let‘s start with the guardian, michael bloomberg saying that brexit is the worst ever decision.d this is precisely the sort of comments which have been made by a lot of world leaders, in the lead up to the brexit referendum, which i would argue probably has changed more people‘s minds towards brexit and away from it. people don‘t like these interventions. so mind your own business? a bit like that. speaking on behalf of remainer is, this is the sort of thing we could do without. some incredibly rich american telling us how stupid we are averaging to leave the european union. the single stupidest thing any country has ever done, that is quite a any country has ever done, that is quitea claim. any country has ever done, that is quite a claim. apart from electing donald trump, which is a good line, but front—page lead in the guardian? please. it isjust annoying, especially as this is the guy call one of the stupidest thing is a rich man has done is build that ghastly new headquarters in the, rowing a beautiful cityscape of st paul's. it is hideous, go and have a look, and don't hav

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michael bloomberg, form of mayor of new york said the stupidest think countries have ever done was collecthe donald trump and brexit. what has that got to do with catalonia? he could have added the catalonian vote in spain was one of the stupidest things that has happened. you didn't. don't put words in his mouth. you have got a stable economy will relatively after all the problems with europe and the piigs economies, let us throw a spanner in the works. somebody who wants stability and doesn't want catalonian independence, one in genius thing the spanish prime minister did was call elections for december. it removes the legs under the independence movement because they have to focus on siffésii ii if. sugg movement will not win. independence movement will not win. there was a poll done by el pais showing that the majority oppose independence. let us look at the twitter thai raid on the part of president trump. several tweets in minutes. all to do with possible russian collusion in the run—up to the presidential election. we have the presidential election. we have the washington post and f

his clients include new york city mayor michael bloomberg and corporate clients including time warner, procter and gamble and at&t and you can also see him as a frequent commentator on fox news. he is also a bit of a mix sendoff that wrote about nixon's policies called the nixon effect held the presidency fundamentally changed american politics. his new book is about another presidency and the kurds look at politics today. it's called america in the age of trump, opportunities and oppositions in the unsettled world. the news political analyst juan williams calls its contents and noble feathers alnoble feathersr people of all political stripes effective ideas for how president trumps america can get back to its can-do spirit. ladies and gentlemen, douglas. [applause] first of all, thank you for coming. i'm going to try to do three things come hopefully successfully. i'm going to try to address the current lay of the land then answer a question that is probably unanswerable but will try what would richard nixon do if he faced the same circumstances, and number three what does the books

the name you mentioned, michael bloomberg, that gets some interest because he has the stature and financial establish an independent movement and fight back. but the final thing i would say, michael, what we really need, in my opinion, is more of your viewers, more americans to vote in those primaries. so that it's not just eight or 9%, it's 30% or 40% or 50%, take back the process. moderates, independents, people who want a system that works again and the final point i would make is, we need to get away from this notion that compromise is somehow or other a sign of moral weakness. our country was founded on compromise. the constitution itself was writ bin people who profoundly disagreed about some things, but got together and reconciled those differences. we used to think that that process was a sign of statesmanship, not an act of betrayal. that's something all of us americans need to rediscover. >> i agree with everything you've just said. but i'd like to believe and the data supports in fact put up on the screen, you ask americans, gallup asked americans what party do you identify with,

so the one name you mentioned, michael bloomberg, that gets some interest because he has the stature and the financial resources to actually establish an independent movement and fight back. but the final thing i'd say, michael, and what we really need in my opinion is more of your viewers, move of those americans to vote in those primaries so it's not just 8% or 9%. it's 40% or 50%. take back the process. moderates, independents, people who want a system that works again. and the final point i would make is reneed to get away from this notion that compromise is somehow or another a form of moral weakness. the constitution itself was written by people who profoundly disagreed about some things but got together and reconcile dollars thoed those differences. we used to think that was a sign of statesmanship, not a sign of betrayal. >> i agree with everything you've just said, but i'd like to believe and the data supports -- in fact, put up on the screen. gallop asked americans, what party do you identify with? 45% said this summer i'm an independent. next in line was 29% with the ds and

too often, the people who have been the spokesperson for gun control have been michael bloomberg andimmel. i like michael bloomberg and jimmy kimmel's schau but they shouldn't be the face, everybody's cultural awareness get up when it's a new york mayor and a hollywood star. it has to come from people who own guns in this country. >> woodruff: the president, mark was out, went to las vegas but also went to puerto rico, where we continue to watch very slow progress, only one out of every ten households has power. >> right. >> woodruff: only half the island has water. he got into another verbal back and forth with the myor of san juan. separately, we now know he's very unhappy with his secretary of state rex tillerson. there is conflict here and conflict there. what do we make of all this at this point? >> well, puerto rico was a disaster. i mean, what you're looking for at a time like this is a consoler and comforter in chief, someone who provides encouragement and hope to people, who rises above, who delivers empathy. donald trump is just not naturally an empathetic person. he just i

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former new york city mayor michael bloomberg who is a wealthy man has put a lot of money into this movement. there definitely are much more aggressive and challenging what is happening in congress and the executive branch and at the state and local level. so you know, the gun rights movement is strong. the gun control movement is strong. i mean this is -- this is -- this is a political contest being fought at a number of levels not just in congress. >> let's go to our first call. this is bud in west virginia, republican line. thank you for holding. go ahead. >> caller: good morning. my comment is that the democrats started a lot of hate when they called republicans racists. and that disturbs people to cause them to go off the wall. and i think they are just as much responsible and gun control is not going to stop anything. because if they want a gunther going to get it, legally or illegal. >> that's a common refrain from people that call in. what about that argument? >> there are 300 million guns or so in this country. there are -- i mean, that has long been an argument that's been used by

revolution it's the latest wave of syntax launched in two thousand and ten by then new york mayor michael bloomberg if we are serious about fighting obesity we have to be honest about what causes it and we have to have the courage to tackle it head on the sugary drink tax movement spread across liberal jones in the us from philadelphia to seattle i think a penny a penny an ounce isn't very much and if it gives back to the community and to the city i think it's a good idea and they are very very impactful and they're impactful on the people that they want them to be which are the younger kids if you're using it to raise money it's going to eventually lose its punch and it's dollars but if you use it to have an impact you she's very impactful in the first five years so pay happily it's probably a good idea as obesity in america is rising so that's one of us a several. take away from that some pay grudgingly i think via the logic is flawed personally if you just paid it it's a penny announce that looks like sixteen cents a day and i'm not going to because you got to have but perhaps no one has paid mo

and in illinois, voting to repeal their soda tax, a blow to michael bloomberg who spent $10 million ofhat tax that was enacted and is now going to be reversed. >> listen to my reports three times a day, coast-to-coast on the salem radio network, up next, story you won't see covered by that national left wing nut media, a full report on corruption trial of democratic senator bob menendez, coming up here next, stay with us. hi, i'm the internet! you know what's difficult? armless bowling. you got this, jimmy! you know what's easy? building your website with godaddy. pick a domain name. choose a design. you can build a website in under an hour. now that's a strike! get your domain today and get a free trial of gocentral. build a better website in under an hour. i love you. performing on stage takes mental and physical preparation. but one thing i never thought to prepare for was cervical cancer. 91% of cervical cancers are caused by the human papillomavirus or hpv. the good news is, there are vaccines that can protect you or your children from cancer. i survived my cancer. but you can sto

. >> michael bloomberg is eighth on the list.ated his own net worth. >> it will be well over $10 billion. >> just laughable. it is comical. >> reporter: critics scoff at trump estimates. >> forbes has long had a donald trump rule, which is whatever donald trump said we have to divide by three to what the real number is. >> when i say $10 billion, i'm not doing that to brag. who cares? >> reporter: the same day the list came out, he tweeted so much fake news being put in dying magazines and newspapers. fiction writers. >> to me he is not a richman. it is what a hobo imagines a rich man to be. >> it turns out i'm much richer than people think. >> reporter: no one thinks about it more. >> i made a fortune. >> reporter: than donald trump. >> a vast fortune. ♪ >> reporter: jeanne moos, cnn, new york. >> a cabaret reference at 4:57 in the east. let's get a check on cnn "money" stream. global stock markets are higher after the dow crewed past 23,000. it hit three other milestones this year spurred by strong economic data and renewed hop

it's why michael bloomberg will be eminently qualified, didn't do it.t's why a lot of you probably haven't done it. i also think, by the way, this collaboration, what you hear today is this constant, you know-- "get the experts out of the room. we've heard that before." we need policy. thoughtful people. we need analytics. we need it done right, we need to do it together. a hundred and forty-five million people work in america. hundred and twenty-five million work for private enterprise. you-- the government can't fix all these things itself. when they act like government's the only solution, i remind them of the post office, of veteran affairs, the department of motor vehicles. matter of fact, the only thing they do really well is the united states military. [audience applauding] and-- so-- collaboration works. and you go-- if you buy-- if you go around the country, it works in e-- all these cities, all the states. you know, to-- it's here. for some reason, we just get bogged down. it's just-- maybe just too complicated for mankind. david: so do you th

and in illinois, voting to repeal their soda tax, a blow to michael bloomberg who spent $10 million of his money to push that tax that was enacted and is now going to be reversed. >> listen to my reports three times a day, coast-to-coast on the salem radio network, up next, story you won't see covered by that national left wing nut media, a full report on corruption trial of democratic senator bob menendez, coming up here next, stay with us. ♪ can i kick it? ♪ yes you can ♪ can i kick it? ♪ yes you can ♪ can i kick it? ♪ yes you can ♪ well i'm gone ♪ can i kick it? ♪ to all the people who can quest like a tribe does... ♪ copdso to breathe better,athe. i go with anoro. ♪go your own way copd tries to say, "go this way." i say, "i'll go my own way" with anoro. ♪go your own way once-daily anoro contains two medicines called bronchodilators, that work together to significantly improve lung function all day and all night. anoro is not for asthma . it contains a type of medicine that increases risk of death in people with asthma. the risk is unknown in copd. anoro won't replace rescue inhaler

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michael bloomberg's group wanting to ban guns.ree but they have poured so much money into the race. that's just one example. the nra, all the groups. on the left and right, members of congress trying to raise money. chris murphy, the senator from connecticut already doing fund-raising off this tragedy. the massacre in las vegas. i absolutely think it's going to continue. i do think bret stevens was laying a trap for the democrats and they fall into it. if you read the column from yesterday, he is saying the smart democrats want to get relaxed will stay away from it. >> greg: bret stevens, sneaky man. >> marie: we have put a lot of statistics on the table. up next, hillary clinton on a new tear about president trump when we return. when you say you need a heart transplant... that's a whole different ballgame. i was in shock. i am very proud of the development of drugs that can prevent the rejection and prevent the recurrence of the original disease. i never felt i was going to die. we know so much about transplantation. and we're l

unfortunately with dianne feinstein and michael bloomberg, they want to this time.: there are number of gun control advocates, number of them democrats for more sweeping measures. here are a few a few. >> i can't believe one whole political party in the greatest country on earth is totally sold to the gun lobby. >> if you give them a bump stock it will be a slippery slope? >> i certainly hope so. >> chris: i know that sets your teeth on edge. use a common decency, let's wait. it was enough time? 58 people killed, almost 500 injured, is it common decency to wait a day, two days, a week, a month? it is understandable, i know you don't agree with their solution, but what is wrong with saying we have to address this issue? >> let me talk about hillary clinton and nancy pelosi both. i take dianne feinstein at her word when she says that she had 51 votes in the senate to turn in all of your guns, they would do it, but the talking points might change for dianne feinstein, but the underlying agenda doesn't. hillary clinton ran as a most pro-gun control candidate in america

unfortunately with dianne feinstein and michael bloomberg, they want to exploit a tragedy from day oneul but apparently that is the new normal. >> harris: are public congressman scott taylor of virginia says legislation is simply not the answer. >> let's look at this instance because is a lot of rhetoric out there. have you do background checks and all these things. this guy went through background checks and his brother didn't know anything wrong with him. i am still struggling with that profile as well. i don't understand that i think you're some other information is going to come out but the reality is, when you look at some of the things that have been proposed on the other side are people who want gun-control, none none of them would say anything about this issue. >> harris: that's the thing. it's that one-on-one match that you're looking for. where is the answer in all of this and can we legislate it? the nra is saying we can review it which is a huge step by them, but if you want to say this is not political, let's consider the fact that dianne feinstein like an hour or two ago

and again i'm not saying this to credit though i think he deserves a lot, my client and friend michael bloombergbut climb under his leadership and continue under bill de blasio in record lows. clearly in chicago something has gone wrong and again i'm not saying it's rahm emanuel's fault that the degree of gang membership and alienation from the police is so substantial that there's literally a crisis of society and societal leadership giving the egg's bloating and expanding murder rate so that is again something we need to do. again we have to address the entitlement crisis. i believe now and we need to do it with small fixes now so we don't have to do big fixes and some degree of modest means, raising the retirement age where benefits would be available by a few months, maybe a year or so. small fixes like that can save the program for the future. i also believe in more choice and more competition in our programs is good. as a practical matter we have to do something about health care. i would have been only too happy for repeal and replace. now we have to take what is and try to fix fix it wit

unfortunately, with diane fine stein and michael bloomberg, they want to exploit the tragedy from day shameful, but apparently that's the new normal -- chris: i want to pick up on that because while the nra is talking about bump stocks, there are a number of gun control advocates, in our this them democrats, who are calling for more sweeping measures. here's a few. >> i can't believe that one whole political party in the greatest country on earth is totally sold to the gun lobby. >> they're going to say if you give them bump stock, it's going to be a slippery slope. i certainly hope so. chris: now, i know that sets your teeth on edge. you say common decency, let's wait. what's enough time? i mean, here were 58 people killed, almost 500 injured. is it common decency to wait a day, two days, a week, a month? i mean, it is understandable. you can -- i know you don't agree with their solution, but what's wrong with saying need to address this issue. >> >> let me talk about hillary clinton and nancy pelosi both and get back to that point. nancy pelosi has said -- and i take her at her word

inched in two thousand and ten by then new york mayor michael bloomberg if we are serious about fighting obesity we have to be honest about what causes it and we have to have the courage to tackle it head on the sugary drink tax movement spread across liberal down to the us from philadelphia to seattle i think a penny a penny announces and very much and if it gives back to the community and to the city i think it's a good idea but they are very very impactful and they're impactful on the people that they want them to be which are the younger kids if you're using it to raise money it's going to eventually lose its punch and its dollars but if you use it to have an impact it usually is very impactful in the first five years so pay happily it's probably a good idea as obesity in america is rising so that's one of us a several. take away from that some pay grudgingly i think via the logic is flawed personally if you just paid it it's a penny announce that looks like sixteen cents they are marginal because you got to have but perhaps no one has paid more than bloomberg who reportedly funded a

michael bloomberg for example, in 2016 under ranked choice voting might very well have run. >> this audience and among these panelists, it addresses the spoiler issue. you can vote for who you want to vote and not feel that i i casg a vote for bloomberg or for some other in a normal election you are having the possibility of someone you really opposed being the beneficiary of your vote because the spoiler effect. this eliminates it because in the end there would be one person who gets a majority of the votes. there are no spoilers. >> adam has a a question for trevor and then we would change the topic a little bit. >> directed toot you trevor. our political system is drowning in money. we see the super pacs spending numbers, and just as a layman and interested is this a good or bad thing that so much money is in politics these days? >> in all due respect, this is not a criticism, i will say think that's the wrong question. because it costs money to run, it costs money to communicate. it costs money to buy what is facebook ads or television time or consultants. so yes, we're spending a huge a

it's the group for hillary clinton and perhaps a michael bloomberg, again, isn't actually currently aistered democrat. lastly, what they call devout and diverse. a racially and ethnically diverse group who believe more action is needed to achieve racial equality and say faith in god is necessary in order to the moral. former president jimmy carter a member of this group and civil rights leader like former atlanta mayor andrew young. folks, for all the talk of a praur in the republican party, democrats have their own issues. somewhat of a coalition to stitch together if they want to win back control and right now are without a true leader to rally behind. joining me to discuss, chief campaign vstrategist to the hillary clinton campaign and msnbc political analyst. joe, welcome back. >> thanks for having me. >> you want to keep your pollster hat on. something from the clinton campaign first. this dossier. you were the chief campaign strategist. when did you know the campaign was helping to pay for part of it? >> first of all, i only learned that when it came out in the paper recently. j

. >> reporter: michael bloomberg is l 8th on the list. top three is bill gates, amazon's bezos and warren buffet. >> well over $10 billion. >> critics skauf at trump estimates. >> the donald trump rule, which is whatever donald trump says we usually then have to divide by three to what the real number is. >> when i say about the 10 billion, i'm not doing that to brag, who cares. >> aim day the list came out trump tweeted, so much fake news being put in dying magazine and newspaper. fix writers. >> to me, trump is not a rich man. >> it turned out that i'm much richer than people think. >> no one seems to think about it more -- >> i made a fortune -- >> -- than donald trump. ♪ >> gene knjeanie moss, cnn, new. >> he definitely cares about those lists. see what he thinks about this latest ranking. thank for joining us. "ac 360" begins right now. >>> good evening we begin with breaking news in the russian investigation. sean spicer has been interviewed. his meeting followed former white house chief of staff reince priebus. jim schuitto joins u

revolution it's the latest wave of syntax launched in two thousand and ten by then new york mayor michael bloomberg if we are serious about fighting obesity we have to be honest about what causes it and we have to have the courage to tackle it head on the sugary drink tax movement spread across liberal towns in the us from philadelphia to seattle i think a penny a penny an ounce isn't very much and if it gives back to the community and to the city i think it's a good idea some pay happily and it's probably a good idea as obesity in america is rising so that's one of the best say several. take away from that some pay grudgingly i think via the logic is flawed personally if you just paid it it's a penny announce that looks like sixteen cents a day and i'm not going to pick is going to have but perhaps no one has paid more than bloomberg who reportedly funded a ten million dollars campaign on radio and t.v. advertisements like this one. drink soda pop they are getting. a lot more than they bargained for because just one soda a day you can lead to an extra ten pounds of gear and that leads to some very

time the issue of guns has been thrust into the race and there's an antigun group backed by michael bloomberghat planned t three quarters of a million dollars. you have these two sides and they're both well funded and they're pouring a lot of money into this issue. >> talking to a state senator to your point given how personal and how local and it's going to certainly come up again and may have more potential. >> what about the office, an appeals court ruled that restriction is unconstitutional. it would make it easier for you or for anyone to get a concealed carry permit. >> it was. he would be because if you let it stand that you'll have more concealed guns on the streets of d.c. which is what the d.c. government long said they don't want but you push this to the supreme cou they could say the 2nd amendment applies not just in someone's home but everywhere and then d.c., the gun laws could be changed completely. so you have to balance, if you're the attorney general in d.c., do you lose a little bit or do you fight for that little bit and risk losing everything that you want in this law. >>

conclusion, not the -- not endorsing or rejecting folks were skeptical when paper money -- michael moore, bloomberg'sinancial reporter. we had already heard from larry inc. talking about how bitcoin is used by criminals. there is a lot of debate out there. cannot not talk about this. clients are asking about bitcoin . is treading the interest, the clients. there is money to be made out there. people are trading bitcoin. to're seeing funds raised invest in cryptocurrencies. a lot of money pours into icl's. is out there and the banks are starting to explore, is there a possibility for us to step in and facilitate some of the trading and make a cut? >> for how long. to the occurrences go to zero? fear.t is the it is what banks are trying to wrap their heads around. couple of key questions, one of which is volatility. enoughs not a liquid market. hedging in that world, if there were to be principal traders, would be more difficult. debates, andf the what area to the banks get into this? the other is, know your customers. this is an anonymous currency. >> to your point about volatility, 4008 on the bloomb

vote on these things this week, these gun control groups, the groups formed by former mayor michael bloomberg, there's a large group have continued to put the pressure on democrats and some republicans, and the senate is off this coming week. that group was telling me yesterday they plan to try to find especially moderate dem rats who have been skittish about this and try to get them on the record saying they support changes in gun policy. >> what is it about bump stocks that has even the nra willing to consider it. >> first of all, did you know what it was a week ago? >> no, i don't. >> i think 99% of people didn't. the other was flank the scope of the death and the injuries that were caused in this shooting. john mccain and others republicans say, look,me do this with a device no one knew about is something that's made us to pause and consider. whether it's change in legislation, either way, they realize this is something that has to be discussed. >> ed o'keefe in washington. thanks, ed. >>> one of the most powerful figures in hollywood is under fire. details on new fallout for harvey weins

country where people paused from talking about policy, unfortunately with dianne feinstein and michael bloomberghey want to exploit a tragedy from day one. >> bill: why a top democrat admits that new gun laws wouldn't have changed anything, unfortunately, in las vegas. >> sandra: hurricane nate brings a burst of flooding and power outages to a weary gulf coast. wealth -- we'll have a live report from mississippi next. you pull out the tube and you spit in it, which is something southern girls are taught you're not supposed to do. you seal it and send it back and then you wait for your results. it's that simple. whyou're not thinking clearly, so they called the fire department for us. i could hear crackling in the walls. my mind went totally blank. all i remember saying was, "my boyfriend's beating me" and she took it from there. and all of this occurred in four minutes or less. i am grateful we all made it out safely. people you don't know care about you. it's kind of one of those things where you can't even thank somebody. to protect what you love, call 1-800-adt-cares our guests can earn a fre

manager for michael bloomberg's assets, and joining bloomberg intelligence chief economist.having digested what mr. fisher said but more importantly, candidates, how would you -- the race? would reflect a continuity of the policy put in place. president trump has said he likes her and admires her track mored and we should expect of the same, she would be a good candidate. to laid down the gauntlet some degree in her jackson hole speech where she was very resolute in the notion that if shegets a second term, would not put a wholesale rollback for reforms. what is very much consistent with janet yellen in terms of policy philosophy, how may be slightly more amenable to tweaking posts reform. having room to adjust the burden the rule puts on some firms. games buto preserve is open and a little more flexible to making changes. powell, and, colin further down the list, warsh. david: a lot of people look at this as a policy decision. it is not just policy. it is a political decision. you have seen these decisions get made over the years. is president trump likely to take into acco

here's michael bloomberg, the former mayor of new york city, tweeting.let's resolve to stop the mass shootings in america and back up our words with actions." we have danny now from west virginia. caller: how are you today? host: ok, what are your thoughts? caller: first thing is i really feel for the families of the victims out there. i know they have got to be going through a lot. i am a veteran. i'm a united states army veteran. i do have ptsd. i went and there is hope for. you just swallow your pride and accept that fact you have a problem and get the help that you need. as for gun-control, i think gun-control -- if they take away guns, we will be vulnerable with other countries and only the gangs and the bad people will have guns. then what are we going to do them? n? if people follow afghanistan and iraq, most of our veterans coming home when did our -- wounded are not from guns. they are from iud's. i don't believe it is guns. i believe it's other stuff. host: npr -- police believe the suspect stephen paddock killed himself in his room where they

michael bloomberg has put a lot of money into this movement.are definitely much more aggressive in challenging what is happening in congress and the executive branch as well as the state and local levels. the gun rights movement is strong, and the gun-control movement is strong. this is a political contest being fought at a number of levels and not just at congress. host: our first caller from west virginia on the republican line. go ahead. caller: good morning. my comment is that democrats garnered a lot of hate when they called republicans "racists," and that disturbs people and causes them to go off the wall. i think they are just as much responsible. gun-control is not going to stop anything. if they want a gun, then they are going to get it. www.c-span.org -- host: that is a common refrain from people who call in. guest: there are about 3 billion guns in this country. used by thergument gun rights movement for a long time saying that criminals will get a gun if they want one, so there is no reason to restrict a citizen's second amendment r

joining success michael mckee, bloomberg news economics correspondent.of j.p. morgan in london. mike, let me start with you. first of all, mr. warsh got a lot of attention, because his rs the first name we learned on friday. what to we know about kevin warsh and what he would mean? michael: he spent time on the fed. he is a lawyer and was the liaison between ben bernanke and the financial community during the financial crisis. he's not an economist. he served for about three or four years before leaving the fed. had worked at morgan stanley before he came on board. now, he is generally seen as more hawkish. he predicted a lot of inflation coming out of the great financial crisis that never happened. and he also has suggested in other speeches that the fed has been too slow to remove its extraordinary accommodation from the market. the markets reacted immediately to his name by raising interest rates a little bit in the thought that he might become chairman. jay powell is the other person who was interviewed besides janet yellen. he's a long-time investme