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Super Bowl News about Trump and Lamar; Trump to Have Conversations with Putin; Trump Says Canada Would be Better Off as 51st State. Aired 6:30-7a ET

Aired February 10, 2025 - 06:30   ET

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ALLISON CHINCHAR, CNN METEOROLOGIST: U.S. And then by Tuesday it begins to spread across the Tennessee, Ohio Valley and eventually into the Mid-Atlantic. Then right on the heels of that system, we have our next one, Wednesday, taking shape across the Midwest. That slides over the Great Lakes and spreads that snow right back into the Northeast.

Then as we get closer into the upcoming weekend, you've got another system that develops late Friday across the central U.S. before spreading all of that snow and ice across portions of the Mid- Atlantic, as well as the Northeast.

But the southern tier is also going to get in on the action. It's just going to be warmer. So, you're just going to see a lot of rain in those areas, but a lot of it.

Take a look at this. A huge swath from Louisiana all the way up through the Carolinas of at least 3 to 5 inches. But it's not out of the question, some of these spots could pick up maybe six or even seven inches of rain when it's all said and done by the end of the week.

The northern tier, you're looking at widespread of about an additional 4 to 6 inches of snow. Keep in mind, this is on top of what these areas already got this past weekend. And because the temperatures are below average, all of that snow is not going to go anywhere. It's going to stick around and just start to accumulate as all the additional snow comes in.

The southern tier, because those temperatures are going to be on the warm side, that's why these areas are just simply going to get rain. But a lot of it. You have a slight risk for excessive rainfall, not only Tuesday, but also Wednesday across portions of the southeast. This includes cities like Atlanta, Birmingham, even stretching back into Shreveport, Louisiana. You look at a forecast, say, for Atlanta, the temperatures are relatively mild, either at or pretty close to the average high, with the exception of Tuesday. But look, several days of rain for at least the next week.

JIM SCIUTTO, CNN ANCHOR: We'll watch for some more school snow days later this week.

Allison Chinchar, thanks so much.

Coming up next on CNN THIS MORNING, a penny saved, a penny earned. Why Donald Trump is telling the Treasury to stop minting pennies.

Plus, the Eagles dominant from start to finish, leaving little room for drama on the field in the end. But the halftime show spotlighting a viral feud between hip hops biggest stars. And a surprise cameo stirs up a lot of buzz off the field.

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SCIUTTO: Champagne is going to taste pretty good with cheesesteaks today after the Philadelphia Eagles routed Kansas City 40 to 22 in Super Bowl LIX last night, denying the Chiefs what would have been an historic three-peat. The Eagles just dominant from the opening kickoff. Quarterback Jalen Hurts, the MVP of the game, led Philadelphia to a 24-point halftime lead. He finished with three touchdowns in total, two passing, one running.

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JALEN HURTS, PHILADELPHIA EAGLES QUARTERBACK: Still processing it. You know, I - it's been a - it's been a long journey. It's been a journey of ups and downs and highs and lows. And I've always stayed true to it in the end. And having this vision of just being the best that I can be.

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SCIUTTO: Before the game even ended, there was an outbreak of brotherly love on Broad Street last night. Eagles' fans celebrating their second Super Bowl title in seven years.

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CROWD: (INAUDIBLE).

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SCIUTTO: Eagles fans, pretty darn happy.

Well, $8 million for a 32nd spot. That was the top price for a Super Bowl commercial. And for advertisers who shelled out all that cash, the morning after water cooler reviews are now pouring in.

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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Oh my God.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Oh, boy.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: So good. Mm. Oh, it's just - woo!

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Oh! UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Oh, God.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: This one's real.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Yes. Yes. Yes. Oh.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Lunch and a show, huh?

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Whoo.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: How about that?

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SCIUTTO: A little bit of a throwback there. The halftime show also generated a lot of buzz, to say the least. A Star Spangled Banner-ed. Samuel L. Jackson introduced the headliner, Kendrick Lamar. The rapper taking a victory lap one week after he won five Grammys for his Drake diss track "Not Like Us."

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KENDRICK LAMAR, RAPPER: Yes, I'm trippin, I'm slidin, I'm riding through the back like buck (ph).

Mustard on the beat, ho. Deebo, any rap nigga, he a free-throw. Man down, call an amberlamps, tell him, "Breath, bro"

(INAUDIBLE) he a freak, though, man. Damn. Call an ambulance. Tell em breathe.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: They not like us.

LAMAR: No.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: They not like us.

LAMAR: What?

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SCIUTTO: How about that cameo? Tennis star Serena Williams dancing along on stage.

Also adding to the spectacle, Donald Trump became the first sitting U.S. president to attend a Super Bowl.

Let's go live to New Orleans, bring in CNN chief media analyst Brian Stelter.

Brian, good to have you.

Looked like you celebrated a little bit as well. You got your beads.

BRIAN STELTER, CNN CHIEF MEDIA ANALYST: Absolutely. And - and -

SCIUTTO: Tell me about it -

STELTER: Yes.

SCIUTTO: Trump's omnipresence,, right? You've been writing about this. I mean, not just at the game.

STELTER: Yes.

SCIUTTO: Daily press conferences. He's front and center, it seems, by design.

STELTER: Yes. You know, the only show bigger than the Trump show right now is the Super Bowl. So, it makes perfect sense that he wanted to be here, that he wanted to be a part of it.

You know, if the Super Bowl represents so much about America, from the combat to the commercials, you know, Trump wants to be part of that. He wants to be in the center of the action.

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And my seats happen to be right across from him. So, I was watching him last night. It was really notable to me two things, Jim. Number one, nobody else around me cared that he was there, but there were more cheers than boos when he was shown on the Jumbotron. He was only showed once. He wasn't on camera very often, at least not in the - inside the Superdome. But he was actually soaking it up, taking it all in, sitting in his seat next to his daughter, Ivanka. He had lots of well-wishers coming over to say hi, but he was actually enjoying the game.

Now, he was reportedly rooting for the Chiefs, not the Eagles. So, I'm sorry, Mr. President, to disappoint you. He did leave at halftime, so he missed the end of the game. And, Jim, I can't get through this segment pretending to be totally objective. I was here for the Eagles. So I'll put on the - I'll put on the green instead.

SCIUTTO: I did notice you were wearing some green. I surmised you might be an Eagles fan. And, you know, more power to you. As hard as it is for this Giants fan to say that, I celebrate their - I mean, they were great. They were just a far better team on the field.

How about the halftime show? Because, you know, it's funny, I was talking to my kids about this before.

STELTER: Yes. Y Es.

SCIUTTO: They were aware the whole beef Kendrick Lamar, Drake. And there was a lot of talk as to whether he would pull punches. He did not pull punches last night at all.

STELTER: No, he swung some new ones. This was not a sing along halftime show. It was a story. It was a narrative, right? It was a - a visual spectacle and delight. And even if you didn't know the songs, even if you didn't know the words and the lyrics, at least you were - you were able to soak up the energy and take away some of that message.

Now, I do think, you know, it's a little bit like the Eagles winning. It was a polarizing performance. People either loved it or didn't love it at all. And so there's lots of social media chatter about that. I think Kendrick Lamar probably embraces that and likes that.

And then, at the end there, his lyric at the end, he said, turn off the TV, turn off the TV. You know, kind of referencing what this game represents, you know, the consumerism of it all, the capitalism of it all. Now, I'm not going to say turn off the TV, but it was a good - it was an interesting moment where he was taking advantage of the platform in order to critique it, you know what I mean? And that's always interesting.

SCIUTTO: Yes.

STELTER: And that's what Kendrick Lamar always wants to do. He always wants to use the opportunity and then make a point with it.

SCIUTTO: Secret Service, they aired a recruitment ad inside the Superdome.

STELTER: Yes.

SCIUTTO: Notable. We're going to play a quick clip of it. I want to get your thoughts on the other side.

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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Protectors are born. They're not made. America's Secret Service protecting this Super Bowl is asking a few more to step forward.

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SCIUTTO: The Secret Service spent $2 million to produce that spot. Michael Bay directed it. I mean, that's a - that's a lot of money in what is, I thought, a budget cutting time.

STELTER: Yes. And the argument is, they'll have the ownership, the rights to this for five years. They'll be able to use this all over the place. Some have commented that it's strange to use scenes of when the Secret Service failed to protect in order to recruit people to protect in the future. But obviously, the overarching message was about patriotism and serving the country.

And we saw that, I think, in a number of different ways throughout the other commercials that were airing during the game. Interesting problem, though, for Fox, because this game was so lopsided, this is probably not going to be the highest rated Super Bowl ever. You know, a lot of people probably tuned out at halftime or after as this was becoming more of a blowout.

So, for all the advertisers that do pay that record $8 million, they might not actually quite gotten their money's worth, Jim, because this was such a lopsided game. Some of us loved it, but, yes, a polarizing outcome to the Super Bowl we'd say.

SCIUTTO: Will you give this Giants fan just a little bit of gratitude for Saquon Barkley? I think, you know, he probably made a little difference for you this year.

STELTER: I think that's absolutely right. I treated this as a once in a lifetime trip. You know, if you're an Eagles fan, you assume this will never happen again.

SCIUTTO: Well, two in seven years, not bad. Brian Stelter, more power to you and the Eagles. Appreciate you joining us this morning.

STELTER: Thanks. Thanks.

SCIUTTO: Up ahead just after the break, President Trump says he has spoken with Vladimir Putin. Now, Volodymyr Zelenskyy is expected to meet with Vice President Vance this week. Can all sides get to the negotiation - negotiating table to bring an end to Russia's ongoing invasion of Ukraine?

Plus, the president is not backing down from his wish to make Canada the 51st state.

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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I don't think there's any plans to invade Canada. But there is a lot of people that like what we have in the United States and do not like the last ten years of liberal progressive governance and Trudeau.

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DONALD TRUMP, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES (May 10, 2023): If I'm president, I will have that war settled in one day, 24 hours.

I'll meet with Putin. I'll meet with Zelenskyy. They both have weaknesses and they both have strengths. And within 24 hours, that war will be settled. It will be over.

I'll have that done in 24 hours. I'll have it done. You need the power of the presidency to do it.

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SCIUTTO: That was then candidate Donald Trump promising, in a CNN town hall, that he would end Russia's full scale invasion of Ukraine within 24 hours of taking office. We are now about 498 hours into Trump's second term. No promised peace deal in place. But we are learning the president has spoken with the Russian president, Vladimir Putin. In an interview with "The New York Post," Trump confirmed he's spoken with Putin on several occasions, although he did not make clear if Trump spoke to Putin before or after taking office in January. Trump did not offer any more clarity when asked by reporters.

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REPORTER: I know you don't want to tell us about your conversation with President Putin, but can you clarify whether you had that since you've been since you've been in office? Or whether it happened before you became president?

DONALD TRUMP, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: I've had it. Let's just say I've had it.

REPORTER: As president?

TRUMP: And I - and I expect to have many more conversations.

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We have to get that war ended. It's going to end, and we have to get it ended. And we have to get it ended soon. It should have never happened. Would have never happened if I was president.

REPORTER: Mr. President -

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SCIUTTO: Of course, the other quite important part of this equation is Ukraine's president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Zelenskyy is expected to meet this week with the vice president, J.D. Vance, at the Munich Security Conference. Zelenskyy is signaling he is ready for talks if his country can get security guarantees, as Ukraine approaches the three year anniversary of Russia's full scale invasion.

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VOLODYMYR ZELENSKYY, UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT (through translator): If I had an understanding that America and Europe would not abandon us and that they would support us and provide security guarantees, I would be ready for any format of negotiations.

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SCIUTTO: Joining me now to discuss, Jill Dougherty, CNN contributor, former CNN Moscow bureau chief.

Jill, good to have you.

Just quite a simple question. Trump, very coy about when, how many times he talked to Putin. That is not normal for a president. Typically state to state conversations are not only confirmed, but also there are readouts of these calls. How unusual is it? And is there any reason why Trump will not say if, when, why he's spoken with the Russian leader? JILL DOUGHERTY, CNN CONTRIBUTOR: Well, I think there are a couple of

reasons. One is that, you know, he doesn't want to go there. He doesn't want to be specific. He may have had contact in the past. It's very unclear.

But I think it's interesting to watch what the Russians say. And yesterday, the press secretary for Putin said, well, you know, there are a lot of contacts. I may have missed something. So, I can neither confirm nor deny.

And then I just read another quote from a senior official in the foreign ministry saying, well, there are contacts. And he said, between the foreign policy departments of both countries and the process is underway. So, I think you can probably surmise from this that maybe there were contacts directly recently between the two presidents. Maybe or maybe not. But there is some process underway, that the foreign policy people on both sides are somehow communicating. And we know that we're headed for some type of - probably some type of negotiations. But this is really complicated.

SCIUTTO: Yes. We're showing pictures there of the famous or infamous meeting between Trump and Putin in Helsinki in 2018, when Trump notably took Putin's side regarding U.S. intel assessments of Russia's interference in the 2016 election.

We're getting some outlines of the Trump administration plan for Ukraine, as spearheaded by Keith Kellogg, his envoy, which seems to include territory as it stands in - in effect - in other words, freeze the lines where they are, and give Ukraine some sort of security guarantees. Do we - do we have any more details as to what those guarantees would be, and what else might be included in a deal? Of course, with the proviso none of this is agreed until the sides agree.

DOUGHERTY: Exactly. And we don't know what the administration specifically is proposing. I mean, there's a lot of talk at - right now in the foreign policy community actually being pretty specific about outlining, how could you do this? But we don't know what the administration exactly wants to do.

I mean, look at some of the issues. You have an enormous border that would have to be protected if there were some type of ceasefire. Does everything stop, you know, on that line? Do you have international peacekeepers? Russia might not be that happy about that.

SCIUTTO: No.

DOUGHERTY: Who comes in? You know, would American troops go in? Thats, you know, another thing that might be on the table? Not likely, but maybe.

And then you have, what happens to sanctions? You know, Russia is probably the most sanctioned country in the world right now. Putin wants those sanctions gone ASAP. Does that happen?

SCIUTTO: Yes.

DOUGHERTY: And then there are all - you know, all sorts of other sides to this.

SCIUTTO: Yes, the French president, notably a few months ago, offered at least the possibility of French forces there. Again, you know, big difference between saying that and actually following through.

Another interesting element has been Zelenskyy saying publicly that he might offer the U.S. access to key minerals, rare earths that Ukraine has, perhaps as a sweetener. I mean it's interesting because it seems that Zelenskyy is perhaps accurately perceiving that if he can give Trump something, Trump might be more likely to give him what he wants, which is security from a Russian invasion.

DOUGHERTY: Yes, I think that rare earths minerals idea is probably the most, let's say, transactional and possible.

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It is interesting because, you know, Trump is talking about this. Zelenskyy is saying, yes, I agree. And essentially what it would be, although we don't know the details here either, would be some type of access by the United States to those stores that they have underground in Ukraine.

SCIUTTO: Yes.

DOUGHERTY: A lot of these really valuable minerals that are extremely important to the modern digital economy, you know, like -

SCIUTTO: Yes.

DOUGHERTY: Lithium batteries, things like that. And so that is something I think that Trump could actually hang on to as a specific thing that could help the United States get free of China, or at least help to get free of China, because China is a country that produces those minerals.

SCIUTTO: Yes. No question. A stranglehold to some degree on some of these rare earths.

Jill Dougherty, thanks so much. Always good to have you on.

All right, so we're 55 minutes past the hour. Here's your morning roundup.

President Trump is ordering the Treasury to stop making pennies, citing high costs. According to the U.S. Mint's annual report, it costs 3.7 pennies to make a penny. That's up 20 percent from 2023. The rising cost of metals is part of the reason it's getting more expensive to make those little pennies.

President Trump freezing aid to South Africa over a land law there that he claims discriminates against white farmers. Officials there say his move lacks accuracy and fails to recognize the country's long history of colonialism and apartheid.

A lot of folks are dismissing President Trump's threat to annex Canada as just bluster, but Justin Trudeau is not one of them. Listen to the Canadian prime minister caught on a hot mic at a business meeting just on Friday.

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JUSTIN TRUDEAU, CANADIAN PRIME MINISTER: Mr. Trump has it in mind that the easiest ways to do it is absorbing our country and it is a real thing.

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SCIUTTO: A real thing, absorbing an entire country. It's a rather remarkable statement from the Canadian prime minister. It appears to be spot on because President Trump, not backing off.

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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Is it a real thing?

PRESET: Yes, it is. I think Canada would be much better off being a 51st state because we lose $200 billion a year with Canada, and I'm not going to let that happen. It's too much. Why are we paying $200 billion a year essentially in subsidy to Canada? Now, if they're a 51st state, I don't mind doing it.

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SCIUTTO: My panel is back.

Stephen, Canada doesn't want this. Neither its liberal or conservative politicians want it. The Canadian public doesn't want it. It's a proud country. I lived there for a year. Canadians like Canada.

The question is, how far is Trump willing to go? Is he willing to say, hey, I'll sink your economy if you don't join up?

STEPHEN COLLINSON, CNN POLITICS SENIOR REPORTER: Well, those new steel tariffs are going to really hurt Canada. What he's really achieved so far is to unite Canadians. The conservative leader, the Pierre Poilievre, the next likely Canadian prime minister, has had to - who is more in tune with Trump, has had to become more nationalistic as a result.

But I think there's a through line here between what you were talking about with Ukraine and some of Trump's other foreign policy aspirations. Canada, like Ukraine, has got a lot of rare earth minerals, which are really crucial in the future economy. And guess what? So does Greenland. So, I think a lot of Trump's thinking here is expansionist foreign policy is about this global race for these rare earth minerals, a competition between Russia, China and the United States.

SCIUTTO: Sure.

COLLINSON: And he sees Canada, and perhaps he can get a deal there on that issue. SCIUTTO: But, Matt Gorman, Canada is a country. It's a sovereign

country. It's also a U.S. treaty ally, part of NATO. It's got its own rich history, hundreds of years. They're pretty good at hockey. They got their own food traditions, et cetera. You're a Republican, yes, but you're also an American. Is this a position an American president should be pursuing seriously?

MATT GORMAN, FORMER TIM SCOTT PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN SENIOR ADVISER AND REPUBLICAN STRATEGIST: And they're also not going to - after seeing our Super Bowl, they have their own - you know, the Gray Cup, too. But ours is ours. So, don't try and steal our Super Bowl day.

But, no, I think Stephen's exactly right, right? I think this is something where this is a negotiating position in many respects. I think that's a great point on the rare earths. This is something where I think you're going to see him bluster. And look, whether it's Ukraine, I think, or this, it's about getting in a room, cutting a deal and selling it as a win. We've seen that over the last month over and over and over again.

SCIUTTO: OK.

GORMAN: I think that's a great through line with - that Stephen points.

SCIUTTO: Meghan, though, the Canadian prime minister is taking this seriously. Danish officials are taking the threat to annex Greenland seriously.

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Do you take it seriously?

MEGHAN HAYS, FORMER BIDEN WHITE HOUSE DIRECTOR OF MESSAGE PLANNING AND DEMOCRATIC STRATEGIST: As much as you can take Donald Trump seriously, which is not very much at all. I just don't think this is a real thing. It's a negotiating tactic or a negotiating tactic. I don't know that this is anything that's going to do anything but make us all talk about it. It's not a serious thing. We are not going to take another country. We're not going to take Panama. We're not going to take Greenland. This is just not realistic for the president to do. I think it's just a lot of talk and it gives him something to talk about, and I think it makes him being talked about on the news, which we're all doing, which he loves.

SCIUTTO: We'll see if he follows through.

Thanks so much to all of you. Appreciate you joining me so many times this morning. Thanks to you as well for joining. I'm Jim Sciutto. "CNN NEWS CENTRAL" starts right now.