"the new york times" reports that they talked about the possibility of john hickenlooper dropping out of the presidential race and running for senate in colorado. the democrats need to win just three senate seats to gain control of the united states senate. and john hickenlooper right now is polling 13 points ahead of republican incumbent senator cory gardner. so john hickenlooper is one of the presidential candidates who, if he chooses to drop out and run for senate, has the power to possibly knock mitch mcconnell out of the majority leader's office and so that conversation in the ride around the lake yesterday was, like, wicked important and we are lucky to be joined tonight by one-half of that conversation riding around the lake, senator michael bennet will join us at the end of this hour to discuss the presidential campaign and the democrats' campaign to retake the united states senate and how john hickenlooper might play a major role in winning back the united states senate. we will try to pry all of the secrets of the ride around the lake out of senator michael bennet at the end

john hickenlooper is an exceptional mayor. he was an exceptional governor. to run he'd be an exceptional senator. but the last person he needs advice from is me on what he should do about the president -- >> "the new york times" reports he sought advice from you last night climbing into the car with you riding around the lake in iowa and here we are 24 hours later a.p. reporting that he is going to drop out tomorrow. in the "new york times" report it showed that john hickenlooper, though relatively unknown nationally to the point where he's actually polling at zero in polls, in colorado just massively popular. a 13-point lead in current polls over the sitting incumbent republican senator in a state that donald trump lost. i mean, talk about what would happen. if john hickenlooper runs for senate in colorado. >> he would win. >> he's got over a 50-point lead in the democratic primary. >> he's right where the state is on a whole range of issues. and he left office as popular as he came into office. as governor. so i'm not going to front-run whatever it is he's

for example, john hickenlooper's own wife is a maxed out donor to one of the other senate candidates who is already in that race besides her husband. hickenlooper is in as of today. he is popular in colorado. as a theoretical senate candidate, there was polling that showed him way, way, way out ahead of every other democrat in that field, like 50-plus points ahead of any other democrat. now that he is an actual candidate and not just an idea, that fight might get a bit closer. we shall see. i think politico.com won for the best headline on the story of john hickenlooper jumping from the presidential race to the senate race today. their headline about that today, look, was, hickenlooper goes from david to goliath, meaning he wasn't that big a deal in the presidential race, it turns out, but in the senate race, he is a very big deal. we will see about john hickenlooper making that late change and trying to be the goliath in that u.s. senate race that the democratic party sees as absolutely winnable. we will also see about jay inslee going for a third term as governor in his home state o

what does john hickenlooper say now? >> "firing line" with mgaret hoover is made possible by the margaret and daniel loeb foundation. adtional funding provided by. corporatens funding by step wink. >> welcome to "firing line,"rn go john hickenlooper. >> thank you for having me. >> you are the former governor of colorado. my home state. a formerly red state and purple state and now trending blue. p >>tty blue. >> you have been a mayor, a brew pub owner, and you have alsoen geologist. >> i have had a sequence of careers. >> now you are running to be the democratic nominee for presidene of the u states. you have just come off the second debate where youad only beto o'rourke between you and izabeth warren and bernie sanders. in your closing statement you started by saying what a night, i've loved it. >> yeah. >> what did you love about the debate? >> you spend so much of yourif timeou are in public service, learning the issues and really how do you make the greatest good for the greatest number of people. there y are with ni

now, governor john hickenlooper. >> thank you, rachel. thank you for sitting out here in the hot sun.

john hickenlooper is out. many people said one of the reasons he struggled is he was centrist and outspoken about the fact that he is centrist. you are also centrist and you're polling at 1%. what does john hickenlooper's departure from the race tell you about what your party's voters want? >> well, i think it opens it up. i think biden is holding a certain ground there but i think people are looking for someone else. the vast majority of the party, steph, is not way to the left. i mean, i'd say 70% to 75% of democrats are looking for somebody who is going to talk about the economy, talk about middle class, talk about the skills gap we have. that there are good paying jobs out there but we got to get people in them. really focusing on the economic anxiety that's out there. that's what i've been doing. we've had the best two weeks of my campaign money wise, attention wise, crowd wise, so we're just going to keep going and the more people get to know me the more they are interested in helping out. >> you don't h

as governor, john hickenlooper announced the end -- as governor john hickenlooper announced the end of his presidential run today and made it clear he's thinking about a senate run in colorado instead, whether or not he's going to jump in, we can now take him off our list of the democrats who are in contention for the presidential nomination for their party. now, i should note for the record that there are a whole bunch of other democrats who are already in that super hot u.s. senate race in colorado to unseat cory gardner. i should also tell you that john hickenlooper's own wife is already on record to a maxed out of donor to one of the democrats who is a declared candidate. he is maxed out to a former obama administration diplomat that is running, a man by the name of dan baer. a new national poll is out today, a qualifying poll in terms of democratic candidates trying to get into the next round of debates. as you can see there in the third column, john hickenlooper polled in this new national poll as an asterisk, which means he was at less than one-half of 1% in terms of his support

now, governor john hickenlooper. >> thank you, rachel. thank you for sitting out here in the hot sun. i have been out here for the last few hours. my job is to give you the reasons you will take home and tell your family and friends why that guy with the funny last name is the right guy for our next president. the job of beating donald trump not going to be easy. barack obama, ronald reagan were 42 and 43 respectively. trump has the stronger economy. focused to win back those states he took like pennsylvania, wisconsin, michigan. i would argue if you go back and years, wethe last 120 have never's -- never defeated an incumbent president with a sitting senator. with any senator. it has always been governors and former governors. that's because governors have to make the final decision. we have to balance the budget. and when we propose solutions to our problem we have to make sure we know how we are going to pay for them. i got laid off in that long recession of the 1980's and had to reinvent myself as a brewpub owner. we worked with other

it was john hickenlooper. poof. now here last night on this very program, washington state governor jay inslee became the third to get out of the race. now for first time three, two, one, poof. i thank you kindly for coming to talk to us to make your announcement about why you decided to get out. now here is where we are at. there's still a big, huge field of democrats out there. the winnowing process has started. the stuff these candidates are leaving the presidential primary to do instead is already interesting even with only a few guys out. as he hinted about in his announcement last night that he was leaving the presidential race, jay inslee today confirmed to the people of washington that he is going to run for a third term as governor of washington state. there are not term limits. he can run for a third term. he is popular. there's nothing that went so wrong in his presidential campaign other than him not winning. nothing from his campaign that should give him too much baggage for that third term run. we now

there are now 23 democrats running for president after john hickenlooper bowed out.t decision after consulting a number of people including our next guest. michael bennet. he of course is a presidential candidate himself and he is also the author of a new book called "dividing america: how russia hacked social media and democracy." we will get to your book in a moment, senator. but first, great to have you. i just want to ask you about what sounds like a pivotal car ride that you had with john hickenlooper on friday night as he was mulling his decision whether to get out of the race. what did you tell him? >> well, thanks for having me, alisyn. mostly we talked about what it was like to serve in the senate, the frustrating pa rts of the job and the good parts of the job. governor hickenlooper wondered whether he would be good at the job. i believe because he's an excellent mayor and governor, if he decided to run he would be an excellent senator. so we got some good people in the race already in colorado. so we don't know what's going to happen, but that was mostly w

so now, let's take a moment to look back at john hickenlooper's run for the white house. ♪ >> jimmy: orry, sorry. no, that's - sorry, that's a different candidate. that's john -- that's john delaney. >> steve: oh [ laughter ] >> jimmy: can we - i know hickenlooper's thable let's try that again here's john hickenlooper ♪ >> jimmy: stop, stop sorry, i'm sorry that's tim ryan. >> steve: oh [ light laughter ] >> jimmy: one last try, john hickenlooper. he was great, come on. he was in all the debates. >> steve: yeah >> jimmy: gave it his all. here's - let's see him. ♪ [ laughter ] >> jimmy: okay, that's clearly -- stop >> steve: come on. >> jimmy: stop it. that's the cartoon general from the -- [ laughter and applause we've got to get new research people >> steve: yeah, gosh >> jimmy: the other candidates are still on the trail, including kamala harris. she's been doing whatever it takes to get her name out there. and sometimes it's pretty intense. i'll show you what i mean in this edition of "candidate check-in." >> announcer: election's seasons back, baby, and it's out of control candida

i'm john hickenlooper, candidate for the united states senate. >> democrats are happy.a former governor in the senate race, in a state that you hope turns blue, runs blue in the presidential election. no tickets floating anymore. but hickenlooper even acknowledges this in the ad. repeatedly said who the heck would want to be in the united states senate. now, he want to be in the united states senate. >> and then he said he wasn't cut out to be a senator not too long today. now, he does want to try to run for the senate. i think he can be successful. as you said, democrats are excited because they're trying to get the senate back. they are trying to get three seats to do so. and he's got a chance because of moderate policies. you hear in the ad talking about protecting pre-existing conditions. something that voters were increasingly worried about in the election. worried about republicans stripping them of that. going back to what i said about beto o'rourke, people hoping they will drop out and run for senate. >> you saw his goofy sentiment in that ad which colorado resi

john hickenlooper has an established brand. he won two elections in colorado. statewide in very difficult democratic years, in 2010 and 2014. clearly, senate democrats believe that he's better equipped to take on cory gardner than the large field of candidates they have in the ring. >> so back in 2016, hillary won, hillary clinton won colorado by about 3 percentage points. another state she won by the same margin. maine is where republican senator susan collins is up for re-election. how is that race looking? >> susan collins has been in the senate. cory gardner -- democrats believe she may have forfeited the good will she had from democratic voters in maine by voting to confirm brett kavanaugh to the supreme court. it is an interesting race to watchful susan collins has always won reelections pretty easily in previous elections. so she would have to lose a lot of people who voted for her in the past for her to be threatened. democrats believe there's a path because of that kavanaugh vote. gardner in colorado is much lower hanging fruit for the party as it look

as of today we do get on poof john hickenlooper out. here we go. 3, 2, 1. poof! as governor, john hicken -- as he announced the end of his run and made it clear he is thinking about a senate run instead, who are not he'll jump in, we can take him off our list of the democrats in contention for the presidential nomination for their party. i should note for the record that there are a bunch of other democrats who are already in that super hot race in colorado to try to unseat republican cory gardner. should i tell that you john hickenlooper's own wife is already on record as the mafld out donor to one of the democrats in that race. she is maxed out to a former obama diplomat. a man by the name of dan baer. a new national poll is out today that is a qualifying poll in terms of candidates trying to get into the next round of debates. as you can see there in the third column, john hickenlooper polled in this new national poll as an asterisk. which means he was at .5 of 1%. perhaps that explains why he got out of the presidential race today. but all of these guys, all

it's john hickenlooper. that was very good. it's john hickenlooper.or senate in colorado instead of president. they argue they could raise as much as $500,000 for him, and get the grass roots support he has been lacking. and they have talked with various democrats in colorado yearning for him to run for senate, and there are polling out that show among the ten democrats running for senate in colorado so far, hickenlooper would by far be the coloradoans choice, and he would win in a la landslide. >> i have seen democratic activists online, saying it's just as important to try to flip the senate as it is to win back the white house. >> the question is will he or won't he, and what conversation did you have with michael bennet in the car on friday. >> we'll see. >> alexa mchammond, thank you very much. to all of our viewers, sign up for the news later. >> i'm yasmin vossoughian alongside ayman mohyeldin, "morning joe" starts right now. >>> i love trucks of all types, even when i was a little boy at 4 years old, my mother would say you love trucks. i do.

. >>> bob casey joins us next and john hickenlooper. lots to come. before that the founder being dubbed a gunman's megaphone is speaking with us collusively. we have this brand-new interview out this morning with the guy who started the website named 8chan is saying. that's right after the break. thk >>> bob casey joins us next and >>> bob casey joins us next and donald trump failed as a businessman. he borrowed billions and left a trail of bankruptcy and broken promises. he hasn't changed. i started a tiny investment business, and over 27 years, grew it successfully to 36 billion dollars. i'm tom steyer and i approve this message. i'm running for president because unlike other candidates, i can go head to head with donald trump on the economy, and expose him fo what he is: a fraud and a failure. >>> this morning we are bringing you a new nbc news exclusive interview. you are seeing it here first. an interview just into us from our team overseas with the founder of the gunman's megaphone, a site called 8chan. the shooter in el paso posted a racist ra

. >> i'm john hickenlooper, candidate for united states senate. >>> and new scrutiny for donald trump's attorney general as we learn more from the jeffrey epstein investigation. >> and i think he made a rational calculated decision. >>> "all in" starts right now. good evening from new york, i'm chris hayes. this year has been the year in which the climate crisis has made itself the most ferociously known. that was true last year and the year before that and 2020 will almost certainly be worse, but this year we've already showed you this footage of greenland melting in front of our eyes. we've shown you the fire in siberia in the arctic where the underlying peat is burning, and these are the images that are capturing people's imaginations right now, rightly. much of the amazon is on fire. here is the smoke hovering over brazil's largest city soa paw low. i almost didn't want to put this on television because i find it so paralyzing terrible. it gives me the same feeling in the pit of my gut when i'm watching the chernobyl mini series. the reason this is so particularly horrifying is not

i'm john hickenlooper, candidate for united states senate. >> bret: that was a few months ago. had the ad ready to go, he made it to a pool hall. >> i think governor hickenlooper it said he wasn't cut out to be a senator and republicans are going to try to remind coloradans as much is possible that that is the case. the problem we have seen in recent years and the last presidential elections is candidates who engage in a presidential primary level, who drop out and go back to their state and run for office have a really difficult time. the amount of liabilities you accrue on stage in a presidential debate is incredible. if for somebody like governor hickenlooper who has tried to statecraft a centrist image, all of that is completely washed away in the two debates he participated in. i think he's going to have a difficult time plus the fact that he has a serious primary. had he decided to run percent off the start he would've been at odds-on favorite to win. now he has an uphill climb. >> bret: chuck schumer is looking at this and maybe there's a couple more here. >> i think the

i'm john hickenlooper, candidate for united states senate.his message and i hope you'll join me in this campaign. >> he is ahead already. a new poll shows john hickenlooper leading cory gardner 53% to 40%. if the democrats pick up colorado, they will only need two more wins to take control of the united states senate and knock mitch mcconnell out of the majority leader's job. charlie cook of the cook political report is out with new analysis this week on the upcoming presidential election and it all boils down to this. a lot can and will happen over the next 15 months, and things can certainly change. but at this point this looks to be an uphill climb for the president's re-election. charlie cook has the numbers that explain how steep that climb is and charlie cook will join us next. ♪ [dog barks] [dog panting] [dogs barking] [dogs growling] [dogs whimpering] (vo) the subaru crosstrek. dog tested. dog approved. [dog barks] they give us excellent customer otservice, every time.e. our 18 year old was in an accident. usaa took care of her car re

steven: i think john hickenlooper's entry is not a bad thing for republicans. he ran a disastrous race for president. he managed to actually make joe biden look young and spry in that race. i don't see any sign that the democrats will step aside for a guy who turned in a d-minus performance for president. i think it could potentially complicate their primary. even if he emerges as the nominee, and i am not sure he does, hickenlooper has not been seriously tested. the last republican he defeated and that isphaedo like beating roy moore. cory gardner is one of the most talented politicians of our generation. and i think he will turn in a good race. so hickenlooper being in, i don't think it changes the dynamic and may make it more competitive for us to keep this in the r column. susan: you have other competitive races. one that everyone has been talking about in recent days is maine, susan collins in office 1997. she is a republican who has present herself as bipartisan from working across the aisle, but now there is a real effort by the democrats. they think the

so for john hickenlooper what i am interested in is how is he going to be different than he was as a presidential contender? he was one of the more moderate people. i was always struck by the way he made this argument you could bridge bipartisan divides in washington which we have only seen get deeper with donald trump and republicans digging in their heels on the legislative front in congress so i am interested to see if john hickenlooper starts changing his tune for example when he talks about people like mitch mcconnell because even today he was out on his website calling mitch mcconnell a partisan. he never really went that far when i was on the campaign trail with him following him as a presidential contender so i am interested to see if he starts to raise his tune to rise to the top of the crowded democratic field. >> a lot of ground we covered. good to see you. ali vitali for us covering the campaign. >>> bernie sanders is out with a new plan to tackle climate change and has ambitious goals. the plan calls for 100% renewable energy by 2030, full decarbonization by 2050. this i

>> that's a no. >> that tenant is a tough sell for some but not john hickenlooper john hickenlooper whose presidential campaign will be remembered for warning if the democratic nominee supports the great new deal. >> you might as well fedex the election to donald trump. >> that's a package president trump would gladly sign for but he will be busy between now and caucus night in six months. he will be campaigning in general election swing states while democrats will have to focus on early states explaining who they are and why they belong here and not back home running for senate. >> josh: peter doocy in des moines, you didn't know it but thanks for letting me borrow your desk while i'm in washington. a federal judge is ordering georgia to stop using its outdated voting machines, the judge wants the state to be ready with hand marked paper ballots even if it's new system isn't in place for the presidential primaries. georgia secretary of state says new voting machines will be ready for the primaries. israel will not allow a visit by two american members of congress who support a boycott ag

john hickenlooper after that and senator elizabeth moran -- war and. we will talk about 2020 politics and what has been happening does fox, at 9:00 eastern time. time. 4:00 for those of you on the west coast. it is streamed on the web at c-span.org, and on the free c-span radio app. we have been talking about the iowa state fair with about 450 acres of land. you can see the skyline in the center of your screen. this is an aerial view. we have been talking about another event taking place in des moines. put against gun violence, together by former new york mayor michael bloomberg. there are 17 candidates at that event. we are streaming that live on c-span.org. the candidates last night in clear lake, iowa. more candidates tomorrow at the iowa state fair, including bill weld. he is trying to get the republican nomination challenging president trump. he will also appear on a call-in show after his appearance. later in the afternoon, tom steyer will be thinkin -- speaking. he entered the 2020 field to make sure he is on the stage in houston, texas when the

. >>> and speaking of exit, speculation swirling over john hickenlooper's future. our sources talking about the former colorado governor and the race he is reportedly eyeing now instead of the white house. two more weeks to qualify for the next debate. nine candidates say they have made the cut. but what about everyone else? i want to get right into it. garrett haque and vaughan hillyard in garner, iowa. garrett, i'll start with you on this one. talk about beto's reset here >> reporter: about this time tomorrow morning, beto o'rourke will wrap up his first speech back on the campaign trail since the terrible shooting in el paso a week and a half ago. o'rourke has been back helping his community heal and doing some media talking about the state of the race right now. what has happened in el paso has refocused he and his campaign. i think we can expect to see a candidate much more sharply focused on donald trump and on the threat that o'rourke believes he poses to this country. someone who wants to talk about the issues of racism, gun control, white supremacy. callin

you've got john hickenlooper saying he's going to run for that colorado senate seat and take on cory gardner. he would beat in a hypothetical matchup according to recent polling but it's not a total slam-dunk he's got this in the bag. talk about what this means for broader landscape for democrats to not just win the white house but get the senate, get mitch mcconnell out of his position. >> i think, one, i think democrats are clearly focused on the white house. but a close second, if you will, is taking back the senate. unfortunately the math is a difficult one for democrats in the sense you're talking about states that aren't, if you will, traditional blue states. colorado, maine, even though they kind of are strange purplish states. they will vote republican, also democrat. colorado i think is increasingly becoming competitive for democrats. same with maine. senate races are different than presidential races. sometimes you'll get these crazy where voters will go one way presidential and another way on the senate race. i think the other race, to be honest, to look at is arizona as w

cornyn, john hickenlooper is really vulnerable in california. it's a trending blue state, but i think he's a little to the right of the state's electorate, and it could benefit votethe environment by a point or two. it would be a good grab for democrats who have been flailing on the recruiting side. they just lost stacey abrams in georgia. it might not matter for democrats, but these are big cruising missiles for democrats, and that's one where they can feel good about themselves. >> mayor pete buttigieg was the last to speak in iowa. he was at the iowa state fair yesterday. how did he do, kate? >> aid pretty sizeable crowd, maybe not as large as some of the candidates who went over the weekend with larger attendance, but -- >> it was a weekday. >> it's true. it's true. and of course the crowd size is unscientific. but mayor pete took some time, actually, maybe more so than some of the other candidates to take questions from folks who came to listen. it was more of a town hall sort of experience for folks who came to hear from him. notably he ca

if john hickenlooper can win a seat.t's your full explanation to voters in texas and the country about that? >> i'm running for president and i'm taking this fight directly to donald trump in large part because my community has borne the brunt of the consequences of donald trump. his open racism, his invitation to violence, the white terrorism that he's inspired that came to my community, drove 600 miles to my community and killed 22 of our fellow el pasoans, inspired in large part by this president. so what he's doing to america, what he's doing to my community the response of that is to take the fight directly to him and to defeat him and be the leader this country needs and does not have right now. someone who's not going to inflame but someone who's going to heal, someone who's not going to drive us apart but bring us together. someone who operates not with fear but inspires hope and believes in our fellow americans. that's the kind of leader that el paso has taught me to be. and when it comes to the texas senate rac

. >> john hickenlooper for president, said he is trying something new. john hickenlooper presented. >> and a change in washington is hard, but i want to give it a shot. >> does john hickenlooper, he hs moved on but it doesn't mean i went have any more clarity about whether or not the democratic platform is something they can get behind. >> i am a blue dog democrat one day, and a republican in the next. speak of the problem is there are too many candidates. >> i think it is healthy for our democracy but eventually things will thin out and we will get to the right place. >> based on what we have heard here, iowans are very interested in what democratic candidates are going to do about global warming. the dnc just made it harder for them to find out, because today, there was a vote about whether or not to dedicate one of the upcoming debates to questions all about climate change, and the dnc voted no. shannon? >> shannon: peter doocy, thank you very much. there are reports tonight of the george washington bridge facing some trouble. in new york, it is now o

we are live with governor jay senatorsummoner -- kamala harris, kristin ,illibrand, john hickenlooper senator elizabeth moran and senator cory booker. watch the 2020 presidential candidates live at the iowa state they are starting thursday on c-span. watch anytime online or listen live listening using the free c-span radio app. and the firstrump lady travel to dayton, ohio and el paso, texas on when they to visit with survivors and first responders from the two mass shootings. the president spoke to reporters about finding a possible legislative solution that would prevent gun violence. >> a terrific opportunity to congratulate police and law enforcement. the job they have done is incredible. >> i don't think anybody will argue this is a difficult time in our country for all of us. criticsyou say to your that believe it is your rhetoric that is emboldening white nationalists and inspiring this anger? . >> so my critics are political people are trying to make points many cases they are running for and in president and their are very low in the polls, a couple of them very low in the po

former colorado governor john hickenlooper announced he was dropping out of the presidential race amidtion he may run for the senate instead. all of this, as beto o'rourke formally reenters the race after suspending his campaign in the wake of the el paso shootings. meanwhile, president trump is also in campaign mode today. he will be headed to new hampshire for a "make america great again" rally in the critical battleground state. peter doocy's life for us in des moines, iowa, . while matt, a lot to break off today >> there is, harris. there's also one less moderate democrat for primary voters to choose from. because john hickenlooper, who really tried to contrast himself with bernie sanders, at the detroit debate a few weeks ago, arguing that the green new deal or medicare for all would fedex the presidency to donald trump. he decided to drop out. >> i ran for president because this country is being ripped apart by politics and partisan games while our biggest problems go unsolved. today i am ending my campaign for president. but i will never stop believing that america can only move

the field of 2020 democrats about to get much smaller as multiple outlets record that governor john hickenlooper is set to bow out. >>> plus, i sat down with one of the most influentialent tainers around, jay-z. we talked with him about social issues and what he's saying about the criticism his involvement and vocal support of collin kaepernick. >>> we start with breaking news right now. reuters is reporting that just a few moments ago the israeli foreign minister confirmed that they will, in fact, block minnesota congresswoman ilhan omar and michigan congresswoman rashida tlaib from entering the country. president trump tweeted within the last hour urging israel to bar them. the president writing in part it would show great weakness if israel allowed representative omar and tlaib to visit. they hate israel and all jewish people and there's nothing that can be said or done to change their minds. minnesota and michigan will have a hard time putting them back in office. they area i are a disgrace. that tweet coming from the president of the united states. i'm joined now by kristen. she's traveling

governor john hickenlooper at 4:00 eastern time. then senator elizabeth warren, and that would be followed by senator court worker -- senator cory booker of new jersey. bit of political news from south carolina, senator tim scott says he will run for reelection in 2022, but that will be his last political race. he took over when jim demint resigned the position. he was appointed as a member of the house to the senate seat by then-governor nikki haley. he will step down when his term is completed. he is up again in 2022. this is an aerial view of the iowa state fair. coming up from this morning, julian castro, housing secretary in the obama administration, former mayor of san antonio, among the speakers this morning at the "des moines register" political soapbox. [applause] mr. castro: good morning. 'alls great to be with y in des moines at the iowa state fire. thank you for -- iowa state fair. thank you very much, rachel, and all those who helped organize this. i note des moines is proud of the state there and you have reason to be.

democrat john hickenlooper is ending his bid for president.colorado governor will make a formal announcement today. he is said to be considering a run for the senate, something party leaders have urged him to do. he struggled to break out of the crowded democratic field. he was a moderate voice making his opposition to democratic socialism central to his campaign. he was not likely to qualify for the next round of debates. >>> beto o'rourke plans to return to the campaign trail. an aide said o'rourke will have a refocused message. >>> breaking overnight, autopsy results on jeffrey epstein reveal multiple breaks in his neck bones. according to the washington post, the breaks are consistent with a person who hangs himself, especially if he's older. the results do not rule out another cause of death, but to be very clear, there is no evidence of anything nefarious. the convicted sex offender died saturday morning. he was found hanging in his cell at the metropolitan correctional cent center. >>> none of us would be here without rape or incest? th

a source close to former colorado governor john hickenlooper telling me late last night that hickenlooperpected to drop out of the race today. this as president trump heads to new hampshire to rally supporters in a state he lost by less than a point in 2016. there's another republican in new hampshire this week who still might jump in the race and challenge the president. and right now beto o'rourke speaking in el paso where he plans to lay out how he is going to reset his campaign again. here to talk through all of it the chairman of the new hampshire democratic party, my friend arthur brooks, happy to see you again, professor at the harvard kennedy school, and the former aei president, chris lu, back with us. hickenlooper expected to drop out. you think he'll have a senate race next? >> i hope he does because it is one of the three sets democrats need to get to 50 and he -- the latest poll shows he is up about 13 points over the incumbent senator so democrats i think are breathing a sigh of relief that this is a seat they can pull back. but i think you should expect there will be other

what about john hickenlooper dropping out, he is not going anywhere.gardner. >> i think he does, i think that hickenlooper is a more serious candidate, he was a governor. kennedy: he has talked about ideas. >> right, he has won, run before and won. kennedy: and he has been one of people to stage, like, he seems like a smart guy, not president. >> he has done some things before, he disagreed with some other democrats. kennedy: and booed off stage. >> you saw personality, he has a belter chance, and -- better chance, also what is interesting he has taken the initiative. beto thing is houston chronicle saying here is our safety net, run for senate in texas. not clear he would win. kennedy: if he does poorly in september debate, his political -- >> he might hang on for a while but not i don't know purpose. >> is that senate money. >> i'm not sure. he had a -- he there was still enthusiasm when he first started. there was interesting how quickly it dropped. >> like a rock in a bucket of water. >> bill mcgurn, boy did i learn. >> thank you. kennedy: tuesday

marrian williamson says john hickenlooper and john swole well have dropped out of the race but she has not dropped out. she has not qualified for the next presidential debate. >>> joe biden is still the front runner among democrats with the support from 31% of likely democratic voters, massachusetts senator israeli is number 2 with 20%. bernie sanders and kamala harris round out the top four. >>> a group called the coalition to close the concentration camps organized a protest and they are planning on demonstrating at noon. it's similar to a protest last month. they are calling on the company to end the contract with immigrations and customs enforcement. >>> and later this morning, governor gavin newsom and state attorney general javier, are expected to make an announcement related to immigration. it will be about legal action on immigration and planning on holding a news conference this morning. >>> israel just granted permission to rasheed talib to visit. they were banning her and ilhan omar from visiting israel. president trump accused the congresswomen of being anti- jewish and ant

i'll pass. >>> john hickenlooper has, in the past, dismissed suggestions.sidering leaving the presidential race and running against incumbent cory gardner. that race critical. would you have to reconsider long-shot odds at retaking the senate next year. hickenlooper not the only presidential candidate whose name comes up. 53-47. democrats have to defend a few seats. let's look at those. alabama. the toughest race. democrats say we have to be careful about new hampshire, michigan if they lose that, the math gets more complicated. susan colins in maine? sure. vulnerable. joni ernst up for re-election. that's where you normally look. montana, lot of democrats steve bullock, they wish would get out of the race and run for senate. this state tends to go blue. that could help a democrat to win in the senate race, a reason a lot of democrats say please go home, governor. help our math. michael bennet, who happens to be a presidential candidate says a candidate like hickenlooper here might make this map a little better for democrats. the only way we can make the po

jay inslee, senator kamala harris, senator amy klobuchar, senator formern gillibrand, governor john hickenlooper, senator elizabeth warren, and senator booker. watch the candidates live at the iowa state fair starting thursday on c-span and watch anytime online at c-span.org or listen live from you are on the go, using the free c-span radio app. served as that when he commissioner of the fda -- 23rd commissioner of the fda, joining us this morning to discuss federal regulation of cannabidiol, cbd as it is better known as. explain what cbd is. guest: it is a derivative of the cannabis plant. it is an oil extract, previously only available from the plant you grow marijuana from. 2018 farm bill legalized the growing of hemp, which is a form of cannabis that has low concentrations of thc. hemp become seeing a much more prominent agricultural crop. it can grow in poor quality soil, so you see it grown in lower quality soils. it could be a real opportunity for american farmers to develop a new crop. being able to derive cbd from hemp and market it, there's a hemp. pharmacies growing host: what is cbd

. ♪ >>> we're back with our 2020 lead, the crowd shrinking as john hickenlooper dropped out of the racer the u.s. senate. the establishment in d.c. is home that beto o'rourke will make a similar move, but as we report, he dismissed calls to run for senate in texas today we as a country will die in our sleep. >> reporter: that threat is president trump, according to beto o'rourke. >> donald trump is our greatest threat to make progress on anything we care about. >> reporter: he's going ute full force. we saw the realization of his receipt ricks in our xhuchblt, but not just in el paso also returning to the campaign trail to mourn with his community, he's not calling for more gun control, including a mandatory buyback. >> that had not be good enough. >> john hickenlooper is dropping his presidential bid. >> today i'm ending my campaign for president. he left open the possibility of a run against u.s. senate i intent to give it serious thought. he is in mississippi tonight. he says he wants to show support for immigrant community there that's something you'll see more of, not just to focus

there's news about presidential candidate and phantom of the brew pub, john hickenlooper. you that hickenlooper was considering dropping out of the presidential race. tonight, i'm here to tell you that i was right. take a look at hisc >> a little over six months ago i announced my run for president. in almost every regard, this journey has been more exciting and more rewarding than i have ever imagined. although of course i did imagine a very different conclusion. >> stephen: you did? ( laughter ) because this is going about how the rest of us expected. ( laughter ) it's a shame too, because i never realized his name was so close to chicken cooper. ( laughter ) a joke i'll never get to use. but now it's come to an end, and it's time for him to leave. you know what they say, if you love something, it probably wasn't john hickenlooper. ( laughter ) so, now, in honor of his departure from the race, we bid ♪ fond farewell. ♪ ♪ i will remember you ♪ wait -- actually, who are you ♪ ♪ i remember you had a funny name ♪ ♪ i wantfá to say hoppingscotch. am i close? ♪ >> i was out of

john hickenlooper is out, after almost no speculation. john hickenlooper ended his campaign today.ys a bad sign when you learn someone was running from the announcement that they dropped out. so two down and a hundred to go. but our focus this week is not on american politics. it's on canadian politics. this is a historic night. moments from now i will find out if i will be named the first-ever mayor of a small town in newfoundland, a town known as dildo. that is the real name. [cheers and applause] and i'll say something. what started as a silly joke has turned into a silly joke that abc spent like $100,000 on. so, in a way, no matter what happens, i've already won. but someone told me yesterday, you're really milking this dildo, to which i responded, mom, you're being gross. but running unopposed, at least i thought i was running unopposed until yesterday when somebody decided to throw plama damon in the mix, and he just ruining everything. but that's politics. you have to be tough, one thing i have that matt doesn't, a lot of things i have that matt doesn't is my advance team, m

kristen: i do as far as john hickenlooper. he is popular in colorado and has done a great job. think he has a good shot at beating senator garner in november. i applaud is getting out of the race. i hope you will run for the senate in 2020. david: finally, is president trump making the progress you should be making. when you are fighting against 22 people is an easier contest then when you get down to one. jen: i think he needs fresh talking points. i think holding rally after rally and holding the same rhetoric over and over again, the tv networks. covering it if there is nothing new. terms of economic incentives, last year we had the tax cuts, i think president trump's team needs to look at what they can do later this year and into 2020. that will give him the wind in his sales. david: when the cable news networks pullback from donald trump, that will be a real sign of change in this country. thanks to kristen hawn and jen kerns. 700 square to buy miles of arctic island? president trump is talking about buying greenland, but denmark may have something to say about that. that

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