Choking george floyd last may. Those witnesses were too young to be shown on camera. The fact that they were not too young to witness a murder live speaks volumes today. In a few minutes, well speak in depth about that as well as about what happens if what millions of americans saw on video and reacted to by taking to the streets is not what the jury sees. What happens if there is no conviction . Also, in light of what erin and ryan nobles just aired, well speak with the reporter who first broke the matt gaetz story, first, however, cnn omar jimenez. Reporter the story of may 25th, 2020 in minneapolis told today through the lens of eyewitnesses. I had already assessed that he had an altered level of consciousness, what i needed to know is whether or not he had a pulse anymore. Reporter Genevieve Hansen is an emt and was offduty on a walk when she ended up feet from george floyd. She saw him pinned under the knee of Derek Chauvin and wanted to help with at the very least, chest compressions. When you couldnt do that, how did that make you feel . Totally distressed. Were you frustrated . Yes. Donald williams was standing right next to her. I believe i witnessed a murder. Reporter after floyds seemingly unresponsive body was loaded into the ambulance that day, williams called police on the police he had just witnessed, in particular Derek Chauvin. That 911 audio was played in court. This guy that wasnt resisting arrest. Reporter williams didnt feel he could talk to the officers at the scene. Did you believe that they were involved . Yes, totally. Reporter but the most Contentious Exchange of the trial so far. Did you say that . Is that what you heard . Reporter was between williams and chauvins attorney during crossexamination when he questioned williams who he called chauvin that day. He called him a bum at least 13 times. Those terms grew more and more angry, would you agree with that . They grew more and more pleading for life. Reporter the defense emphasizing a point it made during Opening Statements that the perceived threat from a growing crowd caused chauvin to divert his attention. Away from floyds care. The next witnesses appeared by audio only since they were under 18 at the time of floyds death, including a 9yearold and her now 18yearold cousin, only identified as d. F. Shes the one who filmed the infamous Cell Phone Video seen around the world. I see a man on the ground, and i see a cop kneeling down on him. Reporter she was asked to identify Derek Chauvin in court. Are you able to tell the Ladies And Gentlemen of the jury who this man is . You can take your time. [crying] yes. Yes. Reporter she said she felt threatened by the police there including chauvin that day, a day she cant let go of. Even close to a year later. When i look at george floyd, i look at my dad. I look at my brothers. Theres been nights i stayed up apologizing and apologizing to george floyd for not doing more and not physically interacting. Reporter and chauvin. Its not what i should have done. Its what he should have done. Reporter omar jimenez joins us from minneapolis. Omar, todays testimony, as we heard again there certainly emotional, moving, but it was also at times this was noticeable, contentious, particularly when the defense team was involved. Based on your reporting, was that intentional and are we expecting to see more of the same tomorrow . Well, jim, for starter, we were hearing from people who physically were as close to what happened on may 25th, 2020 as you could possibly be. Many of them within feet of george floyd pinned under Derek Chauvins knee and some of them wishing they could have helped but not able to. When you translate that into testimony, you got what we saw unfold today particularly when the Defense Attorney for Derek Chauvin was involved. So much so to the point that the emt that testified, she was the last one that testified today at one point was scolded by the judge after the jurors were dismissed saying you cant argue with the Defense Attorney. It happened with donald williams, as well, during his portion. But what was clear from everyone who came to the stand today is being that close to what happened still sits with them many of them are at least some of them i should say coping with the question of what could i have done differently . We ended the day with the emt testimony that is where were going to pick things back up tomorrow as we get closer at least try to establish a record of what happened and why on may 25th, 2020 from those closest to the story. So many eyewitnesss. Of course, the video itself an eyewitness itself. Omar jimenez, thanks very much. Lets bring in our Law Enforcement and legal team now. Cnn federal analyst and former federal prosecutor laura coates, and cnn Law Enforcement analyst Charles Ramsey and former top cop in philly and d. C. And cnn legal analyst mark omeara. Laura, when an eyewitness says before a jury of 12 that he called 911 because, quote, i believe i witnessed a murder, how much does testimony like that help the prosecution and influence jurors in their decision . It helps tremendously. Particularly because its corroborating other testimony. It not just his own gut instinct. Its not just what he perceived but it also builds upon what other witnesses are testifying. It also builds upon what was actually viewed in the videotape which you actually speak about is really the star witness here. It builds on the 911 dispatcher. It builds off of, again, the firefighter who testified along with the four underaged teenagers who were speaking about this very issue and that cumulation of evidence, that cumulation of weight is extraordinarily credible when he saw no Human Connection with the officers on scene and called 911 to help. Mark, youve been on the other side in the courtroom on the defense, and i wonder picture if you could picture yourself there in the courtroom, how impactful in your view would the testimony be of a teenager who took that video talking exactly how upset she was by what she witnessed . These are powerful firsthand accounts. Its extraordinarily powerful for a jury. Let not forget, these are 12 people who are parents or children. They have people around them. They care about and when you listen to a teenager, you know a teenager who is in a similar situation not to have witnessed a killing but somebody that you want to empathize with and sympathize with. Thats very, very compelling and i think the defense team has to be extraordinary careful. You want to balance it. You want to be a zealous advocate but you have to take your shots right against an emt or witness who says i think i saw a killing or murder, you have to be very careful because your audience is those 12 people. And if youre losing those 12 people because of your attack, if you will, on one of the witnesses, you may never get that credibility back. I want to get to that point because it was contentious. Some seemingly sympathetic witnesses, before we do just for a moment chief ramsey, another Defense Argument here is this question of whether that group of bystanders, some of whom confronted the officers as it was happening posed a threat to those officers and distracted them. Thats what is being argued by the defense. Youve led Police Departments in philadelphia and in washington. Do you find that argument credible . I really dont. I mean, ive seen actual hostile crowds. I didnt consider that one to be. People were upset because what they were witnessing, but i didnt see them as a threat to the officers. You know, one piece of evidence that has yet to come out will at some point in time is the bodyworn camera footage, because that will pick up the conversation between the officers that took place on that day. And thats going to be very insightful in terms of how they felt, what they were doing, did they try to take a pulse, did any of them do that. All those kinds of questions i believe once that Body Worn Camera footage is reviewed. Laura, to the untrained eye, it seems the defense is contradicting itself to some degree by saying that chauvin may have been distracted by the crowd, but that his use of force was appropriate right in line with his training. I mean, can they have it both ways . Are those two things mutually exclusive . Well, if they were the prosecution they couldnt have it both ways. You have to have a consistent theme that applies to each of the elements of the crime. If youre a Defense Attorney, youre trying to cast aspersions on the credibility of witnesses. Youre trying to plant seeds of doubt and sprinkle these seeds in Different Directions hoping that one will be able to germinate in a way that will flourish that reasonable doubt for people. They will try these things. So far, they have not been if he effective because that overwhelming evidence, that video, not just 8 46, but now 9 29, and you have it corroborated by different people, as my colleague was speaking about, you can attack the credibility say of adults, but how about disinterested teenagers who are all saying the same things . Its very rare in the course of Human Existence that youll have people looking at the same thing and looking at the same Ink Blot Test and seeing the same picture. Here you have that thematic consistency. The defense has got to try whatever it can to try to disrupt that and this is the way theyre doing it to say how about this . How about this . So far, how about none of it . It struck us here as notable that some of those witnesses old enough to witness a killing but not old enough to testify in court with their faces showing. Its remarkable. Mark, i want to get back to that point you raised about the defense going after, in effect, some of the witnesses, particularly trying to undermine the testimony, for instance, of donald williams, but also being contentious with the offduty emt. Youve defended folks successfully in court as you watched that, more damaging than help to feel the defense in your view . Again, balance, what laura said is right. The defense team has the luxury of finding or creating reasonable doubt wherever they can but having said that they need to maintain their own consistency and credibility with the jury and this idea of Throwing Attacks as small as they may be against whatever witness comes up may backfire. Ill give you a great example. If they go in and try to say the crowd was at fault for chauvins actions, as you mentioned a moment ago, jim, that is very inconsistent. And now youre trying to blame everybody else rather than explain the behavior of shoefb i chauvin in a, quote, more positive way. They need to be very, very careful because if what happens is that the jury feels that the defense is just there to interfere to attack, to attack the credibility of an emt, of an mma, of somebody we call a disclosure witness, somebody without time for reflection calls the cops and the cops, if its constant attack then sort of like the boy who cries wolf it starts lessening the blade of what youre trying to get across. Great point you make there. They were struck in that moment that they were witnessing a murder taking place. They didnt think about it. I didnt come up days or weeks or hours later. Chief ramsey, the Defense Claims and this is central to their argument that the use of force Derek Chauvin used in that moment was necessary in line with his training. If that level of force was necessary, though, by the defensive standards, i wonder what would be considered unnecessary . Whats the limit then if thats true . Well, first of all, it not true. What he did is not consistent with any training anywhere that im aware of at all. An officer has the ability and right to use force to overcome resistance but only that force thats necessary in order to affect the arrest. It has to be necessary and proportional and also objectively reasonable. When you look at the video and you see george floyd not getting into the police car and theyre using force to get him in, thats one thing. Once they get him on the ground, hes handcuffed, he is prone on the ground, when the resistance stops, the force has to stop. Because force was justified at one moment in time, it doesnt mean a minute or two minutes or three minutes from now the same level of force or any force at all is still justified. Thats not proper thats not the training that he received. Well, listen, its good to draw on all of your experience. You have firsthand experience in the courtroom and Law Enforcement. Laura coates, Charles Ramsey, mark omeara, thanks very much to all of you. 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Given when the country has already seen of Derek Chauvins actions the day george floyd died with chauvins knee on his neck, its clear many have formed conclusions about the case. It is for this generation of americans what the Rodney King Beating video was a generation ago. And given how that ended after jurors acquitted in that case three officers and could not reach a verdict on the fourth, despite what millions saw, the potential parallels this time are easy to imagine. Here to talk about it, cnn political commentator and former South Carolina Democratic State lawmaker bakari sellers. Bakari, good to have you on tonight. Thank you so much. So i dont want to predict the outcome of this trial. None of us can. But there is historically and recently a troubling pattern of Police Officers in this country being acquitted or even not charged at all after killing African Americans in at least questionable sometimes alarming circumstances. There is a long way to go on this trial but look ahead and imagine what it would mean for this country if there was no legal consequence for this. I mean, i think the word that were looking for is justice, and many people watching this trial not just in the United States but around the world want full justice for george floyd and his family. I mean, we saw what we saw with our own eyes on that video. We saw a black man not get the benefit of his humanity so you have to ask questions that are just logical. Would a white man in this country be treated the same . Would that knee be on the back of his neck for more than nine minutes . Dogs dont even get treated like that. I dont know anyone i dont come in contact of anyone that would put their knee on a dog neck for 9 minutes. But Derek Chauvin thought it was appropriate to treat a black man named george floyd that way. Just some background to bring some context to this trial, think about the imagery that those two young black girls who testified today saw. When you think about 9 years old living with that image seared into your brain, or the young man who testified today talked about the fact that they wanted to make him a caricature of an angry black man, but he was so firm and articulate. Its just unfortunate a common occurrence within our community of not getting full justice. We dare not imagine what that feels like at the end of the day. You mentioned two young witnesses. For me that was one of the most moving parts of the trial today and just the fact that they were old enough to witness someones death but not old enough to have their faces shown in court and i want to play the sound of one of them, a 9yearold. We dont name her. Her face is not shown because of her age. What she saw and how she said it. Have a listen. I saw that officer put a knee on george floyd. I was sad and kind of mad. I mean, thats a childs testimony there. Your reaction to that and the impact of hearing that . I mean, it was a childs testimony, but it was so pure and it was so clear, and it spoke to the emotions of us all. I dont know if it going to move a juror. I dont know if its going to go to intent. I dont know if its going to be able to discern or be the weighted difference between a first or second or third degree but she was speaking to the core of who we are as americans. She was speaking beyond those things of life, Liberty And Pursuit Of Happiness but the not so tangible ideals of love and empathy and justice, things we have to begin to treat our fellow man with. This is a very difficult case, though, jim. It really, really is. Because its very difficult to convict individuals wearing badges of murder even when you see it and, you know, i think many of us are i dont want to say optimistic but very cautious day by day as we go through this trial because our emotions are going in so many Different Directions and, you know, i think there is a message to us all for young people of color in our communities, we have to wrap our arms around them because of the imagery they see every single day because they grow up in the era of george floyd or Breonna Taylor we have to lift them up to protech them and also let them know we care and love them and number two, we have to realize democracy is participatory and we have to do our civic duty to participating in juries so that we can be in rooms like this and be the ultimate arbitrators of justice. I was thinking that as i heard that sweet little voice describe what she saw in terms that clearly still affected her. All these many months later. I was sad and kind of mad she said. Now, its notable that the defense is not just trying to undermine witnesses. Thats what they do but theyre also trying to portray those in the crowd on that curve that day as angry, as threatening, as districting. I wonder what you make of that line of argument. Well, im a Criminal Defense lawyer, as well, jim. Not only am i a husband and father and cnn commentator but i also practice law every single day and do a lot of Criminal Defense. So in watching what hes attempting to do, i can tell you he didnt come to court with a bag full of resources. There aint a whole lot there. Hes throwing a lot of things at the wall trying to see what will stick. Hes attempting to make arguments that many of us, you know, hes not making this case for twitter as i say, but hes Making Arguments many of us may find to be ludicrous but focussing on one or two or three jurors who may give him a nod or give eye contact throughout or trying to speak to what the their conscience may be. Its a very uphill battle for both sides in this case. But again, the defense has one advantage on their side. In this country we rarely put the words murderer and cop together. And well see if that actually happens, because thats the only way we can get justice in this case. And the videos are a witness, too, right . Bakari sellers, so good to have you on. This is such an important conversation. Thanks so much. Ucoming up, Breaking News on Florida Republican Congressman Matt Gaetz. The New York Times reporting tonight hes facing a Justice Department inquiry over whether he had a sexual relationship with a 17yearold. What he is saying tonight about those allegations when 360 continues. Clrltz more now on our break news involving Florida Republican Congressman Matt Gaetz, a close ally of the former president , as well as a favorite among conservative activists. The New York Times is reporting that gaetz is being investigated by the Justice Department over whether he had a sexual relationship with a 17yearold girl and paid for her to travel with him. Gaetz told the News Site Axios tonight that the allegations against him are false. According to he also said quote, i was not a target but a subject of an investigation regarding Sexual Conduct with women. Gaetz fired off a series of tweets tonight claiming he was the subject of an elaborate extortion scheme. Joining me on the cone is New York Times reporter Katie Brenner who shares the byline on this story. So good to have you on tonight. What more do you know about the exact focus of the doj investigation . Thanks so much for having me on. What we know is that the Justice Department began investigating congressman gaetz last summer and stemmed into one of the congressmans friends investigated and charged excuse me, investigated and charged for a variety of crimes including trafficking you know, excuse me, trafficking of an underaged woman. So it seems that what the Justice Department is looking at is whether or not mr. Gaetz and having this relationship with a 17yearold girl violated federal statutes that include interstate you know, taking her over state lines and giving her something of value, quote unquote, which could be money or it could be Something Like a travel expense. Understood. Okay. The simple terms, have you confirmed whether or not congressman gaetz had a relationship with this young woman . We just know thats what investigators are looking into. Understood. We should note as you say, this began last summer when the Justice Department was led by bill barr. This evening congressman gaetz tweeted several times after your report was posted basically a statement. And i do want to read them here, quoting, over the past several weeks, my family and i have been victims of an organized criminal extortion involving a former doj official seeking 25 million while threatening to smear my name. We have been cooperating with federal authorities in this matter and my father has even been wearing a wire at the fbis direction to catch these criminals. The planted leak to the fbi was intended to thwart that investigation. No part of the allegations against me were true and the people pushing these lies are targets of the ongoing Extortion Investigation. I demand the doj release the tapes made at their direction which implicate their former colleague in crimes against me based on false allegations. I wonder how does that square with your reporting and what he told you as you were reporting out this story . That dovetails with our reporting. Keep in mind when this investigation was opened, it was opened under the Justice Department under william p. Barr who had last february told all prosecutors that if anyone is investigated who is a member of congress, Somebody Running for office, anybody high profile, that investigation had to be signed off on by their supervisors, the u. S. Attorney, the head of the criminal division, and then basically briefed to bill barr himself. So i think its really unlikely that bill barr would have investigated one of president trumps biggest allies as part of an eggs storgs plot. So, you know, separate from that, the idea of the extortion we do have some reporting that last week somebody had heard about this investigation and did use the information to try to get money out of congressman gaetz father. I dont think what congressman gaetz is saying about extortion actually undermines the idea that he himself is under investigation. Understood. Won followed the other. Important. Hold on here for a second. I want to bring in the chief Political Correspondent and dana bash. So dana, remarkable story here in the times, of course. Those tweets from congressman gaetz make a huge claim what he is subject to, but as katie was making the point, it seems that from her reporting, that Extortion Investigation followed the initial investigation of this improper relationship. What do you make of how hes responding to all of this . You know, hes coming out guns blazing but hes doing so because of the fact that somebody wanted this piece of information, the fact that this is an investigation thats been going on for at least several months considering the fact that katie was reporting that it started during not just the Trump Administration but while the Attorney General at the time was william barr who didnt make to it the end of the Trump Administration. Thats quite telling. And look, this looks like this is from the time reporting a very lengthy, very detailed investigation of this associate of his, but as katie was saying, it doesnt mean that and the fact that he knew about it suggests perhaps hes not the target of the investigation, but the fact that he sort of concedes that he is the subject of it means that he could be in trouble. But, again, i just want to emphasize the politics of the fact that gaetz is not just being investigated by a Justice Department of another administration of another party. It started during the administration of the person who he is closely linked with, the most closely linked with. And the reason why we even know his name, because he is kind of back bencher republican. And its been because he has been so far out there in defending the former president through thick and thin. Its a good point. And as you know better than me, these terms target subject of investigation, theyre often in imprecise, they can be, and can often change. As you know tonights drama comes on the heels of axios reporting earlier today the congressman gaetz is looking to leave congress for an onair job at newsmax, right wing Media Channel owned by a trump ally. I dont want to connect things that arent related but what do you read into that given the times story and tweets and connection . He has now since told the New York Times that he has no intention of leaving congress. So thats an update to katies story that shes breaking tonight about the whole investigation. But lets just say that this was something that the congressman was considering. It wouldnt be surprising, jim, you know that he is a fixture on conservative media. He really loves the spotlight, loves theatrics, no matter what. Just one example. He went on the floor of the house and put a gas mask on in a way to, you know, frankly mock the notion of wearing a mask to protect yourself from covid, and most recently he traveled hes from florida. He has no connection to the state of wyoming but he traveled to wyoming to hold a Press Conference to taunt a member of his own leadership liz cheney because she voted to impeach donald trump. And so that is the context in which we should remember to view this member of congress. He likes to be at the kind of the tip of the spear when it comes to republican politics and when it comes to trump republican politics. Deftly described. Dana bash as always. Bringing back katie benner who broke the story. One more question, when did the doj begin this investigation and do we know the timeline . Right . A likely conclusion. That often is not clear. I mean, we dont know when this investigation is going to end. We do know that it stems from an investigation that began into a different florida man named joel greenburg, a Local Florida Official who was indicted last summer on sex trafficking a child, financially supporting people in which change for sex one being underaged. That investigation mr. Greenburg has resigned. That investigation was on going and as part of that investigation, the fbi obtained information that somehow led them to the name matt gaetz. Were not sure. Its unclear the extent of any criminal exposure. But that is how mr. Gaetz relationship, possible relationship with a 17yearold came on the radar late last summer. So the investigation has been going on for about half a year. Understood. Okay. Katie benner, good reporting. Dana bash, thank you so much as well. Just ahead this hour, why vaccinations alone may not be enough to ward off a potential fourth surge in coronavirus infections. Well have the details when 360 returns. 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He is also author of the new book preventing the next pandemic Vaccine Diplomacy in a time of antiscience. Dr. Hotez, so good to have you on. I wonder as you look at the data, do you share the cdc directors concerns that another surge is coming . Yeah, absolutely. And, jim, the reason is because were seeing a pretty sharp increase. We were down as low around 50, 55,000 new confirmed cases a day, and now were heading back up to 70,000 new cases a day. It not happening evenly across the country, which is the pattern it always been. Its accelerating in the northeast. Its accelerating in michigan and the upper midwest. And there is some link of the highly contagious b. 1. 1. 7 variant which we know is more Transm Transmissible and is higher morbidity, mortality. And jim, the other piece to this is were starting to see a lot of young people get sick. Even though weve done a good job of vaccinating Older Americans over the age of 65, more than half have been vaccinated, were seeing a lot of young people go into the hospital and i think thats because of the b. 1. 1. 7 variant. Thats its modus operandi. So its a matter of hanging on and not doing reckless things until we can vaccinate the american people. You know, sadly, once again the politics are driving a lot of the reactions to this rather than the data. I mean, how much should governors take into account National Numbers when determining whether to ease their own restrictions . Because obviously, the 50 states do not exist in exactly the same conditions. I mean, can you make an argument there is no one size fits all when it comes to these kinds of restrictions, mandates, et cetera. Here is what the governors did, jim. They looked at the steep declines and on their own without really consulting the centers for Disease Control concluded were out of this. They saw the numbers declining. They saw the Positivity Rates down and said were done without really consulting with Public Health officials regarding the b. 1. 1. 7 variant and knowing how quickly it can accelerate and thats what worries me a lot and even though the numbers are have been down in places like texas and florida and georgia because we have a lot of b. 1. 1. 7 variant here, im starting to see the beginnings of a blip upward, and a lot of the governors and if you look at the map of where the governors have relaxed restrictions, you know, i dont like to be political, but its very gone along red blue lines at this point. Thats where im worried were going to see another big red state surge like we saw last summer into the summer and the fall. The data doesnt lie. Dr. Peter hotez, thanks so much. Thanks so much, jim. There is one enormous segment of the population we just talked about for which there currently is no available vaccine. Young children. This month however, pfizer and moderna began testing their vaccines in children under the age of 12. 360 gary tuchman got a unique look at one of those trials. He met a Brother And Sister taking part in the moderna trial. They couldnt be happier or braver. Reporter this little boy and girl are about to make history. 6yearold arlo swenson and his 9yearold Sister Phoebe are getting Covid Vaccines. Quick. All done. That was it. Reporter phoebe becoming the first child to get the shot in the moderna childrens covid19 trial at this Phoenix Clinical Research facility, and one of the first in the u. S. And canada. The day began about 90 minutes earlier. Arlo and Phoebe Walking into the facility with their parents. A big brother on the left who is too old for this trial and a baby brother who is too young. The trial is for infants 6 months old through and until children 11 years old but the initial stage begins with children at least 6 years old. Parents ashton and Stephon Take A seat and sign consent forms im going to have you write your name. Reporter and children who are 7 or above also have to sign. Prevaccine medical procedures then begin. Blood pressure. And ear check. Good. We see Little People in here. Reporter and then a required covid test. Pull your mask down for me and look up to the ceiling. Thank you. Perfect. Reporter the children are brave throughout. Keep your arms straight. Reporter even with the blood test. Its then almost time for the Covid Vaccine and we take some time to talk to the proud parents. Was it a hard decision to allow your children to be in this trial . No, not a hard decision at all for me. We believe in the science of vaccine, and we were committed about the opportunity to be a part of it. Reporter among this first group of participants, a lesser dose is given than the dose adults receive. Jason wallace is the Clinical Research site manager for the phoenix Medpharmix Facility and says this regarding placebos. For the first 750 patients nationwide, its open label meaning all the children in the first arms for that 750 are guaranteed to get the actual vaccine. Reporter placebo will be used later on in the trial. There you go. Reporter the youngest children will start getting scheduled soon. 3yearold and 2yearold charlotte will be two of those participants. Their parents are rachel and garrett guthry. We knew this is something we want to participate in. The opportunity for them to be vaccinated at such an early stage, we jumped at the opportunity honestly. Reporter holly and charlotte are scheduled to be vaccinated within a few weeks. These small children unbeknownst to them will soon be leaders in the effort to help humanity, which brings us back to phoebes brother arlo. The 6yearold is getting his Covid Vaccine. Ready . Yeah. Youre going to do great. And go. Good job. See, not too bad, was it . Reporter both children will come back in four weeks. Their health will continue to be monitored. Youre done getting your shot now, right . Yeah. Reporter how did it feel . It felt good. Reporter was it easy . Kind of. Reporter do you know youre a hero . No. Reporter you are. Youre a medical hero. It says it on your sticker. I know what ten times ten is. Reporter what is ten times ten . 100. Reporter youre right. Youre not only a hero, youre smart, right . Yeah. Too cute. Coming up next. Very disturbing video of yet another assault on an Asian American woman. It is difficult to watch. This time it took place in New York City. Theres a clip. Well have more details when we come back. New projects means new project managers. You need to hire. I need indeed. Indeed you do. The moment you sponsor a job on indeed you get a short list of quality candidates from our resume database. Claim your Seventy Five Dollar credit, when you post your first job at indeed. 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Stand by for this, its alarming. 360s randi kaye has the details. We should warn you that some of the images are truly disturbing. Reporter this woman was walking on a New York City street when she was approached by a man who suddenly kicks her in the stomach. She falls to the ground but the assault isnt over. Watch as she is kicked in the head not once, not twice, but three times before the attacker walks away. The victim is a 65yearold asianamerican woman, attacked because of the way she looks according to police. They are calling it a hate crime assault. Just trying to make sense of it, pat, and you cant. I dont know who attacks a 65yearold woman and leaves her on the street like that. The attacker allegedly made antiasian statements saying you dont belong here to the victim. She was taken to the hospital with a serious injury. Though she is in stable condition. In an effort to identify the individual wanted in connection with the Incident Police released images of this man seen walking away from the scene of the attack. In the video which was taken from inside an Apartment Building at least three people are seen in the lobby. None of them helped the victim. One even goes to close the door after the attacker walked away. The broadsky organization which owns the building says it condemn this is just the discrimination and suspended the employees who witnessed the attack. Latest example of the disturbing and disgusting rise of violence against asianamericans over the past year. Katie ho was attacked after participating in A Black And Asian Solidarity March in New York City earlier this month. Police say a man approached her and took away the sign she was holding. She says he then punched her in the face, twice. I said what are you doing . And he just approached me and attacked me. Reporter one report says hate crimes against asianamericans have spiked nearly 150 in americas largest cities in the last year. But even as these attacks continue some asianamericans are fighting back. This 75yearold grandmother in San Francisco was punched in the face by an assailant who was later carried away from the scene in a stretcher after she grabbed a wooden stick and fought back against him. More than 900,000 in donations poured in from all over the country to help pay for her medical bills but she says she will donate the funds back to the Aapi Community in order to continue the fight against racism. Randi kaye, cnn, palm beach county, florida. She sure fought back. Well be right back. Pretty taxing. I was diagnosed with depression and anxiety. And, uh, i found cerebral. Cerebral is an app that combines Medication Management and behavioral care all in one nice package. I signed up, i got the video call, i got the pills shipped to me. 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