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Anger and Mourning After Suicide Bombing at Wedding in Turkey; Trump Signals Change on Immigration Proposal; New Questions about Clinton Foundation; 2016 Olympics Have Come to An End; Philippines Has 'No Intention' to Leave U.N.; Update on Syrian Boy Who Survived Airstrike. Aired 3-4a ET
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[03:00:00] ROSEMARY CHURCH, CNN ANCHOR: Anger and mourning in Turkey after a suicide bomber killed 51 people at a wedding. And President Erdogan says the bomber may have been as young as 12-years-old.
Also ahead, a spectacular ending to the Summer Games in Rio, a look back of some of the highs and the lows.
Plus, Donald Trump hints he might back away from one of his signature proposals on immigration.
Hello and welcome to our viewers here in the United States and all around the world. I'm Rosemary Church. And this is CNN Newsroom.
Turkey's president says the suicide bombing at a Kurdish wedding on Saturday was carried out by a child perhaps as young as 12. The blast killed 51 people and wounded dozens. Many of the victims were laid to rest on Sunday.
The bombing is the deadliest in the year of terrorist attacks in the country. President Erdogan believes ISIS maybe responsible.
And joining us now from Gaziantep is senior international correspondent, ben Wedeman. Ben, the news that this bombing could very well been carried out a child has indeed shocked the world. What more do we know about this and can we expect more of this type of tactic from ISIS?
BEN WEDEMAN, CNN SENIOR INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Well, consider this, we've just learned from a Turkish official, Rosemary, that of the 51 victims so far in this bombing, 22 are under the age of 14. There are a lot of children in that area. There was a wedding party going on, the streets were crammed with people.
Now, the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is saying that the bomber, they believe was between the ages of 12 and 14. We don't know at this point if it was a girl or a boy. There is no information beyond that.
Now, Turkish investigators did find pieces of the suicide vest of the scene. It's not clear whether, and this is also in the words of the president, whether the bomber detonated the bomb himself or herself or it was done remotely.
But this is reminiscent of what we saw, for instance, in Iraq when AL Qaeda in Mesopotamia was similar bombings. And keep in mind that ISIS has a group called the cubs of the caliphate. These are young boys who are basically being indoctrinated and trained to fight.
And we're talking about children, some of them are under the age of 10 being trained to fight and act as suicide bombers. So, this is not without precedent. In fact, there are reports from Iraq that in the city of Kirkuk a similarly young suicide bomber attacked there, but in that case with far fewer victims.
So, this is a tactic that is not new, although every time you hear about it is shocking. Rosemary.
CHURCH: It certainly is. And, Ben, give us an idea whether this attack and the ones that have come before it a changing security in any way across the country and how people are approaching the way they live their lives now.
WEDEMAN: Well, certainly security has ramp up. In fact, we were going to Istanbul International Airport yesterday, where on the 28th of June, 44 people were killed in the ISIS attack. And there was a very long line of cars waiting to go in. They're being checked.
The security has been ramped up but many people certainly here in Gaziantep feel that security is still lacking. There is still complaints that the border between Turkey and Syria and of course, the Syrian border is just 40 kilometers south of here is not tight enough that there aren't enough controls.
And the problem is there are already ISIS also working in Turkey, we saw them at work at the airport in June in Istanbul, we saw them perhaps the work herein Gaziantep. And over the last few months Turkish police have broken up ISIS cells but there are certainly many more that they haven't. Rosemary?
CHURCH: All right. Our Ben Wedeman keeping us to date on the situation there of that shocking blast that may have involved a child suicide bomber. Talking to us there from Gaziantep in Turkey just after 10 o'clock in the morning.
[03:05:06] All right, on a much brighter note, Brazil showed the world a stylish finish to the Olympics. The closing ceremony was every bit as flamboyant as we have come to expect from Rio. Fans and athletes gathered in the iconic Maracana Stadium to say goodbye to the games.
And there is still one flourish left to rock things up. The city of god favela will host a victory parade later Monday.
Now with the games over, here is now how the medal count finished. The U.S. ended with a huge lead at the top bringing in 121 total medals. Great Britain sets a new national records for medals and held of China to take second.
Russia was at number four despite losing nearly a third of its athletes to a doping scandal, and Germany rounded out the top five.
All right. Our Christina Macfarlane has been in Rio tracking everything since day one and she joins us now live. And of course, doing such a great job.
So, Christina, it's all over now, how did the closing ceremony compares the overcoming ceremony do you think and let's talk about the highlights the ones that everyone else is talking about.
CHRISTINA MACFARLANE, CNN WORLD SPORTS ANCHOR: Rosemary, I can't believe it's all come to an end, and I was lucky enough to witness it in the Maracana later or later, I should say this evening.
And I think if the opening ceremony was a bit more formal, a bit more sort of nervous tensions for what was to come here in Brazil at the backdrop of all the political and economic problems that they have been suffering.
The closing party tonight was definitely more of a somber celebration. There were people dancing in the isles, there was a colorful riot of music and dances and it was just fantastic to witness.
You know, I think some of the stand out moments for me was in the pouring rain and it really has been biblical here this evening seeing the athletes coming in at the parade of nations and just enjoying themselves taking selfies with one another, you know, holding the -- bearing the flags, of course.
And I think the athlete who was most popular of the night was Simone Biles of the USA gymnast who really set this Olympics alike. So actually called to hold up on the walk way because so many of the athletes wanted to have their pictures taken with her.
But I think perhaps the standup moment of the night came not from Brazil but from Japan when the ceremony or hand over took place between Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020.
The Prime Minister of Japan, Shinzo Abe actually stood up in the middle of the Maracana came through the center of the Maracana dressed head to toe as Super Mario and he ripped off the mask to reveal himself to gasp from the crowd.
It was completely unexpected and it gave us a bit of tantalizing hint and a look ahead to what we can expect from Tokyo in four years' time.
I think the only disappointing aspect perhaps to this closing ceremony was that it was about half empty. About 60 percent full. It's the problem we've seen of course in this game. Maybe the rain keeping people away because they say it really was very heavy indeed tonight.
But the party still going on long into the night and a Rio celebration, I think the Brazil has achieved something here that they didn't think they would get to this point delivering a largely successful Olympic Games. CHURCH: Yes, I think they certainly surprise everyone, didn't they.
So, let's take a closer look at some of those success stories, the big winners in terms of medals, the ones to remember.
MACFARLANE: Well, you mentioned the medal count earlier on, and obviously team USA, far and away the most successful nation of these games as we though they won of course, 121 medals. It is their best ever showing of the Olympic Games except for the 1984.
Remember we have that Soviet boycott. Now hardly surprising they have three of the best athletes of this game in the side Michael Phelps, Simone Biles who are mentioned and Katie Ledecky. And swimming overall was the most successful event.
But I'm rather delighted to say that Great Britain I think of being one of the surprise packages of these games finishing in second. You know after London 2012, we expected their medal tally to drop and not go up.
But it actually exceeded London by some six medals. They finished on 70 -- sorry, 67, and ahead of China as well. China really underperforming the worst performance they've had actually in two decades.
But I think the biggest crowd players out here has been and delight really for the home crowd has been just how well Brazil have done here. You know, they finished with another medal on Sunday in the volleyball with the men.
We could hear people cheering in the streets. They finished with 19 medals in total and with a very special moment I think for Brazil to round the games off that way.
CHURCH: Yes, certainly, and you have done a spectacular job, too. Christina Macfarlane, joining us from Rio, 4 o'clock in the morning. You've kept us all accompanied those of us who keep this unguardedly hours. Many thanks on a job well done. I appreciate it.
[03:10:06] MACFARLANE: Thank you.
CHURCH: And of course, as the dust settles on another Olympics, organizers are calling the Rio Games a success. They were never even close to being as disaster as these critics warned before the competition began. But these Olympics certainly didn't lack controversy though.
Our Don Riddell looks at the highs and lows of Rio.
DON RIDDELL, CNN WORLD SPORT ANCHOR: The Rio Olympics was far from perfect. Empty seats suggesting a lack of interests. Heartbroken boxers and judges dismissed for debate of scoring. Troubled waters that turned uncontrollably green and American swimmers disgracefully out of their depths.
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RYAN LOCHTE, U.S. OLYMPICS SWIMMER: The guy pulled out his gun, he cocked it. Pulled to my forehead.
I over exaggerated that story.
RIDDELL: But, there were so much more.
MICHAEL PHELPS, U.S. OLYMPIC SWIMMER: It's a dream come true and I am definitely very happy I came back for one more.
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RIDDELL: We vowed to a legend in the pools and crowned an immortal on the track, Michael Phelps and Usain Bolt signed off in Rio. We may never see their likes again.
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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The world has seen that you can do it the right way and that's very important.
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RIDDELL: Katie Ledecky redefine the concept of winning crushing the field and finishing half the pool ahead of the best in the world. Another 19-year-old Simone Biles took the sport of gymnastics to an unimaginable new hights. With four golds each these are the stars of now and of the future.
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SIMONE BILES, U.S. OLYMPIC GYMNAST: We're just all so happy and excited.
RIDDELL: So, we might be seeing you in four years.
BILES: Yes.
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RIDDELL: But it is about much more than simply winning. Ground breaking achievement, unconditional inclusion enlightened acceptance. The sheer joy of the refugee team and action was humbling.
KATIE LEDECKY, U.S. OLYMPIC SWIMMER: It is really incredible for me.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: To became hope for a lot of people.
RIDDELL: For a new Olympic nation, Kosovo's first ever gold medal was heartwarming.
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MAJLINDA KELMENDI, KOSOVO JUDO GOLD MEDALIST: It was such a historical moment and not just for sports across the world but for Kosovo as a country.
(END VIDEO CLIP) RIDDELL: And the Brazilian judoka who rose from the slums of Rio to stand on top of the podium, a powerful symbol of hope. This was a game where athletes found a voice. As Olympics boss' vivid a level playing field was demanded.
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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Athletes have their last drug, we're going to make some real changes in the doping world.
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RIDDELL: With the new cold war simmering in the pool, America's Lilly King became a foster child for clean sport, but here vilified Russian opponent show a human side too, conveying a love for her training home of five years of all places, America.
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YULIA EFIMOVA, RUSSIAN SWIMMING SILVER MEDALIST: Life is such easier than in Russia. Everybody is smiling.
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RIDDELL: The best dignity of these Olympics if you get knock down don't just get back up again, but help out your opponents up, too.
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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: That was another spirit in me. I feel like that was god's spirit in me, I know it was.
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RIDDELL: Rio still has its problems and the Olympics couldn't possibly cure them all but perhaps the game has shown us the way, global community pushing each other and lending a helping hand to those lagging behind. The game still inspire, the games do still matter.
Don Riddell, CNN, Rio.
CHURCH: All right. A job well done there. We'll take a very short break. But still to come, Donald Trump maybe revising one of his more controversial positions of what his campaign manager says.
And after the break we go inside the packed jail in the Philippines to show you the consequences of the president's war on drugs there.
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IVAN WATSON, CNN SENIOR INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: This jail is so crowded that the guards tell me that every single step is used as a place to sleep.
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KAREN MAGINNIS, AMS METEOROLOGIST: Hello, everyone. This is your CNN Weather Watch. I'm meteorologist Karen Maginnis.
Between the fires blazing across the very dry Western U.S. and the historic flooding in the State of Louisiana, a lot to tell you about over the next day or so. We're looking at rainfall again across Louisiana. That's also such a devastating and deadly flooding in the past week or so.
Most of the rainfalls are going to be hit or miss opening the next several days anyway. Just kind of lingering along the Gulf Coast. And that's not unusual pattern but what will be an insult to injury are that you might expect some occasional heavy downpours.
Take a look at the forecast, as we go into the beginning of the workweek for Vancouver, 12 degrees, Atlanta, 32. A hot steamy forecast in Miami, New York at 27, and Denver will see hot temperatures at 32.
Just kind of a slight bump and temperatures and to the North Eastern United States with readings that should be in the mid to upper 20s, but could see close to 30 degrees as we head into the next three days.
The tropical Atlantic, this does not look very impressive. This is tropical depression Fiona. But it definitely look like it's going to be lasting very long it will weaken over the next several days.
It starts to move more towards the north and towards the northeast. How about some temperatures for Monday, a little bit further to the south, Belize City, 29. Nassau, 33.
CHURCH: Donald Trump maybe backing away from his hard line stance on deporting millions of undocumented immigrants in the U.S. The republican presidential nominee met with the Hispanic advisory council over the weekend.
BuzzFeed reports Trump said he wanted a humane and efficient way to work with undocumented immigrants. BuzzFeed interpreted that as a path toward legalizing some of them.
Dana Bash asked his new campaign manager about whether Trump will revise his position.
DANA BASH, CNN CHIEF POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT: Well, let me play something from Mr. Trump has said previously. Listen to what he said back in November.
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DONALD TRUMP, (R) U.S. PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: We're going to have a deportation force and you're going to do it humanely and responsibly.
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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Are they going back to their home, how? TRUMP: They're going back to where they came, if they have from a certain country, they are going to be brought back to their country, that's the way it's supposed to be.
BASH: So, does Donald Trump still support that a deportation force removing the 11 million or so undocumented immigrants.
KELLYANNE CONWAY, DONALD TRUMP'S CAMPAIGN MANAGER: What he supports and if we go back to his convention speech a month ago, Dana, what he supports is to make sure that we enforce the law, that we are respectful of those Americans who are looking for a well-paying jobs, and that we are fair and humane for those who live among us in this country.
And as the weeks unfold -- as the weeks unfold, he will lay out the specifics of that plan that he would implement as president of the United States.
BASH: Will that plan include a deportation force the kind that he just -- you just heard on that sound bite and then he talked about during the republican primaries.
CONWAY: To be determined.
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CHURCH: Well, the campaign of democratic rival Hillary Clinton dismissed the possibility of a change in Trump's position. Meanwhile, the Clinton campaign is addressing cause for the Clinton Foundation to stop accepting foreign and corporate donations immediately.
The foundation has said it will ban such donations if Hillary Clinton wins the White House. There has been increasing scrutiny of access to Clinton through the foundation. Campaign manager Robby Mook spoke with Dana Bash.
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BASH: But if this is the right policy now. Why not do it now, why wait until the idea of her being president. Why not do it when she is running for president?
[03:19:55] ROBBY MOOK, HILLARY CLINTON'S CAMPAIGN MANAGER: Well, the foundation is doing an enormous amount of work and it takes time when you are in a number of countries around the world to retool, refocus the mission and adapt as you said -- they receive a great deal of funding through these streams and it will take some time for them to readjust.
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CHURCH: Recent e-mail disclosures from Clinton's top aid have added to the questions about ties between the foundation and the State Department while Clinton was Secretary of State.
Well, Louisiana's governor says Donald Trump's visit to his state was helpful and focusing attention on the devastating flooding in Baton Rouge.
President Obama came under fire for not interrupting his vacation but the governor had told the White House to hold off on a visit.
Dana Bash has more on the history of the president's work following them on vacation.
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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Having a good time?
BARACK OBAMA, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA PRESIDENT: Having a great time as always.
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BASH: For president even being on vacation doesn't necessarily mean getting away.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I'm going to die. I'm drowning.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We're coming. We're coming.
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BASH: After a historic flooding hit Louisiana this week, the Baton Rouge newspaper, The Advocate, demanded President Obama break his annual trip to Martha's Vineyard to visit the victims.
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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Get my dog.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I grasp (Ph) about him.
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BASH: Instead, he went golfing. And Donald Trump sees the moment to make his own trip.
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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Oh, my God, you're not playing golf in Martha's Vineyards.
TRUMP: Somebody is there, he shouldn't be.
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BASH: The White House announced later that day that Obama plans to visit on Tuesday.
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OBAMA: Good morning, everybody.
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BASH: He's hardly the only president to resist the pressure to interrupt his time away from the White House. President Bush decided to stay on his Texas ranch as hurricane Katrina made landfall in 2005. The decision he later told Oprah Winfrey he regretted.
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GEORGE W. BUSH, FORMER U.S. PRESIDENT: I should have flown over. And look, I made a mistake. I should have landed. Now the problem is that when the president lands, resources are taken off the task at hands. I didn't realize a picture of me looking out would look like I didn't give a darn.
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BASH: Of course, a president is commander-in-chief no matter his location. It's a point where presidential press secretaries had been making ever since Teddy Roosevelt made the working vacation the norm by relocating most of the White House staff to his summer home in Oyster Bay in New York.
The press corps has been chasing the president on summer occasions ever since from Eisenhower on the links of Augusta National to JFK on his sailboat at A Kenney compound in Hyannis.
Nancy Reagan defended her husband's frequent visits to their Santa Barbara branch by arguing that presidents don't get vacation, they just get a change of scenery. And Nixon said, escaping Washington kept him from being isolated from the reality of American life.
But, as President Obama was reminded this week that the reality in politics never go away even when you are at the beach.
Dana Bash, CNN, Washington.
CHURCH: Well, the Philippines Foreign Minister says the country has no intention to leave the United Nations. The organization recently criticized President Rodrigo Duterte's administration for its anti- drug tactics.
More than 650 police killings have taken place since Mr. Duterte took office in late June. The president responded to the criticism with an insult and a threat.
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RODRIGO DUTERTE, PHILIPPINE PRESIDENT: I do not want to insult you. But, maybe we'll just have to decide to separate from the United Nations. When were you here the last time? Never. Except to criticize.
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CHURCH: The president's war on drugs is drawing thousands of suspects behind bars.
Senior international correspondent Ivan Watson shows us how the jails are bursting at the scenes.
WATSON: This is a performance being staged for us at the Quezon City jail in the Philippines capitol, Manila. We've been invited here to take a look at some of the exercises that this very over crowded detention center performs every day with its inmates.
It's built to house around 800 people and there are more than 4,000 incarcerated here awaiting trial. Take a look.
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Now we're going to take a look at the conditions that the inmates here are living in. So, sir, this is one of the cells?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Yes.
WATSON: Come on in here. Excuse me, sorry.
[03:25:01] There is barely room to walk here. Take a look at these incredibly crowded conditions. Eighty five adult males living in, sleeping in this small room. Tuberculosis is in this jail facility. There is a separate tuberculosis ward where there are more than 70 patients currently living in isolation.
This jail is so crowded that the guards tell me every single step is used as a place to sleep.
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Hard to believe this jail is now accepting as many as 30 new prisoners a day. That's because the Philippines new President Rodrigo Duterte launched a deadly war on drugs.
Since it start a month and a half ago, police have arrested 9200 suspects, almost all of the hundreds of additional detainees brought here in the last seven weeks are facing charges.
As we are leaving, I want to finish with one astounding statistic, at any one time there are only 20 guards between the outside gate and the interior that are on duty for a population of more than 4,000 detainees.
Ivan Watson, CNN reporting from the Quezon City jail in Manila.
CHURCH: A sad update to the story of Omran, the brave little Syrian boy who survived an air strike on his home. The latest on Omran and his family. That's still to come.
Plus, devastated residents in the U.S. State of Louisiana are returning to what's left of their homes. We will take you to the flood zone in just a moment.
[03:30:00] (COMMERCIAL BREAK) CHURCH: A warm welcome back to our viewers here in the United States, and of course, all around the world. I'm Rosemary Church. I want to update you on the main stories we've been following this hour.
The Olympics have come to an end in Rio. Fans and athletes packed into the iconic Maracana Stadium to stay good-bye to this year's game. The city officially handed off to Tokyo, host of the 2020 Summer Games.
Donald Trump may revise his hard line stance on deporting millions of undocumented immigrants in the U.S. Over the weekend, the republican presidential nominee reportedly said he wanted a humane and efficient way to work with undocumented immigrants.
His new campaign manager says his position is to be determined.
A Turkish official said at least 22 of the 51 people killed in the terror attack on a wedding Saturday were younger than 14. Turkey's President says the suicide bomber may have been as young as 12. Most of the victims were buried on Sunday. The president says ISIS is the prime suspect.
Well, more than 60,000 homes have been damaged in the catastrophic flooding that has engulfed part of Southern Louisiana. Residents are now returning home to sip through what remains of their belongings. But for many, there's just not much left.
CNN's Polo Sandoval has more from the flood zone.
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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: This is where the kitchen was right here. The water got up to about two and a half foot in the house.
POLO SANDOVAL, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Step through Jule LeBlanc's door in the city of Gonzales and you'll see what hundreds of homes in Southern Louisiana look like today, a bare interior stripped of any comforts of home.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We had to gut everything totally in the house.
SANDOVAL: LeBlanc's only saved what he and his son Alec could carry out as the water approached his doorstep last Monday. Most of what was left behind had to be discarded and now sits soaked on the front lawn.
AMBERT LEBLANC, GONZALES RESIDENT: It happened fast. And it's sad. You do what you got to do. We saved a lot. We -- thanks to him and my brother, they put everything as high as they could.
SANDOVAL: LeBlanc saved his family and a small irreplaceable items including his mother-in-law's albums.
DREW LEBLANC, GONZALEZ RESIDENT: Her stuff she kept in this blue tote. This is what gets me. I said, we don't need to get that. So, I feel bad the next day because I didn't want to destroy it. And I said, I'm going back. I don't care how deep it is. To get her things that she wanted. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: This is a damn shame.
SANDOVAL: LeBlanc used his cell phone to capture that return home along with his son.
LEBLANC: I don't even remember it was his birthday because all the trauma that was going on.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Happy birthday to you. Happy birthday to you.
SANDOVAL: There was time for a brief celebration amid the heartbreak, though.
LEBLANC: I'm actually saying happy birthday to him while we were standing in the water in the house.
SANDOVAL: Dad fashioned a makeshift cake out of whipped cream and a few cookies. Like many of the families in his block, LeBlanc has help from friends, neighbors and co-workers.
LEBLANC: I'm living in my camp. And it's going to be rough for the next two months, but we, you know, all of us are safe. We're alive.
SANDOVAL: Even with those helping hands, he says, it will be weeks perhaps months before he turn his house into a home again.
Polo Sandoval, CNN, Ascension Parish, Louisiana.
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CHURCH: And our meteorologist Karen Maginnis joins us now. These are stuff stories to tell. And of course, there is more bad weather ahead, many not as bad as they've seen.
MAGINNIS: Yes.
CHURCH: But the biggest problem of all as we talked about last hour is the water being over to dissipate and it can't at this point.
MAGINNIS: No. It's like a basin. And that's why every time we see any kind of tropical system there we know it's going to take some time for it to drain because there is just no place for it to go.
Louisiana is so beautiful but this precipitation was so staggering in the scope. Let's go ahead and show you what we expect over the next 24 to 48 hours. There you could see some isolated showers and storms expected as they go into the next 6 to 12 hours.
Most of that moisture is going to be over in Texas. Just a few isolated storms in Louisiana. But as we look more towards that five day of precipitation outlook, while and there you can see right around Baton Rouge, actually it looks a little bit closer to Baton Rouge now.
Now these are computer models they do change. But overall, the pattern is, and it's going to be a weather system that's quasi stationary. And right along that boundary that's what we'll expect that wet weather. How much, the computer model is saying one to three inches.
[03:35:03] Now, it's not necessarily going to be in those same hard hit areas but it's going to be sprinkled about. And for people who are trying to get their lives together, this is just going to be insult to injury there.
And now let's talk about our latest in door (Ph). And that is the tropical system impacting Tokyo, starting to make land fall. But we could see mud or landslides because of the ground is saturated so quickly here.
And in the forecast we draw towards the north and northeast of about 20 kilometers per hour. So, it's moving quickly. There is still the wind damage that could be associated with this.
This is a second storm. There is another one that's well to the south of Japan but that one is so erratic. It's moving to the southwest, it's moving to the southeast.
Here is some of the rainfall totals we're looking at over the past 24 hours, generally speaking, 100 to about 175 millimeters. Those were some of the common amounts that we have seen.
And across Europe, the warmth is back on. Paris bumped up and then their temperature came down, this is about 10 days or so ago. But look at the forecast in Paris coming up.
We go from Wednesday to Thursday, and those temperatures in the mid- 30s. This is really troubling because the problem we thought the best part of summer was over. And we are going to transition more towards a fall pattern. No.
CHURCH: Wow.
MAGINNIS: That's not in store for Paris at least.
CHURCH: And the problem is there is not a lot of air-conditioning in some places.
MAGINNIS: Exactly.
CHURCH: So, it can be starling. All right. Many thanks, Karen, as always. I appreciate it.
Well, now to the latest in a tragic story that's drawn enormous attention from around the world. The little boy pictured covered in dirt and blood days after surviving the air strike in Aleppo has become the new face of suffering in Syria.
And we've learned that his older brother Ali has died from the injuries he suffered in that air strike.
For more, I'm joined by Jomana Karadsheh in Oman, Jordan. And, Jomana, first, it was the image of Omran, and then of his brother. Both images reminding the world of what's happening in Aleppo. What more are we learning about this family and how likely is it that
these images could trigger perhaps some sort of action from the international community.
JOMANA KARADSHEH, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, Rosemary, according to local officials, rebel officials, they say that Ali Daqneesh, the 10- year-old brother of Omran died early on Saturday morning in Aleppo as a result of the wound that he sustained in that air strike on Wednesday.
And for three days he remained in critical condition and he was receiving medical care, but finally he lost his life on Saturday morning. Now this family that has lost so much that is recovering that is mourning. They remained in Aleppo.
And the mother of the two boys remained in critical condition. And we understand that she is in intensive care unit in a field hospital in Aleppo.
And according to activists, Rosemary, he was, Ali Daqneesh was not the only child who was killed in Aleppo in that violence that has been escalating on Saturday.
According to activists four other children at least were killed in another air strike in the western countryside of Aleppo. That death of Ali Daqneesh, she was the 100th child according to figures by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights that keeps the track of casualties in the Syrian conflict.
They say he was the 100th death so far this month between July 31st and August 23rd, it's really adding to that horrific death toll of at least 4,500 children who have been killed in Aleppo province alone since the start of uprising in 2011 in the civil war that followed.
And as you mentioned, Rosemary, there is a lot of and there were some hope amongst activists and aid workers that this image of Omran, the story of this one family that is a snapshot of what life is like in Aleppo in besieged areas of Syria's largest city.
That this could refocus the world's attention on the Syrian conflict especially the situation inside Aleppo that is being described as one of the most devastating conflicts of modern times.
With the international committee of the Red Cross warning that the city is on the brink of a humanitarian disaster. There was this hope that maybe possibly that this would refocus the world's attention trying and basically bring back all parties to work harder to try and achieve some sort of a ceasefire there to bring in much needed humanitarian aid that so far for weeks now has not reached these besieged areas.
And the concern is that this could be just an image that brings back the world's attention just for a short time and then people will forget about this conflict again, Rosemary.
[03:40:03] CHURCH: That is the big concern. Just horrifying of what is happening in Aleppo.
Many thanks to Jomana Karadsheh for bringing us to date from Oman, Jordan where it is 10.40 in the morning. Many thanks.
Well, women of the indigenous community in Canada frequently for victims of sex trafficking. What police are doing to tackle the problem. That is coming up in a special CNN Freedom Project report.
And the Rio Games are in the books. And Tokyo has the Olympic flag for 2020. A look at the plans so far. That's ahead, stay with us.
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CHURCH: All this week, the CNN Freedom Project explores the problem of sex trafficking in Canada's indigenous communities. Canadian Native women frequently become victims of the trade. And a local government is adapting new tactics to fight the problem.
Our Paula Newton has more from Winnipeg.
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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I saw this guy talking her.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: At 3 or 4 in the morning, you'll see them out here.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: A lot of the people here they struggle with many different things.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: You will see older men just sitting in cars idling.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Nobody wants to be out what they are doing and what they have to do.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Come here.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: How are you doing?
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Good.
PAULA NEWTON, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Words of comfort and support. (Inaudible) most nights through the streets of Winnipeg.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Did you sleep yesterday?
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Yes.
NEWTON: Debbie Cumby is a community outreach worker.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: You say we'll see you later.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: You want a ride home or anything? No? You're OK and you need anything else?
[03:45:00] NEWTON: Kirt Chapko is a police detective part of an elite unit trying to counter sexual exploitation and human trafficking.
KIRT CHAPKO, WINNIPEG POLICE SERVICE DETECTIVE: This is our regular route. We drive in this area and the other areas that high levels of exploitation.
NEWTON: They are leading a transformation of a new way to fight human trafficking. The approach firmly focus on victims. And most of the ones they meet here comes from Canada's minority indigenous community.
CHAPKO: A two females on the south side of Notre Dame, they're walking westbound; they are going to be at the crosswalk shortly.
NEWTON: We ride along with detective Chapko and observes as undercover officers meet with two women they believed could be trafficking victims.
CHAPKO: Passing your door as closed and they are going to be heading west bound.
NEWTON: What's difference here than in past years is the intent. They are not out to prosecute but to protect and trying to understand how and why these women are being sexually exploited.
CHAPKO: It's the misconception that a lot of people have, you know, they want to be out there. But they truly don't want to be out there. It's...
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NEWTON: They don't have a choice.
CHAPKO: They don't have a choice.
NEWTON: Law enforcement officials acknowledge a history of biases and racisms that prevented police on the streets from truly understanding how and why indigenous women are vulnerable and at risk.
DANNY SMYTH, WINNIPEG POLICE SERVICE DEPUTY CHIEF: There is biases in the police service. And we recognize that there is implicit biased. We certainly have taken steps to try to address that in a myriad of ways.
That we have a team that's dedicated just to outreach, just to being out there and trying to get to know who's out on the streets and trying to establish a relationship with them.
DEBBIE CUMBY, NATIONAL OUTREACH TEAM: Lots of kids for tonight, hopefully it will be a busy night.
NEWTON: To do that, they've team with community workers like Debbie. Once the trafficking victim herself. She explains outreach is neither quick nor simple.
CUMBY: We are controlled by, you know, our traffickers. A lot of people call them their boyfriends or drug dealers. And, you know, you owe money and you have a choice. You get beaten or killed or you out and work. JENNIFER RICHARDSON, MANITOBA CHILD EXPLOITATION SPECIALIST: We'll
get started, I think we have about 68 kids that are missing this morning.
NEWTON: The new approach on the streets of Winnipeg is supported by the government. Jennifer Richardson runs to see stretch Manitoba's strategy to combat sexual exploitation and sex trafficking of children.
RICHARDSON: Copy. Stand by.
NEWTON: Crucially, the provincial government has committed more than 10 million Canadian dollars each year to fund it. A huge sum for a population of only about a million people. This ground breaking endeavor focuses on prevention, intervention, and legislation, while trying to tackle the issue of why indigenous people.
Small minority of the population represent more than three quarters of all human trafficking victims in Manitoba. Both independent and government studies have detailed poverty, addiction, and family violence and sexual abuse as key factors.
RICHARDSON: When you look at the context of their environment and what is going on that affects the level of violence the level of drugs. It's almost like mental terrorism. The kids are just acting out what they are engaged in.
NEWTON: And they've been terrorized.
RICHARDSON: Right.
NEWTON: Back with detective Chapko, we learned the two young women they've approached are indigenous. Police will now follow up with social agencies.
CHAPKO: We'll be. Copy that.
NEWTON: And that's what different and revolutionary about the approach here in Manitoba. A first in Canada, it uses targeted funds but also words, deeds and training. To help fight human trafficking in a whole new world that prioritizes the needs of victims.
Paula Newton, CNN, Winnipeg.
CHURCH: And we'll take a break right higher. But still to come, the Summer Olympics in Rio are over, but we will look ahead to the games in Tokyo. Back in just a moment with a live report.
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MAGINNIS: Hello, everyone. This is your CNN Weather Watch. I'm meteorologist Karen Maginnis.
Between the fires blazing across the very dry Western U.S. and the historic flooding in the State of Louisiana, a lot to tell you about over the next day or so. We're looking at rainfall again across Louisiana. That's also such a devastating and deadly flooding in the past week or so.
Most of the rainfalls are going to be hit or miss opening the next several days anyway. Just kind of lingering along the Gulf Coast. And that's not unusual pattern but what will be an insult to injury are that you might expect some occasional heavy downpours.
Take a look at the forecast, as we go into the beginning of the workweek for Vancouver, 12 degrees, Atlanta, 32. A hot steamy forecast in Miami, New York at 27, and Denver will see hot temperatures at 32.
Just kind of a slight bump and temperatures and to the North Eastern United States with readings that should be in the mid to upper 20s, but could see close to 30 degrees as we head into the next three days.
The tropical Atlantic, this does not look very impressive. This is tropical depression Fiona. But it definitely look like it's going to be lasting very long it will weaken over the next several days.
It starts to move more towards the north and towards the northeast. How about some temperatures for Monday, a little bit further to the south, Belize City, 29. Nassau, 33.
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CHURCH: The closing ceremony lit up Rio for one last night as the Summer Olympics began a four year break. But some special guest from across the world may have been the biggest highlight of all.
Japan's Prime Minister and Tokyo's first female governor were in Rio for the handover of the Summer Olympic Games to Tokyo.
Will Ripley joins us now from Tokyo with more on the Olympic planning. So, Will, Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe certainly steal the show, didn't he, at the closing ceremony dressed as Super Mario. Talk to us about that and what we can expect from the 2020 games in Tokyo.
WILL RIPLEY, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Well, I think that certainly does help set the tone, doesn't it? For what Japan is hoping to accomplish in Tokyo 2020. They want a moment that the world will be talking about in a good way.
And we saw and Japan saw as well how Brazil had some real troubles in the lead off to the Summer Games this year. Tokyo 2020 has had its own troubles as well. When they won the bid three years ago it was a time of excitement.
It was a time that Japan needed to come back after not only the disasters of 2011 that killed so many people and really rattled this country to the core, but also just these many years in economic stagnation before that.
This was supposed to be a turnaround but there is massive over spending concerns. The first Olympics stadium design was scrapped and thrown out because in part it was way over budget. Also there was controversy over how it looked. There has been a bribery investigation and there was a plagiarism
allegation about the original Tokyo 2020 logo. They scrap that logo and came up with a new one.
I asked the newly elected governor, the first female governor of Tokyo if she is ready to handle all of those challenges and not the mention the massive spending.
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[03:54:59] YURIKO KOIKE, TOKYO GOVERNOR: The cost of running the 2020 Tokyo Olympics is so enormous. And the -- it's still very hard to find out the reason why this cost is so enormous. So I'm checking out which facility costs this much and the another cost, I mean, the gymnasium center which may cost enormous as well.
So, I'm checking just like an accountant.
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RIPLEY: Yuriko Koike, the first female Governor who won three million votes here in Tokyo. And she wore a traditional kimono as she officially accepted the flag in the handover ceremony from Rio to Tokyo as the next host of the Summer Olympics.
But, Rosemary, she was upstage a bit, I would say by the Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Whoever convinced him to dress up like Super Mario and actually got the Prime Minister to do that, I'd like to meet that person and talk to them and wonder how they did it.
CHURCH: I think so. Me, too. And of course, sometimes there are things can back fire. You can never be sure how it's going to turn out. But I think certainly, it got everyone talking.
Will Ripley, joining us there live from Tokyo. Many thanks to you.
And I'm Rosemary Church. "EARLY START" is next for our viewers here in North America. For everyone else, stay tuned for more news with Hannah Vaughan Jones in London. And you have yourself a great day.
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