howard schultz is going to come up and repeat his speech.ughter] >> howard, that was really, really, really good. for real. really good. ladies and gentlemen, i am deeply honored to be here as part of the night, serving this year as chair of the national constitution center board of trustees has afforded me many privileges. none greater than the opportunity to recognize and celebrate the extraordinary and exemplary service to our nation of my dear friend. my mom -- i met john's mom and he knew my mom -- my mom had an expression. from the time i was a kid, she said, joey, look at me. look in my eyes. i'm not exaggerating. my word as a biden, she said, look at me. to remember, you are defined by your courage and your redeemed by your loyalty. that was her code. you are defined by your courage, and you are redeemed by your loyalty. courage and loyalty. i can think of no better description of the man we are honoring tonight, my friend john mccain. as i said, my mom knew john, and respected him deeply. she said -- as i never told john -- she was

it was interesting when she said they were paying attention to hamstererlining the howard schultz -- underlying names. schultz, and millionaire. bernie sanders, joe biden. it will be interesting to see who the dozen oare. if you can bet on anything, it the lists can change. some people who are not on the radar, perhaps some of the senate, will be on the radar. sometimes i find when you talk to operatives in the party all day everyday, republicans do not understand democrats, and understandd democrats do not republicans. they may not be the message theyd how to pick her -- may not be the best situated to decide their nominee, but getting democrats to attack each other by highlighting some areas of disagreements, and does help to make those scabs. pushing democrats who say they will not take any corporate money. significant being in 2021 and into break their promise or they feel like their hands are tied and they are leaving money on the table that republicans are happily taking. host: al weaver, you can have the final word. we are embarking on a interesting campaign cycle. al: i agree.

it is traditional candidates like elizabeth warren or nontraditional candidates like ceos like howard schultz, we are really seeing a huge field starting to develop in 2020. james, we see to that there are already running. they are very much in the game, taking positions now, which is causing a lot of heartache for those 2018 democrats who are trying to survive in those red states. hasamerica ris rising studied our initiative which involves the tracking and , field research that will go into ultimately developing the books and the entire compendium on these various individuals. we already have a dedicated team that just looked at 2020, if you can believe it. our 2018 researchers busy themselves on work on the house and senate side. >> how weaver joins us from the washington examiner, he covers politics. the manyentioned candidates who will be running 2020. you mentioned the opposition book on hillary clinton, i would like to get into that a little bit. how many opposition books do you plan to come out with in 2020? how many candidates are you looking into as you begin this endeavor? what does

then you have howard schultz in washington state who probably has a lot of connections and can raiseoney. i don't know if he would write his own check. there are a number of really talented, great people who can do this and be viable. it's a matter of doing the plan. figuring out your plan and working the plan. >> a huge field at this point. >> exactly. >> thank you for coming in. let's see what happens in 2018 and see what it means. >> 2018 first. >> cart before the horse. that's what i do all the time. >>> every week this woman must nearly die before she can receive treatment for a chronic illness that she faces. why is that? s sanjay gupta is here to explain. -we're in a small room. what?! -welcome. -[ gasps ] a bigger room?! -how many of you use car insurance? -oh. -well, what if i showed you this? -[ laughing ] ho-ho-ho! -wow. -it's a computer. -we compare rates to help you get the price and coverage that's right for you. -that's amazing! the only thing that would make this better is if my mom were here. what?! an unexpected ending! >>> think about this. having to wait until you