>> with all due respect to chris christie, we are already sitting down and we are not going to shut up. just leave us alone, ok? trick or treat, sports fans. in our spooky lineup tonight which governors heads will roll, democrats haunt the cell, and bernie sanders does the monster mash. that last one, not a joke. just five days between now and election day. candidates are starting to make their closing arguments. and many of those are, both sleepy and hollow. take a look. >> the next thing you know, they

will say i hate puppies. i admit, it took me a little while to warm up to anna's dog cowboy. just joking. in 1970 a i went on a road crew to help pay for college. we need to build bridges. stop letting extremist from either party get in the way. >> i love a good jean jacket justice anyone. >> every time he says, "just joking, cowboy" i laugh. positive ads are not uncommon at the end of the campaign. this is been an issue less campaign. i have searched far and wide in any of these races for a candidate with an regional idea. closing arguments are possible. >> it has been unrelentingly negative. these candidates are now going

positive and giving our voters a reason to come out for us. not the bitter taste that many voters have had in the other races which is just ugly, ugly. >> not true in all races. we are not all closing with cowboys. >> there has been an outlier where things are a little bit dark. that is the georgia senate race. let's play that. >> do you trust president obama and the washington politicians to deal with the problems we face? too much debt, not enough jobs terrorism, and ebola coming at us from overseas. >> if you are as frustrated as i am by the dysfunction in washington and believe we can do better, then i really appreciate your trust and your vote. >> terrorism and ebola coming at us from overseas. >> that picture of president obama, he's a handsome man. he does not look as cute as cowboy there. >> david purdue feels the heat from michelle and he must think

there is a mileage seeking it out of one last shot in nationalizing this race and tying her to president obama. >> avery close race. the easiest transition of the day we talk a lot about senate races, but there are many governors races on the ballot. we have identified five were both parties are fighting hard and there's a lot on the line. we will start in florida. it is in some ways the marquee contest of the night. wisconsin, of course, has gotten a ton of attention. scott walker against mary burke. in michigan's races more competitive than people thought it would be. and then kansas, another race that is exceedingly close. and then finally, john taken lugar against his opponent. who's got the most on the line

in any of these elections? >> there is only one potential national figure, one potential presidential candidate in this group and that is, scott walker. a poster boy for the right. he's now in a neck and neck race. if he loses this race, it will end his prospects of running in 2016 and be the biggest scalp to democrats on election day if they take him down. >> i will say rick snyder, if he wins this race come he could someday be president. >> not in 2016. >> and sam brownback wants to be president. >> not in 2016. >> if the republicans lose any any of their four incumbents, it's a bad mark. i think the republican party has a lot on the line. they played a huge role in the ground game. these are states that matter a lot. everyone but kansas and michigan matters a lot in presidential politics.

the 2016 republican nominee has a lot on the line. you want rick scott, scott walker in office. >> and if she turned out to be right about that, democrats will be talking about it. >> it's not impossible. the front-page story of the new york times, jeremy peters reports that national radio ads throughout the south are invoking incendiaries topics such as trayvon martin ferguson, and even new jim crow to rile up the base. republicans are crying foul and saying that the democrats are playing the race card. do they have a point in saying that these tactics crossed the line? >> i certainly think they are incendiary and i certainly agree with republicans who say if republicans engage in these incendiary tactics the press

would be much more up in arms area i do think that in every cycle, we have colleagues that they this is the most negative ever. factually they are questionable but the incendiary nature of them shows you'd go to read to which democrats know they have no choice but to turn out the african-american vote with emotion, or they will not win. >> and you have to look at these case-by-case. there is a leaflet in one of these races, maybe louisiana where a leaflet has a lynching on it and talks about how if the republicans retake the senate, president obama will be impeached. to me, that is over the line. to invoke the stand and fight your ground law in florida in the case of trayvon martin, that doesn't seem to be over line at all. you have to parse these out a little bit. >> it does make it harder for democrats to cry foul when republicans invoke race for one reason or another. >> it doesn't make it any harder for either side. >> it is case-by-case. it has not been over the line in a lot of ways, but this may be the exception.

>> and we will look at other stuff like this. this is all kind of sub rosa. this is the stuff that has slipped by in the last few days of the race. >> every now and then, when a great person passes, it can make people feel like they have lost their friend. today is one of those days. the former mayor of boston, who shook more hands, gave more quotes, and more chapter than any other mayor, died today of -- at the age of 71. he wore the crown during an incredible time in boston's history. the economy bloomed, and a lot of the lingering racial divisions that had been there for years melted away. and many now -- menino presided over a quartet of things that all went from bad to worse in his time. more than half the people who live in boston say they have personally met him.

if it feels like boston has lost a close friend today, you know why. to understand how the levy was listen to this clip of the mayor speaking on the anniversary of the boston marathon bombings this past april. >> when the lights dim and the cameras go away, know that i support and love for you will never waver. all you have to do to recover and carry on, know that the people of boston are right there by your side. >> a great mayor for a great city. i always enjoyed every moment i spend the guy. a great, funny, ironic, bold man. >> this clip also shows why he was called mumbles. he also made various cute mistakes. you know, the sports teams that you mentioned. the world series the year ago, he said boston was looking forward to the world series cap -- cup if the red sox won. but he was so beloved for all of that my because he was explicitly and anti-probationary mayor. he did so much down to the ground level for the citizens. >> he will be missed.

>> coming up, one of these two people will be our guest. hopefully, it'll will be the one wearing a belt. we will be right back. ♪

>> our guest tonight is someone who's been in public life for quite some time. he was the mayor of burlington vermont, and then a congressman for the state. he's now a u.s. senator. he is a socialist and cares passionately about policy and his country. tonight, we will try to get to know a guy who seems hard to get to know. we will change all of that. our guest, bernie sanders. thank you for coming in. >> my pleasure. tell us about your grandchildren. >> my grandchildren, seven them,

the joys of my life. >> what do you like to do with them? >> we play baseball. i'm a very good monster chasing them around. >> let me see a little bit of that. >> grr. i don't want to get you too scared. i'm terrified over here. when you play baseball, is it the seven grandkids and you? do you play four on four? >> the littlest one is three, so we have some instructions. we play wiffleball. my oldest is a fantastic gymnast. which i had nothing to do with. >> i mentioned your pedigree as a socialist. which i'm curious about. who had more influence on your brand of socialism, eugene debs,

einstein, helen keller. >> i did a film on eugene debs so definitely debs. and helen keller definitely had an influence with the work that she did. but eugene debs, the groundwork was laid in the 1930's and finally allowing working people some power in developing policies that help a struggling working class. >> i want to talk about the dao of sanders. before you were a politician growing up in brooklyn, you are a great runner. a track and field man. what is one key to being a great track and field guy. >> i was not great. i was good. i was born with a lot of endurance. it is persistence, working hard, and not giving up. >> what is the key to doing a

great film? >> i made a video. thinking your subject matter. i'm not a great fan of media in general. what i try to do is focus on people who played an important role in american history, but nobody knew anything about eugene debs being one. probably 90% of people don't know who he was and he was one of the great heroes of the 20th century. >> is it true that you worked as a carpenter for a while? >> did i bang nails? yes. >> what was your biggest accomplishment? >> not falling off of a roof. >> would you like to spend time with when you are not hard at work? off the senate floor. >> the people i closest to are

am probably those who share my views, people like sheldon whitehouse, sherrod brown, barbara boxer. >> what do you do for fun? >> it is pretty boring. we have dinner. >> is there any republican that you socialize with? >> occasionally. richard burrows, the ranking member of the veterans committee and my subcommittee, so we end up spending time together. >> could you say one nice thing about ted cruz? >> sure. he's smart and articulate, and he says what he believes. he's wrong on everything. >> are you a big seinfeld fan? i will show you a clip from seinfeld. watch closely. >> george, the word around the office is that you are a communist. >> communist? i am a yankee, first and foremost.

>> a communist pipeline into the vast reservoir of coogan -- cuban baseball talent could be the greatest thing of our generation. >> i want you to read this first line. "george, the word around the offices that people think you are a communist." >> george, the word around the office is that you are a communist. >> and then read the next steinbrenner line. >> you know, george, it struck me today that a communist pipeline into the vast pipeline of cuban baseball talent could be the greatest thing to happen to this organization. >> the internet is going to go on fire. again, because the conspiracy theorists are correct. was it your voice? >> no. now that we've dealt with the important issues facing america, what else?

>> i have gotten to understand you and appreciate your personality and sense of humor more today than before. >> it is important. but what is more important is there are enormous problems facing this country, we don't talk about them. and then you have people like george w. bush, who's a really nice guy, a really nice guy, the worst president in modern history of america. personality is fine, but what is most important is what an elected official is going to get done. >> we've heard you talk about ideas a ton. >> you are forgiven. >> the monster demonstration was pretty great. you're thinking about running for president in 2016? >> we have a massive inequality with income. we have a billionaire class that is able to spend unlimited sums of money to buy elections.

i am someone who has taken on the oil companies, the drug companies, wall street, the military industrial complex, the koch brothers. if iran, is it conceivable that we can rally the american -- if i run is it conceivable that we can rally the american people against those who by and large control the media? that would be the issue. >> and it's clear that there are a lot of people in the country who believe what you just said. how do you figure out -- what will be the turning point, the decision to run or not? >> that is a great question. you do the best you can. i am running around the country and saying to people, listen, if we ran on a set of principles and programs, which are designed to rebuild the collapsing middle class in this country, health care for all, affordable college

massive jobs program, rebuilding , our crumbling infrastructure changing our trade policy, companies investing in america and not in china, are you prepared to really work hard on the campaign? can we put together a grassroots movement of millions of people? and i can give a great speech. but i don't know that we can do that. because to take on the ruling class of america, to take on the political establishment, the economic establishment, the media establishment, believe me, that ain't easy. >> if you decide not to run, who do you think would be a better democratic nominee, hillary clinton or ed schultz? >> i think ed does a great job. i think he is one of the heroes of the media. i think he speaks to the needs of the working class people. i think elizabeth warren is someone who has done a great job. but if you walked into the vermont voting booth and the two candidates were hillary clinton and at schultz who would you , vote for? >> i respectfully decline to answer the question at this

time. ed schultz is a very good friend of mine. >> senator, this is what we do on this program, we humanize. senator bernie sanders from vermont, thanks for coming in. we will be right back. ♪

>> there are very few people in this world of such giant enormous stature that they have journalists label to them. tonight, joining us now is joe barton. lebron has said this game could be one of the biggest sporting events ever. certainly, that may be true for the city of cleveland. talk about what that means to that town. >> it means everything. thank you for having me. it's almost hard to describe.

you can see what is going on in this town tonight. downtown is packed already. everyone has their cavs jerseys on, but it's more of a feeling. >> you are on the floor at the stadium where you will be watching the game tonight. he's a huge legal sports figure but also a big figure in the state of ohio. doc about his education initiative and what he's trying to do to help the state beyond the court. >> he has a mentoring program in akron schools to try to prevent at risk kids from dropping out. it starts in the third grade, and we won't know if it works until 2021, but the reading scores for the kids in his program are growing at a higher rate than the kids not in his program. it's incredible and shows the kind of depth that he's bringing to what is really a political and social problem of the high school dropout rates.

>> when he left the cavs and there was much reaction when people -- when he went away to miami and people felt that he had betrayed his home state. now he is back. is all forgiven? are the people a little suspicious? >> all forgiven, and he said it best. he came here, really, because of his bond with northeast ohio because of the fans and his family and the people who raised him. the team was ok before he showed up. and after he arrived was when kevin love came and some of the other free agents. it's about to get really loud in here for my guys. but that is basically it. i think he is here for reasons other than basketball. >> when he shows his competent site, some might call arrogance do people in the city and the

state, do they accept that? or do they see him as too big for his britches and arrogant? >> i think he comes across as genuine. having been around him almost every day for the past month, he knows where he is. he knows he's a powerful guy especially in the league. he knows his power transcends basketball, and he knows that most adults around him want something from him. and yet, he walks that line without many missteps at all. and i feel like from an education perspective he's genuine, and really even from the products he endorses. he seemed to endorse what he uses. you don't ever want to say any athlete or any politician is truly authentic, because you just don't know what goes on behind closed doors. but from what we see, he seems to be real. >> really quick, a lot of people now seem to think that they are

the favorite to win it all. do they have to win a championship this year to be a success? >> yes, they have to win. the psyche of cleveland, i don't know if this town can take it if they get anything less than that. this franchise knows it. they talk about this year or maybe next year, but they know they have a window and at some point, that window will close. there is a sense of urgency. that is why they will go for it all right now. >> joe barton, thank you very much. we will be right back. ♪

>> one story we did not have time to do tonight, michael jordan saying that president obama is a crappy golfer. we have no information to confirm this. mr. president, we just want to know if you want to respond and we will put it up on bloombergpolitics.com, which is live, 24/7. >> police come join us for our

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