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warnings that his supporters may not be safe from covid-19. first, a good first step. that is how the attorney foray vard brooks family is describing the charges of fired atlanta police officer who shot and killed brooks last friday night. the fulton county district attorney announced 11 charges in total including felony murder against the second officer on the scene is also facing charges. cnn's ryan young has the latest now from atlanta. >> these are the leveled charges against officer roth. the first charge is felony murder. this is as a result of an underlying felony and in this case the underlying felony is

aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and the possible sentence here is for a felony murder conviction would be life without parole or the death penalty. >> fulton county district attorney shows charges against the two officers involved in the ray shard brooks shooting. >> at the time the shot was fired, the utterance made was, i got him. the city of atlanta says you cannot even fire a taser at someone who's running away so you certainly can't fire a gun, a handgun at someone who is running away. >> reporter: brooks widow was inside the courtroom as the district attorney's team displayed in large photographs showing the last moments of his life. it all started friday night. >> what's up, my man.

>> reporter: for 20 minutes officers talked to brooks but after brooks failed a breathalyzer test, he ran. they are fighting on the ground. brooks runs away taking one of the officer's taser. as the officer chased him brooks points the taser over his shoulder at rolf. after he was shot rolf kicked him. >> as far as kicking mr. brooks is from 1 to 20 years. >> reporter: the other officer devin brosnan has three charges. >> at the time of the photograph he is standing on the body of mr. brooks. the d.a. says brosnan has turned into a state witness. >> he has turned into a state

witness. >> reporter: officer brosnan has not agreed to testify nor plead guilty. rolf's attorney said he feared for his safety and the safety of civilians around here. ryan junk, cnn, atlanta. >> we have a cnn legal analyst and civil rights attorney. she joins us from los angeles. thank you so much f rosemary. >> garrett rolf has been fired with felony murder. devin brosnan has agreed to be a state witness but his team denies that. how significant is that? >> it's a very significant development today, rosemary. not only did the district

attorney charge both of these officers, he threw the proverbial book at both of these officers, particularly the one of rolf who was involved in the shooting of mr. brooks. didn't charge him with a lesser offense. that carries life without the chance of parole and even the death penalty. these are very serious charges filed against both officers. >> we learned that the former officer who shot ray shard brooks said, i got him, and kicked brooks while the other officer stood on brooks's shoulder. we also learned they didn't provide medical aid to him for over two minutes. how significant are these shocking details from a legal perspective and how big of a part did they play in the charges? >> they were indeed shocking.

they play into the narrative that african-american men who have encounters with the police are not only 2.5 times more likely to end up dead as mr. brooks did, but certain police officers don't see african-american menace human, they see them as less than human. to not only stand on his body but to kick him after he's already been shot twice in the back just really shows the lack of humanity they have for him. the excited utterance, the statement, we got him, i got him, will be very significant as the jurors have to weigh his state of mind and as the district attorney commented, that comment and the gestures and actions of the officers after mr. brooks is laying there dying, they don't suggest that they were fearful of him or that they had any remorse with respect to the shooting. in fact, they played into this narrative that they were purposefully trying too shoot him or that that one officer

intentionally tried to shoot him. very disturbing details. >> finally, african-americans have been dealing with police brutality for hundreds of years and now the rest of america and the world are seeing what goes on. it is a possibility that things may be very different this time. do you think that's the case in terms of police reforms, accountability and justice? >> i think we're having very difficult conversations, rosemary. i'm cautiously optimistic. one thing happens and it's almost like a playbook. we have intense media attention around the high profile cases. there's protests around the world and we have difficult conversations around race. just as we get very close we tend to pull back, retreat,

recoil because it is difficult to have the conversations. we see that happening with the executive order signed by donald trump which is more window dressing. nothing with any substance or teeth. we saw that with the gop police reform bill rolled out this morning again. not very much substance. not any consequences to the kinds of actions of the police officers we saw in the ray shard brooks case. the conversation has started yet again, but where that conversation ends up, it's not clear to me that it's going to end in the kind of sweeping and broad criminal justice reform and police reform we need to end the kind of violence against african-american men and women that we see played out over the last several months. >> thank you for your legal analysis. >> thank you. former u.s. national security advisor john bolton is slamming his old bosa cuesing

president trump of asking china to help him win re-election in 2020. in his upcoming book, bolton claims mr. trump is preoccupied with political survival. bolton writes, i am hard-pressed to identify any significant trump decision during my white house tenure that wasn't driven by re-election calculations. cnn's jeremy diamond has more. >> reporter: one day after the justice department sought to block john bolton's book, they're releasing parts of john bolton's book. now cnn has also obtained a copy of the book. john bolton is making a series of explosive allegations about how president trump has conducted himself as president in the office, particularly in the realm of foreign policy.

amid those allegations that john bolton is making, one in particular strikes at this issue of president trump seeking the help of foreign adversaries in the u.s. election. we know, of course, that was the subject of president trump's -- the impeachment that he faced with regards to seeking help from ukraine. now john bolton is saying the president appeared to seek the assistance of china. trump said approvingly that there was great hostility to china among democrats. trump stunningly turned to the u.s. election eluding to china's economic problems.

i would print trump's exact words but they have said otherwise. he had to submit for review to determine if there was any classified information. there were several edits to take out classified information, but the justice department and white house are claiming there is still classified information in this book. and president trump is responding to bolton saying this. >> he broke the law. this is highly classified. this is highly classified. it's highly classified information and he did not have approval. that's come out now very loud and very strong. >> reporter: even as president trump claims there is classified information that should not be released to the public, he's saying that what ambassador bolton is writing isn't true. in an interview with the wall

street journal the president calling john bolton a liar. the president, it seems, would like to have it both ways, saying there is sensitive classified information that shouldn't be out there and saying what ambassador bolton is writing isn't true. jeremy diamond, cnn, the white house. joining me now is natasha lynnstadt teaches government at the university of exsection. >> thanks for having me. >> the one that stands out the most is the one that claims president trump asked china's president xi to help him win re-election. it's a stunning claim. what is your reaction? >> it's one of many stunning revelations. in some ways it's not surprising given what we know about this president who operates like a

mob boss and who doesn't have an understanding of the rule of law but just doesn't care about the rule of law. everything is about him and about furthering his chances of re-election and that's what bolton said. he was making every decision based on his own personal needs. we're seeing huge examples of abuse of power. the ukraine case was just the tip of the iceberg. he was doing the same thing with china, trying to get xi to intervene in helping him by agricultural product from states that he needed support from. this demonstrates a pattern of abuse of power and it also de n demonstrates that he's not knowledgeable. he didn't know that the u.k. was a nuclear power. bolton said he was incredibly

reckless. he said it would be cool to invade venezuela. this is coming when trump is very unpopular and this book is not helping matters. >> certainly a lot of revelations there. he wrote this, at the opening dinner of the osaka g20 meeting in june of 2019 with only interpreters present xi had explained to trump why he was basically building concentration camps. according to our interpreter xi should go ahead with building the camps which is what trump thought was exactly the right thing to do. here we have a u.s. president telling a foreign leader that it's perfectly ethical to lock up a minority. your reaction? >> it is literally the opposite of what any u.s. president has ever done. it is completely insane that he

would agree or offer some support. it shows his admiration for authoritarian leaders. he wants to sequester journalists. they're telling the truth. he's had a lot in common with dictators. that's another example from the book that demonstrates this. >> bolton's book claims that president trump sought to stop criminal probes to give personal favors to dictators he liked saying the pattern looked like obstruction of justice as a way of life. this is why critics say bolton should have revealed this earlier. here's what democratic representative adam schiff said.

bolton's staff was asked to testify and they had a lot to lose and they did. when bolton was asked, he refused. instead he saved it for a book. bolton may be an author but he's no patriot. this would have been important during president trump's impeachment trial but bolton held onto it. what might be the ramifications. >> i want to point out that they said he should have moved forward and he knew he wasn't going to get subpoenaed. this has been a number one best seller in terms of presales we're seeing on amazon.

that wasn't very patriotic. he has a shrinking base. republicans are seeing the writing on the wall. military generals saying they can't vote for him. former secretary of state colin powell saying he can't vote for trump. this is just one other piece to the muzzle in terms of the republicans and trying to figure out are we going to stick with this person who's not democratic in any way, who's completely corrupt, who is not knowledgeable, who's really dragging the country into the ground, very divisive, or are we going to vote for a more moderate candidate that the democrats have offered. none of this is goods. >> we shall watch to see what happens in november. thank you so much for your analysis. appreciate it. >> thanks for having me.

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u.s. president donald trump is holding a 2020 campaign rally this saturday in tulsa, oklahoma, where coronavirus cases are rising. thousands of supporters are expected to attendee spite warnings from health officials to stay home. our cnn's jim acosta reports the trump campaign will not take responsibility for anyone who might get sick by attending this event. >> reporter: with president trump expected to hold a rally, white house officials are saying rally at your own risk. >> will the president or the white house take responsibility if people get sick and catch the coronavirus? >> so the campaign has taken certain measures. temperature checks, hand sanitizers and masks. >> you're not requiring people

to wear a mask. >> they will be given a mask. >> reporter: they have told attendees that the president and other event organizers cannot be held liable for any illnesses. they tried to compare the potential for the dangers of attending a baseball game but, hold on, pro sports events with crowds have been scrapped for weeks. >> as with any event, you assume a personal event. that's what you do. when you go to a baseball game, you assume a risk. that's the decision of americans. >> they're urging attendees to be tested for the virus before and after the event. public health experts are warning the white house they could be putting people at risk. >> they don't care about them except as a photo op because they're going to kill some of them. >> disinfectant knocks it out.

>> reporter: ever since the president suggested people can protect themselves with disinfectant. they don't want to deal with the reality of it. they're in denial. former vice president joe biden is blasting mr. trump's handling of the pandemic. >> we've lost lives. we've lost businesses. we've lost paychecks. now thanks to president donald trump, we may lose more. >> dr. anthony fauci who is 789 years ol -- 79 years old, he says, i'm in a high risk category. they would support proposals pushed by senator tim scott. >> we hear you. i think this package speaks very clearly to the young person

who's concerned, what he sees. >> democrats insist the bill doesn't go far enough. >> we don't need a toothless bill, we need to take action that is real. >> reporter: press secretary was asked why so many white house officials are not wearing a mask when staffers were using them when vice president pence's aide contracted it. they said they're recommended but not required. another show that president trump is not interested in being a role model. for more i'm joint now from new york from dr. celine gounder. good to have you with us. >> my pleasure. >> more than 117,000 deaths in the united states from covid-19 and cases are increasing in

about 21 states, including oklahoma, yet president trump is going ahead with a rally in that state, in the city of tulsa saturday, that could potentially see 20,000 people packed in tightly together. how concerned are you about this? >> well, rosemary, i think it really depends on what additional measureses are being taken by his supporters. if they're all wearing masks, practicing good hand hygiene, to the degree possible in a packed rally, trying to maintain six feet apart, they probably can minimize most of the risk. it is after all outdoors. the biggest red flag is the president has shown an antagonism to wearing a mask. that is shown in singapore, japan, south korea that it makes a difference in terms of

transmission. i'm concerned that that message hasn't gotten through and that people won't be taking the precautions necessary to protect them selves. >> we know participants will not be required to wear masks. we heard from the president's press secretary those in attendance assume a personal risk. what would your advice be to the participants? >> look, i think the data is very clear. we should all be wearing masks. that's the best way to protect people. japan has done a pretty good job of controlling the virus, wearing masks complemented with contact tracing and isolation. this is clearly a measure that works. the southeast asian countries had experience with sars before this. they know what the risks are,

what worked in that context and i think it would behoove us to really take a page from that. >> it's such an easy solution. the white house coronavirus task force has been side lined for about a month now. one white house official close to that task force told cnn that they just don't want to deal with the reality of it. they're in denial, referring to the trump administration there. we've seen the images of president trump and vice president pence not wearing masks. what would be the consequences when leadership ignores the health crisis. >> i don't think it's just the trump administration. i think government officials, the news media has gotten fatigued with the covid story.

hospitals are tired and burned out. the general public, too. the natural human response, but as we let our guard down we really are exposing ourselves to increased transmission. i'm profoundly concerned for what this will mean in the fall. >> thank you so much. >> my pleasure. some u.s. police officers have had enough and they're leaving their posts. others are speaking out wanting to tell their side of the story. coming up, what america's police are saying about the protests and why some think there's a better way.

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welcome back to our viewers in the united states and all around the world. i'm rosemary church. protesters here in the u.s. are demanding immediate and far reaching changes in the law enforcement system and measures to defund or even disband police forces around the nation have been put in motion. police officers are now speaking out as well. cnn's jason carroll has more. >> reporter: a former atlanta police officer now charged with felony murder in the shooting of rayshard brooks. if convicted, that officer could face the death penalty. the possibility sending shock waves across police departments nationwide. already dealing with low morale in the wake of protests and calls for reform. darryn porture is a retired new york city police lieutenant. he said many officers feel they're on trial. >> they feel as if they're not wanted, not needed nor are they

being accepted. >> reporter: that morale is why officers are resigning, in some cases joining together to speak out. in louisville, kentucky, police demonstrated over what they say is little support from city leaders and the lack of respect from the community, this after a police monument was defaced. >> the fallen officer's name on it was vandalized due to the standdown order. that's a slap in the face to every former, current, fallen officer and their families. my son's name is on that wall. >> reporter: in south florida ten officers resigned from the s.w.a.t. unit over safety concerns. >> get your knee. >> off my neck. >> reporter: officers unhappy as commanders took a knee with activists. officers saying they have been minimally equipped, under trained, oftentimes restrained by the politicization of our

tactics. the epicenter, seven officers resigned from that department in the wake of protests over george floyd's death. in buffalo r57 officers standing by their decision to resign but the force's emergency response team after two officer shoved an elderly protestor to the ground. >> this is time for a poignant discussion. >> reporter: in new york city change has already begun. the nation's largest police force is disbanding its plain clothe aintd-crime unit. the unit has come under scrutiny. the officers will be reassigned within the department. the chief of patrol supports the

decision but said good officers need support. >> they have the same stressors that the general public has. >> reporter: a national standard for how police should operate, but they say what needs to happen is for police departments and the communities that they serve to get together and talk about what is the best way to move forward. jason carroll, cnn, new york. months before an atlanta police officer shot him dead in a wendy's parking lot, rayshard brooks gave an interview about his experience in the criminal justice system. >> now i'm 27 years of age, full-time carpenter. >> reporter: that was rayshard brooks in february of this year, just months before he was shot and killed by an atlanta police officer.

>> i've always been the type of person to, you know, if you do some things that's wrong, you pay your debts to society. >> reporter: he shared his story with a group called reconnect. >> i just feel like some of the system could look at us as individuals. we do have lives. just a mistake we made, you know, and, you know, not -- not just do us as if we are animals. you know, lock us away. when i did get arrested, you know, it was for false imprisonment and financial credit card fraud. i got sentenced to do one year in prison. >> reporter: when he got out brooks had no money, no car and a mountain of debt. >> for one individual trying to deal with all of these things at one point in time, impossible. you have court costs, probation.

just a lot of -- a lot of -- you have to have a lot of money. i'm fresh out of jail. >> reporter: fresh out of jail and in need of a job. you go to filling out your om case and you get to this question, have you ever been convicted of a crime. you're sitting there, you go, oh, god. he it's hurting us but it's hurting our families the most. as we go through these trials and tribulations, we made mistakes. it causes our kids to be angry inside, you know, and that's a hard feeling to stomach. >> all of this, brooks said, impacted his mental health. >> hard at me in a point to, hey, i have to have my guard up

because the world is cruel. it took me through seeing different things in the system, makes you hardened for a point. >> what brooks said he needed help for the most. they're not taking you out to find a job. you have to do these things on your own. it should be a way to have a person, a mentor assigned to you to keep you in the direction you need to be going. we can't give the time back. we can make up for it. i'm trying. i'm not the type of person to give up. i'm going to keep going until i make it where i want to be. >> randi kaye, cnn, west palm beach, florida. >> you are watching "cnn

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with new cases of coronavirus hitting record levels in many u.s. states, the debate over facemasks is heating up. some officials want them to be mandatory, but there's a lot of resistance even in some of the hardest hit communities. cnn's athena jones has the story. >> reporter: the could he video covid case has not abated. >> it seems the administration wants to move beyond coronavirus but the virus isn't going to

cooperate. >> reporter: in fact, new coronavirus cases are surging to record levels and experts say too soon or without sufficient precautions. >> does not change the basic biology of the disease. the virus is out there. 95% of americans continue to be susceptible. >> reporter: reported infections falling and holding steady in eight but riding e rising in 21. south carolina, alabama and west virginia are jumping. florida, tennessee and arizona have set records. raising concerns for health care providers. >> this week we did hit our capacity in that surge, patients who need icu care in 24 hours. >> reporter: american airlines

asking a passenger to deplane after he refused to wear a mask. >> montgomery, alabama, the push came up short. >> until you mandate, most people don't -- won't believe the hype. we won't be able to stop. meanwhile, texas governor greg abbott urging people to take precautions. >> covid-19 hasn't magically left the state of texas. >> reporter: this as they're allowing ab got to get 2. a new brookings study shows blacks are dying at 3.6 times the right of whites. those brookings figures are stunning and they illustrate

what we've been talking about. blacks and hispanics downplay and it's a reminder is the truth is never more important than when it can save lives. >> as coronavirus cases rise in the u.s. are paying a high price for ignoring cnn guidelines. >> byron and more than a dozen other women wore masks. they're all paying the price. 15 of them have tested positive for coronavirus. >> i think it was at that point out of site, out of mind. governor, mayor, everybody says it's fine. we go out for a friend's birthday. it was a mistake. >> my experience, we do feel

foolish standing there in front of all of those people. we knew we were pushing it. >> crisp has been contacted by complete strangers who are now sick. the bar has shut down. in new york city, people crowded outside of bars. on a facebook page, burn your mask challenge, someone koots over it. millions of americans are dropping them. we side your connection is through a foe. you can't see the expression of smiles on their faces because we're covering them. that's emotionally exhausting. the virus doesn't care. >> it's a tale of two americans. while millions are shedding masks, millions others are

staying home wearing masks. zis stancing. this could be due to the mixed messages coming from the trump administration. dr. anthony fauci warning this is by no means over, spikes are still occurring and distancing is still critical even in places that you just got. >> you have to make sure to the extent possible you physically distance yourself and wear a mask literally at all times. >> the head of the task force, vice president mike pence says there's no way. they repeatedly attend events wearing no masks. a rally in tulsa, tens of thousands are expected, masks,

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meeting between the two leaders? >> reporter: there is a bit of -- as much as you can have in covid-19, a bit of pomp and circumstance. the french president will meet with prince charles and camila. this is really the sort of reason for the visit, to commemorate the world war ii, 18th of june speech by general degall and declared a call to arms for the french resistance. 24 is what the day is honoring. there will be boris johnson, the french president will look at world war 2 artifacts. coverings have been taken off of win store churchill statue in parliament. i think that will be on the surface. of course, below that a lot of

discussion undoubtedly compare and contrast with coronavirus, key issues. the french have one meter. boris johnson faulted the schools. france went through a pandemic a wa wakening. they're trying to get what's being called here as tunnelling. between the two countries, there can be a corridor. nationals can come and visit the two countries. this corridor will likely come

out. and undoubtedly brexit. perhaps ee march u well -- likely the conversation will go two ways on that. >> all to be discussed in the middle of a pandemic. >> joining us live. i'm rosemary church. "early start" begins after a short break. you doing okay?

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sources tell cnn some atlanta police officers called in sick or refused to answer calls. the trump administration is now seeking a court order to keep former national security advisor john bolton's book from coming out. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world, this is "early start." i'm laura jarrett. >> nice to see you. i'm christine romans. it is 5 a.m. in new york. multiple sources are telling cnn officers are not responding to calls in three of the city's zones. the sources say they're protesting felony charges against an officer and former officer in the death of ray shard brooks. the department says the problem is that not enough officers are showing up for their shifts. they issued