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00:00And a major deal between Columbia University and the Trump administration,
00:03the first school to reach a negotiated settlement after being targeted by the president.
00:08The deal comes with a more than $200 million penalty.
00:12And a new report this morning on the pay gap between CEOs and their employees.
00:17The gap was already vast and it grew even larger last year.
00:21I'm Kate Baldwin with John Berman. Sarah is off today. This is CNN News Central.
00:25There's a lot developing with that story overnight and will continue today.
00:29So despite the House Speaker saying no votes until September,
00:34as John was just talking about, the House Oversight Committee went and voted.
00:40A subcommittee now moving forward to subpoena the Justice Department for all of its records in the Epstein case file.
00:45That would go far beyond just the files presented to the grand jury.
00:50And that's after the Oversight Committee already this week moved to subpoena Epstein's longtime associate,
00:56as they were just discussing, Ghislaine Maxwell for a deposition.
00:59CNN's Lauren Fox is tracking this one for us.
01:02I mean, it was like a rolling series of developments with this Epstein saga.
01:05This is, of course, from Capitol Hill.
01:08This vote happening after the speaker made clear no votes until September.
01:16Yeah, it was really fascinating because this is all playing out in that, in his view, is credible.
01:21Kate?
01:21All right, Lauren.
01:23Let's see what happens there today.
01:25I really appreciate it.
01:26John?
01:26Preseason begins one week from today.
01:29So start counting the days.
01:32It's like Christmas Eve, basically.
01:33And the teams, they're getting ready.
01:35The Cleveland Browns unveiled their new helmets with a ceremony on Lake Erie.
01:39CNN's Andy Scholes has that for us.
01:40And that is quite a big helmet, Andy.
01:43It was.
01:45Soak up these manager rejections because next season, Volpe could just probably tap on his
01:50head and challenge that strike three call, and it would get overturned, and we won't
01:54have any managers going crazy.
01:56So appreciate him while we can.
01:58But I mean, he could still spout off and then make the call.
02:02Just, I mean, if one is so inclined.
02:05Can you reverse the call?
02:06Can you really stay that mad?
02:08I mean, believe me, I can, for sure.
02:11And by the way, I have to say, I'm not really good at lip reading, but that one was pretty
02:16clear right off the top.
02:17And that looked pretty clear.
02:19Might have said some not safe for TV words.
02:22Oh, well, you're the one saying big dumper every day.
02:24So what are you talking about?
02:26Hey, Cal Raleigh, historic season.
02:28We got to, you know.
02:29I can't go a day without it, Andy.
02:31Thank you so much.
02:33All right.
02:34President Trump is set to visit the Federal Reserve today, kicking up a notch his pressure
02:39campaign against the Fed chairman.
02:41What is this going to look like?
02:42And the brutally emotional and gut-wrenching statements coming from the families of the
02:47four Idaho murder victims.
02:49And just as Brian Koberger begins his life sentence today, peace, police release a trove
02:55of new documents on their investigation.
02:57Those new details ahead.
03:00And today, President Trump is also escalating his pressure campaign against the Federal
03:05Reserve chairman, Jerome Powell.
03:06The president has decided to take a tour of the Federal Reserve headquarters and the
03:11renovations that it's undergoing.
03:12No coincidence, he has been attacking the chairman over the project's cost overruns pretty
03:17relentlessly, leading many to speculate that the president, when it comes to this renovation,
03:22is looking for cause to fire the Fed chairman.
03:25This is the first time in nearly two decades an American president will make an official
03:28trip to the central bank.
03:30CNN's Kevin Liptak is at the White House for us and tracking this one.
03:33What is this going to look like today, Kevin?
03:36Yeah, and it really is.
03:37It says today.
03:39It seems to, you know, that seems to change week to week for sure.
03:42It's great to see you, Kevin.
03:43Thank you so much for that reporting.
03:44John.
03:45Yeah.
03:45I know this morning about the Pentagon's internal investigation into the signal scandal involving
03:49the defense secretary and other top Trump administration officials.
03:52Sources now tell CNN, the Pentagon reporting is joining us now.
03:55Tell us more, Zach, about what you are learning and what the Pentagon is saying.
04:00There are new details that were revealed overnight with the release of more police documents after
04:06the final sentencing of the man who murdered the four Idaho college students.
04:10We know we now know investigators, well, many of this was unrecognizable as her facial structure
04:17was extremely damaged is how it was written.
04:20Why did Brian Koberger choose these four friends to attack in the middle of the night in 2022?
04:25Why did he leave two other roommates to survive?
04:29Now, during sentencing, Koberger declined to speak publicly.
04:32The families and friends of his victims, they did have their say, finally able to address
04:38him face-to-face, a warning we're going to play here.
04:41Some of this language is graphic.
04:43That from the sister of Kaylee Gonsalves.
04:46Now, today, Brian Koberger begins the first day of his life sentence without the possibility
04:51of parole.
04:52Let's talk about this.
04:52Joining me, you expect them always, Joey, to be very painful and emotional, but they took
04:59a turn at one point when they turned that lectern in the podium.
05:03Hearing from Kaylee's sister, from tears to just rage.
05:09Yeah, they did, Kay.
05:10Good morning to you.
05:11They will never find the closure that they deserve.
05:14What do you make of these new details?
05:16And there was a lot of it coming out in these police documents that were released.
05:19But clearly, it's unsatisfying to the families because it leaves because there was no trial,
05:23because he did not ever speak.
05:25There is so many unanswered questions.
05:28And a lot of those victim impact statements, they ask the questions that they would like him
05:31to answer, does what came out from these police documents, does it reveal anything of the case
05:39that was there to, that was building against this man?
05:42So, I think so.
05:44Sometimes you have a situation where a person has an ax to grind.
05:47There's a prior history.
05:48Some things are just unexplainable.
05:50Yeah.
05:51Thank you, Joey.
05:52Absolutely.
05:52I appreciate it.
05:53John.
05:54Sheriff's Department is asking for the public's help right now in finding a group of smash
05:58and grab robbers.
05:59Also, still trying to identify one of the suspects involved in a very scary car crash
06:05caught on camera.
06:06Police say to seen after the crash, police were able to catch and arrest one.
06:11He's facing several charges, including possession of a stolen vehicle.
06:14Obviously, they're clearly looking for the other.
06:16New hour of CNN News Central starts right now.
06:19Today, the deputy attorney general, hey boys, the deputy attorney general will meet with
06:24longtime Jeffrey Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell in a prison in Florida.
06:29Will the Trump administration try to cut a deal with her to get her to speak?
06:33Also, new reporting that President Trump was told months ago, though he denied it last
06:37week, that his name is in the Epstein files.
06:40And Columbia University becomes the first university to reach a negotiated settlement with the Trump
06:45administration over anti-Semitism claims.
06:48And for her first TV interview since it was announced overnight, the acting president of
06:52Columbia will be joining us live.
06:54The new police documents reveal unsettling details on what happened in the lead up to the murders
07:00of four Idaho college students.
07:02The victim's families confronting the murderer, Brian Koberger, in court as he begins his life
07:08sentence today.
07:09I'm Kate Baldwin with John Berman.
07:11Sarah is out today.
07:13This is CNN News Central.
07:14Part of it today, for sure.
07:16Joining us right now is Nick Ackerman.
07:18He's Columbia University reaches a settlement with the Trump administration, the first university
07:22to strike such a deal since the president started targeting the Ivies.
07:26Hundreds of millions of dollars now to be paid in exchange for getting federal research funding
07:30finally restored.
07:32Coming up, the acting president of Columbia is our guest, her first TV interview since this
07:37deal was announced.
07:38And Thailand launches airstrikes targeting Cambodian military sites.
07:42The latest escalation in a long-running border dispute.
07:47And French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife file a new defamation lawsuit against
07:52a right-wing podcaster.
07:56Breaking overnight, Columbia University is now the first school to reach a negotiated settlement
08:02with the Trump administration over claims of anti-Semitism.
08:05As part of what this was, this is a very big moment for the school and for higher education
08:12and its relationship with the federal government.
08:15What was it that it was negotiated for quite some time?
08:19What was it that got this over the finish line?
08:23So many things.
08:24Look, I think, and two, it does reset our relationship with the federal government in terms of research
08:30funding.
08:30And that's what was the threat becoming when you talk about.
08:34I mean, I saw over like $1.3 billion that the school was not losing.
08:40How existential was this threat to do?
08:43And by the way, for our students also, we're an incredible training ground for the future
08:47of science.
08:48But I think it's fair to.
08:50Is the president himself personally involved in the negotiations at any point?
08:54You know, I don't have, he was certainly not personal criticism that you have already
09:00faced and spoken to.
09:01And you will, you will need, you will answer to here, which is you threw in the towel and
09:07you are capitulating by making this agreement and bending to the will of the administration.
09:12Yes.
09:13Part of my role is to accept a law.
09:15Harvard taking the administration to court.
09:18Yep.
09:19What was it that you saw and those around you that you didn't want to take that route?
09:24This was, you said it was very university, but it is also a first.
09:27And the question is, is it a last?
09:29Like, are you worried with this, of a precedent that this sets, that this proves that the Trump
09:36administration strategy of weaponizing fund research funding works and that this will
09:42lead them to do this more often, not less?
09:47I can tell you, first of all, I am confident in the agreement.
09:51But when it comes to independence and free expression and academic independence and free
09:58expression of your students, like if people see this settlement and question if they can
10:04trust the school's academic independence now, question if students or anyone on campus will
10:10be, that free expression will be allowed and not punished.
10:14What do you say to them?
10:15I mean, this is a core question.
10:17Absolutely.
10:18Look, free expression.
10:19I mean, you just came into the position in March and what a few months this has been,
10:23but a very big moment for higher education, far beyond Columbia.
10:28So thank you so much for coming to talk to us about it.
10:30It's my pleasure.
10:30Thank you for having me.
10:31I really appreciate it.
10:32It's great to see you.
10:33John.
10:34For the families.
10:35New overnight, Idaho police have released hundreds of files containing new details of
10:40the gruesome murders of four college students in 2022.
10:44Now, the documents are coming out just hours after their admitted killer received a life
10:48sentence without the possibility of parole.
10:51Some of the victims made brutally emotional statements in court Wednesday.
10:56The judge also had sharp remarks for Brian Koberger, saying that he created a nightmare
11:01for the victims' families.
11:05Joining us right now is former NYPD detective law enforcement.
11:09This is an exclusive reporting this morning that CNN is learning about the new push by the Trump
11:13administration to quickly deport unaccompanied migrant children.
11:18Sources tell CNN federal agents are now asking migrant teens if they want to voluntarily leave
11:23the country.
11:23And this is a change from what had long been protocol for how to handle these children.
11:28CNN's Priscilla Alvarez has this exclusive reporting and she's joining us now.
11:32Now, Priscilla, tell us more of what you're learning.
11:34Well, Kate, there has been an effort under what you said is the important part that was left unsaid
11:39there.
11:40Priscilla, great reporting as always.
11:41Thank you so much.
11:42John.
11:43Morning in May.
11:44Palm Springs was rocked when a fertility clinic was bombed.
11:48In the crucial hours, just after that explosion, first responders risked their lives to prevent
11:52further tragedy.
11:54CNN's Stephanie Elam has this story of those going beyond the call.
11:59Stephanie Elam, thank you so much for bringing that to us.
12:02So I'll head for us.
12:03An urgent warning for one community that may be in the path of the next major flood.
12:12Today, the Deputy Attorney General of the United States is headed to Florida to meet with Jeffrey
12:16Epstein's close associate and confidant, Ghislaine Maxwell, the highly unusual trip for
12:21such a top-level justice official.
12:23After the new reporting, President Trump was told and informed back in May that his name
12:29appears in the Epstein files multiple times.
12:32Columbia University reached a settlement overnight with the Trump administration.
12:36What this means for Columbia now to turn the page on this controversial chapter.
12:42And what precedent this deal now may set for the other schools that the president is targeting.
12:47And a fitness myth busted.
12:50Why scientists now say that you may be able to lower your daily step goals.
12:54I'm Kate Baldwin with John Berman.
12:56Sarah is off today.
12:57This is CNN News Central.
12:59House Speaker had said that the White House needs time to deal with the Epstein issue.
13:03And so there would be no votes in Congress on this until September.
13:06Despite that, Democratic and Republican lawmakers went ahead and voted anyway.
13:11The House subcommittee now moving forward to subpoena the Justice Department for all of its records
13:15in the Epstein case file.
13:17That would go far beyond just the files previously requested from the grand jury proceedings.
13:24This move comes after the House Oversight Committee already this week moved to subpoena Epstein's
13:28long associate Ghislaine Maxwell, the aforementioned Ghislaine Maxwell, for deposition.
13:33CNN's Lauren Foxx is on the Hill tracking all of this for us.
13:36And it is a lot.
13:37What's going on here?
13:39Yeah, all week long, Kate.
13:41Absolutely.
13:42Lauren, thank you so much for being there for us.
13:43John.
13:44Never before seen police documents revealing disturbing new details from the investigation
13:49into the murder of the four Idaho college students.
13:52We have new reporting on that.
13:53And shocking failures exposed in the U.S. organ donation system.
13:58One man waking up on an operating table as they were preparing to remove his organs for donation.
14:04Now the government is demanding urgent changes.
14:08Plus, they're not your average ball club, friends, and they are selling out stadiums.
14:14So what is behind this wild success of the Savannah Bananas?
14:20All right, and much more to learn from this and what this means for all of those other schools
14:25as those negotiations and legal battles continue.
14:28John.
14:29Such a great discussion.
14:30We are standing by right now for the Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche to meet with
14:34Jeffrey Epstein's associate Ghislaine Maxwell.
14:37What we know about this highly unusual face-to-face.
14:43New this morning, the Department of Health and Human Services is raising alarm and demanding
14:47urgent changes to the country's critical organ donation system.
14:50After a federal investigation found many incidents in Kentucky of technicians beginning the process
14:56of removing someone's organs when some of those people still were showing signs of life.
15:01The report's so disturbing that it became the focus of a congressional hearing just this week.
15:06Top HHS officials raising the alarm to lawmakers.
15:12So this federal investigation was launched after the case of 33-year-old T.J. Hoover came
15:19to light, hospitalized in 2021 after a drug overdose.
15:23He then woke up in the operating room to find people shaving his chest, preparing his body
15:28for surgery, and talking about the plans to remove his organs for donation.
15:33Dr. Sanjay Gupta met T.J. Hoover and spoke to his sister about this.
15:39Joining us right now is one of the, uh, going on there. A lot going on here as well. They
15:44dance,
15:45they walk on stilts, they do backflips. Not just our studio crew and commercial breaks,
15:49we're talking about the Savannah Bananas. And they do all of that while playing baseball,
15:55kind of. And they're selling out stadiums. The Savannah Bananas are coming to CNN News Central.
16:02Is a brand new twist on America's favorite pastime. And you can see why it is taking the country by
16:10storm.
16:11Yes. The Savannah Bananas are selling out stadiums with their entertainment-focused spin
16:17on baseball, including Bush Stadium, home of the St. Louis Cardinals. Unlike traditional baseball,
16:25Banana Ball has a two-hour limit. Fans can get on the fun.
16:29And when we come back, hopefully, we will hear from Coach Rack on all of his stunts.