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hello. i'm victor blackwell. welcome to cnn newsroom. >> any moment now, president biden is expected to update americans on the recent and unprecedented shootdowns of objects over north america. the president has been facing growing pressure to bring more transparency to the issue that has gripped the nation for the last month. >> let's get straight to jeremy diamond in washington. what are we expecting to hear from the president? >> this is the first time we hear directly from president biden in a formal setting on the downing not only of that chinese spy balloon but the three objects brought down between friday and sunday. to get to this point, a couple of things had to happen because
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the white house has really been in discussions over the last several days about the wisdom, the merits of the president potentially addressing this issue. they were wary at first of making this a bigger issue than it actually is. and they were also wanting to make sure the president waited until the intelligence community had a more firm assessment of the situation before he got ahead of any of the facts in this case. so, what has changed over the last couple of days is not only have we seen lawmakers on capitol hill from both parties increasingly calling for p president biden to address this issue, but also what we've seen is the intelligence community growing increasingly confident in their assessment that these unidentified objects that were shot down over the weekend were likely benign, were some kind of commercial purposes, not linked to that chinese spy balloon which traversed the whole of the continental united states before being eventually downed off the
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coast of south carolina. so, today we're expecting to hear president biden explain to americans what the united states actually knows about these unidentified objects and also to lay out some of the steps that he's taking. we know he's tasked jake sullivan with leading an inner agency group that will involve officials from various federal departments and agencies to look at how the united states handles these situations. we know the white house is developing protocols going forward for how these types of objects are treated. whether or not they're shot down and what would merit these objects being shot down. one of the key factors here is looking at the height at which these objects were flying. that was part of what prompted the shoot downs over the weekend because they were flying in that range of commercial airspace, that chinese spy balloon was flying at 60,000 feet, that's why they allowed that one to float into the ocean before ultimately shooting it down. >> do we know if the president
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is also going to be addressing that chinese spy balloon, the surveillance balloon or is this just focused on those three objects the u.s. shot down last weekend? >> we don't have a clear, clear sense right now. i would anticipate that he would address all of these situations together, mainly for the fact we have not heard from him in an extensive formal setting on that chinese spy balloon. it's important for the sake of laying out the differences between those two situations. this is coming at a time when u.s. officials are increasingly exploring this potential theory that the chinese did not intend for that spy balloon to float over the continental united states, there may have been an issue here of wind currents that led it to take that path ultimately. that's something that u.s. officials are still working to determine. that's also something to acknowledge here. even as we expect the president to come and address this situation, we know the u.s.
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government does not have all of the answers. they have not recovered those three unidentified objects that were shot down over the weekend, in part because of the remote territory over which they were shot down, including the yukon, frozen ice over the coast of alaska, and, of course, lake huron between michigan and canada. there's a lot the u.s. government is working to uncover. this will be an attempt by the white house for the president to come out to say what we do know and try to calm concerned americans who have watched this kind of unprecedented nature of fighter jets being scrambled to shoot down these objects three times in a matter of three days just this past weekend. >> so, we're expecting to hear from the president in a few minutes. we had the live shot there from the white house. as soon as the president begins to speak, we'll bring that to everyone live. jeremy diamond there, thank you for the reporting. we're also following other
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breaking news. tesla is recalling more than 360,000 of its vehicles that are equipped with its full-serve driving feature. they say it poses a possible crash risk. >> gabe cohen is following this. what are you learning? >> we're talking about a lot of vehicles. nearly 363,000 teslas being recalled by the company. that's a large portion of all four models. it's because of the full self driving beta software that's on board. you can see the models on the screen. certain model s, model x, model 3 and model y vehicles spanning 2016 to 2023 depending on the model. we have gotten this recall notice from the national transportation safety board, and it lays out what it says the problem is. it says the self-driving software could allow the tesla vehicle to act unsafe around intersections such as traveling straight through an intersection while in a turn-only lane.
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it could enter a stop sign controlled intersection without coming to a stop or proceed into an intersection during a steady yellow traffic signal without due caution. the system could respond insufficiently to changes in posted speed limits or may not account for the driver's change in speed when it exceeds posted sp speed limits in the area. this report lays out tesla's response saying it was clear tesla did not agree with the agency's analysis, that the software was unsafe but decided to issue this voluntary recall where they're going to be releasing this free over the air software update. the question now is how is this software update going to fix the problem? remember, this technology has been under the microscope for years now, and this recall is coming less than a week after we saw an attack ad during the super bowl created by the dawn project that showed teslas
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smashing into mannequins of children claiming the vehicles are using this unsafe software. tesla has identified 18 warranty claims related to these issues, but as of now no reports of any injuries or deaths. we are still waiting for a more formal response from elon musk. i did tell you he just tweeted in the last few minutes saying the word recall for this over the air software update is just flat wrong. so, again, that's the response from tesla at this point. the big headline here, 363,000 tesla vehicles that are being recalled. >> so they have been recalled. gabe cohen, thank you. we're following another major disruption, this time at new york's jfk airport. a power outage at terminal 1 that a source says was due to a fire overnight.
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>> right now, the new york port authority are trying to restore power. the aircraft ramp around terminal 1 is closed, not set to reopen until tomorrow morning. also happening right now, epa administrator michael reagan is in east palestine, ohio. he'll be speaking soon. he's assessing the response to the derailed train disaster there. nearly two weeks ago, a norfolk southern train derailed and caused this massive explosion which burned for days, upended the lives of an entire community. >> jason carroll joins us live from east palestine. residents are understandably worried about whether the air they're breathing is safe, the water they're drinking is safe. what can the epa administrator say to them to reassure them? >> a couple of things. when we spoke to him a short while ago, he wanted to reassure the people here in east
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palestine that the water is safe, and that the air, again, is safe as well. he also expressed real disappointment for norfolk southern and the reason -- and whatever reason they had, which they felt as though they could not attend last night's town hall for their safety. but he expressed disappointment over that saying a representative should have been there. at that town hall last night, as you can imagine, the people that we spoke to feel as though they still have a lot of unanswered questions, despite what state and local officials are saying about the air and the water. they want more assurances. they still have unanswered questions about who will be here testing a year from now. who will be here two years from now to make sure this community is still doing as it should be? just a short while ago, michael reagan was meeting with one local resident, christina ferguson. listen to what she had to say about how she's feeling about
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her situation. >> we need help. we do. we need president biden. we need fema housing. people are getting sick. we should not have been let back into town until all of this was done. you don't bring families back with their kids and their loved ones and then tell them to scrub with dawn. >> all that emotion there just says it all. we should also tell you that ohio's governor has been in contact with the white house this morning asking for more federal help. according to his office, specifically asking for more help from the department of health and also from the cdc, asking the cdc to get some of their medical experts here on the ground so they can talk to people about some of the symptoms that they say they are
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having as a result of what's happened here. i also want to update you with more information that we're just getting in from the governor's office about some of the air testing in the homes here in east palestine. according to the governor's office, 474 homes have been tested for air quality -- >> we have to go to the white house now. the president will speak about those objects shot down. >> our military through the north american aerospace defense command, norad, closely scrutinized our airspace, including enhancing our radar to pick up more slow moving objects above our country and around the world. in doing so, they tracked three unidentified objects, one in alaska, canada and over lake huron in the midwest. they acted in accordance with established parameters to determine how to deal with unidentified aerial objects in u.s. airspace. at their recommendation, i gave the order to take down these
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three objects due to hazards to civilian air traffic and because we could not rule out the surveillance risk of sensitive facilities. we acted in consultation with the canadian government. i spoke personally with prime minister trudeau from canada on saturday. just as critically we acted out of an abundance of caution to take down these objects safely. our military and the canadian military are seeking to recover the debris so we can learn more about these three objects. our intelligence community is still assessing all three incidents. they're reporting to me del dai and will continue their urgent efforts to do so. we don't yet know exactly what the three objects were, but nothing right now suggests that they were related to china's spy balloon program or that they were surveillance vehicles from any other country. the intelligence community's
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current assessment is that these three ones were most likely balloons tied to private companies, recreation or research institutions studying weather or conducting other scientific research. when i came into office, i instructed our intelligence community to take a broad look at the phenomenon of unidentified aerial objects. we know a range of entities including countries, companies and research organizations operate altitudes that are for purposes not nefarious but legitimate scientific research. we don't have a sudden increase of objects in the sky. we're just seeing more of them partially because of the steps we've taken to increase our radar, and we have to keep adapting our approach to dealing with these challenges. that's why i've directed my team to come back to me with sharper rules for how we will deal with
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these unidentified objects moving forward, distinguishing between those that are likely to pose safety and security risks that necessitate action and those that do not. make no mistake, if any object presents a threat to the safety and security of the american people, i will take it down. i'll be sharing with congress these classified policy parameters when they're completed, and they'll remain classified so we don't give our roadmap to our enemies to try to evade our defenses. going forward, these parameter also guide what actions we'll take while responding to unmanned and unidentified aerial objects. we'll keep adapting them as the challenges evolve. in addition, i directed my national security adviser to lead a government-wide effort to make sure we can deal safely and effectively with objects in our airspace. first, we will establish a better inventory of unmanned
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airborne objects in space above the united states airspace. and make sure that inventory is accessible and up to date. second, we'll implement further measures to improve our capacity to detect unmanned objects in our airspace. third, we'll update the rules and regulations for launching and maintaining unmanned objects in the skies above the united states of america. fourth, my secretary of state will lead an effort to help establish a global -- common global norms in this largely unregulated space. these steps will lead to safer and more skies for our air travelers, military, scientists and for people on the ground as well. that's my job as your president and commander in chief. as the events of the previous days have shown, we'll always act to protect the interest of the american people and the security of the american people. since i came to office, we developed the ability to
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identify track and study high altitude surveillance balloons connected with the chinese military. when one of these entered our airspace earlier in the month, i gave the order to shoot it down as soon as it would be safe to do so. the military advised against shooting it down over land because of the sheer size of it. it was the size of multiple school buses and had posed a risk to people on the ground if it was shot down where people lived. instead, we tracked it closely. we analyzed its capabilities, and we learned more about how it operates. because we knew its path, we were able to protect sensitive sites against collection. we waited until it was safely over water, which would not only protect civilians but enable us to recover substantial components for further analytics and then we shot it down sending a clear message -- clear message, the violation of our
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sovereignty is unacceptable. we'll abict to protect our couny and we did. this past friday we put restrictions on six firms that support the people's liberation army aerospace program including airships and balloons and denying them to u.s. technology. we briefed our diplomatic partners and allies around the world and we know about china's program and where the balloons have flown. some of them have also raised their concerns directly with china. our experts lifted components of the chinese balloon's pay load off the ocean's floor. we're analyzing them as i speak and what we learn will strengthen our capabilities. we're also continuing to engage with china as we have throughout the past two weeks. as i said since the beginning of my administration, we seek competition, not conflict with china. we're not looking for a new cold war, but i make no apologies and
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we will compete. we will responsibly manage that competition. this underscores the importance of maintaining open lines of communication between our diplomats and our military professionals. our diplomats will be engaging further and i will remain in communication with president xi. i'm grateful for the work of the last several weeks of our intelligence, diplomatic and military professionals who have proven once again to be the most capable in the world. i want to thank you all. look, the other thing i want to point out is that we are going to keep our allies and the congress contemporaneously informed of all we know and learn. i expect to be spe president xi and i hope we have down that balloon. thank you
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>> see if he takes a question. [ inaudible ] >> give me a break, man. [ multiple questions asked ] >> mr. president, what's your message? >> when are you speaking to president xi, mr. president? >> president biden there listened to a couple of questions did not answer any of those. we heard about eight minutes of remarks. most extensive thus far on the shootdown of the chinese balloons and also those three mysterious objects. he says the most recent three seem to have no connection to that first chinese balloon that
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flew over the united states. and also continuing with what we heard from white house officials, that no evidence of surveillance as they described them, benign balloons. >> he said those three balloons were most likely linked to a private company or research that some institutions are conducting right now. he drew a sharp line between those balloons and the surveillance balloon sent over by china. he said the united states had been monitoring that balloon since it was traversing over the continental united states and made no apologies for shooting it down. he said they took some restrictions on three chinese firms that supply the people's liberation army with that type of technology and equipment as weapon. let's bring in our panel to discuss further. abby phillips, natasha bertrand and kim dozier, military analyst cedric leighton. back with us is cnn white house
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correspondent, jeremy diamond. let me start with you, colonel lateen. were you satisfied with the president's explanation that these were likely benign objects that were shot down especially since we have yet to find and retrieve these objects? >> i'm not really am. you hinted at it, because we have not been able to retrieve objects from the crash sites of these downed objects. so, we really don't know very much about them. it could be possible that the president is right about these objects and the intel community is right about them, but we have to not mirror image the way we do things with what other countries are doing because the distinction between the private sector and the public sector in other countries is not as profound as it is here in the united states. so, i want to be very cautious, that these may be from a
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different entity, something completely different or benign, but i'm not convinced that they're not some kind of surveillance craft of one type or another but we will see. >> a couple of senators we have spoken with said the president should come out, certainly speak to the american people when he has something new, when he can tell them something more about it, at least the three most recent objects that have been shot down. i was waiting for t ready to write it, but i don't know that we learned anything new that we heard from john kirby and officials close to the president. >> that's right. john kirby did say earlier this week that it is the preliminary assessment of the intelligence community that these three objects shot down were not being used for intelligence purposes and that they were likely bemine, tbenign, not for hostil
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intent and they were balloons not used for surveillance. the president did go further saying they could have been tied to private companies, for example, or used for things like weather. ultimately it was the message that we have been hearing of the last week which was that this was done out of an abundance of caution and done because they were at a particular altitude that was potentially dangerous. the one thing i did find interesting about president biden's comments is that he has a team to come up with policy parameters to find out what poses a threat in u.s. airspace and what doesn't so they're not constantly shooting things out of the sky. this was an unprecedented series of events where they saw these three objects and one after another shot them down with u.s. fighter jets. these policy parameters will be classified so that enemies don't have a road map to evade our detection. clearly moving forward, the
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president has heard some of this criticism that this was a bit much, and moving forward they want to establish some kind of parameters so they don't have to do this constantly. the american people as well as lawmakers were saying they need to know more about what the threshold is going to be for actually taking these objects out. >> it's interesting because -- i will pick up on what natasha said, kim, and take this question to you. the president said they would lay out these parameters, but he also said he would have new parameters as far as global norms to regulate an unregulated space right now. the first thing i thought about were countries like china, country, who is going to be adhering to these new global norms and regulations. the president made clear he wants to keep the channel of communication open between the united states and china. that's going to be a fine line to walk. >> exactly. what military officials have been warning against is that
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china wanted to militarize what they call the near-space area, between 60,000 feet and 80,000 feet. and there is not any international law that applies to that right now. yes, secretary of state tony blinken could convene with other world leaders and try to figure out some new norm to apply to that, but china doesn't pay attention right now to the international waters issues off its coast. so, why is it going to sign on to anything that limits what it can do between 60,000 feet and 80,000 feet. what shooting down those three objects did do, however, is notify anyone who may have gotten sloppy with following faa or fcc regulations for their weather balloon launches, everyone will be careful about filing their flight plan from now on. >> there's been bipartisan maybe criticism is too strong, but a
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call for the president to speak to the american people. he has now done it. i wonder, abby, if this satisfies that request or if we'll see the calls for more transparency or to hear from the president again on this. >> i think the president's critics are not going to be satisfied with what he said today or maybe anything that he says on the subject. i do think that what he did reveal today actually just shows how little he's able to say. he's talking about very sensitive national security issues. a lot of which is classified. so, the degree to which he can be transparent to the american public is always going to be limited to some extent. i think it was important for him to explain what happened over the last several days and over the weekend and to make it clear to the american public that there was not this sort of ongoing perpetual threat of these balloons flying over u.s. territory. i think beyond that, i'm not
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sure what more he can say to the public. i think the white house probably feels like this is as far as they're willing to go. they've really hesitated to even get to this point, to come out and speak. i think this might be, barring some other kind of major incident, this might be one of the few times that we hear the president talking about this particular issue out in public. just given the sensitivity of the matter at hand here. >> jeremy, if i can get back to you about what this means for u.s./china relations. the president eluded to possibly speaking to president xi at some point in the future. there had been reports that secretary of state blinken could be meeting with his counterpart in munich this week. any indication that that meeting will take place? >> that much is not clear. what you did hear very clearly from the president was an attempt to do two things as it relates to china. the first of which was to make clear that the u.s. views this
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as a violation of u.s. sovereignty, to have that balloon flying over the united states. the president called that violation unacceptable and reiterated that he makes no apologies for taking down that balloon. on the other hand you heard president biden talking about the future of the u.s./china relationship, and this is something he has come back to time and again, which is the notion that the united states doesn't seek conflict with china. while there will be competition, that it doesn't want that competition to boil over and to spill over into any kind of conflict. the president throughout this really what i found interesting was he was not directly addressing the criticism that he has faced, but he was effectively addressing it by mentioning the fact that it was the military who advised him to wait, for example, until that balloon was over water in order to shoot it down. he referenced the fact that he was following the advice of the military in the case of those three balloons that were shot
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down over the weekend. that is also a reference to some of the criticism that the president and the u.s. military may have overreacted as it relates to these instances. president biden very clearly wanting to show that he acted on this with purpose, and also to note that in allowing that balloon to cross over the united states, they were still able to protect those sensitive military sites, and also able to track that balloon, analyze it and get information out of it. that was also clearly a defense of his actions and a justification in the face of some of the criticism he's faced over the last week. >> all right, everyone. thank you. we heard from president biden after more than a week of requests from politicians on both sides for the president to speak about not only the chinese balloon that was shot down but these three as they describe as benign balloons shot down over the u.s. and canada. part of a special grand jury's report on president
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this just in to cnn, senator john fetterman has checked himself into the hospital for depression. >> let's go to manu. >> senator fetterman was not in the senate today for votes. he suffered a stroke last year during the campaign season, he was out for some time, was in the hospital last week after feeling lightheaded. he checked himself into walter reid hospital in bethesda over concerns about suffering from clinical depression. this is according to a statement from his office. his chief of staff released a statement saying that last night senator john fetterman checked himself into walter reed medical center to receive treatment for clinical depression. while he has experienced depression off and on throughout his life it only became severe
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in recent weeks. the statement goes on to say that on monday, fetterman talked with the attending physician of the capitol, dr. brian moynihan. moynihan suggested that he go into patient care at walter reed. he said he agreed to go on a voluntary basis, he didn't say the time he agreed to but he checked himself into walter reed medical center. the doctors at walter reed told us john is getting the care he needs and will soon be back to himself. it has been a struggle for fetterman as he has come to the senate still recovering from that stroke. he's had a difficult time communicating with senators because of the processing issues that he still suffers from this stroke. we observed many times that senators have talked to him, he's had a hard time communicating with them. clearly a major adjustment here, but making this revelation just moments ago, saying that he
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will -- in fact, he's checked himself in to receive treatment for clinical depression according to his office. we'll see what happens when the senator returns and how long this treatment will take place. >> his health had been a concern throughout the campaign and even after. we wish him well. keep us posted. thank you. the special grand jury investigating donald trump's attempts to overturn the 2020 race in georgia believes crimes could have been committed. a judge released a heavily redacted report from the panel today and excerpts show the grand jury found at least one witness may have committed perjury. >> 75 witnesses testified before the grand jury, among them some of trump's most loyal allies who pedalled lies across multiple states that the defeat was rigged. sara murray has been following this every step of the way since this all began seven months ago when the jury was seated. what more are you learning that we're getting through from this report? >> you know, this is really just
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snippets of what this special grand jury concluded after their months of work. we got the introduction and the conclusion and this part about perjury concerns. they say in a part of the report that was released that a majority of the grand jurors believed one or more witnesses may have committed perjury. they say the d.a. should seek indict thements where there's compelling evidence of that. they also say they had unanimous agreement after hearing from 75 witnesses, poll workers, technical experts, that there was no widespread fraud in georgia that would have overturned the results. they say they still heard before witnesses going before this special grand jury claiming there was fraud. that has been a talking point of the former president and his allies. we did not see in this release who, if anyone, this special grand jury recommended should face criminal charges. ultimately the final decision on whether to pursue criminal
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charges rests with the district attorney in fulton county. she said those decisions are imm imminent. she said that last month. we're getting a statement from a trump spokesperson today. the president participated in two perfect phone calls about election integrity in georgia. there were many officials and attorneys on the line including the secretary of state of georgia and no one protected and no one hung up. that's the phone call with brad raffensperger where he asked raffensperger to find the votes. we don't know whether trump will be free and clear or whether the d.a. will pursue indictments against him and others in his orbit. >> still calling it a perfect phone call. thank you. let's turn to norm and jeff
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duncan, former lieutenant governor of georgia. mr. ambassador, let me start with you. i'll read you a line from the excerpt of this report. we find by unanimous vote that no widespread fraud took place in georgia 2020 presidential election that could result in overturning that election. you think that gives us an answer to the question most people want answered about any charges potentially for the former president. explain. >> i do, victor. that statement of no widespread fraud sufficient to overturn the election goes right to the core of what donald trump has been claiming happened in georgia. it repudiates him. it also establishes a basis for bringing charges. you couldn't bring charges without this kind of a conclusion on solicitation of election fraud and other
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possible basis to charge donald trump, and it knocks the stuffing out of his defense that there were improprieties or he reasonably believed that there were. i think together with other tea leaves, and the fact that we were coming into this knowing that there was a mountain of evidence of possible criminality by the former president amassed by the january 6th committee and others, this is another nail in a coffin that was already full of them. >> jeff, among the 75 or so witnesses, lindsey graham, rudy giuliani, michael flynn. senator graham said today that he's confident in his testimony and has not heard yet from the district attorney. i'm just curious from your perspective, how nervous do you think some of these other names should be right now? >> well, i was one of those 75. it was an intense room to be in. think about walking into a room
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with 23 jurors you never met before, no legal counsel and you answer questions as long as they want to ask them. it was an intense process. music to my ears to hear all 23 agreed that there was no widespread fraud in the election and it was as spoken by myself and several others in the state. certainly, there are -- insinuating that there was some sort of perjury during this process, i'm sure people are trying to wonder did someone step on their toes, did they overspeak what points they were trying to make or misdirect those 23 jurors? >> geoff, norm says this statement of affirming there was no widespread fraud is another nail in the coffin. we heard from sara murray, the statement from trump lawyers, but they always say that. if you were to read this document and you were on the trump legal team, would this be enough to make you more concerned than you were before it was released?
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>> this document as i read it is more of a teaser for the full movie that's going to play here at some point in the future with this whole report. it was the introduction and it was the conclusion and certainly all of the meat is missing. if anybody was out there spewing -- think about this, there's three lanes they were spewing this nonsense about. one was the phone call that we all paid attention with brad raffensperger and others, then continual flow of conspiracy theorys that i think there will be some tough questions to answer around that. and in other areas out there that they'll have to be accountable for. and this fake elector process and how that was run. >> the grand jury's recommendations are not binding by any means. how much of an impact do you think this will have on the decision to indict? >> i think it will have a
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substantial impact. this is 23 grand jurors who felt so strongly about this that they wrote the report themselves. it's the people of the american democracy speaking up in defense of the american democracy, and together with all the evidence that we had before, including the tape of donald trump demanding that this georgia official find 11,780 votes that didn't exist, and those phony electoral certificates that donald trump was personally involved in fabricating the scheme for, i just think that it's very likely that we are going to see charges from the d.a. >> norm eisen and geoff duncan, thank you. we received new details from police on the michigan state shooter's motive including the
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the five students who were injured in monday night's shooting at michigan state university are "showing signs of improvement." one of them has been upgraded to stable condition. that's according to the university's interim president. >> police revealed more details about their initial encounter with the suspect. >> officers received a call that subject matching that description was walking down the street, this was on lake lansing
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road, city of lansing. officers made contact. two officers made contact with the shooter. approximately 20 feet from mcrae. they exited their vehicle, ordered him to show his hands. however, he produced a weapon and then killed himself. it does appear that from the body-worn camera that mcrae did not verbalize anything to the officers prior to shooting himself. >> adrienne is live in east lansing. what did you learn today? >> we did learn from the hospital in addition to the chairman however, at least four other students are still in critical condition. and as they fight for their lives, we're learning more about that 43-year-old shooter. investigators say they recovered two guns and say those guns were
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purchased legally. but they were not registered. they also found a backpack the shooter was carrying. inside, they discovered loaded magazines, eight of them. but that's not all. they found a pencil shiefzed pouch containing what police called 50 loose rounds of ammo, as well as empty magazines, and we've been reporting about this note investigators say they discovered. today we learned it was two pages. it was in his wallet, and it had a list of businesses this shooter wanted to target including a warehouse, police say, where he used to work. meanwhile, the chairman of the board of trustees is not only affiliated with the college in her professional role, but her daughter is a student here and still on edge. >> last night at the vigil my daughter had not been on campus since monday, but i convinced
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her to come. immediately when i got on the stairs, she started to text me, mom, i don't feel safe. >> reporter: and that is the terror some students are still living with. we spoke with so many students at the vigil last night who said it was their first time returning to campus after what happened monday. one young lady told me on monday night, she said, i'm being transparent with you, she said she's a recovering addict. she said she almost relapsed after what she lived through. victor, bianna? >> there will be so many challenges for people on that campus after living through yet another mass shooting in this country. thank you so much. president biden is undergoing a routine physical. it will likely be the 80-year-old's last health update before he launches an expected bid for re-election. what we're learning, that's ahead.
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the head of the environmental protection agency is speaking to families in east palestine, ohio, today. he's trying to reassure them that the federal and local governments are doing everything possible to respond to that massive train derailment. a chemical odor lingers days after the derailment, and officials estimate thousands of fish were killed by contamination washing down streams and rivers, fueling residents' concerns about water and air safety. >> epa head michael regan says all of the air testing has come back clean, and the municipal well waters are safe to frank. he even said he let his own children drink the water there as long as it had been tested.
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>> we are absolutely going to hold norfolk southern accountable, and i can promise you that. from the very beginning, epa personnel have been on site supporting local and state partners as they've led emergency response efforts. we've had boots on the ground leading robust air-quality testing including the advanced technological aspect plane and a mobile analytical laboratory in and around east palestine. since the fire went out, epa air monitoring has notty abouttected any -- not detected any levels of health concern adistributed to the train derailment. epa has assisted with the screening of more than 480 homes under the voluntary screening program offered to residents. and no detections of vinyl chloride or hydrogen chloride were identified. and we're continuing to make those screenings available to any resident that wants to have their indoor air tested. we're also continuing to conduct
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24/7 air monitoring to ensure the health and safety of all residents. as it relates to water, epa is supporting ohio and the local government in determining what impacts the spill has had on surface and ground water and ensuring that the derailment has not had an effect on drinking water supplies. >> president biden is back at the white house after a routine physical this morning. this is the last scheduled health check for biden. the oldest president in american history, before a possible bid for re-election. >> cnn's elizabeth cohen joins us now. the white house says some results will be released, so when could we see them? >> reporter: the president's physician says -- sorry, the white house says that the president's physician will be releasing a comprehensive report sometime this afternoon. let's take a look at what we learned from the president's last physical which was in 2021.
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the physician, his physician talked about how president biden had throat clearing, he was often clearing his throat, possibly due to reflux, that hay had issues with his walk. in part he said due to arthritis. also a precancerous lesion was removed during a colonoscopy. now you might remember back in 2020 then-president trump said that he had taken a cognitive test, a cognitive assessment. physicians do at an annual visit for an older person, do an assessment to detect cognitive impairment. we will find out if this is mentioned in the report that's supposed to come out later this afternoon, if president biden had that. i want to take advantage of the president's physical to talk about colon cancer screening since we know that he had it back in 2021. let's take a look at when all of us are supposed to be getting screened for colon cancer. younger than 45, start if you're younger than 45 if you have a
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