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from the worst what ronald reagan once called the lunatic fringe, they never fully vaccinated themselves against the underlying illness. so, flash forward to now. enter congresswoman marjorie taylor greene. seen here, equating mask regulations for house members, with the holocaust. >> you know, we can look back in a time in history, where people were told to wear a gold star. and they were definitely treated like second-class citizens. so much so that they were put in trains and taken to gas chambers in nazi germany. and this is exactly the type of abuse that nancy pelosi is talking about. >> that is congresswoman, last week, marjorie taylor greene, trivializing genocide. and briefly, here she is amplifying her remarks, in case you missed the anti-semitism. >> i said nothing wrong, and i think any -- any-rational jewish person didn't like what happened in nazi germany. and any rational, jewish person doesn't like what's happening with overbearing mask mandates.

>> her remarks are, as my mom used to say, deeply stupid. but much as she'd like it to be, this is not about her. it's about this. >> minority leader kevin mccarthy, house gop whip, steve scalise, and conference chair elise stefanik, all, ignored multiple requests for comment on greene's remarks. >> cnn's ryan nobles reporting there. those are the three-top republicans in the house. a number of rank-and-file republicans did condemn greene's remarks, including congresswoman liz cheney, who called them quote evil lunacy. which did not go over well in a party, increasingly tolerant of that same-lunatic fringe ronald reagan once decried. but also, so well-trained over the last several years for silence. just take a look at the headlines from the past. most republicans greet trump's push to overturn the election with a customary response. silence.

or this on the former president's promotion of a cruel conspiracy theory about msnbc's joe scarborough. and going back a bit, after there's this one. after charlottesville, republicans remain stymied over what to do about trump. what many did was just avoid the subject. and to remind you, charlottesville refers to the former president's claim there were good people, among the marchers chanting jews will not replace us and blood and soil on a friday before there was rioting. which is what real nazis shouted during the real holocaust. and congressman greene's mask fears, notwithstanding. it is not like jewish-americans today, don't have plenty to worry about. her remarks come just as the country is experiencing a wave of anti-semitic attacks, incl including this one last week here in mid town manhattan. the victim joseph bergen, spoke about tit this morning. >> i was walking down the street. i see out of the corner of my eye, somebody chasing me with their arm back looking like they want to punch me. before i could even react, i was

surrounded by a whole crowd individuals who as you mentioned, proceeded to kick me, punch me. hit me with flagpoles, crutches. and then toward the end of the assault, i mean, i thought they were urinating on my face but it was actually pepper spray which they were, you know, pepper spraying me for upwards of a minute. >> that happened on the streets of new york city last week. so, why are these republicans staying silent? if the answer is they don't want to offend bigots and haters and conspiracy buffs who might, also, vote republican. then, their silence is a defening roar. joining us now is tennessee democratic congressman, steve cohen, who sits on the house judiciary committee. congressman cohen, how do you push back on these disgusting comments without giving oxygen to this person who is, at this point, essentially, a taxpayer-funded troll? >> well, it's -- it's sad to see it. that members of congress have gotten to this low level. that they don't understand history. they don't understand the

holocaust. you know, it was not just nazi germany. it was poland where some of this more severe -- the serious concentration camps were. she doesn't understand and she's not -- she obviously -- she -- comments she made about lasers starting the california wildfires. she's got a real problem with jewish people. i think she's playing to her base. and a lot of republicans today have no experience in government. they don't have much knowledge of history. and they're just trying to become social-media stars. they raise money, that way. and that's what they are talking about, what they're doing, is celebrity. through social media. raising money with no sense of conscience, no sense of trying to pass legislation, and no sense of making america a country where people work together and try to have peace and -- and -- and folks be together. and -- in all pursuits. >> she is raising money and she will donate some of that money to other republicans and they will continue to be quiet and thank her. if the house-republican leadership won't condemn her for

this, i mean, i'm not sure what it's going to take. gop leadership spoke out against then-republican congressman steve king back in 2019 after he made remarks defending white supremacy. they stripped him of his committee assignments. they didn't do that with marjorie taylor greene. democrats led that effort. why do you think republicans are more comfortable condemning king than they are greene? have we changed so much? >> maybe, we've changed. you know, the marjorie taylor greenes and the boeberts and the cawthornes. some of them, i hardly know until they make stupid statements like it was like a typical visitor's day on january the 6th. and you realize who some of these people are. but that's so much that came in, in this new class. mccarthy doesn't want to upset 'em. mccarthy's got eyes on being the speaker, which he didn't have before. and so, he's shown no leadership at all. the jewish democrats in the house are putting a letter together. david cicilline has been a primary force in it. we will be sending it to mccarthy and asking him to take

some steps because we saw what happened on january 6th. and that was easily forecast. you could see violence was gonna occur with trump's remarks. we see things with asians and that was, again, trump's remarks. and these remarks about jewish people, which marjorie taylor greene has done rather consistently, will lead to violence against jewish people, more and more. and it needs to stop. and republicans don't need to sit on the sidelines. and they need to step up and they certainly shouldn't be -- these fringe characters, who mitch mcconnell calls looney tunes. it's just -- they have gone off the rails and it's just -- it's sad. they have no -- history and understanding. there used to be something in journalism law that most legislators, congressmen will have learned about, which is you don't compare anything to the holocaust because it was such a horrific act, that nothing is comparable. but marjorie taylor greene doesn't get it. she thinks wearing a mask is comparable to the holocaust. she -- she needs to [ inaudible ].

>> congressman cohen, i appreciate your time. having a little trouble with your connection. we appreciate your -- your time tonight. thank you. we want to get perspective now from cnn political commentator, amanda carpenter. amanda, what do you think it's going to take for the house-republican leadership, i mean, to condemn these comments? or even, you know, where is the line? >> i don't think they're going to. they understand that marjorie taylor greene has a better connection with the trump base than they do. just -- just try to picture kevin mccarthy holding a trump rally, without trump, as marjorie taylor greene and matt gaetz are doing now. try to imagine mitch mcconnell going on one of those stages and revving the crowd up. they can't do it. that's why they can't cross her on this. and it's just kind of amazing. you know, when you think of marjorie taylor greene. what she's doing, she is almost like an olympic champion in competitive grievance because in all these issues, she and the trump voter are the victims, right? like, when it comes to getting vaccinated. or wearing a mask. she's basically a victim of the holocaust. when it comes to parkland

students wanting to advocate for gun control. she is the one that goes and stalks people, like david hogg, to say that she is the victim because her second-amendment rights are being hurt. and then, look at the january-6th commission. there are people who are saying, you know, the people that invaded the capitol were just peaceful protestors exercising their rights. i mean, this is why they're not supporting the january-6th commission, because they see that trump base as people they can't cross. and that's why they're not going to condemn marjorie taylor greene. >> i mean, it -- it's fascinating that the -- so many of these republican congresspeople have gotten themselves in a position where they are scared of the very people they are representing. i mean, they're frightened that they don't know how to talk to them. that, you know, they're just kind of trying to do whatever they can to just stay in power. for some reason, which i don't -- when you don't really have policy that you're -- have an agenda on. that when you don't really have something, a platform, that you are fighting for. i'm not sure, you know, tom friedman says it's a free-parking space at national

airport. i don't know if that's the appeal for them? or this little bit of power that they have? >> yeah. it just all comes down to grievance and partisanship that is in place of any kind of policy. debate right now. and i just -- i don't like the framing that republican legislators are afraid of their base. i think, at this point, you have to say they're okay with this direction, right? like, we had people sign on to the insane lawsuit by the attorney general, ken paxton, to cancel votes. we have people vote to overturn the election, after the riot. we have senior republicans in the house and senate, essentially, saying the insurrection wasn't a big deal. and they don't want to investigate it because they might have to look at themselves. they're not scared. they're okay with it and we, all, should be alarmed by that. >> do you think they're okay with it? because they think the, you know, the institutions of democracy are deep enough and strong enough that it doesn't really matter? you know, it -- it -- it's just kind of, you know, playing

along. i mean, did -- or do they really want this? >> i mean, it's difficult. i think a lot of this goes into the partisan tribalism that really took hold and allowed people to justify their support for donald trump. i mean, really, after the insurrection, you would have activists, surrogates, sitting members of congress say, you know what? yeah, that was really bad. you could tell they were rattled. but if you ask them, is donald trump still the leader of the republican party if he was the nominee in 2024, would you support him? they said yes because that republican label is so central to their identity. and i -- i don't know what the answer is. but a lot of work has to be done to explain to people what makes us americans. and what unites us there and not just partisans. until we break that logjam, i think we are in for a very hard road. >> yeah. amanda carpenter, appreciate it. thank you. next, more on the bilk-election lie. the bogus ballot audit that just won't quit and the possibility

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>> reporter: that's arizona's maricopa county supervisor and lifelong republican bill gates talking about this. the ballots from arizona's most populous county came out of storage on sunday. trucks rolled them across the arizona state fairgrounds into the coliseum. forklifts moved pallets of baltds back on the floor. this is run by a little-known contractor cyber ninjas hired by the republican-controlled arizona senate. this is the third review, despite two-previous audits showing no widespread election fraud. the arizona senate and cyber ninjas maintain this is about election integrity. >> this, every day, goes on as this continues to turn in another direction. it's clear that's not what this is about. this is about fundraising off of arizonans. now, we got fund the audit so again, they are just doubling down on this really being a fundraising effort. >> reporter: gates is talking about this e-mail sent to

two-dozen arizona republican party officials late last week. first, obtained by the arizona republic and confirmed by cnn. fund the audit explains it will now actually vet who is chosen to count the ballots in arizona's audit. and links to this page, volunteer to hand count ballot registration. fund the audit claims has raised $1.7 million to pay for arizona's audit. it says it is powered by the america project. a pro donald trump nonprofit started by former overstock ceo, patrick bird, as he explained to media outlet ntd. >> i got involved in this election. fraud. scandal. and it was fraud. it was a fraudulent election and it didn't end for us on january 20th. >> reporter: talking about the big lie that the election was stolen from donald trump. bern then tells this outlet he donated a million dollars to fund the audit. chasing the lie. >> this isn't over by a long

shot. at the very least, you have to be ready for 2022 to take it all back. we're not going to let this again again. but don't believe for a minute that 2020's over, yet. >> then, the big lie is amplified by right-wing national figures. >> who do you think won arizona on november 3rd? >> this was congresswoman marjorie taylor greene here in arizona, this weekend. cheering on the arizona audit and giving voice to lies about the election. which brings us back here. this ballot review is so deeply contested, maricopa county's republican-led board of supervisors warned the cyber ninjas and the arizona senate to preserve documents of what's happening here. why? a potential-future court battle. hidden from view, and inside one of these trucks on sunday. the vote-counting machines. arizona secretary of state says they may never be used again. citing concerns they could have been tampered with during the so-called audit. >> they have an agenda. they're expecting a different

result because that is what has been sold to them. and kyung joins us now from phoenix. >> so, this group, along with the so-called cyber ninjas. they are now going to determine who gets to examine these ballots? >> reporter: basically. i mean, and this is being allowed to happen because the arizona-senate republicans. those republicans, that sit in the state senate here. they are allowing it to happen. they are continuing to back this behavior. the entrance of more of this dark money, more of these outside forces in arizona. it is being allowed to happen, by the republicans in this state. even though the county republicans are trying to fight it, there is nothing that they can do. and anderson, you may be wondering where is the department of justice in all this? well, there are no overt civil civil-rights violations as of yet. they have sent a strongly-worded letter. but until there is something actionable on the federal level, as far as civil rights, it's going to be very difficult for them to step in at this point. >> kyung, thanks very much.

to hear the former president describe it, arizona just the beginning. on friday, a georgia state judge ordered atlanta's fulton county to let a group of local voters and their experts, allegedly, to inspect all mail-in ballots cast in the election. joining us now is rob pitts, chairman of the fulton county board of commissioners. so you heard the report from kyung lah about what is going on in arizona. how concerned are you about some fergz of that making its way to georgia? >> well, first of all, thank you for having me. i am really baffled about this. what do they want? we've had three counts, already. one, two, three. this will be the fourth. of the first three, one of them was done by hand and the results were eerily similar. so, i'm not sure what they are after, unless it's some participation trophy. something of that nature. the elections in fulton county, georgia. they were open, they were fair, and they were transparent. and what i have said from day one. i said to the then-president of

united states, if you have some evidence of some malfeasance, in fulton county. bring it to me. i'll look into it. i made the same request of the secretary of state and his representatives. if you have something, bring it to me. otherwise, put up or shut up. i think, what's happening here is that we won and they lost. it's as simple as that. they can't get over it. the votes have been certified. the elections -- the election has been certified so it's over. my advice would be go to the film room. look at what you did right. and look at what you did wrong. make any adjustments that you -- you need to make. but get ready for 2022 and 2024. now, i understand that representative gaetz and greene are talking about coming to fulton county to get involved. why? they don't represent fulton county. they know nothing about fulton county. my advice, to them, was stay the hell out of fulton county. let us take care of our

business. >> as you know, they would obviously come there because it would get their names in the paper. boost their profile. help them raise more money, even though they have no role in this, whatsoever. this would actually make it, as you said, the fourth recount. do you see this as anything, other than the big lie run amock? and i mean, how much time and expense does it cost taxpayers in your county? >> it is costing us money. and this will be the fourth one. and i can guarantee you that the results will be -- of this one -- will be just like the results were for count one, count two, and count three. no change. i'll -- again, our elections were open, fair, and transparent. i was, personally, involved in our elections. so i'm -- i'm taking this very personally. if i seem -- seem a little agitated by this because it just makes no sense. now, i don't know what's going on internal to the republican party. that's their issue. but leave fulton county alone. >> the georgia secretary of state, brad raffensperger, who

is a republican. roundly criticized by the former president for not messing with election results to favor the former president. he released a statement supporting the audit saying in part, quote, fultdon county hasa longstanding history of election mismanagement. but raffensperger has long stood by the integrity on the overall result from georgia. which is president biden won the state. why do you think he's reversed course? >> i think it's pure politics, on his part. because he -- he actually congratulated fulton county for the job that we did in the 2020 election. so -- and -- and one of his top assistants, mr. sterling, who was on your show. saying that there was nothing -- no -- no problems whatsoever. so i'm not sure what they are doing. their messages seem to be mixed. but what i can tell you and i can tell your listeners is that we did a great job in fulton county. we are preparing for municipal elections throughout our county for this year. and we'll be ready for 2022, as well.

so, the people in fulton county can rest assured. now, if someone has something that they have not brought to me. if they bbring it to me, we wil into it. and if there is something there, we will get to the bottom of it but i, again, was personally involved in our election. >> commissioner pitts, appreciate it. thank you. >> thank you. coming up. the new information in the u.s. intelligence report that could fuel debate on the origins of the coronavirus pandemic in china. that's next.

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key milestone for covid vaccinations. 25 states and washington, d.c. have now fully vaccinated at least half their adult populations. meanwhile, there is new scrutiny on the origins of the coronavirus. cnn has learned a u.s. intelligence report found several researchers at china's wuhan lab fell ill and were hospitalized in november of 2019. now, the intelligence community doesn't know what the researchers were sick with. and this was before anyone heard of covid-19 around the world. now, all of this, of course, could fuel speculation that the disease actually originated in the chinese lab. want to discuss with dr. leana wen, cnn medical analyst and visiting professor of george washington university. dr. wen is author of the upcoming book "lifelines a doctor's journey in the fight for public health." also with us, cnn's david culver, who's reported extensively on the pandemic from

china and from wuhan. so, i am wondering what you make of the new reporting? >> well, i think there are a lot of unanswered questions. and i do think it's important for us to get to the bottom of this. because this is a global pandemic that's killed nearly 3 and a half million people. we need to understand what the origin is. if there is, in fact, an intermediary animal, from bats -- between bats and humans. we need to understand because there may be a reservoir of disease that we should be looking for. if this, in fact, is a lab leak, we should also understand, for the purposes of securing lab-safety protocols. and i think, in this case, i just don't know. there is this report of these three lab researchers who sought medical care. but keeping in mind, that medical care in china is different. there isn't much of a primary-care system. and so, it actually is pretty common for people with pretty mild to moderate flu-like symptoms to go to the hospital. but do they stay in the hospital? were they hospitalized for a long time? what kind of tests were done? and also, what about the timing? these individuals, initially, did they go to the hospital in

november? were they the first people to get coronavirus? or did they actually have coronavirus in the community because it may have been circulating before? so many unansed questions here. >> david, when you look at the timing of the illness of these three researchers, how does that square with what we already know? >> well, it's concerning, anderson. given the initial reporting from the chinese was about a month later. so when you are talking about november, 2019, you're talking before when they initially suggested that anyone was potentially sick from this virus. and you are, also, looking at a new level of severity. suggesting that these individuals, now, had to go to the hospital. so, as dr. leana pointed out, that is not, necessarily, completely unusual here, in china. however, it does raise a lot of concerns. i think, also, you have to look at how they're reacting to this. and this is something that has been quite stark and that they're pushing back consistently. and this has now been more than a year, in which they are determined to not allow the u.s. and, really, we should point out, the uk and european nations

to go forward with their questioning of the origins that potentially this leaked from a lab. >> chinese-state media, david, and officials have pushed their own origin theory which includes an alleged-u.s. lab leak. you had said, i know they're pushing back. are they still -- do they still push that line? >> oh, they sure do, anderson. and it continued even monday from the foreign ministry. and state media quoted the director of the wuhan national biosafety lab, who considers this report to be a complete lie. and state media has -- has echoed that. and they have also gone forward with social media that's not allowed to be used here, in china, interestingly enough. but continues to push that message to the rest of the world through twitter, through facebook. and that's their effort. but from the foreign ministry, they are now characterizing this to be hype. on part of the u.s. which is interesting because if you go back to the trump administration, they were considering this to be a deflection from the mishandling under the trump administration of the virus within the u.s. but they're pushing their own narrative here. and that is quite obvious.

the question is whether or not that will resonate. one thing they are also going forward with, anderson, is vaccine dip lope loemsy. and that's an effort to really recraft their image in developing countries. they are hoping countries which china has a lot of influence in and is hoping to increase that influence, and look at the vaccine diplomacy and receiving these vaccines from china as an effort of good will. but there is potentially another narrative there, too. >> dr. wen, just in terms of -- of finding out what actually happened. you know, there is a complete lack of transparency from the chinese government. it's very hard to imagine how any-international investigation would -- would actually work. without full-chinese cooperation. >> that's right, anderson. we've seen that the w.h.o. has not succeeded in this effort. and part of the issue is we just don't know what we don't know. and at this point, when the

chinese government has shown us that they have done so much by the way of coverup. i mean, even the initial physicians were treating patients in wuhan. these physicians were called in, and told to recant their statements. these were whistle-blowers, who, one of them, or multiple of them, have died since then and become infected with covid. and it -- i think, the chinese government has really shown that they have not been transparent. and therefore, we don't know what it is that they're covering up. and again, i think that the world really needs to understand. this is not the last pandemic that we're going to see. and understanding the origin of this will help us to prevent something like this from happening in the future. >> and david, just quickly, the w.h.o. said, in february, that they couldn't pinpoint the source of the virus. saying a lab leak was extremely unlikely. dr. fauci, who said it was extremely unlikely the virus is artificially manipulated in a lab. is saying now he is no longer convinced. more investigation needs to be done. are we any closer to finding the answer today than we were a year ago? >> so, from a purely-science

perspective, possibly. the issue is the science has been pushed aside, even from the w.h.o. field mission and it's become so heavily politicized, anderson, that w.h.o. field mission that was here in january. and we were down in wuhan around the same time. is facing a lot of scrutiny. in part, because of the heavy-chinese influence that that team has undergone and -- and connections that have been questioned for some of the members who were even tied to the wuhan institute of virology before the outbreak. so i think the geopolitical aspect of this is pushing aside any sort of concrete answers from the science angle. >> yeah. dr. wen, david culver, appreciate it. thanks. up next, you have likely seen that deadly encounter between louisiana a state troopers and ronald greene, a black man who was punched, kicked, tased two years ago. remarkably similar set of circumstances, one of the same officers involved in that assault was involved in another one and we'll speak to the man who he allegedly attacked. i need indeed.

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minneapolis by a police officer. meanwhile, louisiana state troopers are facing more allegations of excessive force on a black man. and one of the troopers present was also involved in this assault in 2019 on ronald greene. as you may know, he died after being tased, hit, and dragged by louisiana state troopers after he crashed a car after a chase. greene's family said they had been told by police he died in an auto accident. numerous agencies, including department of justice, are now investigating exactly what happened. now, to this latest case that's come to light. according to a civil rights lawsuit filed against the state police, antonio harris says almost the identical set of circumstances played out when he was stopped in may of 2020. also, after a car chase. a subsequent-internal investigation confirmed that harris did not resist arrest once he actually got out of the vehicle after the chase. and that he was hit, at least five times, by one of the officers, including a strike to his knee. the lawsuit alleges officers later exchanged 14 text messages

boasting about the beating of him. i spoke with mr. harris and his attorney, michael sterling, just before airtime. >> so, mr. harris, this incident with the louisiana state police took place a year ago, yesterday. can you just take us back to the moment, after the high-speed chase? you get out of your car. what did you do? and what happened, next? >> as soon as i got out of my car, i lay flat on my stomach. put my legs and arms out. and the police officers ran to me. one kneed me in my head. one was pinching my eye with his fingers, like, digging into my eyeball. one was hitting me in my head. >> while you were down on the ground? >> yes, while i was down on the ground. as soon as i -- as soon as i got out of my vehicle, i lay flat on the ground. and one arm -- the first hit that i felt was a knee to the side of my face.

and i just felt a lot of feet on me. and -- and hands. and i just remember a police officer digging into my eyeball with his finger. like, in both of my eyes. and one was pulling my hair. one was tasing me. and one was hitting me. and after so long, i went -- it's like i went numb and i didn't feel anything. but i just remember 'em saying turn your body camera off. turn your body camera off. i remember one of 'em telling me that i -- my mother should have swallowed me at birth. and one of them saying why didn't i fight back? and that's about it. after i laid flat on my stomach. >> and the investigation into this incident. it said that when they put you into the back of the police car, one of the officers said to you, and i am quoting, stupid mother effer, i hope you act up when we get to the effing jail. i am going to punish you dumb

something. what the f is wrong with you? continue with -- with -- with curse words. did -- did you hear all that? >> yes, sir. >> what did you think was going to happen to you when you got to the jail? i mean, based on what they were saying? >> i thought they was going to continue to beat me. i thought they was going to cause me more hell once i had got to the jail, which they did. but they didn't put their hands on me but they still caused me more problems. >> the police report, as you know, that was filed. i mean, the story the police report told. it's completely different story than what actually happened. how did you find out about that? >> some detectives from new orleans reached out to me. and told me that i would be the victim in this case that they had evidence of police -- the police beating me. and they had video of it. so, they reached out to me about three or four months ago. and that's how i found out about

it. >> the investigation, also, found that the officers involved were texting about this. they were joking about beating you. saying, quote, lol, he was still digesting that ass whoopin. went on to say he is going to be sore tomorrow, for sure. he is going to have nightmares for a long time. it's remarkable. it's horrific, not only what they allegedly did. but the fact is they're talking about what they did to each other, as if it's totally normal. as if it's, clearly, something they've done before. >> yes. yes, sir. and i'll -- i had read that they -- they were in another incident with somebody else, a year before that. and that person was killed. >> you are talking about mr. greene. some of the -- the officers were involved in -- in that incident, as well. >> yes, sir.

>> you -- you're -- mr. sterling, you -- you're representing antonio harris in a suit against three of the four officers involved, along with louisiana state police superintendent, the louisiana state police, and the richland parish sheriff and detention center. what are you asking for? and what's the status of the lawsuit? >> yeah. well, anderson, we just filed a lawsuit last week. antonio retained me. just a few weeks ago. we were able to make -- to -- to file the lawsuit prior to the statute of limitations expiring. so, what we -- what we expect is we expect to get civil recovery for antonio harris. what's so despicable about this particular case, anderson, as you know, this isn't a case where you've got a question whether an officer made a split-second decision. and we are all wondering, you know, whether or not the use of force was justified. whether it was a split-second decision. but this is a case, where officers made a conscious decision to viciously beat antonio harris.

then, after they beat him, they lied about it in their police reports. each, covering up the -- the conspiracy to cover up this case continued in the police reports. continued in their report to the district attorney's office. the conspiracy to cover this up continued for nearly a year, after antonio suffered this vicious beating. and -- and -- and -- and -- and this was a -- this was, clearly, a culture within the louisiana state police. no one stood up and said, hey, this is the wrong thing to do. in fact, they did the opposite. they bragged about it. laughed about it. joked about it in text messages. so, we weren't saying, well, this isn't a question of whether or not, you know, officers were making a split-second decision. they made -- they made a conscious decision to beat antonio, to violate his rights, to violate the law. to violate the constitution. and then, thought it was funny and joked about it. >> antonio harris, michael

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>> faith started as a news writer at cnn out of college in 1994. she was one of the best we ever had. she had never say so, herself, but that's the kind of person she is. everyone, who worked with her, loves her. she is warm. she's kind. and wickedly funny. and on a nearly-nightly basis, she could destroy me with her words. >> time now for the ridiculous. and tonight, we are adding noted french actor, academy award nominee, public urinator. that's right. last night, he reportedly peed on the floor.

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