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Harris-Walz Team: We've Agreed To Two Presidential Debates, One Vice Presidential Debate; Five Arrests Made In Connection To Matthew Perry's Death; Prince Harry And Meghan In Colombia To Support Online Safety. Aired 7:30-8a ET

Aired August 16, 2024 - 07:30   ET

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SARA SIDNER, CNN ANCHOR: We're just three days away from the Democratic National Convention in Chicago and the stage is set, literally. The DNC releasing brand new images of the set-up at Chicago's United Center ready for Kamala Harris to formally accept her party's nomination for president.

Local authorities are working around the clock to make sure it is a safe convention, which includes preparing for expected protests from pro-Palestinian demonstrators.

CNN's Whitney Wild is live in Chicago with the very latest for us. Whitney, give us some sense of what these preparations look like. We see the fencing already behind you.

WHITNEY WILD, CNN LAW ENFORCEMENT CORRESPONDENT: Sara, that is one of the most visible examples of the hardened security here and it takes hundreds of people to get this perimeter set up. So this has been going on for several days. The United Center has been shut down for a month. And for people who are not big sports fans and not from Chicago, that's where the Blackhawks play and that's where the Bulls play, so this is a pretty iconic building for the city of Chicago.

But again, you know, when you're talking about the security perimeter here, Sara, there are so many layers of security. So there's going to be this pedestrian perimeter around the United Center and that's where people are going to be able to walk around. But it's inside the hard perimeter where you're going to have to have a credential.

And in addition to this fence, law enforcement is going to have huge mutual aid support. At least 500 officers from outside agencies are going to come in to try to help with his response. Law enforcement is going to have aerial support. They'll have support on the water as well, Sara.

We have been asking for several weeks how many protesters law enforcement is expecting to just to get a sense of what the size is. Protesters have made clear they plan to use the DNC as a spotlight. As you mentioned, this -- we are expecting pretty big pro-Palestinian marches.

This area is home to the largest Palestinian population in the United States. There have been marches in downtown Chicago for months.

So we've asked the Chicago Police superintendent how many people they are expecting and here's what he told CNN.

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SUPT. LARRY SNELLING, CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT: We do expect a large group of people to converge upon the city be it just to visit -- to participate in the Democratic National Convention or to come here and exercise their First Amendment rights. So we've been preparing for over a year for this, and we're prepared for whatever number of people decide to show up here in the city of Chicago.

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WILD: The Chicago Police Department has done extensive training Sara because what they're trying to do here is balance the ability for people to express their First Amendment rights while also keeping the city safe. This is an extremely dynamic security situation. Making sure that they can protect their regular neighborhoods -- the regular residents and businesses that have been here since before the DNC and will be here long afterward, and make sure that these First Amendment protests are a calm and safe experience, Sara.

So a lot of a balancing act out of the Chicago Police Department. They say they have been training for months for high-stress, high-risk moments, Sara.

SIDNER: All right, Whitney Wild. Thank you so much for your reporting out there -- Kate.

KATE BOLDUAN, CNN ANCHOR: With the Democratic Convention on the horizon, Kamala Harris is already shifting her focus a bit onto the much anticipated debate that has now been set between her and Donald Trump. The Harris campaign confirming yesterday it will participate in a total of three debates: two presidential debates and one debate between vice presidential candidate Tim Walz and J.D. Vance.

In a statement, the Harris campaign also saying this. "The debate about debates is over."

And this morning, The New York Times is reporting that Harris is already preparing, taking part in mock presidential debate at Howard University this past Monday.

Joining us right now is CNN political commentator Alyssa Farah Griffin and Brian Brokaw, former campaign manager for Kamala Harris' campaign when she was running for AG in California. It's great to see you guys.

Brian, let me start with you on this. Harris in debate prep now, and what I was telling you about The New York Times saying that she took part in mock debate on Monday.

What kind of debater is Kamala Harris?

BRIAN BROKAW, FORMER SENIOR ADVISER FOR KAMALA HARRIS' SENATE CAMPAIGN (via Webex by Cisco): Well, people forget at their own peril that she's someone who spent career -- her career in the courtroom as a prosecutor, so she's someone who takes preparation very seriously and I have no doubt she's doing her homework.

The problem is for Donald Trump right now is that he's a candidate in freefall. He is in a doom loop of his own creation by virtue of his own actions, and he is looking and acting small. And that is not a good contrast with someone like Kamala Harris who is presenting a very positive, uplifting vision along with Tim Walz that is really being met with momentum and excitement around the country.

So that debate stage, regardless of all the preparations that go into it, is going to present a very stark contrast for the public.

BOLDUAN: Yeah. I mean, it's definitely going to be something to watch for public pundits and surrogates alike.

How Donald Trump and some of his top surrogates, Alyssa, have been talking about Harris over and over again is telling because it kind of lays the groundwork for how they could be talking about going into the debate.

Let me play this for you.

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DONALD TRUMP, (R) PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: You know why she hasn't done an interview? Because she's not smart. She's not intelligent.

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BOLDUAN: But this -- that means what for the couple of days leading up to the debate and how everyone starts setting expectations though because it's not like a million years away.

ALYSSA FARAH GRIFFIN, CNN POLITICAL COMMENTATOR, FORMER TRUMP WHITE HOUSE COMMUNICATION DIRECTOR: Well, that's what's so funny, and somebody else has said this before. Ahead of the debate they're going to pivot suddenly.

Kamala Harris is such an accomplished federal prosecutor and she's likely going to be a very formidable debate opponent because they've learned this before. You don't set expectations low by insulting someone's intelligence.

This is a former attorney general, a former United States senator -- somebody who is a good communicator and I would argue is actually a more apt communicator than Donald Trump is. He has struggled in debates when he makes things personal and when he leans into grievance. We kind of forget that he --

BOLDUAN: What he's done a lot with her, right?

GRIFFIN: Which is what he's done. We forget his performance against Biden was hardly stellar. He just happened to be up against Biden who really floundered in that debate.

So think she's a formidable opponent. He needs to be actually preparing. And he's always struggled to stay on message in debates.

BOLDUAN: Yeah, and we're seeing evidence of just Trump still being -- I mean, you talk about this all the time that Trump still being Trump is what we're seeing, Alyssa, when it comes to -- he -- sometimes he does a very good job of staying on message for a speech or part of a speech. But then Donald Trump knows how he wants to talk, knows how he wants to communicate, and he does so at his peril.

GRIFFIN: We've seen much, much more of him just going back to Trump being Trump and not being able to stay on message this cycle. I mean, even the speeches that he gives -- 90-minute press conferences where he briefly mentions the economy and then starts pivoting into name- calling and birds being killed by windmills and whatever. He's really struggling to frankly, like, stick with a coherent thought.

BOLDUAN: It's his message and he's sticking to it.

Brian, today Kamala Harris is rolling out -- starting to roll out here economic agenda.

Do you -- I'm curious on this because it seems that this moment might present something of a challenge and a tough one for her, which is do you think she needs to link arms with the Biden economy of the part four years or break from the Biden economy with this speech and this rollout? How fine of a line does she have to walk here as she's running to make her own place with her own economic agenda for her own presidential run?

BROKAW: It's no doubt a challenge for anybody right now. I mean, the reality is statistics by and large are very good, but the problem is what voters feel is reality. So it's really more of a communication challenge than anything.

I think there is a very strong record over the last four years of the Biden-Harris administration for her to run on. The challenge is really communicating that to the people. And I think that's what you're starting to see right now with the focus on pocketbook issues. You know, not just talking about macroeconomics but talking about gas prices and the price of groceries.

And so I think once we are able to really communicate that and talk about the plan for the future, and then voters can decide who they trust on this issue more. Do they trust the Democrats, or do they trust Donald Trump who all he did in office was cut taxes for the wealthiest people, like his friends?

So I think that's the frame that we're going to be looking at for the economic issues going forward, and I think that's a good debate for the Democrats and Kamala Harris to have.

BOLDUAN: Brian is communicating it so well, which is what voters feel is reality, plain and simple. That is I think the beginning and end full stop of how Republicans should be -- should be taking Kamala Harris and any Democrat to task.

But Donald Trump -- he has been leading -- long been leading on the issue of the economy. He now has a slight -- a smaller lead in some polls that we're seeing.

Do you think he is losing ground, or do you think she is gaining ground?

GRIFFIN: She is gaining ground.

Listen, Joe Biden looked backward too much. He talked about what he passed. He talked about the economy is actually the envy of the world. It's doing better than you feel. That doesn't work when you're paying for groceries and you're like this bill is more than I expected it to be. It doesn't speak to the heart of what voters are feeling.

Kamala Harris is messaging the economy completely differently. And by the way, I'm not going to agree with a lot of her economic rollout.

BOLDUAN: Right.

GRIFFIN: But she's talking about rebuilding the middle class. She's talking about the price gouging. That's a -- that is a popular policy with a lot of this country -- just addressing that some of the biggest supermarkets they feel like are stacking prices.

So I think if she can speak to that leaning into her biography -- Tim Walz's people who came up in the middle class, not two wealthy elites on the other side of the ticket -- that very well may resonate.

Donald Trump said it in the speech yesterday. He's like they tell me the economy is a big deal. I don't know if it's the biggest issue. He doesn't seem to really be in touch with --

BOLDUAN: That was so strange, yeah.

GRIFFIN: Yeah, the struggles actual Americans are feeling while speaking at a country club most Americans could never afford to be members of.

BOLDUAN: It was a very pretty -- it was a very pretty setting.

GRIFFIN: Beautiful.

BOLDUAN: Yeah, it was. But no one -- no one's allowed to go there.

In the -- in the remaining seconds that we have let's go from the pocketbook issues and what voters really care about to the inside the politics and probably voters won't ever know anything about, which is the Trump campaign, Alyssa, is bringing back on Corey Lewandowski onto the campaign. Corey Lewandowski a la 2016.

What does -- you hear that and what does that mean to you?

GRIFFIN: I just want to know what genius said we're struggling with suburban women in the suburbs. We really need to bring Corey Lewandowski back to save the day.

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Listen, it means Donald Trump wants to relive the magic of 2016 even though Corey ended up leaving that campaign under interesting circumstances. It's not going to help him. This isn't someone who is going to help him hone his message.

I expected he'd bring back Kellyanne Conway who is at least a much better messenger and can soften him on the issues he needs.

BOLDUAN: Brian, what are hearing knowing the reputation of Corey Lewandowski? You think that is going to mean what for what could be coming at Kamala Harris?

BROKAW: I don't know anything about him, but the problem for Donald Trump -- his problems are his own creation. If he were the CEO, his board of directors would replace him. They wouldn't be bringing in a new campaign manager. But you can't replace the candidate.

So he's going to do whatever it takes to try to bring in new blood and maybe get people fighting to make him better. But the problem is he needs to look at himself in the mirror. That's Donald Trump's challenge right now, and he's unwilling to do that.

BOLDUAN: It's great to see you guys. Thank you so much. Brian, Alyssa, thank you.

So some other headlines that we are watching this morning.

An alleged gang leader suspected of killing 23 people in Peru is now in custody in New York State. Gianfranco Torres-Navarro, head of the Peruvian gang known as "Los Killers" and described as highly dangerous, is being held at a federal detention facility ahead of an immigration hearing. The tip that he was wanted in Peru led to the arrest by ICE. Authorities also arrested his girlfriend.

Jordan Chiles is speaking out about being stripped of her Olympic bronze medal. The Team USA gymnast posted online that "It feels unjust and is a significant blow."

The governing body for the Olympics that decides these things ruled that the challenge to Chiles' score and the further challenges after that, to sum up a very messy back-and-forth -- that they were not valid. So her medal is actually now going to a Romanian gymnast for the floor exercise competition at the Paris Games.

In her Instagram post, Chiles also spoke to the racially driven attacks that were coming at her on social media and she said that they were adding to her heartbreak and were extremely hurtful. She said she's still proud to represent her country.

This morning, Usher is apologizing to fans after postponing the start of his "Past, Present, Future" tour in Atlanta this week. He pulled the plug on the tour opener and two other shows because of a neck injury. Usher says the injury happened during rehearsals and doctors had advised him against performing.

The Atlanta shows now rescheduled for December. Usher says he hopes he'll be back on stage next week in D.C.

And breaking overnight, four people have been arrested in connection to the deadly shooting of "GENERAL HOSPITAL" star Johnny Wactor. Wactor was shot and killed in May as he walked up on an attempted robbery in downtown Los Angeles. Three men have now been arrested on suspicion of murder. A fourth was booked on suspicion of being an accessory.

Last night, Wactor's mother spoke out after hearing the news.

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SCARLETT WACTOR, JOHNNY WACTOR'S MOTHER: I was very excited but cautiously optimistic. They're getting a chance at life that he doesn't have. They're breathing air that they don't deserve to breathe in my opinion, and he can't breathe it any longer.

And we miss him. So yeah, maybe it's time that their family missed them, and they go away. If the death penalty was available that would be fantastic in my opinion.

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BOLDUAN: His friends say that they hope this ultimately will help make the city of Los Angeles safer.

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MICAH PARKER, WACTOR FAMILY SPOKESPERSON: We've been waiting on a day like this since May 25 when we -- when we got the news that Johnny was killed. There's so many things we don't know. So many details that we can't talk about. But I would say this is 100 percent moving in the right direction.

We want to get justice for him but we also -- we want to use his name and his legacy to make the whole city safer. To make the whole state safer. And basically, make sure that his death is not in vain.

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BOLDUAN: In a statement about the arrests, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass said this. "Now, we must ensure that those who are responsible for this brazen and heinous act are held fully accountable."

Sara.

SIDNER: Speaking of which, new details this morning in the five arrests made in connection with the death of "FRIENDS" star Matthew Perry. Investigators say they uncovered an underground drug network of sellers and suppliers they saw are responsible for distributing the ketamine that killed Perry.

Those charged include two doctors, a drug distributor, Perry's personal assistant, and a person the investigators referred to as the "Ketamine Queen." Three of the five charged have reached a plea agreement with prosecutors.

Joining me now is CNN's legal analyst, Joey Jackson. Joey, there is so much coming out about this case. And I want to play to you what prosecutors said about this case and those involved -- listen.

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ANNE MILGRAM, ADMINISTRATOR, DEA: Matthew Perry's journey began with unscrupulous doctors who abused their position of trust because they saw him as a payday. And it ended with street dealers who sold him ketamine in unmarked vials.

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SIDNER: How unusual is it that doctors are charged in this case?

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JOEY JACKSON, CNN LEGAL ANALYST, CRIMINAL DEFENSE ATTORNEY: So, not that unusual. The reality is that law enforcement is locked in -- Sara, good morning --

SIDNER: Good morning.

JACKSON: -- and they're locked into the issue of detecting and deterring crime. And so I think when doctors run amiss in terms of prescribing things, that's what they do --

SIDNER: Right.

JACKSON: -- but they look at -- that's law enforcement -- and over- prescriptions and engaging in this conduct.

Now, this obviously we hope to be aberrational and not the norm. Doctors serving every day and serving well. But there is, right, an overstep. And when there is that overstep you have these law enforcement entities who sweep in.

And to their credit here, we have accountability on all sides. We've got the doctors who are being brought to account, the people supplying the drugs being brought to the account, and the personal assistant who was injecting them. So beyond the pale and certainly the right thing for law enforcement to be focused on.

SIDNER: I want to also go to sort of what happened in text messages that the prosecutors say were put out there. This is a particular doctor that they read his text messages during the press conference. Dr. Plasencia said this about Matthew Perry. "I wonder how much this moron will pay?" He also wrote he wanted to be Matthew Perry's "go to" for drugs.

This sounds ethically terrible, but is it illegal?

JACKSON: So the answer is yes, it's ethically terrible and illegal also. Think about this, Sara. You're sitting on a jury and the case is going to trial. And you hear a text message like that talking about profiteering on someone. Talking about preying on someone. When people are undergoing addiction, they are in the worst portions of their life. They're depending upon medical treatment to save you, not medical treatment to prey upon you.

And so I think in the event it went to trial jurors would not be so pleased with those text messages and what they say regarding the conduct and the motivations.

SIDNER: It certainly would have something to do with his license, which would be a different case -- the medical license.

I want to let you hear though what the defense attorney for Dr. Plasencia has said about this and how responded, and what the -- a little bit of the defense in this.

JACKSON: Sure.

SIDNER: Here is what he said.

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STEFAN SACKS, DEFENSE ATTORNEY FOR DR. PLASENCIA: Mr. Perry was on the ketamine treatment, medically supervised, medically prescribed. And while the U.S. attorney may disagree with Dr. Plasencia's medical judgment, there was nothing criminal at the time. And more importantly, the ketamine that was involved in Mr. Perry's passing was not related to Mr. -- Dr. Plasencia. It was provided by another party sometime later.

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SIDNER: So there are couple of things here that he is arguing.

What do you make of those two defense arguments?

JACKSON: So here's the issue, Sara. Certainly, we should not understand and know. Of course, you deserve the presumption of innocence. These are accusations and allegations. In a court of law they'll come out.

The problem is that narrative may be and will likely be contradicted by the others who have pled guilty, right? Remember, the --

SIDNER: Right.

JACKSON: -- supplier -- the drug dealer has pled guilty. The other one has also pled guilty.

SIDNER: Who made these deals.

JACKSON: Two drug dealers here. The personal assistant as well.

So I think their narrative with respect to the interaction with the doctor may have him much more involved than his defense seems to indicate. But again, deserves the presumption of innocence. We'll see what his defenses are.

Remember, there were search warrants executed with respect to other evidence -- text messages. You read one of them.

SIDNER: Right.

JACKSON: And other things that I think will come out to shed light on whether that's true -- that is the defense -- or not true.

SIDNER: I do want to talk about something because it feels like things are shifting here with law enforcement and the legal system when it comes to people who overdose. It used to be someone would have a drug overdose and it was sort of blamed on them and there was no case. There was no -- nothing further that happened. But now we're seeing a difference and it's not just in the Matthew Perry case.

What are you seeing? Compared to 20 years ago, am I right? Have things changed?

JACKSON: So you are. You know, interestingly enough, I can remember being a Manhattan prosecutor where my fellow prosecutors and myself would do these undercover buy and bust, right? They go out on the street and they look for people who are selling them drugs. They'd then call in the field team. They would arrest them and take them down.

By the way, Anne Milgram -- now head of the DEA, right, and doing great work for our country -- she was one of those prosecutors in Manhattan on the front lines with me.

But the reality is that you have to change your strategies to be consistent with the times and the circumstance. And so what they did here, very smartly, was they had an interagency task force consisting of the Postal Service, consisting of the Drug Enforcement Administration, the U.S. attorney, local law enforcement, LAPD.

And what they did was they said we're going to hold everyone to account. Doctors, what role did you have, OK? You may have had a prescription. Did you exceed that? And if so, accountability.

Where did you get the ketamine from? The clinic? Another doctor? Accountability.

Personal assistant, why are you injecting him with drugs? Accountability.

So what you're seeing is a shift. And I think also, Sara, they use -- they're using this as a message, right? Matthew Perry's life, of course, had great value. This tragedy now -- what are we going to do? We're going to deter other people.

And I think when you take people down like this it sends the message that everyone in the chain, right, are going to have to come before that court and have their day in court. And ultimately, if guilty, then there's a reckoning to do. And that I think is the strategic shift, right, that we're seeing here. [07:50:05]

SIDNER: And we should mention it hasn't just happened in this case with someone who is famous.

JACKSON: Right.

SIDNER: We've seen this actually happening to regular people who have gone through this horrible sort of tragic death. So we will see but there's definitely a shift.

Thank you so much.

JACKSON: Thank you, Sara.

SIDNER: We appreciate it.

JACKSON: Always.

SIDNER: All right.

Next, Hurricane Ernesto's latest track and the life-threatening rip currents that it's creating along the East Coast.

Also, Harry and Meghan in Colombia. Their latest battle, cyberbullying and artificial intelligence.

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SIDNER: Hurricane Ernesto has intensified to a category 2 storm. Right now it's on track to hit Bermuda before its massive waves threaten dangerous rip currents this weekend along the East Coast of the United States.

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CNN meteorologist Derek Van Dam is with us now. What is the biggest danger as we speak right now? We see it churning out there in the Atlantic.

DEREK VAN DAM, AMS METEOROLOGIST: Yeah, Sara. So we're about two or three hours away from tropical storm-force winds impacting the island of Bermuda.

But the very shear fact that this storm has found Bermuda in the very vast open oceanwaters of the Western Atlantic is saying something. It's only roughly about 20 miles long and at its widest it's about 1.75 miles wide. And this houses about 65,000 people and covers about an area of roughly 20 square miles.

So very small. We call that a needle in a haystack. But yet, it is still on a track to impact Bermuda with some of its strongest winds, which are cranking at around 100 miles per hour near the center of the storm.

Currently, Ernesto is about 300 miles to the south-southwest of Bermuda. That's why we have hurricane warnings in place. But think about this. Tropical storm-force winds extend about 265 miles from the center, so it won't take long for those winds to approach and impact Bermuda here in the coming hours.

Now, the storm is forecast to weaken and then quickly exit to the north and east. So this will be a fast-moving storm for Bermuda, but they could bear the brunt of that eastern side of the eyewall. It could be the strongest parts of the storm. So, of course, on those east-facing shorelines we get that surge and wind impact kind of combining to create dangerous coastal erosion for those areas of Bermuda.

And then this will be an expanding storm as well. So the wind field will continue to grow. There's a lot of rain associated with this, so considerable localized flash flooding -- over a foot in some locations across Bermuda.

And then we've got to talk about the waves -- upwards of three stories high waves that are measured here around the center of Ernesto. And that's going to emanate outward, of course, impacting the East Coast through the course of the weekend and early next week. That's why have rip current advisories and warnings along much of the Eastern Seaboard.

By the way, the National Weather Service out of Wilmington, North Carolina asking residents to stay, simply, out of the water this weekend -- Sara.

SIDNER: Wow -- waves three stories high, and it's not a cat 2 heading toward Bermuda -- goodness.

VAN DAM: Right.

SIDNER: Thank you so much, Derek Van Dam, for your reporting -- Kate.

VAN DAM: OK.

BOLDUAN: Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are in Colombia this morning. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are on a four-day visit to promote online safety and mental health for children.

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MEGHAN, DUCHESS OF SUSSEX: I do believe all of us agree, despite whatever disparities there are throughout the world, no one contests the fact that we want to keep our children safe.

PRINCE HARRY, DUKE OF SUSSEX: AI is scary, and I think -- and I think a lot of people are scared and uncertain. And I think one of the solutions to that is education and awareness.

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BOLDUAN: Journalist Stefano Pozzebon is in Bogota. You were at the events yesterday. What more are you learning about their visit?

STEFANO POZZEBON, JOURNALIST: Yes, good morning, Kate.

I think what we're learning is the global impact of this newer technology and how they hope -- the Duchess and the Duke of Sussex hope that these visits can highlight this impact that is not just related to the United States or Britain, but to the global south and everywhere on this planet, frankly.

Yesterday, at that event, I was there and there three women on the stage -- Meghan, Princess -- the Duchess of Sussex. Francia Marquez, who is the first African American to hold -- African Colombian to hold elective -- executive powers here in Colombia. And Maria Ressa, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate and a journalist from the Philippines.

And each of the three women talked about their experience with online harassment often related to racism, often related to gender harassment online, and how they hope that they can provide tools to the newer generation. All of them are, of course, mothers and they say that they want to leave a legacy of a safer digital environment -- a safer online environment.

So I think that it was kind of like interesting to see women from very different backgrounds. Francis Marquez, the son -- the daughter of environmental activist -- a single mother from one of the poorest regions in Colombia. Meghan, currently the Duchess of Sussex. Prince Harry, the most famous aristocratic family in the planet sitting on the same stage and talking about an issue that touches us all.

Today, they will engage instead with other causes that are close to their hearts -- and the Archewell Foundation, which is the foundation that the Duke and the Duchess founded in 2020. They will visit a team of Colombian veterans who are competing in the Invictus Games. And then tomorrow and on Sunday they will visit other parts of Colombia.

So there is a little bit of a pleasure travels -- tourism in this beautiful country. But also a very, very strong focus on online harassment and how that touches every single person on the globe -- Kate.

BOLDUAN: Yeah, it absolutely does.

Stefano, thank you very much for that.

A new hour of CNN NEWS CENTRAL starts now.