the billionaire former mayor of new york mike bloomberg has qualified to join a t.v. debate with other democratic presidential candidates in las vegas on wednesday bloomberg has been rising in the opinion polls thanks in part to a flood of t.v. ads. from. in turkey celebrations over the unexpected release of anti-government protesters have been quickly dampened by the by the rearrest of one prominent activist on tuesday 9 protesters charge over the 2030 an anti-government gazey park demonstrations were freed from jail but outspoken philanthropist last month was immediately ordered back into detention on new accusations. reporters waited for hours for the release of. the philanthropist an activist was jailed in late twenty's 17 accused of organizing protests and attempting to overthrow the government on tuesday carville i was unexpectedly cleared them released but only for minutes he was returned to custody on new accusations of participating in a coup against the then prime minister now president obama and 2016. it's not the 1st time such a thing has happened we saw i

the billionaire former mayor of new york mike bloomberg has qualified to join a televised debate with other democratic presidential candidates in las vegas on wednesday bloomberg has been rising in the opinion polls things in part to a flood of television ads. wiki leaks founder julian assange is due to face a hearing next week that will decide whether he can be extradited to the u.s. to face espionage charges songe is being held at a london prison while he awaits the hearing the u.s. is seeking his extradition from the u.k. over his alleged role in the release of classified military and diplomatic material by wiki leaks and 2010 well he previously spent 7 years inside the ecuadorian embassy in london in a bit to avoid extradition to sweden over reap charges those charges have been now dropped and at a press briefing earlier today wiki leaks current editor in chief says the sonship is no longer being held in solitary confinement and that his health is improving but he warned of the consequences for press freedom should a songe be handed over to u.s. authorities and we can as a journal

one person lot of people here are talking about who is not on the ballot, former mayor of new york mike bloombergsome people are suggesting that people are writing in his name. what impact coulde have? russell: i think he could have an enormous impact in the nonation campaign that will stretch from the new hampshire primary all the way into late may. i don't h thinks going to have an impact today in new hampshire. the write-ins willot be that luminous. his presence, his shadow in the campaign will affect today's result. he is not on the ballot, and therefore he is not relevant today, but someby with tens of billions of dollars, with a literally limitless budget, can be a force in electoral politics. whoan knows how ads he is going to run? i think if biden self-destadcts or even the -- leaves the race a couple of weeks from now, ere will be a path for bloomberg. he may be very adept at taking advantage of that. jane:learly, lots to watch out rr. he rest of the days stories, i will hand you baco nora in washington. nora: thank you, jane. well, the world health organization says the coronavirus pose

the charges saying that any sexual conduct was consensual the billionaire former mayor of new york mike bloomberg has qualified to join a live television debate with other democratic presidential candidates in las vegas on wednesday bloomberg has been wising in the opinion polls thanks in part to a flood of t.v. ads. for months now swarms of desert locus have been ravaging the horn of africa and while governments have begun aerial spraying to prevent a new generation of breeding the u.n. is warning of a looming food crisis it says the region needs $76000000.00 u.s. dollars to fight the plague but at the moment they barely have a 3rd of them we visited some kenyan farmers to find out how they had been affected by this infestation. they will leave that for one day commit january bennett my congress wasn't baited by that. they ate everything from grains beans and even and try a field of watermelons but that's not all. that. look i do know. normally by this time they're ready for harvest. but the look you have destroyed them all. the flowers even the leaves. that what if they did. look at everything

the former new york mayor mike bloomberg has come under attack from rival democrats and their debate just before the caucus in the state of nevada this was the media mogul's very 1st debate as he was a late entry into the race to take on donald trump in november. the u.n. has warned of catastrophic human suffering in syria the government and its ally russia continue their bombardment of the last rebel stronghold in the northwest turkey says it will launch another military operation in syria unless the government ends its assaults mike hanna has more from the united nations we have repeated violent confrontations between turkish and syrian government forces who are in support the russian federation is actively engaged in support of the syrian government's military operation u.n. special envoy offers a bleak view of the political crisis in syria which in turn has resulted in a devastating humanitarian situation that continues to deteriorate on a daily basis close to a 1000000 displaced people being squeezed into an ever decreasing space by advancing front lines on all sides i'm getting

former new york mayor and billionaire mike bloomberg has come under attack from rival democrats and their debate just days ahead of the caucus in the state of nevada this is the media mogul's frary 1st debate as he was a late entry into the race to take on donald trump in november's election and he spent hundreds of millions of dollars on television ads 5 other candidates are debating in las vegas so bloomberg is up against the veteran senator bernie sanders who tops a reuters ipsos poll with 25 percent of registered democrats and independents saying they'll vote for him the former mayor has surged to 2nd place in the poll on 17 percent and that puts him ahead of barack obama's former vice president joe biden who started as a front runner but now only manages 13 percent. sanders in iowa and finished a close 2nd in new hampshire has 11 percent and senator elizabeth warren of massachusetts will be fighting for her political survival she's currently at 9 percent minnesota senator amy close our rounds of the pack with 5 percent she managed 3rd place in the new hampshire primary olds monitorin

presidential candidates prepare a roll the dice in las vegas, all eyes will be on former mayor of new york mike bloomberg. he has surged in polls after pouring $300 million of his own fortune into the campaign ads and the billionaire is bracing for a rocky reception from the rivals. he could face tough questions including about this video resurfacing overnight. first reported by buzzfeed news, it is showing bloomberg criticizing the democrats last year saying they are too progressive and too far left creating an opening for president trump in 2016 and then making this comment about the transje transgender community. >> if the conversation in the presidential election is about some guy wearing a dress and whether he, she, it can go to the locker room with their daughter, that is not a winning formula for most people. >> a campaign spokesperson said that bloomberg is describing how many others might describe the issue, including that mike understands the transgender community has been under attack for decades and so the candidates have been attacking bloomberg including bernie sanders on cnn overnight. >>

. ♪ we have more from camping 2020 with democratic presidential candidate mike bloomberg, the former new yorky mayor, spoke at the blue commonwealth gala in richmond. he spoke at camp in organizing events and was interrupted by protesters at times. mr. bloomberg said the new york police department use of stop and frisk tactics during this time as a new york city mayor were a mistake. he was in richmond as a effort to shore up support for the super tuesday primary. this is about 40 minutes. >> honored guest democratic candidate for president and former mayor of new york city, mike bloomberg. [applause] thank you. thank you. [applause] how are we doing? [cheering] wait for the music to stop. [laughter] hello, everyone. how are we doing? we will try that again. [applause] i cannot even see that far at both ends. i'm sure you are there but if i have learned anything it is that virginia democrats know how to put on a party and party dinner. [applause] i want to thank you for inviting me. another round of applause for them. [applause] ok. it is always nice to be welcomed. [laughter] thank you for b

he's got the young support so you will expect i think to see people like the former mayor of new york mike bloomberg really go at bernie sanders not because of course bloomberg didn't have a good showing in the last debate his 1st ever in this in this selective season so i think bernie will have a big target on his back tonight and of course is only 7 candidates up there but they all need to do well in a very limited amount of time with a lot at stake or i doubt they got to get there in charleston south carolina and they thank you for that time for a short break here now to see when we come back once thriving syrian areas and become ghost towns as the government presses on the major offensive. in the protestors drown out one of latin america's biggest music festivals more on that status. hello and welcome back we begin our forecast in northeastern parts of asia this is a frontal system move across japan bringing heavy rain and snow at higher elevations it's expected to clear away during the course of wednesday so tokyo if you do see rain 1st in the morning it should brighten up then of 12 degrees no

new york police commissioner bernard kerik. making the stage. former new york mayor mike bloomberg qualifies for tomorrow's democratic debate as his rivals pile on. how the other candidates plan to target the billionaire who has now spent more than $400 million on ads. coronavirus impact: more americans are released from quarantine here in the u.s. after being airlifted from the virus hot zone. and with china on virtual lock down, how the coronavirus is now hurting american businesses. flash flooding alert. with mississippi still underwater, new concerns tonight across the southeast. the warnings issued across four states with more heavy rain in the forecast. >> crash into the wall, into the air! gh trir intl: a fiery crash. dangerous crash at daytona. how he survived thanks to the technology in his car. filing for bankruptcy. facing a barrage of sex abuse lawsuits, the boy scouts filed for chapter 11. what the decision means for the victims and for the future of scouting. fixing home insecurity. the change ring says it's making to your home security cameras to keep people from gai

important to you is what happens at your home, or your street and in your community and in new york city and mike bloomberg was the mayor of new york city for 12 years and then, you can talk a good game but at the end of the day with people want people want results. they want things to happen that is positive and impacts them in their lives. they want to make sure when it comes to infrastructure, we are making those things take place. when job creations, and when i look at what mike bloomberg did in new york for 12 years, the creation of nearly 500 jobs, 500,000 jobs, 500,000 jobs that's a long ways from 500. 500,000 jobs in new york city. when it comes to expanding healthcare, which is critically important, affordable and accessible healthcare, is a critical component. and for me on a personal note, is not to be being about being mayor, the growing up in the city and coming out of the household neither parent graduated from high school, or we didn't have private health insurance, but literally would go to the hospital and get there early in the morning and stay there all day long, daddy died of cancer whe

michael bloomberg just as bloomberg is facing another controversy over comments he's made in the past involving race here's andrea mitchell >> reporter: former new york mayor mike bloomberg trying to prove he is the tough guy who can take down president trump. >> i am a new yorker i know how to deal with new york bullies. >> reporter: the president attacking bloomberg today, tweeting, mini mike is a 5'4" mass of dead energy bloomberg striking back >> donald, where i come from, we measure your height from your neck up. >> reporter: and calling the president a carnival barking clown on twitter but now the president seizing on bloomberg's controversial past police policy of stop and frisk. >> what bloomberg did to black -- to the black community was a disgrace. >> reporter: even though candidate trump praised it and now another controversy that could hurt bloomberg with african-americans. in 2008, he seemed to blame the financial crisis on banks ending the discriminatory practice of red lining, denying mortgage loans to minority neighborhoods. >> congress got involved, local elected officials as well and said that's not fair these people should be able to get cred

recognized government after warlords might even have forces attacked the tripoli ports former new york mayor mike bloomberg has come under attack from rival democrats and their debate just before the caucus in the state of nevada this was the media mogul's very 1st debate that was hosted by and b.c. at least 8 people have been killed in 2 shooting incidents in germany it happened and she shot ours in the western city of hono near frankfurt's the suspect was later found dead in his home those are the headlines on al-jazeera will have more news for you right after witness that's next. the race for the white house has begun. to see 4 states have their say on their wants to please don't try. to last throughout. the rest of the 2020 u.s. election. just. to not read my. alleged local should. you know. would have to look for the. one other thing you want to get out of. course to not be done. until the mill is a bad start but from media even with that i think. young and live you jack. come new motormouth tamala giants are with me again. i ask that the more of you check. your 1st look i'm a leave law for a new. son

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that's what justice looks like for me and i think that's what mike bloomberg has done for my community, and throughout the city of new yorkike bloomberg and i approve this message. announcer: it's time to play "family feud"! give it up for steve harvey! thl very much. thank y'all, now. i appreciate it. well, welcome to "family feud," everybody. i'm your man steve harvey. [cheering and applause] got a good one for you today. returning for their second day with a total of $20,000, from staten island, new york, it's the champs, it's the keyes family. [cheering and applause] and from san diego, california, it's the sonne family. [cheering and applause]

new york police commissioner bernard kerik. making the stage. former new york mayor mike bloomberglifies for tomorrow's democratic debate as his rivals pile on. how the other candidates plan to target the billionaire who has now spent more than $400 million on ads. coronavirus impact: more americans are released from quarantine here in the u.s. after being airlifted from the virus hot zone. and with china on virtual lock down, how the coronavi

new york. mike bloomberg making his first appearance. jacqui heinrich out in las vegas with a preview for us. ell, up until now former mayor mike bloomberg has been able to campaign from largely behind the curtain, talking to voters with massive ad buys, and responding criticism from the rivals without pressure after live audience but all that will change tonight. we have a glimpse how his rivals might take himtor elizabeth ward him an egomaniac billionaire. he qualified for the debate after spending $400 million of his own money campaigning. the dnc removed donor criteria. bloomberg who is self-funded. bloom wear will have to answer about his policies when he was mayor and old audio clips. in one 2016 clip, racially stair typedded murders and murder victims and defending the "stop-and-frisk" policy. defending another clip in 2011 that he said blacks and latinos don't know how to behave in the work place. he refers to transgender people as he, she or it. bloomberg will have to defend himself and respond tonight. former vice president joe biden who is trying to resuscitate his campaign after a

mocking the former mayor of new york's height he retweeted the doctored photo showing a tiny bloomberg in front of a stack of papers >> reporter: former new york mayor, mike bloomberg proving he's a tough guy to deal with trump. >> reporter: and tweeting mini mike is a 5'4" mass of dead energy >> daonald, where i come from w measure your height from the neck up. >> reporter: now the president's seizing on the controversial policy of stop and frisk >> what bloomberg did to the black community was a disgrace >> even though president trump praised it >> reporter: and one that could hurt bloomberg with african-americans. in 2008, ending the discriminatory practice of redlining, denying loans to minority neighborhoods >> officials got involved and said that's not fair, these peep should be able to get credit and then banks started making more and more loans where the credit of the person buying the house wasn't as good as you would like >> reporter: pushing back, bloomberg's campaign saying mike attacked predatory lending and will help a million more black families buy a house he's still collecting endorsements from high-profile members of black congress. many

honored guests, democratic candidate for president, and former mayor of new york city, mike bloomberg. [applause] ♪ mr. bloomberg: thank you. thank you. how are we doing? [cheers and applause] we will wait for the music to stop. hello, everyone. how are we doing? we will try that again. [cheers and applause] mr. bloomberg: i can't even see that far at both ends. i'm sure you are there. if i've learned anything tonight, it is the virginia democrats know how to put on a party and party dinner. [cheers and applause] mr. bloomberg: and i wanted to thank cherish walker for inviting me here today. what about another round of applause for her? [applause] mr. bloomberg: ok. it is always nice to be welcomed. and thank you for being in this venue with me. i'm back -- i'm glad to be back in virginia. this is the very first state that i came to when i launched my campaign a couple of months ago. since then, i have been to 62 states, but i've been to virginia more than anywhere else. in fact, i was just here last week. with a veteran starting businesses including one who has opened a bakery. and y

. >> honored guests, democratic president candidate and former mayor of new york city mike bloomberg. [applause] mr. bloomberg: thank you. thank you. how are we doing? [applause] mr. bloomberg: will await the music to stop. -- we will wait to the music to stop. how are we doing? we will try that again. [applause] i can't even see that far at both ends, so i am sure you are there, but if i have learned anything tonight it is that virginia democrats know how to dinner. party in party and i wanted to thank [indiscernible] for inviting me here tonight. what about another round of applause for her? [applause] ok. welcomed,nice to be and thank you for being in this venue with me. i am glad to be back in virginia. this is the very first state that i came to when i launched my campaign a couple of months ago. since then i have been to 62 cities in 25 states, but i have been to virginia more than anywhere else. in fact, i was just here last week. i was meeting with veterans starting businesses including one who has opened a bakery and yesterday was my birthday, so i thought i might go back for

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new york. i'm anne-marie green. >>> there will be a new face on stage tonight as the democratic candidates for president debate in las vegas. former new york city mayor mike bloomberg qualified and will take part in his first presidential debate. he'll go head to head with five other candidates, pete buttigieg, bernie sanders and elizabeth warren as well as amy klobuchar along with former vice president joe biden. bloomberg's on stage debut shows a poll rising to second place nationally behind sanders. laura podesta is here. no doubt his rivals will be going after him. >> reporter: a lot of the debate will be focused on money. bernie sanders, elizabeth warren have accused bloombergwho is a multi-billionaire of buying himself a place in this race. but also that will be brought up is bloomberg's stop-and-frisk program which racially profiled black and brown men in new york city while he was mayor. a new face will join the democratic presidential contenders tonight in las vegas. mike bloomberg will make his first appearance at a debate. he qualified after a new national poll showed him in second place trailing only vermont senator bernie sanders. >> i think it's reall

a confidence votes in parliament in the coming days avoiding an early election former new york mayor mike bloomberg has come under attack from rival democrats in their debate just before the caucus in the state of nevada this was the media mogul's very 1st debate that was hosted by n.b.c. . in order to beat donald trump you're going to need the largest voter turnout in the history of the united states. mr bloomberg policies in new york city stop and frisk which went after african-american and latino people in an outrageous way that is not a way you're going to grow voter 'd turnout at least 8 people have been killed in 2 shooting incidents in germany they happened in shisha bars in the western city of one hour near frankfurt's the suspect was later found dead in his home australia's prime minister scott morrison has announced a wide ranging inquiry into the causes of recent bush fires the 1st blaze began in september the fires have killed $33.00 people and burned an area the size of south korea those are the headlines on al-jazeera more news coming up after in search of india that's next. org. boar

then we move on to super tuesday, the first time mayor mike bloomberg, former mayor mike bloomberg in new yorkwill be on the ballot. he's betting everything on super tuesday, putting everything in terms of $500 million for these races which will take place on super tuesday. he's sort of mixed results in terms of polling for some of the state you mentioned, in fact, if you look at the 14 states that will be up for grabs on super tuesday, bernie sanders, who according to polls, is leading and nine of them. that will give him tremendous bit of momentum as we go through the process. jon: if bernie wins nine states, does he become unstoppable? >> well that's the concern, joe biden and pete buttigieg and elizabeth warren and mike bloomberg, that would be an unstoppable train if he should do exceptionally well on super tuesday. that is what bernie sanders is counting on, but this out of reach and make itself difficult for a number of these candidates to even raise money to compete with him. joe biden said he's not doing well in the fundraising game and should he perform rather poorly on super tuesday

contest where the african-american vote really counts, pressing mike bloomberg about the program for which he has apologized in new yorkk, mike bloomberg did better than last week, not very hard to do given the way he got pummeled. he at least got a chance to talk about his record in new york city, even though his jokes fell flat. >> shannon: we talked about it was very chaotic at times, a lot of talking over each other and people not observing time limits, being cautioned him that. we got a little bit of that that you picked out, so we will play that and then continue there. >> mr. steyer -- >> i think we are talking -- >> first of all -- >> let me talk. >> tom, i think she was talking about my plan, not yours. >> i think we are talking about math, and it doesn't take two hours to do the math. [multiple speakers talking at once] >> senator sanders -- >> the moderator -- is it my turn? >> vice president biden, please? >> i guess the only way you do this is jump in and speak twice as long as you should. >> shannon: howie, having done a moderated primary debate myself with some of my colleagues at fox, you know if you le

mike bloomberg on stage with the other candidates. >> i'm a new yorker. i know how to take on an arrogant con man like donald trump that comes from new york. >> reporter: bloomberg has spent a record $400 million so far on campaign ads. he's not even on the ballot in nevada this weekend and hasn't won any delegates, still bloomberg was the prime target. >> mr. bloomberg had policies in new york city of stop and frisk which went after african-american and latino people in an outrageous way. >> reporter: the former new york mayor punching back. >> i've sat, i've apologized. i've asked for forgiveness but the bottom line is that we stopped too many people, but the policy -- we stopped too many people, and we've got to make sure that we do something about criminal justice in this country. there is no great answer to a lot of these problems and if we took off everybody that was wrong on this -- off this panel, everybody that was wrong on criminal justice at some time in their careers, there would be nobody else up here. >> reporter: with less than two weeks until super tuesday, the candidates pitched their ideas to the american people. >> i'm the only one on this sta

during all of his life donald trump has longed for the approval of the new york establishment. mike bloomberg the new york establishment. >> reporter: now the two are being compared and contrasted under a microscope, both switched political parties repeatedly and were unexpected winners this their biggest elections. and both became billionaires, although on the forbes list of the wealthiest americans at the end of last year michael bloomberg ranked eighth with $53.4 billion while trump ranked 275th with $3.1 billion. >> they both named their businesses after themselves, they're both very wealthy people, but bloomberg came from a more working class background and donald trump inherited a i lot of money from his father and ran his business. >> reporter: going forward how nasty and personal will their battle become? >> i think in a head to head battle mike bloomberg and donald trump will be nastier than anything we've seen in politics, perhaps in 100 years. these are two people who are not afraid to fight and they're not afraid to fight in a very personal way. >> reporter: analysts say one reaso

that's what justice looks like for me and i think that's what mike bloomberg has done for my community, and throughout the city of new york. i'm mike bloomberg and i approve is message. >>welcome back getting close to 5 o'clock on this wednesday morning conditions pretty clear out at sfo now we do have a few more low clouds in the sky than we did yesterday. so i'm not anticipating a super foggy morning but for a couple of spots we could prove to see some patchy fog points today, no delays out of sfo right now but i'll let you know if we see anything looking outside a future cast of wind gusts it's going to be another com one winds, especially come for the east bay and we do have some low clouds that have settled in there this morning visibility is just fine it is chilly though with napa nevado santa rosa and then livermore in redwood city all down into the 30's right now back to robin all right, thank you john we're checking in on the morning commute which is filling and quickly. >>the drive into san francisco getting more and more congested every time we check it mainly for the cash payers, so if you have to pay cash. th

. >> reporter: the man not contending in iowa, former new york mayor, mike bloomberg, is making his casethe air. campaign spending reports show bloomberg has already spent more than $140 million on tv and internet advertising nationwide. senator bernie sanders is still in washington, but he's throwing a concert for supporters here tonight. and his campaign is making contingency plans to hold a caucus night celebration not here in iowa, but in washington, if the trial is still underway on monday. norah. >> o'donnell: all right, ed, thank you. iowa is filled with young itrents struggling to find affordable child care. the state actually leads the nation in families where both parents work outside of the home. some working moms pay more than three-quarters of their salary on child care. nikole killion looks at their challenges in our new series "every state has a story." >> say hi! >> reporter: zoe miranda has a four-year-old and a newborn. when her maternity leave ends she'll face two daycare bills totaling $1,700 a month. >> i have to rob peter to pay paul. it is really, really hard when

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new york. bernie sanders opening opdouble digit lead. he takes the stage tonight as the clear frontrunner. new to the debate stage will be former new york mayor, mike bloomberg, who, so far, has presented himself to voters largely through paid advertising blanketing the air waves and nationally on cable. all eyes will be on tonight's debate to see if it can reorder the democratic field in many of the same ways the final debate before the new hampshire primary seemed to, givening aimee klobuchar momentum in that contest. tonight's debate comes as nevada democrats announce more than 70,000 early votes have already been cast ahead of the caucus said, which are saturday. that's a significant increase from when over 80,000 total participated. nbc news is out with new national poll numbers that show sanders with 27% of the vote. essentially a four-way tie for second place among joe biden, mike bloomberg, elizabeth warren and mayor pete. i'm klobuchar follows that group at 7%. but it's frontrunner bernie sanders after the 78-year-old, who had a heart attack four months ago announced last night, he won't be releasing anymore medical records. it's a move having sande

television, i was watching this afternoon, right here in nevada, pictures of former mayor of new york mike bloomberg looking like he's a partner of barack obama. is that fair? >> actually it's not. and look, i don't know mayor bloomberg. but i do know this. when i was a state rep fighting like crazy to help barack obama become the first african-american president, become a democratic president, michael bloomberg was on the sidelines. he didn't support president obama. and now, you know, history kind of changes, and now they're really close friends if you bleeb t believe the hundreds of millions of dollars that have been poured on tv. but the truth is when barack obama needed him the most he wasn't there. and i think that there's an old blues song that says if you're going to tell it tell it all. it's just amazing to me you spend hundreds of millions of dollars talking about how close you all are when you don't he will tell the same people you didn't support barack obama for president. >> the african-american community is the accepted base in the democratic primary. reliably democratic. 90% something

. >> last night's debate offered a chance for redemption for former new york mayor mike bloomberg and must political experts said he had a far better night than his disastrous first appearance on the debate stage last week. >> there were a number of debate was part of your in the bay area including one at the red bay coffee roaster in oakland and most of the voters we spoke to say they plan to support the candidate they believed had the best chance of defeating president trump in november.>> i am leaning towards bloomberg just because i feel he would be the best candidate to go against trump and >> i like amy klobuchar but i think elizabeth warren is more in line with what we need. >> i support bernie because he has done the work and earned the position in one incredible >> cross-section, most voters said they were more interested in the issues like healthcare, taxes and education. >> with super tuesday next week bernie sanders is showing strength in california and the most recent poll shows sanders with 24% support followed by joe biden at 17% and mike bloomberg at 13%, elizabeth war

during all of his life, donald trump has longed for the approval of the new york establishment. mike bloombergork establishment. >> reporter: now the two are being compared and contrasted under a microscope. both switched political parties repeatedly and were unexpected win ners theners in their bigge elections. both became billionaires. on the forbes list michael bloomberg ranked 8th while trump ranked 275th. >> they both name their businesses after themselves. they are very wealthy people but bloomberg came from a more working class background and in money. >> reporter: how nasty and personal will their battle become? >> i think mike bloomberg and donald trump will be nastier than anything we have seen in politics perhaps in 100 years. these are two people who are not afraid of fight and not afraid to fight in a very personal way. >> reporter: analysts say the reason donald trump appears to fear michael bloomberg is he realizes bloomberg has the resource, millions of dollars, tens of millions of dollars and he can spend on ads. highly produced ads to keep attacking trump in the most personal

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during all of his life, donald trump has longed for the approval of the new york establishment. mike bloombergew york establishment. >> reporter: now the two are being compared and contrasted under a microscope. both switched political parts repeatedly and unexpected winners if their biggest elections and both became billionaires. on the forbes list, michael bloomberg ranked 8th with 53.4 billion dollar while trump ranked 275th. >> they both named their businesses after themselves. they are both wealthy people. ploom be bloomberg came from a working class background and donald trump inherited a lot of money from his father. >> reporter: how personal will they battle become? >> in a head to head battle mike bloomberg and donald trump will be nastier than anything we have seen in politics perhaps in 100 years. these are two people who are not afraid to fight and not afraid to fight in a very personal way. >> reporter: analysts say one reason donald trump fears michael bloomberg is he realizes that bloomberg has the resources, millions of dollars that bloomberg can spend on ads, highly produced a

mike: i'm mike bloomberg and i approve this message. >>> former new york mayor mike bloomberg wasn'tthe nevada caucuses this weekend but his very well funded campaign continues to draw plenty of attention and high profile support. in an interview published on friday, the long time republican actor and director clint eastwood said, the best thing we can do is just get mike bloomberg in there, "in there," he presumably means in the white house. my next guest believes there's reason to slow the roll on the bloomberg candidacy. cnn contributor kate anderson brower writes, bloomberg didn't make the cut to be obama's vice president. me here is why and why it matters now. kate anderson brower joins me now. so good to see you. you started digging into this story when you were buying your book "first in line." that was in 2008. mike bloomberg was on a lengthy list of possible vp picks for obama. but you say his name was dropped off that list. why? >> yeah, it struck me as really interesting, when i was reporting the book, that i was told by one of obama's investigators, a member of his vettin

during all of his life, donald trump has longed for the approval of the new york establishment. mike bloombergas the new york establishment. >> reporter: now the two are being compared and contrasted under a microscope. both switched political parties repeatedly and were unexpected winners in their biggest elections. and both became billionaires, although on the forbes list of the wealthiest americans at the end of last year, michael bloomberg ranked eighth with $53.4 billion while trump ranked 275th with $3.1 billion. >> they both named their businesses after themselves. they're both very wealthy people. but bloomberg came from a more working class background, and donald trump of course inherited a lot of money from his father to run his business. >> reporter: going forward, how nasty and personal will their battle become? >> well, i think in a head to head battle, mike bloomberg and donald trump will be nastier than anything we've seen in politics perhaps in 100 years. these are two people who are not afraid to fight, and they're not afraid to fight in a very personal way. >> reporter: analy

chaired the 2012 democratic national convention early is this month he endorsed former new york mayor mike bloomberg for the oval office and he's joining us here in studio kenny when. i have no doubt in my mind that he can win look i started out as a long shot i think in january when i came on board it was something like 5 percent nationally he's 18 percent i heard. you know i turned on the t.v. this morning and heard one station after another mentioning the name michael bloomberg i can tell you that all the candidates know who he is and i can tell you this he's committed. to working to win this race and doing what ever it takes financially to get there there is a politics why do you think kamala harris failed i mean he was a democrat of major proportions in this state what happened. you know i. i know com a lot of work with her over the years and i thought she was a great candidate i think at the end of the day. she got squeezed by the. 2. 2 polars of the democratic party. she's unabashedly a progressive but she's a practical one and i think it was unable to communicate that well enough to a broade

some fun at mike bloomberg saying that he is suffering because he is only down to his last $60 billion. he also brought out a secret weapon, mayor bill de blasio, the former mayor of new york who attacked mike bloomberg over the stop and frisk he has been getting hit on heat as of l.a. we tried to talk to voters to get a sense of whether these attacks are resonating with them or not. whether they agree with bernie sanders that somebody like mike bloomberg shouldn't essentially be able buy their way into the election. listen to what we heard from some of the voters. >> we want to see him on the debate stage and see him answer some of the questions. if he can give the right answers out there, then keep driving the way he needs to, there is a chance, but until he does that, you can't. i can't go there. >> reporter: how about this idea bloomberg is trying to buy the election by putting all of his own money into it. does it bother you? >> it's a free country. >> i like a candidate working his own campaign with the help of the communities instead of just coming in with the big bucks. >> and alicia, the big question at the moment, will mike bloomberg make the debate stage ahead o

and getting new coverage is the new candidate in new hampshire and that is the former new york mayor mike bloomberg he is finance we have to let our viewers know he's financing his campaign out of his own pocket he is which has a double edged sword because that means he's less beholden to special interests and he can make that claim that i'm really you know speaking in your interest or what i really believe as a candidate but of course he's been accused of essential you know buying the buying the election that he's so rich he doesn't need to worry about money there are basically 2 strategies to win the nomination one that is you spend all of your money in these early states try to pick up as much momentum everyone's favorite word momentum media coverage that inspires donors that inspires them voters to almost discourage at voting for anybody else in the later states that's what sanders warren budaj are all doing more if you have a lot of money and you started late like bloomberg did you forget all these tiny states that really mathematically mean very little if you spend all your money later in the