ways, two police officers were shot and wounded early this morning during a high-speed chase west of atlanta. all of this is happening with the twin cities on edge as the prosecution makes its case against a minneapolis police officer in the killing of george floyd. president biden spoke to the moment and mood this afternoon. >> are you concerned things could be on a razor's edge, sir? >> i'm not intergoing to specul now. i'm hopeful there will be a verdict and out come that will be supported by the vast ma majority of people in the region and that's 345expectation. >> shortly before air time the president tweeted today i'm thinking about donte wright and his family and the pain, anger and drama black america experiences every day. while we await a full investigation, we know what we need to do to move forward, rebuilt trust and ensure accountability so nobody is above the law. adrian is in central minnesota for us tonight. donte's death was ruled a homicide in the last hour. i'm curious what reaction people there on the ground had and what's the latest you're seeing there? >> reporter: you

, two police officers were shot and wounded earlier this morning, during a high-speed chase west of atlanta. all of this, of course, is happening with the twin cities, already, on edge, as the prosecution continues to make its case against a former-minneapolis police officer, in the killing of george floyd. president biden spoke to the moment, and the mood, this afternoon. >> are you concerned things could be on a razor's edge, sir? >> i'm not going to speculate, now. i'm -- i'm hopeful that there'll be a -- a verdict and an outcome, that will be supported by the vast majority of the people in the region. and that's my expectation. >> shortly before airtime, the president tweeted this message. quote, today i am thinking about daunte wright and his family. and the pain, anger, and trauma that black-america experiences every day. while we await a full investigation, we know what we need to do to move forward. rebuild trust to ensure accountability, so no one is above the law. cnn's adrienne broaddus is in brooklyn center, minnesota, for us tonight. so, adrienne, daunte wright's death was rule

police departments in atlanta, chicago, and washington, also, taking precautions. testimony ended today in court. closing arguments will be heard, on monday. tension, as you can see from those images and as you might imagine, is running high. i have more now, from sara sidner. >> i will invoke my fifth-amendment privilege today. >> reporter: for the first time since the start of the trial, former-minneapolis police officer, derek chauvin. he chose not to take the stand as a witness in his own defense, leading the defense to rest its case. >> your honor, at this time, the defense rests. >> reporter: the prosecution then brought back its star-medical witness to refute the idea, brought up by yesterday's defense expert. >> it is an extremely toxic gas. >> reporter: that exhaust from the squad car's tailpipe, possibly, led to carbon-monoxide poisoning of george floyd. >> do you agree with that proposition, that's highlighted there? >> no, i do not. it's simply wrong. >> reporter: just before that, the prosecution attempted to introduce new-lab result evidence about car

since atlanta spa killings on march 15, there have been 50 mass shootings in the united states according to analysis according to the gun violence, a kif, local media and police reports. you've long pushed for gun control legislation. we spoke in mid-march. you said because you've failed in the past, that doesn't mean one should not continue and try to if it for change. do you still have optimism tonight? >> i do. listen, the voters did their part. they put in charge of congress majorities that support universal background checks. they put a president in the white house who wants to sign that bill. now it's up to us to deliver. 2013 now, eight years ago, we lost a vote on background checks. and since then, we've been building up political power in the anti-gun violence movement. today we are stronger than the gun lobby. and i think that's part of the reason why i am having, i think, real substantive discussions with several republicans about how we can bring a bill to the senate floor in the next month or two that will dramatically expand the number of gun sales that have to be submitted

republican lawmakers declare war on major league baseball after it moves to atlanta over georgia's voting restrictions. we begin with important testimony in the testimony of fired minneapolis police officer derek chauvin taking the stand today, the doctor who tried but could not save george floyd's lifer and the police chief who told jurors what chauvin did to floyd went against department policy, training, ethics and values. omar jimenez joins us for coverage. >> reporter: the start of week two of testimony and the current minneapolis police chief takes the stand in the trial of derek chauvin, his former officer. >> do you have a belief as to when this restraint, restraint on the ground that you viewed should have stopped? >> once mr. floyd had stopped resisting and certainly, once he was in distress and trying to verbalize that to continue to apply that level of force to a person proned out, handcuffed behind their back, that in no way, shape or form is anything that is by policy and is not part of our training and it is certainly not part of our ethics or values. >> reporter: in late m

he again assailed major league baseball for removing the all-star game out of atlanta in protest to the law who he said was quote irritating the he recollects -- hell out republican fans and made a reference to delta and coca-cola. >> republicans buy stock and fly on planes and drink coca-cola, too. so what i'm saying here is i think this is quite stupid to jump in the middle of a highly controversial issue particularly when they have their facts wrong. >> keeping them honest, mcconnell hasn't always felt that way. in 2012 he said all corporations quote should be free to express themselves on the issues of the day. again, quoting i mean who is afraid here? let's all have a conversation he said about the future of the country. meanwhile, the former president has weighed in, as well, in a statement over the weekend he called for a boycott of delta and coke among others but in a phone interview with a conservative cable news network he dissected some fire at mcconnell who harshly criticized him for his role in the january 6th riots. >> frankly, republican conservatives ever got their act t

. >> and also just before that, he was in atlanta trying to comfort the grieving families of the mass shooting there. >> i know they feel that there is a black hole in their chest and being sucked into and things will never get better. but our prayers are with you. and i assure you, the one you lost will always be with you. >> joining me right now for more on this is staff writer from "the new yorker" and a thou of "joe biden, the life, the run, and what matters now." everyone, they called this ability to comfort and connect with people in their loss his superpower. what do you call it? >> well, it is in a way . >> well, in a way it's a reluctant super power. when he got into politics he didn't want to be known as someone with a personal acquaintance with grief but in the foreign policy or judiciary committee. it took him a while. he was young. it took him a while people expected something from him because they looked at him and said you've been through this, you've survived it. and over the years he set up language of healing that he's used in private and now increasingly in public.

live from cnn world headquarters in atlanta, welcome to all of you watching here, in the united states, canada and around the world, i'm kim brunhuber. this is "cnn newsroom." nope ♪ ♪ >>> in just a few hours a new witness is expected to testify in the trial of derek chauvin, the former police officer accused of killing george floyd last summer. the court got a glimpse of new videos on day three of the trial showing floyd's deadly encounter with police and witnesses expressed how helpless they felt as they stood and watched floyd die. cnn's sara sidner has details from minneapolis. >> reporter: on the third day of testimony we heard no doubt the most powerful, emotional and poignant testimony from a 61-year-old man who normally walks the neighborhood. he began with kind of a funny anecdote that he was just being nosy when he heard the commotion outside of cup foods, but then he breaks down in uncontrolled sobs as he watches what happens between george floyd and the police officers. 61-year-old eyewitness charles mcmillen took the stand breaking down in sobs after prosecutors played

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the fact that you have young white men like the ones in atlanta who shot the people in the asian spas, you take them alive, but yet you always end up killing us. when you had people like the young white man in parkland, florida, who shot up the school, you took him alive, but then you shoot us. just like dylann roof shot up the church in south carolina, you took him alive but you shoot this young man who we believe should have never been stopped in the first place, especially when we're dealing with something so senseless going on in minneapolis. so, don, it is an emotional time because we're just tired of them killing us unjustifiably over and over and over again. >> and alongside family lawyer ben crump there was george floyd's brother philonise. he discussed his testimony with don lemon and reacted to the latest officer-involved shooting sending a message out to daunte wright's mother. >> at times like this we can't have this because i miss my brother and she's going to miss her son and we will stand in solidarity with her and speak up because we have to stop this violence right no

live from cnn world headquarters in atlanta welcome to all of you watching here in the united states, canada and around the world, i'm kim brunhuber. this is "cnn newsroom." ♪ >> hundreds of protesters took to the streets of brooklyn center, minnesota, for a fourth night demanding justice following the fatal police shooting of daunte wright. the crowd was largely peaceful, but once a nighttime curfew set in demonstrators threw fireworks and bottles at police. police used flash banks and rubber bullets to disperse the crowd. the protest was declared an unlawful assembly and some two dozen people were arrested. more than 3,000 national guard troops have been activated across the twin cities area. cnn has been on the streets of brooklyn center every night following the unrest. law enforcement officials say the tension was easing wednesday after the arrest of the officer who shot wright. still, protesters were dug in ahead of the curfew wednesday night as sara sidner reports. >> reporter: early on the crowd being a bit more angry earlier and you're seeing sort of the exchange that happe

live from cnn world headquarters in atlanta, welcome to all of you watching here in the united states, canada and around the world, i'm kim brunhuber. this is "cnn newsroom." ♪ ♪ >> we begin with breaking news out of taiwan where dozens of dead after a train derailed. you can see rescue teams here in this video helping survivors from the damaged cars, taiwan's government says at least 41 people were killed. we're hearing from the central news agency that the accident may have happened after a vehicle hit the moving train. let's go straight to ivan watson who is following the developments from hong kong. ivan, a tragic start to a holiday weekend in taiwan. what's the latest there? >> reporter: well, a desperate rescue effort, frankly, after this terrible and deadly train disaster where you have the premiere of taiwan now updating that up to 41 people are believed to have been killed in this accident, including the driver of the train. it was the number 408 train that was traveling down the east side of taiwan from taipei and it was entering a tunnel north of the city of huallen whe

since the atlanta area spa shootings on march 16th, there have been at least 50 mass shootings reported in the united states. >> when you see people getting killed, i mean, in this last month it's just been horrifying what's happened. how can you say that's not a public health issue? >> reporter: what also has health professionals and public officials worried is the idea of americans simply accepting this kind of mass gun violence. >> we must guard against resignation or even despair. the assumption that this is simply how it must be and that we might as well set used to it. >> reporter: president biden has in recent weeks announced some executive actions on gun control, including a measure to eliminate kits that people can buy to build untraceable guns at home. the president also wants to ban assault-style weapons and high capacity magazines and establish stricter background checks for gun purchases, but despite all the mass shootings just since president biden has been in office there's little appetite among republicans and even some moderate democrats in congress to pass stricter gun

live from cnn world headquarters in atlanta, welcome to all of you watching here in the united states, canada and around the world, i'm kim brunhuber. this is "cnn newsroom." >>> the u.s. justice department has now opened a sweeping civil investigation into the policing practices of the minneapolis police department. that announcement from the attorney general comes one day after former police officer derek chauvin was convicted of murder in the death of george floyd. >> the investigation i am announcing today will assess whether the minneapolis police department engages in a pattern or practice of using excessive force, including during protests. the investigation will also assess whether the mpd engages in discriminatory conduct and whether its treatment of those with behavioral health disabilities is unlawful. >> this investigation comes in the wake of a verdict welcomed by many across the u.s., and now derek chauvin sits in a maximum security prison in minnesota after his conviction. the latest now from cnn's omar jimenez. >> find the defendant guilty. >> reporter: with a guilty v

live from cnn world headquarters in atlanta, welcome to all of you watching here in the united states, canada and around the world, i'm kim brunhuber. this is "cnn newsroom. " the future of the johnson & johnson coronavirus vaccine in the u.s. could be decided in the coming hours. vaccine advisers to the u.s. centers for disease control and prevention will discuss how to move forward with the one-dose shot. now, this comes after a handful of rare blood clot cases were reported. the nation's top infectious disease expert dr. anthony fauci says he expects u.s. regulators to follow europe's lead and allow the shot to be used, but with a warning or restriction. cnn's chief medical correspondent dr. sanjay gupta also weighed in. >> it's rare. it's still rare, you know. maybe there is a couple more people who develop this, but not significant numbers. i don't know what they're going to sort of recommend tomorrow as part of this advisory committee. it is likely if you look at what happened in europe, europe medicine association, agency, they basically said we're going to put a caution with t

it's 31 minutes past the hour, live from atlanta. police barriers at the center in jerusalem came down. what is the situation right now? >> reporter: robyn, i am standing outside in a plaza, and this is the main entrance for muslim worshippers to enter the old city, and it's calm right now but that has not been the case since the beginning of ramadan. palestinians have been protesting the erection of barricades, and a popular place for young people at night during ramadan. they have thrown rocks and glass bottles, and the stench of foul smelling water, the stench that remains in the plaza to this day. hundreds of palestinians cheered when the barricades came down. those tensions also have spread down south to gaza where over the course of the last three days, more than 40 rockets have been fired by gaza militants into israel, including five last night. the israeli army says they have responded with air strikes and s closed the fishing zones near gaza as well, and authorities are hoping the removal of the barricades here last night wi

live from cnn world headquarters in atlanta, welcome to you here in the united states, canada, and around the world. i'm kim brunhuber and this is "cnn newsroom." >>> we begin with signs that the coronavirus vaccine supply in the u.s. may soon outstrip demand. according to the u.s. centers for disease control and prevention, more than 93 million people have been fully vaccinated. but over the past few weeks, average daily vaccination rates have started to fall. cnn's polo sandoval takes a look at what might be behind the drop. >> reporter: as johnson & johnson's covid-19 vaccine is cleared to go into arms again, a slight but ongoing drop in overall shots being administered a day. that average number, according to the cdc, dipped below 3 million this week. the biden administration attributing it to vaccine hesitancy. it's a trend that the university of washington's institute for health metrics and evaluation has been closely watching, even before j&j's pause. >> facebook runs a survey every day. and we look at that data on a daily basis. and that's shown that vaccine confidence in the u.s.

live from cnn headquarters in atlanta, welcome to "cnn newsroom." i'm kim brunhuber. >>> flags at the u.s. capitol and the white house are flying at half-staff at this hour after another capitol police officer was killed in the line of duty. the violent confrontation began midday friday when the suspect rammed a car into a security barricade. police say the driver then lunged at officers with a knife, stabbing one of them before he was fatally shot. another officer was also wounded. officer william evans is the second capitol officer to die on duty since the capitol riot. his college roommate spoke to affiliate wbz. >> it was real surreal to think that i -- i mean i literally just talked to him and we shared a laugh a couple of days ago, and now he's gone. it has just been shock ever since. i mean it's been fighting back tears all afternoon and trying to -- trying to make sense of it all and knowing that there's none to be had. >> for the latest on what we know, here's cnn's brian todd. >> reporter: a suspect in a car rammed two capitol police offic

in the atlanta shooting this person had -- the family member saw they had a weapon. so law enforcement is really relying on tips to get a heads up on things like this that are coming in order to prevent them before they happen, which is difficult. >> and then in terms of the hard security there, i mean this has become a political issue. many in congress and in the community there as well complained about the added security, the barriers and so on. they just opened up those barriers, those roads to traffic two weeks ago. does this suggests to you these measures should be reinstated not just to protect the lawmakers but to better protect police? >> well, i defer to the people on the ground to make the decision on what specific security measures are needed, but it's clear that the capitol is a target. you know, this is a soft target generally. this is the seat and symbol of american democracy. but i think especially on january 6th it became a focal point for the nation and the world. and i think as a result it is now in the popular imagination for people who may have a

you can understand how the atlanta braves feel about it. there are people who feel this is taking some economic opportunity away from those who would benefit from having a big event like an all-star game and some of those people are relatively lower on the economic ladder, so i understand those objections, but the larger point that is being made here, yeah, you can claim, as governor kemp did, that there are certain provisions within this bill that will enhance access to voting. but in the overall on balance, it actually restricts voting and it's clear it will most negative impact people of color and at the lower income scale. this is what baseball decided to do. ps this is also different when you talk about the pga tour. the masters is only in one place at one time. baseball can move its all-star game and it will somewhere else. the players will still play in the all-star game. >>> update on the investigation of republican congressman matt gaetz. federal investigators are looking into his relationships with young women. the threads they ar

that's according to a letter obtained by the "atlanta journal-constitution." this comes after coke publicly criticized georgia's new election law passed by the republican-controlled legislature. critics, of course, say the law unfairly restricts voting access, particularly to minorities. coke, as well as the atlanta-based delta airlines and more than a hundred other companies have publicly come out against the law. and major league baseball has pulled this year's all-star game from the state of course. the corporate fight against georgia's new election law got started when dozens of current and former black corporate executives joined forces to challenge the law and lawmakers. tony west is the chief legal officer at uber and one of those 72 black executives who signed a letter pledging to protect voter rights. he spoke to cnn about the responsibility corporate america has on the issue. >> well, look, i think, you know, american businesses have always made their voices heard in our democracy on all kinds of critical issues, right, whether it's tax policy or h1-

. >>> also ahead, major league baseball's all-star game has been pulled out of atlanta. georgia's governor is blaming cancel culture as he takes heat from the state's new elections law. but, when grease and limescale build up, it's not as hygienic as you think. use finish dishwasher cleaner its dual-action formula tackles grease and limescale. finish. clean dishwasher. clean dishes. pain hits fast. so get relief fast. only tylenol rapid release gels have laser-drilled holes. they release medicine fast for fast pain relief. tylenol rapid release gels. >>> shocking video of an alleged massacre in ethiopia is drawing harsh international condemnation. cnn and amnesty international have verified the soldiers in the video are wearing ethiopian military uniforms. they are shown apparently executing at least 11 unarmed men and pushing their bodies off a cliff. the u.n.'s human rights chief says war crimes may have been committed. the u.s., germany, france, and other g7 nations are now calling for an international investigation. the reporter who broke the story joins us from lond

they can just pull out of atlanta immediately. you're going to see more and more of that. you're going to see this backing candidates. companies have the ability to influence and they're going to use it very aggressively. >> but you bring up mlb, that is an interesting case study. does it align with their strategy. looking at some of their statistics only 8% of their players are black and they show a majority of them are fans from your point of view. are they perhaps making a mistake down the road? >> i don't think they're making a mistake this time. the problem is threading that needle. i think in the long run it will be hard for anyone to say they're against people's right to vote. >> so a backlash here, boycotting baseball and all of the woke company that's are interfering with free and fair conditions. people saying we should fight cancel culture by canceling baseball. this is a gront front for them politically to fight on. this is what brian kemp said yesterday, listen to this. >> baseball caved to fear and lies from liberal activists. >> he has done a variation on th

this was the scene at atlanta's airport on easter sunday. i mean, take a look amid a record-setting travel weekend during the pandemic. the cdc updated its travel guidance friday, but it seems not everyone got the message. >> the cdc says if you have the vaccine it's safe to travel, but they're asking people not to travel that much if they don't have to. is that still factoring into the decisions when you think about making travel decisions? >> um, can i say not so much? [ laughter ] not so much. i mean, we'll be vaccined. we're scheduled. so, that i guess will alleviate some worries for us. >> okay. u.s. health experts, meantime, have their work cut out for them as you can see from what she said. here's natasha chen. >> reporter: on the second easter into the pandemic, there are more signs of hope and a resurrection of life compared to a year ago. >> we share the sentiments of pope francis who said that getting vaccinated is a moral obligation, one that can save your life and the lives of others. >> the u.s. is now averaging more than 3 mil

look was the scene at atlanta's airport on easter sunday among a record-setting travel weekend during the pandemic. the cdc updated its travel guidance on friday but it seems not everyone got the message. >> the cdc says if you have the s vaccine, it's safe to travel but asking you not to travel that much. did that factor in the decisions you made? >> can i say not too much. not too much. i mean, we'll be vaccined. we're scheduled. i guess it will alleviate some worries for us. >> there are many americans paying attention to the warnings and they're making the return to public life slowly and hopefully safely. and, of course, protected by a vaccination. here is natasa chen. >> on the second easter into the pandemic, more signs of hope. as a resurrection of life compared to a year ago. >> we share the symbolism with pope francis. he said getting vaccinated is a moral obligation. it can safe your life and the lives of others. >> reporter: the u.s. is administering 3 million covid vaccines administered every day. a source familiar with the company's vaccine manufacturing process said it'

live from cnn world headquarters in atlanta, welcome to our viewers in the united states, canada and right around the world. i'm paula newton and this is "cnn newsroom." ♪ so in just a few hours court resumes for derek chauvin's trial, the former police officer accused of killing george floyd. an expert police witness is expected to be back on the stand. on tuesday an officer who trained chauvin testified that he did not use a proper neck restraint when holding floyd down. cnn's omar jimenez has more from minneapolis. >> what is proportional force? >> well, you want to use the least amount of force necessary to meet your objectives. >> reporter: more than 20 witnesses have been called in the trial for derek chauvin, many of them officers. >> if you don't have a pulse on a person, you will immediately start cpr just because they're speaking doesn't mean they're breathing adequately. >> reporter: week two of testimony has largely focused on training. police lieutenant mercil is a use of force instructor with the training division at the minneapolis police department. >> sir, is this

live from cnn world headquarters in atlanta, i want to welcome all of our viewers in the united states, canada and around the world, i'm paula newton and this is "cnn newsroom." ♪ so we start with the murder trial of former minneapolis police officer derek chauvin. the main witness on thursday, dr. martin tobin, a renowned expert in pulmonary critical care. he testified george floyd died from a lack of oxygen after being placed on the street on his stomach with handcuffs, a knee on his neck and a knee on his back. dr. tobin saying even a person without medical conditions would have died. cnn's sara sidner reports. >> reporter:. >> that's the moment the life goes out of his body. >> reporter: the prosecutor's expert medical witness did not hold back. >> mr. floyd died from a low level of oxygen and this caused damage to his brain that we see and it also caused a pea arrhythmia that caused his heart to stop. >> reporter: the renowned expert on breathing and lungs dr. tobin pointed to the officer's actions saying george floyd died because the officers created a scenario in which floyd's

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i don't care if that's detroit, atlanta, chicago, jacksonville, anywhere in between. not only if you're not black, but a black person that's sympathetic and empathetic to the community. i introduced the world to tommy no norman. you dealt with his community. you got a chance to see him marry a black woman, see him be a person who was sympathetic and empathetic to the people he's policing. no way an officer of the state who is brown should be harassing and spraying in the eyes pepper spray of another brown person. so, that brown person shouldn't be a police officer. i need him replaced with a brown person that understands and will walk and talk that other brown person through in the same way i've seen a 61-year-old white man hit a policeman with a hammer, drive off with a cop in the car and get taken in without being shot. the state is empowering people who look like me and don't look like me to be less empathetic, more sympathetic and more brutal. this must end. if you cannot empathize with the community you're in, you should not be policing that community. >> just go

it's a promise he made, and in the wake of back-to-back mass shootings in boulder and the atlanta area, what is he going to do? >> the white house isn't really are revealing the extent of what we're going to see tomorrow, but we do know we are expecting executive orders to come from president biden on guns tomorrow. the white house has only said we'll hear more from him on this. this is something that's imminent, the white house has been talking about ever since the shootings in georgia and in colorado. so, the question really is not just whether or not he's going to actually put an executive order forward, but how permanent can it be. the fear there and threat there is they can be undone by the next president and a different party should they so chose. that's going to be the scope we're looking at here. how far do these executive orders go, what do they do when it comes to strengthening background checks, things of that nature we know president biden has been interested in, and does he still try to pursue that legislative route he said is important to him but not as important as infra

is likely to strike a plea deal as part of the investigation, and cnn correspondent paula reed is in atlanta outside the courthouse. what have you learned since last time we spoke, paula? >> reporter: it's bad news for congressman matt gaetz as one of his closest allies and friends has signaled he will likely enter a plea deal in his own case. he's facing over 33 criminal counts, so he has an incentive here to provide any evidence of any sort of criminal conduct -- >> paula, forgive me, you know i have to cut you off because we are going back to minneapolis. here we go. next witness. >> let's begin by having you state your full name. >> my name is daniel, d-a-n-i-e-l -- >> good afternoon, sir. where do you work? >> i work at msn labs. >> how long you have been with msn labs? >> since 2011. >> what do you do there? >> i am a forensic taoxicologis? >> did you have any lab experience before joining mns? >> yes, i did, from 1994 to 2011 i was the chief toxicologist for the wayne county medical examiners office, and from 1982 to 1991 i was at maryland medical labs in baltimore, maryland, and i th

this is the 47th now mass shooting that has taken place in the united states since march 16th with the atlanta spa shootings. it is a tragedy that continues even in small towns like this. fredricka? >> martin vsavidge, thank you s much. >>> with me is joe kennedy, a former democratic congressman from massachusetts, congressman kennedy, so good to see you. >> good to be with you. >> so if not after newtown, if not after parkland, if not after 47 shootings in one month including kenosha and columbus last night what is it going to take for elected officials in america to do something and do you believe it's up to elected officials? >> i think like everybody in this past month, fredricka, i wake up in the morning and look at the news and it's just gutting. we started the show, as you started the show you said there's another one takes place in austin, texas. it has to stop. and the idea that some would say this is the price of freedom in this country, that this is what we all have to endure, in order to claim residents and citizenry here. it's just not true. and it doesn't have to be this way. and

this new law is going to require big urban counties and say atlanta's fulton county to significantly cut the number of drop boxes. fulton county had 38 in the 2020 general election, and they will be forced to 8. they areare saying, kemp is say that is not a cut, because of the temporary pandemic law of 38, but under a special effect of 38 to 8, and under a short term law is still a cut. >> that is a big difference. okay. thank you, daniel dale. >> thank you. >>> and now, potentially damning testimony this week. and what was revealed. that is next. i don't know. i think they look good, man. mm, smooth. uh, they are a little tight. like, too tight? might just need to break 'em in a little bit. you don't want 'em too loose. for those who were born to ride there's progressive. with 24/7 roadside assistance. -okay. think i'm gonna wear these home. -excellent choice. as a repairman, i hear a lot of folks say they feel like they have to rinse off dirty dishes likece. these -okay. before loading them in the dish washer. but new cascade platinum changes all that. new cascade platinum, with 50

the metro atlanta area is home to nearly 30 fortune 500 companies. we have a very large tourism industry in our state. and just as the legislatures and the governor made the decision to go forward with this bill, people are making decisions not to come to our state. and it is going to impact millions of georgians, employment, small businesses, corporations, and it's very unfortunate. >> so governor kemp and georgia republicans show no signs that they will be changing this law and at this point it looks like the law stands. does this mean outcry from citizens to sports leagues won't help repeal this law? >> they absolutely have an opportunity to change this law. so they have just ended the normal legislative session. they can go back into special session and make tweaks. they also have an opportunity to revisit this in january. and it's unfortunate, because there have been so many issues with our elections across the state. this was an opportunity to fix those things that have gone wrong. this was an opportunity to be a model for the rest of the count

the metro atlanta area is home to 35 fortune 500 companies. we have a very large tourism industry in our state. just as the legislators and governor made -- the legislators and governor made the decision to go forward with this bill, people are making decisions not to come to our state, and it is going to impact millions of georgians, employment, small businesses, our corporations and it's very unfortunate. >> and while the mayor said she may not necessary like the idea that georgia will lose millions of dollars with the all-star game pulling out, she does support what major league baseball has done. of course, we will continue to monitor the comments from the governor and bring you the very latest. >>> let's turn now to that deadly attack at the u.s. capitol. investigators are now working to learn more about the suspect who rammed into a police barricade outside the capitol building, hitting two officers. that suspect was shot and killed by police after getting out of his car, brandishing a knife. one officer survived the attack. but the othe

atlanta is also coke's hometown. the beverage company isn't alone in its displeasure with the law, more than a hundred companies are speaking out against restricting voter access to the polls. cnn's matt egan has more. >> reporter: ceos are speaking out ton republican efforts to restrict voting. the leaders of more than a hundred companies including target and uber issued a statement on friday, vowing to oppose legislation that would deny eligible voters the right to cast ballots. the ceos say that voting should be safe and accessible to all voters, and that a strong democracy is good for business. texas based american airlines says it strongly opposes a texas bill that would place new restrictions on voting. all this comes after some atlanta-based companies base boycott threats over their initial response to georgia's controversial voting restriction law. both coca-cola and delta have since escalated their criticism of that legislation with delta ceo ed -- calling it unacceptable, wrong and based on a line. after th

if you look at the tragedy in atlanta, look at the tragedy in colorado, those individuals, those shooters actually got their guns lyle legally through the existing background check system. i think it points to the fact that we have a real mental health crisis in this country regardless of which type of firearm you use. right? if you look at in a we had the parkland shooting and look at the legislation passed after that including a red flag daw that with due process -- that's an important point, with due process you present to a judge that someone has a mental health crisis -- oftentimes the shoot remembers flagging on social media, to family, friends or others that they intend to do harm or violence. we now have a mechanism with due process in place where you can take those firearms out of their hands temporarily. >> are you aware that in indianapolis. >> law enforcement has used that 3500 times since then to good effect. >> in wisconsin you may have seen reports that there were red flags raised there. >> right. >> yet the shooter was able to do what he did in indianapolis. the red flag l

. >> cnn's natasha chen joins us from atlanta. natasha, you asked the governor specifically about this issue of voter fraud, which has been puddled out time and again, even though there weren't instances of voter fraud found in the 2020 election. who did he have to say? >> first, congratulations on the show, jim. i did ask him about that. he doesn't answer that question directly. he said people have different opinions about what happened in the 2020 elections. here's a bit more from that exchange with him. >> reporter: is the timing of this based on your belief that there was in fraud in recent elections in georgia? >> i realize people have all kinds of differences of opinions and beliefs about the 2020 election, but make no mistake, there were issues that happened on the election, like they do in every election. >> reporter: he said it was a sad day for major league baseball, terrible for the organization, for local businesses here that were really hoping that this all-star game would boost them after a difficult pandemic year. h

and we were showing pictures of the situation down at atlanta's hartsfield arntd. lots of travelers there. evan thanks for staying on top of it this. >>> this is not going to last forever. that was the message we heard yesterday from dr. anthony fauci. he was joining us on "cnn newsroom" yesterday. i spoke to him about this issue of covid fatigue hitting the country. hears part of our conversation, here's what he said. if you had your way, what would you do to prevent further debts? if some these deaths could have been prevented during the pandemic, what more can be done now to make sure we aren't looking back and saying, gee, you know, i wish we didn't lose x number of people? >> all right. so i look at it now -- take now looking forward, x number of weeks, and say, okay, it's in our purview now. it's in our ballpark. the two things that you do. a, you keep pushing down and doubling down on public health measures. and, b, you do whatever you can to get as many people vaccinated as quickly and as expeditiously as possible. 4 million people vaccinated is really a lo

there have been 20 shootings that left eight people dead two weeks ago in atlanta. we are in orange county, california. so many of these shootings, all of them equally sickening. what more are we learning about this one? >> it's becoming depressingly familiar, you know, the carnage and then what we're expecting now which is an update hopefully from the police department. the orange police in about an hour and 15 minutes holding a news conference to perhaps give us a little more insight into what led up to this. here's what we do know. this is a buzz siness park. there are six businesses in this tiny complex. it's set in a neighborhood. a lot of the people in the community actually heard that first round of gunfire. so some of the neighbors say they heard a bunch of gunfire and then the sirens, first s responders going in and then first responders exchanged gunfire with the suspect. the suspect was wounded and taken to the hospital. when officers started to go through the facility, this office park, they found four dead people, four bodies. one of them a child. we do

just less than three weeks after those back to back shootings in atlanta and boulder, colorado, after which the president said he was going to take action. now we're seeing what that action looks like. one of those executive actions is going to be aimed at the so-called ghost guns which are self made or self assembled firearms that are not regulated as fire arms. a senior official declined to say whether this measure would go so far as to actually make these recollected as firearms. the goal being to limit the circulation of the types of weapons. similar restrictions auimed as these pistol stabilizing devices. he was able to essentially take a pistol and have that be modified into something more akin to a short barrel rifle. there will also be model red flag laws proposed by the department of justice for state legislatures to be able to consider those red flag laws, of course, we're also mentioned a lot in the wake of the shooting in parkland, florida. we do xbexpect to see gun contr advocates as he makes at announcementes. he is also going to be announcing he is nominating a new head

has suffered 50 mass shootings since the atlanta spa killings on march 15th, 50. we're inching closer to a rate of two per day. and this tally doesn't even include that austin triple murder that we're monitoring. since cnn defines mass shootings that leave at least four people wounded or killed besides the suspect. sadly, just around every time we get ready to show this map, we have to go back and add to it. and mass shootings account for just a deliver of gun deaths suffered in america. about 40,000 people are dying from gun violence every year in the u.s. the majority of those, about six in ten are suicides. put it all together and average it out, more than 100 people are dying every day from guns in america. >>> coming up later tonight, i get a firsthand look at the herculean effort to fight vaccine hesitancy in rural south carolina. we have that story coming up. and then "time" magazine cover story writer justin roarland tel. >>> and a miraculous escape of the pilot from a world war ii plane after he is forced to ditch near a florida beach. >>> when i come bac

. ♪ ♪ >>> otters at the georgia aquarium in atlanta tested positive for covid-19. this comes as michigan post its eight weeks of surging cases and exhausting healthcare workers and leaving hospitals little space to treat the sick. sounds familiar, huh? cnn's paulo sandoval has the latest. >> reporter: monday is the day to open vaccines to all adults. a drop in the number of vaccines administered. the drop was not unexpected due to allocation issues but now discrimination of johnson & johnson vaccines is on pause due to blood clot. >> i don't want to get ahead of the cdc and the fda and the advisory committee but i would imagine what we'll see is that it will come back and come back in some sort of either warning or restriction. i don't know and i don't want to be ahead of them. >> reporter: about 40% of americans have received at least one dose of covid-19, a quarter of the u.s. population vaccinated according to the cdc cdc. in ohio vaccine apsupply outpac demand. >> people are tired and dropping protocols. >> reporter: at beaumont health, healthcare workers are t

. >> natasha chen is in atlanta for us. how do other officials and georgia voters feel about this move? >> reporter: pamela, let's start with the people standing with governor kemp today at that press conference. he was flanked by both state and federal lawmakers applauding him for not wavering on this voting law, applauding him for denouncing what he calls this ka cancel culture that mlb intent to the left and pro-athletes and others congratulating mlb to relocate the all-star game. talking to people just walking past the park we heard from a neighbors who said he fully agrees with governor kemp and said it is unfortunate that the local businesses lose out on the revenue from this game. that particular issue of local businesses hurt shared by everyone but these couple of young voters told me they understand where mlb is coming from here. >> i think they made the right decision for them. just like i said it is disappointing that it affects local businesses, fans, people that would have come into the city and provided the ci

cnn's natasha chen is in atlanta where the holiday celebrations may prove to be a mixed blessing. >> reporter: there did seem to be a ring of more optimism compared to a year ago when a lot of churches were forced to go online for easter, and this church offering indoor socially distanced services with advanced reservations. people do feel like they are turning a corner with many people vaccinated, and they saw 40% of the people they would get during the prepandemic easter services. >> there are more signs of hope, and a rezer recollection of life compared to a year ago. >> we share the sentiments of pope francis that said getting vaccinated is a moral obligation, one that can save your life and the lives of others. >> the southwest now averaging more more than 3 million covid vaccines, even with the disguarding of the johnson & johnson doses. it can be made up in a few weeks. the federal government now directed johnson & johnson to takeover the manufacturing of its vaccine at the baltimore facility where the contamination occurred. some places, like mississippi are seeing what appea

it was three weeks since the atlanta spa shooting. there have been at least 20, 20 mass shootings in the u.s. in two weeks. cnn's senior national correspondent is in southern california this morning. i know you're waiting for an update from police in a couple of hours. what are we hoping to learn and what do we know so far? >> you know, right now we just don't have a lot of detauils about what led up to this jim. we're hoping to learn more about the suspect, motive, any connection, any possible connection to the people who died here. all we know right now is basically what we've seen. the investigators, you can see them out front. this is the business park where the shooting took place last night. investigators have been going in and out doing evidence collection. they remain here as they try to figure out what led up to all of this. what neighbors here, apartments and houses all through this area surrounding this business park say that they started hearing gunfire right around dinner time last night. shortly after that, then the soun