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Trump Says He Is Expanding His Muslim Travel Ban; 12 Injured In Suicide Bombing In Germany; Democrats In Turmoil As Democratic National Convention Begins Today; Dangerous Heat Wave Grips U.S.; CNN Poll: Trump Leads Clinton After RNC Convention. Aired 5:30-6a ET
Aired July 25, 2016 - 05:30 ET
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[05:30:05] ALISYN CAMEROTA, CNN ANCHOR: Panel, thank you. We'll see you for the rest of the program. Thanks so much.
CHRIS CUOMO, CNN ANCHOR: It's raining too hard for them to go anywhere.
CAMEROTA: That's right. It is a torrential downpour here in Philadelphia. All right, meanwhile there have been three terror attacks in one week in Germany. This time it's a suicide bomber targeting a music festival. What we're learning about the bomber at this hour. We have a live report from there, next, on NEW DAY.
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CAMEROTA: Breaking news out of Germany for you right now because we're learning more about the Syrian National who detonated a suicide bomb at a music festival injuring a dozen people. This is the third attack in Germany in just one week. CNN's senior international reporter, Fred Pleitgen, is live at the scene of the attack. What have you learned, Fred?
[05:35:00] FREDERIK PLEITGEN, CNN SENIOR INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Hi, Alisyn. Well, there certainly is a lot of concern among the population here in this town and, indeed, in this entire country. The latest that we're getting is this.
This attacker was a 27-year-old Syrian National who was here as a refugee. Apparently, he'd been in Germany for about two years. However, about a year ago his application for asylum here in this country was rejected by the government. Still, they couldn't send him to any other country because, of course, right now the war situation -- you can't send anybody back to Syria at this point in time.
Apparently, the police knew about him. He'd been involved in some petty crime here in the city, as well, and had also tried to commit suicide twice. Police also giving some information as to how all of this went down. They say at about 10:00 p.m., late last night, he went to the scene of a music festival here in this town. The authorities there didn't let him in. He then sort of loitered around the entrance and then at some point blew himself up.
He was the only one killed, however there were 12 other people wounded. The authorities say it was a good thing he wasn't let into the concert because they found sharp metal objects on the scene, as well, that they say were part of that explosive device that could have done a lot more damage than it actually did in the end.
So, certainly, after three high-profile attacks that happened here in the south of Germany over the past couple of days, there certainly is a great deal of concern. And one other note to you guys, as well. This town, Ansbach, is actually quite significant to the U.S., as well. There's a huge U.S. military Garrison here. About 5,000 U.S. military personnel on three bases here in and around the town. So, certainly, they'll be very concerned at this point, as well -- Chris.
CUOMO: All right, Fred, we'll see if that played into any of the thinking or if this man, like the attacker in Munich, was simply deranged and bent on violence. Fred, thank you very much. We'll check back with you later on.
Now, back here it's all supposed to be about the Democratic National Convention. They wanted to avoid that early pitfall that plagued the RNC last week, but then we had WikiLeaks. Hackers exposing what Bernie Sanders has been complaining about -- that they were against him at the national party. How deep does it go, how much does it mean, next.
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[05:41:25] CUOMO: The Democratic National Convention is kicking off here today and there is some controversy along with the launch. Emails leaked show party officials did seem to favor Clinton over Sanders in the primaries. Actually, forced the head of the party to step down.
Let's discuss the implications and the plans for the week. We have national spokesperson for MoveOn.org, Karine Jean-Pierre, and CNN political commentator and Democratic strategist, Hilary Rosen. Her firm consults for the DNC. Rosen must play defense this morning with WikiLeaks so, Karine, I start with you. How big a deal are these leaks?
KARINE JEAN-PIERRE, NATIONAL SPOKESPERSON, MOVEON.ORG: Look, it's very unfortunate, Chris. This should not be the way that the Democratic Party participates. If you're going to be an umpire you can't, you know -- you can't -- you can't give plays to the other side.
But look, the thing that's going to be really important is unite -- unifying the party. That is the number one thing that we need to do. Two things needs to come out of this convention. Besides nominating the nominee, we need to unify the party and we need to jumpstart the general election and focus on the base -- the base -- folks outside of the base. So that's really important.
CUOMO: How do you energize the base -- I'll take it a step deeper just for you, Hilary. This certainly goes to what Bernie Sanders was complaining about, that this is a closed game. That this is an insider's kind of clubhouse and the people don't get to participate the way they should and Hillary Clinton was -- it was rigged for her from the beginning. How do you get the Sanders' people into the tent when the emails prove exactly what they were worried about?
HILARY ROSEN, CNN POLITICAL COMMENTATOR: First of all, the emails don't prove anything other than a few staff people inside the DNC had personal feelings. But, you know, the DNC maintains that in the things they actually had control over, they ran a neutral process.
But having said that, you know, this a unified party now. There was an almost 10-hour long rules committee meeting on Saturday where Sanders supporters and Clinton supporters came together and developed a unity reform commission proposal that they're going to be putting before the delegates this week to say how should we be looking at the Democratic process. Principally concerned about how do we make sure that Independents who want to vote in Democratic primaries can come in and vote.
So, there actually is a process in place. Democrats have worked hard. These standing committees are coming together this convention. There won't be a minority report. The Sanders team is all on board with this, so I think there's been a lot of progress.
CUOMO: Debbie Wasserman Schultz is out, Donna Brazile is in. Is that the right thing to have happened?
PIERRE: I think so. I think Donna Brazile is a straight shooter. We're very happy that she's at the helm now and I think it was a smart move. Absolutely a smart move.
CUOMO: So, what does this mean heading into this? The first thing -- what did we see last week?
ROSEN: No.
CUOMO: Small thing -- Melania Trump -- they picked up language from Michelle Obama's speech. There is zero question about that. Even the campaign admitted it, but not right away. Do you believe that Hillary Clinton needs to own what is revealed in these emails, which is that there was a bias against Bernie Sanders?
Does she need to own it herself? Come out, talk about it, own it, and move forward or does she fall back on what she talked about in "60 MINUTES" -- this Hillary standard that she believes that there's some artificial standard when it comes to truth and scrutiny for her versus other politicians?
ROSEN: Look, these emails have nothing to do with Hillary Clinton, fundamentally, in that way. Look, are there emails from both sides working the ref? Oh, yes. That's how you do it, right? So --
CUOMO: No, but you have clear proof of --
ROSEN: Wait, wait, wait --
[05:45:00] CUOMO: -- people inside that party were out to get Bernie. Didn't want him to win. Wanted Hillary to win and wanted to help her do it. ROSEN: Yes, but when you look at the process, you don't have that outcome. Hillary Clinton won this primary not because staffers at the DNC felt better about her than about Bernie Sanders. Hillary Clinton won this primary because she got more votes. She doesn't have to apologize for anything or own anything.
The contrast, this week, that Hillary Clinton is going make, and the thing that is most important is last week's biggest scandal wasn't Melania Trump, in my view. The biggest scandal last week was this kind of dark, pessimistic, angry view of America that Donald Trump is trying to sell voters on. And that's, I think, you're going to see the biggest contrast this week with Democrats.
CUOMO: Look, Karine, you guys -- you guys traffic in this culture of frustration, OK? I don't mean that as a criticism.
PIERRE: No.
CUOMO: I'm saying that, you know, people are angry. You have half the country who are outraged by what is happening, OK? How does your party -- how does the party negotiate that, going into this week, people are frustrated and angry at exactly what they see in these emails that it seems like there's a rigged system against him?
PIERRE: Well look, Bernie Sanders ran on a message of there being a rigged system and clearly it's resonating, most definitely. Look, here's what's going to happen tonight, right? Bernie Sanders is going to speak tonight. He is going -- he has already endorsed Hillary Clinton, as we all know. He's going to lean in, just like Hillary Clinton did in 2008 for then-Sen. Obama, and he's going to, you know, unify his base behind her. And I think that's going to be --
CUOMO: How, with these emails where all his --
PIERRE: Oh, he's going to -- he's going to --
CUOMO: When I walked into the hotel last night all the Berners -- they were upset about it.
PIERRE: I totally, totally get it. Look, I'm going to go back to last week. Here's what we saw last week. We saw a four-day circus last week. That started with espousing hate, right? It started with -- to a non-diverse crowd, right?
And then you had the tent shrinking where people like the president -- the presidents didn't want to come. The presidential nominees didn't come because they didn't want to be part of the carnival of hate. And then you had it book-ended with a doomsday sci-fi speech by Donald Trump. So, that's what we saw last week and we -- it's going to be a stark difference from this week.
CUOMO: Karine Jean-Pierre, Hilary Rosen, it's great to have you both here to start to the convention.
ROSEN: All right, thanks.
CUOMO: It's good to be with you both -- Alisyn, sitting next to me.
CAMEROTA: Chris, we are experiencingrecord-breaking heat, as you know, across the country and around the world. So, Chad Myers is going to join us next with the extreme temperatures.
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[05:51:40] CAMEROTA: I probably don't have to tell you that there is a record-breaking heatwave gripping much of the country right now, including right here where Chris and I are, in Philadelphia. Meteorologist Chad Myers joins us now to tell us what you need to know. Chad, tell us the temperatures that you're seeing.
CHAD MYERS, AMS METEROLOGIST: You know, Philadelphia today is going to be 104 with the heat index, just way above that heat index or that excessive heat value. Fifty-four million people in the U.S., mainly now in the U.S. eastern side of the coast, are now under heat advisories, heat warnings for today and for tomorrow, and likely, we will break some records -- record highs for today.
The heat and humidity -- we're in the Plains now. All that heat and humidity has now shifted off to the east and it's going to be hot in many cities. Washington, D.C. will be 100. That's not heat index, that's the temperature downtown on the Mall, and that will tie an old record. Ninety-seven in Philadelphia. That should break the record.
So how does it all happen? Well, we talk about heat dome. Heat dome is something that happens across the country when you have basically high pressure keeping down all of the heat down here near the surface. And as that surface builds, the sunshine hits the buildings and the heat is kind of kept down here because it's like a pressure cooker.
We have a lid on top of the atmosphere that's called a high pressure dome, and that high pressure dome pushes the air back down. When it tries to rise and get out of the way, it can't get out of the way. It just comes right straight back down toward us and so the heat is on. The heat builds down here and all of these big surfaces -- these big buildings and, obviously, right here through Philadelphia.
But this weather doesn't go away for a week. We'll be above 95 degrees for the next four, and above 90 for the next week, Alisyn.
CAMEROTA: Wowza, Chad. So it's, obviously, not just in the U.S., it's also all over the world, so what else are you seeing?
MYERS: Well, you know, we -- the next time you step outside and just sweat as soon as you walk out, thank a solider because soldiers over here in the Middle East are dealing with excessive numbers, 15 degrees hotter than we will ever feel. In Riyadh, in Kuwait we're talking about temperatures for today and throughout the weekend of 122 to 126.
Now that doesn't break the old record which is Death Valley at 134, but it all over the United States, it's all over the world. So far, June was 1.4 degrees above normal and we don't see any break in the action for July. It's going to be a hot summer. The heat is on, you know. Call it global warming, call it climate change, call it CO2 in the atmosphere, but it's here.
CAMEROTA: Oh my gosh, Chad. Thank you for giving us that perspective when you see the numbers in Kuwait and Iraq. Chad, thank you.
CUOMO: And here we have the skies opening up with rain. A little break in the humidity but the campaign heating up ever still. New national poll numbers. What kind of bump did Donald Trump get? The answers when NEW DAY returns.
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REP. DEBBIE WASSERMAN SCHULTZ (D-FL), FORMER DNC CHAIR: You have to keep saying it loud and proud -- I'm with her.
SEN. BERNIE SANDERS (I), VERMONT: What I'd suggested to be true six months ago turns out to be true. The DNC trying to undermine my campaign.
DONALD TRUMP (R), PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE: I'm going to get a lot of the Bernie voters, by the way.
SEN. TIM KAINE (D-VA), VICE PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE: You want a trash talking president or a bridge building president?
HILLARY CLINTON (D), PRESUMPTIVE PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE: Senator Tim Kaine is everything Donald Trump and Mike Pence are not.
TRUMP: The legacy of Hillary Clinton, death, destruction, and weakness.
CLINTON: In Philadelphia, we will offer a very different vision for our country.
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ANNOUNCER: This is NEW DAY with Chris Cuomo and Alisyn Camerota.
CUOMO: Good morning, welcome to your NEW DAY. It is Monday, July 25th, 6:00 in the East. Alisyn and I are coming to you with big smiles from Philadelphia. The Democratic National Convention begins today amidst huge thunderstorms here. And also, thunder of the political variety. A seismic shift in the race for the White House.
CAMEROTA: (Laughing).
CUOMO: Don't laugh at me, David Gregory. You're not even on it. Donald Trump getting a bounce from the Republican National Convention. You want to take a look at the numbers?
CAMEROTA: Let's do it, they're just released. These are the new CNN/ORC national poll.
