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[01:00:25] ISHA SESAY, CNN ANCHOR: This is CNN NEWSROOM live from Los Angeles. Ahead this hour, Britain's new prime minister takes power and Teresa May doesn't waste any time making her first controversial decision.
Plus, will he go with his head or his heart? Donald Trump promises to pick a running mate by the end of the week.
And with the U.S. divided over several racially charged shooting CNN hosts a candid conversation about police and the communities they serve.
Hello, and thank you for joining us. I am Isha Sesay. NEWSROOM L.A. starts right now.
Thursday is Teresa May's first full day as Britain's prime minister and she is already hitting the ground running. May started making changes not long after taking office.
Nic Robertson, our international diplomatic editor, has more from London.
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NIC ROBERTSON, CNN INTERNATIONAL DIPLOMATIC EDITOR (voice-over): At this moment with the queen, Theresa May became Britain's 76th prime minister. From the get-go, under intense scrutiny, tracked by news cameras as she drove to begin her new job. Pausing at the doors to Number 10, the new PM promising continuity, praising her predecessor.
THERESA MAY, BRITISH PRIME MINISTER: David's true legacy is not about the economy, but about social justice. From the introduction of same- sex marriage to taking people on low wages out of income tax altogether, David Cameron has led a one-nation government and it is in that spirit that I also plan to lead.
ROBERTSON: But with the soft, there was the stern. May already living up to her reputation as a tough negotiator, warning Scotts against aspirations of independence.
MAY: The full title of my party is the Conservative and Unionist Party. And that word, unionist, is very important to me. It means we believe in the union, the precious, precious bond between England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
ROBERTSON: And barely had the famous doors shut behind her than the new cabinet began arriving. First, Phillip Hammond going in as Foreign secretary. Exiting with the top job, Chancellor of Exchequer, the Finance minister. Next up, Boris Johnson, flamboyant former London mayor, a leader of the Brexit campaign, now, unexpectedly for many, May's pick for Foreign secretary.
The new PM living up to another reputation, too, a hard worker.
The appointments kept coming. Amber Rudd, a Remain campaigner, filling May's old shoes as home secretary. Remembering Rudd and Johnson, on opposite sides, fought viciously in the Brexit referendum campaign, May's appointments seeking to unify her country.
And for the key new job, negotiating Britain's exit from the E.U., a Brexiteer, David Davis. All appointment to respect the Brexit mandate and head off concerns she might not deliver.
How fast the change had come. Only hours earlier, David Cameron saying farewell at the same door.
DAVID CAMERON, FORMER BRITISH PRIME MINISTER: And as we leave for the last time, my only wish is continued success for this great country that I love so very much.
ROBERTSON (on camera): Days like this in British politics are rare and there will be many people across the country breathing a sigh of relief that at least some of the upheaval is done.
Nic Robertson, CNN, London.
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SESAY: What a day.
Well, David Cameron appeared to be in a jovial mood during his final time in parliament as prime minister. He even cracked a few jokes.
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CAMERON: Mr. Speaker, this morning I had meetings with ministerial colleagues and others. Other than one meeting this afternoon with Her Majesty the Queen, the diary for the rest of my day is remarkably light.
And I have to say I'm beginning to admire his tenacity. He has reminded me of the Black Knight in Monty Python's "Holy Grail." He has been kicked so many times but he says, keep going, it's only a flesh wound. I admire that.
[01:05:02] I will watch these exchanges from the back benches. I will miss the roar of the crowd. I will miss the barbs from the opposition. But I will be willing you on.
Nothing is really impossible if you put your mind to it. After all as I once said, I was the future once.
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SESAY: Well, at least he could laugh about it.
Cameron also said good-bye to Larry the Downing Street cat. I want to show you a photo Cameron posted on Twitter Wednesday holding Larry in his lap. Cameron says he'll miss the chief mouser and is sad to leave him.
There were some concerns Larry would become homeless once the Camerons left. But the former prime minister says Larry belongs to the House.
Well, Donald Trump says he will announce his vice presidential running mate on Friday. He tweeted the news just a few hours ago. It has been a frantic few days as the presumptive Republican nominee weighs his options.
Senior White House correspondent Jim Acosta reports.
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JIM ACOSTA, CNN SENIOR WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Donald Trump's season of "The Apprentice" veepstakes edition has come down to this. An Indiana cliffhanger. That's where Trump and his family huddled behind closed doors with Indiana Governor Mike Pence.
A Trump campaign source told CNN their meetings over the last 24 hours went, quote, "Fabulously."
DONALD TRUMP (R), PRESUMPTIVE PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE: I'm narrowing it down. I mean, I'm at three, potentially four. But in my own mind, I probably am thinking about two.
GOV. MIKE PENCE (R), INDIANA: Nothing was offered, nothing was accepted.
ACOSTA: Pence got his Trump tryout in Indiana last night and showed off a skill that is prized by the campaign. Attacking Hillary Clinton as untrustworthy.
PENCE: To paraphrase the director of the FBI, I think it would be extremely careless to elect Hillary Clinton as the next president of the United States.
ACOSTA: The presumptive GOP nominee sounded impressed but unconvinced.
TRUMP: I don't know whether he's going to be your governor or your vice president, who the hell knows?
ACOSTA: Which explains why Trump not only met with Pence but other VP contenders, Newt Gingrich and even Senator Jeff Sessions who was there in Indianapolis as an adviser. While they talked by phone about the number two spot with Chris Christie calling in from Washington.
NEWT GINGRICH, FORMER U.S. HOUSE SPEAKER: It's a little bit like the "Apprentice." You'll find out sooner or later who the last one standing is.
ACOSTA: Of the three finalist, Christie, Gingrich, and Pence, the choice comes down to selecting an attack dog that doesn't end up biting Trump. Christie's vetting turned up issues like the New Jersey Bridgegate scandal, but he's a fighter. Gingrich is seen as loyal and a fierce debater, but also has vetting issues such as his campaign debt from the last election. Contrast that with Pence, whose vetting was completely clean, but is more low key.
TRUMP: Well, I'm not doing this for surprises. I'm not doing this for games.
BILL O'REILLY, FOX NEWS ANCHOR: OK. So, it's more -- it's either Pence or Gingrich.
TRUMP: I'm doing this because I want to pick somebody that's going to help me get elected.
GOV. CHRIS CHRISTIE (R), NEW JERSEY: We need once again to have a president who puts the safety and security of our citizens first.
ACOSTA: But it's Christie who is viewed by some inside the campaign at Trump's top choice.
TRUMP: I'll tell you Chris Christie is somebody I've liked a long time. He's a total professional.
ACOSTA: First ex-rival to endorse Trump, he's now a close adviser and he's known Trump and his flair for the dramatic for years.
CHRISTIE: When the government thing doesn't work out the "Apprentice" might be a really good deal for me. But Donald is a really good friend. Donald and Melania are both good friends and he's been very kind to me and supportive. But, you know, it's always great to have Donald Trump talking about you because Donald Trump, you know, is as good as salesman as anybody.
ACOSTA (on camera): But keep your eye on Mike Pence. The Indiana governor is favored by some in the family and senior campaign advisers. Trump is expected to announce his choice in an event this Friday. Any movement of that unveiling to the weekend before the convention would all but eliminate Pence. He must inform Indiana officials by Friday that he's dropping out of his race for re-election as governor so he can become Trump's running mate.
Jim Acosta, CNN, Washington.
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SESAY: Well, let's bring in CNN senior political analyst Ron Brownstein. He is also senior editor at the "Atlantic."
Ron, you were watching that report and you're shaking your head.
RON BROWNSTEIN, CNN SENIOR POLITICAL ANALYST: Yes.
SESAY: I think like many of us marveling at the spectacle that this has become.
BROWNSTEIN: Right.
SESAY: Have you ever seen anything like this and is there any upside for Trump?
BROWNSTEIN: Yes.
SESAY: The spectacle.
BROWNSTEIN: Yes. The spectacle is probably the upside. Right?
SESAY: Yes. Yes.
BROWNSTEIN: The entertainment value. The only thing remotely like it -- and it isn't really that much like it. I remember in 1984 the first presidential campaign I covered, Walter Mondale held a series of very public meetings with his people that were supposedly on his short list but it was really a way of just kind of indicating respect for different factions of the party.
SESAY: Yes.
BROWNSTEIN: This kind of "Hunger Games" thing where they're all kind of competing against each other I think is pretty unprecedented. Newt Gingrich was on TV tonight, on FOX, basically saying it's down to two. You know, and openly lobbying for the job. So, no, as is many other aspects of the Donald Trump campaign, we are in waters we have never been in before.
[01:10:01] SESAY: Why? Why do it like this? Why parade them in this manner? What is this about?
BROWNSTEIN: I think it just a reflection of Trump. I mean -- right? I mean, it's a reflection of his kind of desire for spectacle, the lack of structure that surround him because no one would really advice you do it exactly --
SESAY: And the kids right here are playing a major role --
BROWNSTEIN: And the kids -- right. That is very revealing that it was the family who flew out today when the tire popped on the plane, they had extra hours in Indiana. And suddenly they are doing their kind of, you know, last-minute meetings. It's the kids, not the campaign manager who show up.
I think this is actually a pretty good indication of what four years or eight years of Donald Trump as president would be like, you know, if he was president. It would just -- you know, you're so outside the boundaries of the way politicians usually behave and this is again more indication of that. SESAY: Speaking of being outside the boundaries, I mean, what are we
looking at in terms of criteria for the choice here? He has said at a point he wants an attack dog.
BROWNSTEIN: Yes.
SESAY: Then he said that's not what he wants. He wants a unifier. Then he said he wants a conservative.
BROWNSTEIN: Yes.
SESAY: What is at play here?
BROWNSTEIN: Yes. No, I think it has moved around. And again, with Trump, I mean, he's kind of a very impulsive figure. Right? I mean, he kind of says what comes into his head. And I don't think he really knows exactly what he wants.
One thing I'm struck by is there is less frenzy about this than usual on both sides, less concern. I think that's because Trump and Hillary Clinton are both such vividly defined figures. I think the general sense in the political world is the vice president, which never matters a huge amount in the election, matters even less than usual because the impressions are so deep about the two protagonists that it's hard to believe they're being affected much by the -- you know, by the number twos.
I think, look, what Trump needs above all, is someone to help him governor if he wins because as he has shown from the beginning, he is someone from way outside of the political system. It has assets for him, it's had demerits for him. But as president if he does get that far he would certainly need someone to help him navigate Washington.
SESAY: Well, and the polls came out on Wednesday that would probably make some pleasant reading for the Trump campaign.
BROWNSTEIN: Yes.
SESAY: From Quinnipiac University. Let's put this up for our viewers. And it shows Trump leading Clinton in Florida and Pennsylvania, and tied in the critical battleground state of Ohio.
Talk to me, Ron, about why the polls appear to be tightening in this way at this stage.
BROWNSTEIN: Yes, they don't entirely make sense to me in the sense that Trump I think in the end will finish better in Pennsylvania and Ohio than he does in Florida because that's where more of core vote, his blue-collar votes. I saw there was a poll out today from NBC- Marist which is also a very good poll. It had Clinton ahead more substantially in Pennsylvania as well as in some of the diverse states that have come out, Virginia and Colorado.
Look, Clinton has taken a real hit from the FBI report. James Comey's public, you know, declaration they would not prosecute her but delivering what amounted to a political indictment against the way she handled classified information has taken a real bite out of her, and she has come down. But what's noteworthy in those polls, as well as the national polls that are just coming out, is that while Clinton has clearly come down, Trump hasn't gone up.
And usually this is kind of a hydraulic process. There has not been a serious national poll with him above 42 percent since mid-May. What that says is he is facing a lot of resistance beyond that core base that he's built. Not only with minority voters but with an unusually large number of college-educated white voters that usually vote Republican but Trump is not running nearly as well as historically. So the question for the Trump campaign will be yes, there are doubts about Clinton. She has big headwinds. She's going to face them all the way to the election. But if his number doesn't go up, eventually it drifts back to her unless an unusually large amount siphons away to that third party candidate Gary Johnson.
SESAY: Well, she is making a point today of painting Donald Trump as dangerous.
BROWNSTEIN: Yes.
SESAY: Take a listen.
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HILLARY CLINTON (D), PRESUMPTIVE PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE: His campaign is as divisive as any we have seen in our lifetimes. It is built on stoking mistrust and pitting American against American.
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SESAY: So you look at the map, you look at the coalition, who is she speaking to here?
BROWNSTEIN: That's really fascinating. You had that remarkable young man on in the last hour who did that poem. We are now in the second year ever in American history where a majority of our public school students in all the cities in America are non-white. First time in American history.
SESAY: Really?
BROWNSTEIN: We are living through profound demographic change. A majority of our kids under 5 are non-white. A majority of our under 18 population will be non-white in this decade. And what you see is a real fissure in the society. I mean, we have a poll out today from -- an "Atlantic" poll where if you look at the Trump coalition they are deeply uneasy about the demographic change.
SESAY: The change. Yes.
BROWNSTEIN: Whereas the Clinton campaign which is essentially a diverse America and the portions of white America that are most comfortable with diverse America as the pollster Stanley Grimmer once said to me, by and large welcoming. She is speaking I think specifically there not only to minority voters who Trump is facing historic unfavorables. But those white-collar whites that I mentioned before.
Every Republican in the history of polling has won most white-collar white, college educated white voters in the presidential campaign. Clinton is now consistently leading. If she holds that lead despite all of the turbulence, and all the troubles she's facing, the numbers are very difficult to make it up for Donald Trump.
[01:15:03] SESAY: Fascinating. Ron Brownstein, always good to have you with us. You make us so much smarter.
Ron Brownstein, thank you.
BROWNSTEIN: Thank you.
SESAY: Time for a quick break now.
Three of the Dallas police officers killed in last week's ambush are laid to rest. The emotional ceremonies and how the men are being remembered, next.
And some people just can't seem to believe that this man, Boris Johnson, has been named Britain's new Foreign secretary. Stay with us for all the details.
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SESAY: Hello, everyone. Families and friends said farewell to three of the five officers killed in that terrible police ambush last week in Dallas, Texas.
Officer Lorne Ahrens remembered at his funeral for his big personality but even bigger heart. He leaves behind two children.
The sister of Officer Michael Smith here in the center said he worked hard to give his two daughters more than he ever had.
And the six children of Transit Officer Brent Thompson on the right said their dad will always be their hero.
It was an African-American man who took up a sniper's position and one by one targeted those white officers.
[01:20:07] They had been protecting a peaceful protest against police brutality.
Our own Don Lemon looked at police and race relations in the U.S. in this town hall meeting, "BLACK, WHITE, AND BLUE." The father of one of the officers killed in the ambush was just one of the panelists calling for peace.
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DON LEMON, CNN ANCHOR: You all need healing. The country needs healing. What can you say to the country now about healing. There's two families, again, people would think, are on different sides but all pain is the same. What do you say to the country, Dad?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: This has to stop. By taking another person's life, it won't make that person's life come back.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I have been saying the same thing since it all started. You know, violence for violence is not -- never going to be the answer to nothing especially not in the situation that me and this family is sharing right now. And I think we all come together to say that we want peace. We want peace for both families.
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SESAY: Well, I want to bring in CNN law enforcement contributor Steve Moore, who's also a retired FBI supervisory special agent. Cheryl Dorsey is a retired sergeant for the Los Angeles Police Department and author of "The Creation of a Manifesto: Black and Blue."
Welcome to you both. Thank you for staying with us.
Cheryl, so much pain in this town hall and also fear. One of our CNN colleagues actually posed a question to law enforcement in the room, a basic question of, how do I as a black man stay safe in my interactions with law enforcement, with the police?
Take a listen to how Charles Blow kind of summed it up. Charles Blow is a CNN commentator and "New York Times" journalist. Take a listen.
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CHARLES BLOW, CNN POLITICAL COMMENTATOR: Can we just take a moment as America and register how profound and immoral it is that we should have to give a certain group in this country a tool box to survive what should otherwise be an innocent interaction.
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SESAY: Profound and immoral, Cheryl. I mean, it's hard not to see it as an indictment of this country.
CHERYL DORSEY, RETIRED LAPD SERGEANT: You know, I had a conversation today with a gentleman who also has a little packet that he carries with him, and he keeps with him, his I.D., his driver's license, and his registration, so that if the officer stop him he can immediately hand this to him and put his hands in a safe place. And so, you know, these are very difficult times. Police are scared. Citizens are scared.
There needs to be a dialogue. There first needs to be an admission that there is a problem and then let's talk about fixing it for real, for real, this time.
SESAY: Steve, in watching that town hall at least with the law enforcement there, did you get the sense they're willing to admit there is a problem?
STEVE MOORE, CNN LAW ENFORCEMENT CONTRIBUTOR: Cheryl and I were talking backstage. I think that there are very few officers who will deny that there isn't -- deny that there's a problem nationwide. Sure it's fractional. It's like a little bit of cancer in your body but it can kill you eventually. It is not this pervasive, massive thing but it's enough to do irreparable harm. We have to do something about it.
SESAY: Yes, take a listen to some of basketball's biggest stars, taking the stage at the Espy's on Wednesday evening. Listen to what they had to say about the situation in this country.
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LEBRON JAMES, CLEVELAND CAVALIERS FORWARD: Let's use this moment as a call to action for all professional athletes to educate ourselves explore these issues, speak up. Use our influence and renounce all violence and most importantly, go back to our communities. Invest our time, our resources, help rebuild them, help strengthen them, help change them. We all have to do better.
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SESAY: Powerful words, Cheryl, from real influencers.
DORSEY: You know, it's much like what we need to see our police officers do. If you see something, say something. If an officer has a partner who's having a hard time and you recognize that he is having issues, help that officer get that help that he needs so that he is safe and the community is safe.
SESAY: And Steve, your reaction to hearing that?
MOORE: I think that's the best way you can deal with this. Nonviolent but influence people -- influence your own community and help everybody to come to a realization. We're not going to -- we're not going to fix this until our dialogue talking to each other here is the same as when we're talking to our friends. It's got to be the same. There can't be a subtext going on.
SESAY: Part of the dialogue has been -- a call has been to include in the conversation, and I'm interested to get your view on this, the role of policing in society. Right now the police are being asked to do too much and that as we move forward that needs to be looked at.
[01:25:04] Cheryl, you had a visceral reaction there.
DORSEY: Well, listen, for me, you know, police have always had to wear many hats. Right? When I respond to a radio call of domestic violence situation, I become a marriage counselor. Right? And so this is what we do. And so that's why evaluations, psychological evaluations are so critical of the officers not just when they become police officers but as they remain on the force.
Because if you identify someone who is not able to negotiate those waters, who can't change hats quickly, who doesn't have commonsense because you can't teach it, then we need to get them into a profession where they are better suited. SESAY: Do you agree, Steve, that you need to change the individuals
and give them the support or that the roles of police officers need to be reviewed? I mean, what's your take?
MOORE: I think both. But mainly I think we need to keep track of police officers and law enforcement of all types. I remember we used to take annual psych evaluations when we were undercover and they used to tell us, well, you couldn't pass the normal test after two years of being undercover because it changes you so much.
Being a law enforcement officer unavoidably changes you. And some people are changed in ways that can be healthy. Some people go in unhealthy ways. And those are the people -- I don't know if we have the technology. I don't know if we have the system in place to identify those people. But we have got to do it.
SESAY: Alton Sterling, who was killed in Baton Rouge outside that convenience store, and it was captured on video and it is part of that that has brought people out on the streets. His son was speaking out on Wednesday about the situation this country faces. Take a listen.
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CAMERON STERLING, ALTON STERLING'S SON: I feel that everyone, yes, you can protest. But I want everyone to protest the right way. Protest in peace, not guns, not drugs, not alcohol, not violence. Everyone needs to protest in the right way. With peace. No violence. None whatsoever.
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SESAY: Profound words from a young man that hopefully will resonate with people as they continue to protest because what's your view, Cheryl, should the protests continue?
DORSEY: Well, sure. I mean, voices need to be heard but it needs to be constructive. Right? And so you don't want your message to get lost in the mess. And what a brave young man. You know, I fell so proud to watch him as a mom myself and see him speak so articulately. Why don't we honor Alton Sterling and the life of Philando Castile by doing things the right way.
SESAY: Steve?
MOORE: I'm just astounded at the maturity of the boy and I just -- the young man. And I look back when I was a kid and seeing what Martin Luther King was doing. And how much resistance he got with peaceful demonstrations.
SESAY: So you support the protests continuing?
MOORE: I believe that if people have a grievance they have the right to protest and that right is one of the things that we have fought all of our lives to protect. So yes, if you have a grievance protest as long as it is peaceful and as Cheryl says, constructive. Anything that's non-constructive is going to cause resentment because both sides have open wounds.
SESAY: Steve Moore, Cheryl Dorsey, it's always good to have you with us because you guys are always honest and help us move the conversation forward. So thank you.
DORSEY: Thank you.
SESAY: Time for a quick break now. Next on NEWSROOM L.A. what the world can expect from new British Prime Minister Theresa May especially with the surprise addition of Boris Johnson to her cabinet.
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[01:32:05] SESAY: Hello, everyone. You're watching CNN NEWSROOM, live from Los Angeles. I'm Isha Sesay.
The headlines for this hour --
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SESAY: Theresa May is waking up to her first full day as British prime minister with a packed schedule on Thursday. In the hours after taking over as the new leader, Mrs. May named several new cabinet members. She faces a unique challenge as the U.K. prepares to leave the European Union.
So what can we expect from the new government?
Andrew Blick, a lecturer on politics and contemporary history at King's College London, joins me.
Andrew, good to have you with us.
We are looking for clues about how Theresa May will lead. We have her first six picks of the cabinet. Let's put them on the screen. What does that tell us?
DR. ANDREW BLICK, LECTURER ON POLITICS & CONTEMPORARY HISTORY, KING'S COLLEGE, LONDON: It tells us --
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SESAY: No, go ahead.
BLICK: I was going to say what this tells is that she's been through a period in which the party was divided around this European issue particularly through the referendum and now she wants to heal those divisions and patch over the disagreements that were happening before and during the referendum campaign by making important appointments from both sides of the argument.
SESAY: May's choice of Boris Johnson on the screen as foreign secretaries is raising eyebrows or inducing panic in some. Let's look at Angela Eagle's reaction. She looks as if she is about to pass out.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) ANGELA EAGLE, BRITISH P.M.: Boris is fun and great, isn't he bouncing around going to be the next prime minister and all of that. And they never actually put him -- they've just made him foreign secretary.
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SESAY: You can't help but chuckle seeing that reaction there. I mean, what do you make of it? Specifically the Boris appointment?
BLICK: Certainly, it rules one person out as vice presidential candidate in the U.S., perhaps.
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But this is an appointment she didn't need to make. Clearly she was going to need to appoint some people from the Leave campaign, two important jobs. It's not clear that she had to appoint Boris Johnson to any job at all. Many people were glad to see the back of him, including in his own party. So certainly, some people might say, although Theresa May has got the reputation of being a safe pair of hands, this is her first serious decision to make very soon after arriving in a job, and some people would say she has made a very perverse decision here. Perhaps she knows something we don't.
[01:35:26] SESAY: Perhaps. What about the appointment of David Davis as the Brexit minister? What does that say about how she will precede during this process and how fast she will move?
BLICK: I think this is an appointment that, were it not for Boris Johnson, would be getting more attention. He certainly has a reputation for being a tough character. He resigned from the shadow cabinet when the Conservatives were in opposition. He had once been considered the leadership contender. He lost out to David Cameron in 2005. But he has been out of office and front bench responsibilities for a substantial period of time. But it shows she needs to have someone who campaigned to leave, as you need in those negotiations. However, sending out that political signal to her own supporters is one thing, but someone who has to do the negotiations in Brussels, they are going to be complicated and involving give and take and not just people in her own party who support leaving. That's quite a different matter.
SESAY: It's going to be very complicated, indeed.
Andrew Blick, thanks for joining us and for the great conversation.
BLICK: Thank you.
SESAY: The prime minister's decision to make Boris Johnson her foreign secretary was mocked on Twitter. Lord Sugar, star of the BBC TV series, "The Apprentice," tweeted this, "Here is our new foreign secretary. I'm sure he will be well respected by his counterparts in other countries." Karl Built (ph), the former prime minister of Sweden, wrote, "I wish it were a joke but it isn't. Exit upon exit." And the director of the Human Rights Watch office in Brussels tweeted, "Presenting the U.K.'s new foreign secretary, #BorisJohnson, what could possibly go wrong?"
Stay with us. I'll be back with more right after this.
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SESAY: The CNN Freedom Project is dedicated to ending modern-day slavery. In our latest report, CNN's Claire Sebastian introduces us to a sex trafficking survivor who teaches others how to spot signs of the illegal trade.
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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: My life was taken from me.
CLAIRE SEBASTIAN, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): When she turned 30, she got a tattoo of the letters "YYZ" on her shoulder, the code for Toronto International Airport.
[01:40:03] UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I travel through the airport, every time I go through there, isn't a moment that I don't think about what happened when I came, not once.
SEBASTIAN: It's a symbol of the two Torontos she now inhabits, the city where she was forced into the sex trade at the age of 19 and now helps lead the fight against human trafficking.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: The club where I was kept the second time.
SEBASTIAN: For two days, she is letting us into her life on both sides of her city and it's hectic. Her first meeting is with Police Sergeant Ron Capashinski (ph) who leads one of the city's dedicated human trafficking units.
SGT. RON CAPASHINSKI (ph), TORONTO POLICE: Her self esteem is exceptionally well.
SEBASTIAN: He and his team need her advice on a victim they're trying to help.
Over the past six years, she has trained 14,000 police officers how to spot the signs of human trafficking.
CAPASHINSKI (ph): We had no idea. She educated us on what we were seeing. At the time, we had no specific unit that was directly in charge or specifically dealt with human trafficking incidents.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: You guys went to pick her up --
CAPASHINSKI (ph): And she really did change the way our police service looked at and investigated human trafficking occurrences.
SEBASTIAN (on camera): We're heading to the hotel where she arrived in Canada. This will be the second time she has been back there in 18 years. UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: That's the entrance --
SEBASTIAN (voice-over): It's a place that has come to signify hour important her work is after a chance encounter at a training session.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Three years ago, I asked before the presentation if any of you have seen a victim before. And I asked this gentleman in the back if he would share the story. He said no, I can't. After everybody left he comes up to me and was crying and he goes, I saw you. I was an undercover officer. I was put in right by your motel to watch for three months for drug operation. I watched you coming and going out of that motel. How would I know? How was I supposed to know? I heart just sank.
SEBASTIAN: In 2009, she opened Canada's first ever shelter for human trafficking victims. Last year, despite multiple awards and recognition, it had to close because of a lack of funding.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: It kills me every time I have a message from a victim I can't do this without you my court is coming up. I really appreciate all the awards. But I just wish that I could see all the sacrifice, you know, better laws, less girls being victimized, you know.
LAURIE SCOTT, ONTARIO REGIONAL PARLIAMENT MEMBER: The resources given to the police to go in and do the initial rescue is so critical.
SEBASTIAN: She's joined forces with Ontario Regional Parliament Member Laurie Scott to help push through a bill designed to protect trafficking victims.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: What an honor to be here.
SEBASTIAN: And in her schedule, she is tackling the private sector, teaching American and Canadian bankers to spot the signs.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: When they see the transactions, what does that mean? Why do you think this is human trafficking and what do you do with it? It's a huge breakthrough because bankers and financial institutions can play a huge part on fighting this crime.
Thank you for listening.
SEBASTIAN: It's this fight that has given her life back and her adopted city.
(on camera): So coming back here now 18 years later do you have any regrets?
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: None.
SEBASTIAN: None at all?
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: None.
SEBASTIAN (voice-over): Claire Sebastian, CNN, Toronto, Canada. (END VIDEOTAPE)
SESAY: A very brave woman sharing an important story.
You're watching "NEWSROOM L.A." I'm Isha Sesay.
"World Sport" starts after the break.
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[01:45:49] PATRICK SNELL, CNN WORLD SPORT ANCHOR: Hi, there. I'm Patrick Snell with the "World Sport: update.
It's the oldest golf major of them all. The Open championship dates back to 1860 but the 2016 version starts on Thursday at Royal Troon, which is hosting the prestigious tournament for a ninth time. Compelling story lines everywhere you look. Will we see a fourth straight first time grand slam winner or perhaps an American winner for seventh Open in a row there? And then there's the 2014 champ Rory McIlroy who says he doesn't feel he's letting down the game by not going to the Rio Olympics. Rory is also trying to snap a two-year major drought.
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RORY MCILROY, PRO GOLFER: I'm excited to be back. Obviously missed last year at St. Andrews. You know, it was one that I earmarked since 2010 to possibly have a chance to win a claret jug there. You know, I feel of all the courses on the open road I feel it's my best chance. To miss that last year was very disappointing but excited to be back and to a golf course I've never played before. I don't have any experience here at Troon. So it was good to get a couple of good looks at it last week.
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SNELL: My most recent memory of Rory was leaving the U.S. Open abruptly after missing the cut at a major for the first time in three years. What can we expect from him this time around, as well as some of the other main contenders?
Earlier, I spoke with Alex Thomas.
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ALEX THOMAS, CNN WORLD SPORT CORRESPONDENT: When you speak to any of the golfing experts here at Britain's Open championship and there are plenty of them because it's a historic and great championship, they all think that Rory McIlroy is definitely a potential winner this week. And there are some concerns as to why his mind set is in a major championship. You have to go back to 2014 for the last time he lifted one, when he lifted the U.S. Open and the U.S. PGA in the same year. He did win the Irish Open on the European tour even if he has not finished higher than third on the PGA tour this year. He still has the caliber to win. The doubt we can't answer yes or no about is how the Olympics controversy has affected him mentally. SNELL: He is talking about that vocally, indeed. I want to focus in
on Dustin Johnson, arguably the most informed player right now looking for a third straight victory. What impressed you about him in recent weeks, Alex?
THOMAS: I don't think he has changed his game a lot but he went off that U.S. Open win and went out and won the very next week. And it just shows you that Dustin Johnson has always had the talent. He's a phenomenal driver of the ball, second in the driving stats in the PGA tour and the lowest scoring average this season. I guess maybe you can say he refined a game that was already very good and just got more consistent. But when Dustin Johnson was asked time and time again, when are you going to get this monkey off your back of winning a major title, he always insists he wasn't bothered about it. Now he arrives here and people are saying you got one now. We don't have to ask you what does it feel like to be the best player who hasn't won a major so far. And he admits it feels good but he feels like any given time he is the best player in the world.
SNELL: Jordan Spieth came close last year at St. Andrews. What will he have learned from that experience he can take into this week as he continues his quest for a third major?
THOMAS: I think you can read from that he doesn't need the experience of decades playing in an Open championship to know how to win here. Didn't win at St. Andrews but he came awfully close in a stellar year for him. And like they say for a lot of players from Texas they can flight the ball high when need and low when needed. That's what you need in an Open championship. You can hear the wind ruffling across the microphone a bit. We are in front of the driving range. We have the coast there. Like a lot of links courses, the wind is one way going out and another coming back. The players have to change the way they shape their shots. Jordan Spieth will know all about that. He won't worry about that. I guess the slight concern is over his golf swing. He seems to be struggling with his long game somewhat. I was speaking to Gary Player, a three-time Open winner earlier and he said he spotted a little fault in Jordan's swing although he won't tell us what it is. But for someone with a fault in his swing, Jordan Spieth is still awfully good, still.
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[01:50:25] SNELL: An understatement.
After Roy Hodgson resigned as England manager, at Euro 2016, Sam Allardyce is linked to the job and reportedly now in talks with the English Football Association. Allardyce was just able to keep the Black Cats from being relegated from the Premier League last season. Sunderland are touring Austria at the moment. Allardyce himself reportedly turning home on transfer business this week. In '06, he was linked to the England post.
Big Sam Allardyce was a top-flight manager, too. He does have one year left on his deal with Sunderland. Before his job at the Stadium of Lights, he was the coach at West Ham and had stints at New Castle and at where he oversaw Blackburn Rovers. By the way, the World Cup qualifying starts in early September and
they open up against Slovakia.
Make sure you stay us with. We bring you the latest from the Tour de France. Chris Froome is the one to beat there but winds are ahead for the cyclists.
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SNELL: Welcome back to CNN "World Sport."
The 2016 Tour de France, Chris Froome has extended his overall lead following his second place finish on Wednesday during the stage 11. Peter Sagan able to hold off Froome's sprint at the end of the stage in what was a thrilling climax. Froome still in charge, though. Stage 12 is shortened due to high winds which are expected to reach 120 kilometers an hour there.
Did you know the sport of fencing has been an ever present at the Olympic Games? They have been saying "en garde" all the way back since 1886 and they are hoping to grow the sport even more in the host country of Rio Brazil.
Here's CNN's Neil Curry.
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NEIL CURRY, CNN WORLD SPORT CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Brazil is renowned for its beaches and also its football but what you might not expect to see here is this. The International and Brazilian Fencing Federations want to grow the sport in the country that's going to host the Olympic Games in just a few weeks' time. More than 5,000 children from over 40 schools with a chance to try the sport in recent weeks.
[01:55:10] UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Brazil don't have a tradition in fencing. One day they realize so they play a Zorro or as musketeers. They try it. It's a pleasure work as a coach here when you see the happiness in children's eyes.
CURRY: The month-long campaign was intended to introduce the sport to many young people who wouldn't normally have a chance to try it.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: When they start to see fencing they fall in love. The only difficulty we have is, so, what is fencing?
CURRY: In a country mad about football, the sport of fencing is fighting for recognition.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Most people only know soccer and the other sports are not really big here in Brazil. When I walk on the streets, people won't recognize me. But it's OK. I am doing that but I would appreciate a little more recognition but I'm doing it for myself and I also believe that the Brazilian people are going to be a part of this amazing event and I hope they can help know me to achieve my dream which is to win an Olympic medal.
CURRY: And the sight of a Brazilian fencer on the Olympic podium could inspire a new generation and lead to more scenes like this.
Neil Curry, CNN.
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SNELL: Thanks, Neil.
And thank you for joining us. In the meantime, do stay with CNN.
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