first superintendent of new year's day banks with not a single bank failing on her watch. that's an amazing look back, that's it for us this morning. go tigers! , that is lsu tigers, will be watching, "outnumbered" starts now. >> harris: fox news alert, there are reports of iranian security forces firing live ammo and tear gas the streets of tehran. despite a warning from president trump not to hurt protesters. protests grow over a passenger jet down spreading across the country for a third day now. more incredible images out of tehran, hundreds of iranian students they're refusing to step on the american and israeli flag painted on the street. the president tweeted last night, the national security advisor suggested today that

sanctions and protests have around shanked stomach choked off. when they negotiate will be totally up to them, but no nuclear weapons and don't kill your protesters. this is "outnumbered" and i am melissa francis here today, my partner harris faulkner. fox news 24/7 reporter carley shimkus, iona college political science professor jeanne zaino, and in the hot seat today, fox news analyst and a fox news hosted lors jones. we will get there in a moment. but first i want to go to camp ukraine with greg. greg? >> high, melissa, the folks hery lives here and elsewhere are grieving. they are also watching the intense blowback taking place right now inside iran. according to various reports, various videos for the third

day, antigovernment protesters are taking to the streets, going into the squares, covering the university campuses both in tehran and in other cities around the country including istahan they are angry over around shooting down their best plane. remember, they were over a hundred 40 iranian or dual nationals on board. if they are also very upset about the three-day cover-up by the iranian government of that shootdown. that chances coming from these protesters according to report are amazing. one line "clerics get lost" that's referring to the religious leaders who run this country. another line "death to the dictator" that's referring to the supreme leader of the country. security, as you can imagine, has responded, despite warnings from the trump administration. we've seen reports of teargas, we've seen life of fire being used, and injuries among the protesters. now, the government here in

ukraine, remember, there expect others on the ground were key in getting around to admit what they had done, they are today admitting that the iranian leadership we called to task. as the reigning government has been trying to do for the past couple of days, shifting the blame. and it has been announced today and thursday, on london, they will be a meeting from the five countries except iran whose citizens are on that plane. that includes canada, the u.k., germany, sweden, and the ukraine. they will be meeting in london to discuss dominic to find a way forward. that could be individuals high, high up a lot more to play out with the story as folks are looking at the situation that happened in iran, moving forward. back to. >> melissa: thank you so much for that, i bring it out to the couch. lawrence, i'm thinking about the other networks and reporters that i saw in iran right after

those missile strikes. they said now, the people inside iran are united against the united states, shouting against the u.s. we doubted that at the time because we had seen, having followed the story, now it turns out that was not accurate reporting. >> lawrence: that was not accurate, it shows you that the media has an agenda. i got to talk to one of my neighbors who just got back from iran. he was talking about the students, he was the young guy himself. >> melissa: what was he doing in iran? >> lawrence: he's from there, he went to visit his family. he came back for the new year. he was telling me about, how bold it is going against the religious leaders, right? and how dangerous it is. i covered college campuses before i came to the channel. if they think that they are bold. protesting over nonsense that are happening. but these kids are literally risking their lives for what they believe in, and one of the things that takes them off the

most is that their leaders lied about something. they tried to cover it up. they try to suppress evidence of it, they tried to -- they lied to the people, tried to make it seem like the plane crash was america's fault. it's a complicated and dangerous matter. i see the president is getting involved in a little bit, there are some tweets about this saying "don't kill your people." i think that should be the position of the u.s., but i do think we should be cautious in getting involved when it comes to those type of matters as well. >> melissa: that's what republican congressman mac thornberry said in essence, less listen to that. >> we are seeing a level of dissent that is higher. i think the blatant lies about shooting down the civilian airliner has caused their people to say, what else are they lying about? you see the dissent going up, but i don't think we should assume, and it is certainly not the u.s. policy to say, okay, time for a new government. >> melissa: jeannie, that is

the fine line there, right? it is not actually our business who their government is. before it it is not, the president, we remember in his remarks last week, we are not interested in regime change, but i think in my mind, there are two real questions here, one is, does respond to all of these protests? there on the brink of an economic disaster, their own people protesting against the government. do they respond by trying to turn the tables against the united states? do they take any action, do their proxies take any action against the united states to sort of rile up sentiment against the u.s.? number two, is there a push in the u.s. or elsewhere for regime change in iran? over the weekend, the shah of iran to son who is living in bethesda, maryland, was tweeting. so he was tweeting that this was not an error, this was a crime against humanity, that the regime has to go. he is the crown prince. he would be in waiting to go right back there. there is a lot of balls in the air, so to speak, on what could

be the next step here. >> melissa: harris, stan hoffman made an interesting point earlier saying that it doesn't mean that that would be what comes next. it could be that there is someone, within the regime, a boris yeltsin type person who sees that what's going on is not sustainable. he is more of a government figure who is perhaps more moderate and could be some sort of transition government. >> harris: you know it is interesting about that, melissa. that means that that person is in waiting anyway. if you will recall, we saw the government trying to gin up that anti-american support in the streets after the death of the general soleimani. we saw that. millions of people, not representative of the entire country, but in the streets. it took just a lie by the government, and an incredible tragedy. those 176 people. for people to wake back up to those two things, i would government lies to us, iran, and the economy is tough.

47% inflation. it took that reality to bring back, i think what you're saying could be true, melissa. that person is just there. willing to capture, in a moment, i don't know if we are supporting that, would be take over regime or person, but you had to have something waiting in the wings. this is a very tender situation, now the iranians are making mistakes for the world to see. >> jeanne: one of the big concerns after president trump ordered the strike to kill qasem soleimani, it was exactly what you said, harris, that wit it would unify the iranian people towards fighting against the united states answered of providing coverage for the ayatollah to say i'm not the main bad guy. the bad guys the united states of america. that clearly has not happened, i think what we are seeing right now is not just new people that have woken up and said oh, the situation is so bad, let me protest, it's just further aggravating a situation that was already there.

we're seeing really desperate images of people that are willing to risk their life to try to change the situation. i think president trump is dead said on doing exactly what president obama did not do when he decided not to support the green movement. >> harris: we have some breaking news, let's get this out. the worldwide conversation right now that's going on about the royal family in england has a new bit of information now. buckingham palace has just released a statement after that very high level meeting that the queen of england was holding today. her majesty put this out via her people. "today, my family had very constructive discussions on the future of my grandson and his family. my family and i are entirely supportive of harry and meghan's desire to create a new life as a young family, although we would have preferred them to remain full-time working members of the royal family, we respect and understand their wish to live a more independent life as a family while remaining a valued part of my family. harry and meghan have made clear

that they do not want to be reliant on public funds in their new life. it has therefore been agreed that there will be a period of transition in which the suffixes will spend time in canada and the u.k. these are complex matters for my family to resolve. there isn't some more work to be done, but i have asked that the final decisions be reached in the coming days." a fascinating turn of events and all of this. we knew that that high-level meeting was going on, so we will continue to watch the story, carly, i know you will have a lot to say about this because he reporting on this so i look forward to that. just a real quick top line for you. >> carley: this is a sign from the queen to tell everyone to calm down about this, grandma has got it, family has got it, were going to be united's force going forward, it will be really interesting to see how the finances play out in this whole thing. more coming up i'm sure. >> harris: the queen has spoken, we will move on. michael bloomberg is promising to spend big dollars on the 2020

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>> harris: we come in with this fox news alert. house speaker nancy pelosi is set to put an end to the standoff over those articles of impeachment and give them to the senate. we're still waiting for the timetable.

over the weekend, she said negotiations with her caucus on transmitting those articles would begin tomorrow. but, she was noncommittal on when exactly the articles would actually get to the senate. >> what i did say is i would be consulting with my members this week on tuesday morning at our regular caucus meeting. we would vote to send them over and we will determine in our meeting when we send them over. but i have always said, i would send them over. there should not be any mystery to that. >> harris: wow. speaker pelosi also said sunday that president trump is quote impeached for life regardless of how the senate trail plays off." i'm coming to first, melissa, because we had a glance there. >> melissa: she was talking awfully fast there, and tripping all over herself. trying to make the case that she had always said she was going to do this, she has not been beaten, she did get something done. i think mitch mcconnell just

sat still wearable she sat there and said i'm going to send them. he's like whatever, take your time. i don't think they gained anything by stalling, the democrats. in fact, i think that they just looked worse because so many other things have happened in the interim, and they are still stuck on this. we are like, it was an emergency now, it is stalled. it just seems ridiculous. >> harris: they've been talking more powers, resolutions, everything else. three weeks in life is not a long time, but in politics and news it senate intern at sea. in my family, we say mitch mcconnell sat frozen. >> carley: he was like why would he want to fight this. i don't even want these articles of impeachment, keep them as long. senator mccarthy, he has this theory that's making a lot of news, he said nancy pelosi was holding onto them because she

wants to hurt bernie sanders, i think he specifically said bernie sanders because he would be at the trial. and no biden would be able to be on the campaign trail. i don't think that's true, i think it was really all about the witnesses, although i don't think much movements have been made in terms of the witnesses either. >> harris: there some movement i want ask you you about, jean jeanne. wouldn't it be an option for the house, still the call somebody like former ambassador and national security advisor to the president, john bolton. that is still an option. that might not have been an option, because you did not want to fight it through the courts, now you don't have to because he said if you subpoena me, he will testify. is that something pelosi gained? >> jeanne: this is the situation, she knows he's going to get acquitted. mitch mcconnell starts talking about how, were just going to dismiss this thing straight out. i think she held them for too long. she holds this because she wants to underscore what she sees as the unfairness of this process. the latest "washington post"

poll shows, 70% over 60% of republicans say without witnesses, without documentation, this is an unfair process. that is what she was hoping to do and peel off collins. what is collins doing now? she's trying to get some of her moderate republican support. >> harris: i'm hearing that they don't necessarily trust that though. >> jeanne: it there is another side to those from her perspective, knowing he's going to be acquitted. >> lawrence: i think the whole fairness argument struck me as rich. we have to take this where this started. the fact that they wanted to impeach president trump from the very beginning. in the house, was it fair when the trump campaign was on and they didn't tell the president? was it fair that they lied to pfizer court? was it fair they wanted to usurp separation of powers and did not want to go through a judge to bring these witnesses there? the democrats can talk about fairness all day. i think the american people see this at hand. the voters that i've been talking to in the country feel like the democrats are trying to take their votes away.

they're going to have to talk to voters. >> melissa: let's not forget, president trump himself said several times he would like to call witnesses. he wants to be, not just acquitted because this thing is dismiss. he wants a hearing. from that perspective, you do have republicans out there who were saying, let's hear the whole story. >> lawrence: on the flip side, hunter biden, joe biden, democrats don't want to call them. if you want full fairness, let's make this a full trial. >> harris: i would say this, just from the perspective of anybody listening to the president's push for that. would it be because he wants full exoneration? yes. they could also be that the longer that we talk impeachment, i mean, republicans are raising money like it's nobody's business. on the topic of impeachment. >> carley: who knows, everyone is assuming john bolton's testimony would hurt president trump. we don't even know what he was going to say.

you are right about the fund-raising, after this whole impeachment. when nancy pelosi announced the impeachment inquiry, there was a record-breaking fund-raising day for the trump administration. >> harris: there was. the chairwoman of the rnc was talking to me about it. >> lawrence: they overplayed their hands on it. typically the two branches work together, but this was an appropriations bill. she had no power. >> harris: listen to you. >> lawrence: i'm done. >> harris: happy monday. people say that's an oxymoron. a group of 13 former white house press secretaries and military officials are calling for the return of white house press briefing. we will hear from stephanie grisham, the white house press secretary and her pointed response. plus, no longer friends? the simmering feud between elizabeth warren and bernie sanders. kenley thrown joe biden too? what led to all of this and what it means as.

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>> melissa: the 2020 democratic field getting smaller as new jersey senator cory booker says he is dropping out. meanwhile, the discourse between two progressive contenders taking a less friendly turn. elizabeth warren saying she is disappointed by a report that bernie sanders campaign prepared a negative script for volunteers to use when talking about her. sanders, denying the accusation, watch. >> i was disappointed to hear that bernie is sending volunteers out to trash me. bernie knows me, and he has known me for a long time. >> i have to tell you it's a

little bit of a media blowup. elizabeth warren is a very good friend of mine, you have heard me give many speeches, have i ever said one negative word about elizabeth warren? >> melissa: this comes as sanders urges to the top of the iowa key. the caucus coming up. a lot of things to get there. lawrence, i thought they were best friends? elizabeth warren seemed really hurt. >> lawrence: this is not a tea party, okay. this is not, everyone get along. if you want to be the president of the united states, especially in the primaries. republicans had that bloodbath, it was very ugly, very personal. this is not surprising. >> melissa: the other kind of tea party. >> lawrence: on the campaign trail i've talked to some of bernie's supporters, they don't think elizabeth warren is authentic. they think she tried to steal

some of the thunder, they believe that bernie is the real code g. he has brought a lot of this to the table. >> melissa: oh g in every sense. >> lawrence: this does not surprise me. >> harris: i could retire now. i have heard it all now. >> melissa: he is the original guy out there i think. i'm just saying. when i heard that cory booker dropped out i was like he is still in? >> carley: not surprising. i guess the big? for cory booker would be who he is going to support. maybe joe biden? i guess that would be my guess. just for the bernie sanders-elizabeth warren feud, some of the scripts that bernie sanders supporters were reading to try and attack elizabeth warren are almost adorable. they are not like horrible attacks. it was like people who support

her are highly educated, more affluent people who are going to show up no matter what. i like elizabeth warren, which is an optional thing for them to say, in fact she's my second choice, but here's my concern about here. all that stuff is true. i would not even consider that trashing. >> melissa: that's not really trashing. harris, i love that. president trump tweeting about bernie sanders rise in the poll. "wow, crazy bernie sanders is rising in the poll. against his opponents in the do-nothing party. so what does this all mean? stay tuned." bernie sanders snaps back "it means you're going to lose." >> harris: you know, it's interesting because that moment on twitter was probably worth more than any ad bernie sanders could buy because the president, the president does this. he will lift you up, he did it with my bloomberg too. so the atlantic just posted this, cory booker runs out of time, this is their headline,

despite enthusiastic crowds and an impressive pile of endorsements, his campaign could not break through. why not? >> lawrence: well, he really did not have a message to begin with. he talked about a lot of progressive ideas, but he kind of was under the radar, most of the debates. he did not have a breakout moment. i don't think his campaign was really organized. >> harris: while he went after joe biden a couple of times. >> lawrence: i don't think that's the thing that destroyed him. many of us that know him when he was new jersey's mayor, in newark, he was in on the ground guy. he talked to people, yet a message, it was all about the people. he was not as progressive as he is now. i think he got away from himself, that guy. he tanked. >> melissa: jeanne, we've had democrats on the couch you've worked with them who say that he's lazy. cory booker. i would not suggest that cory booker is lazy, but i do think the campaign from the beginning, he could not find his footing. he did not come at your point, have a message.

he was neither and that progressive bernie sanders, elizabeth warren wang, nor he was in the moderate wing. very similar, sort of, to the senator from california, just simply could not get his message out there, i would just suggest, that as we look at those polls, being a pollster i will say there is always a margin of error. this is not a runaway for bernie sanders. the same polls we are seeing out of new hampshire, it is going to depend a lot on south carolina, then nevada, let's not forget, bernie sanders and elizabeth warren could well be trapped in washington, d.c., six days a week without speaking at this trial goes forward. bill clinton's trial was 37 days. that will bring you through nevada. this thing is going to change. >> harris: who does that help? >> jeanne: i think it helps joe biden and pete buttigieg out in iowa. >> harris: i think it helps president trump. >> melissa: what if the trial goes south for biden.

could it ultimately help president trump? >> jeanne: i would say in general, but in a democratic primary anybody opposed to the president is going to be energized. >> lawrence: i would not get my hopes up for a big trial, i don't think mitch mcconnell's going to have it. >> melissa: we will see, in the meantime, barack obama sworn a campaign advisor warning against sanders. saying it could hurt democrats down the ballot. 2020 obama campaign chief telling political "if i were a campaign manager for donald trump i would look at the field and i would very much want to run against bernie sanders. i think the contrast is the best. he can say i'm a business guy, the economy is good, and this guys a socialist. the sanders camp firing back saying the washington naysayers had similar warnings against obama in 2008, the candidate himself saying take his comments with a grain of salt.

>> he was working for the conservative party. >> melissa: jeanne, i think politics has changed dramatically. it is about who has the most enthusiasm, it is only the standout candidate and psych sanders and mike president trump who has a chance of winning in the future. it is not about who can be brought in who is more mainstream, it is about who has passionate people, that is bernie sanders, what do you think? >> jeanne: bernie sanders has passion and that helps them in the primaries. in the general election, the selection will come down to seven states. i would suggest, i'm having to agree, i'm sorry bernie sanders, with joe mussina. bernie sanders has defined himself as a socialist, he is not being defined, he has defined himself. in florida, ohio, the democrats need to win in those states. that is not winning argument for

them moderate democrats and independents. >> harris: can i just asked you about what you said before about authenticity? that sort of adherence, if you will, like duct tape, if you've ever try to pull duct tape off of anything, it's hard to do. the bernie sanders base if you will, has almost like it donald trump following. >> lawrence: he does has a base, his bases just not as large as donald trump. i do believe democrats risk depressing the vote with those voters. to melissa's point, about what message works, with barack obama it was a hope and change message. with donald trump it was a smash washington and the swamp and all of that. the candidate has to be able to connect with the voters, right now, the democrats, they don't have a candidate that can connect with the mainstream. sure, you've bernie sanders, but bernie sanders is a socialist, and that is only about 25%-35% of the party. that is not enough. i've been to his rallies, they are nowhere near donald trump's

rallies, even the candidate trump back in 2016 was running for office. they don't have enough support right now, that is their problem. >> melissa: okay, our favorite topic coming up next, the queen. the royal summit is over, now, queen elizabeth has given her ruling on harry and meghan's decision to step away from the rail duties and she says there are issues to be resolved. we have carley shimkus here, the royal reporter, coming up next near record lows, w i want to tell as many veterans as possible about newday's va streamline refi. it's the closest thing to automatic savings that we've ever offered. at newday, veterans can refinance their mortgage with no income verification, no appraisal and no out of pocket expenses. and we've extended our call center hours so that every veteran can take advantage of these near record low rates.

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>> melissa: the british royal family appears to have come to an understanding over megxit, at least for now. agreeing to grant them permission for more independence and a split time in canada. queen elizabeth, her son prince charles, and grandson prince william and prince harry all sat down today to discuss harry and duchess meghan's controversial decision to step

back from the controversial duties. queen elizabeth released the statement saying "in part, my family and i are entirely supportive of hannah marie and meghan's desire to create a new life as a young family. although we would have preferred them to remain full-time working members of the royal family, we respect and understand their wish to live a more independent life as a family while remaining a valued part of my family. "there are still some remaining issues and the queen says she would like them to be resolved within days. what the queen wants, the queen gets. >> melissa: whenever we do the story, i feel like i need more hats, i'm like i don't have enough hats. i like bill hat pins she has. >> harris: what is this my family stuff? either we are all together -- here is my big question about

this whole umbrella now that she's come out and made a statement. has she taken the teacups back? are we still spilling tea that we can dip us conan. meghan markle walked away with it last week. there are a lot of people around the world who support the queen just in terms of what would she represents, but it just was not a good look when the young new royals take that spotlight away. >> carley: harris, you're right, that my family part of the end might be the headline. is she saying, okay, you guys are a separate entity as opposed to the families who are still working royals, melissa? >> melissa: i think we have no idea what's going on and we never will. the part of this that is a total decoy, were looking at the wrong thing. they're camouflaging it, it's actually over here, there is some plan, that they're going to break off and this is going to make them more modern, it's going to save the monarchy. i don't know, i think when the

rest of the world looks at this they go, how can people who have everything still be unhappy. that is what is amazing about that. these people have everything, lawrence and their still unhap unhappy. >> lawrence: i am team meghan. the way this has been put out in the press, megxit i'm like, is she not married to harry? >> melissa: it's because it rhymes. a >> lawrence: she is gotten the blame for all of this, i'm sorry, i know we should respect the queen, but she's no angel. [gasping] >> lawrence: she's no angel. i'm sure harry did not forget the way she treated princess deanna. he is always been a rebel. little boys don't forget how people treat their mom. >> melissa: wait, wait, at her age she is just out with andrew, her son, she has a husband who is ill. >> harris: what do you mean

dealt with andrew? >> carley: let's not forget, they could not go to her and do this quietly, they had to release this statement. i mean, i'm sensitive, their young, they want their own life, but you couldn't do this quietly behind the scenes? >> melissa: maybe it's because of what happened with andrew and the hashtag made to, all that stuff he got caught up with. maybe you do want to take a look at what they're trying to negotiate. >> lawrence: the way she's a hand during her son, who is arguably a. you discipline him, you say, he needs to be held in a court of law, it looks shady, instead the royals do, as they always do, protect themselves. meghan is an outsider, i'm just saying, she's an american. >> jeanne: we have team megan with lawrence, i'm interested to see with the financial details

will be, because they originally said they were going to be financially independent and then we learned that's just giving up 5%. the money but weren't the clintons friends of loaning them place to stay. i think he started lines right? they could walk away from, it's more about the strings probably than it is the purse. that would be my guess. >> lawrence: give them the money, give it back, just be done with it. >> harris: the producer says we have to wrap. >> melissa: meantime, white house press secretary stephanie grisham defends her job performance after a number of her predecessors call for her took hold a press briefing. her response up next. did you ever notice that the very first bite

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>> melissa: 13 former white house press secretaries and government officials have written an open letter calling for the return of the white house press briefings. a traditional one that has not been held since march 11th, more than 300 days ago ever since stephanie grisham took over as press secretary. the group wrote this, "we respectfully urge the resumption of regular press briefings

across our government, especially in places where americans want the truth. our allies from the world want information, and all of us hopefully want to see american values reflected." stephanie grisham fired back, telling axios, this is groupthink at its finest. the press has unprecedented access to president trump, yet they continue to complain because they cannot grandstand on tv. >> lawrence: it's true. this was an opportunity it's true this was their moment. steve and i don't really think much of jim acosta's. >> lawrence: they have access to the president, they complain about things all the time, they want to talk about the present, he speaks going on the plane, getting off the plane, he speaks to them, open press conferences, he brings them in. i don't know what more they want. >> harris: genies glaring at you. >> jeanne: no, i'm listening intently.

he disappeared. because i love the queen, i'm sort of a traditionalist, no, not really, harris. but i did love the white house press briefings, but i have to say, times have changed. i don't think they were at all effective because, you know, people were just getting that information and pushing it out. in this day and age, i'm not sure we need them the way we did before this 24 hours news cycle. everything has change, the way we convey information. while i did love them, i'm not sure they were at all effective at this point. >> melissa: it's incredibly difficult to be the white house press secretary, especially in this administration, we did see a lot of grandson income especially during sean spicer's time at the podium. we all agree the more communication the better, but this is a communication present. just remember at the nato semi, all of the world leaders mocking president trump for holding these 40 minute long press conferences. you can say a lot of things about president trump, but lack

of communication is not one of them. >> harris: maybe there are issues the president doesn't address when he comes out his driveway to talk to reporters there, but the white house as they respond to those comments, you can call them and submit those questions, or go ask them if its policy detail or that sort of thing, and they respond. it seems that the only thing the reporters aren't getting is there time on camera. >> harris: that's really interesting. bus word? >> lawrence: i just think it's petty. if i'm the american people, and material from the source, i don't want to hear from the middleman. i went to go straight to the horses mouth, whether it is him tweeting or going before he gets on a plane or giving press conferences, i think i'm a tear from the president. see manuel i physically have to screwed up the stairs because coming up in about 9 minutes on "outnumbered over time" we will hear from stephanie grisham life. i will get a reaction to the latest on impeachment, how's the president feels about the protest in iran, and if she'll ever be convinced to resume

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>> melissa: $1 billion, that's how much money michael bloomberg says he is open to spending on his presidential campaign, having already spent $200 million on digital and tv ads. the former new york city mayor says he's willing to spend that much even if he's not the candidate, and help bernie sanders or elizabeth warren win in november despite a sharp policy differences. telling reuters, "my number one priority is getting rid of donald trump." the president treating in response, "mini mike bloomberg is spending a lot of money on false advertising. i was the person who saved pre-existing conditions and your health care.

you have it now. at the same time, winning the fight to review of the expensive, unfair, and very unpopular individual mandate... see what he did there can maggie brag on himself at the same time he was taking a shot at michael bloomberg. all right, jeanne zaino, i have a theory because i'm a conspiracy theorist in general. because it's fun. i'm not sure michael bloomberg is really run for president. i feel like maybe this is a way around campaign finance laws. if he's on a candidate and on some ballots he can spend even more money. i think it raises its profile in case he wants to run in the future. if he had been really serious about running for president this time he would have gotten an earlier. i think this serves all budget purposes. he can go out there and trash trump, help the democrats, get rid of him. at the same time, reason's profile of the future, maybe he really wants to do it. what do you think of my theory? >> jeanne: i think that's a great theory about the spending prayed he wouldn't have been able to spend in the way he is now, and i think we just said is absolutely 100% right.

he wants more than anything to beat donald trump. and he has methodically done his homework. don't forget, 2018, he spent so much money he was able to elect 21 democrats out of 24 ct supported, in red and purple districts. steve bannon said, there was no impeachment without mike bloomberg. he has been after president trump. $10 million he spent for 30-second ad for the super bowl. >> melissa: but this is rich people controlling our politics. >> carley: can you imagine being that rich? "$1 billion, no big deal." >> jeanne: if he is really serious about this race, why did he get in so late? it's nothing to him. i think he probably -- i think he is serious about running. but it is very surprising that he got in this late and is willing to spend this much. >> lawrence: i think it's

tone-deaf. you doesn't have the ability to connect with voters, and although donald trump had a lot of money, he was very strategic with the money that he spent. he didn't spend the type of money on ads and campaign workers that their traditional republican would have done. he went straight to the voter. i think there is a big deficit right there to overcome that. donald trump has his base, he also has these people that are silent trump voters that disagree with his personality but agree with his policies. >> melissa: one of the big fences, donald trump like people. i'm not sure mike bloomberg does. >> jeanne: something bloomberg has that trump also add, he is building an incredible digital advertising, voter turnout company that he started a few months ago, sort of quietly under the radar. democrats are three cycles behind in the data world, that is big for democrats. and he can close that gap. >> lawrence: donald trump's campaign manager does the same thing. >> melissa: this was a very fun show today!

i loved it, a party on a monday! we got into it! i love it. thanks to all of you. we are going to keep the party going right now and send it off to harris faulkner, "outnumbered overtime" starts right now. >> harris: again with this fox news alert, iran is denying reports its security forces fired live ammunition at protesters. they just got a warning from the president of the united states. president trump told iran, "do not harm those people in the streets." this is "outnumbered overtime," and harris faulkner. antigovernment protests are growing over a downed passenger jet, spreading across the country now for a third day there in the street. president trump over the weekend treated in farsi to iran's regime. "do not kill your protesters, the world is watching. more importantly, the usa is watching." iran's government denies firing on those people and accuses the