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Millions In Europe Await Celestial Event Of The Century; CNN Tours Hard-Hit City Amid Disaster Relief Efforts; L.A. Lakers Sell For A Record $12.5 Billion; Trump Administration Border Security Project In Texas Draws Scrutiny; Civil Rights Complaint After Trooper Punches 18-Year-Old; Parisians Scramble For Glasses Ahead Of Celestial Event; New Instrument Could Change How We Study The Sun; Aired 12-1p ET
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ZAIN ASHER, CNN ANCHOR: All right. Coming to you live from New York, I'm Zain Asher. You are watching the second hour of "One World."
Peeking into the cosmos, we are less than an hour from the start of a grand stellar spectacle. Millions of people are anxiously waiting today's total
solar eclipse. This map here gives you a better look at where the total solar eclipse can be seen.
First stop is going to be Greenland. It's very soon. The skies are going to be going dark as the sun completely disappears from view.
Another prime viewing location is Spain. A lot of lucky spectators there. They'll even get to see a rare sunset eclipse. Right now, Spain is facing
one of the highest risk periods for wildfires, which means authorities have rolled out a massive police operation as well.
Unfortunately though for Iceland, the Icelandic Met Office is predicting clouds and rain for much of the path there for the eclipse. This has the
Nordic country welcomes in an estimated 80,000 visitors who might end up being a little bit disappointed.
Meantime, a partial eclipse will pass over the northern U.S., Canada and much of Europe and northwest in Africa as well. A reminder that if you do
plan on watching, make sure to pack some certified glasses, especially at the beginning of the solar eclipse and also after totality as well.
Let's kick off our eclipse coverage with meteorologist Allison Chinchar live from Atlanta.
I was saying to our previous guests that there are, of course, entire eclipse communities -- eclipse watchers who plan their lives around these
celestial events. And many of them travel. And a lot of them, as I explained, 80,000 of them going to Iceland.
But unfortunately, the weather in Iceland right now, not cooperating. What can we expect Allison?
ALLISON CHINCHAR, CNN METEOROLOGIST: It's not. But you know what, Iceland is just a beautiful place in general. So, listen, if you're not going to
see the eclipse --
ASHER: No matter what.
CHINCHAR: -- at least you're just in a very beautiful place period. So yes.
Unfortunately, yes, they're not going to see as much as say people who are in Spain, who are going to likely see much more of this just simply because
of the clearer skies that are expected to be happening at the same time of the eclipse.
So, let's kind of break it down, because even for some of our North American viewers, there are a few spots that will end up seeing at least a
pretty good partial solar eclipse today.
Now, obviously, the farther north and east you are, especially for folks in Canada likely going to see some of those higher percentages there.
But the best areas are really going to be in these, in between these yellow lines that you see here on the map. That is the path of totality. So that
includes a large portion of Spain and, yes, technically speaking areas of Greenland and Iceland, but we do have the cloud cover to worry about there.
Here's a look at the timeline for these. So, what you're focusing in on are the areas in the black boxes. That's when totality is really going to be
honed in. So, that the best time to really take those few minutes and go outside and take a look at it, be sure you have your safety glasses with
you.
But again, Zaragoza between 8:29 and 8:30, again, it's a very brief thing. This folks, this doesn't really last like a half hour or an hour or two for
the totality period. You'll get a partial, but you're not going to get the totality for very long.
And then other areas, again, it's going to be a little bit late. Notice we have a couple of these spots that have the asterisks on them and that is
because the sunset time will actually occur before the partial end time takes place.
So, again, you've got very limited viewing, but be able to go out and see something. Even the folks in North America getting to at least see a
partial solar eclipse. Halifax, Nova Scotia, for example, peak red around 3:00 P.M. Eastern time. They'll get about 31 percent of that eclipse.
Boston, New York, Philadelphia. Again, very small percentages but you'll see something as long as the sky is clear. You can take a colander outside.
You know, the thing that you cook your pasta and it's got the holes. If you take that and you put it out under the sun, you'll get to see quite the
spectacle on the ground underneath you.
Or if you're in a shady spot, you can go underneath the trees. The shadows that they make take a different shape than they normally would on any other
given sunny day. So, some things to look out for even if you're only in a partial solar eclipse.
The key thing here though, Zain, is a lot of folks in the North American portion are also going to be contending with clouds and maybe perhaps even
some showers.
ASHER: Allison Chinchar, live for us. Thank you so much.
All right. Let's go to Rachel Valcour, a science teacher from Vermont here in the U.S. who is in Spain to watch the eclipse.
Rachel, you are the perfect person to talk to you because, of course, you are a science teacher so you can explain the science of this for us, but
also you're in Spain and you're a visitor. Look, you're -- you're getting with excitement. I can see. I'm sure you're super excited to watch the
total eclipse.
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RACHEL VALCOUR, U.S. HIGH SCHOOL SCIENCE TEACHER: Well, (INAUDIBLE).
ASHER: Yes. Just -- just walk us through how you're feeling and what you're most excited to see an experience today, Rachel.
VALCOUR: Oh, I'm just so excited. This is my second eclipse. The first one was in Vermont in 2024. I brought my students up to the top of this
mountain and it was like wild. It was just life-changing for them and for me.
And so like being here, my second eclipse, we picked spot on the top of the mountain. We have some incredible mountains behind us.
It's just to me it's like unbelievable. Like the moon will go between us and the sun and the whole scale of it is like 93 million miles. It's just
unbelievable scene.
And the way that the whole world sort of like you watch the shadow come across the landscape, it's just unbelievable. You just got to see it.
ASHER: Yes. It's only going to last a minute or so. I believe a minute and 15 seconds.
VALCOUR: Yes.
ASHER: It looks as though -- can you still hear me, Rachel?
VALCOUR: I think we're in a -- a minute 40 seconds, I think. Yes.
ASHER: Yes, a minute. OK. There you are. A minute sort of 30. You said 40 seconds or so. But that minute or so is going to be a sight to behold,
isn't it? I mean, just talk to us about how much planning went into this for you.
I mean, you chose Spain that is, as I understand, the best place right now to see this particular solar eclipse. And --
VALCOUR: Yes.
ASHER: -- you know, the -- the weather is going to be cooperating. I'm sure it's super-hot, though. What is it? It's probably 95 degrees or so where
you are in Spain.
VALCOUR: It's -- it's OK. We have a little breeze. We have a little breeze. Our -- we've been camping in (INAUDIBLE). And our plan was to stay put and
to like not move. So, we are like right in our campsite. It'd be hike up to a view.
But this morning we woke up and it was 75 percent cloud. So, we're like, we got to move. So, we moved toward. It seemed like everybody was moving
towards (INAUDIBLE). And so we picked a couple of spots.
And we just found this one and we love the landscape. We love the spot. We're all here together. We got a picnic. We got lots of people. We got the
Spanish government still filming the eclipse from this spot too.
So, I'm thinking it's going to be incredible. But yes, a lot of planning and a lot of (INAUDIBLE). So, a lot of decision making, believe me.
ASHER: Yes. I mean, it's -- it's a -- it's a lot of planning. And you're lucky that the weather and the skies, most importantly, maybe not the
temperatures, but certainly the skies are going to be cooperating.
Just explain to our audience who may not have seen one of these before what they will be. I mean, as a science teacher, this is your bread and butter,
right? What are we actually going to be seeing in the sky when this moment occurs in a few hours from now?
VALCOUR: Right. So, the whole thing will start around 7:30, and that's when you have to have your eclipse glasses on because the moon will sort of go
over the sun, but you can't still -- you still can't look at the sun, even if it's partially covered or (INAUDIBLE). So, you got to wear the eclipse
(INAUDIBLE).
And then once -- and you'll just sort of like see the shadow coming through the landscape. And then once it's completely covered, everything turns
dark. A lot of times you'll see like a sunset almost all the way around. You can take your glasses off after that.
There's clouds. You'll see the corona around the sun, which stretches out like millions of miles outside of the sun. It's always there. We just can't
see it because the sun is so bright. So, it's a super rare opportunity to see, you know, another viewpoint of our landscape, another viewpoint of our
sun, earth, moon system. It's just incredible.
ASHER: And this is actually going to be a really exciting one because it takes place around sunset, so that adds to the atmosphere. You know, it's -
- the light almost takes on this sort of eerie romantic quality.
You know, we've talked about -- we had Neil deGrasse Tyson. I'm sure you would have loved that. We had him on yesterday just talking to us about the
total solar eclipse and how shadows and animals behave differently because they think it's -- her mouth is ajar. Yes, Neil deGrasse Tyson. He was on
my show today. But animals behave differently as well during this time.
Just explain to us how it's going to be different from what you experienced in April 2024, about -- about two years ago or so.
VALCOUR: Yes. That's -- that's a good question. So, it was 2:30 -- o'clock high in the sky. We were sure, like, 8:30 at night, a sunset eclipse. We
weren't really sure what it was going to be like.
But as long as you are in a spot that is -- I think it's going to be like eight degrees above the horizon. So, as long as you're in a spot where you
have eight degrees above the horizon, you're going to see it.
And the addition of the sunset, I don't know -- I don't know. It's going to be amazing. I don't know. It's going to be -- I think they're all
different. So, this is exciting.
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ASHER: You know, we -- we have had a few problems with your shot, Rachel. It was going in and out, but we could feel your excitement. I'm excited for
you. I mean, I can't wait to experience it through you and through all of our reporters who are covering the story.
Speaking of which, we do have our Clarissa Ward who is joining us live now from Spain. She's in Mallorca. We talked a moment ago. Clarissa, you were
talking to us about the crazy temperatures, 35 degrees Celsius, 95 degrees Fahrenheit, for all the Americans watching, unbearable, but worth it for a
lot of people, Clarissa.
CLARISSA WARD, CNN CHIEF INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Oh, not just worth it. I have not heard anyone complaining about the heat. Everyone is
literally dripping with sweat and trying to take shelter in any branch they can find, but people are so pumped to be here.
And we have talked to people from Germany, from Russia, from Belgium, from the United States, from Poland. We met a group who, this is their third
eclipse, total eclipse, and they say they are now obsessed. And they're going to Egypt next year. And then they're going to Australia. And they're
just going to keep following this extraordinary cosmic coincidence wherever it happens across the world.
Now, you could probably see behind me, we've got people who have been set up here for hours. That was initially considered a great spot because it
was in the shade. They're paying the price now, but man, are they going to have an epic view when we see, in just over two and a quarter hours, that
incredible moment where we will have about one minute and 32 seconds of total eclipse.
We can also see quite a lot of boats out at sea. A lot of people who can are heading out to watch it on the water, although the people I've talked
to here who are eclipse experts say that you miss something by being on the water because it's when you're here on the land, when you hear the hush as
the insects. I don't know if you can hear in the background the cicadas doing their noisy thing that they do across Europe in the summer.
The birds, everything just stops. And there's this magnificent and kind of eerie silence. I think you really get a feel for that when you're on land
as opposed to at sea. However, we've seen some pretty epic yachts, so we're not going to cry for the people who are on board and watching the eclipse
there.
Everyone needs to have their glasses ready. Of course, this is very serious. You can burn your retina. We've got ours. We've got spare pairs as
well. And, yes, we're just getting really, really excited to see this beautiful moment the first time, Zain, in 100 years that Spain has been
blessed with a total eclipse.
ASHER: She's ready. Clarissa is ready. She's got her glasses. That's obviously, yes, an important warning for everyone about making sure you
wear your eclipse glasses.
But a lot of excitement, you know, a lot of heat, not sure it's for me with those kinds of temperatures, but a lot of people are clearly very excited
and eclipse chases everywhere descending on Spain right now for this magical moment.
Clarissa Ward, life for us there. Thank you so much.
Let's go to Land's End, England, where we have CNN's Isa Soares standing by for us. Isa, we were talking last hour about the last solar eclipse that we
had in the U.K. back in 1999. I was a teenager. Maybe you were too. I'm not sure about age difference.
ISA SOARES, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Do you remember?
ASHER: Yes, I do. There was so much excitement at that time.
SOARES: You do remember it.
ASHER: Yes, I do. I do.
SOARES: It was a lot of excitement. I'm not sure --
ASHER: Yes.
SOARES: I'm not sure the glasses were that expensive, I can tell you that much.
ASHER: How different is it going to be this time, Isa?
SOARES: But look -- look, very different. For one, the sky is perfect. There's not a cloud in the sky, which was a problem back in 1999 when we
had a total eclipse.
So we are tantalizingly close to that this time, 96 percent. And the sky -- I'm going to ask my camera man, Will, just a pan to my right. It is
beautiful. It's perfection. Not as hot as Mallorca, but it is quite hot.
People have come out with their picnic blankets, with their chairs. They've got their glasses. And as you can spot there, they are in prime position
right there. Because in a -- in a couple of hours, they will see the perfect alignment right here in this part of the country facing the -- with
the beautiful view of the Atlantic Ocean, the horizon, perfect alignment of the sun, the moon and the earth.
Kids are super excited. So many have their glasses. So many have overplayed -- overpaid for their glasses. I've also just seen the last few minutes, a
little girl with a cereal box. She did her own creativity at home.
There are talks -- that I've seen people with colanders as well. So, people are getting ready for this moment. Children are being the cutest to talk to
about this because I've had -- I've heard the kids going, it's going to be super dark. It's going to be really freaky. And that is the moment that I
can't wait to see, that wondrous moment that goodness knows when it's going to happen right here in the U.K. again, that so many are coming here to
Land's End to see, Zain.
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ASHER: I remember that cereal box experiment in -- in -- in school. I can't quite remember what it was for specifically, but I actually do remember it.
Yes, so you've been speaking to obviously a lot of people.
How many -- I'm sure a lot of the people that you've spoken to travelled for this. You -- you and I were speaking the last hour about the fact that
there is a massive difference between the partial eclipse and the total eclipse, but don't take that three percent away from people. They're still
excited for a partial eclipse, nonetheless.
SOARES: No. Don't take it away. A hundred -- a hundred percent. Look, a lot of people I've spoken to many are on holiday, as you well know, Zain, many
of you as may not. This is a beautiful part of the country. Many people holiday around here anyway.
Some others have come from other parts, not just of the U.K., but have travelled internationally to be here. And --and so many are excited. I am -
- I have started to see more people arriving, particularly in the last half hour, trying to get that prime spot.
One man just walking past me right now has his -- his cooler for his picnic as well. So, people setting up for that moment. And -- and -- and children,
particularly, are excited to -- to -- to -- to see it.
Look, they might not understand it probably you and I at the same -- at the same time. When we were little, we didn't understand it. But by tomorrow,
they will never forget it.
ASHER: Oh, I'm sure. What memory is just being created there. Just such a special time. And I -- you know, reading all the coverage, I really did
think back to 1999 and how much of a special that time was, how much of a special time that was in the U.K. with all --
SOARES: Yes, indeed.
ASHER: -- that energy and excitement and how lucky we were just at that time to have it cross our path in the world.
Isa Soares, live for us there. Thank you so much. Appreciate it.
SOARES: Thank you.
ASHER: All right. Turning now to Colombia, where emergency crews are struggling to reach the earthquake's epicenter located in the remote and
heavily forested Choco region.
But geography isn't the only challenge two days after the country's most powerful quake in a decade. The critical 72-hour search and rescue window
is quickly closing. That key time threshold has rescue workers racing against the clock and frantically searching for signs of life as the death
toll continues to climb. More than 200 people have been killed and that number is expected to rise.
In some areas, the response has been complicated with many communities already reeling from conflict and poverty, now coping with heavily damaged
infrastructure, including hospitals and clinics.
But there are --
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ASHER: But there are glimmers of hope. This tiny kitten was pulled from the rubble of a collapsed building in Pereira on Tuesday during a lot of cheers
from the crowds.
And in this dramatic video, a woman was rescued alive after spending 36 hours, my goodness, trapped in the rubble, but rescuers haven't yet, of
course, reached all the areas yet. One indigenous leader who lives near the epicenter says, they have yet to receive help.
The U.N. meantime warns, food distribution will be crucial in the coming days.
CNN's David Culver reports on the damage from Pereira, Colombia.
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DAVID CULVER, CNN SENIOR U.S. NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: A rush of first responders from here in Pereira, trying to figure out how much closer they
can get. And they were moving a lot of the vehicles off to the side and positioning themselves to be able to pull out anyone who potentially is
stuck within that rubble.
And you can see this is just one of the ambulances just behind us here that's backed in and they're ready with stretchers closer towards the
rubble to try to bring folks up.
And you can see also this has been a line that has just been extended. I mean, all of these folks are volunteers. And when we got here a couple of
hours ago, this didn't exist at all. You had a drug store, you had a restaurant. And we're told, at least by a couple of the locals here, that
they believe that there's a -- a young girl that's still trapped inside, an older woman that was described by one business owner just at the corner
here.
Others have said, you know, there's more people in there. And that's a totally exposed apartment. You can see bedding and a family's kitchen. And
-- and all of that, of course, has crumbled down onto the street. A lot of that has landed on vehicles. So, it's quite widespread within this city.
One of the reasons that they decided to bring in even more first responders is because they were hearing yelling at one point. That yelling, at least
from where we stand, is no longer audible.
Even if the building hasn't totally collapsed, I mean, the damage is just extensive. You're looking at this one right here, where you can look inside
at someone or multiple people's apartments. You see a bathroom, living room, bedroom, personal belongings. And then I think somebody's shower
curtain is right here on the ground.
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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: (SPEAKING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE)
CULVER: She says, as of last night, they had pulled out seven bodies.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: (SPEAKING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE)
CULVER: And five survivors from -- from this collapse right here.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: (SPEAKING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE)
CULVER: This was a -- a hotel and there were small little factories. And little bars too.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: (SPEAKING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE)
CULVER: She says given how much of a disaster this is, they're not sufficient enough machinery that they have. And I said this is known as the
city without doors. And she smiled and laughs because it's known for being such a friendly and open community.
We've noticed a lot of folks are just sitting out in the shade and not going inside any of the structures. And that's because some of them may
just be questionable as far as their stability. And others may not have running water and electricity still. And so they really have nowhere else
to go.
In some cases, looked out here, I mean just street after street of destruction.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: (SPEAKING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE)
CULVER: He's thanking for the attention.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: (SPEAKING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE)
CULVER: He's -- again, he's asking -- they need -- they need the machinery to be able to move this. They just don't have sufficient equipment to do
it.
It's rare that you walk into a disaster zone like that and just, like, they're trying to welcome you to their space. And yet, they're also
expressing their frustration and the need to have more resources, heavy duty equipment to -- to move this stuff.
And you can see here some personal belongings of folks that just end up in the street. Oh, this is -- this is a little child's hat and some shoes.
I mean, it is street after street in the center of this city. The city, mind you, that's roughly half a million in population. So, that's for folks
in the U.S. like Minneapolis or Raleigh, North Carolina. So, it's sizable. And the impact is significant.
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ASHER: That was David Culver reporting there.
And for any information on how you can help the earthquake victims in Colombia, if you feel moved to do so, just go to cnn.com/impact.
We'll be right back with more after this short break.
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ASHER: All right. As the world turns, we are less than half an hour away from the beginning of a spectacular celestial show, which will be seen
across parts of Europe, a total solar eclipse, when the moon essentially completely covers the sun will put on a rare display.
Millions in Greenland, in Spain, in Portugal, already and waiting for this moment. We are watching the skies and bringing you updates, of course,
throughout the show.
Now, to a major shakeup, one of the biggest teams in the NBA, and a stunning twist, the L.A. Lakers are being sold for a record $12.5 billion.
And the two co-owners are familiar faces, Andy Scholes explains.
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ANDY SCHOLES, CNN SPORTS CORRESPONDENT: According to ESPN, they're buying it for an evaluation of $12.5 billion, which will set a record for a
franchise in American pro sports for -- for a sale.
And this was rather surprising, you know. You don't see story franchises like a Cowboys, a Yankees, or a Lakers change hands very often. The Lakers
have now -- will now have been sold twice in the matter of just a year.
Mark Walter, who owns the Dodgers, he bought the Lakers from the Buss family just last year, but now, he's turning around and selling them to
Josh Kushner and former Disney CEO Bob Iger, the group that they put together.
Kushner and Iger, they put out a statement on buying the Lakers. I'll read to you what it said. It says, as a lifelong NBA fans, we are deeply honored
for the opportunity to become stewards of the Los Angeles Lakers, one of the most iconic sports franchises in the world.
We have immense respect for the leadership and vision of Jerry and Jeanie. Of course, the Buss family used to own the Lakers and run -- ran them for
decades.
Our long-term commitment is to build on that foundation, compete at the highest level and serve this extraordinary team, its fans, and the city of
Los Angeles.
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ASHER: All right. Federal contractors are clearing land for a border security project at a major national park in Texas and it's drawing a lot
of scrutiny.
Bulldozers and heavy construction equipment were seen mowing over vegetation inside the Big Bend National Park, which makes up about a
quarter of the U.S.-Mexico border.
Customs and Border Protection says that it's planning for about 200 miles or 320 kilometers of patrol roads and detection technology. All this in a
place where migrant crosses are extremely rare because of the treacherous terrain and the unforgiving climate.
CNN's Ed Lavandera is at Big Bend National Park, joins us live now.
I mean, so what are conservationists saying about this just in terms of the impact to wildlife, habitat, the land, that sort of thing?
ED LAVANDERA, SENIOR U.S. NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Started to intensify even more now that in the last few days contractors have begun carving a path
for this -- what is described as a surveillance road.
And it's hard to kind of give you a sense of the scope of where we're at, but this -- what you see behind me is literally one of the crown jewel
spots in the entire Big Bend National Park. This is what is known as the Santa Elena Canyon. There are thousands of people who come here every year
to canoe and raft through this. And it opens up here into the openness of Big Bend National Park.
That giant wall that you see over there, that is on the Mexican side of the border. The Rio Grande kind of cuts it, comes out of the canyon and cuts
its way along here.
And this is the beginning area. Back over toward here, where contractors and crews have already started carving a path for this surveillance road.
And that is why there is so much concern here.
All these people you see behind me here, Zain, they have come out here to protest the Trump Administration's border security initiative here in the
Big Bend region.
But this is more than just what's happening here in the park. Let me give you a full-scale picture of what is happening, but there are five different
projects that will span this entire Big Bend sector. And as you mentioned, this is about 25 percent of the U.S. southern border.
But what has angered so many people is that the overall number of people who dare to cross into the U.S. from Mexico in the side, given this kind of
terrain, this is just one spot, but this is a vast remote area where it is simply treacherous, dangerous to -- to cross.
The crossings that do happen here account for about one percent of the overall apprehensions. We're talking several thousand people at most on any
given year.
And because of that, most of these people say it's simply just a waste of money. These five different projects that include border -- border wall,
steel vehicle barriers in some places, roadways, technology and that sort of thing. The contracts amount for more than $7 billion. It's a staggering
sum that protest -- that protesters say is simply just a complete waste of money, not to mention the desecration of the land here.
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And there have been -- the way a lot of this has been done is that the Trump administration has waved a bunch of environmental and cultural impact
studies and just kind of given the green light to this project, which has also angered people.
And, Zain, anywhere you go in this region, there are signs where people have put stop the wall. There are businesses, restaurants, the convenience
stores that have put up signs refusing to serve and allow any of the contractors, the workers who have come from out-of-state to work on these
projects to serve them.
So, we're seeing staging areas with this massive equipment and the heavy machinery that is being used on these projects starting to roll into the
area as well as camps on private property where many of the workers will have to be staying because there are many hotels who refuse to allow these
employees to stay with them as well.
The Customs and Border Protection says that there are no plans for a border wall here in the national park.
However, you know, there's a great deal of distrust. A lot of the protesters that we've talked to and people who are against this project
say, you know, that was part of the plan early on, but protests and the pushback forced the Trump administration to change plans on that.
But the intensity and the anger that is brewing here because of this -- this border security effort is really starting to intensify here, Zain.
ASHER: All right. Ed Lavandera, live for us there. Thank you so much.
All right. New video captures a disturbing police encounter in the U.S. state of Arkansas. At one point, the trooper punches an 18-year-old woman
during a traffic stop.
Kathryn Roley has the story.
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ALIAS HACKETT, COMPLAINANT: Sir.
MOSSIES ARELLANO, STATE TROOPER: What's the emergency?
HACKETT: My -- my windows broke.
KATHRYN ROLEY, REPORTER (voice-over): Arellano wrote that he could see a cold bottle liquor in the car.
ARELLANO: You're trying to go to jail, aren't you?
HACKETT: If I want to go to the jail, I would never stop. I wouldn't even (INAUDIBLE) the alcohol limit.
ROLEY (voice-over): While writing citations, Arellano called his sergeant who had stopped Hackett days earlier.
Arellano wrote that the trooper had told him that Hackett had an open container of alcohol during that stop earlier.
After that call, Arellano wrote that he decided a citation would not be enough and moved to arrest Hackett.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: If she got an attitude, take her (BLEEP) to jail.
ARELLANO: OK. All right. We'll do that.
ROLEY (voice-over): The video shows Hackett asking why she is under arrest before the encounter escalates.
ARELLANO: OK. Let me get your left hand real quick.
HACKETT: Sir, what did I do?
ARELLANO: Let me get your left hand real quick.
HACKETT: But what am I going to do?
ARELLANO: Do not -- look -- look --
HACKETT: I didn't even do nothing.
ARELLANO: -- do not resist. Do not resist.
HACKETT: I need to call my mom.
ARELLANO: No, no. Stop.
HACKETT: But I didn't even -- sir, what am I doing? Oh, no.
ARELLANO: Stop.
ROLEY (voice-over): About 10 seconds later while he is kneeling over her, the video shows him punching Hackett in the face.
ARELLANO: Stop. Turn around.
HACKETT: I didn't even do (INAUDIBLE).
ARELLANO: Turn around.
(SHOUTING)
ARELLANO: Turn around.
ROLEY (voice-over): In his use of force report, Arellano acknowledged that he delivered what he called one closed fist strike to the left side of
Hackett's face. During the struggle, Hackett cried for help asking to call her mother and tells the trooper he cannot punch her.
ARELLANO: Turn around.
HACKETT: You cannot punch me.
ROLEY (voice-over): The video also shows Arellano drawing his taser and warning Hackett he will punch her again if she does not turn over. He does
not fire the taser.
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ASHER: All right. Welcome back to "One World." I'm Zain Asher.
We are moments away from the beginning of the solar eclipse which will sweep across parts of Europe. Iceland is right in the path of totality with
the total eclipse lasting about two minutes and some 15 seconds in some areas. That will happen a little over an hour.
And in Spain, sky gazers are in for an especially dramatic site with nearly two minutes of totality occurring just before sunset.
I want to remind viewers who are in the path of totality to wear certified eclipse glasses or use a hand held solar viewer to protect your eyes.
And in Paris, the eclipse won't be total but with about 90 percent of the sun expected to be covered. People are still scrambling to get their hands
on eclipse glasses.
CNN's Saskya Vandoorne has more.
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SASKYA VANDOORNE, CNN PARIS BUREAU CHIEF: See this line? Everyone here is waiting for the same thing, a pair of certified solar eclipse glasses.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I'm prepared apparently maybe over an hour or two hours of a line for, but at least there's supposed to be glasses in this shop.
VANDOORNE: These glasses cost three euros, that's roughly $3. And they are essential. In fact, earlier in the week, most opticians and pharmacies had
sold out because so many people had rushed to buy them. And that's why you'll see huge lines like these.
We even saw a couple of men in the queue trying to resell some glasses.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I wanted to get one earlier this week, but they were nowhere to be find.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We should have bought them like a long time ago.
VANDOORNE: We won't be experiencing a total eclipse here in Paris. The moon should cover roughly 90 percent of the sun, so it won't go completely dark
and still see a sliver of the sun, but temperatures are expected to dip slightly and it should be quite a spectacle.
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ASHER: All right. Let's bring in meteorologist Allison Chinchar. She's keeping an eye on the weather and how it's affecting the eclipse.
We were talking about the fact that, listen, even if you don't get to see the total eclipse in Iceland because of the weather, hey, Iceland,
Reykjavik still an amazing place to visit.
However, it does depend on whether the clouds are high or low. If you have low clouds, that will essentially completely block your view. If you have
high clouds, that you might be in for better luck, basically.
CHINCHAR: Yes. And you should be able to see something. But look, here's the thing, so many people are just so very excited about this. Even the
folks that aren't going to get a total view. Maybe they're just going to get a partial eclipse out of this depending on where you live.
But here is the path of totality. So this area here, this what looks like this tube running right across portions of Iceland and down through Spain.
Those are the areas that are going to see the total solar eclipse.
Again, remember, this is very brief. It lasts for maybe a minute, two max in most of these places. So you want to make sure you are in position as
this actually happens.
Now, some areas, yes, are contending with clouds and even some rain showers, even not just in Europe, but also into North America where they
have the potential to at least view a partial solar eclipse.
Here are the best areas. So Zaragoza, Spain, for example, and Valencia. Here's the timeline of the total solar eclipse. Again, from 8:29 P.M. to
8:30 P.M. local time.
But the partial will begin around 7:34 P.M. and ends right about 9:07 P.M. Although I would like to note it ends simply because the sun is actually
going down at that very moment.
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We've talked about the temperatures. This is going to be a concern not necessarily right during the eclipse because temperatures will actually
cool down. Think of it like this. When you are out in the hot sun versus standing under a tree in the shade, it feels much cooler.
Well, that's the same effect that it's going to have when the moon finally slides over into the sun. It's going to drop temperatures back by several
degrees for these areas.
But the concern is all of these people who are already in place now, hours ahead of time, have been sitting in the sun just waiting for this to happen
and those temperatures are very, very hot again. Triple digits in terms of Fahrenheit.
We are looking at many of these areas still into the 30s even when the total solar eclipse is expected to happen.
So again, very hot temperatures, especially if you've been out waiting in line or waiting outside for prolonged periods of time.
Now, one thing to note too, this is a previous one. This is a zoom of August 2017. Notice as the eclipse happens. You actually lose some of the
cloud cover and then it quickly builds back. So, we couldn't, in turn, end up seeing something similar with this eclipse as well.
ASHER: I'm sure a lot of people are hoping for that, this idea of losing some of the cloud cover, so they can actually -- a lot of people have
traveled. I think it's 80,000 people have descended upon Iceland to get a view of this thing. And so sure they're going to be very disappointed if
that doesn't happen.
All right. Allison Chinchar, live for us. Thank you.
All right. Still to come here on "One World," we'll have much more news after the break, especially when it comes to this eclipse that I was
talking about in Iceland, where thousands of spectators are -- are getting ready.
The only problem that Allison was just talking about is, of course, the weather. That's next.
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ASHER: All right. Returning now to our coverage of the total solar eclipse. Millions of people are just minutes away from witnessing the day
essentially turning to night.
A bit of a damper though for Iceland because there are some clouds and rain and that could be present for much of the eclipse there. As we mentioned at
the top of the hour, an estimated 80,000 visitors traveled to Iceland just for this moment.
My next guest is an eclipse chaser. He's traveled to witness several eclipses in the past few years. Daniel Moniot joins us live now on the
phone from Iceland.
So, Daniel, I was actually speaking with our meteorologist who was essentially saying that there might, might be a bit of disappointment for a
lot of the eclipse viewers in Iceland because of the clouds.
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Just walk us through what you can see. A partial eclipse is set to start in Iceland in about two to three minutes from now.
DANIEL MONIOT, ECLIPSE CHASER: So, the skies, we've got a light rain right now, but the skies have actually been clearing over the last hour or two.
So, hopefully they'll clear up enough that we can actually see the eclipse when we get close to the totality. But we've still got overcast skies right
now, pretty much over everywhere in Iceland as far as I can tell.
ASHER: Yes, that is so --
MONIOT: But everything is --
ASHER: Go ahead. I'm sorry. I'm sorry, Daniel. Go ahead.
MONIOT: No, no. That's -- that's fine. So, we're -- we're seeing the skies brightening up. And looking at some of the forecasts on some of the eclipse
apps, it is showing that right around the -- the base of the Snaefellsnes Peninsula, I may be mispronouncing that, it may clear up right around the
time of the totality.
ASHER: Yes. That's really --
MONIOT: So, we've selected this --
ASHER: I keep interrupting. I'm so sorry. Keep -- keep on going.
MONIOT: OK. OK. We -- oh. So, we've selected this -- this spot to have the best chance of actually being able to view the totality when it -- when it
gets here.
ASHER: Yes, that is really fortunate, what I was saying, is because our meteorologist was saying that that sometimes does happen with eclipses,
where there might be cloud cover for much of the day, and then as the eclipse moment approaches, as the partial eclipse moment or totality
approaches, the cloud cover does seem to reduce.
So, I'm really hoping that that happens for you and that in the next few minutes or so as the partial eclipse begins, you are able to see something.
Just explain to us how much planning went into this, why you chose to come to Iceland as opposed to Spain or even other parts of Europe, including a
tiny sliver of Portugal where totality is still going to be visible today.
MONIOT: So, I've always wanted to visit Iceland. And so this was the perfect -- perfect opportunity to -- to come and see the countryside and
then to experience the eclipse here.
So, we were hoping to see some Northern Lights. And I believe they're calling for a possibility of that this evening as well. So, that was part
of what factored into our decision to come here instead of to go to Spain or Portugal.
ASHER: And just in terms of the planning, Daniel as well, just walk us through what -- what your -- how much planning went to this, just in terms
of travel, transportation, booking flights, that sort of thing, and obviously watching the weather, which is a huge part of this too.
MONIOT: Yes. So, we were fortunate to get any kind of lodging six months ahead of time in -- in Iceland. So, everything was almost completely booked
at that point. So, that tells you how far in advance we had to -- we had to plan for this.
And so we're -- we're actually already planning for our next eclipse in New Zealand in 2028 after this one. So, we're thinking very far ahead.
ASHER: OK. So, you're -- you're already thinking of 2028 New Zealand.
As I understand, I'm looking at the clock right now. It's 12:48 where I am. That means it's 4:48 for you in Iceland.
By the looks of things, has the partial eclipse actually started yet? Can you -- What can you see?
MONIOT: We -- so right now where we are, we still have --we still have cloud cover, but it's brightening. So, we have some -- we have some light
gray skies right in the area, but I cannot see the sun at the moment.
So, I don't have visibility of the partial eclipse, but it should be reaching the first contact point right about -- right about now or maybe a
few minutes ago.
ASHER: Yes. And I -- as I understand it, even if you don't necessarily see the partial eclipse, even if you don't necessarily get to see totality, you
still will experience it because temperatures will drop.
You'll experience the celestial event, even though you can't see it. So, that obviously does make it still worthwhile, Daniel.
MONIOT: Oh, absolutely. I wouldn't miss this for -- for anything. It's -- it really gives you the experience of -- of -- kind of being a part of the
entire universe.
ASHER: And, Daniel, how many other eclipses have you -- have you witnessed?
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MONIOT: As an adult, I've seen two others, so far. And I plan to try and see as many as I can because it's -- it's a -- it's really a spiritual
experience when -- when everything goes -- goes dark and all the animals start to act like it's -- act like it's nighttime in the middle of the day.
So, this will be -- this will be my third one as an adult.
ASHER: Yes. I'm sure -- as an adult, so wait, how many did you see as a child?
MONIOT: As a child, I have some vague memories of perhaps one when I was very young. But all I remember is something about the seeing the shadows
through a pinhole box or something like that.
ASHER: Yes. Yes, we all have that kind of memory, those science experiments.
All right. Daniel Moniot, thank you so much. Wishing you the best of luck. I hope it's visible for you.
We'll be right back after this short break.
MONIOT: All right. Thank you.
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ASHER: All right. The solar eclipse has begun in Iceland. People across Europe are looking up through protective glasses, of course, to watch the
celestial super event.
Astronomers in Italy will be looking up for another reason. They'll actually be testing a new instrument that could revolutionize the way
scientists study the sun.
CNN's Rafael Romo explains.
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RAFAEL ROMO, CNN NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): In northern Italy, researchers have created a new instrument they believe will be a game
changer for studying the sun. Its big test is coming up Wednesday during the solar eclipse.
The scientists worked on the Circular Slit Spectrometer for two and a half years and it's designed to scan the corona or the outermost layer of the
sun's atmosphere in minutes unlike previous models that took hours.
FEDERICO LANDINI, PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR, ASTROPHYSICAL OBSERVATORY OF TURIN (through translator): This spectrometer is an innovative prototype
featuring a completely new optical design. Because unlike conventional spectrometers, which use a linear slit and a linear grating, it has a
circular slit and can capture the spectrum of the entire corona at a certain distance from the center of the sun in a single photograph.
ROMO (voice-over): The solar eclipse on Wednesday will be visible to parts of the world including northern Spain where there will be totality. There,
the Italian researchers will put their new tool to the test.
The eclipse creates rare conditions where the corona is more visible than normal.
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LANDINI (through translator): So, the aim is to test the system, to demonstrate that this new operating principle works. This must be done
during the eclipse, because otherwise, we would not be able to see the corona. We would not be able to see the subject we are interested in
observing.
PAOLA ZUPPELLA, INSTITUTE FOR PHOTONICS AND NANOTECHNOLOGIES OF PADUA (through translator): Let's say that the difficulty as with all innovative
instruments lies in the transition from the idea from what one might expect to the final realization of the pieces.
ROMO (voice-over): They have opted to drive about 1,600 kilometers rather than fly so the instrument can travel safely and to avoid possible delays.
LANDINI (through translator): Traveling to Spain by road, let's say from a practical point of view, is easier at the moment because we can travel in
the van with the equipment already fitted and simply check that the alignment has been maintained rather than having to start the process all
over again.
What's more, given the current situation with flights which may well be canceled at the last minute, it's best to make sure we actually get there.
ROMO (voice-over): If researchers can demonstrate the new tool works, it could be applied to future space missions and has the potential to
significantly speed up studies of the sun.
Rafael Romo, CNN.
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ASHER: I am Zain Asher. You have been watching "One World." CNN's special coverage of the solar eclipse starts after a quick break.
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