it was part of doing his job, great american, we will give him a good amount of time to talk about his case. have a great saturday, everybody, find something to do. >> we will see you tomorrow. >> forget valentine's day around the corner, virginia isn't about lovers right now, the legal over who says and who goes and right about now who survives, we don't know who survives increasingly fight for presidential nomination, we do know that elizabeth warren is officially adding her name to long list today and we are there. democrats rally around a new green deal but such a deal when we tell you how much green it's going to cost and the cost of arming billionaire, the fight among billionaire and has

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♪ ♪ neil: all right, let's say he doesn't look too worry, but we will talk on national pizza day but the real story, amazon, jeff bezos, the world's richest man firing back at national inquire claiming claiming that the publication tried to extort him and got everyone's attention across the planet including those who used amazon and those who invest in amazon, fox business network lauren simonetti with the latest. lauren: neil, lawyers can decide if this is extortion or blackmail but certainly bullying

by american media, the world's richest man, so the tabloid ran a story last month about bezos alleged affair with mistress san chez, he put suiter team on it, there was no hack and eyebrows are being raised whether this is all a political hit job. so bezos owns the washington post, the newspaper highly critical of president trump and david pecker, the publisher of national inquire is ally of president trump, pecker made a deal with federal prosecutors to give him information in exchange for immunity, when bezos started questioning where and where they got steamy text messages, the results blow up deal with the feds and now being reported that federal prosecutors are looking at just that, did they violate immunity agreement, quote, american media believes that

acted lawfully in reporting of a story of mr. bezos, nonetheless in light of nature of the allegations published by mr. bezos, the board has convened and determined that it should promptly and thoroughly investigate the claim. in a blog, quote, weponizing journalistic privileges, hiding behind important protections. so if bezos is private life of investors, shares saw 2 points, number one, bezos stays out of public eye, point number 2, he's good at doing a lot of things, and also the owner of the post and blue origin, so many people think he will get through this just find. neil: not to worry about financial future here but we will see. lauren, thank you, thank you

very much. federal prosecutors are investigating conduct here. keep in mind, the company has 3-year better behaved deal that was scored on the michael cohen and whether it had anything to amount of stories amounting to payoffs. bottom line it could get messy there, attorney andrew sullivan. andy, where do you think it's going? >> inning 2 of 9-inning ball game. i think you will likely see investigation into mr. pecker, there's a chance the immunity deal could be turned up which is a huge, huge problem and i would be shocked if mr. bezos doesn't file a lawsuit against mr. packer and his company as well and potentially, hulk hogan, peter. neil: the one thing that confuses me, it's a legitimate story that the world's richest

man, the text and everything else, fooling around, that would have been a legitimate story regardless wouldn't it, how is bezos then going to try to make the extortion lead, what are they going to use? >> well, i think the inquirer went one step too far because yes, it's a valid story that he's cheating on his wife and there are these texts, the big problem comes if, indeed, what mr. bezos allege is true that the national inquire in effect threatened him and said, if you do not kill this story and in effect come forward and says it had nothing to do with political reasons we will publish photos and naked photo, that's potentially extortion and that's potentially a crime and that's what has mr. bezos so upset. neil: you're a lawyer, you will point significance to me, the inquirer editor, his involvement in this in which he e-mails,

again, to bezos and associates would give me -- no editor pleasure to send this e-mails saying i hope common sense will prevail and quickly, that does sound like a threat. >> it does sound like a threat and very clearly the inquirer wanted something, they wanted bezos to do something and i think we've all seen the mob movies too many times, right, where extortion or blackmail has a physical threat, it doesn't have to have that, it can have something like a threat to expose something, a threat to ruin somebody's reputation and that's precisely what mr. bezos and his lawyers are alleged. neil: just to be clear, this all started with the story itself that the inquirer had gotten that he had affair going on with this other woman, fox anchor and all of a sudden, you know, he gets wind of it, knows the story is coming out and his wife of 25 years are separating.

you could make the argument that he was down, he had nothing to lose by taking them on and trying to get to the bottom on how the publication got these texts, so in a weird way, the fact that the inquirer had already run this story, the damage was done, bezos, he had nothing to lose? >> yeah, i think you're right, i think the biggest issue and the biggest story is the fact that he was allegedly cheating on his wife, the fact that he may have sent inappropriate selfies to his girlfriend, i don't think anybody care about what two consenting adults do in privacy of their own home or communication and i personally think bezos has made too big of a deal out of it. it's the national inquirer, nobody believes what they publish and by doing what he's done, he has given more publicity and great deal of credibility and i think the world's wealthiest man should be rolling around in the gut we are

the national enqurirer. neil: even going after celebrities for so long, we are not going after johnny carson, we are going after one of the most powerful man in the world and certainly the richest man in the world. neil: fallout from all of this right now with lisa. what do you think? >> andrew, what do you think, they are not concerned with the back and forth between jeff bezos and national enquirer, what they are concerned how much capital amazon is investing, when amazon came out with earnings, they reported reinvesting a lot of -- remember this, the stock went up 5%, that's what's dropping the stock, it doesn't matter what

jeff bezos says, he's on his plane going off -- neil: you don't want him to side track. >> no. >> a lot to read here and legitimate concerns for amazon shareholders, we are not talking about splitting amazon home, we are talking over a $100 billion of stock on the line that might get split up and to the point is the jeff bezos media article about how it would be shaken down and left out the part that he was doing deliveries of home, involved in early stages and that could hit the market. there's also the issue and i'm going to quote a billionaire very famous founder, that when you secret dig you dig grave, that's what he said about peter teal. neil: right. >> he said you do that and you

dig yourself a grave. he will take down the washington post and owning third of the cloud is more power than the national enquirer, he's getting wrapped up in the garage, maybe he will not seek revenge and let everyone know how dirty the company is, you have to be concerned where this guy's brain is. >> it's so advanced with amazon right now, people go to amazon because they don't want to leave softas, that's not going to go away. neil: the problem with him is that he did, he did leave the softa, something else. >> well-financed competitors in the same areas and they're not on helicopter trips with girlfriends. neil: now, he is trying to get to the bottom of how the enquirer got this stuff. we live in age with teenagers can hack into whatever you're doing but he does raise legitimate, how did they get this stuff? >> the security team supposedly said his accounts weren't

hacked. i think what we need -- neil: how did they got them? >> multitude of ways, if somebody in his orbit somehow had access whether it was a shared password -- neil: but he's saying ami, connections with pecker and connection with trump they are all butt shouting at the white house connection. >> it's definitely -- it's not as if he's asked the fbi or anybody else to get involved. he might have his own reasons and he might know how text messages for exploited. the main point regardless of this how comes into play or amazon or lifestyle, celebrities don't sign magical paper we give up privacy. neil: admitting that he was -- they are going to get out there, the stories and reports will get out but he's saying the fight is worth it, is it worth it? >> it's worth it in the sense that he's trying to be the

martyr for other people. neil: is it a way to find another reason, pay attention, not this one. >> i don't know what else he would be deflecting from. we saw the earnings come out, the only miss on that -- neil: everyone is going to concentrate on the controversial images. >> they r but -- they are but it won't affect him in any way. neil: that's what i'm not saying. >> the tabloid journalists are not protected. neil: it's a fast-moving story as is, well, the border talks which are slow moving, in fact, growing doubts that anything can get done by monday to make sure it's done by friday the deadline for awful -- all of this.

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what the president wants, we are told something closer to about 2 billion, then the 5.7 billion the president want. republican senator from north dakota, what do you think, senator, the middle ground might be accepting a wall but not paying as much for it? >> well, look, we are working to yet funding not only border barrier or wall, personnel and technology and we need all three, negotiations are going on right now, we are going back and forth, we would like to get something done by monday so we can get it done, you know, proposal to put to the floor on monday so we can get it done by the end of the week. neil: a number of senators have met with the president on this, senator shelby said that the president was, you know, very encouraged by the progress and the talks and i don't know at the time whether this lower figure for the wall was mentioned or passed that along for the president or the

president sent lead that he would support it, you have a sense of what he would do? >> no, we are talking to the administration as well as obviously the leadership in both the house and senate, yeah, i know where people are, i'm not going to go in specific numbers, but we can definitely do a deal and the president has shown deal to compromise, we need leadership particularly in the house to do the same. neil: 2 billion and not 5.7 billion. [laughter] neil: could you personally live with that? >> just remember you said the number, i'm not going to go into a number yet. what we need is something we can pass through the congress and that the president accept. neil: all right, could you live with that? >> i can live with a number that can pass through the congress and the president can accept and that's the negotiation we are going through right now. neil: fair enough. senator, as far as setting stage for future talks and agreements that the two sides, democrats and republicans in the next 2 years, obviously many in your party and the other party are

anxious to move things in which they do find common ground, maybe infrastructure, drug prices, do you think it's important to get this out of the way so you can do that? >> this is really important not only for border security and then we get through appropriation bills which funds everything out through the end of september, there's a lot of things in those bills that have passed on a bipartisan basis, so that's a big first step you're right and then move onto other priorities like infrastructure, reducing the cost of prescription drugs and a number of other things that we should be able to do. neil: all right, senator, thank you very much, good catching up with you. >> thanks, neil. neil: fair and balance, we will be talking to emmanuel clever, very popular democratic congressman and in the meantime we are keeping close eye on virginia, the state is a mess, i don't know what's going on there but there are calls for power to step down, i'm not talking about governor, i'm talking about lieutenant governor after this.

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second accuser who says that he attacked her many years back. all right, kat kemp, bottom line is, if you're the governor, you're probably relieved and there isn't such for you to go for the time being, but the wagon circling around. >> yeah, and governor northam unfortunately for lieutenant governor fairfax, governor northam isn't in a position to help him, northam is also disgraced, disgraced by the obviously -- the evidence of -- neil: attorney general, he had pictures that go back to 1980. >> all should call for due process, that's something that republicans have been doing for a long time. political quick sand basically all of these folks and republicans are starting to

enter as well as you know because one of their leaders now is an editor of yearbook that had awful pictures in it. i think that in the case of fairfax, i think, you know, people -- he's under a lot of pressure, we all know from democrats and now this is a democrat who is calling impeachment n. me too era i think he deserves fair due process but awfully politically. neil: antjuan, used to be red, then purple, it's safe to say blue, a state that hillary clinton won 13 electoral votes, very important and i guess the party is concern, democrats are concerned that lock on the state may not be so secure, what do you think? >> i don't think so, i think that from a policy standpoint, virginia understands having hand on power switch. i don't want people to wrap all 3 issues together, justin, the governor and then ag, they all

should be dealt separately, yes, northam should resign, yes justin should deserve due process. neil: but you're okay -- >> i'm okay. the governor -- there's ways he can handle it. neil: you want him to resign? >> doi do. i do. neil: next in line would be republican. >> part of the leadership is to be effective. at this point justin deserves due process, i don't think there's confidence for him to be effective as a leader, so at some point he will have to answer the question and we have to say during kavanaugh vote, i said it right here on show, i didn't attacked him on the allegations, i said on the

record, voter suppression, obamacare and a few other things. i was on him on that not allegations. neil: all right, kat, what do you think? >> i think it's been amazing to see what a mess this has all been. all right, i see last week's black face, more black face and sexual assault allegations, how much more can it get for virginia democrats, i wouldn't be surprised seeing northam staying in the position, even when things were more difficult, before the other two issues came out, he was still saying, i'm going stay, he was standing firm against calls for him to resign, so now that there's been a distraction with two other people who are kind of in hot water, people have been like, it's kind of old news for him now. i don't think he resigns. >> that's my point, we can't wrap these 3 issues together. i agree. , again, going back to my point about being effective leader, i don't think the government can

be effective in his role. >> doesn't have to listen. >> he doesn't have to listen. >> he didn't listen when the pressure was the strongest, i don't see him listening now. he's not going anywhere. >> the man to be clear for so many reasons -- neil: you use a lot of big words. >> they're all in quick sand. >> if he doesn't go, that means we just say, okay, whatever, that's the part as black male from the south, that's the part -- neil: let me ask you this, african american from the south and the case of one republican that we know and at least 3 other democrats that there's commonality, going years back in picture and everything else, on that level, what do you think? >> first of all, i don't think racism is partisan, it impacts both parties.

neil: absolutely. >> at the end of the day even black face is wrong, black face was used to actually make a mockery of black people so everybody knows it's wrong, for governor to say -- i'm consistent, neil. neil: you are. >> whether it's democrat or republican, i'm going to call you out. what frustrates me about the governor, he was painting face black for michael jackson, he didn't look black. [laughter] >> i think if virginia gop is the one i'm thinking about because they actually -- virginia has assembly and house of delegates elections, all the legislative elections are in 2020, they are coming up. neil: republicans have one vote edge. >> they're in the majority because of coin toss remember? [laughter] neil: but i'm wondering if it changes the dynamic for that

state, voters in virginia are just saying, you run this place and we don't like it. >> it could be or people can say this is an isolated situation, we trust what the democratic party -- >> it's not isolated. top 3 people. there's more to come. >> in this particular incident. not the party as a whole. >> there's a lot in yearbook, not a good look. neil: everyone is searching through their yearbook history and everything else. it's going way back. >> that's the danger. that's the danger for whether you're democrat, republican. [laughter] >> trust me you don't have to worry me about me doing black face. >> a news full-time job, we are hiring yearbook checker, go back and check --

>> kamala harris got it right when she said no one is perfect. we have to be mindful of that. we all have some fingerprint. neil: i avoided it because i was yearbook editor. real quickly, le elizabeth warren announcing, how do you feel about her, chances? >> she can get out of the box she's in now with the whole native american thing, there's a potential for her but at the end of the day, it's all depends on how well she does in south carolina. neil: okay, real quickly. in massachusetts where she will be making announcement, top of the hour she will make it official, she has all ready, any way, the formal part of it, she will make it official today and the field is getting very crowded, we are on it, much more after this

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price futures group phil flynn, bottom line, the deal, those who are championing are saying, we have to get ourselves off fossil fuel, we have to get off the vehicles and the means by which we get around, find alternatives to that and fast, you say? >> i was trying to keep an open mind on this, neil, i really was, i read the plan and, you know, as long as you don't get involved in details, it's a great plan. the details, forget about that. i was going to come up with the exact estimated cost of this program for you today, i was doing the math but i have to buy a new calculator because i ran out of numbers. i think there's not a bigger calculator for it. there's a lot of things in the plan that sound good, for example, net zero omissions sounds great, but they do admit that after they tax all the

billionaires, all of their money to do this, they still wouldn't have enough money to implement this. not to worry, neil, because they have a plan, they will print more money, so that's going to work that out. at the end of the day, that works very good for germany after world war i, anyway. so if you go along with the plan a little bit, they also have a lot of guaranties for workers because once you implement this plan, it's probably going to cost millions and millions of jobs, but that doesn't matter because you don't have to work and you're still going to get paid, and you will get safe affordable adequate healthy, that sounded good, safe affordable housing you could get at county jail as well. neil: what's interesting, i was trying to look at it myself, how you pay for it and all, i do know that there's a goal that's been out for quite some time to

wean ourselves from fossil fuels, that's been out for a listening -- long time, we will get rid of commercial jets and all that, alternative routes as we wean ourselves off of jets. >> well, they are talking about light rail going across the country. neil: that won't get you if you want to fly out to britain. >> people will be able to fly if you want to go to cannes and things like that, most people won't have to because they will put funds for border wall which will keep people in -- neil: i see where you're going with that. i have wondered if you put a tax on a lot of the basic, you know, commodities that you have you could argue that that would depress prices for the stuff that you follow? >> it very well could because

the economy will be in shambles, if you look at the united states, 11% of the country runs on renewable fuels right now, you will have to change 89% of the power grid in the next 10 years, that's not going to be cheap and retro fit every household in america, you're going to have to replace all of that and replace it with solar panels and everything else. neil: good enough, thank you very, very much. we are open to energy alternatives, not one over the other. e liz bb&t warren to make big announcement in her own state, another enter in 2020 race, pizza day, the single development of this day,

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>> we are in massachusetts where elizabeth warren is said to be make an announcement today. the massachusetts senator is expecting to run for president, once again to apologize saying native american heritage, she got herself explaining yet again after registration for texas bar filed in 1986 as american indian

following big political ruleout and taking dna trying to prove ancestry and sorry for extending confusion about tribal citizenship and tripal sovereignty and the harm she caused, the senator defended, consistently denied she ever benefited from her claim but the paperwork shows, senator warren does not rule out that other documents could exist. she was asked on capitol hill how she thought the voters would react to all of this. >> i'm sure there are pundits who will have answer for that but understand, this is from the heart, this is about my family, my brothers and it is about an apology from the heart, an apology for not being more sensitive to tribal citizenship and tribal sovereignty.

>> expected to head north in primary to new hampshire and then onto iowa, she's getting out of campaign, a very crowded campaign trail, neil. neil: all right, molly, thank you very, very much. we are outside, home of fox news, we have some, you know, pizza lovers here, welcome, everybody. [cheers and applause] neil: pizza has to be cold including me, young man. >> glad to meet you. neil: kind enough to bring all of the pizza, you didn't tell me i had to share it. >> the least that we could do. neil: it's the at least we could do. neil: you were born in sicily?

>> what part of sicily? neil: it's a big deal, national pizza day it's a great deal. >> it's exciting and i'm excited about you people recognize the importance and the beauty and the greatness of pizza. neil: you didn't want to name cavuto? [laughter] neil: you have been in the bronx since 1980's? >> in the bronx from italy in 1967 that's when we came. neil: you went back and you found your bride? >> yes. neil: brought her back and she is helping with the business? >> yes, yes. neil: great comfort food, they love it. >> yes. neil: recently medical studies you probably know this that it's

good for you. >> yes. neil: what do you do those who come to your store, you play saxophone? >> for hobby, not professional. i have fun. neil: he's good, very good? [laughter] neil: did you get any pizza? you ate it already? good. when i look at pizza and i see the big fuzz, we live in divided times, i don't know how you feel about this, i think we fight with each other but what units us is love of food, i mean, do you deal with that and controversy today, everybody is fighting with each other, relax, calm down, what? >> pizza is a place, it's a dish served as food that's been -- pizza has beautiful history from

queen in naples and also has color like margarita, has the red, tomato, the cheese, the leaves. neil: these wonderful people, they are here, i thought it was for me, it's for the pizza, we will remind you this you don't have to be republican or democrat, conservative or liberal, when it comes to food, when it comes to pizza, more after this. >> pizza is good. neil: don't get me started. more after this. more than half of employees across the country bring financial stress to work. if you're stressed out financially at home, you're going to be too worried to be able to do a good job. i want to be able to offer all of the benefits

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i'm neil cavuto, i saw large crowd and i said oh, my fans, it's national pizza day. the guys gifted obviously, don't these people know it, you already ate yours? >> yeah. neil: where you're from? >> florida. neil: much warmer there than it is here? >> yes. neil: how about you? >> i'm his mom. neil: is he behaving? >> he's behaving. neil: any other warm people doing what they're doing here? >> from north carolina. neil: what do you think of your time in new york? >> it's been cold. neil: anyone else here? >> atlanta. neil: all right, did you watch the super bowl last week? >> yes. neil: yeah, amazing thousand patriots cheated, don't you

think? [laughter] neil: tell me about it. don't get me started. tell me about it. nothing to say. how about you, young man? >> charleston, south carolings o new york? that's all right. we can do that. everyone is a pizza lover here? absolutely. what do you think of sal, is he getting it done or what? he's funny as well? you have been making pizza for a long time, tell me the trick of what you do, how do you do it? >> great ingredients and lots of love. neil: when they go to your restaurant they stay a long time? >> yes. neil: have you ever attempted to kick them out when it gets too long? >> no, no, they are beautiful people. it's a place associated with intelligence and hungry people.

neil: hungry people. all right. [laughter] neil: you agree with that? you kind of like that idea? >> just like all of us. neil: the woman is bundled up. how are you doing? >> i didn't get any. neil: really? you didn't get any pizza. there we go, there we go. you have been here for how long? >> 2 days. neil: what's been the best part beside talking to me? >> ice skating. neil: that's a big deal. what are you going to do after this? you are going to the knicks game. listen, enjoy the game because that's not all you'll enjoy. anyway, it is a big day, we always think about fighting back and forth, you're a big reminder that what units us is food, what

units us is pizza? >> what do you say? neil: pizza is big uniter. very good. i love that. absolutely. take a look at what sal was able to do, heart-shaped pizzas, holiday is coming up. if you had forgotten to get your significant other a gift, sal outside on this corner, 48th and sixth avenue, we will have more after this. after months of wearing only a tiger costume, we're finally going on the trip i've been promising. because with expedia, i saved when i added a hotel to our flight. ♪ so even when she outgrows her costume, ... isting trip.

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and a dozen more at a minimum and molly line is where it's going down. hey, molly. all right. we are-- >> now, ladies and gentlemen, i have the honor-- >> all right, we're having some audio problems there and i thought it was cold outside where i was. apparently it's cold there and it's affecting things so we hope to go back there very, very shortly. for those of you just tuning in here, we're waiting for the announcement by elizabeth warren that she is running, obviously, for the president of the united states. she's had controversy including how she handled that native american issue. and we have kat, she's the latest entrant and she won't be the only one. where is the race going? >> it's not going with elizabeth

warren with the nomination, i promise that. she has all of this baggage because of this whole native american thing. if only she's just never pretended that she wasn't white then she may have had a shot, but this has been something that she's been mopped -- mocked for continually and she deserves to be mocked and when we talk about cultural appropriation all the time. for her to-- i mean, she personifies cultural appropriation. it's not like she once was seen eating a taco with a sombrero on. she actually lived her life-- >> and maybe she represented that and maybe not. and guys, let me know if molly is ready to go. in the meantime, it's a crowded field and maybe she does talk about this, the native american thing and hopes it goes away, but it does drag her, doesn't it? >> she should expect to see that certificate on in the mail sometime in the democratic

primary. in the end of the day, voters are looking for-- primary goers they're looking for genuineness and honesty, and separation factor. this could be her separation factor the wrong way, but i've learned, neil, not to count any candidate out. if you count people out, they teach you you don't know how to count. neil: and i remember instant frontrunners, hillary clinton in 2008 before barack obama. and we're reminded. >> and the g.o.p., remember. >> and molly line is there in the middle of this crowd in lawrence, massachusetts. molly, the venue she picked is important, isn't it? >> absolutely, it is, this is a historic milltown, long past its prime of being a major textile hub more than a century ago. and struggling in the poorest of massachusetts and give her a chance to talk about the things she wants to talk about. fairness for all americans,

fighting back against corporations. fighting for the middle classes, for the little guy and kind of the monster she's taken on during the course of her political life and lawrence has been in the cross-hairs heavily criticized by the government to the north and noted as a clearinghouse of illegal drugs pouring into new hampshire and maine. predominantly hispanic, she declared themselves a sanctuary city and sued the government for cutting off fund. so, in a sense, there may be a greater message here, sort of the backdrop where senator warren chose to make her announcement. as you talked about this morning, she joins a crowded field on the campaign trail. from her she heads north to new hampshire to the first in the nation primary state before on to iowa and other important early voting states on a seven-state organizing tour. so she plans to get out there on

the trail and tries to talk about the issues that she has continually try to make the forefront of her campaign. the question, will she be able to stop explaining, stop apologizing for many of the things you were talking about with the panel and move on past campaigning and are the voters ready to listen to that. neil: we're going to antwan wright here, and all the candidates like to suck up to antoine. one of the things and she's going to new hampshire and can help you in terms of the new hampshire primary. what do you think? >> i live in south carolina, so iowa, new hampshire and nevada doesn't matter, the battle ground that the candidates are making it known by their consistency and battle ground is in south carolina. neil: you've been saying that, but there are races before south carolina and california is before. >> you can do well in iowa, lose nevada, be okay on new hampshire and if you lose south carolina,

the demographics in south carolina are indicating the demographic going forward and i look about her crowd today and think of south carolina and beyond she's going to have to find her southern groups and connect with the african-american voters and that's the heart of the primary and 60% black, 55% women, and most of those black women with senator harris in the race and senator booker and if biden gets in, that-- >> biden is like the 800 pound gorilla in the race. >> and one thing about the 800 pound gorilla, he can sit in any chair he wants to. neil: and he's been likened to that again and again and barack obama's vice-president. i've noticed about him. it's two others run, good from affair and once in the race far from good and i don't mean that to besmirch him, but maybe

there's this goliath reputation given to him, but may not in this day and age with this party and where it's going be okay. >> i agree with you, neil, especially in an era in which people's past behavior is getting a lot more scrutiny, vice-president biden has been a little handsy. >> a little handsy. >> and he's said things that simply didn't turn out to be true. he's an irish teller of tales. and i say that as someone with largely irish-- >> likeable though. >> very likeable. >>, but he's full of blarney and urn fortunately for him the moment to join the race, he might be the john kasich thing and amble in-- i think he's going to come in too late and i think that kamala harris, senator harris has california and south carolina advantages, she's got the early

money, early enthusiasm, very attractive. elizabeth warren is a scold, and i think that's another part of her problem. >> she went on live and drank that beer and i'm surprised that-- that reminded me of hillary clinton doing the exact same thing. >> she's the same demographic. >> trying to be likeable. look, you drink beer, i drink beer, too, but it was just like painfully awkward. neil: and beto o'rourke, it seems that oprah winfrey encouraged him to run and another high flyer. >> who does organization and consultant. most of the campaign for booker and harris have snapped up a lot of the consultants in our party. how quick can you get together an organization and relationships. you're not coming to south carolina without deep relationships to come into the community. our state is the high-tech kind of state comes with relationships and opening up doors so that you can have a platform to present your thoughts and ideas.

so, it gets complicated the later you wait. and my advice to vice-president biden, his staff are watching, don't wait too late. neil: are they really? >> don't wait until too late and there's a sense of urgency. what people want is someone who can win the nomination. neil: i think you're right. you say don't dither around about getting in. i think they all feel it's going to be a crowded field, but their chance is just as good as anyone els. we raised this by the way with congressman of ryan. and he challenged nancy pelosi for the speakership some years back and he, too, teasing with a presidential run and stumbled into it earlier this week. >> would you consider running for president? your name has been bandied about. >> yes, i will, i have, and i am. i'm having-- >> wait a minute, you're definitely going to run for president? >> no, i didn't say that. i'm considering-- that was good, you're good at this. neil: crowded field doesn't

dissuade you at all? >> no, no, i think the more ideas we have out there the better. neil: you know what? they're all figuring out it's fair game for everybody and i might as well go in, but they're so confident that donald trump is defeatable that-- if there's such a word that that's what they're basing it on. i have a shot, i can go with this and i know what antwan a saying about an organization in place and raising funds and all that. if i can get past the abrupt start of it, maybe i could do it. >> i think that democrats are going to tear themselves a part a little in the primary there are a lot of different views represented so far, even. neil: so did republicans, right? they tore themselves apart. >> it's a scrimmage, a political scrimmage. >> right, if you look at someone like senator warren, very, very different from cory booker in terms of their beliefs. cory booker is pretty moderate for a democrat, pro business kind of guy. >> he's corporate. >> and elizabeth warren, not so much. those are very, very different

candidates. >> and they've all got the virginia tar baby to deal with because virginia is a major state for-- >> it will, it's like, how do they handle that, right? how do they handle that. neil: i wonder, too, when we look at elizabeth warren, she's positioning herself as a champion for the consumer. think about it her career was propelled on the consumer financial protection board and that all started with her. >> here is the thing about the primary talk about issues. quality of life issues are going to run the day for our primary. while that may be popular for her as a senate. when she travels further south to god's country. we want to know about wages, about health care, education, protecting our right to vote and one thing about the african-american community we want to see a track record. you can't come in and-- >> what would bring out the passion of that community? they were not nearly the numbers, talking about the african-american community as they were for barack obama with hillary clinton and might have cost her the election. how do you regenerate that

compassion? what do they do? >> i think you have to give people a reason to vote for someone. >> who is the closest to doing that right now? >> south carolina is. neil: no, you've got to give yourself-- are the candidates you've heard thus far and those announced versus unannounced? >> i think it's a mixed bag this one. my biggest fear as a democrat and happy to say this to you on a republican-leaning network. neil: i would be careful with that terminology here on this show. >> i fear if we don't come together whenever we have a gnome knee-- nominee and vp. >> that happened in 2016, a lot of bernie bros upset about the way things and would not get behind hillary clinton. >> we would fail the entire party and we'll fail the ticket. >> if you're clicking on the policy basis biden has an advantage, with obama and-- >> he's not on the ticket. it doesn't-- >> but-- >> okay, we're watching this event in massachusetts.

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>> all right. you know by now that another accuser has come out against the lt. governor of virginia. the latest read on all of this, on the developments in virginia was ellison barber joins us now out of richmond. >> hi, neil, there are now two accusing the lt. governor of two different sexual assaults. the number of high profile democrats have now come out and said that they believe after learning about what the second accuser had to say that it's time for the lt. governor to

step down. one virginia delegate says if the lt. governor sales to step down by monday, he's going to introduce articles of impeachment. >> impeachment shall be for a high crime or misdemeanor. there's no question that violent sexual assault clearly qualifies as a high crime. >> now, fairfax has not been convicted or charged with anything, he adamantly denies all of this. a law firm representing the second accuser meredith watson says the client was raped by the new lt. governor while they were at duke. he denied what he called the latest unsub stastantiated allegation. i have passed two full field background checks by fbi and run for office in two highly cont t contested elections and nothing

like this raised before. the governor obviously faces his own issues with the racist yearbook and he told senior members yesterday he does not plan to resign despite growing pressure and more and more calls for him to do exactly that. neil: thank you very much. and emanuel cleaver is here, the missouri congressman and minister by training. that's what i want to focus on shall every time we get a chance to meet, congressman and thank you for coming in, it's about some latest fight or dust-up or anger and issues that sometimes date back, in this case years, if not decades, but in virginia it's looking very messy for democrats. what do they do? >> well, you know, i haven't unfortunately kept up with that very much because of the -- this new submarine committee championshipship i've been trying to get up to speed on that. i do think that the virginia situation needs to be cleared up quickly. the democrats, i think, or

seemingly moving to the point of having almost a unanimous request for resignation for the lt. governor who i don't know. and i think the governor, from everything i'm hearing from people here or in washington, who is close to that situation, the governor is not going to resign. >> what do you think of that? what do you think of that, congressman? a lot of people are relieved and the state democrats are because the last thing they want is, with the top three democrats in disarray in the state, the fourth person in line to be governor would be the republican and they don't want to do that, what do you think? >> well, you know, i think we've become so polarized that that's probably something that is being considered in virginia unfortunately. i think though, that-- and i have a little, slightly different position than a lot of other democrats on this. i don't think that-- i mean, when you look at

something that happened in 1985. the governor apparently has a long and rich history of being very involved with and sensitive to issues with african-americans and other minorities since that time. it doesn't make what he did right. i'm just, you know, i'm still struggling with whether or not he can still govern with that kind of thing. neil: and your view, congressman, you don't accept the sins of racism in someone's distant past much like robert bird, a former ku klux klansman did a lot of landmark legislation and lyndon johnson the same, it's what they do since those times that matter, right? . i was born and raised in texas and i can remember when i was a boy, when john kennedy was killed and people in texas, african-americans in texas were

lamenting the fact that lyndon johnson was going to be sworn in at love field in dallas, texas ap african-americans said that this is the worst thing that could happen we'll probably end up in slavery. lyndon johnson had had a deep history of being a segregationist. he is now without anybody being close, the greatest civil rights president in the united states, lyndon bain johnson. neil: and all of these tickets might be decade old, does it bother you that it's out there, and so widespread? >> yeah, that does bother me. i feel insulted that someone wants to take my somebody-ness and make it into another

worldness, you know, like, if you darken your face, you know, you are not necessarily a human anymore, you're this kind of thing and that-- and it's funny. and it never was funny, never is funny, but you know, when i grew up, we got a little black and white television set i think when i was probably in the ninth grade and they had a show on amos and andy. en you're talking about how race was made to seem crazy and ignorant and so forth. it was that show, 30 minutes every week on a major network television. that's all we had at the time. and nobody even protested. so, you know, this is a tough deal for me. and maybe for others, having conversations with others saying, yeah, publicly you've got to say you're for kicking him out.

and you know, i think, you know, all of us need to be very careful about you know, wanting to kick somebody out for something back then, but i do look at differently. neil: congressman, i always learn something talking to you. emanuel cleaver, beautiful state of missouri. we're waiting, again, on this elizabeth warren announcement entering ring today as it were and joining a crowded field. more after this. inda, a place with one of the highest life expectancies in the country. you see so many people walking around here in their hundreds. so how do you stay financially well for all those extra years? well, you have to start planning as early as possible. we all need to plan, for 18 years or more, of retirement. i don't have a whole lot saved up, but i'm working on it now. i will do whatever i need to do. plan your financial life with prudential. bring your challenges.

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the one nearby, and more security officials chasing after him than did osama bin laden. was it necessary to go to the agree they did to get him? >> it looks with the benefit of pictures to be disproportionate force. so that's an unfortunate visual. you've got to be careful trying to second guess the fbi and law enforcement what level of force is appropriate. neil: what would warrant this use of force? >> i don't know. i do know with regard to ordinary arrests that, you know, you prepare for the worst and hope for the best and most times, na level of force is unnecessary, but, again, if you want to go in each individual case and try to second guess how many agents are enough or how much show of force is necessary

in order to effect an arrest. neil: you use a show of force like that, right, for a fear that he might destroy something or run? what? >> well, sure, the safety of the agents is paramount. is it necessary here? look, every family of an accused claims, wait a second, that's just ridiculous. you know, my loved one, the person that i know would never do anything that would warrant that level of force. on the other hand, we're well familiar with the circumstances in which things can get out of hand quickly and so, again, experience has shown to be cautious about criticizing law enforcement and how they go about doing what everyone acknowledges can be circumstances can turn and they can be a very dangerous job. making an arrest is one of those moments as any law enforcement officer will tell you, including cops that pull over motorists for speeding tickets. that's a potential dangerous--

>> i give the benefit of the doubt to you and i thought it might be crazy, he's not a drug kingpin. he's not el chapo. >> my own sense of this is we've got better things to worry about. neil: the better things to worry about is the investigation itself. where do you think it's going? >> i think that what we saw yesterday, which was on the-- in the senate -- i'm sorry in the house intelligence committee with regard to the acting attorney general looked to me an awful like partisan political ping-pong. neil: you're talking about the acting attorney general and he was a pinata. >> it was a free-for-all, a food fight and i don't think it was particularly becoming of the united states house of representatives and i rather wish that the acting attorney general had just deferred and allowed for the next attorney general to be confirmed and

sworn in could be next week. neil: apparently he felt he had to do it before he was subpoenaed and dodged a subpoena by agreeing-- ments he got boxed into a corner, but operate other hand, democrats sort of treat this had as the confirmation hearing with regard to this poor man that they didn't get an opportunity to flex flair their muscles. a lot of the american people seemed to think this is pointless. neil: do you have any sense that we're closer to the end than the middle of the mueller probe? >> the mueller probe is one thing, some are thinking because of the noises, that we're looking at a report sooner rather than later. i expected the first quarter of the year. neil: and the roger stone trial-- >> and mr. mueller a making arrangements to to handoff with

things and in courts, once the major decisions have been made, be turned back over to the justice department for trial for sentencing and other dispositions. that doesn't mean that mueller's primary mandate can't come to a conclusion. it sounds like that's what's happening. neil: can i get your thoughts on jeff bezos taking on ani and national enquirer. it's rich in details and a captivating story. what essentially bezos seem to be arguing, ami could be doing this as a favor to donald trump and chasing after him was all in keeping with that. it's a tough thing to really get to the bottom of. what do you make of the drama? >> that sounds a little too c conspirat conspiratorial. >> and it puts ami in position of being in violation of its agreement with the southern district of new york and that's,

you know-- >> what would constitute a violation of that three-year immunity? if they tried to coerce him, extort him, what? >> i think if they had proof of extortion or coercion, that may potentially jeopardize that agreement and that's a serious thing because it's a nonprosecution agreement based upon that condition. neil: so it would be extortion is threatening the bezos folks to drop this investigation or else. that's all you need? >> if you can prove that. neil: the e-mails are a little threatening. >> and it's a problem which is why the southern district of new york apparently from what we know is looking into it. i don't want to pre-judge the outcome, we'll decide what's appropriate here and they had legitimate concerns about what would happen. neil: ping-ponged around a lot of big issue and on this

national pizza day. speaking of politics, we're still waiting for elizabeth warren in massachusetts ready to make it official she's running for president of the united states. and tomorrow is senator klobuchar as the field is crowded. >> not nothing, not--

>> an economic miracle is taking place in the united states. and the only thing that can stop

it are foolish wars, politics, or ridiculous partisan investigatio investigations. >> and nancy pelosi, didn't like that last thing, partisan investigations. would the economy be threatened with the president is threatened with actions that could lead to his impeachment or impeachment hearings. we have jonas max ferris and lauren simonetti. if you want to risk this recovery go ahead and go after me. >> i think what he meant to say is what's having an impact is people not withholding enough on their taxes in 2019 versus 2018. because now, because people didn't do that, they're now getting a lower return and blaming the president for that. so, i mean, because of the different tax tables that came out. so i think the point is that it's going to be an economic downfall, it's going to be something that has an impact on

people's spending that's going to have an impact on what happens with the election. and what happens going forward with the president. not necessarily these investigations what are happening. neil: all right in the meantime, he's got a good economy to crow about. right now, lauren, the markets are surprising people and the latest quarter earnings are double what we thought they would be, that's the wind at his back leaving politics out of it. >> we might see the first year of 3% for all of last year gdp in quite some time. wages are going up, 300 to 400,000 jobs and the market is up seven weeks in a row. there are the signs that things are looking good and arguably president trump should speak and run on as the democrats try to find their platform for 2020 which is attack everything the president does, his family, himself, and the investigation. and taxes don't help you and your wages aren't going up. i think that the president needs to focus more on the positive. he was making a point.

and i was reading with the freshman class of democrats, 18 of them are on subcommittees, that's kind of not unheard of, but they're giving an outlet for the energy and there are going to be a lot of investigations and that could cloud the economic success story that we've seen. no matter what the president does, and we heard that from stacy abrams. >> and they like to portray things like with barack obama, the economy is doing nothing. you expect that, but americans can see enough, the strength in the economy, can't they or is it that they're worried that it's running out of steam? >> okay. everyone knows the economy is strong at this point even, democrats are worried that it will be too strong for them to get elected. the thing that's a little different. i believe it's the first time a president-- and this is not his first time

doing it, basically threatened doom, financial doom, specifically if he doesn't get what he wants if the other side wins something. there's help at running the economy, but it's crafty, it works. people are concerned about it. he did it last year and hedging to come extent. if things go back, he's got who to blame and the federal reserve last year and did with the rates going too high. and the strategy, the first time don't blame me if the 401(k) gets in half because they get what they want-- >> bill clinton survived impeachment because the markets, certainly a lot of people were happy with the economy and boom didn't want him to go. richard nixon wasn't so lucky because the times were not nearly as good economically. i'm not saying that there are differences of distinction, of course there are, but there's something to what the president is saying.

if you got a good thing, do you want to mess with it? >> and to your point and jonas' point, you both make great point. neil: i think mine are greater. >> nobody want today see bill go. despite, there were impeachment process started. the president right now is hedging, trying to make sure if something does go wrong and you know, the economy, we slip into recession or, you know, god forbid the economy falters a little bit, it's not his fault or this isn't something that he has to do with, it's something else having an impact. neil: democrats are trying to find an alternative. and ed markham is speaking at had elizabeth warren event and he was with congresswoman cortez earlier with the green deal and what they're effectively saying, we can do better. the average person can do better, the planet can do better if we go democrat. >> and they told you in part of green new deal, it's fine if you

don't want to work, or if you're unable to work, you're okay. that's extreme to the other side. neil: but it appeals to the base of the party, right? >> it appeals to a certain wing of the party. and maybe that's how the democrats run unless more of a howard schultz comes in in the middle. how do you pay for those ideals? >> details, details. >> yeah. neil: i'm wondering, it used to be when you talked about green initiatives and the rest and bernie sanders was talking about estate tax and stuff to pay for this, he was the only guy doing it now there's at least 16 signed onto it and he's got more company. >> and this feeds into trump's-- he's not crazy. the president ran on being, not supposed to do and not supposed to talk about and he did. and the democrats say we need a

little trump in our party and if we're going to talk crazy-- hillary clinton never would have talked about these things and now it's who can talk about it the most. they're basically jockeying for position and who is the most borderline communist economic plan at least to get through the primaries. at some point maybe they'll switch. and trump, never did. oh, now he's going to pivot to the center. it seems to be working in the sense they're getting more turnout and interest and helping republicans get more turnout because they don't want this future world where there's 70% taxes and wealth taxes. >> extreme views when it comes to voting and to your point, it's not just a small sect of people. it's going to increase as we go through this political season. neil: i wonder in the end, it's about the economy, bill clinton got that right. i don't know if bill clinton could be nominated these days. what is your sense? you follow the consumers

closely, what we're buying and not buying. it's hard to forecast the economy two years out, but what is your sense of what the backdrop will be as the president seeks reelection? >> we have candidates throwing out views that are only going to help make voters save money, have more money and spend more m the future. it doesn't matter how ridiculous it sounds, if people think that, they are going to vote according to that. we can analyze policy, it doesn't make sense, who is going to pay for it and who is going to vote for it. at the end of the day if the voter thinks they'll save more money and spend more money, they're going to vote for that person. neil: and i think that bill kennedy is now taking the mecke in massachusetts, if you get the kennedy dynasty behind you in the race, it made a difference for barack obama when the dynasty veered know the to hillary clinton in 2008, but to

barack obama. barring where the party luminaries are, much of the focus is the unfairness of the recovery, it's good for the fat cats, and the corporations, but not for anybody else. >> the heritage found that the u.s. went up six places, best since 2011 and credit is going to cutting the red tape and tax cuts. whether you argue they're just for corporations, they don't affect everyday people. the economy has been supported and it does trickle down to everyday americans. >> we shall see. >> just the number of people introducing elizabeth warren dwarfs those who announced they're running for president. she's got that going for her. we're headed back to lawrence, massachusetts.

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>> all right. joe kennedy, speaking on behalf of elizabeth warren. he is a grandson of the late senator, former attorney general bobby kennedy. if you put the kennedy name behind a campaign, that certainly helps new massachusetts. it could spill over into new hampshire, the first primary in the country. but it's anyone's guess because it's early and elizabeth warren will be the latest entrant in what will be a crowded field. let's go to molly line in lawrence, massachusetts where it's going down. >> hi, neil, we're expecting to hear from senator warren in less than ten minutes. representative joe kennedy on the podium for now expected to introduce the candidate here, and expectation that she'll be announcing for president. and this is confirmed by senator markey who spoke a few moments ago who spoke about the need to get senator elizabeth warren elected and talked about similar things what she talked about,

fighting for what's right and reforming wall street, and senator markey not a shock, from the same state as kennedy here. kennedy, a rising political star of the historic political dynasty and last year he gave the response to trump's state of the union. these are good endorsements for her as she begins the trek across the country. she will be headed to new hampshire after she finishes her speech today and onto iowa and several other states and this and her organizing tour as she's expected to announce in a little more than ten minutes. neil: wouldn't it be a kicker if she said i change my mind, i'm not into this. and we've got kat, antwan and

nan hayward. antwan, as the democratic strategist, what are the odds that she'll be in the field? >> she has staying power and she has a constituency and following under the big tent in the democrat party. i'm not one who will count her out. women will play a role in electing our nominee. she has a strong following. there are more women running, two african-americans and one latino, and messaging will be a key for her. she has to be herself. if i can give her any advice, be herself. neil: i don't know who that self is. >> well, that was my next point. be yourself, be who you are and who the people of massachusetts elected you to be and because of that you've gained a national attraction and following around the country. if she does that, i think she's positioned to be in the game for a long time. neil: what do you think, nan? >> i just don't think she's

terribly attractive as you mentioned before. her personality is that of a scold. and the fact that she is a scold, i think, makes the claims surrounding her native american status or lack thereof and the way in which she handled it over the course of her lifetime, i think that makes them problematic because she has asserted that she didn't try to use that to-- >> i have no problem with the native american thing as much as her giving inconsistent stories on it. >> exactly, neil. character logically it's a weakness and she's made her political capital on asailing people for their-- asai asa asailing for their failings and

when i was the committee hurt community banks and hurt like this one. she didn't help the little people, she helped the big banks. neil: that's in the eyes of the bo holder. called her scold, but she's a brilliant one. she knows financial matters inside and out. >> she has a following. >> everybody in the race has a following, right? they have a different following. neil: i guess what i'm saying is that she should embrace what she has-- if you're going to be the numbers nerd embrace who you are and embrace that you are a wonk about this stuff and you care passionately about it. >> i see her already making some of the mistakes that hillary clinton made. like i mentioned earlier with the whole drinking the beer on instagram live, trying to be cool. neil: like who hasn't done that? >> i've eaten soup on instagram live, but i haven't had a beer, got to keep it pg. she does have a like ability

problem and she's so wonky. i'm sure someone told her to try to appear more human. neil: i wonder about likability. >> you either got it or you don't. either got it or you don't. either got it or you don't, you have swag. neil: i was like even democrats grudgingly admits ronald reagan was likeable and the republicans admitted democrats john kennedy and barack obama were leakable. >> and here is the problem with being likeable. everyone wants to emulate it. barack obama 2.0 is not coming, joe biden 2 o.0 is not coming. neil: but joe biden is a likeable guy. >> that that joe biden is a decent contender. >> and it's up to him with his messaging and his campaign to

work the room to win the voters, but his likability gets him in. >> likability, it was the old-- >> i would hang out with joe biden. neil: and who would you hang out. >> would you have a beer with joe biden. neil: as if you could ever hang out with the president of the united states. >> have a beer with elizabeth warren. neil: finally to the stage, 48 people introduced her. i'm exaggerating here. elizabeth warren is making it official. a senator who thinks she can use her massachusetts proximity to help her in new hampshire. and the native american thing and likability. she has a consumer protection financial board that even earned her the wrath of the obama administration at the time is going to try to say i'm a feisty independent and person of no party, i'm for you, the people. she's addressing the people in a

crowd in massachusetts. >> good morning, lawrence! >> usa, usa! usa! usa! >> so in the 12 years that i've known joe kennedy i've watched him up close as he fights every day for what he believes in. joe is a good man and a good friend. thank you for being here today, joe. [cheers and applause] >> thank you. and thank you to all of our dynamic speakers, who have been keeping everybody fired up and everybody warmed up this morning.mornin morning. [cheers] >> and thank you to the best partner in the united states senate and fighting for climate

change and now fighting for a green new deal, ed markey. let's reelect him to the senate next year. [cheers] >> thank you to a woman who is now making her own way in the halls of congress, laurie trahan. and thank you to counsellor michelle wu, to schafer steve tom kin, to mayor danny rivera, great leaders and long-time friend. [cheers and applause] and thank you, karen, the colleagues in the state house, and other local leaders, all of whom are with us here today. thank you. and most of all, thank you, thank you to everyone, i love you, too! thank you to everyone who's

traveled here to lawrence. i am deeply grateful that you came here on a cold and blustery day to be part of this announcement. thank you. thank you. so i want to tell you a story. a little over a hundred years ago, textile mills in lawrence like the ones behind us today employed tens of thousands of people. immigrants-- think about this, from more than 50 countries for a chance to work in these looms. lawrence was once one of the centers of american industry. yea. business was booming, the guys at the top were doing great, but workers made so little money that families were forced to crowd together in dangerous tenements and many lived on beans and scraps of bread.

inside mills, working conditions were horrible, children were forced to operate dangerous equipment. workers lost hands and arms and legs in the gears of machines. one out of every three adult mill workers died by the time they were 25 and then on january 11th, 1912, a group of women who worked right here at the everett mill discovered that their bosses had cut their pay and that was it. the women said, enough is enough! [cheers] >> they shut down those looms and they walked out. and soon workers walked out at another mill in town. and then another and then another, until 20,000 textile workers across lawrence were on

strike. [cheers] now these workers led by women didn't have much, they didn't even have a common language. nevertheless, they first-- [cheers] >> they organized, they embraced, they had common goals, translated minutes of their meetings into 25 different languages so that the english and irish workers who had been here for years and the slavic and the syrian workers who were new to america could all stand together. [cheers and applause] so they hammered out their demands, fair wages, overtime pay and the right to join a union. [cheers] big businesses at that time

called those demand a threat to the very survival of america and the bosses were determined to shut it down. they spread rumors and fear about the strikers. one factory owner even paid a guy to plant sticks of dynamite around town so that he could frame the workers as a violent mob. the mill owners owned city government. city government called martial law and it was a hard fight. families already going to bed hungry had to make due with even less. they were cold, they were under attack, but they stuck together and they won [cheers and applause]