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[01:00:00] JOHN VAUSE, CNN HOST: Stranded and hungry, thousands of migrants seeking passage to Germany stuck in legal limbo.

China marks the World War II anniversary by showing off its military might.

Iran nuclear deal clears a key political hurdle in the U.S. We will look at the pros and cons.

Hello, everybody. We would like to welcome our viewers in the United States and all around the world. Great to have you with us. I'm John Vause.

The second hour of CNN NEWSROOM begins right now.

Hungary's Prime Minister will meet with European leaders on the migrant crisis later today as hundreds of migrants spend another night outside of the main train station in Budapest. Right now, the scene outside of that train station, there are police lined up in front of the station preventing those migrants from actually boarding the trains. They are hoping -- these migrants are hoping to leave Hungary for Western Europe. But so far many are going nowhere. It is 7:00 in the morning in Budapest, Hungary right now.

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VAUSE: Protests on Wednesday were peaceful. But several migrants were detained by police. A government spokesperson insists that migrants must be documented before they are allowed to leave.

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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Until we are able to establish identity we can't call this (INAUDIBLE) refugees because they simply don't know who they are. So they are illegal migrants. They have to go through the registration process and identification process that is required by all European countries. That is European law. It is going to happen to them in Austria. That is going to happen to them in Germany anyhow. Current European legislation requires all migrants, illegal migrants to arrive to the union to be registered.

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VAUSE: For many migrants, this is the latest stop in what is already a very dangerous journey.

Arwa Damon spoke to two Syrian families as they waited to move on.

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ARWA DAMON, CNN SENIOR INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): They almost drowned crossing (INAUDIBLE) after their dingy sprung a leak. For 21 days, these Syrian family (INAUDIBLE) and at times drag Mahmud (ph) across Europe. Mentally and physically disabled from work, his face scratched up from the journey.

His 60-year-old mother, Farija (ph), who refuses to leave his side, is exhausted. (INAUDIBLE) to bring about a smile, albeit a tire one. And he has had diarrhea for days. (INAUDIBLE), his mother is in her last week of pregnancy with his younger sibling. She started cramping up and is terrified she will end up giving birth in the street. We first met the family in front of the Budapest train station main entrance.

We couldn't make ends meet in Turkey. We can't go back to Syria. Our house is on the front line in Aleppo, (INAUDIBLE) told us. We just wanted a future, access to a good education for the children.

But now, they are doubting the decision to take this journey. Farija (ph) says they can forget everything they have been through, but not being left to languish like this.

We beg you, save us, she pleas. I beg you, save us.

They have nothing left. Literally nothing. They have the clothes on their back. For the baby they have a pair of warm with pants and a jacket that they are putting on him at night because it has gone quite cold. And then they have a backpack full of diapers and a little bit of baby formula but that's it. They lost everything back home and then they lost everything throughout different stages of the journey.

Another family, another story. Echoes of the same misery. Mahmud (ph), a chemical engineer was a successful businessman. His 4-year- old son's face scratched up when he fell during the commotion crossing in to Macedonia.

It is too hard for me to see them like this, Mahmud (ph) says. Mohammad, the eldest, 17. So bright, he graduated ahead of his class and should be starting university. Grams shows all that she has was from her home, three tiny photos of the kids when they were younger, before life turned in to this. She misses her parents still in Syria the most.

I just want to see them, she says. She just wants her mother to hug her and reassure her all is going to be OK.

Arwa Damon, CNN, Budapest.

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[01:05:02] VAUSE: The foreign ministers of France, Germany and Italy, all calling for a unified response to this crisis and fair distribution of refugees. The head of the U.N. refugee agency called Europe's asylum system quote "completely dysfunctional."

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ANTONIO GUTERRES, UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES: We have been saying time and time again we need more legal avenues to come to Europe, as to go the Gulf where I am and to other places to allow for more resettlement, more humanitarian mission opportunities and has fairly education programs, flexible visa policies. Can you imagine if you are in a Cairo, for instance, and take a low-cost airline to any place in Europe, you can travel with 40 or 50 euros and you have no danger. But these people are forced to go on boats. They pay 4,000 or 5,000 euros. And they die in this desperate circumstances. It doesn't make sense. We need to have a coherent response to this situation. And in my opinion only Europe as a whole based on solidarity can give that response. No country isolated can do so.

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VAUSE: In the midst of this drawn out crisis, there is one story which has been breaking hearts and we are about to show you two disturbing photos. We have been reporting for months tens of thousands of refugees are risking their lives trying to reach Europe. Many cramming in the rickety boats and they never make it.

Again, a warning these images are upsetting. Look at this. A young boy in Syria lying face down on the beach, not far from a resort town in (INAUDIBLE), Turkey. He's one of at least 12 Syrian refugees who drown when the group's boat sank. Several victims were children. They were trying to reach Greece.

Now, this image released by a Turkish news agency and it has sparked a hashtag which translates to humanity washed ashore.

And there are some ways you can help if you want to. Please go to our Web site CNN.com/impact to find out.

Turning to China which has been showcasing its military might today with a huge parade in Beijing. The event marked the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II. Thousands of troops, 200 fighter jets, 500 pieces of military hardware, all of it on display.

President Xi Jinping also announced China will remain committed to peaceful development. He also comments to cut 300,000 military personnel.

Let's go now to CNN's Will Ripley live for us this hour in Beijing. He followed along in the parade.

Will, China has never held a parade like this because they never celebrated their anniversary before, so why now?

WILL RIPLEY, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, Xi Jinping is clearly sending a message both at home here in China and internationally that he has arrived. That he is firmly in control of China and the communist party. And that is why you saw the massive show of force and his major speech announcing a cut from 2.3 million troops down to two million. And when you go back, there have been several major cuts like this since the late '70s.

The China, at one point in the mid '80s had more than four million troops. But you have seen, even as the troop numbers go down double- digit spending increases on their military go up. And some of the weapons that were on display, in fact, 80 percent of them according to Chinese state media, had never before been seen in public. And for the first time, these are all China-made weapons including, high-tech weapons including missiles that have a capability of travel very long distances, potentially threatening a perhaps U.S. ships in the Asia Pacific. All of this display of military muscle and yet President Xi Jinping's message was one of peace. Listen.

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XI JINPING, CHINA PRESIDENT (through translator): The victory of the war in China, the war of its resistance is the first ever victory at this grand victory, thoroughly breaking and distracting Japanese aggression into China. It resurrected China's foreign aggression and reached some Chinese histories. And has long, deep respect of the people all over the world for striving for peace and it opened a path for the bright future of new China.

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RIPLEY: Japan, the United States, Australia, the U.K. key allies have been active here. And we have reaction from the Japanese chief cabinet secretary Yoshihide Suga saying quote "as 70 years have passed since World War II, we would like China not to excessively focus on China and South Korea's unfortunate history. Instead, we would like to see a future-looking attitude to tackle common issues facing the international community. We have already communicated this to China.

So John, the message very clear here. China is not to be messed with on a global stage, even as the president talks about peace.

VAUSE: Nothing says peace like is 12,000 troops (INAUDIBLE) through the capital, does it? Is it embarrassing for Xi Jinping that so many world leaders just simply were no shows?

RIPLEY: Yes. I mean, all the list that I just gave you, I mean, the most high profile foreign leader here was Vladimir Putin. President Park from South Korea was here. Kim Jong-Un was not here but he send a high-level delegation. But then you saw a lot people, you know, from Africa. You saw 32 senior level officials but none of the major U.S. allies sent anybody noteworthy. The U.S. had just the embassy staff in attendance watching this.

And China state media was talking about that saying that each country made its individual choice as to why they didn't want to participate, again, claiming this was not an anti-Japan event but in fact just marking 70 years since the end of World War II which happened the defeat of Japan. But if you are looking at what has been running for days on state

media here, a lot of the historical programs, the dramas and what not, you can understand why some Japanese may have felt uncomfortable even on a street level speaking Japanese in public right now given what sentiment has been here in China.

[01:10:54] VAUSE: And with that thought in mind, there does seems to be some rewriting of history here by the communist party in China. The red army did not fight the Japanese in China. It was the nationals.

RIPLEY: And that version of history is being very much played and sold to the Chinese people. And when you talk to everybody on the street. Everybody who we interviewed said that they are feeling very proud today seeing this display on behalf of their country.

However, they are not necessarily buying in to the rhetoric completely because Japan still remains one of the most popular tourist destinations for a lot of Chinese who are many making more money and spending abroad.

So, you know, on the surface level, people here are receiving this parade, certainly a lot of hassle for Beijingers, and that in fact that the city is locked down, the airports were closed. They suspended stock market trading so there won't be any distraction. The factory is turned off. But overall, people here do feel that this parade was a show of force and something to be proud of for their country. But, will it mean any significant changes moving forward? Will the economy slowing down? In the end, that's what people here really cheer the most about. And those are problems that they haven't seen necessarily go away and in fact, in some cases it intensifies.

VAUSE: Yes. They call a public holiday for a couple of days that those markets will be back open next week.

Will Ripley, live for us in Beijing. Thanks, will.

Still to come, Iran nuclear deal is closer than ever because of one U.S. senator. We'll tell you what she did to protect that agreement in just a moment.

Also, President Barack Obama is wrapping up his visit to Alaska and says America must lead the way on one of the greatest threats, climate change.

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[01:16:32] VAUSE: Welcome back to CNN NEWSROOM.

U.S. president Barack Obama now has enough votes to protect the Iran nuclear deal. On Wednesday, Democrat Barbara Mikulski became the 34th senator to support the agreement. That number allows President Obama to sustain a veto. That is if congressional Republicans vote against the deal, which they are most likely to do.

Meantime, secretary of state John Kerry is lobbying for public support. On Wednesday, he fired back at critics. He said the agreement relies on trusting Iran.

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JOHN KERRY, U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE: Critics tell us over and over again, you can't trust Iran. Guess what? There's not a single sentence, not a single paragraph in this whole agreement that depends on promises or trust, not one. The arrangement that we worked out with Tehran is based exclusively on verification and proof.

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VAUSE: This nuclear agreement may be a done deal, but the arguments are far from over.

And joining us from Washington is Mark Dubowitz. He is with the foundation for the defense of Democracies and a leading critic of this agreement and Joel Rubin with the Washington strategy group.

And so Mark, first question to you, at the very least would you concede that this deal, as it stands right now, is better than the status quo?

MARK DUBOWITZ, FOUNDATION FOR THE DEFENSE OF DEMOCRACIES: John, I don't think it is actually. I mean, right now Iran is in a very weak state. Its economy is under severe pressure. And the Iranians desperately need a deal. They desperately need their economy to recover. Because without a recovering economy it may precipitate actually a political change in Iran that the supreme leader and hard liners do not want to see.

VAUSE: Because without this agreement, the argument is Iran will just return to full-scale uranium enrichment.

DUBOWITZ: But the reality is that the Iranians have expanded their program incrementally over the years. They don't engage in massive nuclear expansion. The problem with this deal, if Iran just merely complies with this deal within a decade or so, Iran will have a massive nuclear program, near zero nuclear breakout and will also have a powerful economy increasingly immunized against our ability to use peaceful economic pressure.

VAUSE: And Joel, that's the criticism, that is the big criticism. Iran doesn't have to do anything, just it has to bide its time and within 15 years, by 2030 it will be a nuclear arms state and have a good economy to boot.

JOEL RUBIN, PRESIDENT, WASHINGTON STRATEGY GROUP: Well, if that were the case then I wouldn't support that. But that's not the case, John. This deal is a good deal. It is a deal that blocks all of Iran's pathways to a nuclear bomb. The American intelligence community backs this up. Our nuclear weapons lab and experts back it up. The international community backs it up. I have confidence in their assessment of this deal and how it will block that path.

VAUSE: So, can you guarantee that at the end of 15 years, that the Iranians won't be armed with some kind of nuclear weapon?

RUBIN: Yes, you can. This is a very strong agreement. This agreement guarantees that Iran has committed to never producing a nuclear weapon. It puts in place a ten-year deal that will be very verifiable on what they have in their capacity for developing their nuclear program. That's normal for nuclear arms agreements. Arms control agreements typically go ten years or 15 years and they get renewed. The U.S. did this with the Soviet Union several times. It's normal.

What we will see is as a result of this deal a breakout time extended to one year. We will see multiple trip wires along the way. If Iran cheats, we will know it and have time to react.

[01:20:01] VAUSE: And Mark, do you agree with that? Do you think that there is enough safeguards in place here that the Iranians, you know, will not have any nuclear weapons in 15 years from now?

DUBOWITZ: Yes, I have to tell you, John, that's a really bold claim that Joel just made that he absolutely guarantees that Iran will not have a nuclear weapon ever, which is quite amazing. My approach to the Middle East is I assume the worst of the Middle East and get surprise on the up side rather than assuming the best in the Middle East and getting devastated on the downside.

I wasn't in Washington in 2003 in the run after the war in Iraq. But my recollection and my assessment is that there were too many people who were overly optimistic that there will be a transformational moment in the Middle East by invading Saddam and invading what turned out to be a nonexistent nuclear weapon program.

If Joel really believes that the intelligence community will get it right, then he has to explain why they got it wrong on China, the Soviet Union, India, Pakistan, North Korea, Syria, underestimated Iraq in 1990 and over estimated in 2003.

VAUSE: OK.

RUBIN: I'm happy to explain that.

The people that led us to war in Iraq and misused the intelligence that Mark is right now criticizing correctly are the same people opposing this nuclear agreement. We can't listen to those people again. Dick Cheney should not run America's foreign policy again. What he did and that Iraq war with did is unleash Iran on the Middle East. It unleash Iran its ability to develop a nuclear program. And this administration has put that in to a box through strong sanctions, through building an international coalition of pressure and no, I can't guarantee that Iran will never get the bomb. But I can guarantee is that this deal, if implemented fully will block them from getting that. And there are mechanisms in place that if they cheat, we will catch them and be able to respond with the backing of our allies which we did not have in the case of Iraq. VAUSE: And Mark, isn't that really the point here? That, you know,

diplomacy and politics is the art of the possible. I know you have a number of, you know, issues forward that you would like to see in any future agreement, you know, oppose to a deal. You just want a better deal. But at the end of the day, this is what the Iranians agreed to. And if nothing else, it will at least slow down Iran's march toward a nuclear weapon?

DUBOWITZ: WELL, actually, President Obama disagrees with Joel because President Obama said that it is not going to permanently cut off pathways to a nuclear weapon. It merely will contain Iraq for 15 years.

The problem, of course, is that this deal would have been better without massive U.S. giveaways. We have John Kerry who supported the Iraq war, Joe Biden who supported the Iraq war and Hillary Clinton who supported the Iraq war who are actually are supporting the Iran deal. And we have got John Kerry guaranteeing that the U.S. intelligence committee has absolute knowledge.

Now, with respect to this deal, over 300 times in U.S. history Congress has rejected international agreements and called for amendments to those agreements. It happened during the cold war, it happened during arms control negotiations in Soviet Union. It happened many times. I'm calling for better deal. I'm calling for follow on agreements with very specific amendments. Not to go back to zero enrichment, not to go back to the dismantling of the administration promised, but with very specific amendments that will improve this deal. It has happened over 300 times.

VAUSE: Last word, Joel.

RUBIN: If I may, John. And Mark, with all due respect that's a fantasy. This has been in negotiation for two years, yourself predicted the joint comprehensive plan, the predecessor, the interim agreement would fail. It did not. It brought Iran in to a position where the program had been rolled back and it's going to be rolled back further.

Secretary Kerry, Clinton, they voted authorized the war but did not pull the trigger. And they have opposed that invasion in retrospect. Said it was a mistake. But the people opposing this negotiation have not.

DUBOWITZ: Joel, the only thing that is a fantasy is the fundamental belief that Iran will permanently not have a nuclear weapon. The problem is when it comes to Middles East, delusions and hope and change --.

RUBIN: That's not delusions.

RUBIN: That is a verifiable agreement, a verifiable agreement that has that commitment in paper. And if Iran doesn't live up to it we will have ways to respond. And that is significantly better than the alternative which you are proposing which leaves us with now agreement, no verification, no international coalition and no sanction.

VAUSE: Out of time. Thank you both for being with us.

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VAUSE: Now some of the Republicans who are running for president have wasted no time reacting to the Iran nuclear deal and word that it is veto proof.

Donald Trump put out a video on Instagram showing Americans who are held currently being held in Iran. The controversial candidate called the deal dumb during a campaign stop last month.

And New Jersey Chris Christie says he thinks President Obama may have paid off some support for the agreement. In an interview with FOX News he said he can't believe lawmakers would back this plan without getting something in return.

Staying with politics now, U.S. vice president Joe Biden continues to fuel speculation about a possible run for president in 2016. On Wednesday, he delivered a speech at a college in Miami. He's been stepping up those appearances lately and he is still considering whether to challenge Hillary Clinton for the democratic nomination.

A new preponderance "Washington Post"/ABC poll show Hillary Clinton with 53 percent unfavorable rating, the vice president doing a little better on that at 46 percent.

Meantime, the guy who still has the job, Barack Obama is wrapping up a three-day visit to Alaska where he has been pushing for strong action on climate change. Mr. Obama has spent much of his trip underscoring the effects of global warming with on the region. He said what is happening in Alaska right now is a wakeup call for the world and America must lead the way for change.

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[01:25:42] BARACK OBAMA, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: The good news is we made a lot of progress in the last six years. But I'm here to tell you we have to do more. We have to move faster. We are not moving fast enough. America has to lead the world in transitioning to a clean energy economy.

Now, as we make this transition, we also have to take more seriously our obligation to help those communities that are already at risk so that they can become more resilient in the face of climate change because some of it we're not going to be able to avoid. The planet's already getting warmer. And so, communities are already going to be affected. And that's especially pressing here in Alaska.

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VAUSE: And the president spent his last full day in Alaska chatting with fishermen and dancing with kids.

(VIDEO CLIP PLAYING) VAUSE: That's traditional Alaskan dance with some school children in the southern town of (INAUDIBLE). He said he has been practicing. The president was also on the beach inspecting the day's salmon catch. The town is located on (INAUDIBLE). It says to be the largest sockeye salmon fishery in the world.

Still to come here on CNN NEWSROOM, the manhunt in the United States continues for three suspects on the loose after gunning down a police officer in Illinois. Details when we come back on that.

Also new video of a shooting by a sheriff's deputy in Texas is raising questions on whether the suspect actually threatened police with a weapon.

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[01:30:44] VAUSE: Wherever you are around the world, thank you for watching. This is CNN NEWSROOM. I'm John Vause. And the headlines this hour.

Migrants stranded in Hungary protested outside the main train station in Budapest Hungarian government won't allow them to leave without proper paperwork. Hungary's prime minister will meet with European Union officials about the crisis later today.

Chinese President Xi Jinping says he will reduce the size of the country's military by 300,000 troops. He made the pledge a few hours ago as China held a massive parade in Beijing marking the anniversary of the end of World War II.

U.S. Secretary of State is defending the Iran nuclear deal just as the president gains enough votes to protect it. This comes after another Democratic Senator agreed to support the deal. Mr. Obama now has the votes he needs to overcome a veto from Republicans in Congress who plan to vote against the agreement.

An arrest warrant has been issued for Guatemala's president. He is accused of taking bribes in exchange for lowering taxes of companies that wanted to import products. The president denies the charges, suggesting his political enemies are out to get him.

Two suspects remain on the run in the U.S. after a police officer was shot and killed on Tuesday. The search was called off earlier in the immediate vicinity of Fox Lake, Illinois.

We get late details now from Rosa Perez.

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ROSA PEREZ, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): The challenges start with a vague description of the suspects, coming from the slain officer's last exchange with police dispatch on Tuesday.

At 7:52 a.m., Lieutenant Joe Gliniewicz calls in about three suspicious people, according to authorities.

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LT. JOE GLINIEWICZ, SLAIN POLICE OFFICER: Taken and pepper sprayed.

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PEREZ: The situation escalates and the Lieutenant Joe Gliniewicz calls for backup at 7:55.

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GLINIEWICZ: He took off toward the swamp.

DISPATCH: Do you need backup?

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PEREZ: Then radio silence from Lieutenant Joe Gliniewicz.

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DISPATCH: Fox Lake United 6740. Checking your status.

UNIDENTIFIED LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER: We don't have him right now. We are looking for him.

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PEREZ: At 8:01 a.m., back-up officers arrive on the scene. It takes them eight minutes to find the lieutenant laying shot about 50 yards from his cruiser. His weapon missing, authorities say, the suspects gone.

(on camera): Hundreds of officers from the region descended to search the area. Not an easy task. Take a look around. The terrain is a mix of abandoned building, sometimes occupied by squatters, marsh land and also a system of connected lakes.

UNIDENTIFIED LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER: This is a very -- an area with a lot of foliage around it. They are turning over every leaf and blade of grass to see if there is anything they may have missed.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Hopefully, they will find these guys soon.

PEREZ (voice-over): Residents in this summer home community on edge. Many worry the suspects could be hiding in vacant homes or boats or using interconnected lakes to evade police.

(on camera): It would be easy to get on one of these waterways and end up somewhere else very quickly.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Absolutely. Absolutely. You could end up, you know, two, three, four towns away in a very short period of time, traveling by water.

PEREZ: Investigators not discounting that the killers could be out of town or even out of state. Though, about 100 state, local and federal agents are looking at video from the scene frame by frame following leads and looking for clues.

Rosa Perez, CNN, Fox Lake, Illinois.

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VAUSE: Protesters took to the streets of Baltimore, Maryland, on Wednesday during a pre-trial hearing over the death of Freddie Gray. Gray suffered a fatal spinal injury after placed in a police van five months ago. His death sparked days of unrest. A judge ruled on Wednesday with, all six officers will get separate trials, but he denied requests for the case to be dropped outright and the state prosecutor recused herself. The defense argued that Marilyn Mosby used over-the-top rhetoric when she announced charges against the officer and her statements tainted the jury pool. The officers face charges ranging from assault to murder, and have all pleaded not guilty. Their trials are scheduled to begin next month.

[01:35:12] And we are getting new details on the fatal shooting of a man by police officers in San Antonio, Texas. The incident was captured on video by two witnesses. A source tells CNN the second video, which has not been released to the public, shows the man charging at officers with a knife.

Ed Lavandera has the latest on the investigation.

And a warning here. Some of the images you are about to see are disturbing.

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ED LAVANDERA, CNN CORRESPONDENT; We have learned that a second video exists of the shooting death of 41-year-old Gilbert Flores here in San Antonio, Texas, but there's a great deal of controversy surrounding it because it has not been made public just yet.

(voice-over): The video has been called disturbing and troubling. Gilbert Flores is seen moving around the front yard of a San Antonio house for roughly 15 minutes. Two sheriff's deputies are engaged with Flores. Then you see the 41-year-old man put up his arms and deputies shoot. Flores collapses to the ground.

SUSAN PAMERLEAU, SHERIFF, BEXAR COUNTY, TEXAS: No doubt that what is shown in the video is a great concern to all of us, but we with also want to get this right, as is our purpose in every investigative case.

LAVANDERA: Investigators say there's a second video, much clearer and closer, capturing the altercation last Friday. The video hasn't been released but a source with knowledge of the investigation says the video shot by a neighbor shows the suspect acting wildly aggressive and, at one point, charging at a deputy with a knife. According to the Bexar County sheriff, the video is being analyzed to determine if Flores was holding a knife.

PAMERLEAU: It appears he has something in his hand. Again, that's why we have asked the Texas DPS crime lab to review it with an aim to try to enlarge and to slow down that sequence so we have a better idea of that.

LAVANDERA: Authorities would not say if a knife, however, was recovered at the scene. But police radio traffic references a knife.

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PARAMEDIC: They are talking to the subject now. He is outside talking to them and he has a knife his hand.

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LAVANDERA: Dispatchers also warn the deputies about the suspect.

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DISPATCH: Looks like the male that called it in assaulted his wife and child. So possibly two patients. And he is threatening suicide.

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LAVANDERA: Investigators said one of the deputies tried to use his taser to subdue Flores but the taser probes did not hit the target.

MICHAEL THOMAS, WITNESS: I might as well record if I am going to watch it in case something happens.

LAVANDERA: Michael Thomas is a delivery driver, who took the video of the shooting.

THOMAS: He put his hands down again and then stepped back and put his hands up and then they shot him twice after that.

LAVANDERA: Prominent San Antonio Congressman Joaquin Castro is calling on the sheriffs department to release the second video immediately.

REP. JOAQUIN CASTRO, (D), TEXAS: The sheriffs office, D.A. and the FBI have their investigation to do. But it has been several days since the incident and there are leaks about what is in the second video and the sheriff has commented on the evidence in the second video. I think it should be released.

LAVANDERA (on camera): That source that is close to the investigation said at one point on the video you can hear a voice which does not appear to be a police officer's voice saying it appeared that Gilbert Flores was trying to get himself shot and killed in that moment.

Ed Lavandera, CNN, San Antonio, Texas.

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VAUSE: Thai police have identified a new suspect they believe was involved in the bombing of a shrine in Bangkok. Authorities arrested an arrest warrant for this man, the husband of another female suspect. Police say he may have provided accommodations for others wanted in this attack. It's unclear where the couple are right now. Police say they found fingerprints of the second suspect in their custody on some bomb-making materials used in last month's exPLOsion. He was caught near the Thai/Cambodian border on Tuesday.

Still to come, hundreds of angry farmers descending on Paris. They are bringing tractors. Why are they doing this? We'll tell you in a moment.

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[01:42:42] VAUSE: Welcome back. A woolly sheep in desperate need of a hair cut got fleeced. Meet Chris, the sheep, before his radical makeover. This is incredible. Hikers discovered him. Animal welfare experts were worried he wouldn't make it through the summer because he was carrying so much wool so they sent out an SOS to get him trimmed, and shearers removed 88 pounds of wool. If that is the case, it would be a new world record. Look at the after shot, the makeover. Chris, now, a much lighter version of himself. We're going to rename him, Sean.

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PEDRAM JAVAHERI, AMS METEOROLOGIST: Sean, the sheep.

VAUSE: Sean, the sheep.

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VAUSE: There we go.

PEDRAM: That's good.

VAUSE: That was the sheep report for our friends in Australia. Only thing happening in Australia right now.

But Pedram Javaheri is here and we are talking about India. We were talking about it earlier and saw pictures of flooding and people forced from their homes but it is coming to an end.

JAVAHERI: India's monsoon is one of the most important forecasts in the world. A county with 1.2 billion people and about half of that population involved in the agriculture industry. You get rainfall, food prices, inflation and problems begin and drought, too.

I want to show you what has happened. It is among the driest in recent months. Going back to 1901. 22 percent drier in August in India for the month and for July, 16 percent below normal. You put it up in to the picture here. Some areas back to the north have seen above-normal rains. Major region necessary deficient department when it comes to monsoons. Important development for 500 million people. Watching with a storm drop out of the North Sea. Tremendous flooding taking place in a town in southern Norway. Flooding went through a grocery store caused major destruction. No injuries to tell you about. Shows you the mess left behind. About a month's worth of rainfall, upwards of four inches. Also watching a storm in the northwestern corner of the United States, British Columbia, Canada as well. This is bringing much-need rainfall. High Cascade and Olympic Mountain snowfall a possibility above 6,000 feet. Improving conditions as far as fire weather.

I want to leave you with a little weather anomaly and touch on this. We had Hurricane Kilo in the past couple of days. It's crossed the International Date Line. A lot of people ask, what is the difference between a hurricane and typhoon. Guess what? Kilo became typhoon even though it was a hurricane yesterday. 17 have done this.

And one of my favorite hurricanes of all time is Hurricane John, believe it or not. It is well known for traveling the longest distance of any hurricane. It went 7,000 miles, became typhoon John, and went back and Hurricane John again.

VAUSE: Would you expect anything less?

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JAVAHERI: Yes --

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VAUSE: I don't have a favorite hurricane. I will have to look for one.

(LAUGHTER)

Thank you, Pedram, for that.

JAVAHERI: Thank you.

VAUSE: A short break. When we come back, a human trafficking survivor is now helping other victims erase the painful reminders of their past. You will hear the powerful story of one woman who's being helped.

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DON RIDDEL, CNN WORLD SPORTS ANCHOR: I'm Don Riddel with your CNN World Sport headlines.

So much pressure on Serena Williams to win the U.S. Open and complete the historic calendar slam. She cleared another hurdle on Wednesday, beating in straights sets. The world's number one was down much of the first set. She said she was feeling tired in the show but she came back to take it in a tie back, winning 7:7, 6:3. She plans another in the third.

Only two men have ever won the Tour de France and the one in Spain, and it looks as though that exclusive club will not be accepting a new member any time soon. British cyclist Chris Froom was hoping to joins the past winners but somehow he crashed into a barrier while pedaling up hill only five minutes into the stage on Wednesday. He had begun the minute just a minute and 18 seconds off the pace. He is now 7.5 minutes back. The European tour was presented with a tricky case when they realized that the world number-one golfer, Rory McElroy, was going to come up short at the 13 events required for membership. McElroy was forced to miss several tournaments because of an ankle injury and, so far, he's played for just nine weeks. On Wednesday, the European tour made a special dispensation in that win on the condition that he plays three more events, taking his total to 12.

Those are your sports headlines. I'm Don Riddel.

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[01:50:18] VAUSE: Welcome back, everybody. So far this week, on the CNN Freedom Project, we have shown you how traffickers brand their victims with tattoos to show ownership.

CNN's Sara Sidner has the story of a survivor who's been given a chance to turn that painful reminder into something beautiful.

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JENNIFER KEMPTON, FOUNDER, SURVIVORS INC: The survivors I work with are what helps me heal more than anything.

SARA SIDNER, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Jennifer Kempton is healing herself and helping others at the same time.

KEMPTON: Hi, sweetie.

ANGELA RITTER, SEX SLAVERY SURVIVOR: Hi.

SIDNER: A survivor of sex slavery, who was branded by her trafficker, she now runs Survivors Inc., a small, nonprofit that pays for victims to have their tattoos covered up.

Today is Angela Ritter's turn. The branding on her upper arm is a constant reminder of her days on the streets.

RITTER: I work very hard to keep it covered, keep it out of sight, because the most humiliating thing in this world is to have someone say, what's that? And here I have blacks beauty with a big dollar sign in between. Well, that says I'm somebody's ho. I have felt I would never completely own my own body again. You know? And after today, I will.

SIDNER: Even as Angela looks to the future, she is still haunted by the past. Remembering how at a very vulnerable point in her life she trusted the wrong people and was forced in to sexual slavery.

RITTER: 20 years ago, I was June Cleaver, room mom, team mom, involved in everything my kids did. Really respected in my community, and from that to an addicted street walk wither, it was just devastating to anybody and everybody who knew me. SIDNER: Angela spent 13 years under the control of traffickers,

hooked on drugs and forced to have sex with more men than she can count.

RITTER: I just reached a point where I felt death on me. I mean literally felt death on me every single day. It's like God was just screaming at me that if I didn't get help and get out now that I was going to die there. So, I couldn't just say, hey, I'm leaving. You know, wasn't going to work like that. So I actually used the excuse that I'm going to run to the store before they close. I will be right back. As soon as I got around that corner from the apartment to where I knew they couldn't see me out the window, I ran and I ran and I ran and I ran.

SIDNER: Now Angela is running toward her future by quite literally covering up part of her past.

MIKE CRICKETT, TATTOO ARTIST: How's it going?

KEMPTON: This is Angela.

CRICKETT: Nice to meet you.

RITTER: Nice to meet you.

SIDNER: Involved Body Art is more than a tattoo parlor.

CRICKETT: Here's a design I have drawn.

RITTER: Perfect.

SIDNER: A business that has joined the fight against human trafficking.

CRICKETT: I will get you prepped and put the stencil on where I think it will work best.

SIDNER: Mike Crickett is a tattoo artist donates his time rebranding sex slavery victims.

CRICKETT: It's the right thing to do.

If you can help someone out, help them out. It's an easy way to look at life.

You like that?

SIDNER: Bye-bye.

CRICKETT: Working with Survivors Inc., it's a little more stressful because you know what kind of importance is riding on this cover-up.

RITTER: They could tell me I won the lottery and I couldn't be more excited than about this right now.

This is so awesome. I'm still thinking I'm dreaming. Like I'm going to wake with up and

be like, ahh.

Oh, wow, it's gone.

Those are -- oh, my god.

CRICKETT: Are you happy?

RITTER: Yes.

Not everybody gets a chance to be a survivor. There are girls out there right now that don't even know they are victims. Maybe, just maybe they will see one of us and they'll know there is help. There is hope and there's a way out.

CRICKETT: Check it out.

RITTER: That's too cool.

CRICKETT: You see people come in and she's kind of embarrassed about it. She's talking about wearing Band-Aids over it. You can see she just immediately started to carry herself different. That's a good feeling. Like that's the best part of it for me.

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[01:55:44] VAUSE: Please join us tomorrow for part five of Sara's special report. You will hear about the difficult road to recovery of the survivors of sex trafficking and meet a woman who's helping them take control of their lives.

Thank you for watching. I'm John Vause.

Stay with us. Errol Barnett and Rosemary Church are up with another hour of CNN NEWSROOM after a very short break.

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[02:00:11] ROSEMARY CHURCH, CNN ANCHOR: Nowhere to go.