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Axe Attack Reignites Refugee Debate in Germany; North Korea Fires Ballistic Missiles; Melania Trump Accused of Plagiarism; South Korea: North Korea Fired 3 Ballistic Missiles; Russia Faces Possible Olympic Ban; Turkish President Promises Heavy Price for Coup Participants; Anger at French Government over Nice Terror Attack; Pakistan Man Kills Internet Sensation Sister; New "Ghostbusters" Hits Big at Box Office But Some Fans Upset over All-Female Cast. Aired 2-3a ET

Aired July 19, 2016 - 02:00   ET

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[02:00:11] JOHN VAUSE, CNN ANCHOR: This is CNN NEWSROOM, live from Los Angeles.

ISHA SESAY, CNN ANCHOR: Ahead this hour --

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VAUSE: Hello, everybody. Thanks for joining us. I'm John Vause.

SESAY: I'm Isha Sesay.

NEWSROOM L.A. starts right now.

VAUSE: Investigators are trying to find a possible motive for an axe attack on train passengers in southern Germany.

SESAY: Police shot and killed the attacker after he fled the train. He was a 17-year-old Afghanistan refugee living in Bavaria. At least four people are badly wounded.

VAUSE: Radio host, Christian Schwartz, took the photos you just saw. He joins us now from Schweinfurt in Germany.

Christian, just describe what was it seemed like when you arrived there. Can you describe it?

CHRISTIAN SCHWARTZ, RADIO HOST: Yeah, good morning. The scene was so realistic. Every single ambulance car, every single police car we got in germ thee was at the scene and it was really terrifying. You just saw all these people running around and it was totally chaotic.

VAUSE: What are officials now saying about with these reports that this may be linked to Islamic terrorism, that the attacker apparently yelled god is great before he was shot and killed by police?

SCHWARTZ: We're not sure about that. According to one witness, the judge screamed that, but this is not confirmed by nobody. Officials were waiting for a statement in every minute. And then we will have clear information about that. But now, we don't know if this really happened or if it really was a terrorist attack.

VAUSE: What about the condition of those who were wounded? What condition are they in right now? Are the wounds life threatening?

SCHWARTZ: We have one woman in a life threatening condition since the attack. We've got three people heavily injured and 14 people who are under shock. They are all in the hospital right now. And they have emergency standard to deal with the passengers of the train. Luckily, there were only about 20 people in this train. And while the witnesses said it looked like a slaughter house, they were really under shock, everybody. We saw pictures of the train's interior. There was blood everywhere. It was really unbelievable.

VAUSE: And unlike France, unlike Belgium, there hasn't been any terrorist attacks being carried out in Germany. If this is linked to terrorism, what will the political ramifications be?

SCHWARTZ: Well, if this was really a terrorist attack, we will have to face the first Islamic terror attack on German soil. So far, the attacks only took place in Paris, Brussels and last week in Nice. But now it's in front of our door and this is a new situation for the citizens here. Germany so far has managed to thwart all attempts of terrorists on general society and now seems the terror, maybe -- has to say maybe -- by now has arrived.

VAUSE: And Germany has been at the center of the refugee crisis in Europe. Hundreds of thousands of refugees have arrived in Germany. A year ago, people turned out to the train stations cheering and welcoming the rev ewe goes. Has that attitude now amongst Germans, has that attitude changed in any way?

SCHWARTZ: I think it's too early this morning to say. This is only some hours until this happened. But with the ongoing refugee crisis, the situation gets more and more complicated now. The opponents of German Chancellor Angela Merkel's refugee policy will be confirmed, and more critics arise, for sure. I'm not sure it's changed, but it has become more extreme. We don't have any middle ground any longer. On the one happened, we have people who are helping us, volunteers who are really happy to help the refugees. On the other side, we have got demonstrations, and people who get really radicalized and making even more radical statements.

VAUSE: Christian, thank you for being with us. Christian Schwartz, with the latest on that attack on a train in Germany. Thank you.

SCHWARTZ: Thank you very much.

[02:05:13] VAUSE: And they're off and running in Cleveland. The Republican National Convention had its first night. Big focus on national security. Let's make America safe again.

Donald Trump's wife, Melania, delivered the key note speech of the night, saying her husband gets things done.

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MELANIA TRUMP, WIFE OF DONALD TRUMP: Donald intends to represent all of the people, not just some of the people.

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TRUMP: That includes Christians and Jews and Muslims, Hispanics and African-Americans and Asians and the poor and the middle class.

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SESAY: Well, earlier in the day, party officials crushed a revolt and chaos erupted on the convention floor.

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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: In the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it.

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SESAY: Some states wanted to make it harder for certain candidates like Trump to win the party's nomination in the future, but party officials said the proposed rules change failed on a voice vote. The result was a dramatic display of disunity that could haunt the Republicans in November.

Let's go to CNN's Manu Raju and Tal Kopan, standing by live for us.

Good to have you with us.

So, Manu, let's start with you.

All eyes on Melania Trump as she gave that prime-time address at the convention on Monday night. A speech that was well received by those at the convention hall, but now it's emerging that that speech was actually lifted from one given by Michelle Obama at the 2008 Democratic convention. Let's play some of it for our viewers.

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TRUMP: From a young age, my parents impressed on me the values that you work hard for what you want in life, that your word is your bond and you do what you say and keep your promise, that you treat people with respect.

MICHELLE OBAMA, FIRST LADY OF THE UNITED STATES: Barack and I were raised with so many of the same values, like you work hard for what you want in life, that your word is your bond, that you do what you say you're going to do, that you treat people --

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OBAMA: -- with dignity and respect, even if you don't know them and even if you don't agree with them.

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VAUSE: Well, that's awkward.

Well, so, Manu, just a short time ago, we got a statement from the Trump campaign. What are they saying about all of this?

MANU RAJU, CNN SENIOR POLITICAL REPORTER: Well, you know, they're actually not acknowledging that any of the passages were, indeed, lifted from Michelle Obama's speech. This statement that I'm about to read to you makes no mention of Michelle Obama whatsoever. Here is what it says. This is from Jason Miller. He's the senior communication adviser for Donald Trump. He says that, quote, "In writing her beautiful speech, Melania's team of writers took notes on her life's inspirations and, in some instances, included fragments that reflected her own thinking. Melania's immigrant experience and love for America shown through in her speech, which made it such a success."

So a lot of the questions about this statement as it came out, guys, including what is the sentence mean here that says that in some snaps, included fragments that reflected her own thinking, whose own thinking, Melania's own thinking? That's what they seem to suggest. They don't seem to suggest this reflected Michelle Obama's thinking. Clearly, they released a statement in response to all these questions, but they're not addressing all these questions. They're just praising what Melania Trump did. They're not saying any single speech writer wrote it. They're saying a team of speech writers wrote it. And they're saying that this is all about Melania Trump's experience. You can consider this the Trump campaign digging in, guys.

VAUSE: But, Tal, we had an interview that Melania Trump did with the NBC "Today Show." She said, if I got the reporting right, that she basically did all the work, there was very little input from anybody else. It was all of her blood, sweat and tears, and now it's a team of writers and she kind of added into it. So this is very contradictory, to say the least.

TAL KOPAN, CNN POLITICAL REPORTER: Yeah. And the Trump campaign really made a lot about this speech going into it. It was supposed to be her coming out. This was supposed to be her moment where with she sort of gave off that first lady potential and really introduced herself to America. So they talked about the development of her speech a lot and how she worked on it for weeks and how she wrote down all the things that she wanted to have in there. And I think it's understandable that anyone works with a speech writer, but leading up to this, it was very much an emphasis on how much Melania herself was working on this. And now, you're right, there's the emphasis on team, fragments, as Manu keeps saying. This had is classic Trump playbook. Whenever there's a controversy, it's put out a statement that doesn't seem to add anything to the situation or illuminate it. And in a few days, he may be pretending it never happened. [02:10:18] SESAY: Manu, the Trump campaign acknowledged this, but

how big a deal is this? How do you see this playing in the hours ahead?

RAJU: You know, I think it will dominate of the conversation tomorrow, in the run up to the convention, but I don't know how long of a life span this may have. And this is probably one reason why the Trump campaign is digging in. Because they believe it's probably not a controversy that's going to last weeks and weeks on end. Maybe part of the day into tomorrow, until we get into the next part of the convention, the line up of speakers tomorrow night, and then eventually Donald Trump accepting the nomination on thursday. Clearly, guys, this is a strategy to dig in, say you did nothing wrong, don't acknowledge the controversy, and push back. But tomorrow, Paul Manafort will be on CNN, tomorrow morning, here in the U.S. We'll hear with what he has to say in just a few hours about this controversy. But the Trump campaign shows no sign of acknowledging that there is anything wrong here.

VAUSE: Maybe Michelle Obama traveled in a time machine to the future and stole Melania's speech.

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Anyway, guys, thanks so much for staying up. We know it's late.

24-hour coverage here on CNN.

SESAY: Tal, Manu, appreciate it.

VAUSE: Thank you.

SESAY: Thank you so much.

RAJU: Thanks, guys.

KOPAN: Thank you.

SESAY: Shifting gears here, and another missile launch on the Korean peninsula is raising tensions. The South Korea military says North Korea fired three ballistic missiles off its eastern coast Tuesday. Officials say the missiles could reach all parts of South Korea. Just last week, Seoul announced it will deploy their advanced U.S. THADD missile defense system.

CNN's Paula Hancocks joins me from Seoul, South Korea.

Paula, what should we make of the timing of these missile launches? Should we see it as a directly connected to the announcement of the anti-missile system?

PAULA HANCOCKS, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, Isha, I think that is the working assumption here in South Korea. We did hear from North Korea recently saying they were dead set against this defense missile system being deployed here. It was only about with six days ago that South Korea did announce exactly where it would be deployed, where they wanted tight to be deployed, a town about 250 kilometers, more than 150 miles southeast of Seoul. When we had the announcement the THADD would be deployed, we heard from North Korea. Pyongyang put out a statement on media saying that it would physically act against this, saying that this would -- that Seoul would end in flames, a sea of flames and debris. Certainly, they've been very vocal about not wanting this to happen. This is their physical reaction to the fact that they now have a spot where they are going to deploy this.

SESAY: What are we hearing from South Korean officials?

HANCOCKS: Well, they've been condemning, as you could imagine, the three missile launches this morning. Of course, the ballistic missile technology is banned under the U.N. resolutions that have been passed against North Korea. We could well hear condemnation from further afield as the day goes on. The defense ministry saying it's a clear provocation, saying they condemn the rash act that North Korea has carried out. Certainly, they are concerned about this, but it is believed that they were short-range missiles. It's believed that they could take into account all of South Korea within its range. But this is a range that they have been able to accomplish for many years now. It's more the intermediate missiles that North Korea is working on and is test firing the concerns that neighborhood more -- Isha?

SESAY: Paula, will the firing of these three missiles have any implications for the deployment of the anti-missile system?

HANCOCKS: Washington and Seoul are adamant that this is necessary, that they need this missile defense system. And the reason they have come to that decision, or at least publicly announced that decision is because of what's happened this year. In January, there was a nuclear test by North Korea. There have been countless missile tests. There have been submarine missile tests, the intermediate missile test, and the claim by North Korea that they've militarized a nuclear weapon. So Washington and Seoul say because of this, it shows it is absolutely necessary to have this missile defense system in the country. Of course it's not just North Korea that doesn't like the idea. Russia and China and some within South Korea are complaining that this is going to go ahead -- Isha?

SESAY: Paula Hancocks, joining us from Seoul South Korea, thanks so much. VAUSE: We'll take a short break. When we come back, Russia may be

banned from competing in Rio. Details from a new report from the world's top doping agency just ahead.

[02:15:10] SESAY: Plus, Turkey cracks down on the alleged participants in the country's failed military coup. Thousands are now under arrest, including many of Turkey's top commanders and generals. Details, next.

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(COMMERCIAL BREAK) SESAY: A new report from the World Anti-Doping Agency accuses Russia of running a state-sponsored doping program during the Sochi Olympics 2014.

VAUSE: WADA wants the International Olympic Committee to ban Russia from the Rio games just three weeks away. All of Russia's track and field athletes have already been barred from competition.

For more on the reaction there in Russia, CNN's Clare Sebastian joins us live from Moscow.

Clare, this seems to have been doping and cheating on an industrial scale.

CLARE SEBASTIAN, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Absolutely, John. We now know that several of the officials named in the report have been temporarily suspended. That was on an order by President Putin. That includes the deputy minister who was named by the man who made the decision about whether samples should be falsified in the Moscow laboratory.

It's interesting that it would take a few hours after this report came out to get an official reaction. There was nothing for quite a long time and, suddenly, a very long and strongly worded statement from the president, Vladimir Putin. He was calling into question, the evidence, saying why are they basing this off the testimony of just one man, and that referring to the former director of the Moscow laboratory. And he revealed in that statement, John, just how politically this issue is viewed here in Russia. Take a listen.

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[02:20:33] SEBASTIAN (voice-over): Fireworks marking the end of the Sochi Winter Olympics in 2014. Russian athletes triumphed at home, bringing in 33 medals. That triumph now internationally discredited.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The Sochi laboratory operated a unique sample swapping methodology to enable doped Russian athletes to compete at the games. The FSB took on this project. They developed a method for removing the caps of the bottles for use at Sochi.

SEBASTIAN: And it doesn't stop at Sochi. The Moscow laboratory was found to be systemically misreporting results.

(on camera): The extraordinary allegations go right to the heart of the Russian government. The report uncovered evidence that the cover- up was directed right here at the Ministry of Sport, decisions taken in this building about which can specific results should be falsified.

(voice-over): President Putin demanded more evidence from WADA, saying the report marks a return to the 1980s practice of politicizing sport. The object, he said, was to use sport, quote, "as an instrument of geopolitical pressure."

On the streets of Moscow, his views echoed almost word for word.

"I think it's yet another political provocation," this man tells me. "It's just a continuation of economic and political sanctions."

"It's because they're scare of us," another man says, "both in sports and politics because we are strong."

For this Russian Olympic hopeful, though, this is no time for denials. He says while he has no personal experience in doping, he believes the report is true.

UNIDENTIFIED RUSSIAN OLYMPIC HOPEFUL: I'm really sorry for -- for everybody that this happens in this country. It is very, very sad.

SEBASTIAN: He's one of a number of athletes who have appealed their suspension to the Court of Arbitration of Sports, which is set to rule this week.

UNIDENTIFIED RUSSIAN OLYMPIC HOPEFUL: I am training and hoping I can compete and I can do a lot of interviews and something like this to bring back our reputation. But after that report, it will be very hard.

SEBASTIAN: A reputation built on winning at any cost.

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SEBASTIAN: It is now even more uncertain that athletes like him will get on to compete at Rio. The IOC could call for a blanket ban on all Russian athletes competing in Rio.

But I want to give one more example of how intertwined with politics this issue is here in Russia. One Russian M.P. made a statement yesterday saying, in the case of sanctions, for a starter, the main course was NATO enlargement, and for dessert, replacing the Olympic rings with American burgers.

So defensive starts here in Russia, but deeply humiliating. Just over two weeks before the start of the Olympics.

VAUSE: Clare, thank you. Clare Sebastian reporting live from Moscow.

SESAY: Joining us to discuss this is David Wallechinsky, president of the International Society of Olympic Historians.

David, thank you for staying with us.

Industrial-scale doping, systemically all the way up in the Russian system. Reports that the tainted samples were passed through a mouse hole from inside the secure perimeter of the Sochi lab into an operations room. It is mind boggling. And you have to ask, where was the oversight? How could this happen?

DAVID WALLECHINSKY, PRESIDENT, INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF OLYMPIC HISTORIANS: Well, first, from the Russian point of view, this was clearly organized with the support of the FSB, which is the successor to the KGB. And the person who was in charge on-site, he got a credential as a sewer engineer and that allowed him into the building to change these pieces. Also, we heard in that report that Vladimir Putin was just so

disgusted that he suspended one of those officials. It was Putin who assigned that man to the job to oversee all this. So one wonders, yes, what happened with the IOC, the International Olympic Committee? What happened with WADA? Why were they not overseeing this? And I think a lot of it has to do with the fact that Russia is a powerful country and that, you know, a lot of the IOC officials prefer to put a blind eye over it.

SESAY: So one rule for some countries and others for --

WALLECHINSKY: In a way.

SESAY: -- those that are less powerful, less wealthy?

WALLECHINSKY: Exactly. We just saw it didn't get as much coverage just yet yesterday. The Canoe Federation banned all athletes from Romania and Belarus, but you didn't hear about that because Romania and Belarus aren't as big a deal as Russia.

[02:25:14] VAUSE: OK. This all now comes to the International Olympic Committee. We have three weeks before the Rio Games. They are the sole authority for an entire national team ban. They have released a statement, and this is part of the statement. It reads, "The findings of the report show a shocking and unprecedented attack on the integrity of sport and on the Olympic Games. Therefore, the IOC will not hesitate to take the toughest sanctions available against any individual or organization implicated."

OK. So they're saying organization, not doing it to the country, but clearly, that's where the heading. Do they have the stomach to ban Russia? And if they do go down that road, they've never done anything like that.

WALLECHINSKY: No. Nothing like that has every happened. You know, the country has been banned from the Olympics because they were the loser nation or the aggressor nation in World War II and World War I, but never for something like doping. The only industrial scale doping, as you said, was East Germany in the 1060s and 1970s. But there was no punishment because the IOC couldn't prove anything or didn't want to prove anything at the time. This is bigger because it's all out front.

SESAY: Do they have to ban them to protect the Olympic brand, in your view?

WALLECHINSKY: I would think so, yes. They do have to band them. They can make exceptions as they have for two of the track and field athletes who have competed, were tested outside Russia. If there are other athletes who can make that case, I can see exceptions being made so Russia is still in the Olympics.

VAUSE: Some of those athletes, if they can prove they're clean, they can be under the IOC flag as independents?

WALLECHINSKY: It's very unclear because the IOC at this point has said, no, they can compete under Russia. Yet, the IAF, which is the Track and Field Federation, said, no, they have to be neutrals. So this is an issue that has not yet been decided.

SESAY: As John talked about Russia having the stomach for it -- the IOC having the stomach for it, what would be the considerations, what would be the concerns of banning Russia? What's the fallout? What are the implications for the IOC if it went down that road?

WALLECHINSKY: If they ban Russia, you can imagine Vladimir Putin and the Russians going back to the 1980s and turning to their allies and saying, you want our oil, you want our aid, then you're going to boycott these Rio games. If we're not there, we're not there.

SESAY: You can see that happening?

VAUSE: I can see that happening.

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VAUSE: I can see that happening. Putin wants a more objective investigation which goes fuller into the facts. It doesn't get much more objective than that.

WALLECHINSKY: It was pretty clear cut.

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VAUSE: David, it was good. Thank you.

SESAY: Thank you. Thank you very much.

Time for a quick break. Coming up, Turkey's president talks exclusively to CNN. The harsh punishment he's promising for those who tried to take down his government.

VAUSE: Also emotions running high and thousands gathered to remember the lives lost in last week's French terror attack. But some are now blaming the government. We'll discuss.

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[02:31:29] SESAY: You're watching CNN NEWSROOM, live from Los Angeles. I'm Isha Sesay.

VAUSE: I'm John Vause.

Let's check the headlines this hour.

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SESAY: Turkey's president is promising the people who tried to overthrow his government in Friday's failed military coup will pay a heavy price. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is following through on that vow. More than seven thousand people are now under arrest, including more than 100 commanders, generals and admirals. VAUSE: Judges, lawyers, senior aids and police have been detained.

Mr. Erdogan speaking exclusively to CNN through his translator, said the Turkish people made it clear they want the alleged people to face the death penalty.

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RECEP TAYYIP ERDOGAN, TURKISH PRESIDENT (through translation): The people can now have the opinion after so many incidents that these terrorists should be killed. That's where they are. They don't see any other outcome to it. I mean, life sentence or aggravated life sentence, why should I keep them and feed them in prisons for years to come? That's what the people say. So they want a swift end to it because people lost relatives, lost neighbors, lost children, 8-year- olds, 15-year-olds, 20-year-old young people. Unfortunately, have all been killed during these incidents. Of course, they have parents, mothers and fathers, they are mourning, they're suffering. So the people are very sensitive and we have to act very sensibly and sensitively.

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SESAY: The Turkish president talking exclusively through his translator to our own Becky Anderson.

Ian Lee joins us from Istanbul.

Ian, the Turkish president in that conversation with Becky very much framing the call for the death penalty as coming from the Turkish people. Is that what you're hearing?

IAN LEE, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, Isha, opinion is divided here in Turkey. When you see those massive gatherings of Erdogan at those rallies, you hear the people chanting they want the death penalty. But at the same time, talking to people on the streets, not in the large crowds, but on the side streets, they are more reserved, saying they're not sure if they want to go back to the days when Turkey had the death penalty.

And there can be some repercussions for Turkey, as well. A senior E.U. official has said they wouldn't allow Turkey to join the E.U. if they reinstate the death penalty. Also, you have eight soldiers right now trying to seek asylum inside Greece. And if Turkey reinstates the death penalty, that could make it difficult for Turkey to get those soldiers back.

SESAY: So, Ian, we know a number of military officials implicated in the coup appeared in court on Monday. There's very little about what happened during those proceedings. Why is that?

[02:35:23] LEE: In the proceedings, 27 military senior ranking military officers and generals were questioned by prosecutors and also were given their statements. We do not know exactly what was said, although we did hear from the former head of the air force who said he had no part in organizing the coup, carrying out this alleged coup attempt or this coup attempt, denying any sort of responsibility. We'll have to wait and see about those generals. But so far, during this round up and the crackdown, over a hundred admirals and generals have been arrested. That's about one-third of this senior general/admiral leadership in the Turkish military.

SESAY: And the Turkish president pointing the finger of blame for this at the Turkish Muslim cleric living here in the United States. Has any evidence been presented in the days following the coup to support that claim that Fethullah Gulen was involved in what played out in Turkey on Friday?

LEE: You know, Isha, that's the one thing that U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has been saying all along, if you believe that Fethullah Gulen was involved in this, was behind this, show us the evidence and we will work with you on this extradition process. But so far, we haven't seen any concrete evidence from the Turkish government. President Erdogan said the coup itself is the evidence. But they need more concrete evidence going forward for any extradition to take place. They're expected to make that request within the next few days, according to the president. So we will probably and maybe see that evidence then. But talking to a Turkey analyst, he told me that he has his reservations that Gulen would be behind this. He never had really close relations with the military. Remember, Gulen was an ally of Erdogan up until 2013 and has opposed coups in the past. So he found it difficult to believe Gulen would be working with the military like this. But we need to see any sort of evidence of who really was behind this.

SESAY: Ian, joining us from Istanbul, Turkey. Ian, appreciate it. Thank you.

VAUSE: France held a minute's silence on Monday as thousands gathered to honor the victims of last week's deadly terror attack in Nice.

SESAY: Emotions have been running high sine the Bastille Day massacre with many residents fearing that terrorism could be the new normal.

Atika Shubert reports.

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ATIKA SHUBERT, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): A moment of reflection and remembrance on the horrors that tore apart the French Riviera just days ago.

Ceremonies held across the country to remember the victims of the vicious attack by Mohamed Bouhlel, whose zigzagged a 20-ton truck down this promenade into crowds where families and young children were celebrating Bastille Day.

Today's memorial, aimed at uniting a grieving nation against hate. But for some, emotions spilled over into anger. The French prime minister booed and jeered at.

(SHOUTING) SHUBERT: The crowds attack the government, accusing them for failing to protect people.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE (through translation): They're partly responsible, the government. They're just not protecting us.

SHUBERT: Anger also directed at the killer himself. At the place where he was eventually gunned down by police, an anti-memorial, where people come to spit and throw stones around the words "murderer" and "assassin" chalked on the ground.

For others, it's too soon for anger as the grieving process hasn't yet begun. They agonizing wait for news of their loved ones drags on. The victims still to be identified such was the extent of their injuries.

And for those just receiving the new they never want to hear, the grief is still all too raw.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE (through translation): My sister died. I got confirmation today about 2:00 p.m. She died right away during the attack. She was a kind woman. She had four kids. She was a practicing Muslim.

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[02:40:00] SHUBERT: This mosque in Nice lost 10 of its members, a poignant reminder that this attack was against everyone, regardless of religion or nationality, a fact that is helping to bring people together.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE (through translation): Everyone hugs me in the streets today, people of all faiths, all colors. Everyone got together. It was beautiful.

SHUBERT: As communities gather together in grief, they are also uniting in anger against the authorities. With French officials now struggling to regain trust in their ability to defend their own people.

Atika Shubert, CNN, Nice, France.

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VAUSE: Police departments across the U.S. are on alert after the latest deadly attack on officers. A lone gunman ambushed six officers in Baton Rouge on Sunday, killing three of them.

SESAY: Investigators say the gunman apparently spent several days in the city planning his attack. They're now tracking his movements before Sunday to figure out if anyone may have known about his plans. The gunman was killed by a SWAT team member.

VAUSE: When we come back, the story of a young Pakistani woman who rose to fame on social media with her outspoken views and some candid videos, but now that fame has cost her life. Her brother says he has no regrets for killing her. (COMMERCIAL BREAK)

VAUSE: The brother of a social media star in Pakistan has confessed to her murder and he says has no regrets.

SESAY: Qandeel Baloch was an Internet sensation with her candid and outspoken videos and photos she posted on line. But all of that was putting her life in danger.

VAUSE: Alexandra Field joins us live with the details of a high- profile killing in Pakistan.

ALEXANDRA FIELD, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Right, because she was, indeed, a social media star in Pakistan. But her brother says that that sharing online, those social media posts had brought such shame to the family that he had no choice but to restore the family's honor. He went on the run after her death. He was arrested. Then he confessed to the killing, saying that he had really no choice but to kill her or to kill himself, and to kill her was the better alternative.

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[02:45:34] FIELD: She was bold, outspoken, and loved to flirt with the camera. Qandeel Baloch posted her photos and videos to social media, gaining hundreds of thousands of followers, becoming an Internet sensation. But Baloch lived in Pakistan where her posts pushed boundaries.

On Friday, Baloch's lifeless body was found at her family home. She was drugged and strangled. The killer, her own brother. Arrested by police at short time later, he appeared before the media and confessed to the crime without remorse.

"I have no regrets," he said, "She was bringing dishonor to our family."

Baloch's killing is the latest in more than 200 honor killings in Pakistan this year. The prime minister has vowed to tackle the problem but critics say few steps have been taken.

Baloch's brother says he decided to kill her after she posted this photo next to a senior cleric. It made headlines across Pakistan. The cleric was suspended. Baloch's life was threatened.

She described herself as a modern-day feminist. Last Friday, Baloch shared a post saying she wanted to stand up for women who had been treated badly and dominated by society. Hours later, her life would end, the victim of the kind of beliefs she had fought to change.

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FIELD: Baloch's mother says that the cleric you saw in those photos provoked her son to kill his sister, that he actually urged the son to kill his sister. Police have said they will investigate the cleric, but he denied to CNN that he is under investigation -- John?

VAUSE: It's so disturbing.

Alexander, thank you.

SESAY: Truly terrible.

Stay with us. We'll be back with more news right after this.

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[02:51:00] SESAY: Big numbers for the new "Ghostbusters" movie at the box office this weekend.

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VAUSE: The reboot of the 1984 classic comedy had a global debut of more than $63.4 billion. Number one in the U.K. as well as Australia. Still, many fans were upset about the decision to cast four women in the lead roles.

Joining us, Jen Yamato, entertainment reporter for "The Daily Beast."

I didn't particularly think it was a big deal. I liked all of the women who were in the leading role. But we're going to get to that in a minute.

But let's talk about the money. At the end of the day, it's all about the money in Hollywood. Here in the U.S., "Ghostbusters" came in second, about $46 million, which was can apparently in line with Sony's expectations. But critics say for a movie that cost about $150 million, they needed an opening weekend hoping for at least $10 million to $15 million.

JEN YAMATO, ENTERTAINMENT REPORTER & CRITIC, THE DAILY BEAST: Sure. I think we all know Sony was hoping for $10 or $15 more. A bigger opening would have made more of a statement. It was fine, it was a solid. It didn't tank at the box office. For the most part, the reviews were there, as well, supporting the film. So this is a solid outing.

SESAY: But let's talk about the build up. I don't think I've seen anything so ugly in a while in terms of the -- I don't know, some people call it misogyny unleashed over the all female cast. And the fan boys seemed to lose their mind. What is that about?

YAMATO: The backlash was immediate as soon as this reboot was announced. (CROSSTALK)

YAMATO: And particularly when it was announced to be staring four women, instead of four men like the original. I do believe there's a mean misogynous streak underneath that has been there since the backlash first started, and carried on through production. Reared its ugly head when the first trailers came out. Now it has continued through opening weekend.

SESAY: Speaking of the ugliness that surrounded this film, Leslie Jones, one of the stars of the film, known from "Saturday Night Live," has come in for a particular strain of ugly --

YAMATO: Oh, yeah.

SESAY: -- which has inundated her Twitter feed. People sending the most grotesque things to her. This one here, the post goes, "I hate lies. There's no way to justify calling her beautiful. She's extremely ugly." It's incredibly offensive.

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SESAY: -- the horrible things that have been said. I want to show another one, which is a common theme, which is comparing her to an ape. This has gone on for hours and hours, if you go through her feed. This says, "Can we exchange for Hurambe (ph), I prefer that gorilla over you.

YAMATO: It's absolutely vile. This is the point where the sexist backlash turned into the racist backlash at the only African-American member of the main cast. She's amazing in the movie. She's amazing in "Saturday Night Live."

SESAY: We want to put up what she said in response to all of this. At some point, it was clear it became overwhelming to her.

VAUSE: She couldn't ignore it anymore.

SESAY: She couldn't. See said on Twitter, she said, "I understand you've got free speech, I get it, but there has to be some guidelines when you let -- I guess she's saying, "Hate spread like that. You can see on my feed, she's basically saying what --

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YAMATO: Oh, yeah. She took a stand today on Twitter. She retweeted all the nastiest, racist messages she got to make people aware. I think it was brave. And probably a difficult thing for her to do.

VAUSE: But we're trying to work out where this coming from and why.

YAMATO: Yeah. I think there's a segment of the "Ghostbusters" fandom which is buried and has exited for --

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[02:55:15] VAUSE: There are other women and other African-American women in films and they didn't get that.

YAMATO: There's a sense of ownership that is a very rabid sense of ownership among male fans of this property. That came out even when this project was announced. Even members of the press were, like, this is kind of a guy movie, isn't it? So there's a feeling that this movie belongs to guys and specifically belongs to the guys who grew up with it.

VAUSE: Quickly, if this movie doesn't go on to make the $400 million bucks that they need to break even, will there --

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VAUSE: But there will be a sequel because they already said there would be. But would the cast get blamed? Will the women get blamed?

YAMATO: No, I don't think so. You have four of the biggest comedy stars in the Hollywood who are female in this movie, leading this movie. And reviews that critics and fans alike love these performers. They love them in these characters.

SESAY: There's a sequel guarantee. From what I was reading, I didn't see a sure thing.

YAMATO: I think what's going to happen, the whole "Ghostbusters" universe will continue expanding under the guidance the original director and co-creator, who --

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YAMATO: And he loves this.

VAUSE: OK. Thank you so much for coming in.

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VAUSE: And we have to go.

I'm John Vause.

SESAY: I'm Isha Sesay.

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