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Can the GOP Get Hold of Trump's behavior?; Will Rio Complete Necessary Construction in Time For The Olympics?; Florida Mom Foils Kidnapping Attempt of her 13-year old Daughter; Sanders to Have Requested Meeting with President Obama. Aired 10:30-11a ET

Aired June 9, 2016 - 10:30   ET

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[10:30:02] REP. BILL FLORES, (R) TEXAS: No, an endorsement is when you come out and publicly support the candidate. And here's the situation. Let's use Donald Trump as an example. Several people come to Donald Trump and they ask to put his name on their properties. And Donald Trump vetts them before he allows his name to be used in connection with him.

And so it's the same thing here. Is that Donald Trump wants several leaders to come out and support him publicly but he's got to, he's got to earn that support. He's got to talk about vision, and leadership, and positive policy. Not trash talking other people.

REP. LUKE MESSER, (R) INDIANA: And what I would add to that, listen, our Party is united that we're not for Hillary Clinton.

FLORES: That's right.

MESSER: The question is can folks put on a Donald Trump t-shirt and the reality is it's hard to do that given this current rhetoric. I don't believe Donald Trump's a racist ... but he has made race stating (ph) comments ...

CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: But you're still going to, but you're still going to vote for him and you can't put on a t-shirt. It's just ...

MESSER: Pardon me?

COSTELLO: It's just a little odd to me that you can't put on a Trump t-shirt yet you're still going to vote for him.

FLORES: There's a big difference.

MESSER: There is, and I think the American people understand this.

FLORES: They do.

MESSER: I mean listen, I've been in politics for a decade. There's all kinds of folks that I've voted for that I haven't endorsed. These are two candidates, both Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, that have very high negatives with the average voter and this is the choice the American people have given us. We don't have a choice between perfection in either one of these candidates. We have a choice between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton. And given that choice, I'm going to be for Donald Trump.

FLORES: And what Luke and I both want is we want Donald Trump to be in the White House. And what we want to do is help him get there by proposing that positive vision for the country.

COSTELLO: OK so you want him to present this positive vision to the people. You want him to clean up the rhetoric. But I want to play you something that Donald Trump said during an NBC Town Hall on April 19th, about sounding more presidential. Here's what he said.

FLORES: OK.

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DONALD TRUMP (R), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: But at the right time I will be so presidential you will be so bored. You will say, "can't he, can't he have a little bit more energy?" But I know when to be presidential.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

COSTELLO: Well clearly, Congressman Messer, he doesn't know when to be presidential, does he?

MESSER: No, he hasn't show it yet. I mean that's the reality of it. And again, I think the person that loses if Donald Trump doesn't get this cleaned up, isn't Donald Trump. He's going to win either way. The person that loses is the American worker.

FLORES: That's exactly right.

MESSER: We cannot continue on the same path. We need Donald Trump to behave like an adult, to paint a positive vision for the future, that the American people can rally behind. I believe he still has time, but it's time that he get busy doing it.

COSTELLO: So Congressman Flores, you want Donald Trump to talk about jobs for middle class Americans. Do you know what his plan is to accomplish that?

FLORES: Well he's talked about tax reform, he's talked about regulatory reform, he's talked about enacting good trade deals. And I think it's time for him to spend more time on that, less time talking about judges whose names are not on the ballot. And more time talking about how Hillary Clinton would be a continuation of the Obama economy, which has gone sideways. The loss of national prestige in the international stage. All the issues that have come up under the Obama administration would be continued under Hillary Clinton. He needs to talk about those things.

COSTELLO: And I just want to pose this question to both of you. If you were of Mexican descent, or you were a Muslim, or you were an African American, could you trust Donald Trump to be on your side?

MESSER: I mean Donald Trump has made many inappropriate comments. I've spoken out against each of those comments as unamerican and inappropriate. I think he's got a long way to go to earn back that trust. But listen, those same groups you described have been failed by the current policies of the Obama administration. They're being buried in this nation's debt (ph) ...

COSTELLO: But I'm talking like, you know, I understand, I understand where ...

MESSER: But they both miss for me (ph), I think that's important to recognize ...

COSTELLO: But they do both matter.

MESSER: ... they both matter. The comments matter and he needs to fix it ...

COSTELLO: Now I'll ask you the question again.

MESSER: ... Yeah.

COSTELLO: If you were a member of those groups of people, would you say, "oh Donald Trump is going to be on my side." And I'll post this to you Congressman Flores.

FLORES: Yes, I think that he can. And that I would do two things. One is that I would start by apologizing. Say, "I didn't mean any disrespect to anyone." And then secondly I'd move forward to say, "now that the apology's out of the way, here's what I want to do to help you. I want to help you whether you're in -- stuck in a poverty position, to empower you, to be able to get you on the economic ladder of opportunity. If you're in the middle class and you've seen your wages go sideways and your health care costs go up, this is what I'm going to do to help you." And I think once he does that, he'll have a great by it, and he'll be in the White House, and he'll be in a position to work with folks like Luke and I in Congress. And to move forward.

MESSER: Here's what folks know. If they support Hillary Clinton, they're going to get more of the same.

FLORES: That's correct.

COSTELLO: All right, I have to leave it there. Congressman Bill Flores, Congressman Luke Messer, thank you so much for being with me this morning. Still to come ...

FLORES: Thank you.

COSTELLO: Welcome. Still to come in the newsroom, the Olympic games are coming but will Rio be ready?

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COSTELLO: It is crunch time for Rio de Janeiro. The Olympic games are less than two months away and the city is revealing its new deadline for a massive subway project. Now set to open just four days before the games start. CNN's Nick Paton Walsh has more for you.

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NICK PATON WALSH, CNN SENIOR INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Rio has a big question without an answer ready just yet. How do Olympic tourists get from their hotels here to the games across town without spending hours in this? Some of the worst traffic in South America.

Well this was meant to be the answer. An extension to the subway from the beaches, almost to the Olympic park. But there's just one snag, they've just announced a new, updated opening time. And that's only four days before the games begin.

WALSH: There's always going to be some sort of last-minute rush, but it's the sheer amount of political economic upheaval that Brazil is experiencing that's got many concerned they're leaving such a vital part of the infrastructure as this, down to last minute preparations is simply cutting it to fine.

WALSH (voice-over): It was meant to be open in July and without it guests may spend a lot of the day in jams. That's not going to happen, insists the government.

RODRIGO VIEIRA, SECRETARY FOR TRANSPORTATION, STATE OF RIO DE JANEIRO: We are completely sure that everything will be done in First of August. No problem for us. Of course, this gathers side (ph) but we have 8,000 people working during the days and during the nights. No problem at all.

WALSH: How are you sleeping, sir? (ph). The sound of building is so loud but it's drowning you out. So we still have quite a bit more time to go, right? Until this is ready.

VIEIRA: Everything is in our schedule.

WALSH (voice-over): They said the same thing about the Olympic park itself. But when we visited when there was 66 days to go, it didn't feel that ready.

WALSH: It's strange to be able to walk straight in from there right into the edge of the Olympic park, here. What's supposed to be a pretty secure zone in just a matter of weeks from now. And we're just going to walk down this way to the site of where previously, there was one man holding out with his home.

WALSH (voice-over): Deeper and deeper we went, security sitting by, to find the home, now demolished. The owner taking a payout and moving. An odd feeling walking so freely around. This worker told us sometimes security are there, and some days they're not. Living just alongside and refusing to be moved, are Sandra and Maria. They call themselves the resistance, and they forced authorities to accept they can stay on the land. Sandra says she'll soon have all this packed away, ready for the new home the city's building her just next door. That's also on a tight schedule. Supposed to be ready, she says, 12 days before the games begin. What does Maria think about security? MARIA DA PENNA, RESIDENT (via translator): It should be like that in

every country. We were born to walk freely. I don't know why they came up with so much security. A man doesn't make another one safe, security comes from God.

WALSH (voice-over): You have to hope they won't be leaving it just up to him, however, to get Rio ready in time.

WALSH: It's that relaxed atmosphere, Carol, that of course people are hoping to enjoy during the games. But is it really compatible with the kind of tight schedule you saw there. So many projects down to the wire. And this, a country dealing with the impeachment of its former President, dealing with an economic crisis, dealing with the outbreak of the Zika virus, as well.

And of course these infrastructure projects which are going to be ready a matter of days ahead of everything. They're concerned about Zika, they tried to assure people yesterday at the Olympic Organizing Committee, that basically nobody of the potential guest here could catch it, according to their statistics. But I think there is a feeling here that the challenges are huge and the time is tight, Carol.

(END VIDEOTAPE) COSTELLO: Nick Paton Walsh reporting live for us this morning, thank you. Still to come in the Newsroom, a Florida mother heroically fights off a man who tried to abduct her daughter. Now we're learning more about the frightening attack and the suspect, next.

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COSTELLO: A Florida woman and her 13-year old daughter are recovering this morning after a frightening incident at a Dollar General store. Surveillance video capturing the moment that 30-year old Craig Bonello tried to abduct the teenager while her mother heroically fought him off. Bonello is now in jail. He's facing charges of attempting kidnapping and child abuse. And the man who captured him eventually, is speaking out. CNN's Polo Sandoval has more from Atlanta, good morning.

POLO SANDOVAL, CNN NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Hey good morning, Carol. You know that lingering question, why go after this little girl? We understand that Bonello had no obvious ties to that 13-year old child. We also understand, according to information released by police officers, that he was not a registered sex offender.

We do however understand, based on information released by Bonello's attorney, that he does have a history of mental illness. In fact, during that initial court appearance that just happened yesterday, when he was charged, when Bonello was charged, the judge did, in his own words, say that he had clearly -- his condition has possibly even gotten worse.

In fact, during a separate case, a trespassing case, Bonello was actually deemed not fit to stand trial in that particular case. That obviously could play a role. But then when you look at this video, Carol, that is truly gone viral, you see the man described as Bonello there twice, grab that little girl.

Mom essentially being caught in this tug-of-war, even at one point pouncing on top of her little girl just to keep her inside the store. Well then he eventually makes his way out of the store, Bonello does, right into the path of a police officer who happened to be in the right place. Take a listen:

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DEPUTY JONATHAN BEHNEN, CITRUS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE: I jumped out of my patrol car, I told him to stop. He tried to back up, I went and I grabbed the door handle to see if it was locked, it was. He backed up a little bit. At that time, I withdrew my firearm, I pointed it at him.

I started banging on the glass with my firearm, it was the only thing I had in my possession. I tried to break the glass. He reached over, he pulled up on the door lock. I opened the door as quick as I could, I grabbed him, undid his seatbelt, and escorted him out of the vehicle onto the ground.

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SANDOVAL: So there again is that dramatic recount from that police officer. Last thing I should, Carol, is once we spoke to Bonello's attorney, we were able to confirm that he is in fact, an Air Force vet. Actually discharged from the military in 2008. That question though, under what circumstances.

So that obviously could help us paint a better picture as to what possibly led to that incident in Florida. But what we have here, Carol, really is a mother's protective instinct coupled with a police officer's -- an off-duty police officer -- who happened to be at the right place at the right time.

COSTELLO: All right, Polo Sandoval reporting live for us this morning, thank you.

SANDOVAL: You're welcome.

COSTELLO: Still to come in the Newsroom, it was the height of the AIDS epidemic and the rise of a new civil rights movement. A sneak peek at CNN's original series, "THE 80S" next.

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COSTELLO: All right I want to take you out to Washington, D.C., this is very near the White House. We are awaiting Senator Bernie Sanders' arrival with his wife, Jane. Senator Sanders, as I told you at the top of the show, had requested a meeting with President Obama. Both men will be talking about the presidential race. When Bernie Sanders might opt to drop out of the race, what could be put into the Democratic platform that would appease Senator Sanders.

Because you know, Senator Sanders and his supporters are very important to the Democratic Party. And of course to the success or failure of Hillary Clinton. We're going to keep an eye on this. I'm looking through the trees here. There are lots of Secret Service so that's a clue for us, right? So that must be Bernie Sanders, Senator Sanders coming up shortly. We'll just wait for just a second. All right, we'll keep you posted on whether Senator Sanders has arrived at the White House, and how his meeting goes with President Obama.

Back in the 1980s a mysterious and deadly epidemic began sweeping the nation. In a moving episode of CNN's original series, "THE 80s," we look back at the stigma of AIDS and the people who were affected by it. With me now, Phil Wilson who founded the Black AIDS Institute in 1999. And has long fight to eradicate AIDS, especially within the African American community. Thank you so much for stopping by.

PHIL WILSON, FOUNDER, BLACK AIDS INSTITUTE: Thank you for having me.

COSTELLO: I remember back in the late 80s when people were very afraid of people who had contracted HIV or AIDS. There was a stigma there. Some people weren't allowed to go to school or to work. So bring us back to those days and tell us about that.

WILSON: Well you know, for many people the 80s were the darkest days of AIDS epidemic. Where for those of us who were living through it, we were seeing our family and friends die literally every day. You would go from a hospital room to a funeral constantly on a daily basis. Fortunately we are not in those days anymore. We have made tremendous progress. But the AIDS epidemic is not over.

It's kind of the scenario that someone goes to the hospital and they're in critical condition, now they get better, they're stabilized, you know? But you don't release them, you continue to treat them. And that's the challenge that we have today, that in the 80s we didn't have the treatments, today we have the treatments, but we still have stigma, and not everyone has access to those treatments.

COSTELLO: Well let's talk about, again just going back to the late 80s and where the stigma was the worst. I worked in Indianapolis for a short time in the late 80s and I knew Ryan White. He was a hemophiliac, he was in middle school, he contracted HIV from a blood transfusion. His school in Indiana said no, you can't go to school because you'll infect the other children. And he became, he became quite the voice of the AIDS epidemic. Tell us his importance.

WILSON: Well you know Ryan was a remarkable young man, and clearly a hero. He -- Ryan and Jeanne were extremely courageous and extremely instrumental in kind of establishing the notion that people with HIV deserve love and compassion and access to treatment. As a result, the Ryan White Care Act, arguably the largest sourced federal investment in healthcare, was named after Ryan White.

COSTELLO: Yes, I remember interviewing his mother many, many times. They were very accessible. And they attracted nationwide and worldwide attention. And they also attracted celebrity support. I remember Michael Jackson, Donald Trump visited Ryan's mother after his death ...

WILSON: Elton John.

COSTELLO: ... at the age of 18. Elton John, right? Came up with a special song for Ryan White. All of those things really helped focus attention on HIV/AIDS. Today, I don't think as much attention is focused on HIV/AIDS. And is that a bad thing, a good thing, or?

WILSON: It is a very bad thing. You know kind of out of sight, out of mind. We are in a place where people continue to get infected, in part because they, themselves, think that the AIDS epidemic are over. Now there are thousands of Americans who get infected every year, who don't know that they're infected because they've not yet gotten treated, because they don't believe that they are at threat. So keeping it at the forefront -- and one of the things that's wonderful about this show this evening -- is hopefully it will remind people the advances we made in the 80s, and encourage us to continue to do the work that we need to do to actually get to the end game. We need to continue to fight stigma and we need to continue to find a cure.

COSTELLO: Phil Wilson, thanks so much, I appreciate your stopping by. Thank you ...

WILSON: Thank you.

COSTELLO: ... and thank you for your great work. Thank you so much. To see more moving moments from this decade, tune into "THE 80s" tonight, 9:00 p.m. Eastern on CNN. Thank you for joining me today. I'm Carol Costello. "AT THIS HOUR" with Berman and Bolduan starts now.

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