world, i'm george howell. >> and i'm request quest in birstall, england, this is "cnn newsroom." the town of birstall in england is quiet this morning as people are mourning the loss of a beloved lawmaker jo cox. it all happens as the local man, a suspect isn't her death is due in westminster's magistrate court where he'll appear later saturday. police say that thomas mair has been charged with murder, grievous bodily harm and possession of a firearm. the 41-year-old mother of two jo cox was shot and stabbed to death in the street in broad daylight. authorities are trying to figure out how mair was able to obtain an aillegal firearm. thomas mair is charged with murder. phil black joins me now. there are obviously restrictions on what one can report, phil, mair is due to appear. is he expected to plead on this appearance? >> reporter: it's probably not likely at this stage, richard. it's very likely this will be a short procedural appearance where he appears before the court. the charges presented to the court, murder, grievous bodily harm and then the court will decide on custody whether he should be remanded in custody while the police continue their investigation. of course, that is very likely given the very serious nature of these charges. but it is the first important step in the judicial process from here. ewe right to some extent it can limit the things to be discussed and certainly limits what the police can say publicly. they've already been very careful. because what they are doing is building a very detailed picture of who this man is and trying to explain his motives. now, they have said the potential for the history of mental health issues that is something that is a line of inquiry that they're looking at. the priority line of inquiry, they say, will be possible links to right wing extremism. of course, the other big issue which they're trying to determine is where and how he got this gun which is not an easy thing to do in this country but that's the process that will be unfolding. and the reason police will not be commenting in detail from here is because they do not want to prejudice this matter once it it ultimately does go before a court and jury. the british legal system is very sensitive to the fact that juries are supposed to determine a person's guilt based on the information presented in the court. and only that information that is presented in the court. so, from here on, details will be few, at least officially. but the police are confident, they say, that given time, the investigation, the trial, it will ultimately answer all the questions that this country has about awhat happened and how and why jo cox was killed in this way, richard. >> and one question, though, i notice that he's to appear before westminster magistrates. and do we know, firstly, if he will be appearing in person or by video link? and is it at all unusual that this appearance will be in london some 200 miles rather than, say, for example, in leeds, which is the major nearest city to where birstall is? anything we should understand about that at this stage, phil? >> reporter: these are interesting questions and we don't know the specific answers to them just yet. the court opened behind me and we'll see if it's in person. it's certainly possible in terms of geography, it is not uncommon for big important cases, terror cases, for example, to be heard in london because this is where the infrastructure is. the security infrastructure and so forth that's determined to be adequate for handling these sorts of high interest important cases. we'll wait to see whether he'll be in person and just see what comes of it. >> phil black is at westminster magistrates court and will remain there hours ahead. authorities are trying to find out everything they can about mair. some details are already emerging, the police are looking into reports that he had links to right wing extremism and he may have also suffered mental health issues. fled pleitgen has more on the case. >> reporter: britain remains in a state of shock and outrage over the violent murder of partial mentarian jo cox and details about the spktd have emerged. 52-year-old thomas mair are in british custody. he lives alone in this house in leeds. his neighbor shocked by the news. >> this is totally unexpected. he was very mild-mannered. kept himself to himself. would never, i would have thought, ever thought about -- never mind actually doing it. >> reporter: jo cox devoted a lot of energy fighting to help refugees and people affected by conflicts around the world, leading to the question could racism have been a possible motive in her killing. thomas mair appears to show interest in white supremacy, purchasing information from the white supremacy and also subscribing to a south africa apartheid group in 19 late 1980s. there are also questions about his mental health, his brother reportedly telling the sun newspaper that he had, quote, a history of mental illness and has had had help and further, we are struggling to believe what has happened. my violent is not a violent man and is not that political. mair also volunteered as a garden here. reports are that he volunteered as a gardener. they described his presence here as sporadic. in a local newspaper he was quoted as saying volunteering as a gardener here had done a lot to help with his mental issues with the murder of jo cox and possible motives for the killing continue to captivate a nation in disbelief and mourning. fled pleitgen, cnn, leeds. >> now, it will come to a surprise to you that all the morning papers have the murder of jo cox and developments. the daily mail talks about the police probing the killer's mental care, suspect in crisis and sought counselors before the attack. several of the newspapers have the last words of jo cox that have been reported by those who were with us, again, know my pain is too much. tragic last words of the murder murdered mp. but the local paper and the yorkshire post chooses to go for the political side, because here just yesterday, literally, behind where i'm standing was the british prime minister, david cameron, the leader of the opposition. the speaker of the house, john berkco, rivals unite to honor jo as police focus on far right links is how the post is reporting it. jo cox was campaigning for britain to remain in the european union before her death. and campaigning on the referendum is on hold for the time being, but the vote will take place next thursday. associate editor and chief political correspondent joins me from london. federico, we don't know if there's any direct link, even tangental link between the murder and the referendum, but do you see any effect of the effects of what's happened. >> oh, yes. campaign will resume tomorrow because we have views from some of the leaders of the remain and leave campaign. i think we'll see a lot more somber tone and a lot more subdued tone in light of what just happened. >> right, but you see, if there is no connection, people are drawing a direct connection, say, of right wing extremism, but they're also drawing an incorrect connection claiming that the streit joel of the campaign has taken it out of all rounds of reasonableness. do you see it that way? >> well, i don't know if that's the case and i do know that people are reflecting upon that. and the suspension of the campaign allowed everyone to reflect on that. i think it's hard to underestimate how shocking this has been for the british public but for the british political class. one of their own has been killed. and they're reflecting on whether that might have caused that and whether any of their actions could have led to this climate of what happened last week. therefore, there will be a lot more reflection. i expect a lot more calm in the last few days before the referendum. >> a difficult question and one that's -- and not particularly easy to ask, but when -- before jo cox's murder, the leave campaign had a small lead of about 6%. and do you believe that the tragic events have any effect on the outrum? >> you're right, it's a very difficult question, nobody knows, at least because the polls were shaky before, we didn't know exactly where people stood. but i do think that the leave campaign had a lot of momentum going into the weekend. and what this does at least temporarily hold their momentum. we'll see when the campaign resumes whether the momentum continues or whether there's been a break in the campaign. but it's difficult to tell just right now. >> and francesco guerrero thank you for joining us. we'll talk more about that. joining me to talk about other issue is the bishop jonathan gibbs. good morning. >> good morning. >> bishop, yesterday at this very spot, the prime minister, the political lead of britain were here. what did you make of it? >> i was delighted to seat prime minister here together with the leader of the opposition, the speaker of the house of commons, that was a fitting tribute to a wonderful politician. a wonderful woman. i think it was also an expression of the shock that the whole nation feels about what has happened and it was good at this time in particular to see that expression of unity. >> and then they went to the local parish church, talking to the reverend last night about that. what happened in the church? >> well, i wasn't present but the church, of course, was a focus for the vigil that took place on the night of jo's death. it's where people from across the community came together to express their sadness and to support one another. and of course, there is a book of condolence there which i believe all the politicians were able to sign. the church say focus for the community to come together to express its shock and sadness and support one another and look for support at this time. >> in your services tomorrow, in morning services, what will you be saying? and what would you encourage your fellow vicars and reverends, members of the clerk jishgs to say to their flock? >> well, i doubt there will be a church up and down this country that the not saying prayers for jo and her family tomorrow. all of the churches will be welcome to open people there. in terms of what we're saying i think the church say place to come together in safety. and we'll be speaking to that situation into our christian faith of a god who shares our pain and cries with us. >> right, but that just relates to the loss of jo cox. will you be referring, will you make reference to civility and public opinion, in the same way that we heard the prime minister talking about politicians who are doing good? do you see it as your duty tomorrow, in your sermon, to remind people of that? and of the need for discourse? >> i think tomorrow, we will indeed be focusing firstly on the sadness of these events and it's very important that we don't move on too quickly from that. but you're absolutely right. the church at a time in particular have a way that we conduct political debate and i think these tragic events will force us to reflect on those issues. jo spoke about issues with passion but spoke about people with respect. i think that's the challenge that she leaves all of us. >> bishop, thank you very much indeed. i appreciate it. >> so, there we are, george, as we continue our coverage, and i'll send it back to you at the cnn center. >> rich aard quest live for us. thank you. we continue to await thomas m amount ira's appearance in court. new evidence shows the orlando shooter may have prepared for the attack weeks in advance. plus, in the wake of the disaster, donald trump seeks to bridge the gap if his party. stay with us. who is done with treatments that don't give you clearer skin. be the you who controls your psoriasis with stelara® just 4 doses a year after 2 starter doses. stelara® may lower your ability to fight infections and may increase your risk of infections and cancer. some serious 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federal prosecutor's office says police carried out dozens of house searches on friday and saturday. they also searched more than 150 garages. police questioned 40 people after the raid. so far, no word on what the alleged attack plans were, or what police found, but, of course, we will continue to follow the story for you here isn't-n cn in cnn. in orlando florida, people are saying their final good-byes to some of the victims of the magazines shooting at the pulse nightclub. as the many, many victims are laid to rest, people from arnold the world are digging into their own pockets to help. online, a gofundme page has raised $5 million. that will had help to pay for funeral bills, hospitals and transportation of bodies overseas. in the meantime, law enforcement tells cnn that the gunman's behavior the months before the massacre suggests premeditated murder. pamela brown has more. >> reporter: law enforcement sources said weeks before the attack omar mateen made sure his wife had access to their bank account and also a life insurance policy. he also bought his wife an expensive piece of jewelry. mateen and his wife noor salmon exchanged texts after he asked if she had seen what happened. she has told investigators she did not know his specific plans but was suspicious he wanted to launch an attack. today, we're getting a long history of the gunman's past. he had a long hist at school. 48 days of suspensions. some for fighting. and this afternoon, fbi director james comey toured the crime scene. meanwhile, cnn is learning new details what happened inside the club. >> we pulled three or four people out. with all the chaos, couldn't see faces, you know. the few faces i saw they were just covered in blood. >> reporter: officer omar delgado was one of the first officers to arrive. >> people's phones were ringing all over the place and to this day, i can't hear an iphone ringing one was so close to me it kept constantly ringing, ringing. i thought, wow, people aren't going to be answer those knowns again. >> reporter: later he recognized one he saved on tv. >> i'm grateful for him. >> reporter: the two were reunited in the hospital thursday. >> i'm one of the ones that helped you get out of harm's way, man. i need a big hug. come here. i appreciate it. >> reporter: in the midst of chaos, there were hundreds of calls to 911. >> we had a fire station less than 100 meters away from the actual incident. not only did we get 911 calls, we had actual victims running to the fire station, knocking on the doors trying to gain access to the fire station. personnel was just there 30 minutes prior for a medical call. they heard what you call some noises, banging, bang, bang, then beginning to hear the knocks of people trying to get away from the actual gunman. >> pamela brown there reporting for us. the attack has once again brought the issue of guns in the united states in the spotlight wild donald trump is rallying support behind the constitutional right to bear arms, fellow republicans support the constitution. but some say they are not rallying around donald trump. jason carroll has more on this story. ♪ >> reporter: a defiant donald trump attacking president obama's response to the orlando shooting. >> to a large extent, he's blaming guns. and i'm going to save your second amendment, folks. i'm going to save your second amendment. >> reporter: as president obama argues the answer to the massacre should not be more guns. >> the notion, the answer to this tragedy would be to make sure that more people in a night club are similarly armed to the killer defies common sense. >> reporter: those positions reflecting a striking divide between republicans and democrats on how they interpret the orlando shooting. a gallup poll shows 79% of republicans describe the massacre as an act of islamic terrorism. while 60% of democrats see it as an instance of domestic gun violence. trump says he wants to meet with the nra to discuss barring people on the terror watch list and no fly list from buying guns but the presumptive gop nominee is using his support for the second amendment to go after hillary clinton. >> hillary wants to abolish the second amendment, remember that. now, more sophisticated than that, but the end result will be she will abolish the second amendment. >> reporter: clinton does back tougher gun laws but she's not in favor of doing away with the second amendment. >> these are demonstratively lies, but he feels compelled to tell them because he has to distract us from the fact he has nothing substantive to say. >> reporter: all this, as a member of gop lawmakers unnerved by trump's rhetoric are keeping the distance. house speaker paul ryan telling republicans they should feel free to follow their conscience. >> the last thing i should do is tell anybody to do something that's contrary to their conscience. of course, i wouldn't do that but i feel it's a responsibility as speaker of the house that i should not be leading a chasm in the party. >> he's a sinking island. his poll numbers are under water. his poll numbers don't go down compared to hillary clinton and it's about to get a lot worse. >> reporter: cnn has learned some republicans are in fact looking into ways to block trump's nomination in cleveland including changing the rules free delegates bound to trump to vote for whomever they want. it was a subject of a call thursday night first reported by "the washington post." one participant on the call steve lonegan told cnn today these delegates have a moral obligation to nominate a candidate who best represents the values of the republican party. as those talks continue to swirl, trump saying he's prepared to run with or without the full backing of the party zblch we have to have our republicans either stick together or let me just do it by myself. >> donald trump on the campaign trail there. this is "cnn newsroom." still ahead, we continue to follow the news out of england putting politics on hold. less than a week away from the e-referendum. we'll see how they focus on mourning as they mourn a beloved mp. ♪ a very good day to you viewers in the united states. and around the world. you're watching "cnn newsroom." in northern england, in birstall, i'm richard quest. >> and from cnn world headquarter necessary atlanta i'm george howell with the headlines we're following for you at this hour. in orlando, florida, people are paying their final respects to some of the victims laid to rest at the massacre at the pulse nightclub. more funerals were held on friday including that you see here for 25-year-old anthony luis dissla. iraq says its troops have retain most of central fallujah from isis. the prime minister said in a public address on friday. only pockets of the terror group remain. iraq's security forces say they have raised the iraqi flag over the mayor's office. it is now unlikely that russia's track and field athletes will compete at the rio olympics. the governing body for athletics is maintaining a competition ban saying that russia has not sufficiently dealt with widespread doping. the international olympic committee is deciding on tuesday whether or not to uphold that. the conversation is responding to unruly fans. fans threw flares on a field. uefa said it will hold disciplinary proceedings, due to this incident. ♪ good morning, from birstall in england, where it's half past 9:00. as this small yorkshire town gets moving on its saturday, the mood here, of course, is one of somber reflection as residents, citizens, and those who elected jo cox mourn the loss of their member of parliament. meanwhile, thomas mair, the man charged with killing her is due to appear in westminster's magistrate court later on saturday. according to the west yorkshire police it's expected that he will make an appearance in person, which means he will have been transferred from yorkshire, 200 miles to the captain in london. mair has been accused of stabbing and shooting cox here in birstall, just about 30 or 40 meters away from where i am. mrs. cox's death has brought england's political infighting to a sudden halt. campaigning ahead of the so-called brexit referendum on eu membership has now been suspended. instead, instead of political infighting, it appears to be a country unified in grief. vigils have been held not only here in birstall, but also in the capital. for cox who was held in front of the uk parliament building. cnn's will ripley on the impromptu memorial. >> reporter: throughout the day, people have been gathering here in westminsters. there were londoners stopping by and seeing this beautiful seat of the british government, but also seeing this, a spontaneous memorial that continues to grow, as people come to express and share this feeling of disbelief. this feeling of sadness. and a feeling of what this country has lost. a divided nation, united in grief. the fierce debate over britain's future on hold. now is not the time for politics. >> tragic, a young woman. >> reporter: crowds gathered in parliament square to honor the life of jo cox. >> just tragedy for somebody who seems to have come into politics for all the right residence to die like this. >> reporter: the married mother of two, only 41, served in the house of commons just 13 months. long enough for former labor party leader ed miliband to say she already made an impact. >> she was in it for the right reasons. she was an aid worker. she's somebody who devoted herself for humanitarian causes and she came to further those causes. >> reporter: like most of the opposition party, cox worked hard to say that britain should say in the european union. half of mps has said they have been stalked or harassed. despite the threats cox continued the tradition of meeting her constituents face-to-face which allowed her killer to get close to her. >> i think we should be inspired by jo's life. >> reporter: in one of the loudest voices supporting the brexit was here to pay his respects joining so many others from westminster, mps from both sides of the uk debate have been recalled and expected to meet here. the most powerful moment of the evening, a two-moment moment of silence when big ben struck. you could not hear anybody speaking. people were simply here in disbelief and sadness and hope that perhaps this tragedy will help the country move forward with a greater sense of mutual respect and unity. will ripley, cnn, london. >> and here in birstall, in northern england, this has become the makeshift memorial, if you like. the flowers that local residents have laid to pay their respects. it was her that the prime minister made his comments and indeed the prime minister's card along with that of the speaker and the leader of the opposition is still amongst all of the bunches. and people have been coming near a steady flow for the last 24 hours and is expected to do so. it is a measure, it is a measure of the way in which jo cox was regarded by people on both sides of the political divide. that, of course, is clearly affected, deeply affected the people in west yorkshire. as we continue our coverage, iraqi officials are claiming major progress in the fight against isis. you're going to hear about the latest in the battle for fallujah, when we come back. this is cnn. if you have allergy congestion, muddling through your morning is nothing new. ...your nose is the only thing on your mind... ...and to get relief, anything is fair game. introducing rhinocort® allergy spray from the makers of zyrtec®. powerful relief from your most frustrating nasal allergy symptom* ,all day and all night. hasn't your nose been through enough already? try new rhinocort® allergy spray. muddle no more® be the you who doesn't cover your moderate to severe plaque psoriasis. be the you who shows up in that dress. who hugs a friend. who is done with treatments that don't give you clearer skin. be the you who controls your psoriasis with 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you who talks to your dermatologist about stelara®. welcome back to "cnn newsroom." i'm george howell. iraq says that it has retain the center of fallujah from isis. iraqi forces backed by u.s. air support and shia militias launched an offensive to recapture the key city last month. the u.s. defense secretary said iraq controlled part of fallujah but it was too early to say that all of it was retain. iraq's federal police said they raised the national flag over the mayor's office. following this story, arwa damon joins us like from neighboring turkey. arwa, it's good to have you. as you pointed out, hider al abadi supporting the retaking but pockets do remain? >> they do, george, and iraqi security forces have been facing booby trapped roads, building, and clashes, at the same time, not necessarily the level of resistance that they were expecting from isis fighters, as they did push further into the center of fallujah, a very strategic and symbolic city. strategic because of where it's located and symbolic because it was the first city to fall to isis. in pockets of resistance as they've been called we've seen them take a few days if not longer to clear out. and iraq's military came out in a statement and said they managed to clear 60% of the city at this stage. this has been a multi-pronged approach to fallujah, one that embarrassed as you mentioned there some very, very heavy support by the coalition, by the u.s., as well as backup by these shia militias. but it has, the governor of al anbar pointed not a tweet resulted in what he was calling a potential humanitarian catastrophe. remember, this is a city that has been effectively under siege for months now. surrounded by sir react security forces, isis fighters refusing to allow civilians to leave. things like food in short supply. medicine also at very critical low levels. a lack of water and electricity. life was literally at a standstill and any civilian that tried to flee that we were receiving reports at risk of getting killed. the 60% of the military is talking about we've seen a wave of civilians fleeing, tens of thousands of them, describing to relief organizations how they woke up in in the morning yesterday and the few days prior and noticed that the isis fighters were no longer holding their positions at the check points. this meant they gathered their belongings and left on foot as possibly as quick as they could. the humanitarian organizations struggling to make their way into various camps set up around the city. even though, yes, the prime minister has said that the government has fulfilled its promise when it comes to recapturing and liberating fallujah, it is still potentially a tough battle left ahead. and of course, the upcoming seeming battle to retake the second largest see of mosul which will certainly prove to be the most difficult battle of all. >> pressing forward in the situation, the many, many civilians reported that people there suffered abuses from isis but also government-backed troops. arwa, what can you tell us about that? >> reporter: well, according to that human rights report, there are thousands of members of the male population of fallujah, and military age males that have gone missing according to their families. they're unable to track down their locations. what we do know when these areas under isis control are cleared, the iraqi forces do tend to separate the men from the women and children because they say they want to try to screen them. but according to these reports there are allegations of abuses, detentions and as i was saying people disappearing. and this is something that's especially crucial for the iraqi government to take very, very seriously at this stage. because, remember, this is a predominantly shia government. they're concerned about the shia militias partaking parts of fallujah and other parts of the country and there are real concerns by the sunni population. and the government cannot risk alienating the population but it was the alienation of the population that allowed isis to emerge and make the gains it did make inside of iraq. so it's vital for the iraqi government to address these allegations very seriously and if they are in fact taking place, do whatever it can to try to stop it and reverse the impact. they need to convince the sunni population that the iraqi government is not against them. >> always good to get the detail. arwa reporting for us. russia says a competition ban on many athletes is unfair and extremely disappointing. it's now unlikely the russian track and field team will compete at the rio olympics. the governing body of world athletics is maintains its ban. it says russia isn't doing enough about widespread doping. russia denies the allegations. the international olympic committee is expected to decide on tuesday whether to let the russian team compete in rio. earlier our amanda davis from cnn world sports spoke with the governing body. he explains why the ban was extended. >> it is very important, you will be surprised if i said anything other than this, you know, somebody who competed internationally for many years, my sympathies will always be with athletes. but we are to deal with this issue. we have to deal with this issue. and we have to make sure that the generations to come, the athletes are competing. the public have confidence in what they're watching, and that we have athletes in safe and secure systems. and the message that we put out today, i think absolutely underpins that. >> given what russia has said at the ioec meeting next week, how concerned are you about your decision? >> well, look, there's always the course of ash atrace. so arbitration. and some athletes may decide to do that. the eligibility resides in the athletic association and that is understood. >> but if russian athletes as a whole, how concerned would that be? well that is a potential. we will deal with that. the decision today was a unanimous decision and i think it's in the best interest of the sport. meanwhile europe's governing body says it's considering disciplinary actions between friday's match of croatia and the czech republic. phans threw flares on the field temporarily stopping the match. the croatian coach says the fans responsible are sports terrorists. the championship has been overshadowed by fan violence including a bloody week in mar marseille. george, we're talking about the sherpa fire and the santa barbara county region. this fire has tripled in size on friday alone. 20% containment. take a look at these visuals of firefighters battling this extremely large blaze. mandatory evacuations for areas north of santa barbara. and this particular area has not seen this large of a fire since 1955. there's the firefighters on the ground take a look at what they do from the air. we're talking about a dc-10 airplane releasing fire retardant to those areas. only 20% containment. and unfavorable weather conditions going forward, this particular weather situation looking rather bleak for the firefighting efforts taking place there. temperatures in the middle to upper 70s there. extremely dry relative humidity and a brink northerly wind. compare last year to date the amount of burned acres to 500,000. to what we're experiences this year, so far, a true sign of the extreme heat and drought taking place in california and the southwestern united states. speaking of heat, we're going to talk about the potential of breaking longstanding records of this dome of heat. the national weather service has extreme heat warnings from phoenix, all the way to los angeles. focusing here on phoenix. look at the extended forecast by sunday, we are predicting that particular location to reach 120 degrees. that has only happened three times in history at that particular location. this is considered a 1 in 40-year event. unbelievable heat for this part of the world. we'll end with phenomenal video coming out of a popular holiday 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can see the shrine of cards and flowers. the messages of love and photos. it's certainly growing. this is the local memorial, the local statue, if you're like right in the heart of the center of the marketplace here. and people >> we not remain the tori labor tonight. we are britons in belief with parliament and democracy. >> we struggle for words because we don't expect it. >> for the first time in many, many years, we actually had had an mp that was interested in birstall, an interest in the people and businesses here. >> really one of these people she embraced with open arms people, she had this warmth to her. >> clearly, everybody was stunned. jo was such a lovely, bubbly person, we're going to miss her part in this community. >> the memories of jo cox, because the news never stops. neither do we. you're watching cnn. vigils held across britain in memory of a slain parliament member jo cox. her suspected killer set to appear in court in the coming hours charged with murder. plus, orlando, florida, preparing to bury the victims of the pulse nightclub massacre. acrossers digging into the shooter's past. and a big victory for iraqi forces raising their flag in fallujah. live from cnn headquarters in atlanta welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i'm george howell. i'm richard quest in birstall, in england. you're watching "cnn newsroom." ♪ good morning to you from birstall in west yorkshire in northern england where local people today are waking up to the news that thomas mair, a local resident himself, has been charged in the brutal killing of the british politician jo cox. mair is to appear in westminster magistrate's court in london later today. it's believed he will appear in person. he's been charged with murder, grievous bodily harm, amongst a variety of other accounts. he's been accused of stabbing and shooting the member of parliament, the 41-year-old jo cox just yards away now from where i am standing. it's being called by west yorkshire police an isolated but a targeted attack. the police are also looking into whether mair has any ties to right wing extremism and into reports that he suffered mental health issues. court is about to start in london. it's not known which of the cases he will be. whether he'll be first on the list or further down the docket. but that westminster's magistrate court in london is phil black. phil. >> reporter: richard, yes, the courthouse is opened here and proceedings under way. you made the point, you're right, we're not sure what time he'll appear in the cases that come before this court today. but it is expected that he will appear in person. now what to expect in terms of the proceedings, it's likely that it will be pretty brief-the usual appearance for the first of this nature in a magistrate's court the charges presented murder, grievous bodily harm and the gun that he's alleged to have used and alleged to have possessed. and the court will determine whether he should stay in custody. of course, that is very likely, because of the serious nature of these charges. this is just the process in the judicial process but it formal ices the charges against him and is likely to formalize that he will be remanded in custody while the investigation continues which you've been touching on there, as they continue to build this case, to shape this idea of who this man is. and what may have driven him to commit such a crime of having done so, richard. >> and it was particularly telling yesterday in the statement from west yorkshire police that they do describe this as an isolated incident. but a targeted attack, phil. >> reporter: that's right. in the limited information that they have made public, they made it pretty clear that they believe that he acted alone, although there is a question to be answered about how he came to own the firearm that is said to have been used. that's an important part of the investigation. it's difficult to get a gun in this country. how did he get it? who may have helped in this -- in this way. beyond that, the police are being very sparse other than to say that yes, they consider his history of mental history and the priority there with the links to right extremist groups but the police will not be saying much more publicly. they will be building a case that ultimately they hope will be presented before a court. and then based upon that evidence, it will be left to a jury to decide this man's guilt or innocence. >> phil black in westminster magistrate's court. phil, when there is more to report please come back. of course, cnn will bring the latest details. let's just pause for a moment to let me show you where i am. this is, i sort of describe it, as a mike shiakeshift memorial. it is the main statue in the local square and you see in the last hour or so, the number here has grown quite considerably. all races, all ages, all religions have been coming here paying their respects along with the flowers that are here from the british prime minister david cameron who laid his flowers yesterday. jo cox spent most of her life in public service. she got her start before entering the world of politics. and once in westminster she was a rising star, fighting for the many causes that she stood for. her fellow colleagues are obviously now not only singing her praises, but they are remembering, even if they're on opposite sides of the coming eu referendum. they put their politics aside and here they remembered jo cox. >> if we truly want to honor jo, then what we should do is recognize that her values service, community, tolerance, the values she lived by and worked by, those are the values that we need to redouble in our national life in the months and in the years to come. >> jo was an exceptional, wonderful, very talented women. taken from us in her early 40s when she had so much to give and so much of her life ahead of her. it's a tragedy beyond tragedy what has happened yesterday. in her memory, we will not allow those people that spread hatred and poison in our society. we will strengthen our democracy. >> those two leaders have set the tone for the country. the campaigning for the eu referendum has essentially stopped. big events on the national scale have been cancelled. overall, it is unclear how cox's death is going to impact the referendum if indeed it is at all when britons will vote to leave or remain in the eu on june 23rd. that's next thursday. the fighting over that decision is likely to resume shortly. british lawmakers held a vigil for their colleagues in front of the uk parliament building. cnn's will ripley reports on this impromptu gathering. >> reporter: throughout the day people were gathering here. there were londoners stopping by and seeing this beautiful seat of the british government, but also seeing this, a spontaneous memorial, that continues to grow as people come to express and share this feeling of disbelief, this feeling of sadness and a feeling of what this country has lost. >> reporter: a divided nation united in grief. the fierce debate over britain's future on hold. now is not the time for politics. >> tragic, a young woman who fought for a better world. >> reporter: crowds gathered in parliament square to honor the life of jo cox. >> just tragedy for somebody who seems to have come into politics for all the right reasons to die like this. >> reporter: the married mother of two. only 41, served in the house of commons just 13 months. long enough for former labor party leader ed miliband to say she already made an impact. >> she was in it for the right reasons. she was an aid worker. she was somebody who devoted herself to humanitarian causes somebody who worked around the world and they came to parliament to further her causes. >> reporter: like most in the opposition party, cox was working hard to defense voters that britain should say in the eu. remarkably bitter debate. even in this country, more than half of mps say they have been stalked or harassed. despite the threats cox continued meeting her constituents face-to-face which allowed her suspected killer to get close to her. >> i think it's a motel of reflection for all of us on politics, and i think we should be inspired by jo's life. >> reporter: even one of the biggest opposition was here to support. expected to gather here monday to honor a life and career brutally cut short. the most powerful moment of the evening a two-minute moment of silence when big ben struck 8:00. even though there were more 1,000 people standing here in parliament square, you could not hear anybody speaking. people were simply here in disbelief, sadness. hoping that perhaps this tragedy will help the country move forward with a greater sense of mutual respect and unity. will ripley, cnn, london. >> now, joining me here at the memorial in birstall is seharon and rebecca. good morning, ladies. >> good morning. >> good morning. >> you came here to lay flowers with your family, why? why did you think it was important? >> just because jo was a treasured member of our community. even though she's been our mp for 15 months, she's taken our issues to parliament. and she was such a lovely lady. you just couldn't not come. >> you're seeing something that those of us of an older generation have never seen anything quite like this before. what do you make of it? >> it's a bit spike, coming close to that lady. i didn't think something like that was going to happen. it's hard to believe. >> that's hard for the younger generation. how do you explain to your daughter? how does one make sense of the senseless? >> i really don't know. all we can do at the moment, because everyone is in shock. just bring the younger children down here, bring flowers and let them pay their respects. as time goes on just try to make sense of it. at the moment, it's too, too fresh to make sense of anything that's gone on here. >> is it important for to you come here? >> yeah, i wanted to show that i cared and try and like understand like what happened. and show that even though like she's passed away that we're still after her. >> we've talked a lot in the last couple of weeks of the way in which the referendum, the debate over europe, the nastiness of it. do you think this is going to change? do you hope it changes? >> i do hope it changes. i mean, i really find it hard to believe that jo lost a life because of the european debate. i mean, that is totally senseless. and i hope if that is the case that people realize it's not that important. what's important is that we all look after each other and we all support each other. and really, as jo wanted to do. have a wonderful community. >> thank you so much for coming and talking to me this morning. i really appreciate it. >> thank you. >> thank you indeed. so, here in birstall, this is very much the mood. it's a very quiet and somber, i have to say for the first time since i've been here the sun is shining over the past 24 hours, it has been absolutely bucketing down with rain. and i would expect, george, in the hours ahead, that more people will come. more people will visit. more people will be here to pay their respects. >> all the while, an important political vote looms. at the same time, that nation coming together to mourn. richard quest, thank you so much. this is "cnn newsroom." still ahead -- iraq claims its struck a major blow to isis. the very latest on fallujah as we return. plus, a major blow to russian sports. the olympic dreams for russian track and field athletes may have evaporated. that story -- ahead. good. okay... what if a million people download the new app? we're good. five million? good. we scale on demand. hybrid infrastructure, boom. ok. what if 30 million people download the app? we're not good. we're total heroes. scale on demand with the number one company in cloud infrastructure. this is my retirement. retiring retired tires. and i never get tired of it. are you 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homes and garages friday night and into saturday morning. these searches spread through 16 different municipalities. so far, no word on what the alleged attack police found. per capita, belgium has the highest number of foreign fighters in syria inmy western nation. in iraq, the government says it has taken the center of fallujah from isis. arwa damon joins us live at this hour. arwa, it's good to have you. what can you tell us about the prime minister congratulating the country and security forces retaking the heart of fallujah, but we understand there are still pockets of resistance? >> reporter: there are, george, but a fairly confident prime minister haider al badi came out and said they had managed to fulfill their promise to liberate fallujah from isis. stlug the effort would continue until all of the country had been cleared of the terrorist organization. that being said, the military did release a statement earlier saying 60% of the city had been cleared so a very significant victory. fallujah both symbolic and strategic. strategic because of its location. symbolic because it was the first city to actually initially fall to isis. and in the weeks as this offensive has been ongoing, especially as the fighting has intensified, civilians desperate to try to flee. so desperate, in fact, some of them were actually swimming across the euphrates river. they were trying to get out of fallujah, trying to flee the fighting but as trying to reach safe round because they have been effectively under siege for months and circle the city. and isis, according to numerous reports we have been receiving would actually attempt to kill anyone who they caught trying to flee. and it's really the civilians that bear the brunt of rule under isis. and as these military offenses against it. as the iraqi security forces have been moving through, trying to clear out the rest of the city, clear out these so-called pockets of resistance, they have been coming across the isis tactics that are now becoming quite familiar. bobby traps and roads. and what's interesting for some they have not met the level of resistance from isis fighters as they were perhaps necessarily expecting. according to some civilians who managed to flee and ngos on the ground trying to assist them, they said yesterday morning, they noticed that isis fighter has abandoned their positions from key check points which then led to a flood of humanity trying to get out of the city. people literally grabbing what they could. tens of thousands of them, george, walking for hours and hours trying to make makeshift humanitarian camps. in fact, the governor of al anbar province tweeting that, yes, fallujah was being liberated from isis however there was an impending humanitarian catastrophe that was going to have to be dealt with. but at least it seems in the city of fallujah instead of fairly significant gains, much needed gains made by the iraqi security forces. >> security forces there making gains but at the same time, so many people caught up in the middle of all of this as the fighting continues in this. arwa damon, thank you for your reporting. russia's track and field unlikely to compete at the rio olympics. the international olympic committee is expected to decide on tuesday whether to uphold the ban. >> my sympathies will always be with athletes, but we have to deal with this issue. we have to deal with this issue. and we have to make sure that the generations to come, the athletes are competing. the public have confidence in what they're watching, and that we have athletes in safe and secure systems. and the message that we put out today i think absolutely underpins that. >>le following the story live from moscow our senior international correspondent matthew chance joins us live. matthew, the russian president saying the governing body for athletics is dolling out too broad of punishment? >> yeah, he doesn't under why the punishment came down with the ban of russian track and field athletes is being upheld, he said that russians are equally appalled when someone is found doping. but why should clean athletes be punished for the crime of others? it's a line that's been repeated by athletes themselves who have never been found to be positive in any doping tests. it's a line repeated by the russian sports minister. and it's something addressed yesterday when they gave their ruling the ban was uphold. rune andersen saying look the problem is the situation in russia is so complicated, the problems of doping in the country are so deep, that it's hard to tell who is a clean athlete and who is not one. that's the reason they say this blanket ban on track and field athletes from russia has been uphold. so that these individuals can not compete at the rio olympics which is coming up in 50 days from now. it's a reaction from vladimir putin but in the streets as well a country that's fanatic about its sports there's also a great deal of concern about the decision. >> translator: it's wrong when athletes use doping and banned substances. they probably think that everyone here takes it here. that's they made this decision. we do not understand them. it's a pity they have them. especially since some of our famous athletes just returned to sports an wanted to compete in the olympics. >> it's a violation of our rights and violation of our interest in sports. i completely disagree with it. i will probably be crying all night. >> there's a lot of disquiet among ordinary russians about this decision. they won't see their big sports stars competing at the rio games. there is still a hope. at least that's what the russians think, they're appealing to the ioc by the iaaf to see whether athletes can compete at the games. the russian sports minute still rushed an appeal to the ioc saying think about not just the shattered dreams of games, but the athletes themselves. >> matthew chance live in moscow following this story. thank you. the olympics in rio, less than 50 days away. and that city's governor has compared a sta e declared a state of emergency. this order is to authorize more fund sewing that reyee can meet its obligations. however, it is not clear who will pay the bills and supply the money. brazil has been struggling through its worst recession since the 1930s. games officials say the emergency declaration has no impact on the olympics which again starts august 5th. the governing body for european football is responding once again to unruly fans at the you'euro 2016. play was suspended with the violence with croatia up 2-1 uefa said it will hold disciplinary proceedings due to the incident. and uefa told cnn the conversation strongly condemns such acts. it ended in a 2-2 draw after the czech republic got an equalizer. this is still ahead, the eu debate is on hold after the sudden murder of british mp. how the uk has united in mourning -- next. ♪ good day to you, to viewers in the united states and around the world. you're watching "cnn newsroom." i'm richard quest in birstall, west yorkshire in northern england. >> and i'm georgehouse in atlanta at the headquarters with the headlines we're following. all over england, people are mourning the loss of a beloved politician. jo cox was shot and stabbed in heir hometown of birstall thursday. and it is now unlikely that russia's track and field team will compete at the rio olympics. the governing body for world athletics is mangting a competition ban saying that russia has not officially dealt with white spread doping. the international olympic committee is expected to decide on tuesday whether to uphold the ban. in iraq the government says says troops have seized the key city from isis. the operation to retake fallujah began last month. the man charged with murdering the british mp jo cox is to appear in court today. thomas mair is accused of stabbing and shooting the 41-year-old mp, at her home district, here just a few yards from where i am in birstall, cox's death has for now stopped all of the campaigning ahead of the eu referendum on the united kingdom's future with the european union. instead, people on both sides of the political divide have put aside their disagreements and come together to mourn. earlier, we spoke to a former colleague of jo cox, and he complained how he tried to lead the way on humanitarian aid for syria. >> she was championing the syrians what was happening there. and she said her background in humanitarian, she understood the requirements and her relentless energy to try and galvanize particularly the british government but others to do something. in particular, the military backup, on the group of what could be done i run a cherish group and we have groups and to advise her on how we could create safe zones and no bomb zones around the hospital but i think the thing she most got involved in is the idea of getting humanitarian support into syria by using air drops with my experience in iraq and afghanistan, they held the receiving end of air drops. what i was trying to articulate to her, and i think she really understood this and was that actually it would be better for us to put large amounts of aid into syria. and she championed that in the british government and asked many questions and in fact was very key, i think in persuading philip hammond, the british secretary to get them to agree to drops. sadly, i really hope somebody takes up her legacy or mantel in this area. >> thomas mair who is believed to be appearing in court anytime now, his neighbors say he was quiet and mostly kept to himself. however, disturbing details are emerging about mair accused of kill jo cox. cnn's fred pleitgen with that story. >> reporter: britain remains in a state of shock and outrage over the murder of parliamentarian jo cox. 52-year-old thomas mair is in custody, british media reports. he lives alone in leeds, his neighbors shocked by the news. >> this is totally unexpected. he was very mild-mannered. kept himself to himself. would never, i would have thought, have even thought about doing this, never mind actually doing it. >> reporter: labor mp jo cox devoted energy to refugees and people in conflicts around the world leading some to believe would racism has been a motive in her killing. thomas mair purchasing matial from the white supremacist group the national alliance according to the public law center and also subscribing to a south african pro-apartheid group's magazine in the 1980s. his brother scott mair reportedly selling the sun newspaper that he had, quote, a history of mental illness but has had help. further, we are struggling to believe what has happened. my brother is not a violent man and is not that political. according to british media reports mair received treatment outside of this leeds. the staff would not confirm reports. mair also volunteered as a gardner here. staff confirmed that thomas mair volunteered as a gardener here in 2010 and 2011. they described his attendance here as sporadic. he was quoted as saying volunteering as a gardener here helped to do a lot for his mental issues. as the motives for the killing continue to captivate a nation in disbelief and mourning. fred pleitgen, cnn, leeds, england. now, before we return to george in atlanta, let me bring you the details of what we believe thomas mair said in court a short while ago when he made his appearance. forgive me while i'm just getting reports of what was said. thomas mair has been accused of murder in the case of this. it's believed he gave his name as death to traitors freedom for britain as he appeared in court over the kill mp jo cox. so mair has been transferred from northern england to the capital, to westminster. and it is believed that he has made what is clearly an inflammatory statement, as he -- as he gave his name as death to traitors. we'll have more details. we'll confirm all of these details in just a moment or two, when we have more details on how those proceedings follow through. now, we'll return to george in cnn headquarters in hasn't that. >> richard, thank you so much, staying in touch with you as you continue to get the latest details. richard quest live for us. new evidence suggests that the orlando shooter may have prepared for weeks before the attack. what he was doing -- straight ahead. plus, a u.s. politician is apologizing to the lgbt community. he said he perpetuated homeophobia. here what he had to say. next. with vitamins and antioxidants. now with foundations in shades for more skin tones. be the you who doesn't cover your moderate to severe plaque psoriasis. be the you who shows up in that dress. who hugs a friend. who is done with treatments that don't give you clearer skin. be the you who controls your psoriasis with stelara® just 4 doses a year after 2 starter doses. stelara® may lower your ability to fight infections and may increase your risk of infections and cancer. some serious infections require 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we hear now from three men who knew many of the orlando shooting victims speaking about their beloved friends. ♪ >> my name is joel. and i knew five beautiful souls who lost their lives at the pulse shooting. >> scott barsa, i knew at least ten victims. >> my name is eric. i lost 17 friends in pulse nightclub. >> i woke up sunday morning, and just opened my laptop, on the very first page, it said shooting at pus nightclub, orlando, 20 dead. right away i knew that i was going to know someone. >> it was like 7:00 in the morning when i got the first call. and the first thing i saw was the post that pulse said, that said get out of pulse and keep running. >> i had 26 text messages that said are you okay, please call me. >> and seeing it posted and not talking to anybody else, it's hard to not think the worst. >> if my friends weren't in the hospital then they were on the floor of pulse. >> i've talked to others they say one of the worst parts is walking by and there's phones ringing. the phones are ringing again and again and you can't pick them up. >> and you just thought, this isn't real. this isn't happening. it's not happening in the greatest place on orlando, where everyone does kind of get away. they don't bring the bad stuff with them normally, they try to let go of it here. >> the hardest stuff for me was probably the bells. >> the 49 bells representing each person that had fallen. >> it's like a final, you hear the bell and you think, okay, this life is not here anymore. i got a tattoo, it's a cross, faith, you know, pulse, the heartbeat. and the initials of the people that i was closest with. >> they were young. they had a very long life ahead of them. and my heart is the heaviest it's ever been. because for some reason, it just keeps happening in places where we somewhat feel the safest. >> the gay community, we've only had each other. since i can remember, we only had had each other. we're the on ones we cling to because we face so much rejection from other communities surrounding us. >> ten years ago, i wouldn't have walked around holding my partner's hand and felt safe. >> that's what make this so difficult to happen at pulse, people go to this club to have fun because they view it as a safe place to have fun. being my size and the way i look it's not always easy being accepted by people. i didn't have to try to be accepted by t ed bed by the gay they were there with open arms. >> the passion that they have is unbelievable. >> to see that everybody in the community has come together and stood strong, to say we are with you, that means a lot. >> i think in the end, it's like, we'll come back bigger and stronger than anyone before. it sounds like it brought a lot of people together. >> we'll make good come from this. we will make our voices heard even louder now. if you didn't hear us before, you're going to hear us now. if you didn't think the rainbow was bright enough before, the rainbow will shine brighter now. >> for me to have been there covering that story and to have heard the stories from these many, many people who lost loved ones. then i think back a year ago at the shooting in charleston, south carolina, there just are no words. your heart goes out for these many people who lost their loved ones. the lieutenant governor for the state of utah says he is sorry for his role in per p perpetuating homeophobia. he told my colleague don lemon he regrets not standing up sooner. >> i wish there was one thing i could point to but it's really been kind of a journey over the last 20 years, specifically as i've gotten to know people from the lgbt community, just their love, their patience, their kindness with me. it's amazing when you try to reach out and get to know and love someone different than you you find out remarkably we're really not that different. i know it sounds simplistic, it's a truth and it has been in my life. >> cox also suggested his political party needs to do better on gay issues. this ahead on 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outlined many of the basic facts as we understand them, and as the police allege they took place. the nature of the attack, the fact that jo cox was shot three times, stabbed repeatedly, a man intervened, tried to help jo cox but was stabbed in the stomach. prosecutors spoke about what witnesses heard what was said. thomas mair has repeatedly made statements like britain first, keep britain first, keep britain independent. the proceedings they did not last long. but he has been remanded in custody. he will stay in prison, and the court here has ordered a psychiatric investigation. certainly, the significant line to counter these brief procedure here at westminster court, when asked his name, thomas mair replied with that line in which he said my name is death to traitors, freedom for britain, richard. >> so, phil, we are into an entirely different environment now, aren't we? what west yorkshire police said yesterday about their having a priority in the investigation for right wing extremism, the wording of mair, out of his own mouth, in court this morning, justify that suggestion? >> reporter: those words from his mouth, certainly. and also according to the prosecutor, items that have been found inside his home. items suggesting that he has links or interests in that sort of right wing extremism. and, yes, you're right, that incredibly powerful statement when asked his name, that certainly, very clearly, points to that as well. but there's as another question here that needs to be answered when the police have touched on. that say history of mental hilt issues. they say they are investigating that. and as i mentioned the court here has requested a thorough mental health examination of thomas mair. >> so phil black at the westminster magistrate court with breaking news like that. through the night, the local reverend organized the vigil. that took place the other night. he joins me now, reverend, good to see you. >> morning. >> we have these other developments which i shouldn't necessarily ask you as a man of the cloth to comment on this morning but it now does appear, reverend that there's a political dimension to this be it however unpleasant however dark? >> sudden, a disagreement that confessed into anger and even violence and we're suffering from the consequence of that in this particular instance, it seems. >> that's the call now, just talking to one or two people here. we can dance around this as much as we like, but it would appear that the tone and nature of the referendum campaign finally caused this man to crack and conduct this heinous act? >> i'm sure it will reflect on the whole scene on what's happening and our own way of looking at the arguments. in watching tv over the past few weeks we've seen some of that. and we would want there be reason to debate so people could come to the conclusion. of course, that's the democratic way, isn't it? here in birstall, we're suffering in a particular way, our thoughts are with bernard kenney who helped to try and save jo, he himself is injured. he's a local person. i think we ought to be praying to support him and his family. yesterday, we saw that wonderful -- the politicians came down and they showed their respect here. at st. peter's church, we were able to welcome them personally into the church for their own sorrow and bereave meanment. that was a privilege. they signed the book of condolence as well. >> thank you. >> so, there we have the developments of the morning, the extraordinary development of thomas mair just shouting in court or saying his name is death to traitors, britain first. that will be certainly fodder for the hours ahead as the brexit campaign continues. around the world, around the clock, this is cnn. i'm richard quest in birstall. and i'd like to... cut. thank you, we'll call you. evening, film noir, smoke, atmosphere... bob... you're a young farmhand and e*trade is your cow. milk it. e*trade is all about seizing opportunity. sign up at 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