Union general rode into Gal Va T texas, rode in and told africanamericans they were indeed free. Moments ago President Biden tweeted juneteenth marks both the long, hard night of slavery and the promise of the brighter morning to come. It is the day of profound weight and power. Lets get straight to Nadia Romero who joins us from tulsa, oklahoma, an important cllocati, especially on juneteenth. This comes less than a month of events commemorating the race massacre. Walk us through what is happening today. How is tulsa marking juneteenth . Reporter good morning, boris and amara. This has been such an important time for Tulsa Residents to have national spotlight and people talking about them and whats happening here. Ive been here all week and there have been multiple moments where ive gotten chills thinking about the massacre, but also thinking about the resiliency of this community to come back and rebuild time and time again. You know, it was freed Enslaved Africans who were enslaved to tribes in cloklahoma. They werent maemancipated untia year after. They built black Wall Street and its largely because the black Tulsa Residents werent allowed to live anywhere else. They built their own hospitals, banks, movie theatres, schools, and it was all burned down in 1921 by an angry white mob who came in and murdered hundreds of those black residents, men, women and children. They looted their homes and businesses and then burned it to the ground. Now, it took many, many years of denial for people to realize what happened here in tulsa. Listen to why one juneteenth Festival Organizer says we have to remember what happened, but we have to remember what happened accurately. Its been 100 years. We want to make sure that people know the story. We also want to make sure that the stories are being told correctly. Reporter so you heard her there. She wants to be sure that the story is being told correctly. So juneteenth right now, this big celebration, now its a national holiday. 100 years after the tulsa race massacre. And people here want the attention to be on the survivors. Believe it or not, there are people who have survived this massacre. One woman 107 years old. Her name is viola fletcher. She says after the massacre, her family lost everything. Most of the people they knew were injured or murdered during the massacre. She came back, her school was burned down, they lost all of their belongings and she lived her life in poverty. Shes hoping this time around the latest lawsuit filed in september will actually mean some form of justice for her and for so many people who were affected by the massacre. So this Juneteenth Festival is why so many people are cautiously optimistic that all of the attention around the centennial, the national holiday, will mean justice will finally come to tulsa. Boris, amara . Nadia romero reporting from tulsa, oklahoma. Cities all over the nation are gathering to commemorate the end of 400 years of slavery in america. This is a great start. This is a holiday. Something that we all should come out and celebrate. New york kicking off the holiday with a parade and music, performances, vendors at st. Nicholas park in harlem. In wisconsin, the juneteenth flag was raised over the capitol for the second year in a row in honor of the newest federal holiday. And milwaukees juneteenth Parade And Celebration is under way right now. Officials say theyre expecting a bigger celebration than ever before. Today marks the 50th anniversary since this Parade Tradition started. While the approval of a juneteenth holiday can be seen as a positive development, given major issues concerning race in this country for many, its simply not enough, especially when you consider the implications of the battle over Voting Rights on Capitol Hill. Democrat Senator Joe Manchin desperately trying to find ten republican senators to support his compromise on an elections overhaul bill. That is the Magic Number needed to defeat a likely republican filibuster. Voting Rights Advocate Stacey Abrams praised manchins proposal, but Minority Leader Mitch Mcconnell is blocking to vow it. Equally unacceptable, totally inappropriate, all republicans, i think, will oppose as well, if that were to surface on the floor. Cnns Daniella Diaz is live on Capitol Hill with more. Good morning, daniella. So where does this Voting Rights bill go from here . Reporter Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is going to force a vote on tuesday for this Voting Rights package thats a democratic priority in this congress. But its expected to fail because it doesnt have enough republican support. So why would chuck Conschumer D this and force a vote on a legislation thats going to fail . Its to send a message and put republicans and democrats on the record on this issue of Voting Rights. You know, there was a lot of back and forth between Senator Joe Manchin and his democratic colleagues on this legislation. He didnt support the first version of this package that passed through the house, but he made some changes, has his own proposals that actually Stacey Abrams, who is arguably the leading voice on this issue, supported. Some of these changes included things like making Election Day a federal holiday, banning gerrymandering and a voter i. D. Requirement that includes a Utility Bill as an alternative. And, look, even though manchin backs this legislation, it is still virtually guaranteed to lack the Gop Support needed for it to pass through the senate. And republicans just arent on board on this. Even senate Minority Leader Mitch Mcconnell said that even with manchins changes to this proposal, it still contains the same rotten core, his words, as the first version of the for the people act, which is the name of this sweeping Voting Rights package. So bottom line here is democrats and republicans are so split on this issue, its unclear how they can meet in the middle of this issue of whether the federal government plays a role in local elections. Daniella diaz reporting live from Capitol Hill. Thank you so much. Lets discuss the significance of Juneteenth And the issue of access to the Voting Booth with a cofounder of black voters matter, cliff albright. Today kicking off the Freedom Ride for Voting Rights to reach out to africanamerican voters. Its going to rally public support for federal legislation to combat new State Laws that are meant to restrict Voting Rights. Youre starting this tour on juneteenth, now a federal holiday. Im curious to get your thoughts about so many republicans who voted to make Juneteenth A federal holiday, but yet not supporting either of the proposed Voting Rights bills. Yeah, thanks for having me. And i think you pointed out the incredible irony of this situation. One of the first issues after Juneteenth And after freedom of enslavement, besides the economic issues, one of the first issues that we have to deal with as a Community And Country was the issue of Voting Rights. Lets not forget that in addition to the 13th and 14th amendments, there was a 15th Amendment that guaranteed the right to vote. And yet here we are still fighting for that right to be fully made manifest. And so its very much an irony that you have these senators, republican senators, who voted for the holiday and yet are burying their heads in the sand or being in intentional denial around the fact that we are still trying to make the promise of Juneteenth A reality, particularly as with regards to Voting Rights. You would think that if you voted to commemorate the end of slavery, you would think it would go Hand In hand with voting to protect the right to vote. Some of our viewers may not know, but 94yearold Opal Lee, shes quite an inspiration. If we can show video of President Biden signing that bill, making Juneteenth A federal holiday into law, you see her right next to President Biden, and a lot of people say juneteenth may never have been possible in terms of it becoming a federal holiday if she did not help this fight to make that so. I want to play some sound, she was on cnn the other night, and she talked about that moment. Here she is. I thought it would be like this, but to have it actually happen was can i use the phrase the children use . It was off the chain, to find out. I knew that the senate had passed the bill, but i thought the house was going to take a lot longer. Its not a black thing. Its not a texas thing. None of us are free until were all free. And were not free yet. You know, miss Opal Lee went on to talk about the Disparities Cliff that this country continues to face. You agree with her, i would imagine, that the Fight Isnt over . Yeah, and definitely just want to honor her for her tireless efforts on this. And we know the importance of holidays. Holidays indicate what a country values. Holidays indicate what our standards are. And so the symbolism of having this holiday, i dont want to underestimate that. But i think, as you heard from Opal Lee, and i fully agree with her, we cant have the holiday be a substitute for actually moving forward on the calls for freedom, including Voting Rights. We cant have us highfive ourselves and pat ourselves on the back because we passed the holiday, which is significant, but thats not a substitute for moving forward on Voting Rights, on police violence, on economic equity and all these other issues, because in that sense if we just take the symbolism without the substance, then in some ways that would actually be a step backwards. I want to be clear that i thank her and everybody else, every community thats worked to make this holiday become a reality for decades now. Cliff, i want to ask you about the Freedom Rides for Voting Rights, theyre aimed at encouraging black voters to vote on voting power. What specific message are you taking On The Road with you . Yeah, i mean, the message is that at the end of the day all of our advancement as a community in this country has come through a combination of strategies, including people being involved at grassroots level of activism. That it took activism to end slavery, it took activism to get the 1965 Voting Rights act passed. That wasnt just a legislative process. That was also a process that involved a whole Voting Rights movement in selma, in alabama and mississippi, and required the Bloody Sunday and march, and in this moment its also going to take activism. As we go through these nine cities on the way to dc, and the call for Dc Statehood is one of the issues were supporting in addition to hr1 and hr4, and the main message is everybody is a Freedom Rider. Everybody can get involved in this battle. Everybody has a role to play, whether its Phone Calls or Text Messages or joining us as one of the cities along the route, or joining us in dc, everybody has a role to play. And our history shows that even when somebody says that they dont want to support something, whether its republicans or Manchin Or President johnson himself in 1965, he didnt want to move forward with the Voting Rights act, but he did because of the pressure that was put on by a movement. At the end of the day, thats whats going to take the difference. Today everybody is a Freedom Rider. A great message, cliff. And lastly, because i know your group was part of the coalition that registered and helped turn out voters in georgia, which helped to flip the state blue. Youve seen the fruit of your labor in other states as well, and as a result, you are a threat to people who dont want to see democracy happening. Youve been threatened with your life in some instances. Is that still happening, and has that changed your strategy or your drive in any way . It still happens and thats something that i face, my dear friend sister, latosha brown, weve faced it personally, our organization. Any organization in this battle has faced it to a certain degree. Has it changed our strategy . We always say cant stop, wont stop. We cant let that distract us. Were going to move forward and what we know is that when we move forward in our faith and in unity, centering black love and black culture and black joy, at the end of the day when we work together theres no level of intimidation or Voter Suppression that can stop us. Cant stop, wont stop. Cliff albright, we wish you success and safe travels. Thank you so much. Thank you. Outdoor celebrations to mark Juneteenth Are under way across the country, but some folks may be wanting to stay inside. A massive Heat Wave sweeping across the western part of the united states. More than 30 Million people in just the southwest are under excessive Heat Warnings or advisories all weekend long. Meteorologist Allison Chinchar joining us live from the Cnn Center with more. You think of the southwest as a very hot place. Thats no surprise. But even for this area, these temperatures are well above normal. Youve got over 30 Million people in half a dozen states dealing with excessive heat. Warnings and watches and even heat advisories. We are going to continue to see records as well. 20 possible record highs, not only today, but also tomorrow. Once we get towards monday and tuesday of the upcoming week, we finally start to see the temperatures break back down a little bit. Especially for places like las vegas, phoenix and sacramento. But the big concern is not only the heat, but its impact on the fires. You have over 30 large active fires across much of the western u. S. , where they really need rain. The problem is, most of the real Heavy Rain is focused across the southeastern tier of the country and we have tropical storm claudette. This particular storm making its way up to 45 mile sustained winds, gusting up to 60 miles per hour, noving to the north, northeast at about 12 miles per hour. This storm will be tricky because its going to weaken to a low pressure system, before reintensifying back into a tropical storm once it gets back to the atlantic. Something well have to keep a close eye on over the next couple of days. In the shortterm, tornadoes, Water Spouts and damaging winds are still going to be possible along the gulf coast. Weve had reports of possible tornadoes across alabama, maybe even perhaps some of the other surrounding states, and that will continue through the afternoon. Heres a look at the main system as it continues to slide off towards the east, bringing with it a tremendous amount of rain. Youve got widespread, 4 to 6 inches of rain still expected to fall over the next 2436 hours. Keep in mind, this is on top of some areas that have picked up 6, 7, even 8 inches of rain already, which is why, guys, we do have the Flash Flood Threat that would likely stick around for the rest of the day today. Allison chinchar, appreciate it, thanks. 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According to nypd, the reason theyre releasing the video is hoping to generate leads. The 24yearold man In The Red Top is charged at by that gunman who is masked at the time. Investigators believe that he was targeted. He is shot several times. Next to him, two children, 10yearold girl and a 5yearold boy, brother and sister, nearly shot in the process. After the shooting, the gunman hops on his scooter and flees. Police are on the hunt for the gunman, and also the driver of the scooter. Its important to underscore the heroic acts of this little girl and her efforts to protect her Little Brother, because when you look at these pictures you can see how they pulled her Little Brother back onto the ground and then uses her body to shield him from the muzzle flash, just inches away. So certainly important to just recognize not only the heroic efforts of this little girl, but obviously the ongoing investigation right now and the ongoing search for the gunman. Just the latest shooting here in New York city that has many residents unnerved. Polo sandoval reporting from New York. Thanks for the update. Coming up, graphic and disturbing new Video Showing trump supporters taunting, stalking and punching a Police Officer on January 6th. Even as some republicans try to whitewash the horror of the Capitol Insurrection. Plus, a republican candidate in florida accused of threatening his political rival with a Hit Squad. Details on a bizarre story when we come back. Are you down, dddown, dddown, dddown where were driving down the cost of insurance. Are you down, down ddown, down . Are you drivers who switched saved over 700. Allstate. Here, better protection costs a whole lot less. Youre in good hands. Click or call for a lower rate today. vo i am living with cll and i am living longer. Youre in good hands. Thanks to imbruvica. Imbruvica is a Prescription Medicine for adults with cll or chronic lymphocytic leukemia. It will not work for everyone. 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The judge saying, quote, in any crime establishes danger to the community and a disregard for the rule of law, assaulting a riot gear Police Officer does. Marshall cohen has been following these cases closely. The videos are explicit, and what is on display, at least from this man, is the Hate And Visit he has. They just got these videos yesterday. They are shocking, disgusting, and worth watching because it tells the story of what happened on January 6th. Let me just back up for a second before we roll the clips. We have these tapes because cnn and other News Organizations had to file a lawsuit against the Justice Department to get these tapes released. They were presented in court, they were submitted to judges. They are part of the record of January 6th, but they werent public. Now they are. So youre about to see this clip. Its a long clip of a man by who is a Gym Owner from new jersey. Hes been charged with 12 criminal counts and hes pleaded not guilty. Youre going to see him in this footage. Thats his face on the screen. Keep an eye out for him in this video. He is wearing a camouflage jacket. Prosecutors say this is him in the video stalking officers, taunting them, and eventually shoving one and hitting him in the face. This is graphic, there is profanity, so be aware. Lets watch. I have your back, sir. I have your back. You protect me, ill protect you. Ill have your back. I have your back. Are you an american . Act like one. You dont know what the fuck youre doing. You have no idea what the fuck youre going. Not one idea. Dont talk to me. Get the fuck out of here. No, they work for us. Fuck them. Yeah, so you see that there. Its hard to watch. Just throws a punch hitting the face of a Police Officer. This is one of a few clips that we got. Theres more to show you. But its scary stuff, guys. Bring us up to speed on the actual case. Where do things stand right now . Yeah, so he is in jail. As you mentioned earlier, the federal judge in charge of his case said that his conduct that day was just too dangerous, posed such a great risk to the public in the future that he might do something like this again. And one of the reasons why is because he has a record of assaulting people and some of his words that day really sent a shiver with the judge. So listen to this other clip. I will warn you again, it is explicit. This is what he said. He uploaded this video to Social Media after he picked up a baton on the ground during the squirmish. Check it out. We fucking disarm them and then we storm the fucking capitol. These are the rioters in their own words. They werent black lives matter, antifa, these are trump supporters in their own words. This is a video attacking police. It was not tourists, it was not a peaceful protest. It was a very scary day. You can see that just in his eyes, marshall cohen. Thank you for your reporting. Well be right back. 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Shes going to disappear. Reporter according to politico, who obtained the Phone Call, Conservative Activist says she recorded braddock because she was worried about his alleged dislike for luna. The man on the recording can be heard referring to the russian ukrainian Hit Squad. Up close and personal. They know the person, they know the target is gone. Dont [ bleep ] be on the wrong side of supporting luna. Because if youre near her when time comes, i just dont want that to happen thank you. Youve got kids, so dont be associated with luna under any circumstances, please. Reporter braddock tells cnn he has not listened to the recording. He suggests, quote, it may not even be me, and it may be altered. He also pointed out that he did not give consent to be recorded. When asked by cnn if hes ever threatened luna, braddock replied, i did not. I have nothing against her. I think shes a little crazy. Lunas spokesperson said he threatened her life and it is clear and unambiguous. His misogynistic comments and threats of Violence Speak for themselves. Luna filed a temporary Restraining Order last week for stalking, in which she stated in part i received Information Yesterday at midnight regarding a plan with a timeline to murder me in an effort to prevent me for winning the election for fl13. Luna claims she obtained screenshots of Text Messages in which hes working with Makki And Tito to take her out. Its a way to intimidate me and smear me and keep me out of the congressional run. Reporter In A Written Statement to cnn, makki says any reference to me being associated to mr. Braddock or luna is being involved is disparaging and fekless. For the good of our country, we have to sacrifice the few. Reporter a disturbing recording that has sparked fear and political drama. So dont be associated with luna under any circumstances, please. And do not repeat this to anybody. Reporter and weve learned that William Braddock plans to drop out of the race. Why . He told us, quote, in the court of public opinion, he has already lost the race. I also had a brief Phone Conversation with luna. She described things as being very hectic for her right now and that she has been advised not to discuss her whereabouts. Leyla santiago, cnn, miami. Thank you for that. Lets dig deeper into the story with national reporter for politico and fellow florida man mark caputo, the first to report on this story. Mark, i am trying to figure out braddocks motives here, why he dislikes luna so much. If he was being honest about having these connections, it sounded to me like he was bragging, trying to make himself sound well connected. What do you think . You know, im hesitant to hazard a guess because even though ive covered florida politics for 20 years and im always surprised that im always surprised, this really surprised me. This is a 30minute recording. You listen to this guy, hes talking about importing money from Malta And Gibraltar and on four separate occasions he mentions this ukrainian russian Hit Squad. To begin with, within three minutes of the Phone Call he brings it up himself. I think one could guess that hes bragging, one could guess a variety of things. I dont have any experience in this. And then when i contacted braddock, he kind of did the same Song And Dance with me that he did with your reporter there, he was like, oh, its allegedly me, i didnt give consent to being recorded. Did you talk about a russian ukrainian Hit Squad and then he wouldnt answer. And then finally after a long exchange back and forth between me and him, hes like, well, i dont recall. Thats the kind of thing i would recall. But its never a dull moment in florida. No question about that. And youre right, braddock goes back and forth. He says he didnt do anything wrong, hes never threatened luna and he says he hasnt heard the recording, theres no evidence that its him, it may have been doctored. I do want to ask you about the decision to make these recordings. What do we know about the relationship between the woman who recorded the calls and whose credibility has come into question in the past and this congressional candidate, luna . Well, like you, i dont want to butcher her last name. Shes a burrs that wrote an expose about a New York hospital during covid and became a figure, an activist. In that capacity, braddock had reached out to her, they travel in the same circles, and he wanted her apparently to be on the health care panel. But she told me that in repeated conversations with him, he sounded unhinged, she said, and she was just kind of worried that this was just not a normal guy saying normal things. So when she decided to call him back after this prolonged back and forth about will you be on this panel, will you not, and him saying these other things, which to her sounded crazy, she decided to record it. What she did, as you see from the video, she called him on one smartphone and then videoed it with another and did it in front the clock to show the time. She said she was nervous about the demeanor and the recording and what he said on it bore out her concerns about his mental fitness and how safe of a person he is. And, quickly, mark, how does this effect the race . Well, im not sure if braddock did have all of the money he claimed he had, he probably could have been a player. Now if hes going to drop out, that leaves luna as the assumed Front Runner. But Makki And Tito are very interesting candidates and this race is going to get a lot of attention. There already are a good number of florida republicans on all sides where these republican primaries are playing out who are getting engaged. You can expect a bit of a Bare Knuckle primary. Again, Bare Knuckle, not kind of like open gun primary. So with braddock out, i presume were going to have a little more of a normal conversation in the race. But it does look like its going to be pretty even. Lets hope its a bit more normal. A sunny place for shady people. Got to love florida. Mark caputo, thank you so much for the time. Thank you. Sunny place for shady people. I love that. I do miss living in florida, though. Coming up, a new report says that the pentagon will withdraw some jets and missiles out of the middle east. Well explain why the biden administration is making that move. And new ways for them to reach you. Is what business is all about. Its what the United States Postal Service has always been about. So as your business changes, were changing with it. 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Military assets and capabilities out of the middle east, in particular Saudi Arabia, as it shifts its focus towards what it cease as the growing threat posed by China And Russia. Most of the assets are Air Defense assets, so Missile Batteries that are effective at getting ballistic missiles. Theyre bringing the assets back to the u. S. To redeploy them over the course of the summer. Some will come back for Maintenance And Repair and others will be redeployed. This is all part of the global shift the u. S. Has away from what it sees as the wars of the past and middle east, toward what it sees as the threat of the future, posed by China And Russia. And you see that in a broader drawdown of the middle east. Theyre pulling out forces from afghanistan and it was the Trump Administration that reduced forces in iraq to 2,500. Meanwhile, it is China And Russia that are the focus of the pentagon moving forward. The China Task Force recently completed work and passed on its recommendations to Defense Secretary Lloyd austin and the pentagon has made it clear those recommendations will inform the national Defense Strategy moving forward. As for the global posture ordered by this administration, thats expected to be wrapped up in the coming months. That, too, will see a shift away from the wars of the past toward the threat of the future. Again, the threat of russia and china. Oren lieberman, cnn in the pentagon. Irans Chief Justice has won a Landslide Election and will become the countrys next president. Ebrahim raisi emerged as the Front Runner after his rivals were banned from the race. He got 62 of the votes in Yesterdays Election and there will not be a runoff. Raisi has a brutal human Rights Record and is currently under u. S. Sanctions. The u. S. Conference of catholic bishops is moving forward with a plan that could deny communion to public figures who support abortion rights. Its seen as a rebuke of president Joe Biden and his advocacy of womens reproductive rights. Biden is the first catholic president in nearly six decades. A recent polling shows most American Catholics do not believe the president should be refused communion. When he was asked friday about the plan, biden said he did not think it would actually happen. Staying in the nations capitol, the capitol Police Officer who may have saved the lives of dozens of lawmakers during the Insurrection Riot has been given a rare honor. You can see Officer Eugene Goodman in this video from January 6th as hes running toward the camera. He was actually leading rioters away from the senate became cher. At one point he even directed Senator Mitt Romney to safety. The Army Veteran was hailed as a hero for his actions that day and received the distinguished public Service Award for his work. On Friday Night he received another honor. He threw out the ceremonial first pitch at Fridays Baseball Game between the Washington Nationals and the New York mets. Take a look. Officer goodman, when youre ready, its your pitch. Why does he look so disappointed . He didnt hit anybody. It bounced, it was right over the plate. And, of course, the nats won. Nice job, officer goodman, not just the pitch, but for Everything Youve done and will do. Thats right. That is our time. Thank you so much for watching. Its been a pleasure to be with you the past few weeks. Theres still much more ahead in the cnn newsroom, Coming Up in just a few moments. This is the sound of change. Its the sound of low Cash Mode from Pnc Bank giving you the options and extra time needed to help you avoid an overdraft fee. Low Cash Mode on virtual wallet from Pnc Bank. One way were making a difference. No, hes not in his room. Dad, why didnt you answer your phone . Your mother loved this park. She did. 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