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Hillary Clinton's New Book Coming Out; Bergdahl Free to Speak with Family; Verizon Files Cease-and-Desist Lawsuit Against Netflix.

Aired June 06, 2014 - 14:30   ET

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BRIANNA KEILAR, CNN ANCHOR: Take a close look at the video I'm about to show you. Check out the front row. That is President Obama standing next to Britain's Queen Elizabeth today in France. A few feet away, Russian President Vladimir Putin. Obama and Putin talked about 10 to 15 minutes at a lunch marking the anniversary of D-Day. It's been 70 years since American forces and their allies landed to fight Nazi Germany on the beaches of Normandy.

Today world leaders gathered to commemorate D-Day.

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BARACK OBAMA, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: By daybreak, blood soaked the water. Bombs broke the sky. Thousands of paratroopers had dropped in at the wrong landing sites. Thousands of rounds bit into flesh and sand. Entire companies worth of men fell in minutes. These men waged war that we might know peace.

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OBAMA: They sacrificed so that we might free. They fought in hopes of a day when we would no longer need to fight. We are grateful to them.

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KEILAR: Well, we are getting a glimpse inside of Hillary Clinton's book, "Hard Choices." It comes out officially on Tuesday. And also could Michelle Obama be setting up for a Senate run?

Let's talk it all out with the Olivier Knox, the chief Washington correspondent for Yahoo! News; and political reporter, Zeke Miller, from "Time" magazine.

So, "CBS News" got an advanced copy of her book. They posted several excerpts online. Let's talk about Iraq, first. This is what she says. "As the war dragged on, with every letter that I sent to a family in New York who lost someone, my mistake became more painful. I thought I had acted in good faith and made the best decision I could. I wasn't alone in getting it wrong but I still got it wrong, plain and simple."

To you first, Olivier.

Did she need to do this?

OLIVIER KNOX, CHIEF WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT, YAHOO! NEWS: She did. What you still hear from Democrats even today, even years after she lost the 2008 Democratic presidential nominating process, in part, because she voted in favor of the Iraq War. You still hear Democrats who point to her vote as a negative against Hillary Clinton.

KEILAR: So you see this, Zeke, as her protecting her left flank, which obviously Obama was so able to target during 2008.

ZEKE MILLER, POLITICAL REPORTER, TIME MAGAZINE: Absolutely. What we have seen with Hillary Clinton getting attacked from the left on economic issues like you see in the White House, interventionist foreign policy. I think that's what we are seeing here.

KEILAR: OK. Let's talk about where she is highlighting a very clear difference that she had with President Obama when she was secretary of state -- Syria. She disagreed with him on whether to arm moderate factions of rebels. She says, "The risks of both action and inaction were high. Both choices would bring unintended consequences. The president's inclination was to stay the present course and not take the significant further step of arming rebels." She says, "No one likes to lose a debate, including me, but this was the president's call and I respected his deliberation and decision."

I mean, guys, we sort of know that she is more hawkish than President Obama. That was the role that she served in this cabinet. Why is she doing this? Does she need to do this, Zeke, to position herself in this way?

MILLER: She has to explain her differences with the president. There is no way falling on eight years that if she decides to run for the White House that she can embrace that whole hog. There have been a lot of criticisms. That took place after she left. That is something that you hear from the right and left. Moderates, partisans alike saying when you draw a red line and you have got to do something about when it's violated. That criticism comes from both sides. This is her attempts to differentiate herself from President Obama so she pretty much had to do that.

KEILAR: Olivier, when you look at that, is this a safe area politically to distance herself?

KNOX: It's sort of safe. But I think it's necessary more than that. I think she has to arrive to a point of rebuttal, I call it a "prebuttal." It tees criticism that she expects to face if she runs in 2016. She is anticipating them and that is definitely one that she is undeniably going to face if she runs.

KEILAR: You have read the excerpts. CBS has gone through the whole book. These were the best parts that they have certainly pulled. I have read "Living History," her first memoir. And I notice in the excerpts, something that I noticed with "Living History," it's so cautious. This is not what you would call a page turner. Is she, do you think -- Zeke, is there a problem? That this is not maybe a super engaging book for the reader?

MILLER: You don't realize it's not engaging until after you buy it.

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She's certainly going to sell a lot of these. You see this with any campaign book, really, these are never page turners unless you're running for office or -- you only see somebody write a really engaging book when they're young and in public life. That's when the books are juicy. They are great nuggets. Bob Gates' book was a page turner. This one is holding it all back for the next book.

KEILAR: Are we seeing a million having been sold? What do you think?

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KNOX: Right. I think she is so well known by the public that she probably doesn't need to write something like "Dreams from My Father." This book just fits her needs. She is addressing the criticisms head on. There are a couple of interesting nuggets, the bits about support supporting a change in American policy towards Cuba.

KEILAR: If's not a page turner, it's certainly very important.

Olivier Knox, Zeke Miller, thank you.

And coming up, we are getting word that a team of Americans is standing by in Germany ready to bring Bowe Bergdahl home. We'll take you live to the place he'll be arriving. And find out what has to happen before his return.

Plus, I will be speaking with a PTSD psychologist about how Bergdahl's parents should interact with him once he's back.

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KEILAR: We're getting word into CNN that a team from the San Antonio Military Medical Center is now in Germany standing by to transport Bowe Bergdahl back to the U.S.

I want to head to San Antonio where we find CNN's Martin Savidge.

Martin, are you hearing anything about a possible arrival?

MARTIN SAVIDGE, CNN CORRESPONDENT: No, we haven't, Brianna. There is a team that we know coming from San Antonio. They are already in Germany and they are there. They were interacting with Sergeant Bergdahl almost from the very beginning. The reason is, when the green light is given to transfer him back here, that want to make sure he is not suddenly shown strange faces or introduced to people he's not comfortable with. So they're there. They're in place. But no timetable as yet. We know it will not happen today -- Brianna?

KEILAR: All right, Martin Savidge, thanks for the information.

I want to bring in psychologist, Terry Lyles, who is also a combat stress coach.

So, Terry, the Pentagon says Bergdahl is speaking in English. He is participating more in his recovery treatment. Can you give us some insight into how he is being reintegrated?

TERRY LYLES, PSYCHOLOGIST & COMBAT STRESS COACH: It's tricky. Being captive for five years, we don't know what he has been through. Post- traumatic stress is multilayered. So, you know, I'm sure they are trying to be very, very gentle with him and not use anything startling around him to make sure that he can acclimate as simply and quietly as possible. That will be some of the challenge with his parents and friends. They have to understand that this is really a gentle case that you have to allow to acclimate at their own pace.

KEILAR: They need to be gentle and patient. How do his parents and friends need to interact with him?

LYLES: You really need to be attentive. Do a lot of listening and affirming, caring and loving. I kind of take this on like if someone lost a physical limb in combat and they came back missing a limb that is pretty option. But the emotional trauma doesn't look like that. We don't always realize that there's things missing in his life. It's going to take a lifetime to fill those gaps. They have got to be patient and loving and listening and comforting as his life unfolds from here, forward.

KEILAR: And let him set the pace.

LYLES: Yeah.

KEILAR: Terry, one of the things that is pretty interesting, a U.S. official telling CNN that Bergdahl is able to talk to his family. He has not. Is that something that surprises you?

LYLES: No, that's not uncommon. I've had military families try to throw parties for people who were just coming back from deployments and, you know, it would freak them out basically. It was too much too soon. So, no, it's not because -- he's has been in his own mind and world for all of these years. And for him to act back to what he sees as society now is going to be very overwhelming. Everybody is going to have to really take steps back and put gloves on to really take care of this.

KEILAR: What are Army officials and medical officials there in Germany what are they waiting to see from him before they are going to say OK, you can go back home now?

LYLES: The standard process is we don't know if he has been drugged over periods of time. The deprivation he's encountered. His nutritional, you know, situation. They're hygienic, psychological issues that have to be stepped down. So when everybody is comfortable and signs off that he is, you know, as close as we can get him to going back to normal -- whatever that is -- they're release him. It could take a little while. It depends on what he's gone through. Right now, none of us really know what he has gone through.

KEILAR: What's the long term here? What does it do to him mentally?

LYLES: You can talk to people who have been in captivity, even in jungles fighting, and it's a loss. It's like losing someone compounded multiple times. You don't really get over those situations. You learn to live with it. He is going to learn to live with and adapt to his new world based upon what happened to him regardless of how he got there or what took place it's going to be a long road of slow recovery. At least he's alive. He's coming home to people that love him and he will be taken care of.

KEILAR: I'm sure they are getting some of the help they need.

Terry Lyles, thank you so much.

LYLES: You're welcome. Thank you.

KEILAR: Tonight at 10:00, you can see CNN's special on Bowe Bergdahl. Jake Tapper is taking a look at who he was before the war.

Coming up, a horse could be the first to win the Triple Crown in 30 years. We'll give you some racing insights with a horse's eye view. You don't want to miss this.

And next, Verizon filed a cease-and-desist lawsuit against Netflix. Why is that? What could that mean for your Netflix? We have that next.

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KEILAR: The prison TV sensation "Orange is the New Black" is debuting season two. Fans binge watching all 13 episodes may have some viewing problems.

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UNIDENTIFIED ACTRESS: I'm ready to behave like a model inmate and I feel like I no longer pose a threat.

UNIDENTIFIED ACTOR: I like what you have done with the place.

UNIDENTIFIED ACTRESS: Sadly, it's starting to feel like home in here.

UNIDENTIFIED ACTRESS: Three, two, one, go!

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UNIDENTIFIED ACTRESS: Don't make me rip your throat out.

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KEILAR: So Netflix is blaming Verizon for slow video service. Some Netflix subscribers saw this message when the video cut out this weekend. It reads, "The Verizon network is crowded right now, adjusting video for smoother play back." Let's bring in business correspondent, Alison Kosik, at the New York

Stock Exchange.

How is Verizon responding to this?

ALISON KOSIK, CNN BUSINESS CORRESPONDENT: Brianna, Verizon is threatening to take legal action against Netflix. It's all about the connection speeds. Kind of interesting timing when you think about season two of "Orange is the New Black." What Netflix is doing is flashing these messages to Verizon customers, happening as the screen buffers and it's blaming Verizon for the slow download speed. It's surprising. Back in April, Netflix actually became kind of buddies with Verizon and other Internet service providers because Netflix agreed to pay them to improve the streaming quality of Netflix videos. But apparently, viewers who have Verizon, they are seeing a whole lot of buffering these days. Verizon, after finding out about these messages, became irate and issued a cease and desist. They said what Netflix is doing a P.R. stunt, it's inaccurate and misleading. However, Netflix signed a similar deal with Comcast earlier in the year and says download speeds are actually faster with that cable provider. Netflix did tweet its response saying this is about people not getting what they paid for from their internet service provider -- Brianna?

KEILAR: Man, oh, man. So who has a stronger leg to stand on?

KOSIK: Verizon. Netflix has not shown any proof of Verizon slowing down-streaming speeds. Rayburn says Verizon has every right to seek legal action. He says if Netflix is going to call Verizon out in public, then Netflix has to go out and prove it. Netflix has yet to do so, even though Rayburn it would be easy to prove where the congestions is, when it's happening, but Netflix isn't doing that yet -- Brianna?

KEILAR: Let's see if they prove it?

Alison Kosik, thank you.

Alive here in France, President Obama met privately with Russian President Vladimir Putin after months of serious tension.

And next, a horse named California Chrome could be the first in 30 years to win the Triple Crown tomorrow at Belmont. See the race from a very unique vantage point, next.

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KEILAR: The world might have its first Triple Crown winner in 36 years. The front runner, an American thoroughbred named California Chrome. Not sure why this is such a big deal? Just watch this piece put together by CNN.

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KEILAR: Gets you ready for the race.

I'm Brianna Keilar. Thanks for joining me.

CNN NEWSROOM starts right now.

KYRA PHILLIPS, CNN ANCHOR: Hello, everyone. I'm Kyra Phillips, in for Brooke Baldwin.