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Donald Trump Appealing to Black Voters in Detroit; New Scrutiny Over FBI Released Notes of Clinton Interview; Assessing the Trump Trip to Mexico; Interview with Trump's Longtime Doctor; The Plight of Syrian Refugees . Aired 4-5p ET

Aired September 03, 2016 - 16:00   ET

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All right, top of the hour. 4:00 p.m. eastern, I'm Poppy Harlow, joining you from New York.

We begin this hour with politics. And Donald Trump today making an appeal to black voters in Detroit, attending a church service there. Listen.

Well, Donald Trump danced and clapped beside Apprentice star and pastor herself, Amarosa and delivered remarks he said were straight from the heart. This was the scene outside.

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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We've got to get Trump outta here because Trump is not right. He's a racist, he's a bigot, he's a misogynist.

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HARLOW: Protesters demanding that Trump get out of their city. But despite those yells of condemnation we, heard Trump make one of his strongest pitches yet to the African-American community telling the congregation, "I'm here to learn."

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DONALD TRUMP, (R) PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: 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 injustice in any form. And so that we can also remedy economics so that the African-American community can benefit economically. Becoming the nominee of the party of Abraham Lincoln -- a lot of

people don't realize that Abraham Lincoln, the great Abraham Lincoln, was a Republican, has been the greatest honor of my life. It is on his legacy that I hope to build the future of the party. But more important, the future of the country and the community.

What the pastor and I were talking about riding up the street. And we see all those closed stores. And people sitting down on the sidewalk. And no jobs, and no activity. We're going to turn it around. We're going to turn it around, pastor. Believe me.

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TRUMP: We're going to win again as a country. And we're going to win again for all of our people. I want to work with you to renew the bonds of trust between citizens and the bonds of faith that make our nation strong. America has been lifted out of many of its most difficult hours through the miracle of faith and through people like Bishop Jackson, and doctor Jackson.

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TRUMP: So important. People have no idea how important they are. Now, in these hard times for our country, let us turn again to our Christian heritage to lift up the soul of our nation.

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HARLOW: Let's get our political panel in here. With me again this hour, CNN Political Commentator and Hillary Clinton supporter, Bakari Sellers. And CNN Political Commentator and Trump supporter, Scottie Nell Hughes. Thank you guys for being with me.

Let's -- Scottie, let me start with you and I just want to look at the poll numbers as it relates to this visit.

So the most recent polling out of Suffolk University U.S. A. today shows that Trump's at 2% among African-Americans. Clinton's at 87%. But Trump is behind even the third party candidates, Jill Stein and Gary Johnson.

This outreach Scottie is 60 days or so before the election. Would you have liked to have seen it sooner? Is this too late?

SCOTTIE NELL HUGHES, CNN POLITICAL COMMENTATOR: Well once again, this is not something that just started today. This was a great hands on getting to know the issues that are facing the people of Detroit. The people that I think we can all have been ignored. And that's why we are having issues like we see in Flint, Michigan today.

But this is something that started with Mr. Trump last August. He's had an urban coalition. He has tried to do for those underserved communities. He is trying to learn more and more about how he can actually get in there and not just continue this diatribe that a lot of politicians do in saying they want to help the community. And yet we still have the issues that are facing the residents of Detroit today.

HARLOW: Do you think he's done -- do you think he's done enough, Scottie in terms of spending time in parts of African-American communities that in the most dire straits that need the most help?

HUGHES: Mr. Trump has done more rallies, almost probably two to three times what Hillary Clinton has done in cities across the United States and the doors were always open to everybody. To every gender, every sexual preference, every race. Everyone was always welcome at those Trump events. And so he's going to those communities --

HARLOW: Okay. But I was asking specifically about going into those communities, meeting with the community leaders, seeing really where the need is.

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HUGHES: Well he did go into Chicago earlier this spring. And he has -- he's talked to many of those leaders throughout this entire election year. But this was obviously one that was hands on, the cameras were there. And you have to look at it and say that it was actually a very beautiful day.

It was a beautiful- I watched the entire service that happened. Mr. Trump was given a gorgeous Jewish prayer shawl and a Jewish bible for him and his wife. Whether you agree with Trump or not the message today was one of unity. And I think that's something that needs to be respected by both parties.

HARLOW: He called it an amazing day for me. He talked about the African-American churches being the conscience of our country. Saying I'm here to learn. Here's more of what he said. Let's listen Bakari.

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TRUMP: Nothing would make me happier and more fulfilled than to use what I have learned in business and in traveling all over the world -- I've sort of seen a lot, to bring the wealth and prosperity and opportunity to those who have not had these opportunities before. And that's many, many people in Detroit.

When I see wages falling, people out of work, I know the hardships this inflicts, and I am determined to do something about it. I will do something about it. I do get things done.

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HARLOW: So Bakari, he's making his pitch here as a business man saying I get things done, I know the pain, I mean, saying -- clearly saying I can bring the jobs that you need so much. Is that effective?

BAKARI SELLERS, CNN POLITICAL COMMENTATOR: Well, Poppy, I have to say that unless we're in the business of giving out participation trophies in politics, just showing up is not going to get it done.

Donald Trump today -- he failed on two fronts. The first is that he failed with the message. We understand many of the issues that go on in these communities around the country. But, you know, you're looking for someone with some solutions to fix these problems.

And the second thing is the messenger. And I know that many surrogates and many supporters of Donald Trump like to take the man away from his baggage. But you cannot sit here and not remember that Donald Trump is the one who supported the birther movement. And just yesterday in Philadelphia refused to even apologize for it.

You can't forget the discrimination that he himself actually portrayed on African-Americans in his housing practices in New York. And you can't forget the Central Park five. So I think he failed on two fronts. And Maya Angelo she eluded to it best. You know when someone shows you who they are you need to believe it the first time.

HARLOW: So let me get Scottie's response to two specific things you just brought up. Scottie he just brought up first of all settlement that eventually Donald Trump and his organization reached with the justice department decades ago about discriminatory housing practices. They did settle on that. He was you know prosecuted for that.

And secondly, the Central Park five. He took out a full page ad in a New York newspaper talking about calling for the death penalty for the Central Park five. Five African-Americans who were exonerated in 2014 in a case involving a jogger in Central Park.

Does Bakari have two points there that that history, that baggage stays with him despite the visit he made today.

HUGHES: Well whether or not you agree that you know -- you're looking at something probably 30, 35 years ago, a housing practice that targeted several different contractors across the United States.

If you want to say that yes there was an issue then, obviously Mr. Trump addressed it as there were no other issues within this housing since then that have been filed. That was actually dismissed or it was settled. So if there was a problem, Mr. Trump found out about and solved it.

I mean he has started more than 500 different corporations. He is responsible for more than 32,000 employees. I think you know he can't be responsible for every single one, but when a problem is brought to his attention he solves it.

HARLOW: So let's talk about something more recent then Scottie right. Because you're basically saying that was in the past.

HUGHES: And he fixed it.

HARLOW: Recently in an interview in the last year with our Jake Tapper he was asked multiple times if he would disavow support from David Duke the leader of the KKK and he didn't do so on the program. He later said I disavow. But he failed to do so when asked multiple times by Jake Tapper.

That does not sit well with many, many people. HUGHES: Obviously I wish it would have been immediate but he did say I

don't know anything about this KKK. He did not know --

HARLOW: But he did know who David Duke was.

HUGHES: Well, but, he didn't know anything about this endorsement, he didn't know about the stories. And unfortunately as we have seen this campaign season the press has tried to trap him in different -- in different aspects. So I think he was being cautious --

HARLOW: -- how is that -- how is that -- Scottie?

HUGHES: Yes.

HARLOW: How is that trapping him?

HUGHES: Well, no at the time he didn't know the whole entire situation. He was just being told for the first time that somebody was endorsing him. He didn't know the history, he didn't know the whole -- he didn't know that David Duke had endorsed him. You don't know that.

HARLOW: But that's -- I mean that's -- that's not the case. He was asked do you disavow support from Klan leader David Duke.

HUGHES: And he did. And he did multiple times after. His words were I don't know anything about such an endorsement.

Unlike Hillary Clinton who still has the endorsement of the California Grand Dragon KKK leader today. And is out there making promotional videos on his own accord but still putting out there.

Hillary Clinton has yet to disavow him. So there's ties on both sides but that doesn't make the candidate themselves are -

HARLOW: -- what are you saying -- Scottie, what you are there -- what are you saying there.

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HUGHES: I'm saying that Hillary Clinton has actually stronger ties that has not disavowed a KKK endorsement. Where Mr. Trump numerous times has disavowed any connection publicly over and over and over.

HARLOW: Bakari, your response.

SELLERS: Scottie and any other surrogate and Donald Trump himself are going to have an extremely hard time with this argument. I think they are actually going down the wrong path that somehow Hillary Clinton is the bigot in this situation. Or has some racist past or racist history. Because that's simply not the case.

But let me actually tell you how this -- how we can get Donald Trump from point A to point B. You know, many people talk about Hillary Clinton and her usage of the term super predator in 1994 during the crime bill. It's something that I chastised her about. It's something that I held her accountable for, many people held her accountable for because that language didn't have any place they, it doesn't have any place now. And even when you look at the context of what she said it was wrong.

You know Hillary Clinton actually owned that she said you know, it didn't have a place in my vernacular then, I shouldn't have used it and I apologize.

Donald Trump for example cannot even formulate the words, I apologize, to the five young men in work that he set off a lynch mob after. He has never said I'm sorry to those individual. He's never said I'm sorry to the people he discriminated against and kept from getting houses. He's never said I'm sorry to the millions of people who are still upset, including me, for him trying to delegitimize the first African-American President of the United States.

And so yes, I know that he wants African-American support. And at the end of the day it may go from 2% to 5 or 6% at the end of the day. But, that is not enough to actually change the conversation. And if he wants to change the conversation, Donald Trump can simply start by saying, I apologize.

HUGHES: Poppy, can I make one -- can I make one correction to Bakari.

HARLOW: Very quickly I've got 30 seconds.

HUGHES: The birther movement was actually started in 2004 against Senator Barack Obama's opponent then in Illinois. It was later carried on by one of the advisors with Hillary Clinton's campaign who said there might be an issue here. So it actually --

HARLOW: -- It's not -- Scottie, Scottie, that's not factual --

SELLERS: That's actually not true.

HUGHES: That is, yes it is.

HARLOW: Scottie, that is not factually correct.

SELLERS: That's not true.

HUGHES: Yes it is.

HARLOW: Hillary Clinton never questioned the birth place of Barack Obama when she was running against him. Guys, I have to leave it.

SELLERS: Thank you.

HUGHES: Then her advisor did.

HARLOW: Scottie Nell-Hughes, Bakari Sellers, thank you very much.

Coming up next. She's been called the most famous person that no one knows. Hillary Clinton sitting down for a one on one interview with CNN, sharing insights about other family life, her darkest days as the White House's First Lady. This is a fascinating new documentary that you'll get a sneak peek straight ahead. Also, Donald Trump meeting this week with Mexico's President but how

often do candidates actually benefit from these types of trips? We'll take a walk down memory lane, next.

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HARLOW: I do not recall. On 39 separate occasions Hillary Clinton told the FBI that she did not recall or remember key elements of the classified information process. That is according to newly released FBI documents that report on their investigation into Clinton's e-mail server while she was Secretary of State.

Also, this report out yesterday reveals that Clinton asked whether the e-mails the FBI marked with a "c" were indeed confidential?

And this, Clinton defended her discussion of possible drone targets in her e-mails on an unsecured server. She said she felt they were part of a "routine deliberation process" and "did not give her cause for concern regarding their classification."

This is just one of many, many storms or scandals, if you will, that Hillary Clinton has weathered over the course of a 40-year career on the public stage.

For a two hour special, our Pamela Brown sat down with Hillary Clinton, the candidate, and asked what was the most difficult moment during her years as First Lady in the White House. Here's a look at the documentary "UNFINISHED BUSINESS: THE ESSENTIAL HILLARY CLINTON."

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PAMELA BROWN, CNN CORRESPONDENT: There were some tough times in the White House. Your failed health care initiative, the whitewater investigation, the impeachment proceeding. Looking back what was the hardest moment for you in the White House?

HILLARY CLINTON, (D) PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: When my father died and when Bill's mother died in the same year. The tragedies that make a big hole in your heart because you lose somebody that you know, you care about, a family member. Those were the hardest. The others of course had their difficulties as well, but it was the loss of my dad and my mother-in-law that were really tough.

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HARLOW: I think -- Pamela Brown is with me, my good friend and colleague. Nice to have you here.

BROWN: Good to be here.

HARLOW: I can't wait to see it. I know how hard you and the entire crew worked on it. How many flights you took, how much work went into this. What surprised you most in telling this story? BROWN: Gosh. I would say a lot surprised me. Honestly, you know I went into this project thinking well she's been in the public eye 40 years, what new are we going to learn about her? And I learned so much about her time as a star students at Wellesley, giving that famous speech where she threw her prepared notes aside and then landed in Time Magazine after.

On to her time in the White House. You know when I asked her what was your hardest moment. I thought she would say it was her husband's impeachment or perhaps health care. And no, it wasn't that, it was something much more personal. And we learned little things, like how she was as a roommate. I spoke to one woman who lived with her in Washington, D.C. who said she never made her bed. I mean --

HARLOW: Really, you would expect she is permanently organized.

BROWN: -- here is this detail oriented policy wonk not making her bed. So, you know, there was a lot.

And the fact that when she first met her husband, Bill Clinton -- her future husband I should say, Bill Clinton, she turned him down twice.

And I asked her why. And, you know, you'll be surprised. It was because he knew he wanted to be in politics and she wasn't sure that was the life she wanted to be in. And here she is all these years later running for President.

HARLOW: I remember she bought a -- he bought a house right, when she was out of town -- he bought their future house and said well now you have to marry me.

BROWN: And she did.

HARLOW: Look, you also asked her about the e-mails, and this was obviously -- the interview taped before this most recent revelation.

But you asked her about sort of, how it ties into her consistent problems with trustworthiness and honesty. What did she say.

BROWN: And she -- you know she took a huge hit after the e-mail controversy surfaced. And, I asked her whether she took personal responsibility for those poll numbers showing that people have a hard time trusting her. And she said yes, absolutely I take personal responsibility. Clearly I need more -- I need to do more to gain people's trust.

She said yes, part of it is the negative attacks that's against me, that's just the nature of being in the campaign cycle, and on the campaign trail. But she knows that she made a mistake with the e-mail server. That has hurt her. And that she needs to make up for it and continue to gain people's trust. She says there's a disconnect when she's in a job and how people view her and when she is trying to get the job.

[16:20:02] HARLOW: Yes, sort of so many Hillary Clinton narratives out there. What does she think of them. Because people have called her, you know, the best known women that no-one ever really knows.

BROWN: Exactly. I mean there are so many narratives. You know, and I asked her about that, there's so many versions, who are you basically. And, she just sort of laughed, and said I'm always amused by all these different scenarios. And that she says sometimes she reads articles about herself or different versions of herself, and sort of says who is that person? I wouldn't like that person either.

So she was really sort of candid and open in a way that I personally have never seen and I think people will be surprised to see this side of her. This was not policy focused. This was not about the campaign trail. This was about who she is as a person.

HARLOW: The person. Thank you so much. Congratulations on being done. I know it was an epic product.

BROWN: Yes. Great producers. You know how important producers are. Melissa --

HARLOW: -- I know, you never see them on camera and they do yeoman's work.

BROWN: Melissa Dunn, Jessica Small just giving them a shout out and all the editors and everyone else.

HARLOW: It's an amazing documentary I'm sure. I can't wait to watch it. Pamela Brown, congratulations to you. Make sure you watch "Unfinished Business: The Essential Hillary Clinton" it airs only right here on CNN 8:00 p.m. eastern on Monday. Labor Day. It is followed by "All Business: The Essential Donald Trump" at 10, right here.

Coming up next, it is one of the big gambles a presidential candidate can make. Travelling to another country during the campaign season. You saw it with Donald Trump this week going to Mexico.

So we're going to take a look back down memory lane at the risks and the rewards of these foreign forays and when they can backfire.

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HARLOW: It has become a ritual for presidential candidates; taking time out of the campaign schedule to travel abroad, travel to another country in the hope of boosting their foreign policy chops.

For the Trump campaign it came this week in the form of a high-profile visit with the President of Mexico.

But history has shown these trips may have more risks than rewards. Let's talk about it with presidential historian of Princeton University Professor Julian Zelizer. And in Washington, we have CNN Political Analyst and Washington Post Columnist, Josh Rogin.

Thank you guys for being here. It is fascinating to sort of look back at history and what has worked and what has not worked.

So, Josh, let me begin with you. The optics of Trump standing next to President Pena Nieto of Mexico strong, right?

This is a man who once called him -- sort of compared him to Hitler and Mussolini. That's a powerful image. But then it was followed by this back and forth over twitter on who said what about paying for the wall. Or who would pay for the wall. So in summation, how successful was that trip?

JOSH ROGIN, CNN POLITICAL ANALYST: Right. I think these trips are meant to be photo ops, right? So the best thing you can do is come away with a happy story. And that's what sort of the failing of this trip to Mexico for Trump was.

I mean sure, they looked good then they were standing there. They took questions. Everything seemed to be fine but it broke down only hours later when Trump and the Mexican President disputed what happened in the meeting and then Trump started slamming Mexico in a speech in Phoenix only hours later.

Diplomacy is about win win solutions, right. So if one side comes away feeling burned and insulted that's necessarily a failure of diplomacy.

HARLOW: I mean Julian, do you agree? Some folks even folks who are not Trump supporters at all have called this a success because they believe he called the President of Mexico's bluff and went?

PROF. JULIAN ZELIZER, PRESIDENTIAL HISTORIAN: Well, in this case the bar is kind of low. And, so, I think he went and simply by appearing and being able to pull off a diplomatic meeting that counts as a success. But I think the problems in the press conference combined with the rally that followed undercut some of what I think his own supporters were hoping would be achieved by this.

HARLOW: So let's back -- let's look back in history. 2008 while he was running for President Barack Obama met with -- you know, was met with a crowd of about 200,000 people there. That was when he went to Germany and he made that speech. In 2012, Mitt Romney was slammed by Britain's Prime Minister after questioning whether London was ready for Olympic Games.

Josh, to you, I mean historically how big of a boost do you think these visits give world leaders? Because, at the same time, I mean you've noted that in Germany, although you know, Barack Obama, before he was president, was greeted by you know, 200,000 cheering people, at the same time he was -- he was hit and criticized as making an anti- Bush speech on foreign soil.

ROGIN: Well, that's right. I think these trips are high risk, low reward right. Everyone feels like they have to do it. You should show that you can go abroad and look presidential and stand next to another president. It's sort of on the checklist for presidential candidates. But there is a lot of risk there and if they're not planned well and

if you don't have your briefs studied. And we saw this especially in the Mitt Romney trip, it can become a debacle right. And it really shows the opposite of what you want, which is that you are not ready to be president and not ready to step up on the world stage.

I think that's really what happened here both with Romney and now with Trump. They showed they're not really ready for primetime. No of course you're not expected to be because no-one's President until they're President. But still he could have prepared better and he could have done better.

HARLOW: Historically, Julian, can you take us back in time to some of the candidates who have made the most successful trips abroad while they've been running?

ZELIZER: Well some incumbents have done pretty well. Sir Richard Nixon's famous trip to China was really instrumental in his re- election of 1972. He went. He opened relations with China. Dramatic visuals. And for the 1972 campaign, that became a central theme in terms of how he could rebuild America's standing after Vietnam.

And then I do think Obama's trip was still a success even with the critics because, in some ways it fulfilled the narrative of what he wanted to talk about. Not simply criticizing President Bush but also showing he was part of a global world and would have this kind of a reception which the country desperately needed.

HARLOW: Josh looking to earlier this campaign season and the GOP primary, Ben Carson, went to Jordan and visited a Syrian refugee camp there, and afterwards he was criticized.

Because part of his comments afterwards, he said that they were " really quite nice" talking about the refugee camps. Now, that's not all of what he said, that's only part of what he said. But is it better for candidates on these trips to just listen, learn, watch, and not say anything, really?

ROGIN: Yes. I mean, it's insulting people to tell people in refugee camps that they're doing well. Right? They don't feel that way.

And you know the bottom line here is don't -- is if you don't have something smart and constructive to say, don't say anything at all.

Right, and let's remember here Mitt Romney -- I'm sorry, Donald Trump was supposed to go to Jordan. He was about to go. He was days away from going and then he announced his Muslim ban and the King of Jordan disinvited him okay.

So that's what overall you have to remember here. Is that these things can be real minefields for these candidates, and we've seen a number of them trip up over the years.

HARLOW: Josh, thank you. Julian, nice to have you both on.

ZELIZER: Thank you. HARLOW: I appreciate it. All right, coming up, CNN catches up with the New York City doctor who evaluated Donald Trump.

You're going to hear one on one from him with our Drew Griffin. He wrote that letter describing Trump's test results for his health as astonishingly excellent. Does he stand by what he wrote.

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DREW GRIFFIN, CNN SENIOR INVESTIGATIVE CORRESPONDENT: Hey, can I ask you just a couple of questions? Did you really write that letter?

HAROLD BORNSTEIN, DONALD TRUMP'S DOCTOR: Did I really write that letter? Yes.

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HARLOW: Donald Trump's personal physician taking heat for a pretty unusual letter of health that he wrote for the candidate.

Dr. Harold Bornstein has treated Trump for more than 30 years. You see him right there. And today he is he is defending his career and his letter standing by the assertion at 70 years old would be as he wrote in that letter "the healthiest individual ever elected to the presidency."

Our Drew Griffin caught up with him one on one.

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GRIFFIN: Good morning Dr. Bornstein.

We met Donald Trump's doctor entering his Park Avenue office just as he's done for the last 35 years.

How's it going?

BORNSTEIN: Nice to see you.

GRIFFIN: Harold Bornstein is a 69-year-old gastroenterologist who took over this practice from his father and suddenly finds his lifetime of serving patients being turned upside down because of one letter.

GRIFFIN: Hey, can I ask you just a couple of questions? Did you really write that letter?

BORNSTEIN: Did I really write that letter? Yes.

GRIFFIN: It is a letter Donald Trump produced last December to prove he is healthy. A note that has been ripped apart by other doctors because of what they say is strange wording, medically incorrect terms and its unprofessional conclusions.

[16:35:05] GRIFFIN: Trump's test results were "astonishingly excellent" he writes. And "if elected, Mr. Trump, I can state unequivocally will be the healthiest individual ever elected to the presidency." Combined with his somewhat unconventional looks and his unconventional patient Bornstein has been made out in the aggressive election coverage to be somewhat eccentric.

So, can we just ask you a few questions?

The soft spoken doctor finally agreed if we weren't intrusive or insulting to take a few questions on the bench outside his office, warning us his wife would not be so hospitable.

BORNSTEIN: Right here is fine. My wife will come back, she'll get angry --

GRIFFIN: -- she'll get mad. The press has kind of tried to make you into be some kind of a lunatic or something.

BORNSTEIN: Well, a lunatic doesn't have my credentials. The only thing I wanted to do in my life is practice with my father, which I managed to do for 35 years until his death in this office.

GRIFFIN: And we've looked, believe me sir, we've looked at your record, we've looked for any signs of trouble, you've had a couple of medical malpractice suits that were settled.

BORNSTEIN: Well that's -- but that's normal.

GRIFFIN: The fact is that is normal for a long practicing doctor. A few malpractice suits from decades ago settled. He's never lost his license, has never faced any criminal allegations whatsoever. And experts CNN have talked with believe whatever his looks or his clients, Dr. Bornstein seems like a fully competent medical professional.

Are there any regrets you have getting involved in this crazy election?

BORNSTEIN: No. He's just one of my patients, and I take care of them the right way.

GRIFFIN: And you fully, whatever you wrote in that letter, you fully believe Mr. Trump is capable of being President physically?

BORNSTEIN: Oh, absolutely. There's no question about it.

GRIFFIN: Why did you write that letter? Was it a joke? The words you chose, the way you wrote it?

BORNSTEIN: I was just rushed for time. I had people to see.

GRIFFIN: There was no Trump limo waiting outside, he says. He just wrote the letter for a patient that he's been seeing for the last 30 years, a patient his mother found.

What do you make of being interjected into this election?

BORNSTEIN: I make the interjection that I grew up in Jamaica, New York. There's my wife. I grew up in Jamaica, New York, they lived across the street. My mother found him as a patient from a member of his golf club, and he stayed for 30 years.

GRIFFIN: And then, as he warned, his wife arrived.

BORNSTEIN: Stop it.

MRS. BORNSTEIN: You're done. You're done. You're done. You're on private property.

GRIFFIN: Okay, ma'am, we're not -- we're not

MRS. BORNSTEIN: I'm going to call the police. We've going to call the police. I'm going to call the police.

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GRIFFIN: Thank you. I appreciate it doctor.

MRS. BORNSTEIN: I'm going to call the police -- I'm going to call the police right now. You're in -- they're in private property.

GRIFFIN: Thank you, doctor. Thank you very much.

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HARLOW: Drew Griffin reporting there. Thank you, Drew.

All right, coming up, switching gears. A look at the plight of Syrian refugees one year after a photograph of a little boy on a beach shook the world. The story of Aylan Kurdi next.

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HARLOW: It was the haunting image that sparked an international outcry about the plight of Syrian refugees, especially the children.

It has now hand been year since the body of 3-year-old Aylan Kurdi washed up on that Turkish beach. He drowned fleeing the violence in his own country. But, has anything really changed since then for the children and the families trying to flee war torn Syria?

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HARLOW: Our Atika Shubert filed this report but we must warn you the images are incredibly difficult to see.

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ATIKA SHUBERT, CNN SENIOR INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: It's been one year since the number of boats arriving in Greece reached staggering levels forcing Europe to open its doors to refugees. One year since this. 3 year old Aylan Kurdi's lifeless body was found on a beach in Turkey, drowned as he fled Syria for Europe.

An image that shocked the world and the grieving Kurdi family made this plea.

TIMA KURDI, AYLAN KURDI'S AUNT: Abdullah told me his message to the world. My kid is the wake-up call for the whole world. I hope now the whole world will step in and help other refugees.

SHUBERT: What has changed in that year? The Syria war still rages. Nearly 5 million have been forced to flee Syria. More than a million of them are children.

Only a few weeks ago 5 year old Omran Daqneesh was photographed in the aftermath of a barrel bombing. Like Aylan, this image of a confused and injured boy covered in dust became an iconic symbol.

But this time, Europe's doors are closing. After more than a million refugees entered the country, Germany and other E.U. states quietly pressured Greece and the Balkan States to close their borders. In Greece, once the doorway to Europe, nearly 28,000 children are now stranded. More than 2,000 are unaccompanied. No parents, no family to steer them through safely.

In March, Turkey and the E.U. agreed to a contentious one in/one out deal aimed at resettling Syrian refugees while making financial and political concessions to Ankara.

The number of people crossing the Aegean Sea has dropped from 10,000 a day at its peak to virtually none on most days.

Even for those that do manage to get to Europe, a happy ending isn't guaranteed. In Germany alone, local officials report 9,000 unaccompanied minors are now missing. Many teenagers that have run away from their shelters.

From Aylan Kurdi to Omran Daqneesh, what has changed for thousands of children fleeing Syria's war? Sadly, not very much.

Atika Shubert, CNN, Berlin.

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HARLOW: Atika, thank you for that reporting.

My next guest penned an op ed on CNN.com titled "Why Syria's Children Should be a Global Priority."

Hagar Chemali is the CEO of Greenwich Media Strategy, she's the Former Director of Communications for the U.S. Mission to the United Nations. She was also director for Syria and Lebanon at the White House. Needless to say you know this issue, the complexities of it inside and out. So thank you for being here.

HAGAR CHEMALI, CEO, GREENWICH MEDIA STRATEGY: Thank you for having me. [16:45:04]

HARLOW: Nice to have you. Oftentimes this story, this pain does not get enough attention. When we look one year ago -- it was one year ago yesterday that Aylan Kurdi died, that 3-year-old died, washed up on the beach in Turkey. And, as we look at the image, let's show it to our viewers again and we consider that the U.S. has now admitted 10,000 refugees, these are two Syrian refugee boys.

Do you believe the U.S. and the United Nations have done enough to help? Because on the one side of your screen you Aylan Kurdi who died trying to flee. And, on the other side of your screen you see Omran Daqneesh who was injured bloodied when his home was struck in Aleppo just a few weeks ago. He survived but look what happened staying in his country.

CHEMALI: Neither -- no -- neither have done enough at all.

I think the United Nations on their side it's been a failure, it's been shameful what they haven't been able to achieve. A lot of that has been because of Russia blocking a lot of attempts at the Security Council. But that being said that's the purpose of the United Nations.

HARLOW: It's shameful.

CHEMALI: It's completely shameful.

HARLOW: I mean strong words.

CHEMALI: Yes, it is. No, it is. And on the United States we need to lead louder. I mean we need to lead in general but, we need to lead louder. There's a lot more we can do. And, if we don't do it we're going to have to be addressing the repercussions in 10 or 20 years.

HARLOW: So that's what you write about. And you say -- you write this "it is easy to feel deeply from 6,000 miles away. It is harder to do something about it. Governments globally should be aware..." you right, "if we don't do something to address this situation in Syria and save these children from their current fate then we don't just undermine the future of these children but our own as well." What do you mean there?

CHEMALI: Well, the fate of these children is likely to face one of three possible outcomes. Either they will become professional beggars because they are oust school. They are going to lose all possibility of education and bettering themselves.

They could be recruited by terrorist organizations. These are young, vulnerable impressionable minds without other options. Or they could be trafficked, they could be abused become sexual slaves.

Just as the story noted you have these unaccompanied minors in Germany. It's really horrific. And, what that means for us is either that we are throwing more money at the problem in the future. You're going to have insurmountable humanitarian and economic crisis. Or, we're going to face these threats on our homeland. HARLOW: But that's interesting, I mean you do write extensively in

this piece about how some of these children could be recruited by terrorists, et cetera. Some of the concern coming from some politicians, some candidates has been, you know, we should not accept Syrian refugees because you could be bringing terrorists into this country.

You're saying if we don't, more terrorists -- there will be more terrorism in the world. Is that right?

CHEMALI: That's exactly right. That's right.

HARLOW: So, what evidence is there to point to that. What have you seen given your vantage point from your time with the United Nations and the State Department to your time in the White House.

CHEMALI: I think, so the main example that I always think of is those of the Palestinians in the refugee camps. They've been there for now at least maybe over 50 years. And their children have been raised there. They grew up to support terrorist organizations and have caused violent incidences in Jordan and Lebanon. Obviously those that threaten Israel. These are all of our friends and allies. And so, we have a vested interest in their stability as well.

But you see it elsewhere. For example, in Somalia and the creation of Al Shabaab. Violence over time there has created that terrorist organization. They threaten Kenya, also a friend of ours.

So this is something that does happen. I think that for refugees we've done a good job in taking several -- I mean, I know that we hit our 10,000 mark this week, which is great. But, we need to do more. We need to take more. We have a good vetting process and we should take advantage of that.

HARLOW: it actually is because that's contestable on the political debates, getting into this country as a refugee is actually the hardest vetting process there is for immigrants coming into this country. It can take, you know, over a year.

I want you to listen to something that Donald Trump said in his immigration speech this week. Let's play that.

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TRUMP: For the price of resettling one refugee in the United States, 12 could be resettled in a safe zone in their home region.

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HARLOW: Okay, so he said it would cost the same to settle one refugee in this country versus 12 in a safe zone in their region, so meaning in Jordan, let's say. What would that look like? And what's your take on that?

CHEMALI: So there are two issues here. Number one I do think we should take more refugees, I think we can. We have a good vetting process. But it's not a solution for the long term. I agree with the goal of putting safe zones and creating them. I think that in the long term that is actually less costly for us.

HARLOW: So is he right?

CHEMALI: I think he's right on creating safe zones. I do. I agree with that. I think that it's one of the best solutions to help the Syrian people help themselves. I mean, you're basically saying that we're creating a zone inside Syria -- for example, Turkey now, which has increased its military intervention in Syria in the northern border, and they're having success with that. You could make that a safe zone.

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CHEMALI: We and our international partners with the coalition could provide air cover. And, those on the ground, already on the ground could help protect those areas. And, you could have internally displaced people live there.

HARLOW: It's interesting, Hagar, thank you so much. We have to leave it there. But you're saying take in more refugees to this country, but also work to create safe zones in the region as well. Thank you so much, nice to have you on the program.

CHEMALI: Thank you, Poppy.

HARLOLW: An important read, I would point you all to CNN.com to read her piece. Why Syria's Children Should be a Global Priority. We'll be right back.

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HARLOW: Well, tomorrow, President Obama will hold talks with the President of Turkey on the sidelines the G-20 Summit.

It is their first face to face since that failed coup attempt in Turkey to overthrow President Erdogan. And, in global television exclusive our Fareed Zakaria asked President Obama about whether he's concerned about the stability of such an important NATO ally.

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BARACK OBAMA, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: We haven't seen a diminishing effect on our security relations. Turkey continues to be a strong NATO ally.

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OBAMA: They are working with us to defeat ISIL. And are an important partner or a whole range of security issues in the region. But, no doubt what is true that they've gone through a political and civil earthquake in their country. And they've got rebuild. And how they build is going to be important. And, what we want to do is indicate to them that the degree to which we support the Turkish people. But like any good friend, we want to give them honest feedback if we think that the steps they're taking are going to be contrary to their long term interests and our partnership.

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HARLOW: You can see Fareed's entire interview with President Obama, that's at 10:00 a.m. eastern during a special edition of "FAREED ZAKARIA GPS" tomorrow morning.

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