randi kaye is in the villages, in florida, with the latest on this america-first tour. randi, what did representative gaetz have to say? >> well, john, he is still talking, actually. he made a speech. and marjorie taylor greene made a speech. and then, they -- the two of them came back on stage, together. and hthey've been sitting there together, just sort of bashing the media in this very casual conversation with the people who showed up here today. but this is the america-first tour. and i can't -- i lost count, actually, how many times matt gaetz said donald trump's name. as he started out. he immediately went to talk about crowd size. says that the only other person who could have had a crowd this large, would have been donald trump. he said that there were a thousand people waiting outside. he did talk about liz cheney. he said there is a lot of angry cowgirls in wyoming at her. he spoke about voter integrity. he said that is going to be a big part of the tour. but he did not nod to the allegations that he is facing, in terms of the alleged prostitution, sex with a

congressman beto o'rourke, thanks for joining us this evening. >> thank you. >>> we have rescued randi kaye. her shot is back up from the villages in florida with the latest on this rally with matt gaetz and marjorie taylor greene. so randi, if you can hear us, what did gaetz say? >> reporter: he said quite a bit. as i mentioned, i'm not sure where you lost me but he talked a lot about donald trump and made a nod to the allegations he's facing the allegations of prostitution and sex with a minor and he said i'm a marked man in congress and cancelled in parts of internet and he tried to make light of it given today is his birthday. he said some of the headlines will be matt gaetz has a wild party with beautiful women in the villages, which happens to be a retirement community so he tried to make light of the situation. he said donald trump is the undisputed leader of the republican party. listen to this. >> we have never abandoned trump and he has never abandoned america. he is still fighting for us. he will continue to fight for us. and we're going to have his back when he does. >> reporter

randi kaye, cnn, palm beach county, florida. >> randi kaye, thank you for that report. ronald greene's mother said that she is not going to stop until she gets justice for her son. she spoke with cnn's anderson cooper last night. she did not mince words. she believes police killed her son and attempted to cover up what happened. listen to this. >> it's unbelievable. this is two years. this is two years. it's been a battle from the moment we heard of it. then all of last year, all the year before, it's absolutely degrading. it's shameful for the state of louisiana and all those who run that state. we were told from the very beginning, you're going to have a long -- this is going to be a long battle for you because the state troopers run the state. not the government, it's the state troopers. it was a cover-up from the very beginning from the top down. it's organized crime within the state of louisiana, especially the troopers. >> miss harden, do you believe there will be justice for your son? >> yeah, oh, yeah, my strength is my son. my strength are my children and ronni

randi kaye with the details. >> reporter: the new video obtained by cnn is 30 minutes long and offersferent view from a louisiana state trooper's body camera than the video obtained earlier by the a.p. it shows ronald greene following a high-speed chase near monroe, louisiana, on the ground face down and struggling to turn over. >> don't you turn over. don't you turn over. lay on your belly. lay on your belly. >> yes, sir. okay. okay, sir. >> don't you turn over. you understand? >> yes, sir. >> reporter: greene apologizes and politely calls the officer sir even as they continue to berate him. the video shows greene's legs shackled and his hands cuffed behind his back. when he cries out in pain, even calling on the lord jesus, the officers continue to restrain him. >> okay. oh, lord jesus. oh, lord. >> reporter: louisiana state police kept this video under wraps for two years. greene's arrest and subsequent death occurred back in may 2019. this is what the family says louisiana state police initially told them happened. >> that he was in a car accident and that he -- he hit his head on

randi kaye.so much for that report. >>> tonight gaetz is also praising congresswoman elise stefanik, the likely successor to congresswoman liz cheney's gop leadership post. stefanik says she wants to be a fighter like trump and unify her party. manu raju has more. >> reporter: as congresswoman liz cheney is set to be booted out of house gop leadership over a fight with former president trump. her likely replacement is burnishing her pro-trump credentials. >> voters want fighters to stand up for them. that's what i'm committed to doing, to unify the message, to earn the support of my republican colleagues and fight for hard working american families. >> reporter: papering over her past criticism of trump and the fact that just five house republicans voted less often with him than she did. the battle over trump and the future of the gop expected to come to a head next wednesday when house republicans plan to remove cheney after she's called out trump for his lies that he won the 2020 election. stef

cnn's randi kaye has a clearer detail. we want to warn you the images are very graphic.f there are young ones in the room, you may want to ask them to step outside. >> lord jesus! >> reporter: the new video obtained by cnn is 30 minutes long and offers a different view from a louisiana state trooper's body camera than the video obtained earlier by the a.p. it shows ronald green following a high-speed chase near monroe, louisiana, on the ground face down and struggling to turn over. >> sir! >> don't you turn over. >> all right. >> don't you turn over! lay on your belly! lay on your belly! >> yes, sir. okay. okay, sir. >> [ bleep ] you understand? >> reporter: green apologizes and politely calls the officers "sir." it shows him shackled and hands behind his back. even calling out for lord jesus, the officers continue to restrain him. >> yes, yes! >> okay. lord jesus! lord, lord! >> reporter: louisiana state police kept this video under wraps for two years. green's arrest and subsequent death occurred back in may 2019. this is what the family says louisiana state police ini

ra ra randi kaye is live. prosecutors ask a lot in return if it they're going to reduce a sentence here. that usually means giving the goods on someone else that may be involved wlac. what else do we expect to hear in that courtroom? >> the hearing is supposed to last 30 or 40 minutes or so. this will make official joel greenberg's cooperation with the justice department. as you said, he was facing 33 federal counts. he's now pleading guilty to just six federal counts. but they are serious one. them does include that sex trafficking of a child. what all this means for florida con congressman matt gaetz is still in questioned. he's not mentioned in that plea deal document that we have seen. there are also no charges against matt gaetz. i want to be very clear on. that the question is, as you said, what does joel greenberg know? what can he offer the government on gaetz? and even others? here's the key part of the plea deal. he admits he had sex with a 17-year-old girl seven times, paying for that sex. he also s

as cnn's randi kaye reports greenberg's plea deal to cooperate with investigators could spell trouble congressman gaetz. >> reporter: these courtroom sketches capture joel greenberg huddling with his attorneys, he was dressed in a dark jumpsuit, his hands shackled in front of him. greenberg is a former tax collector in seminole county, florida, who was once an ally of congressman matt gaetz. that friendship may explain this banner someone was buying overhead, it reads tick tock, matt gaetz. the florida congressman could find himself in hot water given greenberg's admission in court that greenberg solicit add nd paid for sex with a minor and says others have, too. >> mr. greenberg has pled guilty pursuant to a plea agreement. it has certain requirements and obligations on him and he is intends to honor that. >> reporter: honoring that 86-page plea agreement means greenberg could be called on to testify against others and provide information about co-conspirators who may include congressman matt gaetz. the florida congressman wasn't named in the plea agreement or in court, though invest

. >> cnn's randi kaye has the details and we should warn you the videos and images in this story areery graphic. >> reporter: the new video obtained by cnn is 30 minutes long and offers a different view from the louisiana state trooper's body camera, than the video obtained earlier by the ap. it shows ronald greene, following a high speed chase near monroe, louisiana, on the ground face down struggling to turn over. >> don't you turn over. >> all right. >> don't you turn over. lay on your belly. lay on your belly. >> yes, sir. officer [ bleep ] -- yes, sir. >> reporter: greene apologizes and politely calls the officer sir even as they continue to berate him. the video shows his handed behind his back, as he calls out in pain and he calls out jesus, the officers continue to re restrain him. >> oh, no. >> reporter: louisiana state police kept this video under wraps for two years. greene's arrest and subsequent death occurred back in may 2019. this is what the family says louisiana state police initially told them happened. >> that he was in a car accident. and that he -- he hit his hea

cnn's randi kaye with our report.aution you, the video is disturbing. >> let me see your [ bleep ] mands, mother [ bleep ]. come here, mother [ bleep ]. >> reporter: ronald greene is under arrest after taking police on a high-speed chase in monroe, louisiana. watch watches next. >> okay. okay. >> reporter: the officers tase greene while he is still sitting in his car. he apologizes and repeatedly tells officer he's scared as they try to force him out of the vehicle. >> get out. get out of the car. >> okay. okay. i'm scared. i'm sorry. i'm scared. i'm scared. >> get out of the car. >> i'm scared. officer, i'm scared. i'm your brother. i'm scared. >> reporter: the family's attorney says greene apologized in an attempt to surrender. >> it's not only what you're seeing but the sounds that go with it. you can hear him screaming and writhing in pain as he says i'm your brother, please stop. i'm sorry, i was just scared. >> reporter: the incident happened two years ago, but this is newly obtained body cam video by the associ

cnn's randi kaye takes a deeper story on what the videos and an autopsy reveal about how greene diedyou the images you're about to watch are disturbing. >> reporter: the new video obtained by cnn is 30 minutes long and offers a different view from a louisiana state trooper body camera than the video obtained by the ap. it shows ronald greene following a high-speed chase on the ground face down and struggling to turn over. >> don't you turn over. >> all right. >> don't you turn over. lay on your belly. lay on your belly. >> yes, sir. okay, okay, sir. >> lay on your belly like i told you, you understand? >> reporter: greene apologizes and calls the officer sir even after they continue to berate him. his legs shackled and his hands cuffed behind his back. when he cries out in pain, even calling on the lord jesus, the officers continue to restrain him. >> okay. >> reporter: louisiana state police kept this video under wraps for two years. greene's arrest and subsequent death occurred back in may 2019. this is what the family louisiana state police initially told them happened. >> that he

ronald green's mom and our law enforce the analyst and mitch landrieu but first the video and randi kaye's report. >> lord, jesus. >> reporter: the new video obtained by cnn is 30 minutes long and offers a different view from the louisiana state trooper's body camera than the video obtained earlier by the a.p. it shows ronald green following a high-speed chase near monroe, louisiana on the ground face down and struggling to turnover. >> don't you turnover. >> all right. >> don't you turnover. lay on your belly. lay on your belly. >> yes, sir. okay. okay. >> [ bleep ]. lay on your belly like i said. down? >> yes, sir. >> reporter: green apologizes and politely calls the officer sir even as they continue to berate him. it shows green's leg shackled and hands cuffed behind his back. when he cries out in pain, even calling on the lord jesus, the officers continue to restrain h him. >> yeah. [ bleep ]. >> okay. >> reporter: louisiana state police kept this video under wraps for two years. green's arrest and subsequent death occurred in may of 2019. this is what the family says louisiana state p

more on the contender now from our randi kaye. >> it is truly an honor to w welcome you to ft.anik is making a public push to become the most powerful woman in the gop and now has a presidential stamp of approval from donald trump. >> from the part of new york, upstate, which is pro-trump, pro-second amendment, pro-life and anti-aoc. >> reporter: being in trump's corner has served stefanik well, the breakout star for trump's first impeachment, often tangling with democrats. >> the gentleman will suspend. >> what's the sbrpgs for this time? >> you're not recognized. >> this is the fifth time you have interrupted members of congress, duly elected members of congress. >> reporter: trump was so impressed he tweeted about her performances writing in november 2019, a new republican star is born. great going, elise stefanik, even called into fox & friends to praise her. >> she has become a star. her mannerism, her way of talking. >> she's direct. right to the point. >> no. it's just the whole thing. it just works. she's a tremendous person. she was fantastic during the hearings. >> re

but first, randi kaye's report. >> reporter: the new video obtained by cnn is 30-minutes long and offers a different view from the louisiana state troopers' body camera than the video obtained earlier by "the ap." it shows ronald greene following a high-speed chase near monroe, louisiana, on the ground, face down, and struggling to turn over. >> don't you turn over. don't you turn over. lay on your belly. lay on your belly. >> okay, sir. >> do you understand? >> yes, sir! >> reporter: greene apologizes and, politely, calls the officer, sir, even as they continue to berate him. the video shows greene's legs shackled, and his hands cuffed behind his back. when he cries out in pain, even calling on the lord jesus, the officers continue to restrain him. louisiana state police kept this video under raps for two years. greene's arrest, and subsequent death, occurred back in may, 2019. this is what the family says louisiana state police, initially, told them happened. >> that he was in a car accident. and that, he -- he hit his head on the steering wheel. and that's how he died. >> reporter: th

i mean, if they were investigating this as a criminal matter and according to randi kaye, some of the punishments were more about them turning off the body cam sound than actually the death of mr. greene, it seems. >> well, look, we have cops running departments of cops and then we have cops investigate the crimes of cops. you know, we have civilians run the u.s. department of defense for a reason. it's a check on the power of the generals. maybe it's time to have civilians run our public safety departments, run our police departments. >> would that make a difference, do you think, then? >> oh, absolutely, transparency, and civilian oversight would make a huge difference, and the reality is that policing in our country is a state by state, city by city, county by county matter, and i would say the most courageous thing i've seen, since the chauvin trial started was on day three, the mayor of ithaca, new york, passed unanimously through a city council a provision to turn his police department into a public safety department, run by civilians, and have half of the positions be ununiform

more, now, on what this could mean for the congressman from our randi kaye. >> reporter: these courtroomh his attorneys. he was dressed in a dark jumpsuit. his hands shackled, in front of him. greenberg is a former-tax collector in seminole county, florida, who was once an ally of congressman matt gaetz. that friendship may explain this banner someone was flying overhead during court. it reads, tick tock, matt gaetz. the florida congressman could find himself in hot water. giving greenberg's admission in court that he, greenberg, knowingly solicited and paid for sex with a minor. and says, others did, too. >> mr. greenberg has pled guilty, pursuant to a plea agreement. it has certain requirements and obligations on him. and he's -- intends to honor that. rai >> reporter: honoring that 86-page plea agreement means he could be called on to testify against others and provide information about co-conspirators, who may include congressman matt gaetz. the florida congressman wasn't named in the plea agreement, or in court. though, investigators are, still, trying to determine if gaetz has, als

randi kaye is down there on the scene. does this guilty plea mean trouble for the congressman? know that joel greenberg was once an ally of matt gaetz and he was facing 33 federal charges including sex trafficking, fraud, bribery. then the justice department cut a deal with him, allowing him to plead down to just six federal charges. today in court and in a plea agreement that was released last week he pleaded guilty to soliciting and paying for sex with a minor. he said he had sex with a 17-year-old girl at least seven times. he also said that he arranged for others to have sex with that same minor. the question is who are the others and will joel greenberg give up those names? that's perhaps why the justice department cut this plea deal with him. he will have to testify at trials. he will be part of federal grand juries. he will have to work to earn this plaea deal. the judge today telling greenberg that his cooperation could impact what his sentence is. the more he cooperates, the lesser sentence that he would actually get. here's what his attorney said when asked why report

what this could mean for the congressman from randi kaye. >> reporter: these courtroom sketches capturenberg dressed in a dark jump suit and his hands shackled in front of him. greenberg is a former tax collector once an ally of matt gaetz. that friendship may explain this banner someone was flying overhead during court. it reads tiktok matt gaetz. the florida congressman could find himself in hot water given greenberg's admission in water he knowingly solicited and paid for sex with a minor and others did, too. >> mr. greenberg has pled guilty pursuant to a plea agreement with certain requirements and obligations to them and he intends to honor that. >> reporter: honoring that 86-page plea agreement means greenberg could be called on to testify against others and provide information against co-conspirators that may include matt gaetz. the florida congressman wasn't named in the plea agreement or court but investors are still trying to determine if gaetz is involved in sex trafficking, prostitution or sex with a minor. gaetz has denied any wrongdoing and not charged with a crime. >> doe

randi kaye, cnn, palm beach county, florida. >> earlier today i spoke with ronald greene's mother, mona hardin, and the family attorney, lee merritt, about what happens now that the whole world has seen the events that led up to greene's death, and here's what they had to say -- >> similar to the case of george floyd, we're hoping that now because the state of louisiana has already failed to do justice, it's been two years, they had a 50-hour termination of an officer who died the same day. the other officers involved were allowed to continue. we're hoping the shocking images like the shocking images of ahmaud arbery, once in the hands of the people of louisiana and this country that we will demand accountability. we're hoping to hear from the attorney general's office in louisiana so that state charges can move parallel to the federal investigation. we're expecting federal indictments sometime this summer. >> the state of louisiana has no credibility. they're an organized crime ring that's gone on for hundreds and hundreds of years. you can see this time and time again. with my son, yo

our randi kaye had a chance to speak with some of the residents before their appearance. >> reporter:ten called florida's friendliest hometown. but congressman matt gaetz may still get an icy reception. are you disturbed that he is making an appearance here in the villages? >> i'm horrified. i'm actually horrified. >> reporter: chris stanley and other democrats we spoke with in this retirement community in central florida say they've had enough of gaetz. >> he's by coming down here and really kind of doing a distraction tour and raising money. >> reporter: you call it a distraction tour? >> well, of course. >> reporter: a distraction democrats we spoke with say from the allegations gaetz is facing, including prostitution, sex trafficking, and sexual relations with a 17-year-old girl. gaetz has denied the allegations. instead, suggesting without verified proof it's part of a plot by a former doj official to extort money from his family. >> he gets to say what he wants. it doesn't mean that it's true. >> reporter: even this man, a republican agrees. do you believe matt gaetz, that maybe

darya and james randi kaye is a little so if you take your phone out right now. >> go ahead and scan that close, right. just like this. you can get updates. that's awesome. they did that this morning. trial is i've just been noticing that you know what, it's better than wearing it on your forehead. exactly. orion and a bunch of time. game. thanks reyna karen, a. >> alright 6.32. let's take you to the east bay now where educational flyers are going out to oakland residents as concerns about wildfire season intensify like these past flames to be a catastrophic like what we've seen in the past in 1991. and this fire that fire the fire chief says besides handling the day-to-day operations. >> nothing is more important than 0 ing in on this fire says yeah. and getting a head start on it is particularly worried about the bay area and the state facing once again extreme drought conditions. >> obviously that increases the threat to our community increases the hazards to our firefighters. rest assured your oakland firefighters will be knocking on doors as they do. >> every day for the next 45