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Shootings Mark Anniversary Of Brown's Death; Trump Defends "Blood" Comments; Sanders On Hillary: "I Like Her"; Trump Supporters Defends His "Blood" Comments; Warren Buffett's Biggest Deal Ever. Aired 7:30-8a ET

Aired August 10, 2015 - 07:30   ET

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ANA CABRERA, CNN GUEST ANCHOR: Breaking news out of Ferguson, Missouri on the first anniversary of Michael Brown's death as peaceful protests take an ugly turn overnight. Three rounds of gun fire, one incident involving plain clothes officers coming under heavy fire.

I want to bring in Sara Sidner who has been on scene there in Ferguson all night and was there as one of the rounds of gunfire erupted. Sara, what more are you learning?

SARA SIDNER, CNN CORRESPONDENT: I was there for three rounds of gunfire, three separate shootings that happened. I wanted to let you look at what happened in the very first shooting, the one that kicked off some of the violence.

You're seeing a shot here of West Florescent and you're hearing the sounds of gunshots. You can see people scattering, running, trying to get anywhere so they are out of the way of those bullets.

Police say that shooting was between two people who started firing at one another. I want to show you another angle of that. I happen to be there on my cell phone talking to the interim police chief who was new to town and new to Ferguson.

I want to show you that video as well from a different angle. He himself very caught off guard and surprised when the shooting started.

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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We with just want to be as patient as possible.

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SIDNER: I mean, those were many, many rounds of gunshots. And then lastly, there was someone who was shot and very badly injured, but shot, police say, by police because he was fleeing police and was also armed.

Police also say he shot towards them hitting a police vehicle. Two undercover vehicles got hit with gunfire. This is very graphic video. We want to warn you about that. The graphic video was taken by someone who was on Twitter here taking pictures of police as they stand over the body of the man who was shot. That man taken to the hospital, police say he is in unstable, critical condition at this time.

CHRIS CUOMO, CNN ANCHOR: All right, Sara, thank you very much. Let's get to "Inside Politics" on NEW DAY now with John King. You have Trump in the center, but really it is a window into a larger discussion about what the GOP is going to offer women and how they are going to deal with him.

JOHN KING, CNN HOST, "INSIDE POLITICS": Larger discussion about the country's frustration with politicians too keeps Mr. Trump up, looking forward to your conversation when he joins NEW DAY tomorrow morning. He's out there today continuing the conversation as we go "Inside Politics."

With me to share their reporting and their insights are Juana Summers of "Mashable" and Jeff Zeleny of CNN. He just finished the "Today Show" interview in which he said he did not -- he's insisting Friday night when he talked to CNN's Don Lemon that he said Megyn Kelly had blood coming out of her eyes and wherever.

He said he meant her nose and her ears and he meant nothing else. He said it would be classless, juvenile, and over the line for anyone to suggest a woman was having her menstrual cycle. That continuing a theme he had as he made the rounds of the Sunday shows yesterday, listen.

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DONALD TRUMP (R), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: Do you think I would make a stupid statement like that? Who would make a statement like that? Only a sick person would even think about it. I was going to say nose and/ears because that's a very common statement, blood pouring out of someone's nose. I cherish women. I want to help women. I'm going to do things for women that no other candidate will be able to do.

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KING: I'm not sure blood coming out of your nose and your ears is a common statement. I've been in this business awhile and I've never heard anybody else say it.

But let's just focus on the point that he comes into the debate as the national frontrunner leading in the polls. He's leading in New Hampshire. He's either leading or tied for the lead or a close second in Iowa. Everybody keeps saying he's going to be hurt eventually by this. I'm not so sure.

[07:35:07] JEFF ZELENY, CNN SENIOR WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT: It's not clear that he's going to be, but at some point we have to ask is he going to pivot and start talking about the economy and other things. That's what the frustration is going on inside his camp with his advisers. They wanted him to use the debate as an opportunity to grow a little bit and move into the next phase. It didn't happen in the debate. It hasn't happened over the weekend. That's still the challenge facing his campaign.

There are going to be a rolling out policy papers. They are hiring operatives in Iowa, New Hampshire, and other states. But the challenge for Donald Trump is can he stop talking about it. In all fairness, we're asking him about it, but can he change the subject here? Can he grow up and stop talking about this?

KING: But to your point, he was just asked on "Today." OK, let's move on, when we go to your web site, there are no detailed policy papers and instead of saying they are coming, Donald Trump said, you know, 24 million people watched that debate. I'm a ratings king. He likes to talk about himself. How does he pivot? What does he need to do?

JUANA SUMMERS, "MASHABLE": First of all, he has to stop doubling down on the remarks he made about Megyn Kelly that we're all talking about now. He keeps getting into explaining mode. Roll out some serious policies. Go to an early primary state and give reporters something else to talk about.

Something else to see rather than Donald Trump has not managed to prove there's much more there than the guy who you see on "The Apprentice," you know, who can have this very entertaining persona, but he just hasn't shown that there's much past this yet. I think if he did, people would stop talking about the debate.

KING: But again roughly a quarter of the Republican voters nationally say they want that guy. They want who is going to break all the glass. We'll see.

Carly Fiorina, who was in the earlier debate, she's the only woman running for the Republican presidential nomination. She was on "STATE OF THE UNION" with Jake Tapper yesterday and Donald Trump is saying I didn't mean that. Carly Fiorina says I don't buy it.

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CARLY FIORINA (R), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: The point is women understood that comment. Yes, it is offensive. I started out as a secretary. And as I made my way up in the business world, a male- dominated business world, I have had lots of men imply that I was unfit for decision making because maybe I was having my period. So I'll say it.

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KING: Donald Trump a couple hours after that interview tweeted out, "I just realized that if you listen to Carly Fiorina for more than 10 minutes straight, you develop a headache. She has zero chance." This is the part -- let it go. Welcome to politics. People criticize you.

ZELENY: It's clear that he can't help himself. It's clear that he wants this to be the sound track of his campaign, which is he will be a laughing stock at some point. A lot of people might be laughing. But that's not how you elect a president.

It's unclear to me if he wants to transition and become a serious candidate, sending a tweet like that is not the sign of a serious person. It's entertaining sure, if you're into that kind of humor, but I'm not sure that it's that productive.

KING: Life is the fifth grade and Donald Trump is helping me prove my point every day. I want to get to this quickly because it's significant. Number one, Bernie Sanders has been drawing huge crowds, 28,000 people out on the west coast in Portland last night, 15,000 people estimated in Seattle the night before that, huge crowds for Bernie Sanders on the road.

He also did "Face The Nation" yesterday. It was teed up for him to go after Hillary Clinton if he wanted saying Republicans say she's not honest and trustworthy. She has this e-mail controversy. Listen to Bernie Sanders. He says he thinks some of the attacks are sexist and he defends her.

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BERNIE SANDERS (D), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: I have known Hillary Clinton for 25 years. I admire her. I respect her. I like her. She and I have very different points of view on a number of issues.

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KING: Found it significant because he's within striking distance in New Hampshire. If he wanted to pick up the honest and trustworthy banner, that was his chance, no.

SUMMERS: I think in a way it was really smart. I think that Bernie Sanders realizes that if he wants to be taken seriously, she has a significant base that he's going to need to tap into. It doesn't do him a heck of a lot of good to attack her.

It also just kind of shows what kind of interesting candidate he is. This is someone who has had disdain for Democrats for much of his time. He talked about the ideological corruption of the Democratic Party as trying to cut his own path and has really sees fire.

I think he wants to make sure that that moment doesn't go away. Attacking Hillary does nothing good for him.

KING: Smart move by Bernie Sanders. Interesting race as we move forward in the Democratic side. Yes, Michaela, there are other candidates running for president.

MICHAELA PEREIRA, CNN ANCHOR: There are?

KING: Yes, we're going to try every now and then to point that out, two or three or 17. We'll get to them.

PEREIRA: You kind of lose track of it especially when one seems to be taking up a lot of the oxygen in the room, John. Thanks for all of that. We're going to continue our discussion about Donald Trump and the comments that he made about Megyn Kelly.

Some say he was being sexist. Others say he was just speaking the truth. Will Donald Trump's words cost him the critical support of female voters? We have a pair of them that are going to join us. We'll ask them.

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TRUMP: I cherish women. I want to help women. I'm going to do things for women that no other candidate will be able to do. And it's very important to me.

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PEREIRA: That was Donald Trump defending comments that he made about moderator, Megyn Kelly. Those comments unleashing a new fire storm against the outspoken Republican frontrunner. Has it change any of his supporters' minds.

Joining us this morning is Paula Johnson, the co-chair of Women for Trump coalition in New Hampshire. Along her side is Susan DeLemus, she is a supporter of that same coalition as well as representative in New Hampshire State House of Representatives.

Wonderful to have you both here with us this morning and you were having a great heated conversation just before we went to you live. I'm curious, and I'll let Susan react to this first. What is your assessment of what Mr. Trump said in those comments about Megyn Kelly?

Is it, to you, controversial? Did he sound as though he was insinuating that she was on her period and that's why she went after him in such a fashion?

[07:45:06] SUSAN DELEMUS, SUPPORTER OF WOMEN FOR TRUMP COALITION: No, honest to goodness, no. I don't know -- that's an expression of blood spurting out of my eyes. It's something that is common. I didn't think a thing of it.

And frankly, blood was spurting out of my eyes. I was pretty furious and upset for what the comments and questions that Megyn had posed. I think the attitude that I saw and the vitriol that I felt coming from her, I was moved by it in a very negative way.

PEREIRA: How about you, Paula? You know, our job as journalists is to ask tough questions. Did you feel the questions that Megyn Kelly was asking Mr. Trump were too tough?

PAULA JOHNSON, CO-CHAIR, "WOMEN FOR TRUMP" COALITION IN NEW HAMPSHIRE: Well, first of all, it was a debate to find out what did these candidates have to move this country along. I don't care about somebody's personal life. And I didn't like what she asked.

I think they set him up from the first question when he came out and this whole debate was a set up against Mr. Trump. It was the establishment against this man who is the only one who has come out and is talking about the issues. This is what the country wants is for people to talk about these issues.

PEREIRA: Let me give you a little push back on that, Susan, because some are going to say there's been a fair amount of criticism against your candidate for not talking substantively enough about those issues. He will say things, but not have the policy to back them up. What's your response to that?

DELEMUS: You know, I don't think he's had the questions -- he's been so busy having to defend himself against the attacks that have been lodged against him and frankly that debate on Fox, I have to say, Mr. Trump was not the only candidate that was minimalized or attacked and made to not have a fair shake. I don't think that that debate was worthy to be honest with you.

PEREIRA: Fortunately, there will be several others that we'll have going forward. But to the point about pushing candidates on their stance, it is the moderator's job to push and to ask these tough questions.

People are saying -- some people are asking, is this the way we want to see this man who is running to be the president of the United States. He's going to receive tough questioning from for example, President Putin of Russia. How is he going to handle himself as a president if he is --

JOHNSON: We both agree that he can handle this. He's a businessman. He goes into negotiations all the time. He comes out with contracts that best fits his business. So what do you think he's going to do for this country? He's going to negotiate in our best interest.

Look at what we have in the White House right now. He's not doing anything in the best interest of this country. I believe strongly that Mr. Trump will bring this country to where it needs to be and he's going to make this country better for all of us. Susan and I agree on this 100 percent here.

DELEMUS: Tough questions are fine. Tough questions are fine, Michaela, but honestly, when there's a nastiness to them and an attitude that goes along with them, that's another can of worms. I welcome tough questions, but not with an attitude.

JOHNSON: You know, when you put these tough questions, all these candidates get asked these tough questions, but can they deliver. Mr. Trump is the man that can deliver because we see how he runs his corporations. The United States is a corporation. It's a big business, except we're in trillions of dollars' worth of debt, $19 trillion in debt --

PEREIRA: Ladies, I knew we run out of time. I know you're passionate and have a lot of things to say about your candidate, but I would say thank you for joining us and thank you for bringing your passion this morning.

All right, what's your take? Tweet us using #newdayCNN. You can also post your comments on facebook.com/newday. Be sure to watch Donald Trump's first interview on NEW DAY set to happen tomorrow right here -- Ana.

CABRERA: What an interesting conversation. Good to get all the perspectives in this.

Breaking news that we're continuing to follow, a peaceful daytime march turning into violent confrontations with police overnight and guess where, Ferguson, Missouri, this all erupting on the one year anniversary of Michael Brown's death. More rallies expected today as the city about to erupt again? We'll discuss.

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CABRERA: Warren Buffett making a huge bet this morning and our chief business correspondent, Christine Romans is in the money center for CNN Money Now. And Christine, what's Buffett up to this time?

CHRISTINE ROMANS, CNN CHIEF BUSINESS CORRESPONDENT: Ana, Warren Buffett just wrote the biggest check of his career. Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway is buying industrial equipment maker, Precision Cast Parts for $37.2 billion. That is a huge deal out of Buffett's growing list of brands including Fruitaloom, Dairy Queen, and Geico. He has a lot of investments. That's the biggest acquisition ever.

Hillary Clinton unveiling her plan to make college more affordable today. We're told this is going to be a corner stone of her domestic agenda. Her proposal states the guarantee no loans as four-year public schools and free tuition at community college. They'll get more federal funds.

And those people repaying their student loans would be able to refinance at lower interest rates. Michaela, clearly she sees the heat and attention Bernie Sanders is getting because of his college proposals and she has an aggressive domestic agenda on the college loan thing, too.

PEREIRA: As they say, game on. All right, Christine, thanks so much.

Gunshots ring out on the one year anniversary of Michael Brown's death. There are more protests expected today. We'll take you live to Ferguson for the latest.

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ROMANS: Shots fired in Ferguson, Missouri. A year to the day after Michael Brown was shot and killed. UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Everyone in the streets started running.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Please get us some help, man. Please get us some help.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Who is doing this and why?

TRUMP: There was blood coming out of her eyes, blood coming out of her -- wherever.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Donald Trump on the offensive.

TRUMP: Do you think I'd make a stupid statement like that? Who would make a statement like that? Only a sick person would even think about it.

FIORINA: They were inappropriate and offensive comments.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: If we want to win, do we want to insult 53 percent of all voters?

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CHRIS CUOMO, CNN ANCHOR: Good morning. Welcome to your NEW DAY. It's Monday, August 10th, 8:00 in the east. It's Mich, me and Ana Cabrera this morning. It's good to have you.

We do have breaking news overnight, multiple shootings on the first anniversary of Michael Brown's death in Ferguson, Missouri.