♪ taking steps towards impeachment. house democrats are getting ready to make it official. we heard from a republican last hour. this hour, a democrat shares her perspective. plus, death and suffering in the bahamas. look at that devastation there on the island. survivors who barely made it out alive, expressing frustration over the pace of aid. also ahead this hour, mixed feelings about the death of the former leader of zimbabwe. our correspondent will have reaction coming in from that nation's capital. we're live from cnn headquarters in atlanta. we want to welcome our viewers here in the united states and

all around the world. i'm george howell. "cnn newsroom" starts right now. 5:00 a.m. here on the u.s. east coast. we start with a major development in the impeachment inquiry focused on the trump white house. congressional democrats will soon ramp up their investigation by spelling out exactly how they plan to proceed in the coming months. here's what sources are telling cnn. next week the house judiciary committee is planning to vote on a resolution that would lay out the ground rules for how it conducts hearings, all of this comes as trump former campaign manager corey lewandowski and two white house aides are set to testify before the committee. cnn's man knew ru raju shared t details. >> what they're essentially saying jerry nadler will have the authority going forward to

say, hey, we want to look into the campaign allegations with the hush payments that occurred in 2016. that's in connection with the impeachment. they're going to call the hearings that are tied to the impeachment deliberation. also, they'll say, for instance, that the president, his efforts to pitch his miami golf resort as a location for the g7 summit in 2020, that could be a violation of the emollients loss of the constitution. that basically limit's the president's ability to enrich himself in office. they could take that also as part of the impeachment probe. they're trying to make it clear that different things they're doing could be tied all back to impeachment. and then ultimately make the decision that they could vote. after these hearings, decide whether to vote to impeachment the president. and that would occur on the

committee level and then the full house, of course would have to vote. >> covering all side of the spectrum. we heard from a republican last hour. and with perspective with have a chair of the democrats. good to have you with us. >> good morning, thank you. >> first off, let's talk about this effort to impeach the president. it is something that has divided democrats here in the united states. the house speaker nancy pelosi has resisted the impeachment process but now it looks to be getting under way. where does it stand about where democrats stand right now? who's leading that party? >> well, i think we all welcome the opportunity to get the truth out. and this is a baby step. the steps that are being taken very carefully and very deliberately. and i think that's wise. we're also starting to see more democrats come over into congress and say, yes, they are in favor of these hearings. so, my general sense is the

balance of interest is, we've got to explore what trump is doing. we've got to explore his violations, his promotion of his personal interests, over the interests of the country. i think now is the time. and slowly put surely, we will get there. >> inge, so, looking ahead to the 2020 election, the leadup to that, what are democratic candidates talking about? are they talking about the possibility of impeachment or are they talking about the issues that matter on main street. >> i think a lot of those things are certainly going to matter. certainly, health care is still going to be an important factor. certainly, the economy is going to make a difference. the real economy, what's below the economy, you know, with people working two to three jobs to keep food on the table, that kind of real story. but for sure, the behavior of this president and the illegal president behavior of this

president and his ignoring what congress does in normal procedures, it's something that needs to be exposed. there are a lot of people who need to hear more about that. and i think that very much is going to be part of our story into 2020. >> i asked a republican guest the last hour the same question i pose to you, do you believe that democrats are sure that this could actually happen? do they believe that they can be successful getting impeachment over the hurdle? or do you believe this may be more of an effort to distract or have this remain hanging over the president's head? >> again, to me, it's more of a truth-telling kind of situation. it is a bit analogous to what happened during the nixon era, when bit by bit, people started finding out more about what had happened to the administration. what the administration was doing. and i think we're going to see a bit more of that here. you know, the fact that trump would offer his own personal

golf resort as the venue personal enhancement. my sense is that the american people are really getting sick of this corruption and crohninecrohnyism. and it's not necessarily a big breakthrough, but it's the study, the exposure of what's going to happen that's going to be essential. >> i also want to pivot here to talk about the white house plan to pay for portions of a border wall that mr. trump wants. mr. trump famously said mexico would pay for it. we know that's not the case. congress didn't budge. and now taking $3.6 billion from construction projects here stateside and overseas. overall, it means 127 projects, inge, will feel the funding ax. including a middle school with

senate majority leader mitch mcconnell at ft. campbell. you remember, mcconnell supported taking military funds from the wall. he now says he will try to keep that project from losing its funds. the republican we spoke to in the last hour admitting, hey, not the best optics formen mcconnell here. what are your thoughts here? is that fair for him to support the plan? >> well, i think it's pretty shocking but it's also an indication that no one really wants this wall except trump because it is a key campaign promise with him. so, he's determined to get that going by hook or crook. but taking away money away from schools. i think there was another story that there was a fire station being built on a military base, the funds are being taken for that. so, sure republicans can kind of patch that up. but in truth, the problem is trump is bypassing norms. he can't go to congress with this. no one is really interested in that. instead of doing that, he's

doing a bypass like this. i think he's also doing things like taking housing along the border by eminent domain so he can built this wall. by hook or crook he's really trying to build this wall which is unnecessary. he's also taking from fema money, and at a time while we're watching hurricane dorian do such damage, it's just shocking. >> it's good to have gotten both sides on this issue. we appreciate your time and we'll stay in touch with you. >> okay, thank you. i brought a sharmpie, bittey th, so you know, how i'm aware that trump tends to exaggerate with small tools like this. >> we'll keep our pens out, inge, thanks a lot. >> okay, thanks. now, to talk about something very serious.

hurricane dorian. it is speeding away from the united states, headed northeastward now in the atlantic at this hour. take a look at that big massive blob of storms moving away, skirting new england as we speak and making a beeline or the maritimes. waves in some cases up to 50 feet high, that's 15 meters high. let's look at what happened in the bahamas. these images just catastrophic. the official death toll now 43 who lost their lives in the storm. but everyone, even government officials know that number could get even higher. hundreds, if not thousands, of people are still missing. many bodies there lay in the rubble. and the u.n. estimates at least 70,000 people are now homeless in abaco and grand bahama. along with the disruption and chaos, of course, one woman told of children becoming separated

from their families as they tried to escape the devastation. >> those babies can't stay another minute because they haven't eaten. last night, they said they was in the airport, and they didn't even eat. >> reporter: are they at the airport right now? >> yeah, they're in the front. but it's so chaotic. you know, if those little kids try to push through. >> that's the micro. that's the story on the ground of people who are feeling the pain there. and this is the macro look from up above. satellite images of marsh harbor on the left before the storm. that area lush with vegetation. homes on the island. on the right, after dorian. you see the difference right there. right now, more than 1500 survivors are on a crew ship on

their way to florida. the grand celebration is expected to dock in palm beach on saturday. some of the hardest hit parts of the bahamas are also the hardest to reach. one of those places is high rock. on the southern side of grand bahama island. a cnn crew was able to make it there. and our you're heard incredible stories of survival. our patrick oppmann reports. >> reporter: we are seeing more citizens coming to where i am now, the city of freeport. the driver of just an hour away from here. and even though it's now been a week since the storm hit the bahamas, it feels like it just happened. you go out and the roads are destroyed. some parts still remain under water. and when you go and see the people who had a category 5 hurricane over their heads for almost two days, you can see there is still a lot of desperation. reaching the hardest hit areas

of grand bahama island means driving through still flooded streets. and streets that are no longer streets. this area in the east of the island has until now been inaccessible since the storm. little to know help has arrived. the force of the hurricane threw cars through buildings. the storms stalled out here. the category 5 leveling whole towns. many rode out the storm in their homes. many did not survive. pastor joey saunders was on the third floor of his home with his son when the storm surge crashed in. >> we decided to make it out of the second floor of the house. ten minutes and then the third floor and then up to that floor, up to our head. we felt the strong courage trying to break loose even cracks. >> reporter: this was in the middle of the night? >> 1:30 in the morning. then the current was so strong. the roof started to lift.

i was underneath the water. my son was standing there. i noticed he just disappeared. he just disappeared, search light. i heard him screaming, daddy, daddy, daddy. >> reporter: he was in the water at that point? >> he was already gone. minutes later, i caught on to the truss, roof carried me away. we were like 600 feet away from each other for two days. he cattle up ught up in the pin2 feet high. >> reporter: so the water carrieded you into a pine tree in the middle of night. your son was a ways away from you. what was going through your mind? >> yes, i was hoping he was alive. he thought i died also. it wasn't until two days later, we saw one another. >> reporter: the bahamian government has warned people the death count could spike. in places like high rock where everyone knows of dead or missing family or neighbors, that news is no surprise.

even though this is one of the hardest hit areas, help from the government is yet to arrive. >> the governor is on his way. it's going to take a bit of time. they're doing their thing, gradually, you know. >> reporter: do you wish they were moving quicker? >> yes, i wish it was quicker. >> reporter: people desperately need food and water before time runs out. >> many have lost most of their clothes, water, food. we need basic stuff right now. >> reporter: when you talk to residents, you get the sense that the mission of rescues has now changed to more of a recovery mission. it's been a while people said since they heard of anyone being found alive. they do seem to have a better sense than the bahamian government as to who is still missing and the number of bodies found. and it is very possible, increasingly likely that the body count is going to continue to rise with the number of

people who lost their lives in this storm. so many places you go to, it seems like the hurricane just happened and the people there are awaiting for any assistance at all that still has not arrived. >> this was a big storm, and it is still on the move. our karen maginnis is tracking it at the international weather center. karen. >> yeah, there's so much to relate to in what we just saw there and that is every day you're looking around you and the situation is not changed, it can tend to leave you without a lot of hope. but for the people of the bahamas, there is hope ahead. and i know that it can't come quickly enough. we are hoping that hurricane dorian will weaken faster. it just hasn't. it's still a category 1 hurricane. it's in colder water. it's in an unfavorable environment. but there's nothing to shear this apart. it doesn't a clearly dwienle de

eye. it has that on the north edge. it is raising towards maritimes. as 85-mile-per-hour winds with gusts up to 85 miles per hour. block island and the cape, that's where we're seeing the strongest winds. there's a very heavy surf. the swells are high. it's going to be like that for days. just because of the impact of this, my producer and i counted the number of landfalls that this had all the way from the lesser antilles through the bahamas. through the southeastern united states and is going to make landfall in the canadian maritimes. perhaps in the vicinity of halifax. they're telling people to batten down the hatches. we've seen weeks where dorian has terrored so much areas. george, they're looking at a

storm surge here, they're looking at heavy rainfall comparisons to hurricane juan in 2003. not going to be as bad. but they're still going to pick up the aftereffects, lest dorian moves through tomorrow. the people of zimbabwe are remembering the founder of their country. some say that he was a hero. others call him a brutal oppressor. cnn is live in that nation's capital with reaction coming in from around the world. by using dish soap to clean grease on more than dishes? try dawn ultra. dawn is for more than just dishes. with 3x more grease cleaning power per drop, it tackles tough grease on a variety of surfaces. try dawn ultra.

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we're following a developing story out of the persian gulf. iran's navy says it has seized a foreign ship sailing through the region. iranian media reports it was carrying smuggled fuel worth almost $3 million. a report says 12 people from the philippines have been arrested. there are new developments as the iranian tanker that was seized by britain in july thought to be carrying oil to syria in violation of sanctions. iran denied it and the ship was eventually released to set sail bit now u.s. national security adviser john bolton just tweeted this image, he says it is the same ship and claims it place the tanker two nautical miles from a naval base in syria. anyone who says the ship was headed to syria in denial. we'll have more on that story as

we learn it. >> the president of zimbabwe has declared that country in mourning. this following the death of its longtime leader and founder robert mugabe. mugabe died in a hospital in singapore. he was 95 years old. some say he was ruths and consumed with power and drove the country into ruin. others though, including the current president, they remember him as a national hero, a founder who led zimbabwe through independence. >> as we owe it, the remains of our dear departed, we pray that the good lord grant him and put him to his eternal rest. we as zib b declare rest for ou leader. >> our david mackenzie is

covering the death of robert mugabe live this hour in harare. how is the complicated history being remembered? >> reporter: certainly, being lorded as what he actually was. we actually have traveled outside of harare, the birth place of robert mugabe, here where one of the strongholds of mugabe, through his many decades in power. you heard from the president there talking about mugabe's body being brought back, some debate now, as to where he will be laid to rest. whether it's here, just a short space away from where i'm standing in his home village or at hero's acre in the capital, where many of the liberation icons of this country have been buried. mugabe himself just a short few

weeks ago said he did not want to be buried in that hero's acre. there are also a lot of conciliatory notes in that speech you played about what is the really contentious issue between him and the family of robert mugabe. he said a lot of things about grace. the former first lady. remember, it was grace's potential ascent to hour which caused the military in part to come in the streets and push mugabe out. so, a lot of politicking going on. and in these areas, the rural areas, it will be interesting to see how they will react when the funeral does actually happen. >> david mckenzie following the story live in harare. around the world, people are remembering the complicated legacy of robert mugabe, among

nose who are witnessed first hand, a native of is zimbabwe. it was a personal story for him. he spoke about what it was like to work in zimbabwe and covered the many cries sees that covered his tenure. >> his death was expect the. since he was deposed from power in november 2017, he seemed, now, to shrink in statue. you know, the idea that this is a man who had run the country for 37 years and no-no longer wore that crown of power, i was a teenager when he came to power. it was an aspiring time. he had bob marley playing at an independent celebration. he it ub40 and that has changed but that before our very eyes

was a complete thirst for total control. i went in and out of zim to cover the worst crisis under his rule. in 2008, when the level of violence into the election hearing, it was absolutely terrible to behold. there was no difference between the leader of the opposition being beaten up at a police station and a reporter being beaten up doing his job. it was a frightening time for a reporter. there were other aspects of mugabe that i quite admire. as a liberation war hero, he didn't have any equals. he was a bookish man, educated, and to become a leader of the zimbabwe national liberation struggle which is incredible. and there's another thing to add to this, it's that there came a time that rather than just being president mugabe who is doing great things. making education for all possible, there was some kind of

massive change, with which we saw really no difference between, you know, the interest of the country and the interest of his family and his best friends is the age-old thing that absolute power corrupts absolutely. but i think 30 years from now, his legacy and history will be kinder to that legacy. because, really, you know, all of the things that zimbabwe has gone through, very painfully, like a bitter hard child birth, the idea of land liberation, the idea of trying to get control of an economy, worst part of his legacy, that huge addition of violence hasn't gone away. i was in zimbabwe in july 2018 when emerson was elected for the first time. and there were bullets shooting people in the back. if the country were to move forward. and i wish it would because it's the most beautiful country in the world.

and i don't say that lightly. it's a great place i've grown up in. it's so sad that it keeps going back to bad economy, to violence by the state. >> it is a personal story from our farai sevenzo. thank you. still ahead, the death toll rising in the bahamas. the scenes there, utter december station from the air, on the ground, even veteran journalists, they're at a loss for words. >> i've been covering hurricanes for 37 years now. i've never seen devastation like that. >> our gary tuchman, he's covered a lot of storms. for him to say that, it means a lot. we'll have more after this. get free smartphones too! get 4 new lines of unlimited and 4 free phones for just 30 bucks a line! ♪

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to our friends watching around the world this hoyer on cnn international and to our viewers up early here state side on cnn usa, welcome back to "newsroom." i'm george howell with the headlines we're following for you this hour. u.s. democrats led bier? ly nadler are expected to vote next week on formalizing their impeachment investigation into the trump administration. the move comes as former trump campaign manager corey lewandowski and two former white house aides are set to testify before the house judiciary committee. the u.s. president's decision to avert military bucks to build his border wall, the one he said mexico would pay for, well, it's getting push aback now. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell said he will support one of the projects to support the wall. that in his own backyard, in his home state of kentucky.

>> the u.s. says the iranian oil tanker seized by britain suspected of carrying oil to syria in violation of sanctions, well, it's now been spotted off the syrian coast. u.s. national security adviser john bolton says this satellite image the one you see here places it two nautical miles from a naval base in syria. we continue to follow this story for you. in the bahamas, the death toll there continues to rise at 43 people who lost their lives. government officials say that number could go much higher. hundreds if not thousands of people are still missing there. many bodies lay uncollected in the rubble and in the water. the u.s. coast guard has rescued more than 200 people in the bahamas. cnn's gary tuchman joined the american teams on the ground, as they canvassed one area looking for survivors. here's what they saw. >> reporter: we're in a section of marsh harbor called mud and peas, it's described as a

largely haitian community. i've been covering hurricanes for 37 years now now. i'm never seen december sim makes like this that i've seen in the abacos. you can see the coast guard searching through the rubble. this gives you an idea why it's impossible now to have a firm death toll. for example, you can see this home here. it's clear no one is inside this home. these coast guardsmen are about to go in these homes here to see if there's anyone inside. a short time ago, we'll give you a look at what we're doing, they're trying to plot out the next couple of hours. it's important to point out u.s. coast guard men and women, their job is to protect the united states and go other expeditions, but it's also their job to help other people. we've spent the day with 25 coast guard men and women and two members of rescue from the

miami fire department who are here looking for people as they may need help. but you can see as the camera goes around in a circle, it's a wide area. people are shell-shocked. we saw over 200 people lined up on a port, hoping to get on a ship to get out of here-every one of them lost their homes. we're not talking damage. we're talking utter devastation. most of it is completely gone, as far as we can see. there's still a lot to do to determine how many people died, how many people were hurt and what the sur risvivors are goin do with their live. >> we talk about thea atid efforts. janelle, thank you for your time. >> thanks for having me, george. >> first of all, the images that

we see coming out of the bahamas are staggering, stunning to see the amount of destruction there. from your view, what is your organization doing now to help people get the help they need? >> as you said, the images are not just stunning, they're heartbreaking. the bahamas red cross has had a surprise preposition before the hurricane and bahamas red cross volunteers were spreading preparedness messages making sure people evacuated, telling them what to bring and where to go. right now, we're really focusing on getting life saving aid to people who need it. so, yesterday, we were able to deliver tarps, blankets, hand crank radios to people in need. and ice distribution, something that people told us they really needed. one of the number one things they wanted so they could use it for water and also use it to keep their food safe. we had a plane ran on thursday in nassau, it had 3800 aid on

it. hammers nails, ropes so people can start repairing their shelters. they had hygiene items on there so people can stay safe and healthy as they're going through their emergency. and things so people can get clean water. >> those pallets here, we saw pallets a few minutes ago. what is the process to get that out and about? look, many of the roads have been either damaged severely or simply destroyed. >> certainly. there are several options for being able to get aid in it could be flying it in. it could be driving. it could be taking a boat. so, right now, getting aid to some places but there are definitely logistical challenges right now. it's everything from flooded airports and roads to teleconnectivity. and harsh weather. so, right now, we're working around the clock to get aid to the community to really need it.

>> then of all of the things that you're bringing in, surely, you've spoken to people. what's the most critical item, would you say, at this point for people? >> right now, people really want food, water and emergency shelter. so many people i spoke with lost their homes. sometimes, they were in a house and the hurricane took their roof and they ran to a neighbor's house to seek safety. and then that neighbor lost their roof. and then they went to the next neighbor's house and the same thing happened. so emergency shelter, it's huge right now for people who are sleeping outside. one thing that's really important that i think a lot of people don't think about after a strike, is that people don't have teleconnectivity. they around even able to know if their family members in other cities or towns are safe or alive. that's really in the forefront of a lot of people's minds who i spoke with.

they just don't if their sister is alive. they just want to the make sure that their mother knows that they made tell through the storm. so, people want food, water and shelter. but it's that peace of mind that families want. >> jenelle, i've seen a lot of storms. but images coming out of the bahamas, unlike anything i've ever seen before. as you state, there are so many families missing loved ones hundreds if not thousands of people unaccounted for. so that search will continue. i'm curious to ask you, of the storms that you've covered and seen, where does this stand in your mind? >> i have to say when you've seen one disaster, you've seen one disaster. whether it's a wildfire or a tornado or a hurricane people's heartache of losing loved ones and losing their holes, that's the same. but the effect on people is very deep and emotional and unique to

them. people, even who live until diastin disaster prone areas, they never get used to disasters. they never get used to devastation. i think the people i've met, you can really see the pain in their eyes. right now, we're focusing on hurricane dorian and how this has affected them. >> jenelle, we appreciate your time and certainly the work that your organization is doing there for so many people in need right now. thank you for your time. >> thank you, george. while the u.s. president continues to talk about dorian, not the storm itself, but rather proving himself right on an aspect of this story, our jim acosta reports white house officials might be ignoring other possible problems like the economy and an immigration fight within his own party. >> reporter: with the carolinas and bahamas picking up the pieces after hurricane dorian president trump is still defending his magic marker meteorology, tweeting the fake

news media was fixated on the fact that i properly said at the beginning of hurricane dorian that in addition to florida and other states alabama may be grazed or hit. they went crazy hoping that i made a mistake which i didn't. despite a week of fact-facting showing that's not true, they cashed in, selling the marker phosphi phosphine. scaramucci once again claimed there's something wrong with the president. >> i think the president is in severe medical decline. i'm not saying that now because i'm a political adversary or i disavow him, i'm saying that objectively looking at what's going on. >> reporter: but the white house have bigger problems on its hands after the latest unemployment numbers 130,000 jobs added in august. 25,000 were for the census. the president is then tweeting

his reservations about jerome powell asking where did i find this guy jerome, oh, well, you can't win them all. >> i did mention, though that there were these risks and we're monitoring them very carefully and we're conducting policy the way we address them. no, i wouldn't see the recession the most likely outcome for the united states or for the world economy, for that matter. >> reporter: and neither does the white house. >> the best answer i can give you is, we have no immediate urgency, if that's what you're asking. there's no anti-recession policymaking because we don't see a recession. >> reporter: there's growing concern with gop lawmakers over the white house plan to divert millions of dollars of projects to build trump peace border wall. a spokesman for mitch mcconnell said the longtime lawmaker recently talks to defense secretary esper regarding the issue and is committed to protect funding for the ft. campbell middle school

project. democrats say the plan doesn't make sense. sblt whole idea taking projects that are desperately needed for national security and using it for a wall that they can't even give a straight excuse why it's needs that's egregious. >> reporter: mr. trump is slamming former president barack obama daca program which shields undocumented immigrants from deportation tweeting obama never had the legal right to sign da da, totally illegal document. democrats have bigger immigration problems to solve like his own rhetoric in light of the el paso mass shooting. there's also a direct line from the rhetoric, we've heard from the president calling immigrants, thugs, rapists, invaders, infestation of this country. the murderer in his own manifesto used some of the same terms, practically quoted. >> reporter: asked what the

white house plans to do to boost the economy, larry kudlow said mr. trump may unveil a proposal for tax cuts in the 2020 campaign. but the president tried that one before heading into last year's midterms, mr. trump said there would be new middle class tax cuts. that never happened. jim acosta, cnn, the white house. >> jim, thank you. an aborted takeoff and evidence of sabotage. investigators say a man accused of tampering with an american airlines flight. he explained why he did. and his explanation, well, interesting. stay with us. unpredictable crohn's symptoms following you?

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tampering with the navigation equipment of an american airlines flight back in july is waiting for his next court date. the incident is also raising questions about just how much we know about who is working on the planes that we trust and fly. our rene marsh explains. >> reporter: an american airlines mechanic is accused of trying to sabotage a commercial airliner with 150 people on board, just before takeoff. abdul majeed maruof alani faced a judge in destroying and attempting to wreck an aircraft. he has not entered a plea. it happened at an american airlines hub on july 17th. according to the arrest affidavit, the plane's tube, a key instrument was found loose. >> this is a tube that drives

your air speed so we know how fast it the moves through the air which is one of the more fundamental things about flying a plane. >> reporter: additionally, investigators say alani tried to disable it. the system reports aircraft speed, pitch and other critical data. >> you have to know how fast a plane is doing to do a successful takeoff. it's a very dangerous malfunction. >> reporter: the the whiles noticed the problem as the plane began rolling for takeoff in route for the bahamas. alani told investigators he was upset over a contract dispute between union workers and the airline that was costing him money. he allegedly tampered with the aircraft so he could get overtime by fixing the problem which he created. according to the complaint, his attention was not to cause harm to the aircraft or its passengers. the incident is highlighting the vulnerabilities that still exist for commercial aviation

post-9/11. >> there should certainly be an expectation that the airline security personnel, law enforcement, homeland security, that they are making sure that these types of events don't happen again. >> reporter: american airlines in a let's to its employees saying that it is disturbed and disappointed by the incident. we do know that this mechanic has been suspended. and cnn has also learned at some point he worked for alaska airlines. he was fired from that airline, according to court documents, because of mechanical errors. reporting outside of reagan national airport, rene marsh, cnn. >> rene marsh on the story, thank you. we'll be right back, after this short break. usaa took care of her car rental, and getting her car towed. all i had to take care of was making sure that my daughter was ok. if i met another veteran,

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to find someone had written the "n" word several times on his gym shirt in the words leave now. >> i was worried. >> reporter: he and his family said that wasn't the first time he'd been targeted because of his race. >> i've been kicked in my knees. i've been called monkey. >> reporter: his family said for years they complained about the incident to school officials. >> everything that's happened is more steps to take so they don't look at fault. >> reporter: that was in 2018 how his family and five other families of black students are suing the school districts of eastern carver schools in minnesota. >> it's not a situation of a little bullying here. a little bullying there. an isolated incident. it's not that. it's a systemwide problem that we believe the school district knew about all along and failed to remedy. >> reporter: the allegation reads like segregation itself. it alleges that another black student was punched in the face

by a white student, called the n word and had food thrown at him. this image showed 25 black stude students superimposed on a google map labeled negro hill. a white student posted a picture of himself holding a gun on snap chat while threatening to list blacks and other students. and another photo went viral of white students wearing charcoal masks they hash tagged black face. one month later in a yearbook, a white child wearing black face. the yearbook was recalled before it was distributed. four of six students left the school due to harassment, the lawsuit case. >> we've alleged emotional distress. we've talked about the substantial disruption on these kids' educations. and those are very real things. >> the school district said it did not comment.

but in a statement when the photo went viral, the statement said racism and bigotry have no place at chaska high school and addressed an equity task force to address the issue. an legal analyst says that could play in their defense. >> in that case, they're saying it's terrible this happen. we're taking steps to train our teachers, to train our administrators, but we didn't necessarily have a duty to act in a different way. we can't prevent all types of bad behavior on school grounds. >> sara sidner continuing coverage on that story. the parents said the federal lawsuit was the last resort after the school district failed to remedy the situation. thank you for watching "cnn newsroom." i'm george howell in the cnn center in atlanta. for our viewers in the united states, "new day" is on the way. and for the rest of the world,

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