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One Dead, Two Seriously Hurt in NYC Crane Collapse; Barbara Bush Stumps for Son Jeb; Crazy Super Bowl Side Bets. Aired 10:30-11a ET

Aired February 05, 2016 - 10:30   ET

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[10:31:51] CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: And good morning. I'm Carol Costello. Thank you so much for joining me.

Back to our breaking news. New York City Bill de Blasio is about to speak at any moment now about this tragic crane collapse. One person has died as a result of this accident. Two others have been seriously hurt. As you can see, there's a lot of property damage because that crane fell lengthwise -- you know, right down the street. It encompasses a whole city block. More than 100 New York City firefighters are on the scene.

And so is CNN's Miguel Marquez. He joins us now live. Tell us more, Miguel.

MIGUEL MARQUEZ, CNN CORRESPONDENT (via telephone): Neighbors in this area describe the scene as feeling like an earthquake and sounding just like a huge explosion when this crane came down. This was a crane, not one that was attached to a building under construction as you all can see but one that was rolled in about a week ago, a week and a half ago. It was on the big tractor-like wheels.

It fell lengthwise fortunately in some ways because it went right down the center of the street. In one of the pictures that I have seen from someone in the neighborhood, it clearly crushes the top of a car that appears to have been driving down the street at the time it fell.

People in the neighborhood said that the crane showed up about a week, week and a half ago. A few days ago some people said that they saw what appeared to be one of the cables on top of the crane snap and that the top was hanging at an odd angle. They felt that it was a danger at that time.

Many, many dozens of police and fire vehicles now blocking out about six to eight blocks in downtown Manhattan here trying to figure out if there are any more injured or killed in this accident and how they're going to move this enormous piece of machinery -- Carol.

COSTELLO: I know. It has to be a challenge because in a way, it's kind of good that it fell like lengthwise down the street, but how do you begin to pick that up?

MARQUEZ: Well, they're going to need a lot more heavy machinery to get in there and pick it up. I mean this was also a day when we had a very heavy, wet snow in the city. All of the trees, all of the electrical wires blanketed in that heavy the snow.

It may have weighted down that crane a long the top of it, if it was damaged previously and it was having some sort of a stability issue. The snow that was accumulating on it could have put it over the top.

It has caused a major disruption in this area with the subway lines being rerouted and not stopping in this area. It's a very, very congested area of New York City. The streets are very narrow. Amazing for that reason that it felt lengthwise down the block and didn't hit other buildings on the way down.

And I should say that this was a building that was already constructed. It appeared they brought this the crane in about a week and a half ago to put something up on top of that building that had already been completed. There is another building, a very iconic building that's being built nearby that has a very large crane, it's about a 50 or 60-story building. It was not that building that was affected. It was the one right around the corner from it that had already been constructed and looked like they were adding something to the top.

[10:35:08] Lots of construction down in this area, and a lot of concern now by the residents in this area about when they'll get their lives back in order. Much of this area now blocked off with emergency workers can get in there and figure out how they're going to move this thing -- Carol.

COSTELLO: All right. Miguel Marquez, reporting live for us this morning -- thank you.

Still to come in the NEWSROOM, Barbara Bush has some advice for her son, Jeb -- stop being so nice.

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COSTELLO: Jeb Bush is fighting for his political life in New Hampshire. A new CNN/WMUR poll has Bush trailing the Republican presidential pack with 10 percent. And now his campaign is bringing out the big guns. That would be his family.

First up, his mom, Barbara Bush, stumping for Bush in New Hampshire and giving him a motherly piece of advice.

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BARBARA BUSH, FORMER FIRST LADY OF THE UNITED STATES: He's almost too polite. I don't advise him, but if I gave him advice, I would say why don't you interrupt like the - other people do.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Really?

B. BUSH: Yes, I would say that.

JEB BUSH (R), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: I've gotten better at interrupting, Mom -- come on.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: You mean interrupt during the debate?

[10:40:05] B. BUSH: Yes. He's so polite. We brought him up that way, and he does not brag like some people we know.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Who are you talking about?

B. BUSH: I can't remember.

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COSTELLO: Barbara Bush went on to say that's a joke. That is not dementia. Bush also has his brother George W. on board -- the former president touting his brother's strength on foreign policy.

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GEORGE W. BUSH, FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: I know Jeb. I know he has a good heart and strong backbone. Jeb will unite our country. He knows how to bring the world together against terror. He knows when tough measures must be taken. Experience and judgment count in the Oval Office.

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COSTELLO: I'm joined by Republican strategist Kayleigh McEnany and CNN political commentator and former Capitol Hill communications director Tara Setmayer. Welcome to both of you.

KAYLEIGH MCENANY, REPUBLICAN STRATEGIST: Thanks -- Carol.

TARA SETMAYER, CNN POLITICAL COMMENTATOR: Thank you.

COSTELLO: Ok. The Tara, remember way back in the day just a few months ago that Jeb Bush was trying to distance himself from his brother. He didn't know what exactly to say, and now he's embracing him George W. Why?

SETMAYER: Because he's desperate -- that's plain and simple. Jeb Bush, his campaign has been fledgling for months. You can remember a couple of months back, back in October they had this emergency meeting, strategy meeting with his top donors and his family. The last time he pulled his family out, to allay the fears of the donors that he wasn't going to drop out and that he was really in this to win it and they were going they were going to retool the campaign.

Mind you, for months before that they've been doing everything they can to back away from the Bush legacy. The whole aspect of dynasty, the dynastic aspect of his candidacy was something they were trying to get away from because unfortunately his brother left office with one of the lowest approval ratings ever. It was in the low 20s.

People didn't want to be reminded of the Bush years. And Jeb knew that. Look at his logo, it's Jeb. It doesn't say anything about Bush. But now he's desperate. He has to bring out his mommy to come out who is more witty than he is to save the day. I just don't think that that very -- that that shows confidence -- that doesn't look like strength for him.

COSTELLO: Tara -- Barbara Bush -- no, no, but Barbara Bush charming. She's strong.

SETMAYER: I love her.

COSTELLO: Everyone loves Barbara Bush.

SETMAYER: I love her. I love her, she's amazing. But he's a lot like -- but he's a lot lying

KAYLEIGH MCENANY, REPUBLICAN STRATEGIST: I disagree with Tara on this. I think Jeb Bush should have embraced his last name from the beginning because while Tara's correct, you know, initially George approval his approval ratings were low.

A CNN poll last year showed that among the general public, his approval is higher than Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. It's above 50 percent, and among Republicans, it's even higher. You know, you can't help yourself as a Republican when you watch that ad with George W. Bush. And you see Barbara Bush, you can't help but get a smile on your face. Because Republicans still think fondly of George? It's not Jeb's year. It's an outsider year. I definitely believe that. I think he might have had more success, if he would have embraced the name from the get go.

COSTELLO: Ok. So Tara --

SETMAYER: I'm sorry. Go ahead -- Carol.

COSTELLO: Go ahead. Battle it out.

SETMAYER: Not necessarily. I don't think that at a time when it is an outsider year that bringing bad -- dredging up the old Bush years, even though he may be popular among Republicans, but barely. Most Republicans -- the first thing -- look, when I was in Washington D.C. And we were talking about Jeb Bush, people would go oh my god not another Bush.

That was the feeling inside the beltway. And these are the people who are supposed to be on his side -- the establishment, right. Everyone was like, god, no, please. I'm sorry. When it comes to the point now where the Jeb Bush campaign has spent so much money to crack barely double digits in New Hampshire, they put all their eggs in the New Hampshire basket. He's barely cracking --

COSTELLO: Let me get this point out. Except, except Hillary Clinton is doing pretty good. She's the establishment candidate, right. On the other side of the aisle Donald Trump and Ted Cruz are doing good for now, but Marco Rubio is surging. And we'll just see what happens in New Hampshire.

So maybe when people say they're tired of a Clinton and Bush, they didn't really mean it -- Kayleigh. MCENANY: I think you're right. And look Carol, there's no way for

him to get away from his last name. He can put Jeb! but everyone knows in place of that exclamation mark is Bush. He can't get away from his last name. so he should have embraced it.

But here's what Jeb did wrong. Jeb made himself an insider, made himself an establishment figure when he positioned himself against Donald Trump. Donald Trump baited him and Jeb Bush took the bait and attacked Donald Trump. And that made him the Donald Trump antithesis and that made him the Donald Trump opposite. It made him the insider the Donald Trump -- that was a mistake, not the fact that he had a last name that he tried to stray from.

COSTELLO: All right. Tara Setmayer, Kayleigh McEnany -- thanks to both of you. Still to come in the NEWSROOM, when it comes to secretary of state using personal private e-mail counts to leave it there. Thank you both.

Still to come in the NEWSROOM: when it comes to secretaries of state using personal private e-mail accounts, it turns out Hillary Clinton is not alone.

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COSTELLO: The State Department now says Hillary Clinton was not the first secretary of state to have classified material on her private e- mail. An internal investigation found Colin Powell and some top aids to Condoleezza Rice also fell victim to private e-mails being retroactively re-classified secrets or Colin Powell took exception to the disclosure saying quote, "I have reviewed the messages and I do not see what makes them classified."

Let's bring in CNN justice reporter Evan Perez. He has more for us -- good morning.

EVAN PEREZ, CNN JUSTICE CORRESPONDENT: Good morning -- Carol. This is certainly something that the Clinton campaign says proves what they've been saying all along is right. Essentially, if anybody in Washington, any top official in Washington if you look at their unclassified or their private e-mail even, you're going to find sensitive and perhaps classified information.

[10:45:03] In the case of Colin Powell according to the State Departments inspector general there were two particular e-mails that have now been flagged as being classified. They were more than a dozen years ago. In the case of Condoleezza Rice, we're talking about ten e-mails that were sent to her aide. Condoleezza Rice has issued a statement from her office at Stanford University where she was a professor. And she points out that she never used e-mail at all while she was secretary of state, and that these ten e-mails, she says, did not contain any intelligence information.

It's important to point out that in the case of Hillary Clinton as opposed to the other two, she set up her own private server to handle all her government work while she was secretary of state. And of course, there's still an FBI investigation that is now hanging over her campaign -- Carol.

COSTELLO: All right. Evan Perez reporting live for us this morning. Thank you.

Checking some other top stories for you at 50 minutes past:

A six-day three-state crime spree now over as one suspect is killed and the other is in custody following that big gunfight with police. The suspects, a couple from Missouri had been nicknamed is modern day Bonnie and Clyde. They were wanting for kidnapping and armed robbery.

A New Jersey man has been charged with several misdemeanors including reckless endangerment after crashing his drone into the Empire State Building. Sean Riddle lost control of his drone while flying it around the landmark and then he went inside the Empire State Building to ask security to give him back his drone.

Just after the crash, he tweeted, "Filming with drone, now it's stuck on the Empire State Building with security. Hash tag, background check." Well he was arrested and charged with those misdemeanors after doing that.

President Obama is pushing for a new oil tax that would cost companies 10$ a barrel.

It's all part of a strategy by the White House to pay for a new wave of clean transportation investments. Obama's chief economic adviser the tax would create a level playing field and would apply only to oil imported to the United States. The proposal is unlikely to pass the Republican controlled congress.

Still to come in the NEWSROOM: including some outrageous crazy side bets you can make during the Super Bowl, including some so outrageous you probably never thought of them.

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COSTELLO: The Broncos and the Panthers face off in Super Bowl 50 on Sunday. One player is a little bit nervous. It has nothing to do with the millions of people who will be watching him on television. Andy Scholes joins us from Super Bowl city in downtown, San Francisco with a special family reunion. Good morning.

ANDY SCHOLES, CNN SPORTS: Good morning, Carol.

Yes, wide receiver DeMaryius Thomas is going to be playing in his second Super Bowl, but this is going to be the first time that his mom is going to be able to watch him play in the big game in person and that's because she was recently serving a 20 -year prison sentence for drug trafficking.

Katina Smith was released in November after President Obama commuted her sentence. She was on hand to watch the Broncos win the AFC title. But DeMaryius says having her there on Super Bowl Sunday is going to be extra special.

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DEMARYIUS THOMAS, NFL PLAYER: It's like a dream come true. You know, I never thought I'd get the chance to play in a Super Bowl game in front of my mom because of the situation she was in. Now that she's out and able to make the game, I'm excited about that and hopefully we can go out and get the win.

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SCHOLES: All right. An estimated $4.2 billion is going to be bet on the Super Bowl by American according to the American Gaming Association. And Carol a chunk of that money -- it comes from crazy prop bets you can make on the game. Since the game is in the Bay Area this year, you can make a prop bet that there will be an earthquake during the game. It pays 56 to 1. there is a stipulation though The earthquake has to be at least a 2.0 magnitude and happened within 50 miles of Levi's Stadium. You can also bet on weather on not the power will go out during the game. That pays 20 to 1. You've seen it happen before -- right, Carol two years ago in New Orleans to power without.

And then if you're watching sports all weekend hey -- you can bet on which will have more Lebron Points versus the Pelicans on Saturday or which will be the shortest field goal made during the game. Carol, it's pretty much if you can think of it. You're watching sports all weekend, you can bet on it in the Super Bowl.

COSTELLO: I can't believe, earthquake ones awful. That's not funny. It's just unbelievable.

SCHOLES: Ye. It's good odds, though, right?

COSTELLO: I guess so.

SCHOLES: Carol, you know what, we're going to have much on the Super Bowl coming up tomorrow. We have the kick off from the Bay, we've got a Super Bowl special, a "CNN BLEACHER REPORT SUPER BOWL SPECIAL".

COSTELLO: My God -- they look like twins.

SCIUTTO: Chris Cuomo, Dan Marino, 2:30 Eastern tomorrow afternoon.

COSTELLO: I was just like -- someone was in my ear and I couldn't here you at the end. But that graphic with Chris Cuomo and Dan Marino, they look like twins -- it's amazing.

SCHOLES: Cuomo likes to say he looks like Dan Marino.

COSTELLO: Look at that. That's amazing. They look like brothers.

SCHOLES: Separated at birth.

COSTELLO: Yes, exactly. Andy Scholes -- thanks so much.

Thank you for joining me today. I'm Carol Costello.

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