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Trump Leaving G7 Early to Monitor Middle East Tensions; New Strikes by Israel and Iran Fuel Fears of All-Out War; Employee Killed in Israeli Attack on TV Station; Sirens Blare In Israel After Warning About Iranian Missiles; Israel And Iran Launch Attacks As Conflict Deepens; Gaza Officials: Palestinians Killed While Waiting For Aid; Minnesota Shootings: Suspect Faces Federal And State Murder Charges; Curfew For Downtown L.A. Reduced; Israel-Iran Conflict Threatens Global Energy Market; G7 Summit: Leaders Try To Convince Trump To Walk Back Trade War; China's Industrial Growth Slows Amid Trade Uncertainty; Vessels Race To Move Goods Ahead Of Tariff Deadline; Trump Media Seeks Approval To Launch Cryptocurrency ETF. Aired 12-1a ET

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JOHN VAUSE, CNN INTERNATIONAL ANCHOR: Hello, and welcome to our viewers in the United States and around the world. I'm John Vause. You're watching CNN NEWSROOM.

Israel and Iran are exchanging deadly back and forth attacks as the White House considers joining the conflict. A few hours ago, the Israeli military warned of a new Iranian missile attack and ordered civilians to head to bomb shelters and safe rooms. Sirens have been heard across the country. In Iran, state media reports air defenses have been activated over the capital, Tehran, and a number of explosions have been heard in the capital.

Meantime, the U.S. president is cutting short his visit to Canada for a meeting of the G7, in his words, for obvious reasons. A short time ago boarding Marine One for that trip back to Washington, telling his National Security staff to convene in the White House Situation Room. Earlier, Donald Trump posted, "Iran should have signed the deal I told them to sign. What a shame. What a waste of human life. Simply stated, Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon. I said it over and over again. Everyone should immediately evacuate Tehran."

The Israeli prime minister says the strikes have set back Iran's nuclear program, quote, "a very, very long time," but made clear additional targets remain. During an interview with ABC News, Benjamin Netanyahu refused to rule out assassinating Iran's supreme leader.

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JONATHAN KARL, ABC NEWS ANCHOR: So are you going to target the supreme leader? BENJAMIN NETANYAHU, ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER: Look, we're doing what we

need to do. I'm not going to get into the details. But we've targeted their top nuclear scientists. It's basically Hitler's nuclear team.

KARL: But U.S. officials tell us that the president flatly rejected a plan, an opportunity that you, that the Israelis had to take out the supreme leader. Do you understand his concern? My understanding is his concern is that this would escalate the conflict beyond where it is already.

NETANYAHU: It's not going to escalate the conflict. It's going to end the conflict.

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VAUSE: And just moments ago, the U.S. president boarded Marine One to leave Alberta, Canada and that G7 meeting.

CNN's Kristen Holmes has more now on Donald Trump's very short trip for the G7.

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KRISTEN HOLMES, CNN SENIOR WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT: President Donald Trump leaving the G7 early. He was supposed to spend Tuesday with several meetings, as well as holding a press conference. But Monday, the press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, posted that after the day that Donald Trump had had a series of engagements that he needed to get back, given what was going on in the Middle East.

Now I talked to a number of White House officials who said throughout the day, Donald Trump kept asking to be briefed on what exactly was happening in the Middle East, where things stood between Iran and Israel. And it became clear as things began escalating in the Middle East, that it would be better for him, at least they believe so, to be in Washington with all of his officials nearby. They are likely going to convene in the situation room.

Do you want to note one thing that I was told by a White House official is that their posture has not changed. We've seen a lot of speculation swirling about why he left early. Was this a change in posture from the United States? We are told pretty definitively that at this time, of course anything can change, at this time, the U.S. is still maintaining a defensive posture, meaning they are helping Israel with deflecting, with interfering with those missiles.

They have used the argument that there are U.S. Military assets in Israel they need to protect. There are U.S. citizens in Israel they need to protect. But they are not at this point going on the offensive. Now, part of that reasoning, we are told, is that Donald Trump is still really hoping to get Iran to the table in terms of a nuclear deal. They are hoping to have their top intermediaries meet their top officials, meet to try and work something through.

And throughout the last several days, Donald Trump has been urging these officials, these U.S. officials, to maintain contact with their Iranian counterparts. But if not them, with the intermediaries around the globe to try and ensure that this still happens, that Iran comes to the table. We've obviously seen him calling for that publicly as well. So unclear what the next steps are going to be.

But right now, what we do know is that Donald Trump is not staying the full time at the G7. He had a set of meetings on Monday and then is heading back to Washington.

Kristen Holmes, CNN, Calgary.

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VAUSE: CNN military analyst and retired Air Force Colonel Cedric Leighton joins us now from Washington.

Colonel, it's always good to see you.

COL. CEDRIC LEIGHTON, CNN MILITARY ANALYST: Good to see you, too, John.

VAUSE: So the IAEA says that the centrifuges at Iran's Natanz uranium enrichment plant were likely to have been severely damaged, but not destroyed, if not destroyed rather, this is the result of power cuts.

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At this point, though, how much damage has been confirmed by Israel to Iran's nuclear program?

LEIGHTON: Yes, this is a good question because even reports from the Israelis might not be completely accurate when it comes to the actual amount of destruction, but we believe that somewhere around a third or so of the centrifuges in Natanz have in fact been damaged or rendered inoperable. So if that turns out to be true, then that's a pretty considerable impact on the nuclear program, the enrichment program at Natanz.

VAUSE: Can they complete the job of setting back Iran when it comes to its nuclear program without bunker busters from the United States?

LEIGHTON: No, the short answer is no, John. And the reason for that is that a large portion of the activity in terms of enrichment of uranium is actually occurring at a place called Fordow. And Fordow is located in a -- basically beneath a mountain and it's deeply, deeply buried area somewhere around 80 meters or so underground. And if that is the case that they are seeking, the Israelis are seeking to actually destroy or render inoperable the Iranian nuclear program, then they will have to destroy the facilities at Fordow, along with several other facilities around Iran.

VAUSE: So if they don't take out Fordow, does that mean that this entire exercise has not obviously reached its objectives? And I wouldn't say it's been for nothing, but certainly hasn't been as advertised in many ways.

LEIGHTON: That would be correct. Yes. If the -- if, for example, let's say they stopped a military operations at this particular point in time, that would mean that the objective of destroying the Iranian nuclear program was not met, and that, you know, would indicate that they'd have to do it all over again at some point in the perhaps not too distant future.

VAUSE: So apart from Fordow and the other nuclear sites, what other objectives remain right now for Israel?

LEIGHTON: So the main thing that the Israelis are doing, besides the nuclear program, is they're actually going after the senior leadership. So what they've done is they've, in essence, decimated the ranks of the IRGC, the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps, and the Iranian military, as well as the intelligence services and the nuclear program. So from a leadership perspective, they've gone through the ranks of the leadership somewhat similar to what they did with Hezbollah and with Hamas. They are doing that to the Iranians as well. So that's one thing.

The other thing that they're doing is they're systematically destroying Iran's ability to conduct air defense operations. And that means that, in essence, the Israelis have achieved air supremacy, at least over Western and Central Iran, and perhaps extending to a larger portion of the country at either now, from this point forward, or at some point in the future. So those are the things that they're doing right now.

And that basically seems to be what the Israelis are going after. They could also go after economic targets, but that seems to be lower on the priority list at this time.

VAUSE: The big question for Iran right now seems to be for how much longer can it sustain its current rate of missiles being fired at Israel, its burn rate? How much longer can they keep going at this pace?

LEIGHTON: So Iran had somewhere around 3,000 missiles before this conflict started in this way. So the, you know, at the moment they are looking at, they may have expended as many as one-third to even potentially one-half of the missiles that they can use against Israel. That doesn't mean all 3,000 or 1500 or so of those missiles were fired at Israel. But what it does mean is that they are basically going through these missiles at a fairly high rate.

They do have production capabilities, but the Israelis are targeting those production capabilities as well. And that means that Iran probably will run out of their capacity to do this kind of thing, perhaps within a month or a month and a half or so, unless they find ways to replenish their current supply, that is, ways that are more extensive than what they're currently using.

VAUSE: Which then raises the question, what are the nonmilitary options, if you like, for retaliation by Tehran? Could that possibly be something like closing the Strait of Hormuz, which is this, you know, critical chokepoint for global energy?

LEIGHTON: Yes, that would be one thing. They could potentially do that. And that would actually be somewhat of a military option because they would have to use naval assets of, you know, perhaps of an asymmetric or special operations variety. They could do that. They could also use cyber. They have a very significant cyber capability. And that cyber capability has been used to great effect against countries like Saudi Arabia and Israel.

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And it's also been used to some effect against the United States. Basically, what they would do is they would target the critical infrastructure of countries like Israel, and that could have a significant impact on what happens next.

VAUSE: Cedric Leighton, Colonel, thank you very much for being with us. We appreciate you staying up. Thank you, sir.

LEIGHTON: You bet, John. Anytime.

VAUSE: Well, on Monday, Iran warned Israel to evacuate the headquarters of two Israeli television channels after an explosion at an Iranian TV station.

One employee was reportedly killed while outside footage showed flames and smoke shooting from the building.

Meantime, a senior Iranian official tells CNN that civilians are a red line and if they're targeted, Iran's armed forces will take decisive action.

More now from CNN's Fred Pleitgen.

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FREDERIK PLEITGEN, CNN SENIOR INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT (voice- over): Iranian fire trucks racing to the scene of yet another strike in Central Tehran, CNN exclusively obtained this video authorities say shows the aftermath of a hit on a residential building, leading to a partial collapse. People on the ground trying to evacuate the area.

As Israel continues its aerial blitz, hitting military targets but also infrastructure in Tehran, many shops remain closed, the streets nearly empty.

"They're truly afraid. When they hear the sound of bombings, they get scared," the shopkeeper says. "Just now we had a customer who was really frightened. She cried and quickly left the store in a hurry."

But Iran says after initial setbacks with many top generals killed, the Revolutionary Guard has now regrouped. The assassinated IRGC commander Hossein Salami, replaced by Mohammad Pakpour, a veteran of the Iran-Iraq war in the 1980s.

Iran now launching waves of missile strikes against Israel. A senior Iranian official telling CNN that Iran will make Israel pay if it hits Iranian civilians. And a military spokesman even giving evacuation orders to Israelis. "We currently possess a complete database of all your sensitive and

critical locations and vital points," he says. "Therefore, we emphasize, do not allow the criminal regime to use you as human shields."

While President Trump says despite the aerial bombardments, he still wants a nuke deal with Iran. Tehran pouring cold water on that idea, at least for now.

"We cannot imagine that such an action by the Zionist regime could have taken place without coordination, cooperation and support from the United States," he says. "This has, in effect, stripped the diplomatic process and negotiations of their meaning and substance."

And so many Tehran residents are bracing for more strikes on the capital, as Iran says it will continue to hit back.

Fred Pleitgen, CNN, Berlin.

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VAUSE: You're watching CNN. We'll take a short break. There's a lot more to come on this escalating conflict between Israel and Iran.

After the break a closer look at the damage left behind by strikes on Tel Aviv.

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VAUSE: Senior Iranian official has warned Israel that targeting civilians is a red line, telling CNN if that line is crossed, it will bring a very decisive response. Despite the IDF issuing warnings Monday for Iranians to evacuate specific areas ahead of airstrikes, a number of civilians were killed.

CNN's Nick Paton Walsh has our report.

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NICK PATON WALSH, CNN CHIEF INTERNATIONAL SECURITY CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Mid-broadcast the conflict came to the studio. Israel said without evidence this state broadcaster building was being used by Iran's armed forces. A shockwave of a different kind, too, fueling panic in Tehran. The blast in District Three, an area the IDF told Iranians on social media to flee hours earlier.

And these blasts hitting the hills to the capital's west, showing the firepower now in use. Israel says it controls the skies over Tehran.

And this is what that feels like. Screams on ordinary streets.

Sunday night, many fled the capital. The roads out apparently hit on Monday, too. Nothing like this in recent memory. In the western city of Kermanshah, state media posted images of the

intensive care unit of a hospital damaged. The IDF told CNN they were, quote, "not aware of any attack that happened on a hospital in Iran," end quote. And it's unclear if anyone was hurt.

Over 200 dead, though, 90 percent civilians, since Friday, Iran's Health Ministry said. But each number its own story. Many from the youth that the West sees as the hope for Iran's post-ayatollah future.

This is Tara Hajimiri dancing at the dentist killed alongside her family, said state media. Also, Niloufar Ghalehvand, big in gyms and social media, age 31, killed alongside her parents. And Parnia Abbasi, a poet aged 23, killed with her parents and brother. Her poem, "The Extinguished Star" reads, "You and I will come to an end somewhere. The most beautiful poem in the world falls quiet."

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Nick Paton Walsh, CNN, London.

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VAUSE: Danny Danon is the Israeli ambassador to the United Nations and former Israeli deputy defense minister. He is with us this hour from New York.

Mr. Ambassador, again, welcome back. Thank you for being with us.

DANNY DANON, ISRAELI AMBASSADOR TO THE UNITED NATIONS: Thank you for having me, John.

VAUSE: So can you say how much longer this military operation will continue? And is there any word if the United States will supply the bunker busters, which will be needed if Iran's nuclear program is to be dealt a decisive blow, as opposed to just merely a setback?

DANON: Well, first, we have goals for this operation, and the goals are to make sure that Iran cannot pose a threat to Israel and to the entire world, and mainly with the nuclear ambitions and the ballistic missiles. You know, we speak a lot about the nuclear capabilities, but you have to bear in mind that they are in the process of developing thousands of ballistic missiles. And when we saw what they are capable of doing, those ballistic missiles.

So now we are in the process, you know, we push them back. We were very successful. You know, in the last few days we achieved a lot. And the fact that today we can maneuver and fly over Iran and continue with the targeting those military sites, it's very impressive.

Regarding the U.S., you know, I will not speak for the U.S. The decision of the U.S. to decide if and when to get involved. But I want to remind you, John, that, you know, the chants in Tehran used to be death to Israel and to America. They tried to assassinate Prime Minister Netanyahu and President Trump, and many American soldiers died because of the Iranian proxies. So that's for the U.S. to decide. But we are committed and determined despite the heavy price we are paying to continue with the operation.

VAUSE: What is your reaction to this reporting from Axios that the White House is in talks with Iran for a possible meeting this week between the United States and Iran to resume talks on a nuclear deal, as well as a possible ceasefire?

DANON: Well, there have been so many reports all day long, so we cannot comment on every one. You know, we know what we are doing. We feel secure with our policy. And I can tell you that at the U.N., I was surprised to see how many countries actually understand Israel, stand with us. Some of them do it quietly, but people are impressed from what we achieved because for years people spoke about Iran.

You know, they had negotiations with Iran. They had talks with Iran. You know, how many events, deliberations regarding the ambitions of Iran, and nobody did much. And now we are doing the work for the entire world.

VAUSE: Just on this possible negotiation between the United States and Iran, the U.S. president believes a deal is possible here, even at this late hour. If there is a deal, what has to be in that deal for Israel to sign on?

DANON: Well, first, you have to understand that the Iranians are masters of deception. You know the lies for so many years to so many people so one should be careful about dealing with them. But at the end of the day, you have to look at the results of the -- of any agreement, whether it gives them a place to maneuver, to play the games like they used to do, and then continue quietly with their ambitions to develop a nuclear bomb, or they actually come and say, OK, we understand it's not happening, and they change their behavior.

You know, I'm skeptical about it. But, you know, at the end of the day, you have to look at their actions, not their words.

VAUSE: Well, does the Iranian supreme leader have the U.S. president to thank for being alive right now? And will that continue for much longer?

DANON: Well, I will not go into details, but, you know, we proved that we have very good intelligence. You know, the first day we strike Iran, we got many of the leadership, many we targeted the military, the IRGC ones. And also we have a freedom to maneuver over the skies of Tehran. So we have the abilities, we have the means. It will be our decision what to do with that.

VAUSE: Will Israel be responsible for the consequences if there is regime change in Iran? Because, you know, the Middle East has plenty of examples when regime change has gone very badly because of the law of unintended consequences. Iraq with Saddam Hussein, Libya with Colonel Gaddafi.

DANON: That would be for the Iranian people to decide. Today I spoke in the general assembly and I addressed the Iranian people. And actually I did it in Farsi, and I told them, we love you, we respect you. We have nothing against you. We know that you are the victims from this regime that oppresses you. And I pray for the day like we had 46 years ago. We had great relationship between Israel and the people of Iran, and I hope that soon it will be the same. But it's up to them to decide what they are doing and who will lead them.

VAUSE: Right now, the White House seems to be maintaining this defensive position, not saying whether or not it will join into this conflict in support of Israel. Can you finish the job completely and totally without direct assistance from the United States?

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DANON: Well, you know, John, Israel is a very small country. We have limited resources, but we punch high, we punch high, and we have technology, and we were able to surprise our enemies for many years. You see what we did in Lebanon with Hezbollah and with Iran in the last few days. But you cannot compare, you know, the capabilities of Israel to the U.S.

VAUSE: Mr. Ambassador, thank you for taking the time to speak with us. It's very much appreciated, sir. Take care.

DANON: Thank you very much, John.

VAUSE: We will take a short break. When we come back a closer look at the damage left behind by strikes in Tel Aviv, after the military said Iran launched a new wave of attacks.

Also ahead, the suspect in the Minnesota lawmaker shootings faces federal and state murder charges.

Those stories and a whole lot more after a very short break.

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VAUSE: Welcome back, everyone. I'm John Vause. Let's take a look at today's top stories.

U.S. President Donald Trump has left the G7 Summit in Canada a day early to monitor the Iran-Israel crisis. He ordered his national security team to convene in the White House Situation Room and is working on a meeting with Iranian officials to try and resolve this conflict with Israel through diplomacy.

President Trump also sent an ominous message to the people of Tehran warning them to immediately evacuate. Israel and Iran have been launching deadly attacks against each other for five days. The back and forth missile strikes show no signs of letting up.

And Iran demanding immediate action United Nations in response to Israel's attacks. Iran's UN envoy accuses Israel of violating international law with its, quote, "deliberate attacks" on Iran's nuclear facilities in recent days. They say strikes are, quote, "A serious and growing threat to international peace and security and require immediate action."

Well, sirens rang out across Central Israel overnight after Iran launched a new wave of missiles, but so far, no reports of any impact or casualties. An earlier wave of missile attacks on Monday, though, was a different story with direct strikes on parts of Tel Aviv.

CNN's Jeremy Diamond has details.

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JEREMY DIAMOND, CNN JERUSALEM CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): This is what surviving an Iranian ballistic missile attack looks like. Amid wrecked cars and scattered debris, this Central Tel Aviv neighborhood engulfed in flames as rescuers arrive on the scene.

For the third night in a row, Iranian ballistic missiles struck the Tel Aviv area. We arrived minutes later as people emerged shaken but alive from their bomb shelters. This man arrived distraught to inspect the damage to his shop. We came here and everything was destroyed, he tells me. After an hour long wait, a boyfriend's anxious wait turns into a loving embrace.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Yeah. You can feel it. It's it goes through you.

DIAMOND (voice-over): Even inside their shelters, people here felt the power of the blast.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Like smoke. Like a really lot and strong. I had to cover my nose with a t-shirt.

DIAMOND (voice-over): And were overwhelmed by the smoke filled air as they emerged. The shock wave broke windows and damaged homes blocks away from the impact. But at the epicenter where rescue crews continue to pour in and out of the scene, it is another level of destruction altogether.

DIAMOND (on camera): This is the devastation caused by an Iranian ballistic missile that struck this Tel Aviv neighborhood. And you can see all around me what that looks like. These buildings that have been torn to shreds, vehicles wrecked from the missile.

DIAMOND (voice-over): At least five Iranian missiles penetrated Israeli air defenses according to Israeli rescue services, killing 10 people on Sunday night. In Iran, a widening Israeli bombardment campaign driving people to flee the capital city as jets strike not only military and nuclear facilities, but also economic targets in residential neighborhoods.

More than 200 people have been killed in the Israeli strikes according to the Iranian health ministry, which says a majority of the victims are civilians. I'm scared, says this woman whose home was damaged in a strike. My heart is pounding. I felt like my heart stopped. Iranian state TV became the latest target on Monday as an airstrike

hit the station during a live broadcast, smoke filling the studio. The latest sign this conflict is showing no signs of deescalating.

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VAUSE: Well, as the conflict between Iran and Israel escalates, Gaza residents fear their suffering will be overshadowed. The Palestinian health ministry says more Palestinians were killed Monday while lining up for aid in Rafah.

Families of those killed gathered at a hospital in Khan Younis to mourn their loved ones. Gaza health authorities say hundreds have died while attempting to find food in recent weeks amid a worsening hunger crisis. The International Committee of the Red Cross says access to basic goods is increasingly difficult because of Israeli restrictions on what can and cannot be brought into Gaza.

Palestinian author and poet, Mosab Abu Toha, has been raising awareness of the suffering in Gaza. He's lost many family members in the war. He's been documenting life in Gaza since the conflict began, winning a Pulitzer Prize just last month for a series of essays he wrote for the New Yorker, and he spoke with CNN's Christiane Amanpour.

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MOSAB ABU TOHA, PALESTINIAN AUTHOR AND POET: I think for any writer or journalist to win a Pulitzer Prize is a satisfaction, but this satisfaction is lacking because the stories that I wrote about in the past year and a half have been happening and happening again every day. Every day is the same stories that I wrote about, the destruction of Gaza, the blowing up of houses after forcing people to leave them continues until today. The destruction of the refugee camp continues until today.

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The starvation about which I wrote continues until today with in different ways. This this time the starvation took a different turn in which the Gaza -- the so called Gaza Humanitarian Foundation has lured people into going to their sites where Israeli soldiers are not very far from them to shoot them and to kill them.

And I talked to so many people, some people I know from my family, some people who are my neighbors, some people who are my students, who went to their -- to that site, and they were killed on the spot, whether by Israeli bullets, whether by Israeli shells, while they were gathering there before or during or after they collected some of the very, very small amount of aid.

CHRISTIANE AMANPOUR, CNN CHIEF INTERNATIONAL ANCHOR: Mosab, you're accusing Israel of directly killing people. Obviously, they deny that. They would deny that. Why do you say that? I mean deliberately. It's my (CROSSTALK) deliberately.

TOHA: OK. So it's not me who is accusing Israel, it is the people who are there. People are there. There are there is only Israeli soldiers in the area where the food sites are. So it's not me who was accusing. And Israel before denied the killing of 15 medics in Rafah. And they denied that and then they -- when there was a video, they came up with a different narrative. And then, of course, there was no consequences for these actions.

So Israel is accused of doing every killing in Gaza. This is what I know as a Palestinian who's living under occupation, because Israel, as you know, controls the sea, controls the air, and controls the land. So every Palestinian who is killed in Gaza, for me, it is -- they are killed by Israel. Unless there is any proof that proves that they were killed by someone else.

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VAUSE: The suspect in the Minnesota lawmaker shootings, Vance Boelter has appeared in court, accused of killing State Representative Melissa Hortman and her husband and wounding State Senator John Hoffman and his wife.

And police say he had many other targets in mind. CNN's Danny Freeman has more now reporting in from Minneapolis.

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DANNY FREEMAN, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Terrifying new information about the brutal killings of a Minnesota lawmaker and her husband and the attempted killings of another lawmaker and his wife.

JOE THOMPSON, ACTING U.S. ATTORNEY, DISTRICT OF MINNESOTA: It is no exaggeration to say that his crimes are the stuff of nightmares.

FREEMAN (voice-over): The Department of Justice saying the morning, 57 year old Vance Boelter allegedly murdered State Representative Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark and allegedly tried to kill State Senator John Hoffman and his wife, Yvette. He also visited two other state lawmakers' homes with intent to kill them.

THOMPSON: He researched his victims and their families. He conducted surveillance of their homes and took notes about the location of their homes.

FREEMAN (voice-over): Boelter first went to State Senator Hoffman's home in a black SUV with a fake license plate that read police, court documents said. He disguised himself as a police officer wearing a silicone mask seen here captured on a doorbell camera.

THOMPSON: Boelter knocked on Senator Hoffman's front door and repeatedly shouted, this is the police. Open the door. When Boelter lowered his flashlight, which he had shined in their face, they realized that he was not a police officer. They shouted out, you're not a cop. You're not a police officer.

FREEMAN (voice-over): Authorities say the suspect then went to another lawmaker's home and rang the doorbell, but that lawmaker was on vacation. Boelter then continued to a third lawmaker's home, but appeared to hesitate as police were already checking on local leaders by then.

Finally, at State Representative Hortman's home, authorities say police found Boelter, gunfire erupted, and Boelter had to abandon his car and an arsenal of weapons.

MARK BRULEY, BROOKLYN PARK POLICE CHIEF: Had they not foiled the plan, you know, essentially took his vehicle away from him, which evolved all his maps, all his names, all his weaponry, I would be very scared what it would look like over the next few hours had we not done that.

FREEMAN (voice-over): Minnesota law enforcement officers then began what they call the largest manhunt in state history, which led them to rural Sibley County, roughly 50 miles from the crime scenes.

New federal court documents state while he was on the run, Boelter texted his family. Dad went to war last night. I don't want to say more because I don't want to implicate anybody. But with the help of a resident's trail camera, drones, and infrared technology, Boelter was taken into custody without incident.

REPORTER: Can you speak to why investigators believe he carried out this attack and for how long he may have been planning these attacks?

THOMPSON: Well, it's pretty clear from the evidence that he's been planning these attacks for quite some time. There's voluminous writings as you've seen in the reporting that were found both in his car and his house about his planning, lists of names and individuals. Obviously, his primary motive was to go out and murder people. Now they were all elected officials. They were all Democrats.

FREEMAN (on camera): Now we actually got a statement from State Senator John Hoffman and his wife Yvette on Monday. I'll read it in part. It says, "John and I are both incredibly lucky to be alive.

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There's never a place for senseless political violence and loss of life. We are devastated by the loss of Melissa and Mark Hortman, and our hearts go out to all those who knew and loved them both. We're always at our best when we unite together. A note of hope there amidst tragedy."

Meanwhile, Boelter's next federal court appearance to face those murder charges is scheduled for the end of next week.

Danny Freeman, CNN, Minneapolis.

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VAUSE: The nightly curfew for Downtown Los Angeles will now be in effect two hours later starting 10:00 p.m. until six in the morning. Mayor Karen Bass ordered the curfew a week ago after days of protests over federal immigration raids. The mayor now says law enforcement can assure public safety and added the federalized National Guard and U.S. Marines are no longer needed and should stand down. We'll continue our breaking news coverage of the Israel-Iran conflict after a very short break. We'll also take a look at global oil prices and how they are reacting to the escalating tensions in The Middle East. Back in a moment.

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VAUSE: An Iranian missile strike has killed three Israeli oil company employees in the coastal city of Haifa. The company, the Bazan Group, says Monday's attack did significant damage to the power plant at the refinery. Israel energy minister expressed his condolences for the victims and says the government is working to keep the energy sector functioning despite the ongoing attacks from Iran.

Conflict in Middle East is raising serious concerns about energy costs and the impact on the world economy. Let's take a look at the oil prices right now. Here are the numbers. Crude oil there up by point -- well, which is half of 1 percent. Brent crude also up by about the same amount as well.

CNN's Vanessa Yurkevich has more now on what's ahead for the cost of oil and potential effect on consumers.

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VANESSA YURKEVICH, CNN BUSINESS AND POLITICS CORRESPONDENT: Anytime there's a geopolitical conflict, especially in The Middle East, we look to oil prices and then gas prices to see what the domestic impact may be.

Now after spiking by 7 percent last week and crossing $70 a barrel, Brent crude, the global benchmark for oil, and U.S. oil fell by about 2 percent on Monday. Oil prices inform gas prices for consumers, and if things between Iran and Israel continue to escalate, some economists suggest prices could surge to a $100 a barrel for oil, and then we're talking about inflation.

But right now, gas prices are sitting relatively low at $3.11 a gallon, and that's compared to about $3.12 a month ago and $3.60 a year ago, so coming down substantially in the last year. But according to GasBuddy, prices are expected to rise nationally about $0.10 to $0.20 in the coming days following this spike in oil prices.

Now the reason that we're watching this so closely is because Iran is part of OPEC, the largest oil producing countries in the world. And the most critical choke point of all oil flow on the planet happens in the Strait Of Hormuz, which is -- of which Iran is a bordering country, and about 21 million barrels flow through that straight every single day.

Now there are fears that Iran could decide to block the flow of oil, which would have serious implications for the price of oil and thus gas prices. And oil supply shocks often lead to recessions. But there has been some signal or signs that Iran is trying to cool down the war instead of escalating.

And that along with oil prices cooling off had investors on Wall Street doing an about face with the Dow closing up more than 300 points compared to Friday where the Dow dropped 760 points. Back to you.

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VAUSE: Well, before U.S. President Donald Trump announced his early departure from the G7 Summit in Canada, the main focus was to try and convince him to walk back his aggressive trade war. Trump did sign a trade deal with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Monday. However, The U.K. still faces a minimum 10 percent tariff on most exports to The U.S.

Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, also agreed to pursue economic and security negotiations within the next 30 days, but the U.S. President says he is still partial to tariffs.

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DONALD TRUMP, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: I think we have different concepts. I have a tariff concept. Mark has a different concept, which is something that some people like. But, we're going to see if we can get to the bottom of it today. I'm a tariff person. I've always been a tariff. Simple. It's easy. It's precise, and it just goes very quickly. And I think Mark has a more complex idea, but also very good.

So we're going to look at both, and we're going to see what -- we're going to come out with something hopefully.

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VAUSE: Amid ongoing trade tensions with the United States, China's factories slowing down. Industrial output grew 5.8 percent last month, down from 6.1 percent in April. Outbound shipments to the U.S. are also falling.

CNN's Kristie Lu Stout reports now from the Port Of Hong Kong.

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KRISTIE LU STOUT, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): The race is on to try to meet looming deadlines on tariffs. As the trade truce holds, a shipping rush is underway to get the goods out of China and the clock is ticking.

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We're onboard a vessel owned by Japan's Ocean Network Express, part of the massive operation to move goods out of China into the US, a task made tougher by the constant whiplash on policy changes. The current 90 day pause on higher tariffs on China expires on August, after which they could go back up to 145 percent. ROBERTO GIANNETTA, CHAIRMAN, HONG KONG LINER SHIPPING ASSOCIATION: The indices for unpredictability and chaos are actually at an all-time high.

LU STOUT (voice-over): At the front line of this chaos --

LU STOUT (on camera): All right. Let's get to the top.

LU STOUT (voice-over): We get a closer look at what's on board.

LU STOUT (on camera): There we go. We made it. Now behind these metal doors is what global trade is all about, the goods. And on this ship, what they have on board includes clothing, furniture, medical equipment, and car parts, all mostly made in China that will be sold over in the United States.

This ship is loading up here in Hong Kong before making stops in China and South Korea, then heading through the Panama Canal and onto Houston, Texas.

TRUMP: We made a great deal with China. We're very happy with it.

LU STOUT (on camera): The U.S. and China are hammering out details on a deal, but the shipping industry is not taking any chances, with Trump previously shrugging off the potential impact of tariffs on U.S. consumers.

TRUMP: Maybe the children will have two dolls instead of 30 dolls. You know? And maybe the two dolls will cost a couple of bucks more.

LU STOUT (on camera): Is he right?

GIANNETTA: Probably. Yes. There's probably not going to be 30 choices on the shelves.

LU STOUT (on camera): Wow.

GIANNETTA: And those choices that are on the shelf would cost more. So it comes down to priorities.

LU STOUT (voice-over): The toy industry is being hit particularly hard by the trade war as nearly 80 percent of all toys sold in the U.S. are made in China. The impact on some companies is so devastating, they're even suing the Trump administration.

Of course, we had to fight. I can't accept a knockout punch.

RICK WOLDENBERG, LEARNING RESOURCES, CEO: Rick Woldenberg is the CEO of Learning Resources, a Chicago based company selling educational children's toys, 60 percent of which are made in China.

WOLDENBERG: We will run out of product, and retailers will run out of product. That is absolutely certainly going to happen.

LU STOUT (on camera): At one point is the tariff slapped on the merchandise, and who has to pay for it? WOLDENBERG: Oh, you're looking at who has to pay for it. It has to be passed on for our companies to remain financeable. They can call it tariffs or whatever they want, but it's a tax, and they've turned our company into a tax collector.

LU STOUT (voice-over): Those at the forefront of this supply chain chaos are clear that any financial pain will be passed on to the public.

GIANNETTA: Assuming that these tariffs remain in place, all of these charges actually get pushed down to the consumer.

LU STOUT (voice-over): In the whirlwind of tariffs, it's higher prices and rough seas ahead.

Kristie Lu Stout, CNN in the Port Of Hong Kong.

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VAUSE: The Trump Media & Technology Group is attempting to launch an exchange traded fund that will invest entirely in cryptocurrencies. If approved by the Securities and Exchange Commission, their Truth Social Bitcoin and Ethereum, ETF, would give investors exposure to the world's two largest digital currencies. This comes after Trump Media raised $2.5 billion to create a Bitcoin treasury for the company. New filings are expected to raise more concerns about conflicts of interest surrounding the president's business empire.

A tsunami of tourists is having ugly consequences at the world's most famous art museum. Staff at the Louvre took industrial action Monday in protest over unmanageable crowd sizes, chronic understaffing, and working conditions. Their spontaneous walkout left tourists waiting in line underneath the glass pyramid.

8.7 million people visited the home of the Mona Lisa last year, that's more than double what the museum's infrastructure was designed for. And even though President Emmanuel Macron unveiled a sweeping plan to renovate the museum, staff say those changes just can't come soon enough.

And we're getting live images now of President Trump as he leaves the G7 Summit in Canada. He's leaving a day earlier. This time he is about to board Air Force One. It is all the time back there in Calgary. Time out, 54 minutes past 10:00 there in Canada. The President expected to be boarding Air Force One any moment now as he heads back to Washington where he has ordered his security team together at the Situation Room for a briefing and to monitor the Israeli-Iran conflict.

As that continues, we will bring you the very latest. In the meantime, thank you for watching CNN Newsroom. I'm John Vause, back with more news at the top of the hour. You're watching CNN.

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