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president trump in a new interview this weekend says the decision to call off that mill ta military action was his alone but he takes advice from a wide spectrum of people. >> do you feel like you were being pushed into military action against iran by any of your advisers? >> i have two groups of people. i have doves and i have hawks. >> you have some serious hawks. >> i have some hawks. yeah, john bolton is absolutely a hawk. if it was up to him, he'd take on the whole world at one time, okay? that doesn't matter because i want both sides. you know, some people said why did you put -- i was against going into iraq for years and years and before it ever happened. i was against going into iraq. and some people said, oh, i don't know. i was totally against. i was a private citizen. it never made sense to me. i was against going into the middle east. chuck, we spent $7 trillion in the middle east right now. >> the president in that interview also said he's ready to talk to iran without preconditions. secretary of state mike pompeo drove home that point earlier today. >> the president said this this

morning. i think the vice president reiterated this. we're prepared to negotiate with no preconditions. they know precisely how to find us. i'm confident at the very moment they're ready to truly engage with us, we'll be able to begin this conversation. >> joining us now, republican congressman adam kinsinger of illinois. he also serveded in the air force in both operation iraqi freedom and operation enduring freedom and continues to serve in the air national guard. congressman, first of all, thank you as always for your ongoing service. you know, both the president and the secretary of state, as we just played, say they would negotiate with iran without preconditions. that sounds a lot like his approach to north korea and it's at a standstill. >> yeah, i -- look, i'm glad they're willing to with iran. i think this is a situation where there needs to be negotiation, especially when it comes to re-entering a nuclear deal, but that also includes

things like ballistic missile development and most importantly behavior in the region. so that's fine, but i do think there has to be ramifications. at this point it appears to be economic ramifications for shooting down this drone. i think people need to keep in mind this is not like the drone that your uncle flies over, you know, the fourth of july. this is the size of an airliner. economical economically, it's about the same cost as if eight f-16s would have been destroyed. it's about $ 200 million. it's a big deal. there has to be a cost to iran. >> are the sanctions enough? >> look, i'm a big believer in this idea, it's what we did with northern and southern watch in iraq which is use it, you lose it. so basically, if you shoot at something of ours and hit it, you're going to house what you did. you're going to lose that asset. given that the president's hesitant to to do it, he has ev right to make that decision whether i agree or disagree, hopefully the economic sanctions -- i'm not sure what all can be leveled that's left. i'm sure they have a whole bunch of options and got to inflict at least some economic damage at

this point. >> he's hoping that's going to draw them back to the negotiating table. the president saying this weekend, maybe dangling a carrot here, it's time to make iran great again. listen to this. >> iran wants to become a wealthy nation again. become a prosperous nation. we'll call it let's make iran great again. does that make sense? make iran great again. it's okay with me. >> it's okay with him. make iran great again. are you down with that? >> yeah, if it's -- if they modify their behavior and quit, you know, standing up bashar al assad, killing half a million civilians, overthrowing a legitimate government of yemen, destabilizing lebanon, killing a quarter of a million soldiers in iraq. i think it would have to take the people of iran standing up and changing governments. i'm not calling for military overthrow of it but the people need to change that. then iran can be great again for sure. but i think given their current government situation and what's

driven them for 40 years, it's pretty tough to see. i'd love to get in a deal with them, i'd love to be able to do this the right way, but i can't -- you have to color me a little skeptical, although it's a good try i guess. >> but weren't you very critical of the obama administration's negotiations with iran over the nuclear deal because you thought it was giving them too much wealth? >> yeah, absolutely. and i think ultimately what happens is what comes out of the deal. i remember during the negotiations with iran, one of the things i asked secretary kerry, for instance, is asking about ballistic missile development, giving them cash. the issue is this is why you have to corner in their behavior as part of this because they took that cash and i'm not throwing stones at past administrations in this, but what you do see is they took the cash and used it on foreign expeditions like in syria, like in yemen and elsewhere. that's the part that has to be controlled. you can generally have the same deal that needs to last a lot longer, we're already basically halfway through the thing starting to expire. but also control the behavior that comes with any cash.

>> and the president said in an interview that's out today he ignored the war hawks in his administration who wanted him to strike. there are reports that fox news host tucker carlson has been privately imploring the president not to attack. here's what carlson has been saying on air. >> we could beat iran, but it would not be easy. it would cost trillions of dollars, many thousands of americans likely would die. china would love it. they'd be the only winners in that conflict. donald trump was elected president precisely to keep us out of disasters, like war with iran. >> are you concerned that fox news personalities have more sway over the president than his advisers? >> yeah, of course, it's a concern. i mean, you know, look, i think tucker said some nice things about vladimir putin in the past. he's a noninterventionalist. that's fine. i respect that opinion. the difference is the president has every right to not make a strike decision, and i do like that he's getting kind of input from all corners but you can't

put something on somebody that just has a tv show. i'll tell you why. because, you know, the military, we all like to say we don't want another war. there are so many options up to war that the military can be used that's much smaller than won't start a war but that also will defend our assets and our people, so people are oversimplifying this by saying if we strike iran, we're going to go to world war iii. it's simply not the case. >> how do you think iran would have responded, though, if the u.s. had done those military strikes? >> you know, i think it depends, so if you hit a proportional response, for instance, the things they use to shoot down our drone, with a simultaneous message that says we have way more options, we don't intend to do any more than this, but if you respond, the response from us will be disproportional and devastating. i don't think iran would do anything because they don't want a war. the people that are saying they're trying to goad us into a war, it's absolutely not true. they don't want it but they're taking this up to where they think they can without a u.s. response. >> i also want to ask you about

the i.c.e. raids the president postponed that were supposed to begin today. he said hi wae wanted to give congress two weeks to come up with an immigration deal that closes loopholes. he previously defended the raids, though. listen. >> we're very focused on ms-13, getting them out, and i hope you're not going to stick up too much for ms-13. but we're very focused, i.c.e., i.c.e. is -- these are fantastic people. we're very, very focused on getting ms-13 out of this country. >> he said that just a couple of hours before he called off the raids. if these raids are really to target ms-13 members, why give them a two-weeks' heads-up? >> yeah, there's a lot of backstory i'm starting to learn including the idea of this was leaked so maybe some of the details giving heads-up to people. look, i actually want comprehensive immigration reform. i've said that a hundred times. but i also think if you get a deportation order frer this country and an order that you

must leave, i have no problem with people being removed from this country. that's the point. but we need to fix this overall. if this gives us a couple weeks to fix a little part, great. we need a massive fix to immigration that i think 80% of the american people would love if we got it done. >> i think you're right. congressman adam kenzinger thank you for your service and your time. >> you bet, take care. coming up, pete buttigieg leaves the campaign trail to face upset protesters at home. >> reorganize your department by friday of next week and based on data, get the racists off the streets. it's disrespectful that i wake up every day scared. it's disrespectful that i have three boys that i have to teach today what to do! get them off the streets. dad, we need to talk about something important.

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it it's disrespectful that i have three boys that i have to teach today what to do! get them off the streets. >> if anyone who's on patrol is shown to be a racist or to do something racist --. [ yelling ] -- in a way that is substantiated, that is their last day on the street. and i would love to be able to finish -- i would love to be able to finish my reply if that's okay. i would appreciate being able to finish my reply. >> i am raising a 7-year-old grandson that when he sees the police, he is afraid. that is not what's supposed to happen in america, in indiana, in 2019. >> the community reached out to

the police. police and the comm >> that technology exists. it's not implemented. i talked -- i asked -- [ yelling ] they don't even have it testable yet. it will not be rolled out until the spring of -- this coming spring is what the company told me. >> the people who are in the audience when you have these public forums are the same black people, but they're not invited to the table. and i think that it's time for you to rethink who you think the leaders are in this black community. >> that seat at the table, i want people to know that the seat at the table is waiting for you. and i would welcome more input from you on how i could do a better job at making people feel that they're actually welcome when invited to that table. >> let's go live to cnn's jason carroll who's there in south bend, indiana. jason, you were at the town hall. tell us what that atmosphere was like.

>> reporter: well, what you heard from, and what you heard just there, are people in this community who are suffering. the mayor acknowledges that the people here are suffering. he acknowledges that members of the community are in pain here, but they're also frustrated and quite frankly, ana, they're out of patience. part of the reason for that is because many of the people we spoke to here voice their concerns during that town hall feel as though they did this very same thing four years ago. thee ye three years ago. last year. they've been voicing their concerns about this police department which they say has officers that used racially insensitive language, they say this is a department that's used excessive force, and so what you heard from today, what the mayor heard from today, was a community that was just fed up and really looking for ways to vent and voice their anger. now, the mayor has acknowledged that more needs to be done in a number of areas. and following the town hall, we had an opportunity to speak with

him. he said it was painful what happened today. but he felt it was necessary. and he got emotional and i want you to listen to what happened here when he sort of talked about solutions and trying to move forward. >> i don't know if it's smart or not. i don't know if it's strategic or not. but it's my city. and i have a relationship with everybody in this city who looks to the city to keep them safe. and when somebody loses their life because of a civilian or because of an officer, and it's happening all over the country, but it's happening here, then i feel like it's my job to face it. i'm sick of these things being talked about in political terms, in theoretical terms. like it's a show sometimes. it's people's lives.

>> reporter: couple of things, ana, the mayor did acknowledge that he needs help. he says we need help in terms of diversifying the police department here in south bend. he said the body cameras clearly have not been enough. they need to do more. and he says he's here to make progress. one of the things that he has done, he says that he's going to send a letter to the justice department asking for an independent investigation, but i can't stress enough that the feelings here run very, very deep. and this is not something the mayor knows is going to be solved overnight. ana? >> okay, jason carroll in south bend, indiana. thank you. after the town hall was over, i spoke to the man who moderated that event. pastor michael patton. he says he wasn't surprised about the town's emotional response. >> we've been a bomb waiting to happen, and on last sunday, june 16th, that bomb was lit and now we see the fallout of anger, we see mistrust, and all of the

oth oth other things that come along with that. we have things we must address. tonight was one of the first steps i believe in the healing process. that's allowing for people to come to an open forum where they're able to share their questions and receive as well a response to them. now, the responses may not been -- may not have been the responses that they wanted. but it was an opportunity for our community to be able to come together and to discuss some challenges that we have in our community. >> based on what you saw transpire today, does he get it? did he get it today? >> i believe he gets it. he's got some good people at the table that have joined him. and it is a diverse group of people who bring different perspectives and different, as well, challenges to the table that help us all to be able to get it. and so we formed together a

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west palm beach, even entertaining world leaders there. and florida's voters are already voicing strong opinions about trump's bid for a second term in the white house. >> look the at what he's done for the economy. in the last 2 1/2 years he's done more than any president in my lifetime. >> i hilike him because he's sarcastic. >> not acceptable what's going on under the trump administration especially for minorities. for puerto ricans. and that's why we're here. >> joining us now from miami, mark caputo, political reporter and author of "the florida playbook" column, he also grew up in the key west area. so for trump winning florida is personal. his winter home, mar-a-lago is there as we mentioned. he owns three golf clubs in south florida. mark, what has trump done for the state of florida personally and politically to garner support among voters there? >> well, politically, he has increased the amount of hurricane reimbursement money

for lack of a better term. he gave florida a little extra bit of a boost and so far hasn't given it to north carolina, for instance. and that was a decision he apparently made on air force one when he was flying down to another rally in the panhandle with congressman matt gaetz and senator marco rubio who persuaded him to do that. further south in the miami area there's a large concentration of venezuelans and the administration made opposing the dictator, nicolas maduro in venezuela, a big deal and garnering extra support. florida doesn't have one monolithic latino community. it has a number of people who have different back grouchbdgro. cuban-americans who vote pretty reliably americae ly republican number, and the trump administration and the trump campaign figured they can message a pretty strong anti-socialist message to the voters and just might be working. >> a new quinnipiac poll, however, shows joe biden in

front of trump in florida. biden has 50% of support, trump 41%. how much do you read into that? >> i don't want to diss quinnipiac here too much but i can't really see a top of the ticket race in florida with a nine percentage point margin at the end. the past five top of the ticket races have been decided by 1.2 percentage points or fewer. quinnipiac has also on occasion had large spreads in favor of democrats, for instance, it did it in 2018 with the florida governor's race. looked like andrew gillum was going to blow away ron desantis. that didn't happen, either. i would caution people not to read into this too much. the cross tabs of the polls, what's interesting is trump is getting lower white support than exit polls showed he had gotten in 2016. should be around 64%, 65% in order to carry the state. the quinnipiac poll is between 54% and 55%. not only joe biden is doing

well, bernie sanders, elizabeth warren and top presidential candidates on the democratic side. >> now we'll see all these democrats descending on florida for debates this week. you know in your reporting the importance of the hispanic vote in florida. as you laid out for us there are a lot of latinos and they're not all from the same place. democrats had an opportunity to reach out to latino voters in the state late last week. eight of them participated in a latino forum but not joe biden. how big of a deal is that? . >> well, the folks who put on the conference, it was the national association of latino elected officials, were pretty disturbed, pretty upset that biden didn't show up. all he had to do was my in, speaking for 15 minutes and my out. the other ones were able to do it. there are latino groups and people far with the hispanic vote that says biden's campaign hasn't done enough yet. you talk to the biden campaign and people who support him, they say basically, look, he's only been in the race for two months, it's going to take time.

yes, he's focusing on white voters and african-americans but he's going be focusing more and many on latinos, both in nevada, states like florida, a big swing state, as well as arizona which could have a pretty big ill packet impact in the 2020 election. >> marc caputo, we'll be continuing our conversation with you as we get closer to the election and the ongoing primary race and then eventually the general election as well. thanks so much. >> thank you. coming up, penpals once more? north korea gushes about a, quote, excellent letter that president trump sent to kim jong-un. could another meeting between the two men be in the works? if you're live in the cnn newsroom. (burke) at farmers insurance, we've seen almost everything, so we know how to cover almost anything. even a parking splat. fly-by ballooning. (man) don't...go...down...oh, no! aaaaaaahhhhhhhh! (burke) rooftop parking. (burke) and even a hit and drone. (driver) relax, it's just a bug. that's not a bug, that's not a bug!

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why wouldn't president trump confront vladimir putin over election interference? the only logical explanation is he doesn't want it to stop because he views it as helpful to his 2020 election campaign. when kicking off any potential encounter with vladimir putin, president trump should lead with intelligence related to what we know about russia's ongoing attack on our country. a failure to do so is acquiescing to making the american people victims again. president trump should also know putin is probably looki ining forward to a meeting with president trump because past encounters have really helped advance russia's attacks against united states. we just look back to the helsinki summit when president trump made major counterintelligence missteps like failing to bring a note taker into the meeting and undermining the u.s. intelligence community. putin is probably expecting more of the same. now, ana, even if president trump does raise election interference, that doesn't mean the two leaders can't find common ground. russia worked with the united states on the first iranian

nuclear deal and because the iranian threat is resurgent at this time, president trump and putin could try to discuss that as well. >> and so those g20 leaders including putin are probably wondering what president trump is thinking on iran. what should he address with them? >> well, there's strength in numbers when it comes to confronting iran. at the g20 president trump should brief other leaders on the various threat streams that we're confronting including the risk to our assets in the region. we're not the only ones exposed here. other countries have significant amount of personnel in the region and he could speak with g20 leaders about whether we need to do things like plus up resources at our respected embassies. the u.s. is going to roll out new sanctions against iran tomorrow. trump could talk to other leaders about mirroring our sanctions to increase economic pressure. finally, ana, we need someone to vouch for u.s. credibility at the negotiating table because we withdrew from the first iranian nuclear deal. trump could try to find another

g20 lee leader to convince the iranians to sit down with us. >> president trump is still writing letters to kim jong-un and secretary of state pompeo said we're hoping to talk to north korea again. is communication a good or bad thing? >> the devil's in the details on this one. open communication is a good thing. even with hostile powers. because it reduces the risk of miscalculation. we've had a series of letters and a series of summits and have little to show for it. we don't know what was in trump's last letter to kim jong-un but seems unlikely that he showed kim tough love based upon kim's reaction. he called it an excellent letter. we also know that any summit that we've had to date has not had preconditions established in advance that both parties were willing to stick to and so if a summit happens again, the message going into a summit is that actions speak louder that words and the north koreans actually have to do something to show they're willing to denuclearize. >> samantha vinograd, thank you. >> thanks, ana. coming up, a hall of fame

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dozens of horses dying at one of america's most well known and popular racetracks. now some accountability. as we first reported last night hall of fame trainer jerry hollendorfer has been banned from southern california's santa anita racetrack after a 30th horse died there. in a statement, the group that owns this track said, "individuals who do not embrace the new rules and safety measures that the put horse and rider safety above all else will have no place at any stronak group racetrack. we regret mr. hollendorfer's record in recent months at both santa anita and golden gate fields have become increasingly challenging and does not match the level of safety and accountability we demand. effective immediately, mr. hollendorfer is no longer welcome to stable race or train his horses at any of our facilities." cnn's nick watt has been investigating these deaths even before this ban was announced

and he brings us this report. ♪ >> reporter: trainers right now under investigation at santa ani anita. are some of them to blame for the 30 horses that died this season at the fabled california track? a spike that put horse racing under the national spotlight, increasing calls for this sport to be banned. >> horses have emotions. >> just like us! >> reporter: investigators looking at whether heavy winter rain was a factor, was the track at fault? >> they kept sealing the track. unfortunately every time you seal it, the pad underneath gets harder and harder. >> reporter: he represents the owner of santa anita. >> not just the turf they're racing on, there's medication issues. >> reporter: there's a question now being asked. were some trainers overmedicating their horses, running them too hard? >> for every 100 guys that are here, there's always going to be one or two that are either going to not pay attention or try to

do something flaky. i mean, people just like pushing, you know, i mean, especially owners. they, you know, they don't want to pay for them sitting out at some farm not making any money. >> reporter: 25 trainers have lost horses this santa anita season. among them big names like jim cassidy. >> what happened? >> well, ve haven't figured that out. >> reporter: hall of famer jerry hollendorfer is the only trainer who lost four at santa anita, and lost another two at golden gate fields near san francisco since november. >> we've been looking at every trainer's record. >> reporter: have you been looking at his record? >> yes. >> reporter: and what are you finding? >> well, i mean, it's an ongoing process. we've just gotten some information about, you know, what he's done and -- and his violations and so we're considering whether he will be -- every trainer we're considering whether they'll be welcome back at santa anita. >> reporter: jerry hollendorfer was told saturday morning when he lost his fourth horse here that he's no longer welcome at

santa anita or at golden gate fields. the california horse racing board is leading the probe into the spate of deaths at santa anita but won't release necropsies or speak to us until they're done. the criminal probe also under way to determine whether unlawful conduct or conditions affected the welfare and safety of horses. not everybody is on the same page. >> well, unfortunately, we all get painted with the same brush, you know, and that hurts us and, but i think, you know, they're getting tougher. >> reporter: meantime, scott herbertson, professional gambler, racehorse owner, is speaking out. >> i think it's a few bad apples make us all look bad. you know, you got guys pushing these horses beyond their limits and causing these catastrophic accidents. >> this is not just a 2019 issue. 30 dead so far this year, according to the chrb, 37 dieded at santa anita last year, 54 the

year before. and it's not just a santa anita issue. it's nationwide. systemic. >> our incidences of fatal injury are much higher than it is in other countries that we've studied, in some cases as much as five times. >> reporter: jockey club stats suggest ten racehorses die in the u.s. every week. anti-racing activist claims the real figure is much higher. >> we have documented over 5,000 confirmed kills on u.s. tracks just since 2014. we estimate that over 2,000 horses are killed racing or training across america every year. >> reporter: cnn has not independently verified his figures. >> i hate to think even with some of the breakdowns the guys just feel like the horse can run one more time. i think they just take the risk too many times. >> reporter: of three horses jerry hollendorfer has bought from herbertson the past eight months, two of them are now dead including coach's. >> here, mario feels him going wrong and trying to pull him out

safe. >> reporter: he broke down at santa anita may 29th and was euthanized. hollendorfer bought the 8-year-old horse after what was calling a claiming place in november. to enter, put a price on your horse and anyone can buy it or claim it. when jerry hollendorfer claims one of your horses -- >> you cringe, hope for the best. >> reporter: he was dead in a little over six months. >> he knows his name. you want a carrot? you ask him for a carrot, he'd start swaying his head. he was a sweet horse. >> reporter: after coachies died, hollen dodorfer told the associated press "we thought he'd run real well, thought he'd win. in my mind, there's absolutely no doubt we've done every single thing properly with coachies and all the rest of our horses, too." we don't know how hollendorfer's four horses died at santa anita. we don't have the necropsies due in part to the ongoing investigation. i called jerry hollendorfer, told him we noticed a few of his horses had died and been hearing some pretty serious allegations

against him. i'd asked if he'd like to sit down and tell us his side of the story. he said no and told me never to call him again. another california trainer, mike pender, right now serving a 30-day suspension after training a horse with a fractured leg then shipping him up to golden gate fields in the bay area and trying to enter him in a race there. pender said he couldn't talk to us until after his suspension. you've seen trainers training horses that are clearly unfit. >> all the time. >> the jockeys are concerned, you know, i'm riding for a big guy, i don't want to scratch the horse if he doesn't feel 100% because the guy will fire me or get mad at me, you know, this kind of -- so we've explained to the riders, look, you blame it on the veterinarians, you say, hey, the vet said no. >> there's a lot of money involved. there's a lot of different actors involved. and, frankly, the regulations are not good enough. >> reporter: and then there's the issue of medication. the jockey club states improper drug use can directly lead to

horse injuries and deaths. >> stopping the potential masking of injuries, that is how you are going to reduce these numbers. >> reporter: according to dr. sue stouffer at uc davis, more than 85% of horses that die on a track have a previous injury which led to their death which might have been masked by meds. >> oftentimes people say, i just gave it to help the horse, you know, he felt better with it. and, yes, the horse did feel better with it, but in some cases the horse felt better than he actually was and that put that horse at risk of injury. >> reporter: there are now cameras in every barn at santa anita and right now, trainer billy morey under investigation after an assistant was filmed allegedly doping horses the end of march. we tried to speak to morey after he hearing, he went to the men's room. he denies the charge. jerry hollendorfer has been sanctioned for overmedicating and doping issues 19 times since 2006. we couldn't find any evidence of successful appeals.

>> that doesn't surprise me. >> reporter: it doesn't surprise you? why not? >> because jerry just -- he's tunnel vision. he does what he wants to do and that's it. you don't like it, it's too bad. i'm just saying. >> reporter: hollendorfer's career earnings nearly $200 million. total fines for those offenses in california only $16,950. and never suspended. bob baffert is one of the most famous names in racing. five-time kentucky derby winner, santa anita is his home track. >> you know what, people don't understand that jerry felt really bad when he lost those horses. felt really bad. and he's a hall of fame trainer. he's a really good trainer. but he does take really good care of his horses. i don't know, but he runs lower quality, you know, those claiming races, sometimes they can be, you know, it's tough. >> reporter: we certainly are pretty sad when they get hurt, hollendorfer has told the a.p. the owners of santa anita and

california authorities say they are reducing the use of riding crops, prohibiting most meds in 48 hours before a race or training, carrying out deeper issues remain across america. among them, racing in the u.s. is governed by 38 independent jurisdictions. >> you go to a different state, you don't know what the rules are. >> reporter: they are championing a bill that would create a national anti-doping body to reduce the number of horses dieing on america's tracks. >> we think we're at a tipping point. this is america's legacy sport. it has to look inside and make substantial changes. >> reporter: strong pre-race exams will weed out the bad apples. are you worried what people will say when they know you have spoken to us? >> i'm sure i will get backlash from all sides.

i can't sit silenty and watch this happen. it's too sick. >> after the investigation and the news broke that he had been banned from santa anita, he released a statement. i'm training over 100 horses. santa anita didn't want me to stay on the grounds. my opinion was that was premature. i thought it was extreme. i have to step away for a while. a hot air balloon goes rogue. the chaotic moments at this missouri festival next. you are live in the "cnn newsroom." ovide complete, balanced nutrition... for strength and energy! whoo-hoo! great-tasting ensure. with 9 grams of protein and 26 vitamins and minerals. ensure, for strength and energy. look for savings in your weekly paper.

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