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Captured New York Prisoner Reveals Details of Prison Escape; Fire Burns Historic Black Church in South Carolina; Donald Trump Defends Controversial Comments on Mexican Immigrants; U.S. & Cuba to Announce Embassy Openings; Bush, Trump Lead GOP in New CNN/ORC Poll. Aired 8-8:30a ET

Aired July 1, 2015 - 08:00   ET

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[08:00:00] JEAN CASAREZ, CNN CORRESPONDENT: CNN has obtained a picture that is credible of Richard Matt. It was shortly after he was shot, and we want to tell everyone that this is going to be a very graphic image you're going to see in this piece. But at the same time David Sweat is alive. He continues to talk with amazing detailed information for authorities.

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CASAREZ: Captured convicted killer David Sweat claims he was the mastermind behind the elaborate prison break 26 days ago. According to district attorney Andrew Wylie, the former fugitive says he and fellow inmate Richard Matt nearly escaped the maximum security prison the night before on their dry run, but decided the first manhole they reached was not secluded enough. Sweat telling investigators that Joyce Mitchell was supposed to pick them up and drive to West Virginia before heading to Mexico.

ANDREW WYLIE, CLINTON COUNTY D.A.: There were occasions where we heard the helicopters.

CASAREZ: Wylie telling NBC News Sweat and Matt often tuned into A.M. radio while on the run, continuing to change directions as they moved toward Canada. Sweat says he and Matt were very close to being caught several times.

WYLIE: The sheriff's deputy vehicle pulled up in the vicinity of where they were. And they were I think somewhat surprised. I think he said Matt fell backward and made some noise, but the sheriff's deputy didn't locate them.

CASAREZ: Wylie also telling NBC News at once point Sweat said authorities were combing the forest floor while he was hiding in a tree stand used for hunting right above them. This as we are now seeing a graphic image of Richard Matt moments after he was shot. The photo shows Matt lying on the ground with, a gunshot wound to the top of his skull.

Meanwhile, CNN learns the inmates started planning and may have started cutting through the prison walls six months ago, the scrutiny intensifying on the correction facility as a dozen employees are now on administrative leave, including prison executives like Superintendent Steven Racette who initially led Governor Andrew Cuomo on a tour of how the convicts broke free.

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CASAREZ: Now, one big question has been how could authorities not have heard the power tools? David Sweat says they didn't use power tools. They used a hacksaw to cut the hole in their cell and then to get into the sewer pipes. Alisyn?

ALISYN CAMEROTA, CNN ANCHOR: OK, Jean, thanks so much for clearing that up.

While, escapees and convicted murder David Sweat's condition has now been upgraded. Sara Ganim is live outside the hospital for us. Sara, what's the latest?

SARA GANIM, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Good morning, Alisyn. Yes, David Sweat continues to recover here, his condition being upgraded yesterday from serious to fair.

And just so that you have an idea of where he is in this hospital, he's being held in a secure area of the hospital with trained security staff, an area that is only used for inmates, not for anyone else being treated at that hospital.

Now the question, Alisyn, becomes, what next? Where does he go after he recovers? Hospital staff say he could be released in the next few days. And the department of corrections has to make a decision, where does he go? It's very unlikely that he'll go back to the Clinton Correctional Facility where he broke out of just over three weeks ago. He could be considered both a hero and a target inside that prison. And that's a security problem for the corrections department.

So they need to figure out where he'll go. The district attorney saying it's likely he'll spend the rest of his life in solitary confinement. The D.A. promising he will charge him with burglary and with escape and any other crimes he may have committed while on the run. And the D.A. also promising that he probably won't get a plea deal. Chris?

CHRIS CUOMO, CNN ANCHOR: All right, Sara, thank you very much.

We also have breaking news for you overnight. A fire roars through a historic black church, officials now trying to figure out what sparked this blaze. It was a church once targeted by the KKK. There are concerns this could have been arson. CNN's Victor Blackwell live for us in Greeleyville. And I say this blaze, Victor, because, as you well know, seven fires in eight days at black churches. What are authorities saying about a connection?

VICTOR BLACKWELL, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, they're not speaking much about a connection. Of the seven fires, this one is still being investigated. As you know two of the fires have been determined to be the result of arson, one possibly.

But let me step out of the way and show you what's left of Mt. AME here, only the exterior walls and the cross, as you can see one of the fire engines leaving here. There are state investigators here, ATF agents on the ground. And you see outside the church are pieces of charred wood and metal that investigators have pulled out in an attempt to determine the cause here. That has not been determined.

We have to say there was a storm that passed during the hours before the blaze really kicked up. So lightning is being investigated as a possibility. But so are other components.

[08:05:03] The FBI will join this investigation to determine if arson, or if there's a hate component. And that would not be the first for Mt. Zion AME. Twenty years ago, June of 1995, two members of the Ku Klux Klan burned the original Mt. Zion to the ground. They pleaded guilty and served time in prison.

In 1996 then President Clinton came to this building for the rededication. And now this community, this congregation will have to rebuild again. As you mentioned, this is the seventh, at least the seventh black church to be destroyed by fire since the Charleston massacre two weeks ago. And now the NAACP is warning black churches to take precautions. Back to you.

MICHAELA PEREIRA, CNN ANCHOR: And what precautions those are, many are wondering. All right, thanks so much for that. Victor, thank you.

A new CNN poll released this morning shows that Jeb Bush and Donald Trump are leading the GOP pack. But it's still not enough to beat Hillary Clinton, who beats any Republican by a long shot. CNN senior political correspondent Brianna Keilar live in Washington. Granted, there's 495 days to go.

BRIANNA KEILAR, CNN SENIOR POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT: That's right, Michaela, there's a lot of time to go for sure. But Jeb Bush is actually becoming a bit of a humble frontrunner, at least judging by this poll. He's at 19 percent, and that's up six percent since May. So that's pretty significant.

But check this out, Donald Trump at 12 percent, up quite a bit since May. Of course he's gotten a lot of press lately for declaring he's in the running. But it's interesting because he's really bleeding off support for Marco Rubio who drops eight points and Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker who drops four points. When people were surveyed, when voters were surveyed on the economy, on who will be the best dealing with illegal immigration and on social issues, they all said Jeb Bush, though. So that goes in his favor.

Check out Democrats. This may not surprise you. Hillary Clinton still very much with a commanding lead, 57 percent. That's down a little bit from May. But remember there's a margin of error here, so you can't say that she's really taking a dip. We do know that Bernie Sanders up four percent, he's capturing some of that excitement. There is certainly some desire for an alternative to Hillary Clinton. You're seeing that play out a little bit with Bernie Sanders.

But look at the match-up national between Hillary Clinton and Republicans. The good news for Jeb Bush is that as a Republican he does the best. The bad news, he is still 13 points behind. Check out Donald Trump trailing Hillary Clinton by 25 points. In between Jeb Bush and Donald Trump on that you have Marco Rubio and Chris Christie, all still trailing Hillary Clinton pretty severely.

We will be looking, though, Alisyn, some of the state polls coming up. It's of course very interesting to see where -- how they match up in these key early states like Iowa and New Hampshire.

CAMEROTA: Yes, those will be particularly interesting. Brianna, thanks so much for that.

Well, the hits keep coming for Donald Trump. Mexico now saying it will not send any contestant to Trump's Miss Universe Pageant. And both hosts are pulling out of the upcoming Miss USA Pageant over Trump's comments about Mexicans. But Trump is not taking any of this lying down. CNN's Athena Jones is in Washington with the very latest. Good morning, Athena.

ATHENA JONES, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Good morning, Alisyn. The hits are still coming, but Trump isn't saying he's sorry. He sees himself as a truth-teller here. He believes he's right on this illegal immigration issue. And so far the flap doesn't seem to be hurting him. As you saw, he's surging in our latest poll. That may be more of why we saw more of that quintessential Trump style last night in New Hampshire.

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JONES: Donald Trump on the trail in New Hampshire and refusing to back down from his controversial comments about Mexican grants.

DONALD TRUMP, (R) PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: I understand everybody loves what I'm doing in terms of the border because we have to stop the illegals from coming in.

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JONES: The real estate mogul caused an uproar in his announcement speech two weeks ago.

TRUMP: They're bringing drugs. They're bringing crime. They're rapists. And some, I assume, are good people.

JONES: In response, Univision and NBC Universal cut ties with the brash billionaire, saying they will no longer air the Miss USA or Miss Universe pageant partly owned by Trump. The outcry hasn't stopped there. Mexico said Tuesday it's withdrawing from the Miss Universe event, citing Trump's racist comments. And other co-hosts for the Miss USA Pageant has said they won't take part either. But Trump is standing his ground.

TRUMP: What NBC and Univision did to these young women was disgraceful. They never had them in mind.

JONES: Trump on Tuesday filed a $500 million dollar lawsuit against Univision and hasn't ruled out a similar move against NBC.

TRUMP: My first thing is Univision. And let's see how they respond to a $500 million dollar very good lawsuit. It's a very good lawsuit. And let's see who comes next.

JONES: But the former reality TV star wasn't the only blunt speaking Republican presidential candidate wooing voters in New Hampshire on Tuesday.

[08:10:03] GOV. CHRIS CHRISTIE, (R) NEW JERSEY: I want to be the next president of the United States and I intend to win this election.

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JONES: New Jersey Governor Chris Christie made his first foray after launching his presidential bid. Telling a town hall --

CHRISTIE: You're going to sometimes shake your head and say I wish he hadn't quite said it that way. But I'll guarantee you here's one thing you'll never say. You'll never say I don't know what he thinks.

JONES: Christie and Trump, two candidates offering their own very different brands of straight talk.

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JONES: And as we mentioned, our latest polling showing Trump in second place among Republicans nationally while Christie is in the low single digits. And as for that $500 million lawsuit, Univision says Trump's complaint is, quote, "both factually false and legally ridiculous." The company says it will vigorously defend the case. Alisyn?

CAMEROTA: All right, Athena, we'll see what happens with that lawsuit.

Also, be sure to watch CNN tonight. Donald Trump will be Don Lemon's guest this evening. You can hear what he has to say at 10:00 p.m. eastern only on CNN. Chris?

CUOMO: All right, more now on our lead story -- 12 employees at the Clinton Correctional Facility suspended as the investigation into the escaped two inmates picks up steam. Let's get perspective from a man who knows the system very well, Patrick Dunleavy, former deputy inspector general of the New York State Department of Corrections. It's very good to have you with us. Mr. Dunleavy, first, your reaction to 12 people being circled in this situation. Does it sound like the right move?

PATRICK DUNLEAVY, FORMER DEPUTY INSPECTOR GENERAL, NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS: First of all, thanks for having me, Chris. It does seem like a positive step in at least doing something as they review what procedures and what security measures had broken down during this almost eight month plan, plot to go through the prison wall. CUOMO: Could this have happened without failures in security?

DUNLEAVY: No, no. It should not have. I mean, you always have inmates that want to get out of prison one way or the other. So you're always going to have that threat. But there should have been oversight to prevent those inmates from doing what they did.

CUOMO: From what you've heard so far, the main charge seems to be there was a culture of laxity going on and that they had prisoners who should have been under very careful watch who were not.

DUNLEAVY: But that's always been a danger in prisons. You're talking about the human factor. You have human beings watching other human beings. So in a sense after a while there can be laxness, there can be a breakdown in being vigilant. But that's why it's supposed to be a layered system with different people watching the system so that if one person is lax, the other person, the supervisor, the watch sergeant would be able to step up and speak to his men and tell them they need to be more on duty.

CUOMO: And reading what your thoughts are on this, yes, drugs are in prisons very commonly. Yes, employees are often involved in the sale of those drugs. Yes, there are lapses. But that's why the system is set up the way it is, to battle those conditions. Your question is whether or not they had the system set up the right way here.

DUNLEAVY: Yes. And, again, if you're going to look at a situation where you know there's always going to be issues like that in prison, you should be using proactive positions to monitor and impede the interdiction of narcotics or other contraband into prison or to have employees compromised in inappropriate relationships.

CUOMO: In appropriate relationship, let me ask you something. How does it smell to you, this situation in 2013, that somebody blames Joyce Mitchell for having an inappropriate relationship with David Sweat? And it winds up not only going away, but he winds up still around here. I mean, this isn't HR at, you know, Turner Television where when something goes away everything stays the way it is. Why wasn't anything done? Even if there was a scintilla of proof that something inappropriate was going on, why would they stay together?

DUNLEAVY: That's a good question. Again, that would not fall to the responsibility of the facility administrators. That would have gone up to central office. Correctional facilities nowadays are no longer like the Shawshank Redemption with an omnipotent warden. It's oversight by central office. They should have reviewed the transfer request. The Office of Special Investigations should have at the stroke of a pen transferred either Matt or Sweat just with the allegation. These were dangerous inmates.

CUOMO: And, you know, now all this talk is coming out of the prison. Everybody knew about Joyce Mitchell. Everybody knew about her and Sweat. Everybody knew. Now, do you discount a lot of that by just being prison jibber-jabber, or do you think that there is a real issue here about who was paying attention to the word around the house?

DUNLEAVY: I would say that about a 60-40. I would say 60 percent of that is just jailhouse jive.

[08:15:03] The other 40 percent is there are probably people who did know. How much they knew is one thing. But nothing goes on in prison in secret. It's not a vacuum. People see, people observe. Other inmates can tell right away whether an officer is compromised or a civilian is compromised with an inmate, as well as other employees should be able to know something out of the ordinary.

CHRIS CUOMO, CNN ANCHOR: Do you buy that these guys did all this with just a hacksaw?

DUNLEAVY: No. No, I do not.

CUOMO: Short answer, usually the best. Mr. Dunleavy, thank you very much. Appreciate your perspective. We'll come back to you when we get more information.

DUNLEAVY: Thanks for having me, Chris.

CUOMO: All right. Mick?

MICHAELA PEREIRA, CNN ANCHOR: That's we all have been thinking, Chris, isn't it?

All right. Big day for the U.S. and Cuba. The White House set to announce the reopening of embassies in both Washington and Havana.

CNN senior White House correspondent Jim Acosta live at the White House with more on the big thaw in relations -- Jim.

JIM ACOSTA, CNN SENIOR WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT: Michaela, this has been in the works for months, but now, the reality of ending decades of cold war tensions with Cuba is fast approaching. Later this morning in the Rose Garden, the president will announce the U.S. and Cuba have reached an agreement to reestablish diplomatic relations and reopen embassies in both Havana and Washington. Right now, both governments have only small intersection offices, but now, those offices will become full-blown embassies.

And Secretary of State John Kerry is also expected to offer more details on those next steps in that process.

In the meantime, State Department spokesman John Kirby told Wolf Blitzer, Kerry may travel to Cuba for the opening of the U.S. embassy. Here's what he had to say.

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JOHN KIRBY, STATE DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN: What we're focused on is less the travel schedule and more the effort here in achieving the president's objective of restoring diplomatic negotiations with Cuba. What that looks like, how that's processed, how we do that overtime.

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ACOSTA: And the White House has not ruled out a presidential trip to Cuba before President Obama leaves office. That would be astounding. After all, it was Dwight Eisenhower who severed diplomatic relations with Cuba way back in 1961. As for the new embassies, I'm told by administration officials that the current head of the U.S. intersection in Havana could become the next ambassador as Republicans in Congress will likely try to block any new appointment there.

And check this out, I want to point this out, you can hear in the Washington, the Cubans have been getting ready to raise their flag, installing this flag pole out in front of the Cuban intersection in Washington, which is just up 16th Street from the White House. You can almost see the White House from the intersection building -- Alisyn.

CAMEROTA: OK. There you go. Jim Acosta, thanks so much for all of that.

ACOSTA: All right. You bet.

CAMEROTA: Michaela, Chris, can I hear it? USA, USA, USA.

The American women are headed to the World Cup soccer final after shutting out Germany 2-0. Team USA awaits the winner of the other semifinal between Japan and England. That is tonight. The World Cup championship match is Sunday.

And later this hour, we will speak live with two of Team USA's players, Kelley O'Hara, who scored Team USA's second goal last night, and Abby Wambach.

PEREIRA: OK, I have to defend myself.

CUOMO: Pereira --

PEREIRA: The reason I wasn't chanting "USA, USA", is today is Canada Day.

CUOMO: And?

PEREIRA: And of all these days that I can't do that --

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CUOMO: Where do you live? Where are you paying taxes?

PEREIRA: In my heart.

CUOMO: USA!

CAMEROTA: She's conflicted.

PEREIRA: Today, I'm conflicted. Tomorrow, I won't be.

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CAMEROTA: On Sunday, she can chant it.

PEREIRA: Call me a hater.

CUOMO: What do you think? Tweet her.

PEREIRA: OK.

(LAUGHTER)

PEREIRA: Yes, let's get the Twittersphere on this one. That should have been productive.

CUOMO: Hey, look, look at my next line, they say any press is good press. So, who cares what comes out of there.

PEREIRA: Only that you care.

CUOMO: I know.

Donald Trump, a new CNN/ORC poll out there this morning shows Trump going up while coming down on immigrants with some ugly words. Trump's act is having an impact, but also implications for the GOP. So, we have some early fireworks for you from our panel, coming up.

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[08:22:33] CAMEROTA: Jeb Bush and Donald Trump on the rise, this according to a new CNN/ORC poll. Bush has widened his lead at the top of the GOP pack. He's now at 19 percent. And look there, Donald Trump is now in second place.

Joining us to weigh in on all of this is CNN political commentator and Republican strategist, Kevin Madden, and CNN political commentator and Democratic strategist, Paul Begala. Paul is a senior advisor for a super PAC supporting Hillary Clinton.

Gentlemen, great to see you.

KEVIN MADDEN, CNN POLITICAL COMMENTATOR: Good morning. Great to be with you.

CAMEROTA: Paul Begala, Donald Trump is in second place in the latest poll. How do you explain it?

PAUL BEGALA, CNN POLITICAL COMMENTATOR: God is good. What can I say?

(LAUGHTER)

BEGALA: You know, he speaks to the Republican base. You know, the Republican base, they're old, angry and white. They go to a Republican primary and the polling place looks like a casting call for grumpy old men.

And Donald speaks to them with real power. Jeb has that little cute logo with the exclamation point. Trump has a middle finger. This is why Jeb has wussied out and hasn't taken him on as Trump has said these inflammatory things about Mexicans.

CUOMO: Kevin --

BEGALA: It's been outrageous.

CUOMO: Kevin, please make the case that it is not what Trump is saying about Mexican immigrants that has him going up in the polls among the GOP early on.

MADDEN: Yes, look, I think Paul has something right there. I think what Donald Trump has done is really brought together this sector that really hates politicians and loves fiery rhetoric.

You know, we've heard of NASCAR voters. Well, I think Trump is sort of appealing to this like ultimate fighting voter. They like confrontation. They like this -- the noise of celebrity.

I think, the thing that I won't deny is that it is problematic for our party. If we are going --

CAMEROTA: Yes. Let me show you --

MADDEN: Yes?

CAMEROTA: Just to prove that point, let me show you why I think you're going to say it's problematic because it is stealing some votes from some of the other candidates. Let me put up the poll that we just had for a second, because here's now versus May. As you can see, Bush is up from 13 percent. He's now at 19 percent. Trump was at 3 percent. He's now at 12 percent.

But look what he's doing to say, Rubio and Walker. Rubio had 14 percent in May and now he's at 6 percent, Kevin.

MADDEN: Well, some of that is actually a reflection of a lot of the news coverage. Remember, Rubio and Walker had boomed much early. They've since sort kind of had a little bit more of a low profile. They're probably out there building the organizations, raising money, they're doing a little bit better in some of the early primary states where I think the polls probably matter more.

What Trump's announcement, and you know, the reflection of a lot of folks who just hate conventional politicians, like to hear his salesman talk, that's a bit of a worry.

[08:25:08] What really worries me about his remarks about Mexican Americans is that this is a lot of noise unless Republicans can get 40 percent of the Latino vote. That's how we win in 2016. So, we can't -- we're never going to get to be able to get those voters and talk to them about how we're better on the economy, we're better on health care, we're better on all the issues they care about, if we have offensive rhetoric like that.

So, it could potentially be a problem. We'll see if somebody starts to confront some of those sentiments inside the primary process.

CUOMO: That's dangerous. The problem for you right now is he's shutting down your conversation because he's taking up all the oxygen. The question is how to counter it?

Now, on your side, Paul Begala, they have numbers out now from our CNN/ORC poll that Hillary is still doing a solid job of spanking the competition. What do you see in those numbers versus the main people? But then also the very yawning gap against Trump?

BEGALA: I do think any head to head polling is far too early and it's not going to be very predictive, even though it's great for Hillary, OK? It's fantastic.

But as a guy who strongly supports Hillary, that's all just a sugar high. What is good news, though, is she has withstood a withering barrage and seems to be standing tall. This race will tighten up, even for the Democratic nomination and then ultimately for the White House. This would be a very close election.

But she has taken -- they have whole congressional committees that do nothing but harass Hillary Clinton and attack her. And so far, this hasn't hurt her. This gives me as a Hillary supporter a whole lot of confidence.

CAMEROTA: Kevin, I want to show you, Chris Christie was just -- as you know, he had a big announcement yesterday, and he was just on NBC talking about his strategy and that is to continue to be what he says as a truth-teller.

So, let's listen to this.

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GOV. CHRIS CHRISTIE (R-NJ), 2016 PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: I think they think all too often the politicians tell them the version of the truth they think would sell that day. I've never been accused of that, so I'm going to tell the truth as I see it.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

CAMEROTA: So, Kevin, is there room for two colorful truth- tellers on the Republican side?

(LAUGHTER)

MADDEN: Well, I think what there isn't room for - and this is where the Christie strategy is going to run into some problems is, there's not a whole lot of room for politicians who all they do is talk about themselves. Donald Trump, I'm so great, I'm a great businessman, I'm great at this, I'm great at that.

And right now, Christie is talking about himself and his style and the way he talks to voters.

Voters want to know what you're going to do for them. They want to know what you're going to do with the country. I think that's going one of his big challenges that he faces with that strategy.

CUOMO: Well, the numbers are telling that story right now, and certainly, Trump is taking up some of his oxygen.

Now, Begala, back on your side of the ball. Joe Biden not in the race, pops up immediately with 16 percent. Is this an indication not just of his viability, but of Hillary's vulnerability because if there's one issue that Joe Biden can own against her, it's going to be trust if these aspersions on her continue?

BEGALA: Well, again, she's way ahead now, but this will be a close race. We have no idea if the vice president is going to run. He is a beloved figure in my party for good reason, right? The president did a wonderful thing in choosing him to be the vice president and I certainly believe he'd be a fantastic president, he'd be a great president.

CUOMO: You're saying you'd shift allegiance if he got in the race? Is that what you're saying?

BEGALA: No, no. I'm for Hillary all the way. And she's going to win. You watch.

I'm just saying it's going to have a tough road than the early polls indicate. And the vice president, should he decide to get in, he'd be enormously formidable.

This is the American presidency. We don't give it away. Nor do we give away the Democratic nominations.

I love Hillary. But she is going to fight this. This is why I'm so impressed with how she's running her campaign, though. She's not taking anything for granted.

She's going out town to town, neighborhood to neighborhood, voter to voter. And that's the only way to win.

CUOMO: Not taking any questions either. How about that, Begala?

MADDEN: That's right.

BEGALA: Not from the like, Mr. Cuomo. But for voters.

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BEGALA: From citizens, yes.

CAMEROTA: Paul, Kevin, thank you.

BEGALA: Thanks.

MADDEN: Great to be with you.

CAMEROTA: Let's go over to Michaela.

PEREIRA: OK, go ahead. Say it. I know you guys want to chant.

CAMEROTA: USA, USA, USA.

CUOMO: USA on Canada Day. USA on Canada Day.

PEREIRA: World Cup fever is heating up. The U.S. women's team advancing to the finals.

You don't have it? You can't keep it up?

Shutting out top seeded Germany. We're going to talk to two of the players ahead.

I game to go ahead. You can chant, guys.

CAMEROTA & CUOMO: USA, USA, USA!

PEREIRA: There you go. Oh my goodness.

CUOMO: Looking good.

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