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by members of the altoona police department arrested luigi mangione he definitely did his operational planning. >> pre-attack surveillance. the suspect here who shot at that ceo and killed that ceo, is a coward, not a hero. >> everybody's just started running. it's not clear if they have managed to get into this part of the prison. many here have been waiting for decades. hope was something they didn't let themselves feel until now live from london. >> this is cnn newsroom with max foster and christina macfarlane. >> hello. >> and a warm welcome to our viewers joining us from around the world, i'm max foster. it is tuesday, december the 10th, 9 a.m. here in london. and 4

a.m. in pennsylvania where the suspected killer of the unitedhealthcare ceo was captured after eluding authorities for five days. hours later, luigi mangione was was charged with murder. the 26 year old was eating at a mcdonald's when an employee recognized him and tipped off authorities. we're told he was found with a weapon, a so-called ghost gun. that was likely 3-d printed, as well as other incriminating evidence linking him to brian thompson's murder. the mangione family released a statement our family is shocked and devastated by luigi's arrest. we offer our prayers to the family of brian thompson and we ask people to pray for all involved. we are devastated by this news. the governor of pennsylvania, where mangione is being held spoke about those celebrating thompson's murder and lashing out at the u.s. health insurance system violence can

never be used to address political differences or to address a substantive difference, or to try and prove some ideological point that is not what we do in a civilized society. >> that was true in butler it was true in new york city the suspect here, who shot at that ceo and killed that ceo, is a coward, not a hero. >> cnn's brynn gingras has a closer look now at the case and the privileged background of the suspect. reporter. >> we have a strong person of interest in the shooting that shook our city last week. >> after a five day manhunt. the main suspect in the killing of unitedhealthcare ceo brian thompson is in custody. luigi mangione, a 26 year old former valedictorian from maryland who police believe carried out the

heinous act in manhattan last wednesday, was caught while eating in a western pennsylvania mcdonald's. >> we did not have his name prior to today. >> mangione not on police radar as he had no arrests in new york city or elsewhere. >> to the class of 2016, a kind of class that only comes around once every 50 years. >> mangione graduated from the prestigious gilman school, a private all boys high school in baltimore, maryland, in 2016, where he was top of his class. >> it's been an incredible journey and i simply can't imagine the last few years with any other group of guys, he went on to college at the university of pennsylvania, where he graduated with a bachelor's and master's in engineering. >> a former classmate called him, quote, a totally normal guy. police are now trying to figure out what changed. authorities say he was carrying a multi-page document pointing to a possible motive. it railed against the health care industry and suggesting that violence is the answer. quote. these parasites had it coming. end quote. i do apologize for any strife and trauma but it

had to be done. >> it read we don't think that there's any specific threats to other people mentioned in that document, but it does seem that he has some some ill will toward corporate america. >> mangione comes from a prominent maryland family that owns laurene health services, a nursing home chain in the state where luigi volunteered in 2014, according to his linkedin page. they also own country clubs in maryland. a look into what is likely his goodreads profile, made earlier this year, shows he called the infamous unabomber ted kaczynski, a political revolutionary. quote it's simply impossible to ignore how prescient many of his predictions about modern society turned out. it reads. authorities sifting through social media postings like this one to glean more clues. >> we're still working through his social media. we're going to do a complete scrub of that. >> this while authorities work to connect mangione to their crime scene through possible dna fingerprints and pieces of evidence like this fake id, which is also the same one the suspect used to check into a hostel on the upper west side

of manhattan before the murder. investigators are still trying to figure out what that motive is, and they are scrubbing social media accounts like youtube, instagram facebook, hoping that there can be some sort of connection learned from those social media accounts. brynn gingras cnn new york. >> steve moore is a cnn law enforcement contributor and a retired fbi supervisory special agent. he joins us from los angeles. thank you so much for joining us. a lot of people making the point that this mcdonald's worker is the hero here, someone that saw the pictures, recognized this guy and called it in yes that's that's exactly what the police were hoping for. >> and that's what happened. it was really fortuitous that this person, uh, uh, took the actions they did. >> um, but many questions raised about why he was so difficult to trace. some people would say it was luck that that worker was saw the picture and also felt the need to call it

in as well. because you often doubt yourself, don't you? in that situation. but he had such a clean background, didn't he? this guy. he did. >> he had an absolutely clean background. and, uh you know, the, uh witness witness identifications are generally not that accurate. so this turned out to be extremely as i said, fortuitous but, um, the way the investigation was going and the clues, he left it, it literally was a matter of time until they identified him. but this just jumped things ahead. uh days, if not weeks. >> what do you make of um, some of the social media reaction where people have got behind him? partly because of what he stood for, but also frankly, because of the way he looked as well it's uh, it's it's just one of the sad aspects of our society, of any society where

you're going to get a certain number of people who, uh, cheer when, uh, people are killed, when they're murdered. >> um, it's it's not a healthy part of society and i don't believe we should give too much attention to, um, to that kind of reaction because they're unhealthy um, in terms of what we learned from this experience, sadly we're reporting on cnn all the time. >> uh shootings. is there something unusual about this that you think the, you know law enforcement authorities can, uh, respond to you know, i don't know if this is, uh something unique or that would that would lend to a different type of tactic. >> we do have a problem where there are ghost guns, basically um, uh, frequently in fact, uh, they are computer printed guns

and, uh, they're printed out of plastic and they're going to fire a little while, but they're not going to be very durable, but they're durable enough to do this job. and the problem is the plans and the the computer programs to make these are all over the internet. now worldwide. and you can pick those up. so this is going to be an increasing problem, not a decreasing problem. >> and they obviously can't be uh, traced because they don't have serial numbers do they. in the past, i think they had to use certain parts that were bought in. so that would have been easier to police. but when they're completely made by a 3-d printer it's almost impossible, isn't it? it does raise the question of how much, uh, laws about buying guns are effective now. >> well, yeah it's like everything else in our society. um you just have to look at society differently and the opportunities that people have to do these kind of things. and. and you're right, max, the

guns that we're looking at, uh guns generally, uh the lower part of it, not the barrel, not the, uh not the action on top, but the the grip and the parts that actually load the weapon. those things are the parts that make it a gun. and so that's the one that has the serial number on it. so in this case he took a, a an existing design, a glock and made the lower part of it. uh, the the uh, regulated part of it, uh, by himself everything else you can just pick up online and have it sent to you yeah. >> it's frightening, isn't it, steve moore, really appreciate your time this morning uh, we're going to go to syria now. where cnn team's in damascus report hearing a series of explosions, a short while ago. you can see a large plume of smoke visible in the sky in this drone video. there's no word on what might have caused those explosions, though meanwhile, rebel groups in syria are preparing to take control of the country's

government. the leader of the main rebel group abu mohammed al-jolani met former president bashar al assad's outgoing prime minister on on monday to discuss the transfer of power for civilians life in syria is starting to return somewhat to normal people are back on the streets, some shops are open in syria's central bank employees are back at work today as well. cnn's paula hancocks joins us live from abu dhabi. i mean, one of the main issues facing the new authorities, if i can call them that in syria, is just getting those public services up and running the economy up and running before, you know, there's a there's a there's a crisis. the country can't operate when there is already a humanitarian crisis. there yeah. >> and, max, this was one of the first things we we really heard from, from from the leader of bts, for example, who's effectively the day facto leader, if you like, of

syria at this point until that transitional government or format is, is created saying abu mohammad al-jolani saying that that the military should not be approaching public institutions, that these public institutions should be protected. and it's also what we heard from the outgoing prime minister this is the prime minister, al jalali who was part of the assad regime. he didn't flee. he did say that he was going to to stay and support a smooth transition in government. so they're very aware, it seems that that this is one of the key elements. and i think the fact that, for example, that the employees of the central bank went back to work today just a couple of days after this dramatic fall from power by the from the assad regime, is is significant. it shows that they want to keep things running. now we're hearing from countries around the world, including the united states,

that what they are hearing from the the rebels, if i can call them that at this point, is promising, but they're looking more at words, at deeds sorry, rather than words. but the fact that they are trying to put this transitional power into place, we understand that they haven't decided on a prime minister at this point, and they certainly haven't named a prime minister. but they are having these meetings between the outgoing prime minister and the incoming potential powers that be. now. we've heard from the biden administration saying that they are looking at the deeds rather than the words. let's listen to the the state department spokesperson the united states will continue to support syria's neighbors, including jordan, lebanon iraq and israel, should any threats arise from within syria during this period of transition. >> we will also maintain our mission against isis and protect our forces against any threats now, we also heard from from

state department officials that they are looking at the fact that that al-julani is his he has a $10 million bounty on his head. >> his group is designated a terrorist organization by the united states. that's clearly going to be problematic going forward. we understand that there are no decisions on whether to change that at this point, but it's certainly having to be looked at. >> max, paula in abu dhabi, thank you. for several frantic hours on monday, people searched syria's most notorious saydnaya prison they suspected that some prisoners were being held in secret cells inside what amnesty international called the human slaughterhouse. cnn chief international correspondent clarissa ward is there. reporter the stream of families never stops climbing towards syria's most notorious saydnaya prison pushed on by reports that thousands of people imprisoned by the regime

of bashar al-assad are still trapped alive. >> in a section underground. this is the red section of the prison. they've been trying for days to reach it. maysoon abu tells us there's no oxygen because the ventilation went out. and so they all may die. for the sake of allah, help them. is someone from your family in the prison? >> we had them in qizan al-najjar mean my three brothers and my son in law. >> she says the roads are choked with cars full of people looking for loved ones. as soon as they see our camera, they approach holding lists of names of those who vanished inside assad's dungeons, never to be seen again you have to get them out before tomorrow. this man says they don't have food. they don't have water. everybody's just started running. it's not clear if they have managed to get into this part of the

prison yonhap my god, my god. a woman prays my god, as the crowd surges towards the prison so it looks like they think that they have managed to get access. a lot of celebratory gunfire. people now just flooding in after the initial jubilation. an agonizing wait for confirmation from the rescue workers. many here have been waiting for decades. hope was something they didn't let themselves feel until now rescue workers with syria's white helmets break through the concrete, looking for a way in. no one is certain where this red section is, or if it even exists inside the prison. family members are searching too. you can see people

everywhere just combing through all the papers and records they can find, looking for names seeing if maybe their loved ones are there. tens of thousands of syrians were forcibly disappeared in saidnaya lost in the abyss of a prison that was known as a slaughterhouse. industrial scale, arbitrary detention and torture, all to keep one man in power they call this the white area of the prison because they say the conditions here are much better than in other areas but you can see it's still miserable in the center of the prison. another frantic rush someone thinks they have found a tunnel. they desperately try to get a look inside others look on helpless, not knowing is agony. assad may be gone but the legacy of his cruelty remains. after we returned from

our trip to saidnaya, a group called the association of detainees and the missing inside said that they do not believe that the red section exists, that they are confident that all of those who were detained in saidnaya were released on december 8th before 11 a.m., and the white helmets, those rescue workers that you saw there have now confirmed that they have concluded their search. clarissa ward, cnn damascus. >> the top u.s. hostage envoy in beirut has, as part of intensive efforts to find detained journalist austin tice following the collapse of the assad government and the state department is urging anyone with information on his whereabouts to contact the fbi. u.s. officials have also reached out to syrian opposition forces. tice was detained at a checkpoint in damascus in august of 2012. his family say it's their understanding he is still in syria and are hopeful that he will return home i would like

to say that, yeah, well, we know that austin is alive and we know that austin is in syria. >> and so at this point, we are encouraging anyone who is in a position to do so to provide him assistance and help him to return safely home to us. >> israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu in tel aviv courtroom there right now to testify for the first time in his historic corruption trial. it began more than four years ago with charges filed in three separate cases, all of which netanyahu has denied. cnn's jeremy diamond is outside the courthouse and tells us what's at stake this is a moment in israel's history. >> the first sitting prime minister to stand to to to face criminal charges, to take the stand, i should say, to face criminal charges. this trial encompasses three separate cases, but all of it effectively boils down to allegations of corruption. the charges that he faces are

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oldest children equal voting shares upon his death. now new york prosecutors officially charged luigi mangione with murder just hours after his capture. cnn's brian todd tells us what's known about the suspect and his privileged upbringing. >> all these endeavors took a huge amount of courage. >> graduation video suggests luigi mangione was valedictorian at this prestigious all boys private school in 2016. his family owns a nursing home chain in maryland, and his cousin is a state legislator. authorities say the note found in his possession railed against the health care industry. >> we don't think that there's any specific threats to other people mentioned in that document, but it does seem that he has some some ill will toward corporate america. >> the note said quote, these parasites had it coming and i do apologize for any strife and trauma, but it had to be done according to a police official who has seen the document. the note says he acted alone and that he was self-funded and it asked why we have the most expensive health care in the

world, and yet are ranked 42nd in life expectancy. >> oftentimes, when suspects leave these types of of documents it's really to try to control the public perception of what their act was. >> authorities are also investigating other writings of his online. the profile photo, on an account that appears to belong to mangione features what looks like an x ray image of a spine with hardware from a surgery and a profile on goodreads also appearing to belong to mangione lists a number of books about coping with chronic back pain that profile also reviews the anti-technology manifesto of the unabomber. he was a violent individual, rightfully imprisoned, who maimed innocent people. the post says but it also calls him an extreme political revolutionary and notes how prescient many of his predictions about modern society turned out. >> is it someone that was individually aggrieved? someone whose family members suffered as a result of a decision that this company made? or is it a broader sort of activist person that is rebelling against

capitalism? >> on the one hand, analysts say the crime was carefully planned. he definitely did his operational planning pre-attack surveillance knew his knew the location of this meeting and knew where he was going to be. but on the other hand, there are a number of mistakes that the shooter made to include leaving forensic science evidence behind, the dna all the videos taking off his mask. >> a former roommate of mangione spoke to cnn earlier, saying he can make zero sense of this unimaginable situation. rj martin says mangione helped lead a book club but couldn't recall him ever talking about guns or violence i know we talked about social issues and we talked about how to improve the world, and we talked about, you know issues that are, you know say with capitalism or with the health care system or with housing or the food systems.

>> it wasn't, you know anything specific. it wasn't like he had an ax to grind or he was even upset or angry about a particular issue. they were just natural, intellectual conversations that you have when you're inquisitive. >> well, we also heard from a gun analyst who spoke about the weapon found on mangione and suggestions that it might have been his intent to use that weapon to harm someone else. but steve wolf says that firearm might not be the same one actually used in the murder i think if he used the ammo that he needed in new york and he had extra, that doesn't necessarily indicate he was going to do anything additional with it. >> i'm also not sure that the gun that was found on him was the same gun you know, we we saw the gun this is very similar to the the b and t and you see this is round over here. and this slide pulls back if you take a close look at the slide on that you'll see it looks nothing like the slide on the 3-d printed gun which has got a square slide, extends back and holds itself open. so

there's really no comparison in my mind that the, the b and t station six, that was claimed to be the gun used is the same gun that was in his backpack now assyria goes through a transfer of power and international chemical weapons watchdog is expressing, quote serious concerns over the fate of unaccounted chemical weapons in the country. >> and the pentagon says the u.s. is working with its partners to ensure they don't fall into the wrong hands bashar al-assad was found to have used chemical weapons against his own people on multiple occasions during the civil war israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu says the fall of the assad regime has opened up a new chapter in the middle east, and he insists the collapse was the result of israel's blows against hezbollah and iran, both supporters of the assad regime government. now, his comments come as the israeli military released a video showing what it said were forces preparing for, and then entering syria over the weekend

mr. netanyahu ordered the military to take control of the buffer zone that separates the israeli occupied golan heights from the rest of syria the un confirmed that israeli troops have entered the syrian buffer zone, which it says is a violation of the 1974 agreement on disengagement with syria. but netanyahu says israel will ensure its security by maintaining its presence in the golan heights, which it captured from syria in 1967. >> today, everyone understands the great importance of our being there on the golan and not at the foot of the golan. our control of the golan heights guarantees our security it guarantees our sovereignty and the state of israel is establishing its position as a center of power in our region as it has not been for decades those who cooperate with us benefit greatly. those who attack us lose big. we want to see a different syria, both for our benefit and for the benefit

of the people of syria. >> let's bring in former pentagon middle east adviser jasmine el-gamal in london. thank you so much for joining us. i think the concern that's been expressed is that israel won't stop at the buffer zone. you know, there are international groups that already have a problem with that, but may go further into syria. what are your thoughts about that good morning, max. >> it's good to be with you and yes, absolutely. i mean, people are really concerned about the israeli moves that we've seen over the last couple of days into syria. they've been going after what they say are chemical weapons sites, basically anything that can be used as a threat against them, given that the situation is so fluid and no one really knows what the coming days and weeks are going to bring, and so what what prime minister netanyahu just said, which you just showed was that he wants to ensure israel's security and he wants to make sure that israel cannot be attacked by any forces that might crop up in syria. that might be uh, have

enmity against israel. now, what i worry about of course, is that it could be kind of a self-fulfilling prophecy. um the israelis have gone in and secured an additional buffer zone in syria. they've done the same in lebanon, in gaza. and so i think what prime minister netanyahu says when he says we want to secure israel's security. he's been going about that in a very militarized, very securitized way, grabbing additional pieces of land from countries around israel and from my experience in the region. and, of course, anyone who understands the region knows that this could be setting israel up for longer term fights in the future, uniting groups and people around their their hatred of israel for taking those lands and for violating the sovereignty of those countries. so i worry that the long term implications of what the israelis have been doing over the last couple of days, and indeed the last year, are

actually going to be not so productive for israel's long term security. >> and what makes syria different is the huge russian interest that are there and that caused tension between israel. well, direct tension between israel and russia right? >> i mean, the thing about syria and this has been the case for so long, is that there are so many actors involved there are so many power plays and games being played between greater powers that take place inside syria. you have the iranians and israel, you have the russians you have hezbollah, who is using syria as a way to get weapons shipments from iran into lebanon. of course, you had an isis presence as well. um, and and you had, you know, all of these different factors that related to issues outside of syria, but that were playing out inside of syria and what people are fearing now is that

you know, this israeli, these israeli incursions into into syria, israeli bombing of sites in syria that that could unite factions that may not otherwise be united, but they have a common enemy and they may do they may do what we've seen happen in the region before which is which is get together just because they have a common enemy, as opposed to because they have common interests. >> how worried are you about the shake out of power within the various rebel groups that came together to depose bashar al-assad because it's obviously, you know, a lot of negotiation seems to be led by one group, but presumably there are smaller ones who might be pretty frustrated that they don't have more of a say in this transfer of power that's right. >> max. i mean, it's still early days, obviously, and i just came back from the doha forum in doha over the last

weekend and so got to speak with a lot of people, you know syrians, but also libyans and lebanese who are looking at this this what's happening in syria through the lens of their own experiences, in their own countries. um, and and noting that this power vacuum doesn't often turn out very well. i would caution, though, and what i was saying to them that not every country in the region is similar. syria today is even different from syria back in 2011, when these protests against the assad regime first started. iran is in a severely weakened position, which it wasn't before. russia is also preoccupied in ukraine and the group that the main one has that is sort of in the lead right now. it is a designated terrorist organization by the u.s., the u.k. and others. but it also has been making certain moves towards moderation over the last years. they've been saying over the last few days that they're not interested in

conflict, that they're not interested in, um in any sort of enmity with the syrian people. now, it's not up to me to say whether hts is a is a good, you know is it a positive development for syrians? that's up to syrians to decide who they want to be, to to play a major role in their country moving forward. but i would just caution against coming to conclusions right off the bat when there's so much fluidity that is happening right now. i would say that syrians that i spoke to, um, made the point over and over again that this, these coming days and weeks what happens should be a syrian led process supported by the international community. but what they don't want are outside actors coming in, picking sides and trying to divide syrians as they go through what is going to be a very challenging road ahead and trying to figure that out themselves. >> jasmine el-gamal, i really appreciate your analysis today. thank you still to come, rapper jay-z is asking for the

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solomon in new york and this is cnn a shawn carter better known as billionaire rap mogul jay-z, has filed a motion asking a court to require a woman accusing him of rape to reveal her identity or dismiss the lawsuit altogether. >> jay-z attended the premiere of mufasa the lion king in la with his family on monday, just a day after being named in the new lawsuit along with rapper sean diddy combs. cnn's kara scannell has more from new york the day will come when we will name names other than sean combs, and there's a lot of names um, it's a long list already. >> jay-z is the first celebrity to be accused alongside sean "diddy" combs, of sexual assault, according to a civil lawsuit brought by a jane doe. >> the names that we're going to name, assuming that our investigators confirm and corroborate what we've been told, are names that will shock you. >> the lawsuit was first filed

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deplorable human being. my heart and support goes out to true victims in the world who have to watch how their life story is dressed in costume for profitability. by this ambulance chaser in a cheap suit. the musician, who is married to beyonce, said his heartbreak is having to explain to his children the cruelty and greed of people. buzbee responded on x, saying the alleged victim never demanded a penny from jay-z and accused the rapper of trying to bully them into silence we will let the filings speak for itself and will litigate the facts in court, not in the media, he said. strong denials from jay-z. he said that if these allegations were true, there would be criminal charges not the civil lawsuit. his lawyer saying this is an attempt to smear the rapper's name. in fact, his lawyer on monday night asked the judge to require the jane doe, who brought this lawsuit to refile it using her real name or dismiss it, saying fair is fair. kara scannell, cnn new york. >> now out of guinness. coming

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