♪ lastly, the political world was wondering who was billy crystal talking about with a good chance of winning? he was talking about david french, a lawyer and writer for national review. he said on sunday he was not going to enter the race. he joins us to talk about all of this. when was the vary first time in your life someone suggested or you thought about the notion for running for president? ago,: less than two weeks meeting with billy crystal and talking about the times we are in.

there are two categories now,ency -- emerging right one who understands the gravity of the changes, and the threat that donald trump is, not to just politics, but in this judge controversy. i am in the camp that believes in understands this is something else entirely. when other people were not stepping up, and i said yes, i would consider it. mind, was thatn with your authorization? david: it was a surprise. [laughter] >> did he have reason to believe at that point you wore going to do it? he would not have just tweeted that out. >> he was tweeting it out that it was happening. david: it is easy to read an

awful lot into 140 characters. that i don'tnize have name recognition. i also recognize and i heard this analogy today that the demand for and oil tentative, like a pressure cooker. even people who are supporting trump are doing so vary reluctantly. there is a segment of democratics supporting clinton. sended the right person to demand to politics. pretty nice thing this pent up recognizingnted -- this pent up demand -- what was the key decisive factors? >> it is simple. i believed that at the end of the day, even though there was

no one stepping up waiting in the wings, i would do more harm than good. i heard alot of -- lot of people saying, you have a good biography and a lot of people like you and get to know you. that is a huge challenge. there is a need for a person with a huge constituency. if i went for it, it would give an impression that there are fewer people like me then there really are, people who are disgusted with the status quo. his better for there to be somebody -- it is better for there to be somebody -- >> there are people, friends of bill kristol who are back at it. try to find someone to pick up the mantle. are you involved in the process at all? i have been involved in

meetings where we are talking about it. hope that they can consider it in a different atmosphere now with everyone talking about it, but take time with their families and think about it quietly and look at the numbers and work that has been done. they will see it is there a viable. ider the golden bowl of -- >> what kind of people are you talking about? people who are more conventionally -- if there is anything we have learned in this process, number one, there is demand. there were people contacting me all over the country say may are willing to quit their job --orrow to help you carry quit their job tomorrow to help you. begin toge that we can

somebody else is clear. if you have the existing constituency, it is there. all that stuff of problems being insurmountable, third-party candidates never having a chance -- since when has this cycle been normal? we will call it the potential. >> you had unpleasant aspects of it. what was it like for your family to see you on the news everywhere? what was there an upside? experienced the downside of being against trump. it was a circumstance, my older kids understand what is going

on. my wife understands what is going on. she understands the gravity of the times. you are a man who thinks of everything. -- what washeinger the zinger you were going to use against trump? [laughter] david: all i was going to do was remind trump of what he said. i was going to remind american people that he thinks that exxon can help beat isis. i am a rational human being. who would not be nervous in a debate? >> you don't seem nervous now. [laughter] david: i hide it well. >> david french, thank you for joining us. >> still ahead, great sports journalist visits are set to

talk about the passing of muhammad ali. we will be right back. ♪

♪ legends and then there are those who are in a themselves like muhammad ali. he died at the age of 74. are is a guide to talk about sports journalist who wrote the obituaries a muhammad ali in both the "new york times" and "times magazine." you started your piece looking theret the day you were the day the beals met muhammad ali. i wish i could have appreciated it more. and iguys were in the way

had to interview this fighter. -- i got incitement becausegnment in 1964 the real reporter did not think it was worth his time. clay was going to get knocked out the first time. soon as i get to miami, drive back and forth to the arena, and the closest hospital, so i would waste no deadline time following cassius clay into intensive care. that was on my mind. -- i went to the gym where he was working out and behind me were these four little guys. whiteere wearing matching jackets. pushed into a

dressing room to wait. what had happened, which i did not know right away, they were on their first american visit going for a photo op. he took one look and zendaya posing with them. d said, i am not taking a photo with them. >> when they finally meet him, what happens? gasps.of us seen a beautiful creature like that in our lives. this was on youtube. row, heles stood in a tapped the first one and they went down with -- went down like dominoes.

it was pretty much over. >> what does ali say to you? >> he said who were those little sissies? you aboutto ask politics. he was a political figure in the 1960's. he joined the nation of islam, changing his name and refusing to be inducted into the armed forces. in the context of that time, how much of a political earthquake did those series of things cause? >> they were in enormously important politically. and socially, and religiously. here is this emotionally stunted, insecure, 22-year-old kid. who goes abusive home to the nation of islam for some

sort of security and father figure. suddenly, he is caught in the turbulence in one of the most politically charged times in my against civils rights. he has turned his back on the main religion of america. cast-off his -- he is suddenly representing millions of people. it -- he is a polarizing figure. i don't think he entirely new he was talking about at that time. seems it was a time for the emerging up politics and sports. takingere athletes important stances on issues. >> very few came close.

abdul-jabbar,em tommie smith and john carlos at the 1968 olympics, partially in protest to ali losing his title. billie jean king? >> billie jean king. but not to the extent. >> incredible story and an incredible man. more

[indiscernible] ♪ has bernie sanders lost his presidential bid? night, when they call the race for hillary clinton, did only fueled bernie sanders'

supporters of mistrust. we wanted to know what the final leg has been like for voters in california were he has been barnstorming for the past two weeks. what we found was that just as california is a microcosm of the u.s., that's -- [indiscernible] >> what i see when i look out the crowds of many many thousands of people and go out to the farm country here in california and i see latino kids and black kids and white kids , andorking-class people many people not involved in the political process, i see such incredible hope in their eyes. >> that is why we love him because he see he's the people.

>> he knows us. it is aners: appropriate that they let muhammad ali and hate muslims. >> the first time he hugged a muslim on tv, i said we are in. we can't go back. >> his message is what is powerful. >> how i might going to handle 10 seven? will i be depressed? outcome,ter what the bernie sanders started a revolution amongst millennials. bernie sanders is shaking every body's hands. when he came to me, i screamed. if >> thank you so much for giving me a voice. a lot of people don't understand how hard it is to go through the immigration system. i have been through it myself.

i understand how complicated it is. >> when he first came out, even we thought we don't know if he is going to make a huge splash. >> it is the way he speaks. in the way he is able to articulate clearly. my 11-year-old, she was able to understand what bernie says. >> i am a member of the 1%. bernie is bae! [laughter] howt is amazing authenticity sounds vary good. he does not seem super polished . have the time his hair is unkempt. .i star i couldn't believe he was a

career politician. i trust the message. there's is so much momentum going toward bernie, even if it is a third-party that comes up out of this next few months, there are people who will not stop. [applause] >> we have been really busy. we had problem. -- we had prom. but we had to go. the 1%, the billionaires, the billionaires, so many kids we now just identify what bernie says. there is a lot of frustration with economic inequality. it is hard to understand the privilege they have. whoe are a lot of teenagers are not afforded the same opportunities we are. say -- like for them to would like for them to have the

same opportunities. -- all ofhis policies his policies still have momentum. >> when i was attending berkeley, that is when i heard a bernie sanders. people are tired of going in debt to get into education and a better life for themselves -- going into debt to get an education and a better life for themselves. take weed off of the schedule one list. college students smoke a lot of we. -- weed. >> surge the military is fully converted. win, lose, or draw, i cannot give that up. thing found its way into it all. >> he is like a cute, old man. >> he is enduring, lovable.

you can't script that stuff. just thinking about some of the policies that she supported think that i should vote for the issues important now. as anbernie broke out independent, would you vote for him that way? >> i don't think he will get in that way. >> we disagree on that a little bit. sen. sanders: when i look out at middle-class people who want change and who want to be involved in the political process, i get very excited. that is where i get my energy to go forward. thanks -- you guys don't go to tijuana. thanks for watching this

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