Clinton And Warren Campaign Together For First Time
WALKER: Welcome back, everyone. U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren has made her debut on the campaign trail with the presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton. Warren was relentless in attacking Republican Donald Trump Monday showing why Clinton may consider her as a possible VP pick. Suzanne Malveaux has the story.</s>WARREN: I'm with her. Yes, her.</s>SUZANNE MALVEAUX, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Hillary Clinton and Elizabeth Warren joining forces today for the first time in the campaign.</s>WARREN: Donald Trump says he'll make America great again. It's right there. No, it's stamped on the front of his goofy hat. You want to see goofy? Look at him in that hat.</s>MALVEAUX: Today's event in Ohio fueling speculation that Warren could be selected as Clinton's running mate. The Massachusetts senator using the opportunity to unleash a blistering critique of Donald Trump.</s>WARREN: What kind of man roots for people to lose their jobs, to lose their homes, to lose their life savings? I'll tell you what kind of a man -- a small, insecure money grubber who fights for no one but himself.</s>MALVEAUX: And using Trump's controversial comments throughout the primary season against him.</s>WARREN: Donald Trump calls African-Americans thugs, Muslims terrorists, Latinos rapists and criminals, and women bimbos. Hillary Clinton believes that racism, hatred, injustice and bigotry have no place in our country.</s>MALVEAUX: Clinton voicing appreciation for Warren's tenacity.</s>HILLARY CLINTON (D), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: I do just love to see how she gets under Donald Trump's thin skin.</s>MALVEAUX: Clinton is hoping that Warren will also help her win over more progressive voters in the Democratic Party who backed Bernie Sanders during the primary. The former secretary of state today striking a populist tone.</s>CLINTON: We must have an economy that works for everyone again, not just those at the top.</s>MALVEAUX: Clinton and Warren today sounding very much united. But that has not always been the case. Warren remained neutral throughout the Democratic primary fight only endorsing Clinton earlier this month. And in a 2004 interview with PBS she criticized Clinton's position on a piece of bankruptcy legislation.</s>WARREN: She has taken money from the groups. And more to the point she worries about them as a constituency.</s>MALVEAUX: But no signs of any past conflicts between the two women today as Clinton hopes with Warren's help she can block Trump from the White House.</s>MALVEAUX: I talked with several Clinton campaign operatives who told me they were watching closely today the body language between these two dynamic female leaders, watching closely how the crowd will respond, and mindful of whether Warren would overshadow Clinton. From the reaction of the audience they told me the Clinton/Warren pairing did not disappoint. Suzanne Malveaux -- CNN, Washington.</s>WALKER: All right. A lot to talk about. Joining us now Democratic strategist Dave Jacobson and Republican consultant John Thomas. Welcome to both of you. Thanks again you for coming in. All right. So Dave, let's start with you. How much does Clinton need Elizabeth Warren? I mean we just heard there from Suzanne Malveaux that there is this risk or some people talking about her overshadowing Clinton but we know that Elizabeth Warren has a lot of populist appeal especially to the Bernie Sanders supporters. Does she need that from Warren? Does she need that appeal?</s>DAVE JACOBSON, DEMOCRATIC STRATEGIST: Look, I think if we were looking at polls that we say a month ago with sort of a razor thin margin between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump perhaps Clinton would need sort of a Hail-Mary pass with a game-changing endorsement like Elizabeth Warren. There is obviously a ground breaking appeal with the possibility of two women running for president at a time when we have only had two men who have won the presidency in America. But look, I'm not sure given the poll trends that we've seen that she sort of needs that earth-shattering VP added to her ticket. I do think that's why we are seeing someone like Tim Kaine who is a much more sort of pragmatic swing-state senator from Virginia as sort of the front runner in the VP stakes.</s>WALKER: And now, of course, we want to talk about Trump's response. He tweeted this to, you know, Elizabeth Warren and Mrs. Clinton, slamming him. He tweeted, quote, "Crooked Hillary is wheeling out one of the least productive senators in the U.S. Senate. Goofy Elizabeth Warren who lied on heritage." Now Trump's campaign also called Warren a sellout for supporting Clinton and I would imagine you, John, would say that he might have a point on this whole sellout thing because we know that Warren and Clinton didn't really see eye to eye when it came to Wall Street.</s>JOHN THOMAS, REPUBLICAN CONSULTANT: Yes. Warren is a true believer of the left. Hillary is a true believer in polling. But look, I think I agree with Dave on the VP selection. Hillary Clinton's selection really is about optics, not function. Whether it's two women at the top, I'm not really sure because I think Hillary Clinton doesn't have a female problem. She's doing just fine with them in the poll. She has a white man problem. Those are the people that Donald Trump is doing well with right now and Hillary Clinton hasn't been able to capture. I just don't think she is going to choose Warren as good of an attack dog as she may be.</s>WALKER: I want to also get John Oliver's take on it. You've got to, you know, get him in here especially about Trump's reaction to the results of the Brexit referendum. We know that. Warren and Clinton were slamming Trump on that as well. But let's take a listen to what John Oliver, the British comedian, had to say.</s>JOHN OLIVER, COMEDIAN: And the thing is, later that day, he found a way to make this whole thing about himself tweeting "Many people are equating Brexit and what is going on in Great Britain with what is happening in the U.S. People want their country back." And you might think that is not going to happen to us in America. We are not going to listen to some ridiculously-haired buffoon peddling lies and nativism in the hopes of riding a protest vote into power. Well let Britain tell you it can happen and when it does there is are no</s>WALKER: So his message basically is what happened there, right, in the U.K. could happen in the United States. To you, Dave, I mean you have people asking that question. Does a Brexit mean that Trump could win the presidential election? Do you think that there be a surprise waiting where, you know, he wins and we see this rebelliousness coming from the people like we saw in the U.K.?</s>JACOBSON: Look, Donald Trump is full of surprises. Nobody thought he would become the Republican presumptive nominee. But I think if you see sort of the volatility and the chaos that we're seeing with the global final markets post Brexit, I think that underscores the fact that Americans are tuning in to this and they're saying, you know what, that could potentially happen should Donald Trump win the presidency. And I think that's why we are seeing a nose dive with his poll numbers. Earlier today there was a poll that came out showing him down 12 points. And so I think you are sort of seeing these trends and I think people are starting to think twice about Donald Trump and I think it also speaks to the general electorate. First there's the primary electorate -- right. This is a guy who sort of threw out red meat talking points that appeal to the most extreme part of the Republican Party. And that is what propelled him to become the nominee. But now that he has pivoted to a general election he's really starting to turn off those moderate voters.</s>J. THOMAS: I am going to disagree here. I think the fact is you have to look at two key statistics. That's a right-track, wrong-track question out of the E.U. a year ago, when there was only 14 percent support for the Brexit. There was 77 percent of U.K. members thought they were on the wrong track with the E.U. -- 77 percent. 66 percent of Americans think that America is on the wrong track. I think the fact is even if with all the economic uncertainty, voters are so frustrated. They are frustrated there and they're frustrated here. And they may vote just to do something and change the status quo. And Donald Trump is anything but the status quo.</s>WALKER: So obviously a lot of parallels there especially with the populist anger. You mentioned polls Dave and I want to show the latest poll NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll that just came out on Monday. 45 percent of Republican voters say that they are satisfied with Trump as their party's presumptive presidential nominee while 52 percent -- more people say they prefer someone else, more Republicans. Now on the flip side Clinton, you have 52 percent of Democratic voters saying that they're satisfied with Clinton while 45 percent prefer someone else. So I mean to you, John, I mean Trump's unfavorability ratings are obviously higher than Clinton. And why are we saying -- I mean Dave is mentioning Trump's poll numbers going down against Clinton as well nationally. Why are we seeing this and Trump, the things that he's been saying lately do you think he is hurting himself? And risking it reflected in the poll?</s>J. THOMAS: In any other election cycle where it was an anti- establishment election Hillary Clinton would be toast. But in this election cycle every time there is a moment where the anti- establishment candidate should rise up -- Orlando, Brexit -- Donald Trump steps on it. And that's why. He keeps getting in his own way. But I think we're starting to see a shift in his campaigning. He fired his campaign manager. He's tightening up his messaging. I think he is going to start to get tighter and tighter. So I think the polling numbers will come back. Remember, it's a long time to November.</s>WALKER: Dave.</s>JACOBSON: Look, I think he is having a real unification problem. Politico reported earlier today that scores of GOP leaders are refusing to participate or have speaking roles at the convention because they don't want to ride the Trump coat tails because they're afraid it's going to impact their election, their ability to win. The "Washington Post" and ABC News put out a poll that showed 88 percent of Democrats support Clinton. I think that really underscores the point that she is really unifying the party and that leaders and activists within the Democratic establishment and the Bernie Sanders universe are starting to coalesce behind her.</s>WALKER: We'll talk more next hour with you two. I know, obviously there is always more to talk about. I appreciate you both coming in -- John Thomas and Dave Jacobson.</s>JACOBSON: All right. Thank you.</s>WALKER: We're going to take a short break here. When we come back, we'll take you back to London for more on what some are calling the Brexit hangover broken promises, tumbling stocks and deepening uncertainties, the fallout over the U.K.'s vote to leave the E.U. Also, Los Angeles wants to bring the Olympics back to the United States for the first time in more than 20 Years. We'll hear from the head of the bid committee. That's next.