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grief and despair for one texas community after five people were shot and killed, including a 9-year-old boy. the accused killer is still on the run. hundreds of officers are searching now for this man, who had just been -- we learned deported four times after entering the u.s. illegally. what more we're learning about the manhunt. and a federal judge denies donald trump's motion in a civil battery and defamation trial. e. jean carroll, who is suing the former president, is back on the stand for cross-examination. we are live outside the courthouse. plus a cnn exclusive never before seen images of a
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100-foot-long blimp captured in northwest china. experts describing it as a submarine of the skies. we're following these major developing stories and many more, all coming in right here to cnn news central. ♪ a source tells cnn that the target of a massive manhunt this hour was deported at least four times from the united states. francisco oropesa, wanted for allegedly gunning down five of his neighbors this friday night after complaints he was making too much noise, firing his rifle outside in his yard. first time oropesa was deported was in 2009. his current immigration status, not clear. what is clear, the suffering he's allegedly left behind in cleveland, texas. survivor of the mass killing lost both his wife and his 9-year-old son. local sheriff called the scene inside their home horrific,
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saying small children were found covered in blood, though somehow not wounded. >> translator: i miraculously managed to escape. there were ten of us that survived. 15 of us were there, and of the 15, we lost my 9-year-old son. my wife as well. and two people who died were protecting my 2-and-a-half-year-old daughter and my 1-month-old son. they protected him with a bunch of clothing. so, the murderer wouldn't kill him too. >> another family losing someone to gun violence. ed lavendera is joining us from
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texas. you noted there has been a potential sighting of oropesa. do we know if that's been substantiated at all? >> reporter: we've been able to update that, and that has turned out to be nothing. that was a potential possible sighting about a 15-minute drive from where we are here, but montgomery county sheriffs' officials, the neighboring county from where we are, says that sighting did not pan out. so, the manhunt continues, and it's been more than 60 hours now since francisco oropesa is alleged to have shot and killed five people in the home that you see behind me in this rural neighborhood just outside of cleveland, texas, about an hour's drive north of houston. and family members simply distraught by the tragedy that they witnessed unfold in front of them. as you detailed, all of this stemming from what should have been a very simple request and conversation that clearly turned into a violent situation here in this neighborhood. we've heard from one of the
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mothers of the victims who really detailed and explained her pain that she is enduring right now. she never left me alone. it's very difficult to know i won't hear her voice anymore. she left full of excitement, and i'm now just hoping she will come back, even if it is in a coffin, so that i can say good-bye. and jim, you played the sound of wilson garcia, one of the survivors. he's the one who lost his wife and 9-year-old son in this attack. he also told us that in the moments leading up to that deadly rampage, and they were having the conversation with their neighbor, francisco oropesa, that they had called 911 five times asking for help because the situation was escalating. the sheriff here in san jacinto county was asked yesterday about the response time. he says they have a limited number of deputies, it is a large county, they got here as fast as they could.
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wilson garcia says that by the time law enforcement here was able to get to this scene in this area, the rampage was over, and five people were dead, jim. >> well, and also, the suspect gone, right? that response time could be key as we go ahead. ed lavandera there in cleveland, texas. in an effort to boost confidence in the u.s. banking system, federal regulators stepped in overnight to seize control of first republic bank and it is assets. regulators then immediately sold it to the nation's largest bank, jpmorgan chase. president biden saying this morning's moves should calm fears. >> these actions are going to make sure that the banking is safe and sound, and that includes protecting small businesses across the country who need to make payroll for workers and their small businesses. let me be very clear. while depositors are being protected, shareholders are losing their investments.
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critically, taxpayers are not the ones that are on the hook. >> first republic's collapse is nothing short of historic. it is the second largest bank failure in u.s. history. it's the largest since the 2008 financial crisis, and it is the third u.s. bank to fail since march. we have cnn business and politics correspondent vanessa, who is joining us now to talk about all this. explain to us how things unfolded overnight and why this happened now. >> reporter: here in new york city, this first republic bank behind me, it's business as usual, just with a new name and that's what ceo jamie dimon expects going forward. yesterday, the fdic held an auction where banks could bid on first republic. the deadline was 4:00 p.m. clearly, jpmorgan was the winner and overnight, about 800 jpmorgan employees worked on
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this deal, along with employees from the fdic and the treasury. but what does this mean for customers of first republic bank? well, the first thing to note is your deposits are safe here at first republic. also, all 84 branches that have opened across the country today are now jpmorgan, and finally, key here, the fdic will continue to secure deposits. but the big question now is where do we go from here? are we looking at other bank failures, or is this the end of the line? ceo jamie dimon spoke about it this morning on the media call. listen here. >> this is getting near the end of it, and hopefully this will help stabilize everything. the american banking system is extraordinarily sound, you know, and obviously, if going forward you have recessions and rates going up and stuff like that, you will see other cracks in the system, but that's to be expected. the system is very, very sound.
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>> reporter: and remember, jpmorgan led just six weeks ago a big cash infusion into first republic bank, along with other banks. ceo jamie dimon saying that he hoped that would have taken first republic a little bit farther, but ultimately, it was a stopgap before the ceo and jpmorgan coming in and saying, we are willing to close this deal. now, first republic banks, including the one behind me, jpmorgan banks. >> vanessa yurkevich, thank you. developing right now, an attorney for donald trump is cross examining e. jean carroll, the woman accusing him of assaulting her. today, trump's team tried to suggest carroll wasn't scarred by the alleged incident that trump says never happened. the testimony comes after the judge denied a request by trump's lawyer for a mistrial. cnn is live outside the courthouse in new york.
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kara, walk us through what happened today in the courtroom. >> reporter: well, boris, trump's attorney, joe tacopina, has been the one doing the cross-examination of carroll, and he indicated that he is wrapping this up, so we think the cross-examination will end shortly, but in this morning's session, he was really focusing on trying to undermine carroll's credibility and saying, you know, if you were so traumatized by this, why did you continue to shop at this store? why did you watch "the apprentice," the reality television show that starred the former president, and this afternoon, his questioning turned to two other different topics. at the pointed out there was a "law & order" episode in 2012 that featured in it a woman being raped in the dressing room of the same place that carroll alleges that trump raped her. this was seven years before carroll went public with her story, so he asked her about that. she said that was amazing. he said to her, coincidence? she said, astonishing. she also said she never saw the
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episode and she didn't watch law and order special victims unit because she thought it was too violent. then he turned to the second part of the lawsuit which is the defamation claim. he was asking her about the fallout and she alleges that trump defamed her by denying it. she said she believes she was fired from "elle" magazine. she sent an email to her agent in which she said that "elle" was very angry with her because she gave an excerpt of her boybook to "new york" magazine. she said she didn't indicate it was because trump has called her a liar. she said she had that conversation on the phone with her agent and this is a follow-up email. we are expecting the cross-examination to end in the near term, and from there, it will give her lawyers a chance on redirect to ask her questions, so it's possible this continues through the end of the
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court day today. >> kara, please keep us updated on what happens in that courtroom. kara, thank you so much. we are seeing images out of florida and virginia where tornados have left a path of destruction. plus, the city of el paso is under a state of emergency, the mayor making the declaration in anticipation of a potential surge at the border. we'll be speaking with a lawmaker from that city about their concerns in the weeks and months ahead. what will you do? will you make something better? create something new? our dell technhnologies advisors can provide you with the tools and expertise you need to bring out the innovator in you. goodnight! and bethany... [guhhnnaaaghh] identical twins. both struggle with cpap for their sleep apnea. but stephanie got spire. an implanted device that works inside the body to help her sleep. unlike her sister.
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this thing toppled trees. several schools closed today as clean-up efforts were getting under way. cnn meteorologist chad myers is here with more. i mean, chad, this was very powerful and just not something that you see in this area. >> there have been four tornados in virginia beach since 1900. so, that gives you some idea of how rare this is in that area. the biggest was an f-2. we just got this about ten minutes ago. we just got the details from the national weather service. 145-mile-per-hour winds at its max. it was 350 yards wide, and it went on the ground for four and a half miles. there was weather in florida on saturday as well from pretty much the same storm. rolled on by here and then on up the coast so the tornados in florida were saturday. here in virginia beach, yesterday in the afternoon. and this is what it really did. 145 miles per hour is a pretty significant event, taking the roofs and weather service saying moving homes off foundations.
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sturdy, sturdy structures. there's the four tornados now at 123 years. we said ef-3, they switched the scale many years ago and an f-2 tornado is very close to what would be considered an ef-3. so, probably very, very close there. but we don't -- 145, squarely in the middle of ef-3. we are now in the middle of the season. it is tornado season. may, 268 tornados on average, so that's 10 a day almost. so, eight a day. whatever that number might be. but we're not going to see eight every day, but you're going to see -- sometimes you're going to see 40, and sometimes you'll see zero, and for the next few days, we're not going to see any tornados because the air is just too cold. believe it or not, we're going to see snow in the mountains of west virginia. not michigan. you're going to get some too, but way down here. way down into the appalachian trail. >> missing the memo that it is
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may. it is may, chad meyers, what the heck? right now more than 36,000 migrants are sleeping in shelters, on the streets and in makeshift encampments across four northern mexico cities. that's what city officials and advocates tell cnn. that number is expected to grow as title 42, the trump-era border policy, is set to end next week. ahead of that expected surge of migrants, el paso's mayor is declaring a state of emergency. we want to have a conversation now with another local leader. joining us is cassandra hernandez, a representative for the city of el paso. cassandra, thank you so much for joining us this afternoon. what does the end of title 42 mean for your city? >> well, unfortunately, border communities like el paso, texas, are facing the challenges of lifting title 42, but i don't
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agree that title 42 should be in implementation, expiring would have consequences to border communities like el paso, texas, and we need state support, and we're getting support from the federal government. sometimes it just feels like it's not enough. >> cassandra, let me ask you about that, because you noted that you don't agree with title 42, nor does president biden, at least publicly, hex said he doesn't like it. yet, his administration kept it in place. they expanded it, and they defended it in court. so, what do you think the federal government should do in response to what is an apparent crisis? >> well, most importantly, municipalities like the city of el paso, we face the challenges of influx of migrants coming to our community with little to no support with staffing, so the city of el paso, we have had to mobilize, utilizing schools that are no longer being utilized to use those for essentially shelters of migrants, whether they be adults or families, and
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i mention i'm not supportive of title 42 because it essentially stopped all legal asylum seekers wanting to come to our country from having that opportunity to seek asylum. and so, in the absence of anything, title 42 was supported. but now that it's being lifted, there are some concerns from residents who live directly on the border who are concerned and fear that many migrants could continue to go into harm's way, crossing dangerous roadways, and going into the infield of the community. >> yeah, seeing the images of people, hundreds of them, sleeping in your streets. that's not good for the migrants. that's not good for your residents either. and you noted a difficulty in accessing resources, so i want to ask you about that, because the secretary of the department of homeland security, alejandro mayorkas, he says this is a hemispheric problem that requires hemispheric solutions. the united states has sent billions of dollars to central america to try to stop this
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problem, but the numbers keep going up. do you think those resources would be better allocated if they were given to communities like yours? >> well, i think it's -- i think there has to be a balance. typically, all of the policy was just exclusively addressing migration at the borders. we know that that is a failed vision. that is a failed policy. and it really requires thinking outside of just communities like el paso and border communities and the u.s.-mexico border. and i do agree that you need to have those stations along other countries where they're migrating, and i'm really appreciative of the biden administration and our congresswoman escobar who's advocated for that, but we do get funding from fema, so i would be remiss if i didn't state that the federal government and the biden administration, including secretary mayorkas, have been wonderful community assets, but the reality is that we have
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15,000 migrants who are in our sister city in mexico who are waiting to come to the united states, and a lot of misinformation with social media, the internet, is causing a lot more frustration and confusion for migrants. they think it's an open border, but we recognize it's not, and residents need more reassurances that the congress and senate really need to come up with immigration reform that's going to benefit migrants, asylum seekers, including residents that live along the border. >> and tragically, again, for migrants and residents, there does not appear to be major momentum on capitol hill to make lasting immigration reform. i do want to get specific about some of the resources that you need. i know that you have several middle schools that have been vacated that you're using that potentially your convention center is going to be used to house migrants. what do you need most right now? >> well, we've made three requests to the state of texas. we certainly are in desperate need of staffing. i don't want to take resources
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from our office of emergency management, our police and fire departments. that's typically who we go to in the lack of any support for staffing. we need staffing to support with policies, processes, with making sure we're sheltering and getting meals. the other request is transportation services. the city of el paso, in the past, last year, with the changes to title 42, we actually utilized emergency contracts to transport folks who are not -- don't want to stay in el paso. they want to go into the interior of the united states and to major transportation hubs. we don't have enough transportation to get migrants out fast enough, which is leading to the mass congregation on streets and in shelters, because we know those asylum seekers don't want to stay in el paso, texas. and then finally, we are experiencing, unfortunately, crimes against asylum seekers who are sleeping in the streets. we received reports, and residents are, quite frankly,
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who live on the border, are living in a little bit of fear, not knowing if someone is a good actor or a bad actor or someone just looking for opportunity, but most importantly, that mass sheltering from the federal government is critical, especially with the lifting of title 42, but we're hoping with more steps and support from secretary mayorkas, the congresswoman, and biden administration, we'll get there. >> all right, and sadly, it is too often those that are the most vulnerable that get preyed on by evil people. cassandra hernandez, thank you so much for the time. we hope you'll come back to update us on the situation there as title 42 ends in about 10 days. >> thanks for covering. >> of course. jim? >> well, just months after a chinese spy balloon was shot down off the u.s. coast, cnn has obtained never before seen photos of a massive chinese military blimp. what this could signal about the country's airship program, what it's intended for. plus, man versus mouse
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an $80,000 reward being offered for any information that leads to the arrest of a man accused of killing five of his neighbors in texas. francisco oropesa is accused of carrying out the bloody rampage near houston on friday night, and among the victims is a 9-year-old boy. daniel enrique guzman and his mother. hundreds of officers are searching for oropesa, who is considered armed and very dangerous. we're also following another huge bank failure. first republic bank bought by jpmorgan or becoming part of jpmorgan chase, this after a frenzy of emergency moves this weekend ending with regulators seizing first republic's
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$229 billion worth of assets. first republic, now the third bank to fail in just the past seven weeks. and happening right now, an attorney for the former president continues to cross-examine e. jean carroll, the woman accusing trump of assaulting her in a new york city department store in the '90s. ahead of today's testimony, the judge in this civil case denied trump's request for a mistrial. jim? all right, we have exclusive new reporting on china's airship program. these are the first images, never been seen, obtained from a private company by cnn of a chinese military blimp caught on satellite in a remote desert based in northwestern china. the pictures, we should note, are from november 2022. that's, of course, three months before a chinese spy balloon was shot down off the coast of south carolina after crossing the entire continental u.s. cnn's alex marquardt joins us now. first, tell us who took these pictures and what the significance we think are. >> these are images that were
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obtained by my colleague, paul murphy and i, from a company called black sky, a satellite imaging company. they have been looking at this site near a place in northwestern china for years. but for the first time, they managed to photograph something on that runway outside of that hangar, and we are told by experts who have studied this that that is a military blimp that has never been seen before. >> that's a small figure on the far left. >> that white oval shape just to the left of the large blue hangar is a military blimp that's been talked about, written about, but never been seen before. it is outside a huge hangar on a large runway. this is part of the airship program, which shows that china is making advances in their airship programs. we know they have what are called aerostats, which stay stationary. we know they have those balloons, of course, very famously crossed the country a couple months ago. now we are seeing this military blimp, which could offer them
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more capabilities for what's known as isr, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance, to really help their military. >> do we have any, or does the u.s. military, have they raeeacd to this? do they have any sense of the capabilities of this airship being hard-bodied as opposed to soft-bodied? >> not much insight from the official side. a senior defense official told me, yes, it can be seen. i didn't get a response from the national security council, the cia declined to comment, but experts who have been studying this field for a very long time say blimps add quite a bit to their airship program. they're more versatile, more maneuverable. this airship looks like it would have its own propulsion and navigation. a ballistilimp like this could all sorts of advantages compared to satellites, planes that are more expensive, can't stay aloft as long, so this blimp is 31 meters long, about 100 feet, and
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i should note, it is right outside that massive hangar. huge blue hangar, 1,900 feet long. that runway is about a kilometer long, 3,300 feet, which is an indication, according to experts, that china is possibly working on something far bigger. that hangar could contain a stratospheric aircraft that could be even far larger, more sophisticated than the one that we saw at this site, again, associated with the pla. >> good reporting, alex marquardt, thank you so much. still ahead, environmental groups are suing the faa over spacex's launch of its massive starship rocket. we're going to tell you why. plus the union representing american airlines pilots said they've authorized a strike if they can't hammer out a new contract. ahead, how your summer travel frustrations could be getting a whole lot worse. take some deep breaths. we'll be back in just moments.
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a significant development in missouri's battle over transgender rights. today a judge paused the state's plan that would make missouri the most restrictive state in the country for those seeking gender-affirming medical care. a new hearing is now set for later this month to rule on the plan. cnn has been following this case very closely. what does today's decision mean for trans people in the state? >> reporter: for the people living in the state of missouri, it essentially means that care will continue for children and
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adults for now. emphasis on those words. for now. there will be legal challenges in the next coming weeks, so let's come up -- let's explain, first of all, what happened today. the judge basically issued an order that will pause the enforcement, the state enforcement of an emergency rule, and as i talk here, we can see some of these graphics of what this emergency rule involves. it involves length of time. it involves how many times a patient and over how many years they have to see a psychiatrist or psychologist, as well as being screened for certain characteristics like autism and social media disorder, which is what, you know, some advocates say doesn't really make a whole lot of sense to them. but the judge, in effect, agreeing with the aclu and the patients saying, there needs to be a pause as they explore more before coming up with a decision on the substance of this. the aclu, shortly after the decision, was given by the judge
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after the ruling was released, said "as was clear from the beginning, the attorney general's claim was proven an untruthful and dangerous attempt to get involved in individual and family medical decisions, showing he will attack the very people he's supposed to serve and protect." but a very different response that we are just now getting into cnn from the state attorney general. the spokesperson saying, "we remain confident in our position, because the court even acknowledged that it deferred its consideration of the science until a later date. we will continue to fight for all patients to have access to adequate health care." so, essentially, we are holding our breath, waiting to see what the court decides in a couple weeks. >> it's buying time, and we will see where they land. thank you so much for that. now to some of the top stories we're following at this hour. american airlines pilots have authorized a strike just weeks before the busy summer travel season begins. the union representing the group
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says the vote was overwhelmingly in favor. now, workers would begin picketing at major airport hubs nationwide. union leaders say the pilots are growing increasingly frustrated as they continue to fight a years-long battle for a new contract. american airlines says a strike would not impact flights or its operation in the bargaining process fails. also, environmental groups are suing the faa for last month's spacex launch over south texas. the suit claims the agency ignored federal law when it authorized the launch without fully analyzing the significant environmental and community impacts. that's according to their lawsuit. large amounts of debris rained over the gulf of mexico after the rocket exploded in midair and may have hit nearby protected wildlife areas. also, an arkansas judge horded hunter biden, the president's son, to answer questions in a written form about his investments, art sales, and other financial transactions as part of a
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paternity-related case. the judge chided the president's son's lawyers for overly redacting their findings. hunter biden goes to trial in july to determine if his child support payments should be adjusted. he must also sit for a deposition next month. and kevin mccarthy is in jerusalem on his first international trip as speaker of the house. he addressed them today, vowing strong support for israel and calling it america's greatest ally. he also said he would invite israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu to the u.s. if president biden does not. jim? well, musician ed sheeran is back in court, appearing visibly frustrated on the stand today. the british pop star testifying again in a copyright infringement trial. he's accused of copying the marvin gaye song, "let's get it on." he's calling those accusations insulting in his view. we're going to have more from court coming up.
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and how we can each do our part. - watch our conversation on peacock. developing story out of illinois. a massive dust storm shutting down parts of interstate 55 both ways. look at this. this is a horrific scene. that we're just getting pikes of after a multi-vehicle crash. this happened near springfield, illinois. you could see it here. the twisted metal, cars off the side of the highway, first responders putting out flames and here in the aftermath of all of if, we're expecting some more information from officials here at any moment and we're going to bring you any updates as we get them, boris.
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the florida board overseeing disney's special taxing district voted today to sue the company. all of the members of board were appointed by governor ron desantis. remember, he's been locked in a political battle with the entertainment giant and last week disney launched a lawsuit of its own against desantis. cnn is live in florida for us tracking an event that the governor just spoke at. what did the governor say? >> boris, the governor is not backing down in this fight and he seems to suggest that the state is going to continue to take steps to ensure that disney is not going to be able to be in control of this special district when all is said and done. take a listen to what he said this afternoon in titusville, florida. >> for them to act like they have the ability to veto that, basically it is putting their thumb in the eye of the voters of the state. and so they did these
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agreements. they're not valid. and a lot of these people in other states thinks their commenting on it. th they're trying to pursue an agenda and there is a lot of people that would criticize this is a rangement as being corrupt, as being -- as being unfair. and then the minute i was the one to come into help unwind it, then they flipped just because they want to go against me. >> now those agreements he was referencing, those are the pacts that disney reaches with the outgoing board that desantis throughout right before he installed his only political appointees and those gave disney control of its land around the theme parks for the next 30 years. now the new board came in and last week they voted to nullify those agreements which prompted disney to file that lawsuit in which they said that the governor has been using his political authority to punish them for speaking out against the so-called don't say gayl
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law. >> and we're anticipating that desantis may announce whether he's running for president in 2024s in coming weeks. thank you so much. jim. ed sheeran took the stand today to defend his grammy award winning song "thinking out loud." the family of the man who co-wrote marvin gaye's let's get it on claimed that ed sheeran copied that song. on the stand today, ed sheeran said i'm insulted by this claim. so how did he explain the apparent similarities here? >> reporter: well, jim, ed sheeran was visibly frustrated on cross-examination. and he said, listen, there are four chords that i'm playing and
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thinking out loud. they are not the same chords, according to ed sheeran in let's get it on. ed townsend's estate are suing efd sheeran. he said the fact that the musicologist for the townsend family claims that i'm playing x chords is criminal. he said that the music college is changing around the chords to fit their narrative. so i just want you to all listen to a clip of amashup of a little bit of "thinking out loud" and "let's get it on" so you know what is going on at the trial today. ♪ ♪ i've been feeling fine baby ♪ ♪ we'll be love you until we're
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70 ♪ >> reporter: so the cowriter of thinking out loud, her name is amy, she wrote several songs with ed sheeran, she is countrily on the stand now and she's talking about the night that they wrote "thinking out loud" in 2014 and they did not draw inspiration from marvin gaye's song. so we're going to see what happens later in week when the jury potentially started to deliberate. >> it is so tough, right. you could hear similarity there. but it is not the first song that you hear similarities as you listen to them. anyway, remarkable story to watch. colory, thank you so much. coming up, art imitates lunch or breakfast and when that one banana was worth a bunch of money in a displace. we'll explain after the break.
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one person's art is apparently another person's lunch. or breakfast. i think it is a good breakfast food. after a student ate a banana at a museum in seoul south korea, and he knew this. and the student reportedly taped the fruit right back to the wall when he was finished. here you see the peel. the museum spokesperson said the student told them he ate it because he was hungry. >> and if this sounds like deja vu, art basil in 2019, someone
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showed down on a banana port of a display. and if that bananas enough, the piece was worth $120,000 and it went up in price. it is worth $150,000 now. i guess people find this art work to appealing to resist. and in light of how expensive it is, i'm wonder if you'll volunteer. >> and someone from us is from miami and that was adisappearing work. we'll let the viewers decide. >> eating the banana was performance art itself. eating the concept of the banana is very heady. >> i find it -- >> $120,000, we could split that money. >> if we get an offer first for that, i'll be your volunteer tomorrow. >> highest bidder. >> it is out there. you know who to call. >> that does it for cnn news central. "the lead" start
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