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Police Release Video From Tiger Woods' Latest Rollover Crash; Artemis II Crew Orbits Earth in Preparation of Moon Fly-By; Interview with Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD): Trump Fires Attorney General Pam Bondi. Aired 2:30-3p ET

Aired April 02, 2026 - 14:30   ET

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BRIANNA KEILAR, CNN HOST: Now, moments after this, Woods is given a field sobriety test, and then after that, he's arrested after the deputy told him that he failed that test. Woods also took a breathalyzer test at the jail. No alcohol was detected with that, but he refused to provide a urine sample. That is according to court documents.

CNN's Isabel Rosales is with us now. And Isabel, what all are we learning from this new footage?

ISABEL ROSALES, CNN CORRESPONDENT: And Brianna, we're still going here at CNN through all of these videos released by the Martin County Sheriff's Office and obtained by CNN affiliate WPBF. But for the first time here, we're seeing in images that failed field sobriety test that was detailed out in the arrest affidavit. And also the signs of impairment that that deputy was talking about in those documents, the bloodshot eyes, the quote, extremely dilated pupils, excessive sweating, the hiccupping.

We're seeing this all play out in images. We also know that in that field sobriety test, Woods allegedly didn't count his steps correctly. He started exercises before being told to.

And then we hear in the video him telling the deputy that he had not consumed any alcohol but had taken, quote, a few prescription medications earlier that day. After this failed field sobriety test, this is what happened. Watch.

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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE DEPUTY: You going to face my car and place your hands behind your back. Place them behind your back. There you go. So at this time, I do believe your normal faculties are impaired. OK? And you're under the unknown substance. OK, so at this time, you're under arrest for DUI. Yes, sir. Do you have anything on you that's going to help with the test?

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ROSALES: And the deputy wrote in her report that she didn't feel it was safe for him to operate a car at that time. And of course, you mentioned he refused that urine test, which is automatically a misdemeanor in the state of Florida and a suspension of your driver's license for a year. And we do note, indeed, in the court documents that his license has been suspended.

And as they were searching him and he was handcuffed, they also looked in his front pocket. They pulled out cash. They pulled out headphones and also two white pills that, as you can see right here in this video, turned out to be prescription hydrocodone.

So that's an opioid used for chronic pain. Now, Brianna, this is a criminal traffic case. Woods here has entered a plea through his attorney, waived his rights to an arraignment.

He has entered a plea of not guilty but has demanded a jury trial.

KEILAR: And what does this mean for his future career? There was some talk. It was unconfirmed whether he might play in the Masters upcoming here.

Obviously, that is no longer happening. But there was a lot of talk about a comeback for him.

ROSALES: Right. He's not playing the Masters. The website has been updated.

And he also gave up the captaincy for the 2027 Ryder Cup. I want to get into this real quick. Tiger Woods did release a statement about this arrest.

He says he's committed to healing. He said this in part. "I know and understand the seriousness of the situation I find myself in today. I am stepping away for a period of time to seek treatment and focus on my health. This is necessary in order for me to prioritize my well- being and work toward lasting recovery."

Brianna.

KEILAR: All right, Isabel, thank you for the latest there.

Could you sleep while flying through space at more than 2,000 miles per hour? Well, the Artemis 2 crew is just waking up from a well- deserved nap. We'll have the latest on the mission next.

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KEILAR: The astronauts of the Artemis II mission are now 20 hours into their mission to the moon and they're getting ready to start the next phase of their historic journey. Here's a live look from NASA.

And after some much deserved rest, the crew will make system checks while preparing for a pivotal maneuver that will set the course for their lunar flyby. It will be the closest that anyone has gotten to the moon in half a century. With us now, former NASA chief astronaut Chris Cassidy. All right,

Chris, so much focus on the launch yesterday. But there's a whole mission ahead of this crew. How do you think it's going so far?

CHRIS CASSIDY, FORMER CHIEF NASA ASTRONAUT: Oh, Brianna, great to be with you. And it's so exciting to feel this enthusiasm and support coming from the nation and the world about this mission. So proud of my four colleagues and friends.

Of course, the launch, as you indicated, the launch is a critical part, a huge chunk of risk that has passed them. But so much of the mission ahead and the nature of a test flight is to shake out all the systems that haven't been run through the paces before and put in an integrated fashion to the mission. So everything seems to be going great.

You know, little things along the way. I'm sure I'm not in mission control, but those guys and gals are pros at work and problems in real time. And it's exciting to see that as they're about five and a half hours away from that translunar injection burn that you just kind of alluded to.

That's a big deal that sets them on the trajectory. So I know they're hustling and bustling inside there with the countdown clocks going and they're getting ready for that.

KEILAR: So we're looking for that at 8 p.m. tonight, Eastern. Can you talk a little bit more about this process, what we should expect, what you're watching for and how this sets them on that trajectory?

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CASSIDY: Right. So mission control is certainly monitoring and updating the -- it's called the state vector of the vehicle, where it is precisely and fine tuning the orbital burn targets. Those are technical words, but updating information to the computer so it has the most is precise information for the burn, the duration of the ignition, for example, and the orientation.

And that kind of sets them up for that free return trajectory that will slingshot them around the moon. So it's in my mind, it's hard to wrap my brain around the fact that a small firing of an engine, nine days before is what's going allow them to land safely on Earth with some tweaking along the way. But just amazing calculations, amazing human ingenuity and what we can accomplish when smart people -- that we have lots of in our nation's space force space community -- can accomplish.

And that's what's going on right now.

KEILAR: Yes, it's a bit of a butterfly effect indeed with that. I wonder what you're most looking forward to seeing as the crew is getting closer and closer to the moon.

CASSIDY: You know, having a close personal friends and connections both on the ground teams and the crew, I'm most looking forward to seeing and feeling their emotions and kind of riding that human side of the journey with them. For example, last night when the polling for Go No Go was happening at that 10 minute hold, that's when I was most excited and fired up and just really, really pumped. And for me, watching them kind of go around that backside of the moon and seeing with their eyeballs the two celestial bodies out one window at the same time, closer to the moon than Earth.

And imagine going to the Grand Canyon, your pictures, nobody wants to see your pictures, but for you it's an incredible view. It's hard to describe that view. So their eyes are going to have to -- and their words are going to have to convey the emotions to all of us on Earth, what it's like to see our planet in such a small aspect out the window.

I'm so excited for the four of them.

KEILAR: Yes, very, very exciting, especially since the toilet is now back online, right? They lost that for a few hours last night. We were quite worried about that, but all is good now.

And Chris, this is obviously so exciting as we're all nerding out on this every little move they're making. And I guess they just got woken up with the John Legend song, which is pretty cute. Chris Cassidy, thank you so much for being with us.

CASSIDY: Yes, fantastic. Thank you, Brianna. Thanks for the coverage.

KEILAR: Yes, of course. And so next we have so much more breaking news as President Trump has ousted the nation's top law enforcement official. The ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee will join us right after the break.

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BORIS SANCHEZ, CNN HOST: Breaking news to CNN. President Trump has fired Attorney General Pam Bondi. Sources tell CNN the president has been frustrated with her performance, including her handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files.

Joining us now to discuss is Democratic Congressman Jamie Raskin, the ranking member of the Judiciary Committee. Congressman, thanks so much for sharing your afternoon with us. First, just what's your reaction to the news that Trump ousted his attorney general?

REP. JAMIE RASKIN (D-MD), JUDICIARY COMMITTEE RANKING MEMBER: Well, I'm afraid the administration or the president may take the wrong message from this. Her tenure was plainly a disaster, but she did everything that Donald Trump asked her to do. They sacked dozens and dozens of career attorneys just for having worked on the January 6th case.

They did everything they could to obstruct the release of the Epstein files. Millions of pages of Epstein files were withheld by Pam Bondi. They did nothing to try to crack down on the outrageous ICE tactics that were trampling people's civil rights and constitutional liberties in Minneapolis.

And so, she basically did everything that he asked her to do, and she shouldn't be just the fall person for a series of policies that I think are profoundly infected with unconstitutionality and illegality. You know, people have been calling me saying, you must feel great because she called you a washed up loser lawyer during the hearing. And, you know, I have no personal animus towards Pam Bondi, and I understand she was a pretty good prosecutor in Florida, and I hope she can restore her reputation.

But going all the way down the road with the corruption in the administration, I think it's a career killer for a lot of people.

SANCHEZ: I wonder, Congressman, what you make of the timing, in part because it was only yesterday that Bondi had summoned the head prosecutor overseeing an investigation, and whether former CIA Director John Brennan made false statements to Congress about a years- old intel assessment of Russian meddling in the 2016 election. Our reporting indicates that Bondi was trying to communicate to that prosecutor that she believed that he was slow walking that investigation and that she wanted to see some development in the case. Do you think that the fact that she's been fired makes it more likely that we'll see similar prosecutions in the near future?

RASKIN: Well, that's what I'm afraid of. You know, she turned the Department of Justice into Donald Trump's vendetta factory.

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And, you know, whether we're talking about, you know, the FBI Director Comey or we're talking about the New York prosecutor, Letitia James, or we're talking about members of Congress like Maggie Goodlander, they thought that their job was basically to go out and investigate and prosecute Donald Trump's chosen foes, regardless of whether or not they'd done anything. And that's why, you know, there's a record number of judges just castigating and excoriating the Department of Justice Pam Bondi and these lawyers for their absolute improper behavior in court and outside of court.

And I hope that Donald Trump doesn't continue down this road. It'll just ruin some other lawyers' careers. And it doesn't give me a lot of comfort that it's Todd Blanche, who's now the acting attorney general of the United States.

This is the guy who transferred Ghislaine Maxwell from the higher security prison to the low security prison camp in Texas and has arranged for a very sweet landing for her there.

SANCHEZ: I do want to ask you about Blanche and potential replacements for Bondi. But one more question on her, because she was supposed to appear on April 14th for a deposition before the House Oversight Committee. Ranking member Garcia says that she still has to appear.

James Comer, the chairman of that committee, has said that he's going to counsel with other Republicans on the panel to determine next steps. Nancy Mace, who initiated the call for Bondi to testify before them, says she still believes that it's on. But we are hearing indications from behind the scenes, including from CNN's Kaitlan Collins, that part of the reason that Bondi is leaving the position is directly tied to the White House wanting to avoid her testifying before Congress.

What do you make of that?

RASKIN: Well, a legal subpoena is a legal subpoena, and she has the responsibility and the duty to appear. It may be that Chairman Comer, in his utterly invertebrate subservience to Donald Trump's administration, will see if he can get enough Republicans to vote to withdraw the subpoena. But I believe that my colleague, Ranking Member Garcia, is absolutely right.

That subpoena is still valid, and she needs to appear.

SANCHEZ: What do you think the future is of the Epstein files investigation with Bondi now out of the picture?

RASKIN: Well, the president might be taking from all of this the idea that he needs a more skilled fighter on his behalf. But in fact, he should take it as a sign that the country has had enough of all of the obstructionism and all of the cover-up. We passed a law for a reason.

We want every single one of those files released. We want only the names of victims redacted and not the names of the potential co- conspirators and enablers, which is what they've done. So we'll see whether they continue to dig even deeper in this betrayal of the federal law and justice.

They've turned the Department of Justice into this political law firm for Donald Trump, and they need to perform a 180-degree turnaround from that. And we'll see if there are enough cool heads in the White House to understand what's really gone wrong.

SANCHEZ: Before we go, Congressman, one final question quickly. Would you prefer Todd Blanche take on the role, aside from an acting basis, and be Bondi's official replacement? Or perhaps your former House colleague Lee Zeldin or even Jeanine Pirro, do any of those names resonate with you as potential replacements for Bondi?

RASKIN: No, they do not. All of them, again, are complete political sycophants and flunkies to Donald Trump. That was the problem in the first place.

And so it's just asking another lawyer to walk the plank and sacrifice their professional reputation for Donald Trump. They should get in a real prosecutor, a real lawyer, and there are lots of good conservative ones. And a lot of them are the people who stood up to Pam Bondi in this process, including Eric Siebert, the U.S. attorney in the Eastern District of Virginia, who was replaced. He would make a good attorney general.

SANCHEZ: Congressman Jamie Raskin, I have some doubts that we'll see that nomination, but you never know. Thanks so much for joining us.

RASKIN: You bet.

SANCHEZ: So job cuts at the CDC are forcing the agency to pause testing for a number of infectious diseases. We have that story after a quick break.

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KEILAR: These are some of the headlines that we are watching this hour. This is new video appearing to show the kidnapping of American journalist Shelley Kittleson in Baghdad on Tuesday. The security camera footage that was obtained by the Associated Press shows those two men approaching a person standing on a Baghdad street corner.

Then moments later, the person is grabbed, forced into the back of that car. There appears to be a brief struggle to shut the door before that car drives away.

And also, the CDC is pausing diagnostic testing for rabies, monkey pox and dozens of other infectious diseases. The federal government's pausing of lab testing comes in the wake of dramatic downsizing of the CDC in the last year, according to the National Public Health Coalition, an organization of former and current ...

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