steyer: they are very low paid. >> will you do anything about that? mr. steyer: yes. my mom is a teacher. >> my mom and dad are, too. and i know how hard it is to work and they don't get enough pay. but teachers are incredibly important. so from my standpoint, it's not just the money, it's a profession. in california, that something i was really trying to work on. what grade are you going into? >> fifth. [inaudible] >> thank you. >> thank you, so much. >> we're going to take a few questions. 5-10 minutes. mr. steyer: you guys like really y to me. are you guys perspiring? i would give congress 100 days to pass some form of the green new deal. what a state of emergency gives the president the ability to do is address things like building codes, miles per gallon. in an emergency, the president change things. if you look at the timing, scientifically on what we are, we are they are, it is an emergency. the other thing is if we will have any credibility internationally, go to the rest of the world and say we need to solve this together, we have to go clean, to where we hav

steyer: vote. you're not wrong. >> we all have to be engaging. >>, any dinners do you think there are? if you had to put a number? mr. steyer: i think what we are seeing is a range. >> a range? said -- along >> do you want to put a number on it? mr. steyer: i'll give you an example. theve a friend who runs largest lgbtq organization in california. through him, i have met people who have been struggling, worrying about it. particular at his big events, always tries to get a young transgender person. >> is easier to not put a number on it. because then people can choose whichever. >> i think it is such a personal issue. i feel as if,because then people whichever. the way people think about it has changed. >> for their two when you were a kid? male and female? >> i think what is happening, people become aware how personal, how intimate, how important it is to people. personal, how intimate, how important it is to people. >> all right. hell yeah. thank you, sir. god bless you. >> i've been watching you

steyer: go ahead. steve: martha is waiting in california with tom steyer, go ahead.ler: hi, thank you for joining us -- putting your hat and the ring. i have always liked what you have said and all the work you have been doing the last seven years. i thank you very much. i want to bring it -- i use to live in southeastern kentucky when i was a young woman. i recently visited, whitley county was the county there. and it was very poor at the time. in the 1960's. it has not changed one single bit. those poor people have been suffering in the mining industry for all of this time. you mentioned education. how can we help these people get into the education that will bring them to the kind of jobs in the kind of life that they deserve because these are the most wonderful, generous, kind, open hearted people you can imagine who have been stomped on. i lived there in the 1960's. it is now 2019 and it has not changed. steve: thank you. we will get a response. mr. steyer: martha, let me say this, i share every sentiment that you just voiced. my old roommate lives in the poores

if tom steyer is at 2% in that poll, tom steyer is in the debate. gabbard's in that poll, she's one poll away from making it. she could get her fourth poll in the "usa today"/suffolk poll coming out tomorrow. tom steyer, two shots. if in either one of these polls he can hit 2%, he can join the candidates on the debate stage. tulsi gabbard would need 2% in both polls. marianne williamson, there really isn't a scenario for her unless there are more polls coming out tomorrow. realistically speaking the drama is around tom steyer, maybe tulsi gabbard too. it's a question, are you going to have a one-stage debate for the first time? or are we going to have another one of those multi-night affairs? we will know 24 hours from now. >>> raise you're hand if you're being outspent in the 2020 presidential election. >>> as we just mentioned, tom steyer needs 2% in just one more poll approved by the dnc tomorrow. if he gets that, he qualifies for september's debate. as you might have realized, tom steyer is already all over television. the billionaire former inv

>> reporter: steyer is based here in san francisco. it was a receptive hometown crowd who came to listen before deciding who will get their vote. democratic presidential candidate tom steyer arrived at the commonwealth club shortly after 6:00 monday to speak to an audience of 200 people. he says he's in the race to take action on issues including healthcare, immigration and climate change. >> we weren't talking in the real world about what we could do and how we could do it. thin from all the other people rticu the people who are washington insiders. >> reporter: the billionaire philanthropist and hedge fund manager describes himself as an outsider and though he has never held elected office, he says he has a track record for getting things done beyond being an early voice in calling for president donald trump's impeachment. >> i have 10 years of beating corporations at the ballot box, of pushing successful change. >> reporter: members of the audience told me they came to find out more about steyer. >> i was a big bernie sanders suppor

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i am tom steyer.for president to take back our democracy -- i am running for president to restore our democracy of, by, and for the people. for 10 years, across the country, i have run people-first campaigns from the outside that have taken on the corrupt corporate interests, and we have one. i'm the only one in this race that can go toe to toe with mr. trump on the economy and call him out for what he has. he is a fraud. and he is a failure. [applause] mr. steyer: i spent 30 years of my life building a successful global business from scratch. it is a lot more than mr. trump ever did. [applause] mr. steyer: his pattern of fraud is simple. he lies. he racks up the debt, and he sticks other people with the bill. in this case, that is us. the american taxpayer. like clockwork, his policies are blowing up in his face. and you are paying the price. trump's trade work cost iowans $2 billion last year. that is $630 for every person in this state, and it is getting worse. he papered it over with a hand out of

you don't see tulsi gabbert's name, you don't see tom steyer's name. given she was two polls short the fact that gabbert didn't make 2% effectively that eliminated her. no september debate for tulsi gabbert. the second poll quinnipiac by not hitting in the first, stye her to do it in this poll. all candidates 2% or better, steyer did not hit the threshold in that either so therefore unless i'm looking at the clock, it's noon right now, the official deadline for this thing is 11:59 p.m. east coast time tonight. unless there's a new poll nobody is talking about, it comes out in that time that has steyer at 2%, that will be it. those ten candidates as we said it will be a single night of debati debating. everyone is going to get a shot at everyone else, that is a dynamic we have not yet seen on the democratic side but looks like we will see in september. >> and joel, this really does indicate joe biden out in front. we even have an apology in effect from the monmouth poll, a credible poll but says they clearly had an outlier on monday when they came out w

you don't see steyer's name and gabbard's name. when this poll came out we knew tulsi gabbard would not make the debate stage in september. this one effectively eliminated her. and then the second pole came out, all of the candidates 2% and above, you don't see gabbard and steyer. steyer had two shots here. he spent $12 million since getting in this race. he had two shots this morning to get 2%. if he had done it in just one of them, not only would he be in that september debate, but, that would mean 11 candidates, that would mean two nights, to stages, two groups of candidates. but steyer did not reach the number, therefore unless there is some surprise mystery, unannounced poll that randomly comes out before midnight tonight, this will be it. it will be those ten candidates, one night of debating. everyone on the same stage, no more of this two groups. it will be an interesting thing to look for in september. >> what's the biggest surprise to you, steve, when you look at the polls and who is in and out? >> i think that steyer in

>> reporter: steyer is based here in san francisco. a receptive hometown crowd who came to listen before deciding who will get their vote. democratic presidential candidate tom steyer arrived at the commonwealth club shortly after 6:00 monday to speak to an audience of 200 people. he says he's in the race to take action on issues including e change. , immigration and clim >> we weren't talking in the real world about what we could do and how we could do it. i think that i'm very different

[cheering] [applause] ♪ >> ladies and gentlemen welcome tom steyer. steyer: good evening. tonight shares a few basic attributes. we are more decent, more qualified, and more patriotic than the criminal in the white house. [cheering] steyer: and we all have strong policy ideas and progressive values. but none of that matters. not unless we break the corporate stranglehold on our governments. and retake power for all the people. i am tom steyer and i am running for president to take back our democracy -- i am running for president to restore our democracy of, by, and for the people. for 10 years across the country i have run people first campaigns from the outside that have taken on the corrupt corporate interests, and we have one. i'm the only one in this race that can go toe to toe with mr. trump on the economy. and call him out for what he has. he is a fraud. and he is a failure. [applause] i spent 30 years of my life building a successful global business from scratch. it is a lot more than mr. trump ever did. [applause] his pattern of fraud is simple. he lies. he racks u

this is gabbard and steyer. steyer di d it in two polls.re would be two more polls coming out today, gabbard could hit it and she be in the debate. usa today, you can see biden and warren and sanders. you don't see steyer and gabbard. just by not making 2% this one, that's probably it for tulsi gabbard. biden and warren and sanders at the top. you are looking at 2% above, you don't see tom steyer. he did not hit the 2% threshold, barring some unforeseen polls coming out. it looks like tom steyer will not be on stage. looks like it will be one night debate with all ten candidates together. >> how do the polls figure into the following debate? >> yes, that's interesting. i go back to this screen. in october basically the criteria and anything you amask will count towards october and you will get the next month to add more. so in terms of the october debate, this is why i don't you will see steyer drop out. if he can get one more poll the next month, that'll get him on stage in october, not september but in october. gabbard, if she could get t

steyer gets into the debate. if he doesn't, he doesn't make the stage. tulsi gabbard hit it in two polls. so she needs two more polls to come out in which she receives at least 2%. that much taller order. maryann williamson needs foul polls to come out in the next sik six days to hit 2% otherwise she won't qualify. so three have a chance and i think desitom steyer is the one watch. >> and he is spending a wheelbarrow load of money there in iowa especially on television. you look at that screen, and you forgot honestly that couple of those folks are running for president. don't go anywhere. i want to bring in michael steele. of course former chairman of the republican national committee. good to see you. it's been a while. so so much of it -- so much of the talk so far as been about electability over policy. how will that frame what we hear from the candidates in the next debate? >> i think it will. the one who has the policy on lockdown oig is elizabeth warre probably one of the best laid out strategies in terms

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steyer would be in the same position. steyer has to hit one more poll.er's entire campaign, the rational is to get money out of politics. get corporate interests out of washington and yet, he's able to spend all the money he spent over the years and specifically this year o get into the race. >> yeah. i think what governor bullock is really talking about and he failed to use the word in a statement, i don't know why, is hypocrisy. steyer, i'm sorry, he was on yesterday talking about his principle objective of why he wants to be president and basically, according to my ear, to get corporate america, the innuns ai influence and corporate power out of politics. yet, here he is literally spending a ton of money out of his own fortune which was built through his own skill, his own smarts by destroying smaller companies or gobbling up smaller companies with his hedge fund. now he is dumping money out to buy votes really, to get on the stage. he's done it suck us cessfully. >> they did this ruling to democrat si democratize the process. so you've had the uninte

no steyer. so very likely this means no steyer in the september debate again. >> we're couching this because we don't always get notice polls are coming out. but these have to be something called qualifying polls. >> they are officially recognized and sanctioned by the dnc. and nothing unexpected comes out between now and midnight, this is it. >> but these polls that you quoted from, they are national polls. a lot of tom steyer's money has been focused on early states. >> steyer has spent $12 million. he was a late entrant too. so he spent $12 million in a really short period of time on this presidential campaign. but you look at these usa today, this is a national poll, not just new hampshire, not just iowa, not just nevada. that 12 million bucks that steyer spent has gone into early states. those are early state polls. so this is sort of luck of the draw. it just so happens that a lot of the polling that's been done has been national. and not early state. not individual state. i think it is en

the suspensipenss has been arou gabbert and tom steyer. they have reached the donor threshold but steyer has three polls where he's at 2%. gabbert two polls the 2% number. she needs two more. this morning two more polls came out. if gabbert could get 2% in one she would be in, if steyer kolgt one more he would be in. the u.s.a. suffolk poll, these are all the candidates 2% and above, you don't see gabbert and you don't see steyer. that means gabbert is out of september's debate by not making that one and quinnipiac came out, steyer really needed to hit 2% there, you see, again, these are all the candidates 2% and above, steyer didn't make this one, either. that means, chris, the clock is ticking. after 2:00 less than ten hours to go until midnight. unless there is a surprise mystery poll that completely unannounced emerges in the next ten hours or so, and has steyer at 2%, i'd say it's going to be ten candidates on that debate stage in september. it means it's going to be a one-night debate, not a two-night split candidate event. they are

g me, billionaire philanthropist tom steyer. tom steyer, welcome to the "newshour". >> judy, thank you so much for having me. >> woodruff: let's talk about your decision to get in. in january, you said i'mg ot runnr president, but then last month you said, i'm going to run, but by this point, there were, what, tw dozen other democrats running. >> yeah. why should people vote for >> well, my basic thesis on what's going on in the united states is that we have broken vernment in washington, d.c., that corporate cash has bought the democracy, and that the only solution is to push power back to the people, to retake the democry on behalf of, by and for the people. for the last ten years, i have been organizations coalitions of ordinary american cizens to take on that unchecked corporate power and we have beenng win >> woodruff: let's talk about one of the issues that ist motig many americans today and that is in the aftermath of these terrible shootings in ohio, in texas. you have a number of other democratic candidates for presiden

steyer before air time. mr. steyer, you saw the democratic debates this week i assume.he candidates on the stage did spend a lot of time going after each other instead of taking on president trump. i'm wondering does that strategy weaken the eventual nominee and lead to president trump winning? did you make of it? >> well, anderson, my argument all along has been that we have a broken government and that we need to return that government from the corporations who bought it to the american people. so when i listened to those debates, what i'm listening for is somebody that will practically tell me how we're going to do that so we'll be able to deliver those promises people are making about health care and green new deal and education and i didn't hear that vision of how we're going to deliver for the american people in reality during those debates. i did hear a lot of criticism on each other and of president obama. >> when you hear candidates talk about taking away private insurance from 160 million americans, is that something you think democrats can win on? >> anderson

i've interviewed tom steyer. he says he's been taking on corporations for a long time.at's made him wealthy, but in terms of the nuts and bolts of his policy plans, he doesn't really sharply articulate them to me. i also annual not sure of who should be in and who should be out, whether or not tom steyer has made a real impression. there's a chorus line feel to the debates. you're looking for somebody who stands out. tom steyer looks like as a 3. >> i'm loving all of these references. >> you are welcome, but you know what i'm saying. >> i do. >> i feel like in the mass of all these debates we're looking for a moment or for a candidate to be able to advance a dialogue. like jay inslee dropping out, he said his top thing was climate change. that's great for him running for a third term. a governor on the west coast can do tremendous things in terms of climate change policy. with tom steyer i'm not sure when his breakout moment will be or what his backup plan will be, so if he doesn't get the nomination, he can say at least i walked away with x. i'm still trying to solve f

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tom steyer, as of this moment, will miss the cut. he needs one more poll at 2% to qualify. so will tulsi gabbard. the dnc's criteria have now effectively cut the field in half from 20 at cnn's debate last month to 10 next month at the debate. now today's polling also brings good news for the man who will be in the center, and that is joe biden, the former vice president has a significant lead where he has been in almost every national poll since the campaigns launched. the big question as more voters start to tune in, as summer ends, will biden stay there? let's get straight to cnn's arlette saenz. what are you hearing from the biden camp about the latest polling and how comfortable he is being in that center stage? >> well, dana, joe biden is going to appear here shortly, holding a town hall in south carolina, as he continues to ride high in these polls. we're seeing biden as this new quinnipiac poll, holding on to his double-digit lead over his closest rivals, at 32%, elizabeth warren at 19%, bernie sanders at 15%. this mirrors pretty similar to a cnn poll that was releas

steyer, very possible.t six days he hits that threshold and suddenly you've got 11 candidates and suddenly you've got two nights of debating again. >> let's talk about hickenlooper. a lot of people were waiting, yes, he is going to run. a lot of democrats have been pushing for that. how does this play into the big picture of democrats have this dream of retaking the senate? >> yes. hickenlooper, colorado, why colorado in particular, these are all the republican seats. republican held seats that are going to be up on the senate side next year. but there are two that stand out. two certainly that stand out for democrats. it is colorado and maine. why? this is cory gardner, susan collins, republican senator up for re-election in these states. these are the only two senate republicans who are going to be up in 2020 and who represent states that voted for hillary clinton. colorado and maine were clinton states in 2016. these are states that already didn't like donald trump so from a democratic standpoint that is

if i'm tom steyer today. i'm frustrated because of this.ed publicly in the state of iowa in the last ten days, he would have qualified. i know of multiple internal polls that show that his money -- >> he's one poll away. >> and so he's got to be sitting there, in his mind he's a victim of the des moines registers editorial calendar rather than what the status is right now. i don't know if that's the fairest way to do it. >> look, hindsight is always 2020. and these are difficult decisions to make. and i certainly don't envy tom perez for having to make these hard decisions. but i also give him major applause for coming forward and trying to create a process that is as humanly fair as possible knowing the restraints that he has in place in trying to make it fair. look, it's not, you know, the process is not perfect. tom steyer probably hoped and prayed there would be one more poll in iowa, but that didn't happen. but he can also still qualify for the october debate. >> you know what, we're not going to rely on media pollsters to decide who o

tom steyer's campaign says he's got the donors to make this false debate. >> i think there is a huge audience for the message that i'm giving where americans are responding to this. >> rebels are ripping on rules that could allow tom steyer on stage. >> bernie sanders is talking to voters. >> i would not be honest with you if i did not tell you i'm a meat eater. he has no problem with meat and neither does pete. >> there will be so many cameras watching your grill, is that something you should practice at home? >> i probably should have. >> other contests are getting plenty of attention here as well and it just today the iowa state fair has hosted the iowa best fudge contest, we are at a growing contest and the outhouse races. >> bret: iowa state fair coverage. an explosion with huge radiation levels in russia. dayton police released a video showing the shooting rampage earlier this month at a popular nightlife area. and the move comes after an associated press story revealed numerous sexual harassment accusations against domingo. the story cites many women accusing the singer of pre

i'm tom steyer and i approve this message. running for president because unlike other candidates, i can go head to head with donald trump on the economy, and expose him fo what he is: a fraud and a failure. . >>> tonight a deadly accident apparent apparently involving a nuclear powered missile may have revealed new information about top secret russian facilities. brian todd is investigating. >>> we have new information on that explosion and the secret nuclear network in russia that it exposed, entire cities fenced off inaccessible, completely classified. there are at least ten of those cities and we're told they form the heart of vladimir putin's nuclear weapons program. tonight u.s. officials fear what vladimir putin has yet to acknowledge, that a deadly explosion late last week in russia was caused by a nuclear powered missile. today russian military officials called for the evacuation of the village of nianaxa, 30 miles west of the coastal port area where thursday's explosion ed. they said it was because of military drills

you've got tom steyer sitting one poll short. he would somehow need another poll to come out tonight, tomorrow morning. not one we know about, certainly, you never know, maybe something else drops, maybe it's something that the dnc recognizes if he's at 2%, he gets in. the only one remotely in the picture, tulsi gabbard, she's two polls away. she would need two to come out between now and tomorrow. otherwise, you got it, ten candidates, one stage, one debate, one night. >> jonathan, let me pick up on that point that steve just laid out for us. one, if in fact you got some of these candidates that don't qualify for the debate stage tomorrow, is that effectively the end of their campaign? >> well, you would kind of have to think so. a lot of them would have to take a step back and really think about whether it's worth it in terms of energy, time and money, to continue a campaign that's hovering below 2%. i mean, if you can't meet the threshold for september, how are you going to meet the thresholds coming down the road? so, you kno

tom steyer just spent $10 million to get 130,000 donors.ty, all throughout the year before, 2015, at a 1% threshold. it's a rough day when democrats are less inclusive than republicans. >> melissa: the 18 campaign heading back, saying that those responding to his message democratic candidates must bring in at least 130,000 donors and register at least 2% in four surveys to qualify for the fall debates. capri, lee stark there. there's two qualifications. you get the donors but you also have to register. it seems pretty fair to me. >> capri: there's a handful of candidates are now in this group that have actually met the fund-raising threshold. they have not met the 2% criterion, vice versa. it's necessary for us to increase the threshold. so we have a more narrowed and competitive opportunity to have a conversation on the debate stage. ten on one and ten on the other is getting unwieldy. i like governor bullock, i think it's good that he's a democrat who has managed to win in a red state like montana, but i think he's wrong. the reason we ha

tom steyer has reached 2% in three of the polls, not four.he oob poll th -- there be another poll that the dnc recognizes come out. and if one does, does steyer reach 2% in that poll. if he does, then he's on stage. that would mean 11 candidates would qualify, not one night then two nights of debates. that's the suspense with steyer. tulsi gab bettbert, she hit the polling threshold in two. she would need next week two more polls to come out where she hits 2%. hard to see that happening. keep that in mind. marianne williamson needs four polls in the next week where she hits 2% otherwise she's not qualifying. all of those other candidates appear nowhere close to qualifying for this debate. really, the sus pent over the next few days, it's tom steyer, can he hit 2% in another poll. will there be another poll to come out? if he does, 11 candidates, two nights, two stages. if he doesn't, this is it. ten candidates, all on stage together, all on one night. one single democratic debate. have not seen it so far. we may find out in a few days that we

you do not 2% or above, the name tom steyer. so tom steyer had two shots this morning to get that magical fourth poll that would put him on the debate stage. he did not get it. tulsi gabbard had two shots to get the two polls she needed. she didn't get it, either. it looks, chris, like there are only ten unless a surprise poll comes out today. that's it, ten candidates, one stage, one debate, one night. >> consistency for joe biden, right, 32-32. double-digit leads. >> the other day we were talking about that monmouth poll, looked like biden was slipping down to 19. was it an outlyer? a number of polls say that was an outlyer. >>> professor at the university of texas school of public affairs and an msnbc contributor. michael singleton worked on the campaigns, and mark bazzle. ba glrks ark baz -- basil, you're sitting here with me. >> with respect to these polls, some really important names don't make it to that stage for the next debate. i'm a new yorker, so the fact that my u.s. senator kristen gillibrand and my mayor, bill de

otherwise steyer will not make the debate. only these ten candidates will.only these ten candidates do, guess what that means, all on one stage, all on one night, all together, one night, one stage, one debate, something we haven't seen yet. keep that in mind if things hold the way they are. >>> coming up, the biden campaign's forceful response to today's numbers. "the 11th hour" back after this. >>> joe biden's campaign pushed back on that new monmouth poll that shows him in a virtual three-way tie with elizabeth warren and bernie sanders. that poll comes as elizabeth warren drew another large crowd over the weekend. this one was out in seattle, an estimated 15,000 people showed up to hear her speak at a town hall. for more we welcome to the broadcast a national correspondent from politico. also covering the 2020 campaign, nbc news correspondent mike memoli. thanks to both of you for being with us. natasha, let me start with you. it's always interesting when you see these candidates get the giant crowds. sometimes it seems to mean something. you can remembe

but look, steyer, the only way he can make that stage is if he convinces 130,000 people to give him a dollar. and if he gets some level of support in the polls. that's what these cutoffs are meant to do. it's meant to assure that this late in the game there's at least some level of support for the candidates. i think when we get to november steyer will have a much tougher time making that cutoff. >> and they can increase the polling requirement, but is there some argument to be made for the unintended consequence of talking about the number of donors resulting in candidates spending far more than a dollar to get a dollar from a donor? >> yeah, you certainly have created a set of incentives where that's what candidates are going to focus on if those are the requirements. look, i don't know if there's any particular perfect way to make the cutoff, but eventually this field will have to start winnowing down and voters will have to focus on a couple of realistic options. >> sean, let's talk about white nationalism and the role that's going to play. people have thought it's a threat for a

steyer got three of the four polls he needed to get. gabbard got two of the four. williamson got one of the four. well, guess what. basically, they get another month to add to this. if steyer can get one more poll in the next month where he hits 2%, he qualifies for the october debate. if gabbard can get two more polls in the next month, she qualifies for the october debate. if williamson can get three more polls in the next month, she qualifies for the october debate. and if any of these other candidates who so far aren't even that close they have another month to get there and they can still get in for october. so it's an interesting thing. we've been talking about this big crunch coming on the democratic side, and it looks like for the next debate that's going to happen. only ten candidates on the stage. but it's possible the next debate after that it's going to expand again and they're going to be back to two nights. so guess what, folks? you've got a one-night debate. enjoy it. it might be the only one you get for a while. coming up, an apparently sarcastic pr

tom steyer. needs one more poll at 2% to qualify for the debate.lier today. desperately needs it. he gets -- tom steyer, unless there's a new poll between now and midnight that nobody knows about and has tom steyer at 2%, he won't make that debate stage in mid-september. the other name eliminated today it looks like is tulsi gabbard. she needed both of these polls this morning to put her at 2% to make the debate stage. that will happen for her in neither poll. that means if this holds, one night, one stage, one debate, ten candidates all going head-to-head. >> and, eddie, the last time we had a head-to-head mautchup tha showed donald trump getting trounced by joe biden and other democrats in the field, it's not about what happens a year from now because so much could happen a year from now, 15 months from now when we finally have the general election. but what these polls show us is donald trump's attempt to turn the election primarily into an election about race, about the chance of sending them back. the racist chants of, go back to your home cou

tom steyer, serious candidate for the white house?for god sake, this is such a horrible cable television show at this point. tom steyer is a hedge fund manager who made a piles of money on coal and coal mines and on private prisons. i think this guy is supposed to be the antithesis of everything that today's democratic party represents but he spent $10 million in order to get 130,000 people to donate money to him. it's not clear whether they donated the equivalent of that $10 million but it cost him $10 million to get the population of the city of south bend, indiana, to give him money. it sort of money out of one pocket into the other pocket. and honestly, he's a cold billionaire. he's a private prison billionaire and a hedge fund manager. isn't he everything that the democrats hate? >> mark: he seems like the kind of guy who should be buying a president, not actually mistaking himself for a president. >> it's very nouveau. the last time a rich person bought their way in like this, it may have been john f. kennedy, trump was a very d

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