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Starts right now unbelievable story breaking now from Cnns Kfile, the lead starts right now now. Mark robinson, North Carolinas controversial Lieutenant Governor in candidate for governor is in the hot seat once again, for offensive comments, but these, you really have to see to believe he made them on a Porn Site. He called himself a Black Nazi he said that slavery is not bad. And what youre going to hear, what Lieutenant Governor robinson just told cnn about the comments our Kfile Team found plus israel says that they are in a new era of war. A third straight day of attacks on the Terrorist Group hezbollah, the israeli military, striking targets in lebanon is hezbollah what Continues To reel from the backtoback attacks targeting members of hezbollahs electronic devices such as pagers, there are hints that more is to come and the mayor of springfield, ohio is giving himself Emergency Powers after weeks of false claims about haitian migrants in his town eating cats and dogs the Ohio Congressman who represents springfield is going to be here with his first national interview on the issue to the lead. Im Jake Tapper, and we start with a cnn exclusive in our Panel Politics lead Cnns Kfile has uncovered shocking new details about the republican nominee for governor of North Carolina. He is the states current Lieutenant Governor. He is a man who says a lot of wilde and offensive things. His name is Mark Robinson. Cnn investigation finds that robinson posted on a Porn Site starting in 2008. He described himself on the Porn Site as a quote, Black Nazi. And he wrote posts expressing support for Reinstating Slavery and thats just the stuff we can tell you on television. Cnns Andrew Kaczynski did the digging broke the story and he spoke with Lieutenant Governor Robinson Today. I want to warn viewers that this report disturbs includes some disturbing and rather graphic comments. Andrew, first tell us what you discovered here. Jake cnn found a series of highly disturbing posts made on the Message Board of a pornographic website. More than a decade ago. And we trace them directly to Mark Robinson. We did interview Robinson Today and he categorically denies making these posts. And ill get to that in just a moment here. But first, i want to walk people through just some of them Take A Look right here at this one in one post, robinson called Himself A Quote, Black Nazi. And when describing then President Barak Obama writing quote, i take hitler over any of this thats in washington right now. It even goes beyond that. Another disturbing post, robinson defended slavery, writing quote, slavery is not that bad, and i wish they would bring slavery back. I would certainly buy a few all of these comments and many others that you can read on saying at cnn. Com were made on the Message Board of a Porn Website called Nude Africa. And jake, in addition to those posts, he also expressed views on Nude Africa that sharply contradict his current policies as a socially conservative candidate for governor. For example, he has been vocally antitransgender, but look at What Robinson wrote on the porn Message Board more than a decade ago, writing that he quote, liked watching transgender porn, adding quote that effing hot and called Himself A Quote prb. And another thread that was discussing the story of a woman who said she was raped by her Taxi Driver while drunk. Robinson wrote quote, and the moral of the story, dont Add A drunk white batch. So he wrote all of this stuff years ago before he got into politics how are you sure that its him so cnn, jake, we found that robinson consistently used that same username many soldiers that he used on Nude Africa in alla in s Social Media, you can see it here. He used it on Pinterest Black Planet youtube. He even use it as his twitter handle. His full name was also listed on Nude Africa and an email we found he used on Nude Africa. He used on several other websites. Now the biographical data from multiple websites using the name many soldier matches robinson exactly the exact date of birth for his hometown. The fact that his mother worked at an hbcu, that his favorite episode of the Twilight Zone is number 22. Of course this was all before he was a public figure which would factor into the identification that this all happened back then when he was just a common citizen. So what did Lieutenant Governor robinson have to say about all this today when you talk to them. So robinson calls the story trash. He says its not him. We add to the campaign for comment. We gave them 48 hours to respond. That deadline was this morning and thats when Lieutenant Governor robinson agreed to do a brief interview with us about that here is just a little bit of that interview Lieutenant Governor robinson. Thank you so much for being willing to talk to us. I think well just jump right into it. Do you deny that this account is you will force all let me say. Thank you so much for allowing me to come here and clearly here we absolutely do. I do. This is not us, these are not our words and this is not anything that is characteristic nor has it ever, has it ever been. The people here of North Carolina know i have been completely transparent about my history. All the warts and we put them all out. We let folks know about it but the folks here also know my character. They know who i am, they know my voice, so to speak. This is not my voice, this is not things that we would ever say or even think. So absolutely we do. How do you explain all of the matching details on this profile . The profile on Nude Africa lists your full name as Mark Robinson, the email listed on the account is an email that you used us. You have used elsewhere on the internet, including with your photo. You have used that name many soldier on multiple Social Media accounts, including twitter, pinterest, black planet, and youtube. How can you deny with all of these matching details that this is you . Look, im not going to get into, but nusha of house on my manufactured this all these salacious tabloid lives. But i can tell you this. Theres been over 1 Million spent on me through ai by Billionaire Son whos bound and determined to destroy me. The things that people can do with the internet. Now it was incredible. But what i can tell you is this, again these, are not my words. This is simply Tabloid Trash being used as a distraction from the substantive issues that the people of this state are facing we have addressed it. We have said its not true, and we wish we could move on and get busy with the business of the people of the state okay. Well, these posts, do you take place over a fiveyear period from 2008 to 2013. You mentioned ai. Are you saying that somebody was somehow manufacturing biographical details to exactly match you using your username i have no idea how this was done. I have absolutely no idea how it was done. And i have five weeks left in this campaign to focus on the substantive issues that nor karelinas price. I do not have time for Tabloid Trash. There have been rumors that some of your Campaign Staff have have quit. Can you tell us if thats true or not . Absolutely not. And we are not getting out of this race. There are people who are counting on us to win this race because again, we dont want a governor whos going to be a person that cant be counted on to tell The Truth. And i can assure you my opponent has been taken to Court Offer not telling The Truth in campaigns. And hes been completely dishonest in his ads against me. His camp is so desperate to destroyers. Its just like Clarence Thomas said years ago, this is a Hightech Lynching and back long years ago, they used to use wrote nauta using Table And Jake robinson reiterating with a public video after that interview that he is staying in the race Andrew Kaczynski, remarkable reporting and thank you so much. I want to bring in cnns dianne gallagher, who is in charlotte, North Carolina, as well as in studio here with me, cnn political director david chalian, first to you, diane what are you hearing from your sources about the immediate impact of this story . And we should note in general, this story i think that most people dont believe his denials i will tell you, jake, that before the story even dropped this afternoon, North Carolina political Social Media has been blowing up wondering exactly what was going to be in it. Because i think we should emphasize that it is not unusual for there to be stories about past lets to inflammatory or even bigoted remarks from Lieutenant Governor Mark Robinson. Theres a whole host of them. You and i have talked about them for years on your show. There was something different and my phone started going off from with republicans and democrats asking what was different about this because there was this idea that there was something moving within the campaign hey, in part of that is what today is, today is the last day before the state sends out those delayed absenteebymail ballots to military and overseas voters, which means that 11 59 p. M. Is the deadline. If a candidate wants to withdraw from the race. Now there is still some questions on whether they could actually remove their name from a ballot. We saw what happened a few weeks ago with Robert F. Kennedy junior, but there were a lot of discussions and questions about whether or not this could finally end a campaign thats been lagging in the polls. And there has been fear that he could be bringing the downballot down with him here in North Carolina and we should know david chalian, i mean, one of the reasons why this is so resonant is because Lieutenant Governor robinson has a long history of saying wildly offensive things about jews, about women, about lgbtq people. I mean, like this is not necessarily out of character, right . You might even say its of a pattern. Obviously its new unearth information that we didnt have before. But i have not heard from a republican source yet who has expressed Shock Or Surprise that Mark Robinson could be in this kind of moment, right . Given what youve just described, i mean, to diannes point, we should stress this was one of the most highprofile gubernatorial contest of this entire election year. And it was largely due to Mark Robinson and he his nature, his comments, what he said in the past and the way he put portrays himself on the Campaign Trail now, but this has been a race. He has been losing. Most recent poll, Quinnipiac University last week had to pull out. He was losing by ten points, 51 to 41 to attorney general josh stein. So this, this is a race that was already a loser for republicans, probably now, even more so, the question is, what about the reverse . Not just the downballot damage. What about to the top of the ticket . David plouffe, kamala harris, adviser, just tweeted 16 important electoral votes in response to this story, we know that both campaigns, trump and harris, are very focused on this state i this has always been the case of can he lose the Governors Race so badly that actually harris couldp this State Blue for the first time since 2008. We dont know what the outcome of the president ial will be in North Carolina, but its looking more and more likely theres going to be a very uphill battle for republicans in that state. And we should just note there was a much more for mainstream republican congressman mark walker, who was running for the nomination i think hes a pastor didnt have all the baggage and North Carolina republicans went primary process went with a much more riskier bet. David chalian, dianne gallagher, thanks to both you were going to get more reaction to this break looking news from Cnns Kfile, were going to squeeze in a quick break. 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Com if you or a Loved One have Mesothelial Mac will send you a free book to answer questions you may have call now and well come to you 800 a31, 3,700 with our exclusive a political aide, Cnns Kfile has uncovered dozens of disturbing comments made on a Porn Site by North Carolinas Lieutenant Governor and Gop Nominee for governor Mark Robinson. This these were comments he made before he was in politics. There are comments in which he called himself a black man nazi. He expresses support for Reinstating Slavery. And then theres a whole bunch of other stuff, but were not going to kink shame here on the show. Lets bring in the panel and start with you. Well, im just done. We know people are allowed to have their stuff, but, you know, calling herself Black Nazi, expressing he was already a really risking a battle them, yeah, already a problem for the republican party. And this just reaffirms that they have let someone come in and again, this is the problem with the gop right now and other republican, its really frustrating. Were letting people walk. There is right there, right there, and were letting these fringe candidates get into the race. And its isolating republican voters from who are in the moderate, who are in the middle, who dont want to be dealing with. Again, im not trying to belittle it at all, but im just saying dealing with these things that arent focused On The Issues that matter to them at home. And were constantly being driven away from talking about policy issues that matter to everyday americans because we have these horrible candidates that are from fringes and none of its excusable and if its acceptable. And we shouldnt even be in this position in the first place. Trump called him a black Martin Luther King said he was better than martin. How embarrassing is that for the gop . Well, how embarrassing is that . You would think for Donald Trump but how bad is it for the republican party . Because the democrats are in a very tight race for North Carolinas 16 electoral votes very important state does he stay on the ballot . What happens if he, if they forced him to quit . Who goes on the ballot . These are all unanswered question. We should, we should note that we heard Lieutenant Governor robinson deny that its him and talk about some sort of Conspiracy Theory in which somebody time traveled back to 2008 and pretended to be him using his name, email address, and all hes same characteristics before he even was a figure in politics, i guess knowing because it came from the future knowing that he was going to be the nominee coming back in time does this actually put or at least help put the 16 electoral votes of North Carolina in play for kamala harris. Look, they were already in play. This is a state thats already already competitive though, right . 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Yesterday according to Cnn Affiliate who you the ap reports that in one school 200 of 500 students were absent on tuesday amid these ongoing safety Concerns Mayor Rue says, these Emergency Powers will allow departments to respond faster. Two incidents including acts of violence or cyber threats, all necessary. Why . Because of these crazy rumors elevated by republican officials, including Vice President ial Candidate Senator j. D. Vance of ohio. And then exploding once former President Donald Trump repeated them to millions of viewers. In the September 10 president ial debate. These rumors. Now, even being denounced by the people who maybe started them it turns out part of this false story began as many false stories do with a cat named miss Sassy A Vance Spokesperson this week provided the Wall Street Journal with a Police Report in which a resident named Ana Kilgore claimed that her pet might have been absconded by her haitian neighbors. But when the Journal Reporter went to kilgore, his House Kilgore said that her cat, ms sassy, had actually returned safe and sound a few days after she filed the Police Report. So where did she turn up . She was in the Basement Classic miss Sassy Kilgore while wearing a trump shirt, told the Wall Street Journal she apologized to her haitian neighbors with the help of her daughter and it Translation App separately a different woman in springfield, erica lee, also now says that she regrets writing a Facebook Post over the summer, spreading the rumors that haitian neighbors might have stolen her Neighbors Cat she said when she went back to that neighbor, that also turn out to be not true in a tearful interview with New York times, she said she regrets her Facebook Post, but you know, who does not seem to be regretting anything that they have posted or stated President Donald Trump and senator j. D. Vance, not only have they not apologized or even corrected the record they are indignantly defying City And State republican officials who are pleading with them telling them, please stop your comments are not helpful to springfield Donald Trump. In fact has promised, quote, large deportations from springfield despite the fact that haitian migrants in that town are largely living and working there completely legally through whats called tps. Thats temporary protected status granted by the federal government to them because of how dangerous haiti is these days, the migrants are in springfield, by the way, at the request of companies and factories because there is a need for labor in springfield, ohio last night, trump told a Rally Crowd that he plans to Visit Springfield sometime in the next two weeks despite the republican mayor again asking him, please dont. It would already strain the already taxed resources of the town also in, our 2024 lead, cnns fareed zakaria, i got a chance to Sit Down with former first Lady And Secretary of state Hillary Rodham Clinton Clinton took a look at some of the 2024 Campaign Trail rhetoric fareed asked specifically about Senator Jd vances suggestion that those in need of childcare in the united states should consider leaning on grandparents, aunts, and uncles, and how that relates to Clintons Invocation of the It Takes A Village to raise a Child Proverb take a listen j. D. Vance sort of agrees with you what the talks about it in a very strange and much more punitive way. Yeah, i cant imagine he agrees with me because remember, he said let the grandparents take care of children im a grandparent. Im also very active person. I loved being with my grandchildren, but i also have, you know, interests of my own and so its not eitheror obviously, i want to help my Daughter And Soninlaw with these three wonderful little kids. But theyre very active. They go to work, they need Childcare Support especially when the children were very young. And when vance talks about childless women with cats or talks about grandparents being the Childcare System in america its almost impossible to understand his worldview. What, where is he coming from where does he get these ideas very well . What do you make of her perspective here . Was very interesting. She was a wide ranging interview. We talked about lots of things, and she was much more open. I think she sees the election as really about a big contrast between two visions. One, optimistic about america sees america doing well, can do better lifting people up. The other very dark seas, america in decline, kind of gloomy Doer Picture of america. And her view is that vance in particular has almost turned this into an ideology jie, an ideology of Decline And Despair and hate. Soon as very interesting that even though as i pointed out in some ways, he does talk about helping with things like child tax credit. She saw it as fundamentally a very different revision from hers you got secretary clinton to open up about her marriage thats a bad that you know, one of the most public relationships in history. Lets take a Look Nobody really knows what happens in a marriage, except the two people in it. And every marriage im aware of has Ups And Downs, not public hopefully for everyone else and you have to make the decisions that are ripe for you. And i would never tell anybody else stay in a marriage, leave a marriage, whatever the easy answer is and you know, for me and for us i think its fair to say we are so grateful that at this stage of our life grandchildren. We have our time together. You know, i write about how we start the morning playing Spelling Bee embed and you know, bill is such a great player. He gets to queen be almost immediately. It feels like we just have a good time. We have a good time. Sharing this life that weve lived together for now, nearly 50 years of marriage thats what is right for us. And thats really my my message. I dont know that ive heard her speaks so candidly about Ups And Downs of marriage i felt exactly the same way jake, i think she that this was the most authentic Hillary Clinton ive heard, i kind of, i wish i had, you know, if she could have been like that on the Campaign Trail in 2016 . Who knows what things would have been like. But i think maybe it also it must take a lot of time to process the scars and the wounds and do and feel ready to talk about something thats really such a deeply private part of ones life. And as you said, this is one of the most public marriages in the world in modern history. And shes had to shes had to react and public to all these things that happened to her that were both private events, deeply private events, but also public events. It is interesting, and this is whats right for us. Thats whats right for us. Just an interesting take on one of the most studied marriages in the History Of The World for zakaria. Thank you so much and you can get too much more from freed. Sit down with former Secretary Of State Hillary Clinton, where they discussed her new book, something lost, something gained that will be on gps this sunday at 10 00 a. M. Eastern right here on cnn after a State Of The Union as we near the one Year Mark of the horrific attacks by hamas on israel, im going to be joined by the families of american hostages taken by the Terrorist Group Hamas will talk to them about the uptick of violence in the region, whether it makes it even harder to get a Ceasefire And Hostage deal across the finish line. Thats coming up. 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And lanny, theres an israeli Fighter Jet flying, dropping flares so obviously, the timing of that overflight with no Mistake Or Coincidence hours ago, our cnn team, you saw ben wedeman, their Reporting And Lebanon was interrupted by the thunderous engines of israeli, of an israeli war, planes flying over beirut while the leader of hezbollah in the middle of his speech, reacting to this weeks attacks involving pagers and walkietalkies being detonated, attacks at hezbollah blames and israel though israel has not accepted responsibility, Has Balah aligned with Hamass Goal of completely eradicating israel, says that it will not let up on the fighting in the north if israel continues its war against hamas in the southwest, these are both groups funded by iran. The israeli Defense Minister visited the North Valley im going to totally reshaped the region well, i knew i believe that we are at the start of a new phase in the war over its Center Of Gravity is moving north. Meaning we are moving resources, forces, and energy in the northern direction my shall been israels new goal in its war. It says is to try to secure the north of the country. So the nearly 60,000 Residents Whove had to flee the north because of hezbollah, Charlotte Shelling that began right after the October 7 attacks are allowed to come back home also, in our world, Lead Secretary of State Antony Blinken is warning against escalatory actions in The Middle East they could derail talks for a Hostage Deal or ceasefire In Gaza. The last time i sat down with israeli or israeli american Hostage Families, there were five americans still being held by hamas In Gaza, five who were presumed to be alive sadly, that number is now four. After hamass brutal murder of hersh goldberg, polin, who was born in california and lived in virginia for awhile before moving to israel in addition to those e four, hamas Continues T hold the bodies of several other americans or american israelis that theyve murdered as i recently discussed with, several of these families lets remind our viewers who are familiar with many, if not all, your stories, who are adi alexander, your son, idan, is still being held Hostage Jonathan Deco khan, your son, sagui, is still being held hostage. Ronen neutra, your son, omer harris, still being held hostage aviva siegel, you were held hostage for 51 days. You were released. Thankfully, your husband, keith is still being held hostage. Ruby plan i hate even saying this, but your son any time was killed and the body is still being held and youve been on the show so many times, and im so sorry and Iris Weinstein Haggai yes. Your mom, judy, and your dad, gady, were murdered on October 7 while they were on a walk and their bodies are still being held by hamas. Thank you all for being here at this horrible, horrible time youre in town as we approach the oneYear Mark from October 7, your meeting with White House officials are you expecting to hear anything new . I think this is the tenth time that ive come into washington and i have to say that my expectations are low and i think we need to all look at one of the other and say, weve been doing this for one year and we have not been successful as we have seven us hostages still held by this Terrorist Organization and i think we need to challenge ourselves and say, lets look at the fundamental assumptions and say, okay, do we need to do Something Else . What would you like to see done to get your husband back . Everything. I want him back now, i want him back as soon as possible is 65yearsold. Hes not young and hes not well, i want him back alive. Audie is there more that you would want the united States President Biden to do . Then what then what they are doing right now, i would call him President Biden to have tied conversation with israeli Prime Minister telling him to not delay any longer the deal stop moving the goalpost and stop undercut your own negotiating team jonathan, prime Minister Netanyahu hes going to be here in the united states next week. What do you want to hear from prime Minister Netanyahu . I think all israelis are dumb listening to prime Minister Netanyahu, because clearly theres a gap between what he says in terms of his commitment to getting the Hostages Home and his actions, certainly since the first round of releases its in early december, ronan, a few weeks ago, we learned that six hostages had been killed, including hersh goldberg, polin, an american thousands, tens of thousands, Maybe Hundreds Of Thousands of israelis took to the streets to protest, blaming prime Minister Netanyahu for their deaths. Do you think he is hearing the israeli public . Do you think he is listening to Hostage Families such as you and your Loved Ones. But first of all, we were all a pulled learning about the murder of the six hostages. Among them, hersh in Cold Blood. And were going to ask ourselves, where is the outrage . How can it be that an american was murdered . And yet people are industry to new York Cheering for hamas. Its the same organization just killed an american as far as prime Minister Netanyahu how i dont think i have much expectations from him im afraid what he says out of israel in front of The American public. And what he says in israel that those two dont correlate. We all feel that its all political. We all feel that this war is dragging and it has to stop. Prime minister must focus on whats important for the israeli people, whats good for the israeli people . And hes not doing that iris, youre the only one that i have not interviewed before and i want to give a moment just to honor the memory of your parents, judi and gady, that were for murdered in Cold Blood when they were on a walk. Whats your take on where negotiations are, where you want prime Minister Netanyahu, what you want President Biden to do obviously, not enough is being done because my parents are in back to a respectful burial. The hostages arent back. I want not only biden and Bibi Netanyahu to do everything they can, but also the international community to pressure both sides to do the same. I mean, the fact alone that my parents were murdered that day and were taking as Bargaining Chips is sickening by itself, and american was executed you know, a few weeks ago and hamas flags are being waived in the streets of New York and its unacceptable. Its gross its horrifying. I heard brother of one of the hostages talking about the campaign of sabotage against members of hezbollah in lebanon and he said its not bringing my brother back whats your take when you hear about these successful attacks presumably by israel against hezbollah look, mako level, how does this help us to teach not just israel, but also the united states as this the Future Contest to deescalate the key too unlock the situation is a deal to get back the Hostages Exchange of prisoners, and finishing the war. And what we see in lebanon right now is the opposite direction. We are starting to get into a position where a fullblown war is risk for israel right now with this pager, mission impossible action its like tweeting agony with more agony. This vicious cycle of violence needs to stop. Have you heard anything from the people running for president in this country that that has struck you in one way or another. Both sides, republican and democratic understand the priority of getting the Hostages Home. At the very least, do not let hamas, when if the hostages dont come home. And hamas is able to achieve its primary goal, which is its to incite a regional jihad against Israel God help the rest of the world because that will then become a model for emulation of other fundamentalist Terrorist Organizations jake, we hear sentiment of some people saying that netanyahu will wait until the election because then it would be easier maybe to get a deal done with president trump. And i would like to ask all of all of public funds and we have many that weve met over the last year to be vocal and say unequivocally that it is time to get a deal done and we do not have time to wait. The fact of the matter is over the last three or four weeks, 12 bodies of israeli hostages have been recovered by the idf from gaza all 12 were alive. It least until january, february the sixth beautiful young people who were recovered a couple of weeks its ago including hersch, were alive days, if not hours before their recovery to our republican friends we cant wait until january. It has to happen now, i want everybody to just remember the mass took me with my pajamas and to keep hostages and kill lots of people the world is looking at united states to be the strongest in the world. And theyre not, theyre learning the evil one. Weve seen the level of support that we, The American families, Hostage Families got at the Rnc And Dnc and it was across the aisle. I mean, we are getting a lot of support yet. We cant seem to get enough international and political will to put it all together iris, ill give you the final word. Or do you want people to know . I think people seem to forget that were dealing with a terror group. This is not to governments that are trying to negotiate. This is a democracy. Its trying to negotiate it with a Terrorist Group whos terrorizing their own people as well, you know, a viva would would tell you what shes been through. Its not because of israel, its because of hamas. They took my friends, they took my parents out of their peaceful daily lives. You know, the people who are being held right now In Gaza as hostage are people who believed in peace, are people who are going to be at the front lines advocating for peace and yet theyre still there and nobodys asking themselves why. And its just unacceptable that were not doing all we can to push all countries and international community to Pressure Hamas and release these innocent hostages who are rotting. They dont have time. I hope next time im talking to you all. It is with addon and soggy and Omer And Keith here with us in May Itay and judy and gaudis memories be blessings. Thank you so much for being here today. We really appreciate it and im so sorry that its under these conditions thank you. For nearly 11 months. Some of those families were part of a group that called themselves The American eight american aid hostages after the death of hersh goldberg, polin now refer to themselves as The American seven. Well be right back can be affected by the bacteria in your gut . Try new align yogurt coded Probiotic Fruit bites with a delicious apple in blueberry flavored Fruit Center in yogurt coding. Each Byte Isnt Feud pleased with added probiotics to help promote a healthy Digestive System every day. 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There was very little in the way of science the proceeding is part of an effort to determine what cause Titans Catastrophic Implosion last year on june 18. And who, if anyone, was at fault and should be held accountable for the first time the Coast Guard revealed never before seen video of Titans Wreckage on the ocean floor. All five on board were killed, including ocean engage Ceo Stockton Rush know ive broken some rules to make this lochridge testified rush ignored safety concerns. He raised about the titan after inspecting it in 2018, did you have confidence in the way that the titan was being built at this time . No confidence whatsoever. And i was very Vocal Lochridge says he was fired in 2018 after relaying his Concerns Experts warned rush to get tightened, classed or certified from a safety organization, citing concerns with materials used to construct its whole. But titans, former director of engineering testified rush did not want to wait or bend on that. 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