in the east. up first, we have breaking news. cnn is projecting hillary clinton the winner of the california primary, capping off a very big night for the presumptive democratic nominee. she's embracing her place in history as the first woman to reach that milestone. in her victory speech last night, clinton extending an olive branch to sanders' supporters. still, he's refusing to bow out. he pledges to fight on for the d.c. primary next week. >> remember, he spent 18 straight days there, sanders. california was huge for him to make a statement. she clobbered him there. now she has the number of super delegates and pledged delegates. also, on the other side of the ball, we saw a dialed-back donald trump, but taking nothing back. he was saying his accusations about the judge were misconst e misconstrue. then there was no misconstruing his attacks on clinton. he has a new list of corruption claims. let's begin with cnn's john berman, who has the results. >> the big breaking news, you

heard it on "early start" at 5:19 a.m. hillary clinton now declared the winner of the california primary with 63% of the vote in. she's some 406,000 votes ahead there. that number hasn't really changed all night. people were wondering, will bernie sanders close the gap there? it hasn't happened. hillary clinton maintains her lead. she didn't need it though. she was already the presumptive nominee, but she did win four of the six states. california, new mexico, south dakota, and new jersey in a big way. bernie sanders won caucuses in north dakota, also the montana primary. what does this mean for the delicate race now? let's look at where things stand. hillary clinton with 2,740, more than she needs. bernie sanders with 1800. you can see there as well she has the majority of the plenled delegates, which is something the clinton campaign says is important. but she does need the super delegates to put her over the top she needs there. now, as for the total votes cast

in these primaries in general, hillary clinton received about 15.2 million votes in these primaries that have lasted for so many months. donald trump, 13.9 million. mr. trump will tell you he might have more if he hadn't been running against so many people for so long, but that gives you a sense of their support over the last few months. >> very helpful to see those numbers, john. thank you very much. hillary clinton now the first woman to be nominated by a major party for the presidency. but with rival bernie sanders refusing to bow out, what does this mean for unifying the democratic party? jeff zeleny joins us now with more. >> good morning. what it does for party unity with this california victory, it really extinguishes bernie sanders' argument, or begins to do so. we can feel the wheels of this democratic party shifting here and turning here toward unifying this party. senator sanders talked with president obama last night. he'll be going to the white house tomorrow to meet with him. this is the beginning of a

unifying party. last night hillary clinton, nothing but a big olive branch for bernie sanders as she talked about her moment in history. >> thanks to you we've reached a milestone. first time -- first time in our nation's history that a woman will be a major party's nominee. tonight's victory is not about one person. it belongs to generations of women and men who struggled and sacrificed and made this moment possible. >> one of the things secretary clinton is trying to do here is expand her appeal to some of those voters who are not with her early on. if they're independents or democrats who are supporting bernie sanders. but bernie sanders last night or early this morning here in santa monica, california, making his case, pledging that he will keep going on. that was before, of course, we projected california as a

victory for hillary clinton. let's listen to his final argument. >> i am pretty good at arithmetic, and i know that the fight in front of us is a very, very steep fight. but we will continue to fight for every vote and every delegate. >> and a far steeper fight this morning with this projection of california. that was the one state that bernie sanders needed to keep this argument going forward, even though the math was still virtually impossible. california takes it away the political argument of this. voters are having their voices heard here. this is going to add more importantly to hillary clinton's overall vote total here. she was already 3 million ahead. this is going to kick that up even higher. >> i mean, the numbers. she has the majority of pledged. she has the super majority with super delegates. she has millions of more raw votes. and she has more votes than donald trump. >> so you're saying she has a chance? >> she has a lot of numbers on her side there. the question is can she translate it into the momentum

she needed. that's why last night was so big. jeff, stay with us. let's also bring in cnn political analyst and host of the one and only "david gregory show podcast," david gregory himself. put the history in context. what does it mean to women? what does it mean about the system? >> obviously this is a very big deal for women. we've had women run, but hillary clinton just became the first woman to top a major presidential party ticket. that's a big deal. she obviously couldn't claim that mandate as forcefully as she wanted to monday night when the a.p. and other news organizes went ahead and called her the presumptive democratic nominee. now she can. you heard that forcefully in her speech. she's embracing that history. i think that's something we're going to hear hillary clinton make the case for over and over again, particularly as we head towards november in a contest

against donald trump. in contrast to donald trump, where a lot of the attention on him this cycle sol far has been those divisive comments he's made about women, about communities of color, and things like that, so there's a very clear contrast argument that i expect to see the clinton camp embrace forcefully moving ahead. >> in fact, she did start to do that, david gregory, last night. she did talk about all the different people she wants to bring into the tent and about how this is a historic moment. so let's listen to that. >> women and men, young and old, latino and asian, african-american and caucasian, rich, poor, and middle class, gay and straight, you have stood with me, and i will continue to stand strong. >> thanks to you, we've reached a milestone. first time in our nation's history that a woman will be a

major party's nominee. [ cheers and applause ] tonight's victory is not about one person. it belongs to generations of women and men who struggled and sacrificed and made this moment possible. we all owe so much to those who came before, and tonight belongs to all of you. [ cheers and applause ] >> david, what did you hear there in her tone and in her words? >> well, i think she had a different tone last night. she was able to absorb, to reflect, and to project the historical nature of this

moment. a really significant moment in her political career and in her public career, which has spanned both politics and her role as first lady of the united states. so she is a unique figure in our history, and she was really able to talk about that and talk much more personally. this is not a natural campaigner by her own admission, yet she talked about the importance of standing up there and how she'd love to tell her mother, above all else, that she became the first woman to become a nominee of a major political party. i think it was a really human moment. it was also a moment when hillary clinton was able to speak to the reality of this country and the future of the country. she's speaking to a different america, an america that looks a lot different than it used to, that is moving in a much different demographic direction. i think it was a moment for her to kind of harness what she hopes the campaign about, which is a message of hope, a message

of the future, and to be automobile to create a really big contrast with what donald trump has done over the past couple weeks, which is waste a huge amount of political opportunity as he's been consolidating the party. she has an opportunity to really bask a little bit in the light of what she's been able to accomplish as an historic figure but also bask in some of the good feeling about triumphing in this fight, running a much more functional campaign, a very strong campaign. so there really is a contrast now in the two parties, between a much more functional democratic party that is going to begin to unify with a popular president and a republican party, which at the moment is in disarray. >> well, a first, right, when you have the first woman. it's big, even beyond the partisan lines. there are women who are not for hillary clinton or not sure who were excited by this as just an event in history. this has happened, so that was good. but we did see something last

night, jeff zeleny. we'll play more sound of it. we heard a little bit of it earlier. we now know what her theory of the case going to be. that we are stronger together. she sees trump as a divider. let's listen to her last night give her big riff about all of us coming together. >> the stakes in this election are high, and the choice is clear. donald trump is temperamentally unfit to be president and commander in chief. [ cheers and applause ] and he's not just trying to build a wall between america and mexico. he's trying to wall off americans from each other. when he says, let's make america great again, that is code for, let's take america backwards.

>> so jeff, what do you see in this message? do you think this is it, this is the rallying cry for her? >> i think it is eventually. i don't know that it is in this moment. i was so struck last night being in the room at that speech there. she was so gracious to bernie sanders. i'm told instructed her advisers, surrogates, everyone else to not push him toward the exit. we know where he's going. he's leaving this race. the california victory puts the exclamation point on this for her. look, she knows she needs these voters and she needs senator sanders' supporters here. but i think that what she was saying there, i was struck by the softness of the message. contrast that with last week in san diego. it was pow, pow, pow. this was, you know, we need you, we need to come together to do this for the good of the country. i thought her speech last night was more elevated than any speech i've heard her give throughout the course of this campaign. she was on the top floor here really calling upon people to, you know, come together, as you said. the question is, will all of his

supporters do that. she doesn't need all of bernie sanders' supporters. she needs a lot of them though. >> interesting donald trump was calling out to them also. stay with us. we have a lot of news to cover in this election. to donald trump, he's trying desperately to head off a republican revolt. he delivered a prepared speech that sounded almost contrite at times last night, telling supporters he understands the responsibility of carrying the mantle and will never let them down. cnn's senior white house correspondent jim acosta live from trump power in new york with more. jim? >> reporter: morning, chris. it was well received inside the trump campaign. i talked to a top trump adviser last night who said this speech that was held at his golf club in westchester county, new york, last night was very important to recovering from five bad days. that in the words of one trump adviser. of course, that adviser is referring to the controversy over trump's comments on the federal judge. he did tone down his rhetoric

and make a shift to the general election campaign, which was music to people inside the republican party's ears. here's what donald trump had to say. >> to all of the bernie sanders supporters who have been left out in the cold by a rigged system of super delegates, we welcome you with open arms. the clintons have turned the politics of personal enrichment into an art form for themselves. they've made hundreds of millions of dollars selling access, selling favors, selling government contracts, and i mean hundreds of millions of dollars. >> reporter: now, there was a positive review coming from the man at the head of the republican party, reince priebus, the chair of the rnc. he put out a tweet last night saying, quote, great victory speech by real donald trump tonight, exactly the right approach and perfectly delivered. that came only hours, as you know, after illinois republican

senator mark kirk, who's in a tough re-election battle, announced he's rescinding his endorsement of donald trump. the trick is at that point that even though donald trump was using a teleprompter last night is whether or not he can keep this campaign on the rails. we've heard talk before of trump making a pivot to the general election campaign and toning down his rhetoric only to have problems like this controversy with the judge. >> we will be talking about all of that. jim, thanks so much for the reporting. donald trump trying to tone it down, going full teleprompter last night and telling his supporters he will never disappoint them. we'll take a closer look at his new plan against hillary clinton when this special edition of "new day" continues. jack be nimble, jack be quick, jack knocked over a candlestick onto the shag carpeting... ...and his pants ignited into flames, causing him to stop, drop and roll. luckily jack recently had geico help him with renters insurance. because all his belongings went up in flames. jack got full replacement and now has new pants he ordered from banana republic.

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>> you've given me the honor to lead the republican party to victory this fall. i understand the responsibility of carrying the mantle, and i will never, ever let you down. too much work, too many people, blood, sweat, and tears. never going to let you down. >> i will make you proud of your party and our movement, and that's what it is, is a movement. those who voted for someone else in either party, i will work hard to earn your support, and i will work very hard to earn that support. >> okay. let's bring back juana summers and david gregory. also joining us now is mark preston. so that was definitely a more mute ed donald trump. does that suggest someone in his campaign said, okay, time to start using the teleprompter? >> certainly seems something has shifted. this isn't the first tonal shift we've seen from donald trump.

we've seen him wheel out the teleprompter. we've seen him appear more presidential. i was struck by the language he used. it was almost textbook from a traditional speech you'd hear from a more traditional politician. he's talk abouting what a great honor it is to lead the gop, what kind of a moment this is, looking ahead to the general election fight with hillary clinton. i'm sure if you're in the establishment of the republican, say reince priebus, paul ryan, this is the kind of donald trump you wish would have come out from day one. the question i have though, is it too late to make a difference, considering donald trump is dealing with past comments he's made about women, he's dealing with this controversy over a mexican judge because of his heritage. is this enough, even if you use this type of demeanor during the general election. >> one good indication from this speech is that he'll listen to somebody. he has a ton of pressure on him. obviously it resulted in what we saw last night. mark preston, a softening of the image and language, a softening in the image in terms of what we're exposed to. his daughter and wife behind him

there. when he made the turn to hillary clinton, it was a string of accusations which would be tough to prove on any level about the motivation for her e-mail server and deals that the clintons made while she was in office. hundreds of millions of dollars in deals. where is he going with that? >> well, certainly at a time right now, chris, where his comments have caused him such heartache and have caused such diser a rift in the republican party. hillary clinton is going out directly at the presumptive nominee and saying you're going to take the fight to her. that's saying you're going to give a speech next week where you're going to lay out all of what he says are the clinton's problems and how he's going to attack them. what was important about last night's speech is that he was able to deliver it. the question is, can he continue on with this path where he looks

more presidential than he looks as somebody who is taking this criticism that's being dreked at him in a very personal manner. for donald trump to win in november, though, he can no longer fight this two-front war, which we've seen him do over the last six or seven weeks. trying to fight the democrats, trying to fight republicans inside husband own party. >> yeah, david, for anyone who's missed mark kirk's shift in terms of donald trump, let me read it to everyone. senator mark kirk, i find donald trump's belief that an american-born judge of mexican descent is incapable of presiding over his case is not only dead wrong but is un-american. i cannot and will not support my party's nominee for president regardless of the political impact on my candidacy or the republican party. i mean, it just couldn't be more stark what he's laid out there. >> it's an incredible moment. you have top leadership of the republican party in the house and the senate offering a tongue

lashing to donald trump over his language, over his temperament. hillary clinton unites both parties and certainly unites the republican party, but what's astonishing about that is that her rhetoric is shared by top republicans about whether donald trump is temperamentally sound to be president of the united states. that's where donald trump is right now. the other incredible thing is he's still been given some room. despite the fact the speaker of the house calls his language racist, that's what paul ryan said, he's sticking by him. the leader of republicans in the senate, mitch mcconnell, is chastising trump for squandering opportunities to talk about the economy and some of hillary clinton's weaknesses, urging him to get back to talking about real issues that people care about. so as much condemnation as we've seen from republicans, they're sticking by him for now. the main challenge for trump is not just tone. it's not just can he use a teleprompter and do the

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i will always have your back. >> some people say i'm too much of a fighter. my preference is always peace.

>> i want to congratulate senator sanders. >> we continue the fight in the last primary. >> tonight belongs to all of you. >> the last thing we need is hillary clinton in the white house. >> donald trump is temperamentally unfit to be president. >> all of those bernie sanders voters who have been left out in the cold, we welcome you with open arms. >> the american people will never support a candidate who's major theme is bigotry. >> we're only getting started, and it's going to be beautiful. remember that. >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. good morning. welcome to your "new day." it's wednesday, june 8th. 6:00 in the east, and we do have breaking news. cnn now projecting hillary clinton the winner of the largest delegate prize, the california primary. and it looks like she's going to clobber bernie sanders with 66%

of the vote and it will make her the presumptive democratic nominee, and, also, putting her place in history as the first woman to reach that milestone. in her victory speech, clinton appealing to sanders' supporters. of course, they're refusing to bow out, of backing him, and he is refusing to bow out as well. >> all of this as donald trump attempts to pivot away from her controversial attacks on that federal judge's mexican heritage saying that his words were misconstrued. let's begin our election coverage with john berman and where the election results are at this hour. >> good morning. a wow in the california numbers. cnn declared hillary clinton won the democratic primary leading by 13 points. much higher than any poll going in and higher than any campaign thought the margin would be. the edge is actually growing overnight. a big win for hillary clinton in california. she didn't need it.

we already had said she was the presumptive nominee. got three more, new mexico, south dakota and new jersey, a big win there. hillary clinton padded her delegate lead. look at this. include super delegates, 2,740. she's well over the mark needed with the super delegates. you see bernie sanders at 1,824. the overall vote totals, about six months into this primary cycle, hillary clinton earned about 15.2 million votes this election season, doesn't include caucuses but you get is sense where things stand. and donald trump would have more if not running against 16 other people for a lot of the race. you see how they measure up headed into the general election. >> a very different race from 2008, john. you remember how knotted up obama and clinton were in the overall vote. this time a pretty big gap. hillary clinton, the first woman in the u.s. history to be

presumptive nominee for a major party, but with bernie sanders refusing to bow out, the question now is, now what? what do they do on the democratic side to unite their party? jeff zeleny joins us with more. >> reporter: uniting the party is much easier and really takes away senator sanders' argument after that strong win in california. he was holding out hope there for any glimmer of a shot he would really be able to make the case he should go forward. that now is over. he lost california, lost it big, and the clinton campaign this morning is talking about the three ms. want a majority of the popular vote, pledged delegates and majority of delegates overall. why last night victory was so sweet for secretary clinton. hillary clinton's history-making moment. >> the first time in our nation's history that a woman will be a major party's nominee -- [ cheers ] >> reporter: savoring a triumph

in her long democratic primary fight. exactly eight years after extinguishing her first trail-blazing campaign. >> tonight's victory is not about one person. it belongs to generations of women and men who struggled and sacrificed, and made this moment possible. >> reporter: extending her hand to bernie sanders after finishing strong in the final round of primaries. wins in new jersey and california. >> and let there be no mistake, senator sanders, his campaign and the vigorous debate that we've had have been very good for the democratic party and for america. [ cheers and applause ] >> reporter: sanders winning in two states and vowing to fight on, but his argument is fading fast. >> i know that the fight in front of us is a very, very steep fight, but we will continue to fight for every vote and every delegate we can get.

>> reporter: this, as sanders' campaign tells cnn they plan to cut have their staff. >> the struggle continues! [ cheers ] >> reporter: after a bitter primary duel, early signs of peacemaking. cnn has learned campaign managers for sanders and clinton, jeff weaver and robby mook, are talking behind the scenes. ♪ the beginning of the end could be near, with sanders heading to the white house tomorrow to meet with president obama. this, in hopes of bringing the party together, which clinton says she knows can be difficult. >> now, i know it never feels good to put your heart into a cause or a candidate you believe in and to come up short. i know that feeling well. as we look ahead to the battle that awaits, let's remember all that united states us. >> reporter: the biggest point of upt unity for democrats may be defeating donald trump. >> we believe that we are stronger together, and the

stakes in this election are high, and the choice is clear. donald trump is temperamentally unfit to be president and commander in chief. >> reporter: she's making a full pivot to trump inviting voters who are skeptical to him to rally behind her. >> we won't let this happen in america. and if you agree, whether you're a democrat, prrepublican or independent, i hope you will join us. >> reporter: and president obama, the biggest super delegate of all, is poised to weigh in on this race soon. he talk to both of these candidates last night. he is going to put his support behind the winner here and this unifying party is slowly coming together, at least in terms of the candidates. by the end of the week, bernie sanders is likely to not be in this campaign at all. his argument is over particularly with california here. the question, will his supporters come along as quickly as he does?

>> let's see if everyone's agrees with jeff's assessment bernie sanders will be gone by the end of the week. jeff, thank you. bring in our panel, juana summers, host of the david gregory podcast, david gregory and cnn politics executive editor mark preston. before we get to sanders, one more note on the historic moment, because whether or not you love hillary or you hate hillary, whether or not you support her, for the country, this is a milestone, and she got close in 2008, and she said she was, you know, reaching for that glass ceiling and last night burst through it. remind people briefly of that moment back then in 2008 and then last night. >> although we weren't able to shatter that highest, hardest glass ceiling this time, thanks to you, it's got about 18 million cracks in it. >> we are all standing under a glass ceiling right now.

but don't worry. we're not smashing this one. >> she did seem to be basking in that moment last night. >> she did, as jeff said earlier in the show. this is just a very elevated speech from hillary clinton. it's clear she and her campaign recognize the significance of the moment and i was struck not just by the language about the glass ceiling but an encompassing message. not just hillary clinton it's a group effort. another line of that stronger together message that looks back to talk about more during the general election as she paints a contrast between herself and the presumptive republican nominee in donald trump. >> hearing a lot of that last night. sweet strength, we're stronger together, versus the divisiveness and really, donald trump, talking about this morning in his speech he helped her in that way. >> juana says elevated, yet her volume was low er it was an interesting juxtaposition. instead we've heard her shouting

on the campaign trail, she was measured and calm and there was power in that. >> she's got a balance. conciliating to do. still has to bring her party together. sanders' supporters are passionate. she had to handle that. mark preston what did we see last night? california, 66% of the vote, not close. bernie sanders supporters aren't going to like to hear this, that it isn't fair to him. it's not close. new jersey, not close. how does that change the dynamic going into what sanders does now? >> well, i'll say a couple things. one is you will hear from some of the sanders' supporters in fact because the associated press and cnn and other news organizations had declared her the presumptive nominee on monday it could have suppressed the vet particularly in california. to your point, chris, what happens to bring the party together? and we will see, really, the first signs of that in the next couple of hours. the democratic national committee will start holding

hearings. first one begins here in washington, d.c. at around noontime, around 11:00 or 12:00 and they're going to start talking about the dnc platform. we heard senator sanders last night say he's going to continue to take the fight into d.c. and told supporters we're going on to philadelphia to the democratic convention to fight for racial and environmental and social justice, all along have heard from the sanders supporters that he wants to have an imprint on the platform. we will see what happens in the next few hours when the sanders and clinton people get together to see if they can start hammering out a deal. >> david gregory what do you think is going to happen? will he be, still fight for every vote, continue to the convention, or is something going to happen this week? >> i don't think so. i'll be interested to see in california whether that vote was suppressed at all or whether you had a kind of obama effect. the white house really got

involved here with selective leak as couple days say saying the president was getting ready to come out as early as this week. the fact that the president called sanders, made it very clear, i think, to it california democrats that it was time to start thinking about the end game. so i wonder if there was an obama effect in the voting in california. so the race is over on the democratic side, but bernie sanders deserves some room to let this sink in and to think about what he wants, and what impact he wants to have going forward, because he's had a huge impact on the party. as mark says will have an impact on the platform moving forward and this is going to be a very delegate negotiation between the clinton team and the sanders team, because i think bernie sanders is in a different position than hillary clinton was in in 2008. his political future is much different. he's unlikely to run for office again, likely to go back to the senate, unless he wants to start some progressive movement outside of the institutions of politics. so he's got to think carefully about that, but i think that

donald trump is a unique force in all of this for the democratic party. in 2008, i don't think there was a view of senator mccain representing a kind of danger to america that democrats believe donald trump represents. and if i could just add a code on this, any of us with daughters, this is, for any of us as americans, period, but particularly those of us with daughters this is quite a moment that i think hillary clinton was really able to absorb last night and really project. you can have a daughter as young as 10 who could express outrage the fact there hasn't been a woman who's been president of the united states. so hillary clinton was finally able to give voice to the idea you can say to your daughters, hey, this is now possible. i think she'll be able to really bask in that moment for a while. >> a great point. we have daughters. my two 11-year-olds following this race very closely. one of my daughters wanted to know if she could be the first female president. she's a little disappointed, actually. >> my 6-year-old thinks she's president right now. right now she thinks she's

president. jua juana, what a difference a week makes. go back a week from today. the poll came out. knotted up. trump neck and neck with clinton, getting an edge in key states. a week later, gives the big speech and has these results, you could argue were the best cumulative effect she's had, four out of six she won last night. was this the best week of her campaign? >> i think it absolutely was. to your point about the polls we're likely to see some polls that showed a razor thin neck and neck race start to favor hillary clinton. donald trump had cleared the field, indiana had knocked out john kasich and ted cruz. and was pointed out, it's pretty much over for bernie sanders. there is no path whether or not he stays in until philadelphia. we're likely to see polling numbers rise and democrats start to coalesce around hillary clinton much in the same way and likely see what's going to be

our hirs accurate polling of the nail biter in november, given the fact you can't predict what realities will be then. >> panel, thank you very much for being here with us early on this special edition of "new day." great to get your insights. donald trump trying desperately to prevent a republican revolt in a scripted teleprompter speech last night he said he understand stands carrying the mantle and will never let them down and a blunt message. live in trump tower jim acosta with more. hi, jim. >> reporter: good morning, alisyn. i talked to a top trump adviser last night who said this speech was very important that donald trump delivered to recovering after five very bad days. of course, donald trump is trying to get his campaign back on the rails in the middle of a republican revolt. there were no apologies loaded into that teleprompter but he did tone down his rhetoric. >> to those who voted for someone else in either party, i

will work hard to earn your support. >> reporter: donald trump tried to change the subject and his delivery using a teleprompter in his victory lap speech at the official end of the republican primary season. >> if i'm forced to fight for something, i really care about, i will never, ever back down, and our country will never, ever back down. >> reporter: the speech with only a couple of trump ad-libs had some republicans cheering. the chairman of the rnc tweeting, exactly the right approach, and perfectly delivered. >> if he can stay on this path, and stay this disciplined, he's going to be very formidable. >> reporter: trump responded to the growing outcry over his takes on federal judge gonzalo curiel's mexican-american heritage. >> agents disappointing. >> reporter: he told republican critics to move on. >> there's a lot of anger:y guess. anger. they can't come back, can't get over it. they have to get over ter ideally. whether or not they endorse,

okay if they don't. they have to get over it. they can't be angry for so long. >> reporter: and mark kirk in a tough re-election battle and rescinded his endorsement of trump. >> cannot endorse him because of what he said about the judge, that was too racist and bigoted for me. >> reporter: and that after the two top republicans -- >> ch >> claiming a person can't do their job because of heritage should be disavowed. >> competed with various minority groups in the country. >> reporter: trump attempted to put the statement to rest saying his comments were misconstrued. he had a few supporters coming to his defense. >> i've known him 14 years, and donald trump is not a racist. >> reporter: trump is hearing warnings from top republicans demanding their presumptive nominee start acting presidential before the gop mutiny gets any worse. >> he's got to demonstrate a

different level of professionalism. >> reporter: the real estate tycoon says he got the message and is ready to turn the attention to hillary clinton. >> the clintons have turned the politics of personal enrichment into an art form for themselves. >> reporter: now, of course, we heard donald trump last night preview a speech he plans to deliver he said probably monday on what he considers to be the clintons practice of enriching themselves through their public work. at the same time we should point out, chris, we have heard talk before of donald trump trying to sound more presidential, pivoting to the general election campaign, but, of course, cannot take a teleprompter everywhere he goes. chris? >> true enough, jim. true enough. so for millions of american women, this is a dream realized. a female candidate from a major party emerging as the presumptive nominee. so what does this milestone mean for women in a real way? for the nation? moving forward? we'll have a panel of experts reflecting, next.

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although we weren't able to shatter that highest, hardest glass ceiling this time, thanks to you, it's got about 18 million cracks in it. [ cheers ] >> we are all standing under a glass ceiling right now. [ cheers ] but don't worry. we're not smashing this one. >> i think there was another thought there in that sentence. that she was going to make. >> yeah. like maybe, they smashed the glass ceiling and are now all standing on top of it because you made history. >> if you stay tuned we will play you the rest of that sentence later in the program. >> what a difference eight years makes for hillary clinton. knotted up with obama in the popular vote. didn't get it in 2008. this time, won by millions against sanders. more votes than trump, and now history as well. let's discuss the implications of being the first woman nominee

presumptive from a major party. we have jennifer granholm, former governor of michigan and pro-superpac correct the record, douglas brinkley and history professor at rice university, and margaret hoover, cnn political commentator and a republican consultant. all right, gov. historymaker yourself what does this mean to women in general, partisanship aside? >> oh, my god. and i can speak just personally, chris. i was watching this speech last night and i was so, like so many women, i was on my twitter feed, probably like you were, too. i was just verklempt. the uplifting nature of that speech. the notion of having met this moment. you know, the thing that the arc of justice bends slowly? well, it took a very dramatic curve towards justice last night. the arc of history took a very

dramatic curve towards justice last night. it means so much, and it means so much, chris, not just symbolically, but if she were able to take the presidency, it would mean a difference for policy as well. and we can get to that, but last night was really -- was -- i hope people will remember it for the rest of their lives. my mother will remember this for the rest of her life. all of the mothers who have uplifted women like me, who have tried to open doors, will remember this forever, and it was a big moment. >> ah, that's so nice, governor, to hear -- we can hear how emotional you still are, obviously, many people around the country felt that way. margaret, as a republican woman, a generation different than the governor's mother and mine, how do you mark this? >> look, i -- as a republican woman i feel very strongly that this is a moment in history that is worthy of our acknowledgement and honoring it. we're that much closer to a --

we are, today, a step closer to a more perfect union than we were yesterday, and i, as a republican woman, can acknowledge and honor that moment in history, without liking hillary clinton as a presidential candidate. you know? you can hold two competing thoughts in your mind at the same time and honor and acknowledge that and it's a moment poor republicfor republi that. >> you can focus that that standard is met. put meat on the bones in history. how impressive to you and why? >> major mile stoestone. i teach u.s. history, always waiting for the big woman moment when finally they get the nomination of a party. last night hillary clinton talked about seneca falls and in way invoked susan b. anthony, lucretia mott and that whole generation and in a recent "new york" magazine, they were commenting on shirley chisholm, geraldine ferraro, all of these women that tried to get if the

game, particularly since 1920 when women got the right to vote. so to become the presumptive nominee last night is the a very major moment in american history but bigger in philadelphia when she delivers that speech and is the actual nominee for the democratic party. >> hold on. we do have that moment where she talked about seneca falls. let's listen to that and then you can make your point. let's listen to this n. our country it started right here in new york. a place called seneca falls, in 1841. [ cheers ] when a small but determined group of women and men came together with the idea that women deserved equal rights, and they set it forth in something called the declaration of sentiments and it was the first time in human history that that

kind of declaration occurred. so we all owe so much to those who came before, and tonight belongs to all of you. >> that's true. i think -- i'm so glad doug mentioned margaret j. smith, first woman elected to the united states, republican from maine. seneca falls, the abolition movement and suffrage movement, republican tradition. worthy of republicans to sit back and think about how this tradition has really evolved, starting at the republican party and it's worth noticing. one thing, the fact that hillary clinton is a woman and her gender may end up being the least significant part of her nomination and this election. you know, millennial women especially the democrat irk paric party favored bernie sanders. a sign we've achieved that more perfect union. gender is the least significant thing about her as a candidate and that is, that's part of this

historic candidacy. >> can i just jump in on that? if i could? >> yes. >> i think that the gender issue is hugely important. i mean, the fact only 2% of women are ceo's of fortune 500 companies, the fact there's only six women governors to this day, but there is something else that's really important here, and i know people have said, if you have daughters, this is really important, and that is so true, but if you have sons, this is really important, for the men who have fought for the allies in this fight who have fought for women to have qualiel equal. this is a fantastic symbol. if the door opens for one it opens for others. women of color absolutely need to break through that glass ceiling and this is one step for them as well. it's more than just about women. >> go ahead, douglas. >> i noticed that bill clinton came onstage last evening, and i realized i didn't see him onstage a whole lot with this

campaign. she did this on her own. they made clear this wasn't riding on the coattails of bill clinton, it was going to be hillary clinton going all the way herself, and then i also reflected last evening on hillary clinton's great love of eleanor roosevelt who she always talks about. and all the years living at the white house and the fact of the matter is, you kind of feel eleanor roosevelt smiling that this moment finally occurred. >> you make a good point if you have daughters, if you have sons. i have little mario cuomo at home surprised there has never been a woman president before. shows how much he's studied in history class, but that's for another day. what's going to happen with the vp? i know you have insight:y have my own insights, but i can't give you a peek behind the curtain, but i -- it would be -- ah! awesome to see two women. i love that idea. there have been two men to for

240 years. it would be great to see that. >> and rather than, not just your dream is that a real personality, a clinton/warren ticket? >> i love it! but the bottom line, it's her call, but i think she has opened that door wider and given us the opportunity to have, whether it's a many would, whether it is a person of color, you know, somebody with hispanic roots, you know, i mean, the sky is the limit, and she's going to build a ticket that looks like america, and that is a very -- that's very unusual. we haven't seen that either, and that's exciting. >> panel, we're out of time. thanks so much for all of your perspective on this historic moment. great to have you. >> you bet. donald trump on the other side showing his presidential side last night. his tone was softer. his rhetoric, more measured. can we expect more of the same over the next five months? he is, though, revealing a new

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i understand the responsibility of carrying the mantle, and i will never, ever let you down. too much work, too many people, blood, sweat and tears, never going to let you down. [ applause ] i will make you proud of your party, and our movement, and that's what it is, it's a movement. >> donald trump saying he'll never let you down, after a lot of republican leaders are saying he did exactly that, after days coming now of defiantly attacking a mexican judge's heritage. although he was born in america in indiana. so did this help? and what about what he said about clinton last night? is he on the right track now? john phillips, talk radio host and columnist for the oc register a trump supporter with us. good to have you. and steve lanigan, spokesman for courageous conservatives pac and former new jersey chairman for ted cruz campaign is not a trump

supporter. however, steve, an you heard him on the prompter saying, i get it i get it, i won't let you down, i'm carrying the mantle, did that help you last night? >> well, it hasn't helped yet but maybe it will. maybe over the next five weeks we'll see a different donald trump. i woke up every morning since ted cruz dropped out of the race looking for reason to vote for donald trump in the upcoming election. like many conservatives, i haven't found that yet. he was busy asking bernie sanders people to join his campaign and that conservatives. a lot of people like me across the country not ready to support donald trump. >> what it's your other choice? >> the other choice, not to vote. for many years as a member of the republican party, froms '70s, a reagan supporters told by establishment republicans you have no choice but support our guy. what are you going to do? vote for the democrat? i'm tired of being told to get

in line. that's the problem now. donald trump is not a conservative. >> all right. so now something that happened last night. i want to play the sound first, john, and then we'll get your take on it. he did make a turn toward hillary clinton and a whole new line of attack, at least in terms of justification. let's play it and then we'll discuss. >> the clintons have turned the politics of personal enrichment into an art form for themselves. they've made hundreds of millions are dollars selling access, selling favors, selling government contracts, and i mean hundreds of millions of dollars. secretary clinton even did all of the work on a totally illegal, private server. something that how she's get ago way with this, folks, nobody understands. designed to keep her corrupt dealings out of the public record, putting the security of the entire country at risk, and a president in a corrupt system

is totally protecting her. not right. >> john, you're going to have people from the left point by point tell you that everything he just said is unsubstantiated but what do you see as the strength of the case? >> well, look, the game for donald trump is very different than the game for hillary clinton. hillary clinton did very well in states where only democrats could vote. bernie sanders did well among independents. if hillary clinton is going to win this election, she's going to have to get those independents who voted for bernie sanders back in her corner. donald trump did very well in states where independents could vote and got creamed by people like ted cruz in states where only republicans voted. he needs to bring those ted cruz people, people like steve lanigan, back into the mix, and by going after hillary clinton the way that he did last night. he was more on-message. it wasn't the slam poetry we're used to from donald trump. i think it will be a very effective strategy in bringing those wayward republicans back into the tent.

>> john, does it matter if it's true or not? to these people, to the steve lanigans? when he says, you know, they've made hundreds of millions from selling access -- where's the proof of that? do you want the proof, steve? or just like that he's going after hillary clinton? >> ironic. i'm not looking for reasons to attack donald trump, a guy who admittedly said he spent hundreds of millions buying access, using government, buying access to the democrat party in particular, supporting democrats to make hundreds of millions of dollars. that's rather ironic. what you're not hearing from donald trump, hearing all of these attacks and a very nationalist approach, not hearing about conservative principles for governing the country, or cutting the size of government, cutting taxes, creating economic growth, not by having a president who thinks he can levy punitive taxes on people who leave the country, i haven't heard a single word about that. >> john -- >> if you could stomach a vote for john mccain, you could stomach a vote for trump.

>> but led down this pathway who many times. hearing a populist attack from donald trump. i'm getting to a point in my life i want to see us changing history for conservatism and not worry about elected republicans hoping when they get to washington they do the same thing. that's failed over and over again. >> what about if you don't vote for trump you are essentially voting for hillary clinton. >> i am deeply concerned about the ballot with donald trump. better keep the house and senate if we're going to control hillary clinton should she win and rein in donald trump and he win. that's where the problem is. i can't do much what going to happen in the white house election. that's in the hands of donald trump. what about the rest of the republican party jrch. >> let's talk about that a second. renee ellmers, north carolina in a weird situation. got into a weird district, incumbent on incumbent, lost, his first big endorsement of somebody running for congress. is that a metaphor for concerns

of the republicans or a one off? >> a one off. whenever you have a member versus member matchup, all kinds of local issues at play. i don't know the demographics, how much of the old district was in the new district. usually a situation like that, that means more than the national implications. back to the question you just asked steve -- you're going to have a choice in november between hillary clinton or donald trump. one of those two people will be the next president. it's a multiple choice exam. it's not an essay question. if you're a conservative, a republican like steve is, and you vote for anyone other than donald trump, then guess what? hillary clinton will be picking the next supreme court justices on the supreme court and they will define the country's politics for a generation. >> and who says we can trust donald trump to pick those candidates? tell you what, the republican party still has time to fix things. a long time between here and the republican convention in july. if donald trump doesn't straighten out and galvanize the republican party, republican delegates have an obligates to nominate the very best candidate

to beat hillary clinton. >> steve, john, thank you very much. appreciate you being here. see you again soon. >> thank you. it was hillary clinton's big night, but there were other female politicians making news as well, including that gop lawmaker who as we've been talking about may have been the first trump casualty. we'll explain what happened there, next.

it was obviously a big night for presidential politics, but also several state races, including the defeat of congresswoman renee ellmers in north carolina. was she of the trump effect? renee ellmers, the only person in congress for whom donald trump endorsed. he record add phone call for her. let me play a portion of that. >> hello. this is dnt kndonald trump, and i'm calling to personally invite you to vote for renee ellmers. she was first to endorse me and boy, is she a fighter. >> mark, she lost. what do you think the result -- i mean is there a connection between donald trump's endorsement and her loss? >> let me say this -- certainly that robocall did not

help her win, although she was, she was involved in a very difficult re-election. let's just lay it out for viewers here. why is renee ellmers interesting? because she represented a district down in north carolina right outside of raleigh, came into congress as part of the tea party wave in 2010. some viewers may remember clay aiken, the "american idol" star ran against her back in 2014 as a democrat and got crushed, but in this election, she was facing another incumbent. first incumbent upon incumbent race we've seen this year. had to do with redistricting. the district a little less than 20% of what she had originally had represented, and get this -- conservative groups thought she had lost her way. so as much as we talk about the in-fighting with donald trump, more than $1 million was spent against renee ellmers once a tea party favorite because groups thought she'd lost her way, but we just heard that call from

donald trump dn, and clearly its not enough to help her win. >> sounds like her situation was unique. any other lesson any other down candidates can draw from his? would this give them pause, in other words to seek out donald trump's endorsement? >> certainly in some respect, what you need as a congress' candidate, awe saw this over the last 24, 48 hours, you are going need trump supporters in the general election. need them by your said. having said that, donald trump has said incendiary things that have caused some to back away. we've seen that with mark kirk in illinois. in many way as blue state. he's a republican. he has figured out in the last 24 hours that being connected to donald trump is not going to be good for him but he has to be careful not to alienate those trump supporters. the question is, can donald trump, though, help some republicans, perhaps, in other parts of the country by doing robocalls or appearing at

fund-raisers or campaigning by their side? >> so, mark, this obviously is a historic moment. hillary clinton has become the first female nominee for a major party, were ut there are other historic things happening particularly. tell us about this race in california for barbara boxer's seat. >> right. so we spent a lot of time, of course, talking about bernie sanders and hillary clinton out in california, but there really is an interesting race between two women right now, two democrats, who won the first two slots in the primary out there. the way the california primary is set up, the two top vote getters move on to the general election. what you have is two democrats now facing off. you have an african-american state attorney general in kamala harris facing off against a latino congresswoman in loretta sanchez. now, a couple things is if loretta sanchez needs to cobble together a coalition to try to defeat kamala harris. kamala harris has the backing of

the democratic establishment. she is getting all of the democratic money, but you may have some disaffect of republicans out there who will join loretta sanchez, but it is an uphill battle. one thing to note if kamala harris wins in november, the second african-american woman to serve as a senator, and if loretta sanchez wins, the first latino woman to serve as a senator. >> right. and both firsts for california. so it's history in the making either way you slice it. mark preston, thank you very much. let's get to chris. >> all right. hillary clinton certainly made history, but bernie sanders is vowing to fight on to the convention in philadelphia. why won't sanders step away? he says it's about the movement. we have his words and his thoughts, next. about businesses being hacked and intellectual property being stolen. that is cyber-crime. and it affects each and every one of us. microsoft created the digital crimes unit to fight cyber-crime. we use the microsoft cloud

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[ cheers ] and then we take our fight for social, economic, racial and environmental justice to philadelphia, pennsylvania! [ cheers and applause ] >> i am pretty good in arithmetic, and i know that the fight in front of us is a very, very steep fight, but we will continue to fight for every vote and every delegate we can get. >> tonight i had a very kind call from president obama, and i look forward to working with him to make sure that we move this country forward. and tonight i had a very gracious call from secretary clinton, and congratulated her on her victories tonight.

our fight is to transform this country, and to understand -- and to understand that we are in this together. [ cheers ] to understand that all of what we believe is what the majority of the american people believe. [ cheers ] and to understand that the struggle continues. >> hillary clinton, erasing any

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tonight's victory belongs to generations of women and men -- >> we are going to take our fight to philadelphia! >> to those who voted for someone else in either party, we welcome you with open arms. >> don't let anyone tell you

that great things can't happen in america. >> if i'm forced to fight for something, i will never, ever back down. >> he's not just trying to build a wall between america and mexico. he's trying to wall off americans from each other. >> our mission is more than just defeating trump. >> hillary clinton turned the state department into her private hedge fund. >> my mother taught me never to back down from a bully. >> the struggle continues! >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. good morning, everyone. welcome back to your "new day." we do begin with breaking news. hillary clinton with a commanding lead at this hour over bernie sanders in california. she has won that state. it was the nation's biggest delegate prize, and the presumptive democratic nominee now embracing her place in history as the first woman to reach that milestone. bernie sanders, though, vowing

to fight on, as clinton and trump try to woo his supporters. >> donald trump was on best behavior last night. he gave a prepared speech, was trying to calm the revolt in his party with many leaders calling him a racist. now, he didn't apologize for attacking the judge and his h t heritage but says we misconstrued his comment. a look at the results with john berman. >> bernie sanders made a big play for california. looks like he suffered a big loss. we called the state for hillary clinton. right now she leads by about 13%, and this number, 4,024 increasing. we declared the presumptive nominee more than 24 hours ago. none of the states that voted overnight, hillary clinton won four. california, new mexico, south dakota and new jersey. big win there. bernie sanders won in montana and caucuses in north dakota. what does this mean for the delegate math? hillary clinton over the top, the presumed nominee.

she's got 2,740 now. that number keeps growing as we add them throughout the night. bernie sanders at 1,824. hillary clinton needed 2,383. well over that mark now. if you include the super delegates, which we do. what does that mean? for the raw vote total right now, if you look at both hillary clinton and donald trump over the course of these six months of primaries, hillary clinton earned 15.2 million votes. donald trump, 13.9 million. donald trump will tell you, if he had not been running against 16 other people for a lot of that time he might have more votes, but millions of voters supporting both candidates as they head to the general election. alisyn, they both need to expand that base to be sure. >> john, thanks so much for those numbers. hillary clinton is the first woman in history, in the u.s., to be the presumptive nominee of a major party, but with rival bernie sanders refousing to dro out, will that put this in danger? >> you can find the democratic

party may look easier this morning. bernie sanders was counting 0en on a california win to keep his fading hopes alive but that didn't happen. the clinton camp is victorious no matter how you slice it. won majority of everything overall, why her smile so wide and her victory was so sweet. hillary clinton's history-making moment. >> the first time in our nation's history that a woman will be a major party's nominee. >> reporter: exactly eight years after extinguishing her first trailblazing campaign. >> tonight's victory is not about one person. it belongs to generations of women and men who struggled and sacrificed and made this moment possible. >> reporter: extending her hand

to bernie sanders after finishing strong in the final round of primaries. wins in new jersey and california. >> and let there be no mistake, senator sanders, his campaign, and the vigorous debate that we've had have been very good for the democratic party and for america. >> reporter: sanders losing the big prize of california after spending 18 straight days campaigning there, effectively ending his argument to fight on. >> i know that the fight in front of us is a very, very steep fight, but we will continue to fight for every vote and every delegate we can get. >> reporter: this, as sanders' campaign tells cnn they plan to cut half their staff. >> the struggle continues! >> reporter: after a bitter primary duel, early signs of peacemaking. cnn has learned campaign managers for sanders and clinton, jeff weaver and robby mook, are talking behind the scenes.

♪ >> the end is near with sanders heading to the white house tomorrow to meet with president obama. this, in hopes of bringing the party together, which clinton says she knows can be difficult. >> now, i know it never feels good to put your heart into a cause or a candidate you believe in and to come up short. i know that feeling well. as we look ahead to the battle that awaits, let's remember all that unites us. >> reporter: the biggest point of unity for democrats may well be defeating donald trump. >> we believe that we are stronger together, and the stakes in this election are high, and the choice is clear. donald trump is temperamentally unfit to be president and commander in chief. >> reporter: she's making a full pivot to trump inviting voters who are skeptical of him to

rally behind her. >> we won't let this happen in america. and if you agree, whether you're a democrat, republican or independent, i hope you will join us. >> reporter: and president obama called both candidates last night to congratulate them on running what he called inspiring campaigns. he is poised to formally endorse secretary clinton very soon. he'll be in new york today. there's little question donald trump will come around. the question, whether supporters will follow. >> jeff, thanks for teeing that up. discuss. deputy communications for hillary for america, christina shockey. congratulations. >> thank you. >> great night. big of you to make it in this morning. >> such a pleasure and extraordinary for the millions who supported her. >> everything is about the next step step. >> yes. >> what do you want to relay?

did the presidential nominee reach out to sanders personally? >> yes. hillary called senator sanders last night. was very happy to talk to him, congratulated him on running an extraordinary campaign and wanted to make that connection herself and as you said, our campaign managers connected last night and president obama spoke to both sanders and hillary last night and congratulated them on their inspiring campaigns. >> what was coming across the other side of that conversation with the secretary and the senator? >> you know, she is so proud of the race that we've run on the democratic side, and really thinks he has run and incredible campaign. he brought up many important issues, energized and brought in so many young people into this process, brought millions of new voters in. so she just wanted to convey how incredibly grateful she was, they've raised the front together and really congratulated him on an incredible race. >> obviously, what you wanted to hear from him, this is great, this all matters and congratulations to clinton. she's going to be the nominee. he didn't say that.

what's your take on his message. you know what? we understand. this is a hard process. as hillary said, nobody understands that better than her, and she knows that he needs to take a few days to talk to his family and supporters. >> he's saying he's taking it through the convention. >> yes. you know what? we'll see what happens over the course of the next few days. >> so you have to plan for the convention. you still have some work to do. >> yes, what do you think matters most in terms of how to negotiate this while also starting to take on trump, because he's bringing out bigger and bigger hammers against clinton every day? >> you know, she's been taking on trump for quite some time because the stakes of this election are so high, and she's been doing both for some time when it's clear because of her commanding wins and how far she was ahead in this race that she needed to focus on trump and has been doing it for a while, so the first wave was, bill clinton was dirty. she helped him.

the clinton camp said we're not going to answer. the second is complicated. a string of allegations about what the clinton global initiative is really about. trump made some very naked allegations last night that there were quid pro quos with big money deals, hundreds of millions of dollars he said. he said hillary clinton made the state department her own hedge fund. now, these are personal attacks but also about the foundation. will the clinton campaign respond in substance? >> she is really proud of the work of the foundation and the work that her husband has done for years there. fighting aids around the world. fighting childhood obesity here in the united states. she's proud of his work and proud of his record, and so if he wants to attack the clinton foundation, we're happy to talk about the work he's done. >> she will respond point for point? for instance, he'll say, where's that money that went for the ho innoce hospital in haiti? he says the foundation can't account for it. will the campaign offer and accounting for the money? offer substance? >> we are very proud of the work of the foundation and happy to get the facts out there, but as hillary said, this is a

candidate who just runs on insults and abusing people and demeaning people. that's not the campaign she's running. she's running to be president of the united states, with real plans to make a difference in people's lives and she's going to continue to focus on that. >> last night in her message, it seemed to be, obviously, there's no reason to ignore the history of this, but she wasn't playing that first. she was playing diversity as strength, inclusiveness versus exclusionary practices that she says trump is responsible for. is that the main theme that she's going to have going forward? >> she absolutely believes that this country, we are stronger together, and as she said, she is very humbled by becoming the first woman to become a nominee for president and cares a lot more about the next chapter of american history and thinks that the choice we have to make is so stark in this upcoming election that she's really focused on what we're going to do together next. you know, as you heard hillary

say last night, she really believes we are a big-hearted, fair-minded country, and, you know, donald trump wants to build a wall between mexico and the united states. but he's also trying to build a wall between americans, and she believes that is wrong, and she's ready to get out there and campaign her heart out to talk about what we can be as a country when we're stronger together. >> we know the campaign managers are talking. you told us the secretary and senator spoke last night and told consistently when it comes to vice president, that's not where the campaign sees senator sanders' role going forward. anymore clarity on what you do see in terms of vice president? when will we get an announcement on that? >> for hillary, so focused on winning the nomination. doing everything to win the nomination. she hasn't been spending a lot of time thinking about the vice president. >> any shot at two women? >> you know, certainly. she has said she's absolutely open to that. she's looking for the best qualified candidate and that could very well be a woman.

>> any other guidance on that as to when? not to who? >> she'll spend the next few weeks taking a close look at that. as she said, she's been really focused on just winning the nomination up to this point. >> and timing, the president has had a more role, speaking about it more directly, more to the process. last night contacted both candidates. are you expecting an endorsement soon? >> well, you know, we really hope to get an endorsement soon. we understand that senator sanders is meeting with the president this week, tomorrow, and we'll see what comes out of that meeting. an endorsement from president obama would be very, very meaningful to hillary as he was so proud to serve in his administration, considers him a friend and is really running for president to protect his legacy and build on the progress that he's made for this country. >> does the campaign anticipate the president being a full-fledge teammate in this campaign? >> we certainly hope so. he has been an extraordinary

american president. he's been the leader of our party, and, you know, under his leadership, 18 million americans now have health insurance. 15 million american jobs were created under his presidency. he has really been, hillary believes, doesn't get the credit for what a leader he's been for this country, and she would be really honored to have him out there campaigning on her behalf. >> the campaign and the general will be about the administration one way or the other. interesting to see how united the front is. see you again soon, ms. scake, thank you. >> thank you. and softening his tone in a scripted speech last night, donald trump trying to stave off a republican revolt after comments about a judge's mexican heritage. jim acosta is live in trump to you tower in new york. >> reporter: a team effort that went into writing the speech for donald trump last night.

very important after five bad days. the trick for donald trump, to get his campaign back on the rails in the middle of a republican revolt. no apologies loaded into that teleprompter last night, but he did tone down his rhetoric. >> to those who voted for someone else, in either party, i will work hard to earn your support. >> reporter: donald trump tried to change the subject and his delivery, using a teleprompter in his victory lap speech at the official end of the republican primary season. >> if i'm forced to fight for something, i really care about, i will never, ever back down, and our country will never, ever back down. >> reporter: the speech with only a couple of trump ad-libs had some republicans cheering. the chairman of the rnc tweeting, exactly the right approach, and perfectly delivered. >> if he can stay on this path, and stay this disciplined, he's going to be very formidable. >> reporter: trump did respond to the growing outcry over his

takes on federal judge gonzalo curiel's mexican-american heritage. >> it's disappointing. >> reporter: he told republican critics to move on. >> there's a lot of anger, i guess. anger. they can't come back, can't get over it. they have to get over ter ideally. whether or not they endorse, okay if they don't. they have to get over it. they can't be angry for so long. >> reporter: and mark kirk in a tough re-election battle and rescinded his endorsement of trump. >> i cannot endorse him because of what he said about the judge, that was too racist and bigoted for me. >> reporter: and that after the two top republicans -- >> claiming a person can't do their job because of heritage should be disavowed. >> it's time to quit attacking various people that you competed with or various minority groups in the country. >> reporter: trump attempted to put the controversy to rest saying his comments were

misconstrued. he had a few supporters coming to his defense. >> i've known him 14 years, and donald trump is not a racist. >> reporter: but trump is hearing warnings from top republicans demanding their presumptive nominee start acting presidential, before the gop mutiny gets any worse. >> he's got to demonstrate a different level of professionalism. >> reporter: the real estate tycoon says he got the message and is ready to turn his attention to hillary clinton. >> the clintons have turned the politics of personal enrichment into an art form for themselves. >> reporter: now, the next big speech for donald trump is planned for early next week. you heard donald trump talking tab there. at the end of that piece. of course, chris, we've heard talk before about donald trump making the pivot to the general election campaign, toning down his rhetoric, acting more presidential, but he can't take a teleprompter everywhere he goes, and all of that talk happened before this controversy on judge curiel. >> a tough spot approaching the

bizarre. you have people saying what this man just said is racist, but i'm still for him, as my party's nominee. not an easy spot for the gop leadership in this one. >> reporter: unchartered waters indeed. >> unchartered indeed. thank you very much. we heard one prominent lawmakers pull his endorsement of trump, can't follow him. will more do that, or bank on a change from trump? we're going to talk with a trump surrogate, next. eds to... ...be quicker than everybody. to win at home, she needs to be quicker than... allyson: chloe! that's why allyson felix uses bounty. the quicker picker upper. allyson: chloe! allyson: chloe! bounty is faster and 2x more absorbent than the leading... ...ordinary brand, and faster than chloe too. allyson: come on chloe! bounty the quicker picker upper what if 30,000 people download the new app? we're good.

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strategi strategist. thanks for being here. >> good morning. >> let's talk about donald trump's effort to clean up the mess after his comments aboutup curiel where he talked about his mexican heritage. donald trump put out a statement yesterday, in which he said that his comments were misconstrued. how were his comments misconstrued? >> well, things, even things like paul ryan said, text poboo racism. that's incorrect. that is when one is better than the other. no one said that. >> he did say because of the judge's heritage he would not be able to be fair. isn't that connecting your ethnicity to you doing your job in the right way? >> what he said was, with this particular judge. not all judges, but this specific judge -- >> couldn't do his job because he was mexican? >> the la raza lawyers of san diego and ties to supporting illegal immigration he could not be fair. by the way, donald trump has been saying this way before he was running for president that

doesn't make it better. the problem is that he said it over and over, he's mexican. i'm building a washington. he's mexican. he can't be fair. he's mexican. >> donald trump believes this judge has been unfair to him and continues to be unfair because of donald trump's views. unsealing sealed documents in case, very unusual. to do that is showing a judge's biased, like alberto gonzalez says, everyone in america has a right to question the fairness. done on the liberal and conservative side as well. >> he connected the judge being mexican whether or not he could do his job and said the media was basically misconstruining that. they drew that connection. >> he drew the judges positions, and being unfair against donald trump. >> yes. isn't that saying somebody's heritage is making them unqualified to do their job? >> that's saying their positions and backgrounds make them act unfair towards this specific defendant.

not saying the judge shouldn't be a judge or isn't qualified to be a judge. in this specific case, the lead plfr wanted to withdraw and did withdraw, but the judge appointed -- >> a class action suit. >> as attorney, a plaintiff withdraws, the case is out the window. that did not happen and this judge has been unfair is what he's saying. >> this judge went after mexican drug cartels of his own personal safety risked. every law -- even donald trump's own attorney said, we don't want this judge to be recused. this is a fine judge. >> three weeks ago the attorney said that. right? the attorney has had to practice in front of the judge and it's up to them. interesting we're spending time talking about this. we should be talking about donald trump what he will do for america, the speech last night. we're mot going to agree, right. >> he is trying to pivot, seems, from his speech last night, but why didn't he just apologize? >> why would he apologize? there's nothing to apologize for. >> why not just said i said the judge is mexican and therefore

won't get a fair trial. why doesn't he say, i shouldn't have said that. >> he didn't say that. >> he said it repeatedly. >> background, support for illegal -- that group, la raza, gave a scholarship to an illegal immigrant. >> you're saying all of these nuances, saying all of this background. donald trump clearly said repeatedly, he's mexican. i'm building a wall. he's mexican, i'm building a wall. >> if it was a liberal on trial, a case, a jury that did not fit that person, a huge outcry. so -- let's be fair. >> well, if you want to be fair, let's talk about how republicans heard it. many republicans including paul ryan who he said it was racist, and senator mark kirk who endorsed donald trump put out this statement yesterday saying i find donald trump's belief that an american-born judge of mexican descent is imcapable of fairly presiding over his case

is not only dead wrong it is un-american. i cannot and will not support my party's nominee for president regardless of the political impact on my candidacy or the republican party. clearly mark kirk heard it this way. >> it's very disappointing what senator kirk decided to do. that's up to him. talk about conservatives and republicans uniting. how can you unite when you're not support are your candidate for presidency? be united behind him, and paul ryan did say he continues to support donald trump. and donald trump was talking about overrunning poverty. >> didn't he have to talk about donald trump? >> absolutely not. decided to do it. up to him. the rumors. speaker ryan is one member of congress. the american people want something new, fresh, and that's why they're going to elect donald trump president. >> quickly, let me show you the other republicans who have also spoken out against this. we have a graphic. there are lots and lots of names of people who have spoken out

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head to head in the general election. by all indications it's going to be a slugfest, right? and policy second to the personal. so what are the predictions? what are the strengths and weaknesses? bring in ron foreigne, senior political columnist and author of a great book. "love that boy." we also have a very good author in his own right, david gregory, cnn political analyst and host of the redoubtable david gregory show podcast. gentlemen, thank very much. let's just do this, like tale of the tape. ron, when you look at hillary clinton, what are the weaknesses for trump to exploit? >> what we're talking about in this election. weaknesses. data shows voters will not vote for the candidate they like the most. looking for the candidate they loathe the least. so this is all about who can disqualify whom? for hillary clinton, you know, she is the perfect gift for donald trump. he's running as a change disruption candidate. so running against somebody who

is an institution who is the status quo is his best draw. for hillary clinton, the fact that she's running at an institution a creature of washington, a status quo candidate, she needs, in an environment where people want change badly, she needs to run against somebody who is unsuited for the job and started to make a pretty good case last night that donald trump is unsuited. actually, donald trump made a good case in these last few weeks that he's unsuited for the job. >> david gregory what did you make of the new set of salvos from trump about the cgi, clinton global initiative foundation, saying they made the clintons hundreds of millions of dollars in deals as favors to people, that the state department was her own hedge fund? do you think he can put meat on the bones on those allegations or do you think he doesn't have to? >> i don't know he can. i think he will have to, because, you know, that base of negativity towards clinton, i think, is already baked in for a

lot of voters. i think he's trying to do two things. trying to reach those people on the fence about him or her, and try to kind of suppress her turnout, and suppress any of that positive feeling towards her, and even -- again, paint her as just a corrupt person, part of the establishment, and somebody that you just can't trust or believe, and the ultimate insider in an unconventional outsider year. i think he wants to try to exploit all of that. i mean, his is very much the politics of personal grievance. it's a very dark tale about where america is and where he argues it's headed. and he does not represent the new america. this past week in his racist attack on judge curiel certainly shows that. hillary clinton is trying to position herself as a, last night, as more of an historic candidate and someone who speaks for and to the aspirations of a new america. >> so we saw ron in the form of paul ryan really a metaphor for just the box that the gop

leadership in right now. calls him a racist. forget about mexican, not being, being a heritage, basically points to his bigotry and then says, but i have to back him. we've never seen a situation like this before in an election. what's the compromise? >> i don't know what it is and it's bigger than you're saying. he's xemexemplifying what all a saying. i don't like donald trump but don't like hillary clinton's ethics. a lot of voters have to make the devil's choice. it's why i think anybody, a dead person, could get 10%, 12% as an ind debit in this cycle and why i think gary johnson will do better than people realize because people are looking for something better than these two alternatives. >> normer governor of new mexico on the show today. had him on in the past. we'll see what he has to say about all this. to carry on ron's analogy, about

who we loathe the least, if that's the proposition, which one of these two candidates is more set up to make you hate them less? >> well, i think it will -- that -- the answer to that question will come down to a contrast. i mean, ultimately, they don't want it just to be a referendum on them. it's going to about choice between two candidates, two visions for the country. this is why i think ultimately temperament is so important. ultimately we're taking the measure of these two people. who will they handle a crisis, adversity, handle the complexities of our foreign policy and the national security threats that america faces? the complexities of the future of the economy? and that's why how they make decisions, how they deal with adversity tells us so much about their approach. i think ultimately this is not about issues, it's about personal characteristics. ultimately, who do you picture

in the job? that's why this point about what we're learning about trump could be so important and so impactful on how voters view him. >> do you believe, ron, that this is a flashpoint for donald trump? that whether it was combination of variables what he said about the media and such concentrated fashion, what -- >> no doubt about it. >> what he said about the judge in such concentrated fashion and him attacking an institution or misconstrued? >> we can look at the tape. it wasn't misconstrued. he said a dictionary definition of bigotry and sexism. also said women might not be able to rule on him, because, because they're not men. this is -- this is a flashpoint for the entire republican party. not just donald trump. we may look back at this week and see it's when donald trump lost the presidency, and when republicans lost the senate, and maybe even lost the house, certainly lost a lot of seats, because you can't put this toothpaste back in the tube.

can't pivot from bigotry. you saw paul ryan struggling over that yesterday. how in the world do you endorse somebody who says that because somebody is hispanic they can't do their jobs? >> right. also remember -- >> how do you hang on to that endorsement? >> remember what else, ryan also said, though, yesterday, you know, we have more common ground on the policy issues of the day, and a likelihood of getting our policies enacted with trump than we do with her and the supreme court and the nominations that could be coming also loom large and make trump a proxy as anybody but clinton. thank you for makes us better on "new day." speak to you both soon. alisyn? if neither clinton nor trump are your cup of tea, you do have a third option. libertarian party nominee gary johnson, and we will speak with him live, next. fit kitchen. prime cuts of meat. 25 grams of protein. and savory, mouth-watering sides. it's the perfect balance of delicious and nutritious. making it just the right fit for you. stouffer's fit kitchen meals.

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clinton and donald trump could leave the door open for a third-party candidate. the libertarian ticket led by gary johnson is hoping to make a big dent there. he joins us live to make the case. >> alisyn, thank you for having me on this morning. >> thanks for being on. it was a big night last night, obviously, historic, that hillary clinton becomes the first female nominee of a major party, and it does feel as if after last night this long primary is finally gelling. obviously, you're running against these two household names. donald trump/hillary clinton. where is your inroad? where do you get traction? >> well, first of all,

congratulations to hillary. yes, it was a long process, so it will be clinton. it will be trump, and i think that i offer along with bill weld, a real alternative to the two, being fiscally conservative. look, smaller government is better. hillary, you know, there isn't a rule, there isn't a regulation that isn't going to fix things, and i'm being facetious. government can level the playing field. crony capitalism is alive and well. so for all of those bernie supporters out there, how about -- how about taking a look at libertarian ticket? and with regard to our military interventions, i do think hillary's been the architect of what is happening worldwide and i don't think that the world is any safer today. i think it has to do with our military interventions, boots on the ground, dropping bombs, flying drones that are killing thousands of innocent people.

let's focus on what really is the threat. i happen to think that it's north korea, but we'll save that discussion for another day. congratulations again to hillary. it really is a milestone. >> after this latest dust-up with donald trump and the judge whom he called mexican, we have heard several republicans say that they will not be able to vote for donald trump. mark kirk came out, lindsey graham has come out, and senator ben sass says he can't vote for hillary clinton or donald trump. this seems like someone who should be a great perspective voter for you. however, here's what he tweeted -- ben sass says, johnson is pro-abortion, pro-executive overreach, bad on religious liberty and naive on national security. otherwise, "solid." basically he took you up on your invitation for people who don't know nudge about you to google

you. he did that and what he found sort of disheartened him. what's your response? >> there's a lot of misinformation out there. look, libertarians, whether you're socially conservative or socially liberal, libertarians really don't care. just don't force either one of those on me as an individual. and, hey, when it comes to national security, if we're attacked, we're going to attack back, and we should have an impenetrable, an invincible national defense, but i think we're anything but that these days, and let's look at the real threat that exists in the world, which i think is north korea and let's diplomacy to the hilt, i reject the fact that -- that libertarians are isolationists. look, we should be engaged and we should look at these issues. when it comes to abortion, how can there be any a more difficult choice that a woman would face but at the end of the day, shouldn't it be the woman

that deals with that issue and no one else? >> well, social conservatives disagree with you. that's where you lose social conservatives. they think that being pro-choice is a deal breaker. is it possible -- i know you're trying to extend an open hand to republicans, but is it possible that the republican party has become for conservative and somebody who says, it's a woman's choice, that will not appeal to them. >> alisyn, my experience in the republican party, having been a republican governor in a heavily blue state, was first and foremost republicans were about smaller government. when you look at abortion, and what can the government do when it comes to abortion? do you really want to criminalize the woman, or the doctor involved, in a situation that is just horribly difficult, but, woman, the woman involved. shouldn't that woman have the right to make that decision? and i -- i -- i fully acknowledge what a difficult issue this is, and how divided people are on it, but in my own

experience, look, republicans at the beginning and the end of the day are all about smaller government. that's the republican party that-- that i was a part of. >> do you think you're going to be able to realistically be on the debate stage with clinton and trump? >> you know, my name is continuing to appear in the polls. there are a lot of polls that go by without my name, but i think that that is self-fulfilling prophecy, that people will check it out and ben sass, his comments, hey, if you google gary johnson, check it out, abortion is the deal-breaker, i extend a hand. should that really be government's role, or should it be a person's choice and libertarians are going to always come down on the side of personal choice, as long as those choices don't put others in harm's way. >> governor gary johnson, thanks so much for coming on and spelling out your positions. great to see you. >> alisyn, thank you. over to chris. history or maybe herstory

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thanks to you, we've reached a milestone. first time, the first time in our nation's history that a woman will be a major party's nominee. >> she's right. hillary clinton, becoming the presumptive democratic nomination is a moment of history. it's not just big politically, it is a milestone for the country as the first time a woman will be the top of the ticket in november. the question is, what does this mean in the race? let's discuss with one of our top supporters, senator clare mccaskill. >> it is a big deal, you know. a lot of women across the country last night were having one of those moments where we kind of like shook our head and said is this real. has this really happened.

do we finally a woman as a major party. i know a long with a lot of other women, we missed our mothers, my mother when i was 7 years old told me i had to say trick or treat and veet for jfk. she convinced me when ways a young girl, i could be anything. there were a lot of women missing, and of course, hillary clinton talked about her mother last night. but it is, it is a special time. i think it's one that we need to really celebrate. not have this moment get lost in the back and forth of a pretty nasty campaign. >> it is nasty. probably going to be get nastier. it is whether the right woman, right, that's what donald trump is saying. he had a new line of attacks last night. i want to give you a chance to rebut what we've been hearing from that campaign and other critics. here is what he said last night. >> the clintons have turned the politics of personal enrichment

into an art form for themselves. they've made hundreds of millions of dollars selling access, selling favors, selling government contracts, and i mean hundreds of millions of dollars. secretary clinton even did all of the work on a totally illegal private server. >> all right, let's take it one at a time. hillary clinton was behind the servers, we just had the i.g. report, it is illegal. do you accept that in. >> well, i think was against -- they're now saying it was against policy. there is a difference between government policy and offices and the law as it relates to any kind of criminal activity. donald trump is not going to obviously pay any attention to those distinctions. >> what about the records act? >> well, i think -- obviously there is an investigation going on. and i think at this juncture,

obviously, there is nothing illegal that has been determined. and i think that it's very clear that the things were classified were classified after they moved across her server. everyone at the state department knew she was using this e-mail address. and by the way, she was doing exactly what her predecessors had done. colin powell hasn't turned in his e-mails to this day. so i think it is, we've heard an awful lot about this. i think more importantly, people need to ask themselves, who do you want on the world stage representing our country. >> well, to their point -- >> he is vulgar and racist, and reckle reckless, and a buffoon when he says things that are totally dangerous to our country. that's the contrast that people will be looking at. >> well, but obviously as always as you're talking about trump character counts, but another point of attack will the clinton global initiative. why the tax returns were misstated, what deals bill

clinton was making with russia and uranium, what kind of shady nations were able to give a lot of money to that foundation, while clinton was the secretary of state. these are real concerns. do you think that you have real answers? >> well, i think that the clinton foundation did a lot of good around the world. hillary clinton could have easily said no, i don't want to be secretary of state. i want to go make more money. at any juncture, she could have made a choice in her life to make money. she made a choice at every juncture to serve the public. every scar she has came from public service. and i think that's important to remember. she has fought her entire life for the public good. and to turn a presidential foundation, which all presidents do, into something nefarious is just politics. >> do you think that these allegations will wind up being hallow or what happened to the money for the hospital in haiti, because they made a lot of money

since he was president. do you think they'll become real issues and do you think they're legitimate answers? >> i think there will be a lot of examination of donald trump's business practices. i think -- >> senator, what does that have to do with the global initiative? >> this campaign is about contrast, chris. this is going to be about who do you want in the oval office. if we're going to examine the foundation by the way, every former president has had foundations. >> right. >> and has taken donations from foreign governments. this is not unusual. if we're going to compare that to some of the business practices of donald trump, that's what this campaign is about. >> but are you worried about a two wrongs analysis? is that a good defense, if i ask you about something you did, yeah, what about what you do? >> i think we're going to compare two candidates. if you look at donald trump's life and how he has conducted his life, what he has said in public, the vulgar things he has said in public, the racist

things he says in this campaign. his inability, i mean, he famously said he has never asked god for forgiveness, much less the american people, when he says something as outrageous as he did about judge curiel. it is about character, and somebody who has served the public all of their life, versus somebody who served themselves, not just in their business practices, but in this campaign. this is about the country. i think what was so great about her speech last night, she reminded us, this is about uplifting people. about our country being seen in the world as a bright, shining light of equal opportunity. and possibilities. that's not what donald trump's campaign is about. >> senator -- >> it is about dividing us. that's the contrast that people will be focused on as they make up their mind. >> senator mccaskill, i appreciate you making the case. i'll see you again on "new day." >> you bet. a big night, history was made. we have new numbers. let's get right to it.

i will always have your back. >> some people say i'm too much of a fighter. my preference is always peace. >> i want to con grgratulate senator sanders. >> we continue the fight. >> tonight belongs to all of you. >> the last thing we need is hillary clinton in the white house. >> donald trump is temperamentally unfit to be president. >> all of those bernie sanders voters who have been left out in the cold, we welcome you with open arms. >> the american people will never support a candidate whose major theme is bigotry. >> we're only getting started and it will be beautiful. remember that. >> this is "new day," with chris cuomo and alisyn camerota. good morning, welcome to

"new day." it is 8:00 in the east. we have breaking news of the political variety. hillary clinton putting a big exclamation point in her primary fight with bernie sanders. winning big in california. the presumptive democratic nominee, seizing her place in history, as the first woman to reach that milestone. sanders, however, vowing to fight on. we do have new reporting about the two candidates speaking to each other at the campaigns. what does that mean? all of this, as donald trump attempts to move past his controversial attacks on that federal judge's mexican heritage. he said his comments were, quote, misconstrued. let's begin with john berman. he has a look at all of the results. where are we now, john? >> good morning, alisyn. hillary clinton, she won big in california, bigger than anyone in the clinton campaign thought she would. look at this. right now, she leads bernie sanders by 13 points there. that's with nearly 70% of the vote counted in this total vote

difference right now has been growing throughout the night and morning, increasing the lead. now, she certainly wanted to win california. but she didn't need to. she didn't need any of the states that voted yesterday. she won four of them. california, new mexico, new jersey, bernie sanders won in montana and north dakota, the caucuses there. as for the delegates, hillary clinton the presumptive nominee, but she padded her delegate lead with 2740. with super delegates, which we count, she now has enough to be the presumed nominee. as for the raw votes, look at this. hillary clinton over the course of the six month primary campaign, 15.2 million votes, donald trump 13.9 million. he'll tell you this is more than any republican has ever received. he'll also tell you there would be more, had he not had so many candidates during much of the

race. >> thank you very much, j.b. hillary clinton will be the first woman presumptive nominee. so bernie sanders is still saying i'm not getting out. but we're hearing the suggestions that they're moving towards unity. cnn senior washington correspondent, jeff zeleny joins us. there is talking going on, my friend. >> there is indeed. it may look easier this morning. bernie sanders, of course, was counting on a california win after spending 18 straight days there. that didn't happen. the clinton campaign this morning is victor yous no matter how you count it. she won the majority of delegates overall. that's why her smile was so wide last night in brooklyn. >> hillary clinton's history making moment. >> the first time in our nation's history that a woman will be a major party's nominee.

>> savoring a triumph, after her first campaign. >> tonight's victory is not about one person. it belongs to generations of women and men who struggled and sacrificed, and made this moment possible. >> extending her hand to bernie sanders, after finishing strong in the final round of primaries. wins in new jersey and california. >> and let there be no mistake. senator sanders, his campaign, and the vigorous debate that we've had have been very good for the democratic party and for america. >> sanders, losing the big prize of california, after spending 18 straight days campaigning there, effectively ending his argument to fight on. >> i know that the fight in

front of us is a very, very steep fight. but we'll continue to fight for every vote and delegate. >> this, as sanders campaign tells cnn they plan to cut half their staff. >> the struggle continues. >> after a bitter primary duel, early signs of peace making. cnn has learned sanders and clinton, jeff weaver and robby mook are talking behind the scenes. the end is near. with sanders heading to the white house tomorrow, to meet with president obama. and hopes of bringing the party together, which clinton says, she knows can be difficult. >> now, i know it never feels good to put your heart into a cause or a candidate you believe in and to come up short. i know that feeling well. as we look ahead to the battle that awaits, let's remember all that you nights us.

>> the biggest point of teen for democrats may be defeating donald trump. >> we believe that we are stronger together. and the stakes in this election are high. and the choice is clear. donald trump is temperamentally unfit to be president and commander in chief. >> she is making a full pivot to trump, inviting voter whose are skeptical of him to rally behind her. >> we won't let this happen in america. and if you agree, whether you're democratic, republican or independent, i hope you will join us. >> now, the process of unifying democrats is underway. hillary clinton made a late night phone call to bernie sanders, congratulating him on the success of his campaign, after winning 22 states, and building a movement here. but secretary clinton wants to give him at least a little bit of space for now. it was eight years ago this week when she vowed out to barack obama in the famous speech about

cracking the highest glass ceiling. it is important to note, it wasn't a concession speech she gave on the last night of primaries, it came four days later, after supporters urged her to stay in the race, she didn't. she hopes sander also come to the same conclusion later this week. >> interesting, jeff, to think about that phone call. thanks so much for all of that background. here to discuss is congressman javi javier bassera. >> good morning. >> big night for your side. hillary clinton won resoundingly in your state. that was even outside of what the polls had said. the polls suggested that they were neck and neck. there were some that suggested that sanders might win. so given this resounding victory, do you think it's time for sanders to drop out today. >> sander sanders will make some good decisions about how to move forward, and the great thing about our process on the

democratic side is it's never been about one person. it's been about the people. and bernie sanders had a very powerful message about how we have to lift all people. secretary clinton has had this message as well, lifting all the people. so i don't think one person is going to get in the way of lifting a lot of people, and so i suspect that come november, we're going to be working as a team really vigorously to let the american people understand, everyone is going to get to have their vote lifted. >> you're going to have to work before november as a team. senator sanders has said as recently as last night, he is pressing on, he wants to move on this week, heading towards the convention. is it time for him to work as a team with hillary clinton now? >> that's coming. i don't think there is any doubt that that's coming. senator sanders has had a really spirited campaign. i think he knows what he is doing. and he has been fighting for these values for more than 30 years, so i don't think he'll

stop fighting for them simply because of an election. great results for democrats. for my three daughters, to see what's going on in america, especially when you contrast it on the republican side. believe what you're going to see is a consolidation is all of those people that want to lift up america, not divide it. that's where bernie sanders and hillary clinton, i believe, will be working as a team to help americans believe. >> after the dust-off about what donald trump said about a judge and his mexican ancestry, there have been some high profile republicans who have come out and said they cannot vote for donald trump, namely senator mark kirk, lindsey graham, but they also say they can't vote for hillary clinton. hillary clinton, though, has run with this, with some republicans saying that they won't support their party's nominee. she has a new feature on her website. let me pull it up. it is republicans against trump, and she says take the pledge to

get your free republicans against trump sticker. and that's cute and clever, but where is the part where she says i will be for you. there is room in the tent that i am building for you, come and join me. i will cross the aisle and work with you. she seems to be stopping short of sort of extending a full hand to republicans. >> actually, last night, alisyn, if you heard her remarks, she extended a hand to all people in america, including republican voters, including independent voters. she made is very clear. this is a campaign where we lift all votes. that's the powerful message. by the way, with regard to those republican leader whose are saying that they are not going to be voting for donald trump, if you're leader, it's not enough to say you're not going to vote for someone who has made racist remarks. you have to be a lead are for america and say in the 21st century, no longer will we

tolerate racist remarks of colors and backgrounds. so i hope that soon we're going to have republicans not just condemning the remarks, saying that they are offensive, but also, saying that donald trump if he wants to be their standard bearer, has to get out there and say he made a mistake, he apologized. something to correct this record, because right now, the stain of racism marks the republican party. i don't believe the party of lincoln wants that to be the case. >> do you think it will be harder for republicans to actually get on board with hillary clinton and to embrace her campaign, given what she said at that cnn debate months ago, where she was asked which enemies she is most proud of and she named republicans? >> i think people under that what we need is someone in the white house that will get things done. and i believe most americans as we've seen by the fact that donald trump is their republican presumptive nominee, are willing

to move in many directions. what i do believe is this. hillary clinton has a message that appeals to all americans. it is about lifting all votes. the rust belt states or sun belt states, there is a message that hillary clinton is communicating to you. it hasn't been said for quite sometime. it needs to be said. you're going to have an opportunity. you may not be able to get away with everything the way donald trump says, it is not going to be free. but if you work hard and do things by the rules, which by the way, donald trump doesn't, you're going to do well in america, and so her message will cross borders, cross boundaries, and she'll be about building bridges, not walls. >> is her campaign reaching out to you for vp talks? >> wow, i think she is probably trying to get a little bit of rest tonight. my sense is that secretary clinton now has some really awesome responsibilities. one of those will likely be her pick for vp. and i have total faith when she makes that final call, that person who will be her running

mate, will be just the best. so it will be a great team. i'm looking forward to -- i want to be on the field to be able to catch, walk, i'll carry water. i want to be on the field to play. >> not a no. congressman, thank you so much for being on "new day." donald trump has leaders of the gop saying he made racist comments about a judge. they're saying he is a racist. some even calling to rescind support. so he was told by the leadership to get on script, and he did that last night, literally, reading a speech off a teleprompter, claiming he understands the responsibility of, quote, carrying the mantle. cnn senior washington white house correspondent, jim acosta is live at trump tower in new york. what do we know? >> reporter: good morning, chris. i'm told it was a team effort that went into writing donald trump's speech last night, in the words of one advisor, putting it candidly, it was an important night, important speech, after five bad days. there were no apologies loaded

into that teleprompter he used last night, but donald trump did tone things down big time. >> to those who voted for someone else in either party, i'll work hard to earn your support. >> donald trump, trying to change the subject and his delivery. using a teleprompter in his victory speech at the official end of the republican primary season. >> if i'm forced to fight for something, i really care about, i will never, ever back down. and our country will never ever back down. >> the speech, with only a couple of trump ad-libs, had some republicans cheering. the chairman of the rnc tweeting exactly the right approach. perfectly delivered. >> if he can stay on this path, and stay this disciplined, he is going to be very formidable. >> trump did respond to the growing outcry over his attacks on federal judge gonzalo curiel's heritage. >> it is a little disappointing. >> he told his critics to move

on. >> there is a lot of anger. i guess, anger. they can't come back. they can't get over it. so they have to get over it, ideally, as to whether or not they endorse me, that's okay if they don't, but this toef get over it. they shouldn't be so angry for so long. >> too late, says illinois republican senator, mark kirk, who is in a tough reelection battle. >> i cannot support him because of what he said about the judge. that was too racist and bigoted for me. >> that, coming after hours of stinging comments of the two top republicans. >> claiming a person can't do the job because of their race is sort of like the textbook definition of a racist comment. it should be absolutely disavowed. >> it is time to quit attacking various people you competed with or various minority groups in the country. >> trump attempted to put the controversy to rest, with a statement that said his comments about judge curiel were misconstrued. he did have a few supporters coming to his defense. >> i've known him for 14 years, and donald trump is not a racist. >> he is hearing warning from

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i understand the responsibility of carrying the mantle. i will never, ever let you down. too much work. too many people. blood, sweat and tears. never going to let you down. i will make you proud of your party, and our movement. that's what it is, a movement. >> that is donald trump, trying to smooth things over with voters and frankly with his own party leadership. last night, no apology, but he says his judge comments were misconstrued and told people who were upset with him to get over it. joining us now, tom ridge,

former homeland security secretary and chairman of ridge global. he was the national co-chair of john kasich's campaign. governor, you're not going to get over it. this to you is a metaphor is the in civility of politics. true? >> that's absolutely true. i think the notion that he is going to carry the mantle of the republican party, it would be obviously wearing new clothes, because he certainly hasn't been carrying it the past year. the notion that those who oppose him are angry, i think is unfortunately probably another self-absorbed notion. i think a lot of the reasons you have people like the senator kirk and senator flake and some other long-standing republicans and men of vision, men of character and courage, it is probably even bigger than trump, but bottom line, if you have major policy differences with a candidate, if you find his actions and his demeaning nature

unacceptable, if you have legitimate questions about his character and his temperament and disposition, if you have concluded he is wrong for america, then why would you conclude he is right for the republican party. it is not about blind allegiance. >> they say -- >> you're going to see other defections. >> they say you're putting me in an impossible position. you're telling me to back hillary clinton or stay out of the race, if we lose, we lose the supreme court, we may lose one, two or three cycles of congressional elections. and really handcuff my ability to get policies that we want through with a democratic president, and maybe democratic congressman. >> well, i'm not telling anybody to do anything they don't feel by virtue of principle and belief sis them they don't want to do. i am telling pple and i'm saying to you and everybody else that there is no reason to criticize those who disagree with a candidate, whether it be republican or democratic. there is no reason to suggest

that simply because you are nominated by one party or the other, that you have to be -- there has to be some kind of blind allegiance, if you have concluded intellectually and emotional that that individual is wrong for america, the fact they may be registered in the same party as you, think about it, before you cast the vote. i'm not going to question people's motives as to why they will or will not support a candidate. i don't think donald trump should either. >> can you imagine yourself ever saying about a candidate, look, i think what he or she just said was bigoted, and racist, but i'm going to support them? can you imagine yourself saying that? >> no, i can't imagine that. if you have concluded, let's take a look at senator kirk for a moment. a man who i think has demonstrated extraordinary courage. he is a man with a significant disability. he goes to work everyday, trying very hard to be the best possible senator he can be. and yet, the nominee of the republican party decided on a

national public stage to make fun of a disabled journalist. there is an endless, litany of what i consider to be improper transgressions. demeaning, mean spirited on people that disagree with him. this notion about the judge who found against him in a motion for summary judgment, it is inexcusab inexcusable, because he didn't get his way. i mean, that's why i mean yesterday, chris, i wish you could have been there, allegheny college and their president, five years ago, decided to shine the light on civility in the public space. yesterday, we honored vice-president joe biden and john mccain. fierce partisans, great friends. they both spoke to the notion of putting aside this mean spirited pettiness, no one another, respect each other's differences and business, and get on the

business of governing. it was an incredible hour or two with both these great patriots. it is about civility. i don't know anybody who can conclude somebody who is uncivil, if somebody is -- if your view, he or she, if they are a racist, any of those things are that troubling to you, i don't know how you can support them on either side of the aisle. >> it's interesting. what you call civility now is dismissed as pc, by people angry and frustrated about the process. many on both sides are saying this is a choice between the less worst candidate. you have clinton who many believe negative allegations about her behavior as state department official, whether it's the e-mail scandal or what happened with the clinton global initiative or her husband's in fidelities, and you look at trump and they're going through the analysis, you have right there. where is civility in a process that's about the less worst. >> well, you know, i think

chris, the irony of yesterday as meeting was in the midst of what has been and will be probably the most negative campaign. it is not going to be a discussion of foreign policy alternatives, domestic policy alternatives. this will be a pretty personality driven campaign. the notion that on that day, they both basically clinched the nomination to have two patriots honored by allegheny college. i don't think there is any question if you walk away from vice-president biden or senator john mccain, you're not confused about their point of view. they know how to mix it up. if you had been there, chris, embraced, they're friends, a great sense of respect. what the prize to shine a light on and with both of these candidates need over the next six months, put aside the pettiness, put aside the mean spiritedness, and why don't you, secretary clinton, take a page out of vice-president biden's

book, and donald trump, take a page out of john mccain's book and try to treat your opponent with respect and the dignity that the process deserves. more importantly, chris, america deserves better than personal attacks. >> governor, you're saying something a lot of people want to hear right now. it is a message to both sides, because as we see, this is going to be a real slugfest. maybe not on the terms that will make this country any better at the end. thank you very much for your -- >> chris, thank you. >> always. you know you're always welcome on "new day" to talk about what matters. donald trump as you've been talking about, chris, trying to put out the fire over his comments on that federal judge that he says the media misconstrued. is it working? is his statement working? we will explore that, next. all across the state, the economy is growing, with creative new business incentives, the lowest taxes in decades,

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comments about a judge's mexican heritage. let's bring in cnn political commentator, and donald trump supporter, jeffrey lord. cnn political commentator and senior righter for the federalist, mary catherine hamm. >> good morning, mary catherine, let me start with you. donald trump went so far as to use the much maligned teleprompter that he had actually mocked some other people for using. it was a measured speech he said that republicans can trust him that he would make them proud is what he said. so has he turned a page here? >> no. i mean, he can give three quarters to one speech worth of measured rhetoric, and stay on message. but, like, part of his appeal is just being donald trump. being donald trump means he says whatever donald trump wants to say on any given day at any given moment. if he gives that up, i don't think he is quite that brand any more. but this is what all the gop guys are looking at going can i run with that. and not know what's coming every

single day. what is he going to say and what am i going to have to answer for. they have to answer that question for themselves. it looks very risky. >> okay, jeffrey what, do you think? do you think that somebody got to him or his own judgment that he will start sort of using more of those speeches that we saw last night as opposed to off-the-cuff stuff? >> well, i think the motto is let donald trump be donald trump. there are certainly going to be occasions i'm certain we'll see others that he uses a tell pyromet pyromet teleprompt teleprompter. will he do it all the time as barack obama does? >> it is not the teleprompter, really, jeffrey. will he take a more moderate tone or will he continue to sort of freelance and say sometimes inflammatory things. before you answer -- >> alisyn, i would quivel,

gerald ford had a moderate tone, and lost the presidency. i don't think in this particular election cycle, that's what people are looking for. they are pretty upset out there. and they want somebody who gives voice to that frustration and anger. >> yeah, and you're certainly right, jeffrey, that's what has earned him the nomination. but let me tell you that there are also republicans who are upset obviously with what he had said about the judge's mexican ancestry. let me put up a full screen of people who have actually spoken out publicly against it. these are republicans. i don't have time to go through all of them. but obviously there have been some who not only have spoken out against it, some of these senators and congress people, but they have gone further. that was senator mark kirk yesterday, who said this about those comments. he says i find donald trump's belief that an american born judge of mexican decent is incapable of presiding his case

is not only dead wrong, it is unamerican. cannot and will not support my party's nominee for president regardless of the political impact on my candidacy or the republican party. mary catherine, he is basically retracting his endorsement, and we just had on tom ridge, former homeland security secretary, and he predicts more defections. what do you think? >> i think kirk made the decision, no, i cannot deal with this everyday, and manage to get elected. i think here is the thing. you see a lot of republicans going well, maybe we can manage him or advise you. no, donald trump tells you everyday, he'll be donald trump and not be managed or advised or contained. this is like living with the grizzlies. you can think that you understand the grizzly and that he understands you, but he is still a graze ee. you ain't going to change it. some day he might come at you. they can try to distance themselves in some cases, but as we've seen before, the day before he talked about susana martinez, his campaign manager said feel free to distance

yourself from donald trump if you need to. she does so, and she gets attacked for it. so you cannot look this guy in the eye and be like yeah, i can trust what his team says, i can trust what he says. it is just going change. that's the facts on the ground. >> jeffrey, is donald trump an unpredictable wild animal? >> i don't think so. i don't think so. he is a very smart guy. he is the republican nominee or will be the republican nominee for president of the united states. no, i don't think so. what does disturb me, when i listen to this and i'm not going to re-litigate the whole thing going. >> thank you. >> far too many, far too many of these republican establishment vig figures that you pictured there, and i don't want to include governor ridge, i voted for twice. we just disagree on this. it does concern me that the republican party seems to be embracing identity politics, which i find, you know, as i've said many times, the descendent of slavery and segregation.

there is no room for that -- >> i'm sorry, hold on. i'm sorry. but donald trump brought up the ethnicity of the judge many times unprompted. that was identity politics of the ugliest kind in and of itself and the reason we're still talking about this. it is not some capitlation, conservative and in the republican party. go ahead, jeffrey. >> m.k., with all due respect, the judge has made a career out of his ethnicity. he belongs to a group, i might add, that a year ago, it was going to boycott all of donald trump's properties. that's not an impartial judge. >> hold on. >> that's not an impartial judge. >> ask for recuse cal, but that was not the argument donald trump made. you are making up his argument. >> he said his mexican heritage. hello, it's the same thing rchlt it's latino. this is a judge who has made

much of his latino background. this is a much larger argument than donald trump. when the judge boasted she was the better decisions a white male, liberal swooned over there. >> there is a difference, jeffrey. just a second. i have heard you use that analogy. how you're enriched by your heritage, that's what sotomeyer. >> she said she could make a better decision than a male. >> she tempered that and went back on what some believe was clumsy language. what donald trump was saying is that it negate -- that being of mexican an sen mexican ancestry. >> if you have conflict in a case, if you're judge and have a conflict with a defendant, it doesn't matter what the conflict is. you should get out of the case.

>> right, and he made the argument that the ethnicity itself was the conflict. he did not make the points about his associations or what they backed. he didn't make those points. what he said was many, many, many, many, many times that the ethnicity itself was the problem. that is why he is being -- >> with all due respect, that is not the point. again -- >> that is the point. that's the point he made 20 times in an interview. >> this goes to the larger point of republicans bowing down, and there should be no room for it in the republican party, ever. the >> what i will say, i'm conceding a point to you. what i will say is that i have laid this comment entirely at the feet of donald trump. here is what i think. i do think will is an appetite for a person who says i will not shut up, even when i should apologize, i won't. there is an appetite for that, because the media and the left for many years for several cycles has pretended things like binders full of women was

offensive. they have predented that jared laughter, and said look there is no reward for behaving well in public, and i want somebody who doesn't. i want somebody who does not back down from these people. there is an appetite for that, and there is some soul-searching to be done in the media about crying wolf too many times, because now awol of is here saying wolf things and everybody shrugs. >> all i'm saying is it is connected to a culture in the democratic party that obsesses about race and gender. they've been doing this for 200 years to expect them to change now is fruitless. i'm saying the republican party should not hate this. they shouldn't imitate it. they shouldn't sign on to it. i'm sorry to say is what i think is being done here and that's not healthy. >> a good way to do that would

be not to bring up his ethnicity in every speech. >> there is so much more to say. we can debate every single word. are they what you're saying, parroting liberal talking points. there is a lot, a lot that this has brought up. >> thank you, m.k. >> that was good, in the spirit of tom ridge, who was just on, we need civility in a dialogue, that's the way you have it. you don't call each other names, just make the case. there was certainly a milestone experienced last night, history, her story, the presumptive nominee, going a long way for the country, for getting about partisan ship. we're going to ask susan collins what it is like to see her former colleague at the top of the ticket.

wi probably got that question 3 to 4 times a week. i'd always get asked if i was asian or moroccan or something else. so i jumped at the chance to take the dna test through ancestry. and my results ended up being african, european and asian. it just confirmed what i guess people had seen in me all my life. i do feel like ancestry helped give me a sense of identity. "what are you?" now i know. discover the story only your dna can tell. order your kit now at ancestrydna.com time now for the five things to know for your "new day." number one, hillary clinton, winning big in the california primary, and embracing her place

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but he is our racist. we have a republican senator to make the case.

hillary clinton is now officially the first woman to become a major party's presumptive presidential nominee. she embraced the moment before pif ooting to donald trump. we have a great guest this morning, susan collins.

she haepsn't endorsed donald trp yet. she is a gop to the core. good to have you with us. you're woman, pioneer in your own right. what does it mean that a woman is now the nominee of a major party? >> well, this certainly is an historic milestone, and i thought that hillary had a very good night last night. and generated a lot of excitement. it is an historic accomplishment. no doubt about that. >> so we just had former governor tom ridge on, and he said civility, civility is not a code for political correctness. you can disagree all you want, it is how you disagree so will is some chance for progress. you're republican, but you have relationship with clinton that allowed you to work together, even if you did not agree. explain. >> hillary and i worked closely together when she was my colleague in the senate, and

when she was secretary of state. we worked together on issues like alzheimer's disease, economic issues, and also the empowerment of women in afghanistan. but the republican and democratic philosophies are different. we believe that government has been too heavy-handed, that the debt has inhibited the investments that small businesses can make. so there are philosophical differences, but i certainly do have a good relationship with her. >> senator, donald trump has a message for republicans like you, who are trying to figure out what to do. let me play you a little bit of it last night. >> there is a lot of anger, i guess, anger. they just can't come back. they can't get over it. they have to get over it, ideally, as to whether or not

they endorse me, its owes okay if they don't. they shouldn't be so angry for so long. >> he is talking about after the primary, all the people that he beat, there are hard feelings, currency tied up with candidates who didn't win. are you going to be able to get over it in the wake of things that just happened with this judge and that's one on a list of many statements like that that have come out of trump? >> well, first of all, i would like to be able to endorse donald trump, but he really has to change the approach that he has taken. if i were giving him advice, i would tell him he should own up to making a mistake. he should apologize to the judge and to the american people. and he should stop insulting people and groups of people. he is the one who needs to start acting more presidential. and articulate clearly what a

trump presidency would look like. so frankly, i really think the burden is on him to put forward a far more positive message. there is no doubt that what he says has resonated with a lot of people in my state and elsewhere who feel left behind, who have not participated in every recovery, whose incomes have stagnated. he has connected in a very real way with people who have had economic difficulty. i think he is right on a lot of his criticisms. some poorly negotiated trade agreements, for example. >> so senator, what do you say to a republican or a republican colleague whose proposition is what do you want me to do? is he bigoted, you know, it seems a lot of these statements fit under yes, but he is my bigot. and i need to vote for a

republican, because i'm not voting for hillary clinton. do you want me to vote for clinton? what do you say? >> there are very difficult choices to be made. i am not inclined to vote for hillary, despite our personal relationship. and i have always supported the nominee of my party. but i will tell you, i am struggling right now, and i think a lot of americans are, as well. we like parts of donald trump's message. but he does need to act more presidential. he needs to transition to a general election approach. the primaries are behind us. he is the one who keeps bringing up grievances with those who ran against him in the primary. he needs to unite the party. and to unite our country. he needs to do so with a far more civil tone. >> senator, thank you very much for your perspective, as always.

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thank goodness weighs a lifeguard. a blessing right there. that's your good stuff. time now for "newsroom" with carol costello. >> good morning, you guys have a great day. "newsroom" starts now. the first time in our nation's history that a woman will be a major party's nominee. >> thank you all. the struggle continues. >> to all of those bernie sanders voters who have been left out in the cold by a rigged system of super delegates, we welcome you with open arms. >> when he says let's make america great again, that is code for let's take america backwards. and good morning,