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Manhunt Continues with Thousands of Leads as 2nd Prison Worker Arrested; Life, Legacy of Reverend Clementa Pinckney; No Deal Yet in Greek Debt Crisis; Pakistan Heat Wave Kills More than 1000 People; Migrants Caught Trying to Cross Channel Tunnel to Great Britain; White Supremacist Group Doesn't Pay Taxes; Families in Sudan on Brink of Starvation; Bobby Jindal Announces President Run; Donald Trump in War of Words with Neil Young over Song. Aired 2-3a ET

Aired June 24, 2015 - 02:00   ET

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[02:00:] ROSEMARY CHURCH, CNN ANCHOR: A second prison employee is facing criminal charges in the New York prison escape. And how one prisoner may have used sex to get what he wanted.

ERROL BARNETT, CNN ANCHOR: Plus, the Boston bomber is sentenced to death and says he is sorry but not all victims are ready to forgive.

CHURCH: The heat wave in Pakistan hits a grim new milestone.

BARNETT: Hello, everyone. I'm Errol Barnett. Welcome to our viewers tuned in in the United States and those watching all around the world.

CHURCH: I'm Rosemary Church. Thanks for joining us. This is CNN NEWSROOM.

BARNETT: Two convicted murderers have been on the run for nearly three weeks now, which is quite stunning, and a second prison employee is facing charges in connection with their escape. Gene Palmer is accused of bringing frozen meat packed with hidden tools to inmates and officials say he allowed them into a cat walk area from which they escaped.

CHURCH: Authorities are following thousands of leads and have discovered the inmate DNA inside a cabin.

Jason Carroll reports on what else has been found, including a bloody sock.

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JASON CARROLL, CNN CORRESPONDENT: The search perimeter, 1,000 people, helicopters and all-terrain vehicles but the focus on the area surrounding the hunting cabin in Mountain View and a report from a man who says he saw a man running from his hunting cabin.

MAJ. CHARLES GUESS, NEW YORK STATE POLICE: We have 100 percent assurance they were in that area and they were at that point last seen 10:30 a.m. Saturday morning. CARROLL: There are clues that could help investigators learn more

about the escaped killers' physical condition.

GUESS: There are numerous items we recovered from the cabin. We have no definitive information to reveal that someone was injured. A bloody sock could mean someone had a blister or a lot worst. I'm hoping for the best.

CARROLL: As the search intensifies so, too, does the investigation into the inmates' escape. Joyce Mitchell, the prison worker now under arrest for her alleged role, admitting she put tool in a frozen slab of hamburger meat and convinced Gene Palmer to pass it on to Richard Matt. Palmer's attorney said he didn't know about the escape.

As for Mitchell's relationship with the inmates, her attorney again denies it.

STEVE JOHNSON, ATTORNEY FOR JOYCE MITCHELL: She has included to me and to my knowledge to the police she never had sexual relations with Mr. Sweat. She has denied that on multiple occasions.

CARROLL (on camera): Richard Matt, did she mention anything at all about him?

JOHNSON: I'm not going to her into Richard Matt.

CARROLL (voice-over): Her attorney also saying he is reviewing 20 hours of interviews, Mitchell has given to police.

(on camera): What is she seemingly -- what has she admitted to at this point?

JOHNSON: I'm not going to comment on that. That's something she has talked to the police she may be in a position to continue to give help, assistance to them. And I don't want to be in a position of harming her plea bargaining opportunities.

CARROLL (voice-over): Jason Carroll, CNN, Cadyville, New York.

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CHURCH: Despite Mitchell's denials, a former inmate at the prison is telling a different story.

BARNETT: Based on what he observed, Erik Jensen say he's convinced that Mitchell was having an affair with David Sweat.

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ERIK JENSEN, FORMER INMATE: Giggling like a schoolgirl and it's like, when, the superstar football player, he asked the girl out on a date or for the prom or something like. I believe they were getting it on. I believe they were getting it on in that back room. I believe the way they were reacting with each other, it was going on for a while. They -- it was too comfortable. Too comfortable. And I believe his whole plan was to get out of there. (END VIDEO CLIP)

CHURCH: Mitchell's husband, Lyle, says she swore to him she never had sex with either inmate.

BARNETT: Now we move to Charleston, South Carolina, where worshippers displayed their resolve and defiance on Wednesday.

CHURCH: They resumed Bible study in the very same room where nine people were murdered last week at Emanuel AME Church. Wednesday's lesson listed on the church website was called "the power of love."

[02:05:08] Meanwhile, thousands of mourners viewed the open casket of the church's pastor, Reverend Clementa Pinckney. A public viewing will be held in the coming hours at Emanuel AME and another church nearby.

BARNETT: CNN's Martin Savidge has more on the lawmaker's life that was cut short but filled with many accomplishments.

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MARTIN SAVIDGE, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Escorted by fellow legislators, a horse drawn caisson cared Reverend and State Senator Clementa to the state house he worked in since he was 23. He was carried to the second floor to lie in state.

Pinckney's legacy stretches back 18 years, but it's his push for one recent bill that many believe will bring justice for all in this state. It was after the other South Carolina shooting that shocked America.

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SAVIDGE: Horrifying video caught the moment when Walter Scott was shot and killed by a police officer last April. Two days after the world saw it, a deep voice spoke out.

REV. CLEMENTA PINCKNEY, AME CHURCH PASTOR: Ladies and gentlemen, my name is Clementa Pinckney.

SAVIDGE: South Carolina was already considering police body camera legislation. But Scott's death and Pinckney's drive gave the bill new urgency.

PINCKNEY: Every person in South Carolina needs to know they will have equal protection under the law and that a badge and a gun does not give someone superiority.

SAVIDGE: His district stretches from Charleston County to Georgia. But he knew the controversy over Scott's death went far beyond.

PINCKNEY: This is speaking to the soul of America.

SAVIDGE: To Pinckney, other members of the state black caucus, body cameras would bring transparency they to a South Carolina justice system they thought was distorted by race. And he rose once more to push his colleagues to act.

PINCKNEY: It is my hope as South Carolina Senators we will stand up for what is good and best about our state.

SAVIDGE: On June 4th, legislation demanding body cameras was approved by the assembly with one dissenting vote. Nikki Haley signed the bill, handing the pen to Walter Scott's mother. And in the second row back was the state Senator who helped build support for the new law. It was June 10th, exactly one week before another camera would capture hate walking through the door of Emanuel AME Church silencing forever a powerful voice for change.

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BARNETT: Martin Savidge there.

The church shootings have ignited a movement to remove Confederate flags from state houses across the U.S. Critics see the Civil War-era flag as a racist symbol but others consider it an emblem of southern pride.

CHURCH: In the latest move surrounding this controversial symbol, the Alabama Governor Robert Bentley ordered Confederate flags removed from his state's capitol grounds on Wednesday. He says he doesn't want them to become a distraction. Take a listen.

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ROBERT BENTLEY, ALABAMA GOVERNOR: If there are flags that are flying over the grounds if I have the authority to remove them, then I'm going to. And I looked into it. We researched it. We looked at the laws. There was nothing that said it should be flown. There was no reason that I could not remove it. So that's what I did.

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BARNETT: Meanwhile, China's largest online commerce company, Alibaba, is banning all Confederate merchandise. That decision comes after competitors like Amazon and eBay said they would do the same.

CHURCH: As for the U.S. military, the Pentagon says it does not expect its 10 U.S. military bases named after Confederate leaders to be renamed. Some of the bases are Ft. Benning in Georgia and Ft. Hood in Texas. A spokesperson for the Army says that every Army installation is named for a soldier who holds a place in military history. The names represent individuals and not causes or ideologies.

BARNETT: A white supremacist group may be getting special treatment from the U.S. government. Coming up later this hour, CNN's Suzanne Malveaux reports on why the group is not paying any federal taxes. [02:10:00] CHURCH: Another story we're watching, the convicted

Boston Marathon bomber is apologizing for his deadly crimes. More than who years after the attack, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev spoke before being formally sentenced to death. He said, "I am sorry for the lives I have taken, if the suffering I have caused you, for the damage that I've done, irreparable damage."

BARNETT: After the sentencing, survivors reacted to Tsarnaev's apology.

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LYNN JULIAN, BOSTON MARATHON BOMBING SURVIVOR: I regret wanting to ever hear him speak. What he said showed no remorse, no regret or empathy for what he has done to our lives.

HENRY BERGARD, BOSTON MARATHON BOMBING SURVIVOR: I have forgiven him. I have come to a place of peace and for me to hear him say that he is sorry, that is enough for me.

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BARNETT: Meanwhile there were tense moments outside the courthouse as police arrested this man who had a meat cleaver in his vehicle. He now faces several charges.

Now let's get you information on the Greek debt crisis. Eurozone finance ministers will pick up negotiations in a few hours after talks with Greece on Wednesday ended without a deal.

CHURCH: The country has a few days to work out an agreement or risk default.

CNN's Tadhg Enright has more.

TADHG ENRIGHT, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): The IMF chief said nothing to journalists as she went into the meeting. Inside, Madame LaGarde had a quiet word with the Greek finance minister. This was supposed to be a summit that made great strides. They were gearing up for an all-nighter.

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ENRIGHT: But quickly, they realized they have a long way to go.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I shall be very brief. We have just informed the ministers on the process and the progress being made so far. Unfortunately we have not reached an agreement yet but we are determined to continue. This work will go on during the night if necessary.

ENRIGHT: The Troika had been reviewing proposals made by the Greek government on Monday. But come the day they were supposed to reach an agreement the IMF said they weren't on the right track.

(on camera): One task set by Greece's creditors was to save $2 billion a year on pensions. But rather than cut payments, Athens proposed raising the retirement age. They also proposed $9 billion worth of tax hikes including raising company and sales taxes. But the IMF said that it would damage economic growth and it would be better to cut pensions and public sector wages.

(voice-over): There was a quick hello and a forced smile for the cameras before the Greek prime minister disappeared for talks to see what could be salvaged. Beforehand, he tweeted about the IMF, "The repeated rejection of equivalent measures by certain institutions never occurred before, neither in Ireland nor Portugal. This odd stance seems to indicate that either there is no interest in an agreement or that special interests are being backed."

That was a message to conspiracy theorists. "We think that they want to destabilize and unseat the government so they can deal with a new administration. If the IMF demands more, it makes it harder to sell this deal to lawmakers here."

Back in Brussels, they are waiting for a new day for more talks but with less than a week before a potential default by Greece. Time is something that no one can afford to lose.

Tadhg Enright, CNN, London.

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BARNETT: For the latest on this, let's bring in Elinda Labropoulou. She joins us live from Athens.

Linda, what do you think? Who do you think will blink first here, then? Surely, Greece will make spending cuts to finalize this deal or is it just not that easy for that country?

ELINDA LABROPOULOU, CNN CORRESPONDENT: It's definitely not that easy for the country to do that. The prime minister, Alexis Tsipras, has made a lot of promises that he needs to back down on. It will not go down well with the Greek public and it's not something that a number of his mps are willing to accept. They have indicated they are not willing to do that. If he brings a deal to parliament where it needs to be ratified it is likely he will run into serious problems there, too. If he has no deal in parliament it means he will have no option but really to step down. But we of course we are a long way from that. We have to get to a deal first. I believe that Greece will do what it can to reach a deal. But I think in order for Greece to sell this to its own public and mps it needs to get concessions back, not something it has seen so far.

And the main issue is the question of debt sustainability. There had been indications that Greece might be able to get some concessions and promises from creditors that the question, the debate on debt sustainability and relief would be able to be at least included in these proposals. This is not something that we've seen so far. We've seen the IMF quietly pushing in that direction, but for the time being, Europe is not willing to budge. So, possibly today. And even if these talks continue tomorrow, what we are waiting to see is what both sides will be able to do to see if they can forge an agreement. [02:16:01]BARNETT: And each side has to give something up. That's

what makes compromise so difficult and so painful.

Elinda Labropoulou live for us in Athens ahead of continued talks to avoid a Grexit.

Let's show our viewers how the markets are reacting. Europe opens next hour. Here are the numbers out of Asia. Stocks are down all over the place following triple-digit losses for the Dow in New York on Wednesday. The Asian markets pulling back for the moment. We'll keep an eye on this throughout the day.

CHURCH: We'll certainly do that.

We are following some developing news. A car bomb exploded in the Syrian city of Kobani near a Turkish border gate.

BARNETT: The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says the militants are fighting Kurdish YPG forces. Dozens of people have been killed or wound but an exact count is not yet known. ISIS staged an attack from three sides of the town. We'll keep tracking this.

Also, in Syria, ISIS fighters have reportedly gained ground in the city of al Hasakah (ph). The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says ISIS fighters seized two neighborhoods there in fierce fighting.

CHURCH: But the Syrian military denies that ISIS has taken new territory. Kurdish militia were in control of large parts of the city. We'll bring you more information on this breaking story as it comes into us.

The death toll from the devastating heat wave in Pakistan continues to climb and the country is struggling to keep up with people's basic needs. We'll have more on that when we come back.

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[01:21:30] BARNETT: More than 1,000 people have died in Pakistan's brutal record-breaking heat wave and nearly all of them in Karachi.

CHURCH: Resources are overwhelmed with morgues and hospitals filled beyond capacity. Pakistan's electricity grid is also being strained with power outages being reported.

And CNN correspondent, Saima Mohsin, is live in Karachi with more on the toll this intense is taking.

Saima, you have been to the morgue at this graveyard. What are you seeing, what are people saying to you?

SAIMA MOHSIN, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): It's difficult to cover, Rosemary, and stomach. The difficulty that the people of Karachi and the province have been going through. They say it's not as hot today as it has been over the weekend but you feel the intensity of the heat. I'm in a graveyard right now, surrounded by graves. You can't really see where the new graves are because there simply isn't room for them. People are bringing their dead, their loved ones to the graveyard. This is the main graveyard in the city. It's the closest one to the hospitals and the morgue. And in this intense heat as we had seen yesterday the bodies are decomposing fast. So they want to bury them fast. The grave differ said they have carved out of the ground in between two tightly closely packed graves already. They also told me they are opening up old graves to put in more bodies -- Rosemary?

CHURCH: It is so grim. And of course, now, we're talking about more than a thousand people having died as a result of this heat wave. There's not a lot of relief coming. It's going to take a few days before the relief comes. What is the government doing to try to help people to try to offer some sort of relief?

MOHSIN: Not a lot. The fact that so many people have died in something as simple as a heat wave exemplifies the government in this area. There are not enough hospitals or medicines. Heatstroke should be something simple to treat. You elevate people's legs, keep them cool and put them on a drip and replenish liquids but the government hospitals don't even have beds or enough drips to offer. That's why they are reliant on volunteers and donations from mostly local people and charities or the rich are providing blocks of ice or air- conditioning units, free standing, by the way, because there are frequent and lengthy power outages in Pakistan. These have been going on for years because the country doesn't provide enough generation of power for people's needs. And this moment has exemplified the lack of governance and provisions and infrastructure in Pakistan in general and in the province when the death toll continues to mount.

And by the way, Rosemary, about that death toll, we really cannot be clear on how many have been killed. There are people in remote locations and private hospitals because there are not government hospitals. The official figure may be around a thousand but it could be higher -- Rosemary?

[02:25:28] CHURCH: Indeed. That is probably why we're seeing these numbers increase suddenly. But it could be higher.

Many thanks to Saima Mohsin reporting from Karachi.

BARNETT: Europe's migrant crisis is moving closer to the United Kingdom. It has Britain worried. Nearly 500 migrants were caught trying to cross the channel tunnel on Wednesday.

CHURCH: Many were trying to exploit the chaos caused by French workers.

As Hala Gorani reports, many are taking desperate and illegal measures in the hopes of a better life.

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HALA GORANI, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Running after trucks on a busy highway, migrants storm a road in Calais, making a desperate dash for open vehicles to hide in. A police siren sounds, dispersing the small crowd, and with batons, officers force them off the trucks. Chaos and desperation just a few hundred meters from the entrance to the channel tunnel.

Most of the migrants here are from Sudan, Ethiopia and Eritrea, and all say they have nothing left to lose.

(on camera): You are willing to take the risk to jump on one of these trucks?

UNIDENTIFIED MIGRANT: Yeah.

GORANI: But it's dangerous.

UNIDENTIFIED MIGRANT: Yeah, it is dangerous but it is war, we will die. And here we are going to die even.

GORANI (voice-over): The attempts to hitch a ride almost seem pointless at times, trying to open the doors of cars loaded on a truck. These two men apparently wondering if they could fit under this vehicle.

(on camera): The desperation we see here is leading people to try just about anything to make it across. They will jump aboard the truck but some will hold on to the undercarriage of the vehicles. They say they'll do anything because Britain holds the promise of a better future, something they are not finding here in France.

25-year-old Saed is from Afghanistan.

(on camera): Why is life better in England?

UNIDENTIFIED MIGRANT: You can work there. In France, you can't work.

GORANI (voice-over): Lorry drivers here are largely patient. We saw them calmly inspect their vehicle for passengers.

But this man, whose truck was overrun by migrants, was in no mood to carry an extra load today.

Inside, migrants come out from every corner.

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GORANI: The driver bangs on boxes with a metal crow bar. Others emerge. But did more climb on to the truck than came out? Hard to say.

Amid all the chaos, moments of humanity. A driver hands a migrant a bottle of water and gets a thumb's up as a thank you.

Today, authorities have started building a fence near this makeshift camp to keep illegal migrants from storming the highway. Eventually, it will be several kilometers long. But until then, these scenes will be routine. The ferry strikes on Tuesday highlighted a crisis that has been ongoing here for years.

In the distance, men lie flat on the roof of more trucks. Will they make it? Will they get caught? Either way, they are willing to take a life-changing risk to find out.

Hala Gorani, CNN, Calais.

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BARNETT: You are watching CNN NEWSROOM. Coming up next, see why U.S. taxpayers are ultimately funding a group that opposes mixing blacks and whites, the same group that may have inspired the Charleston church shooter.

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[02:32:52] ERROL BARNETT, CNN ANCHOR: Welcome back to our viewers here in the U.S. and those of you watching from around the world. I'm Errol Barnett.

ROSEMARY CHURCH, CNN ANCHOR: And I'm Rosemary Church. It is time to check the main stories this hour.

A prison guard is now facing three felony charges in connection with the escape of two New York inmates. Gene Palmer is accused of taking frozen meat embedded with smuggled tools to the inmate cell area. His attorney says that he was unaware the tools were inside. Joyce Mitchell is a former prison employee charged with aiding the escape.

BARNETT: The families of three Americans who were killed as ISIS hostages are reacting to a huge change in U.S. hostage policy. Families of the three say they have faith in the changes that will lead to better success in bringing hostages home. The White House said it won't prosecute families who pay ransom to hostage takers.

CHURCH: Bobbi Kristina Brown has been moved to hospice care. Her family says she is in God's hands now. 22-year-old Bobbi Kristina has been in a medically induced coma since she was found unresponsive in a bathtub at her home in January.

BARNETT: The man accused of gunning down nine people in a Charleston church left an alleged manifesto spewing hatred. That manifesto may have been inspired by the Council of Conservative Citizens, a group that opposes mixing races.

CHURCH: You might be surprised that not only did the group donate money to Republican presidential candidates, but it also doesn't pay taxes, and hasn't since 1985.

Suzanne Malveaux has more from Washington.

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SUZANNE MALVEAUX, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): As the casket of State Senator Clementa Pinckney was making its way to the South Carolina capitol for viewing, new revelations about the white supremacist group, called the Council of Conservative Citizens, the group that gunman Dylann Roof says that inspired him.

JAROD TAYLOR, SPOKESMAN, COUNCIL OF CONSERVATIVE CITIZENS: The CofCC is an organization looking into and if possible advancing the legitimate rights of whites.

[02:35:09] MALVEAUX: And we, the American taxpayers, are subsidizing them.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: It's crazy that a group that is promoting white supremacy is considered a social welfare organization. That's the reason they have a tax exemption. I don't see that is a legitimate use of taxpayer dollars.

MALVEAUX: The IRS defines the Council of Conservative Citizens as non-profit organization that does not pay federal taxes.

The IRS says that tax exempt groups should promote, quote, "the common good and the general welfare of the people of a community as a whole."

For Dylann Roof, the Council of Conservative Citizens was influential. Roof wrights he was never the same after discovering the group's website that has pages of black-own-white murders and a mission statement that pledged, "The American government should remain European in their composition and character and oppose all efforts to mix the races of mankind."

TAYLOR: We should ask ourselves do we really want the United States to become a majority non-white country.

MALVEAUX: Motivated by the group's website, Roof said h did research and concluded in his own racist manifesto, using the "N" word, that "African-Americans were stupid and violent with lower I.Q.s, lower impulse controls and higher testosterone levels, subconsciously viewed by white people as lower beings. We are, in fact, superior."

Hate groups can be stripped of their tax exempt status but watch dog groups say it's rare because the IRS is underfunded, undermanned and under scrutiny.

(on camera): Are we all funding hate?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Yes. That's right. That's exactly what we're doing.

MALVEAUX: We know the Council of Conservative Citizens is not exempt from all taxes and takes issue being called a hate group but it is losing public support. At least three Republican presidential hopefuls have now returned or given away their donations.

CNN did reach out to the IRS for comment and they said, "Federal law prohibits the IRS from discussing or commenting on any particular taxpayer or organization, situation or case."

Suzanne Malveaux, Washington.

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CHURCH: We have new video showing a fire fight between Kenyan security forces and al Shabaab fighters. It's the same fight in which Thomas Evans died fighting for al Shabaab back on June 14th. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

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BARNETT: And that is the moment things devolve. ITN's video shows militants sneaking up on an Army base in Kenya. The fire fight breaks out and the camera keeps rolling. ITN says Evans is the one filming.

CHURCH: Evans supposedly went to Somalia to join al Shabaab several years ago. He's seen on camera the day before that attack. ITN reports most of the militants were killed in the attack.

BARNETT: A surge of violence in South Sudan is threatening to plunge the country into a food crisis.

CHURCH: Aid groups say thousands of families are on the brink of starvation. The situation is expected to get worse now that violence has disrupted the country's planting season.

CNN's Lynda Kinkade reports.

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LYNDA KINKADE, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): At this U.N. camp in northern Kenya, it's meal time and these children are hoping there is enough to go around.

In recent months, there has been renewed fighting between Sudanese government forces and rebels which has left thousands dead, according to the United Nations. Another 100,000 have been forced to flee their homes, joining the more than two million already displaced.

UNIDENTIFIED BOY: They burn up all the food for the civilian and they take all the ladies and they even kill all the young kid, plus the girls.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I've seen with my own eye. Today, three to four people that were hanged from the village I'm talking of.

KINKADE: With large groups forced to abandon their villages, the planting season has been missed.

The World Food Program is warning that thousands of South Sudanese are at risk of starving, millions more face food shortages.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: We're going into the rainy season. If they don't have a chance to plant their seeds they don't have any food stocks for the coming months. So we're going toward a very, very difficult period for the people here in South Sudan.

[02:40:00] KINKADE: For those still in South Sudan, food drops are a lifeline.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Some have truly troubling stories about their experiences here. They have very few resources. They're living basically off the land. We are trying to provide whatever support we can.

KINKADE: Aid workers report the fighting has intensified in recent weeks, and with the refugee problem likely to worsen, the Kenyan camp has announced plans for a 50 percent expansion.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I'm worried going back to South Sudan. I may be killed. I may be killed.

KINKADE: Aid agencies are locked in a race to get food to those starving and struggling to survive.

Lynda Kinkade, CNN.

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CHURCH: And you are watching CNN NEWSROOM. Wildfires are threatening homes near Los Angeles. The details are coming up after this short break.

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CHURCH: Welcome back, everyone. Wildfires are threatening hundreds of homes outside Los Angeles.

And Derek Van Dam is here to talk about that with us.

Just how close are these fires?

DEREK VAN DAM, AMS METEOROLOGIST: It's in Los Angeles County, it's outside of the city center. But this area, they have had a thousand people evacuated and 500 homes threatened as well. Look at the footage of the fires taking place. Look at the swirling vortexes in the fires themselves. And this is on the heels of what is an increasing amount of wildfires if you can get to my graphics. You can see that we have had a staggering amount of change in the frequency and amount of wildfires in the past three decades with 2000-2012 with 250 wildfires with 1,000 acres of burned area to define a large wildfire. This is on the heels of a severe drought in California. But look at the homes in the Los Angeles County that are really threatened. That's where we had the 500 structures actually threatened by this particular fire. We are getting what are called spot fires. Even though the fire is on the top of a hill we get the gusty winds that push embers ahead of the fire and starts spot fires ahead of that. It allows the fire to continue to burn. But I have read that some of the evacuation orders have been lifted. About 45 percent contained in terms of that fire. This is on the heels of a warming trend. Take a look at this. The Western part, specifically inland parts of California and four corners has warmed two and a half to three and a half degrees Fahrenheit per decade since 1970. And you can see how it is building over this area, a dry air mass in place that will continue. Triple digit heat from Fresno to Las Vegas and to the south as well. And the northwest, Seattle, that area is going to be 10 to 15 degrees above where they should be this time of year. Heat wave conditions all over the Western half of the United States while we enjoy a break next week. That is good news for us.

[02:46:35] BARNETT: I'll take that.

OK, thank you.

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CHURCH: Look forward to that.

Thank you, Derek. Appreciate it.

Her image captured the world's attention and some say helped bring an end to the Vietnam War.

BARNETT: But even 43 years later, Kim Phuc says the naked image of her as a young girl running from a napalm attack that left her severely burned still brings back bad memories.

Here is the second part of our interview to find out where she is today and how far she has come.

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PHAN THI KIM PHUC, VIETNAM WAR SURVIVOR & FOUNDER, KIM FOUNDATION INTERNATIONAL: My name is Phan Thi Kim Phuc. I am the girl in the picture in the Vietnam War in 1972.

I really glad to be alive.

I look at that picture. I just wish and I dream the whole of my life I never see another child suffer like that. I still have the pain. I still have the scars. I still have the memory, but my heart is healed.

I'm so happy to be here in Canada. As my second home, I'm living in Toronto area with my wonderful husband. I have two boys. My parents living with me, too. And I have my niece, Danielle. This is the daughter of my younger brother, here in the picture. I sponsor her to Canada to study.

And what I'm doing right now, I have a foundation. It's my Kim Foundation International. Our mission that we just focus on helping the children who are victims of war, who are underprivileged.

I realize that if I could escape that picture, I wanted to go back to work with that picture for peace. And that is my choice.

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CHURCH: An incredible woman there.

A reminder, too, for our viewers in North America this week's episode of "The Seventies" focuses on the Vietnam War. It airs at 9:00 p.m. eastern and pacific.

We'll be right back. (COMMERCIAL BREAK)

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[02:53:33] BARACK OBAMA, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: -- the civil rights of LGBT, American --

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OBAMA: Hold on a second.

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OBAMA: OK. You know what --

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OBAMA: No, no, no, no, no, no. No. No. No. No. Hey.

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OBAMA: Listen, you are in my house.

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CHURCH: That was President Barack Obama's response after a heckler interrupted him during a White House event honoring LGBT Pride Month. The outburst was over deportations under the Obama administration.

BARNETT: An immigration groups says that the protesters was an undocumented immigrant. She later expressed outrage online on what she called Mr. Obama's lack of concern for the treatment of LGBT detainees.

Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal is stating his political aspirations loud and clear.

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BOBBY JINDAL, (R), LOUISIANA GOVERNOR: I'm governor of the great state of Louisiana and I'm running for president of the greatest country in the world, the United States of America!

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BARNETT: There you go, it's official.

But Jindal faces a tough fight for the 2016 presidential nomination. He is the latest Republican candidate to join a crowded pack. A recent CNN/ORC poll shows him near the bottom of the field at just 1 percent.

[02:55:03] CHURCH: U.S. presidential candidate and businessman, Donald Trump, is in a war of words with rock singer, Neil Young, and it's all over this song.

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CHURCH: That's Trump walking out to Neil Young's "Rockin' in the Free World" last week.

BARNETT: But Young's management company says Trump wasn't authorized to use that song. And Neil Young, who is Canadian, supports another candidate for president. But Trump says that's just not true.

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DONALD TRUMP, CEO, TRUMP GROUP & PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: How can this be possible? The guy is calling me all the time. He loves me. And telling me I'm the greatest. He's coming up to my office. I have pictures of him standing with me against the walls.

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BARNETT: And just to drive the point home on Wednesday, Trump tweeted the image of the two shaking hands and the request to fund an audio deal signed by Neil Young. How is this possible, Trump says.

That's it for me this week, everyone. I'm Errol Barnett.

CHURCH: Have a good time off.

And I'm Rosemary Church.

Stay with us. I'll be back with another edition of CNN NEWSROOM straight after this.

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