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Trump to Deliver Foreign Policy Speech Today; Paris Terror Suspect Extradited to France; Interview with Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz. Aired 6:30-7a ET

Aired April 27, 2016 - 06:30   ET

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[06:30:02] DONALD TRUMP (R), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE (via telephone): But Hillary's got a lot of flaws, she's got a lot of problems, and she does have the woman card, that's a big thing. But a lot of women, as you know, don't like Hillary, despite the card, and we'll see what happens.

You're going to cover it better than anybody, and CNN's doing a very good job.

CHRIS CUOMO, CNN ANCHOR: Well, that's a --

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CUOMO: We take great pride in that estimation.

TRUMP: Errol is very biased against me, which is too bad.

CUOMO: Errol Louis says that is not true and he is very happy that you got up so early this morning.

TRUMP: Errol is totally biased. There are others but Errol -- some day I'm going to watch him say something good about Trump and I'll be so happy.

He's very biased.

CUOMO: Well, you know what? Keep watching NEW DAY, because that's where Errol Louis when not on his own show.

Appreciate you getting up early this morning. Congratulations on last night. We do look forward to see what's happening going forward.

TRUMP: OK, thank you very much.

CUOMO: Have a good day.

TRUMP: Bye.

ALISYN CAMEROTA, CNN ANCHOR: All right. A lot to talk about with our panel.

Let's bring in the aforementioned Errol Louis.

CUOMO: Errol Louis, black hat Louis.

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CAMEROTA: What's your response, Errol?

ERROL LOUIS, CNN POLITICAL COMMENTATOR: Well, I've invited him on to my show. I had a very nice sit-down interview with him. It's one of the first field interviewed I did.

CUOMO: Say something nice about Trump.

LOUIS: Congratulations.

CUOMO: There you go!

LOUIS: I thought he cleaned their clocks last night and has an open invitation to come on "Inside City Hall" on New York 1 and resume the talk from a few years ago where I visited tower.

There are things about the campaign and I think like anybody else, I mean, we have an obligation to speak up when we see people beaten at rallies and things like that to not skirt over it because the candidate might not like you to notice it. I had noticed those things. It troubles me.

DAVID GREGORY, CNN POLITICAL ANALYST: Errol is a first-rate analyst straight shooter and I stand up for you any day.

LOUIS: Thank you.

CAMEROTA: We do, too.

Jackie, let's talk about --

CUOMO: I'm sideways on it. A compelling case.

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LOUIS: Not sure. Yeah.

CAMEROTA: Jackie, let's talk about where Chris and Donald Trump just finished, the woman card. He clearly does not regret or he's not changing his rhetoric about that. He doubled down and said that's all that Hillary Clinton has. How do you think that that will play with female voters?

JACKIE KUCINICH, WASHINGTON BUREAU CHIEF, THE DAILY BEAST: I'm just going to throw this out there, that it's not going to play well with female voters. He also said --

CUOMO: But will he say it, Jackie, if he thought it was going to tank?

KUCINICH: No.

CUOMO: He usually has a basis of suspicion at least. CAMEROTA: And it usually works. I mean, as we've seen, he says

things that are provocative. Other people go, whoa, that's going to hurt him -- and then it doesn't.

KUCINICH: Maybe it won't hurt him but we're talking about a general election where he's in a 70 percent hole with women at this point, who view him unfavorably.

I don't know that he climbs out of it saying Hillary Clinton is just is a woman and if she was a man, no one would vote for her. Also he said, again, language matters. He said he was running against a bunch of very capable people in the primary and a woman. So we're people, too. Just throwing that out there.

But it really -- that tone is going to matter in a general, when you have women who are independents and Democrats potentially looking at him as a possible choice.

CUOMO: And probably, David, women, you know, and thank God I'm lucky to be surrounded by them, raised by them, not necessarily want to be told -- Alisyn, you're going to vote for her because she's a woman, right? That's it. It's over for you. That can also sound like pandering. Maybe he's going that way with it?

CAMEROTA: I mean, Hillary Clinton wishes all women would vote for her. That she's gotten in trouble, we remember, with Madeleine Albright, that women are supposed to vote for her. That's not working as much this time.

CUOMO: She's playing the card instead of making the case?

GREGORY: Look, what drives a lot of Republicans crazy is that they think that Donald Trump, and I think it was evidenced, this morning, he's a gut player writ large, right? This isn't strategic. He's going on the attack, going to talk about the woman card. He's got hugely high negatives among women. That's a huge problem.

Even among white women, which Mitt Romney won by 14 points, white women. Women overall still vote for the Democrat. But white women that he has a deficit.

So, if you look at what are Hillary Clinton's liabilities? There's not a tremendous amount of passion behind her, that she will not do well likely with white men and with the working-class voters. If he doesn't do something to do better among women then he's giving her, he's helping her overcome a huge liability on her side and potentially turning out more of her base. I think that's the real danger that Republicans see with talking like that.

CUOMO: We also have a very good look at something, and it is early. He did get up, but it does not take long for Donald Trump to get on his game and he did. And I think we see the basic proposition moving forward for him, is, what got him here, will that work to get him to the White House?

That's what it is. He'll say he'll be reflective and this and that. [06:35:03] That's the question. And, Errol, even with all of this

success that he's had, objectively, that's a big, open question.

LOUIS: Well, I don't know if it's a big, open question for Donald Trump. I mean, he said last night. I'm not changing the code. I'm on a winning team. I'm not doing anything different.

He didn't give us a reason this morning to think he's going in a different direction. The reality is, how doe he win state after state and to the extent he can win independents -- I mean, those are the numbers to sort of look at, crack that open in some of the swing states, see how that's playing, and that will give you your answer about whether or not it even makes sense for him to pivot. And, of course, the related question is, could he, even if he wanted to?

CAMEROTA: Jackie, Chris asked about his foreign policy speech he'll be giving later today. He was vague. He didn't offer any specifics. Is that OK? At some point, are voters going to demand more?

KUCINICH: Donald Trump has been able -- I mean, as we've talked about over and over again, he's kind of been able to flip the script. I mean, in theory? Sure. But he -- you know, I think we might see something similar to the speech he gave AIPAC, something scripted, something that maybe doesn't go to the outer fringe of where the Republican Party is.

But, you know, I will say when he released his foreign policy advisors a lot of people in Washington in that National Security Committee that said, who? So it will be very interesting to see where he does take this today.

GREGORY: I think it's -- I think he's going to talk a lot about economic populism, economic isolationism, protectionism, and all of the impact on jobs. Look, Donald Trump does not have a developed view of the world. That in and of itself is not unusual for a candidate at this stage.

He talked about the special operators -- well, what he glossed over is the idea that that might be a deterrent effect to the United States announcing that you send in special operators to work where they will.

So, I think this is -- this is something he's got to be able to signal to voters he's got more of a sense of the world.

Foreign policy is the one area that a president really has control over more than domestic policy. He's got to be able to calm people down.

And, by the way, in Indiana, legacy of Richard Lugar, Senator Lugar, there's an electorate used to hearing and discussing foreign policy. I think it's one of the reasons he's --

CUOMO: Interesting. He said he reached out to Mike Pence, likes Pence. He's not sure if he's going to get the endorsement, but doesn't think he'll endorse anybody else.

GREGORY: Right. Which is good for him.

CAMEROTA: Panel, thank you. It's been great to get your insights this morning.

KUCINICH: Take care.

CUOMO: This speech is going to matter and we are going to cover it. Later this morning, Wolf Blitzer is going to anchor CNN's live coverage of Donald Trump's foreign policy speech at noon. Does he step it up?

CAMEROTA: Also coming up on NEW DAY, House Speaker Paul Ryan will join us live in our 8:00 hour. What does they think about Trump's big win, what does he think about Trump's policies? We'll talk about all of that.

Michaela?

MICHAELA PEREIRA, CNN ANCHOR: And in the 8:00 hour, Chris will buy us breakfast.

CAMEROTA: Yay!

PEREIRA: All right. Also in the news this morning, pop superstar Prince, the future of his multimillion dollar estate, did he have a will? We'll tell you what his sister revealed in court documents, after this.

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[06:41:55] PEREIRA: We have breaking news out of Paris. Prosecutors say Salah Abdeslam, the lone surviving terror suspect connected to the deadly attacks in Paris, is back in France. Abdeslam is extradited from Belgium this morning. He is charged with attempted murder last month, after engaging in a shoutout with police in Brussels. Abdeslam is set to face charges for the November massacre, which killed 130 people.

COUMO: We're learning more about the details of that family massacre in southern Ohio. The coroner's office now says most of the eight victims were shot multiple times. One had nine gunshot wounds and some of the bodies were bruised as well. There have been no arrests yet in this case. Now, authorities say a marijuana growing operation was found at the crime scene, but they can't say yet if this was about a drug gang-involved killing.

CAMEROTA: There's some severe weather to tell you about. It has struck millions of people from Oklahoma to Ohio overnight with more on the way today. Thunderstorms, massive hail, strong winds, they're all part of this system hitting the Plains and the Midwest.

At least five tornadoes touched down in four states yesterday. Fortunately, there were no reports of major damage, or injuries. A flash flood warning remains in effect through this morning.

PEREIRA: Prince's sister revealing to a Minnesota court that as far as she knows, the pop superstar did not have a will. In court documents, Tyka Nelson suggested no one really knows the value of his estate, which, of course, includes his Paisley Park property, a record label and thousands of songs. She asked a special administrator be appointed to figure it all out.

His estate has been widely reported to be worth at least $300 billion. Prince was no longer married and he did not leave behind parents or children.

CAMEROTA: Man, that is complicated, to figure out, to sort all of that out.

Well, Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton dominating the latest Super Tuesday last night. We'll look at the key factors that put them both over the top.

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[06:47:51] PEREIRA: Both Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton scoring huge victories that bring them closer to a general election showdown. Trump sweeping all five states, Clinton taking all but one.

So, why were voters in the Northeast so decisive?

Christine Romans joins us now with deciding factors in the exit poll.

CHRISTINE ROMANS, CNN CHIEF BUSINESS CORRESPONDENT: Hi, guys. They were decisive.

You know, both Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump dominating across issues and demographics.

Let's start with the Republican front-runner who has built a coalition of support. He has always done well with voters without a college degree. The poorly educated he famously called this demographic. In Pennsylvania, he took 66 percent of the vote. John Kasich a distant second.

But, last night, Trump overwhelmingly won college educated voters. Almost half of voters with a diploma broke for Trump in Pennsylvania. We saw the same trend in Maryland, where Trump carried college graduate voters there.

On the issues, in Connecticut, with GOP voters saying immigration is the top issue, Trump their choice by a wide margin. We saw the same with voters who said terrorism and the economy are their top concerns.

Trump also building support across age lines. In Connecticut, among GOP voters over 45 years old, almost six in 10 broke for Trump. Voters under 44 in the state also pick Trump 55 percent.

Let's turn to the Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton. In Maryland, where more than 6 in 10 voters with a college degree went for Clinton and voters without a college degree in the state also breaking for Clinton, 64 percent. Bernie Sanders far behind there. Hillary Clinton also broadening support with white voters. In

Pennsylvania, Clinton winning more than half of all white voters. We saw the same in Maryland played out.

But one demographic where Hillary Clinton is losing to Bernie Sanders consistently and again last night, younger voters. In Maryland, voters under 44 broke decisively for Bernie Sanders. We saw the same thing in Connecticut, less than a third of voters under age 44 broke for Clinton -- Chris.

CUOMO: Hmm. Interesting always to see in the numbers of the results, Christine Romans, thank you very much.

We have much more ahead on the morning after Super Tuesday. A huge night for Hillary Clinton as well as Donald Trump. So what does this mean for the man on your screen, Senator Bernie Sanders? Is it time to go? What is the DNC saying about all of this?

We have the head of the party, next.

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[06:53:38] HILLARY CLINTON (D), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: With your help we're going to come back to Philadelphia for the Democratic National Convention, with the most votes and the most pledged delegates.

We will unify our party to win this election.

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CAMEROTA: That's Hillary Clinton calms for party unity after beating Bernie Sanders in four out of five Super Tuesday contests in the Northeast. Clinton now has 90 percent of the delegates needed to clinch the Democratic nomination. So, is it time for Bernie Sanders to bow out?

Joining us is Florida Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz. She's chair of the Democratic National Committee.

Good morning, Congresswoman.

REP. DEBBIE WASSERMAN SCHULTZ (D-FL), CHAIRWOMAN OF THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE: Good morning, Alisyn.

CAMEROTA: OK.

WASSERMAN SCHULTZ: Good to be with you.

CAMEROTA: Great to have you here. So --

WASSERMAN SCHULTZ: Thank you.

CAMEROTA: So you heard there Hillary Clinton was very happy last night. Bernie Sanders put out a statement late last night in which he said that he's moving on. He is headed to the convention. He said that he's not bowing out.

Are you comfortable with this primary pressing well on through the spring and into the summer?

WASSERMAN SCHULTZ: I'm comfortable with, that the primary is playing out to its natural conclusion. We have 14 primaries remaining, and the decision to continue or withdraw is fully that of either one of our candidates.

And so, at the same time that this primary nominating contest continues, we're not sitting idly by at the DNC. We're getting ready, preparing for the general election.

[06:55:03] We've begun coordinating with our state parties around the country to stand up the infrastructure necessary to run a coordinated campaign effectively, particularly in battleground states.

And so, we're walking and chewing gum at the same time, and this primary will play out to its natural conclusion, and that's been our expectation.

CAMEROTA: Well, the problem with the primary continuing on is that every day Hillary Clinton is battling Bernie Sanders, she's not taking on Donald Trump, and last night, Donald Trump sure seemed like he was turning his attention to the general election and training his sights on Hillary Clinton.

So, I mean, Debbie, what do you think? Is she -- is this a disadvantage for her if he's attacking Hillary and Hillary Clinton is not yet in the general?

WASSERMAN SCHULTZ: Well, again, while our primary plays out, we are getting ready to make sure that we can be prepared to launch whichever one of these candidates is eventually our nominee.

And you've seen both of our candidates talk about the contrast that we'll see when we do have a nominee, consistently. They've made the case that either one of these candidates would be far more effective at carrying on President Obama's legacy, building on the progress of economic success that we've had, pulling us out of the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression, which Republican policies espoused by Donald Trump and the entire extreme Republican field would bring us back to.

And, you know, Donald Trump does something he does every day, keep talking every day, because he does more to alienate the important groups of voters that Republicans acknowledged in 2012 they had to stop alienating and win over in order to win presidential elections. They have done that. They've done just the opposite.

CAMEROTA: We just had Donald Trump on show NEW DAY moments ago, and he went right after Hillary Clinton. So, let me play for you what he said this morning.

WASSERMAN SCHULTZ: Sure.

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TRUMP: She is a woman. She's playing the woman card left and right. She did play it last time with Obama but she's playing it much harder this time, and she will be called on it. If she were a man and she was the way she is, she would get virtually no votes.

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CAMEROTA: Your response to that?

WASSERMAN SCHULTZ: Oh, just keep talking, Donald Trump. Keep talking. Every single day when Donald Trump opens his mouth, he does more to alienate women.

The last time I checked, women were the decisive demographic in the outcome of presidential elections in recent and modern times. Donald Trump does more to alienate women. He's completely upside-down with women and having been a woman my entire life and certainly a woman my entire professional life, I don't know a lot of professional women that think that going in to something that is very competitive, that it's generally been a huge advantage to be a woman. So it's great that Donald Trump woman card is a huge advantage.

Hillary Clinton or Bernie Sanders are going to win this election because they will build on the success that we've had economically. They'll focus on adding more people to make sure they have health insurance rather than repealing it. They'll make sure that they protect the access to health care for women. Donald Trump said women should be punished who choose to have an abortion and make other health care decisions.

So, the contrast will not be able to be more clear going into a general election no matter which of our well-qualified candidates ultimately are the nominee and on top of that, Alisyn, consistently in New York, now in Pennsylvania and across the primary states yesterday, our voters coming out to the polls are enthusiastic about voting for either one of our candidates and Republican voters have consistently says coming out of the primaries, they think their primary damaged their candidates, it has been divisive, and less likely their eventual nominee is going to be president.

CAMEROTA: All right. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, thanks so much. Great to get your perspective on NEW DAY.

WASSERMAN SCHULTZ: Thank you.

CAMEROTA: We have more Super Tuesday coverage ahead. We'll break down the path ahead for Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton. So let's get right to it.

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TRUMP: They have no path. Zero path to victory.

We're going to win on the first ballot.

CLINTON: We will prevail against candidates on the other side.

SEN. BERNIE SANDERS (I-VT), DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: We're in this to the end. We stand a very good chance to win.

SEN. TED CRUZ (R-TX), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: The eyes of the nation are looking at the crossroads of America.

CLINTON: When I hear the Republican front-runner, I'm just bewildered.

TRUMP: The only thing she's got going in the woman's card. The beautiful thing is, women don't like her.

CLINTON: Despite what other candidates say, we believe in the greatness of our nation.

TRUMP: I call her crooked Hillary. She's crooked. She'll be a horrible president.

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