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Akron Police Release Bodycam Video of Jayland Walker's Shooting; At Least 3 Killed in Shooting at Shopping Mall in Copenhagen; Russia Takes Control of Lysychansk in Eastern Ukraine; Fourth of July Celebrations More Expensive This Year; Experts Warn Fertility Apps Could be Used to Prosecute Abortion. Aired 6:30-7a ET

Aired July 04, 2022 - 06:30   ET

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BRIANNA KEILAR, CNN ANCHOR: Police in Akron, Ohio, are releasing body camera footage in the death of Jayland Walker who suffered 60 wounds during a pursuit last week. The shooting occurred when Walker fled his vehicle following a car chase as officers tried to initiate a traffic stop. Police say officers heard what was described as a gunshot coming from Walker's car.

We do want to warn you, this video is graphic.

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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: (EXPLETIVE DELETED)

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Stop the (EXPLETIVE DELETED).

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KEILAR: CNN's Polo Sandoval is live for us in Akron.

Polo, tell us what you're learning from this bodycam video. It's obviously very hard even just with the chaos to figure out everything that you're looking at here.

POLO SANDOVAL, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Because it happens in seconds, Brianna, and Akron Police released that video after a recently passed city ordinance that basically requires them to release body camera video within a week after a police-involved shooting incident. And that's what we saw yesterday. It was different perspectives from these officers showing a very similar scene.

In addition to that they also released a still shot from a traffic camera from that night and it appears to show, according to investigators, a muzzle flash coming from inside the vehicle that was being driven during that high speed pursuit involving Jayland Walker. In addition to that they also released a portion of a body camera video that actually -- where you can hear what sounds like gunfire and that led investigators to conclude that a gun was fired from inside the vehicle. Now, at what or who, that is still a big question this morning.

And then that's where the rest of the body camera picks up that extremely disturbing, difficult to watch footage that has led to outrage here on the streets, which shows Walker wearing a ski mask exiting that moving vehicle, he runs a few yards before a total of eight officers with an average of about two and a half years' experience on this force opened fire, dozens and dozens of times. And that's when you see him fall.

Those eight officers, the police chief says, will be held accountable. They will have to respond to each one of those rounds that left their muzzle and they will have to articulate exactly what that threat, though the chief says according to them they had assumed that Walker was taking a firing position after he reached for his waistband. Here is the chief yesterday.

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CHIEF STEPHEN MYLETT, AKRON POLICE DEPARTMENT: When they make their most critical decision to point their firearm at another human being and pull the trigger they've got to be ready to explain why they did what they did, they need to be able to articulate what specific threats they were facing and that goes for every round that goes down the barrel of their gun. And they need to be held to account.

The officers have not been able to provide a statement yet. I am reserving any sort of judgment until we hear from them.

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SANDOVAL: The police also in their material releasing a still shot of how they found a weapon inside of the vehicle. And if you look at it it's actually a Glock pistol with a magazine that was removed, what appears to be a spent casing and a wedding ring. Police saying that's exactly how they found that weapon there. So it's certainly leading to questions on that respect, but as we have heard now just from the police chief, but from the family, they do say that Walker was unarmed when police opened fire.

So as you are about to hear from the family's attorney, Bobby DiCello, at least one of their co-counsel, they are now also demanding that accountability.

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BOBBY DICELLO, LAWYER FOR JAYLAND WALKER'S FAMILY: A couple days ago a guy with my skin color held off police, killed a couple and is in jail today. In a standoff with a long firearm called a rifle. And a black man today is going to be buried this week or next week when he leaves the morgue and his name is Jayland. Jayland was unarmed.

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SANDOVAL: And that's the name that's been echoing through the streets of Akron here, Brianna. Last night we saw more demonstrations. They did reach a fairly tense point, though, Akron Police saying that no arrests were made. And really the Walker family since the very beginning has been pleading for peace and for patience as well.

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I spoke to a cousin of the family, basically saying that they are satisfied with the way the police have been keeping them in the loop on the investigation. They are allowing the investigation to run its course. However, at the end of it they certainly are hoping that the state's officials who are basically in charges of this investigation will take any steps necessary to hold those officers accountable if they use more force than they had to -- Brianna.

KEILAR: All right, Polo, so many questions here. Polo Sandoval live for us in Akron.

BORIS SANCHEZ, CNN ANCHOR: Looking overseas now, three people are dead and four others critically wounded after a gunman opened fire at a shopping mall in Copenhagen, Denmark. Watch this.

You can see and hear people running from gunshots, running for their lives.

Let's bring in CNN's Nada Bashir. She joins us with the latest developments live.

Nada, I understand that a 22-year-old suspect was arrested in connection with the shooting. Have officials confirmed that he was the shooter?

NADA BASHIR, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Well, look, Boris, this stage of the investigation is still ongoing. What we've heard from the chief inspector of the city speaking earlier this morning saying that this suspect who was apprehended yesterday and arrested by police is believed to be the primary suspect. He did face police questioning today and he is expected to appear in court later this afternoon.

So we are expecting to learn more details about this suspect in question. He was apprehended at the scene carrying a rifle and ammunition. So he is believed to be the key suspect behind this incident.

We heard from the chief inspector of the city's police force speaking earlier today saying they don't believe any other individuals were involved in this incident. However, they haven't ruled that out just yet as the investigation does continue. But of course they confirmed that tragic news that three people including two teenagers were killed in the attack. Further four were seriously injured.

But we have learned just in the last hour or so from health officials in the city that only one of those four is still believed to be in a critical condition. The remaining three are now in a stable condition. And of course, there were several others injured as they tried to flee the shopping mall yesterday and amid the chaos of the attack. They aren't believed to be in a serious condition.

We have of course also learned a couple more details about the motive behind the incident at this stage. Police say there are no indications that this was terror related. Take a listen.

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SOREN THOMASSEN, CHIEF INSPECTOR, COPENHAGEN POLICE DEPARTMENT (through translator): There is nothing in our investigation or the documents that we have been looking at or the items we found or the witness statements we have that could indicate that it was an act of terror. Our assessment is that the victims are random victims, that it is not motivated by gender or anything else.

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BASHIR: Now according to police officials in the city the suspect who has been detained was known to psychiatric professionals in the country, so there is some suggestion that perhaps mental health may have been a cause behind this attack, but that has not been fully confirmed by police officials. They are still trying to determine the motive and of course that investigation is still ongoing.

They are appealing to anybody that was in the area at the time or perhaps in the shopping mall who may have video footage on their phones or photographs of the scene to share those with police officials as they continue to piece together the details around this attack. As I said, that that suspect is expected to appear in court later today. We are expecting to learn more details from police officials around this incident -- Boris.

SANCHEZ: And we know you'll stay on top of it for us. Nada Bashir, from London, thank you so much.

KEILAR: The new developments in Russia's war on Ukraine. Russia has seized control of the last city in the Luhansk region that was still in Ukrainian hands. The Ukrainian military conceding it has been forced to withdraw from Lysychansk leaving Russia one step closer to complete control over the Donbas region.

Phil Black is joining us live from Dnipro with the very latest here.

Phil, what can you tell us?

PHIL BLACK, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Brianna, the last of Lysychansk, yet another city, is a big blow to Ukraine but its fall to Russia is also important because of what it says about the broader fight, the now consistent direction of that fight for that eastern region of the Donbas. Russian forces continue to advance slowly, steadily. They have this grinding momentum and that's because of one key military advantage on the battlefield, their unmatched artillery.

They are using it on a massive scale to pound Ukraine's defenders, often destroy the ground, the infrastructure, they then move forward to claim. And it's a situation we've seen repeated and this is what happened in Lysychansk, too, Ukraine's defenders hold on as long as they possibly can but that concentrated firepower becomes so intense, the pressure so great there is no choice but to pull them out in order to ensure they don't get wiped out.

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Now President Zelenskyy says that ground lost can and will be regained once Ukraine receives more modern powerful weapons from its Western allies but the key question is, whether or not that can happen before Russia claims the rest of the Donbas. What is a small and shrinking area of territory that Russia is now really advancing from -- advancing against on almost every side. Notably one town over from Lysychansk, in Siversk, we saw intense Russian artillery fire there just yesterday.

And the key city of Sloviansk, we saw a cloud of smoke hanging over that city all day because it came under rocket fire, more so than perhaps any other day of this war, resulting in civilian casualties and death. The expectation is that Russia is about to launch a big new offensive on that city from the north to try and take it in the relatively near future.

Meanwhile, Russia is going to express its continuing dissatisfaction with U.S. support for Ukraine by not saying congratulations this Independence Day. President Putin's spokesman says normally there would be a telegram to that effect but this year he says that would be inappropriate because of what he describes as America's unfriendly policies towards Russia -- Brianna.

KEILAR: Phil Black, thank you so much. Live for us from Ukraine.

The price of food, gas, even fireworks putting a real damper on Fourth of July festivities. So what is the Biden administration doing about it?

SANCHEZ: Plus, could your Google searches and fertility apps be used to prosecute abortion? What you need to know about protecting your data.

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KEILAR: So today's Fourth of July price tag is higher than in years past as consumers are being hit with higher prices on food, gas and even fireworks.

Joining us now to discuss is the CEO of HerMoney.com and co-host of "Everyday Wealth," Jean Chatzky.

Jean, it's so great to have you here this morning. So tell us, how are we experiencing this July 4th?

JOAN CHATZKY, CEO, HERMONEY.COM: Nice to see you, too, Brianna, and, yes, it is more expensive than it has been in quite some time. The May inflation reading of course showed prices higher than we've seen them in four decades and specifically to break it down we've got gas prices at $4.84 on average, that's about $1.72 higher than just last year. The price of everything from your hotdogs and hamburgers and chicken wings to beer is up. Survey from Wells Fargo and the Bureau of Labor Statistics says the

average cookout for 10 people is costing about 11 percent more than last year. And when it comes to those fireworks, the price tag is significantly higher, about 35 percent more than last year. So people are definitely celebrating. I heard a lot of fireworks last night, but it's costing more money.

KEILAR: How is this affecting the mood of the country?

CHATZKY: We are not feeling great. There was a survey out last week from "The New York Times" and an online research group called Momentive that showed 52 percent of Americans say that they are worse off financially right now than they were a year ago. 92 percent are worried about inflation, 70 percent are significantly worried about inflation, very worried. And when we look at consumer confidence and consumer expectations, both of those have fallen pretty significantly, which I think when you look at the price tags it's not a surprise.

KEILAR: So how much -- I mean, that's a lot of people saying they're not feeling good about things.

CHATZKY: Yes.

KEILAR: Do they have reason to worry as much as you are seeing in that self-report, or is part of this -- I mean, when you're inundated day out, I mean, I just -- I go to the grocery store. I was trying to buy hotdogs or I bought hotdogs for my 4-year-old, I went and filled up my car, and it's almost like every moment where you're purchasing something is sort of depressing, and I wonder if that is really what it is. It's just this inundation of depressing purchases.

CHATZKY: I think you're totally right. I mean, we are feeling it with the sort of purchases that we make every single day, and unfortunately this is kind of what has to happen, right? We're trying to -- the Federal Reserve is trying to slow the economy without bringing the economy to a complete halt. So when we look at the purchases that people are making, they're cutting back on things like snacks in the convenience store, at the gas station, but they say they're still going to buy the cars and appliances that they've been waiting for because of those supply chain disruptions.

Housing is a little tedious right now. I mean, those bidding wars seem to really have ground to a halt and people are waiting because mortgage rates are so much higher. It's a bit of a dance. And I think this sort of pain is what we need to go through hopefully to avoid a much more painful long recession.

KEILAR: Yes. But no one likes the pain. No one likes the pain.

CHATZKY: No.

KEILAR: Jean, thank you so much.

CHATZKY: Not on a holiday.

KEILAR: Not on a holiday especially. Jean, thank you so much. CHATZKY: Thanks.

KEILAR: So there are some new warnings this morning that fertility apps could be used to surveil pregnant women as states across the country move to ban access to abortion.

SANCHEZ: And members of the January 6th Committee say that new witnesses have come forward in the last several days. They're asking us to stay tuned for more revelations.

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KEILAR: In the wake of the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade some fear that technology could help target and surveil pregnant women. And experts warn that data collected from fertility apps and Google searches could be used to prosecute abortion.

CNN's Vanessa Yurkevich has the details.

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INDIA MCKINNEY, DIRECTOR OF FEDERAL AFFAIRS, ELECTRONIC FRONTIER FOUNDATION: Any data related to reproduction is profitable.

VANESSA YURKEVICH, CNN BUSINESS AND POLITICS CORRESPONDENT (voice- over): Our data is everywhere and it's for sale. Now that Roe versus Wade is overturned, law enforcement could use a woman's personal data to bring criminal charges if they suspect she's received a legal abortion.

MCKINNEY: There is no difference in the data from your reproductive choices than the pair of shoes you looked at online. It's treated exactly the same in the law right now and that's what the problem is.

YURKEVICH: As states tighten their abortion laws, prosecutors could go after people seeking an abortion or those helping them by subpoenaing data linked on fertility apps, period trackers and on internet searches. Companies currently sell that kind of data mainly to advertisers because it's profitable.

DANIELLE CITRON, LAW PROFESSOR, UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA: Data brokers, law enforcement buy information from them all of the time. It could be used to incriminate us for women and girls who obtain abortions in violation of state laws and it can be used to land people in jail.

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YURKEVICH: Fertility and period tracking apps have some of the most sensitive reproductive information but since Roe versus Wade was overturned, Flow, a period tracking app which says they 240 million users announced an anonymous mode where users will be able to limit their personal information. And members are encouraged to reach out to the company if they want their historical data removed.

(On-camera): How can you fully protect against a member's data not being revealed?

ELINA BERGLUND SCHERWITZL, CO-FOUNDER AND CEO, NATURAL CYCLES: We are making sure that our anonymous mode of menstrual cycles will be impossible for us to connect the personal data and the sensitive data.

YURKEVICH (voice-over): Elina Berglund Scherwitzl is the co-founder of Natural Cycles.

(On-camera): Who has access to that key that could only connect the data?

SCHERWITZL: Only the user.

YURKEVICH (voice-over): Natural Cycles is a subscription FDA-approved birth control app that also helps those who want to get pregnant.

SCHERWITZL: We have very sensitive data on unintended pregnancies, but we are very much in control of that analysis and of that data.

YURKEVICH: CNN reached out to nearly a dozen big tech companies about how they would handle data requests through subpoenas and warrants from law enforcement targeting abortion seekers. Some did not respond at all or directly to the question. Apple responded saying health data is encrypted when two-factor authentication is enabled.

While Meta says, quote, "We comply with government requests for user information only where we have a good faith belief that the law requires us to do so."

CITRON: They could fight warrants in court, but if the warrants are upheld they're going to be ordered to comply.

YURKEVICH: Some legal experts don't believe even anonymous mode data is fully protected and say the only way to fully protect privacy is through federal law limiting the data companies can collect, store and sell.

CITRON: There is a lot of panic right now and I think rightfully so about the feeling and the ability to trust and expect that the information about -- well, sensitive information about our bodies and our relationships and our health is ours.

YURKEVICH: Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN, New York.

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KEILAR: Thank you to Vanessa for that.

Happy Fourth of July as America celebrates Independence Day. Here was Milwaukee last night. We'll be right back.

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