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Giuliani Suspended from Practicing Law in D.C.; Japan Declares State of Emergency; Company Offers COVID Vaccine Incentive; Elsa Continues up the I-95 Corridor. Rebels in Myanmar Train for Civil War; Tampa Bay Lighting Repeats Stanley Cup Win; Uncle of Teen who Filmed Floyd Murder Dies in Police Crash. Aired 6:30-7a ET

Aired July 08, 2021 - 06:30   ET

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MAGGIE HABERMAN, CNN POLITICAL ANALYST: Of what you're talking about, which is rejecting this idea that he is still the president. There are a number of his followers who still believe that. The number of Republicans who believe that the election was stolen or a sham or not legit has risen as he has continued to talk about this. So there are real world implications into what he's doing.

JOHN BERMAN, CNN ANCHOR: How is Rudy Giuliani doing this morning?

HABERMAN: I think probably not as well as he was yesterday morning before the D.C. bar suspended his law license.

BERMAN: So the D.C. bar, again, it happened in New York, based on the various actions that Giuliani took during the presidential election and after the election. Now, D.C. has joined suit saying, look, until this is resolved, he can't practice law in Washington, D.C. What is the nature of the current relationship between Rudy Giuliani and Trump world?

HABERMAN: There's a difference between Trump world and Giuliani and Trump and Giuliani. There are a number of Trump aides who are very, very tired of Giuliani. They are tired of his antics. They blame him for both impeachments, not just one.

The former president has his own sort of, you know, historic relationship with Giuliani that I think factors into his thinking. The former president actually got very angry at how and -- and that is according to a number of people, at how Giuliani's son, Andrew, who is running for governor in New York, was sort of suggesting to people, to reporters, to others that, you know, he had had a productive meeting with the former president and implying that an endorsement could be in the offing. I've noticed he's cleaned that up lately. That did not thrill him. That has not helped the relationship.

It's certainly not what it was. It's not nothing. It probably never will be nothing because Donald Trump very rarely closes the door on anyone entirely, but it's -- it's strained.

BERMAN: Maggie Haberman, great to see you. HABERMAN: Thanks.

BERMAN: Thanks so much for coming in.

So, two weeks before the Olympics, a state of emergency has been declared in Tokyo due to coronavirus. That happened moments ago. What this means for the future of the games.

BRIANNA KEILAR, CNN ANCHOR: Plus, get vaccinated and win a year's salary. The incentive that one company is now offering to combat vaccine hesitancy.

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BERMAN: All right, breaking news.

Moments ago, Japan declared a state of emergency in Tokyo, two weeks before the start of the Olympic Games. It will last six weeks through the end of the games.

Selina Wang is live in Tokyo, where I should note an anti-Olympics protest has just wrapped up.

What's the latest?

SELINA WANG, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Right, John. The protesters that were here are angry that the games are going to go ahead in the middle of a state of emergency as COVID cases are once again surging in Tokyo, reaching the highest level in months. And as experts continue to warn against hosting these games, even the prime minister, just moments ago, saying that more cases are being driven by the delta variant in Japan.

But it's not just the protesters, John. I've been speaking to residents walking by this area and they say they are scared of the surge in infections. They still have yet to get vaccinated. And that they aren't in support of the games. Just 15 percent of the population here has been fully vaccinated.

Now, as a result of the state of emergency, which is not a hard lockdown, organizers are debating now if spectators should be allowed at all or if the cap should be reduced from the previously announced cap of up to 10,000 people per venue.

Now, overseas fans have already been banned. If local ones are banned, too, John, this would be unprecedented. It would be a huge blow to Japan, which has spent more than $15 billion on these games.

Now, the protesters here today, though, they're also protesting the arrival of Thomas Bach, the head of the IOC. Many people here in Japan view him as a symbol of corporate greed and the IOC plowing ahead with these games at the expense of Japanese people's health and their lives.

John.

BERMAN: It will be fascinating to see how this all plays out. Complicated to say the least.

Selina, thank you so much.

KEILAR: As of this morning, nearly half of the U.S. population is fully vaccinated, but the rate of new vaccinations is going down, and this is continuing here. To try to counter this trend, one IT company in Virginia called Leidos is doing its part, offering ten employees the opportunity to win a year's salary as part of a vaccine lottery. And the CEO of that company, Roger Krone, is with us now.

Roger, thank you so much for joining us to talk about this.

How did you decide you were going to give this incentivize?

ROGER KRONE, CEO OF COMPANY HOLDING VACCINE LOTTERY: Well, you know, we saw, I think, as we have seen across the U.S., the number of people getting vaccinated slowing down. And we were trying to find any incentive we could to convince people who were sitting on the fence about whether they should get vaccined or not, or vaccinated or not. And, yes, there was a lot of press around what happened in Ohio and other states.

KEILAR: The Vax-a-Million lotteries.

KRONE: The Vax-a-Million lottery and maybe not exactly appropriate for us, but we wanted to do something that was significant enough to attract the attention of our employees. And we started a million dollars and then we thought, we wanted to give it to them more than if you will one person. And then we decided that we all dream about what we would do if we had an extra year's salary and we thought that would be a nice way to convince some of the people who, you know, think we've gotten to herd immunity or that they don't need to get vaccinated to actually get off the fence and go ahead and get the shot.

KEILAR: This is a reality in your company. You lost folks to the virus.

KRONE: Yes, we were actually one of the first losses here in the D.C. area. Keith Redding (ph) was the first employee that we lost in March at the very beginning of the pandemic. And we've lost eight employees throughout the, you know, last 18 months. And we've had many, many that have been sick and hospitalized. So it's a -- and we're in -- one of our areas of businesses is in healthcare. So we have a chief medical officer. We followed what was going on. And we do work for NIAID. Ad so we really understood what was going on and how important it is to get vaccinated.

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KEILAR: I was looking at some of the stipulations in your vaccination lottery or incentive program and I think it speaks to some of the sensitivities that many companies are dealing with because you're not going to ask people to provide a vaccination card. And people who have exemptions for religious or for medical reasons can also join this lottery. And you're not going to require vaccination for people to go back to work.

Are you worried about people coming back to work without being vaccinated?

KRONE: Well, we worry about everything. We worry about, you know, the health and welfare of our employees and creating an environment where people feel safe and so that they want to return back to work. For those people who are not vaccinated, they need to continue to wear a face covering, do social distancing.

But we worry about everything. We -- and whether it be COVID-19 or the flu or, you know, any one of the communicable diseases that we've dealt with as a corporation, we try to take measures to protect our employees as best we can.

KEILAR: Well, Roger, we know you're looking towards a bit of a reopening date here in the fall, so good luck with that as you do.

KRONE: Right.

KEILAR: Roger Krone, thank you so much.

KRONE: Great. Thank you, Brianna.

BERMAN: Developing overnight, multiple injuries and damage reported after a suspected tornado touched down at the naval submarine base in Kings Bay, Georgia. It comes as Tropical Storm Elsa works its way up the I-95 corridor.

Our meteorologist, Chad Myers, tracking the storm for us.

A lot of people in its path, Chad.

CHAD MYERS, AMS METEOROLOGIST: Absolutely. All the way up even to Atlanta, into Canada. We have tropical storm warnings all the way to Boston at this hour. Still a 40 mile per hour storm, very close to I'd say Columbia, South Carolina.

This weather is brought to you by Carvana, the new way to buy a car.

So let's get it to. Horry County, Grand Strand, you are seeing the rainfall now. Some wind pushing on shore. Still the potential for a small tornado or two. Some of these storms are, in fact, rotating.

Look at the Myrtle Beach gusts, 37 this hour. It was 48 miles per hour last hour. So this storm is not over yet. An awful lot of rainfall. But look how much rain has come down all the way from southwestern Florida all the way now up to North Carolina.

And there it goes. Taking an aim at New York City. Now, it's not going to be a big storm by the time it gets there, but a lot of rain in the city, into Connecticut, New Jersey as well, and then on up toward the Bay of Fundy for our neighbors to the north. Here comes the storm. This is what it's going to look like. The

rainfall continues today. Rain coming on shore for Horry County, but by tonight, right around Richmond, Virginia, you'll be the center of the circulation, likely a 35 miles per hour storm there.

And look what happens to tomorrow's New York City commute. What a mess. Just offshore. Three to five inches of rainfall coming down for the city. Connecticut, all the way back even into parts of Pennsylvania. And then by tomorrow night finally moving on off toward the north and the northeast.

There it goes. Three to five inches for New York City. Expect that, John.

BERMAN: That's a lot of water.

MYERS: Yes, it is.

BERMAN: All right, Chad, thank you very much. Appreciate it.

MYERS: You got it.

BERMAN: A moment of silence in Surfside as the painstaking effort shifts from a rescue to a recovery mission. New details of a previous damage in the building's garage, next.

KEILAR: Plus, we have an exclusive look inside a rebel training camp in Myanmar. How young recruits are preparing for a civil war against the country's ruling military.

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KEILAR: Five months after a brutal coup in Myanmar, resistance groups are preparing for battling against the country's ruling military regime. And CNN's Sam Kiley got exclusive access to a rebel base camp that is deep in the jungle where those who protested the February coup are now training for civil war.

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SAM KILEY, CNN SENIOR INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT (voice over): A grueling journey through jungle eventually revealing this -- a rebel base in Myanmar. Camp Victoria, a major headquarters in a nationwide uprising against the country's military junta. Some 200 volunteers from around the country have come seeking the military skills that they want to fight a regime that seized power in February and has brutally dashed hopes of democracy here. Their villages, young workers and many are former students who protested the coup and now believe that they must take up arms against it.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Sad. It's very sad. They killed many people of our country. This camp -- this camp can give me the power to fight the military junta. KILEY: The instructors are members of the Chin National Front, a long-

standing separatist army that is now in alliance with many others under Myanmar's National Unity Government in exile.

KILEY (on camera): These raw (ph) recruits are on day three of their training. They're only going to get 45 days training. That includes drill, assault courses and above all weapons training before they're going to be thrown back into the fight.

DR. SUI KHAR, VICE CHAIRMAN, CHIN NATIONAL FRONT: They're good with local guns.

KILEY (voice over): Rebel leaders know more blood will flow.

KHAR: There are more than 15,000 already and still coming and still organizing. I mean mobilizing the armed fighters. And that is what that's -- the NUG is trying to equip arms for them.

KILEY (on camera): So it really is a civil war, isn't it?

KHAR: Leading to the civil war.

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Now it's in the -- kind of an urban guerrilla attack (ph), but within months, it will transform into like a conventional civil war.

KILEY (voice over): Recent fighting with the junta forces has meant that re-enforcements have been rushed to defensive lines. But the rushed training has dangerous consequences.

KILEY (on camera): This young man, his comrades have told me, was blown up by an improvised explosive device that he was trying to plant as part of the defensive perimeter around this camp and around some of the villages that are threatened by the government army.

KILEY (voice over): Already, refugees are on the move, leaving these idyllic villages for hillside camps.

Tial Song told me that the women, children and elders fled their village when they heard the sounds of fighting. Many men stayed behind, but everyone fears the military for its brutality.

The Chin National Front says it's trained 3,000 people at Camp Victoria. Those who have graduated have been immediately deployed. Most of their weapons are bird hunting, homemade shotguns, stored with an open fire to keep the damp off. They believe that this is a just fight, but they're short of weapons and rushed through training. And it will take more than righteousness and shotguns to topple a military regime.

And as the conflict continues, the numbers of dead will rise to a level when, eventually, people may start to lose count.

(END VIDEOTAPE) KILEY: Now, John and Brianna, of course there is fighting now in a number of areas across Myanmar. The prognosis there is pretty grim. And I think the international community, which has been raising concerns about the growing violence on both sides, but particularly from the government's side, is now really facing the worry of Burma collapsing into what ultimately may turn out to be a failed state.

John. Brianna.

KEILAR: Sam, thank you so much for that exclusive look inside that rebel camp. Sam Kiley for us on that story.

The teenager who videotaped George Floyd's murder is now coping with another loss involving Minneapolis Police.

BERMAN: Plus, top scientists arguing against the theory that the pandemic was caused by a lab leak. But not everyone is on board.

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KEILAR: For the second time in ten months, the Tampa Bay Lightning are Stanley Cup champions.

Coy Wire has this morning's "Bleacher Report."

I can say your name and that -- report.

COY WIRE, CNN SPORTS CORRESPONDENT: That's a tongue twister.

KEILAR: I mean, wow, this was some kind of show.

WIRE: It's not even 7:00 a.m. yet here, Brianna.

KEILAR: I know, it's not even a hard name to say, but here we are.

What a showing.

WIRE: Oh, it's incredible. Tampa, Brianna, is like the new title town. The Lightning winning back-to-back for just the second time since the turn of the century. The Bucs won the Super Bowl at home. Never been done before. They did that this year. And last night, against the Canadians, it was rookie Ross Colton deflecting a pass from David Savard to find the back of the net and that's all the Lightning would need, Brianna, to win game five.

Mayor Jane Castor said that she was hoping they'd lose the last game so that they could clinch at home and see this. More than 18,000 fans celebrating with their team. Hoisting that trophy on home ice last season. Remember, they won in a bubble in Edmonton in front of no fans at all. It's been a great year in champ-a bay. Bucs, Bolts and now Rays, you're up.

And they're rolling, too. On the other side of Tampa Bay and St. Pete, the defending American League champions making history of their own. Five pitchers combining to throw just the second seven inning no hitter in the MLB this season. They did it in the second game of their doubleheader against Cleveland. I won't could as an official no-no, because games have to be at least nine innings to be considered official according to MLB rules. There had been seven official no hitters this season. We'll see if these Rays can keep rocking.

All right, for the first time in 19 years, Roger Federer has lost at Wimbledon in straight sets. He was knocked out by 24-year-old Hubert Hurkacz of Poland, who calls Federer his idol. This was in the quarter finals. Federer getting an ovation from the crowd at center court and that might be the last good-bye there.

The eight-time Wimbledon champ acknowledged afterward that he wasn't sure whether he will be back. Federer turns 40 a month from today. But what an incredible career we have witnessed. Twenty grand slam single titles overall. Brianna, he's tied with Rafael Nadal for most ever.

KEILAR: Yes, it's really amazing. But I have a little tear. I have a little tear for that.

WIRE: Yes.

KEILAR: I'm not going to lie, Coy.

Thank you so much. Coy Wire.

WIRE: You got it.

BERMAN: So, Darnella Frazier, the teen who recorded the video of George Floyd's murder, says her uncle was killed in a car crash involved Minneapolis Police.

Joining me now with the details, CNN anchor and correspondent Laura Jarrett.

How sad.

LAURA JARRETT, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Yes, some really sad news to report here, John.

Just 17 years old, she became known for something she never wanted, witnessing and, of course, recording the grisly murder of George Floyd as former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin pressed his knee on Floyd neck's for nearly ten minutes.

Now, Darnella Frazier dealing with a personal tragedy of her own involving the same police department. Frazier posed on FaceBook that her uncle, Leneal Frazier, was killed early Tuesday morning after Minneapolis Police crashed into his car at an intersection. Now, police came they were pursuing a suspect connected to a string of robberies in the area and collided with Leneal's vehicle.

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Frazier, obviously, devastated by this news, asking why police were conducting a high speed chase in a residential area and writing on FaceBook.