connell: how much of that is mike bloomberg? melissa: think he's a romantic valentine?udy, you know, it's all men. do you think that's fair? men spend like $300 on average. women spend $50 or $60, did you know that? melissa: i don't know. connell: bucking the trend, as usual. melissa: there you go. connell: thanks for joining us. the dow ended up higher by almost 118 points. we will see what happens with china. melissa: we will go work on our valentine's day gifts. in the meantime, "bulls & bears" starts right now. davi >> i see it as aspirational. i see it as a jump start. i would vote yes but if it got down to actual legislation as opposed to here are some goals we have, that would be different. >> why not create a moonshot? why not say in the next ten years we are going to create a green economy? david: more 2020 democrat hopefuls now backing the green new deal, the sweeping environmental and economic resolution co-sponsored by freshman democrat alexandria ocasio-cortez. the plan has faced widespread criticism over its costs and demands not just from

hugh asked me would i be open to being mike bloomberg's press secretary.o anything. i see headlines now. that's absurd. as a private citizen, if any president called me far meeting on any job, i would take that meeting. hugh hewitt, shame on you. mitch mcconnell saying he wants to maybe have a vote on the senate floor. is this his attempt to put democrats on the senate floor? >> it is. he wants to get democrats counted on where they come down. here hearing schultz and bloomberg saying this is not a realistic approach to dealing with the environment. even from bloomberg who has made it a key issue he's put a lot of his own money into. he's trying to put democrats on notice. i'm not sure this is going to work out in his favor, especially given the level of concern and especially when you look at the generational divide in this country. young people are very concerned about what's happening with the environment. it's an issue they want to see their politicians tackling. i don't think they're that concerned about sort of the dollars and cents attached to this

lot of people who are democrats on wall street, who would support joe biden, who would support mike bloombergo would self-finance obviously because he's a m multi-gazillionaire. they cannot support many of the cast of characters that are running. what they are really worried about is in a very crowded field, you might have joe biden running, you might have mike bloomberg, you have two formidable candidates and they are both super-left progressives, elizabeth warren, the senator from massachusetts, and kamala harris, the senator from california, who one of those two -- am i saying it right? liz: kamala. >> all right. both of those two would sneak in as trump snuck in with a majority, not a plurality but a majority of the people of the votes, and -- and essentially be able to beat trump and you would have the country moving very far to the left. that is what's going on right now. i will say this. if biden doesn't win it, if bloomberg's not in it, and if it's between kamala harris -- liz: kamala. >> and sherrod brown, did i say his name right? liz: correct. >> elizabeth warren, maybe cory booker

. >> what he's doing -- >> mike bloomberg's on the road. >> what he's doing is interesting.ecause it's not even exploratory. took the dignity of work to it which is kind of creative. but he's running. i can confirm he's running. i'm on the board in selma, the jubilee. we organized the commemoration of bloody sunday every year. the only such commemoration of an annual civil rights event. we invite all the elected officials and candidates and sherrod brown was one of the first to confirm he will be marching across the bridge with us in selma. he's probably not going to do that if he's going to run for president. >> is there a chance that the ultraliberal policy proposals we've seen put forth already could divide the democratic party? >> that's what republicans are hoping. i don't believe they will be that far apart. nor do i think this is going to be a super issue focused election. discussion of medicare for all. we're going to see democrats more or less on the same spectrum on most issues. there's a believe there should be universal health care at this point but how does that

and i ask is that to the in the because i asked because mike bloomberg who is in many ways going to runertainly hard at it former governor clinton former governor of virginia, might run john delaney these are all people who we would think of as more or less a center left. why can't they think they can win why can't schultz? >> i think schultz made judgment i think recent history would suggest is correct. is that this party and you look at who leaders are. you looking at all of these senators -- come on who are they? who are they? [laughter] we'll talk more about kamala harris cory booker elizabeth warren, obviously, bernie sanders the the extreme left ran very well in 2016. so he's thinking that nominating process is not the way to go and -- but we should pingt out we're making these reagan analogies he's not a centrist but if he wants to take middle of the country he's going to have to move toward the center. but because -- >> that's so interesting about what he's doing because he puts this on the the table and he's immediately attacked. i mean, you know, the ideas that he talks about

doug, before we go to him, i should pint out that advised and vices mike bloomberg who may run for presidentan independent but democrat if he gets in the race. >> right. connell: how long, this howard schultz phenomenon, i don't think the right word, but making speeches as he did today. is he serious or thing out there for a while, saying thank nah, t doing this. >> i think he was serious when he started. i think he was unnerved mostly about the criticism from democrats what the impact would be, connell. i think right now he is somewhere between serious and not quite sure what he should be doing. so he is going on his listening tour, hoping that an issue that is not quite clear and unambiguous becomes clearer. that is my guess. connell: one of the things about a listening tour, that was made popular years ago by hillary clinton running for senate here in new york. >> exactly. connell: if you're a politician, you also have to speak, as we heard in the sound bite, there was even a moment out in purdue, mr. schultz was talking about mitch daniels, president of the university, brought down the c

and now mike bloomberg possibly jumping in, as you just pointed out, and biden. beto o'rourke. >> our mayor pete, i think he's 37. >> and eric swalwell is young. >> eric swalwell says he won't run for reelection from california if he decides to run for the presidency. but i just got this e-mail from his campaign saying he happens to be in iowa on sunday, monday, campaigning for an iowa state senate candidate. you know who bothers to do that? not california congress mmen. presidential candidates. >> susan page, gradeat to see y. >>> coming up, a blunt warning to republicans. you're watching msnbc. ns you're watching msnbc. with all that usaa offers why go with anybody else? we know their rates are good, we know that they're always going to take care of us. it was an instant savings and i should have changed a long time ago. it was funny because when we would call another insurance company, hey would say "oh we can't beat usaa" we're the webber family. we're the tenney's we're the hayles, and we're usaa members for life. ♪ get your usaa auto insurance quote today.

and you missed a b there, mike bloomberg still seriously considering getting into the race. >> but ifyou think bloomberg will? >> this is the crazy thing. we're talking about joe biden. and joe biden is likely to position him as the centrist democrat in this field. mike bloomberg who would be the pragmatic businessman type even further, i don't know what you call further center. so it is already shaking out to be unique. but here's the thing about compassion, about what we look for. the candidate who will emerge and will be successful is able to connect these ideals to these voters that will decide this election. it's going to be white women and black women, and we are going to see them focus on those things that are -- those progressive ideas. and i am energized. i am excited. i am thrilled to talk about ideas, to talk about how to give people child care, maternity leave, a more -- a fair tax system, better skills training for our workers. training our children. >> better education. >> let's talk about these things for once. we haven't talked about them in years, and it will be refre

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mike bloomberg is not a guy to throw money away.nell: right. >> biden may make the same sort of calculus. i'm 77, why do i need this? i'm tilting at windmills. connell: bernie at 77. he is in. >> howard schultz may say the same thing. connell: maybe. >> unless he feels democrats go so far left. his way of getting in, connell, democrats go so far left, and trump is, does his usual -- connell: someone like bernie sanders would have to be nominee. schultz says, you know what? maybe i'm an alternative. we got to go. got to let charlie go now, a, we're late for commercial. charlie has to go back to twitter. a lot of people are fighting with. >> they're screaming at me because i said fannie, freddy, a public company created by congress. connell: got your phone. put your glasses on. get out of here. >> you would i this, everybody say -- connell: this segment is officially over. we'll be right back. the latest innovation from xfinity isn't just a store. it's a save more with a new kind of wireless network store. it's a look what your wifi c

trish: do you think we'll see a mike bloomberg situation or howard schultz?ink howard schultz is doing republicans a favor. what he's doing is pointing out how extreme the democrats have become and he's making all the arguments that republicans would be making in the general election. he's just making already at the beginning of the process. trish: doing a good thing for america. >> good to have that debate. exactly. trish: you can catch steve on "the next revolution" every sunday night on the fox news channel. a russian plane parked at the venezuelan airport. and there are reports that nicolas maduro is loading it up with billions of dollars in gold trying to get out of the country. we have a finance eastwar speci. right, kids? -kids? -papa, papa! -[ laughs ] -you didn't tell me your friends were coming. -oh, yeah. -this one is tiny like a child. -yeah, she is. oh, but seriously, it's good to be surrounded by what matters most -- a home and auto bundle from progressive. -oh, sweetie, please, play for us. -oh, no, i couldn't. -please. -okay. [ singing in span

right mike bloomberg?replace the entire private system where companies provide healthcare for their employees would bankrupt us for a very long time. greg: he's got the charisma of a baby platypus. what a buzz kill. why can't you have big overpromising dreams like the democrats? i think we should have what they are having. >> the bottom line and most important is that everyone have access to healthcare. that is the goal and that is the purpose for me supporting the policy of medicare for all. everyone has access to healthcare. >> freed us, free that, democrats are promising people the world. what drugs are the argument there on demo tracks. it block the signals in the brain responsible for reason, logic, math and history so you adopt a completely unrealistic worldview. it makes you overpromising and you can't possibly deliver on. >> if you take it, people will like you and things were cool. >> i am in. honey, will you please take out the trash? >> of the better than that but take out the whole neighborhood

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and some of them are thinking about running, mike bloomberg, and former vice president joe biden -- theyn their 70's, so so with president trump. i would not exclude them based on age. the second thing i would say is that there is more than age that is on the line here. and, you know, there are two or three of the new democrats in the house of representatives that are getting most of the attention and they happen to be further to the left. but most of the new democrats in the house are centrist or moderate left. and that is the story, that is what the democrats are going to have to do to elect the president. i do nothing america will vote, even against president trump who is not very popular right now, for a candidate that they perceive as far left or as the president said last night, socialist. so we should learn a lesson from history, how and did president clinton get elected, how to president obama get elected, not as a far left candidate but as a centerleft candidate building a broader coalition and that is what the democrats need to win, regardless of age of the candidate. david: i

mike bloomberg, that camp is not for a wealth tax.ou don't want to punish the successful in america. it's one thing to believe that the billionaires shouldn't be taxed at a lower rate than somebody with a few ten million dollars but that's separate from hating them. that's what leads to revolution. >> venezuela. >> and i think we're on the edge of that. that's the dangers. it's going a little too far. let's make the tax thing fair. >> i don't think we're on the edge of that. but where there's a consensus is that the american people are upset about income an e yawlt. we could devote the next five hours to discuss what that means but most of you would agree that that concern exists. one simplistic way of articulating that is to say billionaires are bad. i don't agree with it. david: income and equality increased during the obama administration when taxes increase. so all of their solutions for approaching income in equality doesn't seem to work. we should also mention, by the way, liz warren is one of the 1-percenters herself. she's a m

. >> you know senator i think mike bloomberg just -- to you know a tangent a bit i think bloomberg could- you know after his second term. i would as a matter of fact i would have been one of those interested and excited about him for that. and then he had that dismal third term when he got bored now he's just fleeing. >> what traditionally happens is infeint has a po it shall like with bush, bush was collapsing in 92. clinton had had moved forward had a message at that point and time anti-deficit message, and people turned to him. but as time goes on they go back to two parties a and you have 20 some odd democrats going to run. by sense one will eventually emerge. and donald trump is going to be a very strong candidate donald will challenge him and come out of this in pretty good shape. >> jeff flake announcing ladies and gentlemen he's not going to challenge the president -- [laughter] in 2020. >> but i bet casey doesn't either. i bet if casey runs independent it shall >> who? >> the former governor of ohio. john casey. [laughter] >> a bunch of low energy guys trying to -- contend reque

if you're really interested in limiting carbon emissions and that's your plan, people like mike bloombergoking at this and saying it's not about the wonderful "wizard of oz" and all the things maybe you could do if you had enough money. you are talking about trillions of dollars. you're going to put this out and claim to be a serious politician and be able to stand by it and explain it and vote for it to be able to tell people how are you going to pay for all the stuff. >> dana: can i add one thing? do you know what schumer should do as a counter stunt? tell the democrats to vote no. tell them all this is a stunt, everybody vote no and that way they don't have to worry about it. >> juan: that's what happened in the house. the house last year tried to do something like this on i.c.e. and the progressive side just -- >> jesse: that's what i don't like, you give advice to democrats. >> dana: they are probably way ahead of me. >> jesse: radical congresswoman omar causing more controversy today. we will show you next. not having a good breakfast can make you feel like your day never started. g

that's what tom styer did and mike bloomberg and leonardo decaprio that's what they tell themselves. this attitude defines ruling class. once you understand that contemporary politics comes into focus. why are people with private security forces demanding that you give up your guns? how come so many womanizers pose as feminists? how did ted kennedy lead the women's movement after he abandoned a young woman to die at the scene of a drunk driving accident he caused? and while we are on the subject why is it at the always people who attack others on the basis of their skin color happen to be the first people to lecture the rest of us about racism? what is all of this? well they know they are guilty of the very same oings. t it all makes sense now. ask any waiter how well progressives tip. seriously ask a waiter. a group of aggressive activists arrives at a restaurant they linger for hours delivering passionate lectures will about the horrors of. when they lee they shaft the income inequality. people who serve them food. the very people they claim to care about. only with progressivism i

howard schultz, i can think off the top of my head, joe biden, certainly mike bloomberg, i don't knowld get in the democrat party. would be hard-pressed to call those socialists? further to the least you can go the better? >> absolutely. 10 years ago, president obama said you get to keep your insurance. not looking to take away private insurance. he said that is the smart thing to say. a lot of people like their private insurance. kamala harris, others, chris tin gillibrand, private insurance is no longer here. it is gone and off the table. couple that with abortion, movement we've seen there, they are far away from the democrat party. connell: after midterms, after public polling as well, almost surprising, for those who cover finance and economics all the time, some of those ideas, maybe not necessarily for all, medicare for all is polling pretty well. does that concern you, popularity of those issues are on the rise? >> you're right a lot of polling shows majority report. when you share details, you remember the kaiser family foundation poll, that is eliminates private insurance, r

. >> interesting that howard schultz criticizing, mike bloomberg and interestingly, the minnesota centerlobuchar which is probably going to her present. ashe says is going to for let' start with age 55 and now of course 65 and older. she moved it down to 55. so she is going to position yourself a little different a. >> and another one is sherrod brown, ohio senator also thinks may be the full medicare for all, it's medicare for none actually. that goes away too is no government program comes in but i think some democrats probably listening to pollsters that are same for a while, don't say single-payer. that's where this false medicare for all message came from. they realize that when you tell people, no deductibles, no copayments, no premiums, access all the time. it all sounds wonderful into you start talking about the details. $32.6 trillion price tag on bernie's plan. over 10 years. a massive amount. now he promises lots of benefits but it hinges on him radically reducing the amount that they pay healthcare providers. there is no guarantee people would want to keep practicing medicine

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connell: i know joe biden hasn't announced yet, we talked last hour about mike bloomberg, i don't know maybe it's amy klobuchar. is there a lane in the democratic primary where someone says yeah, i know these are issues, i agree with you guys that these are, but here's my plan. i have a realistic plan. does that sell or do you have to be on the ledge, or way out on the wing in a primary? >> great question. because this is probably the most diverse field of candidates we have ever had. certainly at least in my lifetime. if you look at exit polls from 2016 in terms of the democratic primary voter, we are also now enjoying an incredibly diverse electorate. so i do think there is a path. i think that probably one of the biggest challenges for any candidate right now in this very crowded field is to figure out how they can -- how they can differentiate themselves and chart a path forward, whether or not being moderate on this issue or being more nuanced on this issue will play well in a primary, it's too soon to say. connell: they seem to have calculated it's more of a risk to be considered

that is nothing to mike bloomberg to spend half a billion impact.act. >> mike bloomberg is liquid at 46 billion. liquid. that he can pull it out -- connell: cavuto money. >> cavuto money. connell: we got to run. right back on "cavuto: coast to coast." thank you, charlie. really helped me up my game. i had a coach. math. ooh. so, why don't traders have coaches? who says they don't? coach mcadoo! you know, at td ameritrade, we offer free access to coaches and a full education curriculum- just to help you improve your skills. boom! mad skills. education to take your trading to the next level. only with td ameritrade. state of the art technologyt makes it brilliant. the visionary lexus nx. lease the 2019 nx 300 for $359 a month for 36 months. experience amazing at your lexus dealer. connell: lot going on today. stocks are up big. higher by 1.3%. the dow, 342 points to the upside. a lot of it seems to be optimism about china trade but we also had that wide-ranging news conference held by the president earlier, where he talked about china, talked about ou

i think if you're that shell-shocked by criticism from mike bloomberg and all the democrats who reallyr him, i mean, you know, this ain't the business for you. liz: but he's perhaps banking on the fact that there are a lot of people in this country who are fiscally conservative -- >> no doubt. liz: he will be that guy. >> his aides told me that. the parties have gone so extreme on the left and the right, and that you can't have a logical debate, that people in the center are yearning for something centrist and he's going to supply it. my only problem with that is that he's not really a centrist. listen, he's more centrist than, say, ocasio-cortez or bernie sanders -- liz: he's centrist if he says where are we going pay for health care for all? >> but he's a liberal in many ways. go back to his record. big spending, stuff like that. so you know, listen, i think the guy's a fascinating guy. liz: he's spending on his business. what's wrong with that? >> no, no, look at his fiscal policies. he's an amazing businessman. he's a smart guy. he's necessary for the debate as far as i'm concerned

like a mike bloomberg to say, i think there's a different way to deal with this. >> i don't get to thee need gree more that to focus on climate change. as a father ofc five ldren, would have very much resented anybody in the schoolound mig kids with propaganda, either left or right as to political issues. teach them civility. the art of listening. the art of developing a -- but not standing in front of an elected official. >> i agree with the policiepoli. > i have to actually get off the air. what a conversation. i don't want to it end. i have to. h that's all ie for today. thanks for watching. "meet the day, it's press." we'll still be debating this. i promise you. thank you for watching. ♪ we will we will rock you >> nuance and sophistication are just two qualities of the most effective costume design. ♪ far from the shallow now >> a night of firsts in hollywood as ts hostles academy awards seemingly wft without a hitch and managed to spread the oscar glory around. but there were some upsets and controversy too. withcking off the wee some wicked weather around the country, from heavy

he was very taken aback by the backlash that he got from the democratic party establishment, mike bloomberga brazile, you name it. lauren: should republicans be worried, too? >> i will say this. let me get through this hit. that's a good question. so they confirm that he is freaked out, that he is freaked out by the freakout, so to speak. they say they are going to keep -- we have a statement we should put up. they say they are going to keep looking at whether to go and run for president, they are saying he's not pulling out, but he is recalibrating his message. that's an interesting statement we have here. there's a big difference between the noise coming out of the beltway and what the american people are telling us and why there's been a lot of shouting from the professional political class. howard is undeterred. these issues are too important to let the loudest voices decide them before the american people have their say. what they are also telling me on background is that their polling is pretty good, that when they poll people, he does poll people and you said should the republicans b

bill de blasio came in last among all the different candidates, i think they had andrew cuomo, mike bloombergon there, even alexandria ocasio-cortez, who isn't even constitutionally eligible. he came in underneath them all. i'm not sure he would be a strong contender. >> you are saying no need for exploratory committee? >> i am saying look, he should run if he wants to. doesn't seem there's a lot of appetite for him 2020. >> seem to be numbers as of late for former vice president joe biden. how late is too late for him to get into this? >> look, if you were to go back over time, i could say he could get in midyear and do okay. he is someone with a base in the democratic party, polling well. he would be able to build an organization that other candidates not as well known would be able to do, but the clock is obviously ticking. a lot of people are in the race now, soaking up resources. he will eventually determine if he wants to get in. if he gets in, he will start with a good base. >> and bernie sanders got into the race, raised a lot of money in a short period of time. there's an effort by t

maybe mike bloomberg takes it away, biden is kind of the guy in that lane for whatever that is worth?omeone else very centrist compared to some democrats would be sherrod brown. many consider him to be more centrist democrat rumored to look at presidential run. there will be a few other centrists ultimately get to the debates. it is large field looking back to 2015. not one republican announced their presidential run in the primary season. right now we have six announce, six or seven announce democrats, multiple exploratory committees. we're looking at dozens. potentially 24 candidates. it will be insane. i don't think we will predict who the democratic candidate will be coming out on top because it is so unpredictable with field at large. >> we weren't even close to the escalator ride that started the trump candidacy at this point in the cycle. maybe we all should relax for a little while. robin, madison. >> thanks, connell. >> far from common ground. president trump standing firm on his demands for a border barrier funding as another government shutdown looms. where do we currently

you mentioned beto o'rourke or mike bloomberg or joe biden who may also join amy klobuchar in this morelane. when i say centrist, i'm still talking about the democratic party of the left. just in the context of the p primary e fight. you noted she's not lined up with some of those other more liberal members. staying on klobuchar and in the days leading up to her announcement, she was subject to several reports citing anonymous former staffers that say she mistreats her staff. according to leg storm, she has the third highest staff turnover in the senate from fiscal years 2001 to 2017. here is how she responded to those reports this morning. >> first of all, i love my staff. i wouldn't be where i am and we wouldn't be able to pass all those bills and do all that work if we didn't have great staff. i am tough. i push people. that is true. but my point is that i have high expectations for myself. i have high expectations for the people that work for me and i have high expectations for this country. >> do you think she can spin this into a positive moving forward? she's going to keep gettin

can mike bloomberg become president. is he actually going to run. joe biden, if he doesn't run, put together this centrist left. he's not progressive that much. are they able to win because their party is so far left, and by the way, it's playing out here. does howard schultz represent a third way? he was a former democrat. susan: now an independent, apparently. if he does run. >> but listen, everybody talks about the implosion in the republican party, never trumpers, this, that. it's held together much tighter under trump than what's going on here. susan: you want to thank yourself? >> thank you. susan: there you go. we will get a break. thank you for the markets. 400 points up. treatments like keytruda with chemotherapy really break through barriers that we had not too many years ago. (avo) another tru story with keytruda. in a clinical trial, significantly more patients lived longer and saw their tumors shrink than on chemotherapy alone. (dr. kloecker) it's changed my approach to treating patients. . . keytruda helps your immune system fight canc

winning the nomination for the democrats would impact his decision so would a joe biden or a mike bloomberghis decision and this is what he had to say. >> a lot of democrats are talking about doing a green new deal, what's your position on it? >> i haven't seen that information. i've been traveling all day. i think -- i respect the new people who are coming into congress, they got great ideas. i would just ask the question, how many are these ideas realistic and how many of these ideas can we actually pay for. >> reporter: so that was the sound about the green new deal, but when i asked him whether or not joe biden or michael bloomberg getting into the race as a centrist democrat would make a difference or impact his decision, schultz said that it would not impact his decision. it sounds like that he's studying this very carefully and looking to move forward. he'll be on our air on tuesday for a town hall. he's looking forward to that and presenting ideas that are different than the far left or right. he cannot just be the candidate of no on the far left or right. he has to come forward wit

like a mike bloomberg to say, i think there's a different way to deal with this. >> i don't get to the can't agree more that we need to focus on climate change. as a father of five children, would have very much resented anybody in the school pound mig kids with propaganda, either left or right as to political issues. teach them civility. the art of listening. the art of developing a -- but not standing in front of an elected official. >> i agree with the policyiespolicies. >> i have to actually get off the air. what a conversation. i don't want to it end. i have to. that's all i have for today. thanks for watching. if it's sunday, it's "meet the press." we'll still be debating this. i promise you. thank you for watching. at redfin, we charge you a 1% listing fee. and because redfin.com is america's #1 brokerage site our agents get more eyes on your home so you sell for thousands more than the one next door. don't get stuck in the past. sell with a redfin agent. >>> we've got some wicked winter weather to start your week with epic wind in the northeast. tearing up roots and damaging st

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. >> no question in mike bloomberg was mayor of new york this deal would happen. that said there is legitimate point on both sides. amazon was making a big show going around the country, looking for a red carpet to give them the most tax breaks. newark was giving more than new york. at the end of the day new york city has a lot to offer a company besides a lot of tax breaks. doesn't need to offer as much as wisconsin to get foxconn. there are reasons to be here. to the people that live here, that have to have very hard commute to get across the water, when you hear stories about helipads going in, the richest man in the world getting a deal, it rubs, particularly liberals the wrong way. although it would be a benefit to the area and the city to have more business here, like there is google across the water, much more expensive area, it was still, there was a legitimate story they were getting too much. it was offending -- on top of that, news they didn't pay tax this is year. they didn't pay taxes last year. it starts to raise too many eyebrows. connell: we'll tal

two candidates not yet in the race, beto o'rourke and mike bloomberg they each take about 7%. 7% andat 4% and amy klobuchar. >> what about the widely expanding group of democrats. what's the significance of these numbers? >> as we can see it's already looking like it will be an extremely crowded democratic primary. if there's anything we've learned from 2016 it's that whoever the democratic nominee is they have to transcend party politics, appeal to moderate voters, independent voters, swing voters that president trump tapped into in 2016. i think that we're seeing a potential run from former vice president joe biden. he's at the top of those numbers. and from the people i have spoken with at the white house and those working on 20 someone like joe biden is who the president and his team are worried the most about because he can tap into those voters especially those who swung for the president in 2016 the independents and the suburban female voters. so that's really -- these numbers are showing what i think the president and his team are most worried about. >> so before we get to 20

. >> and mike bloomberg if he gets in. >> that's right. >> thanks to all. >>> coming up, fighting words, acting secretary of defense patrick shanahan goes head to head with a top republican senator. what could that mean for shanahan's future at the pentagon? stay with us on "andrea mitchell reports" only at msnbc. tchell reports" only at msnbc tation. so, we re-imagined the razor with the new gillette skinguard. it has a unique guard between the blades. that's designed to reduce irritation during the shave. because we believe all men deserve a razor just for them. the best a man can get. gillette. if your moderate to severeor crohn's symptoms are holding you back, and your current treatment hasn't worked well enough it may be time for a change. ask your doctor about entyvio®, the only biologic developed and approved just for uc and crohn's. entyvio® works at the site of inflammation in the gi tract, and is clinically proven to help many patients achieve both symptom relief and remission. infusion and serious allergic reactions can happen during or after treatment. entyvio® may increase

we talked about that with mike bloomberg. he could have more of an impact if he doesn't run. bloomberg would spend it on democrats. wonder if schultz would get involved if he isn't a candidate. would he spend his money on something else? >> i think when you get in the spotlight, you kind of like the spotlight. i think he's going to stay in the spotlight. connell: that's right. melissa: hey, wait a second. that's my favorite. connell: thank you, bob. good to talk to you. talk to you again soon. melissa: that's what you say about your mother-in-law. connell: why do we have to go back there? melissa: you are picking on me. you will get it right back. walmart celebrating a strong holiday season. what does it mean for the rest of the retail landscape and for the fight to take on amazon? >>> a messy winter storm set to hit nearly every state in the u.s. when you can expect landfall in your state, coming up. one-millionth order. millionth order. ♪ there goes our first big order. ♪ 44, 45, 46... how many of these did they order? ooh, that's hot. ♪ you know, we could sell these. nah.

and the heavyweights -- bernie sanders, joe biden, mike bloomberg -- we haven't heard from the heavyweightset. >> harris: that's interesting. i was going to do a quick follow-up with you on whether you think any of them can beat president trump. >> i think all of them can beat president trump, if they run a primary campaign to get the nomination that doesn't pan themselves into opening up of the criticism from president trump. look at all these programs with candidates that they've advocated. going down the road of socialism. that's one thing -- donald trump can't beat anyway. he can't beat himself. you saw what happened in the november election pretty got crushed when he was the issue on the ballot. but he's got to make the issue about our candidate. so our candidate can't, during the primary season, take positions that would give donald trump fodder for us saying they are becoming socialist, doing this, doing that. >> harris: that seems to have been a high call last go around in 2016 print even among republicans that went against him. ed rendell, thank you for joining me. we will bring yo