>> yeah, i was just going to call you and have you come out to our scene here. not really, but we just had to hold the guy down. he was going crazy. wouldn't go in the back of the squad. >> okay. well, that supervisor took the stand on thursday and explained the correct use of force. >> do you have an opinion as to when the restraint of mr. floyd should have ended in this encounter? >> yes. >> when is it? >> when mr. floyd was no longer offering up any resistance to the officers, they could have ended their restraint. >> and that was after he was handcuffed and on the ground and no longer resisting? >> correct. >> also developing this morning, truly stunning details in the scandal surrounding florida republican congressman matt gaetz. federal investigators said to be looking into whether gaetz used campaign funds to pay for travel and expenses for young women he was allegedly involved with. and sources tell cnn gaetz was bragging about his sexual exploits with fellow lawmakers, showing them nude pictures of women he claimed to have slept with on the floor of the house of representatives. but we begin with josh campbell at the courthouse in minneapolis. josh? >> good morning to you. yesterday, another day of testimony. prosecutors interviewed a senior officer who was in charge of use of force investigations. he was there on the scene after the death of george floyd. and he dealt a serious blow to the defense. what the prosecutors tried to ask this senior officer was his view on the technique that derek chauvin had used against george floyd. this restraint. the defense objected. they tried to stop that line of questioning. at one point, the judge dismissed the jury so they could hash that out. the judge ultimately allowing for very limited questioning. the prosecutor ultimately asked this senior officer about that neck restraint. the senior officer said that the use of force against george floyd should have stopped when he was under control. again, a serious blow there to the defense. we also heard yesterday some emotional testimony from the former girlfriend of george floyd. courteney ross. and it really served two purposes. she provided the human side of george floyd. talking about him as someone who loved his children. talking about his future. his hopes, his dreams and the like. she also talked about a very personal topic for them and that was floyd's past drug use. that brought up by prosecutors. take a listen to what she said. >> we both suffered from chronic pain. addiction in my opinion is a life-long struggle. so it's something that we dealt with every day. >> going forward to may of 2020, was there a time when you thought he might be using again? >> yes. >> now people might wonder why the prosecutors would bring up george floyd's past drug use. the question here the defense attorneys have been trying to raise is whether george floyd died on the scene from that officer's actions or whether there was some type of pre-existing condition. maybe he was under the influence of some type of drug. the prosecutors took that issue head-on in this exchange with the girlfriend. the ultimate result was the prosecutor essentially saying that, look, yes, george floyd may have used drugs in the past, but he never died from it. and it was, in fact, that incident in may of last year when he found himself on the pavement, under the knee of former officer derek chauvin that ultimately resulted in his death and not drug use. so very gripping, emotional testimony there yesterday. the trial continues today and, of course, we'll continue to follow it. we'll continue to bring you the very latest. alisyn? >> thank you, josh. i could have listened to that woman, courteney, all day. she gave us a window into what her and george floyd's life were like. thank you. joining us, joey jackson, a criminal defense attorney. also law enforcement analyst charles ramsey. the former philadelphia police commissioner and former washington, d.c., police chief. gentlemen, great to have you. let's start there, joey. as i said, courteney, george floyd's girlfriend, gave us a window into what he was like as a person. how much fun they had going out to dinner. he loved food. she loved food. i mean, it was -- we use the word humanizing, but you really got a picture of what he was like. and she spoke plainly about their substance abuse. do you think that that ultimately hurts the case against derek chauvin or helps? >> good morning to you. what you have to do as a prosecutor is acknowledge every aspect of your case. it's not about hiding the ball. it's about being transparent and explaining. are you not going to put his girlfriend on and then you're going to have the defense bring her up and savage her? i think the prosecution did a very good job, not only as to that humanizing but also explaining why he was on the use of drugs. she talked about the issue of him having an injury. she talked about as a result of that injury, he developed a dependency upon opyoids. isn't that something the universe can connect with? there are three pillars to this case. the one pillar of the case has to do with the cause of death. the second pillar with the use of force and its propriety. the third pillar with demonizing george floyd. let's start with the bottom. you want to demonize him? this is not some druggy out there just popping pills because he had nothing better to do. he developed a dependency, and it happens to people. we could relate to that happening. you look at the cause of death, the prosecution establishing, yes, he used drugs. if you look at how he appeared in the cup foods, he appeared pretty well. milling about. speaking and everything else. he was dancing a little bit. he seemed to be pretty normal. if you'll argue that he would have been dead, what, 10, 20, an hour later, right, then certainly he would have seemed a little worse there. but, you know what? not so much. when you get to the use of force issue, listen, i just think the officer, i'm sure charles ramsey will address this. having an officer say that he should have -- it should have stopped when he was under control, it's over right there. i thought the girlfriend was a compelling witness and thoughtful witness and got out there what needed to be gotten out, which is the drug use. >> chief ramsey, let's get to that. we hear about the blue wall of silence. we see very often officers rallying around each other. it's a tough job, sometimes thankless. in this case, to date, we've not seen any members of law enforcement, emts defending derek chauvin's actions. how unsuusual is that? how significant is that? >> it is significant, but his actions were so far away from anything that even remotely resembled training or policy that no one is going to stand up and say that that's okay. i mean, i do a lot of work with police departments across the country on, you know, reform issues and so forth. and one of the areas we always look at is use of force policy, training and so forth. i have never seen, and i would argue there's no department in this country that allows for the use of force once a person is already submitted and resistance has ceased. that's why we call it excessive force. it's that force that's beyond what's necessary to effect an arrest. that's what you see here. george floyd, for at least four or five minutes, there was just no motion. there was no need to continue the pressure. no need to do any of that. and that's the problem that the defense is going to have. how do you justify that? >> commissioner, one more question to you. when you were police chief if one of your officers had called you in this after incident phone call, after something bad had happened on the scene, and omitted the detail that he had kept a knee on the neck of the suspect for 9 minutes and 29 seconds, what would that tell you about that officer? >> well, obviously, he's trying to cover himself right now, but even more importantly, and the knee aspect is certainly critical in this case, but the fact that the body was limp when the paramedics arrived. we heard testimony yesterday. they couldn't get a pulse. i'm sure that was probably whispered or said at some point in time. he knew this guy had been seriously injured if not dead. and so to not mention that, the gravity of the situation, that is important. that is critically important. and i would expect to get that kind of information. >> so joey, we've heard derek chauvin on body cam on the radio frequency explaining basically his actions in close to realtime. he's trying to paint a picture of george floyd as out of control, scary. and yet the videos we've seen don't bear that out. george floyd was afraid. he was anxious. >> yeah, so any defense you have has to be consistent with the facts. you can give an indication about this whole drug use. just address something very important we have to talk about is the issue of what the drug use means, how it impairs or affects behavior and how we saw that behavior play out. you can argue that all you want that, you know, he was on drugs and he exchanged drugs with someone else and he took new pills a couple of weeks before he died and stopped taking them. what we have to understand is that legally, the knee on the neck has to be a substantial cause of death. not the only cause. there could be a number of other causes as long as that was the cause. it becomes problematic for you as a defense. turning to the issue of any behavioral issues, as it relates to drugs. if you look at that tape, he was, yes, very emotional. but can you say that he was fighting with the officers? that he was combative to the officers? that he was attacking the officers? kneeing them, kicking them, doing anything else? so it's very troubling. and final point, the defense is going after two things. the issue of the crowd distraction. he was so distracted by the crowd. the body cams give an indication there was no concern amongst the police about the crowd at all. they were talking about get on the sidewalk. that's about all they said. get on the sidewalk. please remove yourself. second point, in the event the paramedics came to the scene and they immediately, what's called a load and go, took george floyd and got him out of there, they were concerned about the crowd they testified. hey, officer if you were so concerned, why didn't you get him out of there instead of remaining with your knee on the neck. final point. you talk about this issue of they're going after. he was on drugs. if he regained consciousness he could become violent and bellig rent. that's a stretch. he's motionless for minutes. isn't there a point in time where that exceeds reason? that's where we're at. i just think it's a very difficult and uphill thing to explain. and to date, the testimony has been damning and that is to say the least. >> joey jackson, commissioner ramsey, thanks very much. seven detention officers at a texas jail have been fired after an eighth and an eighth resigned after a man died in their custody. 26-year-old marvin scott died last month about four hours after arriving at the jail in collin county, texas. the cause of his death has still not been released. but the sheriff says the officers violated well-established policies and procedures in their treatment of scott who was arrested for just possessing less than 2 ounces of marijuana. meanwhile, sex, drugs and photographs. more on the stunning new allegations against congressman matt gaetz. why choose proven quality sleep from sleep number? because a good night's rest is where muscles recover, and our minds are restored. introducing the new sleep number 360 smart bed. the only bed that effortlessly adjusts to both of you. proven quality sleep, is life-changing sleep. do you have a life insurance policy you no longer need? 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"the new york times" reports that a local florida politician introduced multiple women to matt gaetz who the women then had sex with both men for payment. joining ing us is katie bennett "the new york times." yesterday there were still a lot of questions between the nexus between payments and the congressman and these women. now those things seem to be coming into focus. what have you learned? >> sure. that's correct. according to the testimony that's been given to the fbi by some of these women, what we believe is that joel greenberg, a local politician in florida who is very good friends with congressman matt gaetz, he'd meet these women on a site called seeking engagement. it would match wealthy people with others that wanted gifts and travel and other luxuries, i guess is how the site would put it. he'd meet those women and then introduced them to congressman matt gaetz. they'd have sex with both men and they'd receive cash afterwards, either payments we saw receipts for payments from apple pay, receipts from cash app, a payment app. the women have said that the sex -- that the money was for sex. i'm guessing that the men will say the money was simply a gift and was not for sex and that's going to be one of the key things that investigators try to sort out as they moved toward a decision whether or not there are charges to be brought against the congressman. >> all right. so this is like an oil slick of sleazy scandal. it just keeps expanding. you're saying you've seen the receipts for the payment allegations. tell us more about joel greenberg. he seems to be the crux of this. >> yes, it's really interesting. so greenberg is meeting these women online. greenberg is also seen in messages basically directing the women saying, meet me here on this date. we can give you $1500. i can give you $2,000. you know, so these arrangements are also in text messages we've seen. again, it would be interesting to see what greenberg and his lawyer have to say about these messages. should they be having their own conversations with the government? but that is another thing that will be really interesting to prosecutors. they look and say, this is what we have before us. how much of this could be considered illegal if, you know, would be it a state crime, a federal crime? what exactly are we dealing with here? >> matt gaetz's office put out a statement to "the new york times." here it is. matt gaetz has never paid for sex. matt gaetz refutes all of the disgusting allegations completely. matt gaetz has never, ever been on any such websites whatsoever. matt gaetz cherishes the relationships in his past and looks forward to marrying the love of his life. >> he has never explained the payments only saying he never paid for sex. another interesting allegation that came up in our reporting and also in cnn's reporting was the use of drugs in these encounters. so what we know is that women have told the fbi that gaetz and his -- and greenberg, they took drugs with them before having sex and that was very common in a lot of these encounters. again, i think that the prosecutors will look at that evidence, if they are able to corroborate it, and they will say to themselves, what is this? is this a federal crime? what does this contribute to in terms of our ability or not to charge. >> again, this comes from one of ex-president trump's strongest defenders. talk about a swamp. thank you very much for all your reporting. now on to the political fallout from this gaetz scandal. cnn chief political correspondent dana bash, co-anchor of "state of the union" and nia-malika henderson. great to see you both. dana, let me start with you. >> good morning. >> what is the atmosphere in congress around congress? this guy was so tight with president trump, but it doesn't exactly seem like his republican colleagues are rallying to his defense. >> not in the least. if you could see my text messages from some of his current and former colleagues, i actually can't repeat what some of them say on morning television. and it's because he has not made himself popular with most of his colleagues. again, we're talking about his fellow republicans, john. we're talking about people who he has antagonized in the name of being, you know, as beholden and as loyal to the former president, donald trump, as possible. in the name of being on conservative media, being on fox news. being the darling of that. and the most striking example of that was after the number three in his own party leadership, liz cheney, voted her conscience, voted to impeach president trump, he went to wyoming and taunted her. he went to wyoming and had a big rally. and, look, that was certainly not the first time he made enemies out of people in his own republican conference, but it was the most recent and certainly the most egregious in the eyes of many of them. and so that is the lack of reservoir of good will that he has at a time where he really needs it because of all of the allegations that we have been reporting on. >> nia-malika, i appreciate dana's delicate touch with morning television, though with sex, drugs, payments, we've crossed the rubicon of morning tv this morning. >> fair point. >> liz cheney, how is she feeling this morning? i mean, to dana's point, there has to be a little schadenfreude happening because he's been a flame thrower even to people in his own party. >> he has been. he is in very many baways from e buffooned wing of the republican party. he likes the cameras more than he likes actually doing his day job, in forming alliances with his fellow colleagues. you heard kevin mccarthy responding to these allegations and saying if they prove true, he'd remove him from committees. one person who has come out to support him, marjorie taylor greene. i think jim jordan also came out to support him. so those are sort of his bedfellows at this point but you've not heard a chorus of support for him given these allegations, which are quite serious. quite damning. and we'll see where they go. we've seen a response from him, an absolute denial of most of the allegations that are made. but with each passing day it seems like there's more information to come out as these reporters really dig into these allegations and this fbi investigation. >> so dana, nia-malika mentioned the buffooned wing of the republican party which has been fairly bulletproof in recent years when it comes to the base. but we have an extraordinary new excerpt from john boehner's upcoming book published in politico in which he really addresses how this problem in the republican party predates president trump. i want to read you one expert that gets to the heart of the power of the buffoon wing. these guys wanted a hundred percent every time. in fact, i don't think that would satisfy them because they don't want legislative victories. they wanted wedge issues and conspiracies and crusades. a lot of them just wanted to blow up washington. that's why they thought they were elected. obviously, that's a huge condemnation from a former speaker of the house to the base of his political party that has led to people like matt gaetz. what's your take? >> that's exactly right. he is talking about what happened when he became speaker with the help of the tea party. and he talks in that extraordinary excerpt, you're exactly right. this book is going to be remarkable. he talked about the fact that so many people who were elected didn't understand how washington and legislating worked. didn't care when he talked to them. he said it went in one ear, out the other. and it is so apt and so timely given the fact that it has only gotten worse. only gotten more intense, and that dynamic has become so consuming of the republican party. and when i say the dynamic, it is playing to -- not just the cameras, but playing to the conservative base and conservative media. and bringing it back to where we started the conversation, matt gaetz is, at this point, exhibit a of that kind of person. as you used the word buffoonery, i think john boehner uses words that are even more -- >> more anatomical? >> illusterative of what he's trying to put across. that's what i'm hearing from people about matt gaetz. they feel that these are republicans that he just wants to be on tv. he wants to be a conservative media darling, and he doesn't have a huge appetite for legislating. >> and you need a conduit to the cameras. john boehner in his book talks about the fox news channel. and how he watched it get more extreme and fringy and conspiratorial and paranoid. he just lays it right out about how roger ailes was just becoming more paranoid after 2008 and how fox, he talks about the home-grown talent and what they were doing at fnc. besides the home-grown talent at fox, with their choice of guests, they were making people who used to be fringe characters into powerful media stars, one of the first prototypes out of their laboratory was a woman named michele bachmann. >> and the biggest media star out of fox news was donald trump. remember? right? he was the one going on fox news early on to test drive some of his messaging. but to also borrow from fox news. we kind of think of donald trump as a figure who kind of felt where the base was. he was borrowing what he was hearing on fox news and knew that resonated given the kind of ratings that fox news was able to amass among a certain segment of the population. so we talk about matt gaetz. we talk about michele bachmann. but donald trump is right in league with those folks, the conspiracy theorists, a fringe political figure for many years before he ran for president in 2016 and, obviously, won. so i think fox news brought us sort of the apex of the buffoon wing of the republican party in donald trump. he was sort of the head of that, and now you have the republican party dealing with that identity crisis. who are they? are they the party of matt gaetz? are they still the party of donald trump? it certainly seems like it and certainly teams like a lot of the folks in the republican party still very much beholden to fox news, not as interested in legislating. much more interested in conspiracy theories, in wedge issues. >> on holy week and passover, you reap what you sow. congressman charlie dent will join us to talk about this more in the next hour. thank you very much, guys. great to see you. >> thanks. all right. highly contagious variants are raging across the u.s. health officials concerned that americans are giving up on staying safe. the latest on the pandemic is next. we need to hold out just a bit longer and give vaccines a chance to really get the upper hand in this. i'll guarantee, as we get into the late spring and the early summer, you're going to see a return to gradual degree of normality that everyone is hoping for. but we don't want to do it prematurely and pull back on all of the measures when we see a very high plateau of daily infections. >> that's dr. anthony fauci urging americans not to let our guard down. as the number of coronavirus cases continues to increase. there were nearly 80,000 new infections yesterday alone. new york, michigan and florida becoming hot spots now. joining us is dr. jea jeannie moratzo from the university of alabama at birmingham. doctor, great to have you here. always nice to see you. so throughout march, we monitor this every morning. and the new cases were hovering at about 50,000 to 55,000 every morning. we had plateaued at a very high number. then this morning, it's 80,000, okay? so that is an undeniable spike, and we're going in the wrong direction. and what do you think is next? >> yeah, good morning, alisyn. always good to be here. i think it's very worrisome, and i would emphasize a couple of things. you know, first of all, this is happening in the face of us generally testing less frequently. we've diverted a lot of our resources from testing to appropriately ramping up vaccination. and really the vaccination ramp up is our only hope against the virus' relentless ability to mutate. what we're probably seeing is the effect of the virus, again, mutating in order to infect us more efficiently. the strains that we're seeing now coming across the united states, especially in michigan where their problem is very, very large but also in other places, are clearly more infectious. the good thing about that is the vaccines work against those strains. so if we can just continue to exercise some of the cautions that we have been so good at for the last year, plus continue to ramp up immunization, we really should get ahead of this by the summer. but we're seeing that we are still on a razor's edge with this thing. >> we're in a race between the new variants and the vaccines. but here we are heading into a big weekend. and dr. fauci and others worried and worried that people are going to be getting together in large groups. you live in alabama. a state where the governor is resisting mask mandates, despite intrigues from the president and everybody else. what are you telling everybody about how they should handle themselves this weekend? >> the mask mandate is really important, and i think it made people take this much more seriously, and it's what clearly made a huge difference. lots of data from the last year showing that places with mask mandates got things under control more quickly. just because there's no mask mandate doesn't mean we can't exercise personal responsibility and governor ivey basically said i'm not going to make businesses do this, but i still expect people to exercise their individual responsibility. you want individual freedom? exercise it and use it responsibly to protect everybody. that's my take on mask mandates. i think in terms of the vaccination question, yeah, we are behind the curve, and we've got to continue. we're doing about 3 million people a day, but we had a setback last week with the production facility problem in baltimore. and that kind of thing is hurting us. not just because it takes a chunk of vaccine away. because it also gives people reason not to trust the process. and we're already struggling with trust. so really important for people to recognize that we have their best interest at heart here. and the vaccines are going to be okay to get. we've got our eye on the quality production. and it will continue, i think, to be okay to get vaccinated. it's safe to get vaccinated. >> great message. doctor thank you very much. >> my pleasure. we want to take a moment to remember some of the more than 553,000 americans lost to coronavirus. carl baker jr. was a retired businessman and public servant in desert hot springs, california. he served on the city council from 2007 to 2011. the mayor remembers him as a big supporter of the lgbt community and passionate about city finances. he was 79 years old. >> 58-year-old luis hernandez was a correctional officer in east texas for more than 12 years. state prison officials say he took great pride in his job and was well respected among the staff. he is survived by a wife and three children. mary lorenzano was a math teacher in fruitland, maryland, in 2004 until she taught her class remotely on the day she died. colleagues remember her as unbelievably devoted to her students. a parent wrote on facebook, she made every student feel special and encouraged them to do their best. with humor, infinite patience and wisdom. we'll be right back. we started with computers. we didn't stop at computers. we didn't stop at storage or cloud. we kept going. working with our customers to enable the kind of technology that can guide an astronaut back to safety. and help make a hospital come to you, instead of you going to it. so when it comes to your business, you know we'll stop at nothing. well, well, well. look at you. you mastered the master bath. you created your own style. and you - yes, you! turned a sourdough starter. into a sourdough finisher. so when you learn your chronic dry eye is actually caused by reduced tear production due to inflammation ...you take it on by talking to your eyecare professional about restasis®... ...which may help you make more of your own tears with continued use twice a day, every day. restasis® helps increase your eye's natural ability to produce tears, which may be reduced by inflammation due to chronic dry eye. restasis® did not increase tear production in patients using anti-inflammatory eye drops or tear duct plugs. to help avoid eye injury and contamination, do not touch bottle tip to your eye or other surfaces. wait 15 minutes after use before inserting contact lenses. the most common side effect is a temporary burning sensation. ask your eye care professional about restasis®. now to trick out these lights. visit restasis.com to learn more. i always dreamed of having kids of my own. ♪ ♪ now i'm ready for someone to call me mom. at northwestern mutual, our version of financial planning helps you live your dreams today. so you're a small business, at northwestern mutual, our v or a big one.ncial you were thriving, but then... oh. ah. okay. plan, pivot. how do you bounce back? 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>> well, it's a combination of all. it is a little too late, but it's not entirely too late. and, in fact, we are glad that they have begun to speak out. and because delta and coca-cola have spoken out, we now see in other states for example, texas, where american airlines is beginning to speak out. so while it has been late, we believe that we can still overcome this situation and, in fact, hold back some of this legislation in other states. >> atlanta's mayor keisha lance bottoms has spoken out against the boycott. the issue of the all-star game is being raised to the fore. are you being persuaded by any of those local voices or do you think this still needs to go forward, the boycott, in your eyes? >> well, as far as faith leaders concerned, our focus is on corporate responsibility and boycotting these corporate companies. as relates to the all-star game and entertainment, all of that, those who want to pursue that, that's fine. that's on their side. we're focusing on the corporate boycott. >> sure. >> well, look, what you're asking for is to help reverse a law that's been passed. and georgia's passed their law but you know this is something that's going on nationwide right now. and to get these legislators, you're going to have to find a way to reach across the aisle. i want to show you statistics from a new pew poll that came out earlier this month. it speaks to the division you have to deal with. 85% of democrats say everything possible should be done to make it easier to vote. but just 28% of republicans. and i want to contrast that on the republican side to the number just two years ago in 2018. it was nearly half of republicans said it should be easier to vote. but it seems like the big lie has had a big effect and that's motivating the state legislatures. what's your strategy to reach out to republicans to heal this divide? >> first thing i think we have to do is be honest and face the truth. and that is that we are coming to a very dangerous point in this country where we no longer have two political parties. you have the democratic party and you have a cult. and this cult has their policies based on a lie. and so how much sense does it make if you pass legislation which is based on a lie? and i think the republicans have to decide. are they going to deal with truth or are they going to continue to fantasize over a lie? and those of us who are opposed to what they are trying to do and believe that everybody ought to have a right to vote, then we have to stand on truth and principle, and eventually, i think, we'll win. >> speaking of truth and principle, i want to talk about faith. for so long, religion has been polarized in american politics. but now it seems to be georgia's elected a reverend, raphael warnock to the senate. joe biden is evidently a man of great faith. do you think there are the seeds to help heal this political divide over faith in america? >> yes, there is. in fact, you mentioned reverend warnock, my good friend. and in fact, i worked on joe biden's first campaign in '72. but the fact of the matter is the black church has always been the conscience of the nation. and even on this matter again, you see the black church, black faith leaders rising to call the nation to task and to its conscience. i remind you, nothing with the advancement of blacks in this country has occurred without the leadership of the black church. >> poignant reminder at this particular season. thank you, bishop jackson, for joining us on "new day." got to find a way to heal on these fundamental issues. the u.s. capitol police inspector general issuing a scathing report about what led up to the deadly insurrection. it finds that the capitol police department failed to act on the intelligence in the days before the siege. cnn's whitney wild is live in washington with more. what does it say, whitney? >> there are really three major places where the u.s. capitol police department failed that are pointed out in this inspector general's report. a source telling us that one of the major issues here was they didn't have a plan. they did not have a detailed plan that would apply departmentwide. here's the quote from this ig report. this, again, according to an official source familiar with this official report. the uscp did not prepare a comprehensive department-wide plan for demonstrations planned for january 6th, 2021. they didn't send out this throughout the department. this very crucial fbi memo generated out of their norfolk office. and what it said was there would be a war at the capitol. even still, that piece of intelligence never made it to the top ranks. and finally, even the information that they did have, the intelligence they were working from, alisyn, was conflicting. uscp says we know we have challenges. they tried to fix it. they know that they had some major, major issues that day and they've course corrected since then. however, they are still saying, despite all of these criticisms, there is nothing they could have done because the credible intelligence they felt they were working from indicated there would be a protest. indicated there would be a rally. but never indicated there would be a battle. >> that's really helpful. founds sounds like we need more information. thanks for bringing that ig report. now to this. police officers in florida going beyond the call of duty to make a 5-year-old boy with cancer the new sheriff in town. that's next. woo! you are busy... working, parenting, problem solving. at new chapter vitamins we've been busy too... innovating, sourcing organic ingredients, testing them and fermenting. fermenting? 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congratulations. >> in manatee county, florida, there's a new sheriff in town. actually a new sheriff's deputy. his name is jeremiah valera. >> we got this flag for you, buddy. now you're an official member of our k9 unit, too. >> reporter: he's just of but was recently given his own badge and deputized by the county sheriff's office after they learned he has a rare form of childhood cancer. the national pediatric cancer foundation alerted them and deputies jumped into action. inviting jeremiah to spend a day with them. >> i have a son myself, 11 years old. a little older than jeremiah, but to see him and his strength and what he's going through was amazing to see. to put a smile on his face for that day was worth it. >> how is that, bud? >> good. >> reporter: jeremiah got to meet a k9 dog and check out a high-tech s.w.a.t. vehicle. he even radioed for backup. >> i need backup. i need backup. >> you got the backup. >> so to see him within that day, does that just -- how much did that warm your heart? >> that meant the world for us to finally have some happiness and a little break from what became our normal routine. >> these days, their normal routine of treatment and doctors visits is taking a toll on jeremiah. it all started about a year ago when jeremiah was diagnosed with stage 4 neuroblastoma. his mom says doctors think the cancer started in his spine. then spread. he's had chemotherapy, bone marrow biopsies and stem cell transplants. and now gets 14 shots a month for immunotherapy. it's a lot for a 5-year-old to handle. so being deputized really lifted his spirits. >> when grandpa comes to visit him, he loves to pull him over. >> reporter: all of it has inspired jeremiah to get better. and one day become a police officer. he already has the uniform and takes a picture with every officer he meets. >> what do you like about police officers? >> they protect kids. >> they sure do. that's smart. >> and you want to be a police officer? >> and now when jeremiah returns to the manatee county sheriff's office, his new friends couldn't be happier to see him. >> can i have a high-five? >> thank you for coming, buddy. >> hugs and high-fives for a little boy when he needs them most. randi kaye, cnn, bradenton, florida. >> what a beautiful story. we send our love to him and his family. even as coronavirus vaccines are being sdrnte sdrnt distribu cases are surging. cnn has reporters covering the pandemic from coast to coast. i'm miguel marquez in detroit, michigan. it's a state deal with another surge of the coronavirus. this is a state that has seen a large number of cases of the b.1.1.7. or uk variant of the coronavirus. hospitals around the state saying they are seeing increased number of patients. outbreaks in schools as well causing concern for parents and students. the governor asking the president to surge vaccine into the state. the president denied that request. but next week, all michiganders who want a vaccine will be able to get one. i'm athena jones. like much of the nation, ohio is seeing increased covid-19 activity and more hospitalizations. cases of variants are also on the rise going from 92 on march 12th to 620 thursday according to the state's chief medical officer. beginning next week, ohio will start working to vaccinate all college students who want the vaccine as an effort to increase the vaccination rate. i'm alexandra field in new york. the state is taking its next steps toward reopening. allowing arts, entertainment and event venues to reopen at 33% capacity. in cases where everyone in attend apse can show proof of a negative covid test, slightly larger crowds can gather. but the state says that mask and social distancing practices will still be required. i'm pete muntean. air travel continues to break records of the pandemic, even though the cdc is still warning against it. the tsa screened more than 38 million people at airports across the country in the month of march. the busiest month of the pandemic. more than a million people flew each day during the month of march. all but five days. it is welcome news for major airlines. united airlines just announced it is hiring pilots for the first time in more than a year. "new day" continues right now. >> the moments when paramedics arrived and george floyd appeared unresponsive in may 2020 are coming into clear focus. >> we have to hold the guy down. he was going crazy. n. lay terms, i thought he was dead. >> when mr. floyd was no longer offering up any resistance to the officers, they could have ended their restraint. >> prosecutors are looking into a relationship with a woman that began when she was just 17. >> sex trafficking from a relationship with one minor is a serious offense in and of itself. but to facilitate that sort of activity, it just makes it 100 times worse. >> this is "new day" with alisyn camerota and john berman. >> good morning. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. this is "new day." john avlon is in once again for john berman. great to have you. >> happy friday. >> happy friday to you as well. it's been an emotional week of testimony in the derek chauvin murder trial. in court thursday, jurors got to hear chauvin himself explain his version of what happened during the deadly encounter with george floyd. in a phone call to his then-supervisor, chauvin made no mention of pinning george floyd's neck under his knee for nearlyent ins. that supervisor was on the stand yesterday saying the police officers should have stopped restraining floyd, when he stopped resisting. there was tearful testimony from george floyd's girlfriend about their relationship and how they both struggled with opioid addiction. >> also this morning, cash, drugs and campaign dollars all part of the growing scandal surrounding florida republican congressman matt gaetz. federal investigators are said to be looking at whether he used campaign funds to pay for travel and expenses of women he was allegedly involved in. separately, sources tell cnn that gaetz was bragging about

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