good morning. it is saturday, april 24th. we're grad to see you. i'm christi paul. >> and i'm boris sanchez. you are live in the "cnn newsroom." always great to see you, even from afar, christi. >> i know. one of these days, boris. >> one of these days. well, johnson & johnson's coronavirus vaccine is rejoining the race to vaccinate the united states. the single-dose vaccine will now come with a safety warning, though, noting there is a rare, rare risk of developing blood clots. >> now, after a ten-day pause, cdc advisers decided the benefits outweigh the danger for people 18 and older. one vaccine expert praised the decision as, quote, the cdc at its best, and a lesson in understanding relative risk.

>> for example, if you take the risk of a severe blood clot in a young woman, who is probably the highest risk, it's no greater than 1 in 80,000. so if you're at the university of michigan stadium and you're sitting there among 80,000 people and a helicopter drops out a ping-pong ball, what's your chance of being hit by the ping-pong ball. i think that helps understand relative risk. whereas the virus is common. >> evan mcmorris-santoro is in new york city. the cdc director says there's a need for extraordinary outreach to educate people with vaccines now that the j&j shots are back on the market. there's also apparently a need to incentivize people to get their vaccines, as you're seeing for yourself. >> reporter: that's right, boris. starting with the incentivizing, here in new york if you come and get vaccinated, you can walk into the natural history museum behind me. you get four free passes to come

to the museum later on after you get your shot. on to the cdc stuff, what the cdc is worried about is that this johnson & johnson issue may end up causing more of the vaccine hesitation we're also starting to see. when they went over this careful, looking back at this vaccine to figure out if they're going to release this pause, they said they found it just wasn't dangerous enough to keep it under wraps. and i want to show you one of the graphics they put forward about the risks and benefits of this vaccine by age group. you can see there's been about 8 million of these vaccines that have been administered before the pause, and there are only about 15 cases of these blood clots that we heard about. and then only three people from the group died. so looking at the numbers from the cdc, they went through and they found of every million doses, a lot more benefits than dangers. so they're saying that that is a worthwhile thing to put out there. but on the other hand, you're looking at a situation where overall we're seeing vaccine

take rate go down. i want to show you this graphic about the average, moving average of vaccines. it's been above 3 million recently for quite a while, which is amazing to think about when you think about how the vaccine was at the beginning of the process. you can see the slight dip on the back end and that's what people are worried about. dr. rochelle walensky spoke recently, the head of the cdc, about how important it is for people to go out and get their vaccine. >> in addition to over 65% of americans over the age of 65 being vaccinated, this is also the week we hit 200 million vaccines in less than 100 days. in a week when all americans, age 16 and older, are eligible for vaccination. i encourage all younger people to follow the example of older americans and to get vaccinated. and regardless of your age, please be an ambassador for your neighbors and loved ones by

encouraging and assisting them to get vaccinated themselves. >> reporter: so the bottom line from health officials is that you have a lot of choices in vaccines right now. you have the johnson & johnson, that's a one shot vaccine, the cdc says it's safe. you have plenty of supply of the moderna and pfizer, two-shot vaccines and you can get those basically anywhere you want to. including here, if you want to walk in and get four passes to go to the museum. experts are saying the vaccine is out there and it's time for people to step up and get it. >> good to see you this morning. thank you. cnn medical analyst dr. wen is with us. she was vaccinated about a week before the pause and she participated in the trial where she got a placebo. dr. wen, it's so good to have you here. i wanted to ask you, since you're in this unique position where you received the johnson & johnson vaccine, those warnings that we're seeing now being part

of the protocol, had they been out when you received it, would you still have gotten it? >> it's a great question, christi. here's the thing. i do believe that lifting the pause on the johnson & johnson vaccine was the right call. i think the initial pause was the right call, i think lifting the pause after the investigation was the right thing to do, because there are extraordinary benefits of this vaccine as compared to the very minimal risks. however, the risks are actually concentrated in one group, and that appears to be women between the ages of 18 to 50, which is a group that i am a part of. and by the way, we're not just talking about blood clots. i think people should stop talking about the link of blood clots and oral contraceptives because we're not talking about run-of-the-mill blood clots. we're talking about a very rare and serious clotting condition where 12 of the women have suffered clots in their brains, where three of the women involved have died, seven remain hospitalized, four are in critical condition. they also have low platelets, making it difficult to treat. we're talking about something

very specific. if johnson & johnson were the only vaccine available to me, i absolutely would have chosen it. but since there are two other vaccines, pfizer and moderna, that do not carry this very small risk, i don't think i would have chosen to get the johnson & johnson vaccine myself, knowing that risk. and i wish that the cdc and the fda had gone further in their discussions yesterday to explicitly put a warning for women under the age of 50 to say, if it is available to you, consider choosing one of the other vaccines that do not carry this particular risk. >> do you think that this, at all, this question -- because it's been going on for ten days with this pause, do you think that might be contributing to some of the vaccine hesitancy we think we're seeing right now? can you give us some clarity on that? >> it's certainly possible, and i hope that people will take away from all the deliberations that safety is the key. and this is the reason why the vaccination effort for this vaccine was paused, and i really hope that people do not confuse

the vaccines. because the very rare blood clotting disorder associated with johnson & johnson is not seen at all in pfizer or moderna, and in fact, over 100 million people have received those vaccines without an adverse safety signal. and so johnson & johnson, by the way, still has extraordinary benefit, because it is a one-dose vaccine. certainly, even for women under the age of 50, who want a one-dose vaccine, who otherwise may not get another vaccine. i absolutely think they should choose this vaccine. so i think our messaging needs to be nuanced and needs to be clear, but we also have to value patient autonomy and explain to people, including young women, that they have other choices. >> so i want to ask you about something that dr. robert frank, who is leading the pfizer/moderna trial said as well, he said it's possible we could see 12 to 15 year olds having access to the vaccine sometime next month. i mean, that is quick when you think about it.

i think there are parents who have skepticism about getting a 12 to 15-year-old or 15 and under at all vaccinated. what is your thought process on children getting vaccinated at this point? is it necessary? >> it definitely is necessary for two reasons. first is that we don't want our children to not have the protective effect of these really extraordinary vaccines. and so far the trial done in pfizer, pfizer for the 12 to 15-year-old group show that it's very safe and 100% effective. so i absolutely want our children to benefit from a vaccine like that. i have two young kids. i can't wait for them to be able to be vaccinated. the other reason is it's going to be difficult, if not impossible, for us to reach herd immunity unless our children are also vaccinated. >> i was going to ask about herd immunity next and you beat me to it. dr. wen, we appreciate you being here. thank you, ma'am. >> thank you. a series of high profile police shootings are increasing

pressure on lawmakers in washington to move forward on police reform legislation. 16-year-old makhia bryant was shot in ohio tuesday, about 30 minutes before the verdict was delivered in the chauvin murder trial. the next day sheriffs deputies in north carolina shot and killed andrew black as they were attempting to serve him an arrest warrant. >> the george floyd justice and policing act passed the house last month. it's yet to be taken up in the senate. the measure would, among other things, ban choke holds, no-knock warrants. >> we have team coverage on the issue. cnn's athena jones is standing by in columbus, ohio. but we start with natasha chen in north carolina. natasha, the shooting is raising concerns about transparency because the state is not releasing video of the incident. >> reporter: unlike some other

use of force police cases, in this particular case the body cam footage has not been released and that's something that the family of andrew brown jr., as well as the public, is calling for. they want to see more transparency in this case. the family was hoping that they would be able to see the body camera footage yesterday, but they were disappointed that they could not see the video. sheriff wooten explained that he was trying to protect the integrity of the investigation, saying that to release that requires an official request and that he's waiting on the district attorney's office. here's what he said about the body cam footage. >> i want what the people of this county want, and i tell everybody, i wasn't elected sheriff to sit on a pedestal and think i'm god. i'm not that guy. i want what the citizens of this county want. on the law enforcement side, i

am trying to let the investigation unfold. >> reporter: the city council last night made the formal request to have the body camera footage released and so the sheriff's office now has a few days to respond to that. sheriff wooten also talked about the reason the deputies were there on wednesday, that they were apparently trying to execute a couple of warrants, a search warrant and a felony arrest warrant, and these were issued by an alcohol and drug task force. the chief deputy of the office also said in a facebook video that brown had a history of resisting arrest. and based on court records obtained by cnn, brown had been previously charged with resisting arrest and some of those charges were later dismissed. now we have seven deputies who were involved in this incident on administrative leave, two others have resigned, a third has retired. and in just a little bit, within the hour behind us, we are

expecting to hear from city officials to speak more on this case that has really gotten more and more concern out of the public, especially as the body camera footage has not been released several days after the incident. christi and boris, back to you. >> natasha chen, thank you so much. let's go to athena jones in columbus, ohio, regarding the shooting of 16-year-old makhia bryant. this is the city's second deadly shooting by a police officer in the past four months. the transparency issue is not such an issue in that city, as i understand it. >> reporter: good morning, christi. that's exactly right. there's some contrast to draw here between these two cases in columbus and also what's going on here in columbus, ohio, and what's going on where natasha chen is in north carolina, all related to this issue of the body worn cameras and footage. i want to mention there was a shooting in december of andre hill by a now former police officer who has been indited since that shooting for the

shooting, former officer adam coy. but it's important to know all these cases are different. andre hill was unarmed and officer coy was indited, in part, for not turning on his body worn camera until after he had shot andre hill. in this case, the case of makhia bryant, who was shot on tuesday afternoon by officer nicholas reardon, his body cam foot inl was released within five and a half hours. i believe you have the slowed-down footage. police thought it was important to release the footage as soon as possible, given this shooting occurred just around the time when we learned the verdict in the george floyd case. but also there was video circulating on social media of the aftermath, bystander video, and police needed to get the information out to the public. there's been a real focus on transparency in this case. you can see in this footage that makhia bryant was holding a knife. there's an image of the knife

next to her after the shooting when she falls down. so these are two different cases. in the case of andre hill here in columbus, that officer is under indictment. this makhia bryant shooting is being investigated by the bureau of criminal investigation. that bureau is part of the ohio state attorney general's office. so they will draw their conclusions. but so far law enforcement argue that this was a reasonable use of force in this case. but certainly the video, the handling of the video here in ohio is very different from what we're seeing in north carolina. christi. >> you would hope that there would be more transparency the way that there is in columbus. athena jones, thank you so much. still ahead this hour, president biden expected to mark a dark moment in history, becoming the first american president to officially recognize the armenian genocide. what it means for u.s. foreign policy next. also florida governor ron desantis is being sued.

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the u.s. military withdraw from afghanistan is ongoing right now. three defense officials tell cnn that equipment is being packed up and shipped out. the pentagon is also deploying hundreds of maritime air and land forces to assist with the operations. one official says the movement of personnel out of afghanistan won't begin for a few weeks. several defense officials say there will be an informal effort to conduct as much of the withdraw as possible before the deadline that's been set by president biden. >> president biden also prepared to recognize the 1915 massacre of armenians by modern day turkey as a genocide. biden informed turkish president erdogan of his decision yesterday. readouts from both governments did not mention the issue, but the person familiar with the call described it as tense.

we're joined by the armenian ambassador to the united states. ambassador, we appreciate you spending time talking to us about this. for our viewers that may not be familiar with the history, help us understand what happened during the armenian genocide and why it happened. >> thank you very much, and thank you very much for this interview, indeed, boris. well, we are hopeful that any moment the statement of president biden will be out. but basically what happened is undoubtedly, the first genocide of the 20th century. more than 1.5 million armenians have been systemically killed in their ancestral land and hundreds of thousands have been expelled towards the deserts in syria, and this has been the first genocide of the 20th century. and based on this very tragic experience, the polish-american

lawyer coined the very term genocide. >> apparently we have some technical difficulties there with the ambassador. we will try to get him back. in the meantime, this week florida governor ron desantis signing a controversial anti-riot and protest bill into law. one attorney argues it's unconstitutional. hear from him next. ♪

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we've just reconnected with the armenian ambassador to the

united states, nersesyan. let's pick it up where we left off. for generations u.s. presidents have declined to recognize what happened to the armenians in the early 1900s as a genocide, partly because they didn't want to upset turkey, which is an important u.s. ally, a nato ally, and it's critical to foreign policy in the mid east. what do you think moved joe biden in this direction as we anticipate that he's going to recognize the armenian genocide later today? >> thank you, and thank you for -- sorry for this technical interruption. basically, yes, we're very much hopeful that president biden, as i said, based on his earlier record as a senate foreign affairs chairman, and as the vice president, has been very much in support of the armenian genocide recognition. and in my own opinion, president biden, based on the preliminary positive signals that we have

received these last days, that president biden today will call the things by their own name, namely saying armenian genocide. but why it is so, because president biden will bring this message and it's also about u.s. leadership and u.s. moral leadership. this is not an issue only about the past, this is not an issue only about the armenians, this is an issue in regard to humanity and this is an issue for the future. this is a strong message if president biden does so for the prevention of future atrocities and for the prevention of future genocides. and having known president biden's strong record, being a champion in defense of human rights and human values, that's why we are confident that today president biden will call the things by their own name and make a historic -- make a history in setting the record

straight. >> ambassador, the armenians for 50 years have been pushing for this recognition and turkey has spent millions of dollars in lobbying, there have been threats, even assassinations of prominent armenian activists. personally as an armenian, what does this moment mean to you? >> this moment means to me a lot, being someone who is a son, coming from the generation of the genocide survivors. this moment means a lot for me in person and to the armenian people in the world. to the armenian-american community and worldwide armenian communities. this means an end to the long history of denial, this means the u.s. is being on the side of justice of human rights, and that this means to me, in person, that justice will

prevail and humanity will prevail. and this means a very positive and strong message in the terms of prevention of future genocide. as i have said, we've seen in the past, this is not only about the past, but this is also about our current times. turkey has not changed its attitude. they conducted a 44-day aggression twens the armenian people just several months ago that turkey dispatched jihadist terrorists and deadly, lethal drones to little the armenian population, after which the entire armenian population was under the threat of extermination. therefore, what we're talking is not only about the past atrocities, but also it has a very strong meaning today. back to you, boris. >> yeah, and very quickly, if

you could, what do you expect the response to be from turkey? a source familiar with the call between president erdogan and president biden said that it was tense. technical issues strike again. ambassador nersesyan, we do appreciate the time. christi, the gremlins got us this morning. >> that is an understatement. that's okay. we'll get him back. we've got guys to figure that out and they're pretty darn professional about it. let's talk about governor ron desantis. he's being sued over what's being called the anti-riot bill. why critics say it unfacirly targets those trying to exercise their first amendment rights. we'll walk through it with you.

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a florida attorney has filed a federal lawsuit challenging the state's new anti-riot law. this bill, signed by governor ron desantis this week, creates

tougher penalties for people who participate in protests. it also denies bail to protesters that have been arrested and creates new protections for public memorials, including confederate monuments. florida is not alone. lawmakers in over 34 states have introduced more than 80 anti-protest bills since january 1st. critics say it's in direct response to the black lives matter demonstrations that rocked the country last summer. joining us to discuss, aaron carte carter bates who filed the lawsuit. sir, thank you so much for spending time with us this morning. in promoting this bill, governor ron desantis actually cited the mob that ransacked the capitol during the attempted insurrection on january 6th. he says rioters should be held accountable. you argue this goes beyond accountability and into suppressing first amendment

rights. why? >> and it's not just the first taemd. it' amendment. it's the first, the eighth and the fourteenth. what people need to understand about this bill, is, one, florida has not had one reported instance of destroyed buildings or death arising from demonstrations or protests which took place in the state of florida, and, actually, i believe the governor was on tucker carlson's show bragging about that point. so, one, the bill is not a reaction to anything that floridians were concerned about and it really is a backdrop for a presidential run in 2024. and it's disconcerting. as you mentioned, if this was in response to january 6th, there might be an argument for it. but in reality, we have a governor that runs on originalism and the importance of the founding fathers, and i can tell you george washington

would be doing cart wheels in his grave if he read this bill. >> aaron, i want to dig into something you suggested, because, you're right, last summer during the blm protests across the country, in florida there really wasn't expansive looting or expansive property damage. but you're arguing that you think that desantis is using this bill to position himself for a run to the white house. >> well, i worked at the capitol. i went to law school in the capitol. i know the attorneys up there. very bright attorneys. one of the senators that opposed the bill from south florida is a former prosecutor. any attorney that takes ten seconds to read this bill will see the blatant constitutional issues that arise. what individuals need to understand is there's nothing in this bill that is not already in the books in the laws of florida. so this bill isn't doing anything to make us safer. all it's doing is enhancing criminal penalties already on

the books. and we have a mechanism by which to do this. so really i view this as no more than an eye for a political run. >> so i want to read to you a portion of a statement from governor desantis to cnn. he writes about the lawsuit, quote, the governor's office has not yet been served in the case, but we will firmly defend the legal merits of h.b. which which protects law enforcement and protects businesses. he calls it an unapologetic stand for public safety. in your mind, is there a way for local and state governments to more harshly punish the extreme violence that we saw during protests without going as far as this bill goes? >> absolutely, boris. the laws on the books in florida are perfectly fine. for example, the organization i

represent, a long-time friend and colleague of mine came to me and there's a vigil today in honor of george floyd and others who have lost their lives as a result of violations of civil rights. and i told her, look, you don't want to go out this saturday, even though you are legal observers and you're doing training. you're not technically demonstrating. because of the overbroad and vague nature of the bill, you guys could get swept up in a felony prosecution for just being present if something goes wrong. so i instructed her not to go, not to allow the organization to go. and at that point i started to look at the bill and it was just -- i mean, it was egregious. this is not what i do 9:00 to 5:00. i'm a real estate development attorney. i have a history of civil rights because of my disability, but this is just so egregious, we stopped what we were doing and filed this and i don't think we're the first ones.

>> aaron, two things that i wanted to get your thoughts on. the part of the bill that can be read as an effort to protect confederate monuments, and the other part of it that appears to absolve drivers who plow into crowds of protesters from responsibility. it brings to mind what happened in charlottesville, virginia, a few years ago. am i reading that correctly? what do you make of those two parts of the law? >> as far as the protections for monuments, including confederate monuments, that's been an issue we've been dealing with strenuously in this country for several years now and it kind of came to a head last year. however, what i don't think floridians know and what i hope americans will now know is this bill does exactly what you just said. as we all know, in charlottesville someone plowed into the crowd and there were severe injuries and death resulting. under the law passed by governor

ron desantis, you are civilly immune from liability if you drive into a crowd that is determined to be a riot under the bill. the problem is, the bill makes no clear definition of what a riot is, what is inciting a riot, and really you're going out to demonstrate for teacher wages or against police misconduct and you really have no idea what you can or can't do that will subject you to felony prosecution. >> aaron carter bates, we look forward to furthering this conversation as the lawsuit moves ahead. thanks for the time. >> thank you. when the los angeles dodgers play the san diego padres tonight, fans who are fully vaccinated for the coronavirus are going to have a section to themselves. the san francisco giants debuted

its section for vaccinated fans on thursday. let's listen to the usher of that section. >> i love the idea. it makes me feel safe and i think the people here feel safe because they can actually sit together and they don't have to socially distance if they're vaccinated. >> so let's bring in the president and ceo of the san francisco giants. larry, good morning to you. welcome. >> good morning, christi. how are you? >> i'm well. thank you. better question s how are you? how did this special seating go over at thursday's game? >> it's gone well and i think it will only expand. previously, a couple days ago or thursday, you could only go really one way to the ballpark and that was sit in a pod of four and then six feet socially distance from the next seating group. now, with vaccinations climbing, and with the numbers here in san francisco and california extraordinarily good, vaccination sections will be

offered, and we think that it will build and we'll have a huge amount of takers going into may when we have the big series and people can buy in advance. the big thing is, baseball is a community event. it's a communal thing. and now you can go with a group of 10, 12, 15 people, friends from the neighborhood, friends from work, big families can go and sit together. >> so the headline from local media is that fans feel safer. do you feel safer? >> right. and that's really important. i mean, you know, there was a fair amount of feeling early on as we got into the baseball season and we were playing a full season, which, you know, we're really excited about, and it really became the first communal event, i think, in this country where everybody was able to come together in ways that they have before and kind of return to normalcy. how are you going to do it in a baseball park with concessions? we started slower in april with the pod seating.

we had remote ordering of concessions, et cetera. now restrictions are being eased because fans do feel safe. we've learned a lot. outdoor transmission is really not happening if you're safe and the protocols are safe. so we're really excited about this being a way for people to enjoy baseball in larger groups and get the excitement back in our communities. >> so we just mentioned the padres and the dodgers are playing and you've done this now. are all of you -- are you collaborating in any way? i know that there's competition, obviously, between every team, but this is one of those situations where we're all kind of working together. >> this is one where we try to knock each other out on the baseball field and win, beat each others' brains out and get into a competitive race and the giants and padres are separated by a couple of games early in the season. but that's on the field. off the field it's to everybody's advantage to work together. so with governor newsom, the

five california teams have actually been together and helped set up the protocols with the health director here in the state and it's worked quite well, that collaboration. so it's really been a case where we're all in this together and the results are good. >> so they still have to present proof of either they're fully vaccinated or that they have a covid negative test, is that correct? >> in some communities. that's the case in san francisco. so the state sets the rules and then the local community adjusts according to their views. so, yes, for socially distanced sections, you have to have either proof of a negative test or a vaccine 14 days out. then the vaccinated sections you just need proof of the vaccination. and in may we're going up to about 50% capacity. right now we're effectively 25%. so this will allow a lot more people to attend.

and our view is may will be better than april, june better than may, and let's get back to a full ballpark for the end of the season. >> at what point, depending on what's happening in that community, might you pull back on this? >> well, we're going to follow the local health ordinances. so in terms of pulling back, it's really going to be -- we're going to move forward, we're not going to move backwards, unless obviously there's health results that indicate that or the health director locally or in the state says that that's necessary. but we're optimistic that the results have been really good and the safety measures that we've taken are so far bearing fruit. it's a good story, christi. we feel like there's a lot of positives and the communal feeling that you get back in the ballpark, back to having a hot dog and a drink with a friend.

we even had a couple bring -- i don't know if you saw this, but there was a couple that brought a bunny to a game the other night. it was a therapy bunny. and they had all sorts of really interesting stories with the fans coming back. >> good luck with all your games. good luck with all of this transition. i know this is a whole new way to play ball. but it's good to talk to you and we're wishing you the very best. thanks for making time for us this morning. >> really appreciate it and thanks to everyone who is coming to the ballpark. play ball! >> they want to see it as much as you do. thank you so much. >> talk to you soon. coming up, he swiped right on the wrong woman. how a dating site led to the arrest of one of the people accused in the capitol riot.

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dragon capsule made a successful landing aboard the international space station this morning. this is the first time spacex has used a previously-flown rocket for a crew mission. >> the crew of four astronauts is going to spend the next six months on the iss. they're going to replace four other astronauts that are scheduled to return home next week. for now, though, that brings the total number of personnel on board to 11, one of the largest crews ever hosted on the iss. they're going to be doing impressive break-through research.

we have out-of-this-world views. as we learned, no booze on board. they can't celebrate with champagne. >> i'm sure they'll do it when they get back. thank you for watching. >> thank you for joining us. the next hour of newsroom continues with fredricka whitfield right now. hello, everyone. thank you so much for joining me. i'm fredricka whitfield. we want to take you straight to elizabeth city, north carolina, after the police-involved shooting death of 42-year-old andrew brown. right now speaking is the city manager freeman. now someone else is coming up. they have stated a request has been made for police body cam video. >> which means i can now go off the diet that i was planning on going on. so