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The Fed Chief, Janet Yellen, Testifies To Congress Today About The Economy; Hillary Clinton And Bernie Sanders Getting Ready For Their Latest Debate Tonight In Milwaukee; Trump Turning Up His Attacks On Bernie Sanders And Hillary Clinton While His Republican Opponents Gang Up On Him; The Oregon Refuge Standoff May Soon Be Over; The U.S. Senate United In Its Response To North Korea's Nuclear Activity; The Justice Department Is Suing Ferguson, Missouri To Implement Changes Within That City's Police Department; Cruise Passengers Speak Out About Sailing Into Storm. Aired 8:30-9a ET
Aired February 11, 2016 - 08:30 ET
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[08:32:06] CHRIS CUOMO, CNN HOST OF "NEW DAY": It is time for CNN "Money Now." Chief Business Correspondent Christine Romans is in our money center. You can see by my tone very foreboding. Your Wall Street friends are on a seesaw. Which way does it seem to tip today?
CHRISTINE ROMANS, CNN CHIEF BUSINESS CORRESPONDENT: It is no seesaw. It is just down. Down, a dramatic global stock market, Chris. It is underway. It is about to hit here. Plunging oil is to blame. Crude now trading below $27 a barrel. Dow futures down nearly 300 points. The Dow is at a four-day losing streak right now and this could be five.
Big losses in Europe and Asia. If you bought stocks at any point this year, chances are you are losing money. The Dow and S&P, both down more than 13 percent from recent highs. The NASDAQ even worse, down 18 percent. That means it is very close to a bear market.
The Fed Chief, Janet Yellen, she testifies to congress today about the economy. Yesterday, she told lawmakers with global stock market turmoil was a risk to U.S. growth to look for big selling today. Michaela.
MICHAELA PEREIRA, CNN CO-HOST OF "NEW DAY": We are going to lead on you extra today, Christine. Thank you so much.
All right, time now for the five things to know for your "New Day." At number one, Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders getting ready for their latest debate tonight in Milwaukee. Clinton trying to stop Sanders momentum after his strong win in New Hampshire. The PBS News Hour Democratic Presidential Debate will be simulcast right here on CNN on your local PBS station tonight 9:00 eastern.
Meanwhile Donald Trump and his six remaining GOP rivals are on to South Carolina. Trump turning up his attacks on Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton while his republican opponents gang up on him. The Oregon refuge standoff may soon be over. Four remaining
occupiers saying during a live web stream, they are prepared to surrender this morning. The U.S. Senate united in its response to North Korea's nuclear activity voting 96 to nothing on the bill to enhance sanctions against Pyongyang. The house passed its version last month.
And, the justice department is suing Ferguson, Missouri to implement changes within that city's police department. This after the city council rejected an agreed upon plan to wreck policies earlier this week.
And, you can always get more on the five things by visiting NewDayCNN.com. Chris.
CUOMO: All right. Thank you. Next, after a big loss in New Hampshire, Hillary Clinton supporters say she is going to change her game. What would that mean in the big debate tonight? And, what can she do to court a group that was seen as a lock women voters?
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HILLARY CLINTON, (D) PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: It is still the case that there are challenges and obstacles to young women's ambitions. And, I am going to try to break the highest and hardest glass ceiling. I hope it splinters completely.
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CUOMO: Hillary Clinton saying she is trying to break the highest, hardest glass ceiling, but women in New Hampshire overwhelmingly supported Senator Bernie Sanders. Why is Clinton struggling to connect with women?
Let us discuss with Congressman Joyce Beatty of Ohio. She is supporting Hillary Clinton for President. Congressman, good to have you on the show this morning. How do you see this situation?
REP. JOYCE BEATTY, (D) OHIO, CONGRESSWOMAN: Well, thank you. I am really excited to be here and I am equally as excited to be a Hillary supporter. I think what we are going to see in March and April will be entirely different than what we have been seeing. We all know that January and February are exciting times. But when we look at the delegates and we look at the number of delegates who are going to come out for Hillary, she is the experienced candidate.
She is the one when you really start thinking about who can really serve in the office, who can really deal with all of the tough issues. And, I am very confident that women will have her back, as we go into South Carolina and Nevada and then certainly as we get into March, the 20-some caucuses and primaries, that elect more than 55 percent of the delegates.
CUOMO: Congressman, change requires a catalyst. What do you believe Hillary Clinton can do to shift the dynamic from what we just saw in New Hampshire, which is where she lost by a healthy margin, women, and young women by a huge margin.
[08:40:00] REP. BEATTY: I think you will see different dynamics as we get into some of the southern states. Some of the states that are more diverse and more reflective of the Democratic Party, as a matter of fact, more reflective of the America that we live in.
I think you are going to see delegates who are going to get really serious about it is now time for us to decide who has the experience, who can talk about all of the tough decisions and do more than that; who can implement them; who will represent us best.
And, I think you will see that with African-American supporters. I think you will see that with women. And, I also think that you will see millennial getting behind Hillary. We think that the last two caucuses are reflective of what we will see in March and April, absolutely not.
CUOMO: Why not?
REP. BEATTY: Well, as a matter of fact, it was really a tie. When you look at the number of delegates, 15-15. Certainly, Bernie did well and picked up more votes because of the margin that he had of voters there in the caucus. But look, they only represent 4 percent of the delegates? I will say to you, let us see what March brings us. And, I think we are going to be right on target with Hillary Clinton out front.
CUOMO: Well, you must be surprised by what has happened thus far. And, when you analyze it, you understand this system so well. What has not gone to plan so far for Hillary Clinton?
REP. BEATTY: Well, I do not know that I was that surprised what happened at the last caucus. I think I was more pleased that the delegates and the super delegates who understand what is at stake, who understand that Hillary is the person that can represent us.
Look, she has served the nation well. When she was young and a law school graduate, she was right there in the trenches working with Marian Wright Edelman. She was the first lady who really talked about initiatives, healthcare, and look at where we are now.
I do not need to tell you as a senate, as the United States Senate, she was a go-to person. And, then running for president, she has learned a lot. I think you are going to be able to see her deal with the tough issues that she is going to have to deal with to gain that support, and women are going to be there. And, not just because we are women.
I support Hillary Clinton because she is experienced. I support her because she is intelligent and she has the background to do what we need in the next president and to continue all of those great things that President Barack Obama has done that has certainly propelled this country.
CUOMO: How big a mistake was it to have Gloria Steinem out there and even Secretary Albright, although I think that context has been taken a little distorted a bit? But, those kinds of statements somewhat shaming women if they are not for Hillary Clinton? A mistake?
REP. BEATTY: Well, let me just say it was a different twist. I think we have to look at what some of us are saying. I embrace millennials. I worked -- and I have worked at the four-year institution where young folks, some of the talented folks that we have. I think it is what Hillary says that is more important.
And, she said, while she did not gain the numbers she wanted of young people, young women, she is still for them. And, I think that is what resonates with women. And, I think you are going to see a lot of younger women getting more educated, more aware. I like the excitement of the young folks.
I like that young people are rallying because they are excited. And, I think when they start really dealing with what it takes to be president and beyond the rhetoric. I think we can all come and say, "Oh, I am going to give you this." I could make a top ten list of all the things that I want to be free but at the end of the day, she is going to be there supporting them on reducing college tuition.
She is going to be there making sure that those who are 26 and under still get to get their healthcare and be on their parent's insurance. So, there is a lot of things. When you look at African- American men and women and young men and women, she is there looking at reforming the criminal justice system. She has all of the things, not just the initiatives, but the resolve. And, that is what is more important I think.
CUOMO: Well, we certainly see that there is an enthusiasm out there with young people. Just that right now, it is gathered around Senator Sanders. So, we will see how that changes if it does at all in dynamic.
REP. BEATTY: Oh, I think we are going to see some changes Chris.
CUOMO: All right. Congresswoman, thank you very much for joining us on NEW DAY.
REP. BEATTY: Thank you.
CUOMO: Mick.
PEREIRA: All right, Chris. Imagine the relief -- Hundreds of cruise ship passengers are feeling now they are being back on land after they endured. One passenger called it a vacation from hell; rocked by 30-foot waves, hurricane-forced winds. Two passengers on that journey join us next to tell us what it was like.
PEREIRA: Rocked by 30 foot waves, hurricane forced winds. Two passengers join us to tell us what it was like.
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PEREIRA: Wow. After several harrowing days at sea, Royal Caribbean's Anthem of the Seas is now safely docked to New Jersey in calm waters. That ship ran into a ferocious storm in the Atlantic. They encountered hundred mile per hour winds, 30 foot waves, causing that ship to lift so much that passengers were ordered to stay in their rooms.
Two of those passengers who were on that ship join us now. Asher and Charlotte Lipman. This is Charlotte. She is -- got quite a story to tell. Asher, you guys just got back last night.
ASHER LIPMAN, PASSENGER ON ANTHEM OF THE SEAS: We just got back last night.
PEREIRA: This was supposed to be a daddy/daughter trip, right, for someone's birthday.
CHARLOTTE LIPMAN, PASSENGER ON ANTHEM OF THE SEAS: For my birthday.
PEREIRA: For your birthday in the Caribbean. It was supposed to be an eight day trip. When did you know trouble was coming?
A. LIPMAN: We knew about a day in when the captain announced everyone to go back to their cabin.
C. LIPMAN: During the musical.
PEREIRA: During the musical. So you didn't get to see the musical. But was the -- Were the seas heavy up until that point?
A. LIPMAN: You know, they were a little bit but nothing out of the ordinary.
PEREIRA: Did it concern you when the captain ordered you to your room?
A. LIPMAN: That started to be a little concerning.
PEREIRA: Okay. Were you scared at that point or you're thinking, okay, we'll just do what the adults say?
C. LIPMAN: I wasn't that scared because I wasn't sure what was going to happen so like, oh this is cool, let's stay in the room and wash cartoons.
PEREIRA: Right. So she's busy watching cartoons, you've got some food in the mini bar that kept you quite happy. But then you started to get concerned when?
[08:50:02] A. LIPMAN: Well the captain kept announcing it is two hours, three hours, and then the information stopped. And the seas were getting worse. You could see the wind. You could hear the wind. The boat was rocking. It was creaking. And there was a lack of information. And it was getting dark.
PEREIRA: That is when it gets scary.
A. LIPMAN: And it got scary.
PEREIRA: Well I want to read actually a line that you wrote. Your wife, we should point out, is a producer here in CNN and you were able to get this e-mail off to her. You said, "Really, really scary. It is pitch black except for a few spotlights on the ship. I've never been so scared. The captain says everything is okay but I'm not sure I believe him." You literally -- a little line later, you say, "I have an emergency plan all laid out in my head how to get to the muster station." Did it get bad enough that you didn't think you were going to make it out?
A. LIPMAN: It was frightening and there was no information and what was even more concerning that there were no life vests in the cabin. They were all in the muster station.
C. LIPMAN: Which is like four floors down and then you have to wind through.
PEREIRA: But you knew where they were, so that was a good sign.
A. LIPMAN: We know where we were.
PEREIRA: You guys have rehearsed that.
A. LIPMAN: We know where we were. And it kind of brought me back to a 9/11 flashback and it's obviously not 9/11. But the whole decision of do you stay where you do, or do you go?
PEREIRA: Do you trust the authorities or do you go your own way?
A. LIPMAN: Exactly.
PEREIRA: Okay. So at that point, it's -- how many hours of this going on and on? How long did it feel like to you?
C. LIPMAN: Umm, three days.
PEREIRA: So like three days.
C. LIPMAN: But it was like 15 hours.
PEREIRA: But you were having fun. Because you're a little bit of a dare devil, dad says.
C. LIPMAN: Yeah.
PEREIRA: You were having fun. You weren't scared at all?
C. LIPMAN: Well, I was kind of scared but it was fun. Since we saw "The Intern," which I didn't see over the summer.
PEREIRA: So you were watching the movie. So you were having a good time.
C. LIPMAN: Yeah.
PEREIRA: Did dad look worried at all?
C. LIPMAN: Yeah, he did. Because like the waves crashed onto the terrace. And he was sitting on the bed. So he -- he like pulled, he liked picked up the covers and put it over my head and say stay still, don't move.
PEREIRA: How long did you stay that way?
A. LIPMAN: It was awhile.
C. LIPMAN: Five minutes.
A. LIPMAN: It was --
PEREIRA: When did things finally start to calm down?
A. LIPMAN: Not until the next morning.
PEREIRA: You had to go through the night like that?
A. LIPMAN: It was the night.
C. LIPMAN: And I couldn't sleep. Dad couldn't sleep either.
PEREIRA: No, I can't imagine that you would. So at that point were they in communication with you again? Did you get a chance to check out what -- how bad the damage was around the boat?
A. LIPMAN: Not till next morning. And you walked around and it was devastating.
PEREIRA: And we understand there were some minor injuries, but mostly everybody seemed likely shaken up, but not injured?
A. LIPMAN: We didn't see any injuries but I'm sure there were some. There had to be some. It was --Things were flying. Tables were flying. Chairs.
PEREIRA: Well we understand the NTSB wants to launch an investigation into why this captain, who knew there was a storm, a bad storm coming, why he decided to try to beat the storm. What do you think about that?
A. LIPMAN: Why he tried to beat the storm?
PEREIRA: Yeah. What are your thoughts?
A. LIPMAN: Maybe he thought he was on "Deadliest Catch?" I don't know.
PEREIRA: Did it seem like a good idea to you?
A. LIPMAN: Seemed like a really bad idea.
PEREIRA: Think you are going to go on a cruise again, little Miss Charlotte?
C. LIPMAN: Yeah.
PEREIRA: Do you think dad is going to go with you?
C. LIPMAN: I don't know.
PEREIRA: I don't know, huh. All right. Well you are quite a lady and you have a whole lot of personality. I like you a lot, Charlotte. Asher, thanks so much for coming in.
A. LIPMAN: Thank you.
PEREIRA: I'm so sorry you guys had to go through this. I think maybe a Disneyland vacation next year for you. Okay? How about that?
C. LIPMAN: Yeah.
PEREIRA: My goodness. John, Chris, quite a story they have to tell.
JOHN BERMAN, CNN HOST: So -- You know, she seems like she would be a lot of fun to hang out with.
PEREIRA: I know!
BERMAN: Even on a cruise ship in rough seas.
PEREIRA: I got a new bestie.
BERMAN: All right. Thanks so much.
All right. Bernie Sanders going viral, but not because of his campaign. Some news anchors flubbed his last name and the internet loves it. CNN's Jeanne Moos has her take on Bernie Sanders' new nickname. That's next.
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[08:57:19] BERMAN: If you've been watching CNN, you might have heard that Bernie Sanders won the New Hampshire primary, but he did not only win the primary, he scored a couple of new nicknames thanks to a pair of news anchors who were either hungry or dreamy of the breach/
CNN's Jeanne Moos has more on the "Bernie bloopers" taking over the internet.
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JEANNE MOOS, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): It's a pretty easy name to say.
WHOOPI GOLDBERG, TELEVISION HOST, "THE VIEW": Bernie Sanders.
MOOS: Which makes a minor slip of the tongue by MSNBC anchor Chris Hayes all the more delicious. CHRIS HAYES, HOST, MSNBC: Railing against pharmaceutical companies and
the like. And Bernie sandwiches -- Sanders' message from the beginning.
MOOS: May I please have a second helping.
HAYES: And Bernie sandwiches --
MOOS: Next thing you know everyone was making Bernie sandwiches. Bernie and corn beef. Bernie on toast. Bernie between buns. Holding a sandwich aloft. Pulling one out of his pocket. #BernieSandwiches unleash tweets like "feel the heartbern" and comments like "Bernie Sandwiches. That's his mafia name."
As for Chris Hayes...
HAYES: Bernie sandwiches.
MOOS: He tweeted, "In my defense I was literally watching people being served dinner when I said Bernie sandwiches."
MOOS (on camera): And as if "Bernie sandwiches" wasn't enough for one election night, another anchor put her foot in her mouth.
MOOS (voice-over): Though Megyn Kelly's blooper on Fox News wasn't quite so mouth-watering.
MEGYN KELLY, HOST, FOX NEWS: On the Democratic side, Bernie sandal -- Sanders. Sandals could catch on in the summer months.
MOOS: It's already caught on, Megyn.
KELLY: Bernie sandal.
MOOS: The Bernie sandwich likewise already exists. "Food and Wine" magazine created sandwiches to represent various candidates. Hillary's sandwich was a Subway sandwich.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: A little bit of everything and anything anyone could ever want on it it will agree to put under that bread.
MOOS: While Bernie's was a Vietnamese sandwich. Spicy and obscure.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Your hipster friends are going to tell you about it.
MOOS: Even Chelsea Clinton once misspoke while bringing up Bernie.
CHELSEA CLINTON, DAUGHTER OF HILLARY CLINTON: If President Sanders -- Excuse me -- Senator Sanders, I hope not President Sanders.
MOOS: Yeah, well how about "President Bernie Sandwiches?"
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: (Chanting) Sandwich! Sandwich! Sandwich!
MOOS: Jeanne Moos, CNN. (END VIDEOTAPE)
PEREIRA: You both want a sandwich now, don't you?
BERMAN: I am kind of hungry.
PEREIRA: I figured to would.
BERMAN: I am kind of hungry. I just think -- You know, I feel for these because I've said much worse.
PEREIRA: I know. Oh, we all have.
BERMAN: On TV by mistake.
PEREIRA: Yes.
BERMAN: I long to say sandwich. I yearn to screw up like that because that's nothing.
PEREIRA: Like sandal. That's not so bad.
CUOMO: There is something more delicious, though, when it happens to somebody else. That's for sure.
PEREIRA: Isn't it?
BERMAN: A little bit.
PEREIRA: Glass house and all that, right? Whew hoo hoo. All right I guess that is it for us.
BERMAN: Yeah.
CUOMO: Time for the "NEWSROOM" with Carol cookies and milk.
PEREIRA: Okay. That's --
CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: I don't even know what that means so I'll just skip over that.
CUOMO: It's positive. You can skip over it by the way.
COSTELLO: But you guys have a great day.
PEREIRA: You, too.
COSTELLO: See you later. "NEWSROOM" starts now.
