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Team USA Wins World Cup; Five-Time Deportee Confesses to Fatal Shooting; S.C. Lawmakers to Debate Confederate Flag Removal; Recaptured Escapee Transferred to Prison; Greeks Reject Europe's Bailout Offer; Kerry: Iran Talks 'Could Go Either Way'. Aired 7-7:30a ET

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ALISYN CAMEROTA, CNN ANCHOR: Carli Lloyd becoming a scoring machine. The first ever hat trick in a World Cup final, all three goals coming before the match was 16 minutes old.

[07:00:10] CNN's Coy Wire joins us now from Vancouver. Tell us what it was like, Coy, for you to watch this game.

COY WIRE, CNN SPORTS CORRESPONDENT: Still have the goose bumps, Alisyn. Look, bigger, faster, stronger. Team USA was out there like a bunch of pit bulls on Red Bull. They did something that no other team had done when they beat Japan 5-2. That was win a third Women's World Cup title.

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WIRE (voice-over): It was a game that felt like it was over almost as soon as it began.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Three goals in, like, 15 minutes, that was ridiculous.

WIRE: Watch parties across the globe witnessed a momentous night in Women's World Cup history.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: USA! USA!

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: USA! USA!

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: USA! USA!

WIRE: Team captain Carli Lloyd exploded in the first half, scoring two goals within the first six minutes of the game, paving the way for total domination over Japan.

Thirteen minutes in, Lauren Holiday drove home the third goal of the night, shattering Japan's defense for a 3-0 lead. Keeping up the pressure, Lloyd returned with a stunning maneuver, shooting a long shot from mid-field, blasting it past the goalie from over 50 yards away. Her third and unprecedented goal, the first hat trick ever in the woman's final.

Breaking the U.S. streak, Japan managed to score by the end of the first half, and then, celebrating goal No. 2, when Team USA planted the ball in their own net in the second half.

Tobin Heath popped in a quick one for the fifth and final goal, clinching a record-breaking third title for the United States and a crushing defeat for Japan. USA holding the trophy for the first time in 16 years, with the Gold Glove going to Hope Solo, performing 513 shut-out minutes, and Carli Lloyd honored with the Golden Ball as the overall best player at the World Cup.

CARLI LLOYD, USA WOMEN'S TEAM CAPTAIN: Being able to score that many goals in the first 15 minutes really got us going. This was an unbelievable moment. I'm really, really proud of the team.

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WIRE: And what a team they are. The passion was palpable. The Team USA craze was contagious. And this was truly a shining moment, in front of record-breaking audiences, for women's sports in America.

Alisyn, back to you.

CAMEROTA: Coy, stick around, because in just a few minutes, we will speak live with Carli Lloyd, who scored those three goals, and also Hope Solo, Team USA's goalkeeper. It will be great.

MICHAELA PEREIRA, CNN ANCHOR: Can't wait for that.

An undocumented Mexican immigrant who had been deported five times has confessed to killing a woman on a San Francisco pier. The man says the shooting was an accident. But this is all reigniting a big debate about immigration, with many asking why a repeat felon was on the streets in the first place.

CNN's Dan Simon is in San Francisco this morning for us with all the latest -- Dan.

DAN SIMON, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, hi, Michaela.

This story is going to galvanize critics of America's immigration policy. Here you have a guy, a repeat felon who was deported an incredible five times to his native Mexico. And somehow, he's able to roam the streets of San Francisco, get ahold of a gun, and shoot and kill a woman.

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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Did you shoot Kate Steinle, the lady who was down on Pier 14?

FRANCISCO SANCHEZ, MURDER SUSPECT: Yes.

SIMON (voice-over): Confessing to homicide, 45-year-old Francisco Sanchez is behind bars in California this morning. But he shouldn't be in the United States at all. Sanchez is an undocumented immigrant and repeat felon. The victim is 31-year-old Kate Steinle, killed with a single gunshot to the chest at a popular San Francisco pier last Wednesday. JIM STEINLE, KATE'S FATHER: She was fighting and gasping for every

breath.

SIMON: Kate's father, who was with her at the time, says no words were exchanged between Sanchez and his daughter. Officials say this was a random act of violence.

STEINLE: I have a little solace that I was with her, but I also have the overwhelming grief of a father (ph), the moment she was shot.

SIMON: Sanchez has been deported five times to Mexico. In a jailhouse interview with CNN affiliate KGO, he says the lure of a paycheck kept him returning.

SANCHEZ: I'm looking for the jobs in the restaurant or roofing, landscaping or construction.

SIMON: The shooting quickly seized on by Donald Trump. The GOP presidential hopeful, who made headlines for his inflammatory remarks about Mexican immigrants, said the tragic shooting is, quote, "yet another example of why we must secure our border immediately."

Sanchez was held on an outstanding drug charge back in March, but that charge was dropped; and San Francisco officials said they had no legal basis to hold him. Under the city's so-called sanctuary law, they didn't transfer him back to immigration officials either, because there was no warrant or judicial order for his removal. So on April 15, Sanchez was released.

SANCHEZ: I'm sorry for everybody.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Including Kate Steinle's family?

SANCHEZ: Yes.

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[07:05:06] SIMON: Sanchez says he found the gun wrapped in a T-shirt near a park bench. He says the gun just went off accidentally, though he originally told police that he was aiming for sea lions.

John, the question is whether this is going to cause San Francisco and other sanctuary cities to rethink their policies.

JOHN BERMAN, CNN ANCHOR: Our heart goes out to that family. Dan Simon for us in San Francisco, thanks so much.

Today is a crucial day in South Carolina. Lawmakers will debate the fate of the Confederate flag that flies high, still, on the capitol grounds. The governor and so many others have called for that flag to come down. That's in the wake of the church massacre in Charleston.

Our Nick Valencia is in Columbia, South, Carolina with more.

Good morning, Nick.

NICK VALENCIA, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Good morning, John.

Without question, this is a polarizing issue between those who see the Confederate flag as a representation of southern heritage and those who see it as a symbol of hatred and racism.

Today in a special session, state lawmakers will begin that debate of whether or not to permanently remove the flag from a Confederate soldiers monument here on state grounds in Columbia, South Carolina.

Already, the state's Republican governor, Nikki Haley, has called for the removal of the flag, that coming just days after a photo emerged of Charleston church shooter holding the flag.

Earlier, we caught up with people on both sides of the issue.

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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: You take the flag down, it's going to piss more people off, rile more people up.

VALENCIA: Why is that?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Because this is our heritage. This is who we are. This is who we are proud to be.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: It's just a symbol. Whether it's up there or in a museum, it's just a symbol. It's what we do with that symbol that's going to determine whether South Carolina is in the news for the wrong reasons.

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VALENCIA: In order for this bill to pass, it will require two-thirds majority vote in both chambers of the state's General Assembly.

Meanwhile, over the weekend, more controversy. NASCAR holding its first racing series in the South since asking its fans to voluntarily stop waving the flag. Some did it anyway -- John.

CAMEROTA: I'll take it, Nick. And it will be so interesting to see what South Carolina decides today. Thanks so much for that.

Well, convicted murderer David Sweat back behind bars this morning, transferred from an upstate New York hospital to another maximum prison. So what's his punishment there?

Let's get right to CNN's Boris Sanchez. He is with the story for us. Good morning, Boris.

BORIS SANCHEZ, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Good morning, Alisyn.

After 22 days on the run, David Sweat shot and captured last Sunday. Yesterday at 3 a.m., he was transferred from a hospital in Albany to the Five Points Correctional Facility in Romulus, New York. That's about 250 miles away from the Clinton Correctional Facility. Much newer, as well. Clinton Correctional is about 170 years old. Five Points was built in 2000. It is a maximum security facility. It houses about 1,300 inmates with a security staff of about 511 personnel on hand.

Once Sweat passes a 24-hour suicide watch, he's going to be moved to a special housing unit where he will be kept in a cell alone. Inside that cell will have a bed, a sink, a toilet, and a facility-controlled shower, as well as a table to write on. Aside from that, Sweat will be kept under surveillance, in confinement, for 23 hours a day.

Michaela, officials tell us that will make another attempted escape far less likely.

PEREIRA: Meanwhile, a lot of changes, I'm sure, coming at Clinton. Boris, thanks for joining us this morning with that update.

Overseas, Greece is facing an uncertain financial future this morning. The country's finance minister abruptly quitting overnight after voters rejected Europe's bailout offer. That vote putting Greece on a path that could force it to ditch the euro all together.

CNN international correspondent Isa Soares live in Athens for us today with the very latest -- Isa.

ISA SOARES, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Good morning, Michaela.

There's definitely a sense of triumph as well as trepidation in Athens this morning. Many people pleased with that 60 percent "no" backing against the proposals put by the European Union. They said, "Enough is enough. We do not want more austerity."

But the reality will begin to set in, Michaela, because so much work is ahead. We know the Greek prime minister, Alexis Tsipras, who saw this as a triumph, now has to find some sort of solution with the rest of Europe.

We know that he's been meeting with opposition groups, trying to get the support of the opposition party to back him when it comes to meeting tomorrow with Euro groups who are meeting to decide exactly what has to proceed.

Key today, Michaela, will be holding a trump card, will be the European Central Bank. They will decide today whether to increase more money into the Greek banking system. If they don't, there are fears that the 60-euro limit people can take out, that might be reduced even further. And that is a huge concern.

And we've seen in the last couple hours that the finance minister, Yanis Varoufakis, has resigned. Some say that that is a peace offering to Europe, perhaps to help with the negotiations, because he's always been something of a prickly character -- John.

BERMAN: All right, Isa. And of course, two hours until the U.S. markets open. It could be a very interesting day -- and by that, I mean rocky -- here in the U.S. markets. Thank you, Isa.

[07:10:08] Pressure is mounting, and time is running short for a nuclear deal with Iran. The Iranian foreign minister says they are closer than ever, but U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry cautions the negotiations could still go either way with that Tuesday deadline looming.

CNN's Sunlen Serfaty live at the White House -- Sunlen.

SUNLEN SERFATY, CNN CORRESPONDENT: John, both sides say they have never been closer to getting a deal, but they're also admitting that there are still key issues left unresolved.

There has been a flurry of intense negotiations over the weekend. Five meetings alone between Secretary of State John Kerry and the foreign minister in the last 24 hours. And while there were some tentative agreements over the weekend, the secretary of state really taking pains to emphasize there's no agreement yet, really downplaying the expectations coming out of this weekend's meeting.

And that is because there are these key sticking points. The ones that have really bedeviled the negotiators since the start of this process, including the level of inspections at Iran's military sites; also the still-unresolved questions of Iran's past nuclear activities; and the big one, of course, the relief and a time line for the relief of the sanctions on Iran.

Now, Republicans in Congress are really skeptical of this deal. The chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, he spoke with Secretary of State Kerry over the weekend, and he cautioned him. He urged him, because this is such a big legacy issue for the president, not to rush into any deal.

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SEN. BOB CORKER (R), TENNESSEE: I urged him to please take their time, try to make sure these last remaining red lines that haven't been crossed -- they've crossed so many -- do not get crossed and, qualitatively, they don't make it worse than where it already is.

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SERFATY: And officials on both sides today have already been laying the groundwork for potentially needing to delay this deadline a bit more. The secretary of state, Kerry, really leaving the door open just a bit, saying they might need a little more time.

CAMEROTA: OK, Sunlen. Thanks so much for all of that.

Now, we're excited to get back to our top story, because Team USA scoring early and often in the game last night on the way to a World Cup win. They beat Japan, 5-2. And Carli Lloyd was the woman of the hour, the woman of the night.

PEREIRA: There she is.

CAMEROTA: There she is. Joining us live now from Vancouver. The scoring machine herself. Congratulations, Carli.

LLOYD: Thank you. Super tired. Just so you know.

CAMEROTA: I bet. Let's start at the very beginning. Tell us what was going through your head in that -- for that very first goal that you got just three minutes into the game.

LLOYD: Well, we had been working on set pieces throughout the tournament. And it was something that we were doing. The first corner we got, and I just attacked the ball and went through it. And couldn't believe it went in after three minutes in. And then to get another one soon after that and another one soon after that, in the first 16 minutes, just a pretty crazy start to the game.

CAMEROTA: OK.

BERMAN: I have never seen anything like it. You know, I watch a lot of soccer. I've never seen 16 minutes like that, ever. And I understand, besides being able to score at will, you also have powers of magic. You had a premonition. You visualized this game beforehand. But in your visualization beforehand, you thought you were going to score four goals. So my question to you this morning, you must be incredibly disappointed this morning.

LLOYD: Yes, I guess it wasn't good enough. Yes, no, the mind is everything. You know, it's just -- I've had dreams of this, you know, as a younger player, being part of a World Cup team and playing in a World Cup final. I mean, that's every soccer player's dream, to win a World Cup. And we just made history tonight.

PEREIRA: Well, I think what is kind of extra awesome. I mean, there's so many levels of awesome in this, Carli, for you. The fatigue this morning is warranted, but it's totally allowable.

But I think what's really interesting is you guys can silence the critics. We talked about that when you joined us a couple days ago. And I asked about how you were going to sort of block out those critics and just focus on the game.

But it also allows you guys to put to bed comparisons to the '99 World Cup team, to the 2011 World Cup team. It's a whole new game in town now, is it not?

LLOYD: Absolutely. Yes. You know, we all stayed true to what we believed in this World Cup. And yes, our defense was solid from start to finish. Yes, our attack took a little bit to get going, but we all had faith. We knew that our best was yet to come. And we kept saying it. We kept believing it. The coaching staff kept believing it. And sure enough, we just performed one of the most epic games in the history of soccer.

CAMEROTA: Carly, can we talk about your third goal?

BERMAN: Oh, yes.

CAMEROTA: The one from mid-field? Now, had you practiced that?

LLOYD: No. I did that once before in a training -- a training practice. And I've never really attempted it, ever, in a game like that. It was just one of those things where you don't think.

I remember winning the ball off one of the players and pushing it in front of me and just fully striking it as perfectly as I could. As I saw the ball launching up, I'm thinking to myself, "Wow, this is on frame to potentially be going in the back of the net." And then I wasn't sure if the keeper was going to get her hand on it to punch it out. And sure enough, it hit that post and went in. And I just couldn't believe it. I started running around, and smiling and cheering.

BERMAN: I mean, you kicked it. And everyone is going, like, "She's not really doing that. What is she really -- oh, my God, she's doing that." It was crazy. That was the minute it went into this cosmic stage.

I have 8-year-old twin boys. And this weekend, they were outside playing soccer. They're soccer fanatics. And one of them was saying, "I'm Alex Lloyd."

The other may be Alex Lloyd, the other one saying, "I'm Carli Lloyd here."

You know, you just captivated boys and girls, you know, across the country. It's got to be amazing.

LLOYD: It is. I mean, I think that, you know, I've flown under the radar for a majority of time with this team. And I just put my head down. I've gone to work. I've worked hard. I do all the right things on and off the field. And I just want to be a good role model to all the young kids and boys out there, as well. Just to teach them the importance of doing all the right things in order to accomplish your dreams.

PEREIRA: Boy, and you're doing it, let me tell you. You really are. And talk about a great gift for the United States on the Fourth of July holiday weekend, Carli.

I want to ask you about the sun. Because I think we have video showing how that beautiful BC Place Stadium has a retractable roof. They left the roof open, so the sun was coming in there.

You won this game clear, fair and square. But there was some discussion about whether the sun may have impeded the Japanese goaltender, the goalkeeper and if it really came into play in the game. That coin toss clearly gave you guys a big advantage at the outset.

LLOYD: Yes. That was my job, to hopefully win the coin toss and pick the correct side. So, we picked the shaded side.

I, honestly, I'm not sure how the sun was in the keeper's eyes for that first half. It was, you know, an interesting stadium where, obviously, part of the sun was shining on part of the field. But, at the end of the day, I mean, we're both looking at some ways into the sun at some point. And we were the better team today. BERMAN: Yes. One of my favorite moments wasn't even a sport moment.

It was toward the end of the game when Abby Wambach came in off the bench. And you had been on the field. You'd been captain of that match-up until that point, and you took the arm band off and you gave it to her. I was reading this morning, she says, "No, no, no, don't do it, Carli." How did you convince her and why?

LLOYD: Well, she told me, "No, no, just leave it on."

And I said, "All right, she's not going to take it unless I actually take it off of my armband and put it on her." So that's what I did. You know, it wasn't because I thought, you know, it was the right thing to do. I wanted to do it.

She's a legend. This was her World Cup game, her last World Cup game, and it was something special, because she has inspired so many of us on and off the field throughout her career.

PEREIRA: Guess who's a legend now.

BERMAN: Yes, guess who's a legend now.

PEREIRA: Hey, we've got three more players, in case you need anybody off the bench. We're willing to jump in. We'll put a wig on.

Carli Lloyd, congratulations, we're so proud of you and the team. Well done.

LLOYD: Thank you.

BERMAN: Get some sleep.

CAMEROTA: So excited.

BERMAN: So excited. Such a wonderful thing.

CAMEROTA: You know, the president tweeted last night, "What a win for Team USA. Great game, @CarliLloyd. Your country is so proud of all of you. Come visit the White House with the World Cup soon."

BERMAN: Joe Biden, by the way, was there. Joe Biden, you're bringing back the cup.

CAMEROTA: And I'm reminded, she is a New Jersey girl.

PEREIRA: Oh, is she?

CAMEROTA: She's that much cooler.

PEREIRA: I love John's story about his boys...

BERMAN: They're out playing, yes.

PEREIRA: ... playing Women's World Cup soccer in the backyard. That to me is just a great thing. BERMAN: The most amazing thing is they don't distinguish. At this point, they're watching great athletes, and they're emulating great athletes, period.

PEREIRA: Yes, so good.

CAMEROTA: So good.

BERMAN: Right. This morning, a lot of questions persist as officials try to hammer out a nuclear deal with Iran. We are very, very close to the deadline. Can they figure out how to get past all the obstacles still in the way? We'll discuss.

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[07:23:18] JOHN KERRY, SECRETARY OF STATE: We don't have a deal if there's absolute intransigence, if there's an unwillingness to move on the things that are important, President Obama has always said we'll be prepared to walk away. It's not what anybody wants; we want to get an agreement.

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BERMAN: Willing to walk away. Secretary of State John Kerry laying down the U.S. position in the talks of a nuclear deal with Iran. The clock is ticking. The deadline is tomorrow. And the secretary says the differences still remain. So can they get past those differences?

Aaron David Miller is vice president of new initiatives and distinguished scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center. He advised several secretaries of state, I think at least six secretaries of state. He knows diplomacy; he knows negotiations.

Aaron, I want to get inside that room right now. The secretary says there is no deal, yet. But what I want to know, are they pretty much done right now? Is this all over except for the signing and the dotting the "I's" and crossing the "T's"?

AARON DAVID MILLER, VICE PRESIDENT OF NEW INITIATIVES, WOODROW WILSON INTERNATIONAL CENTER: Good morning, first of all. Thanks for having me.

Look, I mean, I think if the conceptual breakthroughs aren't in place right now, then there is Houston, we have a problem. I mean, the issue now has to be how to render these breakthroughs into language that will allow both Iran and the United States to remain on the same page after the agreement is done on issues like verification, access to military sites, what to do to limit Iran's research and development on centrifuges, which is a big problem.

I mean, you know, you set a July 6 deadline. There are no apparent crises. You don't see Zarif, the lead negotiator, back to Tehran. You don't -- you don't hear the mullahs proclaiming, basically, that "The Americans are forcing us to capitulate." And you see a pretty -- an effort to lower expectations on the part of the secretary of state.

But clearly, a sense that there's so much invested; there's so much to lose. Frankly, I'd be stunned. And I know about end-game surprises. But I'd be stunned if sometime this week there weren't an agreement.

BERMAN: Right. I mean, it's clear. No one's hair is on fire right now. That's a great, great point.

So what's happening, then, behind the closed doors as John Kerry, you know, is our team trying to get last-minute concessions? It doesn't sound like that. So is it more about selling this or finding out a way to sell this to the American people and the Congress?

MILLER: Remember, you've got foreign ministers who have assembled last night who have to, at least, own this and want to be a part of the end game.

And again, if you have a 50- to 80-page agreement with six or even more annexes that deal with the technical issues, there's an awful lot of language.

Frankly, I think the real challenge is not getting a consensus between the U.S. and Iran. It's how to bridge what will be a huge hurdle here in Washington.

Because the administration has created some real objectives. Bob Corker last night, whose name is on the Iran Sanctions Review Act, identified a couple: how to deal with possible military dimensions of Iran's previous program. Are the Iranians going to, quote unquote, "come clean"? And what to do about access anywhere, anytime, anyplace inspections.

That seems to me to be very tough to render in a way that Congress is going to approve. I suspect Congress may decide this is not a good deal, and the president will have to veto. And then the question is, will the White House be able to sustain that deal?

BERMAN: In your view, with all your experience, who's getting the better deal here, based on what we know?

MILLER: You know, my view is there are no good deals with Iran. Once -- once they mastered the fuel cycle, how to make fissile material, once we conceded the right to enrich, once we agreed that they'll be left with a relatively large nuclear infrastructure, the fact is, the question is how to minimize the risk.

At the end of the day, you're going to end up, I suspect, with a slower, smaller, more easily monitored Iranian nuclear problem. But the Iranians are going to get billions of dollars in sanctions relief, and five, six, seven, ten years from now, they will be left with a nuclear infrastructure that will give them the capacity, should they choose exercise it, to weaponize.

Remember: this is not a disarmament agreement. This is an arms control agreement to manage, not solve a problem. BERMAN: So is the U.S. safer if they go through with this deal, if

this deal is reached? Is the U.S. safer one year from now, two years from now, three years from now?

MILLER: I think in the early years of the agreement, you will have defused the Iranian nuclear crisis. You're still going to have an Iran that's repressive at home and expansionist abroad, and an Iran that's going to have a lot more resources to pursue its regional ambitions.

But if you are looking for a way to kick the can down the road and maybe, just maybe preserve the option and the hope, because it's not based on experience but hope, that, in fact, the Iranian regime, down the road, could somehow transform and lose its desire and motivation to remain a nuclear weapons threshold state, which it will continue to be, then I suspect among the believers and those who want to believe in this, then this ultimately could emerge as a good deal.

But right now, this is a business deal. We get to defuse the nuclear crisis for now. No preemptive Israeli military strike. You make an American military strike unnecessary. You preserve the sanctions regime, should you need it, and in exchange, the Iranians get a lot of money, a lot of legitimacy, and still maintain a lot of nuclear infrastructure.

BERMAN: A little bit of skepticism there but some perhaps hopeful skepticism. Aaron David Miller, always great to have you here with us. Thanks so much.

MILLER: Appreciate it always. Thanks.

BERMAN: Michaela.

PEREIRA: All right. So will the Confederate flag be history in South Carolina? Lawmakers are tackling the issue today. We'll weigh both sides of the vigorous debate.

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