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17-year-old girl after reports the justice department is looking into it. ♪ well, day three in the trial of former minneapolis police officer derek chauvin will get under way several hours from now. chauvin is accused of killing george floyd last year by kneeling on his neck for more than nine minutes during an arrest. on tuesday six bystanders, one just nine years old, told the court about their feelings of horror and fear as they watched floyd's final moments. cnn's omar jimenez has details from minneapolis. his piece contains images you may find disturbing. >> good morning, members of the jury. >> reporter: the story of what happened may 25, 2020, in minneapolis told today through the leps of eyewitnesses.

>> i had already assessed that he had an altered level of consciousness, what i needed to know is whether or not he had a pulse anymore. >> genevieve hanson is an emt and was off duty on a walk when she ended up feet from george floyd. she saw him pinned under the knee of derek chauvin and wanted to help but at the very least chest compressions. >> when you couldn't do that, how did that make you feel? >> totally distressed. >> were you frustrated? >> yes. >> reporter: donald williams was standing right next to her. >> i believe i witnessed a murder. >> reporter: after floyd seemingly unresponsive body was loaded into the ambulance that day williams called the police on the police he had just witnessed. in particular derek chauvin. that 911 audio was played in court. >> killed this guy that wasn't

resisting arrest. >> reporter: williams didn't feel he could talk to the officers at the scene. >> did you believe that they were involved? >> yes, totally. >> reporter: but the most contentious exchange of the trial so far -- >> did you say that? >> is that what you heard? >> reporter: was between williams and chauvin's attorney during cross-examination when he questioned williams about what he called chauvin that day. >> you called him a bum at least 13 times. those terms grew more and more angry, would you agree with that? >> they grew more and more pleading for life. >> reporter: the defense plaintiff sizing a point it made during opening statements, that the perceived threat from a growing crowd caused shauch to direct his attention away from floyd's care. the next witnesses appeared by audio only since they were under 18 at the time of floyd's death including a nine-year-old and her now 18-year-old cousin, only identified as d.f. she is the one who filmed the

now infamous cellphone video seen around the world. >> i see a man on the ground and i see a cop kneeling down on him. >> reporter: she was asked to identify derek chauvin in court. >> are you able to tell the ladies and gentlemen of the jury if you know who this man is. you can take your time. >> yes. yes. >> reporter: she said she felt threatened by the police there, including chauvin that day, a day she can't let go of, even close to a year later. >> when i look at george floyd i look at -- i look at my dad, i look at my brothers. there's been nights i stayed up apologizing and apologizing to george floyd for not doing more

and not physically interacting. >> reporter: and of chauvin -- >> it's not what i should have done, it's what he should have done. >> reporter: and this was the most emotional and contentious day of testimony we've seen yet over the course of this trial. in fact, the final witness called for the day, the emt, was actually scolded by the judge for arguing with chauvin's defense attorney and her testimony is where the day ended on tuesday so wednesday morning when court resumes we're going to pick things back up with her testimony as part of trying to establish the record of what happened and why on may 25th, 2020, from those closest to the story. omar jimenez, cnn, minneapolis, minnesota. a top u.s. health official says the country's covid vaccine rollout is providing a lot of hope for americans, but the head of the cdc also warns that hope is tempered by a rising infection rate. this past week the u.s. averaged

more than 65,000 new cases per day, a 22% increase from the week before. despite this several states are easing covid restrictions and ignoring calls from the white house to renew mask mandates. cnn's alexandra field has the details. >> i think the governors know better. >> reporter: from the biden administration mounting pressure on governors across the country. >> i think the governors know that they're not helping the cause, that they're actually weighting down the cause and they may think it's a popular thing to do. >> reporter: administration officials and the president himself asking all states to pause reopenings as new covid-19 infection numbers spark increasing alarm. nearly 70,000 new cases reported monday, bringing the daily average up by almost a quarter nationwide since last week. >> you look at the fact that in more than half of states numbers are ticking up and public

officials keep making decisions to continue to rescind the kinds of protective policies that had kept it from spreading in the first place and you realize we have a perfect storm. >> reporter: alabama's governor plans to rescind her state's mandate next week. >> at that time it will become a matter of personal responsibility and not a government mandate. >> reporter: new jersey and delaware still planning to allow for bigger outdoor gatherings while states like texas and florida which have abandoned virtually all covid-related restrictions are seeing for the first time in a long time cases climbing. >> interesting thing is hospitalizations of young adults are going up. there is a notion out there that these young adults are somehow immune, we are not going to get affected, but hospitalizations of those folks in those age groups are going up. >> reporter: that's the disturbing trend in michigan, the state with the highest average of new weekly cases. >> the younger group tends to

believe that they are not as likely to be affected, that they are not at risk and as such they are putting themselves much more so in harm's way. >> reporter: president biden says 90% of adults will be eligible for vaccines within just three weeks. the federal government working on guidelines for those in the private sector who plan to develop vaccine passports which would verify whether someone has been fully vaccinated, but if you're traveling to florida you can leave that vaccine passport at home. >> it's completely unacceptable for either the government or the private sector to impose upon you the requirement that you show proof of vaccine to just simply be able to participate in normal society. health experts warn the spread of covid variants is significantly hampering the recovery efforts. earlier cnn spoke about it with

michael osterholm, head of the center for infectious disease research and policy. >> well, unfortunately we have a number of road maps to follow. right now the countries in the world that actually have the highest rates of disease which are just really skyrocketing are in east central europe. all due to b.1.1.7. we've watched it around the world right now and we see what it's doing and it's, in fact, causing much more severe illness in 20 to 49 year olds than we saw with the other strains and because kids are readily spreading it we now actually see a number of 20 to 49 year olds getting infect that had we didn't see before. so this is right in the playbook. the u.s. state of arkansas is lifting its requirement for people to wear masks indoors. the mandate was put in place by the governor in july last year.

dr. anthony fauci has urged states to stick to public health guidelines even if covid rates are falling and vaccines are being given out more widely. arkansas is extending covid vaccinations to everyone over 16. president joe biden has called on the whole country to do so by may 1st and all 50 states now have a strategy in place. some states like alaska and mississippi are well under way in giving shots out to adults. others like new jersey and wisconsin plan to wait until the end of april. well, the u.s. isn't fully buying a new report from the world health organization on the origin of covid-19. the white house says the study isn't a complete picture and president biden thinks americans deserve better. >> the report lacks crucial data, information and access. it represents a partial and incomplete picture. >> i think he believes that the american people, the global community, the medical experts, the doctors, all of the people

who have been working to save lives, the families who have lost loved ones all deserve greater transparency, they deserve better information. well, the u.s. is one of more than a dozen countries now calling for an independent review, the 120-page report says the coronavirus was very likely passed from one animal to another before infecting humans. the study also found the idea the virus came from a lab unlikely, but even the head of the w.h.o. thinks more needs to be done. he says this, i do not believe that this assessment was extensive enough. further data and studies will be needed to reach more robust conclusions. cnn's steven jung is tracking developments and joins us live from beijing. even the w.h.o. chief questions his own organization's covid origin report and more than a dozen nations are calling for an independent review but how can

that be done given china's pushing back with all of this? >> reporter: that's a good question, rosemary, but it's remarkable to hear dr. tedros the head of the w.h.o. considered pro-beijing by critics to make these critical remarks about china not only he said more data and studies are needed for the wuhan leak theory, he also said the agency's experts encountered difficulty in accessing raw chinese data in the country. he expected more timely and comprehensive data sharing during future collaborations, echoing and reinforcing the message you mentioned by the u.s. and 13 other governments in their join statement calling for unfettered access to chinese data by independent experts. the beijing government has responded to this report saying it is the result of close collaboration between chinese international experts and demonstrating the country's open and transparent and responsible attitude, but they also called

for more investigations to be conducted in other countries with officials here often pointing fingers at the u.s., especially this u.s. military-run lab in maryland, without presenting any concrete evidence. now, the irony here, rosemary, is even though the foreign ministry has denounced attempts to politicize this issue but according to many analysts that's exactly what the chinese government is doing. >> all right. many thanks. well, professor marion coopmans is a virologist who was part of the w.h.o. team and an author of the report and she spoke with cnn about her experience investigating the virus. take a listen. >> i think that skepticism and this opinion was already circulating before the report ever came out and that is a concern from group that feels like the virus came from a lab and that that needs to be investigated. now, what we did is work with our chinese colleagues to

collect, discussion, aggravate, analyze all the information that is available based on a long list of studies that were done and that's not an inspection, that's not an audit, it's a joint study. i think there's some misunderstanding about how this was set up. did we discuss the responsibility of a laboratory leak? yes, we did, with all the labs that were involved in the early response. we were there, we visited them, we discussed the bio security, we discussed their programs of work, the training of their staff, the testing of their staff and we did not find any indication or a lead for further follow-up. professor marion koopmans there. president biden will be unveiling a massive infrastructure plan, but will

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joe biden is set to unveil a massive proposal to improve america's infrastructure, the first part of the plan is estimated at over $2 trillion and would be financed in large part through corporate tax increases. part two of the proposal, which is likely to include child care, early education and health care funding will be announced in april. here is more from the white house press secretary. >> and he has a plan to pay for t which he will propose, but right now once he proposes that our focus is also on having that engagement and discussion with members of congress. if they share a goal of building our infrastructure for the future, but don't like the way he's going to propose to pay for t we're happy to look at their proposals. if they don't want to pay for it, i guess they can propose that, too. >> for more on that let's bring in cnn's john defterios joining us live from abu dhabi. how will markets likely react to

biden's massive infrastructure plan and will republicans support it? doesn't sound that way. >> reporter: yeah, it looks like that will be a struggle on capitol hill, rosemary. let's get to that in just a moment. the markets are keeping their powder dry waiting to see what actually emerges over the next couple of months. the timeline is pretty aggressive, though, they'd like to get the legislation done at the white house by the end of may. working with lawmakers on capitol hill. look at this as joe biden's new deal, if you will, in the spirit of franklin delano roosevelt from 1933 to 1939 after the great recession. he's going to launch it in pittsburgh a former steel town, the heartland of america, which has made the transition to research and development and into technology at the same time. so what's the real priority here? number one is to renew america's infrastructure, road and rails, for example, american manufacturing, making the energy transition to solar, wind, hydrogen, energy and away from oil and gas. remove the tax benefits to the

oil and gas sector at the same time. then you have to ask how do you pay for it? we heard from jen psaki saying they have a plan, it's really in the corporate level. let's take a look. at 28% moving the rate up to that level, wiping out the tax cuts by donald trump which was taken down to 21%, a global minimum tax on corporations and also trying to close the loopholes for what they call offshoring of capital. at one point the american companies had $2.5 trillion overseas to avoid the higher corporate rate. let's see if they can tighten those loopholes or not. it's also interesting to note, i think, rosemary, that donald trump tried an infrastructure plan of a trillion dollars. this is up to four times that level on the first and second rounds entirely, two times the level of the stimulus package that joe biden got through as well and that failed because there's the regional rivalries that we have to watch out for on capitol hill with various senators and congressmen and women looking to get money back to their districts and to their

states, as you know. so there's going to be a lot of bargaining, rosemary, but it's ambitious and i would say as an american well-needed, our infrastructure is quite creaking, if you will. >> industries crumbling in parts of the country. john, many thanks. two u.s. capitol police officers injured in the january 6th riot are suing former president donald trump for inciting the proud. the officers are the first police to sue in court following the riot. they claim they suffered physical and emotional damages and blame trump for aiding and abetting their assault. one of the officers says he was crushed against doors and sprayed with chemicals. the other says he was slammed against a stone column, injuring his head and back, all while his assailants abused him with racist slurs. trump hasn't publicly responded to the suit, although he's previously denied having a role in the attack.

we are learning more about what happened during the january insurrection and those involved through court filings. our brian todd reports there are new signs some of the violence was racially motivated. >> reporter: new information on the pure hate that was mixed with the violence on january 6th. prosecutors allege rioter garrett miller in the days after the capitol attack identified a black police officer and posted messages online threatening to lynch him. he is a prize to be taken, miller said, according to court filings. prosecutors say miller threatened to, quote, hug his neck with a nice rope. he will swing. cedric alexander believes that officer could still be in danger. >> it puts them certainly in the target of someone who could be so hateful and bigoted that they could potentially do them harm. >> reporter: prosecutors say garrett miller posted those threats believing the officer in question shot and killed rioter ashli babbitt, though there is no indication that miller

correctly identified the officer who shot her. court documents also allege miller threatened to assassinate democratic congresswoman alexandria ocasio-cortez. miller has not entered a plea. his lawyer has said his messages were, quote, misguided political hyperbole and that miller regrets what he did. an officer dealing with the fallout from that day washington, d.c. metropolitan police officer michael fanone who was dragged down the steps of the capitol, tased, beaten with a flagpole, suffered a heart attack, concussion, traumatic brain injury and ptsd. >> i was beaten from every direction. >> his mother has spoken out telling cnn she's outraged at former president trump's recent comments that rioters presented zero threat and were, quote, hugging and kissing police. >> whatever fine these people or whatever jail sentence somebody might incur it doesn't even begin, it doesn't begin to repair the faj that has been

done to not only michael but all these other people who really were -- they were the ones that were persecuted. >> reporter: this comes as two leaders of the far right pro trump group the proud boys are making new claims to try to avoid being jailed before their trials. ethan nor dean now says in court filings that the proud boys were disorganized on january 6th and that he himself was only planning to stage a private concert at an airbnb that day. he is charged with multiple counts including conspiracy along with joseph biggs who is claiming the fbi checked in on him several times in the recent years and he regularly spoke to local and federal law enforcement about protests he knew of or was planning. >> it does not actually mean that the government did not view him as a threat in any other way. sometimes law enforcement checks in on individuals who are subjects of their investigation for the purpose of just kind of keeping in touch with them.

>> reporter: joseph biggs and his attorneys claim last year biggs met with fbi agents who they say were interested in his knowledge of the left wing group antifa and wanted to know what biggs was seeing on the ground. the justice department and fbi have not responded to joseph biggs' assertions, brian todd, cnn, washington. increasing numbers of migrants are trying to make the dangerous journey from central america to the united states. thousands of people including families with young children were setting out from honduras hoping to escape poverty made worse by the pandemic. some were turned back by honduran police by lacking proper identification papers and proof of negative coronavirus tests. u.s. media got a first look at some of the alarming levels of overcrowding in u.s. border camps. these images are from a temporary customs and border protection facility in donna, texas. it's already well over capacity currently holding more than 4,000 migrants.

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extortion plot involving a $25 million payoff. our ryan nobles has more from washington. >> reporter: the florida congressman is very much denying those allegations against him and saying that he is even the victim of an extortion attempt. this is a report from the "new york times" that says that the department of justice is looking into a possible relationship that the congressman had with an underage girl and that he could be subject to charges of sexual trafficking because he traveled with this young woman across state lines and paid for things like hotels, plane tickets and meals, while at the same time being in a sexual relationship with her. now, the congressman said very forcefully that he has never been in a sexual relationship with someone under the age of 18 and then he went on to say that a former department of justice prosecutor actually attempted to extort him and his father over these allegations saying that his father was texted by this individual who now works at a

prominent florida law firm asking him to give him $25 million in exchange for keeping that information under wraps. now, it's not exactly clear how far this investigation has gone and whether or not charges are even imminent. the department of justice declined to comment to cnn on the substance of these allegations. gaetz said that he has not been contacted directly by the fbi and that he first learned of this investigation by reading it in the "new york times." now, what is interesting about all of this is that this, of course, congressman gaetz is one of if not the former president trump's biggest supporters in the house of representatives and this investigation according to the "new york times" started while the former president was still in office. we will reiterate one more time the congressman gaetz strongly denies that he did anything wrong. >> cnn's ryan nobles with that report. europe's co screen vaccine

rollout is moving at such a sluggish pace some countries are turning to russia for help. the leaders of germany and france have spoken with russian president vladimir putin about possibly using russia's sputnik v vaccine which is still being reviewed by the eu. the talks as angela merkel and emanuel macron under heavy pressure to contain growing outbreaks at home. germany is steadily approaching 3 million confirmed cases of the virus and france is treating more than 5,000 covid patients in icus, the highest number in nearly a year. president macron is set to address his nation today about the crisis. so let's cross to cnn's melissa bell, she joins us live from paris. good to see you, melissa. so surging cases in france and germany with both nations turning to russia for help with the vaccine. what is the latest on all of this? >> reporter: that's right, rosemary.

that is an important shift since what we had seen so far is that the sputnik investigation under investigation since march 4th by the european's medicines agency that process will take several months. if you look at what's happened with previous vaccines until now it was really only countries breaking ranks with the rest of europe who turned to it, hungry, austria which is extremely upset about the way that vaccines are distributed among european countries now in negotiations with russia to purchase a million doses. the fact that france and germany might be speaking to vladimir putin about how they might cooperate to get it to europe tells you all you need to know about the severe vaccine shortages gripping europe and making that vaccine rollout so slow. angela merkel and emanuel macron under tremendous pressure to try to get things moving with those surging covid-19 figures. one of those areas here in france that has been so heart

hit by the covid-19 wave, third wave, emanuel macron will address the nation tonight. one of the questions is whether he will change his policy which could far has been to buck the european trend and keep schools open. will the pressure be such that he' he's obliged to close them. the people on the front line are certainly calling on the french government to do more than it has to restrict the movement of people and get those worrying covid-19 figures back under control. >> absolutely. melissa bell joining us live from paris. many thanks. serbia has become a regional vaccination hub. the country has one of the highest covid-19 vaccination rates in the world and it is becoming -- it is welcoming people from neighboring countries where there are vaccine shortages. serbia's prime minister says her nation will not be safe unless the entire region is safe. for more on this we want to bring in cnn's frederik pleitgen he joins us live from belgrade.

how has serbia been able to get this right while france, germany and other european nations are struggling with vaccine rollouts? >> reporter: rosemary, i think there's two or three key factors to serbia's success so far. they had a big sense of urgency at the very beginning where they said they needed to get vaccine as fast as possible then they had a lot of pragmatism where they got vaccines from many different suppliers. you can see you have the sputnik v vaccine that's on offer, you also have if we pan over there you can the sinopharm stalls over there. interesting enough serbia was one of the first countries to sign a deal with sinopharm but it was also one of the first countries to sign a deal with pfizer/biontech as well. that's also something that's available. you see over here one of the key factors that they have is they are very quick in the way they vaccinate. we spoke to people this morning, they have already vaccinated about 1,000 people in the first 90 minutes that this place was open here. the process only takes about ten minutes from when you walk in the door, you fill out a form,

you talk to a doctor, you you go to the i.t. system which is over there, then you go to one of these stalls and you get your jab and then you're pretty much good to go after about ten minutes of rest. things go very quickly. the serbians as you rightly point out are saying they have so much vaccine that they are able to share it with neighboring nations and they are able to also invite foreigners here as well. it's not only folks from places like bosnia or croatia but we have seen people from germany come here, people from austria come here, someone from the czech republic came here as well because they say it is difficult to get jabs in those countries. people on business trips here in serbia are able to get vaccinated as well. the serbian government said around 40,000 foreigners who don't have a residence here in serbia have already gotten vaccinated against covid-19. one of the interesting things also is you can choose your vaccine here. some folks choose sinopharm, some sputnik, but you can also choose the ast sza can a as

well. >> what an impressive operation and model for the rest of the world. appreciate it. germany says it will only administer the astrazeneca vaccine to people aged 60 and older. the country's vaccine committee recommended the move after rare blood clots were reported in 31 people who got the first dose, but the decision goes against advice from the world health organization and the european medicines agency. both say there is no apparent link between blood clots and the vaccine. coronavirus variants are spreading quickly across canada and they are fueling a spike in cases and hospital admissions. the nation's top doctor calls it a third resurgence, one that's hitting younger people, especially hard. in ontario intensive care units are seeing a growing number of patients under the age of 60 and the crisis is getting so bad officials are warning of more restrictions. brazil's far right president

jier bolsonaro is facing criticism for his handling of the pandemic. that's the backdrop for a major reshuffle in his government over the past two days. shasta darlington explains. >> reporter: the biggest cabinet shakeup since brazilian president bolsonaro took office. on monday he announced six cabinet changes including a new defense minister and a new foreign minister. on tuesday his governor announce td the leaders of all three branches of the armed forces were being replaced. the reshuffling an indication of how much pressure bolsonaro is under as covid-19 continues to ravage the country. the change in the armed forces also fueling speculation about a possible breakdown between bolsonaro and the military. on tuesday brazil registered a new record number of deaths from covid-19, more than 3,700. the total death toll is over

300,000 people and the vaccine rollout has been slow and plagued by political infighting. brazilians are directing their anger and frustration at bolsonaro who downplayed the virus and lashed out at governors for lockdown measures. the cabinet shuffle allows him to shore up confidence in congress. it was also important because he replaced the foreign minister who came under fire for his an stag nist i can relationship with china. china is an important frayed partner and have been a main supplier for raw ingredients in vaccines. the other cabinet changes took brazil by surprise, especially bolsonaro's decision to remove the defense minister. he has repeatedly claimed to have the support of the military and has named a number of generals to key positions but has grown frustrated with the lack of public support from the military in recent weeks. the departure of all three armed

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>> reporter: in terms of how long it's going to take to work away this backlog, the egyptians are saying just a few more days, some shipping companies think it could take as much as a week. now, at its peak there were about 450 ships waiting in the suez canal itself in the mediterranean and the red sea. now, once the canal was reopened, which was at 6:00 p.m. size time on monday they just, you know, one after another normally the suez canal is open just 10 to 12 hours a day. at the moment it is 24 hours a day to get these ships through and done. we did hear the chairman of the suez canal authority saying that we will not waste one second and certainly that does seem to be the case. in terms of the impact of this

crisis or problem, if it had gone on much longer it really would have been a serious problem with huge impact. it seems that it's just going to be a ripple in terms of world trade, but it is perhaps or it should cause some rethinking about how world trade happens, that it's so dependent upon this one single route for about 30% of world container traffic, for instance. it does underscore the vulnerability of international trade to seemingly random events. r >> many thanks to ben wedeman joining us live from cairo. one of the master minds of the watergate burglary g. gordon liddy has died at the age of 90. liddy is infamous for having overseen the break-in at the democratic national committee headquarters in 1972 setting off

one of the most stunning chapters in american political history. the scandal led to the downfall of former u.s. president richard nixon. as richard roth reports, liddy said he wanted to live as most men only dream. >> most of all, go for the villain roles, i really like those. >> reporter: g. gordon liddy was a prime villain in one of the straights' darkest moments. >> as you know i was involved in watergate. >> reporter: watergate, liddy was the organizer of the infamous break-in at democratic party headquarters in the watergate complex, it was 1972, his orders came from president richard nixon's white house. >> i was told that we were going to repair an inoperative room bug. >> reporter: liddy supervised from nearby but did not go in with the five burglars that were caught in the act. >> i certainly regret that the mission failed. anything i do i always intend that it succeed. >> reporter: a former fbi agent

liddy had a reputation among colleagues for recklessness. >> i wish i had a dollar for every successful burglary when i was in the fbi. that's called a black bag job, standard procedure. >> reporter: liddy was fearless in the hit watergate movie "all the presidents men" named leaker deep throat tells reporter bob woodward played by robert redford about liddy. >> i was at a party once and liddy put his hand over a candle and he kept it there. he kept it right in the flame until his flesh was burned. >> reporter: liddy said it was to impress a new recruit. >> the putting in the hand in the flame is true and there you can see it. >> reporter: as the white house came under more heat liddy was often discussed by president nixon and top aides. [ inaudible ]. >> reporter: liddy forever insisted the break-in was not

about campaign material, he claimed it was about a call girl ring allegedly involving some top democrats. >> what we were in there doing was trying to get the sexual dirt on the democrats, we were tapping into that thing. >> reporter: the chief of the so-called plumbers unit liddy was convicted of conspiracy, burglary and illegal wiretapping. >> it was an occupational hazard, first of all, secondly it was my job to go to listen at the time. i feel no bitterness at all. >> reporter: unlike some of his co-conspirators liddy never talked during his 52-month prison stretch. >> it doesn't take any talent to keep your mouth shut. it would have worked, too, if those other turkeys could have kept their mouth shut. >> reporter: after prison liddy took advantage of his notoriety hosting a radio talk show, guest starring in tv programs and speaking engagements in front of conservative groups. >> where were you when i needed

you? >> reporter: liddy once said watergate was a tempest in a te teapot, his actions, though, helped blow the lid on an american presidency. >> when i did watergate i probably had more fun doing that than i did anything else. i do an act and live as most men only dream. ahead on "cnn newsroom," the mafia fugitive who loved to cook, now his goose is cooked because he just couldn't stay off youtube.

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one italian official said that biart is one of the most dangerous fugitives that belonged to a powerful syndicate believed to be sbobl for about 80% of the cocaine that enters europe. for the last five years or so biart lived a quiet existence except for a hobby where he posted videos of him and his wife cooking on youtube. in the videos you don't see biart's face, but you can make out some of his distinctive tattoos, police say, and that led him to biart and to his arrest. biart was sent back to italy on monday to face some of those charges of alleged drug trafficking. cnn was unable to reach any of biart's attorneys. police in italy say that since 2014 biart has been on the run and that he may have been able to remain in hiding if not for his passion for italian cooking which he shared with the world.

patrick oppmann, cnn, havana. >> there you go. well, another prototype rocket from spacex has failed during flight. the unmanned spacecraft was launched from texas on tuesday and it was off to a good start, but a few minutes later the live broadcast suddenly froze. the rocket appears to have exploded. this marks the third time spacex has failed to land a prototype of the starship rocket which the company hopes will one day carry humans to mars. another starship exploded after landing earlier this month. spacex ceo elon musk is trying to put a positive spin on the latest failed test. he tweeted, at least the crater is in the right place. and thank you so much for your company. i'm rosemary church. "early start" is up next. you're watching cnn. have yourselves a wonderful day.

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