Transcripts For CNNW CNN Newsroom With Ana Cabrera 20201024

CNNW CNN Newsroom With Ana Cabrera October 24, 2020

If a president lies 50 times a day. No. My mother would whoop me if i was lying once a day. Once a week. These are american values, and we have to reclaim and in order to do that, we are going to have to turn out like never before. We have to leave no doubt, florida. We cant afford to be complacent. We cant afford to sit back and wait for somebody else to do it. Its on us. In this election. At this moment. We all have to do our part. And i understand why there are americans who get frustrated by government, who sometimes feel that it doesnt make enough of a difference. And im the first one to admit, governments not going to solve every problem. Governments never going to be perfect. And in a country that right now is somewhat divided, there are going to be times where we dont get everything we want, even when we have folks in power that support what we care about. You know, ive got experience firsthand watching how republicans in congress abused the rules to make it easy for special interests to stop progress, but just because governments not perfect, doesnt mean we cant make it better. And we sure can stop it getting worse. A president by himself cant solve every challenge of the global economy, but if we elect a house and a senate and a state house and a state senate that are focused on working people and getting you the help you need, it can make a difference and put millions of people back to work. A president by himself cant eliminate all racial bias in our criminal justice system, but if we elect joe biden and Kamala Harris and also at the local level, district attorneys and states attorneys and sheriffs that are focused on equality and justice, we can make things better. Thats whats thats what voting is about, not making things perfect, but making things better. Putting us on track. Getting the ball rolling. So that we can look back years from now and say, you know what, that was the moment when we turned the corner. That was the time when we started bringing the country together. That was when we once again began to move together to create a Better Future for our children and our grandchildren. But its got to start now. Voting is about using the power we have and pooling it together to get a government thats more concerned, more responsive, more focused on you. And if we dont get 100 , we just get 50 of what we want, then thats good and then we keep on going. We vote some more. And we get more done. And thats how progress is made. And when i hear folks say, well, voting doesnt make a difference, because i voted last time and look, you know, listen. Weve never come close to seeing what it would be like if everybody actually voted. In 2008, that was the highest vote totals in recent elections, in my president ial year, when i was running, we had the highest voting rates that weve seen. You know how how many people out of the eligible folks who could vote voted . 61 . That was the highest. That means 39 of folks who were eligible to vote did not vote. Imagine if 65 of people vote. Imagine if 70 of people vote. Because the folks who tend not to vote, a lot of times, its black folks and brown folks and poor folks and young folks and women. So imagine if all those folks actually turned out to vote, and imagine january 20th, when we swear in a president and a Vice President who have a plan to get us out of this mess, who believe in science, who got a plan to protect this planet for our kids, who care about working americans, who are thinking about you. A president and a Vice President who believe in racial equality and are willing to do the work to bring us closer together, to bring us closer to the ideal where no matter withdrhat you l like or where you come from or who you love or how much money you got, you can still make it if you try, and you still get justice before the law. All that is possible. All thats within our reach. For all the times over the last four years that we have seen our worst impulses revealed, weve also seen whats best in our country. People ask me, they said, how have you been putting up with watching your successor do all this stuff . I say, yeah, it can be frustrating. I dont watch a lot of tv. But you know, what i tell people is what ive also seen is folks of every age and background, packed city centers and airports and town squares just so that families wouldnt be separated. Or just so another classroom wouldnt get shot up. Or just so we could make sure our kids dont grow up in an uninhabitable planet. Weve seen amazing essential workers and healthcare workers risk their lives day in, day out to help somebody, to save somebody elses loved ones. Weve seen people contribute and volunteer. For those who were especially having a difficult time right now. Weve seen americans of all races joining together to declare, in the face of injustice and brutality that black lives matter. No more but no less. To proclaim that no child in this country should ever feel the continuing sting of racism. Weve seen young people like george who introduced me ask us, do we not breathe the same air . Do we not bleed the same blood . Do we not deserve safety, belonging, and mattering . Thats true in miami, and its true all across the country. I know this has been a tough and sometimes discouraging time, but im here to report to you, americas a good and decent place. Weve just seen so much noise and nonsense, sometimes its hard for us to remember. But i have been all across this country. Ive been all across this state. There are a lot of good people here. There are a lot of folks who share the values of looking out for one another and doing right by one another. And weve just got to make sure that our politics reflects that. And we do that by voting. Miami, im asking you to remember what this country can be. Im asking you to believe in joes ability and kamalas ability to lead this country out of these dark times and help us build it back better. We cant abandon the americans who are hurting right now. We cant abandon the kids who arent getting the education they need right now. We cant abandon those protesters who inspired us this summer. We got to channel their activism into action. We cant just talk. We cant just imagine a Better Future. Weve got to go out there and fight for it. We got out to outhustle the other other side. We got to vote like never before, and weve got to leave no doubt. So make a plan right now for how youre going to get involved to vote. Do it as early as you can. Tell your family and friends how they can vote too. Dont stop with joe and kamala. Make sure you vote all the way down the ticket. And if we pour all our efforts into these ten days, if we vote up and down the ticket like never before, we will elect joe biden and Kamala Harris. And we will leave no doubt about what this country we love stands for and what we believe in and who we are as a people. So lets get to work, florida. Lets bring this home. I love you, miami. Honk if youre fired up. Honk if youre ready to go. Are you fired up . Are you ready the go . Are you fired up . Are you ready to go . Lets make this happen. Thank you, everybody. God bless. There you see the former president , barack obama, those live remarks in miami, florida, this afternoon, and you heard him end on his sort of infamous or famous lines, fired up, ready to go, trying to get the voters in florida to the polls to vote early, he said, to vote by mail and to ultimately cast their ballots for his friend and former Vice President , joe biden and his running mate this time around, senator Kamala Harris. I want to bring in cnns Arlette Saenz live in miami, chief washington correspondent for politico, ryan lizza and National Political reporter for the new york times, lisa lair. The former president did not hold back as he went on attack against President Trump on everything from the pandemic and healthcare to the economy to americas standing in the world. Yeah, ana, this speech was just as much about promoting his own Vice President as it was taking on the current president. President obama didnt hold back in his criticism of President Trump, taking on his approach to the coronavirus, and he even talked about the president s behavior, comparing it to an internet meme, saying that florida man doesnt even act that way, that the president s behavior is not normal. And you also heard president obama kind of mock the president for his 60 minutes interview that ended, that he walked out of, and also some of that antimedia rhetoric that you have heard at times from the president. President obama today essentially saying that if you walk out of a 60 minutes interview or youre complaining about the type of coverage youre getting, youre not going to be able to stand up to people like vladimir putin. Take a listen to a bit more of what obama had to say here in florida. During the debate, trump was asked, what is your plan for the new phase of covid . Which is a pretty good question. Considering that we just saw the highest number of cases spike up yesterday. So you think hed be ready for a response. Instead, he just said, it wasnt his fault and he didnt have one. He said, its now gone in a bunch of states. Just as states are reaching new record highs nationwide. He doesnt have a plan. He doesnt even acknowledge the reality of whats taking place all across the country. And it gets better, because he also said now with 60 minutes he was asked, whats your priority in your second term . And let me say, ive run for president , miami, so i just want you to know, its a good idea to have an answer to this question. Its a good idea if youre running for reelection to say, heres what i want to accomplish. What did trump say . He got mad and walked out of the interview. He thought the questions were too tough. Too tough. Miami, listen. If he cant answer a tough question like, what would you like to do in your second term, then its our job to make sure he doesnt get a second term. Reporter so, this is the second time this week that president obama really issued another scathing rebuke of his successor, and you also heard the former president kind of take on these arguments from President Trump and republicans painting joe biden as a socialist or a communist, particularly here in the state of florida. Obama said that biden is not a secret socialist, that they shouldnt believe that type of garbage that is coming from republicans, is the way that the former president take it as he is trying to defend his former Vice President. Now, one of obamas central messages here today in florida was to make a plan to early vote. The Biden Campaign really believes that president obama can help mobilize black men, latinos, and young voters to get out there in these next ten days before the election. The former president telling everyone to make a plan to either vote early inperson or by mailin ballot as this election gets closer and closer. Ryan, as the former president pointed out, he won florida twice before President Trump won in 2016. We heard him urge people to vote right now. He said, you delivered for me. Now deliver for joe and kamala. Of what we just heard in that speech, what do you think will resonate most with voters there in florida . Reporter well, a number of things. He was talking to a number of different constituencies. Theres obviously a very large puerto rican population in florida and he talked to he hit trump on his on once talking about wondering if he could sell puerto rico, and you know, florida has been trending away from the democrats since obamas success there, so it would be a big breakthrough for joe biden to win there. I was also struck by how personal and how much he really just hit trump hard. You know, obama does it with a smile. He has a very light touch. But you know, he hit him on being cruel, on not paying enough in taxes, on having a secret chinese bank account, on spreading conspiracy theories, refusing to condemn white supremacists, putting lobbyists in charge of the government and, quote, lying 50 times a day. It was just line after line of this attack and we have not really heard that kind of aggressive attack from one former president to a current president. Trumps given him a lot to work with, and he really weaved it together in a pretty powerful speech there. And we also heard him take on President Trump in an area in which the president has seen strength in the polls. Were told President Trumps going to be focusing his message on the economy in these closing days because he thinks thats whats going to resonate with his voters and perhaps some of the undecided or independent voters but president obama went right after trump on this, saying trumps trying to take credit for the economy that he and joe biden built. Do you think thats going to move voters on this issue of the economy . I mean, look, the economy, for a long time, has been sort of the one remaining bright spot for President Trump. Im not even sure its all that bright anymore. We had a poll a National Poll last week that said that biden had sort of brought trump to a tie on economic issues, and republicans have wanted the president to focus his message on the economy since basically he was elected. And hes been unable to show that kind of discipline. It depends on whether trump is able to defy everything weve seen from him for the past four years and focus on that message. I wouldnt be holding my breath for that. The thing that struck me the most was sort of what ryan was saying, which was this was it felt like president obama had been keeping these feelings about President Trump bottled up for four years and now finally, in the 11th hour, hes able to let them all out. It was a strikingly personal speech. At one point, i believe he said he said that President Trumps behavior was not normal behavior. I mean, it was just intensely personal, and it was really striking coming not only from a former president but a former president like president obama whos someone whos been known for his restraint, not knowing for causing a lot of drama. Hes definitely been keeping score over the past four years. That seems very clear today. Already, ryan, more than 50 million americans have voted. This is according to a survey of Election Officials by cnn, Edison Research and catalyst, so record early voting across the country is what were seeing, and so when it comes to the impact of these final ten days of campaigning, how much of it could be diminished compared to previous election years given how many people have already voted . Thats a good point. Both sides have banked a lot of votes already, but most predictions are that it is going to be record turnout, so theres still a lot of people who have a habit of voting on election day or if theyre doing early voting, waiting until the final weekend. So, you know, there are a lot more votes out there and so barack obama was the most popular person in the democratic party, so hes one of the most important surrogates out there. They really kind of waited to use him to the final couple of weeks here, and you know, hes won these states. They can send him pretty much anywhere. There arent too Many Democrats where you can send to the swing states in the midwest, in the and across the sun belt that are popular in all those places. So, part of obamas popularity is he hasnt been in the political fray for a long time, and he waits, you know, he did this in 2018 as well. He didnt say much in 2017 or the early parts of 2018, and he waited right until the end, right before election day, to just let out all of his fire power against trump and republicans and obviously that was a big democratic sweep that year. And so thats how theyre deploying him again now. And lisa, we heard obama hit trump on his handling of the coronavirus pandemic and his lack of a plan right now, saying he cant even take the steps to protect himself, he wont even acknowledge theres a problem. Heres what President Trump said today on this issue. Its all i hear. Turn on the television, covid, covid. Covid, covid, covid. A plane goes down, 500 people dead. They dont talk about it. Covid, covid, covid. Covid. By the way, on november 4th, you wont hear about it anymore. Its true. Covid. Covid, please dont go and vote, covid. Lisa, what does it say that even with his presidency on the line in just over a week, this is his message, just the day after the u. S. Recorded its highest number of covid cases in one day since the pandemic started. Well, look, i think the president has a major problem with the coronavirus issue, which really is the dominant issue of this campaign. And that problem is reality. I mean, he can get out there on his Campaign Speeches and say that the virus is going to go away, but i think for most people, its fundamentally changed their lives. Its hard to imagine anyone in the country whose life has been completely untouched by this pandemic. So, you know, i think you have people looking at their lives and seeing that maybe their kids arent in school in the same way, theyre not working in the same way, theyre worried about their parents getting sick, theyre worried about themselves getting sick, and its hard to see and we know from polling, of course, that most people think that the pandemic is only going to worsen as we get into the winter. So its hard to see this message resonating with people whose lives have been upended by this virus, and we know, at least from what we have seen for polling for months, that its not resonating with people. And the reality is cases are going up. Hospitalizations are on the rise. Across 75 of jurisdictions, according to the surgeon general, and unfortunately, if history is our guide, the deaths will follow, sadly. Thank you all for here being with us. Lisa lerer, ryan lizza, and Arlette Saenz. Let me take you live to President Trump speaking live in ohio. The numbers are coming in unbelievably well. I dont believe the medias talking about them. Im not sure the media knows exactly whats happening yet. But in florida, were doing very well. North carolina, doing very well. Iowa, doing very well. The governor was just telling me that in ohio, were doing great. I think they pulled back pulled out.

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