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Dallas Police Chief Describes Gunman's Final Moments; Portugal Europe's Football Champions; U.N. Peacekeeper Killed in Renewed Conflict in South Sudan; How Baghdad's Citizens Are Coping with Terror; Shinzo Abe Claims Victory in Japanese Elections; Obama Cuts European Trip Short, Remarks on Police Ambush; Torrential Rain, Flooding in China; Any Murray Wins 2nd Wimbledon; "Hamilton" Tickets Almost Impossible to Get. Aired 2-3a ET

Aired July 11, 2016 - 02:00   ET

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[02:00:45] ROSEMARY CHURCH, CNN ANCHOR: Hello, and welcome to our viewers here in the United States and all around the world. I'm Rosemary Church at CNN global headquarters in Atlanta. And this is CNN NEWSROOM.

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We do want to turn to top story here in America. Hundreds of people have been arrested over the weekend in cities across the United States during protests against the police shootings of two black men, Alton Sterling and Philando Castile. Baton Rouge, Louisiana, police says they detained four dozen people Sunday during rallies for Alton Sterling, who was killed early last week. More than 100 people were arrested Saturday. Here in Atlanta, Georgia, CNN affiliate, WSB, reports that several hundred protesters marched downtown. Police have arrested three people. And a large group of demonstrators in Washington were mostly peaceful as they marched towards the capitol. The protests have also inspired rallies overseas. In London, hundreds marched to the U.S. embassy in solidarity.

The survivor of the deadly ambush of a Dallas protest is sharing harrowing new details about the attack. Shetamia Taylor is one of two civilians hit by the sniper fire on Thursday night. Five officers were killed and seven of their colleagues were wounded in the assault.

Taylor describes the moment an officer fell to the ground right in front of her.

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SHETAMIA TAYLOR, DALLAS SHOOTING SURVIVOR: Said, he has a gun, run. My kid started running. I wanted to make sure that were all in front of me so they can start running up the block and I was running behind them. And I felt the bullet. I don't know -- I don't know if I am off the ground or what, but I felt that somebody hit me in the back of my leg and my spine and injury. I turned around to grab my son. I guess he turned around to see where I was to grab me but I had already been shot.

Police officers started coming up the block. And one of them, I heard him and he said, is anybody hit? My son said no, because he didn't know I was shot, and I was saying yes. And the officer said, yes, sir, I got hit in my leg. The officer jumped on top of me and covered me and my son. There was another one at our feet and there was another one over our head and there were several of them lying against the wall, and they stayed there with us.

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CHURCH: Terrifying moment there.

The ambush happened as protesters were marching against the police killings of black men. The Dallas police chief says the gunman clearly practiced a military style plan of attack and used tactics that you don't normally see.

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DAVID BROWN, CHIEF, DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT: What we know now is that this suspect was in a vehicle, what is a black Tahoe, and was leapfrogging the intersections in that vehicle and stopped well ahead of the march. He could easily see the march coming down the streets they're walking. And saw an opportunity with some high-perched positions, a couple of buildings in the pathway of the marchers, and decided to take the high ground and start shooting right away.

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CHURCH: CNN's Ed Lavandera has more on the gunman's final moments as described by the Dallas police chief.

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[02:04:55] ED LAVANDERA, CNN CORRESPONDENT: In the CNN interview with the Dallas police chief, David Brown provided some of the most chilling details of the standoff in the tragic shooting from last thursday night. The chief says that after the shooting eruption, his officers started following Micah Xavier Johnson inside the el Centra College building and, at one point, following him through a stairwell before he was cornered inside the second floor of a building there leading to that multi-hour standoff. The chief says that Johnson wrote on the ground or the wall with his own blood the initials "R.B." Investigators are trying to figure out what that is a reference to. They have not figured out yet. There was also some other writing he left in his own blood as well. The police chief also says that Johnson requested that he would only speak to a black negotiator there at the scene. All of this while Micah Xavier Johnson continued to fire rounds at the officers there inside the scene. The police chief described Micah Johnson as someone who was very much under control yet delusional and, at times, singing and laughing at the officers and asking how many of the officers he had been able to kill throughout all of that scene. The police chief also says if there is clear evidence that Micah Xavier Johnson was mounting an arsenal and perhaps had a bigger planned attack but for some reason switched and decided to make his attack last thursday night. Those were some of the details revealed by police in an extraordinary interview with CNN.

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CHURCH: U.S. President Obama will speak at a memorial for the fallen officers on Tuesday and meet with their families. He has flown back to Washington on Sunday, cutting short his European trip so he could go to Dallas.

Mr. Obama spoke about the shooting while he was in Spain, saying that citizens who attack police are doing a disservice to the cause of criminal justice reform.

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BARACK OBAMA, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: First of all, any violence directed at police officers is a reprehensible crime and it needs to be prosecuted. But even rhetorically, if we paint police in broad brush without recognizing that the vast majority of police officers are doing a really good job and are trying to protect people and do so fairly and without racial bias, if our rhetoric does not recognize that, we are going to lose allies in the reform cause.

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CHURCH: And the president said a truthful and peaceful tone is needed to mobilize real change in America. More on those remarks of the president later. I want to go back to our big sporting story. Portugal has shocked the

football world. They won the European championship for the first time ever. The final against France went into the second period of extra time. A substitute delivered a dagger to the heart and he scored the only goal in the 109th minute. It was just his forth goal in 29 international appearances, but it was all his teammates needed to claim the silver win.

Almost nobody believed in Portugal but the fans. Their victory over France was improbable, to say the least.

Amanda Davis and Owen Hargreaves looked at how they did it.

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AMANDA DAVIS, CNN SPORTS CORRESPONDENT: Portuguese fans were saying it was their turn to finally win their first major piece of international silverware. But the victory didn't exactly come in the manner we were expecting.

CNN's football analyst, Owen Hargreaves, was there with me watching the game.

Owen, Cristiano Ronaldo went off injured, yet Portugal still managed to prevail.

OWEN HARGREAVES, CNN FOOTBALL ANALYST: Well, I think that probably summed up this tournament. The best player in the world, or one of the greatest we've ever seen, all the goals that he scores for club and country, he went off. And a player that didn't score a goal for his club in Swansea this season ends up getting the winner. I thought Portugal did enough. The game plan was to be a little bit defensive and play on the counter attack. It worked. And I think France for the first 20 minutes were the best team. But then they just -- they folded. They really did. They didn't do enough to win the game. I thought Portugal in the end deserved to win the game. They were the better team in extra time. And they wouldn't game when they need to.

DAVIS: Of course, this was the one trophy or a major piece of international silverware with Portugal that was missing from Cristiano Ronaldo's trophy cabinet. Does this mean that he is now up there with the greatest of all time, do you think?

HARGREAVES: I think he was before the game. I don't think it changes his legacy. I think it maybe changed it for him the way he perceives it. He went off in tears, was devastated, probably thought that chance had gone for him to lead his country. In the end his teammates rallied around him. They made changes tactically and they were able to do enough. Eder came in and scored a crucial goal at a moment. You could see what it meant to him. He was on the side being a manager, coach, pushing his players to push on, telling them get back and defend, which I've never seen from him. He played his part in end Portugal did just enough to win this tournament.

[02:10:24] DAVIS: We've seen what the defeat means to France and the French fans. We've seen a French flag dumped in a dust bin as we were walking back here. Where do you think they went wrong? Because everybody was absolutely talking about them as the favorites.

HARGREAVES: Well, for 20 minutes they looked like favorites. They probably should have been one or two goals up. And they just -- they stopped playing. They played too slowly. I thought tactically Deshawn probably made changes that impacted the game. I thought Koman came on and was great. But Payet went off, Giroux nothing to see. Greaseman was really poor today. Pogba really disappointed today. The balance of the team wasn't as good as in the quarterfinal and semifinal. They got punished against a Portuguese team that wasn't attacking, played on the counter attack. When it was a close game it always looked like it was going to suit Portugal.

DAVIS: Absolutely. And Portugal heading home victorious.

Portugal, of course, you may remember suffered defeat on their home soil back in 2004 when they were beaten by Greece. The European championships once again showing that the underdogs can prevail. Although that won't make it hurt any less for France this evening.

From Owen Hargreaves and myself, Amanda Davis, in Paris for CNN, it's back to you.

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CHURCH: So maybe the football analysts were not so savvy. They didn't see this one coming but as you can see, this elephant in Thailand predicted a Portugal victory on Friday. The elephant wasn't the animal to see it. Two pandas at a zoo in Northern Thailand picked Portugal as well. They knew something that we didn't.

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CHURCH: And that's just a little taste of the euphoria in Lisbon after their team's triumph. It's a non-stop party. We will be live in Lisbon and in Paris next hour to see how people are reacting the morning after this football classic.

Portugal is not the only country celebrating a major sporting victory. Find out who else went home with a coveted trophy and a huge grand- slam win. There's a little hint there.

Plus, Baghdad is still haunted by one of the city's worst-ever terror attacks. How the people there are coping.

And a U.N. peacekeeper has been killed in south Sudan. More on the renewed conflict there when we come back.

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[02:16:55] CHURCH: Welcome back everyone. The U.N. Security Council is condemning fresh violence in south Sudan. There has been fighting since Thursday between rival political factions, prompting the U.S. to evacuate its non-emergency staff from its embassy there. A Chinese U.N. peacekeeper has been killed in the unrest. The U.N. mission to the country has reported heavy weapons fire in the capitol. This, despite claims by a south Sudanese minister that the fighting has subsided.

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UNIDENTIFIED SOUTH SUDANESE MINISTER: The fighting erupted. (INAUDIBLE) forces attack the checkpoint. They are definitely over. (INAUDIBLE) -- That situation was addressed and the situation is calm. Suppression is normal. We have full control of the government.

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CHURCH: For more on the situation in south Sudan, our David McKenzie joins us now from Johannesburg in South Africa.

David, what are you hearing, the latest on the ground in south Sudan?

DAVID MCKENZIE, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Rosemary, on Sunday, there was very fierce fighting throughout the day, starting in the early morning around the U.N. compounded near the airport and around the U.N. compounded and IPD (ph) and they've displaced people in another part of the capitol. Now, this fighting was small arms and heavy artillery fire. A very murky situation. Those within this area aren't on exactly what was going on but it does appear that it's factional fighting between those forces loyal to the president and those loyal to the vice president. The fighting has gone from Thursday through Friday. There was a lull on Saturday, very heavy fighting on Sunday. Terrified citizens taking shelter in U.N. compounds and people were unable to move on the streets. Helicopter gunships involved. It does seem to be this unraveling of the very sensitive peace agreement between those two protagonists.

At this stage, flights in and out are suspended, this lifeline which is generally through Nairobi, Kenya. There have been calls from all sides in the community to suspend the fighting immediately. But it does seem to be, on some level, there is a lack of command and control of these troops. So even the president and vice president wanted to stop here, they would not. Relative calm overnight. But at this stage, too early to say whether this has died down -- Rosemary?

CHURCH: Yeah, we appear to get a different story from government officials, don't we?

What is the background of this violence and why does it keep on reoccurring?

[02:20:05] MCKENZIE: Well, the background is complex and is rooting in the history of south Sudan, the world's youngest country, and also ethnic tensions within that country. Mostly, the tribal group is supporting the vice president and other tribe group supporting the president, and both sides fought a violent and lengthy war. Once south Sudan gained independence, there has been this fighting that is ready to kickoff in December 2013, leading to a bloody civil war. It was largely come to some level of peace in 2013. But since the vice president returned to south Sudan with a large contention of troops, there has been this worry that any kind of incident which appeared to happen on thursday at a checkpoint could kickoff a large scale of fighting. While there have been calls for peace from both leaders, it is unclear who's in control and there is a great deal of worries of civilians, as well as a very large embassy contention.

CHURCH: All Right. Just after 8:20 there at the morning in South Africa.

David McKenzie is keeping an eye on this. Many thanks to you. We'll talk again soon.

Turkish officials announced seven new arrests in connection of the terror attack at Istanbul's Ataturk airport. Turkey's state-run new agency says the suspects are charged with belonging to an armed terrorist group and assisting in suicide. Three suicide bombers killed 44 people and wounded hundreds last month. ISIS is believed to have carried out the attack but never claimed responsibility. Some 30 suspects have been held before these latest arrests. Well, gutted buildings, posters memorializing the dead -- these are

the images of the blast sight in Baghdad a week after hundreds were killed in the worst-ever terror attack in Iraq's capitol.

Ben Wedeman reports how, against the odds, the people of the city refused to surrender.

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BEN WEDEMAN, CNN SENIOR INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): As if Baghdad didn't have enough already, there's another shrine to the dead. The buildings gutted by fire in the worst-ever terrorist attack in this city, now posters dedicated to the more than 300 who died that bloody night.

(on camera): Few cities have been bruised and battered like Baghdad. Despite it all, and against all the odds, the resident of the city refused to surrender.

(voice-over): Baghdad's market has seen its fair share of attacks. The worst in 2008 left more than 100 dead, yet it's still in business.

"Only God knows why. We just put up with it," says this man, showing scars from that attack.

Fiaz has been making bird cages since he was a teenager. He takes the long view. In Iraq, the long view goes back thousands of years.

"The cycle of life must continue," he tells me. "Iraqis don't know the meaning of defeat. We have been carrying on since the days of the Assyrians."

For 40 years, this man has been selling tea. He lived through the Iran/Iraq war, the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait, the U.S.-led invasion and occupation, civil war, and now the war with ISIS. It's all starting to weigh on him.

"These are bitter days," he says. "Explosions, there is no security. You leave home and you don't know if you will return." Yet, he carries on.

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WEDEMAN: Perhaps it is a resignation or fatalism, or perhaps Muhammad puts it best.

"We have the patience of Job," she says.

In this city, patience is not a virtue as it is a necessity.

Ben Wedeman, CNN, Baghdad.

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CHURCH: Japan's prime minister had won a big victory in the country's election. Shinzo Abe's ruling coalition will capture a majority in the upper house but concerns remain over his economic policies and his bid to revise the country's constitution.

Let's bring in Andrew Stevens, live in Hong Kong to talk more about this.

Andrew, it does appear to be a big win for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. What changes will we see to Japan's participation in global conflicts?

[02:25:14] ANDREW STEVENS, CNN ASIA-PACIFIC EDITOR: That's the question. That was at the heart of all the campaigns leading up to this vote. Abe-nomics was the talk about it. It was the potential change to the constitution, moving away from the pacifist constitution that Japan has had since the Americans started, going back to the Second World War.

What we know is Mr. Abe has now what is known as a super majority has two-thirds of the upper house. He already controls two-thirds of the lower house. And having that sort of control allows him to start changing the constitution if he so chooses. He's making no secret of the fact that he does want to move away from Japan's pacifism. He wants Japan to be more involved and more able to defend itself. This is not to coincidence this has happened along with the rise of China militarily and also of North Korea.

Now, what will change, Rosemary -- I mean, eventually, it could lead to Japan turning its back on Article 9. That says Japan basically bans war as a way of settling international conflicts. To get there, it will be a long place as he himself admits. He said he wants to deepen the conversation about changing the conversation. That's his first step. And if the ruling power wants to go ahead with getting rid of Article 9, he would have to take a nationwide referendum on that. And it is still immensely decisive issue. Many Japanese have memories of what happened in the Second World War It is certainly not -- he's going to take some efforts to take the country with him on this -- Rosemary?

CHURCH: All right, but we won't see any changes in that front any time soon.

What about economic policies, concern there? What changed his mind that we are seeing?

STEVENS: This is much more current, if you like. When he was elected in 2012, Abe came in on the back of his Abe-nomics, which was three arrows to lift Japan out of its lost generation of economic growth. He said he will ease interest rates and flood the economy with money and he'd offer a lot of stimulus packages and he would reform the labor force and make it much easier for Japan incorporated to operate

On the first two, monetary easing and fiscal stimulus, he received OK marks but he has made really and trying to pump things up for the Japanese economy. On the reforms, he's been much less success. So now he has this majority, this is mandate. He's now talking about, you know, pumping things up further and pushing reforms. And he's talking about drastic changes. This is where we'll see the action happening. Abe-nomics has failed. In fact, the "International Times" has said the arrows of Abe-nomics should be reloaded. What we would like to see is a reloaded economic arrows to push hard and drastically to get the economy to where he promised it should be. He made that promise in 2012. Certainly, not there yet. CHURCH: Nearly 2:30 in the afternoon there in Hong Kong. Andrew Stevens keeping us up to date on politics in Japan. Let's talk in about his next hour. Appreciate it, Andrew.

Hundreds of thousands of people are forced from their homes across southern China. We'll look at the torrential rain and flooding that's been going on for weeks. And it is only getting worse.

And as Dallas reels from a devastating week, a local church is calling for change as it moves towards the election. That story is up next.

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[02:32:32] CHURCH: And welcome back to our viewers here in the United States and around the world. This is CNN NEWSROOM. I am Rosemary Church.

I want to bring you our major stories we have been following.

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CHURCH: In the U.S., at least 300 people have been arrested nationwide at protests against police shootings of two black men, Alton Sterling and Philando Castile. On Sunday, police in Baton Rouge detained four dozen people during rallies for Sterling. He was killed there early last week.

U.S. President Barack Obama spoke about the Black Lives Matter while he was in Europe. He cut his trip short after Thursday's deadly ambush of five police officers in Dallas Texas.

CNN White House correspondent, Michelle Kosinski, has more on the remarks with CNN.

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MICHELLE KOSINSKI, CNN WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT: President Obama ended his trip abroad cutting it a day short because of events in the United States. He's always leaving with some news that he will not travel to Dallas on Tuesday and deliver remarks at a memorial service where the police officers were killed there.

This is the 17th mass shooting that the president has spoke publicly since he's been in office. That's not all the shooting that's happening in America. This is a subject we've seen him cry about publicly. We heard him say it is the most frustrating issue of his presidency. Now, we'll hear more from him.

Today, in Madrid, he was asked a tough question of the group Black Lives Matter that's been organizing many of these protests, whether the president agrees with their tactics or what they have been saying. The way the president describe it was, when you look at decisive issue in the past, whether it is the civil rights movement, the anti-Vietnam War demonstrations or women earning the right to vote, all of those were contentious is what he said. What we're seeing isn't mass rioting in the United States. He says it's different and much of it is a matter of free speech. He did say attacking police officers does a disservice to the cause, and having a respectful tone is what wins supporters.

Here's some of his remarks from Madrid.

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[02:35:31]BARACK OBAMA, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: In a movement like Black Lives Matter, there is always going to be some folks who say things that are stupid or imprudent or over generalize or are harsh. And I don't think that you can hold activists or protesting and responding to a protest site. I would say that everybody who's concerned about the issues of police shootings or racial bias in the criminal justice system, maintaining that a truth full and serious and respectful tone is going to help mobilize American society to bring about real change. That's our ultimate objective.

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KOSINSKI: We heard the president mentioned these events in the United States while he's been traveling abroad. He made a point, yes, there are racial divisions and much more work to be done, he disputes of those are deep and broad, he focused on the unity of Americans and Americans are unified and outraged towards these incidents that are happening so recently. Another thing he kept on saying is you cannot paint a person with a broad brush. This shooter in Dallas is no more representative of most black views in America than the Charleston shooter who shot black people in a church would be representatives of white people's views or the Orlando shooter who targeted gays would be representative of Muslims.

Michelle Kosinski, CNN, Madrid.

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CHURCH: A Dallas church is praying for healing and looking for solutions in the aftermath of the city's devastating loss.

Kyung Lah has the details.

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KYUNG LAH, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Church opened asking for sanctuary from a city's pain.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We have all been through this. We have been shocked at a city.

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LAH: The Potter's House, a predominantly African-American church, honoring the five fallen Dallas police officers.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We appreciate the sacrifice of the Dallas police officers. We want the world to know it.

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LAH: Sermons, first, from the police, Officer Steve Gentry knew DART Officer Brent Thompson.

STEVE GENTRY, POLICE OFFICER: In the last two years, there's a lot of blames on both sides, and I hate it. It disturbs and me and keeps me awake at night. I woke up this morning and I felt lost.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Every one of those men and women that lost their lives on duty, they're fathers and mothers and husband and in laws. We are all the same. I have to come to a funeral and see five of my brothers buried one time.

LAH: But this is a community reeling after two African-American men were gunned down by law enforcement last week. Alton Sterling, he was shot in front of a Baton Rouge store.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: He suffered.

LAH: Diamond Reynolds recorded this video after an officer shot and killed her fiance, Philando Castile. She addressed the congregation by phone.

DIAMOND REYNOLDS, FIANCEE OF PHILANDO CASTILE (ph): So I posted that video for everyone across the world to know that we don't do these things to ourselves. These things are done to us.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Who do you call in the middle of the night if you need help? We cannot get rid of cops and cops cannot get rid of the community.

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[02:40:05] LAH: Church is meant to heal. This community is also calling for change.

The Dallas' mayor underscores how much needs to be done.

MIKE RAWLINGS, (D), DALLAS MAYOR: Do we want to change? That's a personal question. We can't take a vote on that. Every person has got to decide that. Most people want the other guy to change.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Right, right.

RAWLINGS: I want you to change but not me. The question is, do we want to change? If so, we've got to get the right medicine.

Kyung Lah, CNN, Dallas.

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CHURCH: Folks are healing there.

We'll take a short break right here. When we come back, the remnants of a typhoon slamming southern China,

adding to the worst flooding the country has seen in almost two decades.

And the big day in men's tennis as Andy Murray claims a mate for his other Wimbledon trophy.

Back in a moment.

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CHURCH: China is struggling with its worst flooding since 1998. Now, the flood is making things even worst. There are reports of hundreds of thousands of people evacuated in southern China because of this latest flooding. At least 188 people have died or are missing over the heavy flooding across the provinces since June 30th. More rain and floods are expected.

Our Meteorologist Derek Van Dam is joining us.

Derek, there is no ending insight?

[02:45:23] DEREK VAN DAM, AMS METEOROLOGIST: That's right, more rain on top of an already saturated rain. They're sticking around and creating more heavy rainfalls from Southeast Asia into Japan. I will show you that in a moment. That is track of the typhoon as it reached Taiwan early Friday morning. Produced over 800 millimeters of rainfall in the three-day period. Once it reached to south China, it was still significant rainfall totals and over 120 millimeters and a few different locations as roughly as five inches of rainfall. Now, it is also producing rainfall or has at least in the Hong Kong region. The outer bands of what was the typhoon brought 121 millimeters of rainfall in the Hong Kong region. They also sue minor street floods. The remnants combining with the monsoonal rain is going to bring potential of rain for the mainland of Japan and eastern China. This is significant. I want to show what you the topography across this area looks like specifically in the province. You can see how steep and mountainous the terrain is actually is. Now, the majority of the people that live in the base of this area build their homes at the rivers edge, this is unfortunate, what does water do? It seeks its own levels. When it gets heavy rainfalls of rains or perhaps a preexisting typhoon, that rain reaches the mountains and runs down the mountain sides and collect in river basins and builds dams and damning up the water and sometimes can break barriers and flooding across many of those river basins.

I want to get back to my graphics. This is talking about the east of the rainy season, it is right on target where it should be this time of the year. It does not make it easier to get through. We have more rain. This is Rosemary, called the plum rain coinciding with this time of the year in this part of the world.

Back to you.

CHURCH: Appreciate it, Derek. We'll talk again in the next hour.

VAN DAM: Thanks.

CHURCH: Well another emotional victory for Andy Murray. Why he says his second Wimbledon title is extra special.

Securing a ticket to the Broadway hit "Hamilton" is proving virtually impossible. We'll show you the lengths some fans go to see the hottest show in the city that never sleeps.

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[02:52:14] CHURCH: Welcome back. Andy Murray is celebrating his second Wimbledon title. This is Murray's third grand-slam title overall

CNN's tennis analyst, James Blake, talked to Murray about the significance of his big win.

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JAMES BLAKE, CNN TENNIS ANALYST: Congratulations, Andy. What does this one feel like of your first win in 2013?

ANDY MURRAY, PRO TENNIS PLAYER: I feel very different. The last time I didn't know what was going on and I could not process anything and enjoy it as much as I wish I had. I was relieved to have done it. This time I just feel more contend and happier than I did. I'll try and enjoy it the next few days for sure.

BLAKE: I want to ask you about your mom. She's someone that brought you along. And I want to talk about similarities, and Serena Williams talks about how much her parents coached her and brought her along. And how much credit goes to your mom, Judy, who's still supporting you and has really shaped you as a tennis player.

MURRAY: I think both of my parents they made sacrifices for us and my mom has tennis knowledge so she can actually help with the technique and stuff. Both of my parents would travel with us to tournaments and drive us six or seven hours to play competitions when they did not have to do that. You know it is their weekends and they let me and my brother both leave home when I was 15 and my brother lives in France. You know they allowed us to do that and they sacrificed for us. I'm appreciative. It's great they were both there to watch.

BLAKE: I'm sure she's proud of you, too.

Congratulations.

MURRAY: Thank you.

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CHURCH: James Blake joins us live next hour to talk more about that. In New York, on Broadway, the musical "Hamilton" had been the hottest

ticket in town. Not only are seats hard to come by but prices have skyrocketed for those you can find. That means city business for another New York occupation.

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ROBERT SAMUEL, NEW YORK LINE SITTER COMPANY OWNER: My name is Robert Samuel, owner of a professional line sitter company in New York. Our out-of-town clients have a little bit of money. The most of the clients have paid is close to $5,000 and that's for "Hamilton," of course, because it's taking four days to get into a show.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I have been waiting for four and a half days. Usually, they release anywhere from four to nine tickets.

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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Part of the reason they haven't gotten in is because it very difficult to organize on a busy New York street. If they don't get in one show, they have to start all over again.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: It is very interesting. Camping out, and every night and you meet everyone else around and you talk and you get to know each other, it is been a lot of fun.

SAMUEL: Some things I would say to be a successful line sitter, even if you're doing it for yourself, be nice and don't smoke in the line and bring something to keep you occupied.

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CHURCH: Good advice. Dedicated people.

Thank you for joining us. I'm Rosemary Church. I will be right back with another hour of CNN NEWSROOM after this short break. Don't go anywhere.

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