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00:00:00Ashley, we don't know, we don't know, um, but yeah, you're going
00:00:03to be watching the trial, what in particular? Just, uh, I want to
00:00:07see whether or not it comes out that there were other people, other co-conspirators
00:00:10there. Right? Because one of the things that we did back then was go down the rabbit
00:00:14hole of 'who killed Tupac?' Any connection
00:00:17to Bad Boy? Is there anything
00:00:44Breaking overnight: an elaborate ruse and secret flight to protect
00:00:47President Trump. New details in the cloak and dagger operation, which involved hiding the
00:00:51president in a catering
00:00:53press, we have to inform the world what truck because of a threat from Iran. The death
00:00:56toll rises from a devastating 7.4 magnitude
00:01:00earthquake this morning. New images coming in as rescuers
00:01:04dig through the rubble searching for survivors. And
00:01:07that didn't take long: a rocket explodes just after
00:01:11takeoff this morning. Trying to determine what went
00:01:14wrong. Kate is out today. I'm John Berman with
00:01:18Sarah Sidner on time this
00:01:19the table. The problem morning. This is CNN News
00:01:21Central.
00:01:31A secret flight, catering truck, and nation kept in the dark. This
00:01:35morning, an elaborate ploy to protect President Trump's life has
00:01:39been revealed. CNN has confirmed a fascinating story first reported by
00:01:42the Washington Post. And it's a story that the White House
00:01:46has not denied, that the president left the NATO summit in Turkey
00:01:50last month aboard a secret plane after an assassination threat from
00:01:53Iran. This is the president seen boarding Air Force
00:01:57One at 8:24 p.m. local time on July 8th. What few
00:02:01people knew at the time, according to a U.S. official, is that minutes
00:02:05later, the president and several of his aides were covertly
00:02:08shuttled onto an airport catering
00:02:11truck, highlighted just there. At 8:30 p.m. the
00:02:15truck took the president to a smaller plane, an Air Force C32A,
00:02:19which effectively made Air Force One a decoy, with reporters
00:02:23and some White House staffers still on
00:02:25board. Hours later, the president was seen exiting Air Force One when it touched
00:02:30down in the U.K. So far not clear how he was able to get back on
00:02:33board. Then he got onto a third plane to fly home, the new
00:02:37Air Force One gifted by the Qataris, and said this to
00:02:40reporters, probably a dangerous slate
00:02:44because of these leaf bags that we have to deal with. I think that Iran
00:02:48was possibly think, well I mean, if they ask you to close your windows, probably they
00:02:52feel. Were you aware of any credible threat by Iran against you? I have a
00:02:56threat all the time. I'm number one on their list before you.
00:03:00But if I go, you go.
00:03:03Okay, CNN's Kevin Liptak is live this morning at the White House. Um, Kevin,
00:03:07what are you hearing from the White House about this, and the reporting on
00:03:11this really, um, intricate dance they were
00:03:14doing to try to make sure the president was safe.
00:03:18Yeah, an extraordinarily, uh,
00:03:20high level of subterfuge on the part of the White House, that I think really
00:03:24does reflect, uh, the very real concerns about an
00:03:27imminent threat from Iran. And
00:03:30now, uh, the White House and the president's aides and national
00:03:34security apparatus all seemed to have devised this very, very
00:03:38quickly on the ground there in Turkey. Throughout that entire
00:03:41summit President Trump seemed almost preoccupied with these Iranian
00:03:45threats on his life. He mentioned them over and over
00:03:48again. And that h— threat only seemed heightened because the
00:03:52president the night before had ordered new strikes on Iran. But it
00:03:56is really only now in retrospect that we're
00:03:59starting to sort of, see signs that something might have been a
00:04:02foot. For example, when reporters got on that old
00:04:06legacy Air Force One, they were all asked to lower their
00:04:09window shades, which would have prevented them from seeing the
00:04:13president in that catering truck move to the other plane. We
00:04:17also noticed that once the legacy Air Force One, uh,
00:04:20landed in the U.K. uh, the doors weren't
00:04:23opened for an unusually long a period
00:04:26of time, which would have allowed time for the president to get back
00:04:30on the plane only to get off in full view of the
00:04:33cameras. Now at the time, the president claimed that this switch
00:04:37was all because he wanted to show off the new, a Qatar
00:04:40donated plane to troops in the U.K. The president said he was making the
00:04:44switch for quote, "old times sake." But that of course, uh, that
00:04:47explanation never really uh held up. And we know that
00:04:51these threats from Iran had contributed to this whole
00:04:55switch in planes. Now we know that in fact those concerns
00:04:58had led to this, this entire affirmative deception
00:05:02plan. Now, what a White House spokesman Steven Cheung said
00:05:06was that, as the president has said recently,
00:05:09there are many enemies of America who have their sights
00:05:12on him and we use every tool at our disposal to address those
00:05:16threats. But it is rare for presidents to use decoys
00:05:20like this, uh, without the press or without the public knowing. You
00:05:24know, in the hours after the 9/11 attacks, George W.
00:05:27Bush kept a slimmed down press pool on Air Force One as he flew to
00:05:31a military base and then back to Washington. There is one
00:05:35example, one known example of a president doing something
00:05:39like what President Trump did, and that was back in 2000, when President
00:05:43Clinton flew on an unmarked plane in
00:05:46Pakistan. But that was known almost immediately
00:05:49after he stepped off of that, uh,
00:05:53unmarked plane. The difference now is that the
00:05:56president, uh, the White House didn't disclose this
00:06:00until now. It essentially left the press and staff on that
00:06:04plane as sort of unwitting decoys for
00:06:06Iran. I think that will be disconcerting
00:06:09for any regular passengers of Air Force One, although I think
00:06:13if you fly in that plane often, you recognize that the
00:06:16security priority is the president and not necessarily anyone
00:06:20else. Sarah. Kevin Liptak, it cannot be, um,
00:06:24missed that this was also a story surrounding this where the
00:06:27president's, uh, administration went after reporters for their
00:06:30reporting on, uh, on the Qatari plane not being up to snuff when
00:06:34it comes to security. There's so much going on here, um, but fascinating details
00:06:38that you are now learning. Thank you so much for your reporting from the White House this morning.
00:06:42John, I'll just add another way of saying decoy is target, which is all the
00:06:46people left on that plane. And it does also show the continued concern over
00:06:50the reach that Iran still apparently has, at least
00:06:54those of the fears of the administration. Today, in the
00:06:56meantime, new test for the Democratic Party's left-wing candidates in
00:07:00Wisconsin. Democratic Socialist Francesca Hong, and the more moderate David
00:07:03Crowley, face off in a primary for governor. In Minnesota, Congresswoman Angie
00:07:06Craig and progressive Peggy Flanagan are hoping to replace retiring Democratic
00:07:10Senator Tina Smith. There are six states with
00:07:14primary situations. I have to say there are different kinds of stories in all of them. With us now, Jackie
00:07:18Kusinich, Washington Bureau Chief for the Boston Globe. As I said, there's actually
00:07:22a lot going on here. Darlin' Graham running in South Carolina, an incumbent who could
00:07:25lose in Connecticut. But I do think there is so much focus on
00:07:29Wisconsin, because you have a democratic socialist
00:07:32candidate who is fringy enough she didn't even win the
00:07:36endorsement of Bernie Sanders or Alexander Rossi or
00:07:38Cortez. And you can see Democrats nervous that she could win
00:07:42tonight.
00:07:45Absolutely. I mean, that contest in general, John, has been kind of
00:07:49wild. You had a campaign finance, uh, scandal that
00:07:53made one candidate drop out. You had, uh, David Crowley
00:07:56had initially suspended his campaign, got back in after the
00:08:00other candidate dropped out. And then of course, as you mentioned, you have Francesca
00:08:04Hang, who had, who the Democratic Socialist, who
00:08:07I think surprised a lot of people by her
00:08:10popularity in this race and democracy.
00:08:12Are ringing their hands because Wisconsin is such an important state, it's such
00:08:16a powerful state that she is emerging as the frontrunner
00:08:20here. Tony Evers, the outgoing governor, has endorsed
00:08:24David, uh, David Crowley. And, uh,
00:08:27but this one could go down to the
00:08:29wire. And I will say up until this point, democratic
00:08:33socialists and people on the left wing, including Abdullah Zayat, who is, does
00:08:37not say he's a socialist, they've been getting a lot of attention, but it's sort of been fought to
00:08:41draw between the established and progressives. Now, it could be that
00:08:44progressives make a late surge in these final contests here, which I think a lot of people are
00:08:48watching. Jackie. Yeah, you're
00:08:52absolutely right, John. Uh, and you mentioned also Minnesota, where
00:08:56you have, uh, Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan and Congresswoman Angie
00:09:00Craig. This race has had more to do with Ice and
00:09:03Craig's vote on the Lake and Riley Act in the
00:09:07House. She now said she regrets it. But, uh, Peggy
00:09:10Flanagan, who is the more progressive candidate, has really, um,
00:09:14hit her hard on that particular issue, um,
00:09:17because of all of the Ice activity, um, in
00:09:21in, uh, Minnesota over the past year now. And, and
00:09:25then let's go, let's go a little closer to New England, because you know that that's where
00:09:28I, that's where, um, my head is most of the time.
00:09:32Um, uh, John Larson, long time member of the House,
00:09:35member of, uh, has been a member of leadership in the past,
00:09:39facing a very strong challenge from
00:09:42Hartford Mayor Luke Bronin. And this, this
00:09:45one, it, it might, it's looking like it's, it's this
00:09:48generational change argument. And it's, it, it
00:09:52is looking like Larson could be in trouble. And you would
00:09:55imagine if, in fact, Larson does lose, there are some
00:09:58other candidates in New England might rhyme with Bolton that
00:10:02might, uh, choose to use this, um, in their own
00:10:05races that are coming down the line. I'm glad you brought up Connecticut
00:10:08because if you hadn't, I would. John Larson, the incumbent there facing a real challenge
00:10:12tonight. And as you say, today is not the last day of
00:10:16primaries. Massachusetts, someone inexplicably actually holds their
00:10:19primary in September. And there are competitive races there
00:10:23where incumbents could be in danger. That's another trend in addition to the
00:10:27rise of the progressive worth watching throughout the summer. And we could get more direction on where that's headed
00:10:39after a devastating earthquake in Colombia,
00:10:42the largest it's had in more than
00:10:45a decade. Luigi Manjioni back in court for the
00:10:48final time before jury selection. The key questions that could be addressed
00:10:52today. And this morning, the medical community.
00:11:13we have to inform the world about a coup, CNN, sir, please, we are international
00:11:18is happening, I am at the door of the congress, unfortunately they will not let
00:11:22us in, we are trying, but I can go live from here at any
00:11:26moment, a question miss, who gave the order not
00:11:28to enter.
00:11:35One, two, three, let's go, let's go live, please.
00:11:50Let's go.
00:15:41All right, this morning, the race to find survivors buried in the rubble after a
00:15:457.4 magnitude earthquake hit Western Colombia.
00:15:58My goodness. Officials say at least
00:16:01132 people have been killed. That number is almost
00:16:05certain to rise. Hundreds more have been injured. Dozens of buildings
00:16:08collapsed like the one you just saw. Hospitals damaged, seven
00:16:12airports shut down. Some of the images we are getting back again,
00:16:15just devastating. Officials are urging people to evacuate
00:16:19any building that may show signs of structural damage, and there
00:16:23are many. CNN's Stefano Posobon tracking this for us. Stefano, bring
00:16:26us up to speed
00:16:27here.
00:16:32Well, what we're seeing now, John, is that Colombia is waking up to these scenes
00:16:35of devastation. And of course, you can imagine that the search and rescue
00:16:39operations continue throughout the night as the first
00:16:42responders are working, uh, around the
00:16:45clock to try to locate as many people as possible.
00:16:49Even though the epicenter of the earthquake was in the
00:16:52Western Pacific coast, which is sparsely populated,
00:16:56much of the damage is concentrated in the cities
00:16:59of Pereira and Manizales, which is where some of the
00:17:03airports that you have talked about have been shut down. And in the
00:17:07city of Cali. Cali, in particular, is the third largest
00:17:10city of Colombia. And earlier today, the mayor of
00:17:13Cali updated the death toll, saying that at least
00:17:1685 people have been killed by the earthquake in that
00:17:20city alone. So that's why we believe that the number of the national
00:17:23death toll is, seems only destined to rise. I think,
00:17:27John, that at least 40 buildings have been flattened to the
00:17:31ground in the city of Cali alone. One of them was the home
00:17:34of a survivor, Saul Paz. He invited
00:18:07national disaster, uh, declaration. This will allow, of course,
00:18:11for better funding, uh, to come through and to move troops as
00:18:15they try to bring some shelter and relief to the people
00:18:19affected. But right now, of course, it's a race against time
00:18:22to try to locate as many survivors as
00:18:26possible. For the newly elected government of Abelardo del
00:18:29Espriella, the new president of Colombia, who was sworn in just on Friday
00:18:33and on Monday morning was meant to be his first day on the job. 7:30
00:18:37a.m., the earthquake hit. John, and people need to be
00:18:41braced for more tough news
00:18:49president's new executive order on vaccines. In the moment he admitted he had no
00:18:53evidence for at least one of the claims that he made. And
00:18:57ticketed for driving too tall, a truck too tall for the
00:19:00roadway. How do you know it was too tall? Because it crashed into the
00:19:04overpass.
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00:23:25For it happening today, Luigi Mangioni will be back in a Manhattan
00:23:28courtroom for what could be his final public appearance before
00:23:32jury selection begins in his high profile murder trial. Now Mangioni
00:23:36is accused of killing United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson in December of
00:23:392024. If convicted in the state murder case, he
00:23:43faces the possibility of life in prison. Today's hearing is
00:23:47a pre-trial conference as both sides prepare
00:23:50for a jury selection next month. Joining
00:23:54me now, CNN legal analyst and criminal defense attorney Joey
00:23:58Jackson. Um, let's start with this: what are we expecting to hear
00:24:01today? Um, both the prosecutors and defense
00:24:05always have something to argue over as they try to set the
00:24:09parameters for the trial. Yeah, they really do, especially in a case of this
00:24:12magnitude. Good morning, Sarah. So generally, a pre-trial
00:24:16conference, and there are multiple, but this is it, right? You're going to
00:24:20really set the stage for what is to become the trial in September.
00:24:23Set it how? I think there'll be discussions to be clear about,
00:24:27you understand the rulings, you understand the evidence that's admissible, the evidence that's
00:24:31not admissible. Are we good with logistics in terms of scheduling,
00:24:35etc.? Have you both turned over everything of evidentiary
00:24:39value to each other? I want no surprises here. We don't in
00:24:42this country do trial by sandbagging. Right?
00:24:46Everyone has what everyone has. Defense has their certain constitutional
00:24:50an interesting issue though that has
00:24:53arisen with respect to the defense wanting this really to be
00:24:57live streamed. Their view, the defense is that their client is
00:25:00entitled to a public trial, and they're arguing that it's high
00:25:04time that this be televised and that everybody get an opportunity
00:25:08to peek in and look about what's happening. And it's really interesting,
00:25:11sir, because New York is very restricted. Right? It's
00:25:15it's amazingly so. I think there's Louisiana and D.C. that are
00:25:18just as restrictive as New York. Other than that, come one and
00:25:22come all with regard to the other states to broadcast and see what's
00:25:25going on that as well. You have to petition the
00:25:28judges to see if you can get cameras
00:25:31in the in the court or, um, be able to sort
00:25:34of live text and stream. Um, it
00:25:38will be interesting. Has the court given any indication of exactly what it
00:25:42is going to do when it comes to whether the public will be able to watch this trial from
00:25:46gavel to gavel? So I think it's coming, and I think we might get more
00:25:49indications now, right in terms, because of the arguments
00:25:53today. But New York has to change its law before the judge would
00:25:56have, you know, discretion, pure discretion to allow it,
00:26:00because literally it's been 75 years, enough already. And there's been
00:26:03legislation that's introduced. But the general standard is if there's a
00:26:07subpoenaed witness, it can't be, it's unlawful. Right? That
00:26:10to publicly televise in that regard for the subpoenaed witnesses. So it's a little
00:26:14glitch. And I think that if ever there was a time to revisit this,
00:26:18to examine this, and to change it, let the public see what's going on,
00:26:21particularly in a case like this. Inquiring minds want to know
00:26:25what the evidence is, is it compelling, is it not? Did he do it? What's happening
00:26:29here? Yeah, there's, there was so much interest in this. I mean, it was, it
00:26:32was weeks and weeks of, of, coverage, um, because the public was quite
00:26:36interested. I want to ask you about the defense dropping its plan, um, to use this
00:26:39extreme emotional disturbance defense, um, after the judge said that
00:26:42Mangioni's psychiatric records would have to be
00:26:46turned over, uh, to the court, to the prosecution.
00:26:50What do you know about that? Yeah, so I think, sir, that that was a very
00:26:53good move in terms of the defense withdrawing it. Why
00:26:57right? Now, clearly we see on video, it seems to be
00:27:01that he's the guy. There seems to be a lot of evidence and information,
00:27:04DNA, etc. They're tracking his movements. I think we'll see
00:27:08surveillance. They know where he came from, they know what he did, they know how he plotted and
00:27:11planned. And so the defense has to be, you know, understanding of
00:27:15what exactly are we going to be fighting against. So they put this
00:27:19extreme emotional disturbance on
00:27:22is that it's not a recognized defense in
00:27:25federal court. So you could have instance where, for example, you say,
00:27:29hey, I did it, it's extreme disturbance. Guess what happens in
00:27:33January. He goes to across the street to federal court, it's not recognized. You
00:27:36said you're guilty, you're going away for life. So they had, they were boxed
00:27:40in, and that was the basis for the defense saying extreme emotional
00:27:43disturbance based on mental
00:27:54Thanks. All right, ahead, an unusual conversation. Former Fox News host Tucker
00:27:57Carlson sits down with Hunter Biden for an in-depth
00:28:01talk. Also, gas,
00:28:37Small changes make a big difference.
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