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President Obama Returns from Europe; Protests Continue in U.S. Cities; Portugal Wins Euro 2016 Soccer Tournament; Andy Murray Wins Second Wimbledon Title; Japanese Elections Examined; UN Peacekeeper Killed as Sudan Violence Resumes; Wildfire Engulfing Part of Colorado. Aired 3-4a ET

Aired July 11, 2016 - 03:00   ET

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[03:00:00] ROSEMARY CHURCH, CNN NEWSROOM SHOW HOST: Trying to make their voices matter. U.S. President Obama flies early from Europe as protests over police violence continues nationwide.

And they lost their leader after only 24 minutes, but Portugal still found the path to defeat over France in the Euro 2016 final. We've got the view from Paris and Lisbon.

Plus, the pride of Scotland, Andy Murray, tells CNN what inspired his second Wimbledon triumph.

Hello and a warm welcome to our viewers here in the United States and all around the world. I'm Rosemary Church at CNN world headquarters in Atlanta, and this is CNN Newsroom.

Authorities are calling for calm after hundreds of arrests and protests across the U.S. over the weekend. Demonstrators have been rallying against the police shootings of Philando Castile in Minnesota and Alton Sterling in Louisiana.

These pictures from Baton Rouge, Louisiana showed tense confrontations between protesters and police. Four dozen people were arrested Sunday during protests for Sterling who died there last Tuesday.

Here in Atlanta, Georgia, CNN affiliate WSB reports that several hundred protesters marched downtown. Police have arrested three people. The protests of also inspired rallies overseas, in London hundreds marched to the U.S. embassy in solidarity.

Well, U.S. President Barack Obama will go to Dallas Texas on Tuesday to speak at a memorial for the five police officers killed in Thursday's ambush.

He flew back to Washington Sunday cutting short his European trip. Mr. Obama spoke about the shootings while he was in Spain saying that citizens who attacked police are doing a disservice to the course of criminal justice reform.

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

(END VIDEO CLIP)

And the president says a truthful and peaceful term is needed to mobilize real change in America.

We'll of course have more on those remarks later this hour.

The Dallas police chief told CNN's Jake Tapper how the gunman carried out the ambush and how officers eventually took him down.

Ed Lavandera has the story.

ED LAVANDERA, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Micah Johnson improvised his way through Tuesday night's attack with deadly precision. Dallas Police Chief David Brown says the killer drove a black SUV to downtown streets to get ahead of the marching protesters and quickly found a way to shoot officers from inside El Centro College.

The unsuspecting officers on the ground were essentially trapped in the crossfires of Johnson's firearms.

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DAVID BROWN, DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT CHIEF: They went a funnel, they've been a fatal funnel there and then the suspect continued to shoot from different angles at -- from the high or his position down the street levels and then backup to the high person position at really diagonally almost triangulating our officers with is rapid fire.

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LAVANDERA: Brown says the killer used a shoot and move tactic changing locations and shooting from different directions in rapid succession. Perhaps, the kind of training he learned during his time in the army and wrote about it in a journal about combat tactics found in Johnson's home.

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BROWN: We don't normally see this type of moving and shooting from a suspect. But we're convinced that the military style was a plan and that he had practiced this.

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LAVANDERA: In a revealing interview with CNN's Jake Tapper, Chief Brown also provided chilling new details about the final moments as Dallas police officers cornered the killer inside the second floor building of El Centro College. Officers were exchanging gunfire with him.

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BROWN: At the scene where he was killed, there was all he wrote some lettering in blood on the walls which leads us to believe he was wounded on the way up the stairwell, on the second floor of the El Centro building and where we detonated the device to end the standoff. There was more lettering written in his own blood.

[03:05:10] JAKE TAPPER, THE LEAD SHOW HOST: What did he write?

BROWN: We are trying to decide for that. But he wrote the letters "R.B."

TAPPER: R.B.?

BROWN: And we don't -- R.B., yes. So, we are trying to figure out through looking to get things in his home of what those initials mean. But, we haven't determined that yet.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

LAVANDERA: At this point, Micah Johnson is engaged in a two-hour standoff. Chief Brown says the negotiations were going nowhere. While shooting at police officers, Johnson told police he will only speak to a black negotiator and remained in control, yet delusional at the same time.

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BROWN: And he just basically lied to us, playing games, laughing at us, singing, and asking how many did he get and that he wanted to kill some more and that there were bomb there, so there was no progress on the negotiation. And I began to feel that it was only a split second he will charge us and take out my more before we would kill him.

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BROWN: That's when the Chief Brown says he asked the Dallas police SWAT team to come up with a creative and safe way of ending the standoff.

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BROWN: We saw no other option but to use our bomb robot and place the device on its extinction for it to detonate where the suspect was.

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LAVANDERA: Brown says the killer was hidden behind the corner sniper could not get a clear shot. The decision to use a robot armed with C4 explosives has been criticized by some law enforcement analyst, but Chief Brown says he would make the same call again.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) BROWN: You have to trust your people to make the call to necessarily

to save their lives. It's their lives that are at stake not these critic's lives who are in the comfort of their homes or officers. So, you know that's not worth my time to debate at this point.

We believe that we save the lives by making this decision and, you know, again, I appreciate critics but -- they're not in the ground and their lives are not being put at risk by debating what tactics to take.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

LAVANDERA: This week, Chief David Brown will prepare to attend the funerals of the five police officers. The turmoil he sees brewing in communities across the country is something he desperately wants to see end.

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BROWN: The law enforcement community is hurting. We're all grieving not just here in Dallas but all over the country and where it's a matter and we need to hear that you appreciate what we do for this country.

LAVANDERA: Ed Lavandera, CNN, Dallas.

CHURCH: And it was powerful interview. We will return to this story little later this hour. But let's look at the top sporting story now.

Portugal have shocked the football world, they have won the European Championship for the first time ever. The final against France went to the second period of extra time, substitute Eder delivered a dagger to the heart of Les Bleus. He scored the only goal of the match in the 190-minute. But it was all his team mates needed the silverware.

And our Alex Thomas joins us now from Paris. And Isa Soares is with us from Lisbon. Hello to you both. Alex, let's start with you. It is just after 9 in the morning in Paris. The morning of course the disappointing lost for host France. How are people there dealing with the defeat and talk to us about all the highlights of this historic game?

ALEX THOMAS, CNN WORLD SPORT ANCHOR: Well, I think the French colony were certainly (ph) better today than (Inaudible) because the French people frankly heading off to work like any other normal Monday morning, a nice, bright sunny summer day.

But there is an air of despondency here and Brits sort of like reflects their best by showing you the front pages by some of the newspapers here.

L'Equipe, the sporting newspaper says "Accables" is a French word it's quite hard to translate, it took us a while but just basically just misery, desolation, calamity, pointing out history wasn't able to repeat itself after France won the European Championship on home solely (ph) in 1984, and the World Cup in 1998 on home sole (ph) as well when half a million came to celebrate on the Saint-Denis that certainly weren't that many.

Last night even though there was a big Portuguese community here.

Liveration has Antoine Griezmann. The man supposedly -- he was supposed to win the match with France holding his head in his hands. And Le Parisien has at least shown a picture of Portugal, the winners, instead of France, the losers. They are lifting the trophy. It just wasn't hard day was their headline.

[03:10:04] And that is the feeling that maybe, well, beforehand people thought destiny was in France's hands because of those two wins on home sole previously. In the end it didn't turn out like that. And Portugal absolutely took the honors.

CHURCH: Yes, they suddenly did, didn't they? And, Isa, it is just after 8 in the morning with you there in Lisbon. After a nice great celebration, what a contrast to what's happening in Paris. What is being said about this historic win for Portugal and how happy fans been celebrating?

ISA SOARES, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Good morning, Rosie. I think they were celebrating to the very wee hours in the morning. I can tell you at least until 3 o'clock, we could still see them celebrating.

Let me paint you a picture. We saw the papers from France. I want to show what the papers here are saying. This one is 10th of July, Portugal's day, Portuguese's national day and they've got a picture over there who scored in the 109th minute.

And this is a football player that many are saying the unlikely hero. Because many people did not expect him to score some even when he was pulled off in the national team. Some had reservations as whether he should make the team but he is the one they're all praising today, as well as the goalkeeper of course.

And this other paper here, the biggest Sporting newspaper here in Portugal, "prize of Portugal." We have heard from the president of Portugal where we has standing here in front of Belem Palace where he resides, he was obviously in Paris with the team.

We're expecting today, Rosie, to be arriving here in Lisbon. The team arrives at 11 o'clock in the morning where they'll be greeted by the president. And then they'll be showing the trophy to the whole of Lisbon, and indeed to the whole of Portugal who have been waiting for more than 40 years before they've even won the game to France.

But this is a historical moment here for many people. And the president really echoed the message to many Portuguese people been feeling. He congratulated the Portuguese and the national team for their fight for not giving up and for really the stamina in the face of so much after many obstacles. And I think he was referring to obviously there to Ronaldo, the captain, who we saw leaving in a stretcher within the supposed 25 minutes.

But apparently, for more -- for Portuguese media are saying it was Ronaldo who inspired the team. Once they saw that he was so beaten down by it, and so bitterly so upset really gave the team more strength and stamina to try and beat France, Rosie.

CHURCH: Yes, they proved they didn't need Ronaldo not on the field at least, but he's certainly force great leadership and guidance from the sideline. And we all saw that.

Isa Soares joining us there from Lisbon, and Alex Thomas in Paris. Many thanks to you both.

Well, last hour, we showed you how an elephant in Thailand out smarted the football and less than predicted Portugal to win. But the elephant wasn't the only one. Two pandas picked Portugal at the zoo in Northern Ireland pick Portugal as well. It appears the animal knew something the rest of us did not.

Well, in men's tennis, Andy Murray is also celebrating a major victory while he says his second Wimbledon title is extra special.

Plus, Japan's Prime Minister claims the big win. How the latest parliamentary elections could lead to a big constitutional change. We'll take a look at that.

And the UNC peacekeeper that has been killed as the violence flares once again in South Sudan while on the renewed fighting, coming up.

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PATRICK SNELL, CNN WORLD SPORT REPORTER: Hi, there. I'm Patrick Snell with your CNN World Sport headlines.

Starting with Sunday's final of the European Football Championships in France. As Portugal celebrate a first ever major title following a famous win over the host nation. A dramatic extra time victory in Paris enough to seal it to the pack Stade de France.

A superb success given the fact to they did after their captain, Cristiano Ronaldo was stretched up in tears his half way through the first half, where the suspected knee injury.

The all-important goal coming in the 109th minute from Eder who actually played his cup football in France for Leo.

Scotland's Andy Murray celebrated his third Grand Slam title in the last four years after beating the Canadian Milos Raonic in Sunday's men's singles final out Wimbledon in England. Murray too dominant for the North American player. He was playing in his first ever slam final. The 29-year-old Murray would win in straight to take his second Wimbledon crown.

To Western Sergey Silverstone for the British Grand Prix where Lewis Hamilton wins for the third straight year to really put the pressure now on Nico Rosberg, to top the driver's standing. Rosberg would finish second in the race. But the German would later be given a 10- second penalty from the Silverstone steward. This as he breach the radio communications rule which dropped him into

third. Hamilton moves to within to one point now, Rosberg in the driver's stand.

That's a look at your CNN World Sport headlines. Thanks for joining us. I'm Patrick Snell.

CHURCH: A spokesperson for the U.N. mission in South Sudan says gunfire in fighting has resumed in the capital after an overnight lull. There have been deadly clashes there between rival political factions since Thursday.

A Chinese U.N. peacekeeper has been killed in the unrest. And the U.S. announced its evacuating non-emergency stop from its embassy there. The U.N. says 1,000 internally displaced people have fled its protection in the country due to violence near their camps.

And for more on the situation, our David McKenzie joins us now from Johannesburg, South Africa. So, David, we are getting conflicting reports in what's happening on the ground in South Sudan. The government minister suggesting the fighting has come down, but dozens appeared to be the case. What are you hearing?

DAVID MCKENZIE, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: What we are hearing is that there is a massive re-assumption in the fighting. Heavy artilleries, small arms fire in these two locations according to that U.N. spokesperson, one near the airport and another near the U.N. house compound also where there are several areas of internally displaced people.

The fighting has been ongoing heavily yesterday and on Sunday, and also earlier last -- late last week Thursday and Friday. Now, it's extremely murky situation. But it definite seems like there is fighting between those troops loyal to the president and those loyal to his rival.

The vice president is also a disserving ethnic under turn to this conflict. You know, to send to 2013, there was the outbreak of a very brutal civil war between those loyal to Salva Kiir and those to Riek Machar. And seems to have come to very tentative peace agreement earlier this year.

However, with heavily armed military personnel from both sides squeezed into same capital city it also seemed inevitable that they would be some kind of blow up. The situation now is very serious indeed as you said, thousands or at least a thousand civilians trying to get shelter inside those U.S. compounds.

You've also got other than the south Sudanese citizens living in Juba, a large contingent of NGO's working there and embassy officials as well as those U.N. forces.

[03:20:06] One Chinese U.N. peacekeeper and several Rwandan peacekeeper injured over the weekend. It's a very serious situation indeed in Juba and unfolding as we speak. CHURCH: Yes, it certainly is. And of course, we keep seeing this

fighting recurring. What needs to be done to find some sort of solution here?

MCKENZIE: Well, the Security Council in New York saying that they must immediately stop the fighting, there is obviously a great deal of worry from international players in South Sudan. It's the world's youngest country but it has been racked by instability and in-fighting since it became independent almost exactly five years ago.

There was a lull in the fighting on Saturday during that fifth year Independence Day, but subsequently very heavy fighting. The State Department and the U.S. says that there was a sudden and serious deterioration in the situation. It appears that, you know, the fighting is ongoing right in the center of Juba city center.

The Kenya government also, there are many Kenya nationals in Juba right now fearing for their lives. They have ask for an immediate end to the fighting as has the South African government which was heavily involved in the independent negotiations those years ago.

So, all the international players are calling for the fighting to ceased. However, several people saying there lacks -- there seems to be a lack of commander in control on the ground there even if the leaders are calling for calmness and clear with their ranking file troops will in fact heed that call.

And it does appear that there were concerted attacks on opposition forces according on several sources on Sunday, meaning that, you know, it could be a reentry into a civil war. The airport is closed. Kenya Airways and other airlines saying they've suspended flights due to security situation.

And much of the fighting, Rosemary, has gone on in that airport area, it is also in that area that there is a large U.N. logistics base, I've been there several times, that's also where civilians are hunkering down and hoping the fighting stops. But for now, it appears it's raging on. Rosemary?

CHURCH: All right. It is 9.22 in the morning there in Johannesburg in South Africa where our David McKenzie watching very closely those developments in South Sudan.

Many thanks to you.

Well, the uncertainty surrounding Australia's federal election has finally come to an end. The Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull declared victory Sunday after the opposition Labor Party leader conceded defeat. The marathon election was held more than a week ago, but it was too call.

Sky News Australia Tom Connell talks to us earlier about these results.

TOM CONNELL, SKY NEWS AUSTRALIA REPORTER: There's now an indication it's going to be any more friendly. And Malcolm Turnbull has couple of issues. One, a very slim majority is going to end up with probably 77 seats and a parliament of 150. So, every vote they will count.

And in the Senate, the upper House, the ones that has already proven difficult the last time around has several more parties that are going to be difficult to deal with. So, it's not going to be easy, a really pissed of his leadership. He will at least know that he has the scale already and nearly lost the last election and perhaps will take the shackles off and be more of the progressive leader that many voters would go.

No one would say right now I think that Malcolm Turnbull is entirely safe for the next three years for two reasons. One, a very slim majority in what's been a disappointing performance in the election, and also fallout from the last change in leaders.

That was in September when Tony Abbott was ousted by Malcolm Turnbull. There are plenty in the conservative of the Liberal Party wing that wouldn't mind saying the back of Malcolm Turnbull. Plenty of voters will no doubt hope there is some stability and certainly there were some anomalies reasons, if you like, for previous leadership change as Kevin Rudd was seen by the Labor Party as someone who simply was never suited for Prime Minister.

All be it suddenly that happened in hindsight Julia Gillard had a minority government to work with. That what is they are going to end well. Tony Abbott, well, he had that first budget that was never popular as

well. Nonetheless, there has been that revolving door, so certainly there will be plenty of paper predicting Malcolm Turnbull might shelter (ph) his full term as well.

CHURCH: Now thanks again to Sky News Australia reporter, Tom Connell.

Well, Japan's prime Minister has claimed victory in the country's parliamentary elections, Shinzo Abe's ruling coalition will gain a two-third majority in the upper House.

But concerns remain over his economic policies and his bid to revise the country's pacifist Constitution.

For more, we are joined by Andrew Stevens live from Hong Kong. So, Andrew, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe appears to have one big, what could this mean in term of Japan's participation and future world conflicts.

ANDREW STEVENS, CNN ASIA-PACIFIC EDITOR: It's a well -- it's a very significant vote and very significant victory for Shinzo Abe, Rosie.

[03:25:02] Basically, it allows the ruling LDP Party, Shinzo Abe's party to stop drafting changes to the Constitution, the pacifist constitution. Shinzo Abe has made no secret of the fact that he doesn't believe Japan should be bound by a pacifist approach. He thinks they should be much more active in his national affairs.

That the moment that the Constitution says that Japan renounced its wall as a way of getting international settlements. So, he wants that gone, he wants Japan to have a much more - address is not the right word but certainly a much bigger presence if bigger on the world stage.

What has happened is this two-thirds majority allows the party to start looking at the Constitution. Although it is going to take a long time, and he himself has said that. All he saying in his victory speech, if you like, is that he wants to deepen the conversations about changing the Constitution.

And even if they do come up with a plan which gets rid of this Article 9 as it's known. This is the article that renounces war, if they can put that to -- if they can get rid of that they have to take it to the people first. They have to be a referendum on it and it is still a very, very divided Japan.

Remember, it's only a couple of months, Rosemary, since president Barack Obama was in Hiroshima commemorating the atomic attack in Hiroshima. So, it is a hugely sensitive issue, and many, many Japanese do not want to see this Constitution change.

CHURCH: Yes, it will be interesting to see how long that process take. And what might Prime Minister Abe's win mean in term of economic policy that of course another area of concern for many people in Japan.

STEVENS: Well, this might be bit more concrete actually because the whole campaign of this upper House election what was aimed by the ruling party, at Abe-nomics, this is the economic policy of Shinzo Abe, which is aimed that basically lifting the economy up out of its very, very weak growth.

That weak growth that we are seeing now. It's not measured in terms of years. It's now measured in terms of decades. Now, he launched this Abe-nomics policy when he was elected in 2012. It did some good, most people, most economist will tell you that it has achieved something but not nearly as much as the ruling party wanted it to achieve.

The economy still weak. The inflation is still weak, There is still this real fear that prices will go down which will stop people spending.

So, what Mr. Abe said very clearly, again, after this vote was this mandate gives him the leeway to make more drastic policy moves to get the Japanese economy moving.

So, watch that space, there is been a lot of talk leading up to this that we could see $250 billion stimulus package fairly quickly if this vote will in favor of Shinzo Abe.

So, he's packed with the Japanese people, Rosemary, it's really iron the man who can get the economy moving. They haven't got it moving nearly as strongly as it should have done since 2012, give me another chance, and I will put more ammunition in this and get things moving.

CHURCH: All right. Our Andrew Stevens in Hong Kong. It is nearly 3.30 in the afternoon there. Many thanks to you for keeping us up to date on the situation in Japan. Well, the U.S. president condemn the attack against police after the

deadly ambush in Dallas. He has comments on the Black Lives matters movement just ahead.

And the mother of an officer killed in Dallas is speaking to CNN about his death. What she wants people to know about the son she lost.

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CHURCH: A warm welcome back to ur viewers here in the United States and of course all around the world. I'm Rosemary Church. Time to update you on the main stories we've been following this hour.

The U.N. mission in South Sudan says gunfire and fighting has resumed in the country's capital following an overnight lull. A Chinese U.N. peacekeeper has been killed in the violence. And other peacekeepers were injured.

The U.S. says it's pulling non-emergency stop from its South Sudan embassy due to the unrest.

There is word of seven new arrests in connection to the Istanbul airport attack. Turkey's state-run news agency says the suspect are charged with belonging to an armed terrorist and assisting in homicide.

Three suicide bombers killed 44 people and wounded more than 200 last month.

Portugal's football team are the champions of Europe for the first time ever. The finals against France was scoreless until the second period of extra time. Substitute Eder Scored the only goal, it was just his 4 in 29 international appearances.

Well, in the U.S. at least 300 people have been arrested nationwide during protests against police shootings of two black men, Alton Sterling and Philando Castile.

On Sunday, police in Baton Rouge, Louisiana detained four dozen people during rallies for Sterling. He was killed there early last week.

Patrick Zamarripa was one of five Dallas police and transit officer killed by a sniper Thursday night. Now, his mother and sister is speaking publicly about their loss.

Rafael Romo has the story.

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VALERIE ZAMARRIPA, PATRICK ZAMARRIPA'S MOTHER: I screamed and I said no. No, not my baby. Not my Patrick. And they told me yesterday it was him. It can't be.

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RAFAEL ROMO, CNN SENIOR LATIN AMERICAN AFFAIRS EDITOR: He was her middle child, her caring and protective son. The boy who always knew what he wanted to be when he grew up.

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ROMO: Did he always wanted to be a police officer?

ZAMARRIPA: Yes, he did. Ever since he was a little both that was his biggest dream ever just to become a policeman.

ROMO: Now, Valerie Zamarripa is making funeral arrangements, her son, Patricio Zamarripa was one of the five Dallas police officers shot and killed Thursday by a sniper during the march. His death is especially difficult for his family because Patricio or Patrick, as he was known by fellow officers, would have turned 33 on August 15th.

His mother says he was also a very hands-on dad to his three-year-old daughter, Lincoln.

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ROMO: How excited was he about being a dad to his children?

ZAMARRIPA: Oh, my God, that was the life of his life.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

ROMO: Officer Patricio Zamarripa joined the Dallas Police Department seven years ago. he joined the U.S. Navy at the age of 17 as soon as he finished high school.

[03:35:01] He would go on to served three tours of of duty in the Persian Gulf of the Arabian Peninsula. He served one of those tours with his Laura who was also in the U.S. Navy.

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ROMO: He served three tours in the Middle East and comes back home in this house.

Comes back home and this is what happens.

LAURA ZAMARRIPA, PATRICK ZAMARRIPA'S SISTER: My brother loves his country and his community, so. Because this is his way of showing -- I just can't wrap my mind around this, it is just so unreal.

ROMO: What do you feel of the man who shot your son?

V. ZAMARRIPA: His family also is, you know, going through something...

(CROSSTALK)

L. ZAMARRIPA: A loss.

V. ZAMARRIPA: ... going through a loss and I will deal with that later. Right now I have no emotions or feelings towards him or the family because they also suffered a loss. (END VIDEO CLIP)

ROMO: A loss made especially difficult by the fact that Zamarripa's is not only leaving a daughter behind, but also his longtime girlfriend, his daughter's mother Christie whom he was to marry.

Rafael Romo, CNN, Dallas.

CHURCH: Unbearable heartbreaking story there. And U.S. President barack Obama cut short his trip to Europe after the deadly ambush in Dallas.

Earlier, he spoke about the Black Lives Matter while he was in Spain.

CNN White House correspondent Michelle Kosinski has more on his remarks.

MICHELLE KOSINSKI, CNN WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT: President Obama has now ended his trip abroad cutting it a day short because of events in the United States. And he's also leaving with some news, that he will now travel to Dallas on Tuesday and deliver remarks at a memorial service for the police officers who were killed there.

This will be by our account the 17 mass shootings that the president has spoken publicly about since he's been in office. And that's not even all the mass shootings that have happened in America in that time here.

This is a subject that we have seen him cried about publicly and we heard him say is the most frustrating issue of his presidency that he's spoken about it several times while he's been on his trip abroad. And now, we'll hear more from him.

And today in Madrid, he was asked a tough question about the group Black Lives Matter that's been organizing many of these protests. What did the president agrees with their tactics of what they've been saying.

And what have the president describe it was when you look at other decisive issues in the past whether it was the Civil Rights movement or the anti-Vietnam War demonstrations or women earning the right to vote, he said all of those were contentious.

Now what we are seeing isn't mass rioting in the United States. He said it's different than that. And much of it is a matter of free speech. He did say though, that attacking police officers does a disservice to the cause and have having a respectful tone is what wins supporters.

Here is some of his remarks from Madrid.

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OBAMA: 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 generalized or harsh. And I don't think that you can hold well-meaning activist who are doing the right thing and peacefully protesting responsible for everything that has uttered been protest site.

But, I would just say that everybody who's concerned about the issue of police shootings or racial bias in the criminal justice system that maintaining a truthful and serious and respectful tone is going to help mobilize American society to bring them about real change. And that is our ultimate objective.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

KOSINSKI: There are several times now that we heard the president mentioned these events in the United States while he's been traveling abroad. He's made the point that yes, there are racial divisions in America, there is much more work to be done.

But he disputes that those divisions are deep or as broad as some would characterize them. He focused on the unity in America that Americans they are unified in their outrage toward this incident that have happened so recently.

And another thing he kept saying was you can't paint a person with a broad brush. That this shooter in Dallas is no more representative of most black people's views in America than the Charleston shooter who shot black people in a church would be representative of white people's views, or the Orlando shooter two targeted gays would be representative of Muslims.

[03:40:05] Michelle Kosinski, CNN, Madrid.

CHURCH: We're going to take a short break here. But still to come, the rush is onto stop raging wild fires in Colorado, thousands of people had to flee their homes. We'll have the details on that.

Plus, a big day in men's tennis as Andy Murray claims another emotional win at Wimbledon. We're back in a moment.

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CHURCH: A fast moving wild fires has charred more than 243 hectares or 600 acres in the U.S. State of Colorado. According to reports, two men failed to put out a camp fire properly ignited the blaze Sunday. They have been arrested and are facing arson charges. Two thousand people have been forced to evacuate their homes because of the flames.

Another wild fire in the state has consumed more than 5,000 acres, that's more than 2,000 hectares. And several other dangerous wild fires are burning across the Western United States.

Our Derek van Dam joins us now to talk more about that. Before we get to that, it is so annoying, it makes people so angry when they hear about people who haven't put out their camp fire.

DEREK VAN DAM, CNN METEOROLOGIST: It is frustrating. An interesting statistic that I just learned from the U.S. Force Department is that 90 percent wild fires in the United States are actually caused by humans.

CHURCH: Unbelievable.

DAM: Unbelievable. Of course, there is natural causes like lightning. That's phenomenal we all know because it easily spark wild fires. But take a look at this. Not only in Colorado that they're dealing with wild fires, but in Southern California. Of course, we've been talking about the drought for the past let's say, five years, it just isn't getting any better.

And now, we've got this fire and Los Angeles County, this is the sage fire and there were evacuations around this region earlier Saturday morning, residents have been allowed to return back to their homes.

[03:45:00] I get to my graphics you can see some of the firefighters trying to put out that fire. There was a D.C. 10 used in fire retardant to help down the flames. There have been up to 1100 firefighting personnel and 200 vehicles actually combat in this blaze. This is the latest, 11,000 -- or excuse me, 1,100 acres burned, 49 percent contained which is an improvement from about seven hours ago when they only had about 20 percent of this particular fire contained.

This is the latest drought monitor and of course, Los Angeles moving up to California Coast and inland towards the valley that's where we have our exceptional to extreme drought conditions that are continuing.

And it's not only the South Western United States, it's the Southeastern United States. And take it from me. My garden isn't growing to United States here in Atlanta, of course that's where the CNN World Weather Center is located.

This is our main concern for the potential of wild fires spreading today. We are looking at across Wyoming, the front range through Colorado and down towards New Mexico. Now this isn't the peak season for tornados in the in the United States that typically comes about April to May. But we have our own chance of tornados today, by the way on average in the month of July.

We see 123 tornados across the contiguous United States. Well, look at what's developing. A lot of upper level energy as the storm system drive south out of Canada. This is interesting, I said upper level energy. Think about the jet stream that helps drives storm system across the United States. We've depicted it with that arrow.

And look at the thunderstorms that are firing up all thanks to that jet stream. The upper level disturbance that are going to bring us our chances of severe weather today. Hail damaging winds and isolated tornados.

Look out Minneapolis and Saint Paul all the way southward into the Kansas City region. Here is the storm firing up. But what I want you to see at home something rare in the middle of July, the middle of summer in the northern hemisphere, look at that shading of lights. That's the Northern Rockies expecting snowfall? What is that, Rosemary, 8500 feet and higher, they might be waking up early Tuesday morning with a little bit of the white stuff on the top of the mountains. CHURCH: That is ridiculous.

DAM: I mean, think about it, when temperatures are almost 90 degrees just to the east of there. It is incredible to think.

CHURCH: Yes, it is. All right. Thanks so much, Derek. Always a pleasure to chat with you.

Well, Andy Murray is celebrating his latest major victory. We catch up with the champ at Wimbledon and ask how this victory compares to his historic title in 2013. We're back with that, don't go anywhere.

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DAM: Good day. I'm CNN meteorologist Derek Van Dam. A quick look at your weather watch. We start throughout the USA.

We have temperatures in the upper teens near San Francisco, sunshine for the California Coast, 32 near Denver, 33 degrees for Chicago, the big apple 29, and still hot and humid across the Southeast Atlanta in the lower 30s.

I want to show you something interesting. There is a cold pocket of air starting to impact the Pacific Northwest so cold that overnight lows tonight and into Tuesday morning could become cold enough for the potential of snowfall.

In fact, our computer models picking up on that across the extreme Northern Rockies from Wyoming into Southern Montana. You can see that shading of white and purple indicating the potential at least for snowfall. Snowfall levels taht about 8500 feet by the way.

There is a potential for severe weather east of the storm system from Western Wisconsin across Minnesota into Iowa and parts of Kansas hail damaging winds and isolated tornados are possible to build in.

Here is your seven-day forecast. If you are traveling in or out of the New York City region, temperatures are warming up through the course of the week. Daytime high should be about 29, but I think will reach the 30-degree mark and higher as we head into the middle of the workweek.

[03:50:00] Temperatures near Belize City today, 31 at Kingston, Jamaica, 32, travelling southward, Rio de Janeiro, beautiful and sunny.

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CHURCH: Welcome back, everyone. Andy Murray is celebrating his second Wimbledon title. The 29-year-old Scott beats Milos Raonic in straight set on Sunday. And this is Murray's third Grand Slam title overall. His first Wimbledon victory was in 2013.

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

Does this one feel any different than the first win of 2013?

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JAMES BLAKE, CNN TENNIS ANALYST: Congratulations, Andy. And we all know that this one feels any different than the first win in 2013?

ANDY MURRAY, TENNIS CHAMPION: Yes, I mean, I feel very different. You know, the last time I was, I didn't really know what was going on and I couldn't really process everything. I didn't enjoy as much as I wish I had. I just felt to relieved that I've done it. And this time, I feel like a lot more camera and more contend and just happier than I did and I'll try enjoy this for the next few days for sure.

BLAKE: Well, enough and you deserve to enjoy. I want to ask you about your mom, you know, someone that shaped you and brought you along. And I just want to talk about the similarities. You have Serena, has Venus, (Inaudible) just yesterday I have their brother Jamie and she has their parents that really close to her and brought her along. How much credit goes to your mom Judy who is still supporting you and has really shape you as a tennis player?

MURRAY: yes. I think, you know, both of my parents when we're younger they made a lot of sacrifices for us. You know, it helped that my mom had a tennis knowledge so when she took us to play, me and brother, you know, she could actually help us, you know, help with our techniques and stuff.

You know, both of my parents when young age they would, you know, travel with us to tournaments at weekends drive like seven hours and took us in competitions when they didn't really have to do that because sometimes they probably felt like it's something different. You know, it's their weekend and, you know, they let me and my brother both leave home.

I moved to Spain when I was 15 to play. And my brother moved to France. And I know being a parent myself how difficult that must be at that age to, you know, to have allow us to do that and meet some financial sacrifices for us as well. So, you know, I'm very appreciative. Appreciative for everything that they've done for us. And it was great that were both here today to watch

BLAKE: Yes, I'm sure you're much more appreciative now as you're a father yourself. So, I'm sure she's proud of you, too.

MURRAY: Thanks.

BLAKE: Congrats.

MURRAY: Thank you.

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CHURCH: And James joins us live now, it's great you got to talk to him. So, Andy Murray was pushed hard but he conquered and that he had to win his second Wimbledon crown. How big a difference did it make knowing that he didn't have to face

Djokovic, Federer, and Nadal. Did that that significantly reduce the pressure on him?

BLAKE: Well, all of here is the pressure. He put so much pressure on himself. He's got the pressure of the home crowd, but it definitely reduced the difficulty. You know, he's been in 10 finals before in Grand Slams. And every time he beat either Federer or Djokovic who may go down as two of the greatest and most dominant players of all time.

So, they will not face them and face a near mortal (ph) in Milos round. I think that helped him and gave him a huge opportunity and when he's facing with an opportunity, he stood up and took that.

CHURCH: Yes. And lets break down Murray's straight from its victory over Raonic. She really couldn't have played better, could it?

BLAKE: No, it was a masterful performance. Extremely precise. He did such a good job of returning of Milos Raonic to serve. That's his biggest weapons and he was able to blunt it. He was able to get it in play and plying those play one more ball each time. And that showed all the pressure he put on him. It showed in the two tie breakers around it's really didn't match Andy Murray's level.

And I think that's part of the experience of partly of just how well Andy played. And he played that way for almost the entire two weeks here.

[03:55:00] CHURCH: So, what's next for Andy Murray, does this perhaps represents a new era for him, a turning point of sport?

BLAKE: Well, I think we're in a stage now where 29 isn't feeling old for tennis players anymore. You see Rogers still playing at 34 and still being effective. So, I think he still feels like he's at the prime of his career. And he's still competing with Novak and Roger and Rafa, but he's right up there getting much closer I think with Novak.

Novak is still the clear number one in the world. But Andy Murray has become and has to beat him. He beat him not long ago in Rome and he feels like he can compete with him for number in the world and also for other Grand Slam titles. He's been in that three Grand Slam finals in a row.

So, I think there is no question, he's number two in the world, now, it's whether or not he's ready to take that step to be number one in the world and defeat Novak Djokovic.

CHURCH: Yes. And do you think the struggles are behind him?

BLAKE: I think any struggles he's had are behind him. He had back issues where he had surgery a few years ago. And I think he's much more confortable physically on the court. And the confidence is there. He's back with Ivan Lendl who's really taking him to most of his success all three of his Grand Slam time, under the two of which with Ivan Lendl.

So, I think he's feeling very comfortable and very confident, and his struggles are there in the past now.

CHURCH: All right, James Blake, joining us from London just before 9 o'clock in the morning. Many thanks to you.

And thanks for joining us. I'm Rosemary Church. Remember to connect with me anytime on Twitter @rosemarycnn. Early Start with John Berman and Alison Kosik is coming up for our viewers here in the United States.

And for everyone else, stay tuned for more news with Max Foster in London. You have a great day.

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