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Snow Showers for Northeast; Polling on Iowa Caucus; Eagles Upset Rams; Aired 6:30-7a ET

Aired December 17, 2018 - 06:30   ET

THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.

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[06:31:07] JOHN BERMAN, CNN ANCHOR: North Korea is lashing out over the U.S. decision to level new sanctions against three of its senior government officials. In an editorial over the weekend, Pyongyang warned this sanctions pressure could block the path to denuclearization forever. The Treasury Department is taking action for what it calls alleged human rights abuses. Pyongyang says it could revert U.S.-North Korean relations back to being marked by exchanges of fire.

ALISYN CAMEROTA, CNN ANCHOR: President Trump is reviewing the case of Army Major Matt Golsteyn. The special forces veteran is facing murder charges for the 2010 killing of a suspected bombmaker in Afghanistan. This incident came up during a polygraph test that Golsteyn took for a 2011 CIA job interview. His lawyer says this killing took place during a mission that was ordered by Golsteyn's superiors.

BERMAN: All right, guess what the world of year is?

CAMEROTA: Collusion.

BERMAN: No. No. So Merriam-Webster says the world of the year is justice. The 2018 word of the year. It was the top lookup throughout the year at Merriam-Webster.com. The dictionary says the concept of justice was at the center of many debates -- many debates this year from racial, social and criminal to economic.

CAMEROTA: That's what people looked up the most? That's fascinating.

BERMAN: It's better than, like, porn. I mean I -- I would think --

CAMEROTA: Well, I -- they might not be counting that.

BERMAN: I don't think so. Porn is number one. Justice is number two.

CAMEROTA: Yes, I think that might be right.

BERMAN: All right, Oxford's Dictionary's picked toxic. Toxic, justice, porn as its word of the year. And dictionary.com shows misinformation.

CAMEROTA: Yes, those make a little bit more sense to me.

BERMAN: Yes. CAMEROTA: All right, but, anyway, hey, here's to justice.

OK, a blast of cold air along with strong winds and snow set to hit parts of the northeast. Let's get to meteorologist Chad Myers.

How's it looking, Chad?

CHAD MYERS, AMS METEOROLOGIST: Well, not bad for the next couple of days. Boston you're seeing some light snow right now, but it's the wind that's making it feel much colder right now.

This weather's brought to you by the Shark Ion Robot Cleaning System. One dock, two Sharks.

So here it is. Here's the snow across the Northeast. Upstate New York, Maine, Atlantic Canada, you will all see snow, along the coast maybe a little bit more rain. But the storm system is now in California. It's raining heavily in California. That will be into Texas by Wednesday into Thursday.

Cold, cool, mild, it all comes with a price as the storm system comes in from the west. So you get all the way to 63 in D.C., but the price is rainfall because here it comes from the south, up across the Midwest, through the Great Lakes, and there's your rain and snow.

But the good news is, if you are missing daylight, at 5:26 on Friday it is the shortest day. That is winter solstice. It gets longer from here. More daylight. Light at the end of the tunnel, John.

BERMAN: There. We're almost there, Chad. Thank you for guiding us through. You are our guiding light. Appreciate it.

MYERS: You bet.

BERMAN: You think I'm telling that too much?

CAMEROTA: No, I think that that -- Chad is that person.

BERMAN: All right, good.

CAMEROTA: But, I mean, it is so great that it's going to start ticking up December 21st. But it feels very dark.

Yesterday I looked out my window at about 4:30. I said, oh, my gosh, what's happening here?

BERMAN: And then you went back to sleep.

CAMEROTA: And then I went right back to sleep.

BERMAN: Yes.

Some of the most influential voters in the nation, they give a hint at who they will support to challenge President Trump in 2020, but they also indicate how they feel about the commander in chief running for re-election. That's next. (COMMERCIAL BREAK)

[06:38:44] BERMAN: The Iowa caucuses are just one year and two months away. That's --

CAMEROTA: Let me go and get ready.

BERMAN: It's like tomorrow. It's practically tomorrow. Pack now. It gets very cold. So, you know, bring long johns.

CAMEROTA: I've been there.

BERMAN: Caucus goers, they're already weighing in on the candidates they might support. We have a really interesting new poll, believe it or not, from Iowa, and Harry Enten is here to help us understand what is in it.

Who's winning, Harry?

HARRY ENTEN, : Who's winning? I mean, you know, that might not possibly change over the next year. But -- so this is our poll. And basically this poll looks a lot like our national numbers, right, Biden way ahead. This is actually 32, but what are we going to do?

CAMEROTA: You mean your graphic is wrong?

ENTEN: The graphic is wrong.

CAMEROTA: Oh, wow, good start.

ENTER: But that's fine. It lets me interact with the board. Biden at 32, Sanders at 19, Beto O'Rourke at 11. This looks a lot like our national poll. The same line-up in the one, two, three.

BERMAN: But, if you had to say which number is the most impressive or glaring on this chart, it would be?

ENTEN: This -- this guy is the most impressive.

BERMAN: Because?

ENTEN: Because -- let's get into this. If we're looking at the not sures, right, this is people who literally can't form an opinion of these candidates. Biden and Sanders are one and two, right at 4 percent, right? So pretty much everybody knows who they are. So it's not really surprising that they're very high up in the poll. Warren, who's at 16 percent, is quite high, too. And if we go back here, you know, she's only at 8 percent of the vote. So this is not a particularly strong poll for her.

[06:40:08] Bloomberg, who we get on to later on, at 29 percent. But Beto O'Rourke, only 36 percent of people can't form an opinion of him and yet he is in third place in this poll.

And then you can just look at the rest. Over 40 percent can't form an opinion of these folks. So you have to take into account that a lot of Iowa voters, like many I think Americans, even though Iowa voters are really tuned in, even they are not all that tuned into them (ph).

CAMEROTA: Yes.

BERMAN: Beto O'Rourke's at 11 percent. And he's never run for anything outside of Texas. Bernie Sanders and Joe Biden have both run for president in that state.

ENTEN: That's exactly right. So you would think Iowa voters would know exactly who they are and the top line is pretty darn indicative of that, that they are still --

CAMEROTA: Oh, my gosh.

ENTEN: That they still have a pretty --

CAMEROTA: And Beto is still on the fence, right?

ENTEN: Yes.

CAMEROTA: He's said nothing about his intentions?

ENTEN: Right. A lot of these folks are still on the fence, right? The only one who's formed that exploratory committee is Julian Castro, who, at this point, even though he has formed that, over 40 percent of voters still don't have an opinion in the state of Iowa.

BERMAN: John Delaney is running too.

ENTEN: John Delaney is also running as well, right. He's not been in -- on our list. But he actually declared over a year ago.

BERMAN: So, Joe Biden. Let's talk about Joe Biden for a second because he leads in basically all the polls that we do, yet many people just discount him and say either, a, he's not going to run, or, b, if he doesn't -- if he does run, oh, it's just name ID that's putting him up there.

ENTEN: Yes. And, to me, you know, maybe that's the case, but there's a number of good pieces of news for Joe Biden in this poll, right? He leads everyone with 32 percent of the vote. Hey, we got it right on this slide. He -- 82 percent favorable rating. That's the highest. Forty-nine percent of voters think a seasoned hand is the right person to take on Trump. And what I should point out is, I went back and looked at his two other runs in 1988 and 2008. He never placed higher than 10 percent in any Iowa caucus poll. So the fact that he's at 32 percent to me is indicative of the fact that, hey, maybe the third time around is the charm for Joe Biden.

BERMAN: Or 50 years from now he could be at 50 percent. I mean if he keeps on waiting, this could keep going up.

ENTEN: Maybe he can. You know, Joe Biden may outlive us all.

CAMEROTA: OK. Let's talk about Michael Bloomberg.

ENTEN: Yes, so, you know, if there's -- I think that there are a lot of people in New York City, where the media industry is, saying, hey, Mike Bloomberg was the mayor here for three terms. He spends a lot of money. Maybe he'd be able to do a good job. This poll to me was not particularly good news for Mike Bloomberg. Only 3 percent would vote for him. And more than that, when we were talking about the favorable and unfavorable ratings before, right, where we said, hey, Joe Biden's really high up at 82 percent. Look, Mike Bloomberg, only 40 percent of Iowa caucus Democrats say that they have a favorable rating of him, 31 percent already have an unfavorable rating for him. And, more than that, look at that, 24 percent of voters said that they could never vote for him. Highest in the poll.

CAMEROTA: Why? What's that about?

ENTEN: Look, I think Mike Bloomberg is a former Republican, right? He did a lot of stuff in New York City. He invited the RNC into the city. More than that, he -- stop and frisk. And I just am not sure that Democratic voters want to copy the Republican side and have a billionaire run for president.

BERMAN: All right, talk about the Republican side for a minute here because we did poll Republicans in that state to find out how they feel about the president and the idea of a challenge (ph)?

ENTEN: Yes. So this is not a huge surprise and I am pretty skeptical that, at least in the state of Iowa, Donald Trump's going to receive a major challenge. Sixty-seven percent of Iowa caucus Republicans said that they would definitely vote to re-elect Donald Trump the president of the United States. That's a pretty high number. Nineteen percent may consider someone else.

I will say, Iowa caucus voters, we also have in the poll, that they want perhaps someone to come visit the state. You know, look, they host the first in the nation caucus. They welcome the attention. They would like the money that could come into the state.

But this is all indicative of a president's job approval rating. That's all the way up at 81 percent. Again, that's very, very similar to the national numbers, but you're just not going to receive a major primary challenge if that's what it is in a year from now.

CAMEROTA: What's allegiance to?

ENTEN: What's allegiance to? This is an interesting thing. They say more allegiance -- do Iowa caucus Republicans have more allegiance to Republican Party or Donald Trump? It's pretty split. I think, look, there's a big question as to whether or not Republicans in the country, like Donald Trump more, the Republican Party brand more. Here, it's about the same. But, again, when you just look at this slide, you're just not going to receive a primary challenge.

CAMEROTA: That is interesting. All right, there's something about Harry.

BERMAN: There is.

CAMEROTA: Thank you very much, Harry. ENTEN: Thank you. I love waking up early to spend it with you two.

CAMEROTA: Well, the feeling's mutual.

ENTEN: Awe.

BERMAN: With Alisyn.

CAMEROTA: All right.

BERMAN: It is not a Super Bowl ring, but just as good, a player pops the question and it's all captured on video.

CAMEROTA: Oh, this looks good.

BERMAN: The "Bleacher Report" has this, next.

CAMEROTA: OK.

And the new CNN film "Love, Gilda," looks at the incredible life of the comedy legend Gilda Radner. It airs on New Year's Day, 9:00 p.m. on CNN. So here's a sneak peek.

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GILDA RADNER, COMEDIAN: Hi, I'm Gilda Radner, and -- OK, now.

People want to know what made you funny? From the time I was a kid, I loved to pretend.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: She was the very first performer chosen for the cast of "Saturday Night Live."

RADNER: (INAUDIBLE).

[06:45:02] UNIDENTIFIED MALE: They just loved her.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I basically stole all of my characters from Gilda.

RADNER: I can do almost anything if people are laughing.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Boom, ba, ba, boom.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Jean (ph) had created a family atmosphere.

RADNER: It felt like my life went from black white to technicolor.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: One morning she just said, I don't know what's wrong with me.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: The comedian gets the most unfunny thing in the world.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: She felt that she could be of help, and that's exactly what she did. RADNER: It's the story of my life.

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BERMAN: So, can the Eagle's backup quarterback be (ph) Super Bowl MVP Nick Foles do it again? The answer is, yes. He led the Eagles to an upset win over the Rams last night.

Andy Scholes has more in the "Bleacher Report."

Hey, Andy.

ANDY SCHOLES, CNN SPORTS CORRESPONDENT: Yes, good morning, John.

You know, with Carson Wentz out with a fractured vertebrae, Nick Foles once again leading the Eagles. So can he find that same magic he did last year when he led Philadelphia to their first Super Bowl? Well, so far so good. The Eagles, they were nearly two touchdown underdogs in Los Angeles last night, but Foles, he just led the offense up and down the field.

[06:50:00] Now, the other side of things, it was a rough night for the Rams' Jared Goff. Check out this play right here. He's going to trip, fall down, pick up the ball and then just give it to the Eagles' defense. Philly would win this game 30-23 to keep their playoff hopes alive.

All right, Khalil Mack has been just fabulous for the Bears since they acquired him from the Raiders. Check him out on this play. He sacks Aaron Rodgers with his back. He doesn't even use his arms to wrap him up or anything. It's just incredible. The Bears beat the Packers 24-17 to win the division for the first time since 2010. And they were partying like it was 1985 in the locker room afterwards.

And what's another way to celebrate clinching a division title in a playoff spot? Well, lineman Charles Leno Jr. decided to surprise his girlfriend, Jennifer, and proposed to her at midfield. They even put it up on the big screen. And, guys, she, of course, said yes. And I found it interesting that Leno said he was going to propose to her whether they won or lost the game. I'm guessing the celebration was a little bit more fun considering they got a big win.

CAMEROTA: Now, Andy, was she surprised, because she marched over there with purpose.

SCHOLES: I mean, yes, it's like, what do you expect when you're being led out to the middle of the field after a -- after a win. I'm guessing she saw it coming.

BERMAN: So every time I walk on a field someone's going to propose to me?

CAMEROTA: It's possible. Be prepared, I'd say. Be prepared.

SCHOLES: Ah, if you're -- if it's that time in your life, John, you know, I will say yes.

BERMAN: I'm just saying. I'm just saying. This changes the way I'm going to go to games from now on, Andy Scholes.

Appreciate it. Thanks very much.

SCHOLES: All right.

BERMAN: And thank you for not bringing up the Patriots (INAUDIBLE).

SCHOLES: You're welcome.

CAMEROTA: All right, meanwhile, "Saturday Night Live" took on President Trump with a Christmas classic, imagining what life would be like if Donald Trump had never been elected. Well, the president fired back, and it is that reaction that is raising eyebrows this morning.

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[06:56:02] CAMEROTA: All right, it was a take on "It's a Wonderful Life," and "SNL" created a world where Donald Trump never became president. And that got the president's attention. Here are your late night laughs.

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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Wow, everyone looks so different. What are those things on their faces?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Those are called smiles.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Wait, so Hillary is president?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: That's right. In this reality, all she had to do to win was visit Wisconsin once.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Well, did they find her e-mails?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: They did. They were all Bed, Bath and Beyond coupons.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Donald, so nice to see you. How are you?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Melania, what happened to your accent?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Oh, I lost it after we got divorced. They said being around you all the time was hurting my language skills.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Brett Kavanaugh, how's the Supreme Court?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Me on the Supreme Court, with my temperament? Are you insane? No, no, they went with that nerd, Merrick Garland. But, on the plus side, when I tell people I like beer, they find it charming and not like I'm threatening violence.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I've had an epiphany, I guess the world does need me to be president after all.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Yes, that was not the lesson at all.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I want to be president again. I want to be president again.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Listen, Donald, every time a bell rings someone you know quits or goes to jail.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

BERMAN: All right, "Saturday Night Live," which, as you know, is a comedy show, which airs Saturday nights.

CAMEROTA: Yes.

BERMAN: The president responded to "Saturday Night Live" with this official statement. A real scandal is the one-sided coverage hour-by- hour of networks like NBC and Democratic spin machines like "Saturday Night Live." It is all nothing less than unfair news coverage and Dem commercials.

CAMEROTA: It's actually not news. But, go on.

BERMAN: It's not news?

CAMEROTA: No.

BERMAN: Oh, it's a comedy show.

CAMEROTA: Yes, it's a comedy show.

BERMAN: OK.

CAMEROTA: But, continue.

BERMAN: Should be tested in courts, can't be legal? Only defame and belittle! Collusion?

CAMEROTA: What part's the collusion there? Oh, oh, I see, that "Saturday Night Live" is colluding with people.

Anyway, here's the point. I have never -- I am at my most patriotic when I watch "Saturday Night Live." And I've always felt this way. In high school, in college, I remember having the epiphany of, wait a second, we live in a country where comedians can mercilessly make fun of our presidents? And I've felt this way for decades. How great is this country that we live in. And I'm sorry you cannot take that away. You can take issue, President Trump, with the Fourth Amendment, as you did this weekend, or the criminal justice system, but do not mess with our comedy.

BERMAN: Yes. And he may join the lawsuit that Bill Clinton has against Darrell Hammond or Jimmy Carter has against Dan Aykroyd --

CAMEROTA: No. BERMAN: Or Gerald Ford has against Chevy Chase.

CAMEROTA: I don't remember hearing about those.

BERMAN: Or like every president ever has been made fun of. But now it's a legal issue.

CAMEROTA: Thanks to our international viewers for watching. For you, CNN "TALK" is next. For our U.S. viewers, President Trump's life under a legal microscope, NEW DAY has that next.

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RUDY GIULIANI, PRESIDENT TRUMP'S ATTORNEY: The president is telling the truth. This man is lying.

REP. ELIJAH CUMMINGS (D), MARYLAND: I'm hoping that Mr. Cohen will come before the Congress. This is a watershed moment.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: This whole inquest is unjust. We don't start an investigation and look into absolutely every aspect of a person's life.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Clearly the investigative walls are closing in.

SEN. CHUCK SCHUMER (D), MINORITY LEADER: It's an awful, awful ruling. We're going to fight this tooth and nail.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Obamacare was a poorly thought out plan to start with.

SEN. SUSAN COLLINS (R), MAINE: I think this will be overturned on appeal.

SEN. AMY KLOBUCHAR (D), MINNESOTA: We should be working to improving the Affordable Care Act, not just throw it out and set it on fire.

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ANNOUNCER: This is NEW DAY with Alisyn Camerota and John Berman.

CAMEROTA: Good morning, everyone. Welcome to your NEW DAY. John has all his documents now in place. It's going to be a great show.

BERMAN: It's my betting tip cheats.

[06:59:57] CAMEROTA: OK, good, because virtually every aspect of President Trump's life is under investigation this morning.