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>> if they do this and they've already done it. but if they want to follow through on this yeah, i could certainly happen in reverse. >> congressional republicans who pushed back on trump are gone or on their way out, almost always replaced by loyalists who owe their election to trump's endorsement. federal courts blocked or forced withdrawal of an unprecedented number of trump rules they are now stocked with hundreds of young and sharply conservative trump appointees at the same moment, trump and his advisers embrace a maximalist theory on his presidential authority. >> the >> advisers who blocked trump's wishes, replaced by trump devotees. >> i put great people in, but i also put people that i made a mistake with perform the backbone of expansive policy proposals targeting justice department national security and intelligence officials, laying the groundwork to terminate career government officials deemed insufficiently loyal, we need to make it much easier to fire rogue bureaucrat to a deliberately undermining democracy. >> and with trump escalating
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his rhetorical warfare and advance of his trial next week on charges brought by the new york district attorney. it should be noted, there's policy proposal for that, too. >> i will direct a completely overhaul doj to investigate every radical da and agn america for their illegal rate this in reverse enforcement of the law i think the point here is this, there's no question next week donald trump faces the highest stakes legal challenge of his career. but if he survives that first criminal trial and any other that occurs over the course of the coming eight months and wins reelection. he will enter the oval office, embolden personally and with for power than we've seen probably in decades from a president and a team. we're not hiding this, they're making very clear what they wanna do, how they wanted to do it, and that their supporters want them to deliver eric okay i was i listened to what someone tells you. thanks for joining us. the news continues right here on cnn happening now breaking news oj simpson dead at the age of 76
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since family says the nfl legend, whose career was eclipsed by his 1995 double murder trial and is highly controversial acquittal died after a battle well with cancer. we'll look back on his life and the trial of the century here in washington, the fbi director delivers a very stark warning amid republican infighting over a key surveillance law i'll ask the house foreign affairs committee chairman michael mccaul, if speaker johnson can finally control his unruly conference and stunning new developments in the scandal rocking the world of baseball. the former interpreter for shohei ohtani now charged with stealing $16 from this superstar's bank account welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer, a urine the situation room the skis
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>> cnn breaking news, because let's get straight to the breaking news tonight. hi, oj simpson, the nfl star, who's 1995 double murder trial. and contentious acquittal captivated the nation is dead at 76 after fighting cancer cnn stephanie elam has the latest >> tonight, oj simpson >> dead, leaving >> behind a controversial legacy. >> if it doesn't fit you must acquit some only know him for the so-called trial of the century for double murder. after the infamous low speed chase others recall sentence heyday as one of the best running backs and football one, what a beautiful de, it is in las vegas. >> this is the last public statements simpson made on social media in february wary about eight months after announcing he had cancer and good two moment to say thank you to all the people who reached out to me my health is good i mean, august yesterday, i'm dealing with submissions, but i think i'm just about all
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i'll be back on a golf course hopefully in a couple of weeks simpson died two months later reaction from the pro football hall of fame celebrating his on-field success as quote, the first player to reach a rushing marc many thought could not be he attained and, uh, 14 game season when he topped 2000 yards, i'd like to express my condolences to the children. >> good. oh, kaylen, who rose to fame as a witness in the >> murder trial, put the focus on oj's ex-wife, nicole brown, and friend ron goldman, who were stabbed to death outside brown's la home in june 1994 nicole was a beacon of light that burn bright may we never forget her? others reflecting on the polarizing life simpson lead. >> karen, everybody >> i'm not going to hurt anybody to foot star led police on a shocking low speed chase on live tv after he was charged in the murders with every freeway over crossing there began to gather more and more crowds of people.
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>> absolutely 100%. >> but simpson thought the charges in a trial that divided america it happened as racial inequality in the justice system was front and center following the 1992 acquittal of the lapd officers who beat rodney king and the riots that followed the nation's stopped in its tracks to hear the simpson verdict read on live tv, orenthal, james simpson, not guilty of the time of motor. >> was he framed by the police or did he get away with murder? the debate raged at the water cooler and simpson capitalised on it, writing a book entitled, if i did it, which the publisher ultimately never released, those never closure >> ron is always gone. >> the family of ron goldman who won a wrongful death civil suit against simpson then in 1997 control of the book writes and release the book under the title i did it confessions of the killer in 2007.
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>> i didn't know i was doing anything illegal. >> it wasn't until 2008. that's simpson would go to jail serving nine years for kidnapping, armed robbery, and assault with a deadly weapon after he broke into a hotel room to retrieve his stolen belongings. >> what we have is satisfaction that that this monster is where he belongs the legal turmoil overshadowing what had been a trailblazing life we now have a statement from kim and fred goldman that would be ron goldman men's sister and father. and it says in part quote the news of ron's killer passing away as a mixed bag of complicated emotions and reminds us that the journey three good grief is not linear for three decades, we tirelessly pursued justice for ron and nicole. and despite a civil judgment and his confession in if i did, it the hope for true accountability has ended and their message goes on to say that they will continue to advocate for the rights of all victims and
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survivors and saying that they think people for keeping them and especially ron goldman in their hearts. and so you can see, even though, oj simpson's life is over, the legacy of the pain from all the turmoil in his lifetime still persist, welfare's payment dr.. stephanie elam in los angeles for us? definitely. thank you. let's get some more from our experts, including some former for cnn journalists too extensively covered simpsons trial. and i'll start with roger ka-sat, good old friend here at cnn now roger, you were here at cnn covering oj simpson's first criminal trial, almost what, 30 years ago, this case is often called the trial of the century. put it into perspective for us well, for me, it was someone who suddenly was thrust on television to describe this trial of the >> century, it was, of course, life-changing, but it was, it was a culture changing event for the country suddenly, oj simpson, who we all had thought
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of as his wonderful football player and pitch man >> no one >> could believe that he would have done something like this. and there he was the trial, the robert shapiro that i always thought with a brilliant thing, he would not rest and he made a preliminary hearing, gold, very, very quickly in that trial, went very, very quickly. i've always thought that perhaps by doing that, the prosecution really wasn't ready for this case as well. as they should have been. perhaps they just thought it was a slam dunk. but this changed certainly changed the reality tv, i think on the air and i think changed the way we viewed trials and events ever since very important dead jim morais, you also covered this trial for us at cnn at the time, talk a little bit about how towering and controversial figure oj simpson was no go jay was a beloved figure. he could not walk down the streets of los angeles without being met with accolades, people saying, hey,
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you jay, how are you? he was luck, he was beloved by the cops who beloved by expands, who was a pitch man who was an after he was an athlete, he was bigger than life and as roger said it was rd to ncile oj we knew this oj that was being presented by the prosecution as a associate douburder, or somebody who codo something so horrific and let me tell you something. havi seen e autopsy photos, it wasn't horrific kilng have to think about the d you victs, famies today more reconcile these two 's and to the ry eveually sided with guilty. a said,ot >> lete brlaura coates in this conversation. laura, want you to take a looand our viewtoake a look at th. this is the audience reaction when there was le coverage of the jury's verdict during the oprah winfrey show. listen to this one of the information
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peer report if the state is ally gets to the deep blur racialivision surrounding this >> entire case. >> it's not your x. remember watching that we'd recorded you're dead in my high school actually, it was when the verdict came out and were taken out of classes to actually see this all play out. this really showed you not just that oj simpson was on trial, but through the lens in which people view the justice system here we are on the verge of a major trial this coming monday, a high-profile case where the defendant says there are two systems of justice in this country, two tier one for them rich and one for the poor. well, we also know there's one for black people. and those who are not. and i think one of the things that what this trial showed was how people viewed what was spared what the input of the cops would be. remember the infamous part about mark fuhrman taking the stand and at first glance out of his casting
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the quintessential tentative and police officer only be running with his own racist statements and changing the tide of how the jurors potentially saw this. i remember thinking at the time among conversations and family and friends and community about how falling rodney king there were such distrust for the police. and of course, here we're somebody with a lead to black defense attorney in one, johnnie cochran you had a defense team that was built of the most statured of defense council and you had a very wealthy black man who had for all the reasons we talked about, had all the accolades and praise. and so this was the land which people's hard to view. the justice system. otherwise, it was fair or not. >> what i bring jane walesa mitchell into this conversation, jane, you also cover this trial for us. back then, take us back to los angeles at the time of the trial, what was the atmosphere like as this trial was actually taking place? >> well, it was so charge wolf, it was all anybody could talk about. and it was a divisive
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situation. you never knew who was going to say, what about this case, but i have to say the lessons of this tragic saga are still with us today. the prosecution head overwhelming evidence. it was well as marcia clark said, it was a trail of blood right from the crime scene to oj simpson's car to oj simpson's state. right into his bedroom and to his socks the blood found on his socks. but the credibility of the police department was at stake because the key detective collecting all that evidence was a man who had used the n word something like 41 times, and that was caught on tape and he lied about it. so the lesson to police departments today still resonates. you can have all the greatest forensics you want. but if your credibility is shocked and the people
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don't trust you, then forget about it. it doesn't matter. and that's something that i think still is a lesson for law enforcement across the country today. the other thing is, there was tons of dna evidence, and i remember i was a local news anchor, are working out of paramount studios and anchoring as two hours and hours of this dna evidence came in. a lot of very complicated people were not that familiar with dna the way they are today. so the prosecution thought they had an overwhelming case because of the overwhelming nature of the dna evidence. but a lot of people really didn't get the dna evidence. and the final thing i will we'll say is that some of the best witnesses, like the woman who says she believes she saw oj simpson in his car leaving the crime scene and the guy who said he sold them the knife. >> well >> they never got to testify because they sold their stories so the media madness played a huge role in all of this as well
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>> you know, it's interesting jim murray, i want to get back to you, whether you've seen the trial, whether you saw it or not, you've all of us have heard the phrase, if the gloves don't fit, you must acquit how defining was that moment >> oh, is extremely defining. it gave the >> defense and opportunity >> to basically have oj simpson testify without the burden of cross-examination. oj simpson was controlling that glove. he could make it appear as if it was too small. it was the worst moment for the prosecution and to allow that to happen, and it was a gift to the defense >> was interesting, jayne oj simpson clearly assembled a so-called dream team of lawyers for his defense team. why did they get that moniker? >> well, they were very very clever. there was even allegations that they redecorated oj simpson's home for the jury tour taking basically what he had their out and putting in some things that
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might appeal to the jury so they were playing fast and loose it's been a lot of ways and i really feel that by accusing the los angeles police department of planting evidence they were taking a huge risk. a lot of people might not buy it, but it turns out that that argument that all that damning evidence that was found, the blood drops here they were and everywhere was planted that did resonate with the overwhelmingly african american jury. and as you've mentioned, this comes in the wake of a sense of mistrust of the lapd. anybody who has seen that rodney king beating, which happened in 1991, leading to to the rights and 92 you could see why there was such mistrust important points in date, everyone. thank you very much. important note to our viewers, stay with cnn for laura's program later tonight, 11:00 p.m. eastern. she's devoting her entire show. the special coverage, the life and death of oj simpson will all be watching just ahead, deep divisions
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we go dark it will put the american people in jeopardy and put them at risk at a time when the world is actually becoming more and more dangerous. or there'll be hamas out of the middle east neuron to the jihadist and afghanistan and the middle east. this is the wrong time to play politics with this and. by recognizing are you okay with a two-year extension of fisa as opposed to five-year extension, which so many people were actually do want i would >> prefer the five to give the fbi certainty. however, i understand why speaker johnson compromised on the two-year and that was to get enough republicans to vote for what's called the rule to them, proceed with final passage of the bill. so i think this was probably necessary compromise buys that will get us past the rule into final passage. hopefully, tomorrow morning, we
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are just learning congressman that the holdouts on fisa, the foreign intelligence surveillance act appear to be warming to at least some modifications, namely that the new version of the bill be that two-year reauthorization instead of what so many want that five-year authorization or you you're okay with the two year window, at least as a minimum, i will take it to your reauthorization rather than letting fisa expire. that would be extremely dangerous to let that happen. >> by the way. we have >> significant reforms over 50 in this bill that deal with issues like we saw with the carter page incident into the investigation the former president that's what a lot of my colleagues were concerned about. i think a lot of those concerns are taken care of by the reforms that are putting the underlying bill you think the former president donald trump is right when he says he was once the target of fisa
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his lawyers to delay the former president lashing out once again today at the judge overseeing in the case, listen >> another >> corrupt or new york judge juan >> merchan gagged me. that's gagged. like you can't talk but a gagged me with respect to a case that everyone including the de a felt should never have been brought, only happens to me because i'm able to tell people what's happening. and those people get extremely angry with what's happening this judge, should be recused and the case should be thrown out >> let's get reaction from our chief legal analysts, laura coates, and cnn legal analyst elie get williams. laura, what can we expect when this trial gets underway on monday with jury selection? >> well, in part, perhaps some more whining about woe is me, but this is going to happen by all accounts and we're going to have the wide dear process which essentially has jurors potentially will come into the courtroom, have to answer questions along this questionnaire. there are a lot of marie been run of the mill though wolf, about your views
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on police, about your views on justice. but there can be a lot of targeted one and about your views on trump, where you get your news from as well. you're going to have the defense and the prosecution trying to figure out who's gonna be the the audience member that they can persuade the best to meet their burden of proof or to defend the actions it will be something that will have you thinking to yourself what would be the ideal juror if you're trump? it's going to be somebody who believes they can buck this system is anti, maybe the political establishment in some ways, maybe in pro favor of him for the actual prosecution though they want people are going to simply say they're going to follow well, the law, here's you're not going to have someone who is going to have no idea who donald trump is or the subject matter of this case. those people do not exist. >> is there a chance trump even at this late moment, could get another delay anything is >> possible in this world, including the fact that he could very well try to get rid of his counsel now that could be a very transparent move for the judges. jackson hold on suddenly after three motions and three days failed, you want to have new council stranger things have happened, but if
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that were to be the case, i would suspect this judge would want to have a very quick turnaround for the next trial date because they are ready to go there are certainly are ready go, ally, you heard trump's say today he's under a gag order and i'm quoting him now because people get extremely angry when he tells them what's going on, >> what's his reaction? what do you think about that? it's a typical strategy by the former president to take a half-truth, spin it into a lie, and then keep repeatedly, repeatedly saying it until the public, or at least a segment of the public believes it. and this idea that the gag orders, because he makes people mad, is simply not true. the purpose of gag orders in any contexts, even outside of donald trump, is to prevent anyone from number one, impeding the administration of justice or number two spiking threats to members of court personnel records zafar, anything like that? that's the sole reason. and he is getting in the way of his own trial and his own ability to get a fair trial with the kinds of speaking that he's doing now many people will believe this idea that this is all about donald trump, but know whenever differently,
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speak out them way that he does. they run the risk of getting gagged as we know, laura, this is clearly a historic moment. the first time in american history that a former president will face a criminal trial right now? so what's your assessment? what are the chances that he will be convicted? >> well, too bad. we don't have cameras in the courtroom because they historic nature of this. we were countering what's happened in the oj simpson trial, months and months so i'm watching people could actually see the justice system on full display here we're going to be left to the devices i'm not only our own commentary and those who are in the courtroom, but what donald trump himself coming out in the courthouse apps to give his version of it why that's important is because you're going to want to understand the way the process this works, how the motion practice has come down, what comes into evidence and what does not. but demeanor of the judge that he is constantly attacking. i think one of the reasons this judge did not include himself in the gag orders because he didn't want to take the bait. the idea of the hero, ducky, ducky scenario that trump is trying to put in his plays. he doesn't want to follow because he knows full well that any iota of indication that he gives it somehow he has a
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personally vested interests or retaliatory a stance could be used against him. that's the real issue of not having the people able to have camera, but at the end of the de, we're going to actually see a former president of the united states, a presumptive republican nominee standing trial and you still has remember, the presumption of innocence certainly does. >> how do you see it? >> how do i say, you know, i think the trickiest thing and this is picking up laura's very first question about jury selection. how do you get 12 people who are her palatable to both to all sides and the mere fact that someone has an opinion about donald trump in either direction doesn't disqualify them from the jury. it's all about cam this person credibly say, i can put my personal views aside and judge, this defendant honestly and openly, and that's a really hard exercise when the person on trial is literally one of the top five most famous people on the planet. and so it's something i'm gonna be watching for very closely. what exactly do they get out of this group of jurors? and where do they get jury selection starts on
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monday and jury selection, especially in the trial like this, is so so critical, so critical and i've been burned. i'm sure laura coates has been better lawyer than i am, but i'm sure she's been burned. the jury selection because you're trying to there's pops like haji to it. it's law, but also trying to read, can this person follow orders, not just that they loved prosecutors are cops, but how will they be in a group when working together? who's going to be the foreperson? and sometimes you just mess up. >> we're gonna have extensive live coverage starting monday of this historic trial, elliott williams, laura coates, to both of you once again. thank you. just ahead. >> we'll have more on our >> top story with a closer look back at the lives and legacies nicole brown simpson, and ron goldman >> with priceline vip family. you can unlock deals five times start you don't even have to be an actual family. >> i'd be the dead on the day physically, it's clear that i'm the dad. >> okay. so which data is pain >> you're it looks
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>> doctors >> preferred better >> science, better results. >> i'm dr. sanjay gupta. >> and this is cnn we're now on the breaking news, oj simpson dead at the age of 76 after a battle with cancer simpson's career on the >> football field was quickly overshadowed after the double murder of his ex-wife, nicole brown simpson and her friend ron goldman brian todd is taking a closer look at the victims for us, brian simpson's acquittal in this case remains so controversial. what nearly 30 years later, controversial and still very
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painful wolf for the relatives of nicole brown simpson and ron goldman on a day when so many are talking about oj simpson, the sensational trial and his legacy. we also wanted to do a deeper dive on the victims and what they left behind nicole brown met oj simpson when she was 18, working as a server in a beverly hills nightclub they began dating while the football store was still married to his first wife, marguerite, a tempestuous beginning to a relationship that would become unstable and violent during their seven year marriage, there were reports of physical abuse with nicole calling the police he's on oj multiple times. there was also a disturbing 911 cl in 1993 followintheir divorce with nicole sounding terrified or the female i think he know, his record, they just stay on the line. i don't want to stay on the line going to beat this nicole simpson was attempting to start a new life with the two children she'd had with oj simpson at the time of her murder on june 12, 1994. she was 35 years old. at that time
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25-year-old ron goldman was an aspiring actor and model who also had dreams of opening his own bar or restaurant. he was working as a server at a restaurant called meso luna on the night of the murders and went to nicole brown simpson is me to return pair of glasses that someone in r party had left at the restaurant that night. he was stabbed to death just a few weeks shy of his 26th birthday. throughout oj simpson's trial, goldman'father, fred, and his sisterim, were in court just about everythe expressions on theiraces reflecting an anguish. they seem to constantly be reliving his said man. you gotta be put away in an ortholog james simpson read and kim goldman broke down as the acquittal verdict was read for oj simpson since that day, fred goldmans done everything he could to keep his sons memory alive family member of a victim of violent crime doesn't get closures. that four stays with you in your head f eryhe goldman and brown families later filed a civil lawsuit agnst oj simps. simpson was
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found liable for theeaths but fred goldmanas said they were only ae to collectbout $13000 out of a judgment of ov $33 still >> by using the media in the way that they did. i think it helps other victims who may be involved in a similar situations. i have a roadmap for how they too, can put pressure on law enforcement, as well as keep the memory of their loved ones alive. since >> the murders, nicole simpson, sister tonya brown, has published books on mental health and domestic violence. and kim goldman works as a victim's rights advocate. i'm going >> to just take it one day at a time and you know, this is this is the life that victims and survivors lead >> responding to the news of oj simpson's death today, fred goldman chose to not make it about oj at all, telling people magazine, quote, this is just a reminder for us of how long ron has been gone, how long we have missed him and nothing more than that. that is the only thing that is important today.
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>> deck delivered us a >> clear victory. >> so you like a lot of democrats are, are very worried and motivated by your dislike of donald trump. do you like joe biden? >> i like joe biden he love joe biden? well, i love joe biden. i think he's a great american. >> this is clayton county is suburb south of atlanta. and in 2020, a deep, deep blue patch in georgia where biden won by fewer then 12,000 votes prize battleground in this election, i remember actually watching residents lead is shrink on election night when the numbers were coming >> in and play and kelly asked me put biden over the time that was screaming, holland that the television like yes. yes. yes. i was just crying >> because i knew all the work that we did in this county, yet support for the incumbent president has faded since 2020 including from his own party. >> my biggest concern it's people not voting. that sincerely keeps me up. >> so is this going to be more
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couple of election cycles. those 90,000 potential voters, they hope to turn to real votes come november. well, >> excellent report, begum marcus, thank you very much. also tonight, the us justice department is charging and onetime confidant of baseball superstar shohei ohtani. cnn's nick watt has the details baseball's biggest star walzer, according to a federal prosecutor bilked, of over 60 million by his >> interpreter, friend, and confidant. >> mr. mizuhara used and abused that position of trust in order to take advantage of mr. ohtani ippei mizuhara today charg by the partment of justice with bank fraud, which carrs a maximuof 30 years behind bars. the biggest question has been how could mizuhara have allegedly stolen that much money without getting caught? well, according to the complaint thank mizuhara helped to thani open a bank account and told all the stars other advisors that ohtani wanted
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this one which held all of his baseball earnings to be private. and >> we obtained recordings i've telephone calls which are two. horace spoke with bank employees lied to them about being mr. ohtani gave personal biographical information for mr. ohtani in order to impersonate him and thereby convinced the bank to approve large wire transfers of large amounts of money to the bookmakers >> just over two years, say investigators, mizuhara placed approximately 19,000 bets on sports. some as big as $160,000 when he won. >> the >> money went into his account when he lost. he covered his debts from ohtani's. he lost over 40 million in all. this lawyer represents a bookmaker. ippei mizuhara used and ippei will tell you and matt will tell you that he was a terrible gamble, but he just couldn't
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help himself apparently, mizuhara never bet on baseball. soccer was more his thing >> just to kind of just go over the result in conclusion, ebay has been stealing money from my account and has told lies. mizuhara allegedly wrote in the >> text to that bookie in june last year, i have a problem. >> lol >> can i get one last last last bump? that's gambling lingo for a credit extension. >> so i never bet on baseline. any other sports or never have asked somebody to do all my behalf >> texts also appear to prove ohtani had no idea. he has were told cooperating fully with investigators. and while some suspicion did swirl these past few weeks, ohtani carried on seball, loggg a career bestying five straight mui hit games. >> maybe put >> that down to the unoubled . >> they've been innocent man and his, ierpreter is
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to cruise six astronts and earth. uts return home to >> nasa astronauts steven bowen and woody whole berg returned to earth in september after spending 186 days in space bowen, the commander of nassar's crew, six mission to the international space station, new the columbia crew he worked the recovery operations and he was at nasa when the agency determined that it was a well-known problem with pieces of foam falling from the external tank and striking the shuttle at lunch that ultimately led to colombia's demise. >> that that moment really, really hit home since >> then, bowen has been to space four times including three shuttle flights >> safety over the past 21 years. i think we've we've worked at it, but as a continuous process, along scrub that's in lurk >> when bowen, who berg and two others attempted to launch for the first time in february 2023, on a spacex falcon nine
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rocket and crew dragon capsule they scrubbed with just two minutes left on the clock due to an issue with ignite or fluid. >> we later learned that it was actually a nasa person in the room who had made the call, not to do that and i looking back at it and thinking about that willingness to say no to stop, to say, you know, we don't need to launch today we really appreciated that that's an example of where we've moved a little bit past, hopefully the things have gotten us in trouble in the past three two one. >> now, nasa is attempting to return astronauts to the moon for the first time since the apollo program. in january, the agency announced a ten month delay to the first crewed artemis mission, citing safety concerns one area of concern, the orion spacecraft heat shield the same protective tiles that were damaged on colombia? >> yeah, it was the heat shield for columbia, but that's not necessarily the next thing that's going to get us it might be something else that we
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haven't there is inherent risk in everything we do. and so we have to find ways to make sure that we understand what the risks are and mitigate them but then actually go fly kristin fisher cnn washington, and be sure to tune in this sunday for the finale of the cnn original series space shuttle columbia. it begins at 9:00 p.m. eastern. and to our viewers, thanks very much for watching. i'm wolf blitzer in this room the news continues next on sienna >> tonight on three >> 60, the deaf and >> legacy of oj simpson, who's double murder trial became a must-see tv. and aurore such test on race celebrity, and justice in america. also tonight, abortion and how the fight over it reveal hill's the growing influence of religious nationalism on american politics, plus a preview of

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