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the private christian school 28 year old shooter killed six people, including 39 year old this is one angry mother interrupts live television demanding answers and that mother is outfront tonight, plus another witness appears before the trump grand jury. david pecker. and publisher of the national enquirer on the hush money payments to stormy daniels is michael cohen is on standby to return to the witness stand. going to attorney is outfront and how tiktok is keeping much needed ammunition from ukraine. let's go, outfront. good evening. i'm erin burnett outfront. tonight we begin wit...

As they were talking, chris was -- he was being very dismissive of those options. he was like, no, i'm fine. >> reporter: the academy of motion pictures arts and sciences released a statement earlier this week, stating that they asked smith to leave, and he refused. a source telling cnn that academy leaders had told smith's publicist to deliver the message to the actor. now packer is saying chris rock did not want smith removed from the show. >> they were about to physically remove will smith. i said, rock has made it clear that he does not want to make a bad situation worse. >> reporter: pack...

First-time oscars producer, will p packer says in a new interview that he thought so too. >> i thought it was a bit like everybody else. once i saw will yelling at the stage with such vitriol, my heart dropped. >> reporter: packer says he rushed over to rock as he exited the stage. >> i said, did he really hit you? and he looked at me, and he goes, yeah. he goes, yeah, i just took a punch from muhammud ali, as only chris can. he was immediately in joke mode, but you could tell he was very much still in shock. >> reporter: smith played the boxer in the 2001 film "ali." cnn has obtained new vide...

Film muhammad ali. showing a new angle of the incident this time filmed from behind smith's wife jada pinkett smith. packer says that los angeles police were prepared to arrest smith that night. >> and they were saying this is battery. we will go get him. you can press charges. you can arrest him. as they were talking chris was, he was being very dismissive of those options. he was like no, i'm fine. >> the academy of motion pictures arts and sciences released a statement this week saying they asked smith to leave and he refused. academy leaders had told smith's publicist to deliver a message ...

Serious meeting and that involved the los angeles police department. they all got together in packer's office and this is what will packer said happened in that meeting. take a listen. >> the lapd came and needed to talk to chris. and so they came into my office and they were laying out very clearly what chris's rights were. and they were saying this is battery. we will go get him. we are prepared. we're prepared to get him right now. you could press charges. we could arrest him. as they were talking, chris was -- he was being very dismissive of those options. >> now packer said he was not par...