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>> if they don't step up tariffs will go on. and if they go high, the companies are moving back into the united states. that's all. it's very simple. >> well it is very simple. you know, companies aren't moving back to the united states. they can't and won't make decision that is quickly. they'll wait. becauses in hundreds of millions of tars at stake. any will instead pass along the tariff in the form of higher prices to americans for everything from cars to food. republican senator john cornyn lays it out pretty clearly today. >> tariffs on the other hand would be a mass tax. the u.s. chamber estimates that texas alone would face $5.35 billion in increased costs as a result of a 5% tariffs that could take effect as early as monday. in translates into about $1,000 more on a car. >> $1,000 more per car. deutsche bank says it's in fact $1300 a car and that's just as they begin. a gnaw non-partisan analysis estimates it could wipe pout 400,000 jobs in the united states. that's what happens when tariffs stay on. here is the facts. the president is not risking 400,000 jobs over a patently impossible demand. because let's be clear. he has a clear demand. tariffs go on mexico until illegal immigration via mexico stops. here is the tweet from the president of the united states. . he tweeted on june 10th the united states will impose pennsylvania 5% tariff on all goods coming from mexico until such time as illegal migrant through mexico into our country stop. all caps. and then i says the tariffs increases up to 25%. let's be clear. illegal immigrant -- migrants coming through mexico to the southern border is not going to stop by june 10th. it's just not going to happen. in fact, the latest number show a surge in border crossings more than 144,000 encountered and arrested in may alone. a 30% surge in one month. the surge in illegal migrants may be why the one trump inner circle member who supports using tariffs for fawn economic warfare is trying to move the goal post. here is peter navarro with our jim the schutt o earlier today. >> we believe the tariffs may not go into effect because we have the mexican's attention. >> oh, now all we needed was their attention. we already had that. look, that is not bringing illegal immigration to a stop, right. that's getting their attention. totally different than the president said. and that's the fact. the president has to do something to back out of the threat that it has to stop completely by june 10th or else the tariffs go on. because his tweet will be out at yet another empty threat like these. >> mexico is going to have to do something otherwise i'm closing the berd. i'll just close the border. north korea, best not make any more threats to the united states. they will be met with fire and fury like the world has never seen. >> every woman lied when they came forward to hurt my campaign. all of these liars will be sued after the election is over. >> knows lawsuits did not happen. there has been no fire and fury, thank god. and regarding the border, trump said that on marni 29th, seven days later the border still open as it is now. but seven days later trump went on camera to declare victory. >> i want to thank the president of the mexico. he is the first one he has been doing the job. he is helping mexico too not only economically and not only because i won't be forced to shut it down or do the tariffs -- >> deja vu. pamela brown is traveling with the president outfront in ireland tonight. no breakthrough imnent at this time. >> no breakthrough, earn. and the expectation from administration officials and see the first go around there wouldn't be a deal from this meeting today with the vice president, the secretary of state. and dhs i'm told by a senior administration official this was a meeting lasting 90 minutes at the white house. officials say that progress was made and the president tweeted that as well. but that it wasn't enough, and that the foreign minister did put forward some ideas of how to stem the flow of undocumented migrants. but clearly it wasn't satisfactory to officials. they died to continue the talks in fact mike pompeo, the secretary of state will be meeting later upon in a few hours with the foreign minister again in a one-on-one meeting. then tomorrow talks will continue and even the white house counsel will be meeting with his counterpart. but in raises the question what the objective is here. because you're right the president stayed firm saying the tariffs will go into effect on monday right around the corner. the clock is ticking. but then his top trade advisers saying we have mexico's attention something maybe will be worked out. and behind the scenes white house officials believe it can be averted. they've been purposefully vague on the flesh hold to prevent the tariffs for in reason. so that it's easy to say look we believe mexico has kun enough or offered up enough to prevent the tariffs. but if it does happen, erin there will be a ripple effect not only to u.s. consumers but even here in imitator where the spt visiting his golf resort it will have an impact here because there are products from ireland to mexico back to the u.s. it's something people are paying close attention to not just in the u.s. erin. >> thank you very much pamela. i want to go to the democratic senator jeff mushingly who sits on the appropriations and foreign releases committees. let's start with peter navarro. he says tariffs may not go into effect once we have the attention of the mexican processes. he says all illegal immigration stopping five days from now -- it's not a possibility. do you think this was an all an erpt threat? does the president have any intention of following through? >> well i don't think it's an empty threat. but it's a very bizarre strategy. let me explain. that this is not about tariffs for an economic deal. this is saying we are using it as a weapon in foreign policy. now, mexico, if they were talking to the u.s. would say, you know, the problems that have created the tremendous flow of refugees are first, you mr. trump, or president trump -- you have kept saying you're going to seal the border pch every time you do that the coyotes advertise and there is a surge. it's now to 150,000 a month because of you. e, mr. president. he is causing it. and they'd also say -- by the way, the instability in central america, in is coming from the dollars that coming from american drug trade. americans if you quite buying drugs from central america we won't have this problem. and if you quit shipping guns to central america allowing them to be smuggled out of the u.s. we won't have this problem. that would be the mexican side of in. and so using tariffs in this fashion is really not a -- not a feasible strategy and it's going to be very much opposed up here on capitol hill by trump's republican colleagues. >> and they are obviously very clear that they're opposing using tariffs in a non-economic war, right it doesn't fit with any sort of -- any coined of policy that anybody would accept. however, the president- you know, points to these -- the illegal immigrants that have been surging over the border, right, 144,000 according to customs and border and protection encountered at the u.s. mekt coborder in may, up about a third since april. >> yes. >> so do you blame him for that? or is -- is what he is doing by forcing the issue you are force people to come and deal with the big are problem? isn't he right that this is a problem? >> well, it certainly is a very high flow that's coming and instigated by president trump. in other words he created this problem and now he doesn't know what to do about it. so he is threatening mexico. but mexico can't stop people from moving around the country. >> i'm trying to understand your logic. why do you think it's his fault? he is not making you feel welcoming to come here, right. >> yes. if we go back and track the numbers on the flow of immigrants from the roughly 30 to 40,000 that were coming per month when it started surging it started surging with the declaration of a national emergency and president trump starting to talk about ceiling the border. there were then the coyotes who advertise for clients said okay if you want to go you got to come now. >> isn't that pushing the numbers they think the border could cause close -- the intent of who is coming isn't changing it's just the when the numbers happen, right. >> it's hard to say. it's saying to a lot of people if you've ever considered it now is the time you got to make a decision. those people may never have decided to come in the first place under ordinary circumstances. >> okay. so let me ask you, "the new york times" had an interesting report today -- i'm sorry on monday but the mexican government response to the president's treats. they pointed out that there were subpoena some raids by mexican military last week went into a hotel by the gaulten mord are border to try to get guatemalaen abbreaking up caravans do you think mexico is moving and being more aggressive in taking this on because of trump? >> well they have been making efforts for much of the last year to try to figure out if there are ways to encourage folks to stay in central america, to make crossing the border more difficult. but it's not an easy thing to do. nefb making these efforts. they may be making more efforts now in response to this. but it not going to stop the flow as long as you have in incredibly difficult street extortion that has taken a grip throughout the northern triangle of honduras, guatemala and el salvador. when people are told pay your extortion money now or we will kill you tomorrow, or we will rape your daughter this weekend. people are going to flee. and so stabilizing those countries is going to be essential to change this dynamic. >> look, republicans have been vocal about this but they are not okay with the tariffs. they are a bad idea. senator grassley, cornyn, many others, will they stand up to the president, though when push comes to shove? >> i think the republicans are going to stand up to him. they do not like the use of a national molden. this is certainly the -- the law was not written for a president to be able to use that clause in order to by pass the -- the period to congress to give them 60 days -- well give an alert on the -- now switching to the saudi sales that's the other people happening simultaneously. it's about an imperial presidency. the combination of the tariffs on the saudi arms sale are really riling up up republicans saying this is not right. president president is not loutd to act. this is not a kingship, imperial presidency this is a democratic republic. >> of course referring to the president trying to sell arms to saudi arabia without going through congress for approval as would be the normal procedure for doing such a sale. thank you so much senator. i appreciate your time. >> you're welcome, erin, thank 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>> absolutely not. and let's be very clear, erin, the only thing that veterans hate more than a draft dodger is a man who lies about it. and that's what this president has been doing about his military, lack of military service for a number of years now, just to review the bidding he had four deferments for education, fair enough. but then he had the fifth deferment that kept him out of the war for so-called bone spurs. and that -- the medical records are lost but the daughter of the podiatrist who worked with him say the podiatrist basically gave him that letter that would disqualify him from service as a favor to the philipp. the bone spurs in a healthy man an athletic man magically disappeared later. the record is quite clear. i just want to say one other thing. it's particularly galling that he would take -- the vows once again km up and be featured in a news story tonight. on the 75th anniversary of d-day. this ought to be a day we solemnly remember and instead we have donald trump parading this fraudulent story sflo general, you know when you think about this you've got what david refers to, right the podiatrist's daughter. their landlord was fred trump, right, donald trump's father, right, when they wrote this. i want to play for you on this issue, right, president trump today said that he would have been honored to serve if he don't have bone spurs. that's what he said today. but obviously during the campaign he did for the remember which foot had bone spurs. here he is. >> why did you not serve in the vietnam war? >> because i was going to college, had student deferments it's a rung time and ultimately had a medical deferment because of my feet i had a bone spur. >>way which foot did you have the bone spur in. >> you'll look it up in the records. i don't know. it's in the records sflo obviously the records don't exist, general. >> yeah, it's -- it's a repeating theme, erin. it's the same thing we hear over and other again making excuses for things he doesn't do. and you know, the other thing that's insulting about in, again, is david just said, it's divisive. there were a whole bunch of people during the vietnam era that didn't want to serve either. i was in the army during that period. and there were not a whole lot of people volunteering to go to vietnam no one wanted to fight that war. and there are 50 thousand thousand plus names on a black granite wall in washington, d.c. who went and didn't want to go and sacrificed their lives. this is just insulting to the military. and i can't understand how people allow him to get away with in kind of b.s. >> exactly. >> the other thing is when he does talk about vietnam we you looked it up -- and our kfile we know the conversation with howard sterd. he said stds were his personal vietnam. but that wasn't just one time. it was a history of times he talked l like being in vietnam. you're the equivalent of a soldier going over to vietnam. if you have any guilt about having not going to vietnam. >> we have our own vietnam. >> you said that many times. >> i feel like a great and brafr soldier. >> you're brafr than any vietnam vet base because you're screwing a lot of women. >> congressional medal of honor in actuality. >> it's been a joke for him for years, april. knows that go all the way back to 1993, 1997 and 1998 those three kips. >> i'm going to use the word that david used, galling, the gall, the gall, the gall. it -- okay, number one, the lack of capacity of this president to understand what service means and what the military does when they go overseas, putting their life on the line, that does not compare to being a gigilo or a rich playboy who had tick tacks and kissing anyone he wanted. having mistress and a wife on a ski slope together. that does not equate. it's sad when this president is not here for memorial day. the day before d-day, the anniversary of d-day he is saying this. he has talked about john mccain. no matter what anyone may think about john mccain, that man stayed as a prisoner of war -- he could have been released. he stayed. he was broken we saw him on the campaign trail. he could barely lift his arms because of the pain and abuse. the terror. he was terrorized and then he talks against john mccain. i don't understand why veterans and those in the the military have not spoken up. people have been bullied into submission by this president. this is galling as david said and even worse terms. >> general, let me ask you because obviously you're speaking out. but i mean, do you -- what do you think the feeling is among you know those currently there? >> well zpl are they torn about speaking out? i know you are retired. >> i'm -- >> yeah. >> the individuals currently wearing the cloth of the country take an oath to protect and defend the constitution, obey the orders of the president. they don't get the opportunity to speak out unless it's an illegal or unethical order. i go to tell you i know having talked to people who are in the military that there are quite a few of them who are disgusted by in kind of action. they will never say it. they will serve professionally, do their duty and continue to support and defend the constitution. but any depend on other people speaking out. they depend on members of congress speaking out. they depend on retireds speaking out. and that's what's happening. >> david, final word. >> erin, i think it's one of the the most important jobs of a president is to be a role model especially for the younger generation. we -- a recent poll found that 71% of american people do not think he is a good role model for children. i think it's one more episode which adds to that notion that -- that somehow he has been very dismissive of what's been so valuable to our country, what's held us together. we were finally coming to terms with veet flam as a people, finally the old divisions are sort of starting to fall away. it's just really really unfortunate unhappy and galling that here on the eve of the 75th anniversary of d-day we are talking about in. >> and the president of course will be in normandy tomorrow. >> and president trump doubling down on climate change. governor jay inslee who made it the core of his campaign is outfront next. plus an american woman dies at a vacation resort in dpinging republic. days later an american couple dies at the same resort. what's happening? 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and it's quite shocking to me that he would fake in position. knowing that our party and our nation believes in fundamental freedom issue. this is a freedom issue of american women. and in my state i have fought for this for decades. we actually have passed the reproductive parity act to make sure women get coverage and should have coverage regardless of income. i have to tell you i'm shocked by that. i have not heard the news before you told me. if it's true it's extremely disappointing. i think it's going to be a very disturbing to a lot of people in america. in needs to be a civil right. and what we have done in washington state to make it equivalent of a civil right needs to be the law of the united states. and we can do this. we don't have to depend just on the supreme court. we feed to pass the laws that i have in my state to apply to protect the women's freedom interests krs the united states. and i would intend to do that as president of the united states. >> before we go, you dwoont to debate focus on climate kwhang and the dnc says they want all topics out there they are not doing single issue debates although they will do a kpk one broadly what do you say to the dnc. >> extremely disappointing. the grass roots of our party demand that we pay attention to the existential threat. this is an issue upon which life depends itself. and the continued civilization that we now engage. and it is -- it is totally unacceptable to me not only not to have a debate where we end up just having cliche and sound bites instead of forcing candidates to put plans forward, but also they also said they are bars democratic candidates from participating in other debates. that's outrageous to me to muzzle candidates who want to go out and have this debate. i will tell them that i'm hearing across the country is democrats are insistent that we call the candidates to a higher plane of discussion of this, which was ignored for the last 20 to 30 years. i hope that they reconsider. and i hope the other aspireants to the office. join me as others have asked the dnc to do this. we believe in democracy. >> governor inslee thank you very much i appreciate your time. >> thank you. and bernie sanders head to head with the largest retailer wal-mart. and voters appeared to be taking notice today. >> he is for the working people. and he speaks for the working people. >> plus an american tourist dies in the dominican republic and five days later two more americans found dead at the same resort. what's going on? 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it's hard. it's hard. especially in our economy. it's up. and we're booming. >> the proposal to add an employee to the wal-mart board was rejected by shareholders. >> people cannot make it on $11 an hour. >> and the company also did not make a substantive move toward raising employee salaries. and after his remarks sanders was skeptical wlrnlt sleerd high pressure was listening. >> do you feel the ceo got your message today. >> no, i don't. i think if he got the message what he would say is that we are going to do what many competitors are doing, what amazon has already done, what costco has done what target is moving toward and raise that minimum wage. >> and it's not out of ordinary for bernie sanders to go after corporate america. he regularly hammers wal-mart and amazon on the campaign trail. that will continue this weekend when he heads to iowa and will appear with mcdonald's workers push nag company to pay a base salary of $15 an hour. and this a big move by sand tors try and separate himself from the big field of democratic candidates. he believes that many dynamicic primary voters are with him when it comes to taking on corporate america, erin. >> thank you very much ryan. and next. what is happening at the caribbean resort with three people were found dead in five days? 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rosa flores is "out front." >> reporter: the officials in dominican republic are searching for answers. a psychotherapist from pennsylvania was celebrating her wedding anniversary with her husband at the hotel just hours after checking in when she collapsed. >> at one point she was sitting there happily smiling and taking pictures and the next moment she was in acute pain and called out for dan and she collapsed. >> reporter: paramedics were called and tried to revive the 41-year-old, but police say she died in her room. the family says she died after having a drink from the hotel's mini bar. the attorney general's office says a cause of death has yet to be determined but the resort says she died of a heart attack. jay mcdonald, her brother-in-law, says the entire family is in shock. >> what we thought was a freak event now we don't know. >> reporter: that's because just five days after shop warner's death, two more americans were found dead at the same resort. 23-year-old edward nathaniel holmes and his fiancee were found in their room after hotel staff after missing their checkout. police say there were no signs of violence. the national police confirming to cnn an autopsy found the couple from maryland suffered r respiratory failure and police say medications were found in the room. coincidentally all three checked in on the same day, may 25th, but were staying in different parts of the resort. the hotel saying in a statement today. to date, there are no indications of any correlation between these two unfortunate incidents. but police are still investigating. and the families want answers. >> we really want an independent medical review here in the states. >> reporter: and you are not going to believe this. we found the taxi driver that drove miranda shop warner here to this hotel from airport and he says that she was happy, she was excited to be here. he remembered that she was a great tipper. remember, she died a few hours after. so you can imagine his shock when he found out that she died. >> obviously, completely fine just before that. rosa, thank you very much. and "out front" now steve moore retired supervisory act for the fbi. steve, this is bizarre. what do you think happened? >> well, i think it's too coincidental to be random. so i think what you have to start doing is finding out what was common with all three deaths or all three people right before their illnesses and what's common right now is they all checked in on the same day. >> that puts it way over the realm of possibilities. and then it's possible they all had something out of the mini bar. >> all right. so, then, then, this is something malicious? i mean, what else could it be? someone is putting something in a mini bar for people to randomly stumble upon and it kills them? >> either that, or somebody is accident annually contaming the things in the mini bar. hypothetically, one thing that could cause this pulmonary edema, respiratory failure is an overdose of fentanyl. fentanyl is something trafficked through the dominican republic. either somebody has come in contact hypothetically with there or somebody is intentionally putting this into a drink or whatever. but this is not -- these are not natural deaths. >> and, obviously, the same management, it's the same resort. right? it's two different hotels but the same resort. >> right. >> their no question it would seem as to whether this is related? >> no, it's absolutely related. and what you have to do here is you have to start to go backwards and find out what is common between those two rooms that were in. it may not be the made service. it may not be somethng within that hotel. but i'll bet you anything they get their liquor supplies, food supplies from the same thing. two hotels from the same people are going to do that. so you have to start bringing things down to the level of what's common for all three. >> all right. thank you very much, steve. next, jeanie, a late-night twitter war between president trump and bet mite midler. ♪[woof] ♪ i felt i couldn't be at my best wifor my family. c, in only 8 weeks with mavyret, i was cured and left those doubts behind. i faced reminders of my hep c every day. but in only 8 weeks with mavyret, i was cured. even hanging with friends i worried about my hep c. but in only 8 weeks with mavyret, i was cured. mavyret is the only 8-week cure for all common types of hep c. before starting mavyret your doctor will test if you've had hepatitis b which may flare up and cause serious liver problems during and after treatment. tell your doctor if you've had hepatitis b, a liver or kidney transplant, other liver problems, hiv-1, or other medical conditions, and all medicines you take including herbal supplements. don't take mavyret with atazanavir or rifampin, or if you've had certain liver problems. common side effects include headache and tiredness. with hep c behind me, i feel free... ...fearless... ...and there's no looking back, because i am cured. talk to your doctor about mavyret. mno kidding.rd. but moving your internet and tv? 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hawkeye stays this weekend. they're giving speeches, kissing babies, all in an effort to make sure voters remember them when the iowa caucuses roll around next february. who is not there in the front-runner, joe biden long-shot candidate marianne williamson is so -- she actually moved into a in des moines, clearly hoping that residential equals presidentiale in voters' minds. that may be over le optimist ic and leyla santiago is there. according to the there are fewer than 2 million registered voters, are even bigger than that, so how has iowa become such an enormous state listen, this is the first caucus state. i spot to one voter, if i only immediate a candidate once, not on my short list, you have to come in and work for that vote, and why this weekend is so important. a very vibrant sell bray, people who want to talk about abortion rights so candidates are here talking about marriage equality and things important to them. each candidate had ten minutes to talk about. >> whoever the next nominee is we'll do all we can to make sure she or he is successful in defeating donald trump. it's about rare justice, about environmental justice and little about sort justice. >> it's a great day and a great day to celebrate. so dr. king told us that's arc of the moral universe bends toward justice. >> whether we were marching here today, we are standing on the shoulders of people who have come before us, who have fought for us, who have suffered for us his campaign said that he had a family commitment that had been scheduled a while ago. the timing, we're just a few weeks away from a very crucial moment in which all of these candidates will be on stage together in miami florida, and that would be for the very first debate. >> tomorrow the action shifts to cedar rapids. tell us more about the importance of the hall of fame dinner. tomorrow 19 of the 23 candidates will be at the hall of fame dinner. there would be sort of -- i've been describing it as a make roe co. of the primary. you'll have 19 candidates in one radio room, and show strength in their campaign. yes, that means a lot of speeches. but this will be an engaged crowd. these are activists, supporters, iowans really take that responsibility serious. so this would be an audience that really wants to hear they speeches, and then do a compare and contrast. >> yeah, rained fire, 19 candidates, 19 peaches, all in one day. it will be interesting to see what the headlines are coming out of there. thank you for joining us. >> yeah. candidate peet buttigieg was how can a nominee come out unscathed. >> the good news i have is i don't even view us as having opponents as much as competitors. i would be surprised the different candidates as these cattle calls pick up, we'll get to know each other better and better. we might as well carpool. i want to bring in joel payne, and cnn political commentator and host of "s.e. cupp unfiltered." we know joe biden will be skipping iowa. reportedly he has a graduation he couldn't miss in his family. but he also skipped a big event for democrats in california last weekend. what's the message he is sending? is he perhaps taking his front-runner status for granted? >> it's certainly a strategy to run what i've been calling an over-the-top campaign. he's running a campaign as it if he's already in office. it's to be determined whether or not deformic voters will allow that type of a top-down campaign to work. usually progressives particularly want people to fight for the nomination, that they want to earn every vote, they want to take selfies, do the retail politics. the former vice president has not done that yet. he's got time to pick it up, but i think it will start to be noticed in contrast. i think if the former vice president thought it would be an easy ride into the general election, he is in for something else. look at what happened just this week. he flip flomd 09 hyde amendment, he had to defend his crime bill, or he was confronted about it, and he defended it. s.e., how significant is a week like this? >> it could be determinesing. to joel's point, joe biden has not put in the time that other candidates have, with the reporters, with the press, with retail politics. all we really have from his campaign are these moments. they're not great. they should have been anticipated. at the very least, to be the most generous, it makes the campaign looks unprepared, but at worst, it makes him look expedient, like maybe he'll cave to the prevailing winds of the progressive wing of the party. it just doesn't make him look sure or certain. >> he definitely playoff left to the issue of abortion, and there's a question of -- research from a voter targeting firm noun that larger than expected turnout from republican defectors. do democrats risk losing those voters if they move too far to the left? >> i think people like to point out with hillary clinton, some of the her comments late in the campaign cost her. i would also say if anyone is voting on the hyde amendment, you probably will not support anyone with a "d" on election day. my guess is you're not going to vote for any of those folks. you're probably going to vote for donald trump. >> but joe biden could have picked up the voters who did support the hyde amendment, right in. >> ana -- ana, call it my -- >> the hyde amendment is popular with most americans, not just with republicans. >> i was just cull to say, call it my trauma from last time around, but i've had heard about republicans jumping over to support hillary clinton, the republicans wanting to get behind the democrat. you'll have to show it to me. i've heard that so many times. i would love to see proof of that. >> you said it, ana, we have data from targeting firms that show a lot of republicans left for democrats in in the mid terms. sure, but i think there is fertile ground in the middle. i'm going to be talking to a biden surrogate on my show coming up about this. i think he's seeing a lot of territory he could have gained to trump or maybe even a third-parity candidates, or make folks who will now stay home, because they feel conned by biden who was going to occupy the moderate lane it doesn't seem like he's able or willing to do that at this point. >> i want to bring something that perhaps trump should be concerned about. i don't want to just talk about the democrats. there's new polling from places like texas, michigan, pennsylvania, the president is behind some of the democrats, obviously showing on you he would fare in a head to head against biden in particular since he's 9 front-runner at this movement in time. i wonder, should a republican be worried? remember, michigan was key. we know pennsylvania was key in the last presidential election and in texas. that's been red for a long time. >> yes, in short republicans should be worried. the trump campaign should be worried. there are cracks in his base. the base was all he's had. he's put no energy into reaching into more moderate territory. it's all base or nothing. so for him to be showing those cracks, especially in those states, if those states are up for grabs again, he's real vulnerable. again, why democrats should try to exploit those vulnerabilities and running to the far left is not way to do did. >> is texas really in play? should democrats -- it's a big state. >> texas is as much in play as arizona was 2349 last senate race, as georgia is, as virginia and colorado, which used to be republican states that are now blue states, texas can move. i don't know if it will move this cycle, but the trendlines certainly work in their favor. i'll say this about what democrats are facing, and with regards to the president. president trump's cracks are not with his base, in my opinion. they're with moderates and independents. that's where he won last time. he got those folks to come over. the president's base will always be with him. it's the people in the middle that can't hold on to this time. >> thank you both. join s.e. at the top of the next our here on cnn, exploring the intersection of politics and the media right here. we have sad news to report. hillary clinton's young brother has died. it's hard to find words, my mind is flooded with memories of him today. when he walked into a room, he would light it up with laughter. he was kind, generous, a wonderful husband to megan, and faerlt to zach, simon and fiona. tony rodham was 65. the speaker of the house is slamming president trump over his diplomatic spat with mexico, and a trade ward with mexico avertd for now. plus a family wants answers after this army veteran died in police custody. he body was returned to his family without his heart and his brain. >> you read about these stories, you know, every day. you always think, wow, that's a shame, i'm sad for that family, and now we are that family. >> that story is just ahead. you're live in the "cnn newsroom." where people are into coffee, tech, and retirement planning. the perfect retirement for me is doing the things that i want to do, not the things i have to do. unlike seattle, less than half of americans participate in their employer retirement plans. so what keeps people more engaged in their retirement? 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"new york times" actually put out a report indicating that some of the parameters of this deal with mexico had been agreed to months before the threat of tariffs came up. the president, though, still taking a victory lap and making fun of the house speaker. here's what he tweeted about, nervous nancy and the democratic house are getting nothing done. perhaps they could lead the way with the usmca, the spectacular and popular trade deal, interesting that the president is touting the usmca when he heard from sources that people within his own administration were worried that the threat of tariffs could undo the potentially ratification of the usmca, also notable that the president is fund-raising off of this deal. just a short while august the trump campaign sent out a mass e-mail asking supportsers to send in money, subjecting it was the president's hard work leading to mexico coming up with this plan. >> thank you, boris. on mexico's side of the border, now the retraction shun of those threats. there this wee jeb balla newton is in tijuana, mexico. i know you're expecting to see a huge gathering there later today. are penal planning to protest these new developments and this agreement? or are they celebrating? >> reporter: well, a bit of both, but the rally that's supposed to involve the president here, that's supposed to be what he says a celebration. the key for them is the fact that they whether get that long-term economic development, both in southern mexico and in central america. you know as well as i do, the devil is in the details. we'll wait to see if it comes to fruition. behind me you have the peat crossing into the united states, a very bus about crossing, what is not sitting well with many who have made the arduous trips is the fact behind me it becomes a revolves door. they will go into the united states and sent reek back to mexico. they're being promised humanitarian aid, work permits, education, health care, yesterday we spoke to some saying that's not why we came here. a love of them saying the situation back home is too desperate. and they are not happy about this deal, but one thing that mexico and the united states agreed on from the first moment was the situation just couldn't continue, they are hoping this in you deal represents a deterrent. that again is a big question mark. will it stop central americans from making that trek from their countries. if they know that while they're awaiting those asylum cases, they have to wait here in mexico. >> we'll have to watch and wait to see if it playing out the way that the presidents of both countries thing it will. hid body was giving to his family with vital organs missing. now the family wants answers. you're live in the "cnn newsroom." here are even more reasons to join t-mobile. 1. do you like netflix? sure you do. that's why it's on us. 2. unlimited data. use as much as you want, when you want. 3. no surprises on your bill. taxes and fees included. still think you have a better deal? bring in your discount, and we'll match it. that's right. t-mobile will match your discount. it's the idea that if our mothers were diagnosed with cancer, how would we want them to be treated? that's exactly how we care for you. with answers and actions. to hear your concerns, quiet your fears, lift your spirits. that's the mother standard of care. this is how we inspire hope. this is how we heal. cancer treatment centers of america. appointments available now. cancer treatment centers of america. ♪ living well do you often wake up with chest congestion? or suffer excess mucus? try mucinex 12 hour. the bio layer tablet immediately releases to thin and loosen excess mucus. and lasts for 12 hours. mucinex 12 hour. mno kidding.rd. but moving your internet and tv? that's easy. easy?! easy? easy. because now xfinity lets you transfer your service online in just about a minute with a few simple steps. really? really. that was easy. yup. plus, with two-hour appointment windows, it's all on your schedule. awesome. now all you have to do is move...that thing. 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>> believe it or not, one year is still on the shorter end of the spectrum. the medical examiner says it could take up to three years in? cases. during that time period authorities will closely guard the evidence. that obvious includes specimens, so it could potentially, again i say potentially be another year and a half or so before these organs may potentially be released to the family for burial. it certainly is an interesting aspect of the investigation. according to what what we're hearing, this is standard procedure when they're working they kinds of investigation. >> thank you. a sickening hate crime is making headlines around the world. two women on a date were attacked by a group of teenagers. next, one of the victims will join us live to discuss what happened and how it has changed her life. you're live in the c"cnn newsroo newsroom". noo - i love my grandma. - anncr: as you grow older, your brain naturally begins to change which may cause trouble with recall. - learning from him is great... when i can keep up! - anncr: thankfully, prevagen helps your brain and improves memory. - dad's got all the answers. - anncr: prevagen is now the number-one-selling brain health supplement in drug stores nationwide. - she outsmarts me every single time. - checkmate! you wanna play again? 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>> uh, hello? well, these days have been like alternates bit overwhelming, we could say. yeah, we are actually better. i'm waiting like next week, i will have a small procedure to fix my nose. >> wow. >> and -- yeah, chris has been discharged. she's feeling better. >> i'm glad to hear that about her, though as you mentioned, you still have these health issues with a broken nose, having to have had a procedure next week. walk us through what happened. >> sorry? >> walk me through what happened. so what happened was that we were on a date, so we decided to go in the night bus back to her place. so we went upstairs in the front, because it's like really enjoyable, we could say, and in that moment i don't remember well, because there are some parts i don't remember. we must have kissed or hugged or something, because these guys that were there -- were -- got into the bus after us, i don't really know, these came after us like surrounding us and started to say things like lesbian, or -- they were saying stuff like sexual positions and doing stuff with their hands, and they were demanding so they could watch, something like that. >> so like you were entertainment for them? >> yes, exactly. >> how did this escalate into a fight? >> well, i was in that moment trying to defuse the situation, because i'm -- i have a -- i have already been in situations where men are -- with that kind of behavior, so i actually thought that making some jokes would make them stop or whatever but it didn't. the next thing i know, chris is in the middle of both of us, and they were beating her up. when i go there, i tried to pull her out. if it was because -- in defense of her, i was punching someone or they started beating me. >> as i mentioned there are five people in custody. if you could speak to them, what would you say? >> i should think before -- right now i don't know what i would say. still to this moment i can't believe what happened, actually. i mean in other situations that i've been, when people -- i have felt like some kind of harassment or something itch always tried to avoid the situation, or maybe i wasn't completely aware. in the thing that happened, i believe is chris stood up for us, because they were really saying stuff that we shouldn't -- we shouldn't have to be okay with. so i mean, i know that behave can be usual, but it shouldn't be. >> no, it shouldn't be. melania, our best wishes to you and to chris. thank you for sharing your story with us. >> okay. thank you very much. >> thank you. it is pride month. you'll sigh the rainbow flag flying at many buildings, for the first time over state capitals in new york, and wisconsin, but not at u.s. embassies around the world. the trump administration has denied requests to fly the flags that show support to the lbgt communities. nbc news was the first to report this story. the state department has not yet responded to a request for comment. three mysterious deaths at a five-star resort in just five days. what happened in the investigation, you're live in the "cnn newsroom." award winning interface. award winning design. award winning engine. the volvo xc90. the most awarded luxury suv of the century. or psoriatic arthritis, little things can be a big deal. that's why there's otezla. otezla is not an injection or a cream. it's a pill that treats differently. for psoriasis, 75% clearer skin is achievable, with reduced redness, thickness, and scaliness of plaques. for psoriatic arthritis, otezla is proven to reduce joint swelling, tenderness, and pain. and the otezla prescribing information has no requirement for routine lab monitoring. don't use if you're allergic to otezla. it may cause severe diarrhea, nausea, or vomiting. otezla is associated with an increased risk of depression. tell your doctor if you have a history of depression or suicidal thoughts or if these feelings develop. some people taking otezla reported weight loss. your doctor should monitor your weight and may stop treatment. upper respiratory tract infection and headache may occur. tell your doctor about your medicines and if you're pregnant or planning to be. ready to treat differently with a pill? 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we will cut off our nose despite our face, and that is not the right policy. this will backfire on america and the rest of the world. >> this will backfire. incalculable damage. three years later, kudlow is accepting a job in the white house. andrew kocin ski with us now. he made those comments after president trump launched his campaign. and you found other times kudlow was critical about the president's trade ideas. >> yeah, that's right. he made these comments in june, july and august of 2015. trump had just launched for the presidency. and it really was kind of cud low's main critique that the president's trade policies, it was even worse than that clip we just watched. he said it could lead to another bad recession, it would cause all this horrible damage to consumers and businesses, and he even linked it to the great depression, to tariffs that were installed in the 1930s, saying high tariffs equal high taxes equal depression. >> that's not all. he also said this, this is a direct quote. how is this guy going to negotiate with anybody, whether it's china, whether it's vladimir putin, whether it's the moolahs, he can't even get the story right on mexico. so, you found he was highly critical of trump's immigration policies and trump's criticism of mexico on immigration issues. >> yeah, and that's what's so funny about this whole thing. the whole issue with mexico and tariffs this week, it all comes back to mexico, the trump administration is claiming that mexico is not doing enough to stop undocumented immigration and cud lokudlow contradicts th president on that. let's take a listen. >> this anti-immigration thing has gone way too far. for example, we'll take a break, but i'll just get this in. for example, donald trump is blaming the government of mexico several times for, you know, sending us these terrible people. first of all, the government of mexico has nothing to do with sending us anybody. let's remember this. before we get so protectionist. united states and mexico have very close relations. they're an important partner. they are our second-biggest export market. >> right, right. >> our third-biggest trading market after canada and japan. and china, rather. and literally, millions of americans go to mexico for tourism and vacation. >> okay, so, that was kudlow then. what's he saying now and how does he explain working for this president? >> that's actually so funny, because i called him on the phone and left a voicemail, he got back to me, and i read him all the clips and there was sort of this long pause and he goes, well, that was then, you know, this is now. and he sort of tried to explain that he was just talking about worse case scenarios. he claimed that he didn't think the china policy with the tariffs was damaging the economy and he said, basically, that he -- this was just hypothetical and he stood by the president. >> so, he supports the president and his policies? >> supports the president now. back then, not so much. >> okay, he changed his mind. andrew, thank you for that reporting. let me introduce you to this week's cnn hero. he was just 20 years old when he was wrongfully convicted and locked up in a texas prison for 15 years. now that he's been fully exonerated, he's using his new-found trfreedom to help oth prisoners change their lives. >> my mom would always tell me, when you look out the window end don't look at the bars, look at the sky. i could change my perception within the place of incore ration. at the end of the day, be confident in your change. the idea really started from inside. people get out and they come right back in. i said, if i ever get out, man, we're going to start a program and we're going to help people. acknowledgement, transparency and forgiveness. these are the three essential things we need when we coming back home. >> to hear more of this incredible story and to see how he helps change parolees lives, go to cnn heroes.com. today in england, a special celebration honoring queen elizabeth. the trooping the colour is an annual event to celebrate the official birthday of the sitting monarch. there are parades, pomp, a royal air force flyover, but today actually wasn't the queen's birthday. she turned 93 back in april. the weather, however, tends to be much better in june, so, let the celebration go on. and among those notable aten deans, meghan, the duchess of sussex. she made her first public royal appearance since she and prince harry introduced baby archie to the world four weeks ago. i'm ana cabrera in new york. my colleague s.e. cupp continues today's coverage of the day's news right after a quick break. stay with us. this is the ocean. just listen. 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