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Transcripts For CNNW Erin 20240704

Been working with many experts, some outside of ocean infinity, which is the company to continue analyzing the data in the hope of narrowing the search area down to one in which success becomes potentially achievable. That is a really tall order, anderson, because the whole problem all along is this is a vast, vast area out there. But if they succeed, it could be more than just ending a mystery and relief to these families. It could also help solve a puzzle for the aviation industry, one that still is potentially a threat out there because they dont know what happened. If they can succeed. Tom foreman, thanks so much. The news continues right here on cnn. Outfront next, biden ramps up his attacks on trump, the president going after him by name again and again. This is trump rolls out the red carpet for a strong man who built a border wall, changed Election Laws so he could win. And hes calling out woke culture. Plus, the Pressure Campaign to use nukes. Putins state tv ramping up its calls for a Nuclear Strike on the west as Russian Forces have a new weapon in their arsenal that is already having devastating effects in ukraine. And a, quote, disaster. Bizarre. Thats how some republicans are describing senator katie britts response to bidens State Of The Union. Lets go outfront. Good evening. Im erica hill in for erin burnett. Outfront tonight, breaking news. Biden turning up the heat on trump, riding the momentum from his state of the Union Address just moments ago, wrapping up a visit to the key battleground state of pennsylvania, making it clear he is not afraid to take on trump. Donald trump and the maga republicans are trying to take away our freedoms. Donald trump he came to office determined to overturn roe v wade, but donald trump has announced he wants to repeal the Affordable Care act. Donald trump enacted a 2 trillion tax cut when he was president , overwhelmingly benefiting the very wealthy. The president fired up tonight, pointing out the stark differences he sees between the two differences that are on full display at this hour. Actually, Biden Campaigning there as trump spent time today with hungarys far right authoritarian Prime Minister viktor orban inviting the controversial leader to mar a lago for about an hour and a half, the hard charging, Brash Autocrat has described migrants as poison and muslim invaders. Hes railed against his country, becoming one of mixed races, a crackdown on lgbt content on tv and in schools stifled the press, even changed Election Laws. So he could win. Now, for years, orban was shunned by both republicans and democrats. But increasingly, trump and the more extreme wing of the gop have come to embrace him. Respected all over europe, probably like me. A little bit controversial, but thats okay. Some people dont like him because hes too strong. Its nice to have a strong man in running a country nice to have a strong man running your country. The former president has embraced strongman All Over The World, from putin to xi to kim jong un. So how is that how that he would perhaps like to run this country . Well, biden not missing a chance to slam todays meeting. You know who hes meeting with today. And down in maralago, orban of hungary, who stated flatly he doesnt think democracy works. Hes looking for dictatorship. We have our Team Standing by. Mj lee is with President Biden in pennsylvania, Kristen Homes near mar a lago with former President Trump. Mj, lets start with you. So you were there at that Biden Campaign event just now where he came out firing against donald trump by name tonight, also hitting abortion, health care, taxes. And of course, that meeting the former president had with viktor orban. Is this a reset moment for the president . Well, eric, i can tell you that last night was certainly the most energized that i have seen. White house officials, Campaign Officials and supporters of the president. I think for many of his supporters, they saw a performance from President Biden that they had badly wanted to see. They saw clarity and vigor and energy, and they are very much hoping that the president will take that on to the road. We obviously just saw the kickoff of his post State Of The Union tour here in the suburbs of philadelphia, and we know that in the coming days, he is going to be traveling to other important Battleground States like new hampshire, georgia, michigan and wisconsin. You know, last night, as political as the president s remarks were, we never heard the president actually referring to his predecessor, donald trump, by name. That rule obviously has gone out the window. We saw, in fact, some of the most harshest and starkest criticisms of donald trump from President Biden to date in these remarks. And when you listen to the president talking about donald trump, sometimes you almost get the sense that he is almost in disbelief about donald trump and sort of the country and vision that he represents. Take a listen. Did you ever think wed be in a situation where we talk to each other like we talk these days . Why . You see things that we see that no matter how tense things were, and they were really tough in other parts of our history. Will you ride down the street . And there was a trump banner with a few on it and a little, and a six year old kid putting up his middle finger. Did you ever think youd hear people talk the way they do . Look at the means. The means, who we are. Thats not who. America. Thats not america. And erika, last night we saw protesters near capitol hill forcing the president s motorcade to actually change its route. And i just want to point out that we see that kind of anger about the israel war in so many other places every day, all across the country, just here, coming into this event earlier today, we spoke with a protester who said she is here because she wants the president to call for a permanent ceasefire. Obviously not a position that he has taken. And in fact, he told reporters earlier today that he thinks its going to be tough to even get a deal for a temporary ceasefire by ramadan. Erika m. J. There, traveling with the president , i want to bring in now, kristen holmes, whos at maralago, of course, where former President Trump was hosting viktor orban, the authoritarian leader from hungary. So the two met kristen for, i guess, about an hour and a half. What do we know about that conversation . What happened Behind Closed Doors . Well, erika, were still trying to get a readout. We were told that they were going to give us some sort of briefing on what the two talked about. We were also told we were going to get some sort of images from this meeting. So far we have absolutely nothing. I did talk to sources who said that they were still in the meeting. Thats why we know the length of the meeting. But so far, that content has been kept under wraps. Im still reaching out to sources as they kind of disperse after that meeting. And it was just at five, so broke up rather recently. But the interesting context around this meeting, obviously we heard biden talking about orban. So its not surprising that the white house did not issue any sort of formal invitation to orban, but also orban did not reach out to anyone in the white house or the Biden Administration to sit down for a meeting. He is still a world leader, as is the president of the United States, joe biden, and yet he is here meeting with the former president. And one thing to note is that donald trump is not just a former president. He is also the Presumptive Republican nominee, and he could be president again. And this really gives us some kind of insight into how donald trump might align himself in the world stage and what leaders he might stand by. As you noted in your intro, you talked about all of the things that viktor orban has said, that he stands for. But one thing you didnt note is how much he praises former president donald trump. He has praised him on his immigration stance. He has said over and over again that putin would not have invaded ukraine if trump was still in the white house. That goes a very long way with the former president. That kind of loyalty and that kind of praise. So when youre talking about this meeting today, that might be something that pushed it into into existence because of the fact that donald trump takes those kind of compliments. So seriously. Erika, appreciate the reporting as always. Kristen, thank you. Outfront now, astead herndon, basil smikle and stephanie grisham, good to have all of you with us. So instead, as were looking at where we sit right now, last night, there was a lot of counting of my predecessor. Now we were counting the times that joe biden said donald trump going after him directly, looking at what weve seen in the last, not even 24 hours. How has that changed this campaign . I think it marks a new chapter of the campaign. I think after super tuesday, you have the majority of delegates out. You clearly have the white house say that they can now zero in on who they know their opponents going to be, and theres a reason theyre doing it at this time. Joe biden knows that when this the when this election is about him and the referendum on him, theyre on weaker position. When it is about donald trump. The white house feels better about that. So i think you see both last night and today as a kind of show of the message. But i think when the president s biggest political liability is age, the performance also matters. And what you saw yesterday was a joe biden that had had his wheaties, right . Had had had was really kind of making a show to reassure democrats that he has the energy to be the person leading them Going Forward. But i also think its a Shot Across The Bow to republicans. And if they get the joe biden that they had last night in the summer and into the fall, thats going to be someone who gives the democrats confidence. I dont think its just about the momentum directly from last night. But if that is the person democrats will see consistently through the summer, in the fall. So its about the person and about the momentum together, right . And whether or not that can be sustained for the next eight months. Is this the joe biden that we will see for the next eight months . It better be. It better be because thats the joe biden that can win and will win. And as as his point, its amazing to me yesterday, using that moment to take a Shot Across The Bow with the justices sitting in the crowd saying, you made this decision. Now you are going to understand the political and electoral power of women. So whats whats important . I think for joe biden Going Forward and the democrats is not to tiptoe around all of these issues that are mobilizing democrats when they go to the polls, talk directly to them, talk about how republicans are responsible for the abrogation of your rights and how democrats are going to gain those back. So i love i love the energy. I think theres a tremendous amount of momentum coming off of last night, but weve got to continue to see it. Its got to be consistent. But i think we see that joe biden in november, its a great opportunity for democrats to win. Looking at the other side here, the Presumptive Republican nominee, stephanie, this meeting today with viktor orban and donald trump, i know you had been in the room right when trump had meetings with strongmen like orban. Do you think its an exaggeration that he wants to use orbans playbook . In many ways . Absolutely not. You know, hearing kristen say that the meeting has lasted at least an hour and a half just tells you something, right there. Donald trump has the Attention Span of a gnat and the fact that hes sitting in there with a dictator shows you that this is what interests him. I have sat in many bilateral meetings with world leaders, and he always looked forward to speaking with president erdogan of turkey or president xi of china of course, putin. And, you know, its funny, you played that soundbite where trump said that, you know, that hes such a strong man and need a strong man leading your country. Theyre strong men against their own country, against the people of their own country. I think thats something that should be thought about there. And i think youre looking at a Second Donald Trump terme. In fact, in terms of he wants to be strong, that he can be tough with his own people, not be not be good to our allies, not be good to our people and not to, you know, defend people like in ukraine. He wants to be a dictator. You know, biden was asked about today whether he was worried about trumps meeting with orban. He said, if im not, you should be. I said, how much of the gop do you think would feel the same way as joe biden . How much is perhaps totally okay with this meeting happening at mar a lago . Would like to see more of it. This is a legitimate split in the gop. You do have a kind of larger wing of the party that is kind of uncomfortable with the ways that the trump and maga base have embraced. Authoritarian leaders, have rallied around figures who are not american allies. And so i do think youre going to see joe biden try to make that message, as we saw in the midterms, to appeal to people who he would say are not maga republicans, but maybe more traditional republicans and say, you know, im the person who kind of stands with allies. I think this also goes back to joe bidens point about flipping age to a positive. Hes going to say that he has the experience to know how that he these are the people that he knows. And theres a way that you can trust him over donald trump. But donald trump is not haphazard when it comes to this issue. He has consistently like these type of leaders, and he has promised in his Policy Planks for 2024 to model that kind of authoritarian, that kind of authoritarian government. And so im saying it is not just a personal attachment between him and these authoritarians. He wants to mimic them. He is envious of that power. And he has promised in his voters and Policy Planks to replicate that. If he was to come back in the second turn. So i want to get your take on Something Else that happened yesterday, sort of carrying into today and where it will go from here. As you know, the president is really struggling with a lot of Younger Voters in his party where progressive voters, theres a lot of upset over how the situation in israel is being handled. There was this moment last night that was actually caught. He was speaking with a senator. Take a listen. I told him, bibi, im gonna beat this baby in the manger. Come to jesus. Michael. Good that was good. So today, biden was asked specifically about those comments. Heres his response. I didnt say that in the speech after this. What about after the speech . You guys eavesdropping on things . This is not the president s first rodeo. Thats right. He knows there are a lot of mikes around there are a lot of cameras. Do you think he wanted that to get picked up . Did he want that out there . Well, he should have wanted it out there if he didnt, because i think it shows to an extent that hes hearing from those young voters. And i actually want to center those young voters because i teach a lot of them. And there are a lot of voters that say they dont want to vote in this election because of his stand with israel. And, you know, it is concerning. It should be concerning not just to biden but to the democratic party, because as this country becomes more diverse, younger and Younger Voters are going to be much more attuned to whats happening in their home country. So rather than so when we dont usually vote on foreign policy, you will start to see a lot of that, a lot more of that Going Forward. So i do think its very important. And just to connect it to the to the last question, im its interesting because barack obama in 2008 went to berlin when he was running for office, and he had this amazing speech where he talked to young people about the ways in which they pushed for democracy, defeated communism, and were really supporting sort of this movement that was happening internationally, very different from what donald trump has, is doing and has been doing. Im not saying joe biden needs to go to germany, but i am saying that he needs to find a way to connect to young voters in particular, and talk to them about how they are the future that, that, that they can take. The United States in a direction that donald trump is sorely trying to run away from. And i dont know that hes been able to do that yet, but i still think theres time. All right, we got eight minutes. Well be watching that. Stephanie, im curious. Donald trump has now been pushing, didnt want anything to do with debates with his fellow republicans, but has really been pushing for a debate with the president , how do you think that would play out if that were to happen . I think that trump would, of course, make it about belittling biden in any way he can, making fun of him, instead of talking policy. You know, i, i would say if i were bidens people, i would say, why . Why debate him . He just lies all the time, however, i spent six years nonstop with donald trump. And ill tell you what, if biden does decide to debate trump, i would sure like to prep President Biden. Well, well see if hes watching it. If he takes you up on that offer, stephanie said basil, good to have all of you with us tonight. Thank you. Outfront next, trump pays up the former

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