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Trump Clinches GOP Nomination; Trump Says Woman, Minority Could be V.P.; Trump Still Wants to Win over Paul Ryan; Possible Trump/Sanders Debate, No Clinton; Obama Visits Hiroshima; Health Officials Warn of New Superbug in U.S.; Signal Detected from EgyptAir 804 Emergency Transmitters; Violent Protests in Paris over Labor Bill; Clinton Dogged by Improper Email Use; Lawmakers Split on U.K. "Brexit". Aired 2-3a ET
Aired May 27, 2016 - 02:00 ET
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[02:00:42] NATALIE ALLEN, CNN ANCHOR: Welcome to our viewers in the United States and around the world. This is CNN NEWSROOM. We're live in Atlanta. I'm Natalie Allen.
And thank you for joining us.
Well, for months, people called his presidential bid a joke, but Donald Trump is having the last laugh, now with more than enough delegates to clinch the Republican nomination. A group of previously uncommitted delegates pledged their support on Thursday, edging him over the magic number. Trump celebrated in North Dakota and Montana, promising to break the country's dependence on foreign energy.
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DONALD TRUMP, (R), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE & CEO, TRUMP ORGANIZATION: America's incredible energy potential remains untapped. It's totally self-inflicted. It's a wound, and it's a wound that we have to heal. Under my presidency, we'll accomplish a complete American energy independence. Complete. Complete!
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TRUMP: And lots of jobs. Lots of jobs. Imagine a world in which our foes and the oil cartels can no longer use energy as a weapon.
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ALLEN: Trump says he's thrilled he was able to clinch his nomination before Hillary Clinton.
CNN's senior White House correspondent, Jim Acosta, is traveling with Donald Trump. (BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
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JIM ACOSTA, CNN SENIOR WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): After shaking hands with some of the delegates in North Dakota who helped him clinch the GOP nomination, Donald Trump took note of who hasn't reached the finish line yet. Hillary Clinton.
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.
ACOSTA: But the presumptive GOP nominee still has one other Democrat on his mind, Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren.
UNIDENTIFIED REPORTER: Elizabeth Warren, she seems to have made it her job --
TRUMP: Who, Pocahontas? Well, no she's --
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UNIDENTIFIED REPORTER: Should you use that term?
UNIDENTIFIED REPORTER: Very offensive. Sorry.
TRUMP: I'm sorry about that.
Pocahontas? Is that what you said? I think she's as Native American as I am. OK? That I will tell you. But she's a woman that's been very ineffective other than she's got a big mouth.
ACOSTA: Trump has also been taking hits from President Obama who, overseas, warned world leaders are alarmed over the real estate tycoon's rhetoric.
BARACK OBAMA, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: They're rattled by it, and for good reason, because a lot of the proposals that he's made display either ignorance of world affairs or a cavalier attitude.
ACOSTA: Trump jabbed right back.
TRUMP: He's a president who's allowed many of these countries to totally take advantage of him, and us, unfortunately. And he's got to say something. And it's unusual that every time he has a press conference he's talking about me.
ACOSTA: Trump also answered questions about comments made by his campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, who told the "Huffington Post" the New York billionaire likely won't select a woman or minority as his running mate because he doesn't want to be seen as pandering. Not so, said the candidate.
TRUMP: We're looking for absolute competence. We're going to have many women involved. And I think that you're going to see that. And you're going to see that very strongly. ACOSTA: And Trump signaled he is serious about winning over
House Speaker Paul Ryan, who still hasn't endorsed him. The two leaders spoke by phone overnight and are keeping the door open to working together.
REP. PAUL RYAN, (R-WI), SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE: It was a productive phone call. Like I said, we've had these conversations.
TRUMP: We'll see what happens. We've had great conversations and we'll see what happens.
ACOSTA: And even after all of that news, Donald Trump plans to hold another press conference on Tuesday to lay out new details about all of the money he and his supporters have donated to veterans' groups.
Jim Acosta, CNN, Bismarck, North Dakota.
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ALLEN: That's the story. So let's get talking about it.
Joining us now is CNN political commentator, Matt Lewis. He's a senior contributor at "The Daily Caller," and conservative writer. Other writers have referred to Matt as staunchly conservative and a sassy dude.
I love that. I don't think I've ever introduced someone as that. Thanks for joining us here, Matt.
MATT LEWIS, CNN POLITICAL COMMENTATOR: Thank you.
ALLEN: Let's talk about the back and forth there. Donald Trump apparently received the number of delegates needed to clinch the Republican nomination. North Dakota in play at the tail end, bringing them across the finish line. That's kind of nice to see them in the hunt there. What does this mean for him at this point?
[02:05:07] LEWIS: Well, look, it's amazing that he is now clearly the presumptive nominee. I mean, he's got 1,237 delegates. That in and of itself is astonishing, that Donald Trump is basically going to be the Republican nominee in July at the convention and also that he is beating Hillary to the punch. Hillary Clinton can't close the deal, as Donald Trump says. She's fighting for her political life to fend off Bernie Sanders. I think everyone thinks she'll be able to do it. But it's not been easy. And it probably won't be concluded until their convention in July in Philadelphia.
ALLEN: What would it be like if Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump debate on a national stage, and she's just not there?
LEWIS: This possibly could happen. There's talk about it. I guess Donald Trump brought it up on Jimmy Kimmel, doing it for charity. And it would be interesting. In a way it reminds me of European politics. You would have a Socialist, Bernie Sanders, against a nationalist, Donald Trump. So that is pretty remarkable. Turn of events in American politics. You wouldn't have seen that coming a few years ago. And it's unclear whether or not it would help or hurt Hillary Clinton. On one hand you would have, you know, Hillary Clinton basically out of the limelight. Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump would be getting the attention. I think the question is do they fight each other if they debate? Is it fun or do they actually go against each other? And I think that's really important because if Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump were to attack each other, that means that some of Bernie -- the hope for Donald Trump is that some of Bernie's fans will end up voting for Donald Trump in November. Obviously, that's less likely to happen if they end up fighting.
ALLEN: President Obama, in that report, made a statement about what world leaders have been saying about Trump. How much do friends of the U.S., allies of the U.S. Thoughts on Trump matter to this campaign?
LEWIS: Well, I don't think they really matter that much to American voters, to be honest with you. America, for better or worse, has always been very self-focused. Most Americans I think compared to other people around the world don't pay that much attention to international news, for example.
Having said that, I really think that President Obama, in my opinion, crossed a line there. That seemed to be not a prudent thing for the president of the United States to do. Even though obviously he has concerns about Donald Trump and a lot of these concerns are well founded. To be abroad publicly making a statement like that, just struck me as not -- you no, not the most prudent thing you would expect from the commander-in-chief.
ALLEN: Maybe a little too sassy or something.
LEWIS: Exactly.
ALLEN: I want to ask you one more question. Trump clinches the nomination. Are we going to get the same old fiery Trump, say whatever's on his mind, don't give us any details, or is he going to restructure his playbook in.
LEWIS: No, we've been talking about Donald Trump restructuring his playbook for months and months and months, the so-called pivot. Donald Trump's going to pivot now and become more presidential. And sometimes he even has advisers who tell people, OK, get ready, now he's going to become more presidential. The truth is that Donald Trump is Donald Trump and he's not going to change. And I think there's a rationale behind that as well. You can say look, this is what got us to the nomination. And sort of sports parlance it's -- you don't go to the Super Bowl and play a different game plan. You do what got you there. So Donald Trump has gotten this far by being spontaneous and authentic and crude and rude and generally socially unacceptable. I don't think he can change it. I don't even know if he should change it if he could.
ALLEN: Exactly. We'll wait and see. All this crude and rude got him here. But we'll see if his tactics bring over any other voters who may be a little cool on Hillary or Bernie. Thanks so much for joining us. We appreciate it.
LEWIS: Thank you.
ALLEN: Political commentator, Matt Lewis.
Well, the Democratic front runner, Hillary Clinton, is reacting to President Obamas comments that world leaders are rattled by Donald Trump. Here it is.
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HILLARY CLINTON, (D), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE & FORMER SECRETARY OF STATE (voice-over): Of course, they're rattled. He's talking about breaking up our alliances, letting more countries get nuclear weapons, banning all Muslims from coming to America. That is a recipe for fewer friends and more enemies. And it will make us less safe.
This is not a reality show. It's not just politics. It's really serious. The entire world looks at the president of the United States for leadership and stability. And that is the kind of leadership I would provide, if elected.
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[02:10:06] ALLEN: Clinton's comments came there during an interview with CNN's Wolf Blitzer.
G7 leaders say a British exit from the European Union would be a global economic risk. That's just one of the issues they're tackling at their annual summit this year in Japan. A joint communique says economic growth is an urgent priority and the group is committed to free trade.
The leaders of the world's richest economies were also pledging to do more to fight terrorism.
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SHINZO ABE, JAPANESE PRIME MINISTER (through translation): When it comes to violent extremism, it is a serious challenge to all of mankind. We should have no places where terrorists can hide. We must eradicate the flow of money that finances terrorism. A new action plan is going to be a major step forward in order to fight against terrorism with good cooperation and collaboration of the international community.
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ALLEN: Here's what the British prime minister had to say.
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DAVID CAMERON, BRITISH PRIME MINISTER: Britain together with the E.U. has been helping to drive this process, specifically on the E.U./Japan deal, something that's worth 89 billion pounds to both sides. I met yesterday with other E.U. leaders and the Prime Minister Abe in the margins of the summit, where we committed to accelerating negotiations and getting this deal completed.
If we were outside the E.U., it would be far more difficult to achieve anything like this, anything on this scale, anything as comprehensive. It's yet another example of the way the E.U. makes us better off, better off in terms of jobs, better off in terms of growth, better off in terms of investment by other countries into our economy. That creates the growth in the jobs and the livelihoods that we need.
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ALLEN: The U.S. president is now on his way to Hiroshima, Japan, more than 70 years after the U.S. dropped an atomic bomb on the city during World War II. Mr. Obama will be the first sitting U.S. president ever to visit Hiroshima. Crowds have been gathering to protest his visit. Mr. Obama is expected to lay a wreath at the Peace Memorial Park. But U.S. officials say he will not apologize for the bombing.
Let's bring in CNN's Will Ripley, because he is there live for us in Hiroshima.
Hello to you, Will. Can you tell us more about the protests that have surrounded this visit? Certainly it's a sensitive visit by the president.
WILL RIPLEY, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Hi, Natalie. Absolutely. Those protesters, and I would guess maybe a few hundred of them, are being kept pretty far away from here. They won't actually be able to see the president. As you might imagine, the security perimeter around the peace park is quite extensive as the Secret Service is making sure that the president and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe are kept safe.
He's scheduled to be here for less than an hour. And the people who are protesting were holding up signs talking about the need to rid the world of nuclear weapons. Some of the signs said that they protest President Obama's visit. I would venture to say, though, Natalie, they are in the minority here in Hiroshima. I spoke with the former mayor, spoke with several survivors, all of whom welcome this. City officials have been asking for this since 1980. They've written to every president since Ronald Reagan asking for this visit. And after 71 years and 11 presidents elected since the A-bomb was dropped, Obama will be the first to come here, a symbolic moment. But as you mentioned, no apology expected.
ALLEN: And you've been there for a while in the run-up to this. What's it like there right now, Will?
RIPLEY: Well, first of all, it's an incredibly vibrant city. And I think, as an American visiting here, this is my first time since moving to Japan, I think perhaps I expected more of a sad place. And in fact, Hiroshima has really been trying to change its image. They want this city to symbolize peace. They don't want to be defined by the horrific moment in 1945. But they want to be defined as a place that pushes the world to rid itself of nuclear weapons. When you speak with survivors or most people who live in the city have relatives who survived the attack, and you hear some really, really incredible statements from people who say that they don't hold on to anger, they simply want the world to learn from the suffering of the people here.
ALLEN: Thanks very much. Will Ripley covering President Obama's visit to Hiroshima. Thank you, Will. We'll see you in a bit.
The U.S. has a superbug on its hands, and it's said to be invulnerable to the weapons of medical science. We'll tell you if the bacteria could spread coming up here.
Also, Egypt reporting a possible breakthrough in the search for EgyptAir flight 804. We'll tell you why the search may have narrowed right after this.
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[02:18:38] ALLEN: You're watching CNN NEWSROOM. Thanks for staying with us.
The U.S. has discovered its first known human case of a superbug, one that cannot be killed by known antibiotics. In light of the discovery, the head of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned more must be done to develop new drugs.
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DR. TOM FRIEDEN, DIRECTOR, U.S. CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL & PREVENTION: 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. We need to do a very comprehensive job protecting antibiotics so that we can have them and our children can have them. We need to make new antibiotics but must have better stewardship and better identification of outbreaks. We will lose these miracle drugs. 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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ALLEN: The superbug is a rare kind of E. coli bacteria which typically targets the intestines. It's also been identified in Europe, China, and Canada. U.S. authorities are scrambling to investigate and ensure it doesn't spread.
We learn more from CNN's Sanjay Gupta.
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DR. SANJAY GUPTA, CNN CHIEF MEDICAL CORRESPONDENT: For all we know at this point is that this woman is 49 years old, that she's from Pennsylvania. She was seen in a clinic. She wasn't in the hospital. She was seen in a clinic. And she was found to have this bacteria, an E. coli bacteria that does not get killed by any existing antibiotic. She hasn't traveled from overseas recently. So this does not appear to have come from another country.
And now the focus for researchers is going to be what do we do about this? How do we prevent this particular bacteria, which is resistant to antibiotics, from spreading? And where are the new antibiotics going to come from? Where are they going to come from? When are they going to come?
Again, I think medical officials have for some time been anticipating a day like this. There's been various strategies in the works. But as things start now, there is a bacteria out there that doesn't respond. We've just got to make sure it doesn't spread and that we have more tools in the toolbox as soon as possible.
Back to you.
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[02:20:43] ALLEN: Sanjay Gupta on that story for us.
In other news now, U.S.-backed Kurdish and Syrian democratic forces are reporting progress in their battle against ISIS in Syria. The coalition and militia says it has now forced ISIS out of some 10 villages north of Raqqa, ISIS's self-proclaimed capitol. A spokesperson says 23 ISIS fighters were killed. U.S. Special Operations forces are assisting the militias. Agency France press says these photographs show them operating north of Raqqa. The Pentagon says they're advising only and are not engaged in combat.
In the search for lost EgyptAir flight 804, Egypt state media reports Airbus has detected signals from one of the plane's emergency locator transmitter transmitters. Those devices are different from the black boxes but should help narrow the search area. The flight disappeared over the Mediterranean last week. 66 people were on board.
For more, here's CNN's Nic Robertson.
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NIC ROBERTSON, CNN INTERNATIONAL DIPLOMATIC EDITOR: So this is really going to speed up the search for the missing plane right now. Going from an area we were told just two days ago by an EgyptAir official, an area they were searching the size of Connecticut. This narrows it down to a circle, a radius about three miles, about five kilometers.
What the head of the investigation told state media is Airbus contacted him. They told him that they picked up a transmission from the ELT, emergency locating transmitter, on board the aircraft, which had transmitted a signal by a satellite, which gave a more precise location which impacted the water. On board an Airbus A320, there are normally three of these ELTs. They're designed to trigger and send out a signal once they impact land or water. Normally, the batteries on these devices last for about 48 hours. We're getting information, now more than seven days after the crash took place. Not clear why there's been a delay. However, it will speed up the investigation. Now the acoustic detection devices can be much more precisely lowered into the Mediterranean Sea and they will be listening for the pings from the transmitters, the beacons on the black boxes. Of course, the clock ticking there. Those black box transmitters, beacons transmitting for about a month, so this should very much speed up the investigation from here.
Nic Robertson, CNN, Cairo, Egypt.
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ALLEN: Thousands of university students marched through the streets of Caracas, Venezuela Thursday.
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ALLEN: They want increased government funding for struggling schools, just one item on a long list of the country's problems.
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UNIDENTIFIED STUDENT (through translation): All the universities like the Central University of Venezuela are always on strike because the employees are not getting paid.
UNIDENTIFIED STUDENT (through translation): This is a peaceful march. We just want to pass and continue our protest so that the government realizes what they are doing to us with these long lines, no food, and insecurity in Venezuela.
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ALLEN: People are fed up with President Nicolas Maduro and they want him out. Venezuela now has the world's highest inflation rate, expected to hit 481 percent this year. Protests are happening every day as the government rations food and other basic necessities.
Another demonstration, this one in Paris. Police clashing with protesters during labor reform rallies. The demonstrators are angry about a bill that gives employers more flexibility to hire and fire and weakens unions.
Here's more from CNN's Kelly Morgan from London.
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KELLY MORGAN, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Scenes that are becoming all too familiar in Paris, angry demonstrators clashing with riot police. Tear gas fills the air, so, too, projectiles.
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MORGAN: The violence comes after a second day of nationwide strikes and protests.
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MORGAN: But this is just the latest wave of anger. French demonstrators have been up in arms for months now over proposed reforms to labor laws, which will make it easier for employers to hire and fire staff.
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MORGAN: The government says the plans are vital in tackling the country's 10 percent unemployment rate. Unions and workers, though, describe it as an attack on democracy. This anger is largely over the prime minister's decision to invoke a rarely used constitutional clause to bypass parliament, forcing the bill through.
Demonstrators have mobilized around the country with transport strikes and a blockade at oil refineries and nuclear power stations, triggering fuel shortages and bringing much of France to a standstill.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE (through translation): We do not want to paralyze France. That's not the primary objective. We have demands, and we want to be heard. There is a government who wants to pass a law by force, giving an impression that this is no longer a democracy.
MORGAN: Neither side is budging in what has become a standoff.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE (through translation): The bill is still going ahead. They haven't changed their minds, and neither have we.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE (through translation): I know that if everyone goes home, it means we will have lost, so we just have to hold out.
MORGAN: "Endless general strike," it reads. Not a good sign as France prepares to host the European championships in just two weeks.
Kelly Morgan, CNN, London.
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[02:26:16] ALLEN: In the race for the White House Hillary Clinton under fire again for her e-mails. We'll have more on the trust issues she faces when we come back here.
Plus, Donald Trump says he'll put America first. We'll see why his clothing line isn't exactly fitting that bill.
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ALLEN: Welcome back to our viewers here in the U.S. and around the world. This is CNN NEWSROOM, live from Atlanta. Here are our top stories.
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[02:30:50] ALLEN: The U.S. presidential Democratic primary in California is in a dead heat. A poll by the Public Policy Institute of California shows Hillary Clinton ahead by just two percentage points, a statistical tie. That primary now set for June 7th.
Many political analysts predict Clinton is likely to clinch her party's nomination in California. But that is not stopping Sanders from speaking out against her and the U.S. election system. He appeared on the late night show "Jimmy Kimmel Live" just a few hours ago.
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SEN. BERNIE SANDERS, (I), VERMONT & DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: There were 400 super delegates who announced their support for Hillary Clinton before anyone else was in the race, before the first ballot was cast. And I think that's just patently absurd and undemocratic and kind of dumb, in the sense that when you make that judgment, you want to know how the chain is going, who is the strongest candidate. Turns out that in virtually every single national poll and in every single state poll, Bernie Sanders does often a lot better against Donald Trump than does Hillary Clinton.
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ALLEN: Hillary Clinton has been dogged by claims of improper e- mail use as secretary of state.
And as CNN's Dana Bash explains, that's not the only trust issue facing the Democratic presidential front runner.
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HILLARY CLINTON, (D), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE & FORMER SECRETARY OF STATE: Oh, thank you. Thank you.
DANA BASH, CNN CHIEF POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Shoulda, woulda, coulda, sentiments any candidate is loath to express on the campaign trail.
CLINTON: As I've said many times, if I could go back, I would do it differently. I know people have concerns about this. I understand that.
BASH: Yet, for Hillary Clinton, this week's State Department inspector general report about how she mishandled e-mails as secretary of state could be especially damaging, feeding a central liability with voters, honesty and trustworthiness.
UNIDENTIFIED REPORTER: Would you vote for someone that you don't trust?
CLINTON: Well, people should and do trust me.
BASH: Yet, all through the Democratic primary contests, voters who said the most important quality was trustworthiness, only voted for Clinton in three states.
SANDERS: I do question her judgment.
BASH: It's a vulnerability Bernie Sanders has worked hard to exploit, maybe not so much about her e-mail issue, but he has spent months accusing Clinton of being in the pocket of big business and wall street. Her refusal to release transcripts of paid speeches to Goldman Sachs hasn't helped.
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CLINTON: There are certain expectations when you run for president. This is a new one.
BASH: The State Department's damning report has given Donald Trump a fresh round of ammunition against her.
DONALD TRUMP, (R), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE & CEO, TRUMP ORGANIZATION: As I say, Crooked Hillary. Crooked Hillary.
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TRUMP: She's as crooked as they come.
BASH: Assuming Clinton is the Democratic nominee, she already knows Trump's playbook.
TRUMP: Bad judgment. Skirting on the edge all the time. And you look back at her history, and this is her history.
BASH: But people's views of Trump are exactly the same. 64 percent say he's not honest and trustworthy either.
(on camera): Running against Donald Trump, will Hillary Clinton have a big disadvantage if voters don't see her as honest and trustworthy or will it even matter?
JENNIFER AGIESTA, CNN POLITICS POLLING DIRECTOR: In most polling on the question of honesty and trustworthiness, the two candidates run about evenly. It's sort of a wash. Neither one is seen as having an edge there.
BASH (voice-over): Still, the most likely test for November will be which argument wins. This one --
TRUMP: If Crooked Hillary Clinton is in charge, things will get much worse.
BASH: -- or this.
CLINTON: But I think voters are going to be looking at the full picture of what I have to offer, my life and my service, and the full threat that Donald Trump offers our country.
BASH: Dana Bash, CNN, Washington.
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ALLEN: In our next hour, I'll be speaking with a Clinton supporter to get her take on the trust issue. That's in about 30 minutes.
Donald Trump takes a bold line when it comes to China and trade. But that line of attack hits a snag when it comes to his clothing line.
Drew Griffin has more on the misfit between the clothes that bear his name and the countries where they're manufactured.
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[02:35:10] DREW GRIFFIN, CNN NATIONAL INVESTIGATIVE CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): The dress shirt is made in Bangladesh. The two-piece pinstripe suit, Indonesia. The silk tie and cufflinks made in China. What brings this ensemble all together is the name on the label. They are all Donald J. Trump's signature brand.
(on camera): What can you tell me about where these were made?
SCOTT NOVA, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, WORKER RIGHTS CONSORTIUM: Well, Bangladesh, for example, has the lowest wages and the worst and most unsafe working conditions of any major apparel-exporting country.
GRIFFIN (voice-over): Scott Nova heads an independent labor rights group that conducts investigations of the garment industry, which he says is an industry on the hunt for ever cheaper labor. And shipping documents reviewed by CNN confirmed Trump's signature brand is no different. Take this shirt. In 2014, it would have been sewn together in a factory in Honduras where workers make an average $1.30 an hour. It wasn't cheap enough. That same year, the company Donald Trump hired to make his shirt in Honduras ended the Honduran contract. Our Donald Trump shirt, bought recently over the Internet, was made in Bangladesh, where the average garment worker earns 30 cents an hour.
What's Trump's explanation for manufacturing his clothing overseas? Listen to what he told Jake Tapper as Jake showed him his "made in China" Trump tie.
JAKE TAPPER, CNN ANCHOR, THE LEAD: It's a lovely tie. It's made in China.
TRUMP: Correct.
TAPPER: Is it hypocritical at all for you to talk about this?
TRUMP: My ties many times are made in -- not all of them, by the way. But a lot of them are made in China because they've manipulated their currency to such a point that it's impossible for our companies to compete. GRIFFIN: Why should you care?
BOB KIDDER, OWNER, NEW ENGLAND SHIRT COMPANY: If you want to take a look at it--
GRIFFIN: In Fall River, Massachusetts, Bob Kidder still makes an American-made shirt. His New England Shirt Company employs more than 60 people. He pays them $12 to $13 an hour. He admits it's a barely livable wage.
Head up a narrow staircase, through a dilapidated section of this huge warehouse, he can show you where workers no longer make any wage.
KIDDER: Now there's nothing. There's nothing left. It's all gone.
GRIFFIN: First, it was NAFTA, he says, then, other international trade agreements, and the manufacturers found cheaper labor and left.
He survives by producing a high-quality shirt, custom made, that sells for a minimum of $125. The workers who sew them can't afford to wear them.
We showed him a Donald Trump signature brand shirt made in Bangladesh we bought for $16.96.
KIDDER: This is a product that is made by somebody in Bangladesh that sits at a machine for 10, 12 hours a day and just pumps them, in pumps them out, and makes 30 cents an hour. How do you talk about this and being made in an American factory versus this being made in a factory in Bangladesh?
GRIFFIN: That is a conversation that has made this election extremely personal to Bob Kidder.
TRUMP: The fact is that our country is being killed on trade by China, by Japan, by Mexico.
KIDDER: Donald Trump, right, is talking in ways that I think would make you feel good. The reality is in front of me. The reality is this is the product -- he made this shirt in Honduras two or three years ago, and now it's being made in Bangladesh. And you know, maybe next year, it's made in Vietnam, and maybe the year after, Indo-China. It moves to wherever the labor becomes the cheapest, and his margin becomes higher and higher.
GRIFFIN: We asked Donald Trump's campaign spokesperson why Trump's clothing and accessories were made overseas, and we're told Donald Trump has been very open about the fact that most of these products are, unfortunately, not manufactured in the United States due to the extreme currency manipulation by countries like China that make it nearly impossible to compete and manufacture these products in America.
(on camera): A CNN reality check found that statement to be false. It is simply not true that China has been manipulating its currency to benefit its own manufacturers. In fact, for the last 10 years, China's currency has been strengthening, the exact opposite of what Donald Trump implies.
And if Donald Trump needs to learn how to manufacture clothing in the United States, Bob Kidder, at the New England Shirt Company, says he could probably show him how.
Drew Griffin, CNN, Atlanta.
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[02:39:45] ALLEN: The Scripps national spelling bee has a new champion. Or is it champions? We'll have the story right after this.
Plus, whether the U.K. leaves the European Union is up to the voters. But we wanted to know what some British lawmakers think. We'll have that as well.
Be right back.
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ALLEN: Within the past hour, British Prime Minister David Cameron said he and other G7 leaders think there's a big economic risk in a so-called Brexit. During their summit in Japan, they said a U.K. exit from the E.U. would reverse the trend towards greater global trade and investment, and the jobs they create, and is a further serious risk to growth.
London's new mayor isn't a fan of a possible Brexit either. Sadiq Khan says the decision isn't just about the economic consequences, it's about values. Khan says a vote to leave would send a message that Britain wants to stand alone.
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SADIQ KHAN, LONDON MAYOR: Isolationism isn't the answer to any of the challenges we face. The solution can't be to pull up the drawbridge or to alienate the friends we need to help find a solution. Nor will 22 miles of choppy English Channel insulate us from the rest of the continent's problems, because they're our problems, too. We won't be where we are today here in London with an isolationist approach. And we know from our experience that the answer is to get more involved, to form more alliances, and to actively shape our future in the world.
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ALLEN: The vote is next month. Right now, polls are split, and so are at least two British lawmakers.
Erin McLaughlin got their thoughts on this touchy topic.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE) [02:44:57] ERIN MCLAUGHLIN, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Should the United Kingdom remain a member of the European Union or leave the European Union? The answer to that question rests with the British people but will no doubt have a huge impact here, the heart of the European capitol.
We're here to put that to two British members of the European parliament on opposite sides of the debate.
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DAVID CAMPBELL BANNERMAN, BRITISH MEMBER, EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: I want the U.K. to leave the European Union in order to take back control of our own country.
RICHARD HOWITT, BRITISH MEMBER, EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: And I think Britain should remain in the European Union because all of our history has been about engagement in Europe to end war, to promote peace, and to create prosperity for our people.
MCLAUGHLIN: This is the European Commission the executive arm of the E.U. where legislation is proposed and enforced.
What does that mean to you?
CAMPBELL BANNERMAN: To me, this is unaccountable, undemocratic, and this is where the power is. It's not with our Westminster parliament anymore. It's here.
HOWITT: They're professional civil servants doing a very important job. And the French, the Germans, the Spanish, the Italians, they're proud of their countries. They control their destinies. They don't think that the people inside that building a threat, and neither do I, from Great Britain.
MCLAUGHLIN: The European Council set the political direction for the E.U., includes heads of state or government from 23 member states. Are you concerned about the influence here waning? Are you worried about the E.U. without the U.K.?
HOWITT: For the United States, it's been very good to have Britain on the inside of the European Union because on an issue like the invasion of Ukraine and the sanctions on Russia we've helped bolster the European position.
CAMPBELL BANNERMAN: The point is we're not leaving Europe. A lot of people equate the E.U. with Europe. It's not. We're not leaving Europe.
MCLAUGHLIN: Do you think this council is important?
CAMPBELL BANNERMAN: It's important to the European Union. Friendly relations will continue but just in a different way.
MCLAUGHLIN: The European parliament is one of the largest lawmaking bodies in the world. How important is Europe to the British identity?
HOWITT: I'm English, but I'm also from the United Kingdom. I'm a European. And I'm a citizen of the world. And I don't see these as competing identities.
CAMPBELL BANNERMAN: This is all about creating a super state, and I think it's either we stay in the super state or we leave, we get back our sovereignty and run our own country.
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ALLEN: Taking you now live to Japan where we are seeing President Barack Obama with Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg there, just stepping off Air Force One as he arrives at the Marine Corps air station in Iwakuni, Japan. He will be speaking with troops there before he heads on to Hiroshima, a symbolic journey. The first sitting president to visit Hiroshima since the Americans dropped the bomb there during World War II and ending the war. Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg, of course, our representative there in Japan. So we'll continue to bring you more on the president's visit and, hopefully, a live look. And we'll hear from the president when he speaks to U.S. troops.
We'll take a quick break.
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[02:52:05] ALLEN: Well, a police cruiser's dash cam video made it into Derek's weathercast.
DEREK VAN DAM, AMS METEOROLOGIST: My repertoire.
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Yeah. You have got to see this, Natalie. Rather, you've got to listen to this.
ALLEN: OK.
VAN DAM: Take a listen.
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UNIDENTIFIED POLICE OFFICER: Well, two reasons. One, it would be --
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VAN DAM: This is really amazing just to hear how loud that thunder was from the lightning that struck one of the houses close by as that police cruiser was driving. And in fact, that shock wave from the thunder was so intense that it knocked the dash cam off of the windshield. So if you didn't get a chance to hear or see that take a listen one more time.
ALLEN: Yeah.
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UNIDENTIFIED POLICE OFFICER: Well two, reasons. One, it would be --
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VAN DAM: So the question is posed what is thunder exactly? I'm glad you asked that because I'm going to do my best to kind of describe this to you. Basically, it is a shock wave, a shock wave strong enough again, as I just mentioned, to knock of the guy's dash cam, right off his windshield.
But basically, you can't have thunder without lightning. And when we have lightning, that heats a column of air within the atmosphere to 50,000 degrees Fahrenheit. That's hotter than the surface of the sun. There's so much pressure and so much intense heat there that eventually that column of air can't take that any longer and it explodes and it reverberates with a shock wave that spreads in all directions. And what we hear is a resulting thunder clap in the sky.
Now, a little factoid for you. If you want to know how far away a thunderstorm is you can count the seconds between a lightning flash and a clap of thunder, divide that number by five, and you'll get the number of miles. So let's say you have a 10-second difference between the clap of thunder and the lightning flash, that means the thunderstorm is roughly two miles away. You want to get under cover away from there.
Of course, there's different types of lightning inside the clouds, cloud to cloud or cloud-to-ground lightning. This is all part of a major storm that's been impacting the central U.S. There's been 35,000 lightning strikes just within the past two hours, believe it or not. And look at the tornado, wind, and hail reports. Just from this week over 100 tornadoes. And remember, we typically see this amount of tornado activity in May and June.
One other thing that's been quite astounding is the amount of rain that's fallen in Texas. Get a load of some of this video coming oust Brenham, Washington County Texas region. This is what 16 inches of rain in less than 12 hours looks like, Natalie. This is one of many dozens of high water rescues that have taken place there in Texas. Unbelievable stuff.
ALLEN: They've had enough. My goodness.
VAN DAM: They sure have. ALLEN: All right, Derek, thanks a lot.
We're going to end on the national spelling bee because we love it so much. 11-year-old Nihar Janga, of Texas, and 13-year-old Jairam Hathwar, of New York, are co-champions of the 2016 Scripps National Spelling Bee in the U.S. First, Jairam, seen on the right, correctly spelled the word for method of education known as "feldenkrais." Try it out. And the competition ended after Nihar nailed the German word "gesellschaft," meaning an impersonal relationship.
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[02:55:25] NIHAR JANGA, SPELLING BEE CONTESTANT: G-e-s-e-l-l-s-c-h- a-f-t. Gesellschaft.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: That is correct!
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ALLEN: Both winners will each receiver a $40,000 cash prize and other gifts.
They were both stunned after the big win.
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HATHWAR: It was just insane. I don't even know how to put it in words.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Can you take us inside the mental approach and what's going through your mind?
JANGA: No. I'm just speechless. I can't say anything. I mean, I'm only in fifth grade.
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ALLEN: This is the third year in a row the spelling bee has had co-champions. Get this -- Jairam's older brother was actually a co- champ just two years ago.
So during a short break, you can try to figure out how to spell "feldenkrais."
Another hour of CNN NEWSROOM will be back in just a moment.
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