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ation. >> they are parasites. they're pariahs. >> the tides are shifting a little bit. it's getting personal. >> they are going to have a target painted on their back. that's a real threat. >> i would like to thank the last participant for committing a class four felony. >> this is a big boy operation now. there's no more games. >> good evening, thanks for joining us. we is breaking news tonight at home and at sea where american warships are steaming toward what could be a confrontation with iran. also take a look at this police body cam video and ask yourself what would i do? >> get your hands up! get your hands up! get your hands up right now! stop! stop right there! i don't want to shoot you, man. i don't want to shoot you. [ inaudible ] >> the officer had just seconds to decide whether to take a man's life. we'll show you how he responded. that's just ahead. we begin with breaking news out of baltimore. new video and several police officers now suspended after the
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arrest and mysterious death of a suspect in custody. this is the arrest police dragging the man across the sidewalk and into a police van. a short time later, he's comatose in the hospital, dying of a spinal cord injury. calling it a sense time for the city baltimore's mayor and top officials went before the cameras. they said the officers involved have been suspended and asked for patience during the investigation which they say is expected to conclude a week from friday. in the meantime protesters have taken from the streets marching again tonight, demanding answers that so far at least have been in short supply. more now on it all from joe john. >> reporter: police released street camera video recorded at the scene where freddie gray was first taken into custody, but it only added to the mystery. the camera pans, but shows nothing that looks like excessive force by police up to the point he was placed inside the van. >> when mr. gray was placed
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inside that van, he was able to talk. he was upset, and when mr. gray was taken out of that van, he could not talk and he could not breathe. >> leading baltimore's mayor to conclude that his injuries occurred not on the street but during his transport. >> it's clear what happened happened inside the van. >> police say he was stopped on suspicion of criminal activity, possibly drug related, but that doesn't explain all that happened here. cell phone video and audio on the street at the time of gray's arrest paint a disturbing picture. he's on the ground. he's screaming in apparent pain. he's being taken into custody, legs limp. a woman is describing an apparent problem with his legs. >> his legs are broken and y'all are dragging him like that! >> reporter: he's taken to a hospital where he went into a coma and then he dies a week later. question number one, how long it took to get this man medical attention. the city's mayor pledged a full investigation. >> according to the timeline as
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we know it took around 30 minutes. >> reporter: question number two, how did gray get hurt? police confirm he had severe trauma to his spine and his family's attorney is raising the issue of excessive use of force. >> he was in good health when the police first contacted him, and he died of an 80% severed spinal cord and three broken vertebrae in his neck. >> court documents filed in the case say gray was arrested without incident after an officer noticed a knife clipped to his pants. he was charged with having a switch blade. the family's attorney said the life was of legally permissible size. gray has a long criminal record including more than 20 arrests. the case has sparked a public outcry with demonstrations. baltimore's police commissioner has been measured in his comments about the case citing the active investigation. he did speak at an unrelated
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event today at john hopkins university where he talked about the community's lack of trust in police. they're reviewing their procedures on getting medical care for prisoners in custody. and the police commissioner says he wants to wrap up the investigation into the death of freddie gray by may 1st. joe john cnn, baltimore. >> that's the backdrop. for more now, we're joined by miguel marquez who has been talking to people all day. what are the protests like there? >> this is where mr. gray was brought and transferred into an ambulance. he was arrested about six blocks away. a commander, melvin russell, waded into a very angry crowd of several hundred protesters. here's what that looked like. >> you killed a person. >> you asking the wrong person. >> you think he was okay before
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he was put into that van. [ all speak at once ] >> that's a question i can't answer. [ all speak at once ] >> you spoke with several eyewitnesses earlier today. what did they tell you they saw? >> a range of things. one of them said they heard mr. gray saying you're on my neck stop hurting my neck. another one saying very early on that he heard them talking about that he had asthma and he needed his inhaler. a lot of things we're hearing coming from police. police saying today that they probably should have gotten him medical attention at that point, the first time he said i have asthma and i need my inhaler and he didn't have it on him. we talked to another witness who had this to say. >> put his hands up like this the officer walked straight to him, hit him in his mouth, put the cuffs on him.
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>> there's a lot of indication out here that something happened of a more violent nature when he was initially taken into custody. he was arrested in one spot dragged about 20 feet and then put into handcuffs. police said that despite the fact that he was lucid and talking when they initially put him in the van, if you look at that video, the cell phone video of him being picked up and dragged into the van limp it's hard to believe that he didn't suffer something out there on the streets. >> thank you very much. now with me, harry houck, sunny hostin and a friend of the mayor of baltimore. and lawrence cope lin ski from john jay college of criminal justice. and cnn legal analyst and criminal defense attorney mark geragos. what do you make of this? the police are saying that he was arrested without force or incident. that was the initial report. >> well they can say that.
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they can also say they arrested him without any probable cause and for no reason at all. the idea that they're saying they arrested him for suspected criminal activity is nothing more than cop speak for, we were roufting another black man. this idea that they're now saying maybe we should have given him more medical attention because he had asthma -- they broke his neck! that's what the injuries are. this is really i hate to say it we're on here week in week out, what's finally happened is you have cell phone videos now, so you understand what cops do. cops are in these inner city communities roufting these young men in a -- basically a system of criminal justice apartheid which is what we have now. and unfortunately there's no trust in these communities of law enforcement. >> sonny, the official report said there was a police presence and he turned around and ran.
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can police run after somebody because they've run from police? >> certainly. i think the law makes it clear that if someone is running away from police officer, that may give the police officer reasonable suspicion to stop the person and even to go further and frisk the person. but i think what we have to look at is the gravity of the injury and the suggestion that somehow this arrest was effectuated without any force. we're talking about a broken back a broken neck that doesn't make sense. when you look at it in context, with the situation, with the baltimore city police department we're talking about since 2011 almost $6 million in settlements, in civil cases paid by the city for police misconduct. the player in baltimore asked the department of justice to conduct a coordinated federal review because of all the problems that have been happening in baltimore. we've been talking about his criminal actions and his actions about running, but in order to be fair you have to talk about the issues the very serious
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problems the police department in baltimore city have had. >> to say that it was without force or incident, clearly there was some kind of incident. >> clearly you can see what they're putting the man inside the van and he can't walk there's clearly some kind of problems with his neck or back. i think the police officers should have done something at that time. you pretty much know most guys walk to the car, walk to the van. he's screaming in pain after he's handcuffed. so a lot of these young kids today, they also have asthma. i've seen a lot of people die from asthma all the time out on the street. so as a police officer, you got to be aware of that. they should have probably got an ambulance for him right away. >> doctor what do you make of this? the autopsy shows spinal cord 80% severed, three vertebrae broken. what kind of severe trauma would -- ongets serve calvert
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bray don't just fracture. this is what i consider blunt force trauma whether by police baton or perhaps he was tackled and fell backward. there's a small stonewall near where he was located and it could be that he fell backwards and took that blunt trauma to the serve cal area in the neck. perhaps that is where the damage -- >> but an 80% sever of the spinal cord would that be in the same area as the vertebrae? >> sure. >> it's all one injury? >> people after having a severed final cord will succumb to respiratory failure. >> is that something that could have happened with the officer sitting on the suspect with a knee in the spinal cord? >> i don't think so. i think it looks more like blunt trauma. if we had video, if we actually
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had witnesses, we would know a lot more. i'm not saying it was inflicted by police but there was some incident that resulted in that severe injury to the vertebrae. >> mark you talked about roufting. when you look at the reason for the initial stop for this arrest police say that gray fled when he noticed them. is that actually enough for police to stop somebody? i mean if it's a high crime area can you just as a police officer, can you just stop somebody because they turn around and run away or turn around and walk away if they see you? >> well we -- in california at least, years ago, that used to be one of the grounds for cops to stop you was, it was a high crime area. we at one point said no that isn't enough. all you have to do is take a look at what they're putting out there right now. the cops are saying well he was suspected of criminal activity. that means they didn't have anything. that means they were roufting
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him. that's exactly why -- >> he ended up -- he had a switch blade in his pocket and they claim one of the officers saw the switch blade. >> remember the switch blade was in the right front pocket and they claim that they were chasing him from behind. so either they had x-ray vision or what really happened is they saw a young black man and were going to go rouft the guy. >> dr. cove lin ski, when you look at the video and you see him being dragged, does it seem to you he's already sustained the injury by then? >> yeah it's consistent with that that the trauma had already occurred prior to him getting into the van. >> yeah because i don't get why the city is saying it's something that happened to him in the van, because it seems like from the video at least -- >> probably it's consistent with the police statements. that's the reason they're saying something happened in the van. it's just more consistent with trauma having occurred before he was brought to the van. >> and it's been eight days and still no firm word really from police of exactly what happened.
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i mean, after a days wouldn't you be able to get a pretty accurate report from police? >> you would think so. i think that's one of the problems we see in a lot of these cases we've been covering anderson. you see this lack of transparency transparency. in maryland at least there's law enforcement officers bill of rights. so often times you're not allowed to interview and speak to these officers for a period of time. and that is what has been the problem in maryland. we have to move toward the place of transparency. what i am happy to hear is that there will be an independent investigation. i don't believe you can have police officers investigating their own or have the baltimore state's attorney's office investigating the folks they work day in and day out with. >> and the lag time between the arrest and going to the hospital 30 minutes, is that long to you? >> for a severe injury like this yeah the guy can't walk.
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get him an ambulance. they knew he was seriously injured. >> thank you all very much. set your dvr to watch 360 whenever you want. coming up the american carrier, theater roosevelt heading to the waters off yemen and possibly a showdown with iran. also as many as 900 lives possibly lost in a shipwreck over the weekend. a staggering death toll all of them people trying to flee libya. and now news of an arrest. let's take a look at your credit. >>i know i have a 786 fico score, thanks to all the tools and help on experian.com. so how are we going to sweeten this deal?
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eyeball on the seas. the roosevelt heading to yemen where the u.s. and iran are on opposite sides of a civil war, also on opposite ssds of the nuclear negotiating table. what's the latest? >> there are now nine u.s. warships in the area of yemen. the latest the u.s. roosevelt, as well as a guided missile cruiser, they were diversed from the arabian gulf. one mission, to give military operations off yemen, another to keep the key trade routes open. and also be in position to intercept a convoy of iranian ships, the suspicion is they're bringing weapons to houthi rebels. this would be done in conjunction with u.s. partners in the region. the saudis are there, the egyptians et cetera. it's not something they want to do, but it's something getting
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prepared to do. >> if the u.s. does intercept the convoy what happens then? >> that's the question. if that convoy enters yemeni territorial waters they would be in position to board those ships. now, that's about the most sensitive thing you could do at sea. there was a previous case a number of weeks ago where the u.s. consentially boarded a panamanian flag, it was not carrying arms. but an iranian warship would be a different thing. it would be extremely tense. it's not what the u.s. wants to happen particularly in light of the negotiations with iran. >> and the iranian navy chief talked about the warnings against his ship. what did he say? >> he said we don't take warnings from other countries. we act in the interest of our countries and our allied countries. but he said those ships were there to keep trade routes open.
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but of course the suspicion is they're up to other things. we know iran has armed the houthi rebels in yemen. so it's not a pie in the sky possibility. >> let's talk about the timeline of all this. when are the iranian skips scheduled to reach yemen? >> we don't know. it's a decision to be made by iran as well do those ships carry on and you have to read these movements of american ships. a u.s. aircraft carrier there as a visible warning as to whether they let the iranian ships proceed. so this is one of those high-seas, high stakes gambles particularly in light of the sensitive negotiations going on over the nuclear program. >> high stakes indeed. thank you very much. italian authorities have arrested two alleged human traffickers who themselves were survivors of a naval disaster that's already on its own one of
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the deadliest in modern memory. hundreds and hundreds of men, women, and children refugees many of who could not swim dumped into the mediterranean when the refugee ship they were packed onto capsized. this was not an isolated incident. what happened to that ship and all those people over the weekend has been happening again and again and again. the latest shipwreck, which may have already taken more than 800 lives was merely the worst of many such disasters. according to new estimates from the international organization for migration, more than 1500 people have died this year alone from the passage from northern africa to southern europe. we're joined now from the italian island of sicily. you're close to where survivors have been brought ashore. what's the latest carl? >> reporter: yeah, in fact 27 survivors from the weekend shipwreck arrived here on the dock in the last few minutes and
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they brought with them horrific tales. a spokesperson from the united nations has talked to a group of survivors to find out what happened that night. she said there are consistent stories now which gives her confidence that she's getting to the bottom of what really went on. she said that the sailing vessel the fishing boat about 80 feet long set sail on saturday morning around 8:00 a.m. from the coast of libya. by 10:00 p.m. at night, that fishing vessel was in grave trouble, and the survivors say there were 850 people on board. are those, only 28 survived. that effectively makes this the worst disaster involving mike rants crossing from northern africa to europe by far. that u.n. spokesperson also said that these migrants are horrified. they are shocked. many of them were repeating time and time again that they've lost
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friends, they've lost family. they need time to decompress. we expect more details to come out in the coming days anderson. >> do we know exactly what happened to the boat? i mean did the boat capsize? did it go under? or were people pushed off? i know there are reports of arrests over the last hour. you have some information about that as well. >> caller: yeah absolutely again, based on the statements that were given to this united nations spokesperson she said that a portuguese vessel was sent to answer a distress call put out by this vessel that set sail from libya. it was when the portuguese vessel got close, that then the capsize happen. the u.n. spokesperson said the two boats may have bumped into one another. because so many migrants were locked beneath decks. it was the poorer ones who couldn't afford a higher spot on
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the boat that were condemned to die. because when the boat sunk they went with it. it was only the ones on the upper decks that could jump into the sea and get safety. and that is the other piece of news in terms of the human traffickers cramming these migrants on board like sardines. tonight the prefect of kit annia district maria federico said that police have arrested two of the 27 survivors on suspicion of being part of that human trafficking ring anderson. >> it just sounds horrific trapped locked below deck with the ship going under. carl thanks for the details. coming up next a lone officer, dangerous suspect and body cam video. capturing the most important decision a police officer will have ever to make. >> that's enough! [ inaudible ] don't do it man! i'll shoot you! >> do what you want. shoot me. >> the suspect saying, shoot me,
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in all the reporting on fatal encounters with police we never lose sight of how little time officers have to make decisions that may involve taking a life or sparing a life. tonight a rookie officer who did just that he spared a life. his boss saying he showed great restraint. this officer saw something during a intense confrontation with an apparently dangerous suspect that made him think twice, even though as you'll see from his body cam, almost everything else seemed to argue for pulling the trigger. >> get your hands up! get your hands up! get your hands up right now! [ bleep ] stop! stop right there! i don't want to shoot you, man. i don't want to shoot you! [ inaudible ] >> this unfolded in the town of new richmond ohio just outside cincinnati. now more on why it ended with the suspect in custody and not in the morgue. >> this looked like it was going to end violently.
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>> get your hands up! >> a cop with his body cam, a life and death face-off with a man who had allegedly just killed two people. >> stop right there! i don't want to shoot you! i don't want to shoot you! >> reporter: this is the neighborhood where it all went down. officer kiter had heard radio traffic that a dangerous suspect was driving in the area. he waited at a nearby intersection saw the car and then started following him for about 11 minutes. this is where it ended, a very quiet, affluent neighborhood in the cincinnati suburbs. the officer was warned the suspect was likely armed and apparently wanted to be killed by a cop. as you will hear. >> shoot me! >> i'm not gonna do it. >> shoot me! >> the officers boss said the rookie was smart enough to
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notice something. >> at one point in time the man reached into his pocket. but he realized that the pocket is not sagging with something heavy which could indicate a weapon. >> back up! >> the cop is rushed by the suspect. and the officer loses his balance, a critical moment but he still doesn't fire. backup police officers arrive. the suspect, michael willcocks decides to give up and stays alive largely because of the valor and fast thinking of this man. >> i was trying to open a dialogue with him, i don't want to shoot you. just get on the ground. but he wasn't having it. he just kept repeating shoot me. at one point he said shoot me or i'll shoot you. >> jesse has only been a cop for one year, he's a marine served in iraq earned a purple heart, and only had a body cam because its family had bought it for him for his safety after the police
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shooting from ferguson missouri. >> he got towards my face right as i lost balance. i'm thinking if he attacks me i'll have to use deadly force to defend myself. >> reporter: but it didn't come to that. the suspect now in custody, and the police chief now talking about getting funding to get body cameras for all his officers after this incident with his rookie officer. >> i'm proud of him. >> it's incredible that his family are the ones who bought the body camera for him. did police find a weapon on this guy, because he had alleged killed two people already? >> the officer's observations appeared to be accurate because they did not find a gun or another weapon on wilcox. they also did not find a gun in his car. but police say they found one of his guns at the previous crime scene. he's alleged to have killed his girlfriend in brown county ohio which is nearby where we're standing right now. and then shortly afterwards killing a friend of his across the state line across the ohio
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river in kenton county kentucky. so right now, he's in jail on $2 million bond. it does not appear he has a lawyer. he's in a lot of trouble, but he is alive. >> just incredible to see it all play out like that. gary tuckman, thank you very much. just ahead, boston bombing survivor returned to the marathon today. we'll show you her journey to recovery and the friendship that she and a fellow survivors forged out of that tragedy. with the microsoft cloud we can analyze 100 per day. whatever i can do to help compute a cure for cancer, that's what i'd like to do.
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great display of boston strong today. the cold and the rain did not keep the crowds away from the boston marathon. today's race two years after the double bombing that killed three people at the finish line maimed and injured 260 others. tomorrow the death penalty trial begins for the convicted bomber. but today was a day to move forward, mile by mile. caroline rode itch was kenya won the women's division. and the men who won also won in 2013 hours before the bombs exploded. the attack shattered so many lives and forged new bonds among survivors. tonight randi kaye has the story of two of them.
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>> they were standing at the finish line cheering on others when the bombs went off. two strangers whose lives were about to intersect. >> i realized looking down at my legs i couldn't see them and my bones were laying next to me on the sidewalk. >> i completely blacked out and fell backwards, i remember myself slipping away. >> part of erica's left leg had been blown off and her right leg was broken. >> rebecca gregory was seriously hurt too. her left leg was mangled too. strangers helped them into an ambulance. the first time they were likely together but not the last. >> do you remember being in the same ambulance? >> we didn't know that it was each other. um but i remember hearing, we have two krit kals we have one amputee. and we've talked things through little by little and remember hearing the same things. i think you had told me that you
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thought it was you, the amputee, because looking down at her legs she had seen her bones. >> they were taken to the same hospital. erica has had 21 surgeries and lost the lower part of her left leg. doctors operated on rebecca 17 times. she finally chose to have her lower left leg amputated last november penning this break-up letter to her leg, suggesting the relationship had become a real burden. and telling her leg, it's not you, it's me. they found strength in each other from the first day they met. >> now to sit and hold her hand she's really real. so it's nice to be in the city that brought us together. >> it was just that connection because this is somebody that's gone through the same thing and it was a promise that we were going to be there for each other. >> and it was a promise kept after they both left the hospital. a promise, and a friendship.
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erica went to visit rebecca in texas last september. >> we both had pedicures. >> that might surprise a lot of people. [ laughter ] >> we went and bought canvas shoes from hobby lobby and it was her sister's idea and we painted them with acrylic paint and put all kinds of designs on them and stuff, and then we ended up switching our left shoes, so we each have the other person's left shoe and we have our own right shoe. >> last year they both returned to boston for a special tribute walk. >> i was in such a state of limbo, but it was so healing to be able to cross the finish line even in a wheelchair and take back that part of our life that we had left there and to do it with erica, you know to be holding her hand. and at one point she pushed me she actual pushed me across the finish line. that was a pretty incredible
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moment. >> both have grown stronger over the last couple of years. erica is now living on her own, driving and enjoying her new kitten. >> rebecca is hoping to inspire others. she even ran the last three miles of the marathon that year. >> the race was intense. nothing could have prepared me for just the weather and the swelling of my leg, and just everything kind of working against me. but i had to cross the finish line. i just had to. >> neither spends too much time thinking about the past or the sole surviving bomber. and despite what they've lost they are both so thankful for what they found. >> do you feel stronger? >> oh yeah. without a doubt. i mean there's -- there's parts about me that i never realized that i had. >> and you actually say you feel blessed? >> absolutely. i'm totally blessed. my child was sitting on my feet at the time the bomb went off.
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the fact that he's here and running around i can't feel sorry for myself for one second. i don't know why his life was spared. i don't know why i was spared. what he tried to destroy, he didn't. and he made everyone stronger as a result. >> randi joins me live from boston. so the penalty phase picks back up tomorrow for the bomber. it was dark for a week. did you get a sense of that trial looming over the day today? >> reporter: not really anderson. i don't think people here were giving him much thought today. they were interested in cheering on the runners and looking ahead to the future. just look at rebecca gregory. she was here she ran the last three miles of that race as i said. he withstood that wind the 40-degree temperature, the whipping winds and the rain. erica came here to watch her cross the finish line. she went to see fenway park for the first time. named her cat fenway. you think about what they lost
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in the city and how many tragedy they witnessed here yet they still embrace it with such love and have such a friendship to take away from it. >> so great to see her cross the finish line. thank you very much. up next a burning car, a woman strapped inside and the men who risked their lives to save her. the police officers who saved her, they join us when we continue. you'll need the right it infrastructure. from a partner who knows how to make your enterprise more agile, borderless and secure. hp helps businesses move on all the possibilities of today. and stay ready for everything that is still to come. it's more than the cloud. it's security - and flexibility. it's where great ideas and vital data are stored. with centurylink you get advanced technology solutions from a trusted it partner. including cloud and hosting services - all backed by an industry leading broadband network and people committed to helping you
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a daring rescue in new jersey where two officers pulled an unconscious woman out of an overturned car which burst into flames after they got her out. by the time the officers got there, the car was wrecked. they cut off her seat belt to get her to safety. she was airlifted to hospital and has been charged with dui, but she's lucky to be alive thanks to ricky fair yola and mark aaronburg, who join me now. the video of incredible. walk me through what happened. you got a report about an erratic driver. >> yes, it came in from denville that there was an erratic driver driving through booton township which is bordering town entering kennelon road. >> so you wanted to get to them
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before they got to your town. >> we wanted to get to them prior to something like this happening. we made it to the first street they could turn onto to set up so as soon as they would pass we could get behind them and hopefully -- >> and at that point, had the vehicle already had the accident? >> what happened was, the caller they were in the phone with there's a dead spot in the road so they lost the caller. when they were able to get them back online he had told the dispatch that the car is now overturned. the individual inside the car is trapped and the car is starting to catch fire. >> and ricky, when you get to the scene, you see this what goes through your mind? >> at first, i saw mark up to the vehicle already, trying to talk to the lady upside down inside there. i wanted to get my gloves on and see what was going on. you saw the vehicle was upside down. when you get there, you kind of just go with it you don't really -- you're not thinking of, am i in danger or anything like that just got to get this lady out.
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we knew it was one driver, but you're not sure if there's anyone else in the vehicle, maybe a passenger. so the first thing i looked in the back to see if anyone was there. i saw her upside down still seat belted in and saw liquid pouring down right next to her. >> and you didn't know what it was? >> no. >> mark what did she seem like when you got there? >> when i initially rolled up to the scene, i saw her laying there -- well, not laying there, in her seat. seat belted in. her arms were dangling. she was completely lifeless. it didn't look good when i first initially showed up. >> in a situation like this smoke coming out of the car, you got to be concerned about the vehicle itself exploding or going up in flames? >> yeah. initially and he might touch upon this there started to become like a loud hiss. >> you heard a hissing sound? >> yeah. one thing i didn't notice until the end, until we watched the video, i didn't hear the horn.
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>> the horn was going off the entire time. >> i don't recall it. >> that's interesting. >> we were looking at her and we discussed about mark having a knife. we discussed that he pulls a knife out -- >> to cut her out of the seat belt? >> and i'm holding her head. you hear the hissing getting louder and louder. i couldn't see too much the fire and the smoke. he turns to me we gotta get her out. but when he cut her, i tried holding her head in my right hand and holding onto her arm, we knew she was going to drop we did everything possible to stabilize the neck because of the injury. >> right. at what point did you start doing cpr, or by that time had paramedics arrived? >> once we were carrying her across the street we want to get her as far away from the car as possible. i checked her pulse by her hand. i didn't feel anything. mark checked her pulse by the neck he felt it but it was faint. so we knew it wasn't good.
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he immediately said we got to get a bird in here. bird meaning helicopter. >> do you know how she's doing now? >> the last we heard our detectives were at the hospital and they said she's making a full recovery. minor injuries. >> and i guess she was ineeb inebriated inebriated does that change your feelings about this? because that's extraordinary. it's the kind of thing you guys are paid to do but it's an extraordinary act that you did. >> no. it's a life and we're hear to protect and serve, whoever. >> it's really an honor to talk to you guys. >> thank you. appreciate it. >> thanks for having us. now the latest on some of the stories we're following. >> anderson two tulsa deputies have been reassigned in the wake of the fatal shooting of unarmed suspect eric harris. the two deputies who pinned him to the ground have been reassigned because of death threats against them and their families. two journalists who reported on the story for the tulsa world,
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including a report alleging his training records were falsified are leaving the newspaper. the editor said the pair got other jobs and the timing is a coincidence. the editor said the paper stands by their report but is still reviewing their sources. federal prosecutors have arrested six men from minnesota who aspired to join isis. a cooperating witness helped crack the case. officials say the alleged recruits were not planning to launch attacks inside the u.s. and at least one person is dad is a major 40-car accident, west ofularmy, wyoming. the fire burned for hours and close the interstate 80 in both directions. >> incredible pictures. thank you very much. stay tuned at the top of the hour as dr. sanjay gupta investigates the weed revolution. coming up next, i'll make you smile, the "ridiculist" is next.
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time now for the "ridiculist." the campaign season is early, but if you're on facebook you know it's not too early to post political opinions. the ceo of a marketing firm in dallas posted this if this happens, i'm moving to canada. there's no need for her, as she is not the right person to run our country. more importantly, a woman shouldn't be president. let the haters begin, but with the hormones we have there is no way we should be able to start a war. the person who posted that is herself, a woman. the ceo continued to wax poetic and i quote. yes, i run my own business and i love it and i'm great at it but it's not the same as being the president. that should be left to a man, a
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good strong honorable man. i think the simplest explanation is that her facebook got hacked from a man from the 1700s. she was on cnn this weekend. let's give her the benefit of the doubt. >> i've always felt that a woman should not be president. men and women are not the same. hormones are the piece of the difference that is between us. >> as we all know especially men in politics they never have problems related to hormones testerone for instance. i don't know how this argument is even around after "30 rock." >> this is i melia earhart. i'm almost across the pacific. oh no my period! >> i'll now take questions. oh no my period! >> but that is an ironic appropriation -- i don't know anymore. >> so what about the fact that he runs a company, that she herself is a woman in power? >> that is not the same as
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running the best country in the world and being commander in chief and head of state, the president of the united states. to me should be a man, not a female. again, it's my belief and how i run my household and how i am, like i believe in the woman should cook the meal for the man. >> what now? oh okay. wow. all right. well i guess, you know that's one perspective. the other perspective is that's just an outdated way of thinking. did we learn nothing from the 'sefrts and '60s commercials? all that bacon-based advertising, sounds sexist, but maybe this is a smoke screen and she doesn't care for hillary clinton. >> i would never vote for hillary clinton in no way shape or form. if she wants to run, it's her decision. it's a free country. i don't believe as a woman, she should be running. now as a vice president, go for
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it. >> hang on now. a lady vice president is a mere heart beat away from becoming a lady president. does she not watch veep? >> you could say as a woman -- >> no, no, no, no. i can't identify myself as a woman. people can't know that. men hate that. and women hate women who hate that. don't you agree with me? >> i suppose there's only one place where true equality exists and that's on the "ridiculist." thanks for watching. weed 3 starts now. you're watching a growing revolution. for two years, we've reported from at front lines of a battle between those who say marijuana saved them. >> the children and i have my husband and father with us. >> the doctors who want to prove it. >> we had to demand that this plant be allowed to go through
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