>> we love you, odin! -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com shot in the back. the shocking moment a police officer killed a man who was running away. it was one of the most sophisticated security breaches ever, and it happened inside the white house. who did it and how they got in. and rand paul is officially running. we will look at his chances for a presidential bid in 2016. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and all around the world. i'm rosemary church. this is cnn newsroom. thanks for joining us, everyone. in the wake of several controversial deaths involving

white police officers and black suspects, one officer in the u.s. state of south carolina is now facing murder charges in the death of an apparently unarmed black man. the police officer, michael slager, seen here at his bond hearing tuesday, is accused of fatally shooting 50-year-old walter scott saturday during a traffic stop. cnn has obtained cell phone video of the shooting and we want to warn you, the images are disturbing. the video shoes officer slager firing his weapon eight times as scott runs away. according to the dispatch audio, slager says the two men scuffled over his taser. >> shots fired. subject is down. he grabbed my taser. >> north charleston's mayor says the five-year police veteran made a very poor decision. take a listen. >> when you're wrong, you're wrong.

and if you make a bad decision, i don't care if you're behind the shield or just a citizen on the street, you have to live by that decision. >> the victim's brother says he is thankful for the video evidence. listen. >> we've all seen the video. if it wasn't a video, would we know the truth? or would we have just gone with what was reported earlier? but we do know the truth now. and i just ask that everyone just continue to pray for my family that we would get through this. because we do need prayer. >> the victim's brother there, and cnn political commentator van jones joins me from los angeles in california for more on this. van jones, if it weren't for the video evidence, the outcome of this case would clearly have been very different. how would this have likely played out without the video

shot by that passerby? >> it would have played out the way it has so many times. this was an act of cold blooded murder, and apparently an attempt to cover it up afterwards. if you watch the whole video, you see him saunlterring over, looks like he's dropping something there. the police report is completely 180 degrees different than what you see in the video. and this is what people have been talking about in the united states this entire year, this pattern of unarmed african-american men being killed, and then police reports saying i was in fear of my life. but in this situation, it is obvious, it is clear that this officer was not in fear of his life. police officers unfortunately have been coached to turn these police reports, not into factual documents, but into legal fictions to cover up what they're doing when they are wrong. i think we're going to have to start as media, as jurors, as voters, and as citizens, stop

accepting these police reports that always tell the same story about violent black men who were threatening a police officer's life, always being the reason. that's why they were shot. in situations like this, you have clear evidence. but had you not had the video, it would just be another dead black guy. >> and in this situation, stopped for a broken taillight, just incredible circumstances, and ending in this way. what needs to be done to try to change the culture within the police force in some parts of the united states that appears to give some police officers the green light to use deadly force in these sorts of circumstances? >> look, any time you have security forces, you have to have independent oversight, you have to have checks and balances. that's not saying something negative about police officers. that's why you have meat inspectors for butchers. that's why you have building inspectors for construction workers. you don't hate butchers, you just know without independent

checks and balances you have a tendency towards corruption and abuse. what you have now in a lot of parts of the country is is an atmosphere of impunity. if you are a city employer, a bus driver or a teacher, you might get in trouble. but if you are a police officer, you can write a self-exonerating police report that the media and jurors will assume is written by god himself and get away with anything, including murder. had there not been a video camera there, this would have been another case where the black guy was wrestling with the cop's gun and got killed and a lot of people in america saying he got what he deserved. finally we have e6d videotaped that this officer in this situation was shooting from a safe distance. and also notice that the other officers don't react. notice how calm and casual the whole scene is handled. it's shocking to a lot of

people. but maybe now we can get more independent oversight of law enforcement in the united states. if this does not do it, i don't know what will. >> it is shocking to see it play out. horrifying in fact, and i think now has put the spotlight on those sorts of situations. van jones, many thanks to you for joining us. we appreciate it. >> thanks for the opportunity. >> all right. south carolina senator tim scott is also reacting to the shooting in his home state, and we tweeted this. after watching the video, the senseless shooting and taking of walter scott's life was absolutely unnecessary and avoidable. my heart aches for the family and the north charleston community. ly be watching this case closely. we turn now to another story in this country. it's been called one of the most so fephisticated cyber attacks r launched against the united states government. hackers working for russia broke

into white house computer networks and as cnn's evan perez reports, they exposed sensitive information. >> reporter: russian hackers broke into sensitive parts of the white house e-mail system. they could even see parts of the president's schedule not disclosed to the public in realtime. they are believed to be working for the russian government and according to u.s. officials they pulled off one of the most serious cyber breaches of u.s. government agencies. this breach is one reason why u.s. intelligence officials recently increased warnings about the cyber threat from russia. the white house disclosed suspicious activity in its unclassified e-mail systems in october, but officials say even unclassified e-mails contains sensitive information valuable to foreign spies. the hackers got in first by breaking into the state department's e-mail servers. then they tricked someone into giving them access to the system sevening the office of the

president. agencies are warning employees of so-called fishing e-mails. these actually contain malicious software, which gives hackers the ability to take over computers. evan perez, cnn, washington. >> earlier, we spoke with the white house deputy national security adviser. he said the president's staffers are careful when it com to sensitive information and white house computers. >> we're constantly updating our security precaution and we're told to act as if we need to not put information that is sensitive on that system. so in other words, if you're going to do something that is classified, you have to do it on one e-mail or phone system and you have to act as if information could be compromised if it's not on the classified system. >> and he went on to say he does not believe the white house's most classified computer

networks were breached by the hackers. u.s. officials tell cnn that central command has issued new rules on intelligence sharing with the saudi military as it battles houthi rebels in yemen. it could allow the u.s. to review targets selected by the saudis and use american satellite intelligence to advise whether civilians are nearby. that comes with more women and children killed in air strikes tuesday. but as jim sciutto reports, the growing u.s. role in yemen brings new concerns. >> reporter: fire and explosions as saudi air strikes rain down on houthi rebels in yemen. now the u.s. is a partner in the air campaign, stepping up its military and intelligence support to saudi-led forces. in the saudi capital today, the deputy secretary of state said the campaign is sending a message. >> we've increased our

intelligence sharing and established a joint coordination planning cell in the saudi operations center. >> american aid to the saudis further expands the u.s. military foot print in a region increasingly plagued by war. and while the u.s. won't be flying warplanes over yemen, it may now own the consequences. if you give targeting intelligence and they don't use it or miss interpret it and something bad happens, you're still going to be blamed for it. there's a way in which the united states will bear the consequences of either the success or the failure of the saudi air campaign. >> reporter: already today, saudi strikes destroyed tanks belonging to friendly forces on the ground and a school injuring half a dozen students. for americans caught in the violence, their safety remains largely in their own hands. the state department is still not evacuating american citizens, instead alerting them to escape routes offered by other countries and

organizations. >> each individual needs to assess their own security situation and try to take advantage of one of these other opportunities that we are alerting people to. >> reporter: the human toll of the fighting is mounting. the u.n. estimates casualties of 540 killed and 1700 wounded. >> the saudi air strikes are certainly contributing to the possibility of widespread humanitarian catastrophe in yemen. and were that to happen, it would be hard for anybody to put a lid on things. >> reporter: u.s. intelligence, while not selecting specific targets, does add a new sensitive, and that is that the u.s. is, effect, helping saudi arabia bomb iranian backed rebels in yemen, adding danger to the regional dimension of the conflict there. jim sciutto, cnn, washington. a somber scene in kenya, as hundreds gathered to remember

147 murdered in last week's terror attack on a university. mourners held a candlelight vigil in nairobi's main park tuesday night. they planted 147 white crosses draped with the kenyan flag. earlier in the day, hundreds of university students marched through the capital demanding better government security following that massacre. most of the victims were students. al shabab militants claimed responsibility for that attack. six men suspected of being linked to the attack were taken to court on tuesday. the suspected ringleader of the massacre, muhammad mahmoud, is a kenyan native. authorities believe these one other gunman was a kenyan raising the fear of homegrown terrorism. here is this exclusive report. >> reporter: there's not much

remarkable about this small madrassa in northern kenya. except this man once taught here. muhammad mahmoud, identified as the master behind on the attack at the university that killed 147 people. sheikh kalif worked with mahmoud for two years. are you shocked when you see this poster? >> yeah, yeah. we feel very painful. >> reporter: what was he like? >> he don't like too much talk, and when he was here, he was in communication -- >> reporter: what worries authorities is that mahmoud is kenyan, a key leader they say in al shabab, which is based in neighboring somalia. about a four-hour drive up this road will take you to the somali border, where authorities say

muhammad is in charge of the militants and is responsible for other attacks. and yet, mahmoud grew up in garissa. he taught at a madrassa and now authorities say he is wanted for the attack on the university just a few hundred meters from here. kenya's interior ministry says at least one of the four gunmen who attacked the university was also kenyan. the son of a local politician who the family says recently broke off contact. kenya's president addressed the nation after the university massacre and made clear that he's focused on a homegrown terror threat in kenya. in kenya, authorities have become more concerned that al shabab is recruiting disaffected youth inside the country. sheikh kalif wanted to emphasize his madrassa has nothing to do with mahmoud's extreme ideas. he says that ideology is not

taught here. what do you think of this man? >> this man is a killer, is criminal. >> reporter: and also once part of this community. >> relations between cuba and the u.s. may soon take another step forward. the u.s. state department is expected to recommend that washington lift its designation of cuba as a state sponsor of terrorism. cuba's place on the list has been a contentious point in renewed diplomatic talks between the two countries. this designation is one of the main obstacles to the establishment of embassies in havana and washington. the 2016 u.s. presidential race is building momentum and adding candidates. the latest republican to throw his hat in, rand paul. the senator from kentucky is a favorite of the conservative tea party. he's calling for libertarian

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>> i'm asking you to look at the evidence. the evidence tells the story of what happened. circumstantial evidence, yes. there were no eyewitnesss. there was other evidence that is strong evidence that should convince you beyond a reasonable doubt that he committed that crime. >> if there was evidence of any reason that aaron had to murder odin lloyd, don't you think you would have heard about it in nine weeks? but you didn't hear it. you didn't hear it because it doesn't exist. >> and another case making headlines in the u.s., jurors continue to deliberate the guilt or innocence of accused boston bomber dzhokhar tsarnaev, and their next decision could be whether he lives or dies. cnn's alexandra field has the

latest. >> reporter: a jury made up of seven women and five men spent several hours trying to determine the fate of dzhokhar tsarnaev. he faces 30 different counts, 17 charges coming with a possible death sentence. if the jury finds him guilty of just one count, this trial will go into a sentencing phase, which the jury will have to determine whether or not to spare his life. the defense has never denied dzhokhar tsarnaev's participation in the attacks, but it's still the responsibility of the jury to determine whether or not the government met the burden of proof in each of the 30 counts. deliberations continue at 9:00 in the morning here in boston. the jury has sent two notes to the judge including questions about the case. in boston, alexandra field, cnn. british tv personality jeremy clarkson will not be facing legal charges. the former host of "top gear" was booted from the show after attacking a producer last month.

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i'm rosemary church. i want to check the headlines for you this hour. a white police officer in south carolina has been charged with murder in saturday's shooting death of an apparently unarmed black man. the charge comes after a bystander's video surfaced that shows the officer firing at the suspect as he was running away. u.s. officials say hackers working for the russian government accessed sensitive information by breaking into the white house computer system. that includes nonpublic details of the president's schedule. the white house earlier said last year's breach only affected an unclassified system. the u.s. says it's expediting military aid and targeting intelligence for the saudi-led coalition fighting houthi rebels in yemen. three students were among several civilians killed in air strikes on tuesday. their school was hit from

strikes meant for rebel forces that were a third of a while away. the man killed in that south carolina shooting was 50-year-old walter scott. he was stopped for a broken taillight. this video shows what happened, but it is graphic. you see a brief struggle. then officer michael slager fires eight shots as scott runs away. slager says he feared for his life after scott took his stun gun. scott's brother spoke out tuesday after officer slager was charged with murder. >> we can't get my brother back, and my family is in deep mourning for that. but through the process, justice has been served. and i don't -- i don't think that all police officers are bad cops. but there are some bad ones out there. and i don't want to see anyone

get shot down the way my brother got shot down. >> north charleston's police chief described the shooting as tragic. he says that anyone who pulls the trigger, whether a police officer or a citizen on the street, must then live with that decision. in this next report, you'll see some deadly encounters and how tough it is to make the right call. here's randi kaye. >> reporter: tense moments at a gas station near columbia, south carolina. shawn grouper, a highway patrol officer just pulled over a man. watch what happens next. >> can i see your license, please? get out of the car! [ gunfire ] get on the ground! >> reporter: when the man turned back inside his car to get his license, the officer fired in an instance. >> are you hit? >> i think so.

i can't feel my leg. why did you shoot me? >> buddy -- >> i'm sorry. >> reporter: the victim, 35-year-old levar jones survived. officer gruber was fired. in montana, a police officer approaches four men sitting inside their car. >> hands up. all four of you, hands up. >> reporter: offer grant morrison recognizes one of them as a suspect from an earlier shooting. he tells him he's making him nervous. then this. >> hands up! hands on the [ bleep ]! get your [ bleep ] or i'm going to shoot you. i will shoot you. hands up. [ gunfire ] hands up! hands up! i will shoot you again. hands up! hands up! you [ bleep ], i'm going to shoot you again. get on the [ bleep ] ground. >> reporter: the man killed it turns out was unarmed. but officer morrison said he feared for his life because the

man kept dropping his left hand despite warnings to deep his hands up. the warning was ruled justifiable. in arizona, this video from officer tyler stewart's body camera captures the last moments of his life. on it, a casual conversation between the officer and a man suspected of domestic violence. officer stewart doesn't even have his gun drawn. but watch what happened when the officer asks to frisk the man. >> can i just pat down your pockets real quick. you don't have anything? >> no, no. >> reporter: the video ends there, just as the suspect pulled a .22 caliber revolver, firing six shots at the officer. hit five times, the officer they have had a chance. >> there was a series of rounds fired. >> reporter: the officer died at the hospital. the suspect used the officer's weapon to take his own life. randi kaye, cnn, new york.

to iraq now. a year after tikrit was first attacked by isis and a week after the iraqi government celebrated its liberation, many residents who escaped the fighting are too terrified to return. tikrit, best known as the hometown of former dictator saddam hussein, is still filled with dangers, such as bombs and land mines. arwa damon spoke to a family that wants to go home but feels they can't take the risk. >> reporter: 16-year-old heba and her 17-year-old sister were somehow spared the violence that's torn iraq apart since the u.s.-led invasion. we're not used to this, she says. they're from tikrit. she constantly tries to call her girlfriends, but their phones are all off. their father can't stop his eyes from welling up. but they do not dare return,

even if and when the government declares it safe. i swear, i just don't trust the situation he tells us. he's not alone. this partially constructed building is just one of many in baghdad's predominantly sunni neighborhood. turned into makeshift refugee housing, for sunni families that fled isis, most from towns not far from tikrit. he's saying they miss their home, they miss their lands, their farm. a lot of the families who are here that we've been speaking to are from areas that have already been liberated. but they're still too afraid to return. they're afraid of returning without government permission. they want to see an official coming out on television assuring them that it's safe. and they're also afraid of what isis may have left behind. it's not just isis they fear.

these sunni families are hesitant to go home. the shia force fighting alongside iraqi government troops terrifies them, as well. it's not a risk they're willing to take. for eight months, they were forced to live under isis rule. it was the day after the fall of mosul, she says. anyone who spoke against them was killed. it was forbidden to leave, she continues. there was no power, no water, no gas. they were caught in the cross fire of bullets and bombs. these kids, they would all hide under the staircase. she says of her nieces and nephews. one time, we only eight eggs for a week. there were bullets that came into the house and i screamed for my father, this 4-year-old declares. finally, a few months ago, isis

allowed everyone to leave. this is their street now. we spent our lives there. we grew up there. and to go back and find nothing, she says, it's just too much. unable to return and unsure who to blame. arwa damon, cnn, baghdad. let's take a short break now. still to come, there's another candidate running for president of the united states. rand paul and what his candidacy means for the republican race for the white house. more on that when we return. my feet felt so heavy they used to get really tired. until i started gellin'. i got dr. scholl's massaging gel insoles. when they're in my shoes, my feet and legs feel less tired. it's like walking on a wave, dr. scholl's massaging gel insoles, i'm a believer!

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rahm emanuel. he has won a second term. his victory ends a bitter runoff battle. it was seen as a fight between between the challenger's liberal wing. he served as president obama's chief of staff from 2009 to 2010. although the u.s. presidential election is less than two years away, another republican has officially launched his campaign. rand paul has the support of many right wing republicans. >> too often when republicans have won, we've squandered our victory by becoming part of the washington machine. that's not who i am. >> the senator from kentucky favors small government and limited u.s. involvement in global affairs, and if his name sounds familiar, it might be because his father, ron paul,

ran unsuccessfully for president three times. just a short time ago, i spoke to peter binehart. we want to look closely at senator rand paul. he kicked off his bid for president on tuesday joining ted cruz and we can expect a bid from senator marco rubio next week. so what are senator rand paul's chances, do you think? >> i think his chances have probably diminished in the past few months, and that's primarily because of the rise of foreign policy as a bigger issue in this campaign than people would have expected a few months ago. rand paul is distinctive in the republican field, but since the rise of isis, he's taken a

hawkish turn. so i think his chances have been hurt somewhat. >> when you look at the numbers rand paul had around 16% or so support among republicans about a year ago. now he's around 12%. and we're seeing jeb bush and scott walker move ahead. what do you think rand paul needs to do to grow that support? do you think he needs to start talking about foreign policy? is that safe territory for him? >> he's a very tricky balancing act. he has a hard core of supporters who were supporters of his faith effort when he ran for president who are libertarians. which is to say they are people that wants small government, but not necessarily on cultural and foreign policy issues where they're out of sync with the christian right with abortion and gay rights. he needs to retain the

passionate support of those people who supported his father, and yet also make in roads into the rest of the republican party, especially the christian evangelical wing of the republican party, which taking a very different view on foreign policy. so that's a very difficult balancing act. >> we don't know at this point if hillary clinton is going to throw her hat in the ring. it certainly looks like that is going to happen. if she does, who among all of those possible candidates in the field there could go head to head, toe to toe with her? >> i'm of the view she will have an advantage over all of them, especially since the u.s. economy is improving and that gives her as the de facto incumbent, it puts her in a stronger position. i think that marco rubio might be a candidate to watch. i think he's a more tall edged

politician than most of the other candidates in the republican field. he's from florida, which is a very important swing state. he has a strong affinity with many people in the republican base, and yet he also has a greater potential crossover appeal to swing voters. he's a cuban american, which is important in an lectelectorate is becoming more latino, and he's a full generation younger than hillary clinton, and that contrast could work to his advantage. another big name in washington has announced plans to run for re-election to the u.s. senate. john mccain says he plans to stand up to the political challenges from the right and pursue a sixth term. the former presidential candidate, who challenged barack obama, will be 80 years old by election day 2016. how about that? storms, mountain snow and

even reports of a tornado, all of this across california on tuesday. our meteorologist joins us now to explain how on earth you can have all those three different weather systems all in one place. >> california at its best, home of extreme weather, all sorts of weather known across california. we're going to show you these storm reports scattered about, since 1954, 403 tornadoes have been reported in california. nearly every single one of them in the pacific valley. sets up some of the ingredients for weak tornadoes. but no official tornadoes on tuesday, but reports of them certainly. take a look, funnel cloud, this is in south sacramento, 2:30 in the afternoon local time. certainly scared a few people and stirred up some excitement. again, this particular one never

officially touched down, but quite a spectacular sight. you get up above 4,000 feet and look at this. snow showers abound. nothing really significant. upwards of 15i isnches. it's not a drought buster, but every little bit helps. the fire season in july, august, going to be the main story coming out of california with significant threat in line there with the drought situation. but weather pattern over here quietening down. rain showers, napa, over 1 1/2 inches of rainfall in napa. even los angeles picked up its first rain since the 2nd of march. that storm system on the move. by wednesday, it's centered over the central united states. the ingredients in place for an impressive line of severe

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before she finally stopped. she was fined by police and ordered to pay for the damages she caused. looks like she got off pretty lightly when you look at that. while that incident in thailand is extreme, a road rage incident in canada may be equally disturbing. cnn's jeanne moos shows us a man who threatened an entire family with his chain saw. >> reporter: there have been road rage incidents where someone used their bare hands or even a golf club. but this, this is a new low for road rage. this threat has teeth. no, this suspect some remake of the chain saw massacre with its drive by slicing. this actually happened in the suburb of montreal. alexander and his partner were driving with his two kids.

it was a tree specialist driving. the couple says the man in the minivan cut them off and was driving erratically. so they followed him to get his license and to tell police where they went. but then they ended up in a dead end street. the couple blocked his exit and he brandished the chain saw, yelling, do you like this? and making an obscene gesture. he yelled back they had called police. okay, your chain saw, she yelled, bring it on. the minivan drove off. the next day, police arrested the 37-year-old who pleaded guilty to armed assault. but this race of road rage led to a lit of internet rage. much of it directed at the couple. what in god's name were they thinking with children in the car, as well? the couple agreed, telling tva it wasn't the most intelligent

move. we haven't seen such outrageous road rage since a driver tailgated a florida woman, pulled alongside to give her the one finger salute and then cut her off. only to lose control, instant karma. [ laughter ] >> that's what you get! >> reporter: he wasn't hurt and at least there was no chain saw massacre. the only thing massacred was this guy's dignity. jeanne moos, cnn, new york. >> all very disturbing. deep breath, people. i'm rosemary church. thanks for watching. cnn newsroom continues with errol barnett next hour.

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a police officer facing a murder charge after shooting a man in the back. the video, the circumstances, and the reaction coming up. the battle for control in yemen intensifies with new pledge from the u.s. and saudi arabia. and the suspected state-sponsored culprit behind a cyberattack on the white house. hello, everyone. i'm errol barnett with you for the next two hours. a big welcome to our viewers in the u.s. a