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Democratic Lawmakers Condemn Manhandling of Sen. Padilla at DHS Event; Flight Recorder Recovered from Air India Crash; Oil Prices Surge, Stocks Tumble After Israel Attacks Iran. Aired 1:30-2p ET

Aired June 13, 2025 - 13:30   ET

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BORIS SANCHEZ, CNN HOST: Today, Democratic lawmakers are condemning what some in the party have called the manhandling of Senator Alex Padilla. The California Democrat was forcibly removed from Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem's news conference yesterday. Video shows him being restrained by law enforcement, forced to the ground, and placed in handcuffs.

BRIANNA KEILAR, CNN HOST: Now, Senator Padilla disrupted the event asking, trying to anyways, a question. And Secretary Noem says that no one knew who he was when he, quote, lunged at the podium. Padilla can be heard identifying himself as security confronted him.

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Rather loudly, we should mention, he was actually yelling that he was Alex Padilla, a senator, making that clear. But we have learned that he and Secretary Noem did then speak privately for a little bit after this whole episode.

We have CNN's Arlette Saenz here with us. Arlette, what are lawmakers saying?

ARLETTE SAENZ, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, emotions have run high on Capitol Hill since this video emerged of Senator Alex Padilla being forcibly removed from this event. Democrats have decried his treatment. They don't think a U.S. senator should be treated this way, pushed to the ground and handcuffed by law enforcement. He has said that he was trying to ask a question peacefully. But on the Republican side, they're saying that his behavior was out of line. And I think that you can see this difference of opinion very starkly in the way that the Republican and Democratic leaders in the House addressed this issue yesterday.

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REP. HAKEEM JEFFRIES (D-NY), MINORITY LEADER: He was recklessly and aggressively manhandled. That was unacceptable. It was unconscionable.

It was unpatriotic. It's un-American. And every single person who was involved in manhandling Senator Padilla should be held accountable to the full extent of the law. REP. MIKE JOHNSON (R-LA), HOUSE SPEAKER: I think the senator's actions, my view is it was wildly inappropriate. You don't charge a sitting cabinet secretary and everybody can draw their own conclusions. We have to turn the temperature down in this country and not escalate it.

The Democrat Party is on the wrong side. They're defending lawbreakers and now they're acting like lawbreakers themselves.

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SAENZ: And as House Speaker Mike Johnson was speaking there, you could hear Democrats walking by and heckling him. I will say that there are some Republicans who don't agree with Johnson's portrayal. Senator Susan Collins and Senator Lisa Murkowski have used words like disturbing, horrible, shocking at every level.

Johnson has said that he believes Padilla should be censured. Senate Majority Leader John Thune didn't go as far as saying that. He said that he spoke with Padilla and wants this investigated to see exactly what happened.

But I can tell you, I was also in that House Oversight Committee hearing yesterday where Democrats were very upset. Congressman Maxwell Frost was saying that they need to subpoena DHS Secretary Kristi Noem to hear from her, to get some answers about why exactly this happened. The chair of that committee, a Republican, James Comer, told him just shut up.

And I think that that really captures a lot of the tensions that have been running up on Capitol Hill ever since this incident.

KEILAR: Yes, it is wild.

SANCHEZ: We saw some of that drama yesterday, that yelling and the shut up. Yes. Keep busting past norms. Yes.

KEILAR: All right, thank you so much, Arlette. Really appreciate it.

And now to the tragic crash of that Air India flight. Video shows the plane barely leaving the runway before slowly sinking behind residential buildings and then crashing. There were 242 people who were on board the flight. Only one passenger, the passenger in seat 11A, lived to tell a tale about what had happened.

SANCHEZ: And somehow, as you're watching in this video, walked away from the crash site, the 38-year-old somehow escaped through the plane's emergency door, a miracle survivor now speaking from his hospital bed.

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RAMESH VISWASHKUMAR, SOLE SURVIVOR OF AIR INDIA PLANE CRASH (through translator): Everything happened in front of my eyes. I don't believe or know how I survived. For some time, I thought I was also going to die. But when I opened my eyes, I realized I was alive. And I tried to unbuckle myself from the seat and escape from where I could. It was in front of my eyes that the air hostess and others died.

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SANCHEZ: He was the only person who survived on the plane. Journalist Vedika Sud is steps away from the wreckage. She has the latest for us.

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VEDIKA SUD, JOURNALIST: I'm standing on the terrace of a residential building in India's western city of Ahmedabad, where on Thursday afternoon local time, a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner crashed into that building right behind me, just meters away. That's the tail of the plane. All that remains on top of the building, nestled in a precarious position.

That is a hostel for medical students. The latest on the investigations, we're being told that a black box has been recovered from the rear end of that aircraft. You can hear a plane go by. This is perhaps the same route that was taken by the ill-fated Air India aircraft that was headed to London.

Now telling you about the black box, a crucial piece of evidence that can help the Indian authorities who have launched an investigation into the crash. There are dozens of family members who are now thronging the hospital.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Friday morning local time, had visited this crash site and then went on to meet the injured in the hospital. He even met with the sole survivor, the British national, who had walked away from this crash site on Thursday.

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These families may have to wait for very long because the DNA samples being matched with the remains of their loved ones could take days or even weeks.

Vedika Sud for CNN, Ahmedabad, India.

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SANCHEZ: Our thanks to Vedika Sud for that report.

Still ahead, the economic impact of Israel strikes on Iran, oil prices surging, stocks sinking. How you can start feeling the effects, next.

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SANCHEZ: Oil prices surging after Israeli airstrikes on Iran's military facilities last night. An attack that President Trump says will ultimately be great for the market.

[13:45:00] In a call with the Wall Street Journal, he said that this means that Iran won't be able to build a nuclear weapon, which he described as a major threat to humanity.

Iran is a major supplier of oil to the world and fears that this attack could disrupt the world's supply, sent crude prices higher.

CNN's Matt Egan joins us now. Matt, give us the latest on markets.

MATT EGAN, CNN SENIOR REPORTER: Well, Boris, this unprecedented strike on Iran rocked financial markets around the world. Within minutes last night, we saw U.S. stock futures tumble. But markets are off their worst levels.

Let's take a look at where things are at the moment. You see the Dow is down 630 points, about 1.5 percent. Although I would note the S&P and the Nasdaq, they're down by a little less than 1 percent. So I think the message from the market here is one of concern but not panic.

Now, some parts of the market, though, they are getting hit harder, notably the travel sector. Airlines, including Delta and United, they're down about 2 percent to 3 percent as investors are worried about higher fuel costs and more expensive flight routes given some of the airspace closures in the Middle East. We're also seeing cruise operators, including Norwegian and Carnival, they're falling 4 percent apiece for similar reasons.

Now, one part of the market that is actually benefiting here, not shockingly, the defense sector, right? Defense contractors, including Lockheed and RTX, which was formerly known as Raytheon, they're all up as investors are betting that demand for their products is going to go up given these scary times in the world.

Big picture here, I think it's clear that this situation in the Middle East further complicates the inflation outlook, adds a lot more uncertainty here. But I think all things considered, U.S. investors are taking all of this pretty much in stride at this point.

SANCHEZ: What happens, Matt, if the conflict escalates and we wind up seeing Iran's oil get disrupted?

EGAN: Well, Boris, Iran is a major player in the world oil market. And so if all of their barrels were taken off the market, it's easy to see how oil prices would go significantly higher, at least until OPEC and U.S. producers could step up and fill the gap. Now, when we look at where oil prices are right now, you see sharply higher, right?

Brent, the world benchmark, 7 percent higher. The U.S. benchmark, WTI, also 7 percent higher. Both of them on track for their biggest one day increase since March of 2022.

That was in the early days of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, though I would note that oil is off the lows. Overnight, we did see oil prices spiking by about 14 percent. Now, the big concern in the oil market is what comes next? How does Iran respond and does that response end up derailing some of the flow of oil out of the Middle East? The big fear is this Strait of Hormuz, right? That is this pretty narrow waterway that connects the oil rich Persian Gulf region to the world's oceans.

It's considered the most critical oil choke point on the planet. That's because every single day, 21 million barrels of oil flow through the Strait of Hormuz. Some context, that's about a fifth of what the world consumes per day.

Now, analysts say any sort of disruption to the Strait of Hormuz, it's unlikely. But still, Goldman Sachs warning that if there was a sustained disruption as part of this conflict, you could see oil prices surge well past $100 a barrel. Of course, that would be very inflationary.

I think the good news here is that we're entering this crisis during a time of relatively low energy prices, right? Look at the price of gasoline across the country, averaging 3.13 a gallon.

It's lower than a month ago, much lower by 33 cents than a year ago. That is good news. Gas Buddy, however, is saying that they think that the national average is likely to go up by between 10 and 25 cents per gallon.

But Boris, again, it all depends on what happens next in this crisis.

SANCHEZ: Matt Egan, thanks so much for the update there.

Still to come, much more on our breaking news and the tensions in the Middle East, including what this could mean for the almost 40,000 U.S. troops in the region. Stay with us.

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KEILAR: We'll get back to our top story here in a moment. But first, let's turn to sports and the U.S. Open. The tournament back in full swing today after a rough first round where some of the top ranked players in the world kind of struggled.

CNN's Patrick Snell is with us live from Oakmont. All right, Patrick, what can we expect today?

PATRICK SNELL, CNN WORLD SPORT: Hi Brianna, did you say rough? I think that's absolutely right on point. We'll get to that in just a moment.

But I tell you what, JJ Spaun leading the way at the moment, the 34- year-old from California. And I don't think he got the memo about how tough this course actually is, or at least if he did, he certainly didn't read it.

His four under par 66 on Thursday. Absolutely sublime. You know, he's only had one PGA Tour victory to his name so far in his career. And what a storyline it would be if he could go on and win his first career major.

All right, let's talk the rough because it is tough. And I mean, brutally tough. And, you know, when the most informed player in the world right now, Scotty Scheffler, is having his own challenges by his own very high standards.

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You know just how demanding it is. I've been out walking the course. It's actually five inches deep in parts, Brianna. You lose sight of your own shoes when you're out there.

It is that humbling for the players. It really is. Top golfers in the world struggling to advance the ball even more than a handful of yards when they get stuck in that rough. It is absolutely brutal. And it must be so humbling for these top stars.

I think Bryson DeChambeau probably said it best in the buildup to this tournament. When he said the conditions here at times lead you to challenge your own sanity. Oakmont proving the ultimate test in golf this week.

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SCOTTIE SCHEFFLER, PRO GOLFER: This is probably the hardest golf course that we'll play maybe ever.

COLIN MORIKAWA, PRO GOLFER: I don't think people understand how thick the rough is. It's not wispy like this is just thick. Clubs will turn over. You know, you're going to see guys trying to hit pitching wedge out and it's going to go 45 degrees left because it's just that's how thick the rough is.

JUSTIN THOMAS, PRO GOLFER: Being perfectly honest and very selfish. I hope it's like so. A lot of players out.

I understand this place is hard. I don't I don't you know, I don't need to read articles or I don't need to hear horror stories like I played it. I know it's difficult.

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SNELL: I was wondering, you know, Brianna, what I would shoot on this course at an amateur. I reckon close to 150. It's that demanding.

And I know this much. We are probably going to lose some big name golfers here who will be cut from the tournament. So we'll keep an eye on all that for you. Back to you.

KEILAR: Yes, I'll tell you their short game is kind of looking like mine right about there. Patrick Snell, thank you so much for that.

We'll have much more on our breaking news. Iranian state media says that air defenses across Iran were activated as a fresh round of Israeli strikes hit Tehran. We'll have the very latest next on CNN NEWS CENTRAL. (COMMERCIAL BREAK)