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Jayland Walker Handcuffed; Johnson Cabinet Ministers Quit; Sergio Diggs is Interviewed about Being Shot at a July 4th Event. Aired 8:30-9a ET

Aired July 06, 2022 - 08:30   ET

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BRIANNA KEILAR, CNN ANCHOR: New CNN reporting that Jayland Walker was handcuffed behind his back when his lifeless body arrived at the coroner's office, according to the autopsy report. Walker was shot and killed after fleeing what police said was an attempted traffic stop. Officials say eight officers fired dozens of bullets, resulting in more than 60 gunshot wounds.

CNN's Polo Sandoval is joining us live from Akron on this story.

Any explanation, Polo, as to why he would have been handcuffed?

POLO SANDOVAL, CNN CORRESPONDENT: For about three and a half days now, Brianna, we've actually been asking that question of officials here at Akron police headquarters and still no answer. We've certainly continued to press. But basically this will be now in the mountain of very disturbing evidence that will be gathered by state investigators and then handed over to a state attorney general, who will then present this to the Ohio state attorney general, who will then present this to a grand jury and then decide if any charges, criminal charges, would potentially be filed against those eight officers who fired.

As part of a request for information that I submitted, I was given an opportunity yesterday to actually review preliminary autopsy findings. And in it you do see many, many images of Jayland Walker at the scene after the shooting. His body, as it's been described before, covered in bullet wounds. But his hands secured behind his back with police handcuffs, not only at the scene, but also at the coroner's office.

We have, again, continued to ask questions. It's similar practices that we have seen before in other situations. But the question is here, specifically in this police shooting, did that kind of behavior, that actually adhere to their policy. That's certainly something that we will continue to dig.

Meanwhile, Jayland Walker's family, they are still pleading for peace. Yesterday it was a relatively quiet evening again. The city had announced that if things continue to remain quiet, then that curfew that had been in place, just in the downtown area, would possibly be lifted. We are checking back with the city to see if that will still be the case.

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The mayor saying after - after things were relatively quiet on Tuesday night, that he wanted to provide peaceful protesters with the opportunity to continue to demonstrate. So that's basically what we're seeing right now here on the ground, Brianna.

As for Walker's family, again, not only that plea for peace, but also a spokesperson for the family told me that Jayland Walker's mother, she is still not seeing those very disturbing body cameras videos that were released this past weekend and she does not plan to do so. She just wants to focus on her son and making sure that his (ph) memory remains alive.

Back to you.

KEILAR: All right, Polo Sandoval, live for us in Akron, Ohio. Thank you.

Next, we'll take you to Downing Street with the latest controversy surrounding Boris Johnson's government.

JOHN BERMAN, CNN ANCHOR: And legendary guitarist Carlos Santana suffering a medical emergency mid performance. How he's doing this morning.

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KEILAR: Right now British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is fighting for his political life. His government collapsing from within after several cabinet ministers quit.

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Johnson facing tough questions from parliament this morning.

So, let's go right now to CNN's Max Foster, who is live in London with the very latest.

Max.

MAX FOSTER, CNN ANCHOR AND CORRESPONDENT: Brianna, an extraordinary 24 hours we've had here. Last night we had two senior ministers, the finance ministers, Rishi Sunak, and also Sajid Javid, the health minister, health secretary, walking out. Complete shock. They said they just didn't have faith in Boris Johnson as a leader.

This comes after the latest crisis. It does seem as though his whole premiership is defined about lurching from crisis to crisis to crisis. The latest one involves someone called Chris Pincher, a member of his government, a deputy chief whip in his government, who resigned last week after admitting groping two men in a club. Downing Street said he's staying in his job because he didn't have any previous form of his type. We later find out there had been an investigation into previous sexual encounter he was accused of perpetrating. There was a full investigation.

But then we were told that Boris Johnson knew nothing about it last week. We then find out this week we had a full briefing. Boris Johnson coming out yesterday apologizing for the fact that he had Chris Pincher in his government. He should never have been in the government.

It's quite complex stuff, but it's this very difficult situation where Boris Johnson's integrity is constantly being questioned.

We had Sajid Javid, just speaking in parliament, explaining why he just had to walk out in the end. And he said that he was going out, being sent in front of the TV cameras from Downing Street briefings telling one thing, later on finding out those things weren't true, and then having to apologize for them. So, he said, enough was enough. Sajid Javid had to go.

I think we're up to something like 21 members of government had since left government in the last 24 hours. This is extraordinary. And then Boris Johnson comes into parliament. He has prime minister's questions. He's hammered by the opposition and some of his own MPs. And listen to what he had to say.

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BORIS JOHNSON, BRITISH PRIME MINISTER: Frankly, Mr. Speaker, the job of a prime minister, in difficult circumstances, when you've been handed a colossal mandate, is to keep going. And that's what I'm going to do.

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FOSTER: So that's what I talk about, defiance. He's not going anywhere. He's not going to resign. So, can he be forced out? Well, there are some mechanics that can come into play here. They're quite complex. They are defined by back bench conservative MPs here in parliament. They could goad him and say they're going to go for another vote of confidence and say you should resign, or they should - they could try to change the system and get another vote of confidence, but it's really complex.

For now, he's staying. He's probably not going to go today, but he really looks like his job is hanging by a thread.

BERMAN: Hanging by a thread, Max. But that's the thing. He says he's staying. If he wants to fight this out, it's hard. It's hard to push him out.

FOSTER: Yes, absolutely. There aren't the systems in place like there are in the U.S., for example. I mean his whole cabinet could effectively leave. He could be in Downing Street, on his own, running the country. He can't be forced out. You have to have this system where there's a vote of confidence from his own parliamentary party. And he's only just had one and he won that. And under the rules, that means he can't have another one for a year. That's what I'm talking about, the mechanics being quite complicated.

There's a vote coming up in the 1922 Committee, it's called. And if they can get enough people on to the board of that to push for another vote of confidence, he could go out, but it's not going to be immediate.

KEILAR: Lots of votes. Lots of votes of confidence.

Max Foster, thank you so much, live for us in London.

So a bullet left in the hat of a Philadelphia police officer after he was shot actually in the head during a 4th of July parade. He's going to join us next.

BERMAN: And why the mayor of Uvalde says he is worried about a police cover up in the school shooting investigation.

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MAYOR DON MCLAUGHLIN, UVALDE, TEXAS: It's always hard when you tell a lie and you have to keep telling a lie. I'm not saying he's lying. Maybe he was misled.

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KEILAR: Two law enforcement officer are recovering after being shot during July 4th festivities in Philadelphia. Investigators are still looking for the gunmen.

Montgomery County Sheriff's Deputy John Foster sustained a graze wound to the shoulder, as you see here, and Philadelphia Police Officer Sergio Diggs suffered a graze wound to the forehead.

Officer Sergio Diggs is joining us now.

It's amazing to see you doing so well. We see you do have a bandage as you're recovering.

Tell us how you're doing.

SERGIO DIGGS, WAS GRAZED BY BULLET DURING SHOOTING AT JULY 4TH EVENT: Thank you for having me.

It's a little rough. But today is better than yesterday. And I'm hoping that tomorrow will be better than today. Still just some head pain and a headache. And just kind of, you know, flashes of what happened the other night.

KEILAR: I think it's clear how close things came to being so differently for you, right?

DIGGS: Absolutely. KEILAR: And I know you have a lot at stake. We actually have a picture

of -- this is an image of the bullet that was lodged in your police hat. And it's pretty miraculous that you survived.

Is that something that you've been thinking about?

DIGGS: Nonstop. You know, the fact that I could not be here to speak to you right now is something that I'm very aware of. You know, just simply by the grace of God I was spared to, you know, continue to be on this earth.

KEILAR: Can you walk us through what happened? Did you hear shots fired?

DIGGS: I didn't hear any shots. I didn't see any shots. You know, throughout the evening, there had been fireworks kind of going off in the distance. So, you know, that was the only thing that I recalled hearing. I had walked over to throw something away in a trash can. And as I was walking back toward where I was posted and other cops were posted, I felt like something -- like a sledge hammer just hit me in the head.

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And it almost took me off my feet.

I leaned forward and grabbed my head and noticed that, you know, there was just blood everywhere. And, at that point, there was plenty of police officers who, you know, rushed over to me and saw that I was injured and, you know, got me the medical treatment I needed, got me to the hospital.

And I wasn't aware that I was actually shot. I thought I was just hit by a blunt object or something, until I got to the hospital and saw the round in my hat.

KEILAR: And so, I understand, you've been married just a little over a year, right? You have a 10-month-old and you have a toddler. Your kids are maybe too little to understand obviously what happened to daddy, but how has your wife been handling this?

DIGGS: So, just a quick note. I have a 10-month-old and I have an 18- year-old who just finished her first year of college.

KEILAR: Oh, 18-year-old. OK.

DIGGS: Yes. Yes. She just finished her first year of college. So, she's -- the 18-year-old is very similar to me. She, you know, she may not show that she's alarmed, but I could tell that she was concerned. My wife has really, really been just supportive, loving. Kind of, you know, tending to my every need, but that's not uncommon. That's her every day, whether or not I'm injured or not. She really loves and cares for me. But I can tell that it's definitely taken a toll on her. So, I just, you know, I just ask that everyone keep her mental health in their prayers. KEILAR: Yes. Look, so scary for your family. But it's amazing that

you're here talking to us. And I should have mentioned, there was a prayer card in that hat of yours. So, that's just something kind of interesting to mention, that hat that saved that bullet there.

Officer Diggs, we really, really appreciate you being with us. It's great to see you.

DIGGS: Thank you so much.

BERMAN: I mean not every day, you know, you have a bullet go through your head on July Fourth, you're talking about it on July 6th.

KEILAR: No. It's amazing. How scary for his family.

BERMAN: So scary.

KEILAR: So scary.

A dramatic new turn in the criminal investigation of Donald Trump's efforts to overturn the election results in Georgia. His inner circle receiving subpoenas.

BERMAN: A man falls more than 600 feet while climbing Mount Hood. The latest on his rescue mission.

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KEILAR: Time now for "5 Things to Know for Your New Day."

The man charged with firing on a Fourth of July parade in Illinois is now facing seven first-degree murder charges. Investigators say he threatened to kill everyone in 2019 but was able to legally purchase firearms later with the help of his father.

BERMAN: Key Trump allies Rudy Giuliani, John Eastman and Lindsey Graham among those subpoenaed by a grand jury in Georgia. The Fulton County D.A. is leading the investigation into Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election results in Georgia.

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MAYOR DON MCLAUGHLIN, UVALDE, TEXAS: I think it's a cover up on - on -

SHIMON PROKUPECZ, CNN CORRESPONDENT: On DPS - they're covering up.

MCLAUGHLIN: McCraw is covering up for -

PROKUPECZ: For who?

MCLAUGHLIN: For maybe his agencies.

(END VIDEO CLIP) KEILAR: That is Uvalde's mayor, Don McLaughlin, telling CNN he's lost

trust in the Texas Department of Safety and fear the truth will not come out in the investigation of how law enforcement responded to the Robb Elementary School massacre where 19 children and two teachers were killed.

BERMAN: Legendary guitarist Carlos Santana recovering from heat exhaustion after collapsing on stage during a Michigan performance in 90-degree heat. Medical personnel attended him, took him to a local hospital. His team says he is now doing well.

KEILAR: And we have some dramatic video of a rescue on Mount Hood in Oregon. We're told a man fell more than 600 feet after slipping during a climb. He was transported off the mountain by helicopter to a hospital with serious injuries. Eight days before that, a woman fell several hundred feet near the same ridge and suffered critical injuries.

BERMAN: Those are "5 Things to Know for Your New Day." More on these stories all day on CNN and cnn.com. And don't forget to download the "5 Things" podcast every morning. Go to cnn.com/5things.

KEILAR: And, finally this morning, quite the scene in England. Racers aiming to be a cut above the rest at the Lawn Mower World Championships. They competed in 16 different categories on a quarter- mile track in this grassroots sport. It's the first time in three years that the races have been held.

BERMAN: Did you just say grassroots sport?

KEILAR: I didn't write that, but I read that proudly.

BERMAN: You just said grassroots sport.

KEILAR: Proudly I read that.

BERMAN: OK.

KEILAR: For safety reasons, the blades are removed. They took the blades off the machines, which - I mean, that's good news, right? That's great news.

BERMAN: Look, I think this is making a mockery of lawn mowing, which is something that is to be revered. I do not think lawn care is something you make a game of. I think lawn care is a way of life.

KEILAR: You have a beautiful lawn.

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BERMAN: I -- thank you. But - and it's because I don't play games on it, like these people in England, right?

KEILAR: Do you -- do you ride one of those - do you have a tiny -

BERMAN: This is what happens in a monarchy. This is what happens when you don't elect the head of state.

KEILAR: You cannot link -

BERMAN: You have things like making mockeries of lawn care.

KEILAR: I think we're making a cognitive leap here.

BERMAN: Really?

KEILAR: Do you ride one of those little lawn mowers? How do you do it? Do you do the - what's your lawn mower like?

BERMAN: I - actually, I cut ever blade of grass with tweezers. That's how much I care for it.

KEILAR: Very serious.

BERMAN: All right, much more on this coming up because CNN's coverage continues right now.