Falling out of the sky. A 22 ton out of Control Rocket hurtling toward earth. Space command is literally tracking this rocket debris. Just hours before it enters the earths atmosphere, the question on everyones mind, where is this going to land . Newsroom starts right now. Good morning, and we are so grateful to have you here on this saturday, may 8th. Im christi paul. Great to see you as always. Im boris sanchez. You are live in the cnn newsroom. Clergy are expected to march and are demanding Transparency And Justice over the killing of Andrew Brown jr. Sheriffs deputies fatally shot brown two weeks ago, with few details about what led to his death. The Body Cam Footage of the Incident Hasnt been released to the public, but the Brown Family is going to get to view more video of the encounter tuesday. This is after a north Carolina Judge issued a Written Ruling allowing specific parts of the more than two hours of footage to be seen. More than two hours of footage, but you might recall Browns Family was able to view only a short 20second Snippet of Body Cam Footage last month. Ben crump, the familys attorney, says there is still hope for justice to be served. Theyre grateful they finally get to see the video, but what they are troubled by, as we all are, is this lack of transparency. They were showed videos and they tried to sweep it under the rug. Thats what with the Justice Department did today, holding these officers federally responsible, it gives a hope for families like Andrew Brown. Cnns Natasha Chen is live in elizabeth city, North Carolina, for us this morning. What are you seeing so far . And good morning. Reporter good morning, christi and boris. The clergy here and the community are prepared for a rally and a march thats beginning within the hour behind us here, and its really a continuation for those cries for transparency that weve been seeing with daily peaceful protests really since Andrew Brown was killed by Sheriffs Deputies on april 21st. They shot and killed him as they were attempting to serve a warrant related to Felony Drug charges. Now, that issue of transparency, the sheriff here actually addressed that yesterday in a statement after it was known that the judge would be ordering them to show the family some more video. Here is the statement that he released yesterday. He said, weve carefully read the order from the judge and we will certainly comply with it. Because were continuing to be as transparent as we can under state law, we will be allowing the Family Members identified in the Judges Order to view the specified videos much sooner than the Judges Deadline requires. As you mentioned, thats going to happen on tuesday. The Judges Order had stated that that had to happen within ten days, so thats a bit sooner than that. And the specified individuals are the son of Andrew Brown, his immediate Family Members, and one lawyer licensed to practice in North Carolina. So its not going to be the entire family, its not going to be the entire legal team either. But it is at least happening on tuesday, and as you mentioned, there are about two Hours Worth of videos to show from five different angles. One point that we want to make is that the Judges Order actually says one of the videos shall be released to the family. Not clear, though, if that was meant to say disclosure. At this point its the countys understanding theyre just showing the family the videos. The family believes one of the videos may be given to them in the same order it does say that the family is not allowed to take copies or make recordings of the video. So they will be just sharing with the public and describing what they see after they see it. Christi and boris, back to you. Natasha chen reporting from elizabeth city. Lets discuss further with one of the leaders of todays clergy march for Andrew Brown jr. Bishop William Barber, the cochair of the poor peoples campaign. Always a pleasure to have you on. This interfaith March Today is a call for Transparency And Accountability for the killing of Andrew Brown. What is your message to local officials, not only in elizabeth city, but in North Carolina and across the country, to the federal government as well . Well, the clergy from all over North Carolina are coming here today. Were supporting the local, because this is a strong community, this is where elizabeth State University is, this is where Alex Haley once went to school. This is a strong activist community. What people want is full transparency, truth and accountability. Today has been 17 days since this killing, since this young man was shot in the back. And i want people to know, we already know he was shot in the back because the audio told us that and the autopsy told us that. Four times in the arm, one time in the back. The back was the kill shot. 17 days and the family has only seen 20 seconds. Now theyre talking about a portion of the two hours. That is not good. The community has not seen anything. These tapes should be public record, just like the audio is public record. We want truth, we want transparency, we want full release of the tape. We have already said that in this case there must be account accountability. We believe it needs to include not only the sheriffs office, but the d. A. s office. When the d. A. Went to court, he sounded more like the Defense Lawyer for the deputies, rather than the District Attorney for the people. Were deeply concerned about the judge, who he is, what is his background, what is his support. We know the d. A. Here once was a democrat, now hes republican, not that that is necessarily an issue, but the fact that many republicans are antithese Body Camera films being turned over. Theres a lot of stuff going on here, and thats why clergy, Black And White and brown and jewish and Mus Lum and christian, have decided to come from across the state, saying we want full accountability, transparency, trust. And if its shown that these police murdered or executed this young man, there must be prosecution, state and federal, there must be payment, and there must be a full Pattern And Practice review. Not only of this county, but all of the counties involved, and the whole area this d. A. Covers. I think he covers about six or seven counties in this area. Bishop barber, according to the washington post, the home addresses of deputies and county officials have been made public, and apparently unknown individuals are reportedly being seen outside of their homes. The judge in this case is raising Safety Concerns as the reason why there is no transparency with the Body Cam Footage, why it should not be released. Are you concerned that releasing the footage could cause violence . No. This has been the most peaceful protest that weve seen anywhere in the world. The people here know how to protest nonviolently. This is the first congressional district. We fought for years down here. That is always an attempt to try to cloud the issue. The violence is a young man, 42 years old, seven children, shot in the back. He was unarmed. He did not have any drugs on him. He had no gun on him. He was driving away. And your audience should know the Supreme Court in a case called terrence in 1985, actually ruled that a person thats being served a Warrant Fleeing is not Rationale Or Reason for officers to shoot and kill them and use deadly force t. Violence here has been the violence thats been perpetrated by the cops and the violence that we dont know all that happened because theyve been playing the Shell Game with these tapes for 17 days. Think about that. 17 days and the family has only seen 20 seconds. Thats cruel and unusual punishment. All they have asked for is full transparency. Thats the violence we need to be worried about. And holding these tapes is what creates problems. But this community is extraordinarily disciplined. Theyre not going anywhere. Theyre deeply rooted in the soil here. We know how to protest here. Lets get these tapes out. And we need to know the background of these officers. We need to know the background of these officers. We need to know the background of the judge, the background of the d. A. Who do they really support . What is their political philosophy . Because what we have is a 42yearold man, father, son, nephew, grandson, shot in the back. We had a warrant. A warrant is not a license to kill. And he had no gun, he had no drugs. All of that is known right now. What we have not seen are the tapes. Bishop barber, i want you to expand on something that you alluded to here. There have been reports that local officials havent exactly treated Browns Family and legal team with decency, and you sort of speculated that perhaps they dont have the familys best interest in mind. Have the Brown Familys dealings with officials remained contentious . What are your thoughts . Yeah, its contentious, because they havent seen but 20 seconds of tape. Their son, their brother, their nephew is buried, in the grave, and they still have not seen the tapes. But they know from the audio he was shot in the back. We heard reports from one of the attorneys that he was cursed at by the officials here. You know, crump, daniels, the attorneys that are working are doing a tremendous job. But what we have seen is Stall Tactic after Stall Tactic. Understand, this could have been dealt with very quickly, within a minute or two minutes they could have asked the judge. Theres no law saying they couldnt have done this. At first the sheriff lied and said it was the fbi that said he couldnt turn the tapes over. The fbi said, no, thats not the case. So we have a situation here, where what we really need is a Special Prosecutor. This d. A. , they have shown themselves inept, incapable and incompetent for handling this case. We need a Special Prosecutor. In North Carolina the d. A. Has to ask for a Special Prosecutor. He will not do that. The greatest insult to me was when he went into court and argued that the Tape Shouldnt be released because, in his mind, he had looked at it and it was a good shot. That is not the role of a d. A. There has been no evaluation or crossexamination. He is the d. A. For the people, not the officers. So thats why we need a Special Prosecutor and we need full release. The media hasnt seen it, the Community Hasnt seen it. In North Carolina, think about this, the Audio Tapes are public. The Audio Tapes are public. Thats how we first knew he was shot in the back. Why are the Audio Tapes public but the videotapes are not public . First they said they had to block out faces. That doesnt take 17 days. It doesnt take that long. This has been a game and thats the harshness that this family has had to go through. Its wrong, its undemocratic, it does not meet our standard of establishing justice thats called for by the community. And we believe as clergy its immoral, because its not rooted in truth. And in this situation, like any of them, only the truth can set us free. Thats all folk have wanted. You dont have people here who hate police who protect and serve. Theyre concerned about police who claim to be for law and order, but they give unlawful disorder. And we need to know what happened in this college town. We need to know what happened in this town. We need to know what happened. And if it shows that there was murder or execution, we need prosecution, we need payment, we need federal patterns and practice everywhere around here. Im from eastern North Carolina and let me give your audience a sense of this. I can name for you right now five men in eastern North Carolina that were prosecuted for murder, black men, who later got exonerated for not even having committed the murder. That is what has gone on in eastern North Carolina and thats why people are so concerned and will not take this Shell Game. We need to see the transparency and truth. Yeah, you would imagine that police and officials would want to get the video out there to show the public that the case that theyre making is legitimate, that these officers acted correctly, but theyre not releasing the tape so we dont know. Bishop William Barber, we have to leave it there. The governor has called for it, legislators have called for it, the people. The only people stalling are the d. A. , the sheriff and judge. Thats not right. Well see how much longer they can keep that up. Bishop William Bar bear, thank you again. Were going to keep you posted on what happens, obviously, as well. Also, the united states is making really strong strides in the fight against the coronavirus right now. Cases, hospitalizations are dropping to new lows. But experts say there is a warning they need to give us. Well talk about that in a moment. Plus, debris from a chinese rocket expected to fall back to earth this weekend, crash landing. No one knows quite where or when its going to happen. Well talk about it next. Like we would treat our own moms, with care and respect. To us, the little things are the big things. Which is why we do everything in our power to make buying a car an unforgettable experience. Happy birthday. Thank you. We treat every customer like we would treat our own moms. Because thats what they deserve. Aliens are real, alright. 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Reporter and those variants that you just talked about, the variants spreading around the world, Thats Reason enough not to let our guard down, and the good news is that there is movement on the Vaccine Front that could help here. So we know that pfizer is you know, has its Covid19 Vaccine under Emergency Use Authorization. Now its asked the government, the fda, to approve it, to give it full approval. And if the fda does go ahead and give its full approval, which could happen anywhere from one to two months, that means it may help get people who are hesitant to actually go ahead and get vaccinated. For a lot of people who are on the fence, who are worried about, well, this is emergency use, should i get vaccinated, it will give them confidence. Then there are a lot of businesses who want to require that their employees be vaccinated, but have been waiting for this full approval. And i think for those businesses it will also make them feel better about moving forward. Reporter data from the cdc on friday show that 111 Million people have been vaccinated in the u. S. , and thats more than 33 of the u. S. Population. And the expectation is that the u. S. Will likely reach its Covid19 Vaccination goals by this summer. But vaccine hesitancy, these variants, that could still cause a surge in the winter. Thats according to an influential model from thursday. Now, the cdc, knowing that, is preparing for seasonal Covid19 Vaccine boosters in case they are needed. So there is this push for americans to go ahead and get vaccinated, and one more approval could help in that realm. There is one more approval that could happen next week. The government is expected to grant Emergency Use Authorization to pfizer next week to administer their covid vaccine to 12 to 15yearolds, which could be super helpful, especially with the expectation that kids may go Back To School in the fall. Certainly. Alison kosik, thank you so much. 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I want to go to David Culver in beijing and hes been trying to walk us through exactly whats going on this morning. David . Reporter boris and christi, officials in beijing say the chances of this Rockets Reentry causing any Harm Or Damage are extremely low, but they stop short of Guaranteeing A safe reentry. Meantime, u. S. Officials are increasingly concerned of the growing amount of congestion in space, and they are following this rocket launched by china very closely. What goes up, must come down. The question is, where . Scientists say they will not know the exact Entry Point of the 22ton chinese rocket until its so close its only hours away from reentry. Experts say dont panic. This is not like the hollywood blockbusters where the impact of something from Outer Space threatens to end the world. But uncontrolled Space Junk crashing back to earth is a growing concern. Whats expected to hit earth this weekend is the empty core of a rocket thats been losing orbit since its launch, much of which should burn up in the atmosphere. But some pieces could get through, like last year, when the largest piece of Space Debris in 30 years landed in the atlantic ocean, and over parts of africa. Remnants of a similar chinese rocket. The chinese have this new type of rocket called the long March 5b, and unlike other big rockets, it Litters Space by leaving its big 20ton Core Stage in orbit. Americans rockets, russian rockets, European Rockets dont do that. Reporter chinese State Media says the risk of it hitting a populated area are low and suggests it may fall in international waters or burn up on reentry. A fair guess since more than 70 of the planet is covered in water. The united states is tracking its course and says right now it has no plans to shoot it down. With a cloud of 9,000 tons of rocket boosters, dead satellites and other hardware floating above, there are growing calls for more regulation of what gets sent Up To space and how it returns. As we think about Launching Thousands of objects into Lowerearth Orbit here, we need norms of behavior so that everybody is playing off the same sheet of Music And Everybody is focused on safety of flight. We just dont have that sort of thing right now. Reporter until then, all eyes are on the skies this weekend, with the questions of where, when, and how much debris will fall still up in the air. It is worth noting that chinese State Media is considering this all to be western media hype. But, again, theyve stopped short of Guaranteeing A safe reentry of this rocket. Meantime, the chinese government moving forward with ambitious plans for their space program. They have in the coming weeks expectations to land a rover on mars, in the coming year or so they hope to have completed construction for an international space station. And by the 2030s, they hope to have a person on the moon. They are pouring billions of dollars into this program. Christi and boris. David, thank you so much. Joining us now to discuss what we know is jonathan mcdowell, an astrophysicist at the Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astro Physics and a space historian. We appreciate you joining us, sir. I want to ask you about a spokesperson for the chinese ministry of foreign affairs, he said, in part, quote, the probability of causing harm to aviation activities and the ground is extremely low. But the odds are not zero. Last year we saw a previous chinese Vessel Crash into a village in africa. Would you trust the chinese with this . Do you believe them . Well, yeah, i mean clearly the evidence from last year is that the probability is not that low, because they tried once and it happened once. So, you know, theyre playing the odds, right . And as you said earlier in the piece, probably it will come down in the pacific and then theyll go, see, we told you so. But theres clearly a significant chance that its going to come down on land. Ive just been looking at the latest reentry predictions, and, you know, we can now say that there are no reentry tracks in the window that are going over the western united states, but there are some going over the east. And so were starting to narrow down now where this thing might come down. Now, jonathan, its not just this specific launch, its really the broader picture. This launch is actually one of the first steps toward the chinese establishing their own space station. As you heard from david, the chinese Space Agency Planning to land a rover on mars over the course of the next few weeks, planning to land a person on the moon. Should chinas push toward space and apparent Recklessness Concern the united states from a national Security Perspective . Well, its certainly true that china is not only doing all of these ambitious scientific projects, they also have one of the most extensive military satellite constellations, not weapons or anything, but Spy Satellites and Navigation Satellites and so forth. And so certainly china is positioning itself as a rival to the u. S. The u. S. Is still technologically ahead, but in terms of quantity of Space Activity, china is really gearing up now and we have to see them as almost a peer in these activities. One of the really fascinating things i learned about going through this story and reading it is that there are no real Rules Of The Road for space. So is this an opportunity for the united states to align with the international community, the Space Agencies of europe, japan and russia, to create stronger rules regarding Space Travel that could ultimately pressure china, or would that be a bad idea because then it might stifle innovation . No, i really think that the level of Space Activity right now really requires a new set of regulations. And youre right, theres a worry about stifling innovation, so were seeing an explosion of commercial activity in space. We dont want to stop that, but we do have to manage it. And so i think that, yeah, this is a great opportunity for the international community to come together. And i think china will come on board. I think that theyre slowly getting with the program in terms of the international norms, theyre just a bit behind with this long March 5b booster, which i think theyre going to be embarrassed about in retrospect. One final question, jonathan. 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This shakeup has more to do with Donald Trump, doesnt it . Reporter boris, its about whether a republican member of the Conference Stands with Donald Trump or doesnt. You know, in the last couple of days, cheney has lost a lot of allies in her party who stood behind her for this Gop Conference Chair position, because she is telling the truth about what happened in the 2020 election. She refuses to spread this socalled Big Lie that the election was stolen from former president Donald Trump. She is a huge critic of the former president and she has stood by being vocal about how she sees his role in the party. And because of this, she is now going to be ousted from this Leadership Position she has. The goal is to have someone who actually spreads the message that trump is part of this party, and that is shes going to be replaced by congresswoman Elise Stefanik, the congresswoman from New York who is more moderate, but a supporter of trump. Shes rebranded herself the last couple of years as a supporter of the former president , even though at first she was a critic of his. And she reiterated her support for the former president in an Interview Yesterday where she said if she has this position, she will spread the message he has in the party. Take a listen. We need fighters, President Trump is a fighter on behalf of the american people. And voters want fighters to stand up for them. Thats what im committed to doing, to unify the message, to earn the support of my republican colleagues and fight for hardworking american families. Reporter you know, even though she has a more moderate Voting Record than congresswoman Liz Cheney, stefanik has broken with trump on tax cuts, on the environment, on the border wall. She is a vocal supporter of the former president and thats why she wants this position. But, look, as you guys said, she has signaled that she only plans to have this role until 2022, because after that in the next congress, shes interested in the top republican job on the House Labor and education committee. So we might be having this conversation again, depending on how that meeting with republicans to oust cheney goes. Its likely to happen as soon as next week. Daniella diaz, thank you so much. Evan mcmullen is with us now, former chief Policy Director for the House Republican Conference And Executive director of standup republic. Its good to have you with us. I want to talk about Representative Cheney before we get into the Big Ur Picture of the gop. Is expectation is that shes going to lose her leadership this week. What is her future at that point with the republicans . Well, its unclear. I mean, i hope that shell maintain her seat and her role in the party, if not in leadership. I think the party needs voices like hers, whether its in leadership or not. Obviously, thats very difficult. And im not sure what her interests will be if this happens, and it seems likely to happen. Shell face a difficult Reelection Bid in 2022. It will sort of depend on how the field, the primary field and her opposition develops against her. Will it be many candidates or just one or two . Im sure former President Trump will play a role in that race. So its very difficult. Wyoming is a very republican state. There arent many democrats or independents, so it would be difficult for her to do what, for example, Lisa Murkowski did, which was to lose a primary to a far right candidate and then run as an independent. I think thats more difficult for Liz Cheney. But i do think theres a role for her, regardless, in helping to create a new direction, a new home for republicans like her who would like to turn the page and recommit to american Democracy And Offer solutions to the american people going forward, rather than its current path. Critics say that Liz Cheney is being pushed out because shes just spent way too much time talking about what happened, the insurrection on January 6th. At the same time, they say they want to move forward and focus on 2022. President trump is focusing on the 2020 election that he calls fraud, which is not true. How do they make that argument . How does that even have legs . Well, you see republican leaders pushing the Big Lie because it takes the pressure off them, right . The republican party has lost two cycles of elections, its regularly losing popular votes in the president ial election. And if republican leaders can convince their base that the election was stolen, then the base doesnt put pressure on them to make changes that are necessary for the republican party to compete again. And the republican party is just you know, its on the verge of effectively becoming a Third Party in american politics. Of course, you know, its one of the two major parties, so it has structural advantages because of that and will remain powerful for some time to come. But by party affiliation, by voter party affiliation, it effectively already is on the road to becoming a Third Party. 41 of americans consider themselves independents, 32 democrats and 25 republicans. So the Big Lie helps republican Leadership Shield themselves from accountability for these election losses, and so thats why you see them pushing this. Lin Liz Cheney knows that the republican party has to cope with reality, has to accept reality, so that it can make the changes it needs to make and then start to build a larger sustainable majority in the future. But thats hard work. Its risky in the shortterm. And i think youve got a lot of selfinterested republican leaders in washington who just dont want to take that risk, dont want to do that work, and are therefore putting the party at risk. Youve mentioned a split for a Third Party. If that were to happen, which side of these republicans would maintain the republican moniker, and what happens to the other party, the other half . Look, i wish i could say it would be the principled republicans, principled conservatives who would retain control of the existing republican structure because its a huge advantage, but thats just not the case now. I think a majority of the party is very much aligned in its current direction. I think about onefourth of the party Desires Something new, wants to turn the page on the last four years. So if there is some kind of split, and i dont know what that split exactly would look like, whether it would be a new Party Or Sort of a movement at first that would develop into something else, im not sure. But it seems very clear at this point that the party is aligned behind the former president and behind along an extremist path, and i think that is going to be its future. Now, i do think that its time, especially if republicans oust Liz Cheney, it says to the party and to principled conservatives and republicans that there isnt a home for them in the party, and i do think its time for those of us who are in that Minority Portion of the party, although its grown over the last several months, its still in the minority, its time for us to start building something new. I think it starts with a movement, it starts with organizing around the country. It starts with impacting elections, competitive elections, which weve learned how to do in the last four or five years. Those discussions are happening now, theyre gaining momentum, and organizing is happening. And i think that is the necessary future and i hope Liz Cheney will be a part of that. Evan mcmullen, its so good to have you here and hear your voice and thoughts on all of this. We appreciate it. Thank you. Thank you. 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