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Laura Coates Live

San Francisco attack, covid classroom battle, Spielberg’s E.T. regret

Laura Coates Live

CNN

News

3.92.5K Ratings

🗓️ 28 April 2023

⏱️ 81 minutes

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Summary

A homeless man allegedly attacks a former fire commissioner with a metal pipe in San Francisco. But the suspect's attorney claims it’s the fire commissioner who is the aggressor, after spraying the homeless man with bear spray. The panel goes to go deeper into this story to see what it says about the homeless situation in the City. Plus, Teachers Union President Randi Weingarten tells Alisyn Camerota about her heated hearing on Capitol Hill relating to school closures during the Covid-19 pandemic. And, the mistake legendary director Steven Spielberg says he made in the re-release of his classic film "E.T.", and why he'll never do it again. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Good evening everyone, I'm Allison Camarada, welcome to CNN Tonight.

0:09.4

Another case of violence on the streets of San Francisco, this time a former fire commissioner

0:13.4

was allegedly attacked by a homeless man with a metal pipe.

0:17.9

But the suspect's attorney claims it was the fire commissioner who was the aggressor

0:22.2

after he sprayed the homeless man with bear spray.

0:24.7

We're going to go deeper into this story to see what it says about the homeless situation

0:28.4

in San Francisco.

0:29.4

Plus, Teachers Union President Randy Weingarten is here after a contentious hearing on Capitol

0:34.6

Hill about whether Teachers Union's kept schools closed for way too long during the pandemic.

0:41.0

What are the lessons for next time?

0:43.3

And Steven Spielberg says he made a mistake in the re-release of his classic film ET and

0:48.4

he'll never do it again.

0:51.0

Okay, we'll talk about that, but we begin tonight with that attack on the streets of San

1:06.6

Francisco.

1:07.9

We warn you this video is disturbing to watch.

1:11.0

Prosecutors say former San Francisco Fire Department Commissioner Don Carmaniani was

1:16.5

seriously injured after being attacked on April 5th by a suspect with a metal pipe outside

1:22.4

of his mother's home in San Francisco.

1:24.7

This video comes from Carmaniani's attorney.

1:27.9

But this video that you're about to see here provided by the suspect Garrett Dottie's

1:32.8

public defender shows what she alleges is Carmaniani attacking Dottie with a bear spray

1:39.8

minutes before that attack with the metal pipe.

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