tv Don Lemon Tonight CNN August 29, 2022 10:00pm-11:00pm PDT
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deploy in a per se sequence and slow the spacecraft a landing speed of 70 miles per hour for splash down in the pacific ocean. did you get that? there will be a test. the news continues. let's hand it over to victor blackwell and cnn tonight. victor? this is don lemon tonight, thanks so much for tuning in, so why does he know and will he ever testify? what does he know and will he ever testify, there's a source for the cnn saying that -- left the agency today we remember that testimony from cassidy hutchinson who not only himself told her his -- to the capitol on january 6th? >> the president said something to the effect of, i am the effing president take me up to the capitol now to which bobby
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responded sir you have to go back to the west right wing. the president reached up towards the front of the vehicle to grab at the steering wheel. mr. engel grabbed his arm, said sir, you need to take your hand off the steering wheel. we are going back to the west wing. we are not going to the capital. mr. trump then used his free hand to lunge towards bobby engle and mr. ornado had recounted the story to me he had motion towards his clavicle 's. >> we have lots more to come on that in just a moment, plus there is news on team trump's request for a special master to oversee the fbi's review of the evidence seized at mar-a-lago. the doj wants to file a response to quote adequately address the legal and factual issues raised by trump's team and that's due by tomorrow
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ahead of the hearing on thursday. multiple sources telling cnn the intelligence community has been working with the fbi since mid may examining some of the classified documents from mar-a-lago to figure out whether they need to make emergency efforts to protect sources and methods that might have been exposed in the face of all of that. damage tornado security, potential danger to human sources. republicans are doubling down on their defense of the former president. >> if they try to prosecute president trump from his classified information, after hillary clinton set up a server in her basement, they literally will be riots in the street. >> look, there is a real threat of violence. we know that. we know it because we've seen it, lindsey graham has seen it close-up. remember how he reacted after the trump supporters right at the capitol and brutally beating police?
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remember when he said this? he said this was just hours after that happened. they were still cleaning up the seat of our democracy? >> trump and i, we had a heck of a journey, i hated it to end this way, but from my point of view he's been -- but today, the first thing you'll see, all i could say is count me out. enough is enough. >> he was right then, he really was. enough is enough. but the threat to our democracy is far from over. then there's the president joe biden, president set to make a primetime speech on thursday and will do it from philadelphia. a speech tells cnn will be about quote the progress we have made as a nation to protect our democracy, how our rights and freedoms are still under attack. stay tuned. that address will come on thursday and we will carry it for you here on cnn. straight to cnn's whitney wild, along enforcement correspondent, whitney good evening to you.
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tony ornato became a key source in january six committee to pursue, filing to pursue, i should say the testimony. what are you learning about his departure? >> he's telling us that he's not going to work for the former president, for any of the former presidents organizations, and he declined to comment on through his next employer might be. he's telling us that this was something that had been in the works and he was working on a retirement plan for about a year prior to his been to the secret service for 25 years, and resisting can he give us earlier tonight. i did retire today to pursue a career in the private sector. again, i retired from the u. s. secret service after more than 25 years of faithful service to my country, including serving the past five presidents. a long plan to retire and have been planning this transition for more than a year, but not, and it's really worth noting that the timing here is very conspicuous. this is almost two months to the day where cassidy
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hutchinson made that explosive testimony. it's worth noting that he had testified to the house select committee prior to the testimony. but certainly he became a central figure, or more visible finger after that testimony, someone that the house select committee had made very clear they wanted to hear from again. members that the committee had pointed out that he had retained a private counsel. our understanding is that it is not exactly clear where those discussions stand between bringing tony ornato back in for another testimony to show up some of these details about cassidy hutchinson's testimony. >> if you could talk more about -- to the political post in the trump administration. the implications of that would be? >> don, i think i lost you. i'm sorry. i think the other question you wanted to ask me, and i'm hoping i'm hearing this right, i'm sorry, i lost your feet. the big question here is about
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the unprecedented move that he had made from the secret service to the white house. this was at the time not a huge story, but it did have very serious ramifications in the long run, and it's reall y in hindsight that you see why the implications of such a dramatic move are so significant, because it really drew the line between a political entity and what was supposed to be an a political entity, and when that happened it raised many more questions about specific security decisions that were made, because people began to question, especially people who were highly critical in general of the secret service and some concerns about really deep loyalty to the former president, whether certain decisions were made because they were in the best interest of safety or if they were in the best interest of the former president's political agenda. those are really the long term implications of that really unprecedented move. >> with me, she answered the question.
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thank you, whitney. i appreciate it and see you soon. she can't hear. i want to bring in former nixon white house counsel, john dean, and former trump white house director, alyssa farah griffin. let's see. whitney was able to figure out when i was going to ask. you guys have any idea when i want to ask? >> of course, we know. >> you're not clairvoyant? good evening, everyone! but to see both of you. the secret service has faced plenty of questions about the actions over the course of the january 6th investigation. is it significant that ornato is leaving the agency? is this a big deal? >> i think it is a big deal. he was pressed. he was being pressed to appear and testify before the january six committee. i suspect he was given an interview to the fbi. which may or may not be factual. i think he is feeling the pinch of being in the political spot when he was a part of an agency that exposed as you said, be non political.
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to be deputy director of operations, he's clearly running the secret service detail in a way that is politically beneficial to the president. that's just really unprecedented. while different-y tales get attached to their president or not attached, they never really crossed the line. in my mind. looking at the history, i had liaison with the secret services, one of my duties as white house counsel. i had -- they would bring them to me. and we would work them out. that is where it happened, was at that level. not at the staff level directly being a part of the secret service. >> alyssa, listening to you over the weeks and months, and really upfront with the experiences with tony ornato. he told cnn he's leaving to take a job in the private sector. first, does that ring true to you? secondly, how important would this information be concerning the former presidents state of mind on the sixth? one, is that ring true and the other part? >> first, let's just remember as you noted, it's been two
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months since cassidy hutchinson 's damning testimony. ornato was very quick to come out with a statement saying that she was inaccurate. she was misleading. she was lying, but it's been two months and he's done nothing to come forward and tell the truth under oath to the committee. i have shared that he has misrepresented situations -- i will say this. many of us who know him knew that he was going to retire this summer after his 25 years were up. nothing necessarily nefarious about that, but i don't take him at face value that he's not going to -- it rings true, but i don't take him at face value that he is not going to a trump entity.
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keep in mind, there's an entire cottage industry around trump world. while it may not be trump org, it could be one of the many maga aligned groups or a big donor who needs private security. i am almost certain, and this is again me predicting he's going to end up somewhere connected to donald trump, because he is still loyal to him and the reason he has not come forward and that he has declined to cooperate with the committee, which congressman kinzinger has said previously, is because he is loyal to the former president, not to the work of the american people and this investigation. >> so the second part of the question is how important do you think this information will be to getting at the president 's state of mind? >> it's very important. in that he would know it. he would have firsthand village. i'm not confident that he would be forthright about it. i think a lot of the gaps, -- and were honestly filled in from pat cipollone later reported and others. i think it's important for him to come forward for one primary reason, which is to confirm the altercation in the secret service vehicle, but also this
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idea that the president on january six wanted to go to the capitol and was basically a rogue actor and had to be real done by his own secret service. i would like to hear from him from. otherwise, i think most of this has been filled and by others. >> got it. john, let's talk about the top secret -- at mar-a-lago. the doj is seeing in court today, that they've already gone through the documents. they've identified, quote, a limited set of materials that could contain attorney-client privilege information. could this weigh in and that the judge's decision to appoint a special master or no? >> it could. because they have already processed the documents. to go back and redo it with a special master to look for, quote, executive privilege. to me it's a waste of time, because there is no executive privilege. this is the executive branch and you don't exert executive privilege against executive
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branch. that is i think it red herring that trump has -- in his lengthy description without any at a station to its truthfulness in his pleading. i would have been late this afternoon, don, is the court granted the government the department of justice the right to a 40 page brief to file tomorrow. they're planning on saying something. and the court said that was fine. she would like to hear it. >> let's talk about investigators. we've had these documents for two weeks before trump even filed for a special master. do you see this is another delay tactic? >> it's completely a delay tactic. he has got this kind of ad hoc team of attorneys. none of whom to my knowledge specialize in these sort of investigations. some of the more credible lawyers. they surrounded him earlier in his presidency. they won't touch the issue. because they know how legally
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exposed he is. honestly, it's an attempt just to stop this process, but honestly, the former presidents real focuses litigating this to public relations around it. he's been sounding off on truth social, putting out statements saying whitaker wrecked job this was by the fbi and doj. i think he knows the legal -- it's not in his favor by trying to win in the court of public opinion. i'm confident he will lose and vote that's what he's trying to do. >> you know what happens around the situations, because i've seen it with other things that have come up. especially as it relates to trump world. they start attacking the investigators. now they're saying everything is a leak. why is this leaked? why is that leaked? that's a new tactic, but it has
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nothing to do with the actual substance of the story and why those documents and didn't at mar-a-lago. >> exactly. this is what he has always done and it's a deflection tactic. by the way, don, may i just note that today, the former president of the united states truth social that the election of 2020 should be overturned and that he should be reinstated as president, but we've all gotten so accustomed to just the insanity and the craziness of what this man calls for, we've all kind of dismissed it. of course he said that. something that is unheard of in our american history. we dismiss the crazy guy down at mar-a-lago. he's the republican front runner and the former president of the united states. >> it's serious. but the interesting thing is will the people who support him, will they take it seriously? will they make a difference to him. we need in terms of changing their mind about the man? i doubt it. that's why we are where we are. >> just real quick, that's why this investigation will matter. i'm glad that the doj is going to put out this lengthy are filing in response to the special master, but the public needs more information. i'm confident there are movable trump supporters who with -- information about the rate and about the unlawful actions he's engaging in. will move away from him, but
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they need to see that. >> thank you both, i appreciate it. our spies informants and danger because of those classified documents the former president took with him to mar-a-lago? we will discuss. that's next. ♪ my name is austin james. as a musician living with diabetes, fingersticks can be a real challenge. that's why i use the freestyle libre 2 system. with a painless, one-second scan i know my glucose numbers without fingersticks. now i'm managing my diabetes better and i've lowered my a1c from 8.2 to 6.7. take the mystery out of managing your diabetes and lower your a1c. now you know. try it for free at freestylelibre.us joe biden and democrats in congress just passed the inflation reduction act to lower our energy bills. investing in american-made clean energy means our families will save $1,800 a year on energy bills. that's more savings for us. ♪ it wasn't me by shaggy ♪
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documents that were taken to mar-a-lago in january. the review so the intelligence services can know where they need to do. this comes as the director of national intelligence is saying that she and the doj are conducting damage assessments of the documents taken in trump 's home in florida early august at the request of congress. the white house saying today that they are not involved in the damage assessment, here to discuss, now cnn counterterrorism analyst as well as douglas london. a former senior cia operations officer also the author of the recruiter spying and lost art of american intelligence. gentlemen, good evening. philip, i have to ask you first about this news that tony or nato is leaving the secret service. there's a lot of controversy and missing text messages that could shed light on the former president enough to -- the 16 insurrection. do you have any questions?
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>> i do. i think the fundamental questions about service and leadership, look, 20% of me sympathizes when you serve a government, especially at his level, you have a sense of loyalty that has he served not just donald trump, he served the president of the united states, he's been in the secret service 25 years. when you're on the inside, don, sometimes you feel like you are under siege and you feel like you're holding off the converse, the media, public opinion, that's 20% of, me 80% of me said the circumstances that we witnessed on january 6th are so significant that those feelings of loyalty and service to government have to be put to the side and you have to say, i don't want to do it. but i got a top. i get the loyalty thing, but sometimes nation trump's loyalty, he should speak, -- >> doug, i want to talk about
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mar-a-lago now, the documents. intelligence community has been working with the fbi since mid may. what specifically are they going to be looking for to protect sources? that's a concern. >> the dni is going to be coordinating the search and the investigation, which is really going to be tasking it out with individual agencies who on the programs, only agents, but with they're going to do is essentially a deep dive counter intelligence review. every unit source who was used in the finished products that no doubt were among the documents that we saw or whatever operational traffic, the nsa is going to look at signals intelligence programs that was part of those documents that was found, and the images, because we saw they were binders of images, i'm assuming come from some more satellite programs or covert action programs. they will look back from the onset of those cases, the onset of those programs, they will look for an inconsistencies. they will look for anomalies.
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they will look for changes than the posture of our adversaries. the challenge here and i participated in the snowden investigation. we knew what snowden had done with those documents. that was very clear to see. in the case of mar-a-lago, we don't know with the presidents intent was. we don't know with the intent might have been on others who would have had access to those documents, which is i think part of the reason the fbi is looking at dna and fingerprints samples of those documents, so there's a lot we don't know. at the end of the day, the fact is we hear about ts/sci, some of those documents are so sensitive. we don't even know the program 's public at what they were. even the names of those programs are classified. >> listen, this is what's in the affidavit. and it shows that some of the documents seized from mar-a-lago in january contain information about human intelligence. meaning spies, informants as
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well as other highly sensitive documents and sources. get those people really be an image imminent danger now? >> when would you expect the president to get? he's the most important customer. he's gonna get the most sensitive information with sensitive sources. the difference in human intelligence from a lot of the other types of information, it has to be provided in context. you hear the consumer, some understanding of the reliability and placement. by doing so even if the source is not named in the finished product, there's so many clues there and you're talking about intelligence at the most sensitive nature, which means the number of people who know that information is more limited than an adversary has a great deal of clues to go on to try to narrow down the scope of who might be exposing that information. what's type of technical vulnerabilities they might have in which the united states is collecting intelligence. >> phil, this is also bizarre. it's highly classified information. it's top secret information. it's not usually released. there's an affidavit. it didn't mean -- it doesn't usually happen.
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all the stuff. we're talking about some very sensitive issues here. the intelligence community's review, that's supposed to resolve an immediate operational risks. does that give you any indication of what is actually in these documents? >> it what. i think we will see a little bit more. if you are an intel guy, you know some of what is in these documents by some, believe it or not, it sounds boring, by some of the acronyms. >> that's what i'm asking. talk to us. so go on. what do you mean? >> i mean, if that information is released that foreign government is going to say that's a channel of communication let's say from our nuclear program, political leadership, its military communications. they're going to be able to figure out in about two seconds where that comes from and shut down those communications. i suspect the dni is going to find that none of that stuff was released where they could prove it was released or stolen. it's sensitive. all of us at intel, we know with that stuff is. >> that's what i was going to ask you. you don't want to say it on the air, what you're reading to me in this information, or do you think that's -- because you said -- >> as i said, some of it is intercepted communications.
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let me take you inside for just a moment. when you read those interceptive communications they are extremely detailed. if you are reading this let's say you're in russia, china or iran, if you're reading those it's going to take you zero time to figure out the origin. those are not general communications. they're not fuzzed up so that the reader does not understand the origin. if that stuff that's at the top secret of what we call code word level is released, those lines of communications are close. they're going to go what we call dark. the foreign government is going to shut it down. i don't think it happened, don, but it could. >> doug, can you weigh in on this if you want to? i've got a question for you. do you want to weigh in on this? >> yeah. feels exactly right. back in 2013, you might recall, there are serious to their wrists -- terrorist threats. we were getting that reported in the press, included with some of the quotes of the exchanges between at that time zawahiri and the commanders in yemen. i still said, that line of
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communications went dark immediately thereafter. >> all right. thank you doug and phil. appreciate it. see you guys soon. oregon, arizona, texas, michigan, just some of the states that experienced deadly gun violence this weekend. what is driving the surge? that's next. school is back. and dick's sporting goods has everything you need to gear up so you can show up. with the widest selection from the hottest brands. like nike, jordan, hoka, the north face, and more. the looks you want. the backpacks you need. all under one roof. when you're running short on time, one-hour pick-up is always an option. and, with our best price guarantee, if you find a lower price, we'll match it. with looks this good, it's never been easier to sport your style. the day of the heart attack, i was scared. i didn't know what to do. seeing my daughter have a heart attack, it shook me. aspirin helps reduce the chance of another heart attack by 31%. be sure to talk to your doctor
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another weekend full of deadly gun violence all across this country, and that man with an ar-15 assault rifle opening fire at an oregon grocery store killing two people. a 20-year-old suspected shooter was founded at the scene. in arizona a gunman wearing tactical gear fired a semi automatic rifle near several businesses. left two people dead and five others injured, including two police officers. the suspect also found dead there. in houston, the gunman setting
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fire to a residential complex, and then shooting at people as they fled the scene. this leaving three people dead and two others injured. police killing the suspects in that attack. a recent eviction notice from the building may have been a trigger for the suspected gunman. the detroit police arrested a man accused of randomly shooting for people in four separate shootings. that's leaving three people dead and another injured in indiana, a shooting at an indianapolis hotel claiming the lives of a dutch soldier and injuring two others. the soldiers were in indiana for a training exercise and authorities don't consider the incident a random act, and there are still no arrest in connection with the shooting. in washington d. c., washington commanders -- o'brien robinson junior is on the mend after being shot and with police say maybe an attempted -- attempted robbery or car chalking.
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surgery went well after suffering gunshot wounds in that attack. these are just some of the many random related an incidents this weekend. i should say, gun related incidents this weekend. i want to bring in cnn's national security, juliette kayyem. julia, with the heck is going on? what is it? >> so, each of them can be explained, as different random, different motivations. as of the summer heat? visit someone got evicted? is it someone's mad at the grocery store? then you take a step back and you look at the connective tissue across this country. every demographic, every type of community is impacted. . it's guns.
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it's not a secret. it's different kinds of guns. i don't pretend that they are similar. their weapons that we are seeing especially in the safe way -- that should not be on the street. some of these are handguns, but it is a way in which americans, some populations of americans utilize these guns as sort of conflict resolution, or things get out of hand. each of these could be dismissed at's as separate, but of course if you look at the totality it was a weekend of gun violence. period. i had to say it, but there is a new beyond's a song called america has a problem. every time i hear it i think, this is it. this is the homeland security problem. we are just not seeing it as one, because each separate case -- we can explain away in some ways. >> look, don't get me wrong. yes, the guns are connective tissue, but isn't it peoples actions to be responsible? there are people who have access to guns and don't just go off and shoot people and rob stores. you know what i mean? leave people for dead. >> this is where i think the politics of this release is a discussion around gun control
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is getting very interesting, because what you are seeing, least in the last couple of months is a commitment to supporting police, if you look at the american recovery act, 85 billion going to police. going to police departments from a democratic administration and democrats have often been accused of sort of supporting the defund the police. you have the sort of very focused effort to support police and law enforcement. then a narrative, or at least we're going to hear from president biden tomorrow when he supports an assault rifle ban, that objections to gun control are fundamentally anti police. this is the way that this narrative is forming. if you look at some of the victims in the shootings, they're often police who have tactical gear. i just can't protect themselves against some of this weaponry. we saw some military foreign military. soldiers also be victims. it's a very interesting confluence of sort of support
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police. and the blue. with viewing objections to gun control is being anti-police. i think that is a connection that most americans can relate to. most police departments, urban police departments, are very supportive of gun control for this reason. they see who are often victims of these kinds of incidents. >> yeah. there used to be an assault weapons ban that expired. how much of an impact this had. would do the numbers say? >> the numbers are interesting. the assault rifle ban is going to be focused in the politics. people can debate about whether there will be in the votes. but the focus is, can we stop killings that kill people so quickly that there can be no police response? even the best police response cannot protect human life. you are looking at this particular type of crime, which is ten dead in two minutes. 15 dead in four minutes. we have seen this in which law
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enforcement briefly runs. and not talking about uvalde and texas or anything, but where police rush in. the gunman's only killing for two or three minutes, but he can get 18, 19, 20 people. it's a particular focus on that kind of death. even with an assault rifle ban, you may see either consistent homicide killings, but they are with other weaponry. that is what the data has shown us. what we also know is that during that tenure period, those mass shootings, the ones we are calling for or more deaths, not including the killer himself, but those went significantly down. the reason there was this ten -year sort of trial period, it was the only way they could get it passed at the time, when that then gets waved, you could see the gun manufacturer start to throw this, essentially making it sexy, so to speak.
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they begin to really mark this kind of fast weaponry. that's why you see the rise of mass shootings. four or more deaths in a single incident. it's an important piece of it. it's not gonna solve all the problems. whether he has the votes are not, it doesn't matter, the american public is basically for law enforcement, you just want to basically push this narrative at this time when people see what is happening each weekend in this country. >> yeah. i get what you're saying, but a lot of the people out there think there bad when they're holding a gun in their hands. they could do whatever they want to. we gotta get at that problem. >> exactly. one of the things that the nra gave up on a long time ago, the nra used to represent a responsible gun ownership, but then began to reflect really the sale of guns. a responsible gun ownership
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seems to me is a common refrain amongst most gun owners. i get it. they have safe boxes. they don't let their kids goofy round with stuff. they don't have weaponry it isn't necessary and civilian society. i think if we can get to that dialogue, which is essentially where biden is going to be tomorrow, the responsible gun ownership, whether you are a gun owner or not, it's something that we can all agree on. it's because the nra and other organizations really dropped responsibility from what they talked about when they talk about guns. they talk about purchases, which has been the shift. i should say i think it's really interesting now with the sort of assault on police, the fbi and others. you really are seeing -- i've never seen it before and i've been in this field for a long time, this combination of support for police, and these criticisms of police
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departments coming from what's traditionally the sort of alter ego with the democratic party. >> i know you're saying. there's gotta be some personal responsibility. i'll tell you, when i was a kid, when i was a kid i picked up my dad's gun. my dad had a business. two seconds after i picked it up, i never picked up again until i was an adult. that's all i'm saying. all right? thank you. she's make a transition. she's young woman, she's not going anywhere. she would be on the tennis court as much. but the rate that she's competed, traditionally. so she's off to a strong start tonight. at the was open. we've got details that is next . . hes, and consumes, replacing thought with worry. but one thing can calm uncertainty.
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a very big night for tennis superstar sonia williams at the u.s. open right here in new york city advancing to the second round in singles tonight. it's likely her final appearance at the open. cari champion joins me now. hi, cari. how are you? >> thank you for having me. so excited to export -- report live fresh at the u.s. open. she >> won her first round. what do you think? >> i think there are a lot of symbols tonight that were very special. serena williams has played for 27 years. imagine you doing what you've done since you were 14 years old and deciding at 41 years old it's time to evolve. her words, not mine. i believe tonight the crowd was electric. it was magical. the special part about it was that i thought when serena started off a little sluggish, but the crowd -- she felt the love. she felt the significance of the moment. her first grand slam u.s. open and this likely, as we were
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saying, qualifiers might be it. >> i think i was slinging burgers at 14. >> you are not playing professional tennis at 14 years old. >> i think it was doing french fries that mcdonald's and i got the job. i was too young to work their. they found out, so they fired me. i wanted to buy a car. there we go. she's been doing this for a long time. let's talk about it. i was watching a big celebration tonight and this is what she said after the match. she told gayle king about her decision. she didn't say she was retiring. she said she's going into a new phase. i think when you're passionate about something and you love something so much it's hard to walk away. sometimes i think it's harder
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to walk away then to not. that's been the case for me. i've been trying to decide for a little while with to do. she's changed not only tennis, but women sports. >> correct. i today said something people will think controversial but i will say it again. i wanna make sure it is clear. if you had to do, and everyone talks about the greatest of all time. if i had a top five, i would put serena in my top five. not just for the sport of tennis. naomi osaka so eloquently said the other day, tennis is the biggest -- serena is the biggest thing in this sport. she said no disrespect to djokovic or to nadal, but serena is really one of those players that really comes along very similar to michael jordan. and she changes the game. was >> there a question about that? >> no, there were so much pushback. she was the greatest maybe female player. she is the greatest and tennis. i said no, she is an icon. which people don't consider is that before tennis, much like tiger, serena came in as this figure that had more melanin at than most. as a black young girl, her and her sisters made it acceptable in a very wide sport, and that
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is not a disrespectful thing to say, but it was a sport in which you didn't see people who look like you. so when i saw serena win her very first grand slam or when venus won her very first grand slam, it's possible. that's why there is a big coco gauff, naomi osaka. so many more. >> people can't be serious. they know the difference between an icon, right? there are some people who are really great players. there are others who are icons. like john mccain wrote was an icon. other people, great tennis player. serena williams is an icon. >> icon, hands down. >> this is something different. this is in the court of the volleyball -- volleyball court. you appointed director of brigham young university admitted that much more should have been done when officials became aware that a black player on the women's
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volleyball team was taunted by racist slurs in a match on friday. rachel richardson said the barrage of insults caused her and fellow black players to feel unsafe and that byu officials did not take adequate steps to stop the taunting. be a use that one person has not been banned from the athletic event. they've not only called the n-word every time she surgery again, but she was threatened and she said she was made to feel unsafe in a crowded gym. what happened in this game? >> unfortunately, we live in a world and athletes are being more vocal about it, where we see a lot of fans, and i'm not saying this one particular fan represented byu, because it would be unfair, but we are seeing fans who are very bold and emboldened perhaps by the very polarizing times in which we live in. and for this young lady to just go there and play and understand, she's the only qualifying black starter at duke. they say she's great, she's the next thing. she'll be playing volleyball. she'll be representing us. and projected in the olympics. for her to be there and feel unsafe is very unfortunate. here is what is unfortunate. if we live in a society where no one can speak up for her, if no one can say this is not
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right, if there's not an adult in the stands to say i hear this man, and it is not okay. that is why she felt unsafe. it's not so much -- we are used to the taunting in terms of, she said we are used to the taunting. i'm used to people saying mean things. that doesn't bother me. but it was so long, and no one felt the need to protect her. that's why she felt unsafe. >> i want to make sure i get this. this is wood byu officials said. they banned the spectator from attending any sporting event. they said when a student athlete or fan comes to a byu sporting event, we expect that they will be treated with love and respect and feel safe on our campus. it is for this reason byu has banned a fan who was identified by duke during last week's volleyball match from byu athletics. he should be banned. but something should have happened. >> they're starting to do that. they've done that at the nba level. they've done it especially with
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whistle westberg, he's been very bold about players who have been root to them. other players have talked about it. but now at the collegiate level, i think everyone needs to take some sobering advice and pay attention to the people who were there. you cannot let that -- it's not okay. you cannot say it's okay to taunt a fan using racial slurs. i'm the biggest trash talker. if i'm not again, i talk trash. i love it. i do it. >> i love having you. so good to see you. how are you doing? >> i'm good. how are you? >> it's been a while. >> it's been two minutes. can you take some time off on wednesday and go see serena? she made it to the second round. >> i will go see serena. >> i appreciate you for having me. thank you. >> america has seen a steady decline in tobacco use and growing support for legalizing marijuana. a new survey says more americans are smoking weed and cigarettes. you happen to be a dog.
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