county. reaction is coming in from some of the key players, including south carolina senator lindsey graham. this shocking video released in the case of a police officer who shot and killed a 27-year-old man during a traffic stop. that officer has been fired and faces multiple charges, including murder. we'll walk you through that video and the difference from what we see from the rinl natural story police told -- original story police told. and when crews may begin to stave an american stranded in a cave 3,000 feet underground. we are following these stories and many more all coming in right here to cnn news central. recommended but not charged. new details revealing on the sprawling georgia investigation into allegations of 2020 election interference by donald trump and allies. a report released just a short time ago shows that the special grand jury recommended charges for some of the former president's closest associates. but ultimately, they were not charged, including south carolina senator lindsey graham and kelly lefler. graham was scrutinized for a phone call he made to georgia secretary of state brad raffensperger after the 2020 election, a call before trump's call in early january of 2021. the special grand jury also recommended charges for a pro trump attorney and adviser boris epstein. and his former national security adviser michael flynn. all of them managed to dodge indictments from the district attorney. in all, the special grand jury recommended charges against 39 people, but district attorney fani willis charged only 18 of them. we should note there was one defendant, mike roweman, who was indicted but not in the report. let's go to capitol hill now with reaction from senator graham. melanie, what are you hearing about this? >> reporter: that's right. we did hear from senator lindsey graham for the first time since this news broke today. he is defending his actions. he said he was doing his due diligence as chairman of the senate committee, and he noted that he ultimately voted to certify the election results, including in georgia. but as a reminder, there are conflicting accounts about what occurred on a phone call between lindsey graham and georgia secretary of state brad raffensperger. raffensperger said that graham pressured him to toss out legal mail-in ballots and it made him uncomfortable. but graham told our manu raju in 2020 that he was just calling to inquire about the mail-in voting process, about the signature verification system, and he also said that he wasn't even talking about the 2020 presidential election, that he was talking about a critical pair of senate run-off races in georgia that occurred in january of 2021. but let's take a listen to what he told reporters in south carolina earlier today. >> this is troubling for the country. we can't criminalize senators doing their job when they have a constitutional requirement to fulfill. it would be irresponsible for me, in my opinion, as chairman of the committee, not to try to find out what happened. >> reporter: so, again, you heard graham right over there denying any wrong doing in this case. but it is a good reminder of how involved trump's allies, including members of congress, were involved in this effort to try to overturn the 2020 election. boris? >> melanie, thank you so much. now to paula reed, evan perez and norm eisen. norm, big picture here. 39 folks recommended to be indicted by this special grand jury. the d.a. ends with 19, fewer than half. does that show prosecutorial restraint, is that the right word, or that she's trying to build her strongest case against the strongest defendants? >> when you have jack smith with one defendant and fani willis with 19, it's tough to use the word "prosecutorial restraint." i would say it does show prosecutorial discipline. somebody who has practiced criminal law for over 30 years, prosecutors don't always indict everyone that a grand jury may feel evidence exists as to. they have to ask themselves multiple questions, like which of these almost 40 are the strongest cases? if i charge lindsey graham, will i get massive legal objections based on the constitution for a sitting senator? if i charge another name that's got a lot of attention, cleata mitchell, one of the alleged organizers of this conspiracy, but was her conduct more aggressive lawyering, or did it cross that line into criminality? was she active on that infamous january 2nd brad raffensperger call? she didn't talk very much. so those kind of considerations, sound prosecutorial discipline. one last thing, lindsey graham complained, we just heard the sound that this was a criminalization of his duties, but it's just the opposite, jim. because fani willis said no, i'm not going to charge lindsey graham. so i think it speaks to her prudence. >> paula, let's take a step back. the release of this report is something that is extremely rare, and it gives us a unique insight into how special grand jury members interpret evidence. >> that's right. what makes this grand jury special is that they hear the evidence, they heard from dozens of witnesses over seven months. and then they make recommendations to the district attorney. those are not binding on the district attorney, but it is extraordinary to be able to see this kind of information, because now we know one of the data points that she was using when she made her decision to go ahead and move forward with indictments. so it's extraordinary to have this kind of access. cnn was one of the organizations that pushed to make this public, as we know, there were no objections among the jurors to releasing this, and the judge said look, now that the indictment is out, i'm willing to release this. some people may argue that there is a reason for the grand jury process being secret to protect people recommended for charges but not charged, and just to protect the process as a whole. >> georgia has these transparency laws, which we saw with the release of the names of the jurors themselves. that's the law there. whether it has to be adapted to our times is a question. the exact votes, how many jurors voted to indict and not indict. what did we learn from that? >> one of the things that is interesting is we see consistently one no vote on many of the names that we know were in the end charged, right? we don't know whether it's the same member of the grand jury, the same juror that is objecting to pretty much all of them, or, you know, whether that is -- whether we had a mix and match of a certain number of jurors who were unsure about particular people. certainly cleata mitchell on people like lindsey graham, you know, you see big differences. there were 13 yes votes on lindsey graham, seven votes no votes on lindsey graham. mitchell, along with a lot of the other ones that ended up being charged, rudy giuliani, john eastman, 20 yes votes and one no vote. it's interesting also, read thing list, going through -- i focus on cleta mitchell, because she early on signed on to the former president's efforts to try to overturn the election. there was also boris epstein instrumental in trying to design the fake elector scheme. and mike flynn, who did not get charged. he was one of the ones who suggested using the military to try to go seize voting machines. these are all people who ended up not getting charged. i should note we did hear from mike flynn's lawyer. he said that this is -- he called this a witch hunt, political witch hunt, of course. boris epstein declined to comment except he wants to be called a lawyer for the former president, not just an adviser. >> on the question of boris epstein, he wasn't indicted her or in a federal case either. does that tell you anything when 20 jurors vote to recommend an indictment, one votes against, and yet nothing? >> this was not a close call in terms of the vote. >> well, it tells us that the criminal justice system is not a matter of exact calculations. that in the end of the day, there are very fine prosecutorial judgments that are made. now, "the new york times" reported that one of the unindicted co-conspirators in the jack smith case may, it's not definitive, it may be boris epstein. so we'll see if there is any further developments there or not. but i was very struck, evan and i both, they're like scorecards. so we both marked them. it takes 12 -- a majority of the special grand jury to indict. and lindsey graham got 13 yes votes, just one more than was necessary. and one of the closer tallies here. so, you know, those -- i think it's the genius of -- part of the genius of the american criminal justice system. it is not all up to prosecutors and judges. it's up to ordinary people, the average americans who sit there and make these judgments, as well. >> just as the jury trial will be. >> the ultimate test. >> that will be the issue, right? when you get there. norm eisen, evan, paula, thanks as always. still ahead, a police officer in philadelphia turns himself to face charges for killing a man during a traffic stop. how prosecutors and the officer's defense team are reacting to just disturbing, shocking new video released today. plus, s.a.t. and a.c.t., use of college entrance exam in florida is drawing controversy, next on cnn news central. liberty mutual customized my car insurance and i saved hundreds. with the money i saved, i started a dog walking business. oh. 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>> you know, the numbers you will see them rise and fall. if this isn't successful, i may keep the same number, depending on what the information is. we had as many as we needed for the various operations that we had going on. it doesn't do us any good to bring all of those resources and pool them from other places. they have policing functions elsewhere when they're not here. so there's a balance there. >> reporter: so that's the explanation right there. but make no mistake, there is a show of force today, the largest number of law enforcement agents on the ground, searching for danelo cavalcante on day nine of this manhunt. back to you. >> still a lot of work to do. danny freeman, thanks so much. his job was to protect lives. but now this philadelphia police officer is being accused of murder. today, officer mark dial surrendered to authorities for the shooting death of 27-year-old eddie irizarry last month. dial turned himself in just hours before the philadelphia district attorney released the chilling raw footage of dial's body camera, showing that irizarry's life ended roughly five seconds after dial exited his police car. the video also contradicts what police initially said about the killing. the d.a. said the footage and other evidence also show the charges of murder, aggravated assault, and more are warranted. listen. >> confirmed by a judge in the curt of common pleas, who signed off on these charges, support all the charges we have brought, including a charge of first degree murder. that jury instruction supports it, the law supports it. and frankly, in my opinion, it's not even really a discussion. >> cnn's reporter is here to walk us through the video released by the d.a. brynn, these images are difficult to look at, but irizarry's family wanted transparency. they wanted this to be out in the public. >> reporter: yeah, that's right, boris. they said they wanted full videos, both officer's body camera footage, not edited, not blurred, released to the public, and that's what the d.a. did today, after filing these charges against one of the police officers, the second police officer is not facing charges. it's important to note that. let me walk you through some of that video. this happened in mid august. eddie irizarry, he was pulled of by police, and you can see from the video in plain sight that it's within seconds, like you just said, boris, that the officers get out of their patrol car and shots were fired five seconds after they exited the video. now, there is a little bit of a lag in the audio of that body camera footage, so it's difficult to understand how many warnings were given to irizarry before those shots were fired. though you do hear on one of the police body cameras from one of those officers. it's unclear which one. but again, a big point that is so important to the story is that initially, when philadelphia police announced this incident, they said irizarry was outside his vehicle and shot after not listening to commands from police. well, it's very obvious now from this body camera footage that he was not outside his vehicle. he was inside, and he was shot and killed. his defense attorney, i want to mention, also saying that -- i'm sorry, the defense attorney for mark dial saying that he believes these charges now against this police officer, who has been fired from philadelphia police, well, they're not warranted. he called them appalling and said that they're going to tight them. we want you to watch some of that video now. show your hands! i'll [ bleep ] shoot you. [ gunfire ] >> 413, shots fired, shots fired. [ indiscernible ] >> reporter: so, again, that's a short section of the video i described to you. it's important to note that, again, an officer did give a washing about a knife. there were knives found inside the car, but all of that, of course, will play out in this trial. right now, that officer is being held on $500,000 bail, and he will be back in court later this month. >> thank you so much. with us now areva martin, civil rights attorney. good to have you. when you look at that tape, which is difficult to watch, how quickly those shots were fired, does this have the makings of a first degree murder charge in your view? >> i think absolutely, jim. you look at the video, there is no evidence that these officers had any justification for firing their weapons. they gave the command, but they never gave irizarry any opportunity to respond to the commands that were given to him. his window was up during the entire incident. you see him in his consider. even though there were knives found after the fact, there's no evidence that he raised his hand or pointed the knife at them, that he did anything that was a threatening gesture to these police officers that would justify the shooting of him in the five seconds in which they fired their weapons. and then you look at the conduct afterwards, jim. really appalling. talk about appalling. his attorney used that word, but their conduct was appalling even after the shooting. >> are you talking about the story they told? because a key discrepancy is that police said initially he was outside the vehicle. of course, he was not, as the video shows. >> absolutely, jim. that fabricated story to justify the shooting of eddie irizarry. police told the public that he was outside of his car. there's even one report that he was outside the car with a knife, and that somehow justified the shooting. then we get the body cam video, and it directly contradicts the story of a police officer. he's in his car, window is rolled up, he's not making a threatening action or movement towards the police officers. and then, there is also -- when you look at the entire body cam video, jim, you can hear conversations between the officers. one officer, the officer that has not been charged, making it clear that he wasn't the shooter, that he was getting his story together. the other officer that is involved in the shooting, telling people to stop talking because the mic is hot. so a lot of this is disturbing. >> you and i have talked a number of times about police-involved shootings. often under circumstances like this, where it seems like, i hate to use the expression, jump the gun, but that's not to disparage the good police work of most police officers. here you have an officer charged, quite quickly, with murder. are we seeing the legal system catch up to some degree? in other words, it's more likely to charge and hold officers in cases like this to account leg legally? >> i think, jim, we are. but we have to give a lot of credit to the activists. initially, the philadelphia police department, they weren't going to release the body cam video. they had not released it. the shooting took place on august 15th. here we are, september 7th, september 8th. so it's not as if the police responded or the district attorney responded without the activism of people on the ground. so i think public pressure definitely does have an impact, and is moving police departments and district attorney offices to move more quickly on these cases. >> and body cam footage, as well. particularly when it contradicts police system. thanks so much. >> thanks, jim. >> boris? still ahead, the governing body for florida's education system set to allow college applicants to submit results from an entrance exam popular among conservative groups and christian schools, but it is controversial. >> what gets tested ends up getting taught. if you change this one thing in american education, you can change all of education with it. >> the president of the florida education association is here with us on cnn news central to react to the news. we're moments away from coming back. stay with us. starting at just $. ththe exam alone is worth at least 59 bucks. i can see from your expression that youou find that shocking. and you're actually speechless. ...aaaaaaaaand, you don't have ears. two pairs and a free exam for just $79.95. book an exam today at americasbest.com. it's true, though - you won't overpay for glasses if you shop at america's best. it could be a sign that your digestive system isn't at its best. metamucil gummies make it easy to get the fiber you need. promoting your digestive health for a better you. metamucil gummies. the easy way to get your daily fiber. - [female narrator] they line up by the thousands. each one with a story that breaks your heart. like ravette... every step, brought her pain. their only hope: mercy ships. the largest floating civilian hospital in the world. bringing free surgeries to people who have no other hope. $19 a month will help provide urgently needed surgery for so many still suffering. so don't wait, call the number on your screen. or donate at mercyships.org. what do we always say, son? 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>> i actually don't have a lot of experience with the clt, but what i do is i talk to professors we have all over the state of florida. we represent professors at all the universities, all the public universities in the state of florida, and we're hearing from them that they are not happy with what's going on at the university level in florida, and you know, florida has some of the best universities. yet, our professors are talking about leaving there in droves right now because of decisions being made in florida like this move to allow for an entrance exam that does not appear to really adequately predict how well students will do at the collegiate level. >> so if it is totally optional, what is the harm of having this option for certain students, if ultimately universities get to decide who gets entrance into their institution? >> well, look, we continue to see here in florida that the board of governors, under the direct leadership of the governor in florida, is really dictating how universities will handle all kinds of decisions, including students entering the university. so right now, they're saying we're going to add it as a tool but down the road, are they going to say, this is the end all and be all? keep in mind, the governor in florida has publicly stated he wants to do away with the s.a.t. and a.c.t. and while i'm not saying those are perfect exams, those exams certainly seem to have a correlation with how successful students will be in college. >> so andrew, i did want to ask you while we have you about something that happened in miami-dade this week. the school board there decided to no longer recognize october as lbgtq history month. how have your members responded to that move? >> well, i continue the hear from our members in our k-12 level all over the state of florida. they are frustrated with the fact that they can't connect to kids the way they know they need to. kids need to be able to be themselves. they need to be safe and secure in their schools, knowing that they can be who they are. when you see a district as harm as miami-dade say they're not going to have a month in which they lift up those who have been part of the lbgtq plus community and contributed to our society, it sends a negative message to our students and a negative message to our teachers and staff who are part of the lbgtq plus community. this is a travesty on part of the school board. >> andrew, thank you for your time. >> thanks for having me, boris. >> jim? 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>> yes, jim, it certainly was a relief to see mark upright and talking. as, you know, our concern is whether or not he will be able to, you know, walk out at all. of course, he will have to be carried over multiple drops in this cave. >> and that is still your sense, even to see him standing there, i know it's hard work to climb some 3600 feet, given the depth and all the features down there. he will need to be carried out, is that your understanding? >> yes, sir. even though mark's upright, he still has, you know, the gastrointestinal bleeding. therefore, we will have to be careful about him exerting himself. he will be able to walk between the different drops. but there's 70 drops where they will have to put him in a basket and do a haul system and raise him up those 70 drops. >> wow. 70 drops. how many people are we talking about who need to be involved? >> so there's seven teams that are currently in the cave that have divided the cave up to work on these different drops. my understanding is there is over 100 persons in the cave now with more coming. >> as you look at this happening, and i know you're of course a caver yourself, are some caves like this just too dangerous to explore? >> not that they're too dangerous. all caves are cold, wet, and dark. the caves in the eastern region here in the united states average about 58 degrees. the humidity is 100%. that's waterfalls in the caves, there's streams in the caves. and then they're all dark. so those three things you have to prepare for, with special clothing, and then with special lights. currently, we're all using l.e.d. lighting. the cave that mark is currently in is 49 degrees. if you look at the video, you'll see steam coming out of his mouth. it is very, very cold. of course, the 70 drops, a person in good health, they're saying it will take at least a day to travel from below where he is to the entrance. so figure multiple days to raise him those 70 drops. >> goodness. and a lot of work. tony smith, we certainly wish him the best of luck and we wish you and the teams involved good luck. thank you for joining us today. >> thank you. >> boris? football is back, and so is concern about the safety of the game. has enough changed to keep players safe this season? 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>> this news just came if and we are a step closer to the supreme court taking up the next battle over abortion rights in america, ininvolving medication abortion, women's access to the pill known as mifepristone that a majority of women use in america to end their pregnancies. today, the drug manufacturer danko, appealed to the supreme court. a ruling that the u.s. court of appeals for the 5th circuit issued a couple of weeks ago that would limit, if it were to take effect, it would limit women's access to this key drug that is used to end pregnancies. the department of justice is also expected to file soon, and the reason today's step is important is because the drug manufacturer and the department of justice are trying to make sure that a ruling that would limit the availability of the drug and women's access to the drug in terms of when they could get it and who could prescribe it, they want to make sure that the supreme court takes a look at that decision , and what the are hoping for is to have that decision in the filing today it would tee this case up for supreme court review and in its upcoming term in october. and jim, you know, this is the next big battle after the supreme court in june of 2022 eliminated all constitutional rights to abortion and put it back on the states. and that is why access to medication abortion is even more critical now. >> and as you know, medication abortion is how most abortions take place if this country today. the start with a judge in texas who issued quite a broad ruling against its use. the fifth circuit somewhat less broader ruling but there is a lot here because it goes to the fda's broader powers to approve drugs such as this? >> that is exactly right. jim and in terms of those restrictions, it would make a difference of whether women were able to access a drug at 10 weeks as they now can, or only at 7 weeks and whether they would be able to get only a physician to be able to dispense the drug or other medical people able to provide the drug and whether it could be obtained by mail also or in person. but the larger question does go to the authority of the food and drug administration since the year 2000 has found this drug to be safe and effective and in 2016 and 2021, enhanced the availability of the drug and it is those two steps that are especially at issue here with this fifth circuit ruling an the reason the department of justice is expected to come in pretty strongly here is because it goes to not only the fda approval of mifepristone but for all drugs and its ability to use its own expertise to ascertain the effectiveness and safety, jim. >> remarkable. joan, thank you very much. you could tfeel it in the ar and football is back and we already have the new shocker. the detroit lions beating the reign kansas city chiefs. coy wire sat down with andy reid for a new report on cnn's the whole story. it is called "hard hits, can football be safe." here is a preview. >> what do you think it is about the game that fans just love this sport? >> encompasses what we all go through. there are challenges in life. there is challenges on the football field. there is a camaraderie and excitement. you get to see the different races and religions brought together and that is celebrated. >> and make no mistake about it. football is a way of life for many americans. from pee wee leagues, and flag football, to high school football friday night lights and colleges and universities all across this country, people are obsessed with football. >> coy wire joins us now. coy, you played nine seasons in the nfl. you finally hung up the cleats in 2010. you took some hard hits. do you think football has gotten sa safer since then? >> first of all, i can't get over the dah dah dah -- >> it is been in my head for days. >> football is back, baby. the game has changed so much. i'm just blown away by our reporting in this and digging into it. there has been 50 rule changes and there are protocols now in changes that are in place and that saved damar hamlin before the world watching. and they actually mid game -- mid-season changed the concussion protocol after the miami dolphins tua tagovailoa had a scary concussion. so they are vigilant about making sure this game is as safe as it could be. i think the biggest thing that we're seeing, the difference today is this culure shift, this mindset in regard to player health and safety. we had a game canceled mid game for the first time with the buffalo bills and cincinnati game and this pre-season game was one of them, two games called off due to an injury because the players health and wellness and well being was more important than any outcome of a game. >> coy wire, thank you so much. we look forward to watching that report. be sure to tune in before we go, coy, we do have time for a follow up question. let me ask you what you found in your investigation regarding parents that might be hesitant about kids playing. you're a young dad. if your kid grows up, would you let them play. >> i believe my 2-year-old is going to be a beast of a linebacker. but this is a brutal game and this is not chess. no offense lebron james, this is not basketball. this is a tough sport and it is not for everyone. but it is safer now than its ever been. and i went to bio core and turned me into a video game and shows me how think collecting data to further the progression of the safety in regards to football. and there is a trickle down effect, it is effecting collegiate and youth football as well. >> you should tune in an all new episode. it airs sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern and pacific only on cnn. >> time to meet this week's cnn hero. nearly 1.5 million children in the u.s. have a parent who is in incarcerated. jasmine knows firsthand what their going there and dedicated to making college for accessible for students like herself. >> what we're ultimately doing is ensuring that young people who have incarcerated parents are overcoming systemic barriers and also changing the trajectory of not only their lives, but their family's lives and breaking the stereotypes and the stigma around having an incarcerated parent. >> get ready for graduation? 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