Welcome to early start. Im christine romans. Im john berman. This morning, a new running mate for a candidate who is not winning and new style from the guy who is. Donald trump with a teleprompter and trying out a Foreign Policy address and ted cruz with an unprecedented move naming a Vice President ial pick months before the partys convention and not to mention it is coming from a guy mathematically eliminated from the Party Nomination on the first ballot at the convention. His pick . Carly fiorina. You saw Carly Fiorina by the side of ted cruz right there. Last night, donald trump, as you might imagine, he was criticizing this pick. He has set a record, though. He is the first president ial candidate in the history of the country who is mathematically eliminated from coming president who chose a Vice President candidate. A record. It is a record. Cnns Sunlen Serfaty has the latest. Reporter good morning, john and christine. Senator cruz making another hail mary pass to name his Vice
The Police Department today, asking superintendent garGarry Mccarthy for his resignation. 13 months after the shooting, illinois attorney general lisa madigan sent a letter to the u. S. Attorney general loretta lynch, asking the Justice Department Civil Rights Division to investigate the chicago Police Department itself. Theres a lot to cover tonight, starting with the very long road to where we are now. Cnns ed lavendera has that. Reporter six seconds. That was the time it took for officer Jason Van Dyke to leave his vehicle and open fire on Laquan Mcdonald, killing him on the spot. It is the six seconds that have rocked the city of chicago with protesters citing distrust and a lack of transparency within the chicago Police Department. The dash cam video released last week by order of a judge revealed some discrepancies regarding what happened the night mcdonald was killed, including the initial claim by police that the 17yearold had lunged at officers. Going at one of the officers. A
A shooting of laquan mcdonal. After laquans resignation, Lisa Madigans request says the shocking death of Laquan Mcdonald highlights serious questions about the use of unlawful and Excessive Force by Chicago Police officers and the lack of accountability for such abuse. Cnns ed le van darragh has more from chicago. Reporter reporter people say the firing of the citys top cop is just the beginning of the changes they want to see. A great deal of scrutiny as well as mayor rahm emanuel and why it took so long for officer van dyke to be charged with murder in the shooting of Laquan Mcdonald. The actions of both pen under a great deal of scrutiny. Rahm emanuel says there has been too much focus on the superintendent of the Police Department here in chicago. Because of that, it was time to make a change in the top position there. Any of those activists say rahm emanuel deals a great deal of responsibility as well. The news of mccarthys firing came rather suddenly, fact, superintendent mccart
Albeit with regret. That the sort of rhetoric republicans adopted long ago is now tainting the democratic contest. Are you qualified to be president of the United States when youre raising millions of dollars from wall street and greed, recklessness and illegal behavior helped destroy our economy . Look, let me be clear. This is not the type of politicings. I know its what the media loves. Its not the type of politics i want to get in. Let me also be very clear. If secretary clinton thinks ive just come from the small state of vermont and were not used to it, well get used to it fast. We will fight back. Well, secretary clinton, she, this morning, laughed off any of that criticism from senator sanders, adding she will continue to point out contrasts between herself and the senator from vermont. I understand Bernie Sanders says youre not qualified . Well, its kind of a silly thing to say, but im going to trust the voters of new york who know me and have voted for me three times, twice f
I dont believe that she is qualified. And that was the point where it all went to another level. Sanders went there, beyond normal come pa normal campaign rhetoric, a person who may have to support come november. What had been a Civil Democratic race, it turned combative on a dime. So to defend himself this morning, he pointed to this Washington Post headline, both sanders and clinton spoke simultaneously earlier today, with different tones. My response is, well, you know, if you want to question my qualifications, let me suggest this. Maybe the American People might wonder about your qualifications, madam secretary. Look, i didnt i dont know why he is saying that. But i will take Bernie Sanders over donald trump or ted cruz any time. And just moments ago, president bill clinton, weighing in. My case for hillary is pretty straightforward. I think she i thought it when we started, we had all the candidates in the field, that she was by far the best qualified person to be president. For