. >> and another one you spoke to him yesterday, this weekend, is michael bennett.are in and the other ten who you think are about to get in and michael bennett decides i'm going to come to iowa. he's a colorado senator. >> i think what i have to add is a lifetime of experience outside of politics before i got into politics. it's unusual. i was a school superintendent. before that, i was in business in the senate. i've spent ten years working a bipartisan way to create results and a range of issues from immigration to education and a lot of things in between. and i think i've got a perspective that's different than others as a result. >> 344 days. a lot of time to make your mark. where does he see his fate? >> why you? what do you not see in this democratic field that's brought you here to a very snowy iowa yesterday? he's like, he thinks he has something unique. he had a breakout moment on the floor of the senate in january that's thrust him into this. a fight with ted cruz. so that is something that -- that is something that he is thinking about, but he is very se

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michael bennett as we mentioned.ular -- there's an interesting thing about iowa in that when we talk to iowans about these candidates they usually call them by their first names because iowans expect a level of personal interaction because it's unusual and a small state and what people expect here. in your reporting are any of these dozen or more candidates breaking through in these interactions? >> you know, i think that first of all you're right, iowans do expect to have kind of a relationship with candidates and people say, well, oh, you've met so and so. yeah, but i haven't met them three or four times. i can't make up my mind yet. we're in that stage right now. all of these candidates are attracting big crowds, even during blizzards. we've had a terrible winter here in iowa, but people are actually turning out in the snow to see these candidates. i think they're just sizing them up now. it's impressive if you run into an i owe wan who can name all the candidates. you need a bingo card to keep track of all of the

. >> host: from a book you cowrote with michael bennett now with the philadelphia eagles, things -- "ings that make white people uncomfortable". >> guest: he wanted to call it things that make white people and comfortable at dinner. >> host: here's a quote. that is what makes me so uncomfortable when people on the business accounting side of my life ask how are you building your personal brand? it rings so ugly in my ears because a brand is a product. >> guest: michael bennett is one of the most extraordinarily and exceptional people i ever met in sports. the reason i did the book with him in the first place was he was michael bennett and i asked to work with him and i met him on stage in front of 750 people in seattle at seattle townhall and was asked if i could interview him publicly several years ago and that is where i met him, on stage. we vibe so well and i was so moved by what he had to say that afterwards he said i am thinking of doing a book, "things that make white people uncomfortable" at dinner, i said i don't know if we should do something with the title but i would be ho

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that was democratic senator from colorado michael bennett calling out ted cruz over the shutdown laste "washington post" "michael bennett could be the answer to the question every democrat is asking." reading from your piece, "over time he has quietly burnished his origins with a sparkling, diverse resumÉ that should appeal to a widing isment of the electorate, democrats, republicans and independents alike. bennett melds the best of the last two candidates to win the white house, bill clinton and barack obama. he as p hhas a commitment to ke there is no perspective democrat being candidate who presents as clear a contrast with trump. it's anyone's guess whether michael bennett can best the growing field of democratic candidates vying to defeat trump and restore honor to the white house, but here's hoping the quiet colorado senator gives it a try. joe, is it possible? do you think he might jump in? >> i think he might jump in if you watch him on "meet the press." first of all, i don't know that i've ever met michael bennett so while this sounds like an endorsement of his candidacy, it'

it rings rains so ugly in my es because the brand is a product. >> guest: i think michael bennett is one of the most extraordinary and exceptional people i've had the privilege to meet what i have been doing sports victories what iro did, e book with them in the first place is because who he is, michael bennett. esp to work i within and i met m on stage in front of 750 people in seattle at seattle town hall. i was asked if i would interview him publicly several years ago. that is where i i met him was n stage, and we just, we provide so well and i was so moved by what he had to say that afterwards he said hey, i think that doing a book. i think "things that make white people uncomfortable." i said i do about the title. we might deed to do something method but i did honor to work with you. when michael speaks about that, about brands, it rings so true because we are at a point now where athletes are like corporations with legs. they have a whole set the people who work for them and work with them. they have the person get the person behind the person. it's easier to get to vito corleo

they are not announced candidates like michael bennett.johnsonston last night with him in which about 80 folks showed up at a local brewery. he had much more of a conversation with folks. he was congenial. he seemed comfortable on the trail. essentially he's an unknown to a large extent. last month during the government shutdown he had quite a moment on the senate floor when he called out ted cruz for essentially basically a hypocrite when it came to government shutdowns. that's the reality. we have 11 months left. kamala harris is able to draw hundreds now. the question is can somebody michael bennett, will he be able to work those areas if he were to make a play. >> he had a spartacus moment during the shutdown, some 340 plus days there. i should tell you that i didn't recognize your backdrop because over the last few months, it's been vaughn plus cal, plus cal, plus cal. >> and there's also going to be plenty of cows in the months ahead, too. >> vaughn says the who farms smell worse than the cow farms. thanks vaughn hillyard in iowa wai

take a listen to colorado democratic president michael bennett.what he is going to say. >> he is trying to disqualify democrats by calling themselves socialists. democrats are democrats. we are democratic party. that's who we should stand for. we should also be strategic and not walk into -- not make it any easier for the president to disqualify ourselves. >> how do you interpret that? >> i think that donald trump thinks that using the term socialism is really going to whip up something on the left and cause all of this chaos. i'm a millennial. the word socialism doesn't have the bite that it maybe had 40 years ago. so i -- also no one is a socialist that's running. i know someone that's a democratic socialist. it is very different than socialism. at the end of the day -- and a little bit of a different meaning. at the end of the day i don't think democrats should be distracted. they need to run their own races. they need to talk about the issues. do not get caught up in the donald trump. he fights dirty. he gets low and you can't beat him at that

michael bennett he was on "meet the press," others expressed concerns these are two left. they'll be problematic for general election voters who are tired of donald trump certainly like sbur -- >> it senator, he's tauting her ed si. >> making herself less electable to voters who don't want such a progressive. matt? >> yeah, i do think amy klobachar faces an interesting challenge, right? >> she's on the one hand has something to offer from others in the field. a lot of the energy as bev was pointing out on the left and learn learn certainly tug that party in that election even though he lost in 2016. in the way he was talking about them, klobachar is not doing that and at least so far. that's some what the test of her candidacy of my how the marketplace is for a rate more rate position. for the idea that i will work with raindrops on incremental change or do we want fundamental to be shifting change. it is important to remember in 2016. there was a lot of those folks out there who really liked the progress tiff policies that alexanders was put in force and the -- maybe ther

colorado senator michael bennett and house chair adam schiff. >>> today bob mueller is trying to gag's arrest last month this unusual video shows roger stone surrendering in the early-morning fbi raid. you can see him with his hands up. this is the first time we're seeing an arrest in the mueller probe. play out on camera. so let's look at this exact scene. this was the morning of january 25th. what you're seeing there on the screen are these fbi agents, long guns drawn, their faces only blurred for the sake of the media coverage. this video was put out by roger stone himself what we're watching now, what the public is seeing for the first time ever is roger stone's morning. friday, january 25th. the information we have suggests this all

michael bennett on "meet the press," here you have a colorado senator and you also have a colorado formerr hickenlooper thinking about getting into this. this is bennett on "meet the press" with chuck todd. >> now what democrats are saying is if you like your insurance we'll take it away from you from 180 million people that get their insurance from their employer and like it. where 20 million americans are on medicare and love it. that seems like a bad open offer for me. >> joe crowley, he is objecting to medicare for all which has been the picture of some of the more progressive candidates in the race. he says that is basically saying to people give up what you have rather than add on which is what he's proposing. who has the best message from the democrats? >> think we're headed toward a medicare fall at should point in the future. he's an interesting candidate. he was born in connecticut and out of colorado and a former head of education in colorado and now u.s. senator. i think what he's saying is democrats haven't really taken credit for what we've done and that is to enrich the liv

as michael bennett said very dramatically on the senate floor, it had $46 billion in border securityding, not just $5 billion. >> well, first of all, i want to thank marco rubio because i know he's been a big proponent of taking care of the dreamers and trying to fix tps and working on border security. i think we need to look at all the provisions, and look at things like that and do a big done. i do not want government shutdown, i want to have border security. people have to stop being actors and sit down and get something done. we shouldn't going go to a negotiation like nancy pelosi did and say there's going to be no money for a wall. there has to be border security. >> if the president doesn't want to do national emergency but won't sign this deal, you're stuck with a shutdown. what do you do as a senate republican? >> i think it's going to be tough. i think it's going to be very difficult. i was very frustrated asduring . but our coast guard, part of the military didn't get paid, and we had a bill sponsored to do that and chuck schumer stopped that, even. there's so much hatred

you'll start to see candidates, sherrod brown isn't in yet but he's exploring, senator michael bennettn "meet the press" this weekend, they're saying, hey, guys, this is all sounding very coastal, it might work on the coast but here in the middle of the country where the election is probably going to decided in 2020, these positions still seem a little out there. yes, you're right, polling shows the majority of americans want to see people pay more taxes, rich people pay more taxes, that shouldn't necessarily be radical. but if it's in the context of all these other sort of left-swaying issues, that is a little bit of a danger for democrats. >> we're just getting the tape of president trump speaking about venezuela and then answering some questions. let's take a look. >> and, uh, i think it's going to work out very well. >> reporter: is that a solution for venezuela? >> there are a number of solutions, a number of different options. we look at all options. >> reporter: are you thinking of sending troops to colombia? >> i never talk about that. >> let me add something on the first quest

the yeses, amy klobuchar, michael bennett, jeff merkley of oregon.ready seeing this sharp divide, who is in the more progressive camp, who is in the more establishment camp. how will democrats use this on the campaign trail? >> lucky for them, shutdown or not, the bill got passed, the government is funded, at least for now, and that's good. the thing that president trump has sort of handed them but they're also handing him, the wall fight will be a legal one and it will go back to the straight up political arena. the president will say, i'm now trying to build my wall, i'm doing everything i want, and the obstructionist democrats, whether it be the house democrats or the california attorney general, they're stopping me from building my wall. and they'll say, it's our job to stop him. who voted for the shutdown bill and who didn't gets pushed aside, it's too nuanced an argument. >> it's sign in the democratic field right now, people who want to govern and break through the obstruction and people who want to run on burning everything down, tearing ever

ohio senator vard brownited neda, bill deblasio was iowa, and so were michael bennett and rer governorhn hickenlooper from colorado. hickenlooper told democrats a governor like him might be a better fit for the wte house. >> i think a lot of people in congress are great up at coming up with vision tat debatinghe issues. we need dreamers and debaters. i'm a doer. >> woodruff: he and other would-be candidates have said they could reach their final decisiha tune. and brings us to "politics oknday" with amy walter of the coo"colitical report" and the host of politics with amy walter on wync radio and tamara keith of npr, she co-hosts the npr politics podcast.he o to both you have. it's politics monday we mentioned ten candidates, we may have left somebody out.ap oulogies, if we could. help us understand, what are the candidates trying to do at this stage of the campaign. it's late february. >> t rigt. so it's early. there are important things to be done this early on one is testing out your message, working , interacting with voters, figuring out who you are and answering the question why

colorado senator michael bennett and house chair adam schiff. >>> today bob mueller is trying to gag roger stone. we have brand new video of stone's arrest last month this unusual video shows roger stone surrendering in the early-morning fbi raid. you can see him with his hands up. this is the first time we're seeing an arrest in the mueller probe. play out on camera. so let's look at this exact scene. this was the morning of january 25th. what you're seeing there on the screen are these fbi agents, long guns drawn, their faces only blurred for the sake of the media coverage. this video was put out by roger stone himself what we're watching now, what the public is seeing for the first time ever is roger stone's morning. friday, january 25th. the information we have suggests this all began around 6:50 a.m. in the morning and what you're seeing here is not something most people ever see. it's not something we've seen with any other person arrested in the mueller probe. because no one else has security footage to leak. what you see on the right side is the agent making that first knock.

to look at bloomberg, governor bullock, you have to look at governor hickenlooper, potentially michael bennettce with a different idea. he hasn't been somebody who's said medicare for all. he's been talking about a public option, which is another alternative that is less extreme. and so, you know, we don't have the range of issue debate right now and i think that it is -- it is causing some concern among moderate democrats. i will tell you that. but i think eventually there will be a range of issues on how we solve america's problems. the consistent view is that we have problems, we have problems in healthcare, we have problems in border security, and we should all recognize that. we have problems in climate, we have problems in the environment, and we need to address those. but the question is, how do you do that? and i think right now most of the ideas are coming from what people will perceive, i think, rightfully, the far left. and i think there will be democrats who get in these races who talk about a different way to solve those problems. >> we're out of time but do you expect vice presid

what happens when michael bennett gets in? what happens when brown gets in?ppens when you see bloomberg get in? >> you mentioned joe biden. do you think he'll get in? >> i do. i think the vice president will feel a calling and feel a necessity to bring that gravitas and i think the minute he gets in, he's going to be the recognized front runner. >> there is an opening for that right now. >> he has name i.d., a lot of democratic voters are sitting there because they don't know the alternative, but the soul of the democratic party is rapidly anti-trump and going crazy left and belongs to ocasio-cortez. >> that is wishful republican thinking. >> the democratic party. >> we did it as republicans. >> alex, there are folks who are sitting in iowa, new hampshire, south carolina, california, which was an early state on super tuesday this time who are worried about the education of their children. they are concerned about health care. >> which is why warren is -- >> this is what happens in washington, d.c. at the end of the day, they're going to dominate. we're going

cory booker, and then further to the right, amy klobuchar and michael bennett.well, one of trump's really good appointments frankly. bennett and klobuchar voted for it and all the rest of them voted against it. if you look for example at authorizing military -- the military budget for this year, gillibrand, kamala harris, elizabeth warren all voted against it. the voters are going to have some choices. if you look at the second chart you'll see another way of doing this which was done by taking a look at what bills these senators sponsored or cosponsored and how these bills looked an a sprek trum and you look to a similar con -- constellation. we have in this case, jill grand all the way to the left. sanders proposed a bill and gillibrand cosponsored it to have an inheritance tax above $5,348. it certainly put them on the left side of the equation. and then on the right side of the equation, you have again, michael bennett and amy klobuchar and then who's toward the top on leadership. >>> and looking at the graphic of the nine candidates, of course five out of t

michael bennett and kamala harris and others are holding events across the state.mala harris in an increasingly polarized america and donald trump's impact in the world. >> let's talk about some of these big identity issues. you have seen coast guards men in the coast guard charged with plotting a terrorist attack, you were targeted and several of my colleagues and msnbc and cnn. a whole list of people who many of them are frequent target of this president to be honest. there is a sense in the community that looks at hate crimes and they are increasing and people whether donald trump wants them to or not are calling his name or adopting the same enemies that he feels he has. >> how does a black woman win the presidency in a country where the trend is toward more racial polarization. >> to your point, we have seen a rise in hate crime. as attorney general of california, i used to public hate crime reports. hate crimes against african-americans and antismanttism is on the rise. >> how do i deal with it? head on. many my heart and soul and my brain, no. anybody who lo

. >> bill: senator michael bennett from the democratic side also on intel said the following about thisere. >> investigation hasn't been concluded. i think reaching conclusions based on incomplete investigation would be a mistake. a bad mistake. we should be allowed to conclude our investigation just like mueller needs to be able to finish his investigation and let's see where the facts lead us. >> bill: there you have a democratic senator with that position. when senator burr says we haven't found anything there. i get a sense he wants to wrap it up. we talked to a democratic congressman saying conspiracy might be a crime and we still have to chase down the loose ends. i would ask you then at what point or does this ever wrap up? >> it wraps up when they're able to force president trump from office or they cause him to lose reelection. they have no intention of ending before that. none of these individuals will be satisfied unless they are investigating him over the next two years and despite the lack of evidence, despite the lack of any serious even accusations. that's the thing that

michael bennett on "meet the press" yesterday suggesting he may jump into the race, a colorado senator who recently took on ted cruz on the showdown of the government shutdown, with the showdown on the senate floor would be a very impress of candidate, certainly occupying a more centrist vision of what the democratic party should be going up against donald trump. but i'm just curious, nick confessore, why go with "the washington post" i think put it best that it was a curious selection for amy klobuchar to announce her run for president in 2020. how did she do? >> it was a truly minnesota moment there for amy klobuchar and true to form she powered right through. in some ways it was a photo-op for twitter, but the announcement previewed the themes that we'll see. she's going to run as a moderate progressive so to speak, a midwesterner, somebody who can play nice with both sides but push for important priorities on the left, will be perhaps a little more bipartisan than some people on the left have been in the last few weeks. i think her lane is going to be sort of center left compared t

with you against the president's emergency declaration because of course you have one democrat, michael bennett would expect him to vote against the president but cory gardner is a republican, been pretty loyal to president trump but i wonder if like roy blount, who has also been a pretty loyal republican to president trump, do you think this could be a breaking point for some republicans? that would be a real switch from the way republican members of congress have behaved toward president trump. what do you think? >> well, i hope there's some intellectual sincerity here because this is not an emergency, even by the president's own admission. he said could i do it now, i could do it later. this is simply losing a battle for funding you want. i get the president wants a wall. he didn't win that fight in congress. he doesn't get to go around congress and drain funding from our military construction for something congress agreed specifically not to fund. >> congressman, i want to ask you this question about the democratic party. it seems to me that democrats right now or at least people in the med

don't think she represents the far left but what i will tell you is i think that people like michael bennettoomberg will, in fact, change the dialogue one of the things i'm trying to do here other than impress you that i'm at harvard, we're trying to have a discuss about the real state of the union and what i hope will happen is we start talking about those systemic issues that are going to challenge america's future and that we actually present the people of this country with a vision of where we're going to go forward from here on things like health care, on things like debt and deficit these are critical issues that if we don't begin to solve them today could, in fact, cripple our economy and lead to, you know, disastrous results for our children and our grandchildren. >> so senator, building on that and given what you said about the importance of economic growth, the importance of private sector investment, what do you think the probability of having both parties come together on infrastructure program is over the next 18 months is that even feasible at this point? >> i actually don't se

bennett's life. he co-hosts a weekly digital show called "mostly football." his brother, eagles defensive end michael beett was a guest when we dropped by. ti, on the eve of the super bowl, a final queson for the former new england tight end. so, everybody hates the new england patriots except of course people who live in the region, right? >> yeah.or >> rr: why? and is it justified? >> because everyone has a team they want to root for, and they have all these, every year the sucowboys are gonna win thr bowl, right? every single year you know, "baltimore ravens are gonna be a new team." "the steelers are going to go back to the playoffs." "the giants." everyone's rooting for this team, and then at the end of the day who's always there? the patriots. it's le damn, how do they get to enjoy this moment so often? it's just hard when you dconstantly have hopes an dreams, and always have to watch someone else win. >> reporter: on sunday we'll learn if the patriots dash yet more hopes and dreams. but martellus bennett will be trying to cash in on dreams of an entirely different sort. this is economics corre

michael cohen on the hill. we're going to be talking about that exactly what you set us up with. thank you very much for that report, geoff bennettlet's go to the democrat from kentucky. chairman of the budget committee. answer that question. what do you expect on the hill from michael cohen? >> well, you know, i really have no idea. clearly this is someone who has been intimately involved with the trump organization for a number of years who knows exactly what's gone on. we have seen all of the strategies that the trump organization have used over the years. bankrupting many of their businesses. stiffing contractors on obligations. i think we'll get a very, very vivid picture of the way the trump organization operated. whether that involves criminal activity or unscrupulous activity, we'll find out. this is important information to have because you want to know exactly the way your president has led his life and we deserve to know that. whether it is criminal or not, i have no idea. we know, for instancinstance, tp family violated the law in the operation of the foundation. that is the purview of the new york attorney general ri

and on his calls for somebody to look into michael cohen's father-in-law the president declares it's not witness tampering at all. joining me now geoff bennett at the white house. here with me at the table, peter baker. amy stoddard and aaron blake. peter, let me start with you. so interview with the president. this came together interestingly. he called your paper's publisher and said have dinner off the record. your publisher went how about an on the record. >> a publisher who wanted journalism. and president trump invited us into the oval office. we spent about an hour and a half with him yesterday. >> there's been a question about this senior official who was directed on the campaign to talk with roger stone about wikileaks as we explained. i want to start there with you. the president said fairly definitively to you he never directed anybody to reach out on wikileaks. >> he said he didn't talk to roger stone or tell anybody else to talk to roger stone. this is the first time i think we've heard him directly address that. that's important. we don't know whether or not that will hold up. what we've seen in the past is sometimes these stat

michael jackson costume. justin fairfax said a sexual encounter was consensual and called the allegation an uncorroborated mess. joining me now is geoff bennetteen a lot of back and forth about all of this, the resignation of northam. what's the latest this morning? >> rally, great to see you. we're in a holding pattern. the governor is still telling members of his cabinet and aides that he wants more time to deliberate. he wants more time to clear his name. the governor i'm told feels that if he were to step aside now, that would be an admission of wrong doing and that he would be branded a racist. and so the other thing complicating his decision making is as you mentioned the fact that his would be successor, the lieutenant governor, is facing these troubles of his own. in the form of this now uncorroborated allegation of sexual assault dating back to the 2004 democratic national convention. fairfax vehemently denies this allegation. here's what he said in his own defense yesterday. >> this is 14 years ago. in fact, when we first were -- this was not only from left field. it didn't happen in the way that is described. they even admitted it

right joe and cassandra bennett randy walton and mary jones they are gonna be sworn in and really excited to administer the oath of office. so let's do it at this time. michael all right. are we ready so please raise your right hand and repeat after me and i and state your name. do solemnly swear to uphold the office for which i have been elected. i promise to be committed to the rules and policies established by the united states department of housing and urban development in conjunction with the san francisco housing authority the west side courts lease and housing rules and the west side courts. tenant association bylaws to enhance and increase the quality of life to the residence and to the work. in a cooperative manner with the san francisco housing authority. the city and county of san francisco and the west side courts ownership and property management as well as other community partners i take this obligation freely. without any mental reservation. or purpose of evasion or and swear that i will well and faithfully discharge the duties upon which i am about to enter. congratulations applause all right. congratulations. thank you all so much for being

michael cohen. it is a spectacle that could shed now light on questions of possible obstruction and collusion going back years. nbc white house correspondent jeff bennettns me now. jeff, let's talk about what the president is going to be dealing with. he's going to be en route to vietnam with his first day of testimony and he'll be arriving 24 hours from now and you will have michael cohen appearing on what is going to be a mob scene on capitol hill. >> reporter: that's right, andrea. look, when michael cohen was sentenced to three years in prison he apologized to the federal judge and said he felt compelled to cover up for his former boss' dirty deeds. come wednesday we'll get a better sense of what those dirty deeds were. michael cohen has already implicated the president in that illegal campaign finance violation, that hush money that was paid out to the two women who claimed to have had affairs with mr. trump in the lead-up to the 2016 election, but michael cohen also has a story to tell about the business practices of the trump family business. he has that marathon appearance set this coming week and three appearances on capitol hill, one at least