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Transcripts For WUSA CBS This Morning 20160604

Attraction. But we begin with a look at todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. We have just received distressing. News mumuhammad ali, the former casss clay, has passed away. Im a man who took on the world threetime heavyweight champion, activist, american champion, muhammad ali dead at 74. Thats why i say im the greatest. Im a poet. Im a movie star. Inm a actor. Im a fighter. And most of all, im pretty. In ft. Hood, the bodies of four more soldiers who were washed away were found. That brings the death toll to nine. Parts of paris are under water. The seine river at the highest in three decades. Aon uniif pacic train packing crude oil derailing at the Columbia River gorge has has hat on the scene. The president ial campaign i think hillary is weak. I think shes pathetic. I think she should be in jail for what she did with her emails. He doesnt really have ideas. He just engages in rants and personal feuds and outright lies. All that the giant panda takes a hard tumble ouch. The pandas expected to be okay. A 2yolearyd bo had c alose encounter with a lion. He just wants to play with him. Reporter and all that matters hits rizzo in the head. Uhoh. Nothing but love. Even the home plate umpire got a laugh out of it. On cbs this morning saturday. When you say the greatest of all time is in the room, everyone knows who you mean. Its quite a claim to make. But as muhammad ali said, its not bragging if you can back it up. Whos the greatest . You are i can drown a drink and save a dead tree. Wait until you see muhammad ali. Good morning, and welcome to the weekend. The greatest is gone. Muhammad ali, threetime heavyweight champion and arguably the worlds most famous athlete died last night at a phoenix area hospital. He was 74 years old. Ali delivered on his promise to shock the world with his smooth mastery of the sweet science and his swagger outside the ring. He had been treated since thursday with respiratory problems made worse by parkinsons disease. Carter evans is in scottsdale, arizona. Good morning. Reporter good morning. Alis health had deteriorated so much over just the last couple of days that his family rushed here to phoenix to be by his bedside. In the end, the fighter known as the greatest could not overcome a disease he likely developed from taking so much punishment in the world tends to be pretty like me. Reporter muhammad ali became a worldwide sensation thanks to his ability in the ring and in front of a microphone. The boxing legend saw his lightningquick reflexes slow a few years after he retired. In 1984, ali announced he was suffering from parkinsons disease, a neurological disorder that doctors say was likely caused by the thousands of punches he took during his as the disease took lic at a Charity Event to benefit the fight against the disease that ravaged his body. He often appeared frail and had not spoken publicly in years. Recently his wife, lonnie, spoke with the disease with our phoenix station. Were with muhammad 24 7. I have my sister helping, my nephew helping. Its all three of us. Weso that goes on with muhammad, trying to make sure that not only is he well taken care of but that he has quality of life and hes enjoying life and that hes not bored. Reporter hours before his death, alis daughter leila, who followed his footsteps in the ring, posted a picture of the champ holding her daughter, sydney, and thank you fans for their love and well wishes. Now ali had lived here in the phoenix area for years, but his funeral will be held in his hometown of louisville, kentucky. Anthony . Carter evans in scottsdale, arizona. Thanks. Few humans in history have gained the level of fame that muhammad ali achieved by the time he was in his 30s. Whether it was his ability to float like a butterfly around boxing opponents or sting his detractors with his lip, ali was a commanding figure inside the ring and out. Scott pelley has a look back at alis legendary life. I must be the greatest reporter never always bold. Muhammad ali burst on to the boxing world stage with an unorthodox style and fast tongue that moved as fast as his dancing feet. Im going to float like a butterfly and sting like a bee. His hands cant hit what his eyes cant see. Reporter he was born Cassius Marcellus clay jr. In louisville in 1942. He first captured the worlds attention as an 18yearold. In 1960, he had the gold medal victory at the olympics. He was just three months out of high school. As a teenager, hed call boxing coaches to tell them that one day he would be their world champion. And in 1964 at 22 years old, he defeated big sonny listen to become world heavyweight champion. That might be all, ladies and gentlemen. Reporter the youngest boxer ever to hold the title. Muhammad ali. Reporter it was spotlight that cassius clay announced that he was changing his name and converting to islam because he said the religion simply appealed to him. Cassius clay is a name no more is, that right . Thats right. Its muhammad ali. Muhammad means worthy of always phrases reporter muhammad ali remained the heavyweight champion from 1964 until 1967. Then his career came to a halt when ali refused induction into the army, claiming he was a c contienious objector to the war and convicted of draft evasion. Im not allowed to fight in america. Im not allowed to leave america, and ive been completely persecuted before prosecuted. Reporter ali was forced out of the ring for three years until the Supreme Court overturned his draft evasion conviction. He had lost some of his best boxing years. [ chee at Madison Square guaarden in 11 in what was billed as the fight of the century, alis comeback was stopped by longtime nemesis joe frazier. It was alis first professional defeat. It would take him three years and several more bruising fights to come back. Here we go. Ali quickly across the around. Reporter in 1974, ali regained his heavyweight title. His famous ropeadope strategy exhausted the hardhitting George Foreman, and ali gained a stunning eighth round knockout in zaire. Then in 1978, he lost the title to leon spinks and won it back a few years later. You thought i was gone, but you still have me to reckon with reporter ali was no longer invincible and took plenty of punishment before calling it quits in 1981. This might be my last fight tonight. A great possibility you saw last of ali. Reporter he was 39 years old with a pro record of 56 wins and 5 defeats. Just into his retirement at age 42, ali had to face perhaps the biggest fight of his life when he was diagnosed with parkinsons disease. The most graceful of boxers slowly lost control of his body. It became hard to walk and even harder to speak. Maybe when we get up there we can sit you down in a chair, and you can talk. That be okay . Probably. Probably . Reporter during a 60 minutes filming, ali tried to do an interview. You cant talk reporter he walked away telling ed bradley later he did not want to be pitied. The fighters instinct never left ali. He playfully jabbed at his fans from all walks of life, including fidel castro. And in 1991, he did the impossible when he met Saddam Hussein and negotiated the release of people who were being used by iraq as human shields. He was later awarded the medal of freedom at a white house ceremony in 2005. The highest civilian award bestowed by the president. He couldnt resist one more playful jab. His unwavering courage in the face of his tough evidence enemy transformed ali into another kind of champion. The greatest. Reporter one who did not go down easily, who stands evermore as an icon of triumph. The tributes to muhammad ali are pouring in this morning. Mike tyson, another former heavyweight title holder, tweeted, god has come for his champion. So long, great one. Soccer star alex morgan tweeted, one was the first athlete i was truly inspired by. He was a true champion and another legend. Another legend, pacquiao said, boxing benefitted from bbenefit ed from muhammad alis talents but not as much as mankind benefitted from his humanity. And George Foreman said, the world has lofts a great athlete, and ive lost a great friend. The tributes will continue in louisville, the city where one was born and rose to prominence as a fighter. Jarika duncan is in downtown louisville where fans are remembering him. Good morning. Reporter good morning. This will be where the First Official tribute happens for muhammad ali in his hometown later this morning, at city hall a few blocks from here. There will be a ceremony to put flags at half staff in recognition and in honor of muhammad ali. Louisville mayor greg fisher a released a statement reading, muhammad leveraged his fame as a platform to promote peace, justice, and humanitarian efforts around the world while always keeping strong tieo the loquacious ali known in louisville as the louisville lip quickly became a legacy. The home where he grew up a few miles from here was recently turned into a museum and just opened to the public. It was inside that home that his mother, a maid, and his father who painted billboards, raised ali and his younger brother. The place that probably captures the most about alis life is right here behind me inside the muhammad ali center. The multimilliondollar facility is not just a shrine to alis boxing ability, but its dedicated to his work as a political and social activist. Visitors here friday were quick to point that out. One woman we spoke to says her uncle was an olympian with ali in 1960 and talked about alis willingness to sacrifice his boxing career to protest the vietnam war. All of these fantastic and came back and were still treated as secondclass citizens. He said im not taking it anymore. Reporter details about alis funeral will be announced later today. Its likely a Memorial Service would be held in the downtown arena. And that place seats more than 22,000 people. Im sure every seat will be filled. Thank you. For more, were joined by longtime booking producer David Dinkins jr. Now Senior Vice President for show time sports and a man that spoke with ali. He had time with him before a fight. Yes. My First Experience with ali was before the rematch with spinks. I was a fledgling Production Assistant with abc sports and was going televise the mega event at the superdome, primetime boxing. Huge card. But this was a special afternoon presentation of the weighin. Was to get ali in the seat ready for the interview with cosell. He was professional. Got there on time. Quiet, composed. As soon as the light went on, electric. He lit up the entire room. He was a showman. He was the greatest. Yeah. A kinetic personality. And i mean, its hard to explain to young people now because hes so beloved globally what a polarizing figure he was in the 1960s. Thats an interesting point. When you look at some of the heroes that have come from sport and transcended sport, luke at jackie robinson, althea gibson, jesse owens, at the time that they were making these remarkable accomplishments, people understood what they were doing. Yes. At the time that ali was making his stand, it was very polarizing, as you suggest. In retrospect, people realize to do what he did. You talk about what he did refusal to be drafted in vietnam. Rejection of racial integration at a time when everyone was saying this is the popular thing. How it was that he was able to be so different in that crowd . Well, i think he stuck to his convictions. I think when he first converted to islam, people forget that that was a polarizing thing, too. Especially in the black community. People werent sure what tong. To people in the white community, it was scary. You look at whats going on now. Back then, people knew even less about the religion. It was something that he felt strongly about. And thats what led him to his stand against the war. Right. It cost him seriously because he ended up being stripped of his title. He lost the opportunity fight. He was attacked by both blacks and whites. And yet maintained this presence. And what do you think drove that . Again, i think its the belief, the belief in yourself, e that youre doing the right thing. It doesnt matter what anybody else thinks because you know in your heart, in your soul that youre doing the right thing. And thankfully, as time went on, his belief was justified. And he got the recognition that he deserved. You know, the New York Times had such a lovely sentence. They said he was more than the sum of his athletic gift. Yeah. When you look at just these athletic gifts, what made him stan stand out so much in the ring . At the time he came along, he had a Perfect Blend of size, speed, talent, tenacity. People think about the float like a butterfly, sting like a bee, but he was a tough guy. The ropeadope, you have to be tough to do that. People think that toughness cost him eventually and led to him being afflicted with parkinsons. One of the most interesting things i thought he said i grew up when he was emerging. W figure. You didnt know what to make of him, but you couldnt take your eyes off him. You know, after he won after he won the supertitle, he said, i dont have to be who you want me to be. And that to me was the thing that stuck out with him. Yeah. He challenged everybody. Well, but again, i think he stuck by his guns, stood by his convictions. He won us over. People that would have found his positio positions contrary to theirs, eventually they respected him for the courage of his convictions. Right. Amazing how far he came in the end. David dinkins jr. , thank you. Thank you for having me. Coming up in our next hour, well show a portion of the last Major Television profile of muhammad ali done by the late 60 minutes correspondent, ed bradley. And tonight, 48 hours will present a special for the champ, muhammad ali remembering a legend. 9 00 eastern, 8 00 central on cbs. To politics now and donald trump who says if he is president he will pursue an investigation of Hillary Clinton for her alleged mishandling of classified information when she was secretary of state. The fbi is already looking into clintons use of an unsecured private computer for her state Department Emails compromised security. Trump spoke with our john dickerson. Reporter what for you is she guilty . She is guilty of disservice. She is guilty of if you look at confidential information, all of the information that probably has gotten out all over the world. Then you know what shes also guilty of stupidity and bad judgment. Reporter if that were criminal, wed all be in jail. Im not saying thats criminal, but shes guilty of that. In terms of this country shooerks guilty of country, she is guilty of having bad, bad, how could she do this . Reporter what gets to jail, though . Whats the difference between rhetoric and law . What the lawyers are saying is what she did in terms of national security. There are strict rules and regulations. Shes broken all of them. Shes broken all shes broken so much. If you look from the standpoint of why did she do it, judgment. The word judgment. This isnt criminal judgment. You make bad judgment although under those rules and regulations, judgment is even criminal. Youre not supposed to do it. If you make a mistake, they dont take that into account. Why and how can a person with this kind of judgment become the president of the United States . Think of this. Were in a cyberworld, a cyberworld. There is a complex world like weve never been in before. If were in a cyberworld and she cant handle her emails, how can she be president . After the interview, trump continued the theme on the campaign trail calling clinton weak, a liar, and a thief. Lisa jiang has more on that from washington and clintons attacks. Good morning. Reporter good morning. Donald trump and Hillary Clinton are crisscrossing california ahead of the states primary on of every stump speech is the same, each other. She doesnt have what it takes. Donald trump is not qualified to be president and commander in chief. Reporter dramatically different candidates with nearly identical attacks. Hillary clinton is a weak person. Hillary clinton is totally scripted. Hillary clinton is a thief. Because if he gets anymore year the white house, you anywhere near the white house, you know what hes going to do hes going to trump you. Reporter likely nominee Hillary Clinton is capitalizing on Donald Trumps offthecuff comments, including those about the ethnicity of the federal judge in the classaction lawsuit against trump university. A man who was appointed on his merits, a man born in indiana which last time i checked was part of america reporter one day after House Speaker paul ryan tepidly endorsed his partys nominee, he echoed clintons concerns about trumps tone. He clearly says and does things i dont agree with, a ive had to speak up time to time when that has occurred. Ill continue to do that if its necessary. I hope its not. Reporter trump insists he can win over the minority groups he has alienated and those who typically fall to the left. Look at my africanamerican over here. Look at him. Are you the greatest . Reporter campaigning in the blue state of california, trump can afford to focus on the general election, while clinton i want to finish really strong in california reporter has yet to clinch the democratic nomination. She cant close the deal. She cant close. Reporter by clintons side and often a boost of support among voters, her husband and former president bill. I had a front row seat to my husbands eight years which worked out pretty well for our country, i think. Reporter trump is using the couples complicated past against them. Shes always got problems. Whitewater, impeachment, lies. He didnt have sex with woman. Two ii two months later hes going, well. Reporter president obama who has largely stayed away from commenting publicly on the 2016 race spoke at a fundraiser and called on antitrump protesters who incited into violence earlier this week to not slip into the bad habits of the other peter. Thank you. Tomorrow, you can see more of the interview with donald trump. 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