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[08:30:00] ALISYN CAMEROTA, CNN ANCHOR: They are now in a dead heat.

So let's turn to CNN political contributor Michael Nutter. He's the former mayor of Philadelphia and supporter of Hillary Clinton, and Ben Wikler, he's the Washington director for moveon.org, which has endorsed Bernie Sanders.

Gentlemen, great to have both of you here.

MICHAEL NUTTER, CNN POLITICAL CONTRIBUTOR: Great to be here with you.

BEN WIKLER, WASHINGTON DIRECTOR, MOVEON.ORG: Thank you, Alisyn.

CAMEROTA: OK, Mayor Nutter, let me begin with you. Do you agree with Hillary Clinton's characterization last night that Bernie Sanders is engaging in an artful smear when he's bringing up the payments that she took for speaking fees from banks?

NUTTER: Well, it's certainly clear that Senator Sanders is trying to imply something, and then kind of leave it to the voters to fill in the blank. And that's been going on for some period of time. So, quite frankly, it was appropriate for Secretary Clinton to at least shine a light on that. What are you trying to imply, senator, I think basically is what she was saying.

She's been very open and straightforward about how she conducted herself as a private citizen and whether making speeches to, you know, a company or a group or an organization or whatever the case may be, let's talk about what Americans really care about. They care about jobs. They care about poverty. They care about education. We care about our children and families and all the things that Secretary Clinton has done all of her life. Those are the issues. And whether it's in New Hampshire or in Philadelphia or somewhere half way across the country -

CAMEROTA: Yes.

NUTTER: Let's just stick to the issues and not the personal attacks.

CAMEROTA: Ben, her point last night was that regardless of the speaking fees I've taken, no one has ever bought my vote or my position. Do you think that she put that issue to bed last night?

WIKLER: You know, I think she was speaking for herself. I think Senator Sanders was speaking to the systemic corruption of our campaign finance system and the kind of revolving door where people can enter public life and then reap financial benefits from the private sector that has a special interests in rigging the system. When he spoke after her - after her concern was raised, he spoke about the way that over and over special interests, including Wall Street, the pharmaceutical companies, special interests across the board have basically bought off the federal government. Not just giving to any one politician, but to politicians in both parties and gotten massive deregulations that moved money from the middle class and working families to the top point 1 percent and huge corporations. That's a systemic indictment and that is the basis for Sanders' campaign.

CAMEROTA: Another issue that came up -

NUTTER: Alisyn, that was a - that was a -

CAMEROTA: Oh, go ahead, Michael.

NUTTER: That was a nice try. That was a nice try. But the point is -

CAMEROTA: What's your response?

NUTTER: The senator - the senator never responded to the direct issue that Secretary Clinton raised, which is that she personally has not been influenced. She is running for president. He is running for president. He wants to speak about things in a global, artful kind of fashion. They're two people who are running for president. Their records are very clear. And if senator Sanders doesn't like the campaign finance system, he is a sitting United States senator. Then he should introduce legislation to fix it.

WIKLER: He has introduced legislation to fix it. Senator Sanders has a lifetime of fighting against the systemic corruption.

NUTTER: Did it pass? Did it pass?

CAMEROTA: Hold on, mayor. Let Ben - let Ben respond.

NUTTER: Ben - Ben -

WIKLER: It didn't pass that time but, yes, Republicans are not very interested in passing things -

NUTTER: Did it pass?

WIKLER: Until we get millions more people engaged in the system -

NUTTER: OK.

WIKLER: It's going to be awfully hard to pass something with either a senator - a President Clinton or a President Sanders.

CAMEROTA: OK, guys, I'll -

WIKLER: That's the reason why he's organizing this kind of grassroots, bottom up campaign. NUTTER: That has nothing to do with him attacking - that has nothing to do with him relentlessly attacking the credibility and the honesty and the integrity of Senator Clinton - of Secretary Clinton.

CAMEROTA: OK, guys, let's talk about -

NUTTER: He doesn't like the system -

CAMEROTA: Hold on, let's talk about another issue -

NUTTER: Change the system.

CAMEROTA: That came up last night, which was about their divergent votes on the Iraq War. As you know, Senator Sanders has been hitting Hillary Clinton because she voted to authorize the Iraq War. So watch this exchange last night.

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SEN. BERNIE SANDERS (D), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: Back in 2002, when we both looked at the same evidence about the wisdom of the war in Iraq, one of us voted the right way, and one of us didn't.

HILARY CLINTON (D), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: A vote in 2002 is not a plan to defeat ISIS. We have to look at the threats that we face right now. And we have to be prepared to take them on and defeat them.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

CAMEROTA: Ben, she's basically saying, that was the past. Let's talk about the future. Do you think she scored a point there?

WIKLER: I think the past informs the future. And the fact remains that on the single most defining foreign policy decision that anyone's made in the last 20 years, Senator Sanders had the right answer. And I think that raises a fundamental question of judgment. I think that's the right call for Senator Sanders to be pointing that out, and I think it informs how people will respond, not just in the crises we see right now, but to crises we can't even imagine. You want to know that the person in that commander in chief's chair is going to use force as a last resort only when necessary.

CAMEROTA: Mayor Nutter, last word.

NUTTER: Yes, that was 14 years ago, and she was a legislator at the time. I've been a legislator, and sometimes you're in a situation where what you would do as the executive and over time your growth, you might actually do something different when you have that power. That's an old issue. We need to move on. ISIS is the new threat to the world, and that's what a presidential candidate and the president need to stay focused on, not a vote from 14 years ago.

[08:35:19] CAMEROTA: Michael Nutter -

NUTTER: Ben, you probably made some decisions 14 years ago that you'd like to change. WIKLER: Fair enough.

CAMEROTA: Ben Wikler, Michael Nutter, thank you for the debate this morning, gentlemen.

And a reminder that we are taking the show on the road again for the New Hampshire primary. Chris and I will be live from the Waterworks Cafe in Manchester on Monday and Tuesday. If you're in the area, be sure to stop by for a cup of coffee and breakfast.

Hey, Chris.

CHRIS CUOMO, CNN ANCHOR: Alisyn, very good job with the two different teams, and you as referee. That's all football talk I'm using there because we're making the transition to the game and the part of the game you love best. Not the Broncos. Not the Panthers. The commercials. We have a preview of the funniest ads, and one that is so poignant, it brought a tear to my joinedest (ph), cynical eye.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: No farmer (ph).

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Raccoons.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: No, beer.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Beer.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

[08:40:04] CAMEROTA: We have some breaking news for you. The Labor Department just releasing the January jobs report. Chief business correspondent Christine Romans is here with the numbers.

What do they look like?

CHRISTINE ROMANS, CNN CHIEF BUSINESS CORRESPONDENT: Well, let me give you the first headline here, and that is the unemployment rate. The unemployment rate now down to 4.9 percent, Alisyn. That is the lowest unemployment rate since February 2008, before the big financial crisis. So that jobless rate ticking lower now and making kind of a milestone here.

Let's look at jobs added, though. We had a very strong end to the year. Remember, with hiring? It slowed a bit in January, 151,000 net new jobs added. You had a drag from energy. You lost energy jobs. Manufacturing has had four or five months of tough going there. But, still, a very strong finish to the year and 151,000 net new jobs created this year.

What I can say overall about this report is a lot of folks were expecting all of those global headwinds to maybe dampen hiring a little bit at the beginning of the year, and that looks like it's happening, but there's still enough hiring to keep pushing the jobless rate low are, Alisyn. CAMEROTA: Thanks so much, Christine.

MICHAELA PEREIRA, CNN ANCHOR: All right, here we go with the five things to know for your NEW DAY. At number one, Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders exchanging fire in their first and only one-on-one debate in New Hampshire. Clinton accusing Sanders of an artful smear for suggesting that she could be bought by political donations.

Meanwhile, Donald Trump says he's moved on from his accusations that Ted Cruz stole the Iowa caucuses and is now instead focusing on New Hampshire. This as Jeb Bush attempts to revive his struggling campaign with the help from his family.

New questions over the e-mail use of former Secretary of State Colin Powell and key staffers of Condoleezza Rice. The State Department inquiry says, like Hillary Clinton, classified communiques were sent to their personal accounts.

Whoo, here it comes, an intense, fast-moving snowstorm causing messy computes this morning for millions in the northeast. That is a live look right outside our studio. The National Weather Service issuing winter storm warnings for parts of Connecticut, Rhode Island and Massachusetts.

Earth, Wind and Fire founder Maurice White dead at the age of 74. He passed away in this sleep Wednesday night at his Los Angeles home. He battled Parkinson's disease for more than two decades and he surely will be missed.

For more on the five things to know, be sure to visit newdaycnn.com.

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(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

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(COMMERCIAL BREAK) [08:47:26] CUOMO: Football music, Super Bowl 50, the big game. Let's get some Bleacher Report check-in with my football fratello, Coy Wire. What do you know about the half time show?

COY WIRE, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, Chris, this year's half time show will be a spectacle, no doubt about it. British band Coldplay is headlining, we know Beyonce will be showing up, and there's also word about potential surprise performers. Now, Coldplay spoke at a news conference yesterday, and lead singer Chris Martin sounded like he's on the campaign trail.

(BEGIN VIDEOCLIP)

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: ... paid. How does it all come together? How did you get it?

CHRIS MARTIN, MUSICIAN: We started in Iowa three years ago.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Have a great day.

(END VIDEOCLIP)

WIRE: Now word is that Martin also said Coldplay hopes to trump all previous half time performances, but that would, if we're talking Iowa, that would mean they would be second best. So, Chris, maybe they said that they'd Cruz to the top of the all time Super Bowl half time performances. Either way, it's going to be a good one, buddy.

CUOMO: I mean, truly, you have an astounding intellect. Thank you for reading the tea leaves, my brother. We'll be doing more in the CNN special that we're going to shoot out here with Dan Marino and it airs tomorrow. We'll tell you more about that in just a second.

But whether you like football or not, you know you love the Super Bowl because of the ads. How much are they this year? What's the return on investment for companies? Which is the best? We're going to give you a real tease of some real tasty Super Bowl commercial treats, and we have the man to do it with us, the CEO of BSSP Advertising, Mr. Greg Stern is with us right now.

GREG STERN, CEO, BSSP ADVERTISING: Hello.

CUOMO: Thank you very much.

STERN: Thanks.

CUOMO: Now, your firm did the MINI Cooper ad which is getting a lot of hype, but I'm not here just to , you know, blow the whistle for your particular client. We'll get to them in a second, obviously, but how much are the ads this year and what does the company get for that?

STERN: They say that the average price for an ad is about 4, 4.5, maybe up to $5 million. It all depends on....

CUOMO: For 30 seconds. STERN: ... negotiation and what you get with it. What you get with it is a massive audience. This is one of the last live broadcast events where people can reach -- advertisers can reach a massive audience. We just did a survey with a company called Serbabda (ph). 61 percent of the people who responded to the survey who intend to watch the Super Bowl said that the ads make the Super Bowl more fun. They're watching the game for the ads as much.

CUOMO: I believe that. The theatricality of them has really gone up. So, sell me on the MINI cooper. Not the car, the ad and concept behind it.

STERN: Well, in selling you on the concept I will sell you on the car as well. MINI has a wide range of models now. It's a family car. It's more powerful than people expect it to be.

CUOMO: Can you and I, guys our size, fit in them now?

STERN: I've been driving MINI coopers for the last 10 years.

CUOMO: Of course you have.

STERN: I'm on my fourth. Yes, of course I have. And I have a family, so yes. Yes is the answer to that.

[08:50:15] A lot of people have had misperceptions about MINI Cooper. A lot of people have, you know, thought things, that it's a small car it's an under performing car. So, we've taken that on its head with a campaign called defy labels. We've taken Serena Williams, Randy Johnson.

CUOMO: Alec Baldwin.

STERN: Tony Hawk. Alec Baldwin is not in our ad.

CUOMO: Oh, he's not?

STERN: No, he's not, but thank you.

CUOMO: They gave us that - they gave it to me.

STERN: No, Harvey Keitel is in our ad and we've taken all of these celebrities...

CUOMO: Same thing.

STERN: ... athletes, Alec Baldwin/ Harvey Keitel? Okay.

CUOMO: Willem Dafoe?

STERN: Dafoe is not in our ad either.

CUOMO: Oh, so he just must be in an ad. See, that's right.

STERN: These are other...

CUOMO: He plays Marilyn Monroe.

STERN: Correct.

CUOMO: I got you, I got you.

STERN: Those are celebrities that are in other ads.

CUOMO: So, what are you doing with them?

STERN: They are talking about how they have defied labels through their career.

CUOMO: Oh, cool.

STERN: So, this is the interesting thing about Super Bowl advertising, it's not just a 30-second ad within the game. There is long form videos that people are seeking out and looking at in social media before the game., they're talking about it during the game and after the game as well.

CUOMO: Multilevel strategy now employed...

STERN: Exactly. Before, during and after.

CUOMO: ... to try and monazite the up front costs. Got you. The Intuit. So, Intuit does this contest, the person who wins it gets to advertise at the Super Bowl for their own company. The guys who win, Death Wish Coffee...

STERN: Right.

CUOMO: ... wins. If you want to play a little of their ad. What a huge opportunity for a company that would never have the kind of capital to do something like this. What's your take?

(BEGIN VIDEOCLIP)

STERN (voice-over): Well, I think Intuit gets a lot of credit because they're positioning themselves to help small businesses with their products. They are helping this small business in the ultimate way by giving them a vehicle on the Super Bowl to advertise.

(END VIDEOCLIP)

STERN (on camera): Very, very small business, small product, more exposure than they could ever get otherwise.

CUOMO: Now, the one that really got me, what do you make of this Audi ad? So interesting, what we've seen in this evolution of mentioning the product less and less and letting the imagery kind of empower the sale.

This one is about the aging astronaut as a father, the John Glenn motif of everything...

STERN: Sure. CUOMO: ... that was going on on the moon., and then the son introduces this rocket ship of a car. It really is poignant. What do you think of that play?

STERN: Well, very poignant, very emotional. John Glenn, national hero. He finds more excitement in the Audi than, you know, as much as he found when he was blasting off from Earth. So you know, very effective emotional play.

CUOMO: How powerful is it to play on someone's heart strings when trying to sell a product?

STERN: In the Super Bowl you have animals, you have celebrities, you have emotion and you have humor. We did a little look back and we found that looking at Gallup, evaluating the mood of the country, the Super Bowl -- tone of super bowl ads reflected the tone of the country.

So, when we got into the great recession, everything was toned down a little bit. We saw patriotism, we saw family values. As things got better with the economy, humor came back, but even the humor was more subdued, wasn't the frat boy humor that we would see with the previous beer advertising. Now that's coming back because the mood of the nation has lightened up.

CUOMO: Lightened up. That's some word to use in light of what we're seeing with the election right now. Greg Stern, thank you so much. It's so good to get inside the mind of those who make these commercials.

STERN: Thanks very much, appreciate it.

CUOMO: Good luck with your ad.

A quick programming note for you , I'm not just out here in California to talk about commercials, nor just to talk about Super Bowl 50 in the remote. We're here to do a special. We're going to be with the hall of fame quarterback Dan Marino. Our special is called Kickoff By The Bay. We're going to give you an all-access look at what's going to happen at Levi's Stadium, 2:30 p.m. Eastern tomorrow on CNN. Check it out.

We'll be right back after this.

(COMMERCIAL BREAK)

[08:57:29] PEREIRA: We are telling the stories of some of the most inspiring and heroic police officers around the nation. In Chicago, two officers went above and beyond the call of duty to save an 11- month-old baby who had been shot, even though they broke department policy. Our Ryan Young has their story.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: It was very chaotic. When we first arrived, had to be about 100 people out on the street screaming, yelling, people crying.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: A child was shot.

JOHN CONNEELY, CHICAGO POLICE OFFICER: We had a person shot over here, we had somebody shot over here, we had somebody shot over here. The neighborhood going crazy. The woman ran up to us with the baby saying this baby has been shot.

UNIDENFITIED FEMALE: How old is it?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Approximately between 1 and 2 years old.

RYAN YOUNG, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Obviously it just kind of hits you in the heart.

MICHAEL MODZELEWSKI, CHICAGO POLICE OFFICER: It does. At that point, you know, we examined the baby. You know, we found it to have been shot. It's -- an unreal feeling. It's -- borderline helplessness.

YOUNG (voice-over): The officers broke a department policy, opting to rush 11-month-old Princeton Chew to the hospital instead of waiting for an ambulance.

MODZELEWSKI: When we first saw that child, I mean, we kind of looked at each other and instinctively we're just like, we have to go. Let's go. At that time my partner, Officer Canneely, took the keys, you know, from me and I got behind the wheel. I got in the back seat, cradling the baby and putting pressure on his wound.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The child shot in my car. We're going to the hospital with him right now.

YOUNG: The ride, some nine miles long, a race against time. Princeton's pregnant mother and grandmother were also shot multiple times. They didn't survive.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I also then called ahead to the hospital to tell them to get us - get ready because we were coming in hot, so to speak.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Let them know we're coming in with a 1-year-old with a gunshot wound to the lower left side.

CONNEELY: When I pulled up, I immediately got out of the car, I opened the door for Officer Modzelewski who had the baby. Officer Modzelewski immediately ran into the emergency room with me right behind him and handed off to the emergency personnel.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Let me know when you hand the baby off to the person there.

MODZELEWSKI: It's a good feeling knowing that the actions that you took, you know, potentially saved the child's life, but then again, on the other end of the spectrum, it's tragic because there was a loss of life.

YOUNG: Princeton survived and is now being raised by family, all thanks to the efforts of two officers whose split-second actions likely saved his life.

CONNEELY: I noticed after a few days, just in some of the interaction with the community, the people that we didn't even know just coming up to us saying, thank you, thank you for -- for what you did.

YOUNG: Ryan Young, CNN, Chicago.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

CAMEROTA: What an incredible story. We bring you those every Friday.

PEREIRA: Fantastic.

CAMEROTA: "NEWSROOM" with Carol Costello begins right now.

PEREIRA: Happy Friday.

CAMEROTA: Hey, Carol.

CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: Thanks so much. Have a great weekend. "NEWSROOM" starts now.