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CNNW CNN Newsroom With Carol Costello June 2, 2016

Unqualified and unfit to be president of the United States. Im carol costello, thank you so much for joining me. Familiar ground in Foreign Policy as Hillary Clinton and donald trump intensify their bitter attacks on each other. The former secretary of state tosses a new weapon into the ring. Today she will deliver a major address on trumps Foreign Policy ideas and why she believes a President Trump would make the world less safe. One clinton aide says she will rebuke the fear and bigotry of trumps world view. Chris traits is in washington to preview clintons speech and Jason Carroll has more on trumps preemptive strike, the blistering attack hes unleashed on clinton ahead of that address. Lets begin with you, chris, hi. Good morning. Hillary clinton is set to slam donald trump again today in what her campaign is billing as a major Foreign Policy speech. Its designed to cast trump as a lightweight and a security risk. Now, Clintons Campaign says shell paint trump as unqualified to be commander in chief, arguing that his policies, things like banning muslims and questioning nato are dangerous. Clinton advisor Jake Sullivan previewed the speech saying donald trump is unlike any president ial nominee weve seen in modern times and he is fundamentally unfit for the job. Now, sullivan says clinton will highlight her experience on the world stage and talk at length about why trump is not qualified to run the country. He says you will hear in her speech a confidence in america and our capacity to overcome the challenges we face while staying true to our values. A strong contrast to Donald Trumps incessant trash talking of america. Now, yesterday on the campaign trail clinton herself gave us a little preview of what to expect. Donald trump has disqualified himself completely. [ applause ] he has attacked our closest allies, hes said lets pull out of nato, he has praised the dictator of manorth korea, hes advocated more countries getting Nuclear Weapons. This will be clintons first major Foreign Policy speech since trump became the nominee and the speech is aimed at several key audiences. Shes trying to win over those never trump republicans who are part of the National Security elite. And shes looking to win over gop women who question trumps temperament. Shes also trying to eat into trumps lead among white men. And shell deliver this speech in california where she needs to predict strength not just against donald trump but also against bernie sanders. A new poll shows sanders and clinton neck in neck in california ahead of the states primary on tuesday. Carol, back to you. Chris frates reporting live. Donald trump, the counterpuncher, has unleashed a preemptive strike calling clinton crooked and unqualified. She fired back calling him a fraud. Jason carroll has more on that. Hes in los angeles. Hi, jason. Good morning, carol. Weve heard trump call clinton crooked and unqualified before. Trump is the one, carol, who might find himself on the defense here. Hes really going to have to do more explaining when it comes to his Foreign Policy stance in terms of him saying that perhaps south korea and japan should arm themselves with Nuclear Weapons. Both candidates expected to go toe to toe and keep up even more attacks here in california. Hillary clinton, she lies. After a day of intense scrutiny over his controversyridden Trump University, donald trump hurling a barrage of assaults against Hillary Clinton. Hillary is not a talented person. One of the worst secretary of states in the history of our country. Shes not qualified because she has bad judgment. Trump trying to get ahead of a clinton speech where she criticized his Foreign Policy proposals, including one where trump suggests armed south korea and japan with Nuclear Weapons. They sent me a copy of the speech and it was such lies about my Foreign Policy that they said i want japan to nuke. I want japan to get Nuclear Weapons. Give me a break. Reporter that policy, one hes called for multiple times. North korea has nukings. Japan has a problem with that. They have a big problem with that. Maybe they would, in fact, be better off if they defend themselves from north korea. With nukes . Including with nukes, yes. Reporter but clinton unleashing her sharpest attacks yet against the presumptive nominee relentlessly slamming him as a fraud. I. He is trying to scam america the way he scammed all those people at trump u. Reporter the democratic frontrunner capitalizing on newly released testimony from exstaffers accusing Trump University of unethical, misleading and dishonest conduct, a fraudulent scheme that preyed on the elderly and uneducated to separate them from their money. Trump and his employees took advantage of vulnerable americans, encouraging them to destroy their Financial Futures, all while making promises is they knew were false from the beginning. Donald trump himself is a fraud. Reporter president obama also bringing the heat against trump. He just says im going to negotiate a better deal. Well, how exactly are you going to negotiate that . What magic and with do you have and usually the answer is he doesnt have an answer. Reporter trump unsurprisingly vowing to hit back. Shes going to start campaigning. Well, if he campaigns, that means im allowed to hit him just like i hit bill clinton i guess, right . Well, police san jose already preparing for trumps rally there. As you know, carol, hes been met by a number of protesters at his rallies in california. As for Trump University, well, trumps camp says those allegations are false and trumps legal team, carol, has put forth a number of people who say they were satisfied with the experience they had at trump u. Carol . Jason carroll reporting live from los angeles. Lets talk about. This im joined by john phillips, a talk radio host and Political Columnist for the Orange County register, a trump supporter, and steve elmendorf, a former Deputy Campaign manager for john kerry and a Hillary Clinton supporter. Welcome to you both. Good morning. Thank you. So the New York Times oped columnist Thomas Friedman was on new day and his interview got a lot of feedback. He wrote a piece in the New York Times called clintons fibs and her opponents double whoppers. Id like you to listen to that interview and respond on the other side. Here it is. Its very simple. Again, im really caring about whats going to affect me and my family and her speaking to goldman sachs, even her, id say, really bad judgment around emails is not going to i think affect me or my country but when someone comes out with an economic plan for my countrys future thats going to drive up the deficit, according to nonpartisan economists, by ten trillion dollars over the next ten years, that will our entire country will be paying for it. The only way we can afford it is if we cut the defense budget, Research Budget and education budget, those are burger king double whoppers that will affect the entire country. Im not trying to diminish what shes done. Bad judgment also affects you and your future if the president has bad judgment. What kind of bad judgment is not being able to do math . Ten trillion dollars, thats bad judgment. Trump says this, one, its just a first offer, its a suggestion, when i get in there well make it work. So lets talk about what we can look at to trust war what will happen once we get in there. Email is not a fib, its not a small thing, it matters, that ig report is filled with things to discuss. The fbi investigation is ongoing. The Clinton Global Initiative has unspoken questions that she doesnt want to seem to get out there about. Benghazi looms large in terms of would clinton put life on the line in a risky way. None of those are small categories, all go to judgment and are probably a big chunk of her unfavorable. How can they be dismissed . They cant be dismissed. I think if you are concerned about iraq, benghazi, all those issues, you shouldnt vote for her. All im saying is when i weigh these things, when i look at this news that donald trump who politico politifact, Fact Checking Organization Says three quarters of the time hes not speaking the truth, thats a pretty bad batting average. But i dont even care about that. What i care about is what is your vision for the country . If your plan is to come in and bust the budget not just a little, not just just some extra, if youre out there selling the American People a budget that is utterly unrealistic. If youre telling people mexico is going to build a wall, theyre going to pay for it, were going to evict 11 million undocumented or illegal immigra immigrants. These are giant whoppers that and im not saying that hillary is innocent. Im saying if youre saying shes the only one untrustworthy here, well, lets balance whos telling what. These are giant whoppers that will affect your kids. All right, you get the gist of that. John, ill pose the first question to you. Your reaction to that. Thomas friedman is essentially saying two imperfect candidates but hell choose Hillary Clinton over donald trump because he believes her more . Well, i guess first of all, this whopper talk has me hungry for a burger. But Thomas Friedman is a thoughtful guy but hes a man of the left. Im sure he didnt vote for republican candidates in the past who had very detailed plans on these subjects we talked about. Donald trump is going to launch his campaign against Hillary Clinton with the partry barn rule of politics, you broke it, you bought it. Shes got a long record. She voted for the iraq war, she was part of an administration that took out qaddafi in libya which lead to that mess. She supports open border which makes us at risk for lone wolves and attacks in that realm. So donald trump has material to go after Hillary Clinton. He mentioned some of it but that will be the focus of his campaign no question. Steve, what do you say . Well, i think Hillary Clintons campaign against donald trump that hes unfit to be commander in chief. Well hear about that today. This is about peoples ideas and policies. Some of his ideas and policies are just wrong and would pus us america in greater danger. The notion that our Foreign Policy should be to build a wall with mexico or to ban muslims so we have problems with that part of the world or to v more Nuclear Weapons in korea or japan or get out of nato which has kept us safe for a generation, hes got bad ideas that he is out there saying and, you know, hes tried to say with some of them i didnt say it, which is what he does, he says something and then changes his mind or denies he said it. But the fact is he is not fit to be commanderinchief and i think when people look at the difference it will be a clear choice. John heres something people are concerned about when it comes to Foreign Policy and donald trump and heres why mrs. Clinton will say hes unfit to be president. Shell say his policies are dangerous. Ill tell you one example of what she might bring up later today. I know more about isis than the generals do, believe me. I would bomb the [ bleep ] out of them. [ cheers and applause ] i think that bite went on but we cut it off early. You get the gist. He said he knew more than the generals. Most generals say we cant just indiscriminately bomb isis because isis hides among a civilian population so, john, does mr. Trump know more than the generals and why would he Say Something like that . Well, i dont know about that and clearly her attack line, as steve said, will center around his credentials but weve seen this attack on candidates in previous years. It was against george w. Bush, against bill clinton. Theyre governors, they dont have Foreign Policy experience so of course they wont know as much as someone who has been in that world however its not necessarily about how many leaders you can identify or how you do on a multiple choice exam, its about what they do in their gut, its about wisdom, whether or not you trust them to handle this and republican primary voters were asked that same question and they said yes. Well, on the other hand, steve, ill ask you this question. The quinnipiac poll showed while most voters think Hillary Clinton can handle an International Crisis, they feel donald trump can best handle isis, right . So they like when he talks like that. They like when he talks tough. If they feel his policies are dangerous, were not seeing that. How do you explain that . I think well have a general election where people will have a chance to hear both candidates and im confident when they do that theyll choose Hillary Clinton. I think just throng that last clip from donald trump where he denigrate it had military, denigrated our generals. We have the best military in the world and this is the greatest country in the world and i think one of the problems we have with what donald trump talks about is his constantly denigrating not just our military but our country. We are a great country. We dont need to make it great again. We need to do a lot more to build up the economy and engage more with the world. And i think when you hear these two candidates on the stage in a debate in the general election and people see they are choosing the next leader of the free world, the choice will be clear. I have to leave it there. John phillips, steve elmendorf, thanks to both of you. Still to come, iraqi forces brace for a battle against isis and the key city of fallujah is at the center of it all. Wahhhh. Right. In. Your. Stomach watch this . Yikes, that ice cream was messing with you, wasnt it . Try lactaid, its real ice cream, without that annoying lactose. Lactaid. Its the milk that doesnt mess with you. Wireless world today could use a smile . Ke the at cricket wireless, we think so. Thats why, prices for plans are all in, taxes and fees included. And weve got more 4g lte coverage nationwide than tmobile or sprint. Thats a whote lotta network for not a lot a dough. 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Dont wait. Call now. A desperate situation unfolding in fallujah, iraq. Iraqi troops are battling to take back that key city which fell into the hands of isis two years ago. The forces are surrounding fallujah and are expected to go in soon, but the offensive faces delays over concerns about civilians who may get caught in the cross fire. Our Senior International correspondent is live in baghdad this morning with more. Hi, ben. Hello, carol. Yes, that battle is ongoing. Its now in its 12th day and the iraqi forces, even though they were hoping to control part of fallujah by the beginning of the month of ramadan this which begins in less than a week, it appears the going has been tough. Now we have gotten pictures in of iraqi forces in the town of outside of fallujah where theyve been celebrating their victory there over isis but really what weve seen that the city itself, the city of fallujah continues to be very difficult for the iraqi forces to penetrate. The day before yesterday in the morning there was a counterattack by isis that lasted for four hours and so the closer the iraqi forces get to the city, the more and more resistance they run into because isis has been there for two and a half years. Many of their fighters are from fallujah. They know the city well, they fought the americans before so they have a lot of experience, they know the terrain and for the iraqi forces theres the added complication that there are about 50,000 civilians still stuck inside the city. The United Nations believes many of them have been moved to the center of the city and are essentially being used as human shields. Among the 50,000, the u. N. Estimated 20,000 children, some of whom are being pressed into fighting on behalf of isis as well since theyve already taken a lot of casualti

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