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Dallas Church Prays for Healing After Violent Week; Portugal Wins Euro 2016; Baghdad Recovering After Major ISIS Attack; Portugal Europe's Football Champions; Shinzo Abe Claims Victory in Japanese Elections; Malcolm Turnbull Declares Victory in Australian Elections; Modern-Day Slavery in Beverly Hills. Aired 1-2a ET
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[01:00:14] NATALIE ALLEN, CNN ANCHOR: I think you can call that a celebration. Portugal takes down France in the Euro 2016 Final with Cristiano Ronaldo out from most of the game. We'll have the details.
The Foreign prime minister claims a big win -- the constitutional change and the military allowed to fight overseas.
Plus the U.S. evacuate staff from its embassy in South Sudan as the country moves closer to renewed civil war.
It's all ahead here on CNN NEWSROOM. We're live in Atlanta. Thanks for joining us. I'm Natalie Allen.
We're leading with four. Portugal had defied the odds and done the improbable. They stunned, deposed France to win the European Football Championship. The final was scoreless until the second period of extra time. Portugal's Adair scored 11:09. We'll have much more on this in just a few minutes.
ALLEN: We turn now to the U.S. and the racial tension. There have been more arrests in Louisiana as protesters again rallied against the police shootings of black men. Baton Rouge police say they detained 48 people Sunday evening. On Saturday there authorities there arrested more than 100 people during a rally for Alton Sterling, killed by police last week.
In St. Paul, Minnesota, more than 100 people were also arrested as they protested against the police shooting of Philando Castile there. Here in Atlanta, CNN affiliate WSB reports that two protest groups merged in the streets, stopping traffic in some downtown areas. Police say they've arrested just three people there.
And our affiliate in Memphis, Tennessee, WRAG, reports demonstrators blocked an interstate bridge there for a time.
The police chief in Dallas, Texas, says the man who gunned down five officers was plotting larger attacks. Bomb-making materials and a journal were found inside Micah Johnson's home. Police used a robot attached with a bomb to kill him.
The chief spoke earlier about the latest developments.
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CHIEF DAVID BROWN, DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT: It appears that our search of the suspect's home in Mesquite leads us to believe based on evidence of bomb-making materials and a journal that this suspect had been practicing explosive detonations and that the materials was such that it was large enough to have devastating effects throughout our city and our north Texas area.
We're convinced that this suspect had other plans and thought that what he was doing was righteous and believed that he was going to make law enforcement and target law enforcement, make us pay for what he sees as law enforcement's efforts to punish people of color.
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ALLEN: A Dallas church is praying for healing and looking for solutions in the aftermath of the city's devastating loss.
CNN's Kyung Lah is in Dallas.
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KYUNG LAH, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Church opened asking for sanctuary from a city's pain.
T.D. JAKES, PASTOR: We have all been through this. We have been shocked at a city.
LAH: The Potter's House, a predominantly African-American church, honoring the five fallen Dallas police officers.
JAKES: We appreciate the sacrifice of the Dallas Police Department. We want the world to know it.
LAH: Foregoing sermons to stories. First, from the police, Officer Steve Gentry knew Dallas Area Rapid Transit Officer Brent Thompson.
STEVE GENTRY, DART POLICE OFFICER: In the last two years, there's a lot of blames on both sides, and I hate it. It disturbs me, it keeps me awake at night. I woke up this morning and I felt lost.
COL. JUSTIN BRANDT, DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT: Every one of those men and women that lost their lives on duty. They're fathers, they're mothers, they're husbands, they're grandpas. You know, we're the same. We're not different. Everybody is the same. We have the same feelings as anybody else. You know I have to come to a funeral and see five of my brothers get buried at one time.
LAH: But this is also a community reeling after two African-American men were gunned down by law enforcement last week.
[01:05:03] Sandra Sterling raised Alton Sterling. He was shot in front of a Baton Rouge store.
SANDRA STERLING, ALTON STERLING'S AUNT: When I saw the second tape, he suffered. LAH: Diamond Reynolds recorded this video after an officer shot and
killed her fiance, Philando Castile. Reynolds addressed the congregation by phone.
DIAMOND REYNOLDS, FIANCEE OF PHILANDO CASTILE: The officers are the ones that are hurting them, who do we call? So I posted that video for everyone across the world to know that we don't do these things to ourselves. These things are done to us.
L. CHRIS STEWART, ATTORNEY: Who do you call in the middle of the night if you need help? So we can't get rid of cops and cops can't get rid of the community.
LAH: Church is meant to heal and comfort. And this community, it's also to call for change. Dallas' mayor underscored how much needs to be done.
MAYOR MIKE RAWLINGS (D), DALLAS: Do we want to change? Do we really want to change? OK. That's a personal question. We can't take a vote on that. We all change. Every person has got to decide that. Most people want the other guy to change.
JAKES: Right, right.
RAWLINGS: I want you to change but not me. The question is, do we want to change?
JAKES: Yes, sir.
RAWLINGS: And if so, we've got to get the right medicine.
LAH: Kyung Lah, CNN, Dallas.
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ALLEN: People reaching for understanding in these very turbulent times in our country. U.S. President Obama will speak at a memorial for the officers Tuesday and meet with their families there in Dallas. He flew back to Washington Sunday, cutting short his European trip so he can go to Texas.
Mr. Obama addressed the issue of race relations in America while he was overseas.
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BARACK OBAMA, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: I would just say to everybody who's concerned about the issue of police shootings or racial bias in the criminal justice system, that's maintaining a truthful and serious and respectful tone is going to help mobilize American society to bring about real change. And that is our ultimate objective.
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ALLEN: The president also said citizens who attack police are doing a disservice to the cause of criminal justice reform.
We turn now to Portugal's triumph again in the Euro Final and the nonstop party it sparked in Lisbon.
How about that? Portugal stunned France at home in Paris in extra time, substitute Adair delivered a dagger to the heart of Le Bleu. He scored the only goal of the match 1:09. Captain Cristiano Ronaldo and his team are now bringing home the silverware.
CNN's Isa Soares has more from the middle of the party in the Portuguese capital.
ISA SOARES, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Celebrations are under way here in Lisbon where more than 66,000 people turned up here in the main square to watch Portugal, their team, the underdogs, bring the trophy home. The first time ever that Portugal has won a major footballing championship. And no surprise people here are euphoric.
But of course it was hard to get here in the first place. The first 25 minutes were filled with a roller coaster of emotions as CR-7 as he is known here, Cristiano Ronaldo, the captain of the team, the unifier of the team, was left -- left the stadium injured with (INAUDIBLE) a knee injury. But the people here didn't despair. Some of them put their hands up on their head but many still believing that Portugal got enough grits and determination to make it to the end.
What does this game -- what does this win mean for you?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: For me, this is a lot of thing because I'm a stronger, I working on living in France. And I come here to see my people win for the first time and this is something for the history. This is the first time we are entering in the history with all the Portuguese, with black people, with people from Ireland, with second all. This is a mix of all countries.
SOARES: I see your top. You've got Cristiano Ronaldo.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: For me -- for me Cristiano Ronaldo is from my country because I'm coming from Madeira, myself.
[01:10:01] And when he goes outside, I was really, really sad. But at the end, we show that without Cristiano or with Cristiano, we can win. All together.
SOARES: Are you a fan of Cristiano Ronaldo?
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Yes, sure.
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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Cristiano Ronaldo and Nani. And Nani as well.
SOARES: When Cristiano Ronaldo was injured, did you think that Portugal can't win?
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: No, we have a huge team. And we believe in all of them. Not only in Ronaldo.
SOARES: So despite an injury for their star player Ronaldo, Portugal believed and fought their way to the very end with sheer determination and grit. And now people here will no doubt be celebrating into the wee hours of the morning.
Isa Soares, CNN Lisbon, Portugal.
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ALLEN: How wonderful is that, to see that for them. Not quite the same scene back in France. Paris police arrested some 40 people, most of them around the fan zone, and near the Stade de France where the match was played police had to use tear gas and water cannons against football fans who threw glass bottles at them. They arrested others for trying to enter the fan zone when it was filled to its capacity of 90,000. A car and two motorbikes were set on fire near the fan zone.
In tennis, Andy Murray now has his second Wimbledon title. The 29- year-old Scot beat Milo Ranic in straight sets on Sunday. It's Murray's third grand slam title overall. You may remember his first title at Wimbledon in 2013 was an emotional one. It gave Britain its first men's champion in 77 years.
Other news coming up next, the U.N. is condemning fresh violence in South Sudan, and the U.S. is evacuating nonemergency staff in its embassy. We'll have details on renewed fighting coming up.
And in Baghdad, residents are struggling to recover from one of the city's worst ever terror attacks.
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[01:16:11] ALLEN: Welcome back. You're watching CNN NEWSROOM.
Turkish officials have announced seven new arrests in connection to the terror attack at the airport in Istanbul. Turkey's state-run news agency says the suspects are charged with belonging to an armed terrorist group and assisting in homicide. Three suicide bombers killed 44 people and wounded hundreds last month. ISIS is believed to have carried out the attack but never claimed responsibility. Some 30 suspects have been held for these latest arrests.
North Korea has issued a strong warning for the U.S. and South Korea. Its military says it will take immediate physical counter action if a proposed missile defense system is put in place in South Korea. They threaten and we quote, "nightmares of extreme uneasiness of terror."
The military statement in North Korean state media says further, "We once again warn the enemies that it is the steadfast will of the KPA to make merciless retaliatory strikes to reduce South Korea to a sea in flames, debris once an order is issued." The U.N. Security Council is condemning fresh violence in South Sudan
following a closed door meeting Sunday. A Chinese U.N. peacekeeper has been killed and other peacekeepers injured in factional fighting there. The U.N. reported heavy weapons fired in the outskirts of South Sudan's capital Sunday. That's despite the country's Information minister saying that the violence had subsided.
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MICHAEL MAKUEI, SOUTH SUDAN INFORMATION MINISTER: The fighting erupted. The SPLA-IO forces attacked the checkpoint. They are definitely over. And because the forces which are usually there are those who are there to regulate the movement of the traffic and so forth.
The over (inaudible) outside the SPLA forces had to move in to address that situation. That situation was addressed, and at present the situation is calm. The situation is normal. Juba town is under full control of the government of the republic -- of the country.
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ALLEN: That was the Information minister. But this latest flare up in South Sudan comes as the country marked its fifth year of independence. But tribal and political divisions have been a continuing source of strife for this young nation.
Journalist Richard Nield spoke earlier with CNN about the situation.
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RICHARD NIELD, JOURNALIST: There's been distrust between the two tribes that these two men represent. President Salva Kiir is the leader of the Dinka tribe, the largest tribe in the country, and his First Vice President Riek Machar is the leader of the Nuer tribe which is in turn the second largest tribe in the country. And there has been a lot of history between those two tribes for decades.
And it's obviously erupted again back in 2013 when the two men -- being president and vice president of the new country of South Sudan since July 2011. But in the latter half of 2013, there were increasing political rivalries between the two and increasing suspicions between the two, and Riek Machar, the vice president, was actually ousted from the government.
And there was a succession of events later in that year which ended the fighting through a skirmish amongst some soldiers and that quickly escalated. And because you have these two enormous tribal factions behind the leaders, there were people that were ready to fight. And that very quickly caught fire and became a civil war in which tens of thousands of people died.
But all of those resentments that's built up have been revenge attacks that have escalated in the typical faction. And we confirm that that is exactly what's happening again. (END VIDEO CLIP)
[01:20:14] ALLEN: And there is concern of a possible renewed civil war there.
Well, Egypt's Foreign minister is hoping to get the Israeli- Palestinian peace process a boost. He made a rare visit to Israel Sunday, the first by an Egyptian Foreign minister in nine years. He held a joint briefing with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. They also talked about relations between Egypt and Israel.
In Iraq, Baghdad residents are still recovering from one of the city's worst ever terror attacks. Nearly 300 people were killed by an ISIS truck bomb just over a week ago.
Our Ben Wedeman has more from the Iraqi capital.
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BEN WEDEMAN, CNN SENIOR INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): As if Baghdad didn't have enough already, there's another shrine to the dead. The buildings gutted by fire from the worst ever terrorist attack in this city, now festooned with posters at the more than 300 who died that bloody night.
(On camera): Few cities have been bruised and battered by war like Baghdad. But despite it all and against all the odds, the residents of this city refused to surrender.
(Voice-over): Baghdad's pet market has seen its fair share of attacks. The worst in 2008 left more than 100 dead, yet it's still in business.
"Only God knows why. We just put up with it," says Karag (PH), showing the scars from that attack.
Fiaz has been making bird cages since he was a teenager. He takes the long view. And in Iraq, the long view goes back thousands of years.
"The cycle of life must continue," he tells me. "Iraqis don't know the meaning of defeat. We have been carrying on since the days of the Assyrians."
For 40 years, Oher (PH) has been selling tea. He lived through the Iran/Iraq war, the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait, the U.S.-led invasion and occupation, civil war, and now the war with ISIS. It's all starting to weigh on him.
"These are bitter days," he says. "Explosions, there is no security. You leave home and you don't know if you will return." Yet he carries on.
Perhaps it's a resignation, perhaps fatalism, or perhaps Muhammad puts it best. "We have the patience of Job," she says. And in this city, patience is not so much a virtue as it is a necessity.
Ben Wedeman, CNN, Baghdad.
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ALLEN: Heavy rain and flooding have plagued China for weeks now. And now a breach at a flood detention basin in China's Sunan Province. It's causing even more problems. You can see it right there. The breach happened just an hour after authorities started moving people out of that area, just in time. There were reports of hundreds of thousands of people evacuated in southern China because of this flooding. This is from the remnants of the typhoon that just rolled through. Officials say this is China's worst flooding since 1998, and more rain and floods are expected.
This is the monsoon season, and our meteorologist Derek Van Dan is following with more on that.
You know, we see that video, Derek, and you have -- you have to think how could it be worse? And it just always seems to get worse and worse this time of year for them.
DEREK VAN DAM, AMS METEOROLOGIST: It does. And you summed it up quite well.
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[01:26:21] VAN DAM: Natalie?
ALLEN: OK. Thank you, Derek.
Again, a surprise ending at the Euro 2016. How underdog Portugal ended up carrying off the silverware. We'll have the story.
Plus Japan's ruling party claiming victory in Sunday's parliamentary election and it could boost the prime minister's goal to change a key part of the constitution. We'll tell you what that is.
We'll be right back in a moment.
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[01:30:13] ALLEN: Hello again, and welcome back to our viewers around the world. You're watching CNN NEWSROOM, live from Atlanta. I'm Natalie Allen with our top stories.
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ALLEN: Portugal's football team are the champions of Europe for the first time ever. The final against France was scoreless until the second period of extra time. Substitute Eder scored the only goal. It was just his fourth goal in 29 international appearances. A good day for him, you could say.
Well, almost no one believed in Portugal but their fans. Their victory over France was indeed improbable to say the least.
Amanda David and Owen Hargreaves look at how they did it. (BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
AMANDA DAVIS, CNN SPORTS CORRESPONDENT: Portuguese fans were saying it was their turn to finally win their first major piece of international silverware. But the victory didn't exactly come in the manner we were expecting.
CNN's football analyst, Owen Hargreaves, was there with me watching the game.
Owen, Cristiano Ronaldo went off injured, yet Portugal still managed to prevail.
OWEN HARGREAVES, CNN FOOTBALL ANALYST: Well, I think that probably summed up this tournament. The best player in the world, or one of the greatest we've ever seen, all the goals that he scores for club and country, he went off. And a player that didn't score a goal for his club in Swansea this season ends up getting the winner. I thought Portugal did enough. The game plan was to be a little bit defensive and play on the counter attack. It worked. And I think France for the first 20 minutes were the best team. But then they just -- they folded. They really did. They didn't do enough to win the game. I thought Portugal in the end deserved to win the game. They were the better team in extra time. And they wouldn't game when they need to.
DAVIS: Of course, this was the one trophy or a major piece of international silverware with Portugal that was missing from Cristiano Ronaldo's trophy cabinet. Does this mean that he is now up there with the greatest of all time, do you think?
HARGREAVES: I think he was before the game. I don't think it changes his legacy. I think it maybe changed it for him the way he perceives it. He went off in tears, was devastated, probably thought that chance had gone for him to lead his country. In the end his teammates rallied around him. They made changes tactically and they were able to do enough. Eder came in and scored a crucial goal at a moment. You could see what it meant to him. He was on the side being a manager, coach, pushing his players to push on, telling them get back and defend, which I've never seen from him. He played his part in end Portugal did just enough to win this tournament.
DAVIS: We've seen what the defeat means to France and the French fans. We've seen a French flag dumped in a dust bin as we were walking back here. Where do you think they went wrong? Because everybody was absolutely talking about them as the favorites.
HARGREAVES: Well, for 20 minutes they looked like favorites. They probably should have been one or two goals up. And they just -- they stopped playing. They played too slowly. I thought tactically Deshawn probably made changes that impacted the game. I thought Koman came on and was great. But Payet went off, Giroux nothing to see. Greaseman was really poor today. Pogba really disappointed today. The balance of the team wasn't as good as in the quarterfinal and semifinal. They got punished against a Portuguese team that wasn't attacking, played on the counter attack. When it was a close game it always looked like it was going to suit Portugal. DAVIS: Absolutely. And Portugal heading home victorious.
Portugal of course you may remember suffered defeat on their home soil back in 2004 when they were beaten by Greece. The European championships once again showing that the underdogs can prevail. Although that won't make it hurt any less for France this evening.
From Owen Hargreaves and myself, Amanda Davis, in Paris for CNN, it's back to you.
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[01:35:09] ALLEN: Thank you both.
And we're pretty sure that the victory is still being celebrated on the streets of Lisbon right now.
Japan's prime minister has claimed victory in the country's parliamentary election. Official results are still being tallied, but it appears Shinzo Abe's ruling coalition will gain a two-thirds majority in the upper house. Now the question is, what will this mean for the country's constitution and its army?
Mallika Kapur reports for us.
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MALLIKA KAPUR, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: This election could be a game changer for Japan's military. In fact, it could be a game changer for geopolitical security in the region. And here's why. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has had a long-standing goal to amend the country's constitution, a constitution that hasn't been touched since it was introduced way back in 1947. The constitution has a clause in it, Article 9, which basically makes Japan give up the right to go to war for renunciation of war. So Japan's military, its troops can only act in self-defense. By changing the constitution, the prime minister wants Japan to have a full-fledged military so that it acts like a conventional army in any other country.
Now, this majority in the upper houses of parliament should give him the tool to try and enact these changes. It will be a long process because this issue is deeply divisive in Japan. There are many people in Japan who think the constitution does not need to be changed because it reflects the pacifist nature of the country. It reflects the personality of our country.
But there are other people who recognize that other countries in the neighborhood -- China, for example, or North Korea -- are getting increasingly aggressive and they feel that Japan should boost its military to be able to counter a threat from any neighboring countries.
It's going to be a long journey, and it remains a deeply controversial issue in Japan.
Mallika Kapur, CNN, Hong Kong. (END VIDEOTAPE)
ALLEN: Australia's federal election finally has a clear winner. It took a while to count up the votes because it was so close. But Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull declared victory Sunday after the opposition Labour Party leader conceded defeat. This marathon election was held more than one week ago but results were too close to call. Turnbull says it's vital to work together with the opposition to make the government work.
For more let's go to Sky News Australia reporter, Tom Connell. He joins us now live from Cambria.
Yes, he says we've got to work together. But the question is can Turnbull unite the parties, tom?
TOM CONNELL, REPORTER, SKY NEWS, AUSTRALIA: It's a double problem for Malcolm Turnbull because he has that very, very slim majority. He'll probably end up with 77 seats out of 150 in the lower house. So that's where you form government in Australia. That means he'll need real party discipline. He's got some of the right of his party not too happy he did take up the role of prime minister last September. So he's got to hold them together as you mentioned. At the same time manage to get legislation through the Senate which has, well, Labour grains and cross Benches he has to try to deal with. He doesn't have a majority there at all. He's got budget measures from the last time in parliament which saved tens of billions of dollars which still haven't passed and ratings agency such as S&P's warning if there isn't an improvement to the budget deficit for Australia sometime in the short term there could be a credit downgrade. So quite a few things to juggle for Malcolm Turnbull.
ALLEN: This election follows three turbulent years in Australian politics, a revolving door of leadership. Why is that?
CONNELL: There have been a few reasons for this. Labour will admit that Kevin Rudd was not the prime minister they thought that he would be, and that was the reason he needed to be replaced. But he then destabilized Judah Gillard (ph). She had a minority government. She had to cobble together a whole lot of different people to form government so that crashed and burned.
What surprised people the most I think was the next prime minister coming in, Tony Abbott, had a massive majority, 90 seats in the House of Representatives. But he wanted to try to fix the budget and that proved to be very unpopular in the way he tried to do it in his first budget two years in. Bad polling numbers meant that he got the ax as well. So Malcolm Turnbull trying to, well, essentially, defy recent history. No leader has gone full-term since John Howard from 2004 to 2007 here in Australia. So Malcolm Turnbull seeking to be the first person this time around, having only been on the job for less than a year.
[01:39:49] ALLEN: Tom Connell, thank you. We appreciate it.
The CNN Freedom Project goes to Beverly Hills, California to uncover an ugly secret. An alleged case of modern-day slavery in what was supposed to be a sweet deal for one of the most posh areas of the United States. We'll have that next.
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ALLEN: The ongoing CNN Freedom Project is dedicated to putting an end to modern-day slavery. Today, we focus on one case of alleged human trafficking in a place you'd least expect, a once popular bakery in Beverly Hills, California, one of the wealthiest places in the world.
Our Sara Sidner has the story.
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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: It's like a trap that we cannot leave.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Seven days awake no day off.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: She scolded me and she threatened me I should not speak again about going home.
SARA SIDNER, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): 11 workers who thought they were embarking on an opportunity of a lifetime, only to find themselves trapped in a scenario they say they couldn't afford to leave.
At first, it seemed like sweet deal made by business owners they knew in their home country. Work in a fancy French bakery, use skills they already had, and receive a salary far beyond what they were making in the Philippines. Their work visas and trip to America would be paid in full by their employers.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: It's really hard to decide because I have a good job in the Philippines.
SIDNER (on camera): So this is what a huge decision for you.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: It is so bad. It's my first time to be away.
SIDNER: Your son is how old?
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I left him at six years old. For me like, OK, this is a sacrifice that I have to make for a better future my son. So I have to do it.
[01:45:05] SIDNER (voice-over): So like the others, Armalinda Delaserna (ph) agreed to fly 7,000 miles from home. She was hired as a manager in L'Amande French Bakery in sunny California.
The bakery was so popular, the owners, Analisa and Gonzalo Mointeen Almeda (ph), opened a second bustling bakery. Their customers had no idea that behind the counters the workers say they were suffering. The government says they were victims of human trafficking.
(on camera): But what really shocked people is where this was all taking place, in one of the ritziest neighborhoods on earth, Beverly Hills. The bakery was located just a few feet away from Rodeo Drive.
Do you think that the customers, especially in Beverly Hills, had any idea what was going on?
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I guess not. Because one of the rule at L'Amande when you are working in front, you have to smile.
SIDNER (voice-over): Court documents say some were being paid less than $3 an hour, working more than 12 hours a day, and with no days off for weeks on end. And when they complained to the owners, they say they were threatened.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: The workers were told if they did not continue to work under the unlawful conditions at the bakery, the defendants would impose on them a $11,000 debt, unilaterally imposed debt, and that they would financially ruin the workers and prevent them from working again in the Philippines if they were deported there.
SIDNER: The workers say they were told they'd have to work three years to pay off the debt and that their work visas did not give them the same rights as their American counterparts.
To survive, 10 people crowded into two one-bedroom apartments.
(on camera): So this was the first one.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: This was the first one, yeah.
SIDNER: Must have felt really crowded.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: It is very crowded, but for us, just a sacrifice to save money.
SIDNER (voice-over): Then one day investigators with the Department of Labor showed up at bakery.
(on camera): Were you afraid when they came in, started asking these questions?
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Actually, I wasn't afraid. I was like, thank god they're here!
SIDNER (voice-over): The investigation ended with citations and the workers filing a lawsuit that they won. In a default judgment, a federal judge ordered the bakery owners to pay $15 million in damages. So far, they haven't paid a cent. The owners have denied the accusations, putting up a website filled with personal attacks on their former workers and photos they say prove their workers were happy and free.
The Almedas (ph) did not agree to an on camera interview but in a statement to CNN said they couldn't afford attorney's fees at %80,000 to $100,000 a month to fight the lawsuit in court, so they didn't show up. The owners claimed the lawsuit was simply a ploy by the workers to get
permanent visas to stay in the United States. The U.S. government did give them special visas, which protect
trafficking victims, valid until 2019.
For Armalinda (ph), it means she'll be reuniting with her son after three long years and a new beginning.
(on camera): This is sort of like a dream, a dream to nightmare.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Yeah, a dream to nightmare. But now we can start building our own dream now.
SIDNER (voice-over): Sara Sidner, CNN, Beverly Hills, California.
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ALLEN: On Tuesday, we'll meet another inspiring survivor of human trafficking. He was brought to the United States from Zambia to perform in a boys' choir. His dream was to earn money for his family and to build a school back home.
But as Isha Sesay tells us, he was scammed by a Texas pastor.
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ISHA SESAY, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): After raising more than $1 million from C.D. sales and school and church performances, it turned out the deal he'd struck with the boys and their families was a lie.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: They never paid us. We were never paid a dime for the work that we did, except after the government became involved. They said, no, if you're not going to sing then we're not going to feed you or we're going to send you back home to your country again.
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ALLEN: We'll have this incredible story of how this courageous man was able to rebuild his life in the U.S. It's part of our ongoing Freedom Project series and it's all week on CNN.
We'll be right back.
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[01:53:31] ALLEN: When you picture a Bruce Springsteen fan, you may not imagine a little girl, say, a girl about four years old. Well, you're about to meet her and see how Bruce Springsteen made her little dream of being a 4-year-old come true.
Here's Jeanne Moos.
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JEANNE MOOS, CNN NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Bruce Springsteen can make even a grown governor clap, throw an air punch and go into a trans-like state. But Springsteen also has a way with younger fans.
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MOOS: Like 4-year-old Hope, it was beyond her wildest hopes when Bruce tiptoed up to her --
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MOOS: -- and gave her his harmonica at a concert in Oslo, Norway. An hour later, he came back in response to the sign her mom says Hope made.
UNIDENTIFIED MOTHER OF HOPE: The sign said, "Please, Bruce, can I sing 'Sunny Day'?"
MOOS: Bruce extended a hand, and next thing you know, they were doing a little dance on stage.
(MUSIC)
MOOS: Bruce then dropped the music and lowered the mic. Take it away, Hope.
(SINGING)
MOOS: Hope told us her favorite part was when Bruce lifted her up on his shoulder. How did it make this little British girl feel?
UNIDENTIFIED GIRL: Happy. I wasn't scared at all.
MOOS: OK, it wasn't exactly like back in the '80s --
(SINGING)
MOOS: -- when young Bruce pulled Courtney Cox onstage in the music video "Dancing in the Dark."
(SINGING)
MOOS: Now at 66, Bruce is older and his partner younger.
(on camera): Is there anything she wants to say to Bruce?
UNIDENTIFIED GIRL: I love you.
(SINGING)
[01:55:21] MOOS: Despite rainy weather, this will always be a sunny day in Hope's memory.
(SINGING)
MOOS: Jeanne Moos, CNN, New York.
(CHEERING)
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ALLEN: That would be our adorable story of the day.
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