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Major Upsets as Establishment Democrats Lose Primaries in Colorado; New Federal Student Loan Rules Take Effect for Millions; California Bans Sell By Labels to Cut Down on Food Waste; Team USA Knockout Match Against Bosnia and Herzegovina. Aired 3:30-4p ET

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SHAD MURIB, CHAIR, COLORADO DEMOCRATIC PARTY: Well, I think she brings a lot of the concerns that you hear when you go knock on doors and talk to voters. The cost of living is breaking the backs of working families across this country. Donald Trump is more focused on a reflecting pool and what new decorations he can put in the White House than in actually making your life better.

And so I think that she is speaking to a real frustration that people have had with the Democratic Party that they sometimes see as not fighting hard enough. And right here in Colorado, I think we've shown a model of how exactly to do that, to make sure all of these attacks from Donald Trump stop at the borders of Washington, D.C., that way we can take care of our people and make sure that we're holding this administration back from its worst impulses.

ERICA HILL, CNN HOST: You talk about the concerns among voters, feeling like those currently in power are not doing enough to hold President Trump accountable, to hold others accountable. It's interesting, Rahm Emanuel being one of the Democrats today who was noting, this is not necessarily the way to get it done. Talking about turning a blue district, cobalt blue, that's not where it is going to happen in terms of being able to turn the tide in Washington.

It is relying on independents, moderates, taking a red district or a purple district, turning it blue. What do you see as the role of progressive candidates like Kiros in terms of helping Democrats to take back the House and the Senate come November? Are you concerned that going from blue to cobalt blue will not do it, as some have warned?

MURIB: Well, I have great respect for Mayor Emanuel, and I think his perspective is right on. However, Denver is going to be a safe seat. We are going to elect a Democrat to Congress.

I couldn't be more thrilled that we also nominated Jessica Killin last night, an Army veteran in Colorado Springs, in a competitive race against Jeff Crank, who's been a rubber stamped vote for Donald Trump. No one would consider her a Democratic Socialist. She is incredibly moderate on the issues, and that means that we can do two things at once. Melat Kiros can represent Denver, and Jessica Killin is going to be a wonderful representative for Colorado Springs. And so my challenge back to the mayor would be, I agree with you, and that's why we're actually nominating a diverse slate of candidates across the state to put our best foot forward and win back the House.

HILL: Are you confident in Democrats' leadership, specifically DNC Chair Ken Martin, leaders Schumer and Jeffries?

MURIB: Yes, Chair Martin has done an unbelievable job making sure that we're not hoarding resources and that they're not necessarily going into consultant hands, which so many folks have been frustrated about in recent election cycles. Instead, we're delivering thousands of dollars back to state parties across the country so they can build infrastructure and invest in long term victories. There's no reason that we shouldn't be electing a Jon Tester-like figure back to the Senate in Montana or really taking a Heidi Heitkamp figure in the Dakotas and making sure that we're winning those seats back.

And that's what Chair Martin's focused on. And I have every faith in, you know, Leader Jeffries and Schumer in making sure that we're putting forward a policy agenda that people can believe in. I think it's up to the caucus to make sure that we're responding to the voters and they clearly have opinions that they want to see more from us.

And that's something that we all share.

HILL: You're putting out a very rosy view of the Democratic Party right now, being a very big tent party, which the party has wanted to be for some time. But that has also, in many ways, been a struggle for Democrats because it is hard for them sometimes to find a common message. Are you confident that there is, in fact, a common thread that you can find between progressives like Kiros and some more establishment, more mainstream Democrats heading into November?

MURIB: Well, you're absolutely right. And the joke isn't that Dems are always array. We always seem to find a way to have our fights in public.

I think that's what makes the Democratic Party so special. Do we have challenges? Absolutely.

Have we underperformed in places where I wish we did better? Yes. You will find no stronger critic of the Democratic Party than the Colorado Democratic Party chair.

But I think what's special is that unlike the Republicans, where when Donald Trump says jump, every single Republican says how high and yes, sir, we actually have challenging conversations. We have them with the public and we learn from our mistakes. And so the Democratic Party is growing.

We're having this long and hard national conversation about what the future of the party looks like. I think winning back the House is going to be crucial to answering that question, winning back the Senate as well. And that's going to inform a lot of how we make sure that we win back the White House and actually show people not only where we carry more about the lives of working people than the Republicans, but also that there's a long-term vision here that helps everyone succeed.

HILL: Real quickly, before I let you go, you said you're confident in the current leadership of the party. Who do you see in this moment as the true leader of the Democratic Party?

MURIB: I think every voter out there that's casting a vote needs to look in the mirror and realize they are the leader of the Democratic Party. I don't think that we're going to have some mythical figure from Washington come down and guide us out of the darkness. I think that we have to let the voters prove what we know, that they know best about who needs to represent them, whether it's a progressive, whether it's a moderate.

And so I think the leader of the Democratic Party right now is every person frustrated with their government, looking in the mirror and asking for change.

HILL: Shad Murib, I appreciate your time this afternoon. Thank you.

MURIB: Thank you.

HILL: Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg is offering some more insight into what he calls some of the darkest hours of his life.

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Buttigieg sharing more details today about when he was briefly separated from his four-year-old twins, his son and daughter, after an anonymous report alleged that he had posed a danger to the children. Police and Child Protective Services investigated that claim and determined it to be false. Buttigieg, a potential 2028 Democratic presidential hopeful, says he suspects this was all politically motivated.

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PETE BUTTIGIEG, FORMER TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY: We have got to be able to agree as a country on at least this fundamental principle that you do not go after people's families, that whatever you think of somebody's politics, however you want to argue or fight about political issues, you leave somebody's children alone. Making a false report like this is a crime. And I hope that whoever did this is found and is prosecuted because this caused a huge amount of pain in our family.

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HILL: So the report was filed days after Buttigieg shared photos of his family online for Father's Day. He calls the incident the ugliest thing that has happened to him since launching his political career.

Up next here, millions of Americans could see their monthly student loan payments increase as Trump era changes kick in today. What borrowers need to know.

Plus, when it comes to the sell by date on your food, is that the rule or is it more of a healthy suggestion? We'll take it by one state is now getting rid of that sell by guidance altogether.

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BORIS SANCHEZ, CNN HOST: This just in, we're told the air conditioning has stopped working in several state booths at the Great American State Fair on the National Mall, forcing staff to temporarily close off some of those affected. This is Maryland's booth pictured here. You see the sign closed temporarily due to A.C. not working. This is happening at a really unfortunate and potentially dangerous time. The Capitol right now is under an excessive heat warning. The feels like temp currently 107 degrees.

And because of a heat dome that stretches from the Great Lakes to the northeast, it's only expected to get hotter this weekend. Organizers of the Freedom 250 events say that attendees will be provided with water stations, cooling tents, two air conditioned cooling buses as well. Something to monitor there.

Today, sweeping changes are taking effect for millions of Americans with federal student loans. As former President Biden's save plan officially comes to an end. President Trump's Big, Beautiful Bill came with provisions forcing people to switch to a new repayment plan.

For some, it'll mean they suddenly have to pay more every month. CNN's Tami Luhby joins us now. So, Tami, walk us through these changes.

TAMI LUHBY, CNN SENIOR WRITER: Sure, Boris, there are big changes in store for many of the nearly 43 million borrowers who have $1.7 trillion in student loans. Now, the law created two new repayment plans. There's the tiered standard repayment plan, which will allow borrowers to repay their loans between 10 and 25 years, depending on the size of the loan.

And then there's also the repayment assistance plan, which we know is WRAP. Now, under that plan, borrowers will have to pay between one and 10 percent of their income, depending on what they are -- depending on the size of their loan -- and sorry, depending on their earnings. But they must pay at least $10 a month.

And as you said, some borrowers, particularly lower income borrowers, could be hit with higher monthly payments than they pay now under these special income driven plans.

SANCHEZ: Some people --

LUHBY: Importantly, what we need to know is -- sorry -- just to say that these are for new borrowers taking out new loans and it won't affect current borrowers for at least two years.

SANCHEZ: I see that that's an important note. Now, some folks in certain health care programs are not going to be able to borrow as much money as they were able to. Talk to us about that change.

LUHBY: Right. Well, there are two things happening here. So, first of all, graduate students and professional students like those in med school or law school are going to face new loan limits.

And a lot of medical students are in medical school programs are concerned because these new lower limits may not allow med school students to actually be able to borrow enough. They used to be able to borrow the cost of attendance, which in med school is average about $60,000. Now, for medical school students, it's going to be $50,000 a year.

And there are other changes that the Department of Ed made to other health care programs such as nursing and physician assistants and physical therapists that are also limiting how much they can borrow, which will mean that many of them may not be able to go into these professions which have staffing shortages as it is.

SANCHEZ: Yes, no doubt. And what other changes should we anticipate?

LUHBY: Well, again, it's the graduate students and the professional students are going to have these new loan limits, which are the problem. And also the graduate plus loan is being eliminated. Plus, parents aren't going to be able to borrow as much as they used to be able to help their kids.

So what all this means is that a lot of borrowers and students are going to have homework to do to learn more about how these changes affect them.

SANCHEZ: Tami Luhby, thank you so much for walking us through those changes.

So it's a question as old as time. Is this still good?

HILL: You're talking about the food in the refrigerator.

SANCHEZ: The food in the fridge.

HILL: Yes.

SANCHEZ: Can I drink the expired milk in the refrigerator?

HILL: Well, it frankly depends on the smell test. You just give it a little whiff. That's the reaction my children give me when I tell them to smell it.

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But it works sometimes. And maybe you'll need it. Advocates in California see those sell by labels as the reason why some families are throwing away perfectly good food. So in an effort to cut down on food waste, the state is now banning sell by food labels.

They are not getting rid of labels altogether, people. It is not the Wild West of the milk out there. Instead, you will have the best if used by label for peak quality and a used by label for product safety.

Dr. Trisha Pasricha is an assistant professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School, also the author of the Ask the Doctor column for the Washington Post, of which I'm a big fan, I must say. So practically speaking, what is this change? Is it just semantics at this point?

Sell by versus best buy?

DR. TRISHA PASRICHA, ASK THE DR. COLUMNIST, WASHINGTON POST: Thanks for having me, Erica. Yes, so sell by dates are inherently confusing for the customer.

There's actually 50 different date labels that are in use right now in the U.S. So this new legislation simplifies that. It's just going to be two now. And what's changing is exactly described.

It's going to be that argument you have every weekend looking at that carton of eggs with your partner about are we going to cook these or not? Because now you can say best if used by. That's really going to tell you about the quality of the product used by is going to tell you about the safety.

And that's what's gone into effect today in California.

SANCHEZ: Doctor, you mentioned eggs. There's always that like float check, right, where you put the egg in some water and if it sinks, it's still good. If it floats, not so much.

There's also we mentioned the smell test for milk.

HILL: Very scientific.

SANCHEZ: Also a bit subjective, right? Like something that maybe smells a little bit weird that Erica may not have. I'd say like, yes, let's try it out.

HILL: Really? Boris is drinking the expired milk.

SANCHEZ: Who doesn't mind some chunky milk?

HILL: Or if he's drinking the expired milk, if he's not here tomorrow, we'll know why.

SANCHEZ: Joking. But doctor, do those tests actually work? Are there any that you would recommend or recommend against?

PASRICHA: Yes. You know, there are a lot of these different tests, including the old fashioned sniff test. And what I would say is that if something feels off to you, don't use it.

However, there are a lot of cases where something might pass the sniff test, but actually there is something under the surface that you just can't detect. So I think that's actually part of why this labeling is really helpful. I would use the used by as more of a firm line now.

So if that date has passed, especially if you're at a higher risk, somebody like a pregnant woman. And if it's a type of product that has any moisture in it. So that's like cheeses, deli meats.

I wouldn't even if it passes your sniff test, I wouldn't use it past the used by date.

HILL: OK. Good to know. So this is actually a more helpful date, you're saying. When it comes to things that have been put in the freezer, for example, ground beef, chicken breasts, how long can they stay in there? Cause they may have gone in before that best by date, but if they're in there for three, six months, what's OK?

PASRICHA: Yes, that's exactly right. Once you take a product that could be perishable, but then you put it in the fridge, you're kind of slowing down the clock a little bit. And so some of it has to do with when you then choose to thaw it again and how long it should be there.

Now, most experts would say, don't keep these fresh meats and these types of products in there for more than several months at a time. And every product's a little bit different. So it's best to consult when, when in doubt, if you're freezing, but you are slowing down the clock, the colder you make that product.

SANCHEZ: Interesting. What about, you know, foods that don't have a date, like leftovers? What is the time limit there?

I know you've got a three day rule.

HILL: In my mind, it's three days. Not everybody agrees with me on that one.

SANCHEZ: It depends when you find it. In my mind, if you find it a while later, it passes the sniff test.

HILL: If there's no fuzz on top, you're good.

SANCHEZ: Yes, why not? Extra texture.

PASRICHA: Yes. And you know, every food is just, every food's a little different, but think about foods that are dry and packaged. Those tend to last a little bit longer than the ones that would spoil otherwise.

And so go still by the use by date in a lot of these cases. If you put it in the fridge or having it for leftovers within a couple of days, that tends to be fine. But in most cases, this data is still out there.

You don't want to be eating products like meats, chicken, steaks, these kinds of things for much longer than a few days after you put them in the fridge.

HILL: OK. There's some interest in a lightning round. So we're going to throw some things at you real quickly.

When it comes to the sell by date, which of the following are OK to have passed? Well, actually, we shouldn't say sell by. The best if used by date, which we're now going with milk.

PASRICHA: Yes.

HILL: OK to use. OK, cheese.

PASRICHA: If we're talking about the best if used by.

HILL: Yes.

PASRICHA: Yes. All of these are talking about quality. So remember, with the best if used by label, there's actually this padding in there that they expect people might have them for another day or two afterwards. But if it's a used by milk and cheeses, I wouldn't go past that.

It's a best if used by. You do have a little bit of a cushion.

SANCHEZ: What about glizzies? Hot dogs?

PASRICHA: Oh, hot dogs. Relevant for 4th of July. I think you have a couple of days there.

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I wouldn't always -- yes, I wouldn't push that too hard. All of these for the best if used by. I mean, that's a good example.

That is, I would call that a deli meat. It's a processed meat.

You have a little bit of a cushion. Don't go past the used by, though. That's a good example of any kind of meat. You're at higher risk of bacterial infection, especially if you're somebody who's like a pregnant woman. I would be pretty careful there with the used by date.

HILL: All right, good to know. I like that Boris always manages to work in glizzies as much as possible.

PASRICHA: It's the 4th.

HILL: It is the 4th. Yes. We're in full glizzy season right here, which we use year round.

Dr. Tricia Pasricha, appreciate it. Thank you.

We are officially at go big or go home time for Team USA and a few other teams as well, of course. After the break, have a little World Cup, shall we? The knockout rounds are officially here.

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SANCHEZ: Tonight, it's win or go home for Team USA, even though they are home, right? Posting.

HILL: It's true. Fair point.

SANCHEZ: The Americans face Bosnia and Herzegovina at 8 Eastern tonight. If the U.S. wins, it'll be the nation's first win in a World Cup knockout round in 24 years.

HILL: But we do have a quick update for you, too, before we get to the speculation about what could happen tonight. One of the -- what was close to being one of the biggest World Cup upsets wasn't, but it was tight there. England just ended the DR Congo's bid for a historic run coming from behind to win two to one.

Moving into the round of 16, Jake Zivin is the lead MLS play-by-play commentator on Apple TV. There may or may not have been a matchup on several phones in the studio at one point earlier today. Perhaps watching that exact match.

A little bit of a nail biter.

JAKE ZIVIN, LEAD PLAY-BY-PLAY COMMENTATOR, MLS ON APPLE TV: It was a great game, wasn't it? England survived. Harry Kane, their star striker, is one of the best players in the world.

He showed that today. I mean, he carried them through to the round of 16. I have tons of friends who are English, who were biting their nails throughout the entire match.

I mean, the texts that were flying back and forth throughout that game. But hey, they get it done. Harry Kane sends him through to the round of 16.

And now they have to go to the Azteca to play Mexico, which is going to be the game of the tournament up until this point. Man, it was really close for England today, wasn't it?

SANCHEZ: Yes, Talk about home field advantage --

ZIVIN: Oh my gosh.

SANCHEZ: -- playing in Mexico City. We saw the celebration when they won the last game. What should we expect from the U.S. tonight, who notably is also playing at home and hopefully will have some home field advantage? They have, I would say, a moderate matchup ahead. Bosnia and Herzegovina not really considered a powerhouse, but still, they can be feisty.

ZIVIN: I mean, look what the Democratic Republic of the Congo almost did to England. Look what Paraguay did to Germany. The knockout rounds have been really tight so far.

Really, only Mexico handled Ecuador last night. That was really the only game in the knockout round so far that felt comfortable for the team that ended up winning. The U.S. will have seen those games, watched them and taken, I think, warnings from those matches that, yes, on paper, they're the favorites. They're pretty big favorites. I mean, they're as big of a favorites as, first of all, they've never been the favorite in the knockout round of a World Cup. And to be this much of a favorite is unprecedented territory.

But as we've seen, that doesn't mean anything. And you said the home field advantage. I agree. I think if the United States can channel and the support can channel what we saw last night in Mexico City and bring that to the Bay Area today, it's going to be a party. And I think they will. The support's been amazing for the United States so far in this World Cup.

I think it's going to be incredible tonight.

HILL: So if the U.S. wins, then they would face the winner of Belgium, Senegal next week. The U.S. lost to Belgium in the past a few cups ago. So how do you how do you size up these potential matchups right now?

Who should we be cheering for?

ZIVIN: Yes, well, you probably would say, right -- and that game's about to kick off. Senegal to beat Belgium because they would, on paper, be an easier matchup for the U.S. They just played Senegal, what, a month ago and beat them. They got smashed by Belgium in March.

But Belgium hasn't looked great. Look, the United States are not looking ahead. I'll say that's the worst thing they can do right now is look ahead.

Watch this game right now. Worrying about who they're going to play in the round of 16 and not worrying about Bosnia and Herzegovina tonight. But that look, that game, if that happens, say it's U.S.-Belgium, that's really where the United States can do something that they haven't really done in a World Cup. And that's beat a team that they're not expected to beat by the rest of the world in the knockout round. They're expected by everybody to win tonight. And if they don't win tonight, it's going to be a disaster, to be honest, at a home World Cup.

But it would be that next round against a Belgium where they can really do some unprecedented things. And I think we're all really looking forward to seeing if they can. But first, they got to get past Bosnia and Herzegovina tonight.

SANCHEZ: Yes, and before we go, part of the reason I suspect that you don't want them to look further down the bracket, Jake, is that France is lingering in the same arm of the bracket. And we saw what Mbappe did yesterday.

I'm not going to ask you to speculate what that matchup would look like, but just wondering, what is it that separates the U.S. from that level? Is it just having a mega talent like Mbappe?

ZIVIN: It's more than that. Look, France is, I think, honestly, separated from maybe every other team in the world. The depth of that team is outrageous.

Yes, Mbappe, arguably the best player in the world right now. Ousmane Dembele is the reigning winner of the Ballon d'Or for the best player in the world a year ago. And they have four or five guys in the attack that would maybe be the best player on any other team.

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France has a ridiculous amount of talent that nobody can compare to, to be honest. But hey, it's a game, right? And if the U.S. gets to play France at some point in this tournament, you never know what can happen.

HILL: Technically, anything can happen, right?

SANCHEZ: You play to win the game. Miracles do happen. Jake Zivin, thank you so much.

Thank you so much for joining us. "THE ARENA" with Kasie Hunt starts right now.

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