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good morning everyone. it is 8:00 a.m. here in the east, november 21st. welcome to cnn this morning. we do have a lot to get to. unfortunately there was another mass shooting in america that happened over the weekend. five people killed, dozens more injured by a gunman who opened fire inside an lgbtq nightclub in colorado springs. we'll get the latest on the investigation from the colorado attorney general. also, two men arrested for allegedly plotting an attack on a new york synagogue. how police were able to intercept that. after one incredibly difficult year for the company, bob iger is now back in charge at disney. we'll talk whether or not he can build new life into the media giant that he built. first, another morning in america, another tragedy. the latest in colorado springs where five people were murdered over the weekend at an lgbt nightclub. a 22-year-old suspect is now in custody. the club's honers say he was

heavily armed and wearing a military-style flak jacket and he was stopped and held down by two heroic patrons. rosa flores is live in colorado springs for cnn this morning. rosa, good morning to you. where is the investigation right now? >> reporter: don, you can see the crime scene tape is still up. it's very early in the investigation. police identified the suspected shooter as anderson lee aldrich, 22 years of age. police say the first 11 call came in about 11:56 p.m. on saturday. about three minutes after that, that's when the first officers arrived on scene and two minutes after that police say that the suspect was taken into custody. now, police say that the alleged shooter, once he went into club q, he immediately started firing

his weapon, and they do say at least two -- one or two individuals who were very heroic subdued the suspect with his own weapon, according to police. he hit them with his own weapon. those two weapons that were recovered, according to police, it's unclear exactly what they are. they say he at least had one long gun. as for the motive, investigators are not releasing what they know, but they do say according to the d.a. that this is being investigated through the lens of a hate crime. the d.a. is in communication with the state attorney's office. the big point here, regardless if it's state charges or federal charges, it's about giving those victims justice. >> speaking of those victims, what are you hearing from their families, from their friends this morning as they're still reeling from what happened on

saturday night? >> reporter: kaitlan i talked to one of the lgbtq leaders in colorado springs late last night, and the way she described it was that they feel just shattered and it is just -- there's just so much grief and so much sorrow here because what club q represented for so many people in the lgbt community here was a safe space, a lifeline, the one place where they could go and feel safe. now that's been shattered, it's been turned into a crime scene. they also say this is a very tight, close-knit community where everybody knows everybody. now the safe space they had has been turned into a crime scene and five individuals have been murdered and others, dozen, have been injured. some of them this morning are still fighting for their lives.

the latest we heard from hospitals is that some of them are still in critical condition. so it's a very tough time here in colorado springs because hearts are heavy. there's a lot of sorrow, a lot of grief, but i can't forget to tell you this, the other thing that this community leader told me, kaitlan, was that despite all that this community has a lot of grit, a lot of resilience. they've gone through so much and say they're coming out of this stronger. >> we just spoke with one of the survivors, one of the bar tenders there at the club. he said it's one of just two gay night cluffs in colorado springs. rosa, thank you for the update. we'll check back with you for an update on the victims. coming up, we want to talk more about the investigation that's under way. we'll ask questions to bill wiser's colorado's attorney general. we'll talk about the later. let's bring in sony burts

from the state's leading a advocator for advancing the rights of lgbtq people and their families. >> good morning to you all. >> you talk about how club q holds such symbolism. we heard the governor say over the weekend this was supposed to be a safe space in the community, and it was anything but. rosa just reported that the d.a. is looking at this, investigating this through the lens of a hate crime. that's a step shy of saying it was a hate crime definitively. i wonder if there's any question in your mind. >> no. to me -- we definitely don't want to make assumptions about motive and things like that as an investigation is under way and as it continues, but i think as somebody who has been to club q and grew up in club q in a lot of ways, i don't know what else you could call it at this point.

>> so if this was supposed to be the safe space, is there any safe space for members of the lgbtq community in colorado springs right now? what are they telling you? >> i think right now we are -- we've always been the arbiters of our safe spaces, right? we're always responsible for creating them. unfortunately we've in a lot of ways been the only folks invested in keeping them safe. i think right now there aren't a lot of safe spaces in reality i think what everybody is feeling is this immense amount of grief, immense amount of sorrow, immense amount of undescribable feelings for an unimaginable situation that, unfortunately with the landscape of what we've seen in the past is imaginable in a lot of ways. right now i think it's kind of up to us to lean into each other and figure out how we can make

those safe spaces, but also have folks outside of our community invested in keeping them safe. >> michael anderson is the bartender that kaitlan mentioned moments ago. i want you to hear it and respond to it. >> he's always been a friend to me, but he was my supervisor at club q. he was the bar supervisor and he was the best sub pervisor anyon could have asked for. he made me want to come into the work and made me just want to be a part of the positive culture we were trying to create there. amazing person. he was a light in my life, and it's still surreal that we're even talking about him in past tense like this. >> he's talking about daniel aston who was killed saturday night while bartending at the club as well. what do you say to that? >> it's -- it's definitely hard

to hear somebody that a lot of people i heard up until this point i heard people describe as a beacon of light and a wonderful person to work with. to hear somebody have to describe someone in the past tense that they either just saw or just had an interaction with is heartbreaking, and the description leads me to a place where -- club q has been that. so that person represented what club q was to all of us, an open and welcoming space that made us feel like we could be ourselves, especially in situations where a lot of people can't be authentic at home. club q provided that safe space and the bar tenders were a part of that ecosystem. >> stoney, you talked about the need for people outside the community to be invested in it. in the aftermath of this, as we're learning more about the investigation, what do you want to hear from your political leaders, from your elected

leaders in the state when they're speaking out about this? >> i think for us it's pointed. i think oftentimes when things happen very vigils and space made so that friends and family can grieve and begin that process in community, and i think too often there are -- whether it be local officials, things of that nature that do come and they're there for that first wave of grief, but that after that there's really nothing tangible that we can look back to and say this is what came out of that. i think what we need from our leaders at this point is just be true to what you're saying in your speeches, implement those things, and we also need to all sit at the table and figure out what the next steps are, because as tragic and heartbreaking as these circumstances are, our work really begins today. we have to make space for friends and family to grieve and

to be there for them and provide community, but we also have to have action behind our words and that falls on our local state and federal officials to do that. >> stoney bertz, thank you for being with us this morning and for all you've done and continue to do. >> absolutely, thank you. >> sorry doesn't begin to describe it. >> he's right about that. when the cameras go away, the attention goes away, local officials have to make sure they continue to keep this top of mind, even when the news turns to something else. >> and how are you going to make it safer. up next, a disney shakeup. bob iger taking the reins as coo. ckara swisher asked him about this. >> who is kara swisher? >> she knows everything.

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florida governor ron desantis. he faced criticism for not initially speaking out against it. iger spoke with cnn's chris wallace just a few months ago. here it is. >> a lot of these issues are not necessarily political. it's about right and wrong. i happen to feel and i tweeted an opinion about the don't say gay bill in florida. to me it wasn't politics. it is what is right and what is wrong. that just seemed wrong. it seemed potentially harmful to kids. >> so shortly after iger stepped down, kara swisher asked him about his exit and whether he would return on her podcast. >> one of the things the cnbc polled ten media executives about 2022 predictions and one is you'll return to disney. >> as what? >> a mikey mouse character. there are rumors that you can become disney's ceo again. >> that's ridiculous. i was ceo for a long time.

you can't go home again. i'm gone. >> it's happened before. starbucks. >> i gave up my id, my name tag, my office. if i wanted to run a company, i'd still be running disney. i did that. >> never say never. that's the lesson there. tech journalist and host of "on kara swisher," kara swisher joining us. what happened behind the scenes that led to this? >> i think a lot of problems with bob championship per, who i call bob two. i think he wasn't doing very well. i think disney is in a little bit of a state, spending all that money on streaming. they've got a lot of challenges. they wanted to bring back someone they knew could handle

it. chapek has had a very rocky road there, not just the don't say gay stuff which was badly handled, but the streaming and the earnings. on a recent call he was a little too jaunty. he was acting like there was not a b pro. they had activists there, the shares of the stock have been going down and activists have entered the picture. they needed a titanium ceo. that's what bob iger is. >> good morning, kara. >> good morning. >> when i think of bob iger, i think solve someone who is not afraid to make hard decisions and isn't afraid of political blowback, if you will. he opens his book talking about that moment when that toddler was killed by the alligator in disney world. the reason i bring that up -- >> big moment. >> -- is because i think it's a moment that helped defines him. all the lawyers at disney told him don't call the parents.

he's like, forget it. he picks up the phone, calls the parents. what can we do? we can't bring your child back, but what can we do. is that an emblematic of his leader? >> i jokingly call him the cashmere prince. he's smooth, funny. he's very forward. the reason i've known him so well, he was very early to digital and very few executives were. he said if someone is going to eat our lunch, it might as well be us which was shocking at the time. he's always leaned forward in ways. he's got a real commanding presence and makes really strong decisions. that's very, very important. he does it with a lot of class, i have to say. i just interviewed him in september, if you recall, at my code conference. that was a january interview i did in richmond for his exit interview. this one i did in september. he looked like he just got off his yacht or sailboat or something. >> we tweeted it this morning.

>> you could see it. so he was like, oh, i'm really enjoying retirement. i didn't get the sense he was. his wife has an amazing job at usc in los angeles. he can't really travel. he joked to me he was the house husband essentially. i thought that's not going to work for you. so, i don't know. i think he felt like there's very few people you can bring in here. you saw it happen at starbucks. you could see it happen in a lot of companies. there are a lot of companies suffering right now. the ceo that left was a strong one. they need strong leadership right now. >> on that note, i think this is what everyone was thinking about last night, speaking of good ceos versus bad ceos, what poppy just noted in bob iger's book, comparing that to the other takeover we've seen with elon musk and twitter. the different approaches, it's reflective to see. >> iger walked away from

twitter. >> smart man. >> there's not a comparison. elon musk has been a successful business person, but his methods are the polar opposite of bob iger. bob has had lots of successes, too, that shows how you can be a very strong ceo, but kind and also decisive, but not mean to people. the way elon is conducting this, as you know, i think is quite appalling. at the same time, look, he has a lot of success. that's not the way i'd want to have success. >> david geoff fen, i have never heard one person say a bad thing about him. he is honorable, decent, smart, successful. he is in a category of one. >> stop talking about me, david geoff fen, like i'm not here. >> you are in a category of one. that is true. >> kara, one more thing, happy thanksgiving if we don't see you. >> thank you. you, too. have a great time. >> thanks for joining us. so up next, more on the

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major questions remain this morning about the suspect accused of gunning down five people and injuring at least 25 others at a colorado springs lgbtq nightclub on saturday, especially because of this. 22-year-old anderson lee aldrich was arrested in june last year in connection with a bomb threat that led to a standoff at his mother's home. you can see the video of him there coming out to police. they had already evacuated the nearby homes during that standoff. deputies responded after his own mother said he was, quote, threatening to cause harm to her with a moment made bomb, multiple weapons and ammunition. joining us to talk about that investigation is the colorado attorney general weiser.

thank you for joining us. is the suspect speaking to investigators yet and what have you learned about a potential motive, if anything? >> so the investigation is on going and i think it's fair to say based on the facts, it's very hard to conceive of a situation where the motive wasn't generated by hate. this is a well-known nightclub that individuals, regardless of their sexual orientation or gender identity, the lnt community knew was a safe place, was a safe place where people could be their authentic selves and someone came and essentially took that away. we know there's so much of this hate out there, particularly to individuals who are lgbtq. this is something that was painful. it was on transgender remembrance day when it happened. this is a call to all of us to look at that hate and ask what do we do about it? >> it's a big question. is he speaking to investigators yet? >> so i'm not free to give

details of the particulars on the investigation. obviously he was taken alive and there will be a full investigation, and law enforcement authorities are going to be working to make sure -- to bring justice, to honor the victims and so many people who are struggling to understand how could have have happened? >> we know the community is reeling. we spoke to one of the survivors of this shooting. talking about the weapons who were used, have investigators determined who owned the weapons used or when or where these guns were purchased? >> that's part of what we're going to be looking at in terms of understanding how this happened and how we can avoid something like this and save lives. obviously in your lead-in you talked about the prior involvement with law enforcement and for us in colorado we had a shooting just, again, quite recently in boulder, colorado, where the question is about our red flag law and how we do better in terms of identifying

people who are at risk to others or themselves and have firearms. we know people who are a risk and had firearms, it's a deadly mix. >> if we could stick on the red flag law, because this is something that's been a big deal in colorado. you actually campaigned on this heavily. after the incident that kaitlan described that happened just over a year ago with a bomb threat to his mother, the woman whose home his mother was living in at the time after this said why is he not in jail? after that day police never reached out to her. she writes, i'm a second amendment supporter, but for him to be out there and have access to weapons, i just don't understand it. how can we understand it? did the red flag law fail here or did no one use it? >> we're working to educate and bring more awareness about the red flag law. obviously, when individuals, when law enforcement don't use this tool, it's not going to perform its function. the way this tool works is very simple. when we know someone is a

significant risk to themselves or other people, law enforcement or even individuals can go into court and remove those firearms. this law was passed after we had a really horrendous law enforcement involved killing in douglas county, zackari parrish, someone with a history of violence who had weapons kept those weapons. we'll continue to educate law enforcement to make sure for everyone who is a responsible gun owner, this red flag law is not about you. this is about people who are dangerous who should not have firearms. >> can you talk about the type of firearms used? what do you know about them? we've heard a lot about a second gun found at the scene. >> so the main weapon that was used was described as a long firearm. i don't know that it's been identified exactly. we are still, again, in the investigation stage. so there's limits on what i can

share. i do think, obviously, we've got to be concerned once again to have a mass shooting. had one in boulder quite recently. obviously when you go back to columbine, this is something we have too much of in our state and we're going to keep looking at how to advance gun safety. we have a magazine capacity limit in colorado, a background check. we have to keep asking ourselves how do we do better to save lives. >> i'll preface this by saying we don't yet know a motive. members of the lgbtq community said they believe where else could this point to? again, we don't know the motive here. can you talk to us about -- you said it was a safe haven for members of the lgbtq community. the importance of our elected officials, our leaders on social media, the importance of words and using members of the lgbtq+

community as sort of political pawns in politics. can you speak to that please? >> absolutely. we are living at a time of raising hate and rising demonization. all of us in leadership positions have to recognize that our words matter. we can and we must have a more inclusive we the people. that's the phrase that justice ginsburg used. the legitimization of hating towards lgbtq+ individuals has to stop. the idea that we can say to someone that they're less than human or don't have a place in our society is a very dangerous road because we know that sets the preconditions for people to think, oh, this person is not worth living, i can use my own -- you heard people use this phrase, second amendment remedies or over phrases justifying hate crimes,

violence. we can and we almost recognize that everyone has a right to be their best authentic selves, to love who they love and not have to live in fear. colorado has been working on making progress, we recently what had been a so-called gay conversion practice that we said was inhumane and illegal. we've obviously been working hard on this issue. we were once known as the hate state in the early 1990s, willing passed a law that limited civil rights protections for gays and lesbians. we've come a long way. the first openly gay health care elected in the united states. >> attorney general, can i ask you one more question to follow on something you said to poppy. when you talk about educating law enforcement about the red flag law, is this a situation where law enforcement should have but not implement that red flag law? >> it's early to make any decisions, and in many of these cases it's not really just one

question. it's also what did the community know? does the community fully know we have this tool and are they bringing the information to law enforcement to use the toll. colorado passed a red flag law in 2019. we had our first year of the law in 2020. 2021 was the second year of the law. so it's still a new tool that we are learning how to use. we know that each tragedy is a learning opportunity to ask what did we miss? what can we do better in the future? this situation, like the one i mentioned in boulder is going to be one where people have to ask that question and learn from it. i'm working with and educating law enforcement so we use this tool better in the future. >> i think what kaitlan is getting at is these were officers, should have used it, have a standoff. i vividly remember the story of the officer murdered at his

front door which is why the red flag law went into effect in colorado. officers of all people would be up to date on a new law like that that they could use to protect the people. no? >> i do believe officers know we have a red flag law. we need to make sure it's to top of mind and everyone understands how it works and what the rationale and reasoning for it is. i don't have enough information to know exactly what the officers knew. what we can do is make sure that we embrace this as a call to action to better educate about this law, to make sure law enforcement understands it and is able to use it to protect lives. >> we really appreciate you coming on. thank you. you've given us a lot of really important information to our viewers. thank you very much. >> thank you, mr. attorney general. i'm glad he mentioned, talked about hate. we'll discuss that as well. a lot to talk about. on that topic two men

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hate in america running rampant over the last week. a deadly mass shooting at an lgbtq nightclub in colorado springs left five people dead, 25 injured. in terms of whether it's a hate crime, they're looking at that. on that same night, saturday night, an lgbtq bar in new york city was also attacked. surveillance video shows a man throwing a brick through the front window. the owner says it is the fourth time in the past month his bar has been vandalized with three attacks in the last week alone. also in new york, two men charged with making online threats to attack a synagogue.

the new york governor kathy hochul says the arrestion are related to a developing threat to the jewish community. >> we are in contact with members of jewish organizations and synagogues and others to let them know, once again, we understand the concern, the fear. ate crime is real and the state of new york is taking every step possible to be in the business of preventing crimes and not just waiting to solve them in the aftermath. >> investigators say the suspects charged with making threats against the synagogue had firearms, a high capacity magazine, ammunition, an eight-inch-long military knife, swastika arm patch, a ski mask and bulletproof best. >> our next guest says anti-semitism have been historically fueled by conspiracy theories like many in the documentary that brooklyn nets star kyrie irving promoted

on twitter. irving has apologized and returned from an eight-game suspension. anti-semitism is not merely a social prejudice, but a conspiracy theory about how the u.s. operates. it has proved deadly for jews and that alone should be enough to take us seriously, gary rosenberg joins us now. we'll talk about anti-semitism as a whole. seeing kyrie irving come back to applause, the way he handled it, how are you feeling about that? >> it's a difficult situation. i don't think anyone is under the delusion that you can suspend people out of anti-semitism. kyrie said the right things and i'm sure he regrets posting the documentary. it's a more complicated conversation, how to understand the misconceptions and how to

ensure things don't like that again. >> he apologized. do you accept his apology? >> i'm not here to speak for other people. i tend to err -- >> but can you accept him at his word? >> yeah. and i try to leave room for people to understand and grow. i think our society, our culture is good at that. we look at basketball players in the peak of their careers, but they're actually pretty early in their lives. we have to understand people are learning and growing. as a public figure, he's growing up in front of other people. i think we'd all like to have a certain amount of grace when we have to fill in blind spots about other people in communities that we don't know much about. jews are just 2% of the american population. most people don't even meet a jew in their daily lives. that's one of the reasons i'm so skit tisch about punishment because people become afraid to ask questions. >> i always learn a lot reading what you write. in the last few weeks you've had

really compelling columns and pieces. both this one but also on the dave chappelle monologue on "snl." you make the argument about how this is critical to preserve democrats. you say it's taking a fateful step for the loss of freedom and prosperity. >> people think about a personal prejudice. i don't like people different than me, jews, black folks. anti-semitism has that component but also a conspiracy theory about how the world works, who says there are sinister jews behind all of society's problems, economically, politically, socially. if you believe a conspiracy theory about how your society works, you won't be able to fix your society. so in that way, anti-semitism undermines our ability to address our problems. if you say jews are behind the financial collapse, you won't take the reforms and steps

needed to fix your economy. you'll be blaming the wrong people and spending your time on the wrong things. >> what you essentially articulated that i thought was smart was fighting conspiracy theories is essential to fighting anti-semitism. basically what you said was conspiracy theories are easy to mock when everyone thinks they're ridiculous, the earth isn't flat, we all know that. you said such humor evokes unease when it's common in society when you're not sure who is in on the joke and who actually believes it. >> that's what dave chappelle does all the time, his type of comedy. he'll carefully step on both sides of the line and mock everyone involved. he would turn to you probably and say that's what i always do and why do people get particularly upset in this case. i understand that. i think the reason people got uncomfortable is because he's mocking conspiracy theories and it's funny as long as you think everybody is laughing because they think they're ridiculous as opposed to saying, oh, he's telling the truth. who is in on the joke and who

believes it. other conspiracy theories like who stole an election, people believe a lot of conspiracy theories -- >> he's reading my mind, explaining what's happening in our politics right now. you blame the wrong people for what's happening when you believe in conspiracy theories like a stolen election. >> you have a breakdown of the shared frame of reference. a lot of people believe a lot of different things. when you make a joke about a conspiracy theory, everyone looks and says are they laughing because they think he's telling the truth or making fun of people who believe it. >> dave chappelle is going to do what he needs to do. there are a lot of people who said i thought what he did was brilliant. >> i thought it was very funny. >> so then is there something that's productive about it? is there a way that you think could have been more effective? >> i don't want to be in the business of telling dave chappelle how to be a comedian, just like he doesn't want to tell me how to be a journalist.

it's the context in which this comedy happened. if he was telling this joke in a different time and place people have reacted differently. it's easy to say dave chappelle could have done a better job, and make he could have. ultimately it's the cultural context that we have to fix. >> you have been a target, i think 2016 the adl put a list out of the most targeted journalists and you were the second most targeted jewish journalist in terms of online hate and threats for your reporting on former president trump's candidacy, yet you continue to do this. i wonder what that is like for you. the media was attacked by the former president. these were specific attacks for being jewish. >> the thing about being a very publicly jewish figure, whether in journalism or something else, it attracts this sort of attention. regardless of what it is you're doing or writing about, particularly for me when i write

about jewish subjects, i get this sort of blowback. what i normally cover is anti-semitism in the real world, which can be a shooting in pittsburgh, something happening in europe. it's around the world and has been going on for a very long time. i get angry messages on twitter. i'm aware in the context that i'm pretty lucky and i also feel pretty fortunate to live in the united states of america. >> but you're also human. i can relate to it as someone who is black and gay and the target of the former administration and all the trolls who supported him on social media, death threats and all of that. you're still human. it hurts. >> you feel it, but because people -- this got noticed in the media in 2016 because it was centered around a presidential campaign, i had been writing for years before that and had been getting stuff before that. you develop a thick skin. it would be nice in journalism if people didn't have to develop that kind of thick skin. i'd like to be criticized for my

reporting less than who i am. >> you have a family and loved ones who are on the street with you, who live with you. >> and you make decisions about the things you share on social media based on the reaction you know you might get from certain unwell people. >> i love how you respond to it, though, with such humor, this biting sarcasm on twitter. >> maybe dave chappelle could learn -- >> that's the thing. that's why i respect what dave chappelle does. you can fight bigotry with mockery. if you mock a conspiracy theories, people don't realize you're mocking it. >> i love that you're open -- would be more curious and less judgmental. you're open to talking to even people you disagree with. thank you, yair. great to have you here. >> thank you. let's take a look at this video. moments ago nasa's artemis 1 did a little fly-by, passing about 80 miles above the lunar surface.

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good monday morning to you, i'm jim sciutto. we begin this morning with new developments in the mass shooting at an lgbtq nightclub in colorado spris.