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Kerr County Texas Revises Number Of Missing People Down To 3; Flash Flooding Leads To Water Rescues In Maryland, Virginia; Oral Arguments In Harvard Vs. Trump Admin Case Set For Monday; Search Underway For Person Who Shot Driver That Struck Multiple People In L.A.; Death Toll Rises In Massachusetts Assisted Living Facility Fire; CEO Resigns After Camera Catches Him Cuddling With Employee. 1.4M Could Risk Losing Homes Under New HUD Proposal; Acting ICE Director Defends Allowing Agents to Wear Masks; Acting ICE Director Confirms Agencies Will Share Personal Data for Migrant Arrests. Aired 7-8a ET

Aired July 20, 2025 - 07:00   ET

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DANNY FREEMAN, CNN HOST: Good morning, and welcome to CNN This Morning. It is Sunday, July 20th. I'm Danny Freeman in for Victor Blackwell.

Now, there are two breaking news stories we're following this morning. A dramatic change in the number of people missing in a county hard hit by flooding in Texas. We'll tell you why officials say the nearly 100 people missing has now gone down to just three.

Plus, flash flooding breaks out in parts of Maryland and Virginia near nation's capital. First responders rescue residents trapped in deep waters. We're tracking the threat still facing parts of the country this morning.

And we're looking ahead to tomorrow's legal showdown between President Trump and Harvard University. Tell you how each side is preparing to battle over $2 billion in federal funding.

We begin with that breaking news out of Texas, where officials have revised the number of missing people after the catastrophic floods in Kerr County, from 97 people missing down to just three. This update comes two weeks after the deadly floods took the lives of at least 135 people over the July 4th weekend. Authorities also said Saturday one person remains missing in nearby Travis County, and another is missing in Burnett County.

Recovery operations will continue, though, throughout the Guadalupe River watershed for those still missing. More than 1,000 first responders and thousands of volunteers were involved in the response and search efforts following the deadly floods, according to officials. Joining me now for more on this is Jason Pack, he's a former firefighter and FEMA external affairs officer. He's also a retired FBI supervisory special agent. Jason, thank you so much for joining us on this frankly remarkable news. What's your reaction to this number of missing people going down so dramatically?

JASON PACK, FORMER FIREFIGHTER AND FEMA EXTERNAL AFFAIRS OFFICER: Good morning, Danny. The reaction is that this is just emblematic of the hard work that's been going on behind the scenes. A lot of the national spotlights kind of faded from Kerr County and the hill country there in Texas. The first responders and the people who are doing the forensic work of the dubious task of identifying all the victims of this flood have been really working around the clock in overtime to bring closure to these families.

So that's indicative of why you're seeing the 97 coming down to three members -- three missing people still. So really the spirit of the first responders in that community. I've been in touch with a few of them there. There's some teams here from Tennessee that Task Force 1 and 2 are coming down there to help. They've got people from other countries there helping. So the surge of resources, I think, has been really instrumental in making this progress that we're seeing there in Texas.

FREEMAN: And Jason, what might come next after these final missing people are found?

PACK: Well, just the gut-wrenching process, all these funerals, particularly for the children, but any loss of life is terrible. So I think in the coming days, you'll see once the final victims are recovered and we're seeing this now, the federal response and complementing the Texas Division of Emergency Management there. FEMA's on the ground and they're working with the state and the locals to support the recovery efforts.

So the cleanup continues and the rebuilding will start. And it's a partnership really, Danny, with the federal government, but mostly the state government, the local responders and the faith-based organizations there that come in and help in times like these. So there's a lot of things going on at the same time, whether that's the recovery of the victims that are still going on here or the cleanup and the other parts of the recovery that they have.

FREEMAN: And Jason, given your experience in both emergency response and disaster coordination, what stood out to you about the central Texas floods in terms of response challenges? And, I mean, are there places that you've identified that could likely be improved?

PACK: Well, certainly, if you look, Danny, at all the responses, the major responses in the country over the past 30 to 40 years, there's been best practices that have been implemented after that. After Katrina, the lawmakers, the Congress passed a law to kind of supplement the Stafford Act. After Sandy, there were some place -- there were some changes implemented as far as mitigation goes.

So I think you'll see these changes. Right now, they're still in the recovery phase and the officials -- the local officials there promised a thorough review. I think what stands out to me is just how fast that this came and just the speed and the amount of water all at once. So it was really just in the time of night. It was just really a horrific storm out there.

And I think the first responders and the people down there that you don't see are taking a lot of this home with them behind the scenes. And it's something that they're never going to forget. And it's going to be one of those calls that's going to stick with them forever.

FREEMAN: Just quickly, Jason, do you feel as though we're now closer to relief coming to some of these communities?

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PACK: Well, Danny, in my experience with FEMA, I mean, people will never be the same. This is going to be a super traumatic event. It already has been. And I think the time will heal a little bit. You'll never forget it, but it'll help you get through it.

Between the community support, the resilience of the first responders, and the faith that people have in that area, I think that faith gives this grief a place to land. And I think that's what a lot of people in the Hill Country are counting on these days.

FREEMAN: Yes, well said. And I think also how you began our conversation, just noting that we nationally and certainly locally, we just can't forget this community that suffered so much.

Jason Pack, thank you so much for your time this morning. Really do appreciate it.

PACK: Thank you.

FREEMAN: And heavy rain triggered flash flooding across Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, D.C. on Saturday, leading to dozens of water rescues. A flash flood emergency was declared in D.C. and parts of Maryland, with officials urging residents to stay home as roads turned into rivers. You can see it right there on your screen.

In Washington, D.C., cars were left stranded and entire streets were submerged. The same scene unfolded in Maryland, where firefighters pulled a couple from their vehicle after it became trapped in rising waters.

From all of this, we have CNN Meteorologist Allison Chinchar. I mean, again, we were talking about the Midwest yesterday, and now the Atlantic region getting battered by rains yesterday afternoon and evening. I mean, is this going to stop?

ALLISON CHINCHAR, CNN METEOROLOGIST: Eventually. Yes. Unfortunately, not in the short term.

FREEMAN: Yes.

CHINCHAR: No, we are expecting to have more of that flash flooding potential again today. But you're right. I mean, pretty much east of the Rockies, we have seen a tremendous amount of flooding reports that have come in over the last several months, really even just since July 1st. But if you go back a little bit farther, so let's go back all the way to January 1st. All of these little green and red squares that you see here on the map denote flash flood warnings that have taken place.

We are now at a total since January 1st of over 3,300 of them. That means as of this date, we are on pace for a record number of flash flood warnings. So again, it's not just Texas, it's not just Maryland, it's not just a small area of the country. You can see this is a very widespread area that has been impacted by the flooding.

Right now, the current flooding is located in two particular spots. We're still dealing with the flash flood warning across portions of New Jersey and then several flash flood warnings in and around portions of Iowa. Now, the area that's in New Jersey, this is what's wrapping up from last night.

So all of that flooding that took place in the Mid-Atlantic, that is the cluster of storms that is finally starting to push out over the open water and giving those areas a bit of a break. But it's going to be a short break because again, here you can see this is the area of concern going through the next 24 to 48 hours. All of that area where you see in green, that's where we have the flood watch that is in effect.

Now, we also have potential for excessive rainfall in some of these areas. What that means is essentially most of these places will probably get one, maybe two inches at most, but some spots could get 3, 4, or even as much as 5 inches of rain over the next 24 hours. You take that on top of what some of these areas have already had the last few days, that is likely going to lead to flooding.

So the biggest concern here is really going to be in the yellow and also the red shaded areas, at least for the remainder of the day today.

FREEMAN: And again, there's so many people that are under those watches and warnings. I mean --

CHINCHAR: These are not small little areas.

FREEMAN: No, no, major cities. I mean, just hope people stay safe as these rains come down.

Thanks, Allison. Appreciate it.

To this now, the fate of nearly $2 billion federal hangs in the balance for the most prestigious university in the country. President Donald Trump put Harvard and other Ivy League schools in the administration's crosshairs, largely over how they handled antisemitism on campus. Well, tomorrow, the fight over funding will start to play out in court.

For a preview, CNN's Gloria Pazmino spoke with an alum who's fighting to protect Harvard's research. (BEGIN VIDEO TAPE)

GLORIA PAZMINO, CNN NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): It's the next major step in the Trump administration's fight against Harvard University.

DONALD TRUMP (R), PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: I think we're going to probably settle with Harvard. They want to settle very badly.

PAZMINO (voice-over): Oral arguments are expected Monday. Federal District Court Judge Allison Burroughs will hear from Harvard's legal team and lawyers for the Department of Justice. The beginning of a critical battle to restore more than $2 billion in federal funding after the White House froze the funds last spring.

TRUMP: We spend more money on higher education than any other country, and yet they're turning our students into communists and terrorists. We can't let this happen.

PAZMINO (voice-over): Monday's hearing could mark a turning point in the administration's ongoing attacks on higher education institutions.

ANURIMA BHARGAVA, CRIMSON COURAGE, COORDINATOR OF HARVARD ALUMNI AMICUS BRIEF: What we're seeing here is basically an attack on Harvard. The goal is to narrow our ability to think, to teach, to voice, to learn in a way that is open, that promotes free inquiry and discussion.

TRUMP: Pause or funding freeze.

PAZMINO (voice-over): Days after taking office, President Donald Trump signed an executive order increasing enforcement efforts against antisemitism on school campuses. The administration also targeted dozens of colleges and universities. It threatened to cut Harvard's critical research and funding grants unless it met a strict list of demands, including ending diversity, equity, and inclusion programs, hiring new faculty and making sweeping changes to international student programs.

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Harvard responded with force, suing to restore its funding and accusing the administration of using unlawful tactics, saying the cuts and demands, quote, "cut at the core of Harvard's constitutionally protected academic freedom." Funding cuts are already being felt.

BHARGAVA: We're seeing those research projects about Alzheimer's disease, about what is it that we -- how do we do surgeries in a way that are actually going to save people's lives. Those research projects, those efforts that have been going on for years, if not decades, are being stopped in their tracks.

PAZMINO (voice-over): Harvard faculty says the future of scientific research is on the line.

RYAN ENOS, PROFESSOR, HARVARD UNIVERSITY: The big picture question is whether we will be rewarding research to where, based on scientific merit, or whether a university follows the political ideology of the president and his administration.

PAZMINO (voice-over): In a statement, the White House said the administration's goal is to prevent antisemitism and DEI on Harvard's campus. Adding, quote, "We are confident that Harvard will eventually come around and support the president's vision, and through good-faith conversations and negotiations, a good deal is more than possible."

As the fight between the administration and Harvard continues, some faculty members and experts see the administration's focus on antisemitism as an excuse.

BHARGAVA: This is a battle about power. I think that this is really about this administration trying to take down cathedrals of power around the country that are not their own.

PAZMINO (voice-over): Gloria Pazmino, CNN, New York.

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FREEMAN: All right, to talk about all this, with me now is CNN Legal Analyst Michael Moore. Michael, thank you so much for being here to talk --

MICHAEL MOORE, CNN LEGAL ANALYST: It's a pleasure.

FREEMAN: -- about all things Harvard. Appreciate it.

Let's just start simple here. What can we expect likely from court tomorrow?

MOORE: Yes, so this is really a push by the university to have an expedited case, a summary judgment hearing in there. Since they say, judge, we will -- we think you can make this decision based on the papers and the law. We don't think you need to go any further than this. And so the court has given them a quick hearing.

You would usually expect something like this to drag out when there's a lawsuit file. This has not been the case. It's just been a few months. But I also think the court is cognizant of the fact that there's real harm that could happen if there's not a ruling now. Obviously, we're getting into the next academic year. And I'm sure the judge is also thinking about the avenues of appeal that are likely to come no matter, you know, which side prevails.

FREEMAN: You know, actually, I appreciate you talking about time because I was curious from your perspective if that was a real consideration. I was up at Harvard during commencement talking to professors about their research and everything. And at least one of them said that if funding was cut, the freezers that they kept data might have to get turned off. So time is actually considered here.

MOORE: Sure. I mean, there are ongoing studies. I mean, there are laboratory things happening. There have been Alzheimer's research, cancer research. There's all these things that are in the -- the people are in the middle of. And you think about clinical trials, people participating in those trials.

This -- there's about $3 billion in funding that has been either cut off or is in the process of being cut off. That is a -- that's a real issue for an institution trying to run, you know, a research program and other, you know, educational programs as well.

FREEMAN: Yes. And again, across many schools as well --

MOORE: Yes.

FREEMAN: -- you know, the medical school, the regular college, et cetera.

MOORE: Right.

FREEMAN: I want to get your perspective, though, because we've been talking about this back and forth with, you know, two titans, the federal government and one of our most prestigious universities. From your perspective, who, though, has the upper hand, do you think?

MOORE: Yes, I'm just sort of like, thank God somebody finally stood up to it. You know, you've watched law firms around the country sort of cave, you know, and they've cut deals or media empires have cut deals saying, you know, just leave us alone and we'll pay some money or we'll do what you want to do. You know, I really think in this case that the institution has the strongest argument.

FREEMAN: Really?

MOORE: I think the judges sort of -- you've seen that. I mean, I don't think we're here at this point on an expedited basis because she thinks they've got a weak case. I think we saw it also when we talked about international students and --

FREEMAN: Student visas.

MOORE: Right. Those were -- that was a very quick, you know, outcome where the administration was shot down. And so here, you know, really what the administration is saying is if you don't teach and do things the way we want you to do it, this particular administration, not the Constitution, but my administration, that I'm going to cut your funding out. And that's so antithetical to what an academic institution is. And I think their position is stronger that be in the college.

And also, you know, there have been a lot of other universities that have signed on and joined into the lawsuit --

FREEMAN: Right.

MOORE: -- supporting that. So we're not talking about Harvard standing alone. Now we're seeing sort of this mushrooming effect of other groups coming in and saying, absolutely, you can't have this because you're violating our free speech and other provisions under the law.

FREEMAN: Do you think this judge in this district where it's happening will play into that? Just being, you know, in Boston up there?

MOORE: You know, judges typically wear a neutral hat or we think they wear a neutral hat.

FREEMAN: Sure.

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MOORE: But I also think they don't live in a vacuum. And so it's likely that she is obviously part of the local community. And my guess is probably, you know, cognizant of the impact it could have on a broader scheme. But again, this is not really a question of so much of a factual basis.

Everybody agrees that, you know, they've cut our funding and we have these, you know, initiatives in place or we're not doing this. We've drawn our red line in the sand if you're the college or the university. So this is a question to me about the law. And ultimately, an appellate court is going to have to decide.

Are they going to let sort of an administration come in and say, OK, you don't agree with us. We're going to now cut you out. Think about what that means down the road. That may, you know, Notre Dame.

What if you have a more liberal administration, Democratic administration or more moderate Republican administration come in and say, we don't like some of the things that you're teaching there. We don't like the fact that you don't teach this. So we're going to cut your funding.

Are we going to see now you can't get a federal loan if you go to a religious institution or that we're going to cut funding for what I would consider to be sort of more conservative, leaning institutions? Is that going to be the case? That seems to be a flux and a balance that can't be struck as we go down the road. And courts are supposed to make life sort of normal and not leave everything in flux.

FREEMAN: Just real quick, because we got to go in a second. Were you surprised that this even made it to court just because other schools have been cutting deals? I mean, we saw the University of Pennsylvania cut a deal over the transgender swimmer issue.

MOORE: Yes. I mean, I think this is the kind of issue that should have made it to court. You know --

FREEMAN: Oh well.

MOORE: -- you can -- when you're telling an institution and sort of making up this idea of some civil rights things and pushing things to the limits, I think, which the administration has done, you know, I think the fact that Harvard has stood up to them and said, we're not going to let you come in and tell us exactly how we should teach.

You know, there are things that need to be in place. Like we want to make sure that we don't discriminate against people.

FREEMAN: Sure.

MOORE: We want to make sure, you know, that women's athletes and athletics and men's athletics are treated equally. There are things like that that the law says. But to come in and say you've got this person's got to resign, this administrator's got to do this, those are just not what we think about when we think about colleges.

That's where they're supposed to be places of higher learning. And we push ourselves to think not just to all get in line behind one particular president.

FREEMAN: Tomorrow, all eyes on Boston and Cambridge once again.

MOORE: All eyes.

FREEMAN: Appreciate it, Michael. Thank you so much.

MOORE: Good to be with you.

FREEMAN: All right, a tragedy in Vietnam. Thirty eight people are dead, eight of them children, after a boat capsized at a popular tourist destination. We'll have those details coming up.

Plus, Los Angeles police have a man in custody after he drove a car into a crowd outside of a nightclub injuring 30 people. We'll tell you, though, why police are now looking for one of the people in the crowd.

And the tech company CEO caught cuddling an employee on camera has resigned. We have more on the Coldplay kiss can controversy.

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FREEMAN: In this morning's headlines, police are searching for the person who shot a driver accused of driving into a crowd outside of a club in Los Angeles. Now the driver, 29-year-old Fernando Ramirez, is in custody, recovering in the hospital. Authorities say he was pulled from his car early yesterday morning, handcuffed by security, then beaten by bystanders and shot by someone across the street.

Police believe Ramirez was intoxicated. At least 30 people were hurt. Several remain in critical condition. The mayor calls it a heartbreaking tragedy.

And the death toll has now risen to 10 after that horrific fire at a Massachusetts assisted living facility. It happened at the Gabriel House a week ago. Elderly residents were trapped inside, some seen in the windows begging for help. Investigators still don't think it was set on purpose, but they're still looking into what started it. This is now the deadliest fire in the state in more than 40 years.

And a search is underway in Vietnam after a tour boat flipped over in Ha Long Bay, a popular spot for visitors. The boat had more than 50 people on board, including families and young children. At least 38 people are dead. Ten have been rescued. Rescuers, though, are still looking for those who are still missing, and bad weather has been slowing them down.

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DANG THUY LINH, CAPSIZED BOAT SURVIVOR (through translation): I have lost contact with my son, my husband and my friend's whole family. What I am asking now is for everyone to speed up the rescue mission to save all of them. Please don't let anyone behind on that boat. There is so little air left. There's a small chance of surviving.

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FREEMAN: Scary story.

Meanwhile, the tech company CEO caught cuddling an employee on a kiss cam at a Coldplay concert has resigned. Andy Byron and his company's head of human resources were captured in this video. Last week, their reactions as they tried to hide made the video go viral.

CNN's Rafael Romo has more on the company's reaction to its CEO's resignation.

RAFAEL ROMO, CNN CORRESPONDENT: The tech company initially said on Friday that its CEO had been placed on leave after the video went viral. On Saturday, Astronomer issued an updated statement via LinkedIn saying that the New York-based company's CEO, Andy Byron, has tendered his resignation.

The statement says in part, "As states previously, Astronomer is committed to the values and culture that have guided us since our founding. Our leaders are expected to set the standard in both conduct and accountability, and recently, that standard was not met. Andy Byron has tendered his resignation, and the Board of Directors has accepted."

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This is the moment when then-Astronomer CEO Andy Byron was spotted on a Jumbotron video embracing a company employee during a Coldplay concert on Wednesday evening.

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CHRIS MARTIN, LEAD SINGER OF COLDPLAY: Oh look at these two. All right, come on. You're OK? Oh, what? Either they're having an affair or they're just very shy.

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ROMO: The other person in the kiss cam video is Kristin Cabot, the company's Chief People Officer or Human Resources. It all happened Wednesday at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts during a concert attended by around 60,000 people. There has been non-stop reaction to the incident, especially on social media. A Canadian tourist visiting New York told CNN she feels especially bad for people impacted.

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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I think it's very sad that it's exposed and that his family has to see it all over social media. Yes, I've been watching it. It's on like every feed of my Instagram, of my Facebook. It's crazy.

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ROMO: The data operations company, which was founded in 2018, acknowledged that awareness of our company may have changed overnight. But management said its mission would continue to be focused on addressing data and artificial intelligence problems.

Rafael Romo, CNN, Atlanta.

FREEMAN: Rafael Romo, thank you so much for that report.

Still ahead, more than a million low-income renters could lose their homes because of a proposed policy change from the Trump administration.

Plus, WNBA players entered the All-Star Game with a clear message -- pay us what you owe us. We'll have more on their fight for higher pay.

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FREEMAN: A newly proposed time limit could put almost a million and a half renters at risk of homelessness, that's according to new research from New York University. Now, the Trump administration wants to revamp the Department of Housing and Urban Development. Part of those changes would include a two-year limit on rental assistance programs.

Now, a HUD spokesperson responded to the study saying data supports time limits, and shows that long-term government assistance without incentives disincentivize people to work. But others argue it will destabilize vulnerable households. For more on this, we have Claudia Aiken joining us now, who co-authored this study. Claudia, thank you so much for being with us this morning.

Let's start here. Can you walk us through how that rental assistance currently works? How long say does the average family use or rely on rental assist?

CLAUDIA AIKEN, CO-AUTHOR, OF HUD STUDY AND DIRECTOR, NEW RESEARCH PARTNERSHIPS, HOUSING SOLUTIONS LAB: Sure. And thanks so much for having me, Danny. I'm excited to talk about this study, which, as you said, I co-authored with my amazing colleague, Ellie Lochhead.

And so, it was a two-part study. On the one hand we looked at the administrative plans that housing authorities submit to HUD, reports commissioned by HUD, really to try to figure out which housing authorities have ever experimented with time limits or work requirements to policies we know that the administration is considering.

And the second part really dug into the HUD data to try to understand how many people could be affected by policies like these. So, what we found in that first part is that very few housing authorities have ever experimented with time limits and really the status quo across Section 8 programs and public housing is that these are typically deep time limit unlimited subsidies that go to households for as long as they are income eligible.

So, moving to a time limit and especially a two-year limit potentially across the board could be hugely disruptive. And place large administrative costs on the housing authorities tasked with terminating subsidies, potentially evicting households and replacing them with new ones.

FREEMAN: Are there any parts of the country in particular that might be most affected by a limit like this?

AIKEN: That's a good question. One of the things we mention in our report is that currently households are tending to stay longer in these programs, as you might expect, in housing markets that are high rent, that are unaffordable. And so, we might see even more households than kind of the average affected by time limits in those high rent markets.

FREEMAN: I was curious. So, you noted that there isn't a ton of -- there aren't a ton of examples with time limits, but on those -- in those municipalities where they have imposed time limits, can you describe how that has affected families?

AIKEN: Sure. So, we identified in our scan 19 housing authorities that have ever tried or even proposed time limits. That scan is probably not exhaustive. But still, it stands out that that's a small number considering there are more than 3,000 housing authorities across the country.

FREEMAN: Sure.

AIKEN: And of those 19, we also found that 11 of them have since rescinded those time limit policies, so discontinued them. The six that have ongoing time limit policies, you know, I think they -- the rationale is that on the one hand they believe these time limits can motivate households to increase their income and, gain economic independence. And on the other hand, shorten the wait times for housing assistance, which because it is so scarce in the U.S., often has very, very long wait times.

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On the other hand, these housing authorities also still acknowledge that, in many cases, they are exiting households back into unsustainable rent burdens, unaffordable housing markets. And that, at the same time, these time limit policies can be costly to enforce and administer. You know, it takes work to deal with the higher turnover, the vacancy, and so on that these policies can create. FREEMAN: Well. So, to that point, what's your reaction to what the HUD spokesperson told us saying that this would disincentivize people to work or, you know, move up the economic ladder?

AIKEN: Well, because we've only, you know, seen this even tried or considered among 19 housing authorities across the country, I think that what that says to us as researchers is that we just have very little evidence for how these policies actually work in the real world, in the context of housing assistance. And we also found very, very few rigorous studies, you know, causally trying to understand the impact that these policies have on household outcomes. So, I think we just don't have the evidence to know -- yes.

FREEMAN: Yes. One way or another. Claudia Aiken, thank you so much for sharing your insights on your study and shedding light on an important issue that I think other people might not be aware of. Really appreciate your time this morning.

AIKEN: Thank you.

FREEMAN: Still ahead, the acting director of ICE is pushing back on criticism of his agents. Why he says they should keep wearing masks during raids.

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FREEMAN: New this morning, the acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement says he'll continue to allow agents to wear masks while conducting migrant arrests. In an interview with CBS News, Todd Lyons said it's to keep ICE agents and their families safe. On the program, Lyons also addressed an Associated Press report that ICE and federal agencies have made an agreement to share personal data from programs like Medicaid to find and arrest undocumented migrants.

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TODD LYONS, ACTING ICE DIRECTOR: Whether it be data from the Department of Labor, data from Health of Service, Health and Human Services, Medicaid, we are using that data to try to locate, again, the worst of those people that have been lawfully deported. So, I think that's what you're going to see that data used for.

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FREEMAN: Now, this is all part of President Trump's campaign pledge to conduct large-scale deportation efforts. And a Marine Corps veteran is speaking out after he says his father, Narciso Barranco, was beaten and arrested by masked ICE agents in Southern California last month. Alejandro Barranco told CNN that his father is recovering and undergoing medical checkups after being released from the tension.

Now, the family maintains that Narciso never attacked ICE agents and are calling the arrest an injustice. CNN's Veronica Miracle is in Los Angeles with more. (BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

VERONICA MIRACLE, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): The father of three marines whose arrest shocked a southern California community is now out of ICE custody. But his future in the United States remains uncertain.

Narciso Barranco spent nearly three weeks in a detention center after his violent arrest was caught on camera in Orange County, California. The 48-year-old landscaper was working outside of an IHOP in Santa Ana on June 21st when Barranco son says masked agents tackled his father to the ground. Those agents caught on camera punching Barranco in the face and head.

The Department of Homeland Security defended the actions of the agents, pointing to video that they say shows Barranco resisting commands and trying to evade officers, saying he swung a weed whacker directly at an agent's face. Authorities say he assaulted the agents, but his son says he was only charged with being here as an undocumented resident. Barranco's son says his father's shoulder was dislocated during the arrest.

Barranco is undocumented but has lived in the United States since the early '90s and has no criminal record. Arrests like this one, impacting people across the U.S.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Businesses, people full of joy are replaced with sadness, fear and terror.

MIRACLE (voice-over): His family says he's applied for the parole in place program, which allows undocumented relatives of the military to stay in the United States.

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MIRACLE (on camera): Danny, we've taken a look at ICE data that's been released that shows all of the people that they've arrested this year as of late June. And of about 58,000 people that they've detained, more than 71 percent have no known criminal convictions. Danny.

FREEMAN: Veronica Miracle, thank you very much for that reporting. Still ahead, American Scottie Scheffler is holding onto his lead as the open championship enters the final round. Coy Wire is here. He's got the highlights in sports coming up.

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FREEMAN: 40 years ago, this summer, Rockstar Bob Geldof brought Queen, U2, David Bowie and more together to perform at a landmark music event to raise money for famine relief in Africa. See how the legendary concert came together and how the movement continued in a new episode of the CNN Original Series "Live Aid: When Rock'N'Roll Took on the World." Here's a preview. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: And now, to start the 16 hours of Live Aid, would you welcome Status Quo.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Out comes Quo. And what does Rossi say? He walks out and he goes --

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Are you all right? Are you all right?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: It was so perfect. So, rock and roll, you know? All right. And then --

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FREEMAN: Music just so good. Be sure to tune in a new episode of "Live Aid: When Rock'N'Roll Took on the World." It airs tonight at 9:00 p.m. Eastern and Pacific only on CNN.

Meanwhile, summer heat is expected to tick up this week bringing scorching temperatures to the Midwest and southeast. CNN Meteorologist Allison Chinchar is back with us now. Alison, what should we expect going into this week?

ALLISON CHINCHAR, CNN METEOROLOGIST: All right. So, again, it's summer. It's supposed to be hot. But for some of these places they're going to be exceptionally hot. So, we've got a lot of alerts out already, over 50 million people under some type of extreme heat alertness along the Atlantic Coast, down to the Gulf, up into portions of the Mississippi Valley and into the Midwest. So, there's a lot of people that are going to be impacted by this heat over the next several days.

It's going to really begin across the southeast first. So, take Atlanta, for example. Normal high is time of year is about 90. We're going to start to see those temperatures gradually getting up to about five to eight degrees above normal. Then look at Charlotte Normal's 91, 98 for today. And then continuing into the above average temperatures for at least the next day or so.

But it's not the only area that's going to see it. Now, here you'll see, we've got a couple areas matching a lot of those warnings. But once we start getting into the week, notice how much more that orange color really starts to expand, especially across the Northeast, the Mid-Atlantic, and into the Midwest. So, a lot of other areas are going to start to see those numbers begin to rise as we head into the rest of the week.

Take Dallas, for example. OK. Average high right now, 96. They will be that for today, but then those numbers are going to keep climbing back up, likely getting up to triple digits by the time we get to Thursday. This is important because, believe it or not, Dallas has not yet hit a hundred degrees so far this summer. Even though cities like New York, Boston, Danny, your hometown of Philadelphia, they have hit triple digits, just not Dallas. But that looks like that will be changing by the time we get later on into the week.

They're not the only one too. Look at St. Louis. Look at all of these numbers starting to drive back up. Now, St. Louis is going to stay a little bit cooler, especially on Monday because we have a chance for rain in the forecast. But then you're really going to start to see those numbers getting up and very close to triple digit temperatures by the time we get to Thursday.

Even areas of the northeast, they've already had triple digit heat. We're going to keep seeing those numbers rising back up again all the way to 95 in New York by the time we get to Friday.

FREEMAN: Unbelievable. All right. Sunscreen for everyone all over the country. Thanks, Allison. Appreciate you. And the stars of the WNBA put on a show last night for fans breaking records during the All-Star game. CNN's Coy Wire. He's right here with your highlights. Coy.

COY WIRE, CNN SPORTS ANCHOR: Yes. A dazzling display of buckets as Team Collier came out on top. Absolutely schooling Team Clark. The final score was 151 to 131. We'll get to some highlights in a minute.

But first, the players from both teams sending a clear and concise message regarding their collective bargaining agreement ahead of the game, wearing t-shirts that said, pay us what you owe us. Some of their main areas of focus are what they feel would be a fairer slice of the revenue pie, it include benefits.

As to the game itself, Minnesota Lynx's Napheesa Collier was the story. 36 points. That's an All-Star game record. Collier deservedly crowned the NVP or MVP, as many would say. Did you know Napheesa is also a published author? The children's book, inspiring young minds on and off the court. A true All-Star in every sense of the word.

Let's go to the Open Championship. One of the most historic events in any sport with a 29-year-old from Texas World Number one, Scottie Scheffler. He's seeking a fourth career Major. Scheffler taking a four-shot lead into today's final round after an incredible round yesterday, a bogey, 367, highlighted that an eagle on the seventh. A win for Scheffler today. And he will have completed the third leg of a career Grand Slam. Scottie likes his chances after the first three rounds.

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SCOTTIE SCHEFFLER, WORLD NUMBER 1: I like being out here competing. I like -- I mean, this is why we work so hard is to have opportunities like this. And I'm excited for the challenge of tomorrow. You know, win a Major championships is not an easy task. And you know, I put myself in a good position. And, you know, going into tomorrow I'm going to step there on the first tee and I'm going to be trying to get the ball in the fairway and then when I get to the second shot, I'm going to be trying to get that ball in the green and it's not really too much else going on. (END VIDEO CLIP)

WIRE: All right. Some Minor League Baseball in Erie, Pennsylvania, where fans of the Erie Sea Wolves, affiliate of the Detroit Tigers, lined up around the block to see the unveiling of their brand-new alter ego mascot, the Erie Moon Mammoths. Their new mascot fuzz this purple, wooly mammoth sport in a space helmet worn from a segment on HBO's "Last Week Tonight with John Oliver," where the show offered to rebrand a minor league team. About 40 teams applied. The Sea Wolves won, and Oliver's team dug deep into Erie's local lore, unearthing the story of George Moon, the local diver, who in 1991, discovered a nearly complete wooly mammoth skeleton at the bottom of Lake Pleasant nearby.

John Oliver himself there for the ceremonial first pitch. And who to catch it? George Moon himself. The new mascot, Moon Mammoths, is a hit. Danny and Allison.

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The team president said they've done four years' worth of online sales and merchandising just three weeks since the rebrand. This is incredible stuff.

FREEMAN: That is so great and it's so fun. And I sent you guys an e- mail yesterday. I mean, lines, like you said, going around the block to see this crazy -- would do you call him yesterday? Snuffaluffagus- like?

WIRE: Yes, he's like a fur baby out there, but -- so --

FREEMAN: All right. So, do you have an idea for what CNN's mascot should be?

CHINCHAR: I don't know. I love the story behind that. And that they got George Moon himself to actually be there. That was amazing.

FREEMAN: And he discovered the mammoth bones in this lake and then they displayed it actually for people to see. And that's how the late -- or the --

WIRE: He did great --

FREEMAN: -- the John Oliver folks figured out this story. I think, you know, in honor of this couch, I feel like the CNN crayons, that could be a good mascot.

CHINCHAR: Yes.

WIRE: You know.

FREEMAN: I like that. Yes, we'll work on it. We'll workshop it. All right. Thank you so much for joining us on CNN This Morning. Inside Politics Sunday with Many Raju up next.

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