karen finney is the senior adviser and spokeswoman for the clinton campaign. thank you for coming in. sean spicer said hillary clinton and bernie sanders share some of the responsibility, some of the blame for some of the violence that has occurred at the trump rallies because they have encouraged some of their supporters, in effect, to go and disrupt the free speech activities of the republican presidential front runner. i want to give you a chance to sglond i can't speak for the sanders campaign but i can say from our campaign, i think you have heard hillary say it is not true at all. we have a first amendment right and protest but be peaceful and thoughtful about it. there was a peaceful protest that happened outside. as i understand it, those folks left before what happened on the inside actually happened. i think it's important that, you know, we express our views but do so, again, in a way that is respectful, responsible. i think that is part of what is disturbing about what we see mr. trump doing, it's not respectful. >> when people stand up and shout a

. >>> we are going to ask the clinton campaign to respond to exactly what you said karen finney is heree's saying, look there was an agreement between their campaign and your campaign. they honored one in michigan. they said there should be two more. >> here's what i would say to that. i agree, we did have a process by which we said let's add four debates. we suggested flint, but let's go back to that process. instead what we saw -- and i've been in politics a long time. indeed what we sauce with this weekend sending a public letter demanding a debate in new york. statement we saw a worst report that said they're polling on attack lines again hillary clinton. now, that's after having started this campaign saying i've never run a negative campaign ad in my -- >> is that a reason? if you had an agreement in principle to hold debates, campaigns get rough, is that a reason to say never mind the commitment to debate? >> i think there's two pieces to this. number one, we had a process. at joel said, he doesn't get to decide where and when to debate. let's go back to the process that had been

joining me to talk about the democrat presidential race is karen finney, communications director for the clinton campaign. thanks for joining us. >> thank you. one correction. i don't want my boss to get mad at me. i'm a senior advisor and communications advisor. >> i just promoted you. bluntly to start off, why did clinton lose michigan? >> well, look, it was a state where bernie sanders -- they outspent us, they had more people on the ground. it was clearly a must-win state for senator sanders. and while it turned -- it was close, he came out with the win. i think it's as simple as that. i also think it's quite clear that the polls were wrong. >> we've seen a lot of precedent for that. but there were signs in his victory that it would be worrisome going forward because sanders didn't just win over young people and independents, he also made inroads among blue collar voters there. how does the clinton campaign eliminate that disconnect going forward? >> we're going to take a look at the next five states and i think senator sanders will have the opportunity to demonstrate that he's a

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karen finney, a senior spokesperson for the hillary clinton campaign, thank you for joining us. we heard donald trump there predicting riots to break out and for his party to deal with as this affects the democratic race, we know that bernie sanders says he's still in. this is not over even though the math certainly does not match that at this point. but the fact that donald trump has focused his attention on hing hillary clinton and the web ad, what's your reaction to that? >> when you hear donald trump talking about riots breaking out, i think that's everybody's problem. as we saw last friday in chicago, you have a candidate who is so focused on dividing americans and using sort of political arson as secretary clinton referred to it and one of the forums over the weekend, that's not good for this country. and while that may be the right move for a republican primary electorate, i think one of the things we saw certainly out of our own democratic primary just on tuesday, people don't want that. people want to come together. they want progress. they want to move forward. they ar

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on cnn's "new day," karen finney accused bernie sanders of running an increasingly negative campaign,ne that threatens to mirror the nasty republican race. this morning in a forum in milwaukee, senator clinton talked about a problem that plagues so many american cities, gun violence. >> the epidemic of gun violence spares no one, but it is concentrated in areas that are short on hope and where we still face the effects of systemic racism. too often, guns are used as a way of ending disputes, of settling scores, and often times no sense at all. >> our chris frates is joining us from washington right now. one campaign getting a lot of attention is bernie sanders's plan to try to get super delegates to switch to him. here's the thing. a lot of people watch the news and see these elections play out and looks like bernie sanders wins state after state after state. he had a great weekend. yet, secretary clinton is way ahead. what's the magic of the delegate maneuvering that bernie sanders thinks he can pull off? >> bernie sanders wants to make sure that he can lure away some of those super

i just spoke with one of her top aides, karen finney, who said, look, they feel good about where they are right now. this primary race is not over yet and she has been preparing. we got a preview of what her message is going to be on friday. she laid out a new economic policy that calls for scale back tax breaks on companies that outsource jobs overseas and she's girding for some sharp attacks from senator sanders. he of course has been going after her on the issue of trade. that's an issue that resonates here throughout the state of michigan and throughout the rust belt. frankly, he has been criticizing her for supporting nafta, for example. secretary clinton has been responding to those criticisms saying, look, she's called for reforms to nafta and she said on friday she wouldn't support any trade deal that didn't benefit the american worker, so that's a little bit of a preview of what we can expect tomorrow night. chris, secretary clinton still very much courting voters here in michigan. earlier today she met with a group of african-american ministers. tomorrow chelsea clinton, the

karen finney, thank you. >> absolutely. >>> from the university of miami i'm pleased to welcome jonathonith the other side of the argue ament, a political strategist and author from the essential bernie sanders and his vision for america. i think by the motion of that we can assume he supports bernie sanders for president. thank you and nice to have you on the program again. i guess you weren't expecting to be on the show with me today talking about what happened in michigan last night. >> well, we might have been talking about a different result but i'm not that surprised ashlee, forrer a few reasons. i will tell you why. i want to start, first of all, by repeating what bernie said last night and congratulating the thousands and thousands of activists out there because you are the backbone of this campaign. they are the people that deluge michigan with phone calls from all over the country, trying to basically put forth to the voters there that bernie sanders an the reason i support him is the most authentic politician we have had in my lifetime and that resonated with the voters. the s

karen finney.ello, cuomo. >> good to have you here. >> when you look at the list of what's in play, what do you think the outcome is? how many states do you think you win? >> i'm not going to predict -- >> you must. >> no, i don't. here's what i'm going to say, though. i think we'll do well. we have great ground games. we have great people getting on out our voters. i did a thing facebook, here's how you find out where your polling location is, all of that. here's what i think comes out of today. that is something we have seen in south carolina, nevada. hillary's message resonating. it is resonating across the country in different parts of the electorate. when you are talking about breaking down barriers, increasing incomes. when you talk about equal pay for income, criminal justice reform, investing in the african-american community. but these are messages that this is what they want to hear about. solutions and your record. if you have a one-note message, it's not going to work because we are not

senior spokesperson for hillary clinton's campaign karen finney.morning aren't you? >> i am feeling good about the campaign and i have to tell you last night it was really fun watching all of these young kids who have just been killing themselves and having a moment to enjoy their hard work. >> you did well. better than expected. why? >> i think because we had a better ground game. i think we learned some things from michigan and we made sure that we're not only focusing on the cities but then also touching some of the areas outside. but i also think it is because of hillary's message. senator sanders tried to come at her on trade. and i think at the end of the day what resonated with people was her message about not just how we protect american workers from trade deals and a what she would do. it's a different conversation as is her identitiy ideas for brin manufacturing jobs. >> she won by ten points on that issue in ohio. it's a very important state and was seen as the model state for michigan and the corollary to that election. >> right. >> so

for the hillary clinton campaign, karen finney. >> good morning. >> let's take this angle of tone. case for why you are troubled by bernie sanders's tone. >> i thought it was a time a little bit disrespectful. some of his answers i found a little bit troubling. for example, when talking about, you know, racial blind spots and suggesting about why people don't understand because they live in ghettos, i found that disturbing. >> you really think bernie sanders was disrespectful? this was kumbaya. when someone is saying something about you that's not true, how polite are you supposed to be? were you really that offended? >> we can't go by the reality show television that you can't even let your kids watch that we are seeing on the republican side. let's not lower the bar to that point. overall, it was a very good debate. it showed the poor differences between the two of them. what you saw from hillary clinton i believe was a progressive who wants to get things done. she had specific ideas about things she wants to get done. if you're a company that has received tax breaks and you move

karen finney. >> why set a condition for a future debate? >> i think what joel was getting at couple of things. we had a process whereby we were talking about adding additional debate. that seemed to be working just fine. and then we see this kind of stunt as brian fallon pointed out they send this public letter gla demanding a debate. at the same time we see reports on how they are doing polling on new lines of attack on hillary clinton. so it just felt like hold on here. you don't get to set the terms and conditions around when our where we debate. we've had a process. let's stick to that process rather than public stunts particularly at a time when you had said at the beginning of this campaign i don't do negative attacks. i think at one point senator sanders said i'm not into the polling. and now it is all about polling ho tow attack hillary clinton? what kind of a campaign is that? >> well it's a typical campaign. a lot of presidential, most presidential campaigns engak in some negative ads an

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