[Donald Trump , Presidential Candidate:] Yes. There are too many people. Marco doesn't show up to the United States. He is representing the people of Florida, which, by the way, that poll just came out today. And I'm way up in Florida. Well, he has a very bad record of finances, if you look at what happened with his houses, with his he certainly lives above his means. There's no question about that.
[Brooke Baldwin, Cnn Anchor:] Catch that? Hard to miss. Marco Rubio clearly in his sights as a target, the senator's finances, his immigration plan, his work in the Senate, his experience, not a coincidence, because we all know Donald Trump looks at those polls. Take a look at these numbers. This is how Marco Rubio is performing in the latest polls. Take New Hampshire, everyone just about at the same standing, except for Rubio. He has tripled his support there since September. CNN political reporter Sara Murray is here with me. She was at that event with Donald Trump earlier today. And you were to me, today, he was on a warpath.
[Sara Murray, Cnn National Political Correspondent:] He definitely was on a warpath today, Brooke. Look, Donald Trump does not like to not be the number one guy in the polls. So, today it was like he couldn't decide who he wanted to go after, so he just went after everyone. Take a listen.
[Trump:] You look at Marco Rubio, very, very weak on illegal immigration. You look at Ben. He's very weak on immigration. And he wants to get rid of Medicare. I mean, Ben wants to get rid of Medicare. You can't get rid of Medicare. Jeb, he lacks the quality that you need. We're talking about everybody in the world is ripping us off. You need a very strong person with tremendous energy.
[Murray:] So, weak on immigration, weak on Medicare, low energy, it's almost like he's just throwing the kitchen sink at these guys and there's good reason for it. Donald Trump looks at the people he's attacked in the past. He looks at people like Rick Perry, people like Scott Walker who are no longer in the race and says these attacks are effective. I should keep working at it.
[Baldwin:] He doesn't like not being number one. I'm sure he will be looking at the ratings for "Saturday Night Live" after this next weekend. Today, he's meeting with Lorne Michaels. What did he say about that?
[Murray:] He says she's excited. He says he's not nervous when he's preparing for "SNL," but he's excited to meet with Lorne Michaels today. They are going to start going over the scripts, picking their scripts. And, look, Donald Trump is amazing at self-promotion. There's a reason he's excited to do "SNL." He likes being on TV. He likes being in front of the camera. The reason we see so many Republicans doing it is this is a smart way to reach out to younger voters. It will be very interesting to see if he busts out a Jeb Bush impression there. He would not do it for us today.
[Baldwin:] Speaker of, this is what he said about "SNL."
[Trump:] This evening, I'm meeting with Lorne Michaels and the whole staff and we will start the preparation. We will pick our skits. Am I nervous? Not too nervous. Not too nervous. But we will do a good job and we're going to have a fantastic show. We're going to all have a lot of fun. My Jeb impression? No, I don't want to do that. I don't like showing a person sleeping at a podium.
[Baldwin:] Ouch.
[Murray:] He is holding at least one thing back. I get we're just going to have to check out "SNL" for that one.
[Baldwin:] OK. Sara Murray, thank you. Not everyone is laughing, by the way, as we just were talking about here ahead of a big appearance this weekend at 30 Rock. And earlier on CNN, we actually heard from a man who knows certainly a thing or too about "Saturday Night Live," comedian turned Senator Al Franken.
[Sen. Al Franken , Minnesota:] I think it will be an entertaining show. I watch the show whenever I have the chance. I thought Hillary did great on it. I have known her for 20 years. She's really she's actually a really funny person and is going to make a great president.
[Baldwin:] Of course, Donald Trump might take issue with that last statement there. Not everyone is amused at Trump's upcoming appearance on "SNL." There's a growing chorus of voices protesting his hosting the show Saturday. One of the loudest voices, California Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez, a senior member of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus. She joins me, along with Matt Wilstein, entertainment writer for The Daily Beast. So, to both of you, welcome. And, Congresswoman, let me just begin with you. What specifically are you and other members of Congress asking of NBC or "SNL" or Lorne Michaels?
[Rep. Loretta Sanchez , California:] So, "SNL" has had plenty of presidential candidates on before. The problem is that they are allowing Donald Trump the entire time. They are asking him to he's going to host this. And that hasn't happened in the past by a presidential candidate. And we believe that it's an affront to Latinos in particular, Mexicans and Mexican Americans, my parents in particular, because of all of the negative things that Donald Trump has said about us.
[Baldwin:] But doesn't "Saturday Night Live," Congresswoman, have a right to book whether it's one little sketch and Hillary Clinton making a cameo or Donald Trump for the entire hour-and-a-half, have a right to book Donald Trump, just as you certainly have a right to speak up and not tune in?
[Sanchez:] Well, in the same way that I believe in free speech and the First Amendment, you're correct from that standpoint, except for you're not allowed to go into an auditorium and yell, fire, fire, fire. And in the same way, believe it's up to "SNL" to understand that when they put a Donald Trump in front of people and he says these type of derogatory comments, that has a direct relationship to what is happening out in everyday lives of Latinos. For example, back in June, when in Boston a Hispanic male was beat up almost to the point of death, and the person who beat him up said to the police, well, Donald Trump is right, these illegal aliens are just not supposed to be here. So it's very detrimental as we try to hold our community together and they try to move along in the normal course of American life to have an instigation of that type against us.
[Baldwin:] Matt, I promise I'm coming to you. But let me just follow up with that, because I know a lot of people, Congresswoman Sanchez, absolutely agree with you, although I did speak with a Latino woman just recently who would disagree with you coming from within the community. She loves some Donald Trump. This was Myriam Witcher.
[Myriam Witcher, Trump Supporter:] I'm Hispanic and I vote for Mr. Trump. We vote for Mr. Trump. Yes, Mr. Trump, we love you. He's our man sent from heaven. He's a very, very beautiful human being. Beautiful heart. A lot of love and compassion. If you can read or hear about the charities he's doing, this is something that touched my heart.
[Baldwin:] I realize that is one woman's opinion, but she's a big Donald Trump supporter. And I'm wondering, though, with the Congressional Hispanic Caucus making very, very frustrated over NBC having Donald Trump that you're actually going to have people tune in. I can imagine people at "SNL" loving this right now.
[Sanchez:] Well, I happen to like the "SNL" show. Quite honestly, I don't stay up that late. I'm either working...
[Baldwin:] You have better things to do.
[Sanchez:] Gone to sleep. So, over the years but, certainly, there have been sometimes when "SNL" and its skits have gone overboard. But, in particular, we are upset that Mr. Trump is hosting this, rather than just being a skit. It is enabling him, after he has said these derogatory comments. And NBC Universal said to us early on, we're not going to stand for this. So we are simply pushing back at "SNL" and saying, uh-uh, this is not correct and you're endangering Latinos when you do this type of a thing. And that's our concern. Our concern is about people living their everyday lives and trying to be good Americans.
[Baldwin:] OK. OK. Matt, I woke up and read your piece in The Beast first thing this morning. And you walk through a lot. But let me just ask you first, have you heard anything from NBC? Do you have any sort of scoop as far as how they will cast Donald Trump in these sketches, anything?
[Matt Wilstein, The Daily Beast:] NBC is staying awfully quiet about everything surrounding Donald Trump's appearance this week, including not reacting at all to these calls for him to be removed. I mean, to me, that indicates that they are not going to budge one bit on keeping him on air as host of the show this weekend. And they are not giving away much in terms of what he's going to do, but we do have about 11 years ago when he hosted the first time as a precedent to look back and he was, for most of that show, Donald Trump as Donald Trump. And I don't see him venturing outside of that too much this time, including that Jeb Bush impression which is hard to imagine hum taking on a character besides himself.
[Baldwin:] I know. We will have to see. But you do point out in that appearance in '04 he had a very different relationship, what did you write, with not only the media, but the American people. This will be very different.
[Wilstein:] Well, he was very different figure then. Obviously, he was then just at the beginning of his time as host of "The Apprentice." He didn't have any serious political time under his belt. And he hadn't made a lot of the, frankly, xenophobic comments that are now making people so angry.
[Baldwin:] Right. All right, Matt Wilstein, thank you. Congresswoman Sanchez, who will not be staying up late this Saturday night to tune in, I appreciate both of you very, very much.
[Sanchez:] Thank you.
[Wilstein:] Thanks. I will be watching.
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