Return to Transcripts main page

CNN Newsroom

Obama to Announce Executive Actions on Gun Control Tuesday; Donald Trump's First Political Ad; Bill Clinton Stumps for Hillary; Bernie Sanders to Lay Out Wall Street Reform; Real Madrid Hires Zinedine Zidane. Aired 3-4a ET

Aired January 05, 2016 - 03:00   ET

THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.

[03:00:01]

(HEADLINES)

ROSEMARY CHURCH, CNN HOST: Hello and welcome to our viewers here in the United States and all around the world. I am Rosemary Church.

ERROL BARNETT, CNN HOST: And I am Errol Barnett. Thanks for joining our second hour of CNN NEWSROOM.

The U.S. President has long been frustrated with the lack of congressional action on gun control. So he's now bypassing lawmaker's altogether. Barack Obama is planning to announce a set of executive actions on Tuesday.

CHURCH: Among other things, background checks will be expanded, though Republicans accuse Mr. Obama of overreaching. The President says he's acting within his authority. Michelle Kosinski outlines the changes.

MICHELLE KOSINSKI, CNN white house CORRESPONDENT: You look at this and you can see the administration trying to make changes in every way possible. Because these are executive actions and not acts of congress, immediately you see those limits they're up against. They're presented as proposals or guidance or encouragement, by no means are these new laws. If you're in the business of selling guns, whether that means two guns a year or 200,000 guns, you need to register and all of your buyers need background checks.

There will be harsh penalties if you don't do that. The big question is out there, how the federal government is going to make you register and track you down if you don't. The White House also sent a letter to every state governor encouraging them to make sure more information goes into the background check systems, things like if people might be disqualified for mental illness or convictions for domestic violence. But again, enforcement is the question. The White House wants to beef up the background checks. Again, though, those are asks and congress would have to approve that funding, Michelle Kosinski, CNN the White House.

CHURCH: Joining me now from Washington is Matthew Fogg. He is a retired U.S. Marshal and worked in law enforcement for more than 30 years. Thank you, sir for being with us. We appreciate it. So, what is your response to President Obama's proposed new executive actions on gun control?

MATTHEW FOGG, RETIRED U.S. MARSHAL: I think it's good -- especially as a law enforcement officer, we always want to make certain that our lives are not in danger as far as guns as least as possible. Safety is the main thing. The President is simply saying we need to be able to track these guns, make certain that we know who has these guns and that's important. What he's doing is very important. There are too many guns on the street now, so I know when somebody -- if we can put an end to that market, he's doing a great thing.

CHURCH: Do you think it will be enough? What more do you think needs to be done to try to reduce gun violence on the streets?

FOGG: I definitely don't think it's enough now. Certainly, I believe for one of the things when you talk about the war on drugs and things like that, there are a lot of things out there -- that we have laws out there that get people propensity towards using balance, to protect themselves. But the bottom line is, I think overall, anything that we could do -- there are so many guns on the streets, so many easy ways to get them -- a background check is simple. And making certain that we at least know those folks who are -- who have these guns and one of the biggest things that we look as -- guns are either stolen or unauthorized use. These are the things that we want to track, when guns are lost or stolen. Where are these weapons? I think that's what he's working on in this law that could make a small dent in what we see going on right now.

[03:05:01]

CHURCH: Well, President Obama's critics say none of his proposals would have prevented recent gun violence, do you agree with that?

FOGG: Well, we look at the case down in South Carolina -- I forget his name, but the case in South Carolina, that young man bought a gun illegally. So there are situations where guns are purchased illegally or people -- they lose their weapons and then nobody knows anything about it. So if it stops one killing or one mass killing, then I think it's a step in the right direction.

CHURCH: And President Obama has opened up a major fight with the Republicans, of course, who are vowing to resist all efforts of gun control. Why would they have a problem with more background checks do you think?

FOGG: I think this is political. Your guest earlier, the attorney general hit it dead on the head, it's political. I think if it was another President doing it, other than Obama, I don't think it will a problem.

CHURCH: Matthew Fogg, many thanks for joining us. Appreciate it.

FOGG: Thank you.

BARNETT: Now to get another view point on this, I spoke earlier with Jerry Henry. He is the Executive Director of georgiacarry.org, and is a life member of the NRA. And since polls suggests that background checks that overwhelming majority of Americans support, I asked him why not implement them and reduce the ability of criminals to get weapons. Here's the conversation.

JERRY HENRY, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF GEORGIACARRY.ORG: I am all for that. You stop criminals from stealing firearms and buying them through underground sources and through -- as the people in San Bernardino did, through straw purchases. Now the background checks that the Bloomberg people want is extended background checks. They want a background check every time a firearm changes hands. The only way you can make that work as witnessed out in Washington through their incentive ballot initiative, is that you have to have a national registry for guns or a state registry for firearms, so that the government knows exactly where it is. And nobody that has anything to do with the second amendment who believes in the second amendment wants a national registry.

BARNETT: What's wrong with the national registry, Americans have the right to bear arms, why not keep a record of it.

HENRY: Well, that's right. We do have the right to bare arms, and that right shall not be infringed. If you look at every dictatorship that's come along, the first thing they do when they want to get control of the people and take away their freedoms, is they find out where the firearms are. They register them and they know where they are and then the people have absolutely no way to defend themselves from the government.

BARNETT: So you're connecting, registering people with guns to the government using that as a way to -- I guess takeover the people -- you know some would argue...

HENRY: Confiscate firearms.

BARNETT: Confiscate firearms. But let me ask this question to you. Some would argue that no matter what, pro-gun activists are going to resist any gun control change no matter how public support there is for it. If that's not true, tell me what kind of additional gun control legislation to make everyone safer and protect the second amendment you would support.

HENRY: Well, number one, the second amendment is a right that's enumerated in constitution. And we believe it's a god-given right to protect and our defend ourselves. That second amendment says that right shall not be infringed. Where the phrase shall not be infringed is used. So it's not unconstitutional in my opinion. Now the way that you stop what's going on, the way that you stop -- we have plenty of laws on the books -- so you enforce the laws that are on the books, take the revolving doors out of prison, make people who commit atrocities or commit crimes with firearms pay for it through longer prison terms.

BARNETT: All right, Jerry Henry, the Executive Director of georgiacarry.org. Thanks very much for your time today.

HENRY: Thank you, sir.

BARNETT: And we should reiterate here that part of Mr. Obama's plan includes a push for additional funding for as many as 200 more federal agents to help enforce current gun laws. We invite to join CNN for a special look at guns in America with U.S. President Barack Obama.

[03:10:01]

Anderson Cooper hosts a one-hour live town hall event, Thursday at 8:00 p.m. in Washington. That's 1:00 a.m. Friday for those of you watching in London, and 9:00 Friday in Hong Kong, only here on CNN.

CHURCH: All right, we turn now to the rising tensions in the Middle East. Iranians launched more protests against Saudi Arabia on Monday, and the diplomatic riff between the two countries is now spilling over neighboring nations.

BARNETT: Iran accuses Saudi Arabia of escalating tensions while several Arab nations are siding with the Saudis. Hala Gorani has more.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

HALA GORANI, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Anger on the streets of Tehran, thousands in the Iranian capital, protests against the executive of prominent cleric Nimr al-Nimr by Saudi Arabia Saturday. Diplomatic ties between the two countries now severed for the first time in a generation. The Saudi diplomats were evacuated from Tehran arriving in Dubai early Monday.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Saudi Arabia sees not only its interests but also its survival in the continuation of tensions. Therefore, it has the issue as another excuse to increase tension and conflict.

GORANI: In Iraq, protesters also took to the streets. These men rushed the police line in the green zone of Baghdad that guards the Saudi embassy, in another apparent retaliation, broken glass and rubble on the floor of this Sunni mosque. In an interview Monday, the Saudi foreign minister stood by the kingdom's action, calling Nimr al- Nimr a terrorist and extending sanctions against Iran.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We decided to cut off all diplomatic relations with Iran. We will also be cutting off all air traffic to and from Iran. We'll be cutting off all commercial relations with Iran and we will have a travel ban against people traveling to Iran.

GORANI: A firm response from the Saudis two days after protesters stormed the Saudi embassy in Tehran. It all started with the execution of the Shiite cleric, an outspoken critic of the Saudi Arabia Sunni rulers. On Monday, Saudi Arabia's allies also cut ties with Iran. Bahrain and Sudan, the UAE has now downgraded its diplomatic team. The breakdown of relations between Iran and Saudi Arabia not only threatens stability on the streets of Tehran and Riyadh, but will only heighten Sunni and Shia tensions across the region, Hala Gorani, CNN London.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

BARNETT: Just last hour, I spoke with CNN International Diplomatic Editor Nic Robertson in Riyadh about the current atmosphere in Saudi Arabia.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

NIC ROBERTSON, CNN INTERNATIONAL DIPLOMATIC EDITOR: The main banner headliner, the cut in economic ties with Iran, the cut and halting of flights between Iran and Saudi Arabia, they say still the pilgrims come every week or two to go to Mecca, though you can do that -- really what we're seeing a heightened level of tension. On the front page, there's a photograph showing what purports to be destruction -- an office destroyed in the Saudi embassy in Tehran, also an article on the other nations -- Sudan and Bahrain that have cut diplomatic ties with Iran. So these are all front and center on the newspaper here, so I think when you look at it that way, the message here is Saudi Arabia is still standing very firm behind its decisions it's taking and the situation it's in right now. What the Saudi ambassador to the United Nations says, when we can deescalate things -- the rhetoric there, it talks about de-escalation, yes, they can be but both of those ambassadors from Saudi Arabia and Iran at the U.N. are under the heaviest of international pressure in the spotlight there to sort of deescalate the situation.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

CHURCH: Nic Robertson there. And now Senior International Correspondent Fred Pleitgen is also covering the tensions for us. He joins us now live from London. So Fred, you purported from Iran many times. What is that nation's likely next move in the midst of this escalating tension with Saudi Arabia do you think?

[03:15:01]

FRED PLEITGEN, CNN SENIOR INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: One thing of the things that we have to keep in mind is that there's a riff in the political landscape in Iran. On the one hand, you have the hard- liners who are not happy with the nuclear agreement that the Iranians signed on to. They're not happy also with that Iranians has this going on with the west. They want to take a hard line with the Saudis. The Iran's supreme leader (Inaudible), he came out and said that there would be "divine revenge" for what happened. You have moderate politicians who are trying to walk back from this a little bit. Rouhani himself has criticized those who broke into the Saudi embassy.

Iran said they have arrested some 40 people. What Nic was referencing before in his report, the Iranian ambassador to the U.N. yesterday said that the Iranians regret what happened there at the embassy and have vowed to keep embassies safe in the future. So we can certainly there are some moves on parts of the Iranians to deescalate the situation.

CHURCH: And Fred, if these tensions aren't deescalated, what impact is this likely to have the Iran nuclear deal with the west? PLEITGEN: That's a very good question. One of the things that we

have to keep in mind is that many Iranians were looking forward to this sanctions relief. At this point in time, it doesn't look there's any threat to the nuclear agreement itself. It's however, certainly if there's a general deterioration in the situation in the Middle East that could have of course impact the nuclear deal as well. We have to keep in mind that right now all of this comes at a very sensitive time in the Middle East and a very volatile time in the Middle East and at a time both Iran and Saudi Arabia are very much in competition in the Middle East.

You look at the situation in Syria, you look at the situation in Yemen, you look at the situation also in Iraq, it's all places that if things there get out of control, of course, that could generally lead to a deterioration of Iran's relations with the west that just now have been starting to pick up again.

CHURCH: All right, many thanks to our Fred Pleitgen joining us live from London

BARNETT: All right, at this hour, financial markets are opening up across Europe and they're hoping to reverse the trend that took place in the Asia pacific region. We'll take you live to Beijing and London, next.

(COMMERCIAL BREAK)

[03:23:01]

CHURCH: Trading is just now getting started in Europe's financial market, where investors are hoping to break a two-day slump out of the Asia pacific region. Want to take a look now at the Asian markets, and we bring those up, you can see all in red territory there. The Shanghai composite finished the day down a quarter of a percent. Australia's ASX 200, lost more than 1.5 percent, and Hong Kong (Inaudible) just closed down three quarters of a percent.

BARNETT: Isa Soares is tracking the European markets from London, but we -- ok, let's go to Isa. We also have Matt Rivers standing by in Beijing. Isa, good to see you this morning, such a sobering start to the year for Asian and European markets. It appears there's a bit of a bounce back in Asia right now, but what about where you are as the day begins?

ISA SOARES, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Good morning, Errol. Good morning, Rosey. A bit of a reprieve, actually, when we came in yesterday and we saw those stock markets slump, Errol, I believed a New Year, old problems. But now it seems that the European markets have turned around slightly. They have been opened for the past 22 minutes or so. Definitely, green arrows across the board the last time I looked and there you go. The FTSE up more than one percent -- -- because Germany has very strong ties with China in terms of exports, hence why it fell so much. Zurich also up. Nevertheless, investors taking this for all they've got, really strapped to their seats, Errol, because what we saw in China rattled many people in Europe, and the reason why markets are up today is because -- I am sure Matt Rivers will tell you is because China has intervened -- we're seeing reports that Chinese won't confirm this, they have propped the market and injecting almost $130 billion, raising expectations slightly for investors.

They also said -- and they have also said 60 percent of major shareholders reduced their holdings. So in terms of the cash injection, that's the biggest cash injection since September, and I think a lot of people in terms of here Europe, they're looking at this -- the bank wants to get involved, they want to control this, but how long can they keep doing this, how long can they be injecting money into this system. So the government there is doing what it can and for the time being its holding -- longtime policy, hard to stay with that. The markets are very concerned. On top of that, of course, as you know fears over geopolitical concerns over Saudi Arabia and Iran.

BARNETT: Europe liking what it is seeing at the moment. Isa Soares live for us in London this morning, thanks.

CHURCH: All right, let's turn now to Matt Rivers on the Asia pacific markets joining us live from Beijing. And Matt, after a turbulent Monday, we're seeing at least some stabilization returning to China's stock markets. Talk to us about what's behind and what was behind that seven percent tumble on Monday.

MATT RIVERS, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, all of this volatility can be attributed to a couple of different things, depending on what analyst you're speaking to. There are several theories out there, one would be predominant theory has to do with the country's manufacturing sector and the fact that the key private survey that was released on Monday showed that yet another poor month of manufacturing numbers here in China, that would be the data coming out from the month of December.

[03:28:01]

Another theory that's been floated around by analysts that we have spoken to has to do with the ban that was lifted here in China. After summertime volatility in 2015 that Chinese regulators actually put a ban on major shareholders from selling their stakes in listed companies. That was a six-month ban and that was supposed to be lifted on Friday of this week. In addition to those manufacturing numbers, analysts are suggesting that perhaps investors were spooked by the possibility these major shareholders would engage in some sort of sell-off at the end of this week.

In response to that, the Chinese government came out and tried to make people, investors, feel a little bit better. In addition to what you heard Isa mention about the central bank here injecting some money into the system, they also said they would be looking into ways to try and make sure there would be no such sell-off later this week, hopefully easing the concerns and making the markets here a little bit more stable.

CHURCH: All right, we'll watch in the coming days those markets very closely. Of course Matt Rivers joining us live from Beijing. Thanks so much for that. BARNETT: Armed protesters are occupying a federal building in the

U.S. state of Oregon. We'll tell you what they're demanding from the government after this break.

(COMMERCIAL BREAK)

BARNETT: Welcome back to our good friends watching here in the states and all around the world. This is CNN NEWSROOM. I am Errol Barnett.

CHURCH: And I am Rosemary Church. It is time of course, to check the headlines for you this hour.

The Obama administration is taking unilateral action on gun control. In a matter of hours, the White House is set to announce executive orders that are expected to include background checks conducted by a wide arrange of gun sellers.

BARNETT: Demonstrations took place across the Middle East on Monday to further protest Saudi Arabia's recent execution of a Shiite cleric. Bahrain, Sudan, and the UAE have now severed or cut back ties with Iran, following Saudi Arabia lead. Iran accuses Saudi Arabia of escalating tensions.

CHURCH: Europe's financial markets are looking to get back in positive territory. There they are, all of the arrows heading up. You can see London's FTSE up more than a half a percent, in Paris up about a third of a percent and also up in Germany and Zurich. Stocks in the Asia pacific region weren't able to regain any of Monday's steep losses. You see there Shanghai, all finishing in negative territory.

BARNETT: All right, let's talk about these armed protesters in Oregon. They have been occupying a federal building there since Saturday. They won't leave until the two ranchers who inspired the protest, both convicted of arson are freed.

CHURCH: They added that the government must give up control of the wildlife refuge they're currently holed up. How the situation has escalated so far.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We came very well prepared. We're in it for the long haul.

SARA SIDNER, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Today, they gave themselves a name, Citizens for Constitutional Freedom. They took us into the national Wildlife Refuge Headquarters that they have taken over on federal lands, saying the government has occupied it illegally. What do you plan to do with this?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Restore the lands. Restore the lands to the people.

SIDNER: For three days and three nights, they've had no resistance from law enforcement. DAVID WARD, COUNTY SHERIFF: You said you were here to help the

citizens of the county. That help ended when a peaceful protest became an armed occupation. The Hammonds have turned themselves in. It's time for you to leave our community, go home to your families and end this peacefully.

SIDNER: They say they will be peaceful if the police are. But they're armed just in case. Has anyone said anything to give you some idea that there's going to be bloodshed?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We've been hearing all kinds of reports from people still in town -- that the sheriff is saying we're leaving in either body bags or handcuffs. Of course, it just makes people nervous.

SIDNER: We recognized two of the men right away. That's John (Inaudible), known for recently organizing anti-Islam rallies in Arizona. And the group's leader, Ammon Bundy, the son of Cliven Bundy, a Nevada rancher who made national headlines for his stand against the government on his own ranch over land use rights. But this time, it's Bundy and the rest of these men supporting a different ranching family, the Hammonds. Prosecutors say the Hammonds were hunting deer on federal land and set fire to cover their tracks. The Hammonds claim they were just trying to clear invasive brush. Despite serving time and being released, they turned themselves in again today after a federal judge ordered them back to prison for five more years.

That was a call to arms for these men and women. They called themselves patriots, following the constitution, but their critics have other names for them.

There's a lot of social media discussion about what you all are doing out here. They've used words like Al Qaeda, and vanilla ISIS. While they sound like funny names, they're basically calling you terrorists. How do you respond to these kinds of accusations?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Well, I just encourage -- one, I think that is the minority. But I would encourage people to look into what's really happening, and to find out who is truly doing the terrorizing. Who's been taking ranches? This refuge alone, over 100 ranches have been taken so that they can make this park, this refuge.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

BARNETT: CNN National Security Analyst Juliette Kayyem joins us now from Boston to talk about this. Juliette, an armed militia has taken over a federal building with political aims. Why is this not being referred to as terrorism?

[03:36:01]

JULIETTE KAYYEM, CNN NATIONAL SECURITY ANALYST: Well, I think it's a legal matter, it absolutely is terrorism. It's the use of force, or the threatened use of force for political ends or to make a political statement through undemocratic means. There's a reason, however, that the government is not throwing around the word terrorism, is simply because they do not want to escalate the situation. I mean there are heavily armed men who are sitting essentially alone, isolated, and eventually they will get bored, they will run out of food and your hope is that you sort of can wait them out at this stage.

BARNETT: Now, the main issue with these guys is the frustration that Dwight Hammond Jr. and Steven Hammond had to serve jail time for burning federal land. The Hammonds have already turned themselves in to finish their sentence. So does that now change the equation for the federal government and police? Because they have yet to even approach this armed group yet.

KAYYEM: Yes, I mean -- it may change the calculation, and it may change the calculation for Bundy, the leader of the group in Oregon and his team. They seem to be separate. In other words, that the Hammonds and Bundy's are not actually in collusion, and actually are quite separate in what their goals are. Whether it's public safety or federal law enforcement, right now the main goal is to protect human life, and to make sure that the situation does not escalate. And the federal government has all the time in the world. I mean these guys are very isolated. They're not going to be able to survive that much longer.

BARNETT: Now for people who are watching this, after a year where we've seen unarmed black men being shot by police, we've seen Islamophobia -- Jihadists affecting all Muslims. Some folks wonder why such a tame approach to this armed group. Many referring to this group as vanilla ISIS, are they treated differently because they're white? Meaning not as harsh as the black lives matter activists, for example?

KAYYEM: You know it's a hard comparison. I will say no one -- professional in law enforcement, would condone any of the situations that we've seen in particular with an armed African-American youth, and their interactions with law enforcement. I think because this area that we're seeing is so isolated, there are no civilians around. There's no urban pedestrian movement. There's no one really at risk that it actually allows law enforcement to sort of be able to stand back. But I understand the perception problem here, which is it's a bunch of white guys who are actually armed who are sort of given a bye, unarmed African-American children essentially in many urban areas are being killed.

And it's nothing to either explain or forgive. It's just what it is right now.

BARNETT: Folks can take a look at your article on CNN.com, Oregon building takeover is terrorism. Juliette Kayyem our National Security Analyst. Thanks so much joining us from Boston today.

KAYYEM: Thank you.

With primary season now less than a month away, finally, we're getting to the real stuff here. The Republican U.S. Presidential candidates are invoking higher powers. Ted Cruz is quoting the bible and Clint Eastwood. CHURCH: Meanwhile, Donald Trump is running an add, showing how he

would keep Moroccans from coming over the boarder, details now from Dana Bash.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: For temporary shutdown of Muslims entering the United States...

DANA BASH, CNN CHIEF POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT: Donald Trump's first paid television ad is vintage Trump, blunt and provocative.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Cut the head off of ISIS and take their oil.

BASH: And now without controversy. It turns out that footage of people flooding the boarder is not (AUDIO GAP) into the U.S., but Morocco and Spain. After the website PolitiFact uncovered the discrepancy, the Trump campaign insisted it was intentional, to show the "severe impact of an open border." And on the forum, the reality star used to become the front-runner free media, Trump started 2016 as he ended 2015, going after both Clintons on CNN New Day.

DONALD TRUMP (R), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: She used the word sexist. I am sexist. She was using very sort of derogatory terms. I said how the hall can she do that when she's got one of the great women abusers of all time sitting at her house.

BASH: Trump had a huge crowd this weekend in Mississippi.

TRUMP: Outside we have thousands of people trying to get in.

[03:41:01]

BASH: But it's Iowa, where Trump's fiercest competitor is spending his week. Ted Cruz on a 28-stop, 6-day bus tour, trying to turn his lead in the Iowa polls to a win next month, appealing to evangelicals by quoting scriptures.

SEN. TED CRUZ (R-TX), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: Pray and lift up this country. We stand on the promise of (Inaudible) if my people shall humble themselves and pray and turn from their wicked ways and seek my face, and then I will hear their prayers.

BASH: And throwing down his best Clint Eastwood imitation.

CRUZ: When you hang a man, make sure to hang him high.

BASH: The Iowa caucuses are February 1st. New Hampshire's primary is the 9th. That's where Marco Rubio and Chris Christie started their days, making plays to be the alternative to Trump and Cruz.

SEN. MARCO RUBIO (R-FL), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: The job is not described in the constitution as entertainer in chief or commentator in chief or frankly economist in chief, it's described as commander in chief. If you can't be bothered to offer specifics on how you will perform that job, then quite frankly you don't deserve that job. GOV. CHRIS CHRISTIE (R-NJ), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: But anger is not

a strategy and it won't make our government better and won't make our country better, unless that anger is used to motivate us towards electing someone who actually can do the job.

BASH: Dana Bash, CNN, Washington.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

CHURCH: Bill Clinton is now hitting the campaign trail alone to stump for his wife Hillary, his first solo appearance was on Monday. The former President's sex scandals are being talked about again by Republican candidate Donald Trump.

BARNETT: But in New Hampshire, Mr. Clinton without mentioning Trump's name took a swipe at the Republican front-runner.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

BILL CLINTON, FORMER U.S. PRESIDENT: Every Presidential election, people run and believe it or not, it's kind of scary this year, but believe it or not, most everybody actually tries to do what they're going to do when they're running. They're telling you what they believe. And so you got to take them seriously. You also have to take seriously whether they have any chance of doing it.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

BARNETT: Democratic Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders is set to layout his plan for reforming Wall Street later on Tuesday.

CHURCH: He's expected to call for a system to boost the middle class by raising taxes and penalties on the country's biggest banks. The senator gave a colorful preview at a rally on Monday.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

SEN. BERNIE SANDERS (I-VT), DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: So how are we going to come up with $70 billion to pay for free tuitions at public universities -- well, as a matter of fact, what we're proposing is a tax on Wall Street speculation. Thank you. Secretary Clinton in a recent debate we had, when asked about whether she wants corporate America to like her, she said yes. I myself can live without the love of Wall Street.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

BARNETT: All right, more stories coming up for you this hour. Despite running for the highest office in the land, even Presidential candidates do get heckled.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

HILLARY CLINTON 9D), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: You're very rude and I'm not going to ever call on you. Thank you.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

BARNETT: Say what? We'll look who handles them best, coming up

CHURCH: One of Indonesia's most active volcanos prompts officials to raise their alert level, details of a new eruption, that's still to come.

(COMMERCIAL BREAK)

[03:49:01]

CHURCH: Welcome back, everyone. Spanish football giants Real Madrid has a new head coach. The club hired Zinedine Zidane on Monday to try to turn around their disappointing season.

BARNETT: And Zidane may look familiar to you. He spent 5 years with the club as a player and has been coaching Madrid's B-Team for the past 18 months.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

ZINEDINE ZIDANE, REAL MADRID HEAD COACH: I will do my very best so at the end of the season so that this club will have a trophy. I will work hard with all the players and I think it will go well. It's an emotional day for me. I will put all my heart into this job and the club.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

CHURCH: And Zidane replaces Rafael Benitez who coached Real Madrid through just 25 matches over the past 7 months.

BARNETT: Now, if you're watching in the U.S., or in Europe, you already know there's extreme cold in your part of the world. While viewers in Indonesia know that a volcano is hitting up part of your nation. Our Meteorologist Pedram Javaheri joins us with all the details. What's happening, Pedram?

PEDRAM JAVAHERI, AMS METEOROLOGIST: It's fascinating stuff happening today. It was a December to remember across the country -- some of the temperatures observations across this region as we take a look, 5,000 record temperatures set across this region. The perspective was incredible. But the pattern expected to remain quite mild across that area of the United States, across the Midwestern is going to cool off significantly, not sure if the graphics will join us. But here we go. We'll do it once again. Here are the records set in the United States, 5215 -- temperatures -- Boston, feels like minus 8. In New York City, 4 degrees Fahrenheit, what the wind chill is across he region. Jacksonville, Florida, 83, 84 Fahrenheit in the last couple of days.

Here's what happened. Temps have cooled off 30 degrees Fahrenheit in a matter of a few days. It moderates quite rapidly. Secondary shot of cold air next week, across parts of the Midwestern U.S. In fact, look at Minneapolis, one of the cold spots in the U.S., look what happens. High temperatures struggle to above zero come Sunday after being well above freezing the last couple of days. The theme across month of December, temperatures were some ten degrees Celsius above normal. Feeling 25 below zero in Moscow, look at those high temperatures, 13 to 14 below zero with minus 6 being considered normal for this time of year across Russia.

It's the dead of winter. Typically late January, early February, where the coldest temperatures of the northern hemisphere are expected, we'll leave you with this. Take you out to northern Indonesia, one of the most active places on our planet when it comes to volcanoes -- massive eruption here. This volcano has erupted now ten times since the year 2000. Nobody hurt -- pretty spectacular sight in Indonesia.

BARNETT: Very cool stuff considering everybody is safe. Great to look at wouldn't want to be near it. Thanks, Pedram.

CHURCH: Comedians aren't the only that have to deal with hecklers.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

TRUMP: I mentioned food stamps and that guy who seriously overweight went crazy.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

CHURCH: Presidential candidates do, too. That's coming your way in just a few minutes. Do stay with us.

(COMMERCIAL BREAK)

[03:54:01]

CHURCH: A warm welcome back to you all. Heckling, it's not just a right of passage for Presidential candidates but for some practically an everyday thing.

BARNETT: The key question here, which candidate is best at handling the hecklers, CNN's Jeanne Moos has some highlights.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

JEANNE MOOS, CNN CORRESPONDENT: They can be rude and annoying, but who can resist hecklers. To see how a candidate deals with them. So, it was news when Hillary Clinton first tried to ignore...

CLINTON: I am not going to take your question.

MOOS: A Republican state representative insistent on bringing up sex issues concerning Bill Clinton finally prompting Hillary to snap.

CLINTON: You are very rude and I am not going to ever call on you. Thank you.

MOOS: The same weekend, Bernie Sanders was confronted by a sign- waving guy wearing a Trump shirt.

SANDERS: Here's a Trump supporter worried about Mr. Trump's money.

MOOS: A Sanders supporter retaliated by giving the heckler the two- handed one finger salute, no one gets more practice than Donald Trump himself. He is always saying hello, hello to a heckler or waving good-bye.

TRUMP: Bye-bye.

MOOS: At one point, Trump was accused of being too rough on a heckler who got shoved around.

TRUMP: Get him the hell out of here, will you please?

MOOS: Other times Trump softened his approach.

TRUMP: You can get him out but don't hurt him.

MOOS: He tends to handle hecklers with shrugs, smiles and head shacking.

TRUMP: I mentioned food stamps and that guy who's seriously overweight went crazy.

MOOS: Depending on which candidate you heckle, you could get Dr. Jekyll or Mr. Hyde. From Jeb Bush, asking a heckler to speak up to Chris Christie saying sit down.

CHRISTIE: Sit down and shut up.

MOOS: Bernie Sanders decided to stand down when black lives matter protesters showed up at his podium refusing to shake Sanders' hand. The candidate backed off as an organizer tried to deal.

TRUMP: I promise you that is not going to happen with me.

MOOS: It's hard to out-heckle the heckler in chief.

TRUMP: How can I describe our leaders better than the word stupid?

MOOS: Jeanne Moos, CNN New York.

TRUMP: Bye-bye, bye-bye.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

CHURCH: Bye-bye from us. Thanks for watching CNN. I am Rosemary Church.

BARNETT: And I am Errol Barnett. We're getting the heckle out of here. See you tomorrow.

CHURCH: Have a great day.

[04:00:00]