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Spring Cold Snap Ahead of Coastal Storm; Buttigieg Campaign Fundraising Numbers; Final Four is Set. Aired 6:30-7a ET
Aired April 01, 2019 - 06:30 ET
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[06:33:57] JOHN BERMAN, CNN ANCHOR: A manhunt is underway for the suspect who shot and killed Grammy-nominated rapper Nipsey Hussle. The 33-year-old entertainer was gunned down in broad daylight Sunday afternoon outside his south Los Angeles clothing store. Hundreds of mourners gathered near the crime scene to pay tribute. He was scheduled to meet, Hussle was, today with the Los Angeles police chief and commissioner to discuss ways to stop gang violence. People look at him and talk about the contribution he made to the community there, talking about entrepreneurship, real estate investment. A major loss.
ALISYN CAMEROTA, CNN ANCHOR: Ethiopian authorities are set to release their preliminary report today on the crash of that Boeing 737 Max 8 jetliner that went down three weeks ago. "The Wall Street Journal" reports that U.S. investigators are complaining the Ethiopians have been slow to share data retrieved from the black box recorders. They've described the working relationship as tense, with the Ethiopians claiming the U.S. is trying to exert control over their report.
BERMAN: An investigator working for Jeff Bezos says his team concluded with high confidence that Saudi Arabia had access to the Amazon chief's phone and private information. In a "Daily Beast" op-ed, Gavin de Becker claims the Saudis obtained the data before photos and texts revealing an affair between Bezos and Laura Sanchez before those details were leaked to "The National Enquirer." De Becker did not offer concrete evidence of his claims, but says the results of the investigation -- of his investigation were turned over to federal authorities. In a statement to CNN, "The Enquirer's" parent company, AMI, says it only relied on Sanchez's brother for the Bezos' story. We will speak to the editor in chief of "The Daily Beast" later on NEW DAY.
[06:35:39] CAMEROTA: All right, the southeastern U.S. is waking up to a blast of cold on this first day of April. This is ahead of a storm that's moving up the coast.
CNN meteorologist Jennifer Gray has our forecast. This is no April Fool's joke, Jennifer.
JENNIFER GRAY, AMS METEOROLOGIST: It is not. It is not. And we are getting those pushes of cold air before spring really gets locked in with those warmer temperatures. So we're feeling it this morning, freeze threat anywhere from say Little Rock to Nashville, all the way down to Birmingham. Even the northwest corner of the Atlanta metro.
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Of course here are your current temperatures. Thirty-one in Nashville, 25, Columbus, 26 in Chicago. Cold air being felt as far south as Atlanta, 39 degrees this morning, 36 in Raleigh.
And this is going to lead to another coastal storm. Now, the bulk of this is going to stay offshore by the time we get to the northeast. I think the Carolinas will really feel it by the time we get into Tuesday night into Wednesday morning. This is early Wednesday morning off the coast of New York. Boston will definitely feel the wind and the rain as well.
And, John, talk about Boston yesterday, it hit 70 degrees. Today, only 45.
BERMAN: It's always sunny in Boston, as we know.
CAMEROTA: And cold.
BERMAN: Jennifer Gray, thank you very much for that.
All right, hot off the presses, hot off the presses.
CAMEROTA: What have you got there?
BERMAN: We've got fundraising numbers for a key presidential candidate.
CAMEROTA: How do they look?
BERMAN: Is this another example of Buttigieg-mentum (ph)?
CAMEROTA: Wow.
BERMAN: Buttigieg-mentum?
CAMEROTA: Oh, my gosh.
BERMAN: We will discuss, next.
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[06:41:50] CAMEROTA: 2020 Democratic candidate Pete Buttigieg announcing moments ago that his campaign raised more than $7 million in the first quarter of 2019.
Joining us for some context are MJ Lee, CNN political correspondent, and Arlette Saenz, CNN political reporter.
MJ, what does $7 million in the first quarter mean?
MJ LEE, CNN POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT: It's impressive. This is the reality, that he is clearly having a moment. And I think the timing of his announcement is interesting because $7 million, just to put that into context, Bernie Sanders, Beto O'Rourke raised around that much, around $7 million in the first 24 hours of them announcing their candidacy. So when we see the full numbers come out for the host of candidates who are running, clearly $7 million is a number that is going to be beaten by folks like Bernie Sanders or Beto O'Rourke. But I think he wants to capitalize, Buttigieg, on this moment that he's having right now to sort of try to send the message, look, I have some energy behind me right now and don't rule me out because I think what this is going to do politically is for the people who are sort of interested in Buttigieg, who are not sure that he's going to be serious enough. They might see sort of the million dollar figure and think to themselves, no, maybe this guy has what it takes.
BERMAN: He is, what, the mayor of South Bend, Indiana. And a month ago, six weeks ago, I do not think anyone in America, for the most part, outside of South Bend and the immediate Buttigieg family --
CAMEROTA: Could pronounce his name?
BERMAN: Could pronounce his name or tell you who he is. Now he has raised $7 million. He is being talked about regularly, Arlette, all over the country, on TV, but also among Democratic activists. I mean, this, to me, is a sign that he is here. It's a significant number. And it will be a number that will be higher than some people who have held higher offices than mayor of South Bend. It really is interesting.
And I do want to note, also, this all started with Buttigieg to an extent from the CNN town hall. It was the reception he received after that where this momentum -- I'm not going to say Buttigieg-mentum anymore.
CAMEROTA: Thank you.
BERMAN: Although I just did. It all began there, Arlette.
ARLETTE SAENZ, CNN POLITICAL REPORTER: That's right, John. I mean, as you mentioned, just a few weeks ago most people in this country probably didn't know how to pronounce Buttigieg or even really know who he is.
But what's really impressive about these figures is that, one, he was basically an unknown until a few weeks ago. And, also, he doesn't have that massive fundraising list that people like Bernie Sanders and Beto O'Rourke have. You know, they posted similar numbers just in their first 24 hours.
But the fact that he is out there presenting such an impressive number right off the bat is going to hold well for him. And these candidates are going to be heading into these next few weeks where they're going to slowly be rolling out these fundraising numbers and give us an idea of where things stand when it comes to the money, how much they're raising, how much they're spending, what those donation figures look like. And that's something that people are going to be watching very closely as we get closer and closer to that first debate in June.
CAMEROTA: MJ, Pete Buttigieg did arouse the ire of Hillary Clinton's campaign -- former campaign advisers because he said this first in "The Washington Post" in January. Donald Trump got elected in his twisted way because in his twisted way he pointed out the huge troubles in our economy and our democracy. At least he didn't go around saying that America was already great like Hillary did.
[06:45:13] So then her campaign advisers came out and said basically how dare you, and then this weekend he added some context. So here's what he said.
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MAYOR PETE BUTTIGIEG (D), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: I have enormous respect for Secretary Clinton. I do think that she was ill served by a strategy and a media environment which made things much more about the individuals, much more about all the problems with Donald Trump and much less about the concerns of voters.
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CAMEROTA: All right, he seemed to deflect that criticism.
LEE: Yes, you know, as much as the 2020 campaign is obviously underway, I think we get these periodic reminders that 2016 also really isn't over. A lot of the Democratic strategists who were very invested in obviously the outcome of the 2016 election, not to mention the voters who voted for Hillary Clinton and really did not want Donald Trump to win, there is a lot of anger there. And you can imagine -- easily imagine why Buttigieg saying something like that and invoking Hillary Clinton and even slightly suggesting that Hillary Clinton may have made a mistake or took the wrong strategy or was ill- served by people around her, yes, there is anger -- plenty of anger to go around for people who were allies of Hillary Clinton to say, look, this is not the time to do that. Let's just focus on 2020 and look forward instead of looking backward.
BERMAN: Look, if this is the biggest controversy that Pete Buttigieg has faced so far, he would pay to have this controversy. This is the best kind of crisis for someone like Pete Buttigieg to have because he gets to draw a contrast and gets to say, hey, I'm from the Midwest. I mean how many candidates, Arlette, are going out of their way now to go visit Wisconsin and Michigan?
SAENZ: That's right, you have multiple candidates who are making those stops in Wisconsin and Michigan, states that Hillary Clinton lost back in 2016 and that Democrats are arguing need to be brought back into the blue column in order to be successful this time around against President Trump headed into 2020.
CAMEROTA: All right, MJ, Arlette, thank you very much.
BERMAN: All right, Duke going home, and not to play basketball. Two schools going to the final four for the first time. We have the "Bleacher Report," next.
(COMMERCIAL BREAK) [06:50:53] BERMAN: All right, the final four is set. And just like I knew all along. Two of the teams left standing, they've never made it this far before. Just as I predicted.
Coy Wire has more in the "Bleacher Report."
Hey, Coy.
COY WIRE, CNN SPORTS CORRESPONDENT: I'm looking at the standings here, John, you were third to last in the bracket standings.
So -- all right, anyways, fans and alums, John, of Texas Tech and Auburn will be smiling all day. They're going to the final four for the first time. Duke fans and everyone who picked them in their brackets, they are stunned. Tom Izzo's veteran Michigan State takes down Mike Krzyzewski's lineup of freshman phenoms. The Blue Devil's future NBA stars like Zion Williamson. And the Spartans, they're going blow for blow, but in the end State's former walk-on, senior Kenny Goins lands the knockout punch. The most experienced player on the court hitting the clutch three pointer with 39 seconds to go, giving Sparty a lead they wouldn't give up. Michigan State punching their ticket in a thriller, 68-67.
Auburn's star player, Chuma Okeke, tore his ACL in their win over North Carolina on Friday, but he surprised his teammates last night at their game against Kentucky. Tied with 15 seconds to go, Kentucky shoots for the lead, but it's blocked. So Auburn's Horace Spencer has a chance for the win at the buzzer, but no. It's going to overtime. And that is where the Tigers would pull away. They're going to go to the final four for the first time in school history. The Tigers were men on a mission, saying that this was bigger than a national title. Now their motto is, do it for Chuma.
Next Saturday, the Tigers take on one seed Virginia in the first game. And then Michigan State faces Texas Tech. The winners face off a week from today in the national championship game.
Alisyn, I say with happiness that that dude sitting next to you, you're beating him in the brackets.
CAMEROTA: I know. We're -- I know. I have been really lording this over him, as you can imagine.
Do you have an idea where I am in the bracket line-up?
WIRE: Twenty-third. Twenty-third in the CNN brackets.
CAMEROTA: OK.
BERMAN: And I'm roughly 123rd.
So we only have 100 other people --
CAMEROTA: There is so much I could teach you about sports, John.
BERMAN: Including children under one who are beating me right now.
CAMEROTA: Right.
BERMAN: Pretty (ph) cool.
WIRE: Stick with Alisyn, John, you'll be OK.
CAMEROTA: Thank you, Coy.
BERMAN: All right, Coy, thank you very much.
CAMEROTA: All right, "SNL" takes on the Mueller report and Jussie Smollett. Late night laughs, next.
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[06:57:28] CAMEROTA: "Saturday Night Live" taking on the Mueller report and the controversy over Jussie Smollett's charges being dropped. Here are your "Late Night Laughs."
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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: What is that?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I don't know. I think it's a bag of clues?
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: No, Jussie, please, don't.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Hang on. Look, guys, the killer, he left me a bunch of clues.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: What killer?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: You're still alive, Jussie.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Only because I fought back because I'm the gay Mike Tyson.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Jussie, please, just stop.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: There's more. A k? Another k? Three ks? Like, what do you think that means?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: There were several questionable incidences involving the president's team, but we cannot prove a criminal connection.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: No collusion, no diggity and no bat (ph).
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I have included hundreds of pages of evidence.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Most of it provided on live television by the president himself.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Russia, if you're watching, go to bed, daddy won.
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CAMEROTA: It was really clever.
BERMAN: Could I say the most controversial thing I'm going to say this entire show?
CAMEROTA: What?
BERMAN: I don't think Robert de Niro does a good job as Bob Mueller. This is not "Taxi Driver" we're talking about here that I do not think was that level of performance.
CAMEROTA: I don't know if cue cards --
BERMAN: No.
CAMEROTA: Are his secret sauce.
BERMAN: No.
CAMEROTA: No.
BERMAN: Just saying.
CAMEROTA: Yes. But, you know who makes up for it? Ady Bryant (ph). She's
BERMAN: OK.
CAMEROTA: Ady Bryant is so good at anybody that she plays, including all of the various men that they have tasked her with (ph).
BERMAN: She should play Robert Mueller also. I would rather see her playing both.
CAMEROTA: She could (INAUDIBLE) -- she should run from set to set.
BERMAN: Because I don't think de Niro's doing it.
CAMEROTA: All right.
BERMAN: It's not "Taxi Driver."
CAMEROTA: Fair enough.
BERMAN: Thanks to our international viewers for watching. For you, CNN "TALK" is next. For our U.S. viewers, President Trump now talking about closing the entire border with Mexico. What would that mean? How many billions of dollars might that cost?
NEW DAY continues right now.
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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I'm glad that he is clarifying his intentions. This isn't the first time he was acting inappropriately. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: These issues are going to be litigated by voters.
There's more to come on this.
SEN. BERNIE SANDERS (D), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: I have no reason not to believe Lucy. I'm not sure one incident disqualifies anybody.
DONALD TRUMP, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: Mexico is going to have to do something, otherwise I'm closing the border.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We have to address the process (ph) of instability. Withdrawing funds will not do that.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: America has changed how they're going to deal with immigration. And I fully support the president.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: She mistakenly got into this car thinking it was an Uber.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: This unspeakable violent actions have created a hole in the universe.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: There will never be another soul like Sammy Josephson.
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