shooting a suspect. the video shows him unarmed with his back turned. plus, as more bombs fall in yemen, the united states steps up its efforts to help put down the rebellion inside the country. and the u.s. believes the russians have hacked the white house. hello, and welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. your last hour of the day with us. i'm errol barnett. >> i'm rosemary church. this is "cnn newsroom." in was wake of several controversial deals involving white police officers and black students, one officer in the u.s. state of south carolina is facing murder charges after shooting an apparently unarmed man during a traffic stop. >> cnn's ed lavandera has the latest on the charges and what the victim's family is saying. and we do need to warn you, viewers may find some of this video disturbing. >> reporter: when the video

starts, walter scott is turning and running from the officer. [ gunshots ] eight shots and four seconds later, the man falls to the ground, pronounced dead at the scene later. as his body lays on the ground, the officer is heard yelling "put your hands behind your back." immediately after the deadly shooting this past saturday in the south carolina town of north charleston, officer michael slager said there was a scuffle over his taser and that he felt threatened. another officernesses a police report officer -- officer says in a police report that officer slager said he deployed his taser and called for backup. a few seconds later he said over the radio, "shots fired, and the subject is down. he took my taser." at the beginning of the video you see two dark objects fall to the ground around officer slager. it's not clear if this is part of his taser. the officer goes to the spot and picks the object up and later you see officer slager drop what

could be his taser on the ground next to walter scott's body. then moments later, the officer picks up what he earlier dropped to the ground. michael slager has been charged with murder by the law enforcement division. he's a five-year veteran of the department. his lawyer telling news media after the shooting that officer slager believed he followed all the proper procedures of the north charleston police department. that lawyer no longer represents the officer. north charleston's mayor says officer slager made a bad decision. >> whether you're wrong, you're wrong. and if you make a bad decision, don't care if you're behind the shield or just a citizen on the street, you have to live by that decision. we as a city want the family to know that our hearts and thoughts are with them. >> reporter: north charleston police say after the shooting police officers provided cpr and

first aid to walter scott, but several minutes pass on this video, and no officers are seen providing first aid even as ambulance sire revenue heard in the distance -- sirens are heard in the distance. even officer slager's boss, the department's police chief, says murder charges are appropriate in this shooting. >> the investigation revealed what it revealed, and we are obligated to do what the law dictates if the investigation so revealed that. it appears that through this videotape that's where it fell. >> reporter: tuesday night, walter scott's family reacted to the news that the officer had been charged with murder. >> we can't get my brother back. my family is in deep mourning for that. through the process of justice has been served, i -- i don't think that all bad cops, but

there are some bad ones out there. i don't want to see anyone get shot down the way that my brother got shot down. we've all seen the video. if there wasn't a video, would we know the truth, or would we have just gone with what was reported earlier? we do know the truth now. >> reporter: we received dozens of pages of officer slager's personnel records with the north charleston police department. in it shows that his bosses considered him to be a good police officer, that he consistently "met expectations on the job." there was one incident dating back to september of 2013, where he was accused of using excessive force, improper tasing a potential -- improperly tasing a potential suspect. he was exonerated. but several witnesses said he used excessive force and had tased the wrong suspect. those are some of the document we found in his personnel file. cnn, dallas.

thank you very much for joining us. we know the police officer in this case has been charged with murder. but if it hadn't been for this phone video clearly contradicting the earlier sframt that same police officer, the outcome could have been very different. talk about that. >> it is very different. you would have had the officer who was standing, the person who was killed could not speak for himself. the -- your story die with you, as they say. you would have had just the officer's story standing. you kind of needed this video to come forward. that is also part of the disturbing part of this case which is that what about all the cases where there is no video, where no one is taping, where the officer is not wearing body camera. if they make a terrible decision in this case, it looks like the officer did make a terrible decision, then what comes of

that. where is the justice involved in that? >> yeah, i want to look at that. when we see that video, we see the deadly force being used on a man fleeing the scene. and then the taser apparently being planted where the victim fell. what's going on in america where a police officer uses deadly force on a man running after being stopped for a broken taillight? >> right, i don't know if it's necessarily about all of america, although there is a kind of morbid rhythm to these sort of cases where we see too many cases of unarmed people who are being killed, and i think we have been taking a look at that particularly over the last two years. people are basically up in arms. and i think in a way the quick response of the mayor, of the police chief and of the charges

being filed in this particular case is an outgrowth of the conversation. i think if it were not for what happened in ferguson and the kind of national debate that erupted around that, we probably would not have had as quick an action as we had in this particular case. >> so what needs to be done to change the culture within the police force that appears to give some, not all, police officers the sense that they can use deadly force in these circumstances? and is this about race, or are we talking about power here? >> i don't know how you can separate race from power, particularly in this country. i think until the police departments themselves realize that this is not the kind of police force that i want to be a part of, if there is one bad apple in this barrel, we must dick that pad apple out. we must create an -- we must

kick that bad apple out. we must create an environment where people get a fair shake under the law. until then i think there's a cultural problem we can't fix from the outside in. >> yeah. it is a discussion that needs to continue. charles blow, many thanks for joining us. >> you're welcome. >> we appreciate it. >> thank you. u.s. intelligence agencies are investigating what they say is a breach of white house computers by russian rackers. -- hackers. one of the most sophisticated cyber-attacks ever launched against u.s. systems. >> government officials have known about the breach since october and had earlier said it did not affect any classified systems. but it now appears the hackers did expose sensitive information. the latest information out of yemen now. the u.s. is rushing weapons deliveries, increasing intelligence sharing, as well, with saudi arabia as it leads coalition air strikes is on o houthi rebels in the country. >> webls srebels say this is th

immediate aftermath of one of the strikes in san amp the two-week-old campaign has been slow to turn back the houthis. their territory is shown in the red. the area in red is the stronghold. and fierce battles continue. >> nic robertson joining us from near the border with yemen. i'm wondering what the saudis are saying about air strikes killing civilians. it's the kind of damage that plays into the hands of the houthis who, as we saw, enjoy massive support of people in the western and northwestern parts of the country. >> reporter: the houthis certainly have swayed in some areas. and certainly the tribes may be behind them at the moment. the effort will be buy the president who was ousted, president hadi. and by his allies in saudi arabia to try to turn around the allegiance of those tribes. certainly as well we hear from saudi officials that the issue

of collateral damage, yesterday it was children that were killed. they were leaving for lunch. it was next to a weapons store that was being used by the houthis, a military facility. three children were killed. six injured. saudi official say they go out of their way to try and avoid those civilian casualties. there are other instances where there seems to be less than ideal communication on the ground. yesterday, there were some games, it appears, as a result of the saudi-led air strikes. the heavy strikes overnight around the port city of aden led to a de-escalation of the fighting there. yesterday there seemed to be born out by what we heard from msf dx, doctors without borders, doctors working in one of the hospitals in aden. they reported a low number of casualties. an important air strip was taken. as a result of saudi-elderly coalition air strikes around the

base on houthi positions. certainly what we are hearing from the united states, the deputy secretary who was meeting with saudi officials yesterday gave a very clear indication that the saudi air campaign is getting international support and is set to continue for a while. >> saudi arabia's sending a stroeng message to the huth -- a strong message to the houthis and their allies that they cannot overrun yemen by force. in support of the effort, we have expedited weapons deliveries, increased offer intelligence sharing, and we established a joint coordination planning cell in the saudi operation center. >> reporter: that additional intelligence information sharing could very well benefit the saudis pitted. we heard from a commander yesterday. he said that he had lost tanks to a saudi-led air strike he'd taken, the tanks and equipment from the houthi allied forces

but had lost them he felt because he couldn't coordinate with the saudis. perhaps bad planning. and something the saudis want to address and perhaps have additional intelligence information. >> at least we're seeing an improvement in intelligence sharing. 48 tons of medical supplies heading to the country, as well. all of this trying to help a nation falling apart. roughly ten past 10:00 in the morning there. thanks. we attorney kenya now where six men believed to be linked to last week's massacre at a university appeared in court. prosecutors say police think the men supplied weapons to the attackers who murdered 147 people on the campus, mostly students. al shabaab militants claimed responsibility for that attack. kenya's interior minutes tree tells cnn that the government has listed -- i

should say has a list of suspected al shabaab supporters and is tracking them to freeze their assets. an outpouring of grief in nairobi. hundreds of mourners held a vigil tuesday to remember the victims. our david mckenzie was there and joins us live from nairobi with more. the people of kenya are feeling this loss very deeply. we're learning more about those who lost their lives that tragic day. talk about what people are saying to you. >> reporter: well, it's really a sense here that 47, the -- 147, the people killed, is not just a number. there's a campaign to share the details of the loved ones to see and make sure that kenyans, the world, and the kenyan government realizes that these lives are precious. the lives matter. and that they shouldn't have been cut down by there ruthless

terror attack. they've carried out 147 crosses on to freedom park here in nairobi. nay laid them along here. each of the crosses -- they lead them along here. each of the crosses represents students. what does the loss mean to all the people of kenya? >> more for the families and for the whole country. we've lost. >> reporter: they're saying this is not just about 147, the number. this is about human beings who had lives and hopes and aspirations. people like angela. hadder friend told us she loved college. she was the most beautiful human alive, she said. and veronica, she loved to swim. she was a second year at garissa university. ♪ >> reporter: when you look at the photos and these lives that have been lost, what comes to your mind?

>> i just feel loss, extreme loss. that we can't afford -- we shouldn't, you know, honestly i feel almost speechless because these are sleeves cut short. in kenya, many university students are there, families own the future. >> reporter: you survived aid grenade attack. can you imagine what the students went true? >> i don't gun imagine because it was torturous for us. it was about exploding, and then it was over. it was ten, 20, 100 times worse. >> reporter: extraordinary that several people i've spoken to have survived other terror attacks in kenya. when you think of those briend might that have been lost, it's a sense that kenyans are saying enough is enough. rosemary and errol, the investigation teams appear to have strengthened their efforts to freeze assets here,

particularly linked to the interior ministry saying an ongoing effort is stepping up. they've identified 86 counts that they've frozen. interestingly mostly in mombasa and nairobi which suggests there are deep connections two al shabaab al shabaab in kenya. back to you. >> all right. our david mckenzie reporting there live from nairobi. many thanks to you. now do you remember those shocking allegations against prince andrew? they've beens toed out by a u.s. -- they have been tossed out by a u.s. judge. we'll speak to the high-profile liar that's been accused and clearing. the list of contenders for the white house is growing. we'll tell you more about the man who just entered the ring. backs in a moment.

welcome back to "cnn newsroom." there are about 600 days until the next u.s. presidential election. the race is well underway with a new republican candidate now in the running. >> rand paul launched his

campaign on tuesday. the senator from kentucky is a tea party favorite for his conservative positions and strong libertarian streak. [ applause ] >> warrantless searches of americans' phones and computer records are un-american and a threat to civil liberties. i say your phone records are yours. i say the phone records of law-abiding citizens are none of their damn business. [ applause ] >> st. paul on a four-day tour of new hampshire, south carolina, and iowa. more bad news, this time in ferguson, missouri. the city that made headlines after the shooting death of black teenager michael brown by a white police officer. now the city council, once predominantly white, will be 50% black. >> of this the see it's first election since last august's tragic shooting. wesley bell and ella jones will

hold seats on the council. jones becomes the first black woman to win that position. ferguson is 70% black but was governed by a board in which five of sick members along with the mayor were white. a federal judge in florida has tossed out bombshell allegations britain's prince andrew had sex with minors. prominent american lawyer alan dershowitz was also named in the federal court filing as one of the people who used the help of billionaire jeffrey epstein to have sex with teenage girls. both men had issued vehement denials. the judge ordered tuesday that the allegations be removed from the court record. alan dershowitz joins us from new york to talk about this. alan, you had firmly denied these charge and suffered, you know, dodge your reputation as a result of this being so widely reported. with the specific allegations being thrown out, do you feel fully vindicated? >> reporter: i feel fully

vindicated legally. it's as if the charges had never been brought now. the judge struck them all and said they never, ever should have been included in the pleadings. you can't unring a bell. i need to be vindicated factually, as well. this woman made the story up. i've never met her, i don't know her. i never touched her. totally, totally made up. i'm pursuing my remedies. i am suing the layers and perhaps will be suing her, as well, for defamation. she's been hiding, trying to avoid being served. we found her hiding in colorado. we served her. she will be deposed. if she repeat in a deposition under oath what she's said, she will go to prison because she will have committed perjury which we can prove beyond a reasonable doubt. >> we should note that the -- these alleged victims had claimed that you had sex with them while they were underage. that it was part of a scheme and

ring connected with your friend, jeffrey epstein. why do you think this all even came to be? jeffrey epstein, a friend of yours and investment banker pleaded guilty to solicitation of prostitution years ago? why do you think the victims here wanted more? why did they make it up? >> nobody can be sure of that. i knew jeffrey epstein as an couldic friend along with the president -- as a friend along with the president of harvard, the inventor of artificial intelligence. none of us had any idea of the allegations. i never, ever saw a young woman in the presence of jeffrey epstein, nor was i ever in the presence of any underaged young woman in any context. why they picked on me and prince andrew and several other i don't know. this woman claimed to have relationships with bit and al gore and two prime ministers and

presidents and the majority leader of the senate. and you name it, steve hawkings and other professors -- >> let me jump in then. seems as if whoever the alleged victims are, they seem troubled. you are going to pursue legal recourse. what do you hope to get out of it? even if the individual goes to jail, what tell do? >> it will do a great deal. real rape victims are the victims of this woman and others like her. when you get made-up rape stories, it hurts the situation of actual rape victims. it's essential that people who make up stories of sexual abuse be punished so they can't do it again and others are deterred from this kind of thing. it hurts real rape victims. it's essential that -- i don't know if this woman is troubled. there are people who are just liars. she's in it for the money. she's trying to write a book. she got paid an enormous amount of money already for her stories

about prince andrew. this has to stop. >> you know, none of cuss imagine what it's like to go through what you've been through. harvard law professor alan dershowitz setting the record straight and clearing his name. thanks for speaking to us from new york. >> thank you for letting me clear my name. i pressure it. >> we'll take a short break. still to come, france's largest air traffic control union calls a two-day strike. and it's already causing chaos in european air travel. what workers are demanding, next. plus, why rioters threw bombs and stones at police in the greek cap tamp stay with us.

thank you very much for staying with us. you're watching "cnn newsroom." the last half-hour of the day with us. i'm errol barnett. >> i'm rosemary church. it is time 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. it shows the officer firing at the suspect eight times as he was running away. 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 tuesday. the school was hit pie air strikes meant for aer thatby rebel base. u.s. officials say russian hackers who broke into the white

house computer system were able to access sensitive information. that includes nonpublic details of the president's schedule. the white house had previously said last year's breach affected an unclassified system. if are you set to jump on a plane soon, it pains me to tell you air travel across europe could be chaotic through the next 48 hours. france's largest air traffic control union announced they will strike today and tomorrow. >> part of a long-running dispute over work conditions. hundreds of flight have already been canceled due to the strike. for the latest developments we turn to phil black joining us live from london. phil, what's the likely impact overall of this french air traffic controller strike, and how long is it likely to last? >> reporter: well, it's going to be pretty significant. the french aviation authority has warned carriers to reduce their schedules by 40%.

this is going to hit air france, the national carrier, hardest of all. it aims to operate almost all of its along haul flights. it warns that short haul services with going to make major disruptions. at its short haul hub, the airport in paris, ferrare once in three flights that will be operating today. it is likely that passengers arriving in france on longer flights could then find their shorter connections delayed or canceled altogether. other airlines are also warning about problems. british airways, easy jet. ryan air has already published a long list, hundreds of flights that it is canceling today. so the advice from these airlines is, of course, to check the status of your flight. if are you affected and off to fly, then don't. >> yeah, it's going to be tough for traveler. so if iment easy for french air traffic controllers, want you

and how likely is it that they'll get it? >> reporter: it's been a along running pitch pete. attempts to reform, there were practices, working conditions. the retirement age at 59. i think that's too high. basically they feel overworked and unappreciated. so much so that this is the first action in campaign industrial action it is planning. other strikes in april, to early may, as well. it was to begin last month but of postponed because of the germanwings flight that crashed interest the french apps. >> the timing is unfortunate given that. phil black from france. thank you. a major transportation hub and gateway. meteorologist pedram javaheri joins with us what a strike could mean for traveler. i know you've crunched some numbers. this is going to impact tens -- potentially tens of thousands of

people. >> absolutely. some airlines are re-routing flight using larger aircraft to be able to get team where they want to go or at least close to it by using the method over the next couple of days. -- on a normal day across europe, it resembles how busy an aunt fan is again. i looked on a norm ag day, considerably different story when it comes to being complete. 4 % reduction across the region. in paris, the airports across poirz, about 200 emergenciers that's about 200,000 people every day. officials telling us 40% of flights will be canceled. that's the number you calculated that brings the people affected up to 80,000 passengers going to be impacted. they're literally not making it to their flights. now, you do the math on that again. and that's about $40 million these passengers would have to spend when it comes to lodging,

food, missing work. to the airlines, that cost about $6,000 with labor costs, generally reduced. no fuel costs to go with that. 58,000 when you put all the passengers together. when the spending comes into place. here's the scene this morning. notice flights in and around much of france this hour. we have flights taking place. again, 40% reduced. what you typically would see over the region. weather pattern is as gray as it gets. the next three days in paris will be the nicest of the year. 70 degrees fahrenheit. sunny skies. we've seen this before in the united states in 1981, august of 1981. 13,000 air traffic workers decided to strike. they wanted four-day workweeks, they wanted a $10,000 wage increase. that did not happen. president reagan said you're breaking federal law if you don't get back to work. and 11,000 air traffic workers

were terminated in that period. this is not a good setup. >> strikes can backfire that way. they can. especially when it comes to air transportation, something that's necessary on a constant basis. >> some workers are saying they don't like the retirement age of 59. others across the globe go 59? retirement? we'll see what happens. >> thank you very much. see you soon. still in europe, anti-establishment protesters clashed with police that n athens, greece. [ gunfire ] >> reports say dozens of rioters threw petro bombs and stones at officers and burned cars. >> this happened tuesday after a march on high security prisons. many convicted militants are held in the jails. protesters want the government to carry out its promise to shut them. greece is scrambling to meet a first aid deadline to past an installment on its massive line.

>> hodel of that, prime minister alexis tsipras will meet with official. >> reporter: they may not be the best movers, but at this cultural center in moscow, russians are trying to dance like greeks. ♪ greece's prime minister start his controversial visit here, cultural links between the orthodox countries are being braid issed. >> -- sbrased. >> translator: our trust is based on cooperation that's left lasted for centuries. >> reporter: it's political and economic cooperation that's important today. since his radical coalition came to power in january, prime minister tsipras has made no

secret of his russian leanings, often breaking with european counterparts. he's called u.s. and european sanctions on moscow over ukraine a road to nowhere. and suggested greece could become a bridge between russia and the west. in recent weeks, greek officials including the energy and foreign ministers have beaten a path to the kremlin store. fueling speculation a cash-strapped athens wants a russian bailout. an alternative line of credit from the kremlin. for many in the west, these greek overtures to russia are disturbing. tourettening to undermine -- threatening to undermine the united front over sanctions in iran and a host of other issues. for the kremlin, bailing out athens may be attempting, potentially giving russia leverage over a european union and nato state. don't expect any major geopolitical shift during this visit. analysts warn there's not the will nor the means. >> that is not what it used to

be in terms of its -- of the money in the hands of the government. the russians have to be more judicious and extending financial assistance to other countries. and on the other hand, i don't think greece is ready to leave europe, to fill a slot with russia. ♪ >> reporter: some deals are expected. this talk of reducing russian gas prices for greece and easing foot sanctions to allow some greek imports. for the moment, it seems greece won't necessarily be dancing to russia's tune. chath use chance, senior citizen -- matthew chance, cnn, moscow. still a month to go before candidates in the yumpt are taking swings at one another. the points so far.

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we are now less than a month away from britain's election, and the political sparring match is already well underway. >> in the conservative corner there is prime minister david cameron. in labor's corner there's ed miliband. cnn's isa suarez has been keeping score in the electoral title bout. ♪ >> reporter: through six months they've been put through their paces, warming occupy economic policies. even taking jabs at each other. fighting it out tonight in the blue corner, weighing in with

five years in power, it is defending government, the conservative party. in the red corner with a previous 13 years of rule, it's the labor party. gentlemen, let's keep it clean. for voter it's economic policies and pledges that will be weighed out. it's the blow by blow who've stands where. the conservative vs. made a bold promise call -- conservatives have made a bold promise, calling for referendums if they win. >> the conservatives in the blue corner started an aggressive front. they've offered an use referendum. that's good for offering people choice. however, i would give the round to the red corner, the labor party, who aren't offering that. businesses are nervous. we got more nervous around the time of the scottish referendum. now more nervous. we could lose jobs, investing, not good for the economy. i give that round to labor. >> reporter: the conservatives contend that won't happen. one promise isn't enough.

there's plenty to fight for. conservative vs. come back standing firm on five years in power. dodging years of austerity and now in charge of an economy that is expected to grow 2.5 this year. >> the conservatives did really well. they reduced government borrowing, there's a long way to go, but they've had unfavorable circumstances like the eurozone crisis which killed off growth. they've done well to reduce the deficit. that's despite the labor party really egging them on to throw the towel in. having handed them an economy that wasn't in a good position in the first place. >> reporter: an accusation that still haunts labor. some saying it was smothered by debt. >> both parties on austerity want to continue reducing government borrowing the next five years but favor slightly

less. i would favor that. >> reporter: while it seems the sides have come out swinging, there's no winner in this match. there are others waiting in the wings in the form of federal democrat and the green party. you can count on the blows to keep coming until may cnn, london. got it? of course the boxing metaphor only goes so far. a more apt description of british politics could be the food fight. david cram ron is getting dogged for the recent photo. >> you might say what's wrong with. this he was trying to appear as every dan and enjoy a hot dog in the garden, as you do. look closely, his impeccablecabe of the knife and fork has people piling on ridicule with relish. >> here's what some people are saying on twitter. i love this. what kind of monster eat a hot dog with a knife and fork?

>> he dare he. let's see, another, u.k. news of the day, david cameron doesn't know how to eat a hot dog. >> cameron eats a hot dog with knife and fork just like a lizard would. the mask slips. many more. >> well the lesson, is he supposed to grab it and stuff it in his good-bb? >> if you want to appeal to most people, that's what you need to do. the future of television is changing. coming up, find out how you can get hbo even if you don't have cable.

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a look into the future. the world of tv is changing. hit shows like "game of thrones" and "true detective" are punitive damagely popular. but only customers with special cable packages can see them. >> not anywhere. had been just unveiled hbo now which lets consumers stream content through smart devices. hbo is owned by time-warner, cnn's parent company. brian stelzer has details on the new service. >> reporter: hbo outthe cable bundle for the -- hbo outside the cable bundle for the first time. a historic moment for the future of television, the future of the media business. hbo is them to some of the most premium programming out this. shows like "game of thrones" and "gir "girls" and "true detective." now for the first time, people can sign up for hbo the same way they sign up for netflix. going on line rather than subscribing to cable. a thrilling moment for some, terrifying for others because of what it means for the future of

television. i sat down with hbo ceo an hour after it launched to see how he was feeling and to see how he thinks it's going to shape the future. >> this is a growth opportunity for everybody. as you know, there are ten, 11 million broadband-only homes in the united states that previously couldn't get had been. that was too big an audience for us not to go after. that's part of what informed this. i think you'll see broad dimensions of housewife people subscribe to hbo. >> reporter: so how it possible for everyone to benefit if you are essentially unbundling hbo from cable for the first time? is it not going to hurt the traditional cable approximately? >>. of those ten million doubling by the end of the decade 20 million core nevers or cord tax cutters, those people will never have a cable subscription or satellite -- >> you've given up on them -- >> we haven't given up, but i think the research is they're

unlikely to have one. we're providing an opportunity for our partners to go after those largely millennials. we think nob is a millennial -- we think that anybody is a millennial. we want to make programming, past, present, future, avisible to consume -- available to consumers whenever they want it, with whatever device they want to watch it on. that's the strategy. we wanted to produce maximum flexibility so whatever screen parents want to watch, they have the option to do that. that's the strategy. >> right now, hbo's main partner for this is apple. but he says more partners will be working with him in the future. he says he wants broadband companies like comcast and time-warner cable to work with him in order to provide this product.

he says they can all grow together rather than hurting each other. the jury remains out. this is a big chang in the way hbo and potentially other networks reach you at home. back to you. >> there you have it. are you now fully up to date. you've been watching "cnn newsroom." i'm errol barnett. >> i'm rosemary church. do stay with us. "early start" is next for viewers here in the united states. >> and if you're outside the u.s., another edition of "cnn newsroom" begins after the break.

a police officer charged with murder, caught on camera, shooting an unarmed black man in the back. this morning, the community outrage and what the victim's family is now saying. good morning, everyone. welcome to "early start." i'm john berman. >> i'm christine romans. welcome back, john. it's wednesday, april 8th, 4:00 a.m. in the east. developing this morning, a south carolina police officer remains behind bars, charged in the murder of an unarmed black man who was running away following a traffic stop. north charleston police officer michael slager arrested after this turng