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[08:00:12] ANDREW STEVENS, HOST: I'm Andrew Stevens in Hong Kong, welcome to News Stream.

Nearly 9,000 officials have been removed from their jobs in Turkey, retaliation for anyone accused of being involved Friday's failed coup.

Another deadly shooting in the United States. Baton Rouge marred in tragedy again as three policemen are shot dead.

And Republicans converge on Cleveland to officially name Donald Trump their presidential nominee. But will he lead a united party?

Turkey is expanding its purge of government and military officials now to the police after Friday's attempted military coup. Turkish media report

nearly 9,000 interior ministry officials, mostly police, have been removed from their post. And the military is also a

target.

About a third of all admirals, and generals, have now been detained, some 6,000 people are now in custody, some are being kept in stables.

Well photos of the mass detentions show some have been stripped. The president says he's considering bringing back the death penalty.

Let's recap now what happened at the weekend. Late on Friday, military tanks rolled in to the streets of Ankara and Istanbul and soldiers

blocked the famous Bosphorus bridge in Istanbul. The president then appeared in an interview on CNN Turk calling on supporters to stop the coup

and people took to the streets.

Media outlets reported they'd been forced off air including CNN Turk. Now social media experienced outages, as well.

At least 290 people were killed, 1,400 were injured in the fighting.

Well our senior international correspondent Arwa Damon joins us now from Istanbul with the

latest. And Arwa, is it at all clear that these thousands and thousands of people who've now been caught up in the arrests and the purges actually

have any direct ties to the coup?

ARWA DAMON, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Well, we don't know that definitively, Andrew. The Turkish government says that it does have

evidence against them. It says it has to a certain degree investigating some of these individuals for alleged ties to other previous attempts to

try to overthrow this current government. But we really don't know at this stage what sort of concrete evidence there is.

Now the 27 masterminds, alleged masterminds, of this coup are appearing in court but

we don't know what the process is going to be for the thousands of others. And it's not just the military and the police, as you were mentioning who

were being both detained and also suspended from their positions, you also have the government going after individuals within the

ministry of finance, as well as judges, prosecutors, and others.

What this whole attempted coup has done, though, is really put two main things into the forefront. One is the fact that Erdogan really does

command a significant amount of people power. And it was his call to his supporters to go out into the streets that was the key factor that

eventually led to the failure of this coup aside from the fact that it was very poorly planned and executed, but also really proved to those who do

want to militarily, at least, overthrow him that he does have significant support amongst the population here.

And he's been calling on his support base to go out into the streets. And we have been seeing

this, in fact, be realized every single night and they are out there, demonstrating their support for him,

demonstrating their anger against this attempted coup into the very early hours of the morning.

But the issue is that even though the country's main political parties, and they do oppose that of the president, the AKP ruling party,

they did, however, come together, and speak out against this military coup.

There are still very widespread fears amongst his opponents that he is going to use this to clamp

down even greater than he has in the past on any voices of dissent.

And this really can go one of two ways right now. We can either see Erdogan become even more as his opponents would describe him to be, an

authoritarian ruler, or we could see him actually try to bring the various different political parties together to try to ensure a better future for

Turkey.

But there's still a lot of fear and uncertainty at this stage. And no one really knows what is going to happen next, or, really, how long this

fragile so-called stability is even going to hold, Andrew.

[08:05:03] STEVENS: And he's made it very clear who he thinks is behind this, a Muslim cleric, one of his bitterest foes who now lives in

the U.S. He's calling for his extradition. But John Kerry says there hasn't been any formal request for that until there's some sort of

evidence.

Is he presenting any evidence against the cleric?

DAMON: The last that we heard from the president and the prime minister, but mostly from

President Erdogan himself, is that they were putting to the the necessary evidence, that they do say they have at hand and that they would be

presenting that to the United States. And President Erdogan alluded to the fact that this would possibly be key in determining how U.S./Turkey

relations would go saying that once this evidence had been handed over to U.S. authorities, how they react to it, and whether or not they do, in

fact, act upon Turkey's request to repatriate Fethullah Gulen, the cleric who is accused of masterminding all of this, whether or not the U.S. agrees

to repatriate him to Turkey will determine just what sort of a friend, in Erdogan's words, to put it, just what sort of a

friend the U.S. is, in fact, to Turkey.

And this is really just another issue that is creating tension among Turkey and the United

States, at a time when the region can't afford to see two significant players potentially at even greater odds.

Now Fethullah Gulen for his part does deny any sort of involvement in this coup attempt. And it's not really the first time that we've seen

Erdogan accused Gulen, and the terrorist movement that he says the cleric leads, of being behind various attempts to try to undermine Erdogan's

government.

STEVENS: All right, Arwa Damon thanks very much for that. Arwa Damon joining us live from Istanbul.

Now, Arwa's just talking about Fethullah Gulen there. And this is the man who the Turkish president is blaming for that coup attempt. Gulen is a

former ally of the president. The cleric's been living in self-exile in the U.S. since 1999.

Now Gulen has given a rare interview to denounce the accusations. Now Sarah Gannon has that.

(BEGIN VIDOETAPE)

SARA GANIM, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Fethullah Gulen's compound lies on a one-way road in the rural Poconos of Pennsylvania. Driving by, it's easy

to miss.

We're here to cover protesters outside, supporters of Turkish President Erdogan, who publicly accuse Gulen of organizing a coup from

nearly halfway around the world.

Gulen has been in self-exile from Turkey since 1999, and almost never speaks to the press. So we hold little hope of getting inside.

HALIL MUTTI, ANTI-GULEN PROTESTER: Democracy is the best way...

GANIM: Mid-interview with a protester, Gulen's guards approach us. To our surprise they tell us they'll escort us in for a tour.

Beyond the gates is a sprawling complex, several buildings, a garden, a pond. Quiet and tranquil, there are few people around, as we are kindly

told to wait. We might get an interview with Gulen.

About an hour goes by, and then good news.

Today he made the exception...

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: This was an exception.

GANIM: Because of the seriousness...

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: You were lucky.

Yes, accusations.

GANIM: He wanted to be able to respond?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Right.

GANIM: The former president of Gulen's Golden Generation Retreat Center tells us how rare this opportunity is.

In fact, CNN has been requesting an interview with him for four years, but it has never been

granted.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: He never goes out of the building. He never goes out of his room really, except for talking to people afternoon prayer, and

also for the regular prayer times. That's all.

GANIM: We are escorted in, asked to take off our shoes, and brought to a room where Gulen, who is in bad health, spoke through his interpreter.

FETULLAH GULEN, TURKISH CLERIC (through translator): In my view, doing these kinds of things are a direct betrayal of our nation, a direct

attempt to divide our nation, and I do not condone them.

GANIM: He rejected the claims levied by Turkish President Erdogan that he organized any coup. Former allies, Erdogan and Gulen have become

bitter enemies. Erdogan now calling for Gulen to be extradited to Turkey.

We thought that was it. But then Gulen said something to his interpreter. We were told we could see inside his living quarters, the

place where this man, accused of orchestrating a coup, spends most of his time.

A small, humble room with a few pieces of personal belongings, items from his past in Turkey, which he says he fled to avoid harassment from

enemies. One of his aides compared it to a cell.

Now, in his late 70s, he says he is in poor health, resting here for most of his days. In his own words, the final days of his life.

On our way out, we're shown his lit panorama of the old city. His aides say Gulen believes

this is the closest he'll ever be to home again. And we're given Turkish delight and other sweets. His press aide tells us it's so that we can

leave with a good taste in our mouth.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

[08:10:21] STEVES: That was CNN's Sara Ganim with that extraordinary access to Gulen.

Now, CNN's Becky Anderson has also been promised an exclusive interview with the Turkish

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. And CNN will be the first network to conduct a sit-down interview with the president since that attempted coup.

That will be in the coming hours right here on CNN. So make sure you stay with us for that.

Now, France is grieving for the 84 people killed in last week's massacre in Nice. Earlier, mourners paused for a moment of silence at the

Promenade des Anglais, that's where a gunman plowed a truck through families, and children, celebrating Bastille Day.

Now, authorities are still trying to determine if the killer was linked to ISIS.

Now the terror group claims he was responsible to its calls for attack. Police now have six people in custody.

Let's get the details now. Will Ripley joins us from Nice.

And first of all, Will, the French interior minister is saying that the link to ISIS is still not established, even though ISIS did claim

responsibility?

WILL RIPLEY, CNN CORRESPONDENT: That's right, Andrew. And the interior minister also saying that everybody needs to use caution in making

that connection because, of course, if this attack is proven to be connected to ISIS, it only adds to that group's propaganda message, its

attempts to project strength even though it's losing territory on the ground.

Also, some new information here: of those six people in custody, you mention, three have been

transferred to Paris, to the anti-terror unit there. Investigators will have 24 hours, and the clock is ticking, to come up with a criminal link, a

terrorism link, and then they either have to let these people go or they will be charged in this case.

The local authorities here felt they have enough evidence now it's up to the authorities in

Paris. So within the next day we could learn more.

Also, as this beautiful promenade here along the French riviera is lined with flowers to mark the places where those families, where those

children died, I want to show you this -- this is a pile of rocks and trash. This is where the attacker died. People have been coming up

throwing trash, spitting on this pile. It shows how people here feel about the man.

We have been speaking with his attorney, a man who helped him stay out of prison earlier this year. And he's struggling with a lot of feelings

right now.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

RIPLEY: Mohamed Bouhlel was a delivery driver with a wife, three children, and a volatile personality. In March, he threw a wooden pallet

at another driver in a fit of road rage. Corentin Delobel was his lawyer in that case and got him a six-month suspended prison sentence.

"I told myself I did my job," he says, "but if I had done my job badly he might be in prison, and

maybe would have never done what he did."

He struggles with a sense of guilt and shock. Delobel says his weightlifting, heavy drinking client was not an extremist, but he did have

a record of domestic violence, accused of beating and humiliating his now estranged wife.

"He was very much the stereotype of a petty criminal," he says. "There was nothing that would

have suggested in reality he was a jihadist."

He says the attacker didn't really stand out in a crowd and wouldn't have raised any suspicion when prosecutors say he came here to the

Promenade des Anglais, not once, but twice, in the days leading up to the attack.

His brother says he even sent a photo that night of himself looking happy in the crowd.

Prosecutors also say Bouhlel sent a text message to someone just before the attack, telling them to bring more weapons. Police are

questioning several people. A source tells CNN those who knew Bouhlel say he began speaking in support of ISIS. The terror group has called him one

of its soldiers.

"He wasn't very intelligence," he says. "I imagine he could have been easily influenced by religion."

Bouhlel was never overtly religious, never on a watch list. France's interior minister says he likely radicalized very rapidly, committing one

of the worst terror attacks in recent history, and nobody, not even his lawyer, saw it coming.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

RIPLEY: Within the last couple of hours, all of France observed a moment of silence. There was a ceremony here in Nice. There was a

ceremony in Paris attended by the French President Francois Hollande, and here is the spot where the largest group of people died when the truck

aimed right for them. You can see teddy bears for the children, flowers, candles. This is a spontaneous memorial that has continued to grow over

the last three days. Today is the third and final national day of mourning.

And Andrew, I have to tell you, standing here, still, three days later, you feel, despite all the

beauty around us, you feel something truly awful happened here.

[08:15:11] STEVENS: And understood, Will.

Will Ripley, thank you for that report. And fascinating also to see the reaction of the people from Nice with that marking that spot where the

driver died, too.

OK, let's get more reaction now to that attack. And I want to bring in our senior international correspondent Nima Elbagir. She's also in Nice

and she's joined by the U.S. ambassador to France. Nima?

NIMA ELBAGIR, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Yes, Andrew, we're joined by Ambassador Jane Hartley.

This is a place, ambassador, that you know very well. This is a place that you and your family

have made some -- you've spoken very movingly about the memories you and your family have made here. ut for the past few days you've been here

trying to identify U.S. citizens potentially caught up in this.

Are you still looking?

JANE HARTLEY, U.S. AMBASSADOR TO FRANCE: No. I think we've identified, sadly, three Americans that were killed here and one American

is still in the hospital. I will -- I will be seeing the families later today of those killed and I will be visiting the American in the hospital.

And our consular office both in Paris and in Marseille has been working closely with these

families since this tragic attack happened.

ELBAGIR: And this, of course, sadly isn't the first time that you've been called to duty when Americans have been caught up in incidents in

France. There are, of course, swelling concerns about the potential for a greater frequency of incidents across Europe not just here in France. How

concerned are you? And what do you tell Americans who are thinking to bring their families here?

HARTLEY: Well, we have not said do not come to France. And I will tell you just on a

personal basis, my son lives in London, and he's going to be traveling to France very soon. And I told him to come.

But what I told him is what I would tell other Americans. Listen to State Department warnings. Listen to warnings that the embassy is putting

out and be vigilant, especially in large events. But I'm from New York. I lived through 9/11 in New York. My son now lives in London. I think

throughout the world is time for us when we travel to be vigilant, exercise caution.

But I would tell Americans to come to France.

ELBAGIR: Well that's an extraordinarily big statement to say your son's coming. But of course we can't disregard the reality that western

targets, soft western targets, American targets, are of high value to so many of these crazed ideologies and terrorists so there is always going to

be a threat and a threat that many of the U.S. intelligence agencies are saying is one that they're increasingly concerned about.

HARTLEY: There is a threat. We've been working quite closely with the French. Our intelligence services in particular, and frankly we have a

lot of respect for the French. It's a problem. I consider it,though, a worldwide problem. President Obama said after the November 13 attack that

this was an attack against all of us, this was an attack against humanity. And when we look at the tragedy that happened here, young children, 10,

young innocent children I think this is something for the world to react to.

It was horrific. And I hope we all say, not just France, not just the U.S., that this can't happen again.

ELBAGIR: To make those kinds of statements of support that you are categorically not telling U.S. citizens not to come to France, is this

about a broader stance, a broader stand that the U.S. is making alongside its oldest ally as President Obama always refers to France?

HARTLEY: Well, we work closely with France. And I would say it's our oldest, and perhaps our closest ally. And I know from my work at the

embassy, the work we do with the foreign ministry, with Prime Minister Valls's office, with Minister Cazeneuve is, I think, closer than it's ever

been. And I think now, unfortunately, more important than it's ever been.

ELBAGIR: Thank you so much for joining us, ambassador.

You heard the ambassador there, Andrew, the cooperation, the joint stance between the U.S.,

the rest of the world, and France more important than ever in this time of growing security concerns.

Back to you, Andrew.

STEVENS: Absolutely. And the defiance you read of the French themselves in the wake of these now multiple attacks across France.

Nima, thanks so much for that. Nima Elbagir joining us live from Nice.

We're going to take a short break. When we come back, we're going to be taking you live to Louisiana where residents in Baton Rouge are reeling

once again after a shoot-out that claimed the lives of three police officers.

Plus, a Pakistani man defends killing his own sister, a social media star who defied Pakistan's status quo.

And, with the start of the Republican convention in Ohio just hours away now, Cleveland's

security team is bracing for mass protests. We'll be there live as well. Stay with us.

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[08:22:22] STEVENS: Welcome back.

You're watching News Stream live from Hong Kong. That's the view across Victoria Harbor.

Now Baton Rouge, Louisiana, is, again, a city in shock, this time after an ambush left three police officers dead and three more wounded.

Police say it was an ex-marine who lured officers into a shoot-out early on Sunday. The attack follows the police shooting of Alton Sterling in

Baton Rouge on July 5th and the sniper attack two days later that killed five officers in Dallas, Texas.

Well, following all this from Baton Rouge is our Boris Sanchez. And he's just outside the convenience store where Sunday's carnage unfolded --

Boris.

BORIS SANCHEZ, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Hey, Andrew, good morning. Yeah, all of this unfolding just fewer than 24 hours ago, starting out in the

convenience store as you said behind us. We can't really point to it right now because the sun is coming from that direction.

But to give you an idea this is a strip of businesses where police followed the gunman and

bravely went after him, even as he was targeting them.

What we're learning this morning is that even as the investigation here gets cleared and things

slowly start to return to normal behind the scenes of the investigation is still ongoing.

Officials tell us that they've interviewed at least two people who spoke to the gunman in the

few days before the attack here in Baton Rouge. As of 1:00 a.m. this morning, there were no charges filed against anyone in the case. They're

really trying to find the motive, exactly why he did this. Some of his posts on social media may reveal where this investigation is headed. He

was a big fan of anti-government groups, also involved in some conspiracy groups as well.

I should point out, the morning of the attack, which happened to be his birthday yesterday, he tweeted out, quote, "just because you wake up

every morning doesn't mean you're alive. And just because you shed your physical body, doesn't mean you're dead."

Just a few hours later he came down here to this convenience store, less than a mile away from Baton Rouge police headquarters and carried out

this attack that has opened up a wound in a community that was just beginning to heal.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Shots fired! Officer down! Shots fired! Officer down! Got a city offer down.

SANCHEZ (voice-over): Three officers ambushed and gunned down in Baton Rouge Sunday morning with three other officers wounded. At 8:40 a.m.

officers spotting a man dressed in black, wearing a mask and holding an AR- 15-style semiautomatic rifle near a convenience store. A law enforcement source says the killer, 29-year-old Gavin Eugene Long, a former Marine, was

intentionally trying to lure in police.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I'm hit. Left arm.

SANCHEZ: Two minutes later, gunshots rang out, the killer outgunning the officers at the scene. In the hail of bullets, three of them lost their

lives: 41-year-old Matthew Gerald; 32-year-old Montrell Jackson; and 45- year-old Brad Garafola.

Police ending the rampage by shooting the gunman.

CHIEF CARL DABADIE JR., BATON ROUGE POLICE: Don't think that this can't happen in your country. We never would have thought that this was

going to happen in Baton Rouge, but it has.

SANCHEZ: The attack coming just ten days after five officers were killed in the Dallas ambush by another former military veteran, 25- year-

old Micah Johnson, gunning down officers protecting a peaceful protest to the police killings of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile.

COL. MIKE EDMONSON, LOUISIANA STATE POLICE SUPERINTENDENT: We want the prayers from around the country. You know, we're mourning just like Dallas.

I mean, my two partners, my two brothers right here, I was in the hospital with them. I saw firsthand the grief on their face as they were trying to

talk to the families. You know, this has got to stop.

SANCHEZ: Law enforcement sources tell CNN that the Baton Rouge killer rented a car from his hometown in Kansas City, stopping in Dallas, where he

shot this video on his cell phone before carrying out the attack.

The five-year veteran was discharged as a sergeant and spent about six months in Iraq. He tweeted about the Dallas killer, calling him, quote,

"one of us." And then a YouTube video urging viewers...

GAVIN EUGENE LONG, BATON ROUGE KILLER: You've got to fight back.

SANCHEZ: Tensions high in Baton Rouge since Alton Sterling's death nearly two weeks ago, Sterling's aunt pleading for peace.

VEDA WASHINGTON-ABUSALEH, ALTON STERLING'S AUNT: These people call these families, they tell them that their daddies and their mama's not

coming home no more. I know how they feel, because I got the same phone call. Stop this killing. Stop this killing.

SANCHEZ: One of the slain Baton Rouge officers posting this plea on Facebook after the Dallas ambush. Quote, "Please don't let hate infect your

heart." Montrell Jackson wrote, "If you see me or need a hug or want to say a prayer, I got you."

President Obama yet again forced to address a mass killing.

BARACK OBAMA, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: We need to temper our words and open our hearts, all of us.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Until we come together and this madness continues, we will surely perish as a people.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

SANCHEZ: To reiterate Andrew, there were six officers involved in the attack. Three of them were killed, two of them sustained non-life-

threatening injuries. They're expected to be OK. But one of them is still in critical condition.

Nicolas Tullier, a 41-year-old who spent 18 years serving the Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's

Office. We're told he's fighting for his life right now. Officials yesterday asking the community to send prayers and thoughts to him and his

family and for all the families of the officers involved in the attack, Andrew.

STEVENS: Boris Sanchez in Baton Rouge, thank you.

Now the brother of a Pakistani social media star has confessed to strangling his sister. She was well known for her controversial videos

that supported feminism.

Her brother says he killed her because he objected to the pictures she posted online. He's under arrest.

Now after the break, we'll take you straight to Ohio, where police are preparing for the worst on the streets of Cleveland. We'll explain what

that means in just a moment.

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(HEADLINES)

[08:32:15] STEVENS: Now when the Republican convention does get under way, delegates are expected to make Donald Trump the party's nominee for

president. And that has many people protesting in the streets. But among Republican, and Republican leaning voters, a new CNN/ORC poll shows that 68

percent believe the party will unite behind Trump.

Now, Phil Mattingly has been following it all.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

DONALD TRUMP (R), PRESUMPTIVE PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE: Our world is spinning out of control. Our country's spinning out of control. That's what

I think about. And I'll stop that.

PHIL MATTINGLY, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Donald Trump pledging strength ahead of the first day of the Republican National Convention.

TRUMP: Obama's weak. Hillary's weak. And part of it is that, a big part of it. We need law and order.

MATTINGLY: Weeks of national and international turmoil heavily impacting today's events, coincidentally themed, "Make America safe again."

Trump slamming President Obama's response to Sunday's killing of three officers in Baton Rouge, saying the president doesn't have a clue. Tweeting

that the country is, quote, "a divided crime scene, and it will only get worse." As all eyes are on the presumptive GOP nominee to see if he's ready

to pivot to a more presidential tone.

PAUL MANAFORT, TRUMP CAMPAIGN CHAIRMAN: It's not a change of -- a pivot. What it is, is a showing of the rest of the person. That hasn't been

done in this campaign. The Donald Trump that I see on a daily basis is more than just a Donald Trump sitting out there in campaign rallies.

MATTINGLY: The campaign touting a different type of convention, one featuring fewer politicians and more voices with a personal connection to

Trump.

MANAFORT: Oftentimes, other than the wife of the candidate, you don't see any glimpse into the personal life of the person being nominated for

president. This convention is going to show Donald Trump from the viewpoint of his children.

MATTINGLY: Trump bucking tradition, even expected to introduce his own wife, Melania, before her primetime speech tonight.

TRUMP: The next vice president of the United States, Governor Mike Pence.

MATTINGLY: Indiana governor and Trump V.P. pick Mike Pence expected to speak on Wednesday. He and Trump giving a preview of their chemistry,

acknowledging their differences in an interview with "60 Minutes."

LESLEY STAHL, "60 MINUTES": What about the negative side? He apologized for being a negative...

TRUMP: We're different people. I understand that. I'll give you an example. Hillary Clinton is a liar. Hillary Clinton -- that was just proven

last week.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: That's negative.

TRUMP: You better believe it. Hillary Clinton is a crook.

STAHL: That's negative. TRUMP: I call her Crooked Hillary. She's Crooked Hillary. He will

-- I didn't ask him to do it, but I don't think he should do it, because it's different for him.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

STEVENS: And the convention starting just a few hours from now.

Well, CNN's Ryan Young is on the ground in Cleveland where security is being beefed up ahead of what are expected to be protests. He joins us

now with the latest.

And certainly protests have been a feature of other rallies involving Donald Trump, Ryan, but, this is -- it has potential to be much bigger, but

also there is the open carry law in Ohio. Could you just explain what that is to our international viewers, and what it means for the police who are

going to be trying to keep the peace there?

RYAN YOUNG, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Yeah, absolutely.

So, you're going to have thousands of people showing up from across the country who may potentially protest Donald Trump. We saw one protest

happen just yesterday afternoon. That open carry law that you discuss is one that in which if you have a gun you are allowed to carry it on your

side, almost like western movie-style and just walk down the street with it. That is allowed here in the state.

So if you imagine, having a large protest, and having people walking around with a gun on

their side, that's something in the climate that we have right now that worries officers. In fact, Cleveland's police union has asked the governor

here to suspend that law for a short period of time. But he's not able to do that because of the constitution that's involved in this state.

I can show you officers being prepared.

We're at the front half of where protesters would gather and that's the officers who are blocking this route. If you look in the distance

there, you can see a large snow machine. That's how they clear the snow. But they're also blocking the route so people cannot bring large vehicles

onto this bridge.

Someone will walk down this distance and they'll be able to go a mile to the downton area.

And I can tell you the police chief says they've been getting ready for this for quite some time.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

CHIEF CALVIN WILLIAMS, CLEVELAND POLICE: Of course there was some anxiety to make sure that the things we put in place were actually going to

work the way we planned them. We always know in an operation this big that there are going to be some adjustments and our plan is made so that we can

adjust on the fly. And we've made some tweaks here and there. And I'm sure throughout the week we'll make adjustments, also.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

YOUNG: So some of the things you can't bring in here. Look at number 11 -- no mace, pepper spray or other chemical irritants. But if you're

part of that open carry, you can obviously have a pistol on your side. So, you can see how some people might think that's a little strange that some

of the things that are listed on this that you can't have, but you can walk around with that weapon.

They spent some $49 million getting ready for all the security here. So they're really beefed up. They say they're ready to go, but obviously

we'll see some of that put to the test over the next few days.

STEVENS: Absolutely. And a fairly severe test it could be.

It is extraordinary to see that sign saying you can't carry mace but you can carry a gun. It is extraordinary.

Ryan, thanks very much for that. And of course, join us all this week, for special coverage of the developments, the speeches, and the

analysis, of course, as the Republicans crown their nominee.

Now Christiane Amanpour, Kate Bolduan and Hala Gorani will be live from Cleveland, Ohio.

Now, you're watching News Stream. Still ahead on this show, heavy rain devastates a village in China's Hunan province. We've got the weather

outlook for that area just ahead.

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STEVENS: One of Japan's biggest and most dynamic telecoms players has swooped on one of Britain's premier tech companies. SoftBank will buy

specialist British based smartphone chip developer Arm Holdings in a deal with a whopping $32 billion. It is the biggest-ever acquisition of a

European-based tech company.

Well, SoftBank is one of the world's biggest tech companies run by flamboyant founder Masayoshi Son. And the British government says this

deal proves that the Brexit vote is not scaring away international investors.

Now, just 10 years ago, the chip industry was ruled by Intel, which still does dominate desktop and laptop CPUs, but computing has moved on.

And now everything from your phone to your watch is basically a compute. And the processes controlling those devices were probably designed by ARM.

It created almost it created almost 15 billion chips last year. Apple is one of its biggest clients and bases its chips off ARM's blueprints.

Well, Samsung is also a steady customer.

You'll also find ARM's chips in everyday household items like televisions, and washing

machines. Now SoftBank wants to use the new acquisition to become a leader in the internet of things. Technology, like cars, bridges and other smart

objects which can collect and vitally important, exchange data.

Now, heavy rain in China triggered devastating landslides in Hunan province.

Take a look at this, this is a glimpse of just some of the destruction. On Sunday, a row of homes

completely wiped out by a mudslide.

Well, our Chad Myers has been tracking the weather in the area and he joins us now with the very latest.

Those are pretty dramatic pictures. It gives you an idea of the power of that. We've been talking a lot about flooding in China. Chad, what's

the latest there?

[08:41:38] CHAD MYERS, CNN METEOROLOGIST: i don't think, andrew, that people really know how devastating flooding is around the world. You think

about, you know, typhoons and cyclones and how many people they can kill. But if you look at the China flood of 1998 that killed almost 4,000 people

and did $44 billion worth of damage.

Now if we go down to number five, the fifth most deadly, or the fifth most costly disaster worldwide, it's in 1980, we are now there. This China

flood is now in that category of a top five event.

We've had almost 200 millimeters of rain in about 24 hours. And that water came straight

down the mountains.

The, pictures here are so dramatic, the power of water. The power of water, the power of mud, the power of all of that energy coming downhill --

it's the reason why we make electricity from water power -- can knock things down, has knocked people out of the way, certainly knocked buildings

out of the way. And the rain is going to continue.

I don't see an end to this.

Now, Andrew, that we have this mud, now all saturated on top of these hills, we get more rain. That super saturation begins to make that mud

just slide right down the hill. And so people are on alert if they're in the bottom of a hill or in a river valley, they know there's very muddy

soil up above them, and they're going to be on alert for quite a few days still to come, probably a couple more weeks, Andrew.

STEVENS: Yeah, and we're in this -- in the typhoon season, as well.

MYERS: Certainly.

STEVENS: So things are going to be pretty dangerous for awhile.

Chad, thanks very much for that.

MYERS: You're welcome.

STEVENS: Always good to talk to you -- Chad Myers.

And that's News Stream. I'm Andrew Stevens. Thanks for joining me. Don't go anywher, World Sport with Amanda Davies is just ahead.

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