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CNNW At This Hour With Berman And Bolduan July 25, 2016

Or united together . Exactly. This morning, new polls and new email scandal. Donald trump seeing a sixpoint convention bounce. He now leads by three points nationally. According to a brandnew cnn roc poll out this morning. And the head of the Democratic National Committee Debbie Wasserman Schultz she is out after leaked emails show dnc staffers seeming to tip the scales for Hillary Clinton over Bernie Sanders during the longfought primary. The fallout already this morning, Debbie Wasserman schultz booed, shouted down by some in the crowd at a breakfast for the florida delegation just a short time ago. Heres a little taste of it. All right, everybody, now, settle down. [ audience booing ] everybody settle down, please. Cnn politics veteran mark preston here. When everything kind of went down last night, mark, everyone was wondering what she was going to say and what was going to happen when she showed up to this breakfast. No doubt, its been a difficult 24 hours for the soon to be former chairwoman of the Democratic National committee. When she spoke to the Florida Democrats this morning, hoping to get and embracing acceptance from her fellow democrats, it wasnt quite that way. Lets take a look. Lets hear other speakers thank you all so much. We know that the voices in this room that are standing up and being disruptive, we know thats not the florida that we know. The florida that we know is united. As you see there, she was getting booed there. There were some cheers, but she also made a point to note she spoke to president obama and Hillary Clinton. Lets hear what Debbie Wasserman schultz had to say about that. Yesterday, yesterday, i had the great honor of speaking to both president obama and Hillary Clinton. She asked me and i committed to her i would serve as a surrogate throughout this campaign so we could make sure that she is able to help build on the progress that weve been able to make for the last eight years. Now, kate and john, Hillary Clinton said in her statement yesterday that she will campaign with Debbie Wasserman schultz, she thanked her for her service. This comes as well as she is going to speak this afternoon or this evening. I spoke to a senior sanders aide and that aide told me, look, we will try to keep the delegates in line, but lets face it, thats difficult. Mark preston, Debbie Wasserman schultz set to gavel in the Convention Still roughly at 4 00. The followup to what you just said is really. After what we just saw, really . Look, if you were to go into the streets of philadelphia, you would see Bernie Sanders supporters marching in the streets. They were very upset about this wikileak. Showing that in fact the Democratic National committee was getting behind Hillary Clinton. A lot of hours for things to change here before that gavel comes down. Stick around. We got more to come. Cnn washington correspondent joe johns. Joe is live in charlotte, north carolina. Hillary clinton about to take the stage very shortly there. Tell us whats going on. Well, i got to tell you, things are changing here a little bit too. The speaker at the podium said that Hillary Clinton was essentially that theyre going to move on with the program. Suggesting there was some type of travel delays. There was a problem with the plane at the airport landing. We asked the vfw here in town what was going on. They said Hillary Clinton was having some travel delays. They dont know exactly what time shes going to get here. Hoping to see her around 11 00 eastern time. The Convention Continues today. We expect Hillary Clinton to talk about Veterans Issues before this crowd. Also certainly about National Security issues. And it comes at a time when donald trump appears to have gotten a pretty sizable postrepublican National Convention bounce, if you look at the latest cnn roc poll, it appears shes got a 5 to 6 bounce there coming out of the convention. If you look a little bit closer of course, Hillary Clinton continues to have problems with the issue of honesty and trustworthiness. Something like 30 of people saying shes honest and trustworthy and about 68 saying no, back to you. All right, joe johns for us in charlotte, north carolina. Clearly the Hillary Clinton campaign not running on a platform of punctuality, at least not yet. You cant anticipate travel delays, john berman. As i said, punctuality, maybe not this election. The fbi investigating whether russia was involved in the hack of the dnc email system. Raising new questions about whether they are trying to influence the president ial election here. Hillary Clintons Campaign seems to think so, suggesting the emails were released to help donald trump in this election. Evan perez is joining us from washington. What are you hearing from your sources . What do they know so far . Officials tell me, kate, theres strong evidence indicating the hack of a dnc was the work of hackers working for russian intelligence. Officials telling me the fbi is now investigating this hack. And that so far evidence points to at least one group of hackers that is familiar to u. S. Counterintelligence. This is the same group accused of hacking into the nonclassified email systems at the state department, at the white house and other federal agencies. Now, the investigators believe that russian intelligence is behind a wave of cyberattacks on political organizations. And even think tanks here in washington. Now, recently, we interviewed James Trainor who is in charge of the fbi Cyber Security investigation. He wouldnt talk about the dnc hack or the russians, but he told us what hes seen. Take a listen. Yes, its fair to say theres been aggressive targeting of that sector. The various campaigns, think tanks in the washington, d. C. Area, political organizations. Now, the release of the emails over the weekend by wikileaks adds another wrinkle to all of this. Theres a lot we dont know at this point. We dont know where wikileaks got the emails it is releasing. We cant say for sure the russians did this to help donald trump. What we do know is this is a type of activity that foreign spies always try to carry out. They did this type of thing during the 2012 cycle. The issue this time is that whoevers behind the release of these emails over the weekend is already having a tremendous impact on the u. S. President ial elections, john and kate. Thats exactly what were talking about right now, etch v perez. Cnn political commentators, bill preston, Bernie Sanders supporter, kristine quinn, Hillary Clinton supporter. Also cnn politics executive editor mark preston and andre porter. Former Lieutenant Governor of south carolina, kristin quinn. We saw what happened this morning, speaking to her own people in florida. Shes still expected to go to that Convention Hall which is filled with a lot of not her people and gavel in. Whats going to happen . Is that a good idea . Well, look, i think things can change, as we said, you know, those decisions are i think being looked at and it might change, it might not. Is that a statement or a hope . I cant possibly answer that question so let me move on. Now, the gaveling in is actually not no disrespect to whoever gavels. Its not the big moment in the convention. Youre basically gaveling in its because its becoming a very big moment at this convention. Maybe, maybe not. Well see. I think the real issue here is that this was the dnc, not secretary clinton or her staff. Secretary clinton has taken action. Debbie Wasserman Schultz has said shes going to resign right after the convention. We have a terrific interim chair, donna brazile. Something happened that shouldnt have happened. Responsibility was taken and actions were taken. And i think that really speaks to the kind of quick thinking and Firm President hillary will be, versus donald trump, when they put out that antisemitic tweet where there was an apology, and donald trump said its like the greatest tweet and nobody should apologize. A problem happened, a decision was made. As opposed to the Trump Campaign with is everywhere but sideways. See how long the ripple effects will be if she does, when she does gavel in. Bill press, donald trump has gotten some questions about this. He tweeted this about Bernie Sanders. If Bernie Sanders after seeing the just released emails continues to look exhausted and done, then his legacy will never be the same. How should Bernie Sanders play this . Hes speaking tonight. Everyones going to be looking for him, how hes going to react to this. Bernie sanders should ignore what donald trump says, like everybody in the world should ignore what donald trump says. Its just one insult after another. But i got to come back to issue number one here. To quote myself, im still pissed off at this. A famous man once said. Right, as a democrat, and im embarrassed for my party. I mean, look, i came here who are you pissed off at, the dnc, the russians, Hillary Clinton . Number one, im pissed off at Debbie Wasserman schultz, that she did tilt the dnc, its pretty clear, in favor of Hillary Clinton. She put on the jersey of the opposing team. Should she no have done so. Im pissed off at the fact she has not done the right thing. The right thing is to get on a plane and go back to florida and she hasnt done so. Im also disappointed. Im sorry, christine, in Hillary Clinton. This is a leadership test for Hillary Clinton. This should be we should be here talking about her and tim kaine. Hillary clinton should have told Debbie Wasserman schultz, again, if youre not going to step down. Now, the problem is shes out but shes not out yet. Shes got to be out today. Hillary clinton should tell her, get out of town and thats a leadership test. I think hillary has failed the leadership test. Shes also named as part of this deal Debbie Wasserman schultz as a cochair of her campaign. I mean, what the hell is going on. Lets get back on track. Hillary clinton and tim kaine. We should not be spending time talking about Debbie Wasserman schultz. When youre hearing this, you know, whats going on behind the scenes . Its 11 11 right now. This whole thing starts at 4 00. Theres four hours and 49 minutes by my math to fix this. Whos trying to fix this . The clinton people right now, when you try to talk to them about it, they are deflecting, deflecting, deflecting, because they realize this is a very big issue. Debbie Wasserman Schultz is the chairman of the National Party that none of our view irs know who she really is, however, she has an incredible amount of power, she misused her power and right now after we saw an unbelievable role out of tim kaine on saturday, defeated all expectations th s thas that eve, were sitting here talking about Debbie Wasserman schultz. The difficulty for Hillary Clinton is Debbie Wasserman schultz has been in that position for a long time. Debbie Wasserman Schultz was very loyal to Hillary Clinton. And Debbie Wasserman schultz did die on the sword so to speak. Except shes not quite yet dead. She still wants to stay through the convention. People like bill press and these protesters behind us in the streets of philadelphia, kate, as you said at 4 00 this afternoon, it is going to be loud in that Convention Hall. Thats uplifting imagery for all of us. Well, mark press im more than happy to if you ever met him, you would know this the ted cruz welcome in cleveland, right, hell look like the most popular person in cleveland compared to andre, what are you watching . One of the interesting things we learned this morning is senator Elizabeth Warren will be the keynote speaker. Shes going to be making the keynote address. Shes speaking tonight. In the lineup is Elizabeth Warren, Michelle Obama as well as Bernie Sanders. Cory bookers in there as well. What do you think of elizabeth w warren being the keynote speaker . Shes great at taking on donald trump. Does that concern you at all . Theyre not going to get to donald trump. Weve been told since we were little, cheaters never win. Bernie sanders was cheated. If you think 43 of the voters are going to come in here and check their brains at the door and not be aggravated that they think they were slighted by their party. Theres going to be some vocal people in tonight and its going to derail this for a whole day. Much like what happened with the republicans. When they should have addressed the problem and immediately put the fire out. He is absolutely right. You were honest about that, putting the fire out. And its exactly what should happen now. They should go back later and thank her for her duties and maybe in some way honor her but right now they should put the fire out in this news story and get her gone. Theyve got a great lady to fill in for her. It should be now about letting the democrats move forward. I dont understand why through the convention . Why not now . One of the big differences about our convention versus the one in cleveland is did anyone want this email thing to happen with the dnc . Of course not. Its no way to start. Thats clear. We have a candidate, a ticket, a party where Bernie Sanders has endorsed Hillary Clinton and reiterated that endorsement post emails. Were not going to have a man who was her opponent go up on stage and beyond throw shade on the candidate and not endorse him. Thats not going to happen. Are people feeling upset . They should feel upset. But were going to see a united ticket. Is anyone here a little bit nervous that the russians are getting involved . The biggest story of the week and quite frankly of the year right now. The russians are getting i am very nervous. Beyond the partisan politics, the fact that the russians are im very nervous that the russians are involved. I believe theyre trying to influence this election and help donald trump. Right now, as a democrat, my goal is to have a great united convention. The unity of this convention has been destroyed, at least temporarily, by Debbie Wasserman schultz. Well with that in mind, bill an embarrassment for my party. You are a former super delegate. Do you support people being if you were looking for unity, do you support people booing her on the Convention Floor tonight . Look, if i were there, i would tell her, i would probably be booing her on the floor. But, you know, the people are upset. But i want to say, its not just the sanders people. I keep making that point. The clinton people should be upset because she has stolen the thunder and the show and the spotlight from Hillary Clinton. Get back on hillary and tim kaine. The only way to do is to get Debbie Wasserman schultz off the stage. I think a lot of people are upset but whatever gavle or not gavel tonight, this is going to be different than cleveland, not just in unity but actually in about having messages that are there to help the American People and unite them. Well have the first transgender speaker ever at a Democratic National convention. And the platform that is. Does the message fully get through. Come on. Christine is move on. 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