was his plot foiled? a new report says yevgeny prigozhin wanted to capture a pair of top russian generals before his plans leaked. as president biden says vladimir putin, quote, absolutely is weaker after the mutiny. plus, mccarthy backtracks. the house speaker trying to stay in donald trump's good graces after questioning whether he's the strongest republican candidate in the race for president. we have details about a personal call he made to trump apparently to apologize. and a critical development in the titan investigation. debris recovered from the ocean floor now back on shore, back to canada. a key step in the search for exactly why the submersible imploded, killing all five on

board. we have all these stories coming in right now to cnn news central. new reporting today that wagner leader yevgeny prigozhin had some big plans, even bigger plans before calling off his brief revolt. western officials telling the "wall street journal" that the wagner leader planned to capture two of putin's top-ranking military leaders, the defense minister and the chief of russia's general staff. officials also say that p prigozhin sped up his plans after the kremlin was tipped off. we have cnn's nic robertson with us now on this story. a fascinating development here. what can you tell us, nic? >> reporter: yeah, sergei shoigu, the defense minister, valerri gerasimov, the army chief of staff, these were the two men who prigozhin had been ranting against publicly for months in advance of this situation. so there's context and history

to the allegation or the supposition of the intelligence services that he was going to try to capture them. when prigozhin went to rostov-on-don, that big russian military headquarters, with all his troops, he said that that evening, 9:00 p.m. that evening, sergei shoigu, the defense minister, had fled rostov-on-don. we're learning other details from other russian security chiefs. zolotov, the head of the national guard, said that they had got wind of shoigu's -- of prigozhin's plans to challenge the authority, challenge the state. they got wind of those plans that they were supposed to happen on the 22nd to the 25th of june. and they had this from leaks. western intelligence say that they had picked up that prigozhin was about to do something by an increase of level of communications

internally, in russia's state security services. so this picture that's being painted that prigozhin was not just putting -- was not just going to try to challenge the authorities, he was actually going to try to capture and kidnap it appears, we don't know to do what with, with the defense minister and the army chief of staff. it's quite a staggeringly brazen plot. but apparently people in his camp leaked to the russian government what was happening. >> how is the russian military situation destabilized at this point with the "new york times" reporting that sergei surovikin had advance knowledge of last weekend's mutiny? assuming that is true. >> it's hard to know whether or not it's true because of course this is a time when western intelligence agencies would love to put seeds of doubt in the

minds of the the russian government, particularly president putin's mind. sergei surovikin knew prigozhin. they'd worked together in syria, prigozhin for his mercenary group, surovikin as a general. surovikin last year had been put in charge of the russian forces in ukraine and it actually stood up to president putin. it's understood he was the one who said you have to pull out of the kherson region. and prigozhin liked surovikin. he said he was the only russian general worth a star. now, it's not clear if that like, mutual like -- it's not clear if that was a mutual situation that surovikin actually liked prigozhin. but there's perhaps evidence that at least prigozhin thought perhaps he could trust surovikin. we really don't know. but it appears when you sort of analyze what happened on the ground whether or not he'd put some faith in surovikin or other generals, his ability to move into rostov-on-don, take control

of the military headquarters, his ability to move troops further north raises that very pertinent question, how many other military generals had wind of this, were actually on prigozhin's side. but in the case of surovikin, he very quickly when this began to unfold came out in a video telling prigozhin to back down. and it was noticeable that he actually had a kalashnikov on his lap when he made that statement, which is sort of bizarre in itself. >> really, really interesting. a sort of "game of thrones" playing out as we see there in the russian military. nick, thank you for the report. bore snis. >> let's expand the conversation now with retired lieutenant general mark hertling. he's a former commanding general for the u.s. army europe and the 7th army. general, great to share an afternoon with you. thanks for being with us. first on president biden describing vladimir putin as being weakened by this attempted coup.

what is the biggest threat right now to his grip on power in russia? >> you know, there's a lot, boris. i'll just use nic's words. it best describes it. bizarre. the last couple years i was in the service in europe there were daily intelligence reports coming across about russia, and it was always speculation, leaning toward confirmation bias, internal military rumors about what was going on in the russian military from different channels, kremlin power plays, and you mix that all with the deception operations, the so-called maskarovka the russians do all the time, would always be confusing. but that is now on steroids because of the actions over the past weekend. you have the personalities of shoigu, putin, prigozhin, surovikin as nic just mentioned, gerasimov, the chief of the -- the equivalent of the chairman

of the joint chiefs of staff. you have another guy that hasn't been mentioned all that much, a guy named zolotov, who's the russian national guard commander who's a kremlin insider. all throwing out these rumors of how bad things are. but i've got to tell you, boris, this is more of an understanding that russian military and their government is a proverbial nesting doll of dysfunction. but it has gone on steroids right now in terms of all the craziness that's happening. and yes, putin is weakened by all that. you can tell by the effects he's had over the last couple days and what he's been doing to try to thwart the rumors that are swirling around his government and his military. >> that kind of speculation rampant, the sort of kremlinology of who's doing what. there's always intrigue around putin and his generals. but on that note you mentioned the confusion. how does that play out on the battlefield in ukraine?

>> well, there's already reports now coming from inside of russia. and these are rumors. again, not been verified. but surovikin has been put in jail. if the commander on the front is now in jail, it may not be true, then that would cause more dysfunction because that boils down to the troop level, what's going on in the foxhole. and what we're seeing too combined with the potential for ukraine's forces generating increasing momentum over the last several weeks and admitting they haven't even started the major counteroffensive yet, they're still conducting shaping operations, that would probably give the russian soldiers on the front line a little bit more pause and cause and even decreased morale on the front. russian morale has not been very good since the beginning 16 months ago of this operation. this invasion. so it can only get worse. it can't get better.

>> we have looked into -- or we are i should say looking into reports of the arrest that you mentioned. cnn is working to confirm them. obviously we will bring that news as it comes out. but should we anticipate a purge by putin of some of his top officials, especially if he considers them threats? >> that could be a course of action, boris. but truthfully i think there's a problem with that because russia is currently in a defensive state. they have their defensive operations ongoing against an increase, like i said, an increasing ukrainian momentum on the front. so now is not the time you want to purge. you want to do a purge during peace-time, when you can quickly replace commanders in the field. now, we may see more replacements of russian generals, russian colonels on the front. but truthfully, boris, we've been seeing that since the beginning. the number of replacements due to ineffectiveness, inefficiencies, and death and casualties on the front line of senior leaders has just been

remarkable in this campaign. a lot has occurred on the russian side. we may see a purge. i wouldn't bet on that. but you could certainly see a lot of high-ranking officials replaced. i'm watching very closely gerasimov and shoigu and what happens to them. everyone seems to be focused on prigozhin. what i'd like to see is what's happening inside of the kremlin, and that could also affect this guy zolotov, the national guard commander, because he is the true kremlin insider. he's a general that's been inside the kremlin much like a lot of our military are inside the pentagon, for a very long time, doesn't have the faeld savvy, but he's very close to putin. >> a nesting doll of dysfunction. quite an assessment from general mark hertling. thanks so much for being with us today. >> thanks, boris. >> of course. jim? >> to his point, gerasimov wrote the entire russian military doctrine. at story we're following, the

remaining debris from the imploded tourist submarine brought back to shore by recovery teams. these pictures at the canadian coast guard pier. workers unloaded some pieces of metal panels, some of them quite large, some covered under tarps. all part of that recovery mission. cnn's paula newton has been in ottawa covering this story. and paula, it's interesting. the pictures that we've seen so far, for instance, this one here, that seems to be from the outer shell. what's not clear, do they have pictures, broken pieces of the pressure chamber itself. what do you know about exactly what they've been able to bring up from the ocean floor and then where this goes from here? >> the best indication, jim, are the pictures that you see there. and i'm sure there will be some disquienet those family and friends that lost the five passengers there on the titan. but when you look at those pieces, jim, those are much larger than the indication we were given at first from the u.s. coast guard when they did confirm that the titan had a very violent implosion.

what you see distinctly is that dome and then the view port and then the back end in the tail. you raise a very good point. we do not know what else they have salvaged, though. pu bulogic who is the research company from new york that operated that remote operated vehicle at the depths tell cnn in a statement that they've now concluded their offshore operations. what does that mean? as far as they're concerned after they had mapped out the debris field they have brought up as much as they're going to bring up right now. it then moves over to the transportation safety board and the u.s. coast guard. jim, the transportation safety board here in canada telling us look, we are not making any further comments on this as this investigation continues. i want to point out that there may be perhaps a criminal investigation both in the united states and canada. they will obviously be looking to see whether or not the debris will contribute to whether or not they pursue that path. but again, i think those pieces will shock many. remember, it was more than two miles down that they had to go

and retrieve these. they were retrieved by this remote operated vehicle and then robot. so quite a task and no doubt everything that you see there will help in this investigation. a reminder, at issue were the component parts, right? carbon fiber and titanium. they're going to be looking at the design closely. >> you make a good point. we just showed that picture on the air, that that round piece there appears to be from the porthole or the viewpoint, which would be part -- at least it was attached to the pressure chamber there. you mentioned the criminal potential for a criminal investigation. that's still just a possibility at this point, is that right? >> absolutely. and the rcmp, the national police force here, wanted to be very clear that they are doing what they call an examination right now. they'll alert us as to whether or not they open a full investigation. also want to be clear that the transportation safety board has conducted dozens of interviews already with people on board the mother ship, which was the "polar prince." and obviously they'll be looking at this debris. some of that, if not all of it,

will be protected. meaning the rcmp will have to start from scratch if they want to start their criminal investigation. again, we were not told where these pieces of debris are going and who will get a chance to look at them further first. >> you're right. for the family members they're part of the resting place for their lost loved ones. paula newton in ottawa. thanks so much. brianna. >> coming up, flight delays and cancellations are so bad right now you might want to pack a bag just for your time at the airport. the latest on this travel turmoil. and later, multiple sheriff's deputies fired in mississippi after two black men alleged the deputies illegally entered their home and tortured them.

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travel troubles plaguing some of the nation's busiest airports, nowhere near over. heavy storms moving across the country, particularly here in the northeast, have wreaked havoc on airlines, forcing thousands of flight cancellations and delays. scores of passengers at new jersey's newark international airport stuck there overnight, sleeping on cots lined up along terminal corridors. that's no fun. the situation is no better in new york and boston, where severe weather forced a total ground stop. cnn aviation correspondent pete muntean is at reagan

international airport outside washington, d.c. airlines and the faa should be used to handling some summer weather, right? flying around it. managing it. why was it so difficult this time around? was it just the concentration? >> reporter: you know, it's layer on layer of problems, jim. it's not only just the weather but also these shortages of air traffic controllers according to united airlines ceo scott kirby. but then there's just a lot of fragile parts of the airline system right now. and i just spoke to sarah nelson of the association of flight attendants. she says united airlines, which has been at the top spot for cancellations over the last five days, really has not addressed some problems that it has had internally for years. let's look at the numbers. these are the latest numbers from flight aware. 837 cancellations so far today. but the delays have really gone up over the day. 3200 delays. so right now we're at about 40% of what we saw yesterday. the cancellations really mounted on monday. this all started back on saturday.

last night was especially difficult, especially in new york. three ground stops for all three of the main airports in new york. look at this image from flight radar 24 of what was happening on the ground at laguardia. there was a ground stop there because the faa was simply worried about gridlock, that the taxiways were essentially being turned into parking lots. so you can see that the airplanes are just using every nook and cranny of pavement that they could find. the top cancellations today, newark, laguardia, chicago o'hare, jfk and boston. we could see those numbers change, though, jim, as the day goes on. and the faa is warning that storms could swoop into some of these major metro areas and cause more and more ground stops as the day continues. it's still pretty early. it's not that hot out in a lot of places. and as the afternoon continues, the hot air rises, that turns into thunderstorms. so we will see as the day plays out. it could be pretty bad. we could even be seeing it in

places not only like florida and the northeast but also in denver, jim. we'll see. >> yeah, see some finger pointing too. airlines blaming the faa. the flight attendants union blaming the airlines. who's responsible? pete muntean at reagan national. thanks so much. brianna. up ahead, speaker mccarthy doing some damage control after he questioned donald trump's strength as a candidate. we'll have more on that next. and the story behind why this passenger got an entire plane all to himself. so, no more sweating all night... ...or blasting the air conditioning. because the tempur-breezee feels up to 10° cooler, all night long. for a limited time, save $500 on all-new temempur-breeze mattresses.

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efforts to overturn joe biden's 2020 election victory. federal investigators spoke with rudy giuliani in recent weekends. you'll remember he was one of trump's key operatives in the election aftermath and allegedly oversaw the scheme to use fake electors in battleground states to undo biden's win. cnn's paula reid is here with the details. paula, what do we know about this interview with giuliani and how the former mayor plays into all this? >> he was a key part of phenomenoner president trump's efforts to try to overturn the 2020 election. and it's significant that he's speaking to investigators now. he was subpoenaed back in november of last year by the justice department. before this even became a special counsel probe. and then he heard nothing from jack smith for about six months. and i asked sources in this investigation, should he be worried? and a lot of them suggested that yes, because if you haven't heard that far into an investigation it suggests that you could be a target and not just a witness.

so we've learned that he has sat down voluntarily with investigators. in a statement his spokesman said this was purely voluntary and that the interview was conducted in a professional manner. but at this point it's unclear what he shared with investigators. we have a good idea what they probably asked him about because originally he was subpoenaed for information about money he made, payments he received around the time he was filing all those challenges to the 2020 election. >> yeah, he was in the center of that effort to overturn the 2020 election. notably also today, the special counsel this afternoon speaking with georgia secretary of state brad raffensperger. if you don't recall, he received that infamous phone call from president trump demanding that he find some 11,000 votes. the timing here is interesting. all this happened back at the end of 2020. >> you're really hitting it. there's a flurry of activity clearly on the january 6th side of the special counsel investigation. and what is interesting about the january 6th investigation is there are so many players

involved in all these various alleged schemes. different people with possible criminal exposure and different things to look at. you can look at what happened on that day. you can look at fund-raising efforts. you can look at the legal challenges with the state of georgia of course they were under enormous pressure. the secretary of state in particular. that infamous call from the former president. asking him to find over 10,000 additional votes. he is likely going to be asked about the pressure campaign on states, not just the kind of pressure they face but also who was putting him under that pressure. it's clear there's been a flurry of activity. and it looks like they could be nearing a charging decision. because jack smith has not charged anyone in that aspect of his investigation. it looks like that could be coming before us. it's too premature right now to say who if anyone will be charged. >> so many angles to look at. stay tuned. paula reid, thank you so much. brianna? kevin mccarthy is sorry. we are told the house speaker dialed up the former president this morning hat in hand and apologized for publicly wondering if trump is the gop's

strongest 2024 option. his off the cuff candor in a live interview yesterday sparked instant outrage from trump allies and also a lot of instant intrigue from political observers, surprised that he even said it. cnn's manu raju is live for us on the hill. manu, what's the speaker saying now? >> reporter: well, he is moving behind the scenes to make up for what he said after getting cross-wise with the former president by suggesting that donald trump was not the strockest candidate here. recall that donald trump believes that kevin mccarthy owes the speakership to him. kevin mccarthy himself after winning the speakership on the 15th ballot came out and thanked former president trump for winning him the gavel. so there's a belief there that he needs to stay in donald trump's good graces. but things changed in the aftermath of mccarthy's comments yesterday, that trump may not be the strongest candidate. >> could he win an election -- >> can he win that election? yeah, he can. >> you think he can. >> the question, is he the

strongest to win the election. i don't know that answer. >> reporter: now, after word that got out that trump and his allies were angry about this, kevin mccarthy phoned up the former president, apologized to him, suggested his words perhaps were taken out of context. then he went even further by issuing statements saying that trump is the strongest candidate and even giving an interview to the conservative publication breitbart saying just look at the numbers this morning, trump is stronger today than he was in 2016. that was -- that came as he sent out those fund-raising solicitations also calling donald trump the strongest possible candidate here. really reminiscent, brianna, of the aftermath of january 6th when kevin mccarthy said the former president, or then president bore responsibility for the attack on the capitol. but just soon after went down to mar-a-lago, made peace with the former president, and has since contended that many people are to blame for january 6th, not just the former president.

>> taken out of context, i think not. reported, yes, his comments were. any grumblings from hardcore allies of donald trump on the right of the house of representatives? >> reporter: there has been some. but the hope among some of those members on the far right is to use the situation with trump against the former speaker, at least start to pressure him to move in their direction on a number of issues, whether it's moving forward with potential impeachment proceedings of the attorney general, something the speaker has suggested that he might do. and it's over the justice depending handling of the hunter biden investigation. among some other key issues that are important to the hard right faction of the house republican conference that is aligned with donald trump. the belief is if they can get him on their side they can pursue their agenda that is important to that element of the conference. so the hope among the republicans in that bloc is to perhaps use this against the speaker when they return to session in july.

brianna. >> no doubt they will. manu raju live for us on the hill. thank you. jim? >> what's it all mean legally? let's discuss with cnn legal analyst formert federal prosecutor elliot williams, also former georgia lieutenant governor geoff duncan. good to have you both, gentlemen. and geoff, i want to ask you a question. we've seen this not just with kevin mccarthy but other republicans who try to toe the line to some degree on donald trump. and i wonder, do republican voters reward flip-flopping? do they buy it? are they impressed by it? or do they respect some straight talk? >> well, unfortunately, it feels like right now that's what they are gravitating towards, right? this is a short-term sugar high. and listening to kevin mccarthy yesterday, i mean, it sounded like a freudian slip. right? he spoke his mind, like he did shortly after january 6th. and then fell to peer pressure and turned back to supporting as loudly and publicly as he could donald trump. i think it's a mistake and it's really what's put us in this

juxtapose right now. we've got donald trump leading the polls in the primary against what is quite honestly the least most popular president ever. 7 out of 10 americans don't want joe biden to be president again but yet we're going to probably miss another layup because we can't put the right candidate against joe biden. >> some of the recent national polls show that his lead is growing even larger. elliot, we've got, and this of course relevant to the political campaign because all these investigations and indictments and possible court cases happening during the campaign. but we have trump telling what can only be described as a shifting story on the classified documents case. multiple descriptions, explanations of what he is heard saying on tape here. if you were representing him and trying to present the best defense, what will his public comments and changing story and also his comments on that tape have done to your case? >> look, if you're representing him, you would tell him to the extent possible to simply stop talking. >> but that's not happening. >> i know. recognizing that. but every time a defendant opens

his mouth publicly he runs the risk of creating more evidence that can be used against him. the problem with the shifting story is yes, somewhere in there there is a narrative that actually helps him. but there are also several that don't. and prosecutors can put in front of a jury that because of the fact that this story has shifted so many times you can't find anything that this witness or this defendant is saying to be credible. and it just sort of speaks to the believability of his narrative. so it's really not great for him as a defendant. >> geoff duncan, i know the conventional wisdom is that these indictments, investigations only help him, trump, at least with republican primary voters. but you come from a state where statewide candidates for office have been re-elected. you look at the governor. you look at the secretary of state. and these are folks who directly challenged trump and contradicted him in public and trump didn't like it but they've won. and i wonder are you convinced that the conventional wisdom is right, that the aggregate of these communications and

charges -- and by the way, there may be more coming including in the state of georgia before the end of the summer. are you convinced that that holds? >> yeah, i describe donald trump's support in the republican party right now as a mile wide and an inch deep. i think republicans all over the country want an excuse to not vote for or publicly support donald trump. but unfortunately, it feels like he's going to win. but the weight of these investigations have got to continue to just mount on him. today we're talking about brad raffensperger on the january 6th side of the department of justice investigation. this is the fourth investigation slash potential indictment that's out there. i don't know any human that can deal with multiple state and federal indictments and then run for president around the country all at the same time. it just feels like we're taking our time making the right decision. but this should be a golden opportunity for a republican candidate to step up and to put real leadership on display. don't try to be donald trump light. don't try to beat him at his game. just put good leadership on display. and i think the middle part of

america and the right is going to gravitate toward them when donald trump eventually falls. >> by the way, two of those cases involve trump in his own words on tape, not just the phone call to find the votes but his description of classified documents. i know you don't know, elliot, but you are a smart guy and you've dealt with cases before and you've watched -- you're watching this case very closely. if you're the special counsel, you've just called rudy giuliani as part of your investigation into trump's effort to overturn the 2020 election, you've also called back in -- or called in for the first time brad raffensperger, of course highly involved in that phone call. does that indicate to you that he's in the final stages of the investigation? >> ceremony because he's moving to what are central and critical witnesses. rudy giuliani being a former senior aide and attorney to the president. and brad raffensperger, the individual who the target of the investigation, donald trump, is on not camera but audio talking to. you're clearly nearing the end of the investigation. to be clear, it's a harder case to prove than the documents matter. even in light of that video -- i

keep saying video. even in light of that audio. what you have is somebody talking about -- a candidate for office who might have been zealously advocating for himself and has a plausible defense versus there were documents in your house that you acknowledge that you had that you obstructed the investigation into. the documents case is just far more straightforward than some of the more thorny political stuff in georgia. >> well, guys, we've got some more developments to look for in these cases. elliot williams, geoff duncan. thanks so much to both of you. brianna. up next, police just released body cam video from that mass shooting last month at a texas outlet mall. we'll have that ahead. this is your summer to smile. to raise your glass and reconnect. to reel in the fun and serve up great times. toelp you get ready your aspen dentateam is celebrating 25 years of affordab care

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at the chilling moments when an allen, texas police officer took down a gunman who opened fire at an outlet mall last month. department officials just released police body cam video from the first responding officer. eight people, you may recall, were killed and several others were injured that afternoon of may 6th. investigators say the shooter possessed patches and tattoos with neo-nazi i'dation on them. cnn's security correspondent josh campbell is here to take us through the video that we're about to see. >> reporter: yeah, brie. this officer is being called a hero after jumping into action after the suspected white supremacist opened fire at a mall. that officer being credited with potentially saving countless lives after the shooter had killed eight people. i'll play you part of that video. what you see here is the officer on the scene. he's on a separate call. he's engaged in typical community policing. you see him interacting with small kids, talking to them about the importance of wearing their safety belt. then the shots ring out. i'll warn our viewers, this may be disturbing.

>> make sure y'all be good. okay? and make sure you wear your seat belts when mommy's driving, okay? you understand? okay? >> yes, sir. >> all right. you be good. >> always the -- >> seat belt. [ gunshots ] >> wow. >> 1:45. i think we've got shots fired at the outlet mall. they're moving away from me. 1:45. we've got a mass shooter. i've got a mass shooting on the ground. drop it! drop it! i'm passing the injured. >> now, that officer chased the shooter around the mall. again, i'll warn our viewers. this is disturbing. this is the moment that police took down the gunman.

>> down, bro. [ bleep ]. [ bleep ]. stay on the [ bleep ] ground! stay on the [ bleep ] ground! [ bleep ] you good? you got him? >> of course brianna that's so chilling. but this is what law enforcement officers in this country are trained to do, to go toward the sound of gunfire to try to save lives. >> i mean, josh, we get a sense of just how quickly that officer was springing into action and also the type of weapons that he and that other officer had in order to combat what this mass shatter was bringing into that outlet mall. this could have been so much worse. >> certainly. and this is why we've seen police departments around the country increase their own weaponry to try to match some of these assault-style rifles we're seeing in so many of these mass shootings. i want to show you this photo. this was obtained by our colleagues ashley colo and ed lavandera in dallas from a source who was at the scene of the mass shooting. on the suspect's chest there you

see additional rounds of ammunition. i'm told by a law enforcement officer that he had multiple rounds on him. of course that makes this even more chilling. but for that officer springing into action you can only imagine how much worse this rampage would have been, brianna. >> that is some hard video to watch. josh campbell, thank you. jim? >> coming up, two black men say that multiple sheriff's deputies in mississippi tortured them for nearly two hours. how the department is responding to these alarming accusations. lg fresh waaaay longer than detergent alone. if you want laundry to smell fresh for weeks, make sure you hahave downy unstopables in-w-wash scent boosters. pepcid complete works fast and lasts for powerful heartburn relief. with an antacid that starts working in seconds- and a acid reducer that relieves casional heartburn all day. other brands can't do both. pepcid complete. ♪ with wet amd, sometimes i worry my world

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authorities have fired multiple sheriffs deputies in mississippi. this after two black men were accused of entering their home and torturing them for two hours. the $400 million federal lawsuit filed this month alleges six white deputies as part of the two men because of the color of their skin. ryan young joins us now. so, ryan, tell us exactly what these allegations are here. what they based them on. >> yeah, we're still digging down into parts of this because the lawsuit just came out, jim, but i can tell you for some of our viewers, part of this are going to be hard to here. the sheriff's office has fired multiple deputies after these two black men filed this lawsuit. they say they were tortured for nearly two hours. get these details. after filing the $400 million lawsuit, they allegedly not only were they handcuffed, kicked and water boarded inside this home and tasers were used on them several times. at one point, the men claim that

the officers, the deputies pulled out a sex toy and tried to sexually assault the men inside this home. and then one of the deputies pulled a gun and put it into one of the men's mouth. opened fire. take a listen to the attorney and one of the victims' mother talk about this case that has this entire community shaken and trying to figure out what happened. >> his tone was severed. it was holding on by a sliver when the bullet went through. >> calling them [ bleep ]. constantly referred to these men as monkeys. when they came in, they accused these young men of dating white women and selling drugs. >> i've never seen anything like this. >> so jim to put all this together, you have the attorney who's saying some of the things that you heard there that sound quite shocking. you have the mother one of the victims talking about her own

child's tongue barely hanging on inside his mouth after being shot. the pictures are horrific and this community has been asking questions. this happened back in january so a lot of questions. >> so the sheriffs deputies, they've been fired presumably for cause. the wrong doing here? what is their response? >> that's a great question. you and i have talked about cases where people have been accused of things. i appears some of these deputies were allowed to retire. some were fired but yesterday when the sheriff stepped to the mike, he did not questions from the media so we can't even find out how many deputies have been disciplined. we also talked about bringing in another officer to sort of help out and look over the entire department. and he said he would not step down and we should put up part of the statement that i want you guys to see here. in the statement, the sheriff says he will continue to investigate efforts are complete

and justice is served. we cannot however confirm or deny any specific facts related to this incident because it's an active, ongoing investigation. you see this all sort of playing out there, jim, where he's not really answering the question. we understand an investigation is going on but we watched some of these things happen across the country. when you fire deputies or ask some to retire, there could be more information given to the community. there have been community members in this area that have been asking for months to try to figure out what happened because the public trust has been broken and they want to know exactly what's going on and who's policing the deputies. >> they'll want updates on these investigations as they continue. thanks so much. horrible details there. thanks for bringing us the story. now to some of the other headlines we're watching this hour. a former nfl quarterback drowning off a florida beach. d destin authorities say the

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