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Trump Now Endorsing Ryan, McCain; First Official Day of the Rio Olympics; Clinton: "I Short Circuited" on Email Answer; Florida Fighting Zika Virus By Air, Ground; Video Released of Shooting of Unarmed Black Teen. Aired 9-10a ET

Aired August 06, 2016 - 09:00   ET

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[09:00:28] DONALD TRUMP, (R) PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE: I support and endorse our Speaker of the House, Paul Ryan.

HILLARY CLINTON, (D) PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE: Well, I may have short- circuit it and for that, I, you know, will try to clarify.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Newly released dash and body camera videos show the dramatic moments leading up to a deadly police shooting in Chicago. The officer who fired the fatal shot was wearing a body camera but it was not recording. Investigators are trying to figure out why.

COY WIRE, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Good morning from Copacabana this, got to go to the opening ceremony last night, sill pinching myself that I was there. Only got three hours of sleep, but I woke up still doing the samba. We're going to talk about it and show you some of the highlights, coming up.

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CHRISTI PAUL, CNN ANCHOR: Coy, only Coy wakes this doing the samba. Well, it is 9:00 on a Saturday. And we are always so grateful to share our morning with you. I'm Christi Paul.

VICTOR BLACKWELL, CNN ANCHOR: I'm Victor Blackwell. Good to be with you, now in the CNN NEWSROOM, and Donald Trump walking back his comments on Paul Ryan. Now endorsing the House Speaker.

PAUL: He's also endorsing, by the way, Senators John McCain, Kelly Ayotte. This comes after a week of Trump going off-message, criticizing GOP leaders and slamming a Muslim Gold Star family. I want to bring in CNN's Scott McLean right now. Scott, fill us in on what Donald Trump said overnight.

SCOTT MCLEAN, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Yeah, hey, Christi. Well, not only did Donald Trump try to smooth things over with his own party. He also stayed on message, upping his rhetoric against Hillary Clinton, calling her the queen of corruption. Now, that's the target that speaker Paul Ryan said Trump should have been focused on the whole time.

Instead, he spent much of the last week feuding with people within his own party saying just a few days ago, he wasn't quite ready to endorse Paul Ryan or John McCain or Kelly Ayotte and that angered plenty of people within the party.

Now, just on John McCain, just a few days ago, he said, he wasn't a big fan of McCain, saying he hadn't done enough to help veterans. And a year ago, you'll remember, he said, he wasn't an American hero. Or he wasn't a war hero, because he was captured during his time in Vietnam.

So, yesterday's endorsement of him was a pretty big 180. All in a tightly scripted effort to bring some party unity.

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TRUMP: In our shared mission to make America great again, I support and endorse our Speaker of the House, Paul Ryan.

And while I'm at it, I hold in the highest esteem Senator John McCain. For his service to our country, in uniform and in public office, and I fully support and endorse his re-election.

I also fully support and endorse Senator Kelly Ayotte of New Hampshire.

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MCLEAN: Now, another good reason to smooth things over with the party. Donald Trump, you'll notice, appeared last night in Green Bay, Wisconsin, without any of the big-name Republicans from that state, like, say, Governor Scott Walker. Some Republicans are in a pretty tight spot with Trump.

McCain and Ryan have publicly disagreed with him, most recently, as you mentioned, Christi, on that Gold Star family who spoke at the Democratic Convention. But both have also still endorsed him. Senator Kelly Ayotte for her part has said she supports the party nominee, but hasn't exactly formally endorsed Donald Trump.

Trump will be in her state of New Hampshire for a rally later tonight. And a lot of people will be wondering. We're listening closely to see if he says anything about Ayotte, because a lot of people consider her most in danger in terms of Republicans who may lose their Senate seat this fall. Christi?

PAUK: All right. Scott McLean, we appreciate it. Thank you.

BLACKWELL: So earlier I spoke with Jeffrey Lloyd, CNN Political Commentator and Trump supporter, and we talked about this afternoon of the endorsements, but I'm sure you noticed there that this was a scripted endorsement. He was reading from notes and my first question to Jeffrey was, why?

JEFFREY LORD, CNN POLITICAL COMMENTATOR: Well, I think he did want to be on message there. And, you know, let's -- let me just start by saying there's a new Reuters poll out yesterday that has him down only by three points. So, I think he's definitely on the rebound here, Secretary Clinton is on the defensive with her misstatements about -- or misleading things about her e-mails, et cetera.

[09:05:12] So, you know, Donald Trump yesterday cited Ronald Reagan's 80/20 rule. And having worked for Ronald Reagan, I remember it well. That somebody who agrees with you 80 percent of the time and disagrees 20 percent is your 80 percent friend. And I think that was his description of Paul Ryan and John McCain and I think he's right, and Kelly Ayotte.

BLACKWELL: Not your 20 percent enemy. I think many of us remember that as that.

LORD: Right, right.

BLACKWELL: We're going to -- Christi's going to talk about the e- mails and Hillary Clinton in just a moment. But what was the point that took Donald Trump from his, "I'm not quite there yet," on speaker Ryan to endorsing him and calling him a good man. Is it simply that he needed to turn the page or is there's something more substantive?

LORD: You know, I think he is suggesting to the fact that he is the leader of the Republican Party. And everybody has to adjust when you get to this role. I remember then Governor George W. Bush finally getting together with John McCain in, what, 2000. I guess this was, after he defeated -- after a pretty brutal primary. Ronald Reagan certainly made an overture, by putting George H.W. Bush on his ticket. This is what a party leader does and this is what Donald Trump is doing and this is the way it works.

BLACKWELL: All right. Let's turn to something that Ohio Governor John Kasich told CNN about potentially voting for Donald Trump. Watch this.

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GOV. JOHN KASICH, (R) OHIO: I wish that I could be fully enthusiastic. I can't be. So I don't know what's going to happen at the end.

JAKE TAPPER, CNN ANCHOR: What does Donald Trump need to do to get you to vote for him? You've obviously said that you'll never vote for Hillary Clinton. Is there any way that Donald Trump can change?

KASICH: Well, I don't- it's, you know, there's much water over the dam now, it's becoming increasingly difficult. But I want, you know, unifying. I want -- I think I've been pretty clear about.

You know, there was a speech I made called "Two Paths." You know, you can either operate on the dark side of the street or you can operate in the light. I believe that America needs people to operate in the light. Plain and simple.

(END VIDEO CLIP) BLACKWELL: He said he needs -- that America needs someone who's going to operate in the light there. What's your reaction to what you're hearing from Governor Kasich?

LORD: Well, you know, on Monday of this last week, I was with Donald Trump at a rally about 5 miles from here in Central Pennsylvania. And I had plenty of time to talk to the folks who were there. The rally was totally filled inside this massive gymnasium in an adjoining auditorium and there were thousands of people who couldn't get in.

They are so enthusiastic about Donald Trump. They feel that change is at hand. I honestly think that Governor Kasich is out of touch here. There's a lot of passion, a lot of enthusiasm from these folks. And I'm sure that applies in Ohio, as well. And I would just, for the sake of party unity, now, it's time. It's time.

BLACKWELL: We should also say that there's a significant number of self-identified Republicans who are still not behind Donald Trump. And believe in the latest polls that the party is not united and potentially will not be united moving forward at least in the next 94 days, by Election Day.

I want you to listen to, also, something that Donald Trump said. This was in Burlingame, if my memory serves me well, back in April at the California GOP State Convention. And he said this about unity. Watch.

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TRUMP: Ideally we're going to be together. I think I will win even if we're not together. I mean, there are some people, I honestly don't want their endorsement. There should be and there has to be unity.

Now, with that being said, would I win, can I win without it? I think so, to be honest. I think so.

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BLACKWELL: Still believe you were there with him, with the campaign. Does he -- Do they still believe they can win without a unified GOP?

LORD: Well, I, you know, one of the interesting factors, I think of this election, Victor, is the presence of people coming into this system who have never paid much attention to it before or were sort of put off by all of politics. These people are pouring in the door, if you will, of the Republican Party and in support of Donald trump.

So, yes, I think he can do -- I think he can win, absolutely, I think he can win. And there's always going to be people, Victor -- I mean, I remember after the hotly contested primary in 1980, Congressman John Anderson, who was a member of the Republican House leadership and was a candidate, picked up his marbles and left the party and ran as a third party candidate. He got 6 percent of the vote. And Ronald Reagan won in a landslide.

[09:09:49] BLACKWELL: All right, we'll pick up right where we're leaving off here. Jeffrey, stay with us. Quick break. We'll be right back.

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BLACKWELL: Welcome back. We're talking endorsements this morning. And Donald Trump has now endorsed Speaker Paul Ryan in his primary race there in Wisconsin, but Sarah Palin, big Trump supporter, is not following his lead. She plans to still back Ryan's opponent, Paul Nehlen. She tweeted this, "Proud to be standing with Paul Nehlen since May 9th. Wisconsin, please vote for this man of the people on Tuesday."

Let's bring back Jeffrey Lord, CNN political commentator, former Reagan White House political director and Trump supporter. Jeffrey, your reaction to what we're seeing from Governor Palin or ex-governor Palin. I wonder, what is the potency of a Palin endorsement these days?

LORD: I think she's got a lot of clout with a lot of folks. I have nothing but the greatest respect for Governor Palin. I have a great deal of affection for her. I think she's terrific. Yeah, she certainly does.

BLACKWELL: But would you want her division here with or separation from Donald Trump?

LORD: These things happen. Somebody's going to win and then we'll go on from there.

BLACKWELL: Well, I would imagine if these things happen and somebody's going to win, Donald Trump could have stayed where he was and not endorsed Ryan and Ayotte and McCain?

LORD: He's in a different spot. He is the party's presidential nominee. And I'm giving you an example that year again from Ronald Reagan. Ronald Reagan was no fan of the late Arlen Specter, who was running. He was Liberal Republican, he as on the ballot from 1980 from the senate for the first time. He won in the Reagan landslide. Six years later after irritating Ronald Reagan mightily over those 6 years, Ronald Reagan swallowed hard, endorsed him, came into Pennsylvania and, did a fund-raiser for him, exerted his influence to get a conservative challenger out of a primary situation. So, this is what party leaders do. And this is Donald Trump's moment.

BLACKWELL: How long -- You say this is Donald Trump's moment. How long is this iteration of Trump and the campaign going to last? I imagine -- I mean, I know that sitting in this chair, we've asked at least a dozen times, Christi? I don't know. Is this the presidential shift? Is this the turn toward preparing for the general? Are we all being fooled? Is this going to change went we see him in New Hampshire this weekend?

[09:15:09] LORD: Well, Donald Trump is going to continue to be Donald Trump. There's no question about that. But, yeah, I mean, we're now in the general election. I mean, it may be August and the Olympics may be attracting a little bit of attention here, but, you know, the game is on here. So, Donald Trump understands full well what the stakes are. He's very enthusiastic -- I mean, I can tell you. I spoke with him on Monday. You know, in person. He's very upbeat, very excited ...

BLACKWELL: Well, the game was on last week when he was going after Ghazala Khan, as well. So, I mean, I don't know if that necessarily justifies the change but, we'll see. I guess that's the answer to that. We won't and we know ...

LORD: I mean, it was a Gold Star mother, just last night by the name of Karen Vaughn, who spoke up for him. So, I think that we're, we've turned a corner there as well.

BLACKWELL: All right. Let's talk about this video that's coming out. You know, Donald Trump did 180 on that video. He said he saw of the plane with the $400 million going to Iran. And he tweeted, the plane I saw on television was the hostage plane in Geneva Switzerland, not the plane carrying $400 million in cash going to Iran.

LORD: Right.

BLACKWELL: Well, now, reportedly, this interesting turn of events. There is purportedly a video from an Iranian documentary that was aired on Iranian television, showing money on the day that several American prisoners were released. We've got this video up now.

Now, reportedly, this wasn't known to have existed when Trump made the claim, but from your perspective, does this change any element here for Mr. Trump or the campaign?

LORD: Well, the essence, and frankly, when I saw that video, I thought the same thing he did. And I now understand there is one of the hostages who says that they were not allowed to board their plane or leave until another plane mysteriously landed. Now, presumably, that's the one with the cash on it.

But the point is, whatever video is in sight doesn't change the fact. Is it the U.S. Government, under the Obama administration, paid $400 million in cash ransom for these hostages? And I can tell you, again, I was in the White House during the Iran contra affair and there was a major congressional investigation of presidential commission, a special prosecutor. There was a lot that resulted from that. So this is a very, very big deal.

BLACKWELL: Well, the President, of course, said that the U.S. does not pay ransom, did not pay ransom. It was $400 million that was announced back in January ...

LORD: The Iranians say otherwise.

BLACKWELL: Well, the Iranians have said many things otherwise. But the President also said that they had to send in cash because there is no banking relationship with Iran. But we have heard from both sides on that, as well. Jeffrey Lord, thanks so much.

PAUL: Thank you, gentlemen. Just a short circuit? Well, Hillary Clinton is explaining why she, some say, fumbled an answer about the investigation into her private e-mail server. Some critics, they're not buying it.

Also, more than 11,000 athletes from 200 countries. Yes, the games are on! And guess who's there, Coy Wire.

WIRE: Come on down, everybody. Rio is here. We have all the action for you.

Opening ceremony last night, only got three hours of sleep, but still feeling the beat, the passion. Rio delivering on their promise. Great night. Supermodel Gisele Bundchen and an athlete who set social media ablaze coming out with his shirt off. We're going to talk about it, coming up.

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[09:22:12] PAUL: Well, we're all waking up today to the first official day of the 2016 Olympics. The opening ceremonies featured more than 5,000 costumes, spectacular fireworks, teams of samba dancers. And our Coy Wire is still dancing this morning because he's in Rio, and, you know, I guess when you're in Rio, you samba. Coy?

WIRE: That's it. And you took the words out of my mouth, because I am still feeling those beats today. That passion, that energy. It's contagious. I'm going to bring some of it back with me to Atlanta, so be ready.

Those opening ceremonies, Christi, so inspiring to see and feel what can happen when these countries from all over the world. Over 200 nations represented thousands and thousands of athletes and there they were, celebrating, embracing each other with one heart and one mind. It was an incredible night. And quite the show.

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WIRE: It was a night of celebration and celebrity, dance and drama. With an estimated 3 billion people watching from around the world, the 2016 Rio Olympics opening ceremony kicked off in the iconic Maracana Stadium.

Host country Brazil showcased its athletes and its culture. And its biggest international celebrity, supermodel Gisele Bundchen, walking and commanding the catwalk to the song "The Girl from Ipanema" and later, she was dancing in the crowd.

Then came the parade of nations. Swimmer, Michael Phelps, with 22 medals to his name and the most decorated Olympian of all time, carrying the flag for team U.S.A.

Tennis pro Serena Williams, basketball star's Kylie Irving, Carmelo, Anthony, and golfer Ricky Fowler were there, making the American team the largest contingent in the Olympic games.

And the internet found a new star. Tonga's flag bearer, Pita Taufatofua, a chiseled bare chested taekwondo competitor glistening in front of a worldwide audience.

Team Russia was met with cheers, even as a doping scandal hangs over the country with 118 Russian athletes banned from the games.

And one of the most anticipated teams of the night was a first for the Olympics, the team refugees who got a standing ovation from the crowd.

The biggest-kept secret of the night, who was going to light the Olympic caldron? That honor went to Vander lei de Lima, a Brazilian marathoner who was attacked during a race he was leading in the 2004 for Athens Olympics. He still won bronze in that event.

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WIRE: What an exciting night, Christi. I was going to take my shirt off and get all oiled up for this hit, because it was so exciting. Producer Dan said, don't do that. I'll get fired, he will too. But let's talk about some of the things up going on today, 12 gold medals up for grabs. You have swimming, they'll be holding the 400 individual medley relay. Keep an eye out from Chase Kalisz. He went from coma to Olympian.

[09:25:04] You also have the women's 400 by 100 meter relay. Gold medal going to be handed out tonight, it will be U.S.A. and Australia likely the two going toe to toe in the pool to get that gold.

PAUL: All right. Coy, I was going to say, you could have bare- chested it. You could have made that much talk, no doubt about it. Thank you.

WIRE: He wouldn't let me.

PAUL: Now, you know why.

WIRE: He wouldn't let me.

PAUL: He don't like the competition. All right, Coy thank you. We'll see you in a bit.

Hillary Clinton was with a room full of reporters. That hasn't happened in many months. We're going to tell you what she was talking about, that had so many other people talking this morning.

Also, never far from the President's side, that briefcase there known as the football with a capability to launch nuclear weapons. And what's inside? How does the process work? We're going to reveal that.

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[09:29:07] PAUL: Good morning. News past the hour and always glad to see you. I'm Christi Paul.

BLACKWELL: I'm Victor Blackwell. Good to be with you.

Hillary Clinton was in a room full of journalists on Friday, explaining her bungled answer to a question about the FBI investigation into her use of a private e-mail server, arguing that a Trump presidency is wrong for America. CNN national correspondent, Suzanne Malveaux is tracking that story for us.

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CLINTON: America is better than Donald Trump.

SUZANNE MALVEUX, CNN NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Hillary Clinton laying into Donald Trump at a conference for black and Hispanic journalists in Washington.

CLINTON: We need to stand up as a country and say that Donald Trump doesn't represent who we are and what we believe.

MALVEUX: Clinton was asked about her claim in a pair of recent interviews, that FBI Director James Comey said her public answers about her e-mails were truthful. Here is what she told Fox News Sunday.

CHRIS WALLACE, FOX NEWS SUNDAY: After a long investigation, FBI Director James Comey said none of those things that you told the American public were true.

[09:30:08] CLINTON: Chris, that's not what I heard Director Comey say. And I thank you for giving me the opportunity to, in my view, clarify. Director Comey said that my answers were truthful and what I've said is consistent with what I've told the American people.

MALVEAUX: That statement which she repeated in another interview Wednesday ruled false by fact checkers. Clinton tried to clarify those comments, referring specifically to what Comey said about her FBI testimony.

CLINTON: I was pointing out in both of those instances that Director Comey had said my answers in my FBI interview were truthful. That's really the bottom line here. I may have short circuited it, and for that I, you know, will try to clarify, because I think Chris Wallace and I were probably talking past each other, because, of course, he could only talk to what I had told the FBI, and I appreciated that.

MALVEAUX: Clinton also addressed questions about her struggles with voters, who do not see her as honest and trustworthy.

REPORTER: How would you lead a nation where a majority of Americans mistrust?

LINTON: Every time I have done a job, people have counted on me and trusted me. I take it seriously. And it doesn't make me feel good when people say those things and I recognize that I have work to do.

CLINTON: Every time I have done a job, people have counted on me and trusted me. I take it seriously. And it doesn't make me feel good when people say those things and I recognize that I have work to do.

MALVEAUX: As the Democratic nominee picked up another high profile endorsement. In a "New York Times" op-ed, former CIA Director Mike Morrell said he'd be voting for Clinton in November and warned of Trump's impact on the world stage, saying, quote, "Mr. Trump has no experience on national security. Even more important, the character traits he has exhibited in the primary season suggest he would be a poor, even dangerous commander in chief."

Morrell also slammed Trump's praise of Russian President Vladimir Putin, saying, quote, "in the intelligence business, we would say that Mr. Putin have recruited Mr. Trump as an unwitting agent of the Russian Federation."

Nationally, Clinton's lead over Trump continues to widen, an upswing helped perhaps by President Obama's rising job approval rating, and a positive jobs report.

(on camera): More good news for Hillary Clinton. A new poll out of Georgia shows she's four points ahead of Trump, of course, within the margin of error. But this is typically a red state. It is significant, this movement, this developments. The last time that Georgia went for a Democrat nominee was Bill Clinton back in 1992.

Suzanne Malveaux, CNN, Washington.

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CHRISTI PAUL, CNN ANCHOR: And just a little while ago, I sat down with CNN political commentator, Scottie Nell Hughes d Hillary Clinton supporter, Tharon Johnson, asking about Clinton's verbiage. This "short circuited" line. Take a listen.

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THARON JOHNSON, FORMER SOUTH REGIONAL DIRECTOR, OBAMA 2012: Well, the good news for us is that Hillary Clinton I usually pretty good on her feet and is going to be really good in debates. I think that this sort of comment was sort of just overreaction to the American people. The bottom line is here what she just said. The testimony that she gave to the FBI were truthful statements.

Now, what we're really talking about, Christi, is three out of 30,000 e-mails that the FBI director said had some type of marking on it. Let's be honest, we as American people, we'll truly never know what was in those e-mails because it's so classified and it was such a robust discussion between the FBI and --

PAUL: But don't you think the American people will look at it and think, I want to know what's in it, because there's such a trustworthiness issue when it comes to Hillary Clinton?

JOHNSON: Well, she is -- listen, Hillary Clinton has said that it was a mistake to have two e-mail servers. The polls show that a majority of Democrats and especially the American people are not as concerned about the issues they once was. It's definitely distracting for her campaign. But she's going to have 90-plus days to really show the American people that she's trustworthy and that she's dependable and that she's fit to be president. PAUL: To turn this around.

JOHNSON: Yes.

PAUL: Scottie, I want to come to you with something that Bernie Sanders wrote, an op-ed in the "L.A. Times." He wrote, Donald Trump would be a disaster and an embarrassment for our country if he were elected president. His campaign isn't based on anything of substance, it is based on bigotry."

This is a man who secured more than 1,800 pledged delegates. He had 46 percent of the total primary vote. How strong is his voice against Donald Trump?

SCOTTIE NELL HUGHES, CNN POLITICAL COMMENTATOR: Well, I think the question is, does it still have a voice? Has Hillary Clinton done enough to go after those Bernie Sanders supporters? Mr. Trump is looking hopefully to be able to recruit some of those Bernie Sanders folks over. However, if he doesn't, it's not the end of the world. That's not the end for the Republican Party.

However, Hillary Clinton must continue to recruit and a lot of those Bernie Sanders supporters are still very upset. And as she continues to strengthen her ties with Wall Street by hosting high-dollar fund- raisers, by more and more accepting out, she accepted almost ten times more from hedge funds on Wall Street for her campaign than necessarily Mr. Right there does not send a bond the two of them together.

PAUL: All right. Tharon, I see you shaking your head. And I want to get to one other thing if you want to comment on that, too.

[09:35:01] But there's an article in "Politico" this morning that says that Democrats are really worried about this October surprise, supposedly, more hacking, more that could come out against the Clintons. Help us understand the potency of that concern.

JOHNSON: Listen, when you're in the campaign, it's always sort of a big fear that something's going to happen in October. The reason October is so pivotal, it doesn't give you a lot of time to respond.

Listen, this whole issue of --

PAUL: It doesn't give you a lot of time to fix. For both camps, too.

JOHNSON: Yes, that's what I was going to say.

This whole issue with hacking and the e-mails is not just a Democratic issue or a Republican issue, it's like a national security issue. And so, while Hillary Clinton should be worried, I think Donald Trump should be worried as well. I mean, let's just think -- what if they uncover Donald Trump's tax returns in October.

PAUL: You led me into my next thing. Let's listen here to something that we heard from Julian Assange last night. Take a listen.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) BILL MAHER, TV HOST/COMEDIAN: Why don't you hack into Donald Trump's tax returns?

JULIAN ASSANGE, WIKILEAKS: Well, we're working on it.

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PAUL: OK, they're working on it. So, Scottie, is the Trump's campaign preparing for an elicit release of his tax returns, or is the Trump campaign going to surprise everybody and release them on their own?

HUGHES: Who knows? That might be up -- but what I just heard there, Julian Assange saying that it wouldn't necessarily be hacking into Donald Trump, it would be hacking into the IRS. That right there does cause concern.

But who's saying that he is the one responsible for these hacks. He's just the one that's releasing them through WikiLeaks. So, I think there was a lot of concern there.

But once again, I think you're right, this October surprise. And let's remember, but you know, this isn't the first time that a candidate, going into October, back with Ronald Reagan and Carter, Carter was up by eight points just two weeks shy of the November election then, and things obviously flipped, as obviously Ronald Reagan was able to be elected in 1980.

So, October is actually a very, very important month, I agree with you, on the debates with it. But once again, it just depends on these e-mails. We've already heard that Hillary Clinton e-mails specifically will be released. So, the question is right now, you have three staffers from the DNC resign this week, three more senior staffers, what exactly is going to be in these next rounds of e-mails that are from Hillary Clinton?

PAUL: All right. Tharon, go ahead. I know that you want to respond to that.

JOHNSON: I think the Donald Trump really missed here, he could have come out and been very presidential and statesman like. I mean, Scottie, you and I talked about this. Your candidate, every time he has an opportunity to really connect with independents, he blows it.

And so, at a time where I think his pathway to victory is harder, I mean, listen, he just endorsed Paul Ryan and endorsed John McCain. These are two great Americans. But these are two people who represent the establishment of the Republican Party.

He also maybe made a lot of his supporters upset with that move.

And you and I both know he's doing exceptionally terrible with independents right now. And Hillary Clinton is doing very well. I think it's a hard road for Donald Trump.

PAUL: I'm sorry, we' we've run out of time. Appreciate both of you being here for us. Scottie Nell Hughes, Tharon Johnson, thank you.

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VICTOR BLACKWELL, CNN ANCHOR: All right. Just ahead, Florida's aerial assault on the Zika virus. We'll go live to Miami for an update on the effort to stop the spread there. How well is it working?

Plus, a high-speed chase turns into a deadly shooting. Now, Chicago police are under scrutiny after this new video shows the moments leading up to the death of an unarmed teenager there. Investigator now saying it was the officers who were at fault, in the wrong here. Details are coming up.

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[09:41:58] BLACKWELL: Florida officials say the number of homegrown cases of the Zika virus has now increased to 16. The cases are concentrated in an area north of Miami, and health officials have launched an aggressive effort to stop the spread.

Correspondent Dan Simon joins us now, live from Miami.

Dan, give us an update on what Florida is doing to fight this Zika spread.

DAN SIMON, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Hey, Victor. First of all, we are in the sort of danger zone. This is called Wynwood. This is a collection of galleries and bars and restaurants. You also have some homes and apartments.

But basically, what we've been seeing is Florida has deployed airplanes, where they're spraying insecticide. As a matter of fact, just in front of me, one is going over right now.

And from what we've been told, the early results seem promising. They place nets out and they try to gauge how effective the insecticide is. And thus far, the kill rate, saying, has been pretty high in terms of the mosquitoes in these traps.

We've also seen crews coming down streets and mopping up some of the excess water. Water, of course, is what mosquitoes want to see. They like to lay their eggs there. And they want to deprive, you know, some of those water spots, where mosquitoes can breed.

And there's also been this fierce public relations campaign. We've seen police officers on the streets, passing out pamphlets to people, warning them about Zika. Pretty much everywhere you go, you see people spraying themselves with bug repellant. I was at a Walgreens, and the shelf was empty. So, those are the things we're seeing, Victor.

BLACKWELL: So it's one thing to now know that there's local transmission, the mosquito transmission in the U.S., say you're living in another part of the country. It's an entirely different scenario when it's happening in your neighborhood. How are the people who live there in Wynwood responding?

SIMON: You know, I think they're taking it in stride I should tell you that one of the things that officials told once and this is pretty striking, that they've actually reduced the zone to literally 500 square feet. And if you think about that, that's smaller than most one-bedroom apartments. This one-square-mile buffer they've told us about, that's really just to protect the rest of the community.

But you're really only talking about 500 square feet. And it's pretty amazing that within that small area, you had nearly 16 people who have gotten Zika. In all, we're talking about 16 people. And most of them have come from this one particular spot. They feel like they're getting a handle on it, but you still have a lot of health officials going out to the community, testing people, and thus far, they've tested literally over 2,400 people, just random tests, and 16 have come back positive.

So, they're hoping that these efforts with the planes, and some of the other things that they're doing, that'll make a difference, Victor.

BLACKWELL: Aggressive response there, Dan Simon for us in Miami -- thanks so much.

[09:45:01] PAUL: And new video this morning, showing the shooting of an unarmed black teen in Chicago is sparking some outrage across the country. I do want to forewarn you here and give you this warning, because I don't want you to be caught off guard, but this video is a little hard to watch.

Here we go.

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PAUL: Gosh, listen to that gunfire. This was a high-speed chase, followed by that gunfire. Police, as you see, feverishly trying to track down a teen that they believe stole a car. Now, an independent police review panel is calling the scene shocking and disturbing.

Our national correspondent, Miguel Marquez, has been looking at this as well. What are you learning this morning, Miguel, and good morning.

MIGUEL MARQUEZ, CNN NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Good morning to you.

This video has not only the police in Chicago on high alert, but police agencies across the country, because they are so concern about what it contains and what it shows.

I'm going to go back through that video you just showed a moment ago. That was the very moment that Paul O'Neal, he's an 18-year-old from the south side of Chicago, that he was suspected of stealing a jaguar, and this is when police caught up with him.

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MARQUEZ: Now, you hear one more shot, after those first 15 shots are fired, you hear one more shot. That is the shot from the officer whose car Mr. O'Neal crashed into.

Two things about this. One, Mr. O'Neal was shot while running. Not armed. And the officer who shot him, his body camera was not working. It's not clear why it wasn't working.

Moments later, this is what police found -- or had in the backyard of this fence you're looking at.

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MARQUEZ: That is Mr. O'Neal in custody. You can just make out the red on the back of his white t-shirt. That is blood coming from the back of this 18-year-old. Police in this video, it's about a ten- minute video total, police in this video are heard saying to each other, "He was shooting agent us, right? He shot at my partner, so I shot back."

In fact, he was not armed and he never fired a shot. All of the shots came from the police. The police department itself very, very concerned about this, saying police officers did not follow policy in this shooting.

The police superintendent, Eddie Johnson, tried to hold a press conference. Here's how that went.

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MARQUEZ: He walked out in front of police headquarters, protesters, instead, got in between the media and the police superintendent there. And he eventually retreated and walked back into the building. All of this raising concerns, because of wt happened in 2014, when Laquan McDonald, another young man who was shot while walking away from police, that video took over a year to come out.

By comparison, this video only took about a week to come out. The officer in the Laquan McDonald case, he faces murder and misconduct charges. He has pled not guilty. The department in Chicago has also issued a nationwide bulletin, telling police officers everywhere to be on alert because of this incident -- Christi.

PAUL: All right. Miguel Marquez, we appreciate it. Thank you.

BLACKWELL: Ahead in the NEWSROOM, carrying the nuclear football. We'll tell you what's reportedly inside that briefcase that's never far from the president's side.

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[09:52:23] PAUL: It is an ordinary looking briefcase with a capability to launch a nuclear war. So nothing ordinary about it.

BLACKWELL: Not so ordinary. Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump each question whether the other should have access to the so-called nuclear football. Donald Trump even reportedly asking why nuclear weapons could not be used during a meeting that was three times reportedly he asked that question.

Correspondent Brian Todd takes a look at what's inside this briefcase reportedly and the somber task carrying the football.

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BRIAN TODD, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Just a few feet from the president, no matter where the commander in chief happens to be, a military aide carries a briefcase. It's nicknamed the football and the power of this can unleash is legendary.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Immense unprecedented power. The United States currently right now deploys approximately 900 nuclear warheads that are on the order of ten times more powerful than the weapons that destroyed Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

TODD: Five military aides, one from each branch of the Armed Forces, worked in a rotation carrying the football.

For three years, as a young marine major, Pete Metzger, carried the nuclear football for President Reagan. The responsibility can be nerve-wracking.

PETE METZGER, CARRIED "NUCLEAR FOOTBALL" FOR PRESIDENT REAGAN: I wouldn't say I was on edge, but I was very, very focused on what I was going to do. The time is so ort, between alert and execution. You have to be ready anytime for any moment. And that's why one of us was always very close proximity to the president.

TODD: Metzger says there's a separate football for the vice president if the commander in chief becomes incapacitated.

(on camera): How does it compare to this, bigger, heavier? METZGER: It's somewhat longer. A little bit wider and somewhat

heavier.

TODD (voice-over): Inside the case he says, there is communication equipment. Metzger won't discuss the other contents.

But Bill Daley, a former director of the White House military office described in his book, four crucial components inside. A so-called black book listing strike options for retaliation if the U.S. is attacked with nuclear weapons. A book listing bunker locations where the president can be taken in an emergency. A manila folder listing procedures for the emergency broadcast system, and a small card with authentication codes to verify it's the president ordering a nuclear launch.

KINGSTON REIF, ARMS CONTROL ASSOCIATION: That's known as the biscuit. Interesting name.

TODD: Hillary Clinton says Donald Trump doesn't have the right temperament to be trusted with the nuclear launch codes.

CLINTON: Anyone who can be provoked by a tweet should not be anywhere near nuclear weapons.

TODD: Trump has vehemently refuted that. Metzger says to carry the football, he had to undergo rigorous background checks by the military, Secret Service and FBI. It included extensive psychiatric screening.

[09:55:02] METZGER: The result of the decision the president would make is so grotesquely horrible, so grotesquely horrible, it would change the face of the earth. It would change humanity. It would change mankind. And I guess when you're on duty, you try not to think about the import of that, but you're fully prepared to do so if you have to.

TODD (on camera): If the president actually launch a nuclear strike, is there anyone in the chain of command that can stop the order? The White House won't comment on that. But Pete Metzger and other experts tell us that unless there's a full on mutiny, no one can stop that order.

Brian Todd, CNN, Washington.

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