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Trump Clinches Delegates, Focuses on November; Trump and Rubio Make Peace After Bitter Fight; Angry Dems Rip Sanders for Trump Debate Plan; Obama Pays His Respects in Hiroshima; TSA Faces Challenge During Holiday Weekend; CDC Sounds Alarm on Superbug. Aired 10-10:30a ET

Aired May 27, 2016 - 10:00   ET

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[10:00:01] MOOS: Jeanne Moos, CNN, New York.

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PAMELA BROWN, CNN ANCHOR: Wow. The next hour of CNN NEWSROOM begins right now.

Well, good Friday morning. I'm Pamela Brown in for Carol Costello. Thanks so much for joining me.

Donald Trump loves to talk about his billions but it's a much more modest number of 1237 that he's celebrating today. Trump clinched enough delegates to become the Republican nominee and now he is on a victory lap and looking ahead to the party's convention in July.

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DONALD TRUMP (R), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: I always said I was going to win on first ballot. I didn't know I was going to win this quickly, so now we're the nomine. Now we're the nominee. We're going to have a great convention. We're going to have a great time in Cleveland and we're going to have great unification, and already everyone is coming out. The congressman was telling me just before, they're all coming out in favor.

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BROWN: So relieved of any convention drama, Trump can now focus his attacks on the Democrats, and he's relishing the irony that Hillary Clinton was expected to lock up her nomination long ago.

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TRUMP: And here I am watching Hillary fight, and she can't close the deal and that should be such an easy deal to close.

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BROWN: So there's a lot to break down on this Friday. Our Jason Carroll is here in New York and CNN's Manu Raju is in Washington. But, Jason, I want to start with you. It seems as though some of these Republicans who were once very critical of Trump are now coalescing around him. JASON CARROLL, CNN NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Yes, rallying around him.

Trump is loving all of this, loving this moment. Really likes going after Hillary Clinton. He did that again yesterday, really going after her, going after her, going after the president as well. But first on Hillary Clinton, he cited that State Department inspector report which basically criticized -- a scathing report which criticized Clinton for using her personal e-mail server to do government business when she was secretary of state.

He criticized her. Also took a moment to criticize the president as well who mentioned those world leaders who said that they were rattled by Trump's rhetoric.

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TRUMP: When you rattle someone, that's good, because many of the world, as you know, many of our -- the countries in our world, our beautiful world, have been absolutely abusing us and taking advantage of us. So if they're rattled in a friendly way -- we're going to have great relationships with these countries but if they're rattled in a friendly way, that's a good thing, John, not a bad thing.

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CARROLL: And Trump already looking ahead to the general election. He said basically what he's going to be doing is trying to focus on many of those states that traditionally have gone blue, trying to turn those states red. Places like New York, places like Washington, places like California. As you know he's going to be making two stops in California later today.

BROWN: Keeping up a very busy schedule despite clinching the nomination there.

CARROLL: Absolutely.

BROWN: And Manu, to you. We heard Donald Trump say that the party is united behind him, but what are the former GOP contenders doing?

MANU RAJU, CNN SENIOR POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT: Well, not everyone is fully behind him. Some certainly have such as Rick Perry, the former Texas governor, also Bobby Jindal has as well, but Ted Cruz, for instance, has not thrown his hat behind Donald Trump. Actually he's avoided questions on Donald Trump yesterday in the Senate, similarly with Lindsey Graham saying nicer things about Donald Trump but not really yet on that Trump train.

But Marco Rubio is a very interesting case. Now Rubio is coming under enormous pressure in the Senate to run for re-election. He said that he would not run for a second Senate term, but there's a growing fear among the party establishment that Florida -- the Florida Senate seat could be at risk so Rubio is coming under a lot of pressure from Mitch McConnell, the Senate majority leader, on down to folks in the rank and file really pushing him to run.

Now last night an interesting tweet put out by Donald Trump, and I will read it to you, actually urging Rubio to run for re-election. He said, "Poll data shows that Marco Rubio does by far the best in holding on to his Senate seat in Florida. Important to keep the majority. Run, Marco."

Now this came just hours after CNN released part of an interview with Jake Tapper where Rubio actually said some nice things about Donald Trump. Surprising, remember, Rubio said that -- he called Trump a con man at one point, said he would drive in a pickup truck all around to stop Donald Trump, but yesterday when speaking to Jake Tapper, sung a little bit of a different tune.

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SEN. MARCO RUBIO (R), FLORIDA: My sense is I'm going to go to the convention.

JAKE TAPPER, CNN ANCHOR: You are?

RUBIO: And I'll -- I don't know if I'll have a role on the convention, but I have a lot of people going there that were supporters.

TAPPER: But if Donald Trump asked you to speak on his behalf, you would do so?

RUBIO: Maybe I -- yes, I want to be helpful. I don't want to be harmful because I don't want Hillary Clinton to be president. If there's something I can do to help that from happening and it's helpful to the cause, I'm most certainly be honored to be considered for that.

TAPPER: Are you planning on releasing your delegates?

RUBIO: Yes. In fact we basically, technically have already because Donald is going to have the majority number and the point will be irrelevant. So if we haven't done so already, we will.

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[10:05:02] RAJU: Now the question is what are Rubio's next steps? Folks who are very close to Marco Rubio believe that he wants to run for president again someday, perhaps in 2020, if Donald Trump does not win this fall, but the big question is going to be whether or not he decides to run for re-election because there's a June 24th filing deadline in Florida, and the pressure is getting intense -- Pam.

BROWN: It sure is. Manu Raju, thank you very much for that. Jason Carroll, we do appreciate it.

And you can catch Jake Tapper's full interview with Marco Rubio in "STATE OF THE UNION" Sunday morning at 9:00 a.m. Eastern only on CNN.

Well, Bernie Sanders refusing to be squeezed out and now promoting a possible debate with Donald Trump. Sanders appeared on the Jimmy Kimmel show where Trump appeared to have accepted the challenge just the night before. SEN. BERNIE SANDERS (D), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: You made it possible

for us to have a very interesting debate.

JIMMY KIMMEL, HOST, "JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE": That's right.

SANDERS: About two guys who look at the world very, very differently.

KIMMEL: Oh, boy, do you guys look at it differently. That would be some debate. I mean, I really think it might be one of the highest rated events in television history.

SANDERS: Well, I think it -- you know, the goal would be to have it in some big stadium here in California.

KIMMEL: Yes. That would be great.

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BROWN: So before Sanders can face Donald Trump in their proposed debate, he must first deal with rising anger within his own party.

Our national politics reporter MJ Lee is here to explain. So, MJ, what's the complaint?

MJ LEE, CNN POLITICS CORRESPONDENT: Well, while there would be a lot of entertainment value to a Trump and Sanders debate there is a lot of anger and frustration that is starting to boil over among Democratic Party leaders and rank-and-file members as well. They are growing increasingly concerned about Sanders' decision to stay in the presidential race even as many in the party feel like the math has been against him for a very long time.

Now I should point out many Democrats say Sanders has played an important role by challenging Hillary Clinton, bringing up issues that are important to progressives, whether it's Wall Street reform, student loans, or campaign finance reform. But that patience and sense of goodwill is starting to wear thin as we get into the summer months. The party would like to focus entirely now on Donald Trump and that urgency has increased as Trump clinched the nomination yesterday by getting to the 1,237 delegates.

Now in the coming weeks I think we'll be hearing a lot of Democrats pleading with Sanders to move out of the way and let Hillary Clinton take on Donald Trump.

BROWN: All right. MJ, thank you so much.

And Sanders in the meantime may be, you know, grabbing some more attention here with this talk about a debate. This is happening as Hillary Clinton is really getting some flack on that State Department IG report. Tell us how this is all playing out.

LEE: Well, this is certainly another unwelcomed distraction for Hillary Clinton at this point in the race. This is a new State Department IG report that said that she failed to follow the proper rules and inform the necessary State Department officials about the private e-mail server that she had been using. The reports that Clinton should have -- surrendered, rather, all e-mails related to official business before leaving government but that she simply failed to do so.

Now Clinton insists that it was all an honest mistake. Let's take a listen to a part of how she reacted this week to this report.

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HILLARY CLINTON (D), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: Well, I thought it was allowed. I knew past secretaries of state use personal e-mail. Secretary Kerry did for a period of time until the rules were clarified. They were not a model of clarity, and it seems like there is still more work to do on that. So yes, I believed it was allowed. But that's not the point. I said it was a mistake.

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LEE: Now this is a controversy, of course, that has really dogged Hillary Clinton throughout this presidential campaign as she suffered from the sense from voters that she's either not trustworthy or not honest. So another controversy that she'll want to quickly work to put behind her. Sanders continues to challenge her from the left -- Pamela.

BROWN: Absolutely. MJ Lee, thank you for that.

And as the primary season winds down, the 2016 campaign is in a place that many probably wouldn't have predicted just a few months ago. I think that's safe to say. The Republicans seemingly coming together while the divide among Democrats grows.

Here to discuss, Scottie Nell Hughes, Trump supporter, and Bill Press, Sanders supporter and author of "Buyer's Remorse: How Obama Let Progressives Down."

Bill, I want to start with you on the heels of MJ's report because a lot of Democrats it seems are angry that Bernie Sanders is pushing for this debate with Donald Trump. They think it's selfish of him and not in the party's best interest. Do you agree?

BILL PRESS, SANDERS SUPPORTER: You know, these are some of the same Democrats who didn't want any primary in the first place. They wanted a coronation. They didn't want anybody to challenge Hillary Clinton. Well, you know what I say to them? Too damn bad. Right?

[10:10:01] You know, this is democracy. Bernie has got a right to run and Bernie has got the right and will stay in this primary all the way until the end just like Hillary Clinton did in 2008, and I must add Hillary Clinton is not on Bernie Sanders to drop out. It's just some of her supporters who are cry babies and refuse to accept reality.

And as to this debate, you know, first of all, I think from an entertainment point of view, it would be colossal. I mean, I would pay to watch this debate. I think the contrast. But there's only one way really if some Democrats are not happy with this debate between Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders, there's only one way to stop it, and that's for Hillary Clinton to agree to debate Bernie Sanders, which she once agreed to in California and has now reneged. So I think they ought to be looking at themselves and the problems with Hillary Clinton, not blaming it all on Bernie Sanders.

BROWN: But do you think he has any responsibility at all to unite the party if he loses?

PRESS: Well, if he's not the nominee, absolutely. And --

BROWN: But right now you don't think he has any responsibility?

PRESS: Well, he's still in the primary. I mean, Hillary has not won the nomination. I'm sorry, but she hasn't, and it's not Bernie's fault that she hasn't.

BROWN: But the math -- looking at the math, though, Bill. I mean, the math is certainly more in her favor than Bernie's.

PRESS: True. Absolutely. Bernie is the first one to admit that, but you know what? If Bernie Sanders wins California and as a former California Democratic chair, I can tell you the momentum in California today is all on Bernie's side. It's a tie in California, which used to be known as Clinton country.

If he wins California, I think you're going to see some superdelegates, and Hillary can't win it without superdelegates, some superdelegates are going to say, you know what? Maybe Bernie might be a stronger candidate against Donald Trump. It ain't over until the fat lady sings and she doesn't sing until after California.

BROWN: All right. California primary coming up shortly.

I want to switch to the Republican side, Scottie. Marco Rubio reversing course dramatically, frankly, and says he will help Donald Trump defeat Hillary Clinton. He still hasn't come out and officially endorsed him. Do you think he needs to be stronger in that?

SCOTTIE NELL HUGHES, TRUMP SUPPORTER: Well, I think this was a great first step, and I'm hoping that other Republicans will follow in his suit. Listen, 172 delegate that Marco Rubio had and he's accumulated, those are very important people, especially when you look at the committee assignments that those 172 delegates might sit on. So Marco Rubio coming out and publicly saying, listen, you know my grievances with Mr. Trump, however, I'm going to do everything I can to make sure that Hillary Clinton, as he perceives her to be the Democratic nominee, will not be in the White House.

And so I think this was very classy of him. I think it' something other Republicans probably should follow an example of. But here's one thing people need to know. There are 73 of those 172 delegates that will still be bound when they get to the convention. So don't be surprised when you here Rubio's name said from the floor. They are legally bound from eight states that they have to still stick with Rubio whether or not he is still in the race. BROWN: I just have to ask you this, because it wasn't that long ago

that Marco Rubio was calling Donald Trump a con man saying he would do anything in his power to prevent him from being the president of the United States, and now he's coming around to him seemingly. Do you think it is more about Donald Trump, the fact he actually likes him, or more about the fact that it could be politically advantageous for him in the future because Donald Trump did so well in Florida?

HUGHES: I think it's a little bit of both. But I think the overall picture is they want to make sure that the Republicans are successful in 2016. He doesn't want to end his race in Florida but he also doesn't want Hillary Clinton in the White House or any Democrat to usurp power and take back power back in Congress. So I think the reason why he's doing this is a little bit personal as well as professional and with the party in mind. Whatever the motivation is, it was a good step and a good move for the Republican Party, and I think it shows just how we're getting along at a time when the Democrats are completely in utter chaos.

BROWN: All right. Scottie Nell Hughes, Bill Press, thank you very much. Wish we could continue this conversation.

And still ahead on this Friday, President Obama makes history in Hiroshima. His message, to end the use of nuclear weapons for good. Up next.

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[10:18:01] BROWN: A historic moment for President Obama and the world. Obama now the first ever sitting American president to visit Hiroshima. Standing on the very soil where the U.S. dropped the first atomic bomb killing an estimated 140,000 people back in 1945.

Now this was that earth-shattering moment right here, a move that helped end World War II. Obama using today's stage to call for a world without nuclear weapons.

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BARACK OBAMA, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: We may not be able to eliminate man's capacity to do evil. So nations and the alliances that we formed must possess the means to defend ourselves, but among those nations like my own that hold nuclear stockpiles, we must have the courage to escape the logic of fear and pursue a world without them.

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BROWN: And after his speech, an emotional embrace right here. The president hugging a 79-year-old Hiroshima survivor.

CNN White House correspondent Michelle Kosinski has more.

MICHELLE KOSINSKI, CNN WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT: President Obama is now on his way home after this historic moment in Hiroshima. An address the Japanese people have waited for, for a long time, waiting in absolute silence to see how President Obama would address this. All of the emotion still left over in many ways from the war, and to see in the front row those listening to him, survivors of that Hiroshima blast 71 years ago.

But the White House didn't feel an apology was appropriate and truly the Japanese government didn't necessarily want that. The White House also didn't feel like a policy speech would be the right thing here of the sort that the president usually does. But in this case he clearly felt the history of the moment, speaking very slowly, emphasizing certain words, and he broadened this out as broadly as one possibly could speaking on the nature of humanity itself. Listen.

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[10:20:04] OBAMA: Technological progress without an equivalent progress in human institutions can doom us. The scientific revolution that led to the splitting of an atom requires a moral revolution as well. That is why we come to this place.

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KOSINSKI: During his time in office, President Obama has had mixed success with trying to end war and with denuclearization. The Iran nuclear deal is a big success but then here, especially in this region, the threat of North Korea looms extremely large. But he talked about nuclearization and while that is a goal and one that likely won't be realized in his lifetime. He said that that's not even enough, that it's time for humanity to change its mindset on war itself and for people to embrace what he called the radical notion that we're all part of a single human family -- Pamela.

BROWN: Michelle Kosinski, thank you very much.

And still ahead on this Friday, the TSA faces a major test as million travelers leave town for one of the busiest holiday weekends of the year. Up next, what to expect if you're headed to the airport.

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[10:25:45] BROWN: Well, if you're planning to travel on this busy holiday weekend, there's still time to get to the airport early to try to beat those security lines. Here is what it looked like earlier this morning at Chicago's O'Hare Airport. Security lines there were packed as you see.

CNN's Rosa Flores is live at that airport. So what's the situation now? Looks very different.

ROSA FLORES, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Pamela, this is what added resources does to a TSA line. Take a look around. It kills the wait. Take a look. Right now it is smooth sailing here at O'Hare Airport, and you also see dots of blue everywhere. Those are the TSA agents that have been working very hard since very early this morning.

So how did we get here? Well, let me tell you something, there have been added resources to this airport and other airports around the country. First of all, earlier today we saw K-9s. There's at least five of them here in Chicago airport. Now the TSA tells us that with those five K-9s they can screen an extra 5,000 passengers a day.

They also deployed special teams, they're all around these airports and also tripled overtime. Now nationally the TSA is expecting to add about 800 TSA officers. That costs about $34 million, but the TSA and Secretary Jeh Johnson, they're the first to say that that is not enough.

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JEH JOHNSON, HOMELAND SECURITY SECRETARY: We have just in the last several weeks converted a lot of part-time to full-time. We are authorized by Congress to pay additional overtime to TSOs to deal with the increased travel volume. I just yesterday sent to Congress a request for what we refer to as a reprogramming so we can convert 2700 TSOs from part-time to full-time, which will enable us to screen people a lot faster.

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FLORES: And as we take another live look here at O'Hare, we can see that there's a rush of students arriving right now, Pamela, and they're going to go through this TSA security line, and, of course, the TSA security always reminds us that, yes, you know, sometimes you have to wait in line, but their goal is the safety and security of every passenger passing through American airports -- Pamela.

BROWN: All right. Glad to see that situation there at the Chicago airport is improving.

Rosa Flores, we do appreciate it.

Well, good morning. Happy Friday. I'm Pamela Brown in for Carol Costello. Thanks so much for being here with us.

Well, U.S. health officials are making the announcement that they have long feared. The first known American case of a potentially deadly super bug that cannot be cured in the present. The antibiotic resistant strain was found last month in a urine sample from a 49- year-old Pennsylvania woman. The director of the CDC now sounding off on the nightmare bacteria.

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DR. TOM FRIEDEN, DIRECTOR, CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION: This patient hadn't traveled, had done just three weeks of testing, and we know now that the more we look, the more we're going to find, and the more we look at drug resistance, the more concerned we are.

The medicine cabinet is empty for some patients. It is the end of the road for antibiotics unless we act urgently.

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BROWN: So here is why this is so concerning. Basically none of the antibiotics used worked on this patient. There was no word about how this patient got infected. We do know she did not travel outside the U.S. within the last five months.

The CDC now frantically tracing any possible contact this patient may have had to see if the bacteria has spread.

With me now to discuss is Dr. William Morrone. He is a medical examiner and forensic pathologist.

I have to say when I heard this news yesterday, I found it really frightening to think that there is a super bug out there that even the strongest antibiotic can't treat. How scary is this, Doctor?

DR. WILLIAM MORRONE, FORENSIC PATHOLOGIST: It's scary when you think about the announcement is coming because standard procedures are not working, but if you look at what our options are going forward, individual antibiotics are not going to be the answer. One of the answers going forward is going to be better decontamination, prevention, and antibiotic combinations.