getting in and that that space that joe biden occupies would really make it even more difficult for mike bloombergto compete. yamiche? >> i think that's pretty fair. there's this idea that michael bloomberg is clear-eyed, looking at the field and saying, how can i best help this movement. because when you listen to the polls and talk to people, democrats are hungry for someone to beat donald trump but also someone who's going to be part of this progressive base and have these ideals that show that the democratic party has moved really to the left. so when you look at something like joe biden possibly getting in and you look at bernie sanders screaming about billionaires and elizabeth warren setting the rules where you can get your money from, michael bloomberg says this isn't the time for me. it's interesting that he'll be starting this organization dedicated to carbon and climate change because in some ways that's going to be a policy that democrats will have to articulate in addition to the fact that they want to beat donald trump. >> washington state's jay inslee who got in, is campaigning on t

i think mike bloomberg might regret that today.avid: does that mean there is no room for moderate in the democratic party? >> it is really tough. you mentioned mark cuban at the top of this segment. look, i was with mark cuban and amy klobuchar in austin, texas at end of the december, he was pitching amy klobuchar on fix to health care act and was in her office to make a formalized fix. fixing obamacaring doing it through the center. that is what that says, we need solutions collaborating through the center. i applaud all the moderates, democrats, republicans what have you, it is really hard to get the nomination in one of these party if you're not in the extreme. mark cuban what he is saying these parties are ineffect all. third party candidates are where it is at. you have to be able to govern in the center. david: erin, seems like what you're saying he would pull more from the modern democrat side than the modern republican side? >> i don't think that is true at all. talking about howard schultz, he is meeting with lots of repub

. >> bret: mike bloomberg said he's not running, other 2020 candidates talking about the economy andow they will handle it. >> the ultra millionaire tax that i've been talking about, it requires families with a net worth above $50 million to pay a 2% tax on just that part about $50 million. >> if your question is am i going to demand the wealthy and large corporations start paying their fair share of taxes, i will. >> bret: what do you say to people who say people need to pay more at the top of scale, this is what they are campaigning on. is that going to strike a chord? >> i'm putting socialism on trial. look at the facts and figures, the top 1% pays almost 40% of the income taxes, the top 10% pays about 70%. the bottom 50% pays less than 3%, we have the most progressive tax code of any of the large industrial countries around the world. it's factually completely incorrect. here's another point. you should be incentivized, you should get rewarded for your hard work and your investment, this is one of the great things president trump has done. he's ended the war on business, he has s

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howard schultz said that about mike bloomberg, but doesn't it also show mike bloomberg came to the conclusionas an interesting analogy for him to draw. there is no room for centrists in the democratic party. it's why howard schultz, a life long democrat had to run as an independent because there was no room for him in the party. i think we'd be kidding ourselves if we thought major bloomberg was not going to play an influence in this campaign season. he's just gonna do it on the outside. with his unlimited funds, he can have an impact. it will be interesting to see if my democratic friends decry the influence of so called dark money being spent on their behalf. >> dana: it depends on where you sit, i guess. this is what he said. until 20201 our only real hope for progress lies outside of washington. unlike most who are running or thinkingist, i'm fortunate enough to be in a position to devote the resources needed to bring people together and make a big difference. is he giving an indication that he thinks president trump has this in the bag? >> i don't think that's what the indication is. i t

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mike bloomberg have all now -- >> hillary clinton. >> yeah. hillary clinton. >> well, for a couple of different reasons. for someone like mike bloomberg, it's a data-driven person and in talking to his team this week, they looked determined, and they looked at their polling and they determined that there was room in the field for a moderate to win the democratic nomination, but not if more than one moderate wins and biden is going to get in, and they did not think that a moderate could pull out if both were winning. bloomberg has a lot of money to be able to do a lot more in this race. for someone like brown, i think some of it is -- i think his heart wasn't in it, and running for president is really grueling on you personally, on your family. if you are not all in, and you don't think you can give pretty much everything you have, it's really not worth doing. i think for joe biden and looking at those numbers, his team knows those numbers are not real at this point. they are well aware that the second he gets in the race, some of the realities of joe biden, go

but several others said just this week that they're staying out, including hillary clinton, mike bloomberg, and oregon senator jeff merkley. >> the best contribution i can make is by working to make the senate a full partner in-- in this-- this bold agenda to save america. >> reporter: just today, ohio senator sherrod brown, who had generated some buzz for ad he hd to forgo a run. early polls show biden would start the race at the top, where he's never been before in a presidential race. he sputtered out of the 1998 campaign amid a plagiarism scandal and dropped out of the 2008 race after finishing far back in the iowa caucus. he didn't run in 2016, in part because of the death of his son, beau. this time, biden could be quickly cast as out of touch with today's democratic party as voters scrutinize his four- decade senate record. he has already apologized for his handling of anita hill during the clarence thomas supreme court confirmation hearings, and for his support of tough on crime legislation in the 1990s. >> we must make the streets safer. i know we haven't always gotten things righ

mike bloomberg wrote today, he believes he would beat president trump, but added: last night, the 2016hillary clinton ruled out another run. federal authorities are opening their own investigation into the fatal police shooting of stephon clark in sacramento. this comes after local prosecutors and california's attorney general declined to file criminal charges against two officers who fired at clark. they say they thought the cell phone in his hand was a gun. protests continue in sacramento tonight. for only the second time, a patient appears to have been cured of h.i.v. as reported in the journal "nature," the unidentified patient in london was h.i.v. positive and developed lymphoma. chemotherapy wiped out his immune system. the patient then received a stem cell transplant from a donor who was resistant to h.i.v. before the transplant, h.i.v. had spread in his body by attaching to his white blood cells. but the new donor cells he received had a genetic mutation, triggering immunity from h.i.v. some are calling all of this a breakthrough, but dr. anthony fauci, who heads up the governm

it's really trying to move us to a carbon free future which is really no different than what mike bloomberg announced this week when he decided not to run for president and so and this idea of using clean energy green jobs as a stimulus the economy is frankly what president obama did in two thousand and nine when he passed the stimulus package and so yes there's a lot of packaging there's a lot of message there's a lot of noise on this as a christian let me ask you let me ask about that is the messaging working for the democratic party i mean just as it was being rolled out nancy pelosi speaker of the house she seemed to be very dismissive of it and in the green new deal there were a lot of elements that seem to have a lot more to do with income redistribution and sort of a socialist wish list then it had to do with climate change or global warming what is the messaging on that algae to medicare for all when everyone sort of says you know we should expand health care we all support medicare for all but when it comes down to what exactly that means there's a lot of differences so the idea th

you were talking about mike bloomberg, why he is not running for president. he same thing, having worked with mike for years, run his mayoral campaign i know a lot of his views line up pretty well with the country as a whole but i know his views are not particularly radical. they're fairly centrist. they don't line up with people who vote in democratic primaries. stuart: that is interesting. if you had mobile phone voting in the iowa caucuses for example, you think mike bloomberg would have a shot? >> i do. stuart: but without that, he doesn't? >> i think that without that, when turnout is really low, you tend to get the extremes, right? people who are motivated are angriest, most fired up, which tend to be the most partisan. totally on both sides. stuart: when i first heard about this, election, presidential election or congressional election. >> anything. stuart: anything, that is more important. >> denver municipal. let me give you two sad stats. bill de blasio phenomenally a mayor, was elected, won his primary with 300,000 votes which is 4% of the city's p

joining me now is mike from bloomberg intelligence. let's kick it off with mike. you cover beans.et's talk about what happened with soybean rices. they went down despite a potential deal. mike: they are giving up in the short term. they need a deal. it is a matter of time but it is taking time. the acts and grains are stuck in the narrow for the next -- last 24 months. it is waiting for concrete data. alix: let's go to concrete data in terms of act exports versus the agate -- ag index. mike: i went to a conference in -- last week. what i see on this chart is what is happening. there is a strong trend in exports in terms of production. that is unsustainable. despite this trade tensions and exports remainag strong. prices will catch up. it is a matter of time. it is unlikely they are going to go backwards. alix: thanks so much. we want to bring in tina david for energy and commodities. are we going to steal -- see a rollback of the tariffs? come have already seen it off of route saw in terms of aluminum. they said something interesting with a are talking about the demand for aluminu

maybe that's what mike bloomberg was thinking. there's no point in getting in because i can't beat the left. >> well, they have gone to such radical extremes out there in the left but i do think somebody like governor hickenlooper is a more moderate, palatable, he's been in the real world as a governor, he is probably more formidable. some of them are just flat-out running for vice president, trying to make a good show or hope they can get into the cabinet. at this point, i don't see anybody that can beat donald trump. he's got a solid base, he's raising money and the economy and the country is doing well. foreign affairs are going well. the country is safer and the democrats are on the wrong side of securing the border and a host of other core issues that at the end of the day come november 2020, people really care about. stuart: you have wrapped up the election 2020 for us very neatly there, jason. stay there, please. i've got more for you. stay right there, please. >>> we will get back to him in a moment but i have this. new je

mike bloomberg believes he would beat president trump. but he says, i am clear about winning the democratic nomination in a crowded field. hillary clinton ruled out another run. >>> federal authorities are opening their own investigation into the fatal police shooting of stephon clark in sacramento. this comes after local prosecutors and california's attorney general declined to file criminal charges against two officers who fired at clark. they say they thought the cell phone in his hand was a gun. protests continue in sacramento tonight. >>> for only the second time, a patient appears to have been cured of hiv. as reported, in the journal "nature" the unidentified patient in london was hiv-positive and developed lymphoma. the patient received a stem cell transplant from a donor that was resistant to hiv. it had spread by attaching to his white blood cells. the new donor cells had a genetic mutation. some were calling all of this a breakthrough. dr. anthony fauci cautions this is not feasible or scaleable. >>> up next, a remarkable journ

but several others said just this week that they're staying out, including hillary clinton, mike bloomberg and oregon senator jeff merkley. >> the best contribution i can make is working to make the senate a full partner in this bold agenda to save america. >> reporter: today ohio senator sherrod brown, who generated buzz for a candidacy, said he had decided to forego a run. early polls show biden would start the race at the top where he's never been president in a presidential race. he sputtered out of the 1988 campaign amid a plagiarism scandal and dropped out of the 2008 race after finishing far back in the iowa caucus. he didn't run in 2016 in part because of the death of his son, bo. this time biden could be quickly cast as out of touch with democrat's democratic party as voters scrutinize his four-decade senate record. he's already apologized for his handling of anita hill during the clarence thomas supreme court hearings and for his support of tough on crime legislation in the 1990s. >> we must make the streets safer. >> i know, we haven't always gotten things right but i've always

governor inslee -- governor endsley said that he was running, mike bloomberg, of course, former viceresident joe biden. again, someone like joe biden who can appeal to both blue and red states and also had universal name recognition after being in the white house for eight years is definitely more dangerous politically. there's aded, lot of weight behind every vote. know that there's a lot of primary voters who have an eye on them and want to know where they are going. i want to go back to what you're saying. i think they are enjoying that a lot of these early voices have been so liberal because they are going to use that to paint the entire democratic feel the same way. he wants to try to present a more moderate image. the white house is going to do all they can to say they are all bernie sanders, they are all elizabeth warren. host: when it comes to the white how is therations, white house preparing fundraising or gearing up for what happened in 2020? guest: a lot of was going on, it's very separate from the people working in the administration. they have the 2020 campaign team sid

mike bloomberg, more money than god, i can't do it. essentially i can't win in the primary. as if our conversation i think right now, we don't know whether the former vice president joe biden will get in either. so kind of an interesting dynamic. what do you think? >> yeah. howard schultz is common sense guy. he should be a republican to be honest with you with some of things he says, certainly not all but some. the consideration not just pro-left, heart -- hard left people in the democratic party. they have taken over the party. when we look at the news, aoc or something bernie sanders said, this regards to socialism you know the democratic party is fully completely taken over. what is problematic for democratic party, only 18% of americans view socialism postively. we know that the rest of america is right in the middle. they're more so independent. democrats have a real big problem on their hands. they are not going to be able to win any presidential election especially when you have the hard left antics of the green new deal which is going to cost families $600,000 per f

governor ainslie said he was running this morning and governor john hick and looper were mike bloomberg and vice president joe biden so it will be interesting to someone like a joe biden who can appeal to both blue and red states and has universal name recognition after being in the white house for eight years is more dangerous politically spoke with the like in the senate these days? [laughter] >> guest: crowded and yeah, you got there is a lot of weight behind every vote because both senators know they're not just voting in the senate and no primary voters who have an eye on them and i want to go back to the president has is going they are enjoying a lot of these early voices have been so liberal because they use that to paint the entire democratic field the same way. if they want to try to prevent more moderate image white house will do all they can in all elizabeth warren and paid them as the far left. i would be remiss if i didn't mention grew up in the media outside the adelphia so slight local thai. >> host: when it comes to the white house in the preparation how is it the presid

i think right now what you've seen with sherrod brown deciding not to run, with mike bloomberg decidingrun, with hickenlooper saying he's not a capitalist. with this rush to the left, i think a lot of democratic candidates sort of afraid of the power of the left on twitter. they seem to be more afraid of twitter than they are of actual voters. i think what you've got right now is a big opening for whether it's biden or somebody else to run in sort of a center-left path, an obama-like path, if you will. so i think biden if he runs is going to try to do that. it may be him. it may be somebody else, but i think there is going to be plenty of opportunity for somebody that says, look, the left is, you know, going too hard-left, and maybe the, you know, republican side isn't good for democrats, and i think that's kind of the message you'll hear from biden. >> of course, as a friend of mine said, the democrats are uniquely equipped to eat their young and their old in the run up to the general election. jonathan allen, phillip elliot, can't thank you gentlemen enough for joining us and staying

i think mike bloomberg deciding not to run means he thinks that joe biden's going to run. biden won't announce for another month probably. i think he'll try to do the older, more centrist, more moderate candidate. i think beto o'rourke is going to announce next week he's running. i think governor bullock from montana might announce next week. i think he's going to run, announce pretty soon when the montana legislative session is over. i think there's a lot -- it's going to get much more interesting on the democratic side in the next few week. >> there was news a short time ago about a recent hire by mr. biden. do you think there's lane for joe biden? jonathan, bill? really quickly. >> of course there's a lane for vice president biden. the question is going to be can he go all the way through through the nomination? will a vice president biden, this will be his third run for president if he does, indeed, get in. can biden operate in a 2020 campaign atmosphere? >> i would say, jonathan, is that -- it's something insane about a biden sanders -- they'll be ahead in the polls.

mike bloomberg, if he gets in, he is certainly centrist. potentially with money carrying a different message with folks on the left. >>. >> if they can create a certain amount of critical mass, they will look like a viable alternative to the progressive. and there is a lot of talk that to win the presidency, you cannot be an ultraprogressive. that's something for the democrats to fight out. but i think -- >> there was a lot of talk that someone like donald trump could never win the presidency. >> that is true. i say in this environment, if you want to win the presidency, you can appeal to some moderates if you are, in fact, a moderate democrat, which would be very helpful. >> susan del percio, ladies, thank you very much. we will be right back. ladies, thank you very much. we will be right back. if you have a garden you know, weeds are lowdown little scoundrels. don't stoop to their level. draw the line with the roundup sure shot wand. it extends with a protective shield and targets weeds more precisely. it lets you kill what's bad right do

new signs that former new york mayor mike bloomberg is getting ready for a presidential run. reports that bloomberg's closest advisors are interviewing potential aides in both iowa and new hampshire, and if he does run, cnbc has reported that he would be prepared to spend $100 million on the campaign. >>> and a really early projection of the ballot for the white house this morning comes from larry sabato's crystal ball. the first projection is a dead heat with the level being 248 republican electoral votes, 244 democratics, but the notable number there, 46 in the toss-up vote column. >>> well, president trump facing backlash in the wake of a "new york times" report alleging that trump ordered officials to give son-in-law jared kushner a security clearance. it comes less than a month after ivanka trump exclusively denied her father's involvement in her husband's security clearance. >> there were anonymous leaks about there being issues, but the president had no involvement pertaining to my clearance or my husband's clearance. >> so no special treatment? >> no. >> joining me no

mike bloomberg, he dropped out.ing candidates who are denying the reality of the strong economy. >> dana: then you have the independent candidacy of howard schultz who the democrats won't get behind. >> and he's running as an independent because he said the democratic party is so disassociated from the ideas he represents. he's one of the greatest job creators of his generation. >> dana: absolutely. do you think the democrats are able to talk more about the green new deal because the economy is doing so well? if there's more money coming into the government, we should have more to spend. i think that gives them room to run. i'm not trying to make their argument, i'm just thinking of how they'll try to position themselves. >> the cost of healthcare is a problem. consider a lot of these hundreds of thousands of people being brought, pulled into the economy are probably signing up for healthcare plans as well. one of the reasons you want a job today. the idea with medicare for all that you would lose those healthcare p

most of these people, like ben bernanke and joe biden and mike bloomberg, they predate the baby boomersre a 25-year-old voter, 30 years old looking at somebody like that, they're old, right? they're really old guys. but the fact remains despite that poll, if you look at most of the polling among democrats in the head-to-head, joe biden comes in first and number two in every single poll, bernie sanders. and in fact poll in new hampshire just this week, the granite state poll, said in the among democratic primary voters there, bernie comes in number one. so you have to square that reality with what i think is undoubtedly the desire of younger voters to have someone who represents them in the presidential race. melissa: it is true although i don't know younger voters need someone young to represent them. a lot of young people thought bernie sanders represented them quite well. whatever you give the polls. the other thing i thought was particularly striking so for presidential carices 37% said they were comfortable with a socialist candidate. 37%, what? what do you make of this one? >> that

connell: saw that with mike bloomberg, joking aside you worked for.ype of candidate in 2016 said i can't run as an independent. now he says i can't run as a democrat. it brings up question whether there is room in either party for a true centrist? >> i would like to believe there is though practically very difficult. i think the mistake howard schultz made coming out of the box had nothing to do with the american dream or public housing. it had to do with the fact that he positioned himself as sort of a moderate liberal dissident democrat, rather than saying i'm taking ideas from the republicans, some from the democrats. he had a narrow program that hasn't served him well. connell: seems he is trying to get around that, word in "the hill," your publication online there is publication about howard schultz going out hiring, quote, unquote, republican talent, republican operatives. he is trying to say i take from both sides i guess. >> yeah. no, that's right. he hired steve schmidt, who used to be a republican, not as much now. bill burton as well. he is

new signs that former new york mayor mike bloomberg is getting ready for a presidential run.c reports that bloomberg's closest advisors are interviewing aids in iowa and new hampshire. if he does run, cnbc says he is prepared to spend $100 million on his campaign. >>> a really, really early projection for the battle to the white house this morning coming to us from larry sabato's crystal ball. he sees the races pretty much a dead heat. 248 republican, 244 democratic and 46 tossup. >>> 14 presidential democrats are running in 2020. vermont senator bernie sanders is one to officially throw his hat in the race. a new pole from university of new hampshire shows the wind at sanders back. 26%. joe biden has not announced closely follows at 22%. here's a sound check 2020 of what candidates said this past week. >> what's your first big domestic legislation? the first big bill the president moves? >> anti-corruption. the problem we've got in washington right now is that money is influencing basically every decision that goes on. >> as president you will be willing to lead a conversati

connell: brac to breaking news this hour from the world of politics, former new york city mayor mike bloomberg president in 2020. says he can accomplish more as a private citizen, adding quote i believe i would defeat donald trump in general election but i'm clear-eyed winning democratic nomination in such a crowded field. let's talk about it. liz peek is back with us. also james freeman our friend from "the wall street journal," also a fox news contributor. i was reading, mayor bloomberg wrote an op-ed about half hour ago i was reading, it brings up interesting points, james you and i talked about it on the show a number of times. he says i know there is much more we can accomplish over next two years only if we stay focused on work and expand upon it, here is the key, at east least in my view, a national presidential campaign would limit my ability to do that. what about the idea, james this is guy with pretty much unlimited bank account, can write a check for half a billion dollars, as he hints bigger impact on the race not being in it? >> i think he, as you saw in the other parts of the ar

. >> juan: mike bloomberg, former mayor of new york, today said he's not running.ton said she's not running. i think a lot of them are looking to joe biden. other people on the badge, sherrod brown, terry mcauliffe who would occupy the centrist lien for democrats. the centrist lane is important because it has the advantage of saying i can appeal to people to say that we will beat trump. >> jedediah: hillary not running. the only person more upset is donald trump. he tweeted about that. >> jesse: third time is a charm, hillary. i would say please reconsider. would love to have you. >> jedediah: she's going to be out there stumping for people who want her. >> jesse: the last election, a lot of people didn't want her husband, bill. they wanted to keep him at arm's length. i think you would see a lot of people wanting to keep her at arm's length. especially in the rust belt. as far as biden goes, i agree. people want the new car smell. the zeitgeist of the democratic party is they want the opposite of donald trump. they want a young female socialist with a blank slate

maybe throw their names into the ring, like we just saw governor inslee announced he's running, mike bloombergrmer vice president joe biden. it will be interesting to see what the next rounds of candidates looks like at least from the outside. arthel: let's look at this poll. it is a quinnipiac pal, of texan voters which might offer insight into the general election. three democrats in texas, if they were going head-to-head with president trump, vice president biden, former congressman o'rourke and bernie sanders, a statistical tie among the texan voters. trump versus biden 46, 46. trump versus o'rourke, 46, 46. president versus sanders, 46, 45. let's talk former vice president joe biden, what is his strategy at this point as he's deciding if or when to run? >> well, i think his numbers are -- to go back to that poll really quick, i think that it's really enlightening, i think it is something that president trump and other people in the white house are worried about. sources have told me that texas isn't a place that the president thought he would have to go and campaign, he may have to be for

connell: similar with mike bloomberg you worked for.er vice president of the country to be fair. >> broader exposure, broader awareness but it isn't clear to me given he is gaffe-prone, he doesn't really have a program. that he is linked to obama, which while it is positive is not an una bashed positive. connell: it might be a mistake for democrats if they don't nominate joe biden, if you look at other numbers, new poll out for emerson college in wisconsin, which is key state. surprise it went to president trump last time around. biden, beats the president as of now quite handily in wisconsin, that it is outside the margin of error. all other candidates are within the margin, very close. >> here is what i say, connell, dispense with the primary, nominate biden and kamala harris -- connell: running mate? >> we would be in the strongest -- connell: you don't think that will happen? you think democrats go into a different direction? >> i think it is fratricide. i would have to bet on beto, kamala, bernie sanders i would make them favors ov

former new york city mayor mike bloomberg says he won't enter the race although his money will.nator sherrod brown announcing he's also going to sit this out. hillary clinton says she's not runed but, reportedly, isn't ready to close the door entirely. all of this, of course, as the waiting game continues with former vice president joe biden reportedly in the final stages of preparing for a 2020 run. we're back with dan henninger and gillian melcher. i'm losing track, kim, of 40's in and who's not -- who's in and who's not. and i think who's not speaks pretty loudly about issues within the party particularly within the moderates. >> yeah. i think there are two main issues that are guiding the decisions for those who are not in. one just has to do with how crowded the field is. you know, it's one thing when you have 14 candidates out there and no one knows who they are, but you've got a couple of big name stauers out there -- stars out there, so that makes it harder sherrod brown or jeff networkly who both inside -- merkley who both decided not to do it. a lot of the operatives h

jim messina, we've seen mike bloomberg, another candidate, a billionaire, saying yesterday he'll putoney where his mouth is, put his money into battleground states to defeat the president. can we see this as another signal that joe biden is in? >> i think so. ron can't celebrate on national tv. joe biden would have the support of labor as would sherrod brown. this is the statesman, moderate lane. bloomberg's announcement yesterday was one of the most selfless thing i've seen in american politics. there was a pathway for him, and he decided to spend his own money to defeat donald trump. that's another very good thing if you're joe biden. joe biden is the only person in this field who can make his own decision. the others have to say, what are the other candidates, what is my lane. biden can sit back and wait for this. everyone thinks biden is running. the big unknown out there is beto, what's beto doing. that's the other thing people are going to find out, reportedly, next week. >> and people like eric swalwell, other young, younger, members of congress who want to run, talking about

. >> mike bloomberg made comments on the apology tour. when this gets in, does this go away?this continue to placate him? if he gets in. sorry. what's your read on this? >> in joe biden's case it's a half apology tour. he's pushing the blame whether it's tough on crime legislation or anita hill, he's kind of blaming it on other people and not taking as much personal responsibility and he's blaming it on experts with evidence of crime data or in anita hill's case he's talking about the other white men on the committee. so i think -- unless he comes out and has a full apology tour that actually addresses these issue, i don't know if it will satisfy the base that is, you know, that he needs to satisfy in order to probably do well in the democratic primary. >> arlette, we have about a minute left, i don't think his team wants to roll out with a full apology tour and their perspective on how this plays out in the months ahead. >> you've seen him trickle this out in the last few months and there are comments about criminal justice issues and this comment about anita hill. you also

. >> that's what mike bloomberg said. >> we want the same stuff articulated there.'t know how this has become the worst thing in the world for some people. >> i would say legislation is most exciting because it emphasizes the findings of the u.n. and what the u. says we need to do. there is some indication how we would get to those goals, a position paper more than a proper bill. those ambitions are exactly in line with what all the world scientists -- >> america has not been in that place. under donald trump we have withdrawn from even stating those are shared ambitions. >> yes, and he's telling you you're not going to have a cow or eat ice cream going forward. traditionalists are worried this is a completely radical idea. >> there is nothing in the bill that mentions those things at the moment. there is some back story about an faq that was probably written too early or published to early that was written too jokingly that hit some of those points. but the main, the main features of that bill are that we need to do exactly what the u.n. says we need to do, cut emi

or mike bloomberg if he gets in, who is independently wealthy. it's hard for the governors who are less name recognition who are running as moderates in an environment right now where the left has -- >> remember a time when that was the big thing if you're a moderate, getting the moderates, getting -- >> completely. most people, most will tell you it's much more -- you have to win the nomination. that means going left in the democratic party, but you have to immediately pivot to the middle to run against president trump because most voters are in the middle. >> bernie sanders, his problem is not going left. it's certain pockets of democratic voters to whom he doesn't have the greatest appeal. you spent time listening to him this weekend. >> yeah, i went to both of his events in brooklyn and chicago. massive, massive crowds in both places. it really reminded me of 2016 in that regard. what was different this time, it's many of the economic lines he's been pushing his career. free college, guaranteed federal job, medicare for all. he's expanding th

. >> mike bloomberg. do you want his endorsement?ok, i'm glad to have everybody's endorsement but i'm not out looking for any of them. i'm sure not asking. >> you're not asking? >> nope. not asking. >> okay. bernie sanders has more individual donors right now than any other dem candidate by a long ways. >> uh-huh. >> is that because he's really popular with the grassroots or is it because he's good at raising money? >> i assume it's because he's popular with the grassroots. bernie has been out there fighting his fight. and, you know, that's got a lot of people energized. >> is he the front-runner? >> i -- you need a pundit for this. but it sure looks like it. >> it does look like it. >> it's not my business. >> not your thing. let me ask you something i was wondering because you spent most of your life in other types of service. how old were you when you first thought i think i might run for office? >> oh, golly. let's see. i could do the math, but i was in my 60s. i never was going to do this. >> when you were teaching, this was not

he said joe biden, like mike bloomberg, could never get nominated and should never have run, he was rightoe biden probably shouldn't run either because this party is so part of the left now there's no way joe biden can get nominated, is that right? >> no, it's not. i understand the argument but it's just not true. 61% of democrats say the most important issue in the democratic primary is who can beat donald trump. donald trump is a unifying factor. we've seen this before remember in 2004 when we danced with howard dean and john edwards and everybody thought kerry could beat bush so we're going to kerry. the second thing is there's no major front-runner in this race included but the thought we're going to go to the more progressive candidate is probably not true. the other thing as you covered is seven states have gone from caucuses to open primaries in the 2020 election, which is going to open it up to a much bigger group of people, including independents and republicans in the democratic primary. and likely go to electing or nominating a more electable candidate in the general election.

i think mike bloomberg did a whole bunch of research here.he people around him did a whole bunch of research. they looked hard at the fact and they said, am i really going to make a positive impact if i run for the democratic nomination? he's getting out of the race for that nomination. he's not getting out of this campaign. what i think is interesting here is he is saying, i'm going to be very involved in helping to make sure to support democrats and to ultimately support whoever gets the nomination because i want to see an end to trump. and i think it's a good thing here. i think we have to pause and say he's decided to do what he thinks is best for the country. he believes donald trump must be limited to one term and must be out of there. and what he is saying is i'm not the person because of the contours, the dynamic of the democratic nomination process. i'm not the person who's going to be able to do that, but i am absolutely going to continue working to make that happen. >> but, ryan, i don't know. is there another way to interpret this

two of the strongest contenders in the so-called moderate lane of the race have gotten out mike bloombergker. good for biden. loser robert mueller who only got four years of a sentence for paul manafort. he had recommended at least 19. although he does have another crack at it. and that judge, judge ellis over there in virginia did not like the special counsel. >> chris: less than a minute? winner? >> biggest winner of the week was the nerds at critical role dungeons and dragons kick starter they asked for 750,000 they raised $600 million in four days. my loser is the poor teacher who did not recognize the cross on that poor kid's forehead and made him wipe it off in elementary school in utah. hopefully this will be a learning experience for those of you was who perhaps needed to spend more time studying religion in america. >> chris: what's the name of the group that's the winner? >> critical role critters. they are the best. >> chris: all right. anybody who knew them raise your hand. [laughter] okay. obviously ben. good on you. thank you, panel. when we come back, "notable quotables." ♪

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