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At Least 24 Dead, More Than 20 missing In Texas Floods; Analysis: Almost 12M Americans Could Lose Health Coverage; Kyiv Terrorized By Record Number Of Drone Strikes; Rescue Crews Working "Nonstop" To Find Survivors; Trump Administration Cuts Affecting Visitors To National Parks; ICE Raids Send Undocumented Workers Into Hiding In Los Angeles. Aired 7-8a ET

Aired July 05, 2025 - 07:00   ET

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DANNY FREEMAN, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Good morning and welcome to CNN THIS MORNING. It is Saturday, July 5th. I hope you're having a lovely holiday weekend. I'm Danny Freeman, in for Victor Blackwell. Here's what's happening this morning.

At least 24 people are dead in Texas after flash flooding swept to the state.

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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I never seen it this bad before. We've had flooding, not to this extent. It's a catastrophe.

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FREEMAN: Officials say search and rescue efforts are happening around the clock to find the missing. And to make matters worse, more rain is expected today.

And President Trump and Republican leaders celebrated the passage of the so-called Big Beautiful Bill Friday. We'll tell you what's in the legislation that could impact all of us. Now, Democrats are hoping to use it as a weapon in the upcoming Midterms.

Plus, national parks are expected to be busy this holiday weekend, and some visitors say they're seeing the effects of budget cuts, including a lack of park rangers, former superintendent of Big Ben's National Park is with us this morning.

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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: There'll be days that are like, I sold like $10.00 the whole day. It's bad. All of us are trying to like, hold on. And we're just trying to do the best we can.

(END VIDEO CLIP) FREEMAN: And ICE raids are turning some parts of Los Angeles into ghost towns. The economic impact these raids could have on the city and its business owners. That's coming up.

We begin this morning with the deadly flooding in Central Texas that has taken the lives of at least 24 people so far. Rescue crews worked nonstop overnight to locate those left stranded or swept away by the catastrophic flooding that began early Friday morning.

More than 20 girls who are at a private Christian summer camp near the Guadalupe River are still unaccounted for. Officials say 237 people have been rescued so far with the majority of the rescues conducted by helicopter. Texas Governor Greg Abbott briefed the public on Friday on the ongoing rescue efforts.

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GOV. GREG ABBOTT (R-TX): They will continue in the darkness of night. They will be taking place when the sun rises in the morning. They will be nonstop seeking to find everybody who is unaccounted for.

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FREEMAN: Now, even though this area of Texas is used to seeing flooding, residents said they were caught off guard by the amount of rain they saw and how fast the waters rose. Officials in Kerrville County say weather remains a concern through the weekend and that any additional rain would cause more flashed flooding. CNN's Sherrell Hubbard has more.

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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Ohm my God.

SHERRELL HUBBARD, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): In Central Texas, Kerrville resident Rita Olson seemed to be in shock when a law enforcement officer knocked on her door around 6:00 a.m. Friday telling her she needed to evacuate immediately.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: People here screaming are in the river right now. Let's get her way out.

HUBBARD (voice-over): Olson says she's thankful to be alive. There have been multiple deaths reported in the area from the flooding caused by torrential rain.

LARRY LEITHA, SHERIFF, KERR COUNTY: There are still several people on the counter for right now at this point. But we're working really hard and we're going to continue. This is probably going to be a couple of day process.

HUBBARD (voice-over): This video taken Friday morning showing the nearby Guadalupe River overflowing and moving very fast. Over 500 people are out searching for missing people in Kerr County, Texas. Among the missing, a group of young campers. LT. GOV. DAN PATRICK (R-TX): I want all of you to know, we will do

everything humanly possible 24/7 looking at every tree, turning over every rock. Whatever it takes.

HUBBARD (voice-over): In San Angelo, Texas, heavy flooding partially submerged vehicles, houses, and the road. One person in that town clung to a utility poll while awaiting rescue. As rescue efforts are still underway across Texas, officials say they expect more fatalities to be reported.

LEITHA: They're currently still actively rescuing, so we are not quite into recovery mode yet. We are still actively trying to find those that are out and those that are needing assistance.

HUBBARD (voice-over): I'm Sherrell Hubbard reporting.

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FREEMAN: Joining me now is meteorologist Chris Warren. Chris, I mean, just stunning images there. What's the latest on the situation in Texas?

CHRIS WARREN, CNN METEOROLOGIST: Well, unfortunately more rain is expected today coming, Danny, after this. In just a couple of days, 48-hour rainfall totals, with high amounts around a foot. This is more than a summer's worth of rain for these areas happening in a matter of hours.

And when you just look at this, the orange and the red colors, four to six inches, up to 10 inches. Not just in a few points, but huge areas. In many cases, a lot of these counties draining into the Guadalupe River. So, you have so much rain going through what created essentially what was like a wave of water going downstream. Hard to get your mind around what happened. We try to look and see how this played out.

And this is the radar going from Thursday now into Friday, still raining, heavy rain. Again, big drainage basin going into -- all that water going into that river, creating that catastrophe that happened with the ongoing search and rescue efforts still happening in these areas here. Flood watches still posted, flood warning, but also, and again, another area this morning with flash flood emergencies. That's the white outlined area with the very heavy rain that is ongoing and the thunderstorms here. So, a life-threatening situation different from what we were watching yesterday and this morning, a new area.

Here's the forecast, what the radar could look like through time. A little bit of a pause, but then it picks back up during the day again tomorrow, Danny, before it dries out again.

FREEMAN: All right, Chris, thank you so much for that. I hope people heed these warnings.

All right, following months of negotiations and despite real concerns from Republicans, President Trump celebrated the passage of his so- called Big Beautiful Bill at the White House Friday. President Trump reached his July 4 deadline and signed the massive domestic policy bill into law extending his 2017 tax cuts, slashing Medicaid and food stamp spending, and boosting border security funding.

Now, the law also includes major changes for seniors and students and boost funding for immigration enforcement and defense.

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DONALD TRUMP, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: We have officially made the Trump tax cuts permanent. That's the largest tax cut in the history of our country. Add it to substantial other cuts, which is going to -- you're going to see like a rocket ship. You know, we're setting all sorts of economic records right now, and that's before this kicks in. After this kicks in, our country is going to be a rocket ship economically.

Joining us now Jacob Bogage, a Congressional Economics Correspondent for the Washington Post. Jacob, thank you so much for getting up early on a holiday weekend with us. All right, let's talk about this bill. Even though -- listen, the bill was unpopular by many and got plenty of criticism from Republicans as well. What do you think here? Are we going to see Republican members of Congress out in their districts stepping for this bill, trying to sell it?

JACOB BOGAGE, CONGRESSIONAL ECONOMICS CORRESPONDENT, THE WASHINGTON POST: It depends on what issue. On the taxes, probably not. I mean, this is not a new tax cut. These tax cuts were expiring. This extends them. But there are specific things in here. There's the ending income tax on tips on overtime. Those poll very well. They're very popular.

There's $170 billion in here for border security and immigration enforcement. That polls very well, very popular. But on extending the Trump tax cuts -- it's not like people's taxes were going -- I mean, this was going to be extended regardless. Democrats supported extending it in large part.

So, you know, it's not like people are going to look at their tax bill and go, oh, my goodness, I'm paying so much less this year than I was last year. No, it just holds those rates steady.

FREEMAN: You know, Jacob, we've talked a lot about winners and losers in this bill. You've written extensively about this as well. But a lot of this is staggered as I understand it. So, who, from your perspective, is going to feel the impacts of this bill first?

BOGAGE: Yes. What's really interesting about this is that a lot of the goodies in this bill, the no tax on tips, the bonus deduction for seniors, the no tax on overtime, start right away. And then the things that are painful, the Medicaid cuts, the SNAP cuts phase in a little bit more gradually. The cuts to clean energy programs that a lot of states have built jobs around phase in more gradually.

So, when we want to talk about winners to this bill, business is huge winners. There are three big deductions that are going to make expensing research and development, buying new equipment. All of these things are going to be a lot cheaper to do if you're a business. If you're a business owner, a pastor deduction is going to be huge for you.

If on the other side of the spectrum, you rely on Medicaid, you rely on SNAP, which we used to call food stamps, those are cuts that are -- make a basic standard living less possible for a lot of people.

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FREEMAN: Well, and as Democrats are trying to and looking to make this a main issue for the midterms, because of the more painful parts being staggered, do you think that Democrats will be able to sell that message if some of these say, again, Medicaid or SNAP cuts aren't really felt until after that?

BOGAGE: Yes, I mean, that was the entire purpose of staggering them. Give people the goodies up front, make them take their medicine later. Yes, I do think Democrats will be able to run on this with varying levels of success. But I do think Democrats will be able to run on this. That message, they were hammering. I mean, I was at the Capitol for more than 24 hours and Democrat after Democrat was going more hammering. This is a tax cut for billionaires, tax cut for billionaires. They're taking your Medicaid. They're taking your Medicaid.

I mean, the playbook is very clear here. That's going to resonate in some districts better than others because not every district relies on these social programs the same way.

FREEMAN: Yes, and I wonder to -- you know, I wonder if having the looming threat of it, even happening after the midterms will still be enough of a message for Democrats to really energize voters, again, as we approach November of next year.

Jacob, looking ahead, though, I want to get your read on next week's tariff deadline, if that's all right. I just because, you know, there's so much back and forth with tariffs that we've seen over the course of the past several months. Are we actually going to see these threats of say some 70 percent tariff rates become reality starting next week?

BOGAGE: That's a great question. And the answer is we don't know because of how volatile the situation has been at the White House. And, you know, we went through an entire news cycle with everyone learning a new acronym, TACO, Trump Always Chickens Out, when it comes to tariffs. He slaps them on, takes them off, slaps them on, takes them off, uses them as a negotiating tactic.

And frankly, in some cases, it's been very successful to have that quick toggle ability. But the economy is not growing. It is -- it's not growing in terms of consumer spending. It's not growing in terms of business investment, specifically because of this volatility and because tariffs act as a sales tax on consumers. And consumers, even if they're not feeling the dollar amounts, they're feeling the volatility of not knowing what prices are going to look like and wondering if they personally or their families need to cut back.

And so, are we going to hit that deadline? In some cases, maybe. And in some cases, you know, maybe some of those tariffs get pulled back on certain countries if the administration was able to make those trade deals. We just announced on Vietnam earlier this week.

FREEMAN: Yes. In some cases, maybe, I feel like has been the theme of many of the tariff policy over the past few months. Jacob Bogage, thank you so much for your time and your insight this morning. I really do appreciate it.

BOGAGE: Real pleasure.

FREEMAN: And still to come. President Trump says he's optimistic a Gaza ceasefire could be reached next week. We'll tell you what's in the proposal. Plus, Ukraine's president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, says he had an important call with President Trump and it came just hours after a major Russian drone attack.

Plus, living in fear. Some business owners say President Trump's immigration crackdown has left their communities looking like ghost towns. Stay with us.

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FREEMAN: We're staying on top of breaking news out of Texas. At least 24 people have been killed. Dozens of others are still unaccounted for. Officials say they're conducting search and rescue operations nearly nonstop and will continue until everyone is accounted for. We have calls out to officials across Texas for updates and will bring you any new information as we get it.

New this morning, after speaking with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, President Trump says he's considering sending more Patriot missiles to Ukraine. Trump characterized the call as "very good." Yesterday, Kyiv endured the biggest attacks since Russia invaded Ukraine more than three years ago. The attacks happened hours after Putin and Trump spoke by phone. Trump said he was very unhappy with his conversation with Putin.

Now, Russia has been stepping up its attacks on Ukraine pounding Kyiv with a record number of drone strikes. And now officials in Kyiv say there's some evidence some of those drones were made in China. CNN's Chief International Security Correspondent Nick Paton Walsh has more.

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NICK PATON WALSH, CNN INTERNATIONAL SECURITY EDITOR (voice-over): Hear the buzz and all you can do is wait. Kyiv has seen this almost every night for months. But there was something about Thursday night's ferocity that seemed new and unchecked even underground. No sleep is the norm, huddling in basements too. If you're not so immune to the sirens, you turn over in bed when you hear them. Hearing Russia broke another record of drones fired has also happened

a lot this past month. What was different was the possibility the capital's air defenses behind interceptions like these might be in trouble. Gunners tried to pick off drones, but the American supply of patriots that take down Russian ballistic missiles is at best in doubt. Leaving nights here longer and louder. And solace something you find in the subway.

A record assault that came moments after presidents Trump and Putin spoke. That too did not go well.

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TRUMP: I'm very disappointed with the conversation I had today with President Putin because I don't think he's there. I don't think he's there. And I'm very disappointed. Well, it's not -- I'm just saying, I don't think he's looking to stop, and that's too bad.

WALSH (voice-over): Among the smoldering remains of civilian worlds terrorized, Ukraine's foreign minister claimed fragments of a Geran-2 combat drone were found made in China. The growing global footprint of a war where Kyiv's daylight is darkened still by the smoke of the night before and where the damage done is measured in intimate personal loss.

Here, what that feels like for those whose broken homes lie in pieces around them.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE (text): Today's attack is the most terrifying attack for us in the three and a half years that this war has been going on. There is info that he will launch 700 to 800 Shahed drones. I'm sorry but neither we, nor our air defense can withstand it.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE (text):Today, the drones were flying like swarms of bees. It was such a horror. Let all Americans know how we live here, how we suffer.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE (text): It's very scary when people are left with nothing. It's very scary. Right now there is no gas, no electricity. We have practically no hope left for America. Our only hope is in our own people.

WALSH: Nick Paton Walsh, CNN, London.

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FREEMAN: Meanwhile, President Donald Trump says he's optimistic a Gaza ceasefire agreement could be reached as soon as next week. He spoke Friday night after Hamas gave what it called a positive response to the U.S. ceasefire proposal. The militant group also said it's ready to start implementation talks right away.

CNN's Paula Hancocks joins us now live from Abu Dhabi. Paula, there seems to be some momentum here behind the ceasefire deal. What's the latest? PAULA HANCOCKS, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, Danny, it certainly seems to

be moving in the right direction at this point. But of course, we should add the caveat that we have been this close before. We've had a ceasefire before, only for it to fail. But what we're seeing at this point is that this latest proposal, Israel has agreed to it. Hamas has given a positive response, although we've heard from one of the interlocutors, they have suggested some amendments, but they don't believe that those will derail the process. Something similar we're hearing from an Israeli official.

So, at this point, what we're expecting is there will be proximity talks. Meaning the two sides will be effectively in the same building, not speaking face to face, but there will be a mediator that can run quickly between the two sides to speed this process along and iron out those final details.

Now, we know that the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has a full cabinet meeting on Saturday night local time. This is when he will be discussing the proposal. He does have far right ministers within his coalition who do not want to see the war end. But if that goes through, then on Sunday, he'll travel to Washington on Monday. He'll meet with the U.S. President Donald Trump, where you would assume he would want to have something positive to announce.

We are hearing optimism from the U.S. President. Let's listen to what he said.

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TRUMP: We have to do something about Gaza. We've been doing it -- you know, we're sending a lot of aid. A lot of money and a lot of aid. Otherwise, you have people in big, big trouble. But yes, I think it's been very positive.

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HANCOCKS: So, looking at the basics of this latest proposal, it would see 10 living hostages released over this 60 day ceasefire time, and also, the remains of 18 hostages who are deceased. We understand it also will include an unspecified number of Palestinian prisoners. It will mean that the Israeli military will move out of much of northern Gaza, although we have heard that they want to stay along that border between Gaza and Egypt the IDF says to prevent smuggling. And also, there will be negotiations to try and make that 60-day temporary ceasefire into something more permanent.

And one other crucial element of this is we understand there will be a surge of humanitarian aid into Gaza. And much of it will go through the U.N.-run institutions, which have been sidelined for the most part in recent weeks. Danny?

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FREEMAN: Fascinating. The world watching. Paula Hancocks, thank you very much. And coming up, America's national parks are seeing a surge of visitors

this summer while dealing with deep budget cuts. We'll tell you how some of these changes could affect your vacation.

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FREEMAN: We want to get you updated on the "BREAKING NEWS" we are following out of Texas. At least two dozen people are dead in massive floods that swept across the Texas Hill Country on Friday. Officials say the search for those still missing is ongoing, "nonstop".

More than 20 children who are at a summer camp are unaccounted for this morning. Camp Mystic, a private Christian summer camp for girls, is in Hunt, Texas on the banks of the Guadalupe River, which rose more than 20 feet in less than two hours.

Parents are anxiously waiting at a relocation center in Ingram, Texas, hoping to be reunited with their kids. Texas Governor Greg Abbott made this commitment.

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GOV. GREG ABBOTT (R-TX): We will stop at nothing to ensure that every asset, and person, and plane, and whatever is needed is going to be involved in the process of rescuing every last person.

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FREEMAN: A disaster declaration has been issued for some of the hardest hit counties as more than 230 people have been rescued or evacuated.

Visitors to America's national parks are already seeing the effects of the cuts and layoffs by the Trump administration. If you're planning to visit national parks this summer, you should get ready to wait. Attendance is up, but thanks to the elimination of 1,000 jobs, the National Park Service is at the lowest staffing levels in 20 years. Park visitors are noticing the difference, and they are letting officials know about it.

In feedback to the park system, visitors have said, "I've been visiting national parks for 30 years and have never -- and never has the presence of rangers been so absent." "More staff would be a big and improve -- important improvement." "Hire back park staff. We need them."

And visitors are also noticing the lack of educational programs and staff to help them get permits. Current and former staff members are worried shortages will make the parks less safe. Joining me now to talk about it is Bob Krumenaker -- excuse me. He is a retired park superintendent for Big Bend National Park, and worked for the National Park Service for four decades.

Bob, thank you so much for being with us this morning. Let's start here. If I were to drop everything, head out to Big Ben today, your old neck of the woods, would I notice these staffing cuts right away?

BOB KRUMENAKER, RETIRED SUPERINTENDENT, BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK: I think you would, Danny. There is about half the staff at Big Bend that there normally is, and while some of that was long term challenges at hiring in such a remote area, there is been a huge decrease in staffing just since this administration has begun. Through firings of probation employees, the inability park has to hire seasonal staff and some real incentives for people to retire because they are fearing that they'll be fired otherwise.

So, I think, at Big Bend, you're going to see longer lines at the entrance stations. You're going to see bathrooms cleaned a lot less frequently. The visitor center will be crowded and there will be fewer staff. There is a lot fewer interpretive programs. But frankly, the bigger issue is not so much what the visitors will see. It's what they don't see behind the scenes. That's also not happening right now.

FREEMAN: Well, tell me about that. What are some of these things that are happening behind the scenes that might be invisible if you were to go to one of these national parks?

KRUMENAKER: Well, there is virtually no long-term maintenance going on right now. The Park Service has been stopped from spending money without permission from the Secretary of the Interior's office. Most contracts for maintenance projects, big and small, have been stopped. The ability of park staff to monitor the condition of natural and cultural resources is probably the worst it's been in 50 years because of the lack of staffing, the lack of travel. We have -- we have teams that monitor natural resources that move from park to park, and they've been prohibited from traveling.

So, right now, the visitor experience is what most people are focusing on. But frankly, I'm much more worried about the condition of the resources, both natural and cultural, and the condition of the infrastructure. And it's not sustainable. What's going on is simply not sustainable.

FREEMAN: One question though, more about the visitor's experience. CNN's reporting that the interior department officials have acknowledged they would, in particular, feel a crunch during these popular summer months and would hire seasonal workers for the National Park Service. Is that enough to fix this moment?

KRUMENAKER: If it was really true, it might be helpful. It would be a short-term fix. But first of all, they prohibited the Park Service from hiring the normal cadre of seasonals. They did allow some of them to be hired back, but we lost a couple months in that process. And then, the Secretary did announce that he would allow up to 7700 positions to be filled. But it's my understanding, as of a few days ago that the Park Service has only been able to fill 4500 of those. So, very few parks have even close to the normal staffing that they have right now.

FREEMAN: Back to some of the behind-the-scenes elements here. Back in May, Secretary Burgum testified before Congress saying, essentially, from his perspective, he wanted to target office workers, or folks in regional offices or people in D.C. versus staff in the parks.

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First of all, do you buy that? But also, what services would some of these regional offices provide to parks across the country?

KRUMENAKER: I think everyone organized -- everyone understands that there is always more opportunity for efficiencies. And I have worked in regional offices, I've worked in the Washington office, but I've spent most of my career in the field.

I understand that all of those roles are important, and if the Secretary were willing to work with the Park Service to figure out how we could become much more efficient and perhaps shift some of those positions from central offices to the field, I think the service would be really interested in doing that. But there is been no dialog with the park staff. It's all been top down by people who have no experience in the agency.

The regional offices play some important roles. They're unheralded, for sure, but these are the folks who do the contracting for parks. These are where we have the experts in hydrology and wildlife management and veterinary science, and all sorts of expertise, cultural resource experts.

So, particularly, in small parks, and Big Bend is a physically large park, but maybe only a medium sized park in terms of its staffing. But if you look at some of the really small parks, they may only have under normal times, five, 10, 15 people. They don't have experts. And so, the regional offices provide that kind of expertise and coordination between parks.

So, everybody expects that if the reductions in forces are actually going to go through, the regional offices, and the Washington office will be decimated, and that will have huge impacts on the park staff.

FREEMAN: Bob Krumenaker, thank you so much for continuing to bring attention to this story. Appreciate your time on this holiday weekend. Thank you.

KRUMENAKER: Thank you, Danny.

FREEMAN: And still ahead, the Trump administration's immigration crackdowns are creating ghost towns out of previously bustling neighborhoods in California. We have that story coming up.

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FREEMAN: In Southern California, ICE raids have put communities on edge and send many undocumented immigrants into hiding. CNN's Veronica Miracle, reports, some Los Angeles neighborhoods have become essentially ghost towns, with shuttered shops and empty streets. But some workers say they cannot hide, or their bills will go unpaid.

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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Oh, no. Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: No, no, no.

VERONICA MIRACLE, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice over): If President Trump's hard line, immigration policies aim to scare people, here in Southern California, they are working.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: What's your name?

MIRACLE (voice over): In recent weeks, businesses have shuttered as ICE raids and arrests have sent many undocumented people into hiding.

Except 63-year-old taco stand owner, Urbano. For 43 years, he is lived in the United States undocumented, but this past month, when he's been able to push through the fear of being deported and open his stand, he's had hardly any customers.

MIRACLE: So, he says that business is really slow. You can see a lot of businesses in the area have closed. Can you tell me, have you been in hiding at all, or have you been out every day working?

URBANO, UNDOCUMENTED WORKER (through translator): We have to go out to work, because, if not, who is going to pay our rent? Who is going to pay our taxes, like I'm paying taxes. Can you imagine?

MIRACLE (voice over): Urbano's story is one of many. In fact, one in five California immigrant workers is undocumented. That's according to a study by the Bay Area Council Economic Institute.

So, to see the large-scale impact of the ICE raids, we went to L.A.'s Fashion District.

MIRACLE: Can you show me down Santee Alley?

ANTHONY RODRIGUEZ, PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, FASHION DISTRICT BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT: Absolutely.

MIRACLE (voice over): Anthony Rodriguez is the Business Improvement District president and CEO.

RODRIGUEZ: Probably, 90 percent of these businesses are immigrant- owned.

MIRACLE (voice over): Rodriguez says there are roughly 100 shops along this alley alone. A majority of shop owners are too scared to operate, he says.

RODRIGUEZ: Unfortunately, even when it isn't -- there isn't actual activity, the fear of people, you know, someone thinks they hear something, and that alone will shut down the entire area.

MIRACLE: On a typical weekend day, I'm told that this is packed shoulder-to-shoulder, and you could hardly move through Santee Alley. But since the ICE raids happened, started about three weeks ago, there has been a 45 percent drop in foot traffic.

What's going on, on Santee Alley?

CHRISTOPHER PEREZ, VENDOR, L.A. FASHION DISTRICT: Well, a lot of people are scared to come out.

MIRACLE (voice over): Christopher Perez says he hasn't seen his neighboring vendors open for weeks.

PEREZ: It's sad seeing my own people get arrested and harassed by the ICE agents, but it's pretty much -- I hope it all ends soon.

MIRACLE (voice over): And just a few miles away from Santee Alley, we found a similar situation.

MIRACLE: We're on Olvera Street. It's one of the oldest streets in all of Los Angeles and this is actually considered the birthplace of this city. And yet, you take a look around at this cultural landmark and all of these businesses, these vendors, they've shuttered their doors.

MIRACLE (voice over): Those that are open are struggling to make ends meet.

VILMA MEDINA, VENDOR, BUSINESS OWNER, OLVERA STREET: There will be days that are like I've sold, like, $10 the whole day. It's bad. All of us are trying to, like, hold on and we're just trying to do the best we can.

MIRACLE (voice over): Leaders and business owners all tell us the long-term economic impact of these raids is not clear. But if the nearly 2.3 million undocumented immigrants in California were all deported, researchers at the Bay Area Council Economic Institute estimate the state's GDP would decline by over $278 billion.

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ABBY RAISZ, RESEARCH DIRECTOR, BAY AREA COUNCIL ECONOMIC INSTITUTE: That's nine percent of our GDP. That GDP value is larger than the entire state of Nevada than the entire state of Oregon. These are not small outputs.

MIRACLE: Do you have any message to President Trump?

URBANO (through translator): Mr. President, well, let us work, because we came to work. We didn't come to steal. We came to build in this country. We came to make the country better.

MIRACLE (voice over): Veronica Miracle, CNN, Los Angeles.

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FREEMAN: Veronica Miracle, thank you very much for that reporting.

40 years ago, some of rock's biggest stars performed at a landmark news event to raise money for famine relief in Africa. See how the legendary concert came together and how the movement continued in the new CNN original series, "LIVE AID: WHEN ROCK AND ROLL TOOK OVER THE WORLD".

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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: It's 12:00 noon in London, 7:00 a.m. in Philadelphia. And around the world, it's time for "Live Aid."

BOB GELDOF, IRISH SINGER AND ACTIVIST: We live in a world of surplus food. There is no reason why these human beings should die.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Bob came in and said, I've got this idea.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I'm very pleased to announce "Live Aid".

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Even the experts didn't have a clue whether it was going to work or not.

GELDOF: My head was full of it's going to be a disaster.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: To be honest. It seemed like this could never happen.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: No one had ever had 16 hours of anything on television.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: It's a huge event. You know, it could be the start of something big.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: That effort saved so many lives.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: It's coming from a good place. That is coming from a very white, paternalistic place.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: What "Live Aid" did was open up the avenues of possibility. "Live Aid" invites you to walk down them.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: It was one of the last moments of global solidarity.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Something went on at "Live Aid" that's still with us.

ANNOUNCER: "LIVE AID: WHEN ROCK AND ROLL TOOK ON THE WORLD". Premieres July 13th on CNN.

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FREEMAN: Novak Djokovic's quest for an eighth Wimbledon title continues today. CNN's Carolyn Manno joins us now with our sports highlights. Hey, Carolyn.

CAROLYN MANNO, CNN SPORTS CORRESPONDENT: Hey, Danny. It's the middle weekend of Wimbledon. The big names on the men's side rolling in the third Grand Slam of the year. Alcaraz center and Novak, who you mentioned, who can win his 100th career match at Wimbledon today, as he continues his pursuit of a 25th Grand Slam.

American Ben Shelton back in action two today after spending a total of about one minute on the court on Friday.

Check this out. Shelton was serving for the match against his second- round opponent, Rinky Hijikata on Thursday, when the match was called because of darkness. Shelton was furious about this decision at the time. Both players suggested calling the match a little bit earlier, with daylight quickly fading, but he finished the job fast on Friday. A master class in serving like we've seen from him to take the third set, 6-4, and win the match in a little over 60 seconds' total. Shelton facing Marton Fucsovics of Hungary today.

On the women's side, sixth seed Madison Keys made an early exit from the tournament on Friday. The Australian Open winner racking up 31 unforced errors in an uncharacteristic performance. But three American women still in action this Saturday, Halley Baptiste, Emma Navarro, and Danielle Collins, who is facing Iga Swiatek.

Elsewhere, Danny, this week's difference maker shines a further spotlight on Malala Yousafzai, a woman known by millions of people around the world as a very brave activist. But the human rights champion is now turning her attention towards one of her other passions, and true to form. She is finding places where she can continue to make a difference.

Our Amanda Davis has more on that.

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MALALA YOUSAFZAI, NOBEL PEACE PRIZE WINNER: I have seen sports as part of education right from my school time. And I remember in school recess time, when boys would go off to the local cricket playground, and girls had to stay behind. So, from that point onwards, I knew that sports was something that girls did not have easy access to.

So, I have valued every opportunity to be able to play sports. But then, came into my life this wonderful, amazing person, Asser, who has worked in cricket. We started this new journey together, we have been really passionate about following women's sports, specifically in how powerful it is, in changing and challenging stereotypes around how women and girls are seen. So, that's how this journey of an interest in sports began.

AMANDA DAVIES, CNN SPORT ANCHOR: And so, you are announcing the launch of your new initiative, "Recess". What is the aim? What targets have you set up to this point?

YOUSAFZAI: We started working on Recess, 2-1/2 years ago. And we were looking for an opportunity where we could bring in our expertise, our platform to benefit women's sports in general, just because of the lack of investments, lack of opportunities. Still, we have built an incredible team of people who are professionals, investors, and experts, who believe in women's sports as a business opportunity, and who believe that women's sports can help us promote gender equity.

DAVIS: Should we be expecting all-female athletes to have a view on everything? When a lot of them just want to be athletes. Where is the balance, in your opinion?

YOUSAFZAI: So, I have been following the journey of amazing female athletes right now, from Caitlin Clark to Ilona Maher. And I know these sports because of these incredible female athletes. They have a huge impact without actually saying much.

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So, I don't think we need to ask them about every topic and every issue. The fact that they are on the field and they are on the court is already changing perspectives. It's empowering girls. It's sending a powerful message to women, to all of us, that the sky is the limit, and women's sports will thrive. We will have more equal opportunities for women and girls, and you know, we can imagine a world where girls are empowered, they can have the confidence, and they can decide, if you, you know, they can choose their own future.

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Well, said there by Malala, Danny. And she believes, just like a lot of other people believe that investing in women's sports is not only good business sense, you can hear that with a launch of Recess, but that it's also this vehicle that can really help promote gender equity globally, which is something that she's so passionate about.

FREEMAN: Yes, and it's remarkable this comes on the heels of the WNBA expansion announcement. And I live in Philadelphia, I know our entire community is amped about it. Not just have another team to wrote -- to root for, but also for this gender equality element as well.

Carolyn Manno, thank you so much. Appreciate it.

And still ahead, we continue to following the breaking news out of Texas. Search and rescue efforts are still ongoing after deadly flash flooding at the state. Where things stand right now, coming up after a quick break.

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