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you. jeff, this is a big week for the i've sk shove the primetime hearing. secret service messages coming. bennett of trial. the sly committees promising human damning information. what do they need to accomplish here? i >> well they've been going in chronological order. the lead up to january 6th and now they are coming to the crucial moments at the end when the attack is going on and addressing the question is what was donald trump doing? to me i remember even watching the events unfold. to me the most memorable thing, that donald trump said on that day when he finally was in the public. made a public statement. what did he say about the people riding. he said, we love you. and that to me from's up his approach towards this riot from the beginning. but what we don't know, and
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what we will start to find out on thursday night is what was happening inside the white house during those 187 minutes? who was talking to the president. but where they say. but was the president saying in response. why was it going to the public saying stop this madness? >> you said you remember it. we all remember it. everyone was saying, where is the president? why isn't he saying anything right now? but the heck is going on? the chairman, benny thompson, is telling our colleague, molly raju, that the select committee has not made a decision yet on calling on pence and trump to testify. which former president launching another campaign will stop the investigation. he also expects more hearings in september. what is his timeline mean for this investigation and he garlands. well >> don, first of all, if and when donald trump announced that he is running for the presidency in 2024. legally, that will have no effect whatsoever. i know it is sort of a common thing to say that when he
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declares that we will change the calculus. but, politically, that will have a big impact. and make it that much harder to prosecute him and ultimately convict them. if you think about it, if somebody is to indict donald trump whether it is the dea that in fulton county georgia or the department of justice someday. they are already going to happen enormous task in, if they get to a jury, getting a jury. 12 zero. it has to be unanimous. this is not an election where majority once. you need a unanimous jury to convict a very popular and very unpopular former president. now multiply that task. if he is to announce his candidacy, that you're saying, not only do i want you to convict the former president. but the guy who's either the current front runner or the nominee for the republican party for 2024. so, every day that goes with those prosecutors alike, gives donald trump another day to declare his candidacy and makes it that much harder, frankly, to ultimately convict them. >> that is because trump will say, if he declares, look at the reason they are inviting me is because i am a brief front
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runner for president. the this is an entirely political operation. never heard of indicting a candidate for president. that is what he is counting on. by making that argument. you're right, as a technical legal matter, the status doesn't change. he can still be indicted as a candidate. but it does make it politically more difficult. for the justice department to do. this >> politically. but why does that matter? can you imagine all the people who are accused of crimes out there saying or have been convicted of crimes and saying, that didn't work for me. why should work for donald trump? i should've ran for president. i >> would've gone indicted. you're right i think no one is above the law. and if your presidential candidate. >> that's all you guys are saying right now? >> i think we live in the real world. in the real world it is politically more dicey to indict a candidate for president. should it stop the justice department?
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no. but it will had another layer of complexity. >> at let's talk about this matthew pottinger. sources are telling cnn that matthew pottinger is a former trump national security council official. he would not testify publicly on thursday's primetime hearing along former trump white house aide, sarah matthews. this is why pottinger says he left the trump white house. here it is. >> one of my staff brought me a print out of a tweet by the president. and the tweet said something to the effect of, mike pence, the vice president didn't have the courage to do what should've been done. we i read that tweet and made a decision at that moment to resign. that is where i knew that i was leaving that day. once i had read that tweet. >> sarah matthews, also
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testified that she thought trump was pouring gasoline on the fire with that wheat. that was during the 187 minutes the committee will be focusing on. what gaps would these witnesses, do you think in your estimation, be able to feel about that critical time period we? there's >> still no steps, don. whose father norms indicators here. that 24 tweet. that prompted ponders resignation. i think that's an awful lot of time that needs to be filled in. we're never going to get a complete picture of what donald trump was doing unless mark meadows were to flip, for example. that seems unlikely. but investigator, as a prosecutor, you have to do the best with what you got. i think between the testimony of cassidy hutchinson would fill in some of those. mics sarah matthews. matthew palmer. we are going to start to see a better sense of what donald trump was doing and not doing. and also, what was his reaction to what he was watching. i think the vast majority people this country were horrified by what we were seeing. but we have seen some indications, for example, stephanie gretchen said a few months back on a new day that
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she saw donald trump was lethal at what he was watching. so we are would have to fill in the bikes. we are not necessarily going to get, i don't committee keeps a minute by bennett. they're not going to literally be able to christmas by bennett. but i think they can do quite a bit tougher than that three hour and seven minute gap. >> -- just. one of the things i certainly feel like i've learned in this hearing is just how important this 2:24 tweet was. think about what was going on at that point. the capital is under attack at that moment. the assault has begun. and what is the president doing. he says, he attacks mike pence. and we have seen video of the rioters reading the tweet out loud. and saying, look, the president is with us. that is when the hang mike pence starts. it is just so important to learn the context of why he tweeted that statement at that time. and the people around him,
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maybe, will have to explain that a bit as well. >> any person, any boss, any leader. you see riders going into the capital. with trump has on. right? when the first thing you do is get from the camera and say stop it. this is not what we are about. >> 187 minutes. that is a long time. it sounds shorter has he just said. it is three hours and seven minutes. he had a long time and he had access to cameras. >> you just got the briefing room? just walk over to the briefing room. and say, look, guys stop it. this is not what america's about. >> maybe the reason why because he didn't want them to stop. that's what i'm. thank you for say what would you expect. what did you expect him to do? >> i expect him to be the president. and go and they stop it to not take 187 minutes. but justin we talk about this before we go. steve bannon sharper contempt of congress begins this week.
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watch this. >> pray for enemies because we're going medieval on these people we are going to savage rna's so pray for them. who needs prayers? not maga, not more room, and that stephen bannon? >> you know he likes to create this circus atmosphere around him. but how do you see this all playing out? what's the endgame here? >> this trial should take maybe a day. there is no issue in this trial. the trial is, he got a subpoena, he didn't show up, the prosecution rests. that's the case. and i don't know what it means by going medieval. it was more of this violent angry language. and this is why violence happens in this country. it is because leaders like man and talk that way. >> all right. thank you very much gentlemen. i appreciate it. thanks so much. >> the select committee is also expecting the text messages from the secret service that
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they sent before during the insurrection. before and during the insurrection i should say. i could come as soon as tomorrow. i want to bring in our cnn national studio analyst, sean tutor, we had a secret service in his portfolio when he served as communications director for u.s. national intelligence. sean, thank you so much for joining us. i really appreciate it. a lot of questions have been raised in testimony. and in reporting. by the inspector general. and the committee about the secret service. and frankly, whether they're being completely forthcoming, do you have questions? we >> i do don. when i think about these messages contained. it sort of takes me back to some of the issues that we had when i was in government. for the past ten years, the secret service had a lot of challenges with regard to bad behavior. and, so, would i do when i look at this. i think it should be no surprise, to anyone, that there is bias in the secret service. that sometimes that bias comes through. but i think what is going on
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here is that during the trump administration, as we saw across the city, there are lot of people who are a lot more open about wearing politics under sleeps. a lot more open about being and deciding where they said politically. i think we might be seeing some of that at the secret service. so i'm really eager to see what's in these messages. i think it's going to tell us a lot about how the secret service is perceiving what's going on that day. >> do any of these accusations -- or are any -- did you find any this concerning? having the secret service look at your portfolio? >> here's the bottom line of the secret service. that when we think about bias and political bias and government. we know it's there. the secret service is not other member of society. they are not like the rest of us. they come to the job with an obligation to make sure that they leave their baltics at the door. and in other words what that means is that your ideology does not matter when you're on
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the job. more importantly. it means that your ideology should never, under any circumstances, in floats and if the decisions that you make. and so are my concerns are. for his whether or not the secret service, individually members of the secret service were making decisions based on political ideology and based on their belief of what was right and what was wrong. look, at the end of the day, don. we rely no secret service to protect the president physically. not to protect the president politically. so we really need to get to the bottom doesn't understand whether not that is something to be happy about. >> very well put. the secret service claims of these text messages were from january 5th and sixth and got erased. as part of a device for placement program and that none of the text of the inspector general were seeking were lost in migration there. first of all, how do they know that. and we're gonna talk about that but the select committee member, and consider said this about these missing techs and then we will talk here. >> it is quite crazy that the
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secret service would actually end up deleting anything related to one of the more infamous days in american history. particularly when it comes to the role of the secret service. >> are you concerned about why these text went missing? >> i am, don. to your first point. i am really concerned about the statements the secret service has already made regarding these text messages. as you will do to, there is this question of how the secret service was able to determine that the text messages that were lost and deleted or disappeared. how are they able to determine that these text messages were not relevant to the january six committee investigation? that suggests that, one, they are aware of the content of those text messages. and to, it suggests that they did something and did some sort of analysis and did a lead them to the conclusion that they were not relevant. my question is, why wouldn't the secret service do that? so i have real concern about these text messages.
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moreover, it is the case that there are a number of different regulations that the secret service must comply with with regards to preservation of records. i don't know that these text messages fall into that category. but, generally speaking, it is a case that we over c. we over preserve when it comes to those words of thanks. secret service is never been an agency that is custom to getting rid of the sorts of things. so this is a little peculiar. and we really won't know what the cause was until we see those messages. >> all right, shawn turner, thank you, i appreciate it. >> thanks don. with >> chaos and confusion. hours of new police body camera footage and uvalde reveals what happened in the school were 19 little kids and two of their teachers were shot to death. and their classrooms. >> sir, if you can hear, me please put your firearm down sir. we don't want anybody else getting hurt. >> i know, i know. we
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shocking new body cam video revealing how the police response unfolded during the uvalde school shooting. it comes along, alongside us giving report by a house committee calling out breakdowns of communication and leadership among officers that day. you made it into the building? >> yes. >> these are the moments from nearly released body cam footage of the uvalde massacre shooting. >> it did a firsthand look into a stunning series of law enforcement baylor. >> okay, they are saying that
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he's possibly in the building on the -- >> o shots fired! get inside! go! go! go! [noise] [noise] >> he is in the class. >> i heard shots fired. >> we are going to be in the building on the west side. >> do, we have to get in there. >> we need to get in there, he's going to keep shooting. >> but, they didn't go into the classroom. not for another 70 minutes. and that decision that the gunman trap two classes of fourth graders and their teachers. >> now subjects in the school are on the west side of the building. he's contained we've got multiple officers inside the building at this time. we believe that he's barricaded in one of the offices, --
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>> outside, we hear one of the responding officers, justin mendoza, on his phone telling the loved one what's happening. >> hey, i love you. >> we've got an active shooter at the school. >> we've got a man here shooting. kids >> at 11:43 over the radio, we hear -- >> the class is being [inaudible] >> oh no! >> we've got the shooter in 1:11 and one. 12 >> almost 15 minutes later as additional law enforcement arrive, we've hear the officers asking about the kids. >> and if the, kids anyone hit? >> no, we don't know anything about that. >> officers are left wondering, what's going on. >> are we just waiting for [inaudible] . what's going on? >> moments later, 45 minutes after the first officers arrived on scene, a critical piece of the puzzle from the camera of officer mendoza.
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>> we have a child on line. >> hey, what was that? >> in row 12, he is saying that he's in a room full of victims. >> 9-1-1 ditch patch gives a chilling account of the students still in the classroom. this was the second called the same child made to 9-1-1. the first call was apparently not related to these officers. >> i.d.s up. >> minutes later, you can hear inevitably armed swat team member is still expressing confusion over whether there's any kids alive in the room. >> are there any kids in their? >> now, realizing the worst-case scenario is unfolding, officer mendoza prepares for the trauma injury. >> i need a medical kit, they say there's multiple victims in the room. >> from 12, this is the hundred building.
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but, supposedly the victims are here. i'm not 100 percent. >> around the same time, on another camera, we hear uvalde chief police pete arredondo's inside attempting to negotiate with the shooter. >> sir, if you can hear me, please put your firearm down sir. we don't want anybody else hurt. >> i know, i know. >> back in the hallway, officer mendoza preparing his mid pack. >> it would still be about 25 minutes of confusion and hesitation until the door was breached. >> there's just one guy on the radio deciding who's calling the shots? >> the body cam footage made public and before we could see a hail of gunfire. and finally, at 12:50, local time, 77 minutes after the shooting began, law enforcement go in and kill the gunman. >> and, don, as we've been talking about the last two days, this video is really giving us that inside information of the decision-making at some of the officers were making.
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but also just highlighting how there was no comment, there was no leader, there was no one who was making decisions. and, you could really see that in that one officer, officer mendoza as he's trying to figure out what he should do. hearing that there are kids still in the classroom the 9-1-1 call. and, everyone sort of reaction to that. it's kind of a surprise. and then, no one really knows what to do, and that officer mendoza feeling that anxiety, he goes outside, he comes back in. and, ultimately, we know that it takes still quite some time before officers go inside that classroom and killed the gunman. and one thing, don, i want to point out is that this video that the mayor released is actually having an effect. or family members are muted, i just left a meeting here at the school board. they had a meeting. some of the parents were referencing this video. using it as evidence of why there needs to be more accountability. don? >> shimon, thank you so much. >> let's bring in, now cnn law
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enforcement analyst and former fbi daily director andrew mackay. andrew, thank you for joining us. >> this footage is shocking. how did those initial favors from law enforcement compound themselves? how does the situation unfold? >> well, don the failure to establish any sort of highly functioning command is what led to basically every, mistake every tragedy that followed there after. when you watch that body cam video, some of the things you see there are but you expect to see. the anxiety among the officers, the adrenaline's reaction to the sounds of gunshot, people running in every direction. every crisis situation is always chaotic, there is confusion, there's people running in every direction. that is pretty typical. but, the shocking thing is what you don't see. you don't see anyone taking control. you don't see anyone in that tactical leadership position, telling people were to go. telling them what position to
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take. breaking the modern to team. setting up a plan and setting a. forward that failure of command is ultimately what led to the confusion, the lack of information and the lack of action. >> so, listen, you hear chief arredondo trying to talk to government down, right? trying to talk him down, calling him out and saying that too much has been made of that. i'm not sure if that's been a negotiation tactic. but, according to. that they didn't think that he was in command. he didn't think he was getting crushed information. what stands up to you about how he responded? >> you, know he told the investigators that the legislative investigators knew that the policy was that he was in command, but for some reason he didn't think that he was in command, this is one of the inexplicable decisions that he came up with that day. he, is you know, for several minutes on day trying different keys in the door. like each one will open. i, mean something that any of the loneliest police officers
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on the scene could've been doing that. and, that reporting to what the finding was. the interaction with the attempted interaction negotiation, whatever it would've been with the shooter was just absolutely uncalled for. this is not a negotiation. it is not a barricaded subject. it is an active shooter, people were dying as he was calling in there trying to get this young man to just lay down his gun and walk out. so, i can't explain why he did any of those things. but, none of them had a positive impact on the crisis. >> right. on >> andrew mackay, thank you sir. >> thanks don. >> this is what's happening in post america, a ten-year-old girl was raped, gained pregnancy, and that to leave state to get an abortion. now the doctor who perform that medical procedures under investigation. ice works fast... to freeze your pain and your d doubt. heat makes it last.
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so, we have an update tonight on the indiana physician who performed an abortion on a ten year old rick dictum, who was unable to get a -- due to a strict anti abortion law. cnn obtained documents showing dr. caitlin bernard, reported the position to indiana officials within the required timeframe. but, the states republican attorney general says he is still investigating her to make sure no crime was committed. the supreme court's decision overturning roe v. wade affecting women and states across the country, one texas woman is telling cnn after suffering a miscarriage, doctor refused to perform a standard procedure to remove the fetal
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remains due to the states anti abortion law, forcing her to carry did that fetus for two weeks. >> i get so angry that i was treated this way because of laws that were passed by men who have never been pregnant and never will be. >> the washington post reports that the woman led for more than ten days from an incomplete miscarriage. emergency room staff would not remove the fetal tissue due to confusion about abortion laws. and the kansas city hospital temporarily required approval from a pharmacist before dispensing medications used to stop postpartum bleeding because of medications can also be used for abortion. so, there's a whole lot to talk about. back to tracey walker needs, it's an assistance for indiana university school of medicine, who is a colleague of dr. bernard. she has an opinion piece in the new york times, and it's titled, a doctor kaitlan bernard was meant to write this with me before she was attacked for doing her job.
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doctor wilkinson, thank you so much. >> thank you so much for having me. listen, these are just some of the stories that i just told our viewers. some of the stories coming out since roe was overturned. i, know you have heard from doctors all over this country who are terrified. what if they told you? >> yes, i think this moment in history has just never been experienced before. i am hearing from doctors, all over the country in different regions, practicing lots of different types of medicine that are scared. because, they are starting to realize that a lot of these laws are going to impact their ability to do evidence based, comprehensive health care for their patients. this is no longer a battle, simply between abortion providers and state legislators. this is now a battle for everybody and everyone practicing medicine is involved. >> let's talk about your colleague, now, dr. caitlin bernard. she is now facing investigation even though she followed the law to a tee. have you spoken with the
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recently? and if so, how is she holding up? >> you know, dr. bernard is one of the strongest, bravest people i know. and, so, she is still standing. and she's not going to let people like the attorney general threatened her using his power to try and threaten her out of doing her job and providing comprehensive care to her patients. >> you said she is still standing, right? she tweeted over the weekend and, i quote here, she said thank you for the outpouring of courageous support. it has been a difficult week. but my colleagues and i will continue to provide health care, unethically, lovingly and previously each and every day. the fact is that her family has faced threats before over her job because she performs abortions. her daughter even face kidnapping threats the years ago. i mean, this didn't start just a few weeks ago for. hurricane you speak to why it's so important to do this work when so much is at risk, doctor? >> yeah, i mean, unfortunately attacks against abortion providers and all the clinic
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staff that work there are not new. but, the people that do this work are so dedicated to patients. and, you know, all physicians. are they want to do what's best for patients. and, this gets back to this idea that these decisions, these moments belong to patients and their providers. and they should not be decided by people at state houses. that is just not the way medicines should be practiced or ever should be legislated. >> doctor, you know, doctors all across this country have raised nearly $300,000 in a gofundme campaign for dr. bernard. how does it affect patients if this is what doctors need to worried about now? being able to pay legal bills? being worried about with the laws are potentially ending up in court. and, potentially ending up in court. >> yeah, it puts a space between patients and physicians that should never exist. we should not be practicing medicine and worried about our legal cases or the safety of our families. that is not why anybody went
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into medicine, and that certainly is not how we should be practicing medicine now. i don't want to be thinking about a threat from the attorney general or my picture being put on national news when i'm taking care of patients who need me the most. >> you know, just a few stories that i read before i introduced to clearly show patients help being put in danger. but, can you just explain to us the big picture here? what this is doing to women's health care across the board, doctor. >> yeah, i mean, i tried to explain to people that there are no two patients alike. and, so you cannot write a lot that is going to apply to every single clinical situation. the anti abortion extremists are trying to write those laws. and, you are seeing the impacts already. people all over the country are being impacted by these laws, instantaneously. whether it is missed miscarriages, x topic pregnancy or people that need abortion. and, so when you try to legislate something that should
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never be legislated, you are going to get into trouble. >> doctor wilkinson. thank you, we appreciate it. you be well. >> thank you so much. >> families of 9/11 victims blasting former president trump or whole sting the saudi back live golf series. i'm going to speak with one of them, next. plus, prince harry goes to the united nations. >> how many of us feel battered, helpless in the face of the seemingly endless stream of devastation. understand. this has been a painful year in a painful decade. lite makes it easy. >> tech vo: you can schedule in just a few clicks. and we'll come to you with a replacement t you can trust. >> man: looks great. >> tech: that's service on yourr time. schedule now. >> singers: ♪ safafelite repai, safelite replace. ♪
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no burn or anything. this is so good. a lot of nicotine in here. family some 9/11 victims want former president trump to cancel the live golf tournament that is new jersey golf course over live golf saudi backing, according to a letter sent to the former president, they write, the 9/11 mass murder of our spouses parents children, and sibling leftist with a lifetime of grief and pain. that pain feels our ongoing fight to hold saudi arabia accountable for its role in the attack and what they have taken from each of us. it is incomprehensible to us that former president of the united states would cast their loved ones aside for personal financial gain. joining me now, read eagleson,
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he is the president of 9/11 justice. thank you for joining. this is a difficult story to report. and, difficult for the families have to deal with this. you were 15 when your father died on 9/11. why is this move by the former president to host a liv tournament so except -- upsetting to you? >> this move is incomprehensible. i mean, this is the most evil form of grief that i've ever witnessed. you, know the former president invited myself, my mother and about a dozen other family members to the white house on 9/11 in 2019. and, he looked assault on the ice, he shook our hands and he said, i'm going to help you guys. you know, i'm going to release these documents, which, for once and for all will bring your closure and bring you justice. less than 24 hours later, attorney general bill barr and his administration invoked what is known as the state secret principles. so, perhaps there is nobody more on earth understood what
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the saudis did on 9/11 then president trump himself because he instructed his in tierney general to invoke the state secret principle to keep these documents from seeing the light of day. in 2016, the president proclaimed, accurately, i should say, that it wasn't the iraqis who knocked on the towers, it was the kingdom of saudi arabia. open the documents, you'll see, it was the kingdom! so, now, to have this same president who said that in 2016, who told his attorney general to invoke the state secret principle to protect the saudis now hosting the kingdom of saudi arabia and the backyards of 750 people who were murdered, blown away in new jersey is just -- i don't even, i don't even have. what >> have you gotten a response to the letter, brett? >> not yet. i don't suspect we will. there is not a good answer for this. i think the former president is painted into a little really tough corner here. he really has, to one,
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acknowledge that he was right in 2016 and acknowledge that he was right and that he's taking the money anyway and that he's hosting the saudi golf tournament. or, to, that he has to acknowledge in the face of nearly declassified documents, you asked acknowledged that in 2016 he was lying. so, what is it mister president? you know, where you write in 2016? ? or were you lying? and i think that, sorry. >> no, go on. you think that what? >> no, i think that there's really not a good outcome for. him, and shame on the golfers who are taking this money. i, mean you would have to be living under a rock to not know the atrocities that the kingdom of saudi arabia commits all around the world. whether it be the carpet bombing of yemen. whether it be the oppression of women. whether it be the meringue of homosexuals, the public executions, the pensacola florida shooting, the found smart case.
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i could go on, and on, and on. but, really now, 21 years later. we have concrete evidence. we have documents from our own federal bureau of investigation that there were it least a dozen members of the saudi royal family, sorry, a dozen member of saudi agents, employees, one of which was a saudi intelligence agency here in the united states. months before the attack providing assistance to the hijackers. those are my words, those are my organization words. those are the fbi's own words. >> well you have the current president, biden, he was in saudi arabia over the weekend. this is him fist pumping with the crown prince. as many people object to. this were you okay with that? >> i think president biden is getting an unnecessary level of criticism for this. he is our current head of state. he is our current president. i would expect him to go over and try to negotiate and say there's a whole host of problems. we have gas in the parts of the
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country. the saudis continue to carpet bombing him in. the saudis continue to impress him. and if, there's a real chance of peace between israel and saudi arabia. we are for all those positive things. so, i don't blame biden for going over and trying to make things a little bit better. it's better than sticking your head in this scent. i, think and we believe that diplomacy is how you make things better. so, for the president of the united states, the acting head of our state to go there and to try and maybe bring oil in the. price of gas a little bit. we are in full support of that. but, we also hope that if he did go here and also address our, issues that the 9/11 issues -- >> well, there is a difference between the president going over to saudi arabia and the former president holding a golf tournament, correct? >> well we have a former president who knows what the documents say. we have a former president who in 2016 accurately proclaimed with the southeast, did we have a president who in 2019 met with a handful of 9/11 who
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promised that he would help us and we have a former president then invoke the state secret principle on the family sent the first time it's ever been done in a civil litigation, by the way. so -- versus a president who, a current president who is going over to saudi arabia to try and use diplomacy to potentially bring peace between israel and saudi arabia. to use diplomacy to potentially give the saudis to stop coming in. so, there is a major difference. you know, you have one president who's doing it for the money, and have another president who's doing it as part of his responsibility to the people of the united states. reticent, thank you so much, and sorry to the families are having to deal with them and what you had to deal. it thank you for joining us. we appreciate it. >> thank you for having me. >> a new voice at the united nations, prince harry, with alarming warning in an address to the general assembly. why would he had to say. that's next.
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britain's prince harry making its mark on the world stage today delivering a speech for the united nations general assembly. warning of a global assault on democracy. harry giving the keynote address on nelson mandela international day. today, july 18th, was mandel's birthday. the late south african leader spent 27 years in prison before leading the fight to destroy the racist apartheid system in this country. harry calling on people the world over not to give up hope the way medulla did. >> how many of us feel battered. helpless. in the face of this seemingly endless stream of disasters and devastation. i understand. this is going to be a painful
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year and a. painful decade we're living through a pandemic that continues to ravage communities and every corner of the globe. climate change, wreaking havoc on our planet. with the most vulnerable suffering most of all. the few weaponizing wides and disinformation at the expense of the meeting. and for the horrific war in ukraine, to the rolling back of constitutional rights here in the united states. we are witnessing a global assault on democracy and freedom. the cause of mondale's life. according to freedom house, our world has grown less free every year. but more than a decade and a half. i had so often happens in history the consequences of decisions made by some of the most powerful people in some of the wealthiest countries are being felt even more deeply
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across the country africa. the pandemic, the war, and inflation. they have left african mired in a food crisis. the likes of which we have not seen in decades. >> harry saying we live in a time of global uncertainty and division. where it is easy to feel anger and despair. they also say that nelson mandela experience so much darkness in his life yet always managed to find the light. thanks for watching everyone, our coverage continues. fishing helps ease my mind. kinda like having liberty mutual.
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good evening, parents classmates and relatives and children's murdered at robb
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elementary school are speaking out tonight of the school board meeting on tonight in uvalde texas. some of the anger might be imagined being directed at the school shooting, with pete arredondo. >> you're still standing by, panhandle and to take a big take -- a vacation, correct? >> when he is on administrative leave, we risk of seeing this information, yesterday one of the things that say is the. we're going to wait for investigative information to come forward and to help make our decision process and i will stick to. that >> all, right we'll tell you, this if he is not fired by noon tomorrow then i want your resignation in every single one of your board members. because you guys do not give a about our children or. us. >> stand with us or against us. we aren't going nowhere. >> and i'll bring you more from the meeting tonight, and talk with angel garza, the stepdaughter of and rachel who was killed along with 18 other students and two teachers that. they also, tonight, there is moreid

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