Israel's Iron Dome of the Underground; Obama Pitches Iran Nuclear Deal to Veterans; Obama Discusses Iran Nuclear Deal on "Daily Show"; Gun-Mounted Drone Gets Attention of Federal Investigators
JOHN VAUSE, CNN ANCHOR: Welcome back, everybody. Thank you for staying with us. You are watching CNN NEWSROOM live all around the world. I'm John Vause</s>ZAIN ASHER, CNN ANCHOR: And I'm Zain Asher. Let's give you your headlines. In Texas, authorities released dash cam video revealing new details about a case that captured world wild attention. Among other things, the video shows the officer who stopped Sandra Bland for an alleged traffic violation, threatening her with a taser. Bland was found dead inside of her jail cell a few days later. The cause of her death is under investigation.</s>VAUSE: Two British men are held on terror charges in London. The uncle and his nephew are accused of planning to join ISIS in Syria. The nephew was allegedly planning to attack U.S. military personnel inside the U.K. by running them over with his car.</s>ASHER: Spokesperson says a U.S. airstrike on July 8th hit the leader of the Khorasan group that is an offshoot of al Qaeda that's been planning attacks on Western targets.</s>VAUSE: Israel says they are moving quickly to develop an anti-tunnel device to fight Hamas tunnels being dug from Gaza to infiltrate Israel.</s>ASHER: They call it the "Iron Dome of the Underground." Here's our Oren Liebermann with more.</s>OREN LIEBERMANN, CNN CORRESPONDENT: This could be a video from last summer's Gaza war, militants in a tunnel but it's not. Hamas is building new tunnels and finding them has become a top priority ever since the Gaza war. Along the border with Gaza, Israel is testing a new tunnel detection system working with the United States. Major Magr Nir Pellet (ph) says it is a dangerous game of underground hide and seek. MAJ. MAGR NIR PELLET (ph),</s>IDF: Every time that we find that there is a new tunnel that previous method didn't manage to find, we test ourselves and analyze that case and find a new method to find the next one.</s>LIEBERMANN: During the war, Hamas militants launched surprise attacks from tunnels that crossed under the fences into Israel. They destroyed more than 30 tunnels. The IDF says there were nearly 60 miles of tunnels along the Gaza border. Captain Daniel Elbow (ph) took us into one of the tunnels. Israel intelligence knew Hamas was building tunnels but had trouble pinpointing them. When the soldiers stepped into the tunnels they were stunned by the construction. (on camera): There's a lot of room here once you get rid of the claustrophobic feel to move quickly here. Someone could run easily carrying weapons. And there is enough room for a motorcycle and the surface is flat enough that you can move quite quickly. CAPT. DANIEL ELBOW (ph),</s>ISRAELI IDF: The next tunnels will be at least as good as this one. And Hamas did not stop the digging process.</s>LIEBERMANN (voice-over): Tunnels experts say tunnels are not just a tool of the past, they are a battleground of the future. ATTA SHEMACH (ph),</s>TUNNEL EXPERT: It's going to be our problem for the -- at least five decades from now. One of the main tools to a struggle and to be a -- let's say kind of a fair fight, it's to go underground.</s>LIEBERMANN: Israel won't say much about the tunnel detection system but the IDF is constantly working on improving the system. Before the Gaza War, the IDF developed Iron Dome to protect against rocket attacks. Now they are testing the Iron Dome of the Underground to protect against tunnels. Oren Liebermann, CNN, southern Israel.</s>VAUSE: Iran's parliament will be taking its time deciding whether or not to approve the nuclear deal. Foreign Minister Mohammad Zarif presented it to lawmakers on Tuesday. They decided to form a committee to look at.</s>ASHER: And they will not vote on it for 60 days. That's the same amount of time the U.S. Congress is studying the deal for. Zarif said the deal is in Iran's best interest, although he never claimed it was totally in Iran's favor.</s>MOHAMMAD JAVAD ZARIF, IRAN FOREIGN MINISTER (through translation): I emphasize negotiating is about give and take. And unless the significant level of the two sides are met, no agreement can be reached. In order to reach demands we have had certain flexibility concerning restrictions and monitoring. This flexibility has been goal oriented and well calculated.</s>ASHER: Meantime, U.S. President Barack Obama is taking his pitch for the Iran nuclear deal on the road. He told a group of war veterans in Pittsburgh that the U.S. should choose diplomacy instead of rushing in to another armed conflict.</s>VAUSE: Those remarks are clear reference to George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney.</s>BARACK OBAMA, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: In the debate over this deal, we're hearing the echoes of the same policies and mindset that failed us in the past. Some of the same politicians and pundits that are so quick to reject the possibility of a diplomatic solution to Iran's nuclear program are the same folks who were so quick to go to war in Iraq and said it would take a few months.</s>ASHER: Mr. Obama also talked about the negotiations with Iran later in the day during his final appearance on the comedy news program "The Daily Show."</s>JON DAILY, HOST, THE DAILY SHOW: So we're fighting with Iraqis to defeat ISIS, along with Iran but, in Yemen, we're fighting Iran --</s>OBAMA: That's not quite right, but that's OK.</s>OBAMA: Here's --</s>STEWART: Who are we bombing?</s>OBAMA: Right now, we're going after ISIL and we have a 16-country coalition and that's a top priority. But with respect to Iran, look, this is an adversary. They are anti-American, anti-Israel, anti- Semitic. They sponsor terrorist organizations like Hezbollah.</s>STEWART: Sounds like a good partner for peace.</s>OBAMA: Probably -- well --</s>ASHER: Trust Jon Stewart to inject humor in to it.</s>VAUSE: That is what he does well. And on a friendly note, the president said he issued an executive order to keep Jon Stewart from leaving "The Daily Show." It will be a sad day when Jon Stewart signs off. That is set to happen on August --</s>ASHER: In the meantime, a Lufthansa passenger jet carrying more than 100 passengers had close call with a drone. Apparently, it made the pilots very, very angry.</s>VAUSE: The jet was preparing to land on Monday when the pilots noticed a black object on the right side of the plane. The pilots navigated around it and the jet landed safely.</s>ASHER: The private use of drones falls into unchartered legal territory. And privacy issues are not the only problem.</s>VAUSE: Rene Marsh reports on a recent incident in Connecticut that's raising serious safety concerns about how drones are used.</s>RENE MARSH, CNN AVIATION & GOVERNMENT REGULATION CORRESPONDENT (voice- over): This is the video that caught federal investigators attention. Police say 18-year-old Austin Haughwout, of Clinton, Connecticut, is the mastermind behind this homemade gun-mounted drone.</s>MARSH: The video posted to YouTube gained more than 1.7 million views. One person writing, quote, "Strange and scary thought for someone to be using a drone to carrying a firing gun." Police say Haughwout opened fire on his private property.</s>MARSH: And that's not illegal if done safely. Police have no evidence anyone's life was in danger. The FAA is now investigating whether he violated the agency's rules. PETER SACHS (ph),</s>LAWYER: There are countless ways that drones can be useful. Using one as a remote-controlled weapon is not one of them.</s>MARSH: This comes after a man crashed a drone on the White House lawn earlier this year. In the end, prosecutors did not pursue charges. From his online posting, the Connecticut teen appears to be a drone enthusiast. He has posted additional videos including this one.</s>UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: You want to take pictures.</s>MARSH: He says a woman assaulted him after he flew a drone above her. The woman allegedly believes he was recording her at a Connecticut beach.</s>HAUGHWOUT: She took a swing at me and I began to fall to the ground.</s>MARSH: The woman was charged. He was not.</s>MARSH: But when it comes to this video, no indication yet whether there's any law to be enforced.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Laws, they take a while. Technology doesn't wait. It moves forward.</s>MARSH (on camera): Because drone laws have not caught up with technology, it is sometimes tough to regulate the surge of drones taking to the skies. Although it appears there's nothing police can do on a state and local level, the FAA is still investigating. There's no federal law that explicitly prohibits arming a drone, but the FAA does have regulations that say you cannot drop an object from an aircraft, and a drone is considered an aircraft. At the very at least, this could be a violation of FAA operating rules. Rene Marsh, CNN, Washington.</s>VAUSE: Acclaimed American novelist, E.L. Doctorow, has died at aged 84. He wrote several novels grounded in American history. The award- winning author died of complications from lung cancer. U.S. President Barack Obama reacted to his passing by tweeting, "E.L. Doctorow was one of the greatest novelists. His books taught me much. He will be missed."</s>ASHER: We'll take a quick break here on CNN. When we come back, the pope seems more determined than ever to tackle two major global problems, calling climate change and human trafficking interconnected emergencies. We will have details coming up in just a moment.