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Trump Visits Detroit, Tries to Woo Black Voters; FBI Report on Clinton E-mail Server Released; Hermine Pounds East Coast; Clinton, Trump Prepare for Debates in Different Ways; Clinton Changing Press Assess; Fighting Violence with the Power of Music; Oklahoma Shuts Oil, Gas Wells after Earthquake. Aired 3-4p ET

Aired September 03, 2016 - 15:00   ET

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[15:00:11] POPPY HARLOW, CNN ANCHOR: Hi, everyone. It is 3:00 eastern, noon Pacific. I'm Poppy Harlow, in New York. Good to be back with you.

Donald Trump makes a hard sell for African-American voter at a predominantly black church in Detroit. His efforts though met with protests from some.

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HARLOW: At one point today, several of the protestors tried to rush the church gate.

But while this played out outside, take a look at what happened inside.

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HARLOW: There you see Trump dancing a little bit alongside "Apprentice" star, Amarosa. At one point, he read remarks described as straight from his heart. His message much more subdued than what we typically hear from this candidate, really sticking to script.

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DONALD TRUMP, (R), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: You do right every day by your community and your families. You raise children in the light of God. And I will always support your church, always, and defend your right to worship. So important.

Our nation is too divided. We talk past each other, not to each other. And those who seek office do not do enough to step into the community and learn what is going on. They don't know. They have no clue. I'm here today to learn so that we can together remedy in justice in any form.

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HARLOW: He also called for a civil rights agenda of our time, talked about how he would help the city of Detroit.

Before this service, he sat down for an interview with the church's pastor, Bishop Wayne Jackson. That interview raised questions because of a document obtained this week shows not only was Trump given the questions ahead of time but his team initially scripted answers. To that, Bishop Jackson said he changed questions coming up with new ones after "The New York Times" report came out. He told reporters today Trump's answers were not scripted.

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UNIDENTIFIED REPORTER: Were his answers scripted?

BISHOP WAYNE JACKSON, PASTOR, GREAT FAITH MINISTRIES INTERNATIONAL CHURCH: No.

UNIDENTIFIED REPORTER: Was he prepared for the questions you asked?

JACKSON: Yes, he was. No, it wasn't scripted, I can guarantee you that. But he was unscripted. He just sat down like a normal guy and he gave answers to questions.

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HARLOW: He said Donald Trump was not scripted.

We'll talk about this, CNN senior political reporter, Nia-Malika Henderson; Paris Dennard, a Donald Trump supporter, and the former White House director of black outreach under former President George W. Bush; and CNN political commentator and Hillary Clinton supporter, Bakari Sellers.

Thank you for being here.

This was a big day.

Nia, I want to go to you first.

He visited this church and took a tour of the city with Dr. Ben Carson. He saw his childhood home. This, as the poll numbers reflect he has not made up a lot of ground. He's at 2 percent among African- American voters. Hillary Clinton is at 87 percent. That's even behind the third-party candidates, Jill Stein and Gary Johnson. How much can he improve those numbers? What is the strategy here when you have about two months to go until Election Day, Nia?

NIA-MALIKA HENDERSON, CNN SENIOR POLITICAL REPORTER: I don't think he can do much at this point. One of the things you have seen going on, really since the 1930s, is the massive shift of African-American voters to voting for Democratic candidates at the presidential level and there are all sorts of reasons why that is the southern strategy, which of course you saw happen in 2005 with the Republican national chairman. He went to the NAACP and apologized to African-Americans because Republicans had played really politics around race. So that is one of the reasons you see African-Americans really being loyal to the Democratic Party. And you have, I think, a candidate in Donald Trump who is really doing the standard issue, things that any presidential candidate would do. You saw George Bush and Newt Gingrich doing this in 2012, visiting a black church, but he comes in with all this baggage. Even 30 percent of Republicans think that Donald Trump appeals to bigotry with some of the remarks Latinos somewhere around 70 percent. So just a mere church service in a sort of brief tour of Ben Carson's home I don't think is going to reverse any of that. Ben Carson himself didn't do really well with African- American voters. So I think he has sort of the trappings of what we would see any standard Republican do in terms of reaching out to African-American voters. But he has heavy baggage.

HARLOW: Right, but the argument has been made, Nia, that this isn't solely about getting African-Americans on board because you can't tip the polls that much. But about convincing other white voters he's not a racist.

HENDERSON: I think that is right. I think I have said this is him "I'm not a bigot" tour. And he used those words in Philadelphia talking to a select group of African-Americans there. So it is both, it's a dual appeal, the direct appeal to African-Americans and we have to take the campaign at their word they are doing it and then the who, again, are uncomfortable with the idea that they would cast their ballot for somebody, who, again -- Paul Ryan has said that Donald Trump has made racist statements. You have a lot of Republicans, black and white, uncomfortable of him as a candidate.

[15:05:45] HARLOW: Interesting duel strategy.

Paris, to you, as a Trump supporter, let's dissect what we heard this morning from Detroit with the recent comments, speaking about African- American voters.

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TRUMP: What do you have to lose? You're living in poverty, you're schools are no good, you have no jobs.

We'll get rid of the crime and you'll be able to walk down the street without getting shot.

(voice-over): I have so many African-American friends, they doing great. They are making good money and living the good life.

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HARLOW: What, Paris, is appealing to -- you can't call African- American voters a prolific group. But what do you think about the very somber tone says, I'm with you, the black church is the conscious of this country, I alone am the one who can help Detroit and African- Americans struggling. What works better?

PARIS DENNARD, DONALD TRUMP SUPPORTER & FORMER WHITE HOUSE DIRECTOR OF BLACK OUTREACH UNDER GEORGE W. BUSH: To your point, the black community is not a monolithic group so we have diversity within the community. That means there are Republicans, like myself, and many others who support the message of Donald Trump and believe he is the candidate that is going to turn this country around and has the capabilities of turning many urban communities in black America around. That being said, it doesn't matter what type of tactic he uses. What matters more to me is the unifying message he says to our community, which is he's going to bring jobs back to our nation, our community, as well as focus in on school choice, being a champion of those issues. So whether he's talking to a large audience or speaking at a black church, the message is the same --

HARLOW: So, Bakari --

DENNARD: -- his sis the candidate for the black community.

HARLOW: Let me bring in Bakari.

I want to note, he did not get into specifics about what he would do.

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DENNARD: Well, either you're for school choice, Poppy, or you're against.

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HARLOW: I hear you. I hear you.

DENNARD: You support vouchers or you don't.

HARLOW: I spent time covering Detroit. I was looking for specifics here.

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HARLOW: So you know the pain there certainly.

DENNARD: It's tremendous.

HARLOW: Look, Bakari, Detroit has had Democratic mayors since 1962. And there's not question that the city is struggling. When you hear Donald Trump say what do you have to lose? When you hear him say I have solutions for Detroit as a Republican and you look at the city that on the watch after Democrat after Democrat fell into bankruptcy and continues to struggle, does he have a point?

BAKARI SELLERS, CNN POLITICAL COMMENTATOR: Well, he doesn't have a point. I think you hear the Republican operatives and Donald Trump and other Republican elected officials go around and say, look at these Democratic cities, and they are neglecting the fact that Michigan now has a Republican governor and legislation, and it's failing on their watch. More importantly, when you look at the poverty levels in this country, the highest levels are found in the Deep South amongst African-Americans where you have these ironclad Republican governors and legislatures.

One of the things that stuck to me today, other than the fact that -- I was speaking with family members earlier today and my wife and we were talking about this visit. It can only be characterized as a hot mess, Poppy.

One of the things --

HARLOW: Why?

SELLERS: One of the things that stuck out is because Donald Trump today energized the city of Detroit by bringing out so many pastors, so many people who do not stand for that rhetoric and bigotry and xenophobia. If Donald Trump wants -- and I know that Pastor Burns and others talk about pandering. If he wants to continue to pander to the African-American community, my challenge is to provide substance and at least answer the questions of how. If you want to talk about bringing jobs back in the African-American communities, you can't say, oh, my god, I'm going to visit a black church and bring jobs. We want to know the answers to how.

HARLOW: Paris, to you, what the "Detroit Free Press" wrote in an op- ed today: "Even in coming to Detroit, he, Trump, is not going to address black voters or deal with our issues. He has no interest in that. Instead, he is aiming to use his appearance in a black city with black people to boost his stock among white middle class voters, a swelling number believe he's a racist and whose votes he can capture with a softening image."

If that opinion piece correct, and what do you say to Bakari about specifics?

[15:10:04] DENNARD: Clearly, that opinion piece, as well as "The New York Times" piece was incorrect because we saw Mr. Trump today speak before a predominantly black audience. He did what he was going to do. He attended an event at a church service at their invitation.

Be careful how we characterize what this was. This is not going to be the first black event that Mr. Trump was doing. This is a continued engagement effort. And this was the first time he went to a black church at the invitation of the pastor.

But to Bakari's point, listen, it's a good thing the Republican nominee is talking about the black community, the issues in our community and how he wants to fix it. When it comes to specifics, he said he would have them in the upcoming weeks as he continues this engagement effort.

HARLOW: Paris, I have to leave it there. You'll be back, and Bakari, next block.

Nia-Malika Henderson, thank you for being with us.

(CROSSTALK) HARLOW: Coming up, inside the FBI's report on Hillary Clinton just release. What we are learning about Hillary Clinton's private e-mail and what she could not remember 39 times, and why Republicans are already pouncing.

And this Monday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern, on Labor Day, don't miss two CNN reports, an in-depth look at the life and times of the two major candidates for president.

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[15:15:55] HARLOW: "I do not recall," that's the answer Hillary Clinton gave, or a form of it, at least 39 times during an interview with the FBI about her private e-mail server. A new report also reveals that Clinton said she didn't know that the e-mails, with the FBI, marked with a "C" were confidential.

Donald Trump quick to pounce.

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TRUMP: When you look at what they've done with respect to the FBI notes where she didn't know what the letter "C" was, that's a lie, unless she's not an intelligent person. That's a total lie.

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HARLOW: Joe Johns has more on what the FBI documents tell us.

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HILLARY CLINTON, (D), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: Wow.

JOE JOHNS, CNN SENIOR WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): The FBI's formally classified report on its investigation into Hillary Clinton's private e-mail server reveals there was a lot she said she could not remember when being questioned by agents. The report indicates 39 different times Mrs. Clinton said there were things she did not recall or remember, according to the FBI's notes on her interview.

The documents are providing insight into why the FBI did not recommend charging Clinton.

JAMES COMEY, FBI DIRECTOR: Although we did not find clear evidence that Secretary Clinton or her colleagues intended to violate laws governing the handling of classified information, there is evidence that they were extremely careless in their handling of very sensitive highly classified information.

JOHNS: In her more than three-hour interview with the FBI, Clinton could not recall any briefing or training by State related to the handling of classified information. Clinton said she relied on her aides to use their judgment when e-mailing her and could not recall anyone raising concerns about information sent to her private account. She also said she did not know that a "C" marking on a document meant

it was classified, and even asked interviewing agents for clarification.

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JOHNS: Some of the classified e-mails that caused the most trouble for Clinton discussed the CIA's covert drone program, which should never be discussed on any unclassified e-mail systems. The report says Clinton stated, "Deliberation over a future drone strike did not give her cause for concern regarding classification."

CLINTON: Welcome to all of you.

JOHNS: But one of the things Mrs. Clinton seemed conclusive about was her motivation. She told the FBI she used her personal e-mail server for convenience and not to evade Freedom of Information laws.

Attorney General Loretta Lynch followed the FBI's recommendation and passed on prosecuting Clinton, who eventually admitted using a private e-mail server was a mistake.

CLINTON: I would certainly not do that again. That is something that, at the time, as even Director Comey said, seemed like a convenience. But it was the wrong choice.

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JOHNS: Donald Trump wasted no time seizing on the release, saying, quote, "Hillary Clinton's answers to the FBI about her private e-mail server defy belief. I was absolutely shocked to see that her answers to the FBI stood in direct contradiction to what she told the American people."

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HARLOW: Joe Johns, thank you for that.

Back with me, Clinton supporter, Bakari Sellers; and Trump supporter, Paris Dennard.

Bakari, Hillary Clinton has been a Senator, secretary of state. She said she didn't know what the "C" meant on the e-mails. Some of her e-mails contained discussions on the potential drone targets from the administration program. I know you're a Clinton supporter, but is that enough to sway voters' concerns that someone who is a self- described policy wonk wouldn't know that a "C" meant something, classified, confidential, and to look into it?

SELLERS: I think, Poppy, you have to give more details than you're giving. We know the "C" was a small "C," circles, buried down within the e-mail. Nothing was labeled confidential at the top of the e- mails. And, in fact, Director Comey said they were improperly marked. We know that to be a fact. Look, Hillary Clinton was wrong for using a private server.

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HARLOW: OK, Bakari, taking that, you have 113 e-mails with classified information, three of them, only three of them had classified marks.

SELLERS: Three.

[15:20:01] HARLOW: You're talking about a drone program. Should anyone who is secretary of state even think that that wouldn't be something that should be sent on an unsecured server?

SELLERS: Well, I think the answer to the question is that she was wrong for having an unsecured server. She admits that. She shouldn't have done it out of convenience. But, Poppy, we're talking about three e-mails improperly marked. I mean, that is the fact. And should she have sent them unknowingly? No, she should not have. But there was no intent. We back here with the e-mails, we have hashed this out, month after month after month. And, Poppy, it boils down to three e-mails, Poppy, three.

HARLOW: I've got to get to Paris.

When you talk about the intent, that's one thing, but there are individuals and journalists, other former state employees, who been prosecuted for --

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SELLERS: That's not true, Poppy. You can't name one circumstance. You cannot name one circumstance or one individual with the same facts as Hillary Clinton that was prosecuted. These cases are not the same. This is not a Petraeus case. This list goes on and on and on.

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SELLERS: And there was not a parallel.

HARLOW: I want to let Paris respond.

Is there a parallel?

DENNARD: At the end of the day, the American people can see through all of this, and they will come to the same conclusion that Secretary Clinton cannot be trusted. There's an issue that clouds her judgment.

There's one issue that is at stake here, it's about her judgment. And as secretary of state, if we're supposed to judge her on what she would do as president, we can look as to how she operated as secretary of state. We saw that she swiped or wiped clean her server after "The New York Times" post came out. We saw that she also botched this whole thing with Benghazi. And we look at --

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DENNARD: So there's not one thing you can say is an accomplishment as her time as secretary of state.

HARLOW: To, Paris, to that question --

DENNARD: Yes.

HARLOW: -- to that question of honesty and trustworthiness, those numbers for Hillary Clinton have been hurting for some time in the polls. Yet, she's still ahead of Donald Trump in every single poll, if you look at national polling, if you look at the swing states, so you know, we've had hours and hours of congressional testimony, you have these new FBI documents released, there's no smoking gun. I guess my question to you is, how is this a net positive for Donald Trump?

DENNARD: I view -- look, you can take that previous post that John did, and mark paid for by the Republican National Committee or paid for by president, and run that across the country. And because it's that damning. The important thing to note is this is the opportunity for Mr. Trump. Her unfavorables are high and her polling is where it is. It is not moving the needle. But there's an opportunity I believe for Mr. Trump to come in and say, listen, I am a proven leader. I am a businessman who knows how to get things done and can be trusted. I'm honest and direct and will shoot straight with you and make America great again. So the opportunity for Mr. Trump, more so than an opportunity for Secretary Clinton, because we have seen her record, we've known her for 30 years, and yet, people still are not moving in a positive direction towards her.

HARLOW: Bakari, final thought for you on the 39 times she told the FBI she could not recall when they were asked, when asked those questions. Does that concern you?

SELLERS: No. I mean, she simply said I do not recall. Donald Trump, for example, in his deposition while going out on the campaign trail said his memory was great, it was the greatest memory of all time. Donald Trump, time after time after time, in his deposition, stated "I do not recall" in his lawsuit just recently here in Washington, D.C., in relationship to being sued because of his words and shows backing out. So does her "I do not recall" concern me? No. And I hope we're not going down this rabbit hole of her health because I'm tired of giving people that any credence because it's the height of sexism.

HARLOW: Hey --

DENNARD: The American people --

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HARLOW: -- Bakari, we are not going down the road of her health.

SELLERS: No, no.

HARLOW: There are zero questions about her health.

Thank you, Bakari and Paris, very much.

Coming up, Tropical Storm Hermine lashes the east coast with millions in its path. We'll take you live to the seaboard next. SHERISSE PHAM, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Hi, we're here live on the Outer

Banks of North Carolina where the wind has picked up significantly. More after the break.

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[15:27:52] HARLOW: A state of emergency now declared for the coastal counties of New Jersey ahead of the tropical storm grinding up the eastern seaboard. This is what remains of Hurricane Hermine pounding North Carolina's Barrier Islands, pushing over trees, flooding the streets there. Right now, people as far as New York City are getting ready for the storm's arrival.

Sherisse Pham is near Kill Devil Hills.

Clearly the brunt of the storm there, as we just saw, but this is not dying down, right? They are expecting hurricane-force winds tomorrow?

PHAM: That's right. This is not going to die down. For people out there who have experienced what North Carolina is going to experience, what we saw earlier this morning was a relatively calm morning, very little rain, very little wind. People were out on the beach. But guess what? Those 50-mile-per-hour to 60-mile-per-hour wind gusts promised to us have arrived. So people in Virginia Beach and Atlantic City who may be watching this, this is what you have in store for you. You may have the storm come dump a bunch of rain, dump a bunch of wind. Then there may be a calm period and it will pick up again. So Tropical Storm Hermine's path through North Carolina did a lot of damage overnight. So much damage and wind, in fact, that the sign of our hotel blew off and it left tens of thousands of people without power throughout the entire state. More than 44,000 people were without power at one point.

And, you know, people have been out servicing and they've dropped that number down to 27,000 people. But officials are really saying please be on your guard, stay off the roads if you can, and really most importantly, stay out of the ocean. Like we understand it is Labor Day. We have met with a lot of tourists and visitors keen to have their beach vacation, but it is very dangerous surf conditions out here. So please be on the lookout and be safe.

Back to you, Poppy.

HARLOW: All right, Sherisse Pham, in Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina. Thank you so much. We'll get back to you later.

[15:30:00] HARLOW: Coming up next, a big change in the way Hillary Clinton deals with e-mails and the media on the campaign trail. We'll tell you what the change is come Monday.

Also, remember the hit song "Where Is the Love?" We all know that song. There is a new version out with the direct message behind it. The Black Eyed Peas will join me live to talk about their new video aimed at combating violence around the world.

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HARLOW: For more than a year now, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump have attacked each other from the campaign trail, calling each other out from podiums across the country or on Twitter. But in roughly three weeks, the two will be face-to-face on the same stage, the debate stage. Their first debate, September 26th. Their styles differ greatly, we know that, but we have also learned their prep style, how they prepare for the debates, is very, very different.

We'll talk about that. Errol Lewis is with us, a CNN political commentator.

We have learned from people in camps how they're preparing. Those close to Clinton say she's devouring the briefing books, looking at his weaknesses and past debates and focusing on substance, substance, substance. Donald Trump, we have learned a little bit from his son on how his father is preparing. Let's listen to that.

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DONALD TRUMP JR, SON OF DONALD TRUMP: Well, his major prepping is by speaking to the people. He's not going to do the typical, and someone is going to play Hillary Clinton and --

ANDERSON COOPER, CNN HOST, A.C. 360: He's not going to do that?

DONALD TRUMP JR: That's not his thing. That's now how he's going to do it.

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HARLOW: If you look in total, Hillary Clinton has 40 debates under her belt over the runs she's made for office. Donald Trump has almost 12. He took part in most of the primary debates. Whose style works better with the key undecided voter, the more off-the-cuff or policy, policy, policy, everything from the briefing book?

ERROL LOUIS, CNN POLITICAL COMMENTATOR: I don't know if off-the-cuff ever works in a scenario like this because you're talking 90 minutes of being head-to-head. The debates Donald Trump was in, there was an army of people, a circus, where you only had a couple of lines you could speak have to wait for four to five minutes before things came around to you again. This is going to be the opposite. I think for undecided voters, if they are just checking in now and have resisted all the great programming that you and others have done over the last year, what it really means is that they are preoccupied with something else and now just want a sharp concise statement or presentation.

[15:35:36] HARLOW: But does that risk sounding too scripted? Could he benefit from that?

LOUIS: It is interesting, one thing you didn't say about her prep also reported is they are looking for sort of pressure points, the kind of things that will set Donald Trump off. When you make comments about his personal appearance, when you question his masculinity and his business, he kind of tends to go off and explodes. If they try to goat him into that, and as reported, they are looking for where the pressure pretty rowdy kind of conversation, not necessarily a policy discussion.

HARLOW: So Donald Trump has not taken reporters on his plane. And up to this point, Hillary Clinton hasn't either. That will change on Monday as she's going to do that. And that changes press access, that changes sort of what they see. Oftentimes you see candidates come back and do a gaggle with reporters. It's been more 270 days since she's held a press conference. Does this change in having the press on the plane really do anything, or does she just need to have a press conference?

LOUIS: She ought to have a press conference. That goes without saying. It's possible she will have something akin to a gaggle. You don't get a press conference. For viewers who don't get the difference, the press conference is structured and you get question after question.

HARLOW: Live on television.

LOUIS: Question after question carried live. And you take the information as it is. A gaggle, which is what you'll get on an airplane, kind of everybody huddled around and questions peppered here and there, but doesn't last very long, it's not very structured. It is usually not carried live and you always have an opportunity to sort of break off. Somebody will come in and put a hand in front of the camera or it's time for the plane to land or something like that. So this distinctive second best. There is no substitute for a press conference.

She doesn't like being around the traveling press. They will, in fact, did discern little subtle things. If the press aides look nervous and huddling and whispering --

HARLOW: That's a good point.

LOUIS: -- you can start to develop a story and start to sort of connect some dots. She's been very weary about it. Maybe that will change after Labor Day.

HARLOW: You say second best to a press conference with the media.

Errol, thank you. Nice to have you on.

LOUIS: Sure.

HARLOW: Coming up, fighting violence with the power of music. The Black Eyed Peace with a remix of one of my favorite songs ever, a new version of "Where Is the Love," and the meaning and message behind it to the world for peace. Join me next, live.

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[15:41:45] HARLOW: All right, 475. Sit with that number a minute. That's how many people have been murdered in Chicago this year alone. That is just under Chicago's total murders last year and it's only September. In August alone 90 people were murdered in Chicago.

The rampant violence there and frankly around the world convinced the Black Eyed Peas to reunite for a cause. All the members of the Peas got back together for a remix of one of my favorite songs ever, "Where Is the Love." This is part of a star-studded campaign to stop gun violence and hate. Look.

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HARLOW: The video features a lot of famous faces from Puff Daddy to Mary J. Blige and Usher and Jamie Fox. It also showcases relatives of shooting victim, like the aunt of Alton Sterling, a black man killed by police outside a Baton Rouge convenience store this year. All the proceeds from this video go to the I Am Angel Foundation, who focuses on helping kids that need it most, focusing on education.

Joining me is three members of the Black Eye Peas, Will I Am, Taboo and Apl de Ap.

Thank you for being here.

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HARLOW: Let's start, Will I Am, with you. This is you foundation. You've been working hard at doing good for many years at this foundation. The video, the concept behind is, what is your goal once this is all said and done?

WILL I AM, FRONTMAN, BLACK EYED PEAS: All the proceeds go to education. I have an after school program in East Los Angeles. I started it six years ago with Lorain Jobs to get kids on track to go to college. And then we surround the program with robotics, computer science, send them to China, learn Mandarin and Cantonese. And these kids were failing. This year we had the first class that graduated. 100 percent of our student went off to a four-year college. 70 percent of the kids are going to school for computer science, with the computer science degree and a robotics degree. So they come from the same neighborhood I come from and are giving them tomorrow's skill sets. Remember there is a $4,000 per year per student investment for their education, around that area, you see heavy crime. You have civilian and law enforcement clashes. So what we want to do is protect by giving them tomorrow's skills sets. So all the proceeds of "Where Is the Love" are going to give kids in inner cities tomorrow's skill sets to get them off the streets.

[15:45:00] HARLOW: It's incredible to see. And every cent matters for these kids, as you well know.

I was struck by how the video starts. Let's play the beginning, because it begins with this image of Aylan Kurdi (ph), who, one year ago today, one year ago today, this Syrian refugee died trying to flee the fighting in Syria.

Why did you see, Apl de Ap, to start with that image?

APL DE AP, MEMBER, BLACK EYED PEAS: Well, there's a lot of that incident that is going on around the world. And we really, just that photo alone, really touched our heart and really prompts us to start this project and ask that question again, "Where Is the Love?" because so much craziness is going on in the world. And that's why we got back together to spread that message again.

HARLOW: To you, Taboo, the original version of "Where Is the Love," 13 years ago now, a lot has changed in the world. You're a father. You have three children. What kind of world do you think they're facing now? And what were you trying to say to them in this song?

TABOO, MEMBER, BLACK EYED PEAS: Actually, I have four children.

HARLOW: Congratulations.

TABOO: And I'm -- thank you. I'm glad that you said that it was one of your favorite songs. When we recorded it in 2003, it was at the heels of 9/11, and so many questions we were asking amongst each other, but one of the main questions was "Where Is the Love?" And one year later we joined forces with a lot of great people, not just celebrities, but clergymen, council members, community members, people that lost family members. And the whole thing was, how do we give back and show the love that we have for humanity? And I'm really glad that we're able to strike a chord again with this 2016 revision of the song.

HARLOW: I think your four kids will be pretty proud, too.

Will, to you, you guys partnered with the mapping company and a data company. And what it found absolutely fascinated me in terms of the cities and the parts of cities that are facing the most gun violence. What was the net result of that?

WILL I AM: So -- the net result was really to just make people remember and pay attention to how these cities are configured. Like Brentwood, where I went to elementary school, a kid got $11,000 for their education. The neighborhood that I live in, if I was to stay there, got $4,000 for their education. And just to have these maps so people could just see how much money we spend on education versus incarceration is absurd. Because it's those same kids that had the low investment on education that end up incarcerated. Proper and equal education at an early age, they wouldn't have ended up in jail, like the kids in Brentwood where I went to school.

HARLOW: But so we know this. Any politician you ask knows that. All of us know that. But it seems like things do not change on a mass scale.

Apl, to you, what would you say to our next president about what needs to change so the money is going in to help the kids at the outset the most?

APL DE AP: Yeah, so all the proceeds are going through 16 charities. And we're just asking everyone to participate and break the cycle and do your part. You know, in spreading the love, in communication, and before striking, it's about really having a dialogue and communicating with the officers and civilians. And we just need to really spread love in our daily lives and portray that.

HARLOW: Taboo, was this --

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HARLOW: Go ahead.

WILL I AM: To your question as far as the next president, we need spend as much money on education as we do war. Like, what are we fighting as a nation? Who are we competing with? If we are competing in the world of we have the most people in prison, we win. But why is that an American celebration? Why are we celebrating that? Why is that even a fact? Are we winning in education? I think China is winning as far as how they educate their citizens. Yes, America may win, because we have the most Ivy League schools. But people come to our country and they learn and then, because we have immigration problems, we kick them out. So we really need to get --

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HARLOW: I have 30 seconds and I want to get his final thought in here as well.

Taboo, your final thought?

TABOO: Well, my final thought is I just want people to join this movement. It's a great opportunity for people to show what they really care. You know, please go to wheresthelove.com, where you have 16 different charities worldwide. Do your part as we're doing. "Where Is the Love?"

[15:50:13] HARLOW: It's a great video and an important cause behind it.

Thank you for being with me.

You heard, wheresthelove.com, to find places you can help through those 16 different charities.

Will I Am, Apl, Taboo, thank you very much.

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HARLOW: Oklahoma is telling operators of about 35 disposal wells in the state those wells are connected to oil and gas drilling, they need to shut down. The state's governor says the directive to shut them down is based on emergency authority. This, after Oklahoma was jolted by a 5.6 magnitude earthquake earlier today. Look at this. That earthquake woke this man up from sleep. It struck near Pawnee, Oklahoma. It was felt in Kansas, Arkansas, Missouri, Texas, Nebraska and Iowa.

Our Meteorologist Allison Chinchar has more.

[15:54:50] ALLISON CHINCHAR, AMS METEOROLOGIST: Poppy, we know it was a 5.6 magnitude earthquake 74 miles north-northeast of Oklahoma City, about an hour west of Tulsa. A 5.6 has it tied with the Oklahoma's recorded history. But the depth is what's most important with this particular earthquake, because it was only 6.6 kilometers, or about four miles deep. That's incredibly shallow. That allows for some of that structural damage. You can see right here, now, this is from Stillwater, Oklahoma, this is about 30 miles away from the epicenter of the quake. Again, that's due to the fact that it was very shallow. It allows the damage into what we call to be felt to spread very far from the origin. In fact, take a look at this. Over 3.7 million people felt some type of light shaking. And about 200,000 people felt moderate shaking away from the epicenter, again, for a total of about seven states. Again, incredibly impressive how far this was able to stretch. But, Poppy, again it all comes back to the fact that it was very shallow for the depth of this particular earthquake.

HARLOW: Not something they would expect in Oklahoma. They have been seeing more and more of them.

Allison, thank you very much.

Coming up live in the CNN NEWSROOM, a one-on-one with Donald Trump's doctor.

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DREW GRIFFIN, CNN SENIOR INVESTIGATIVE CORRESPONDENT: Why did you write that letter? Was it a joke, the words you chose, the way you wrote it?

DR. HAROLD BORNSTEIN, DONALD TRUMP'S PHYSICIAN: I was just rushed for time and had people to see.

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HARLOW: Our "CNN Hero" this week is introducing students from high poverty neighborhoods in San Diego to a possible career in the sciences.

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UNIDENTIFIED CNN HERO: These are barnacles and they attach with their heads.

You can study technology, engineering, mathematics, all through studying the ocean.

This is a career field that students from very diverse communities don't pursue. And our students are pursuing them at unprecedented rates.

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