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>> good evening, we begin to
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have new evidence in the mar-a-lago documents case. which in turn, new evidence involving the former story of the president is truly over. they're always seems to be another shoe dropped. and this case, additional documents classified markings on top of the one recovered from the fbi search of mar-a-lago in august, which in turn were on top of other documents handed over before them. now, remember, prior to the fbi search, the former presidents legal team had told the government there is nothing more to find, which is not true. this time, investigators suspected as much. that said, this time around, the fbi and the official body had no role in finding these documents. what do we know about these properties searchers and what was found? >> what we know is that the team commissioned by the trump lawyer has searched for properties, bedminster, trump tower, a florida office and a florida storage unit. through this, they were looking for government documents with classified markings, still getting back to the subpoena that they originally got from the feds.
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the feds uppercuts learned that trump has not provided everything, and what they found and looking through these four properties were two documents with classified markings that were in the storage unit. sources tell me as well as caitlin collins that that was all, that was all they found kozma vacation markings. of course, anderson, as he pointed out, this has been going on for quite some time. >> do you know anything more about who this team was conducting the search is? or they just working for a law firm? there is a certain particle icing that they had to follow considering the sensitive period. >> frankly, we still don't know a lot about the team of two that went to the fork properties are connected to searches. we know that the lawyers commission to do so, part of trying to satisfy the justice department concerns that not everybody had been handed over. it does some lake when they came across these documents of classification markings, that they did take pains to make sure that they were turned quickly to the fbi. even though trump may have handle these things haphazardly when he left the white house,
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it does sound like now that they are trying to do the subsequent searches, they're trying to handle these documents with care, even though there will be plenty on the trump team tried to make the argument to at least reporters that they still believe trump declassified everything. >> thank you so much, appreciate it. i want to turn now to georgia, senator raphael warnock's defeat last night of herschel walker and the one seat democratic pick up at the chamber, making the probe of the former president more likely. it is also raising questions about the degree to which the man from mar-a-lago was dragged on republicans in this election cycle. and the party the finger-pointing, we should point out, is already underway. >> was donald trump a problem this year? >> he was very active, of course, in the primaries, and you know, even in the general election, because he was a presence out there. the democrats in many cases were able to turn it into a choice election because of trump's presence out there. was he a factor? i don't think there's any question about that.
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>> senator mitt romney agreed, calling the former presidents endorsements, in his words, quote, the case said that. that's it, finger-pointing wouldn't be finger-pointing if it only pointed in one direction. >> no, i think we are losing close elections, not because of donald trump. if the answer to everything is that it's trump's problem, then you are missing the boat. >> even allowing that every election is a singular event, walker is one of many candidates to former president endorsed or handpicked. he lost across the country, with only a few exceptions across the board. it's such an endorsement did hurt this time, not likely just toxicity by proxy, in other words, who he chose miami mattered as much to voters as the mere fact that it was he who chose them, because by and large, the candidates who won his endorsement and then lost the election at shortcomings that gives her voters pause. that too is voter contention
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within the party. the question of can dame equality. >> it all starts with good quality candidates, there's no substitute for that. >> we need better candidates. >> two republican senators today, but this is nothing new. here's senate minority leader mitch mcconnell and mid august to seemingly saw this coming. >> i think there is a greater likelihood that the house folks than the senate. centers are different, there's statewide. candidate quality has a lot to do with the outcome. >> florida senator rick scott, chair of the republican senate campaign committee did not like that, telling politico, quote, senator mcconnell and i clearly have a strategic disagreement here. we have great candidates, he went on to say. he added that we are all true leaders for our candidates. great candidates like election
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denier blake masters running for senate in arizona and backed by the former president. >> i think trump won in 2020, maybe you disagree, but you've got to admit, this election was really messed up. >> and actually the 2020 election was not really messed up. trump lost fair and square. then there was kari lake, a former tv anchor, according to those who knew her, ran for governor of arizona as a 2020 denier, who would not commit to accepting the outcome of this election unless she won, which he did not. she was backed by the former president. >> my question is, will you accept the results of your election in november? >> i am going to win the election, and i will accept that result. >> if you lose, will you accept that? >> i will win the election, and i will accept that result. >> well, she lost. she said she will be fighting it. some other candidates with quality issues, that mastriano, running for governor of pennsylvania, called the separation of church and state amid. november, he said we'll take a step back, my god will make it so. and oz also lost, backed by the former president -- here's with one other republican primary opponents told the causative -- herschel was like a plane crashed into a train wreck that rolled into a dumpster fire,
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you have to watch it squinting through one eye between your fingers. candidate quality in a nutshell. some republicans would say and have some before and after his defeat. it certainly will be part of the case that next time should be different. this time might been differently had the gop field it better slate. the argument that the so-called generic republican my at the feet it raphael warnock. again, it's also worth remembering that in 2020, before different circumstances, we're not defeated not just a generic republican but a specific one without walker baggage, carry -- it raises a whole other set of questions for the republican and the prospect of georgia and the next election. both his perspective from to cnn commentators, alyssa farah griffin, who served as white house communications department attrition and former south carolina democratic state lawmaker, bakari sellers. what did make a this?
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had 24 hour notice since this, what does that mean moving forward? >> of course, candidate quality matters, that goes without saying it's becoming a cliché at this point. but the kind of circular finger-pointing within the republican party will continue. hands down, donald trump was the biggest strike on republicans to cycle. you ran through it but that is only a fraction of the race. their state secretary races, he also checked on republicans but their party is not ready to say that yet. some people will say it but people are calling for ron mcdaniels, which is fine, a fair discussion to have, blaming rick scott or mitch mcconnell, but there is hands down one person most responsible for republicans not winning more senate seats and not perform better in the house, and is donald trump. i think it will still be sometime before that course direction takes place. >> bakari, i supplies that senate republicans openly place some of the blame on the former president here? john doom has been critical in the past, so it's perhaps not that big of a surprise. >> i'm not surprised. you see the same ones doing the same things, going to discern recorders.
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yet dune and mcconnell, pep in their answers, and then lindsey graham in his own world, saying whatever lindsey graham believes at the time. when you see these things happen in realtime, you realize that there is nobody truly standing up and calling donald trump what he is. i speak for most democrats will recently that ron mcdaniel and donald trump 2024, this is been the most unsuccessful duo of individuals who led a major party in american history. i don't think you have seen anyone since 2017 not win a singular cycle. that is failure. that is not donald trump brand of winning, that's absolute abject failure, and that is what we see. this is not the first time. in candidate quality is not
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anything new. andison, you remember back to thousand ten and 2012, where you had murdoch, you had angle, you had christine o'donnell, partaken. you had individuals who just did not meet the character test or the quality of candidate necessary to win the seats. you see that replicated again ten years later. the question of candidate quality is a lesson that senate republicans have not learned, and many of them have been there forever. >> since 2010, that seems like, i think i was a child then. alyssa, -- >> i wasn't. >> you were, i was not, sadly. scott jennings said last night that he feels like something fundamentally as shifted in republican circles. do you think that is true? regarding the former president. >> i think that is right in talking to republicans all over the country. it's more the mood of voters and that sentiment that i think is changing. there is still a fear among the ruling class deflected republicans did not just -- i think that he is probably the weakest moment he has been in since he came down the old escalator in 2015. cuba cars point, i would just like to remind folks, if we lived in this sort of echo
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chamber of trumpism for so long, he has not won a presidential race since 2016. it may be time for the gop to ask ourselves, with that in fact a fluke, and to remove on to look at the next candidate could be? >> but car, it's not just social walkers lawsuit -- in just the last two weeks, since he launched his latest bit to the white house, there are new classified documents that we learn about today. he wants to terminate the constitution in some cases, dining with antisemites at mar-a-lago, trump organization companies but not him personally found guilty on all counts of criminal tax fraud. there is all the snow swirling around the former president, he is just down in mar-a-lago. how does this play out? >> you know, i absolutely forgot that he announced that he was running for reelection. i think there is so much rolling around and that most americans forgot that he is actually running for reelection, but don't count donald trump. i made that mistake many times over, that he was done, this was the last straw, from coming down the stairs and having these kind of xenophobic moments throughout his campaign to the access hollywood tape. we've always counted him out. what is going to make him
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strong is because he has had the first six months in american political history, but what will make him stronger is as soon as he has an important or if he has four, five, six, there i say ten opponents, i called him to cluster of 1%. when you have mike rogers, mike pompeo, mike pence, nikki haley, these individuals who are not a surly be formidable contenders against him, he is going to be able to then rise again from the ashes because he only needs 25, 30% of the republican primary vote. that's what the republican party has a problem with. donald trump to this day, still controls a third of their base, a base there need to win elections. >> that base is not going away. david urban has said this repeatedly, they are kind of ride or die. >> yeah, that's the case, and i think the fact of course the
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dining with antisemites a few weeks ago and then there is new reporting that the former president hosted a qanon official down at mar-a-lago -- >> that came out today. >> when he feels the walls are closing in, he caters to the most extreme part of the base that most respectable republicans will not go near. my projection of what he will do now that he is not in a weekend position, and most people thought that was a poor announcement, and he was not doing well, he will cater to the craziest part of the base. he will also exercise as much leprosy can in the house of representatives in the next couple of weeks, as kevin mccarthy tries to get the speakership. those are his two avenues for relevance and for bar. and to precarious point, i would not count him out. >> alyssa farah griffin, bakari sellers, thank you so much, appreciate it. still tonight, another exclusive investigative report on the uvalde texas school murders. he's got new reporting on inconsistent step made by one of the top cops who responded to the mass shooting. when i say responded, one to the scene, did not actually stop the active shooter, and how that sheriff responded when shimon started accessing questions.
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>> the cnn exclusive now about the actions and apparent inconsistent statements made by one of the top law enforcement officers who responded to the robb elementary school shooting back in texas in may. 21 people were murdered that day. including 19 children. we've been now lasko is the sheriff at uvalde county. his actions that they have so far quoted the same level of scrutiny of our top level officers. one of whom was fired and the other who retired before he could be fired. and as you are about to learn however she have had vital information about the shooter. and since that awful day, the statements that he has given has appeared to contradict body cam evidence. as well as his own comments. this includes statements about when he arrived on scene. and crucially, whether he heard about a 9-1-1 call from a girl trapped inside of the school with the shooter.
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knowledge that should have prompted an immediate and direct response according to active shooter training. shimon has the details for us tonight. we want to warn you, some of what you see or are about to see is disturbing and difficult to watch. >> do you think your response that they was adequate? your response, the way you handled the scene. do you think that was adequate? >> yeah. >> you think a response that there was adequate? >> which building? >> six months after the police response was deemed an abject failure, the evolve a county sheriff's defending his actions at robb elementary. >> you don't know everything. >> tell us what we don't know. are you going to say you don't know there was a 9-1-1 call? >> go ahead and talk all you want. >> are you going to tell us he did not know there was kids. tell us right now you did not know there was kids inside of that classroom. >> sheriff reuben is the highest law ranking --
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>> caucus. >> he was an integral part of the police failure from its earliest moments. but the elected official has so far avoided scrutiny. now lasko claims that he was headed to the school when he diverted to a home nearby after being told a woman was shot in the face. >> he can be heard over the radio. >> shots fired. get inside. go. >> one female shot in the head. >> he is the first person to learn to key pieces of information. the shooter's name and that he had already attempted to kill his grandma. >> who did this to you? >> who is your grandson. >> it is information that would have been immediately useful to police at the school. where there was confusion over who the gunman was and what his intentions were. >> as an ambulance arrived at the grandmother's house sheriff now lasko tried to figure out what was going on.
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one of his deputies include him in. >> what's going on? >> i've got your camera. okay. so i'm alison. . right there sheriff. do they have them surrounded? >> onalaska spoke to texas rangers investigating the response in june, he said he could not recall what time he left the grandmother's house and arrived at rob. speaking to cnn six months later, no lasko has a different story. >> you know what really happened, you are there. >> 35 minutes after. it started. okay? so i was not there for the first 35 minutes at least the first 35 minutes. >> that 35 minutes is not accurate. he was there sooner. >> i don't know which classroom. >> okay. >> cnn analysis of body camera footage shows no moscow or i've at robb elementary at 11:49 am, just 16 minutes after the
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shooter first went inside, not 35. 16. once on scene, the 30 -- can be seen giving orders. >> what we can do is move everybody. >> he is just outside the school when a dispatch came over the police radio that should have changed everything. a ten year old girl called 9-1-1, and said she was in the room with a shooter, surrounded by bodies. speaking to investigators and to cnn, the lasko claimed the radios inside the school didn't work. and so he didn't know there were any children trapped in the room. >> you are never told that there were 9-1-1 calls, you never heard the radio? >> the radio was not working. >> they were working, sir. you are wrong about that. >> okay. >> the transmission can be heard over several police radios. within earshot of alaska. and then, a uvalde police officer tells him. >> according to training, and alaska should have immediately
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organized the officers to storm the room. to try to save the children. >> we are [inaudible] >> instead, he leads a group in the wrong direction to help clear children from other classrooms who weren't under immediate threat. in recorded interviews obtained by cnn, joe betancourt, the captain with the texas department of police safety, who's under an internal mastication for his own response to the shooting, told investigators that sheriff in alaska was, quote, running the show. >> i had spoken to the sheriff, sheriff nolasco. said he was -- a student, a male. was in, there in the school, with an ak-47. he was barricaded. >> another sheriff has, you know, operational control there. at the time.
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and, you know, we are getting with the sheriff to get information, important information, you know, from the incident as it was occurring. >> you told him it was a barricaded situation and that it was someone armed with an ak-47? >> i never said that. >> you never said that? >> no. >> he said that it was his impression based on his conversations with you that you are the commander on scene. >> again, it is impression. and that is on him. okay? he is the captain. and if that is what he assumes, then it was an assumption. it was not validated. >> why would he have ordered your officers inside that room? you are deputies, why would you take a leadership role and say that we need to get inside that classroom? >> the information they got to me was that it was a barricaded
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individual, that is it. so when you have a barricaded individual, it changes the dynamics of everything. so that is what was relayed to me. >> yeah, they are clear. >> the belief that the gunman was barricaded instead of an active shooter had catastrophic consequences. in the moments after the room was finally breached, and the horrors inside a revealed. >> no, nothing going on here. >> the lasko speaks with a texas ranger who has been suspended, pending an investigation into his own actions. he still seems confused about what they should have done differently. >> [inaudible] the day after the shooting, the lasko, a republican and political ally of texas governor greg abbott, will play a key role in briefing lawmakers. where incorrect information was provided.
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and in a combative interview with texas rangers nine days after the shooting, he was emotional and belligerent, complaining about leaks, policed being called colored's, and facing media scrutiny. >> it's been traumatic for miya as well. >> i understand. >> being able to get -- called percy and coward. >> and when a texas house committee investigating the response asked the sheriff to appear for testimony, he initially refused until the committee was forced to send him formal notice. six months later, it is clear he still is unwilling to face difficult questions. >> you don't care about the families, you are here for the ratings, that is all you are here for, okay? >> and what are you here for? >> really, is that what you think? >> that's what you are here for two. >> for the ratings? >> what have you done for the families? >> -- joins us now. for him to say that is beneath contempt.
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it is unfortunate. let's just talk though about what he didn't do. this guy is a public elected official. is there any accountability that he faces? >> it is not really clear, anderson. the thing that is going on, the county commission which kind of oversees him and maybe oversees the county. they have ordered an internal investigation, but it is not clear what that is going to result in. whether or not he can get removed from office. whether or not they can hold him accountable for any of this. because when you look at some of the other law enforcement leaders, they have either been removed or they have resigned. there have been accountability. but with him, with because he is an elected official. and because he is the sheriff. it is not very clear to really anyone that i have talked to that there can be an accountability. >> we have had a number of family members on this program over the last month since we continue to cover this and determine -- extraordinary work on that. you talk to family members often. how do they feel about the sheriff's actions? >> they have been raising a lot of concerns that a lot of questions about the sheriffs actions that day. and the fact that he has not been open about what he did. he had 13 deputies, 13 of his deputies were on scene there. several of them were in the hallway. one of them was actually in a team that reached that classroom and killed the gunman. so they have felt that the sheriff has not been forthcoming.
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they feel that he has some culpability, they feel that he has some answers that they need for what happened here. the other thing that is interesting is that the sheriff, when the house committee back in july when they were doing their texas -- investigation. they had called the sheriff to come in and get the deposition. he had initially refused, claiming that, you know, there was this investigation and he couldn't cooperate. he ultimately cooperated. people certainly in this community, you know, the mayor who i have talked to several times. they all feel that the sheriff 's hiding something. that he has not been forthcoming about information. so that is the way certainly the community and the families feel about the sheriff. >> all right, appreciate, thanks for your reporting. coming up, a conversation with the mother and brother of the man who died one day after defending the capitol from january 6th riot. we discuss why they refused to shake the hands of republican leaders which mcconnell, kevin mccarthy, during the congressional medal ceremony tuesday honoring his sacrifice and others.
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lawmakers honored law enforcement officers who defended the capitol during the january 6th attack. with a congressional gold medal. the highest honor congress can bestow. among those the family of u.s. capitol police officer brian sicknick who died of multiple strokes and national causes the day after the attack. during the ceremony, members of the family refused to shake hands with republican senate leader mitch mcconnell. and republican house leader kevin mccarthy. they say it is because how republicans have either defended the former president or they say stood silently by as he assaulted the constitution. mccarthy in particular said that the former president bears responsibility for the attack. earlier this year that. backtracked saying that everybody in the country bears some responsibility. joining me now the mother and brother of officer brian sicknick, gladys and crack sicknick. >> cygnet. what was behind the decision from you and your family to ignore senator mcconnell and congressman mccarthy at the gold medal ceremony.
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? i >> one point, we were thinking that if we said something, we really get in trouble with the powers at be. but, then we figured the best thing to do is to ignore them. and we had no idea it was going to go viral like it did. but, i think it made a point. and made a point that everybody should all over the world. >> the main reason behind it is the hypocrisy. denouncing the actions of everything that happened. during the insurrection. and then, not as much mcconnell as mccarthy. mccarthy has embraced everything trump said. and he goes up and gives a speech about how great the capitol police were. and what they did that day. but his actions are not matching his words. >> back in may, you want to capitol hill to try to convince republican senators to support the 9/11 style january 6th commission bill that the house
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had passed. mcconnell dismissed the value of the commission, saying that he did not believe it would uncover crucial new facts or promote healing. those were his words. given all we have learned from the january 6th hearings what would you say to senator mcconnell? not >> just look back at what you did. and what you let happen and still are promoting. what had gone down. it just gets me very upset. >> in my, case it's what are they afraid of? of having an investigation of events that literally changed the force of the country. it's the first insurrection ever in the history of the united states. americans against americans, other than the civil war but that's a whole different era. and it is, why don't you want to get to the bottom of this and find out what happened? , why it happened, make sure doesn't happen again. >> what are they afraid of? >> why my kid brother is now
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lying in arms in the cemetery. >> craig, mccarthy went from saying that the former president bears responsibility for january 6th to flying down to mar-a-lago just weeks after the attack to pay homage to him and kiss his ring. this journey publicly declared everybody in the country beared some responsibility for january 6th. what is your reaction to how mccarthy is changing his position on this? >> i think mccarthy is trying to do everything he can to gain as much power as he can. i do not think he cares await about the american people, quite honestly. i think he cares about himself. i think he is modeling's own actions after trump's. >> when we met with mccarthy, it was officer van known and harry dunn. he kept trying to change the subject. and they would not let him. they kept bringing him back to reality. and we just never got straight answers from him.
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>> miss sicknick, how have you gone through this period since bryan died? i mean, what keeps you on your feet and moving forward? >> i don't know. just day to day. some days it is worse than others. but, i just don't want brian's death to be, you know, just to go down in history, you know, be forgotten i should say. >> it is definitely day to day. some days, i honestly don't feel like anything, getting out of bed, i do, i force myself, two i always have. but it is, you know, you start thinking about the magnitude of what has happened. and it is not just what happened to our family, what happened to the country. why are we at the point right now. it makes no sense. as far as the current maga supporters, why has it reached the point where study after study after investigation after investigation finds that there
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is no mass fraud for voting. there is no, everything about the lie is just that. it is a lie. yet they still believe. what hole does trumpism have over this group? i don't just end it. it gets me very aggravated that americans in that number can fall for that type of lie. it has happened in other countries in our times that it never works out well. >> miss sicknick -- go ahead. >> no, what keeps us going is the capitol police. they are a phenomenal group of people. whatever we need, whatever we want, they take care of us. just like a new family. one that i never knew i would have. glad and krag i appreciate your time tonight and for you to continue to stand up.
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and speak out. >> thank you. >> well, i need people like you and, you know, to keep this going. >> yeah, we thank you as well. if people don't stand up and say what is on their mind, it gets buried. as far as certain people are concerned, they would like to see everything under the rug. well, guess what? i don't think they can anymore. >> yeah, i think you both and thank you for talking a little bit about brian and all of the other capitol police officers. thank you. >> okay, thank you. >> thank you for your time. >> for many years, this time of year is about giving back. but cnn heroes, an all-star tribute, slips ten extraordinary people who put others first all year long. -- the, sunday 8 pm eastern, take a look.
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cnn's nick watt is monitoring the development. i understand the news and also search for a vehicle. >> that is right anderson. please put out late this afternoon in appeal for anybody who white hyundai elantra, unknown license plate, model between 2011 and 2013. the police say that they want to speak to the occupant or occupants of this car. because they believe that car was in and around the area of this student house off campus where these four young people were murdered nearly four weeks ago. now, this may not sound like a big development, but in the context of this case it really is. because so far the police have asked for surveillance video, and they have put out very general requests for tips. they have received about six and a half thousand tips. but this is the most specific request that they have made to date. now, earlier in this week they made it clear that among other things they're looking into, or
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the last five hours in the lives of ethan shaven and so on a car noble, who were believed to be at a fraternity house in the hours before going home, where they were murdered. so as i say, anderson. you know, in this case there is no murder weapon. there is no suspected inside. and so far police have said that we are not gonna release in the information that we don't have to. they made it clear that they are playing it very close to the vast. today, this afternoon, they have put out a request that they want to speak to the occupants of this specific car. >> we also know that the police began returning simpler simile belongings of the victims to the families today. what does that suggest? >> while the police chief made a very clear that this house is still an active crime scene under investigation. he said that really some of the family members have asked for the return of some of these items. items that hold fond memories. items that perhaps these parents have given to their children. so the items were boxed up in this house where these kids
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lived, where they died, where they were murdered. and they will be given back to their families. but as i say, the chief adamant that this is still an active crime scene. and also adamantine,, oh in the face of quite a lot of criticism that, at least the public progress of this investigation seems to be very slow. he is adamant that we are making progress in this case. this is delivery active case. and listen, we don't know what they're doing behind closed doors. because as i say they are playing this very close to the vest. and that is why this appeal today for the occupants of that car or anybody who knows them to come forward, that could potentially, anderson, the a significant move. >> yeah, appreciated. thank you for the update. another unsolved mystery ahead. casey anthony finally speaking publicly, 14 years after the disappearance and death of her daughter. she now says what years after being acquitted at the murder,
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>> it has been more than a
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decade since this big moment in the florida courtroom. >> we the jury find the defendant not guilty. so we'll. >> i was kcna watching as a jury acquitted then 25 year old for first-degree murder. aggravated child abuse and aggravated manslaughter of a child. she had been charged in the death of her two-year-old daughter kayleigh and never testify during her trial. now more than one decade later. anthony is speaking on camera for the first time publicly in a documentary. randi kaye ty as i look. >> the only person in this world that matters to me still is my daughter. but i am still defending the fact that i did not hurt her. >> 14 years after her daughter disappeared, casey anthony says that she still misses her. in the new docuseries on peacock titled casey anthony where the truth lies. anthony shares for the first time on camera her own theory about what happened to her
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daughter kayleigh. saying that she took a nap with her daughter on that last day. and woke up to her father holding kayleigh in his arms. >> she is soaking wet. and i can see him standing there with her in his arms. >> and hand her to me. and telling me that it's my fault. >> anthony says her father took kelly after that. she does not know what happened next. five months after kayleigh was reported missing, skeletal remains were found in a wooded area about a half mile from the family home. she had duck tape over her mouth and was inside of a laundry bag and garbage bags. anthony was charged with degree murder, lying to investigators and other charges. >> testify -- >> at her trial in 2011, and then east defense team claimed the little girl drowned in the family's pool. and the accidental drowning spiraled out of control. with anthony and her dad covering up kayleigh's death. >> she was cold.
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>> but in the new docuseries, anthony puts the blame squarely on her father. suggesting that kayleigh died on his watch. >> i know people are gonna question, well, why didn't i make a phone call? why didn't i call 9-1-1? i have to live with that. knowing that i failed to protect my child. >> for 31 days, anthony kept quiet. >> during the 31 days, i genuinely believed that kelly was still alive. my father kept telling me that she was okay. >> when her mother finally called 9-1-1 to report kayleigh missing, anthony said the girls nanny had taken her, turns out that that nanny never existed. which anthony admits in the documentary. in the docuseries, anthony says she was lying to protect her father. as she had been taught to do following what she claimed where years of sexual abuse by him, beginning at age eight. >> my father was holding me down and rethink me. that happens again and again and again. like i was brainwashed. it wasn't until much later that i started to really realize why.
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>> geo are -- >> at her trial, her father george anthony denied abusing his daughter or having anything to do with kayleigh's death. peacock says he turned down an offer to appear on their program. cnn has reached out to him for comment. after more than 100 witnesses at her trial, casey anthony was found not guilty of murder, but she was convicted of providing false information to police. she was freed shortly afterward due to the time that she had spent in jail awaiting trial. >> everything to me. >> anthony says she will always wonder what really happened to kayleigh. >> i don't know if it would be better to know or just keep not knowing. because i don't know what the truth is. all i know is that she is dead. [crying] that something happened. >> randi joins us now. where has she been all this time? >> well, anderson, following
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the trial should actually moved in with an early lead investigators in this case and his family here in palm beach county. she lived with him for a while, he gave her a home because she had obviously moved out of her parents home and didn't have anywhere to go after leaving jail. so she did work with him for a little bit and then she went out on her own. in terms of why she is speaking out now, anderson, she said it is because she has had some time to cope with the loss. she has been through some therapy. she also said that she is speaking out now to honor her daughter and to make her proud. that is what she said in the docuseries. but anderson, the takeaway here is really that we don't know still what happened to kayleigh anthony. there was no dna found on her skeletal remains, it's very hard to connect her physically to her killer. and we also know from investigators that there were some in items of the crime scene that they believe have some connection back to the anthony home. there is octave down on her, as i said. it was a very unique brand, that same brand was found in the anthony home. and also that laundry bag that kayleigh unfunny was found in, it was part of a pair, investigators, that and the other one was actually found at
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