only mike bloomberg -- and, again, he's the rational trump, i.e. he can come up with real solutions that are not vitriolic, that are regionally placed, and that can get the voters. i mean, it's very serious. the argument, the problem in the midwest among large numbers of people where trump should normally do well is their changing economy. mike bloomberg knows something about that. i mean, there are real things he can say. the others are talking fluff. if he gets in there, he can do something really extraordinary -- if he gets in. >> so, let's talk about one the other elephant in this room about mr. bloomberg. in new york, home to the largest jewish population anywhere but in israel, he won re-election. he won election three times. is this country ready? we have a black president. we might have a female president. is the country ready for a jewish president? >> i'm sure it is. we had a vice presidential candidate, joe lieberman, who was jewish, who's an orthodox jew, and -- >> and he lost. >> well, loss in an election i think many people felt... >>

trump cannot do. >> he will happily spend $1 billion to do it and this is the one thing about mike bloomberg trump. bloomberg is willing to put his money where his mouth is. he did it in new york. we will see if trump is willing to write the checks. mike bloomberg has proven the point. >> happy to spend $1 billion. i don't know if i've heard that before. what do you think about those endorsements from "the des moines register"? >> i think morris is exactly right. they tend to go with more establishment candidates, plus there is something more steady -- i couldn't imagine the folks in iowa really being behind donald trump in that lane when it comes to the newspaper. >> they have done -- they have accurately picked the nominee on the republican side since 1996. >> this may help marco get to a strong third place finish and that may help him in new hampshire. we'll see. >> i want to talk to -- >> if trump doesn't win iowa, it may be over for trump, guys. >> i agree. >> i think cruz will take new hampshire and then it will be interesting to see what happens in the south. it's very important for d

mike bloomberg, the former new york city mayor, billionaire, would that work? it would bring necessary attention in this race to guns. which bloomberg is very strong on. the thing is, as new york mayor, his record would come up in the campaign. with democratic strong holds, i don't think they need to risk any bleeding support from sanders, given that he'd like to strip everyone down the street. >> sima, we've got ten seconds here. do you think we should take it more seriously this time? >> i'm skeptical. there's a clip from last year where he's like, i'm not going to run for president. it's a two-party country. i'm skeptical. every piece would have to align in a way for the scenario unfold. >> thank you for joining us. chuck todd will be back tomorrow. with all due respect starts right now. >>> i'm mack hallperin. >> with respect to mother nature and bar i manilow, it looks like we made it! >> happy week before the iowa caucuses, sports fans, in a big hawkeye state. our new home for the next week.

mike bloomberg doesn't fit that category. >> bloomberg himself ruled out a campaign just a year and a half ago. >> will he run for president? >> no, i do not believe a third party candidate can win. i can tell you categorically i am not running for president. >> should bloomberg reverse himself so no candidate emerges with a majority of electoral college votes. republicans presently control 33 of the 50 delegations, brett? >> that would be quite something. james, thank you. >> do you think bloomberg would have a chance? let me know at facebook.com. you can use the #special report. >>> president obama says he would not run for a third term, even if he could. the president tells politico. the office needs fresh legs. as for who his successor might be, the president is no longer keeping his opinions to himself. >> taking sides, that's what some believe president obama has done in weighing in for the first time at length on the 2016 democratic race for the white house. >> i think bernie came in with the luxury of being a complete longshot. and just letting loose. >> right. >> i think hill

let me ask you, amanda, about the mike bloomberg thing. told me they polled for it. i said surely it would hand the election over to the republican because mike bloomberg is essentially a liberal in so many ways. especially social issues. i was told no according to bloomberg internal polling. what they have because he's obviously conservative when it comes to some fiscal issues and maybe foreign policy. they have him taking away more votes now from the trump wing than from bernie sanders. >> yeah. i find trump and bloomberg to be very interchangeable. they're big city new york businessmen billionaires who have done well for themselves who think they can come in and buy the election. i find michael bloomberg to essentially be donald trump with a better temperament. >> what do you think? >> i guess we'll go from make america great again or make america hate again to make america safe again. bloomberg with his policies on guns and safety, et. cetera. i think bloomberg is a big challenge to get on the ballot in all of these states. only -- you

i really like mike bloomberg.nk he would be a great resident. >> would you vote for him over bernie sanders? >> yes. absolutely. trish: tina? >> i think that that answers your question right there. you know, somebody whose claim to fame is wanting to ban big gulp's, when you start with that and that is why you are a household name -- trish: it is actually outside of the new york area. except for maybe the big old thing that people got all worked up about. >> a lot of people still do not know who might bloomberg is. donald trump being the reality star that has that appeal in america's heartland. he will have some leg work should you decide to get in there. it could make it very interesting for all of us. coming up next. are you a gun owner in the northeast? i certainly hope you are a good writer as well. scripting an essay. explaining why they want a right to carry permit. that story is next. ♪ you can fly across welcome town in minutes16, or across the globe in under an hour. whole communities are living on mars a

each other to shreds with a week till iowa decides will a different billionaire businessman, mike bloomberg, be there to try to pick up the pieces. >>> plus the big dig, a historic and deadly blizzard collapsing roofs, crippling the nation's capital, burying new york city. some mayors may end up doming snowballs in the aftermath. >>> good afternoon, i'm jake tapper. welcome to "the lead." with just seven days until the iowa caucuses begin, we today begin with our politics lead. on the democratic side it could not be any closer. hillary clinton and bernie sanders making their closing pitches to voters while the winner of the last democratic caucuses, president obama, weighs in on his possible successor. senior washington correspondent jeff zellani joins me live from iowa where the democrats will participate in a cnn town hall this evening. i don't know if you're in dubuque, ames, iowa city, sioux city, but you have been following the candidates across the state. are you expecting fireworks this evening? >> jake, impressive iowa geography there. but we are at the point of a campaign where fir

now there is talk of mike bloomberg, billionaire mike bloomberg, former mayor of new york city, getting into this race as an independent. could it happen? >> i think it could happen. i think he could be that guy. he certainly had the money. he has the experience. if you look, most of us are leaning more to the right fiscally. more to the left socially. he comes in at a time where there is not only great fragmentation, but certainly a lot for the top two candidates right now. trump and cruise. he may even get some democrats that are happy with the selection of hillary or bernie, for that matter. >> i used to work for mike bloomberg did his news organization there. i know that he works pretty hard on this. they concluded that he could not win. they, being his team. he could not win in 08. that is very important to him. i would think, brad, this time, probably be better than any. we know, historically, how tough that is. this is a race. unlike anyone we have ever seen. is this his last chance? he is not getting any younger. >> it would be very tough, even in these times. for a third party

mike bloomberg is not a national figure, he just isn't.the electoral votes of connecticut. he would turn it in florida like ralph nader did in 2000 against the democrat. almost assuredly he would hurt hillary clinton in florida, with the older jewish vote and other people down there in florida, they're comfortable with his background. the joke is, the further south you go in florida, the further north you get. but that would be all votes taken from hillary clinton. so i think it would only hurt hillary clinton. now, bloomberg sees a real good shot by late march when he makes this decision that bernie sanders is going to be the nominee, anything can happen then. i don't think sanders -- well, we'll see what happens, if sanders is the nominee. i don't want to foreclose anything, but i think a declared socialist has a hard time winning 270 electoral votes. >> chris, the reporting, as you've heard, they are saying that at the moment, he would only consider a run if it is sanders on the democratic side and then on the republican side, if it's t

could it be that mike bloomberg is looking at the he can treems on both sides? he is seeing donald trump leading right now and then he's seeing bernie sanders. and seeing a heck of a lot of people in the middle. >> i think he is seeing an open lane and the pure lack of satisfaction on the left and there is an opportunity that hillary clinton herself i think is creating. when bernie sanders a self proclaimed socialist is only running within ten points nationally to hillary clinton my goodness there is an opportunity there. i'm not mad at bloomberg for takinget. >> thank you. >>> we have three men on the run after an escape from california jail. are police closer to figuring out where they are. >>> and donald trump sparking controversy after remarks about his popularity. what he said, and will it change the race at all? listen up! i'm here to get the lady of the house back on her feet. and give her the strength and energy to stay healthy. who's with me?! yay! the complete balanced nutrition of great tasting ensure. with 9 grams of protein and 26 vitamins and miner

liberty mutual insurance. >>> mike bloomberg is considering a third party run. his threshold, by march 1st, donald trump or ted cruz would win the nomination or bernie sanders, the democratic nod. former mayor has the money, certainly, to advertise and likely the staff to get on the ballots as an independent candidate, not a small task and would likely take more from the democrats than the republicans. the democratic hopefuls weighed in on sunday. >> that is not what the my view of american democracy is supposed to be about. a contest between billionaires. if that takes place, i am confident we win it. >> you're not worried about him getting? >> the way i read it, if i didn't get the nomination, might consider it. i'm going to relieve him of that and get him the nomination so he doesn't have to. >> joe benton is the chief strategist for the hillary clinton campaign. i guess you're hoping that the michael bloomberg independent canvas does not materialize. >> we know the primary fights from 2008 can be a marathon, not a sprint. we are geared up for that kind of ca

i would love that competition, i think i would do very well against it. >> mike bloomberg's wealth mostlyirely coming from bloomberg lp the private financial and data company that i should disclose i actually worked for for for about five years and donald trump's wealth of course being amassed through real estate and tv deals. >> what about their party affiliations. >> it is hard to keep track because both of them have flip-flopped, have changed parties many times. donald trump has changed his party affiliation five times since 1987 when he did register first as a republican under reagan. so there are donald trump's party switches. michael bloomberg of course a democrat or he was a democrat until 2001 when he decided to run for mayor then he became a registered republican to run for mayor of new york city, he became an independent in 2007, josÉ. >> okay. olivia stearns, ari mel berg, steve kornacki and sam stein thank you all very much. >>> over the weekend we learned that marco rubio and hillary clinton each received a key political endorsement from iowa's des moines register. let's go b

a lot of traditional republican in mike bloomberg on things like taxes and other issues. >> he is verycan of my father's era. even my youth he was -- there were plenty of republicans like mike bloom erg. the other thing to think, as we imagine this wonderful, delicious scenario is that if trump were the republican nominee, if sanders by some stretch were the democratic nominee suddenly the conventional physics of politics and oh, he'll draw more from trump than -- it's a new game. >> right. and the possibility exists in that race that no one gets the necessary votes in the electoral college, which throws it into the house of representatives. >> it does. >> and there's no dramatist who doesn't want to see that happen. >> and the particular -- the constitution on this is absolutely clear what happens. it goes into the house. each state congressional delegation in the house has one vote. and you need 26. so the wheeling and dealing going on between democrats and republicans in the house of representatives, you don't want trump. well, we don't want sanders. well, how do we get to bloomberg

you're right about the mike bloomberg news. bit of politics and sports mixed together. one more wild card to enter into this race. you've got over the weekend mike -- reports that mike bloomberg told his aides to look at what it would take for him to get into this race, willing to spend a billion dollars or so of his wealth to get on the ballot as an independent. you would probably have to do that by springtime in order to seriously compete. and donald trump, another new york city billionaire who has been taking this race by storm, welcomed mike bloomberg into this race. >> i would love to have michael bloomberg run. i would love that competition. i think i would do very well against it. >> now, of course, the reason that donald trump would love michael bloomberg to get into this race is that he would take precisely the kind of college-educated moderate voters that democrats are counting on to win. you immediately see when you look at polls, a new one out this morning showing that mike bloomberg would create a two-way tie at the

they tried to cater to the patient. >> what about mike bloomberg. talking about throwing his hat in the race for presidency. candidacy? >> he has pooh-poohed the idea of running. he said if it was sanders, he would run here at he would take it from there. he knows it is difficult. don't you feel like it is a different world? look at what he has done now. it is actually a good sign. the incumbents. they do not see what is coming. it is good to be underestimated. >> left and right. contribution back then. by the way, there is a book signing, i believe. are you reading excerpts from the book? >> i will be making some remarks. if you buy two books i will give you a smile. [laughter] he was an amazing businessman. quite a character to. you never knew what he was going to do. >> he was having a liaison with liz taylor. you have to be careful. >> i did a story. i did hot air balloons. i came to new york. two families still have that? >> they are back in russia now. instead of balloons, i used it in politics. [laughter] >> good stuff. thank you very much. w

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. >> well -- >> mike bloomberg might be ready to they his hat into the ring. >> i bet you didn't know i play the guitar. i'm working on a new song, mamas don't let your babies grow up to be mayor. >> but it's okay if they are president. he can kiss babies, eat hot dogs and as the willingness to don that cowboy shows, he has ability to cam pan in areas >> there's so much uncertainty, people are looking for someone and mike bloomberg might be that someone. >> michael moss says bloomberg, who has toyed with running for president before, may have a good shot as a self-funded third-party candidate because both hillary clinton and donald trump have high negatives and are facing strong challenges in the iowa and new hampshire primaries. >> there is a lot of frustration out there. depending upon whon emerge -- who emerges, there may be an opportunity for a third-party candidate. people are very unhappy, dissatisfied. >> other third-party challenges, george wallace, john anderson and ross perot. many want bloomberg to go for it in 2016. >> i would vote for hill. i like him -- for him. i like h

. >> mike bloomberg is a good man. we disagreee on a whole lot of things, but he's a good person and he wants the best for the country. but we have differing views and i want to be the conservative candidate to lead the conservative party into the general election. >> carlos: a protester that was wear ago turbine was escorted out of donald trump's campaign in iowa. trump mentioned the san bernardino shootings, that's a sign reading "stop hate." trump then askeke "he wasn't wearing one of those hats, was he? " trump's speech came after he attended church. >> trent: we've got another cold nig here across south florida. some locations will be back in the 40s in this line of work only the freshest t ingredients make the cut it's important to me to know every dish i serve is the best it can be. especially for this food critic. publix bakery scratch made bread we bake it in store every day with pride so you can serve it with some you like being picture perfect. you should want your banking to be too. stop into td bk and we'l

mike bloomberg doesn't fit. >> reporter: bloomberg himself ruled out such a campaign just a year and-a-half ago. >> are you going to run for presidents? >> no. i do not believe that a third-party candidate can win. i can tell you categorically, i am not running for president. verse himself and siphon off enough votes so no candidate emerges with enough vote, the decision would be thrown into the hands of the house of representatives, where republicans control 33 of the 50 delegations. in washington, james rosen. >> the republican candidates are preparing for their final debate before the caucuses on thursday night at 9:00 on fox newschannel. keep it here on fox 13. our political editor, craig patrick, will bring you live coverage of that debate and the iowa caucuses. he's heading to iowa, starting on thursday. >> a texas grand jury indisieted two anti-abortion activists who secretly shot videos of planned parenthood, allegedly showing doctors discussing the sale of tissue from aborted fetuses. a houston grand jury found no wrongdoing by planned patienthood. and instead, indicted the face fe

. >> mike bloomberg is a good man and we disagree on a lot ofo things he's a patriot and what the best for the country but we have different views and i want to be the conservative candidate to lead the conservative party into the general election. >> anchor: a protester wearing a turban was escorted out for donald trump. trump mentioned the september 11 terror attack in the san bernardino shooting when that man revealed the sign revealing. eight". he wasn't wearing one of those half, was he? trump's speech came after he >> anchor: after the break got another cold nig in south florida. some locationls will be back in the 40s. in this line of work only the freshest ingredients make the cut it's important to me to know ery dish i serve is the best it can be. especially for this food critic. publix bakery scratch made bread we bake it in store every day with pride so you can serve it with some >> anchor: right now, take a live look outside. we are squeezing every moment out of the sunday is going to be another cold night across town. here's a live look through the clear skies overhead. on

we have this guy, who falsifies his personal financial forms, we have this guy criticizing -- mike bloomberg. you and hillary in it, sources say, it would show a competitive race. >> i would love to have michael join the race. i'd love to. because he would be, i think, take a lot of votes away from hillary, it's going to be hillary. you tell me. >> she went to your wedding. >> she had to, though, you know why, because i contribute. >> so, here's the story, i would say if michael came in, he would take a lot of votes away from hillary. you know why, one of the reasons, guns. michael is very much anti-gun. i'm very pro-second amendment. >> i'd love to have him in the race. very lat for anyone to join the race right now. for anyone to come in right now is very late. >> a woman named rebecca o'donnell has a 9-year-old son, paying attention to the son, he's adopted internationally, he asked her if he and his brother would be taken away from us if donald trump became president. "the globe." -- what do you say rebecca? >> why don't you pick out a positive letter, we're getting so positive letters.

but mike bloomberg will certainly spend the money to make the candidacy. >> all right.ara, thank you. morris, thank you. it's always -- i mean, again, another incredible night because of -- and things to talk about because of donald trump. >> the guy who wasn't even there. >> made it interesting. >> when we come back today, a tale of two technology stocks. why amazon's stock is under pressure and microsoft is trading higher. we'll get to that next. also later today, the maker of the world's strongest coffee is getting a big break. the founder of death wish coffee is here to explain how he won a 30-second ad during this year's super bowl. right now, though, as we head to the break, take a look at yesterday's s&p 500 winners and losers. ♪ okay, so you launched your bank's app. now what? how will you keep up with the new demands of today's digital economy? the fact is: some believe they won't need a traditional bank down the road, so at cognizant, we're helping banking and financial services companies think digital, be untraditional, and reimagine what the bank of the futu

and in an unpredictable year, now the threat of a third-party challenge from multi-billionaire mike bloomberg. the former new york mayor might run if sanders is the democratic nominee and if trump or cruz gets the republican nomination, a decision bloomberg won't make until march. lester? >> thanks, andrea. >>> there's breaking news from texas. a grand jury investigating undercover footage of a meeting with the planned parenthood official has cleared the organization of any wrongdoing while instead choosing to indict the anti-abortion activist involved in making. videos that provoked so much controversy. our justice correspondent pete williams is in washington with late details. pete? >> reporter: a surprising turn, leverett, in an investigation requested by the wanted to know if planned parenthood broke any laws. the question arose after anti-abortion advocates made videos of representatives of planned parenthood talking about tissue from aborted fetuses. the videos became a sensation and now the makers. videos are indicted, two face tampering with government records and one is accused of vi

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let's remember that mike bloomberg looked at this before.ry, very taxing difficult enterprise to try and run for president as an independent. the system isn't set up for it. so, you know, my guess is that this doesn't happen but i've been -- i also, my guess was that donald trump wouldn't be the front runner in january, so what do i know? [ laughter ] >> what do you know? >> you and everybody else. david axle rod and glor boringer, thanks. >> president obama's final state of the union address is tomorrow and expert analysis for hours after that. i hope you join us. >>> just ahead, breaking news, new video of the deadly raid that led to the capture of eloque eloque"el chap chapo". the chaos when it military stormed the hideout. [ sneezing ] the cold truth is, if a cold keeps you up at night... you can't work from home the next day. [ coughing ] that's why you need alka seltzer plus day night liquid gels. it's tough cold symptom fighters provide powerful relief. relief that helps you sleep at night and gets you back out there during the day. [

you know, mark, you and i have both covered mike bloomberg's dalliances with running for president intwo cycles previously, 2008, 2012. the one thing i learned in writing about it at length is he was a rationalist. he would only run if he could win. you can marriage a scenario if donald trump or ted cruz or bernie sanders were nominees. if you crunch the numbers, there's some chance you can come to the conclusion it's not possible to win. i think probably in the end mayor bloomberg will end up not in this race. >> very difficult under our system for any independent to get 270 electoral votes. he's made clear to people throughout his deliberations every cycle, he will only run if he can win. he's not wanting to be a spoiler in any way, he just wants to be president. he set a deadline for march in part because of the filing deadline to get on all 50 state ballots. it's possible we won't know who the nominees are going to be. the clock might run out for him. it will take quite a constellation, the stars and moons aligning for this to be a reality. i think those things are unlikely, but n

but mike bloomberg is not suicidal. he's not going to do this to make a point.e's going to do it if he thinks he can win. >> the "des moines register." how important is it nominating hillary clinton and marco rubio? >> i think it's good for her that they endorsed her. i think for rubio, a bit of a mixed bag. he's trying to straddle two sides. on the one hand, he wants to be the conservative. he wants to be an establishment figure. this, i think, gives him that establishment imprint in iowa at a time when 70% of the caucus voters want somebody who is from the outside. if you add up cruz, trump and carson, it gets about to 70%. in that way, it's not great. but i think in the long term, as he wants to be the establishment figure who is the alternative to everybody else. it's good in that way for him. >> do we know the timeline of when bloomberg would actually have to throw his hat in the ring? >> he set a deadline of march for himself which is when you'd have to start circulating petitions for an independent position. it's not clear that it will be that settled, es

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that mike bloomberg would make the best president. he represents the american dream. neil: okay. now, he certainly has done a lot with a little the way he -- he has a massive fortune getting fire from a brokerage firm and then turning it into billions upon billions. and one of the most successful billionaires on the planet to put it mildly. but the issue with independent runs as you know is that you can garner a lot of votes, russ perio garnered the votes but not a single electorate vote and you must know that. >> so we believe that by creating a grassroots movement of people around the country banged together, we can create the positive swell and support needed to change and transform the way that -- neil: how would you sell it then? how would you get that grounds flow going? what would you be featuring? >> so first we started on that. since the site went live, we have people joining all across the country and people as far away as germany and canada join the movement from washington, chicago, all over the country really standing beh

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mike bloomberg feels this campaign has been dominated by the extremes in each party, and he wants to jump in if it looks like the election is going to come down to donald trump or ted cruz versus bernie sanders. he's not ruling out running against hillary clinton if she emerges from iowa and new it's an even less-likely scenario. bloomberg will do a round of polling after the new hampshire primary february 9, and from there, he's given himself a deadline for a final decision in early march. his advisers believe that would give him enough time to qualify as an independent and get on the ballot in all 50 states. the electoral map would be a huge challenge for him but one area where he is okay is on the money front. he's indicated he's prepared to spend at least $1 billion. >> axelrod: julianna goldman with a potential new wrinkle in the run for the white house. thank you. and still ahead, a basic question about storm preparation-- why the stampede for milk and bread?es you stock prices, earnings, and dividends... an equity summary score that consolidates the stock ratings of top analys

. >> reporter: mike bloomberg feels this campaign has been dominated by the extremes in each party, and he wants to jump in if it looks like the election is going to come down to donald trump or ted cruz versus bernie sanders. he's not ruling out running against hillary clinton if she emerges from iowa and new hampshire seriously wounded, but it's an even less likely scenario. bloomberg will do a round of polling after the new hampshire primary on february 9th, and from there he's given himself the deadline for a final decision in early march. his advisers believe that would give him enough time to qualify as an independent and get on the ballot in all 50 states. the electoral map would be a huge challenge for him, but one area where he is okay, on the money front. he's indicated that he's prepared to spend at least $1 billion. >>> how will a possible for the gop nomination? john dickerson spoke with front-runner donald trump for "face the nation." >> thanks for joining us. you said yesterday you could shoot someone on 5th avenue and wouldn't lose voters. you're that confident, huh? >>

greg: mike bloomberg may be running for president. if he does this, he will announce in march. rosanna: vernie sanders wins and donald trump is the leading republican nominee. donald trump says, he is excited. >> i would love to have michael bloomberg when. >> if i did not get the nomination. >> i think that the american people do not want to see our nation move towards him out lagarde keep. >> this would be so big if he did this. >> they say that it would hurt hillary. people are talking about ross greg: i don't know. there are a lot of unknowns here. rosanna: we will know by march, i guess, if youse going to throw his hat into the ring. greg: a lot of this stuff is from unnamed sources. who knows exactly what he is thinking. it could be pretty. rosanna: hope that you are faring well this morning. we are going to take a quick break. greg: we missed you on friday. rosanna: can you imagine what happened in two days? i left you for two days and look at what you did. in new york state, we believe tomorrow starts today. all across the state the economy is growing, with creative new