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noise and confusion generated by dominion and the private equity owners, the core of the case is about the freedom of the press and freedom of speech. >> yeah, briefly, can you remind us why dominion cares about this? that's why this lawsuit matters. >> along with the election conspiracy theories is focused on dominion. basically, focused on the voting technology companies suggesting that they may have allowed the election to be rigged. and so they are arguing that it was because fox news advanced the risk and it is because of business interests and we're seeing the messages come tout day. -- come out today. >> thank you very much, oliver. and cnn news continues right now. >> they better run to me when i walk in a bank. when i walk in the bank, if it that manager is sitting there when i get, there you better
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meet me at the door. >> good morning, everyone. that is charles barkley. don has the day off. poppy is in utah. you see her there for the nba all-star game. poppy, i'm so excited -- >> jealous of your co-anchors, for sure. >> rough assignment, right? i cannot believe they sent me here. i'm going to complain to the bosses. this is terrible p i'. i'm just in centre court. this is amazing. we have a fun lineup. i sat down yesterday with shaq with, chuck, with kenny. i couldn't get a word in edge wise. it was awesome. you're going to see that at 8:00 a.m. then we're joined by ryan smith, the utah jazz owner and someone who loves the state of utah, you'll hear all about this sill con slopes. we'll talk about the tech scene here. the wnba commissioner krajy
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engelbert and an update on brittney griner. >> the first time they had the all-star game in utah in 30 years. super excited. we'll be checking back in with poppy. we also have a lot going on in the news development has. did hackers just attack the fbi? what we're learning this morning about a possible assault on the bureau's computer system. plus -- >> i don't know if ice cream just, you know, uncovered this. a lot of them went under. curled up in a ball under their chairs. >> we'll hear more from the michigan state professor inside the classroom when the mass shooters stormed in and murdered his students. >> also this morning, the police officers charged with murdering tyre nichols are due in court today. we're standing by with what we should expect. we're going to start this morning with the professor you just heard from.
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who came face-to-face with the mass shooter at michigan state university. he was in a classroom with students and the first building the gunman attacked during that bloody rampage. the professor told cnn what the shooter looked like when he stepped inside the room and saw him. >> i could see this figure. it was so horrible. you know, when you see someone who is totally masked, you don't see their face. you don't see their hands. you don't see -- it was like seeing a robot. it is like seeing something not human. >> cnn's miguel marques spoke with him. it is hard to listen to him recount this nightmare, to talk about what it was like. how is he doing? >> well, he's not doing well. he's a professor. he is very clinical. he is having a tough time. he's taking a lot of pills over the last few days to try to get
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to sleep. but now he wants to be more in touch with his students. look, there are so many mass shootings in this country. it is a question that all americans have to ask themselves. do you run? do you fight? do you barricade yourself in? what would you do in this situation? in many of the cases with these students, it happened so quickly. no matter how fast they reacted, it wasn't fast enough. >> reporter: so you're in your class. it's 8:15 or so on monday night. 45 students are in there with you. this man walks in. and he fires in quick succession like that. did you realize people were being shot? >> oh, yes. the first thing that runs through my mind is like this is not happening. this cannot be happening. it's like you don't believe such horror is happening to you.
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and at that moment, kind of was preparing myself to be killed. i said well, if i'm killed, i'm killed. but these are kids. these are 18-year-olds, 19-year-olds. and when you're a professor, you develop a sense of mentorship for them. and you also want to protect them. >> what would you do seconds to act, confusion, fear, and chaos surrounding you? the classroom at msu's besrky hall. he taught the same class in the same classroom for five years. the room around 50 feet long with room for around 80 students has two doors, front and back and windows along one side. it has several rows of fixed seats and desks. the gunman partially he entered through the back door, said nothing, and began firing. some students hid. some froze. some were able to escape through the windows. but even that wasn't easy.
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>> i said escape through the windows. kick the windows open and escape through the windows. and the first line of windows closer to the rows of seats are -- couldn't be kicked. this he couldn't be broken. they're made out of very hard glass. probably for, you know, installation. so they attempted, they couldn't open those. but then the second set of windows higher up, they were open. there was big enough an opening so they started escaping that way. >> so they couldn't get out to the bottom part of the window. >> no, but they were climbing. >> and you're on the ground floor. >> i was holing thespe through the windows. >> reporter: what are you feeling, if anything? guilt? anger? fear? >> guilt because i didn't throw myself at this guy to stop it.
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but he would have just simply -- >> reporter: you were also across the room though. >> yeah. by the time i reach him, i would have already been, you know, on the floor. guilt, sad. i didn't fight more. and scream more to get help for those kids that were in the floor. >> reporter: but you don't know that they could have been saved. >> i don't know that. someone said to me, they're gone. that's what they said, they're gone. and i don't know. someone said something about their pulse. i don't know. i don't know when a human is gone and when a human is not. >> reporter: so to see this -- >> oh, yeah. it is heartwrenching. >> reporter: to be the person responsible for them -- >> and to see i couldn't stop it. it is the worst thing that i couldn't -- it's like they became like my family. they're like my kids.
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i have a daughter their age. so to me it was like, you know, seeing my daughter or anybody that age being killed and under my watch. on many i watch. it broke my heart to see these two that i couldn't help. >> reporter: so top on the priority list for the professor is get back in touch with his students. he's been wruiting a letter to them, drafting it, what to say, how to say it. it is tough going. it's like his family was injured and killed in that attack. back to you. >> yeah. it's something any professor thinks they'll have to say to their students or hopes that they don't. that was a really remarkable interview. thank you. now in just hours five former memphis police officers charged with tyre nichols' murder will appear in court. all are charged with second-degree murder, aggravate
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aaggravated assault and official oppression. our justice correspondent is in front of the memphis courtroom. just begin with what we're expecting to see and hear today. >> right. it will be their first court, initial court appearance. they'll be arraigned on charges you mentioned. it will be the first time we get to see them since this horrific incident, since the video was released, since they were arrested. we also expect to see tyre nichols' family. it will be first time also for the community members to come face-to-face with these five officers. as this investigation is continuing, more officers are expected to be disciplined. the investigation and more charges could come to other
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officers. also, we're waiting for more video and audio that the police, da, and local officials here have said will be released at some point, perhaps next week. so, yet, more to come. but significant in that this day will be the first time thap t t family members and community will come face-to-face with the officers and the initial appearance here behind me in a couple of hours. >> yeah. we'll continue to check on that. thank you for being there. now this morning pennsylvania senator john fetterman is back in the hospital battling something millions of americans have experienced, clinical depression. according to his chief of staff, fetterman checked himself into walter reid and is receiving treatment. last week he was hospitalized after feeling lightheaded. last may he had a stroke days before the democratic primary. in a statement fetterman's office wrote, while john experienced depression off and on throughout his life, it only became severe in recent weeks.
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now in an interview months after his stroke, fetterman said he was up to the demands of being a senator. >> there really isn't anything that is going to stop me from doing this job. i've been able to run a successful campaign despite having the issues with auditory processing, et cetera. i believe i'll be able to serve effectively. >> joining us now is cnn political commentator and host of cnn's reporting. first we want to start about the health coming into focus here, right? we're a long way from the walter mondale years. this must be the last thing he wants politically. >> i wish him godspeed. i admire his courage and being so forthcoming and willing to talk about and acknowledge the admission is for clinical depression. i'd like to think this is an important milestone on the road toward destigmatization. it couldn't come in a better time. the cdc released a stunning report this week talking about
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the incidents of mental health issues among american youth, s specifically high school students. 42% of whom are experiencing feelings of hopelessness. how about the idea that 30% of american girls in high school have seriously contemplated a plan for suicide. very to to destigmatize the issues and talk about them and put brain health on the same playing surface as physical health. and that's what i'm hoping will be the silver lining that comes out of this. >> yeah. it is important to have the conversations. i have a 16-year-old sister. i was so disturbed by the numbers. michael, also to hear a sitting senator talk about it. you know capitol hill well. politicians aren't always honest about their health and what looks like. they're worried it will hurt them politically. what do you make of him coming out so publicly about this and also what you've seen, reaction, the response to his fellow senators? >> well, i love the response because the response has been a supportive response. i'm not the only one to note
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that it was 50 years ago that tom egelton had to stand down on the democratic ticket as a vice-presidential running mate with george mcgovern. interesting footnote, he did get reelected from the great state of missouri. but 50 years ago, we were not ready to have this conversation. i have to believe that everybody now knows, we're all one degree of separation away from these issues. i'd like to think there is an acceptance out there that wasn't a half century ago. >> i think that's fair to say. we do talk about it. covid changed the way that we talk about mental health. >> it's notable. just about everything is a political football these days. and the fact that somehow this does feel like there is a shift. maybe post opioid crisis for the republican party in particular. do you sense kind of more embrace of that talk around mental health? ? >> you know, i would like to think so. i had a conversation with chris christie not that long ago.
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you had a moment when you ran for president in 2016. and we then talked about the need to address exactly these issues. i think -- i'd like to think that it's not one where people are going suit up in their usual partisan jerseys. god, i hope so. >> agreed. michael, thank you. you can watch michael's show 9:00 a.m. on saturdays. now to a cnn exclusive this morning. the fbi says they contained a malicious cyber incident on part of the computer network. the fbi says they're actively investigating this. a source is telling cnn that the new york field office was involved. it's one of the bureau's biggest and highest profile offices. cnn is tracking all of this. shawn, you have exclusive reporting just in on how the fbi is handling this. the idea is that they think they have it contained. what have you learned? >> kaitlan, normally you call the fbi when you get hacked. here's someone that flipped the
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script. the fbi is responding to a computer intrusion and they are having to deal with it internally. here's what we know and don't know. what we know is in the last few days fbi officials have been investigating this incident and working to contain it and remediate it. according to reporting from myself and colleague, it is a massive office and influential one for the bureau's work across the country. and we've also reported that investigators believe this is a computer system involving child sex image exploitation investigation. that is very serious indeed. what we don't know is who at this point carried this out. >> what steps do they take to figure out who figured it out and what that looks like and also how to fix what has been hacked and make sure that there is not more information that
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could be breached? >> right. they say they contained it. what that involves is isolating the computer system that was breached and he sort of making sure that there's no beaconing or communicating between the intrusion like the foothold that they may have had with an outside system. so they're working to cut that off. and then obviously trying to trace and identify who did this. fbi has no shortage of adversaries. they're trying to arrest cyber criminals overseas. so there is a lot of investigative work to do, kaitlan. >> yeah. there s we'll check back in with you to make sure we're staying on top of it, sean, thank you so much. also this morning, it's not just the people who are in east palestine, ohio, who are worried about their water. worried that it's not safe because of that toxic train crash. it is also the millions of people in and around the state. we'll speak to the head of water quality and treatment in cincinnati about what they're seeing. >> and difficult diagnose igs for bruce willis.
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tlnch . there you see sparks coming off the norfolk southern trail 15 minutes before it derailed in east palestine, ohio. it shows the final stage of failure. that's what happened then. of course, major question that people living there want know what's going to happen next. the epa is testing air. the governor is asking for the cdc to provide help. but it's no the just the people and residents of east palestine concerned about their health this morning. one of the dangerous chemicals has seeped into the ohio river and traveling down stream. millions of people are now concerned about their drinking water as well. >> what do you want to as the epa administrator? what do you want to hear from him? >> i want to hear that my creek is going to be clear. i played in that as a child.
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i went through the tunnels. i want my town safe. >> you're not satisfied with the testing that's been done at your house? >> no. you can smell it as soon as you go into my house. >> joining us now is the water quality and treatment superintendent of greater cincinnati the wear works, jeff sweatberger. you served more than a million people at a cincinnati area. you get 88% of the drinking water from the ohio river. that is obviously why so many people have questions. i know you've been doing testing. what exactly do you test for snr what does that look like? >> we're working with a lot of partners, regional partners. and especially for the ohio river valley sanitation commission. so we're going -- we're working with that group, getting samples all up and down the ohio river. and we're bringing it here into our lab and doing these analysis. now fortunately, we're not finding the high concentrations in the east palestine area.
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our concentrations are much less and coming down the ohio rougher, what we're seeing is especially one compound that is being protected. that compound is actually decreasing a bit as it is coming down the river between the volatilization and being eaten up. but because the concentration becoming less and less as it is moving towards us. >> it's becoming less and less. the but you're seeing a difference since this train wreck happened? >> yeah. so this is something we would not have detected before. the we -- the test that we do, we have a suite of tests we do all the time anyway to make sure the water is safe. if there is anything in there, we'll detect it. this compound would have been detected in that. we don't detect it. we haven't detected it before. but now we're detecting it upstream of the city of cincinnati. >> one thing we heard from a lot of people is they're skeptical of the testing. i know we hear from you. we heard from officials at east palestine and epa that they're doing this testing. telling us what they see. but how do people know they can trust the testing?
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is. >> i think in our part, you know, we're drinking water, too. i'm drinking it. my family is drinking it. i don't want to drink this stuff. i want to make sure that we're doing as good a job as we can to characterize what is happening and also looking at our treatment. we've done a lot of work in our treatment plant to make sure we remove it. we feel we have several barriers we can remove it. even before that, we can shut down and not bring the water in for a while. if we see it is getting close to us that, is our first action is just shut down and let it go by altogether. >> and one aspect is the rain. we talked about the soil in east palestine. the rain happening, washing it down. what concerns do you have about that? >> well, we have monitoring systems set up and will detect something else. something else gets washed into the river, we will detect it and have several weeks notice before it gets to us. because of this monitoring system that we set up, we feel
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we're in really good condition to be able to detect something if it does get washed out. >> that sounds like you're saying if people are concerned in cincinnati, people down stream from east palestine, they should not have concerns. is that what you're telling me? >> yeah. very much. not only cincinnati but we're working with a lot of utilities up and down the river. over five million people get their water from the ohio river. we're working with the water utilities in a group to make sure that we're all aware of what is happening, what treatment is effective and make sure this doesn't get into the drinking water. >> how long does this change how do you your job? you know, you're monitoring now. 24/7 is what you said. but how long does this go on for? i think a lot of the residents are concerned it's a short term attention span and not something that people are paying attention to as long as they need to. this may be three weeks in duration in total for us. but, again, we have a monitoring
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system so if something else comes down, we detect it and we'll start over then with the monitoring. >> given your expertise on this they complained about the idea that they're told the water is safe. they're told to brdrink bottled water. if you live there, how do you square the two? >> a lot of people in east palestine have their own private wells. that's a very different situation than what we have when we have a centralized drinking water system. so there is free testing that they're doing for those people. i absolutely they should have their wells tested. not just now but later on in the future, too, to make sure nothing else gets into there. >> does it ever become a situation where you think that east palestine should be designated as a super fund site? it gets the federal attention and it changes the contamination and how they are allocating resources for it? should it be super fund site? >> i don't know about a super
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fund site. i certainly think that there needs to be a lot of effort put in to it right now to characterize what is there to clean up what is there. but, yeah, i think they need a lot of attention up. there. >> thank you for sharing that expertise with us and saying that your family is drinking the water. you do believe it is safe. >> absolutely. thank you. >> thank you, jeff. the special grand jury looking into donald trump's actions in georgia after the 2020 election released part of the report. so what is it in and why they're recommending charges? and i'm live in salt lake city, utah, head of the all-star weekend for the nba. we have great interviews coming up. i'll speak with the wnba commissioner and also the owner of the utah jazz, bryan smith. and i have the best assignment in television today. plus, you'll see sitdown with shaq, charles barkley and kenny smith coming up. perspirant
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>> i'm pretty sure -- michael jordan can dunk. and he can dunk. so that's two. it started 30 years ago. >> apparently, ryan used to sneak into this stadium and couldn't afford a ticket to the all star game because it is expensive. who can? now he owns a team. how is that for you? full circle story coming up from here. >> she said good to see you. >> good to see you. >> we're going to turn to a lot of developments happening in the news. the special grand that investigated former president trump in fulton county and the actions he took there. he said there was no widespread
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vote that took place in georgia's results in the presidential election. thap is according to the released parts of the final report. georgia's secretary of state says this backs up what he has been telling us all along. >> we were vindicated. >> no fraud but maybe perjury. it was committed by one or more that testified. they're recommending the district attorney seek appropriate indictments because of. that the report doesn't name any witnesses. they have not brought any charges yet. the district attorney has not brought any of those. it remains to be seen whether or not she does. >> healthy, vigorous, and fit to successfully execute the duties of the presidency. those are quotes from president biden's doctor after his physical at walter reid on thursday. also, there were no findings
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consistent with stroke, ms, or parkinson's disease after an extremely detailed neurological exam. doctors did remove a small lesion on his chest for a biopsy. the report comes ahead of biden's re-election intentions in the next few months. >> it's -- you know, the president does not have to share his health results. it's not legally obligated. >> in recent years, it has become a very important question to voters. the family of bruce willis is giving a painful update on his health this morning. our senior medical correspondent elizabeth cohen will explain next.
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polling after he had to crawl on to the stage of a political debate on monday. the venue did not have any wheelchair access. organizers asked the councilman to raise himself on to the stage so they only had to lift his chair which weighs 400 pounds. the facility's executive director is now apologizing after backlash saying, quote, i deeply regret it took this incident to elevate the urgency for this change. we're committed to ensuring that no one experiences lack of access to the stage again. the council member also got an apology from the county clerk's office which organizes these debates. he said he is satisfied with the response but certainly put a highlight on the fact they did not have access to it in the first place. heartbreaking news about bruce willis. his wife says he now has a form of dimen of dementia. he was diagnosed with the ability to understand or loss of speech. his condition progressed. we'll bring in our senior
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medical correspondent elizabeth cohen much help us understand better this specific type of dementia. >> yes, i think sometimes people hear dementia, they think alzheimer's disease which is a type of dementia. about tl are others. what mr. willis has is frontal temporal dementia. take a look at the brain. you can see the lobes that we're talking about. there is damage to nurones in t -- nurons in the frontal and temporal lobe. this is actually often diagnosed in late 40s or 50s or 60s:so unlike alzheimer's, this tends to affect younger people. >> what does that mean for family? for how it progresses and in terms of quality of life? >> right. unfortunately, it is progressive. there is no cure. let's take a look at some of the details of this type of dementia. it is actually nerve loss in as we discussed in the frontal or
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temporal lobe. you can see it varies from person to person. general, deterioration in behavior and personality and difficulty comprehending language and speaking. there are no specific treatments. you can give people, for example, medicine for depression or irritability. but that's kind of about it. it's basically medicines to treat the symptoms. it's everything from depression to unusual behavior to changes in gait and in walking. it is wide range and very difficult to get a diagnosis for this type of dementia. his family said we're just so -- obviously, they're unhappy that he's ill. but they said they're grateful to finally have a diagnosis because it allows them to move on and think best ways to take care of him. >> they're bringing a lot of awareness. can you talk about how common it is? this is an unusual diagnosis, is it not? >> it is. it is less common than other
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types of dementia. it may be more common than we think. it does sometimes take years to get a diagnosis. sometimes people even, you know, after they're gone, they never got the right diagnosis. it is possible that more people have this than we think. >> elizabeth cohen, thank you so much for this explanation. also ahead, what president biden is saying publicly about the many is tmysterious hobts s d -- objects shot down over america and we'll talk to microsoft mccall who is live in munich where a security conference is under way. look forward to that interview. good to hear what he has to say. also, i'm live in salt lake city, utah this morning ahead of the all star weekend. in minutes, i'll speak with the owner of the utah jazz, ryan smith.
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we haven't had the all-star game in 30 years. look around. we're the youngest state in the country. there is a lot of things, i mean, states have problem owning different things. one thing we own is innovation. you'll see a lot of innovation.
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this is the full digital all-star game and most tech-forward all-star game. you're seeing a lot of hope in this state. >> i'm a huge utah fan now by the way. i'm poppy harlow. so glad to be live in salt lake city. that is ryan smith, the owner of the utah jazz. the league's best players are coming to showcase their skills in a series of exciting competitions, three points, dunk, celebrity game tonight. like ryan said, the first time the nba all-star game will be in the city since 1993. he is pulling out all the stops to showcase what utah has offer on the court and off the court. he is also founder and executive chairman of a >> so good to be here. thanks for coming. >> thrilled to be here. the story goes that you used to sneak into this arena to watch
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the jazz. true? >> mine, i may or may not have once or twice, yes. but, yeah, no. i know this place pretty well. >> you couldn't afford a ticket because most people can't to the all-star game in '93. now you own the jazz. could you talk about what that moment means? >> first of all, it's a huge moment for the state. and i think it's a great timing because utah's unbelievably just on fire right now. and for me as a kid to be here and have, like, our team and be such a big fan and to be back here with the jazz, with our representation, and just watch the state rallying. there are so many people that want to be here, who come to utah. it's a good moment to shine. >> you actually think utah gotten a bad rap. your words, not mine, a horrible job in branding. what do people get wrong with about this state? >> i just think that the state -- >> i think i read that quote.
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>> maybe the state's completely changed over the last 20 years. and i would say specifically the last ten. we constantly have been in the top ten for fastest growing. but if you look, we get 7 million people come for skiing. they visit our parks. but they would always leave. and now we have this tech ecosystem that's top three in the country and it changed the state. >> i heard it's called the silicon slopes. you sold a $8 billion dole to sap. you have a huge ipo. i don't think of tech when i think of utah. you want to change that? >> i think we already have. more ipos in utah than san francisco or new york city in 2018. i think probably the bigger thing is this is a story that people should be looking at and those who know, know. >> before we move on to basketball and what's happening tonight, talk about tech no general because we have seen sweeping layoffs in tech. you laid off 250 workers. what is happening in tech now?
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>> we had an incredible run in tech. we started qualtrics in 2002. then went through 2008 and 2009. i think we are seeing a right-sizing and probably still not back to where we are in 2010, '11, '12. it's the ebb and flow. but we will be great. >> talk about tonight. we saw you with dwyane wade. you are going to be team captains of the celebrity game tonight. a lot of money is being donated, part to five for the fight, your cancer charity that raised over 50 million bucks. >> first of all, team ryan is going to take down team dwayne. >> really? >> yeah. he has been in the gym. like this is -- and he slow-plays it. by the way, i have a 10:00 to practice shooting. we will be shooting against each other for charity. it's an incredible event. he is such a good sport because, i mean, he is an nba top 75
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player and here i am, like just a guy shooting. >> can you really dunk? >> yeah, i think -- i mean, at this age, yeah, a little bit, yeah. >> you didn't do so well dunking in front of d-wade the other day. >> it was off the back of the rim the whole time. >> we have bad days. >> there is adrenaline. >> so on a more serious note, you wanted to buy my team, the minnesota timberwolves, apparently and your life was like, we are utah. good thing you listened to her. so you end up acquiring the jazz in a transaction that was meaningful because you talk about it as stewardship. tell the viewers what adam silver told you. >> the miller family has been in charge of the jazz for 35 years and they did an incredible job to filling the arena, they would split games between here and vegas. they are incredible. it was just an opportunity to come in and step in. i don't think any of us saw it
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coming. we called adam. he was like out of all the teams, this is the last. then he said, a lot of people if they are super lucky to be a part of the nba, like it's unique, but no one, no one gets their hometown team. and so we feel fortunate. gail always said it was a stewardship. i didn't really understand what that meant until being in this spot. it's an incredible platform, especially in utah in our state. regardless of what people differ in opinions on different things, whether it's religious or political or universities, everyone agrees on the jazz. >> in your first press conference you said this franchise is going to be actively anti-racist. what does that mean? why did yodo it? how do you do it today? >> in america and across the world you are seeing a great divide and i think we are further apart maybe than we have been in the past and i think you need to be proactive and it's
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not something that you can just sit back and be reactive for. it's something we think about all the time from who we hire to the programs we start and to letting -- >> scholarships? >> the scholarships. for the last three years, every jazz win we have offered a full ride scholarship for a minority student. if you look at 120 wins and 120 scholars, it starts with education. so in everything we're doing, we're saying, hey, look, this is who we are as an organization and how do we show up and what message are we sending to the community. >> before we go, you are sort of mo in building a big tech company to build something great you tear down something good. questions about coaching decisions. how do you think about that as you apply it to the nba? >> i think i have a sign in my office that says tune out the noise and play the long game.
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we are playing the long game here. we want to have an incredible run. the jazz are the second winningest franchise over the last 30 years. we are trying to be that over the next 30 years. >> look forward to watching it. thanks, ryan. >> thanks for having me. >> have a great weekend. >> nice spot here. >> thanks for having us to your second home. >> guys, there is a full weekend of all-star events on our sister channel tnt leading up to the all-star game sunday night. back to you guys. >> okay. i know you said earlier, i like the dunk contest. i'm excited to see that. we have been talking here about john fetterman this morning and the conversation he brought. something i was reading that is amazing about the utah jazz they have a vice president of player wellness who does mental health checks with players on the team. >> ryan is smiling. >> oh, really? >> yeah. i don't know if we can get his shot. i didn't know that. that's great that you guys do
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that. >> it's a big part of the world, especially if you are an athlete. especially if you are an athlete. >> good for you. good for you. kaitlin, always teaching me things i didn't know. i love that they do that, too. guys. >> all right. we'll get back to you in a little bit. >> excited to see more of the interviews there. "cnn this morning" continues right now. ♪ good morning. audie cornish is here with us. don has the day off. poppy is in utah for the nba all-star game. we have lot of the great moments from there with charles barkley. first, we are going to talk this morning about what we are seeing here, new surveillance videos that show sparks flying from the wheels of the same train that later crashed a short time later and unleashed that toxic disaster in ohio. it could be a major clue for
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investigators. we will hear from the head of the epa about the massive cleanup that's underway as families are worried about their health. president biden says the m mysterious flying objects do not appear to be spy balloons. will republicans be satisfied with that answer? we'll speak to the chairman of the house foreign affairs commit committee. >> and this. >> what do people do when you walk? >> run to me. when i walk in the bank, if that manager is sitting there, man, you better meet me at the door. >> nothing was off limits. nothing. i got a chance to sit down with three members of the legendary in "inside the nba" crew as we head into all-star weekend right here in salt lake city. first, the families in east palestine, ohio, who are complaining this morning of headaches, pain in their throats. that comes two weeks after a train loaded with toxics chemicals crashed and burned in
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their town. now they are wondering why were they allowed to go back home. the biden administration has deployed medical experts to assess how dangerous the area is as the massive cleanup is very much still underway. >> we need help. we do. we need president biden. we need fema, housing. people are getting sick. we should not have been like 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. >> it's a concern echoed by so many. officials estimate that thousands of fish were killed by contamination washing down streams and rivers. ohio senator j.d. vance was there to see it first happened. here is what his assessment was. >> something i just discovered is that if you scrape the cree

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