now, hillary clinton or as i call her, crooked hillary clinton, she's just crooked as they come, refuses to even say the words radical islam. refuses to say the words. this alone makes her unfit to be president. in fact, she wants a 500% increase in syrian refugees to come into our country. no good. no good. no good. can't do it. we don't know where they come from, where they are. [ chanting "trump" ]

[ chanting "usa" ] >> okay, thank you, everybody. it's amazing. amazing what goes on. thank you. thank you. all right. [ chanting "usa" ]

>> little of freedom of speech, please. free freedom of speech, thank you. very rude, but what are you going to do? thank you, thank you, darling. i appreciate it. very sad. very sad what's happening. very, very sad. what's happening in our country is so sad, we are so divided. it's such a shame. and by the way, these are professional agitators, folks. they come in. they're sent here by the other party, believe me. so where we left off, 500% increase in syrian refugees. without documentation, we don't know where they come from.

hillary will bring hundreds of thousands of refugees, many of whom have hostile beliefs about people of different faiths and values and some of whom absolutely and openly support terrorism in our country. we don't need that. we have enough problems. we have enough problems right now. here is some of what we can accomplish together. appoint judges, so important, so important, who will uphold our laws, protect our constitution, and protect the rights of all americans. and as you know, i put a list together of highly, highly respected judges and you will see, and i think you've seen it and i'm pretty sure you did, but a lot of people have really come

together over that list, that's one of the most important reasons why we have to win the presidency. if we don't, it's going to be a whole different country. and by the way, these judges are all pro life. we will restore respect for people of faith who dutifully raise their children, follow our laws and rules, and we have to really take care of our neighbors. because right now, our neighbors are not being taken care of. we have to restore the rule of law on our border, in our government, no matter where it is. it has to be restored. and by the way, we have to pay great respect to our police and law enforcement in this country.

believe me. they're not being treated properly. [ applause ] so all of this includes tough new ethics rules to restore dignity to the office of the secretary of state. if you look at the iran deal, truly one of the worst deals i've ever seen negotiated. we will protect the right of churches to speak their minds on political matters free from intimidation, new immigration controls to keep us safe from radical islamic terrorism.

here is what hillary clinton would do to our country. she'll appoint radical judges who will legislate from the bench overriding congress and will, i'll tell you, the will of the people will mean nothing, nothing. her judges will abolish the second amendment and destroy the rule of law. she wants to abolish the second amendment. and i will tell you, the national rifle association, the nra, two weeks ago, endorsed donald trump. so i think it's the earliest endorsement they've given to a presidential candidate. so i was very honored. they're great people. great people. she will keep obamacare in place which puts medical decisions in the hands of government. not good. obamacare, we will repeal and replace.

she'll restrict religious freedom with government mandates. she'll push for federal funding of abortion on demand up until the moment of birth. which is where she is, as you know. she'll undermine the wages of working people with uncontrolled immigration, creating poverty and income insecurity. hillary clinton's wall street agenda will crush working families. she'll put bureaucrats, not parents, this charge of our lives, and our children's education. can't have it. she'll be trapping kids in failing schools. she'll plunge our inner cities into even deeper poverty if that's possible. hillary's agenda of taxation, and she wants to raise your taxes, big league, folks, big

league. get used to it. hear it. she want to raise your taxes tremendously. regulation, bureaucracy, government control, and open borders have economically destroyed our inner cities. her policies will be a crushing blow to all poor people in this country. her education policies, her economic policies, her immigration policies, and her trade policies will plunge our poor african-american/hispanic communities into turmoil and even worse despair. believe me, if you look at what's going on. the democrat party has run the school boards and the police departments and the city councils and the mayor's offices in most of our inner cities, almost all of our inner cities. they've run congressional offices.

they've horribly failed in almost every single community. in fact, you could actually say in every community. i'm going to turn things around. [ applause ] hillary clinton has jeopardized, totally jeopardized, national security by putting her e-mails on a private server all to hide her corrupt dealings. this is the reason she did it, folks. it's to hide her corrupt dealings. she's now under criminal investigation. that was announced yesterday by the white house. i mean, it's a criminal investigation. first time ever, by the way, a president of the united states endorsed somebody under criminal investigation. interesting. she even appointed to the

national security board someone with no national security experience. instead, he was a donor. a recent donor to hillary clinton's campaign, and also gave as much as $250,000 to his foundation. they all looked at him and said, where did this guy come from? he made a contribution of $250,000 and all of the sudden on this important and vital board. this position dealt with tactical nuclear weapons and had top secret clearance. and he knew nothing about it. bill and hillary made $153 million giving speeches to special interest groups since 2001. it's a lot of money. that's a lot of money. these donors own hillary clinton. they own her. and bernie sanders was right about that. i have to tell you. if you work -- it's true.

and the bottom line is i will be working for you. i just spent $55 million running on my money. i don't know. not easy. but i just spent $55 million of my money running in the primaries. other people spent many times that amount and they didn't do so well. okay. but i worked for you. i'm working for you. i'm doing this because i want to put back, i want to give back, i want to give back to our country. together, friends, we will chart a new optimistic course for america. we will put america first. when you look at our deals, our military deals, trade deals, we don't put america first. i don't think anybody negotiating these deals even knows anything about what they're doing and i don't think

they care about america first. i care. you care. that's the way it's going to be. and that's a big, big part of why i am challenging hillary clinton today to replace her support for increased refugee admissions. we have to do it, for a new jobs program for our inner cities. we have to take care of the people that are here. we have to temporarily stop this whole thing with what's going on with refugees where we don't know where they come from but we have to take a rest. we have to take a time-out. we have to use the money to take care of our poorest americans and work with them so that they can come out of this horrible situation that they're in.

we will restore faith to its proper mantle in society. that's what we have to do and we have to do it soon. we will respect and defend christian americans. christian americans. we will give parents control over their schools. so important. we'll uphold the values our founders gave us which we're not doing now. we will work together to rebuild and restore and lift up everyone, not a certain group, everyone. the whole country. we're going to lift up. we will make america great again for all americans. and we'll do it together.

i want to thank you. this has been a great honor. amazing friendships i have in this room. thank you all very much. appreciate it. thank you. thank you very much. thank you. thank you. thank you, everybody. thank you very much. >> okay. there you go. donald trump wrapping up his speech there at the faith and freedom summit here in washington. and he went right after hillary clinton. i think this was just the setting for a preview of his speech targeting the clintons that is coming up on monday. so that is very interesting, what we just heard there. obviously, much of that speech was geared towards appealing to christian conservatives. donald trump started the speech that way and then went in depth after the clintons and hillary

clinton pretty specifically time and again. >> there's no doubt. on her call to increase syrian refugees. i don't know he has all his facts and figures right about exactly but she has called for an increase above and beyond what the obama administration has done and said he wants to take the money and apply it to a jobs program. he went after, again, as he's done throughout the whole campaign season not using the term radical islam. i was surprised how much foreign policy was in this speech but a bit professing how important israel's security is is something that evangelicals have rallied around for some time so it makes sense to go there but he did spend a lot of time here attacking her on foreign policy. >> yeah. and on the syrian refugee issue, we've heard that a lot out on the campaign trail with donald trump. that is a go-to line for donald trump. >> it is. and you know what's interesting he decided to do so before the evangelical audience is one thing we heard is we don't no

necessarily think of donald trump sharing all of our views or he's been married three times, et cetera, we're going to look past that because we want strength, someone to protect us and i think that's why he comes back to the theme over and over again. >> he was on the teleprompter. he ad libbed a few times and interrupted by protesters but what did mitch mcconnell say, being on a teleprompter is not a bad thing. prepared remarks are not a bad thing. >> you can almost feel him desperately wanting to get away from the script and bounces back and forth between what he's supposed to say and wants to say. i think the real test in terms of whether trump is going to take this more scripted approach will come when he starts doing his rallies again. he is someone who feeds off the crowd, and in these settings, i think he's shown he's able to give the talking points that the crowd wants to hear from him,

say all the messages that are appropriate for these audiences but when he gets back out in the big arenas and eggs him on, i think we'll see the direction he'll take. >> the note with the protesters, you didn't hear get them out. he did not. even though he stepped away from the teleprompter in that moment and was having an unscripted moment, it wasn't what we normally hear in that moment. so he seemed to me somebody who is trying very hard to stay within the lines. >> we should mention though during the course of that speech, there's a couple of things and we fact checked these things that hillary clinton wants to abolish the second amendment. the clinton campaign said, that's not the case and hillary clinton wants to increase the number of syrian refugees by 500%, we should point out and cnn reported this extensively, the obama administration is well behind its own goals of bringing in syrian refugees. it's not something you can start bringing them in droves but f d

fredreka, this is the next five months. you're not going to like the next five months. >> we got a preview. both hillary clinton and donald trump were speaking to bases. he really needs to get evangelicals to support him. some of his comments have proved problematic with lots of diverse minority populations. so he needs to make sure those people who came out for him in south carolina and georgia and places like that show up at the general election and he was hitting her hard. i mean, like a bullet point from taxes to her speeches she's given. it was just a very quick preview. >> thank you. we have to stop right now because we do have some breaking news to get to. this is cnn breaking news. >> we want to thank our panel for being with us on the politics of the day. in the meantime, a shooting at dallas love field airport. right now, we know the shooting

happened outside of the baggage area according to our initial information. no information on victims at this point and don't know what led to the shooting. once again though, we are hearing from authorities there in dallas. in texas, that a shooting occurred at dallas love field airport. we are gathering information and we'll bring that to you as soon as we can. but in the meantime, we do want to turn to brian armstrong, a witness, we are told, to what occurred there at love field in dallas. dallas love field, of course, right there in the middle of the city. it is not dfw between dallas and fort worth. brian armstrong, you were there. there's some live pictures from ktvt. it's like a tower cam looking over love field. brian, what can you tell us about what you've seen? >> reporter: i came outside. and a guy had like walking to police and tell them to put the

rock down and he just wouldn't listen and kept walking towards them and then shot by a couple of warning shots. probably two and then >> you're saying there was somebody at the airport and is it true it was outside of the baggage area of the airport. >> yeah. >> and approached officers and not heeding instructions? >> say that again. >> was the man who was shot not heeding instructions? was he armed? was he showing officers a weapon of some sort? >> he had a weapon in his hand. >> he had a what? >> a rock in his hands. >> a rock in his hand? are you saying that rock? >> yes. a rock. he had a rock. >> and the police officers asked him to put the rock down? is that what you're saying? >> yeah. they told him to drop the rock and stop walking towards them. he was coming outside the door. i don't know what he was walking towards but he was walking

towards people and the police -- told him to stop walking. >> and which part of the airport was this at? i know southwest airlines is a big carrier there at love field. was it the southwest airlines part of the terminal? outside of baggage? can you describe for us exactly where it happened in. >> by baggage claim where people arriving, people come in, they get the bags and finally arrive and happened towards the end of the airport. >> okay. and how many officers were involved would you say? was it just one officer? >> including -- it was one with the gun and one with the taser and then, like, i think some undercover police that came, a few seconds after. >> and was this person -- so this person was shot by the officer with the gun is what you're saying is that correct? >> yes. >> and the person who was shot, all he had was on a rock on him? how close were you to all of this? >> say it again. >> how close were you to all of

this? >> well, i don't know if you have the video. i put a video on my social media. it's a flashy films underscore. and i have the full video on my instagram. >> okay. all right. and so this all unfolded pretty quickly it sounds like. >> oh yeah, yeah. as soon as i came out the door. happened right then and there. i didn't see the beginning or where it transpired before that but i recorded what i en. >> okay. and were any other people hurt in that area as far as you can tell? >> no, no. just him. i'm not sure if he died because they put him in the ambulance but i'm not sure if it was rubber bullets or real bullets. >> was the person, did he harm anybody? was anybody hurt with this rock that he was apparently carrying you're saying? >> not before -- not before they fired upon him, no. >> no. and nobody else was injured as far as you know. >> i don't know if he was like

going towards the police or towards somebody getting off the plane or what. but he didn't -- he didn't hit anybody with the rock. >> we don't know who this person was threatening is what you're saying. >> no, not at all. >> okay. anything else that you want to add that you saw that would be notable as far as you're concerned? >> no. not really. i mean, i didn't see the very beginning so i don't know what happened before that but, i mean, it sounded like -- it looked like the police did what they had to do to deescalate the situation and protect everybody else coming off the plane. >> and my understanding, bryan, we have the video posted on the social media account. and we've looked at this and we're going to play it for our viewers now. we want to caution our viewers now what they're about to see may be disturbing. let's go ahead and show that. >> man.

>> get down! get down! get down! get down! >> oh no. >> really? what was all that for? what was all that for? >> oh my god. oh my god. >> thanks, guys. >> stay down! stay down! stay down! >> back inside! back inside! >> get inside. get inside. >> y'all go. >> guys? >> get back. >> that way. go. go! >> stay down. >> everybody needs to go this way.

>> get down! get down! >> okay. so you've seen that video a few times now. that posted by bryan armstrong who was just on the phone with us. an eyewitness to the shooting. looks like a police-involved shooting in dallas, texas. according to bryan armstrong who was a witness with us on the phone a few moments ago, the person who was shot was apparently threatening the officers or somebody in the area with what appeared to be a rock according to that last witness on the phone. let's talk to susan haydel on the phone right now and witnessed the shooting and still at dallas love field. susan, what ca you tl us in terms of what you saw? >> i was at the dallas love airport and i walked out the door and i saw a damaged vehicle with the windshield broken out.

and i witnessed a man, a large african-american man approaching the police. and them asking him to get down. and he kept moving forward. and at that point i wept back in the building and shortly after that the shots were fired. >> and, susan, as far as you know, business anybody else hurt in this area or the man who would not stop approaching the officers? >> my understanding is that it's just the gentleman that was challenging the police. >> and bryan armstrong, who was on the phone with us earlier, he said he thought it looked like the man had a rock approaching the officers with a rock. is that what you also saw? >> i did not see what the man -- i just heard him use profanity and he was stepping toward the police. and they had their guns drawn. and that's when you decided to

go back inside the term until. >> that is correct. >> probably a very good idea. and, ma'am, from what we understand from talking to the other witness, the man who was shot was transported by authorities to the hospital or by ambulance to go seek medical attention. is the area pretty contained now, pretty clear? is calm being restored to the area, would you say? >> yes. there is a lot of police presence. at the time. >> there was a lot of police presence at the time. how about now? or do things seem like they've settled down? >> they have a lot of police around and i don't see traffic slowing at all. >> so you don't see cars moving through the area as we can see in the video, cars parked outside the terminal, people picked up, obviously, outside of baggage and so forth, those cars are not moving? it does appear traffic is stopped around the airport? >> that is correct. >> okay.

so if our viewers are in the dallas area thinking about heading to dallas love field, they may want to take into consideration that authorities appear to have at least stopped traffic temporarily dealing with the situation. we have an eyewitness on the phone, susan haydel talking to us about what happened at love field, can you give us a time stamp on what happened? central time for you. when did this happen? >> my plane arrived at close to 11:00 central time but 12:00 my time. and at that point, i have no idea. i've just lost count of time at this point. >> it would have been a few minutes, several minutes after you got off your plane and went down to the baggage area? >> that's correct. >> that's right. okay. all right. thank you for your time. we appreciate you talking to us. i want to go back to the viewer

video, the video sent in by an eyewitness on the phone with us, bryan armstrong. let's listen to that one more time. you can see in the video what unfolds. there are police officers in the back of the video appear to be talking to this gentleman to get him to stop doing what he was doing. and i want to show you a map of dallas love field which is where this occurred in dallas, texas. let's go back to the video and show it one more time to our view viewers. cautioning the viewers, it is disturbing. >> get down! get down! get down! >> really? what is all that for? what was all that for?

>> oh my god. oh my god. >> everybody get back. >> oh god. >> stay down! stay down! stay down! >> back inside. back inside. >> you can hear there's officers instructing the man who was apparently shot there in this video to stay down. and that is where we're going to leave things for right now and turn it over to don lemon, the breaking news coverage continues of the unfolding situation at dallas love field airport in dallas, texas, where a man apparently shot by police officers when he was approaching those police officers with a rock. according to those eyewitnesses, traffic being suspended or cut off around the airport right now. we are going to turn it over to don lemon on the breaking news coverage of what's happening in dallas, texas.

jim acosta, thank you very much. i'm don lemon. to the viewers around the united states and the world, if you are just joining us here on cnn, we are reporting breaking news. a frightening scene coming from dallas love field airport. shots have been fired. we're told it happened outside the baggage claim as video we'll show you and we're told first responders on the scene. we are about to speak live with some eyewitnesses but first to the video we have just received. here it is. >> everybody needs to go -- >> whoo! >> man. >> get down! get down! get down! get down!

>> oh my god. oh my god. >> stay down! stay down! stay down! >> will you please. >> back inside! back inside! >> get inside. get inside. >> y'all go. >> guys. >> get back. >> this way. go that way. >> okay. again, this is happening at dallas love field as you can see. those are live pictures now from dallas love field. this information is just coming in so bear with us here on cnn. as you can see, ahaotic scene outside of baggage claim. reports in the area, this is a report of "dallas morning news" says an officer-involved shooting prompting a lockdown. video, of course, is posted on instagram, a video we are showing you from an eyewitness there. you can see that officers

responding with the guns drawn, several shots can be heard as authorities yell for someone to stay down, to get down and you can hear people in the background saying oh god, oh god. that's the last thing to see at an airport, especially now with so much concern about what's happening here and overseas. one person we are told according to this report was taken to the hospital. the video does not show that any of the officers were wounded. and again, you can hear at least nine shots being fired in that video, a woman screaming, a man can be heard repeating, oh my god, oh my god. baggage claim we are told remains closed and parts of the airport have been reopened. we are just getting information in. cnn's paul sandoval is reporting from us and bring him in now. what do you know about this? >> don, that's a potential for impacting several flights. the airport is considered a major hub of southwest airlines, fairly large u.s. carrier and as

a result we're reaching out to folks at the airline and they said they're gathering details on the situation there to put out a statement as to how to impact operations for southwest airlines. airport just southwest of downtown. whether you're flying in or out or picking up people there, connecting through this, this does have the potential to impact your afternoon's plans. more than just a very disturbing video that's released and hearing the shots echoed throughout the outside portion of the terminal there. again, we are getting reports at least a portion is vaevacuated d some airport operations continue and information released as we speak. those shots being fired just a few moments ago as we continue to gather information. >> polo, do we know anything about the one man, the man taken into custody or taken to a hospital i should say? do we know anything about him? >> at this point we understand

an individual that challenged officers according to some witness reports, possibly with a rock of some sort and then was potentially taken down by officers, taken to the hospital. we are trying to find out exactly who he is and of course what he was doing there at the airport, a passenger or simply someone there outside the baggage claim, don. >> cnn's polo sandoval on top of this. stand by. i want to bring in art roderick. this happening, of course, breaking news at dallas love field. shots fired. you can see it all unfolding on video there. art, what do you make when you look at this video and you hear the reports of what happened at dallas love field today? >> yeah. listening to the witnesses, obviously, something occurred prior to the video being shot and a major airport here in the u.s. so there will be video from the outside that will be of interest. i think within of the witnesses stated there was a vehicle parked out front there with a

window smashed out and the key is what occurred prior to the officers encountering the individual and on the video of the airport so i know we have got the witness video right now that we are looking at, obviously, that has the shooting and what occurred there and i hear the command they're yelling for everybody do get down but i think the key part of this is what happened -- what occurred outside that prompted this individual to confront the law enforcement and then obviously we have the video of the shooting going along there. >> here we are, what happens now that they have someone they have taken to the hospital and as you look at this video, what are the next steps? what are they doing at this airport now, art? >> well, i'm sure they have everything shut down and evacuated that area. i believe that was by the baggage claim area and cleared this area out. they have a vehicle out front that they're looking at. how did this individual get to the airport? was he in that particular

vehicle? what caused him to confront law enforcement? so all this is being looked at right now. i'm sure probably in the next half hour or so, and opening up that particular terminal. you know? we are dealing with a major airport here in the u.s. a lot of people coming and going out of dallas/ft. worth airport. >> it's said the most vulnerable part of the airport between curb and security. this is where this happened. >> absolutely. we have saw that in brussels, too. that's the terrorists decided to hit brussels, the soft part of the airport. but, you know, having said that, you're talking about multiple law enforcement agencies that work there at the airport. you've got patrols along and i think we have all seen anybody that's been to dallas/ft. worth seen law enforcement out in that area and it looks to me like they confronted him at the regular location before he was able to enter the building.

>> considering the number of shots you heard in the chaos, one person taken to the hospital, of course, you know, it's cliche but it could have been much worse. it appears that law enforcement really had it under control and got on top of it pretty quickly. >> yeah. exactly. i mean, it sounds like they confronted him, whatever he was doing with that vehicle smashing the windshield out or whatever, got him and stop a lot of other lives being -- other people being injured or possibly killed so law enforcement did the right thing here confronting him right away. >> art roderick, former assistant director of the u.s. marshal service, stand by. i want to bring in bryan armstrong, bryan is a witness to the shooting and shot the video. tell us where you were when this happened and what you saw. >> yeah. i was coming out of baggage claim. like i was waiting on my ride

and as soon as i walked out the door i seen the police run across the street withthe gun drawn and i seen the guy with the dreads walking towards police with a rock in his hand. it was my natural instinct to pull out my camera. or my phone. >> so you said you saw a guy with dreads walking towards the police -- >> yes. african-american guy, yeah. he had a rock in the hand. i don't know what for. that was the first thing i seen walking out the door. >> there are reports he was smashing the window out of a car. did you see that? >> no. i didn't see that part, no. i didn't. >> you said he was approaching the officers? walking or charging them? >> he was walking. he was walking. he didn't seem like he was in attack mode but he did have a rock in his hand. he was walking towards them slowly. they kept telling him to drop the rock or stop walking towards them. he was also like walking towards

the police and everybody coming outside the door and just trying to stop him from walking towards anybody to -- so they wouldn't have any danger. >> so he kept walking and then they shot him? >> yeah. yeah. uh-huh. >> what did you see? after that. >> he dropped and then i don't know if they shot him -- i don't think they shot him with real bullets. they told him to stop moving. they didn't shoot him fatally or with rubber bullets and then some more and moving on the ground. >> yeah. and so, you were outside. about how many people were in the area? i can see about 10, 15, maybe 20 people. >> maybe around ten or 15. people coming out the door not knowing what was going on and just like me and that's when it happened. some people ran like behind me on the video and like the opposite direction and some people back inside the door. >> and then how long before --

because i'm sure emergency vehicles or the ambulance or whatever came to the scene. how long before all of this unfolded? >> yeah. took the ambulance probably ten or 15 minutes. fire truck first and then ambulance and put him on a stretcher. so, i mean, i think when the fire truck came they put an iv in him and then the stretcher and put him in the back of the ambulance and drove off. >> bryan, stand by. don't go anywhere. i want to update the viewers. breaking news here on cnn. shots fired at dallas love field in dallas, texas. one of america's major airports. one of the busiest in the country. we're told that police officers or at least law enforcement on the scene shot one man who was approaching them according to eyewitnesses with a rock. other eyewitnesses saying he smashed the window out of the vehicle and they shot aim and not sure with rubber bullets

or -- we're not sure shot fatally and taken to the hospital. joining us by phone is the eyewitness who shot the video you are looking at. bryan armstrong. and, bryan, as you were in the airport, were any announcements being made? >> no. i mean, when i walked out the door, it was just happening so i don't think anybody was -- no. i mean, once the shots were fired, everybody, like, they kind of evacuated the area and closed the doors and said nobody can come out but while it was happening, no. nobody knew. at that time to put it over the mike. >> did anyone discuss to you the reasons for this? because as you walked in to this, your part of it is you saw him approaching officers with a rock. you didn't see what happened beforehand. right? >> yeah. exactly. exactly. >> have you been able to speak to anyone at the airport? anyone discussed with you about what happened? what proceeded this?

>> no. i asked a few people but they seen pretty much what i seen. they were coming out same time i was coming out the doors. i didn't hear anybody that heard more than me. i didn't talk to the police. they evacuated the people. nobody knew what was going on. >> they shut down baggage claim or at least this part of the terminal for a while. do you know how long it took them to do that? >> they shut it down -- they shut that area down pretty quickly. the whole top area down probably 15, 20 minutes afterwards once they got enough squad cars. >> so this is the arrivals area. correct? >> arrivals area on the same level but it's a little further -- it's before you get to the arrivals. >> explain to our viewers then -- thank you. you were going there. explain in a number of airports you have arrivals upstairs or at

least down stairs and departures and this particular airport, how's it configured? >> they have arrivals and departures on the same level and they have a lower level but most of the time they -- it's the top level because that's where everything is at. >> this happened on the top level? >> yeah. but now they're using the lower level i guess for situations like this. >> you still at the airport? >> yes, i am. they shut down. i was waiting -- from my hotel and shut down and i couldn't call a uber. >> tell me what's happening at the airport now and where you are. >> they taped off the area with yellow tape. they shut down the top part of the airport. traffic going at the bottom part of the airport. >> okay. and we understand that parts of the airport have been reopened. >> yes. >> this particular area is still shut down? >> yes. baggage claim is shut down for

the most part, yes. nobody's coming, any flights coming in, nobody's coming out with their luggage. i don't know where they're sending it. i think a lower level. >> i want to replay the video full for viewers of what happened at dallas love field not long ago. again, a shooting involving a man and police officers. let's take a look. >> everybody needs to -- >> man. >> get down! get down! get down! >> really? what is all that for? >> oh my god. oh my god.

>> everybody get back. >> stay down! stay down! >> will you please? >> back inside. back inside. back inside. >> get inside. get inside. >> y'all go. >> guys, get back. >> all right. just joining us, i'm don lemon in new york. i want to welcome our viewers here in the united states and around the world. this is just breaking news on cnn. shots fired at dallas love field airport. we're told it happened outside of the baggage claim area. you can see by the video posted online, bryan armstrong is an eyewitness and joining us here on cnn, as well. first responders on the scene there now. it's believed to be a shooting between officers and a man who was approaching them with a rock. witnesses also say according to a witness and witnesses also say this man was breaking a window out of a car when he was

approached. bryan armstrong is an eyewitness and on the phone and also maria schivao. it appeared to be momentarily chaos at the airport and under the control now, marie schiavo. >> that's right. the dangerous part of the airport alluded tsa and local authorities how to secure. the approach and arrival and departure public areas. a man with a rock, you immediately your mind goes to possible scenarios, not the least of which is somebody who's not balanced. i mean, we don't know anything at this point. but rock or some other kind of weapon, it's a really tough area to secure. even the tsa and federal authorities don't know what to do about the approach areas of the airport. >> how do you secure this part?

can you make it more secure? as you have said, art roderick, as well, this is the most vulnerable part of the airport. can you make it more secure? >> you can except the plans launched in the past, not plans, ideas. they have ranged for everything in like a post-9/11/2001 with stopping cars and vehicles before they got to the terminal. selective searches. backs traffic up sometimes miles. there's actually scenarios proposed for people to go to another facility and check in at off-site facilities like tokyo. check in away from the airport and luggage arrives separately. that was deemed not doable because unlike tokyo and the united states we have a 450, approximately 450 passenger service commercial passenger service airports and so that didn't work either.

and so, it really has been a situation where often security is applied after the fact when something happens and they beef it up and do inspections of cars and vehicles, vehicles going in. but it's proven very difficult for someone to come up with a solution. >> also, i'm sure tokyo much more dependent on mass transportation. it would be easier to do that particular thing. if this happens, my first inclination is to run through security. i'm sure the airport would not like that. >> the airport would not like that. i had to travel soon after the brussels attacks and, you know, quite frankly, behind security is where i wanted to be. others, same thing. we coordinated so our pickups at the airport, we didn't leave secure areas until our rides

were outside and then made a beeline out of security and now it's gotten to the point where anything that the tsa controls and beyond really is the safest point at the airport despite the, you know, the findings and the problems that they have. but that's where the tsa ends. tsa doesn't cover out to the street or baggage claim once you get there, a huge vulnerable and the area is area of attacks in the past around the world. i mean, a very serious one happened in rome a number of years back. and the bag claim area very vulnerable, too. but in the united states situations like that, we had a shooting in los angeles. at the ticket counters. so about ten or 12 years ago. i mean, these things have happened before. fortunately they're very sporadic and rare and despite having them happen in the past, a solution is still quite

elusi elusive. >> mary, we have the breaking news on cnn. shots fired at dallas love field. one man was taken to the hospital. it is an officer-involved shooting there. and there were a number of eyewitnesses including bryan armstrong who took video. he joins us now by phone. bryan, this was chaos and very shocking. i heem sure people were upset as this was unfolding. bryan, are you there? all right. apparently we don't have bryan. we'll continue on with mary schiavo. mary, bryan said he was not sure rubber bullets or real bullets to subdue the man. in a situation of a number of people at an airport, is there a protocol how to deal with this? >> it depends upon the state and local authorities and some cases

it's an airport commission but it depends on what their local protocol is for security. because of the situation and the fact that we have had very dire situations at airports before and literally the world's on high alert for airport attacks, i would assume and it would be reasonable i think to assume that those officers assigned to the airport were armed with live ammunition. i mean, i can't imagine in this day and age that they would not. very unfortunate if the man was, you know, obviously, mentally ill or walking around smashing windows with a rock, one cannot think of a rational thought process. but in this day and age, on high alert, i would assume that the airport police are armed with real ammunition, live ammunition. >> all right. stand by. speaking of law enforcement, and what the protocol is i want to bring in tom fuentes, former fbi

assistant director. tom, we are getting word to hear from officials, law enforcement shortly. there in dallas. take us behind the scenes and what they're preparing to tell the public. >> i think right now, don, trying to confirm that this is only one individual and as mary mentioned possibly with mental health issues and sounds more along those lines, smashing out a windshield. not your typical protocol for terrorists attacking an airport so i think they'll be telling us shortly that with the exception of this crime scene and talking to witnesses that the rest of the airport should go to normal operations pretty quickly. if i could add having been involved in the discussions in the past about airport security, s aere' number of issues with that and, you know, i've been in airports in europe even before 9/11 where they have

security at the door of the airport. and you had people lined up down the sidewalks for three blocks waiting to go through security because they still had their baggage and everything with them. and the problem with that in the u.s. is that's okay in some airports sometimes but in the wintertime when it's 30 below 0 outside you won't have people, elderly and people with infants lined up a sidewalk for three blocks or the south or miami in the summertime with the heat, humidity, it is just not practical and no matter where you set up the checkpoint, everything up to that check point is not safe. so you're never going to be -- you have to lock down the whole city. you are not going to be able to have a complete thing and a concern with the number of people that travel through our airports every single day, no other country in the world that compares to the united states in terms of the volume of travelers and the number of planes and

flights and commerce and cargo and everything through the u.s. airports at this level. so it's really just something -- it's up to the local police to provide the security everywhere except the check points which is the responsibility of tsa to screen passengers and passengers not boarding an aircraft with weapon weaponry. the rest of the airport is normally under the control of the local police and additional security hired by the city or the airport authority. that's the issue with securing these airports. it's impossible to do it all at every location and wherever they set the check point, everything up until then is not secure. >> as we await word from law enforcement in dallas, texas, for the shooting outside of baggage claim at dallas love field, i want to get to polo sandoval with some new information for us. what do you have? >> don, obviously, continuing to find out what led to the tense

moments, there's or at least will be some effects here and told by a spokesperson for dallas love field it was a fairly chaotic scene and several passengers rushed or darted through the tsa precheck or the tsa check point and now having to essentially rescreen some of these individuals so that they can go on to their flights so, again, recapping here continuing the find out what exactly happened just outside that baggage claim, we're told that several people in that -- amid the chaos made the way through the security check point and officials and tsa having to rescreen them before they continue and move on with the flights and airport operations not tremendously affected but nonetheless that investigation does continue there at dallas love field, don. >> polo sandoval. mary sciavo if we still have

her. >> you do. >> former inspector general of the department of transportation. my first inclination is to run through security and that's appears what some passengers did and having to rescreen passengers. >> well, absolutely. and, you know, with a couple of the shootings that occurred at u.s. airports, you know, again, one of them aimed at the security check point but fortunately if you can get through there it's perceived and realistically much more secure place and just reasonable of people to do that. but again, points out the problem. that is a -- you know, literally a thin blue line between you and when's going on in the nonsterile areas of the airport and the sterile areas of the airport and no way to stop that. easy to run and jump through them. they have a term for it tsa. i think it was logically for people to do that. when you hear gun fire at an airport, you know, you think

that the next thing coming is probably even worse. so i think that that's just a natural instinct for people to do that. but that's what occurs and then they have to rescreen the people in the airport. >> according to reports of the "dallas morning news" suspect was taken to a hospital. and the video as you can see shows that -- doesn't appear to show any officers injured. the suspect was taken to the hospital. we have heard the questions referring this to the dallas police on the scene and hopefully getting information from dallas police very shortly. we are expecting a news conference at least from them and we'll bring that to you. here is a news conference. let's listen. >> i'm an assistant chief of police. >> 'em the chief of police in charge of the special investigation which is responsible for investigating all officer-involved shootings. so i'm going to tell you what we

know preliminarily at this point about the incident that happened here at the airport. at about 12:00 noon or shortly thereafter there was a distu disturbance occurring on the outside areas of the baggage claim behind and below me. so actually -- not inside but outside. disturbance we believe was a domestic disturbance between a lady and her children's father. probably been able to see there's a car that's been damaged by rocks. the black male suspect was involved in this disturbance. used rocks to attack the lady. and during the disturbance. one of our officers assigned here to the airport was alerted to the disturbance. came to the aid of the lady and he was rushed by the gentleman

with the rock. at this time, the report is that he was able to separate himself from that individual, gained some distance, tried to gain some time but the individual came toward him again and so he discharged his weapon a number of times. that gentleman was struck and had to be transported to a local hospital. it's too early at this time to be able to tell you what his condition is. when he left i believe that he was conscious. we also have not had an opportunity to identify him. we only know that he is an african-american male. at the time during the shooting, we believe that there was some folks in the security line who were startled and so they went through the security line without being checked.

the airport had to pull everybody back out of the secure area and recheck them for security purposes. and that might be some of the reasons that you may have heard that the airport has been shut down. that's not the case. the airport's not been shut down but they are having to rescreen everybody because some folks made it through and heard the gunshots or they heard a disturbance without being screened. >> chief? >> if you have any questions, i'll try to answer what i can at this time. >> how's the -- >> were there children in the car? >> no. there was no children in the car. we just believe that the suspect is the father of the victim's children. the lady who was attacked. >> how is she? >> her condition is fine. >> when you say that the suspect rushed the police officer, of course, do you know anymore detail about that? >> i can't at this time because we have to go through our

process and the protocols of investigating this, talking to the officer. what we get at the scene is very preliminary and then the officers have a period of time, a cooling off time before he will be required to come back in and give us a offician official statement. that's very preliminary when i tell you that's what we believe happened based on initial discussions. >> did he have a weapon? >> we believe that he had a rock. and as you can see, there are a number of very large rocks next to the car that's damaged below us here. and so we believe that he had one of those rocks. during the time that he was involved in the altercation with the lady and when he was involved with the officer. >> do you know if it started before somewhere else? how did he know that she was coming or do you know the back

story here? >> we don't know any back story at this time. obviously, we'll bring the lady in, get a full statement from her as to what happened. it is clearly too soon to comment on this. >> you said rushing the officer? did they come into physical contact? >> that's something we need to talk to the officer clearly about. also, we have been made aware that there's one or two videos that surfaced on social media. our fusion center and special investigations unit are aware of those and trying to find the folks that posted them and interviewing witnesses who may have other video not posted and help us be able to answer that question as we do of a complete and thorough investigation. >> one officer that fired shots or multiple?

>> only one officer involved in this situation. >> he will be put on admin leave, obviously? >> routine or administration leave per our policy. >> were the children -- >> again, we don't believe there were any children here. we believe that this gentleman that was shot may have been the father of this woman's children. and that's how they know each other. and were involved in the domestic disturbance. >> what drew police to the scene? rock smashing on the car or someone called 911? >> again, it is too early to speculate on that. except that there is a strong police presence here. and my first thought on that is that the officer was actually close by and either saw the disturbance or was alerted because he was by himself

whenever he had to try to step in and stop the disturbance. and again, there is a large police presence at love field. and most likely he was just in the area. >> according to one witness, he said that the suspect actually told the officer shoot me, shoot me. can you corroborate that? >> not yet. that will be part, though, because we've heard the same thing. and that will be part of our investigation into this incident. >> we heard nine shots in the social media videos. do we know how many times the man was shot? >> right. we don't know that at this time. obviously, we'll send somebody to the hospital that he was sent to to try to determine that. as well as our forensic and crime scene work that we'll do to determine if that's the correct number or not. >> do you know how long the baggage claim area will be shut down? >> i don't know. >> we heard that the tsa lines

are shut down. >> i believe they're not shut down but rescreening folks because they g past screening during this -- >> what should they know right now? >> they're coming to the airport, i would say that you need to give yourself a lot of time. all right? so -- and again, i'm not the airport spokesman or expert. but common sense tells you if you're coming to the airport today give yourself more than a usual allotted time that you would give. >> chief, was he drunk at all? how did they end up here at love field? >> that will have to be determined through the investigation. still too early for me to be able to tell you if one -- >> next to the car. >> luggage next to the car. the car's next to the baggage claim. again, gives you some sense one or the other may have been dropping the other off. you don't know that until you conduct the investigation. >> you don't know if they came together or met her here? >> not at this time.

>> you said the suspect clearly had a rock. is that correct? >> suspect had a rock during the disturbance is what we have been told. >> but did not possess a firearm? >> not that we're aware of at this time. >> chief, do you know the role of the suv behind it? >> no, sir. >> was it one of the rocks from the landscaping over there? >> i would only be speculating but that would be a good guess. >> the fbi's here. what are they doing here? are they -- or just because it's -- >> i can't really speak to that. they'll have to answer that question. >> for people that are in line, from the baggage claim, what do you tell them looking for updates on social media? >> probably the airport has some social media sites that they can use for updates and try to find those sites and listen to any announcements that the airport makes inside. >> can you speak to what charges

he'll be facing assuming he survives? >> not at this time, no, ma'am. thank you very much. >> news conference wrapping up there at dallas love field airport as you can see. it was a member of the law enforcement team saying it happened about noon dallas time, outside of a disturbance outside of baggage claim area. they said they believe it's a domestic incident, meaning an argument of a man and a woman, according to this police officer, it is believed to be the father of the woman's children. there was an altercation. he was trying to attack her, at least the vehicle or her or both with rocks. the officer was -- officers were alerted. whether the officer got to the scene, they said the man tried to attack the officer. the officer created some distance between him and the suspect and then the suspect kept coming at him an enso he fired shots. they said the gentleman was conscious when he left and the

condition is unknown right now. people in the security line, they ran, some of them through the security line without being checked and they have to go into the airport and bring everyone out and have them rescreened and that's what's causing some of the complications now. the airport is open. screening lines are open but baggage claim at this time shut down. again, they don't know what proceeded this. what precipitated this, i should. they believe it was a domestic distut. ed lavandera on the scene at the press conference for us. what do you know? >> reporter: hey, don. we are in the parking gra raj and you can get a sense of this unfolded. this area here is the baggage claim area. you can see where the two officers are walking in the distance, about to pass the shooting site right there where the gunshots were fired in the video we have seen this afternoon. from here, you can see the blood stains there on the concrete. and as if you -- as you make

your way to the left here, you can also see the car where this altercation started. and that is where police say that the suspect in this case grabbed a rock and asking in the press conference and might have heard if they grabbed a rock from the area that was landscaped off here to the side here and they believe that that's one of the -- in their large kind of rocks used for landscaping and you can see several of the windows smashed out and on the ground next to the driver side door, one of the large rocks on the ground as well as luggage that is still there on curbside. so this is an area people generally exiting the airport. you check in and you go through tsa security screenings and the gates far east side of the airport. this is the west side of the airport where people are generally exiting from their flights after picking up their luggage. police aren't able to say exactly what brought this couple here together.

were they leer together or separately? all of that it is being investigated and checked out at this time but you can see here generally an area very busy with cars, especially on a friday afternoon. a number of people coming here, catching flights and picked up by friends and loved ones and generally very busy part of the airport. completely shut down now here in this area. crime scene tape all roped off. in the shooting scene, the man that shot the video showing most of the afternoon just off to the right of your screen as you're watching the scene here and this is where officers are beginning their investigation and piecing everything together. what is interesting is that from the video angles that i have seen, you can see the officer shooting back toward the glass windows and doesn't seem like any windows shattered so that's the scene here at love field as

police begin their investigation of this shooting scene involving one of their own officers. >> the windows seem fine. he did a number on that car as you see the side windows and back windows smashed out and the rocks next to that car. ed lavandera on the scene for us at dallas love field. we'll continue to monitor this story. the shooting at dallas love field throughout the day here on cnn so make sure you stay tuned. there's lots of news going on. hillary clinton and donald trump blasting each other in duelling speeches. you can hear what they said as general election officially begins now. plus, very soon memorial service for muhammad ali. former president clinton, billy crystal and ali's daughters among the speakers. we'll bring that to you live. this is cnn's special coverage. you both have a perfect driving record. >>perfect. no tickets. no accidents... >>that is until one of you clips a food truck, ruining your perfect record.

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are waiting for a moment in history right now. the legend muhammad ali about to be laid to rest. we look at the live pictures and bringing the funeral service live to you. this is the funeral procession going through right now louisville, kentucky. the funeral procession rolling through louisville, kentucky, live pictures. but first, politics. donald trump, hillary clinton, two duelling events. first time since the election essentially began, a two-person race and since hillary clinton received an endorsement from president obama, we're watching competing presidential speeches, just miles apart from each other. donald trump headlining an event, the faith and freedom coalition's road to majority conference in washington. the focus squarely on hillary clinton. >> hillary clinton or as i call her crooked hillary clinton,

crooked as they come, refuses to even say the words radical islam. refuses to say the words. this alone makes her unfit to be president. in fact -- [ applause ] in fact, she wants a 500% increase is in syrian refugees to come into our country. no good. no good. no good. can't do it. we don't know where they come from. where they are. >> and the laundry list went on. trump going after the clinton foundation's donations and, of course, not missing the opportunity to attack clinton on her e-mails. meantime, not far away, hillary clinton speaking to a planned parenthood action fund event, also using the platform to savage her opponent. >> donald trump has shown us who he is and we sure should believe

him. and it's not just on reproductive rights. donald trump would take us in the wrong direction on so many issues we care about, economic justice, workers rights, civil rights, human rights, the environment. all of that is on the line in this election. when donald trump says a distinguished judge born in indiana can't do his job because of his mexican heritage or mocks a reporter with disabilities or denigrates muslims and immigrants, it goes against everything we stand for. he does not see all americans as americans. >> so joining me now is chris moody, cnn politics senior digital correspondent. trump seemed to go by the script again today using the teleprompter. >> reporter: that's right. no more off the cuffs at least for now for donald trump. what we saw today was two duels

events really to what parties hope to be their base and donald trump to christians not completely on board with his agenda. that's why an issue or an opportunity like this for him to come and speak to them and his main message to them other than hillary clinton and criticizing here is he will have the back and on their side. and of course, hillary clinton doing the same in front of planned parenthood. >> chris, thank you very much. i appreciate that. here to discuss now, cnn's national political reporter maeve reston, amy kram with us and lou garjulo and commentator and democratic strategist maria cardona, as well. very interesting day, everyone. warren met with hillary clinton

today fueling more speculation of a possible vp run. warren never ruled out accepting the vp spot. david, do you think that this could happen, a two-woman ticket? is lou there? >> yeah. >> do you think a -- i'm going to ask -- let me go to maria cardona. there's confusion. do you think a two-woman ticket can happen at this point? >> i think it absolutely could happen. hillary clinton herself said that on the list of prospective vp candidates there are women. and certainly, senator warren would be on the short list of that. i think it would certainly be very interesting and mobilizing for the progressive community to have senator warren on the ticket. so, i think it's exciting. i think it's certainly something that everyone is talking about. but more importantly, i think it continues to underscore that the democratic party, when even just

a few days ago, don, people wondering whether we would have unity and hillary clinton going to win california and did into the convention strong. she won california. bernie sanders will join us. elizabeth warren is a fierce critic. and she does a fabulous job of going after trump on twitter. and so, we have unity. we have the democratic dream team. and as i said yesterday, to mr. trump, welcome to thunderdome. >> well, listen. he went after hillary clinton today, maeve, she also went after him. looking at the two speeches, start with donald trump first. sticking to the script, reading from a tell prompter, did he do a good job today? >> i think what this is is a shift in tone. obviously donald trump first came out and started saying what he did about judge curiel, he just got a fuel smackdown by

many of the leaders in the party. and this week his speech on tuesday night, he started to pivot to try to have this more presidential tone, clearly he was trying to strike that again today and what people inside the campaign are telling us is that, you know, he really is listening to the voices of, you know, jeff sessions, others, paul ryan, talking to him about what it means to sort of carry the mantle of the republican nominee. so, i don't know how long this shift in tone will last. i think so many times we have seen him pivot and then pivot back. but today that was clearly what he was going for. >> amy cramer, let's talk about hillary clinton's speech, as well. again, going after donald trump and interesting that she did this speech planned parenthood event. what do you make of that? >> well, i mean, i expect her to go after donald trump and i certainly expect elizabeth warren to.

i think it will be interesting if elizabeth warren is a vp pick but it doesn't change the fact that hillary clinton doesn't have the answers. when her answer is to turn the economy over to bill clinton, you know, i mean, you're not going do get interest rates to go lower than 0%. and there's not going to be another internet boom. so she's out of answers on that. i think when's going to happen is the american people realize that. after the summer and everybody's paying attention, come back from labor day, people focus on the issues and realize that. i don't think elizabeth warren can help her on that or anyone else, quite honestly, don. >> ryan williams, do you agree with that? >> i think she's pivoted to the general election after ending bernie sanders's candidacy. i think it is encouraging to see trump reading from a tell prompter, prepared remarks. i hope that's something he's keeps up and in the past

reverted back to the way he acted before and cause m him trouble and i assume he's getting pressure behind the scenes to act like a conventional candidate and i think people are beginning to get tired with some of his recent antics. >> all right. everyone, thank you. lou, i apologize. we have to get to the news happening now. we appreciate all of you joining us. we'll get back to the memorial service for the legendary mouhamed ali after this very quick break. don't go anywhere.

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the world today. he talks a great deal of a muscular punch that's incredibly speedy. >> float like a butterfly, sting like a bee. >> i son sonny -- >> ain't he ugly? he's too ugly to be the world champ. the world champ should be pretty like me. cashius is not my name anymore. >> mohammed ali. >> is the next fight -- >> muhammad ali. >> >> would you have been -- >> under no conditions do we take part in wars of that take lives of other humans. >> what would you like for people to remember? >> he took a few cups of love. he took one tablespoon of patience. one teaspoon of generosity. >> do you get frustrated, though? >> no. everything that happens for a purpose. one day i just hope i can

improve. i am the greatest of all time. >> gathering to remember the champ. the greatest. hello, everyone. i'm don lemon. this is cnn's special coverage live of the public memorial service for boxing legend, humanitarian, muhammad ali. as we look at live pictures now from louisville, kentucky, where folks are starting to gather. right now about 15,000 people at the center in louisville, kentucky. as the city pauses to remember its hometown hero. hundreds more are gathering outside. the center holds a special significance for ali who died one week ago today after a lengthy battle against parkin n parkinson's disease at the age of 74. the center's where ali first put on the boxing gloves and began at 12 years old.

12 years old. that was long before he would be dubbed the louisville lip. among the mourners at the service today, a lot of people are here, people mourning around the world, really. at the service, his widow lonnie and children. the former president bill clinton, broadcaster, bryant gumble and comedian billy crystal. gumble and crystal shared a friendship with ali that spanned decades. and the former president bill clinton awarded ali are the presidential citizens medal in 2001, the nation's second highest civilian honor. we're going to be hearing from them a little bit later on as they deliver their eulogies as we looked at this packed center in louisville, kentucky. all day long, louisville has been saying its final farewells to ali. there is the casket there. pallbearers of lennox lewis and

will smith who portrayed ali in the movie of his life. that was a beginning of an hour-long procession in the streets. mourners lined the street as a motorcade made its way to t final resting place. spectacular memorial for the greatest, the legend, humid ali. world class boxing coach freddy roach and charles coalman jr. thank you all, gentlemen, for joining us as we look at this. a very system ber moment and celebrating the life of a champion here. i want your first impressions. didn't really hit me until i saw that casket. what about you? >> i would say the same thing, don. as i watched it and listened to who the pal bpallbearers, we ar

losing titan inside and outside the ring. he was an incredible human being, truly larger than life figure and like you said, now it's really starting to hit all of us that he really is gone. >> freddy, he played a very special role in your life and you two -- you have something in common with him. >> yes, i do. i have parkinson's. i was diagnosed back in 1999. and -- i mean 1989. and it's, you know, it's tough to deal with. and, you know, the older you get, the older to deal with and so forth. >> give me your first impressions as you're watching the service and seeing the pictures and images roll on the screen here. >> it is really nice to see the people there and caring people and a little bit sad, though. we lost him. and, you know, i do hope some day there's a cure soon.

>> yeah. >> but i'm sorry that -- just sad that he's gone. >> fred, your first impressions? >> well, you know, it's the tributes coming in that you've been reading, over the past, you know, week have been joyous. and it's been a great reminder to all of us what he meant to so many people and symbolized. i think we had forgotten because he was out of the public eye for so long. but, you know, there is a great deal of sadness because it's an end of an era, an era that probably ended many years before today. but this is -- i think also a celebration of what he contributed to not just a sport but to humanity. >> and you -- i was reading about you an you said that you would be retired tax judge by now? >> that was bob, a client of mine. bob was working for the attorney general for bobby kennedy in the

'60s when jim brown introduced him to muhammad ali and the first fight bob ever saw was the first fight he ever promoted, ali in 1966. and then bob said if it wasn't for those he probably would have retired as a tax judge. >> what impact did he have on your life? >> well, i never knew him but, you know, i do public relations for a lot of these fights and marketing, and my god, he just broke the mold for how we all perceive events in sports and entertainment today. he was a dream come true for someone like me. and you can't copy him. but he sure showed us the way how to present an event to cross over to other people. >> what impact did he have on you, fred die. >> one day came to the gym and asked me if he could work out. yeah, sure. and then first thing i do is grab the phone.

i was going to call people up. i says, no. let's just let this happen naturally. i hung the phone back and he went over and hit the heavy bag. of course, picked the biggest which heavyweights do and banging on that and the amazing thing was his tremors went away hitting the heavy bag. and then stopped and came over to talk to me, the tremors came back a little bit. he sai in the ring doing mitts with my fighters, my tremors go away. and like you, must be like our comfort zone, the boxing gym. he spent four hours in hi gym that day. it was the greatest four hours i've ever had. >> yeah. stand by for me, fred, charles, and freddie. the family is walking in now to the kfc yum center in louisville, kentucky. we're going to listen in for just a little bit for the memorial service for muhammad ali.

>> so the family walking in. muhammad ali, nine children, four daughters and four wives. just amazing pictures that are coming from the center in louisville, kentucky. and again, among the speakers today, of course, the former president of the united states bill clinton will be speaking. billy crystal will be speaking. and legendary broadcaster bryant

gumble speaking, as well. they developed a friendship over the years as well as with billy crystal and of course the president, former president of the united states providing mouhamed ali with a second highest civilian honor, medal not long ago. and so, again, as we look at these pictures and we are monitoring the funeral here, it is amazing pictures coming in and so many people gathered here in this center and gathered, really, around the world to watch us memorialize this man, really to honor his life as my guests have been saying. i want to bring in charles coleman when's a civil rights lawyer and a boxing fan here. i asked the other two gentlemen what impact he had on their lives. what impact did he have on your life? >> for me, don, it is the consummate example of a great american. in the context of everything we have been talking about, i think we cannot lose sight of the fact

that muhammad ali stood for so many things that made him a hero to so many at a time a cower away and shy away from the beliefs he was away. he was a black man stood unashamed in the blackness. he was a muslim man, he was of the faith of islam and really into that when a time like i said someone of his stature, easy for him to sort of shun that, walk away from that. he stood in that and taught us all about how to be better people and better americans. >> this is really a coming home service for him, freddie. this is the same arena he began the amateur boxing career as a 12-year-old boy. >> yes. you know, most fighters grow up as fighters. usually have fathers to be like them. i started when i was six and, you know, followed my dad's direction and so forth. i had like 150 amateur fights

and 54 pro fights. again, this is like home. this is home for him. >> this is amazing for folks a little bit older, remember when muhammad ali wasn't always celebrated. there are people not happy with him in his stance on the vietnam war and changed his name to muhammad ali from cassius clay. >> it's ironic to see, you know, it's a good thing to see the outpour of love and support that happened but i think if muhammad ali was in current day, you know, united states, in terms of who he was then and express being vocal about expressing the views, i don't know that he would be the loved figure he's been and come over the years because this was someone outspoken about a war that many people were dying from. and dying in. and losing family members about.

so for him to take that stance of not going because of his convictions, because of his religious faith, that was a big statement, because he was muslim and black. for many people and mainstream america at the time, it was an issue of how dare this person defy what our government has decided to do and going to war? i dare say that if he were alive today and were as vocal as he was at that point about some of those issues, muhammad ali would be on the side of black lives matter right now. that's what he would be if he were in the mix and in the throws of the same he was then and i don't know if he would be as popular. >> clearly the times needed to catch up with muhammad ali and now celebrated and loved and beloved all over the world as you can see from the outpouring in louseville, kentucky. i want to bring in jason carroll in kentucky. you are friends with one of ali's daughters. he is joining us from outside the arena. jason? >> reporter: right, right. i have kno her as you know for

many, many years and i just think about what she's going through at this point and the stories she used to tell about her father. one in particular, i don't think she'd mind me telling this story now, she was about 13 or 14 years old. that was the moment, don, she realized her father was more than just her father, more than just a famous boxer, something much, much greater than that. here's how the story went. they had gone to a diner. this was sometime in the '70s. a man walked up to the table and had said that his father had raised him to hate black people. his father was a member of the kkk. and he saw the way that muhammad ali carried himself with so much pride, saw the way affecting not just the world of boxing but the world at large, politically, socially. he said i can't go on to hate black people because of you.

and for maryum ali, she realized that he was more than a boxer, that he was impacting the world. another story i remember her telling, telling me how much her dad used to love to after boxing matches to get in a car and drive around urban centers and interact with people. and there was one time in philadelphia -- >> i want to interrupt you just for a moment, please. my apologies. the former president is arriving now. let's listen in for just a moment. we'll bet back to jason.

>> all praises due to the lord god of the world. now please be seated, ladies and gentlemen. in accordance with muslim tradition, and consistent with the wishes of muhammad ali, may god have mercy on him. we begin this program with a brief recitation from the koran, the scripture of the muslims. a young imam of the midtown mosque in memphis, tennessee, where he's spearheading a neighborhood renewal effort in one of the most blighted effort is centered around the mosque, one of the few african-american graduates of the university. he will share with us a few verses from the koran.

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>> now with the translation of those verses we would like to bring to the stage the second generation daughter of syrian immigrants. she's an excellent student. in her spare time, in recent years, she raises money to provide medical supplies, surgical instruments and other forms of medical assistance for

syrian refugees fleeing from the horror of the current conflict in that land and we pray that almighty god brings it to a succession soon. >> ladies and gentlemen, ia kutma. [ applause ] >> in the name of god, the most gracious, the most merciful, truly those who say our lord is god and our upright the angels will descend upon them saying, have neither fear nor sadness, but rather, rejoice in this paradise that you have been promised. we are your allies in this lower life in the hereafter.

where you will have your heart's desire and you will have whatever you ask for. hospitably from the one most forgiving, most merciful. who is more beautiful in speech than the one who invites to god and does righteous works saying, truly, i am submitted to god? for good and evil are not equal. repel ugliness with beauty and behold the one between you and whom there was enemity is transformed into a warm friend. but no one arrives at the station without great patience and immense fortune. thank you. [ applause ]

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greatest and the most profound effect that the civil rights struggle had was that it infused in the negro something that the negro needed all along. and that was a sense of somebodiness. you will never be able to appreciate what dr. king meant when he said the negro needed a sense of somebody-ness until you understand the 350 years of nobody-ness that was infused into the psyche of people of color. every sacred document in our history, every hallowed institution conspired to

convince the african in america when god made the african that god was guilty of creative malfeasance. all of our sack rosanct documens said to the negro that you're nobody. constitution said that we were 3/5th of a person. decisions by the supreme court like the dred scott decision said to the african that you had no rights that whites were bound to respect. even francis scott key in his writing of the "star spangled banner" we sing verse one but in verse three he celebrates slavery by saying no refuge can save the slave from the sorrow

of night or the death of the grave. every institution from religion to entertainment, from amos and andy to jane and tarzan infused in the psyche of the negro that he was inferior. but something happened to the depression generation and the world war ii generation of african-americans. jackie robinson picked up his bat and hit a ball and the brooklyn dodgers win the pennant. joe louis dismantles the pride of arian supremacy by knocking out max smelling in 124 seconds. jesse lewis runs an ambulatory speed and wins four gold medals. rosa parks sits down on a bus in national correspondent good

morning ri in december of 1955 and a young -- from boston university stands up and takes the complex ideas and dips it in chocolate so big mama can understand it. [ applause ] and then from louisville -- [ applause ] emerged the silver tongued poet who took the ethos of somebody-ness to unheard of heights. before james brown said, i'm black an i'm proud, muhammad ali said i'm black and i'm pretty. [ applause ] black and pretty was an

oxymoron. blacks did not say pretty. the first black millionaire in this country was not oprah. but it was madame c.j. walker. who made products in order to help black people escape their africanity. muhammad ali said, i'm proud. i'm pretty. i'm glad of who i am. and when he said that, that infused in africans a sense of somebody-ness. to extrapolate muhammad ali from the times in which he lives is when's called historic precitinism. it is to talk about george washington and not the american revolution. to talk about lincoln and not the civil war. it is to talk about franklin

delanor roosevelt and not talk about the depression and world war ii. our brother muhammad ali was a product of a difficult time. and he dared to love black people. at a time when black people had a problem loving themselves. [ applause ] he dared -- he dared to affirm the beauty of blackness. he dared to affirm the power and the capacity of african-americans. he dared to love america's most unloved race. and he loved us all and we loved him because he -- we knew he loved us. he loved us all. whether you lived in the sub usuals or whether you lived in the slums.

whether you lived on the avenue or whether you lived in a alln alley. whether you came from the pehouse or whether you lived in the projects. whether you came from morehouse or whether you had no house. whether you were high yellow or boot black. muhammad ali loved you. our city is known for two things. it's known for muhammad ali, it is known for the kentucky derby. we hope you will come back and visit our city, the first saturday in may. we hope you will place a bet on one of the horses. but if you do, please know the rules. what will happen is the horses will start off in the starting gate. and then, the signal will be given. they'll run in the mud for two minutes. and the winner will then be led to the winner's circle where a wreath of roses will be placed

around the horse's neck. we want you to make a bet. but please know the rules. you cannot bet for the horse once it's in the winner's circle. you have to bet for the horse while it's still in the mud. [ applause ] and there are a lot of people -- there are a lot of people who will bet and have bet on muhammad ali when he was in the winner's circle. but the masses bet on him while he was still in the mud. [ applause ] kareem abdul-jabbar stood with him when he was in the mud. jim brown stood with him when he was in the mud. bill russell stood with him when he was in the mud. howard cosell stood with him when he was in the mud. [ applause ]

please don't mishear me. i am not saying that muhammad ali is the property of black people. he is the property of all people. [ applause ] but while he is the property of all people, let us never forget that he is the product of black people in their struggle to be free. [ applause ] i went looking for jesus on a poor west end street thinking that i would find him as he walked around with men and women with stumbling feet. people who have their heads bowed low because they were broke and had nowhere to go. but then i went looking for

jesus way in the sky thinking he would wear a robe that would dazzle my eye. when suddenly jesus came walking by which stumbling feet because he'd been hanging with the poor on a west end street. [ applause ] the muhammad aly of my childhood had a shuffle. but as he grew older, he walked with shuffling feet. and i would submit to you that he walked with shuffling feet not because of parkinson's disease. but he walked with shuffling feet because he hung out with the folk in west louisville who had shuffling feet. peace and god bless you. [ applause ]

>> yes, yes, yes. yes, yes, yes. don't give a teenager a telephone and don't give a preacher a microphone. we like to -- we like to bring senator orrin hatch to the stage now in his seventh term as utah senator, one of utah's senators. he's the most senior republican in the senate. author of some of the most far-reaching legislation in recent decades. senator hatch is a seasoned and

distinguished public servant. we're deeply honored by his presence today. [ applause ] >> wow, reverend. that was real good. it's hard for this poor old senator have to follow that is all i can say. well, the head of the first fight with sonny listen muhammad ali stood before a crowded pack of reporters and told the world unapologetically who he was. i'm the greatest. that's what he said. with this simple proclamation, all took the pennant of -- ali took the pen of history and wrote his own title in the textbooks. he was not muhammad ali the prize fighter. or even muhammad ali the world

champion. he was moouuhammad ali the greatest. his daughters dismissed it. but ali wasn't talking trash. he was speaking truth. and he was in the world of boxing, he truly was the greatest. [ applause ] >> with the cutthroat quickness of a street fighter, and the simple grace of a ballerina, ali moves with achilles' like agility and punched with herculean strength. but to say his strength is from the prowess, is to see only half the man. ali was great. not only as an extraordinary

fighter. he was a committed civil rights leader. an international diplomat, a forceful advocate of religious freedom and an effective emissary of islam. he was something. he was caring as a father, a husband, a brother and a friend. indeed, it is as a personal friend that i witnessed ali's greatness for myself. i first met muhammad ali 28 years ago, almost to the day, to this day. i was in my senate office, assistant called in and said you have a visitor outside. and i was really surprised that it was none other than the champion himself. friendship we developed i think was puzzling to many people, especially to those who saw only our differences. i might say that -- but where

others saw difference we saw kinship. we were both dedicated to our families. and deeply devoted to our faiths. he took islam and i to the church of jesus christ of latter day saints. we were both products of humble backgrounds and hard scrabble youth. ali grew up poor here in louisville and i grew up poor in pittsburgh. true, we were different in some ways but our differences fortified our friendship. they did not define it. i saw greatness in ali's ability to look beyond the horizon. and our differences. to find common ground. this shared sensibility was the foundation of a rich and meaningful relationship that i

will forever treasure. one of my fondest memories of our friendship was in ali joined me in the salt lake, to go and listen to the salt lake mormon tabernacle choir. i have to say, it was the famed mormon tabernacle choir. ali loved music. he enjoyed the choir's performance. but he seemed most excited to share his own religious beliefs with those who came to hear the christian hymns. ali attracted big crowds that day and as he always did and eagerly gave everyone autographs pamphlets explaining his muslim beliefs. hundreds of mormons lined up to grab the pamphlets. of course, i took one for myself. i respected his deeply held convictions just as he respected mine. in our relationship, it was

anchored by our different faiths. ali was open to goodness in all of its diverse realities. and varieties. on another occasion, i took ali to primary children's hospital in salt lake city. we visited with downtrodden children who perhaps had never smiled a day in their lifetime. until ali showed up. ali held those kids and looked into their eyes. they would grin from ear to ear. these are kids that never smiled. they were so pained. the nurses were astounded. never before had they seen someone who had connected so immediately and profoundly with these sick children. ali had a special way with kids as we all know. he may have been a tough and tenacious man in the ring but he was a compassionate and tender

around those that he loved. for all of us voracity as a fighter, he was also a peacemaker. a radio host berated me constantly. one day, the host asked, if i would arrange for ali to meet utah's former middleweight champion jane fullmer for a joint interview. ali agreed knowing the appearance could help me build goodwill. it was an unforgettable experience. here were two champions face to face reminiscing about some of the best fights the world has ever seen. and i have to say and in the process ali claimed that radio host -- well, he charmed the radio host so much on my behalf,

gently transforming an unrepentant antagonist into a sparring partner. so dedicated was ali to our friendship, he joined me on the campaign trail during several election cycles. he came to utah year after year to raise funds for a charity benefiting needy women, women in jeopardy and families in our state. ali didn't look at life through the binary of republican, democrat. so common today. he saw worthy causes and shared humanity. in ali's willingness to put principles ahead of partnership, he showed us all the path to greatness and i'll never forget that greatness. nor will i ever forget him. [ applause ]

there were many faces to ali's greatness. his ability as a boxer. his charisma as a public figure. his benevolence as a father and as a friend. all of these made ali great. but there was something else that made him the greatest. ali was the greatest because as a debilitated yet unbroken champion in his later years, he pointed us to a greatness beyond ourselves, a greatness even beyond ali. he won'ted us to the greatness of god. [ applause ] god raised up ali to be the greatest fighter in the world of all time. yet he allowed ali to wrestle with parkinson's disease and

inescapable reminder we are all mortal and we are all dependent on god's grace. ali believed this himself. he once told me, god gave me this condition to remind me always that i am human. and that only he is the greatest. [ applause ] ali was an unsurpassed symbol of our universal dependence on the divine. he was the greatest. bcause he reminded us all who truly is the greatest. god, our creator. i'm eternally grateful for my special bond with this special man and for my dproip with his beloved wife lonnie who i love dearly. she is one of the great women in this world. [ applause ]

she was dedicated to her companion to the very end. and, boy, i know it. i pray that ali may rest peacefully and that ali will raes peacefully in the presence of the greatest of all, even our god. i can bare testimony that i believe in god. i believe that we're here on earth for a reason. [ applause ] i believe that this earth life is a time for us to do what's right for god. and for our fellow men and women. and i don't know that i have ever met anybody who did it any better than my friend muhammad ali. god bless you. god bless the family. [ applause ] >> that was republican senator orrin hatch of the mormon faith, that is interfaith and diverse

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back now to our live coverage of a memorial service of muhammad ali. a very moving and inspiring memorial service. we have been looking at pictures from his family, his beautiful wife lonnie in the crowd and

also dignitaries of former president to will smith and on and on. mike tyson andon and on. we'll listen in now. >> he's been instrumental in assuring that the last days of muhammad's life, his burial, his bathing, his shrouding, and his burial today, his funeral and burial today, all were in accordance with the stricters of muslim law. so now i'd like to bring to you the person i affectionately call brother dr. imam timothy

test. >> in the name of god who is the loving nurturer of the creation and ever merciful. i'd like to share a prayer today. and this is a prayer adapted from a traditional prayer of the prophet mohammed, may god's blessing be upon him. i would like to say to the family, to lonnie, serving muhammad ali has been one of the

greatest privileges of my life. oh god, light of the heavens and the earth, grant our brother muhammad a light in his heart. a light in his earthly body now restored to the earth, a light in his grave. a light before him as he journeys on to you, a light in all that he has left behind in this world. a light to his right and a light to his left. oh, god, increase him in light.

grant him light. a light in his deeds in this world and a light in the hereafter. a light in the hearts of those whom he loved. and a light in the eyes of those who loved him. a light in those whom he knocked down and a light in those whom he lifted up. a light which echoed in our hearts, a light in the lives of all those whom he touched. a light in his children and the light in their mothers. a light in his grandchildren. and a light in his devoted wife

lonnie. oh lord, increase your servant in light. and give him light. embrace him in light. and fill us all with light. [ speaking in foreign language ] you are the light of the heavens and the earth. you are the most merciful of those who show mercy. [ speaking in foreign language ] [ applause ] >> we will continue on with the memorial service of muhammad ali after a short break. what's it like to be in good hands? like finding new ways

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rabbi michael lerner is speaking now in louisville, kentucky. >> everyone is equally precious and that means the palestinian people as well as all other people on the planet. [ applause ]

i know the people of louisville have a special relationship to muhammad ali and i had a personal relationship in the '60s when both of us were indicted by the federal government for our various stands against the war in vietnam. i want to say that although he was cheered on as the heavyweight champion of the world, you know, the truth is that in all of the honor to him, the heavyweight champions of the world come and go and sports heroes come and go. there was something about muhammad ali that was different. at the key moment when he had that recognition, you used it to stand up to an immoral war and say, no, i won't go! [ applause ] and it's for that reason that

tens and millions of americans who don't particularly care about boxing care about muhammad ali because he was a person who was willing to risk a great honor that he got and a great fame that he got to stand up for the beliefs that he had, to think truth to power when the rest of the people around him said, no, no, you're going to lose your championship and it was taken away from him for five years. but he stood up and was willing to take that kind of a risk because of that kind of moral integrity. [ applause ] so i want so say, how do we honor muhammad ali? the way to honor muhammad ali is to be muhammad ali today. that means us, everyone here and everyone listening, it's up to us to continue that ability to speak truth to power.

we must speak out, refuse to follow the path of conformity to the rules of the game in life. we must refuse to follow the path of conformity. tell the 1% who own 80% of the wealth of this country that it's time to share that wealth. tell the politicians who use violence worldwide and then preach nonviolence to the oppressed, that it's time to end their drone warfare and every other form of warfare, to close our bases around the world, bring the troops home, tell those who committed mass incarceration that it's time to create a guaranteed income for everyone in our society. [ applause ] tell judges to let out of prison the many african-americans swept up by racist police and imprisoned by racist judges. [ applause ]

many are in prison today for offenses like possessing marijuana that white people get away with all the time! [ applause ] tell our elected officials to imprison those who authorize torture and those who ran the big investment companies that caused the economic collapse of 2008. tell the leaders of ted cruz to stop killing the kurds. tell israeli prime minister netanyahu that the way to get security is for israel is to stop the occupation of the west bank and help create a palestinian state. [ applause ] tell the next president of the united states