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[05:00:39] GEORGE HOWELL, CNN ANCHOR: A possible data breach in the race for the White House. Authorities say Hillary Clinton's campaign was the target of a hack. Donald Trump taking off the gloves as he says, "now going after his rival after her speech at the Democratic National Convention.
Plus, more trouble in Rio. The small fire breaks out in the Olympic village just days before the opening ceremony.
From CNN world headquarters in Atlanta. Welcome to our viewers here in the United States and around the world. I'm George Howell. CNN NEWSROOM starts right now.
5:01 on the U.S. east coast and then the race for the White House, the FBI and now the U.S. justice department are getting involved. They say private investigators discovered a possible breach in the Clinton campaign computer systems. This coming days after Donald Trump invited Russia to hack Hillary Clinton's e-mails. This latest hack a part of a series targeted Democratic organizations. In the meantime, though, Clinton and her running mate Tim Kaine they are now on the road on a bus tour traveling through the states of Pennsylvania and Ohio focusing on some of Donald Trump's core supporters.
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HILLARY CLINTON (D), PRESIDENTIAL NOMINIEE: I don't know about you, but I stayed up really late last night. It was just hard to go to sleep.
BRIANNA KEILAR, CNN CORRESPONDENT: After making her pitch to the nation, Hillary Clinton now has to sell it aggressively until Election Day.
CLINTON: If you listen really closely to the Republican Convention, you know that Donald Trump talked for 75 minutes and did not offer one solution. In fact, his speech, his whole convention seemed more about insulting me instead of helping the American people.
KEILAR: She and running mate Tim Kaine are starting with a bus tour from Philadelphia into western Pennsylvania and Ohio, as she struggles to appeal to white blue collar workers.
CLINTON: And I'm also going to pay special attention to those parts of our country that have been left out and left behind from our inner cities to our small towns, from Indian Country to Coal Country.
KEILAR: 24 years after her husband took an upbeat thousand mile bus tour through Appalachia and the Midwest, she's seeking to build momentum coming out of this week's convention.
CLINTON: I accept your nomination for president of the United States.
KEILAR: With Clinton making history.
CLINTON: Standing here as my mother's daughter and my daughter's mother, I'm so happy this day has come. I'm happy for grandmothers and little girls and everyone in between.
KEILAR: And trying to convince voters she is the steady and safe alternative to Donald Trump.
CLINTON: Imagine if you dare, imagine, imagine him in the oval office facing a real crisis. A man you can bait with tweet is not a man we can trust with nuclear weapons.
KEILAR: It was at times an unconventional Democratic Convention, with appeals to GOP values.
DOUG ELMETS, FMR. REAGAN ADMINISTRATION OFFICIAL: I worked for Ronald Reagan. Donald Trump, you are no Ronald Reagan.
KEILAR: Other speakers echoing Clinton's attacks on the nominee.
KHIZR KHAN, FATHER OF A MUSLIM US SOLDIER: You have sacrificed nothing and no one.
KEILAR: The father of a Muslim American soldier killed by a car bomb in Iraq questioning Trump's patriotism.
KHAN: Let me ask you, have you even read the United States constitution? I will, I will gladly lend you my copy.
KEILAR: And a retired four-star marine general asserting Clinton is the best candidate to take on is, even though polls show voters think otherwise.
GEN. JOHN ALLEN (Ret.), U.S. MARINE CORPS: With her as our commander in chief, America will continue to lead this volatile world. We will oppose and resist tyranny and we will defeat evil. America, America will defeat is and protect the homeland.
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[05:05:21] KEILAR: The goal for Hillary Clinton on this bus tour with her running mate Tim Kaine is to attract support from white working class voters. She's been doing well with the Obama Coalition. Polls show she is doing well with Hispanic voters, Afirican American voters. But her campaign is worried that for white working class voters Donald Trump have some appeal. You look at polls in Ohio you see that, she's neck and neck with Donald Trump and she's trying to change that.
Brianna Keilar, CNN, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
HOWELL: Brianna, thank you. Now onto the Republican nominee for president, Donald Trump on the campaign trail targeting the western part of the United States and as we mentioned, attacking some of the speakers from the Democratic National Convention.
During his stop in Denver, Colorado on Friday, he called retired four star general John Allen a failed commander for not stopping ISIS. But he went after Clinton even harder earlier in the day saying he is no longer going to be nice. Jason Carroll explains that.
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DONALD TRUMP (R), PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE: Just remember this, Trump is going to be no more Mr. Nice guy.
JASON CARROLL, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Donald Trump on offense, taking aim at Hillary Clinton on the heels of this week's Democratic National Convention.
TRUMP: I've been saying let's just beat her in the November race, but you know what? No. No. You know what? I'm starting to agree with you, I'll tell you.
After watching that performance last night, such lies. I don't have to be so nice anymore. I'm taking the gloves off, right?
CARROLL: Trump is also ignoring the advice of a friend who he says told him to stay focused on Clinton.
TRUMP: I was going to hit one guy in particular, a very little guy. I was going to hit this guy so hard his head would spin. He wouldn't know what the hell happened.
CARROLL: Today, Trump going after former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg who delivered a scathing attack against Trump at the convention.
MICHAEL BLOOMBERG, (I) FORMER NEW YORK CITY MAYOR: Trump says he wants to run the nation like he's running his business? God, help us. I'm a New Yorker, and I know a con when I see one.
CARROLL: Trump tweeting this response. "If Michael Bloomberg ran again for mayor of New York he would aren't get 10 percent of the vote. They would run him out of town." Trump's prolific tweeting not lost on Clinton.
CLINTON: A man you can bait with a tweet is not a man we can trust with nuclear weapons.
CARROLL: Trump firing back. TRUMP: If somebody tweet, I do what I do. Who cares? I'll tell you, I think I have the best temperament or certainly one of the best temperaments of anybody that's ever run for the office of president, ever, because I have a winning temperament.
CARROLL: The GOP nominee as he has done so many times in the past calling Clinton several names on Twitter, all this while his running mate, Indiana Governor Mike Pence took issue with name calling after the president referred to Trump as a homegrown demagogue during his speech Wednesday night.
GOV. MIKE PENCE, (R-IN) VICE PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE: I don't think name calling has any place in public life, and I thought that was unfortunate that the president of the United States would use a term like that, let alone laced into a sentence like that.
CARROLL: And as event here in Colorado Springs Trump attacked everyone from the local fire marshal to New York City former mayor. The question is will those a type of attacks work in terms of bringing in others into the campaign, brining in other supports that certainly works with his base supports, will it bring in moderates, will it bring independents that still remains to be seen.
Jason Carroll, CNN, Colorado Springs, Colorado.
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HOWELL: Jason, thank you. Lot to talk about here. For more insight, let's bring in CNN politics reporter Eugene Scott live in Washington, D.C. this hour. Eugene, good to have you again with us.
EUGENE SCOTT, CNN POLITICS REPORTER: Thank you.
HOWELL: We just heard Mike Pence a moment ago talk about name calling. But Eugene, my question is as voters, you know, some are on the fence, when he talks about name calling like that, but at the same time we see name calling on the Republican side from Donald Trump, I think the names have been crooked Hillary or Hillary "rotten" Clinton. How does that play with voters?
SCOTT: It's really interesting. It remains to be seen from that interaction from that response, it makes you think that Trump-Pence campaign doesn't believe they have been involved in name calling. I'm not sure what they would call Pocahontas. But most people would consider that name calling. And to push back on someone doing it from the other side, and some would argue that calling him a demagogue is actually not a name. It would be interesting.
[05:10:08] But as you show, like I think Mr. Trump views himself as a nice guy with a very good temperament. In fact, I think he would say the best temperament of anyone that has ever run. So it will be interesting to see what pivoting looks like and what no longer Mr. Nice guy looks like, if he has not been calming names as of now, it will be interesting to see what he does say from this point forward.
HOWELL: Yeah. But Eugene, clearly, there has been name calling. SCOTT: Absolutely.
HOWELL: The Republicans saw a boost after their convention. So, what would we expect to see after the Democratic convention? When would we see the results of that?
SCOTT: I think we can see that early next week perhaps when we look at new numbers as people begin to rethink what happened and reflect on what has happened. I this weekend, we will see a continuation of what the Clinton-Kaine ticket tried to articulate at the campaign. As you know, they are on tour in both Ohio and Pennsylvania to hopefully win voters that they aren't going as well with that Trump campaign doing really well with him so.
I think when we look at that we'll be able determine how significant the bounce was from the convention.
HOWELL: And when we talk about that, focusing in on working class voters, the Trump campaign doing very well with that voting block, now we're seeing Hillary Clinton and Tim Kaine on the road in Pennsylvania and Ohio. What do they have to do to connect with voters in those very critical battleground states?
SCOTT: Well these are voters who are looking at Trump demographically you see. They're usually white working class voters they're hoping to win. What I think Clinton going to have to focus on and emphasize is the economy is something that she can be in control of Donald Trump. These are areas that were significantly impacted by the Great Recession and people still have not recovered to the levels that they would have hope and she needs to let them know that she will do the best between her and her competition and bringing them or keeping them job (ph) many of them lost during that really difficult time.
HOWELL: More on this topic just a name calling, just the divisiveness.
SCOTT: Sure.
HOWELL: You know, the end fighting that we've seen in these campaigns, Donald Trump saying after he saw those DNC speeches that he doesn't have to be nice anymore.
SCOTT: Right.
HOWELL: So what more could we see between these two candidates as they step up their attack, especially in those key states.
SCOTT: Well I think we saw earlier in the campaign some hints from the Trump campaign that they would hit the Clinton campaign and Bill Clinton and their personal relationship a little harder. As you know, Hillary Clinton is beating Donald Trump significantly with women voters.
And I think in the past the Trump campaign has wanted to portray that Hillary Clinton has not been the best candidate for women based on the way she has handled women in the past who have been accused and being involved in situations with her husband. I think Donald Trump hints to that bringing those issues to the forefront. And If he is no longer playing nice in terms of how he would define it, we perhaps could see more of that and probably even worse names.
HOWELL: My, oh my. We'll just have to see what comes next, Eugene.
SCOTT: Yeah.
HOWELL: We'll stay in touch with you. We always appreciate your insight ...
SCOTT: Thank you.
HOWELL: ... on all things politics.
SCOTT: Thank you.
HOWELL: Thank you, Eugene. This is CNN NEWSROOM. still ahead, a new worry for the Rio Olympic Games. A fire breaks out in the Olympic village dorm where the Australian team is staying. And now officials think arson may be responsible.
The U.N. said the clock is ticking for the Syrian city of Aleppo. Why relief groups say a humanitarian catastrophe could happen there soon. Stay with us.
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[05:16:29] HOWELL: Welcome back to NEWSROOM. I'm George Howell. Belgian police have arrested two men said to be suspected of planning a terrorism attack somewhere in Belgium. Eight houses were searched on Friday in two Belgian cities. There is no indication at this point that the arrests are connected to the attacks in March. Those attacks targeted as you all remember an airport and a metro station in Brussels. The attacks killing 32 people.
The International Weightlifting Federation has banned Russia's weight lifting team from the Rio Olympics. That country has been hit with several bans in sports now after watchdog agencies found evidence of state sponsored doping. Russian lifters will now join the track and field athletes and swimmers and rowers that are now presently on the side lines.
Some scary moments for the Australian Olympic team in Rio about 100 of its athletes and staff were evacuated from the team building at the Olympic Village after a fire broke out in the building's basement, that fire now under investigation for possible arson. CNN's Shasta Darlington has more for us.
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SHASTA DARLINGTON, CNN CORRESPONDENT: One week before the Olympic Games start and the problems just aren't letting up. The latest, a small fire in the Olympic Village in the basement of the apartments where the Australian team are staying. They were briefly evacuated. Luckily, no one was hurt. On the security front, officials announced they had to beef up security around the torch relay after protesters in a small coastal city here in the state of Rio mobbed the relay and actually extinguished one of the torchers of the runners.
Now riot police are being incorporated right into the relay to keep it safe from protesters here in the city of Rio, you almost feel like it's already on lockdown. There are soldiers on every corner, Navy boats off the coast of Copacabana beach where a lot of the hotels are, in total, we're looking for roughly 85,000 soldiers, police and firefighters on hand to secure these games. That's more than twice what we saw in London.
And yet even in that area, we've seen some problems. Police are now having to take over screening at the venues because the contractor that was hired didn't, itself, hire enough staff. Of course the big question at the end of the day is, is enthusiasm growing? On the one hand you do see it. You see people lining up in front of the Olympic rings to take selfies, to take picture. Unfortunately, that hasn't necessarily translated into ticket sales, where one week away still 21 percent of tickets up for grabs.
Shasta Darlington, CNN, Rio de Janeiro.
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HOWELL: Shasta, thank you. Now onto the Syrian city of Idlib, the charity group save the children is condemning the bombing of a maternity hospital that it supports there. It is the only maternity hospital in Idlib. It serves more than 1,000 women a month. Two people were killed in Friday's bombing. Several others wounded, including pregnant women and babies. It is unclear who carried out these bombings.
And in Northern Syria, the video that you see here appears to show fires backed by the United States trying to force ISIS out of the city Manbij, a top U.S. official says ISIS used that city to plan external operations and it was an entry point for foreign fighters. Recapturing that city could give the U.S. some intelligence left behind by ISIS that could help to destroy the terror group.
Another key Syrian city is Aleppo, taking full control of the city would be a major victory for the Syrian government.
[05:20:06] The United States says it is skeptical that humanitarian corridors there would not be used as strategic means to empty the city. Our senior international correspondent Clarissa Ward has more for us on that.
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CLARISSA WARD, SENIOR INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: This is what remains of much of Aleppo, once Syria's most-populous city, now an apocalyptic moonscape.
(SHOUTING) WARD: This video was released by the Syrian army as it celebrates cutting off rebel forces in the eastern part of the city.
Leaflets have been dropped on the besieged areas warning residents to leave. Syria's President Assad says he will offer amnesty to armed rebels who surrender. Russia claims humanitarian corridors will be opened.
But after months of relentless bombardment, many are too afraid to leave their homes. And recent history has taught people here to be highly suspicious of government promises.
ADM. JOHN KIRBY, U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN: What needs to happen is the innocent people of Aleppo should be able to stay in their homes, safely, and to receive the humanitarian access which Russia and the regime have agree, in principal, have agreed, certainly according to the U.N. Security Council resolution to provide.
WARD: We made the drive into rebel house (ph) Aleppo just a few months ago. Berms of earth flank the road to protect the way from enemy fire.
We now have to drive extremely quickly along this portion of the road because, on the one side, you have the regime and, on the other side, you have Kurdish fighters who are now fighting against rebel forces. And there are snipers all around here. But this is the only road now to get into Aleppo.
That road is now completely cut off, leaving some 300,000 people trapped. The U.N. paints a grim picture of life inside. Prices are up as much as 300 percent. Food will run out within weeks.
STAFFAN DE MISTURA, U.N. SPECIAL ENVOY FOR SYRIA: The clock is ticking for the Aleppo population that the commodities probably available in Eastern Aleppo are sufficient for maximum three weeks.
WARD: For most here, the memory of the siege of Homs is fresh in their minds. Government forces cut off all food and supplies as they continued to bombard the city for years. A siege in Aleppo would likely be even longer and uglier, though it's hard to imagine how much uglier it can get.
Clarissa Ward, CNN, London.
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HOWELL: The civil war in Syria has now gone on for more than five years, and according to western governments, a major obstacle to a peaceful resolution is the future of the Syrian President Bashar Al- Assad. But now a top U.S. intelligence official doesn't sound optimistic about Syria's future.
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JOHN BRENNAN, DIRECTOR, U.S. CENTRAL INTELLEGENCE AGENCY: We need to be able to have some sense that Assad is on the way out. There can be a transition period. But it needs to be clear that he is not part of Syria's future. Until that happens, until there is at least a beginning or the acknowledgement of that transition, you're going to have Syrians dying, and continue to die, because they, many of them are trying to reclaim their country for the good of Syria's future. But many also want Syria to be the safe haven for tourists.
So I don't know whether or not Syria can be put back together again, whether there's going to be some type of confederal structure where various confessional groups are going to have the lead in governing their portions of the country.
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HOWELL: The U.N. estimates about 400,000 people have died in the Syrian conflict so far.
Now, to weather. Terrible flooding and mud slides, I should say landslides, a developing typhoon is another topic, all dominating the headlines this hour. Our meteorologist, Karen Maginnis is in the International Weather Center with very the latest. Karen, there is a lot happening.
KAREN MAGINNIS, AMS METEOROLOGIST: There certainly is, on different parts of the global. We start in the United States where heavy rainfall made its way in across the southeastern state of Tennessee, just to the north-of-Nashville.
We've got plenty of video to show you out of several places. This in Bethpage, Tennessee, they saw about four inches of rainfall in just about three hours or roughly 100 millimeters. Four people had to be rescued from their home, which was swamped in the heavy downpour. This is associated with the frontal system moving towards the east.
And speaking of that take a look at Brooklyn, New York. They saw a heavy downpour, too. Some people tried to go through the streets. There was storm drain trouble as well. Well, most of that wet weather has moved out. The water has receded, but it looks like Sunday's forecast calls for another round of potentially heavy rainfall.
[05:25:08] And we've talked about the flooding rain due to the monsoon season in Nepal. Now, you may remember, last year, in April, they were devastated by a terrific earthquake there. So a number of people were already out of their homes and then this flooding occurs, thanks to the monsoon season and they were trying to locate people who were lost in rubble.
There was a bridge that collapsed due to the heavy precipitation. This has been devastating, already at least 86 people reportedly dead, others missing. And they are bringing in military people to provide some aid and some comfort across the region.
And now let's go on and talk about our potential typhoon. Right now, it's another tropical depression status. But looking a little more impressive on the enhanced satellite imagery. Its position puts it just about 600 kilometers to the east-southeast of Milan, it is moving to the north but will gradually make its way more in a westward movement.
So going into the beginning of the workweek, we could see this increase in intensity, to typhoon intensity and make take aim at Hong Kong. Hong Kong is a city of about 7, 7.5 million people and already not even a typhoon status. We were seeing very heavy downpours in northern sections of the Philippines, George, back to you.
HOWELL: Karen, you got a busy time there. We'll stay in touch.
MCGINNIS: All right.
HOWELL: Just a lot happening. Thank you.
This is CNN NEWSROOM. Still ahead, Donald Trump said he likes Vladimir Putin and Putin likes him. He's also insisting he's got no ties with Russia. CNN takes a closer look next.
Plus, Chelsea Clinton and Ivanka Trump, can their close friendship survive the heat of a campaign. Live across the United States and around the world this hour. You are watching CNN "NEWSROOM.
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[05:30:32] HOWELL: Welcome back to our viewers here in the United States and around the world. You are watching CNN "NEWSROOM." It is good to have with you with us. I'm George Howell with the headlines we are following for you this hour.
In Idlib, Sryia, the charity group "Save the Children" is condemning the bombing of a maternity hospital that it supports there. Two people were killed and several others injured, including pregnant women and babies. It is unclear who carried out the bombing.
Russia's weightlifters are the latest team to receive a ban from the Rio Olympics. The country's track and field athletes and a group of swimmers are already barred from competing. They are punished after investigators found evidence for state sponsored doping.
In a race for the White House, the U.S. Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton and running mate Tim Kaine both on a three-day bus tour traveling through states of Pennsylvania and Ohio to push their economic plan while going after some of Donald Trump's core supporters there.
Both the FBI and the justice department both investigating the possible computer hack of Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign. A campaign spokesperson says a voter database program maintained by the Democratic National Committee and used by the campaign was accessed in a wider DNC breach. Authorities are looking into whether Russian hackers are also involved.
The hacking controversy is putting renewed focus on the relationship, if any, between Russian, Republican presidential, Russia right I should say and the presidential candidate Donald Trump, Trump insisting he has no ties to Russia. His campaign also shrugging off speculation that the leaks are aimed at helping him to win in November. Jim Scuitto has more on that for us.
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TRUMP: Wouldn't it be nice if we actually did get along with Russia?
JIM SCUITTO, CNN CHIEF NATIONAL SECURITY CORRESPONDENT: Donald Trump trading compliments with Russian p resident and U.S. adversary Vladimir Putin.
TRUMP: When people like me, I like them. Even Putin.
SCUITTO: Their relationship now under new scrutiny, with U.S. officials now saying it was likely it was Russia that hacked 20,000 e- mails, from the Democratic National Committee. Wikileaks released the e-mails on the eve of the Democratic Party Convention. And timing and raising questions about whether it was an attempt to influence the U.S. election, perhaps in Trump's favor.
Director of national intelligence James Clapper told us that while it's too early to say it was certainty it was Russia, the Kremlin does have an interest in undermining the U.S. political process.
Is it your view that Russia has the intention of, if not influencing this election, undermining confidence in the U.S. political process?
JAMES CLAPPER, U.S DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLEGENCE: They see a U.S. conspiracy behind every bush. They believe that we were trying to influence political developments in Russia. Their natural response is to retaliate.
SCUITTO: That is a very serious concern for the U.S. government.
CALPPER: Was this just to stir up trouble or was this ultimately to try to influence an election? And of course, this is serious proposition.
SCUITTO: When asked by Erin Burnett, Trump's campaign manager discounted the theory that Russia leaked the documents to help put Trump in the White House.
PAUL MANAFORT, TRUMP CAMPAIGN CHAIRMAN: It's just absurd. I don't know anything about what you just said. You may know it. If you do, you may expose it.
SCUITTO: In fact, Trump maintains he has no connection to Russia whatsoever. And CNN has not been able to find any current business operations there.
TRUMP: I have nothing to do with Putin. I never spoke into him. I don't know anything about him.
SCUITTO: But when he brought his Ms. Universe pageant in Moscow in 2013. Trump said he spoke personally with Putin.
TRUMP: I was in Russia, I was in Moscow recently and I spoke indirectly and directly with President Putin who could not have been nicer.
SCUITTO: And now Trump's favorable comments about Russia has U.S. allies worried about whether the U.S. would defend them against Russian aggression.
CLAPPER: So it's rhetoric or really bothersome to our foreign interlocutor, our foreign partners. And I hear that from my counterparts.
SCUITTO: Jim Scuitto, CNN, Washington.
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HOWELL: Jim, thank you. And now as Jim mentioned, WikiLeaks published thousands of Democratic Party e-mails that Russian hackers they have accessed. In an interview with CNN, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange indicated a lot more material related to the U.S. election could soon be released.
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JULIAN ASSANGE, WIKILEAKS FOUDNER: There has been multiple hacks of the DNC over the last two years.
[05:35:03] Now the DNC and the RNC have been Swiss cheese in terms of their security. And the DNC has been notified quite some time ago that that is the case. And it has legal responsibilities it must carry out to notifying its donors. It is aware of their confidentiality has been breached by a hack.
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HOWELL: Assange also refused to confirm if Russia was behind the DNC hacking. While Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are rivals on the campaign trail, their daughters have forged a very close friendship.
CNN's Tom Foreman reports that friendship appears to be continuing despite the very heated rhetoric that we've seen in the race for the White House.
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TRUMP: A lying crooked Hillary. I love this one. Because she is a liar.
CLINTON: Donald Trump talks about making America great again. He doesn't make a thing in America except bankruptcies.
TOM FOREMAN, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Amid the campaign's fury, an unlikely alliance, Ivanka Trump and Chelsea Clinton, fierce political foes, steadfast personal friends. Chelsea says it's so.
CHELSEA CLINTON, DAUGHTER OF HILLARY CLINTON: Our friendship has nothing to do with politics. We were friends before the election and will be friends after the election. FOREMAN: And Ivanka does too, telling "People" magazine we're both incredibly supportive of our parents as we should be, but we also continue to have great respect for one another.
A dozen years ago when their families where friends, the two met and found they had things in common. They still do. Both are married, mid-30s with Ivy League educations and children. Both grew up with famous fathers facing personal turmoil. And both have taken a deep interest in their parents bid for the White House, indeed introducing them at their party's conventions.
CHELSEA CLINTON: My mother ...
IVANKA TRUMP, DAUGHTER OF DONALD TRUMP: My father ...
CHELSEA CLINTON: And our ...
IVANKA TRUMP: Next president ...
CHELSEA CLINTON: Hillary Clinton ...
IVANKA TRUMP: Donald J. Trump.
FOREMAN: But there are sharp differences, too. For example, after Ivanka praised her father's record for hiring and promoting women, promising he'll do the same as president ...
IVANKA TRUMP: He will fight for equal pay for equal work.
FOREMAN: Her friend Chelsea quickly shot back.
CHELSEA CLINTON: How would you father do that given it's not something he's spoken about? There are no policies on any of those fronts that you mentioned on his website.
FOREMAN: With the race growing only nastier and each woman pushing so hard for her parent to win, it's fair to wonder if their cross-party friendship can survive.
CLINTON: A man you can bait with a tweet is not a man we can trust with nuclear weapons.
TRUMP: I just beat 16 people and I'm beating her.
FOREMAN: Amid the scorching rhetoric, Ivanka says they have not seen each other lately, although asked about a daughter's summit to ease campaign tensions, Chelsea said ...
CHELSEA CLINTON: It isn't something that occurred to me but it's certainly something I would consider.
FOREMAN: Not a bad idea. After all, Thomas Jefferson famously said he never thought anyone should lose a friend over politics.
Tom Foreman, CNN, Philadelphia.
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HOWELL: Tom, thank you. Now moving on to the Zika virus. That virus now apparently in the continental United States. Federal health officials say four people have transmitted the disease locally. Our national correspondent Polo Sandoval has the details on that.
POLO SANDOVAL, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Health officials said expected this for months. It has not come as a surprise, they believe it was a matter of time before Zika-carrying mosquitoes would infect people within the continental United States, well now, three men and one woman in South Florida believe to be the first cases of its kind.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention believed that the four patients were infected while in this area in early July. It's commonly known as the Wynwood Arts District. A neighborhood not only residential but it's also a very popular retail and also dining district just north of downtown Miami. And it also draws on people across the region.
Type of mosquitoes don't necessarily travel very far during their life span. So the current preventive efforts right now are focused squarely on this area, hoping to eradicate any of these possible infected insects.
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HOWELL: Polo, thank you. Health officials say they expect more cases of Zika. Blood collection centers in Florida they are now testing all of their donations for the Zika virus.
I want to show you some live pictures this hour from Krakow, Poland, Pope Francis there holding mass with Polish priests with a details. However, Pope stopping next during his trip. Still ahead here on CNN "NEWSROOM" plus hang gliding is one of the top attractions in Rio.
But people hoping to soar during Olympics, they won't be able to. Stay with us.
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[05:43:37] HOWELL: Welcome back to CNN NEWSROOM. I'm George Howell. In Krakow, Poland, Pope Francis is holding a mass with Polish priests at a shrine to Pope John Paul II. Pope Francis is spending the weekend in Poland visiting holy sites and celebrating World Youth Day.
On Friday he went to Auschwitz. He visited that site where an estimated 1 million Jews were killed by the Nazis during the holocaust.
Our Vatican correspondent Delia Gallagher is joining us now live from Krakow. Delia, it's good to have you with us this hour. So, let's first talk about the Pope's visit to Auschwitz that image of him walking through the gates of that terrible site. How significant a moment was that and how has it been received?
DELIA GALLAGHER, CNN VATICAN CORRESPONDENT: Well, George, when the Pope before even came here to Poland was talking about going Auschwitz. He said wanted to go in silence with those few people as possible and he wanted to go in and pray. And indeed, that is what he did. He prayed for a prolonged period of time alone on bench there.
That was his response, the silence to one of the questions which the holocaust poses for religious men and indeed for writers, Elie Wiesel, Viktor Frankl, anybody who has tried to grapple (ph) with the holocaust the question, of course is where was god?
So, the silence of Pope Francis encompassing the humility really before that question and the difficulty of answering that question.
[05:45:08] And he said afterwards, George, from the window when he was greeting the crowds in the evening. He said, you know, the cruelty of Auschwitz continues today, continues in the form of torture, of people around the world. It continues in the form of wars. But he has said to the young people that that cruelty cannot have the last word that they are to be the sewers of hope for the future.
So, the message of the Pope today and yesterday with the young people being one of, yes, there is cruelty, asking for god's mercy for forgiveness and asking young people to forgive each other, and indeed, that is the theme as well this morning because he is visiting the shrine of divine mercy, this is one of the major shrines here in Poland, and it is also homage to John Paul II because this is the place, George, which is based on the visions of Polish nun, her name was Saint Faustina Kowalska. And she had visions of Jesus. And she wrote about them in a diary.
But the Vatican banned her diary in the 1960s. And it was John Paul II who was a big fan of hers. He really believed in her visions, as a vision of Jesus with these rays of light coming out from his heart and the idea of mercy. And you'll see that image of Jesus all around. And John Paul II really got behind her called on the Vatican to lift the ban. And when he became Pope he made her say and he had this place designed and built.
So, Pope Francis visited both in homage to John Paul II and the importance of the saint but also because it's the theme of mercy. That is the theme of this entire trip. And indeed the kids right now are making a pilgrimage of nine miles on foot to go to the outskirts of Krakow for the prayer vigil which will be tonight. It's kind of the crescendo the last night of this five-day visit before the final mass tomorrow morning. George
HOWELL: Delia, and just talking about that. You know, while you were speaking, we saw some images of Pope Francis while he was walking in to Auschwitz walking pass that gate all of this happening as you well know on backdrop of the world that we live in now, terrorism that has happened, violence, the refugee crisis, all of these things, so just to see that image that we're seeing right now, certainly sobering.
I want to ask you also, just what sort of reactions, what other reactions have you heard just simply from that one visit from the Pope there to Auschwitz, what other reactions? GALLAGHER: Well, I think you know Pope Francis has been a friend of
the Jewish community since his time in Argentina. So certainly, there is great support for him from the part of the Jewish community, equally, of course, the kids here, there are hundreds of thousands of kids here, George, and they are a new generation. And you talk about the terrorism around the world, the sense of insecurity that people are feeling in Europe and around the world. These kids are the hope for the new generation and the Pope spoke to them about the importance of memory, the importance of know what occurred at Auschwitz, but the importance of forgiveness of being able to forgive the past and therefore, create a better future.
So, I think it's been important as well for the youth to see the Pope at Auschwitz to know what happened there. To continue the memory of what man is capable of doing. That's what the Pope wrote in the guest book at Auschwitz, man's cruelty and asking god's forgiveness for that. But saying, this cruelty continues today so we need to be vigilant as well today but we can't let it have the last word. I mean it's a big thing but it's the Pope's main point that goodness has to win out. And so he is encouraging that goodness amongst the young people here today and they are accept tack challenge. I have to say. You see them in the streets, lots of enthusiasm here. George.
HOWELL: Delia, thank you so much for being with us.
So if Rio, security is tough of bind during the Olympic Games and for that reason, one of Rio's top tourism draws will be on hold while the games are going on. We'll have that story ahead.
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[05:50:47] NICK PARKER, CHIEF FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT: Hello, I'm Nick Parker and this is your road to Rio update. International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach is staying in the Olympic Village and thinks the facility has come along nicely. Athletes have complained about flooding and other problems, prompting a mad dash to bring the buildings up to par but process, he has been assured that the few remaining challenges will be overcome.
World Health Organization Director General Margaret Chan affirms the risk of Zika infection at the Rio Olympics is manageable. Many competitors have opted out of the games because of zika. But chances as long as individuals take appropriate protective measures, that risk is low. She will be attending the games.
Well, Zika may be low risk. But health experts are still advising Olympic athletes to keep their mouths closed when competing in Rio's polluted waters. High quantities of drug-resistant super bacteria have been found in Guanabara Bay and rural sewage continues to flow into many of the waterways.
So with many last-minute improvements being made, Rio is getting ready for the opening ceremony. Fireworks roared above the Maracana Stadium, part of a rehearsal of the ceremony. But many of the other details are being kept under wraps. Volunteers say the preparations are going well. That's your Road to Rio update, I'm Nick Parker. (COMMERCIAL BREAK)
HOWELL: Welcome back. Finland is celebrating its 100th year of independence soon and they may ring in that milestone with one heck of a birthday gift. A mountain, Norway's prime minister says she is considering moving their border about 40 meters, that's about 130 feet giving Finland a new highest peak. It all started with a generous peaceful campaign by a Norwegian student and his argument, we've got plenty of mountains already, so why not let our neighbors have one, too, it's quite a gesture.
There is no doubt Rio de Janeiro is one of the most breath taking cities in the world, but one popular one way for tourist to see soaring views will soon be closing for the Olympics. Our senior international correspondent Arwa Damon we explain why.
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MANUEL NAVARRO, EXPERT PILOT: There is an awful lot in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil the hang glider is the best in the world.
ARWA DAMON, CNN SENIOR INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: An expert pilot Manuel Navarro is among the best in the business here.
NAVARRO: The demand is about 25,000 a year, lots of flights. The Black Lives Matter.
You'll be all right. You'd be all right. OK, you'll be all right.
DAMON: I'll be all right.
NAVARRO: Yeah.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Yeah.
DAMON: OK. So maybe I was a little nervous. Are you ready to run?
NAVARRO: Are you ready to run?
DAMON: I'm ready to run.
NAVARRO: OK. One, two, go run.
DAMON: This is beautiful, the scenes from up here are unlike anything else in the air, it's so crisp and fresh. I love it!
[05:55:24] And what makes this unique among hang gliding spots is its location, starting up in the force. Flying over a sprawling urban landscape and Rio's stunning coastline. It's one of the best ways to experience the city.
It is a shame that people coming here for the Olympics won't be able to do this.
And that is because the Brazilian government is closing the airspace for the Olympic Games. It's a security measure. They did the same thing for the World Cup. But its big bucks lost for the industry. Manuel says he understands why the city needs to take precautions. So if you want to try it out, schedule it before or after the games. I totally recommend it.
It really is, absolutely brilliant
Arwa Damon, CNN, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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HOWELL: That looks so cool. Good on Arwa. I always wanted to do that. That wraps up this hour of CNN NEWSROOM. I'm George Howell at the CNN Center in Atlanta. For our viewers in the United States, "NEW DAY" is next. And for viewers around the world, "AMANPOUR" starts in just a moment. We thank you for watching CNN the world's news leader.
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