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Donald Trump Criticizes Hillary Clinton; Interview with Congressman Xavier Becerra; Interview with Congressman Chris Collins of New York; North Korea Successfully Test Launches Missiles. Aired 8- 8:30a ET

Aired June 22, 2016 - 08:00   ET

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[08:00:00] CHRIS CUOMO, CNN ANCHOR: It could be very scary, but also funny.

ALISYN CAMEROTA, CNN ANCHOR: We'll explain the outcome of that story. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to your NEW DAY. It is Wednesday, June 22nd, 8:00 in the east. Donald Trump going on the attack today. He is set to deliver a speech targeting Hillary Clinton's record and judgment.

CUOMO: Clinton that the preemptive strike portraying Trump as a conman, slamming him as dangerous for the economy. We have got the race covered for the way only way CNN can. Let's begin with CNN's Sara Murray. Good morning.

SARA MURRAY, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Good morning, Chris. Well, today is a day for exchanging more insults. After a rough couple of days between Donald Trump firing his campaign manager and posting these pretty dismal fundraising numbers, he is looking to move beyond that today and hold Hillary Clinton's feet to the fire.

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DONALD TRUMP, (R) PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: So many of the things she said were outright lies.

MURRAY: Donald Trump is aiming to put Hillary Clinton on defense.

TRUMP: She is crooked Hillary. Let's face it. She is crooked Hillary, she always has been. And nothing is going to change.

MURRAY: The presumptive GOP nominee preparing to deliver a speech in New York City today, targeting everything from immigration to Clinton's e-mail scandal and even accusing the former first couple of improper dealings when Clinton was secretary of state.

TRUMP: Her record is a disaster. In addition to taking in tens and tens of millions of dollars from people a lots of different things and lots of different way, and countries that should not be giving her money or her husband money.

MURRAY: On Tuesday, he fired off preliminary shots, even questioning Clinton's faith at a gathering of religious leaders.

TRUMP: She has been in the public eye for years and years. And yet there is no -- there's nothing out there.

MURRAY: Trump's focus on Clinton coming as he tries to pivot from staff shakeups and dismal fundraising. Trump ended last month with $1.3 million in the bank, compared to Clinton's $42 million. But the real estate mogul argues her dollars come with a price.

TRUMP: All of the money she's raising, that's blood money. That's blood money.

MURRAY: The billionaire businessman still dangling the idea of self- funding in the general.

TRUMP: I'll be honest, I've never raised money for this because I've never done it before. I think I'd be very good at it. As far as I'm concerned, I would be very happy to continue to self-fund.

MURRAY: Even though he spent Tuesday evening looking to shore up his campaign coffers at a New York City fundraiser as Trump and his top GOP allies put on a happy face and downplay concerns about the candidate's campaign war chest going into a head to head battle against Clinton.

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MURRAY: Now, for weeks, people have been telling Trump, look, the fastest way to unify the party behind you is to go after a common enemy, to go after Hillary Clinton. Today he will test that theory and see just how well he can prosecute the case against Clinton. Back to you, Chris.

CUOMO: All right, Sara, we will see. The speech is at 10:30. We will be covering for sure.

Now, before coming under fire, Hillary Clinton was on the offensive. She was blasting Trump yesterday as reckless, hypocritical, making products overseas, and insisting still to put America first. What was the impact and what happens next with that line of attack? CNN's Chris Frates live in Washington with more. Good morning.

CHRIS FRATES, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Hey, good morning, Chris. Hillary Clinton did use Donald Trump's business record against him yesterday. She painted the billionaire as more of a bankrupt deadbeat than a business genius. She argued he would be a danger to the world's economy as president. And that all folded neatly into her larger message that Donald Trump is unfit to hold the nation's highest office.

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HILLARY CLINTON, (D) PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: He has written a lot of books about business. They all seem to end at chapter 11.

(LAUGHTER)

FRATES: In the battle ground state of Ohio, Hillary Clinton hit Donald Trump where it hurts -- his business record. CLINTON: Trump ties are made in China, Trump suits in Mexico, Trump

furniture in Turkey. And I would love for him to explain how all that fits with his talk about America first.

FRATES: Trump responded directly to the charge.

TRUMP: Sure, and you know why? Because they devalue their currencies and they make it impossible for companies to compete. Unfortunately my ties are made in China.

FRATES: Clinton is also calling out the four bankruptcies Trump filed for casinos he once owned in Atlantic City.

CLINTON: We can't let him bankrupt America like we are one of his failed casinos.

FRATES: And branding Trump as dangerous to the economy.

CLINTON: Trump would take us back to where we were before the crisis. He would rig the economy for Wall Street again. Well, that will not happen on my watch, I can guarantee you.

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FRATES: Trump responded to the attacks in real time, live tweeting as the hits kept coming. "How can Hillary Clinton run the economy when she can't even send e-mails without putting entire nation at risk?" And "I am the king of debt. That has been great for me as a businessman." Trump even posting this video response on Instagram as Clinton continued unloading.

[08:05:00] TRUMP: Hillary Clinton is only right about one thing. I understand debt and how to handle it. I made a fortune with debt. But debt for this country is a disaster, and Obama has piled it on and she has been there watching.

FRATES: The latest CNN/ORC poll shows voters believe Trump would be better at handling the economy than Clinton, a perception she's hoping to turn around.

CLINTON: He has no real strategy for creating jobs, just a string of empty promises. But then maybe we shouldn't expect better from someone whose most famous words are "You're fired."

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FRATES: Now, today Clinton will continue to talk about the economy, but instead of trashing Trump, she's going to double down on the vision in the primary, detailing her plans to make college debt free, expand Social Security, and raise taxes on the superrich. And a little later this morning, she's going to meet with house Democrats on Capitol Hill as she continues to put a tough primary battle behind her and unite the party against Donald Trump. Alisyn?

CAMEROTA: OK, Chris, thanks so much for all of that. We want to bring in now the chairman of the House Democratic Caucus, California Congressman Xavier Becerra. He has endorsed Hillary Clinton for president. Good morning, Congressman.

REP. XAVIER BECERRA, (D) CALIFORNIA: Alisyn, good to be with you.

CAMEROTA: CNN got a bit of a preview of what Trump plans to say about Hillary Clinton today. So let me put it up on our screen some of the issues that he plans to hit her on. Human rights violations, he says -- I think that's in reference to some of the countries that the Clinton Foundation has taken money from, some countries with dubious ethics violations. Trade deficit, that in the past, obviously, she supported NAFTA, and in the past TPP, immigration. Again, the Clinton Foundation and e-mail investigation. Which of these do you feel she is most vulnerable on?

BECERRA: That looks like a sophomoric list that some bully around the neighborhood is putting up because he is getting wiped out by all of those who are now showing that this guy is nothing like what he says he is. He is neither the best, the greatest or the toughest. It sounds like a sophomoric list to me.

When you take a look at the fact that Hillary Clinton has been there to make some of the toughest decisions, whether it was giving the president the advice to green light the attack on Usama bin Laden, whether it was putting together the coalition to help us halt the nuclear proliferation, she has made some of the toughest decisions, whether it was getting 8 million kids more health insurance. She has been there, she's done it. Donald Trump puts up sophomoric explanations and excuses.

CAMEROTA: Donald Trump seems to think that she is vulnerable on the money issue. Whether that has come into the Clinton Foundation, or whether it is money that she herself has taken in terms of donations or payments for speeches. So last night he used some very strong language about this money. So let me play that for you.

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TRUMP: I don't want to devote the rest of my life to raising money from people. You know, when she raises this money, every time she raises money, she is making deals. They're saying could I be the ambassador to this, can I do that, make sure my business is taken care of. Give me a break. All of the money she is raising, that's blood money. That's blood money. She is getting tremendous amounts of money from Wall Street. She's going to take care of Wall Street. She's getting tremendous amounts of money from lots of people, she's going to take care of all those people.

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CAMEROTA: Congressman, what do you say to people who think that there might have been some sort of sketchy timing or quid pro quo in terms of making deals with people with whom she's gotten money from?

BECERRA: Alisyn, accusations aren't facts, and Donald Trump should follow-up those accusations unfounded, outlandish accusations with some facts. This is the problem with Donald Trump. He just says things, doesn't believe he has to show what he is talking about. And it is hard to believe a guy who is unwilling to disclose his own tax returns to let people see where he really stands on his money and say that he is going to accuse others on things that he can't prove and say we should judge them on that. It's really interesting how he does this. He dodges the issues when it comes to him, and then he deflects by giving all these accusations that are unfounded as the reason to not be with someone else.

CAMEROTA: And it does seem to be somewhat effective in terms of planting the seeds in voters' minds. Here is one of the latest polls that I want to show you. This is a new CNN/ORC poll out yesterday. Who is more honest and trustworthy, Clinton or Trump? And Trump rates higher. He gets 45 percent to her 37 percent. And then 17 percent of people say neither one of them. So are these attacks making a dent?

BECERRA: Oh, I don't doubt that attacks will have a dent. The difficulty for Donald Trump is he can't hide over the next four or five months of campaigning. He is at some point will have to show us the money, show us the proof of all of these accusations. He forgot that when you run for the president of the United States, you may be able to in a primary get away with making outlandish statements that you don't have to prove because people are too busy trying to figure out which of the 17 people running for president on the Republican side you're going to vote for.

[08:10:06] But now it is just one-on-one. And so all these attacks, at some point, you all, we all are going to start saying, show me, show me what you mean. And start by, Donald Trump, revealing your own taxes so we see what you have done. You say you pay taxes, you say you make contributions. You say you're wealthy guy. I doubt any of that is true because if it were he would have shown us his tax returns a long time. Every candidate for president has done that for the last, well, since I can remember, and he is unwilling to do it. Why? Because I think he has really something to hide.

CAMEROTA: Congressman, you know that one of the favorite parlor games in Washington is to talk about who is on the vice presidential short list. Are you being vetted to be Hillary Clinton's vice president?

BECERRA: I have no knowledge of that. I know that my name along with several other names are being circulated by a lot of folks. You all probably have more information than I do. But what I could tell you is I believe Secretary Clinton will make a great choice. And once we're out there campaigning, all of us together with the candidate for president, Hillary Clinton, we're ready to make her the next president of the United States. So I think we're going to have a great team, we're going to be unified, and we're going to be ready. And I trust her choice for vice-president.

CAMEROTA: And are you interested if you get that phone call?

BECERRA: Wow. You should ask me that after -- the closer we get to the convention when something like that might be true. At this stage, I can't even tell you I'm being vetted.

CAMEROTA: Congressman Becerra, thanks so much for being on NEW DAY.

BECERRA: Thank you.

CAMEROTA: You can join us tonight, everyone, for a CNN town hall with the libertarian ticket for the White House. You're going to hear what Gary Johnson and William Weld have to say about their position on issues. They're going to join Chris to discuss everything related to this race. That's at 9:00 p.m. eastern, only on CNN. Chris?

CUOMO: All right, North Korea test launching two ballistic missiles overnight. Their latest move catching the attention of the U.S. military. So let's go to CNN Pentagon correspondent Barbara Starr live with more. Barbara, how do they see it?

BARBARA STARR, CNN PENTAGON CORRESPONDENT: Good morning, Chris. Very much catching the attention here at the Pentagon this morning, because this time both of the missiles actually flew. Previously launches they basically exploded on the launcher. This time one of these intermediate range missiles flew about 90 miles, the other one about 150 miles before falling into the Sea of Japan. That is a significant development because the missiles came off the launcher and at least flew some distance, an indication that North Korea now is making progress on this mobile missile.

Why is that so significant? A mobile launcher can, in war time, it can shoot a missile and then move very quickly to hide itself from spy satellites. If this missile were to work eventually the way it is planned to be able to reach Guam or the outer islands of Alaska in war time, it could be very difficult for U.S. spy satellites to keep track of where the North Koreans have these launchers.

So what is the bottom line here? The North Korea making progress on mobile missiles, making progress intercontinental missiles that can reach the United States, and making progress on nuclear warheads, a big decision ahead for potentially the next president about what they want to do about all of this. Alisyn?

CAMEROTA: All troubling developments, Barbara. Thank you for the reports.

Could legalizing medical marijuana be having an impact on teenagers using the drug? But it's not what you think. A survey by Colorado's health department finds pot users among high schoolers actually going down. It has taken a small dip to 21 percent in 2015 compared to 22 percent in 2011. The numbers put marijuana use by high schoolers in Colorado slightly lower than the national average.

CUOMO: I don't get it.

All right, so it's all fun and games until a massive Barney mask gets stuck on your head. Now we' are unclear if the fear and pain comes from the helmet of Barney on the head or the fact that someone is dragging her in two different directions.

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CUOMO: So Darby (ph) Reisner's (ph) friend captured this whole event on video, which I'm sure she is just loving. She had to go to the fire station, and there is Barney cheesing it up with her friends in the back. Firefighters got Barney unglued from her head. It took 45 minutes. And that's just what the first responders need to spend their time doing it. But they did get plastic hats out of it. Here's probably was a little sore. There she is again. Maybe next she should think twice before putting that bad boy on again.

CAMEROTA: Look at the first responder on the left, the fireman, he seems to be enjoying this process.

CUOMO: Well, listen to the scream. But you know, they're pulling her in two opposite directions. Who told them that's the way to get it off her head?

CAMEROTA: They're trying to get the massive Barney hat off of her.

CUOMO: That's the way you do it?

[08:15:01] CAMEROTA: Yes, you have to tug the legs on one side.

CUOMO: And the head on the other.

CAMEROTA: So I've heard.

CUOMO: That's how they used to kill people in the Middle Ages, by the way. It's called the rack.

(LAUGHTER)

CUOMO: Oh, funny. Humans.

CAMEROTA: Humans, people.

Donald Trump said he's got plenty of money, but the fundraising for his White House run is coming up short. How big of a trouble spot is this for Trump? We're going to be talking to the first member of Congress to endorse him.

CUOMO: I think you have to cut away.

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HILLARY CLINTON (D), PRESUMPTIVE PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE: You might think that because has spent his life as a businessman, he would be better prepared to handle the economy. Well, it turns out he is dangerous there, too. Just like he shouldn't have his finger on the button, he shouldn't have his hands on our economy.

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CUOMO: Hillary Clinton, coming out of the box swinging, talking about Trump's fingers and hands, not supposed to be on the button, not supposed to be on the economy, and now, Trump is going to fire back. He's going to give a speech in just two hours.

Let's discuss what he will say and what the responses should be from the campaign to the allegations made by Clinton.

We have New York Congressman Chris Collins, co-chair of the Trump campaign House Leadership Committee. We will remind, he was the first member of Congress to endorse Donald Trump.

Looking like a good bet, right now, Congressman. Always goo to have you on NEW DAY. Thanks for joining us.

REP. CHRIS COLLINS (R), NEW YORK: Yes, good to be you with, Chris.

CUOMO: So, first, an opportunity to respond to the main attacks. Trump is billed as a businessman. Clinton says he is a bad businessman, the bankruptcies with his casinos, his desire to not pay people on time, his making things overseas, these are all negatives. They should not be seen as positives.

Your take?

COLLINS: Well, certainly, Chris, Donald Trump is the only candidate here that has ever signed the front of a paycheck and has created thousands of jobs. The business world is a rough and tumble world. It changes day-to-day, week to week, month to month.

And Donald Trump has done business around the world. He knows what it is like to compete around the world. He knows what it's like to compete when the competition is unfair, the playing field is not level, as it is today -- not today with China and Mexico.

So, sure, he has had his ups and downs. There's no business that hasn't had its ups and downs. You'll see companies buy other companies that doesn't work out. You'll see things shift. It's a changing world.

So, Donald Trump is the only candidate with experience, creating jobs and competing in a worldwide environment, and that's why the public and polls are showing, he is the one they trust, the public trusts on jobs and economy.

CUOMO: Does it give you any pause that he has had more bankruptcies than any other corporation structure?

COLLINS: Well, I don't know that that's true. He certainly, you know, had his issues with some casinos. But again, it is a rough and tumble business world. When you take chances, you build something from scratch, sometimes it doesn't work, sometimes it will work for six or eight years and then perhaps things shift and change.

So, no, I don't have any concern whatsoever that Donald Trump, who has been creating jobs, who knows what the -- what we need to get the jobs back from Mexico and China, where we don't have a level playing field and the public I think realizes, I think the only job Hillary ever created was for her daughter at the foundation.

CUOMO: The allegations about money. Trump's responses are twofold about his campaign cash. One is I can fund it whenever I want. We don't know the truth of that because it's a private company, he won't put out his tax returns, so we can't vet his cash flows.

But, so let's put that to the side, because neither of us can advance that argument, I don't think. His other one is I don't want the money that Clinton takes. Let me ask you this, Congressman, you raise money a lot. All people in Congress have to.

Who's he going to get money from for the RNC if not for his own campaign if he doesn't go to the types of people who are on the top of the donor list for the Clintons?

COLLINS: Well, I think it comes down, first of all, this is such an unconventional election. Normally, you raise money to introduce yourself, define yourself to the public. You raise your money to define your opponent as best you can and you raise money to deliver a message.

One thing Donald proved in the primary, he doesn't need the kind of money most candidates do. And let's face it, both Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are well-known to pretty much every American. It's baked in. His message of bringing jobs back from China and Mexico, keeping the borders secure, defeating ISIS, and making America great again for all Americans, is well-known.

Donald Trump, first of all, not going need the kind of money a traditional campaign would need. But I'm convinced, and I'm sure he'll have whatever is needed, working with the RNC. The fundraising is just beginning.

CUOMO: Right. OK, but again, it will be interesting to see where he gets the money from. You know what the pockets are, right? This is a defined universe. So, unless, he can tap new kinds of money, it will be interesting.

The other allegation he makes, he makes it a direct charge, that the Clintons through their foundation, took foreign money as a quid pro quo operation that they got paid. They were on the take. He says it a hundred different ways, none of them with any proof.

Do you believe that you can establish any connection between any sum of money from any foreign sovereign, and anything that was done by Hillary Clinton as secretary of state?

COLLINS: Well, again, what I would say is the perception in this case is as Hillary Clinton was secretary of state and Bill Clinton, our former president, was running around giving speeches, making millions of dollars and raising money for the Clinton Foundation, there is something about that that doesn't sit well I think in most people. That's why Hillary Clinton's trustworthy numbers are so far down.

CUOMO: Well, hold on a second, Congressman. There are lots of reasons that her negatives could be low. That's a whole different discussion.

COLLINS: Oh, yes, she has a lot of reasons.

CUOMO: You'll have to come back. COLLINS: She sure does.

CUOMO: Look, we've never had two candidates that have the popularity or the negatives that these two people have. They're both upside, even with all the money, even with all the media. So, neither of them have anything to brag about on that score.

But it's not enough to say that there is something about that that seems weird. It seems weird, especially when Donald Trump keeps saying that there is a nefarious connection between the donation and the actions. I'm just asking you, Congressman, as the co-chair, is there anything you can point to that can suggest, even suggests, that here is something she did as secretary of state and it was for this person who gave this amount of money to the foundation?

[08:25:11] COLLINS: No, I think this is more where there is smoke, there is fire. I'll let Donald Trump speak for himself in that regard. I'll just say there is a reason Hillary Clinton is not trusted by the public, and I'm sure much of what she and Bill have done since he left the White House has a lot to do with it. They've become extraordinarily wealthy without creating jobs and working in the private sector like most people have to.

She's not going to be able to fix that. But when it comes time to the election, people are unlikely to vote for someone to be president who they know in their heart is not trustworthy.

CUOMO: Just to be clear, Congressman, I've given you lots of opportunities to put some meat on the bones of it, and sometimes when there's just smoke, you also need to know the fire.

But I appreciate you making the case here on NEW DAY as always. I'll talk to you moving forward.

COLLINS: Sure. Good to be with you, Chris.

CUOMO: So, you've got the Republicans, you've got the Democrats, and you've got historic negatives on both sides. That opens an opportunity for a third party. You have libertarians, you have the Green Party. Gary Johnson and William Weld are getting an increasing amount of buzz. Why?

We're going to talk to them tonight. We're going to find out. People are going to ask questions on a range of topics that will introduce you to these two men. Nine p.m. Eastern only on CNN.

CAMEROTA: OK, Chris. As you know, four gun control bills going nowhere in Congress, but now, there's another one. What's different about this one that gives it a chance? We'll ask a senator co- sponsoring this bill. That's next.

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