grateful. >> we are. and tonight, we remember them. thank you so much for joining us. "ac 360" starts now. good evening. at the end of a consequential memorial day weekend, this is not just the unofficial start of summer but could be the beginning to the end of covid as a daily part of our lives. we can certainly hope so. we begin with breaking news for the search for three people that opened fire at a concert venue. two were killed and 21 wounded and a short time ago we learned authorities have a key piece of evidence to work with. leyla santiago joins us now. what is the latest? >> reporter: anderson, invest fwa -- investigator tors fs found connected with the shooting. it was found about ten miles away from the shooting in a

canal submerged and it had actually been reported stolen in mid may. now, all of this is after police released a surveillance video earlier today in which they showed what happened before the shooting took place. you see a nissan path finder arrive about three -- or three individuals come out armed and run right back over to the car. now, what you don't see is how young the crowd was at that concert venue. a lot of the victims in their 20s. those who had been hurt. one person as young as 17. police saying today that they believe that this was all stemming from an on going rival between two groups, even said there was some sort of back and forth on social media playing a role in this. now, a lot of city leaders today spoke out saying that this is despicable, that this is

something that was senseless and even at that press conference, we heard from the father of clayton dillard. he actually interrupted the press conference clearly very distraught, a lot of anger and pain he was showing there. we're at the hospital where some of those who were injured are tonight and i can tell you that there are still family members that are coming and going just hoping to get news that their loved ones will be okay. anderson? >> layla santiago, we'll check back in shortly for more on this active manhunt. a story with special resonance because it is to honor the sacrifices so many men and women made in unform for democracy and ame america. go to the original purpose, remembering the civil war. it reminds us what happens when the american experiment fails. it a threat president biden

pulled into arlington national cemetery. >> democracy itself is in parol here in america and around the world. what we do now, how we honor the memory of the fallen will determine whether democracy will long endure. >> tonight on several fronts there are signs that the seismic forces that pulled this country apart back then are making themselves felt once again. this weekend we heard a retired three-star general and former national security advisor appear to openly endorse the idea of a military coup. we begin with the effort to restrict voting in texas motivated by the same big election lie that fueled the january 6th insurrection, something this general and his followers are apparently using along with the qanon fantasy to just fie the violent over throw of democracy.

according to the center for justice, between january 1st and may 14th, at least 14 states have enacted 22 laws restricting access to the vote. there they are on the map and their number could triple, at least 61 bills with restricted provisions are moving through 18 state legislatures including in texas until last night. last night democrats in the state house of representatives walked out preventing a quorum on state senate bill 7. the session expired delaying passage of the measure until greg abbott called lawmakers back for a special session he says he will. texas republicans deny it intended to disenfranchise minority voters that vote heavily democratic but contains provisions that effectively could. the bill outlaws drive up voting and 24-hour voting used in the highly democratic houston area and bans voting before 1:00 p.m. on sundays that would kill souls

to the polls that are popular in black churches and the bill makes it harder to drive groups of voters from the churches to the polling places requiring anyone driving more than two non-relatives to submit a signed form stating the reason for providing transportation. the reason for these and other restrictive measures, well, listen to texas republican state representative brisco who has been spear heading the bill. >> this isn't about party. this isn't about what happened in d.c. this isn't about 2020 or 2018 or anything before that. this is about instilling confidence in the electret so they feel like what happens in their government and the laws made were because they chose so. >> keeping them honest, the only reason there is talk about a lack of confidence in the election is because the former president and followers pushed and pushed and pushed the big lie. here is what keith ingram the director of elections for the

state of texas said back in march. in spite of the circumstances, texas had an election that was smooth and secure. similarly, there were no wide spread irregularities in texas or anywhere else in the country. this isn't about 2020, take a look where he was in 2020 in philadelphia. >> looking to see if there is any funny business going on. >> brisco cane is in philadelphia tonight and volunteering for president trump's legal team in their historic challenge for election results in the state. >> so the guy that says this has nothing to do with 2020 was actually in philadelphia, which is a long way from texas where his job is looking for funny business but he's looking to instill confidence in the process. that's the way these laws are being stolen as confidence boosters are working hard to

undermine confidence in a system not broken. people have been unfairly undermining the process and trying to pass laws because they say people don't have confidence in the electoral process. more now from ed l. how would this impact voting in texas? >> reporter: well, there is a few other measures that you didn't mention there but one that would essentially increase the access that partisan poll watchers would have inside polling locations in there that essentially would lower the standard for a judge to overturn the results of an election. so there is a great deal of concern about those different types of measures that are included in this bill, as well. and what is really fascinating is there is a prominent u.s. congressman from just north of austin, michael mccaul who told cnn yesterday that he thought

essentially this bill is about optics, not really pointing to any fraud or repetitive fraud that would be a concern for wanting to pass a bill like this but simply described it as driven more by optics. >> i don't quite understand -- i mean, the argument of having voting start at 1:00 p.m. on sundays and not before, you know, a lot of democrats say this is clearly targeting successful souls to the polls programs which brings people from churches to polling places so it's convenient. what is the argument for saying that that's -- what's the problem with that? >> well, the way republicans talk about this bill and the very title of it is a voter integrity bill so it goes back once again to essentially create this atmosphere and talking about this issue as if this bill is simply designed to ensure the

integrity, to ensure the confidence that millions of people across the state of texas might have. democrats are saying that this is essentially a bill that is catering to the far right wing of this party you have republicans here in this state who will essentially trying to find that -- where they coalesce with trump on a national level. you have the governor of texas who is facing a primary challenge in his run for reelection next year. so all of these issues really play to the right wing republican base and many democrats are saying that that's exactly who they are catering to with these measures. >> yeah, ed, appreciate it. texas state representative chris turner led the walkout chairman of the house democratic caucus and spoke to him just before air time. chairman turner, you sent a text he message to every democrat in the house and said take your key, leave the chamber discreetly, do

not go to the gallery, leave the building understand quote. how did that wacklkout strategy come about? >> sure. it was in development for several hours and one piece of a larger strategy that had been underway in the days leading up to yesterday. big picture, the 67 members of the house democratic caucus were united all session long in our efforts to kill republican efforts to suppress the vote in texas and that's what we set out to do in the e bbeginning of th session that's what we set out to do yesterday. throughout the course of sunday, which was the last day for the texas legislature to pass bills in the regular session, we had a strategy to delay and slow down senate bill 7, this particular vote suppression bill and ultimately kill it. and we set out to do that by picking up other bills ahead of it, pushing it further, closer

to the midnight deadline and then spending a lot of time on procedural maneuvers to derail the situation and speaking against the legislation because in the texas house, any member can speak against a bill. and so we burned several hours doing all those things but we knew that republicans held a part of being able to shut off debate if they wanted to and as it got closer to midnight, we sensed they were about to do that and that's when i did send the text message. several people had already left knowing this was coming so a lot of members were already gone before the remaining members wanted to get that message out. >> as you know, the texas governor greg abbott indicated he'll call legislators back in a special session to pass the bill and in a statement late today he expects legislators to have worked out differences prior to arriving back at the capitol and also, as you know, threatened to veto funding for leg slayislato paychecks. did last night's actions delay

the inevitable? >> that's a fair question. there is no question republicans have the votes to pass things that they control the house, senate and governor's office and statewide office but democrats in the legislature and house in particular are determined and we are battle tested. we know how to fight. and we are used to being out numbered but we're not used to being out worked and not used to being out smarted and you saw yesterday we use every tool in our tool box we could to delay the passing of the bill where we had the opportunity to kill it and that's what we did. you know, we can't control what governor abbott does in a special session. the governor has that power. that's his prerogative. >> if he calls the special session and this is the focus and they have the votes to pass it, you used all the tools you had, there is no more tools left, are there?

>> well, you know, in a special session, the clock starts over. special session is 30 days. and this bill does not pick up where it left off. the bill from last night is dead. so the special session, they got to write a new bill and file a new bill. it has to go through the committee process and both chambers. so the clock starts over. again. they have the power. absolutely. they can pass anything they want in most circumstances, but it does have to go through the process again. we'll have to evaluate the situation as it develops. it impossible to predict right now how that will play out. >> those who say look, state representatives are elected to debate issues, cast accept the results of the chamber. how do you respond to that? >> so state representatives are elected to represent their constituents, fight for constituents. that's exactly what 67 members of the democratic caucus did last night whether they left or

stayed in the chamber, they all fought. we all fought for constituents and by stopping a bill and killing it, in turn preventing a harmful impact, that's what we achieved and fought for our consit tituents and have done o job and i'm so proud of the members. >> chairman turner, appreciate your time. thank you. >> thank your very much. thank you for having me. a lot more ahead, next, the mayor of miami-dade on the breaking news of surveillance video around the time of the shooting there and later, did retired three -star general endorse the idea of a military coup in the united states? we'll play the clip so you can decide for yourself. how liberty mutual customizes your car insurance so you only pay for what you need? i mean it... uh-oh, sorry... oh... what? i'm an emu! no, buddy! only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty, liberty, liberty, liberty. ♪

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is still being felt. here is laeyla saeyla santiago. >> reporter: three suspects jump out of a car before firing on a crowd after midnight on sunday. the three get back into their car and take off less than ten seconds later. >> we have a total of 23 people were shot. two were deceased on scene. >> reporter: all three of the shooters still at large. >> we need your help. we need information. we need you to come forward if you have information to help us solve these crimes. >> reporter: this afternoon miami-dade police found the suv they say the suspects were driving sunday morning. it was submerged in the canal approximately nine miles. the vehicle was reported stolen on may 15th. >> ruining families. >> reporter: high emotions for those left behind.

>> you killed my kid. you must burn. >> reporter: clayton dillard junior lost his son in that shooting. >> that is the pain that affects our community right there right before you. >> i just want to try to do my part. >> reporter: miami community leader has pledged $100,000 reward for anyone with information that leads to the arrest of those responsible. separately crime stoppers and the miami atf are offering a $30,000 reward. >> we'll bring all those responsible for the heinous crimes to justice and work together to break the cycle of violence. >> reporter: miami-dade county determined to get this cycle of gun violence in their city under c control. >> we're investing in young people, particularly those disinvested in and disenfranchised from the process, left behind. no none of them are born with ak-47s in their hands or born

killers. >> leyla, what are authorities saying as a possible motive? >> reporter: this morning authorities said this was something that stepped from an on going rivalry between two groups, even said there was a back and forth on social media and even called this a targeted shooting. now that they have that suv, obviously, that is a key piece of evidence that will help them sort of piece together the puzzle, anderson. today, they talked about some of their greatest challenges and even their fears. among the challenges for investigator investigators, they said the code of silence. they need more help from the community in getting more information. that's why you heard the appeal from the mayor saying please give us information, even anonymously. as for what their greatest fear is, they fear if they don't get to the bottom of this quickly, we may see retaliation. >> you heard a bit from the mayor in leyla's report. mayor, thank you for being with

us. i'm sorry it's under these circum circumstances. now that this vehicle has been found are authorities closer to narrowing in on these suspects? >> this video was so critical and people are calling. there are tips coming in. people are able to perhaps identify some of the shooters, other information. so we're very hopeful that we can place the shooters very, very soon. >> i mean, it's extraordinary seeing that video when you watch the clock as well realizing how quickly, you know, the shots were fired. this whole thing was under ten seconds with so many people, two dead and so many injured. authorities say it stems from an on going ing rivalry of two gro and the intended target was believed to be standing in front of the concert venue. can you say anything more about the groups? >> you know, they're being monitored. these are groups that are kind

of lose rely these are groups that are kind of lose re called gangs. they may be taunting each other on social media or rap music. these are clues, as well. as you said, the fear is further retaliation. we have to get to these people and make this stop. this indiscriminate shooting into a crowd because someone they want to target may be there obviously is just a coward ly heinous act. >> is fear of retaliation part of hampering the investigation? there is of the an code of sigh lep -- silence in a lot of communities or concern of coming forward or talking to police. >> we're hopeful. there are a lot of tips received. a lot of information is coming in. we have our police department working around the clock. it the county police together with municipal, state and federal agents working together and leaving no tip

uninvestigated. so we're very hopeful and i want to say that this is also about a broader initiative to stop crime at the root. we need to focus on prevention and early bintervention and the plan i developed is so valuable. with we need to give children that are heading down the wrong path the chance to have a bright e f future the opportuniopportunity. we're investing more resources into police investigation, state attorney, prosecution and cameras in key areas of shooting and violence. >> do you know how -- do you have any update on the shooting verdicts who are still hospitalized? >> i heard that a few more have been released. of course, we have a few that are in critical care. so we're standing by. we're praying. we're watching. and our victim advocates are working with all the families

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former national security advisor said he was pardoned after winning the popular vote speaking at a very, very concon conservative conference he was joined by one of the former president's lawyers sydney powell and made a career saying false things about the election. at a meeting believers flynn had things to say about the possibility of a coup here in the united states. cnn has the details. >> i want to know why what happened in myanmar can't happen here. no reason. i mean, it should happen. >> reporter: a former u.s. army lieutenant general and former national security advisor appearing to endorse a military coup here in the united states. >> trump won.

he won the popular vote and he won the electoral college vote. >> reporter: michael flynn september memorial weekend at a conference so too did sydney powell part of the legal team. powell who represented flynn said the media grossly distorted flynn's comments and denied flynn encouraged violence or a military insurrection but didn't explain what flynn meant. powell herself spoke of removing biden from office over the weekend. >> we're definitely in uncharted territory. there are cases where elections have been overturned, but there is never one at the presidential level, which everybody will jump to point out. that doesn't mean that it can't be done but should be that he can be reinstated and a new inauguration day to set. and biden is told to move out of

the white house and president trump should be moved back in. >> reporter: the heavily criticized republican led audit in arizona gave followers hope that the election could still be overturned. and some are finalifinding inspn as a way to put trump back in power. flynn's comments were seen as an endorsement as a coup. they were welcomed overnight by a prominent peddler of cueqanon that has more than 70,000 followers on telegram. earlier this year, trump supporters in california also cheered on the coup. >> biden is just like a puppet president. the military is in charge. it will be like myanmar. the military is doing their own investigation and at the right

time they will restore the republic with trump. >> what is going on in myanmar? that could happen here, possibly. >> would you like to see it happen? >> absolutely. >> yes. >> you know why? the election was stolen from us. >> so michael flynn appears to have made additional comments about this controversy, what is he now saying? >> that's right, anderson. he's saying his word haves been twisted somehow and he's not actually calling for a coup but look, i mean, you heard the copper comments in that piece and this qanon conference was devoted to overturning the results of the election. you heard sydney powell talking about a potentially new inauguration day and this talk of a coup is something that has been circulating for months now in the qanon conspiracy theory world that both powell and flynn live in and, you know, we spend a lot of time, i spend a lot of time reading a lot of these

protrump forms and qanon forms online and speaking to trump supporters and i will say of all the conspiracy theories we hear and all the different ideas, this talk from americans about a coup cheering on a coup and hoping for a coup in the united states is one of the most chilling things i hear on the road. anderson? >> appreciate it. joining me is elaine vice chair of the house armed services coal mitt -- committee. thanks for joining us. thank you for your service on memorial day weekend and all weekends. as a former service member, to hear michael flynn, again, retired three-star army general, former national security advisor appearing to suggest that myanmar style coup should and could happen here in the united states is stunning. to you, as someone who swore an oath to the constitution, how do

you -- how is this happening? >> well, when i hear these words, i have to say its unconscionable and this say propagation of lies and inciting violence. i heard some of the other supporters of the former president remarking before i came on and it's dangerous that someone who served our country and retired as a three-star general is using that position, using that title, using that voice to insight violence and essentially to encourage people to over throw the government as was done in myanmar and it's incredibly concerning. >> as someone who served in the military, i mean, is it possible to reconcile the sense of honor and duty exemplified by the vast majority of service members with the things that, you know, general flynn continues to say? i mean, he's clearly gone down this rabbit hole of cone

conspiracies. he's used the qanon slogan and praised it. i mean, how does somebody make an ark like he has made? >> it does not make sense. you ask if there is a way to reconcile it. this is irirreconcilable. there is questions whether someone that served in the military continues to receive retirement benefits as a retirement officer. general flynn receives $164,000 a year of taxpayer's money in his position as a retired and former general and the fact that he's making these kinds of comments inciting violence recommending there should be a coup to over throw the u.s. government is unconscionable and i truly believe action should be taken against general flynn. >> you mentioned the kind of language is dangerous. we saw that on january 6th and heard from a number of federal judges that echoed that saying

that in response to cases they have before them of conspiracy people that took part in the attack. do you think has the problem subsided you think or has anything changed since the insurrection? >> it has not. honestly, i keep hearing it growing and the suggestions continue to become more and more violent in nature and i would say that violent flynn's remarks border on saidedition. that can be tried under the military code of justice and as a retiree of the military, it should certainly be a path we consider to have consequences for these types of words. >> you really think this is possibly sedition? >> i think it is. if you look at the definition of

sedition as defined a person with an intent to cause or over throw the destruction of law is very clear in suggesting a military coup to over throw the government that that falls to me within the definition of sedition under the uniform code of military justice. >> appreciate your time. thank you. >> thank you. coming up, we catch up with a republican senator that voted to not establish that bipartisan commission for the january 6th riots when we continue. to make progress, we must keep taking steps forward. we believe the future of energy is lower carbon. and to get there, the world needs to reduce global emissions. at chevron, we're taking action. tying our executives' pay to lowering the carbon emissions intensity of our operations. it's tempting to see how far we've come. but it's only human... not everybody wants to knowthe same thing.e to go.

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like most of his republican colleagues, rodger marshall voted against establishing a bipartisan commission to investigate the facts of the january 6th riots but what led up to the insurrection in the first place like most of the fellow senators, he went back home without giving much of an explanation and didn't stop gary tuchman. gary spent to kansas for the memorial day holiday to attend a ceremony on a day to honor the war dead. this is part of what he said. >> first, i want to take a moment of privilege and speak directly to the gold star families. i know it takes a lot of courage to come here today, but i just want you to know that you inspire me and so many other

folks. >> he joins me now. after the event, i understand you asked the senator about his vote. what did he say? >> well, anderson, more information about roger marshall. he's an army veteran, physician, former member of the u.s. house of representatives in the first term of the u.s. senate and when donald trump was in the white house, he was a trump loyalest. your words today were eloquent, moving regarding heroes that served our country. i want to ask about another hero, officer brian sicknick that protected you, other congress members, died after the insurrection. his mother came to capitol hill. did she meet with you? >> she did. >> she met with other republican senators yet you voted no on the january 6th commission. >> right. >> why couldn't you put politics aside and vote yes to honor his memory? >> certainly my decision was not based upon politics but we have

seven committees in the house looking at this, two in the senate, four in the executive branch, four different agencies. they arrested 450 people. >> isn't it important to have one indepen pendent investigati like 9/11, other things? why not have one indepen pende investigation. if you have an issue, argue as it goes along, don't say no right away. >> this hasn't been investigated -- >> you think it's been investigated? >> i do think it's been investigated. it's been thoroughly investigated. already the january 6th commission came and said we need to spend a billion dollars fortifying the capitol. there is one question i want to be answered yet is when president trump recommended we have 15,000 national guard troops there on january 6th, who stopped that from happening? and most of us would think that type of decision would have been made in the speaker's office. >> do you think that

insurrection would have happen if president trump didn't say to people go to the capitol? >> i think the people that committed that crime should be held in judgment for their own actions. >> don't you feel badly that president trump said that? obviously that led to it. that would not have happened if he didn't say that. doesn't that make you feel bad about voting no on this? >> i made the best decision i could. i think it's a decision at the heart. i think it's the right decision. i think in so many ways, this is politicized by speaker pelosi. if she hadn't made it into a weapon and started off by making this a bipartisan commission that would appoint the lawyers investigated should have been appoi appointed by both parties. >> one more question. >> reporter: they agreed to both provisions would you not agree? >> she had every chance to start off in a bipartisan fashion. >> reporter: you don't think it was bipartisan? >> it is absolutely not bipartisan. >> reporter: so you stand by your vote? >> aof course, i do.

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explains how white mobs destroyed the community of greenwood, oklahoma that was black business, art and culture and what is being done to restore the legacy. parts of the film are deeply disturbing but also necessary to keep the memory of tulsa alive. >> i can confirm that we have identified a large hole that had been dug into in which several individuals have been placed. this kops >> tonight scientists believe they have found evidence of a mass grave in oklahoma. >> more than a year after work gap at oaklawn cemetery, the team found human remains. >> today is a significant moment in the history of our city in trying to do right by the victims of this event.

>> when i heard that they found 12 bodies, i said finally, finally, it's no longer folklore, no longer a rumor. it's true. that will be just the beginning of justice. >> the director of the film joins me now. thank you for being with us. this is a really extraordinary film. we just heard the president talk about the tulsaa massacre today. what was it that brought you to reexamine the story of what happened there? >> i think there were a lot of things. one was the opportunity to explore this time in american history where black people had created this utopia in america. so just being able to tell that story. when i pitched it, it was 2019, 2020, where america was sort of looking back at its own racial

past and having to reckon with the injustice that's have happened. so i think that really drew me to this story. >> and for a long time, this was not in the history books. for those who don't know what happened 100 years ago in tulsa, the size and the scope, the horror of the destruction is really staggering. >> yes. this was two nights, or two days of terror, ultimately. it was a community of black people and across the tracks was another community of white people. and through jealousy and an event that happened between a young black boy and a young white girl, it ended in this two days of destruction. >> how far have we come since then? i mean, we have seen what this country has gone through just in the last year alone since the

killing of george floyd. we see things now that we didn't. imagine if there had been cameras in tulsa at that time. it wouldn't perhaps have changed it in the morning. the fact that there is no recording where you see these images. we see things now that we didn't before. >> i would say that tulsa, 1921, didn't just happen. the massacre didn't just happen and that's the end of the story. there's 100 years of history that this enclave, this town, greenwood still exists and they're dealing with things today. so i guess the question is, how far have we come? we can look at greenwood today and see that it is not what it once was. and then we can ask, how far have we come? we haven't even done the repairing to this community, to the three survivors who still live in tulsa and the surrounding areas today.

we haven't rectified for the descendants as well. so how far we've come, i'm not sure how far we've come, anderson. >> we've seen communities across the country, i was in africa a few years ago in africatown, a small community in alabama, which was formed by the people from the last ship that brought enslaved africans to alabama in the start of the civil war. and that was once a thriving black community as well in the 1920s, 1930s. a highway was then put through center of the town as happens so often, they figure out where to put a highway? just put it through black part of town. and the community breaks up. >> that's exactly what happened in greenwood. it happened all across america in black neighborhoods where highways were built right in the middle of these thriving communities. greenwood went through what was called urban renewal.

what happened was a lot of people were taken out of their homes and the city was using that land for other things. so the descendants of tulsa, the descendants of this massacre, they're still dealing with these things today. you're absolutely right. >> just an extraordinary film. thank you so much for being with us. >> thank you. >> dreamland, the burk of black wall street premiere in addition few minutes.

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we end this memorial in a far different place than one year ago today. i was talking about those who gave their lives while trying to contain coronavirus transmission. the lack of coordination and testing that took place and where the states would have supplies to carry it out. this memorial day, one year later, we are thankfully in a far different place. people went to the beach this is year. they did last year, too, but they were encouraged to do it this year. this time it was okay for people not to wear a mask to the beach as long as they were vaccinated. airports were busy places. one of our staff flew home last night on a packed flight. masks were in evidence as far as he could see. it was a reminder of what we have all been through.

unlike last memorial, there is a packed nba season in arenas. last year the virus forced the league to go on hiatus for most of the summer. baseball won't have to go on a hiatus. the league doesn't need to shut down. america is opening again on. this memorial day, it is a beautiful thing to see. thanks for watching. "dreamland," the burning of black wall street starts now. in the 1920s, there was a strong black community here in tulsa. called greenwood. these people wer