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Pres. Trump Now Reviewing Peace Proposal From Iran; Iranian Media: Iran Submitted 14-Point Response To U.S. Proposal; Spirit Airlines Cancels All Flights, Shuts Down Operations; Supreme Court Asked To Restore Access To Abortion Pill By Mail; Momentum Building To Reschedule WH Correspondents' Dinner. Scotus Decision Opens Door for Redistricting; Spirit Airlines Shuts Down; Trump Revieing Iran's Peace Proposal; Survey: Dating Costs Rise to $189 Per Date of Average; Golden Tempo Wins Kentucky Derby. Aired 7-8a ET

Aired May 03, 2026 - 07:00   ET

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VICTOR BLACKWELL, CNN HOST: Good to have you back on CNN This Morning. Here's what's happening today. We're learning more about what was in that 14-point proposal Iran sent to the U.S. to end the war. How President Trump is responding to that is coming up.

There are new details about the sudden collapse of Spirit Airlines. We're also hearing from passengers caught up in this mess.

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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I hope the people who have created this inconvenience for people like myself, you know, they should ask God for forgiveness. I mean, this is terrible.

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BLACKWELL: The reporter who interviewed Spirit's CEO as the shutdown happened is here. There's also new momentum to reschedule the White House Correspondents' Dinner after the shooting forced a cancellation. The plan and the obstacles to bring it back coming up.

Plus, dating in this economy? Expensive. The rising cost of courtship, that's coming up in the Roundup.

It is Sunday, May 3rd. I appreciate you starting your week with me. I'm Victor Blackwell. President Donald Trump says that he's reviewing a new proposal now from Iran, but he said in a social media post that he cannot imagine it will be acceptable and that they have not paid a big enough price for what they've done.

In addition to calling for an end to the war on all fronts, including Lebanon, Iranian state media says their proposal makes 14 points that they say include the release of frozen Iranian assets, sanction removal, the introduction of a, quote, "new mechanism" for the Strait of Hormuz.

The key difference between these proposals, Iran wants issues resolved in 30 days. The U.S. allegedly proposed another ceasefire.

CNN's Nic Robertson joins me now from Islamabad. Nic, another ceasefire. There's no deadline for the current ceasefire. What are you hearing about the back and forth?

NIC ROBERTSON, CNN INTERNATIONAL DIPLOMATIC EDITOR: Yes, what Iran continues to push for is a complete end to not only the sort of fighting between the United States and Iran, but in Lebanon as well, and they want this to be in perpetuity. They don't want the United States to be able to come back and attack again, and this is what speaking to senior Iranian officials here say that they're very concerned about.

The positions that they're putting forward around the Strait of Hormuz, that they would maintain control over it, that somehow ships would pay tolls to go through, tolls that they would equate to war reparations, damages, payments, all of this just does not, is very unlikely to be accepted by President Trump and is not -- would not be accepted probably by his Gulf partners, by the majority of countries around the world. No one wants to see Iran set a precedent here by being able to exert tolls for using waterways in and near its national boundaries.

So I think at the moment, it really is a case of messages are still being passed backwards and forwards by President Trump. He did back away from that idea last night that it would be better off not to have a deal, did say that he was going to look at the details of it. I think there really was a sense in Islamabad last night that this was about to take a big step forward, that whatever President Trump was going to say was sort of going to really move the process along.

That didn't happen. Those expectations weren't realized. But the diplomacy backwards and forwards continues, and that's what the Iranians are saying. But some of the propositions and positions they're putting forward that the United States would have to pull back its navy from being so close to Iran.

Again, these are all caveats that are part of something bigger Iran wants. What Iran really wants to achieve in this region is for the United States to leave all its bases in the Gulf countries, not just pull its navy back from this blockade. So what Iran is really asking for is very big, very significant, and very unpalatable.

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BLACKWELL: Nic Robertson for us there in Islamabad, thank you.

We're learning more this morning about the abrupt shutdown of Spirit Airlines. We now have seen a letter to staff, and Spirit explained the short notice was due to a failed last-minute scramble for emergency funding. They also stated that the layoffs would be permanent and all operations at its facilities would permanently cease. Spirit says it's issuing refunds, and other airlines are jumping into help by capping fares for customers when they go to book flights on those other airlines. But a lot of passengers were left stranded and confused yesterday as they arrived at the airport only to find their flights canceled.

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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Can't get transferred, they didn't transfer over, they didn't offer any type of help, any type of, like, accommodations, nothing like that. Just your flight has been canceled.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: And they literally said, don't come to the airport.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Don't come to the airport is what they said. Do not come to the airport.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: We came here to the airport and try to get another ticket. American Airlines is like $1,300. And then I hear from Frontier that they're only helping customers until June 6th. Well, my flight is all the way until the 18th.

I haven't even received my money back to even buy a new ticket. So that means I've got to come out of pocket with more money to purchase another ticket.

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BLACKWELL: Spirit executives say that the skyrocketing fuel costs caused by the war with Iran was the primary factor that worsened the airline's already fragile financial state.

CNN's Jenn Sullivan has more on the shutdown and, of course, that surge in fuel costs.

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JENN SULLIVAN, CNN JOURNALIST (voice-over): Spirit Airlines shutting down operations Saturday, leaving passengers stranded and scrambling to make alternative travel plans.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: There's no flights. Spirit went out of business.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I went to the kiosk and I typed in my information and they're like, oh yes, your flight has been canceled.

SULLIVAN (voice-over): The announcement also leaves millions of people who have already booked future trips with Spirit wondering what's next.

SEAN DUFFY, TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY: They have a reserve fund. You will be refunded to your original form of payment if you bought directly from Spirit.

SULLIVAN (voice-over): Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy also says a handful of other airlines, including United, JetBlue, Delta and Southwest are offering Spirit customers discounted rates for upcoming trips. You have to show your Spirit confirmation number and proof of payment.

In a letter to employees, the long-struggling company singled out the massive run-up in fuel prices as a reason for ceasing operation. Shortages caused by the U.S. war with Iran have caused oil prices to skyrocket.

DUFFY: We're going to continue to look at pricing. We're going to continue to look at our energy supply, our jet fuel supply.

SULLIVAN (voice-over): All of this happening weeks ahead of Memorial Day weekend, the traditional kickoff to the busy summer travel season. And it's not just skyrocketing airfare causing massive travel headaches. Gas prices have soared more than 48 percent since the war began just over two months ago.

As of Saturday, the national average for a gallon of regular gas was $4.43, according to AAA.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We're left to pay for what's going on over there in Iran, and that's unfortunate.

SULLIVAN (voice-over): Many experts say it could take weeks, even months, for gas prices to come back down whenever the war ends.

I'm Jenn Sullivan reporting.

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BLACKWELL: And other major carriers say that they're creating hiring pipelines for the Spirit employees who are now out of work. That includes dedicated job portals at American and United. CNN spoke to a Spirit pilot earlier who said that he and a lot of his colleagues had come back to work after being furloughed when just three weeks later they received this news.

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BRANDON KEENE, FORMER SPIRIT AIRLINES PILOT: The only real thing, the communication we got was an email from the chief pilot, I believe roughly 6:00 or 7:00 p.m. last night. And then I woke up to an email at 1:16 from the CEO basically stating that the doors were closing. And, you know, this wasn't the outcome that he had hoped for, obviously.

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BLACKWELL: With me now is Aviation Reporter for The Wall Street Journal, Alison Sider. Allison, welcome back to the show.

Last time you were on, we were talking about the President's inclination to bail out Spirit at $500 million. What happened with that? Was that killed by the politics because it was pretty unpalatable in the Republican Party, or was it killed by the economics?

ALISON SIDER, AVIATION REPORTER, WALL STREET JOURNAL: You know, there was that political backlash, you know, even among Republicans, even within the administration. But ultimately it seemed like the talks to provide Spirit that aid collapsed sort of between the administration and some of Spirit's bondholders who worried that, you know, they were going to be left off in a worse position economically.

And with Spirit's cash dwindling with fuel prices so high, there just wasn't time to get that kind of deal done. So, you know, late last week, those talks hit an impasse, and it became clear that, you know, there was really nothing left to do and Spirit was going to shut down.

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BLACKWELL: What I've heard from analysts is that, yes, this surge in the jet fuel cost is what did Spirit in. But did it just hasten what was coming along anyway somewhere down the line because of those other structural financial problems?

SIDER: Yes, so that's -- you know, that's sort of a question. Spirit's in its second bankruptcy in less than two years. It's had a real rough time the last several years. It was supposed to be acquired by JetBlue and that merger was blocked. It's really struggled to hit on a new strategy and find its footing since then.

But, you know, Dave Davis, who's the CEO, who was brought in about a year ago. You know, when I spoke to him, he said he felt really confident the airline had a plan. It had an agreement to come out of its second bankruptcy with its bondholders. It had shrunk its fleet and it cut costs, reduced debt.

You know, he really felt like it was ready to make a go of it when it came out of bankruptcy in just a couple of weeks. But the fuel prices just made that impossible. So, yes, the fuel prices were sort of the ultimate final catalyst. But, you know, there are plenty of people in the industry who think this was inevitable and it was sort of always going to end this way for Spirit.

BLACKWELL: Let's talk more about your interview of Dave Davis, the CEO of Spirit. He told you -- and this is how you ended the piece most recently. "Everybody's burning cash. We just had the smaller pile to start with. They're not that far behind us in the race."

Is what the problem was for Spirit impacting or evident in the other ultra-low cost carriers? We're talking Frontier, Allegiant or any of the other players.

SIDER: So Spirit was definitely the most vulnerable given it was already in bankruptcy again. But the high fuel prices we've seen the last couple of months are straining really every airline. And the budget airlines are kind of the most vulnerable. You know, it's the hardest for them to raise prices given, you know, their sort of cost conscious customer base.

You know, I think they are feeling the impact a little more than some of the bigger airlines. You know, those airlines, the group of budget airlines have gone to the administration. They've asked for their own bailout package. They asked for $2.5 million.

So they're all feeling it. You know, Spirit's point was that they were kind of closest to the brink. But, you know, fuel prices in the past have been the catalyst for a lot of people in the airline industry. And I think everyone's kind of watching to see what's going to happen next.

BLACKWELL: You know, also, what's interesting is that from your recent reporting, a lot of people are obviously seeing the increase in fares because of the fuel cost. But what I learned from your discussion with the CEO of Avelo is that they can't really pass on the full cost of the fuel to some of their customers. That may be so far. We're only seeing the portion of what this fuel is costing the airline.

SIDER: Yes, so fuel -- so ticket prices are already up like 20 percent and there have been several fare increases. And, you know, airlines have been fairly optimistic that they've been able to pass along a lot of the fuel price increase. You know, demand has been pretty resilient.

Maybe even that's been a little bit surprising to some airline executives. But, yes, there's so far only passing on covering, you know, maybe 50 percent of the fuel price increase in tickets. So we should probably be expecting ticket prices to go up even more.

You know, a lot of airline executives have said they're hopeful they'll be able to cover the full cost of higher fuel prices by the end of the year. So I think people should be expecting higher ticket prices.

BLACKWELL: All right. It's the news. We don't have to like it, but we know that those higher prices are coming.

Alison Sider, thanks so much for being with me this morning. Enjoy the week.

And next, a fight over access to an abortion medication has reached the Supreme Court. Drugmakers race for an emergency action Saturday. This is over a lower court's ruling. We'll explain where the case stands this morning.

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BLACKWELL: A few stories we're watching for you this morning. President Trump says the U.S. plans to pull even more troops out of Germany than first announced. The Pentagon said that 5,000 troops of the more than 30,000 troops would leave over the next year. Well, now the President says that number will go much higher.

The comments come among these tensions are growing with the German leaders over the war with Iran. Germany's defense minister says the drawdown was expected. In Oregon, police say a man is dead after intentionally crashing a vehicle into a gym. The SUV caught fire. Portland firefighters say that once the flames were out, they found one person dead inside. Police say they also found homemade explosives, a propane tank Investigators, they say that this appears to be an isolated incident. Police have not identified that man.

And superstar Shakira turned out a massive party on Rio's Copacabana Beach. Officials say the free concert drew about 2 million people. The aerial video gives just a glimpse. Look at this. Just how packed it was. It's part of her Women No Longer Cry World Tour.

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Officials say the free concert is part of City Hall's effort to boost economic activity, with the event expected to generate about $155 million.

The makers of the abortion pill, mifepristone, have filed an emergency appeal to the Supreme Court, calling on the justices to pause a lower court's ruling that temporarily blocks Americans from accessing the drug through the mail. Now, less than two years ago, the Supreme Court rejected a similar challenge, a decision that allowed the drug to remain widely available.

We've got more now from CNN's Camila DeChalus.

CAMILA DECHALUS, CNN REPORTER: Well, Victor, this is really turning into quickly a big legal battle over abortion access. You have the manufacturer of the abortion pill, mifepristone, just filing an emergency appeal to the Supreme Court, and they're asking the justices to step in and pause a lower court ruling that for now blocks anyone from receiving the abortion pill through mail.

Now, let me tell you why it's so significant, especially around the timing of this. You now have this appeal is coming just a day or a few days after the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reinstated a nationwide ban that essentially made it so that anybody that wants to receive the abortion pill, they have to pick it up in person.

Now, critics of this ruling, they're really arguing that this is now going to create more additional hurdles for patients, while others that are in support of this ruling are arguing that it's more about reestablishing tighter safety controls. But I thought it was interesting to note that in the appeal, the attorney for the manufacturer, they wrote, what should a patient do if she cannot obtain an in-person appointment immediately?

And it encapsulates their big argument here, and that is this lower court ruling presents now additional challenges for patients that need to immediately receive the abortion pill but are not able to go in person or get an appointment. And so at this point in time, Victor, we're seeing that all eyes are now focused on the Supreme Court, on whether they're going to act in this moment, take up this case, and temporarily put a pause on the lower court ruling as a legal broader fight now continues around abortion rights. Camila DeChalus, CNN, Washington.

BLACKWELL: All right, Camila, thank you very much.

Momentum appears to be building around rescheduling the White House Correspondents' Dinner. There were some serious doubts about trying to bring back the event after last week's shooting, but CNN has learned the board of the White House Correspondents' Association is working through some options.

Here's CNN's Brian Stelter.

BRIAN STELTER, CNN CHIEF MEDIA ANALYST: Hey there. Yes, it's been more than a week now since that shooting incident right outside the White House Correspondents' Dinner in Washington, D.C. And at first, there was widespread skepticism among some of the journalists, some of the correspondents in attendance about the possibility of rescheduling the event any time soon.

But now, in recent days, there has been an emerging consensus that the dinner should go on, that it should be rescheduled, that there should be some sort of do-over in the coming weeks. The association's board of directors, fellow White House Correspondents from all across the industry, they have been meeting to talk about next steps, quote, "Working through options for a rescheduled event."

This year's President, Weijia Jiang of CBS News, told members in a memo. In that note obtained by CNN, Jiang wrote that, "As of today, we have not made any decisions. However, I am committed to ensuring our scholars and award winners receive the recognition that is rightfully theirs and that an attack on free speech does not cancel our annual celebration of free speech and the other freedoms protected by the First Amendment."

Right after the shooting incident, which has been labeled an attempted assassination, President Trump said, quote, "We'll do it within the 30 days." But that 30-day timeline is considered by the organizers to be unrealistic. The association is planning a follow-up event within more of a 60-day window, and the exact details have not been worked out.

But numerous journalism organizations have reached out to the association to offer any assistance they can. Of course, the obstacles to a redo are considerable, starting with the obvious security concerns. And some of the attendees who were there the first time around say they don't want to come back for a second time. Partly due to the intensity of the event, some of the stress that was caused as a result.

But understandably, the association does not want to give up on having its annual First Amendment celebration. It's been, as I said, more than a week now since that commotion inside the ballroom, people ducking under tables, being told to get down and wondering what was going on. And D.C. dinner-goers have been processing what happened.

Some, many I'd say, have been feeling just fine, while others have had trouble sleeping, have experienced nightmares, have been irritable, that sort of thing. And experts in acute stress reaction say that is all perfectly normal. The journalists, the politicians who were in the room, they now know a little bit of what it's been like for schoolchildren, for office-goers, for church-worshippers, for folks at synagogues, folks in many different places all across America who have endured lockdowns in the past.

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And it's not just actual and horrible mass shooting events that cause those lockdowns. It's oftentimes false alarms or isolated incidents that don't make the news. But those experiences, all too common in America, and on that Saturday night now, a little more than a week ago, it happened to impact some media elites, some politicians, people who have normally never been in a room like that before.

And of course, it's important to point out, none of those places, those schools, those churches, those malls, have the level of security that the Washington-Hilton ballroom had that night.

Back to you.

BLACKWELL: All right, Brian Stelter, thank you.

The Morning Roundup is next. There are last-minute scrambles to redraw congressional maps in several states before the midterms. We're going to dig into the redistricting debate with our panel.

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BLACKWELL: There's now a race to redistrict well into the primaries and just months before the critical midterm elections. Here for the Morning Roundup, race and culture reporter with the Atlanta Journal- Constitution, Ernie Suggs, editorial director for PeachPol, Maya Prabhu, and retired judge Ashley Wilcott. Welcome to you all.

And this is something that hits all of your concentrations, the law, politics, race and culture, the Supreme Court ruling that now consideration of race is no longer necessary, they say, in drawing the district lines and therefore no longer legal and one must prove intentional discrimination when challenging a voting map. I want to hear from the attorney general of Alabama on why he says this is the right decision.

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ATTORNEY GENERAL STEVE MARSHALL (R-AL): One of the things I think this court did in Calais is recognize that the Alabama 2026, again, is not the Alabama of the early 1960s. It's a new time and a different era.

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BLACKWELL: Judge Alito wrote in his opinion, vast social change has occurred throughout the country and particularly in the South. Ernie, what do you see when you see this ruling?

ERNIE SUGGS, RACE AND CULTURE REPORTER, THE ATLANTA JOURNAL- CONSTITUTION: Well, I want to go to two quotes, one from Raphael Warnock, the senator from Georgia, who says we're going back to Jim Crow. And the second is from Andy Young, of whom my last book is about, who's right there on the front lines of the Voting Rights Act when it was enacted. He said that the Supreme Court is going to go to hell. I don't know if I can say it in that morning.

BLACKWELL: Yes. Actually, you know what? Let's have him say it. Here's Andy Young.

SUGGS: All right.

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ANDREW YOUNG, FORMER U.S. REPRESENTATIVE: We have come so close to making this earth look like the kingdom of God. The Supreme Court will go to hell if they try to reverse it.

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BLACKWELL: And he said that before they actually made the ruling. Go ahead. Make your --

SUGGS: So, what the Voting Rights Act did was actually symbolically abolish Jim Crow. So, what happened was that you have black people, you had Native Americans, you had Latinos who were able to not only go out and vote, but actually go out and vote for people who represented them and look like them. So, now, what you have now is a retraction of that where you're actually, you know, symbolically going back to Jim Crow because you don't have that easy access to voting as well as representation.

And what that did in 1972 was allowed Andy Young and Barbara Jordan to be elected to Congress. The first blacks to be elected in the South since Reconstruction. It allowed 1974 Maynard Jackson to be elected mayor of Atlanta. And today it allows the fact that Barack Obama is elected president, that Raphael Warnock is elected U.S. senator, all because of the Voting Rights Act and now all that is possibly going to be over.

ASHLEY WILLCOTT, RETIRED JUDGE: And I think part of the problem is the Supreme Court did not reverse the Voting Rights Act, but they practically did change the terms of it because of the decision. And so, it's hard when you have a Supreme Court that isn't going to go so far to say it's reversed, but is taking action to cause it to be reversed practically in these states. I think that's part of the reason people distrust what the Supreme Court has done.

MAYA PRABHU, EDITORIAL DIRECTOR, PEACHPOL: I think it's interesting that Ernie brought up Barack Obama because I feel like the country has been on this slow march toward the idea of being in a post-racial society and colorblindness ever since he was elected, like, oh, you have a black president., Now, we don't have to do these things. We can get rid of DEI. We don't need because someone's become a president. So, I think this has just been a slow march, and I'm honestly not quite surprised.

BLACKWELL: Judge, let me ask you this, because aside from what we saw from the Supreme Court, you have the state legislatures, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, now shifting their maps, trying to do it before the midterms. Louisiana, they've already started the early voting for their primary, and the AG there says that some of -- or secretary of state says that some of those votes will be nullified so that they can now push back the date. Do you think that's going to stand up to legal --

WILLCOTT: I don't. I don't. And the reason is because they -- there's already a process in place. You already have voters who are voted, and then they're going to say, well, that's nullified. That's not going to count, Victor. And we're going to start over once we can push out new districts. I think that is the practical effect that reverses the Voting Rights Act. And if it's challenged, I think it's not going to succeed.

BLACKWELL: Let's talk about Spirit Airlines. We saw, of course, thousands of people lose their jobs. Millions of people have to book other tickets. Let's listen to a woman who was surprised and frustrated in Atlanta.

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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: We came here to the airport to try to get another ticket. American Airlines is like $1,300. And then I hear from Frontier that they're only helping customers until June 6th. Well, my flight is all the way until the 18th. I haven't even received my money back to even buy a new ticket. So, that means I've got to come out of pocket with more money to purchase another ticket.

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BLACKWELL: Spirit's existence kept the prices of their competitors down, in part just by being a competitor, but also because they were ultra-low priced. For this to happen now, on top of the jet fuel increase price, we're all in for spending some more money.

WILLCOTT: Yes.

SUGGS: Yes. Well, when you talk about democracy, I think Spirit Airlines democratized travel. It made it affordable for a lot of people, so you see a lot of people traveling more. And having to -- and, you know -- and it may -- it created competition with other major airlines to lower prices.

So, now, that Spirit is gone, you have that fear that people are not going to be able to freely travel. And we can't travel anyway because fuel prices are so high now. It's hard to take a vacation. But losing Spirit is going to be a major blow to all of us, I think.

WILLCOTT: Because it's going to increase all of the prices. And the other thing is, some of these airlines, including Delta, have said, we're going to go ahead and cap prices so that all of these travelers who are stranded can afford our tickets. We'll keep it at $200. But we're not seeing that happen in effect. And can they afford to do that because of the jet fuel cost?

SUGGS: Yes, yes.

BLACKWELL: One more here. The president says he's now considering another deal from offer, at least from Iran. But he's also contradicting himself from what he said on Friday. So, we're going to play what the president said on Friday and then what he said about that on Saturday. Watch.

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DONALD TRUMP, U.S. PRESIDENT: They've got to make a bad deal. But if they make a deal at all, because frankly, maybe we're better off not making a deal at all. Do you want to know the truth? Because we can't let this thing go on. Been going on too long.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Mr. President, last night you said we might be better off not making a deal with Iran.

TRUMP: Well, I wouldn't have to. I didn't say that. I said that if we left right now, it would take them 20 years to rebuild. But we're not leaving right now.

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BLACKWELL: Maya, let's put the negotiations, actual negotiations aside. He clearly said on Friday that maybe the U.S. would be better off without a deal. Maybe he didn't mean it. But the messaging from the White House has been inconsistent from day to day, sometimes in the same day.

PRABHU: And I think we've seen this with the president throughout his first term and this term is that he does this stream of consciousness. My mom says he has no filter, right? He thinks it and then he says it. And he doesn't always necessarily believe what he's saying or mean what he's saying or mean to say what he's saying. So, I think that's why we get a lot of this like double speak from him and out of the White House and the administration.

BLACKWELL: All right. Well, let's see what he says on Sunday. Everybody stay with me. We got a lot more to talk about. Money cannot buy love. But at these prices, it should. Really, it should. What the average person is spending on a date night. That's next.

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BRUNHUBER: Welcome back to the Morning Roundup. Listen, single people say that it is hard to date and they blame inflation in part. A new survey from the Bank of Montreal, and this is of Americans show that the cost of a date is on the rise. The average over all age groups is $189. But look at that number for millennials, $252 for a date, $205 for Gen Z. I don't know where these people are going. That's high.

PRABHU: That's high. I can't believe Gen Z can afford $205 for a date.

BLACKWELL: Right. For as many economic problems that they're having, $205 for a date, this can't be like a date of people who are already in a relationship.

WILLCOTT: I think this has got to be for those who are trying to impress the other person. My husband and I go on dates, and guess what, it might be a long walk now followed by an inexpensive dinner. It's a whole different game. It's not that amount.

SUGGS: Remember about five years ago we had Netflix and chill?

BLACKWELL: Yes, yes. Oh, no, listen. We still have Netflix and chill.

PRABHU: That was pandemic though.

SUGGS: I think we should bring that back.

PRABHU: I don't know. I don't pay for dates. So, this has nothing to do with me.

BLACKWELL: You know, when I was -- this is a long time ago when I lived in West Palm Beach, my guarantee of keeping it the right price and enjoying it, I would take every first date to the same restaurant, sit in the same section, order the same meal. So, at least I knew I'd have a good time. And then the waitress would always tell me what she thought about the date. But I'd ask her --

WILLCOTT: Oh, my gosh. What a great strategy.

BLACKWELL: -- how's the night going? And she's like, it's a little slow.

SUGGS: How much were you spending?

BLACKWELL: I was spending maybe about $120, $130. I think that's reasonable, but $252, I don't know how they're keeping that up.

All right. So, this is something, Judge, I know you are interested in. Chanel presented its new cruise collection midweek introducing it's -- if we could drop that, we could see it. Yes. This is their new, I guess you call it a shoe. It's a barefoot heel cap from Chanel.

WILLCOTT: Now, listen, you all know lawsuit, lawsuit, because someone's going to step on something. They're going to get something wrong with their foot and our society likes to sue. And then they're going to sue Chanel for the shoe.

BLACKWELL: I don't know what the point of the shoe is.

WILLCOTT: There is no point.

PRABHU: You might as well just be barefoot. Like, I don't understand the purpose. I don't understand what's protecting. I don't understand what it's supposed to be doing. And you know, it's expensive.

BLACKWELL: Oh, yes. Now, Chanel hasn't listed the price yet. It's not available for retail sale, but I just went to Chanel this morning just to check the cost of their shoes. A simple thong sandal is $1,100.

WILLCOTT: Right.

PRABHU: Oh, my gosh.

WILLCOTT: Right.

BLACKWELL: And so, maybe this is half off because you're only getting half.

PRABHU: I think it will be -- I was going to say, I think it'll be more.

SUGGS: -- more than $1,100.

BLACKWELL: Oh, you think it's going to be more?

PRABHU: If I had to bet, yes.

WILLCOTT: (INAUDIBLE) I agree with you. I think it will be.

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BLACKWELL: All right. So, we're getting to the warmer temperatures, at least part of the country, although it's pretty cold here in Atlanta this morning. International Dairy Foods Association survey of more than 2,200 people found that, drum roll, the new favorite flavor of ice cream is chocolate. Vanilla took the top spot in this every other year survey. I'm not a fan of chocolate ice cream.

WILLCOTT: Oh, I love it. It's rich and -- now, this is interesting.

PRABHU: I was thinking -- I like vanilla. I like vanilla ice cream.

SUGGS: I'm a butter pecan guy.

BLACKWELL: Yes.

WILLCOTT: In that second --

BLACKWELL: It's on the list.

WILLCOTT: Yes.

BLACKWELL: I mean, I need some fillings. I need some chocolate chip cookie dough. If I'm doing it, give me some peanut butter cups. I'm going to really go in. But to go from vanilla to chocolate seems like you all are wasting opportunity.

WILLCOTT: It's so creamy and rich and yummy. Without all the extra stuff, you can eat just it and be satisfied.

SUGGS: So, Victor, I'm a little disappointed because every time we talk about food and drinks, you always have food and drinks.

BLACKWELL: I know. I know.

SUGGS: And I was expecting that we're going to have ice cream this morning.

BLACKWELL: But, you know, it's because I don't like chocolate ice cream. So, if I'm not into it, we won't do it. So, there are Wall Street Journal reports that Amazon is considering bringing back "The Apprentice." And of course, it was a highly rated show when now President Donald Trump was the host. Fourteen seasons. If you don't know, he will remind you. And there are some conversations about potential new hosts. Watch.

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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: What is your take on these reports that your show, "The Apprentice," is going to come back -- could come back on Amazon with host Donald Trump, Jr.?

TRUMP: Well, I've been hearing it. Look, we had a great success. Fourteen seasons. And "The Apprentice" was a tremendous success. I've been hearing that, you know, a little bit. So, we'll see what happens. He's good. He's a good guy. He'd be probably good. He's got a little charisma.

OMAROSA MANIGAULT NEWMAN, FORMER "APPRENTICE" CONTESTANT: There is someone from the Trump family that I think could be successful, and that is Ivanka Trump. I sat in the boardroom with her season after season, episode after episode. And she has a different level of charisma and she has good business acumen.

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BLACKWELL: Do you think it would be as successful in this environment?

SUGGS: No, not at all. I mean, I think Donald Trump, for good or bad, was a great host for "Apprentice" because he fit that time. So, I don't think there's going to be an Apprentice reboot that's going to be as ever successful as the first one. And I don't think there's going to be a host as successful as Donald Trump was. So --

WILLCOTT: I think Omarosa could be a good choice because she was so controversial on the show. If you watched it and you want to get people to watch, put someone like her in there.

BLACKWELL: That's an interesting choice.

PRABHU: And I don't say this often, but I feel like Omarosa is right in that Ivanka would be a better choice. Don Jr. just is kind of like, blah.

BLACKWELL: OK.

PRABHU: At least, like she said, Ivanka has some charisma. SUGGS: I think she should just go a different route. Give us a Steve Harvey or a Cat Williams.

PRABHU: Oh, my goodness.

BLACKWELL: Well, let's see if Amazon picks it up. Ernie, Maya, Judge, thank you all for being with me this morning for the Roundup.

WILLCOTT: Thank you.

PRABHU: Thank you.

BLACKWELL: Hey, a thrilling day at Churchill Downs. This come from behind victory and history making moment at the Kentucky Derby. You have to see it. We have it for you next.

And tonight, you can watch the CNN flash doc, "Behind the Bob: Vogue's Anna Wintour" at 8:00 p.m. Easter on CNN and tomorrow on the CNN app.

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BLACKWELL: One of the most memorable runs for the Roses in recent years from last to first, Golden Tempo steals the show and made history. Coy Wire is here with a look this morning.

COY WIRE, CNN SPORTS ANCHOR: Man, speaking of a look, I feel like we're very Derby this morning.

BLACKWELL: I mean, can't beat it. Can't beat it.

WIRE: Cherie DeVaux becomes the first female trainer ever to win the Kentucky Derby. And her horse, Golden Tempo, ran a race like a movie script. We're talking 24 to 1 odds, all the way from last place, Victor, before making this huge kick down the stretch like a lightning bolt in horseshoes. Jockey Jose Ortiz scores his first ever Derby win, completing his career triple crown, barely edging out his older brother, riding Renegade from last to first. As Victor said, a comeback and a moment that will gallop through history.

Here's more from Cherie DeVaux, the first female trainer to win in the 152 years of the Kentucky Derby.

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CHERIE DEVAUX, FIRST FEMALE TRAINER TO WIN KENTUCKY DERBY: I started my career here 22 years ago as a bright eyed, bushy tailed exercise rider. And I would not believe that I would be sitting up here today. Never in my life did I think I would.

Being a woman or my gender has never really crossed my mind in this journey of mine. I have to say, everyone, the racetrack is a tough place. It's a tough place if you're a man. It's a tough place if you're a woman.

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WIRE: All right. NBA playoffs, win or go home, game seven between the Sixers and the Celtics. Boston's Jayson Tatum for Boston ruled out 90 minutes before tipoff due to knee stiffness. Talk about a plot twist. That opened the door for Philadelphia's Joel Embiid. Remember, he missed the first three games after appendix surgery. Monster day, 34 points, 12 rebounds, six assists. Tyrese Maxey added 30. They cook like a dynamic duo with the stove on hot. 76ers complete just the 14th comeback from a 3-1 deficit in NBA history, 109 to 100. They'll visit the Knicks on Monday in the second round.

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NHL Stanley Cup playoffs, Hurricanes and Flyers in game one of their second round series. And the Hurricanes should have come with a storm warning. Cold, relentless, and shutting everything down. Logan Stankoven scoring twice. 23 years old. Youngest player ever to begin the postseason on a five-game goal streak. Frederik Andersen stopping 19 shots for his second shutout of these playoffs. Carolina smothering the Flyers in game one, 3-nothing. Game two is on Monday.

Now, aside from the Hurricanes' victory in Carolina, this beer skate was all the rage. Some online calling it the greatest drinking apparatus ever. The Flyers are going to be hoping that none of the fun Carolina had in game one spills over into game two on Monday. What do you think about that?

BLACKWELL: I'm in love with the beer skate. That is fantastic. Need to get a couple of those.

WIRE: Need to get a couple of those.

BLACKWELL: All right. Coy, thanks so much.

WIRE: You got it.

BLACKWELL: And thank you for joining us for CNN This Morning Weekend. Inside Politics Sunday with Manu Raju is up next.

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