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here and that everything was looking up for her. but a renewed focus on this -- these autopsy results and what kind of clues investigators can get from all of this. we also know and a lot of people have been asking about why was sandra bland still in jail three days after being put in jail on a rather minor traffic violation? and county officials tell us during the course of that time she had been given a $5,000 bond, shbond so she needed $500 to bond out. county officials tell us she had made a series of phone calls from family and friends and was struggling to connect and get the $500 she needed. one of those friends received a voice mail from sandra bland, and this is what it sounded like. >> hey, this is me. i just was able to see the judge. i don't really know they got me sitting on a $5,000 bond. i'm still just at a loss for words honestly about this whole
process, how switching lane was no signal turned into all of this. i don't even know. but i'm still here so i guess call me back when you can. >> reporter: so carol, you know we're also expecting the bland family has issued and ordered its own independent autopsy of sandra bland. those results have not been released and we're trying to figure out if and when that will happen. >> ed lavandera reporting live this morning from hempstead, texas. a new warning from a top u.s. military commander about russia's nuclear arsenal calling it a, quote existential threat against the united states just days after russian bombers were intercepted off the coast of california. brian todd has more from washington. >> reporter: we're getting new information about a frightening incident on the fourth of july. a confrontation in the skies between u.s. fighter jets and nuclear capable russian bombers not far from american shores. we had reported that on that day
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hempstead, texas, with more on that. good morning, ed. >> good morning, carol. a lot of focus has been on the video of the arrest of sandra bland over the last couple days, but now a newly released document in kind of a renewed focus on the autopsy of sandra bland. there was a preliminary report and more detailed reports are starting to come in as well. so we have heard from various county officials here in waller county texas that walked about the marijuana levels that were found in her system. also the d.a. here in waller county telling us there was evidence or indications of markings on her arms that might have been possible suicide attempts as well. all of this in stark contradiction to what sandra bland's family has been insisting for several days now, that they had no indication that she was depressed or willing or wanting to take her own life in any way. in fact, just the opposite the family says. this was a woman who was starting a new chapter of her life down here in texas after having moved down to -- from chicago to start a new job down