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August Jobs Report; "Significant" Video Could Hold Clues Into Illinois Cop Killing; CNN Hero David Sabgir; Pierce Brosnan on New Movie "No Escape". Aired 8:30-9a ET

Aired September 04, 2015 - 08:30   ET

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[08:33:15] ALISYN CAMEROTA, CNN ANCHOR: We do have some breaking news, because the Labor Department just releasing the August jobs report. Chief business correspondent Christine Romans here to break it down.

How's it looking?

CHRISTINE ROMANS, CNN CHIEF BUSINESS CORRESPONDENT: Hi, guys.

You know, the eyes of the world on this number for a lot of reasons, but look at this, it came in a little bit lighter than expected, 173,000 net new jobs. These two months were revised higher. So you had a strong, strong summer of job creation and then a little bit of a pause in August.

This is still good jobs growth. It's not as strong as many people had hoped. And I will give you a caution sign on that 173. As you recall, August is one of those months that tends to be revised higher later because the back to school timing tends to make those - those numbers a little funky.

Broad based sector gains, I should tell you, retail, healthcare, business and professional services. And 5.1 percent is the unemployment rate. The headline there, the lowest since April 2008. Again, a fresh low post crisis for the unemployment rate, 5.1 percent. Sectors, as I said, pretty good gain across the board there for the sectors.

Now, why are the eyes of the world on this number? Because next week the Federal Reserve is going to meet for a two day meeting and it could decide to raise interest rates for the first time in nine years, signaling that the U.S. economy is back, that the emergency is over and the U.S. economy is operating more normally. So one of the reasons why you're seeing futures just down a little bit is - they have been down much more than this earlier on - is because everyone's trying to judge what this will mean for the Federal Reserve next week. Will they raise interest rates? And I promise you, when they raise interest rates, that is the move that will matter to everyone's money. Rates affect absolutely every financial transaction you make, so that's what their - everyone's so closely watching now, guys.

[08:35:01] JOHN BERMAN, CNN ANCHOR: All right, Christine, more limbo today, though. ROMANS: Yes.

BERMAN: Not so good that you have any decisive move.

ROMANS: Yes.

BERMAN: And not so bad that you have any decisive move.

ROMANS: Exactly.

BERMAN: Appreciate it, Christine.

CAMEROTA: Right. Thanks for watching it.

BERMAN: A possible break in the search for cop killers in Illinois. Police say they have significant video evidence. So will it lead them to the suspects? That's next.

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CAMEROTA: A possible break through this morning in the hunt for three suspected cop killers in Illinois. Home surveillance video may show the suspects. And joining us to talk about it this morning is former ATF executive and senior vice president for FJC Security Services, Matthew Horace.

Matthew, thanks so much for being here.

What do we know about this video and what it may have captured?

MATTHEW HORACE, FORMER ATF EXECUTIVE: Well, the video may have given us good images of the suspects, enough that we can send them to be analyzed to try to use facial recognition to try to determine the identities of who these gentlemen are.

CAMEROTA: In fact, here is what the police chief has said about this surveillance video. Listen to this.

Oh, well let me just tell you. He says, "we've retrieved, as late as last night, what we believe to be significant video. That has been turned over to the Department of Homeland Security for processing and I'm expecting some results from that as late as this evening." In other words, any moment now we might know the results of this video. Why is it turned over to the Department of Homeland Security?

[08:40:09] HORACE: Well, in this case, they may have had the capability to give us - to analyze the video very quickly. And if they can give us a quick turnaround, they'll send it back to the investigators, we'll try to identify the suspects, and that will be one more step into this case.

CAMEROTA: So, in other words, they have better equipment than the local police?

HORACE: They might have had better equipment or they had the resources to be able to turn around the analysis very quickly. CAMEROTA: You think the police may have more physical evidence that

they are examining than we in the media know about. Such as?

HORACE: Well, I know that they have more physical evidence than they're reporting. But, remember, they could have - they could have taken fingerprints off of the firearm. They could have gotten DNA. They may, in fact, even have other videos. But in this case, because the suspects have not been identified publicly, it's very important for operational security that they keep that information at a certain level until they're ready to do it.

CAMEROTA: Lieutenant Gliniewicz's gun was found at the scene, it's been reported. What does that tell them?

HORACE: Well - well, obviously, the gun is not in the hand of the suspects, but we can use that gun to determine if that was the gun that was used in the murder. If it was just taken in the scuffle. We can try to get fingerprints off of the gun. If it was fired, we can possibly get fingerprints or DNA off of the casings that were taken off the ground. So there's a lot of information that can be derived by anything that was recovered at the scene.

CAMEROTA: You believe that Lieutenant Gliniewicz may have stumbled on something. It was a strange hour. It was a warehouse area. That he may have stumbled on something and that have been what precipitated all of this. What do you think? In your mind and from your gut, with years of experience, what do you think the scenario was?

HORACE: Well, from my experience, having been a patrol office, you radio in that you have suspicious circumstances and it could be one of any hundreds of different scenarios. But one thing that's for sure, when he got out of that police cruiser and went up to approach those suspects, something happened, a conflict ensued, a struggle ensued, he lost a gun or he used a gun and that's where the situation sort of derived out of. So it could be anything. But I have to tell you, whatever the reason was that he was stopping these people was dead on and spot on and we know because these are dangerous, dangerous suspects.

CAMEROTA: Three suspected cop killers are still on the run. I mean explain the resources that come to bear with something like this.

HORACE: Well, just like in any case like this, the federal government, the state and the local government come together, they galvanize all their resources. They put intels, resources, tactical resources, their strategic leadership and tactical leadership. There's hundreds of people, boots on the ground, to try to take out leads, send out leads and follow up on things to try to bring this to a successful conclusion.

CAMEROTA: We also believe that this is home video that we may have the results of, as we said, any moment now. But also, this was a warehouse area. Aren't there some closed circuit TVs? I mean can't we assume that there's other surveillance video out there?

HORACE: Well, once they analyze this video and give us some good suspects, we may have - we may be able to go back now and take that video and search those areas to see if these suspects were spotted before this crime in other areas.

CAMEROTA: Matthew Horace, thanks so much. Great to get your take on all of this. You've been so helpful this week. Thank you.

HORACE: Have a great day.

CAMEROTA: You too.

Let's get over to John.

BERMAN: All right, Alison.

It is well established that exercising is important for good health, but even if you exercise regularly, sitting, like this, for long periods of time, it can still shorten your life span. This week's CNN Hero knows the importance of moving and he's taking a stand against sitting. Meet David Sabgir.

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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I knew something had to change on my end to stay healthy. I go anywhere between nine to 12 hours, all sitting at a desk.

DAVID SABGIR: How far do you think you could walk before you had to stop?

The number one problem I see my patients face as a cardiologist is a sedentary lifestyle. I was frustrated at my ineffectiveness to create change in my patients.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Hello.

SABGIR: How are you?

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I'm fine.

SABGIR: So I said, how about if my family goes to the park, would you be interested in joining us.

So we'll see you tomorrow at the walk?

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Oh, yes.

SABGIR: The response was phenomenal.

I wanted to talk about how easy taking care of ourselves can be.

There is no wait in the office. There's no fear of bad news. It's just the patient and the physician talking about whatever the patient wants to talk about.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: In the beginning I used to walk a mile or two. By the end of the year, I've completed a full marathon. Dr. Sabgir taught me we can achieve things that are really big.

SABGIR: Eighty percent of cardiac disease is preventable if we just go for a walk. If people just take that first step, they will never look back.

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CAMEROTA: You and I need to take that to heart.

BERMAN: I was going to say, as we sit here right now.

CAMEROTA: We will go for a walk right after this show.

Meanwhile, after playing Bond, Pierce Brosnan now taking on a gripping political thriller.

[08:45:01] He's here to talk about his role in "No Escape." Hello.

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MICHAELA PEREIRA, CNN ANCHOR: Pierce Brosnan in the political thriller "No Escape." A movie about a man trying to keep his family safe during a violent uprising. Brosnan stars as a British citizen with little more than meets the eye.

Joining us now, the man himself. Pierce, really a delight to meet you and have you here in studio.

PIERCE BROSNAN, ACTOR, "NO ESCAPE": Nice to meet you, Michaela. Thank you so much.

PEREIRA: Intense, I think, would be the word that you'd use to describe this film. But at the core of it, essentially it's a story about family. Is that what drew you to it?

BROSNAN: This is - what drew me to it - Well, the Dowdle brothers, these young men who wrote, produced and directed this movie, I'd seen their other films and I really enjoyed them. And this was a page- turner. That's always a good thing when you read a script when you want to keep going, keep going. When you get to the end, you want to go back and say, OK, this is good. So there was that ingredient. It was Thailand and Owen Wilson, whose work I really admire. And I had days off.

[08:50:07] PEREIRA: Days off in Thailand, not so bad. Working with Owen Wilson, you enjoyed that?

BROSNAN: Loved it.

PEREIRA: He's quite a character.

BROSNAN: He's such a character. He's so good. What he does on screen is so unique and it's the voice, it's the face and his timing is so good. And Lake Bell (INAUDIBLE) herself so beautifully in this film as well. as well. And the children. So for me it's beautiful. It's a win-win situation. It's a great film. It comes out, it grabs you by the throat.

PEREIRA: Doesn't let go for awhile.

BROSNAN: Doesn't let go.

PEREIRA: Let's talk about your character, Hammond. Clearly this is a guy who has lost things in life.

BROSNAN: Yes. He's a desolate, fractured fellow. You're not sure if he's a spook or some crazy alcoholic or - you know. He's all of these things, actually. But he finds his own kind of humanity somewhat through meeting this family. They save him in some way. Everyone is a hero in the film. The family are definitely the hero. It's a tight film. It's an ensemble. Mother, father, two little daughters and this dude Hammond who just weaves his way through the film.

PEREIRA: Do you enjoy the fact that you get to play somebody that is - I always appreciate a character that is flawed, but you can see the humanity come to them, oftentimes throughout the film.

BROSNAN: I think one should play with humanity. I think whatever you do you have to play with some heart, some soul, some kind of nod to audience, as it were. Because it's a film.

PEREIRA: It's a film. It's somewhat fantastical, you say, your acting. But again, this is a political uprising while a family is on vacation, isn't beyond the realm of possibility. Almost torn from the headlines but not.

BROSNAN: Almost torn. Well the headlines were pretty powerful while we were there in Chiang Mai, which is northern Thailand, because the unrest was going on down in Bangkok. There was violence on the streets every day. I was there with my family making the film. Keely and the boys were there. So it had an intensity to our lives as film makers that just not too many miles away was civil unrest in a country which is pretty volatile anyway at best of times.

PEREIRA: Did you feel it? Did you feel that tension or did it always feel somewhat removed from where you were?

BROSNAN: I think we feel the tension all the time now, sadly, in life. You know, it's just there. It's palpable. We have to be able to address that in some fashion with leaders, I think. But yes, it was palpable there in Chiang Mai when we were making the film.

PEREIRA: There's been reviews and I'm sure you've seen some of them. There are some -- and we'll put this on them -- some are a little critical of the film's handling of cultural context. Some - one even going as far to call it racist. How do you react to that? What do you say to those reviewers?

BROSNAN: Well, I haven't read the reviews. I don't read them, good bad or indifferent.

PEREIRA: Do you generally stay away from them?

BROSNAN: I stay away from them. I just make the movie and move on.

PEREIRA: Good for you. What do you say to that criticism, though?

BROSNAN: I think it's a little heavy-handed. This is a theatrical piece. I think get real. Don't take yourself too seriously here. I don't think this is racist at all. It's a family drama, I think the Dowdle brother, John Dowdle, Drew Dowdle, have acquitted themselves grandly as film makers and as writers. I don't think that's necessary.

PEREIRA: I think this is going to be a great romp, as you said, that the idea that it holds you by the throat and essentially doesn't let go. We can't wait to see this and see how it does with you. Thanks so much for bringing us -- "No Escape," it is in theaters now. Pierce, thanks for being here.

BERMAN: All right. Coming up for us, this is a real life doctor, but what he's doing with his dancing skills, that makes him "The Good Stuff."

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[08:58:11] CAMEROTA: It is time for "The Good Stuff." In today's edition, Adnan Khera, he's a terrific doctor, but is he a good dancer, I ask you, John? You be the judge.

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CAMEROTA: I say yes.

BERMAN: I'm going yes. Oh, wow.

CAMEROTA: Old school. This Tufts anesthesiologist loves to dance anywhere.

BERMAN: He's an anesthesiologist, his dancing leaves me numb.

CAMEROTA: (Laughing) It turns out that one day he was dancing on the streets of Boston and...

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ADNAN KHERA, DANCING DOCTOR: I was dancing and people threw me money.

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CAMEROTA: Unlike many street performers, Dr. Khera does not need the money, but it got him thinking, John, what can I do with this money? So he started Doctor-Be-Dancing. I object to the grammar, but I like the moves. This is a charity that raises money for a whole bunch of things.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) KHERA: Animals that need rescuing. There is children who are living in poverty and give kind of school supplies. Terminally ill children. Meals for people who have chronic illnesses.

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CAMEROTA: Now this doctor tries to dance between his shifts at least twice a week. He brings in hundreds. He describes this as a grassroots charity busking project. If you'd like to know more about the doctor or his moves, visit doctorbedancing.com.

Why don't you do that between your shows, John?

BERMAN: Ironically, an anesthesiologist who feels the beat, right? Normally, you don't want to feel a thing. Well, he feels everything.

CAMEROTA: Wow - thank you for making a profound -

BERMAN: I'm going to try to come up with more anesthesiologist jokes between now and 11:00 when I'm back on "AT THIS HOUR."

CAMEROTA: The profundity coming out of you is truly impressive. Is it not, Carol Costello? It is time for "NEWSROOM" --

CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: I was thinking the dad jokes are flying this morning, John Berman.

CAMEROTA: He's full of them.

BERMAN: Have a good weekend, everybody.

COSTELLO: Yes, he's full of something. Have a good weekend, guys. "NEWSROOM" starts now.