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Suspect who Shot Two Firefighters in a Ambush Has Found Dead in a Mountain Near Idaho's Coeur d'Alene; U.S. Senators to Begin Marathon Voting on Trump's Big Beautiful Bill; Heat Waves Hit Southern Europe; PSG Knocks Out Inter Miami for the FIFA Club World Cup Quarter Final Ticket. Aired 3-4a ET

Aired June 30, 2025 - 03:00   ET

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ROSEMARY CHURCH, CNN ANCHOR: Hello and welcome to "CNN Newsroom." I'm Rosemary Church in Atlanta.

We are following breaking news this hour out of Idaho, where authorities say they have recovered the body of a man they believe unleashed a deadly attack on firefighters. It happened on Canfield Mountain in the northwest city of Coeur d'Alene.

The local sheriff says they believe the suspect intentionally set a brush fire and ambushed those who responded and that he acted alone.

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SHERIFF BOB NORRIS, KOOTENAI COUNTY, IDAHO: So we have currently one dead shooter. Based on the preliminary investigation that was being conducted, keep in mind we had a fire that was rapidly, it was approaching the body so we had to scoop up that body and we had to transport that body to a different location. But based on the preliminary information, we believe that is the only shooter that was on that mountain at that time.

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CHURCH: Sunday's shooting has shaken the Idaho community. A county commissioner spoke earlier about the tragedy.

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BRUCE MATTARE, KOOTENAI COUNTY COMMISSIONER: What happened was senseless and tragic beyond words. I also want to highlight the incredible rapid response from Sheriff Norris and his office and how they rallied quickly with surrounding law enforcement agencies at the local, state and federal level and that includes outside the state in Washington.

They quickly contained the suspect and prevented him from further harm to others. The response was phenomenal. June 29, 2025 is a day that we will not forget in this community.

It is a day evil showed its face and we lost two outstanding professionals of the highest quality. And I cannot fathom why anyone would commit such a heinous act. This kind of senseless violence is unheard of here.

As the Sheriff had mentioned, this is not who we are as a community. And when you hear how others portray the people who live here on the news, it's not true. What happened here decades ago is not reflective of the fine people who live here today.

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CHURCH: Police and fire trucks with the Spokane Valley Fire Department held a procession honoring the two firefighters who were killed. A third firefighter was injured and is in stable condition.

We are also following breaking news in Washington where President Donald Trump's sweeping domestic policy bill is inching closer to the finish line. The U.S. Senate adjourned a short time ago after debate on the package of tax cuts and spending priorities.

Senators are now bracing for a marathon voting session on amendments known as a vote-o-rama after they convene at 9:00 in the morning. Some Republican holdouts are still calling for changes to the mega bill.

For more on what comes next, here's Julia Benbrook in Washington.

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JULIA BENBROOK, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Over the weekend, Senate Republicans took a major step toward passing President Donald Trump's massive agenda package or the so-called one big beautiful bill. Trump called the procedural vote a great victory, but there are still potential roadblocks ahead.

Only two Republican senators Rand Paul of Kentucky and Tom Tillis of North Carolina voted against advancing this bill. Hours later, Tillis announced that he will not seek reelection.

But there were several other GOP lawmakers who have voiced concerns throughout the process. This is a multi-trillion dollar package that would lower federal taxes. It would boost spending on the military and the border and downsize some government safety net programs, including Medicaid.

After this procedural vote, Democrats looked to use a delay tactic, forcing the clerks to read the full 940 page bill out loud. This took close to 16 hours.

Then they started the formal debate process. After that wraps, we'll see vote-o-rama, which is an open ended series of votes on amendments.

Some of those focusing in on political messaging, while others are more substantial. So we could see more changes. After that, then the Senate looks at final passage. If they are able

to pass it, all eyes then turn to the House, where there will likely be more challenges.

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House Speaker Mike Johnson was able to narrowly get their version through that chamber just a little while ago, but it was a delicate balance. And he has been warning that any major changes could add more complications. Republicans have put together a lofty goal of getting this bill to the President's desk for a signature by July 4th.

In Washington, Julia Benbrook, CNN.

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CHURCH: Ron Brownstein is a CNN senior political analyst and an opinion columnist for Bloomberg. He joined us now from Los Angeles. Good to have you with us.

RON BROWNSTEIN, CNN SR. POLITICAL ANALYST, AND OPINION COLUMNIST, BLOOMBERG: Hi, Rosemary.

CHURCH: So the Marathon Senate debate still underway on President Donald Trump's agenda. What he calls his Big, Beautiful Bill. What do you see happening in the hours ahead? And do you expect this bill to pass and be on the President's desk for signing by the Senate's self- imposed deadline of July 4th?

BROWNSTEIN: I don't know about July 4th, but the history is that Presidents have traditionally passed this bill. I mean, really going back to Ronald Reagan in 1981, every President except for George H.W. Bush has essentially consolidated their first year economic agenda into what we are now calling one Big, Beautiful Bill, a reconciliation package that you can pass through streamlined procedures in the Senate.

And it's often been hairpin turns and a tightrope to get there, but they have historically passed them. Now, what makes this more complicated is that Republicans are trying to do two things at once. They're trying to cut taxes in a way that mostly benefits people at the top.

And at the same time, they are cutting social safety net programs that mostly benefit people at the median income and below. And they are doing them both, Rosemary, in the same bill for the first time since 1995, when Newt Gingrich tried to do this and was ultimately stopped by a veto from Bill Clinton.

They found it very difficult to defend the idea of cutting programs for the middle and working class at the same time that they were funding tax cuts for the rich then. And in the polling now, they are finding it very difficult again. In the end, I would bet they get there, but there are probably going to be a few more twists along the way. CHURCH: And Ron, the Senate version of the president's agenda bill is estimated to raise the U.S. deficit by $3.3 trillion over a decade. That's according to the Congressional Budget Office, which also notes that the bill will cut at least $1 trillion from Medicaid and estimates that nearly 12 million Americans will go without health insurance.

Now, most polls indicate the majority of Americans don't like the President's Big, Beautiful Bill. So what impact might all this potentially have on the 2026 midterms?

BROWNSTEIN: Yes, it's a real risk for Republicans. I mean, there are individual elements of this bill when you pull them out that do poll pretty well, ending the tax on tips and overtime, requiring imposing a work requirement on Medicaid. But the totality of it is polling extremely poorly. I mean, two to one negative.

And really for the reasons that I said, you know, you mentioned 12 million, I'll see you 12 million people losing health care. And it's actually 17 million is the full estimate, because one of the most important things this bill does is what it doesn't do at the same time that it's extending all the Trump tax cuts from 2017.

The Republicans are allowing to expire at the end of this year the enhanced subsidies that were provided for people to get coverage under Obamacare during the Biden administration. And that will knock another five million people off of health care, taking the total to 17 million. No bill in American history has ever revoked health care from as many people as this bill, at the same time that it's giving very big tax breaks to people at the top.

I mean, the Congressional Budget Office, which is kind of a nonpartisan scorekeeper, has estimated that on average families earning up to $76,000 a year will lose more from the spending cuts than they will gain from the tax cuts. And that is a tough sell. So while Republicans have a few elements they hope to highlight in their campaigns, Democrats certainly see this, I think, as their central argument in trying to win back the House and maybe even the Senate in 2026.

CHURCH: And Ron, GOP Senator Tom Tillis, who voted against advancing this bill, has announced he will not stand again for re-election. What does that signal to you, given Donald Trump has said that failure to pass his bill would be the ultimate betrayal? And how is that intense pressure being felt by other Republicans?

BROWNSTEIN: Well, it tells you something that we've sort of known and becomes more clear all the time, which is that there really is no place anymore in the Republican Party for any, at least federal official who is not down the line committed to kind of bending the knee to Trump and accepting the full MAGA agenda.

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I mean, just before Tillis made his announcement, Don Bacon of Omaha, one of the few Republicans in a district that was won by Kamala Harris in the House that has displayed some independence from Trump at times, he also announced that he was retiring. So a very clear signal that there's no room in the party if you are not willing to be totally, you know, online in thrall to Trump.

The question is whether there are 218 House seats and 50 Senate seats, you can win that way. I mean, Trump did win 230 districts this time. So -- but last time he only won 202.

I mean, it's not clear that you can win as a full MAGA acolyte in enough seats to get to 218 House seats. And in the Senate, it's probably right at a 50-50, kind of, split, whether you can win that way or not. But I think the message is very clear that Trump's thumbprint on the handprint on the party is only growing more intense.

CHURCH: We'll watch to see where all of this goes. Ron Brownstein, many thanks for joining us. I appreciate your analysis.

BROWNSTEIN: Thanks for having me.

CHURCH: Canada says it's cancelling its tax on online services. The digital services tax was supposed to begin today. It's a way to tax online services as opposed to physical products.

The move comes after President Trump announced that he was ending all trade discussions with Canada. Canadian officials say the U.S. has now agreed to resume trade talks. And U.S. stocks have been on a tear lately and investors are looking to close out the month with a big finish.

Let's take a look at the futures, you can see here the Dow futures up 247 points to take it over the 44,000 mark there, the Nasdaq futures up and S&P 500 futures also up. Incredible numbers there, we'll see what happens in the coming hours.

Donald Trump says U.S. strikes on Iran obliterated the country's nuclear program. But the U.N.'s nuclear watchdog agency says that's far from accurate. When the IAEA says Tehran could be back at work enriching uranium and why Iran says it will never stop, that's just ahead on "CNN Newsroom."

And weeks after its shocking attack on Iran, Israel says getting back the hostages taken by Hamas two years ago is now its top priority. Reaction from the families of those still missing, that's next.

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CHURCH: An update on our top story.

Police believe only one shooter was involved in the attack on firefighters in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. Sheriff's officials say the body of the suspect was found near the scene on Canfield Mountain with a rifle nearby. On Sunday afternoon, firefighters were shot while responding to a brush fire in a popular park. Police believe the shooter set the fire intentionally before opening fire, killing two firefighters and seriously wounding a third.

Joining us now from Idaho is Bruce Mattare, a Kootenai County Commissioner. Thank you, sir, for talking with us.

I know it has been really difficult for your county at this time. But one reassurance is that it appears the suspect has been -- has come to an end, has been neutralized. Tell us your feelings at this point.

MATTARE: Well, thank God it's over and it's just -- it's so tragic. I've talked with some of the fire department personnel and the people we lost were absolutely just top notch professionals. And it's just it's unheard of for something like this to happen in this community.

This community is full of so many good people and you often see these things happening in other places. And to have it happen here, it just -- it's such a shock. I mean, I think people are still trying to process exactly what happened.

CHURCH: I think that is I mean, the tragedy here is the two firefighters were killed in the line of duty, and it does really focus on just how dangerous their work is.

Do you think that given what happened here, that they may have to reassess how to respond to emergencies like this to be more careful, perhaps when they attend these sorts of fires? I mean, how would it change operations? Would it in fact change them?

MATTARE: Well, I would be surprised if they did not review their policy on this stuff. The thing about it is that you try to -- want to avoid having a knee jerk reaction and changing policy from an event of one.

But because of the gravity of the situation, I think that we have to evaluate all options when it comes to these types of situations. The fact is, we are in the dry season right now.

And so people are going to run to these fires as fast as they can, because the sooner you can contain them, the easier it is to stop them and to protect life and property.

CHURCH: And that is the tragedy of this, isn't it? Because these firefighters in all good faith do arrive at these emergency situations and they respond accordingly. And unfortunately, in this particular situation, the police have said this was an ambush situation.

So talk to us about just how quickly they were able to bring this to a close.

MATTARE: Well, first of all, our sheriff's office is just top notch. And one of the things that is always -- you don't really know how people will respond, of course. But the overwhelming support from other jurisdictions was just it -- I couldn't believe it.

I mean, we had support from other local agencies, from state agencies and federal agencies.

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And during the press briefing, the sheriff mentioned that Kash Patel had made notice that we want to get assets over there. We had the Idaho National Guard, which was talking about providing a Blackhawk helicopter. And it was just overwhelming to see that kind of response where people came together and we were able to stop this situation fairly quickly.

CHURCH: Yes, it was an incredible -- with incredible speed, in fact. And now, of course, we know that the investigation will be undertaken in the morning. And of course, everyone would want to know at this stage what the motivation was for this and that's going to take some time to determine.

Talk to us about that process.

MATTARE: Well, that's really on the law enforcement side, but just looking at this, it's unfathomable that we have someone who would do something like this.

This is just such a great area to live, to visit, and it's just comprehending what would drive somebody to do something so mad. I just can't understand it.

CHURCH: And talk to us about the impact this has had so far on your community.

MATTARE: It's devastating. It's absolutely devastating. And the show of support so far has been overwhelming with a procession, just the number of people who have come out to show their support.

But it's just something that doesn't happen here. And so, like I said, people are just they're still processing it, I am.

CHURCH: Yes, totally understandable. So what happens in the day ahead and, of course, the weeks ahead as people try to process this and as your county tries to come to terms with what has happened to its community?

MATTARE: Well, I mean, we need to get more information. We need to understand more about this person who committed this heinous act. We need to evaluate, like you touched on before, our policies and really just assess the entire event and try to understand, you know, the who, the what, the why and the how and try to help ensure that something like this never ever happens again here.

CHURCH: Bruce Mattare, we are so sorry for what has happened to your community. And we wish you and all of the people in your community the very best. Thank you so much for talking with us, I appreciate it.

MATTARE: Thank you so much. Thank you.

CHURCH: Iran's ambassador to the U.N. says his country's uranium enrichment will never stop because Iran has what he calls an inalienable right to do so for peaceful activity. The comments on CBS News' "Face the Nation" came one week after the U.S. launched strikes on several key Iranian nuclear sites.

Now, despite Donald Trump's claims that those attacks set back Iran's nuclear ambitions by decades, the head of the U.N. Nuclear Watchdog Agency says Iran could begin enriching uranium again in a matter of months.

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RAFAEL GROSSI, IAEA DIRECTOR GENERAL: Frankly speaking, one cannot claim that everything has disappeared and there is nothing there. It is clear that there has been severe damage, but it's not total damage, first of all.

And secondly, Iran has the capacities, their industrial and technological capacities. So if they so wish, they will be able to start doing this again.

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CHURCH: President Trump has repeatedly said the U.S. strikes, quote, "completely and totally obliterated Tehran's nuclear program."

Well, in the wake of its attacks on Iranian targets, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says rescuing the hostages held by Hamas is now the country's primary goal. The comments came during a visit to a Shin Bet facility in southern Israel, where he praised the security agency for its role in removing what he called two lethal threats to Israel's existence.

The Hostage Families Forum released a statement reacting to Netanyahu's statement, saying, we welcome the fact that after 20 months, the return of the abductees has been set as a priority by the Prime Minister.

Our Paula Hancocks is following the story and joins me now with more. So, Paula, what more can you tell us about Prime Minister Netanyahu's apparent change of focus?

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PAULA HANCOCKS, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, Rosemary, it's certainly noteworthy that he is talking about the priority being bringing the hostages home while not specifying that he wants to first see Hamas destroyed and unable to govern or have any military presence in Gaza itself.

Now, there are a number of different factors to this and a number of different pressures on the Israeli prime minister pushing him towards this goal. For a start, there was what Israel perceived as a success in its conflict with Iran and the fact that mediators are now trying to capitalize on that and continue the momentum into the Gaza conflict.

There's also, of course, the not insignificant pressure from the U.S. President. Donald Trump has posted on social media on Sunday morning saying, make the deal in Gaza, get the hostages back.

He said last week as well at NATO that he believed that it was going to be soon saying, I think great progress is being made. I think we're going to have some very good news.

So this kind of pressure from the U.S. President is difficult for the Israeli Prime Minister to ignore. But he does have within his own coalition some pressure from his far-right elements. There are a number of members of his coalition that don't want to see the war in Gaza end, they want to see a continuation of trying to destroy Hamas.

We've heard, though, from security -- a security source saying that the IDF, the military is recommending that there is a diplomatic process now. And we've certainly been hearing that over many months, that the military believes they have achieved what they can achieve and now diplomacy has to take over.

So discussions are ongoing. We know there was a high-level meeting in Israel on Sunday evening with some of the key cabinet members and also Ron Dermer, who's a close adviser of the Israeli Prime Minister. He's expected to now head to Washington to meet with the Trump administration.

We're waiting to hear what kind of mandate he has or what may have been agreed within that meeting. The proposal as it stands, though, for the potential ceasefire is that it would be a 60 day temporary ceasefire, there would be 10 living hostages, along with 18 deceased hostages being released for an undisclosed amount of Palestinian prisoners. And then during that 60 days, there would be negotiations to secure the permanent ceasefire.

Now, Hamas has been pushing for that permanent ceasefire, something that up until now Israel has been resistant to because they didn't believe they had achieved their military goals in Gaza. But certainly it does appear as though something has changed within the Israeli prime minister, within what he is willing to agree to. But of course, we should caution we have been close to these ceasefire deals and agreed to the ceasefire deals before.

CHURCH: Our thanks to Paula Hancocks joining us live from Abu Dhabi with that report. I appreciate it.

Well, now I want to bring in Alon Pinkas, a former Israeli consul general and top adviser to several Israeli leaders. Appreciate you joining us.

AMBASSADOR ALON PINKAS, FORMER ISRAELI CONSUL GENERAL: Good morning, Rosemary, always good to be with you.

CHURCH: Good to see you. So what do you make of Prime Minister Netanyahu's sudden change of focus now making the return of the hostages his top priority after previously insisting the demise of Hamas was his primary focus for 20 months?

PINKAS: Well, that's his on brand cynicism. It took him six hundred and thirty three days to say the hostages are my top priority. We could have had an agreement several times in the last 12 months.

We had an agreement, in fact, in January of 2025. And then the war resumed in March of 2025, just three months ago. I think Paula Hancocks, your reporter, your correspondent was absolutely right and accurate, saying that there's some kind of a momentum somehow stemming from the war with Iran that led to President Trump pressuring Israel, I don't know to what extent.

There's even hinting, Rosemary, that Trump tacitly, perhaps not explicitly, but tacitly said to Mr. Netanyahu two, three days before the American attack on the nuclear sites in Iran. Look, I will do this. But 48, 72 hours after I do this, I expect the war in Gaza to end.

This implies that there has been some kind of Saudi pressure -- Saudi Arabian pressure on President Trump. You know, what I'm saying is speculative, but not inconceivable that this chain of political or diplomatic actions took place. As for Mr. Netanyahu, look, I'm happy that he's saying that, but he'll be judged by his actions, not by his statements.

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CHURCH: So how much hope does this give you that a negotiated deal might come soon that involves a ceasefire and the return of the hostages from Gaza?

PINKAS: Well, you know, I don't want to relitigate what you and I have discussed and what many others have discussed in the last year. But the time is long past for a major deal, not just a partial 60 day ceasefire, 10 living hostages, everything in exchange for everything. That's the idea, that's the deal.

A 60 day -- an agreement to a 60 day cessation of hostilities, not even a ceasefire, because it's not documented properly, is just an opening like it was in January for a resumption of the war. Because if I understand the text properly, it does not call for an Israeli withdrawal from Gaza.

So Israel will stay in Gaza. No reconstruction, no humanitarian aid will be allowed beyond what's going on right now. And so this, I think, I'm afraid, is a recipe for this, for this agreement to be breached and violated pretty soon after it is signed.

Now, there is a point and you made it and Paul Hancocks made it. You both made it and it's absolutely right.

And that is that Netanyahu stated specifically that the release of the hostages takes even precedence because he did not mention it. He admitted the we will eliminate, obliterate, destroy, replace, topple Hamas, choose the appropriate term here.

That means that Hamas stays in Gaza with residual political power. Their military power has been significantly degraded. But the political power remains because there's no substitute, because for a year and a half or almost 20, 21 months, to be exact, Mr. Netanyahu resisted any ideas of an inter-Arab force that the Saudis, the Egyptians, the Jordanians and the Palestinian Authority were ready to make, which leads me back to the Saudi factor.

I think it is key, Rosemary, because whatever you see from the U.S. in the next few days in terms of pressure on Israel or public statements or Mr. Trump's posts on his social network is very likely the result of the Saudis imploring him to get this over and done with.

CHURCH: All right. We'll watch to see what happens, as you say, Alon Pinkas in Tel Aviv. Many thanks for joining us, I appreciate it.

PINKAS: Thank you.

CHURCH: The Senate debates President Trump's Big, Beautiful Bill and polls show Americans are not fans of the sweeping multi-trillion dollar legislation. We will break down the numbers after the break.

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CHURCH: -- check today's top stories for you.

Police believe only one shooter was involved in the attack on firefighters in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. Sheriff's officials say the body of the suspect was found near the scene on Canfield Mountain with a rifle nearby. Two firefighters were killed and one wounded in what police call an ambush after the shooter deliberately set a brush fire.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says bringing home the hostages taken by Hamas two years ago has now become the nation's top priority. He says Israel's military operations in Iran have opened up many opportunities and that his government now plans to rescue the hostages and solve what he calls the Gaza issue.

U.S. senators spent the night debating the contents of President Donald Trump's big beautiful bill. He's issued a Friday deadline for the finished bill to be on his desk and he's pressuring lawmakers to make it happen. If the bill passes a Senate vote, it must still go back to the House for approval.

Meantime, new polls show how Americans feel about the bill and the numbers are not in the president's favor. Harry Enten breaks down the latest data on President Trump's big beautiful bill.

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HARRY ENTEN, CNN CHIEF DATA ANALYST: As the Senate debates the One Big Beautiful Bill, how do the American people feel about it? Well, data from across the month of June shows that the adjectives that the American people would use to describe it are awful, horrible, and to quote Charles Barkley, "terrible."

What are we talking about here? Well, let's take a look at the net favorable ratings of the big beautiful bill. I don't just got one poll for you up here on the screen. I got five and they all tell the same story.

"Washington Post," look at that. The net favorable rating, minus 19 points, 19 points underwater.

How about Pew? 20 points underwater.

How about Fox News? 21 points underwater.

How about Quinnipiac? Minus 26 points on the net favorable rating. Holy cow.

How about KFF? The worst of the bunch at minus 29 points.

But no matter how you look at it, it's terrible from minus 19 points to minus 29 points on the net favorability scale. This isn't One Big Beautiful Bill, as the American people are concerned, it's One Big Bad Bill.

Now, here's the question. Obviously, during the month of June, the bill has been debated. The American people have learned more about it. Has that made them change their mind for the better?

Take a look here.

The change in the net favorability rating of the Big Beautiful Bill, according to Quinnipiac University, well, look at early June. It was minus 26 points. How about in late June? The same minus 26 points.

The American people thought that the bill was awful in early June. The same numbers say that it is awful in late June, at least on the net favorability scale.

Now, the question is, why?

Why do the American people not like this bill? Why is it one of the most unpopular pieces of legislation that I can recall that's on the cusp of potentially going in and becoming law? Well, it all goes down to the argument.

Does the One Big Beautiful Bill actually help your family? How do the American people feel about this? Well, Trump's policies and your family help the Big Beautiful Bill. Just 23 percent of Americans say that the Big Beautiful Bill actually helps their family. Compare that percentage to the hurt, 49 percent.

And this is so much different as how the American people view Trump's first term and the policies there and why he was elected back in November.

Look at this. Trump's first term agenda, 44 percent of Americans thought that his first term agenda helped their family compared to 31 percent who said hurt.

[03:39:54] So a much considerably larger proportion of the American public said his first term agenda helped than hurt their family, which is the exact opposite of how they feel about the Big Beautiful Bill with the clear plurality, 26 points more of the American public saying it hurts than helps their family. And that, my dear friends, is why this bill is just so unpopular at this point.

Historically unpopular, as I said at the beginning, the American people see it as awful, horrible and "terrible," to quote Charles Barkley.

Back to you.

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CHURCH: Jury deliberations in the criminal sex trafficking trial of Sean Combs are set to get underway Monday. This comes after the panel heard hours of closing arguments from the legal teams.

The defense argued that the prosecution exaggerated its case against Combs and has only shown evidence of his sexual preferences and personal drug problems, not a criminal enterprise. The prosecution accused the defense team of blaming the victims and urged the jury to find Combs guilty.

The music mogul has pleaded not guilty to charges that include racketeering, conspiracy and sex trafficking. If convicted on all counts, he could face up to life in prison.

Europe is sweltering under the first heat wave of the summer. Still to come, we will go live to Spain to see how Europeans are coping with these soaring temperatures. Back in a moment.

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CHURCH: Welcome back, everyone.

A major heat wave is sweeping through Europe, sending temperatures soaring across the continent. Tourists and residents alike sought shelter and tried to stay hydrated.

In London, temperatures rose to over 30 degrees Celsius, that's 86 degrees Fahrenheit, well above average. And Spanish authorities warned of extreme temperatures above 40 degrees Celsius, that's a scorching 104 degrees Fahrenheit.

So let's get more now from journalist Al Goodman, he joins me live from the sweltering Spanish capital, Madrid. So Al, how are Europeans coping with this heat?

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AL GOODMAN, JOURNALIST: Hi, Rosemary. Well, they're paying very close attention to where the shade is throughout the day.

Like I am here at this time. Across the street is the Retiro Park. We're on the western side, on the other side of the park is, this is the eastern side, on the other side of the park is the Prado Museum.

But the tall apartment buildings here, looking out on the park, provide shade. So you see a lot of people on this street, some taking coffee. In a few hours, though, it's going to be scorching hot right here.

So in Seville, the temperatures, the high temperatures are due to be 41 degrees Celsius or 106 degrees Fahrenheit.

And the flip side of that is that in Seville and Madrid and across Spain, the low temperatures overnight are not getting very low. So there's no refresher there.

Portugal, similar story in Lisbon. In the 40s, high alerts across that country for heat waves and also brush fires.

In Greece, there was a big wildfire just before the weekend near Athens, near the Temple of Poseidon. There were some evacuations there.

In Italy, heat alerts in Rome, Milan, Naples, and the region of Tuscany is among some of the regions trying to impose a work ban during the hottest parts of the day.

In England, it's the start of Wimbledon this day, and authorities there say it could be the hottest by temperature start in the history of the tournament. If it gets to 31.1 Celsius or 86 degrees Fahrenheit, there will be mandatory breaks for the players. They're also trying to take care of the ball girls and the ball boys and the public in general.

Across Europe, heat-related mortality is up 30 percent in the last 20 years, according to a joint study by the European Union and the United Nations. Rosemary.

CHURCH: All right, Al, you stay cool along with everybody else there. Those are difficult temperatures to deal with. I appreciate your report.

Well, Tropical Storm Barry weakened to a tropical depression as it made landfall in the southeastern parts of Mexico earlier. Barry formed in the Bay of Campeche on Sunday morning in the Gulf of Mexico. This is the second named storm of this year's hurricane season.

Its intensity has decreased and now has maximum sustained winds of near 55 kilometers or 35 miles per hour. Tropical storm warnings have been canceled in Mexico, but they're still expecting a wet next couple of days in the area, with the potential of 10 to 15 centimeters or up to six inches of rain.

It was a big day at the Club World Cup as Leo Messi took on his old team. Still ahead, we will show you why it was one to forget for the Argentine superstar.

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CHURCH: The magic ran out for Lionel Messi and into Miami at the Club World Cup on Sunday. The Argentine superstar carried his major league soccer team on an improbable run to the knockout round of the tournament, but they were soundly defeated 4-0 by European champions PSG.

CNN's Patrick Snell was there.

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PATRICK SNELL, CNN WORLD SPORT: This really was all too easy for the reigning French and European champions against the only American side left in the tournament, Messi against the team he once graced. A day, though, he'll want to forget very quickly indeed.

No matter what, though, fans will always flock to see him among the 65,000-plus in attendance, supporters both young and old. The message, I love you, Messi.

The Argentine superstar inspired a rousing comeback win against Porto at this very stadium earlier this month, but on Sunday there would be no repeat performance.

This was an absolute stroll in the park for the Parisians, with chants of Messi reverberating around Mercedes-Benz Stadium. The Parisians ahead after just six minutes of play through their young and unmarked Portuguese Jean Neves.

With the gulf in class now evident, PSG doubled their advantage through Neves again. An exquisite team move finished off in style.

A Tomas Aviles own goal made matters worse for Miami. The look of utter dejection on Messi's face all too apparent, and it was 4-0 even before halftime. Akraf Hakimi couldn't miss from close range, and he didn't.

A resounding 4-0 scoreline in favor of PSG as Messi and Miami head out of the tournament.

UNKNOWN: No, Messi's Messi, so the great, it was good seeing him. I felt like Jesus was in the room. No, he's amazing, he's an amazing player, so we're big Messi fans.

SNELL: Will this PSG side, will they win the tournament?

UNKNOWN: Well, in my opinion, I think that they're going to take it all. They are the best team in Europe.

UNKNOWN: They're the champions of Europe right now, so that tells you every way, that tells you basically how good they are.

UNKNOWN: They are the Champions League winner, they are, I think they are the team who most likely will win this tournament. SNELL: The European champions have well and truly flexed their muscles here in dispatching Messi's into Miami, and they are going to take some stopping in their quest to become the first ever winners of the newly-revamped FIFA Club World Cup.

Patrick Snell, CNN, outside Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta.

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CHURCH: President Trump says he has found a potential buyer for TikTok, but he's not revealing any names just yet. It comes months after Congress signed a law requiring ByteDance, TikTok's Chinese parent company, sell off the social media app or face a ban in the U.S. Speaking with Fox News, the President said he will reveal who the buyer is soon.

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DONALD TRUMP, U.S. PRESIDENT: We have a buyer for TikTok, by the way, I think I'll need probably China approval. I think presidency will probably do it.

MARIA BARTIROMO, FOX NEWS ANCHOR: Who's the buyer?

TRUMP: I'll tell you in about two weeks.

BARTIROMO: A big technology company there.

TRUMP: Very wealthy people, it's a group of very wealthy people.

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CHURCH: President Trump has so far signed three orders delaying the enforcement of the TikTok ban in the U.S. The only outage was for about 14 hours back in January.

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Space company Blue Origin has successfully launched a new flight of tourists into space.

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After a string of delays due to weather, the rocket finally lifted off with six tourists aboard. The flight lasted about 10 minutes, taking them just past the internationally recognized boundary for space and giving them a brief moment of weightlessness. The rocket, known as New Shepard, is the 13th tourist flight launched by Blue Origin.

A close call for Beyonce during her hometown show in Houston Saturday night.

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Her flying car prop malfunctioned and tilted midair during the song "16 Carriages," prompting her to call for the music to stop. Luckily, the singer stayed strapped into her safety harness and was lowered to the ground. The team says no one was hurt and the show went on.

I want to thank you so much for your company this hour. I'm Rosemary Church, have yourselves a wonderful day. "Early Start" with M.J. Lee is coming up next.

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