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Mother, Baby Die After Boat Overturns Near Statue Of Liberty; Iran Issues List Of Demands For U.S. Before Reopening Hormuz; Netanyahu: Israel Rejects Trump's Gaza Peace Plan; This Week: Another Critical Primary Day In Several Key States; Netanyahu: Israel Rejects Trump's Gaza Peace Plan; Iran Issues List Of Demands For U.S. Before Reopening Hormuz; Nanny Arrested By ICE Agents At The Philadelphia Airport. Aired 2-3p ET

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FREDRICKA WHITFIELD, CNN ANCHOR: Breaking news.

A boat accident near the Statue of Liberty claims the life of a mother and her baby daughter late last night. New details on who has just been arrested and charged.

Plus major setback? A week after President Trump announced a U.S.- backed peace plan for Gaza, Israel is now rejecting the deal and making new demands.

And later, terrifying moments for a group of tourists when an angry hippo charges at them. We'll show you what happened.

Hello, everyone. Thank you so much for joining me this Sunday. I'm Fredricka Whitfield.

We're following breaking news.

New York authorities have arrested and charged the captain of the boat that overturned near the Statue of Liberty, killing 27-year-old Sara Sanchez and her five-month-old baby daughter, Antonella.

Divers pulled them out of the water. Both were taken to the hospital, where they were pronounced dead. A total of 14 people were on board the vessel when it capsized.

Here's the moment emergency crews were dispatched.

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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Report at New York Harbor near the Statue of Liberty, reporting people in the water.

Manhattan Box 8420 to be in New York Harbor near the Statue of Liberty for people in the water.

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WHITFIELD: CNN's Gloria Pazmino is in New York following this for us. Gloria, what are you learning?

GLORIA PAZMINO, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Yes, Fred. Just a tragic story coming out of -- coming out of New York City. And now the U.S. Coast Guard, along with the NYPD, is conducting an official investigation to try and determine exactly what happened here.

Two people, as you said, were killed after the boat that they were in capsized in the middle of the night, very late last night, near the area of Liberty Island. That's home to the Statue of Liberty National Monument.

The captain of that boat, a 46-year-old resident of Manhattan, was arrested in the early morning hours of Sunday, and he has been charged with 13 counts of reckless endangerment.

Now, here's what we know so far about how this all unfolded. As you said, the calls came in shortly after 10:20 last night, reporting people in the water as well as a capsized vessel.

The NYPD unit responded, the Harbor unit, Aviation unit, divers, as well as the Fire Department and the Coast Guard. They were able to rescue a total of 12 people.

And in fact, the first crew that arrived at the scene of this capsizing was actually another commercial vessel that was in the area. Good Samaritans that were aboard a hot tub boat that managed to save 11 people from the water.

Now, as you said, the fatal victims in this incident, a mother and a five-month-old infant, they were pulled out of the water by NYPD divers. They were transported to an area hospital, but sadly, they were pronounced dead.

I want you to take a listen to one of the bystanders who watched as first responders arrived last night.

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MADELINE MONTERO, LIVES NEAR THE CRASH: I saw three helicopters, two active (ph) boats on the water and just a lot of NYU ambulances, cops, firefighters, trucks. So there was a lot, a lot of traffic going on.

And then I saw that there were boats here, and then people were just speaking that there was a mother and a child that needed to be rescued from the water and that they were found.

By the time I was already here, seeing the boats just flying out, coming in back and forth. And that's when the rescue happened with the mother and the child.

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PAZMINO: You can see in some of that video the victims being transported, being loaded into ambulances. The rest of the victims suffered minor injuries and were transported to area hospitals.

We have reached out to the Manhattan district attorney to learn more about these charges. But for now, I can tell you that part of what the U.S. Coast Guard is investigating is trying to determine whether this vessel was being operated illegally.

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PAZMINO: And if it was meeting all of the safety requirements that you would have to meet in order to have that kind of vessel out on the water with that number of people. That is certainly one of the key questions that investigators are looking into.

And obviously, they are trying to determine exactly what led to the capsizing of the boat.

Conditions here in the Hudson were pretty calm last night. The weather was not an apparent issue, but that will certainly be determined by investigators, and we are hoping perhaps to get an update later today.

But certainly this investigation in its early stages, and a very sad outcome with the death of that young mother and their young daughter, Fred.

WHITFIELD: And Gloria -- well, I know you said they're looking into the proper licensing, et cetera, but was this a private or commercial vessel?

PAZMINO: That is a part of what the Coast Guard is investigating right now. From what we have been able to gather so far, it looks as if this was a private vessel, although there have been incidents in the last few years, including one back in 2022 where there was a similar capsizing incident that resulted in the death of two people, including a young person, where it was determined that the operator of that vessel was conducting commercial activities without the proper U.S. Coast Guard licensing.

Again, that has not yet been determined in this incident, but certainly something that investigators are focusing on.

WHITFIELD: All right. Gloria Pazmino, we'll check back with you to see if anything new occurs in this investigation. Thank you.

All right. Now, new today, President Trump says the U.S. is, quoting now, "low-keying" negotiations with Iran while watching economic pressure on Tehran build. Trump told Axios that Iran, and I'm quoting now, "is in very bad shape", end quote, economically and doesn't have money to pay its soldiers.

His comments come as Iran lays out new demands for reopening the Strait of Hormuz, including lifting sanctions. That goes beyond what the two countries agreed to in a June memorandum.

And Iran turns up the pressure on the U.S., its foreign minister saying a limited agreement with Oman for safe passage through Hormuz is near. But he stresses that would not mean fully reopening the key waterway.

CNN's Julia Benbrook is following these developments for us and joins us live from Basking Ridge, New Jersey. What more do you know?

JULIA BENBROOK, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, let's start with that list of demands. Iran has issued a list of demands that it says the United States must fulfill in order to see the Strait of Hormuz reopened. That critical waterway, which has been a key area of focus during this now nearly six-month long conflict.

And this list underlines the perception that Tehran believes it has somewhat of an upper hand when it comes to these negotiations.

As a series of conditions, they appear to go even farther than that Memorandum of Understanding, which was agreed to by both parties back in June and has since been suspended.

These new conditions outlined by Iran's national security chief include a call for an end to attacks on Iran and its regional allies, the removal of the U.S. naval blockade, compensation for war damages, lifting all U.S. sanctions, as well as unfreezing Iranian assets.

Now, this comes as there have been reports of low munitions supply. That was a key area of focus during a recent cabinet meeting that took place at Camp David. And we are now learning that the Defense Department has urged U.S. military contractors to ramp up weapons production amid these concerns.

This information came out in a memo on Wednesday from the Deputy Defense Secretary Steve Feinberg. And in this, he gave up to 21 days to present plans for increased production as well as a more aggressive delivery schedule.

This was first reported by "The Washington Post". It has since been confirmed by CNN, and in a statement, a Pentagon spokesperson told us this.

Quote, "Deputy Secretary Feinberg is a generational leader in that effort, driving the hard work of fixing our broken, antiquated and immensely-complex acquisition system so we can actually produce the weapons our warfighters need at the pace the threat demands."

While Trump has in recent days admitted that some munitions are in, quote, "tighter supply", he has remained adamant that the United States has what it needs to continue fighting if necessary. He has said that he has a massive amount of ammunition at his disposal.

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BENBROOK: We have been reporting that over the last few weeks the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, General Dan Caine, has privately expressed to some other top officials that the United States needs to be looking for an off ramp when it comes to the conflict with Iran. And some of the reasoning there is that some of the military options that are on the table have the potential to backfire. And that air power alone has its limits when it comes to accomplishing the objectives that Trump himself has set out.

WHITFIELD: All right. Julia Benbrook, thank you so much.

All right. New today, the U.S.-backed peace plan for Gaza has hit a major hurdle.

CNN's Jeremy Diamond has more from Tel Aviv on this significant development.

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JEREMY DIAMOND, CNN JERUSALEM CORRESPONDENT: President Trump called it historic, and now the Israeli prime minister is rejecting it out of hand. What I'm talking about is the U.S.-backed plan for disarming Hamas in the Gaza Strip.

And the Israeli prime minister just announced at a meeting of his government, that Israel is rejecting out of hand the 15-point roadmap that the U.S. just announced a little over a week ago.

The Israeli prime minister saying that Israel will not carry out any withdrawal from the Gaza strip until Hamas is completely disarmed of its light and heavy weaponry, as opposed to the kind of phased withdrawal that would happen under this 15-point plan.

The prime minister also said that Israeli forces will continue to have the ability to thwart any attacks inside of Gaza. He said that he is currently speaking with the U.S. administration about these various disagreements.

But this statement from the Israeli prime minister marks a remarkable public split between the prime minister and President Trump.

Now, in these same remarks, Prime Minister Netanyahu was careful to praise President Trump as one of the best allies that Israel has had, particularly as it relates to Iran.

But under pressure from right wing members of his government, it seems the Israeli prime minister has come out and forcefully rejected this U.S.-backed plan, U.S.-negotiated plan to disarm Hamas.

Now, we don't know how President Trump is going to react to this news. We have seen him publicly criticize the Israeli Prime Minister in the past when Netanyahu has angered him.

We do have a response, though, from Hamas, which said that it reaffirmed its commitment to this newly-negotiated 15-point plan. And Hamas called on the Board of Peace and the mediators and the United States to ensure that Israel complies with this newly-negotiated agreement.

Now, it is important to note that over the course of the last week, we have seen a significant decrease in Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip. And privately, an Israeli source has told us that targeted killings, for example, in Gaza, must now be approved by Israel's top general, the Israeli military chief of staff. So there have been some changes on the ground. But what the Israeli

prime minister is conveying here is that there certainly will not be any withdrawal of Israeli forces in Gaza right now, and certainly not before Israel's elections, which are slated to take place in late October, and which seem to be driving quite a bit of the prime minister's calculus at the moment.

Jeremy Diamond, CNN -- Tel Aviv.

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WHITFIELD: All right. Coming up, South Carolina Senator Tim Scott is already looking to the general election ahead of that state's primary this week. The reason he says Michigan Democratic Senate nominee, Abdul el-Sayed could make it easier for Republicans to win across the board.

Plus, how Washington, D.C. looks more like a construction zone and less like an easy-for-tourists kind of driven nation's capital. We'll take you on a tour of the projects transforming the city.

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WHITFIELD: All right. This Tuesday is set to be another crucial election day, as voters in several key states head to the polls for primaries and special elections.

South Carolina's special election primary will provide another test of Trump's grip on the Republican Party.

The president has endorsed Darline Graham to replace her late brother, Lindsey Graham. She is facing a crowded field of ten candidates, making it unlikely that she or any other candidate will clinch the majority needed to avoid a runoff.

In battleground Wisconsin, one of the most closely-divided states in the nation, Democrats face another matchup of progressives taking on establishment candidates.

Democratic Socialist front runner Francesca Hong is the latest far- left candidate to face off with moderates in a fight for the future of the Democratic Party.

Joining me now to discuss these races and more is Andrew Pantazi, a reporter for Axios. I'm also joined by Shelby Talcott, the White House correspondent for Semafor. Great to see you both.

All right. So Shelby, let's start with you. You know, this Senate race in South Carolina, President Trump is throwing his support behind Darline Graham to replace her late brother, Lindsey Graham. What's at stake for the president and his political power as he tries to carry her to victory?

SHELBY TALCOTT, WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT, SEMAFOR: Yes. I mean, it's clear that this is another Trump ally. You've heard Darline Graham talk about how she will be somebody who backs the president. And she has a lot of the same stances as him.

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TALCOTT: And he, of course, has endorsed her. And the president over the past few weeks, if you've noticed, has gone on Truth Social every once in a while and pointed out how his endorsement numbers are. And so he keeps an eye on sort of his win/loss ratio.

And with such a tight majority in Congress already, every person who is considered a Trump ally who can get through is going to help the president.

And so this is a big deal since he has endorsed Darline Graham. Now, the concern that some Republican voters have is they don't really know Darline Graham besides being her related to Lindsey Graham.

And so they're not quite sure what she stands for. She hasn't had a chance to get out and talk to voters as much as some of her competitors.

And so those are some of the concerns that might stop her from being successful, despite having the president's endorsement.

WHITFIELD: And Andrew, last week, progressives squeaked out a close win in Michigan with Abdul el-Sayed winning the Democratic Senate primary in that state. And now, you know, to Wisconsin with that race, what does it mean for the Democratic Party with Democratic Socialists? Francesca Hong trying to win the nomination in the governor's race?

ANDREW PANTAZI, REPORTER, AXIOS: I think what we're seeing is a real expansion for the left, where they're trying to make the argument that they're not excluded to places like New York City, but that they can expand across the country.

That they can go to swing states like Michigan in a federal race like the Senate. And also for Assemblywoman Hong, this would be the first time that they get nominated for a governor's race, which would be really significant for them to be able to make the argument that not only are they focused on the federal issues, but they're focused on more local, regional issues like the data center opposition that she's really spearheaded there.

WHITFIELD: Abdul el-Sayed's win, it sparked a lot of talk about divisions within the party and debate about the future of the party. Here's what he had to say on "STATE OF THE UNION" today. Listen.

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ABDUL EL-SAYED (D), MICHIGAN SENATE NOMINEE: It was a hotly-contested primary and we aired our differences. But in the end, the voters in the Democratic Party in the state of Michigan voted. And they picked a future where we get money out of politics, put money in your pocket, pass Medicare for all. But the differences that we hashed out are so much smaller than the

similarities that we share. So you're seeing folks come together and say, listen, despite the fact that we hashed out our differences in that long, hard-fought primary, this is the opportunity right now to unite around what needs to be done. And that's holding the Trump administration accountable.

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WHITFIELD: So Andrew, that Michigan race, you know, ended up being much closer than polls had indicated. Do you see that el-Sayed will, in any way, alter his approach of campaigning leading up to the general election?

PANTAZI: I think we've seen a remarkable coalescing immediately after the primary by the establishment wing so far, that's included the president -- minority leader, Schumer, Representative Stevens trying to do outreach and say that they're moving past the primary and trying to get behind el-Sayed.

Whether that reassures the supporters that Stevens had and is enough to motivate them to vote in November and to vote for Abdul el-Sayed remains to be seen.

And it also remains to be seen how differently he campaigns in a general election.

I do think the same things that are motivating some of these left-wing primary wins are also some of the same things that are motivating people to have such abysmal numbers for Republicans -- the focus on affordability, the focus on the unpopularity of the war with Iran.

So whether he's able to continue focusing on what might win him votes and also be able to reach out across to the moderate wing of the Democratic Party and the pro-Israel wing of the Democratic Party, with any olive branches, still kind of remains to be seen, as well as whether any outreach he does would be accepted.

WHITFIELD: El-Sayed's primary win, you know, it is indeed setting up a race that will be critical for control of the Senate.

Republicans have already launched attack ads on el-Sayed using his full name as though that, you know, is of a detriment. I mean, but it is a familiar kind of scare tactic that we've seen.

Here is Senator Tim Scott discussing those controversial ads.

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MANU RAJU, CNN CHIEF CONGRESSIONAL CORRESPONDENT: And I saw your early attack ads against him. You're using his full name in these attack ads, which has gotten some attention -- Abdul Rahman Mohammed el- Sayed.

He goes by Abdul el-Sayed. Are you trying to say -- hint, hint to voters -- he's Muslim? SEN. TIM SCOTT (R-SC): Not at all. What we're saying -- what we're

always saying to voters is a simple thing. He says he's the most -- he says he's the most dangerous candidate you can find. He's right. We should trust his words, not ours.

RAJU: But why not just use his name, Abdul el-Sayed, which he goes by?

SCOTT: Well, listen. I go by Timothy Eugene. And so I get called that all the time.

Here's what I know for that question. It's about what he stands for.

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WHITFIELD: Did people know that? I never knew it was Timothy Eugene. But anyway, Shelby, I mean, we've heard the president, you know, attacking el-Sayed repeatedly since he won the Michigan primary.

There will likely be more of this. So what should be expected in the campaigning road ahead?

TALCOTT: Well, I think it's obvious they're going to continue using his full name. I also haven't heard Senator Scott be referred to as that, but maybe he has been. Who knows?

But I think the big thing when I talk to Republicans inside the White House, outside of the White House, is they genuinely -- what Tim Scott said about the belief that this benefits Republicans -- that's genuinely how they think, right.

Is the more progressive candidates get elected in these next few weeks and months, the better chances Republicans feel like they have because they have a bigger target base to argue that some of these candidates have more progressive viewpoints that moderate voters in general elections are not going to like.

And so for them, I think you can expect them to focus on a lot of those progressive viewpoints. And I think you're also going to see Republicans point out some of the disagreements within the Democratic Party over some of those particular policy stances, as well.

WHITFIELD: All right. All very fascinating. Shelby Talcott, Andrew Pantazi, thank you so much.

PANTAZI: Thank you.

WHITFIELD: All right. Coming up, Iran is now raising the stakes with a list of demands for the U.S. before it will fully reopen the Strait of Hormuz. We'll take a closer look at what Tehran wants as this war nears the six-month mark.

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WHITFIELD: All right. New today, Israel's prime minister says his country rejects the U.S. peace plan for Gaza. Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel wants a full disarmament of Hamas before any Israeli forces withdraw.

This is the latest hiccup in the relationship between Netanyahu and President Trump. The two have also been at odds over how to move forward with Iran.

With us now is Ken Pollack. He is a vice president for policy at the Middle East Institute and a former CIA Persian Gulf military analyst.

Always great to see you.

So where does this leave the relationship between the U.S. and Israel, and how might this impact a potential resolution to the Iran war?

KEN POLLACK, VP FOR POLICY, MIDDLE EAST INSTITUTE: Well, obviously Fredricka, it leaves things in a very uneasy state. One level, I suspect that President Trump understands that Israel is going to have elections at the end of October, and that what Prime Minister Netanyahu is doing is probably about Israel's elections. The Israeli people count on him. He's the safe hands guy. He always keeps them safe. And so, saying, I won't -- I won't accept anything except full disarmament of Hezbollah, Hamas plays right into that, plays into his base.

By the same token, though, you know, we have to recognize there are definitely gaps that are opening up between the United States and Israel, at least between President Trump and what he'd like to accomplish. And Prime Minister Netanyahu and what he'd like to accomplish again, especially going into Israel's elections, where Prime Minister Netanyahu really has to nail down his far right wing, which has been key to his coalition.

WHITFIELD: And now to more on the stance of Iran. Iran, you know, says it won't reopen the Strait of Hormuz until the U.S. essentially agrees to its demands. And you argue that President Trump, like many presidents before him, failed to fully understand Iran before engaging in this.

Can you explain that for us? What was either underestimated or miscalculated here?

POLLACK: Sure. So, at first, you know, I think it's very clear President Trump is more or less said that he was expecting something like what happened in Venezuela to happen in Iran. He would kill the leadership, remove it. And in the case of Iran, kill it.

And somehow, they would be replaced by someone who would be willing to cut a deal with him, a Delcy Rodriguez. The problem is that person doesn't really exist in Iran. And what's more, the president doesn't seem to have understood that by going after the regime itself. This is a regime that was always reticent about trying to control the Strait of Hormuz, because it feared that would trigger an American effort at regime change.

And so, by going after regime change right away, we gave them no reason to hold back on the Strait of Hormuz. And of course, another way, I think that the president has misunderstood the Iranians is we need to recognize this Iranian leadership is even worse than what we had on February 27th before the war started. These are the most hard line of the hardliners. These are the people who didn't want to end the Iran-Iraq war.

These are the people who wanted a nuclear weapon. They don't really care about Iran's economy. They don't really care about what the Iranian people want. And therefore, the tools we can bring to bear against them, the pain that we can inflict on the Iranian people and its economy really doesn't have a whole lot of impact on them, especially because they believe President Trump is desperate.

And if all they do is hold on, they believe they can get him to agree to whatever they want.

WHITFIELD: And so, Iran is feeling even more empowered about the Strait of Hormuz, saying that we're not doing anything unless we control the strait or maybe even get fees, collect fees. Is the U.S. even in a position at this point now to extricate that from the list of demands that Iran is making?

POLLACK: So, first point, Fredricka, I think you're absolutely right. We need to recognize this. The Iranians have been very consistent.

They've been saying, we want control of the Strait of Hormuz.

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We want money for controlling the Strait of Hormuz. We want American forces pushed away from the Strait of Hormuz.

And Americans keep saying, well, they can't really mean that. That's ridiculous. They'll agree to something less than that, and the Iranians won't. They keep on insisting that's what we want. I think we ought to take them at their word.

As for whether or not President Trump can -- will agree to it? Boy, I hope not. This would be absolutely disastrous for the United States, for the rest of the world. That's the last thing that we want.

WHITFIELD: What will be the alternative?

POLLACK: Well, this is the problem. The alternative would be an even bigger military escalation. And my guess is going into our own midterms, the president may try something of an escalation. I don't think he's going to go to ground troops. I don't think he'll go that far. But I think he'll try something to see if he can get the Iranians to be more reasonable for the midterms. If not, I think that he punts until after the midterms and tries to figure out something then.

WHITFIELD: Wow. Fascinating.

All right, Ken Pollack, always appreciate your point of view. Thank you so much.

POLLACK: Thanks so much for having me.

WHITFIELD: All right. Coming up, she was heading to the World Cup when ICE arrested her at the airport. How a Philadelphia nanny's case is shining a light on the Trump administration's immigration crackdown.

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WHITFIELD: An Argentine woman working as a nanny in Philadelphia was on her way to attend a World Cup match last month when her boyfriend says she was arrested by ICE. And it comes as federal agents are ramping up immigration operations at airports across the country. But the woman's partner tells CNN that she has no criminal background.

CNN national correspondent Rafael Romo is here with us with more details on this.

So, Rafael, how did this happen and what's the situation now?

RAFAEL ROMO, CNN NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Yeah, it was supposed to be a joyous occasion. She was going to see her national team. And then, all of a sudden, she gets surrounded by ICE agents and is placed in custody.

Pennsylvania nanny Eliana Noeli Lick, Fred, was detained early on a Saturday morning in July as she was about to take a flight from Philadelphia to Kansas City, Missouri, to watch a World Cup game between Argentina, her native country and Switzerland. This is according to her boyfriend, Steven Melchiorre, who told CNN he dropped her off at the airport.

Later, at home, Melchiorre says he realized he had missed a phone call from her, and as he heard her choked back tears, he realized she was in trouble.

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ILIANA LICK, NANNY: Hey, Steven, I'm Iliana. I'm still at the airport. So I'm in detention. Please call me. I need to call an attorney. Please answer my phone. I love you.

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ROMO: According to immigration authorities, Eliana Lick arrived in the United States in 2023 and overstayed her visa. But her boyfriend says she extended her travel visa before it expired and then applied for asylum and was granted work authorization. Melchiorre says she had been working as a nanny in Philadelphia for two families who live near the home they shared.

Since she had no criminal background, neither of them thought they would be targeted for detention by Immigration and Customs Enforcement. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

STEVEN MELCHIORRE, ILIANA'S BOYFRIEND: No, in fact, she's been complying with immigration every step of the way. In fact, about six weeks ago, she went on there and paid a mandatory $100 fee to keep her application current.

ROMO: What do you make of this case, Steven? What comes to mind when you think about the way this happened and where she is right now?

MELCHORRE: It is. As far as I know, this is an immigration civil type of case. And the fact to see her being treated in a criminal way, being detained in a prison is tough for her. And that's frustrating and hard to see. And I feel really bad for her that she's been in there for 28 days.

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ROMO: In a statement, the Department of Homeland Security told CNN, she -- they describe Eliana Lick as an illegal alien from Argentina who was detained during a targeted arrest operation at Philadelphia International Airport on July 11th. The statement goes on to say that Eliana entered the United States on March 17th, 2023, and overstayed her visa. Lick will remain in ICE custody pending the outcome of her immigration proceedings. To be clear, they say work authorization or a pending application do not confer legal status in the United States.

According to Melchiorre, Lick has been moved four times in the 29 days she has been in detention and is currently being held at a detention center in New Mexico. Melchiore told me he believes there's a good possibility his girlfriend will be granted bond, but that doesn't mean she will be allowed to stay in the country and has no idea what will happen to their dreams of having a future together. So as you can imagine, very, very sad moment for the couple.

WHITFIELD: Oh my gosh, there's a lot up in the air there.

All right. Rafael, thank you so much.

All right. The nation's capital is becoming one giant construction zone.

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TOM FOREMAN, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Many maze.

Over the White House, this fencing is surrounding pretty much the entire complex. You can't see the demolished East Wing or the ballroom in progress, or signs of the proposed helipad, or the changes to the Rose Garden.

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None of it.

(END VIDEO CLIP) WHITFIELD: On the move there. Our Tom Foreman taking you on a tour of what feels like an obstacle course for the millions who visit and live in Washington, D.C.

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WHITFIELD: All right. On Friday, a federal appeals court ruled that the Trump administration must stop construction on the East Wing ballroom until Congress approves the project.

Well, now, the three judge-panel is giving the administration a chance to appeal, causing pausing their ruling for two weeks. President Trump called the decision unjust, vowing that he will appeal that appeal immediately. It's not the only one of President Trump's controversial construction projects.

In a recent CNN poll, 58 percent of Americans said they were dissatisfied with Trump's projects around D.C.

Well, CNN's Tom Foreman put on his running shoes and decided to take us on a tour of how getting around in the city is a lot less, shall we say, convenient these days.

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FOREMAN: So, you say you want to bring the family to Washington for one last vacation before summer ends? Well, you better remember that in D.C. right now, the C stands for construction.

Let's take a little tour of the obstacle course.

Here's one of the first things you're going to see is this. These are grandstands being built for an IndyCar race downtown. They've been repaving roads or putting up barricades. They're even supposed to be some overhead walkways. Maybe it's going to be a lot of fun. But right now, for tourists and commuters alike, it's a headache.

You can still visit the museums of the Smithsonian, but so many of them like air and space right here. Getting to it is like running a mini maze.

Over at the White House, this fence is surrounding pretty much the entire complex. You can't see the demolished east wing or the ballroom in progress, or sign of the proposed helipad or the changes to the Rose Garden. None of it.

And after you do that whole big loop, you wind up here at this park where people used to get a much, much closer look at the White House, but not anymore, because it too is under construction.

Do that whole big loop and you wind up here next to this park where people used to get a much, much closer view of the White House. But not anymore, because the park is closed for construction.

They're doing work on various statues, some of which are still all covered up and some of which are apparently done at this point.

But no worries. I'm going to go right now to one of the most iconic photo spots in all of D.C. for tourists right here in front of the Lincoln Memorial.

Oh, look at this. After two renovations in the past couple of months, the reflecting pool is still basically empty, and it is still fenced off at least at this point. So, that's a photo-op lost.

Sure. Plenty of things are open, beautiful to see. And some people really like the improvements, but the construction is a lot to work around if you are a tourist trying to take in the sights.

Now, if you run all the way across the bridge, yeah, you can finally wind up here in a field of grass. But this is where the president wants to build his giant triumphal arch, with construction starting as soon as he possibly can.

So, if you're coming to D.C. for a vacation, make sure you bring a hard hat.

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WHITFIELD: And your running shoes.

All right, coming up, tourists on an African safari got a lot more excitement than they probably expected. Oh, when a hippo decided their boat was way too close for comfort in the way of what a woman on board says about this wild encounter.

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WHITFIELD: All right, now, in case you need a reminder never to underestimate a hippo in the wild, this is some video you've just got to see.

A woman on a birthday safari trip in Botswana got more than she bargained for with this encounter with an irate hippo. The animal charged her tour boat in what she calls one of the most terrifying moments of her life. Her three children, a friend and their tour guides were all on board.

Everyone did get away safely. The trip ended happily, but, that hippo was not so happy that they were there in the first place.

All right. Meantime, a battle over a beaver is underway in Ohio. CNN affiliate WHIO reports that the Texas based chain Buc-ee's is suing Beaver's Mini Mart in Beaver Creek, saying the stores cartoon Beaver logo is too similar to the mascot of Buc-ee's. And people could be confused.

So, Buc-ee's says the other store had filed for a federal trademark last year, so Buc-ee's had no choice but to defend its longtime signature cartoon, Beaver. Buc-ee's says it will drop its lawsuit if that small store trademark application is withdrawn. Well, the Beaver's Mini Mart owner say they will continue to fight the lawsuit.

All right. In the '80s, sports became bigger, bolder and more unforgettable. Revisit a decade of iconic moments in a new episode of "DECADES IN SPORTS", including the legendary rivalry of Larry Bird.