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Robert Bates' Training Background Revealed In 64-Page Document; Republicans On The Attack; Suicide Bomber Kills 33 People In Afghanistan; Colorado Garners $53 Million Off Marijuana Taxes, Hillary Clinton Turns Sharply Left; Thieves Caught Rifling Through Luggage On Camera; Aired 3-4p ET

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FREDRICKA WHITFIELD, CNN ANCHOR: Thanks for being with here this afternoon. I'm Fredricka Whitfield. Much more straight ahead in the NEWSROOM and it all begins right now with Poppy Harlow.

[15:00:19] POPPY HARLOW, CNN ANCHOR: 3:00 Eastern, you're in the CNN NEWSROOM. I'm Poppy Harlow with you this afternoon from New York.

And this just into us here at CNN. Tulsa, Oklahoma, where an armed reserve deputy shot and killed the suspect earlier this month, so far the sheriff's department there has not been able to provide the paperwork that showed that this reserve deputy or volunteer police officer was properly trained, had all of the hours that he needed to be able to be on the streets policing with a gun.

Well, our Ed Lavandera is in Tulsa. He has just obtained some of those training documents, 64 pages worth from the attorney that is not representing Robert Bates.

Ed, are you with me?

ED LAVANDERA, CNN CORRESPONDENT (via phone): I am, Poppy. As you mentioned, 64 pages worth of documents and this is the most detailed picture we've gotten so far of Robert Bates' training background. It is significant because this paperwork and information that has been requested from the sheriff's department in Tulsa since just after the shooting that the sheriff's department citing investigatory reasons for not releasing them.

But now, clearly, the attorneys for Robert Bates, going on the offensive here in starting to provide a lot of the documentation. And what we see in these documents is several years worth of what lawyers say are the documents for firearm certification, several years worth of that as well as the score -- you see the scores on this firearm training that Mr. Bates received as well. And then also some comments in there, Poppy, where there was actually favorable reviews of Mr. Bates and his interaction with the public and his performance in some of those roles as a reserve deputy.

So this is 64 pages worth of documents. Now, there is one thing in particular that still stands out in all of this and the lawyers for Mr. Bates do acknowledge there are several years worth of documents around 2012, 2013 that are not accounted for. And according to the lawyers for Mr. Bates, they say that these documents probably might not exist anymore. That they might have been destroyed inadvertently or for whatever reason they simply of not been found.

So again this is kind of the next step in all of this. We haven't had any reaction from the lawyer for Eric Harris' family yet. We just got these documents a short while ago and we are beginning to pore through them. But as we mentioned off the top, this is really the most significant kind of description and detailing of Mr. Bates' training history since he became a reserve deputy back in 2007, 2008.

HARLOW: And I know, Ed, that the Oklahoma police department, Tulsa sheriff's office had said this week that, look, some of these records are old, that they were not digitized, they were paper and therefore may have been misplaced. First to you, has the sheriff's office there corroborated these documents yet? Have they responded to them and said, yes, this checks out?

LAVANDERA: No. We just got these a short while ago. So I'm not really sure to what extent they have seen them or if they were involved in the process of helping out Mr. Bates and releasing these documents. I'm just not clear on that at this point.

But all of this, Poppy, remember, significant because the "Tulsa World" newspaper there in Tulsa has reported that these documents -- many of these documents perhaps were falsified, the training records for Mr. Bates were falsified by several deputies there within the department. The sheriff's department and lawyers for Mr. Bates have denied all of this. But that story is still out there. The lawyers are also going to great lengths in the statement in this document release to criticize what they believe is one of the sources for that story, saying that this is a former deputy who is now sitting in jail accused of murder who would sign an affidavit saying some of these documents are falsified.

The problem is that's one source. The newspaper there in Tulsa is actually saying that it has five sources that corroborate what they say are allegations of falsifying these records. So still a lot of questions about how all of this is going to play out, but there's definitely a strong public relations battle under way now, as both sides try to lobby and convince, you know, the public of what they believe is right in this case.

HARLOW: Ed, I'll let you get back to poring through those 64 pages of documents. Appreciate the reporting. Get back to us when you have more. This is significant because Eric Harris, the 42-year-old that was killed in this sting operation, was killed, because as the deputy reserve officer, Robert Bates, said, he accidentally pulled his gun he says instead of his taser. He meant to strike Harris with a taser and instead he shot and killed him.

Let's bring in our panel to talk about this. Harry Houck who is a retired NYPD detective, Cheryl Dorsey is with us from Los Angeles. She is a retired LAPD sergeant and the author of the book "black and blue, the creation of a manifesto."

Thank you both for being with me. I appreciate it. Harry, let me turn to you first. Looking at this, the lawyer has now

turned over to CNN these documents. "The Tulsa World" paper has said, look, some of them are falsified, that this reserve officer did not have the 480 hours of training necessary. Regardless of if he did or not, does this call into question whether reserve officers, basically voluntary police officers, should be able to carry guns and potentially kill people?

[15:00:48] HARRY HOUCK, RETIRED NEW YORK POLICE DEPARTMENT DETECTIVE: Well, they do all over the country. You know, we don't do it here in New York city, but there's reserve officers that carry all over the country.

HARLOW: But should they be able to?

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HOUCK: I don't know. I mean, we have an incidence here where -- I think we've got to look at the age of the gentleman.

HARLOW: 73 years old.

HOUCK: He is 73 years old.

HARLOW: You are talking about his reflexes.

HOUCK: You know, I know police officers are forced off the job in some departments at 62, alright. So here's a guy that was 73 years old on the scene where he shouldn't have been and resulted in this horrible shooting. So I think the big issue here is the department itself where, you know, I've never been an opponent of politics and law enforcement blending together. I've never been an opponent of any law enforcement official being voted into office either. I mean, I think this will show you right here on example of why that's a problem.

HARLOW: You're talking about the fact that this is someone who had donated a lot to that police department.

HOUCK: Sure.

HARLOW: Who was friends with the sheriff. But he says and the sheriff's department maintains that had nothing to do with it. You know, he was helpful to the group policing where he lived and wanted to do everything that he could to help.

Cheryl, to you, what is your reaction to this?

CHERYL DORSEY, RETIRED LOS ANGELES POLICE DEPARTMENT: Well, first of all, I find it interesting that Mr. Bates' attorney would try to discredit the deputy that he says is sitting in jail charged with murder because, after all, isn't Mr. Bates charged with something very heinous? And so who do you believe?

And understand just because those documents exist, we don't necessarily know if they're valid because there is that rumor out there that those who didn't speak the company speak and weren't willing to falsify records were moved. And so, it's very telling to me when the sheriff stands before a bank of cameras and is asked about Mr. Bates' verification of his credentials and qualifications, what he says is as best I know or to the best of my knowledge. That sounds like double talk. That sounds like cold talk for if you catch me later and he wasn't qualified, I'll just say to the best of my knowledge I thought he was.

HARLOW: Cheryl, one thing -- one thing I want you both to respond to this. One thing that Robert Bates did and showed when he was on the "Today" show yesterday being interviewed is the very different location on his body where his taser is held versus where his gun is held.

Let me ask you first, Cheryl, as someone who served in the LAPD, is it possible that even with the required training that could happen or that has happened to anyone else that you know?

DORSEY: Well, certainly I don't know if it's happened to anyone else. What I would say is based on my training and experience, it should not happen. Because you train so that when you're in a moment of excitement in stressful situations, you act on second nature. You just do that thing that you've practiced over and over. We understand according to Mr. Bates he received 300 hours of training between 2008 and 2015. If you do the math, we're talking about maybe 42 hours of training per week on average over a seven-year period and he hasn't fired his weapon at the range since the fall of 2014? It's inadequate. The training is inadequate. He performed in a way that would explain the lack of training that he's had over these last several months and maybe years.

HARLOW: Harry, there are professions -- I mean most professions you cannot be a volunteer. You cannot be a volunteer brain surgeon, right?

HOUCK: Exactly.

HARLOW: Should you be able to be a volunteer officer?

HOUCK: Well, volunteer officers are, you know, utilized by police departments in the country basically just for things like traffic and parades and things like that.

HARLOW: But this was a set-up sting operation.

HOUCK: This is the problem. I said this is the problem before as to what happens when you inject politics into law enforcement, alright. This guy was allowed -- it appears to me that this guy is allowed to be on scenes like this where he's not a professional. And I tell you what, you probably won't get any of these officers to speak out about it. But I bet you they don't like the idea of a man like that being on the scene neither.

[15:09:45] HARLOW: Let's remember that the Oklahoma NAACP has now called for an investigation into this because they say, look, none of the other officers have been charged. You know there was another officer who had his knee on Eric Harris' head during this situation, so we'll see how that develops.

Let's also remember that today, right now, the friends and family of Eric Harris are saying their final goodbyes at his visitation as he is about to be laid to rest.

Appreciate it. We'll take a quick break and talk more about this on the other side.

Also something we're following very closely. The center of the Republican universe is in New Hampshire today. Those are live pictures. Mike Huckabee, a man who hasn't yet set whether he'll run for the highest office in this nation, is speaking along with all of his other potential competitors. They're all trying to separate themselves from the pack. Who's succeeding? A live report, next.

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[15:00:00] HARLOW: The general election may be more than a year away, but you wouldn't know it if you were in New Hampshire today. Nineteen, count them, 19 potential Republican hopeful, including all the big names and heavy hitters are in town for a big leadership summit. It's a chance to meet with voters and test out their stump speeches before New Hampshire's first in the nation primary. One of the latest candidates to take the stage in just the past few minutes, South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham.

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SEN. LINDSEY GRAHAM (R), SOUTH CAROLINA: Barack Obama's foreign policy is a miserable failure. Radical Islam is on the rise. Those who want to hurt our country are stronger than ever and our friends like Israel are afraid. And somebody needs to change it and they need to change it quick. So when you elect somebody in 2016, I hope you will vote for a commander in-chief that knows what the hell they're doing.

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HARLOW: Not mincing any words there. Athena Jones joins us live now from Nashua, New Hampshire.

This is the beginning of a long, long race, just even in the primary. Look, are they mainly attacking President Obama and Hillary Clinton or are they sort of making jabs at one another?

[15:15:06] ATHENA JONES, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, they're mostly attacking President Obama's policies. And of course Hillary Clinton, who as you know is the only officially declared candidate on the Democratic side. Let's play what Carly Fiorina had to say about Hillary Clinton. She's, of course, the former CEO of Hewlett-Packard. Go ahead and play that.

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CARLY FIORINA (R), FORMER CEO, HEWLETT-PACKARD: Hillary Clinton must not be president of the United States because she does not have a track record of accomplishment, because she lacks the candor and transparency that are so necessary to leadership and because she will pursue policies that will crush this great nation.

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JONES: And she is not the only one to bash Hillary Clinton. We heard from Senator Rand Paul who criticized her handling of the attacks in Benghazi, Libya, saying her dereliction of duty should make her disqualified to run for higher office. So a lot of bashing of Clinton and President Obama along with their touting of conservative talking points and principles like cutting taxes and cutting government spending -- Poppy.

HARLOW: So it's one thing, Athena, to be on stage, right, you know, trying out your potential stump speeches, et cetera. It's another thing to be amongst the people in New Hampshire, to spend time with them, to talk to the voters as we saw Hillary Clinton do in Iowa this week. And by the way, she's going to start doing in New Hampshire on Monday. How are they doing making connections with voters on the street there?

JONES: Well, we know that a lot of these candidates have been not just speaking at this summit in the hotel here behind me but also holding other events, smaller town halls. We saw Governor Chris Christie in the days leading up to this weekend and holding another event at a bar last night. We also have seen a lot of them speaking at the New Hampshire politics and eggs breakfast. We saw former Florida governor Jeb Bush trying to connect with the audience there. That's going to be an important part of this, the retail politics.

The thing about New Hampshire, it's small enough for these candidates to go all around the state more than once. And it's something that at least Governor Bush told me he really enjoys. And so, that's where we beginning to see. This event right here, I have to tell you, it really is about the activists. It is about the super engaged voters. The people who are paying attention already right now so far out. But moving beyond a summit like this, they are getting into the towns around here and trying to reach the voters where they are, taking questions, introducing themselves and trying to make their case -- Poppy.

HARLOW: All right, Athena Jones, live for us in New Hampshire. Thanks, Athena. We appreciate it.

And we are going to take a quick break. Back with more news on the other side.

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[15:21:19] HARLOW: Turning overseas, someone on a motorcycle blew himself up and killed 33 other people on a crowded street outside a bank in the second largest city in Afghanistan. ISIS is claiming responsibility. And what makes this even more troubling is where this happened. So far ISIS has not before now staged a suicide attack within Afghanistan. In addition to those killed, more than 100 people were injured in the explosion. You see some of the wounded there. Let's bring in Bob Baer, former CIA operative who knows the region

extraordinarily well.

When you look at this, Bob, how significant is it in your opinion that, a, this wasn't carried out by ISIS proper, it was sort of an offshoot course on it, an offshoot of ISIS, and also the fact that it happened within Afghanistan?

BOB BAER, FORMER CIA OPERATIVE: Well, Poppy, what it tells me is that the ISIS franchise is growing rather than getting smaller. You know, Afghanistan, the resistance should be the Taliban. They denied participation in this attack. It was too violent for them. So the fact that people are claiming allegiance to the Islamic state is bad news. And, you know, you couple that, poppy, with attacks in Egypt and Sinai, the attacks on Ramadi, even ISIS in Yemen, and this, the idea this virus as I call it seems to be spreading rather than retreating. And, yes, they may have lost Tikrit, but then they pop up somewhere else. They have given up the refinery in Iraq and appeared somewhere else. So this is a fight that's going to go on for years and years and is not going to be easily accomplished from the error with a few troops.

HARLOW: These were civilians in line at a bank just trying to pick up their paycheck, trying to get their salary. What do you make of the statement that this ISIS offshoot group is trying to make by killing these civilians, you know, by all we know not tied with any sort of group, just merely people trying to get their paycheck.

BAER: And remember, these people are from the same sect, they are Sunni Muslims. And what you're seeing the Islamic state doing is attacking anything associated with the west, whether it's archaeological ruins or banks or airplanes. Anything that, you know, postdates the prophet Mohammed they're going to go after and destroy. This is a movement that, frankly, I haven't -- I've never seen this. And you know, in a thousand years in the Middle East. (INAUDIBLE) and out to kill randomly, in our terms.

HARLOW: And, therefore, if you haven't seen it, you know, in the course of the history of conflicts in the region, you know, just imagine what the U.S. is dealing trying to lead the coalition fight against it. I want you to take a listen to what U.S. ambassador to the U.N., Samantha Power, had to say yesterday on "New Day." She was responding to the critics of this administration who say that this, look, not enough was done soon enough and that's why ISIS has been able to seize so much ground. Listen.

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SAMANTHA POWER, U.S. AMBASSADOR TO THE UNITED NATIONS: We trained the Iraqis. We supported them over the course of a decade. They assured us that their security preparation was sufficient and then ISIL gathered more momentum more quickly than I think a lot of people anticipated.

(END VIDEO CLIP) HARLOW: She's saying, look, the criticism is not warranted. When you look at the situation of the deterioration in Iraq and how much land ISIS has been able to grab in Iraq, how likely is it that something of that magnitude happens within Afghanistan? [15:24:59] BAER: I think it's going to happen there and a lot of the

other places where this administration is, frankly, not paying attention to what's happening in the Middle East. They're relying on governments like Baghdad to tell us what's going on. And all these years, Maliki and the former prime minister and his cohorts have been stealing the money that should have been going to the army. All our training went for naught, same thing in Yemen. It was a government, the (INAUDIBLE) government was put in power. And it's not capable of ruling that country. I think really the tragic thing is that we are not being told the truth, just how bad things are in the Middle East, and I think the American people should know that and I foresee it getting worse.

HARLOW: We're not being told by who, Bob?

BAER: We're not being told by the administration. They're keeping their fingers crossed. And you know, their people should have known that the Islamic state was about ready to take Mosul. What happened to U.S. intelligence, $80 billion a year? We can't figure that out? This has been another pearl harbor in a lot of senses. I just don't see it any other way.

HARLOW: Bob Baer, thanks for the insight. Appreciate it.

Coming up, switching gears here, in a major way we're going to talk about a lot of the newest millionaires in America, as you know, made their fortune off the Internet, right, in Silicon Valley. But the seeds of success for the latest crop of millionaires is coming from a plant that is still illegal in most states.

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[15:29:32] HARLOW: It has been over a year now since Colorado legalized recreational marijuana. In February the state reported a $53 million tax revenue increase just from the sale of recreational pot. Now there are dozens of publicly traded pot stocks. And of course there are a lot of entrepreneurs, some of them are becoming marijuana millionaires.

Our Ana Cabrera has been reporting extensively on it, of course, because she's based in Denver and she joins us now from the 4/20 festival. A lot of marijuana millionaire hopefuls there, right?

[15:30:04] ANA CABRERA, CNN CORRESPONDENT: A lot of hopefuls and there are millionaires in the marijuana industry here in Colorado since cannabis became legal to sell for recreational use. So businesses are making millions. The state is making millions off of those marijuana taxes, $53 million in the first year of legal rec sales. And they're really expecting to roll in the dough this weekend with thousands of out of town visitors coming to Colorado for the 4/20 festival, for the cannabis cup, which is sort of like the super bowl, I guess you can say, of the marijuana industry. It brings a whole new meaning to the mile high city.

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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The Willie Wauronka (ph) of weed.

CABRERA (voice-over): A couple of budding businesses.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I am an inventor at heart.

CABRERA: Three men in their mid to late 40s now marijuana millionaires.

I can tell you're the loose cannon, just a little bit, right?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Very much so.

CABRERA: Pete and Andy Williams are brothers and co-owners of medicine man marijuana dispensary.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We'll probably do $15 million this year.

CABRERA: $15 million of revenue projected for 2015, about $9 million, he says, made last year. What began in 2010 with a few plants in Pete's basement.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Look at this beautiful leaf.

CABRERA: Has blossomed into a 40,000 square foot facility.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We have UVC bulbs, electrostatic filtration.

CABRERA: A high-tech family grow operation with 80 employees. Sisters, Sally and Shelly, and even mom.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Chief money counter.

CABRERA: Are among them. Sorting a sea of green. Planting, then selling. Fifty-plus different strains of recreational and medical marijuana. This is a plant that's been harvested ready for trimming now. It is the purple (INAUDIBLE). What I'm holding here retails for about a thousand bucks.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: This is also a big seller.

CABRERA: (INAUDIBLE) went from commercial kitchen to commercial manufacturing plant almost overnight.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Literally tens of millions of dollars of intellectual property are being established here.

CABRERA: 46-year-old Trip Keever (ph) is CEO of one of the most successful marijuana edibles company in the country. His sophisticated oil extraction and purification machines help pump out about 8,000 pot products a day.

The most popular product? UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The elixir. It represents about 50 percent of our

revenue.

CABRERA: (INAUDIBLE) chocolate bars are sold in hundreds of pot shops around the country. He predicts his business could be worth a billion dollars in the next two years.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: This is more than just a full-time job. I mean, in some respects it's a movement. And you have to be fanatical in your commitment to it.

CABRERA: Both Keever (ph) and the Williams brothers says most of their money goes back into the business.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I have dreams, though.

CABRERA: Yes? What are the dreams?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I want a house with a dock and a boat so I can just go fishing any time I want. Some day.

CABRERA: For now focused on building an industry that's still federally illegal, a looming risk that their pot profits could still go up in smoke.

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CABRERA: Of course those are just a couple of business success stories in the marijuana industry. There are literally dozens of entrepreneurs in this industry just in Colorado alone. In fact when you look at the state licenses, there are now nearly a thousand marijuana licensed businesses here in Colorado from those marijuana dispensaries to cultivation facilities, testing facilities as well as product manufacturers. It is very tightly regulated, this industry here in Colorado, and it's still illegal, Poppy, to smoke pot in public.

HARLOW: It certainly is. And I know a lot of people are having a hard time figuring out what to do with all the cash because since it's federally still not legal, a lot of the banks won't take it. We are going to talk about that a lot more in the next hour.

An, Appreciate it. Thank you.

So what happens when cannabis meets capitalism? Next hour you're going to meet this businessman who's cashing in on selling pot, but struggling to find a bank to hold all the cash.

Also tomorrow night CNN's new original series "High Profits" follows two business minded relentless visionaries with the plan to be the first ever moguls of marijuana. "High Profits" series premiere tomorrow night 10:00 p.m. eastern and pacific only right here on CNN.

Just ahead here in the NEWSROOM, Hillary Clinton is trying to win over liberals by taking hedge funds to task over tax rates. But could she bite the hand that is feeding her campaign coffers? That's coming up. But first, each year our Dr. Sanjay Gupta selects six CNN viewers to

join his Fit Nation team. They have eight months to get in shape and train for a triathlon. He caught up with one participant, Erica Moore.

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DR. SANJAY GUPTA, CNN CHIEF MEDICAL CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): For Fit Nation athlete Erica Moore, her size was never a concern.

ERIC MOORE, FIR NATION ATHLETE: I have a lot of self confidence. I've never been ashamed of my body and I'm not ashamed of my weight.

[15:35:01] GUPTA: But it was her first experience with swing dancing which left her out of breath after just one song. She said that was a wake-up call.

MOORE: It was the first time that I felt like this body was preventing me from doing something and I didn't like that feeling.

GUPTA: Determined to get in shape, Moore joined our Fit Nation team back in January, ready to make a permanent change.

You're here, this is new. Meet your teammates. You're starting this incredible journey. Dark moments at all? Do you worry, are you concerned?

MOORE: I'm not. I feel so positive and hopeful. Honestly, I think it is like coming here has helped me realize that it's not some big dark unknown. It's a lot of little logical steps that add up to make big change.

GUPTA: Since that day, Moore has taken to water like a fish.

MOORE: I just want to swim in July.

GUPTA: Biking and running, even competing in several big races. In sufficient a few weeks, we'll be back together in sunny southern California to put the team's new skills to the test.

MOORE: It's going to be really exciting.

GUPTA: Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN, reporting.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

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[15:40:00] HARLOW: She is less than a week into her presidential campaign, but we're already seeing Hillary Clinton take a sharp turn to the left. Her mission, win over the progressives who think that she might be a little too tight with Wall Street.

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HILLARY CLINTON (D), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: And there's something wrong when hedge fund managers pay lower tax rates than nurses or the truckers that I saw on i-80 as I was driving here.

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HARLOW: In Iowa this week, Clinton took on those hedge fund managers for the low tax rate they pay on a lot of their income. But here's the thing, Wall Street has long been a fan of Clinton and could be huge for her fund-raising efforts.

Let's bring in CNN.com political reporter M.J. Lee who's reported extensively on this.

So they're talking about something called carried interest and all that means is a way that a lot of their money comes to them. That gets taxed, carried interest for Hedge Funds, at 20 percent versus 39 percent for the highest income bracket that makes their money in other ways. How significant of a turn is this from the Hillary Clinton we saw campaigning in 2007-2008?

M.J. LEE, CNN.COM POLITICAL REPORTER: Look, I think we should be very clear about the position that she's taking on this carried interest loophole. This is a position that she has taken in the past, so I think we should be careful not to confuse it and to think, you know, she's taking a very different take on a controversial issue.

HARLOW: But she said it in her first week.

LEE: Right. So in that way it is definitely significant. It signals that she is taking very much a populist tone in the earliest days of her campaign. But look, I think the carried interest debate actually is not a risky political stance for someone like Clinton to take because she has taken that before and because there actually is quite a bit of widespread consensus that this is a loophole in the tax code that does need to be fixed. You talk to tax experts and they will say that. You talk to some Republicans and they will say that.

HARLOW: I think it's interesting, so she brought on, and you wrote about this, she brought on a new CFO, right? So brought in Gary Gensler. This is the guy who the partner of Goldman Sachs for 20 years. He's also a guy who has been known as being very tough on Wall Street when he took over the commodity futures trading commission he was looked at someone who really implemented financial reform, Dodd- Frank, and it tough on the street.

LEE: Yes. I think that got a lot of attention that she would hire someone like that at such a top position in her campaign and that does send a strong message. I think the question, though, is how much power will he have in the campaign? Is he put in place mostly to send a message or will he actually have the power to shape her policy views. We don't know yet.

HARLOW: Take a look at these poll numbers coming from Pew, what they show us, 64 percent of Americans are bothered a lot by the idea that corporations they think don't pay their fair share of taxes. And 61 percent are bothered by the fact that they don't think wealthy individuals pay enough taxes. You've got a pretty strong majority on both those fronts. I wonder if

you think this taking this populist stance early on in the campaign, coming out and talking about the way some on Wall Street makes its money is something she's sort of been forced into just by the existence of Elizabeth Warren.

LEE: Yes. I think that she is feeling an immense amount of pressure from progressive groups and those to the left of her to embrace progressive ideas early on in the campaign. And that's sort of the reality of running as a Democrat in a presidential campaign. You run to the left during the primaries and then go a little more center when you're in a general election.

So there's no doubt that she's feeling a lot of pressure. And I think as we get further into the campaign, we're going to see her being put on the spot to answer questions asked of her on specific policy issues. And I think the transpacific partnership deal was the perfect example of that this weekend. She landed in some hot water because she wouldn't take a position on it and liberal activists said you have to say no.

HARLOW: They're also going to come after her because she's given a lot of paid speeches at big banks. She spoke at a Goldman Sachs event so she's going to come under pressure for it but it's going to be interesting how she walks the line.

Thank you so much, M.J.

LEE: Thank you.

HARLOW: I appreciate it.

Coming up, thousands of bags, your bags, suitcases, pilfered each year sometimes by airline handlers themselves. Well now, really trying to crack down on this, trying to keep your luggage and your belongings safe. We have an investigation from Drew Griffin on this.

But first in today's CNN heroes, a recent study shows that more than half of all American children will likely live with a single mom at some point. When a single parent gets cancer, everyday tasks like cleaning and cooking are a struggle and that's where this week's CNN hero steps in.

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JODY FARLEY-BERENS, CNN HERO: I was diagnosed with stage IV breast cancer just about a month after my daughter's dad and I split up. All I could think about was oh, my God, my daughter. I can't do this to you.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Here I go, mom.

FARLEY-BERENS: The chemotherapy, there's a lot of fatigue. When you can't really do much, you're looking at the dirt on the floor. It's like one more level of stress.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Being a single parent, having cancer, you don't know where to turn.

That wasn't on the list.

Disability, it's 60 percent of your salary. But your bills are still 100 percent. It's hard.

[15:45:06] FARLEY-BERENS: My friend Michelle was a single mother of four when she was diagnosed. She struggles with just day to day. When she passed away weigh realized other people like her need help.

Singleton Moms provide practical support for single parents battling cancer. You have these people that don't know you, and you're going to help me with, clean my house? We help them pay a couple bills, and then we provide day to day needs for their house.

Do you have a protein preference? It's about being that support. It's a lot of help.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: They go out of their way to make sure that you're taken care of.

FARLEY-BERENS: Neighbors helping neighbors, family helping family, this is what we should be doing for one another.

Singleton Moms definitely helps me with this fight. I've got all the motivation in the world looking in my daughter's eyes.

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[15:50:05] HARLOW: It is remarkable video that might make you cringe if you're about to board an airplane. Luggage thieves caught red handed rifling through your checked bags. Across the country airport security officials are trying to stop thousands and thousands of luggage thefts happening every year. It goes beyond just stopping the thieves.

Here's senior investigative correspondent Drew Griffin with the exclusive video.

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DREW GRIFFIN, CNN SENIOR INVESTIGATIVE CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): These are airport baggage handlers, thieves inside the belly of a plane rifling through passenger's bags. What are they looking for? The valuables that you pack that you thought would be safe. But in never-before-seen video obtained by CNN, undercover cameras and the police are catching the baggage handlers in the act stealing on planes and in supposedly secure areas of the airport. The video even caught a security guard apparently in on the act.

My reaction to those videos is disgusted.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: It's pretty incredible, isn't it? GRIFFIN: The video comes from a sting set up by Miami-Dade police to

stop a rash of thefts. Thirty one ramp workers and baggage handlers have been arrested since 2012 caught on camera red handed.

And when you catch them in the act like you did on these videos, what's their response?

LT. PETE ESTIS, MIAMI-DADE POLICE DEPARTMENT: A lot of times there is no response other than shock that they were caught. And that's OK with us. As many as we can take away, the better it is for everybody that travels through Miami international airport.

GRIFFIN: But it's certainly not just happening in Miami. A CNN analysis finds over the past five years nearly 31,000 passenger claims of items missing from luggage filed with the TSA. About 25,000 of those claims alleged valuables missing from checked bags. The rest, they disappeared from a TSA check point, 513 TSA officers have been fired for theft since 2002 including one who hid stolen items in this secret compartment. It adds up to $2.5 million worth of passenger belongings gone. These petty thefts are a big deal to police chiefs like Pat Gannon at Los Angeles international airport.

CHIEF PATRICK GANNON, LOS ANGELES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT: I believe there's a connection between baggage thefts and potential terrorism.

GRIFFIN: Gannon and others believes stealing an ipad, rifling through bags is a potential first step towards something much worse.

GANNON: I think that is a breakdown in their moral fiber and that's why we take it very seriously here. If we don't pay attention to the small things that happen around here, it will lead to larger things.

GRIFFIN: The top airport for items reported missing from luggage, JFK in New York. So many insider baggage thefts were going on here. The airline LL set up its own hidden cameras and found workers rifling through luggage stealing money out of wallets. Seven baggage handlers were arrested for stealing iphones, ipads, watches, rings, cameras. In Los Angeles police last year raided homes of baggage handlers. According to the airport police chief the case led to a major reduction in missing items from luggage.

GANNON: We cut thefts in those two terminals by nearly 60 percent because of doing that aggressive investigative work.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: It's scary for us in law enforcement. Certainly taking somebody's cell phone, ipad, computer, what's next?

GRIFFIN: For the traveler, the concerns can be eliminated with one simple tip. Don't pack anything of value inside a checked bag. And in that last minute push to check bags at the gate, make sure you remove anything that a common thief would find appealing because those thieves are everywhere, even in the belly of an airport.

Drew Griffin, CNN, Miami.

(END VIDEOTAPE) HARLOW: Great reporting by Drew. Too bad, you should be able to check your stuff and believe that it will be safe.

Drew Griffin, thanks so much for that.

Coming up next, new documents in the case of the armed reserve deputy, the volunteer police officer who shot and killed a suspect this month, these documents shed light on his training and his role within the department. We'll discuss, ahead.

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[15:58:11] HARLOW: Pick pocketing is a major concern for tourist on vacation, but now one expert is sharing the secrets of the trade to keep you from becoming a victim.

Our Richard Quest meets the master thief who calls himself the man of steel.

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RICHARD QUEST, CNN CORRESPONDENT: I have my wallet in my pocket because I just bought something and I just shot it back in here. The phone is in my inside pocket. I have my keys in this pocket. And I'm in the middle of just a busy day.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Yes. I will tell you that's not a good idea because with your phone in this pocket, take it out. What fraudsters will do is they will set off a text alert in the ground and you pull out your phone and you will see if it's you. And as you put away the phone, they now know where it is. So you don't want to do that. What did you say you had in this pocket?

QUEST: In this pocket, I have my keys.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: OK. And you should never carry your house keys and your car keys in the same bunch. That's a very good idea because you will (INAUDIBLE) can direct them to the house. You have a nice watch. If I get it, can I have it? I'm going to try to take things one at a time from you.

QUEST: Right.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Would you like me to take the phone or the wallet or something else? Phone or wallet or something else?

QUEST: Try the wallet.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: OK.

QUEST: The wallet was, it's gone.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Do you know which pocket it is? It is gone, isn't it?

QUEST: It has. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Yes. And your phone is still there, I think.

QUEST: Yes, the phone is still there.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: OK. But your wallet is down here.

QUEST: (INAUDIBLE).

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Put it back into your pocket. They will put it in the outside pocket. How long did it took me to rob you? You wouldn't know because I have your watch.

QUEST: How easy would (INAUDIBLE) my wallet out of that door?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: That pocket is known as the mugs pocket. They take something very obvious like I can't see it. Leaving something in the front I might be able to steal like your tie. I will explain a little later.

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