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good evening. from virginia up into new england, at least 46 people have now lost their lives in what was once optimistically referred to as the remnants of hurricane ida. we begin tonight with new video just in of what it looked like as two members of the new york police department rescued a driver last night in central park. >> yeah. i mean, get your stuff. i'm here. i'll hold you. yeah. just like that. >> that's in new york central park. that water rescue one of many overdmiet in the city and across the region. the storm also shut down new

york subway system and commuter rail throughout the new york tri-state area. the flooding here was of a kind last seen when superstorm sandy hit. at least eight tornados struck as the storm moved north and sadly every measure of destruction is likely to rise in the coming hours and days. cnn's miguel marquez begins our coverage tonight. he joins us from new brunswick, new jersey. miguel. >> yeah. just shocking how powerful this storm was. nypd says that it affected 69 water rescues and over 160 other rescues there. i want to show you what's happening here in new jersey, in new brunswick. this is a roadway next to the river. it has started to recede, but you can see the cars, the station behind it, all of that still inundated by water as authorities here are still searching for the missing. raging floodwaters flowing across parts of the northeast tonight where active rescues continue in the wake of ida.

in pennsylvania, officials estimate they have received calls in the thousands from people needing to be rescued from extreme flooding. >> the water was raising so high, i couldn't run straight to the street. i had to run up the fire escape. i wound up on the roof where they had to get a boat to rescue me. >> reporter: in new jersey, rescue crews using boats to help people to safety. in the northern part of the state, floodwaters left submerged and a nearby stadium filled with water. nearly 30 miles northwest of there in elizabeth, at least four people drowned in an apartment complex. so officials say the victims are all lived in garden-level apartments next to the elizabeth river which rose more than 8 feet at its peak last night. meanwhile, more than 90 miles away, at least 25 homes were destroyed or badly damaged by a t tornado. this was the scene in many new york city subway stations last night. caused by gushing floodwaters. >> unprecedented is almost an

understatement. this is, you know, first time ever we have had a flash-flood emergency declared. >> reporter: across the northeast, the death toll continues to rise. among the victims, a 2-year-old. >> this has been a biblical storm by -- by every means. >> reporter: in queens, the new york police department commissioner says at least eight people died in the basements of homes inundated with water. >> the roads everywhere i saw coming out of the airport and beyond flooded. dozens and dozens and dozens of cars stranded. >> reporter: across the big apple, first responders rescued hundreds from submerged cars, including commuters stuck in stopped subway trains. >> roughly somewhere between 15 and 20 trains did get stranded and folks needed to be rescued. >> reporter: in central park, 5.2 inches of water fell in just three hours. a one-in-500-year rainfall event. >> my message to everyone

affected is we're all in this together. the nation is here to help. >> reporter: and help is something that will be needed with officials warning things will only get worse because of climate change. >> we are in a whole-new world now and this is a reality we have to face. >> miguel, the water. i mean, i can't believe how high it is, still, where -- where you are. i mean, you said it's starting to recede. what else are you seeing? >> yeah. we are a couple of hours past high tide now. so, that waning tide is starting to carry all this water. we're here on south 18, as you can see. it's down about a foot. and as that tide goes out, the waters -- and then, out to sea. it's going to take a long time to not only get this water out. everything else that they are going to have to clean up.

>> we're clearly having some transmission issues with pmigue. apologize for that. want to get next to cnn's pete muntean in philadelphia. pete, you have been in philadelphia most of the day. what have you been seeing in terms of flooding and how much longer is that concern supposed to last? >> well, anderson, conditions are improving here in philadelphia. although, we are not out of the woods, yet. this is maybe the most dramatic image of the day. this is the vine street expressway. interstate 676 if you know anything about philadelphia. it is a massive thoroughfare straight through the heart of the city connecting 76 on the west to the ben franklin bridge in camden, new jersey, in the east. would typically be choked with cars. now, it's filled with mostly water. in fact, the woater is about halfway between the overpass there and the bottom of the road. the water is receding a bit but we are only scratching the surface. just how serious the flooding here is in philadelphia. the river crested just near 17 feet earlier today. and the national weather service says it will not be below flood

stage until sometime after midnight. that is why the flood warning remains in place here in philadelphia until 7:00 tomorrow morning. >> and there were rescues going on in a town near philadelphia called bridgeport. do we know anything about the situation there? >> it's a sad situation, anderson, because there were hundreds of calls for water rescues in neighboring montgomery county where bridgeport is according to governor tom wolf's administration and we know at least one person died there. the mayor of bridgeport says houses were flooded about three-quarters of the way up. you know, beyond the mortal toll of all this will be a huge monetary toll. tens, maybe hundreds, of millions to clean this up. and to beef up this infrastructure from having this be less impactful on our everyday lives. a term called climate resilience, and you are probably going to hear a lot more about it, anderson. >> pete muntean, appreciate it. as we said, at least eight tornados struck. we just got new video of the aftermath of one that hit southern new jersey which the

national weather service just determined had 150-mile-an-hour winds. we are about to see what one resident saw as he emerged from shelter. >> no, no. holy [ bleep ]. holy [ bleep ]. oh, my god. >> just incredible. he was lucky. according to new jersey's governor, at least 23 residents of the state have lost their lives, so far. this new york governor, cathy hochul's first crisis in office and we talked to her. this is -- we're grateful she could spare some time for us tonight. >> governor, what are you able to tell us on the latest on the search and rescues that are still underway? >> we had our rescue teams out

through the night. and we had about 100 rescues, already. and we are still finding people and it's devastating because in new york city, it's very densely populated. there is large communities where people have been living literally in basements and many of them have succumbed and this is particularly in the area of queens where we found that there's people, you know, we're still finding people who've succumbed to the storm. and it's been really, very tragic. it's been a hard day for new yorkers to not just deal with the weather but to wake up and know that we lost some of our fellow citizens simply because they weren't able to get out of their car or they weren't able to get out of their home so it's really a heartbreaking day here in the city of new york. >> do you think state and local officials were prepared enough? i mean, some of the pictures we have seen, especially the roads and subways in new york. it's obviously caused renewed concern about infrastructure and what it's able to withstand. >> well, excellent question. and we know we talk about infrastructure, particularly after nine years ago, we had to deal with the aftermath of hurricane sandy.

and we spend billions of dollars building up resiliency primarily along the coastlines. and we're in much better shape on our beaches than we had been in the past. but what we are seeing now are cataclysmic rain events. record shattering. where we have unprecedented amounts of water coming out of the heavens, all at once. literally, from 8:51 last night to 9:51 p.m., more water came down than we had seen in the history of new york, all at once. and it shattered records literally that had been set two weeks ago that had been broken from 100 years ago. so we are in this era where we have to continue to build resiliency and you mentioned infrastructure. critically important. something i raised on the phone with president biden when he called today to check in and offer any assistance he could and i appreciate his outreach. infrastructure in the short-term. but long-term, we have to look at our streets. it's not just the shoreline, anymore, anderson. it's what is happening in our streets. higher elevations because of flash floods are now becoming overrun with the water. then, the water because there's

not proper drainage and sewer systems that are antiquated and need repairs, that water is overflowing literally like niagara falls down staircases into our subways, compromising the integrity of those systems. so it's been a horrific confluence of events. >> at least some of the people, as you mentioned, who died in new york city were living in illegal basement apartments which is, obviously, for some, the only way they can afford to live in the city. um, obviously, affordable housing is a -- is a -- you know, an ongoing and a huge issue in this city. what's to be done? >> more investments. money that could be coming out of the federal government when congress is able to do what president wants to have happen. we just have to get a major infrastructure deal over the finish line. and i know this can be done and that money will go to cities all over america. but particularly, older places like the northeast and new jersey, new york, connecticut, where our systems are more compromised just because of age

and we -- we have no choice. we can't talk about this, anymore. we need the money. we'll spend it. we know what we need to do here in the state of new york to build that resiliency. but in the meantime, it's just -- it was just a nightmare here yesterday. no one ever wants to have to go through the trauma. and a bus driver that i spoke today, went out and thanked her for what she did. she literally drove her bus through 4 feet of water taking people to safe situation. but you look at the video inside her vehicle. the water was up over people's legs sitting in -- standing on their seats, trying to hang onto the ceiling. it was -- it's traumatic and i want to make sure that i can do everything in my power to get the federal resources, to spend it as soon as possible. working in partnership with local officials like mayor de blasio and others. we have no choice. we have to stop talking about this, and just be better prepared next time. and be aggressive about that. >> yeah. we are showing the bus video right now. i mean, as a lifelong new yorker who's ridden those buses all my life. it is -- it's insane to -- to -- to see that.

um, how much warning did you have? was there any warning? that it would be this bad. >> we knew -- we knew from the weather reports. we monitor them very closely. that we had threats of tornados. those warnings were going off on everyone's cell phones. and what happened was just this opening of the skies during that one particular hour and that shattered the records or anyone's expectations. right now, we're still recovering individuals, assessing the damage to loss of life, as well as property, businesses, homes that have been destroyed. but immediately after, once we get our fema assessment done, i'm going to be demanding answers. i want to know who knew what, when? and what could have been done differently? because new yorkers deserve to know what we're doing to learn from this event, and make sure that it doesn't happen again. >> governor hochul, i appreciate your time. thank you. >> thank you very much. there's much more ahead tonight, including one woman's experience stranded for hours aboard a commuter train trapped in rising water.

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coming onto the tracks. we weren't going to be able to move for a little bit. a little while later, we were told that there were mechanical issues then with the train and they were going to have to have an engineer go out and look at it. a little after that, we were told the engineer was not going to be able to fix the problems. we were going to have to wait for a rescue train. and then, around midnight, the lights started completely going off. the ventilation systems turned off. there were still no rescue train. we had been told, this entire time, that the rescue train was on the way. they confirmed it was coming, it would be here shortly. and at that point, the communication system also shut off. so you had to kind of search out for the conductors to be able to get updates on what was happening. um, and it was quite scary. it stayed like that until about 4:00 a.m., and at that point, i found one of the doors, finally, had been opened by the transit police that had arrived because a woman was having a really severe panic attack. um, but besides that, there were no doors open. i, in fact, asked a conductor

earlier, could he we open some the windows to let ventilation in. masks were slipping. you could smell smoke. there were people smoking on the train. still, they wouldn't open it up for ventilation. and finally, the rescue train came close to 6:00 a.m., and we finally got into newark airport, the station, around 6:30. we were originally told the rescue train would just keep us going along the route. instead, when we got there, we waited about half-an-hour, and another train came and got us. and finally, we continued on our route stopping at all the local stops. so it was about a 12-hour journey that normally takes an hour. >> what a nightmare. i mean, um -- i mean, did -- could you see water rising? did it ever actually come into -- to your car? and when the power went out, i mean, the lack of ventilation has just got -- awful. >> uh-huh. yeah. so pretty early on, i was in one of the front few cars. and it's basically a double-decker system. so i was on the upper level of the seats. and people on the lower levels

were told when the lights were still on, the ventilation was still working, that there was water coming in. and at this point, i only saw maybe an inch or so that had been coming in. but they came up to our level and then soon after that, i guess it started accumulating more and more and there was a few inches, at this point, in the front-few cars. and they told us to evacuate further back into the cars. um -- and so, i did so. everyone else did so. when the lights went out and the ventilation went out a few hours later, i think that was when people really started to panic because it was clear that the conductors just didn't know what was going to happen if the rescue train couldn't make it to us. and i think new jersey transit said that there would be deep-water vehicles or something like that. but no passengers ever saw them. i know i didn't. no one i spoke to did. and it was quite scary for a while. >> and why wouldn't they open windows to just get -- or a door just to get some ventilation in? >> so, when i asked a conductor, i was given a very abrupt answer of just there's water. and at this point, when i asked, the rain had already stopped. the level of water was going

down. and we were basically one of the outer-most tracks. so on one side of the tracks, you could see out to a parking lot. and at this point, you could see the ground of the parking lot emerging. though, there was still a few feet of water on the tracks. but it didn't come up to the level of the doors. and we pretty much weren't given any other explanation for why they wouldn't open this. i think maybe they were worried about people getting out of the train and causing a liability for nj transit but they just weren't really concerned with our health, i suppose. yeah. it was a really long time. i think by the end, also, a lot of people take this as a commuter train. and so, those people hadn't eaten since much earlier in the day. we didn't have water until the transit police came and dropped off a few cases. the bathrooms were very disgusting at that point. pretty much, unusable. so for that amount of time to be trapped in that space, i know i and many others, by the time we hit around 2:00 a.m., were just getting very claustrophobic and

very worried about how long were we going to be there? did they actually even know if a rescue train was going to be able to reach us? and why there weren't more clear plans for an issue like this. >> yeah. well, camila, i'm glad you're okay at least. i -- i can't believe what you and the other passengers had to go through. um, but i'm glad you're -- you're safe. thank you so much for talking with us. i wish you the best. >> thank you so much. yeah. happily. everyone i know on the train got home safe so i hope they are doing well at home now. thank you. >> what a journey. wow. as for louisiana where hurricane ida first struck over the weekend, the storm's effects will fester for the coming days and weeks. tragically, the state department of health is reporting deaths of four nursing home patients. evacuated to a warehouse the department said quote had deteriorating conditions. cnn's brian todd now joins me. is there any estimate that when more people will be getting power back, at this point? >> reporter: anderson, they are careful not to give estimates but there has been progress made

despite this being a really slow grind. we're told by energy officials here that roughly 140,000 customers have had their power restored. but out of close to a million people, you can see that that is just not fast enough for so many people who are here and they're frustrated by it. we are also told by entergy louisiana that they have restored power to at least ten hospitals. they have restored power to several sewage treatment plants so again some progress made but it is a slow grind and a dangerous one. we are going to illustrate that right here. look at this. this is in kenner. this is a main drag where you have got down power lines here. transformer down over here. more down power lines and look how they are leaning. these wires are very close to the road. they are letting motorists and some pedestrians navigate around this but they may want to rethink that because this is just a little bit too close. a lot of trucks have come by here with high clearance and when it gets pitch black here, they could be in danger of pulling down some of these lines. but, anderson, again, a slow grind here in louisiana.

they're -- they are assuring people they are getting to this as fast as they can but we have been chasing power crews all day long and talking to these guys on the line restoring the polls and everything. it's -- it's tough. they have got to, like, check for, you know, sewage, gas, water lines, fiber lines. every time they -- they try to, you know, correct the situation like this. that's what they have got to check for. so it's -- it's very painstaking, dangerous, and again, not fast enough for people here. >> and, brian, president biden said today that he got assurances at his visit to louisiana tomorrow wouldn't disrupt recovery efforts. what's -- what is his visit expected to entail? >> well, he is going to survey the damage in some of the hardest-hit areas of louisiana. we do know that. we do know that he is going to meet with local officials, anderson. and as you mentioned, white house aides had told us that before this trip was announced, they did want to make sure that his visit would not get in the way of recovery efforts. so i guess that's going to be kind of a delicate dance here tomorrow. what we can tell you is if he is going to talk to people on the ground, like real people on the ground, he is going to hear a

lot about how people have not heard from agencies, like fema and other agencies. and people have not, you know, had folks come and knock on their door to see if they're okay. we have talked to many, many people here in kenner and elsewhere who say that, look, the cavalry just hasn't come. and some of these are elderly people who can't leave their homes, they can't leave their neighborhoods. all they need is kind of a knock on the door from someone with fema, someone with another agency just to see, hey, what do you need? can we get you something? one older lady in kenner here told us they thought we were fema when we were pulling up. >> brian todd, appreciate you being here with us. thank you. coming up, the repercussions being felt already from the supreme court's decision overnight to let a law take effect that could undermine abortion rights not just there but across the country.

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in the dead of night, the supreme court made a decision that could undermine nearly half a century of legal precedent

established with the 1973 roe v. wade decision. the court just before midnight declined to block a texas law banning abortions after a fetal heartbeat is detected, usually about six weeks into pregnancy. before many women even know they're pregnant. the law contains no exception for rape or incest. and in an effort in the words of dissenting justice, sonia sotomayor, to quote evade judicial scrutiny, the law puts enforcement in the hands of private citizens, not the state. it deputizes individuals to sue anyone who knowingly aids or abets an abortion, after the sixth week of pregnancy. what this does, experts say, is make the law's constitutionality nearly impossible to challenge in court. the vote to let the law take effect was 5-4 with chief justice roberts joining the court's three remaining liberal justices in the minority. already today, the repercussions are beginning. florida's senate president saying he would take up similar legislation in the coming session, with other red states expected to follow. then, there is the political

impact which could be profound, especially for republican moderates, some of whom enable the conservative tilt. susan collins, for one, put ougt a statement today that texas law is extreme and harmful, she says. i oppose the court's decision to allow the law to remain in effect for now while these underlying constitutional and procedural questions are litigated. it's the same susan collins who wept out of her way to justify her support of one of the majority justices in last night's ruling on the basis of his commitment to precedent. brett kavanaugh tried to overturn roe, he wouldn't even try to undermine it, which is exactly what his vote last night did. >> there has also been considerable focus on the future of abortion rights based on the concern that judge kavanaugh would seek to overturn roe v. wade. protecting this right is important to me. in short, his views on honoring

precedent would preclude attempts to do by self that one has committed not to do overtly. >> now, agree or disagree on abortion or roe v. wade, this appears to be exactly what the majority did overnight. perspective now from cnn chief legal analyst, jeffrey toobin. jeff, what is that 5-4 split among the justices tell you about the fate of not just this texas law should it ever wind up at the court again but also roe v. wade, itself? >> well, it tells you that clarence thomas is really in charge of this court now. you know, the supreme court works by seniority. and the chief justice is always senior, even if there is a longer-tenured justice in the minority. but he is now in the minority on abortion rights. and the senior-most justice in the majority was clarence thomas. so, he will control the -- the opinion if there is a -- a vote

on the future of abortion rights, which there will certainly be more of. there is a big mississippi case coming down the pike. and it -- it is likely that this texas case goes back. clarence thomas has committed over and over again to overturn roe v. wade. he is the single-most dominant justice of that view. but he is joined by samuel alito who has also expressed as wrong. and donald trump promised to appoint justices who will point -- who will overturn roe and that's what he has done with justice gorsuch, amy coney barrett, and justice kavanaugh. so there are now five solid votes on the supreme court to overturn abortion rights. and clarence thomas is leading the charge, and he is going to be the one assigning the opinion when the mississippi case comes up later-this year. >> the fact that the majority of the court conceded in their opinion that abortion providers raise, quote/unquote, serious constitutional questions about the law. and those same justices said

their order was not based on whether the law's constitutional. does it give you any reason to think their minds are not already made up if and when they have to rule on the merits? >> you know, the -- the only question to me is whether they give roe a decent burial and overturn it. or they create some fiction where they uphold the texas law which they are clearly committed to doing. but somehow, say that roe is -- is still good law. i don't see how that's possible. i mean, a -- a six-week law isn't -- is -- is a -- is a ban on abortion rights. um, you know, lawyers are lawyers. they can make up distinctions where none exist. but -- but i think, you know, the -- the die is cast here. and we are now heading to a moment where abortion rights are going to be fought out, state by state. and texas has been won by the anti-abortion forces. >> stay with us because i want to bring in former texas democratic state senator who led

a marathon filibuster against abortion legislation. you said this morning i woke up feeling more powerless and saddened than i have ever felt. which legal path are you focused on the most right now? >> you know, this, of course, is going to proceed now on a state court legal path, anderson. and it's still actually is a question before the 5th circuit, as well. they made a decision simply to cancel a hearing -- um -- that was set prior to this law going to -- in effect. that's why so many of the providers immediately appealed to the supreme court. and of course, got the -- the terrible 5-4 decision last night that we received. but the question is still in front of the 5th circuit. so it's going to proceed on parallel tracks. the problem with the state track is this. the law is written in such a pernicious way that individuals

who sue any person who attempts to help another person receive an abortion after six weeks can choose any jurisdiction that they want. and in fact, the plaintiff doesn't even have to live in the state of texas. so, they're going to forum shop. they are going to look for the friendliest courts that they can find. i can assure you that the abortion providers, the center for reproductive rights, planned parenthood, others, are all working hard on a competing legal strategy right now. of course, i can't share the details of that. but in no way, shape, or form are we going to give up. and as powerless as i felt yesterday morning, as deflated as i felt, i am so encouraged by the fight that people are demonstrating right now. >> you know -- you know, anderson, just to talk about the political side for one moment. you know, one of the things about all the abortion restrictions that have come in

since 1973 is they mostly have affected poor women. the one thing you can say about the texas law is that it affects everybody. it affects all women, including middle-class and upper-middle class women in texas. and i just wonder what it's gonna be like in the suburbs of houston, in the suburbs of dallas where, you know, women who may not be politically active wake up and say, you know what? like, if my daughter gets pregnant, if i get pregnant and i want to end it, i have to go to new york. i have to go to los angeles. i mean, that is something that they haven't had to think about, and they have to think about that now. and i wonder how that is going to affect the politics of texas and -- and other places where these laws -- because there's no -- there's no more money issue here. it's -- it's illegal for everyone. and that's -- that's a change and i wonder what that's going to mean. >> senator, what do you think that might mean? >> you know, to some extent, i agree with that. but here -- here's the privilege

that many people will still have in our state. they can get on a plane and go to colorado or california or new york. they can afford to put their daughters and other people that they love on a plane to access that kind of care. and so, the outfall is going to continue to be felt by women who are lower income, primarily falling on women of color. and continuing a systemic racism that the impacts of these abortion laws have had on texas since the law that i filibustered in 2013. i do want to let everyone know, though, that our abortion clinics are open. they are allowing people to come in. they are doing sonograms if they are beyond the six-week period of time. they are not violating the law, as it stands today. but in no way does that mean they agree that the law is

valid. instead, what they are concerned about are the legal costs that they will personally bear. their doctors, their other frontline health-care workers. and we have set up a fund, a legal defense fund, that people can contribute to at deedsnotwords.com. and i would just ask that we help do everything we can to indemnify the ability of our health-care workers to follow roe v. wade. and not to follow this unconstitutional texas law. >> senator wendy davis, appreciate it. jeff toobin, appreciate it. thank you. more breaking news up next. what cnn has learned about the house select committee investigating the january-6th riot and republican leader kevin mccarthy. that's coming up, when we're back. think again. ♪ (energetic music) ♪ ♪ ♪

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mccarthy warned those companies if they did eventually turn over those records, they would be breaking the law and that, quote, a republican majority will not forget. cnn's jessica dean tonight is on capitol hill. so what is the latest oh now on this in. >> so the latest that we know now, anderson, is this select committee included kevin mccarthy in this list of gop lawmakers' phone records that they want preserved by these telecommunications companies. we do know that when we originally reported the existence of this list, it was a draft. kevin mccarthy's name wasn't on it, at the time. that was earlier-this week. what we know now is that when that list got sent to these telecommunications companies, that kevin mccarthy's name was on it. and remember, on january 6th when everything was happening here during the insurrection at the capitol, we know that house minority leader kevin mccarthy was on the phone with then-president donald trump. and you can bet that the house select committee wants to learn everything they can about those communications between mccarthy and trump, as well as these

other gop lawmakers. now, you also mentioned that once this was announced and between what we learned today that his name is on the list that he issued this threat to these telecommunications companies saying that if any of these companies complied, that they would be breaking a law. but, anderson, we have reached out to mccarthy's office to see what law they would be breaking and also to just get his response to being on this list. and so far, we have heard nothing from their office. >> part and parcel of this, of course, is republican congressman andy biggs is calling on kevin mccarthy to remove liz cheney and adam kinzinger from the republican -- from the republican conference to punish them for their roles on the january 6th select committee. is there any indication mccarthy's going to do that? >> well, at this point, no. at this moment in time, there -- it doesn't seem to be -- he doesn't seem to have an appetite for that, anderson. he's certainly focused on 2022 and trying to regain the majority. but one thing to keep in mind. we did see liz cheney elevated to vice chairman of the select committee today. and in her statement, she said something to the effect of we

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>> reporter: he is often called the greatest college football player of all time. in the state of georgia he is a legend. as a university of georgia running back herschel walker won the national championship and the heisman trophy. now at 59 years old walker is running in a whole new game. >> my name is herschel walker, and i'm running for the united states senate. >> reporter: as a republican who is close friends with former president donald trump. >> i've known donald trump for 37 years, and i don't mean just casual ran into him from time to time. i'm talking about a deep personal friendship. >> reporter: but new allegations are surfacing about walker's troubled past. detailed in this police report from irving, texas in 2002, which cnn obtained through a records request. a woman telling police she was very frightened of walker, that he had previously been calling her, making threats to her, and having her house watched. and when she saw him at a resort that day, he jumped into his vehicle and followed her all the

way to her house. the woman contacted by cnn asked not to be identified and said she never dated walker but is friends with his ex-wife. it's the latest revelation of similar incidents involving herschel walker, though he's never been charged with a crime. >> i was very sad. i was angry. and i didn't understand why. >> reporter: walker has previously linked his behavior to a mental illness called dissociative identity disorder, telling cnn's dr. sanjay gupta in 2008 that he has fragments of alternate personalities, or alters, that take over. >> you can get angry, but the anger that you can go out and really, really hurt someone and that's when you know you've got a problem. >> reporter: walker wrote a book about it in 2008 with some chilling passages including one where he talks about thinking of murdering a man who was late delivering a car. "all i could think was how satisfying it would feel to squeeze the trigger, the visceral enjoyment i'd get from

seeing the small entry wound and the spray of brain tissue and blood like a fourth of july firework exploding behind him." >> you played russian roulette? >> i played russian roulette before. and stuff. and more than once. >> reporter: he said he was sharing his story to remove the stigma of mental health, and in a sign of support his ex-wife joined him on media appearances for his book and confirmed she too had been a target of walker's frightening personalities. >> he held the gun to my temple and said he was going to blow my brains out. >> reporter: but a few years before that interview walker's ex-wife cindy grossman got a protective order against him. her sister submitted an affidavit saying he stated unequivocally that he was going to shoot my sister cindy and her boyfriend in the head. in another incident in 2012 a police report shows a woman who was involved in an on-off, on-off type relationship for

decades with walker said he told her that he was going to come and sit outside her apartment and blow her head off when she came outside. he then told he was going to blow his head off after he killed her. in a statement walker's campaign said herschel emphatically denies these false claims about the 2012 incident. on the other reported threats herschel has been very open about his mental health journey. since getting help herschel has dedicated his life to helping others. >> and drew griffin joins us now. has herschel walker been asked any of this on the campaign trail? >> reporter: well, he certainly hasn't been asked by us. he won't talk to cnn, following a republican playbook. and except for a few puffball interviews on fox, anderson, he hasn't been on the campaign trail. in fact, one of the criticisms is he hasn't even been in georgia, only recently moving there from here in texas to file his candidacy for election. >> there are other republican

contenders, though, who would be against him in a primary. right? or is that still the case? >> reporter: yeah, there are several republicans running against him. and all trying to delicately navigate how you attack this favored football georgia kind of star who also, anderson, quite frankly has his biggest supporter in the president, donald trump. they've carefully gone after him, called him a newbie in terms of politics, an outsider, but really they're still trying to figure out how to delicately lay a glove on a guy that right now is still beloved in georgia, mostly because he could run with a football. >> drew griffin, appreciate it. thanks. just ahead, one of the more infamous figures from an infamous day in american history, now a possible conclusion to his prosecution. the details when we continue. ede is changing with it. with e-commerce that runs at the speed of now. next day and two-day shipping nationwide,

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