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Shooting In Israel Investigated As Terrorism; Smoke Still Rising From Dubai Luxury High-Rise In Dubai; Freddie Gray Case Nearing Crucial Phase; Preview Of Steve Jobs Documentary. Aired 3:30-4p ET

Aired January 1, 2016 - 15:30   ET

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[15:30:00] CHRIS FRATES, CNN CORRESPONDENT: He is Carson's business manager and he is an outside adviser. He has no official role inside the campaign but he has really influential adviser. And I said, you know, are you bringing Dees in because he was a foreign policy adviser to the campaign? Is that helpful to you? And he said, you know, it's a bonus. But what Dees brings is a lot of organization and getting the best out of people.

So I think there was a feeling inside the campaign that they weren't organized enough, that they weren't high octane enough and that they didn't take this hit and bounce back. He continued to make foreign policy blunders and now they need to kind of re-staff very quickly. I mean, they only have about a month here. So I think it's going to be tough for them to do this, but certainly they've really shaken things up. And they're going with a new team in the New Year here.

BRIANNA KEILAR, CNN HOST: Yes. We will have to see if it makes the difference. Who knows?

All right. Chris Frates, thank you so much.

And next, the latest on the manhunt for a suspect who opened fire on a pub in Tel Aviv. Shocking surveillance video shows how all of this unfolded and we will take you live to Israel.

Plus, moments ago the death toll rose to 15 after historic floods in Missouri happened, and all of this as a levee has been overtopped in Illinois. And millions of people are now waiting for the water to recede. Stay with us.

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[15:34:00] KEILAR: Back now to our breaking news out of Israel where a shooting is being investigated as terrorism. This happened in broad daylight on the streets of Tel Aviv. Two people are dead killed by a man who witnesses say was dressed head to toe in black with what appeared to be an assault rifle as his weapon. Police are now hunting down the shooter, he is on the loose. And seen in this surveillance video outside of the window on the right side of the screen you can see the gunman here. And then here you can again see him opening fire outside of the pub.

A witness telling CNN that some people actually ran with guns toward the scene. The shooter though was somehow able to flee and our Ian Lee is following this story from Jerusalem.

What more can you tell us about this search?

[15:35:38] IAN LEE, CNN CORRESPONDENT: It's still very much ongoing. They're going house-to-house, street by street looking for this person. As one spokesman, police spokesman said, they have flooded Tel Aviv with security personnel looking for this man. They have checkpoints leaving the city to make sure that he is contained. And right now it is (INAUDIBLE) people are praying at the synagogue. There's extra security there too.

They are as one police spokesman said leaning towards this being a terrorist attack, although they have not said it is in fact a terrorist attack. They haven't ruled out it being a criminal act as well. But when you look at these surveillance videos, especially the one where he is in a supermarket, when he's done shopping he pulls out that -- the gun out of the bag and starts shooting at the pub. Well, he leaves that bag behind. He also leaves behind a clip from the gun. These are crucial pieces of evidence. The police hope will lead to his arrest and to his identity.

Also they're looking at other surveillance video, not just the ones that have been released but others ones that look which direction he ran off. And also, and this is one of the most crucial parts too, did he have any help? Brianna, these are all things the police are looking for and looking at right now as they search for the suspect.

KEILAR: All right, Ian Lee, thank you for that report.

There are clouds of smoke still rising from that luxury high-rise hotel in Dubai that erupted in massive flames on New Year's Eve last night. What's left of the building is still smoldering. And a source tells CNN that a set of curtains in a 20th floor residence caught fire as New Year's Eve celebrations were starting to get underway. Nobody died, but 16 people did need medical attention.

CNN's John Jensen has the latest.

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JOHN JENSEN, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): New Year's Eve is one night Dennis Malari will never forget. The 37-year-old photographer was on assignment to take pictures of Dubai's fireworks display at world's tallest building, the Burj Khalifa. But at 9:30 p.m., his vantage point inside the nearby Address hotel went up in flames. And Malari trapped, scared and alone, had to fight to make it out alive.

DENNIS MALARI, PHOTOGRAPHER: I'm on the side of the building. Need help.

I go there inside to try to go exit. I'm not going to die because of the fire, because of the smoke.

JENSEN: He was stuck on a balcony on the 48th floor. Great for photos but smoke quickly filled the building. And escape wasn't an option. MALARI: This is my view at 48th floor.

JENSEN: The Filipino ex-pat first panicked and then sent desperate pleas to family and friends on Facebook.

MALARI: I need help. Already posted I'm here 48th floor, help.

JENSEN: He also kept filming to stay calm, especially when things looked the worst.

MALARI: We were at the 48th floor address hotel happening right now.

I can hear them. I saw some debris falling down from the building.

JENSEN: After almost two hours, Malari came up with a last ditch plan. He would repel down the building on a window washer's cable, even though it wasn't quite long enough to make it.

MALARI: I prayed if this is my last chance, then so be it.

JENSEN: As he started going over the edge, firefighters found him and saved his life.

MALARI: You have to pull me back. I have a belt. I have support belt.

JENSEN: After walking down all 48 floors, Malari was treated for smoke inhalation. He let his friends know he was safe, posting this picture. Then he continued with work capturing Dubai's fireworks just meters away from the building that nearly killed him.

John Jensen, CNN, Dubai.

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KEILAR: Next, new questions about the evidence in the Freddie Gray case. The prosecution accused of hiding information about a back injury gray may have had before he died in police custody.

Plus, a heartbreaking story from the deadly storms that swept through Texas. A husband watches his wife get swept up in a tornado as they talk on facetime. Stay with us.

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[15:43:11] KEILAR: Just moments ago we learned that 15 have now died from floods in Missouri. And as cleanup begins for some, for others the worst is still to come. Overflowing rivers have begun to recede in some parts of Missouri and Illinois, but forecasters are warning that swollen waterways and expected crests could see more levees overtopped sending a deluge downstream.

CNN's Jennifer Gray is at the site of the Meramec River, this is in Valley Park, Missouri, where historic floods have breached a levee at a second waste water treatment plant sending more untreated waste down the river - Jennifer. JENNIFER GRAY, AMS METEOROLOGIST: Brianna, we're standing in valley

park, Missouri, along the Meramec River, which is a little ways to the north. This is highway 141 where we're standing. Looks more like a boat launch, but the river is finally crested. Did that yesterday. And now the water's going down. We have come down more than six feet. Yesterday the water was about a foot below that green sign right there. And so, the water definitely coming down little by little. Still a long way to go. Interstate 44, though, right there behind me it is back open after being closed for several days because water was on top of the interstate. So that's good news for travelers.

But you know what, there's going to be a lot of cleanup ahead. The waters recede, look at all of this mud, this silt that's coming from the Meramec River. All of this is going to be left behind. And it's going to be pretty thick once this starts to funnel down the Mississippi. So they're going to be cleaning up this. There's sewage in that water. And there's also trash in the water. And so a long road ahead for the folks around St. Louis, the danger now is going to be points south -- Brianna.

KEILAR: All right, Jennifer Gray for us. Thank you.

When we cover these storms, it's really easy to get caught up in the numbers. The homes destroyed, what it's going to cost to rebuild. But one story from this storm brings our attention to the people who are affected by this dangerous weather, the victims.

27-year-old Petra Ruiz was killed by a tornado in Texas last Saturday. Her husband was facetiming with her as the tornado hit. He spoke to Dan Hagerty with our affiliate KTVT.

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[15:45:23] DAN HAGERTY, KTVT: Ruben Porres has bought flowers for his wife in this very shop for more than a decade, but this will be the last time.

RUBEN PORRES, WIFE KILLED BY TORNADO LAST SATURDAY: She loved red roses.

HAGERTY: 27-year-old Petra Ruiz died Saturday when the massive tornado that tore through garland passed right over her car on I-30. The mother of four was on facetime with her husband when she was swept away.

PORRES: She started just screaming. She screamed and scream and scream. Her phone went blank.

HAGERTY: Ruben tracked her with an app on his phone, rushed through the scene, broke through the police line and found her.

PORRES: I grabbed her. Started talking to her. I said Petra wake up.

HAGERTY: Petra died in that car, one of eight lives taken in garland. PORRES: And I grabbed her wrist to see if she had a pulse, but she

was gone. She was just gone. I mean, and then I started screaming. Telling everybody I need help over here my wife in the car.

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KEILAR: If you would like to help the flood victims, you can go to CNN's impact your world Web site. We do have links there to vetted organizations on the ground in Missouri. That's at CNN.com/impact.

The Freddie Gray case in Baltimore is nearing a crucial phase. Questions about Gray's health are being raised just ten days before the trial begins for the police officer who drove the van where Gray was fatally injured.

Defense attorneys for Officer Cesar Goodson claim Gray complained of back problems weeks before he got in the van and suffered a spinal injury last April. The defense cites a recently unsealed police document that states Gray allegedly mentioned his back pain when he met with Baltimore police less than two weeks before his arrest.

Joining me again defense attorney Darren Kavinoky. He is the host of "Deadly Sins and did he do it? on Investigation Discovery. We also have defense attorney Trent Copeland.

So, Darren, tell us how is this unsealed police document going to hold up in court.

DARREN KAVINOKY, CRIMINAL DEFENSE ATTORNEY: Yes. I'm not sure how much mileage they're going to get from this, but it's very interesting, Brianna, because it opens up a whole slew of issues. So this all arises from an interview that Freddie Gray gave to police officers weeks before he died, which shows that he was working as an undercover informant or somehow was known to police in helping them on these other cases. And the idea is that he made sort of an offhanded remark about his back being injured.

There was a note that was made in a report, but that report wasn't even generated until weeks after his death. So there's some really funny stuff in all of this chronology. But ultimately here's where this comes down. If there's evidence that's exculpatory, meaning that it helps the defense, it should be turned over and they should have the opportunity to explore it. I don't know that they're going to get so much mileage from this bad back, because if you'll remember Freddie Gray was running from officers at the scene. And that's what invited their attention in the first place. So I'm not sure how bad his back really was. But ultimately, you don't want to have to do a trial twice. And so the material should be explored fully by the defense.

KEILAR: Trent, the defense team they want access to Gray's medical records. Do you think that's something the judge will grant?

TRENT COPELAND, CRIMINAL DEFENSE ATTORNEY: Well, I do. I think the judge is going to grant it because the judge doesn't want to be overturned on appeal. I think Darren is right. In the sense that the defense is looking for information regarding Freddie Gray's back and back problems, be reminded of this. He didn't die as a result of having a broken back. He died as a result of having a broken neck. And that broken neck took place as a result of him being thrown about, allegedly, in that van back and forth.

So, look, I think the judge is going to go overboard. I think he is going to allow the exculpatory evidence if it exists, if it's provided to the defense. I think he's going to make sure it's provided to them in its entirety. I think the judge wants to be careful because he wants to make sure that the defense gets a fair trial.

But in the end, Brianna, I'm not sure any of it matters. Because I think at the heart of this case, what the defense is trying to establish is, look, Freddie Gray had a pre-existing problem, had a pre-existing medical condition, it was a bad back. And as a result they'll try to bring in some sort of expert witness that says, hey, look, you know, that bad back contributed to his inability to control himself when he was in the back of that van, and that's really what caused this neck injury. So an ordinary person in ordinary situation would not have had the same problem. I'm not sure it's going to fly. I agree with Darren, but I think they'll explore it.

[15:50:05] KEILAR: Just to try to create some doubt there.

OK. So, Darren, what about the medical examiner who performed the autopsy and testified she did not find any signs of a previous back or neck injury? How does that factor in here?

KAVINOKY: Right. Well, ultimately it becomes a tale of two narratives. And the jury is going to be tasked with the ultimate responsibility of deciding which is the more credible, likely version. And at the end of the day while I think that the defense will get to fully explore this issue and it would be a mistake not to allow them to, I don't think that this will be the thing that turns the case. But you never know.

And that's why as much as pundits like Trent and I may like to opine from the sidelines, you got to play the game on the field. And ultimately it's going to be up to the jury to decide.

KEILAR: You agree with that, Trent, maybe this isn't the winning strategy?

COPELAND: I don't know that it's the winning strategy. But look, let's remember this, there was initially a hung jury in that first case. So winning can be defined a number of ways. I think at this point the prosecution's not winning and the defense is. So, look, any time there's a hung jury, any time the defense gets a verdict that's anything other than guilty, the defense is winning. So I think they'll explore this, they'll try to make hay with it. I think they'll try to move forward with it. But in the end I don't think it's the winning strategy.

KEILAR: All right, Trent Copeland and Darren Kavinoky, gentlemen, thank you so much for chatting with me today. I do appreciate it.

KAVINOKY: Thanks, Brianna. KEILAR: And next, they did acid together in college and then worked

on the first Mac together. One of Steve Jobs' friends opens up about the early years of the apple genius.

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[15:54:51] KEILAR: This Sunday don't miss Steve Jobs the man in the machine right here on CNN at 9:00 p.m. eastern. Jobs changed the world as we know it. Just look at your iPhone or iPad. Before Jobs became a force at apple, he was a college student who was not afraid to try new things, for instance LSD.

CNN money tech correspondent Laurie Segall talked with the long-time close friend of Jobs.

[15:55:15] LAURIE SEGALL, CNN MONEY TECH CORRESPONDENT: Hey there.

Well, Steve Jobs the man in the machine is a documentary that looks at Steve Jobs and why his presence, why who he was resonated so much with people around the world. Now, I actually had the opportunity to sit down with someone who knew him quite well before all of us knew him as Steve Jobs the genius, the creator. Take a listen.

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SEGALL: You used to do LSD with Steve Jobs. Can you take me back to those college days? I mean, let's just rewind and go back there.

DANIEL KOTTLE, EARLY APPLE EMPLOYEE: Let's see. Were we playing sergeant pepper?

SEGALL: What were you playing? How did this go down?

KOTTLE: It was pretty prosaic. We were in Portland at Reed College. You know, freshmen college year is a very poignant time of life where you're very much trying to figure out what the world is about and what you're interested in.

SEGALL: How did you guys meet?

KOTTLE: Well, at Reed, Reed was a pastoral environment. And so there was a lot of hanging out going on. But Steve and I developed a friendship when we figured out that we had both read this amazing book called "be here now," which is about psychedelics and spirituality.

Steve was my best friend at the time of life when I was discovering all this huge current of even literature. All of a sudden psychedelics were being introduced into the mix of traditional spirituality. And that was just very fascinating.

SEGALL: Do you remember the first time you guys took psychedelics together?

KOTTLE: No. Not really. We were just kind of walking around, I think. We used to go for hikes. I think we camped out on the beach. I can't really remember building a campfire. I don't remember what we did when it got dark. I can tell you that the times that I was taking psychedelics with Steve we weren't really talking that much. We were more of in a meditative space.

SEGALL: At some point you guys decided to go to India, right?

KOTTLE: Yes.

SEGALL: What was that trip like?

KOTTLE: I didn't have any money. I had no travel plans. But Steve had started working at Atari and he had money, couple thousand dollars. And so he offered to buy my ticket. I said absolutely OK let's go. We were just traveling around. Just hippies traveling around. We weren't even hippies. We shaved our heads. We were monks. We were monk want-to be.

SEGALL: The story goes everyone in the garage working on the first prototype.

KOTTLE: When I heard he was starting this Apple project, that was a big surprise to me. And I volunteered to help. Not having any qualifications whatsoever. But I was happy to help. Most of what I was doing was testing these boards and, you know, hooking them up and testing. I had to plug all the chips in and then test them. And Steve was on the phone in the kitchen most of the time. So I was alone in the garage. Did I -- did I even have a radio? No. I don't think I even had a radio.

SEGALL: Once you were there, did Steve Jobs - did you and Steve Jobs ever take LSD or continue to take psychedelics?

KOTTLE: Once Apple started, Steve was really focused with all of his energy on making Apple successful. And he didn't need psychedelics for that.

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SEGALL: Now, what you can see is Steve jobs meant a lot of different things to a lot of different people. What this documentary does that's unique is it really gives us a look at who the man was beyond the technology. He was polarizing, complicated, a genius. And you really get a sense of it all if you take a look at this film.

Back to you.

KEILAR: Thank you, Laurie.

And don't miss the premiere of "Steve Jobs, the man in the machine." That's this Sunday night at 9:00 eastern only on CNN.

And before we go, an interesting moment in California today. This involves a message in the sky above the Rose Parade in Pasadena. Check out this video. The sky writing there it reads, quote "America is great, Trump is disgusting, anybody but Trump." This was dashed out by multiple planes just as the last float left the gate. Apparently it took six planes in fact to make all of this happen. No word yet on who is behind it but a group called, the we, the people foundation has launched a website under the URL, anybodybutTrump.U.S.

I am Brianna Keilar. That does it for me. A CNN special, all the best, all the worst 2015 starts right now.

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TOM FOREMAN, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Faster than a gyrocopter, more powerful than (INAUDIBLE) and hitting harder than (INAUDIBLE). This year came home with countless villains and heroes in politics, sports, pop culture, music, movies and we'll take them all along with our league of super heroes.

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