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CNN Headlines: Trump Promises $5,000 Dividend, Blasts Democrats, At GOP Midterm Convention; Anderson Cooper Sits Down With Lindsay Clancy's Attorney; Seahawks Beat Patriots 13-10 In NFL Season Opener. Aired 5:30-6a ET
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BRAD SMITH, CNN ANCHOR: It is half past the hour. Let's hit the refresh button on our top stories.
The National Transportation Safety Board has released black box data from Sunday's deadly Amazon air crash at Miami International Airport. Now according to the new information, a pilot in the cockpit raised concerns about how fast the plane was going as speed alarms sounded. The NTSB warns that the report was preliminary and is subject to change.
A coalition of Democratic-led states is warning the Supreme Court that siding with the Trump administration on mail-in ballots could lead to chaos and keep millions of Americans from voting. For a third time the high court is weighing whether to let new postal service rules take effect before the November midterms. Election officials have also raised red flags, saying that it's too late for them to comply with the proposed rules. You're looking at video of North Carolina ballots being mailed out last week. The court's decision is expected in the coming days.
And in an extraordinary move, President Trump promised every American adult a $5,000 dividend, but only if Republicans keep control of the House and Senate, just one of the many topics in the president's wide- ranging address at the Republican midterm convention in Dallas.
Here's CNN's Alayna Treene with more.
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ALAYNA TREENE, CNN WHITE HOUSE REPORTER: President Donald Trump spoke for nearly two hours on Wednesday, and the purpose really of Republicans' first ever midterm convention can be summed up in these few words from him.
DONALD TRUMP, (R) PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: I'm asking you to pretend that I'm on the ballot.
TREENE: That really is the goal that some of the president's political advisors and members of his operation tell me that they want with this event, which is essentially they are trying to drive out as many members of the president's base -- the fiercest supporters who make up the MAGA universe -- to the polls on November 3, and they have 55 days to do it.
Now, you heard the president really hit on a lot of the same things that he actually talks about on a daily basis. He talked about Iran. He tried to explain, of course, that even though this war is dragging on, maybe even past the midterms, that he believes the goal of it, that Iran can never have a nuclear weapon, is still an important one.
He talked about the economy, also not really an issue many Republicans, particularly those in these vulnerable battleground districts, want to be talking about right now.
He also discussed his ballroom. So these are all hot topics we know he hits on a lot.
And a lot of this actually gave me deja vu from the campaign trail in 2024. It was a type of event and scene that you would have seen back when he was running on the ballot and when he was running for president once again.
But look, I also think, you know, he talked about the stakes a bit. He talked about Mike Johnson, who has a very small lead in the House right now with the House majority. He got -- Mike Johnson got a standing ovation.
He also talked about the Senate majority leader, John Thune. Thune actually got some boos, which I think is emblematic of the type of crowd in the convention center on Wednesday. But Trump defended him, saying he's facing a lot of opposition. I think that was a point to show just how high the stakes are for lawmakers in Washington, D.C.
All to say the president said he's going to be campaigning aggressively over the next 55 days. He wants to visit all of the different battleground districts, so stay tuned for more speeches from the president.
Alayna Treene, CNN, Dallas, Texas.
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SMITH: All right. Thank you, Alayna.
Attorney General Todd Blanche was also there last night to praise the president for what he called making America safe again. But his appearance drew criticism from government watchdog groups who say it's highly unusual, if not unethical, for the nation's top law enforcement officer to engage in politics.
There was also a surprise video message from a Democrat, Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania. Fetterman said that he rejects what he called the extremes of socialism and spoke highly of his Republican counterpart, Sen. Dave McCormick, calling him a great American. The defense attorney for Lindsay Clancy is speaking out and sitting
down with our own Anderson Cooper. He's opening up about how Clancy is doing after her trial resulted in a hung jury and what he thinks about that lone holdout vote in the jury room.
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ANDERSON COOPER, CNN ANCHOR: First of all, how is your client doing?
KEVIN REDDINGTON, LINDSAY CLANCY'S ATTORNEY: She's doing okay. I mean, she's the same as she's been for, you know, obviously, at least 3 1/2 years. She's maintaining. She's at Tewksbury, and they're taking good care of her. She's got good medical care, good psychiatric care. She's on appropriate medication. And she is unfortunately, you know, on one- to-one watch, but she's doing alright.
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Disappointed -- I mean, she absolutely just has such strong feelings for these jurors knowing what they went through seven weeks out of their lives and the work they put into the case, and she just has such great respect and, quite frankly, love for them.
COOPER: I want to play some of the sound from the jury forewoman who has spoken.
RONI CARLSON, JURY FOREPERSON: We weren't trying to figure out if she murdered the children. She did and she's admitting that. We're trying to figure out did she know right from wrong at that time? And with everybody saying she loved her children so much, and everything proved she loved her children from her journals to her mother-in-law. Everything proved that she loved her children, so she had to have snapped.
He admitted he had reasonable doubt. And I started filling out the forms. I was so excited. I actually -- there were three forms I had to fill out, and I started filling them out. I wrote my signature on each one. And then he said, "But I'm still not going to say that she's not guilty by reason of insanity."
COOPER: Does that prove bias though? I mean, can't he just -- and we don't know, I mean, unless you do, what was in his mind about why he was making that decision.
REDDINGTON: That's where you have the opportunity and request of the judge to have a hearing, which we didn't do. He just declared a mistrial. That's the -- that's the difference. If you have a hearing, at least there's a basis for someone to determine if there is manifest necessity to declare a mistrial.
Obviously, the statement you just read from the -- or had us listened to from the forelady indicates clearly that they were spot on, on the issues, legally and factually.
COOPER: We heard from that forewoman on the jury. It does seem to -- according to a number of jurors who have given interviews, the fact that the state did not present any evidence that your client was a bad mother was very important to the jurors.
REDDINGTON: Sure it was. Yeah, of course, it was. I mean, Lindsay Clancy was a very, very good citizen, a wonderful wife, a wonderful mother. She did nothing wrong other than go to her doctor.
COOPER: She was a labor and delivery nurse.
REDDINGTON: Yes, seven, eight years at Mass General Hospital. She never did -- she never did anything wrong. And then she had the sad situation where she was anxious and had to see a doctor and happened to see this doctor in September of '22, put her on the medications and she ended up being in a spiral and --
COOPER: You said she was overprescribed.
REDDINGTON: She was improperly prescribed. It wasn't just overprescribed; she was improperly prescribed. She was given SSRIs. There was an underlay of bipolar disorder. You don't put somebody with bipolar on SSRI. They would stop the SSRI. They would not give it time to taper off, and then they would start up another medication.
There were a number of medications that were administered to her over that short period of time, from October until January.
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SMITH: The next hearing for Lindsay Clancy is scheduled for September 29. Reddington has said that he plans to file a motion to block a new trial in the case.
The attention on Lindsay Clancy's case has also raised awareness about the intersection of race, crime and the diagnosis of mental illness.
CNN's Laura Coates reports on the case of another mom whose situation mirrors Clancy's except for the color of her skin.
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LAURA COATES, CNN ANCHOR, CHIEF LEGAL ANALYST: Lindsay Clancy's murder trial triggered a national conversation on the intersection of mental health and the postpartum experience.
But it's actually another case out of Massachusetts that is raising questions about the intersection of race and mental illness in the criminal justice system. Four years before Lindsay Clancy, another Massachusetts mother killed her young children. Her lawyers wanted to argue that she, too, did it while in a state of psychosis.
Before the killing, she had not been diagnosed with mental illness, but her family members were concerned by changes in her behavior and also paranoia. Then after she was arrested, she was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia and an expert who examined her concluded that she had been grossly psychotic when she killed her eight- and five- year-old. But in Latarsha Sanders' case, the judge would not let them present her mental health records from after her arrest to the jury after prosecutors argued they were not relevant to her mental health status at the time of the murders.
It's the same judge, by the way, who presided over the Clancy trial, Judge William Sullivan. Now, Latarsha's case didn't end in a mistrial. She was found guilty of murder and sentenced to two life sentences without the possibility of parole for fatally stabbing her children.
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Four weeks later, Lindsay Clancy killed her three children.
And Latarsha appealed her case, arguing that she should have been allowed to present evidence of her mental health records and her symptoms and her diagnosis. The state's highest court -- well, they agreed, and they overturned her conviction, and now she's going to have a new trial. And just like the Lindsay Clancy trial, the prosecution's going to have to prove that she was not psychotic when she killed her children. and is criminally responsible.
Will the jury see her differently than Lindsay Clancy? How about the court of public opinion?
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SMITH: Wow, thank you, Laura.
Next up on CNN HEADLINE EXPRESS, a big reveal for Apple's new foldable iPhone, but it comes with a nearly $2,000 price tag. Is it worth it? You know the rest.
And a former home of Dolly Parton's is going up for sale. Details on the California farmhouse, straight ahead.
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SMITH: Andrew and Tristan Tate will stay in jail in Florida while they fight extradition to the U.K. on rape and human trafficking charges. A federal judge called them quintessential flight risks. Their attorney told CNN he's going to discuss with the brothers whether to appeal that decision. They have denied the allegations against them, and the pair have openly described themselves as misogynists and have built a social media empire promoting a hyper-masculine lifestyle.
A "Build the Wall" game was removed from the White House website after the Tetris gaming company warned of copyright infringement. The game was launched last week. It lets you stack bricks to fight a zombie border siege. Tetris posted on social media to say that it had no involvement in this game. The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment after the game was removed. The PR firm representing Tetris did respond saying it had no comment.
Let's go around the globe to see what else is making headlines today.
A ferry caught fire off the coast of the Philippine island, killing at least five people. Dozens are missing, according to the Coast Guard there, and now a search and rescue effort is underway. Crews are trying to figure out where the currents may have carried some survivors. And here's video from the Coast Guard showing the boat on fire as rescuers tried to get there. The cause is still under investigation.
The U.N.'s nuclear watchdog says North Korea has built a new uranium enrichment facility. This is according to the IAEA. The agency used satellite imagery and photos published by North Korean state media to track construction progress. It estimates that the building can house up to 28 centrifuge cascades. The report says other news sites may be operating as well.
Moldova's ambassador to the U.S. says it's too early to say if Russia targeted Ukraine's president before a flight earlier this week. Two Russian drones entered Moldovan airspace just as Volodymyr Zelenskyy was about to take off for Norway. His flight was delayed as a result. The ambassador told CNN the timing was probably not a coincidence. Earlier, Norway's prime minister claimed a drone almost hit the Ukrainian presidential plane.
It's time for Buzz Express, the stories that have people talking.
And Apple unveiled the iPhone duo. It is the first foldable iPhone.
Our Lisa Eadicicco got a hands-on look.
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LISA EADICICCO, CNN BUSINESS TECH EDITOR: Apple just announced the iPhone Duo, its first foldable iPhone and the biggest change to the iPhone that we've seen in its nearly 20 year history.
I had a few moments to play around with it and here's what I thought about it.
For one, a big thing that Apple is emphasizing here is the way the software works on this device. Instead of wanting to make this seem like one giant phone when it's open and a smaller phone when it's closed, it tried to be really thoughtful about how the software morphs depending on how you're using it.
And one way we've seen that is in a feature called standby with the iPhone duo. When you fold it like a tent, that front screen can actually function as a bedside clock. It can show various widgets.
The other thing that stood out to me was the nano texture screen on the inside of the device. So the screen on the inside is 7.6 inches and it has this matte finish on it that really, really reduces the glare and you really can't see or feel the crease at all.
The last thing that stood out to me was the way the software shifts when you open and close the phone, even if you're watching Netflix or something like that. As soon as you open it you pick up right where you left off with no delay and it just kind of adjusts automatically.
But the one big question that I'm really hoping that Apple will answer with this device is why consumers need a foldable phone to begin with. A lot of the most impressive features we've seen are things that make the experience enjoyable, like the software working seamlessly. But that doesn't really tell you why you need a foldable phone, it just makes it so that it works really easily and makes it so that there's learning curve when you're using the device.
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SMITH: I'll have to give it a shot.
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Have you seen the new cryptic video on the Spice Girls Instagram? It's bringing up rumors or at least hopes of a possible reunion. The caption has a message with today's date as if there's some announcement coming. The video also has a newspaper with an ad asking about Spice Girls super fans. Some of the band members have shut down previous reunion rumors, so I guess we'll have to wait and see.
Also, now's your chance to own one of Dolly Parton's former homes. The L.A. Times reports that her 1920 farmhouse, about 130 miles northwest of L.A., is for sale. Just under $2 million is the price. Parton owned it from 2004 to 2014. It includes a main house and two small guest houses. The home pays tribute to the country music icon with a stained glass panel that reads "Dolly" and features a yellow butterfly above the door.
Well, the Seattle Seahawks kicked off their NFL season opener last night, rallying to beat the New England Patriots 13-10 in the Super Bowl rematch. And that is despite the Seahawks losing quarterback Sam Darnold to an injury in the game's opening drive.
CNN's Coy Wire has the highlights from Seattle.
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COY WIRE, CNN SPORTS ANCHOR: Here in Seattle, we have the first season opening Super Bowl rematch in a decade. The defending champion Seahawks raising a banner. The Patriots that they beat, having to watch.
But on the very first drive, Seattle's fans saw their star quarterback Sam Darnold sacked, taking off the field with a hip injury, missing the rest of the game.
The Seahawks defense, though, stepping up. Fourth quarter interception allows backup Drew Lock to connect with last year's offensive player of the year, Jaxon Smith-Njigba for the 45-yard T.D., tying the game at 10.
From there, that vaunted Seahawks defense picked off Maye two more times -- one leading to a field goal, the other in the final seconds, sealing the win 13-10. And the defending champs start their repeat attempt with a backup Q.B. stellar D and a win.
JOSH JOBE, CORNERBACK, SEATTLE SEAHAWKS: It was the game on the line, you know, in the fourth quarter. No, it was -- we only need -- we was up three points and we had to take the ball away and we did.
DREW LOCK, QUARTERBACK, SEATTLE SEAHAWKS: This is a new season, and we did the banner thing. It's time to find out who the 2026 Seahawks are going to be.
WIRE: So there we have it. Football is back and apparently so are the Seattle Seahawks starting off their season with a win.
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SMITH: All right. Thank you, Coy.
Still to come on CNN HEADLINE EXPRESS, take a look at this. A man dangling from a car after it somehow got stuck in a crevice on an overpass. How he was able to get to safety straight ahead.
And dramatic video captures the moment that first responders save a child who wandered away from home and ended up in a pond. We've got the details on the rescue coming up.
Stay with us. You're watching CNN HEADLINE EXPRESS.
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SMITH: In today's Money Express, a surprise delivery may be no gift at all. So, in fact, that mystery package on your doorstep could be part of a scam to steal your information just when you thought they were done with the scams.
Maribel Aber explains this one.
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MARIBEL ABER, CNN CORRESPONDENT, MONEY MATTERS: Hey, Maribel Aber here at the Nasdaq MarketSite.
Receiving an unexpected package from someone can be a nice surprise, unless it's from criminals running what's known as a brushing scam. It's happening enough that federal officials have put out a public warning.
It may start with a surprise delivery addressed to you from a known company like Amazon or maybe a business you've never heard of. Inside might be random, usually inexpensive items like personal care or cleaning products.
So what's the scam? Well, the person or business behind it gets confirmation that the package was delivered, then uses your name and information to create fake reviews and brush up their sales. In other cases, the sender leaves a note with a QR code asking you to
scan it to get the sender's information. It might direct you to a phishing website designed to steal any personal or financial data you enter.
What should you do? Well, according to the Federal Trade Commission, change the passwords on your online shopping accounts. If it came from Amazon or another marketplace, notify the company so it can start an internal investigation into the sender. Get a copy of your credit report and look for signs of identity theft.
And remember, legally, you don't have to pay for things you didn't order or return them. For more information on brushing scams and how to protect yourself, visit FTC.gov. Your money and privacy matters.
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SMITH: Let's get a check on other stories making news across the country.
We start in St. Paul, Minnesota with a Good Samaritan who spotted a child stranded in a pond and called 911. Police immediately launched a drone to find their exact location and pulled the child to safety. According to the family, the child was in and away and wandered away from home and had autism. Thankfully, the rescue had a happy outcome as you're seeing the footage play out here.
And in California, evacuation warnings have been lifted after a brush fire erupted near L.A.'s Getty Center. It consumed about 25 acres above a busy interstate before firefighters got it under control. The Getty Center will remain closed today while crews mop things up, but the art and collections are safe.
OK, how in the world did this happen? This now viral video shows a car stuck between concrete beams of an overpass in Atlanta, leaving the driver's legs dangling from the wreckage. And take a look at that shot of his feet. It's just wild to see him there. No word yet on how he ended up there, but he was talking to people on the ground.
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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Under the car, trying to make sure he was okay. So we were just yelling back to him, you know, don't move, stay where you're at. He's like, OK, OK, OK.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: People saying like, yo, Incredible Hulk must have came and punched the car into the roof or something.
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SMITH: Somehow that driver walked away without any serious injuries, but definitely a story to tell.
That does it for CNN HEADLINE EXPRESS. I'm Brad Smith. "CNN THIS MORNING WITH AUDIE CORNISH" starts right now.
