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♪ i am just happy my brothers are alive. i mean, i know all the property and everything can be replaced, but a life can never be replaced. just being in the tornado thinking about it, like my brother, worrying, crying. it would have killed me, hurt me inside. i don't know what i would have done. >> good morning, everyone. it that was a resident of pair ton, texas. getting emotional, talking about his brothers who survived the
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tornado that ripped through their town. we will take you there live. a cybersecurity agency is warning the government is not the only target. and three years after the murder of george floyd the justice department is set to announce what they discovered after investigating the minneapolis police department. this hour of "cnn this morning" starts right now. tragedy, a devastating tornado touching down in perryton, texas, leaving widespread destruction in its wake. people there had very little time to get ready to protect themselves before this tornado started barreling through the small town of over 8,000 people. here is what we know. three people dead. possibly 100 more injured with
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some minor injuries, but some very extensive injuries and critical condition and hospitalized. the tornado left about 200 houses completely flattened, nearly leveled. some buildings and also leveled dozens of mobile homes. >> this is one of several tornados reported across the country. take look at this video. this is dashcam video from toledo, ohio. you see the strong winds, the debris blowing there. a driver is waiting for that storm to pass. right now nearly 400,000 customers across texas, florida, oklahoma, and alabama are without power and more than 50 million people remain under a severe storm threat today. want to get to lucy, she is in perryton, texas, with more now. the sun coming up and folks are going to be able to assess this damage and the destruction left behind, lucy. >> reporter: and that's exactly what's happening. there was a can you are few overnight but people are starting to stream in downtown. that's main street behind me. it took a direct hit.
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a lot of the buildings are brick structures, so they are still standing but the windows are gone, a lot of power lines are down. this mangled red structure in the distance, that is a cell tower. it was twice, three times the height when it was standing. it looks like a child's toy that was snapped hain half. the town struggling to have cell service. it's also struggling to have access to power. i want to show a view to our viewers down this alleyway there. you can see how decimated a lot of the structures here are. the cleanup is going to take such a long time. of course, much more challenging for the people who live here is rebuilding the homes. a lot of the mobile homes in this area were completely destroyed but the tornado hit so -- pardon me, the tornado hit so quickly that residents barely had time to get out to safety. take a listen to jamie james, one of the survivors.
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>> it started raining a little bit and it had a little bit of hail like five or six pellets of hail every thousand raindrops. it was barely sprinkling. all of a sudden the tornado formed and it just dropped on us. it came out of nowhere. there was no sirens. >> reporter: was there a moment you feared you might not make it? >> yes, ma'am. there was a time where i thought that i was going to die and i was going to leave a lot of things undone. you know there is people here who died today serving our community. and so the best people i ever met in my life are here in this town. wonderful, wonderful people. >> reporter: right now the focus is on figuring out where everyone is, if people are safe.
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lot of folks were injured and they need a lot of supplies, water, power, food, blankets, almost anything you could think of they need right now. >> lucy, thank you very much for bringing us out latest. in florida 146 residents removed from an apartment complex due to severe flooding. the area is under a flash flood emergency. they saw as much as 16 inches of rain overnight and officials called the damage widespread and significant. cnn has learned the department of energy and several other federal agencies fell victim to a global cyberattack. russian cyber criminals are to blame. this is the latest in a hacking campaign which has affected several hundred companies and organizations according to top security official citing experts. >> the cybersecurity infrastructure security agency tells cnn it's providing support to the affected allegation. they are working to understand
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the impacts and ensure timely remediation. let's talk about all of this, how this happened, who did it and what do we do now. analyst john miller, good morning. let's begin with that first question. how severe? >> well, the severity of these things generally depends on the sophistication of the victim at the other end of it, which is if you back up your data every day, you could lose a day's worth of data. if you back it up every hour, lose an hour, a minute, a minute. but lots of organizations in and out of the government don't back up their data. the hackers come in. they find their target. they encrypt it and leave it there sitting in a lump that's now -- you have to decode it. you can't get into it. you have to buy that key from them. so if you have your data backed open on another server you can decide what to do with the hackers but you haven't lost everything. >> so they have to decide whether or not they are buying that back. we are talking about u.s.
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government agencies, that's typically not something that's going to happen. so do we have a sense of how sort of how severe and how broad that was for those agencies potentially how damaging? >> well, so the government is keeping their cards a little close to the vest on this exactly what agencies and how many were hit and exactly what data was compromised. but presumably because these are government systems there are backups and it's not a systemic failure. it's interesting the way this occurs. one way is to attack the system itself by getting in flew a phishing email. the other way, which is becoming increasingly more common and sophisticated is you find a tool that the system uses. >> move it, transfer -- >> and in this case, move it transfer. you get into a vulnerability back door into that tool and then once the tool is activated to do its job, whatever passes through it is fair game. and this is something where not every agency uses that tool, but
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some do, and this is kind of what they are grappling with. but the u.s. government isn't going to pay a ransom. it's interesting that the hackers said if you're the government or law enforcement we are not interested in your information, so don't worry about it. we are not going to -- >> don't worry, we deleted it. don't worry about it. >> i always put my trust in russian hackers and their words. >> right. >> i wouldn't go by that. >> john, appreciate it. thank you. attorney general merrick garland will be in minneapolis today where in just a few hours he is expected to reveal the findings of a justice department investigation into the city's police department. this comes three years after former police officer derek chauvin murdered george floyd. it sparked nationwide protests and calls for police reform. adrienne broaddus is outside the courthouse in minneapolis. this is really the culmination of what so many people who live there said has been a real problem for years, even before
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george floyd was murdered. what do we expect? >> reporter: we expect to find or hear today from the department of justice what their investigation found. i spoke with community leaders here in minneapolis ahead of this announcement and some of them told me whatever is in this report, they likely will not be surprised. it will just be an exclamation point or a period at the end of a sentence. that sentence is in regards to what they have been saying, they meaning people who live here in minneapolis for years. as you mentioned, before the killing of george floyd. keep in mind, this investigation was launched by the civil rights division of the department of justice and the goal was to examine the policies and practices with the minneapolis police department. listen in two what nikema livvy armstrong told me. she called the former chief of police, ma deria arredondo, at
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the time george floyd was killed, she is the woman who told the chief to look at the video because the chief initially was believing it was a medical incident. we all know that was not the case. listen in. >> there is no doubt that this report found many egregious incidences of excessive force and abuse and probably even the use of deadly force unjustifiably on the part of the minneapolis police department, although i'm unsure how far the doj go in terms of pulling the curtain back on the horrific behaviors of minneapolis police officers. again, they have been allowed get away with this for so many years. >> reporter: so the one thing that folks here in the city are loo look forward to hearing today, reform and what will reform look like. poppy. >> yeah, thank you. i am glad you're there.
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miami mayor francis suarez making his first pitch to voters offering an alternative to the other two floridians who are currently in that republican race for the white house. and you will hear from him directly next live right here on "cnn this morning." new overnight, pope francis back at the vatican after a nine-day hospital stay. he is recovering from a surgery after leaving the hospital he went to the basilica at santa maria to pray. the 86-year-old is feeling banglade better than before. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪
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one you have given every blessing to and because i love this country, i want to serve it with humility and gratitude for all that you have done for me. >> that is miami mayor francis suarez delivering his first speech as a presidential candidate. he did that at the reagan library california last night. his bid considered a long shot in what has become a crowded republican presidential field. the 45-year-old republican is a cuban american and two time mayor of miami. we are happy to welcome hymn to "cnn this morning." let's begin with what you tweeted that struck me. you said my dad taught me you get to choose your battles and i am choosing the biggest of my life. you are jumping into this race with kbofrs, a senator, a vice president and of course former president trump. why do you think you are better suited than all of them to be the commander-in-chief? >> well, good morning, poppy. i think the reason why is because mayors are closest to the people and we deal with the
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real problems that people care about. we deal with crime. we deal with homelessness. we deal with mental health issues. these are the issues that people deal with and face on a daily basis. in the city of miami, reduced taxes to the lowest level in history and saw double-digit growth. we invested in our police department and we had the lowest homicide rate per capita since 1964. i was born in 197. this year we are 40% below that number. what we are seeing a crime spike throughout the country and then the last thing is we focused object prosperity. we are number one in wage growth and lowest unemployment in america and we did that by focusing on the next generation's economy. that's what we have to do as a country. we have to create prosperity, which things to things like happiness which has great mental health outcomes. >> mr. mayor, some even some maof your fellow republicans in your state worry you don't have enough experience. listen to this. >> i don't think that he is
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qualified to be president of the united states in any way, shape or form. >> why is that? >> well, because he hasn't demonstrated the ability to lead any large organization. the city of miami, he is a ceremonial mayor of the city of miami. he has very little power. >> i would like to give you a chance to respond. >> well, i think the skills that you need to be a president don't change based on the number of zero, right? the courage it takes, for example, to balance a budget. the courage that it takes to make radical change in your city so that you create prosperity and give educational opportunity to everyone. that has nothing to do with the number of zeros or the number of employees that you manage. being able to inspire people. being able to lead an organization whether it's 4,500 employees like in the city of miami or 450,000 or 4.5 million. it doesn't matter. who you are and how you project yourself is what matters and so
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unfortunately i don't agree with the former mayor on this one. >> let's get to some policy issues. you stand out from some of your republican competitors in this primary because of your position on climate change. the republican platform in 2016 and 2020 reads climate change is far from the most pressing national security issue. this is the triumph of extremism and congress must stop it. does the republican party need to change its stance on climate change, sir? >> you know, in miami we like to say the environment is the economy. we don't separate one from the other. we don't make it a dichotomy of one or another. we need drinking water. it's an existential issue for us. we need to make sure that the everglades are clean. we have eco-tourism in our bay. we want to make sure the bay is healthy. we have hurricanes. we have dry day flooding. and we have rain bombs. we have invested in resiliency and making sure we can adapt to
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the climatic events. that's good policy. we have gotten money from a republican-controlled state legislature, more than we have gotten so far from a democratic-controlled infrastructure bill. >> that sounds like a yes, you disagree with the republican platform. to abortion. the associated press said that you expressed support for a 15-week federal ban on abortion. to be clear then, you do not think that abortion is an issue that should be left to the state? you would sign a 15-week federal ban? >> abortion is an incredibly personal and deeply personal issue. i think in states like new york where they allow abortion up to birth i think that's barbaric. >> that is not the norm, mr. mayor, and you know that. >> it may not be the norm but it is the case in some states. so in miami where we have the fourth largest public hospital in america i have seen babies incubators at 22 weeks. that's something you can't
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unsee. i am pro-life. my wife is pro-life. my three sisters are pro-life. my mother's pro-life. my parents met at a pro-life rally. and my sister who has five kids, you know, had her fourth after knowing she was going to have genetic abnormalities. so i think this is a deeply personal and difficult decision. we don't give it enough time to discuss it. about you, yes, i would sign a 15-week ban because i think that that would save a tremendous amount of babies. >> appreciate you answering that question. i want to ask you about something that a lot of people in florida and miami in particular are talking about and this is reporting out of the "miami herald" about your actions in terms of the consulting that you do. goat, sources told the herald he, keeping you, faced scrutiny play the fbi for $10,000 monthly payments you received from a developer for consulting work while serving as a mayor. that is small potatoes compared to trump's legal problems but those fees look like a conflict of interest.
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this is alleged to have happened from august 2022 to march of of this career. what is your response? >> you said it. it's alleged to have happened from august to march. i have been a working public official for 13 years. i never had an issue. never had a scandal. and by the way, most mayors in dade county work. all of a sudden they start talking about the possibility of running for president and -- >> but the allegation is that you gave a developer -- the allegation is that a developer that paid you ten grand a month, $170,000 total, you helped him get city permits. did you? >> right. and it's flcompletely false. absolutely not. absolutely not. have no knowledge of what was going on in the city and he was able to get his permits without my intervention. it's never happened and it's never gonna happen. >> i want to ask about trump. you said people shouldn't focus on the trump indictment but it's important. you are running against him. you told abc news yesterday that
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a lot of republicans are telling you this indictment is not an equal administration of justice. you are a registered republican. you are running for president. do you share that view of jack smith's investigation? >> you know, that is what people feel and i think what -- >> well, what do you feel, mr. mayor? what do you think? what do you think? >> well, i think that there is an unequal administration of justice. when you see in the comey investigation, for example, of hillary clinton's email server where he says she has broken potentially federal laws but he doesn't think it should be prosecuted, that's prosecutorial discretion. what we should do as a country is focus on the issues that matter to people. and this is a distraction. this it creates a toxic environment in our country. and i think it's not healthy -- >> director comey in the findings on secretary clinton said it was not willful. one of the key charges is 31
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charges, felony charges of willl retention of classified documents. you're a lawyer. obstruction of justice. do they concern you, sir? >> of course they concern me. and i think, you know, the willfulness question will be determined throughout the trial and the former president is presumed innocent until proven guilty like everyone is in america. a lot of defendants feel they are unfairly prosecuted throughout this country. that will be what the case turns on, whether it was willful or not. i would have turned over the documents immediately because that's what i would have done. but we have seen situations where other public officials, high-ranking public officials, kept classified documents. i think for regular people like me, we don't understand what that means, why that happens, why any public official wouldn't
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turn over classified materials. it's a bewildering situation for everybody. >> miami mayor francis suarez, we appreciate your time. please come back. >> thank you, poppy, for sure. >> be well. erica. you may be packing to travel for the holiday weekend. a little warning here. the airport is going to be a little busy today. what the tsa is expecting. also, what we're learning this morning about a strike vote that could severely impact the economy. satisfaction, and road-test evaluations... and the results are in. subaru is the twtwenty twenty-three best mainstream automotive brand, accocording o consumer reports. and subaru has seven consumer reportrts recommended models. solterra, forester, outback, crosstrerek, ascent, impreza, and legacy. it's easy to love a brand you can trust. it's easy to love a subaru. she's feeling the power of listerine. he's feeling it.
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pittsburgh mass shooting trial robert bowers accused of killing 11 at tree of synagogue in 2018. if convicted there will be a separate penalty phase for the same jury to decide whether the death penalty is warranted. more major decisions expected be handed down when the supreme court convenes today. it's unclear which opinions will come but we do know some of the big cases which swef not heard a ruling on, affirmative action student loans and lgbtq rights. secretary of state antony blinken set to take off for beijing later today in a trip aimed at warming up china's frosty relationship with the united states. this marks the most senior visit to china by an american official in five years. attorneys working on former president trump's classified documents case need to reach out to justice department by today to get security clearance. it underscores the sensitive nature of the documents involved here that the former president is accused of withholding. more than 300,000 teamster u.p.s. drivers expect today authorize a strike today when they vote.
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it comes after months of contract negotiations over sticking points like higher pay and creating more full-time jobs. u.p.s. has an estimated 6% of gdp. if approved, it could severely damage the economy. five things you need to know this morning. more of these all day on cnn and cnn.com and download the five things podcast every morning. today is expected to be one of the busiest summer travel days. why? it is a holiday weekend of course. this is just ahead of juneteenth which celebrates black history and freedom and a federal holiday and increasingly that new federal holiday is packing airports around the country. so who better to talk to than our good friend pete muntean at reagan national airport, his home away from home. how busy is this going to be this weekend? busier than million dollar? july 4th? all of them? >> reporter: almost add juneteenth to the list of those holidays. the federal holiday is not until
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monday but things have been busy here at airports across the country. the line was past where i'm standing here at reagan national airport. 2.73 million people screened by tsa yesterday. 14% higher than the same day last year. in fact, almost reached the post-2020 high mark that we saw on the friday before memorial day when 2.74 million people were screened. only about 10,000 people shy. the numbers all week have been huge. above 2.4 million people each day. here's what's happening. a confluence of things. the federal holiday of juneteenth, more states recognizing it, father's day weekend and the kickoff to summer travel that happened back on memorial day. in fact, it will be even busier in the air than we have seen since the depths of the pandemic. the faa anticipated 52,000 flights nationwide yesterday. scheduled by air curious. about 50,000 today. it dips off little bit, then
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comes back bigger even next weekend. so this is really a huge holiday weekend for travel. add it to the list with memorial day, labor day, july 4th. we are seeing the genesis of what will be a big holiday weekend for years to come. also there is pent-up demand because of the depths of the pandemic. so that is causing people to really pay for it. $288 is the average round trip ticket according to travel site hopper, although this weekend people are really paying more, about $318, erica. >> i don't know the last time i have seen a $280 ticket, but -- >> i paid $193 for a one way for my son to go from indiana to new york city. >> one way. >> that was one way. that's the only time i saw it under 200. thank you. montana's constitution, this is so interesting, by the way, promises a clean environment for present and future generations. next you are going to meet the so-called climate kids
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wildfires are once again bringing poor air quality to the united states. millions in the midwest under air quality alerts as that smoke continues to move south. here is the smoky skyline in chicago yesterday the hazy skies of minnesota, my mom told me they have the worst air quality yesterday, just fyi. i said we got that last week of the smoke forecast to push further south the next few days. montana is emerging as a key climate battleground state right now. a fight is brewing between the state itself and a group of kids who have now sued the state and they are arguing its support of fossil fuels is in direct violation of their constitutional rights. bill weir has more.
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>> reporter: in big sky country it's a story fit for a big screen. on one side, 16 young people from ranches, reservations and boom towns across montana ranging in age from 5 to 22. on the other side, the republican-led state of montana which lost a three-year fight to keep this case out of court, but is still determined to let fossil fuels keep flowing despite the warnings from science that burning them will only melt more glaciers, blacken more skies, and ravage more rivers. >> based on the evidence you have seen, there is a point of harm for these. >> accelerating harm in the future. >> reporter: the whole plot pivots around the montana constitution that promises the state shall maintain and improve a clean and healthful environment for present and future generations.
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>> they have filed seven different motions to try to have the case dismissed. none of those motions have been successful. >> reporter: while the first included scientists testifying to the data -- >> dr. stanford has fishing for bull trout in native cutthroat trout already impacted by climate change? >> very definitely. >> reporter: the emotion has come from plaintiffs laying out their stories of loss. >> you know, it's really scary seeing what you care for disappear right in front of your eyes. >> how does make you feel knowing that the state is not considering climate impacts in its permitting decisions? >> makes me feel like the state is prioritizing profits over people. because they know that there is visible harm coming to the land and to the people and they are still choosing to make money instead of care for montanans. >> reporter: while the state's attorneys question the plaintiff's ability to connect her mental health to the climate, they have mainly saved
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cross-examination for the experts. >> if the judge ordered that we stopped using fossil fuels in montana would that get us to the point where these plaintiffs are no longer being harmed in your opinion? >> we can't tell in advance because what has been shown in history over and over and over again is when a significant social movement is needed, it often is started by one or two or three people. >> i know that climate change is [ inaudible ] montanans take responsibility for that. >> reporter: judge sealy doesn't have the power to shut down any extraction or usage of fossil fuels, but a judgment for the young plaintiffs could set a powerful precedent for our children's trust. >> i think we are at a tipping point right now. >> reporter: the oregon non-profit helping kids in hawaii sue their state over
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tailpipe emissions. and they revived julianna v united states, the federal case that could end up before the supreme court. >> i just recently graduated high school but i think it's something everyone those, we have three branches of government for a reason. the judicial branch is there to keep a check on the other two branches and that's what we are doing. >> reporter: claire vlases grew up in beautiful booming bozeman and like the other kids too young to vote, she sees the courts as the only place for someone like her to have a voice. >> it's hard knowing the power to make a change is in the hands of other people, especially my government, and i hope that as a young person we might actually have a chance to make a difference and for my life and for my kids' life, not all hope may be lost. >> always the kids. >> always the kids. >> it's always the kids, right? and all of the state, like they have the highest stakes here.
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>> exactly. >> so i just said to you in the middle of the piece how can they lose given that language in constitution is so explicit, but? >> that language was put in in 1972. it's a fascinating convention. no politicians rewrote the state's constitution at a time that the evidence of environmental destruction was so great. they put that in. i don't think that the republicans have a chance to take that out of the constitution right now, but we'll see what kind of defense they put up, whether they counter the science of climate change, whether they say the economy is just too dependent on this to do anything about it. but really it is a tipping point as people try to use the courts to get some action because legislations have done nothing. >> so interesting. >> such great story. thank you. >> you bet. and stick around because you are going to weigh in on this next one. psychedelic mushrooms, yeah, yeah. >> get ready. >> hand them over. >> we are not doing a taste
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quite a moment for research on psychedelics. in this case, we are talking about psilocybin known as magic mushrooms. they are being studied for their potential therapeutic effects on conditions like depression, anxiety and substance abuse. and while it is illegal on the federal level, oregon first state to legalize magic mushrooms for therapeutic use. in countries they are legal already, some people are turning to wellness retreats. watch this. >> reporter: embarking on a
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psychedelic trip requires a willingness to be vulnerable. to hold nothing back. >> this wasn't easy. i imagine for any of you to say, yeah, let me jump in. you are here for a reason. >> reporter: documenting it with cameras for a story to be shared with the world? well, that suggests a near total surrender to the unknown. >> let go. let go with it and just go with the flow. >> reporter: the experiences you are about to witness, they are intimate. they are exhilarating and exhausting. after taking a dose of psilocybin, the psychoactive compound in magic mushrooms, you wait. >> psilocybin bring you what you need. not what you want. >> david. >> good morning. >> david culver. we are so entranced by this.
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this is your incredible reporting and you -- >> it was. it was a journey. not the kind of trip i thought i'd be here on tv talking to you guys about. good morning. >> it's so interesting. you went there to jamaica, right, as part of your reporting, as part of your research. all of the people we were just talking about in the break briefly, they agreed to let you film what they were experiencing on one condition. >> that i went along with it. >> yeah. >> look, so i'm big on immersive reporting. i feel like that's part of what i did in wuhan, libya, china, shanghai in particular and even covering the migrant crisis at the border and going along on a freight train. this was an opportunity to go forward with it, yes, but in a respectful and, hopefully, appropriate way. i hope that's how it comes across because it's so intimate and so personal. for these individuals in particular, it's something that they really were going to divulge a lot of their personal lives on camera so that , their
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words, it could potentially help others. we say potential because it's not for everyone. actually experts weighed in on this. we can play a little bit so you can get a sense of what folks are saying in the industry right now. >> so many mental health issues are based on a kind of rigidity, a stuckness. the psilocybin experience helps kind of break that up. >> that doesn't mean treats everything in psychiatry, but i think it is realistic to think that this could be a breakthrough in mental health care. >> sounds promising, but by no means a cure-all. >> psychedelics may not be entirely safe for people who have a personal or family history of psychosis, patients bipolar disorder may be at great risk of taking psychedelic drugs and having another manic episode. >> the risks are psychological,
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right. without support in some cases, they could be destabilizing. >> that's a huge part of this, this support factor. you see therapeutic is listed there. that's kind of my approach to this in coming in, is i was comfortable doing it. my doctor vaulted it fully and i wanted to do it after hearing the potential benefits and also knowing that the folks would be more comfortable going along with me. >> how was your trip? >> we did two doses. the first one was uneventful. not much of anything. the second was a trip. it was -- this is going to sound so l.a. and out there, but it takes you to places that i didn't expect to go. i mean, i am such a rule follower. this is something that is so different tore me. i didn't drink before it was legal. i sat on the judicial council in college. my family and friends are going to say, you did what? but this was -- it was emotional, it was draining.
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and it's so much to get in an hour, but it was so many place i went to on a deeper inner level that i am grateful for, to be honest. i walk away feeling at peace. >> was it therapeutic? >> surprisingly therapeutic for me. you think i had experiences in china, too, where i was trying to process after being dissing connected and oislated from my family for two and a half years. i have a close knit cuban family, so that was tough. processing that and then i lost like many people in covid folks i couldn't properly mourn with my family with. to feel their energies come in that moment, i get emotional thinking about it, to feel them in that moment was something i didn't expect. i was blown away by it. >> that said, i know it is not for everyone. and some folks even on our retreat, one particular walked away saying didn't do anything
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for me. >> so fascinating. people in my circles have done ayahuasca retreats. i read about a guy in chicago took mdma who was a virulent while nationalist and it changed him. it topapped him into love for t first time. >> and that stuck with him after? >> yeah. there is a story out of the bbc on this. i think we are just beginning to understand what these things, how they interact. >> was that a structured setting? >> it was. it was a university of chicago research project. >> that makes a difference, too. it's not just taking this recreationally. it's taking it with the lead up, the preparation and integration on the back end and making sure that it's done in a mindful manner. >> someone leading you to that point. it's someone leading you through. >> absolutely. >> you are not just experiencing it on your own. >> a guide is talking to you and bringing you out of it? >> yeah. we had the guide. in the case of these medical professionals on this retreat, i went up to a nurse who dealt
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with really bad trips in her years covering psychiatric situations she is like, i am with you. they are holding your hand and guiding you through it. so it's a journey. >> can't wait to see the entire hour. immersive reporting at its best, as david culver always does. thank you for sticking around. and for your great reporting. the all-new episode of the story with anderson cooper, david's remarkable reporting, sunday at 8:00 only right here on cnn. we are following news out of texas this morning in the wake of a devastating tornado which we know has left at least three people dead. as many as 100 people injured. we have our crews there live on the ground in perryton, texas. we will get you updated after this break. stay with us. l take that. -everyone: woo hoo! ensure max prorotein with 30 grams of protein, one gram of sugar. enter the nourishihing moments giveaway for a chance e to win $10,00000.
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her pain into power. this week's cnn hero lost her 2-year-old son in a hit-and-run on her block, she decided she needed a way to channel her trauma into something positive. meet the incredible mama shoe. >> after jacoby got killed, i needed to just basically change grief into glory, pain into power. folks thought i was crazy. that labor day crazy, talking about she gonna buy that block and fix it up. i saw crystal clear what it could look like. it took about eight years or so to actually clean up the block. we started buying the lots next door and now we have 45. it was so many things inside of my head that i wanted to actually build for the people. i felt that that is what we deserve.
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