KNIGHT PARTNER ROBERT FRYE
APPEARED YOU DON'T WANT TO MISS
ANY OF THAT.
FIRST OUR TOP STORY THIS HOUR.
HOWARD SHOWS STEPPING DOWN.
THE OUTSPOKEN EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN
OF STARBUCKS IS LEAVING AFFECTED
JUNE 26 ENDING HIS 36 YEAR RUN
AT THE COFFEE CHAIN HE FOUNDED.
SPECULATION HE IS CONSIDERING A
RUN FOR THE WHITE HOUSE IN A
LETTER TO EMPLOYEES COMMERCIALS
RIGHT IN PART OF THE THINKING
ABOUT A RANGE OF OPTIONS FOR
MYSELF AND NOT KNOWING WHAT THE
FUTURE HOLDS.
WERE WE ASKED HIM ABOUT HIS
POLITICAL AMBITION IN FEBRUARY.
DAGEN: ARE YOU GOING TO RUN FOR
PRESIDENT IN 2020?
>> I'M SITTING NEXT TO HER
BECAUSE OF MY DAY JOB AS
EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN.
ON THE HEELS OF THE PANAMA
SUCCESSFUL STARBUCKS DURING
HISTORY IN CHINA WITH RESERVE
STORES.
I'LL DO EVERYTHING I CAN TO
BENEFIT SHAREHOLDERS AS
EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN AND AS A
PRIVATE CITIZEN, VERY CONCERNED
ABOUT DOING EVERYTHING I CAN AND
THINGS THAT ARE NOT BASED ON
IDEOLOGY, BUT TRYING TO WALK IN
THE SHOES OF THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE.
DAGEN: FORMER JCPENNEY CEO BYRON
ALLMAN TO BE THE BOARD OF
STARBUCKS.
HOWARD SCHULTZ OVERSEEING AN
INCREDIBLE GROWTH STORY IN HIS
THREE DECADES OF STARBUCKS.
YOU THINK HE WILL RUN FOR
OFFICE?
>> YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A
BUSINESSMAN, SUCCESSFUL
BUSINESSMEN IN THE WHITE HOUSE
RIGHT NOW.
YOU CAN TO SPIT OUT.
SCHULTZ HASN'T REALLY BEEN IN
THE POLITICAL ARENA.
PRESIDENT TRUMP KIND OF DANCED
AROUND IT FOR MANY YEARS, KIND
OF IN IRAQ BEING WITH MEDIA AND
POLITICS.
WHO KNOWS.
HARD TO SAY.
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
>> IS A BRAND-NEW WORLD.
IF YOU WERE TO RUN AND WIN, THE
GOOD NEWS IS WE ALWAYS NEWS IS
WE ALWAYS FIND AN AVAILABLE
RESTROOM NEAR THE WHITE HOUSE,
WHICH IS VERY HARD TO DO IN D.C.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT HE WILL DO.
HE WANTS TO ELEVATE THE
CONVERSATION AS PEOPLE LIKE TO
SAY.
MORE POWER TO THEM.
THIS IS A PLACE WHERE IF I COULD
RUN FOR PRESIDENT, SURELY
ANYBODY CAN.
I WANT TO BEAT YOU TO IT.
GO AHEAD AND SAY IT.
DAGEN: I WAS NOT GOING TO MAKE
THAT JOKE.
>> IS A BRILLIANT BUSINESS GUY.
HE HAD A VISION, CREATED AN
EXTRAORDINARY COMPANY TO DO
ANYTHING OTHER THAN JUST
ACKNOWLEDGED THAT HE IS A SHREWD
AND SMART SAVVY BUSINESS GUY AND
A BUILT-IN MODEL THAT IS NOW
GONE.
>> WHILE WHAT HE HAS TO DO TO
MAKE A THE TRANSITION FROM SMART
SAVVY BUSINESS GUY?
>> I HEAR PEOPLE SAY I WANT TO
RUN THE GOVERNMENT LIKE A
BUSINESS.
ANY BUSINESS YOU CAN FIRE THE
PEOPLE THAT DON'T DO THEIR JOBS
WELL AND YOU CAN ALSO JUST MAKE
A CHANGE IN THE POLICIES.
WHEN YOU'RE IN GOVERNMENT COME
YOU'VE GOT TO WORK FOR A
BUREAUCRACY IN THE ATTITUDE AS I
WAS HERE WHEN YOU CAME ALL BE
HERE WHEN YOU LEAVE.
YOU CAN'T TOUCH THIS.
>> WHY TRUMP REALLY OPEN THE
DOOR TO SAY HEY, PEOPLE
DISMISSED TRUMP UNTIL THE VOTES
WERE COUNTED ON ELECTION NIGHT.
NUMBER ONE.
NUMBER TWO I'M NOT THOUGH, TO
GET BATTERS SOME OF PRESIDENT
TRUMP'S FRUSTRATION YOU SEE
ABOUT NOT BEING ABLE TO MAKE
DECISIONS IN GOVERNMENT LIKE A
BUSINESS BECAUSE YOU CAN FIRE
ANYBODY.
YOU FIRE JIM COMEY AND YOU GET A
SPECIAL COUNSEL INVESTIGATION
WHICH IS WHAT HAPPENS.
YOU CAN OPERATE WASHINGTON LIKE
A BUSINESS.
>> YOU ALSO HAVE A LEGISLATURE
COULD ELECT A LEGISLATURE.
ELECTED BY THE LEGISLATURE BUT
YOU CAN'T.
YOU HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW DO
YOU GO TO BED AND SAY I SHOULD
HAVE BEEN PRESIDENT.
NOT THIS GUY.
>> PRESIDENT TRUMP IN A BIG WAY
WITH THE TAX OVERHAUL.
>> THEY DID.
HE HAD TO PUSH AND PROD AND
DRIVE THEM TO THE FINISH LINE,
BUT HE'S ALSO GOT THE MINORITY
PARTY OR WHETHER THIS DEMAND
LOTS OF WATER THEY A PRESS
CONFERENCE IN CHUCK SCHUMER SAID
IT'S NOW PROVEN.
TRUMP CAN'T SWIM.
THIS IS WHAT HE IS AGAINST EVERY
SINGLE DAY OF HIS PRESIDENCY.
>> NOT JUST ELECTED OFFICIALS
ACROSS THE AISLE.
IT IS ALSO ALL OF THE
INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE PART OF
GOVERNMENT, WHO WERE THERE
FOREVER AND WHATEVER THEIR
POLITICAL MOTIVATIONS ARE, YOU
MADE A JOKE AND AGAIN YOU ARE
TALKING ABOUT THE IRS AND FBI,
EVEN THE PEOPLE WITHIN THE STATE
DEPARTMENT.
THERE WAS A LOT OF COAL FROM
THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO DO NOT
LIKE THE ADMINISTRATION.
>> THERE IS A REAL DESIRE TO
STAGE BUT IS NO LESS THAN A COUP
D'E
D'ÉTAT.
I KNOW I'M TELLING YOU THERE ARE
PEOPLE IN WASHINGTON WITH US TO
DO ANYTHING POSSIBLE.
REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS
DISRUPTED THE TYPICAL MODEL OF
GO ALONG, GET ALONG, MAKE SURE
YOU'VE GOT YOUR BASE COVERED IN
KEEP THE DONORS HAPPY AND THE
MONEY ROLLING IN.