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pertinent issues on their own, away from the daily coronavirus -- or we should say, regular coronavirus task force meetings. they don't have them on a daily basis anymore. there's one today. and one of the things that shows you, as to how the task force is not relevant to what's happening at the white house anymore. we understand the task force hasn't even been asked about whether it's a good idea for the president to hold this rally in tulsa this weekend. i talked to an official and he said, listen, the white house knows better than to ask health experts on the task force whether it's a good idea, because, quite frankly, it's not a good idea. >> don't ask if you know what the answer will be and you don't like it. thank you so much. >> reporter: you bet. ♪ top of the hour now. atlanta is bracing for an
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announcement in just an hour on whether criminal charges will be filed in the deadly police shooting of rayshard brooks. the 27-year-old husband and father of four was shot in the back after he took a taser from police and fired at one of the officers following a scuffle at a wendy's restaurant. both of the officers are white. garret walsh on the right is the man who shot brooks. he has been fired from the police forgs. the officer on the left has been placed on administrative duty and the fulton county district attorney says he's weighing murder, felony murder and manslaughter charges. gal gar is there outside of the wendy's. what are you hearing, dianne? >> reporter: i can tell you there is intense interest in what's going to happen within about an hour here in atlanta. take a peek real quick add what's happening in this wendy's.
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you see people coming here, not just to pay their respects, butted to be with other people in the community, as they wait for this decision to come down from the district attorney. you mentioned the three charges he said he is weighing here against those officers. paul howard, the district attorney, has said he does intend to look at both officers here. it's what the family has asked to happen as well. not just, now former officer wolf, who fired the weapon and brauzen in, who was not fired but placed on administrative duty. it may not be murder, felony murder or involuntary manslaughter and may not be any charges at all. i asked what the people here what that would mean if there were no charges filed? people have said you're going to see it explode, anger if that is the case. they are hoping to hear, at least the people who have shown
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back up at this wendy's, they're hoping to hear the district attorney will announce some kind of charges. we're going to hear from the brooks family afterwards. speaking about an hour and a half after the district attorney announces his decision. we should also mention there's a totally separate investigation going on as well. this is the d.a.'s investigation. and whether or not he's going to present those charges. the georgia bureau of investigation look flg ing into as well. they want to hear paul howard announce charges. most of them say they want to hear that murder charge announced at 3:00 p.m. today. >> dianne gallagher, thank you so much, live from atlanta. i want to bring in civil rights attorney to talk with us. as we look at the potential charges in the cases, as dianne mentioned in her report, there could be lesser charges. so, tell us what we're possibly
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going to see here. >> we can see a range of decisions made by the prosecutor here. everything from a murder charge to manslaughter charges. you can see a basic type of negligent homicide, which is when an officer thinks he can support deadly force. i think the broader issue is we see officers in too many situations too quick to use force, including deadly force when a variety of other options are available to them. this is why the country is like this right now. at the very minimal, there should be manslaughter charges. >> do you expect charges against the second officer that did not fire his weapon? >> i would hope there would be charges against that officer. that officer was on the scene and he could have intervened in a way to avoid mr. brooks being murdered.
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based upon what i've seen, there should be some lesser charges for the seconds officer in terms of what he did not do. >> you know, we've spoke with experts who are on the side of law enforcement in this. and they will say that there's a difference between having officers intervene in the george floyd case, where you had something that wasn't instantaneous. it was playing out over the course of several minutes and in this case where people would be expecting the second officer, who was running after the first officer, who shot brooks and brooks. i guess they would ask how would it be possible for that second officer to intervene? how would it physically be possible? >> again, we don't have all the facts. the video speak -- provides significant evidence of what happens here. there were a series of things
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that happened before. obviously, the shooting officer's primarily responsible. the other officer can't get in the mind of that officer. but the prosecutor has an entire record before making this decision. and so, we'll see what's to come. >> all right. shavar jeffries, thank you so much. now to the coronavirus and an alarming surge of cases, particularly in the west and southeast. 21 states in total on the rise and in florida 2600 new cases today. the highest number in a single day since this pandemic began. so, why is the white house pretending like this is actually going away right now? not just ignoring the facts and their own guidelines to wear masks and social distance, but actively misleading americans on the severity of this crisis? vice president pence trying to declare victory, blaming the
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media for pushing a second wave, when right now the country is not even out of the first wave. and doctors and scientists who say that, also say yes, a seconds wave is very possible. a senior cdc official telling cnn that the vice president is cherry picking data to pick his narrative instead of reality. joining us live from los angeles. give us the big picture here when we're looking at the country and coronavirus. >> big picture is right now we have ten states, all in the south and west seeing their highest average daily case count since all of this began. we've got florida is now aa month after opening is seeing four times as many cases. tulsz -- tulsa had its highest day. texas have set a record for the
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most hospital stays in five days straight. one arizona hospital have now run out of covid icu beds. arizona just smashed its record. nearly 2500 new covid-19 cases in a single day. so did florida. >> we're not shutting down. we're going to go forward, continue to protect. >> and texas. >> the reality is covid-19 still exists in texas. >> case counts now climbing in 21 states. >> in a few days or a week later, you'll see a spike in hospitalizations and a few days later, you'll see a spike in deaths. and unless you implement these public health measures, you are going to have that. it is inevitable, despite all the hackie talk coming out of the white house. >> reporter: and the measures aren't even implemented in the rose garden. and those members have, one source tells cnn, resorted to
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meeting among themselves on the phone before briefing their boss, the vice president. we've slowed the spread, cared for the most vulnerable, saved lives, mike pence just wrote in the "wall street journal." we've created a solid foundation for whatever challenges we may face in the future. that's a cause for celebration, not media's fear mongering. >> we go to work every day to help those who need us. >> reporter: promask protesters dragged out by antimaskers. yet another study found they work, preventing up to 450,000 cases between early april and midmay in the 15 states and d.c. where masks were mandatory. in south korea everyone on public transport must now wear one. and with an aggressive test, trace and treat program, south korea has kept its covid death toll to 279.
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in the u.s. over 117,000. and carrying out about half million tests a day. >> all the experts, myself included, think we need three, four, five million at least per day. we're just not getting it. >> reporter: at least 26,000 of america's dead lived in nursing homes. but bars could be the next concern. 16 friends who went unmasked to a florida bar have now tested positive. >> governor, mayor says it's fine. we go out for a friend's birthday. it was a mistake. >> reporter: they are now testing more young people in florida. but the median age was over 65. it's now 37. so, bad news from the south. better news from the northeast. 17 deaths reported in new york state. still tragic but a record low. and the governor has said his
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daily covid briefings friday will be his last. 111 days after his first. brianna. >> thank you for that. the city counsel in montgomery, alabama just vote said down a measure requiring people to wear masks, despite having the highest number of cases in the state. i'll be getting reaction from a man who spoke up at that meeting after losing five family members the virus. and we're learning a passenger had just deplaned a jet after refusing to wear one. managing type 2 diabetes? you're on it. exercising often and eating healthy? yup, on it there too. you may think you're doing all you can to manage type 2 diabetes and heart disease... ...but could your medication do more to lower your heart risk?
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right now in alabama, montgomery county leads the state in coronavirus cases. 2,922 cases and 70 deaths. and we know wearing a mask cuts the risk of transmitting coronavirus significantly. they've prevented as many as 450,000 new cases of covid in the u.s. yet, the montgomery city counsel vote sa voted down a mask mandate, even after local doctors pleaded for them to adopt it. i'm joined by a montgomery man who also spoke up, asking the counsel to pass the mask ordinance. william boyd is with me now. william, you lost five family members to coronavirus. that is an unimaginable loss. i thank you for coming on and i
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want you to know that i'm so sorry it's under these circumstances. your brother's in the hospital right now with covid. tell me about the toll this has taken on your family. >> believe it or not this will be a dream day. he always said when you wake up, it's a dream but it's reality. we have a brother on the ventilator. and one in the hospital that has been going out there. the units are full to the capacity. i had an opportunity to go up there, to see my brother laying on his back. he went there with another small issue, but happened to catch covid-19 while he was in the hospital. also, while in the process of burying my cousin this saturday and it's real. in the city of montgomery, i want to thank our mayor in the city counsel who brought to the table too, let the people know that there's action that need to
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be required, right here in the birthplace of the civil rights movement, which happens to be montgomery, alabama. >> when you showed up, you spoke of the undeniable facts of the toll this has taken on your family. how did city counsel members react? >> one of them lost a daughter last year. and my brother will have to be on a ventilator as we speak. and i told him you, out of all people, know what it feels like and he jacked in an uproar but because of the way they voted, in munt gamry's known for a lot of racist stuff in the past. they voted 4-4. in my opinion, i think it was a staged vote, just for the media. they did not listen on the concerns of the people.
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dr. williams spoke. he gave out facts. he said the hospital beds were full. he said the patients in the back. and he always stated that with when a simple man was slow down the virus. we all know about three things. and watch washing your hands. when medical experts go to the counsel, they're just reckless people. when you have experts in the medical area that reach out and say hey, if you do this, do these things, it would slow down covid-19. so, i think they turn a deaf ear to the expert and it made me feel like do they really have a concern whether or not black
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lives matter? due the fact that 90%, acowarding the doctor, 90% of the patients who are in the hospital here at montgomery, alabama happen to be black. and i have a cousin that they just rolled out last week. and i have a brother, who they pretty much have given up hope on. >> i wonder, william, when you mention the group of doctors who were speaking last night, they were so disgusted by the vote, they walked out. if the counsel isn't listening just to tell it like it is-medical advice, what do you think it would take for the counsel members who voted no on this to realize how important masks are? >> so, i think it's going to take someone in death valley to die. death got to knock on their door. if they don't understand the facts, when all the facts are in, it happens that there's no vaccine. there's no cure.
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so, why not try to protect the lines of the citizens. montgomery must stand up like new york have done. and you let the people know that we are citizens here and they are in charge of some of our lives. when you come down the covid-19. i think they have dropped the ball. and the fact -- i call it truth over the facts. the facts is wearing a mask would slow down covid-19. and they have turned a deaf ear the expert and i can only imagine the worst is jet to come. >> thank you for coming on. i am so sorry for what your family is going through. >> i thank you for your condolences. thank you so much. next, the head coach of the
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the death of george floyd at the hands of police has led to
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calls for police reform across the political spectrum. but now how those changes are implemented is becoming a partisan fight. there were heated moments on capitol hill as a proposal from house democrats was being marked up on a committee floor. >> black lives matter, period. and so i would yield to any of my colleagues on the republican side who can unequivocally say, as we calibrate where we are right now, that black lives matter. >> i thank the gentleman for yielding. dhuz gentleman believe all lives matter as well? i think black lives matter -- >> can anyone on the republican side say unequivocally black lives matter? >> all lives matter. why is that a problem to acknowledge? >> i think it's clear my colleagues on the other side would like to put opstraw man to
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not have the uncomfortable conversation we need about race. >> now, the bill from the democrats provides federal mandates for policies like chokeholds and senate republicans launched their own proposal, which relies more on incentive programs for states to make these changes. hors is a former law enforcement professor and officer. for example, with chokeholds, democrats in their bill, they put an outright federal ban on it. but for senator scott, he says withholding grants from departments that allow them is a ban on chokeholds. will it work? >> i think both ideas have merit. the idea is that chokeholds need to be banned and they need to be banned now. and this is not a political issue. this is a people issue. while we're talking about the black lives matter issue, let's
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keep in mind, still that black people are three times more likely to be killed by police and mentally ill are 16 times more likely to be killed by police. so, let's come up with commonsense legislation that stops the police killings unnecessarily. >> what to you think about the idea of using federal funding as a carrot here? how influential would that be to get police departments to implement policies that folks are calling for now? >> well, as you know, police executives are largely driven by their ability to manage budgets. so, i would hope it would be a good carrot. unfortunately, chiefs can say we don't want the funding and we're not going to outlaw chokeholds. we want a situation where they're off the table for discussion.
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they're illegal, should be banned and never should be done again. >> is there anything in eeth orof to -- either of the proposals you think would have prevented the deaths of george floyd, aubrey taylor or rayshard brooks? >> no because we're dealing with systematic racism and it starts with failed systems, that not only involve police officers but governments that don't enact laws to stop officers from committing certain acts. the inequities in the system create an intersection of police failure. >> we appreciate your perspective on this. and just then an americans airline passenger had to deplane after he refused to wear a mask. and as we wait to hear whether a police officer will be charged in the death of rayshard
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. not withstanding the fact we're in the middle of a pandemic. that's how critical they think it is. on monday, donald trump said, quote, if we stopped testing right now for covid-19, we'd have very few cases, if any. if we stop testing now, we'd have very few cases, if any. the statement is not only absurd, it's absolutely tragic. yesterday the head of the white house task force on coronavirus, the vice president, claimed success in the fight because deaths are, quote, down to fewer than 750 a day. 750 fathers and mothers, sisters and brothers, uncles, aunts, husbands, wives, children dying
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every day. more than 20,000 a month. that's greater than world war ii level of casualties each month. that's more than five, 9/11s each month. and this administration is engaging in self-congratulations. may be good enough for donald trump, but it will never, ever be acceptable if yom your president. researchers have shown that tens of thousands of americans have died needlessly because donald trump was slow to respond to the crisis. and then when he did, he bungalled the response. for weeks in january and february, i was raising my concern said about how we need to take this virus seriously. all while trump is ignoring the reporting from his own
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intelligence community in his daily briefings. and the warnings of his closest advisors. all the while praising the chinese government for being transparent in handling this virus. instead of demanding access for the cdc that beijing was refusing to give in wuhan. . the american people have sacrificed so much to fight this virus. we've lost lives. we've lost businesses. we've lost paychecks. now, thanks to donald trump's bungling, we may lose some of the progress we've begun to make, all because he's lost interest. he's once again ignoring the facts. the public health response is still woefully, woefully lacking from this administration. more than 117,000 people have
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died in the united states of america, with an average daily number of cases still climbing in 21 states. don't have what wd when it comes to rapid results testing. contract -- contact tracing capacity. widely available personnel, protective equipment for them. cleared nation wide guidance. instead, president trump pushes dangerous disproven drug, stands in the way of the cdc issuing guidelines on reopening. they had them, wanted to issue them, he wouldn't let them. he refuses to wear a mask. failing the most basic tests for leadership. he scaled back meetings of the
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covid-19 task force. i guess there's not much to do. in spite of experts saying testing and tracing is necessary for reopening, he sent his testing zar home. the money provided to the pentagon for essential medical supplies, only 15%, only 15% has made it out the door. donald trump wants to style himself as wartime president against this invisible enemy, the coronavirus. like any other war, he takes no responsibility. he exercises no leadership. and now he just is flat surrendering the fight. instead of leading the charge to
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defeat the virus, he just basically waved the white flag and is retreating. he's going to get back to his campaign rallies that he'll put everyone at risk, in violation of the cdc guideline. and still warn against long gatherings, as long as you can allow this to happen, as long as, not withstanding cdc guidance, as long as the people showing up sign a waver promising they'll not hold the campaign liable. donald trump pchsz failure to fight the coronavirus with the same energy and focus he used to troll his enemies on twitter has cost us lives. and is purting hope for an economic recovery at risk. job numbers and retail sales
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were better than expected in may. and that's great news for the country. but now donald trump's desire to declare victory and be done with it is only going to impale the continued progress we have to make. our economy is still sputerring with more than 20 million people unemployed. and no clear guidance from the federal government. for what businesses need to do to reopen safely, efficiently, and generate a strong recovery. this isn't a debate about whether to reopen. it's about how we make reopening work for everyone. the employees at the white house, they get daily covid-19 tests. they know they're safe before they go to work and they know their coworkers are safe.
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they can resume their lives. but workers across the country, aren't asking for daily testing. they're just asking for regular, reliable access to tests. don't they deserve that? it's not that donald trump doesn't recognize the importance of testing, it's that he's not up to the task or doesn't care and now he's seemingly decided he doesn't even want to try. just like he couldn't wish covid-19 away in march, just like he couldn't tweet it away in april, he can't ignore it away in june. so, i ask basic questions for president donald trump. what are you going to do to make sure every worker has access to regular testing so that they
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have the same confidence to go into a store or go back to work that white house staffers have? child care centers can navigate uncertainty all on their own without guide nsz and resources to protect the kids and communities? why don't you enforce the ocea standards for worker protection during this global pandemic? why is it that mainstream lending program created more than two months ago by the congress to help struggling small businesses only open for registration to lenders two days ago? and still hasn't distributed a single pony. why don't you just close the
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name, mr. president, of the businesses received a told of $500 billion in tax-payers funding. why are they being hidden? how many cronies got bailouts? how many donors? how many big businesses that didn't need it? what business had to shut down because they were denied funding in april? what businesses didn't get special approval? that others got? by a nod from the top. why did you get rid of the watch dog, mr. president. why did you get rid of the watchdog? appoint it to oversea every dollar distributed to inspector general? why did you get rid of that person? that congress passed? what are you trying to hide?
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it's a bad management. on top of bad planning. on top of neglect. it's totally unacceptable for a great nation like ours. folks, here's the truth. the pandemic is still here. it's going to be here for the foreseeable future until we get it under control or until we have safe and proven widely available vaccine. covid-19 is a fact of nature. we have to deal with this virus. and everything that comes with it. we have to deal with it head on, honestly. tell the people the truth. paraphrase franklin roosevelt in the depregsz. the american people can handle anything. just tell them the truth.
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can't deal with the way you're doing it. the only way to deal with it, mr. president, if we put in the works investing and building a dynamic, resilient economy and health system, capable of getting and then staying ahead of new outbreaks. we're at capacity and resources to do that. i've laid out baseline steps of what needed to be done. from make-it-work checklists to successful accountable and recovery that i put out back in early april,to the steps for a strong reopening that i released last week. it's not rocket science. granted, i have incred abl scientists advising me on almost a daily basis on how to proceed. but it's not rocket science. it's commonsense, straight forward.
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and that's why this is perhaps the greatest indictment of donald trump's complete compelling lack of leadership. he wasted months and months passing the buck, blaming everyone else. refusing to act when he should have been preparing our country for a long-term response and building up our resiliency to respond to future flair ups. yes, we still don't have a -- comprehensive system for collecting covid-19 case data. this is the basis. he should are have been preparing us to weather the valleys and peeks of the virus. and it has been laid bear in the crisis. we should have been working to
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bridge inequities and strengthsen the cracks in the foundation for economic systems exposed for everyone to see. he hasn't done any of it. because of the depths of donald trump's failure, this pandemic will continue to be worse for all americans. and much worse for black and brown americans. who have been hit the hardest. folks in communities like darby and donald trump thinks he puts his head in the stand, the american people will to. but it doesn't work that way. not with when hundreds are still dying every day and millions are unemployed, wondering how in god's name they're going to keep the lights on and food on the table. not when workers are weighed down with worries about their safety or what happens if they get sick. there are the steps we need be
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taking now to steer in the right direction, see us through this time. and make a more resilient future. first, we have to do everything we can to avoid deadly spikes in infection as people start to go back out in the world. we're not that much better prepared today with the run of cases that overfills our intensive care units, than we were three months ago. second, we have to help give people the assurance and precautions that are necessary to restart the economy with confidence. if americans lose what faith they have left in the government's unlt to manage this pandemic, we'll see much deeper and longer-lasting economicfor .
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mr. president, don't leave the american people to face this threat on their own with no guidance, resources, or leadership from the federal government. don't let support from the cares act expire next month while people are still hurting. don't leave our frontline workers exposed without the resources and don't waste any more of our time, mr. president. the american people need confidence and clear guidance, grounded in science, this could allow them to resume their daily lives. american businesses need the support of the federal government to continue to backstop them through this phase of reopening and workers need assurances that your health is their first concern. americans need a president who will put the american people
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first, not his or her own ego. america needs a president who will do the work. i'm ready on day one after more than three years in office, why isn't donald trump ready? mr. president, wake up. get to work. there is so much more to be done. thank you. >> joe biden there speaking in pennsylvania and blasting the trump administration's response to coronavirus. he said essentially it has surrendered the fight against it. he took on vice president mike pence trying to declare victory over coronavirus. he said that this administration is engaging in self-congratulations and jessica dean is joining me now from the
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event and he signed off there, jessica, he said, wake up. which i thought was an interesting jab at president trump considering the moniker that president trump has for him. he's accusing president trump of being asleep on the job when it comes to coronavirus. >> reporter: that is right. we saw him go right after president trump and his response to the coronavirus as you just saw there. this was all about lack of leadership that joe biden believes is being displayed by president trump. to your point he said wake up, get to work. there is so much to be done. and said that the president has waived the white flag and is retreating when it comes to the fight with the virus. former vice president joe biden spending the day just outside of philadelphia in the suburbs here talking to small business owners about how to safely reopen the economy and giving remarks behind us. and he's trying to make the point that donald trump is wrong when it comes to coronavirus in
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so many ways. but the biggest point is that joe biden believes that you could both reopen the economy and take care of public health. but it is not one choice or the other. but the stark words, we heard him go directly at the sitting president, at president trump and telling him that he is just asleep at the wheel. that americans are worse off because of his lack of leadership. so really direct words today from former vice president joe biden. >> jessica dean, thank you so much. out on the trail with joe biden. and this just into cnn. a passenger aboard an american airlines flight from new york to dallas was forced to deplane after refusing to wear a mask. i want to go to cnn aviation correspondent pete montine. tell us what happened here. >> reporter: well this is the first such incident we've heard like this and it will unlikely be the last. let me just sort of walk you through this.
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there was a tweet that went viral. a 12:30 american airlines flight from la guardia to dallas fort worth you could hear a conversation between flight attendants and a passenger who refused to wear a mask. we know from american airlines that the flight did depart but the passenger was booted from the flight and is now being rebooked on to another flight. american airlines notes that several times throughout the procedures of boarding the plane, once on board the plane, they remind passengers to wear a mask. this comes at a critical time to the airlines when they've added teeth to their policies, united, american and delta saying they will ban a passenger who refuses to wear a mask from flying on this carrier again. so we do not know in this case if the passenger was banned. that passenger was rebooked.
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this is during a time when there was a void of federal regulations on commercial airlines when it comes to wearing a mask. the faa administrator on the hill today said he supports cdc guidelines but stopped short of any new guidelines. the industry is trying to enforce the policy on their own and there is a bit of patch work of policies. to federal rule about this yet, brianna. >> and it doesn't seem like we'll get one any time soon. thank you, pete montine. and our special coverage begins now with brooke baldwin. >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. hi there, i'm brooke baldwin. thank you for being with me. we wanted to take it a few minutes early because any moment we'll learn if there are any charged for the shooting of rayshard brooks in atlantach the district attorney will make the
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announcement any minute and we'll take you there live when it begins. the d.a. decision is expected to address both of those officers involved, former atlanta police officer garrett rolfe, who shot and killed brooks, was fired one day after the fatal shooting and the second police officer on the scene has been placed on administrative duty. his name is devin bronsan and it was caught on multiple cameras and before we roll the tape, i want to warn you that both videos may be disturbing. >> hey, stop fighting. stop fighting. >> so in the police body cam video, brooks is seen resisting arrest after failing a sobriety test and scuffling with one of the officers as he got ahold of a taser. this is the second angle. this is from an eyewitness. it begins with the struggle
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brooks had with the officers there on the ground one officer appears to fire histu three gunshots are heard out of frame. this whole thing has sparked outrage and anger as protesters took to the streets over the weekend and now into this week demanding justice. and as we wait to hear from the fulton county district attorney, let's begin the hour with ryan young who there is at the courthouse in atlanta and correspondent dianne gallagher standing by at the wendy's where brooks was killed. ryan i want to begin with you. what are we expecting to see here in a few minutes? >> well that is the big question. obviously we've been chasing after paul howard after the last few days to see what he would announce. but i could tell you the pain in this community is something that so many people have been talking about when you watch that body camera footage, so many people talked about how calm it was for some 30 minutes and then what
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happened afterwards is what people have been talking about. there are people who were obviously in this community to believe charges should come down on those officers. they want to know why it ended up the way it did. we're now in this courtroom where they're going to do the news conference. people are filing in as we speak. they're trying to set things up to talk about what possibly could happen. i could tell you i've talked to some insiders who do believe there where charges coming for the officers. but this is set a line in this community. people wanting action. of course you have all of the things that happened across the country. now here in atlanta, this is a place known for the civil rights movement. an you heard the mayor talk about how she felt when she watched the video. that she was rooting for rayshard brooks and wanted him to get home. and that is the big question. why did it end this way. the taser, whether or not it was considered a deadly weapon for.
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the investigators have been working on this since after the shooting so it is interesting to see how they move forward especially in the community filled with so much pain. >> let me stay with you quickly, ryan, because it is my understanding we've heard that they want the officers in jail, right, period, full stop. but you have some intel on the moral at a.p.d. what are you hearing? >> reporter: yeah, i've talked to 12 officers over the last 24 hours or so. black, white, male, female, long time veterans of the police department, they mixed messages about how they should act when the slooting occurs and when someone grabs a taser. that is happening throughout the community. we so see the line of people having arguments about what should happen next. but i could tell you go out to that site, that wendy's and listen to the pain. the fact there is a steady flow of people going every hour to that wendy's and you know people
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in the community that want answers and they are demanding it. brooke. >> and let's go to the wendy's, what the emotions they're sharing? >> reporter: it is what ryan was describing there. there is this collective breath holding happening in atlanta over the past few days since district attorney paul howard announced that he thought he would be coming to a decision by about mid-week saying that wednesday would be the earlier he would make a decision on charges. a lot of people in atlanta simply heard i'm going to make a decision on wednesday. and they've been waiting since this morning to hear from that district attorney. he talked about the three potential charges he was considering. murder, felony murder and voluntarily manslaughter. and i'll step out of the way so you could see what is going. this particular protest was happening and scheduled before they heard that this was going to take place at 3:00 today. so they were out here a