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LYNDA KINKADE, HOST, CNN NEWSROOM: We begin this hour with the war in Iran. President Trump says the U.S. will start guiding so-called neutral ships through the Strait of Hormuz Monday in a mission called Project Freedom. An American official tells CNN that the initiative is not an escort mission. But a senior Iranian warns any plans to guide ships through the Strait violates the ceasefire. President Trump has claimed his representatives are having positive discussions with Iran. It comes as the two countries review each other's peace proposals.

The announcement also coming after U.K. Maritime Agency reported a tanker was hit by unknown projectiles in the Strait of Hormuz. Let's go straight to CNN's Kristie Lu Stout in Hong Kong for all the developments. Great to have you with us, Kristie. So, it's been described by the U.S. as a humanitarian mission for neutral ships, but Iran has already rejected it, calling it interference. Exactly how is it meant to work in practice?

KRISTIE LU STOUT, CNN CORRESPONDENT: You know, Lynda, that is the core question, isn't it? U.S. President Donald Trump is calling this a humanitarian gesture and shipping executives that I've been speaking to today are expressing caution. Look, the United States is on a mission to free neutral vessels that are trapped in the Strait of Hormuz. Keep in mind, since the war broke out on February the 28th, hundreds of vessels and an estimated 20,000 seafarers remain stranded inside the Gulf. Now, this mission is called Project Freedom. It begins on Monday. Its stated objective is to restore freedom of navigation.

We've been getting updates from U.S. Central Command, including this statement from the CENTCOM Commander Brad Cooper, who says this, quote, our support for this defensive mission is essential to regional security and the global economy as we also maintain the naval blockade, unquote. Now this operation, Project Freedom, will involve quite a number of U.S. military assets. Let's bring it up for you. It will include guided missile destroyers, more than 100 land and sea based aircraft. It will also include 15,000 service members. Now this is important. A U.S. official tells CNN that this is not an escort mission. In fact, it's not really clear how this operation is going to work. It's also not clear which countries it will help. Now a naval (ph) expert at the Lowy Institute told CNN that this operation is intended to make commercial shippers, quote, feel safe. But commercial shipping executives aren't feeling it.

In fact, I've been speaking to them this day. They are wary and they are expressing caution. Here's some reaction I want to share with you. This from Richard Hext. He's the Chairman of the Hong Kong Shipowners Association. He tells me that the Chairman of Iran's Parliamentary National Security Commission has said such moves will be considered a violation of the ceasefire. So under these circumstances we should be cautious, unquote. I also heard from Bjorn Hojgaard, he's the CEO of Anglo-Eastern.

He tells me, quote, it takes both sides to unblock, not just one. Either party can signal that they're willing to let certain ships through. But unless the other side accepts that in practice, it doesn't materially change the reality on the water. He goes on to add, announcements are one thing, safe and predictable passage is another, unquote. Now, before this operation was announced, we learned that a vessel was hit by a projectile in the Strait of Hormuz. This was a tanker.

According to the U.K. MTO, the crew is safe. They are reported to be safe. There was no environmental impact. An investigation is ongoing. But the fact that that incident happened only underscores the risk and the danger for vessels and seafarers still stranded in the Gulf.

KINKADE: Exactly, Kristie.

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The risk remains, and the Strait of Hormuz effectively is still closed. So how are gas prices looking?

LU STOUT: Yeah, gas prices continue to be very elevated at the pump across the world and the United States as well. We're now looking at average gas prices in the U.S., let's bring up the latest AAA rating for you. It's about, let's see, $4.45. We've also been speaking to drivers from Manila (ph) to the Big Apple, getting a sense of how this is impacting their lives.

I want to share with you what we learned from a New York City Yellow Cab driver who shares this with CNN. He says this, quote, the gas going up every single day now from $3.60, now it's at $4.45. It's affecting everyone, not only me. And the driver adds that he is spending about $400 a week for gas. That's almost double the amount that he paid two months ago. Back to you, Lynda.

KINKADE: Yeah, that's an interesting description of what the reality is on the ground for people right (ph) around the world.

LU STOUT: Big time.

KINKADE: Kristie Lu Stout, thanks so much. Appreciate it.

LU STOUT: Thank you.

KINKADE: Well, joining me now from Washington D.C. is Behnam Ben Taleblu. He's the Senior Director of the Iran Program at the Foundation for Defense of Democracy. It's good to have you with us.

BEHNAM BEN TALEBLU, SENIOR DIRECTOR, IRAN PROGRAM, FOUNDATION FOR DEFENSE OF DEMOCRACY: Pleasure. Thank you for having me.

KINKADE: So, the U.S. plans to escort, or not escort, but at least somehow allow neutral ships through the Strait of Hormuz. Describe this mission for us. Is it primarily described (ph), designed to restore freedom of navigation, or does it also serve as a way to test how far Iran is willing to go to disrupt tanker traffic?

TALEBLU: You know, it's an excellent question, because even, forgive me, in your statement just there, there's more questions than answers. Is this escorting? Is this guiding? And who is this directed at? Right now, if we're going read the tea leaves on the Trump administration's intent to do this, and we'll see after tomorrow how they physically implement it.

It's designed to calm markets. It's designed to restore confidence in shippers, particularly private shippers. It's designed to assuage America's Arab allies in the Persian Gulf. It's designed to project resolve and bolster deterrence against the Islamic Republic of Iran amid this larger game of chicken with that regime during a ceasefire.

So this mission is designed to do a lot of things, and that's quite a tall order for a mission right now, that even as you just mentioned, we're not exactly sure physically how it's going to be getting off the ground. So keep your eyes and ears peeled on the Persian Gulf and Strait of Hormuz for most of Monday as to how does CENTCOM actually uses those assets in theater, particularly the ISR. What it detects, what it believes is and is not a threat, and if it chooses to respond to anything, be that a projectile or anything else that the Iranians launch, like fast attack craft.

KINKADE: It's interesting when you think of what happened in recent weeks when the President announced the Strait of Hormuz was open. Merchant ships were unwilling to take that risk. And it sounds from those we've already spoken to so far, we just heard from my colleague Kristie Lu Stout, that they're unwilling to take that risk yet again. So even if the U.S. president says it's open and there's going to be some sort of, you know, guide through the Strait, I can't imagine there's going to be much change tomorrow.

TALEBLU: Well, some of them have been willing to run risks, and particularly those transporting liquefied petroleum gas, but some is not sufficient to address, not necessarily just the supply issue, but the price issue, which is tied to that. And that's global, not just regional. Just because some are paying more in East Asia doesn't mean Americans here at home are not going to be feeling the cost and the consequences of that at the pump. The flip side, of course, does have to be mentioned that the Islamic Republic of Iran, at a minimum, put 12 mines in some of the narrower parts of the Strait of Hormuz that they now claim they cannot find and have allegedly been still firing projectiles into this area, at civilian and commercial tankers. And the U.S. effort to bring more assets into theater are designed to blockade Tehran's ports and force them to reconsider.

So, if Tehran is trying to shut down global shipping, the U.S. is now trying to shut down Iranian shipping, while also now trying to find a more creative way to get the tankers and vessels that are on the opposite side of the Persian Gulf free and safe to come out. And right now, that is much more of a vibes thing than a policy thing. But again, keep your eyes and ears peered on the Persian Gulf May 4, moving forward, to see who tests that, who believes that, and how the Iranians respond.

KINKADE: I mean, it certainly seems clear that Iran still retains the ability to disrupt shipping through the Strait of Hormuz and therefore influence global energy prices. Does that mean that Tehran essentially holds the leverage here for global markets?

TALEBLU: Not necessarily. The Islamic Republic of Iran could always have fired a $40,000 drone, if not a cheaper drone, from its territory.

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If that is something that is going to cripple shipping markets, I think, you know, both the United States has as well as some Arab countries in the Persian Gulf, as well as the global shipping industry, are going to have to have a real rethink about their posture in the region. But fundamentally I think there is no way out of this Strait than through.

I think it would be best if the U.S. used the period of the ceasefire, which by the way has been extended and the U.S. and Iran continue to pass messages to each other to find a way to actually open up some of the areas that were mined, to actually now be putting together a broad international coalition, not necessarily for an escort, but to engage in de mining and have the Iranians test, will the, you know, the regime fire on international de mining mission, to clear some of the narrow parts of the Strait and perhaps have that physically restore confidence.

KINKADE: Of course, following the announcement of this U.S. escort mission, prices, in terms of oil prices, ease slightly. Does that suggest that, you know, markets believe that this operation could potentially reduce the risk or are traders simply waiting to see how Iran responds?

TALEBLU: Well, there's a seesaw, particularly for traders, but also for consumers. There's a seesaw effect here. There's Iran's actions, there's the President's rhetoric, and there's the great delta in between. So taking a short term snapshot approach. Yes. And the immediate response to the launching of this mission, yes, there's a slight easing in terms of price, but again we'll have to see how the Iranians respond and how the U.S. responds both politically, based on what the President says, and kinetically if CENTCOM does anything to see if oil prices spike. And my guess is that if there is a response, there will be a short term spike. But that's, you know, you touched on something very important here,

which is not just during the period of war, but during the period of ceasefire, that the President and the U.S. military mission are highly responsive to external stimuli, particularly markets and media. And the Islamic Republic's success, to go back to your question about leverage, is not just about firing these projectiles, but turning a conflict that was initially rooted in hard political issues, in hard security issues, and turning them and transforming them and translating them into issues of energy and economics.

KINKADE: Yeah, exactly. Behnam Ben Taleblu, some great analysis there. Thanks for joining us.

TALEBLU: Pleasure, thank you.

KINKADE: The Israeli military has issued yet another urgent evacuation warning to multiple towns in southern Lebanon. It comes despite the temporary U.S. brokered ceasefire. The Israeli Defense Forces have continued to strike what it says are Hezbollah targets in Lebanon. Hezbollah counters that it is retaliating to those strikes. According to Lebanon's Health Ministry, at least 385 people have reportedly been killed since the ceasefire went into effect on April 17. CNN's Oren Liebermann has the latest from Jerusalem.

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OREN LIEBERMANN, CNN JERUSALEM BUREAU CHIEF: Since the beginning of the war with Iran some two months ago, more than 2,600 people have now been killed in Israeli strikes in Lebanon, according to the country's Ministry of Public Health. There has been a ceasefire between Israel and the Lebanese government for the past couple of weeks, but that has not affected in any serious way the ongoing fighting between Israel and Iran's proxy in Lebanon, Hezbollah.

That conflict is not only ongoing, but from what we see on the ground, is very much escalating. Israel continuing to carry out strikes across southern Lebanon and issuing more evacuation orders, including evacuation warnings, even north of the Litani River, outside of the area occupied by Israeli forces in southern Lebanon. The Israeli military says they have destroyed more Hezbollah tunnel infrastructure and targeted dozens of Hezbollah military sites and facilities as they continue to try to go after Iran's proxy there.

Hezbollah, meanwhile, has responded with its own levels of drones and rocket attacks, some of those intercepted above southern Lebanon and northern Israeli, according to the Israeli military. But all of that ongoing conflict means the diplomacy that the U.S. was trying to get on track and trying to push forward is in a very difficult spot right now. The Trump administration is pushing for a meeting between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Lebanese President Joseph Aoun.

But from where we sit right now with an ongoing conflict, it's very difficult to see that happening. Israel has said in the past that it will not stop the war, stop its strikes in order to continue with negotiations. They say they will only do negotiations under fire, while Lebanon has said they will not negotiate under those circumstances. And that makes diplomacy, that makes a more permanent ceasefire and certainly any sort of peace agreement between Israel and Lebanon a very difficult order from where we sit now.

Oren Liebermann Lieberman, CNN in Jerusalem.

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KINKADE: Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani is in hospital in a critical but stable condition. The news came Sunday evening in a statement from his spokesperson, but it did not say why the 81 year old is hospitalized.

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Giuliani was once dubbed America's mayor after the September 11, 2001 terror attack on New York's World Trade Center. But in recent years he became better known as a staunch ally and former personal lawyer of President Trump. The President sent well wishes to Giuliani late Sunday, calling him, quote, a true warrior.

To come, Ukraine says it's stepping up attacks on Russia's shadow (ph) fleet of oil tankers trying to cripple the Russian war machine. We'll have the latest on those efforts when we return.

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KINKADE: The U.K. says it will enter talks to join the European Union's $106 billion loan to Ukraine.

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That would cover two-thirds of Ukraine's defense needs for the next two years. The E.U. has already approved the loan. Britain's prime minister spoke with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Armenia ahead of the summit of Ukrainian's European allies. Keir Starmer is also set to announce new sanctions on Russian companies this week.

Four years into Russia's war, Ukraine's military is suffering infantry shortages as it fans off constant Russian attacks on energy infrastructure and civilian targets. Ukraine is stepping up its own attacks on Russian targets, including Russian oil infrastructure. On Sunday, President Zelenskyy said Ukrainian forces struck two shadow fleet tankers in waters near a Russian Black Sea port.

Joining us now is Jill Dougherty, a CNN contributor, former CNN Moscow Bureau chief and adjunct professor at Georgetown University. Thanks for joining us, Jill.

JILL DOUGHERTY, CNN CONTRIBUTOR: Glad to be here, Lynda.

KINKADE: So as Keir Starmer moves to align more closely with Europe on this major new defense loan for Ukraine, what does that tell us about Europe's long term commitment here?

DOUGHERTY: Well, I think there is already a long term commitment by most of the European allies. And now Starmer's on board. And then recently after the Hungarian election and Orban being defeated, you now have the new government which is saying it, you know, gives a green light to that loan. So certainly the Europeans are on board to help Ukraine. I think the question really is where are the Americans?

Because if you look at that type of aid, if you look at actual weapons and munitions, et cetera, a lot of this now is coming from Europe, and the United States, in fact, just very recently in the past few days, is now telling the allies, especially U.K., Poland, Lithuania and Estonia, that munitions and weapons are being burned up so quickly in the Iran war that these allies will have to wait significant periods of time before they will be getting these weapons.

So, I think, you know, the Europeans at this point are saying, we are going to have to do a lot of this, both for Europe, for, I should say, for Ukraine and for Europe as a whole themselves.

KINKADE: Yeah, it's interesting when Trump said, you know, he -- he was an American first policy and that was the reason for not funding the Ukraine war. He's now turned his attention to Iran. He's openly criticized European allies for not joining the war in Iran. And he's now threatening to withdraw 5,000 troops from Germany over the next year and says there will be further cuts. Is that just bluster to get Europe on board with the war in Iran or what do you make of those sort of comments?

DOUGHERTY: I -- I think it's lashing out at Europe, specifically the German Chancellor for his comments which were, you know, when he said, not only that Germany would not join or, you know, aid the United States in Iran, but also that it was humiliating, that Iran was humiliating the United States. And this appears to be the American President's peak at those comments and punishing, deciding to punish, the Germans. And we should note also, not just, you know, 5,000 troops is one thing. It is not a huge number of troops.

There are 36,000 American troops in Germany alone, let alone throughout all of Europe. But it's significant because if you look at the message it's sending, it's sending a message to Putin, which is, number one, disarray in the Allies and then also physically pulling out troops from Europe. That is a problem, but it's a blessing for Vladimir Putin.

KINKADE: And of course, you've covered Russia for decades. How significant is your -- Ukraine's shift towards now targeting Russian oil infrastructure, key loading ports, and of course those tankers?

DOUGHERTY: Oh, I think it's very significant. I mean, it's extraordinary, really, how the Ukrainians now are heading deep into Russia and going after the production facilities, the storage facilities for precisely what is, number one, the lifeblood of Russia, oil, and gas, etc. But also what is funding the war against Ukraine. It's money that comes from sales of oil and gas. So this is very significant. The Russians are very worried about it.

And you can see video almost every day out there of these attacks. I think it is turning, it's turning the war, but it is not necessarily winning the war. [00:25:00]

It's a little unclear where we are on that, but it's really hurting Russia.

KINKADE: Jill Dougherty for us. Great to have you with us as always. Thanks so much.

DOUGHERTY: Sure.

KINKADE: An 18 year old in Atlanta who was stopped for a routine traffic violation has been deported to a country he left at the age of four. After the break, CNN talks to the teen as he attempts to adjust to a country he doesn't remember, far from his home and family.

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KINKADE: Welcome back. I'm Lynda Kinkade. Let's take a look at our top stories. President Trump has announced the U.S. will begin guiding neutral ships through the Strait of Hormuz in the coming hours. U.S. Central Command says it will begin supporting President Trump's mission, dubbed Project Freedom. But a senior Iranian official warns that any, quote, American interference in the Strait of Hormuz would be considered a ceasefire violation.

A search and rescue operation is underway in Morocco after two U.S. service members went missing during a joint military exercise. U.S. Africa Command says the two personnel went missing near the city of Tan-Tan, Morocco on Saturday. They were participating in African Lion 2026, the largest U.S. military exercise in Africa. The situation is currently under investigation. Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani is in a (ph) hospital in a critical but stable condition.

The news came Sunday evening in a statement from his spokesperson, but it did not say why the 81 year old was hospitalized. Giuliani was mayor of New York from 1994 to 2001 and has been a staunch ally of President Trump.

New polling has worrying data for Republicans in the mid term year. Americans are not happy with the war in Iran. A survey by the Washington Post, ABC News and Ipsos finds that nearly two-thirds, that's 61%, think it was a mistake. 36% say it was the right decision. The poll was conducted in late April. It comes amid skyrocketing gas prices in the U.S.

According to AAA, the nationwide average price for a gallon of gas was $4.45 Sunday. That's an increase of nearly a dollar and a half since the U.S. and Israel attacked Iran in late February, choking global oil supplies. Joining us now is CNN senior political reporter Stephen Collinson. Great to have you with us. Thanks for staying up late.

STEPHEN COLLINSON, CNN SENIOR POLITICAL REPORTER: Hi, Lynda.

KINKADE: So with the U.S. now saying that it will escort ships through the Strait of Hormuz from Monday, in practical terms, what is the Trump administration really planning to do here?

COLLINSON: Well, as with so much of what the President says about this war, it's very difficult to know exactly what he's talking about. This doesn't seem to be a traditional escort mission whereby American naval ships would go into the Strait and shepherd ships through. What we have been able to ascertain so far is it seems to be using the support of ships outside the Gulf with that missile shield that they provide, potentially American air assets, to try and encourage ships to create a sense of safety, I think, among the merchant skippers to bring their ships through the Strait of Hormuz.

Now the question, I think, is whether Iran will allow this to happen. Because obviously this is something that the President is doing to try to break that leverage that Iran has over the global economy by closing down the Strait of Hormuz, and to create his own leverage as he tries to pressure Iran for concessions and negotiations. So, I think it's very unclear, first of all, what exactly the United States military is going to do in this mission and whether whatever they do would be enough to convince ship owners, the captains of those ships that have been stuck in the Persian Gulf, for weeks now, and indeed the insurers of those ships, to send the vessels through the Strait of Hormuz and to test Iran's intentions.

Because it wouldn't take very long for a missile, for example, or a drone from the Iranian mainland, to close down onto a ship. And I think that has always been the -- the question here about whether the Strait of Hormuz could be opened by force.

KINKADE: Yeah, exactly. Certainly a lot of shipping merchants already concerned about going through the Strait, even if the U.S. says there is an escort. In terms of polling, though, you know, we are seeing this growing public frustration with the Iran war and the economic consequences. I want to bring up a recent poll which shows that 61% of Americans say that it was a mistake to go ahead with this military action in Iran. Does this suggest the conflict is becoming a broader political liability as these cost of living concerns dominate voter sentiment?

COLLINSON: Yes, certainly. And I think it explains some of the President's clear desire to get out of this war. Let's face it, this is now an eight week war that was supposed to be, according to Donald Trump, at maximum a six week war.

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And the economic impact, although in the United States is not as severe actually as it is in some countries around the world, in Asia particularly and in Europe in terms of fuel shortages and higher prices. It really is beginning to eat into I think the economic psyche of many Americans.

Not only have Americans lost confidence in the President's conduct of the war, it is having an even greater impact on already depressed understandings and views of his handling of the economy. His economic management ratings are down in the mid-30s, which is an absolute disastrous place for it to be. Many Americans are now telling pollsters that they believe the impact of the war is making their lives worse at a time when they're already struggling to pay for rent, energy, gasoline, and housing.

So all of these things obviously are disastrous for the President and his party, the Republican Party, heading into the midterm elections in November. So, there is increasing domestic pressure I think for the President to try and get out of this. But of course that is something that Iran knows very well and that is why it's using the Strait of Hormuz as this vice on the global economy to try to build concession for its own pressure on the President.

KINKADE: Yeah, it's certainly become an economic war in that regard. I mean, Iran has put forward this 14 point peace proposal, but the Trump administration has publicly rejected it, certainly its core elements. What is it going to take to close that gap?

COLLINSON: You know, this is very interesting and it's -- it's hard to see how that gap closes because what the administration seems to be looking for and what President Trump is always looking for is a quick unequivocal victory here. The problem is in diplomacy with Iran, nothing is quick. It's clear that the Iranians would like to start negotiating on the Strait of Hormuz. Once that is open, then move on to other issues like the nuclear issue. The United States wants to get concessions from the Iranians on its long range missile program, its support for proxy forces around the Middle East.

But to do that it would have to give up the leverage of the blockade to start these negotiations. The Iranians want to negotiate for months and months and months, and Donald Trump doesn't have that time politically, and let's face it, the Obama nuclear agreement, that was 18 months and more of negotiations. If we were to start from that point right now, that would take us almost to the end of Donald Trump's second term.

So, the Iranians are playing on a much different clock here. They understand the political pressures on the president. The problem is Donald Trump's entire political mythology is about bullying and coercing adversaries into capitulation. It's not clear that he has the power, despite all the U.S. military might here, to force the Iranians into that kind of capitulation or to do a deal that he can at least say was better than the Obama nuclear deal, in President Barack Obama's second term.

KINKADE: Yeah, exactly. Certainly a tough place to be in. Stephen Collinson, CNN senior political reporter. Great to have you with us.

COLLINSON: Thanks.

KINKADE: An Atlanta area high school student who says he had no clue there was a pending deportation order against him has been sent back to Honduras. CNN's Rafael Romo spoke exclusively with the young man now living with his grandmother in the city where he was born.

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RAFAEL ROMO, CNN NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: This is the first time the teenager speaks publicly since he was arrested in suburban Atlanta and subsequently placed in ICE custody less than three months after his 18th birthday. Axel Gerardo Archaga Rios was deported from the United States to his native Honduras on Thursday night, a country the 18 year old barely remembers because he left his birthplace with his mother when he was only four years old.

The teenager says a police officer in Dunwoody, Georgia, where he lived with his family and went to high school, arrested him in late March. Dunwoody Police told CNN in a statement that Archaga Rios was pulled over for running a stop sign. In addition, a spokesman said he did not have a driver's license. Archaga Rios told me from Tegucigalpa, the Honduran capital, that it was not until he was booked in DeKalb County Jail that he was informed he had a final order of removal pending against him.

AXEL ARCHAGA RIOS, HONDURAN STUDENT DEPORTEE: I was eating lunch, and then I come back from lunch to my cell, and then they asked me if I was Axel Archaga Rios. I told them yes, and then they told me -- they took me to the intake office and they told me that Trump did not want me in the States no more, that I'm being -- I'm being deported to Honduras.

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ROMO: In a statement to CNN, the Department of Homeland Security said that Archaga Rios illegally entered the U.S. on June 25, 2014, near the Rio Grande Valley in Texas, and was released into the country by the Obama administration.

An immigration judge issued him a final order of removal on September 1, 2015. Immigration attorney Alejandro Cornejo tried to stop the deportation by asking Immigration and Customs Enforcement to consider an asylum petition filed by the teenager's mother that was denied for reasons that had nothing to do with her son.

ALEJANDRO CORNEJO, IMMIGRATION LAWYER: Axel's mom is a victim of domestic violence. She was forced to leave the state and move to Georgia. All the documentation that she received from the immigration judge in Florida, she never received.

ARCHAGA RIOS: Everything just flips upside down in -- in less than a month. And then next thing I knew, I was being deported to Honduras.

ROMO: Archaga Rios says he lost almost 30 pounds in detention and had to see a doctor to be treated for what appears to be a skin infection. But all of that pales, he says, when compared to the pain of being torn apart from his family and the only life he ever knew. Rafael Romo, CNN, Atlanta.

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KINKADE: Well, wildfires are becoming more frequent and harder to control. After the break, a new look at a new firefighting approach that experts say may help.

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KINKADE: Three people are dead and several others seriously ill after a suspected hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship. The ship is Dutch in origin and reportedly traveling up the western coast of Africa. The World Health Organization says it is conducting an investigation into the outbreak and that at least one case has been confirmed so far. One patient is in intensive care and the WHO is working to evacuate two other passengers experiencing symptoms. There is no treatment or cure for the virus, which is typically linked to exposure to infected rodents. But it can also be spread amongst humans as a severe respiratory illness.

An investigation is underway after a United Airlines plane struck a highway streetlight and a tractor trailer while landing in New Jersey. The Boeing 767 carrying over 200 passengers was seen flying low over the freeway by Newark Airport on Sunday. Investigators say a tire from the plane and -- and its underside were hit. The truck driver was taken to hospital with minor injuries. The airline announced that no one on board was injured. Officials say they will review the cockpit voice recorder and the flight data recorder.

As the world feels the ever increasing impacts of climate change, wildfires are becoming more frequent and harder to control. Experts say response strategies are falling short and they're calling for a new approach centered on prevention. CNN's Stefano Pozibon has more.

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STEFANO POZZEBON, CNN CONTRIBUTOR: In a matter of minutes, Carmen (ph) Castro's home was reduced to ashes. A resident of the central Chilean city of Concepcion, her single story house was one of thousands of buildings incinerated by catastrophic wildfires in January. Hours later, what was left was dust and despair.

CLAUDIA CASTRO, WILDFIRE SURVIVOR: I am speaking to you and my mind goes through my home. Open the door, I go through the room where I have lived so many nice and sad moments.

POZZEBON: The Concepcion fires killed 21 people and shocked Chile, not for their scale, but but because of how fast they spread. The flames developed in woods to the east of the city. Castro's home was on the front line and was not spared.

CASTRO: It was the longest night of my life. We looked like zombies walking here, walking there, not knowing what to find.

POZZEBON: Flight data, analyzed by CNN and interviews with firefighters and survivors, show aircraft and engines were no match for the blaze. By the time the government declared a state of catastrophe, 30,000 hectares of wild and urban areas had been devoured. Because of the brutality of fires like Chile's, Los Angeles and the state of Georgia in recent months, experts are calling for a new approach to firefighting. It's called integrated fire management, and it switches the focus from response to prevention and risk reduction. We join the training day in the Colombian forest. Participants learn to evaluate the fire risks and what areas are most exposed.

Today we have firefighters receiving this training, but also forest engineers, the civil protection services, for example, and people from other countries. Colombia, of course, but also Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia and Spain. The idea is, of course, to create synergies and to share knowledge, because the issue of catastrophic fires is touching us all.

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Brazil was the first country to pass specific fire management legislation to stop the Amazon forest from going up in smoke every year. Colombia and Chile are now discussing similar laws. In the U.S., the Trump administration has cut funds to the emergency response and to the Forest Service, a decision many believe will cost even more as fires are becoming more common.

(UNKNOWN): Some authors call it the age of fire because it's like we're entering a different era where fire is going to dominate what shapes the ecosystem.

POZZEBON: And that is a consequence of human activities.

(UNKNOWN): That is a consequence of human activities and exacerbated by climate change.

POZZEBON: Stefano Pozzebon, CNN, Villa de Leyva, Colombia.

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KINKADE: The spotlight is on the fashion world with Monday's Met Gala. Coming up, a look inside the world of one of the biggest fashion houses and some of its iconic museum worthy looks.

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ANNE HATHAWAY, ACTOR: I'm Andy Sachs. Andrea.

STANLEY TUCCI, ACTOR: She was one of the Emilys.

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KINKADE: The Devil Wears Prada 2 is proving runway is back. The sequel opened at a stunning 223.6 million worldwide during its opening weekend. That's according to Deadline. Anne Hathaway, Meryl Streep, Stanley Tucci and Emily Blunt have all returned to their roles two decades later.

Well, designers and celebrities are getting ready for one of the biggest nights of fashion. The Met Gala returns to New York City on Monday night, and this year's theme is costume art. At the same time, a new exhibit in Atlanta is offering a rare glimpse at the legacy behind some of the iconic looks from the world of Dior. (BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

KINKADE: This is the Dior exhibit at SCAD, one of the top fashion schools on the planet. And it brings together decades of design that continues to shape what we see on the red carpet today. I'm joined by the creative director, Rafael Gomes. Explain how this silhouette launched the Dior brand and why it was so controversial at the time.

RAFAEL GOMES, CREATIVE DIRECTOR, SCAD: Well, it was a revolutionary silhouette. It was the new look because it was just after World War II and it was such a time of austerity. There were barely any materials for civilians to be used. This was fabric enough for more than 20 skirts. It was after this time of austerity, you could feel like a woman again. This is what everybody wanted.

KINKADE: Quite extravagant for that time.

GOMES: It was. It was. Yeah.

KINKADE: And that idea of pushing the boundaries continues to play out on the Met Gala steps. And this, of course, was one of the most memorable Met Gala moments.

GOMES: Absolutely. This is the revenge dress. Originally, it had a corset inside, and Princess Diana herself cut the corset out. Really resembles a nightgown. And it was quite a sensation at the time.

KINKADE: I love this room and how it is inspired by the flowers where he grew up, the gardens of Normandy. And you can see it throughout his designs. Right?

GOMES: Exactly. He was very inspired by flowers, by garden. In his house in Granville, he would, as a child, always sketch in the garden, learn the name of flowers. So this was a great source of inspiration for Christian Dior himself.

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And so it was also for the other designers that came after they would take inspiration of flowers or gardens. For example, here we have a beautiful piece from Maria Grazia that is created with 3D silk flowers.

KINKADE: So Dior wanted to dress women head to toe, including the accessories?

GOMES: Absolutely. Yes. He would create everything that the heart would desire, from hats to hosiery to bags to shoes. And in this room, we have something very special. They are Lady Dior bags that were created in collaboration with artists. And it's fantastic because the House of Dior gave the artist carte blanche. Design whatever you want. Here you can see a lot of stitching.

KINKADE: Maybe I can borrow one for the weekend.

GOMES: We have a blue one here that will suit your dress. (LAUGH) KINKADE: So Dior began his career selling artwork by the likes of Pablo Picasso, but ended up dressing some of the most famous celebrities in the world.

GOMES: Exactly. Here we can see amazing haute couture dresses worn by so many celebrities like Natalie Portman, Lady Gaga, Marilyn Monroe. We have Rihanna, Lupita. And we have an incredible last piece here that is Elle Fanning, also here from Georgia.

KINKADE: What sort of trends do you think we might see at the Met Gala this year?

GOMES: It will be all about art meeting fashion, and I can't wait.

KINKADE: Any insight as to what Dior will be presenting?

GOMES: Not really. Because it's top secret.

KINKADE: Okay. You can tell me off camera.

GOMES: I don't know really. They keep it top -- They keep it top secret. Here we have almost 80 years of fashion history and it's a great instrumental tool to teach our students and visitors alike about fashion for the last 80 (ph) years.

KINKADE: Amazing. Thank you for the tour, Rafael Gomes.

GOMES: I thank you so much. Thank you.

KINKADE: So from the post war revolution of fashion to the designs we see on red carpets around the world, Dior continues to make a splash.

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KINKADE: Well, we are looking to tune into the Met Gala Monday night. Thanks so much for watching. I'm Lynda Kinkade. I'll be back with much more CNN Newsroom in just a moment.

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