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♪ hello and welcome to our viewers joining us here in the united states and all around the world, you're watching "cnn newsroom." and i'm rosemary church. just ahead, awake and responsive, golf legend tiger woods undergoes extensive leg surgery after flipping his car in a horrific crash. we will have the very latest. plus, communication breakdown. lawmakers learn that a key warning about possible violence at the capitol on january 6th was missed. and ramping up production. coronavirus vaccine makers promise to deliver millions of doses, but can they meet president biden's ambitious target of a shot for every american by summer?
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good to have you with us. we are learning new details about the severity of tiger woods' injuries following his car crash yesterday. a statement posted on the golfer's twitter account says he underwent a long surgical pore on his right right leg and ankle. he's awake and responsive. his doctors say open fractures affecting both the upper and lower portions of the tibia and fibula bones were stabilized by inserting a rod into the tibia. additional injuries to the bones of the foot and ankle were stabilized with a combination of screws and pins. cnn's nick watt has more on what we're learning about the crash. >> reporter: early morning, winding downhill stretch of road, tiger woods was alone in that surf trapped. >> the first contact was with
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the center median. from there then crossed into the opposing lane of traffic. hit the curve, hit a tree, and there were several rollovers during that process. he was alive and he was conscious. >> reporter: the first call came in just after 7:00 a.m. pacific time. >> trapped. >> reporter: emergency personnel on the scene within minutes. >> we also use an ax to pry him from the vehicle. he was taken from the vehicle with seat collar and backboard for precaution us and transported in serious to stable condition. >> reporter: less than ten miles to ucla harbor hospital. >> all we know serious condition. >> reporter: no sobriety tests due to his injuries. >> no evidence of impairment at this point in time. >> reporter: woods lives in florida why was he on the west
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coast? well, you could almost read the words genesis invitational on the door of that crumbled suv. woods was hosting it up the road. he wasn't playing it. but was hoping to play in the masters, the scene of his final crime. >> seven weeks from today, final round of the masters, are you going to be there? >> god, i hope so, i got to get there first. a lot of it is based on my surgeons, my doctors and my therapists. >> reporter: yesterday, woods was back on the golf course, former nba tar dwyane wade posted this video. >> tiger, thank you for teaching me something. how good am i? >> good. >> reporter: a blow to all of the world of sports. golf legend jack nicklaus tweeting, barbara and i just
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heard about tiger's accident. like everyone else, we're deeply concerned. we want to offer him our heartfelt support and prayers during his difficult time. please join us in wishing tiger a successful surgery and all the best for a full recovery. >> we spoke earlier with an emergency room physician dr. emily porter about woods' injuries. >> sounds like he's sliced basically from ankle to knee with a significant surgical incision. then he's got a rod in your major two bones in the lower leg. the tibia is a bigger one. he's got a big rod in there. that's going to hurt. and pins in his ankle and foot which will make it harder to walk, his balance will be off. there will be stiffness. he'll probably battle with arthritis. he'll be in for a couple months just in a cast, probably six to eight weeks in a cast.
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and then that comes off. as you know, when you're in a cast, your muscles actually get weaker, they atrophy because you can't move in a cast. then you have to go through all that we have in building up the muscles. i would say he's three to six months before he's even to think about being competitive, just from my guess. >> that's cnn's world sports alex thomas joins me live from london. alex, the good news is that tiger woods is awake and responsive after his surgery caused by that horrific accident. he has a long recovery ahead as we heard from that doctor. what is likely about his golf? >> he is 46 years old in december. we've detailed many times, we see on the sports shows and news shows, rosemary, about the injuries he's had over the years. multiple back surgeries, in particular. he was a man that almost
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reinvented the game of the golf when he first came on the scene in 1990. i remember it was just actually taking the green jacket from tiger. and talked about how quick tiger's shoulders were. just turn of the upper body. with the power, the stability and that's why he's had so much speed and could hit the golf ball so fast. and really could have a huge strain on your body. and we saw back in 2015, '16, '17, and suddenly, had a fusion of the spine, enabled him to play golf his best again. and we hoped he would surely come back.
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and then in 2019, the 15th major title. and after his season of 2008, the 11-year gap makes 2019, still chasing jack nicklaus with 18 in the overall tally. even if tiger ever plays, rosemary, he's one of the greats we've ever seen. >> just extraordinary. alex, we're going to leave it there. a few audio issues but many thanks for bringing us up to date on the situation. news of tiger woods' terrifying accident has captured the world's attention. this includes reaction from politician and fellow athletes. tennis star serena williams tweeted, love you big baby, but we will get through this. and former u.s. president barack obama wished woods a speedy recovery and said, if we've learned anything over the years
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it's to never count tiger out. a senate hearing into last month's attack on the u.s. capitol has revealed new details on the security lapses and a communications breakdown that puts so many lives in danger. cnn's ryan nobles reports. >> reporter: for the first time, the key players in charge of protecting the capitol faced a public grilling about what went wrong on january 6th. the questions revealed a number of breakdowns in communication and planning. >> none of the intelligence we received predicted what actually occurred. >> reporter: former capitol police chief steven son admitted his force did not anticipate the overwhelming crush of peel on january 6th. that lack of preparation led to confusion as multiple law enforcement agencies and the national guard were eventually scrambled to the capitol. the delay as front line officers faced escalating danger. >> i received chemical burns to my face that still have not
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heheel healed to this day. i witnessed officers being thrown to the ground. >> reporter: several cited confusion on how to respond such as who could call in enforcement. >> i was surprised by the reluctance to immediately send the national guard to the capitol grounds. >> reporter: republicans ted cruz and josh hawley were participated in the hearing, despite their lies that the race was stolen. >> what could be done differently to ensure that an attack like that never again occurs? >> reporter: but the communication breakdown was just one issue. the panel was in wide agreement that it was more than just a responsible tachs mob but instead a planned and coordinated attack. >> these people came specifically with equipment. you're bringing climbing gear to a demonstration.
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you're bringing explosives, and spray such as captain mendoza talked about. >> i think we're learning more and more this is a coordinated attack. >> i would agree the evidence indicates a coordinated attack. >> reporter: this is just multiple conversations of what happened here on january 6th. amy klobuchar said she plans to bring both the fbi and department of homeland security in front of her committee. of course, the speaker, nancy pelosi, she is working on legislation right now that would form a 9/11-style commission that would be tasked into looking everything that went wrong on january 6th and offering recommendations that it never happens again. ryan nobles, cnn, on capitol hill. >> and earlier i spoke with cnn law enforcement analyst, charles ramsey, a former washington, d.c. police chief. and i asked how it was possible for capitol police to miss such
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important information from the fbi. here's what he had to say. >> i don't know what happened here. this is not something you send by email or fax. i mean, this is the day before this event. and they came across critical information. i believe it was norfolk virginia that sent it to the washington field office who then forwarded it to the u.s. capitol police. all by email. i don't get it. that is no way of handling critical information. and i'm sure as the investigation into this matter continues, that will be a topic that a lot of questions need to be answered on that. >> so fun dropped the ball on the fbi side, presumably, not following up this email with a call. but even without saying this critical fbi intelligence report, why wouldn't security officials have been aware of the online chatter from trump supporters vowing to go to d.c. and fight some telling others to be ready for war. shouldn't that have alerted
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them, even without any intelligence reports, so that they can be ready for anything in essence. >> well, they should have been. and it's not just the fbi's fault, please don't get me wrong on that. u.s. capitol police did receive the information but they didn't do anything with it. information that's useless if you don't act on it. so it went to intel. what they said today at the hearing, some sergeant there had the information, apparently never passed it on. i don't know if the sergeant saw the information or not, if it was in an email. i have no idea what happened. but they dropped the ball. the faa is mandating new checks on engines like the one that fell apart in a commercial flight this past weekend. ahead on cnn, how this new order will impact travel in the united states. back with that in just a moment.
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cnn's pete sommuntean has the details. >> reporter: the pratt and whitney engines, specific of the boeing 777. the faa wants thorough inspections of the plane's 22 fan blades that would hopefully expose nicks and cracks that are not visible to the naked eye so this will not happen again. all of this agency the faa released new photos of the one of the plane's fan blades broken off its base. investigators say it broke another one next to it. and they found one of those fan blades in a soccer field not too far away from here, part of that mile-long debris field as the pilot turned around for a successful landing. pete muntean, cnn, denver. it was a rough day on capitol hill.
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for several picks for key posts, the nominees faced at times tough and at times contentious from lawmakers. phil mattingly has the details. >> reporter: president joe biden's nominees under partisan fire. health and human services secretary javier becerra facing sharp questions. >> will you commit to not use taxpayer money to fund abortion and abortion providers? >> we will definitely follow the law when it comes to the use of federal resources. >> reporter: deb haaland questions on fracking. >> do you support a ban on fracking? >> president biden doesn't support a ban on fracking. >> but do you? >> senator, if i'm appointed secretary, i would be serving at
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the pleasure of the president. >> reporter: and this tweet that alleged republicans, quote, don't believe in science. >> do you think as medical doctors you don't believe in science? how do you stand by the statement? >> yes, if you're a doctor, i assume you believe in science. >> reporter: the serial tweets made less so this week. >> i deeply regret for my language and past language. >> reporter: with biden's pick on the brink of collapse due to that very reason. >> there's one candidate to lead the budget department, her name is neera tanden. >> reporter: but in a desperate search for votes after the opposition of joe manchin. and talks about a replacement are already under way with zero margin for error in the 50/50 majority, the biden team keenly aware of the dynamics. >> it's the benefits of experience, recognizing the
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power of any one individual senator or one individual member. >> reporter: and significant work under way for democratic votes for haaland and becerra. >> we need congress to pass my rescue plan. >> reporter: house democrats pushing for this week. >> we'll now come to order. >> reporter: and the $15 minimum wage proposed by mansion to propose $11 instead. the white house waiting to see how negotiations play out but for now sticking by the $15 level. >> he proposed the $15 increase for a reason, and he stands by it. >> reporter: and president biden and his wife jill biden will be making a trip to houston where a deadly storm battered the state. the president making it clear he wanted to make a trip to texas just didn't want to be a burden on the first responders trying
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♪ welcome back, everyone. an update now on our top story. tiger woods is awake, responsive and out of surgery in a hospital trauma unit after being involved in a single car crash on tuesday. woods was driving on a dangerous stretch of road near los angeles when his car crashed and rolled over. the officer who first arrived at the scene said woods was
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coherent, though possibly in shock. >> i asked him what his name was. he told me his name was tiger. at that moment, i immediately recognized him. i asked him if he knew where he was, what time of day just to make sure he was oriented. he seemed as though he was lucid and calm. >> the high speed crash destroyed the front of the week woods was driving. authorities say he was wearing the seat belt at the time. that plus the car's air bags likely saved his life. >> well, cnn has been outside the hospital where tiger woods is being treated. more on woods' condition and the type of surgery he received. >> reporter: lucky to be alive. that's what la deputies are saying here about tiger woods after helping him out of that vehicle. he was brought here to harbor
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ucla services. according to his twitter account, he said he arrived in to help stabilize a broken tibia. he also had pins and screws to help stabilize one of his ankles as well. this is a very serious injury, but his twitter account saying he is awake, conscious and stable. there is good news, but according to los angeles deputies the investigation is still ongoing about what caused this accident. it appears he was traveling downhill and lost some type of control of the vehicle. whether or not there was something in play. whether he was distracted. that just isn't known yet, but that will be part of the investigation. but according to los angeles sheriffs deputies it is very, very lucky that tiger woods is alive in that in attorneys, connor powell, back to you. >> thanks to that report. we're also getting a better sense of what it was like at the scene of the crash.
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cnn's nick watt was there and filed this report a short time after the accident. >> reporter: tiger woods was driving down the hill on the other side of the road, somehow lost control, crossed the median, hit this curve and then flipped. the county sheriff said that he flipped multiple times in that surf. through all of this undergrowth. and look. look how far he traveled. all the way down here, rolling through, hit a tree and then his car landed way further down here. now, the first deputy on the scene, a young man called carlos gonzalez said that he thought that tiger woods was lucky do get out of this alive. frank list, i agree with him. i'm still walking where his car was rolling. and this is where tiger woods' car ended up. now, apparently, he was calm, but officer gonzalez said maybe
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that was shock, compound fracture to his legs, conscious when the emergency services arrived. >> with me now is dan rappaport, staff writer at "golf dyinigest" thank you for talking to us. >> thank you for having me. >> after overcoming a number of surgeries, five back surgeries, tiger woods was enjoys an impressive comeback. now this terrifying car accident. what do you think this could possibly mean for his future? >> the giant question mark right now. i think the first thing if you're tiger or part of his camp, you're not thinking about golf right now. you're just thinking about life. tiger woods in his injury woes in 2017, talked about golf is secondary. i just want to walk around were my kids. 45 years old, just coming off of back surgery, he can't really
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rehab, can't walk, can't do exercises, his golf future is a giant question mark. >> yeah, just a horrible situation for tiger woods. he has had to deal with so much. what impact, do you think, he has had on the game of golf and indeed on other world sports? >> how much time do you have? i mean, tiger woods is golf and has been golf for 25 years. i mean, i think the fact that, look at the reaction today, a 45-year-old golfer who hadn't played a competitive tournament in four or five months, he's ranked like 48th in the world. and he gets injured and it's the number one news story in the world. that shows the impact he has. no other golfer would be on cnn being talked about for a car accident. these still that transcendent. he's one of those figure that is one name, tiger. he's larger than life. he elevated golf from sports that is domain from stodgy white
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males and elevated the game and he's an icon. you can see it he's an icon to the game. and with other players they're all very shaken because he's the one they grew up i idolizing. >> he's a fighter. and he has shown time and again he can come back from various situations. going forward, if he cannot return to golf, what do you see as his options? >> well, he's very passionate about his foundation, the twr foundation, that's was the tournament he was in for. for education, s.t.e.m. education, science, technology and mathematics to underserved kids. he'd pour a lot of energy into
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that. he also has a golf course design business. he's worked on a number of courses that he's designed himself. tiger woods can do whatever tiger woods wants to do. he's dominated the sport and anyone in golf would love to have him in that capacity. he's one of those golfers like jack nicklaus will continue to have a presence in the game of the golf. >> we hope for a speedy recovery. daniel rappaport, we appreciate you talks to us. >> thanks, guys. we will have more coverage on tiger woods' recovery throughout the coming hours on cnn. you can get updates by heading to cnn.com. well, three companies are making big promises to the u.s. government, pfizer, moderna and johnson & johnson say they will supply 240 million doses of covid-19 vaccine by the end of march. with johnson & johnson's
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contribution pending emergency use authorization, of course. now, it would be a huge boost to what's currently available. so far, more than 82 million doses have been delivered. just over 65 million have been administered. erica hill has more. >> vaccine supplies remain the number one hurdle 0 to vaccinating americans at a faster pace. >> reporter: that hurdle front and center at a hearing for the vaccinemakers. >> we did experience initial problems with the vaccine. we will be on track to dill those 300 million doses before end of july. >> reporter: moderna promising the same. >> short answer is we do believe we're on track to meet the deadlines. >> reporter: johnson & johnson's single dose vaccine could secure emergency authorization from the fda later this week. >> we're prepared to ship after authorization nearly 4 million doses of our vaccine.
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>> reporter: beyond production and distribution, questions about protection as new variants spread. >> adding a new strain to our vaccine is something that we have experience with and are capable of doing very quickly. >> reporter: pfizer looking at a potential third shot as a booster and -- >> we're also in discussion with the fda with potentially developing an upgraded vaccine against a new variant of concern should it arise. >> reporter: meantime, the white house announcing a boost in distribution. >> states will now receive 14.5 million doses this week, up from 8.6 million doses per week when the president took office. >> reporter: more states expanding eligibility. >> starting next monday, march 1st, everybody over the age of 55 will now be eligible for the vaccine. >> reporter: nationwide, more than 13% of the population had that first shot. >> it makes me feel better knowing that certainly a little protected.
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>> reporter: 6% now fully vaccinated. but what does that second dose allow you to do. >> common sense tells you that in fact you don't have to be as stringent in your public health measures. but what we want, we want to get firm recommendation from the cdc which i believe will be coming soon. >> reporter: while we wait, more signs of prepandemic life returning. >> it's really great to see them back open and also to be able to come inside again. >> and that was erica hill reporting. europe people countries are going to different direction when it comes to coronavirus restrictions. the prime minister of the netherlands ordered a careful easing in march. and the level system in april. ireland's restriction there's remain in full force until at least april 5th. but in italy, lombardy is
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tightening restrictions as the whole country tightens down on regional travel. cnn's melissa bell is joining us. you're going in different directions when it comes to covid restrictions. greece is now calling for the eu to adopt covid passport. what do you know about that? >> reporter: well it looks to be one of the main reasons to increase border restrictions and difficulty in the free movement and free market itself is under threat. the eu reminding a number of countries that they have gone too far, trying to find out why they've increased their travel restrictions beyond what the european union had agreed. six countries in particular have been singled out by brussels. so, a number of countries are now looking towards vaccine passports in order to get that free movement of people and goods going again. greece, again, you mentioned it's because of their sector hit
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hard by the crisis that the country is calling on the european union really to look at this, look into making this as deliverable as quickly as possible. denmark is going to announce, rosemary, later for today, its own plan for reopening the country. and we know that vaccine passports are likely to be central to that. wts one of the european countries that's done its best with vaccine rollout, and that's why it wants to make vaccine passports a priority. of course, you're right, it's all the more important at the time when there are he's hot spots remerging even in the country where is figures have more or less stabilized in lat of the few weeks. you mentioned lombardi, italy, the french rave riviera, in loc, 50% of new covid cases in nice are of that uk variant. we know in the north french city of dunkirk, we'll likely hear
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about more restrictions. sweden, the capital of stockholm, people will be told to avoid leaving it and traveling. a 27% increase in cases over the last week. a number of hot spots emerging. and of course, with it making fast progress across the european union, every fifth case now with the uk variant, it is all that more important that the european union finds its way to allowing people to once again travel freely even protecting its population. the vaccine passports are something you're going to hear more about over the coming weeks, rosemary. >> melissa bell, many thanks. ahmaud arbery's mother will never forget how her son's life was taken one year ago. >> to be honest with you, ahmad is the last thing i thing about at night and the first thing i think about each morning. now, she's taking action to hold those involved accountable.
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♪ a california man is dead after a run-in with police that his family says bears striking resemblance to the george floyd case. angelo kindle's family has alleged a wrongful death claim after he died after police officers kneeled on his neck for nearly five minutes. according for the family, his sister called police when he feared their brother would harm their mother during a mental health episode. when bliss arrived they made no attempt to understand the situation but forcefully subdued him. the county coroner's office said the cause of death is still pending. in new york, a grand jury has voted not to indict any police officer information the
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death of daniel prude, a black man who died after being pinned to the ground last march. in a statement the new york attorney general said she was extremely disappointed with the decision and vowed to pursue reforms for police use of force policies. prude's family say the 41-year-old was having a mental health episode at the time. police body cam footage shows officers handcuffing a naked prude and convering his head wih a spit sock before pressing his body to the ground. prude's death set off protests last year. and dozens of protesters turned out tuesday night to protest the jury's decision. well, the mother of ahmaud arbery is filing a federal lawsuit on the anniversary of his death. the unarmed black man was shot and killed a year ago tuesday while out for a run here in georgia. and the three men charged with his murder still have not been to trial.
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cnn's martin savidge has more on the arbery family's quest for justice. >> he's gone. >> reporter: wanda cooper jones is still overcome with grief. >> to be honest with you, ahmaud is the last thing i think about at night and the first thing in the morning. >> reporter: a year after his death, his case has been handled by five different attorneys, and thanks to covid-19, no closer to trial. >> should we be worried? >> no, justice will come. and i believe as soon as covid is under control, we will see justice in this case. >> reporter: before the police killings of george floyd and breonna taylor triggered protests of racial reckoning, there was ahmaud arbery, a 25-year-old black man shot to death while jogging. the man said they believe arbery who was unarmed had commit a
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crime. we know what happened because one of the men recorded it with his cell phone. only after that video was made public, nearly three months later were the suspects arrested and charged with murder. since then it may seem as though nothing has happened but that's not true. this is the video many haven't seen. police body camera footage obtained by cnn for the first moments after officers arrived on the scene. showing the badly bloodied travis mcmichael after the blast that killed arbery. >> let me get some stuff to clean off with, all right. >> reporter: you hear the first accounts from his father gregory and the accused accomplish. all three men have pleaded guilty and remain in jail. in a statement, travis mcmichael's attorney said the sadness around mr. arbery's death will never be forgotten.
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we join the community in giving condolences and prayers. attorneys for mcmichael declined comment. the real progress has come not in a courtroom, but outside of it. at the time arbery was killed georgia had no hate crimes law, following the outcry over his death it does now. last week, georgia's governor unveiled legislation to overhaul the state's civil war era citizens arrest law that had come into scrutiny after his death. >> ahmaud was the victim of victory style violence that has no place in georgia. >> reporter: do you think this case has the ability to unite or divide? >> is it has the ability to do both. and i'm hoping, i'm hoping, that it will unite it. >> reporter: though all of this does little to ease her pain, the progress is not lost on a grieving mother. >> i'm sorry i had to lose my son. i'm sorry life has to be taken
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to get changed but i'm thankful for that. >> reporter: but change is not justice and for wanda cooper jones, one year later, justice still seems a long way off. >> our thanks to martin savidge for that report. we'll be right back.
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a stark warning from british naturalist david attenborough who told the u.s. council that climate change is one of the biggest threats to human life. >> please make no mistake, climate change is the biggest threat to security in modern humans have ever faced. we have left the stable and secure climatic period and gave birth to our civilizations. there is no going back. no matter what we do now, it's too late to avoid climate change. and the poorest, the most vulnerable, those who have the least security, are more certain to suffer. >> the council met virtually tuesday with british prime minister boris johnson leading the call.
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world leaders agreed on the dangers of climate change, but disagreed on how best to combat the threat. there was also praise for the u.s. which rejoined the paris climate accord this year after former president trump pulled the nation out. well, it's no secret that the 2019 summit between the u.s. and north korea was a total failure. but that isn't the whole story. one source who was there says then president donald trump committed a major breach of protocol. and security, when he offered to give dictator kim jong-un a ride back to pyongyang on board air force one. will ripley has the details. >> reporter: air force one, a symbol of american presidential power and prestige, in 2019, a stunning invite from then president donald trump to north korean leader kim jong-un. a former administration official tells cnn trump casually offered
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to fly kim back to pyongyang, as he was walking out of denuclearization talks in hanoi, vietnam. trump just it did for his friend, the former official says, creating a potential logistical and security nightmare. >> i think it's clear trump had no idea what will he was doing. and didn't really understand the kind of political constraints that somebody like kim jong-un would be under. >> reporter: trump's former security adviser john bolton detailed the collapse of the summit talks to his book writing trump offered to fly him back to north korea, cancelling his meeting in hanoi. kim laughed and said he couldn't do that. >> kuim jong-un, a five-day tran journey to get down there, lots of buildup and then to get dumped publicly i think that upset kim. >> reporter: after the failed summit, kim reportedly disciplined high-ranking members
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of his entourage. the ambassador said the u.s. diplomacy under trump never recovered. >> i think the first misstep was preparation was never enough. second misstep, i believe, was trump pulling it back and leaving early without sitting there and negotiating. >> reporter: he says trump's air force offer was a failure to understand the north korean's mind-set. >> he wanted to appear as an equal. he got nothing in sanctions, so, what? a plane ride will do? no, that was not going to happen. >> reporter: kim began work saums immediately, quietly growing his nuclear arsenal. >> i think his legacy is in many ways a complete failure. kim jong-un has basically had the opportunity over the last four years to continue manufacturing warheads. >> reporter: leaving president joe biden with a heavily armed nuclear north korea, and very
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little leverage, analysts say, extinguishing hopes of a nuclear-free korean peninsula anytime soon. will ripley, cnn, hong kong. well, britain's prince philip will spend several more days in a london hospital according to buckingham palace. the 99-year-old of queen elizabeth is being treated for an infection. he was admitted last week and said to be comfortable and responding to treatment. his youngest son prince edward told sky news his father is doing a lot better and looks forward to going home. >> thank you for your company, i'm rosemary church. "early start" is up next. they will, of course, have the very latest on the condition of legendary golfer tiger woods in hospital after a horrific car accident. you're watching cnn. have a good day.
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♪ welcome to our viewers in the united states and all around the world. this is "early start." i'm christine romans. >> and i'm laura jarrett. it's wednesday, february 24th. it's 5:00 a.m. here in new york. 2:00 a.m. hin california, where we have new information on tiger woods' condition afternoon his car crash. more on that in a moment but first, prepared for war. federal officials paint a damning portrait of a historic security failure before the deadly attempt to overrun the u.s. capitol. three former officls

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