Brexit Deal; Avalanche of Hate.
ANDERSON: Right, it's just after half past 7:00 here with our programming hub in the Middle East in Abu Dhabi. I'm Becky Anderson. British Prime Minister, Theresa May says the Brexit vote gave her a mandate to change the country, despite her party's humiliating showing in the June 8th General Election. Well, the prime minister gave her first major policy speech since the vote a short time ago and she says now is not the time for her government to play it safe. The British Foreign Secretary spoke to the House of Commons on the heels of her speech. Boris Johnson lashed out at the EU over Brexit demands. Have a listen.</s>BORIS JOHNSON, BRITISH FOREIGN SECRETARY: The sums that I have seen that they propose to demand for this country seem to me to be extortionist and I think to go whistle is an entirely appropriate expression.</s>ANDERSON: Phil Black joining me now "live" from Downing Street. Some strong words there from Boris Johnson and you might, if you will expound on those EU demands that he's talking about, and just how does Theresa May see the Brexit negotiations going now?</s>PHIL BLACK, CNN CORRESPONDENT: So, what Boris Johnson, first of all, Becky what he's talking about there is the divorce settlement. It's the first key pillar of the EU negotiations. Britain and EU have to agree on just how much money Britain owes for its existing commitments under its membership to the European Union. There's a lot of wild guesses out there, but they all seem to be 10s of billions, that's just a question of how many 10s of billions. You heard Boris Johnson there say that what they're asking is extortion. While, it is the early stages of the negotiations, so you would expect the positions of both sides to be at the extreme and then hopefully overtime those will close. What Theresa May was talking about today is that Brexit is more than just pulling Britain out of the EU. She sees this as an opportunity to change the country profoundly, to ask the question what sort of country does Britain wants to be. Now, this is interesting because what she's trying to do clearly is re-establish her authority after the embarrassment of the election result where she didn't have to go well. She lost that majority in parliament, has suffered such a loss of influence with the British people, within her own party as well. She's now trying to re-establish her authority by reclaiming the language she first used a year ago when she stood here in Downing Street and spoke to the British people for the first time when she talked about injustice and fairness and building a country that works for everyone, not just the privileged few. These ideas, when she first expressed them initially made her quite a popular leader. Over time, well, she's suffered that loss of a clear mandate clearly through the election result. She's rebuilt the party into a minority government. And, so if you take a listen now, this is what she said when she talked about the defining characteristics of the government that she wants to lead.</s>THERESA MAY, BRITISH PRIME MINISTER: A clear understanding that the EU referendum result was not just a vote to leave European Union but a deeper and more profound call for change across our country, a belief that at the heart of that change, must lie a commitment to greater fairness in our country as we tackle the injustices and vested interests that threaten to hold us back and make Britain a country that works for everyone, not just a privileged few.</s>BLACK: So, she's trying to sound like a leader. She is talking about making big, difficult, long-term decisions, bold actions. She's talking about a vision once again. These are all things that a diminished leader generally finds very difficult to achieve. Now, of course, just saying them doesn't mean that it will happen but it is a statement of her intention to move on and to try and guide the country in a way that many people thought she simply wasn't capable of doing following that election result, Becky.</s>ANDERSON: Phil Black outside the prime minister's residence there at Number 10 Downing Street following in the end the Brexit debate became quite nasty with lots of really hurtful and harmful words being frame on them. And that is just a small part of what is this ecosystem hatred that thrives on the internet. I want to bring you a striking example of that now. The founder of a Neo Nazi website is facing a lawsuit for encouraging an army -- an army of internet trolls against a Jewish woman. Sara Sidner has our report and that, I'm going to warn you, some of the language in this report is explicit and it is disturbing.</s>SARA SIDNER, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: They call themselves trolls. What do you call them?</s>TANYA GERSH, JEWISH WOMAN: Terrorists.</s>SIDNER: In the digital era it only takes a few key strokes for hate to suddenly consume your life.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: You worthless piece of (beep).</s>SIDNER: This is what is often waiting for Tanya Gersch everyday when she goes online or picks up the phone.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I hope you die, you worthless {beep}. Stupid, ugly (beep) was Tanya Gersh.</s>GERSH: I had a lot of phone calls with gunshots. That sound kind of still makes me sick.</s>SIDNER: The Gersch's including their 12-year-old son had received thousands of messages like this for months.</s>GERSH: You're a (beep) of a mother, should watch herself. Why don't you crawl into this oven little boy. There's a free Xbox inside. They photoshopped and list imagery of me with Nazi symbols on my forehead or on my arm and terrible inventory of me and my son on the Gates to Auschwitz Concentration Camp.</s>SIDNER: Do you think it scared them?</s>GERSH: Yes.</s>SIDNER: It's the last thing you'd expect in the quaint resort town of White Fish, Montana.</s>GERSH: I just pray that we'll be safe.</s>SIDNER: Gersch says it all started when she came into contact with fellow resident, Sherry Spencer, who happens to be the mother of White Nationalist, Richard Spencer.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Hail Trump, hail our people, hail victory.</s>SIDNER: He shot to fame celebrating President Trump's win with Nazi symbolism. His mom, Sherry Spencer, owns a commercial building in town. Gersch, a realtor, says she was trying to help Spencer sell the building to calm tensions within the town over her son's beliefs. But, according to a lawsuit, filed by an anti-hate group, Spencer published a blog post accusing Gersch of threatening her with protest until she complied and sold her building. We called Spencer, who said she didn't want to talk to us.</s>BILL DIAL, POLICE CHIEF, WHITEFISH, MONTANA: People say, "Who do you believe? I said, you know, it's -- I don't know.</s>SIDNER: But the police chief says no complaint was filed by Spencer and no charges were brought by any other agency. But after the blog post, the lawsuit says, Andrew England, the founder of one of the most popular Neo Nazi website, The Daily Stormer, picked up the torch and unleashed what he called his troll army on the Gersch's, publishing their contact information on his site.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: (Beep), Jew.</s>SIDNER: The southern poverty law center is suing Andrew England on Gersch's behalf accusing him of intentionally inflicting emotional distress, invasion of privacy and intimidation.</s>JOHN MORRISON, SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER: The purpose is to cause them fear and emotional harm. And that's illegal. It's not protected by the First Amendment.</s>SIDNER: We reached out to Andrew England who told us he now lives in, of all places, Lagos, Nigeria where he says his rights to say what he wants aren't limited. He did not return comment about the Gersh's case. But, we managed to catch up with one of the writers on "The Daily Stormer" website at a rally in Houston.</s>ROBERT RAY AZZMADOR, DAILY STORMER WRITE: Andrew England specifically called on the readers of "Daily Stormer" to contact Ms. Gersch and tell them what they think about it. And that's exactly what they did. There's no evidence that anyone from -- who was influenced by "Daily Stormer" made any death threats or anything. I've watched...</s>SIDNER: Well, they made some threats.</s>AZZMADOR: Like what? We're going to throw you in a gas chamber? That's a real credible threat.</s>SIDNER: The anti-defamation league says England has launched his army of hate many times before. England initially responded to the Gersch lawsuit with this image.</s>GERSH: He's on a horse with a big spear into me.</s>SIDNER: Asking for donations to fight the lawsuit. He has raised more than $150,000 so far. Gersch is also receiving support in the form of batches of letters and emails.</s>GERSH: I don't think I could have survived the whole thing without this.</s>SIDNER: While it was the hatred spewed by strangers that has terrified her family, it is also the kindness of strangers that is saving them from utter despair. Sara Sidner, CNN White Fish, Montana.</s>ANDERSON: Well, "The Daily Stormer", Andrew England told his troll army to stop contacting Gersch after the lawsuit was filed. For the most part, they have. Well, updating you on one of our top stories, breaking story this hour, Donald Trump, Jr. has released a statement and an email chain giving new information about Trump, Jr.'s meeting with a Russian lawyer during last year's presidential campaign. The "New York Times" first reported on the email it says, "The meeting was part of Russia and its government's support for Mr. Trump and that the lawyer has information that would incriminate Hillary Clinton and be very useful to Donald Trump". We're going to get more on this for you, taking a very short break, back after this.