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Four People Killed in Oklahoma Shooting; Texas District Police Chief Dodge Questions; Long-range Weapons on its Way to Ukraine; Ukrainian Forces Not Giving Up Severodonetsk; More Bodies Found in Ukraine; Queen Elizabeth II Celebrates Jubilee Anniversary. Aired 3-4a ET
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ALISON KOSIK, CNN ANCHOR: Hello, and welcome to our viewers joining us from all around the world. You are watching CNN Newsroom. And I'm Alison Kosik.
Just ahead, the U.S. is reeling from yet another mass shooting just days after the school massacre in Texas. This time, a gunman takes aim at people in a hospital complex.
The Biden administration announcing it's sending rockets to Ukraine. What makes these weapons so important for Ukrainian forces?
Plus, we're just hours away from celebrations to mark Britain's Queen Elizabeth's 70 years on the throne. A live report from the mall outside Buckingham Palace, that is just ahead.
Just eight days after the deadly rampage at a Texas elementary school, there has been a mass shooting at a hospital complex in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Police say the shooter killed four people on Wednesday, and wounded several others before killing himself.
Authorities have identified the gunman but are not yet releasing his name. Police say the attack was not random, and that the gunman was seeking a target on the second floor of a building on the St. Francis Hospital campus. Officers got inside that building very quickly.
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ERIC DALGLEISH, DEPUTY CHIEF, TULSA POLICE DEPARTMENT: The officers that did arrive were hearing shots in the building. And that is what directed them to the second floor.
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KOSIK: We are also getting word of a bomb threat that somehow tied to the shooting.
CNN's Gary Tuchman reports from Tulsa. GARY TUCHMAN, CNN 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 orthopedics and oncologists 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 they got the report the police say they were in the building.
Super important because we know what happened in Texas inside the school, the delay in getting inside the school. Here, when the police walked into the building, they said 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 there dead.
It's very possible if they didn't get in there as soon as they did, he would've kept shooting. Either way, there's a lot of investigating still to do. This man's name is not being released. He is in his 30's. One of the reasons they're not releasing the name is because earlier in the day, there was a bomb threat at a nearby home or business, people 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 came who came in either to get medical treatment, escort somebody to get medical treatment, or people who work here are dead.
This is Gary Tuchman, CNN, in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
KOSIK: In the heartbroken Texas town of Uvalde, more details are emerging about the initial response to the horrific school shooting that left 19 students and two teachers dead. The mayor of Uvalde now describes how a negotiator was trying frantically to reach the gunman by phone during the attack.
He doesn't believe the negotiator knew there were children inside calling 911 for help while the gunman was in the classroom. The gunman was inside the school for more than an hour before being confronted by law enforcement and killed.
The school district's police chief who led the police response had largely stayed out of the public eye over the last week, but told CNN's Shimon Prokupecz he is not dodging investigator.
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SHIMON PROKUPECZ, CNN CRIME AND JUSTICE REPORTER: They say that you're not cooperating.
PETE ARREDONDO, POLICE CHIEF, UVALDE, TEXAS: I've been on the phone with them every day.
PROKUPECZ: But they say you're not cooperating, sir. Just two seconds.
ARREDONDO: Just so you know we've been talking to them every day.
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PROKUPECZ: But what is your reaction to this?
ARREDONDO: I appreciate your -- have a good day.
PROKUPECZ: What is your reaction, sir?
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KOSIK: CNN's Ed Lavandera has more now from Uvalde.
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ED LAVANDERA, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Tonight, the Uvalde community is demanding answers and accountability in the wake of the mass shooting at Robb Elementary. Albert Martinez is related to three of the victims, his biggest frustration right now is finding answers.
ALBERT MARTINEZ, UVALDE, TEXAS RESIDENT: Be assured that I have right now is that we are not getting the right answers right now according to what we are hearing, you know. People are saying this and then people are saying that. I just wish they would come out with a right answer to this, and say this is what happened exactly.
LAVANDERA: At the center of it, why the incident commander on-site at Robb elementary kept officers waiting outside the classroom, instead of going in. The Uvalde school district police chief Pete Arredondo is facing harsh criticism for that decision.
Authorities are now clarifying another key detail of how the gunman got inside the school. Texas Department of Public Safety investigators say the door that the killer used to get inside the school was closed. But the door did not lock. This contradicts an earlier claim by police that a teacher had left the door propped open.
And this active shooter audio obtained by CNN affiliate KSAT went out to parents while officers were already on site, treating it as a barricaded subject situation. A source familiar with the situation said two students inside were calling 911, begging for help.
UNKNOWN: There is an active shooter at Robb Elementary. Law enforcement is on site. Your cooperation is needed at this time by not visiting the campus.
LAVANDERA: This as the community buries a teacher who died protecting her students, and also one of the young students killed. The memorial of flowers continues to grow, so is the resentment for Arredondo who was sworn in as a city council member yesterday in a private ceremony after being elected last month. ARREDONDO: To me, nothing is complicated, everything has a solution.
LAVANDERA: Back in April, Arredondo stressed the importance of communication at a candidate forum hosted by a local college.
ARREDONDO: Communication obviously is key. I think through communication, everything can be resolved, whatever the issues maybe.
LAVANDERA: Texas Governor Greg Abbott has requested the creation of special legislative committees to look into school safety mental health, social media, police, training firearm, safety and more. But Republican State Senator Kel Seliger is calling on the governor to do more, and says gun legislation needs to be on the table.
KEL SELIGER, TEXAS STATE SENATOR: This is not a partisan or Republican issue, those children in Uvalde, they weren't Republicans or Democrats. They were children. And they depend upon people like the legislators to do those things that make schools safe and we have not done so.
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LAVANDERA: Senator Seliger says he's open to legislation that would raise the minimum age to purchase an assault style weapon. But you do not hear calls like that coming from the vast majority of Republicans here in the state.
Ed Lavandera, CNN, Uvalde, Texas.
KOSIK: Earlier we asked a former FBI special agent what was behind the delayed response in Uvalde? Was it local police out of their depth, or possibly overlapping jurisdictions?
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STEVE MOORE, RETIRED SUPERVISORY SPECIAL AGENT, FBI: What is concerning me is that some of this information that they are not giving that they didn't give for the first few days or gave in correctly, are the exact things that we are getting within minutes from the Tulsa police. The two responses are absolutely miles apart in how they are -- how they occurred, and how they've been reported to the public.
NICK WATT, CNN CORRESPONDENT: And, I mean, Steve, you know, what we have 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, Tulsa, they were in within three minutes. In Uvalde, it took more than an hour. I mean, Tulsa is how you are supposed to respond, right?
MOORE: Absolutely. And what we've learned through -- 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 on route 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.
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Vladimir Putin's army is gaining ground in one of its prime targets in the Luhansk region. Local authorities say Russian forces now occupy about 80 percent of Severodonetsk. Capturing the city has been one of Moscow's principal goals as its military moves across eastern Ukraine.
Officials report as many as 15,000 people remain in Severodonetsk. Most buildings now are destroyed, essential supplies like food and water running out. Bombed out military vehicles littered the streets or surrounding villages.
Meantime, Ukraine blames Russia for a missile strike on a railway in the western part of the country near the border with Slovakia. It's the second time that target has been hit since the invasion began.
The Kremlin says the U.S. plans to send advanced rocket systems to Ukraine, only adding fuel to the fire. President Biden announced the move on Tuesday, the high mobility artillery rocket system is mounted on a vehicle with as many as six rockets that have a range of about 70 kilometers. That's about three times the range of Ukraine's current munitions.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken says Ukraine has promised not to fire the rockets into Russian territory.
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ANTONY BLINKEN, U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE: What we are working to do, and the secretary general said this very eloquently, is to make sure that the Ukrainians have in hand what they need to defend against this aggression, to repel it, to push it back, and as well, -- as a result to make sure that they have the strongest possible hand at any negotiating table.
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KOSIK: The rocket systems are part of a $700 million aid package that includes radar, Javelin anti-tank weapons, artillery rounds, helicopters, tactical vehicles, and spare parts. The U.K. is also sending advance longer-range rockets systems to Ukraine. The British defense secretary says the launchers will be able to hit targets up to 80 kilometers away. And German Chancellor Olaf Scholz says he is sending his country's
most modern air defenses system to Ukraine. He says the IRIS-T battery will be able to protect an entire city from Russian air attacks.
Let's go live now to London where CNN's Salma Abdelaziz is following the latest developments. Salma, let's first talk about these weapons that are expected to be headed over to Ukraine, specifically the U.S. weapons that have a longer range, with Ukraine promising to not fire into Russian territory. But if these do have long-range capabilities, what's to stop Ukraine from reaching Russia with these weapons?
SALMA ABDELAZIZ, CNN REPORTER: Well, Alison, for weeks now Ukrainian officials, the Ukrainian military has been pleading with NATO allies, pleading with the United States to provide these longer-range missiles. Now for Ukraine's part, of course this is welcome news.
Just an hour ago the Ukraine defense ministry tweeting that they are thanking President Biden for these longer-range weapons. But at the same time, they had been hoping for even further range. Remember, these high MARs which are going to be sent by the United States, high mobility artillery range systems up to 70 kilometers range. What the Ukrainian officials were actually asking for was up to 300 kilometers.
So the United States and its allies here really trying to strike a balance, find the middle ground, give the Ukrainian forces the help they need, bolster their offensive on the ground, particularly in the east of the country, but at the same time not provide those very long range missiles that they fear could escalate the conflict, could exacerbate the conflict.
Now the United States says it's been given assurances at the highest level up to President Zelenskyy that these missiles will be used only within Ukrainian territory, that they will not be used to fire any targets within Russian territory.
Russia for its part of course has already responded, saying they feel the United States is pouring fuel on the fire of this conflict, their words there that I'm paraphrasing. And it comes as we hear that Germany, and the U.K as well will be providing more weaponry.
But here's the catch, Alison, this could take weeks before it gets on the ground. There needs to be training for Ukrainian forces to use these weapons. That training might take place here in the U.K. So, it's yet to be seen if it will actually change the tide on the battlefield.
KOSIK: Salma, with Russia edging even closer to getting full -- full control of Severodonetsk, what's the significance if Russia does succeed?
ABDELAZIZ: Well, this is exactly why getting these weapons on the ground, Ukraine -- the Ukrainian military says, is so crucial for it to happen so quickly. Because right now on the ground you are looking at a maximum intensity offensive, as Russian forces try to take control of the Donbas region.
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You mention of course, Severodonetsk an area that is now 80 percent under control of Russian forces. Take a listen to what the Ukraine defense ministry said about that.
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OLEKSANDR MOTUZYANYK, SPOKESMAN, UKRAINIAN MINISTRY OF DEFENSE: Their tactical goal is to take the Severodonetsk City under full control, they are also trying to surround Lysychansk. And the Ukrainian armed forces continue to actively resist. I don't want to talk about ratios and percentages of what we control or don't control, the main point is that the overall situation remains under Ukrainian control. We are aware of the enemies' plans, and our goal is to not let them realize them.
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ABDELAZIZ: So, what this looks like practically on the ground, is that Ukrainian forces in Severodonetsk are essentially holding defensive positions. Supply lines are tenuous at best, of course constantly hit by artillery for the 15,000 civilians still trapped inside that city. There are no routes out.
And crucially, if Severodonetsk does fall, that leaves only one other urban in the Luhansk region that is not under Russian control. So, that again begins to move towards President Putin's goal of trying to take control of that Donbas region. Alison?
KOSIK: All right, Salma Abdelaziz in London, thank you so much for your reporting.
It's not more than a month since Russian troops were driven out of the towns and villages around the capital Kyiv but still no one knows the full civilian toll of that initial Russian assault. Bodies are still being discovered. Ukrainian officials confirmed more than 1,300 dead so far.
CNN's Matthew Chance traveled to one small village, and a warning here our viewers may find some scenes disturbing.
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MATTHEW CHANCE, CNN SENIOR INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: In the liberated villages north of the Ukrainian capital, the streets are lined with the scars of war. And it's not just buildings destroyed.
We met Sergey (Ph), a villager whose home was overrun by Russian troops, who then shot him, he says, and left him for dead. It went there and then it went at the back. 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 Sergey's (Ph) 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 showing three makeshift graves on this street alone.
What do you think when you see this? What goes through your mind 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 area (Inaudible) of their presence.
CHANCE: That's astonishing, isn't it? That even after they're 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. You cannot imagine the eyes of mothers whose children they lost. You cannot imagine the 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 Vitaly (Ph), just 43 years old. And the neighbors tell me he didn't present a threat to the Russians, he was not 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 park 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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KOSIK: Welcome back. You are looking at live pictures over Buckingham Palace where we're now less than two hours away from the kickoff of Queen Elizabeth's platinum jubilee. This new portrait of Britain's longest reigning monarch was released on Wednesday to mark the beginning of celebrations.
The queen ascended the throne in 1952 at the age of 25. And London is pulling out all the pomp and circumstance for their beloved sovereign, and her 70 years on the throne. Thursday's main event will be the queen's birthday parade known as
Trooping the Colour. After that, her majesty and working members of the royal family will appear on the balcony of Buckingham Palace to watch a fly pass by the Royal Air Force.
CNN's Anna Stewart joins us now live along the mall near Buckingham Palace. Anna, great to see you -- look at the big smile on your face. Talk us through, you know, what celebrations are planned for the jubilee today and throughout around the weekend as well.
ANNA STEWART, CNN REPORTER: You know, there is a huge smile on my face, because actually the atmosphere here is electric when you go through the crowds and meeting some of the people. People have been actually camping out overnight, just so they have a really good spot on the mall here.
Buckingham Palace is just out of sight down there so that they can be there for the very first day of the platinum jubilee. And this is the first time anyone has ever experienced a platinum jubilee. The queen has been on the throne for 70 years, the first British monarch to ever reach that milestone.
And it's been really touching speaking to people who very much believe this will be the last big jubilee celebration for the queen. So, they very much want to be to mark it. Now, as you say, it's four days of celebrations, lots of different events. Today kicks off here with Trooping the Colour. It's a really old tradition for the household division, the regiments within that.
They troop the color which is a flag for one regiment each year, it's traditionally away for all the ranks of the regiment to recognize their flag and battle. Of course, now it's much more symbolic. It happens to the queen's birthday. And really, it's a moment for how regiment to show their respect and commitment to her. And it's such just an incredible ceremony.
All the pomp and pageantry you would expect. It had you think it has the most in terms of that but any royal event in the calendar year, other than perhaps the old coronation, of course, which doesn't happen very often. And we will see this all kicking off in just around two hours' time, there will be a royal procession going from Buckingham Palace down the mall, with the big escort of the Household Cavalry.
The main event takes place just around the corner horse guards parade. We won't see the queen in the procession this year. We can hear all the excitement. Anytime anyone will response there is a cheer at the moment.
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The queen will not be in the actual procession this year. Now due to mobility issues, she will be taking the salute from Buckingham Palace from the balcony where we're often used to seeing her. So that's a slight change this year.
You will see Prince Charles, Prince William, we will also see Princes Anne, probably wearing the regiment uniform as part of the procession. And they will all gather on the balcony for the fly part. That comes after Trooping the Colour, lots of aircraft from the army, from the navy, from the Royal Air Force, aircraft from World War II.
And that's when you'll see all the working members of the royal family, Alison, which is interesting because you will see some members are missing of course this year. No Prince Andrew, no Prince Harry and no Meghan the duchess of Sussex's. Alison?
KOSIK: And you mentioned the queen and her health issues. I mean, is she just now going to be active in all of these -- all of these -- these ceremonies?
STEWART: It's been a really big question for the palace for months and months that they've been planning this. Everyone want to know how involve her majesty will be. We're told from the royal source that she's very excited about the events. That she very much wants to be involved. And we know that we'll see her on the balcony at Buckingham Palace today for that salute and for the fly pass.
For the coming days with the other events like the thanksgiving services at St. Paul's Cathedral, we just don't know. And I think we'll find out on a day-to-day basis. Essentially, her majesty has episodic mobility issues, that's the line we had from the palace. We don't know much more than that.
But to ensure that she is comfortable, I think they'll make that decision day-by-day, so that she's not cancelling on the day itself. But plenty of events and we do hope that she is as involve as she possibly can be. Alison?
KOSIK: I can all -- I could see all the activity behind you. Lots of picture taking moments. Make sure you take some. I'll check out your Instagram. Anna Stewart, thanks so much in London.
The queen's seven decades of service to the British crown has been filled with both triumphs and hardships. CNN's Max Foster takes a look back at her majesty's time on the throne.
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MAX FOSTER, CNN CORRESPONDENT: After the death of her father, King George VI, 25-year-old Elizabeth known as Lilibeth to friends, assumed the throne, crowned at Westminster Abbey on June the 2nd, 1953. This was the first time the public was able to witness this sacrosanct event.
Elizabeth allowed live television cameras in to capture the ceremony in a powerful signal that hers was renew, open, and relevant monarchy.
QUEEN ELIZABETH II: I declare before you all that my whole life whether it's been long or short shall be devoted to your service, and to the service of our great imperial family to which we all belong.
QUEEN MARGRETHE II, DENMARK: That was an example which I very much felt that when I grew older, that was what it was about. You dedicate your life to your country.
UNKNOWN: It was with her marriage to the duke of Edinburgh, that perhaps we first realized the personality of our queen to be.
FOSTER: On November the 20th, 1947 Princess Elizabeth had wed her childhood sweetheart, the tall and dashing Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark. The following year, their marriage bore Elizabeth's heir, Prince Charles.
UNKNOWN: Sir Winston and Lady Churchill came to receive her majesty and the duke --
FOSTER: Her first prime minister was Winston Churchill, and during her rule, she's met every acting U.S. president, bar one. Meeting she always prioritized. Stiff upper lip in public, there's little footage to show the sense of humor this wife, mother, and grandmother is refuted to show behind closed doors. On occasion, there has been little to laugh about, however.
QUEEN ELIZABETH II: It just turned out to be an honest or rebellious.
FOSTER: During the 1990s, three of her four children were divorced. Charles, most famously, and then that crash.
UNKNOWN: Getting word that the French government has informed all of us that Princess Diana has died.
FOSTER: The royal family's restrained response collided with the British public, convulsing in heartache. Elizabeth learned she is never merely a mother or grandmother, rather a queen to her people no matter what.
Over more than a decade, public faith in the royals gradually rebuilt. The queen was visibly thrilled by the show of support for the wedding between her grandson, William and partner Kate in 2011. The family soon welcomed several additions, including Prince George, future heir to the throne, born in 2013.
In 2021, at the age of 99, Prince Philip, the duke of Edinburgh, passed away. Senior royals attended the funeral scaled back due to coronavirus. Elizabeth was forced to stand alone, as she watched his coffin lower into the Royal Vault at Windsor Castle.
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Bidding farewell to her husband of 73 years, the man she described as her strength and stay.
For more than half a century, Elizabeth had led an empire before overseeing its managed decline.
UNKNOWN: The royal pairs stop first at this soon to be independent colony before touring their dominions in the West Indies.
FOSTER: Known as the commonwealth, an association of now independent countries, 15 of which had kept the queen as a symbolic head of state. After 70 momentous years, her majesty celebrates her platinum jubilee. The longest serving British monarchy in history.
Max Foster, CNN, London.
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KOSIK: And you do not want to miss CNN's coverage of the platinum jubilee, it begins next hour with Max Foster outside of Buckingham Palace. You can watch the celebrations at 9 a.m. in London, that's four in the afternoon in Hong Kong.
Still to come, the defamation case between actors and former couple Johnny Depp and Amber Heard wraps up after almost two months. We'll look back at the trial and breakdown the outcome.
Plus, U.S. gasoline prices keep going in only one direction. Up! And now, even the White House says that there isn't much it can do.
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KOSIK: Johnny Depp's lawsuit against his ex-wife, Amber Heard, was the biggest celebrity trial in the U.S. in a long time. But now a jury has found both movie stars defamed each other. Both actors will have to pay damages, but Depp emerged with the bigger cash award, and arguably the bigger victory.
CNN's Jean Casarez has details.
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JEAN CASAREZ, CNN CORRESPONDENT: A jury ruling in favor of Johnny Depp in his defamation trial against ex-wife Amber Heard finding her libel on all three counts.
UNKNOWN: Do you find that Mr. Depp has proven all elements of defamation? Answer, yes.
CASAREZ: The jury also ruling in favor of Heard on just one claim of her countersuit.
UNKNOWN: Do you find that Ms. Heard has proven all the elements of defamation? Answer, yes.
CASAREZ: This decision coming after six weeks of dramatic testimony with the former couple facing off.
AMBER HEARD, JOHNNY DEPP'S EX-WIFE: Nothing I did made him stop hitting me. Nothing!
JOHNNY DEPP, ACTOR: I have never in my life committed sexual battery, physical abuse.
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CASAREZ: At the center of the trial, abuse allegations Heard made in a 2018 Washington Post op-ed, though she never named Depp in the article, he sued his wife for defamation. Claiming in a $50 million suit that his career suffered as a result, Heard countersued Depp for $100 million. The former couple met in 2009 while filming the movie "The Rum Diary."
DEPP: He wrote that when he was 25 years old.
CASAREZ: Both testified the relationship became violent and abusive overtime. Including two incidents which took place in Australia, where the actor was filming the fifth "Pirates of the Caribbean."
DEPP: I'm so sorry, are we still talking?
CASAREZ: Leading her to file a temporary restraining order against Depp in 2016.
DEPP: She threw the large bottle, and it made contact and shattered everywhere. And then I looked down, and realized that the tip of my finger had been severed.
HEARD: I felt this pressure. I felt this pressure. (Inaudible) he was punching me.
CASAREZ: The testimony was not all he said, she said. With recordings of fights and photos of alleged injuries introduced as evidence.
HEARD: By this point in our relationship, we're both saying awful things to each other. Screaming at each other.
CASAREZ: On the stand, Depp denied abusing Heard.
DEPP: I never did I myself reached the point of striking Ms. Heard in any way, nor have I ever strike anyone in my life.
CASAREZ: Witnesses for both Depp and Heard gave sometimes emotional testimony about what they saw. And the former couple's counselor testified about their relationship.
UNKNOWN: They engaged in what I saw, as mutual abuse.
CASAREZ: Depp was not in court to hear the verdict. Instead, he was seen performing in London Monday night.
Jean Casarez, CNN, New York.
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KOSIK: Family law specialist David Glass, tells CNN the burden of proving whether Johnny Depp or Amber Heard defamed one another was so high. The jury's findings came as a complete surprise. Here's part of his earlier conversation with my colleague, Nick Watt.
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DAVID GLASS, CERTIFIED FAMILY LAW SPECIALIST: They found both parties had defamed each other, but that Mr. Depp's damages were significantly higher than Mr. Heard's. Most of us were predicting that this would be awash. That neither party would walk away with anything. Because of the difficulty in trying to prove the defamation.
NICK WATT, CNN CORRESPONDENT: 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 who called him, quote, "a wife beater." And he lost, because the judge said that, I think 12 out of the 14 instances, 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 pulled 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.
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KOSIK: A spokesperson for Amber Heard says she will appeal the ruling. To another Hollywood debacle. Actor Jada Pinkett-Smith is opening up for the first time about her husband Will Smith, slapping comedian Chris Rock at this year's Academy Awards. Smith struck Rock after he joked about Jada's appearance. She suffers from alopecia, that's a hair loss condition.
On her Facebook watched series Red Table Talk, Jada addressed the slap after speaking with the mother of a 12-year-old who died by suicide after being bullied for having alopecia. She said in part, quote, "now, about Oscar night, my deepest hope is that these two intelligent, capable men have an opportunity to heal, talk this out, and reconcile. The state of the world today, we need it both. And we all actually need one another more than ever.
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Until then, Will and I are continuing to do what we have done for the last 28 years. And that's keep figuring out this thing called life together."
Wall Street started the month on a down note with markets closing lower. U.S. stocks decline Wednesday after new economic data show that job openings fell for April, adding to recession fears. Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Larry Summers warns a recession is now looking likely.
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LARRY SUMMERS, FORMER U.S. TREASURY SECRETARY: Here is the unfortunate, painful fact. And it's true of the U.S. experience. And it's true of the experience of other rich countries like us. When inflation is above four, and unemployment is below four, you are almost certain to have a recession within the next two years.
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KOSIK: Adding to the gloom? Inflation. The current treasury secretary, Janet Yellen has admitted that she failed to anticipate how long high inflation would continue to plague American consumers.
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JANET YELLEN, U.S. TREASURY SECRETARY: I think I was wrong then about the path that inflation would take. As I mentioned, there have been unanticipated, and large shocks to the economy that have boosted energy and food prices and supply bottlenecks that have affected our economy badly. That I had at the time didn't fully understand.
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KOSIK: Recent economic indicators have raised hopes that inflation may have peaked at 40-year-highs in March. Although economists warn it might be quite some time before it returns to healthy levels.
President Joe Biden is pouring cold water on hopes that gasoline prices could come down anytime soon. He says there is nothing the White House can do in the short term. But he says he'll try to compensate by easing the financial burden on American families in other areas.
As Amara Walker reports, the skies seem to be the limit in terms of how much more expensive gasoline can get.
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AMARA WALKER, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Here in Georgia, the average price per gallon for regular gasoline is $4.16. That's the lowest average in the country right now. The nationwide average is at $4.67. But that is a major strike compared to this time period last year when nationwide on average people were dolling out about $3 a gallon.
The drivers here at this quick trip gas station in Atlanta tell me, the sky-high gas prices are hitting their wallets very hard. And when it comes to their travel plans, road trips, some tell me they're reconsidering.
UNKNOWN: I want to go this summer to Florida. And then I want to go to Savannah. And those are close places. But if my gas don't allow it, I can't go because it will affect my income.
UNKNOWN: I wish we could bring it back down to at least a reasonable rate where everyone can, you know, get out and enjoy the summer. Because I'm sure it's going to have an impact on not only me, but everyone.
WALKER: In seven states, drivers they are on average paying about $5 a gallon. And in California, well, they are in a league of their own when it comes to average gas prices, $6.19. In fact, there is a gas station in Los Angeles charging people over $8 a gallon.
So where do we go from here? Well, one oil analyst tells CNN that he expects nationwide average prices to go up to $4.75 per gallon for regular gasoline over the next 10 days.
Amara Walker, CNN, Atlanta.
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KOSIK: President Biden has conceded he didn't understand how big of an effect a plant shut down in Michigan would have on America's baby formula supply shortage. Baby formula manufacturers say they knew immediately how bad it would get after the plant shut down in February.
When pressed by CNN's Kaitlan Collins, Biden conceded he only fully appreciated the effect it would have months later.
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KAITLAN COLLINS, CNN CHIEF WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT: Didn't those CEOs just tell you that they understood it would have a very big impact?
JOE BIDEN, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: They did, but I didn't.
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COLLINS: Shouldn't the FDA have been more aware of that when they took months to conduct the inspection, to interview people at this plant after the complaints were made, and then only shuttered it in February?
BIDEN: Well, the real problem occurred when it started -- when it got shuttered. So, you're saying, they should've anticipated it would be shuttered.
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BIDEN: Well, here's the deal. I became aware of this problem sometime and after April -- in early April by how intense it was.
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KOSIK: The admission came after a virtual meeting with the baby formula manufacturers who updated the administration on efforts to scale up production.
People in Shanghai get a taste of their pre-lockdown lives for the first time in months. Still ahead, a live report about the situation in China's biggest
city, which is just beginning to get back to normal.
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KOSIK: This is what the end of a COVID lockdown looked like in Shanghai. Some residents lined up with shopping bags and sprinted to the stores as soon as the restrictions ended Wednesday morning, others were drinking and dancing in the streets as fireworks went off overhead.
The city of 25 million was under a strict lockdown for more than two months because of a COVID outbreak. But many are still furious about the draconian implementation of lockdown rules, which led to food shortages and a delay of medical care for some non-COVID patients.
Let's get more on all of this, I want to bring in Kristie Lu Stout. She joins us live now from Hong Kong. Kristie, you know, these pictures are just incredible to see as Shanghai slowly emerges from this lockdown. How is this unfolding?
KRISTIE LU STOUT, CNN CORRESPONDENT: You know, in Shanghai, there are scenes of joy and relief but there is also pain, there is also lingering bitterness and fear about what could happen next. Look, most of Shanghai's 25 million residents have been able to emerge from this two- month-old lockdown.
You see scenes like the ones you're seeing on the screen. Pedestrians returning to the streets, traffic is up and running again, shopping centers and offices have reopened. But the damage has been done. I mean, this is a city, the financial capital of China, a mega city of 25 million that is scarred. Scarred by some, rather draconian measures in the name of zero COVID that had been in place.
Measures that led to food shortages. Measures that led to disruption and access to medical care, measures that led to family separations involving members of the family who are elderly, and even small children. You know, these are the measures that led to an incredible massive outcry among residents in Shanghai. An outcry that managed to bypass the great firewall in China.
And it also, and critically has eroded trust and faith in the government in Shanghai. I want you to take a look at just some of the reactions that we've been monitoring one on social media. This one is a WeChat message that went viral from a resident in Shanghai. Who writes, "a ridiculous drama is over, and no one has come forward to explain. No one has apologized to the lives that were insulted, harmed, and lost. And no one has been held accountable. Unquote.
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And then we have this from Rocky Lee, he's a sales manager based in Shanghai who tells CNN this, quote, "the measures taken in the past two months have really damaged the reputation of the city. And made people realize how poor its governance capacity is. Many companies and investors have lost confidence in Shanghai and in China in general." Lee adds he is thinking about leaving Shanghai because he no longer feels safe and secure. I should also add that uncertainty lingers because in zero COVID China, the testing regime still continues. Mask, mandatory testing still underway for the residents in the city as local government officials, and officials across China continue to hunt relentlessly for the virus. Back to you, Alison.
KOSIK: OK, Kristie Lu Stout in Hong Kong, thank you so much.
Agatha is no longer a hurricane, but the severe weather system isn't done. And now appears to be heading for Florida. An update just ahead.
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KOSIK: New video out of southern Mexico shows the destruction left by hurricane Agatha. It made landfall Monday as a category two storm on Mexico's Pacific coast. At least 11 deaths have been reported. More than 20 people are missing.
What's left of the storm is now moving eastward into the Caribbean. It's expected to regain some of its strength, and could impact Florida by this weekend.
CNN meteorologist Gene Norman joins us now from the CNN weather center in Atlanta. So, tell us, Gene, what is in store for Floridians when it comes to the storm?
GENE NORMAN, CNN METEOROLOGIST: Well, Alison, they should be ready for heavy rain. They won't see any of the wind damage that we saw in those pictures from Mexico. And the hurricane center has now increased the chances that's what left of the former Agatha as it moves into the Caribbean, up to 80 percent.
There is another area that we're watching, it's only at 10 percent so we're really not that concerned about that. But let's refocus on what's going on right now with those remnants of Agatha. Fighting a lot of sheers at the moment. But it will move into some very warm water here between the Yucatan Peninsula and the western tip of Cuba.
And for that reason, the Hurricane Center is confident that they have to start issuing tropical storm watches for Cuba, and perhaps even south Florida as early as Friday. Now the arsenal of computer models that we aim at storms like this, at least it's coming into agreement that there will be something that will develop here over the next day or so as it heads towards Florida.
And then, we're not expecting it to get a lot stronger, again, the slow-moving systems are the ones that we have to watch out for with the threat of heavy rain. Let's break down two of the main models that we focus on. First, the European model. It brings the system up toward Florida. Bringing the rain in as early as Friday morning. And it takes a little bit more of time for the system to get this.
So, the European model is a little bit slower than let's say the American model. Which brings the system in to Florida, perhaps as early as Saturday morning. But it keeps a lot of the heavy rain to the south.
So, when we compare the rainfall between these two models, it looks like, there's going to be a lot of rain in southern Florida for sure. The heaviest amounts could be around Miami between -- Miami and West Palm Beach. The American model says upwards of 250 milliliters, whereas European models it brings that rain all the way up toward Orlando, a wider are seeing anywhere from 100 to 150 milliliters.
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And this is the time of year that we expect storms to develop in the Gulf of Mexico. The early part of the season, first name on the list, Alison. And we could be talking about Alex as early as tomorrow.
KOSIK: Boy, all right, here we go. Hurricane season. Gene Norman at the CNN center in Atlanta. Thanks.
The chief operating officer of Facebook's parent company, Meta, is stepping down. Sheryl Sandberg hasn't said why but she'll be leaving in the fall. Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg said Sandberg will continue to serve on the border of directors. And he 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.
The PGA, the Professional Golfers Association is threatening disciplinary action for tour players who participated in the new Saudi-backed golf tour. the move comes as Dustin Johnson says he will headline the Saudi LIV tour. LIV golf says its event will kick off on June 9th, which is the same time as the PGA Tour's Canadian Open.
A spokesperson for Johnson says Dustin has been contemplating the opportunity. Ultimately, he decided it was in his and his family's best interest to pursue it. But Johnson is already facing blowback for his decision. The Royal Bank of Canada says it will no longer sponsor him. The LIV tour comes as Saudi Arabia has been under scrutiny for the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, the war in Yemen, and it's overall human rights record.
Six-time major winner Phil Mickelson's name is absent from the LIV event. Mickelson has been an outspoken supporter of the new tour. Roy McIlroy say golfers should not be punished for participating, but he would not -- he would not take part himself.
Finally, we want to end with some uplifting news for Ukraine. On Wednesday, Ukraine defeated Scotland three to one in a crucial World Cup qualifier. The men's national football team is now just one win away from competing in the FIFA finals in Qatar later this year. It was a hugely significant moment for the embattled country.
President Zelenskyy congratulated the team on social media. He wrote this. There are times when you don't need many words. Pride is enough. Simply thanks to you guys.
Emotions were understandably high in Glasgow as the war rages back home in Ukraine. Ukraine next faces Whales on Sunday. Russia's national team was banned from the competition.
Thanks for your company. I'm Alison Kosik. CNN's coverage of the queen's platinum jubilee is coming up next with Max Foster, outside of Buckingham Palace. Stay with CNN. I'll see you soon.
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