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donald trump is slamming a democratic congresswoman for rejecting israel's decision to let her travel to the west bank. representatives ilhan omar and rashida tlaib, the first muslim women elected to the u.s. congress, earlier had been barred by israel from visiting. then israel granted tlaib permission to visit her elderly grandmother in the west bank, but tlaib declined. that prompted president trump to fire off a dig at tlaib. he tweeted this. the only real winner here is tlaib's grandmother. she doesn't have to see her now. for more about it, here's cnn's oren liebermann from jerusalem. >> reporter: the planned visit of democratic congresswoman rashida tlaib and ilhan omar to israel has turned into a bit of a drama. after promising to let the two democratic congresswomen in, israel reversed that decision on thursday under pressure from

donald trump, israel saying they would be denied entry because of their support for a boycott movement against israel. but there was an opening for tlaib, when has family in the west bank. she could be allowed to make a humanitarian visit to her family, including her 90-year-old grandmother, if she agreed to israel's restrictions. she did and was granted permission but quickly did an about-face. she said, visiting my grandmother under these oppressive conditions meant to humiliate would break my grandmother's heart. it would kill a piece of me that always stands up against racism and injustice. her family back the her up on this decision. >> translator: we are against the conditional visit of rashida to palestine. she has the right to visit palestine as a palestinian, regardless of being a congresswoman. as any citizen with a u.s. passport has the right to come and visit their family without any conditions or pressure. >> reporter: israel's interior minister, who has the final say on allowing or barring entry to

the country, attacked tlaib on twitter. i approved her request as a gesture of good will on a humanitarian basis, but it was just a provocative request aimed at bashing the state of israel. apparently her hate for israel overcomes her love for her grandmother. prime minister benjamin netanyahu said on thursday that israel has tremendous respect for the u.s. congress, republicans and democrats, but under israeli law, he's allowed to bar entras to those who support a boycott of israel. he made no mention of omar and tlaib in his statements and he didn't make statements about the other issue on friday. netanyahu has never publicly disagreed with trump and he's not about to start now. but one gets the sense he would like this story to be over sooner rather than later as he faces a re-election campaign over the next month. >> michael shear is a cnn political analyst and a white house correspondent for "the new york times." joining us now, michael, thanks for being with us. >> sure. >> let's begin with the story from israel that we saw this

week. two u.s. congresswomen denied the right to travel there after the u.s. president asked israel to prohibit it. they did. israel now saying on friday that congresswoman rashida tlaib could visit her grandmother in the west bank, but she demurred, saying not under such an oppressive agreement. how does this look for the israeli government? >> well, i mean, look, i think for the israeli government it looks a little bit weak, like they're caving to president trump, who was, after all, the one that seems to have convinced them to change their mind. they had originally said that the two young congresswomen could come to israel despite their views about boycotts of that country. but then when president trump seemed to object and to suggest that maybe they shouldn't be allowed in, that's when the israeli government changed their minds. i think in some ways, bibi netanyahu seems like he's kowtowing to doing the american

president's business, and yet there's sort of politics on all sides here. clearly the two congresswomen were, you know, originally going to israel for political purposes. they wanted to send a political message of their own, and president trump is clearly playing politics in the united states too. so i think it kind of all around, everybody looks pretty bad. >> right. we'll see if it has a bigger effect on the netanyahu government as well. but this entire episode with these congresswomen appears to be, in part perhaps, donald trump's latest attempt to distract and divide. and we've seen this tactic used time and time again when the president wants us to look the other way. what does he not want us to concentrate on? >> well, i think the most obvious thing that he doesn't want us to concentrate on is what appears to be the softening economy and the global economy in particular seems to have, you know -- seems to suggest that it might be heading towards a

slowdown and possibly even a recession. and i think that terrifies the trump administration and it terrifies the trump re-election campaign because of all of the things that you can sort of look at that's happened over the last 2 1/2, 3 years. the one pretty steady thing for president trump has been the economy, which has been pretty steadily improving in the united states. and so i think the fear is for the president if that turns south and people start seeing an economy where the stock market is going down, the jobs numbers, the unemployment rate is going up, that's really going to jeopardize his chance at re-election. so i think that in some ways, you can't -- you know, it's hard to get into his head completely and know exactly what his motivations were. but this certainly seemed like another example of kind of reaching for cultural, you know, sort of flash points, cultural hot-button issues so that we look there instead of what else is going on in the country. >> as you say, it's hard to get

into the president's head, but we know that despite these warnings, financial warnings from the stock market we saw this week, he does seem to talk about that he is the guy to believe in for the economy. let's listen to a comment he made this week. >> you have no choice but to vote for me because your 401(k)s, down the tubes. everything's going to be down the tubes. so whether you love me or hate me, you got to vote for me. >> well, will they? it would be difficult for most americans to look at their 401(k)s after this week, but what is fueling the president's confidence? you touched on this. he thinks no matter what, he's got his base. but what about moderate republicans? will they support him if the economy goes south? >> well, i mean, i think that's one really big question. you know, as much as president trump has dominated all of our lives the last, you know, 2 1/2

years, and he is clearly the biggest story. he's the biggest focus, and he likes it that way. he draws attention to himself. but the truth is, you know, when it comes time for people to vote, he's only half of the equation in the end. you know, the question is going to be for some of these swing voters, the moderate republicans you talked about and kind of independents and others, the question is going to be they're going to look at donald trump, and they're going to make an assessment about him and how they think he has been for their lives and particularly for their pocketbooks and the economic situation. but then they also have to look at the other side of the equation and say, okay, as much as i might be dissatisfied with where things are at this moment if the economy has turned south, do i trust that whoever the democratic candidate is, is going to be able to do any better? can i put my faith in that person? and i think that's where, you know, president trump's strategy has been to kind of demonize all

democrats as socialists and people that -- you heard that in that sound bite right there. you know, it was going to be down the tubes if a democrat gets into office. so i think that's the big unknown. we don't know exactly how people will resolve that calculation sort of looking at both sides in the end. >> we appreciate you joining us. we appreciate your insights on this. michael shear, thank you so much. >> certainly. happy to do it. we turn now to hong kong. the 11th straight weekend of protests is kicking off. a massive pro-democracy march is set to begin in just a few hours, and those protesters will have support from people across the world. there are also marches planned in taiwan and london. this comes just days after clashes between police and protesters at the city's airport. pro-police groups will hold their own rally later saturday. and we have live video here of

this. the chinese paramilitary troops who have been gathered for days along hong kong's border are continuing to perform drills. their presence is raising fears china could send them in to intervene. our will ripley joins me now from hong kong. hello to you, will. another weekend, another set of protests. meanwhile, we've seen this buildup of chinese forces there. just how much more do you think china will tolerate before it sends them in to break up these protests? >> reporter: i think this weekend is going to be a very important indicator, natalie, of momentum of this protest movement in terms of support from the general public here in hong kong because keep in mind before these violent outbreaks that involved relatively small numbers of people, there have been much larger gatherings like the one we're expecting here just over two hours or so from now. you can see now it's obviously empty behind me. what we've learned about this

protest movement, this is now the 11th consecutive week is people share information on social media and large groups can converge upon an area very quickly. the public transportation system here in hong kong allows that. these protests are expressing discontent, discontent towards the hong kong city government, discontent towards mainland china. one of the reasons this location is being chosen because a lot of mainland chinese tour buses come here. the people who expect to turn out in the march are doing so because they want to reclaim their neighborhood. as for china stepping in, what we're seeing, we're seeing there are military police performing those exercises. it's more propaganda at this stage than the imminent threat of some sort of intervention by mainland china, some tiananmen square 2.0 movement as some analysts said it would be if china did decide to interviene. i think it's sending a clear message they could come in any moment and stomp out things

quickly but of course that would come with great consequence as the eyes of the world are watching what's going to happen here in hong kong. >> there are going to shall rallies in support of these protesters from citizens in other countries. do you think that is the result of the high-profile protests at the airport? was that somewhat a game-changer? >> reporter: that certainly was, natalie. i was in new york when we watched those live pictures unfold, and within hours i was on a flight back here to hong kong because to a lot of us watching, that seemed to be a real turning point, a potentially dangerous flashpoint really that protesters took a piece of infrastructure like hong kong's airport, which is known for its efficiency, and were able to grind it to a halt for two consecutive evenings. things at the airport are now back to normal. they are now checking people's boarding mapasses and passports before they're allowed in. i think the question is what's next? for those who have the intent of

disruption, what can they do next to go bigger than the airport? that's the question to which we just don't know the answer right now. >> we'll know the answer pretty soon. will ripley for us, thank you. well, the ceo of hong kong's flagship airline, cathay pacific, is out of a job. rupert hogg resigned late friday with hundreds of flights canceled and booking downes. to make things more complicated, beijing had demanded the airline ban any staff who had participated in protests from working on flights entering china or flying in chinese airspace. his resignation takes effect monday. hong kong is no stranger to political unrest, and massive displays of public anger. paula hancocks explains what's fueling the demands for democracy.

>> reporter: this was the umbrella movement, a 2014 pro-democracy push in hong kong. tens of thousands took to the streets, but no government concessions were given. the demonstrations ended, but the resentment remained. five years later, a controversial bill is proposed that could see hongkongers extradited to mainland china to stand trial. frustrations boiled over. at the peak of the past two months, organizers believe up to 2 million people were on the streets. police say far less. either way, it was a massive part of hong kong. trying to protect its status as a special administrative region of china, one country, two systems. chief executive carrie lam responded. >> there are still lingering doubts about the government's sincerity or worries whether the government will restart the process in the legislative council. so i reiterate here there is no

such plan. the bill is dead. >> reporter: but it was not the full withdrawal that protesters wanted. there were still fears it could be resurrected quickly. civil disobedience on some occasions turned to criminal damage. breaking into the legislative council building in the center of town, occupying the seat of power in hong kong before police cleared protesters out. the demands grew. an independent investigation into police actions. the release of all those arrested. conditions unpalatable to authorities. protesters claimed police have used excessive force, tear gas in train stations, baton charges in shopping malls, and viral social media videos of clashes used to make their claim. the police counter saying they are constantly being attacked by certain elements, saying if they don't use violence, we don't use force. it's a stalemate that is hard to break as the protesters have no leader. a fluid movement that

communicates on social media. u.s. president donald trump even suggested china's president xi jinping could meet with protesters and have it sorted within 15 minutes. no side believes that would ever happen. joshua wong was a protest leader in 2014. subsequently spending a month behind bars. >> without a single individual leader, it's less chance to target a politician and to silence the voice of activists and to stop the protests without any kind of criminalization. >> with some tactics being used by protesters and police being criticized for being excessive, both sides have now dug in and it is no longer just a struggle on the streets of hong kong. it's now a fight for public opinion. but of course with no official leadership to start any kind of negotiation, it is hard to see where the off ramp is. paula hancocks, cnn, hong kong. the u.s. president is reportedly interested in buying

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>> reporter: after two more launches sending ballistic missiles flying at six times the speed of sound toward the sea of japan, north korea's aggressive young leader appears to once again be trying to dictate terms to the u.s. and south korea from the tip of his spear. the test-firing of two short range missiles late thursday is kim jong-un's sixth such provocation in only about three weeks. analysts say he's again clamoring for president trump's attention, but also signaling his rage. >> the message is that as long as u.s./south korea exercises continue, north korea is going to continue to develop, deploy, and test some new capabilities that can do damage to the united states, to our troops, to our bases, and to south korea. >> reporter: those precision joint military exercises between u.s. and south korean forces started a few weeks ago and will be conducted at least into next

week. u.s. officials have repeatedly said they're defensive, designed to sharpen american troops' readiness for any possible hostilities on the peninsula. but the drills have always made the young, self-declared supreme commander of north korea's military uneasy. >> his rhetoric calls these preparations for invasion and to strike against him, particularly the purchase of the f-35 by south korea gives it the capability to strike deep and to strike any leadership target or any missile target in north korea. so he is afraid of this training. >> reporter: at the same time, kim is firing another diplomatic salvo at his south korean counterpart, moon jae-in. kim's regime saying it has no desire to talk face to face with south korean officials again. this comes as president trump, according to sources in the administration, has soured on moon, believing he hasn't done enough to rein in north korea's aggression. it was moon who spurred a lot of

momentum for the peace process early on, hosting kim jong-un's sister at the winter olympics and having an aide hand-deliver kim's first request for a summit to president trump. but analysts say the dictator in pyongyang is conveniently forgetting that for his own gain. >> kim jong-un is trying to delegitimize moon jae-in, to undercut his political power in south korea and, most importantly, to drive a wedge between the south korean and u.s. alliance. >> reporter: veteran diplomats are warning the president of the dangers of investing too much in his personal one-on-one relationship with a dictator who they believe wants to keep his nuclear weapons. >> indeed he does not intend to denuclearize. so one of the central dangers is the danger of what i call self-delusion that the president may convince himself that something is happening that is not really happening. >> reporter: to give an idea of just how much the u.s. and south korea have bent over backwards to tolerate kim's provocations and to work toward peace,

analysts point out that since that first trump/kim summit in singapore in june of last year, the u.s. and its allies in the region have canceled at least 12 sets of military exercises and scaled back many others while at the same time kim jong-un hasn't scaled back any of north korea's military exercises one bit. brian todd, cnn, washington. greenland has a message for u.s. president trump. the island is open for business, but it is not for sale. the government is responding to reports that mr. trump has talked about buying the danish territory and that it's not the first time the united states has expressed interest in greenland. the u.s. has tried to buy it before. that's mostly because it is believed to be rich in natural resources and with most of the island situated in the arctic circle, it is an ideal location to monitor russia. cnn's frederik pleitgen is in greenland to find out what people there are saying.

>> reporter: it seems like a lot of folks here in greenland seem to almost be mocking president trump's alleged idea to acquire this territory or possibly somehow purchase it. the government of greenland has come out and said, quote, greenland is not for sale. and local folks here in the southeast of the country that we've been speaking to say, look, this is something that america has tried in the past. they talk about 1867 when there apparently was a push, and then the time shortly after world war ii, and one resident said it simply isn't going to happen. now, on the face of it, it might not be such a crazy idea for america to want to do this. greenland apparently does have very vast natural resources that the chinese have been vtrying t get their hands on through some chinese companies. it's not something america is fond of. it's a strategic place for america as well. there's a brig air base in the northwest of greenland. however, if the greenlanders really do have all these natural resources, they can get to them and exploit them, the first

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world. i'm natalie allen. here are our top stories. a democratic congresswoman now says she will not travel to the west bank after getting permission from the israeli government. rashida tlaib, who has relatives in the west bank, says israel placed conditions on her visit that she called oppressive. large groups of chinese paramilitary vehicles are gathered along the border with hong kong. they've been there for several days as the pro-democracy protests in hong kong show no sign of stopping. more demonstrations are planned in the coming hours for the 11th straight weekend. the u.s. customs and border patrol's computers are back online after being out for two hours friday. the glitch led to long lines and travelers waiting to be processed at some airports. that couldn't have been fun. the agency says there's no indication the disruption was malicious. north korea says leader kim jong-un directly oversaw its

latest missile test on friday of what pyongyang says is a new weapon. the pentagon says the projectiles were short range ballistic missiles. north korea released pictures of a smiling kim and said the test had a, quote, perfect result. the u.s. justice department has unsealed a seizure warrant following its failed attempt to keep that iranian tanker captured off gibraltar from being released. the u.s. is alleging a scheme to unlawfully access the u.s. financial system to support illicit shipments of oil by iran to syria and that a network of front companies laundered millions of dollars to support the shipments. gibraltar's supreme court on friday allowed the grace one, as it's called, to be released. this comes as the u.s. is watching other ominous signs from iran. for more on that, here's barbara starr at the pentagon.

>> reporter: new classified imagery shows iran is preparing to launch a rocket as soon as next week that the iranians claim could put a peaceful satellite into orbit according to u.s. officials. but it's a program with the same technology needed for an intercontinental ballistic missile, the type that someday could strike the u.s. commercial images of this launch site obtained by cnn show launch-related vehicles are already on-site. >> iran -- trouble, nothing but trouble. >> reporter: several u.s. defense and intelligence officials say iran is improving range and accuracy of all its missiles, and so is north korea. kim jong-un has conducted six short-range missile launches since may, several showing increased range. america's adversaries see a president now conciliatory at random times.

>> our allies take advantage of us far greater than our enemies. >> reporter: however america's military adversaries are on the rise and bolder. >> they believe that they can go ahead and produce weapons systems and test weapons with impunity. >> reporter: president trump compliments kim. >> that being said, i got a very beautiful letter from kim jong-un. >> reporter: but u.s. intelligence experts tell cnn that pyongyang continues improving all of its missiles and is trying to make new nuclear fuel supplies. vladimir putin is working on new weapons to keep the u.s. out of europe, including a nuclear-powered missile that apparently recently exploded, releasing radioactive material. china has massive cyber-espionage efforts to steal american military technology. >> the reason we see all of these things happening in all of these different countries is because all of these rivals of

the united states see no real pushback from the trump administration. >> reporter: the incoming chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, the president's personal military adviser, has a dire warning. >> china went to school on us. they watched us very closely in the first gulf war, the second gulf war. they watched our capabilities. they will have the capability to defeat us by mid-century. >> reporter: when it comes to countries like iran and north korea, they are under heavy sanctions, so how are they getting everything they need for these weapons programs? u.s. officials tell us both those countries are very active on the black market and engaging in cyber-espionage. barbara starr, cnn, the pentagon. >> as barbara mentioned, there was recently a deadly explosion at one of russia's military projects, but it is only the latest in a series of accidents that has some questioning the country's ambitions and asking just how far is russia willing to go in its quest for military

dominance. nick paton walsh has our report. >> reporter: three separate incidents in about a month, each exposing the ragged underbelly of the kremlin's increased military stature, and each not entirely explained. first was the as 31, a deep, deep spy submarine. it's meant to help it get to the ocean floor, deeper than nuclear or attack subs. 14 crew members died from smoke inhalation, state media said. the submarine's nuclear reactor was said to be intact, and it was taken to port. the incident came as the 20th anniversary of the submarine tragedy neared and began putin's

presiden presidency. it sank, he blankly remarked, asked about the fate of the 118 sailors onboard. there was a more conventional but shocking blast, a munitions depot, and another one hit by five hours of blasts. the shock wave and mushroom clouds extreme. it took a week for russia to admit 40 people had been injured. that the delay assigned the old soviet culture of denial is alive and well even as the military races to modernize amid tightening budgets. >> it goes down, so basically the military and the defense sector are asked to do more for less. maybe some of these accidents are a part of the price that the military has to pay for this

relatively modest budget and a lot of ambitions behind this budget. >> reporter: no greater ambition than that partially revealed where testing of putin's new super missile killed at least five nuclear specialists and caused a radiation spike perhaps felt as far as norway, leaving the question as to whether the kremlin's race to the bottom of the sea or top of the heavens scorches too much in its wake. nick paton walsh, cnn, london. >> for more about this story, let's bring in cnn national security analyst steve hall. he's a former cia chief of russian operations, and he joins us now from arizona. steve, thanks for being with us. first up, what do you make of what we're hearing about this latest mystery mishap? what more do we know about what russia was testing? >> well, one thing is for sure, natalie, and that is that the russians will admit nothing about this particular accident,

whatever the nature of it was, until such time as they're confronted with facts by the west. if they're asked about it, then they'll explain as little as they possibly can. in this sense, it's very much like the chernobyl incident not in terms of the largeness or the size of the actual radioactive or whatever the incident was, but the government's pattern is quite clear. not saying anything more than they have to, trying to conceal it from the locals, all of that that we saw in chernobyl, we are also now seeing in this particular event. and we still to this day don't know precisely what happened. >> right. so they didn't acknowledge chernobyl. they tried to hide that at first. what responsibility does russia owe the world, or do they, over this incident since it could impact perhaps its neighbors? >> yeah, of course. i mean if i lived in norway or finland, i would be very, very concerned about this. russia has proven itself over the years to be a very poor neighbor, a very poor

participant in international affairs. you know, even to the level of something as serious as nuclear contamination, you know, the norwegians detected a slight, very small raise in radioactivity, but the scenario is it's now being understood that this weapon or whatever device, the motor perhaps, which had, now the russians are admitting, radioactive isotopes, apparently blew off into the ocean. so we don't know where the radioactivity in the ocean is going to go. we don't know what the currents are. these are things that we really -- especially if you're a neighbor of russia, you want to know these things. and the russians will simply not tell us until absolutely forced to do so. >> what is the end game here possibly for vladimir putin? we mentioned military dominance. what does he want? >> so this is fascinating to me. you know, what vladimir putin has been up to over the past couple of years is trying to divide, split, and weaken the west, and he's done a very good job. >> yes.

>> i mean we're now focused on things like, you know, is donald trump going to try tow buy greenland as opposed to are there new nuclear weapons that the russians are testing? he's done this not via direct confrontation for the most part. he's done it via cyberwarfare. there have been some examples of hard power. the russian military was active in syria. it also attacked in 2008 georgia, not to mention the anextation of crimea. but the russian military is more about making russia look like a world power, making it look like it's part of this big game, great russia, one of the significant world powers. that is extremely important to vladimir putin and frankly to russians on the street as well. it's more than how many boots on the ground, how many missiles in the sky. it's about national prestige. >> hopefully they want the appearance of that, they won't

achieve that. let's talk about where the relationship is between the u.s. and russia. it has eroded, so where might the u.s. role here be in trying to inquire with russia or meet with russia or talk about what's going on? >> you know, this is absolutely true what the report was just talking about. we need the united states and her allies need to press russia on these things because we know that vladimir putin and russia will not tell us anything about any of these incidents until they're pressed. the problem is, is that because largely, i believe, of donald trump's foreign policy, you heard in a previous segment how donald trump was saying, you know, we get treated very badly more by our allies than by our enemies. well, when vladimir putin hears something like that, he knows that he has divided the west and that the pressure that the west could put on russia to try to get to the bottom of these things is quite a bit less because there's a lack of u.s.

leadership and there's a split in the western democratic system and nato countries involved in that. so we should be holding their feet to the fire, but it's hard to do it when you don't have a real tight relationship with your allies. >> we'll be following this story closely, and we always appreciate your expertise, steve. steve hall joining us. thank you. >> sure. in case you hadn't noticed, the world has become much hotter. scientists say last month was the hottest month on record. derek van dam will talk about that for us next. just ok? (in dutch) tell him we need this merger. (in dutch) it's happening..! just ok is not ok. especially when it comes to your network. at&t is america's best wireless network and now, get the option of spotify premium on us, with your unlimited plan.

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july 2019 was the planet's hottest month on record. that according to the u.s. national oceanic and atmospheric administration. the average global temperature was 1.71 degrees fahrenheit or 0.95 celsius above the average for the 20th century.

and despite research that overwhelmingly says climate change is human-made, some political leaders refuse to accept the science. when democratic leader chuck schumer tweeted about the report, republican senator john cornyn responded by saying, it's summer, chuck. meteorologist derek van dam is here with more about this and the data speaks for itself. >> yeah, it's hard to believe that 97% of the world's leading climate scientists say that global warming is caused by humans, yet our global leaders refuse to accept the science. that was the warmest july on record, warmest month ever recorded, but it is also the 415th consecutive month with above average temperatures. this is just the latest data in an irrefutable warming trend that's being felt not only globally but also locally for your hometown. so let's talk about it. here is the map. the information from noaa. what i want you to gather is that all the red shades you see

here, specifically south africa or southern africa, asia into portions of alaska, that's where we saw some of the record warmth across the planet. july 2019, the hottest on record according to noaa. this is on the tails of the fourth hottest year on record, 2018. by the way, the top five hottest years on record have occurred all within the past five years. are you seeing a trend here? by the way, 2019 is on par to tie the second hottest year on reco record, 2017. and specifically across the united states, we saw some astounding impacts from climate change and global warming. sea surface temperatures soaring across the pacific. we had the warmest low temperature ever recorded in miami, 84 degrees for a low temperature. but what really baffled scientists is what happened in alaska. we saw record warmth. anchorage, their average temperature for the entire month of july was 65.3 degrees. look at how much above average that was. it was so warm that it was killing off trout and salmon in some of the local rivers in

alaska. that's still occurring by the way, and it wasn't just felt across the u.s. we had five countries in july that set their hottest day on record. the united kingdom all the way to germany, remember the heatwave that occurred there. and in sweden, they saw their warmest temperature observed north of the arctic circle. this has huge ramifications on the arctic sea ice, which by the way is sitting about 20% below average where it should be this time of year. astounding numbers. you're watching it disappear right before your ices. not only the sea ice volume in the arctic, but also the sea ice thickness. greenland lost 13.5 billion tons of ice in just one single day in july. so what's occurring here? well, we're starting to see these greenhouse gases recorded at measurements we've never experienced before, including co2. these are heat-trapping gases that come from industries, electricity and heat production, agriculture and forests. how do we know this happens?

well, we have seen the landmarks of climate change across the entire planet. >> we have. derek, thank you, i guess. >> right. next here, the amazing kindness of strangers. when we come back, the story of a man with no family and the hundreds who came to share his grief in el paso. during the model year clearance sale. save up to $2500 on remaining 2019 tracker and sun tracker boats. save up to $3500 on tahoe; up to $4500 on regency; and save up to $5000 on remaining nitro boats. plus bonus factory cash on select models and thousands more in savings compared to 2020 models. hurry to bass pro shops,cabela's, and tracker boating centers nationwide.

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was killed in the shooting. so the outpouring of love from the community has been overwhelming. not only did hundreds of people show up to the service but more than 400 flower arrangements and cards were send in from around the world. flowers from germany, japan and new zealand. he spent about an hour receiving guests inside. all the donated flowers will be transport on sunday to the site of the memorial where the shooting happened. that's where bosco continues to go every day to pay respects to his wife. also where we met someone who want to tell us that this community has been reinvigorated after the shooting to love all human kind no matter the color, the citizenship. today we're expecting a rally from moms demand action. we're going to see college students registering voters. we also saw mexican officials this week coming to the memorial. they say because mexican nationals were among those killed, that they hope mexico can be part of the discussion in

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