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Search Warrant Identifies Prince's Doctor; Rubio on Trump: I Intend to Support Republican Nominee; Exit Polls: West Virginia Voters Concerned About Economy. Aired 6:30-7a ET

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[06:30:01] CHRIS CUOMO, CNN ANCHOR: At least 64 people dead, 87 hurt in a car bombing at a market in a mainly Shiite neighborhood of Sadr City. ISIS has claimed responsibility for this attack.

We're staying on top of the story. Information is just coming in. All the numbers I just told you are going to be early numbers. So, we'll give you more as we confirm it.

JOHN BERMAN, CNN ANCHOR: Really renewed tension in that country right now.

Also breaking, two people killed in a Boston suburb after a bloody stabbing spree. Police say the suspect, 28-year-old Arthur de Rosa from Taunton, Massachusetts, stabbed an 80-year-old woman and wounded her daughter, apparently some kind of car accident outside their house first.

He then stabbed four more inside a shopping mall restaurant, killing a 56-year-old man. An off-duty sheriff who happened to be at the scene ended the spree by shooting and killing the suspect.

ALISYN CAMEROTA, CNN ANCHOR: Goodness.

Well, there's also new developments to tell you about in the death of music star Prince. A search warrant revealing the name of the Minnesota doctor treating him. According to a sworn statement Dr. Michael Schulenberg visited Prince's Paisley Park Estate to deliver test results the very morning that Prince died.

CNN Sara Sidner is live in Minnesota with more.

What have you learned, Sara?

SARA SIDNER, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Alisyn, we took a look at that document, and it was filed on May 6th. And it was also granted, and what they were looking for, the investigators at the hospital, they were looking for charts, documents, any kind of medical records, prescriptions, and even images of Prince Rogers Nelson's body.

And we know this was granted, because the judge took a look at what investigators wanted to get out of this and here's what the judge said about granting this search warrant on May 6th. He said, "The property above described constitutes evidence which tends to show a crime has been committed or tends to show that a particular person has committed a crime." And that it was the reasoning behind approving that search warrant.

The warrant notes that Dr. Schulenberg was interviewed at 10:57 a.m., that is the day Prince died, just after he died, just after he died, which gives the indication that he was third person that was in the area who found Prince's body inside of the elevator here at Paisley Park. It also says that investigators learned that the Dr. Schulenberg had treated Prince a couple of times before he died, including doing tests on him the day before he died.

Now, we tried to talk to the doctor. We also went to the hospital to try to get comment. The hospital says Dr. Schulenberg no longer works there and we have not been able to get comment from him himself -- Alisyn.

CAMEROTA: Thanks so much, Sara.

CUOMO: Very complicated situation. We know that his friends, fans and family members want them to get to the bottom of it. The more we learn, the more cloudy gets. We'll stay on it.

All right. Coming up next, a CNN exclusive for you: Marco Rubio making his first public comments since the senator dropped out of the race. He set this interview up. He had something he wanted to say. But watch what happens when Jake Tapper asks him the obvious question about Trump -- next.

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[06:37:04] CUOMO: Florida Senator Marco Rubio sounding off on his once bitter rival Donald Trump. Rubio talking candidly, kind of, with CNN's Jake Tapper in his first interview since dropping out of the race. He talks about Trump the success, the nasty tone of the campaign and then there's the big ticket. Will he support the presumptive Republican nominee? What did he say?

Watch.

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SEN. MARCO RUBIO (R), FLORIDA: Here what I'm not going to do over the next six months and sit there and just be taking shots at him. He obviously wasn't my first choice because I was running for president. He has won the nomination and now he deserves the opportunity to go out and make his case to the American people and that's what he's going to do.

I don't view my role over the next six months to sit here and level charges against him. I know what I said during the campaign, enunciated those repeatedly and voters chose a different direction. I stand by the things that I said, but I'm not going to sit here now and become his chief critic over the next six months because he deserves the opportunity to go forth and make his argument and try to win.

TAPPER: I interviewed Speaker Ryan Thursday as you probably saw. He said he couldn't endorse Donald Trump right now. Is that what you're saying or, no, that's -- RUBIO: The difference between Speaker Ryan and myself is I ran for

president. I signed a pledge, put my name on it, and I said I would support the Republican nominee, and that's what I intend to do.

TAPPER: I understand that, but it does seem like you're trying to walk this --

RUBIO: It's a very unique situation, and I understand --

TAPPER: Are you going to vote for him?

RUBIO: Well, as I said, I'm going to support the Republican nominee.

TAPPER: No, you're going to abide by your pledge, but when you go into the privacy of the voting booth --

RUBIO: I intend to support the Republican nominee.

TAPPER: You just got back from a trip to Iraq, Turkey and Qatar, what did you see there? And what is the next president going to face?

I know you don't support Hillary Clinton and I know you don't support the foreign policy world view of Donald Trump, what you said in the past. What are they going to be facing and what, either one up to job in your view?

RUBIO: Well, first of all, it's a difficult job no matter who espouses -- who holds it and particularly true six months from now for two different reasons. In the case of Iraq, it's not the just the fight on ISIS. I believe ultimately ISIS will be defeated military but something will rise to replace it, because the fundamental ingredients that led to the rise of ISIS remain.

In the case of Syria, it is a brutal dictator in Bashar al Assad who is literally massacring people as we speak and has done soap for the better part of six years.

TAPPER: Do you think Mr. Trump is up for the task?

RUBIO: Sure, I would hope so. For the sake of our country, I believe he could. I mean, obviously, with the right people around him could make the right decisions with regards to that.

Obviously, look, in fairness, and obviously as I've stated, my differences, but in fairness, he hasn't held public office before. Some of these issues he's learning for the first time.

My sense is that as he'll learn more about them, the way our nominee should and a president will, he'll have more information upon which to make decisions in these issues.

TAPPER: Does he need to change his tone? Does he need --

RUBIO: Look, I think it would make it easier for him to get elected if he did. But, ultimately, he's going to -- my sense is he is going to continue to be who he is and that's who the Republican voters nominated and I respect that decision, although obviously it wasn't the one I wanted.

[06:40:03] TAPPER: As a prominent Cuban-American, one of the other concerns that has been voiced by other Republican Latinos is comments that Mr. Trump has made about Latinos, specifically about Mexicans. I believe you might have seen his Cinco de Mayo tweet, in which he was seemingly trying to make amends, a picture of him with a taco bowl saying I love Hispanics.

Is that going to be enough?

RUBIO: A tweet? No. I mean, of course not.

TAPPER: What does he need to do to win at least 24, 25 percent of Latino voters?

RUBIO: Yes. Look, I think that like any campaign, Hispanic Americans, first of all, are a diverse group. This notion that there is a Hispanic American bloc that votes monolith is inaccurate.

Second, I think they care about the issues all Americans care about. They're worried about ISIS. They're worried about our safety and security. They're worried about the economy. They're worried about the stagnation of wages. You have to address all of those issues.

There is no doubt that for any group in this country, tone and temperament matters. And that's why I've expressed my reservations about it in the past. So, we'll see what happens over the next few months.

TAPPER: You would never serve as his vice president if he asks?

RUBIO: No. He needs to appoint someone to be his vice president's nominee that more fully embraces the things he stands for.

TAPPER: Meaning, no, you're not interested.

RUBIO: Absolutely. And again, to be frank, I mean, I've never had those conversations with anyone in his campaign. So I'm not saying that anyone has offered it to me or even suggested it for me. I'm just saying to you that I believe he would be best served by someone who more fully embraces the things he stands for, and that is certainly not me.

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CAMEROTA: OK. He's still processing this, out loud.

CUOMO: Boy, he's in a jam.

CAMEROTA: He is. To thread that needle publicly is very hard.

CUOMO: As John has been saying, you always answer the question based on what your ultimate goal is. If your goal is appease people right now he'd say one thing. If his goal is years from now.

CAMEROTA: To be president, he'd say, what? BERMAN: It is not a coincidence that Paul Ryan, Marco Rubio and Ted

Cruz held dramatic interviews to position themselves on the issue of Donald Trump. These guys are all looking over their shoulders at each other thinking about 2020.

And if you look at their positions, they're all different. Right? Paul Ryan is not there yet. Marco Rubio is there only because I signed a pledge.

CAMEROTA: Half heartily.

BERMAN: And Ted Cruz, I'm not there at all.

CAMEROTA: Yes.

CUOMO: It's interesting. John was making a metaphor effect that, will this be the decision that in 2020 they're all looking back, where were you? Who was the most for Trump? Who was the least against Trump?

CAMEROTA: Hard to know, without a crystal ball, what the decision is then. But we will explore that. It was a decisive primary win for Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders last night. Very interesting exit polling, explains what voters there were looking for. So we'll tell you what mattered most, when NEW DAY continues.

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[06:46:46] BERMAN: Primary voters in West Virginia offering more than just their preference for president. There was general concern about the economy, a response to Hillary Clinton's comments about miners, even some optimism emerging about united Republican Party.

Chief business correspondent, star of "EARLY START", Christine Romans, is here, with deciding factors in the exit poll.

CHRISTINE ROMANS, CNN CHIEF BUSINESS CORRESPONDENT: Good morning again, John.

West Virginia reflects a primary season economic anxiety on steroids. Second highest jobless rate, second lowest household income in the country, 92 percent of Democraticvoters,92 percent, worried about the economy -- the economy not friendly territory for Hillary Clinton.

Bernie Sanders carrying virtually every category of voters concerned about jobs, income, health care. His populist message on trade resonating there, 53 percent of Democrats say international trade is a job killer. Only 35 percent say trade creates American jobs and Clinton and Sanders split that group.

About a third of Democratic voters identify as coal industry households. Of those, Clinton registers just 29 percent of that vote. Hardly a surprise, really, after saying her policies on the environment and clean energy would put a lot of coal miners and companies out of business. West Virginia voters unmoved by her attempt to walk that back. For Republicans, another win for Donald Trump as he pivots now towards

the general election. Fifty-nine percent of Republican primary voters in West Virginia say it's very likely Trump would beat Hillary Clinton. Another 28 percent say it's somewhat likely.

Seventy-four percent would be excited ob optimistic if Trump is elected president. Just 23 percent concerned or scared. All an improvement from earlier in the primary season. You can see, state after state, Republican primary voters are warming to Donald Trump.

Now, after a bruising primary season we asked what voters think of the Republican Party. The majority say it is divided now, but will unite. About a third say it will remain divided.

Chris, I can tell you that Donald Trump's economic message resonated in West Virginia among Democrats and Republicans, frankly.

CUOMO: I think we're going to see that as the main issue everywhere. The question is, which set of ideas to address it is going to take the most hold?

All right. We have some new developments to tell you about in the death investigation of pop superstar Prince. Federal and local authorities now know who the doctor is that was treating him before his death. What does this mean in terms of what happened? What did they find at the estate? New information, ahead.

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[06:52:51] BERMAN: All right. New details emerging in the death investigation of music icon Prince. The DEA and local sheriff's office executing a search warrant at Prince's Paisley Park estate has authorities now know which doctor was treating him before his death.

Joining us now, addiction expert and the author of "Craving: Why We Can't Seem to Get Enough," Dr. Omar Manejwala, and former FBI assistant director and CNN law enforcement analyst, Tom Fuentes.

Tom, I want to start with you.

You know, nearly two weeks after the death of Prince and we saw officers rushing into Paisley Park yesterday. What are they looking for?

TOM FUENTES, SENIOR LAW ENFORCEMENT ANALYST: Well, I think, John, they need to look again and see if there's any other evidence that either this doctor prescribed, had additional prescriptions at the scene, or other doctors may have been also supplying prescriptions to Prince, or Prince's people, to enable him to have an almost daily supply for a long period of time.

And one of the most dangerous things about these drugs are that you're not supposed to take them more than five to seven days, maybe, as many experts say, and if he was taking it on an almost daily basis, like it was a vitamin pill, that could be very dangerous. They'll want to know how much the doctors knew and how many doctors were supplying these drugs.

BERMAN: So, things like bottles, things like prescriptions, documents, could be at the house. What about the search warrant they issued for the doctors' offices, doctors named reported now by the "L.A. Times" and "Star Tribune" in Minneapolis. Dr. Michael Todd Schulenberg, a arrant issues for his office.

What are they looking for there?

FUENTES: Well, same thing. I think they'd be looking there for evidence of how many prescriptions he would have issued, how many times either Prince or someone close to Prince went to that doctor's office, you know, on his visitors' schedule.

I think that's part of what they'd be looking at and whether he has a pattern with other patients of prescribing extensive amounts of these drugs.

BERMAN: So, Doctor, the other news we got, again, from the "L.A. Times" and the "Star Tribune" this doctor, Dr. Michael Schulenberg, he was at the scene the day that Prince died.

[06:55:01] Apparently went there to give Prince some kind of test results. You know what kind of test results, you know, would you imagine he might have? Especially since, you know, we now have all of these threats suggesting what he was dealing with was treatment for some kind of abuse for opioid dependency?

DR. OMAR MANEJWALA, CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER OF CATASYS: That's really not clear. It could be nearly anything. I mean when people are, you know, dependent on these medications, sometimes they have many other conditions that require medical monitoring, and so -- by the way, those conditions can also increase the risk of lethal overdose from the medicine.

So, the tests could be literally anything. And it will be important to find out, you know, what exactly were the conditions that were going on along with this.

BERMAN: If you are dependent on painkillers, if you are abusing opioids or painkillers, there are tests? What kind of tests would indicate that?

MANEJWALA: Well, see, now, that's part of the problem which is that you could be physically dependent on these medications, which is not addiction. That just means that you have tolerance and need to be weaned off.

But if you have addiction itself, which alters your ability to make choices, which alters your ability to act consistent with your values, that can't really be measured in your blood or in your urine. That requires actually getting to know somebody. That's why it's so important when people are being prescribed these kinds of medications that they be evaluated periodically to make sure that problems aren't occurring. BERMAN: Exactly what the issue here is. Right? What's your

responsibility, doctor, when someone comes to you, someone famous, say, like, Prince and said, I'm in a lot of pain, doc. I hurt. I hurt bad. I need these painkillers. What is your responsibility?

MANEJWALA: So, you know, that's -- I think having treated celebrities myself I can tell you that the biggest risk there is treating them differently. Not treating them like everybody else. I mean, it's important to evaluate the risks associated with prescribing to them. What's the risk of dependence? Limited quantities as other guests have said.

You know, these medications are now -- overdoses of these medications are the leading cause of accidental death in the United States, think about it -- the leading cause of accidental death. They exceed motor vehicle accidents.

So, it's really important to prescribe in limited -- first of all, to evaluate whether there's a risk. Does the person actually need these prescriptions and limit quantities and monitor for, are there problems occurring?

One of the biggest issues your other guest mentioned, the doctor could prescribing for these medications and then just down the street, another doctor could be prescribing them, but we don't have access to be able to share the data to see what others are prescribe. That's compounding the problem.

BERMAN: That is a real, real problem.

Tom Fuentes, something else peculiar being reported by these two papers on the story today. The doctor they're looking at right now had been associated with a medical center or hospital, now all of a sudden is not. Is that inherently suspicious, do you think, to law enforcement?

FUENTES: Well, it might be. We don't know the circumstances. It could be the medical clinic just when all this publicity arose said, we don't want you being associated with us anymore. We don't know if there's an additional reason, other than the publicity that came from this particular event.

BERMNA: Guys, interesting discussion. Thanks so much for coming in. You know, if nothing else, the death of Prince does shine a spotlight on an issue the entire country needs to deal with.

And, of course, tonight on "AC360," they're going to do just that. A town hall, "Prescription Addiction: Made in America" hosted by Anderson, Dr. Sanjay Gupta as well. It's at 9:00 p.m. Eastern, right here on CNN.

A very important discussion. Following a lot of news this morning, including last night's primary results. So, let's get right to it.

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REP. PAUL RYAN (R-WI), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: We need to talk about how we unify the Republican Party.

DONALD TRUMP (R), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: He's a very good man. He wants what's good for the party.

RUBIO: I've signed a pledge, that I'd support the Republican nominee and I intend to continue to do that.

RYAN: It's going to take more than a week to repair and unify this party.

SEN. TED CRUZ (R), TEXAS: I appreciate the eager inside and excitement to see me back in the ring. You may have to wait a little bit long are more for that to happen.

HILLARY CLINTON (D), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: The right wing never gives up attacking me.

SEN. BERNIE SANDERS (I-VT), DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: There is no question about which campaign is energizing the American people.

CLINTON: We can't be scapegoating and insulting our fellow Americans!

SANDERS: We are going to fight for every last vote.

BERMAN: Prescription addiction in America.

CAMEROTA: Is this what led to the death of music superstar Prince?

ANNOUNCER: This is NEW DAY with Chris Cuomo and Alisyn Camerota.

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CAMEROTA: Good morning, everyone. Welcome back to your NEW DAY.

John Berman joins Chris and me this morning. Great to you have, John.

We begin with big primary victories for Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders. Sanders beating Hillary Clinton by 15 points in West Virginia, and though the math is not on his side, Sanders predicts he will beat Clinton in pledged delegates by the convention.

CUOMO: To the GOP race. Donald Trump, the lone man standing in the race, winning West Virginia and Nebraska. Of course, that means Trump inching that much closer to officially clinching the nomination.

Remember that number: 1,237.

But he does still face a daunting challenge, which is trying to unite his own party. And to that, takes us to tomorrow. He's going to have to sit down with House Speaker Paul Ryan and GOP leaders and see if they can come together.