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cnn's rafael romo is joining me now, you spoke exclusively to this victim of sex trafficking, whose story was sort of taken into assessed and used as political fodder. what is she saying this morning about all of this? >> sara? good morning to you. well, she's upset. she's concerned and she's also worried about her story being used. once again, sara without her permission for political purposes. this is someone that i have known since 2014. her name is katelyn hassim to cnn profile the story. her story as part of cnn freedom project, which seeks to raise awareness about modern day slavery has synthesis. she's very careful about who she gives her testimony to and how and when she does it. >> so >> she was very surprised. he told me when she found out saturday that she was in voluntarily put in the middle of a social media storm. this storm was prompted by what you just mentioned, sara, what appears to be the use of her story during the republican response to the state of the union address by alabama senator katie britt years ago, got like a seem to told me that when she first went public w

. >> rafael romo at the georgia state capitol in atlanta. this is cnn >> in a conversation with henry kissinger in the 1970s, china's leader mao zedong said he could live without taiwan. >> for now but in 100 years, we were wanted. he said and what's more? we are going to fight for it >> mao's one on hundred-year deadline may arrive ahead of schedule >> in a chinese >> documentary called chasing dreams the country's bravest warriors declared their willingness to die. >> in an >> all-out invasion of taiwan it was accidental. >> if it's too hard to remove the mines and taiwanese waters. one says we would use our bodies to clear a pathway but we shouldn't go to my fighter jet would become a >> missile rushing towards the enemy if i used up my ammunition says a pilot i want to see the other side of the strait. a soldier declares i've been preparing for that day >> a war >> over taiwan would be an act of madness tens of thousands could die nearly one million jobs have disappeared. >> there could be a global great depression nuclear weapons would

cnn's rafael romo went there >> this was cleared it was you could walk up the hill that first sight. >> this looks >> like a forest, but look closer and you'll see the rocks here are engraved. >> you can see a tombstone right there. look, this one >> acre plot of land, this back in the heart of buckhead, an upscale community in atlanta. >> can you tell us how many members of your family we're buried here. >> my grandmother, my grandfather >> i have a >> baby, brother too great grandmother's uncle and piney grove cemetery, a historic african american graveyard that traces its roots to the 19th century, is now at the center of a legal >> battle between sisters rhonda jackson and audrey collins, descendants of people buried here. and the bluffs at lenox homeowners association, which now owns this land we cleared all of this. all this was clean a few years ago in the lawsuit filed in january, the sisters claimed the hoa has failed to clean and maintain the cemetery, but also has interfered with plaintiff's rights under georgia law to care for and maintain the cemetery but the hoa claims

i want to bring and cnn national correspondent rafael romo. so rafael, what are you learning about this bill that again has only passed the georgia house at this point. >> you have very important to mention that omar is still has to go to the senate, but immigrant rights organizations say they are shocked and horrified over the death of 22 year-old nursing student ligand riley and say that the undocumented venezuelan immigrants suspected in her killing should face justice at the same time, omar, to hispanic organizations at the university of georgia in athens, saved their members have been targeted with hate messages on social media and fear anti-immigrant rhetoric may be ramping up. and as reported previously, the georgia house of representatives on thursday pass bill 115, which among other things would require state and local law enforcement in georgia to cooperate with federal authorities and enforcing immigration law of the bill says that a peace officer acting within the scope of his or her authority or other authorization from the federa

now, back to you all right. >> rafael romo. thank you for being on the story for us i want to take you all to live pictures from selma, alabama right now where they're marking the 59th anniversary the bloody sunday, march, you can see vice president kamala harris there next to al sharpton, looks like the first gentleman there as well, even civil rights attorney ben crump. obviously, this is paying homage to the 59th anniversary here where the late john lewis helped lead hundreds of demonstrators across this bridge decades ago. now, as we commemorate this dark day in american history, we're going to have so much more on this coming up after a quick break >> yeah headliner las vegas. that's what i want to do. >> it's unlike anywhere else in the world. >> vegas, the story of sin city 9810 on cnn >> ready to last? >> one second. i got it. finished my laundry. >> one second. i used the company that will pick up wash bold and deliver your laundry dry cleaning that touched me button, sign up for rinsing, rinse.com to get $20 off your

rafael romo. thank you so much. >> all right. next we tracking heavy polluters from space. we're going to tell you how a new satellite is promising to measure methane emissions with unparalleled precision. that's next >> tonight. van jones hits home to find out what is driving the divide in tennessee politics. >> there has been a very active 20 to 30 year effort to separate us. >> the whole story with anderson it's in hooper tonight at eight on cnn >> every day, more people are deciding it's time for a fresh approach to pet food developed with made from realty and veggies first and for your dog and delivered right to your door. >> its >> smarter, healthier, pet food >> nothing comes close to this place in the morning. i'm so good, i can still come here. you see i was diagnosed with obstructive hcm and there were some days i was so short of breath. i thought i'd have to settle for never stepping but on this trail again, i became great at making excuses, but i have people who count on me. so i talked to my cardiologist. i said there must be more we can do for my symptoms. he

do you notice rafael romo visited the cemetery >> this was cleared it was you could walk up the heels at first sight. >> this looks like >> a forest, but look closer and you'll see the rocks here are engraved even see a tombstone right there. >> look, this one, it >> plot of land, this back in the heart of buckhead, an upscale community in atlanta. can you tell us how many members of your family we're buried here. my >> grandmother, my grandfather. >> i >> have a baby for your brother too great grandmother's uncles, and aunts >> piney grove cemetery, a historic african american graveyard that traces its roots to the 19th century, is now at the center of a legal battle between sisters rhonda jackson and audrey collins, descendants of people buried here. and the bluffs at lenox homeowners association, which now owns this land, we cleared all of this all this was clean a few years ago, the lawsuit filed in january, the sisters claimed the hoa has failed to clean and maintain the cemetery, but also has >> interfered with plaintiff's rights under georgia law to care for and maintain the ce

cnn's rafael romo is in atlanta tracking this story. so rafael, some reelection year pressure for willis emerging yeah, that's right, alex, you certainly has a lot on her played the fulton county district attorney, fani willis is currently overseeing multiple high profile cases in atlanta, including a >> racketeering case against former president donald trump and allies. she faces the prospect of being disqualified from the case, and she's also being investigated by a georgia senate committee a committee. and now as you mentioned, it's become clear that she's going to face at least two challengers in her quest to win reelection in november christian, why smith, a former fulton county prosecutor and atlanta solicitor, announced friday that he plans to challenge the incumbent into democratic primary to be held on may 21st. smith they, say progressive democrat smith says, he is not fully committed to running yet, but has already filed paperwork to be able to run. let's take a listen right now, which is waiting are options, man. and this wa

. >> this >> happened before biden took office in occurred in mexico, not the us cnn's rafael romo joins us. raphael you spoke exclusively to the sex trafficking survivor at the center of brits story. what does she saying >> she's puzzled about why anybody would use her story for political purposes, especially without permission. she's upset. she's concerned and also worried about a possible so we'll negative follow up. this is someone i have known since 2014, cnn profile to the story of karla jacinto as part of cnn freedom project, which seeks to raise awareness about modern day slavery and man who has synthesis. she's very careful about who she gives her testimony to and how and when she does it. so she was very surprised. she told me when she found out saturday that she was in voluntarily put in the middle of a social media storm. this storm, as you know, was prompted by what appears to be the use of her story during the republican response to the state of the union address by alabama senator katie britt years ago, catalog has seemed to told me that when she first just went public wit

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cnn's rafael romo explains how the family's are now taking their fight to court this was cleared and it you could walk up the heel at first sight. >> this looks like a forest, >> but look closer and you'll see the rocks here are engraved. you can see a tombstone right there. look, this one acre plot of >> land is back in the heart of buckhead, an upscale community in atlanta. >> can you tell us how many members of your family were buried here? >> my grandmother my grandfather. >> i have a baby, vermont >> brother too great grandmother's uncles, and aunts. >> piney grove cemetery, a historic african american graveyard that traces its roots to the 19th century, is now at the center of a legal battle between sisters rhonda jackson and audrey collins descendants of people buried here. and the bluffs at lenox homeowners association which now owns this land, we cleared all of this all this was clean a few years ago in the lawsuit filed in january, the sisters claimed the hoa has failed to clean and maintain the cemetery, but also has interfered with plaintiff's rights under georgia law to

cnn's rafael romo has the story the georgia bureau of investigation is now looking into the shootingt happened saturday night, here outside a >> six flags, the amusement park behind me, according to police, cobb county police department officers were called to assist the local security here because it was clear that they were not going to be able to control an unruly proud of as many as 600 people people that were running inside the park and getting into fights. and also the georgia bureau of investigation says that a several other fights broke out. people were leaving the park and then the situation became even more chaotic authority say that as police were leading these people out, trying to clear the area an unknown number of people started shooting at police officer responded with fire, and that's one of 15 year-old got a shot and is now in critical condition at grady memorial holiday spittle in a plant on cnn has obtained video that shows how terrifying the situation got at one point. let's take a look >> we >> have also heard about what happened from a six flags has spokesperso

wolf, rafael romo >> reporting for us, excellent >> reporting, rafael. thank you very much. >> less >> discuss this and more with cnn political reporter alayna treene and cnn congressional correspondent jessica dean, elaine, let me start with you or what do you make of senator britt's attempts to clean up what she said the other night. >> well luck. katie >> britt has faced a lot of heat for her response and it specifically for sharing this anecdote about karla. and i think given the facts that have come out about this and that interview that excellent interview that raphael did with her. it's clear that it wasn't the right anecdote for the purposes of what she was trying to underscore, which is that biden's the border under biden in a minute situation is dangerous. that's what katie britt is claiming. but clearly, i mean, this woman was not traffic in the united states. she said it what didn't happen under biden's administration. and so i think katie britt was given an opportunity to try and clean this up. instead, she deflected. she was very defensive

. >> um, rafael romo at the georgia state it capitol in atlanta. this is cnn >> face off with voters choice in november finally set the presidential candidates clashed the pivotal state of georgia, destroying our country, joe, when he says he wants to be a dictator, i believe, it can either sell voters on a choice they likely don't want jordan two democratic senator raphael warnock is neck and single down in a fiery speech, president biden references his bipartisan deal. >> oh, you don't like that. bill? >> month after republicans killed the deal, how does he see it? oklahoma republican senator james lankford joins me exclusively, plus maga movement, a trump backed candidate in north carolina. >> i think you are martin luther king times to confront it with outrageous claims and conspiracies. >> let's when is that a dealbreaker with voters? we are just getting started. >> the new democratic nominee for governor of north carolina, josh stein is ahead. i'm jake tapper in washington where the state of our union is trying to get excited for yet another

cnn's rafael romo is at the park. raphael, what happened here and what's the latest on the aftermath? >> jim, both the georgia bureau of investigation and the cobb county police department say the officers were shot at, but people on a number of people in the crowd outside the park here at six flags. and it happening during the first day of operation of the season, it started on saturday as many as five to 600 people were at one point running through the park. there were fights that happened inside the park and then it became clear to security here at six flags that they were going to need help insulate call hold the cup county police department when they show up. they started helping security and they were trying to escort people out of the park so that the situation would not get any worse, so that it wouldn't escalate. and as a people were walking out, there were for fights that happened outside the park and then i'd one point that's i mentioned before, somebody opened fire against the police, a police officer. off

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rafael romo for us. thanks so much for that update >> if joe biden >> wins in november, he will be 82 at the start of his second term if donald trump wins, he will we 78 either would be the oldest president in american history by far. in the latest installment of all over the map, cnn's john king visited seniors in northampton county, pennsylvania and found out even aging voters are divided over the 2024 age debate marsh on everything has to be an order. >> mahjong is complicated and these seniors $6 say it helps keep them sharp. >> nine, bam, last wall. >> darrell ann murphy is the instructor. rule number one has nothing to do with the tiles were all here to learn. we're all here for one reason. and we're never going to talk religion or politics. >> five dodd books come up, new shows, a fan, children and grandchildren. >> i hardly talk politics with anybody because just don't know what the other person believes. >> so why does that matter >> feelings are so much stronger let me ask a visitor, decides to

cnn's rafael romo has the story >> i have known carlock siento since 2014. cnn profile her story as part of cnn's freedom project, which seeks to raise awareness about modern day slavery, has synthesis. she's very careful about who she gives her testimony to and how and when she does it. >> so she >> was very surprised. she told me when she found out on saturday that she was in voluntarily put in the middle of a social media storm. this storm was prompted by what appears to be the use of her story during the republican response to the state of the union address by an alabama senator katie britt i reached out to cadillac acidic to in mexico city for her reaction. and this is part of what she told me for this one point when i met you years and years ago, you told me that you felt like at the beginning mexican politicians had taken advantage of view by using your story for political purposes. >> do you >> feel like that happened once again? here in the united states, see the joy in yes. >> in fact, i hardly ever cooperate with politicians because it seems to me

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healthier, with the aura ring >> rafael romo, the georgia state capitol in atlanta. this is cnn we are standing by for the start of a worldwide threat assessment hearing on capitol hill. this is an important hearing that happens every year when the nation's top intelligence officials briefed congress on what they believed to be the most critical threats to global stability leaders from the cia, the fbi, the nsa hey, and more will all be testifying. we are keeping an eye on that. is you can see right there we'll let you know when it begins. >> first >> though, new fallout from the gop's rebuttal to president biden, state of the union address, alabama's junior senator katie britt is facing criticism for to suggest president biden's border policies led to a woman being sex trafficked as a child that survivor is now speaking out after senator britt said this i traveled to the del rio sector of texas that's where i spoke to a woman who shared her story with me >> she >> had been sex trafficked by the cartels starting at the age of 12. we wouldn't be okay with this happeni

cnn's rafael romo went to the cemetery at it. so unrecognizable now it looks like a forest >> this was cleared >> it was you could walk up the heat of had first sight. >> this looks >> like a forest, but look closer and you'll see the rocks here are engraved even see a tombstone right there. >> this one acre plot of land, this >> back in the heart of buckhead, an upscale community in atlanta can you tell us how many members of your family were buried here? >> my grandmother, my grandfather >> i have a baby, brother two great >> grandmother's >> uncles, and aunts. >> pine grove cemetery, a historic african american graveyard that trace since its roots to the 19th century, is now at the center of a legal battle between sisters run the jackson and audrey collins, descendants of people buried here and the bluffs atlantic's homeowners association, which now owns this land, we cleared all of this all this was clean a few years ago in the lawsuit filed in january, the sisters claimed the hoa has failed to clean and maintain the cemetery

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today, rafael romo at the georgia state capitol in atlanta.s all we do with local offices throughout the country and does help you get the compensation you deserve eight to eight to 44, 44 las vegas has its own strange aristocracy. many people in gambling here have criminal backgrounds elsewhere. but that's forgiven. >> for the mafia. las vegas is an open city >> in the '60s. a mob >> still involved in a number of casinos on the las vegas strip. but in the state government and nevada, there was this feeling that this is a way for this state and for this city to grow the casinos. we're going to be good for the economy >> they were running a great business and they knew how to do it. they knew how to kane of people. and it was a great place to work >> frank sinatra definitely had connections with the mafia going back into the 40 exactly how close it is, is always a little bit of a question >> strike sinatra was a jazz corona, right? and all these nightclubs were owned by the mob so he had this inevitable interaction with mobsters all over the co

rafael romo at the georgia state capitol in atlanta. this is cnn >> taiwanese, call it, their sacred mountain protector of the nation >> it's not a religious shrine our top secret weapon >> it's a world >> renowned company that makes the most important technology in the world today the microchip >> our lives >> run on semiconductors from our phones to our cars our military use semiconductor is omnipresent today >> nobody makes them better than taiwan. over 60% of the world's chips come from this small island and 90% of the most advanced chips are made by just one company taiwan semiconductor manufacturing company microchips are the oil of the 21st century and if taiwan is attacked the whole world could grind to a halt lunging into a global growth great depression how did taiwan, this david and the pacific become the goliath of semiconductors? >> this is. >> the story of how one man rewrote taiwan's destiny and how microchips might save its future 1949, miles communists saw sweeping across china driving chiang kai-shek and the nationalis

so i want to bring in cnn national correspondent rafael romo. rafael, what are you learning about? this bill and the prospects of this bill? because it only has passed the house. >> but that's right, omar. it has only passed the house and immigrant rights organizations say they are shocked and horrified, or the death of 22 year-old nursing student laken riley and say that the undocumented venezuelan immigrants suspected in her killing should face justice at this same time. >> two >> hispanic organizations at the university of georgia's athens say, their members haven't targeted with hate messages on social media and fear anti-immigrant rhetoric may be ramping up. and as reported previously, the georgia house of representatives on thursday pass bill 1105, which among other things, would choir state and local law enforcement in georgia to cooperate with federal authorities in enforcing immigration law. the bill omar says that a peace officer acting within the scope of his or her authority or other authorization from the federal government shall have the power to arrest with probable

cnn's rafael romo joins us now at the latest rafael, your teams spoke with the district attorney just just a short time ago. what she say that's right. a >> monitor, it will say there are very dedicated producer j to tim garcia who managed to get that interview fulton county district attorney fani willis spent her saturday hey, i don't easter egg hunt. the event was put together by wave, an organization of law enforcement officers dedicated to helping children and the homeless throughout the year. willis was surprisingly candid all my regarding questions about the last few months of her life, including her georgia election interference case against donald trump in this candle brought about by her romantic relationship with the special prosecutor she appointed for the case. after everything that's happened, we wanted to know if she feels she needs to reclaim her reputation and this was her reply. let's take a listen. >> i don't feel like my reputation needs to be reclaimed. let's say for the record, i'm not embarrassed. mighty thing. i've done i guess my greatest prime is i had a relat

ai or download the app >> i'll rafael romo at the georgia state capitol in atlanta. this is cnn >> welcome back. it was a close call for the ukrainian president this week after a russian missile exploded near his convoy coy for noto me is lenski was with the greek prime minister on a trip to the black sea port of odessa. it's a jolting reminder of just how dire the situation is. and nowhere is this war more real than on the front lines where ukraine is rationing munitions while it waits for ammo and aid from the united states cnn's nick paton walsh saw the struggle firsthand >> it's a lonely path ahead. the russians have never been louder or closer. occupied. bakhmut is just up the road but now some ukrainian tank guns are silent just when they're needed. most. here. they don't have enough shells. >> sometimes they just won't far at all for a whole day. other days is still v shooting constantly and it is loud on the other side of that hill and it's sort of surreal to hear. that sort of noise >> over there and see this tank unit having a russia, there and was a brutal

now, i'm rafael romo at the georgia state capitol in atlanta this is cnn >> coming out firing president biden takes on republicans and tries to put to rest any doubts from democrats as he delivers a state of the union. unlike those we've seen in the past, those same lawmakers in the audience meantime, face a midnight deadline to prevent a partial government shutdown. the senate needing to pass bills, keep the lights on for the government. a heavy lift in a sharply divided chambers, plus a new report on uvalde leads to frustration and fury from the community, from parents who lost children in the massacre and are still waiting for account and ability nearly two years later, we're following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here to cnn news central >> today, president biden, looking to care curry some beltway momentum into battleground states. next hour he'll be in pennsylvania after delivering the type of feisty state of the union address, the democrats were hoping for last night, aggressively defending his record and his second term plans throughout the sp

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ai or download the app >> i'm rafael romo at the georgia state capitol in atlanta. this is cnn last week at his state of the nation address, russia's president putin threatened that any >> nato country considering direct involvement in the war in ukraine, wrist quote, a conflict with the use of nuclear weapons. and therefore, the destruction of civilization >> meanwhile, >> america is other major rival. china is on track to double its nuclear arsenal by 2030, according to reports from the pentagon, is a new nuclear arms race of foot. >> and how >> dangerous would it be joining me now is cnn's chief national security analyst jim sciutto, who has a new book out tuesday. >> it's called >> the return of great powers russia, china, and the next world war. >> during this couldn't be more timely as if to underscore that. you point out an incident in which the russians almost used nuclear weapons. describe what happened >> in researching this book, i spoke to senior us officials involved in this moment and we came much closer to the first use of nuclear weapons. since hiros

romo fulton county district attorney, fani willis spent her saturday at an easter egg hunt. the event was put together by wave on organization of law enforcement officers dedicated to helping children and the homeless throughout the year. >> willis was >> surprisingly candid regarding questions about last few months of her life and career putting for georgia election interference case against donald trump. and this candle brought about by her prior romantic relationship with special prosecutor. she appointed for the case after everything that's happened, we wanted to know if she feels he needs to reclaim her reputation. this was her reply >> i don't feel like my reputation it'd be reclaimed. let's say for the record, i'm not embarrassed by anything. i've done i guess my greatest crime is i had a relationship with a man, but that's not something that i find embarrassing in any way and i know that i have not done anything that's illegal. >> the racketeering case was delayed by two months following the revelations about her personal life, her decision making credibility was als

romo at the georgia state capitol in atlanta. this is cnn closed captioning brought to you by mesobook.com her firm only represents mesothelioma victims and their families. if you or a loved one has been diagnosed with mesothelial collis. now economic sanctions have become one of washington's favorite foreign policy tools, only >> more so over the last two years as the us has targeted russia for invading ukraine, sanctions are seen as a light footprint, low-cost way to strike at adversaries but do they work and is there a real cost to the us? my next guest has written all about it in her new book, paper soldiers, how the weaponization of the dollar change the world order. it's a really wonderful read. >> cillizza most is >> the senior washington correspondent for bloomberg news so welcome. so explain why the dollar the dollar is the reserve currency of the world. it's widely used. one why does this give the us this power of sanctions? >> they, the world literally runs on american dollars. if you are a business tycoon in china, ru

. >> um, rafael romo at the georgia state capitol in atlanta. this is cnn another night, another record for women's college basketball star, caitlin clark >> carolyn manno joins us now live from new york. carolyn, what is left for her to accomplish? >> i know it's a great question. you think she's done it. all right. it's just having this dream season. she's such a superstar and just one game after passing pistol pete maravich to become the ncw, a division one all-time leading scorer or in college basketball, she's now the ncw, a division one record holder for most three-pointers in a single-season. the iowa star drained or 163rd triple of the year on friday night, passing current golden state warriors star, former davidson wildcats, steph curry. now she hits the big three in the fourth quarter after missing her first 11 attempts from beyond on the yard sheets for 24 and that rare cold streak had no impact on the game's outcome is i will went on to win 95, 62 over penn state and the big ten tournament quarter the finals. but afterwards, she was

cnn's rafael romo joins us now with the latest. so raphael, your teams spoke with the district attorney earlier. tell us more about about what happened that's right. >> omar fulton county district attorney fani willis spent her saturday at an easter egg hunt. the event was put together by wave. this is an organization of law enforcement officers dedicated to helping children and the homeless throughout the year, willis was a surprisingly candid, omar, regarding questions about the last few months of her life, including her for joe election interference case against donald trump in this candle brought about by her prior romantic relationship with special prosecutor. she appointed for the case after everything that's happened, we wanted to know if she feels she needs to reclaim her reputation. and this was her reply. >> i don't feel like my reputation needs to be reclaimed. let's say for the record, i'm not embarrassed. mighty thing. i've done i guess my greatest crime is i had a relationship with a man, but that's not something that

cnn's rafael romo is with this now on how cnn caught up with willis and what she had to say today. >> yeah. i have to give credit to >> her very dynamic >> reducer, jade tim garcia, who managed to get this interview, fulton county district attorney fani willis spent her saturday at an easter egg you can't be a vet was put together by wave, an organization of law enforcement officers dedicated to helping children and the homeless throughout the year. will is was surprisingly candid fred, regarding questions about the last few months of her life, including her georgia election interference case against donald trump and the scandal brought about by her prior romantic relationship with special prosecutor. she appointed for the case. we wanted to know if she feels like she needs to reclaim her reputation and this was her reply i don't feel like my reputation needs to be reclaimed. let's say for the record, i'm not embarrassed. mighty thing. i've done i guess my greatest i'm i had a relationship with a man, but that's not something that i find embarrassing in any way and i know that i have

cnn's rafael romo has the very latest on this. he's joining us now. >> rafael, what happened here? >> okay. good morning to you. that's right. the georgia bureau of investigation is now looking into the shooting that happened here outside six flags, the amusement park behind me and kate, according to police, cobb county police were called by a security here at the park who are trying to eschar out the crowd and root and unruly crowds and say between 500 people that they were running through the park, getting it into fights the georgia bureau of investigation also said that as these people weren't getting out of the park, even more fights broke out and then the situation get even more chaotic. kate cobb county police say that as they were trying to lead the people out, clear the scene, an unknown number of people started shooting at the police officers, and that's one that's when one officer shot back hitting a 15-year-old who is now listed in critical condition at grady memorial hospital in a planta a police also say that they found a handgun near the minor. we have also heard from

case now called bunny hundred 814997 i'm rafael romo at the georgia state capitol in atlanta. this is cnn. >> for years, john thune has been mitch mcconnell's side as the two men shaped and shepherded the republican agenda in the us senate. but now the republican whip from south dakota is hoping to take center stage. thune is officially announcing his bid to replace mcconnell as the party's leader. cnn's lauren fox is joining us right now. lauren as the number two republican foun is considered by some as mcconnell's successor, but with the conference getting more and more fractured, could that actually hurt his chances? >> yeah. we're still months away, wolf from this race, really taking shape. and in a lot of ways, it's wide open. republican senator was still have a long way to go before many of them will make up their minds about who they think should succeed. mitch mcconnell as the republican leader. and so far you have two men who were jumping into this race, john cornyn, who previously served as the republican whip and john thune who currently serves as the republican whi

get started today, accustoming.com >> rafael romo at the georgia state capitol in atlanta. this is cnn >> for time nba champion steph curry is considering his future after basketball. the 35-year-old told cbs he could be open to a future in politics when his playing days are over steph curry for president, they golf for welcoming us here. >> yea, nay. maybe, maybe >> you have an interest in politics. >> i have an interest in leveraging every part of my influence for good in a way that i can so if that's the way to do it, then i'll not saying the presidency politics, that's maybe if politics is a way that you can create meaningful change, or if there's another way outside of politics that we can do, you're not ruling it out >> 2028 >> you never know not bad soon, okay. thank you so much for joining inside politics, cnn news central starts after the break >> i am not deal i am resigning administration officials destroyed my cover >> politics. we're great power meets questionable decision-making and then unfaithfulness >> wow, what backroom deals cia see some payers, bribery,

romo has more fulton county district attorney, fani willis spent her saturday at an easter egg hunt at the event was put together by wave, an >> organization of law enforcement officers dedicated to helping children and the homeless throughout the year. >> willis was >> surprisingly candid regarding questions about last few months of her life, including for georgia election interference case against donald trump. and this candle brought about by her prior romantic relationship with special prosecutor. she appointed for the case after every i think that's happened, we wanted to know if she feels he needs to reclaim her reputation. and this was her reply >> i don't feel like my reputation leaves to be reclaimed. let's they for the record, i'm not embarrassed. mighty thing. i've done i guess my greatest crime is i had a relationship with a man, but that's not something that i on embarrassing in any way and i know that i have not done anything that's illegal >> the racketeering case was delayed by two months following the revelations about her personal life, her decision-making credibil

nine in ten americans agree american oil and natural gas are vital to our account lights >> rafael romo at the georgia state capitol in atlanta. this is cnn >> during his state of the union address, president biden faced numerous interruptions with republican congresswoman marjorie taylor greene being the antagonist in chief. >> making laken riley an innocent young woman who was killed why am illegal that's right. >> but how many thousands of people >> being killed by legal? to her parents? i say my heart goes out to you, having lost children myself i understand let's discuss more now with the atlantic's tom >> nichols and cnn political commentator maria cardona, i should say tom, thanks so much for being with us. appreciate it. what did you make of that moment? >> and it's always unfortunate to have this kind of behavior at the state of the union. i mean, it's in a way, it's kinda fun like the way the british prime minister's question time is right? >> but that reminded me of what we saw last night. yeah, absolutely. what you see with prime minister time and great britain, you're absol

she's an advocate for tracking victims and a longtime acquaintance of cnn's rafael romo, who spoke exclusively with her over the weekend at one point when i met you years and years ago, you told me that you felt like at the beginning, >> mexican politicians had taken advantage of you by using your story for political purposes do you feel like that happened once again here in the united states >> jaw and yes. >> in fact, i hardly ever cooperate with politicians because it seems to me that they only want an image, they only want a photo and that to me is not fair to also told me that senator britt got menu so the facts of her story wrong. number one, she was not trafficked by mexican drug cartels, but by a pimp that operated as part of a family that entrapped vulnerable girls in order to force them into prostitution >> to she also >> said she was never trafficked in the united states. senator britt appeared to suggest three, she was kept in captivity from 2004 to 2008 when president george w bush, a republican, was in office as opposed to the current administration as a senator implied. and fina

romo that debt is not a fair portrayal of all this. and she bought other details as well, but britt, they're not saying she made a mistake the other the truth is that that story was bogus and misleading a bunch of factual errors in it manu, there are some republican lawmakers jurors that are in tough reelection races, right now, it appears that most of them are falling in line and supporting former president trump in their bid for reelection. >> yeah, that's actually true. lot of republicans in those swing districts are falling in line, including one of them that i caught up with earlier today, congressman don bacon, who represents a district that joe biden won. bacon has been an outspoken critic of trump for some time about everything. did not think you'd be a viable candidate in the general election, but he's now supporting him in his bid for the white house. and i asked him why how did you get to supporting trump when you've been so outspoken against him because it's a choice between two people and the choice at this point, joe bide

. >> um, rafael romo at the georgia state capitol in atlanta. this is cnn >> we continue to follow the breaking news out of haiti. the us embassy announced they have evacuated all non-essential personnel because of the heightened gang violence near the us embassy compound and the airport. >> an embassy did not say how many people they evacuated, but said that they will remain open. the haitian government announced a state of emergency after the capital city of port-a-prince was hitting by a wave of coordinated gang attacks in an attempt to overthrow the government well, thank you for joining us this morning. >> inside politics. sunday starts right now >> fired, up. >> what he says he wants to be a dictator. i believe the president hits the trail, drop when i have a very different value set of an unobvious already is the former president hits back it's not an age thing. it's a competence thing. >> and razor thin, we're going to have a knife fight over every single district. >> we go one-on-one with the party leaders in charge of winning the house

and these acting on his own ends, rafael romo house the latest governor, ron desantis announced friday that he's boosting law enforcement and florida by increasing the number of officers and agents. the goal is helping federal officials deal with a potential increase in the number of migrants trying to get to the united states through florida as the unrest continues to grow in haiti, desantis said he's beefing up agencies like the florida department of law enforcement, as well as fish and wildlife. according to the governor, as part of this new directive, he has increased the national guard by 40 the aid guardsman, the florida state guard by up to 133 soldiers and the florida highway patrol by 30 additional officers in addition to equipment and aircraft, like four more helicopters to be used by the national guard. desantis specifically referred to the crisis in haiti at the potential for a new wave of mike the grants from the caribbean nation trying to get to florida by both. this is part of what he had to say. >> what we decided to do given the situation that's happening in haiti, som

get started today at customizing.com >> i'm rafael romo at the georgia state capitol in atlanta. this is cnn next hour, the uvalde texas city council will hold a special meeting regarding the deadly school shooting at robb elementary school. they're expected to release a report on how police responded to the massacre. it's been nearly two years since a gunman killed 19 kids and two teachers there but for the community, the pain is fresh and many answers are still rather many questions are still unanswered about why law enforcement waited more than an hour before confronting the shooter red cross is going to be at today's meeting and he joins us now, live. his son, yuzhiy garcia was killed in the shooting. brett, thank you so much for being with us. i'm sharing part of your afternoon with us. cnn's shimon prokupecz is reporting that city officials have not yet sat down with the families they haven't given you any advance information of the report's release that's been your experience? >> yeah. it sometimes that we will get information beforehand, like what the doj, but when it com

. >> i am the shra'im but i'm rafael romo at the georgia state capitol in atlanta this is cnn this for a college basketball history >> caitlin clark needing 18 points to be pete maravich's ncw, a scoring records at all? all the way back in 1970, she got 35. that puts her total career points at 3,685. now she wasn't aware if you've got to break the record from she got up to the free throw line, but she knew after everyone screamed, i want to bring in cnn sports analyst, christine brennan. i'm so glad you're here. what a huge moment. she's already declared for wnba draft. >> what a future ad ever. >> oh, without a doubt, already selling out arenas in the wnba season tickets. i mean, this is this is the future for women's basketball. and what a great gift for the wnba, because they need it. the wnba is it's been around for awhile, but women's pro leagues, it takes some time to get them going as we understand, the man had been around a lot longer. and this is exactly what the wnba needs. but first, caitlin clark and iowa of course, will be in the big ten tournament in your hometown of any

romo caught up with willis victor an amara fulton county district attorney, fani willis span her saturday at an easter egg hunt. the event was put together by wave, an organization of law enforcement officers dedicated to helping children and the homeless throughout the year willis was surprisingly candid regarding questions about the last few months, all for life including her georgia election interference case against donald trump. and this candle brought about by her prior romantic relationship with a special prosecutor. she appointed for the case after everything that's happened, we wanted to know if she feels she needs to reclaim her reputation. and this was her reply. >> i don't feel like my reputation needs to be he reclaim let's say, for the record, i'm not embarrassed by anything. i've done i guess my greatest crime is i had a relationship with a man, but that's not something that i find embarrassing in any way and i know that i have not done anything that's illegal. >> the racketeering case was delayed by two months following the revelations about her personal life, her decision

romo at the georgia state capitol in atlanta. this is cnn closed captioning brought to you by rula law. i kind of brands up to 70% off retail had rula law.com. and rubella >> you never faithful sees the deals on top before their current south law that today. >> welcome back. we're learning more about why juror first found rust movie armorer hannah guttierez reed, guilty of involuntary manslaughter on wednesday. the trial stemmed from the fatal shooting of cinematographer halyna hutchins on the movie set in 202011. juror spoke out just after the verdict saying that the decision hinged on a single factor safety pretty much very unsafe conditions, and it was obvious it was a lot of the safety issues that she could have paused work, stop cleared in all up. and you just never did >> gutierrez reed was responsible for firearm safety and storage on the movie set. she faces up to 18 months in prison. any $5,000 fine. >> she was acquitted on a charge which of evidence tampering the movies leading factor and co-producer alec baldwin, who p