howie: sam donaldson, thank you for joining us. >> glad to have been with you, howard, you're a good long time since i talked to sam, ahead moderators and candidates in the brutal vegas debate, but first sean spicer on the media's criticism of the president on pardons and the roger stone case and russian meddling in the 2020 election. with relief of your worst symptoms, including itchy throat. plus an immediate blast of cooling sensation. feel the clarity and live claritin clear. let's get down to business. the business of atlanta on monday... ... cincinnati on tuesday. ...philly on wednesday. ...and thursday back to cincinnati . modernized comfort inns and suites have been refreshed because when your business keeps going, our business is you. get the lowest price guaranteed on all choice hotels when you book direct at choicehotels.com. ♪ ♪ ♪ howie: another week of controversy for the white house and democratic race now red hot, joining us sean spicer, former white house press secretary and, sean, if you were still the press secretary and there were still briefings and the new york po

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i will defend sam donaldson any day of the week.person. >> greg: i will trash and many dayparts because you are trashing him for what reason? >> greg: i don't like, hey, i knew this guy. i don't care. i can't hear him with that shiny thing on his head. >> jesse: he ordered his own news organization not to report on him. i mean, it's total hypocrisy. think about it. we are not having the media endorsed a billionaire who says mean things about women and says we need to throw a box up against the wall and it's not donald trump customer seriously customer it is that where we are right now? this guy endorsed scott brown. he endorsed george w. bush over john kerry. he endorsed sanders, who spent the most by $400 million. $400 million, donna. there is a huge gap between the rich and the poor. you can't buy elections. then, a billionaire starts, comes along and starts saying mean things about trump, everybody starts gushing. >> he knew donald trump in ways that many of us don't know donald trump. john legend endorsed elizabeth warren. >> da

joining me sam donaldson who supports bloomberg. sam, thank you, good to see you. >> good to see you, don, and make the point, i'm an unpaid volunteer supporting bloomberg. >> unpaid volunteer to support bloomberg. thank you so much. he reversed himself on those ndas, offering to release the women from them after refusing to do so during the debate. he said if they wish to. is that going to blunt this line of attack from elizabeth warren and others? >> i think he did the right thing. he says the campaign says it was three women who directly accused bloomberg himself of saying things, doing things that they found very inappropriate. now, there may be other ndas, and he hasn't released them because they're not about him, they're about the general atmosphere of something in which he was not responsible. i think he did the right thing, don. >> that was just one attack at what, you know, most people think was an -- and i think you'll agree was a pretty disastrous debate performance. he was asked, you know, really predictable questions. on

with all due respect to columnists or anyone else, you don't know what you're talking about. >> sam donaldsoniate it. thanks very much for being with us, sam. >> okay. all right, anderson. thank you. >> take care. >>> just ahead, president trump's cash grab. congress is upset with his latest attempt to fund the wall and he promised mexico would be paying for. a lawmaker from the armed services committee joins me when we come back. young woman: yeah, thanks mom mother: of course and i love these flowers young woman whispering: hey, did you bring the... the condoms? young man whispering: what's up? young woman whispering: condoms young man whispering: what? young woman whispering: condom father: condoms charlie. she wants to know if you brought any condoms. young man: yeah i brought some. announcer: eargo, a virtually invisible hearing loss solution with high quality sound and lifetime support. woman: what gives me confidence about investment decisions? rigorous fundamental research. with portfolio managers focused on the long term. who look beyond the spreadsheets to understand companies, from

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in 2018 we don't have sam donaldson anymore. in 2018 we don't have dan rather anymore.people in that room. i grew up watching helen thomas go after questions of ronald reagan. sam donaldson issue get my big mouth from him because sam knew how to throw a question. i watched them. i worked with these people. and today i'm somewhat ashamed what i see. sometimes in that room some people want to be friend with the administration. we are now conservative reporters, liberal reporters, but i pray that i stand right here as that person who used to watch walter cronkite and say, that's the way it was. trying to be fair, these are questions that are on people's minds. if sarah would have called me today, what you think about the poll numbers, sarah, she would say something smart. it's not a coincidence that all these poll numbers saying the same thing. when it comes to freedom of the press, i am biased. i worked hard for this. and i continue to work hard for this. some of the worst days of my career have been in this administration. they wanted me gone. they wanted me fired. they

incredible selection of guests beginning with the professor of cnn analyst, julian delzer and sam donaldson, he was at the white house during the clinton impeachment as well. sam, your reaction to the end of the trump impeachment. >> well, we do it this way. there is no surprise here. from the beginning nancy pelosi was right. let's not have an impeachment that's not going nowhere thanks to the republican senators. i think what happens this coming week, they're going to vote and acquit him and he's going to trumpeted that his victory is sincere and complete. that's where we are. >> julian, is that what history going to say? >> one it is an important chapter in the i mperial presidency. at the same time we'll see where partisanship brought the republican party. this is a story not just about president trump. it is about the republicans in the senate who lived with this and they accepted this and they protected the president. we'll remember that a hundred years from now. >> what are the top media take aways of how this trial has been covered? >> one thing i am troubled by discussing this is i

the man who has ultimate perspective is legendary anchor at abc news, sam donaldson. my mentor. see you. >> how are you, my son? >> better than i deserve. >> you have a right to be tired. i can hear you. >> all right. tell me, how do you see the events of today in terps of how they'll be remembered? >> the fat lady has not sung. it's not over. he was acquitted and that's fun. the very things people said they didn't like about him are still there. he's not a likable man. i'm not borrowing a line. i'm saying he's not someone that you admire. you may fear him. republican senators clearly fear him. up for reelection. you may want him to do the things he says he'll do. build a wall. throw them out. reign terror on north korea. and all of those things. but you don't really say this is my guy. i like this man. and he has that against him. and as far as mitt romney goes, he walked out today and into the pages of history. the next book you haed that has the title profile in courage. the first chapter is mitt romney. he gained more that he says he feels about himself and about doing the r

former abc news journalist sam donaldson gave his endorsement michael bloomberg, in an op-ed, donaldson said bloomberg is the president we need to bring together our country, the three term may yor, he has proved to an effective leader. the state's lieutenant governor offered her support to joe biden. marshal wrote in a moment of intense partisanship, the most radical message we can offer is one of unity and moving past the washington gridlock. joe embodies that. joining us from washington, d.c., deputy news editor for the washington examiner, david mark, good to have you with us. lots of movements, president trump's personal lawyer and former mayor of new york city rudy giuliani went after bloomberg on stop and frisk. what more can you tell us about that? >> well, this is a reminder that before rudy giuliani was president trump's personal lawyer, he was actually a pretty highly regarded two-term mayor of new york city which included a lot of rather aggressive police and crime fighting tactics. one of those was indeed the forerunner of stop and frisk which critics unfairly targets minor

sam donaldson was a trailblazer if you think about it. pete: more on bloomberg.everything else. this is the tip of the iceberg. >> when he wins, scrutiny comes, that comes over time. pete: joe, appreciate it. a 92-year-old woman murdered. police say a illegal immigrant is responsible. her granddaughter has a message about the policies that she says could have prevent her grandmother's death. she joins us next. >> the tragedy all of this could have been avoided. the system not only failed our family but it failed our city. it's the easiest because it's the cheesiest. kraft. for the win win. tthe bad news? ouyour patience might not.ay. depend® fit-flex underwear offers your best comfort and protection guaranteed. because, perfect or not, life's better when you're in it. be there with depend®. (sensei) beautiful. but support the leg! when i started cobra kai, the lack of control over my business made me a little intense. but now i practice a different philosophy. quickbooks helps me get paid, manage cash flow, and run payroll. and now i'm back on top... with koala k

sam donaldson gave his endorsement to michael bloomberg.osted to cnn's website friday, donaldson said mike bloomberg is the president we need to bring people together and unite our country. as a self-made man and three term mayor, bloomberg has proved himself to be an effective leader and problem solver. and in an endorsement bound to be key in nevada, kate marshall offered her support to joe biden in a statement released yesterday. in a moment of such intense partisanship and division, the most radical message we as democrats can offer is one of unity and moving past the washington gridlock. joe embodies that spirit and gives me hope we can move as a country past our current political climate. all right. joining us now for the hill, julia manchester. great to have you with us on this monday morning. lots to get into here, but based on your latest reporting, what are democratic insiders telling you about the moderate vote that is so coveted in this democratic race? >> to quote one operative i spoke to, he said the moderates in the race are