we begin the hour with a cnn exclusive. a twitter and facebook account both disguised to look like they were run by black activists were actually run by russians. the accounts both called blacktivists posted videos of police brutality on african-americans. watch another savage video of police brutality. police are directly letting us now hoe they feel and where we stand. joining us is a senior media on politics. they were all designed by the russians to amplify racial bias. >> an account linked back to the internet research agency which has ties to the kremlin. this campaign used both facebook

and twitter to basically advance a message that would -- and posts and ads that would exploit the racial tensions that exist in this country effectively as part of the larger russian goal of undermining american dem kraszcy. sowing political discord, contributing to an atmosphere of partisanship and incivility. and they were doing this at a time during a campaign when race was at the forefront -- or at least one of the major issues going on in america at that time. still is today, if you couple this with the reporting we had last night, that one of the ads, a black lives matter ad, was targeted at the cities of ferguson, missouri, and baltimore. you begin to understand how sophisticated the russians were in terms of understanding the pressure points for american politics and american culture. >> did this group have a big following online? >> in fact they did. if you look at the facebook

account now suspended for blacktivits. they had over 360,000 likes, that is more than the 300,000 likes that the verified black lives matter facebook page has today. it's not just a question of the russians being able or intending to influence american politics, that level of following suggests they may have actually succeeded in doing so. >> were these accounts also promoting events? >> yes, they were, and that's another area where you can measure the influence that these accounts actually had. there are at least seven events we found that were promoted or broadcast by the blacktivists account. they range from a 50th anniversary from from the black panther party to the anniversary of the death of freddie gray. and real events. events that were actually attended by people, covered by some media organizations.

so what we're learning tonight begins to sort of help us understand and certainly help congressional investigators understand how facebook -- how russia was able to use facebook and twitter to influence american politics. >> thank you, fascinating. >> joining us now, steve hall. is this sort of classic kgb stuff from the cold war? back in the day, didn't they fund groups they felt would sow discord or have a certain political agenda? >> it's sort of classic russia kgb 2 pn.0. the russians beginning in 2007 when they authored a significant cyber attack against estonia, really began to experiment and see, how far can we go, what exactly can we do, using the time honored traditions of active measures, which they've done for decades inside of

russia, inside the soviet union. now they've learned to leverage the social media atmosphere in which we all live. now we're really beginning to see the sophistication, the depth, the spread of what they're able to accomplish. and really the sort of deep understanding of our society. i mean, put yourself, if you reverse the situation, if i were the american intelligence officer, i was told, look, you have to somehow understand russian society to the point where you know the kind of people that live in each town and try to figure out a message from those people, for those people. it's pretty complicated stuff. you still have to do a lot of research. the russians threw a lot of resources at this. >> do you think that requires presence in the united states? sort of understand that, or is it the kind of thing, you know, anyone who's reading anything online can know, ferguson missouri is a flashpoint or freddie gray.

i mean, if you're following the news, you can learn an awful lot on that. >> the difference between an analyst and operations person. yeah, you can read newspapers, you can read the target language. you can read russian or in the russians case, you can read english and go through all of this stuff and try to figure it out. there's nothing like having somebody on the ground who understands what propaganda themes. what covert action measured themes are going to resound best in a particular town or in a particular community with the different groups. it's always better if you have somebody on the ground. that's one of the reasons you have a lot of russians in the united states. it's also why you need to get out and talk to the target audience that you're trying to get at. it's better to have people on the ground. you can do some of it remotely. it's best to have people right there in the middle of it. >> russian intelligence people have people living in the united

states who aren't directly connected to the russian embassy or in d.c. or the consulate in new york. just to understand american society, am i wrong about that? >> no, there's lots of different ways to skin that cat. what you're referring to is russian illegals, who are basically russian intelligence officers who are not under official cover. whether or not you would use a person like that directly in support of this type of thing, that would depend on what other resources the russians have. that's certainly a way to do it. another way to do it is through the official presence. russian diplomats going about their business and talking to americans. it's also possible there are americans who have agreed to work with the russians, perhaps in the immigrant community. people who are from russia, who speak the language and would be willing to talk to russian government officials. there's a lot of different ways to get at it, especially if you're in an open society like the united states or really anywhere why europe.

>> thanks very much. new breaking news. health and human services secretary tom price's costly flights on private planes and air force jets. the tab tops $1 million of taxpayer money. that's not all. a spokesperson said secretary price would reimburse the treasury, he isn't really doing that. he plans to only reimburse taxpayers for the cost of his seat on many of the private plane flights he took. $52,000, not the fuel or the plane or the crew. which is a lot more. as if the seats could fly themselves. renee marsh has more, she joins us now. so i'm clear, taxpayers are picking up a tab of roughly a million dollars for secretary price's travel since may, he only plans to reimburse $50,000. did he think that this would quiet the discussion about it

in. >> i don't know. but you're right, he's paying nearly $52,000. he wrote that check today. all of the flights we're talking about here, includes domestic and international flights. he flew 13 domestic flights, which translates to more than 2 dozen individual flights within the united states on private planes to conduct government business. he flew on military jets with his wife in mid may, he flew from andrews air force base to liberia, germany and switzerland before returning to the d.c. area. and then again in mid-august, he flew to alaska, china, vietnam, japan and seattle before returning to the d.c. area. the use of military aircraft for a cabinet member is sometimes justified. especially if there is a need

for secured communications when they are traveling. at this point it's unclear if that was the case for price on these trips. the agency did say, though, that price reimbursed the government for his wife's flight. >> and some of those flights were approved by the white house, correct? >> that is correct the white house telling us, this evening. our producer that they do review all of these requests, and that they limit this sort of travel to trips that are in line with the white house's greater mission. and clearly they believe these two trips, these two international trips we're talking about tonight fell in that category. >> some of these -- i mean, these flights were, flights were -- i think early on the excuse from price and his people was, well, he's so busy, he can't wait to take commercial flights, he's got to get there. some of these were places where commercial flights were readily

available. i think politico reported there were two flights from d.c. to nashville. the day he flew that, and where he was going to have lunch with his son, in addition to attend one or two meetings, there were commercial flights. and sometimes he went days earlier to a place that he needed to be for an official purpose. a lot more to look into. there's even more late reporting, what the president makes of all this, and we'll bring that to you next. we'll get the panels take, and ask them how they like their flight up here. later, reality check from our team of reporters on the grounds in puerto rico. my dell small business advisor has gotten to know our business so well that is feels like he's a part of our team. with one phone call, he sets me up with tailored products and services. and when my advisor is focused on my tech, i can focus on my small business. ♪ a dell advisor can help you choose the right products with powerful intel® core™ processors. ♪

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new reporting just in on the president's reaction to his hhs secretaries's pricy flights and plan to reimburse the taxpayers for a fraction of the cost. this partial repayment is not helping his case. he wants this matter resolved. price's decision to pay only part of the fee is sparking more fuel. i don't understand from a public relations standpoint. we'll offer to pay a tiny fraction of these flights, that's going to put this story to bed. that seems to defy logic. >> it's an insult. >> the bill is a million dollars, he's paying 52,000.

who's picking up the rest. we are, the taxpayers are. he's looking for frequent flyer miles. he's dishonest. >> it is consistent with the president's own style. he visited a site where he wanted to build a golf course in scotland. decided he would barter a photo of himself for dinner for his entourage. in this case, it makes it look bad for the president. he's not going to tolerate someone else doing it, he understands the motivation. as i said earlier. >> a lot of republicans railed against this behavior. a lot of people who i'm sure

voted for donald trump. >> tom price voted for it. >> there are legitimate reasons why he may fly military. some of his travel was legit. he was going to things you would expect the hhs secretary to go to. that being said, i think you can go to the fridge and get the butter and jelly, tom price is toast. this has taken on a life of its own. what do we know about the president? he hates bad press. he doesn't like it when his people are giving him bad press. he's motivated by this, as well he should be. somebody in the white house approved these trips, they're going to have to answer for it too. my suspicion is, price won't survive it. this is one of those things, i would fast forward to the future. if democrats control either chamber of the congress. these kinds of issues right here, lead to investigations, which lead to more investigations and more documents and more stuff. the administration has to be very careful with these kinds of

things. >> i want to play what tom price said when he was in the congress, about fanly flights and nancy pelosi. >> i want to say to the speaker. don't you fly over our country in your luxury jet and lecture us on what it means to be an american. >> the hypocrisy is the biggest problem here. to scott's point, yes, there are legitimate times where you need to take these kinds of jets, he would take military flights. he was subcommittee chairman. those things had a budget, they had to be approved by the full committee chairman. sometimes he was denied because of the costs. in this case, though, it's not only tom price, now there's a report out that the interior secretary was taking private jets to his home in montana, and coupling that with work, and to the caribbean islands. you're going to see a can of worns opened up, seeing how many

people have done this, from the treasury secretary to see the eclipse, he was checking on the gold in fort knox, this is a problem. the epa, that's right. when you're supposed to be, and as a conservative, we were always champion being stewarts of the taxpayer's money. the congressman i worked for, used to give back to the treasury every year. if you didn't use money for the budget money in the congressional office. how tom price after railing against this, and then the whole drain the swamp thing survives this, i don't know. also what has tom price done as hhs secretary. it's been a failure with health care. he doesn't have any wins to point to. why would donald trump keep him at this point? >> i think that's right, he's not going to. he knows his supporters will let him do anything. which is why he made the comment about shooting someone on 5th avenue. he and his daughter have gotten three trademarks each from from the chinese government. he has not separated from his

businesses. he is paying for his legal fees while his staffers go bankrupt paying their own legal fees. he doesn't like people embarrassing him with this stuff. he knows this will resonate with the people who put him in office. he can do no wrong. but all these names we're talking about, a million dollars since may, it's not going to fly. >> it's interesting to see people caught up in something like this. initially, it's -- i'm so busy, i have to take these flights. lo and behold, i go to st. simeon island two days early with my wife, because i happen to have land there. the idea that i couldn't get a commercial flight there, you have two extra days, you could probably find a commercial flight. >> and there's government negotiated rates. they're set for certain flights in certain areas, so often times it's not exorbitant prices you

would have to pay if you flew commercial. not for nothing, but the vice president of the united states, joe biden used to take the train to delaware. if the vice president can do it and his entourage and everything that goes along with him, i think the secretary of hhs can take amtrak from d.c. to philadelphia. >> right, he flew from d.c. to philadelphia. >> it's about an hour and 20 minutes to take the train to philadelphia. it does not pass the smell test. >> does anyone think this has blow back? you talked about others, pruitt, others, do you think it raises then that issue. pruitt's building that sound proof booth? >> yeah, he's maxwell smart. he's built a sound proof booth for himself. and i do this this is a sort of thing that's going to shock him, anger him, i'll tell you what he knows, he knows his brand. and this is completely contrary to the brand that got limb elected. >> brand, but not the person, to

michael. >> that may be, i think price is gone, and i think there needs to be -- if i were advising, i'd say, you have to protect that brand. get a top to bottom review of all this wasteful spending your people have been doing and get rid of them all. we have to take a quick break, when we come back -- a family from puerto rico who returned home for the first time since maria hit. we are building new airports all across the state. new roads and bridges. new mass transit. new business friendly environment. new lower taxes. and new university partnerships to grow the businesses of tomorrow today. learn more at esd.ny.gov

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the trump administration had words about hurricane relief in puerto rico. >> i am very satisfied. i know it's a hard storm to

recover from the amount of progress that's been made, and i really would appreciate any support that we get. i know it is really a good news story in terms of our ability to reach power. the limited number of deaths that have taken place in such a devastating hurricane. >> the pentagon named a three-star general to coordinate efforts on the ground. the entire relief effort is taking heat from puerto ricans. dr. sanjay gupta joins us from san juan. >> you reported on a clinic that was running out of fuel. what happened to them? >> they were able to get fuel with a couple hours left, from a local municipality. they weren't sure if they were going to get it. the truck pulled up and was able to give them some fuel.

a new problem, they're not sure how long their water supply is going to last. they're rationing it and not accepting new patients. >> this is josephine in a alvarez' reality. look at what happened to us, she pleads. nobody is taking care us. for two weeks she's been here in a shelter, an hour outside of san juan. may as well be an island separate. >> we have no hospital to get her, because all the emergency are closed. because they have no electricity and we have no place to get her. she's getting more complicated. >> dr. moralez has tried everything to get alvarez to a hospital.

>> the ambulance we saw just left. >> they have no authorization from their bosses to get -- >> that seems ridiculous. >> tell me about it. >> we're in the middle of a disaster, in the middle of a -- >> crisis, and you're waiting for paperwork? >> yeah. >> this is a very treatable problem under any other circumstance. >> yeah, sure. >> get her to the hospital, put in an iv. >> what happens if she doesn't get this? >> she may get infection to the blood and complicated with sepsis, and even death. >> there's no communication anywhere here we give letter our satellite phone to try to call for help. >> puerto rico's secretary of health finds a hospital for alvarez, but then the same problem, how do get her there. >> we can take the patient. i'm a doctor, we can take the patient ourselves. i know time is of the essence here. the secretary is there.

>> he already accept the patient, so she -- >> we can do that. >> you can't even believe what's happening here, i mean, she's -- there's no power, there's no water. she's a diabetic, she doesn't have insulin. she has an infection that could threaten her life. no ambulance will take her to the hospital. that's what's happen iing here. >> it's okay. >> she wants to sit on this side. >> because of the ulceration, yeah. >> move the wheelchair up, please? >> there's nothing about this that makes sense. look what we're doing here, we're transporting a patient -- this is not an ambulance, but it's the only thing we really have right now to get her to the care she needs. >> there are probably thousands of patients who are in similar shelters, no power, no water, no

medications, no way out, there are probably thousands more who are in their homes. they haven't been able to get to a shelter. she's just one example of what's happening here. >> she's been desating a bit. we're trying to get her into the triage here. >> one more. >> watch out. >> jason, i need lift truck, please. >> sanjay, how is she doing now, do you know? >> yeah, well, she's in this tent that's just behind me over here, it's one of the disaster management assistance team tents. she's going to need surgery, we're told. she has an infection. to adequately clear that infection, she's going to need an operation. she's getting good care, but this is likely something that

could have been prevented. going back to something you and i have talked about a bit. these are preventable problems, if they are treated with simple medication which she didn't get in time. >> i'm wondering why there's a discrepancy in the number of hospitals that are open and run something. >> i think the discrepancy is that if you give a hospital fuel for the next six hours, are they really considered up and running? yeah, technically they are, they have power, the problem is, imagine trying to run a hospital like that? would you take new patients knowing you may not have power to adequately treat them? by the time evening comes around? that's the real issue, if you're running out of fuel, water, hospitals are buildings that cannot functional all. without power, you can't put in a suture. electronic medical record, you need power for everything. if there's not a consistent source of that, it's not really a hospital, that's up and

running. it may meet the criteria, but it's not doing the service for the people who need it. >> in some of these towns who are cut off, there are people who need medication that they have to take every day. whether it's hiv medication or medication for other illnesses they were dealing with before this storm. what does somebody do in a remote area. the roads are impassable. >> it's just really tough anderson, they have not, in that area you just saw, they had not seen any kind of help. i didn't see any help there i asked people, what have you seen they haven't seen help. there's a lot of suffering going on right now. people are trying to get out of their neighborhoods, getting into these shelters. you'd be surprised when you look at some of the hospitals there's no lines there. and i thought, well, maybe that means there's not that many

people that need care. what we're finding out, they haven't shown up to the hospitals yet. they need those medications absolutely. and we hear that many of those medications are on the island. now they have to get to the people who need them. >> distribution a big problem. the administration calls the response to puerto rico good news story. ? have gotten back in touch with family members. they're the lucky ones. brynn jingrass travelled to san juan with a family. what happened when they landed in san juan? >>. >> yeah, anderson, not only make contact with their family members, but also see their home. they were stuck on the mainland for the last week, three times their flights were cancelled. and finally, they got on a flight from philadelphia to san juan, we're on that flight with

them. carmen delgado and her husband eduardo, i have to tell you. at times, carmen was looking out the window of the plane crying. when the plane landed she cheered. when we got off, it was really just chaos, the airport was chaos, the couple was frantically looking for their two children who were meant to pick them up at the airport, but there's no cell phone communication here on the island. what happened was, they hopped in a car with us, we drove them about an hour outside of san juan to their hometown. as we're driving, carmen was looking out the window, and she described it like this, anderson, she just basically said, this whole island looks like a fire went through it. there is just nothing around. everything just seems bare. when we got to her house, it was her, her husband and some family members, not her two children, it was even worse.

she was gasping for air going up the steps to her house. there's no roof on her house, barely any walls. at one point she turned to me and said, oh, my gosh, i have to sit down. and watch how she took this all in. >> this is the living room. that's the kitchen. we used to have three bedrooms. i'm shocked. i think what goes through my mind is how much time it's going to take us to put this back together. >> anderson, this is a home that she and her husband built. they lived there for 20 years. all wiped out by this one storm. >> the family was eventually reunited, right? >> yeah, absolutely, anderson, they waited three weeks to just get back on to the island, and then they waited an hour at that house. i can tell you they felt like that hour was much longer than the three weeks.

carmen sat there looking at the road, waiting for the car to come down. finally when they spotted it, this was the reunion we witnessed. . what she told us was, i may not have a house, but i have a home. what she meant by that was, i have my family. that was what was most important to her, seeing her two children, having her husband there. she told me what's next, we pray, we wait and we hope. i thought that was poignant, anderson, they're hoping resources come to them. they're hoping they can rebuild, and they're hoping it happens sooner than later, of course. >> a lot of families looking for reunions just like that. >> appreciate that. >> the acting homeland security secretary also said she's very satisfied with disaster relief efforts from puerto rico. what bill weir found does not back that up.

we'll give you his report next, and also, mark anthony joins us ahead. >> picked up by maria. and thrown here. look at these over on this side. >> broken planes are just the first signs of maria's strength. the entire island is ravaged from the swanky w hotel to the boats of mosquito bay. >> that is the cabin

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radar, so every slow cessna and every fast jet is flying by sight in a dust filled sky. >> it's so crazy, it's dangerous right now. >> we crossover resorts, neighborhoods, all shattered by maria. and eight miles later, touchdown amid shattered airplanes, some of the first outsiders to reach this area since the storm. >> picked up by maria and throw here. look at these over on this side. >> broken planes are just the first signs of maria's strength. the entire island is ravaged from the swanky w hotel to the boats of mosquito bay. >> that is the cabin of a kata march and for tourists called the naughty mermaid. if it looks a little odd, it's because it's flipped upside down by what the locals say were 200 mile an hour winds. >> 3, 2, 1.

>> in happier times, the glow in the dark plankton that lives in this bay, helps lure the tourists to drive the economy. >> right now, it's about survival. >> we're out of food. we're running out of food and water. >> that is the kind of hearts breaking, soul draining scene that's getting played out again and again, as people look at her cry. she gets on a sat phone for the first time. it crushes your soul to watch that. this is the line. this is a two hour line of folks waiting to give proof of life to a wife or a husband or a father. it's rough. >> i love you. >> how does that feel?

can i see your eyes, can you move your sunglasses for me? >> we're doing all right. >> it's tough, we need help. go back and tell them. >> that's why i'm here, brother. >> we need help, tell the president, senators, everybody needs help here. >> i lost everything. >> after the storm blew through, you came through with satellite phones? >> we had a lot of folks in the u.s. that were stepping up and contributing. the most important thing was to establish communication because we weren't hearing from anybody. >> when is help coming? >> there are a lot of people who promised to bring supplies but it hasn't arrived yet. red tape seems to be their biggest enemy. >> relief efforts and the aid may be coming. we're here and trying to get those coordinations, those clearances issued.

the tensions are running high. >> do you feel american at moments like this? do you feel neglected in moments like this? somewhere in between. >> we all need to take a deep breath and say, we are u.s. citizens. it should mean something. right now, we are -- we are a forgotten island and that shouldn't be. >> for years, the u.s. navy used this island for target practice. until the locals got fed up. what better way to make it up to them. by storming the beaches with aid instead of bombs. >> this is something that needs and requires someone who knows how to distribute goods in the middle of almost a war zone. >> you're making a plea for martial law? >> for having three, four, five days where we can distribute water, food. it's been six days after the hurricane, and it's just a horrible scenario in puerto rico. >> i need you to tell my mom

okay. >> brittany moved here from brooklyn four years ago. she's helpless, she has no cash in a cash only society. >> thank you. i love you. >> ready? >> it's going to be all right, okay? >> i have no [ bleep ] money. they won't let us get money, i can't use my debit card. i don't know what to do. >> here's a few bucks. >> this is so stressful. we're okay. we're not going to die, but like there's no help. this is the only help. robert becker saved everybody here. i don't know what else to say, private citizens have come through for us, and no one else really has. >> that's the situation in vieques. >> celebrities are trying to answer the call. i spoke with mark anthony about how he is helping out. you'll always be absolutely...clear.

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shouldn't surprise anyone that basic needs are beyond puerto ricans at this point. >> reporter: the wire that they're hanging on to has been set up by residents of the town. this is their improvised method for trying to reach the outside world. we just spoke with a couple who had crossed this way and then walked two hours to the nearest supermarket to try to get bread, food, rice for their children and had to walk two hours back. >> getting the barest essentials things we all take for granted is coming. marc, the organization you founded, just explain what it is and what kind of help you hope to provide to people in puerto

rico. >> well, jennifer and i, i think it was minutes after we learned that it was imminent that the hurricane was going to hit puerto rico, we got in contact with each other and we formed this alliance called -- which means we are one voice. you know accident the first thing was getting sprint down to puerto rico with 10,000 hot spots and 100 generators. they flew down on a 747. we opened up distribution channels for all the goods. we negotiated with norwegian cruise line so that they can ship down there. that's how it started. and so now subsequently we formed an alliance with all these artists and between us we have close to 1.4 billion

followers. and that's our way of ensuring that we keep this, you know, present. >> earlier this week you tweeted saying mr. president, shut the f up about the nfl. do something about our people in need in puerto rico. we are american citizens too. i mean, at this point, several days later, are you satisfied at all with the response from fema, from the department of homeland security, from the president or the needs are so great, obviously. >> i have to say that the dialogue -- i have to say that the dialogue that i've heard in the past couple of days is much more palatable. and they say that help is on the way, and i believe it. and if it's at any time true, you'll hear from me again. but, yes, i'm glad that this is back on the news. it's being covered the way it should be because this is an absolute catastrophe. >> when you see the images that are coming out of puerto rico, and there's areas that, you know, are incredibly difficult to get to. it's not even easy to travel

outside san juan. there's people, you know, a lot of people without electricity, obviously without cell service. there's people who need medication, just basic, you know, insulin, the kind of medication people, you know, take for granted because they're able to get to a pharmacy of the that's no longer possible in some areas. when you see those images, what goes through your mind? >> it's just absolutely devastating. and we're here to sort of funnel all efforts. instead of every artist being an island, we all got together and it's just all efforts can be focused, you know. i just got a text from brew notice mars and said how can i get water down there? i said let me help you with that. i'm really proud that all these artists got together. and we're more powerful unified. and we can keep it on the news. we can really make a difference in telling people that there's

still a need. >> marc, i appreciate all you're doing, you and everybody else in the community. thank you so much. >> thank you so much, anderson. >> well, if you'd like to help marc anthony in his efforts, you can go to the website you've been seeing on the screen. you can also check out cnn.com impact for or ways you can impact your world. coming up, something to make you smile at the end of this very ridiculous day. up next. if he'd taken tylenol, he'd be stopping for more pills right now. only aleve has the strength to stop tough pain for up to 12 hours with just one pill. tylenol can't do that. aleve. all day strong. all day long. also try aleve direct therapy with tens technology for lower back pain relief.

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time now for the ridiculous and tonight we're talking about sports mascots. unthe people who dress up in costumes as lines and tyingers and bears and what have you. all to entertain fans. that is until you pit them against a bunch of kids at a football game which is when the clause come out. during halftime at a recent vikings game a bunch of mascots took on a bunch of kids and wouldn't you know goldie the gopher just hauled off and took out a seventh grader on the five yard line. let's see that again from a different different . ouch! ouch! . that's right the gopher just knocks the seventh grader over. meanwhile that denoneic peng win

or -- yes, we also have this in the slow motion. the coach says the player was not hurt and the kids actually got a kick out of this going somewhat viral. and it a good things the kids are good sports because the gopher is talking smack. put me in coach. i think i still have some eligibility left. how does he tweet with those clause? you can find clip after clip of mascots just pumg kids on football fields all across this great land. wait, was that spongebob square pants? that looks like spongebob. what are some of these mascots, after all? i guess -- this is that a horgs? there's some giant baseball heads in there. listen, i'm not going to pretend i can do play by play of a

football game. it's just a bunch of mascots tack elg kids and then seeming proud about it. that's the odd thing. see, this actually proves a theory i've had for about a year now that wherever someone is dressed up like a gopher, someone around him is going to fall down. out takes from an ad for the white bear mitsubishi car dealership in minnesota of the it's one of my parties. >> i wore the wrong socks. take four. i wore the wrong soaks. have you tried the hot dogs here? i didn't get my -- i didn't get my deposit back. mitsubishi is a proud sponsor of golden gopher hockey. >> i'm going to be honest with you, i could spend a whole night watching that bear fall on his

ice. being a mass court is a sometimes dangerous sometimes moot fuzzy job but it seems they've found a way to get their aggression out. thanks for watching. time to hand things over to done lemon. cnn tonight starts right now. >> this is cnn breaking news. >> breaking news it is not good news for the white house. this is cnn tonight. i am done lemon. it turns out that private plane problem was just the tip of the iceberg. we're learning tonight that health and human services secretary tom price took two long international flights to africa and asia on government planes. that's in addition to dozens of private flights when he could have flown commercial. price said today he'll cut a check to cover the costs of his seat on those private flights, but not the full cost of chartering the plane. that check in the amountful