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CHRIS CUOMO, CNN ANCHOR: Hours away from President Obama meeting with Bernie Sanders at the White House.

[07:00:27] SEN. BERNIE SANDERS (D-VT), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: The struggle continues.

HILLARY CLINTON (D), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: I'm looking forward to working with him to achieve our common goals.

BARACK OBAMA, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: This is a serious job. You know, this is not reality TV.

DONALD TRUMP (R), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: This judge is of Mexican heritage. We're building a wall.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We won't have any Republican in the White House that makes these kinds of statements.

SEN. MITCH MCCONNELL (R-KY), MAJORITY LEADER: There's still time for him to begin to act like a presidential candidate.

REP. PAUL RYAN (R-WI), SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE: What matters to us most is out ability to give the people of this country a better way forward.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: He searched out his victim, he stretched, and then he went after that child.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: It's sad that we have people like that in society.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We're very fortunate that the mother had that motherly instinct. She may have saved her daughter's life.

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

ALISYN CAMEROTA, CNN ANCHOR: Good morning, everyone. Welcome to your NEW DAY. That video is chilling, and a mother was able to thwart an abduction and we'll show you how.

CUOMO: It's so rare that you get to see it. And now it's going to give us a lot more depth of understanding, for sure.

CAMEROTA: Absolutely. Well, President Obama is set to turn up the heat in the name of party unity when he meets with Senator Bernie Sanders in just hours at the White House. How will Sanders come out of this? Will he decide to end his campaign?

CUOMO: The Democrats have some uncertainty. So does the GOP. Can Donald Trump get past his comments about the judge? Can the party bring some strength to what now seems like open revolt?

We have the stories covered of this election the way only CNN can. Let's begin with Athena Jones, live at the White House -- Athena.

ATHENA JONES, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Good morning, Chris.

The president said last night that Democrats had, quote, "just ended or sort of ended our primary season." It's not over yet because there's still a little under a week to go before the voting is over, and Senator Sanders hasn't yet bowed out.

Now neither the White House nor the Clinton campaign wants to be perceived as pushing Sanders out of the race. Still, the effort to unite the party behind Clinton has already begun. And today's meeting is going to be an important step along that road to unity.

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JONES (voice-over): This morning, President Obama meeting with Bernie Sanders.

OBAMA: My hope is, is that over the next couple of weeks, we're able to pull things together.

JONES: Increasing pressure on the Vermont senator to end his primary fight, now that Hillary Clinton is the Democratic Party's presumptive nominee.

OBAMA: Bernie Sanders brought enormous energy and new ideas, and he pushed the party and challenged them. I thought it made Hillary a better candidate.

JONES: The president is expected to congratulate Sanders but also discuss his role as a unifying figure who can mobilize enthusiasm behind Clinton as they look to take on Donald Trump.

OBAMA: The main role I'm going to be playing in this process is to remind the American people that this is a serious job. You know, this is not reality TV.

SANDERS: The struggle continues.

JONES: As Sanders and his team vow to continue fighting.

JEFF WEAVER, CAMPAIGN MANAGER FOR BERNIE SANDERS: No one is the nominee. The nominee is -- the nominee is elected at the convention.

JONES: The White House stressing patience with Sanders, consciously trying not to alienate his voters.

JOE BIDEN, VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: It's clear we know who the nominee is going to be, but I think we should be a little graceful and give him the opportunity to decide on his own.

JONES: The president's endorsement of Clinton could come as early as today, but Clinton is already going on a celebratory media blitz, trying to rally Sanders supporters.

CLINTON: I really believe a lot of Senator Sanders' supporters will join us in making sure Donald Trump doesn't get anywhere near the White House.

JONES: Clinton also addressing the prospect of two women on the ticket.

CLINTON: I'm looking at the most qualified people, and that includes women, of course, because I want to be sure that whoever I pick could be president immediately.

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JONES: Now, Democrats see the timing of these endorsement as strategic. They want to extract as much political as possible from having popular Democrats like the president and the vice president come out and publicly back Clinton. And so we're likely to see something of a rollout period of this -- these endorsements rather than having them happen all at once. And we could see a softer approach at first, maybe an endorsement by the president over social media before we see him make a big appearance with Hillary Clinton on a stage. That won't happen until after the D.C. primary next week.

Back to you, Alisyn.

CAMEROTA: Interesting timing on all of that. Thanks, Athena.

So can a toned-down Donald Trump ease the fears of anxious Republicans? Speaker Paul Ryan and RNC Chairman Reince Priebus are on their way to a summit in Utah today hosted by Mitt Romney. This as rumblings continue about a possible revolt against the party's presumptive nominee.

CNN's Chris Frates is live in Washington with more. Some people still float Mitt Romney's name as that alternative, Chris.

CHRIS FRATES, CNN CORRESPONDENT: They do float it, although that is not likely to happen, Alisyn.

And as you know, many Republicans have long feared that Donald Trump's divisive rhetoric would derail his campaign. And now with some Republicans calling his recent comments about a federal judge downright racist, they're sounding the alarm that if he doesn't tone it down, he's only helping to put Hillary Clinton in the White House.

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SEN. JEFF FLAKE (R), ARIZONA: He won't be in the White House if he continues to make these kind of statements.

FRATES (voice-over): Warnings of a loss in November are coming from Donald Trump's own party.

MCCONNELL: If he wants to win the election, he needs to quit these gratuitous attacks on various Americans.

FRATES: The presumptive GOP nominee is enraging and dividing the GOP after days of his attacks on federal Judge Gonzalo Curiel's Mexican heritage.

TRUMP: He's a Mexican. We're building a wall between here and Mexico.

FRATES: Trump's toned-down speech earlier this week...

TRUMP: I understand the responsibility of carrying the mantle.

FRATES: ... was a step in the right direction for Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.

MCCONNELL: Maybe using a prepared text and not attacking any other Americans was a good start.

FRATES: But congressional Republicans are divided. Some are supporting their presumptive nominee.

SEN. TIM SCOTT (R), SOUTH CAROLINA: I think he's done a good job in the last 24 hours of realizing the impact of those comments.

FRATES: Some are riding the "never Trump" train.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: His comments over the weekend are authenticating what I believe is the man's core character.

FRATES: And still others are holding out for a kinder, gentler real- estate billionaire.

SEN. ADAM KINZINGER (R), ILLINOIS: He needs to begin to sound presidential.

SEN. BILL FLORES (R), TEXAS: I've got to see that he's going to start addressing the issues of the country instead of bashing judges.

FRATES: House Speaker Paul Ryan is trying to keep the party unified behind their new standard bearer, reiterating his support for Trump in a closed-door meeting Wednesday, asking his colleagues to unite, even after he strongly criticized Trump's comments.

REP. PAUL RYAN (R-WI), SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE: Claiming a person can't do the job because of their race is sort of like the textbook definition of a racist comment.

FRATES: Meanwhile, Democrats are uniting behind Hillary Clinton.

SEN. ELIZABETH WARREN (D), MASSACHUSETTS: What does Trump do? FRATES: Senator Elizabeth Warren set to attack Trump with her

harshest language yet in a speech later today, saying "Donald Trump is a loud, nasty, thin-skinned fraud who has never risked anything for anyone and serves nobody but himself. And that is just one of the many reasons why he will never be president of the United States."

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FRATES: In an interview yesterday with "TIME" magazine, Trump said he was disappointed and surprised by the backlash from Republican leaders to those comments about the federal judge hearing a lawsuit against him. But Trump says Republicans have to say what they have to say, noting that he's a big boy, and he can take the criticism, Chris.

CUOMO: He's right, Mr. Frates. This has been different. Donald Trump has said lots of things that draw outrage. He's never had his own party jump on him this way. What does that mean? Can Donald Trump get past these attacks on a federal judge?

Let's discuss with Congressman Chris Collins of New York. He was the first House member to endorse Donald Trump.

It's good to have you, Congressman. Thank you, as always...

REP. CHRIS COLLINS (R), NEW YORK: Good to be here.

CUOMO: ... for making the case. What is your answer to this basic suggestion, which is, this may be a metaphor moment where people have gotten to see who Donald Trump is and how he deals with making mistakes? Or do you believe it's something he can get past?

COLLINS: Oh, I think we've already moved past it, Chris. We're united. It's interesting to see the Democrats still having a 74-year- old self-avowed socialist dragging them so far left they're not going to be able to win in November.

And now I'm so happy to hear that Hillary Clinton is seeking President Obama's endorsement. We've said all along she represents a third term for President Obama, and with 80 percent of the country saying the country is going the wrong direction...

CUOMO: Right.

COLLINS: ... she's playing right into our hands.

We're united. The Democrats aren't. And while it was a distraction the last week or so, I would say as of two days ago we've moved beyond it.

CUOMO: Two days ago your man was being called a racist by GOP leaders. You know -- I respect your decision to try to spin us away from it, but it's very much not just in the news cycle, but it's a reality there. That's why we saw Donald Trump do something, whether on his own accord or pushed by staffers, to give a speech on a teleprompter, which we know he hates. Right? He insults people for using the teleprompter. But there he was, saying every word he was told to say as he was told

to say it. The question becomes how do you move past this? Do you think Trump should apologize?

COLLINS: Donald Trump has moved past it. As he said, he's done talking about it. We're going to be doing the contrast to Mrs. Clinton.

CUOMO: Should he apologize? Because the fact that Clinton has trouble -- which nobody is arguing, right, her unfavorables are every bit as high as his -- doesn't take this away. Right?

When you accuse me of something, I can't say, "Yes, but what about that other news anchor? He stinks even worse." That's not a good defense for myself. It shouldn't be a good defense for Trump. Do you think he should apologize? Would you have in this same situation?

COLLINS: I would not tell Donald Trump what to do. I mean, he's run the most brilliant campaign that's ever been run in the history of politics. Again, I've moved on it. Others supporting him have moved beyond it. So at this point, no, I'm not going to tell Donald Trump to apologize. I wasn't in this situation, so I don't really have a thought in that regard.

But I would say, as we're now -- we've coalesced around Mr. Trump. Then, you know, we're taking the fight and contrasting his message of securing the borders, getting the jobs back from Mexico and China. The last two months of jobs reports are showing what a weak economy we have.

So when Hillary Clinton accepts the endorsement of Barack Obama, and we see just the last two months the dismay in the jobs reports, again, that plays into Mr. Trump saying, "I'm going to make America great again."

CUOMO: The problems are...

COLLINS: We have gone down the wrong path.

CUOMO: The problems are obvious. The country has challenges. The question is who's the right person to deal with those challenges? Temperament goes to that. What people are using this situation as is Donald Trump not only said things about a judge's heritage that are out of line, but he said things about the case that weren't true to advance his own cause, things that even his own lawyer disagrees with. Don't you think that's something he should deal with?

COLLINS: Well, America is looking for a change agent. They're looking for a fighter, somebody who's spent their life winning, creating jobs. So no, I think that the temperament and the personality of Donald Trump is exactly what America wants.

We don't want status quo. We don't some -- want somebody wordsmithing every word, doing a focus group as they decide what language to use. They want somebody who speaks directly to America that says we've lost our way; it's time to make America great again. It's time to put America first...

CUOMO: But Congressman...

COLLINS: ... and stop the nonsense of China and Mexico stealing our jobs.

CUOMO: If you want to put America first, you've got to put its institutions first, and you've got to put its values first. Going after someone for their heritage when they're a judge that nobody has ever assailed before on that basis? Not an American value.

Going against your case and saying things happened in it that were bad for you when that's not true and you're president of the United States? That's not an American core value you want put forward.

Why don't you think he has someone like, right, a respected surrogate, come forward and say, "You know what? He shouldn't have said those things about the case. He's upset that he has a case against him. That's normal. He's a fighter. He went too far. He brought in the man's heritage. He shouldn't have. He respects judges. He apologizes."

COLLINS: Well, Mr. Trump said it -- his comments were misconstrued.

CUOMO: How were they misconstrued, though? That's what I don't get. He said the judge was unfair. The judge was not unfair, if you look at the rulings.

COLLINS: You -- Chris, I would disagree. You and I don't know the details of the case.

CUOMO: I do know the details. I do know the details of the case. We've been studying this for weeks now, what's going on with Trump University.

Every ruling that you look at, when lawyers review it -- forget about me as a lawyer. When lawyers review it, they say, "This judge was following it." In those lawyers, Trump's own lawyer says that this judge is doing his own job. The biggest ruling in the case was continuing the case, buying Mr. Trump more time to campaign and not deal with the litigation. These are all things that were in his favor, and he says the judge is biased. Is that right?

COLLINS: In his opinion, the judge is biased, and I'm not going to speak for Mr. Trump. I will say I'm very happy the judge has decided to hold this in abeyance until after the election. We need to put the distraction of this case behind us. I believe, as of his speech two days ago, we have now done that.

But when you want to talk about someone being honest or not, look at Mrs. Clinton and her comments on Benghazi. Look at her comments on the e-mail. Look at the inspector general report.

CUOMO: We had 11 hours of testimony on Benghazi to vet Clinton, right? And what congressmen dream of. You had a whole day to beat her over the head with her own words. Here you're saying, "Well, let's not do that. Let's move on right

away. Let's not deal with what he said about this case." Is that a fair appraisal?

COLLINS: Sure. We're going to move on. And we're going to be talking...

CUOMO: Why?

COLLINS: ... about Mrs. Clinton. Well, because we need to talk about the character flaws of Mrs. Clinton, who is not honest. She cannot be trusted. She's shown bad judgment again and again and again.

CUOMO: But why would I see your candidate as the better choice if I'm a voter if he won't deal with his own situations and just talk about the other candidate?

COLLINS: I think the issue is plain and simple. Do you think the country is going in the right direction? Do you want an effective third term of Barack Obama? Do you want a seven-to-two liberal Supreme Court where the First, Second and Tenth amendments might as well be erased from the books?

Or do you want a change agent, a fighter who's going to fight to put America first, fight for our kids, fight for their future, fight for jobs, bring those jobs back that have been stolen by Mexico and China?

The country is going to have a choice to make, and I believe the 80 percent of Americans who say we're going in the wrong direction don't want an effective third term of Barack Obama.

CUOMO: So Congressman, this is a tough question for you, but as you know, I know you well and I know what you stand for and what you do in New York on a regular basis.

[07:15:10] You're saying to me that you don't care if Donald Trump unfairly maligned a federal judge and misstated the situations in a case that includes fraud for his own benefit? You don't care?

COLLINS: That's your take on it. My take on it is Donald Trump with his actions has shown he is not a racist. You look at his hiring practices...

CUOMO: I never used that word. I don't even see being Mexican as suggestion of race. What I'm saying is he brought the man's heritage into it. He talked about what the judge did in this case, which is demonstrably untrue. His own lawyer disagrees with him, and you're saying, "I don't care."

COLLINS: I'm saying Donald Trump is the right individual to be the next president of the United States, because we cannot suffer through another four years or another eight years, effectively, a third or a fourth term of Barack Obama.

He is the change agent and, yes, he is unconventional. He doesn't use politically correct speech all the time, but he calls it out for what it is. And as you've seen, his supporters are locked in behind Donald Trump, which is not the case in the Democratic Party.

CUOMO: This is about expanding his tent. And if the currency is saying it like it is, then you've got to got to be right when you say what you say.

Congressman Collins, I know I can depend on you to make the case, and I appreciate you for being on NEW DAY.

COLLINS: Always, Chris. Thank you.

CUOMO: Thank you, Congressman, be well.

Alisyn.

CAMEROTA: OK, Chris.

Is President Obama trying to nudge Bernie Sanders out of the race today? We're talking about it with Ohio senator and Clinton supporter Sherrod Brown, next.

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[07:20:36] CUOMO: The good news? Clinton has secured her place as presumptive Democratic nominee. The bad news? She still has big challenges in and out of house. How will she deal with Senator Bernie Sanders and his millions of supporters? What does she need to do to bring them into the fold? And that doesn't even get to the question of what does she do about Donald Trump?

CNN's Anderson Cooper got to talk to the secretary about exactly this. Take a listen.

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CLINTON: My supporters were passionate. Senator Sanders' supporters were passionate. I really totally respect their feelings.

I called Senator Sanders to congratulate him on the really extraordinary campaign that he has run. And I'm looking forward to working with him to achieve our common goal, which is to defeat Donald Trump. And Senator Sanders has said he'll work every day, every week to see that happen. So we're going to be working to make sure that we have a unified party going into our convention and coming out.

ANDERSON COOPER, CNN ANCHOR: Do you have specifics of how to do that?

CLINTON: Well, I do intend to reach out to his supporters and a lot of his supporters and our supporters share the same goals.

And contrast that with Donald Trump, who set up a fake university, Trump University, that committed fraud on people; who doesn't want to raise the minimum wage; who wants to go backwards when it comes to universal health care; who's proposed a tax plan that would just be great for billionaires and terrible for everybody else.

So as we reach out and we talk about what's at stake in this election, I really believe a lot of Senator Sanders's supporters will join us in making sure Donald Trump doesn't get anywhere near the White House.

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CAMEROTA: OK. We have a lot to talk about, so let's bring in Senator Sherrod Brown from Ohio. He has endorsed Hillary Clinton.

Good morning, Senator.

SEN. SHERROD BROWN (D), OHIO: How are you, Alisyn?

CAMEROTA: I'm doing well.

Let's talk about what's going to happen today at the White House when President Obama meets with Senator Sanders. Do you anticipate that President Obama will make the case that now is the time for Senator Sanders to bow out?

BROWN: I don't have much opinion about what's going to happen in a meeting I'm not in and what the president of the United States is going to say to the -- to the Democrat -- one of the Democratic candidates for president.

I do have confidence that Bernie Sanders, because I know him well -- I spoke to him about some other things last night, I didn't talk to him about this meeting, or -- I talk to Bernie from time to time. I expect -- fully expect him -- as I said, he didn't tell me this last night, but I fully expect him to be strong for Hillary under his timetable, whether it's this week or whether it's the convention or whether it's right after the convention.

But I know he supports most of the things overwhelmingly that Hillary does, and I know that he is -- is very concerned about Donald Trump presidency. So I have no doubt in my mind that Bernie will be there and Bernie will bring, you know, 80, 90 percent of his supporters with him ultimately, just like Hillary did for Senator Obama; and that means it's good news in the fall.

CAMEROTA: But Senator, how can you be so sanguine about the possibility of Bernie Sanders staying in until the convention or, as you just said, until after the convention? Doesn't this threaten party unity? Isn't it time for the Democrats to coalesce behind one candidate?

BROWN: We will, and we have mostly, overwhelmingly.

Every four years or every eight years, the story in June is always that: can the parties come together? I think that, if you're looking for something ahistorical, something unprecedented, at least in our lifetimes, you look at the Republican side, where Republicans are all bailing out now. There's none of that on the Democratic side.

There was a contentious primary. There's hurt feelings; there's anger. There always is. But look at our respectful primary and their name calling -- and debates, and look at their name calling, criticizing each other's families, what they did on their side.

And that's why we will move forward. We will heal. The Bernie supporters will be there. Bernie will strongly be there.

As I said, it's his timetable. I don't know if it's coming out of this meeting today or if it's in the next month or if it's coming out of the convention, but either way, August, September, October, I expect Bernie to be -- I expect to be campaigning with him in Cleveland or Akron and expect him to go around the country, as I'll campaign with Hillary and as I'll campaign with the president in Ohio. Because we win Ohio, we win the race, and that's what I expect.

[07:25:05] CAMEROTA: Well, Senator, respectfully, there does still seem to be a little bit of bad blood on the Democratic side, and some of it actually involves you.

Let me just read for you what senator staffers supposedly said about you, simply because you have been supporting Hillary Clinton. To Politico, they say, "Aides say Sanders thinks that progressives who picked Clinton are cynical, power-chasing chickens, like Senator Sherrod Brown. Sanders is so bitter about it that he'd be ready to nix Senator Brown as an acceptable V.P. choice, if Clinton ever asked his advice on who'd be a good progressive champion."

So it does seem like there's still a little bit of bad blood.

BROWN: Well, that -- you can say that, but it's wrong. I -- first of all I don't have interest in being vice president, No. 1.

No. 2, I talked to Bernie last night. He called me. He said he absolutely didn't say that. I've known Bernie 30 years. I believe he didn't say that.

I know that there are always disgruntled or unhappy campaign people, especially when a race is lost. If that doesn't bother me, it shouldn't bother anybody else, those words in print about me said by somebody that's unhappy or has an agenda. Bernie didn't say that. I'm confident of that. And I'm equally confident that Bernie will be there.

But the issue here is we can talk about this until the cows come home or the chickens come home, whichever you prefer, but the fact is that this week, Donald Trump -- Jeb Hensarling, the Wall Street Republican, the guy in Washington, the guy who does Wall Street's bidding -- it's their water carrier -- was in New York meeting with Trump. And he -- the two of them are binding together on Wall -- on what they're going to do to help Wall Street, to weaken Dodd-Frank.

It's like there's this collective amnesia on the Republican side, because they're all Wall Street sycophants, and they forget what happened to my city and cities all over the country because of -- because of what Wall Street did. And they want to repeal all these -- these consumer protections. And Trump is absolutely on board.

Those are the issues, not will this -- will the animosity heal? It's what -- what these two candidates stand for.

CAMEROTA: OK.

BROWN: And Hillary is going to take Wall Street, make Dodd-Frank stronger. Donald Trump wants to undermine Wall Street reform.

CAMEROTA: Senator, let's talk about that meeting between Jeb Hensarling and Donald Trump a little bit and dive into the issue that I know is a passion of yours, and that's banking. Because here's what we understand they talked about.

Basically, they don't like Dodd-Frank, because they believe that it is impending [SIC] economic growth. It's keeping people in poverty. It's keeping middle-income people trapped where they are and cannot get ahead. They say it is mind-numbing in its complexity involving government regulations.

So what's your response? The Republicans feel that Dodd-Frank is not the answer.

BROWN: My response is these people, again, they have collective amnesia. They forgot it was -- it was their positions of deregulation, letting Wall Street do whatever they wanted, letting the shadow banking sector do whatever it wanted, that got us the economy that the Bush people left us in 2007 and '08.

I live in ZIP code 44105 in Cleveland. In 2007, we had more foreclosures than any ZIP code in the United State of America. I know what -- what Dodd-Frank is fixing. I know what people like Congressman Hensarling and Donald Trump are proposing. I know what that's done to our country: the lost wealth for seniors and their retirement, the lost jobs that affect -- afflicted my state, the housing foreclosures. Five million lost their homes.

I know people that dress like you and dress like me that maybe don't get out quite as much as all of us should, we don't maybe know a lot of people that have had their homes foreclosed. I do. And they're in my neighborhood. And I know what it does to families, and that's why I'm angry when I think what Jeb Hensarling, at the behest of his Wall Street contributors, and Donald Trump, who's in the tank with Wall Street, what they propose and what it will do to my country and the beloved city of Cleveland where I live.

CAMEROTA: Senator, don't let my dress fool you. I get out, too.

BROWN: I can't even see you, so I shouldn't have said that.

CAMEROTA: OK.

BROWN: But I do know that all of us that have a little more privilege and pretty decent incomes, none of us sees the heartache and the hurt in this community. Reporters see it better than a lot of politicians.

CAMEROTA: Yes.

BROWN: I acknowledge that. But we don't see it enough, and we don't think about it enough. And when my colleagues in this building make the decisions that hurt my city and hurt middle-income people...

CAMEROTA: Yes.

BROWN: ... and cause a shrinking middle class, it does make me angry. Sorry.

CAMEROTA: And look, we do all have friends who are struggling with -- to pay their mortgages and struggling with jobs.

Senator Sherrod Brown, thank you.

BROWN: Of course.

CAMEROTA: Great to have you on NEW DAY.

BROWN: Thanks.

CAMEROTA: Let's get to Chris.

CUOMO: All right, Alisyn.

Presidential elections are kind of like heavyweight prize fights, aren't they? You had Trump in this first round, seemed to have Clinton on the ropes, but then Clinton hit him with a speech that landed like a liver shot. Trump then swung at her and hit the referee, essentially, with these judge comments. And now Clinton seems to have the momentum. So what will decide the next round? We have that for you, ahead.

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