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Trump: We Are Working On A "Meaningful" Deal With Iran; Trump Says Iran Has "Taken Too Long To Negotiate"; Anti-Immigration Violence Erupts In Belfast, Other Cities; President Signs $70 Billion Bill Funding Immigration Enforcement; Taliban Accused Pakistan Of Killing 11 Children In Strikes; Former Air Canada Pilot Charged For Flying Without License; A.I.-Generated "Dreams Of Violets" Debuts At Major Festival; Aired 12-1p ET
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DONALD TRUMP, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: Buy it. And they offered me exactly 10 percent of what it's worth today. And I didn't want to do it,
because I didn't want to look foolish when they flipped it a year later for hundreds of billions of dollars more. So I kept it.
And I put him in charge as soon as I got here. And he's done an amazing job. Could be worth a trillion dollars.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: It's a different portfolio than that.
TRUMP: Well, I know. But, you know, smart people are smart people. I always say, I'd rather have smart than experience, but experience is good too.
I would say this. He's going to be there for a short while we pick somebody else. We're interviewing five different people. They're all very good. Very
different. And we'll put somebody there.
But people want it downsized. The senators and the Congress people, I think, everybody wants it downsized. And many people, I think. And I won't
speak for Todd but -- and I'm not sure how Todd feels.
By the way, he's great. I hope people have given him an easy run because he's very busy. He doesn't need stupid people saying, why didn't you get a
higher mark at a certain college? Because he's highly educated. He was a great student. He's great at everything he's done. And how come he got a B
plus?
See, they'll go after him for getting a B plus instead of an A. But the other guy can be a thug. And let him run, he's OK. He's fine.
The one thing about him, it's great. Because every time they bring something up, he's worse than anybody that we've ever seen.
And I hope the Republicans are going to use him as your standard bearer.
When they -- when they say that, gee, Eric, we don't like the way you dress today. It's unacceptable, right? And then all you have to do is point to
this thug that they're trying to put in.
So pretty much as so it is, he's going to do a good job. He's going to be there for a very short period of time. He will be superseded and replaced
by somebody that's going to have the job permanently. OK.
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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: What do you think, Mr. President, Democrats say, go hold up that --
TRUMP: I don't care what they say. They're dumbocrats. They're not Democrats. They're dumbocrats. They're dumb people. Yes.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: But you need their votes.
TRUMP: Then I guess something's going to happen. No. We can't let them extort us. I told the guys today, we can't let them. They did -- they've
done it on numerous occasions. I said, we can't -- this -- what we're signing today has been amazing, but they tried to extort us.
And eventually -- and they were losing tremendous support because they were extorting on law and order. And they can't win on law and order. People
want law and order. They don't want crime. And that's essentially what they were doing.
And ultimately, they could not take the heat. But we can't let them extort us.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The World Cup, Mr. President, it starts tomorrow.
TRUMP: What -- what starts?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The World Cup.
TRUMP: Yes.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Sorry. The World Cup. Football.
TRUMP: The most successful World Cup they've ever had.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Exactly.
TRUMP: They've never sold tickets at that level. They've never sold that many tickets so quickly. It's amazing because you don't think of soccer. We
use the word football, soccer, right? But you don't think of soccer in this country.
It's the most successful -- I spoke to Gianni this morning. He's fantastic. And he's the boss. He said, there's never anything close to what's
happening.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: But either it's a success, some people are afraid that it's going to be harder and harder to get visas to come from outside. And
you're really --
TRUMP: Well, we're working on it very closely to make sure the right people come into our country.
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TRUMP: I will. I will.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Are you concerned, Mr. President, about the latest inflation number which came out this morning? Could that be a big deal?
TRUMP: No, I love it. The numbers were great. You know what? I really love it. I love the inflation. You know why? Because as soon as this war is
over, you know, I can say it now, something you didn't know.
Do you know we've been taking out? Millions and barrels of oil. Nobody knows it. You know who doesn't know about it? Iran, until right now.
We took out the other night, 22 ships. Late at night with no lights. Because they don't have any radar because we blasted the crap out of it. We
took that. That's why oil is $85 a barrel.
I mean, you take a look. Remember when I did this, I said, look, the one bad thing will be we hit the best economy we've ever hit. And I said to my
people, I had Scott, Howard, I had Pete, I had all of them. I had Todd in the room.
I said, the one thing we have to do now, we had just hit the highest stock market in history, highest 401(k)s in history. Everything was going well.
And I said, I hate to do this to you guys, but Iran is going to have a nuclear weapon very soon. We have to go and attack.
So we hit him with the B2 bombers, which we took a lot of courage. It was totally successful. We buried it. Very hard to get.
But now we had to make the second move. And I said, you know, the bad part is the stock market will go down by a lot based on predictions of experts,
like 25 percent. And it was worth it. To me, it was worth it, not to have a nuclear weapon.
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And the other thing is that oil would go to $250 a barrel. It's at $85. And which is pretty amazing.
And here's the key, we just hit today another stock market. I had 74 in my short time here, 74 days we had stock market, all-time historical highs.
Nobody can believe it, the Dow, the Dow, the S&P. S&P was at 7,000, they said, in four years, maybe five years. It will never hit during the term.
It was too much. I hit it in my first year.
I hit on the Dow. It was 50,000. It was an impossible number. They said five, six years out, you'll get. Well, I hit it in my first year. And now I
get everyone in the room and say, congratulations, but now I'm going to take it down a little bit because we cannot let Iran have a nuclear weapon.
And they all agreed with me. Todd, you remember. Everybody agreed. And we took a little journey down to Iran. We first stopped off at Venezuela, by
the way. And we have paid for that war many, many times over. And we have great relationships with the people of Venezuela. We get along with
everybody.
It was a great success. It was a one-day war. It was really -- it was really, to be exact, 48 minutes of fury. And it was over. And Venezuela is
doing great. Relationships with the people are great.
It's become a happy country, believe it or not. I mean, it's become a happy country. And we are -- we're taking out millions of barrels of oil from
Venezuela.
And then we went to Iran. And essentially, we've done the same thing. It doesn't look as pretty, but we've -- there's no navy. Hundred and fifty-
nine ships at the bottom of the sea. There's no air force. All of their planes are blown up.
Most of their drones are gone. Most of their drone-making ability is gone. Most of their missiles are gone. All of their leadership is gone, so they
replaced it. All of that leadership is gone, so they replaced it. And that's the people we're dealing with now. And I think they're going to want
to make a deal, but we're going to find out.
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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Inflation will come down between now --
TRUMP: Oh, when -- when the war is over --
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Yes.
TRUMP: -- it's coming down.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I know you can --
TRUMP: It's going to come down like a rock. And again, we're taking out millions which I'm just announcing today for the first time, but we've been
taking out millions of barrels of oil, millions of barrels.
Every night, we took out oil. But now I'm going to tell you because they just figured it out. So now that they figured it out, I can tell you.
It was very hard for me. I wanted to say it so badly, but it was -- I didn't want to ruin it, but it was very hard. But millions of barrels of
oil has come out. That's why it's at $85, $90 a barrel instead of $250.
But we have the greatest military in the world, the toughest military in the world, the grip. Just the best in every way. Nobody even close. There's
no military that's even close. I rebuilt it during my first term. I'm using it now.
When this conflict is over -- Todd said, please go to conflict, right? As opposed to the war. He didn't like the word war, but it's sort of a
conflict. It's a military operation.
When it's over, you will see oil drop to where it was before. We're getting gasoline. Just before it started, I was in Iowa, and we passed gas
stations, $1.85 a gallon. And we'll be back at those levels very soon.
Thank you very much, everybody.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Thank you, press. Thank you, press. Thank you, press. Thank you, guys. Thank you, guys. Thank you.
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BIANNA GOLODRYGA, CNN ANCHOR: All right. You've been listening to the U.S. president speak about the war with Iran, along with other topics, as he was
signing an immigration funding bill at the White House.
He said that he would like to see an Iran deal imminently and one that is meaningful and that works, and that would make sure that Iran never has the
capability to build a nuclear weapon.
He says they keep tapping us along. This in response to his statement just earlier this week that we were days away from a deal. He also noted the
continued strikes overnight, the three strikes in retaliation to the downing of a U.S. Apache helicopter, saying that they were hit very hard.
And that they will also be hit very hard as well, alluding to more strikes coming today.
Let's bring in White House correspondent Alayna Treene. So, Alayna, your reaction to that, the president previewing perhaps additional military
kinetic action against Iran for the downing of that Apache helicopter.
And the president also making some news, though there had been reports about this over the last few weeks, that the U.S. had been quite successful
in escorting some additional oil carriers out of the Strait, that was in response to a question about the high inflation number today, the president
suggesting that oil prices should remain relatively muted, even though they are higher than they were prior to the war. What stood out to you?
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ALAYNA TREENE, CNN WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT: Yes. Let me start with what we heard him say about more imminent attacks on Iran. I find this
fascinating. We now have seen this being the second day in a row that the president has previewed soon -- soon to be strikes from the U.S. being
launched at the Iranians.
Obviously, we saw that yesterday, him saying that there would be a response to that downed Apache helicopter with the president accusing Iran of that
on Monday.
We obviously saw strikes from the U.S. military on different Iranian targets play out shortly thereafter.
And then today, he's arguing that people should be tuned into their televisions. That is the rhetoric that the president used because more
strikes were coming. He said, we hit them hard yesterday. We're going to hit them again hard today. And we'll see what happens with a deal.
I think the other thing to keep in mind here is how the president has been talking about the deal in the last day or so. One is, you know, we just
heard a moment ago arguing that he believed that they were really close. He then corrected it to say, we are really close to a deal before adding that
he believes that the Iranians are, quote, tapping us along. They keep playing us for suckers. That is the words that President Trump used.
Quite different than what we heard from President Donald Trump less than 48 hours ago. It was just early Tuesday morning that we heard Trump saying
that he believed that a deal was two to three days away and was very optimistic about their chances of finalizing that.
Clearly, the president is very frustrated. I think the key question at this point is, is this bluster, is this some sort of last-minute pressure that
the president is trying to place on the Iranians to really force them to make a deal at this point?
There's no doubt in my conversations with U.S. officials that they believe diplomacy is still the preference for President Trump. He said this on
Tuesday morning as well, that he doesn't want full-out war. He doesn't want there to be more killing. And he doesn't want the Strait of Hormuz to
remain closed, which, of course, if the U.S. were to resume full-out war, it would be closed for several more months is what Trump said.
But he's clearly reaching this level of impatience that he is feeling with the Iranians for having dragged out these talks for so long. So, I think,
you know, a lot of reporting we still have, my colleagues and I here at the White House, to do about what exactly this imminent attack that the
president's preview is going to be like and whether or not that will be enough to potentially upend these negotiations overall, or if perhaps those
are still on track.
I should note as well, despite what we have heard from the president this morning and then in these comments just now in the Oval Office, we do know
that talks are still, in some ways, progressing after the U.S. and Iran exchange fire yesterday.
We know that the Qataris are now in Iran today, hoping to bridge some of the gaps between Washington and Tehran on a potential memorandum of
understanding. All of this, of course, though, very much up in the air, hearing what we are now from President Donald Trump.
On your second point, though, Bianna, quickly, on the oil. Look, I think, one, it is notable that he said that the U.S. has been successful in
helping escort some of these vessels through the Strait and the U.S. blockade on Iranian ports.
Part of the reason we have heard the president be so optimistic over the last several weeks is, of course, as well a play to these markets and
wanting to ensure that oil prices remain relatively, you know, do not exceed, I guess, the level that many people have worried they could have,
even as we're seeing, of course, this war greatly impact inflation, greatly impact the markets.
He maintains that oil prices will come down swiftly once this is resolved. But listening to him now, very much unclear when that will be, Bianna.
GOLODRYGA: All right. Alayna Treene, go do all of that important and great reporting that you always do for us now, following those comments from the
president. Really appreciate it.
I'm joined now by General Wesley Clark, the former NATO Supreme Allied Commander and founder of Renew America Together, a bipartisan nonprofit.
General, so there you heard the president making some news, perhaps taking out a bit of the element of additional surprise for Iran, saying that they
can expect another strike today. He really didn't have much of a choice, did he, following the downing of that Apache helicopter?
WESLEY CLARK, FORMER NATO SUPREME ALLIED COMMANDER: That's exactly right.
And where we are, Bianna, as the Iranians are at least a faction of the Iranians, the IRGC, is quite arrogant. They -- they took the best the --
that -- that America could give them in terms of the air campaign. They're still in the fight.
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They're able to strike their neighbors across the Gulf. They think this is a big step forward for them. And they've got control of the Strait of
Hormuz, which they always wanted, but which they never quite dared to try to assert. Now, they're asserting belongs to them.
So -- so they're on the, in their view, on the ascendancy. And in order for these -- these negotiations to go anywhere, got to have leverage against
them. I've got to take them down off their perch.
And so, yes, the United States had to strike last night, got to strike again. And I hope we will strike the Strait of Hormuz as we did last night
and begin to take out the assets there that are enabling the Iranians to try to block shipping.
That's the real central point of the campaign, not -- not the infrastructure. That's easy to hit, makes a big splash, but you got to pick
-- pick -- pick at the radar sites, the command and control centers, where the small boats are, where the missiles might be hidden among the caves and
the rocks of the Strait of Hormuz. That's what we have to take out.
GOLODRYGA: I remember in the early days, because there were very limited days that the blockade was really enforced. You were supportive of that.
Why do you think the United States changed course?
I know there'd been some reporting that there was pressure from Saudi Arabia and Gulf nations, but what is your analysis? What is your take?
CLARK: So first of all, I've always said, this was an inevitable conflict. I think when we went into it, we didn't take adequate measures to protect
our -- the Gulf States that are our allies. I think that's what the lessons learned will show.
I think the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz was anticipated by every scenario planner, but for whatever reason, we didn't take the right
measures immediately to go after those assets that were enabling them to do the blockade.
I think our counter blockade is right, but the counter blockade also is incomplete. So they are getting some assets out. They're getting some
imports in through the Caspian beaches, through the Caspian ports, and also from Pakistan.
And -- and I hope we'll go to our friends in Pakistan and say, look, we all want this to be over. Why don't you help us end it more rapidly by
constricting the flow in and out of Iran?
There's six major highways and -- and entry points from Pakistan into Iran. Well, let's get those closed. Let's let the IRGC understand that the world
doesn't appreciate their actions. The world doesn't want Iran to have a nuclear weapon. And Pakistan, you're part of the world. Let's do your part
in this. Not just hosting negotiations.
GOLODRYGA: Yes. And the reason I asked about the counter blockade from the United States was that many who I'd spoken with who -- who viewed that
action alone as being extremely detrimental to the IRGC from an economic standpoint have told me that it would only work if it was fully put into
effect.
And as you just noted, there are some caveats, whether it's through Pakistan, whether it's through other means, land means to which oil is
being able to come in and out. And they are not to the degree that they were prior to the war, but they are still getting some sort of financial
aid from the sale of this oil.
So now that the United States, President Trump says that they can expect a counter strike, in your view, is this MOU? Is the deal that the president
says the Iranians are just now tapping along? Is this perhaps not something that we can't anticipate happening in the days and weeks to come as the
president noted? How close are we, in your view, to a deal?
CLARK: Well, I don't think we've ever been very close to a deal because the Iranians have set conditions that we just don't want. I mean, we're not
going to give, I hope we're not going to give, $24 billion to them upfront.
It's their money, sure. But until they can live with the rest of the world, give up the idea of trying to take over the Middle East and getting a
nuclear weapon, we shouldn't be subsidizing their military. And that $24 billion will go right to their military.
So -- so that's one of the preconditions that's holding this up, as I understand, where the negotiations are.
So I don't think we're that close, but I do think that we can be closer if we have more leverage. And that leverage really comes from keeping the
counter blockade in place. Tightening it up through Pakistan and across the Caspian.
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And then bit by bit, taking away their assets that control the Strait of Hormuz, putting our ships in there to escort, maybe getting some contractor
operated ships in there, getting the Gulf partners to participate with us in that, as well as our NATO allies. Then we've got a reasonable chance of
getting the right kind of diplomatic settlement.
What we don't want, Bianna, is we don't want a quick agreement and then be back at war again in three or four years and this time, it's nuclear.
GOLODRYGA: Exactly. And it seems that that is the pressure that the president is facing now into this war as soon as possible to restore the
flow of traffic in the Strait of Hormuz, bring down oil and gas prices. At the same time as he is saying, he -- he does not want to sign a deal that
many of you would be equal, if not even weaker to the JCPOA, something that he has criticized for many, many years.
General Wesley Clark, really good to see you. Thanks so much for your analysis and expertise. Appreciate it.
CLARK: Thank you.
GOLODRYGA: And coming up for us, almost a dozen children are reported to be killed after Pakistani strikes on Afghanistan. We'll look at what's behind
the violence.
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GOLODRYGA: Angry protests erupted in Northern Ireland after video of a horrific stabbing attack went viral this week.
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GOLODRYGA: Officials say masked rioters set homes and vehicles on fire in a wave of anti-immigration violence targeting places where people from ethnic
minorities live. Some transport services in schools are closing early today.
The suspect in the knife attack, a Sudanese man, has been charged with attempted murder. One Christian leader described what he had seen as the
violence flared.
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REVEREND BRIAN ANDERSON, EAST BELFAST METHODIST MISSION: I could think I could use the word anarchy. It took us back certain times in the troubles.
We're just for a short period of time before security forces in place and fire came in. Fire services came in. Just cars been turned over, picked on,
smashed, then set a light, cheers gone up, and then spreads in streets like this to, you know, what you see here with these houses just awful.
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GOLODRYGA: CNN's Nada Bashir is in London with the latest.
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NADA BASHIR, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, those protests have not only been taking place in Northern Ireland but are spread across other cities in the
United Kingdom. But as you mentioned, there had been calls on social media, including from notable figures for protesters to take to the streets
following Monday night's horrific attack in which we saw a man in his 40s being attacked repeatedly by, as you mentioned, an individual believed to
be a 30-year-old Sudanese man who has now been charged with attempted murder.
And, of course, the video of that horrifying attack did spread across social media quite rapidly. It was very graphic, very distressing, and was
filmed by an eyewitness, as bystanders attempted to intervene. But this has really turned into now protests against this attack linking it to anti-
immigration sentiments.
Now, we have heard from Northern Ireland's first minister who has, of course, condemned Monday night's attack. But it's also said in a statement
that -- that these protests are a dangerous attempt, in her words, to exploit and target and attack innocent families, people who are simply
trying to live, work, and raise their families here. Racism, intimidation and violence are wrong wherever they occur.
And those sentiments have been echoed by the U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer as well. But this has really raised concern as police continue to
call for calm over the potentials for this to further fuel anti-immigration and even xenophobic sentiments across the United Kingdom.
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GOLODRYGA: Nada Bashir in London with the latest there.
And we'll be right back with more.
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GOLODRYGA: All right. Welcome back to "One World." I'm Bianna Golodryga.
Microsoft founder, Bill Gates, has told Congress that Jeffrey Epstein tried to manipulate him by using details about his marriage infidelities.
The billionaire has been testifying in Congress today as both Republicans and Democrats press him on his ties to the disgraced financier. Gates said
meeting Epstein was a grave error in judgment and that he had no knowledge of his crimes.
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Well, in the past hour, President Trump signed a $70 billion immigration enforcement funding bill at the White House surrounded by political allies.
The legislation provides money for ICE and the U.S. Border Patrol through the remainder of the president's term. It passed in Congress after a
month's long fight that exposed major cracks within the president's Republican Party.
CNN's Kevin Liptak is following the story for us from the White House.
But it passed, Kevin. So I guess the -- the past is now behind the president and he was able to sign the bill that he had been pushing for
along with so many other Republicans for months now.
Also, though, some news was made as is typically the case when the president opens it up for questions at these types of events, specifically
as it relates to the war in Iran. The president saying more strikes are coming today.
KEVIN LIPTAK, CNN SENIOR WHITE HOUSE REPORTER: Right. And, you know, signing this bill seemed something of an afterthought for the president. He
almost forgot to do it before he was reminded, I think by a cameraman that that was why they were all in there, to sort of witness him put a signature
on it, which is somewhat ironic, just given the rocky road that it took to actually get to that point, exposing all kinds of divisions among the
Republicans, including over funding for the president's ballroom that had to be stripped out.
And some questions about that so-called slush fund that the president had wanted to put into place for individuals who claimed weaponization by the
Justice Department against them.
But they seemed to have made it through all of that in the bill now law. But you're right, it was what the president said about Iran that I think
was the most noteworthy item from this little news conference, just because it's so different from the way the president has been talking about the
negotiations to bring the war to an end for the last three weeks or so.
You know, he has been so optimistic almost every day that this deal was imminent. And he seems to have taken a complete 180, complaining that Iran
keeps tapping him along that they can't essentially get to yes. And what he says is a very good deal for them, and saying that the attacks would begin
again today.
The pretext that the president is citing here is the Iranian downing of that Apache helicopter. The U.S. has already responded to that. But the
president saying that they will continue to do so, essentially restarting the war.
Now, where this leaves those negotiations at this point isn't precisely clear. You know, there's a Qatari delegation in Iran today working to try
and bridge some of the gaps in this document between the U.S. and Iran.
And when you talk to American officials, at least some American officials, they do say that these negotiations keep going, that they continue
narrowing the differences between the two sides.
And so if the president does decide to restart the war, it doesn't seem as if that progress will be going anywhere anytime soon.
And so whether this is just the president trying to provide some last- minute pressure on the Iranians to come to the deal and say yes, I think remains to be seen, but certainly at least in public today, sounding very
bullish on getting this war back up and running very quickly.
GOLODRYGA: All right. Kevin Liptak at the White House for us. Thank you.
Afghanistan's Taliban government is accusing Pakistan of killing at least 11 children in strikes on civilian areas. This video being shared on social
media appears to show the aftermath.
The Taliban says a total of at least 13 civilians were killed. Pakistani authorities say they targeted hideouts used by militant groups in
Afghanistan.
Sophia Saifi has the latest from Islamabad. So, what are we hearing now from authorities there in Islamabad, Sophia?
SOPHIA SAIFI, CNN PRODUCER: Bianna, I mean, I think in context, at the moment -- all we have, at the moment, is what Pakistan's information
minister put out on X claiming that these were targeted attacks, that these were intelligence-based precision strikes according to the Pakistanis that
targeted militant hideouts in Eastern Afghanistan.
Now, they're claiming that 26 militants were killed. They have not addressed the allegations by the Afghan Taliban claiming that children and
women were also killed. They have not addressed the videos that have been released. That is the extent of the information that has been put out.
The information minister did speak to the fact that there has been an increase in attacks within Pakistani territory as well over the past couple
of weeks.
Yesterday, there was an attack on the frontier constabulary within northwestern Pakistan. Just a couple of days before that there were about
30 policemen last month who were killed in an attack by the Pakistani- Taliban.
This has been a conflict that's been ongoing, a war that's been ongoing since February. There had been a pause between October and February. There
had been a conflict back then as well.
The borders between the two countries have been sealed since October 2025. There has been a huge effect to the people of Afghanistan as well as to the
people who live in the border regions of Pakistan.
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Pakistan's information minister has said that Pakistani civilians and their security is a top priority. At the same time, the Afghan-Taliban are
claiming that this is an act of aggression.
Now, China has tried to mediate between the two parties, but that has not come too much yet. So we'll just have to wait and see how much further the
aggression continues.
Bianna.
GOLODRYGA: Sophia Saifi, reporting live from Islamabad for us. Thank you.
A retired Air Canada pilot is facing criminal charges for flying commercial planes without a proper license for years. Canadian police say Geoffrey
Wall, captain over 900 domestic and international passenger flights over a 17- year period.
He was licensed to fly commercial planes but didn't possess the special license needed once he became a captain. Air Canada says safety was never
compromised.
CNN's Pete Muntean joins us live from Washington with more. And so what -- what is this pilot saying in terms of justifying this lapse, Pete?
PETE MUNTEAN, CNN AVIATION CORRESPONDENT: He's not saying much. You know, we're trying to get in touch with his attorney. We have not heard back yet.
Though this sounds like it was really ripped from Hollywood, Bianna. Not totally unheard of, by the way. There have been airline pilots, even
airline mechanics who have forged their credentials and were not caught for years because they were doing their jobs well enough.
In this case, police say 59-year-old Geoffrey Wall was flying as an airline captain without the key license known as an ATP or an airline transport
pilot certificate.
Air Canada says they made the discovery during routine records checks last year, then contacted Transport Canada, which is their equivalent of the
Federal Aviation Administration here in the United States.
Police say between 2009 and 2025, Wall flew more than 900 flights as the captain of a Boeing 767, 777s, and 787s. He's since retired from the
airline. But the big thing here, that Air Canada is stressing, is that Wall was not necessarily untrained and kept going to and passing recurrent
training held by the airline, which is why Air Canada is insisting that passengers were never in any real danger here.
Even still though, police in the jurisdiction that oversees Toronto Pearson International Airport say this constitutes a major fraud.
And I want you to listen now to what they said during a press conference on Tuesday.
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DEPUTY CHIEF NICK MILANOVIC, PEEL REGIONAL POLICE: This is very similar to a doctor that is licensed to practice family medicine, but is doing brain
surgery in their office. There's additional requirements and regulations to professional designations that exist for a reason.
When we breach those, not only when we breach them, but when it misrepresent the qualifications that we have, to me, that's a safety issue.
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So, clearly, the police refute Air Canada's claim there. Wall has been fined an undisclosed amount.
And remember, he was making a lot of money for this work totaling about $2.9 million Canadian, according to police, which is about $2 million. He's
facing seven different charges. In Canada, forging a document can carry up to 10 years of prison time.
Like I mentioned, not clear if he has an attorney. He's expected to make his first appearance in court at the end of the month, Bianna.
GOLODRYGA: Pete Muntean in Washington for us. It's a straight out of catch me if you can. Thank you so much.
All right. Still to come on "One World," artificial intelligence takes center stage at Tribeca with a groundbreaking film getting its premiere. We
talked to the director, just ahead.
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GOLODRYGA: All right. So, let's go check on how the U.S. markets are doing right now. We can pull up the graphic. If we have it. All right. There we
go.
The Dow, down a little over one percent, down 540 points right now. There you see the markets likely reacting to the higher-than-expected inflation
report that we just got. This is your business breakdown.
U.S. inflation has jumped above four percent for the first time in three years due to higher oil prices. The annualized rate hit 4.2 percent in May.
That's way above the Federal Reserve's two percent inflation target. May's consumer price index report highlights Americans' affordability concerns
ahead of the midterm elections.
For the first time in 20 years, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved a new sunscreen ingredient, B-E-M-T. It's a safer option than
what's in stores right now used for years in Europe and Asia. Critics say sun protection in the U.S. has routinely failed to shield against UVA rays.
Anthropic is releasing a public version of its Mythos A.I. with guardrails to prevent it from being used to find cybersecurity flaws. Those guardrails
were not present in a preview version earlier this year. The public model is called Claude Fable 5. Anthropic says, it's the company's most powerful
model made for wider use.
And artificial intelligence has officially entered the Film Festival circuit. New York's Tribeca Festival is set to host the world premiere of
"Dreams of Violets," a fully A.I.-generated film.
A 75-minute docudrama is inspired by the protests in Tehran earlier this year. It's the first A.I.-generated live action feature to be officially
selected at a major film festival.
And joining us is the director of "Dreams of Violets," Ash Koosha, Ash, thank you so much for joining us.
As we noted, you made this 75-minute feature film about the Tehran protests for a budget of about $2,000 from your apartment in London. There's not a
single actor, there's not a single camera.
Walk us through what "Dreams of Violets" is.
ASH KOOSHA, director, "DREAMS OF VIOLETS": Thanks for having me on. First and foremost, the film is a very personal story. So, it's coming from the
fact that I've lived in Iran and I've lived experience in Iran. I'm very familiar with the events that happens that occurs every -- every year
almost now we've had it for what the last 47 years.
And it -- it really triggered me this January to see what happened in Iran and there was so much fragmented information. And that was at the stem of
me thinking using my experience in A.I. and using these new technologies would make sense for this project, because it -- it will give me the power
to bring all of those information in such a quick time, such a high quality to tell a personal story.
And when we talk about the budget, the $2,000 budget, is basically mainly spent on the video generation. So, the main A.I. component here is the
visual. So I've written the script. I've edited -- edited the film. I've made the music, the sound.
But the -- the -- the core positioning of A.I. here is the impossible locations and people and events as you can see some -- some bits of the
film. These are very sensitive events that it's almost impossible to go to the -- to the country and -- and shoot.
GOLODRYGA: Yes. And you generated the faces of people who really died. Can -- can you explain how that process worked?
KOOSHA: In order to protect people from being engaged with this film, potentially not getting prosecuted further, what I did was to use my
knowledge of the people I knew, the stories I knew in the past and design the people as an aggregation of those stories and a representation of
people that I have gotten -- gotten to know with the years.
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And it's -- it's simply fictional for the fact that it's -- it's to protect people and still tell their stories, but -- but also be able to protect the
individuals directly.
GOLODRYGA: And the massacre is seen through a boy watching helplessly from a window. Why tell it from that perspective?
KOOSHA: Two things. One is, I think the newer generation was not involved in the many conflicts over the last four decades, right? And I think that
innocence and -- and sort of being caught in the -- in the crossfire.
It's something that this film represents of the Iranian current feeling, right? The people in Iran right now feel the same way. And -- and the new
generation just doesn't know why they have to go through such an economic downfall, right?
And I think looking at the future and -- and coming back to this film, this new generation, I think, is the most important element of this film.
So, Amir in the film represent the helplessness of the younger generation, looking back at all of these conflicts and -- and being the victim, the
unwanted victim of all of this.
GOLODRYGA: Yes. And the paradox is not lost here, that the fact that you've told this story through the technology and the advancements in A.I., as the
country, for the longest period in history, had sat without any internet access, as was dictated by the regime, is really notable here.
Your reason for using A.I., as you said, was no access. You didn't have a crew. This film or all A.I. films have been banned by Cannes, but Tribeca
Film Festival let yours in.
Is that a decision that you believe was made solely because of the unique circumstances surrounding this film? Or do you get a sense that they are
more open to the possibility of exploring this technology in filmmaking?
KOOSHA: I don't think Tribeca and Jane were blindly open to the idea of an A.I. film. I think they saw how emotional and expressive this film is. And
to the point that you start forgetting how it's made, right, and the story is so important.
But also, I think, leading by example, to be able to answer the questions around A.I. and jobs, is something that I see Tribeca trying to sort of
engage with, right?
So, then engaging with this film has two reasons. One is that the story is incredibly human as personal. I stand by the fact that I'm very emotional
about this story. And I feel it's super important. That's why I did it.
But the second important issue is if we don't make these films, we're not going to go into discovering them with how we can engage real humans that
control these A.I. models, which are not going to go away.
So, I think leading by example, and making meaningful films as a ground -- as a -- as a playground for these questions to be answered for Hollywood
and beyond, is the important factor beyond the sort of social political story here.
GOLODRYGA: Yes. It was clear that the regime was trying to erase all of these brave people who they slaughtered in these protests by cutting off
internet access to the outside world. And perhaps this is an example of where you say A.I. could be good -- be used for good in telling their
stories and making sure that they are not forgotten.
You stayed out of politics for 20 years. This is a story, as you noted, is very personal to you and what brought you back to the art here to speak
out.
Ash Koosha, thank you so much. The -- the film looks fascinating. Really appreciate you bringing us your time today.
KOOSHA: Thank you. Appreciate having me on. Thank you.
GOLODRYGA: Thank you.
Well, the New York Knicks are chasing their first NBA championship in more than 50 years. We'll have a preview of tonight's game.
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GOLODRYGA: The New York Knicks will soon get another chance to expand their lead over the San Antonio Spurs. The NBA Finals will return to Madison
Square Garden later today. Hopes of a Knicks sweep were dashed on Monday when the Spurs snagged back a game in the series that to New York now leads
two-one.
CNN's Omar Jimenez joins us live outside of Madison Square Garden.
New York fans saying tonight's the night they're going to actually win. And then Knicks not in Knicks in four, but Knicks in five, perhaps is the new
chant we keep hearing.
OMAR JIMENEZ, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Yes, that's what -- that's what everyone's transitioning to right now. You know, they -- they felt confident that it
was going to be a sweep. They were playing so great. The Knicks hadn't lost in months at that point. And then, of course, the Spurs were able to take
one here at Madison Square Garden.
Now, what's interesting about tonight is actually a lot of it is going to happen before the game itself. So the game's going to be Madison Square
Garden behind me here. So, it's pretty -- pretty normal right now in New York City, as people are just walking by.
But later in a few hours, you see these barricades here, these bike racks and more. Essentially, police are going to be locking down the perimeter
around the arena, much similar to what they did when the president was here. Those were increased security precautions.
And while people might have been frustrated, they seem to understand, OK, the president's here, first sitting president to come here. There would be
more precautions. But this entire zone will be cut off to pedestrians and vehicles as well.
And I want to show you one of the reasons why that's going to happen. So you see these other set of barricades over here, these bike racks.
Essentially, what's going to happen is the watch parties that have been seen across social media and across elsewhere that have been canceled the
previous game because the president was here as part of those precautions, are now back on for this game, but not without scrutiny.
Because the scrutiny here is that the watch parties have gotten too out of control. At some points have led to violence. And we know at the previous
game, at another watch party, there were all around two dozen just about that were arrested or so. There were fights that broke out. People in Spurs
jerseys that were targeted on New York City streets.
And so this watch party, while it is going to happen, it's going to be ticketed. There's a capacity with it. And Mayor Mamdani here has said that
that is the way to do it in the most safe way.
But interestingly, Bianna, Madison Square Garden is not a fan of how this is happening. They are not a fan of this increased security presence for
either the ticketed part for the watch party or the perimeter around the arena.
They've called it a police state that they say the NYPD justified when the president was here and MSG leadership believes that it shouldn't be here
now that the president does not plan to be here.
GOLODRYGA: Yes. I know all of those Knicks fans. I have to say I'm a Rockets fan, but I'm rooting for the Knicks. I've lived here for a number
of years now. And this is a very lovable team. And they've really worked so hard.
But anybody that -- that assumed that the San Antonio Spurs got to where they were West Coast champs, by -- by not putting up a tough battle, they
really underestimated them. Let's see what happens tonight.
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What will you be watching for, Omar?
JIMENEZ: I'll be watching for a few things. Look, I mean, it's difficult for any team to come back from being down in the finals. The Spurs team won
two in a row in the previous round to make it to the finals. So that's -- that'll be something to watch for.
Also, a lot of the attention is on Victor Wembanyama on the Spurs team, but the guards for them, including rookie Dylan Harper, he's been in double
digits most games here. And when he plays well, it seems the Spurs play well as well.
And then on the Knicks' side, obviously, everyone's looking to Jalen Brunson to see if Karl-Anthony Towns can actually get himself going in the
fourth quarter in these finals as well.
Remember, this has been months. These playoffs have been months. And while the Knicks have swept two series in a row and have gotten a lot of rest, a
lot of these players are fatigued, trying to give just a little more to get over the finish here.
But obviously, the Knicks trying to do something they haven't done in more than 50 years. And you can feel it in the stress, the smiles, and the
nerves of people here in the city.
GOLODRYGA: Yes. I mentioned the Rockets. Guess who they played Omar the last time they were in the finals. Let's just -- you know, I'm not going to
rub it in, which team won there.
But this time, the Knicks -- yes, exactly. This time could be quite different. Also fascinating that the Spurs, I think, are the youngest team
or one of the youngest teams in the NBA.
We'll be watching it all. Omar Jimenez.
JIMENEZ: Yes.
GOLODRYGA: Have fun.
JIMENEZ: Yes.
GOLODRYGA: All right. That does it for "One World." I'm Bianna Golodryga. Thanks so much for watching. "Amanpour" is up next.
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