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ERICA HILL, CNN ANCHOR: Hello and welcome to our viewers joining us from all around the world. I'm Erica Hill in for Jim Sciutto. You're watching
"The Brief."
Ahead this hour, Israel and Iran launch more strikes at each other as the IDF warns people to evacuate some areas of Tehran. The suspect accused of
shooting two Democratic lawmakers in Minnesota and their spouses, killing two of those people, appearing in federal court. And baseball's superstar
Shohei Ohtani set to take the mound. His first time pitching for the Dodgers since joining the team.
It is just now just past 1:00 a.m. in Israel, 1:30 in Iran, where the deadly conflict between the two countries is now in its fifth day. Those
nations trading fire as they widen their targets. Iran says a new attack on Israel is underway, saying it will continue until dawn. The casualties are
also mounting, of course, reportedly more than 20 people dead in Israel, more than 220 in Iran.
Israel striking Iranian state media on Monday while they were on the air. This as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu tells ABC News he is not
ruling out an attack on Iran's supreme leader.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: So, are you going to target the supreme leader?
BENJAMIN NETANYAHU, ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER: Look, we're doing what we need to do. I'm not going to get into the details.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: But U.S. officials tell us that the president flatly rejected a plan, an opportunity that you -- that the Israelis had to take
out the supreme leader. Do you understand his concern? My understanding is his concern is that this would escalate the conflict beyond where it is
already.
NETANYAHU: And it's not going to escalate the conflict. It's going to end the conflict.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
HILL: My colleague Jeremy Diamond has more now from Tel Aviv.
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JEREMY DIAMOND, CNN JERUSALEM CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): This is what surviving an Iranian ballistic missile attack looks like, amid wrecked cars
and scattered debris. This central Tel Aviv neighborhood engulfed in flame as rescuers arrive on the scene.
For the third night in a row, Iranian ballistic missiles struck the Tel Aviv area. We arrived minutes later as people emerged shaken, but alive
from their bomb shelters. This man arrived distraught to inspect the damage to his shop. We came here and everything was destroyed, he tells me. After
an hour long wait, a boyfriend's anxious wait turns into a loving embrace.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Yes, you can feel it. It goes through you.
DIAMOND (voice-over): Even inside their shelters, people here felt the power of the blast.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Like smoke, like a really strong -- I had to cover my nose with a t-shirt.
DIAMOND (voice-over): And were overwhelmed by the smoke-filled air as they emerged. The shockwave broke windows and damaged homes blocks away from the
impact. But at the epicenter where rescue crews continue to pour in and out of the seam, it is another level of destruction altogether.
DIAMOND: This is the devastation caused by an Iranian ballistic missile that struck this Tel Aviv neighborhood in the early hours of this morning.
And you can see all around me what that looks like. These buildings that have been torn to shreds, vehicles wrecked from the missile.
DIAMOND (voice-over): At least five Iranian missiles penetrated Israeli air defenses according to Israeli rescue services, killing 10 people on Sunday
night.
In Iran, a widening Israeli bombardment campaign driving people to flee the capital city as jets strike not only military and nuclear facilities, but
also economic targets in residential neighborhoods. More than 200 people have been killed in the Israeli strikes, according to the Iranian health
ministry, which says a majority of the victims are civilians.
I'm scared, says this woman whose home was damaged in a strike, my heart is pounding. I felt like my heart stopped.
Iranian State TV became the latest target on Monday as an airstrike hit the station during a live broadcast. Smoke filling the studio. The latest sign
this conflict is showing no signs of de-escalating.
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HILL: And our thanks again to Jeremy Diamond for that report. I'm joined now by Aaron David Miller, senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for
International Peace, and also, of course, a former Middle East negotiator at the U.S. State Department. It's good to have you here tonight.
So, when we look at where things stand, you tweeted a short time ago that Donald Trump should be pressing Netanyahu privately hard on his objectives.
Talking specifically about his metrics for victory and the day after conception that Netanyahu has.
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I mean, how much sway do you think Donald Trump actually has even in private at this moment with Benjamin Netanyahu?
AARON DAVID MILLER, SENIOR FELLOW, CARNEGIE ENDOWMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACE: It depends how much influence the president wants to exert. I mean,
governing is about choosing. And you know, this is not one hand clapping, this is a bad regime. It represses tortures. Prosecutes in prisons its own
citizens, Iran. It's in violation, according to IAEA of its MPT and additional protocol commitments.
But the reality is we have a conflict going on here, and the question is how to begin to de-escalate it? The sad reality, Erica, is that no one
right now is interested in doing that. With a possible exception of the Iranians, and they are navigating a very fine line between doing nothing in
response and doing too much to draw the U.S. in.
The prime minister -- has as one retired Israeli general said to me, we're playing soccer with the Iranians, but they don't have a goalie. That mental
image, it seems to me, just encapsulates what the Israelis are doing. They have free reign of the skies and they also have free reign politically,
because this is not Gaza. You're not seeing the ICJ, the ICC, the Europeans, the U.N. Security Council up in arms about civilian deaths and
injuries.
The Brits, the French, and the Germans, the three countries Israel cares about, all basically support what Israelis are doing, and Donald Trump is
not yet ready, presumably, to leverage and get involved in trying to de- escalate this. And I think there may come a moment, Erica, when there's more of a hurting stalemate. But right now, I'm not sure, even if Donald
Trump said to Netanyahu, you know, it's time to stop or else. I'm not sure the president would say that, but --
HILL: But isn't part of the issue with that though too, that we have heard Donald Trump say, you know, not just use strong language, similar language
at Vladimir Putin, for example. You know, it's got to stop. The, or else, there's not often a follow through on what the or else is.
MILLER: Right. And I think you broke the code, because Donald Trump has three U.S. mediated negotiations that he's responsible for, Russia-Ukraine,
which he was going to solve, Israel-Hamas, which he was going to solve, and the U.S. and Iran, which he was going to solve.
He doesn't have a strategy. He doesn't have a way to deploy U.S. influence, provide incentives and disincentives to try to get parties to actually do
things that are tough for them to do, and these are heavy lifts. You can invite my former boss, James Baker or Henry Kissinger down here to try to
negotiate this and they're going to have a hard time doing it.
But I don't think the president's being well served by his advisers, and I think his instincts on this are all wrong, which is why I think he needs to
at least have a conversation with the Israeli prime minister and say, look, where is this heading? You've done an extraordinary amount of damage now.
The ballistic and production facilities, even to some of Iran's nuclear sites, according to the IAEA and The Times. So, what is your plan? What
does victory mean to you?
And right now, Netanyahu just wants to keep on going because I'm not entirely sure he knows what -- well, I think he knows what he wants, which
is the end of the regime, but that's an aspiration untethered right now I think from reality.
HILL: So, you just answered my next question, whether he actually knows what he wants. What do you see in terms of -- so, Donald Trump also said
just a short time ago with the G7, he says, I think Iran is basically at the negotiating table. They want to make a deal. As soon as I leave here,
we're going to do something. Unclear what that something is or what would actually change. Do you see any off-ramps here?
MILLER: I really don't. Again, you need both hands to clap at the same time. Whether the Iranians are hurting badly enough in order to -- and what
would they call for? A cessation of hostilities? What would be -- what would the basis be? Just stop? And Netanyahu -- and right now, if Trump
said to Netanyahu and the Iranians agreed, right, no more ballistic missiles into Israel, imagine five days in after this intense Israeli air
campaign, Netanyahu would have to essentially admit that he has not succeeded because the Iranian program is not destroyed and the Iranians
have the capacity to reconstitute it.
So, this is the problem here. You've got clocks that are not synchronized. You've got objectives that aren't synchronized. And you have a president
that floats from one conflict to another using the bully pulpit. But he dropped the bully part. He's not prepared to get tough. And I think he's
going to have to do that with everybody, if in fact he's going to find a way out of this.
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HILL: We should say President Trump was very clear. Remember in his big speech in Saudi Arabia, he wanted to get out of the regime change nation
building game. That was -- and there was a lot of support for that in that moment. Given that, when we look around the region, where else are you
watching in this moment in terms of reaction, in terms of what could happen on a broader level?
MILLER: I mean, I wish there were other influencers, Erica, who could play a role in this. The Saudis are functioning assembly as message as mailmen.
They're delivering Iranian messages. The Omanis are probably doing the same thing, indicating that we've got to go back to the negotiating table. I'm
afraid that the decision points here, Erica, really involve three capitals, and only three capitals, Jerusalem, Tehran, and Washington.
And right now, you know, Trump reminds me of his frustration. He reminds me -- not comparing Vietnam to the current situation. LBJ once quip, he felt
like a hitchhiker in a Texas hailstorm. He couldn't run, he couldn't hide, and he couldn't make it stop. That was LBJ's reaction to Vietnam. Far
different set of circumstances. But I think Donald Trump, frankly, is drifting and he's trying to create the sense that he's in control and in
command. But on this one, I think the tails are wagging the dog.
HILL: Aaron David Miller, always appreciate your insight. Thank you.
MILLER: Thanks, Erica.
HILL: Well, President Trump is not planning to sign a G7 joint statement which calls for de-escalation between Israel and Iran, that's according to
a person familiar with the matter. At that summit in Canada, Mr. Trump urged Israel and Iran to negotiate.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
DONALD TRUMP, U.S. PRESIDENT: They have to make a deal. And it's painful for both parties. But I'd say Iran is not winning this war. And they should
talk and they should talk immediately before it's too late.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: And what would you say, in your opinion, what would it take for the U.S. to get involved in this conflict militarily?
TRUMP: I don't want to talk about that.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
HILL: Meantime, the president did spend a fair amount of time criticizing the G7 for throwing Russia out of the group in 2014, suggesting over the
weekend that Moscow could mediate between Israel and Iran.
Ivo Daalder is a former U.S. ambassador to NATO and the CEO of the Chicago Council on Global Affairs. It's good to have you with us. A lot of talk
about that, as I noted, about Russia, no longer being a part of the G7, of course, back when it was the G8.
But let's begin, if we could, on this statement. So, the statement which basically says, right, what we have heard from President Trump and the
White House is saying, this is why he doesn't have to sign it. It calls for the things that he himself has been calling for, which is that Israel has a
right to exist, to defend itself, and that Iran can obtain a nuclear weapon. Does it matter if President Trump actually signs that statement?
IVO DAALDER, FORMER U.S. AMABASSOR TO NATO AND CEO, CHICAGO COUNCIL ON GLOBAL AFFAIRS: Of course, it matters. It matters for the United States to
be aligned with its strongest and most important allies around the world to clearly express not only U.S. views, but the view of the major industrial
countries in the world, both in Asia and North America and in Europe.
And that statement is clear. Of course, Israel has a right to defend itself. Of course, Israel has a right to exist. That is not beyond
question. And of course, Iran should not have nuclear weapons. It's something that European countries and the United States, at one point,
Russia and China, all agreed on. The problem is that the president thinks that if he acts alone, he's more -- he's stronger, he's more capable.
In fact, as I think that your conversation just with Aaron showed it makes him weaker. It makes him less a player rather than more of a player. It's
the central dilemma in this president's view of the world. The idea that allies detract from American power as opposed to add to American power is
one of the motivating animating forces of this presidency, and it's just wrong.
HILL: We should point out, my colleague Kristen Holmes, our White House correspondent, reached out to the White House and asked again, why not sign
this, right? If everything that it says is essentially what the president has already said, and she asked specifically about signing it as a show of
unity, he said his being there was a show of unity. How much is this harming not only agreements, but the way that the United States can
potentially work with allies moving forward?
DAALDER: A great deal. I mean, this G7 is very quickly turning into a G6 plus one. The European leaders all met yesterday with Canada's prime
minister, had a nice glass of wine. The president wasn't there. They are trying to coordinate. They're working with the Japanese. More and more
you're seeing Canada, Europe, the Japanese, the Australians, our most important allies starting to figure out how they can do the things they
need to do without the United States because the United States is no longer trusted. And that is a problem.
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It's a problem not only for them, it's a problem for us, because the United States actually does need its allies. It needs to have markets for its
goods. It needs to have security cooperation to ensure our security, and it needs free and democratic countries to stand up against autocratic
countries that are willing to use force to achieve what they're trying to achieve, including Russia, which by the way, is why Russia was kicked out
of the G8. It invaded Ukraine in the next part of its country. That's why it was -- is no longer part of the G7 and it shouldn't be part of the G7
until it becomes democratic and advanced industrial strait. It's not any of those three things.
HILL: What do you make of those comments then from President Trump over the weekend railing over the fact that for that Russia was kicked out for the
very reasons which you highlight there? What does that say to you about -- I suppose in some ways it almost further reinforces, right, what we've
known for some time, which is the view or the regard that Donald Trump has in some ways for Vladimir Putin?
DAALDER: Yes. I think if it were up to Donald Trump, he would much rather have a meeting sitting with Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin. Two men he
admires for the fact that they are strong men, that they control their societies with an iron fist. As he often says about Xi Jinping, calls him
genius, calls Vladimir Putin a genius. I think he'd much rather be there, the three of them sort of trying to figure out how to rule the world rather
than sitting with our democratic friends who've been our friends for the last 80 years.
In the case of Canada, riding alongside of us in World War II and in other places. It's quite remarkable. But that is the new president. It's a
president who doesn't want to sign agreements with our G7 allies, but rather get on the phone with Vladimir Putin and try to carry his water in
the war in Ukraine and elsewhere.
HILL: Before I let you go, you know, I know you were listening to my conversation with Aaron David Miller. But as we look at where this conflict
now goes between Israel and Iran, what is your biggest concern in this moment? What are you watching most closely?
DAALDER: Well, my biggest concern is that the fundamental goal that -- of this war was to eliminate the nuclear program of Iran and to eliminate the
possibility of Iran ever becoming a nuclear weapon state. The way this conflict is evolving, neither of those two goals are going to be achieved.
In fact, Israel knows, and the National Security adviser to Benjamin Netanyahu has said that they cannot destroy the nuclear program without
U.S. aid, which is what they're pressing for. And President Trump does not seem to be prepared to provide.
And secondly, this war proves to every Iranian that if they ever want to be secure, they need a nuclear weapon. And as a result, once this war is over,
I fear we will have an accelerated nuclear program on the -- in the case of Iran, just as we have after the bombing of the Osirak Reactor in Iraq in
1981, which led to an acceleration and a much more hidden program by Saddam Hussein to acquire nuclear weapons. So, I fear the same thing is happening
here.
To Aaron's point, there is no strategy here. There's a lot of destruction, but there's no political strategy that should be guiding that destruction.
War and peace aren't opposites, they're just different sides of the same coin. What are we trying to achieve here and what are the forces that we
need to have diplomatic and military to achieve them? That's never been Mr. Netanyahu's strong suit and we're seeing some of the consequences in this
war.
HILL: Incredibly important questions though that do need to be answered. As always, appreciate your time. Thank you.
DAALDER: Pleasure.
HILL: Well, the suspect in the shootings of two Democratic Minnesota lawmakers and their spouses making his first appearance in federal court
this afternoon, telling the judge he can't afford an attorney. Vance Boelter is facing six federal charges, including first degree murder, and
that, of course, related to State Representative Melissa Hortman and her husband who were killed at their home on Saturday.
Just before that attack, State Senator John Hoffman and his wife were shot and wounded at their home. Boelter is facing additional charges at the
state level. He was arrested on Sunday after a two-day manhunt, one of the largest in Minnesota's history.
I want to bring in now seen as Danny Freeman who joins us live from Minneapolis. Danny, what more did we learn today at that appearance?
DANNY FREEMAN, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, listen, Erica, frankly, when the news came down late last night, that the suspect here, Vance Boelter, was
finally captured and apprehended after that massive manhunt, there was a tremendous sense of relief here and around Minnesota. But then when we
learned some of these horrific new details today about just how close Boelter allegedly was to much more destruction, a lot of that shock came
rushing back.
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FREEMAN (voice-over): Terrifying new information about the brutal killings of a Minnesota lawmaker and her husband and the attempted killings of
another lawmaker and his wife.
JOE THOMPSON, ACTING U.S. ATTORNEY, DISTRICT OF MINNESOTA: It is no exaggeration to say that his crimes are the stuff of nightmares.
FREEMAN (voice-over): The Department of Justice is saying the morning 57- year-old Vance Boelter allegedly murdered State Representative Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, and allegedly tried to kill State Senator
John Hoffman and his wife Yvette, he also visited two other state lawmakers' homes with intent to kill them.
THOMPSON: He researched his fam -- his victims, and their families. He conducted surveillance of their homes and took notes about the location of
their homes.
FREEMAN (voice-over): Boelter first went to State Senator Hoffman's home in a black SUV with a fake license plate that read police, court document
said. He disguised himself as a police officer, wearing a silicone mask, seen here, captured on a doorbell, camera.
THOMPSON: Boelter knocked on Senator Hoffman's front door and repeatedly shouted, this is the police. Open the door. When Boelter lowered his
flashlight, which he had shined in their face, they realized that he was not a police officer. They shouted out, you're not a cop. You're not a
police officer.
FREEMAN (voice-over): Authorities say the suspect then went to another lawmaker's home and rang the doorbell, but that lawmaker was on vacation.
Boelter then continued to a third lawmaker's home, but appeared to hesitate as police were already checking on local leaders by then.
Finally, at State Representative Hortman's home authorities say, police found Boelter, gunfire erupted, and Boelter had to abandon his car and an
arsenal of weapons.
MARK BRULEY, CHIEF, BROOLYN PARK POLICE: Had they not foiled the plan, you know, essentially took his vehicle away from him, which involved all his
maps, all his names, all his weaponry, I would be very scared what it would look like over the next few hours had we not done that.
FREEMAN (voice-over): Minnesota law enforcement officers then began what they call the largest manhunt in state history, which led them to rural
Sibley County, roughly 50 miles from the crime scenes. New federal court documents state, while he was on the run, Boelter texted his family. Dad
went to war last night. I don't want to say more because I don't want to implicate anybody. But with the help of a resident's trail camera, drones,
and infrared technology, Boelter was taken into custody without incident.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Can you speak to why investigators believe he carried out this attack and for how long he may have been planning these attacks?
THOMPSON: Well, it's pretty clear from the evidence that he's been planning these attacks for quite some time. There's voluminous writings, as you've
seen in the reporting that were found both in his car and his house about his planning, lists of names and individuals. Obviously, his primary motive
was to go out and murder people. Now, they were all elected officials. They were all Democrats.
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FREEMAN (on camera): Now, Erica, we actually got a statement today from State Senator John Hoffman and his wife Yvette. They survived the shooting.
They said in part that they're incredibly lucky to be alive. They denounced political violence, and they said that they were devastated by the loss of
their friends and colleagues, State Representative Hortman and her husband, Mark.
Meanwhile, Erica, Boelter's next public appearance at Federal Court is planned for the end of next week, and he's going to be facing those federal
murder charges. Erica.
HILL: Danny, appreciate it. Danny Freeman live for us in Minneapolis tonight. Still ahead here, rough seas for global shipping. Kristie Lu Stout
gets exclusive access to a container ship in Hong Kong, bound for the U.S. as businesses brace for new tariff uncertainty.
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HILL: Welcome back to "The Brief." Checking the action on Wall Street, U.S. stocks finishing Monday session higher after Fridays across the board
declines. Investors reacting to reports in the Wall Street Journal that Iran is looking to de-escalate its conflict with Israel. Oil prices also
pulling back after Friday's surge, both Brent and U.S. Crude, as you can see there, falling by more than 2 percent, two and two thirds for Crude.
Hopes as well for some new trade agreements, those were front and center. President Trump saying the U.S. could reach new trade deals during the G7
summit in Canada this week. In just the past hour, he signed documents to finalize that U.S.-U.K. trade agreement. Also, today, the European Union
calling reports that it would accept a blanket 10 percent U.S. tariffs on its exports, quote, "speculative."
Well, as for those tariffs, President Trump's 90-day tariff pause for many of America's trading partners, runs out early next month. The tariff pause
on China runs out in August. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has hinted there could be further tariff extensions, but the global shipping industry
is taking no chances and frankly, it's preparing for the worst. Kristie Lu Stout reports.
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KRISTIE LU STOUT, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): The race is on to try to meet looming deadlines on tariffs.
STOUT: As the trade truce holds, a shipping brush is underway to get the goods out of China, and the clock is ticking.
STOUT (voice-over): We're on board a vessel owned by Japan's Ocean Network Express, part of the massive operation to move goods out of China into the
U.S. A task made tougher by the constant whiplash on policy changes. The current 90-day pause on higher tariffs on China expires on August the 12th,
after which they could go back up to 145 percent.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The indices for unpredictability and chaos are actually at an all-time high.
STOUT (voice-over): At the front line of this chaos --
STOUT: All right. Let's get to the top.
STOUT (voice-over): -- we get a closer look at what's on board.
STOUT: There we go. We made it. Now, behind these metal doors is what global trade is all about. The goods. And on this ship, what they have on
board includes clothing, furniture, medical equipment, and car parts, all mostly made in China that will be sold over in the United States.
STOUT (voice-over): This ship is loading up here in Hong Kong before making stops in China and South Korea. Then heading through the Panama Canal and
onto Houston, Texas.
TRUMP: We made a great deal with China. We're very happy with it.
STOUT (voice-over): The U.S. and China are hammering out details on a deal, but the shipping industry is not taking any chances, with Trump previously
shrugging off the potential impact of tariffs on U.S. consumers.
TRUMP: Maybe the children will have two dolls instead of 30 dolls, you know, and maybe the two dolls will cost a couple of bucks more.
STOUT: Is he right?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Probably, yes. There's probably not going to be 30 choices on the shelves.
STOUT: Wow.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: And those choices that are on the shelf would cost more. So, it comes down to priorities.
STOUT (voice-over): The toy industry is being hit particularly hard by the trade war as nearly 80 percent of all toys sold in the U.S. are made in
China. The impact on some companies is so devastating they're even suing the Trump administration.
RICK WOLDENBERG, CEO, LEARNING RESOURCES: Of course, we had to fight. I can't accept the knockout punch.
STOUT (voice-over): Rick Woldenberg is the CEO of Learning Resources, a Chicago-based company selling educational children's toys, 60 percent of
which are made in China.
WOLDENBERG: We will run out of product and retailers will run out of product. That is absolutely certainly going to happen.
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STOUT: At one point is the tariff slapped on the merchandise and who has to pay for it?
WOLDENBERG: Well, you're looking at who has to pay for it. It has to be passed on for our companies to remain financeable. They can call it tariffs
or whatever they want, but it's a tax and they've turned our company into a tax collector.
STOUT (voice-over): Those at the forefront of this supply chain chaos are clear that any financial pain will be passed on to the public.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Assuming that these tariffs remain in place, all of these charges actually get pushed down to the consumer.
STOUT (voice-over): In the whirlwind of tariffs, it's higher prices and rough seas ahead.
Kristie Lu Stout, CNN, in the port of Hong Kong.
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HILL: Coming up, where the conflict between Israel and Iran goes from here.
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HILL: Welcome back to "The Brief." I'm Erica Hill. Here's a look at some of the headlines we're following today.
The man accused of shooting two Minnesota lawmakers and their spouses now facing first degree murder, along with several other federal and state
charges. Vance Boelter was arrested on Sunday after the largest manhunt in the state's history. Democratic State Representative Melissa Hortman and
her husband were shot and killed in their home on Saturday. State Senator John Hoffman and his wife were also shot, but they are expected to survive.
A juror in the Sean Diddy Combs sex trafficking trial dismissed on Monday. The judge letting juror number six go due to serious concerns over candor
and inconsistent disclosures about where he lives. 41-year-old works as a clerk at a correctional facility. The judge indicating, by the way, there
may be an issue with another juror as well. We'll watch for that. Meantime, as for this testimony, the prosecution outlining its final witnesses and
indicating it could rest its case this week.
Parts of West Virginia are under a state of emergency following heavy rain, deadly flash, flooding, and widespread damage in the state. Officials say
at least six people are dead. Two others are missing. Those search and rescue operations still underway. Thousands of homes and businesses
meantime are without electricity, according to poweroutage.com. Some areas of the state inundated with up to four inches of rain in just 30 minutes on
Saturday.
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Back now to our top story and another tense night for people in Israel and Iran amid the worsening conflict between the two nations. An Islamic
Revolutionary Guard spokesperson telling Iranian media strikes against Israeli targets will continue through the night with a new wave of drone
and missile attacks targeting Tel Aviv and Haifa.
The Israel Defense Forces have been active across Iran, striking a state media studio in Tehran and also targeting missile infrastructure in the
western part of the country. U.S. President Trump had this to say about the possibility of new nuclear negotiations between Washington and Tehran.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
TRUMP: I'm in constant touch, and as I've been saying, I think a deal will be signed or something will happen, but a deal will be signed, and I think
Iran is foolish not to sign one.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: -- Netanyahu of attacking -- deliberately derail (INAUDIBLE). What do you say to them?
TRUMP: No. They -- look, Iran should have signed the deal.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: If it would help bring Iran to the negotiating table, would you guarantee that the U.S. would not get involved?
TRUMP: Well, I think this, I think Iran basically is at the negotiating table. They want make a deal.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
HILL: Meantime, former is defense minister, Yoav Gallant, is encouraging the U.S. to assist in Israel's operation against Iran. In an interview
earlier today, my colleague Bianna Golodryga asked him about Israel's objectives.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
BIANNA GOLODRYGA, CNN ANCHOR, "ONE WORLD": Is the ultimate goal here to read Iran of its nuclear program, or is it one of regime change?
YOAV GALLANT, FORMER ISRAELI DEFENSE MINISTER: The ultimate goal is to make sure that Iran will not possess nuclear weapon or even nuclear military
capability. And I'm not resisting, I'm supporting change of regime in Iran, but a lot of it have to be done by the Iranian people and not by us or by
America.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
HILL: Joining me now retired U.S. Army Lieutenant General Mark Schwartz. He's a former U.S. security coordinator for Israel and the Palestinian
Authority. Good to have you here as always. When we look at where things stand, can Israel achieve its goal without U.S. intervention?
MARK SCHWARTZ, U.S. ARMY LIEUTENANT GENERAL (RET.): Well, Erica, great to be with you. Certainly, there's areas that Israel does not have the
military capability to penetrate, and that's predominantly Fordow. And the ongoing work that's been going on at Natanz only the United States has the
munition to -- it's the GBU-57, which you all reported on throughout the weekend. And the delivery system, the B2 bomber, to penetrate those deeply
buried facilities.
So, no, they don't have the capability. And that's why, you know, the former defense minister, and I think others, certainly probably Prime
Minister Netanyahu, would like to see the U.S. get involved in support of Israel's objectives to rid Iran of the nuclear enrichment facilities.
HILL: In terms of that support, I was also struck by something else that the former minister, Yoav Gallant. noted to be on this afternoon. He talked
about four conditions that needed to be met, essentially to get to this point. Three of those he said were met by October 24th. He said the final
was approval from the U.S. at the right time. Going on to say, and I'm quoting him here, "I'm confident these issues were discussed between the
prime minister and the president."
What does that tell you about the level of information, if you will, that President Trump and the administration has in this moment in terms of where
things are headed?
SCHWARTZ: With past being precedent, I believe, and certainly from my own personal experience working there, the level of dialogue, intelligent
sharing, ongoing diplomatic efforts and that open dialogue, both through the State Department, our executive branch, and certainly through U.S.
central command is robust. And I imagine leading up to this offensive that started last Friday night, that was -- it was consistent with what the
dialogue has been in the past.
HILL: What does that tell you about the actual level then of U.S. involvement?
SCHWARTZ: Well, I think certainly Israel kept maybe not the specificity particularly of the covert -- or excuse me, clandestine capability that
Iran and Mossad had deployed inside of Iran, the support -- their offensive that started Friday night. But I think, certainly in general, the intent of
the target array that Israel is going to go after to include Iranian military leadership, the surface to air capability, the nuclear facilities,
I would be surprised if that level of dialogue between the IDF, chief of general staff, U.S. Central Command and our chairman of joint chiefs of
staff, if they were not aware of, you know, just the general concept of operations that Israel was planning.
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HILL: Yes. We have seen him reporting as well that, you know, President Trump rejected a plan to kill the supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khomeini.
Prime Minister Netanyahu was asked again about that and said in an interview that it wouldn't escalate the conflict and said in his words, he
said, it would end the conflict. If the supreme leader of Iran were to be targeted directly and killed, do you believe that would in fact end this
conflict based on your experience?
SCHWARTZ: Hard to tell, you know. What I will say is that the Israelis have some of the most exquisite intelligence and understanding of Iran, the
Iranian people, the regime, of anyone. I think certainly matched, if not better than the United States. However, you look at the state security
services inside of Iran, the ability for, you know, taking out the Supreme leader, there's a large line of succession within the Shia Ulema inside of
Iran. So, I would assess that's doubtful. That, in fact, would end the conflict.
I think what would end the conflict is Israel achieving its operational objectives of eliminating the nuclear enrichment capability that exists
inside of Iran today.
HILL: Retired U.S. Army Lieutenant General Mark Schwartz, really appreciate your insight and your expertise. Thank you.
SCHWARTZ: Thank you, Erica.
HILL: Still ahead here this hour, the CEO of NVIDIA in Europe to share his vision of A.I.'s future for the company. Anna Stewart caught up with him in
Paris.
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HILL: NVIDIA's, CEO is in Europe -- or was in Europe last week, I should say, discussing the future of artificial intelligence and urging European
leaders to develop their own A.I. systems and to invest more heavily in A.I. infrastructure. Anna Stewart caught up with them to discuss his
message to Europe as well as U.S.-China trade tensions.
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JENSEN HUANG, CEO, NVIDIA: We have now discovered the technology for manufacturing intelligence. In the last industrial revolution, we
manufactured energy, manufacture power. Now, we manufacture intelligence. It's a concept that's kind of hard to understand, but you know, soon it'll
be very mundane. And we'll use this technology to manufacture intelligence for every industry, healthcare, and financial services, manufacturing,
everything.
One of the great opportunities for Europe is that this region has -- had deeply invested in manufacturing and mechatronics technology and
industrials. It's deepened science. It's deepened manufacturing. And finally, A.I. is able to understand the physical world. You know, has to
under things, understand things like inertia and gravity and cause and effect, and, you know, and those kind of sensibility that we have about the
laws of physics and the physical world, A.I. is now starting to develop.
And so, we could use the A.I. for manufacturing automation, robotics automation and expand the workforce, expand the work capability, the labor
capability of each country and region. And so, I think this is going to be just a fantastic opportunity.
ANNA STEWART, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, Europe is lagging. So, it's about time it catches up. I'm going to pivot though to export controls. Do you
think U.S.-China trade talks will result in export controls being listed for some (INAUDIBLE) chips?
HUANG: Well, I'm not counting on it, but if it happens, then it'll be a great bonus. I've told all of our investors and shareholders that going
forward, our forecast will not include the market, the China market. However, I believe that we want America to win. We want the American
technology stack to win. And China has -- is the home of, you know, 50 percent of the world's A.I. researchers. And whatever technology stack A.I.
researchers build on will be the technology stack that the world uses.
It's also important to realize that 6G is going to be built on A.I. And if we -- if the United States would want to have the capability to be part of
the communications infrastructure in the future. You know, today, nearly all of the world's telecommunications technologies built by other
countries. And I think it's important to, for United States to have a leadership role in the future of 6G. And I think we could do that if we
diffused A.I. technology as broadly and as quickly as possible.
STEWART: Do you think -- do you still think the export control policy is a failure, (INAUDIBLE)?
HUANG: Well, the point that I was trying to make is the goals of the export control are not being achieved. Whatever those goals are that were being
discussed initially, apparently not working. And so, you know, I think with all export controls, the goals have to be well articulated and tested over
time. Just that -- just as all things that we do.
STEWART: President Macron yesterday said he would like chips to be made here in France. Who will you be doing that?
HUANG: NVIDIA's first chip was made here in France.
STEWART: No way.
HUANG: NVIDIA's first chip was made by STM in the crawl fab at the foot of the Alps. It was the most beautiful fab, and we had our first chip made
here. At the time --
STEWART: Why aren't you making more chips in Europe at the moment then?
HUANG: Well, the reason for the -- Europe kind of lost interest in building advanced chips. It wasn't because we stopped building it here, it was just
Europe for a long time lost some interest in doing so. And I it's quite a significant endeavor to go back to make these advanced chips. And, you
know, I think that the good news is that you have A.I. technology to invest in now, and I would invest in A.I. technology, you know, with full force
because it's so consequential to all the industries.
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HILL: Baseball sensation Shohei Ohtani finally back on the mound. Our preview of his pitching debut with the Dodgers, next.
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HILL: The wait is almost over. Two-way sensation Shohei Ohtani set to make his L.A. Dodgers pitching debut. In a few hours. The Japanese superstar
returning to the mound nearly two years after his elbow surgery and seven months after a procedure on his left shoulder. All this is Ohtani is
leading the National League Home Run race right now with 25 homers.
Bill Plunkett joining us from Dodger Stadium. He's a sports writer for the Orange County Register, and also the author of "L.A. Story Shohei Ohtani:
The Los Angeles Dodgers and a Season for the Ages." All right. just put into perspective for us in this moment, how excited are Dodger fans
tonight?
BILL PLUNKETT, SPORTSWRITER, THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER AND AUTHOR, "L.A. STORY": Oh, it's already a big game because they're playing San Diego, a
division rival. This just puts even more to it. I mean, they lined up hours in advance for Bobblehead nights when Ohtani, you know, was the giveaway.
So, to see the actual thing on the mound, it's an awful lot of excitement.
HILL: Yes. He's also been -- he's always been a pretty big draw. That is for sure. Do you think he's feeling any extra pressure tonight?
PLUNKETT: Well, I was just down in the clubhouse and he was, you know, at his locker getting ready and was yawning. So, I don't think he's having a
hard time with it. Maybe you know, the three-month-old baby at home might have kept him up last night and took the edge off his night's sleep.
HILL: There you go. I've been there, sleep deprived from the infant. That'll certainly do it. Although, what's interesting is, I was reading
that you say really one of his one of his greatest strengths, perhaps a secret to a lot of the success that we've seen from him is his ability to
sleep well and for long periods of time.
PLUNKETT: Yes. He's been very vocal about it, that's important as part of his regimen and his recovery after doing the double duty of being a hitter
and a pitcher. When the Dodgers played in Korea last year, he slept nearly the entire 13-hour flight. I wish I could do that on a plane.
HILL: Yes. I think there are a number of people watching who feel exactly the same way to be able to sleep for 12 hours, whether on a plane or even
in their own bed, would be a pretty significant achievement. We'll have to make sure the baby gets the message on that one. What are you watching?
What are you watching for tonight in this return?
PLUNKETT: Well, I think in the live BP sessions where he faced hitters in practice, his velocity was already 95, 96, 97. So, I don't think there's
going to be any issues with him recovering the same velocity he had before the surgery. But a lot of times what you see with guys who -- pitchers who
come back from elbow surgeries is the command, the control takes a while for them to dial it in.
So, I wouldn't be surprised to see him struggle with that a little bit, maybe walk a batter or two. And going forward as he gets into longer
outings, that's kind of the issue that we see with guy's coming back from this type of surgery.
HILL: Yes. You have to be covering this game tonight or what?
PLUNKETT: Yes. I cover a lot of exciting things, covering the Dodgers. I mean, we had a World Series just a few months ago, but Shohei, everything
he does is another level. He's a unique special athlete. I -- we've struggled trying to come up with formula. I've settled on Michael Jordan,
Times Taylor Swift, to kind of describe how popular he is internationally. It is a very unique thing.
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We do not see the best hitter in -- you know, power hitter in baseball, or at least in the National League, step on the mound and pitch. It's just not
done.
HILL: It is really something. Well, we all get to see it tonight. I'm looking forward to it. Really appreciate you taking the time to join us.
Thanks, Bill.
PLUNKETT: You got it.
HILL: In today's Good Brief, before we leave you. A dragon flying high to the top of the box office.
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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: All right. Bud, you ready? Come on. Here it comes.
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HILL: "How to Train Your Dragon," a live action remake of the animated franchise, raking in nearly $84 million in North America over the Father's
Day weekend, beating analyst expectations. The story follows the friendship between a young Viking and a dragon. The movie pushing Disney's live action
remake "Lilo & Stitch 2" second place.
Thanks so much for joining me on this Monday. I'm Erica Hill in New York. Be sure to stay with CNN. The news continues after this quick break.
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