♪ with all due respect to donald trump, this is a beautiful wall. >> good evening. sports fans, i mean that literally tonight. there's only one thing that is part of the country loves more than politics. that is baseball. tonight, we are talking to the president of the red sox about both. first, it is a historic day in america, but the president of china and the pope of vatican city are visiting grade --.

the chinese president will spend the next seven days in the united states. meanwhile, pope francis is in washington dc or he will give a speech to congress. on thursday, then he will step in new york and philadelphia over the course of the next six days. still, my question to you is which of these two occasions will have the bigger long-term effects on american politics? can did it.visit the chinese presidents visit is important. it is a very tense relationship right now. if the obama administration can figure out some type of broader deal on cyber security, as they can figure out how to deal with the east china sea, that sets us up better than anything the pope francis could say. >> in this case, unfortunately, you are right. in the short-term, politically, the pope's visit causes huge

problems republicans. before, we had a conservative ite, and with it -- and with would be a problem for democrats. six there is a huge number, republican catholic presidential candidates. the around you. income inequality, all of it. in the long run, china is more important. politically, geostrategic lee, economically, that is i'm afraid you are right. >> everybody take that and frame that. one thing i will say. talking to white house officials, all these the very excited about the visit, there is nervousness about what he could say. they are not in mine on every single issue, and you cannot control what the pope is going to say when he visits the white house and congress. their issues he can go after that can make them look bad. >> you are right. no one is allowed to applaud or blue, hope -- or boot, overly the pope. >> is a crazy time for

republicans running for the white house. scott walker is out of the race. donald trump is picking a fight with bill o'reilly. ted cruz is turning to shut down the government. in carson is trickling down on his position that muslims should not be president. meanwhile, jeb bush is an island doing i went -- in iowa the most boring thing imaginable. what is jeb bush thinking? >> jeb bush is trying to be the granted in this race. the loss of scott walker and rick perry, to governors, notably, who have gotten out of the race. jeb bush man, where he said that these two guys are serious executives and know how to govern, and they are gone. then he made a comment about legislators who do not get anything done except file mms. jeb bush wants to be the guy who knows how to run something. by talking about things that he has run and putting forward ideas about how he would run the federal government. he wants to be that establishment candidate that scott walker said last night

republicans must rally around. >> let me tell you what mike steele and all of miami really liked. a headline says that jeb bush plans to alter federal regulations to invigorate the economy. that is a "new york times" headline that they love it --. this is the joyful tortoise. >> that should be on a bumper sticker. >> to be able to pick it back to what he did as a floor to governor, which some of his plan does my and show that he has policies that could last. >> for a wow chris christie was in a good position. jeb bush now has done this almost every 10 days or so. he is coming out on every issue, laying down markers on policy. he wants to be the grown up in the room when republicans, he hopes, turn away from the children. hillary clinton. the other grown up in the room has finally taken a position on the keystone pipeline.

she is against it. she made news at an event in des moines, iowa, today as she was talking about her new research and drug plan. she got sidetracked by a drake university student who asked her about keystone. clinton replied that keystone "interferes with her ability to combat climate change, therefore, i oppose it." is a good policy, and is a good politics? >> i want to expand it to good pr. this question came at the same exact time that the pope was talking into the white house to meet with the president of the united states of america. when it comes to the burial of an issue, not bad. on the policy side of things, she had to say something. i believe, and when you talk to her team, they feel much like the obama administration feels, that this is an issue that has gone far bigger than it deserves. unions are not going to be happy about this, but the greens are

going to love it. there is a lot of money over there. because half-and-half. >> she said today in a kind of way that she wanted the white house to be out in front on this great she kept getting asked about it, and probably felt like she had to say something read the fundamental political reality of hillary clinton's look-alike is that she cannot allow someone who is a plausible commander in chief to get to a space on her left on anything. she think that, her husband thinks that, they will not worry about bernie sanders. they worry about joe biden. they're still worrying about elizabeth warren. >> i would say one thing, i did not understand current putting the white house on notice. presidentialhree aspirants shut -- sat down on late night shows. carly fiorina was on jimmy fallon. >> i am like a kid in a candy store. i am having so much fun,

because, who is paying for the candy? if you want to change the marriage laws -- i believe in democracy. i believe in democracy and i don't think we should trust -- >> however you guys feel, he is my guest, please don't boo him. reformlans for justice and helping the black community are on fleet. >> i'm told that i should tell t. my reforms are on flee >> i have two dogs. i make up songs. my mother and i used to sing together all the time. [singing] >> who do you have in that bevy

of late-night appearances? >> ted cruz deserves credit for going into the lions den on even colbert. bernie sanders did fine. carly fiorina is the winner hands down. she is playing a hot hand right now. the one legitimate criticism of her performance is that she came across as too stern, not human enough, not funny enough. she goes on a highly rated show and shows her softer side and does it with him charm. big win for last night. >> the carly fiorina bump. best ratings for jimmy fallon and 18 months. smoked jimmy kimmel and stephen colbert. carly fiorina was good last night, and the ratings were just as good. what is the deal with the late-night thing? is it going to happen every week from here on out? >> we will see a candidate on a late-night show every day for the rest of the year. maybe it will well at -- where

out his welcome sometime, but not soon. president the red sox talking about politics and baseball life from this glorious place, fenway park, after this message.

♪ >> joining us presently is the president and ceo of the boston red sox. he is stepping down at the end of the season after three decades, for decades, five decades, and infinite number of decades as the commander of the sports business. he has won three world championships. thank you for having us here larry. man.u are an unusual i was talking to peter about you just now.

your business career alone is incredible. if we go back further, your almost forced them-like -- i will ask you about princeton university. you played basketball with bill bradley. tell us about that experience. >> it was a great experience. i was a only insignificant sophomore when he was a senior carrying us on his back to the final four. i was one of the early fundraisers for him. i remember in the late 70's, when he ran for office. he was a part from the rest of us. he was a different player. he is still a very good guy. >> very good guy. the other person whose path you cross with his hillary clinton at your law school. then in washington, d.c. i gather you like to little better when you worked with her than in school. >> i knew her better when i worked with her.

we all worked pretty hard. it was watergate and the impeachment and important stuff. it was the first year out of law school and she had a work ethic that was extorting area. >> did you know president clinton when you are in moscow? >> he is more of a peripheral guy. hillary was in the main street and bill was off in texas doing some political stuff. >> isom because you guys are such old friends you will be supporting her? >> i have supported hillary in the past. i will say that. >> still an undecided voter. a tour of your past life. superlawyeriginal three one of the most interesting things about his career is that everyone went to him. democrats, republicans, he is truly bipartisan. when you look at the town now, do you see that ever happening again, or somebody who could represent something like that? >> the book about him was called "the man to see her go -- the

man to see." not for all caps on promise. advice on the ways of washington. it has been a while since i was in easy -- washington, d.c. i don't know, for me, i have a bias. my whole career and sports is directly attributable to him and the opportunities he gave me and the doors he opened for me. i don't ever think they'll be anyone quite like him. but that is a bias. >> your kind of a baseball life. what is your take on the state of the game right now? the poster writes area -- the post-steroids era. >> it is in pretty good shape right now. there is a high level of competitive balance, which is one of the issues we were bothered by for some time. wright -- themr.

steroird era has passed. they were determined to eradicate that from the game. they did a great job doing that. i think there is a popularity about the game that certainly applies to most of america. we made a major effort to do two things, one is to call out kids. we are calling all kids to make the game younger. and reach out more and more tickets. and the commissioner is very determined to expand the international activities and horizons of baseball. i think baseball is ready for another uptick. i do believe. inhink it is enduring and its capacity to fill our summers. >> the thing about your career on the baseball side with the orioles and then with the red sox -- you saw a lot of change in the course of the sport. we were talking upstairs earlier about building things and

changing the way that baseball stadiums look across america. i want to ask about the red sox in a second. more broadly, how has the business of baseball changed? >> it has changed or medically. much larger than it used to be. much more professional than it used to be. it is much more sophisticated than it used to be. it used to be that the front office was filled with a few old buddies, high school buddies, or fishing buddies of the owner. something happens and i would say it began in the 70's, perhaps with the labor movement bringing in some good people and moredeas and -- it is much sophisticated approach to business. >> when you guys arrived here, this ownership group, you guys encountered a situation that people now forget. the red sox were not this and audible franchise.

they have not had a great year this year, but you guys are a hugely successful business. a global brand in a lot of ways. it was not like that when you got here. over the biggest challenges you face when you arrived in boston and how did you overcome them to build the thing to what it is now? >> fenway park was one of the biggest challenges. the consensus of our families uncertainty the media was that fenway park had seen better days ad it was time or -- time for new ballpark somewhere else in boston. john henry, time warner and i believed that there was something magical about fenway park, maybe because we had a different perspective coming from other based all teams. >> we were determined to preserve and protect and enhance and improve fenway park. that was a big challenge. we came here the red sox were regularly bridesmaids, runners-up. ,y cell phone number is 222 which i picked back then to rely

me that the red sox were always fishing second. there was a need. i have not been bold enough to change it. here, we wanted a team that was worthy of the fan support. we want to preserve, protect fenway park. to be active and aggressive marketers of the team so it is not just boston's team or new england's team, it could be a national team. we wanted to be active in a charitable and. -- philanthropic way. we said we were going to eradicate the curse of them eating second. we said that in 2001. at our very first press conference. years, -- e >> to quit once before you go, how did you get dan shaughnessy to write a column about you, and which of your world championships is the favorite?

>> the first question i think is just a question of balance. he had written some ebola point items about what he did not like about me and us that he was just toing to -- it was a effort make a balance. he is trying to write some nice things on the other side. word. b >> i think he had his tongue in his cheek the whole time. '07 was special. we made some traits. and the year before. it was like a win. we had a slogan. after he won in 2004, are slogan was anyone can win once. 2013 was really special because of the boston marathon. >> it's like asking you to choose among your children. thank you for having us.

thank you for doing the interview. we'll be right back with a major public and -- a major republican person. ♪

>> joining us now is tom rath. he is a veteran new hampshire republican. a big fan of john kasich. possibly a bigger fan of the boston red sox. thank you for coming to fenway park. >> i want to start with the biggest news of the week, scott walker. what is your impression about what happened and what lessons can john kasich take from that? >> you hate to see a campaign go down. you feel bad for all the people involved. i thought he had a remarkable chance to carve out a spot in the field. for whatever reason, sometimes it does not work.

i admire the fact that they face up to reality and got out. , he wasl geography taking up a sort of too many lanes. he is trying to be a governing conservative line, and did not have a chance to articulate that. >> what about lessons you can take? >> keep control of the checkbook. >> they spend a lot of money. do you think that scott walker -- everybody is happy that he is out. do you think that john kasich can benefit in a particular way from this? >> you never benefit from somebody else's misfortune. i will say this, the political geography is where john kasich fits. the second is the real geography, because after we get to the sec primary, we had to the industrial midwest. that should be a good place for us. >> the super pac put up this ad.

they put up on the other day that is kind of a tongue-in-cheek mocking of donald trump. john kasich and a helicopter. he has done a good job of staying out of the crosshairs, you have any concerns about provoking donald trump? >> i don't think you poke in the cage if you don't have to. our pot -- our position is that we have a positive message. the problem we had in the debates is that it was a debate that was set up to say you said this and he said this here it we are not into that. we have not back had that kind of exchange with anybody. >> carly fiorina has been on the rise. obviously a great debate performance according to everyone. what is your sense of carly fiorina in new hampshire? >> i think she has some very good people working for her. i think she has had the trips up there. she is like everybody else. the field is scrambled right now. -- everybodyners

is in the game. i think she is in the game. everybody will have a moment. the real question is can you sustain the moment. >> do since the donald trump is looking a little altitude postdebate. do you send any of that? >> i look more at the numbers that ben carson got. i think that he and donald trump ogether -- i wonder if ben carson is not a way station. they are moving back and looking at other people. donald trump is going to be donald trump. >> i have to ask you. we are here in fenway park. you are a season ticket holder. right up there. all of your years, what is your single favorite fenway memory? >> all-star game. the other is that we were here for the six-game in 2013. i've been coming for 50 years. i never thought i would be here when they won. it was a wonderful time.

that is what i'll member for a long time. >> tom rath, always a pleasure. always an honor. we will be right back. ♪

♪ we do not do another guest at the end of the show, but today, as we are fenway park, we figured we would ring in david. tell us, what is your best memory? down and have to sit talk about my contract with him. have so many memories. , besides being the ceo, he has always been a really

good mentor. we are on the tv every day and on the web, now we are going to say goodbye. >>

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