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Senate Votes On Amendments To Republicans' Domestic Policy Package; Suspect Identified In The Fatal Ambush Of 2 Firefighters In Idaho; Israeli Strike On Cafe Near Gaza City Port Kills Dozens; Republicans Add Tax On Solar And Win In Trump Agenda Bill; U.S.-Canada Trade Negotiations Back On Track; Trump Administration Sues Los Angeles Over Sanctuary Cities Status; Preserving Our Dark Skies; Extreme Heat In Europe Expected To Peak On Tuesday, Wednesday. Aired 1-2a ET

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POLO SANDOVAL, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Hello and welcome to all of our viewers joining us in the United States and all around the world. I'm Polo Sandoval coming to you live from New York. And ahead here on CNN Newsroom, that vote-a-rama, it marches on as it's one in the morning now in Washington, D.C. In the U.S. Senate, it is now seven 16 hours. 16 hours into debating an amendment to Donald Trump's spending bill and it's inching towards a final vote.

And the IDF says its latest strike in Gaza is under review after at least 40 people were killed in a cafe by the port. I'll speak to a doctor in the strip about the aftermath.

And also you've probably felt that a heat wave and maybe even some wildfires in Southern Europe with temperatures expanding, expected to peak Tuesday and Wednesday.

Welcome to CNN Newsroom. U.S. senators they are working late into the night on amendments to President Donald Trump's so called big beautiful bill. And there appears to be no sign of any potential vote, at least not a final one anytime soon.

The bill's intended purpose is to fund his domestic agenda. But this vote-a-rama session has been full of wheeling and dealing with changes still being floated to attract enough votes for approval.

President Trump spent much of Monday on the phone with congressional leaders pressuring them to get the bill to his desk by his self- imposed July 4th deadline. But there are still some hurdles now. If the Senate approves the latest version, it will still go back to the House of Representatives. And there is no guarantee that lawmakers will agree to the changes that are made in the Senate.

Let's go now to CNN's U.S. national politics correspondent Eva McKend following developments live from Washington. Eva, we spoke to you last hour. No sign of a vote. Has that changed? EVA MCKEND, CNN NATIONAL POLITICS CORRESPONDENT: Not as yet, Polo. You

know, this has been going now for more than 14 hours. And what I can tell you is that it is welcome news to Senate Democrats. They are not in power. They don't have much leverage.

But their theory of the case is that the longer this drags out, the more opportunity they have to message directly to the American public about the problems that they view with this bill and then put pressure on Republicans to maybe walk away from President Donald Trump's domestic policy agenda.

It is in the wee hours here that this agenda will either sink or swim. And what this entire episode is also revealing are the deep divides within the Republican Party, the ideological divides.

You have Senate Republicans like Lisa Murkowski, Susan Collins that are really concerned about the cuts to Medicaid, about the cuts to food stamps. And then in the very same party, you have Republicans that believe that the cuts don't go far enough and are worried about the implications of exploding the deficit under a Republican president.

And so that is why you see this effort stalled tonight. But I can tell you that Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, he is a bit gleeful at the moment because he believes that this is a good sign that Republicans are having such a hard time ultimately advancing this bill. And then, of course, Polo, after or if it does in fact advance out of this chamber, it has to go to the lower chamber, to the House, where Republicans have to agree as well.

So no sign as yet that the vote will continue at this hour. It looks like they have a long way to go. Polo.

SANDOVAL: No doubt. Democrats keeping a very close eye on this with a lot at stake. Eva, you always keep your finger on the pulse of voters. What is your sense really, for average Americans? What are the concerns? Some of them stay up late watching their representatives debate these various issues, these various amendments. What do you think is really keeping them up at night tonight when it comes to a majority of Americans?

MCKEND: Yes. So many millions of Americans rely on these benefits. So, especially Democratic voters who I speak to, who are well aware of the potential for cuts here are very, very nervous. They are putting a lot of pressure on Democratic leadership to really stand up for them in this moment.

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Even at the expense maybe of being called theatrical or performative, they want them to do all that they possibly can to push back against this. But it won't only impact Democratic voters, even though they are the most vocal in this moment, Polo, it is going to be voters in Republican states as well. And so that is why this potentially could be so politically challenging for all the members involved. SANDOVAL: And on that point, you have so many supporters of the

president who certainly are recipients of these kinds of social benefits, who do risk, you know, the Republican Party essentially taking an axe to their benefits. So no question how this would play out in the next year and a half. Hard to believe that the midterms will eventually be around the corner.

Eva, while I have you, if I could, for Democrats, just going back to your earlier point about the minority leader really watching this closely. How can they capitalize on this opportunity ahead of those midterms? What are Democrats really taking note of tonight?

MCKEND: Well, they already are. There are daily demonstrations up here with people from all over the country basically testifying, giving their testimony of how these, how Medicaid, Medicare, these services are so important for the viability of their families.

And Democrats are hoping by deploying these personal stories, these personal narratives, that it sways the public conversation and public debate and that people nationwide have a real understanding of the potential impact here, even if it is ultimately not enough to sway the outcome.

SANDOVAL: Yes, no question. It is so incredibly complicated for average Americans. Most would not go through every single one of those 1,000 pages. But we're glad that you're there, Eva, closely following this right now. Do come back to us if you get any sense that there is a potential vote on the horizon. We know you'll be following that very closely. Appreciate you.

Well, meanwhile, Donald Trump, he has been pressuring Republican lawmakers to pass that sweeping domestic policy bill in time for him to sign it by the 4th of July. I want to go now to CNN's Kristen Holmes with more details from Washington.

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KRISTEN HOLMES, CNN SENIOR WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT: President Trump and his team say that they are still optimistic that this bill is going to get passed. I spoke to one White House official who said that they like their odds at this time despite the fact this is continuing to go on and we're not really quite sure where it's going to end up. The White House, they seem pretty confident.

And I spoke to a number of administration officials who say this has been a real full court press. You have had not only President Trump on the phone with various senators, congressional leadership, but you've also had members of the administration, allies of President Trump's, anyone who has a relationship with any senator, they are calling them, they are pushing them.

And that's really because this is such an important part of President Trump's legacy, his team and he believe that this is going to be what really cements that legacy moving forward. Now, we heard from the press secretary, Karoline Leavitt talking about this. Here's what she said. KAROLINE LEAVITT, WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY: Republicans need to

stay tough and unified during the home stretch and we are counting on them to get the job done. The president is very well aware that this bill needs to not only pass out of the Senate, but it needs to go back to the House. And we need the full weight of the Republican conference to get behind this bill. And we expect them to. And we are confident that they will.

HOLMES: Now, you can hear her expressing confidence there, but also saying that Republicans needed to stick together and really try to work this through. Stay tough. Now, perhaps part of the reason the White House has confidence in this hour is because of what we have seen from President Trump. We saw him on social media essentially kind of leveling some veiled threats at people who might try to switch, stop this bill from being passed, saying senators who are cutting costs, you need to be careful, don't go too crazy. You still have to be reelected.

Of course, we saw him over the weekend essentially saying that he would primary North Carolina Senator Thom Tillis when he voted against the bill. Thom Tillis shortly afterwards saying that he was going to retire anyway.

But this is obviously going to be something that's on these senators' minds as they are working through this process. Again, we will be checking in with the White House as this vote progresses to see if anything changes. But right now they are feeling confident that they still like their odds. Kristen Holmes, CNN, the White House.

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SANDOVAL: I want to get you to a developing story now out of Idaho where they've now identified the suspect in the deadly ambush this weekend on firefighters who were responding to a brush fire in the city of Coeur d'Alene on Sunday. 20-year-old Wess Roley now believed to have opened fire before turning the gun on him. Let's get the Latest now from CNN's Julia Vargas Jones.

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JULIA VARGAS JONES, CNN NEWSOURCE CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Smoke rising from the forest in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, a call prompting firefighters and then police to rush into action.

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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Send law enforcement right now, there's an active shooter zone.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I'm pinned down behind Battalion One's rig. It's clear to me that this fire was set intentionally to draw us in.

JONES (voice-over): The gunman, now identified as 20 year old Wess Roley, according to the sheriff, spoke to first responders, then used a shotgun to kill two firefighters and seriously injure another. SHERIFF BOB NORRIS, KOOTENAI COUNTY, IDAHO: We do know that he did

contact the firefighters when they came on scene and there was a discussion.

JONES (voice-over): After the ambush, law enforcement said they exchanged fire for 90 minutes.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We've got two unresponsive battalion chiefs. Gunshot wounds, multiple gunshot wounds.

JONES (voice-over): Bullets they say seem to be coming from multiple directions, leading law enforcement to believe they were engaging with more than one gunman. In the end, a single suspect was found dead with a firearm near his body.

NORRIS: It appears that he shot himself. We believe that he engaged deputies from the troop.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Yesterday was one of the most absolute darkest days.

JONES (voice-over): Coeur d'Alene Battalion Chief John Morrison and Kootenai County Fire and Rescue Battalion Chief Frank Harwood died in the attack.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Chief Harwood is married, has two children. He is also a former Army National Guard combat engineer. So he's a veteran as well.

FIRE CHIEF TOM GREIF, COEUR D'ALENE FIRE DEPERTMENT: Battalion Chief John Morrison sustained fatal gunshot wounds yesterday and died in line of duty. He has served the city of Coeur d'Alene in this community for over 28 and a half years.

JONES (voice-over): Another firefighter is still in critical condition. Firefighter Ben Hector got an all hands page to come in after the shootings. Like many here, he knows the victims well.

JONES: These were your guys?

BEN HECTOR, FIREFIGTHER: The chief was my chief. We know each other well. My friend in the hospital, he owns a really cool Christmas tree farm. My sons have gone to work for him where we're friends.

JONES (voice-over): Today he is collecting donations with other volunteers for the first responders who are still fighting this fire.

KASSI ALLEN, COEUR D'ALENE RESIDENT: We have seen the heartache of losing an officer in the line of duty. And your hope is that it never happens again. So to have this happen with fire is awful.

HECTOR: It's shocking for sure.

JONES: Does it change the way that you see your community or the work that you do? HECTOR: No. No, that's an outlier. That's not the people here doesn't

change anything. There's still just work to do. You don't get time off because it was a bad day.

JONES: Such resilience from the firefighters of this community who continue to show up to fight the blazes just behind me here, these roads still closed off as they are fighting this fire, trying to contain it. But we are also learning more details about this shooter, Wes Rowley, who did not have a criminal record authority said although they did have some interactions with him on the law enforcement side, he was believed to be living out of his vehicle, a vehicle that authorities then had to push out of a ravine as they were exchanging fire with him, hoping that he could not make it back and run away from them.

But CNN also spoke to his grandfather, who said that his grandson actually wanted to be a firefighter and he had been working as an air arborist to figure out his career path, but that was his aspiration himself, to one day become a firefighter. Julia Vargas Jones, CNN, Coeur d'Alene, Idaho.

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SANDOVAL: And still ahead here on CNN Newsroom, the latest developments in Israel's war in Gaza. You're going to hear from a doctor who says Gaza's health system is nonexistent.

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SANDOVAL: We want to get you now to new developments in the war in Gaza. Hospital officials there say at least 41 people were killed and dozens more injured in an Israeli airstrike that hit a bustling seaside cafe. One official tells CNN that most of the casualties are women and children. The cafe offered Internet access, making it a popular location for students and journalists alike.

The Israeli military tells CNN it, quote, struck several Hamas terrorists in the northern Gaza Strip on Monday and that the incident is under review. Again, that's a statement from officials.

Meanwhile, the pressure continues to mount on Israeli prime minister to reach a cease fire deal before his trip to the United States next Monday when he's expected to meet with President Donald Trump.

A source tells CNN that Benjamin Netanyahu and Trump may have to come to a decision on an agreement this week. But certainly no promises, no guarantees there.

Joining us now live from Al Mawasi, Gaza is Dr. Mohammed Mughaisib. He's the deputy medical coordinator in Palestine for Doctors Without Border. Dr. Mughaisib, so good to see you, sir. Thank you for joining us.

So doctor, in previous interviews you've said that you won't call it a collapsed system anymore, that it's that bad. There is no longer a health care system at all. Tell our viewers what the situation is like right now and how based on your account, it seems to be worse than ever.

DR. MOHAMMED MUGHAISIB, DEPUTY MEDICAL COORDINATOR IN PALESTINE, MSF: I mean, since the birth of the ceasefire in March, I mean, things came deteriorating massively, I mean, very quickly. And you know, the huge evacuation orders to the population in the big areas in Gaza, you know, led to a lot of hospitals in these areas no longer functioning.

And this is another semi-functional hospitals in Gaza as well with the distribution point that has been opened and a new category of injuries of people seeking these food kits going there. There are more than 4,000 casualties every (INAUDIBLE).

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This is another function of the hospital. There is no beds for the emergency now. There is no operating rooms enough. There is no inpatient beds enough. I mean, in their doors. I mean, patients are in the backyard of the hospitals which are barely functioning. There is lack of supplies, medical supplies that are not entering since March.

I mean, shortage of fuel to run the generators. I mean, there is no more collapse system as were speaking. I mean, for what I'm seeing is there is no health system at all. I mean, it's barely functioning on a daily basis.

SANDOVAL: Doctor, we know the connection is a little bit tough to establish, but we did get a majority of that. Speaking to some of the targets that have been hit there and speaking to the situation, we hear from you about the shortage of hospital beds, I'm curious, with the deescalation in the conflict between Israel or Iran and the U.S. at least for now, have you noticed the international community perhaps refocusing on the crisis that you see there every day? As you just laid out right now with the shortage of hospital beds and children essentially starving to death?

MUGHAISIB: I mean, unfortunately, when the war has started, Israel, I mean, war focused more on that big war, the two countries, and ignored what's going on in Gaza. And it's really a bad sign because things didn't stop. I mean, the intensity strikes or bombing or the ground operation didn't stop (INAUDIBLE).

The hospital was still, I mean, functioning. Supplies were not entering. I mean, food not entering. People are standing in queues for water. I mean, now, I mean, there is today. There is an increase on infectious disease on children and there is no beds even for them to put them. There is no isolation rooms in the hospitals. I mean, the situation beyond catastrophe. I mean, that's why I'm saying that there is no more health remaining is on a daily basis, the hospitals are functioning.

SANDOVAL: Dr. Mughaisib, we know that your time is extremely valuable. So thank you so much for sharing some of it to really highlight and emphasize the situation on the ground, as you say, people even trying to find bare essentials, even if it's just water to drink. Doctor, thank you for your time. Do be safe and we'll talk to you again.

All right, so a new tax that's tucked into Trump's spending bill. It's hidden there. It's taking aim at solar and wind energy projects. It's that 11th hour edition that we've heard about why some say that this could actually kill some of that industry.

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SANDOVAL: Hi everybody. Welcome back to CNN Newsroom. I'm Polo Sandoval in New York. Let's get you now an update on our top story. The U.S. Senate now continuing its marathon vote-a-rama with absolutely no end in sight. As we approach 130 in the morning in Washington, you could see law are still on the Senate floor right now. They're proposing changes to Donald Trump's massive domestic policy agenda bill.

Now all of those amendments, they still need to be voted on and it's not over yet because then it goes to the House. Senate minority leader, Democrat Chuck Schumer, he is accusing Republicans of making deals in secret as they negotiate changes.

So far Republicans, they've revealed new taxes on renewable energy and they have authorized increased cuts to Medicaid, which is a huge sticking point especially since it could potentially leave roughly 12 million more Americans without health insurance.

I want to get some analysis now from Daniel Treisman. He's a professor of political science at UCLA and also co-author of "Spin Dictators: The Changing Face of Tyranny in the 21st Century." He joins me now live from LA. Really good to see you, Daniel.

I know you're watching this closely over in the west coast, wondering if obviously it's quite complicated. Most Americans have not page through the 1000 pages of this bill. So I'm wondering if you could help us understand what are some of those key sticking points. Specifically maybe those two amendments that have that are being discussed right now, the Medicaid expansion And also this 11th hour pitch on energy.

DANIEL TREISMAN, PROFESSOR OF POLITICAL SCIENCE, UCLA: Well, the main thing to understand about this bill is that it's a massive tax cut for the very wealthy. That's the essential, most costly part of it. Now, along with that, there are a few other things, like supposedly an attempt to pay for it by cutting back on Medicaid, as you said, potentially throwing 11 million or more people out of health insurance.

There's also this attempt to pursue other policy goals of the administration that is supporting fossil fuels and removing Biden era subsidies for clean energy in the hope of saving some money. That way, of course, the savings add up to just a very small fraction of the additional cost that the tax cuts entail. And the analysts at CBO have said that the Senate bill will end up adding $3.3 trillion to the national debt. So the other aspects of the bill are really secondary to its main

point, which is just to reduce the tax rates in particular, in part for everybody, but in particular for the top 1 percent.

SANDOVAL: I'm wondering if we could discuss the situation that the handful of Republicans are finding themselves in right now. Talking about the Thom Tillises, the Rand Pauls on the Senate floor. It seems that they're getting threats from multiple directions. You have one hand the Commander-in-Chief threatening that if they do not vote for this legislation, he'll primary any sort of opposition.

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And then on the other hand, you also have the world's richest man, Elon Musk, who's vowing to punish any legislator who supports the president's bill.

TREISMAN: Well, it would be quite, quite comic if it wasn't so sad.

The -- of course, these issues are tremendously important for ordinary people. But now the Republicans who have been scared of Trump for the duration of his second term, now find that they're also being attacked, as you said, from the other side.

So if they offend Trump, then he'll arrange for primary candidates to fight them at the primaries. And now Elon Musk has said that if they do support the bill, then he will make it a point of supporting challenges in the primaries.

So I guess it comes down to are they more scared of the president or are they more scared of Elon Musk? And so far at least, it seems most of them are still sticking behind the president.

SANDOVAL: And it's worth making a very quick footnote here in the last hour, Professor, President Trump suggested that his efficiency department should essentially look at cutting the subsidies that Tesla's CEO, Elon Musk, is getting. So essentially threatening to send Musk's former agency after his company. We're showing our viewers that latest message from the president.

But moving on also on Thom Tillis. We discussed him a little while ago. What is your assessment of him bowing out? I think you touched on it just briefly, but just expand on what that tells us about the state of the Republican Party. It sure reminds us who's in charge.

TREISMAN: Yes, it seems they just don't think they can get elected -- reelected if Trump opposes them or if they face challenges. It's a really crazy situation where they, the Republicans feel that unless they please the president in absolutely every detail, then they'll simply be unable to get reelected because of the loyal Trump voters and also the money that will come in and support challenges.

So Thom Tillis deciding that he's not going to run again symbolizes this sense of vulnerability that the Republicans obviously feel right at the moment.

SANDOVAL: Professor Daniel Treisman, so grateful for your -- for your analysis as always. Thank you.

Well, as we just touched on a little while ago, Senate Republicans have added some language to Donald Trump's budget bill that many say would actually devastate the future of wind and solar power in the U.S. in an era of climate crisis.

The provisions would not only repeal incentives for renewable energy, but would also impose a new tax on solar and wind projects, as you just heard.

Those changes, some argue, would effectively kill the industry, one that many countries have to rely on with the looming threats of the climate crisis.

Joining me now from Washington is Jael Holzman. He's a senior -- she is a senior reporter for Heatmap News. It's so great to see you. Thank you so much for joining us.

JAEL HOLZMAN, SENIOR REPORTER, HEATMAP NEWS: Thank you for having me.

SANDOVAL: Of course. So in your opinion, what do you think could be behind this? Does it make any sense at all economically, especially when you consider the 11th-hour nature of the tweaks to the bill? Or is it, as you write, a penalty?

HOLZMAN: First of all, nobody knows where this language came from. At the end of the week last week, in the middle of the night, an onerous, and some in the industry say, project-killing tax was dropped into this mega bill that President Trump has been prioritizing. It would, for projects across the United States, suddenly mean a certain percentage of their budget gets taxed that they weren't expecting before, just as other tax credits were going away.

What this means for a lot of investors, for CEOs across the energy industry, the technology sector that relies heavily on new, fast electrons coming to the grid, powering A.I. powering data centers, it means a headache times a million.

This is a red alarm fire for a lot of people across the U.S. economy.

SANDOVAL: Jael, in addition to the environmental concerns, obviously, how does cutting the wind projects, the solar projects, reduce the U.S.' ability to be self-sustainable?

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SANDOVAL: I'm talking about in the next 5, 10, 15 or 20 years. How would this impact the goals of allowing the United States to rely on certain resources?

HOLZMAN: Killing the energy projects that are going to come online most quickly is a surefire way to ensure that your economy is constrained.

What I'm hearing from policymakers, from experts across the economic fields that that energy intersects with, I mean, energy touches every single part of daily life. What I'm hearing is panic that the U.S. might lose ground to not only China, not only Europe, but even countries that we previously didn't consider ourselves going toe to toe with. Countries like Vietnam, where investments are coming quick to build parts for solar farms, wind turbines.

SANDOVAL: So if I'm hearing you right, you think that -- that the U.S. could potentially lose its competitive edge to try to stay ahead of, you know -- in the industry, ahead of things.

HOLZMAN: Not just lose its competitive edge, but were talking about the U.S. using more energy than it has to use. That results in blackouts. And knowing where climate change is headed, knowing how extreme this weather can be, how heat can strain a grid because AC leads to more power consumption, and vice versa in the winter months with heat.

We are putting an increasing amount of strain on our national energy grid while kneecapping the industries that can most quickly help us. That's a surefire way to lose competition, that's for sure.

SANDOVAL: So staying optimistic, let's also be real here. Let's -- assuming, or at least expecting renewable energy incentives to take a hit. The worst-case scenario, what comes next for people in the industry for -- especially for those that are trying to at least reduce the effects of climate change.

HOLZMAN: As we're speaking right now, I'm watching feed from the U.S. Senate, where lawmakers are deciding what they're going to do with the tax incentives that built the current energy economy that we are on our way to having if these credits do stay in place for longer than they're currently set. It's the most extreme version of a repeal that's currently on the table.

I hear from executives all the time that don't know what to do. Things have been changing all of the time. Confidence in future investments are going everywhere all at once.

And so I think the number one thing everyone can do to stay calm and resolute in this moment is to remember that this energy is going to be needed no matter what.

If it becomes more expensive, some projects will still stay online. It will trickle down to the average American consumer.

SANDOVAL: Not just for administrations to come, but generations to come as well.

Jael Holzman from Heatmap News, really appreciate your time and certainly really appreciate your reporting as well.

HOLZMAN: Thank you.

SANDOVAL: It's our pleasure.

President Trump's 90-day pause on tariffs, it's going to be running out next week. Since delaying massive tariff hikes on dozens of countries in early April, his administration has had successful trade talks with countries like the U.K. and China.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent saying that there will likely be a quote, "flurry of trade deals", he says. It will be leading up to the July 9th expiration date.

And he had this word of warning for countries that are still in negotiations with the U.S.

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SCOTT BESSENT, U.S. TREASURY SECRETARY: We have countries that are negotiating in good faith, but they should be aware that if we can't get across the line because they are being recalcitrant, then we could spring back to the April 2nd levels.

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SANDOVAL: Meanwhile, President Trump complaining about Japan closing its market to U.S. rice, warning that he will be sending Tokyo a letter imposing some higher tariffs on the nation, except his claim isn't true. You see, according to census data, Japan actually bought close to $300 million worth of American rice just last year alone.

And U.S.-Canadian trade negotiations, they are back on track after a last-minute concession from Canada. Ottawa agreeing on Sunday to drop a digital tax on tech firms. Now, that was set to begin this week. President Trump suspended trade talks on Friday because of the tax.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt characterizing Canada's reversal this way.

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KAROLINE LEAVITT, WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY: It's very simple. Prime Minister Carney in Canada caved to President Trump and the United States of America.

And President Trump knows how to negotiate. And he knows that he is governing the best country and the best economy in this world, on this planet. And every country on the planet needs to have good trade relationships with the United States.

And it was a mistake for Canada to vow to implement that tax that would have hurt our tech companies here in the United States. The president made his position quite clear to the prime minister.

And the prime minister called the president last night to let the president know that he would be dropping that tax, which is a big victory for our tech companies.

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SANDOVAL: So you heard from the White House. Then there's Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney. He framed his move not as a cave in, but as just part of negotiations.

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MARK CARNEY, CANADIAN PRIME MINISTER: It is a question of timing in terms of the date for the final negotiations and when the tax was coming in into effect. And you know, it doesn't make sense to collect tax from people and then remit them -- remit them back.

So it provides some certainty and as I just said, negotiations have restarted. We're going to focus on getting the best deal for Canadians.

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SANDOVAL: Carney also added that he still has high hopes of reaching a tariff deal before that July 21st deadline.

Well, the U.S. Department of Justice, it is suing Los Angeles over its so-called sanctuary city policies. The DOJ actually filed a lawsuit on Monday, claiming that the city's laws, quote, "interfere with and discriminate against the federal government's enforcement of federal immigration law".

Los Angeles passed legislation preventing city resources from going toward immigration enforcement and this followed President Trump's 2024 victory. The DOJ, arguing that the law is unconstitutional and obstructs its federal efforts.

Well, still ahead here on CNN NEWSROOM, why truly dark skies are essential for wildlife and for us.

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SANDOVAL: So pollution from artificial light, it is increasing every year with negative consequences not just for wildlife, but for humans too.

Today on "Call to Earth", we join a British astrophotographer as he highlights the importance of a truly dark sky.

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AARON CHERRIE, ASTROPHOTOGRAPHER: As an astrophotographer, I come to places like this all the time and seek out dark skies. But that's becoming a rarer and harder thing to find nowadays.

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CHERRIE: The saddest thing is that people don't get to witness things like this. This shouldn't have to be so hard to get to.

My name is Aaron Cherrie. I'm a bar owner in Redruth and I'm a part- time astrophotographer.

This is Saint Michael's Mount. It's one of the most beautiful locations, I think, in Cornwall. Right now at this location, we couldn't shoot much astrophotography here because the light pollution is too much in the background from the villages, from the town, from the street lighting.

A place like this really affects the natural world and insects, moths, birds -- it all has a knock-on effect.

KEVIN GASTON, PROFESSOR OF BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION, UNIVERSITY OF EXETER: Light has been used throughout much of evolutionary time as a -- as a measure of timing. And so lots and lots of organisms have used that and now what we're doing is changing those natural cycles of light through the introduction of artificial light.

Organisms are using it to determine when they might flower, when are they going to reproduce, when are they going to migrate, when are they going to feed? So we're fundamentally eroding, distorting those light cycles on an enormous scale.

Dark Sky International is the leading organization internationally protecting dark skies. Restoring dark skies where we've already lost them because of the introduction of artificial light.

CHERRIE: Let's bring up light pollution map. This is the West Penn with dark sky location, which is a National Dark Sky site and this is where I'll be going tonight to take our pictures of the Milky Way.

This is probably the darkest skies we've got in the U.K. We've all got to appreciate the night sky, even if it just means turning off your street light and going outside and standing out there for ten minutes. You'd be surprised what you might see.

And now were ready to start shooting. So this will be a 15-second exposure at F 2.8. Iso 6400. Now that shows you how much light pollution is now coming from Penzance, a local town here.

GASTON: Lighting is one of the things that we can do something quite quickly about, both individually and corporately. Many of us have control over at least some forms of nighttime lighting, so reducing the spill of lighting outdoors. I think everybody can do their part in this.

CHERRIE: You see, the star link trains, we have the auroras going off at the minute with the solar cycle being at its peak. But these things are missed by light pollution.

By doing what we do here with astrophotography and stuff, it's trying to recapture that and then spread that with the world and seeing what nature really has to offer.

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SANDOVAL: It's absolutely amazing what you can see in the dark. Let us know what you're doing to answer the call with the #Call to Earth.

And with that, we'll be right back.

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SANDOVAL: -- forest fires, they are raging in Turkey. More than 50,000 people have now been evacuated to safety zones. Already, 263 forest fires, they broke out over the weekend. Four of them, they're still burning. Firefighters also battled the blaze in Italy.

Europe has been struggling with extreme heat waves that sent temperatures soaring across the continent. But there is hope on the horizon for some parts of Europe.

CNN's Derek Van Dam looks at the forecast for the days ahead.

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DEREK VAN DAM, AMS METEOROLOGIST: Here's some video that shows just how hot and dry it has been across portions of southern Europe.

Look at this video coming out of southwestern France and the wildfires that are ongoing across the region. There were a number of wildfires throughout southwestern France, many of which have been contained.

But there were 120 firefighters battling this blaze. That's a real testament to just how hot and dry it has actually been.

And not only is it impacting the vegetation on the ground, it's also impacting viewers and spectators and even the athletes at the Wimbledon.

This, of course, is a two-week long tennis tournament that began on Monday and it is official was the hottest start to this tournament ever recorded.

Just incredible to see the temperature in the thermometer near Wimbledon rising above the 30-degree mark, especially in the month of June. The hottest Wimbledon day ever recorded was in July of 2015, just shy of 36 degrees.

I think we're going to be challenging those temperatures here in the next 24 hours, and I'll explain why in just one moment. But there are big changes in this forecast coming.

So there are currently 20 different countries over western Europe under some sort of heat-related weather alert, with some of the most dire situations indicated across southwestern Portugal and portions of the Adriatic, as well.

Temperatures there just skyrocketing well above average. We're talking 10 -- 12 degrees Celsius above where we should be this time of year, including here in Wimbledon. But here's the change that I mentioned. Look at this ten-degree temperature drop from Tuesday into Wednesday. A significant cold front will cool things down across the northern portions of Europe.

Look at this. You don't need to be a meteorologist to see what's happening here. There's a sharp contrast. That's right where the cold front is located, through the central portions of the U.K..

I'll advance this and notice how it sags eastward. And then it cools the temperatures down for places like Paris as well as London, including Wimbledon and even Dublin as well. But it's going to contain the heat more south towards the Mediterranean and the Iberian Peninsula.

In the next three days the temperature forecast really indicates the heat that will be trapped from Rome to Athens, Milan as well as Madrid. Again, Paris will cool off once this cold front finally settles south of that region of France.

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VAN DAM: Of course, this is being exacerbated by the excessive heat across the mediterranean. I'm talking ocean temperatures now. Sea surface temperatures as measured by the Copernicus Climate Monitoring Agency, showing temperatures above five degrees Celsius above normal for this time of year.

We see this dark shading of red. This is the western portions of the Mediterranean, and that marine heat wave is ongoing. It will likely continue into the summer. This could impact some heftier storms as we head later into the summer season and into the early fall.

Madrid -- seven-day forecast looks hot. No relief for you with this cold front.

Back to you.

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SANDOVAL: Thanks, Derek.

Meanwhile, airlines are getting ready for a busy holiday travel weekend across the U.S. More than 18 million people, they are expecting to fly for the 4th of July holiday weekend. And that's according to transportation officials.

Flights will likely be full, with the busiest travel days expected on Thursday and Sunday. Travel experts at the Web site Hopper believe that Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson Airport will handle the most passengers this week. That's not surprising.

The British royal household has released its annual financial statement, saying that the lump sum it will receive from the government will again be just over $118 million.

Now that amount, known as the Sovereign Grant, is funded by British taxpayers and goes toward maintaining the royal palaces and also covering the costs of the royals' public duties.

In return, the monarchy gives all profits from the Crown Estate, which is a vast collection of properties and other holdings in the U.K. to the government. Well, thousands of people in Norway thought they'd won some big money

in a recent euro jackpot drawing, only to be told it was all a mistake. Norway's national lottery actually said that there was a currency conversion error where winnings were multiplied by 100 rather than divided. Oops.

The company has issued several apologies for notifying players of the incorrect inflated winnings, and the lottery's CEO has since resigned.

Thank you for joining us for CNN NEWSROOM in the last hour. I'm Polo Sandoval in New York.

My colleague Rosemary Church continues our coverage, including developments out of Washington, where the U.S. Senate continues debating the U.S. domestic policy bill.

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