, but according to U.S. officials and Iraqi officials, measures are afoot to begin an offensive eventually. It's not clear when, to retake that city. In Syria, Russia is backing Syrian forces who have re-entered for the first time in well over a year the province of Raqqa where, of course, the city of Raqqa, ISIS' de facto capital is located. Elsewhere in the Western part of Syria, the U.S.- backed Syrian democratic forces have surrounded the town of Manbij which is northeast of Aleppo pressing the offensive there.
And of course, the worry is that as ISIS loses ground and territory, it is striking back. In Syria, two massive bombs in Damascus killing more than 20 people. On Thursday there was a suicide bomb and car bomb in Baghdad. All of them claimed by ISIS that clearly sees as it loses on the battle field, it will resort ever more to terrorism in the cities.
I'm Ben Wedeman, CNN, Baghdad.
[04:10:14] HOWELL: Ben, thank you. The director of the CIA says there is no evidence the Saudi government supported the 9/11 terror attacks. In an exclusive interview with the Saudi-owned Al Arabiya Network, John Brennan says he believes the public will get to see that the 9/11 commission reached the same conclusion. Twenty eight pages has been withheld from the commission's report. Brennan says those pages will show conclusively there was no backing by the Saudi government or by senior Saudi officials.
Protests about food are becoming a daily event in Venezuela. That country has been hit hard by shortages of basic food as it struggles with a severe recession. The scarcity has led to widespread violence and looting in the nation. Amid all the unrest though, President Nicolas Maduro says a referendum to remove him won't be coming any time soon. Listen.
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NICOLAS MADURO, VENEZUELAN PRESIDENT (through a translator): If the recall referendum's requirements are met, it will be next year, and that's it. If the requirements aren't met, there will be no referendum and that's it, and we should respect that.
(END VIDEO CLIP) HOWELL: If the referendum does happen in 2017, Maduro's vice president would replace him if he lost.
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And still ahead, Donald Trump and a top Republican are attacking each other. Trump says Mitt Romney is a, quote, "choke artist." And Romney got emotional when talking about the Donald. We'll explain next.
Plus, police in the U.S. State of Florida make a breakthrough in the death of a young singer. Stay with us.
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[04:13:12] PATRICK SNELL, CNN INTERNATIONAL SPORTS ANCHOR: And I'm Patrick Snell with your World Sports headline. We'll start you off with a dramatic second day of the 2016 European football championships. England were the first team to qualify for the Euros but would you believe it, they've never won their opening match. Well, they hope to change all that Saturday as they took on Russia and Marseille. Eric Dier would put the English ahead. One nail lays on in the matches, it seemed to be enough, but Russia would play spoiler in the closing minutes when Vasili Berezutski would level one-O, it would finish.
Elsewhere in group B, it has been 58 years since Wales were in a major tournament. 108 to return as they beat Slovakia two-one in Boudeau (ph). Real Madrid superstar Gareth Bale putting the Welsh fans early on their feet with a wonderful free kick Slovakia would level tonight folks, but Hal Robson-Kanu would play hero for the Welsh, with the winner moments later. Wales playing the next stop on June 16th.
And to Germany, where Roger Federer has been thwarted in his quest for that elusive first title. What frankly so far at least what's been a highly frustrating and injury hampered season for the Swiss straight (ph). One of tennis' rising young stars, the Austrian player, Dominic Thiem had plenty to say about all this as the Mercedes Cup semis. Thiem won the next two sets to reach Sunday's final. Well, he'll take on the German Philipp Kohlschreiber. Congratulations to him.
That is a look at your WORLD SPORT headlines. I'm Patrick Snell.
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[04:15:42] ANNOUNCER: This is CNN breaking news.
HOWELL: We have some breaking news to report here on CNN this hour. Police in Orlando, Florida, are dealing with a shooting at a nightclub with multiple injuries. Multiple people being hit. Details are just beginning to come into the newsroom at this hour. But police are telling everyone to stay away from a nightclub that is called the Pulse nightclub. Again in Orlando, to stay away from the Pulse nightclub. That club is apparently a gay dance club. June is gay pride month. The club also tweeted for its patrons to get out, run and keep running. We continue to follow the story and we'll bring you details as we get them. But again, authorities telling everyone to stay away from the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida. We'll continue to follow this here on CNN.
"America's Choice 2016," the presumptive Republican nominee for president is swinging back at a top Republican. In Pennsylvania, Donald Trump responded to a CNN exclusive interview with former presidential nominee Mitt Romney. A vocal Trump critic, he told CNN Trump would bring, quote, "trickle-down racism and misogyny." And now Trump is relying on an attack he used before. He's slamming Romney for losing to President Barack Obama in 2012. Listen.
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DONALD TRUMP (R), PRESUMPTIVE PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE: It's absolutely pathetic. He lost. He choked, like a dog, he choked, and now it's time for somebody else. We're going to win, folks. We're going to win. We're not going to be choking. I don't choke.
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HOWELL: Donald Trump there. And in another CNN exclusive, CNN obtained an audio recording of Mitt Romney speaking at a private retreat with millionaire Republican donors. Romney got emotional when talking about the rise of Trump and the future of the Republican Party.
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MITT ROMNEY (R), FORMER PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE: I find this so troubling that -- and I know a lot of folks that are saying, Mitt, you know, just get off your high horse on this and get behind the guy. But these things are personal. I mean, I love this country. I love the founders. I love what this country is built upon. And its values. And seeing this is breaking my heart for the party that --
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HOWELL: The presumptive Democratic nominee for president is celebrating the support of an influential civil rights leader. The Reverend Jesse Jackson says, he is endorsing Hillary Clinton. He says that he trusts Clinton, that she will promote the civil rights of marginalized communities, including refugees, immigrants and poor. Jackson has urged both Clinton and her Democratic rival Bernie Sanders to work toward reconciliation.
Police in Florida have identified the man who shot and killed singer Christina Grimmie. They say that Kevin James Loibl approached Grimmie while she was signing autographs after her show on Friday and opened fire. But authorities have yet to determine a possible motive.
CNN's Nick Valencia takes a look at this case.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE) NICK VALENCIA, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Singer Christina Grimmie, a former contestant on "The Voice" is dead, shot and killed after her concert in Orlando.
WANDA FORD, SPOKESWOMAN, ORLANDO POLICE: They were selling merchandise, and signing autographs. We know that the suspect walked up and shot Christina. Her brother tackled the suspect, and that's when the suspect shot himself.
VALENCIA: The suspect is dead as well and Grimmie's brother being called a hero for taking action that may have protected dozens of fans still inside the venue.
FORD: This is very tragic event. This should are been something that was fun and exciting. We don't know if they were friends, we don't know if he was just a crazy fan that followed her on Twitter, on social media.
VALENCIA: This is believed to be video of Grimmie's last performance. Filmed by a fan just before the deadly shooting. Grimmie, just 22 years old, perhaps best known as a finalist on season six of "The Voice."
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But she started out performing on YouTube as a teenager where she amassed three million followers. Funs now twitting with the #RIPChristina.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I've been crying. This is hour -- honestly, it's probably one of the worst things that could literally happen right now.
VALENCIA: Nick Valencia, CNN, Atlanta.
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[04:20:48] HOWELL: Nick, thank you.
Tens of thousands of Palestinians are unable to enter Israel from Gaza and the West Bank Sunday. Israel has closed the border crossings after Wednesday's terror attack in Tel Aviv.
For the latest, we go live to Phil Black in Jerusalem this hour. Phil, good to have you. So, what is the latest at this point?
PHIL BLACK, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Look, George, as you say, it is correct that there continues to be a complete ban on movements for Palestinians between the territories in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip and Israel itself. And those measures will be in place until the end of the day. Now, it's not unusual for that sort of measure to be put into place over a Jewish holiday, which today is. But this was announced specifically as a response to the terror attacks of Wednesday night. In addition to that, the government is continuing its freeze on allowing people to visit family members and to cross into Israel during Ramadan. For religious reasons essentially, usually to see family during this
very holy time for Muslims. That particular restriction will continue until the government decides otherwise. And they have not yet indicated just how long that will be. Meanwhile, around the town of Yassa itself in the south of the West Bank, this is the town where the two attackers came from, there continues to be something of a partial blockade with roads blocked using large boulders and debris and also some Israeli military presence so vehicles can't get in or out, but people can get in and out on foot.
Again, this was a direct response to those attacks. It's difficult to see it purely as a security measure because people are allowed to come and go freely on foot. But the restrictions on vehicles is certainly an inconvenience to the people who live there to get food in and out. They have to carry it in and out. Again, that's an issue that specifically inconvenience system during Ramadan where Muslims are fasting during the day. Breaking that fast with a family meal at the end of the day. They had to carry that meal. That's what we've seen them doing there. Carrying them in. And it applies to everyone it would seem, children, adults, men, women, the elderly and so forth.
All are being made to walk in and out in this way. And that is why the people of that town see this as collective punishment. The entire town being punished, they say, because of the actions of the few that were responsible for that terror attack. It is unclear how long that particular measure will stay in place. There have also been raids in that town as well, particularly the nights immediately following the attack. Homes searched. People arrested. But from the town itself we're hearing there's no further Israeli military action over the last 24 hours -- George.
HOWELL: CNN's Phil Black discussing the different measures in place and actions taken following the attacks there. Phil, thank you for your reporting today.
Israeli troops destroyed the home of a 16-year-old Palestinian who was arrested in the stabbing death of a settler. The boy's mother says the demolition will only make her and her family stronger. Israeli police say the two gunmen who carried out the deadly attack in Tel Aviv Wednesday, they were from the same village. Israel blocked off the village after that attack.
Ramadan is well under way, and the holy month this year is coinciding with extremely hot temperatures across the Middle East. Our meteorologist Derek Van Dam is here to tell us more about what's happening there. Derek.
DEREK VAN DAM, AMS METEOROLOGIST: Well, it makes it difficult considering the temperatures have been peaking in the upper 40s to around 50 degrees in some of the parts of the world that celebrate Ramadan, which is on a lunar calendar. And it actually gets bumped back about 10 to 12 days per year depending on that particular calendar. This impacts the weather, or at least the fasting that takes place because it's coinciding with the summer solstice, meaning the hottest time of the year over the northern hemisphere. Again, like I said, it's based on the lunar calendar. This is
Ramadan. And it begins at around 10 to 11 days earlier each particular year, and as daylight increases by several minutes and day as we reach that summer solstice, the fasting that takes place from sunrise to sunset, no water and no food during that time of Ramadan, makes it that much more difficult, especially when temperatures are so hot. So we are approaching the summer months, and heat has been excessive across the Middle East. Take a look at this picture. People trying to just cope with heat.
[04:25:05] These are some of the children playing in Kuwait City the other night where temperatures only dropped into the lower 40s overnight after peaking at a maximum of 50 degrees. We are well above average for these locations. Iran into Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates. So, much of the Middle East feeling extreme June heat as we speak and it's coinciding with Ramadan. Not a great coincidence there. Kuwait City here really not much relief from the heat. Temperatures going to continue to go up at least into the second half of next week.
Here's a look at weather forecasts for certain locations across the world. Perhaps celebrating Ramadan. Hot and sunny conditions. Blue skies overhead from Riyadh, Abu Dhabi and into Baghdad. And much of North Africa experiences similar conditions. Slightly cooler, though, into the Cairo region. But you can see Casablanca, 24. Nigeria however, showers and thunderstorms. The heat continues today across the Middle East and no rain in sight to bring any real major relief across this region.
So, we will keep with the sunny, dry and hot conditions for the next foreseeable future. I want to take you to a different part of the world that is celebrating a different victory. This is actually from Australia. Some pretty interesting footage coming from a surfer myself. This is the red bull cape fear surfing competition. And really, George, these pictures speak for themselves. They have been charging some of the world's most fiercest waves off the coast of Sydney this week. And an 18-year-old took home the championship. There he is.
HOWELL: That's awesome. That's awesome. You can do that, too.
VAN DAM: I wish. Boy, those guys are talented.
HOWELL: Derek, thank you.
This is CNN NEWSROOM. Ahead, we want to update you on the breaking news that we're following in Orlando, Florida. Police telling people to stay away from a nightclub that is called the pulse. Apparently there are multiple people who have been hit, a shooting there. We continue to follow the story. We'll have the very latest for you as CNN NEWSROOM continues.
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[04:30:30] ANNOUNCER: This is CNN breaking news. HOWELL: Welcome back to our viewers here in the United States and
around the world. This is CNN NEWSROOM. And we are following breaking news out of Orlando, Florida. Police there are at the scene of a shooting at a nightclub with multiple people that have been hit. Details are just coming in to the newsroom, but police are telling everyone there to stay away from a nightclub that is called the Pulse nightclub. Again for people in that area to stay away from the Pulse nightclub, the club is apparently a gay dance club. June is gay pride month.
The club also tweeted for its patrons to get out, to run and keep running. We continue to follow this breaking news, and we are also reaching out to people there in Orlando, Florida, to get information to also speak with witnesses that we have vetted that are in that situation and can give us details of what they're seeing at this point. But again, police telling everyone in that area to stay away from a nightclub called the Pulse nightclub. Multiple people have been hit by shootings there.
Britain is less than two weeks away from a critical vote on whether to leave the European Union. Polls indicate the race is too close to call at this point. CNN meets EU citizens living in London who are worried about the upcoming vote and also worried about their futures.
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ULRIKE FRANKE, GERMAN PHD STUDENT: I came to the UK about three years ago, and I've been in London for about a year. London is a buzzing city. There's always something happening here. If I was a Brit, I would never vote for Brexit. I think it's a horrible idea. If I was living in London, I would be worried that, you know, you migrants would leave and this is what makes the city a great city. London really is the European Capital.
EMMANUIL PAPAVASILEIOU, GREEK JOURNALIST: I like the fact that the British society compared with other societies is definitely more open. It's definitely more accepting to foreigners. I do not believe that I will need a British passport. I'm fully eligible for one because I've been living here for nine years, but I do not think it is worth it.
SONYA EBERMANN, FRENCH GERMAN LAWYER: When my great grandparents and grandparents were alive they were actually fighting each other in the wars. And that today we have peace in Europe. It's largely due to the European Union. I'm very concerned working here will become much more complicated, much more difficult, maybe impossible.
ALESANDRO LATERZA, FINANCE TECH PROFESSIONAL: I was born in the poor south of Italy. I'm sad to hear that one of the main reasons why the UK wants to ban the EU focus on migration. In my heart, I feel that people of Britain will be pro-Europe.
PAPAVASILEIOU: I tell them definitely to go vote.
EBERMANN: Be very aware of the consequences the UK leaving the EU would have.
PAPAVASILEIOU: Voting in this country is not as popular as in my country, Greece.
LATERZA: Since I've been here for almost five years, I think I will apply for citizenship.
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HOWELL: Well, one of the most divisive issues surrounding that upcoming vote is the issue of immigration. Leave campaigners warn that the English Channel could become the next Mediterranean for migrants but remain activists call that scare mongering.
Our Kellie Morgan has more for us.
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KELLIE MORGAN, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): A bombardment of headlines. An invasion, they claim. Migrants are coming on small boats. The English Channel could become a mortuary says leading Brexit campaigner Nigel Farage. All of these after just two votes of Albanian nationals attempted to enter the United Kingdom, but enough to stoke fears over a key issue for British voters, immigration.
MAC MCLAUGHLIN, SEASON SEA CHARTERS: When you look at a map, you think, it's actually easy. We can do that in about ten hours.
MORGAN: Mac McLaughlin is a season skipper -- he has navigated these waters for 40 years.
MCLAUGHLIN: The English Channel is notoriously a dangerous place. The cold water, even in the height of summer. You're not going to last long in these temperatures here. It's about not being faced with the prospect of having -- discovering young bodies floating face down in the water.
[04:35:10] MORGAN: But other fears even (INAUDIBLE) Thomas Raines, a researcher who specializes on Britain's relationship with the European Union says, no.
THOMAS RAINES, RESEARCH FELLOW, CHATHAM HOUSE: Some parts of the press we have a hysterical and dysfunctional debate about immigration particularly EU immigration. And those terms are very loaded and emotional and divisive are really counterproductive. And what we have is a debate which has become very separated from the facts.
MORGAN: These are the images being used in the debate on whether or not Britain should leave or remain in the EU. Images of migrants camped in France desperate to get to the UK. But these scenes are not relevant to the debate says, Raines.
RAINES: The EU debate is really about free movement which is the right of citizens from other EU countries to come and live and work in the UK which is entirely separate to the issue of controlling illegal immigration.
MORGAN: These beaches and small harbors have long been targeted by smugglers. They're now being targeted by a leave campaign trying to capitalize on one of Europe's most divisive issues. Keen to plunder as many votes as they can before June 23rd.
Kelly Morgan, CNN, London.
And Queen Elizabeth celebrating her 90th birthday with a huge spectacle in London this weekend. Britain pulled out all the stops with longest reigning monarch with three days of festivities filled with pomp and pageantry. The queen attended the traditional trooping, the color military parade on Saturday and ended the day by greeting the masses from the balcony of Buckingham Palace.
Our Max Foster has more for us from London.
MAX FOSTER, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: The day starting with a cavalry leading the pomp and pageantry that Britain is so famous for. Then the Queen appeared in a spectacular neon green outfit. She always says she wants to be seen to be believed. And she certainly achieved that today. She then headed to Horse Guards Parade to see the trooping of the color. It's an annual event but this year had special significance because this is the Queen's official 90th birthday. A year of celebration. And she's had three celebrations personally this year.
So certainly a special year for her. A special year for the country as well. As she headed back to the palace in another carriage position, the big question was, would we get to see Princess Charlotte and Prince George on the balcony for that loyal family appearance. We always expect that every year. We had it again this year and indeed they did it here. One group, one photo, bound to make the front pages of newspapers around the world. In the background, concerns about security. But the Queen always wanting to get as close as the public as she can. And in the end, it went off without a hitch.
And on Sunday, another party. This time for all of her charities. They're going to fill the streets here, all the volunteers that work for those charities, and they'll going to have lunch together and the Queen will wander through.
Max Foster, CNN, Buckingham Palace, London.
HOWELL: Max, thank you. And again, CNN continuing to follow breaking news out of Orlando, Florida. Multiple people injured after a shooting there. Authorities telling everyone to stay away from a nightclub called the Pulse nightclub. We continue to reach out to people there to get witness information. Also to learn the latest information from authorities following this breaking news in Orlando, Florida. Stay with CNN.
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[04:41:38] HOWELL: Following breaking news out of Orlando, Florida. Authorities say there has been a shooting at a nightclub there. Police say, multiple people have been wounded. This happened at a nightclub called pulse which is a gay dance bar. June is gay pride month. Pulse nightclub tweeted out a warning to get out of the club, to run and to keep running. Again, CNN is reaching out to people in that area. The latest again from authorities though. For anyone near this nightclub to stay away from the Pulse nightclub. We continue following this breaking news. We'll have the latest for you here on CNN.
We are just three days into the Euro 2016 football championship and almost a month still remains in the tournament with 47 matches left to play. To get up to speed, our Ravi Ubha runs through the A to Zs of Euro 2016.
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RAVI UBHA, CNN WORLD SPORT CONTRIBUTOR: Euro 2016 football and fun in France. But that's only the letter "F." What else does the Jollack (ph) country hold for us? Let's find out. They were as low as 124th in the FIFA rankings two decades ago, but now Albania qualified for its first major football tournament. What's for dinner, beef Bourguignon. According to some French, France has a thousand different cheeses. This French produced the officially Euro 2016 song "This One is For You."
The Eiffel Tower is one of the most famous landmarks in the world. For many, France is the favorite of Euro 2016 and you can understand why. There's talent and depth. Golden goals didn't last long but let's reach back to the final. The Henri Delaunay Cup is what they are all playing for. Iceland became the smallest nation to ever qualified for a major football event. How do you say I love football in France? J'aime le foot. It's not pounds, it's kilos.
Start getting up to speed on the metric system unless you want to end up like Mr. Burns. Les Bleus, that is the nickname of the French team national team. La Marseillaise is France's national anthem. A song you hear about a thousand times of Europe 2016. The Netherlands are the highest profile team knocked to qualify the Euro. Orly is Paris' second biggest airport. When a player chips the keep or a penalty, it was invented by the Czech Antonin Panenka at the 1976 Euro championships. His Portuguese winners' name is constantly mispronounced, in fact Ricardo Quaresma is Khricardo Quareshma.
His scores for goals (INAUDIBLE) Cristiano Ronaldo is less prolific for Portugal. Yet still likely the best player in the field. Security is expected to be extremely tight in Euro 2016 less than a year after the Paris attacks and only a few months removed from the bombs that went off in Brussels. Grande Vitesse will be test, France's famous high-speed trains. Who will have the best uniforms at Euro 2016? One of the finest goals you'll ever see, Marco van Basten volley to the final of Euro '88. Wine.
The Xhaka brothers (INAUDIBLE). They play for different teams. Yamas. Greece produced one of the biggest upset of history by winning New York 2004 spite having never previously won a game in a major tournament. Sweden's Zlatan Ibrahimovic was one of the top footballers in the world. And this is likely his last international tournament.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I am Sweden. Wherever I go, I represent Sweden. (END VIDEO CLIP)
HOWELL: And just a moment ago in that piece you heard about what was a family affair at the Euro 2016 tournament. Two brothers faced off against each other in the Switzerland/Albania match. Twenty three- year-old Granit Xhaka played for Switzerland and 25-year-old Taulant Xhaka played for Albania. They were born in Switzerland to Kosovar Albanian parents. It is the first time two brothers have started a European championship match on opposing teams. By the way, Switzerland beat Albania, one-no.
Now for all the latest Euro 2016 action, you can go to CNN.com. We have the very latest highlights and scores there on the championship, including the three matches set for Sunday. Those are Germany versus Ukraine, Poland versus Northern Ireland and Turkey versus Croatia.
Most of the run-up to the Rio Olympics has been about the various problems facing those games. And that's made it easy to forget about the many athletes who have been training their entire lives to compete there.
CNN's Ivan Watson went offshore with some of the world's top sailors.
IVAN WATSON, CNN SENIOR INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: We are out with members of the German Olympic sailing team on a training run off the coast of Rio. Is this a good day for sailing?
It's a good day for sailing?
ANIKA LORENZ, GERMAN SAILING TEAM: Perfect day for sailing. Last day was a little rainy. Today the sun came out. A really nice breeze. So, it's perfect. Sailing is a really complex sport. It's about winning, it's about weather, it's about technique, current, strategy and tactics with all your opponents. So, that makes it exciting.
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WATSON: What is the moment on the boat that is the absolute most exciting for you, even as veteran athletes?
VICTORIA JURCZROK, GERMAN SAILING TEAM: Finishing first.
Always finishing first and I'm always second.
WATSON: She's in front.
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WATSON: This is the first time that women will be competing in the Olympics in this class of sailboat. The 49er FX. It is very light, very versatile and requires some really remarkable athletic skills. Take a look.
You're going to have sailors from all around the world competing in these very waters. And I got lucky enough to come out here with these athletes and get a taste of what it's like on their incredible boat. I'm Ivan Watson reporting for CNN from the coast of Rio de Janeiro.
HOWELL: Ivan Watson, thank you.
We continue following breaking news this hour out of Orlando, Florida. Authorities there say that everyone should stay away from a nightclub called the Pulse nightclub. They say that multiple people have been wounded in shootings that have happened there. Stay tuned to CNN as we continue to bring you the very latest information on this breaking news we're following.
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[04:50:23] SNELL: I'm Patrick Snell with your World Sports headline. A dramatic second day at the 2016 European football championships. In group B on Saturday, Wales back in a major tournament for the first time in 58 years. What a return for them as Gareth Bale among the scorers in two-one victory over Slovakia. Else way, England thought they secured all three points as they took on Russia. Eric Dier put even ahead. But Russia would level. Thanks to Vasili Berezutski, great header from Hayman (ph), the closing seconds. One all finish at the Stade Velodrome in Marseille.
Group A was also in action with Switzerland taking on the Albanians in lungs (ph). Fabian Schar putting these Swiss ahead early on. And any chance for Albania to level going out the window when they would go down to ten men. After their skip (INAUDIBLE) kind of seeing a second yellow front. Stopping Group A is to remind you after their two-one victory over the Romanians on Friday.
Last time out in Monaco, the F1 drivers champ Lewis Hamilton breathing new life into this race for this year's title with his first victory of the season. It was a win that cut the gap with the leader and great rival Nico Rosberg to 24 points.
And this weekend at the Canadian grand prix, the Brits will be hoping for more of the same. This time around it's alive in Montreal. And Hamilton did not let his fans down on Saturday securing pole position ahead of the big race on Sunday. He gets the job done here, and he does it really impressively. His fifth pole in seven races this season. Very close. That's a look at your headlines. I'm Patrick Snell.
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[04:52:54] HOWELL: This hour out of Orlando, Florida, there had been shootings at a nightclub there. Police say that multiple people have been wounded. This happened at a nightclub called pulse which is a gay dance club. June is gay pride month. The club had been hosting a Latin dance night, and witnesses say the shooting started about 2:00 in the morning local time. When the shooting started, the Pulse tweeted out a warning to its patrons to get out of the club to run and keep running.
Right now we do not have any information on the number of people wounded or the suspect. We continue to effort that to get information from authorities. We do have our correspondent on the way and we'll bring you the very latest as we get it. But again authorities telling everyone in the Orlando, Florida, area to stay away from a nightclub called the Pulse nightclub. We'll continue to stay on top of this story for you.
Donald Trump has reportedly promised to make America great again. It's a slogan that he has printed on his hats for his supporters.
Our Jeanne Moos now brings us the story of a young Trump fan and his two dogs that chewed his beloved red cap.
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JEANNE MOOS, CNN NEWS NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): This is the story of how a make America great again hat ended up looking not so great. The hat belongs to this nine-year-old Trump supporter.
LOGAN AUTRY, TRUMP SUPPORTER: He's not a politician, but he knows what this country needs.
MOOS: Logan Autry got his hat autographed by Trump himself at a recent rally. Logan says he even touched the Donald's hair.
AUTRY: It felt softer than a puppy.
MOOS: But when Logan wore his hat to school in Fresno, California, kids who don't like Trump gave him a hard time. The student was asked to temporarily remove his hat only after there was an incident of substantial disruptions says the Fresno unified school superintendent. Logan refused to remove his hat and then stayed home. As the controversy continued to swirl around him, Logan decided to took a dip in the pool. He took off the hat and left it on a patio table. That's where his stepmom's found it.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I think she's been a Hillary supporter.
MOOS: Was the culprit Annie or could it been Louie?
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Say, hi! Are you the Bernie supporter?
MOOS: Secret members of winner dogs for Bernie or dog's home for Hillary.
HILLARY CLINTON (D), PRESUMPTIVE PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE: Arf! Arf! Arf! Arf!
AUTRY: Dogs didn't get to the signature.
MOOS: The Trump campaign says, it is sending Logan a care package, including a replacement hat. Forget make America great again. Make this hat great again. Jeanne Moos, CNN.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Annie, does this hat look familiar?
MOOS: New York.
(END VIDEOTAPE) HOWELL: Also, I want to update you on the breaking news we're following here on CNN. A shooting at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida. Authorities telling everyone there to run, to keep running. Again, this apparently happened around 2:00 Eastern Time, 2:00 in the morning. This is still a fluid situation. They are telling everyone to stay out of the area, to stay away from the Pulse. A witness tells CNN he heard rapid gunfire as he ran from the nightclub and, again, we understand that multiple people have been wounded from shootings there. This is CNN. We continue to follow the breaking news as we move into the next hour. Stay with us.
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[04:59:43] ANNOUNCER: This is CNN breaking news.
HOWELL: Welcome back to our viewers here in the United States and around the world. We continue following the breaking news here on CNN. A shooting at a nightclub called the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida. We understand that multiple people have been injured in that area. Police say that a gunman opened fire inside the nightclub. They say this is an ongoing situation and they are telling everyone to stay away from the Pulse nightclub. It is a gay nightclub in the heart of the city of Orlando. June is gay pride month.
A witness tells CNN that he heard rapid gunfire as he ran from the nightclub. Around 2:00 in the morning Eastern Time which is when that bar was closing.
