Transcripts For CNNW CNN Newsroom With Poppy Harlow 20150606

Transcripts For CNNW CNN Newsroom With Poppy Harlow 20150606

Died of brain cancer one week ago at the age of 46. In his eulogy president obama said beau biden did in 46 years what most of us could not do in 146. It is our obligation our obligation to beau to think not about what was and what might have been but instead to think about what is because of him. Think about the day that dawns for children who are safer because of beau. Whose lives are fuller because of him. Think about the day of the dawns parents who rest easier and families who are freer because of him. Some folks may never know that their lives are better because of beau biden, but thats okay. Certainly for beau acclaim was never the point of public service. But the lines of wellwishers who have been here all week they know. The white house mail room thats been overflowing with letters from people, those folks know. The soldiers who served with beau who joined the National Guard because of him, the workers at birdies who still have their home because of him and have thank him for helping them bus tables one busy night, and the stranger who wrote from halfway across this great country just to say the only thing we can hope for is that our children make us proud by maybing a difference in the world. Beau has done that and thensome. The world noticed. The world noticed. They noticed. Felt it. His presence. And beau lives on in the lives of others. And isnt that the whole point of our time here . It is indeed. Cnn National Correspondent sunlen joins me now outside the church. What a beautiful ceremony. Reporter emotional ceremony inside and outside the church. Outside, hundreds lined the streets. They couldnt hear a word of the threehour funeral from outside, but a lot of people stay here for the whole time just hoping to catch a glimpse of the first family and the Vice President bidens family as they mourned. One woman telling me she need to be here just to show her support. She had tears streaming down her face. Another smile smaul child was holding a hand made sign on a popsicle stick, had a heart and a handwritten note rest in peace, beau biden. Inside the church was an emotional ceremony where we heard eulogies from not only president obama but beau bidens siblings his sister ashley talking about how it was the great tragic privilege of her life to accompany her older brother to chemotherapy treatments over the years, saying that she was jokingly referred to as the flea over time because she stuck to her brothers side so much. Also hearing from hunter biden describing in painstaking details the last moment of beau bidens life. Here are each of them in their own words. He never judged. He just listened and offered his hand, his shoulder, his wise advice, and his love. Each of us desperately, desperately holding him, each of us whispering i love you, i love you, i love you. And i held his hand and he took his last breath. And i know that i was loved. And i know that his hand will never leave mine. Reporter and that was one of the most emotional parts of the funeral today, bidens death being just one week ago today. Afterwards the lead singer of cold play, chris martin he played a song. Were toll that he volunteered to come after hearing that beau biden was big fan. Poppy . There was also this beautiful, beautiful, huge choir that sang there at the ceremony. And we heard a little bit from the president earlier, sunlen but you heard the whole thing. What stood out to you from what president obama said today . Reporter i was really struck by how much president obama seemed to carry a message, reading between the lines of his speech and listening to it a message directly to his Vice President for joe biden, basically, i would liken it to a slap on the back and saying that a boy, good job, you raised a really good man. Most of what he said described beau biden with integrity and really giving a lot of that credit to jill biden and joe biden, telling them directly the nation noticed. A long string of people describing the character of beau biden not speaking much about his successes or achievements but the way he got there. And i was really struck by something president obama said noting that in this day of reality tv when anyone whose most controversial or whos loudest gets a lot of attention, its the person that can have success doing so slowly that really does win in the end. So what i felt is that president obama was trying to be a grooefr in chief but specifically for joe biden who of course has been struck by tragedies like this before losing a 1yearold daughter in the 70s. It felt like president obama knew he needed to be there for his Vice President today and thats certainly the sort of tone that he brought to these remarks pe delivered today. Poppy . And the story that was told today at this mass about how beau biden could have jumped right in line to run for senator but he didnt want to. He was waiting to finish the work he felt needed to be done in his current role for his state and his people as general odierno put it selfless to a fault. Thank you, sunlen. I appreciate it. Well be right back. Dont just visit orlando visit Tripadvisor Orlando tripadvisor not only has millions of real travelers reviews and opinions but checks hundreds of websites so people can get the best hotel prices to plan, compare and book the perfect trip visit tripadvisor. 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He is expected to be arraigned next week. Do you expect tuesday, when that happens, is the first we hear from him . Very good question not just for Dennis Hastert but also his legal team. Keep in mind these allegations, and i say allegations of Sexual Misconduct are not mentioned in this federal indictment. Completely separate case here. Nonetheless, these allegations have surfaced allegedly in 2005 which is when he denied having any at least really taking part in any of these allegations here. So now the main question is if and thats a big if he does address these after that tuesday Court Appearance in chicago, will he essentially segue onto these allegations instead of now, again, resurfaced now that this indictment has been filed . I think its important, you bring up this point that what were going to see on tuesday at this arraign suspect actually not about these, you know, sexual abuse allegations. This has to do with, you know improper use of money, basically, withdrawals, big withdrawals that led the feds to him for these Sexual Assault allegations. Right . Right. And since this indictment was actually filed, poppy, weve noticed, obviously several people have come forward, particularly jolene bird, saying her brother, Steve Reinboldt, who died in the mid90s, was sexually assaulted by the former house speaker. This would have happened in the late 60s, in the 70s, before he was speaker hastert, when he was coach hastert of an actual wrestling team there, and Steve Reinboldt was the equipment manager there. Eventually though as were now learning bird says her brother kept this a secret until he eventually opened up to his sister saying not only was he gay but did have this encounter. So she eventually came forward in 2006 to authorities, to members of the media. However, back then one of those media outlets, including abc news now reporting that did not have sufficient evidence to corroborate this claim, plus hastert himself was dismissing it as well. So as a result did not that explains why someone so high profile in Something Like this didnt come to light. News organization couldnt corroborate it. He was saying it didnt happen. They didnt feel like they had enough to take it to air. But then the fbi tracking down these big withdrawals from his account, that eventually followed the money that led them to this. Again, we will likely hear from Dennis Hastert for the first time polo on tuesday. Thank you very much. Appreciate it. Now to minnesota, where the actions of the Catholic Church and its leaders are being called appalling. Prosecutors have found criminal charges against the archdiocese of st. Paul in minneapolis for failing to address several complaints of Sexual Misconduct against a priest. Ramsey county prosecutor john choi says the archdiocese protected father curtis waymeyer keeping him in the system keeping him as a priest while he continued to abuse children. He was convicted in 2013 on charges of sexual abuse against minors. He is currently serving a fiveyear prison sentence. Lets talk about this with analyst jon allen. Also with me cnn criminal defense analyst and also defense attorney joey jackson. Guys thank you very much for being here. It is incredibly disturbing to read that not only about this one priest but about a number of priests that the prosecutor here in minnesota is saying you did nothing, you basically turned a blind eye, right, joey . Oh absolutely. And, you know, its important to note poppy, that its really a dual approach the county attorney is taking dual in that theres a criminal complaint of course thats filed against the archdiocese, you know, basically charging the archdiocese with turning a blind eye ashgs louing minors to be abued and not doing anything about it. There are several counts in that complaint, six of them. The other approach is a civil complaint that was filed and thats important, poppy, and ill tell you why. Its important because the criminal complaint obviously addresses issues of punishment and issues of deterrence. What the civil complaint does is address remedial issues that is what are we going to do about it and that is the court will look at it there will be a hearing held and the court will intervene and remedial steps will be taken to ensure that it doesnt happen again. And, john, in a statement the archdiocese told cnn affiliate wcco in minneapolis, we deeply regret the di ai abuse suffered at hands of waymeyer and all victims of sexual abuse. We will continue to cooperate with all authorities. How do you expect this will play out or is playing out right now at the vatican . Well poppy, its not playing out at all today because the pope is actually in sarajevo bosnia at the moment. But the truth of it is this mess in the twin cities comes at what is already a very difficult time for pope francis in terms of analysis of his response to the sex abuse scandals. In march he appointed a bishop in chile who has a track record of defending that countrys most notorious priests, and that generated enormous blowback. At the moment one of his top officials, Cardinal George pell his appointed financial reformer is facing stiff criticism from a royal commissioner in Australia Related to his handling of sex abuse allegations when an archbishop about ten years ago. So i think, poppy, the reality is that victims and advocacy groups for victims around the world are looking at this particular constellation of circumstances as a kind of litmus test of whether francis was serious when he promisedas election there would be a new era of accountability and no retreat from the churchs commitment to tolerance for the abuse of children. Do you think he is don . Do you think he will do something here . Well we had a precedent about a month ago when pope francis demanded and then accepted the resignation of the bishop of kansas city st. Joseph in missouri Bishop Robert finn whod become the first bishop in the United States to be criminally convicted on a misdemeanor charge of delaying to report an accusation of child abuse. So the precedent has been set. But i think what victims and their supporters will be looking for is not a oneoff sort of gesture of accountability but indication that this is now the new order and that when officials in the church are not simply accused but actually found by an independent panel to have dropped the ball, that there will be accountability for that. Joey that is the question. What kind of legal accountability legal ramifications could we see jail time for the people that leftlet this happen . Because ultimately arent they just as responsible if you know this is happening to children an you dont do anything . You know, its a fabulous point to be made because if youre not obviously part of the solution youre part of the problem. But i think just in analyzing this specific complaint, this complaint of course addresses the archdiocese as a whole. It doesnt name individual members while it does name a number of individual members who were complicit in the coverup who knew and did nothing and in fact protected but it doesnt file criminal charges against hem. It files them against the archdiocese. As far as individual accountable, we wont find that here. Isnt that important . So important, but i think it starts with the archdiocese being charged and the archdiocese being put on notice that the this cannot be business as usual. Of course we know the priest who set off this avalanche. It talks about systemic. Its such a horrific as you mentioned patterns of abuses things that were done places they were touched, where it occurred. Its just relating to the priests as you mentioned at the outset he of course is serving jail time and of course additional, you know people certainly will be under investigation moving forward. So hopefully its a very good start. You hope that the victims here get some sort of justice for all that they have had to endure. John al lep, joey jackson, thank you very much. Coming up next well tell you about a story, a remarkable story, an investigation by cnn money and ac360 for any dog lover out there. You are going to want to see this. It is cough up your cash or theyre going to take your dogs away and possibly put them to death. Here at friskies, cats are in charge of approving every new recipe. Because its cats who know best what cats like to eat. Up today, new friskies 7. Were trying seven catfavorite flavors all in one dish. Now for the moment of truth. Yep, looks like its time to share what our cats love with your cats. New friskies 7. For cats. By cats. It is possibly the biggest cyber attack in history and the culprit, many of the feds believe it is china. The white house isnt saying that yet. Personal data on 4 million federal workers stolen. The data breach believed to include Social Security numbers along with names and addresses of government agents going as far back as 1985. Chooe Officials Say the allegations are irresponsible, that the u. S. Should not jump to conclusions, but perhaps the most frightening part is that this took the government four months to figure out that the data was stolen. Lets talk about it now with california congressman representative adam schiff. He joins us now. Thank for being here. You bet. Youre a Ranking Member of the house intelligence committee. Why did it take the government so long to realize this information had been stolen . Four months . Its a real failure, poppy. Not only did we not prevent this attack from taking place in the first place but it took us quite a while to learn about the breach. Op smshgs utilizing new software defenses to try to prevent these attacks and determine when they have taken place, but that wasnt fully implemented and not in time. And im not sure that that was even adequate to begin with. So its a big problem, its a huge data breach and if the u. S. Government cant protect itself im sure a lot of the private sector thinks what hope is there for their defenses. Interesting you bring that up were seeing the private sector perhaps doing more. I mean the big corporations big banks like Jpmorgan Chase have literally thrown thousands of employees and millions and millions of dollars into Cyber Security after the big hacks weve seen in the last year. I wonder if you think the u. S. Government isnt doing enough on that front and that is why things like this happen. Well were certainly spending a fortune on our cyber defenses but i think one of the key challenges here is this is a very asymmetric battlefield where its a lot easier and more Cost Effective to be on the attack than it is on the defense, because after all you only need one open door one vulnerability, and your system is compromised. So its hard. I dont want to overstate the difficulty. But nonetheless, weve spent billions of dollars trying to address this problem and still with attacks on opm, on the white house, on the state department on the irs, plainly were not doing enough, not doing it smart enough to prevent seize kind of attacks. Thats what im wondering. If its not about money, you said it were spending billions of federal dollars on it fshg its not about money, what is it about . How do you get in front of it . Part of it is having the right technological advance. A lot is having the right training for workers to eliminate some of these vulnerabilities. And then a big yet missing piece, i believe, is not having adequate deterrent. This is basically riskfree kind of warfare, riskfree kind of theft, and so you have not only state actors but you have sophisticated criminal actors operating overseas and with little regard for any kind of retaliation. So i do think we have some tough questions and tougher capabilities to develop so that we cannot only defend against but al

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