and of course, that would include superdelegates. that's part of our strategy to win the nomination. how important it is to be as well organized and focused from the very beginning on delegates, those who are superdelegates, those who are going eventually to be elected or named as delegates. and i'm very encouraged by the kind of response that i'm getting. i think it's understandable that my focus is going to be on delegates as well as votes this time. >> i mean, this sounds like the end of 2008 all over again. and it's august 2015. what do you think? >> reporter: it's so early. it's sort of a clue that tells us maybe she's more nervous than she's letting on in public before this event here with the dnc. because you're right. in 2008 she was ahead of then senator barack obama in superdelegates, these power brokers who are giving her their votes. when barack obama started winning these various primaries superdelegates flipped against clinton. she may be trying to send a signal to vice president biden. don't get, in i'm inevitable. an

and of course, that would include superdelegates. that's part of our strategy to win the nomination. how important it is to be as well organized and focused from the very beginning on delegates, those who are superdelegates, those who are going eventually to be elected or named as delegates. and i'm very encouraged by the kind of response that i'm getting. i think it's understandable that my focus is going to be on delegates as well as votes this time. >> i mean, this sounds like the end of 2008 all over again. and it's august 2015. what do you think? >> reporter: it's so early. it's sort of a clue that tells us maybe she's more nervous than she's letting on in public before this event here with the dnc. because you're right. in 2008 she was ahead of then senator barack obama in superdelegates, these power brokers who are giving her their votes. when barack obama started winning these various primaries superdelegates flipped against clinton. she may be trying to send a signal to vice president biden. don't get, in i'm inevitable. an

she said she's working really hard to get all of the superdelegates in her corner so she won't have theblem that she had in 2008 when she lost to then senator barack obama. >> similar in 2008, she was looking very confident with the superdelegates earlier on and a lot of them went to barack obama and he ended up being president. she does not want that to play out the same way this time around. i think she and her campaign are keeping a close eye on what joe biden is doing. what a difference in tone from when the e-mail story broke and she joked about it and now she's handling it much differently, answering questions. she will say that it was marked. she never said anything was marked "classified" and that's important because there was classified material going back and forth and that keeps her out of trouble. she talks about donald trump's immigration plan. she made -- >> she didn't mention his name but -- >> the one candidate talking about deporting 11-plus million people is donald trump. others are not saying that. as we mentioned earlier in the show today, she wants to make the repub

clinton lining up superdelegates. nothing screams entitled in teaability looking way far ahead than talk about superdelegates. >> dickerson: these numbers are suggesting inevitability not the case. you're best day is the day before you announce. for joe biden he has to know that is the case, too. >> absolutely. it's telling, last weekend he was meeting with liberal lion, elizabeth warren, we're told yesterday that he went to democratic event in delaware to thank a bunch of state party activists for their work with his son. now, was he also going perhaps to check win folks see if they're with him. we don't know. telling that he is still somewhat very discretely actively out there and talking to democrats. >> exactly right. go from one day to beloved uncle next day target of huge attacks by republicans and democrats if he jumps. >> dickerson: that's what he faces. we'll be back with our panel in a moment. push your enterprise and you can move the world. but to get from the old way to the new, you'll need the right it in

may not mean anything if six months from now if the superdelegates like somebody better. >> that's rightton herself could tell you that because back in '08 they were reminds the press these superdelegates are not necessarily bound. let me ask you from the biden standpoint, he's calling around and we know what the clintons want the democrats to tell joe biden. what does joe biden need to hear. how much encouragement does he need? would it take to get joe biden to stop flirting with this and say yes, i'm in? >> it would take a lot. people would have to say we're really concerned hillary clinton's campaign is evaporating, something maybe in her testimony in front of benghazi committee blows up, something like that that makes it look like this is a firestorm. at the moment when you have is hillary clinton with a series of bad news events coming out and lower poll numbers each time. she's trying to change the die na -- dynamic. let's say something positive about my campaign. i don't think at the moment you'll have sort of everything the house is on fire conversations that biden would really n

superdelegates which pick the democratic nominee usually follow the will and voters of the constituents. some of her people say it would make her a stronger candidate. it would make her better. perhaps. but i think she's fine with not being there. >> is she worried? let's see what hillary clinton's communications director said. >> we'll let him make his decision. however hard it is to scare democratic nomination is however hard it is. we have no illusions. we never thought this was going to be easy. there's a lot of views in the democratic party and, you know, we'll be prepared to handle whatever comes our way. >> nia, what do you think? >> yeah this is what they sort of have been saying we really expect this to be competitive. i think it's still unlikely that he jumps in there. i think you are going to see spin out of the clinton campaign about him getting in early on

democratsner love with the superdelegates. they can be 20% or so of the convention.on has been collecting them already. she's got 118 of the 232 democratic members of congress already pretty solidly behind her. they're all superdelegates. so they do have an edge. >> and so -- let me stay with you, larry. with this edge and she puts it out there that we have them, is that a signal to joe biden, don't even bother right now. i'm almost there. no since wasting you on your donor's money. >> hillary or the clinton campaign doesn't want to come down hard on biden. that would encourage him to get in. they're sending subtle signals, joe, look at this objectively. we're way ahead of you in money, we're way ahead of you in organization, we're way ahead of you in delegates. why would you want to go out this way? >> he met on weekend sat down with elizabeth warren and people knew about this. what's that all about? what's he telling the world? >> he's trying to methodically figure out if there's a path to actually run a legit mat candidacy for president. important to step back and

and of course that would include superdelegates. that's part of our strategy, to win the nomination. we're going to continue to do that. and i am heartened by the positive response that i'm getting. hi. >> quite a response you got in there. can you talk a bit about both your own interactions with the numbers here and the degree to which your operation has been a must -- [ inaudible ] attempt to send a signal to your potential challenges that you're very far ahead? >> you know, ann, i think it's more of a result of the lessons that i learned the last time, how important it is to be as well organized and focused from the very beginning on delegates, those who are superdelegates, those who are going eventually be elected or named as delegates. and i'm very encouraged by the kind of response that i'm getting. i have had the chance to meet with quite a few of the superdelegates who are here and other dnc officials and members. and they have had a lot of interaction with my team and we have answered a lot of calls about how to become invo

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her aides tell bloomberg she or he has commitments from more superdelegates, or 1/5 of what she needs. those are a couple of the top stories we are following at this hour. mark: coming up, an exclusive interview with u.s. defense secretary ashton carter. matt: he is visiting silicon valley. emily chang will be speaking to him in 30 minutes. ♪ mark: the bay bridge in san francisco. welcome back to "bloomberg market day." teslas elon musk is going back to his days at paypal to the electric carmakers first incentive offer. if you buy a tesla models after being referred by the current owner, you will get a $1000 discount. matt: the owner will also get a $1000 credit toward a new car when he buys one. he had a similar referral service at paypal. dana holds lenses from san francisco. -- joins us from san francisco. no, it looks like we lost that. she does have a story on bloomberg.com. is dana there? she is on the water somewhere. no domino, she is at work. dana, great story. as soon as i saw this morning, is it something that musk did? i don't recall the paypal referral, but does it work o

it is to be as well-organized and focused from the very beginning on, delegates, those who are superdelegatesgoing to be elected or named as delegates. and i'm very encouraged kind of response that i'm getting. i have had a chance to meet with quite a few of the super dell gates -- delegates who are here and other dnc officials and members and they have had a lot of interaction with my team and, we have answered a lot of calls about how to become involved and there have been a lot of public endorsements. more will follow but this is really about how you put the numbers together to secure the nomination. as some of you might recall, in 2008 i got a lot of votes but i didn't, i didn't get enough delegates. and so i think it is understandable that my focus will be on delegates as well as votes this time. >> secretary clinton -- [inaudible]. >> hi. >> curious, frustration with -- [inaudible] are you frustrated with -- [inaudible] you think there need to be reforms and classification system? also curious, are you hearing from backers moving forward very much over the hearing on benghazi? what do y

if her campaign were to fall apart in at which timer and spring, the superdelegates could fall away. >> if joe biden doesn't enter the race, there's nowhere for them to go. >> i don't expect her campaign to fall apart. the source of her strength is she's ahead in the polls, the obvious heir apparent. if it starts to look like sanders will be the nominee, democrats will panic. those are the reasons she's the overall favorite. >> this is also clearly an intimidation tactic, trying to scare everyone out of the race. that's what she's essentially doing. i would argue it's going to work. people don't want to go up against the juggernaut. the juggernaut is hillary clinton right now. >> the beginning of your answer, jeanne, you said the message to joe biden is don't get in the race. i'm thinking can anybody intimidate vice president biden to not get in the race? >> joe biden has run for president twice before. if he ran this time, he would have a better chance this time either of the previous two times he ran for president. joe biden got 1% of the vote in the iowa caucuses in 2008, polling

working really hard to lock in as many as supporters as possible and, of course, that would include superdelegates senator sanders also says that clinton's long relationship with democratic leaders gives her, quote, a huge advantage. julie? >> mollie, on the gop side, wisconsin governor scott walker spoke to republicans in virginia. what did he have to say? >> governor walker said he'd love to go head-to-head with hillary clinton in the presidential election. he told a virginia young republicans group that hillary clinton's private e-mail server is a symptom of a larger problem. >> hillary clinton has failed as her job as secretary of state. in fact, everywhere in the world that hillary clinton has touched is more messed up today than before she and the president took office. we shouldn't be promoting her. people talk about this e-mail scandal as though it's about e-mails. it's not about e-mails. it's about national security. >> walker who's in the middle of the gop pac in most polls. he says hillary clinton measures success by how many people are dependent on the government while he, walker, says

i don't care how many endorsements or superdelegates you've got, that becomes a real problem. >> woodruffs her perceived weakness that, as you said, mark, that it has generated all this talk around biden and the consideration of biden. but, david, how vulnerable is she really? she's out this week, she's taking responsibility for the decisions she made on the personal email server. she's talking a little bit tougher on the campaign trail, talking about how republicans and terrorists view women. is she turning this around? i mean, how do you see her vulnerability? >> i think she's both an extremely likely nominee and also kind of weak. and i just don't think there's a plausible alternative right now, so she's going to be the nominee, but her weaknesses have been on display. things are going to come out. they have the servers, they're going to apparently be able to recapture some of these deleted e-mails and some of those things may or may not come out, but that's sitting out there. secondly, the establishment thing is a problem for her. third, and i think this is the most serious one in a w

they've been holding briefings in the same hotel where the dnc is going on asking superdelegates and members of the dnc to keep their powder dry, keep an open mind. that it's not yet the time to anoint a front-runner. these are small meetings, 15 to 30 people, but a lot of excite am among the draft biden effort to keep people, you know, holding the line until the time joe biden decides he is going to get into the race or not. john and kate, back to you. >> joe, at the very same time, hillary clinton slated to speak in a very short amount of time and this comes at a time when a lot of democrats are starting to privately and publicly raise a lot of alarm and concern over the issue of her private e-mail usage. are you expecting her to address that in these meetings? >> it's interesting. talking around here at the dnc to people, there are a lot of democrats who say that is an overblown issue, as you know, and that it's republicans who have been making hay over it. nonetheless, there is a possibility at least that we'll hear from hillary clinton after her speech, one more opportunity to s

promises this time around they know how to count delegates they especially know how to count superdelegatese gene sheheen. >> ifill: joe biden, should she be worried that he might run or might not run, amy? >> gosh, that is a puzzle, isn't it? the theory of joe biden getting into the race, one theory is that he will help to engage this race and engage her. right now she is fighting against herself. it's like boxing up against this e-mail server versus against a real campaign. a real candidate. and they can go out and have debates. the focus on the media will be about the two candidates, what they're saying, what bernie sanders is saying as opposed to the vacuum being filled with stories about hillary clinton's problem. >> ifill: let's talk about republicans the 17 of them. actually just four or five of them because all of a ud senn ben carson is looking strong in iowa. what's happening there? >> it's a good question. most likely what's happening is that the evangelical voters, voters who in the past voted for rick santorum and mike huckabee, they aren't going for rick santorum and mike huck

people sending out these messages that we have one fifth of the delegates wrapped up, counting superdelegates. i had flashbacks of 2008, remember reading those stories. this is the clinton inevitable machine you will not stop us, we're so far ahead, don't even bother trying. >> that's right. look, in some ways it's a reverse of the last time around which clinton got beat on the delegate count and the race was effectively over grains barack obama in february of 2008 because he won all of these caucuses, 70/30. basically secured enough delegates to win. i don't know how well a show of force basically saying we've got a lot of it in the bag is going to go down because i think the concern around the clinton campaign, toward the clinton campaign, sense of entitlement, the sense that they don't grasp how big an issue the e-mail service was. the ed rendell quote saying they handled it poorly, they didn't grasp it was a big issue. i don't know how well that will go down. that said, they are right. structurally she remains in a very good place. from a money, organizational, and polling perspective. de

working really hard to lock in as many supporters as possible and, of course, that would include superdelegatesders also says that clinton's long relationship with democratic party leaders gives her a, quote, huge advantage. kelly? >> thanks, molly. >>> the remnants of tropical storm erika may be getting its second wind. what is left of the storm developing in another area of interest, the national hurricane center now giving that area a 40% chance of developing into a tropical depression or storm in the next few days. a state of emergency remains in effect in florida where people are bracing for heavy rain. meanwhile, the storm is blamed for 20 deaths on this small sma caribbean island of dominica. 50 people remain missing, and the storm also dumped massive amounts of rain as it passed over the dominican republic and haiti. >> you look at that torrent of water:. hurricane katrina killed at least 1,800 people. some never got the chance. more than 100 people remain missing a decade later. as shepard smith reports, a lot of people are waiting for closure. >> i remember when we came back and they

they're holding discreet meetings, the draft biden effort is, to try to tell dnc members as well as superdelegates ought to keep an open mind. it's still too early to anoint a front-runner in the race. that, of course, is a reference to hillary clinton. these are small meetings, 15 to 30 people. they last about an hour. the general message, of course, is try to hold your horses until joe biden decides to get back -- decides to get into the race. >> the quote, right, joe johns, from the draft biden camp was keep an open mind. is that right? >> reporter: yeah, that's the bottom line. it's keep an open mind, make sure that you don't jump the guns here until joe biden decides what he's going to do. it's also a little bit informational, too, if you will. they want to tell people who joe biden is doing over the next several weeks, he's going to have a very busy schedule trying to push the president's proposal on iran as well as meetings with the pope who is coming to the united states, so he has a very full plate and the estimate here among the draft biden movement is that he'll make a decision around t

there are superdelegates and we're all ears. >> final question, donna brazile.would the president handle this? how would he pick a side? >> god, that's a tough one. because joe biden has been indispensable. he's been a great friend still a wonderful friend to the president, a good person as you know. but also hillary clinton has been a good friend and a wonderful person someone the president has relied on and continues to reach out to. i don't have any bets on that one. >> if he was smart, he would stay out of it. >> right. i would. >> he may not. i don't know. reagan finally endorsed mr. bush. donna, jeff, thank you very much. >>> next on the republican side the 2016 race of candidates will answer to voters tonight in new hampshire. but donald trump will not be on that stage. next, why trump is sitting tonight out. >>> donald trump keeps moving up and up. take a look at the latest polls. trump has a huge new lead with 26%. that puts him up by more than a 2-to-1 margin. you have scott walker at 11. all of this -- not all, but some of these republican candidates

her campaign today touting the fact that it has secured commitments for more than 440 superdelegates.than 50% of those needed, just to put it into a broader context. and, of course, the main goal with that, jose, is to send a strong message with vice president biden that secretary clinton is going to be tough to beat. of course, a lot of the buzz here is about vice president biden. is he going to get into this race? the general consensus seems to be the more the measureirrier, f he gets in, he will make secretary clinton stronger. but people say, wait a minute. if secretary clinton turns around on this e-mail issue, it would be harder for vice president biden to make that case. he has been holding high-level meetings, however, he hasn't laid the practical groundwork that you would expect to see at this time for someone considering a serious candidacy. now, vice president biden by his own admission says he's undecided. he's still very much grieving the loss of his son beau. i am told by those close to him that a decision is still several weeks away. jose? >> thank you very much. >>> th

they will meet with superdelegates this friday. no decision has been made yet. he's still weighing his options. he said he will wait until the end of the summer. that could mean the end of september. it's definitely looking like he's taking a much closer look at this than he had been previously. i think too many reason for that, one, the death of his son beau who reportedly said he wanted his father to run and the weakness of hillary clinton who is not and inevitable as we once thought she might be. >> let's talk about that because we're just getting word, alex. two of hillary clinton's top aides will sit for interviews before the house benghazi select committee coming up next week. aides confirm to nbc news that the fact that this will happen. so are those the kind of headlines that could push vice president joe biden to jump into the race thinking that maybe clinton's campaign is too damaged and he would have better success? >> definitely not a vote of confidence in hillary clinton's campaign that joe biden is taking a closer look at running. just moments ago,

so please give me a superdelegate -- succinct answer and then i will end. it's easier for you to come to the determination that whistleblowers are wrong before you can come to -- in a faster way you can say the retaliators are wrong. and i firing them. >> i understand it has to do with the burden of proof. when we do fire an employee, we are required to show that the preponderance of the evidence supports the action. >> i get the whole burden thing. that's why you should have more people working on that to do it even faster. this system is not going to get fixed. and you can talk about, oh, we changed the culture here. we did this. we set up that. oh, it's all so much better. if retaliators aren't being held accountable, that's the bottom line, and i don't see that. thank you very much, mr. chairman. >> thank you, miss rice. dr. roe, you're recognized for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i guess the direction i want to go is with dr. head and mr. tremaine. when you make an allegation, obviously you're not a team player right there. so what is it to