i think he's fooling himself, thinking he can of it both ways. because the maga base controls the nomination process. and these done to that. secure all into trump or you're not. when more if we have time i think we do. wouldn't it be great if it became a thing where brad leader sing a song that is meaningful in the host country? humanity is just what this world needs right now. how many of us now have a bug in our ear, of don mclean saying in american pie, right? whether you're in the shower driving in the car you can be doing it. one more i think we can do it. he did a better job of you did with mandy, if you know what that, is it's a reference to the fact that this morning, i saw barry manilow's, coming and i can help but break out in some, go to my social media. thanks for joining, us the news continues here on cnn.

>> the judge considers bail for the suspect -- leaks case. why prosecutors say he is a flight risk. and -- reports of fighting in khartoum, despite new cease-fires. -- foreign citizens rushed to evacuate. >> live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with kim brunhuber. -- a former vice president compelled to testify about his direct conversations with the president he served. >> that's a situation mike pence found himself in on thursday before a grand jury in washington -- -- >> former vice president

testified before a federal grand jury for more than five hours. that testimony would have been about what happened after the trump the president at the time, at a time when donald trump was pressuring him to overturn the vote. hints pence refused to do so. pence has also spoke about this conversation publicly. he's right about them in his book. the -- on a tour of -- really regularly. whenever before as an investigation, as a grand jury and have prosecutors gotten pence under oath to reveal exactly what he thought, what he, felt and what was said between him and donald trump on those crucial day as part of this investigation. so this is a really significant moment in the january 6th criminal investigation being led by special counsel jack smith at the justice department. it is also quite a momentous

moment in history. there is never before been a vice president, who called to testify under subpoena, about the president they served alongside. that didn't happen watergate with which are nixon. it in-app in whitewater with bill clinton, which both had very active grand juries. so this is different and it also is a very crucial moment, putting mike pence here, because the justice department had to fight for this testimony. they went to court over this donald trump tried to block the testimony. he tried to limit what pence could say about their direct conversations. he lost those court battles. mike pence also went to court to fight on this and did not want to testify under subpoena. but he did get a little bit of the leeway from the court being able to protect what he was doing when he was the presiding officer on january 6th. but today, that federal grand jury did hear from mike pence for more than five hours one-on-one. the grand jurors would've been able to ask him questions. they would have been able to piece him into the investigation, a very active

investigation that they have heard from many, many witnesses on. and now the prosecutors will take that testimony and see how it fits, try and faded into potential charges as they look towards the future. it will become, at least part of the record of what will now be known as january 6th of the justice department and potentially to the public later. on katelyn polantz, cnn, washington. >> and joining me now from los angeles's civil rights attorney areva martin and cnn senior political analyst ron brownstein. thanks so much for joining us, but with the view. areva martin, i want to start with you. how crucial level witnesses pence? and you think they will have learned anything new here? >> i think, absolutely, kim, even though mike pence has been on a book tour, even though he has written about what happened leading up to january 6th in his, book that's very different than testifying under oath before a grand jury. the grand jury in that grand jury proceeding -- they get to learn details that,

i would imagine, have not been disclosed in that book. how long were meetings with donald trump? exactly what he said, what mike pence said in response. this is a dramatic turn of events. we know that mike pence resisted any efforts that were aimed at trying to get him to give his testimony before a grand jury or before the january six committee. so, this is a significant development and it just shows how the special counsel that's been appointed to this case has really been a lot more aggressive in this investigation. >> yeah, that's right. and ron brownstein, you have been emphasizing the historic nature of this, the first time i vice president has been compelled to testify about his former boss. how worried should don't trumpy? >> i think this really just underscores the magnitude of this investigation. and of the many investigations that he face -- mike pence is the right thing on january 6th. after that, he has been

circumspect. he has gone so far in criticizing trump and no further. he has said we will never see eye to eye about what happened that day, which seems a pretty kind of mild way of describing those events. is certainly is well short of what others like liz cheney has said, that the events after the election have disqualified trump from being president again. but i think the fact that the justice department went to this effort, brought him in -- first of all, suggest that if the vice president can be compelled to testify, others, that they are seeking -- going to be compelled to testify as well. but it just underscores just how much -- how many nets donald trump is facing. and how they are tightening around him. he held a rally after the manhattan d.a. indicted him. he's looking a potentially two more indictments and a very serious investigation. in georgia, the challenges are -- the legal challenges and the political challenges that go with that are only getting more pronounced. >> and ron brownstein, i will stay with you.

we heard from revil morton. he's written about all this in his book. how actually forthcoming do you think pence will be about those crucial one-on-one conversations between himself and -- >> based on everything we have seen from mike pence, i don't think he is going to go out of his way to damage all trump or to deliver incriminating evidence. if anything, i think he would probably bend in the opposite direction but i also think he is someone who prides himself on his fealty to the law. and i think he will answer questions that he is asked. and so there is no predicting -- i mean, none of us can entirely predict whether his testimony will be helpful or harmful to trump. but i do think that he is not going to overtly mislead a grand jury. it just does not seem in character for mike pence and how he perceives his role to be. as we saw -- january 6th.

>> areva martin, since they won't get trump himself here -- i mean, pence is obviously some of the top of the food chain in terms of this profile in this investigation. you think that that suggest the special counsel is almost done here? >> i think it's a significant development. and we shouldn't underestimate what this may mean in terms of how close the special counsel is with respect to determining -- going to be an indictment or not. it's also important, i think, kim brunhuber, to note, that is import testimony by mike pence for before this granaries happening on the day when e. jean carroll, in a federal courthouse, in a civil matter, not a criminal manner, but in the civil matter, has testified that donald trump raped her. the level of legal jeopardy that this former president finds himself in is unprecedented. and this is all occurring while he is running for president again. and mike pence also has signaled that he is likely to become a candidate for

president. so, we have a former vice president testifying about a former president, trying to overthrow a legitimate election of the sitting president while that former president is being accused of raping a woman. >> yeah. plenty of legal woes facing donald trump -- talking about the political implications. ron brownstein, let's pivot there. you think mike pence will be hurt politically here? and just by testifying? or could this help him in some, why do you think? >> he's having trouble getting traction in the race so far. and donald trump is taking up a lot of space. kim, the coalition that is supporting him in polls at this point looks an awful lot like the coalition that he mobilized to win the nomination in 2016. he is winning about half of republicans without a college degree. he's only winning in polls -- somewhere between a quarter and a third of the republicans with a degree, but that's essentially what he managed last time. and you see ron desantis fading

but still in a very strong second place. and between the two of them, they are -- up like three quarters or more of the republican primary vote. i think all of the republican candidates face the same challenge. the evidence is very clear that most republican voters do not view all of this as disqualifying, even though there are plenty of general election swing voters who -- cumulative ways we are discussing of all of these legal matters. and then of the other republican candidates, including pence, have been willing to make an explicit case to republican voters about why they shouldn't renominated all trump. i think the evidence for the last six months is that that strategy is not going to work. if they want to dislodge him they are going to have to give republican voters more explicit reason to do so. all this is giving plenty of ammunition if, for nothing else -- be difficult for him to renew win in general election, but so far they have been kind of tiptoeing around, i think, very clearly, like pence or anyone

else, they're going to have to tell republican voters why they should shun renominated all. trump >> last, word areva, on the special counsel probe, former chief of staff -- trump steve of staff mark meadows. he could be the single most important witness in all of this, barring trump himself, of course. so, could he and will he be compelled to testify, do you think? >> yeah, you know, it is a lot of conversation happening about whether he may be given immunity, kim brunhuber, to testify. obviously, he has lots of information. he was in contact with donald trump and he was in the white house doing some of those critical meetings as they were trying to determine what could be done to overthrow the election. we know he has lots of information, and i would not be surprised if there is not an immunity deal that is struck with mark meadows, and if he is forced to testify. again, i think the information that he has might be the linchpin, might be that critical information that connects all of the dots. so, even though mike pence has

been timid and it has been hesitant to -- testimony that has been considered to be unfavorable to donald trump it's not so clear to me that mark meadows and all the other people that might be called into a grand jury are going to take the same approach -- at some point people are going to start to realize that they themselves may face criminal prosecution and legal jeopardy if they are not forthcoming with information that they have about what happened, leading up to january 6th. >> yeah, and that's why he would need the immunity, precisely for that reason. we will have to leave it. there thank you so much for your analysis. both of you. areva martin and ron brownstein, again, thank you. >> thank you. >> thanks, kim brunhuber. >> the suspect in the pentagon leak's case will remain in jail for now as a judge considers bail. prosecutors called 21-year-old jack teixeira a risk to national security with a history of violent threats and they say he may still have access to top secret documents. cnn's emily schmidt reports.

>> lorries painted two different views of jack teixeira. prosecutors call the 21-year-old a flight risk and a -- candidate for a foreign government to recruit. jack teixeira's louis said his -- and accused prosecutors of exaggerating jack teixeira's danger to national security. >> everyone across capitol hill but particularly members of the intelligence community focused on exactly how this went happened -- and then how there were no red flags triggered every time he was accessing information that he should not have been accessing. >> government documents before teixeira's detention hearing -- a gun locker filled with multiple weapons, and -- with a russian military insignia. photos of what documents were -- electronic, and records from his social media, where the government alleges that teixeira said, if he had his, where he would kill a ton of people, and discussed wanting to make a mini van into an

assassination van. court filings also alleged he search terms like uvalde and ruby ridge, and subjects related to russia and ukraine and classified government systems. >> broadly speaking, the department is looking at our security process, as i mentioned, to include the process by which we vet and provide security clearances. >> teixeira's father told the judge if his son was released into his custody, he would report if he broke any conditions of his release. i'm emily schmidt reporting. >> all right, a developing story we are following this hour -- he was army says three soldiers were killed after two military helicopters crashed near healy, a last. got an other soldier was injured and is being treated at hospital. the army says the two h 64 apache helicopters were returning from a training flight at the time of its crash. a new three-day truce is supposed to be underway in sudan between the sudanese army

and the paramilitary rapid support forces. but a short time ago, witnesses reported heavy fire near the presidential palace in central khartoum. the last trees was repeatedly broken and hundreds of people have been killed -- and sudan is also struggling with a worsening humanitarian crisis. they are critical shortages of water, food, medicine, and electricity. cnn's david mckenzie is tracking all this live from johannesburg. so, first, david, what's the latest on the fighting, the evacuations and the worsening humanitarian situation? >> well, and that extended cease-fire that was agreed upon, came, by both the rapids for support forces and the sudanese military appears to have been broken pretty quickly, as soon as it was announced, really. it was brokered by the u.s. and saudi governments. but there has been, according to eyewitnesses, fighting across parts of khartoum, and heavy strikes -- and shows that the cease-fire is really a cease-fire in name

only. now, the rapid support forces, that paramilitary group that is fighting the military, did admit, when they agreed to the cease-fire, that there are elements within their group that may not be listening to the central command, but it is clear that a sustained humanitarian truce is not happening, and the situation just gets worse and worse. i also want to turn your attention to the western part of the country, where there has been a streaming of the border over into chad refugees. the weight officials i've been speaking to say that the numbers have started increasing. they are in difficult conditions right on the border, and possibly will be moved into refugee camps. here is one witness and survivor of the brutality on the other side of the border. >> translator: armed men came to our compound and asked us to leave before we became

collateral victims. under threat, we left in a hurry on a donkey to come here. i got separated from my seven children and i can't find them. we have seen parents massacred by militias while they have done nothing. we are victims of gratuitous barbarism that we do not understand. >> this is rarely reminiscent, disturbingly so, kim, of the early 2000s, where you had the janjaweed militia -- routinely called and facing -- military prosecution for him including the former leader of genocide -- and importance it in the western part of the country of sudan, which is on the border of sudan has seen repeatedly clashes between our militia, according to sudan, doctors union and civilians who have armed themselves according to eyewitness with arms when his

-- police station. and there are fear that many of people -- >> -- worrying development. there is david mckenzie in johannesburg. thanks so much. >> ukraine lays the groundwork for its expected attempt to turn the tide of the war. [sound of artillery] still ahead, we go to the front lines in southern ukraine, where the stage is being set for kyiv's counteroffensive. stay with us. (woman) whatould the ideal weight loss program look like? no hger, no cravings, no isolation, more energy, lasting results, and easy.

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operations are underway after a barrage of russian strikes across the country. [sirens] that was the sound of air raid sirens in kyiv a little over two hours ago. officials say air defense systems shot down more than a dozen missiles and drones over the capital. the city still took some damage but there are no reports of civilian casualties. about three other cities across ukraine have also been struck with at least eight people killed and more than a dozen wounded. the city of oman, rockets have -- causing some of them to partially collapse. that's happening as ukraine prepares for its expected counteroffensive. nato says it's already delivered 98% of combat vehicles a promise to kyiv and includes 230 tanks and more than 1500 armored vehicles. as nick paton walsh reports, both russia and ukraine are jostling for the advantage before the counteroffensive begins. >> spring is here.

after winters frozen horror. and the buzz and sting of ukraine's looming counter offensive is growing. [sound of artillery] aiming at russian positions, within 30 seconds, the ukrainian unit has moved away. [speaking non-english] >> it may be a precise operation but the russian response is not. [sound of artillery] slamming into the nearby town edging closer to us. impossible to tell what the russians are trying to hit but another example of the intense bombardment, their bid to stop the counter offensive from starting. >> it is ordinary civilians caught in the rising dust behind us who bear the brunt of russia's frustrated rage. along and around the brutalized towns, where ukraine says that

it may launch its attack there are more signs that it is underway looking in the foliage. ukraine has given publicly. that is because ukraine has said nothing at all about when where or how it will attack. but among machine gun fire in the nearby trenches the drone operators hidden in the rubble. the detailed intimate picture they have of their enemy just two fields away is startling. watching and trying to kill each other every hour. they have noticed the russians pulling back. [sound of artillery] [speaking non-english] [speaking non-english] >> [speaking non-english] >> [speaking non-english] >> [speaking non-english]

>> another zone team as seen the russians also left defending ruins riven by chaos in their ranks. >> [speaking non-english] >> it won't be long until that cunning or chaos meets a decisive test in this flat, open, and perilous space. nick paton walsh, cnn, zaporizhzhia region, ukraine. >> the war in ukraine is expected to be on the agenda when pope francis meets with hungarian leaders in the coming hours. the pope departed roman short time ago. he's -- a three-day visit. he set to meet with hungary's right-wing prime viktor orban in addition to civil society

leaders and local clergy. the vatican says he wants to show his commitment to a more fraternal society -- wounded by war. and the post visit comes a few weeks after a health scare. 86-year-old pontiff spent several nights in the hospital for bronchitis. still ahead, rallying allies -- south korea's president addresses the u.s. congress, saying the countries must present a united front against threats from north korea. stay with us.

>> welcome back to all you watching us here in the united states, canada, and around the world. i'm kim brunhuber, this is cnn newsroom. south korea's president delivered a passionate speech to the u.s. congress on thursday. you took y'all which welcomed with enthusiastic applause from -- south korea's aligns with the u.s.. he accused north korea of threatening peace with its nuclear program and missile tests. cnn's paula hancocks has more from seoul, south korea. >> south korea's president yoon

suk-yeol started his address to congress by saying no matter where you sit, you stand with korea. that was met with applause, and also a standing ovation, one of many standing ovations that he received while speaking in congress this thursday. one of the main focuses was the alliance, the fact that this is the 70th anniversary of the alliance between the u.s. and south korea. >> today, our alliance is stronger than ever more prosperous together, more connected -- like no other. indeed, it has been the linchpin, safeguarding our freedom, peace and prosperity. >> there were a few key themes which went throughout the whole speech -- freedom, democracy, and the rule of law. he did say that he believed that democracy was still at risk. he spoke of disinformation and propaganda as being those risks. he also spoke of the emergence of the economy of south korea,

the fact that just after the korean war is one of the poorest nations in the world, and now it is the tenth largest economy in the world. he did later in the speech, also reference north korea, saying it is a threat to the region, to the world saying that north korea has abandoned freedom, and also referencing what he and u.s. president joe biden had announced the day before. this was a new security agreement that the two sides have announced. president yoon suk-yeol went to washington hoping for the strengthened and extended utterance one comes to north korea. and that appears to be what he has got. in particular, one thing we focus on is the fact that it will be a new u.s. nuclear submarine that will be deployed into korean waters according to a presidential office official that could be within a few weeks. now, interestingly, washington

did say that they warned beijing ahead of time about this washington declination, as the security agreement is called. they said it is a preventative measure to stop and deter north korean missile and nuclear threats. and beijing shouldn't be concerned. that is not the way beijing sees it, though. a spokesperson for the ministry of foreign affairs said, quote, the actions of the u.s. reeks of cold war mentality. interestingly, there has not been any reaction so far from north korea to the past few days, and the state visit. paula hancocks, cnn, seoul, south korea. >> president biden is hoping to inspire a whole new generation of public servants and reporters. and thursday, he celebrated take your children to work day at the white house. -- and in the south lawn with the detail of junior secret service agents complete with earpieces and aviator glasses you can see right there, and hence some hard-hitting question from the

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evan gershkovich and paul whelan are both being held on charges of spying. -- notorious evin prison. -- right wing protesters marched in front of israel's parliament on thursday in the first big public rally to support prime minister benjamin netanyahu's controversial plan to overhaul the judicial system. since january, there have been mass protests against the plan, which opponents say would weaken the independence of the supreme court. here's cnn's hadas gold reporting in from jerusalem. >> for months, hundreds of thousands of israelis have taken to the streets of israel to protest against the -- overhaul plan the israeli government has -- that would put unprecedented power in the -- disappointing court. but this protest is something different. these protesters, they are in favor of the judicial reform. they say their voices have not been heard as much in the israeli state, and so that's why they are coming out here in front of the israeli supreme

court and -- voices heard by the parliamentarians and they want these reforms to -- want these reforms to go through. they say that this is what they voted for in those november elections. they say that right wing parties won the majority, and this is what they want heard. for the people here, they say this freedom is democracy. they want more power in the hands of the people. now, prime minister benjamin netanyahu had suspended the legislative conference on these reforms after the most massive general strike in israeli history. but the israeli parliament is coming back into session next week. some of the right-wing ministers set, no matter what, these reforms will come back on to the table, no matter what the negotiations might be happening behind the scenes. for these protesters here, they say that is what they want to happen. they say, no matter what, it is their vote that won the majority in november, and they want these reforms done now. hadas gold, cnn, jerusalem. >> i'm fit kim brunhuber.

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repeatedly asking why she didn't scream for help. paula reid has details. >> e. jean carroll grilled on her allegations that donald trump raped her in the department store in the 1990s. this, on the third day of her civil battery and defamation lawsuit in a federal court in manhattan. trump defense lawyer joe tech of pena cross-examined the e. jean carroll for hours today about her story and her motivations. using your own words, the fact that you have alleged in this story, you have alleged here are odd, tacopina said. e. jean carroll responded, certain parts of the story are difficult to conceive of, yes. the exchange becoming he did when tacopina repeatedly asked e. jean carroll why she did not scream during the alleged assaults. i'm not a screamer. i was too much in panic to scream. you can't beat up on me for not screaming. tacopina --

through tears, carroll asserted, i'm telling you, he raped me. whether i screamed or not -- i don't need an excuse for not screaming. >> tacopina, an experienced trial attorney, also currently defending trump in an unrelated criminal case being brought by manhattan district attorney alvin bragg, he's known for his brash style of defending clients. >> no, no. it can't be. this was a federal presidential election. the allegation here, in some twilight zone sort of scenario -- outside court, a trump spokesperson said the case is entirely political, and trump himself accuses carol of lying, saying her cases, quote, a made-up scam. tacopina pressed caroline why she waited until 2019 to go public with her story. she says she was mourning her mother's death and then, i thought this may be a way to change the culture of sexual

violence. the light dawned. we can actually change things if we all tell our stories. and i thought, my god, this may be the time. >> tacopina told the judge he is not halfway through his cross examination. now, there is no court on friday. so, carroll is expected to be back on the witness stand monday to face more questions from trump's attorney. paula reid, cnn, new york. >> one of four men who escaped from jail in mississippi last week and has been captured in texas. officials say jerry reigns was taken into custody -- spring valley, texas, after being spotted there on sunday. on wednesday, mississippi police confirmed the body of an escape the, dylan arrington, was found in a burned out house after a two hour standoff with police. police -- meanwhile, the manhunt continues for the other two inmates who escaped last saturday, casey grayson and cory harrison. a train with potentially hazardous material has derailed in southwestern wisconsin.

at least a dozen cars went off the tracks and into the mississippi river. authorities report four people were injured. a local emergency management specialist says the cars carrying potentially hazardous materials -- didn't go into the river. officials are investigating what caused the derailment. five men visiting chicago on a work trip took a wrong turn and ended up saving lives. they were on their way to meet colleagues for dinner on monday when their wrong turn led them to the scene of a fiery crash. -- other commuters -- the groups run into action. listen to this. >> the car starts popping in the fire is escalating. >> just try to get them out of the car as fast as we could. >> -- we took it the car. -- didn't really have a choice at that point. if it was ever one of my friends or family that was in a crash like, this that there would be people who would stop and help -- >> thankfully, everyone seems to have made it out okay. illinois state police they are

still investigating what led up to the crash. >> u.s. talk show host jerry springer has died at the age of 79. once a broadcaster in the mayor of cincinnati ohio, east vistas for his tabloid talk to, which featured outrageous arguments and physical confrontations. >> i am not a [bleep]. but >> you are a [bleep] and a [bleep]. >> stop talking and [bleep] >> [crowd chanting] jerry, jerry, jerry! jerry, jerry, jerry! >> springer once told cnn he didn't mind being called the grandfather of trash tv. they show aired more than 4000 episodes ending in 2018. britney griner is drawing attention to the plight of dozens of american nationals currently detained abroad. and the wnba star says she will never play basketball overseas

or good a-less it's for to the usa at the olympics. -- now back on american soil, griner speaking out about her experience. cnn's brian todd reports. >> brittney griner, unveiling a mural of american detainees held abroad. the 32-year-old american basketball star speaking to the media for the first time since her release from detention in russia in december. griner got emotional when asked how she found the resilience to finally speak out. >> you know, i'm no stranger to hard times. [crying] see, you crying, and you made me cry. just digging deep, honestly -- you are going to be faced with adversity throughout your life. this was a pretty big one. but i just kind of relied on my hard work, getting through it. >> griner was detained for

nearly 10 months, much of it in a bleak, remote penal colony about 300 miles from moscow. she received a 9 year sentence for drug smuggling after being arrested at a moscow airport carrying cannabis oil and vape cartridges just before the ukraine war started. griner said she had packed the cartridges by accident. she said, during her some of her more desolate moments in detention, seeing pictures of her family and images of the efforts to get her out meant everything. >> -- it made me a little bit have hope, which is a really hard thing to have. a really -- thing to have. because when it doesn't work, it's so crushing. >> she spoke of what she would tell paul whelan and evan gershkovich, to american held in russia, and all the other wrongfully detained americans abroad. >> stay strong. keep fighting. don't give up. just keep waking up. find a little routine and stick to that routine as best you can. i know that's what helps me.

asked if she felt -- guilt for her release after a shorter time in detention then whelan and some others, griner said, she could have gotten them out herself, she would have. she pointedly made no specific mention of the conditions he faced in russian detention, except at one moment. >> no one should be in those conditions. like, hands down, no one should be in in any of the conditions that i went through or that they are going through. >> jason -- resign the washington post writer who is held in iran for nearly a year and a half, told us about what griner may be going through emotionally right now. >> once you have been isolated and confined and have not choice taken from you for that long, it's not really natural to just kind of come back to freedom. and then couple that with sort of not being able to understand, hey why am i not happier about this? >> griner's news conference

came the same day as the wall street journal, gershkovich's employer -- demanding his release. >> britney griner's news conference also came the same day as the u.s. impose new sanctions on groups and russia and iran that are accused of taking americans hostage or wrongfully detaining them. the sanctions target russia's federal security service and the intelligence branch of iran's revolutionary guard corps. brian todd, cnn, washington. >> after a 20 year loan, the giant panda yahya he's back home in china. -- yeah yeah ya ya had been -- in recent months, the 22-year-old had appeared thin with clumps of for missing. activists allege she was mistreated, as people in china demanded to return. memphis is you officials denied

any mistreatment and u.s. and chinese scientists agree she had excellent care, which said she had a genetic skin and for condition. all right. well, here's a reminder that students, schools and livestock just don't mix. a group of illinois high school seniors brought alamo animals to campus as a prank. but a cow is scraped. it ended up loose in a nearby neighborhood. police have to corral the beast, turning the area into a real life rodeo. listen to this. >> -- the cafeteria, and then we saw the trucks. so, we walked on over to see if there really was a cow. and -- we really saw a cow. >> standing kind of buy a truck. and it looked like a rodeo. >> -- you wouldn't be expecting to see a cow. maybe a deer or two. but this is, i guess, a great way to start of the summer, right? it's a little excitement. >> no one was injured and the cow is taken to a nearby shelter. the students involved were issued citations to appear in

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