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U.S. Women's Soccer Team Savoring World Cup Victory; Greek Voters Reject Europe's Bailout Deal; Greek Finance Minister Resigns. Aired 7:30-8:00a ET.

Aired July 6, 2015 - 07:30   ET

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MICHAELA PEREIRA, CNN ANCHOR: The U.S. women's soccer team savoring their record setting World Cup victory. Captain Carli Lloyd scoring the first ever hat trick in World Cup final. All three goals was coming in the first 16 Minutes. The U.S. dominated Japan, 5-2. It has a record of third World Cup title for the U.S. women. The first since 1999.

ALISYN CAMEROTA, CNN ANCHOR: And in Greece overnight, the country's finance minister resigning after voters rejected Europe's bailout deal to rescue the country from its debt crisis. The vote puts Greece on the path to potentially abandoning the Euro and printing its own money. Tomorrow, Eurozone nations will meet in an emergency session to discuss the next steps.

CHRIS CUOMO, CNN ANCHOR: Investigators say, deteriorating nails prompted a North Carolina deck to collapse over the holiday. 24 people posing for a picture over the weekend they plunged 10 feet to the ground when the structure probably gave way. The injured range in age, 5 to 94. Five people remained in the hospital, two in critical condition.

CAMEROTA: Take a look at this dramatic rescue of a hiker who fell nearly 30 feet in rugged terrain, this was in the New York City suburbs. Officials say this 45-year-old - this 45 year old was hiking alone in Hudson State Park when he fell. He called 911 from his cellphone and rescue crews got the man on a long board. But the train was too steep they say to carry him out. So they used a police helicopter to get him off the mountain. No word on his condition at this hour.

PEREIRA: Wow, goodness. What a frightening moment there.

All right. Let's turn to this - in Charleston after three weeks after the Charleston massacre. The South Carolina legislature is set to debate the removal of the confederate flag from its perch outside the statehouse. Removing the flag requires a two-thirds majority, a threshold that appears in reach for the senate, but endanger in the house. We want to bring in Bakari Sellers, he's a CNN contributor and former South Carolina state representative, good to have you. Ben Ferguson is also here with us on this Monday, CNN's Political Commentator and host of the Ben Ferguson Show, good morning to you, Ben as well.

[07:35:00] So to the two of you, I want to play the sound from Governor Nikki Haley predicting how she thinks it is going to play out. Let's take a listen.

GOV. NIKKI HALEY, SOUTH CAROLINA: I don't think this is going to be easy. I don't think that it's going to be painless, but I do think that it will be respectful and that it will move swiftly.

PEREIRA: They have the same prediction as the Governor of South Carolina?

BAKARI SELLERS, FORMER SOUTH CAROLINA STATE REPRESENTATIVE: Well, this is not going to be an easy journey. We've been attempting to take this flag down for many years. It was put up in 1961-'62 in resistance to the civil right progress we were making in the state. You know, you look back at 2000 where there was a mark from Columbia until now. There have been many bills filed. And while this success of taking the flag down is within our each, I think that we all know that the tension is heightening. And, and we have to work extremely hard and do the things necessary to make sure it comes down this week.

PEREIRA: Well, the tension is higher indeed. There have been altercations, there had been acts of vandalism and violence. And in fact, Ben, I want to show you a tweet we got. We saw from representative Neal Collins. She says, I have been threatened non physically more this week than my whole life combined. Civil discourse, anyone. Why do you think, Ben, among supporters of the flag.

BEN FERGUSON, CNN POLITICAL COMMENTATOR: I, I think part of it is that they have thought that the flag was going to be secure and it was going to be there because the compromised deal that was done in the early 2000s. And I think they think this is a political correctness run amok. The farther you get away from the tragedy that happened there, I think the more people are going to dig in and want it to be a bigger fight.

But ultimately, you can see I think the new guard and younger members in the legislation there are saying it is time for this to become part of the history of the past. We are not getting away from what the state was. We're not taking - this isn't, you know, we understand it's not just about racism, we understand this is about heritage and history, but it's time for to be in the history section of our state.

And I think they are going to have a tough road doing that as people saying, OK, we are now getting away from the tragedy. We are going to debate this for what it is. And I think the longer they wait, the harder it'd going to be.

PEREIRA: Well, it's an interesting thing. Bakari, what - I want to show you the, the, the CNN polls. I found this really fascinating that there wasn't sort of more opposition, more resounding opposition among those being polled. 50 - 43 percent of those polled say the flag should not be removed from government buildings. Are you surprised that these number is so high?

SELLERS: I'm, I'm not surprised. I, I, I think that there are a lot of people in South Carolina and throughout the south that are simply tired of having this debate.

PEREIRA: Right.

SELLERS: But now that we are here, what you, what you see is that, not only do we have the economic pressure, not only do we have the Boeings and the Sunoco's and all these large corporations that are moving toward taking it flags down, but you also have Nascar. For a long period to have time, Nascar was the confederate that was the last constituency.

And now, they are coming out saying that the flag should come down. So what we see as this ground swell, this momentum. And as Ben said, I wholeheartedly agree, this isn't about erasing the history of South Carolina in any way, shape, form or fashion. What this is, is putting it into the proper context. Because it's so decisive and so hurtful to so many, put it in a museum where we can learn from it where we can teach kids about this troublesome part of our past. But it also allows South Carolina to move forward in the 21st century.

PEREIRA: It brings up an interesting point as part of Nascar. They sort of encouraged their fans to leave the confederate flags at home. People did not comply.

SELLERS: No.

PEREIRA: Yes. Which probably is not a surprise to many. But do you think that Nascar should have taken it a step further and had been and resolute and called for an all-out ban?

SELLERS: I, I don't. And I think as Nascar is a place where there's a lot of people - if you have ever been to a Nascar race, there people that refer to themselves as good old American red necks, God Bless America. And for them when they fly the confederate flag, it has absolutely nothing to do with racism.

PEREIRA: But is that the problem? Is that a disconnect? This question of heritage or faith, what is it a symbol of?

SELLER: It depends on the person and here's the thing. I think when it comes to government, I think South Carolina doing the right thing trying to bring it down to that perspective. But I also don't like it when we just say because of what one person did and because of how they flew that flag that somehow everyone else should take it down instantly.

For many people in Nascar, it means fast cars and beer. That's what it means to them, it means you know, bringing the family together in an RV and, and, and, and celebrating good old American fast car sport. That's truly what it means to them. And I think they should have the right to be able fly that, if that's what they want to do.

[07:40:00] I mean, ultimately, if this country really is about freedom, then you should have the right to buy that flag and fly it on your own personal property, if at your weekend's morning event if you want to. And other people should have the right to judge you for flying that flag or say that you are being incredibly politically incorrect or, or being narrow minded in putting it out there.

PEREIRA: We can count on that. Gentleman, I have to leave this debate here. I appreciate both of you bringing your voices to us. Bakari Seller and Ben Ferguson, always a pleasure.

SELLERS: Thanks.

PEREIRA: John?

BERMAN: All right. Thanks, Michaela.

A deadly weekend in Chicago. A rash of shootings leaving several dead, including a 7-year-old boy. A local reverend who led an emotion vigil for that child joins us next.

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MICHAEL SINGLETON, COUSIN OF SLAIN 7 YEAR OLD: I'll meet all of you out here next week on another corner, filming the same thing from somebody else saying exactly what I'm saying. So I'm tired of doing news conferences, I'm tired of listening to them and talking about them. Until we make a better decision as a community and as a city, this is all that's going to happen.

CAMEROTA: That was the cousin of the 7-year-old, Amar'e Brown one of the victim in a rash of gun violence this weekend in Chicago. Seven people killed, including the young boy. Dozens more left wounded.

[07:45:00] Joining us now is Pastor Ira Acree of Greater St. John Bible Church. His church is offering a reward for the capture of the shooter and his church also is home to the family members of Amar'e Brown.

Pastor, thank you for being with us this morning. We know that the family members are heart broken. How do you explain these sickening and senseless violence and murders that Chicago is seeing right now?

IRA ACREE, PASTOR, GREATER ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST CHURCH: When you look in Chicago, there was a combination of social despair, the proliferation of guns and the underground drug economy. That is the - those are the reasons that there is so much violence taking place here in our city.

CAMEROTA: Now according to the Chicago Police Department, the bullet that killed 7-year-old Amar'e was intended for his father. They claimed that he is a high ranking gang member, and he has been arrested 45 times. Now, as a church leader and community leader, what can you do about gang violence?

ACREE: Number one, there's no, nothing any more powerful than love. And we just got to continue to teach love, preach love and empower families, mentoring programs. These are the things that the church can do. But it's not just the church alone. When you look at the violence that exists in our city, there has been a collaborative failure of multiple institutions.

The family, families are fragmented. Children in our community, 72 percent of them being raised in a single parent household, and then you have poor schools. Because there's an equity in the school system. Then you have issues with the police department. And then the city, everybody has a role to play in restoring some sense of calm in our city.

CAMEROTA: I mean, when you say we have issues with the police department, you know, the police chief said that they had beefed up police officers on the street this weekend. They say that they handed 30 percent more police officers this weekend. So what more do you want to see them do?

ACREE: Bottom line is, we must all own this issue of violence. It's all about problems and I can tell you, I'm not blaming the police for this. The police did not pull this trigger. The police did not kill this baby. Someone in my neighborhood, someone who lives among us, that's the culprit. That's the perpetrator of this crime.

But, I'm basically saying that everyone has a role to play. It's going to take a concerted effort from all of us. But the bottom line is, we've got to address the core of the problem. We keep looking at the symptoms, more police, even getting guns off the street. But the social despair. There's an economic problem in our city and I'm hoping and praying that this is the tip of the iceberg and that the mayor of our city would call a summit among business leaders and let's have a, a vision of a massive job creation because people need jobs and I really believe that's the real number one cause of the problem. It's an economic issue. Nobody wakes up and says I want to kill somebody. But they are driven by the economic desperation.

CAMEROTA: And, and furthermore, how can somebody who's been arrested 45 times be still out on the street?

ACREE: That's an issue the judicial system must deal with. I don't know the nature of his crimes that he has committed. We do know there is a real underground drug economy. The whole issue of whether drugs should be legalized or be criminalized is still on the table.

CAMEROTA: Yes.

ACREE: But we, as faith leaders in our city we will maintain hope and we will do our part because our city needs us.

CAMEROTA: All right. Reverend Ira Acree, we also want to mention that you are offering a $1,000 reward for any information as to who shot this 7-year-old boy. And we sure hope that, that person is brought to justice soon. Thanks so much for joining us.

ACREE: Thank you for having us.

CAMEROTA: Let's get to Michaela.

PEREIRA: All right. Alisyn, global markets are rattled this morning after Greece rejected Europe's bailout offer with all the debt's crisis. We are going to look at how the country's uncertain future could affect your bottom line, next.

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PEREIRA: Well, it is time for CNN Money now. Chief Business Correspondent Christine Romans in the money center today we're watching Greece as it is collapsing. What does that mean for us here this day?

CHRISTINE ROMANS, CHIEF BUSINESS CORRESPONDENT: Well, the Greek situation, the Greek people telling Europe take your bail out and shove it. And that means Greece is dangerously close to leaving the Eurozone. Greece drowning in debt it desperately needs money. European leaders have emergency summit tomorrow. So what does it mean for your wallet?

ROMANS: Three things, first, your 401(k) could nose dive. The U.S. stocks had the worst drop of the last week. Remember when it became clear Greece missed debt payment to the IMS, that could happen again. How bad could it be? Stocks said to fall today. Greece is a small economy U.S. investors have little direct exposure. So most people hope that the 401(k) will bounce back.

Number two, second, European travel could be a lot cheaper. The euro is plunging against the dollar. That means every dollar saved for the European vacation will go further.

And third, with markets in turmoil the federal reserve may be more reluctant to raise interest rates in the fall. So that could mean an interest rate hike could come later not right away.

John?

BERMAN: All right. Christine Romans, in the money center thank you so much.

I'm America hear me roar. The U.S. world cup teams say we'll score on you again and again and again. Reclaiming the world cup title that is so rightfully ours a record-setting win, that is coming up.

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BERMAN: The U.S. women they are champions of the world.

CARLI LLOYD, MIDFIELDER, AMERICAN PROFESSIONAL SOCCER: I had dreams of this playing in a world cup final. I mean, that's every soccer player's dream.

BERMAN: A new round of deadly violence in Chicago. 47 people shot since Friday. Seven killed this holiday weekend.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: If we don't hold criminals accountable, people do not go to Jail for illegal guns.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: At this point, it appears to be a random shooting incident.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The suspect and an undocumented immigrant and repeat felon.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Did you shoot?

ANNOUNCER: This is "New Day" Chris Cuomo, Alisyn Camerota and Michaela Pereira.

CAMEROTA: Good morning everyone, welcome back to your "New Day." It is Monday, July 6th, 8:00 in the east. Chris is off this morning, John Berman joins us. You picked a good morning.

BERMAN: I sure did.

CAMEROTA: Team U.S.A. on top of the world. The U.S. women's soccer team world cup champs after dominating Japan in record-setting fashion last night.

PEREIRA: Captain Carli Lloyd going where no woman has gone before scoring the first ever hat trick in a world cup final. All three goals coming in the terrifying first 16 minutes of that match.