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Live With Michael Kelly, Netflix Showing Fourth Season; Clinton Campaigning In Florida; Clinton Speaks On High-Speed Rail; Republican Candidates Face Off In Florida Tonight; Super Tuesday Number Three; Trump Says It's Over If He Wins Florida And Ohio; Trump Looks For Softer Debate Tone; Marco Rubio Pins Presidential Hopes On Florida; Trump Says Islam Hates Us; Cruz Campaign Says Trump's Voters Have Low Information; Republicans Square Off Tonight; Reviewing the Democratic Debate. Aired 1-1:30p ET

Aired March 10, 2016 - 13:00   ET

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MICHAEL KELLY, ACTOR: A fascinating man.

ASHLEIGH BANFIELD, CNN ANCHOR: He's super smart and super kind.

KELLY: Yes.

BANFIELD: Very not Hollywood at all.

KELLY: No.

BANFIELD: Can I ask you something?

KELLY: Yes.

BANFIELD: I've been so many different things before I was a -- 28 years in this business. But I was a waitress.

KELLY: Yes.

BANFIELD: And I used to have waitressing dreams where I would sort of wake up in a cold sweat --

KELLY: Yes.

BANFIELD: -- in the weeds having not served anybody with messes all over the place. Do you ever have Doug Stanford dreams?

KELLY: Yes. Well, certainly, I mean, I had the same waiter nightmares that you had. I probably wasn't as good of a waiter as you were a waitress.

BANFIELD: No, trust me, I was fired from many waitress jobs.

KELLY: But that means that -- yes. Well, you have the actor nightmares a lot, right, that you're lying in bed or that you're on a stage --

BANFIELD: Yes.

KELLY: -- doing a play is where it mostly happens.

BANFIELD: Oh.

KELLY: And you're on stage and you don't know what to say.

BANFIELD: Man, I just hope you're not killing people in your dreams, my friend, because I don't know that anybody --

KELLY: I don't have those type of --

BANFIELD: -- can defend you.

KELLY: -- I don't have those type, I guess.

BANFIELD: It's great to see you. We've hung out a little bit in California before.

KELLY: Yes.

BANFIELD: And it's just nice to see you up here onset.

KELLY: That was a fun late night that we had that one night.

BANFIELD: Don't, we're live. It was totally honest fun. Nothing happened. It was out in the -- out in the open, out in the public. Michael Kelly, I look forward to seeing the --

KELLY: What a pleasure.

BANFIELD: -- I haven't seen the rest of the season so thanks for being here.

KELLY: Oh, it's exciting.

BANFIELD: Appreciate it.

KELLY: Thank you.

BANFIELD: Thank you, everyone, for watching. Wolf Blitzer starts right now.

WOLF BLITZER, CNN ANCHOR: Hello, I'm Wolf Blitzer. It's 1:00 p.m. on the beautiful campus here at the University of Miami, 6:00 p.m. in London, 8:00 p.m. in Jerusalem. Wherever you're watching from around the world, thanks so much for joining us.

I want to get right to a Hillary Clinton rally that's underway in Florida, in Tampa right now. I want to listen in, briefly, to the former secretary of state.

HILLARY CLINTON (D), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE (live): You know, a high- speed rail system from Tampa to Orlando would be amazing for this area. I mean, that would in -- that would increase tourism. It would increase commerce. It would increase the opportunity for people to go quickly back and forth. It makes absolutely no sense, especially when we know that we're going

to have to do high-speed rail if we're going to have a competitive economy in the 21st century. And if we're going to do more to fight climate change by getting more cars off the road and more passengers into high-speed rail.

So, if I'm fortunate enough to be your president, we're going back to the drawing boards, and we're going to look for ways to build the port, to build high-speed rail, and we're going to have to pay attention to what's happening with the widening of the Panama Canal. That may seem far away but as bigger and bigger ships go through, we're going to have to make sure this port is ready to receive them. That's also an investment in infrastructure.

Now, you know, some people say, well, you know, I mean, there she goes, talking about infrastructure again. And it's true, right? The reason we were dominant in the 20th century included having great infrastructure, now our roads, our bridges, our tunnels, our ports, our airports, we're falling behind.

You're making some improvements to the airport here in Tampa, but lot of other places are really falling apart. It is not possible to remain economically competitive in a very, very competitive global economy if we don't have the infrastructure we need to move people and goods quickly from place to place. So, right here in Tampa, in front of --

BLITZER: We're going to continue to watch Hillary Clinton in Tampa. She's at a rally there. She had a tough debate last night with Bernie Sanders. Full coverage of that coming up.

But, right now, I want to get to the Republican presidential candidates. They are clearly gearing up for their own critical showdown tonight right here on CNN.

Take a look at these live pictures from inside the debate hall on the campus of the University of Miami. They're getting the final preparations underway. The candidates are set to arrive, beginning next hour, to tour the stage, and the stakes clearly couldn't be higher for all of these Republican presidential candidates.

This is the final debate before the next Super Tuesday with huge winner-take-all primary scheduled in Florida and Ohio and three other states. The three other states being Illinois, Missouri and North Carolina, all set to vote. A total of 367 delegates will be up for grabs.

The Republican front runner, Donald Trump, he's now likening the race to a boxing match, saying victories in Ohio and Florida would give him the knockout blow to capture the Republican presidential nomination.

[13:05:06] So, the question becomes, what will the other three candidates on that stage do to try and slow Trump's momentum? For his part, Trump seems to be looking for a less raucous debate than the previous ones have been.

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DONALD TRUMP (R), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: It's going to be softer but I'll be ready. And we have been playing the game now for a long time. These debates, to me, are getting very boring, if you want to know the truth.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

BLITZER: With me from inside the debate hall right now, CNN Political Reporter Sara Murray. Based on what you've seen, what you're hearing, will we, in fact, see a shift in the tone of tonight's debate or should we prepare for more fireworks?

SARA MURRAY, CNN POLITICAL REPORTER: Well, Donald Trump says he wants a softer debate, and I think he wants to try harder to appear presidential and to appear above the fray. But, Wolf, I think there are certainly going to be fireworks. Ted Cruz is trying to turn this into a two-man race with Donald Trump and you don't do that without sparring a little bit.

And I think Marco Rubio, even though he's kind of expressed regret for how he's gone at Trump recently, still wants to draw contrast with the front runner on policy and sort of draw out the fact that Donald Trump has left out a lot of specifics. So, I think we will still see plenty of candidates mixing it up on this stage tonight -- Wolf.

BLITZER: A lot of the observers agree, as you know, Sara, that Marco Rubio must win Florida next Tuesday in order to stay in the race. So, the "Wall Street Journal" says Rubio will not air any television ads in Florida this week. But his Super Pac is now spending money against Kasich, for example, here in Florida. What does that tell you?

MURRAY: Right, that's really interesting, Wolf. Who is on the airwaves here in Florida is Marco Rubio and his Super Pac, and they're not just going up against Donald Trump. They're going after Kasich and what that tells you is the race here is so close that they need to peel away these potential Kasich supporters. They need to keep a lid on the Ohio governor's support in order to try to skate above Donald Trump.

Obviously, that's not where you want to be when you are the home state senator and when you've pinned all your hopes in your presidential campaign on this state. This is a must win for Marco Rubio. He has said it. His donors are saying it. You know, he can't afford to be this close in this race. They still feel difficult they're going to pull it out here and, you know, we'll know on the 15th -- Wolf.

BLITZER: We certainly will and that's next Tuesday. All right, Sara, thank you.

The next week will be critical for the Republican presidential contenders. Going forward, it could make or break some of these political campaigns.

Let's discuss all of the late-breaking developments with our panel. Joined by Scottie Nell Hughes, she's a Trump supporter, chief political correspondent for USA Radio Networks. Also joining us, Ron Nehring. He's the national spokesperson for the Ted Cruz campaign, and CNN Political Commentator Ana Navarro.

Quickly on Rubio, I know you're really friendly, Ana, with Rubio. What's the latest? What are you hearing, as far as his campaign is concerned?

ANA NAVARRO, CNN POLITICAL COMMENTATOR: You know, you're actually hearing very little out of Marco Rubio's campaign in the last two days. I've been -- I've been surprised by the eerie silence from them.

But they just got good news today. There's a Univision and "Washington Post" poll that just came out that has this as a much closer race than other polls are indicating. It has it as a seven- point difference between Trump and him with Trump leading.

I think Marco banked a lot of votes with the organization he has on early vote and absentee ballots which matters a lot in Florida. I think Marco needs to have a very good debate tonight.

And we've seen after new -- after the New Hampshire debate where, remember, Chris Christie went after him like a buzz saw, we saw Marco come out in South Carolina and revive, rebound. He's capable of doing it. He can be an excellent debater. He needs to do it tonight, because he needs to convince the voters of Florida that he is still viable.

BLITZER: Scottie, I want to play for you a very controversial sound bite. This is Donald Trump, the man you want to be the next president of the United States. He was interviewed by Anderson Cooper last night. And he said this. Listen to this.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

ANDERSON COOPER, HOST, "ANDERSON 360": Do you think Islam is at war with the west?

TRUMP: I think Islam hates us. There's something -- there's something there that's a tremendous hatred there. There's a tremendous hatred. We have to get to the bottom of it. There is an unbelievable hatred of us.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

BLITZER: So, it's caused a lot of controversy, because he said Islam. He didn't say radical Islam, extremist Islam. He said Islam. And Anderson asked him about that, why just Islam? And he didn't back away from that. What did he mean by that? Because there are more than a million -- a billion and a half Muslims out there who hear something like that, obviously, most of them are pretty upset.

SCOTTIE NELL HUGHES, CHIEF POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT, USA RADIO HETWORKS: Absolutely. And I think what Mr. Trump was referring to was he was reflecting the sentiment that we're seeing in some of these polls. The CNN exit poll from Michigan, six out of every 10 Republicans do support a temporary ban of non-American Muslims coming into this country until we get things fixed. Mississippi, eight out of every 10.

So, he's just, basically, reflecting a lot of the sentiment. And when you talk to those folks that have come over here as refugees, they were running away from somebody. And all Mr. Trump is saying, they want the -- they want to make sure we have the system in place so they don't come over here.

[13:10:05] Another point, Wolf, --

BLITZER: But he would've been better off saying radical Islam.

NELL HUGHES: -- it's --

BLITZER: Not just lumping all Muslims because there are many Muslims who served in the U.S. military, very patriotic Americans. And it's very, very inappropriate to lump all Muslims as saying Islam hates us.

NELL HUGHES: Absolutely, but when you look at it, those people that have come over her as refugees, they're running from somebody. They're running from those radicals right there. And as Mr. point -- Trump pointed out, it's very hard to tell the difference from them. And it's not like there's stickers on them saying good versus bad. And it's very hard.

And until the Muslim community and the Islamic community steps up and starts policing some of their own and calling out some of their own and pointing it out, you're going to have this sort of an instability right now amongst folks that when they look upon somebody, they don't know who exactly they're looking at.

BLITZER: Ron, you work with Ted Cruz. What was your reaction when you heard that?

RON NEHRING, NATIONAL SPOKESPERSON, TED CRUZ: Well, I think this is an absolutely bizarre comment that Donald Trump would make that further underscores the fact that he is nowhere near prepared to be president of the United States. Donald Trump should not be trusted around the nuclear trigger, sharp objects or anything along those lines.

To highlight the -- how bizarre his statement was, the king of Jordan, for example, is a strong U.S. ally. He's a Muslim. Does he demonstrate a hatred to the United States? Absolutely not. The United States, as a matter of fact, has allies all around the world, many of whom are Muslims. And to paint with this broad brush is just bizarre and underscores that he's not ready to be president of the United States.

BLITZER: Yes, at the same time, Ron, Ted Cruz, all the other Republican candidates, said, if he emerges as the Republican nominee, they will work and they'll support him.

NEHRING: Yes, well, you know, we're working really hard to make sure that that's not the case. So, you know, that's what this election is all about. And we believe that we -- that Senator Cruz is a much stronger, you know, alternative to Donald Trump.

And at the end of the day, tonight's debate will serve to further consolidate this race --

BLITZER: What do you think will happen in tonight's debate? Will it be more even-toned, shall we say, or very, very lively?

NEHRING: Well, what I want to see come out of tonight's debate is I want to see Donald Trump be asked whether those steaks he had at his bizarre QVC press conference two nights ago --

BLITZER: Well, that's not exactly --

NEHRING: -- were actually an issue.

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NELL HUGHES: Yes, why are you focused on that (INAUDIBLE.)

NEHRING: Well, I'm really curious.

NELL HUGHES: I thought we want policy. Policy was important right now.

NEHRING: I'm cure -- I think it's much more than that. I think it's a matter of integrity. I think Donald Trump is a very disturbing pattern when it comes to his businesses that have failed. And we're seeing the same type of con being played on the American people at this time. And this debate provides a prime example to see not only who of candidates are and what their policies are, but their narratives (INAUDIBLE.)

NAVARRO: I think the most interesting thing to watch in this debate tonight is the interaction between Cruz and Rubio. Cruz is trying to figure out how he can build a unity party if Rubio ends up dropping out. Rubio is trying to make sure that Cruz doesn't take enough votes from him in Florida so that he loses Florida.

So, what's going to happen between the two? And they're going to be speaking in front of a largely Republican Cuban-American hometown crowd. I expect there to be some emphasis on their Cuban-American heritage and what that means.

Yesterday, for the first time, we saw the Cuba policy issue come out in a Democratic debate. I wouldn't be surprised to see it asked in the Republican debate. I also think that, you know, Marco Rubio learned the lesson there was a backlash to him going down the gutter -- the Trump gutter. Trump can live in that gutter. Marco Rubio, who is the optimistic speaking, the most poetic, beautiful speaker on the Republican side, cannot turn himself into a --

BLITZER: He said, yesterday, that that was a mistake.

NAVARRO: -- school yard bully and get away with it.

BLITZER: Yes, he acknowledged that was a mistake to get down there. NELL HUGHES: Yes, you're right, he's the most poetic speaker. But do

we need a speaker right now or do you need a leader and do you need strength? That's why we're in this situation we are in right now. Why Mr. Trump, who is an outsider, who is leading. And when you sit there and you don't sit there and think that they're going to get along.

The reason Cruz has the support he has starts with the immigration issue. Where Marco Rubio would have been our nominee, hands down, if he would not have voted for this Gang-of-Eight bill. All those folks are in the Cruz camp. It's going to be hard to sit there and say that they're going to come back to Rubio when the number one issue comes out that separates them.

BLITZER: I want you to listen to this. This is Ted Cruz, the man you want to be the next president of the United States, speaking about Trump and his supporters, and he's got millions of supporters out there who voted for him already. Listen to this.

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SEN. TED CRUZ (R), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: Listen, Donald does well with voters who have relatively low information who are not that engaged and who are angry and they see him as an angry voice. Where we are beating him is when voters get more engaged and they get more informed. When they inform themselves, they realize his record. He's what they're angry at. He is the corruption. And if you want someone to stand up to Washington, the only one who has been doing so in this race is me.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

BLITZER: So, the criticism, he's getting at, I want you to respond. You're the spokesperson for the campaign. That Donald Trump's voters who have relatively low information. It looks like the suggestion is he's belittling all those millions who have already voted for Trump.

NEHRING: Yes, I think that what we see here in this campaign, as we get closer to election day for more and more voters, that voters need more information. And that's part of the purpose of the debate. That's part of the purpose of the campaign so that it's not just a name I.D. race. When people didn't have any information and it was simply a name I.D. race and more people knew who Donald Trump was, Donald Trump was running away with it.

[13:15:03] But as people have gotten more information about his record, about his bizarre business dealings, about his refusal to release his taxes, refusal to ask the "New York Times" to release that secret tape about where he really stands on immigration, as voters get more information, that margin drops dramatically. And that's part of the reason why Senator Cruz win in a landslide in the state of Kansas, he won Alaska, he won Maine, all these other states that Donald Trump was expecting to win, he didn't, he lost, because people got more information.

(CROSS TALK) BLITZER: Hold on a second. Of the five states on Tuesday, which one will Cruz win?

NEHRING: Oh, I'm not going to raise the curtain. We'll have to see what happens. But I think we're going to do --

BLITZER: (INAUDIBLE).

NEHRING: We're going to do well.

SCOTTIE NELL HUGHES, DONALD TRUMP SUPPORTER: Going to do well. Well, well doesn't win the presidency when you're going up against Hillary Clinton. You need to do good. And the reason, don't -- the reason why Senator Cruz did so well, is he has an excellent ground game, because he's a politician. You're seeing the establishment line up behind him. But you're seeing people like Jan Brewer, Chris Christie, those people that actually -- you want to say they're low informed or they're just being behind Donald Trump because they are low-informed voters or name ID? I don't think so. You're seeing people that are highly, highly intelligent. (INAUDIBLE).

ANA NAVARRO, CNN POLITICAL COMMENTATOR: Well, let's -- let's have a reality check.

NEHRING: Well, I --

NAVARRO: For Ted Cruz doing -- Ted Cruz doing well on Tuesday means he knocks Marco Rubio out --

HUGHES: Exactly.

NAVARRO: By having Marco not win Florida. I think --

BLITZER: Because you think he'll do better down the road if Rubio's (INAUDIBLE)?

NAVARRO: Well, I think -- I think Ted Cruz has made the strategic decision that the best thing he can do is turn this into a two-man race and, you know, figure out how to take care of Trumps as he goes. He's playing political chess.

HUGHES: And he lost the south. Look at (INAUDIBLE).

NEHRING: Well, I think -- look -- look at -- look, at this point, this is already -- this already is a two-person race. That's the reality. Marco Rubio is a very honorable man, but he is not a factor as we go forward here, as indicated by the fact that he's in so much jeopardy in his own state. This is a two person contest that Senator Cruz is going to continue to rise --

(CROSS TALK)

NAVARRO: If John Kasich wins -- if John Kasich wins Ohio, it's (INAUDIBLE).

HUGHES: I was going to say Kasich. I'd put more on Kasich. BLITZER: A big -- big day coming up next Tuesday. We'll be covering

it, obviously, wall to wall.

Guys, thanks very, very much.

And you can see Cruz, Trump, Rubio and Kasich, they will face off tonight in the final debate before the Florida and Ohio primaries next week. Jake Tapper moderates the CNN Republican Presidential Debate tonight. The pregame begins 8:30 p.m. Eastern right here on CNN and CNN International.

Coming up, Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders, they faced off on immigration in the last Democratic debate before Super Tuesday and they now disagree with President Obama on a key issue.

Plus, why are voters so angry about the U.S. economy right now? We'll explain.

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[13:21:17] (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

BARACK OBAMA, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: I have been blamed by Republicans for a lot of things, but being blamed for their primaries and who they're selecting for their party is novel. And it's not as if there's a massive difference between Mr. Trump's position on immigration and Mr. Cruz's position on immigration. Mr. Trump might just be more provocative in terms of how he says it, but the actual positions aren't that different. For that matter, they're not that different from Mr. Rubio's position on immigration.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

BLITZER: That was President Obama just a little while ago. He was answering a reporter's question at a news conference at the White House about Donald Trump's presidential run. He was with the Canadian prime minister, Justin Trudeau, for that news conference. You saw the Canadian flag in the -- and the president was asked if he had any role, his policies over the last seven years, in helping to create this environment where Donald Trump is so popular right now among these Republican candidates.

In the Democratic race, meanwhile, Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders, they're out there today on the campaign trail after squaring off at a rather contentious debate last night. You saw it here on CNN, the Univision debate. At a rally in Gainesville, Florida, Sanders urged supporters to help him repeat a surprise win from this past Tuesday.

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SEN. BERNIE SANDERS (D), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: And we just pulled off a major upset in Michigan the other day. And on Tuesday, we got five states coming up, including Florida. If you guys come out to vote, we're going to pull off an upset here, as well.

(END VIDEO CLIP) BLITZER: Hillary Clinton also campaigning today in Florida. She's been holding a rally in Tampa -- we heard a little of that earlier this hour -- before heading to North Carolina and Illinois later today. Both of those states, as well as Florida, Missouri and Ohio, they hold their primaries on Tuesday, five major primaries coming up this Tuesday. Winner take all on the Republican side, not the Democratic side.

Joining us now to talk about the Democratic race and the debate last night, two guests, the former Michigan governor, Jennifer Granholm, she's a Hillary Clinton supporter, and the former NAACP President Ben Jealous, he's a Bernie Sanders supporter. He's currently a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress as well, but he's here in his personal capacity as a Bernie Sanders supporter.

Let me get your reaction. There was one -- a few, rather, provocative questions, but there was this exchange Jorge Ramos, one of the moderators, and Hillary Clinton on the e-mail controversy. Listen to this, governor.

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JORGE RAMOS, MODERATOR: If you get indicted, would you drop out?

HILLARY CLINTON (D), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: Oh, for goodness -- that is not going to happen, I'm not even answering that question.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

BLITZER: If you get indicted, would you drop out? I'm not even going to answer that question. What did you think of her response?

JENNIFER GRANHOLM (D), FORMER MICHIGAN GOVERNOR: You know, I thought her response was right on the money. I mean that -- she's not going to get indicted. This is a security evaluation. Hopefully they're wrapping up. It was -- I know that Jorge Ramos has to play both sides, obviously, and ask the tough questions, but I think she handled it perfectly well and you could sort of hear the crowds be on her side.

BLITZER: Do you think it was an appropriate question?

GRANHOLM: Well, I mean, it's not -- it's not unusual for her to be asked that, right? She's been asked that before. But I think her answer was right on the money.

BLITZER: Ben Jealous, when did you think?

BEN JEALOUS, BERNIE SANDERS SUPPORTER: Well, I think it's a fair question. I thought it was a good answer. But it's a fair question. Folks are asking that.

BLITZER: We also saw a bit more aggressive Bernie Sanders last night. Hillary Clinton accused him of siding with vigilantes, Ben, who vowed to hunt down immigrants. And she attacked him again over the auto industry bailout. Here's how he responded. Listen to this.

[13:25:08] (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

SEN. BERNIE SANDERS (D), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: No, I did not oppose the bailout or the support of the automobile industry. No, I do not support vigilantes and that is a horrific statement, an unfair statement to make.

I will stand -- (INAUDIBLE) my career -- career, political career, fighting for workers, fighting for the poorest people in this country. Madam Secretary, I will match my record against yours any day of the week.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

BLITZER: All right, so, Ben, it looks like he has a greater sense of momentum now after his upset win in Michigan. What do you think's going to happen this Tuesday with these five states at play?

JEALOUS: Look, you know, what we saw, you know, last week was at a -- or, gees, that was just a couple of days ago, was that, you know, voters are smart and they see through these sort of spurious attacks that -- that she's made again and again. It's one of the most frustrating, disappointing parts of this campaign to see the type of thing that you just showed there.

You know, this week, I think what we'll see, quite frankly, is that our -- that trade in the Midwest will be top of mind for many voters. People know that NAFTA killed jobs that never came back for people who have -- you know, who are still searching, frankly, for good employment and a way back to the dream that fuels this country. Same thing with permanent normal trade relations with China. Those two together have taken away about 4 million jobs that have never come back. And in these more industrial straits, you know, in these more industrial states, it's a big, big issue. We'll see it at the floor (ph). It will move a lot of voters to the polls.

I think what we'll also see is that the black vote continues to inch up. Black voters are getting more time to get to know Bernie. And as they do, what they see is the truth, which is that his values, his policies are very similar to those of our community. And that's why we saw him do so much better with black voters and we'll see him do even better still.

BLITZER: Well, let's let Jennifer Granholm respond to that. Go ahead.

GRANHOLM: Yes. Yes, I mean, first of all, the issue about trade is very real. And it's going to be real in Ohio. And the question for Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders is, what are you going to do to not just oppose all trade, you've got to opposed the bad trade deals, but what are you going to do to create jobs in America in a global economy? And I'm not just talking about infrastructure jobs. Those are important. But she has got this very broad and deep economic development strategy to create good-paying jobs in America. Bernie Sanders talks about the hollowing out of the middle class and the income disparities, but what are you going to do about creating jobs for people? African-Americans, Latinos, white people, we all care about this. It's

the number one issue. And that's why for her to be focused on the issue of job creation -- I honestly think, she gets in, she will be the best job creation president we have ever seen.

BLITZER: She -- Jennifer Granholm, she really likes Hillary Clinton. Ben Jealous really likes Bernie Sanders. Good discussion, guys. Thanks to both of you for joining us.

GRANHOLM: Thanks so much.

BLITZER: Coming up, Jeb Bush asked to meet with three of his former presidential rivals not named Donald Trump. Will he give one of them an endorsement just ahead of Florida's primary next Tuesday? Ninety- nine delegates, remember, up for grabs. We're going to get our analysts to weigh in on that and more.

And in other news, we're getting live pictures right now from Simi Valley, California, where thousands of people are paying their final respects to Nancy Reagan. The iconic former first lady set to be buried tomorrow. More coverage right after the break.

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