liberal pundits and a tidal wave of journalists slamming howard schultz. m brokaw facing a backlash for his on-air comments about hispanics. he apologizes but the media's p.c. police are piling on. i'm howard kurtz and this is "mediabuzz." the pundits were cautious at first when big league politics published a yearbook photo showing men in black face and a kkk outfit. the virginia governor apologized but much of virginia's political establishment urged him to quit. northam vowed not to resign insisting while he had not been in the black face photo as a medical student, there was another time he did just that. >> i had the shoes, i had a glove and i used a little bit of shoe polish to put on my cheeks. i always liked michael jackson. i actually won the contest because i learned how to do the moon walk. howie: joining us, emily jashinsky, and capri cafaro. and kristina partsinevelos. christina, northam took plenty of questions. is there a media drum beat saying it's time for him to go? >> it's the first time you have all media outlet's growing on something. e

howard schultz up and bought starbucks for a mere $4 million. ot who you know, it's who knows you. when schultz took the company public in 1992 it made him a rich man. in 2018 his last year as ceo he took a salary of $1, but he was paid more than $30 million in stock. stock is taxed at the all-american rate of 15%. sorry to those of you normals who pay a higher percentage in your w-2s. maybe you should have thought about becoming billionaires? ever think about that. howard schultz would like to keep that low tax rate and the giant tax rate that he and other rich people and corporations got from donald trump and the republicans who remember he's totally against. and he really hates the extremism of things like medicare for all which he literally called un-american. did i mention that at 65 years of age, he's on medicare? mostly howard schultz would like to send you democrats a warning, go ahead and nominate whoever you like, but don't even think about touching howard's tax cuts or he and his never trump friends will do what they have to do. like m

howard schultz is ask, what if we did this differently? what if every state mattered, every voter that pertase pated got to have a voice, it doesn't matter what city you lived in, whether it was arizona, kansas, north dakota, every single time, everybody got to be involved. is that a path to healing? is that a path to a better outcome for the united states. and when it comes to the democratic party, he just feels like the primary system is setting up a fever dream of unelectability that he doesn't want to participate in. he doesn't think that that is what his home is right now. and so when you are talking about completely ending the health insurance industry, or you talk about eliminating i.c.e. or getting too the far outreaches of the fringes of american politics, he doesn't think that's a path to a better outcome. he thinks it's a path to more shouting and yelling. we didn't hear a lot about progress. >> has he had some recent epiphany that he wants to let his independent freak flag fly? i mean, how did this come to pass? heretofore, he

cnn has done a poll, favorable or unfavorable opinion of your potential candidate howard schultz. 13%. unfavorable is 22%. never heard of, 46%. not unusually for someone without high name i.d. would you vote for schultz if he ran? not very or somewhat likely, 20%. not too or not at all likely 66%. let's talk about your polling. the big concern is i heard about what howard schultz is doing. even your own polling finds if he were to run he would re-elect donald trump. he would almost certainly re-elect donald trump. here's a little bit for the daily intelligence. perhaps in an effort to push back from the data -- this is your polling -- schultz's team released partial internal polling data. somewhat suspiciously the data didn't show the information the respondents were given to support him. the bottom line figure showed schultz drawing a whopping 17% of the national vote in a three-way race with trump and either kamala harris or elizabeth warren. the same figures showed trump beating both democrats 33 to 32%. schultz's own polling indicates he would lose badly and throw the race to

this as bernie sanders is going after potential candidate howard schultz. >> why is howard schultz on why are you courting howard schultz? because he's a billionaire. there are a lot of people i know personally who work hard for a living who make $40,000 and $50,000 a year who know more about politics than howard schultz. but anybody who is a billionaire who can throw a lot of tv ads on television suddenly become very, very credible. liz: vince, your take on bernie sanders and politics. >> he's the financial frontrunner of the democratic party. the reason we are talking about bernie sanders is he has the financial strength in all these states. he has the same power as howard schultz does which is to make sure he can get on the ballot and he can be president and run advertising and make his case to the american public. of course, he picks a billionaire, but he's not different from his own field. liz: howard schultz said i got to be where i am by creating a business and creating a business that pays a lot of the money to workers at starbucks. mitch mcconnell said i never thought we woul

they include oprah winfrey, howard schultz, john paul dejorua, and ken langone. >> billionaires have k. it's easy to attack the rich ever since the french revolution. r schultz is one of those people who came from the projects in new york. he was born poor. he got an idea. he was working for a company. he ended up work for starbucks and acquiring starbucks and building it into a place america had never seen. for michael moore to attack him based on what he's accomplished is just foolish. liz: a recent pew research poll shows a majority of democrats want the party to become more moderate. we have elizabeth warren and ocasio-cortez talking about high tax rates. but we wouldn't have a silicon valley if they had their way. >> the democratic party's shift to the left is intense. the shift on abortion, business and taxation, they exorcised the moderates. the moderates are being pushed out of both parties. liz: howard schultz is talking like al gore and bill clinton. what the democrat left is not talking about is the open fire hydrant of spending where you are going to have to raise taxes on

just look at how he responded to howard schultz threatening the democratic party. >> howard schultz has now said he would not run as an independent if the democrats nominated a moderate. >> oh, isn't that nice? why are you quoting howard schultz? because he's billionaire. >> trevor: i miss bernie so much. are you kidding me? oh, isn't that nice! oh, oh, oh, oh, isn't that nice! because every other politician would respond to that answer in a politiciany way -- well, i believe howard schultz entering the race would be irresponsible at this time. bernie is like howard schultz can run for president of my ass! ( laughter ) so bernie's in the race, people, officially in the race and joins what is probably the largest democratic primary field in history. look at all those faces, huh? you could have a different democrat for every month of the year! ( laughter ) and can i be honest? i will be honest with you, one to have things i've really enjoyed so far is some of the scandals that have plagued the democratic candidates because, with trump, his scandals are so massive and exhausting, it's, lik

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click, call or visit a store today. >> why are you quoting howard schultz? illionaire. right? there are a lot of people i know personally who work hard for a living and make $40,000, $50,000 a year than know more about politics than does mr. schultz. is he blackmailing the democratic party? if you don't nominate bernie sanders he isn't going to run? we don't succumb to that blackmail. >> dana: bernie sanders accusing the former ceo of trying to blackmail the democratic party. dave brown is a former senior adviser and committee counsel to senator patty murray. liam donovan is a former nrsv committee aide. let me read to you, dave, from howard schultz. he posted this on monday. i will not be a spoiler. i am committed to ensuringly do nothing to re-elect don'tal trump. stakes are too high to cross our fingers and hope the democratic party can nominate a moderate. when it comes to bernie sanders, is howard schultz really his biggest problem? >> no, i don't think he is. i think senator sanders was pretty pointed in holding schultz to account though. i hope mr. sch

howard schultz gives a [ bleep ]. >> i'm howard schultz and for some reason i approve this message. [pplause ] >> jimmy: we have a wild show for you tonight. tracy morgan is here. and david salmoni is here. [ cheers and applause ] which may be too much. but let's check in with dave who's got his animals backstage. oh, and tracy is with him. hey, guys, how are you doing? what's happening? who is this little guy? >> this is our pink flamingo. >> jimmy: tracy, what's wrong? >> the stupid goose ate all the shrimps out of my food tower. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: oh, no, i apologize. we will definitely find you some more shrimp, tracy. >> jumbo. >> jimmy: jumbo, for sure, of course, we'll get those to you very soon. >> i'm watching you this time, you pink bitch! [ laughter ] >> jimmy: all right, thanks, guys. dave and tracy. later on we might get to hear tracy say the word armadillo, so that will be fun. this is something i saw over the weekend. congratulations are in order for a truck driver in brooklyn who just won the second-largest jackpot in new york lottery history. >> david johnson did

. >> stephen: howard schultz. >> howard schultz. >> stephen: howard schultz is almost too boring it talk>> stephen: for a town hall. and i don't think anybody watched. evidently it was the lowest rated thing in the history of humanity. but what do you make of a person who, like, 40% of the people have even heard of his name. >> right. >> only 4% think him running is a good idea. >> i think howard schultz is another example of how when you are an extremely rich person you live in an entitled bubble that makes you think you can do whatever you want and the world actually reinforces that idea. >> stephen: i never cease to amaze-- i never cease to money k you know what you don't know. >> because you have all of it. i understand that. if i wer billionaire i would think i know everything. >> stephen: you know everything other than not to take pictures of your penis. as jeff bezos has proven to us. >> we'll get to that. but here's the thieng here's with the of the thing with howard schultz -- >> stephen: will we get to jeff bezos. >> we'll make room for his penis. we'll get to his penis, my fri

. >>> it's been quite a week for howard schultz. in an interviewed with "the new york times," the bill-up air former ceo of starbucks says he is seriously considering running for president as an independent. his statement elicited an instant backlash from democrats who see the "kickoff in atlanta" mogul as a spoiler, all but guaranteeing a second term for president trump. almost immediately senator elizabeth warren tweeted of shultz' potential run, what is ridiculous is billionaires who think they can buy the presidency to keep the system rigged for themselves while opportunity slips away for everyone else. former new york city mayor bloomberg said in a statement, in 2020 the great likelihood is an independent would split the anti-trump vote and end up re-electing the president. that's a risk i refuse to run in 2016, and we can't afford to run it now. as if getting tuned up by other candidates wasn't bad enough, shultz was reportedly heckled during an appearance at a barnes & noble while promoting his new book with one protesters ca

garlique >>> all right, welcome back to "cnn live town hall with howard schultz." me bring in kevin mcmac here in houston. >> mr. schultz, you expressed you are in favor of guns, can you explain your motivation with this initiative considering that less than 4% of firearm murders are caused by rifles and similar weapons. how is removing assault style weapons going to benefit the greater good of the country? >> i thank you for the question. i know this is a very sensitive issue around the country and certainly in texas. i said earlier i want to talk about what i want to believe in and what's in my heart and what's true for me. first and for most, i respect and i honor the second amendment. i would do nothing if i was president to in any way to approach that in ways that's dilutive to the right to bear arm. i understand it and i respect it. when i read a story to our children across the country, going to school that there is going to be a school shooting, it breaks my heart. we have a lot of violence in america, it is linked to many issues, mental health issues and a

. >> melissa: how many jobs did howard schultz create? it's worth talking about, that he's a billionaire and he invented the company. it's a lot of jobs. >> jessica: what happens if oprah gets in customer she's a billionaire, too. >> harris: we will slide on now. we're waiting to hear from the president of the united states was making remarks on various topics. we will bring you that as soon as that video from inside the white house is available. i see it snowing in that picture, too. wow. there is in a report that may shoot down the democrats as donald trump jr. spoke to his father in advance of that infamous trump tower meeting paid whether this will cool down democrat demands of the president's son being investigated. plus, the raging debate over abortion is engulfing democrats. whether they should just gave the president and her republicans a big political opening. >> every democrat should have to answer for whether they stand with little baby girls who are born alive, surviving an abortion, or whether they stand with governor northam

we're talking about howard schultz.pparently not much. >> there are a lot of people i know personally who work hard for a living, make 40, $50,000 a year know a lot more about politics with all due respect than mr. schultz. we have a corrupt political system, anybody who is billionaire can throw tv ads on television suddenly becomes very, very credible. his deeper theory, is i'm a billionaire, leave me alone. let me make as much money i can without paying my fair share of taxes. suddenly he is a very famous guy. that is the problem with our political system. charles: ouch. she is with the independent women's forum. ford o'connell and democratic strategist christian hahn. patrice, i did not see it, i did not think bernie would come out, hey, my man is a nobody outside after billion dollars. >> he is taking it personal, honestly. it is ridiculous. bernie sees this guy as his foil. he has always gone after big corporate executives, not surprisingly. so sad someone born to a truck driver, first guy to go to college in his e

and so far, the rollout has been a disaster. >> former starbucks ceo howard schultz got an earful fromroteer at a new york city book signing monday night after schultz said he is seriously considering a poible independent run for the white house, a move that many democrats fear could split the anti-trump vote and help re-elect the president. >> i am serisly considering running for president as a centrist independent. and i wanted to clarify the word, independent, which i view merely as a designation on the ballot. >> don't help elect trump, you i egotl -- >> sit down. >> -- billionair[ bleep ]. >> seth: damn. [ cheers and applause ] it is not good whepeople are yelling at you at your first campaign event. [ laughter ] he's like a standup comedian who gets heckled before he's even told a joke. "how's everybody doing tonight?" "youuck!" [ laughter ] and by the way, that event was at the barnes & nobles in unionh squareh has a starbucks in it. he got heckled in one of his own stores. [ laughter ] that's like if the colonel showed up at a kfc and got his head dunked in the f [ laughter ] t

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howard schultz, epitome of the american dream.de man from the projects, first man in his family to graduate college, successful businessman, hires a whole lot of people and he says this progressive stuff is ridiculous, immoral and ridiculous. what do you say? >> i think he is trying to run for president, and you got to understand this, charles, when he says he is against the green new deal or against policies that seem more progressive and he offers absolutely nothing as a strategy or a counterpoint, he is simply playing politics. i will say this also. he is talking about running pour president. please, get real. if you run for president you have to have a viable way to win. running as an independent won't work. he has a math problem and constitutional problem. you have 538 electors in the united states. america. you have to get 270. if you run as a viable candidate you may split that so no one gets 270. how does it happen after that? the constitution, constitution mandates that congress decides based on a block vote per state, ri

howard schultz hasn't made that splash yet but he's hoping tonight to come out with some things thatn take away and that will get them more interested in howard schultz as a potential presidential candidate, brianna. >> all right. thank you so much. tonight on cnn watch a special presidential town hall, former starbucks ceo independent howard schultz will be live in houston, texas, with poppy harlow talking about the 2020 election that is tonight at 10:00 eastern. and that is it for me. "newsroom" with brooke baldwin starts right now. >>> i'm brooke baldwin. you're watching cnn. thanks for being with me. it looks like we can put those fears of another government shutdown to rest and if you don't believe me, just listen to the president. >> i don't think you're going to see a shutdown. i would never accept if it happens but i don't think it's going to happen. >> that was trump just a bit ago reacting to a deal struck by bipartisan group of lawmakers just days before the deadline to keep the government open. here's what's in this thing. a little over $1.3 billion for a new border barri

that was howard schultz. howard schultz, the former ceo of starbucks, the man who ran that company for a long time. he might run for president. he hasn't made the announcement. but they're wrapping up in houston, texas. you heard him talk to audience members, just about an hour there. did he make his case in this town hall? and can he make the case over the course of the next year or so to america? i want to bring in david. i want to bring in ryan lizza. did he say anything to elate those fears? >> well, don, he was asked about that head-on and it was definitely one of his key missions tonight was try to take on that criticism. it is part of what he's selling to the american people as to why he thinks his candidacy is viable. he continues to hammer away at the left and the right failing the american people. he kind of dismissed the notion of being a spoiler. he tried to reframe it. take a listen to what he told poppy. >> if you run, mr. schultz, if you look at the polls in the fall of 2020, and it looks like

also howard schultz as we know is the ex-ceo of starbucks.king in a corporate setting and sitting at the head of the table at the board room. tonight's format is very different. he will be talking one-on-one with voters. it's going to be really interesting to see if he can break out of the corporate environment and answer questions for voters that are really important to them. >> where does that sound familiar? someone used to the corporate headquarters running for office becoming president. of course, america has experience with a billionaire businessman running for office. this will be another question i imagine he will face tonight. >> exactly. america clearly was ready for an american businessman with donald trump. are they ready for another american businessman potentially billionaire howard schultz. both are from new york. both are billion airs. both had no political experience. the country was clearly ready for the country -- the country was clearly ready for america and government to be run by a businessman so i'm sure that schultz wi

it also depends on howard schultz. i think a lot of people don't know who howard schultz is at this point and he's still introducing himself to the country. how much power is he actually going to have. is he going to get big poll numbers. otherwise, what he says is not going to make much of a difference. however, if he does get in the race and takes 4% or 5% like jill stein did in 2016, it could make a big difference in these close battleground states. connell: right. if you read that piece, he wrote this piece referring to this. it sounds like he's saying he won't do that. he's saying if i'm the factor that will push trump over the top for re-election, i'm out. >> yeah. he said that and if he's a moderate candidate, he won't run basically. he doesn't have to decide for a long time because he could wait the year, the entire staff, i'm sure he's paying them well. connell: he's got a lot of money. that's a good point. we talked about that with mike bloomberg. he could have more of an impact if he doesn't run. bloomberg w

blake: back at home, blowback intensifying against the former starbucks ceo howard schultz over is potential for the presidency. >> it would be an enormous mistake by howard. he had a successful legacy as a business person. and it would tarnish beyond imagination if he does the only thing that his candidacy would do is to help the reelection of donald trump. blake: joining me now, steve hilton, the host of fnc's ""the next revolution"." there is a little self-interest there. steve: more than a little. their supporters in the media, you have seen this completely consistent condemnation in the most of aggressive terms of howard schultz. it says to me they are actually frightened of something. they are frightened of his message. what you are seeing is the democratic party candidates racing off to the left in terms of the policy agenda. some of those might be superficially popular. i think what howard schultz is actually saying that we need something that is more moderate and less extreme and knows there is an appeal to his message. blake: what do you think his motivation is? some do it actually

if you ask an employee about howard schultz's bid for the presidency.. they've been told to respond, "howard's future plans are up to him." and if a customer gets confrontational.. employees might try, "our goal is simply to create a warm and welcoming space where we can all gather, as a community, over great coffee." howard schultz will be in san francisco tomorrow night, to talk about his new book. tonight we're learning about a near-miss at oakland airport.. during the government shutdown. here's a live look at the airport. the f-a-a says 2 small planes came within 500 feet of each other 10 days ago.. on martin luther king day. the 2 single- engine planes were both flying at about 2- thousand feet. one descended to avoid a collision. the pilots tell the new york times: the control tower mistakenely told them to fly at the same altitude.. toward each other. the f-a-a says the oakland control tower investigated the next day. consider yourself lucky, if you didn't get stuck in horrible traffic today. a couple of nasty crashes caused some monster backups.

to the whiteoad house coverage continues with former starbucks ceo howard schultz. he spoke at purdue university in , indiana.ette he has been named as a possible 2020 presidential candidate. [applause] thank you for being with us. thanks especially to reduce student government whose sponsorship made this program possible. thanks of course to our guest today. i have asserted to him as i do forou that it would be hard this individual to find a more fitting place to talk about his views

why are you quoting howard schultz? you're worried about president trump the democratic party needs to pick somebody who is not so radical. that's also what his theory -- >> well, i think his deeper theory is, hey, i'm a billionaire, leave me alone, and let me make as much money as i can without paying my fair share of taxes. >> tax the rich. hate the rich. this is what a spokesperson for howard schultz says, he already has had such a profound impact on the democratic party that many presidential candidates hold up his self-described socialist views as their standard. i don't think he meant socialist in a good way there, zach. >> no, that was not a compliment. bernie sanders not technically a member of the democratic party, running as a democrat, howard schultz long time democrat left the party. you can see where things are going there. sanders -- he did not win the nomination for, you know -- in 2016. he did yank the party to the left, all of the people now running -- or not all of them -- most of the democrats running

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we have a lot to get to, but first, potential independent candidate, billionaire howard schultz, facing questions from my co-anchor and the audience last night at the cnn town hall. >> and it wasn't just, as you know jim from seeing what it schultz said, a lot is about what he didn't say as well so let's bring in experts. cnn political analyst mark preston who has been with me throughout in houston and senior political writer and analyst harry enten in new york breaking down the polls that we've seen on schultz lately. let's pause and play this exchange with schultz and myself last night about the key issue of taxes. watch. you've said twice, i should pay more taxes and the question was about personal income tax, how much should the wealthy pay in this country. you're a billionaire. give me a sense. are you saying you should pay 2% higher? 10% higher? 20% higher federal income tax? >> poppy, i don't know what the number is. what i'm saying is we need -- >> ballpark it for people. it makes a difference. would it go up to the rate under president clinton or significantly higher? >> what i

let's move to howard schultz.was on television last night blasting this idea of a green new deal. here is what he said. >> when i see politicians, start, throwing things out, that i know is not realistic, that is not being honest with the american people. it is immoral to suggest that we can tally up, 20, 30, 40, $50 trillion of debt to solve a problem that could be solved in a different way. connell: in the meantime senator mitch mcconnell, the majority leader in the senate is now asking democrats to go on the record on this idea of a green new deal. he wants to have a vote on it, just for show, but to get people to show what they really feel about it. let's get former new mexico governor, former democratic presidential candidate bill richardson's take on this and other topics. governor, this has become a big story the last week or so with alexandria ocasio-cortez but also the democrats running for president in 2020. many have already gone on the record supporting this green new deal. do you think that will turn

and howard schultz just says, i am left out. going to run down the center and as an independent. paul: what you think of his early message, mary? he stressed the deficit and debt and saying we need to get control over that. and a kind of cultural unity. let's stop dividing people. kind of a classic centrist message. do you think they could sell? >> it sounds really healthy to me. and james says that he sees an opportunity. i think he sees a lack of why he's ty which is going where he's going. i think he would rather run as a democrat. but basically, there is no room sifor someone that thinks the w he does. which is basically, to consider that market, have an impact on whether we can create wealth spand continue to be prosperous and help people that are less fortunate than well-to-do people. those are all of his themes. those themes do not sit in the democratic party. paul: are you guys being unfair? and i asked this to the tdemocrats because mike bloom berm is in many ways centrist, he probably is going to run. they certainly lo

a voter was talking about howard schultz. n answered. >> reporter: an idiot on not. i don't know if you could hear that. clearly a sense of frustration among democrats that they believe mr. schultz could be a spoiler here. the reality is sherrod brown is considering this race, not fully in yet. so interesting as cory booker was jumping in earlier today. there's a sense should there be candidate from the middle of the country, making the case for that here today. >> all right. thanks very much. >> the climate is different now. does it require a different type of approach by a candidate? >> you know, it's a very good question. the question is do people want a more confrontational figure? do they want someone that can knit the country back together? there's a pretty good argument in the face of acrimony and the negative that people will be hungry for that. that's what booker is betting on. >> what do you make of the fact that senator booker and senator harris already talking about race, addressing the topic very directly in way t

one of howard schultz's core tenants, starbucks owns every starbucks. double the price for their coffee. i granted drink it from time to time. i like it. that is different model. he is saying pro-entrepreneurship type of guy but at same time he is corporate person. charles: jillian likes that. >> i don't think entrepreneurship is dirty word. i agree that. charles: what about billionaire? is there something inherently something wrong with billionaires? >> they are creating jobs. they are creating opportunities. it is politics much envy. charles: it really is, on steroids. jillian, chris,. >> thank you. charles: talk to you again soon. we're looking at markets right now, the dow off 269 points. it was, it was drifting before larry kudlow's comments about the china trade deal to fbn. that sent the market lower. of course it was already down because of forecast of european growth out of, european commission and bank of england. finally, some scuttlebutt maybe president trump and president xi will not meet after that deadline. does that mean the new tariffs

why are you quoting howard schultz? because he's a billionaire. lot of people i know personally who work hard for living, make 40,000 , $50,000 a year. they know more about politics than with all due respect as mr. schultz. anyone who's billionaire who can throw tv ads on television suddenly becomes very, very credible. >> dana: okay, the moment we have been waiting for. >> greg: i am very excited. before i get into his chances, having a socialist call a capitalist dangerous is rich. the socialist who fails to see his platform only ends in misery. socialism is great and promising spring but has no idea how to fulfill the promise which is why it always ends up in coercion, misery, and only death. you can look at venezuela, cambodia, cuba, east germany, romania. all of socialism is ugly and disgusting but bernie is likable. he's like your crazy uncle who washes his hair once a week, doesn't think it's valuable to wash it more. the conflicts with his own party. the left loves his ideas. tax and spend socialism. he has three strikes against him. old,

plus, howard schultz, his book tour left a bitter taste. howard dean will weigh in on that. >> and an interview we'll only see here, with alexandria ocasio-cortez's chief of staff. all of that coming up. >>> first, a weekend of contrasting news cycles for the democratic party. on one stream, virginia governor ralph northam holding on while the entire party practically tells him to let g on the other stream, more and more democrats entering the race. and what we're hearing, historically diverse. and that's accurate. so race, power, the past, the present, the future all captured in these two stories. but i want to reverse the order. let take this chronologically. think back to friday morning. start of black history month. purposely the timing for cory booker's campaign launch. with booker now seen by online video, radio and tv interviews, confirming suspected candidates now include five women, two african-americans, one hispanic man. there are numerous other historic firsts in this field. booker's announcement was friday's biggest story until

while former starbucks ceo howard schultz isn't officially in, he's in the bay area tonight. live in san francisco, here's the key. as an independent candidate, which can be a little give vicive. >> reporter: and he knows the feedback he's getting. he's very well aware of that. he told a crowd at the jewish community center he believes republicans and democrats will vote for him because they're fed up with the status quo and they'll vote for him if he runs as an independent. >> howard schultz is not going to be a spoiler, and i'm not going to do anything to re-elect donald trump. >> reporter: still not ceo howard schultz former made his case for running in 2020 tonight, telling a sold-out crowd at the jewish community center in san francisco he believes voters who are fed up with dysfunction in washington will elect an independent candidate. >> and i want to see if i can ignite a national movement to kind of restructure, reimagine, and disrupt this political system that is based not on the will of the people. >> reporter: while schultz is courting voters on his book tour, new

howard schultz will address this sold out crowd.ground up" in new york city on monday where he discussed the possibility of running for president in 2020. that discussion was met with some push back. someone inside the room yelled, don't help elect trump. trump tweeted, howard schultz does not have the guts to run for president. >> we do not see any protesters. as we know, "from the ground up" will be the discussion. >> thank you so much. the list of democrats running for president continues to grow. check out the politics section at abc news.com. >> president trump criticized democrats for continuing from funding. starting to work out a deal before february 15. that is the deadline to avoid another shut down. he may say something during the state of the union address. >> we are very, very strong legal standing to win. we are doing it regardless. we haven't declared the national emergency yet we are building a lot of wall. abc news has confirmed no new wall is under construction. >> hosting a celebration. people packed the area. san

howard schultz trying to get more news coverage or will this make a difference?ill this shape up for him? >> is obviously correct, the green new deal is immoral because socialism is immoral. immoral to destroy 80% of american energy, 2 outlaw people's cars and trains, immoral to try to knock down and rebuild every building in america in 10 years. it is immoral and the concept that socialism is immoral is the theme of howard sure that's campaign. this is good strategy. howard schultz's strategy is to create a wedge within the democrat party, between the far left and the more reasonable elements and he thinks he can split them away, take some votes from the democrats, some votes from donald trump and make it to the presidency. is a longshot strategy? yes but very much in keeping with that. this is a service for the country. we have a generation right now who identify for the first time as majority socialists yet surveys show as few as 16% of them can define what socialism is. educational opportunities, teachers and parents didn't provide that and won't land him in

no one talks about the perks of a howard schultz presidency.can all use the white house bathroom now and i'm not even defending them but i hate to say the term billionaire of lamb. to be honest, howard schultz is the epitome of the american dream. he grew up in housing project and turned into the guy who created starbucks that is inspirational. it is aspirational. that being said, i'm a dunkin donuts man not a starbucks fan. it has better table conversations when you get a coffee at starbucks and eavesdropped on the people next to the talking about. >> house the developing in la and having an argument with her lawyer about what they can put down but go to dunkin' donuts the guy is arguing with himself. [laughter] the spaceship is out of gas again. greg: the scary part is he's the security guy. we did not get a chance to talk about cory booker. i figured out why he talks the way he does. he talks like he just ate a hot slice of pizza. i am cory booker and running for president in my house is on fi fire. my mouth is on fire. greg: and cory booker

. >> and higher taxes, howard schultz saying he needs to pay more as they debate over who pays what wages>> a possible deal could avoid another government shutdown and optimism over china trade talks. alibaba's co-founder and executive vice chairman making comments yesterday on "closing bell". >> the government made a commitment to import $30 trillion of goods and $10 trillion of services over the next 15 years. >> the chinese government. >> the chinese government, yes so, you know, it is really kind of interesting people are focused on tariffs but over time, this structural issue of the trade deficit will reverse itself and china will be buying a lot more from the rest of the world >> yet another report today in the south china morning post that xi himself could meet with mnuchin, lighthizer on friday that would be symbolic. >> i think the problem is really has very little to do with the influence. that's the old school. that's the mnuchin school. he's not -- he's very good treasury secretary, but he's not in charge. we keep coming back to chinese hegemony, about funding what i regard as

forestarbucks ceo howard schultz has not yet entered the 2020 presidential race. e democrats see him as a potential threat who could help president trump win re-election. schultz is exploring an independent run for the white house. at a cnn town hall he simply dodged the question of whether he would drop out if it looked like he was helping the president win a second term. >> if the math didn't tally up when i get to the next three or four months and i take my message out to the american people. and i continue to talk this way about how concerned i am about the country and how i think we can do so much better under a different process, if the numbers don't add up, i will not run for president, because i will not do anything whatsoever to re-elect donald trump. >> senator cory booker meanwhile who announced he's running for president says he would look to women first for a potential running mate if he ends up clinching the democratic nomination. >> i think that you will rarely see a democratic ticket without gender, race diversity. i think it's something we should h

candidly there is no there there yet for howard schultz. chultz is talking about, he tried to kind of work the center. the other story, alexandria ocasio-cortez, clearly continues to work the left and excite, by the way, the left, aoc. here she is. >> for everyone dollar that we spend on infrastructure, we get a return on that investment. for everyone dollar that we spend on tax cuts, we get less than a dollar back. this is about making smart investments. this is about making investments that actually generate returns. connell: she is talking about this green new deal which is -- >> right. connell: which is, is an idea, not actual bill. it's a resolution. so one of the things here, everybody is going to go about say how will you pay for this? government money. maybe the fed gets involved. she will have all the ideas but the 2020 candidates will be asked that question, right? that will put them on the spot to say, are you supporting making it even worse when it comes to debt and deficits? >> well, i think that is the point. we are not quite c

eastern, former starbucks ceo howard schultz speaking at purdue university. and later at 4:00, we're live with cory booker in des moines, iowa. on sunday, minnesota senator minneapolis toin make a major campaign announcement. follow all the candidates on the road to the white house on c-span and c-span.org, or listen on the free c-span radio app. >> it may be difficult for you to believe around the country, but it's about one year until they select a process for the 2020 presidential campaign. so we're very pleased to talk presidential politics with the democratic party chairs of the primaries and caucuses. joining us from iowa, troy price, i was democratic party chair, iowa native, and hillary clinton's campaign manager in the state. and in 2012, ran the state for barack obama. welcome to c-span's newsmakers. >> thank you so much for having me. >> joining us from new hampshire, ray buckley, chair of the new hampshire democratic party since 2007. he's also one of the vice chairs of the democratic national committee. nice to see you again. i can't believe it's