now let's look in south carolina. what we know now, and we don't know everything, but we know from that videotape that we've seen that this man was shot in the back, five times i'm hearing. we haven't seen an autopsy report. he's a good distance from the officer, doesn't seem to be posing a physical threat to the officer or anybody else at that point. it clearly looks, if you apply the fleeing felon doctrine, like an excessive use of force. >> apply that then to a cop on the street. how are police officers trained? how do you translate that legal framework to training a police officer when you are face down with a split-second decision? >> that's an interesting point that you just made. all of these incidents including ferguson occurred in a matter of seconds. you're talking about a potential life changing circumstance. that can be very well the life of the officer as well. officer safety is always paramount. if the officer becomes disabled or killed, the weapons and tools they have in their utility belt become open f

it is a disturbing case in south carolina. you're looking at it right now. a man clearly running away clearly fired upon by a police officer who does not seem to be in any imminent threat from anything of the suspect who shoots multiple times. now charged with a homicide. the question is what happened before this videotape came out? what were the authorities saying? what was the officer saying? what was his lawyer saying? very important for us as we continue to try to understand how these cases come out and cause so much outrage. we're also going to talk to the brother of the victim as well as members of law enforcement to get both sides of this situation. but that video is going to drive our story. >>> u.s. officials say russia is behind a cyber attack on the white house. the computer system of course. while no classified information was breached this time the question is how do they do this? what if they do it again? and how do you stop this access to sensitive material which could clearly compromise national security? we'll have experts as well as christi

not just in charleston south carolina or south carolina in whole. but it's a consistent narrative across the country. if you read the officer's statement, that is consistent with officer statements across the country. of an immediate fear of bodily harm. and that is the supreme court standard used to exonerate many officers. now, in cases where video evidence is preserved, and you reconcile that with those statements you find that they're totally inconsistent. last year we had a shooting of an unarmed citizen, african-american male pulled over for a seat belt violation. and if you read the highway patrolman's, officer's statement in that case you would have thought he was a hero. but when you look at the dashboard video camera it's totally inconsistent. this is an issue that we must address nationally. because i suspect it's a larger problem. >> and obviously you got a start at home if you have a culture issue there, you need to deal with it that's why the investigation of these other officers and the leadership that came out echoing that officer's

we have new developments this morning in an alarming case in south carolina. a police officer is behind bars charged in the murder of an unarmed black man who was running away following a traffic stop. north charleston police officer michael slager was arrested after a disturbing video emerged of the shooting itself. [ gunshots ] i heard eight shots right there. eight shots. let's bring in cnn's ed lavandera for the latest. >> reporter: john and christine, this dramatic video has ended with officer michael slager a five-year veteran of the charleston, south carolina, police department being charged with murder. this comes incredibly quickly. this shooting took place saturday afternoon, just four days ago. and the state law enforcement department there in the state of south carolina has charged him with murder. in this video, it's dramatic, you see in the initial moments of the video the victim in this case, 50-year-old walter scott, very close to the officer but starting to run away. you see some objects fall to the ground. officer slager apparently said that

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the agency that's handling that is the south carolina law enforcement division. i spoke to the spokesperson just a short while ago about those dash cam videos. here's the problem. there are multiple dash cam videos from these officers that responded to the shooting. so that is what they're looking at at this point. there are two in question, obviously, that from officer slager and the second officer that showed up following the shooting. in all likelihood, they'll probably release those two dash cam videos first. but in terms of what we will actually see on those dash cam videos might be somewhat disappointing. according to the spokesperson, tom berry, who has not personal lie seen the videos yet, but does have knowledge of what is on them, he basically says officer slager's dash cam video first of all does not show the shooting. it only shows in all likelihood the initial moments following the traffic stop. it may not even show the struggle between scott and slager. according to berry, that happened some distance away and out of camera shot, if you will. from th

let's go to the martin savage in summerville, south carolina. you were inside this morning, martin what was it like? >> reporter: first of all, there were more people that showed up for the funeral than could possibly get inside. the body of the church holds 300 people. there were well beyond that. people stood under an awning. it was raining here at the time. glimpsing through the front doors of the church they just wanted to be able to say that they were here. they felt their presence here was that important. it was a police escort that was given to the hearse as it made its way here. some find that ironic but it is part of the bridge building that the mayor promised in providing the family everything they need at this terrible terrible time. one of those who spoke inside poignantly was scott's brother, anthony scott, and he said god selected his brother as a candidate for change for america. the other one who spoke was the pastor of the church and he was more direct. he said that walter's death was motivated by racial prejudice. it was he lat

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>> no in south carolina. >> and fashionly, by the way. and nationally. >> there are many more white people than black people. >> there is a racial issue involved here but there's an issue of police using force inappropriately against people of all races. >> look there's so much to analyze here. we have to look at the numbers and obviously changes need to be made. marc lamot hill paul callan thanks for your insights. let's get over to chris. >>> california's devastating drought. i don't live in california you say, why should i care? because not only should you care about your fellow americans, it's going to hit you in the wallet. we'll tell you why coming up. i care deeply about the gulf. i grew up in louisiana. i went to school here. i've been with bp ever since. today, i lead a team that sets our global safety standards. after the spill we made two commitments. to help the gulf recover and become a safer company. we've worked hard to honor both. bp has spent nearly 28 billion dollars so far to help the gulf economy and environment. and f

the senator weighing in on the south carolina shooting. claiming not to jump to conclusions because of the actions of one. >> when you look at police across the country, 98% of them doing their job on a day-to-day basis and not doing things like this. i don't want to paint with a broad brush that all of our police are bad. i hope justice does occur, but i hope we don't paint it with such a broad brush. >> hillary clinton has tweeted out her thoughts about the shooting. quote, praying for walter scott's family. heart breaking and too familiar. we can do better. reform judges reform justice system. >>> ted cruz is building a presidential chest. a group of four super pacs pulled in $31 million in cash or commitments for cruz. a sum that size could instantly reduce concerns about the senator's ability to compete. it may pull other candidates in the race. few expected early fund raising to bring in that much money. >> it is a surprise he was able to do it that fast. it was going to be a grassroots campaign. now he has the money. >>> all right.

thanks you to and your lawyer joining us from south carolina. thank you very much. >> cnn's anderson cooper also spoke with walter scott's mother. >> reporter: whether did you learn there was a videotape? >> it was the next day. >> when you finally saw it, i can't imagine what went through your heart. >> i couldn't really watch the whole tape. when i saw my son running and saw the policeman behind him, i couldn't take. his to turn away. i couldn't handle it. >> it is just heartbreaking. we will bring you much more of that interview later this hour on "cnn newsroom." >> for now we move our focus to the u.s. state of massachusetts. dzhokhar tsarnaev found guilty in the boston marathon bombing trial. >> it penalty phase will begin, jurors deciding whether the 21-year-old will face life in prison or death. alexandra field covering the story from boston. >> reporter: this is the moment so many people waited so long for. nearly two years they waited to hear the verdict. now 30 counts. dzhokhar tsarnaev found guilty in each and every one. he strode int

the funeral taking place in summerville, south carolina. scott, an unarmed black man, was shot and killed last saturday while running from a north charleston police officer. and as brian todd reports, there is now video that shows more of what happened that day. >> cnn has obtained stunning new dash cam video from other officers arriving on the scene moments after walter scott is shot. you can see officer james gan speeding from a nearby traffic call when he hears shots are fired. here it appears you can see feidin santana at a nearby fence, shooting his cell phone video, the key evidence in the murder case against officer michael slager. the man at the epicenter of this case is now in isolation. former north charleston police officer michael slager is being held alone in a jail cell the charleston county sheriff tells cnn. and he's being monitored for his mental health. cnn is told investigators from the state law enforcement division are combing through every frame of the video of the shooting. >> taser, taser, taser! >> reporter: as well

it's been a difficult week in south carolina community. particularly for the family of walter scott. this morning as the sun begins or prepares to rise over south carolina, they're getting ready to say good-bye. >> to help to bring the movement to where it's at now. >> it's been a week of anguish and anger in north charleston, south carolina. >> in the name of walter scott, we can change the government much of the community will join the family for a final farewell. >> it breaks everyone's heart and the citizen of charleston are sharing the grief. [ gunshot ] . >> he will be laid to rest and the deadly ending that began as a routine traffic stop when the police officer pulled scott over for a break light. moments later the dash cam video showing scott making a run for it and the amateur cell phone video picking up the shooting. the same video leading scotts family to believe that he appare apparent apparently -- >> and her that somebody would stoop to that low ground to cover you have what you have done. the wrong thing, and gun downed som

in south carolina we have had officers who have been arrested. but we haven't had any officers that have been convicted. so here in this community, we're very excited about this quest for justice but also understand it's not over. >> bikari let's drill down a little bit on that. when i was there the other day, the state newspaper did an analysis over the last five years, there were some more than 200, i think it might have been 206 discharge of weapons by police officers in south carolina. not a single one, there were some indictments against some officers but there was never any conviction as you just said. what does that tell you? and if that's a problem, what needs to change? and how should it change? >> well you know that's what i tell most people when they come down to south carolina and throughout the country. this is not an isolated incident. in fact in north augusta, we just had another officer arrested this past week for murder of an african-american last year. seven months ago we had an officer pull his weapon out when a young man was r

huge developments out of south carolina today. the former police officer charged with murder in the shooting death of walter scott has been placed in isolation and being monitored for his mental health. all of this now as the second video has emerged. dash cam video taken from inside officer mic -- michael slager's car. it shows the moment scott runs. it's a deadly chain of events beginning in

we are following breaking news out of south carolina. its police officer to accused murderer in the blink of an eye. a shooting near charleston igniting the debate over excessive force by police. officer michael sleger is behind bars right now and he's charged with the worst of the worst, first-degree murder. that for killing this unarmed man, 50-year-old walter scott, father of four and a u.s. coast guard veteran. disturbing bystander video shows the shooting in traffic detail. slagger shot at scott eight times as scott was running away. five of the bullets hit scott, killing him. slagger says he feared for his life when he fired those shots. but the video shows a very different account. i'm about to show you the entire video of the incident that was shot by that bystander. everything happens very quickly and it's not always easy to make out what's happening. so i'm going to draw your attention to a few things to watch for as you watch this incident play out. there is a very slight struggle that can be depicted for a fraction of a secon

. >>> breaking news the police officer in the fatal south carolina shooting caught on tape fired today. we now know the victim walter scott was shot five times. four times in his back. walter scott's brother. >>> who captured that crucial video of the shooting. until tonight that man was unknown. speaks out for the first time. >>> the boston bomber guilty will he get the death penalty? let's go outfront. >>> good evening. i'm jim sciutto in for erin burnett tonight. breaking news the shooting death of an unarmed black man in south carolina by a white police officer. the man who filmed the video who was unknown, spoke to nbc news adding details about the moments before he started recording. >> they were down on the floor. they were down on the floor before i started recording. they were down on the floor. i remember the police had control of the situation. he had control of scott. scott was trying just to get away from the taser. >> that contradicts the officer's version of events that scott was trying to take away his weapon. also the police officer was fired today. a family attorney j

state of south carolina. the officer charged with killing an unarmed man has been fired from the north charleston police force. >> that officer claims the victim tried to grab his taser, but now that account is being questioned. >> randi kaye takes a closer look at the compelling eyewitness video with the help of an expert. surely you've seen this before. you know that some of what you are about to see is graphic. >> reporter: when north charleston police officer michael slager called dispatch about the shooting, listen to what he told them. >> shots fired. subject is down. he grabbed my taser. >> reporter: but did the suspect, walter scott, really grab the officer's taser? frank piazza is an expert in video graphics. >> the officer seems to lunge or have something in his hands. maybe there's a tasing happening at that point. >> reporter: something seems to fall or come off the officer. so we zoomed in for a better look, and slowed the video as the object tumbled off the dirt path. >> if i take it back to tha

martin savidge is in north charleston south carolina with more for you this morning. good morning, martin. >> reporter: good morning, carol. the family of walter scott says this dash cam video does not change anything when it comes to the case against former police officer michael slager but it does give us the first look at how that terrible day began. dash cam video now released capturing the moment police officer michael slager pulls over walter scott last saturday morning. slager's patrol car follows scott as he pulls into an auto parts store. he asks him for his license. >> your brake light's out. >> in less than a minute the talk turns to paperwork, questions over the purchase of the car. >> you bought it. you're saying on monday. >> i'm sorry about that. >> slager returns to his patrol car. moments later scott starts to get out of his vehicle. >> stay in the car. >> and in fewer than 30 seconds scott gets out of his car again and runs. possible reason the 50-year-old tried to flee a bench warrant was out for his arrest since january of 2013 after failing to pay

new dash cam video just released in the south carolina shooting. what happened in the seconds before walter scott was shot and killed. let's go

state of south carolina. what authorities are now learning in a police shooting. >>> plus, cleaning up after a massive tornado tears through the midwestern united states. i'm paula newton, and this is cnn newsroom. >>> both presidents of cuba and the united states are expected to meet later on today after a brief hello friday night in panama city, panama. they came face-to-face at the summit of america's dinner it was the first since agreeing to renew diplomatic relations after more than 50 years, u.s. president barack obama greeted cuba at the opening of the summit. >> i am proud to be with you at this first ever official gathering of the civil leaders of the summit of the americas. i'm pleased to have cuba represented at the summit with us for the very first time. >> historic words there. this is the first time in decades cuba has been invited to attend the summit. the u.s. has always blocked cuba's invitation among the western hemisphere leaders. >> they rejected our agenda in the days in which our agenda

charleston south carolina. the police officer in this particular case the shooting incident all caught on videotape. the police officer now charged with murder fired from the local police department. don lemon, tom fuentes are with us. what happens as far as the police officer is concerned? we know the state has taken over the investigation from the local community, from north charleston. walk us through what happens next. >> my understanding is that he is now being held. he has been charged with murder. he is facing either the death penalty or 30 years to life in prison. so he has been charged. he is being held without bond wolf. he did not get bond. the next thing that will happen is he has retained an attorney. his initial attorney my understanding is dropped the representation once that attorney sawed videotape. he has a new attorney andy savage well-known south carolina attorney. he was -- he is a former prosecutor which always makes for actually a good defense attorney. then there will be a hearing. there

we begin this morning in north charleston south carolina. we're awaiting the release of a key piece of evidence the dash cam video capturing the encounter of walter scott and michael slager. the city is taking swift action firing officer slager and vowing that every cop on the street will soon be equipped with a body camera. martin savidge is following the latest developments for us from north charleston. good morning, martin. >> reporter: good morning, carol. by now we're all foom with that horrific video that was taken by the bystanders that shows the shooting that triggered all of this event. what many people are not aware of you've already alluded to a lot of other videos out there, not a lot, but a number. it's police video of the dash cams. it will be very interesting to see what they show and tell because as of yet they have not yet been released. >> no justice. >> no peace. >> reporter: days after the release of this shocking video north charleston now feeling the fallout. >> black lives matter. >> reporter: demonstrators gathered in

state of south carolina. authorities are sharing another piece of evidence in the fatal shooting that happened last weekend. newly released dash camera video shows the moments that led up to the deadly altercation between an unarmed african-american man and a white police officer. jason carroll has more on this investigation. >> reporter: this is the dash cam video from officer michael slager's patrol car. it shows what happened leading up to the traffic stop that ended in the deadly shooting. it shows slager following scott, who is driving a mercedes. slager pulls him over for a broken taillight. the officer then approaches scott's car. >> license and registration. >> reporter: slager returns to his patrol car. then for a moment, scott gets out. he's instructed to get back inside. but then moments later, scott makes a run for it. slager gives chase. the dash cam video does not show the struggle between scott and slager, nor the fatal shooting that followed. >> nothing in this video demonstrates that the offi

we're following breaking news out of north charleston south carolina the south carolina law enforcement division has just released more dash cam video showing the lead up to what that ugly situation that occurred when a police officer, michael slager shot and killed walter scott as he was running away. we're going to show you more of this video in a moment. we've got an extensive panel of experts ready to react, including the attorneys for walter scott's family. they are standing by. they're going to watch the new video as well. i want to bring in the president of the south carolina naacp. have you seen the south carolina law enforcement division video, the dash cam video that has been released? we have more we are about to show our viewers. i want your reaction to what we saw when we saw walter scott actually get out of the vehicle, the police officer ordered him to stay inside get out and then he starts running away. i want to get your thoughts on what we saw from the dash cam video. >> i saw the first part of the video that was aired on your program just moments ago. >> go ahead. >>

we want to turn to south carolina now. dash cam video showing walter scott's traffic stop moments before he was shot dead has offered few answers and only more questions. the community of north charleston has been left to grapple with the visuals while officer slaying certificate charged with murder. joining us sheriff al cannon of charleston south carolina once the former police chief of north charleston. jim biermann joins us the president of the police foundation foundation the former redlands california police chief. thank you so much for joining us gentlemen. jim i'll start with you, based on the dash cam video and on your expertise, does it appear at first blush to be a normal traffic stop? >> it does. there's nothing abnormal about the traffic stop until mr. scott runs from the car. >> when we see him run away. i'm going to ask this to you both jim, we'll start with you, what is the prote cal of an officer if the suspect flees? >> it depends if the car is being occupied by someone else and there was someone else the

. >> according to south carolina law, it's perfectly legal. it's the middle light on the window the brake light, that was out. is it common seth to pull people over for this? >> yes. minor traffic violations are a very common reason for officers to pull people over. the most benign reason is to warn them there's some re mechanical failure in their car they need to fix. stopping a vehicle because you suspect criminal activity by the occupants even if you don't have reasonable suspicion or probable cause to stop them on those ground, you can stop a car for any violation even if that's not primary motivation. stops like this are very common. >> this is the dash cam video. we played it from someone who happened to in the area. you see the officer ultimately shooting and killing scott, hitting him in the back and ear. initially, as there always is a police report. my question to you is, and there's been outrage over this there are accounts from the police report that do not watch up once you see the video. what do you make of that? >> nothing good.

state of south carolina is now facing murder charges in the death of an apparently unarmed black man. the police officer, michael slager, seen here at his bond hearing tuesday, is accused of fatally shooting 50-year-old walter scott saturday during a traffic stop. cnn has obtained cell phone video of the shooting and we want to warn you, the images are disturbing. the video shoes officer slager firing his weapon eight times as scott runs away. according to the dispatch audio, slager says the two men scuffled over his taser. >> shots fired. subject is down. he grabbed my taser. >> north charleston's mayor says the five-year police veteran made a very poor decision. take a listen. >> when you're wrong, you're wrong. and if you make a bad decision, i don't care if you're behind the shield or just a citizen on the street, you have to live by that decision. >> the victim's brother says he is thankful for the video evidence. listen. >> we've all seen the video. if it wasn't a video, would we know the truth? or would we have just gone with what was reported earlier? but we do know the truth

huge developments out of south carolina today. the former police officer charged with murder in the shooting death of walter scott has been placed in isolation and being monitored for his mental health. all of this now as the second video has emerged. dash cam video taken from inside officer mic -- michael slager's car. it shows the moment scott runs. it's a deadly chain of events beginning in a parking lot. >> license, registration and insurance card? what's that? let's start with your license. the reason for the stop is your brake light is out. oh okay. >> i don't have it with me. >> do you have insurance on the car? >> no i don't have insurance. >> well if you don't have insurance on your car -- >> oh. okay. let me have your driver's license. no registration no insurance? >> no, sir. >> but you're buying this car? >> yes, sir. >> did you already buy it? >> no not yet. i'm buying it monday. >> just a minute ago you said you bought it and changing everything over monday. >> i'm sorry about that. >>> okay. be right back with you.

south carolina law enforcement division is investigating. that in and of itself could give you a little bit of comfort in terms of who actually is on top of this investigation. it's not the locality itself investigating itself. still it's law enforcement. so ultimately we just expect and we hope that no matter who gives testimony, that it's accurate it's complete. we know there's a brotherhood. a lot of respect amongst police officers, a lot of respect in the community for police officers. it's difficult to investigate. we hope and suspect they'll tell the truth in terms of what they know. the video certainly is not aligning to that. >> still to come in the "newsroom," with the death penalty on the table for the admitted boston bomber which newspaper is arguing against it? that would be "the boston globe." we'll tell you why next. re so outta here! aah! [ female announcer ] the complete balanced nutrition of great-tasting ensure. 24 vitamins and minerals antioxidants and 9 grams of protein. [ bottle ] ensure®. nutrition in charge™. my con

and the south carolina police shooting, there's dashcam video that's been resembled. funeral preparations under way right now for walter scott. but we begin with a huge story in the midwest here in the united states. clean-up under way right now after as many as 14 tornadoes pp

south carolina police fire their weapons at 209 suspects in the past five years. a handful of officers were accused of pulling the trigger illegally but none has been convicted according to an analysis by the state newspaper. it's rare for an officer to be found at fault criminally for shooting at someone. in this case there's video, right? if you live in that community, you would wonder how often does this happen and what don't we know? >> we can't really say that. >> 209 shootings and nobody held accountable in any of them? >> do you know how many shot were white? i'm just saying making -- turning this into a racial issue. we don't know if it's a racial issue. we don't know what was in that officer's mind at the time. would he have shot the man if he was white? i don't know. anybody who says they do know is lying. they have no clue. i have no clue. >> white, black or green, we can evaluate that video and make the judgment that the actions are unreasonable under those circumstances particularly when you're not close. the person is running away. there's a distance

so you have a murder investigation being conducted by south carolina authorities. and then the civil rights investigation by the fbi is actually a separate charge and does not mean double jeopardy. there have been previous cases, go back to rodney king who those officers were exonerated and acquitted in local court. the fbi investigation took them into federal court and they went to prison. there's been other cases, the katrina bridge shooting where the fbi investigation resulted in prison sentences to the officers involved. >> you want to weigh in cedric? what's your thought? >> you know i mean you know the most important thing here you know wolf going forward, as you know we begin to look at the relationships between police and community in a much broader sense, even in spite of this incident in south carolina and other tragic incidents we've seen over the last number of months i think what's most important here for all of us to remember is this. there are a lot of good police officers that are out there. and those that are out there doing things in a very differ

state of south carolina is now facing murder charges after shooting an apparently unarmed man during a traffic stop. cnn's ed lavandera has the latest on the charges and what the victim's family is saying. >> reporter: when the video starts, walter scott is turning and running away from the officer. [ gunshots ] >> reporter: eight shots and four seconds later, the 50-year-old man falls to the ground at least 25 feet away, pronounced dead at the scene later. as scott's body lays on the ground, the officer is heard yelling, "put your arms behind your back." immediately after the deadly shooting this past saturday in the south carolina town of north charleston, officer michael slegr said there was a scuffle over his taser and felt threatened. another officer says in a report, officer slegr advised he deploy his taser and request for backup units. seconds later, the officer said slegr said over the radio, "shots fired, and the subject is down. he took my taser." at the beginning of the video, you see two objects fall to the ground around the officer. it's not clear if this is part of his

serious winds in anderson, south carolina putting the tree under the car there. the similar scene in north carolina. a 2-year-old girl injured after a tree fell on top of a room where she was watching tv. she is expected to be okay. >>> hillary clinton on the record about the republican attacks against her as possible republican rivals make big moves

the senator weighed in the south carolina police shooting. he is urging people not to jump to conclusions of officers because of the actions of one. >> i think when you look at - police across our country, 98% of them are doing their job on a day-to-day basis and not doing things like this. i want to be careful we don't paint with a broad brush that all of our police are bad. in this particular instance i hope justice occurs. i hope we don't paint it with such a broad brush. >> hillary clinton tweeted her thoughts about the shooting. saying quote praying for walter scott's family. heart breaking and too familiar. we can do better. rebuild trust, reform justice system and respect all lives. >>> severe storms tearing through the midwest. it is not over yet. a real threat facing 90 million of you this morning. that's next. >>> a wild spring weather it this morning. millions of people in the path of violent storms moving across the country. severe thunderstorms ripped through the midwest wednesday. look at this very large hail and heavy winds and

immediately after the deadly shooting this past saturday in the south carolina town of north charleston, officer michael slager said there was a scuffle over his taser and that he felt threatened. another officernesses a police report officer -- officer says in a police report that officer slager said he deployed his taser and called for backup. a few seconds later he said over the radio, "shots fired, and the subject is down. he took my taser." at the beginning of the video you see two dark objects fall to the ground around officer slager. it's not clear if this is part of his taser. the officer goes to the spot and picks the object up and later you see officer slager drop what could be his taser on the ground next to walter scott's body. then moments later, the officer picks up what he earlier dropped to the ground. michael slager has been charged with murder by the law enforcement division. he's a five-year veteran of the department. his lawyer telling news media after the shooting that officer slager believed he followed all the proper procedures of the north charleston police depar

. >>> new video of an unarmed south carolina man just before he was killed by police. what led up to the deadly chase ahead. >>> growing challenges for a nuclear deal with iran. iranian leaders and congress throwing up roadblocks. >>> good morning. welcome to "early start." i'm john berman. >> i'm christine romans. breaking news this morning, a deadly swarm of tornadoes from the midwest from iowa to ohio. the outbreak including 14 reported tornadoes across three states. this according to the national weather service. the path of destruction across illinois was more than 25 miles long. >> there was a huge twister in northern illinois near the city of rochelle. the severe storm caused one fatality in nearby fairdale. this is another storm in northern illinois. residents of the neighborhood ran to their basement for shelter. >> we were here. it was hailing. we thought it would miss us. we started getting calls from people saying tornadoes were headed our way. we quickly went to the basement and could feel the tornado over our house. came up to this. i feel like it is a ba

south carolina law enforcement division division. they want to make sure the investigation is fair and impartial. as for former officer michael slager he remains behind bars. also, his case could potentially end up in front of a grand jury next one. >> thank you, pablo. >>> this morning, the white house is defending the framework nuclear deal reached with iran after senator john mccain questioned the details of the agreement. the senator's criticism turned into a response from president obama. we have sunlen serfaty with the latest from the white house. >> reporter: the bickering with president obama and senator john mccain stems from the differing interpretations of what is in the nuclear deal with iran. iran's supreme leader is saying one thing. officials are saying the other in the united states. they are at odds over sanctions and inspections. mccain is highlighting the differences. calling into question secretary of state john kerry's honesty. saying kerry is delusional to sell a bill of goods about this deal. those comments see

. >>> another angle to the south carolina shooting. a breakdown of the newly released dash cam video. >>> forced to flee. how yemeni civilians are risk their lives to escape the battle zone. >>> become to our viewers in the united states and around the world. you're >> and our top story this hour takes us to the u.s. where a violent storm system packed with tornadoser to through parts of the midwest. check this out. that's an example of what people went through. there is confirmation of one death in nearby fairdale, illinois. eight injuries in dekalb county. back in rochelle, there were multiple reports of injuries. north of that city, a storm chaser said he spotted homes with only their foundations remaining. one couple rescued after being trapped by debris. >> the building blew down and fell on the two doors that had to be lifted to get out. our car is sitting right over there. >> it's wiped out. >> the severe weather threat continues for some at this hour so let's check in with derek, who is following these developments. this is ser

>> not just in south carolina. everywhere. after an officer uses force, particularly lethal force, the obligation is to render aid to the extent possible. in a lethal force situation, the officer's first aid might be the only thing that keeps a critically injured alive. first, immediately secure the scene. that's why the handcuffing is not a surprise. second absolutely render aid. >> the other thing i just want to ask you about is we see him handcuffing the, mr. scott and then walking back and picking something off the ground which he seems to drop later by mr. scott. aren't you supposed to keep everything where it is? i've asked this before but isn't this a crime scene that needs to be nfgtinvestigated and photographed would you ever pick up something unless there was a handgun and other people who might run around and pick it up in the neighborhood but if it's a taser or something else involved in the altercation, wouldn't you be supposed to leave it there? >> typically, yes. preserving the scene is very important so that we

most recently the shooting death of walter scott in south carolina. "the washington post" and bowling green state university examined the phenomenon in detail seeking to identify every officer charged in a deadly shooting in the last decade. out of thousands of cases since 2005 only 54 resulted in charges. 35 of those cases were resolved and of those, 21 officers were either acquitted or saw their charges dropped. the average sentence four years. let's talk about this. joining me now, "the washington post" national reporter and our cnn legal analyst. welcome to both of you. kimberly thanks for being here. i sure appreciate it. as you were investigating these numbers, what surprised you the most? >> there were a lot of things that surprised me. i think that, first of all, just what it took in order to actually charge an officer. it really took a lot. there had to be a video or there had to be an autopsy that showed that they were shot in the back as they were running away like the walter scott video that people have been viewing but most of the time it

the police chief in north charleston, south carolina. it was his officer that's been charged with murder. let me go straight to you van. you just heard the police chief say in his heart of hearts he wants to believe and hope this isn't about race but not ruling it out. it is about race. when you hear it's about a broken taillight and a guy shot from behind eight times. three in the buck one in the upper buttocks and one in the ear. what do you think? >> first of all, all condolences go to the family. what i would say is wh we justat we just saw is a cold-blooded murder. we saw a blatant attempt to cover it up and it's not the first time. african-american communities have been saying for years, for decades there are two standards of justice and you can wind up we have to tell our children you can wind up dead over a minor traffic stop. had it not been for the video, we would be in situation where the police report said this was a violent black man threatening my life and as they always say, i feared for my life. that's the legal standard

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di different than south carolina or what we may have seen in ferguson. the nation is paying attention to law enforcement asking tough questions. >> let's look at the example in tulsa. we know in the situation there, the reserve deputy, his attorney, and he is boss. are using the defense of excusable homicide. what do you say? >> the jury is out on that. literally. possible that they is a homicide turned out to be, ruled to beep justifiable. other cases that has not been the case. look in oakland in 2009. oscar grant, famous case. he died because an officer said he pulled a taser, intended to pull a taser and pumd a handgun. this isn't about an individual officer's choice, good or bad, a structural problem here. why is a 73-year-old officer, part of an important stening? after the shooting an officer was heard on tape saying "f your breath." suggest malice, may suggest do some, indifference to human life. could hatch just been the heat of the battle or something serious. we need an gaegs to find out. >> what does this stem from or point back to. is the so

brian in north charleston south carolina. thank you. going public was tough for the bystander that took the video of walter scott's killing. his attorney explaining why on the "today" show. >> he's afraid. first thing he said how can i get protection? there's officers that said they performed cpr. he never saw them doing life saving techniques at all including cpr. what does he do when people trying to protect us are the ones against us? >> there's no question in the video michael slagger does not offer help to scott. the 50-year-old man was hit by five bullets. reports say medical aid was given. what are officers obligated to do and when? we have david caps ceo of group formally with the dea and someone who organizes rallies after the incident in ferguson missouri. david, you've got from the time walter scott falls to the ground until the end of the video you see things like officer slagger checking the pulse of scott. then the officer appears to be looking at the wounds. there's no blood on his gloves. that's more than two and a half

the man whose cell phone video got a south carolina police officer charged with murder is speaking out. he told nbc news what he saw just before the white officer shot an unarmed black man in the back. >> was there a struggle? >> there was. they were down on the floor, they were down on the floor before -- before the -- i started recording, they were down on the floor. i remember the police had control of the situation. he had control of scott. and scott was trying to just get away from the taser. you could hear the sound of the taser. >> he had been tased at that point? >> yeah, i heard the sound before i started recording. >> and like so many similarly tragic incidents before it, saturday's shooting has sparked outrage. north charleston's officials answered questions from angry citizens on wednesday. they announced that officer michael slager was fired from the police force, and that all officers will soon be outfitted with body cameras. the investigation has been moving quickly since that video surfaced, and it's raising some critical questions about how the shooting was first repor

the south carolina law enforcement division. as for former officer slager he is isolated behind bars ahead he have the bond hearing. his case could end up in front of a grand jury next month. >>> thank you, pablo. this morning, the white house is defending the framework nuclear deal reached with iran. after senator john mccain questioned how honest secretary of state john kerry has been about the details of the agreement. senator mccain's criticism triggered response from the president himself. we have correspondent sunlen serfaty with more. >> reporter: the bickering with president obama and senator john mccain stems from the differing interpretations of what is actually in the nuclear deal with iran. iran's supreme leader is saying one thing. the u.s. officials are saying the other. they are at odds over sanctions and inspections. senator mccain is stating in a radio interview calling into question secretary of state john kerry's honestly and delusional to sell what he called a bill of goods about this deal. those comments see

thank you. >> so there he is the mayor of north charleston south carolina, keith summey and the south carolina police chief, eddie driggers. volatile news conference not necessarily because of the reporters' questions but protesters were inside clearly angry about what has gone on in north charleston, south carolina. this is an awful, awful situation. all caught on video camera, on videotape. as a result of that tape we are in the midst of another huge problem here in the united states right now. a white police officer shooting a black man, 50-year-old black man, walter scott, as he was running away from the police officer, shot him in the back eight times. the north charleston police officer michael slager 33 years old, now formally charged with murder. there you see some of the demonstrators who got inside this press conference. let's get reaction to what we just saw. joining us is sedrick alexander, president of the national organization of black law officers and also joining us hln legal analyst, joey jackson. give us your reaction to what we just saw and i want to let our viewers

we are following breaking news out of south carolina. its police officer to accused murderer in the blink of an eye. a shooting near charleston igniting the debate over excessive force by police. officer michael sleger is behind bars right now and he's charged with the worst of the worst, first-degree murder. that for killing this unarmed man, 50-year-old walter