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of this president's active attempt to sabotage this election. this is now his stump selling point. >> no, i don't know, you know, with this ballot situation, it's -- you're not going to see it. november 3rd, democrats are playing games, you see that. you see they found ballots in a waste paper basket, dumped in a stream. with me we may end up in a dispute for a long time, that's the way they want it. we're going to end up winning, that's for sure. >> the truth is, he's trying to poise ing as many minds as he can, so that if the polls turn out to be right and he does lose, he can cause more chaos. now, i know his words are often a waste of time, but color me reaction airy, i think they belie real efforts by him, his cronies in our government and his campaign to disrupt our
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democracy. we're able to show you more and more of this. and even if you just take his words as outrageous as they are. but if you look at the actions and his members of his party know what's going on here. they are mostly silent in a sky that is almost entirely blacked out. we find one loan star, a governor who wants to speak truth to power. >> maim-in ballot balloting has been with us forever. and that peaceful transfer of power is what the people of this country rely on when they go to vote. it is appalling and outrageous that anyone would suggest for a minute that if they lose an
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election they're not going to leave, period. >> trump, of course attacked governor charlie baker. why? because if you're not for trump, you're not a republican any more. and you know what? i think the president has a point there. in 2016 remember this, he said it was wrong for a judge to be seated so close to an election. he said it to me on my show. now he says tomorrow he needs to do what he said was wrong and nominate a justice, why? because he says he needs as many conservative judges on the supreme court as possible to have his back if he loses. multiple senior republican sources tell cnn, the white house is indicating that amy coney barrett judge of the 7th circuit court of appeals is the intended nominee. senate democrats now say they're
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going to press whoever trump's pick is to commit to recusing themself if the high court hears a case that could impact the outcome of the election. do you really think any nominee of trump's is going to agree to something like that if they want to stay a nominee of trump's? come on. there is much more you have to focus on tonight. there is an attack the vote campaign by the president and his people, we can show it to you. we just heard him say there. these ballots, trash. found in the trash, found in a stream. what stream? here's what we know, okay? and we have an update for you tonight. 9 military ballots from abroad sent to pennsylvania were improperly discarded by a third party contractor who was new to the work. you know who says that? i'll tell you in a second. trump's doj blasted out that 7
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of those votes were for him. that's an unusual move by a department of justice, okay? they don't usually talk about their in process investigations. and they're really not supposed to talk about any investigations that are done during an election because they don't want to effect the election. they said more than that. the word from the office is, i was done by this third party contractor. that this is how it got in, they have a whole rationale and explanation for it, it has no proof in it from their own investigation that there was any intent to discard biden or trump ballots. why didn't he tell you that? why did he add on to what's known? some stream? why didn't he say, my own department of justice that i had look at it says -- why didn't he? we had pennsylvania's attorney
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general on the show last night to ask him about it. he told us, they were ballots from the primary election, but they weren't. they're from the general. it's a meaningful difference. where did that mixup come from? we're going to get the real deal right now. we have back tonight josh shapiro, pennsylvania's attorney general. thank you for taking the opportunity to come back, appreciate that, and two in advance, pray for us, brother. i know yom kippur is coming but pray for us, we all need to atone and i appreciate any and all prayers. how did we screw this up. how did we think they were primary ballots when they were general election. >> last night was so much fun, i decided to come back for more here. >> that i've never heard. >> this is what happens when you have a president create chaos. when you have some of the leadership of the department of justice, seemingly get ahead of
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what really needs to happen in a fact finding mission which is to get all of the information. if you recall when you came on the air last night, there were two competing press releases that came out, the one that i think was left standing actually referenced the primary. the assumption was these ballots were from the primary. i took the time to chase down the facts and talk to the u.s. attorney and talk to the district attorney. and found out subsequently that these were military ballots that had already been sent out for the general election. and here's the situation, chris. we've now learned the facts. we learned as you said in your promo, this was a seasonal worker who made a mistake. he was caught by the county worker who reported it to his boss who immediately win the to law enforcement, who conducted a proper investigation. and now we know, as i said to you last night, there are clerical issues and criminal
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issues. this was a clerical issue. even though it's not our investigation. the law enforcement got to the bottom of it, and now any of those people who could potentially be affected. those brave souls who are serving in the military overseas can contact the luzerne county commissioner and determine the next steps. while all this was going on and responsible fact finding was going on on the ground, we had the president of the united states a white house spokeswoman, whatever her title is, going out and spewing this irresponsible none sense trying to create a narrative that suits his aim of creating chaos in our communities, when we should all be steaking a deep breath and trying to figure out what the facts are. now we have the facts. and the facts don't meet the president's rhetoric. not all that difference from the facts surrounding coronavirus.
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he wants to change all the facts, ignore all the information, and we've got 200,000 dead in this country. people continue to be sick in my state and others. he tries to manipulate facts and create chaos. at the end of the day, we deal with evidence, we deal with facts and i think the american people understand that as well. >> did they find any ballots in a stream? >> chris, and in fact, there was some reference made to a dumpster or a trash can. do you know why they made that reference? >> because the ballots were secured in the recept cal they were in so law enforcement could review what happened, right? think about that, for a second. we have a president of the united states putting out these bogus irresponsible conspiracy theories to stoke people up, to make them feel like somehow their vote, their participation in our democracy is meaningless. to try to take away their power
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in this process. at the end of the day, the people have the power, and it's up to us on your shows, in our communities, on our time lines on social media, to deal in fact, not the fiction the president wants us to deal in, to calm nerves and to focus on protecting our democracy, that's what i'm trying to do as the attorney general of pennsylvania, and that's what we need all law enforcement to do. >> you're familiar with the doj and how they work. do you think it's odd they put out a press release saying who the votes were for? >> i think what's odd -- >> and by the way they had to change it, first they said all the ballots were for trump, then they changed it to 7. why would they mention that? >> i have a lot of confidence in the federal law enforcement officials operating on the ground here in pennsylvania. i work with them every day, including the united states attorney who's involved in this case. we have law enforcement cooperation and collaboration in a good strong and productive way
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here in pennsylvania. what i find remarkable is that before they were able to complete their jobs. the white house press secretary. indeed, the president of the united states -- >> jumped it. >> was out spewing this craziness. making it harder for law enforcement to do our job to have integrity in our system and get the answers that the public need to have faith in the process. that's our job. and the president's making it harder. >> i hear you about the people on the ground, i'm not going after everybody. i'm just saying, i pulled a couple things, okay? this stinks to me how this was handled. not your part, you got bad information, it was a mix up, you got my respect for coming back on to talk about it, a lot of people wouldn't. >> so a pole quote. put up the doj guidance for me please. any criminal investigation must be conducted in a way that the likelihood may become a factor
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in the election. this could not be less the case. that's why i don't like them putting out who the votes were for. especially the rod rosenstein thing, i have that comey memo in my head. longstanding policy we refrain detailing who people voted for. here it sure seemed convenient that that information was put out because it goes hand in hand with what the president wants people to believe. >> chris, it's hard to respongd to that, because it's hard to imagine that we're in this moment in time in our country where there are certain people weaponizing the rule of law and trying to use it as a tool to benefit one person or one party over the other. the rule of law is something that is shared by all. democrats and republicans, here in pennsylvania we respect the rule of law.
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and what we're trying to do is stay calm, stay focused on the facts and evidence. trying to ignore the noise from the president and ensure the public that their vote will be counted, whether they vote by mail. whether they vote at a polling place, and that's our job in law enforcement to kind of rise above the noise of the president. rise above his temper tantrums and focus on doing the work that the people of pennsylvania trusted me to do, and the american people want us all to do. >> again, heading into a very high holiday, pray for all of us, may you have an easy fast. >> thanks my friend. see you soon. the president puts out there, i don't know, no, yes you do know. your doj is doing the work on the ground. you jumped them with i'll never lie to you mcenany. there's no stream, there's no found in the garbage, they were secured for review. and there's no proof from the feds that there's any evidence
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or proof that this was done maliciously. so why is he suggesting otherwise? and you know who's really hurting trump supporters in terms of their vote and securing the franchise in this election? he is, by telling you not to vote by mail-in ballot, not to trust it. wlisen, you're for trump, you're for biden, if you're worried about covid in your area, look into your state's laws, vote. vote your conscience, don't listen to him. the system is fine. don't listen to him. we have no proof any other way. just sowing doubt. that's what this is about, attack the vote. that's trump's campaign rally. it's a gift to our enemies. this is exactly what russia wants us to be thinking and doing, except they thought outside agents would have to make it happen, not our president. what can we do to secure the
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a little bit of breaking news on our watch. a federal judge in montana has orders trump's acting director of the bureau of land management to step aside, why? because he's been serving in that role unlawfully for over a year. it's a major blow to the president's attempt to get around the confirmation process. see, he doesn't want top aides to have to be confirmed, especially because of the checked record he's had. instead he installs actings, you ever notice that, we always say the acting this, the acting that. montana's democratic governor sued to remove william perry penally because he had never been confirmed by the senate.
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he didn't officially have the title of acting director so the requirement does not apply, it's a game, and the judge didn't buy it. his position violating the law. the interior department says it will appeal. now, that's instructive, okay? two reasons, and they were i have a big segment with you for h.r. mcmaster. you heard harry reid say why he did what he did for the filibuster, the republicans under mitch mccongress el said we won't let obama do anything, and it was working until he changed the rule. this is how this president is getting around finding ways for both sides to accommodate nominees, calling them acting. interesting, how we got here today, this mess, this chaos. it's not a simple path how we got here, it's not going to be a simple path to get out of it. chaos all over this trump white house. every american intel agency is warning us that russia wants us
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to be doing basically what we're doing right now, questioning the legitimacy of our own democracy. those who know are trying to get you to see what's going on. he has a new book, i encourage you to read it, it's called battlegrounds. trump's former national security adviser lays out putin's objectives, and they are frighteningly what you're going through right now. and i'm not blaming the russians, all right? so let's talk a little bit. the russians are trying to undermine our democratic process. listen. >> i think it's going to be a rigged election. >> the russians want to spread disinformation, right? listen. >> it gets a little warmer, it miraculously goes away. >> that was about the pandemic. the russians want to inflame racial divisions, right? >> you're going to destroy your suburbs. >> the russians want to
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discredit the election results, right? >> maybe you'll never know the election result. >> they're greatest tool seems to be our president. general mcmaster, welcome to prime time, i don't have you here to talk politics. i have you here to talk national security and policy. the -- and we'll do it through a skeptical die lech tick. russia. you say russia's combing after us, we go after them. china, north korea, it happens all the time. it's only being made a big deal now because of trump and you're trying to get him, that's the only reason anybody cares. what should people know? >> chris, it's great to be with you. thanks for having me. >> thanks. the history that i tell, the approach i take is basically, to understand how the past produced the present, right? russia has been trying to disrupt our democracy since the
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1920s, now they have all sorts of new tools available to them. especially this cyber enabled warfare they're waging against us. they're trying to create a crisis of confidence. reduce our confidence in who we are as a people, and in our democratic principles and institutions and processes. and they do this with a sustained campaign. and what they try to do is magnify extreme voices on both ends of the political spectrum. i think that's what we're seeing today in connection with a sustained effort to diminish our confidence in our election. our confidence, also, though, in our common identity as americans. after the 2016 election. the russian activity went way up. this is the internet research agency. this front organization for the gru and the sgr, the stuck sesers to the kgb. they had a campaign ready to go to say, hillary clinton won the
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election because of a rigged election. well, actually, when donald trump won it surprised the russians they shifted their campaign, well, donald trump would have won the popular vote if it weren't for the election being rigged. it really is an effort to diminish our confidence in the results. they want to destroy our consensus about what it means to be americans. >> i want to talk to you about white supremacists, hold on, this is fascinating. people have to read the books. if you care about this, it's only going to get worse. this is the part, general. the idea that russia doesn't need to do anything. all the words i played for you came out of the president's mouth. >> yeah. >> and you have said here and according to my reporting, when you were in the white house. you got to stop this.
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you can make the same point a lot of different ways, don't tear at this stuff, we're already fighting it back. what does it mean to you to hear the president say the things that you're trying to stop russia from planting? >> well, it's just wrong, chris, and it's not only regrettable, but it's damaging, right? to our democracy, and kind of plays into our enemy's hands, into russia's hands. this is true across the political spem trum, right? the president says things that are damaging. what i found and what i described in the book in different parts of the book, is that the reaction to that often times is just as damaging. so what i would say to all political leaders, the president, those who oppose him, his greatest supporters, anybody that's involved in this vitriolic partisan debate that we have going on right now. don't be our own worst enemies. you know what, i wish we could
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do, it never happens. i wish we could just begin the discussion with who we agree on. i think americans would find, we agree on quite a bit. we can get to work on quite a bit to make our nation better to secure for generations to come. >> we're determined to pull ourselves apart. russia makes it worse, but they don't create these divisions. >> you know, i'll tell you and the audience something that will be a little surprising, it goes to your point. when rudy giuliani was pushing the first wave of stuff he was getting out of ukraine, the reporting very quickly went around that people around rudy were worried about who he was associating with. and not just andre derkosh who has been identified by our intelligence agencies as a russian tool for their own propaganda. there were others, and i went to rudy's guys, i was like, hey, you got to tell him.
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you don't think -- you think you know something we don't know, cuomo. we're telling him. these guys are bad guys. and i've never heard of that before. where someone that close to a president would mess with people that his friends are telling him, stay away from these guys, the intel people say this guy is no good. rudy comes on my show and says, they're wrong. can they be wrong? you know, chris, what this is indicative of, the russians are really really good. p putin himself is a kgb operator. they try to infiltrate our organizations, co opt elites, build relationships. get information on anyone they can, so they can use it against them. what i described in battlegrounds is this fire hose of falsehoods they use to augment this effort of co option of elites.
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and sow disinformation. this kremlin, what they do is really an activity you might describe as implausible deniability. it's quite obvious they tried to kill sergei scripol in the spring of 2008 and his daughter and placed thousands of people at risk with this nerve agent in salisbury, england. they're so brazen, they use the same kind of technique to kill navalni. no, that couldn't be us. actually, putin had a temerity to suggest maybe he poisoned himself with the nerve agent. >> he's not afraid to be held accountable, can you say anything. that's putin's greatest shield, who's going to do something. come and get me. it's just, what a bizarre world when we have the president and one of his -- his own personal lawyer putting out things that the russians want out there to hurt the democracy. white supremacists, when we
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bring up that these guys are the big concern, people hated hearing that when we were living in fear of islamism and extremist islamism, people forget. we say, white supremacists, oh, no, no, no, no, no. you are trying to make it political. what do you want people to know about the reality that it's not just 15 guys at a ma raid wearing stupid nazi garb, there's a reason you keep identifying white nationalists. >> this is a cycle. it's a cycle that begins with ignorance, it's used to foment hatred and hatred is used to justify violence against innocence. this ignorance is what our enemies can weaponize and what we do to ourselves on social media. what's different about this environment today is the way that these extreme people, these people who use this cycle of
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ignorance and hatred and violence. they have a much louder voice because of the algorithms on social media, that show us more and more extreme content that reinforce rather than challenge our prejudices and our biases, and we're being driven apart by that. i think in the pseudo media, and even our mainstream media, people who identify with a certain political leanings, they watch one show on one network instead of all of us, maybe having a common understanding of these issues, so it's a big problem, chris, and i'm afraid it's getting worse, really, because of the way we communicate or don't communicate with each other. we need to come together for real conversations about these issues, and what you see today i think is this interaction. this interaction of what you -- i of you might call it identity politics and is creating these forces that are pulling us apart from each other.
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we shouldn't tolerate it, right? we need to come together as americans and reinforce who we are as a people. we need to reinforce, really the principles we all believe in, tolerance, respect for one another, rule of law, you know what we might even do in the midst of this crazy campaign season is celebrate the fact that at least we have a say in how we're governed. if you're in communist china, you're not getting a say in how we're governed. you can't demand better from your elected officials. we're all in a position to do that. i think we should take that opportunity even in the midst of this very tree ole that we see every day. >> it's hard, messaging matters and we're not hearing that these days. >> thank you very much. i want to jump the invitation and ask you to come back and come back soon. and let's give people more specifics about what you want them to look out for during the election cycle. if it works for your calendar, i
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will make it work for ours. it will be a big help, we only have a few weeks left. >> thanks so much. >> i appreciate the insight. good luck with the book. battlegrounds, the fight to defend the free world. there it is. thank you very much. third night of protests over the grand jury decision not to hold any kentucky police officers accountable for the killing of breonna taylor. one of the officers was indicted, but essentially for the bullets that missed, not for the bullets that hit her. breonna's mother and other family members led a march downtown earlier this evening. their lawyer is demanding to see the information presented to the grand jury. why? well, the attorney for breonna's boy friend says the case was designed to let officers off the hook. how can he make that point? how can he back that up? he's here to do so next.
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tonight once again across america. a third night of protests calling for justice and transparency after no louisville police officers were directly charged in breonna taylor's death. taylor's family is calling for the grand jury transcripts to be released. there's another person who wants the kentucky ag to release the findings, kenneth walker. and that's breonna's boyfriend when people fired, obviously there during the shooting. steven romines joins us now. why do you want it put out there, the charges were dropped against your client. they're not coming after them any more, why do you care? >> they dismissed the charges without prejudice which means they can charge him at any time, again. we've filed a motion, and filed an action for the case to be dismissed with prejudice so the
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jeopardy attaches and he can never be charged again for this. >> one beat on him, counselor, and then i know you have broader concerns as well. >> on him, he says i got startled, i didn't know who it was, i fired. and it makes more sense that he would have hit the officer. but he says they did it, they dropped the charges, why isn't that the analysis for you. what did the ag say that you didn't like? >> they framed him, first of all, they alleged he fired the shot, and they decided he did it with 1:52 of grand jury testimony. the shot they claimed hit officer mattingly, they could not determine it was fired from kenny's gun. >> is it something about how it's consistent with a 9 millimeter which is what he had. and the officers had 40 caliber,
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so it couldn't have? >> the officer who was indicted louisville metro police records show he has a nine millimeter service weapon as well. he's the one who disappeared for about four hours after the shooting and no one could locate it. but he's also the one, chris, let me say. in his own interview with police, he's the one who ran around the side of the house and was blindly firing. according to the chief of police who fired. his testimony was, i kept seeing muzzle flashes so i fired at the muzzle flashes. kenny walker only fired one shot initially. so if he's firing at muzzle flashes by his own testimony, it can only be at other law enforcement officers. >> and the point is? >> well, the point is, he is -- by his own testimony, he's
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admitting that he is shooting at other law enforcement officers. the other thing is, officer mattingly never announced he was shot for over 1:12 after the first shot is fired. and he also doesn't announce until after he is out side and he and another officer trip over each other, by his own testimony. he stated, we fell over each other as we were going outside. >> right, i get it, but they're going to have explanations for that. >> the officer he tripped over, also carries a nine millimeter. nun of the other officers weapons were compared with a shot they say hit mattingly. not a single one. >> they want to come to a conclusion that there's a conclusion that they want to come to, and so they don't investigate anything else that would contradict that. >> and you believe that that is -- >> that's the information they
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gave the grand jury. you. >> believe there's a pattern of that in this case. >> i know there's a pattern. >> you also think it goes to the overall analysis of the case as well? >> i know there's a pattern, chris, i reviewed the case. and nothing that the police officers say in their interviews is consistent with one another or is it consistent with the physical evidence in the case? >> in a way that's different than normal fog of war in these situations? >> possibly, however that one of them says that kenny walker or breonna taylor was in a prone position firing an ar-15. they fired 12 to 15 shots. we know that is not possible because none of those were recovered and there was no ar-15. we also have them saying, officer mattingly says i was shot, and "returned fire four to six shots as i was backing out
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the door. we have officer hoover who says, we go in, mattingly gets shot, i see blood going everywhere, and i drag minimum out the door. one thing we do know is, there's no blood in the apartment. everything they say is inconsistent with one another and inconsistent with the physical evidence in the case. >> do you know whether or not the ag presented evidence to the grand jury that would have implicated any of the officers in the death of the breonna taylor. >> i do not believe they gave the grand jury an option to charge anyone with homicide. i don't believe they gave the grand jury an option to charge the other two officers with anything. >> you don't know what they did and what they didn't do. how could this ag -- >> i'm filing a motion tomorrow to release it. >> how could this ag not offer the grand jury any type of
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option or choice or evidence that went to the fact that breonna taylor's death was caused by the police officers. wouldn't he just be asking for trouble? by ignoring that? >> how could he do it in good faith? he couldn't. however, if he does it in bad faith, than he can. he can say, that was my decision that i determined they acted in self-defense, i didn't want to present it. the aren't evidence indicates he did not present it is, when a case is presented to a grand jury in kentucky, and they chose not to indict, they issue what's called a no true bill. and they actually stamp the indictment no true bill, which means the grand jury did not find probable cause to indict. there were zero no true bills returned in this case. which is indicative of the fact that it was never presented to them. >> it couldn't be because the ag did it, not the local
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prosecutors? >> it does not change the process, if it's presented to them, and they chose not to indict. they return a no true bill. >> let's do this. i know you want to get more information, others are asking for it as well, i'll stay on the story. when you get information that you believe informs your opinion, or i get information that shows that the opinion is off, let's do this again, all right? let's stay on it, and get people as much information as we can, and i appreciate you doing it. >> let's get them all the the information chris. there's no valid reason for the attorney general to oppose releasing it all. >> we'll see. there are going to be a lot of requests. the calls for justice for breonna, very much echo john lewis' life mission. this weekend, cnn is going to have its own must see tribute to the lion of the civil rights movement, can you tune in sunday at 9:00 eastern as cnn films presents john lewis, good
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and ask your doctor if biktarvy is right for you. protests for racial equality and justice in america have been largely peaceful. by largely i mean a recent stat places it well over 90%. the president wants you to believe this. >> for the entire summer joe biden was silent as his far left supporters assaulted police officers, harassed innocent americans and set fire to buildings. >> you look at port land, how about portland, it's like an anarchist dream. >> if biden wins the mob wins, the rioters, arsonists and flag burners, they win. >> and he further demonized
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protesters this week, by using the department of justice to label portland, seattle and new york city as anarchy jurisdictions. now, a look inside the groups on the streets in portland will show you just how dangerous this president's efforts might be. cnn's ellie reeve got extraordinary access to both sides, take a look. ♪ you're never gonna sleep [ sirens ] >> do not enter this area. >> when you see them moving, they're going to -- >> we have a problem in our police department that is systemic. >> this is one week in portland oregon. where anti-police protests have been going on for more than 100 days. and tensions between protesters and police have only escalated. as we got there, a member of the right wing group patriot prayer
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named aaron j. daniel son was killed by an anti-fascist protester. everyone we spoke to said they were afraid violence would escalate. >> voting for the lesser of two evils leaves us worse off every >> people are dying and if water bottles being thrown at the police stops that, i'll do it every day. >> how long have you been coming to the protest? >> whole time. may 29. >> our role is front line medic support. no matter where it comes from. it could be in the street. pushed into a building. gunshots. we cover it all. >> deescalate about three outside agitators with guns. they were far and few between.
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some guy who. antifa is terrorist. we're not. it's just a protest. >> a lot of people have weapons. >> we don't have weapons. >> the most weaponized we get is shields. >> what do you say to the people that are like i like the peaceful protests. when they burn stuff or break windows. that's different from the blm. >> i say property doesn't bleed. but i do. >> if ending systemic oppression means a store gets burnt or looted and nobody is hurt. how is that any worse than living in a situation where i have to fear for my life every day? >> we are on top of the donut shop. located across from the land police union. often the protests continue for a couple hours.
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and all of a sudden, there will be a huge rush of riot cops. >> back in may when the protest started did you have a gas mask? >> of course i didn't. i had face mask for covid-19. none of us had gas masks. we have raised $30,000 this week to buy bullet proof vests. because it turns ou that we might need them. that's really terrifying. >> so, i have a body cam. to record things that need evidence in court. >> i currently have a head injury. i'm still recovering from a tbi. when we were under the federal occupation. that was july. they shot me in the head with a tear gas canister. and post concussion syndrome. >> i have noticed in a few protests we have attended is that there's a moment of in
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front of the police. and it gets quiet. it's an attention. it's inviting confrontation. the protest can't end without that clash. >> yes. a big part of what's happening here is that it has to be uncomfortable. >> before we came out, decided to announce it was an unpermitted march. people weren't happy and started marching. somebody threw a device and all hell broke loose. tear gas and fire works. >> they're making a push. >> had do you see it ending? >> i'm not sure. we haven't seen much of any change. the people out here are activist ts. and maybe they didn't start as activists.
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that carries on through the rest of your life. >> president trump is warned antifa will ruin the suburbs. >> does anybody want to have somebody from antifa as resident of your suburb? i don't think so. >> we don't want your marching -- here. >> take a hike. >> both sides say they act only in self-defense. in person, things get out of hand quickly. >> paint balls. >> as far as patriot prayer we don't condone violence. i can't speak for the other guys. in the end we love our country and support the president. >> do you think it's a weird civil war? >> i don't see it as that yet.
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eventually it could lead to that. the old blm movement has just gotten more and more violent. as time progresses. >> enough. >> it's literally across the nation. we're tired of it. it's time for us as patriotic citizens to take back our cities. and if it manes by violent beings. we have to do it. >> it's a great deep look by her team. but what an obvious take away i hope for all of you. does this situation cry out for leadership. we have to be better than this. we'll be right back. it's been 75 years
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"cnn tonight" starts right now. our jewish brothers and sisters celebrate the holiday ten years after the new year. day of atonement. i'm asking them to pray for us. pray for all of us. boy, oh, boy. we could use it. >> you took the words out of my mouth. here's the thing. what a week. think about it. a pandemic, a presidential election, the first debate is about to come up. we have unrest in the street. racial issues that the president is lying. saying he's not for the peaceful transition of power. what's next? seriously. >> i had hr mcmaster on. the national security adviser for a while. he's talking about what russia wants to happen here. i'm playing trump. he's echoing all of it. he got

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