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Tropical Storm Colin Takes Aim At Florida; In-Depth Look At How Zika Virus Affects Infants; Warriors Dismantle Cavs; Trump Defends Attack On Trump University Judge. Aired 6:30-7a ET
Aired June 06, 2016 - 06:30 ET
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[06:30:00] BROOKE BALDWIN, CNN ANCHOR: It is intensifying this morning. When is Colin headed? A live report, next.
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BALDWIN: Tropical Storm Colin gathering strength this morning in the Gulf of Mexico. The National Hurricane Center is out with new warnings for the east coast as the storm closes in on Florida.
Chad Myers, coming straight to you, our meteorologist there at the CNN Severe Weather Center. Colin, talk to me.
CHAD MYERS, AMS METEOROLOGIST: First sea storm, earliest sea storm in history. The third storm of the year even before they were naming them. Good morning, Brooke and welcome to you. Hope you're here all week.
The reason why now we do have tropical storm warnings on the east coast of Florida is because it's not going to spend much time on the west coast of Florida. There is the storm right there in the central part of the Gulf of Mexico.
[06:35:01]A lot of flare up here to the east of there, but that's not the center. The center is still in the middle of the Gulf of Mexico still gaining strength as you said.
This will probably take another maybe 20 hours to get onshore. It will be up here probably somewhere east of Panama City around the big bend of Florida that curve up there on the northern part.
The rain already into Sarasota. Rain and thunder as well. We will see wind with the system, probably the biggest threat, rain, too.
But the biggest threat, wind gusts over 60 miles per hour maybe from the villages all the way up the Tallahassee and into Jacksonville and as far north as Hatteras and Wilmington and even into the eastern sections of South Carolina by tomorrow.
Heavy rainfall, two to four inches. Some spots over six. Chris, we'll watch it.
CHRIS CUOMO, CNN ANCHOR: All right, keep us on it. Thank you very much, Chad. Zika, right now the virus has largely been about potential, the numbers, and the risk. Well, now, we are going to show you the reality, what infants and their parents are forced to endure. We're going to take you to a part of Brazil many don't want you to see, next.
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BALDWIN: All right, let's talk this morning about the Zika virus, you've heard about this. It's a mosquito-borne illness, causing severe birth defects. What do the infected infants and their parents endure? You're about to see this firsthand. The images are absolutely heartbreaking.
CNN senior international correspondent, Nick Paton Walsh is live in Rio de Janeiro. Nick, good morning. Tell me what's happened?
[06:40:09]NICK PATON WALSH, CNN SENIOR INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Brooke, obviously, attention a few months ago focusing on this children as they were born with these awful birth defects, but the problems they face with their health and development simply grow as they get older.
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WALSH (voice-over): Born into a struggle that grows as they age. This clinic is in Recife where the disease of Zika has been cruelest in Brazil leaving with what happens when babies with microcephaly grow and so their problems. Unable to tell us the pains and agonies they may or may not be feeling or what we can do to help.
VERONICA SANTOS, MOTHER TO JOAO (through translator): It was when he was born and when faced the other people in the hospital, their expressions. Seeing an accepting the difference, for me, that was the hardest phase.
WALSH (on camera): So what works out, exactly how quickly Zika could even spread here at ground zero, there's a whole different set of problems. That's working out, really, as these babies grow older, quite what the disease means for their development.
(voice-over): This baby cannot eat. Doctors say his brain can't switch between swallowing and breathing properly, so he's fed by a drip and stunted in growth. The size of a 3-month-old, when he is now 8 months.
They're testing his hearing, seeing if he turns his head to look. A little to the right, to the left. Nothing. This is how it goes here every minute discoveries that alter a child's future. Vitoria was abandoned by her natural mother at birth, adopted by Kelly a month ago.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: When we saw her we fell in love with her. I didn't want to know what she had. That didn't. She's my daughter.
WALSH: Today may change her life. She's having her eyes stimulated, being fitted for glasses to find out if she can see at all. It's hard to tell what she sees. If the bright lights became real shapes. With this baby, it's a little more palpable. Her first sight.
But still, her arms stiffen straight. Her underdeveloped brain telling them to do so. Days spent ferrying children between specialists, doctors, being fired from work because of that, of a lack of state money to pull them through. This is the world that Zika brings and here and globally it is only beginning.
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WALSH: You can see there are many family tragedies, the simple task, frankly, of caring for a child with growing numbers of problems often overwhelming, but that, too, those kind of images weighing on the minds of people asking whether they should come to Brazil around the Olympics.
We already hear from many athletes debating the potential risks to their health were they to come in contact with Zika and sadly I think those worries are growing rather than diminishing -- Chris.
CUOMO: All right, Nick, thank you very much.
There is a huge difference between hearing the numbers and hearing about the risk and seeing what life is like for these babies and the people who love them. Thank you very much for the reporting.
All right. Let's change the subject to something that should be enjoyable unless you're the Cavs or a Cavs' fan. You almost find yourself rooting for the Cavaliers just to make this competitive. The Warriors making it look easy. We have details for you in the "Bleacher Report," coming up.
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CUOMO: You almost have to root for the Cavs just so the NBA finals can get competitive. The Golden State Warriors just making it look easy. Coy Wire has more on this morning's "Bleacher Report." Brother Hansen, am I right or am I right?
COY WIRE, CNN SPORTS CORRESPONDENT: My goodness, I should have listened to the omnificent Chris Cuomo. You said I was crazy for thinking these Cavs could pull it off and now you got me second guessing myself.
The Warriors now just two wins away from calling them back-to-back champs, but a cool moment before game two, they honored the greatest champ of all-time, a moment of silence for Muhammad Ali.
And when game time came around, though, guys, the Cavs gave the rope- a-dope. Cleveland comes out swinging, but it was Draymond Green landing the haymakers, 28 points for Green. One less than the Cavs' Kyrie Irving and Lebron combined. Warriors win by 33, going down two games to none. If it wasn't bad enough for Cleveland, their big man, Kevin Love goes down. He takes an elbow to the head and was placed on the NBA concussion protocol and now he is questionable for Wednesday's game three in Cleveland. Cavs looking at some trouble.
All right. The joker ain't no joke. Novak Djokovic beating Andy Murray yesterday final capturing that illusive French Open title. It was the only major of the four that he hadn't won. He's now completed a career grand slam.
And he became the first man in nearly 50 years to win all four majors in a row dating back to last year's French Open final, guys. He's now won 28 grand slam matches in a row.
And, Brooke, if Djokovic can win gold at the Olympics in Rio this summer he'll complete the golden slam. He'll be the first man to ever do so in the history of tennis.
COSTELLO: All right, Coy Wire, or rather handsome, we'll take it. Thank you. Have a great Monday.
WIRE: You, too.
[06:50:05]BALDWIN: Republican leaders, they are on edge over Donald Trump's attacks, repeated attacks, on this judge, this California judge, who was born in Indiana, has Mexican heritage.
Is Trump's rhetoric resonating to Latino voters? We will ask some of them. They are good enough to be with us in studio on this Monday morning. Coming up next.
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DONALD TRUMP (R), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: I think I'm going to do very well with Hispanics, but we're building a wall. He's a Mexican. We're building a wall between here and Mexico.
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CUOMO: Donald Trump says not only is the judge a Mexican, who's against him, but a Muslim would be, too. That's where Trump is about the judge overseeing fraud suits against Trump University. Trump claims the judge, Gonzalo Curiel, is biased because of his heritage.
So how do people of that heritage feel about it? We have a group of Hispanic voters. What do they think? I know you are going to think they are all dead set against him because of this, right?
[06:55:07]No, that's wrong. We have people here who are considering voting for him, do want to vote for him, so let's get to the discussion. Let's get a show of hands. How do we feel? Is this relevant? Does everybody agree this is relevant?
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Yes. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I don't think it's relevant.
CUOMO: Not even relevant, because, sir?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Let's focus on the issues, focus on the economy, focus on national security.
CUOMO: Focus on a microphone. Everyone gets a chance to speak. Don't censor him.
FRANK AGUILAR, SUPPORTS DONALD TRUMP: Focus on the economy, on jobs, on national security and on protecting America. That's we have to focus on.
CUOMO: But -- does it matter that in describing why this judge is against him it is on the basis of his ethnicity? If this man were to be president of the United States, should there be a sensitivity to this kind of thing?
AGUILAR: Yes, there is, but, however, remember, he is -- was given some funding from the Clintons over the past several, two or three years. Is that a political issue? It could be, but this is not relevant, my opinion.
CUOMO: Tell people who you are and who you're thinking of voting for.
AGUILAR: My name is Frank Aguilar from Union City, New Jersey, and I'm voting for Donald Trump for a change.
MARIA VALENTIN, SUPPORTS BERNIE SANDERS: Well, this is simply an indefensible attack on the judiciary. A motion for summary judgment just to make that clear, would mean that there isn't sufficient evidence to move forward in this case, and in a case like this, where you have so many people, this is a class action suit. Who have already testified as to the fact that they've been defrauded --
CUOMO: Seven thousand plaintiffs were on the classes right now, twelve people have opted out.
VALENTIN: How can you grant summary judgment on a case like this? When he loses the case, he conveniently turns around and claims discrimination and racism. It's -- it's beneath a presidential candidate, pure and simple.
CUOMO: But there are people who we hear who say, wait a minute, if I'm of Mexican descent and this man seems to be hostile towards Mexicans because he's building a wall, maybe that be influence me. It seems like a human instinct. Are you dismissing that completely?
VALENTIN: I'm dismissing it because when you look at the facts of this particular case. There is ample evidence to show that a motion for a summary judgment would have erroneous. It would have been misapplied. We don't question the decisions made by the numerous white judges in the country.
And I think that this is, again, just an example of Donald Trump's demagoguery. He's not trying to make America great again. He's trying to make a xenophobic and racist again. It's wrong and beneath a presidential candidate.
CUOMO: Tell people who you are and who are thinking of voting for?
VALENTIN: I'm Maria Valentine and I'm a registered Democrat and I voted for Bernie Sanders, but I will support the Democratic nominee against Donald Trump.
FERNANDO URIBE, INDEPENDENT VOTER, UNDECIDED: Chris, thanks for having me on. My name is Fernando Uribe. I'm from New Jersey. I'm an academic. One of the things I pride myself on I look at this rationally and pragmatically.
CUOMO: No place here.
URIBE: I'm a registered independent.
CUOMO: You could never host this show. I want you to know that.
URIBE: It's unfortunate. OK.
CUOMO: So how do you see the situation?
URIBE: It's unfortunate because what's going on with this issue with Donald Trump, it's another miscalculation on his regard in terms of his momentum moving forward in this campaign. What we've seen for months now with him is this sort of calculated attacks against his opponents with his own party and obviously against Senator Sanders and primarily against Secretary Clinton.
What's going on now is just another miscalculation on Donald Trump's part. I think what he needs to do, again, as an independent, I would advise him to do is to sort of get away from, trying to delegate this in the court of public opinion. Let his attorneys deal with this within the laws of the land prevail and then move from there.
The convention is next month in Cleveland. He needs to focus on a platform, defining his issues and really defining what makes him a better choice than ultimately Hillary Clinton.
CUOMO: Maria, why is it so easy to hear from a couple of members of the panel that, I don't care what he says about me essentially. Why not? Why wouldn't someone care about this, and do you?
MARILYN ALVERIO, SUPPORTS HILLARY CLINTON: It's disheartening. I'm Marilyn Alverio and give in Glastonbury. So this is my second time on the panel, so great to be back, but this is a huge misstep for the kind of comments that come out of Donald Trump.
And I think what I'd like to say today is that the Republican Party needs to understand that Latinos are paying attention. We are following this -- the comments that can be ludicrous comments that come out of this gentleman's mouth. And so the fact --
CUOMO: He says he's going to bring jobs. That's all that matters and Latinos will wind up wanting that.
ALVERIO: We absolutely do not believe that. I don't believe him.
CUOMO: I believe you, frankly. I want you to know --
ALVERIO: But the bottom line is that he lies continuously. He throws sensational comments out there to get the attention of the people. It's almost like entertainment.
