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Cox's Family Joins Birstall Community In Mourning; Church Service For Jo Cox Held In Birstall; Political Extremism Erupts Ahead Of Brexit; Brexit Vote Set For Thursday; Battle To Drive ISIS From Falluja Continues; Victims Recall Surviving The Massacre; Trump: Sanders Waiting For The FBI To Indict Clinton; Eighth Grader Impersonates Presidential Candidates. Aired 5-6a ET

Aired June 19, 2016 - 05:00   ET

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GEORGE HOWELL, CNN INTERNATIONAL ANCHOR: Welcome to our viewers here in the United States and around the world. This is CNN NEWSROOM. I'm George Howell.

FREDERIK PLEITGEN, CNN INTERNATIONAL GUEST ANCHOR: I'm Fred Pleitgen and this is CNN NEWSROOM.

A church service for British Member of Parliament Jo Cox has just finished here in Birstall at St. Peter's Church. It was host to the many people eager to pay tribute to her very extraordinary life that, of course, was cut so short.

Her death briefly stopped the political infighting that's taken over England in the past few months with, of course, the Brexit vote looming.

The "leave" and the "remain" campaigns, however, today are due to hit the campaign trail once again. And we will have live reports from both the "remain" and the "leave" rallies that are set to take place later on this Sunday.

But first, I am now joined by Reverend Paul Knight, who just led the church service inside the church here. Sir, good to see you first of all.

Tell me what sort of emphasis were you trying to make today during this church service? Because we've been here for the past couple of days and it's been such a hard time for this community and of course, for the family as well.

REVEREND PAUL KNIGHT, VICAR OF BIRSTALL: It has. Of course, we rejoice what Jo was able to accomplish in her short time as Member of Parliament. I was trying to say that there is always hope. And what she was, was a shining example of the way we can work together and should work together.

We've been thinking this morning about the story of the Good Samaritan, the story of the foreigner, who has helped the local person. And out of that extraordinary circumstance, we get the story that Jesus told gives us that way of helping people, whatever their creed, whatever their color or nationality. That's what Jo did.

PLEITGEN: It was interesting because that is exactly the gist that we've been getting as well. I saw some letters at the altar, the children of 9 and 10 years old wrote saying she came to their school, I think, and she was someone who they felt spoke to them from the heart and could really feel their problems.

KNIGHT: The letters were written by Muslim children --

PLEITGEN: Yes, exactly, yes.

KNIGHT: -- and they came the other day. The leaders came the other day and left those with us. They are a lovely tribute. The communities are working together. Jo wanted that to happen.

She worked tirelessly to make sure that happened. We are working together for unity, which was one of her great passions. And that's the Christian message that God wants us to be one.

He created us to be one and we are just coming against these silly separations when we create anger which hurts, when, really, we should be caring and loving each other.

PLEITGEN: How is her family dealing with all of this? They saw them yesterday. They were in a great deal of pain, obviously, but at the same time, they seemed quite happy the way this community was remembering her as well.

KNIGHT: Indeed. I was able to talk to them at the square in Birstall a little bit and offer the condolences of this community to them. There was clearly a tension. They were disturbed because this never should have happened and it was all the craziness of the occasion.

But at the same time, they spoke about the fact that all these people were there to support them and all people around the world. And I'm sure they're aware of the prayers that are being said in this church and all the churches in the area and I suspect around the world this morning for them.

PLEITGEN: How shocked is this community? Because, I mean, the fact that it also happened here in this community is really something that seems to have taken a lot of people aback thinking that this kind of violence would happen, also this kind of -- from all appearances, this kind of hatred would have been here.

KNIGHT: Sure, because this is a normal kind of country village, town, whatever it is, and everybody says nothing ever happens here but it did. And so from shock, we're getting to a period of talking about it, of sharing with each other some of the good things Jo did. I've heard stories of individuals as many people have done who have been helped through her work and perhaps we're finding out what real Jo was like in that.

PLEITGEN: What's going to continue today? Because this wasn't the last church service today that also remembers her. KNIGHT: Churches all over this area are doing much the same as we are. This is kind of our normal service, but we're recognizing the contribution that Jo has made as we also pray for her.

[05:05:06]The first service was a traditional service. We had the organ. We had the hymns. We had a good sing. In the next service, it's going to be a lot more friendly and a bit chaotic perhaps, but we're going to enjoy ourselves, but also remember Jo and give thanks to her life.

PLEITGEN: As a Member of Parliament, she will have played a role with the local church as well. How do you remember her?

KNIGHT: She spoke to a meeting that I organized just after her election of the churches from this area. She was so bubbly and enthusiastic and she already, just a couple of days after the election, was wanting, clearly wanting to help the community.

After all, it was her community. She grew up just over the hill here. That's how I remember her. Somebody who was determined and passionate about helping people.

PLEITGEN: Certainly. Thank you very much, Reverend Paul Knight, for speaking with us. Thank you very much, sir.

Later this week, the U.K. will vote on whether to leave the 28-member group that is the European Union and campaigners from the "leave" campaign are already getting ready in London. That rally is set to kick off very soon.

Of course, you also have the rally of the "remain" campaign which is taking place in London today as well. We are going to get live reports from those rallies later on in this hour.

But first of all, political extremism has erupted over the debate of the U.K. referendum over the past couple of months. And the -- on the surroundings of all this. The tone that currently is taking place.

We are seeing that the country now has really moved into a different stage. You can feel that there's a lot of people here who were almost ashamed at some of the political rhetoric that had been taking place over the past couple of months as the Brexit vote was coming closer.

And it really seems as though the murder of Jo Cox, this terrible event that took place is something that has really brought people together again. A lot of them now are speaking very differently.

And I am joined now by Joe Mulhall. He is in our London office. He is a research editor for the group "HOPE, Not Hate." Sir, how do you think that the rhetoric here in this country has changed with the murder of Jo Cox?

JOE MULHALL, RESEARCH EDITOR, "HOPE NOT HATE": It's difficult to say at the moment as we're just about to see the relaunch of the campaigns around the referendum. All we can hope is the rhetoric that we see going forward in the next few days is much, much more elevated than what we've been seeing in the last few months.

We just have to hope that in the next few days we have a debate that's around more about ideas and talks about the issues and keeps away from some of the really ugly, toxic rhetoric that we're seeing over the last few months.

PLEITGEN: It interesting because one of the things that we're looking out for, especially when we look at the rallies of the "leave" campaign leading up to the Brexit vote is, are some of the issues going to change as well?

Because over the past couple of weeks, over the last couple of months, it has been really that almost toxic issue we've seen around the world which is immigration, which is refugees coming to countries like this one and also border protection as well.

Do you think that that is going to change, that we're going to be talking more about economic issues and also we're going to be talking about more about substance rather than about emotional politics?

MULHALL: I would love to think so. I would really like to see we shift towards that. I don't have complete confidence in that if we look at some of the tactics that we are seeing over the last few months.

I mean, both sides of this campaign in some senses have played on fear and it's been a pretty toxic debate. I mean, there are aspects of the "leave" campaign over the last few months that have been genuinely toxic.

I mean, I think that peaked last week with Nigel Farage's breaking point posters that showed refugees like a whole banner of refugees coming through saying breaking point.

I mean, I would really hope that that was as bad as it gets and now we see after this terrible, terrible tragedy, hopefully that we see the debate move in a more progressive and enlightened manner.

I don't have full confidence in that if we look at the tactic that we've seen for the last few months. Every time we thought it got as bad as it got, it's gotten worse.

I don't have full confidence that we won't see continuing issues around immigration and migration. It's a very strong card that some people are playing. But hopefully, we'll see it shift back towards other issues -- yes, absolutely.

PLEITGEN: Of course, we know that we're still in the very early stages of the investigation into the suspect who possibly did all this.

But do you think that a vile campaign like the ones that were being run or like the rhetoric being spewed before this murder took place, do you think that could have had an effect to bring someone over the top to then move from, you know, political anger to actually doing something very bad, to actually, you know, hurting someone, harming someone.

[05:10:05]MULHALL: I mean, it's very, very difficult. There's very little we can say right now that he's been arrested. He's going through the court system, which means there's very, very little we're allowed to say. I'm very cautious to comment on what may have motivated him.

What we can say is that there is no surprise when we see rhetoric that we're seeing over the last few months constantly pushing this. We're reaching a breaking point is what we keep hearing.

We have to take Britain back. We have to take it back. We have seen reactions from the traditional far right, aspects of the far right which have talked about this being the last opportunity we have to take control of Britain.

We have seen various parts of the far right talking about violence over the last two or three months. We've seen various groups. Just two weeks ago, we saw various far right group engaging in knife training, for example.

We have seen the far right generally become more splintered and fractured and more violent. And so there is no doubt -- the worrying thing is how the rhetoric would have traditionally expected to hear just from the extreme far right.

We've heard from much more mainstream voices and it's the normalization of that rhetoric and this kind of playing on fear that's been so toxic. So I can't comment directly on the motives of the murderer of Jo Cox, but what we can say is the rhetoric has been deeply, deeply irresponsible.

PLEITGEN: Yes, it certainly has on really almost all sides of the equation. Thank you very much, Joe Mulhall, for joining us. And as promised, we are talking, of course, about the fact that both the "leave" and the "remain" campaign have restarted their campaigning today after freezing their campaigns over the past couple of days after these tragic events with the murder of Jo Cox.

We are now able to go to our own Becky Anderson who is at a rally for the "leave" campaign. Tell me, Becky, what is the mood like, of course, in this very difficult time in the wake of this Jo Cox murder? What is the mood like at that rally?

BECKY ANDERSON, CNN CORRESPONDENT: It's an interesting question, isn't it? You've been discussing that with your guests, this fairly sort of somber mood and understandably so after the death of Jo Cox last Thursday.

We've been speaking to people who are now going into this event, the first planned event for the "leave" campaign since Jo's death. We've been speaking to those who are on their way in.

You get this sense that people here are hoping to see the narrative swing back to talk of the economy and why they believe a Brexit or leaving the E.U. would be better for Britain. Those who are leading this campaign and most famously perhaps the name that many of our viewers would recognize, the former mayor of London, Boris Johnson, will be speaking here within the next hour or so.

This, by the way, is a ticketed event. The organizers have told us that they ticketed for 1,000 people. They say they are expecting something like 1,600. This is in the city of London.

I'm watching the queues as they stand at the moment. We're only seeing, 100, 150 people here, but about 45 minutes to go before the start of this event.

So we are expecting to hear from Boris Johnson and from the justice minister for the government here. A man by the name of Michael Gove (ph).

Now he sits in the cabinet run by the prime minister in the U.K., David Cameron, who, of course, is the leading campaigner on the stay in the E.U. campaign.

And this morning, an op-ed, if you will, in the "Sunday Times" by David Cameron, no turning back, warns David Cameron. He says this would be an irreversible decision. It would be awful for the U.K.

Nothing that he has written in this newspaper today would surprise you. It's what he's been saying for some time. It really ramming home the idea that Britain is better in than out, according to the prime minister and that there is no turning back should the U.K. vote to leave the European Union on Thursday this week.

He says there will be no opportunity to get back in and were Europe to accept Britain back in, were Britain to decide that it's actually made a mistake going forward, well, then we'd have to, or the euro would have to join them and various other things that the U.K. hasn't had to do in the past.

So, I mean, a massive argument being made once again by the prime minister and his colleagues this morning to stay. On the "leave" side and those you'll be hearing from at this campaign have also been speaking on the television shows this morning.

And once again making the argument that Britain is best economically out of the E.U. And I think what is important this morning is to see very little talk, to be honest, about immigration. A lot more talk about the economy.

And that's no real surprise given that the rhetoric have been so divisive in the run-up to Jo Cox's death. And I think this sense that the far right had sort of taken over the "leave" campaign's rhetoric which had, as you've been describing, Fred, been quite vile and disgraceful at times according to many people.

[05:15:10]I think you will begin to see this certainly today if not tomorrow during the rest of this week, focus on the economy rather than perhaps other issues. Two polls just important to note this morning, the "Sunday Times" has a poll showing the polls very much narrowing and showing actually "remain" one point ahead of the "leave" campaign.

But another leading newspaper here today, the "Sunday Telegraph," putting the "leave" campaign a couple of points ahead of "remain" with 9 percent undecided, and that's a very important point.

Caveat to all of this, do remember that, of late, election polling in the U.K. has been less than successful as it were. It hasn't been calling the vote correct.

So I'm not sure how much credence we can put on these polls, but certainly we are seeing at this race narrowing once again with what five days to go -- Fred.

PLEITGEN: Thank you, Becky Anderson for that analysis. Of course, you're absolutely right. Very important, very decisive times here in Britain.

And of course, it's very difficult also for these campaigns to move forward now because on the one hand, of course, you have these tragic events that took place here only a couple of days ago.

You have the mourning that is still very much ongoing for Jo Cox. The remembrance of everything that she did for this local community, for politics in Britain. Some of the things she did in her very short time in parliament as well.

You have a very important criminal investigation that is, of course, ongoing as well and at the same time, you have arguably one of the most important political decisions that this country will have made over the past decade only a couple of days away, George.

So certainly a very complex situation here in this country right now where this campaigning is now picking up, while at the same time, of course, the remembrance is still ongoing -- George.

HOWELL: It is a very interesting moment in this debate, Fred, as you point out. You know, the situation, the focus right now on Jo Cox. Less talk about immigration. More talk about the economy as Becky just pointed out, and the polls narrowing. Fred Pleitgen live for us. Thank you, Fred.

You're watching CNN NEWSROOM. Still ahead, Iraq says it has dealt a major blow to ISIS. The very latest from Falluja as we return.

Plus, Belgian authorities arrested several suspects in an anti-terror operation that spanned the country. We'll hear from one expert on why some Belgians may be drawn to groups like ISIS. Stay with us.

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HOWELL: Welcome back to CNN NEWSROOM. I'm George Howell. In Iraq, fighting continues in Falluja between government forces and ISIS. This despite the fact that the Iraqi prime minister said on Friday that that key city had been liberated.

CNN's Ben Wedeman just returned from Falluja and saw the fighting there firsthand. Ben joins us live in Baghdad. Ben, from what you saw from the beginning, it was no surprise that this battle would take time, that it would be bloody, that it would be complicated with regards to helping civilians to escape.

From your experience out there on the ground, how much progress would you say these security forces have made?

BEN WEDEMAN, CNN SENIOR INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: They have made significant progress. What we've seen in the last 48 to 72 hours is a rapid advance by Iraqi forces from the south. They've basically cornered ISIS in the northern neighborhoods of Falluja.

And what has surprised a lot of people, certainly the soldiers on the ground is they expected more resistance from ISIS. This was a city ISIS took control of in January 2014.

It's highly important for them in terms of symbolism, but it seems that they may have taken a decision to preserve their resources, to avoid all of their fighters dying in the process of defending a city that is, for all intents and purposes on the verge of falling completely to the Iraqi government.

Nonetheless, as the Iraqi forces go forward, push ahead in street to street fighting, clearly this battle is not over yet.

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WEDEMAN (voice-over): To save Falluja from ISIS, Iraqi forces have destroyed vast expanses of the city, block after block, one flattened building after another.

In military parlance, the city was softened up before the push into the center of Falluja by days of heavy bombardment from land and air.

(on camera): So we're in this Iraqi Army Humvee heading inside one of the neighborhoods in Southeast Falluja. We've already heard small arms fire crackling inside, and also heard the thud of incoming artillery rounds. So we'll see what we find inside.

(voice-over): I asked the soldiers in the Humvee if Daesh, the Arabic acronym for ISIS is still inside the city. No, response (inaudible), a 12-year Army veteran. There is no Daesh. He then qualifies his statement. There are pockets, one or two still fighting here and there. The pockets, we soon discover, were many, and they seem deep.

(on camera): This is the Nazan (ph) neighborhood in Central Falluja. It was until day before yesterday under the control of ISIS. Now we see lots of Iraqi troops and Humvees in this part of the time, what we're not seeing are any civilians.

(voice-over): This officer he asked to be called simply (inaudible) encountered civilians fleeing the fighting. They were in a bad way, exhausted, he says, they were suffering from lack of food and water.

Iraqi officials expected stiffer resistance in Falluja, the first major city seized by ISIS two and a half years ago. But Iraqi forces have managed to push rapidly inside. Officers insist resistance is at best scattered.

There are still a few snipers and we're dealing with them, says Yasim Badri (ph), and soon, we'll finish them off. One group of fighters did manage to liberate an ISIS banner. The liberation of the city, however, is still a work in progress.

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WEDEMAN: And one of the concerns at the moment is as this battle winds down is the humanitarian situation. Haider al-Abadi, the Iraqi prime minister put out a statement last night saying that the government is going to mobilize resources to try to tend to the needs of these people.

Keep in mind for instance, George, over the 2 1/2 years that ISIS ran Falluja, they never had a campaign of basic vaccinations. So the Iraqi government is trying -- scrambling to get together things like typhoid injections to avoid any sort of epidemic -- George.

HOWELL: CNN senior international correspondent, Ben Wedeman, live for us in Baghdad. Ben, thank you for the reporting there.

[05:25:02]The former president of Egypt, Mohamed Morsy, has been sentenced to life in prison following an espionage trial. Morsy was sentenced in an Egyptian court of passing classified documents to Qatar.

Six of his co-defendants were sentenced to death. A defense attorney says he expects to appeal that verdict. Morsy was that nation's first democratically elected president, but was overthrown by the military back in 2013.

On to Belgium now, authorities there say they have detained three suspects on terror related charges following police raids throughout that country. The raids came after possible threats to Belgian football fans that were gathering to watch the Euro 2016 games.

Nine other people were also arrested, questioned, and then later released. The Belgian prime minister says football-related events will go on as planned but with extra security.

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CHARLES MICHEL, BELGIAN PRIME MINISTER (through translator): The message that we want to pass is one of determination, a message of serenity, a message of calm. All the scheduled events in the coming days will go on with added security measures or with adapted security measures.

So the message is at the security council as well as the security services are extremely vigilant. We are monitoring it hour by hour and we will continue to conduct this battle with great determination, this battle against extremism, radicalism and terrorism.

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HOWELL: People are remembering British MP Jo Cox with a moving church service. We'll have the very latest from Birstall, England, ahead.

Plus an impatient driver caused tensions during a funeral procession for one of the victims killed during the Orlando nightclub shooting. Details next.

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HOWELL: Welcome back. To our viewers here in the United States and around the world. You are watching CNN NEWSROOM. I'm George Howell with the headlines we're following for you this hour.

In the home district village of Birstall, England, people came together to remember British MP Jo Cox in a church service that was held earlier Sunday. Crowds of people gathered to remember her life. Memorials and vigils have been appearing throughout the country since she was murdered on Thursday.

In Iraq, defense is in place for ISIS collapsed in Falluja Friday as government forces pushed into the heart of that city. By Saturday morning, the battle was still on. Iraq's prime minister said on television Friday the city had been liberated but added that pockets of resistance remain.

The former president of Egypt, Mohamed Morsy, has been sentenced to life in prison over charges of espionage. He was convicted of passing classified documents to Qatar. Morsy was Egypt's first democratically elected president but was overthrown by the military in 2013.

PLEITGEN: And welcome back to our viewers. I'm Fred Pleitgen here in Birstall, in England. We are at St. Peter's Church. People have been paying tribute to their beloved British Member of Parliament, Jo Cox.

The outpouring of support has been a constant (inaudible) across since her death on Thursday, of course, here in the town, but in many other places as well. Every day makeshift memorials and vigils are popping up throughout the entire nation.

There's been a sizable crowd here today as well. All gathered for the same purpose, to remember a woman who meant a great deal to this community.

Now Lisa Holmes knew Jo Cox personally. She is a conservative counselor for (inaudible) and she joins me now live. Madame, thank you for joining us this morning. You were a friend of Jo Cox. Tell me how you remember her.

LISA HOLMES, CONSERVATIVE COUNCILLOR, LIVERSEDGE AND GOMERSAL: Yes, I knew Jo. (Inaudible) worked as councilman (ph). Jo was great. She was so easy to get along with. You'd struggle to find anybody who wouldn't say that about Jo. She was so warm and very kind to everyone.

PLEITGEN: One of the things that people have been telling us was special about her is that in this fast world of national politics, and also, you know, with some heated rhetoric, she was someone who had a great deal of empathy for the people of this community and who could sort of feel the way that they do.

HOLMES: Yes, definitely. I think because Jo grew up here. She went to school in the area. I think it was always her home. Even though she lived in London and around the world. I think that showed when she was elected as our MP.

PLEITGEN: Tell us a little bit about her, some of the international things that she did because she was someone who was very much rooted in this community, but also much active on an international level as well, right?

HOLMES: Yes, Jo worked for Oxfam and did an awful lot of work for Syrian refugees and had a strong voice for them. And indeed that sums Jo up. She always wanted to speak for those who couldn't speak for themselves.

PLEITGEN: What was your first emotion when you heard this happened? I know it was -- it's horrible for this community. It's horrible for everybody who knew her. What was your first reaction?

HOLMES: We didn't believe it. We couldn't believe that somebody would do that to Jo. We are still stunned. I've just been to lay flowers. It's heartbreaking. Sorry.

PLEITGEN: I'm sure it is. It's very difficult. Do you know how her family is coping with it?

HOLMES: Yes, my ward colleague, David Hall (ph) actually went to school with Jo and he went to see her parents yesterday and it hasn't sunk in yet, but they're coping together.

PLEITGEN: You know, we've been talking about how a -- a lot about how she'd want to be remembered. And how she would feel about the way she's being remembered right now. What do you think would be important to her to -- what sort of message she'd want the world to take away from all of this as horrible as it is, of course.

HOLMES: She would have wanted everybody to still carry on, probably be more careful, but she wouldn't have wanted anybody, councillors, MPs to stop being part of the communities and to stop seeing people because that's what she did so well. And she always -- I think she'd really desperately not want that to change but maybe a bit safer.

PLEITGEN: That's the thing, was anything like this, did anybody see this coming? Is this a safety of MPs, of politicians an issue here?

HOLMES: I've been concerned for some time. I think we have a lot of members of the community who maybe have mental health issues. And unfortunately, I think that is something we do need to now consider very seriously, which I was always surprised what happened to Jo. Unfortunately, I wasn't surprised something like this could happen.

PLEITGEN: Lisa Holmes, thank you very much for joining us today. Thank you.

[05:35:06]So as you can see, George, there's still a lot of grief here in this community. Not just among the immediate family, of course, of Jo Cox. Not just among the people coming here.

And we do also now have Richard Quest, who is at a rally for the "remain" campaign, I believe. Richard, what is the food like there after these tragic events?

RICHARD QUEST, CNN MONEY EDITOR-AT-LARGE: Good morning to you from Hyde Park in Central London. The rally is due to start in just about an hour or so, Fred, or maybe just a little bit longer. And the significance of this rally is it will be the first major event that has taken place for the campaigning since campaigning restarted this morning.

On the Sunday morning television shows, all of the protagonists both for "remain" and for "leave" were on TV this morning putting their arguments. So campaigning has restarted in the referendum.

There's going to be a rally for "leave" in London which Becky Anderson is covering. I'm here in Hyde Park. At the moment, we just don't know, Fred, how big this is going to be. They say perhaps up to 1,000 people will gather.

There will be some local dignitaries, there will be some speeches, and the idea is the goal ultimately is to create a big word in -- spell out the word "in" and take a picture from the air.

It's anybody's guess if they're going to get 100 or 1,000, but the significance, Fred, is that it is in Central London. It is in Hyde Park, and that campaigning for the referendum is now well and truly back under way.

PLEITGEN: I was talking to Becky a little earlier about this because of course, you say campaigning is under way, but at the same, of course, it happens in the wake of these tragic events that have taken place. Does that change the nature of the issues that are being discussed?

For instance, on the "leave" side, would they talk more about economic issues rather than for instance immigration? Those very divisive issues. Are you seeing a more nuanced approach there on the "remain" side as well?

QUEST: Well, firstly, and you quite rightly remind me to mention that there will be a moment of silence at midday for the late Jo Cox. And this is the difficult part.

To some extent, and the British Prime Minister David Cameron writing in the "Sunday Telegraph" talked about how Jo Cox embodied and was emblematic of the spirit of Great Britain and of democracy. And if the question is, how do they manage to mention Jo Cox without being crass and vulgar and appearing to, if you like, use her murder in the cause of "remain" or "leave?"

And that is -- let's be honest about it, that is the difficulty that both sides face to some extent because the revolution that will follow if either side overtly uses the murder to promote their cause, the electorate will be brutal in response.

Now to your question, how does the tone change? We don't know. Both sides say it will become more respectful, more issue oriented, less personality driven, less vitriolic, but on the question of immigration, for example, Fred, that is "leave's" biggest card to play.

So I suspect that you'll not hear so much talk about migrants or immigrants. Instead, Fred, you'll hear them talking about taking back control, keeping their borders. You'll hear less about the people and more about the policy.

PLEITGEN: Thank you very much for that, Richard Quest. And of course, indeed that's going to be the fine line that campaigners on both sides are going to have to walk across because on the one hand, you, of course, have the terrible and tragic events that happened here.

The aftermath of that going on. The mourning still very much going on. At the same time we have to keep in mind this country is about to make arguably the most important political decision in its history in the past couple of decades.

So all of that leads to some very interesting days that are going to be ahead here for England and Britain, George. And of course, we'll remain on top of all those events as they unfold -- George.

HOWELL: Interesting indeed to see how the tone of this debate will change given what happened to Jo Cox and the polls narrowing at the same time. Fred Pleitgen live for us. Thank you.

[05:40:01]This is CNN NEWSROOM. Still ahead, in Orlando, Florida, more families are burying their loved ones killed in last weekend's shooting at the Pulse Nightclub. Survivors are recalling those terrifying moments during the mass shooting. You'll hear their stories just ahead.

Plus, look at this, an inflatable Donald Trump pops up just outside of a rally in Arizona. We'll show you that video as the news continues after this.

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HOWELL: The city of Orlando, Florida, is planning a candlelight vigil Sunday night to remember the 49 people who were killed in last weekend's shooting at the Pulse Nightclub.

Five families buried their loved ones on Saturday. One victim, Corey Connell, had planned to become a firefighter. They named the 21-year- old an honorary firefighter.

Two Florida deputies on motorcycles were injured while escorting a funeral procession for one of the Orlando shooting victims when a car cut through that procession. The Florida Highway Patrol says the driver got impatient and cut through the procession, then hitting the deputies. Both deputies are hospitalized and now in stable condition. That driver has been charged. She told authorities she thought someone waved her to cross that procession.

It has been almost a week down to the hour since that attack happened in Orlando, Florida. In fact, it happened during this hour of our show. We covered it that day. Dozens of people huddled together trying to survive as a gunman went on a killing rampage. Some of them shared their very emotional stories.

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[05:45:06]UNIDENTIFIED MALE: It was a great night. Just smiles, laughter.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Shots were going all over the place. You start feeling -- you can tell at that moment it felt like a war room. There was a lady who was shot next to me, and I started to duck and I'm turning around. As I'm turning around, I see the gun. I don't see the guy, but I see the gun because of all the flare, the fire that's coming out.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: It went with the beat almost until you heard too many shots. It was just like bang, bang, bang.

ANGEL COLON, ORLANDO SHOOTING SURVIVOR: We started running. Unfortunately, I was shot about three times in my leg. So I had fallen down. I tried to get back up, but everyone started running everywhere. I got trampled over, and I shattered and broke my bones on my left leg.

MIGUEL LEIVA, ORLANDO SHOOTING SURVIVOR: We all like kind of rushed into the bathroom and there was about maybe 40, 50 people in that one bathroom. And then he told us to -- he said everybody must come out because everybody is going to die. So people started running out frantically and he started killing people right there in the hallway.

NORMAN CASIANO, ORLANDO SHOOTING SURVIVOR: That's when the gunshots got extra close. You hear everyone under their breath praying and crying and trying to be quiet. If he wasn't going to go into the bathroom, he wouldn't hear us.

LEIVA: But then he came back n shot into the stall in the bathroom, over the stall and into the stall where we were killing more people.

COLON: He's shooting everyone that's already dead on the floor making sure they are dead and I'm just there laying down they're thinking, I'm next. I'm dead.

LEIVA: Really hot in there. People were getting dehydrated and sweating and bleeding out. We tried to speak as little as possible. OFFICER OMAR DELGADO, ORLANDO POLICE DEPARTMENT: I went inside with my other brothers in blue and just tried to secure the scene as much as we could.

COLON: And I'm looking up and some cops, which I wish I can remember his face or his name because I'm to this day, I'm grateful for him. He looks at me. He makes sure that I'm alive. He grabs my hand and says this is the only way I can take you out. I said please carry me because I'm in pain right now.

SAMUEL MALDONADO, ORLANDO SHOOTING SURVIVOR: All of a sudden, it was dead silence into then a few hours, that's when you heard that big bomb. And then --

ALISYN CAMEROTA, CNN ANCHOR: That the police set off. The police set off a bomb to try to get in.

MALDONADO: And all these cars and their alarms because they were so sensitive. They all started turning on and it was a big commotion.

LEIVA: The police never got to come in the bathroom where we were. They blew the concrete wall off and used the SWAT batting ram to make a hole so we can go out there. It was about 30 of us in there. Only about seven of us made it out alive.

COLON: I look over and there's bodies everywhere. We're all in pain and we were able to get to the ambulance. They brought us over here. And the way that you guys have taken care of us, this hospital is amazing.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We must remain strong so we can continue to make a recovery and it's a long road, but slowly, but surely, I believe we can all make it.

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HOWELL: To have been down there, to talk to the many people there, to remember the woman who was clutching so tightly to her cell phone just hoping to get a message from three of her friends, to remember hearing from these officers who went in and say they heard so many phones ringing and ringing and ringing.

And to remember that, quote, "When something like this, but a text that said, mommy, I love you. I'm going to die." That sticks with you. We'll be back after this.

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DON RIDDELL, CNN SPORTS: I'm Don Riddell with your CNN World Sport headlines. There is little doubt that Christiano r Ronaldo is one of the best football players of his generation, arguably of all time. But he's found it difficult to repeat the success with Manchester United and Real Madrid with his country Portugal. It was a historic day for CR7 on Santa Fe as he won his 128th cap. That's a new Portuguese record, but it was a very frustrating day against Austria in Group F of the European championship as he missed a second half penalty and also had a goal disallowed as the Portuguese had to settle for a goalless draw.

Elsewhere in Group F, Iceland came within minutes of making history in the Euros, but they had to make due with a point against Hungary. The Minnows are the smallest country ever to play in this competition and went in front with a first half penalty and their lead stood until almost the very end of the game. Hungary were the better side and they were frustrated, but they managed to force an own goal in the 87th minute.

In Group E, one of the pretournament favorites, Belgium, have their campaign up and running with a comfortable win against Ireland after losing their opening game against Italy. The Belgians bounced back with a 3-0 win. Lukaku lead the way with a brace and Axel Vexil (ph) added another goal. The win puts Belgium second in the group behind Italy, who are already through in the brand of 16.

That is a quick look at your Euro 2016 sports headlines. I'm Don Riddell.

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HOWELL: Welcome back to CNN NEWSROOM. I'm George Howell. Take a look at what popped up outside of a Donald Trump rally in the state of Arizona. Protesters blew up a massive inflatable mock-up of Trump. You see it there during a demonstration in Phoenix, Arizona.

The air-Trump is wearing what appears to be a Ku Klux Klan-style robe and a swastika. Besides the name you see there, the message there, it says make America hate again there beside the Trump inflatable mock- up.

Donald Trump is saying that he knows why Bernie Sanders still hasn't dropped out of the Democratic race for president. The presumptive Republican presidential nominee claims that Sanders is waiting for the FBI to indict Hillary Clinton for her use of private e-mails, her e- mail server for government business.

Clinton has called the private e-mail server a mistake but insists everything she did was legal. Here's what Trump told his supporters in Las Vegas on Saturday.

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DONALD TRUMP (R), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: Well, he's waiting for really the FBI to do what everybody thinks they're going to do. I mean, I think that's -- I think he is sort of saying, look, let's hang in there because ultimately, it's called the FBI convention. And then we'll be the only people, and we will have done something like Trump did. I want to be like Trump. I want to be like Trump.

(END VIDEO CLIP) HOWELL: Donald Trump also fighting back against a group of Republicans trying to block him from becoming their party's presidential nominee. He says he is confident in the millions of votes he won in the primaries and says the party should stick together.

The presumptive Democratic nominee for U.S. president is a grandmother again. Hillary Clinton's daughter, Chelsea, gave birth to her second child on Saturday. This time, it's a boy. We don't have any pictures yet, but Bill and Hillary said in part, quote, "We are all over the moon as Chelsea and Marc welcome Charlotte's little brother to the world and grateful for our many blessings."

An eighth grader from the U.S. state of Illinois took inspiration from the presidential race for his graduation speech. He gave the entire address in the voices of the difference candidates, including Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton and not to be left out, Bernie Sanders.

[05:55:04]CNN's Jeanne Moos has this story for us.

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JEANNE MOOS, CNN NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): He may not have the polish of a professional impersonator.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: With the bigger hands.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I don't really like people.

MOOS: But 14-year-old Jack Aiello gave a huge popular graduation speech at his suburban Chicago middle school. It began in the voice and with the gestures of Donald Trump.

TRUMP: We are going to start winning on every front. We're going to win so much.

JACK AIELLO: We will win, and we will win and believe me, we will win.

MOOS: Jack even pounced on how Trump pronounces --

AIELLO: China.

TRUMP: China. China. China. China. China.

MOOS: Jack then detoured briefly to Ted Cruz.

SENATOR TED CRUZ: God bless the great state.

AIELLO: God bless the great school of Thomas.

MOOS: In response to which Cruz tweeted, "OK, this kid is funny." He then dabbled in cross-gender impersonation.

HILLARY CLINTON (D), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: I'm going to run a campaign of unity, a campaign of inclusivity. AIELLO: They've given us the skills we need to get through sixth grade and through seventh grade and through eighth grade.

MOOS: Jack's dad says his son wants to be either president or comedian.

(on camera): But Jack really went on a roll when he started talking about the school's cinnamon rolls in the voice of Bernie Sanders.

AIELLO: Let me start with the lunches. They are delicious! And some of the best cinnamon rolls I've ever tasted! We need to make them free! What we need is a cinnamon roll revolution.

MOOS (voice-over): Just as long as they aren't communist rolls made in --

TRUMP: China!

MOOS: Jeanne Moos, CNN.

TRUMP: By the way, I love China.

MOOS: New York.

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HOWELL: That kid has got talent. Thank you for being with us here on CNN NEWSROOM. The news continues here on CNN. Stay with us.

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