Are david brooks of the new york times, maria inosa, and radio talk show host hugh hewitt. Welcome to sunday. Its meet the press. Good morning. Its unsurprising and predictable, but it is big news just the same. Hillary clinton is making official what everyone knew was inevitable. Shes running for president of the United States again. This time she hopes to do it with a lighter touch, on twitter and facebook sometime this afternoon. Itll be less 2008 and more 2000 when she ran that Successful Campaign for u. S. Office new york senate. Officially, the campaign is called hillary for america. A not so subtle illusion to president obamas two Successful Campaigns. In a moment well talk to the Campaign Manager of Hillary ClintonsSuccessful Senate run. The man who is now mayor of new york city, bill de blasio. First, lets take a look at the beginning of a campaign in which Hillary Clintons biggest opponent may very well be Hillary Clinton. I am in. Im in to win. Im in. Im in to win. Im running for president , and im in it to win it. [ cheers and applause ] on social media today and in iowa this week clinton will attempt to do what she failed to do eight years ago, go small. She launched as clinton, inc. It was a juggernaut suffused. Humility is the order of the day. Eight years ago, clinton toured iowa by air. Im having a great time on the helicopter. And dismiss the early state activists. You know my sense of caucus states. Theyre primarily dominated by activists. They dont represent the electorate. This time shell stop in an iowa living room. The model, her advisers her campaign for senate in 2000. Voters felt they were connecting with her authentic self. When they felt she was really speaking if her heart and her gut and not from talking points. I just dont want to see us fall backwards. Hillary clintons challenge is not all that different from sitting Vice President s like george h. W. Bush in 1987 or al gore in 1999. How to create a First Impression again. I am all about new beginnings. Another new hair style. A new email account. But can a candidate whos been in the public eye for more than two decades really reinvent herself . And can she do what ted kennedy could not do articulate a compelling message . Why do you want to be president . Well im uh one of my complaints for this year or two of ready for hillary emails is that it wasnt clear what you were ready for. Clinton advisers say her campaign will center on boosting Economic Security for working families. And casting clinton as a tenacious fighter able to get results. I anticipate shell begin with an actual genuine big idea youre really going to focus specifically on the middle class. As clinton tries to prove inevitable does not mean shes taking anything for granted. Im joined now by new york city mayor bill de blasio. He served as Hillary ClintonsCampaign Manager when she ran successful for the senate in 2000. Mayor de blasio welcome back to meet the press. Good morning. Let me ask you about what youre hearing about how shes launching her campaign that its all about copying the blueprint you put together in 2000. Smart . Well it was certainly a team effort in 2000 and it worked. One of the important points was she did go out and listen to what was happening to every day people. I think thats going to be more necessary this year than ever before because people in this country are hurting. The Great Recession set people back on their heels in a way weve not seen in decades and decades. I think its important for hillary to hear those stories of the American People and i think itll make her a stronger candidate. You have wanted to talk about pushing her more to a Progressive Agenda. Youre not alone here. Theres a lot of democrats on the Progressive Side of the party that are trying to push her in that direction. Ive had somebody said to me they hope its Hillary Rodham that runs for president and not Hillary Clinton. What say you to that . Look, i think she has a very progressive history. We certainly saw that in her early work on behalf of children and families. We saw that when she took on the Big Insurance Companies to try and achieve Health Care Reform in the early 1990s. Theres a lot there that progressives will appreciate. Look, heres the bottom line. The income inequality crisis in this country is out of control. The worst income inequality since the great depression, get getting worse. A typical American Family is making less today than they were a quarter century ago. That has to be addressed. I think progressives all over the country, i think every day americans are demanding their candidate for president and every other level really say that we have a plan that we can believe in for addressing the income inequality. It has to improve progressive taxation. It has to include increases in wages and benefits. It has to include the willingness to tax the wealthy so we can invest in infrastructure and education again. Thats what progressives and every day americans will be looking for from hillary and other candidates. Theres a lot of democrats worried that she doesnt yet have a message, that its not clear shes answered the why question. A former democratic capitol hill aide writes this. American voters dont want to be sold a new hillary, which is reminiscent of an earlier politician whose handlers invented the term new nixon. They want to be trusted enough to be led into the world of the real hillary, informed about her plans for america to believe their lives will be made better if shes elected president. How does she make her message the star if right when she announces later today its a video and shes listening, theres no big idea yet. I think its important she come out with her vision as soon as possible. But theres certainly time. Its only april of 2015. I think the reality here is theres a tremendous opportunity for her to present a vision because of how different the circumstances are today than when she was last a candidate. 2008 was a very different time. Weve now had the greatest economic crisis since the great depression. Again, families falling backwards economically. Tremendous economic insecurity. People who do not assume now across the country the next generation will do better. And the economic recovery weve seen most of that 95 of all additional earnings since this recovery have gone to the top 1 of americans. In that context, theres a lot of new material. Theres a lot of new issues for hillary to address. And its a chance for her to offer a bold vision. Obviously her opponents are going to try to make her a candidate of the past. Rand paul were going to give you a first look here. Rand pauls first tv ad is an attack on Hillary Clinton. Heres a quick clip. I want to get you to react to it. What path will america take . Will it be a path to the past a road to yesterday, to a place weve been to before . Hillary clinton represents the worst of the washington machine. How does she overcome again, this is rand pauls first ad hes going to run later this week. President ial campaigns are about the future. Her last name obviously signifies the past. How does she deal with that . I think the substance and the vision does it. Look, rand paul and republicans at this point are the party of trickledown economics. That has failed the American People. Too Many Democrats have not offered an alternative. You know i believe strongly thats what happened in 2014. Democrats did not offer a progressive Economic Vision and voters didnt move to democrats. In fact a lot of democratic voters stayed home because they didnt hear anything meaningful from their fellow democratic candidates. So i think theres an opportunity here to break with the past to break with whats wrong with washington by offering a bold vision that actually talks to what the American People are going through. Look progressives around the country are saying this. This has created almost a primarylike dynamic on the substance. Progressives are demanding an actual vision on economic change. We had a meeting of progressive leaders last week. Were going to offer next month a progressive contract with america to say, if youre serious, you got to be ready to tax the wealthy. Youve got to be ready to raise wages and benefits. Youve got to be ready to have tax fairness in this country. And i think that is a chance to say, hey, were going to break with a washington formula that failed the people of this country over the last quarter century. Well the last quarter century had a clinton as president for eight years. So thats going to be difficult. Let me ask you this. Are you for her now, unequivocally . Or do you want to wait to see if she takes your advice on moving to a more Progressive Agenda . I think like a lot of people in this country, i want to see a vision. That would be true of candidates on all levels. Its time to see a clear, bold vision for progressive economic change. So youre technically not yet endorsing her . Not until i see and again, i would say this about any candidate. Not until i see a vision of where they want to go. I think shes a tremendous public servant. Shes one of the most qualified people to ever run for this office. Do you want to see her get a tough primary . I think whats happening now almost synthesizes some of the reality in the primary. Clearly were demanding for a vision. Thats creating some of the same process. She doesnt need to be vetted. But she has to address the issues and that could be done with or without a primary. All right. Mayor bill de blasio the first Campaign Manager for Hillary Clinton when she first ran for office. Thanks for coming on meet the press. Thank you, chuck. Let me bling inring in the panel. Maria, a vision. That was interesting there. Mayor de blasio her first Campaign Manager, still not ready to technically endorse her because of this you know you talk a lot to the progressive community. Is there a real hesitance or is it just pressure . I think you see the hesitancy right there. He was her Campaign Manager. You would expect him to say im in right. So what im hearing, at least from, for example, immigration activists activists, is they want to continue to push to a more Progressive Side of things. And thats going to come in interesting ways. But ultimately it comes down to those questions. Humility and authenticity. How do you make that happen . The one time i saw Hillary Clinton, and ive covered her a lot, but the one time when it really clicked was when there were no cameras, she had barely no makeup on a little gloss and some mascara, had just flown in. She was speaking from the heart because she knew she wasnt being covered. How do you replicate that . David youve probably heard story after story. Weve also had off the records with her where theres this warm person and she struggles in the public light. Theres a whole bunch of polls this week. I want to show them to you about honest and trustworthiness in Hillary Clinton. In iowa upside down. In virginia even worse. Colorado, even worse. This is part a little bit of the authenticity issue, but obviously the email issue. Im waiting to see if bill clinton is ready to endorse, whether hes still on the fence. Were you surprised at mayor de blasio . I was surprised. Its the pressure thing. Shes not going to win the authenticity, the integrity, the honesty thing unless she has issues. The most underappreciated skill for a politician is imagination, the ability to put new things together in new ways to have creativity. Shes shown a lot of great skills over the course of her career. Shes not shown that one. I think theyre asking her to show skills and offer a package. The instinct from the Campaign Staff is we got a monopoly here lets not put out anything itll give people something to attack lets hang back lets be grandma. But thats the wrong strategy. I think de blasio is right. This goes to caution and her being risk averse. Thats her history. Shes right to be cautious. But when you see the retread of the republicans arguments, its just frustrating. I always say, whats wrong about all the things they say are wrong about Hillary Clinton doesnt make any of the republican arguments or any of the candidates any better. You know i think the thing thats strong about the Democratic Party is we have a solid field. Were excited about Hillary Clinton. Were excited about all of the other people. Are you endorsing her . As dnc secretary, i cannot. Fair enough. Just wanted to get that out. I am very proud. I dont think you should read too much into de blasios comments. People dont want a coronation. When you ask someone to come out ahead of her announcement thats what that speaks to. People want a race. People want to hear from her. I think thats what hes saying. Hugh the Republican Party this morning made sure they came in. They said they have something the rnc called stophillary. Gop. They send out a thumb drive that claim has her email. They went to all the news divisions this morning and did this. I look at an obsession on the right of beating obama and beating clinton, bill clinton, over the years and theyre 0 for 4. Is there a point where you do this too much . Well, no, not with hillary. That was a little surreal when the mayor said shed been thoroughly vetted. That was the talking point theyd asked her to make sure they got out there. She hadnt been thoroughly vetted. Calling her the new nixon, this is like a new koch moment as well. Its like a weekend at bernies moment. Im afraid they think they have a candidate they have to prop up from now until november of 16 if there isnt any substance, isnt any charisma and most of all not trustworthy. Thats what those polls showed. She fails on the trustworthy question again and again. It seems as though this is a challenge for her to sort of break out of this. And how far left she goes is the big one. You know there is the mess of ine inequality problem, but democrats have not persuaded the country that government is the solution to that. More infighting isnt the answer either. What were hearing is more of the same. And they would argue, theyd rather be allowed arguments because they think think know how to win that campaign. Were going to pause here and talk more Hillary Clinton later in the show. But in a moment secretary of state john kerry. Why do the u. S. 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Hello. It was unthinkable years ago president obama hailed a meeting this weekend with cubas raul castro, brother of fidel. As a moment that will turn the page between the u. S. And that old cold war enemy just off the coast of florida. The meeting comes as the country countries gradually normalize relations. Im joined by secretary of state john kerry. Mr. Secretary, welcome back to meet the press. Thank you. Glad to be with you. Lets clarify something. There has been Anonymous Sources that say you have recommended taking cuba off the state sponsor of terrorism list to the president. Have you done that . Well, chuck, as you well know, i dont discuss publicly whatever advice or recommendations i make to the president. So the president will make his decision at an appropriate time. We have forwarded the recommendation of the state department and now is in the interagency process. And he will make the decision. If i take it though the fact that there is a process means you recommended a change . Well, either way it has to be evaluated, chuck. Im not going to tip my hand as to what were doing but we made a recommendation. Let me move to iran. Iran is on the state sponsor of terror list. Why how is it you can do a Nuclear Agreement and trust a country to abide by that agreement that you also believe that our government believes is a state sponsor of terror . Well, the bottom line is the word you used, trust. We dont trust. There is no element of trust in what were doing. You have to build trust and that takes place over a long period of time. This is an agreement that is based on transparency, accountability verification. You have to be able to know what is happening. And we believe, you know, the president s responsibility and my responsibility in su