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Biden Visits Texas To Honor Victims Of Uvalde Mass Shooting; Zelenskyy Visits Front Lines In Ukraine's Battle-Scarred Northeast; Leftist And Businessman Head To Colombian Election Runoff; China Begins to Ease Restrictions, Reboot Economy; Clashes Erupt over Controversial Jerusalem Day March; Liverpool Fans Celebrate Team with Parade. Aired 1-2a ET

Aired May 30, 2022 - 01:00   ET

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PAULA NEWTON, CNN ANCHOR: And a warm welcome to our viewers joining us from all around the world. I'm Paula Newton. The head right here on CNN Newsroom, U.S. President Joe Biden visiting the families of the victims of the deadly Texas school shooting as the Justice Department begins its investigation of the police response.

In just hours, EU leaders will meet to decide whether to inflict more sanctions on Russia on the table of full oil embargo and China loosening COVID restrictions in parts of the country. What that could look like in the coming days.

U.S. President Joe Biden and the First Lady traveled to Texas trying to comfort the heartbroken community of Uvalde just days after a mass shooting inside an elementary school.

The two met with families, local officials and laid flowers at a memorial outside Robb elementary were 19 students and two teachers were killed. This is the second time in less than two weeks that Mr. Biden has traveled to the sight of a mass shooting to meet with grieving families. During this visit, the grief and anguish could be heard in calls for action.

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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: President Biden we need help. We need help President Biden.

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NEWTON: Also on Sunday, the Justice Department announced it would be reviewing the response from law enforcement to last week's school shooting and this comes of course as Texas officials face scrutiny for how officers responded after unsettling details of the timeline emerged.

A CNN has reported while the gunman was inside adjoining classrooms, a group of law enforcement officers stood outside for nearly an hour as they waited for room keys and tactical equipment. The Justice Department spokesperson said quote, the goal of the review is to provide an independent account of law enforcement actions and responses on that day, and to identify lessons learned and best practices to help first responders prepare for and respond to active shooter events. CNN's Arlette Saenz is following developments and has more now from Uvalde.

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ARLETTE SAENZ, CNN WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT (on camera): President Biden spent about seven hours on the ground here in Uvalde, Texas on Sunday trying to offer some sense of solace and comfort to the families grieving the loss of those 19 young children and two teachers gunned down here at Robb Elementary School just last Tuesday.

The President and First Lady spent about three hours meeting with survivors of that shooting as well as the families of the victims. And CNN spoke with one of the family members who was in that meeting, Vincent Salazar who lost his young daughter Leila Salazar, and talk to us about his conversation with the President.

VINCENT SALAZAR, FATHER OF UVALDE SCHOOL SHOOTING VICTIM: It was really just all about my daughter, you know what I mean? That's all we talked about. And he always, like I said, they were very gracious, they showed compassion. And that's all we're here for, you know what I'm saying. He listened to everything and we listened to him. He shed some tears, we shed some tears.

SAENZ: The President also spent some time here in Uvalde meeting with first responders and law enforcement officers who responded that day of the horrific shooting, but even as the President had those moments, grieving with the community, he also faced some calls to action when he visited the memorial site here at Robb Elementary, he had the opportunity to take in each of the life size photos, read the names of each of these children who were gunned down in that massacre.

But there were also some demonstrators, both here and at the Catholic Church, Sacred Heart Catholic Church who were urging the President to do more, to make -- take some type of action to try and prevent a tragedy like this from happening again. The President mouth back to them saying we will. Of course there are so many questions about what exactly that action could look like in Washington and in state legislators.

The President himself has said that that he does not think there is much more he can do on the executive level and the White House is pushing for Congress to act. There are those early discussions among a bipartisan group of senators to see if they can reach some type of compromise when it comes to gun safety measures.

But there are so many questions about whether that will actually come to fruition but it is clear here in the community that there is frustration and that they will do want to see more from this president, more from their elected officials when it comes to trying to keep their children safe. [01:05:00]

But here in Uvalde, Texas on Sunday, the President's main focus was really trying to extend that comfort to these grieving families dealing with these gut wrenching losses. Arlette Saenz, CNN traveling with the president in Uvalde, Texas.

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NEWTON: Now meantime, key members of Congress are in fact expressing cautious optimism on small steps towards gun reform. Now, moderate House Republican and U.S. military veteran Adam Kinzinger says he is open to a ban on assault weapons and leading Democratic senators say they are hearing from more Republicans open to compromise.

Meantime, a Texas state lawmaker tells CNN's Dana Bash, the slow pace that the police had in responding to those shootings in Uvalde may have cost lives.

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RONALD GUTIERREZ, TEXAS STATE SENATE DEMOCRAT: I sat down with a set of family yesterday, mom told me that her child had been shot by one bullet through the back through the kidney area, the first responder that they eventually talked to said that their child likely bled out. In that span of 30 or 40 minutes extra, that little girl might have lived. That little girl might have lived. So absolutely. These mistakes may have led to the passing away of these children as well.

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NEWTON: It is just so disturbing to hear that now on Sunday, CNN spoke with an NRA Board member, Jim Acosta pressed Judge Phillip Journey on the NRA his track record of pushing for lacks gun laws and asked him if he felt the group bear some responsibility for recent mass shootings. Here's a bit of the exchange.

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PHILLIP JOURNEY, NRA BOARD MEMBER: I'm not the one that pulled the trigger, and neither are the members of the National Rifle Association. I think Buffalo is a great example where the alarms were going off in New York and all the officials did was hit the snooze button. He could have easily been process through it care and treatment action. He was a danger to himself or others. He'd already threatened mass shooting prior and nobody did anything.

JIM ACOSTA, CNN HOST: Well, he's a troubled young man. If he's a troubled young man, should he be able to go out and buy an AR 15 assault rifle or style assault rifle, which is what happened in Buffalo, which is what happened in Uvalde. Your group is holding its convention in Houston, where you are right now just a few days after the massacre in Uvalde. We saw Donald Trump dancing on stage at the end of his remarks.

JOURNEY: Yes, he was not. I was there. He was not dancing. ACOSTA: How is any of this -- how is any of this at all appropriate? We're showing it on stage right now. He's doing a little jig there. People are waving their NRA hats and so on. It's this celebratory atmosphere right after a mass shooting where all of these kids are gunned down. How is that appropriate?

JOURNEY: I think that what you're doing is just telling part of the story there because at the beginning of his speech, he did do a very memorable memorial for the victims. And he did make comments that were appropriate. But that's not the part that seems to be getting out.

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NEWTON: So in the Uvalde meantime, the focus remains on the 21 innocent victims whose lives were cut short by last week's school shooting. CNN's Lucy Kafanov is in the Texas town at a large memorial for those killed.

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LUCY KAFANOV, CNN CORRESPONDENT (on camera): I think there's a lot less interest in what the politicians who are coming down to Uvalde have to say then there is in what they will do and what we as a nation will do in preventing another tragedy like this from happening.

I want to show you a look at this makeshift memorial. We've seen people gathering here throughout the day, long lines of people coming here to pay their respects to the 19 students and two teachers who so tragically had their lives cut short of 100 degrees here. The weather is incredibly hot and that has not stopped people from coming out here.

And I want to show you over here we have crosses with the names of the students and the two teachers. You see it says Irma Garcia, Eva Mireles, the two teachers of that fourth grade classroom who died protecting their students.

It is going to take weeks, years, possibly a lifetime for the people here to process what happened to process this tragedy to come to grips with the reality of 19 10-year olds, 9, 10 and 11-year-old losing their lives. A lot of the people who have come here to pay their respects are no older than some of those students. We've seen a lot of tears, a lot of stuffed animals, candles left.

There are also crosses surrounding this fountain where in front of a church here so you might hear some of the church music behind me and the crosses have the photos of each of the victims. People, again, paying their respects, writing signs.

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One of the signs that we saw says choose hope over fear. And that is one message that folks here are taking away.

(END VIDEO TAPE) NEWTON: To eastern Ukraine now and president Volodymyr Zelenskyy visited the troops on the frontlines Sunday in the Kharkiv region. Now the area has faced intense bombardment during the war. Mr. Zelenskyy was there to assess the damage and honor troops in Kharkiv with bravery medals.

Meantime, the Ukrainian military says it has launched a counter offensive in the southern region of Kherson. It published this video, you see it there of artillery strikes and claims that Russian forces were nearly pushed back 10 kilometers. CNN has not verified this report.

And in the coming hours you leaders are met to -- met part of me to discuss possible new sanctions against Russia. And that's including a new oil embargo. It is the latest attempt to deal yet another blow to Russia's economy.

We want to turn now to CNN's Nick Payton Walsh with more on President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's visit. As Nick reports, this was the President's first trip outside Kyiv since in so that region, the Kyiv region since the war started in February.

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NICK PATON WALSH, CNN INTERNATIONAL SECURITY EDITOR (on camera): President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's visit to Kharkiv an interesting choice, frankly, given the turmoil happening in the lower parts of the country's east in the Donbas region. Kharkiv a comparative success story, frankly, still a mixed picture. But Ukraine has been very successful in pushing Russian forces away from Kharkiv, the second biggest city in Ukraine's center.

But still Russia has managed to push back in certain areas too. And occasionally shelling does hit that city center. The pictures released of Zelenskyy's visit show him visiting destroyed column of Russian armor, but from the earliest days of the war here and also seeing the damage done.

And also in his daily speech, he referred to the dismissal of the local Internal Security Service head there saying that he'd been pursuing his own interests and not that of Ukraine, a bid clearly there for the President to look like he's personally invested in the fight on the front as he is and also seem in control of the minor details of who's doing what.

But a mixed day of news, certainly Ukraine boasting in the south with minimal detail, or I should say at this stage evidence that it's made a counter offensive in the southern areas around Kherson, but quite clear, they are also experiencing losses around severe Donetsk in the Donbas. Donetsk and Luhansk regions important fight their, severe Donets becoming so symbolic because Russian forces are fighting so hard to move into it.

We were there just this day to see clearly how Russia is gaining a little more ground and also threatening the neighboring town of Lysychansk under heavy shelling while we were there and signs possibly that Russia is moving to encircle those two towns and increasing edginess in that entire area, frankly, amongst Ukrainian forces defending it.

They look like they're digging in for a protracted fight, but in various positions around that area. So they are frankly mixed news increasingly negative noises coming out of the Donbas area from Ukraine and President Zelenskyy's trip to Kharkiv perhaps a bid to highlight a comparative success story, but a time when it where Kyiv's messaging has shifted to a much more negative tone, as we see events unfold against their interests in the Donbas. Nick Payton Walsh, CNN, Dnipro, Ukraine.

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NEWTON: Meantime, CNN has obtained new satellite imagery that allegedly shows a Russian freighter full of grain stolen from Ukraine arriving at the Syrian port of Latakia. Now, this image you see it there was captured on Friday and provided by Maxar Technologies.

This is one of three ships that has been spotted loading grain in the Crimean port of Sevastopol since Russia invaded Ukraine. It was last seen in Sebastopol on May 19.

More on the EU summit now on Monday, member states have been hesitant to pass an all-out ban on Russian oil imports so far, and that's because some countries are still reliant on it.

One official tells CNN most countries seem willing to make an embargo work but the finer details still need to be worked out. For more now I'm joined by CNN European Affairs commentator, Dominic Thomas. Dominic, good to see you. And as Nick Payton Walsh was saying, there is some confusion on the battlefield. This may be a different moment in this conflict. And again, Europe still struggling on how to find that consensus. Russia seems to be gaining ground as I was just saying.

So I'm wondering how you feel that in terms of what's happening in the conflict, how you think that will impact Europe's resolve and crucially, will it be able to come to some kind of consensus on energy imports?

DOMINIC THOMAS, CNN EUROPEAN AFFAIRS COMMENTATOR: Yes. Well, yes, thank you, Paula. I think that, you know, on a couple of those points, I think first of all, there's the on the ground of developments which obviously are being closely monitored by the European Union.

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And you see a constant kind of shift in this battle, this sort of the outgrowth of the 2014 separatist movements to the east and southeast area of Ukraine recognizes republics by Russia, in 2022. And regions that geo strategically and President Putin wants to take hold of. While that is playing out, of course, the Ukrainians are fighting there, but also weakening the Russian strength and presence in the in the southern part. And European leaders, on the one hand, obviously want to deal with this particular conflict. We could see how President Macron, France currently has the EU Presidency of the Council, Germany, the EU's most important economic and arguably political country was there on the phone call with President Macron to Vladimir Putin.

And as they head into this emergency EU meeting, three plus months into this conflict, they face domestic pressure, because of economic concerns, the sort of the geopolitical uncertainty that this is creating. And at the same time, they want this conflict to come to an end.

So it's absolutely crucial that they find some kind of way to move forward. But unfortunately, it needs the support of all 27 countries. And as you just pointed out, there are some areas, there are some fractures there. And these will be exploited by the Russian leadership unless they can come forward, Paula, they united front out of this 48- hour meeting beginning tomorrow in in Brussels.

NEWTON: Yes, CNN is reporting that there is some optimism that a way can be found. I mean, as you just discussed, there are some divisions in Europe, principally coming from Hungary, but also Italy as well.

I mean, how much will be brought to bear as those European nations gather around that table to say, what can we do to press both President Zelenskyy and President Putin to actually get to the table to begin speaking again?

I mean, in listening to President Zelenskyy, certainly his position is hardened. And yet on the one hand, some people say that's posturing. But on the other when you look at the scope of the alleged atrocities right now. Europe has got to be thinking this could go on for quite a while.

THOMAS: Yes. And Paula, this is the most frustrating aspect of this is that the way this is playing out on the ground was a 100 percent predictable. We've seen the track record in areas like Mariupol. We see the systematic destruction through missiles that have been fired in throughout the day from over 40 mile ranges into that southeastern region, yet again, systematically destroying major Ukrainian cities and so on.

So we know how this is playing out. We know that death tolls, and all the other debates that have been there. Yet, what we see in this conflict, not just with the European Union, but with NATO as well is it's very difficult for certain countries that have very close bilateral relations, in the case of Turkey, NATO member, and in the case of Hungary, long standing relationships with the Russian leadership that there is very difficult to be neutral in this particular conflict. You're either with Russia or you're against them. And we see these sort of dynamics being played out.

Now, when it comes to the Hungarian case, there is hope that the EU leadership will be able to work with some concessions and compromises although that's not such a road, they especially want to go have to go down to. When it comes to Turkey, that will be a different matter. But the absolute imperative is to get the Russian leadership and the Ukrainian leadership around the negotiating table. But you're absolutely right in pointing out that the longer this goes on, the more destruction, the more loss of life, the harder it becomes for Ukraine to back down on this particular conflict, and particularly give up some of the territory in the East and the more entrenched Russia becomes because they will see no way out of this particular conflict without holding on to those particular regions.

So it's absolutely key that the EU come out of this united and use that unity to then pressure President Zelenskyy and then President Putin to get to that negotiating table, Paula.

NEWTON: And you know, this conflict may in fact, as you just pointed out, pivot on European resolve. Now, you mentioned the phone call with the French President and the Chancellor. But there is this issue as well that Putin brought up in that phone call the fact that more lethal aid, more sophisticated weapons are pouring in to Ukraine. At what point do you believe that European resolve may change a bit, depending on how this conflict continues on the battlefield?

THOMAS: Yes. Well, European leaders are under pressures that the big concern obviously is, as you know, inflation, economic downturn, and all of this related the politics of energy and so on, so forth, and those become driving forces for different electoral parties constituency.

Now, Emmanuel Macron is beyond the presidency, but he has the legislative elections coming up.

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The coalition in Germany, I wouldn't say is precarious. But it is a multiparty coalition. And there are different concerns and priorities and within that.

So as they move forward, those absolutely become concerned. When it comes to dealing with the situation, then, in Ukraine, it's absolutely imperative that they find and are able to work together to pressure them to find some kind of timely resolution to this particular and conflict that if not will just continue to drag on.

And I think it's unsustainable, as it is moving forward right now. And those phone calls and opening that dialogue is important. But of course, you point to the self-fulfilling prophecy, the longer Russia engages in this conflict and the systematic destruction of human life, and physical land and property in Ukraine, and the more that Ukrainian leaders are going to ask for stronger, more powerful weapons so that they can fight back against Russia in this particular conflict.

And that vicious cycle of violence needs to be interrupted. And I hope that out of this EU meeting comes a will to be able to push forward to stop this sort of dynamic and this ever ending spiral to the bottom that has characterized us conflict for over three months now, Paula.0

NEWTON: Yes, and the only way that's going to happen is with that European unity that you put, you know, put on the table there. You got through a lot there for us. Really helpful as we continue to watch this EU summit. Appreciate it.

Now Colombia's presidential election is headed to a runoff. Coming up will voters favor a leftist former guerrilla or right wing social media star, a report from Bogota, that's ahead.

And China forges ahead with zero COVID. Even as cases decline in some restrictions on public life be in the fall. We'll have a report from Hong Kong, live. After --

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NEWTON: A leftist former guerilla and a popular social media star headed for the next round in Colombia's presidential election. Now left wing Gustavo Petro will face off against the populist and self- proclaimed king of TikTok Adolfo Hernandez on June 19. Their runoff comes after the first round of voting finished Sunday.

Petro is the front runner. He is promising to overhaul an economy hit by the fallout of COVID and quell social unrest and violence brought on by the drug trade. Hernandez as run a colorful social media campaign and drawn comparisons to Donald Trump. Now he is promising to clean up corruption. Journalist Stefano Pozzebon is at Gustavo Petro's headquarters and has more now from Bogota.

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STEFANO POZZEBON, CNN JOURNALIST (on camera): Colombia took a step towards the unknown on Sunday, with two political outsiders progressing to the second round of the presidential election.

The left wing candidate Gustavo Petro on his third bid for the presidency, won of the largest share of the vote with about 40 percent of the ballots. In the second round, which is set for June 19, he will face off against the 77-year-old populist entrepreneur Rodolfo Hernandez, won about 28 percent of the votes.

While Petro is a veteran of left wing politics in Colombia, he has run for the presidency before. And if elected, he would be the first progressive president in this country's recent history. Hernandez is a relative newcomer, who mounted a campaign without a support of traditional parties and who has been compared to former U.S. President Donald Trump for his focus on social media.

Whoever comes out on top of that challenge in June 19, Colombia, which is one of Washington's strongest allies in South America, really seems to have entered a new chapter in his recent history. For CNN, this is Stefano Pozzebon, Bogota.

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NEWTON: Just ahead for us, as China doubles down on its zero COVID policy, we'll look at how the global economy is paying price. (COMMERCIAL BREAK)

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PAULA NEWTON, CNN ANCHOR: After months of COVID lockdowns and mass testing in cities throughout the country, China is gradually beginning to ease restrictions to try and reboot its weakened economy.

For more on the story, I'm joined by Kristie Lu Stout from Hong Kong.

I mean Kristie it's true, those infections thankfully are stabilizing, but authorities are easing some restrictions now in Beijing and Shanghai. What do we expect it to look like?

KRISTIE LU STOUT, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, and the Chinese capital of Beijing is reopening part of its public transportation system, libraries, gyms and some malls and shopping centers have been reopened. And meanwhile in Shanghai, on Sunday we heard from government officials there, they said they plan to remove what they called unreasonable curbs on businesses starting this Wednesday, June 1st.

So Shanghai is of course, the 25 million-resident megacity of China. It is the financial capital of China. And it has been under this punishing and paralyzing lockdown for two months now.

And at this moment, it is just gradually inching towards some sort of reopening. The government also announced on Sunday that it will relax the restrictions for testing for residents so they could be able to access public areas in the city, on the bid (ph) to just encourage people to get back to the office and to get back to work again starting from Wednesday, June the 1st.

But despite the headlines, the easing of restrictions and the relaxation of curbs in China, this is still very much a zero COVID state.

Let's bring up the map for you just to give you a reminder, once again, of the lockdowns that are in place across China.

According to CNN's calculations of government data, as of May the 26th, at least 21 Chinese cities are under full or partial lockdown, affecting up to 140 million residents. And all this has been taking a major toll on lives and livelihoods.

In fact, recently, I spoke to the outspoken president of the EU Chamber of Commerce about the economic fallout to all this, and this is what he had to say.

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JOERG WUTTKE, PRESIDENT, EU CHAMBER OF COMMERCE IN CHINA: We are really in bad shape here because we want to have certainty. Business predictability. Is it going to be six months, nine months? We don't even know when China's going to stop the lockdown.

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STOUT: Now, the Shanghai government has also just announced some measures to help shore up the economy through speeding up the issuances of local government bonds, speeding up the approval process for property deals, cutting taxes on car purchases, et cetera on a bid to somehow reduce the mounting costs of China's zero COVID policy, Paula.

NEWTON: Kristie, I'm interested to hear -- we don't have a lot of time left -- but as closely, of course, as you've been following the situation in Hong Kong, how are the COVID-19 rules there easing, if at all?

STOUT: Yes, they are easing incrementally. Some additional announcements were made on Sunday in terms of travel restrictions easing for those flying into Hong Kong.

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STOUT: For example, you still have to have a nucleic acid test or a PCR test in order to enter the city here and no longer has to come from a government approved lab with ISO accreditation. Passengers under the age 3 no longer need that PCR test in order to enter Hong Kong.

An additional change was a change to the flight suspension trigger. Up to this Wednesday, June 1st, if there were about five cases of COVID on board that could trigger a flight ban. That flight ban is no longer in place. It will trigger a warning and a fine of about HK$20,000 which is less than US$3,000. Back to you Paula.

NEWTON: Yes, definitely some progress on that. And I know a lot of people in that city have been waiting for this kind of progress.

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STOUT: Yes, I appreciate that. Kristie, thank you.

I'm joined by Ryan Patel in Los Angeles. He's a senior fellow at the Drucker School of Management at Claremont Graduate University. And good to see you. Thanks for being here to weigh in on this.

You know, despite the worst maybe being over at this particular time, and I stress for now, how much has this scarred China's economy?

RYAN PATEL, SENIOR FELLOW, DRUCKER SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT-CLAREMONT GRADUATE UNIVERSITY: It's taken a step back, where the economy, China's economy, was estimating at 5.5 percent in GDP. Some analysts like for UBS is thinking it's going to be less than 3 percent. And right -- that's lowest it's been in decades, to be able to grow from last year being 7 to 8 percent, dropping in double digits.

I think I understand that where we are today, but if you think about two years ago where China was to reopen -- this is, for the audience this is a reopening again of the borders. This is something that all hands on deck with the Chinese government, with businesses being closed, I mean closed. Consumers spending nothing last April. Obviously, Shanghai being the financial hub as we've heard.

You know, we're looking at retail sales, collapsed 11 percent, while industrial production also fell. Unemployment at 6.1 percent in its highest level in two years.

But I tell you all this because that was when the borders were closed. So when you're slowly opening, you have to do everything, Paula. They have to do everything to get that back to normalcy. And that's going to take a little time.

NEWTON: Yes. And as Kristie pointed out as well, it does measure -- it is measured in risk for not just China but the global economy. We should obviously be paying attention.

But what have the impacts been on the supply chains in the last few months? I mean we've already seen the way it's contributed to inflation up to now.

PATEL: Yes. I mean you've seen Tesla, Volkswagen suspend their operations, which obviously had a ripple effect back into how they manufacture and sell cars in the rest of the world. That's just two examples. You know, even for you know, AirBNB was the latest, I think multinational firm to pull out, home-sharing within China. So that's obviously in China with exports.

But when we're already having an issue with getting parts or chips that we've seen, we already had a higher material cost already, and then you put on the disruption of getting items that takes even longer, the consumers are going to be the ones who will paying for this. And some companies not being able to make it, because they don't have a plan -- back up option of B to be able to supply the big demand.

NEWTON: Now, what does this mean for supply chains, not just in the weeks and months to come, but perhaps years to come? Are we seeing the very architecture of our global business just shift and shift profoundly?

PATEL: One word, yes -- period. That's two words, I guess. I'm telling you that the chief supply chain offices that I've talked to of some of the top brands in the world, they have all use the word deal transformation, being nimble, omni channel -- every buzzword that you can name, Paula, they are talking about it, because they believe in it because that's the path moving forward.

The way we di business in many of these manufacturing has changed and including technology. And if you don't move forward -- you can't be stuck in these kind of times where you're always looking at plans -- option b, c, and d. You have to be ahead of it.

NEWTON: So when we're looking at our own economies, and even that might go to the point of our own household economies, right, how much should we be paying attention to what's going on in China especially as they continue to stick to that zero COVID policy, which means that they haven't shown a mass vaccination program so far, which means they could be back in lockdown within weeks or months even. PATEL: Great question. I think it's super important. We're talking

about the number two economy in the world, who is the number one transportation hub is Shanghai. So, what is happening there, does have an effect and has, you know -- I'm not saying it has a 10 percent, a 20 percent, but when you're talking about a couple of basis points in GDP in certain countries, that has a domino effect and with global trade and being interconnected, it does have an impact. Even if you recall a couple of years ago, when there was a turkey crisis, majority of many European and the U.S. had got affected. So just imagine and put China in that aspect.

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PATEL: So yes, I think we should be paying attention, and not just watching, but also being reactive and proactive and many of these measures because you do not want to be caught, you know, flat-footed if China goes back into lockdown, and you're just kind of waiting for your services or goods, and you don't have another way for business specifically to create that revenue stream that, you know, you are just holding it and all from China specifically.

NEWTON: Yes, I hear you. A lot more turbulence to come, which is the reason we should be paying attention to what goes on there. As you said, second largest economy in the world -- we can't say that often enough.

Ryan Patel, thanks so much. Appreciate it.

PATEL: Thank you, Paula.

NEWTON: Now, an annual march to Jerusalem sparked violence between Israelis and Palestinians. Coming up, the controversy around the demonstration and the blurred lines between peaceful and provocative.

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NEWTON: A controversial Israeli march through Jerusalem sparked fresh clashes between Israeli police and Palestinians Sunday. Now dozens were arrested and the Palestinian Red Crescent says 80 Palestinians were injured, that's in Jerusalem alone.

Atika Shubert has our --

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ATIKA SHUBERT, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Jerusalem day is a day that shows just how bitterly contested this city is. For Israelis, particularly Jewish nationalists, it has become date to mark Israel's capturing of all the city including East Jerusalem in the 1967 war and the holiest site in Judaism, the Western Wall.

Thousands upon thousands converge on Jerusalem's old city, marching through with Israeli flags. Some chant "Death to Arabs". This is one extreme among the marches. Others here say the day should be a celebration, not a provocation.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Most of the people want to live in peace, and as you can see, we live in peace. I didn't come to provoked someone, you understand? I didn't come for it. I'm not making problem. I'm not shouting, "Die to the Arabs". You saw the guy that wanted the Arabs to be dead. I told him no because I don't want them to be dead. I want them to be my neighbors. But you know, I don't want them to kill me at the same time.

SHUBERT: Well, for Palestinians, this is a day of provocation when the Israeli flag march goes through one of the most disputed areas in east Jerusalem. And it's almost inevitable that tensions will boil over.

Thousands of police are deployed. But scuffles still break out on the narrow cobblestone streets. Police fire pepper spray and swing batons.

Palestinian residents say they feel angry, frustrated and exhausted.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We cannot live. No peace at home. No peace in the (INAUDIBLE). No peace in the street. No peace anywhere. Now, the settler (ph) would come hate me, he will go and arrest me. Where is justice?

SHUBERT: In a sea of flags, there is one that cannot be flown -- the Palestinian flag. Israeli police quickly tackled the elderly man who dared to unfurl it.

If the march of flags went ahead, Hamas warned, it would fire rockets from Gaza. Watch the skies, the militant group warned. What came instead was a small gesture of defiance, instead of rockets, keeping Jerusalem's uneasy peace for another day.

Atika Shubert for CNN in Jerusalem.

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NEWTON: Authorities in Nepal say they've located the crash site of a missing plane and recovered 14 bodies. Now, the Tara Air flight crashed on Sunday with 22 people on board.

Authorities believe the crash was caused by poor weather in the area. The flight was traveling from the city of Pokhara to Jomsom where air traffic control lost contact. Officials say the search for survivors continues.

Just ahead here for us, it wasn't the outcome they were hoping for, but the Reds (ph) got a heroes welcome home after the champions league final. We'll have the report from Liverpool.

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NEWTON: A playoff game between two French football clubs ended in chaos on Sunday, after fans rushed the field unhappy with the relegation of Saint-Etienne to Ligue 2. Saint-Etienne fans reacted violently to the loss against AJ Auxerre. Their tossing flares and getting into physical altercations. You see the chaos right there.

There were injuries among police, fans, and even players. The club released a statement saying they shared the pain of the game's outcome but the team's failure must be accepted.

Now, more than 24 hours after the Champions League final, Liverpool CEO Billy Hogan is calling the scenes outside the stadium absolutely unacceptable. French police clashed with fans who were trying to get into the game with fake tickets. That kept Liverpool fans with real tickets waiting in line outside the gates.

Now, although Liverpool came up short in the game, their fans at home turned out to celebrate their returning heroes.

Ravi Ubha has more now on that story.

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RAVI UBHA, CNN CONTRIBUTOR: Overcast and gloomy skies greeted Liverpool on Sunday before a spell of sunshine. The mixed conditions matching the bittersweet feelings of Liverpool fans as they came out in force for a victory parade.

The parade was announced in mid-May after Liverpool had already won the Elite cup, NFA Cup with the club still on course for an historic quadruple. But the margins of the football sport are often thin. The Reds won those trophies on penalties, missing out on the English Premier League by a point, coupled with defeat in Saturday's Champions League final by a single goal, many fans have been left to ponder what might have been.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: It was really disheartening and especially, we haven't gotten over the heartbreak of last week either. So it was really difficult. But I think this parade now is giving us something to look forward to, and to just remind us how lucky we are to be Liverpool fans.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: And we thought it was going to be a four -- a four but it's only -- sadly enough it's just two. But two is better than none.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I feel like distraught (ph). I'm happy because we won two trophies. We played all the games we could have. We played our best. But you know, next season we'll go for four.

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UBHA: These fans (INAUDIBLE) Liverpool next season, the quadruple in the rearview mirror. Now the last time they lost the championship final in 2018, they won it the following year in 2019.

And next year's championship final is only going to be held in Istanbul. (INAUDIBLE) comeback against (INAUDIBLE) in 2005. This season will

take (INAUDIBLE) will go again.

Ravi Ubha, CNN -- Liverpool.

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NEWTON: Imagine if they won.

Ok, I'm Paula Newton. Thanks for joining us. Rosemary Church picks things up from here, and we'll have more CNN NEWSROOM in just a moment.

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