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Police: At Least Four People Killed, Along With Gunman In Tulsa Hospital Shooting; School District Police Chief Declines To Answer CNN Questions In First Public Comments In A Week; U.S., U.K. And Germany Promise Advanced Weapons To Ukraine; Hundreds Still Missing In War- Torn Villages Near Kyiv; Jury: Movie Stars Johnny Depp And Amber Heard Defamed Each Other. Aired 12-1a ET

Aired June 02, 2022 - 00:00   ET

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NICK WATT, CNN ANCHOR: Hello everyone, I'm Nick Watt.

Ahead on CNN NEWSROOM, yet another deadly mass shooting in the United States this time a gunman opens fire at a hospital.

Russia warns the United States against sending high tech rockets to Ukraine. A move the invaders claim will add fuel to the fire.

And a legal victory for Johnny Depp, a jury found that both he and ex- wife Amber Heard had defamed each other, we'll explain that further.

Barely a week after the massacre at a Texas elementary school, there's been a deadly shooting on the campus of a hospital in Tulsa, Oklahoma. At least four people were killed, others wounded.

The shooter is also dead. It's believed he killed himself. Police know the gunman's name but are not releasing it yet. City council member told CNN that the attacker had been searching for a specific physician. We cannot yet verify that information.

Our Gary Tuchman picks up the story.

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GARY TUCHMAN, CNN U.S. NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: There is still a robust police presence here at the St. Francis Hospital campus in Tulsa, Oklahoma. After the latest mass shooting in the United States.

A man walked into one of the doctor's office buildings right behind me, it's called the Natalie Building there are orthopedics and oncologist who work inside there and shot and killed four people on the second floor.

Police are telling us this was not a random shooting that he targeted that particular office on the second floor. They're not telling us specifically though what he targeted. We're also being told something very critical here that within three

minutes after they got the report, the police say they were inside the building.

Super important because we know what happened in Texas inside that school, the delay in getting inside the school. Here, when the police walked in the building, they're saying they heard the gunshots. Then the gunshots stopped, they opened the door, they saw a person lying there dead. Then they saw the gunman with a pistol and a rifle lying dead.

It's very possible if they didn't get in there as soon as they did, he would have kept shooting.

Either way, there's a lot of investigating still to do. This man's name has not been released. He is in his 30s. One of the reasons they're not releasing the name is because earlier in the day, there was a bomb threat in a nearby home or business. Police are saying they are related, this bomb threat and this man who went inside the hospital. They're still investigating that.

Either way, it's very important for us not to get desensitized to this. Once again, a mass shooting in the United States. Four people who came in here either to get medical treatment, escort somebody to get medical treatment or people who worked here are dead.

This is Gary Tuchman, CNN in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

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WATT: And that shooting in Tulsa, Oklahoma coming just eight days after the massacre inside an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas. 19 students and two teachers shot dead.

Questions continue to mount amidst shifting and unsettling details about the police response as that tragedy unfolded.

CNN's Shimon Prokupecz caught up with the school district police chief who led that response and has largely stayed out of the public eye ever since.

Pete Arredondo is the commanding officer who decided not to go into the classrooms, but to keep officers waiting outside.

So, for over an hour, the gunman was inside a school full of children, some calling 911 pleading for help. Arredondo declined to answer questions about the massacre.

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SHIMON PROKUPECZ, CNN CRIME AND JUSTICE PRODUCER: I just want your reaction to --

PETE ARREDONDO, CHIEF OF POLICE, UVALDE CONSOLIDATED INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT: We're going to be --

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PROKUPECZ: -- that you were responsible for the decision for going to that room. How do you explain yourself?

ARREDONDO: We're going to be respectful to the family.

PROKUPECZ: I understand that. But you have an opportunity to explain yourself to the parents.

ARREDONDO: And just you know, we're going to do that eventually, obviously.

PROKUPECZ: When?

ARREDONDO: And whenever this is done, the families are done grieving, then we'll do that obviously. And just so --

PROKUPECZ: But you do understand how the families --

ARREDONDO: But just so everybody knows, we've been in contact with DPS every day.

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WATT: That last comment follows word that Arredondo has in fact not responded to a request for a follow up interview with investigators and the media now being promised an even tougher fight to get information.

The Texas Department of Public Safety now says it will refer all media questions to the district attorney in Uvalde.

Now, I want to bring in Steve Moore, who was a retired Supervisory Special Agent with the FBI. He is joining us from here in Los Angeles.

Steve, what we're seeing in Uvalde, number one with that wait before they went into the classroom, and now, with all of this conflicting information, what do you think is going on here? Is this local cops out of their depth? Is this overlapping jurisdictions, territorial? What is happening?

STEVE MOORE, RETIRED SUPERVISORY SPECIAL AGENT, FBI: I think you're going to have a little bit of each of it. But mainly, I think they may be out of their depth. But what is concerning me is that some of this information that they're not giving, that they didn't give for the first few days, or gave incorrectly are the exact things that we are getting within minutes from the Tulsa police.

The two responses are absolutely miles apart in how they're how they occurred and how they've been reported to the public.

WATT: And I mean, Steve, you know, what we've seen in Tulsa is what you're supposed to do. I mean, we learned this lesson from Columbine 20 plus years ago, you go in and as you say, you know, in Tulsa, they were in within three minutes. In Uvalde, it took more than an hour. I mean, Tulsa is how you're supposed to respond, right?

MOORE: Absolutely. And what we've learned when studying these things, is sometimes when people see police officers entering the building coming to get them, they will -- they will not want to be -- not want to give the police the satisfaction of killing themselves.

I believe that this person probably took his life when he knew that the police were enroute to his exact location. And this is why you have to go in whether or not the person kills themselves, or you have to take them out. It's essential that you go in, and Tulsa has shown us that I think it was within six to eight minutes after the initial call came in. They were in the room with him. That's how you do it.

WATT: I mean, can you even try to explain what we believe was Chief Arredondo's reaction to wait for over an hour to treat this like a barricaded suspect, not an active shooter? I mean, is there any way of explaining that decision?

MOORE: I can't -- I can't -- I'm trying to wrap my mind around it. But he was trained in December, which was, what, five, six months ago. And then, he held training for his officers in March two months ago. He either didn't understand the concept of active shooter, or he wasn't willing to put himself or his officers in deadly danger. But that's his job. That's his duty.

I can't logically explain it, except that he either didn't understand it, or wasn't ready to do it.

WATT: And I also feel for the families, obviously, at this time, which is the most horrific time in their lives, they're now getting all this conflicting information. And we actually even have Chief Arredondo almost hiding behind those grieving families. Saying out of respect for the families, you know, we can't talk to you. I mean, it doesn't get much lower than that.

MOORE: It doesn't because the one way you can respect the parents is to tell the truth the one way -- I mean, right now, if he had any -- right now, the way to respect the families, the way to honor the kids is to tell the truth and be open about it.

WATT: Steve Moore, thank you very much for your time and your thoughts. Appreciate it.

MOORE: Thank you.

WATT: Russia is another step closer to taking full control of Severodonetsk in eastern Ukraine. The regional governor says Russian forces now occupy about 80 percent of the city. Capturing all of Severodonetsk is a principal goal of Vladimir Putin's army as it moves across the Donbass.

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WATT: Only one other city in the Luhansk region is still in Ukrainian hands. Local officials describe intense street fighting, most buildings now in ruins, food, water and other essentials are running out for the 15,000 people who remain.

Meanwhile, Ukraine reports two people hurt after Russian cruise missiles struck a railway in the western part of the country. This is the second time Russia has hit the target not far from the border with Slovakia.

The U.K. now joining the U.S. and sending advanced longer range rocket systems to Ukraine. The British defense secretary says the launchers will be able to hit targets up to 80 kilometers away.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz says he is sending his country's most modern air defense system to Ukraine. He says the IRIS-T battery will be able to protect an entire city from Russian air attacks. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is defending Washington's decision to send those rocket systems to Ukraine. The Kremlin says it adds fuel to the fire. Blinken says the weapons are for defense.

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ANTONY BLINKEN, U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE: Specifically with regard to weapon systems being provided, the Ukrainians have given us assurances that they will not use these systems against targets on Russian territory.

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WATT: William Taylor is a former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine and currently vice president for Russia and Europe at the U.S. Institute of Peace. He joins us now from Virginia.

Ambassador, let's start with what benefits will these new missile systems that the U.S. is sending to Ukraine? What benefits will they bring to Ukraine?

WILLIAM TAYLOR, FORMER U.S. AMBASSADOR TO UKRAINE: So, that they will give the Ukrainian military the capability to strike the Russian military in particular, their artillery, the Russian artillery at distances that will allow the Ukrainians to stand off from this -- from the Russians.

That is right now, the Ukrainians have to get fairly close to the Russian military in order to put them in range of their -- of the Ukrainian artillery.

So, what these new weapons will do will give the Ukrainians more range.

WATT: OK. And I mean, to take out Russian artillery batteries and perhaps avoid what we saw in Mariupol?

TAYLOR: Yes, so I've got friends on the ground in the Ukrainian military. And they describe to me regularly, the devastation, frankly, Nick of the Russian military, the Russian barrages, it's not just the artillery, it is -- its airstrikes. It is cruise missiles, its ballistic missiles. So, the Russians are just bombarding, they're bludgeoning the

Ukrainians and this new weapon, longer range weapon will give the Ukrainians the ability to fire back from a greater distance.

WATT: And in terms of the kind of bigger picture here, I mean, Dmitriy Peskov, Putin's press secretary has said, we believe the U.S. is purposefully and diligently adding fuel to the fire.

I mean, in a sense, they are. Is that just bluster from Peskov? Or does this risk escalating the kind of diplomatic battle?

TAYLOR: It's more bluster from Peskov. And we've heard this over and over. We know who is fueling this fire. We know where the fire comes from. It comes from the Russians, the Russians invaded Ukraine on the 24th of February, let's be very clear.

And Peskov knows this. And what's happening, of course, is Ukraine is defending itself, defending itself from an unprovoked unjustified attack. So, it's the defense that Ukraine is putting up and NATO is trying to help Ukraine with that defense.

WATT: And but at what point do we kind of -- does the aid and the help that the U.S. and other Western countries are giving to Ukraine? At what point does that tip this over into essentially a kind of proxy war? Or, I mean, have we maybe tipped over that point already?

TAYLOR: Nick, I don't think we are. I think a proxy war suggests that the Americans and the Russians are fighting this war. No.

The Ukrainians are defending their land. Defenders are defending their territory, they're defending their freedom, their independence, they want to be independent sovereign nation, and the Russians are trying to take that away from them.

So, that's the battle. That's the war. There's no proxy business in here.

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TAYLOR: What we're seeing is the Russians attacking relentlessly in particular in Donbass right now, and the Ukrainians trying to defend themselves, trying to push back, trying to push the Russians out of their country. And the United States and the rest of NATO is trying to help Ukraine with that. That's not a proxy war. That's Ukrainians and the Russians.

WATT: And do you think that the aid that is currently being given by -- I mean, we've just heard the U.S., Germany, the U.K. are all going to be you know, sending more radar, anti-aircraft, these missile systems. Is this going to be enough? Or are the Ukrainians -- I mean, the Ukrainians want more, are they going to get more?

TAYLOR: Ukrainians are going to get more, as we've seen. The U.S. Congress just overwhelmingly agreed to another $44 billion worth and this new batch of 700 million that the president and Secretary Blinken just announced today. That's part of that 40 billion. And so, there's more to come. There's a lot more to come and it needs to come.

And you ask the right question. Is this enough? We won't know the answer to that until the Ukrainians are able to prevail. If they do prevail, then it will have been enough. If they don't, it won't.

WATT: Ambassador Taylor, thank you very much for your time.

TAYLOR: Thank you very much, Nick.

WATT: It's now more than a month since Russian troops were driven out of the towns and villages around the Capitol Kyiv. But still, we do not know the full civilian toll of that initial Russian assault, bodies are still being discovered. Ukrainian officials confirm more than 1,300 dead so far.

CNN's Matthew Chance traveled to one small village, viewers may find some scenes disturbing.

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MATTHEW CHANCE, CNN SENIOR INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT (voice over): In the liberated villages north of the Ukrainian capital, the streets aligned with the scars of war. And it's not just buildings destroyed.

We met Sergei (PH), a villager whose home was overrun by Russian troops. He then shot him, he says and left him to dead. He shows me the gut wrenching bullet wounds, but his emotional scars run even deeper.

Sometimes I have nightmares and can't sleep at night. And I pray they won't ever come back, he tells me through tears of pain and anger. I'll never forgive Russians for what they did, he says.

And they did much worse. Just steps from Sergei's door, police forensic teams are unearthing yet another crime scene. Weeks after Russian troops were pushed from this area, locals are still finding the bodies of their neighbors.

We were shown three makeshift graves on this street alone.

What do you think when you see this? What goes through your mind when you -- when you see these bodies being dug from the shallow graves at the side of the road?

YEVHEN YENIN, UKRAINIAN DEPUTY INTERIOR MINISTER: So, we see that Russian troops have already gone for more than one month. But we still find the evidence of their presence.

CHANCE: That's astonishing isn't it? That even a month after they've gone, more than a month, so still finding bodies.

Ukrainian officials tell me more than 320 civilians are still missing in this region alone. But one by one, they're being found.

YENIN: So, a lot of people are missing. We cannot imagine the eyes of mothers whose children they lost. We cannot imagine eyes of relatives whose beloved have been captured or have been killed on the front line.

CHANCE: It is an awful, grim business. Digging up the bodies of the thousands of people scattered across this entire country in shallow graves that have yet to be identified.

This was Vitali (PH), just 43 years old and the neighbors told me he didn't present a threat to the Russians. He wasn't a soldier, in fact, he was vulnerable. He didn't have a job, he drank too much, his family had left him but he was hungry. And he was trying to get some food from a Russian vehicle that was parked just here when they caught him and shot him dead.

Just one of the many alleged crimes, many tragedies in the Ukrainian nightmare that's yet to end.

Matthew Chance CNN in Kachaly, Ukraine.

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WATT: The Johnny Depp versus Amber Heard court battle, one of the most watched celebrity trials in American history is over. Depp sued his ex-wife for defamation. She countersued and in the end, a jury found that the movie stars had labeled each other. Both actors will have to pay damages but Depp emerged with the bigger cash award and arguably the bigger victory.

CNN's Chloe Melas has more.

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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Do you find that Mr. Depp has proven by clear and convincing evidence that Ms. Heard acted with actual malice? Answer yes.

CHLOE MELAS, CNN ENTERTAINMENT REPORTER (voice over): Amber Heard stoic as a jury finds she did defame Johnny Depp in a 2018 op-ed in The Washington Post. The jury awarding debt millions in damages.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: As against Amber Heard, we the jury award compensatory damages in the amount of $10 million.

MELAS: As fans cheered outside the courtroom, another five million in punitive damages was awarded, cut to 350,000 under state law. Depp's victory also a win for the P.R. battle he fought out of court, but it doesn't come without fault of his own.

On Heard's counterclaim, Depp was found liable for a statement claiming Heard setup Depp by faking abuse and calling the police

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Do you find that Ms. Hurd has proven all the elements of defamation? Answer yes. MELAS: The jury awarded her $2 million in damages but she lost on two other claims. In a statement Heard admitting that she is heartbroken and disappointed beyond words, adding "I'm even more disappointed with what this verdict means for other women. It sets back the clock to a time when a woman who spoke up and spoke out could be publicly shamed and humiliated".

Depp himself not in the courtroom after a weekend concert in London, a source telling CNN he watched the verdict from there, releasing this statement "Speaking the truth was something that I owed to my children, and to all those who have remained steadfast in their support of me. I feel at peace knowing I have finally accomplished that".

The case hinged on a 2018 op-ed by Heard who detailed allegations of abuse at the hands of Depp. Though she didn't mention Depp by name. He denied the claims and said the op-ed ruined his reputation.

JOHNNY DEPP, ACTOR: Never did I myself reached the point of striking Ms. Heard in any way.

MELAS: Both testified and described violent incidents which took place in Australia in 2015 while he was there filming a movie. Depp testified Heard threw a large bottle at him, which caused him to lose part of a finger.

DEPP: Then, I looked down and realized that tip of my finger had been severed per pin of depth is somewhat the tip of my finger had been severed.

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MELAS: Heard painted Depp as someone who struggled with addiction and was abusive verbally and physically.

AMBER HEARD, ACTRESS: (INAUDIBLE).

MELAS: Closing arguments focused on the alleged abuse

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Mr. Depp is not the abuser.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Mr. Depp simply cannot prove to you that he never once abused Amber.

MELAS: Heard noting the focus on alleged abuse likely hurt her case, saying today "I believe Johnny's attorneys succeeded in getting the jury to overlook the key issue of freedom of speech".

MELAS (on camera): Now, shortly after the verdict, a spokesperson for Amber Heard told CNN that she plans to appeal.

Chloe Melas, CNN, New York.

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WATT: And for more, I'm joined now by David Glass, a certified family law specialist and former therapist who also holds a doctorate in clinical psychology. David, do you think the jury was right? Do you think that was a fair verdict?

DAVID GLASS, CERTIFIED FAMILY LAW SPECIALIST: I'm not so sure it was what we'd call a fair verdict. It was certainly a surprising verdict. In that they found both of the parties had defamed each other, but that Mr. Depp's damages were significantly higher than Miss Heard's.

Most of us were predicting that this would be a wash, that neither party would walk away with anything because of the difficulty in trying to prove a defamation case.

WATT: I mean, one thing I don't understand, there are many things I don't understand about this trial. But one thing I don't understand is that Johnny Depp a few years ago sued a London tabloid that called him "a wife beater". And he lost because the judge said that, I think 12 of the 14 incidences the judge said did happen.

So, how can a British judge and an American jury have such opposing views of the toxicity and what went on in this relationship?

GLASS: The difference here is just the difference in the judicial systems. In the U.K., it's a judge who sits, listens to the evidence, rules on it, and then has to turn it all over in his or her mind to determine what he or she thought happened.

Our system of justice here in the United States goes with a jury of your peers. These are average everyday people polled from the local population, and it is left to them collectively and unanimously to decide what they think happened.

And here, the jury apparently did not believe anything that Amber Heard had to say, and instead sided with Mr. Depp saying that they thought that he was the one who was abused.

WATT: I mean, we've seen -- we just saw in close the story there, you know, all the fans, the Johnny Depp fans outside. Do you think that perhaps there were some Johnny Depp fans on the jury?

GLASS: It's possible but not probable. That would have been something that would have been asked of the jury -- the potential jury members when they selected this jury.

I'm sure Miss Heard's attorneys were very careful to determine what anyone knew about Johnny Depp and whether they were fans. I guess it's a possibility.

WATT: And Johnny Depp has made it pretty clear that he wasn't necessarily doing this for the money. He was doing this to try to clear his name, did he?

GLASS: I'm not sure he completely cleared his name. There's still a lot of facts out there that different people can have different beliefs about, I think at the end of this trial, what we learned was that both of these parties have some serious problems, they have some serious interpersonal problems. They don't act right a lot of the time. And they both had a lot of mud stick to them.

But what I think Johnny Depp was looking for here was the groundswell of support from his public. So, he could go back to Hollywood and say, look, I have 18 million people who have followed me through this trial, I can still sell a movie.

WATT: And what ramifications might this have in the future? I mean, if I was a woman suffering domestic abuse, what I saw in that courtroom today would make me less likely to put myself out there, come forward. I mean, is there a danger that that will be a legacy of this trial?

GLASS: There is a danger, I don't think it's going to be a lasting danger. Just about all the states here in this country have changed their domestic violence restraining order laws, so that it's -- I don't want to say easy, but it's easier to get a restraining order.

You don't need to show physical violence. You don't need to so show threats of physical violence. You can get a restraining order for psychological or emotional abuse or even for just playing harassment. That's the way the law has been moving. That's the way I think it will continue to move. I think this is a speed bump on its way there.

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WATT: David Glass, thank you very much for your time.

Still ahead, Britain's Queen Elizabeth marks 70 years on the throne. What celebrations are planned for this Platinum Jubilee, that's after the break.

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WATT: The United Kingdom and nations across the commonwealth will be celebrating Queen Elizabeth's Platinum Jubilee this weekend. This new portrait of Britain's longest-reigning monarch was released to kick off the commemoration.

The queen ascended the throne in 1952, at the age of just 25. CNN's Max Foster has a look at the events to mark her 70 years of service.

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MAX FOSTER, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT/ANCHOR (voice-over): The final preparations are underway to celebrate a moment of history. Queen Elizabeth, the first British royal to celebrate a Platinum Jubilee, commemorating 70 years of service.

The lineup includes a birthday parade, with gun salutes, and the lighting of beacons across the commonwealth. A thanksgiving service, a palace concert, a platinum pageant. Twelve million people across the U.K. are set to attend street parties over the weekend.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Seven decades on the throne is a huge milestone. Very hardworking lady. That's why I'm here, to show my respect and support.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: The same kind of feeling as a wedding. Everybody is happy. You want to make friends and say hi and smile.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: She is (UNINTELLIGIBLE). And I just say, thank you, ma'am. And bless everything.

FOSTER (voice-over): Events get started with a trooping of the color, which has marked the official birthday of the British sovereign for more than 260 years.

All the pomp and pageantry, that 1,200 members of the military, hundreds of Army musicians, and around 240 horses can muster.

The queen has reluctantly had to pull out of a day at the races at Epsom on Saturday to pace herself for the celebrations. But jockeys who've written for her over the years will do a lineup in her honor.

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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: That's been when that she can let her shoulders drop and relax. And, you know, talk about horses. And she knows what she's talking about, too.

FOSTER (voice-over): On Sunday, the gold state coach will make its first appearance in decades, leading a procession of performers and personalities.

Prince Charles will step in when his mother feels unable to make an event. Part of the transition plans, preparing us for the next phase of the British monarchy.

FOSTER: What's always most telling about these occasions, is the balcony appearance. It's used to project the modern face of British monarchy.

In 2002, we saw the entire extended family.

In 2012, it was stripped right back to its core to reflect the more austere times.

And this year, it's working royals only. So that means you won't see Prince Andrew or Prince Harry with Meghan. They're all off the list.

FOSTER (voice-over): The Sussexes are invited, and will appear, possibly with their two children during events. And the world will be looking closely at their body language as they interact with other members of the family, following that rift.

CNN understands Harry and Meghan won't be mixing it up with their own set of separate appearances.

Max Foster, CNN, Buckingham Palace, London.

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WATT: And CNN's coverage of the queen's Platinum Jubilee begins in just a few hours, with Max Foster outside Buckingham Palace. You can watch the celebrations, 9 a.m. in London. That is 4 in the afternoon in Hong Kong.

Many in Beijing are still living under strict COVID restrictions. No end in sight. Next, we'll show you the day-to-day grind of living under the city's heavy-handed pandemic rules.

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WATT: The danger of viruses jumping from animals to infect humans is rising, and climate change is to blame. That's according to the World Health Organization, which says the recent spread of monkeypox is an example.

The WHO says climate change is forcing animals around the world to look for new food sources, and that gives the viruses they carry more opportunities to jump to people.

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DR. MICHAEL RYAN, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION: There is definitely ecological pressure in the system, animals are changing their behavior. Humans are changing their behavior. Didi (ph) spoke earlier about climate stress, drought stress. That is not just changing human behavior; it's changing animal behavior. It's changing the range of animals. It's changing food-seeking behavior and many other things.

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WATT: And Ryan blamed that change in behavior for the increasing number of Lassa Fever and Ebola outbreaks in Africa.

Quarantines, mandatory testing, and a ghost town vibe. That's been the reality in Beijing for weeks as the city fights to contain a COVID outbreak.

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Selina Wang now shows us what life is like under those strict COVID restrictions.

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SELINA WANG, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): This is part of my daily routine in Beijing.

WANG: Getting my temperature checked.

WANG (voice-over): Mandatory testing for the city's 20 million-plus residents.

WANG: I've got to show them my passport, and they have to type it in every single time.

WANG (voice-over): Beijing halted almost all public activity for weeks over just a few dozen daily COVID cases.

WANG: Nonessential stores have been shut down, including schools and gyms. And all in-restaurant dining is banned indefinitely.

WANG (voice-over): The capital recently reopened some venues like malls and parks with limited capacity. And visitors have to show proof of a recent COVID test.

But still, the biggest crowds often appear to be parades of COVID workers, spraying disinfectant all over the streets.

WANG: So it's green. I'm good to go in.

I need this green code to enter any area in Beijing. If it turns red, then I could be stuck at home or sent to quarantine. Through these smart phone apps, authorities can carefully track the movements of virtually all of China's 1.4 billion people.

Grocery shelves here fully stocked, Beijing officials clearly trying to show people that no matter how long this partial lockdown lasts for, people are going to be fed.

WANG (voice-over): Not like in Shanghai, where people struggled to get enough food when they were locked down.

WANG: This is a building where a positive COVID case has been found. You can see the workers in hazmat suits, the blue barrier around the building. This is to keep the people who live there locked inside, but it also serves as a warning to other residents.

There is a fear that if you spend too much time by a lockdown building, your QR code could turn red.

WANG (voice-over): Just one positive COVID case can get an entire building bused to government quarantine.

This is just one of the many high-risk areas in Beijing. Residents avoid even transiting through the red dots on the map.

WANG: It's lunchtime in Beijing's most popular food district. Normally, people here would be gathered, crowded shoulder to shoulder, but now it is essentially a ghost town.

And even here there are signs reminding people to avoid crowds and security guards on the loudspeakers, telling people to distance themselves.

But after more than two years of these on and off restrictions, people are getting frustrated. Every part of our days are tracked and surveilled. People are concerned that this control is here to stay long after COVID is gone.

Selina Wang, CNN, Beijing.

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WATT: The chief operating officer of Facebook's parent company, Meta, is stepping down. Sheryl Sandberg hasn't said why, but she'll be living in the fall. Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg said Sandberg will continue to serve

on the board of directors, and praised her for teaching him how to run the company in its early days. He said Sandberg was instrumental in taking it from a small start-up to what it is today.

Elon Musk is apparently giving his Tesla employees an ultimatum: return full-time to the office or else. Musk told executives in a leaked email that, quote, "Anyone who wishes to do remote work must be in the office for a minimum -- and I mean minimum -- of 40 hours per week or depart Tesla."

He added, "If you don't show up, we will assume you have resigned."

A Twitter user asked Musk what he would tell people who think that attitude is quote, "antiquated." And Musk said, "They should pretend to work somewhere else."

Thanks for watching CNN NEWSROOM. I'm Nick Watt. WORLD SPORT starts after the break.

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