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New Poll Shows Bernie Sanders in Striking Distance; Obama Takes on Climate Change in Alaska; Thousands Marching in Houston Over Murder of Sheriff's Deputy; EU Leaders to Meet Over Growing Migrant Crisis. Aired 5:30-6a ET

Aired August 31, 2015 - 05:30   ET

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JOHN BERMAN, CNN ANCHOR: Dramatic new developments in the race for president. A new poll revealing Bernie Sanders in striking distance of Hillary Clinton in Iowa. Donald Trump surging further ahead but surprisingly arriving in second place. The new numbers ahead.

ALISON KOSIK, CNN ANCHOR: President Obama taking on climate change this morning. Heading to Alaska with a new warning about global warming.

BERMAN: Thousands marching in Houston over the execution-style murder of the sheriff's deputy. The suspect in court this morning. We have details ahead.

Welcome back to EARLY START everyone. I'm John Berman.

KOSIK: And I'm Alison Kosik. It's half pass the hour and clear and undeniable trend is developing in the race for the White House the anti-establishment candidates are getting all the love soaring in the polls.

Bernie Sanders making a big move in Iowa now within striking distance of democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton. On the republican side, Donald Trump holds the top spot with Dr. Ben Carson surging into second place. For more on the poll numbers and what they mean, here is CNN's National Correspondent Polo Sandoval.

POLO SANDOVAL, CNN CORRESPONDENT: John, Alison, good morning. The new survey of voters in the key state of Iowa is now revealing both democratic and republican voters are turning away from the establishment. The Des Moines register Bloomberg politics showing Democratic frontrunner, Hillary Clinton lost one-third of support since May.

She still leads though 37 percent of likely democratic Caucus goers support her. You have Senator Bernie Sanders who is receiving 30 percent and Vice President Joe Biden who is still weighing why don't you get in the race or not he is getting 14 percent. Appearing on CNN's "STATE OF THE UNION" Sanders credited he is pushing for the wealthy to pay more and also college affordability for the rise in support. Highlighting some of its policy differences with Clinton.

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SEN. BERNIE SANDERS (I-VT), DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: I believe we should expand social security by lifting the cap on taxable income. That is not Hillary Clinton's position. I believe we have to raise the minimum wage over a period of years to $15 an hour. Not Hillary Clinton's position. I voted against the war in Iraq. Hillary Clinton voted for it.

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SANDOVAL: Clinton, who last week ramped up attacks on the GOP still does have a commanding lead nationally. On to the republicans now, Donald Trump is the frontrunner in Iowa as well as nationally, 23 percent of likely republican Caucus goers supporting him. But nuerosurgeon, Dr. Ben Carson is also on the rise. He is in second place with 18 percent with no other candidates getting double digits. The polls show Trump has been able to dramatically reversed impressions of him. 61 percent of those questioned now have a positive view of him.

In May, he only had 27 percent who rated him that way. One key factor impacting the Republican contest in Iowa is "The Des Moines Register" calls the mad as hell contingent. It's a large group of likely GOP voters mad or frustrated with everyone from President Obama and Hillary Clinton to Republicans in congress. John, Alison.

BERMAN: We have new information this morning on the execution-style killing of a Texas sheriff's deputy Darren Goforth. The officer was ambushed Friday night and not clear why at this point. The suspect 30-year-old Shannon Miles will be arraigned later this morning on capital murder charges. His mother has now come forward and claiming he could not have done it because he was shopping with her at the time she says.

Let's get more from CNN's Ed Lavandera in Houston.

ED LAVANDERA, CNN CORRESPONDENT: John and Alison, the suspect in the murder of Sheriff Officer Darren Goforth is expected to make a court appearance here in Houston area Monday morning. Shannon Miles was arrested and charged with capital murder Saturday night after the attack here as investigators describe as cowardly and cold blooded.

They say it was an execution-style murder after Darren Goforth had come out of the convenience store and his patrol car was there at pump eight. Investigators say he was shot several times starting in the back and had no way to defend himself. He say he was simply was shot because he was wearing a police uniform.

[05:35:00] So what you see here over the course of the weekend is an emotional outpouring of support for Goforth and his family. People are coming leaving balloons, flowers and messages. They have also been taking up a collection. Over the weekend, nearly $50,000 in donations collected for Goforth's wife and two children. There's also a Goforth fund me page on the Internet and you talk to people around here, people really are struggling to figure out what to do given the tragic nature in -- the horrific nature of this shooting of the Harris county sheriff's deputy. They say this is really the best and only way that many people can kind of figure out how to show signs of support not only for this family, but law enforcement community here in the Houston, Texas area.

John and Alison.

KOSIK: All right, Ed, thanks for that.

ISIS militants inflicting more devastation on the ancient Syrian City of Palmyra. A massive explosion, Sunday destroying the 2,000-year-old bell temple considered one of the greatest sites of the ancient world. Just days earlier, ISIS extremists blew up a 2000 year old, Baalshamin temple in Palmyra. The U.N.'s cultural agency is calling the attacks war crimes.

BERMAN: President Obama heads to Anchorage, Alaska today for a three day visit highlighting climate change. He is scheduled to meet with native-Americans tonight before announcing that the government is renaming Mt. McKinley. The highest peak in North America will be now called Mt. Denali. This is a major symbolic to Alaska natives, Senator McKousky, a big supporter of this as well.

Although Ohio's representation upset that Mt. McKinley will no longer to be called as such. The president will be focusing on global warming effect on Alaska, he's been more dramatic there than elsewhere in the country. The president plans to make the case for international pact to cut carbon emissions.

KOSIK: Time for an Early Start on your money. Stock futures are lower right now ahead of the final trading day of August. Market pointing to triple digit losses for the Dow and that opening after the opening bell in a bit. Asia started off the week with a drop and it could be the biggest and natural gas discovery ever. An Italian energy company says, it's on earth, a super-giant gas field in the Mediterranean. It covers 40 square miles and could contain 30 trillion cubic feet of natural gas. The company won't know the true side until it explores the site which is located off the coast of Egypt but it claimed that it could provide that country with natural gas for decades.

BERMAN: Interesting. His film the stuff of nightmares. Legendary film maker Wes Craven has died after a battle with brain cancer. He introduced us to Freddy Krueger in "Nightmare On Elm Street" and later he developed the "Scream" series, horror films, a lot of blood loti gore but also a lot of wit and humor as well. Wes Craven died Sunday at his home in Los Angeles. He was 76 years old.

KOSIK: And you got to know Wes Craven, didn't you?

BERMAN: I did. I visited the set of "Scream 4" a few years ago when he was filming. And I spent a couple days with him. A really nice guy. He used to be an English and Philosophy teacher. And he ends up moving to film, didn't watched movies growing up because he was raised in a strict in his house. A lot of stuff going on in that head of his. He claims he was very happy and very well grounded and very well stable. And he was, frankly lovely. And he will be missed. If you want to see a profile ID of him, it is on my Facebook page. Check it out.

KOSIK: I will check it out, definitely. But the parents of a journalist murdered on live television speaking to CNN about their loss and their new plan to fight gun violence.

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KOSIK: The parents of Alison Parker are embarking on a battle they were not prepared to fight. Their daughter was killed on live television in Roanoke last week. And they say, they won't rest until their message about gun violence control is heard.

Andy and Barbara Parker talking to CNN's Poppy Harlow about their new life mission.

POPPY HARLOW, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Good morning, Alison and John. She came into the world with light. That is how the parents of Alison Parker described their beloved daughter to me in our interview. We sat down to talk about the remarkable woman she was and remarkable daughter, friend and remarkable journalist. They told me so much about her life and what gave her such drive and such passion. They also spoke to me about the mission they are now on for gun control and to change some of the laws in this country.

Listen.

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ANDY PARKER, FATHER OF SLAIN TV REPORTER: That the only thing that is giving me strength right now to take on this cause because, you know, I know that somewhere she would be looking down and saying, you go, dad. This is what she would want me to do.

PARKER: I can just see Alison. It is here fight. I can see Alison sitting there going because that's what she would do.

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HARLOW: Their loss is unfathomable to most of us. But it has also ignited a fire in their bellies and they have launched a fight and a fight clearly as you can hear there that they are so dedicated to because this is for their daughter in her name. You can see more of our interview and their wonderful memories of their little girl. We will have that for you ahead here on "New Day." Alison and John.

KOSIK: Poppy, I'll be watching for that. Newark Airport resuming normal operations this morning following a security scare. A main airport terminal was evacuated Sunday night after a man used a secure exit hallway door as an entrance. The airport was locked down about for two hours while a security officials did a sweep delaying flights and frustrating passengers.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: They said nobody is going through. We waited for 15 minutes and they said OK. Everybody leave. Everybody has to go outside.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: As he was marched out of the terminal, he had a big silly grin. He was laughing as the officers walked him out.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: We don't know where we were supposed to be headed or what terminals were open. A lot of people are flustered and irritated obviously. It has been exhausting.

KOSIK: Exhausting to say the least. The unidentified man was stopped by customs and border agents and turned over to port authority police.

Let's take a look at what is coming up on "NEW DAY." Alisyn Camerota joins us now. Good morning, Alisyn.

[05:45:00] ALISYN CAMEROTA, CNN ANCHOR, "NEW DAY": Good morning, Alison. Great to see you. So of course, you heard about the murder of the Houston area deputy gunned down in cold blood Friday night as he gassed up his car.

Well, ahead on "NEW DAY", we will speak with Deputy Darren Goforth's friend and his patrol instructor. He says that officers across the country were anxious, they think the mood in this country is anti-cop and this could happen to any of them. Also, Harry Houck and Marc Lamont-Hill will also be here to debate that.

We will also be joined by former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, she will tell us why she is a big supporter of the Iran nuclear deal and whether she thinks Iran can actually be trusted. All that and more when we see you in 15 minutes.

KOSIK: Definitely you want to stay tuned for that. Thanks, Alisyn.

Europe struggling to a sell of a migrant crisis, the death toll of people trying to break through the borders rising. We are live after the break.

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KOSIK: Germany, France and Britain calling for an urgent meeting of the EU interior and justice ministers to cope with Europe to talk about the growing migrant crisis. That meeting is expected to take place in two weeks in Brussels. The goal to establish welcome centers in Greece and Italy to house and feed and screen thousands of migrants who are fleeing countries like Afghanistan, Syria and Iraq.

[05:50:00] Let's bring in CNN's Senior International Correspondent Arwa Damon live from Budapest. Arwa, the question I have here is taking two weeks for the meeting. This crisis didn't pop up overnight. Why is coordination so difficult with the countries to come to some sort of aid to these people?

ARWA DAMON, CNN SENIOR INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: That is a great question, Alison. That is something we have been asking ourselves as we have been following the route. Some of the conditions these absolutely desperate individuals, the vast majority of refugees of the wars in Iraq and Syria who have been trying to survive, have been absolutely inhumane.

Many of them say that they are being made to feel as they are no better than animals. We have seen them not just languishing as you see right here in the train station in Budapest, but also forced to spend days in the rain stuck at the border between Macedonia and Greece with no shelter. Babies, little children soaking wet many of them falling ill. We have seen them stuck under the scorching sun for hours and having to beg and plead with Hungarian authorities just to give them a bottle of water.

And you are very right in saying this is not something that just popped up. Thousands make the trek on a daily basis. But right now, we have been seeing a significant increase in numbers. Every single country reporting in the last week or two that numbers coming through its borders are reaching record highs. That is presumably because the more people who make it, the more they are sending news back home it is possible to reach Europe and the dream of the future for yourself and your children.

These are not people who had a choice and could have stayed back in their homelands. There is no real infrastructure to begin coping with the numbers that are coming through. This is not something that anyone has the justifiable excuse for. Because there should have been preparations being made. That is why people are asking us why it is countries in Europe, especially the wealthier western nations did not force this, did not help alleviate what they have been going through just a little bit.

For the longest time, Hungarian authorities were not allowing people to board the train onward to Austria and Germany. Even though Germany said it would take thousands of asylum seekers and refugees. Just today, we have begun to see only Syrians and Iraqis are being told that yes, they can buy train tickets and yes, they will be allowed to cross through all the way to Germany. This appears to be some sort of unofficial agreement that is being implemented at this stage. Also, it is providing respite for the others here who are from Afghanistan and various African nations.

KOSIK: All right. Arwa Damon, live from Budapest. Hopefully the coordination between those countries' in the European Union can happen a lot faster.

Gas prices may be falling for the holiday weekend. And EARLY START on your money, next.

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KOSIK: Let's get an EARLY START on your money. Stock futures pointing lower this morning following losses in Asia. You can expect more volatility on Wall Street this week, but it will take some serious moves to match what we saw last week. The Dow in of the past five sessions, a huge drop and record rise. Investors still on edge about global economic woes especially in China and the uncertainty about when the fed will raise interest rates.

The national average for a gallon of regular dipping below $2.50 this weekend. That is the lowest level this time of year since 2004 that's according to AAA. Despite the drop in crude oil, drivers will get more good news because gas follows oil by two weeks. The drop should continue into the fall, although no states yet are posting averages below $2 a gallon.

Dramatic developments in the race for president. "NEW DAY" starts now.

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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Anti-establishment candidates soaring to new heights.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Donald Trump on top of the poll still.

DONALD TRUMP (R), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: I'm leading in every poll by a lot.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Bernie Sanders now within striking distance.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Hillary Clinton lost one-third of support since May.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: You cannot waltz in and win a democratic primary.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Execution-style killing.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I have been in law enforcement for 45 years.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: This group Black lives matter. I put them on the same stance as KKK.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: You always think there is a tipping point. I think this time it will be different.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: We cannot be intimidated. We cannot be pushed aside.

ANNOUNCER: This is "NEW DAY" with Chris Cuomo, Alisyn Camerota and Michaela Pereira.

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CAMEROTA: Good morning everyone, welcome to your New Day, it's Monday, August 31st. It is 6:00 in the east. Chris Cuomo is off this morning. John Berman joins us. Great to have you in the seat.

BERMAN: Good morning.

CAMEROTA: We begin in Iowa for the presidential race is tightening for both parties. A new poll shows the anti-establishment passion is building in the critical state. On the republican side, Dr. Ben Carson is gaining on the frontrunner Donald Trump.

BERMAN: But wait, there's more. A dramatic reversal in Donald Trump's favorability numbers. By a complete reversal. On the democratic side, Bernie Sanders is now within striking distance of Hillary Clinton. Let us begin coverage now with CNN's Athena Jones live in Washington. The Republican field, Athena.

ATHENA JONES, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Good morning, John. As you mentioned, this new Des Moines registered poll shows the appeal of the outsider candidates we have been talking about. Donald Trump and Ben Carson. You saw Donald Trump in the lead with 23 percent of the vote. Ben Carson, retired neurosurgeon at 18 percent. What do they have in common? Neither one you can see the Wisconsin Governor, Scott Walker.