Transcripts For CNNW CNN Newsroom With Brooke Baldwin 201504

Transcripts For CNNW CNN Newsroom With Brooke Baldwin 20150422

Pressurization. There can be a slow leak. There can be other leaks. Typically, it could be leaks around doors and cargo and things like that. Typically its a valve. What happens is these valves fail. When they fail it can be a rapid decompression, or it can be a slow leak. In this case it had to be a rapid decompression for the pilots to respond as they did. Everyone was very fortunate the pilots were able to get on their oxygen masks, were able to descend, and hopefully the passengers got their masks on as well. As were going to talk to jean in a second again, going from 38,000 feet to 10,000 feet in three minutes. What does that feel like for these 75 passengers . Its like a roller coaster dive because that exceeds the recommended descent level for the plane. Thats not to say the pilots did anything wrong. In fact thats exactly what they needed to do. If theyre at 38,000 feet and had a rapid decompression, other than being higher thats the worst possible situation because youve got to get that plane down. And there have been situations where pilots havent been able to get on their oxygen masks, if this is what it really was. If they hadnt been able to do that and react as fast as they did. So thats what they had to do. They were trying to save the passengers of course because at 38,000 feet you dont have a lot of seconds of air in which youre going to be able to breathe. Maybe 30 seconds. So the diving of that aircraft is exactly what they had to do. It would have been very scary, but it was clearly a controlled descent. Ive got jean casarez with me now. It was a controlled descent. They were able to land that plane safely and soundly there in buffalo. But were hearing a little bit more from the airline. We are. Were hearing Different Things from different sources. Lets show everybody a tweet weve just got from southwest flight number 5622. This is from sky west airlines. It landed safely in buffalo, new york after a passenger lost consciousness. No problem with the door. So we can confirm that. Other 75 passengers being accommodated. They say nothing about a loss of pressurization. But its the faa that confirmed with cnn that the crew so it doesnt differentiate between a Flight Attendant or a pilot noted a pressurization problem and declared an emergency. What about this unconscious passenger . Is he or she okay . We understand they were treated at the airport in buffalo, and they are okay. But as you said last hour weve only heard of one. If you descend at that rapid of a rate whos to say everybody else is okay . But we have on the record that one lost consciousness. Okay. Jean casarez, thank you so much. Lets move on and talk about baltimore. New video just in to cnn of the arrest of freddie gray. Let me somehow yo this. Hes the 25yearold baltimore man whose death in Police Custody has sparked this new round of fierce protests against police brutality. This is another piece of video. This is amateur video obtained by our tv affiliate there. It shows gray you can hear some of this too. Appears to show him being placed in these leg restraints after his initial arrest. Gray ultimately went into a coma and died a week after this was taken. The new footage emerging as protesters are getting ready to demonstrate again this evening. It has been now three days since freddie gray died. Now the Justice Department has launched its own investigation into how he suffered a severed spinal cord after Police Arrested him on april 12th. This comes as grays family is hoping to receive his body today. His relatives were among the demonstrators who marched on Baltimore Police buildings. Protesters have been demanding the arrest of the six officers involved in grays arrest, who have been suspended now with pay. Joining me now, Baltimore Sun reporter justin fenton. Justin lets just begin with all this information this family would like to have. So the family is waiting on these documents according to their attorney. When will the actual incident report be released . Also that full autopsy. What we have is the arrest report that was filled out by the police on the day of his arrest. It was filed in court. We obtained that. The officers described, you know that they made eye contact with him, he fled unprovoked and when they caught up to him, he had a switchblade knife on him. As far as the autopsy, were hearing that could take a significant amount of time to try to figure out what exactly those injuries were. Yet, police have set a timetable for completion of their investigation by the end of next friday. It remains to be seen how those things are going to connect with each other. I understand you have some new information about some of the officers involved. What do you have . Right. So our mayor, stephanie rawlingsblake has been giving interviews saying shes frustrated with the officers, hasnt been able to speak with them. Shes blamed the Law Enforcement officers bill of rights. Were told by the attorney for the police union that four of the six officers did give recorded interviews with investigators the night of the incident. And they have spoken to five of the six. Theres a sixth officer whos refused to give a statement. What im being told by the attorneys at least is it doesnt have anything to do with our state Law Enforcement officers bill of rights. Its the u. S. Constitution that actually allows someone whos under criminal investigation to not speak and not incriminate themselves. So theres been some pushback on the mayors assertion that this law is standing in the way of an investigation. Okay. Thats interesting. Speaking of accounts im also wondering the chronology. At some point, there was another suspect placed in the back of that prisoner transport van. Has anyone spoken with him . We are trying to find him very hard. I bet you are. We pulled arrest records for everybody arrested that day. Havent been able to figure it out yet. I dont think police are going to provide that name because they consider him a witness. As of right now, hes not surfaced. Okay. Keep trying. I know wed love to talk to him as well. What about the protests justin . Can you tell me a little bit more about whats expected this evening . Yeah there are protests scheduled for tonight. Same time same place. As you can see behind me theyve actually blocked off the street in front of the Western District police station. The previous days of protests which began saturday they were allowing people to come right up to the front. Theyve got it blocked off now. One of the things that may be working in the favor of those who would not like to see a protest is theres some pretty bad weather. As of right now, protests scheduled for today, protests scheduled for tomorrow. And well see where things go from there. Yes, we will. Justin fenton, you guys have done some phenomenal reporting. Thank you so much. Next those protesters he was just referencing in baltimore and really all around the country have repeated the same message. They want an end to Police Violence against africanamericans. My next guests marched along side freddie grays family. Theyre taking the message to capitol hill. Plus the arrest that started it all. Did Police Follow protocol, and can they just stop someone whos running . Well talk to a former officer about that. Also investigators say they have stopped what they call a quote unquote imminent terror plot in france. The suspect apparently was targeting churches. Well tell you that story. Youre watching cnn. Stay here. 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By the time 25yearold freddie gray reached baltimores Western District Police Officers on april 12th he was not able to move. Now the campaign his death has sparked is focusing on the same Police Office to voice outrage against excessive force. In less than two hours, another protest is planned there. Its expected to draw the same numbers as tuesdays rally. Any next guests plan to be there. They just reached the Baltimore Area two days ago. Theyve been walking from new york to d. C. Where they join me here on capitol hill just to push for criminal Justice Reform and divert is to baltimore because of what happened there. Ladies welcome to both of you. Thank you. Thank you for having us. Tamika i know you just spoke on capitol hill. What was your message . What do you want lawmakers to do . Actually i spoke at a press conference where congressman john conyers has reintroduced the end racial profiling act, which hes been introducing for many many years and has not passed. He reinto deuced it in the spirit of whats happened in the country right now. Theres a life and death situation on the streets. People are dying. Bodies are being put in the ground. It is becoming a more and more rapid occasion occurrence, and its something that we want to see end. So the end racial profiling act, we were here to support that as a part of our justice package. So racial profiling specifically carmen let me follow up with you on that. When you look at some of these neighborhoods, do you think its a socioeconomic issue, or is this truly all about race . I think its a combination of both. I certainly believe that it has a lot to do with race. If we look at our prisons, theyre overpopulated with black and latinos. If you look at those that are being targeted and profiled by police its predominantly plaque and latinos. If you look at just the overall numbers, and thats why its really important for us to support this bill. If we could stop it at the front end, we could eliminate people getting killed also people getting funneled into the system. Both you ladies are very familiar with the number of cases weve been covering here at a national level. A lot of these have come to light because of video. You see the video, like you see in North Charleston in south carolina, where you see those shots. We now know that officer was charged with murder. You see the actual act of death. But in this case here freddie gray you see this piece of the video but you dont see what happened before. You dont see after hes in the van. So that is problematic to some. To either of you, how is video really making a difference here . Well i think video clearly is important, but in the freddie gray matter it doesnt really matter whether you have a video or not. The facts are what they are. You look at the injuries as to what happened to him, how he was before the incident and what happened after. And there is nowhere in the law that we know of that says that you can beat a man to death thats in custody. So i think looking at the facts just to be clear, we dont know if he was beaten to death. That is just an accusation. Well we believe that he was. And just so that we could give you an inside as to our travels, weve been marching since april 13th, and three people have already been killed due to police brutality. On the side of police because were trying to tell the full picture as best as we can, and ive actually talked to this young man, this officer whos out of albuquerque, new mexico. He has said to me in the wake of what happened in ferguson he and other officers have begun hesitating in responding on the streets because hesitating in using force lawfully because of whats happening nationwide. Do you is that what you want . Is that a good thing . Because officers are worried that its not. Well its not a good thing. The reality is that the system has put these officers in jeopardy just as it has the communities that they are supposed to be serving. And that is the reason why were on capitol hill today. We understand that no one officer or no one Police Department can change something that is a part of a system that needs to be held accountable. So we dont want officers we believe that officers many of them the majority, are good officer it is as trying to do good work. But theyre caught up in a system that has to be fixed. Thank you, both very much. Thank you. Thank you veryfor having us. Next a plot to attack churches in france has been foiled. Investigators say they found the plans in the suspects home when that suspect called an ambulance after he accidently shot himself. Well tell you the rest of that story coming up. Also what its like inside one of these Police Transport vans. This is what freddie gray was placed into after he was arrested in baltimore. Its a van similar to the one that was used. Were going to talk to a former officer whos now a criminal justice professor about police protocol. Stay here. 40 of the streetlights in detroit, at one point, did not work. You had some blocks and you had major thoroughfares and corridors that were just totally pitch black. Those things had to change. We wanted to restore our lighting system in the city. You can have the greatest dreams in the world, but unless you can finance those dreams, it doesnt happen. At the time that the bankruptcy filing was done, the Public Lighting Authority had a hard time of finding a bank. Citi did not run away from the table like some other bankers did. Citi had the strength to help us go to the credit markets and raise the money. Its a brighter day in detroit. People can see better when theyre out doing their tasks, young people are moving back in town the kids are feeling safer while they walk to school. And folks are making investments and the community is moving forward. 40 of the lights were out, but theyre not out for long. Theyre coming back. Got an update on that plane weve been discussing throughout the last hour and a half. This plane carrying 75 people the sky west plane, took off from chicago, had to divert to buffalo. It was supposed to land in hartford connecticut. The deal was, we heard from the faa. The faa said this was a pressurization problem, had to make this emergency landing. That one person was unconscious. So now the twist is this. From the airline specifically quoting them there is no indication of any pressurization issue. So that is in complete contradiction to what weve heard from the faa. Hopefully well get more clarification it. Were now learning more about what Authorities Say was an imminent terror plot foiled in france. As shocking as this alleged plot is itself is how it came to light here. The suspect, a 24yearold i. T. Student, in the planning stages of this attack apparently shot himself by accident. Cnns Senior International correspondent Nick Robertson is following this one for us. So nick this was not just a lone wolf. This wasnt some young guy acting on his own. The prosecutor said hed been given orders from syria. What exactly was he told to do . He was told to attack a church, and he was given the coordinates for a church. When the police picked him up, he had a satellite Navigation System in his vehicle, written notes as well that all pointed to an attack at that church. That wasnt all he had in the car, of course. The police discovered an automatic rifle, a kalashnikov with three magazines, all full of ammunition and a a. 9millimeter pistol. When they raided his house, they found another three kalashnikovs as well. This was a wellarmed man with a plan. Also the police believe, he killed a lady a little earlier, a 32yearold french woman, who was parked in her vehicle at the side of the road in the southwest of paris, killed her, shot and killed her with a single bullet on sunday. I mean the police essentially here have been incredibly lucky. If he hadnt shot himself in the leg and then called an ambulance, the police wouldnt have come across him. So this seems to be something that came really close to a man walking into a church on a sunday with an automatic weapon. My goodness. So he shoots himself. Hes 24. Hes an i. T. Student. What else do we know about him . Yeah the interior minister in france actually and this is another thing that makes you catch your breath for a second here. Certainly will for the french. The interior minister said this was a man known to the police. Theyd looked at him in 2014. They looked at him again in 2015. That can only be in the last couple of months. They decided he wasnt an imminent threat. Now, at the same time, you have the Prime Minister and the president of france praising the police as you would expect them to do but saying the fact that the country is on a heightened, you know threat level because of the Charlie Hebdo attack allowed the police to know that this man, when they were confronted with him, was a potential danger. And therefore, thwart the attack. But it does give the impression that had the police been on top of him and knew about him, how come they didnt know he was amassing these weapons. Thats got to be a worry. Thats a good question. Nick robertson, thank you so much. Next back to baltimore. With protesters demanding answers, the focus now turning to the Police Transport van that freddie gray rode in before he died. What happened after those doors closed . Well talk to a former Police Officer about that next. Also, families forced to escape their own homes because of this. The ground underneath is falling away. 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