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Donald Trump Prepares Anti-Clinton Speech; Hillary Clinton Delivers Blistering Criticism of Donald Trump; Final Brexit Debate Spirited; Rory McIlroy Pulls out of Rio Olympics; Russia Weighing Lawsuit against IAAF; North Korea Tests Two Ballistic Missiles; 90 Killed in Lightning Strikes in India. Aired 8:00a-9:00A ET
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[08:00:17] BECKY ANDERSON, HOST: Welcome to a special edition of News Stream.
Both campaigns making their final purchase with just one day to go until the UK decides whether or not to stay in the EU.
One of golf's biggest stars says he'll skip the Rio Olympics. Rory McIlroy says the threat of
Zika will keep him away from golf's return to the Summer Games.
And North Korea reportedly test fires two missiles prompting a sharp warning of more sanctions from South Korea.
Well, here in the UK, it is the final day of campaigning before the crucial vote of whether to leave the European Union. Well, the final
televised debate aired on the BBC on Tuesday night. Speakers from the leave and remain camps clashed one last time.
A crowd of 6,000 people watched what was the fiery showdown in Wembley Arena. And the energy from the crowd made it feel a bit like a sporting
event.
Well, joining me with much more now is CNN Phil Black.
And Phil, what was the up shot of that final debate?
PHIL BLACK, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Becky, it was raucous, there's no doubt. And you're right, the crowd contribute to that. The
performances on both sides were very strong and I guess they should be this late in the stage, both campaigns have their messages pretty clear.
For the leave campaign, it's all about -- and they said this a lot -- taking back the control, whether it's the economy, trade, immigration, sovereignty generally. For the remain camp, they say it is about staying
stronger, safer, being more influential and they say and being a member of the EU delivers that.
But what you heard a lot over the course of the night were both sides simply telling the other that their claims were not true.
Here is an example of that. It was the remain camp responding to the suggestion from the leave campaign that Turkey is about to join the
European Union with a significant impact upon immigration rates in this country. This was Sadiq Khan, the mayor of London, addressing that issue.
SADIQ KHAN, MAYOR OF LONDON: You're scared because you have used taxpayer's money to put out an election leaflet that says Turkey set to
join. And there is a map. And there's a map. And this map shows in red Turkey, but the other countries named in this map are Syria and
Iraq.
That's scaremongering, Boris. And you should be ashamed.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
BLACK: Now, the man he is speaking to there is Boris Johnson, the former London mayor, a very high profile figure in the leave campaign.
Boris Johnson spoke about the ways he believes that the European Union is holding Britain back. Take a look.
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BORIS JOHNSON, FRM. MAYOR OF LONDON: The EU is, I'm afraid, a job destroying engine. And you can see it all across southern Europe and you
can see it in this country, as well.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
BLACK: Now, you will heard loud, warm applause for Boris Johnson there. And I think last night confirmed something that has become very
clear over the course of this campaign, and that is ther is an emotive element to this as well. It is not just about logical argument on the
economy or any other issue, there is a portion of people in this country who are responding to the leave campaign because they believe that is the
patriotic argument. The argument that says believe in your country, back it, take it forward.
And you heard, really, that in a very clear way when Boris Johnson in his closing remarks spoke about Thursday potentially being independence
day. That received a huge ovation, Becky.
ANDERSON: Phil, in true British fashion, the newspapers have declared their position, some of them some weeks ago. What do the front pages look
like today?
BLACK: Yes. So, it's pretty standard. The papers have declared positions and some of them have come forward with some pretty bold language
today. This is The Sun. It says in the top right-hand corner, don't put your trust in David Cameron, vote leave tomorrow.
A very personal attack against the prime minister. This is clearly a pro-Brexit paper.
More than that, it has invoked the queen, claiming the queen recently said give me three good
reasons to stay in Europe.
The Sun has gotten into trouble before suggesting that the queen holds euro skeptic views. The palace complained about it the first time. That
hasn't stopped them from doing it again today.
Such, I guess, is the desperation to make a point and secure some votes.
Here, The Daily Mirror, a pro-remain paper. with a design that I think is supposed to be somewhat inspirational, says for your jobs, your health
system, your income, your pensions, your safety, your children, your grandchildren, for Britain's future, vote remain tomorrow.
It shows very clearly the divisions that have been opened and reinforced over the course of this campaign. The fact that things are
still so tight shows that whatever the result tomorrow, those divisions will not go away quickly, Becky.
[08:05:38] ANDERSON: Yeah. Fascinating. All right, Phil. Thank you for that.
Well, as the UK prepares for Thursday's vote, its European neighbors are weighing in, many people in France say don't understand why the UK
would vote to leave, for example.
CNN's Will Ripley has reaction from Paris.
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WILL RIPLEY, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Summer in the city of light means outdoor cafes,
selfies on the Seine, strolls along the Champs Elysees. Most Parisians are not preoccupied with the
looming Brexit vote, but some are nervous.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I am a little bit worried about it, yes. I think it would be a pity if this cohesion would disappear.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I would like them to stay.
RIPLEY: Why?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: More likely. Because even if it is difficult, I think we built something very nice.
RIPLEY: At newspaper kiosks, the headlines portray Europe and Britain as a marriage on the rocks. But at the least on the continent, few seem
ready to divorce.
Some of the French press think it's incredible Britain would even consider leaving the EU. This is one of the most colorful headlines and
illustrations here. It reads, "the English, they're mad."
And the French economy minister told the newspaper Le Monde that Britain would quickly become a small isolated island.
While Prime Minister Manuel Valls says Britain leaving the EU would be a terrible shock. At the the Petit Palais, this statue of Winston
Churchill pays tribute to his wartime leadership and vision of a European family, but a family feud is deepening.
DOMINIQUE MOISI, WRITER, POLITICAL SCIENTIST: You don't want to see the disintegration of Europe and what it can lead to. We have a memory of
the past.
RIPLEY: French author and veteran commentator Dominique Moisi says British voters have a huge responsibility.
MOISI: A responsibility that goes much beyond Great Britain, much beyond Europe. It is the west at large that is at stake.
RIPLEY: This increasingly fractured Europe is reflected in the views of football fans here for Euro 2016. These men from Northern Ireland say
they want the UK to leave.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Britain will be bullied by Europe. Should we remain? Like an adulterous husband is taken back to their wife?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Northern Ireland and Britain where Britain more money in then we're getting out of Europe.
RIPLEY: German fans say they're rooting for Britain to remain.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: They have to take into account that the economic power will decrease, unemployment will increase.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Britain stay.
RIPLEY: Why?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Stay, because it will be a disaster for all Europe when they would
be out.
RIPLEY: By the end of this week, British football teams may still be in Europe, but their
country could be on the way out.
Will Ripley, CNN, Paris.
(END VIDEOTAPE)
ANDERSON: Well, it isn't just men in Europe who are worried about a potential Brexit. If Britain leaves the EU, it will certainly have an
impact on world financial markets. And CNN Money's Nina Dos Santos here to talk about that.
We have already seen a lot of action on financial markets in the run up to what is going on. Is it clear what the consequence of a Brexit would
be at this point?
NINA DOS SANTOS, CNN MONEY: It depends who you ask, Becky. It's a very interesting question. Here in the UK as we well know there have been
all sorts of statistics that are being bandied about. And Frankly, the voters sometimes if you speak to them say they've been so bamboozled with
so many statistics and numbers, they just can't hear any more.
But if you actually speak to some people on the European continent, which is what Will Ripley was doing, is they are concerned about the
ramifications of a so-called Brexit if it were to happen, not the least head of the ECB, Mario Draghi, just yesterday pointed that out when he was delivering his monthly interest rate statement saying that the
ECB, for the EuroZone, is ready to act, put more liquidity into the system. In fact, just today the ECB is engaging in another bout of bond buying to
try and kickstart the European economy.
Janet Yellin of the Fed mentioned it for the second time in a month just yesterday.
So the effects of what could happen here are severe for elsewhere as well.
ANDERSON: Yeah. And that is what is really important. This isn't just a domestic -- or the impact of what happens here on Friday when we get
the result of this referendum isn't just the consequences for the UK, but it's the consequences for Europe and the rest of the world.
Listen, I don't think anybody -- you'd find anybody in Europe who would be prepared to say
that the European project has been an out and out success. It hasn't been an abject failure, but isn't that the issue here, that were Britain to pull
out, there are whole load of other countries potentially are going to say, look, we don't want to stay in, because this isn't a roaring success.
[08:10:16] SANTOS: Yes. Well, in fact, what this is going to -- this referendum that's taking place in th UK will also set the stage for a
general election rerun that is taking place in Spain over the course of the weekend.
Now, Spain has a lot riding on what goes on here as well, because it has its own territories and separatist ambitions -- the Basque region, the
Catalonians.
And then of course there is the question of Gibraltar. What happens right at the tip of Spain which is UK dependent territory if the UK were to
decide to leave the EU.
Spain could decide to close off the borders, that's something that the first minister of Gibraltar was warning me about a couple of weeks ago on
our show.
So, there are ramifications elsewhere.
Politically, Denmark, The Netherlands -- just a few days ago I was speaking to the former Danish Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt who
said, no, no, The Danes -- yes, they have done this soul searching on Europe, but they are by no means as euro skeptic as the Brits.
I don't know. Who knows?
Also, The Netherlands, you're seeing a lot of calls for potentially rethinking of relationship with Brussels there, as well. It is something
that Brussels will probably have to heed.
It is important that there are big EuroZone and European Union meetings that are taking place just a day or so after the outcome of this
vote in Brussels. And you can bet that whatever happens this week, Becky, it'll certainly change the tone of the debate there.
ANDERSON: It seems to me that the city's financial institutions, those here in the city of London are a little bit more prepared than even
the chancellor is here were the UK to vote Brexit. They're bringing their staff in overnight, aren't they?
SANTOS: And I've heard repeatly from various sources at various banks that there will be people who will be staffing the decks over the course of
the weekend especially when it comes to the currency trading desks, because the pound, according to a number of senior investment banks, the senior
currency speculators, not least George Soros in The Guardian yesterday. People are expecting if the UK were to decide to leave the European Union,
the pound to fall 10, 15, maybe even 20 percent. That's a figure that's reminiscent, George Soros was saying, of black Friday. And he should know,
because as you and I know, well he made $1 billion betting against the pound back in 1992.
So people are bringing extra staff in apparently over the course of the weekend across the city of London. A number of banks and hedge funds
have not just been betting against the pound, some of them betting for the pound. But they have also been commissioned their own opinion polls, as
well.
So different, so tight to the opinion polls, the officials ones, and so different are the opinion polls from the bookies. I should point out
the bookies at this point, Becky, now saying that there's only a 20 percent of a Brexit. They're putting it as a 40 percent chance this time last
week.
ANDERSON: This is a race that simply is too close to call at this point. But as we've been suggesting, a race that has ramifications not
just for the UK, but for Europe and the rest of the world.
Nina, always a pleasure. Thank you.
Well, rallies are planned around the world to pay tribute to slain British MP Joe Cox. On what would have been her 42nd birthday.
The rising Labour Party star was shot and stabbed last week in northern England, you may remember, in an attack that shocked this entire
country.
Well, on Monday, her former colleagues in parliament gathered for a poignant memorial.
Jo Cox advocated for the UK to remain in the European Union. She also championed the rights of migrants. Her husband, Brendan, says he believes
his wife was killed because of her political views.
Here, he talks about how she was worried that politics in the UK was getting more extreme.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
BRENDAN COX, JO COX HUSBAND: I think she worried that we were interesting an age and we haven't seen maybe since the 1930s of people
feeling insecure for lots of different reasons, for economic reasons or security reasons. And then populist politicians, whether that's Trump in
the U.S. or whoever else exploiting that and driving communities to hate each other, saying that the reason that you don't have a job or the reason you're
feeling insecure is because of this powerless person, not because of, you know, choices that we're making and that that was driving people -- it was
creating an atmosphere of hatred, it was playing on people's fears. And I think she
saw that in her own constituency and she felt in her home constituency also talked about it and thought about it globally as something that she was
scared about.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
ANDERSON: Jo Cox's husband.
Well, stay here on -- with CNN for vigils around the world in memory of Jo. We'll bring that to you at around 4:00 p.m. in London, that is
11:00 p.m. in Hong Kong.
Well, still ahead this hour, another top athlete skipping the Rio Olympics. Golfer Rory McIlroy said he won't be competing in the Summer
Games. More on that after this.
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[08:17:25] ANDERSON: A number of people in the UK have registered to vote in Thursday's EU referendum. The latest polls indicate voters are
almost evenly divided. And up to 10 percent still haven't made up their minds.
Well, campaigners on both sides working hard to sway them with only one day until the vote. Prime Minister David Cameron and former Prime
Minister John Major made their case for remain at an event in Bristol, while the leader of the UK Independence Party Nigel Farage pushed for an
exit in a speech in London.
Another top athlete has decided not to compete in the Summer Olympic Games. Golfer Rory McIlroy of Nothern Ireland says he won't be going to
Rio, citing fears of contracting the Zika virus. The virus is linked to a spike in birth defects in parts of Brazil.
And for more on that, World Sport's Alex Thomas joining me now. And Alex, he had hinted at this, but that is slightly different from us finding
out that he's determined not to compete.
What are the implications of this, do you think?
ALEX THOMAS, CNN WORLD SPORT: Yeah, massive. The other big in or out decision
is over the Olympics, and all the problems they have had. This is a huge blow both for the Rio games and also golf itself coming back to the
Olympics after being out of it for more than a century. And because Rory McIlroy is such a high profile golfer and there have been others like Adam
Scott, (inaudible) Hazen, VJ Singh, but McIlroy is a poster boy for the sport, a four time major winner before the age of 30, former world number
one, still ranked fourth in the world, and very much at the forefront of all the big tournaments that we see on our tellies across the globe.
And, Becky, the thing is now that McIlroy has pulled out, will it make it easier for equally big names like Jordan Spieth, Jason Day, Dustin
Johnson, it's notable that men's golf is the only sport that's had mass withdrawals of some of its star names.
ANDERSON: Why do you think that is, out of interest?
THOMAS: We don't know. But the implication will be that men's golfers don't care about
the Olympics being back in. They have got the four major championships they go for. They've got the other big high prize purses tournaments that
they go for, like the FedEx Cup playoffs at the end of the year. The Olympics has been rather wedged in between some other very big tournaments,
and for someone like Rory McIlroy who is 27, and of course golf isn't as stressful on the body as other sports, he could have one, two or three
other chances to compete in the Olympics for a gold medal.
And there are rumors as well that he's proposed to his long-term girlfriend and of course the Zika virus does have an impact on pregnant
women, maybe that's what he's referring to when he talks about the need to worry about his health.
[08:20:03] ANDERSON: Fascinating.
All right, Alex, thank you for that.
Well, Russian news agency TAS (ph) says Moscow is stepping away from its threat to boycott the Summer Olympic Games in Rio. But the Russian
Olympic Committee is still considering filing a lawsuit against athletic's world governing body. All this, of course, follows the International
Olympic Committee's decision, the IOC's decision, to back the IAAF's ban on Russian track and field athletes.
The IOC has also announced a new anti-doping plan, specifically targeting Russian and Kenyan athletes. They will now need to be
individually evaluated to be declared eligible to compete.
Torrential rains flooding major parts of Southern China. At least 35 people are dead, 24 others
are missing. Thousands of homes have been destroyed and more than 380,000 people have left their homes.
Well, the story weather affecting more than 7 million people across ten provinces. Officials say the economic loss is nearing $100 million.
Well, heavy rainstorms are also wrecking havoc in India. Officials say lightning strikes have killed at least 90 people.
Let's go straight to Sumnima Udas in New Delhi. And this is an awful story. Do we understand why?
SUMNIMA UDAS, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: It's really quite extraordinary, Becky, because the weather was never seems to end in this
country. For weeks, even months, people in this country have been really just praying for one thing and that is for the monsoons to arrive, because
after two years of drought, their farmland has been desecrated, there's been this heat wave that's been sweeping across the country killing
hundreds of people, and then now it's the monsoons that are killing people.
As you mentioned, 90 people killed just in a matter of 24 hours, mainly in this one state of Bijhar. Most of the people who died were
farmers, because this is a time as the monsoons arrive when farmers are out planting their rice crop.
But now lightning strikes of course are not uncommon in this country. According to the government, you know, more people died from lightning
strikes than any other natural calamity in this country, some 24 people died in 2014 alone.
But still what happened in this state of Bihar, according to government officials, say in this matter one day that's the highest
recorded fatalities ever -- Becky.
ANDERSON: Sumnima Udas in Delhi for you today.
Let's get you to the race for the White House now at this point. Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are going after each other in dueling
speeches. On Tuesday, Clinton cast Trump as dangerous and reckless when it comes to the economy. This as trump faces a huge fund raising deficit with
his campaign far behind Clinton's in terms of money.
Well, Trump plans to respond to Clinton's attacks in his own speech about two hours from now. Our Sara Murray reports.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
DONALD TRUMP, REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: So many of the things she said were outright lies.
SARA MURRAY, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Donald Trump is aiming to put Hillary Clinton on defense.
TRUMP: You know, she's Crooked Hillary. Let's face it. She's Crooked Hillary. She always has been and nothing's going to change.
MURRAY (voice-over): The presumptive GOP nominee preparing to deliver a speech in New York City today, targeting everything from immigration to
Clinton's e-mail scandal and even accusing the former first couple of improper dealings when Clinton was secretary of state.
TRUMP: Her record is a disaster. In addition to taking in tens and tens of millions of dollars from people for lots of different things in
lots of different ways and countries that should not be giving her money or her husband money.
MURRAY (voice-over): On Tuesday, he fired off preliminary shots, even questioning Clinton's faith at a gathering of religious leaders.
TRUMP: Because she's been in the public eye for years and years. And yet there is no -- there's nothing out there.
MURRAY (voice-over): Trump's focus on Clinton coming as he tries to pivot from days of staff shakeups and dismal fundraising. Trump ended last
month with $1.3 million in the bank, compared to Clinton's $42 million. But the real estate mogul argues her dollars come with a price.
TRUMP: All of the money she's raising, that's blood money. That's blood money.
MURRAY (voice-over): The billionaire businessman still dangling the idea of self-funding in the general.
TRUMP: I'll be honest, I've never raised money before for this because I've never done it before. I think I'd be very good at it. As far as I'm
concerned, I'd be very happy to continue to self-fund.
MURRAY (voice-over): Even though he spent Tuesday evening looking to shore up his campaign coffers at a New York City fundraiser.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Frank (ph), how are you feeling about the campaign?
MURRAY (voice-over): As Trump and his top GOP allies put on a happy face and downplay concerns about the candidate's campaign war chest going
into a head-to-head battle against Clinton.
(END VIDEOTAPE)
ANDERSON: The latest.
Well, Clinton's speech yesterday filled with some memorable zingers. I've got to say she tore into the real estate mogul's business record. At
one point eluding to his string of casino bankruptcies.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
[08:25:06] HILLARY CLINTON, 2016 DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: A few days ago he said, and I quote, I'm going to do for the country what I
did for my business.
So let's take a look at what he did for his business. He's written a lot of books about business. They all seem to end at chapter 11.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
ANDERSON: Chapter 11, of course, a reference to the U.S. bankruptcy code. Trump has filed for business bankruptcies in the last 30 years all
surrounding his casino holdings in Atlantic City.
Well, North Korea's neighbors are on edge this hour after Kim Jong-un fires two ballistic missiles. Reactions from South Korea and from Japan
after this short break. Do not go away.
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ANDERSON: Ooutrage and fresh threats on the Korean peninsula this hour after reports that the reclusive North Korean regime test fired two more
missiles from its eastern coast into the Sea of Japan. Both are believed to be Musudan intermediate range missiles. South Korea warning its
northern neighbor that it will now face harsher sanctions from the U.S. and international community.
Japan also condemning the launch. The prime minister there says his country could never forget the test. Japan and South Korea both stressing
it's a violation of a United Nations resolutions.
Well, let's get you the very latest reaction from South Korea. CNN's Paula Hancocks there joining us live from Seoul -- Paula.
[08:30:03] PAULA HANCOCKS, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Well, Becky, there is certainly more concern in the neighborhood this Wednesday
evening. Two early morning missile launches by North Korea. For months now, we've been talking about how even failures will teach North Korea
something. And it appears as though they have now made progress.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
HANCOCKS: Two missiles in just over two hours. North Korean leader Kim Jong-un appears to be in a hurry to perfect this technology.
Both missiles presumed to be Musudans, according to South Korea's military, an intermediate missile with an estimated range of up to 4,000
kilometers, or 2,500 miles, putting U.S. military bases on Guam within its sights.
The first a failure says South Korea flying 150 kilomters. The second flew 400 kilometers. The word failure has not been used for that one.
Japan's defense ministry says both fell into the sea between Korea and Japan. One official saying they're seriously concerned they're launches
that could be considered progress.
DANIEL PINKSTON, TROY UNIVERSITY: Every time they're able to conduct a test, even when there is a failure, they can review the test, look at the
data, and go back and correct those errors.
HANCOCKS: Swift condemnation from Washington. The State Department strongly condemning Pyongyang's actions saying it will simply make
international commitment to the current sanctions stronger.
But so far Kim Jong-un appears unaffected by sanctions or condemnation, even from its strongest ally and trading partner China.
In a recent interview, South Korea's defense minister told me in 18 years of former leader Kim Jong-il, there were 18 missile tests. In four
years of Kim Jong-un, there have been 27.
STEPHEN HAGGARD, DIR, KOREA-PACIFIC PROGRAM: You can develop a nuclear weapon, a device and they have tested four times now. But unless
you have some way of delivering it, it doesn't have any strategic value. So, the missile program has to be seen not in its conventional light, but
as a component of the nuclear -- of the race to develop a nuclear capability.
(END VIDEOTAPE)
HANCOCKS: And this is a nuclear capability that Kim Jong-un has made it abundantly clear he is going to continue to test and to improve. He
also sees his country, North Korea, as a nuclear state even if its neighbors and the United States will never acknowledge it as one -- Becky.
ANDERSON: What has been reaction around the world?
HANCOCKS: Well, certainly there seems to be increasing concern that the further this goes along, the expectation is there will be further
missile tests. There is a fear of a fifth nuclear test. The chatter here in South Korea has lessened somewhat from within the government. But they
have been saying in previous months they believe number five was just around the corner. They believe that Kim Jong-un is ready to carry out a
fifth nuclear test, the physical preparations have been done. It's just when he decides the political time is right to carry that out.
Of course, the expectation, or at least the hope now around the world is that these sanctions will soon start to pinch. These groundbreaking
sanctions, they have been described as unprecedented, that they will start to try and restrict some of the cash that is available for Kim Jong-un to
carry out these tests and to improve his missile and nuclear program, but up until this point, it certainly seems as though he is carrying on
regardless -- Becky.
ANDERSON: Fascinating. All right, Paula, thank you.
Well, shocking revelations in Australia where a public inquiry is under way into sexual abuse allegations in the military.
111 people have come forward to say they were abused by older staff when they were teenage
recruits. Some say they were even forced to rape each other.
Well, the abuse is said to have begun in the 1960s. One man, now 65 years old, says he was just 16 when he joined the navy and remembers being
pulled from the showers, beaten and sexually abused by other recruits.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
GRAEME FRAZER, FORMER RECRUIT: This abuse affected me in my social interactions and my mental health. For example, I do not feel comfortable
in groups of people. And I'm not a very sociable person.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
ANDERSON: Well, many survivors say when they reported the abuse, they were either be ignored, punished or told it was a rite of passage.
Coming up, sovereignty is central to the debate over whether the UK should leave the EU. Next, we'll explore just how much the EU affects the
country's ability to make its own laws and whether the UK would really get any more of it if it decided to leave.
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[08:36:26] ANDERSON: Investigators say Orlando gunman Omar Mateen was inside the Pulse night club several hours before the recent terror attack.
They think he could have been checking the club's security.
Ed Lavendera has the very latest for you.
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ED LAVANDERA, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Omar Mateen was angry as he packed the bag with his guns and then made the two-hour drive from his home to the
Pulse Nightclub in Orlando. That's what law enforcement sources say Noor Salman, Mateen's wife has told investigators.
Salman says she pleaded with Mateen not to leave and grabbed him by the arm. She says she didn't know he was planning to kill dozens of people
at the club. She also never called police to report what was happening.
Law enforcement also says the day before the attack, Mateen purchased three plane tickets for himself, his wife and child to fly to California.
On Tuesday, Attorney General Loretta Lynch visited the shooting site but refused to say if criminal charges would be brought against Salman.
LAVANDERA: Are you convinced that Omar Mateen's wife did not know about this attack, or should she have done more to stop it?
LORETTA LYNCH, U.S. ATTORNEY GENERAL: Well, we're not going to speak about anyone else's role in this right now while we are investigating the
matter. We are trying to learn everything we can about Mateen and all the people in his ambit in the days and weeks and months leading up to this
attack.
LAVANDERA: The investigators are using Mateen's the cell phone and surveillance video inside the club to build a timeline of his movements in
the hours before the deadly rampage.
Law enforcement sources tell CNN, Mateen showed up at the Pulse Nightclub earlier in the evening, paid the entry fee and obtained a wrist
band. He may have been checking the building security that night.
Mateen left the club, came back two hours later and unleashed the violent shooting spree. Investigators are trying to figure out what Mateen
was doing during those two hours.
RON HOPPER, FBI ORLANDO ASSISTANT SPECIAL AGENT: That is why we're asking for anybody and everybody that had any contact with this individual
to come forward so we can piece that information together.
LAVANDERA: Attorney General Lynch says investigators are still working to determine whether Mateen acted out solely as a self- radicalized
extremist or if he was driven by homophobia.
LYNCH: We do feel that as we continue to build a timeline and a chronology and to build his life, that we will be able to determine this I
cannot tell you definitively that we will ever narrow it down to one motivation.
LAVANDERA: Investigators have finished collecting evidence at the Pulse Nightclub, the roads have opened up in a small memorial of flowers
and tributes is already being left under the club's marquee.
Ed Lavandera, CNN, Orlando, Florida.
(END VIDEOTAPE)
ANDERSON: Well, let's end this show by returning to what is our top story -- the UK just one day away from a critical vote on whether to remain
in the European Union. The debate raising plenty of issues including sovereignty, the ability of a country, of course, to make its own laws.
How much does the European Union, then, affect the UK's ability to make its own choices? And if it does vote to leave on Thursday, how much
sovereignty would the UK reclaim?
Max Foster explores what is a pretty complex issue.
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MAX FOSTER, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Often described as the most important room in Britain, The Act Room high up in the Houses of Parliament its home
to some 64,000 documents covering some of the most important moments in British history.
On these shelves are stacked truly ancient documents here. Here, we have some that are 500 years old during the reign of Henry VII, no less.
Here we have the Weights and Measures Act of 1497. But who currently creates new laws is at the center of the referendum over Britain's
membership of the EU? Some feel sovereignty, the right of a parliament to make any law it chooses is being eroded.
[08:40:27] JOHN REDWOOD, BRITISH PARLIAMENT MEMBER: How much we raise in tax, what taxes we impose, and how we spend that tax is no longer under
the control of the British parliament in many respects it's under the control of the European Union.
FOSTER: Whilst others see giving up on aspects of control is just part of being in a globalized world.
VICKY PRYCE, ECONOMICAL AND FORMER BRITISH GOVERNMETN ADVISER: We have decided to do things in a certain way so far, which gives up some of our
sovereignty, pause sovereignty for particular reasons which are good for us and for Europe as a whole.
FOSTER: Remain campaigners are keen to cite that between 1993 and 2014, only 13 percent of British laws, such as The Working Time Directive
came from the European Union. However, if you add up all of the E.U. regulations including the ones that don't need to go through parliament
like mobile phone roaming charges, those championing a Brexit argue that 62 percent of British laws have EU origins. But only one law was needed to
make this possible.
Well, here it is. This is the European Communities Act of 1972. And this is the piece of legislation that signed the U.K. up to what was the
European Economic Community and which we now know as the European Union and this really paved the way for all of those regulations and requirements
that now apply in this country.
FOSTER: The U.K. does have an influence on those regulations. Equally so do the 27 other member states which means Britain doesn't always get
what it wants. If the country went it alone, it could set its own laws. But if it wanted to still be part of the single market, it would have to adhere
to EU rules with no say on how they're set. Sovereignty becomes a tradeoff
between power and influence.
PRYCE: We have influence, very significantly. What has been going on in Europe for a very long period of time. And people haven't quite
realized the importance of having the UK in there in terms of shaping the future of Europe.
REDWOOD: We'll have more influence with America and China and India and the other great countries of the world if we're out of the European
Union, because we regain our vote and our voice in all the international councils of the world.
FOSTER: These scrolls bear witness to changes in power and attitudes over hundreds of years. But who has precedence over these laws in the
future will be decided by the British people.
Max Foster, CNN, London.
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