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Rape Survivor Tells Her Story; Supreme Court Strikes Down Texas Abortion Law; Obama Pleased With Supreme Court Ruling; Elizabeth Warren Speaks With Hillary Clinton; Clinton States We Need To Work Together; Warren Appearance Fuels V.P. Speculation; Trump Calls Warren A Sellout And Turncoat; Clinton And Warren Team Up Against Trump; Clinton Leads By Seven Points In Poll; Clinton To Speak In Chicago; Texas Abortion Law Struck Down; McDonnell's Conviction Vacated; Brexit Vote. Aired 1-1:30p ET

Aired June 27, 2016 - 13:00   ET

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[13:00:18] ANNOUNCER: This is CNN breaking news.

BRIANNA KEILAR, CNN ANCHOR: Hi, there, I'm Brianna Keilar in for Wolf Blitzer. Wherever you're watching, thank you so much for joining us.

And we are following several breaking stories this hour. Shortly, we expect to hear from Hillary Clinton. The presumptive Democratic presidential nominee is in Chicago right now.

And earlier today, she appeared with popular Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren as they both spoke about economic issues during a stop in Cincinnati.

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ELIZABETH WARREN (D), NEW MEXICO: Donald Trump calls African- Americans thugs, Muslims terrorist, Latinos rapists and criminals, and women bimbos. Hillary Clinton believes that racism, hatred, injustice and bigotry have no place in our country.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

KEILAR: Also today, big news from the Supreme Court, a ruling on a major abortion case in Texas that have placed serious restrictions on who could perform the procedures. The court voted five to three to overturn that abortion clinic law.

President Obama releasing a statement saying he's, quote, "pleased at the court's ruling." We'll get much more on that a little later in the hour.

And we are also following the fallout from the Brexit vote. Outgoing British prime minister, David Cameron, addressed members of parliament today. It was his first appearance there since the vote to leave the European Union.

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DAVID CAMERON, PRIME MINISTER, BRITAIN: Because the British people have voted to leave the European Union. It was not the result I wanted nor the outcome that I believe is best for the country I love. But there can be no doubt about the result. But I know from all that happened in the campaign is this is not about Britain withdrawing from the world or playing less of a role in the world. And we'll have to work out the way forward.

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KEILAR: Now, Cameron also said there's no plans for a second referendum. Meanwhile, his party set the timetable for naming his replacement with a decision expected by September 2nd. But I want to start here in the U.S. in the race for the White House.

Well, Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren campaigned hand in hand with Hillary Clinton in Ohio earlier this morning, fueling those V.P. rumors and reminding everyone why she's considered an effective attack dog against Donald Trump.

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WARREN: What kind of a man roots for people to lose their jobs, to 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.

What kind of man? A nasty man who will never become president of the United States.

HILLARY CLINTON (D), PRESUMPTIVE PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE: And I must say, I do just love to see how she gets under Donald Trump's thin skin.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

KEILAR: CNN's Senior Washington Correspondent Jeff Zeleny is on the trail with Clinton. He's joining me now from Cincinnati. So, you were at this event, Jeff. Did this change the mood of Clinton rallies? There's a -- generally, a certain kind of mood at a Clinton rally. And it seemed like there was a lot of red meat and a lot of enthusiasm at this one.

JEFF ZELENY, CNN SENIOR WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT: There sure was, Brianna. It changed the energy incredibly. You've covered as many of these as I have and it was a different sense in the room. People were, quite frankly, excited to see Elizabeth Warren. She's basically been sidelined by her own doing over the last year or so.

So, she had some making up to do. And, boy, did she do that today in Cincinnati. I was struck by their embrace. I was struck by how she completed Hillary Clinton's sentences, in some respects.

But it also seemed to make Hillary Clinton sharper as well, about her argument about why she's fighting for the little guy. Take a listen.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) CLINTON: I got into this race because I wanted to even the odds for people who have the odds stacked against them. We need to take that frustration, the fear, the anxiety and, yes, the anger. We need to work together.

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ZELENY: Now, Brianna, this was all about judging the chemistry between the two. And it looks very good. Talking to voters here, they definitely liked what they saw. But it was also about making sure that this left wing of the Democratic Party, the progressive wing of the party, Bernie Sanders' supporters and others, are on board with the Clinton campaign which is why it was being done here in battleground Ohio.

KEILAR: And, Jeff, before this rally even started, Donald Trump weighed in on it. 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 her -- lied on her heritage. And just moments ago, he called Warren a sellout and a turncoat in a press release.

ZELENY: You know, not a surprise to have these insults back and forth, of course. Elizabeth Warren responded with strength. She said, who's goofy? She said, he's the one who wears the hat, make America great again. He looks goofy. So, you know, a little bit of sophomoric discussion there.

But the reality here is Elizabeth Warren is set to be this -- you know, this liberal Democratic attack dog. The question is, will she be doing it alone, kind of as a free agent or will she be doing it as part of this -- of this Democratic ticket? I think it's far too early to know that. There's no doubt that she is being vetted seriously and that's what part of this was about today.

But, of course, she's not the only one on this list. So, we're about three weeks or so away from knowing who else will be on this ticket.

KEILAR: All right, Jeff Zeleny, thank you so much.

So, what does this debut of the Clinton-Warren duo mean for the presidential race moving forward? Let's bring in CNN Senior Political Reporter Nia-Malika Henderson. We have CNN Political Director David Chalian and CNN Political Commentator Ryan Lizza. He is Washington correspondent for "The New Yorker."

I just want to put this out there to all of you at first. So, you watched this appearance. This was so long awaited. David, what did you think about Elizabeth Warren and whether this was effective and if we think we're going to see a lot more of this?

DAVID CHALIAN, CNN POLITICAL DIRECTOR: Well, I think we are because I think Elizabeth Warren clearly relishes this role. I mean, she has taken to this in a way that surprises me a little bit of how whole hog she has jumped into this task. I don't -- to answer the larger question. I don't think she'll be the one that necessarily ends up on the ticket with Hillary Clinton as V.P. But mostly because she can do this without being the V.P. nominee. She's very effective out there. She cuts through the media noise.

Hillary Clinton clearly enjoyed campaigning with her today. That was evident as well. So, to have her onboard with the team in a full way I think is a benefit to Hillary Clinton.

NIA-MALIKA HENDERSON, CNN SENIOR POLITICAL REPORTER: Yes, and it was sort of, like, where's Bernie, right? I mean, because that's been, is Bernie going to come onboard? When is he going to endorse? Is he going to bring his endorsers along with him?

And you saw Elizabeth Warren there today really tapping into this aspirational populism. She talks about her father being a janitor. She talks about her mother working at Sears. She is, in some ways, a better messenger, I think, not only for Hillary Clinton but, in some ways, a better messenger, I think, in some ways, than Bernie Sanders.

So, she -- it feels like she has very savvily boxed him out, in some ways. Whether or not she's going to be able to bring on all of those supporters, who knows. But I thought this kind of duo, it was -- it was pretty fantastic. And, again, it's, like, maybe you don't need Bernie Sanders in that same way.

RYAN LIZZA, CNN POLITICAL COMMENTATOR: Yes, I had -- I had the same thought. Remember before Bernie -- you know, before Bernie was the hot thing on the left, it was Elizabeth Warren. A lot of the Bernie supporters originally supported Elizabeth Warren. They wanted her to run against Hillary Clinton. They wanted her to run for president.

And all of that energy and enthusiasm went to Bernie. And as we sort of wait for Sanders to get what he's going to get out of the Clinton campaign, policy-wise on the Democratic platform, you know, I think the Clinton campaign is saying, well, wait a second. We've got -- we've got the person who was -- you know, who was the hot thing on the left before you ever were, Bernie.

And Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders, I think, are a little bit competitive with each other in the Senate for that sort of -- to be the snap in of the left.

KEILAR: Who is that voice, right?

LIZZA: And as Jeff pointed out in his piece, some of the Clinton rallies are not always the most exciting thing in the world. That's a joke in Democratic politics about, you know, you're settling for Hillary Clinton. And she, obviously, generates an enormous amount of enthusiasm as a -- as a very powerful surrogate.

CHALIAN: And, definitely, there was that overshadowing effect there. I mean, you could just hear in the crowd. Not -- that they were so psyched to --

LIZZA: Yes.

CHALIAN: -- see Elizabeth Warren. Just watching that on T.V. today, you could just see that she created an energy. And then, Hillary Clinton sort of, like, brought it down to this more realistic, like, here's (INAUDIBLE.)

HENDERSON: Yes, taking about policy, right? Yes.

CHALIAN: But (INAUDIBLE) how we're going to execute on that anyway.

HENDERSON: Yes, she was wrong.

CHALIAN: But it was -- but it was not the rock star kind of (INAUDIBLE.)

HENDERSON: Yes, totally.

LIZZA: These guys have real differences. I mean, the Obama White House and the Clinton folks, they -- a few years ago, they were dismissive, privately, of people like Elizabeth Warren. They thought that she didn't --

KEILAR: No more.

LIZZA: -- understand, you know, the establishment Democratic politics. She didn't understand the economic agenda of the Democratic Party. And -- you know, Elizabeth Warren --

CHALIAN: That's why Donald Trump's calling her a sellout.

HENDERSON: Yes.

KEILAR: Yes, but she's also -- but she's also shown them that perhaps they didn't understand some of the heart and soul of Democratic voters out there. I do wonder what you think, Nia, about this tweet that Donald Trump put out there. And he has been calling Elizabeth Warren Pocahontas --

[13:10:02] HENDERSON: Yes.

KEILAR: -- repeatedly. Here, he says she lied about her heritage. This is the more grown-up way --

HENDERSON: Yes.

KEILAR: -- to put what he is -- what his allegations are.

HENDERSON: Yes, I mean, this is sort of the mature version of a non- fifth grade version of the -- of the Pocahontas, what some people think is an insult. And even in his -- even in his statement, right, he's talking about policy. He's saying that she's a sellout to the cause. What happened to the liberal Elizabeth Warren?

And so, you know, I do think we're seeing a slow maturation of Donald Trump. Again, I mean, he sort of is still doing the same thing, calling her goofy, nodding to the heritage. KEILAR: Yes, he still calls her goofy.

HENDERSON: Which is -- which is a weird thing. I mean, we don't typically talk about people's ethnic backgrounds in presidential politics. But this is where he is.

LIZZA: And it was creeping professional.

KEILAR: Yes.

HENDERSON: Yes, yes.

LIZZA: Professionalization of Trump's campaign where he -- personally when he tweets, it's usually a sort of -- I mean, frankly, a sort of schoolyard taunt. But if you look at the stuff they're sending out in press releases that is done by the campaign, it's a little bit more of a targeted, where the way to get at Elizabeth Warren is to argue she's selling out her principles by endorsing Clinton. And it had a lot more factual basis behind it when I was looking at the press released today.

KEILAR: Let's look at a -- some of the polls here. A pair of (ph) new polls out showing Hillary Clinton versus Donald Trump. She is ahead by five points in the NBC-"Wall Street Journal" poll. In an ABC-"Washington Post" poll, she has a 12-point lead. That's huge. It makes you wonder where is it actually? But what it seems to be indicating is that she is in the lead right now.

CHALIAN: I think there's little doubt about that. You just saw we put up the CNN poll of polls on the screen there which averages the last four national polls together and it comes up with a seven-point lead. And that's probably in the target of where -- of where the race is right now.

So, I don't think we should get bogged down on sort of why one poll is this or not. Here's the thing. Advantage Hillary Clinton. That is where the state of the race is right now. We see it a little closer in these battleground states than we do nationally overall. But still advantage Clinton.

And I think the larger thing out of these polls, Brianna, is that Donald Trump's to-do list becomes very clear. There are some real warning signs for him beyond the horse of just -- If two-thirds of the country don't think you're qualified for the job or clearly the Clinton campaign argument that he doesn't have the temperament for the job is starting to have resonance to a large sloth of the country, he's got to start turning around those numbers.

HENDERSON: Yes. And he's not doing well with the voters. He needs to do well with -- starting with the white voters. I mean, let alone sort of the more diverse sort of Democratic coalition of African- Americans, Asian-Americans and Latinos. He's underperforming Mitt Romney in most of these polls. Mitt Romney won white voters by 20 points. Donald Trump is winning them by something like 13 points in a lot of these polls. So, he's got a lot of work to do.

KEILAR: All right, thank you, guys, so much. I love chatting with you. Ryan, David and Nia, really appreciate it.

Coming up, the Supreme Court hands down one of the most important decisions on abortion in a generation. We'll talk about its significance and how it could play into the presidential race next.

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[13:17:16] KEILAR: Breaking news. A major decision on abortion and a major victory for supporters of abortion rights. The U.S. Supreme Court, today, struck down a Texas law that added restrictions for both doctors and clinics. The law required that doctors have admitting privileges at local hospitals and that clinics upgrade their facilities to hospital-like standards. This was the most significant abortion case to go before the high court in two decades.

I want to bring in CNN's senior legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin and CNN chief political correspondent Dana Bash.

So, Jeffrey, this was a 5-3 decision. What is the basis behind this ruling?

JEFFREY TOOBIN, CNN SENIOR LEGAL ANALYST: Well, in the ruling you referred to from 1992, the court said that states could not impose an undue burden. That was the phrase used, an undue burden on women's rights to choose abortion. And what Stephen Breyer's opinion for the court today said was, these restrictions on doctors and clinics, which in effect forced many of them to close in Texas, representing an undue burden on women's rights, and thus was unconstitutional.

KEILAR: And right after this ruling, Dana, Hillary Clinton tweeted. She said, "SCOTUS' decision is a victory for women in Texas and across America. Safe abortion should be a right, not just on paper, but in reality." Her campaign went on to issue a statement of course highlighting Donald Trump and his position on abortion, how he once said that women should be punished for having abortions and he also pledged to defund Planned Parenthood and appoint Supreme Court justices who would overturn Roe v. Wade. Does this have a big impact on this election?

DANA BASH, CNN CHIEF POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT: I think that it will have an impact in that abortion is front and center in voters' minds because, as you mentioned, this has not been an issue before the Supreme Court in a significant way in a couple of decades, basically a generation. And Hillary Clinton is obviously arguing what she should be arguing as a politician running for president on the Democratic side, that -- that Donald Trump is going to appoint Supreme Court justices as he has promised to who are conservative of -- he hasn't said this, but effectively Scalia-like.

TOOBIN: Yes.

BASH: And he's actually named names, which kind of backed that up.

But, you know, I tend to think that, at least in the short-term, that this will probably be more of a rallying cry for the Republicans because this was a ruling in favor of a position that most Democrats have. And Republicans will be able to say, see, see, you've got to get out to the polls, which I'm, you know, I'm already getting, you know, e-mails to that -- in that vein, coming across now, saying to the Republican base, which is really fractured still, you've got to get behind our Republican nominee because he's promising to put justices on the Supreme Court who will not decide the way they did today.

[13:20:09] KEILAR: What do -- what do you think, Jeffrey, this is going to be doing when it comes to other states who might be trying to put restrictions on abortion clinics and doctors?

TOOBIN: It's enormously significant because many states, especially those where the Republicans took over after the big landslides of 2010, passed laws that were very similar to the Texas law for -- Mississippi, in Louisiana in particular. So you can be sure that abortion rights supporters will be going into court, waving the new Supreme Court opinion, saying you can't do what you tried to do. So I think this could have the potential for a significant rollback of these restrictions in quite a few states.

KEILAR: There was another decision today, this was pretty interesting, having to do with someone who we thought might actually be running for president this cycle, the former Virginia governor, Bob McDonnell, eight to zero the court vacates his conviction on federal corruption charges. He's got a statement out. I just want to pull up part of this.

BASH: Yes, he does.

KEILAR: He said, "I express my heartfelt gratitude to the justices of the United States Supreme Court for the time and attention they have given to the law in my case. Today, a unanimous United States Supreme Court vacated my convictions and it is a day in which my family and I rejoice and give thanks."

BASH: I'm going to let you, obviously, speak to the legal aspect of this, but just on the purely political level, you have people out there going to rallies on the Democratic side, on the Republican side saying, we're sick of institutions not working for us. And the idea of corruption, whether it's overt or whether it is just kind of because of how the system works. Here you have the court unanimously effectively saying that the law does not go far enough in protecting from corruption. That the things that he did, which are -- were untoward and at least the -- the state --

KEILAR: He should have known better --

BASH: Right.

KEILAR: But it maybe wasn't illegal.

BASH: At least in the court -- in Virginia saying were illegal is not so.

TOOBIN: Yes, Chief Justice Roberts referred to the facts of the case as distasteful, which I thought was an understatement. What people may not remember is, he was given -- he and his wife were given gifts of over $150,000 worth of gifts.

BASH: Watches, cars.

TOOBIN: Watches, cars, trips. She -- he got -- the governor got to drive around in this fellow's Ferrari. But what the court said was, he didn't do anything official for the Johnny Williams, the person who provided all these gifts. He just introduced him at meetings and he said -- and Chief Justice Roberts said, in order for this to be bribery, you have to have an official decision, not just the meetings that were set up here. I think the court was unanimous, but I don't know if the public will be unanimous in supporting this decision.

KEILAR: Yes. All right, we will see. Jeff, Dana, thank you so much.

BASH: Thank you.

KEILAR: And, up next, the fallout of the Brexit vote. As Prime Minister David Cameron addresses parliament, his country is dealing with the uncertainty that this vote has brought. As he fights off calls for a do-over, we're going to take a closer look at what comes next.

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[13:27:40] KEILAR: There is uncertainty to say the least over what comes next for the United Kingdom in the wake of the vote to leave the European Union. That has had a negative effect on world markets again today. And a short time ago, outgoing Prime Minister David Cameron spoke to parliament about the vote and about what comes next.

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DAVID CAMERON, BRITISH PRIME MINISTER: Britain is leaving the Europe Union, but we must not turn our back on Europe or on the rest of the world. The nature of the relationship we secure with the E.U. will be determined by the next government, but I think everyone has agreed that we will want the strongest possible economic links with our European neighbors, as well as with our close friends in North America, the commonwealth and important partners like India and China. I believe we should hold fast to a vision of Britain that wants too to be respected abroad, tolerant at home, engaged in the world and working with our international partners to advance the prosperity and security of our nation for generations to come.

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KEILAR: Joining me now is our Becky Anderson in London. And here with me in Washington is CNN's senior international correspondent Clarissa Ward.

So, Becky, the prime minister, in his remarks to parliament, I guess a couple of things that we noticed today. One, even though this isn't technically binding, he said, you should respect the will of the people. Certainly he doesn't agree with what the people decided, but he says this needs to be respected. And then the other thing that we noticed is promises broken. Some of the MPs who supported the leave campaign backing away from some of these promises they made.

BECKY ANDERSON, CNN INTERNATIONAL ANCHOR: No, you're absolutely right, so let's deal with that first. Many on the leave campaign trail, as it were, were touting a number of issues as to why the Brits should vote to get out of the E.U., not least suggesting that some $350 million a week -- or, sorry, $500 million a week, 350 million quid a week, that would normally go to the E.U. in fees, in dues, as it were, could be spent on the national health service here, backing away from that at this point.

[13:29:48] On the issue of immigration, the suggestion that the borders would be closed, again, backing away from that idea because it's become abundantly clear, whether the U.K. likes it or not, if it wants to play a part in the single market of the European Union going forward, that means the free movement of goods, services and people.