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morning. medical iminspections this morning, as rsv and flu surges at the same time. patients getting the care they need. also this -- ♪ iran's soccer team silent. we'll have the latest in qatar, we'll take you there live to give you an update. first, we're going to start with the army veteran who tackled that gunman in that nightclub, he said he thought he was done with war until it came back on american soil. his name is richard fierro. a drag performer used her heels to help him. you're going to hear from richard in a short time. also we're learning the names of the five souls taken

too soon and who they were and the people who loved them. rosa flores live in colorado springs. rosa, good morning to you. what are the new details you're learning? >> reporter: good morning, don, i want to share the names of the victims, raymond green vance, according to his family, he's described as being kind, gifted and willing to go out of his way for anyone. kelly loving, her sister tiffany her sister was a good person, loving and sweet. ashely paugh, her husband said she had a huge heart. and daniel aston, his family saying he moved to colorado springs to be closer to his family. and derick rump, i talked to a survivor who said derrick to

give him a ride home. and we're also hearing the names of those who saved countless lives. >> everybody in that building, spares comment not to their own accord because they were forced to. >> reporter: richard fierro served four combat zones overseas. he tackled the gunman and was able to disarm and disable the shooter. >> i just started wailing away with his gun. i told the kid in front of me, kick him, i was doing what i did on the range, you know. i trained for this. i didn't want to do this. he was kicking another human in the head. and i told him to do it. i don't know what to do, you know. there was a beautiful -- one of the performers was walking by when the kid was getting tired of kicking. and she -- she helped him, kicked him with the high-heels

that she had on. >> reporter: fierro was at the club with friends, his wife, his daughter, his daughter's boyfriend. >> i tried, i tried for everybody in there. i still feel bad, five people -- there's five people that didn't go home and this [ bleep ] i told him while i was hitting him, i said i'll kill you man, because you tried to kill my friends, my family was in there. >> reporter: survivor barry hudson tells cnn he sustained seven gunshot wounds during the shooting. >> i got shot. i knew i got shot a few times. i fell down, he proceeded to shoot me. i got back up. i made it out of the back of the club. i'd been shot seven times, or seven times by now, i got really, really lucky. and i don't know why i'm still

here. >> reporter: cnn has obtained a facebook live stream that appears to show a standoff with police during his june 2021 arrest. >> you see that right there [ bleep ] got their rifles out. >> reporter: he was arrested for felony menacing and first degree kidnapping, according to the news release at the time, after his mother says he threatened her with a homemade bomb and other weapons. according to the district attorney, the suspect has not been formally charged, but he is being held without bond, pending multiple possible charges. now, those possible charges include possibly five counts of first degree murder and five counts of the hate crime statute here in colorado. now, the suspect is still in the hospital. and authorities are tight-lipped about his condition. don. >> rosa flores joining from us colorado springs, thank you, rosa. all right. in colorado, hate crimes are

referred to as buysiaed crimes, they're with intent to hurt persons because of race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, physical or mental disability or their sexual orientation. before 2021, colorado had -- prosecutors had to prove that a defendant's acts have been motivated sole by 45i9. but now the law requires them to establish only that bias is a factor in the case, not the sole motivation. for per inspection on this, this wing in the former prosecutor katie kissky. i know two things that stick out, this is obviously, a club that caters to the lgbtq community. there are only two of them in colorado springs, we were told yesterday by some of the guests. and, of course, this attack came

on the transgender remembrance day to talk about people who had been killed. and so do those two factors, how much do they weigh on what prosecutors will be looking at here? >> well, that's a very good point, when you're talking about hate cries or bias crimes as in colorado, the prosecutors are going to be needing to look at a lot of circumstantial evidence to prove the motivations behind the act because it's one thing to have victims who were part of the marginalized group but to prove that was the reason behind the crime, that's what you're looking at. of course, the location of the crime, the day of the crime. any sort of past statements, any future statements made by the pittsburgh in this case are all going to play into whether they can prove that motivation. they don't have to prove that's the only motivating factor but something that can be shown primarily through circumstantial evidence. here, i don't think we've heard a lot of statements to the

alleged shooter relating to the motivation behind this. there are those factors that you mentioned. certainly, that's a good starting point under that statute. >> i think that's really key, right. you've noted that you don't meet the threshold for a hate crime, successful prosecution. by just noting that someone is a member of a protected class, as all of these victims were, right? as we understand. but you need to show that they're motivated, as far as we know from the colorado springs police chief, the suspect hasn't made any statements despite repeated attempts. how do you do that in court, how do you win in court, if he doesn't talk? >> we're not talking just statements sworn to law enforcement. but any statements made to media. in you remember in the ahmaud arbery case there was quite a lot of evidence in the federal trial about the past statements. >> ahmaud arbery in georgia. >> any statements whatsoever, but any at all that could show

the motivation behind this, is really what you're looking at in terms of the enhancement for the charge but i think primarily the big question is going to be proving up the murder charges. significantly, as far as sentencing, that's going to get you the farthest. >> he will no doubt be convicted on murder charges, but these are enhanced charges on top of those chargeses right? but it's also important, when you're talking about these hate crime charges to send a message to people? >> absolutely. i think that's a big motivation why the legislators put the hate crime statutes on the books because practically speaking colorado has life without parole, maximum sentence for a murder charge. so, the enhancement of a hate crime isn't going to practically expand anything. colorado appealed their death penalty, a couple of years ago, if he is in fact convicted of one or more of the murder charges, the outcome of the hate crime isn't going to schange it

but sends a message. >> somebody that everybody is watching closely. thank you for your experience to helping to break down the conversation. >> thank you. >> really important. ahead, we're going to speak to the veteran who took down the gunman. a captivating interview, he will join cnn this morning live. in a few moments we'll talk about the recent violent and political attacks against the lgbtq with the l.a. times op-ed columnist. and we heard that top officials had to go into hiding for his own safety. a spokesman for the maricopa county bill gates was moved to an undisclosed location because of threats on social media. we're told he still has threats today. gates is a republican who publicly pushed back on election denying candidates like kari lake. maricopa county officials report

there was an increase in election officials around the election this year and the primary. we should note that mare picopa the most populous county. rising cases of respiratory illnesses with children on top of flu seasons are overwhelming all across the country. shortage of medicines to treat common flu, ear infections and sore throat taking huge jump here. dr. tara narula is here to talk about it with us? is this a supply shortage? >> i feel like we're talking shortages in the last couple years. whether it's baby formula, last week it was adderall. and tamiflu, and al buterol and

we think this is a demand issue as opposed to a supply. it's more spot shortages that we think hopefully will resolve in the next couple of months as we see cases go down for the winter season, hopefully, but it is really this combination, unprecedented of the rsv, the flu and covid all at the same time, and a lot of times we see antibiotics being used when they shouldn't be. the reflex it to give an antibiotics even though it's not bacterial. go ahead. >> i was reading a lot of parents were teaching their children earlier than they naturally would to swallow pills because there's a shortage of the liquid amoxicillin. >> correct. the thing is for parents not to panic. there are other antibiotics available. you know, amoxicillin isn't the

only one. there may be more broad spectrum which is always the best, more costly and potentially different side effects, but there are alternatives. this isn't a situation where this is the only drug that can be given if a patient needs it. also, there may be other pharmacies that parents can go to get the drug that they needed, it may be a farther drive, but they can finally get it. and the other point is to test, test, test. there are tests available for rsv and for the flu and covid. if you don't fi that, you're definitely not want to give an antibiotic and contribute to the issue of shortage. >> there's some other news, we hear that cholesterol is bad. and then there's good cholesterol. and now there's something new that the good cholesterol may not be good? >> right. >> our morning has sprung. >> yeah, the good cholesterol, bad cholesterol, yes, for many

year, the 1970s, that told us that high hdl or low cholesterol may be associated with good risks. and people say, well, i have good cholesterol. i don't have to worry about anything else. i think this study points to the fact we can't just look at the good cholesterol, in fact, in this study, good cholesterol didn't predict lower risk for whites or blacks. and the other issue was low hdl was predicted only for white people for increased risk of heart disease than black individuals. it talks about the need, race specific, ethnic specific research to understand this and not to group everybody together. it's not a one size fits all. >> say the part again about whites and blacks. >> if you have low hdl, typically, we say that's associated with low rick. but for only whites, but with blacks, there was no increased

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draw with wales. what is more interesting what's happening on the field is what's happening off of it. the player of the iranian national team decided not to sing their country's national anthem instead stood in silence. this is what we understood as a gesture of post for the protests happening for women's rights in iran. some fans held up signs supporting the cause of women's rights and freedom. players from england took a knee before their kickoff against iran, a gesture of inclusion as well. also with homosexually illegal and punishable with prison in the country, the team captain said they will not be wearing the rainbow colored arm band as intended as fifa started to give players yellow cards just for doing so. after receiving two yellow cards, of course, a player will face a one-match suspension. fifa's president said i think what we europeans have been

doing for the last 3,000 years around the world, we should start apologizing for the next 3,000 years before giving moral lessons to people. it's just hypocrisy. >> let's talk to grant wahl, founder of grantwahl.com. he was detained just for wearing a shirt with a rainbow on it. grant, i'm sorry that happened to you. i think everyone wants to know what happened and what do you make of what kaitlan said about this rule of fifa that this is hypocrisy? >> i think he makes a point when he talks about 3,000 years doing bad things. i think even the u.s. has a few things like that in its history. unfortunately, the fifa president what he took that to mean, i thought, was really

outrageous, actually, that just because of that human rights violations in authoritarian countries like here in qatar, the outlying of homosexuality, the treatment of migrant workers, all of that, it's not possible according to the fifa p president to criticize that which i think is just wrong. in terms of my situation before the u.s. game, i was told by fifa as i said publicly and also by u.s. soccer, wearing a rainbow shirt, wearing a rainbow flag would not be a problem here in qatar, fifa was going to make sure it was not an issue for fans or any visitors. i showed up at the stadium and instantly, i was pushed aside by security guards at the media entrance, i was told explicitly, you need to take off your shirt. that's a political statement, and you cannot enter because of that. i refused to take off my shirt. i did get a tweet off,

thankfully, about it. i wasn't really putting out publicly that i was wearing the shirt until i was detained. they forcefully took my phone out of my hands for 30 minutes. they made me stand in front of a cctv camera. they continued to try to get me to take off my shirt. they stood above me as i sat and angrily yelled at me. only after about 30 minutes did a commander come down and let me through, wearing my shirt. and he apologized, as did fifa. >> are you going to do it again? >> i probably will. i have got my shirt. and i have no fear here. about any of this, it's been a weird week, i mean, literally, in accreditation line, when i got here, i took a photo, a very innocuous photo, of the world cup slogan on the wall. there are no signs prohibiting pictures, a security guard came

over and said no pictures and demanded that i zldelete the pho from my phone. >> grant, what is it like, you were pulled over to the cctv, and harassed over the shirt. how were people around you responding? >> a friend of mine from "the new york times" tried to help and got detained as well for a little bit. you know, i was thinking the entire time, like if i'm being treated this way, during the world cup, when the attention of the world is on qatar, i'm an american who has a pretty prominent media following, imagine how gay people, in qatar, outside of world cups must feel and what they must endure. and that's a lot to think about. >> yeah. heari here's the thing that i've sort of been thinking about in the last couple days since this happened, grant. it's the importance of having allies, during the civil rights

movement. there were only so many african americans who could stand up for civil rights. they needed whites to join in. you needed a majority -- well, at least bigger numbers. and the same thing for lgbtq issues, it's not just for the gay people who stand up for themselves. because they can face death, right, they can face imprisonment. it's important for allies like you to stand up. talk to us about that, please. >> it's really important to me. you know, and it's not required by any stretch of the imagination. i've got family members who are gay. i've got friends who are gay. i've got journalist friends who are gay who are here in qatar. but you don't need that to be supportive, to be an ally. so, i was thinking about all of those people yesterday. i was thinking about colorado springs. i was thinking all sorts of stuff. and if i have to be detained for 30 minutes, it's kind of annoying. but it's not an issue for me.

and so i was glad to at least help out a little bit. >> really well said, grant. thank you so much. >> yeah, thank you, grant. appreciate it. be safe, okay. thank you for standing by. >> and if he wears it again today, obviously, any important message. >> we'll have him back. >> yeah. georgia senate candidate herschel walker has released a new ad targeting the lgbtq community, this is just days after the shooting in colorado, lz granderson is here to talk about it. and the first pictures of comedian jaly leno, after he suffered burns from a car fire, now released from the hospital.

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♪ we really need to talk about hate in our politics after the massacre in colorado springs why it matters, leaders say. advocates say this year marks a major judgment in lgbtq legislation and sentiment in politics, and in the country, really. the latest data from the fbi shows that hate crimes are up against lgbtq people. i'm going to talk about why it matters about what leaders say, that includes campaign ads. i want you to pay attention, campaign ads like this one just released by georgia senate candidate herschel walker, here it is. >> i'm rile gaines, a 12 time champion. >> and i'm herschel walker. >> i worked so hard but my senior year, i was forced to compete against a biological

male. >> that's unfair. >> a man who won his belonged to a woman. >>al a al atrade to stand up. >> herschel walker stands up for what is right. >> that was released 48 hours ago. joining us from the "los angeles times" and host of the podcast life out loud lz granderson. lz, thank you for joining you appreciate. we're going to talk about what happened in colorado springs, lgbtq sentiment in the country, the hate, the danger and violence that members face. what do you think about that ad and the timing there? >> well, i'm confused, because as you look at the exit polls, the issues that are on voters' minds, number one, obviously, is the economy. how do you put food on the taken. paying for gas, the inflation. number two is abortion.

following down from that are issues regarding security, safety, education. i did not see very many voters stress confusion or anxiety regarding transathletes competing in sports, in high school or college. so, this seems to be a manufactured issue from herschel walker who had nowhere else to turn, because he has no credibility discussing the economy because we understand his business dealings. he's surrounded by controversy regarding abortion, and where else is he going to turn? hate. that's what this ad is, hate. here's the important thing to remember, transathletes were already banned in georgia. i'm not saying that to celebrate. i'm saying what exactly is this ad to do for georgia voters? it's abandoned the state, so what is the purpose of this ad? only to spew hate, that's it. >> to use gay people, members of the lgbtq community as political pawns which has been happening in the country. but this specifically is that. because, as you said, it's

already banned, so the whole question, lz, is why? and does he not, and the people around him, not understand the danger of sort of, you know, injecting this into the culture? >> of course, they -- they may recognize it, but it's secondary to the main purpose which is to get herschel walker elected. and oftentimes, when people are focused into that issue, you know, they will try to take advantage of roots that people may have, you know, negative feelings about. as a queer person, you and i both know, we've been targeted multiple times. i can remember shaking in my office in new york city when the bush campaign was trying to get re-elected and targeting queer people by trying to pass in the constitution. we've been pawns in this legislation for decades and decades and this is just another

example of that. >> to your point about the legislation, the data shows there are over 300 anti-lgbtq proposed bills so far this year. i want to get your reaction to what the president of glaad said when it comes to that and rhetoric and direct tie to violence. listen to this. >> and that is a direct response from the rhetoric from these politicians that we've been seeing, rhetoric does lead to violence. and we have been -- we're seeing a 12-year high in hate crimes, 41% increase in hate crimes against the transgender community. and we see a direct line between that and what our politicians are saying, on the airwaves, and how they're pushing forth over 300 anti-lgbtq bills. this year, so far. >> you see that connection as well? >> oh, absolutely. you know, i wrote a piece back

in 2009 that i won a glaad award for. and forgive me if i get a little emotional because i think about that night all the time still. i was covering the nba all-star weekend, and i was surrounded by a group of really large men who did not appreciate the fact that i wore my t-shirt really tight. they were basically going to kick my ass. and i thought i was going to die that night. and if it wasn't for police officers that night, i may have been killed. i think about rhetoric all the time and violence against my community all the time because i could have very well been a victim as well. and to the politicians who are utilizing this rhetoric just to get re-elected, you know, you can't deny the fact that this blood is on your hands and you're contributing to the mentality that allows for this to happen. when you allow slurs to exist, when you allow certain attitudes that are harmful to exist in

your space and campaign ads, what you're doing is giving permission for people who have really nefarious intentions to go through with those intentions. and we've seen it time and time again. it's not antidotal. there are other groups suffering in the exact same way, we've experienced this globally. i just encouraged, particularly, republicans, who are prone to have these kind of ads. i'd just ask you just to be really cautious in terms of how you engage these conversations. because whether you believe it or not, this blood is on your hands because you're contributing to this echo chamber that leads to all of this violence. >> you talk about the power of the words. >> yeah. >> this is funny, i'm so proessd by your tight t-shirt, there's so much other stuff going on, i'll just say, lz. >> you know what's so funny, don, i was actually on my way to the playboy party on top of

that. i was wearing a tight t-shirt, i was feeling myself. it was just so much. i spent the entire day quiet. >> oh. >> i'm just saying, that's just too much, many times, it's usually the people who have something to hide and they don't want to talk about it can be the most homophobic, you know what i'm saying. >> that's another conversation. >> that's a whole other show. lz, i appreciate your candor, thank you for standing up. we know it's early where you are, appreciate it even more. be well. >> thank you. >> thank you very much. and prayers to the families lost in colorado springs. prayers to those families. >> 100%. >> thank you. up next, we're going to take you live to ukraine and show you new video of russian soldiers surrendering in a recently liberated town. and cnn is live in the florida keys, we have dramatic images of coast guard rescuing

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all right. welcome back to "cnn this morning." we have obtained intercepted calls from a russian soldier, revealing the desperate situation facing putin's forces on the front lines in ukraine. and in one of those recordings, the soldier described, this is a russian soldier, describing what he sees on the ground as a third world war. a warning, before you see the report, some images are very disturbing. our matthew chance reports from the ground in central ukraine. >> reporter: as russia's military highlights its barrage at ukraine, cnn has obtained exclusive recordings of a russian soldier describing the brutal reality of life on the front lines. >> translator: the commander's position was shelled so he packed and move farther back. but what about us? aren't we humans, too? >> reporter: the russian soldier was recorded phoning his

girlfriend back home, according to ukrainian intelligence and telling her candidly about the severe military setback suffered in the two months since he arrived. >> translator: we had 96 people in our unit, but now there are less than 50. you don't know what to expect here. sometimes, there's friendly fire. and maybe they'd shoot at us because they don't see our coordinates. >> reporter: but it is advancing ukrainian forces that are the major threat, compounding low morale with high bloodshed. ukrainian officials now reacting to this extraordinary video. of russian soldiers apparently surrendering geo-located by cnn to a recently liberated town in eastern ukraine. come on out, one by one, the ukraine yab soldier calls out. then a short burst of gunfire before the video cuts off. later, a ukrainian military drone shows what appears to be

the same men in pools of blood. the kremlin said it's an execution. but ukraine said the soldiers feigned surrender and fired at ukrainians accusing russia of its own war crime. no one disputes the horror. it's unclear if the dead russians were regular troops or deployed as part of the kremlin's partial mobilization seen here earlier this year. but the soldier recorded on the phone indicates he was recently conscripted, complaining bitterly at being unable to leave the war zone. >> translator: being mobilized is crap. nobody can go home until putin announces the order. there's no way to return. and if we weren't here, they, the ukrainians, would already be at our borders. they would shell moscow, ekaterinaberg, shell everything.

>> reporter: and that constant threat of ukrainian attack is having a terrifying effect. particularly drone strikes which have left the soldiers particularly nervous. >> translator: my nerves are on edge, i'm afraid of every rustle, every click makes me drop to the ground. >> reporter: in russian-controlled eastern ukraine, the funerals under way for more of those killed on the brutal front lines, deaths ukrainian officials insist would never have happened, but for russia's war. well, poppy, the big change here in ukraine the past couple days has been the freezing temperature. you can see the first snow of the season has fallen and settled on the ground. this, of course, as russian forces continue to pound energy infrastructure targets across the country causing supply shortages and power cuts, plunging millions of ukrainians into a very cold, very dark

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♪ a beautiful shot of new york city there. the former "tonight show" host jay leno has been released from a los angeles hospital after a gas fire in his garage that left him with serious burns to his face. look. you can see it. his face, his chest and his hands. he's seen with members of his care team at the burn center right there. the 72-year-old needed two surgeries to treat his injuries but is expected to make a full recovery. we wish him all the best. >> he still has that great jay leno smile. >> yeah, yeah. >> completely, you know?

>> yeah. >> we wish him the best. >> also this morning, the actor chris hemsworth, you know him as thor, he's taking a break from acting after learning he has a rick of developing alzheimer's. >> you have two combinations of apoe4, a set from your mom and your dad. >> what does that mean exactly? >> that means you have an increased risk of alzheimer's disease. >> hmm. are you constantly thinking you're going to live forever, especially as a young individual. and then all of a sudden, you're today, this may be the thing that might take you out. it's like, whoa. >> right now, 6.5 million people over the age of 65 are living with alzheimer's. according to estimates from the alzheimer's association. so joining us now to talk about this and what chris hemsworth just learned is dr. chris t. purnell region at large for the american college of preventive medicine. this genetic predecision that he

learned that he has. it's not a diagnosis, but would you describe it more as a strong indication this could happen, sore what's the sense? >> i think the easier way for everyone to understand it, if you have this risk, the gene, the risk for alzheimer's increases. 2% in that age group will develop alzheimer's. if you have one copy of that gene, that risk triples, if you have two copies, it increases 10 to% 15. >> listen, i come from, i'm particularly interested in the story, my grandmother her alzheimer's. i had a cousin who had early on set. other family members who i don't want to call out, whatever, had an issue with alzheimer's. if you're able to diagnose this early, from medication to take? things you can do to help knowing so you can get your affairs in order? do you know what i'm saying?

>> i totally hear what you're saying. i'm a preventive medicine physician, right. prevention is power. knowing you have increased risk, you can focus on general behaviors to help you remain h healthier. what are those general things. ensuring you have a healthy diet, ensuring you don't have diabetes or high blood pressure or memory loss to put you at risk to developing it. knowing it is a way for develop a road map to be healthier. >> so, what do you think the point is for him? is there a point to what he's doing? you know what i'm saying, he's saying i want to step back. would this mean that other people, if we're talking to people across the country, should other people step back and enjoy their lives if they're at risk? or just reassess what's happening? >> i think it's tough news to get. he's a fairly young man. but everybody should step back and enjoy their lives, right? we're living through an

unprecedented crisis. we're living through the worst pandemic that we've seen in 100 years. the battle knowing about a disease like alzheimer's, we have limited tools in our war chest, if you will. the fact that he does know, he says he wants to embrace his family more. more importantly, i hope that all of us walk away with the more you can be active, physically active, eat well, the more that you can prevent common diseases like high blood pressure, the better off you'll be. >> i just keep thinking about, you know, that saying, what will you do with this one precious life? reminds us of that, right? >> very important. very important. >> my dad was 49 when he died. >> i forgot about that. >> 49, he had like this big life by 49. still, 49, for so many people, i thank chris. >> i just lost my cousin who was 62. unexpected to hear this news. when you hear about someone losing their life or someone of

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