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Senate Republicans Scramble for Votes on Trump Agenda Bill; Iran's U.N. Ambassador: We will Never Stop Enriching Uranium; Two Firefighters Killed While Responding to Brush Fire; CBO: Senate Megabill Would Increase Federal Deficit by Nearly $3.3 Trillion; Two-Time Wimbledon Champ Carlos Alcaraz goes for Hat Trick. Aired 9-10a ET

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ELENI GIOKOS, CNN HOST, CONNECT THE WORLD: This is the scene in Washington, where the U.S. Senate is starting a marathon voting session on President

Trump's so called, big, beautiful bill. It is 09:00 a.m. in D.C. It is 05:00 p.m. here in Abu Dhabi. I'm Eleni Giokos. This is "Connect the

World".

Also coming up, two firefighters are dead, and another is fighting for his life in Idaho after a sniper attack Sunday. Benjamin Netanyahu says he's

seeing new opportunities to end the war with Hamas. Volodymyr Zelenskyy calls on Western allies to send more help to protect Ukraine as Russia's

air attacks intensify.

Right stock markets in New York will open around 30 minutes for now. Let's check in on those futures. As you can see, firmly in the green, you got the

NASDAQ up half a percent, S&P up three tenths of a percent, and the DOW also very much in the green, big push towards hope that we'll see some kind

of trade progress, and that has to do with Canada and the United States after Canada has rescinded on its tariffs on the tech stocks.

So that is big news today. You got me to Alphabet, and of course, you have the likes of Google really pushing forward today, and that is why we seeing

a positive outlook. The meantime, this hour, the U.S. Senate is starting a marathon voting session on U.S. President Donald Trump's domestic policy

agenda.

Senators can offer an unlimited number of amendments before a final vote on the bill which was caused -- which has caused a bit of partisan divide,

with some Republicans joining Democrats in opposition.

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SEN. THOM TILLIS (R-NC): What do I tell 663,000 people, and two years or three years, when President Trump breaks his promise by pushing them off of

Medicaid because the funding is not there.

SEN. CHUCK SCHUMER (D-NY): If Republicans succeed, proceed and follow Donald Trump over the cliff with this bill tied to their ankles like an

anvil, they will not only doom their own communities, they will doom their political fortunes, their own political fortunes, and have no one to blame

but themselves. I yield the floor.

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GIOKOS: Well, Democrats point to a new analysis by the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office, which says the bill would hike the federal

deficit by $3.3 trillion over the next decade, nearly a trillion dollars more than the House passed version. The analysis also found upwards of 12

million Americans risk losing health insurance over that time frame.

The bill would extend tax cuts passed during President Trump's first term, which Democrats say would essentially funnel money to the ultra-wealthy,

but Republicans insist all Americans would benefit.

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SEN. MARKWAYNE MULLIN (R-OK): It makes tax cuts permanent, which, instead of taxes going up January 1 by $4 trillion it actually restores the tax

cuts and it's going to the average household of four is going to bring home pay over $10,000 more a year this year than they did last year.

So that that is great. I hope it really. I hope the Democrats pay attention. Realize we're delivering for the American people.

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GIOKOS: We've got Stephen Collinson joining us now. CNN Politics Senior Reporter, and also friend of the show. Stephen, great to have you with us.

I mean, you know you're weighing up who are going to be the winners and the losers on this big, beautiful bill.

But you also write in your analysis, growing numbers of Republican lawmakers required to pass the measure hate it, but probably still will

pass it in some way or another. Take me through what that ultimately means for this bill?

STEPHEN COLLINSON, CNN POLITICS SENIOR REPORTER: Well, the issue here is this bill is very unpopular. It contains provisions which the Democrats are

using to malign the Republicans, including cuts to the Medicare program, which is health insurance for low-income Americans.

So, this could end up being a political liability. But the bill is also a massive issue of prestige for President Trump. It's the major bill of his

second term. It codifies many of the Make America Great Again policies that he fought for on the campaign trail. It would, for example, boost spending

on his mass deportation drive for undocumented migrants.

It would increase defense spending. It would slash green energy subsidies and taxes and incentives that are left over from the Biden Administration.

So, you can see this would be a very popular bill with sections of the Republican base.

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But the Democrats are hoping to use it come the midterm elections in Congress next year, to try to portray Trump as a hypocrite and someone

that's actually hurting average voters and not helping them, notwithstanding the fact that some people will get a tax break because the

bill extends 2017, first term Trump tax cuts.

The issue with that, of course, though, is the more you make, the more you're going to get back.

GIOKOS: So, there are Republicans that are sitting on the fence on this, and we've actually heard comments from Republican Tom Tillis, who came out

against the bill. Could he sway the Republicans that are reticent to sign this to get this bill passed?

COLLINSON: I don't think so, because in order to make that criticism, Tillis, shortly after the speech, announced that he's not running for

reelection in the midterm elections next year. So, in the Republican Party, you can break with Trump and you can criticize him, but you're probably

also ending your political career.

We've seen that time and time again. The president is very strong in the Republican Party. He has the capacity to call up primary challenges against

people who oppose him, and there's a great deal of fear in the ranks of the GOP, not just about Trump, but of the vehemence of his supporters in the

Republican base.

So that's why the party often plays to its most committed voters, even though, as with this bill, it's taking steps which more moderate voters who

decide general elections would normally not like to see happen. Polls, for example, show that this bill is disapproval, ratings are about minus 24

percent on average.

So, there's a real dichotomy, I think, between what Republican down the line voters think about this and what the rest of the country does.

GIOKOS: So, Democrats in the meantime, are accusing the Republicans of using an accounting trick to get the bill passed. I mean, to what extent

are we seeing accounting gymnastics occurring here? Explain to our viewers what they're doing.

COLLINSON: Well, we're definitely seeing that, because Republicans argue that when independent bodies like the Congressional Budget Office size up

this bill and say it's going to add 3 trillion to the deficit. It'll turn 11 million people off Medicare. They say, well, we're actually just getting

rid of waste, fraud and abuse.

We're putting the burden on funding Medicaid to the states rather than the federal government. So yes, there are accounting tricks, but there are

always accounting tricks in Congress. It's very normal for both parties to absolutely overestimate the impact of their bills on the economy in terms

of creating growth.

Republicans always overestimate the extent to which tax cuts will expand GDP to get their bills passed. So yes, the Republicans are doing that, but

this is a classic Washington tactic.

GIOKOS: Stephen Collinson, great to have you with us. Thank you so much as always for your insights.

COLLINSON: Right.

GIOKOS: Quite while President Trump presses ahead with his domestic agenda. He's maintaining pressure on allies, including the Israeli Prime Minister

over the war in Gaza. Now, Benjamin Netanyahu says there are new opportunities to end the war with Hamas in the wake of the conflict with

Iran, and he's laying out his priorities in Gaza in a slightly different way.

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BENJAMIN NETANYAHU, ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER: First and foremost, to rescue the hostages. Of course, we will also need to resolve the issue of Gaza, to

defeat Hamas, but I believe we will achieve both missions.

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GIOKOS: So, it was a shift in tone for the prime minister who has repeatedly made total victory over Hamas his number one objective our Nic

Robertson spoke with a man whose twin brothers were taken from their homes on the seventh of October, and they're still being held in Gaza. Nic filed

this report from Jerusalem for us.

NIC ROBERTSON, CNN INTERNATIONAL DIPLOMATIC EDITOR: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is talking about new opportunities following the conflict with

Iran, talking about putting hostages as a priority getting them released from Gaza. I sat down and spoke with Liran Berman, brother of twins, Ziv

and Gali Berman, who were being held.

And I asked him about the possibilities he saw and what President Trump and what Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, need to do to get his brothers

freed.

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ROBERTSON: It's been more than 630 days trying to get your twin brothers freed. Why is this the moment when it could happen?

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LIRAN BERMAN, BROTHERS WERE ABDUCTED IN OCTOBER 7 ATTACK ON ISRAEL: We just ended a 12 days war, whatever with a lot of accomplishment for Israel.

ROBERTSON: Is it a victory for Israel, do you think?

BERMAN: The victory -- a victory is when the hostages will come back?

ROBERTSON: How does having a good result against Iran help get your brothers out?

BERMAN: Because its isolate Hamas even more.

ROBERTSON: President Trump said he thought a deal could be done within a week. Are you as confident as him?

BERMAN: We are hearing a lot of optimism from the administration in the U.S. Right now, it's not happened yet. I wish I could be as optimistic as

President Trump. I'm taking his optimism because I need it. I need it for my brothers. I need for myself to keep going, but until the deal is signed,

I'm still realistic.

ROBERTSON: What is it that President Trump needs to say to Prime Minister Netanyahu or do to convince him to make this comprehensive, all the

hostages end of war deal?

BERMAN: The only thing that we didn't try is to end the war, to get hostages, not to end the war, just to end the war, we need the hostages and

to get all of 50 now is to end the war. This is what Hamas has said, and we didn't try this by now. We have a ceasefire with Lebanon. We have a

ceasefire now with Iran. Why is Gaza still a problem?

ROBERTSON: Why?

BERMAN: I don't know. I don't know. I'm really, don't know. I just want my two little brothers back.

ROBERTSON: You had proof of life earlier this year.

BERMAN: We have eyewitness saw them by February.

ROBERTSON: And now you're saying that they're separated in the tunnels.

BERMAN: This is the longest they've been separated. They have a bond. We do believe that they can sense each other and send each other strength inside

the tunnels. I wish they were together, but I know them. I know that they are strong.

ROBERTSON: What's that missing link that hasn't been there that President Trump can help your prime minister achieve?

BERMAN: I think it's a promise that if something will happen inside Gaza, then Israel will have permission to go back, if Hamas will hold two more

hostages, if Hamas will start building itself again. This is what we have in Lebanon, and this is what we have in Iran.

The hostages need to get out by any means necessary right now. 20 of them presume to be alive, including my two little brothers. They have limited

time, limited time.

ROBERTSON: And if the deal, the one that's been on the table for just releasing 10 living hostages, if that happens, and your brothers are not

among those 10.

BERMAN: Terrible situation. It is a terrible situation. It's not an ideal deal by any means, and everyone knows it.

ROBERTSON: Do you want it taken off the table?

BERMAN: No, because this is what we have right now.

ROBERTSON: And what's the pressure that President Trump can put on Hamas to get them to make a final compromise.

BERMAN: I wish him.

ROBERTSON: He's already hidden Alexander.

BERMAN: Yeah.

ROBERTSON: When he wanted to, he got the last American hostage freed.

BERMAN: That there was the left alive American hostage.

ROBERTSON: So, he can do that the U.S. President.

BERMAN: I don't know. I wish it was a magic wand. Who can, like, wave it and Hamas would say, take them. It needs to happen through the Qataris and

the Egyptians, both of them, the mediators, need to pressure the leadership in in Doha.

ROBERTSON: If you could speak to your brothers now. What's your message to your brothers, Gali and Ziv?

BERMAN: Gali and Ziv, stay strong. Everyone is safe at home, and everyone is fighting for your release, and we are doing whatever we can to bring you

back, and you will be here, and you will hug our father, and my mother will hug you, and you will have a future, and you will have kids, and I will be

an uncle for their kids.

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ROBERTSON (on camera): Well, the governments also announced that it now sees no security threat around some areas of the Gaza envelope, including

the kibbutz Kfar Aza, where Gali and Ziv were taken from. And I asked Lee Iran about the possibility of families going back then he told me, look, we

don't think that the security situation has changed.

We don't feel that it's safe to go back yet. Certainly, told me there were concerns in his family about any movement. It seems the government still

has a lot to do to convince those families from that kibbutz, particularly those who have still got hostages being held there in Gaza that is actually

safe to go back. Nic Robertson, CNN, Jerusalem.

GIOKOS: Iran's ambassador to the U.N. says his country's uranium enrichment will never stop, because Iran has what he calls an inalienable right to do

so for peaceful activity. The comments on CBS News' "Face the Nation" came one week after the U.S. launched strikes on several key Iranian nuclear

sites.

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Now, despite Donald Trump's claims that those attacks set back Iran's nuclear ambitions by decades, the head of the UN nuclear watchdog agency

tells CBS, Iran could begin enriching uranium again in a matter of months.

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RAFAEL GROSSI, IAEA DIRECTOR GENERAL: It is clear that there has been severe damage, but it's not total damage, first of all. And secondly, Iran

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

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GIOKOS: Peter Lee (ph) said, the U.S. strikes, quote, completely and totally obliterated Tehran's nuclear program. An F-16 fighter jet pilot

killed fighting in Ukraine. It's a major loss for the country as it tries to fend off another massive aerial assault from Russia. That is coming up

next. Stay with CNN.

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GIOKOS: Russia is making gains in its much-anticipated summer offensive against Ukraine, a huge aerial assault Sunday involved hundreds of drones

and dozens of missiles. The Ukrainian military says an F-16 pilot was killed and his fighter jet crashed while fending off the attack.

At least 11 others were injured, including two children in the Central City of Smila. Now this comes as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is

calling on Western allies for more aerial protection. He has also announced he was pulling out of the international treaty that bans the use of land

mines.

CNN Correspondent Clare Sebastian joins us now live from London. And Clare, we're seeing the fallout of this aerial assault tell us more about what we

know about this offensive as we're seeing these pretty harrowing pictures coming through.

CLARE SEBASTIAN, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Yeah, so Eleni, on the one hand, you have the air war, which we know is escalating, and has been escalating,

really for the best part of nine months, but I think in particular over the past few months. And then you have on the front lines what we believe is

part of a Russian summer offensive, but it has certainly not been a lightning offensive.

It seems to be showcasing Russia's manpower advantage and not a whole lot else. They are making slow and steady gains, but they are non-strategic,

and much like the rest of this war, it is a highly attritional offensive. Case in point, for example, Ukraine's Commander in Chief, Oleksandr Syrskyi

says that Russia has amassed some 111,000 troops on one part of the front line near the Town of Pokrovsk.

You'll have heard the name. This is the town that is sort of strategic -- to the rest of Donetsk, but it's a medium sized town. It's not a big city,

but Russia has been trying to take it for the best part of a year, and 110,000 is more than the size of the entire British standing army, so you

get a sense of the effort they're putting into this.

So, it's not good news for Ukraine, but it's certainly not opening up huge swathes of that front line. And meanwhile, Ukraine says it has been

fighting back in some areas. It claims to have stopped Russia's advance in the Sumy region, just across the border from Kursk, which of course Ukraine

had invaded last August.

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So, there is a lot of pushbacks. But of course, what this shows us is that Russia has absolutely no intention of halting the violence. It's made it

very clear that it is not going to sign on to any kind of ceasefire to aid in the progress of diplomacy, because, of course, it does not want to take

the risk that Ukraine would have a chance to regroup, Eleni.

GIOKOS: Yeah. I mean, look, and President Zelenskyy, since the start of the war, has been asking for protection from the skies, and of course, now

making that request once again from European leaders. How has that been taken? What's the response been from the Europeans?

SEBASTIAN: Well, so we're getting a lot of positive noises, certainly from the European leaders, definitely, despite the fact that the NATO Summit

last week didn't mention Ukraine in its final statement, trying to sort of push back from that and saying, you know, we're all together with Ukraine.

Certainly, that's what we heard last week, then again at the European Council, and today, following up from that, we have the German Foreign

Minister in Kyiv with a full-throated message of support. Take a listen to what he had to say.

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JOHANN WADEPHUL, GERMAN FOREIGN MINISTER: Putin accepts every human sacrifice in the process, and he is speculating that our attention will

wane, that our focus will shift to other crisis. The last few weeks have shown this, and that's why I say very clearly, he will not succeed in and

with German they stand firmly by Ukraine's side. We will support you for as long as necessary.

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SEBASTIAN: So, the message is clear. I think the timing also significant. Of course, Saturday night into Sunday, we saw the biggest aerial attack of

the war. So far as you noted, that was followed up again overnight into Monday, with another 100 plus drones fired at Ukrainian cities.

So, look, Ukraine has ramped up significantly its own defense industry. It can produce now a lot of the weapons it needs to defend the front lines,

but when it comes to the air war, it really needs Western help, and in particular patriot missiles. So, I think we heard from President Trump last

week that he would be looking potentially.

It was a bit of a vague comment at making more of making more of those patriot missiles available to Ukraine. I think certainly, given the scale

of this aerial assault, he will be facing more questions on that this week, Eleni.

GIOKOS: All right, Clare Sebastian, thank you so much. Two firefighters are dead, and another is fighting for his life after sniper attack on Sunday in

Idaho. The local sheriff says the suspect is believed to have intentionally started a brush fire in Idaho's Canfield Mountain before ambushing

firefighters and police responding to the emergency.

A man with a firearm was later found dead after standoff lasted several hours, and it is believed he acted alone right now, fire crews are still

working to contain the blaze. The suspect is believed to have started, which has already consumed at least 20 acres.

CNN Correspondent Julia Vargas Jones joins me now. Julia, give me a sense of the latest here, whether the fire is under control, and also a little

bit more detail about this horrendous attack.

JULIA VARGAS JONES, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, Eleni, the fire is not under control yet, but the scene where the shooter was at has been contained, the

sheriff said yesterday in a press conference, but they had to remove that body quite quickly, so they're returning to that area today, and that is

going to be the focus of the investigation today.

I want to play for you just a little bit of what these authorities here in Coeur d'Alene are looking for as they go up the side of this mountain.

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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We've got two unresponsive battalion chiefs, gunshot wounds, multiple gunshot wounds, two Coeur d'Alene firefighters are down.

We need law enforcement up here. We could possibly get to the two wounded out. I'm pinned down behind Battalion One's rig. It's clear to me that this

fire was sent intentionally to draw us in.

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JONES: So that dispatch audio there, Eleni, from the events that happened. You can sense the despair in her voice. It's quite unimaginable what these

firefighters went through to be ambushed like that in this situation now, the additional searches that will take place only after this fire threat

diminishes.

We will be looking at the weather to see how this will proceed today. Now you mentioned that. Now authorities do believe that this gunman acted

alone, and this is an important message for the community. The warnings for this area have been lifted, and the sheriff did say yesterday that at this

point, there was only one shooter on that mountain.

Now what they're looking for is, what other weapons did he have what other -- what else was he potentially planning to do? Take a listen to what he

said.

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SHERIFF ROBERT NORRIS, KOOTENAI COUNTY, IDAHO: We believe that there's a likelihood that when we are able to enter the scene again tomorrow without

the threat of fire, that we'll find other weapons that were placed --

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This was a total ambush. These firefighters did not have a chance.

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GIOKOS: Hi Julia.

JONES: And Eleni --

GIOKOS: Julia, thanks so much. Yep, can you hear me. Right Julia Vargas there for us.

JONES: -- overnight -- up to 20 acres, and this is a very steep terrain that we are talking about here. That is one of the challenges that

authorities are going to have as they continue this investigation, and we're hoping for more answers on the motive of the shooter as well as his

identity, which authorities have not released at this time, Eleni.

GIOKOS: Right, Julia, thank you so much. Apologies. Was a bit of a delay in communication there. Julia Vargas for us. All right, now it's time for the

jury to get to work in the criminal trial of Sean Diddy Combs. Attorneys wrapped up their closing arguments on Friday, the prosecution appealing to

jurors to hold the music mogul accountable for his actions.

The defense arguing the government did not prove the charges of racketeering conspiracy and sex trafficking. The 12 jurors will now enter

deliberations. They'll have to reach a unanimous verdict to find Combs guilty or not guilty, if he is convicted on all counts, he could face up to

life in prison.

Right, coming up on the show, Canada looks to appease the U.S. President after Mr. Trump abruptly canceled trade talks on Friday. We'll have the

details right after the short break. Stay with CNN.

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GIOKOS: Welcome back. I'm Eleni Giokos in Abu Dhabi, and you're watching "Connect the World". These are your headlines this hour. The U.S. Senate

has started a marathon voting session on amendments to President Donald Trump's domestic policy agenda. Republicans hope to get the bill approved

and sent back to the House for final passage this week.

And two firefighters are dead and another one is injured after a fatal attack in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. Authorities say the suspect intentionally

started a brush fire on Canfield Mountain before ambushing first responders who arrived on the scene. The shooter was later found dead near a weapon.

It is believed that he acted alone. Right, we've a few seconds to go before the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange, and markets are looking

good.

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It's going to be a positive day all around. A lot of hope on what will happen with the trade front between Canada and the United States. All

right. And there you have it. As you can see, the DOW Jones starting the day and the week off on a positive footing, up half a percent. NASDAQ also

looking strong, and so too is the S&P 500.

You've got some of that enthusiasm from investors stemming from the hopes of progress in trade talks between Canada and the United States, and that's

really boring markets right now. Canada is trying to get the United States back to the negotiating table by rescinding its digital services on tax

meant to go into effect today.

U.S. President Donald Trump canceling trade talks on Friday, citing that tax as the reason, the digital services tax is a way to get online

companies' tax rather than physical products. It was really interesting to see this playing out over the last few days. Here for more on what will be

a big week for the United States.

Some global economy, we've got Rajeev Sibal, he's a Senior Global Economist for Morgan Stanley, to give us a bit of an update. It's all about, well, to

try and get the United States and President Trump back to the negotiating table. What do you make of Canada pulling back on this digital services

tax?

RAJEEV SIBAL, SENIOR GLOBAL ECONOMIST FOR MORGAN STANLEY: Know, I think you're right. It was an attempt to bring the U.S. back to the negotiating

table. But I don't think Canada is going to be the only instance where we see this back and forth. You know, there's a lot of negotiations going on

right now.

And you're going to have headlines, I think, across a number of countries, on a number of sectors, where you begin to see this kind of back and forth.

And this should be expected as we get closer to the framework agreements, which have been, you know, set as, like a focus for the month of July.

We think that, you know, we're not going to get everything on July 8th and 9th as kind of had been the original target. I think a lot of

administration officials have been talking about this is going to be phased over time. That's to be expected. These negotiations take time. There's a

lot of detail that has to be worked out.

And so, what we saw in Canada is probably just another example of the details being worked out and the extended time frame that this can take.

GIOKOS: Yeah, I mean, they don't not only take a lot of time, but of course, things change by the minutes, and that's what we've come to sort of

realize in the last few months. But I want to know, in terms of Meta, Amazon, Google, they were all set to face some pretty big bills today. How

much revenue is Canada ultimately losing out in order to get Trump to that table?

SIBAL: Look, I don't have the specific number of how much revenues this could have meant you have to look at this in terms of the perspective of

how much business would have stayed on shore, and what the businesses would have done to react. I think this is just part of a broader conversation.

I you know, when we're in these deep negotiations, just isolating on one specific number is not really going to give you the context of what's

potentially on the table. There's a lot of other sectors that have big tariffs already, for example, in Section 232, sectors that are exposed from

U.S. tariffs at either 25 percent or 50 percent.

So, it's really about the puts and the takes and so, you know, I don't think we can really focus on any specific item, but we need to look at the

bigger picture to understand, you know, right now, the U.S. and Canada enjoy a largely tariff free trade relationship that has changed over the

past couple months.

We're having these bilateral negotiations, but these bilateral negotiations are probably going to feed into an even broader conversation that happens

later this year or early next year, when the U.S., Mexico, Canada agreement kind of comes up for review. So, I don't really think it really matters, so

to speak, in the specific instance of what one individual tax looks like.

I think we need to understand what the bigger picture looks like, and that could actually take months, given the broader context of negotiations that

will have to take place even after this bilateral conversation.

GIOKOS: Yeah, I want to turn focus now to the big, beautiful bill, and of course, whether it's going to be passed through the Senate. The version

right now would increase the deficit by $3.3 trillion I want to talk about the long-term impact here on the U.S. economy, and whether you've been

crunching the numbers and what you know who the winners and the losers ultimately are going to be?

SIBAL: Well, we've been doing a lot of analysis on U.S. public debt dynamics. I think it's no surprise or no secret that this probably leads to

wider deficits in the United States.

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Our estimation is that, what was a deficit, and I'm going to use round numbers, near 6.5 may move towards 7 percent especially on our growth

forecast, which expect kind of a deceleration later in the year. So, a 7 percent deficit with an elevated debt to GDP is a bit of a challenging

outlook in the medium term.

The real question then becomes, if these deficits realize. And you know, there's still a lot of trades that have to happen over the next few days.

Whether or not that number you highlighted 3, 3.3 trillion, is the final how much of that gets offset by tariff revenues, and then how dynamic are

those tariff revenues over time for the near, very near future, we think that we're going to get wider deficits.

We think that the U.S. growth slowdown is going to happen later this year. That's a function more of tariffs and some of the other policies that have

been going on during the first six months of this administration. The deficit dynamic is something that's going to take few years to really

figure out how wide the deficit may become.

And this is, I think, one of the big points of debate is what the growth outlook looks like in two or three years. For now, on the near term,

though, we just think that the deficit is going to be wider and that the U.S. debt dynamics look a little bit worse after this, if this bill passes

in its current form.

GIOKOS: Rajeev Sibal, thank you so much. Good to have you on the show. Right, protesters, in Florida are pushing back against the State of

Florida's plans for a new migrant detention facility. The jail, which has been nicknamed Alligator Alcatraz, is being set up on a remote airfield

just a few kilometers outside the Everglades National Park, and is set to open Tuesday. CNN's Rafael Romo explains why the state chose to put it

there.

RAFAEL ROMO, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Florida State officials say the migrant detention facility will be, in their words, efficient and low cost, because

mother nature will provide much of the security that suggests they are counting on alligators and pythons, not to mention the oppressive heat to

deter the migrants who would be held there from trying to escape, and it seems the federal government agrees.

The Department of Homeland Security published an AI photo on X that shows several alligators wearing ice hats outside of what appears to be a jail, a

post considered deeply offensive by Immigrant Rights Groups and others. We reached out to DHS, and they acknowledge the post is legitimate.

The first detainees are reportedly set to arrive at the facility as early as Tuesday, according to Florida Governor Ron DeSantis. Florida Attorney

General James Uthmeier calls it Alligator Alcatraz and says the overall site this 39 square miles, and it would hold more than 1000 people.

It's being erected on a little used air strip in the Everglades, and it would cost $450 million a year to run, according to a DHS official. The

state can request reimbursement for costs from the Federal Emergency Management Agency. A crowd of protesters descended on the site this weekend

to say no to the detention facility, arguing that it not only violates the rights of immigrants, but also endangers wildlife.

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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: What we see here is an effort to say that the Everglades are not a backdrop for political theater.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: They're using sacred land for such a sinister and vile, goal, end goal, which is not OK, right, in any sense of the word. And on

top of that is just the environmental impact that this will have as well.

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ROMO: In spite of these objections, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis last week floated the idea of building another immigration detention center in his

state as part of Florida's aggressive push to support the federal government's crackdown on illegal immigration. The second proposed site is

located at a Florida National Guard training center known as Camp Blanding, about 30 miles southwest of Jacksonville. Rafael Romo CNN, Atlanta.

GIOKOS: And still to come. It is day one of Wimbledon, the most prestigious tournament event in tennis. And American Coco Gauff and Spain's Carlos

Alcaraz are in the winning habit after scooping their respective titles in Paris a few weeks back. We'll check in with "World Sport" to see how the

defending men's champion is getting on. Stick with CNN.

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GIOKOS: Whether you choose to cool down with strawberries and cream or perhaps a Pimms Cup, this year's Wimbledon promises to serve up some epic

play on grass. British tennis fans get an early chance to check the form of their own leading women's player Emma Raducanu, and she opens her challenge

today on court one.

We've got, of course, and just 22-years-old. Can you believe that Carlos Alcaraz is gunning for his third straight men's single title at Wimbledon?

We've got Amanda Davies joining us now from London. Is it Pimms or is it strawberries and cream, Amanda for you?

AMANDA DAVIES, CNN WORLD SPORT: I have to say, it's not a Pimms cup, Eleni. It's a Pimms jug. Particularly on a day like today. It is record-breaking

temperatures here in London, it is positively scorchier. Carlos Alcaraz, as you say, the men's defending champion looking to kick on, having claimed

that French Open victory after that epic five set encounter against Jannik Sinner then taking the victory in Queens just last week.

He's very much been playing down talk of becoming just the fifth man to do the three Peter in the Open Era here at Wimbledon, but it's always such a

special occasion, and if anybody was in any doubt, well, just ask David Beckham. He was in Atlanta on Sunday night watching into Miami against

Paris Saint-Germain.

GIOKOS: Yeah.

DAVIES: Flew through the night and has rocked up and is there watching on - - today. But we've got a full roundup of what's going on in just a couple of minutes.

GIOKOS: Fantastic. Whatever you do, Amanda, don't forget the sun block. Safety first. See you right after the break. More "World Sports" after

this. I'll be back at the top of the hour.

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