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>> good evening, everyone, i am laura coates, and this is cnn tonight. we have stunning news tonight, alec baldwin facing criminal charges and a deadly shooting on the set of the movie rust. prosecutors planning to charge to store with involuntary manslaughter and the death of cinematographer halyna hutchins after she was struck in the chest by a live round of ammunition fired from a prop gun held by baldwin back in 2021. we have an in-depth hour on those charges against alec baldwin and the armorer on that set later in the show. there's also sad news tonight on the death of a folk rock icon. david crosby has died at the age of 81. his family says after a long illness, he has succumbed. david crosby is one of the founding members of the
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birds, and crosby, stills, nash and young. his music, for so many, was really the soundtrack of the 60s and decades to follow, and -- in particular. who could forget songs like -- well, like this -- ♪ ♪ ♪ i want to bring in cnn bill weir who interviewed crosby for the cnn documentary, woodstock at 50, also greg harris, president and ceo of the rock and roll hall of fame. glad to have you and your expertise on this icon in particular. i want to begin with you, bill, if i can, because you interviewed david crosby for that cnn documentary. it's woodstock at 50. talk about some of the highlights of your time speaking with him. >> it was actually the second time that i hung out with
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crosby, and he is hands down, top three, on my mount rushmore of interview subjects. not just because i'm a huge music fan of his era because he's one of the most honest and open books at this stage in his life. his whole life, when i met him in 2005, and i kept in touch, he had been through heroin and cocaine addiction, been jailed in texas, had eight stints and his heart, a liver transplant, his son that he'd given up for adoption in the 60s, they were reunited later in life. they were musicians and toward together. he was grateful and she about the fact that he did not deserve to survive his contemporaries like janice joplin and jimi hendrix, but wow, what a life he lived. at the time, he was recording five albums in five years of new music. who is not content
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to just play csny -- i've been thinking a lot about dying and how to do it well. and that led to this question. >> burst of creativity that you that, you are thinking singing about deaf. do you think about how you want to be remembered? >> not so much. the songs will do the, they're the best i can do. that's the weird thing, everyone is scared to talk about it. the question is, what will you do with it? how will you spend that two weeks or ten years, and i got that figured out, family, music. >> ♪ ♪ ♪ >> because it's the only thing i can do. >> he's such a complicated, interesting guy. he could be lovable, he .
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>> what a chance to have that interview and to have his words and the poignance of it. greg, i want to know from you, what was your reaction when he first heard the news of his passing today? >> you know, thank you, laura. it seemed like he was bulletproof, right? this was a guy that went through a locked, always seemed to come back for more, and then the other thing i thought about, everybody i think in music, is there are many, that vocal harmony that is truly the cornerstone of the california sound. that is a very, very important piece. the birds were significant. they are rock and roll hall of fame inductee's for their impact and influence in 1991, and crosby stills and nash short in 1997. picture each of the bans without that harmony, without that sound, and then the other
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thing that was really amazing that came through and the interview that you did -- he had a joy for music, it was a magic and sometimes that's what the more troubled things are elsewhere, when you're making music, that's where everything is perfect and everything is one, and i think that he shared that in his induction speech that he talked about, that music is alchemy and magic, and you can feel that and since that. it's a bittersweet day for us in cleveland, ohio, we lost a two-time inductee. >> in fact, i want to play a little bit from that induction speech when he said some of what you're talking about, let's listen in. >> music is magic, music bridges the gap between human beings, that each man is an island stuff, thath man is an island stuff, that is true, but music does bridge that gap.
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it's been mankind's universal language since mankind startedwe are privileged to be allowed to do it. >> bill, when you think about the words and the man behind the music, he was not always alone, obviously. it was very much somebody that talked about in the same conversation with his bandmates. there was a lot of controversy surrounding the conflict and the like. what did he say to you about them splitting up? did he ever think that they would resolve their differences? >> he was sort of resigned to the fact that he had frankly cheesed them off so badly over the years and owned it. he said he was horrible to them, not the least of which was becoming a full blown attic in front of them. he talked about that. that is what is so interesting, talent at the right time. he dropped out of college, sort of a southern california kid, a son photographer in hollywood. he falls into a band with roger mcgrew in, and they form the
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birds, eight miles high, turn, turn, turn, so you want to be a rock and roll star, but then they could not get along, they break up. they formed a supergroup for the first time they harmonize with the mamas and pop us, in the house of graham nash, and steve and stills, and they look at each other and new.it would be -- crosby stills and nash -- like a law firm. and then neil young came by and said i want to join the band. they're like, what can you do? they said, have you heard me sing with graham nash and play guitar? they brought him on, but then by the end, they weren't talking to each other anymore. it was either insulting a spouse or crosby said he had such a huge ego, but that broke my heart because we look at woodstock, the film, their second set ever was at three in the morning on monday. 500,000 people -- half of them are probably asleep. but the beauty of the,
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that trio onstage there, so i asked crosby about the break ups., >> if the four guys who gave us the incredible harmonies can exist conflict free, what hope is there for the rest of us? >> always remember, those four guys were in conflicts long before woodstock and long after woodstock. woodstock was the bright, shiny day. it was the exception. woodstock was a glimpse of what we could have. >> of course, he was a proud, flaming liberal and vocal both in protest era -- vietnam era -- against the presidency, totally engaged in the news that's how we became friendly, but just a fascinating, interesting smart guy. >> greg, bill mentioned the phrase supergroup. and cream was, i guess, the
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first supergroup, but crosby stills and nash was the first american supergroup. tell us about that. >> yeah, as bill mentioned, and by the way, they'll, that was a wonderful lesson in laurel canyon history there, terrific. you have the birds who are just massive, and they are defining in their defining that sound, the finding that southern california sound, and then you have the buffalo springfield, also very successful, and the members of those bands come together, that's where you get cosby, stills and nash and eventually young joining. what is remarkable is so often that happens, and it's not what you're hoping for. in a way, the combination of those voices and the weaving of those voices and music, just take about wooden ships. i think we lead with that today. if you hear that song and close your eyes, you get goose bumps and it's
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the hundred 50,000 time you heard it. you still get goose bombs, so the defining the sound that is associated with southern california and arguably without these pants, without the birds, without crosby snows and nash. you don't let the eagles, where country rockers later in the 70s. that just does not happen. david crosby was a massive cornerstone to that piece, and it's a shame that they weren't together constantly, and we're with that have gone and where they left off is remarkable. we will celebrate it here at the museum forever. to >> his point, the idea -- in his own words, music is magic and bridges the gap between human beings. a lot of people felt the gap lesson because of the music of him. thank you both tonight. >> you bet. >> thank you, laura. >> well, everyone, later tonight, we will have a deep dive into the charges against alec baldwin, and when we come back, the supreme court saying
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they still have not figured out who leaked that draft opinion that ultimately ended up overturning roe v. wade last year. we will take a quick break right now, as we remember the legendary icon, david crosby. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪
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>> so here are some numbers for you to chew over. 126 interviews of 97 people, employees admitting sharing details with their spouses and the supreme court still has not figured out who leaked that draft opinion overturning roe v. wade last year. so what does this all mean for the worked ahead of what looks like another contentious year with a whole lot of very important issues. joining me now to discuss is aarian carr moan, senior correspondent at new york magazine of and coauthor of notorious rbg. and senior legal analyst, steve lab ick. i'm glad you're both here. many of us who are watching this and seeing it when a first fleet, man who did this get, to the bottom quickly and i wonder how it will impact the integrity of the court, but then i saw in the review, i'll start with you hear steve, it's being touted as the investigation being very
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thorough, but did i mince something to mention specifically whether the >> laura, if you missed it, i missed it. if you're measuring thoroughness by whether investigations are conducted by inspector clue so or the keystone cops that would be one thing, but this is all the hallmarks of an investigation that was never seriously intended to actually find what we're looking for, not asking for polygraph from any of the dozens of employees who interviewed, not asking the justices, the justice family members, if they had any knowledge of the leaks. in some cases, basically asking the employees to say, did you do it? and if they said no, that was the end. i think more of the question is, why would the court be so invested and not getting to the bottom of this? i think the answer is because
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no resolution is probably better at this point than a resolution that is going to cheese off half the country, where it's identified as someone on one side of the aisle. >> it's really intriguing that aspect of the idea of not actually to see intending or, perhaps, that is the truth. i wonder if you can weigh in on this, arian carmona -- because, i wonder, if you don't interview the people who have drafted the opinions, and of course the american public is looking at this inside themselves, i wonder what's going on already behind closed doors, outside the eye of the public and the oral argument, when the justices are trying to convince one another, and they're exchanging drafts back and forth, trying to nudge one in one direction, we almost had the sense, initially, that this might the either something to either lock a position in or to encourage somebody to change based on the fallout. how do you see this investigation? >> laura, i just checked, and it's been seven hours since
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they i reached out to the supreme court's public information office asking them, the exact question that we've been discussing here, which is, did they interview the justices, and if they did not interview the justices, why not? since then, i have not gotten any response. i happen to know that multiple other reporters reached out to the public information office, had not heard back, as far as i can see, anything published. i guess i am left wondering why do this at all? as he says, it shows that there is no particular appetite to find who leaked it, but they're also under no obligation to conduct an infestation, no obligation to write this super rare report there on the one hand is very revealing and on the other, is not really tell us that much. ultimately, this was a decision that affected the lives of millions of people, continues to affect the lives of millions of people, and on some level was a side show, and on the other hand, it shows us how very unaccountable and very secretive this institution. is >> the story of washington d. c. in the past several weeks has been people don't really
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know how to handle documents, it seems, specially documents that are very important to the way that we order our lives are to our feelings of personal security or autonomy and agency, perhaps. i wonder in terms of the lesson here, because it's not like that in a vacuum, right, steve? much to irin's point -- the integrity, whether it's political or not, of course they have been fighting that -- anything regarded as anything less -- objective. and yet, when this happened, will this have a negative impact -- might see the court but really how they interact with each other? >> laura, i think there is no question. i -- publicly come out and say we are -- trust each other. this is going to change how we function behind the scenes. that has to be right.
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and i think we saw the one thing in the report that actually -- information technology related recommendations about modernizing the courts infrastructure, about actually imposing the kinds of security protocols that every other government entity in washington is used to and, frankly, i think that there is a lesson there, this is a court that has become so cloistered from the political branches, this is exactly the kind of think that as recently as 15 or 20 years ago would have been the invitation to some kind of inter branch dialogue. hey, congress, we could use more money for new technology. hey, congress, we could use help figuring out how to create a meaningful, secret, secured system in the building. you look at something like the chief justice is year and a report, laura, this and the dine, banal statements that john roberts put out on years eve, where there are all these opportunities to talk about how congress could help, how the courts could benefit from being
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part of this inter branch conversation, and, instead, it talks about his judicial security. -- this report, i think it's of a piece that there is a mentality that there is absolutely nothing rotten in denmark and people can stop complaining that there is, when the report itself is actually evidence of all the ways in which that is just not true, and in which whether you like what the court is doing on the merits or dislike with the court is doing on the merits, this really is not how we would expect an institution to function in a healthy system. >> you had the last word quickly. what are your reaction to the idea of a healthy institution. >> i think it's clear that the supreme court being left to do this on and buy their own devices is not working. i like the part where they said they could not actually track the printing, because they only had so many printers on, and so many parties were not that worked to each other. to say that this investigation is thorough, it was perhaps a thorough investigation and a
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broken place. >> we will have to wait and see if anything ever ultimately comes giannis or maybe somebody will raise their hand and say it was me, i, i am the problem, tell us taylor swift style, who knows. thank you so much for a time, both of you. >> thank you. >> look, $5 million -- 5 million -- that's what a san francisco committee is proposing giving to every eligible black resident as preparations. i tell you more about that next. with two max-strength pain relievers. ♪ so you can rise from pain like a pro. icy hot pro.
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>> we have a major development in san francisco. an advisory committee on african american reparations releasing a proposal that would include a onetime payment of $5 million to each sellable black resident to address institutional harms inflicted on black americans. the committee, it actually is no authority to implement this recommendation, but the proposal will be considered by the san francisco board of supervisors. we'll talk about it now with former republican congressman joe walsh and cnn political commentator, karen finney. we are sitting here thinking about and reading it, going, is a onetime payment, a 5 million to each for total or -- again, there was a case in evansville, illinois, where they had a similar plan, about $25,000 per person instead. here on the screen, they show this lump sum payment, and this is going to be a contentious
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issue. the idea of reparations more broadly has remained a contentious issue for a variety of reasons. what do you make of this proposal? >> given that the committee does not have the actual ability to actually make this happen, it seemed like more of a messaging opportunity to say, we've got to reckon with slavery. i do think that that to my mind is what we have to do as a country, we need truth and reconciliation about not just the harms of slavery in terms of the ability to generate and pass generational wealth, but when we talk about red lining, what happened with the g. i. bill, after world war ii when african americans came home and were treated like second class citizens, or one we talked about social security. there are structural, system policies that prevented african americans from even --
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we talk a lot about and want everyone to start for the same place, but there are a lot of people who never had a chance to get to the starting block. i also think we have to acknowledge that it is a very divisive issue, and my concern about something like this is that unless we talk about truth and reconciliation, it hands maga republicans another bat to hit with. >> is ammunition? >> oh, completely. look, i am a white conservative, and i agree with everything that karen just said. this country desperately needs a tough, honest composion on reparations. you mention evanston, illinois, there are a number of localities trying to implement reparations on a small scale. a good place to start but my god, for san francisco to propose 5 million per eligible resident, no matter the details, laura, republicans will pounce. look at what desantis is doing down in florida, pushing this racial
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stuff. he knows that his voters don't even want to deal with our racial history. this will just feed, i think, republicans like that more ammunition. >> it is a testament to the power of a headline and a soundbite to go, repair and have some private -- i will say that there are eligibility requirements. just for the aryan sake, they have got to be 18 years of age or older, have to be identified as black or african american on public documents for at least ten years and meet two of eight additional criteria, including having been born or migrating between 1940 and 1996, having been incarcerated by the failed war on drugs as one category or being the descended someone that was. being a descendant of someone who was enslaved the u. s. chattel slavery before 1865, and there are a number of formerly redlined communities, so when you think about this, this is probably the task that
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so many different localities are grappling with, and the idea of how do you determine eligibility if you are to get past the political hurdle saying, let's do this, how do you do it? because then, that's where the rubber meets the road and more ammunition comes. having said that, you mention truth and reconciliation. the south african truth and reconciliation, the words escape me for a moment, the meetings they had, the hearings on these issues, very powerful and at least coming to terms in addressing what was the obvious more than elephant in the room, but i wonder, we've had these conversations many times and his country, acknowledging the ills of slavery, the evils of slavery, the long history and its current impact. yet, it seems to fall on deaf ears, even when numbers like this come up. >> one of the things that i don't -- like and i grew up in the bay area, so i feel i should say, one of the things i don't like about this, and it's a little
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bit too out there because, come on, you will not give $5 million to 100,000 people. that would bankrupt a city, so it lacks a bit of seriousness, where the other example you gave, 20 25 k per person -- >> they fought that to, though. >> of course they did, but there was at least a level of here is something we can do, or there are universities looking at some of our founders may have been slave owners. what can we realistically do? but again, that's why i say we have to start with real truth and reconciliation because we need a shared agreement about the harms of chattel slavery. we need a shared agreement -- there are people in this country who still revere robert e. lee. i happen to be related to him. there are people in my own family who won't say he was a bad guy. we have to be able to agree on some basics before we could have a real conversation about what reparations could look like, which is probably why you're seeing it on the local level. >> it's a divisive issue.
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democrats should not be afraid to really lean into it. this is not helpful to the. >> we will see what ultimately happens and again what they do in san francisco. speaking of what might be hopeful and leaning into, problems and contentious issues, can congress do anything about george santos? i spoke to a republican member of the house oversight committee about that today. we'll tell you what he said next.
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>> there are new developments tonight in the george santos saga. a resident in his own district is issuing an open letter to house speaker kevin mccarthy, calling themselves, concerned citizens of new york three. a group called out the freshman congressman for being an
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impostor impostor and push for mccarthy to stand up against santos, writing, quote, each day that goes by that george santos occupies a seat in the house is an insult to the 700,000 plus residents of the third district and the country at large. we ask that you immediately withdraw your support for santos and seek his resignation. joe walsh and karen finney are back with me now. and joining us cnn cap -- even mcconnell, so joining this evening. -- it's obvious that what is happening in washington d.c. is impacting the people within his own district. they're hearing about this and learning about this. there are the ones voting -- whether they voted for him or not -- they had the opportunity to elect a candidate of their choosing. they, seemed force, as we all should, that the candidates are who they say they are going to be. i wonder what this letter, that gives indication about what they want to happen -- you know, they can't do
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anything about it for two more years unless mccarthy or other says something about. i had a chance to speak to congressman scott perry of pennsylvania and estimate at this and what he makes of an idea that he's still in congress. listen to this. >> it does seem like it's a fraudulent choice. unfortunately, there is not much of a remedy, at least, that i know, in congress. now if there is a remedy in his state to recall him based on potentially fraudulent accusations or claims made to get elected than i think that's fully within the purview within the eight of the electorate. i just don't know that there is in this case. >> so, spoiler alert, there is not anything. >> congress could actually decide. i mean, on your job, scott perry. actually, they could vote to remove him from congress. congress could take a vote, as i understand it.
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and if you go through the ethics committee process you could then seek to remove him and then they could speed along the ethics committee process. or, as we said before, they could have not put him on committees, particularly where there is money flowing in and out the door. it's a little which, i have to say, hearing from scott perry, when he's got other issues on this issue -- i've got other issues with him. but, look i think it's clear, this is an example of how weak a speaker mccarthy's. you needs george santos. and george santos knows he is probably safest sitting in congress rather than step -- so, he's not going to step down. and it does not look like mccarthy is going to do anything. >> to that point, even, the idea that -- there wasn't -- there has not been a political repercussion. the attempt to shame and the attempt to, in his words, he was talking to don lemon the other day, have a pylon of accusations against them -- first things he has admitted to lying about. but it is really the answer to the old question, have you no
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shame? no? >> apparently not, laura. it's kind of both a blessing and a curse of our system that it is so difficult to remove someone from elected office. and that is because the peoples choice is held in such high regard. but with that letter says from those constituents in the third district of new york is, this was not the choice that we may. the person that we voted for, we don't know this person. and so, i think, you asked, what can i do? they are doing all but they can. they have limited power. but they can continue to try to pun the representatives. i think that is why we saw the new york republicans coming, out calling for santos to resign. because they were hearing for from their constituents, who were squeaky wheels here, and want them to take action. >> speaking of squeaky wheels, there's a lot of people talking about the committee assignment -- you are alluding to impart the members of congress, including santos, who has a committee assignment -- congressman marjorie taylor
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greene, paul gosar, had been stripped previously, now have them back. and how -- by the way -- i asked congressman perry about his own assignment to the oversight committee, given that there has been allegations of a conflict of interest, conversations around january 6th. listen to his answer. >> so, since i am not a target, i don't see why i should be considered unworthy or unable to investigate the malfeasance and the overreach of the federal government as a matter of fact. since i'm not a target -- but yet they seized myself phone -- i am particularly the guy that should be on that committee. and others like me should be on that committee. because we all know, full too well, what it is like to be persecuted unjustly, unduly, by the enormous and immense power of the federal government. >> what do you say to, that show? i >> say and not -- to defend harry -- but he is the republican party,
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he's an election denier. he's a january 6th sympathizer. that should be absolutely fringe. but laura, it's not fringe in this republican party. it's not fringe in that republican caucus. get rid of scott perry. get rid of marjorie taylor greene. as we have said before, good luck finding someone to put on that committee, a republican who is not an election denier, not a january 6th sympathizer. that is just the reality. this is most of this caucus now. >> but the idea of there's no conflict of interest -- what do you make of that? i think he is wrong on that. i mean, a couple of things. remember that he flouted the january 6th committee when they asked him to appear. so, why should we take him seriously on any oversight committee? i would flip his own answer back on him. and the conflict of interest -- there are, i think, at least ten election deniers who actively worked and there have been -- there is been new reporting, i believe, that cnn has verified,
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that shows congressman perry was more involved, actually, around some of the election not -- just the denialism -- by the attempt to put in a different attorney general, what have you. so, is that someone who should be sitting on an oversight committee? someone who, particularly given that trump is running for office, is his goal going to be oversight? or denigrating joe biden to make him a weak candidate? >> i just want to know, the chair of the committee did vote to certify the election -- wasn't part of many house republicans that did not vote -- that was in that camp of election denialism. so, we should at least give him some credit there. >> that's an important point. and again, it's one in which many are looking at it and saying, hold on. -- santos and beyond. the american people have -- chosen the representatives -- as a monday did not have somebody who lied about what they really were or their platforms -- but the fact that we don't really have a real mechanism other than the long process that has been a very rarely used process that speak volumes
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about, perhaps, a loophole that maybe lawmakers want to look into. there are new details tonight about the school shooting where -- do you remember this story? -- a six-year-old allegedly shot his teacher. we will speak to someone who was there right after this.
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>> we are learning tonight that the virginia teacher who was shot in the chest inside the classroom, allegedly by a six year old boy, is now out of the hospital. officials say abby's warner was released earlier this week. and the boys families putting out a statement today, calling the incident an unimaginable tragedy, and claiming the gun was secured before the shooting. the newport news public school did not respond when cnn asked
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for our comment. but parents who are angry, fearful, and frustrated about the shooting vented at a school board meeting just this week. >> i send my kids to school and find myself praying to god that they will return home safely. >> i don't want to have a family dinner where i talk about where my kids will hide in their school. >> she is terrified. because a person that was advocating for her got hurt. she got hurt. >> you guys should've been defending or protecting her when she came, whoever came and said that there was a possible weapon in that classroom. backpack or otherwise. >> joining me now is mawanda--- and gave first aid to that teacher. also with me, cnn national security analyst, juliette kayyem. i'm going to start with you
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mawanda -- touching and clutching her body. and you saw that she was bleeding. and you helped or provide some kind of first aid. what was going through your mind? what did you think happened? >> at that point, we knew that the teacher had been shot. and we knew that someone had been shot because another school official came into the office where i was -- my grandson and let us know that there was a shooting in at someone had been shot, of course. within a few minutes, ms. is warner, came into the office, holding her hand, and stating that she had been shot and to call 9-1-1. at that point she laid out on the floor and she was in a lot of distress. she was scared. it was very scary. we did not know what to do and i did not know exactly what to do. so, someone just she yelled, put pressure on her wound.
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and at that, point she was in the floor, and i did that. >> oh, my god. the -- obviously for her and for you trying to piece everything together. what have you made of the school's reaction and response? there's reports about whether the gun was secure, why he, of course, had it in the first place. what have you made of the school's response to now? >> as far as the school's response to the shooting, -- two secretaries and then someone else came into the office -- once the teacher was secure and the schools response -- they were doing everything that they could to make sure that the children -- the other children -- in the school were safe. at that, point we knew there was a shooter. we did not know who it was,
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where it was. -- that was the panic there and -- afterwards, we found out and everything kind of come down a little bit and i guess they were communicating over waukee's over the phone and we were told that the person that was shooting at the child had been secure -- that someone -- the child. >> juliette kay, when you hear, this you are trained on expertise, this contemplating of many scenarios, the -- scenario, what to, do how to avert, this what to happen, how to solve the problem and how to react -- what do you think of when you hear about some of the changes that have been proposed, including things like clear backpacks? the idea of forcing students to have a search or other mechanisms. what do you think of all that? >> we always go to defensive measures rather than intervention. and we don't know all the facts. yet but i'm just going to tell you from our --
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there's two moments with their should have been an intervention. the first, of course, is, what the parents mean to say that the gun is secure? that's just not factually accurate. it can't possibly be. maybe they thought it was secure. it was not secure to their six-year-old. the second factual question we have, there is a time period that the school knows that there might be a gun on campus. they, at least by reporting, search his backpack, the child child's backpack, they do not see it. did they not go to him and try to isolate him? this is a child, described by the parents, not me, described by the parents as having educational disorders. i don't remember their exact language. and also, strong oversight by the parents. because of behavioral mental issues. so, those are my two intervention points. before i get all the kids locking down in clear backpacks, the adults never did anything. let's just focus on
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the adults. virginia has no requirement to secure a weaponry in a home with children. it's not even clear, in this case, that the law is going to cover this case because the law is complicated in terms of recklessness. the reckless law that you hear people talk about is only if the victim is under 14. not if the shooter is under 14. so, we are going to have to see if there's any legal claims or against the adults. i think we really need to focus on the intervention by adults at this stage. the six-year-old child who had issues before and the interventions were not taken -- >> lowanda sample-rusk, the focus of to be, as well, on the children who are impacted. and i certainly hope that your grandson is okay, as of the other students in the school who are grappling with what could have been and the parents, like myself, a mommy of school aged children, and to hear about gun violence again in
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