have used drugs or alcohol? >> yes, in some instances. >> kind of the proverbial drunk driver, right? i haven't had anything, officer? >> yes. >> i've had two beers, right? people have a tendency to minimize what they have consumed, right? >> yes. >> you have testified as i understand your testimony that once the officers putting mr. floyd into the prone position was initially a reasonable use of force, right? >> yes. >> and you are familiar with the swarm technique? >> yes. >> where multiple officers are on top of a resisting specific trying to control the extremities? >> yes, typically that is done prior to handcuffing. >> but once someone is handcuffed, right, and they are in the ground, a person who is in handcuffs can continue to be a threat, agreed? >> yes. >> they can kick you. >> correct. >> they could bite you. >> correct. >> they could thrash and get free and start running, right? >> in certain instances, yes. >> and in certain instances, they can even get your weapon, right? >> yes. >> they could get

and i've used weapons of war at war. i've had them used against me. i've seen firearms in their various iteration. as a sportsman, as an army ranger, as a soldier. and these guns, these military-style assault rifles are designed to do one thing, kill a lot of people very quickly. and they're very, very good at doing that. when i was deer hunting, i didn't use an assault rifle to deer hunt. and when i was in iraq and afghanistan, i certainly didn't carry a deer hunting rifle. so the type of gun matters a lot. they don't belong on our streets, in our schools, in our church, in our synagogues, and it's time that we stop this madness. >> well, let's talk a little bit more about this. congressman, you have previously called to bring back the assault weapons ban. president biden wants that too. he is urging the senate to pass the two house bills that would strengthen background checks. like voting rights, is this another issue that suggests that it's time to get rid of the fill buster? >> well, i think it is. you know, we just can't be in a position where t

us. i think what we saw yesterday were the signals of adults, signals of people who understand how to use the instrumentality of government, people who don't automatically see government as an end in of itself and people who understand that there is something bigger than themselves. the out going president felt that the bucks stopped with him only in the sense that it was about him, joe biden clearly serves a god and a savior and a government and the ideals behind those governments and the idea of cooperation and the idea that there is no communication except among equals. so we begin again yesterday and today and tomorrow with an idea that we can press a restart button and get doing again. >> doris? >> i think i felt a certain sense that the hunger for leadership that the country was experiencing was met both at the inaugural address but even more by the talk that biden gave the next day with his national plan for action with the virus. what fdr was able to accomplish in 1933 was not jus

let us not be proud and let us not by vengeful, but let us be thankful that you brought us closer together today. these blessings we ask in your name and your state, thank you, lord. thank you, lord. we never had a thanksgiving day like today. we will hear from the attorneys and the parents. let us hear from the attorney for wanda, who is running for the texas attorney general. he asked me not to say it but i'm going to say it because we need attorney generals like this. >> amen. >> lee merritt, followed by the attorney general of black america who flew in and out even as he handled other cases. these lawyers kept going to the wall and stood up. we walked out of court buildings with tears in our eyes. we cried inside but they were tears of joy because people like thurgood marshall and others broke down barriers to produce a ben crump and a lee merritt. >> amen. >> all right. >> amen. >> you all don't want to hear from me right now, you want to hear from the family of ahmaud arbery, as we all do. we want to wrap our arms around them. the only reason i'm speaking is to provide an introductio

it really is replacing the old use of force continuum that we used to use. and the use of force, rather the critical decision-making model is one that really forces officers to constantly reassess their actions based on the changed behavior of the suspect, which could escalate or de-escalate, obviously. you have to reassess, reassess, reassess. just because force was justified at one point doesn't mean it's justified later because you have to reassess. what is he doing? what is the it threat? if the threat is not there, stop. >> yeah. it's a great point. that goes back to where we started, right, the sergeant, chauvin's sergeant saying it should have stopped because floyd was no longer resisting. charles ramsey, mark eo'meara, laura coates, good having you on. >>> the congresswoman hoping to reform policing and redeem justice in the wake of this tragedy. sheila jackson lee, she is going to join us. later, as if the sex trafficking allegations and blackmailing claim were not enough, shocking developments in the congressman matt gaetz story. [ race light count

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democrats used it when i was there. bup the fact is republicans use aalmost twice the race of democrats. it is a tool that encouraged gridlock and allows the conservative party to prevent any legislative change from passing and what the flamers wanted to do was create a balance between majority rule and mine ort rights. in recent decades that has been tilted toward minority rights in a way that creates gridlock and progressives are trying to tilt that back to a functioning government where things pass. you saw that with the american rescue plan, this isn't a wild majority rule run amok legislation, this is supported by 75% of the american people, including a majority of republicans. so i don't think you're going to see wild mob rule here, you're going to see actually a government functioning and addressing some of the challenges that we face. >> adam -- just i'm so sorry scott, but we're out of time. scott jennings and adam we'll do this for another hour next time, i apromise. thank you for being with us. and republican

vote for us. they will win. >> one of the things that has seemed to have been a distraction from the pain you're talking about is you on the internet over the past week. the fact that you have become a meme, the picture of you sitting at the inauguration in your mittens. thousands of memes such as some of them on the screen. i have to show you some of my personal favorites. demi moore put your picture in her famous ghost scene. jennifer gray, you know, she played baby in dirty dancing and put you in the corner, senator. >> yes. >> even a selfie with us on election night. so my question is, are you having as much fun with this as the world is? >> i am. and not only are we having fun, what we're doing here in vermont is we're going to be selling around the country sweat shirts and t-shirts and all of the money raised which i expect to be a couple million dollars will be going to programs like meals on wheels that feed low income senior citizens so it turns out actually to be a good thing and not onl

they are using sonar, listening devices, dogs. they are also using cameras. we've seen drones over the rubble. the fire chief tells us that they're doing a strategic search. what that means is they are going under the rubble figuring out where the voids are. those are the spaces, the crevices where people could be, where life could be and so what firefighters have to do is they have to go in there sometimes with 80 pounds of equipment, with saws, they have to shore up that building in order for them to crawl into those spaces. at some point there is an all stop to make sure they can listen for those founds. yesterday officials said they did hear some banging. they haven't heard voices. we've been asking about that, if they have heard voices. they have not heard voices but they heard banging yesterday which of course is a sign of hope. more resources are coming in. yesterday we saw more trucks coming in with extra resources. the fire chief saying they've brought in cranes. i know some people have been asking, why didn't they bring the cranes beforehand? they a

we use the word historic often. possibly too often. but this is a verdict that will echo through time in this country. former minneapolis police officer derek chauvin guilty on all three charges. the nation was watching. the world was watching. the headline in the "minnesota star tribune" this morning reads simply, convicted. for his family, that conviction sends a powerful message about the need for lasting change. >> i'm not just fighting for george anymore. i'm fighting for everybody around this world. >> as the late dr. martin luther king jr. told all of us decades ago, justice for black people will not flow into society merely from court decisions. and you heard over and over yesterday following this verdict, this moment is where the work begins. former minneapolis police chief derek chauvin faces up to 40 years in prison. he was found guilty of second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter. and after the verdict was read he was handcuffed and escorted to a minnesota prison where he'll awai

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ryan nobles is joining us. the minority leader kevin mccarthy making it abundantly clear he has absolutely no interest in creating this january 6th commission of inquiry. >> reporter: that's right, at least under these conditions negotiated by republicans and democrats in the homeland security committee. a new development tonight. steve scalise, the second most powerful house republican, initially told members he was not going to whip this bill, that they could vote according to their own conscience. but he sent out an e-mail with a long list of problems the republican leadership has with this commission, recommending they vote no. the plans for a commission to investigate the january 6th capitol insurrection have hit a serious roadblock. in a statement rejecting the bipartisan deal, house minority leader kevin mccarthy said, quote, given the speaker's shortsighted scope that does not examine interrelated forms of political violence in america, i cannot support this legislation. mccarthy is insistent that group

it's a useful tool but is not designed for use in a lethal force situation. he had no■qj choice but to stop that attack and save that other individual's life. >> obviously each of these police shootings we're talking about is different. each one has different situations, different circumstances. when you watch these incidents play out, over and over and over again, even though they are different, do you think there needs to be reform or do you think that the system is broken? >> well, there's no question that the system is broken and needs reform, but how do we get to that reform? the simple answer there is the better use of technology and really a contactless way for police officers not in daily force situations, but in situations where there can be a peaceful de-escalation of these things so they can bring this to a sensible resolution unlike what we're seeing in these incidents over and over again. >> do you disagree with him when it comes to what happened in columbus, ohio? >> i do, but don't get me wrong. i respect him and all the other officers that m

for us to do big things. i felt it in my confirmation hearing. a lot of members, we didn't agree on everything. sometimes we didn't agree on much but we agreed this is important and that's a foundation to build on. >> they don't like the price tag. what about the fact of that discrepancy that it's -- that it's spent over eight years but not paid for it for 15 years? >> you know, any business will make decisions to invest. and then make a plan to finance that investment. many families make a decision to do home improvement and maybe that's part of a 15-year or 30-year mortgage. but the point is we need to make the investments now. it's remarkable that this plan allows those investments. major generational investments to be fully paid for within 15 years. so by the time you go to year 16, it's actually reducing the deficit. it's a responsible way to do this. we're certainly open to hearing ideas. but the president put forward a clear vision yesterday that is paid for and that is major in its ambition and potent

are you with us? >> cnn's sports anchor don redell joins us now. tell us what lebron and other celebrities are doing when it comes to voting. >> you may remember the more than a vote campaign spearheaded by lebron james last year in the run-up to the presidential election, the importance of participating in democracy, the importance of being rengs tered to vote, educating them on how to do that and getting themselves to the polls to cast the vote and trying to ensure thaem them that this would make a difference. you saw with the way the election went that arguably it did make a difference. the protect our power campaign is slightly different, because this is in response to the voter suppression you've just described. legislation is being considered in 43 states across the country. critics of the plans in georgia in the nba describes georgia as ground zero in this fight against voter suppression. the all-star game might not have even happened this year because of the pandemic. it was canceled last year. it so happens to be happening in georgia, in a

he joins us on the phone. what can you tell us, evan? >> pam, as you say, i am standing on the corner of one of the most famous intersections in the world, broadway and 45th street and tonight it is covered in police forces that are at active investigation. the worst-case scenario seems to have been a ververted. very, very fresh. two females were struck by gun fire. police responded to a call for an assault call, come and figure that out. police are milling around doing their investigations and the two people who have been shot have been moved to the hospital. to put this in context for the viewers, this happened outside of broadway theater, the miscoff theater which is the theater currently hosting the lion king. it is one of the most touristy areas in new york city. to see something happen like this early in the evening on a saturday night is very jarring and right now we don't know a lot about what this case will mean and what actually happened and just itself has people on edge in new york. >> understandably. it's just so s.a.tad tha

thank you so much for being with us. tell us about this. irregular heartbeats, they're really pretty significant. >> thank you so much for having me today. anger and extreme stress can trigger life-threatening cardiovascular events including cardiac arrhythmias which are heartbeats too fast or too slow or irregular in rhythm. these types of studies show they can increase following largely popular-based attackers such as train collisions, 9/11, and earthquakes, and tsunamis. i think we can all agree politics can be pretty stressful sometimes. the 2016 election was very stressful leading up to the election and also the polarized reaction to the election results, so the direct relationship between a stressful sociopolitical event like an election and cardiac arrhythmias really hadn't been studied before this. >> this is fascinating and obviously it's not good news when you're talking about our cardiac health which is key to our overall health. what is the solution? what is our chill pill? >> that's a really good question. our study highlights

joining us now is energy secretary jennifer granholm. thank you so much for being with us. we learned overnight, former new orleans mayor will be in charge of implementing the spending from this. how will that work and what do you think gets hit first? >> well, first of all, i think it's great because match lan landreau, having been somebody in charge of spending on the ground, in louisiana, i think is fantastic. having somebody who has that experience. when you say what's going to get hit first, what do you mean? >> what are you going to tackle first? >> what is going to get tackled first? yeah. john, as you are probably aware, this is a bill that is spent over 5 to 10 years. some of the requirements will go out quickly. they may be by formula. for example, some of the road funding. already there is a path to get the funding out the door to states. it will be easier. some of it is a little bit longer term. they may be new programs. there are a number of -- you know, very large hubs associated with decarbonizing fossil fuels, for example. those will take a little bit longer

kit, thanks so much for being with us. i'm wondering just what you make -- first of all, we just had a guest on who had done this study. saying that the -- that the building was -- had been subsiding in the -- the timeframe that they were studying it, in the 1990s. is that significant? >> yeah, most definitely. well, first of all, this collapse is really a classic failure of column failures which means the building, itself, is support by a series of pillars so if the pillars fails, everything fails. so that's exactly what look like that. and i seen hundreds of them like that. now, columns or pillars happen for potentially three reasons. one, poe tentially, as professo was talking about, the sediment itself could compromise. that's one. two is potentially the corrosion of this steel. you know, this -- as you noticed, this right next to the ocean. and also, area collapses the oceanside. right? so corrosion will compromise capacity of the column. if the column fails, everything fails essentially. and a third reason potentiall

thank you for helping us think of them today and for all you did for us the past year and i'm sure this coming year. >> thank you, guys. thanks for having me this year. i think the conversations -- i'd like to believe that the conversations we have had with the audience over this past year made a difference, you know, you have to believe that if you are a journalist. >> we're going to try to book you some for 2021. >> how is tomorrow? >> keep the phone close by, sanjay. >> thanks so much, sanjay. >>> a critical week ahead for the incoming biden administration. two runoff elections in georgia will decide the balance of power in the senate and the fate of joe biden's agenda. we discuss that next. ♪ for every trip you've been dreaming of, expedia has millions of flexible booking options. because the best trip is wherever we go together. special new year's edition of "new day." we have a lot to get to this half hour including will the u.s. economy recover this this new year, christine romans tells us what to watch for as the hand sanitizer continues to grip the united states. >> and presi

thank you for being with us. you say that this is the example, this is what we should pay attention to as we watch what is happening in texas as laws become more restrictive for people to vote. explain that. >> absolutely. thank you for having me. this story and what happened here to mr. rogers is shameful. the american public should be outraged by what it really illustrates about how we use our cash bail system and about the ongoing effort to restrict voting rights. we received a call from the aclu from mr. rogers' lawyers and our team sprung into action. we travelled to the jail. we paid mr. rogers bail and then we waited for hours until he was finally released and drove him home where he was greeted by his family. i spoke to him on saturday night when he was release and he was exhausted and traumatized by what happened and utterly confused because he thought he had the right to vote and did not realize a conviction from 25 years, a quarter of a century earlier would have restricted his right to vote. he was le

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he is joining us now. from surfside. chief alvarez, thanks so much for joining us. thanks for everything you and your team are doing. we are so grateful. can you walk us through, exactly, what rescue teams at the site, what -- what are they doing right now? are they combing through? obviously, they are looking for victims. >> evening, wolf. that is correct. i mean, we're -- we're still actively searching for -- for survivors. and -- and we're doing everything that we can, in our efforts, to -- to go and comb this building. and -- and try to find anyone that is -- that is still viable that we can save. we've had hundreds of rescuers from miami-dade fire rescue since the early morning, on thursday. and today, we were joined by other rescuers from -- from local-fire departments in miami-dade, broward counties, and also other task forces from the state of florida which are, all, actively working the scene. in the efforts of bringing out people that are still in the building that we can save and extricate from the rubble. >> and we hope that happens. officials have cauti

you talked to us about the early vote and the signs it might be giving us. why maybe shouldn't we necessarily read too much into the early vote? >> just take a look at the november results in that senate regular election. jon ossoff won that early vote back in november, he won it by 3 points, but the election day vote was so overwhelmingly republican david perdue won it by 22 points that he got a larger margin led by two points over ossoff in the overall result. i just can't emphasize this enough. a vote cast on election day is worth the same as a vote cast early and depending on the exact turnout today if the republicans get that turnout that they want they could, in fact, catch up despite the very likely democratic edge in the early vote numbers. >> and history favors republicans in runoffs, right? >> that's exactly right. so if you look back over time, history is just so important here, in statewide runoffs in georgia seven out of eight times since 1992 republicans have gained relative to democrats from round one to the runoff. now, obviously history can

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phil mattingly is joining us. president biden is in texas right now, seeing firsthand the damage from those devastating winter storms. and we expect to hear from him fairly soon. what's the latest? >> reporter: wolf, that's correct. the president slipping into a familiar role, consoler in chief down in a state that was ravaged by deadly winter storm a while ago. we're dealing with the issue of vaccinations in short order something that his key $1.9 trillion covid relief package also addresses. a key thing that the white house has been pressing for since the president took office, but it will be without one key element. >> that's what the american rescue plan does. instead of chasing covid-19, it allows us to get ahead of it. >> reporter: tonight president joe biden just hours away from clinching a major legislative victory. the u.s. house set to pass his $1.9 trillion covid relief package along party lines but a key component of that plan, $15 minimum wage on the way to the cutting room floor. the senate parliamen

cnn's alex marquardt joins us now. what do we know about the americans who may not make it out before the deadline. >> reporter: the state department says they have been in touch with those americans. there are fewer than 250 americans who remain who have expressed some sort of desire to get out. but, jake, that's the same figure that we heard yesterday. so very few have gotten out in the past 24 hours. now on top of that, there are some 280 americans believed to still be in the country who have not said that they want to leave. that could be for a number of reasons. they may be dual citizens or may have extended families who they want to stay with. but i asked the senior state department official if this means americans will be left behind after the u.s. military and diplomatic presence is gone, and the response was that the military is doing all it can while it still has time to get those americans out. all told, jake, some 6,000 americans have made their way out, whether it's on those evacuation flights or otherwise

thanks for joining us. anderson starts now. >>> good evening. thanks for joining us. ask yourself this question tonight. what do you suppose would happen if you went into work one day after posting a video depicting yourself murdering a co-worker and brandishing a sword at the company ceo? now, most of us know the answer, we'd be fired. maybe, reported to the authorities. possibly, even arrested, prosecuted. sadly, too many workplaces have seen too many acts of deadly violence to do otherwise, except apparently this one. you are looking at it. and it's not like it hasn't been the focal point of rage and r violence before. it's not like the men and women who serve here haven't just had a very recent lesson in what happens when conspiracy theories and outright threats go unanswered. yet, not only is one of the two parties here with rare exception singularly uninterested in even looking into such things. we know tonight it doesn't matter if the bad act in question comes from someone they actually work with. arizona congressman paul gosar is his name. here is just a brief

you look at the crowd that's marching with us. they see this as a threat not just to the democratic party, the republican party, but to democracy, itself. and when we call ourselves the poor people's campaign, we say this is a moral recollection resurrection and a march for dreams i wound say what people are or not going to do. west virginia disagree with manchin. they're still marching on his office and pushing him every day. >> texas democrats state legislators are holding out in washington. a number of them. some were witnesses today in a house oversight hearing on voter rights a.gop state representative had this to say to them virtually. i want to play this for our viewers >> first let me say this to my democratic colleagues there with you today. it's time to come home. you've had your fun. it's time to get back to work. you know as well as i do, this legislation has been negotiated in good faith and deserves your attention. >> congressman o'rourke, what do you say to that? how long can they decide to stay away? >> you know, t

they're not letting us. they also won't give us a reason. it may be what could happen to the taliban's newly created image, and the conflict is still brutal at its core. we spoke to a taliban official privately who conceded what happened shouldn't have happened. this illustrates the difficulty the taliban's leadership have at the moment. even if they issue these gentler edicts or directives, it can be very difficult for them to ensure the rank and file on the ground and the different regional leaderships toe the party line. so that is part of the reason you're often seeing a disparity between what they say and what they do. that's what the u.s. in those meetings over the weekend with the taliban said. it's not enough to hear the words. we need to see the actions. >> pay no attention to the man behind the curtain there. quite a difference between what they're trying to say they're doing and what you are seeing on the ground there. clarissa, why is it so important for the taliban to try so hard to change its image? >> reporter: well, i think a

banerjee, thanks for being with us. >>> joining us now, brian stelter, hoist of "reliable sources." this doesn't change what happened on january 6th. this doesn't change the fact of the insurrection. it doesn't just what we knew or believe happened to officer sicknick. it really is different than what we suspected at the beginning and over the course of time here. there is an effort among some in conservative media and on the right in general just to rewrite or to deny that january 6th happened at all. how do you think this will play into that? >> riot denialism is getting worse over time and this sicknick news is being used in that effort. stories evolve. everyone expects that. everyone should expect that and know that. in this case, in early january, authorities initially, mostly anonymously, describe an incident where a fire extinguisher was hit on his head. the indication was he was killed as a result. that information coming from police and other officials, it's actually similar to what we're seeing in minneapolis and elsewhere. be skeptical of initial accounts whether they are

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can you tell us about this? >> yes, so travis scott is a national name in rap, musician known around the world, excuse me. but he's also a big hometown hero in houston and deep ties to the community and in fact the police chief personally knows travis as does the mayor and so as i understand, the police chief went to visit scott in his trailer during the day on friday as it was clear that the crowd there was getting rowdy but earlier in the day, not when the stampedes were occurring

we are used to that in the west. let's agree to differ on this issue, not get into the small minutia of it. let's park that part of the issue there. russia is coming at this from the perspective of ukraine are what nato plans to do there are a black and white issue for us. we need to have clarity. you know, from a russian perspective, putin wants to know, with legal guarantees, that nato isn't going to expand. if this is a point of contention, that the u.s. and the europeans feel that there can be a degree of ambiguity over, russia's feeling is, no, that's not the case. 4 we have to have clarity on this issue. even the negotiating styles if you like or the views on of a broad outcome are different here, i think key for putin is what he can sell at home domestically. as he has huge influence over the media, ever-growing influence, it has to be said, the way he can message what he gets out of the talks, he can be quite powerful in shaping the message. he needs to walk away with something and set a high standard. he has

sam kiley is tracking all of this live for us from new delhi, he joins us now. sam, how reliable are these numbers and what might they signal as india tries to bring this virus under control? >> reporter: well, as far as we understand it in terms of the numbers, rosemary, they're not especially reliable, they're pretty unlee liable worldwide, though, aren't they? they reflect really the capacity of a nation to test and the vigor with which they test. theres no random testing of the population so there is no accurate figure as to the numbers of people per head of population that are carrying the covid virus, not india, not anywhere, but there has been a slight decline over the weekend, i think that can be largely attributed to lack of testing and reporting, a slight increase in the number of deaths. there's no indication yet that this second wave of the covid pandemic that's been so crippling is coming to an end or even beginning to decline and indeed there's some evidence that it's actually spreading, particularly in the south of india and particularly into rura

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it's still with us. certainly this will be a pivot point for us to move forward. the tragic events on the 6th were awful. i truly see it as a catalyst moment for this party to move on to better and brighter days. i've said this before, jake. we let ourselves put a person in front of the party, and that, i assure you, should never happen again in the republican party. >> from your mouth to god's ears, sir. but, you know, in a new cnn poll, it's very clear that only 19% of republicans say that joe biden legitimately won enough votes to win the presidency. 75% of republican voters falsely believe he did not. how do you fix that when a majority of your party, not just people in congress, but rank and file, just normal citizens, believe these lies and there are so many members of your party who are spouting them, including elected officials? >> certainly, we've got a lot of work in front of us. you've heard me talk about this before gop 2.0. we're starting the wheels in motion and got an exploratory committee together not to create a new party or reinvent the wheel but

. >> there were only 16 of us with him. we get to be the people two tell story. >> their story in a cnn special report. front row to history. the 9/11 classroom. >>> hello, i am victor blackwell, most of us remember where we were on september 11th, 2001. i was in college and i remember clearly walking into class and seeing my professor fixated on the tv, his hands was over his mouth and i looked at the tv and i saw smoke bellowing from the skyscraper. that was all i knew. i remember seeing the president surrounded by young school kids that morning. we learned president george w. bush got words of the first plane crashed into the center. he was there to honor a second grade class for their academic achievements. the president of the united states and they were star-struck. then andy carr walked in. as those children watch the image is still haunting 20 years later. those students are 27 year olds. i wonder whatever happened to those kids and do they remember and how do they feel and their connection of the most terrifying of

it's us. all of us. we the people. for you and i that america thrives, when we give our hearts, when we turn our hands to common purpose. and right now, my friends, we're doing just that. and i have to say as your president i'm grateful to you. last summer i was in philadelphia and i met a small business owner, a woman. i asked her, i said what do you need most? i'll never forget what she said to me. she said, looking me right in the eye, she said, "i just want the truth. the truth. just tell me the truth." think of that. my fellow americans, you're owed nothing less than the truth. and for all of you asking when things will get back to normal, here is the truth. the only way to get our lives back, to get our economy back on track, is to beat the virus. you've been hearing me say that while i was running and the last 50 days i've been president. but this is one most complex operations we've undertaken as a nation in a long time. that's why i'm using every power i have as president of the united states to put us on a wa

stay with us. briana keeler picks up our coverage right now. >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. >>> hello, i'm briana keeler and i want to welcome viewers in the united states and around the world. we begin this hour with breaking news. law enforcement have arrested and charged two men with assaulted a capitol police officer who died following ininsurrection at the u.s. capitol back in january. these were the first arrests linked to the death of officer brian sicknick and evan perez is with us on this developing story. >> reporter: these are two men charged in total with nine counts including assault on federal officers. and according to the fbi their names are george tanios and julian khatyr. the fbi believes it was an industrial type strength bear spray and according to the documents this is the -- this canister they were using they sprayed in the faces of these three officers. one of them is officer sicknick. i'll read you just a part of the affidavit. it says, quote, officer sicknick, edw

so help us connect the dots. help us explain what worole climate change is having with these powerful storms and the frequency of these storms. >> well, first, we really have to start with the basics here. the united nations report calling out greenhouse gas emissions, fossil fuel emissions, driving warming across the planet, it's unequivocal. that's not news, of course. we've known that for decades. what is new about this report is new and stronger lengths between that ongoing warming and any number of climate and weather extremes, including tropical cyclone strength and including extreme rainfall. we all saw the role that a warmer atmosphere that can hold more water vapor and deliver more rainfall. both of those things conclusively linked to climate change caused by fossil fuel emissions. >> so this warmer weather is behind the strengthening. these storms that seem to become even more powerful. that's based on the research that you have uncovered. so what if anything can be done now? because i've certainly hear

that's a word i hear used so often. but the job of the sheriff's department in law enforcement is not only -- they have to also protect the safety of the citizens. one of the problems -- the biggest problem i have is that the lack of concern for life, that was at an intersection for roanoke and two roads that dissect off of roanoke avenue, just a few blocks from a school and a social service building. that's really aggravating. and a bullet went through the house that's right at the corner that the vehicle ended up in the yard, a bullet went inside of the house, broke a clock, broke a window and the police saw that, and -- ended up in his kitchen. that could have been a life that's gone unwarranted. >> there is a life that is gone and that is michael brooks' life, shouldn't they have been concerned. >> michael brown. >> michael brown's life. excuse me. i was in ferguson, missouri with michael brown. it's andrew brown jr., forgive me. >> andrew brown, yes. but i tell you, that was -- it really hurts. it is the 20 second

with us at all. we have to stick together. if we do reach out, to your point, some will use that against us. i am a follower of joe biden at this point. i'm a joe biden democrat. the only way to solve the actual problems is to get enough republicans onboard that we can get stuff done. and until all outlets have been exhausted, i think it makes sense for democrats to reach out. i don't think that our viewers understand how much fear there is now on both sides. people hate when you say "both sides," but when you talk with some of these republicans now, they have been told that this country is being taken over by communists who want to silence them, deplatform them, deprogram them, take their guns and turn their kids into transgender kids -- >> been hearing that for years. >> and so, and now they feel that, you know, democrats have all the power. >> right. >> on our side we're hearing that you got -- that's coming for us, and so the people who stand in the breach right now are at a moment of maximum dif

us. any interesting kamaus that i can talk to? so the thing about it is if you're thinking about trying to get more black people into the tech stratosphere, if you're going to schools don't prepare you adequately, in stem, ultimately you're not going to be able to play. stem education is access to power, but the reality is that 80% of the black kids in atlanta can't do algebra in the ninth grade, which precludes them from any kind of stem future post-second ari. 80%. let me just say it. we kind of exemplify what's going on in the whole country. and it's possible that is going to create a permanent underclass, period. it's going to include white people, too. >> yeah, yeah, yeah. >> but there's just going to be a lot of us in it. the mere fact that you and i are both named kamau having this conversation and all these white men taking care of us, that's progress. so i'm hopeful for sure, but there's going to be a lot of suffering in order to get to this shining city on the hill as reagan wou

give us a sense -- give us a sense of the status of your operations. give us a sense of the status of your operations right now. i hope you are all hunkering down right now. but what is your sense of this storm because we've just been sort of gob smacked by the fact that this storm is taking a while to move through louisiana and it is just devastating these areas that it's traveling through right now. >> yeah, one thing, you know, we -- the reports originally were that it was going to hit around 140 miles an hour and immediately decrease pretty good. it appears it stayed pretty strong. still moving toward the northwest. i don't think it's made that northeasterly turn like they said. it really hasn't gone into populated areas yet. what's happening now, in plaq plaquemine's parish, there's a lot of things we're not prepared for. certain pumps out in certain areas. we're hearing a lot of roofs off of houses. people are calling us in over social media and stuff with desperate attempts. it's a dire situation down here right now. and it's only going to get w