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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: ... there's a lot to work with.

CAMEROTA: Brian, Bill, thank you. It's great to have you.

[07:00:04] CUOMO: The state of play in the party and also events around the world. There is a lot of news this morning. So let's get right to it.

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CAMEROTA: Anti-Trump protestors turning violent.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: You'll be fine.

HILLARY CLINTON (D), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE; Some people are just allergic to the facts.

DONALD TRUMP (R), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: She goes, "He wanted to buy housing when it was at a low point." Who the hell doesn't?

CLINTON: We want to see his tax returns. That's right. Let's see what you got there.

DR. BEN CARSON (R), FORMER PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: We're in what I call a WWE Raw state.

CLINTON: Call me old-fashioned. I think it matters what you say when you're running for president.

SEN. BERNIE SANDERS (D-VT), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: I will not accept that somebody runs against me and buys the election.

CLINTON: I need your help. We want to finish strong.

SANDERS: People are catching on that they are the future.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We had a meltdown when it came to airport security.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: People are sick and tired of waiting.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I got here about three, two and a half hours early, and it still wasn't enough time.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We're talking about federal security. It's a disturbing scenario.

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ANNOUNCER: This is NEW DAY with Chris Cuomo and Alisyn Camerota.

CUOMO: Good morning. Welcome to your NEW DAY. It is Wednesday, May 25, 6 a.m. in the East. Ana Cabrera joining us this morning. Very nice to have you.

CABRERA: Coming in on a hump day. Not bad.

CUOMO: That's right. Help us get through the hardest day of the week.

All right. So we begin with breaking news, a chaotic scene unfolding outside a Donald Trump rally in New Mexico. Anti-Trump protestors turning violent. Demonstrators clashing with police, pushing through the barriers, disrupting the rally.

CAMEROTA: The mayhem comes as Trump wins one more state. The presumptive GOP nominee easily winning the Washington state primary. Trump is now just eight delegates away from officially clinching the nomination.

Meanwhile, the division in the Democratic Party could be reaching a breaking point. We have the 2016 race covered the way only CNN can, so let's begin with Jason Carroll.

Good morning, Jason.

JASON CARROLL, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Good morning to you, Alisyn.

Last night Donald Trump promised to do everything from repealing and replacing Obamacare to improving TSA lines during that rally. He also predicted he would win over Hispanics.

Last night was another example Trump's problem with Hispanics is not going away.

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CARROLL (voice-over): Overnight, police in riot gear blasting pepper spray...

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: (EXPLETIVE DELETED) push her (EXPLETIVE DELETED) to the ground!

CARROLL: ... and using smoke grenades to disperse ant-Donald Trump protestors outside his rally in Albuquerque, New Mexico...

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Start moving!

CARROLL: ... hours after the presumptive GOP nominee's speech.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Get back!

CARROLL: Dozens of protestors stomping on police cars and throwing rocks and bottles at police, injuring several officers.

Earlier during Trump's speech at the city's convention center, protestors breaking through the metal barriers surrounding the venue, some making their way inside, only to be dragged out by security.

Inside, Trump criticizing New Mexico's Republican governor, Susana Martinez, who is also Hispanic.

TRUMP: Since 2000, the number of people on Food Stamps in New Mexico has tripled. We have to get your governor to get going. She's got to do a better job. Hey, maybe I'll run for governor of New Mexico. I'll get this place going.

CARROLL: But the bulk of Trump's personal attacks, set on targeting Hillary Clinton, Trump opting to make fun of Clinton's voice.

TRUMP: I will never say this, but she screams. It drives me crazy.

CARROLL: And using some of his harshest language yet against Clinton.

TRUMP: I see this low life. She puts on an air.

CARROLL: Trump angry Clinton is painting him as a greedy billionaire. This based on comments he made back in 2006, when he said he hoped to profit when the housing market collapsed.

TRUMP: They've got some clip of me from many years ago where I'm saying, "Yes, if did goes down I'm going to buy. I'm a businessman. That's what I'm supposed to do."

CARROLL: Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren going after Trump for his past business practices.

SEN. ELIZABETH WARREN (D), MASSACHUSETTS: Donald Trump was drooling over the idea of a housing meltdown, because it meant he could buy up core properties on the cheap. What kind of a man does that? It is a man who cares about no one but himself.

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CARROLL: Senator Elizabeth Warren and Trump have been going back and forth for some time now. At one point, Alisyn, she called him a small, insecure money grubber. Last night he called her Pocahontas, a reference to Trump's claim that she faked her Native American heritage, a claim she denies. Trump's next stop, Anaheim, where even more protests are expected.

CAMEROTA: Jason, you've given us a lot to talk about. So let's do that right now.

We want to bring in our panel, with Republican pollster and Trump supporter, Kellyanne Conway; CNN political commentator, former Reagan White House political director and Trump supporter Jeffrey Lord; and former communications director for Jeb Bush's campaign, Tim Miller. Tim has said that he will not support Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton in November. [07:05:16] CAMEROTA: OK. Great to have all of you. A lot has happened in these past 24 hours.

Jeffrey, I do want to start with you. I just want to quickly touch on the violence that we saw. The anti-Trump violence last night at this rally. Is there anything that Donald Trump can or should do to try to quell that violence outside of his rallies?

JEFFREY LORD, CNN POLITICAL COMMENTATOR: Look, these are the kind of folks who have been doing this for decades, long before Donald Trump was on the scene.

These are the kind of folks that get involved in Occupy Wall Street or the anti-Vietnam War protests where they commit violence. This is what they do. And politically speaking, I have to tell you, you know, you look at this last night, and you say to yourself, are these people secretly on Donald Trump's payroll? To be going after the police, for heaven's sake? To be attacking the police as they did, throwing rocks and bottles and all this.

CAMEROTA: Yes.

LORD: All that's going to do is produce exactly the kind of television pictures you've shown this morning, and that will help Donald Trump. I mean, it's disgraceful.

CAMEROTA: Sure, it is disgraceful. Is there anything Donald Trump should do? Can he control anything? Should he, as leadership...

TIM MILLER, FORMER COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR, JEB BUSH CAMPAIGN: Today, we all agree with Jeffrey, probably, because absolutely, these folks are helping Donald Trump. Peaceful protestors, OK. But this is not acceptable.

CAMEROTA: OK, let's talk about what's going on inside the rally. Donald Trump went after Susana Martinez, the governor of New Mexico. That was not -- no one saw that one coming. He said things like, she's not doing her job. She's putting her state at risk by accepting Syrian refugees.

She, then -- let me read this statement to you -- her press people put out this statement: "Apparently, Donald Trump doesn't realize Governor Martinez was not elected in 2000, that she has fought for welfare reform and has strongly opposed the president's Syrian refugee plan. But the pot shots weren't about policy; they were about politics. And the governor will not be bullied into supporting the candidate until she's convinced that candidate will fight for New Mexicans. Governor Martinez did not care about what Donald Trump says about her. She cares about what he says he will do to help New Mexicans. She didn't hear anything about that today."

What's happening, Kellyanne? And why are these two now going after each other? They're supposed to be on the same team.

KELLYANNE CONWAY, REPUBLICAN POLLSTER: They are. And I hope they will be eventually. I guess Donald Trump would like the governor's endorsement. New Mexico's a state where Republicans have done very well presidentially with the exception of President Obama in 2008 and 2012.

CAMEROTA: Is this a way to get her endorsement? By criticizing her?

CONWAY: No, it's not. Perhaps he'll meet with her separately. She actually was a keynote speaker here in New York, and she did not criticize Donald Trump. She actually spoke about what she's done in New Mexico.

But this seems mild to me, compared to what's going on between Sanders and Hillary Clinton. That's where the real heat is these days.

CAMEROTA: Well, let's stay with Donald Trump.

MILLER: This guy is so thin-skinned, Alisyn, it's really unbelievable. Just yesterday -- just yesterday, Paul Manafort, his top adviser, was in the Senate telling senators, "If you want to disagree with Donald Trump on an issue, no worries. He understands that. We can take different sides." Really, Paul?

The next speech he gives after that, he has no self-control. He attacks Susana Martinez publicly. If anyone slights him even a little bit, Donald Trump goes off the rails. Do we want this guy in charge of the IRS after conservatives have been complaining about IRS targeting?

CONWAY: You prefer Hillary? Because there are two people on the ballot.

CAMEROTA: Go ahead, Jeffrey.

LORD: Not to put too fine a point on it, Tim, but the voters have decided. It's over. He's going to be the Republican nominee for president.

CAMEROTA: That's true. He is the nominee.

MILLER: I agree with that. No, no, I'm saying that he shouldn't the president.

CAMEROTA: But one -- one more second.

MILLER: Wait until November.

CAMEROTA: Donald Trump always says he's a counterpuncher. How did Susana Martinez start this fight?

LORD: Well, yes, I was looking at this last night, and she was. She gave some -- some talks -- there was a private talk in April, and word leaked out that she was critical of Donald Trump. And she said she played the identity politics card, which is a cancer inside the Republican Party.

CAMEROTA: What does that mean? How did she played the identity politics card? LORD: What does that mean?

CAMEROTA: Yes. How did she play the identity politics card?

LORD: Yes, she told these people, according to accounts I was reading in "The Washington Post," I believe, that she was insulted about things he was saying because she's a Latina. She's not a Latina. She's an American citizen. She is an American. She is...

MILLER: She is, Jeffrey, the only Latina governor in the country.

LORD: Race has nothing to do with this.

MILLER: She is the only Latina governor in the country. Donald Trump, given his problem with Hispanics, should be bear-hugging her. And she's successful. She's popular. Why is he attacking her besides his thin skin?

LORD: Tim, we don't play identity politics. This is the party of Lincoln. Enough said.

CAMEROTA: OK. Kellyanne, I want to also ask you about something else that happened last night. That was Elizabeth Warren was in Washington, D.C., at a gala. And she spoke out about Donald Trump. As you know, they have been in something of a Twitter battle royale.

So let me play for you -- she picked on the thread that Hillary Clinton has been saying about Donald Trump sort of cheering or seeming to root for the housing market to crash. So listen to Elizabeth Warren last night.

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[07:10:07] SEN. ELIZABETH WARREN (D), MASSACHUSETTS: Donald Trump was drooling over the idea of a housing meltdown, because it meant he could buy up more property on the cheap. What kind of a man does that? What kind of a man roots for people to get thrown out of their house? What kind of man roots for people to get thrown out of their jobs, to root for people to lose their pensions, to root for two little girls in Clark County, Nevada, to end up living out of a van?

What kind of a man does that? I'll tell you exactly what kind of a man does that. It is a man who cares about no one but himself. A small -- a small, insecure, money grubber who doesn't care who gets hurt, so long as he makes a profit off it. What -- what kind of a man does that? A man who will never be president of the United States.

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CAMEROTA: OK. So Kellyanne, the crowd loved it. What's your response?

CONWAY: A Democratic liberal crowd. Of course they're going to love it. My response, I'm just amazed that the left can't ignore Donald Trump. He is so far up into their head it's unbelievable, because they're all responding to him. I mean, Hillary Clinton gets all these news cycles gobbled away from

her by Donald Trump. Now Elizabeth Warren is complicit in that she's going to complain about the housing crisis? But Hillary Clinton made 92 speeches and got $21.5 million. What in the world did they pay for? She gave speeches now for free, Alisyn, and nobody wants to hear them. They want to hear Donald Trump.

I mean, let's be honest about who made what kind of money where and how. Just yesterday the "Daily Caller" came out with a riveting report about a Clinton -- a donor to the Clinton Foundation giving, getting $100 million worth of mineral rights when she was secretary of state. Let's follow the real money here.

CAMEROTA: Tim, what do you think about this? Hold on, Jeffrey, I'll give you the first one. Go ahead.

LORD: Yes. One of the things that's not being mentioned here is that Bill Clinton's housing policy, specifically his national home ownership partnership strategy was, according to a book calmed "Reckless Endangerment" by "New York Times" reporter, Gretchen Morgenson, decimated the middle class, was responsible for the 2008 housing crisis, which was the worst crisis since the Great Depression.

CAMEROTA: OK.

LORD: I mean, what they're talking about here is a policy of Bill Clinton that resulted in these problems, and she's trying to go after Donald Trump? I mean, what a joke.

CAMEROTA: OK. Tim, what do you think about this?

MILLER: I say she is -- I hate being on the side of defending Elizabeth Warren. She's better at that than Hillary Clinton. So Hillary Clinton, I think, can take some lessons from her technically.

I think Jeffrey points out about Bill Clinton exactly right. It's just unfortunate that our nominee is the worst possible vessel to make that case against him. And he started a subprime mortgage company a year before the crisis. You know, he made comments of these natures -- of these nature, and I think it's going to hurt him in states like Ohio, and Pennsylvania, and Nevada, in particular.

CONWAY: I disagree with Tim, because he's actually a great vessel, because he wasn't in public life. He wasn't a politician when all of these policies were being made.

CAMEROTA: But if he's seen as having worked against the American -- her personalizing it to the two little girls living out of van, how does that not hurt Trump?

LORD: Yes, but you're living out of a van because of Bill Clinton's policies, which Hillary Clinton says were terrific.

MILLER: That he supported. Donald was a Democrat then, by the way.

CAMEROTA: Comes full circle. This is complicated. CONWAY: It's disingenuous to politicize two little girls and make it

sound like Donald Trump pulled up in his Trump jet and put them in a van.

CAMEROTA: Personalize. I mean, this is what politicians do all the time. They try to put a human face. That's what we're talking to.

CONWAY: But you know what? Donald Trump is not Mitt Romney. It worked against Mitt Romney, but he's not -- he's Teflon Don.

MILLER: Before -- before Donald Trump started all these conspiracy theories about Bill Clinton, he supported him. He called him a great man. He supported the Clinton Foundation. He's an absolutely non- credible person to make these cases.

CAMEROTA: And we will make -- we will get to all of the Bill Clinton stuff later in the program. Jeffrey, thank you. Kellyanne, Tim, thanks so much for being here.

LORD: Hey, Alisyn.

CAMEROTA: Back to Ana.

CABRERA: All right. Let's turn to the Democrats now. Bernie Sanders is fighting for every last delegate, calling for a recanvassing now of last week's Kentucky primary, the results there, and essentially asking to double check the vote tally.

And his recent criticism of DNC chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz may have put her job in jeopardy. CNN senior Washington correspondent Joe Johns is live now with more -- Joe.

JOE JOHNS, CNN SENIOR WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT: Ana, the head of the Democratic Party again coming into focus after Bernie Sanders went after her over the weekend in the middle of this pitched campaign battle for California, the biggest prize of the primary season.

No indication that any Democratic senators have launched a formal effort to get rid of Debbie Wasserman Schultz, but the Sanders campaign can claim credit this morning for starting a conversation about it.

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[07:15:04] JOHNS (voice-over): On Capitol Hill, Democratic senators discussing removing Debbie Wasserman Schultz as the head of the party. One source saying many feel it would be a good idea. The source telling CNN there's fears she's become, quote, "too toxic" in the ongoing Democratic civil war. The feud between the DNC chair and the Sanders campaign reaching a fever pitch after chaos erupted at the Nevada Democratic convention.

JEFF WEAVER, BERNIE SANDERS CAMPAIGN: She's been throwing shade on the Sanders campaign since the very beginning.

JOHNS: Sanders accusing the head of the DNC of supporting Hillary Clinton before the primaries even began, something she vehemently denied.

SEN. BERNIE SANDERS (D-VT), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: San Bernardino, thank you!

JOHNS: Sanders fighting on, hoping to defeat Clinton in the upcoming delegate-rich primary in California. Secretary Clinton less than 100 delegates away from clinching the nomination, looking towards the general election.

CLINTON: I need your help in this upcoming primary, because we want to finish strong.

JOHNS: And pledging to stop Trump.

CLINTON: Why on earth would we elect somebody president who actually rooted for the collapse of the mortgage market?

JOHNS: But Sanders believes that he would be the best challenger against the presumptive Republican nominee.

SANDERS: If we get the Democrat nomination, Donald Trump is toast.

JOHNS: And in the fight to gain traction, the Sanders campaign calling into question the results of last week's Kentucky primary. In a statement, the campaign says it's, quote, "requesting a full and complete recanvas of every one of the voting machines and absentee ballots."

Sanders lost to Clinton by a razor-thin margin of roughly 1,900 votes. A Clinton aide accusing Sanders of using the issue to raise more money for his campaign.

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JOHNS: The battle for the California primary clearly picking up this morning. Bernie Sanders has added stops to his campaign schedule there. The Hillary Clinton campaign expected to continue its attacks on Donald Trump for his comments and business activities around the time the housing bubble burst -- Chris.

CUOMO: All right, Joe. Thank you very much.

Another big story this morning. The Afghan Taliban wasting no time in appointing a new leader. Just days after the chief was killed by a U.S. drone strike in Pakistan, the terrorists have named Mawlawi Haibatullah Akhundzada to replace him. One of the deputies will be the son of Mullah Omar. Now, Omar led the Taliban before his death in 2013.

CAMEROTA: Bill Cosby accuser Andrea Constand is about to get a day in court. A Pennsylvania judge ruling there is enough evidence against the 78-year-old comedian to proceed with a criminal trial for sexual assault charges. More than 50 women have accused Cosby of sexual misconduct. He has repeatedly denied the allegations.

CABRERA: Bernie Sanders causing more headaches for the Clinton campaign by questioning results in Kentucky, and now he may spell big trouble for the chair of the DNC. More on this coming up.

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[07:22:08] CUOMO: Senator Bernie Sanders says the system is rigged, and the results in Kentucky are proof of that. Less than 2,000 votes caused his loss there, and he is now asking for a recanvassing going back through all of the machines to figure out if that was the real spread. And he also says the head of the party should go. What are the implications of all this?

Let's discuss with former Ohio state senator Nina Turner, a Sanders campaign surrogate. It's good to have you on the show face to face.

NINA TURNER, FORMER OHIO STATE SENATOR: Yes.

CUOMO: So what is the goal in Kentucky? There's only one delegate, really, that would be up for grabs in this situation. What's the point?

TURNER: I mean, it matters. You know, in terms of the integrity of the election, it matters. He's not asking for a full recount, but the recanvas just to look at that.

CUOMO: What's the difference between a recanvas and a recount?

TURNER: You're just looking at the totals. You're not going in and recounting every single ballot that was cast. And, you know, it was a razor-thin margin between him and the secretary.

But I think, more importantly, Chris, which is not getting a lot of traction, is the fact that the current secretary of state, you know, made an endorsement. I don't think any chief elections officer, whether they be Republican or Democrat...

CUOMO: In Kentucky?

TURNER: In Kentucky, and she called the -- she called the election even before, you know, it was officially called by the media. So the recanvas is the appropriate thing, and it really is to protect the integrity of the election.

CUOMO: Are they kind of separate issues, though? Unless you're going to tie her endorsement of Hillary to some type of perversion of the process, there are different complaints. One is, I don't know if the system worked, the voting system. Right? Which wouldn't just be about Bernie; it would be about everybody.

TURNER: Absolutely.

CUOMO: The other one is, this party is set up to defeat me.

TURNER: Well, let me just say this. If it had been a Republican, I remember in Ohio, Chris, you may remember when then-secretary of state Kim Blackwell was very engaged in the Bush campaign.

CUOMO: Right. TURNER: And he was on a committee and all of that. I just personally feel, especially someone who ran for secretary of state in 2014, that you've got to be an honest arbiter. You are the chief elections officer, so you should not be engaged in endorsing one way or the other.

But you're right. Those are two separate issues, but it also speaks to the faith that people have or do not have in the system itself.

CUOMO: Good. Let's discuss that. Is Sanders, and by extension you, by the way, giving too much doubt to the process? The rules are what they are. Nothing has been changed to disadvantage Bernie Sanders. These are the same rules, for example, that in 2008 Senator Barack Obama had to battle through. The party system is clear. It's set up to advantage people who come from within that system, but he overcame it. Those are the rules, you know it. No surprises.

Why all the complaining?

TURNER: Senator Obama did, but that doesn't mean that the rules don't need to be changed. I mean, Senator Sanders has been a beacon of light in this entire process.

And I give you a very real example. I mean, what, about 120,000 folks in Brooklyn were thrown off the rolls for some reason. Democrats, those of us who hold ourselves up to care about elections integrity, access to the ballot box, we should be crying bloody murder.

[07:25:11] One of the reasons why we're probably not is because lots of Democrats control New York.

Fair is fair. The whole notion that we disenfranchised about 3 million independents right here in New York and we start counting the folks who are disenfranchised in primaries, whether it be open or closed. Yes, those are the rules. But whether or not we should look at those and try to change them for the better. When you know better you should do better.

CUOMO: So what does that sound -- so why does it sound like whining on some level?

TURNER: It's not.

CUOMO: He only started making these claims once he started losing. You know, he's down by 3 million votes, depending on how you count. At least 2.2 million votes have been cast more in favor for Clinton than for him. The 3 million number, I know it gets a little dicey because of caucuses...

TURNER: Caucuses, yes.

CUOMO: ... versus primaries. I got you.

TURNER: OK.

CUOMO: But let's take the lowest possible number. TURNER: OK.

CUOMO: He's still down by 2 million votes.

TURNER: But he's still running. I mean...

CUOMO: Absolutely. He should be.

TURNER: Drawing attention -- drawing attention to a thing does not mean that you're whining. So folks on the other side want to call it that, but if you can improve a system, that is really the job here. It's not just that he is running for president. But he is trying to improve the systems as we go on so, hopefully, next time...

CUOMO: It seems like the risk is, though, that he's undermining confidence in the party at a time, especially now, where you guys got to figure out what you're going to do. You have a big formidable machine coming at you in the form of Donald Trump and ironically, you guys were banking on him being a divider. He is bringing that party together, and you guys are moving apart.

TURNER: Who are "you guys"? Let me tell you something...

CUOMO: Democrats...

TURNER: This is about the people, and for far too long, we've been talking about "the parties." In all of this, the people are lost. It really is the values of the party that we should be uplifting and not the party itself.

Lots of work is going to have to be done, but that's what democracy; that's what representatives. We live in a republic. That is really what it is about. It's not going to be pretty. So it's not the job to protect a party.

CUOMO: Not pretty, but will it be productive?

TURNER: Absolutely it will. Changes for the better are productive. It doesn't mean that it won't be, as my senator said, messy. Messy doesn't necessarily mean violence.

And let me just say this, too, Chris. What happened in New Mexico compared to what happened in Nevada, while some in the media continue to talk about violence in Nevada, which I was there, compared to what happened in -- New Mexico was violence.

CUOMO: Sure. Almost a riot, really.

TURNER: New Mexico, officers got -- people got wiped (ph). Nevada was people lifting their voices and making it known.

CUOMO: Relatively it was, but you can also argue that what happened in Nevada has no place in democracy either.

TURNER: What did they do? They booed? I mean, go to Great Britain in the Parliament. They stand up and boo each other all day long. I was in that room for at least eight hours. No one -- no one was

hurt. No violence was propagated in that -- in that room. And I just have a problem with folks calling that violence.

Yes, people lifted their voices. They got up in front of the stage. They said, "You cheat. You're cheating." That is a -- that is a big difference...

CUOMO: Stuff was thrown, as well.

TURNER: Ah -- nothing. What chair? What video? Did you see the video of a chair thrown?

CUOMO: That's -- those are the reports from the floor.

TURNER: Oh, my Lord Jesus. No. It did not happen.

CUOMO: Why you have to bring him into this?

TURNER: I got to. I need him.

CUOMO: We haven't been following him for a long time in this process.

TURNER: We need some Jesus.

CUOMO: Nina, thank you so much. I'm so happy to have you make the case here, as always. You know that. All right?

TURNER: Thank you.

CUOMO: Alisyn.

CAMEROTA: OK, Chris, Donald Trump campaigning like it's 1999, bringing up scandals from President Bill Clinton's time in office. Will that strategy work against Hillary Clinton in the year 2016? John Avlon and Margaret Hoover here with their take.

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