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Aired June 2, 2016 - 13:00   ET

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WOLF BLITZER, CNN ANCHOR: Hello, I'm Wolf Blitzer. It's 10:00 a.m. in San Diego, 1:00 p.m. here in Washington, 8:00 p.m. in Baghdad. Wherever you're watching from around the world, thanks very much for joining us.

Up first, Hillary Clinton plans to hit Donald Trump where she hopes it will hurt on national security and foreign policy. You're looking at live pictures from San Diego. That's where Hillary Clinton will give what her campaign is now describing as a major foreign policy speech in the next hour. It's set to begin 2:30 p.m. Eastern, 90 minutes from now. You'll see it live right here on CNN.

Clinton plans to go after Donald Trump over his call for a temporary ban on Muslims entering the United States. His suggestion that more countries, like Japan, should possibly have nuclear weapons if we're questioning U.S. involvement in NATO right now.

Trump already firing back. He criticizes Clinton for voting in favor of invading Iraq, for the U.S. decision to intervene in Libya and for her use of a private e-mail server when she was secretary of state.

Clinton now calls her vote for Iraq and her use of that private e-mail server mistakes. We're going to get to all of that. That's coming up this hour. But right now, there is some breaking news coming out of Los Angeles. Stand by.

CHARLIE BECK, POLICE CHIEF, LOS ANGELES POLICE DEPARTMENT (live): -- there this morning just after midnight. LAPD had called the Brooklyn Park Police Department requesting assistance on a welfare check. They indicated that this was related to the recent UCLA shooting. And they also indicated that the female that lived at this address in Brooklyn Park was on a hit list that they believe was created by the shooter in the UCLA incident.

Brooklyn Park officers responded to the 2400 block of Pearson Parkway at a residence and made a welfare check where they did locate an adult female who was found deceased from apparent gunshot wound. Subsequently, a homicide investigation is being conducted with the assistance of the Hennepin County Sheriff's office and the Hennepin County Medical Examiner's office. There is, again, very limited information I can provide beyond what I have told you, at this point, being that it is very early in the investigation. What I can tell you is we have multiple detectives working on this case and we're working with the Los Angeles Police Department to coordinate our efforts.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Do you know anything about the relationship between the shooter and the victim?

BECK: I do not.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Any early indications on how long this woman's body was inside that house?

BECK: What I can tell you is we believe, at this point, that she was deceased prior to the UCLA shooting. But because we're so early in the investigation or the timing, we don't know exactly, at this point.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: And no other calls have come in this week on her well-being and no one heard any noise up at --

BECK: That's correct. No other calls this week to that home.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Did you guys ever get any disturbance calls or any domestic, you know, call to that address prior to this?

BECK: Not in the recent past, meaning the last of couple weeks, the answer is no. Previous to that, I don't know. The detectives working on the case will be able to come up with that in the near future.

What I can tell you is as information is unfolded over the next couple days, we will work hard to get that out to you as quickly as possible without jeopardizing the actual investigation.

Again, I want to thank all of you for coming today and that'll end the press conference. Thank you.

BLITZER: All right. So, there you have it. If you followed the news here yesterday, 24 hours ago, when there was a shooting incident at UCLA, University of California Los Angeles, a murder-suicide. And now, word from LAPD that a woman was on a kill list, a hit list, who had died, who was shot and killed in Minnesota.

Kyung Lah is following all of this for us. Kyung, update our viewers, for those who have not been following this as closely as you have.

All right, Kyung Law, we -- unfortunately, we don't have her. But once again, what we know right now is, apparently, there was a kill list, some sort of kill list, in connection with that murder-suicide at UCLA yesterday.

Police, LAPD, now confirming that a woman on a kill list in connection with the murder-suicide at UCLA was found dead in a Minnesota home. We're going to reconnect with Kyung Lah. We'll update you on that. That's coming up. But wanted to just get you those headlines. So, let's get back to the other major news we're following right now. Hillary Clinton's upcoming national security speech in the next hour. She will portray Donald Trump, we're told, as not just divisive but dangerous.

Our Senior Political Correspondent Brianna Keilar is at the site of the speech in San Diego. Brianna, give us a preview of what we can expect to hear from the former secretary.

BRIANNA KEILAR, CNN SENIOR POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT: Wolf, talking to aides, I'm told that this is going to be Hillary Clinton's broad foreign policy speech, a framing speech, that she is going to be referring back to, essentially, over the next five months, leading into the general election, assuming, of course, that she is the nominee.

[13:05:13] And while she's going to talk specifically about some of Donald Trump's policies, when it comes to NATO, when it comes to nuclear weapons, when it comes to torture. This is much bigger than that and it's actually about communicating something that's much more visceral to American voters.

You said that she's going to say that he is unfit, unqualified, dangerous. These are some of the things that we are expecting Hillary Clinton to hit Donald Trump on. And she's really going to be posing this in a way where she's hoping that voters will think about the question, do they want Donald Trump to be in charge of the nuclear codes? One of her aides telling me that this is someone whose foreign policy can turn, quote, "on the vicissitudes of his mood."

And so, more than these specific policies, she's going to be trying to communicate that she thinks Donald Trump is dangerous and that voters should take that away as well -- Wolf.

BLITZER: It's going to be a major speech, according to her aides. Brianna, stick around.

I want to bring in our panel here in Washington as well, Aaron David Miller, Vice President, distinguished scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center; our CNN Global Affairs Correspondent Elise Labott; and our CNN Political Director David Chalian. They are all here.

David, Hillary Clinton senior -- one of her advisors, one in particular, said Donald Trump, and I'm quoting now, "is unlike any presidential nominee we've seen in modern times and he is fundamentally unfit for the job." So, that's going to be the theme, I take it, of the Clinton campaign going forward.

DAVID CHALIAN, CNN POLITICAL DIRECTOR: Right. This isn't just a foreign policy speech. This is also a character speech. That's the argument they're trying to frame. We saw this starting with Chris Cuomo's interview in Park Ridge, Illinois a couple of weeks ago with Secretary Clinton when she first said he was unqualified to serve.

And she tried to start framing Donald Trump that way. She ticked through the list of items that she's going to go through again today, whether it's nuclear weapons for Japan, whether it is the NATO involvement, the Muslim ban. These are things that she mentioned as part of her calculation how she came to decide he's unqualified for the office.

Here's the thing. Foreign policy, as you know, Wolf, is not something necessarily that people vote on unless there's something immediate to the election. And I think what you see Secretary Clinton doing here today is laying a predicate for a fall argument I am sure we will hear. It's not just a foreign policy. She's going to declare him unqualified in every role of the office. And so, now, she's laying the predicate on the national security foreign policy part of it.

BLITZER: The President of the United States, Aaron, President Obama, he spoke out about this whole national security debate that's unfolding between the Republicans and the Democrats. Listen to what he said.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

BARACK OBAMA, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: We can't be isolationists. It's not possible in this globalized interconnected world. In these uncertain times, it's tempting sometimes to pull back and to try to wash our hands of conflicts that seem intractable, let other countries fend for themselves.

But history teaches us, from Pearl Harbor to 911, that oceans alone cannot protect us. Hateful ideologies can spark terror from Boston to San Bernardino. In a global economy, it's not possible to stop trading goods and services with other countries.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

BLITZER: A not so thinly-veiled criticism of Donald Trump. That's at the commencement address at the U.S. Air Force Academy that he just delivered.

This is going to be, presumably, a major issue right now, assuming Hillary Clinton let's say is the Democratic nominee, Donald Trump the Republican nominees. Who is more qualified to handle national security?

AARON DAVID MILLER, WOODROW WILSON INTERNATIONAL CENTER: You're asking me directly?

BLITZER: No, no, no, that's going to be the debate that's --

MILLER: I mean, right. Let me just set the tone here. I've worked for Republicans and Democrats that voted for them. I'm not associated with anybody's campaign. My observations are based on being around a few secretaries of state and a president or two.

And I think the issue that she will try to frame is the character and the temperament and the impulse control. That on most of these core issues, leadership means prudence, wisdom and being able to restrain your own worst instincts and your own worst impulses. And I think that's the core question.

She'll try to describe him as unfit, unqualified and, ultimately, unarmored to be president. If you ask me, this notion of impulse control and judgment is extremely important. Just one additional point. It's a paradox, though, because in a way, she is the more risk-ready president, when it comes to the projection of American military force, than he is. I mean, she's been associated with three military operations right now, none of which have succeeded and that some have renowned to her personal discredit.

BLITZER: Libya --

MILLER: It's Iraq, Libya and then the prospects of doing more in Syria. And so, there is a certain paradox there that -- and she needs to also keep in mind that there are liberal internationalist Democrats that she has -- she'd like to get on board. So, she can't appear to be too risk ready when it comes to being muscular and --

[13:10:05] BLITZER: Is she going to run on the notion that if you liked President Obama's foreign policy over the past eight years, elect me because I'm going to continue, basically, that national security foreign policy?

ELISE LABOTT, CNN GLOBAL AFFAIRS CORRESPONDENT: Well, she's going to be the keeper of that foreign policy plus is what she says. So, I'm going to build on the progress that president Obama had. And there are some successes. You have the killing of Osama Bin Laden. Some people would say, many in fact, that the Iran deal was a success.

But you also are looking at some of the weaknesses and Libya is certainly -- she was one of the architects of that policy to invade and get rid of Gadhafi. And that's something that continues to dog her with Benghazi. And if you look around the world, you look at the civil war in Syria. You look at what is going on with ISIS. That is not necessarily a foreign policy that you want to inherit.

And so, I think, also, while she's going to try and pitch herself as someone who is a known quantity, someone who's calm and steady, if you look at some of the people -- and David said you don't really -- foreign policy isn't really a huge issue in most of these campaigns. A lot of people that are supporting Donald Trump find his ideas refreshing. And they're not really necessarily following the ins and outs of whether any particular policy that she has the right prescription.

So, a lot of this, as Brianna said, too, is going to be visceral. But I think a lot of it is going to come down to whether people trust, at the end of the day, that someone's going to keep them safe. And while Secretary Clinton has, you know, bona fides of working in an administration that has kept America safe, Donald Trump's tough talk about making America safe and keeping America safe does resonate with people.

BLITZER: All right, I just want to point out to our viewers, Donald Trump has been pretty busy on Twitter. And then, just in the last few minutes, a couple of tweets, crooked Hillary Clinton, who I would love to call lying Hillary, is getting ready to totally misrepresent my foreign policy positions. That's one tweet. Another one, oh, listen to this, after the litigation is disposed of and the case won, I have instructed my execs to open Trump U. So much interest in it. I will be pres. President of United States.

All right, everyone stand by. There's a lot more coming up. We're following the breaking news. We now know what killed the music superstar, Prince. Stay with us. Lots going on.

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[13:16:30] ANNOUNCER: This is CNN breaking news.

BLITZER: There's more breaking news coming in to CNN right now. "The Minneapolis Star Tribune" reporting that the music superstar Prince died of an opioid overdose. Our Sara Sidner is joining us from the medical examiner's office, where the autopsy was conducted.

Sara, tell us what you know.

SARA SIDNER, CNN CORRESPONDENT: There is nothing official yet, and that's been frustrating for everyone, including the family members and, of course, the fans. But right now investigators have told "The Star Tribune" that indeed Prince has died of an opioid overdose. Is this a surprise to anyone, no. From all of the reporting, from some of our law enforcement sources who told us that there were painkillers that were found on Prince's body when he was found dead, slumped inside of his elevator inside of Paisley Park, and also that there were painkillers found inside of his home.

And there's also those desperate phone calls made by the people around him the day before he passed away, calling for help. We know that there was the son of a doctor who made an emergency trip for what his attorney called a life-saving mission to Prince's home to help Prince. They didn't say with what, but to help Prince deal with the problem. And he was found with upanorpharin (ph) in his backpack. And that helps to deal with the use of opioids, with people who have either a dependency or an addiction to opioids. He said he did not give those to Prince, he did not administer those. He is not allowed to administer those. But all of these small details that have been coming out have led people to believe the conclusion that he may have died from an opioid pain killer overdose.

I do want to be very clear, this is not official. This is not coming from the medical examiner's office. We are outside the medical examiner's office trying to get details from them to see if they will confirm this information. They did both the autopsy the day after Prince died and they've been waiting for weeks now. It's now 45 days since his death, Wolf, since we have heard anything about exactly what may have killed him. What we are waiting for is that toxicology report. We have not yet gotten that report. But a lot of small details leading people to believe what we are now hearing from "The Star Tribune," that they have a source telling them that indeed he died of an opioid overdose.

Wolf. BLITZER: All right, Sara Sidner reporting from Minnesota on the scene. Thank you very much.

Let's get back to the race for the White House right now. Hillary Clinton will deliver what is being billed as a major foreign policy, national security speech in the next hour. Aides say she'll portray Donald Trump as a threat to U.S. national security.

Take a look at these live pictures from the site of Hillary Clinton's speech in San Diego, set to begin a little bit more than an hour from now. You will see it live right here on CNN.

The Trump campaign is already firing back against Hillary Clinton. Katrina Pierson is the national spokesperson for the Trump Campaign. She's joining us from Dallas.

I want to get to national security, the Hillary Clinton speech in a moment, but I want to ask you, Katrina, first about this tweet that Donald Trump just posted on Trump University. I'll read it to you. He said, "after the litigation is disposed of and the case won, I have instructed my execs to open Trump U?" Then he's got a question mark, I'm not sure what that means, "so much interest in it. I will be president." Has he briefed you, has he told you what his plans are?

KATRINA PIERSON, NATIONAL SPOKESWOMAN, DONALD TRUMP CAMPAIGN: Well, no, he's just talking about potentially reopening school when this whole thing is over with.

BLITZER: Because he feels what?

PIERSON: Well, because people are interested in it. A lot of people do want to hear what Mr. Trump thinks and feels, particularly about real estate because he has been so successful. And when this is over, Mr. Trump is considering reopening the university.

[13:20:07] BLITZER: Would it be appropriate if -- let's say he's president of the United States -- for him, at the same time, to be operating a university or school, whatever you want to call it?

PIERSON: Well, it wouldn't be Mr. Trump himself. I mean one of the things that he's been talking about along the trail is turning over all of his business operations to his children.

BLITZER: So the children would run Trump University, is that what you're saying, if it's reopened after -- there are three lawsuits now in the works?

PIERSON: Well, they'll be in charge. Well, they'll be in charge of the organization. And if they decide to do that, I think it would be great.

BLITZER: And he will recuse himself if he's president from all of these business operations, whether Trump University, if it's reopened, or any of the real estate deals, any of the other deals he's operating? Everything goes to his organization, his kids, they will run it? PIERSON: Oh, sure. Oh, absolutely. Mr. Trump has said this multiple

times on the campaign trail.

BLITZER: All right, let's talk about Hillary Clinton's upcoming speech on national security. He also just tweeted, "crooked Hillary Clinton, who I would love to call lyin' Hillary, is getting ready to totally misrepresent my foreign policy positions." On -- where do you think she's going to misrepresent what he says?

PIERSON: Well, I think she's just going to repeat what she's been saying on the campaign trail, Wolf. She's saying that Mr. Trump wants to ban all Muslims. That's not his policy. Mr. Trump wants to arm Japan. That is not his policy. Mr. Trump has made statements over the course of the campaign simply because the status quo is unacceptable and Hillary Clinton wants to maintain that. I would hope Mrs. Clinton would talk about foreign policy and talk about the reasons why she thinks she should have the job considering all of the failures, not only as secretary of state, but even for the policies that she wants to maintain, whether it's initially labeling ISIS as a JV team, ignoring the Arab Spring, invading sovereign nations, overthrowing governments, leaving a vacuum for terrorism to flourish, or even pushing NATO, which was just attacked at its headquarters earlier this year and their last failed five involvements in geopolitical politics and invasions that have contributed to terrorism.

BLITZER: I think she is going to get into what he has said on Japan and North Korea and Japan potentially becoming a nuclear power. He said this last night. I'm going to play a clip of what he said last night. Then I'm going to play some clips of what he said previously over the past few weeks. Listen to this on Japan getting nuclear weapons.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

DONALD TRUMP (R), PRESUMPTIVE PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE: They said, I want Japan to nuke. I want Japan to get nuclear weapons. Give me a break.

ANDERSON COOPER, CNN ANCHOR: So you have no problem with Japan and South Korea having nuclear weapons?

TRUMP: At some point we have to say, you know what, we're better off if Japan protests itself against this maniac in North Korea. We're better off, frankly, if South Korea is going to start to protect itself.

North Korea has nukes. Japan has a problem with that. I mean, they have a big problem with that. maybe they would, in fact, be better off if they defend themselves from North Korea. Maybe we would be better off --

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: With nukes?

TRUMP: Including with nukes. Yes, including with nukes.

(END VIDEO CLIP) BLITZER: All right, you heard him say that twice, including with nukes. Last night he denied that he ever said it. How do you explain that contradiction?

PIERSON: Well, it's really not a contradiction. He says maybe it would be better if this occurred. This is not a policy. This is a discussion about what should take place overseas. I mean when you have all of your enemies being armed with nuclear weapons, we should have the discussion on whether or not our allies should be able to defend themselves or even us if, God forbid, something were to happen.

So, again, this was not a policy decision that Mr. Trump has made with regard to nuclear weapons. He was talking about the options that should be made available in the future.

BLITZER: So he is open -- I just want to be precise and you're the national campaign spokesperson for the Trump campaign -- want to be precise, he is open to the possibility that Japan and South Korea, for that matter, develop its own nuclear arsenal to deal potentially with the North Korean nuclear threat?

PIERSON: Mr. Trump is open to the idea of reshaping the way the United States has continued to constantly fund the protection of other nations and not our own. Whether or not that involves nuclear weapons remains to be seen. But Mr. Trump is definitely open to the possibility that maybe our allies should be able to protect themselves and us if we need them.

BLITZER: Katrina Pierson, thanks very much for joining us.

PIERSON: Great to be here. Thanks, Wolf.

BLITZER: Up next, stunning new information on the shooting at a California campus. Police are now talking about a so-called kill list. We're going to update you on this apparent link to the shooter.

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[13:29:06] ANNOUNCER: This is CNN breaking news.

BLITZER: We're following the breaking news out of California right now in the shocking murder-suicide on the campus of UCLA. Yesterday police now revealing what they're calling a kill list has been found in the shooter's home and they say the list has led them to a second victim.

CNN's Kyung Lah is following this rapidly evolving story for us. She's joining us now with the disturbing new details.

What have you learned about this so-called kill list, Kyung?

KYUNG LAH, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, before I get to that, Wolf, let's talk about all the events that lead up to this kill list because it's a little confusing and it is unraveling as we speak. It was just 24 hours ago that there was a call of an active shooter on the UCLA campus. As police were controlling this situation, they finally got into the fourth floor office, the engineering office, where they found two people who were dead inside. The victim in this is a professor, Professor William Klug, a UCLA engineering professor. The gunman here is a 2013 UCLA Ph.D. graduate named Mainak Sarkar.