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6 AM ET: CNN Debate highlights, Uvalde indictments, Bible in classrooms & more
CNN 5 Things
Jun 28, 2024

We begin with highlights from last night's CNN debate between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump. We'll then hear reaction to the debate, including how some Democrats are worried about Biden's performance. Two Uvalde school police officers have been indicted for their response to the 2022 mass shooting at Robb Elementary School. Tens of millions will be feeling the heat while millions of others are under storm alerts in parts of the US. Plus, the Bible and the Ten Commandments are now mandatory in some Oklahoma classrooms.

Episode Transcript
Faiz Jamil (host)
00:00:01
From CNN, I'm Faiz Jamil with the 5 things you need to know for Friday, June 28th.
00:00:08
Last night's CNN debate between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump has put the Biden campaign on the defensive. While Biden's performance was forceful at times at others, it came off as shaky, with long pauses and muddled messaging.
President Joe Biden (soundbite)
00:00:24
Making sure that we're able to make every single, solitary person... eligible for what I've been able to do with the, with the Covid. Excuse me, with, dealing with everything we have to do with...uh.... Look, if... we finally beat Medicare.
Faiz Jamil (host)
00:00:46
For Trump's part. He went on the defensive many times and steamrolled through multiple falsehoods on the 2020 election, taxes, and several other topics.
Former President Donald Trump (soundbite)
00:00:55
He caused the inflation and it's killing black families and Hispanic families and just about everybody. Millions of people are pouring into our country. Our veterans are living in the street, and these people are living in luxury hotels.
Faiz Jamil (host)
00:01:08
You can find more details on last night's debate at CNN.com and on a special episode of CNN One Thing wherever you get your podcasts.
00:01:18
Biden's debate performance has some Democrats worried and openly questioning whether he should be the party's nominee. CNN's David Rind was at the spin room in Atlanta after the debate. David, what was the reaction there among Democrats to Biden's performance?
David Rind (reporter hit)
00:01:33
So Faiz, obviously, some Democrats are panicked, but at least on the spin room floor, California Governor Gavin Newsom wasn't one of them.
Journalist (soundbite)
00:01:41
Would you urge the president to reconsider moving forward?
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (soundbite)
00:01:45
Absolutely not. Have his back 100%. And I would never turn my back. And I don't know. That's personal point of view. I do not know one Democrat that would do that. (reporters shouting questions)
David Rind (reporter hit)
00:01:57
Campaign, meanwhile, claimed victory before the debate was even finished.
Journalist (soundbite)
00:02:02
And in a CNN poll by SSRS registered voters who watched the debate say 67 to 33% that Trump performed better. In 2020 Biden was seen by debate watchers as outperforming Trump in both of their presidential debates.
00:02:18
Too Uvalde school police officers have been indicted for their response to the 2022 mass shooting at Robb Elementary School. That's according to two Texas state government sources with knowledge of the indictment. Former school district police chief Pete Arradondo and former police officer Adrian Gonzalez face felony charges of abandoning and endangering a child. These are the first criminal charges filed in the Texas school massacre, and many in the community were hopeful for their prosecution.
Uvalde Community Member (soundbite)
00:02:47
I think it's a really strong message, not just to the community, really, but any law enforcement officer, you know, that you can't not hide behind immunity, that there's something called consequences. You know, that do something to accountability.
Journalist (soundbite)
00:02:59
That day, it took 77 minutes from when an 18 year old shooter walked into the school until he was stopped enough time for him to kill 19 children and two teachers. Earlier this year, the Justice Department released a damning report that concluded law enforcement officers had many opportunities to reassess their flawed response to the shooting.
00:03:21
More than 38 million people are under the threat of severe weather in parts of the central U.S. today. The highest risk is in parts of Iowa, southern Nebraska, northern Kansas and northwest Missouri. Those are where the Storm Prediction Center says the storms can produce damaging winds, hail and a couple of tornadoes hitting places like Kansas City, Omaha, Wichita, Lincoln, and Des Moines. While that's happening, 30 million people are under heat alerts in the southern and western parts of the country this week and next. Temperatures are expected to reach 95 to 105°F and feel like up to 115 degrees in states like Kansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma and Texas.
00:04:03
The Bible and the Ten Commandments are now mandatory in some Oklahoma classrooms. That's next.
00:04:13
All Oklahoma schools are required to incorporate the Bible and the Ten Commandments in their curriculums, effective immediately. That's after the state's chief education officer announced it in a memorandum yesterday. Ryan Walters says the Bible is, quote, "one of the most foundational documents used for the Constitution and the birth of our country" And that every classroom in the state from grades 5 through 12 must have a Bible, and all teachers must teach from it in the classroom. Interfaith Alliance, a national organization that seeks to protect religious freedoms, told CNN the move was, quote, "blatant religious coercion that should have absolutely no place in public schools."
00:04:54
That's all for now. I'll be back with our next episode, which drops at 9 a.m. eastern.