. ♪ looks like another love tko >> reporter: jeanne moos, cnn, new york. >>> and thanks so much for joinings. i'll be back tonight at 11:00 eastern right after the democratic debate. i'll have special coverage and interviews with the candidates. "ac 360" starts right now. >>> and good evening from las vegas. breaking news tonight. the president choosing someone to oversee the intelligence community and with it the nation's security who has no real intelligence experience. that story ahead. we begin, though, right here at a key moment in the race for the presidential nomination. michael bloomberg, who is not even on the ballot will be on the debate stage here tonight which means that millions of voters who may only know him through the campaign ads he's already spent more than $400 million on will get to see how he thinks on his feet. he could be in for some tough

here's jeanne moos. >> reporter: it was more like a valentine's day card than a headline. donald trump, yes, donald, i do love you? it was enough to make some swear off bloomberg, two peas in a pod. next. actually two peas of such different sizes probably wouldn't fit in the same pod. it was bloomberg himself who described the love quote. he said it happened about a month after president trump was elected. trump noted he saw bloomberg talk about him at the democratic convention. >> i'm a new yorker, and i know a con when i see one. >> reporter: after mentioning the speech, trump said -- >> but you ream you really do l don't you? yes, donald, i love you. >> reporter: hold the presses. proclamation of love looks bad for bloomberg until you hear the lionel after the headline. >> i said, yes, donald, i do love you. i just disagree with everything you said. we had a good laugh. >> reporter: like bernie sanders tweet that had made trump and bloomberg look chummy. bloomberg went on to say -- >> if you sat and had din wer donald trump you would walk away saying everything he said

here's jeanne moos. >> reporter: despite all the flattery. >> unbelievable.> brilliant, mr. president. >> it was president trump's nemesis who will be remembered for ripping up his speech. the state of their join is ice cold. >> she ripped him a new one. >> i think it was a new low. >> the shredder wasn't available, so she did what she needed to do. >> i wasn't sure if she was ripping up the speech, or ripping up the constitution. >> reporter: mike pompeo tweeted lisa simpson ripping up her civics essay, then he got ripped by a former "simpsons" producer, saying, mr. secretary of state, please do not ever, ever, ever use simpson's material. both fans and critics dubbed pelosi nancy the ripper, unlike their previous run-ins when she famously pointed a finger at him and clapped back at the president. this time, he didn't see it coming. of course, when nancy pelosi went on a tear, others couldn't resist following suit. >> it was very clear. >> i'm moving on from this. >> wraps up the show. >> we got radio talk show host. >> speaker pelosi told house democrats he

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jeanne moos investigates for us. >> reporter: it read more like a valentine's day card than a headline. did mike bloomberg really say to donald trump, yes, donald, i do love you. it was enough to make some swear off bloomberg. two peas in a pod. ne next. actually, two peas of such different sizes probably wouldn't fit in the same pod. it was bloomberg himself who described had love quote. he said it happened about a month after president trump was elected. but trump noted he saw bloomberg talk about him at the democratic convention. >> i'm a new yorker. and i know a con when i see one. >> reporter: after mentioning the speech, trump said -- >> but you really do love me, don't you? and i said, yes, donald, i do love you. >> reporter: hold the presses. proclamation of love looks bad for bloomberg. until you hear the line after the headline. >> and i said, yes, donald, i do love you. i just disagree with everything you ever said and we had a good laugh. >> reporter: sort of like the photo that bernie sanders tweeted. bloomberg went on to say -- >> if you sat and had donaa had >> reporter:

cnn's jeanne moos investigates. >> reporter: did mike bloomberg really say to donald trump, yes, donaldto make some swear off bloomberg. two peas in a pod. next, actually, two peas of such different sizes, probably wouldn't fit in the same pod. it was bloomberg himself who described the love quote, he said it happened about a month after president trump was elected. trump noted he saw bloomberg talk him at the democratic convention. >> i'myorker, and i know a con when i see one. >> reporter: after mentioning the speech, trump said -- >> but you do really love me, don't you. i said, yes, donald, i do love you. >> reporter: hold the presses, proclamation of love looks bad for bloomberg until you hear the word love after the head line. >> i said, yes, donald i do love you, i just disagree with everything you said. >> reporter: and tweeted trump and bloomberg looked chummy. bloomberg went on to say -- >> if you sat and had dinner with donald trump you'd probably walk away saying everything he said is [ bleep ], he can't be doing that. >> reporter: remember kim jong-un? >> then we fell in lo

here's jeanne moos. >> reporter: despite all of the flattery. >> unbelievable.rilliant, mr. president. >> reporter: it was president trump's nemesis who will be remembered for ripping up his speech. the state of their union is ice-cold. >> she ripped him a new one. [ laughter ] >> i wasn't sure if she was ripping up the speech or the constitution. >> reporter: mike pompeo, lisa simpson ripping up his civics essay. he got ripped saying, please don't ever, ever, ever use "simpsons" material. in ans and critics dubbed pelosi nancy the ripper. she pointed a finger at him and clapped back at the president. this time, he didn't see it coming. of course, when nancy pelosi went on a tear, others couldn't resist following suit. >> it was very clear. >> i'm moving on. >> that wraps up the show. >> radio talk show hosts. >> reporter: speaker pelosi told house democrats, he shredded the truth, so i shredded his speech. >> it was a courteous thing to do. >> reporter: the shredding eclipsed the snubbing. >> it looked like he blew her off with the handshake. >> okay. he saw it

here is jeanne moos. >> reporter: amid the babble of debate, they ring out loud and clear. >> join us> i can you to join me at amyklobuchar.com. >> reporter: reactions range from so incredibly cringy to better to have a tip jar on the podium. the candidates keep plugging. >> matter of fact, if you're watching right now, you can go to peteforamerica.com. >> reporter: going to town flogging websites at town halls. >> you can see it on our website at amyklobuchar.com. >> reporter: as unsutdle as a late night commercial. >> it's not a plan, it's power point. >> reporter: in the heat of debate. >> i don't know if there are any power points on it, but you can definitely find the document on pete for america.com. >> you can join me at michael bloomberg.com if you want, but i'm not asking for any money. >> reporter: and his website doesn't. unlike the billionaire, the others have to beg. >> so i ask everybody to go to elizabethwarren.com, pitch in 5 bucks. >> reporter: at least their plugs aren't as blatant as this one outside the roger stone sentencing. dcblacktours.com offers tours billed a

jeanne moos looks at who is really, though, the butt of the joke. >> reporter: who knew that make americanew in a scene tweeted out by president trump, larry cuts off a biker. >> [ bleep ]. what the [ bleep ] are you doing? >> reporter: then a torrent of profanity, he reaches for a maga hat. >> you little -- >> sorry. >> turning the piker into a pussycat. the fact that president trump tweeted this shows them say, so great to see a leader with a grand sense of humor while critics said, it's a joke on you, idiot. it's not in favor of you. >> about five minutes after that scene came one president trump didn't tweet. one that wasn't a feather in his cap. the hat has come in handy. >> it's a great people repellent. >> reporter: larry uses it -- >> hey. good to see you. >> to cut short a lunch he didn't want to have in the first place. this is l.a. with a rarely sighted maga hat may be a magnet for dirty looks. >> phil -- >> no, we'll -- something. >> reporter: at a sushi bar, it keeps the empty seats beside him unoccupied. >> we preforeser to sit at a ta. >> go and alienate. you have my blessi

cnn's jeanne moos has more on what the president sees as a political rival's short coming. >> reporterini about the height war. >> little michael will fail. >> reporter: in a matter of minutes, president trump called michael bloomberg mini mike, said he reminds me of a tinny version of jeb below energy bush, suggested no boxes, please, as in no box for bloomberg to stand on at debates. reporters read the tweet storm from their phone. >> mini mike is a 5'4" mass of dead energy. >> reporter: never mind that mike bloomberg is actually around 5'7". the white house even shared a photo shopped image of bloomberg made to look extra petite. but there was nothing petite about bloomberg's response. a carnival barking clown, bloomberg said, people call the president. >> donald, where i come from we measure your height from your neck up. >> reporter: we measure your height from the neck up? is bloomberg comparing brains? on a more cerebral note the bloomberg campaign tweeted a quote from "gladiator." >> the time for honoring yourself will soon be at an end. >> reporter: president trump has been di

jeanne moos looks at how both measure up. >> reporter: there is nothing mini about the height war. >>: in a matter of minutes, president trump called little michael mini mike, said he reminds him of jeb low energy bush. suggested no boxes, please. as in no box for bloomberg to stand on at debates. reporters read the tweet storm from their phones. >> mini mike is a 5'4" inch mass of dead energy. >> reporter: never mind that mike bloomberg is actually around 5'7." the white house even shared a photoshopped image of bloomberg made to look extra petite. but there was nothing petite about bloomberg's response. a carnival barking clown, bloomberg said people call the president. >> where i come from, we measure your height from your neck up. >> reporter: we measure your height from your neck up? is bloomberg comparing brains? on a more cerebral note, the campaign tweeted a quote from "gladiator." >> the time for honoring yourself will soon be at an end. >> reporter: president trump has been dishonoring his opponents this way for ages. >> little rocket man. little marco. don't worry about it,

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jeanne moos, cnn, new york. >> thanks for joining us. "ac 360" starts now. >>> good evening. administration's response to it. we learned late today about a whistle-blower complaint alleging that federal health workers who were sent in late january to help receive the first american coronavirus evacuees were not given the right infection control training or protective gear. now if the whistle-blower's complaint is correct, it's a sign of just how problematic the u.s. response has been. we're talking about federal employees ordered to help process americans evacuated from wuhan, china, ground zero of the outbreak. american federal employees who were going to be -- the people who were evacuated, they were going to be sent directly into quarantine.

. >> reporter: jeanne moos. >> i changed the combination on my luggage. >> reporter: cnn, new york. thanks for joining us. "cnn tonight" with don lemon starts now. hello, everyone. you have been watching cnn's town halls live from las vegas. trying to make their case to voters tonight. that as the clock is ticking on the all important nevada caucuses on saturday. let's jump right into our expert analysis of what you heard there today. our political director mr. david chalian and he joins us now. lots to talk about. so senator warren started a town hall taking it to bloomberg again on his record with women and nondisclosure agreements with his company. let's watch that and we'll talk about it. >> so i used to teach contract law and i thought i would make this easy. i wrote up a release and all that mayor bloomberg has to do is download it, i'll text it, sign it and then the women or men will be free to speak and tell their own stories. >> it was a big moment, big moment for her last night. she's carrying it over tonight. what do you think? >> yeah, well exactly that, right? she obvio

. >> jeanne moos, cnn, new york. >> thank you for watching. anderson starts now. >>> good evening.ght eastern time, new hampshirites will start voting in the first primary in the 2020 presidential race. you're looking there at dixville notch, the site of the earliest balloting, and across the state, candidate have said making last-minute pitches. mayor pete buttigieg expected shortly in exiter. bernie sanders speaking in durham. joe biden also campaigning tonight. president trump, who faces only token republican opposition tonight is speaking tonight as well in

. >> reporter: jeanne moos, cnn, new york. >> ah, okay. thank you for joining us.esidential town hall with bernie sanders live from new hampshire begins right now. ♪ [ applause ] >> and live from manchester, new hampshire, this is cnn town hall event. i'm anderson cooper. welcome. the results from iowa are still not final. two candidates on stage tonight, both claiming victory, and the first in the nation primary here is just five days away. tonight new hampshire democrats and independents, many of whom are still undecideded will be posing their questions to candidates vying for the democratic nomination. you're going the hear from pete buttigieg, amy klobuchar and deval patrick. we begin with the senator from vermont, please welcome senator bernie sanders. [ applause ]

. >> jeanne moos, cnn, new york. >> thank you for watching. anderson starts now. >>> good evening. in just four hours, midnight eastern time, new hampshirites will start voting in the first primary in the 2020 presidential race. you're looking there at dixville notch, the site of the earliest balloting, and across the state, candidate have said making last-minute pitches. mayor pete buttigieg expected shortly in exiter. bernie sanders speaking in durham. joe biden also campaigning tonight. president trump, who faces only token republican opposition tonight is speaking tonight as well in manchester. he is, as you might imagine, at the center of two competing story lines on the democratic side. one, the democrats are wilting in the face of him and joe biden is in trouble. and two that joe biden is hanging on just fine and predicts trouble in november for the president. those contrasting notions are reflected in a pair of polls, neither of which are the last word on tomorrow or the rest of the race, but are both worth mentioning for what they have to say about the momentum right here

. >> reporter: jeanne moos, cnn -- >> all this stuff twirling around in my head. >> reporter: -- new york. >> thanks so much for joining us. "a.c. 360" starts now. >> good evening. former national security adviser john bolton today once again had the opportunity to speak out about what he saw during moments that were central to the president's impeachment. and once again, he chose not to, continuing to tease, not tell. so we begin tonight keeping 'em honest with some other public servants, who are taking their own duty more seriously. more than 2,000 former federal prosecutors and other justice department officials, veterans och republican and democratic administrations, all of them calling on attorney general barr to step down. quoting now from their statement, mr. barr's actions in doing the president's personal bidding, unfortunately, speak louder than his words. those actions, the damage they've done to the department of justice's reputation for integrity and the rule of law, require mr. barr to resign. now, that is unprecedented. and so is this. "usa today" reporting that a nati

jeanne moos, cnn, new york. >> thanks for joining us. "ac 360" starts now. >>> good evening. we begin with the latest in the coronavirus, its impact and the administration's response to it. we learned late today about a whistle-blower complaint alleging that federal health workers who were sent in late january to help receive the first american coronavirus evacuees were not given the right infection control training or protective gear. now if the whistle-blower's complaint is correct, it's a sign of just how problematic the u.s. response has been. we're talking about federal employees ordered to help process americans evacuated from wuhan, china, ground zero of the outbreak. american federal employees who were going to be -- the people who were evacuated, they were going to be sent directly into quarantine. and these federal employees didn't have protective gear, according to the whistle-blower, despite being face-to-face with potential infected patients. we'll have more on that in a moment. >>> also today, we learned new federal guidelines after it was revealed that the firs

. >> reporter: jeanne moos, cnn -- >> little michael. >> we measure your height from your neck up. >>. >> and coming up this weekend on cnn, we have a brand-new series about the world's, you know, most well-known royal family. at least right now, that's for sure. don't miss the premiere of "the windsors: inside the royal dynasty." an excellent show and it is sunday night is the first time you can see it. 10:00 right here on cnn. thanks so much more joining us. anderson starts now. >>> good evening. we begin tonight keeping 'em honest with yet more signs the president of the united states is turning the department of justice into a tool for rewarding friends and perhaps punishing enemies in the impeachment of russia investigations. and in case you think that's overblown, consider this. in just a week and a half since his acquittal, president trump has already used his administrative authority to retaliate against those who did their duty and testified in the impeachment hearings or oversaw criminal cases against associates. he's already interfered in the justice system to help his frie

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