this is the president of the united states. >> when he gets attacked, he's going to hit back. >> he has a role to play in uniting the country and he threw some gasoline on the embers. >> to refer to a female's face as someone that's involved in politics is just not appropriate. >> it's been a huge distraction from the real issues at hand. >> -- could have a lot to tell us about russian intentions, russian engagement, how russian active measures work. >> intelligence report show russian hackers talking about ways to find secretary clinton's e-mails, and to get them to general flynn. >> announcer: this is "new day" with chris cuomo and alisyn camerota. good morning. welcome to your "new day." it's friday, june 30t 8:00, alisyn camerota is off, clarissa ward is joining me. washington doesn't seem to agree on much these days but we got close to unity on the outrage

for president trump's latest disparaging tweets about yet another female tv host. there is a big feeling that they are beneath the dignity of the office of president of the united states. >> still, the white house is defending the tweets as it responds to being attacked mercilessly saying the president is just fighting fire with fire. we have it all covered but let's start out with cnn's boris sanchez, live at the white house. boris what are we hearing this morning? >> reporter: hey, good morning, clarissa. the president already tweeting out first this morning. the first about crime in chicago and potentially sending federal help there. the second about health care and how they're going to get a repeal and replacement of obamacare through congress. these early morning tweets, very different from yesterday's, which were much more personal and vicious. >> mr. president, do you regret your tweets? >> reporter: president trump silent amid growing outrage over

his shocking personal attack on msnbc host mika brzezinski calling her "crazy" and falsely claiming that when she visited mar-a-lago over new years she was "bleeding badly from a face-lift." >> frustrating because it's beneath the dignity of the united states, or at least it should be. >> reporter: the vitch trriol sparking widespread condemnation. >> sexist. >> frankly, i was stunned by t. i'm not going to defend his tweet. it was ugly. >> do the job of a president, of all the people of this great country, and stop, stop the disrespect. >> reporter: deputy white house press secretary sarah huckabee sanders was quick to defend the president's insults. >> the american people elected somebody who's tough, who's smart and who's a fighter. i don't think that it's a surprise to anybody that he fights fire with fire. >> reporter: casting the president of the united states as a victim of the press, and

insisting that president trump has never promoted or encouraged violence, despite evidence that proves otherwise. >> knock the crap out of him. would you? seriously. okay? just knock the hell -- i promise you, i will pay for the legal fees. >> what we're trying to do around here, improve the tone, the civility of the debate and this obviously doesn't help do that. >> reporter: the first lady also condoning her husband's cyberbullying, despite the fact she said she made combating his problem a focus in her time in the white house. >> we have to find a better way to talk to each other. we must find better ways to honor and support the basic goodness of our children. especially in social media. >> reporter: her spokesperson writing in a statement, "when he husband gets attacked, he pushes back ten times harder." the president's outburst, the latest in a string of tasteless comments about women. on the campaign trail, he criticized his opponent carly fiorina's appearance, retweeted

this unflattering picture of ted cruz's wife and said this about another female journalist -- >> she starts asking me all sports of ridiculous questions, and, you know, you can see the blood coming out of her eyes. blood coming out of her -- wherever. >> reporter: important to keep in mind, clarissa and chris, some of the harshest criticism going at the president about these tweets come from two republican congresswomen who the president is supposed to be courting for their votes in a health care overall. susan collins from maine, the tweet is embarrassing, she worries how the president is viewed around the world. the other, senator lisa murkowski, tweeted out in part, "stop it" to the president in terms of his tweets. she's not alone. a quinnipiac poll shows 61% of americans think the president should stop tweeting from his personal account. very important to note the dates when this poll was taken. june 22nd through the 27th.

before this latest tweet storm. back to you. >> boris, appreciate it. joining us is cnn politics editor at large, chris cillizza, author of "the point" with chris cillizza. washington bureau chief for the associated press julie pace and cnn political director david chalian. chris cillizza, this tweet, this behavior by the president is not normal. or is the "new normal"? >> well, chris, i don't think we can allow it to be "the new normal" because then i think we're defining sort of the way in which we want to interact with one another down, and i don't think that that's a good thing. unfortunately, and predictably, this has become largely viewed through a partisan lens. ben sasse, lindy graham, some republican officials came out

and condemned this but on the activist level you see a lot of responses like that of sarah huckabee sanders. these people attack him. he should attack back. to me, we're talking about the president of the united states here. we're not talking about a private citizen, not even talking about the ceo of a company. we're talking about the single most powerful person in the country, who was elected to represent 300 million people and whose salary is paid for by taxpayers. that person is is a role model whether that person likes it or not. that person's behavior has impact, whether that person chooses to recognize that or not, and when donald trump does stuff like this if we can't say, you should not bull awoman over her looks, period. you certainly should not do it online, and we should not be the kind of society, politics aside that condones that or defends that. that should be, in my opinion, a statement that everyone can sort of agree on, because we have an accepted norm. now, if this is the new normal

that this is how we interact with one another -- yeah, it's not a great place to be. i don't know what else to say there. i guess i'm hoping that it's not the new normal, because as you noted, there was, at least among elected officials, relatively widespread condemnation of this. >> you know, misogyny is such a dirty word, and it's a really strong word to be leveled at the president of the united states, but, you know, a lot of people are using that word, and we put together a list, or started to put together a list. >> a partial list. >> a partial list. of some of the women the president disparaged, carly fiorina, rosie o'donnell, ruth bader ginsburg -- clearly it runs the gamut. >> it's not just women. the comments are often directed and suggestive of qualities of being a woman. >> yes, or directed at their physical appearance. i wanted to play this sound from ivanka trump.

she appeared on "fox and friends." interesting to hear her p perspective, not this incident, this was in the past, but the general genre of this. take listen. >> there's a level of viciousness i was not expecting. i was not expecting the intensity of this experience, but this isn't supposed to be easy. i think some of the distractions and some of the, the veracity was, i was a little blindsided by on a personal level. >> so you're hearing there, julie, essentially the argument is the victim here. the president is the one coming under attack, and it's the women in his life close to him who are defending him. what do you make of that reaction, or that sort of idea, that defense? >> well, there's this pretty baffling disconnect when you see what the president said and tweets and then you hear his daughter, his wife, his sons, talk about the viciousness of

the opposition, and certainly there has been harsh and personal criticism of the president from people in the media, from his detractors, but we can't ignore the fact that there's also plenty of that, that comes from the president, and when you hear from the white house and they say, well, the president is a fighter. he's going to fight back if he's criticized. what they lose in making that argument, yes, voters who supported the president last year likes that he was a fighter, but they want him to fight for them. they want limb to fight for their health care, for their jobs, for the strength of the economy. they're less concerned, i think, about him fighting for himself, and that's where he can't seem to grasp that part of the job, that this isn't just a platform for him to get back at his critics. he's supposed to be fighting, if he's going to be a fighter, for the public. >> david, put your brain in this. you've always been so helpful to us in understanding how something that seems obvious is not obvious in the minds of the trump base.

is it that -- not that they think he's okay with what he says about mika brzezinski or anybody else, or that they like that, but that they are more motivated by trump as a change agent of a dynamic that they truly do hate, and are willing to look past this or defend it if they must in order to get an opportunity to change what they truly hate? >> i think you are totally right in the way you're characterizing it, but i think we do a disservice to the country at large if we only view this through a political lens of trump supporters, trump non-supporters. how did republicans react to this? how did democrats react to this? that's how we normally assess things that the president does to sort of put our finger in the wind and find out whether or not this is different than other things. i think that does a disservice here. i really think what happened with these tweets is outside the realm of politics. not easy to say. it's the president of the united states of america, but this

is -- this is about the person who holds the highest office in our land. >> true, but his defenders are almost exclusively within his base and party official whose would rather promote their agenda than comment on what is about obvious point of decency you're pointing out. >> right. but i understand that, and i understand his supporters will look at this conversation this morning we're having and say, this is exactly the problem. there is, you know, the mainstream media again just not understanding that we want to bust up the way things have been done. but what i'm saying is, the president of the united states did something totally inappropriate, beneath the dignity of his office, and is not good for the country at large. it's just that simple. and if you're a supporter, your agenda gets sidelined. that briefing with sarah huckabee sanders she had to get out and defend him all day long, i looked at that as proof-positive that his tweets are derailing his agenda from moving forward. >> and just to add, david is

1,000% right. just to add, donald trump seems to believe that lines do not exist for him. right? he's not -- he doesn't take a step over a line. he wipes it out and then says, if you say there was line, that's ridiculous. there's no line there, even if you can see the line. it worked for him in a political setting, because he ran against political convention, to your point, chris, that people hated so much, they were willing to accept a flawed messenger, which they acknowledged he was. look at his favorable receiptings even when he won in the exit polling. they didn't like him. they liked what he represented. the problem with that is, just because you succeeded in wiping out some political conventions that should rightly be questioned, doesn't mean to david's point, that you can take basic human decency, how we treat one another outside of political calculus and say, ah, that's out the window, too. i got rid of everything. the media said i was wrong.

we were wrong about some of the political conventions that he broke and that people wanted to break, but that does not mean you can do, say and do willie nillie about common human decency and how we treat one another. that is not the same thing. >> that is an important point to make. political correctionness, strong feelings is one thing. this is common decency and about the dignity of the office. anyway, panel, as always, thank you so much for joining us, for herpi in helping us break it down. don't forget, sign up for chris cillizza's new online newsletter. >> where can i sign up for "the point with chris cillizza." >> cnn.com -- you say, slash, the point? >> indeed. >> a funny last flame. i thilast name. i think it is irish. and is it hard for republicans to get their agenda through? the answer is, yes.

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president trump tweeting about health care this morning with somewhat of a controversial suggestion. if they can't get this done, the republicans senators he's talking about, they should immediately repeal and then replace at a later date. not only was that found to be highly unpopular, in fact, it was the least popular option when people were asked early on

during the house process, but a reason for that. if you repeal and don't replace, how do people get their care? what would the system be? why would insurers stay involved? so sometimes a tweet can mean a lot. let's talk about all of this with republican congressman adam kinzinger from illinois, and first, let me applaud you and thank you for coming on the show today. it was not easy to book your republican brothers and sisters. you did not shy away. we couldn't get anybody from the white house. kellyanne conway is out there this morning but would not come in here even though we invited her and that opportunity continues. thank you four taking it, congressman. >> you bet. >> talk about decency for one moment. you often have arguments that get tested on this show. you always conduct yours with dpees an decency, don't take personal shots and seem to expect the same from others. what is your comment on what you expect from the president of the united states and the head of your party? >> i expect him to act like a president. i saw the tweet yesterday, and actually i had to hear it a couple times and thought this

was from way back in the campaign. you know, look -- that's a tweet that's not even becoming of a city councilman. we have to expect a lot of our president. look, he is unorthodox and that can work to his advantage in certain ways, unorthodox way in the way he tweets, speaks and delivers a message. kind of this time where people want straight talk, he can fill that, but there is a point and that was crossed yesterday in which a president can punch across or punch up on behalf of people, but when you punch down and single out people and try to go after folks' character and then say something really nonsensical. i read it? i'm like what? i don't even quite understand it. that needs to change, and i hope he or the white house is listening, and we've been saying this for months, but hopefully that tone can change. >> what thamp sayiey're saying

you're wrong. that the media is tough on him. specifically the person he attacked yesterday, mika brzezinski, she insults him all the time and deserves to get it back. that's who trump is. do you accept that rationale? >> no. she's in the news business. right? she's got an opinion. i mean, this is a pretty rough and tumble game we're in. i take hits from media sometimes, and it doesn't always make you happy, but it doesn't mean that i lash out. i volunteered for this job. i ran for this job. i asked people to put me in this job. it is difficult, and you're going to take -- you're going to take grief and hits, but we have to have a level of decency. it's -- it's singling people out, i don't think, is good, obviously. i think the way, the tone that was set is not good, obviously. this is about -- everybo time eh side escalates, somebody hits, somebody hits back, gets harder, there's no in-side to that, like the explosion of a pressure

cooker. both sides have to bring the temperature down and the president putting out this tweet is not helpful at all and in fact i calmed it out yesterday. >> check a couple boxes for issues for the american people. the president put out a tweet this morning, can't get the bill done, repeal. worry about replace later. are you okay with that? >> no. it's repeal and replace. we need a good system for the american people to come in. we can argue whether they like the system we're bringing in or not, but simply a repeal even with the sunset of are the year or two down the road, the problem, we know how washington works. sometimes on deadlines we still don't get things done. you can't leave the american people out like this. sequester happened because we thought we could fix the problem and never did. >> promises, and take care of the american people as well. the balance you have to strike. another balance, how to protect america's interesting while still respecting the law. you served this country with honor and distinction. the decisions that politicians make, you had to put into effect

on the battlefield and we thank you for your service. syria presents another potential episode where american military may be involved. do you think that it is time for the american president to come before congress and the american people and make the case for military strategy and use in syria and to have a vote on an authorization for the use of military force? >> yeah. i'm for it. i think the president is acting legally, as i thought president obama was acting legally under the current use of force authorizations. >> why? why an authorization to fight al qaeda apply to fighting a regime in syria? >> this actually targets al qaeda as well. look, i have an authorization for the use of force i worote that gives the president the authority to destroy the islamic state and its affiliates. i think it's the right thing to do. i want it to come to congress. even behind the whole use of force issue, once isis is defeated, they're on the cusp.

you defeat the mind-set. we need more conversation about this. when isis is gone this is not the end of this battle. syria will be very, very complicated postisis. you have iran, russia, the assad regime and all of these competing interests. this is something that i think we need to have a healthy debate, and the administration needs to sell this to the american people, and i'll tell you, the people around president trump really do understand this. i've talked to them. have not spoken to the president directly about this. >> the july fourth weekend we're coming into, celebrating independence and freedom. i want to thank you, congressman adam kinzinger, one for your service to the country and protecting freedoms of people like me and the opportunity to come on the show when many members of your party would not. >> you're too kind. thank you. and coming up, president trump's cree sausade against th media intentionary? we'll get the bottom line from carl bernstein. that's next. there's nothing more important to me than my vacation.

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bout the midwest as heat and humidity return to the northeast going into the holiday weekend. our cnn meteorologist chad myers is tracking the latest. chad what are you hearing? >> well, i think that the weather will be calmer today than yesterday in some spots. three tornadoes, or the day before, 30. still, today the potential for weather exists for 35 million people. now, wind damp and maybe some hail. not so many tornadoes today, but still the potential is there from buffalo all the way down to oklahoma. that's a wide swath. along that front. that front make as rainy day in new york tomorrow but a better day sunday. warm but drier as humidity gets pushed away, but a really pleasant, good-looking couple of days. new york, fourth of july. 84. like to join me, talk fly fishing and weather, i'll in west yellowstone, montana for the fourth of july.

don't hate me, chris. my son and i are going to do fly fishing. >> i don't hate. you're good man and a good dad. enjoy. and the president's offensive tweet about yore news anchor is the latest hit in mr. trump the battle against the media. his spokespeople telling reporters to focus on policy. the question is, how? when the president keeps doing things like this, it makes you wonder if it is intentional. discuss with cnn political commentator and legendary journalist mr. carl bernstein. carl good to have you on the show, as always g. . >> good to be with you. >> how do you this as a tactic by the president? >> i think something much greater is happening, and that is, that we are in the midst of a malignant presidency, and that malignancy is known to the military leaders of the country, known to the republican leadership in congress who recognize it and known to the intelligence community, and the presidency of donald trump is not functioning. it's not functioning partly

because of his character. it's not functioning partly because of his attacks on the press kwhich is totally moving the american people who are watching to a side show, but it's really not functioning, because the character and capabilities of this president are called into grave question in a way that those who know him best are raising serious concerns about, and this is the greatest journalistic challenge of the modern era. to report on a malignant presidency and what it means and where it's going. >> i mean, carl, some people have said this is an issue of impulse control. that the president is not able to control his impulses to attack back, to fight fire with fire. other people are saying, hold on. this is a genius obfuscation, divert attention from health care, which is in trouble. what's your take? >> that both could be true, but i keep going back to the greater

problem of this president is not in control of the presidency in a way that it is functioning, and that has got our leaders worried. they are worried about his character. they are worried about his capabilities. they are worried about his temperament, and state of his temperament, to use kind words here. we're in foreign territory. we have never been in a malignant presidency like this before. it calls on our leaders. it calls on our journalists, to do a different kind of reporting a differ kind of dealing with this presidency, and the president of the united states. we have to, and the press, be kind of medical reporters right now. i don't mean about the president's psyche but rather about every aspect of his presidency and how and whether it is functioning, because many aspects are not functioning. >> question the premise. other than the fact he hasn't

filled a lot of vacancy yet at this point in a presidency it's somewhat odd thatted administration is as underserved as it is in terms of appointments, they'll say his defenders, what are you talking about, carl? look at the executive orders, regulations cut. look at economic systtimulation we've seen. gotten back warmbier from north korea. the presence on the national stage changed. this president has done a lot and a lot in temples of perception of the country as well as the policy? >> he's done a lot in terms of the perception of lis bashis ba not in terms of the larger population of this country and not in terms of what republicans in the house and senate are now saying to each other, and especially in light of this latest tweet, which confirms for so many of them what they've been worried about all along, and that is whether or not this president of the united states is capable of being president. they have, many of the

republicans in congress, and our reporters, need to go out and talk to them. either off the record, on background, on the record, about the question of their confidence in his president and whether or not he is capable of being the president of the united states in a way that defends us, our country and the constitution of the united states. many members of congress, many of our military leaders, many in our intelligence community, who i've spoeshg spoken to and i kn reporters have spoken to, understand and are beginning to comprehend that the underlying story is here a lack of confidence in theabilities and character of the president of the united states of america. >> all right. carl bernstein, thank you for giving us the bottom line. military officials say iraqi forces are close to victory against isil, isis in mosul. we'll take you to the front lines as the last of the fighting rages on. that is coming up next. when i look

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the u.s.-led coalition says victory is imminent for iraqi

special forces in mosul, but fighting still rages with just a few hundred isis fighters left. cnn senior international correspondent nick paton walsh takes us to the front lines. >> reporter: winning here comes only with dust and ruin. this was a day iraqi special forces were meant to take back the symbolic al nuri mosque of mosul's old city but ended up their leaders declared victory while they were bitterly fighting. literally to the side of the mosque is where isis have been. the aim was to encircle the sacred area isis themselves destroyed. [ gunfire ] yet they've lost so many to isis. they moved carefully against an enemy even with high-tech help they rarely see.

[ speaking in foreign language ] >> reporter: when an isis fighter is spotted, the artillery rains down. throughout the day. impatience, for this fight to be over. in the afternoon -- news reports cited iraqi officials elsewhere saying the mosque had been retaken. bizarre scene, given how pain stickingly they advancing. huge political stakes for iraq, yet this fight is spearheaded by a few dozen men, two bulldozers. they borough a drone. theirs had been shot down. isis has been relatively quiet during the day but seem as drone put up in the sky to work out more offensive positions sent incoming rounds towards us here. more gunfire exchanges --

and as they grind slowly towards the edge of the mosque, more iraqi officials announce they have retaken it. but that's just politics, and here is the ghastly reality. >> [ speaking in foreign language ]. >> reporter: civilians held add human shields by isis risking death to flee from its certainty. >> [ speaking in foreign language ]. >> reporter: they're held back, feared as possible suicide bombers. but the agony becomes too much. there is nothing, really, to say when hell is behind you and just dust before you. we've been shelled in the rubble, he says. the injured piggybacked out. the fear so strong, it led this woman to walk out with pins in her leg to get her family out. a mortar landed on their home. it's the only this little one can say. no liquids for days. my little ones were dying of

hunger. we didn't see anybody. no isis. only the military. this day perhaps prematurely iraq declared isis vanquished, yet their three years of likely consumed all of hers, and the ruins from which she fled and in which isis lie will take more than declarations of victory to rebuild. nick paton walsh, cnn, mosul, iraq. >> you have to ask yourself -- even after isis is gone what can flourish in that rubble? what can grow? what comes next? >> you tell me. because you have been there. you have been in similar places. what is the often day after effect? >> this is the biggest concern. that you have the recipe, once again, for a group like isis to flourish in that environment, where you don't have funding. where you don't necessarily have good governance. sectarian disputes. a lot of concern. >> winning the war, easy part. winning the peace, not so much. >> exactly. >> thanks to nick paton walsh

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america." kamau bell tries to understand the modern chinese american identity and society's misconceptions about the community versus the country china. >> their books over and over again with dragons. you know? >> with dragons? always with dragons? >> always something about, the rising dragon. it inspires a lot of fear. it's really disturbing, because then that gets mapped on to chinese americans here, and people begin to have these fears of chinese americans, and they see them as one and the same without, you know, distinguishes. china is china as a political economic geopolitical kind of are entity and you have chinese american whose have really been here for a long time. who have adopted the ways, you know, of american culture and kind of becoming part of this multicultural, multiracial society. >> kamau bell joins us now live, and i just wanted to ask about this idea. you know, chinese americans, what's their feeling of

connection, or is there a strong feeling of connection to china? which has become a kind of looming force on the world stage? >> well i mean, i think that you know, often america's politicians and then also americans in general who are not chinese assume there's a strong connection to china. when it comes down to it, many people have been here several generations. may have been to china but are americans. they happen tos chinese americans and we often force them to answer for china's sins because that's how we work in this country. you are like those people, so you must be those people. the show sunday is about how there's a chinese american identity that is in some ways wholly separate from china. >> talk about that. you make a very good point that will pop eyes. the chinese predate about every other group, english could make a case, in there as well. certainly my wave of ethnics, the italians and when the jews

came over, they were here long before. dug a lot of the infrastructure, infrastructure in this country. what does that mean in terms of their affinity for this country? >> it means many feel like very proud americans, contradict con the history and the chinese exclusion act happened in the bay area where i live. they couldn't live here. had to go back to china. the same thing. as you say, italians weren't considered white the way the british were white but eventually graduated's some of us don't get to graduate to whiteness, as we know. >> you have now two seasons of your show. is there a takeaway of what you've learned about the state of race relations in this country? >> i mean, this season a lot was framed by the election. we started filming right before the election and then filmed after the election, and so it

really felt like it was framed by a lot of those issues. for example, this episode, president trump, when a candidate, demonized china a lot. once he became president, became friendly with china. now demonizing them again. i've learned if we can get away from the two-party system of team politics. we all care about the same stuff. everybody wants better schools, more jobs, everybody wants to be able to live safely where they live. if we could get away from the team sport of electoral politic wes could actually solve these problems, i believe. >> coming out, we always hear that. you say is eloquently and demonstrate it in a unique fashion on your show. i enjoy watching. what happens? doesn't matter the color, creed, i worry about my kids, quality world are they coming up and making sure i can make ends meet and we wind up somehow end up in

a culture with breakdowns? >> we allow people to appeal to basic fears of americans, some americans. when you start to sell the fear you forget the fact, wait a minute. i actually do like my neighbors. like the undocumented latino family across the street. very nice, very helpful, but we have to stop letting politicians appeal to our most based fears is what i believe. >> w. kamau bell, the season finale airs this sunday, 10:00 p.m., only on cnn. don't miss it. thank you so much. >> smart guy, funny guy. good show. new technology, a great story inspired by "star wars," okay? now helping our wounded veterans. the luke bionic arm is not your average prosthetic, and it is really here and going to be put into effect. you're going to get its demonstration live it is our "good stuff "and for good reason. whoooo.

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skywalker and can do thing as normal prosthetic just can't. joining us now, the secretary of veterans affairs david shulkin and fred downs, multidecorated four-time purple heart u.s. navy veteran served in vietnam, wounded there and has the bionic arm. thank you and thank you for your service. tell us about the arm. >> i control it with my feet. >> you have sensors on your boots relative to this? >> they are. i control the arm by moving my feet. when i do that they send wireless computers up to computers in here. lift my foot. move the grip. rotate my foot, rotates the hand. on my left foot, now i lift it, rotates the wrist like this. >> can you grip things? >> yes, i can. >> move the hand? >> i have four grips. what i can do. i open this up and, oops. then switch to -- here.

i got -- here we go. >> incredible. >> wait a second. i'm going to show you something here. i'm going to shake your hand. all right? >> just in case it gives you the death grip, i'll do it. ready? >> no. not yet. the death -- okay. close, like this. >> ooh, a good, strong grip. you owe me for this. this would be the boy scout handshake, left hand. obviously, use the right hand. how big of a difference has this made in your life? >> a dig difference. i'm more independent than before. i can grasp things now for the first time with my left hand. the hook, works with a rubber band and i can only do so much with it. this increases my independence, my ability to take care of myself to do things with my hands, like working in my workshop or working in the kitchen, doing cooking and my wife says i should do that more. but that is part of the value of this, and, also it is a

tremendous leap forward in technology that now is leading to more development. better control systems that will work from nerves in the, in the muscles that i have left here. my arm is gone here, but by signals, still going down from my brain to the arm and my hand. what they're doing now is, in the research part, piercing these out, piecing this out and taking nerve endings putting them in the muscles, sensors on them. and those sensors are sending signals directly to the wireless, to the arm. just by thinking. >> incredible. it really is incredible to see. you feel like it looks like out of a movie. >> literally, "star wars." inspiration. >> and hence the -- how much of a game changer is this for wounded vets all over america? >> this is a big deal, and this is why the v.a. existing. we do this type of research. it's been years of research to be able to bring this and today are actually rolling this out to veterans and it's making a big difference in people's lives. >> what is this a reflection of in terms of for our fighting men

and women? full disclosure, often everybody says they support the troops. but that support isn't there when they need it to repair the mind, the body, spirit, finances. >> this is what every american wants and why we exist. to bring the very best technology to our veterans. we want our wounded veterans to return to normal, healthy lives and this is the way we're doing it. >> so how long did you have to go? you said you were using a hook before this? >> used a hook for 49 years. >> quite an upgrade. >> and this is is a big upgrade and the first upgrade i've had in 49 years, but the v.a. gave this to me yesterday. i've been testing part of the -- >> only got it yesterday? >> new on this one. the v.a. arm. i've been tested it for eight years, through the research phase. i don't want to mislead you here. but that's one of the beauties of this. now it's available to all veterans. it's available also to civilians, and that is part of

what the v.a. does so well. we invest in technology to help our disabled veterans has a ripple effect which helps civilians. >> this is independence day. r rolling this out to veterans today. it's a big deal and we'll keep at the research to make sure veterans have the very best america can offer. >> we've said in the past, when it come to issues and accountability that must be there for veterans. always welcome on "new day" to talk about it. >> thank you so much. >> thank you. >> pleasure. >> and thank you for your service as we remember our freedoms ovi this weekend. clarissa, thank you. we represent the best of us. >> a good weench. >> grad you got a little taste of what we do here on "new da " day.." . >> certainly did. thank you to everyone watchinged inned in and around the world and now it's time to join "cnn newsroom" with poppy harlow. >> clarissa, my friend, happy