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randi kaye has the details. >> i definitely think it's unnecessary. i think it's anti-protest., and it's not for the people. >> reporter: genee tinsley is talking about florida's anti-rioting bill, officially known as hb-1. as a peaceful protester here, she's been watching the progress. it passed the house on march 26th after several hours of spirited debate. >> 76 ayes. >> reporter: and soon the senate will take it up. if it passes, florida governor ron desantis is eager to sign it in law. >> if you are involved in a violent or disorderly assembly and you harm somebody, if you throw a brick and hit a police officer, you're going to jail. >> reporter: that tough talk is exactly what has genee has concerned. >> it gives police more power to potentially abuse it. for them to define or decide what is a riot. >> reporter: critics say it broadly defines a riot that even peaceful protestors would get caught up in arrests. state attorney andrew warren argues the bill criminalized peaceful protests. >> the problem is if you have 100 people in a protest and three of them decide to commi

here's cnn's randi kaye. >> reporter: at rocco's tequila bar in delray beach, florida, customers are returning. and with them talk of so-called vaccine passports. owner rocco mangale has been vaccinated and would like others to do the same, but he is not in favor of requiring it at his restaurants for staff and customers. for him, it's about freedom of choice. >> requiring people to have a vaccination card, to come into the restaurant. or a vaccination app or a passport, i think, it infringes on their rights. >> reporter: that tracks with florida governor, ron desantis's view. it's part of why he issued an executive order banning vaccine passports in the state of florida. desantis has dismissed vaccine passports, in the same way he did many, other measures during the pandemic. like mask mandates and lockdowns, all in the name of protecting rights, and in this case, privacy. >> do you think you get more business? or see more business, if a vaccine was required here? >> i think, quite the opposite. if -- if we required it, that would be a perception of that we are trying to govern them

and i look at that and i look at how that could have been one of them. >> reporter: randi kaye, cnn,m beach county, florida. >> randi, thank you so much. a huge milestone in the fight against covid. president joe biden saying the number of vaccines in arms is now double his initial promise. >>> before we leave you tonight, i want to take a moment to give you some good news. there hasn't been a whole lot of that, lately. but this is really good. america's hitting a huge milestone in the battle against covid-19. president joe biden touting 200 million doses of vaccine in arms seasons he took office. >> tomorrow's vaccine and vaccination numbers come out, it will show that, today, we did it. today, we hit 200-million shots, in the 92nd day in office. 200-million shots, in a hundred days. a under a hundred days, actually. >> so, that's double the number the president, initially, promised would be administered in the first-100 days, incredibly, in just a couple of weeks. vaccine supply may outstrip demand, in this country. the president saying that we're on track to celebrate the fourth o

now, cnn's randi kaye with the latest on the investigation. but a warning, the video is obviously disturbing and difficult to watch. >> reporter: it's hard to watch. the final moments of a 13-year-old boy's life. this chicago police officer's body cam appears to show the teenage boy with what police say is a gun in his right hand, turning toward the officer. in less than a second, he's fatally shot. a single bullet to the chest from the officer's gun. it happened on march 29th. chicago police say officers were responding to a shots fired call on the city's west side when they say they came upon 13-year-old adam ktoledo and a 21-year-old man walking down an alley. the officer's body cam footage shows toledo fleeing and the officer pursuing the teenager on foot, yelling at him to stop. >> stop. stop right now. hey, show me your p[ bleep ] hands. >> reporter: what happened next is under investigation. but police say the body cam footage shows toledo with a gun in his right hand as the officer once again yells for him to stop. as the boy turns aro

randi kaye has more. first a warning. to watch. >> i heard george floyd say ing "i can't breathe. please get off of me. i can't breathe." he cried for his mom. he was in pain. >> that's the voice of darnella frazier. the cell phone video she took at the scene and posted online was seen by millions around the globe. the world needed to see what i was seeing she told the star tribune in minneapolis at the time. derek chauvin with his knee to george floyd's neck. dar darnella kept recording. george floyd pleading fo help and taking his final breath, darnella kept reporting. remarkable composure forry high school student who was just 17. yet there she stood on the corner of 38th street and chicago avenue south in her blue pants, hoodie and flip-flops. she hit record because, as she told "the star tribune," stuff like this happens in silence too many times. at the trial, darnella would not be silenced as she and her video became star witnesses. >> did you observe mr. floyd do anything that you felt was threatening to any of th

a source familiar with the matter says barr was briefed multiple times. "360" randi kaye has the latest>> reporter: at the heart of the investigation into congressman matt gaetz, questions about an alleged sexual relationship with a 17-year-old girl. "the new york times" reports federal investigator tors began looking at gaetz in the final months of the trump administration vzeroing in on encounters dating back two years. they are trying to figure out if gaetz had actual relations have a girl and if he violated federal sex trafficking laws by paying for her to travel across state lines. >> we are in a battle for the soul of the republican party. >> reporter: gaetz who was 38 has not been charged with a crime and denies any wrongdoing. though according to a person familiar with the case, gaetz was shopping for a lawyer a few weeks ago approaching one major criminal defense firm in washington d.c. after news of the investigation broke, gaetz denied any wrongdoing saying over the past several weeks, my family and i are victims of an organized criminal extortion involving a former doj offic

here is randi kaye with more on that. >> reporter: congressman matt gaetz taking to the stage under aloud of suspicion, promising he is built for battle and not going anywhere. >> the smears against me range from distortions of my personal life to wild, and i mean wild, conspiracy theories. i won't be intimidated by a lying media. >> reporter: still, the accusations against gaetz have at least one member of his own party calling for him to resign. why does rep adam kinzinger think he should go, the daily beast reporting that gaetz sent two late night venmo transactions in may, 2018, for $900 to his friend joel greenberg, a former seminole tax collector and accused sex offender. in the eight-minute span greenberg used the same app to send three young women men totaling the same amount. >> all of these women are extremely young. >> extremely young meaning what? >> well, one just turned 18 about six months before that happened. >> reporter: cnn hasn't independently confirmed this report of what the money was used for. from the start, gaetz has denied doing anything wrong. >> it is a horr

randi kaye, cnn, bradenton, florida. >>> hello, again, everyone, and thank you for joining me.right. we begin this hour with the deadly assault at the capitol that left one police officer dead and another injured friday. the investigators are working to find out more about the suspect who rammed into the police barricade outside of the capitol building and hitting those two officer. they say the suspect got out of the car and brandishing a knife an

cnn's randi kaye has more. >> reporter: at rocco's tacos in dell ray beach, florida, customers are returningccine passports. owner rocco has been vaccinated and would like others to do the same. but he's not in favor of requiring it at his restaurants for staff and customers. for him, it's about freedom of choice. >> requiring people to have a vaccination card to come into the restaurant or a vaccination app or a passport, i think it infringes on their rights. >> reporter: that tracks with florida's governor's view. he banned vaccine passports in the state of florida. he has dismissed vaccine passports in the same way he did many other measures during the pandemic, like mask mandates and lockdowns, all in the name of protecting rights and, in this case, privacy. you think you get more business or see more business if a vaccine was required here? >> i think quite the opposite. if we required it, that would be a perception of that we're trying to govern them. >> reporter: desantis argues that vaccine passports reduce individual freedom and would create two classes of citizens. according to the

cnn's randi kaye is following the investigation and a warning, the video is disturbing. >> reporter:t's hard to watch. the final moments of a 13-year-old boy's life. this chicago police officer's body cam appears to show the teenage boy with what police say is a gun in his right hand, turning towards the officer. in less than a second he's fatally shot. a single bullet to the chest from the officer's gun. it happened on march 29th. chicago police say officers were responding to a shots fired call on the city's west side when they say they came upon 13-year-old adam taleto and a 21-year-old man walking down a alley. the body cam footage shows the teenager fleeing and the officer pursuing him on foot, yelling at him to stop. >> stop. stop right [ bleep ] now. hey, show me your [ bleep ] hands. >> reporter: what happened next is still under investigation, but police say the body cam video shows toleto with a gun in his right hand as the officer once again yells for him to stop. as the boy turns around the officer opens fire. >> i've seen no evidence whatsoever that adam toleto shot at t

randi kaye, cnn, palm beach county, florida. >>> as randy noted, representative gaetz almost immediatelyt on fox news to defend himself. perspective now, from maggie haberman, white house correspondent for "the new york times" and andrew mccabe, former deputy director of the fbi and cnn contributor. thanks so much to both of you, tonight. andrew, so, cnn has confirmed the existence of the investigation, as first reported by "the new york times." and it's also cnn's reporting that barr, then-attorney general, was briefed on this multiple times. based on your experience, years in the fbi, if you have an investigation like this under way for that period of time. and the attorney general is briefed on it. it -- it's substantial investigation? >> it is, jim, it's substantial. it's very serious. you know, 21 years of opening and overseeing, conducting investigations. i can tell you that nobody opens a sex-trafficking investigation, in which the subject is a sitting member of congress, without having a significant, you know, degree of information. in this case, it's likely that some of that inf

randi kaye takes a longer look. >> reporter: at rocco's tacos in delray beach, florida, customers areturning and with them talk of so-called vaccine passports. owner rocco has been vaccinated and would like others to do the same, but he's not in favor of requiring it at his restaurants for staff and customers. for him it's about freedom of choice. >> requiring people to have a vaccination card, to come into the restaurant or a vaccination app or a passport i think it infringes on their rights. >> reporter: that tracks with florida governor ron desantis' view, it's part of why he issued an executive order banning vaccine passports in the state of florida. desantis has dismissed vaccine passports in the same way he did men other measures during the pandemic. like mask mandates and lockdowns. all in the name of protecting rights and in this case privacy. >> do you think you would get more business or see more business if a vaccine was required here? >> i think quite the opposite. if we required it, that would be a perception that we're trying to govern them. >> reporter: desantis argues

gaetz told the crowd this was a week full of encouragement and plenty of donations, randi kaye, cnn,let's bring in now cnn commit cal communicate tart errol louis and the you decide podcast. errol, good morning. >> good morning, victor. >> let's play for everyone more of what randi mentioned there, they're not coming for me, they're coming for you. watch. >> they lie about me because i tell the truth about them and i'm not going to stop. so when you see the leaks and the lies and the falsehoods and the smears, when you see the anonymous sources and insiders forecasting my demise, know this. they aren't really coming for me. they're coming for you. i'm just in the way. >> errol, he's obviously not the first politician to use this kind of shift, this, you know, to bring the crowd on to his side. rarely holds up, though, and especially when the allegations are of this type. >> well, that's right. these are allegations that are not just really just he said/she said. much of this is documented electronically according to all of the reporting. i mean, we'll know all of this as the investig

randi kaye, cnn, bradenton, florida. >> what a beautiful story.e to him and his family. >>> even as coronavirus vaccines are being sdrnte sdrnt distribu cases are surging. cnn has reporters covering the pandemic from coast to coast. >>> i'm miguel marquez in detroit, michigan. it's a state deal with another surge of the coronavirus. this is a state that has seen a large number of cases of the b.1.1.7. or uk variant of the coronavirus. hospitals around the state saying they are seeing increased number of patients. outbreaks in schools as well causing concern for parents and students. the governor asking the president to surge vaccine into the state. the president denied that request. but next week, all michiganders who want a vaccine will be able to get one. >>> i'm athena jones. like much of the nation, ohio is seeing increased covid-19 activity and more hospitalizations. cases of variants are also on the rise going from 92 on march 12th to 620 thursday according to the state's chief medical officer. beginning next week, ohio will start working to

this is an especially difficult subject, our randi kaye has the story. >> reporter: it's hard to watch the final moments of a 13-year-old boy's life. this chicago police officer's body cam appear toss show the teenaged boy with what police say, is a gun in his right hand. turning toward the officer. in less than a second, he is fatally shot. a single bullet to the chest from the officer's gun. it happened, on march 29th. chicago police say, officers were responding to a shots-fired call on the city's west side when they say they came upon 13-year-old adam toledo and a 21-year-old man walking down an alley. the officer body cam footage shows toledo fleeing and the officer pursuing him on foot, yelling at him to stop. >> hey, show me your [ bleep ] ha hands! >> reporter: what happened next is still under investigation but police say body-cam video shows toledo with a gun in his right hand, as the officer, once again, yells for him to stop. as the boy turns around, the officer opens fire. >> i've seen no evidence, whatsoever, that adam toledo shot at the police. >> reporter: police, later

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randi kaye has more, but just a warning, some of the video is difficult to watch. >> i heard george floydaying, i can't breathe. please get off of me. he cried for his mom. he was in pain. >> reporter: that's the voice of darnella frazier. the cell phone video she took at the scene and posted online was seen by millions around the globe. the world needed to see what i was seeing, she told the star tribune in minneapolis at the time. she kept recording for ten minutes. derek chauvin with his knee to george floyd's neck. darnella kept recording. george floyd pleading for help, taking his final breath. darnella kept recording. remarkable composure for a high school student who was just 17. but there she stood in her blue pants, hoodie, and flip-flops. she hit record because as she told the star tribune, stuff like this happens all the time. >> did you observe mr. floyd do anything you felt was threatening to any of the police officers? >> no. >> reporter: this teenager knew the difference between right and wrong. >> it wasn't right. >> reporter: her video changed the narrative, and torpedoed

randi kaye, cnn, bradenton, florida. >> oh, that is so special. >>> thank you so much for joining meontinues now with jim acosta. >>> you are live in the "cnn newsroom." i'm jim acosta in washington. if you needed more proof of covid fatigue. look no further than the airport. the tsa is reporting every day for the last three weeks more than a million people have been passing through the country's airports, the cdc saying it is safe for fully vaccinated americans to travel domestically, although non-essential travel is still discouraged. we have you in numbers on vaccinations just in. the u.s. now averaging more unanimous

randi kaye, cnn, bradenton, florida. >> oh, that is so special. >>> thank you so much for joining me on this easter sunday. i'm fredericka whitfield. the news room continues now with jim acosta. >>> you are live in the "cnn newsroom." i'm jim acosta in washington. if you needed more proof of covid fatigue. look no further than the airport. the tsa is reporting every day for the last three weeks more than a million people have been passing through the country's airports, the cdc saying it is safe for fully vaccinated americans to travel domestically, although non-essential travel is still discouraged. we have you in numbers on vaccinations just in. the u.s. now averaging more unanimous 3 million dose as day. in all, 165 million doses have been distributed nationally. president biden and the first lady on easter sunday encouraged americans to get the vaccine. >> by getting vaccinated and encouraging your congregations and your communities to get vaccinated. we cannot only beat the virus, we can hasten the day to when we can celebrate the holidays together again. >> there is dog. top pu

randi kaye, cnn, bradenton, florida. >>> hello, again, everyone, and thank you for joining me. i'm fredricka whitfield. >>> all right. we begin this hour with the deadly assault at the capitol that left one police officer dead and another injured friday. the investigators are working to find out more about the suspect who rammed into the police barricade outside of the capitol building and hitting those two officer. they say the suspect got out of the car and brandishing a knife and shot and killed by police right on the scene. boris sanchez and pete munteen are here with the latest and another tragic day at the capitol just months after another officer was killed there. what are you learning about officer william evans who died yesterday? >> yes, fred. officer evans was known as billy and 18-year member of the force and well known to lawmakers and staff and members of the press as well. he was revered as all-around good guy and father as well. some of those closest to officer evans shared the grief with cnn and this is some of what they said. >> it is, you know, incredibly sad

randi kaye, cnn, palm beach county, florida. >> joining us now is the attorney you saw in randi's report, who represents the toledo family. i appreciate you joining us. police say the footage shows that less than one second passes between the time when toledo is seen with a gun and the officer fires a shot. if that is true, would the officer's actions be justified? >> well, let's clarify what's on the videos. there is a slowed-down version of the video, which the police have compiled. in the version that everybody saw today, which was the bad body cam, you cannot see in real time whether adam had a gun in his hand. there's also another scene, a video from the school adjacent to the alley. in that video, you cannot see whether adam had a gun in his hand. that video needs to be forensically enhanced and zoomed in to determine what, if anything, adam had in his hand. nevertheless, at the moment the officer -- >> are you saying he did not -- you're his family's attorney. do you know one way or the other if he had a gun in his hand. police say not only did they find a gun, they found gun r re

cnn's randi kaye live in palm beach county, florida, with more on this.hn. so many questions about whether vaccine passports are legal or ethical. no matter the answer, florida's republican governor has made it very clear they are not welcome here in the state of florida. now businesses and even universities are having to rethink their plans. at rocco's tacos and tequila bar in del ray beenks customers are returning and with them talk of so-called vaccine passports. the owner rocco has been vaccinated and would like others to do the same but he's not in favor of requiring it at his restaurants for staff and customers. for him, boots freedom of choice. >> requiring people to have a vaccination card to come into the restaurant or vaccination app or passport infringes on their rights. >> reporter: that tracks with florida governor ron desantis' view. it's part yf he issued an executive order bang vaccine passports in the state of florida. desantis dismissed vaccine passports in the same way he did many other measures during the pandemic, like mask mandates a

randi kaye has the story. >> reporter: tonight, congressman matt gaetz taking to the stage under a cloud. promising, he is built for battle and not going anywhere. >> the smears against me range from distortions of my personal life, to wild, and i mean wild, conspiracy theories. i won't be intimidated by a lying media. >> reporter: still, the accusations against gaetz have at-least-one member of his own party calling for him to resign. why does rep adam kinzinger thing he should go? the accusations are stacking up. "the daily beast" now reporting that gaetz sent two late-night venmo transactions, in may, 2018, for $900, to his friend joel greenberg. a former-seminole county, florida, tax collector, and accused sex offender. the next morning, according to the outlet, in an eight-minute span, greenberg used the same app to send three young women money, totaling the same amount. >> all of these women are extremely young. >> extremely young, meaning what? >> well, one just turned 18 about six-months before that happened. >> cnn hasn't independently confirmed this report or what the money was

go to cnn's randi kaye who has the very latest. >> reporter: congressman matt gaetz takes the stage under a cloud of suspicion which has even some members of his own party calling for him to resign. why does rep adam kinzinger think he should do? the evidence is stacking up. gaetz sent two late night venmo transactions in may 2018 for $900 to his friend joel greenburg, a former seminole county florida tax collector and accused sex offender. the next morning, according to the outlet, in an 8 minute span, greenburg used the same app to send three young women money totaling the same amount. >> we have our venmo payments that show payments from the congressman to this local official and then hours later, payments that add up to the same exact amount to three young women. one of whom later turned out to be a porn star and all of these women are extremely young. >> mean whag? >> well, one just turned 18 six months before that happened. >> reporter: cnn hasn't independently confirmed this report or what the money was used for. from the start, gaetz has denied doing anything wrong. >> it is a hor

here's randi kaye. >> reporter: in florida, customers are returning, and so are talk of vaccine passportsner is not in favor of requiring it for customers and staff. >> requiring people to have a vaccination card to come in to the restaurant, or app or passport, i think it infringes on their rights. >> reporter: that tracks with florida governor ron desantis' view. he has dismissed vaccine passports in the same way he did many other measures during the pandemic. like mask mandates and lockdowns, this one in favor of privacy rights. >> if we required it, that would be a perception that we're trying to govern them. >> reporter: he argues that vaccine passports reduce individual freedom, and would create two classes of citizens based on vaccination. businesses in florida are prohibited from requiring customers to provide documentation in order to get access to the business. the order puts him at odds with people who are planning for or at least considering requiring a vaccine passport. like the center for the performing arts in tampa. >> it's critical to our reopening, and to get us to 100%