A Harris Aide Says Fundraising Boomed After Debate Performance
POPPY HARLOW, CNN NEWSROOM: Facility in Homestead, Florida.</s>SEN. KAMALA HARRIS (D-CA): Families belong together. And they just deserve to have their parents with them, okay? And we are going to fight for your family to be together, okay?</s>HARLOW: All right. We're also going to hear today from the democratic frontrunner, Joe Biden, as he speaks at the Reverend Jesse Jackson's Rainbow PUSH Coalition. What's he going to say about Kamala Harris' attacks on his past actions and stance? We'll get into all of it. Good morning, everyone. I'm Poppy Harlow in New York. Jim Sciutto is joining us live this morning from Osaka, Japan, at the G20 summit, where just hours ago, the President was face-to-face with Russia's Vladimir Putin for the first time since the release of the Mueller report. And, Jim, what did he do?</s>JIM SCIUTTO, CNN NEWSROOM: Well, I'll tell you, Poppy. It was also the first time in public for these two presidents since that infamous Helsinki moment. The President had another opportunity to confront the Russian President on continued Russian meddling in U.S. elections. And the president did not take that opportunity. In fact, he made a joke of it, a joke that both he and the Russian President smiled about despite the seriousness of this threat to U.S. elections. Later, he took a shot at U.S. journalists, again, buddying up with the Russian President, who, of course, has a very violent history, his government does, with journalists, two disturbing moments here at the G20 as the U.S. President came face-to-face with Putin, Poppy.</s>HARLOW: It's going to be fascinating. I know you're reporting on it throughout the weekend. We'll get back to that in just a minute. Meantime, Senator Kamala Harris and former Vice President Joe Biden, two candidates waking up rather this morning to two very different realities, one, with what one aide called a booming night of fund raising, that's Kamala Harris, the other, with questions about what happened. Jessica Dean joins us now for more. Walk us through those moments Jess.</s>JESSICA DEAN, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, good morning to you, Poppy. That's right. We're waking up after that two hour long debate where Kamala Harris really commanded the stage and went directly after Joe Biden about his -- talking about his working with segregationists and also his bussing history back in the '70s that he was against bussing. And that moment really playing pivotally moving forward. This morning, they're waking up, as you mentioned, Kamala Harris is on the offense. They are reporting very strong fundraising numbers overnight. We've seen her all across media this morning and expect to hear more from them this afternoon. You saw she went to visit the detention center there in Florida earlier this morning and visited with people there. On the Biden side, we're going to see him in Chicago this afternoon at the Reverend Jesse Jackson's Rainbow PUSH Coalition. I know he's coming up on your show here in just a moment. And the question is, will Biden talk about this? Will he address it? Will he clean up anything? Does he feel like he needs to clean up anything? We heard from his aides in the spin room last night. They defended his record on civil rights, saying that it's unassailable. They also explained the bussing issue with his deputy campaign manager saying that, look, back in that time, they were talking with local leaders. They did not believe -- some local leaders there did not believe that bussing was the best way to integrate schools, trying to kind of give it some context and frame it. But certainly, Poppy, there's no question, the Biden campaign now having to deal with talking about this when they really want to be talking about looking forward. They want to be talking about who Joe Biden is in 2019 and how he can be the best president. Will he talk about it today? We will see.</s>HARLOW: Yes, we'll see very soon, Jessica. Thank you so much for that recap. Let's talk about this in depth with the Reverend, Jesse Jackson. He is meeting with former Vice President Joe Biden in just a few hours. Biden will speak before his Rainbow PUSH Coalition event. Sir, such an important voice to have. Thank you for being with me.</s>REV. JESSE JACKSON, PRESIDENT, RAINBOW PUSH COALITION: Good morning.</s>HARLOW: What's your reaction when you watched that exchange and when you heard Senator Kamala Harris say about bussing, that little girl was me?</s>JACKSON: Well, the issue, it was about bussing for racial balance. It was not the bus, it was us. Most children are bussed every day then and now, rural terminal bus, suburban terminal bus, buses with racial balance became a hot political issue, Anna Louise Day Hicks in Boston and Bobby Field (ph) in L.A. And Ed Brooke was on one side and Joe was on the other side, Biden on the other side, and then my judgment was the wrong side of history.</s>HARLOW: Okay. You think it was the wrong side of history? Biden said that Kamala Harris mischaracterized his stance last night. But when you look back at what he wrote and did in the 1970s, you can't dispute what he did, right? I mean, he wrote in 1977, my bill strikes at the heart of the injustice of court ordered bussing. I believe there is a growing sentiment in Congress to curb unnecessary bussing. He went on to write then to a fierce opponent of desegregation, former Senator James Eastland, quote, I want to know I very much appreciate your help during this week's committee meeting in an attempt to bring my anti-bussing legislation to a vote. Do you have any question in your mind about where Vice President Joe Biden stood as a Senator then in the 70s on bussing?</s>JACKSON: Well, they were on the wrong side of history. You know, we had to have -- the Montgomery bus boycott regarded (ph) in a court order decision in 1956, the federal government had to intervene. The states were left with the power</s>HARLOW: Reverend, can I ask you what you are going to say to Joe Biden one-on-one about this today?</s>JACKSON: You know, I want to ask him with his positions. He took the position about -- on states' rights and, really, the states' rights have not been in our interest. We've had states rights took the position that we couldn't get to University of Alabama or Georgia. And so we had to have</s>HARLOW: Just a little bit of history here for people who might not know, you've run for president twice. When you ran in 1998, you ran in the democratic primary against Vice President Joe Biden. This was after in the '84 race. He told voters to reject your candidacy. I know the two of you have become friends, if you will, since then. Is Joe Biden the person that America needs right now to help sew the wounds of racial inequality in this country? Is he the best person to do that?</s>JACKSON: We were competing. And the people did not reject candidacy. As a matter of fact, his was rejected. As a matter of fact, we got 12 delegates in 1998 and the campaign haven't been able to impact upon the founding proportion with the push on states' rights and all of that. So it was a campaign that had a lot of effect in this. I would think that Joe Biden must now address this in a real sense. The role of the federal government to intervene to stop violation by the states, there's a scheme (ph) there, where the Supreme Court's ruled on the issue of gerrymandering. We've got the right to vote in '65 and then gerrymandering and then</s>HARLOW: Joe Biden had an opportunity last night on the stage to apologize and say I was wrong then, right? You believe he was wrong. He doesn't believe he was wrong. And he said, look, I just didn't think it was the role of the federal government or the Department of Ed to do this. It was up to the states. And that's when Senator Harris interjected and said, yes, but the states didn't protect us and we needed the federal government. Where was the federal government on this? Should Joe Biden apologize, in your mind?</s>JACKSON: I don't know how you will</s>HARLOW: You know, but Joe Biden says, I became a senator, you know, in my 30s because of civil rights. That is what drove me to public service. That is what has guided my service throughout my career. Do you believe that Joe Biden, as a senator and as a vice president, has done more to help progress civil rights in this country or to hinder it? What's your view?</s>JACKSON: On balance, Joe has grown in the positions he has taken. Think about his role with President Obama. He is being the balance of that ticket was a factor, I think, to President Obama's victory in '08, for example. I think he has grown in the new views of these positions. But, clearly, you cannot run in the shower and can't run in the rain without getting wet. And, Kamala Harris, I think Joe was prepared for an attack from Bernie Sanders on issue of</s>HARLOW: I'll give you a final chance to answer that last question, sir. When you look at the '94 crime bill, you look at his letters about bussing and legislation back in the '70s, he called bussing, quote, a bankrupt concept. There's that and then that's all that he has done for civil rights. Has he, on balance, done more to progress civil rights or to hinder it?</s>HARLOW: He was hindering it at that point. Now, he has grown</s>HARLOW: Reverend Jesse Jackson, I so appreciate your time this morning. I know it's a big day for you guys as you host the former Vice President, Joe Biden. We'll be watching with keen interest this afternoon. Thank so much, sir.</s>JACKSON: Thank you very much.</s>HARLOW: All right. Still to come, President Trump and Vladimir Putin face-to-face at the G20, and President Trump makes light of election interference in our democracy with Putin sitting next to him. It happened. Also, South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg with a display of humility on the debate stage following a deadly shooting in his hometown, a risky move but will it pay off? Plus, voters in South Carolina not holding back on how they think those democratic candidates did last night.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: He just doesn't seem like he has any new answers. He doesn't have a lot of energy.</s>HARLOW: Who is he talking about, coming up.