>>> ALL RIGHT. BREAKING NEWS.
BREAKING NEWS. THOUGHT THIS WAS GOING TO HAPPEN
AT 7.
AT 7. A LITTLE EARLIER.
BERNIE SANDERS JUMPING BACK INTO
THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE AGAIN.
HE IS RUNNING OFFICIALLY.
>> THIS IS GOING TO BE
FASCINATING.
FASCINATING. EVERYBODY REMEMBER BERNIE
SANDERS ENERGIZED THE DEMOCRATIC
PARTY.
PARTY. HE HAD AN EXTRAORDINARY GRASS
ROOTS OPERATION.
ROOTS OPERATION. HE WAS FIGHTING UPHILL MOST OF
THE TIME BECAUSE THE DEMOCRATIC
PARTY ESTABLISHMENT WAS ALL ON
BOARD WITH HILLARY CLINTON AND
AS SOME PEOPLE SUGGESTED, PARTS
OF THE PROCESS AT TIMES APPEARED
TO BE SKEWED TOWARD HILLARY
CLINTON OR YOU MIGHT SAY RIGGED.
BUT, MIKE, IT’S A DIFFERENT
YEAR.
YEAR. >> IF YOU EVER SAW THE MATE
TRICK --
TRICK -- MAY
MAY MATE
MATE MATRIX, HE WAS THE OUTSIDER.
HE HAD THAT LANE BY HIMSELF.
>> HE WAS RIGHT.
>> THAT IT WAS RIGGED?
>> IT WAS RIGGED.
BY THE WAY, --
>> THE REPUBLICANS ARE NOW
RIGGING THE ELECTION.
MAKE THEM FIGHT, MAKE THEM
SCRAP, MAKE IT CROWDED.
NOW THERE ARE 800 PEOPLE FILLING
UP THAT LANE.
ELIZABETH WARREN OF COURSE,
PROBABLY THOSE TWO WILL BE
PROBABLY FIGHTING FOR THE SAME
VOTES MORE THAN ANYBODY ELSE ON
THAT LIST.
THAT LIST. AGAIN, IT’S GOING TO BE A
DIFFERENT RUN, A TOUGHER RUN FOR
BERNIE THIS TIME.
>> IT’S GOING TO BE A MUCH
TOUGHER RUN.
TOUGHER RUN. IT’S A WIDE, DIVERSE, DEEP
FIELD.
FIELD. YOU GET THE ANECDOTAL IMPRESS
RIGHT NOW KAMALA HARRIS IS ON
THE VERGE OF BREAKING OUT A
LITTLE MORE THAN ANY OF THE
OTHER CANDIDATES.
OTHER CANDIDATES. I THINK BERNIE’S TIME, SADLY FOR
BERN AND THE BERNIE FILES MIGHT
BE IN THE REAR VIEW MIRROR.
>> OF THAT GROUP THAT WE JUST
SAW UP ON THE GREEN, WHO
TEMPERAMENTALLY LIKE IT ON,
WHETHER YOU WANT TO SEE IT OR
NOT, CAN STAND UP TO TRUMP.
THAT’S ULTIMATELY WHAT DEMOCRATS
ARE LOOKING FOR, SOMEONE WHO CAN
BEAT DONALD TRUMP.
>> GENE, DEMOCRATS WANT TO WIN.
>> I SEE POTENTIALLY TWO.
>> WE’RE TALKING ABOUT IDEOLOGY
RIGHT NOW.
RIGHT NOW. THIS WILL SHOCK ALL OF MY DEAR
FRIENDS ON THE LEFT ON TWITTER
AND ALL OF MY DEAR FRIENDS ON
THE RIGHT ON TWITTER, BUT
IDEOLOGY AT THE END OF THE DAY
JUST DOESN’T MATTER.
IT REMINDS ME OF THE MIKE
TYSON -- I THINK THE PRESIDENT
EVEN SAID, TOO, EVERYBODY HAS A
PLAN UNTIL THEY GET HIT IN THE
FACE.
FACE. WELL, EVERYBODY CARES ABOUT
IDEOLOGY UNTIL THE FIRST TIME
THAT CANDIDATE GRABS A
MICROPHONE, STOPS TALKING AND
SHE OR HE OWNS THE ROOM.
THEN FORGET ABOUT IDEOLOGY.
IT’S ABOUT LEADERSHIP.
>> BERNIE COMES IN WITH A BASE.
HE’S RUN NATIONWIDE, HE’S GOT
PEOPLE OUT THERE IN EVERY STATE
WHO ARE GOING TO BE BACK ON THE
BERNIE TRAIN.
BERNIE TRAIN. BUT AS WAS SAID, THIS IS A MUCH
DIFFERENT YEAR.
DIFFERENT YEAR. WHAT I THINK DEMOCRATS ARE
LOOKING FOR IS SOMEBODY WHO CAN
BEAT DONALD TRUMP AND OF THE
MANY CANDIDATES OF THIS
MULTITUDE, YOU KNOW, A FEW ARE
GOING TO STAND OUT.
THEY’RE GOING TO CAPTURE THE
IMAGINATION.
IMAGINATION. SOME HAVEN’T GOTTEN IN YET WHO I
THINK COULD BE MAJOR PLAYERS
THIS TIME AND WE WILL SEE, YOU
KNOW, I HOPE THEY FIGHT IT OUT
AND WE’LL SEE WHO EMERGES.
BUT AT THIS STAGE, EVERYBODY
JUMP IN AND WE’LL SEE WHO REALLY
CAPTURES THE IMAGINATION OF
DEMOCRATS AND WHO LOOKS LIKE
SOMEBODY WHO CANNOT ONLY STAND
UP TO BUT DEFEAT DONALD TRUMP.
I THINK VOTERS WILL GET A SENSE
OF THAT AND THEY’LL LET US KNOW
WHAT THEY THINK.
>> MIKA, YOU SAID YOU SAW TWO.
IA, MAYBE THREE.
>> WHO YOU THOUGHT COULD STAND
ON THE STAGE AND TELL THE
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES,
YOU’RE A LIAR.
>> YOU WANT TO BE ABLE TO STAND
ON THE STAGE, GO WITH YOUR GUT
AS IF YOU SPEAK TO NO ONE.
THERE’S ACTUALLY TWO AND A HALF
OR THREE.
OR THREE. >> I’M GOING TO WRITE THEM DOWN
ON A PIECE OF PAPER AND WE’LL
SEE HOW THIS GOES.
DON’T PEEK.
DON’T PEEK. >> IN A POLL YESTERDAY, JOE
BIDEN IS UP BY TEN POINTS AND
EVERYBODY ELSE IS WITHIN THE
MARGIN OF ERROR.
WITH THESE CANDIDATES JUST
STARTING OFF AT THEIR BEST
WITHOUT BEING DINGED UP, STILL
WITHIN THE MARGIN OF ERROR, I
WILL BE THE THE FIRST TO ADMIT,
AND I WROTE IT IN "THE
WASHINGTON POST" ABOUT A MONTH
AGO, THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINATION
WAS GOING TO BE MORE IMPORTANT
THAN EVER BEFORE BECAUSE YOU’D
JUST BE A STEP AWAY FROM THE
OVAL OFFICE, IT’S NOT LOOKING
THAT WAY NOW.
A MONTH LATER IT’S NOT LOOKING
THAT WAY.
THAT WAY. >> I’VE SPENT YEARS TELLING
DEMOCRAT BEING FRIENDS PART OF
DEMOCRATIC FRIENDS THAT PART OF
THE REASON THE PARTY IS THE WAY
IT IS, IS REPUBLICANS CAN SIT
BACK AND WAIT FOR YOU TO SCREW
UP.
UP. AND THAT’S REALLY A PROBLEM.
I THINK IN SOME WAYS THE
DEMOCRATS ARE RISKING
REPLICATING WHAT THE REPUBLICANS
DID THE LAST TIME AROUND.
YOU’RE GOING TO HAVE 20
CANDIDATES, SOME OF WHOM ARE
INSTANT NO-HOPERS.
INSTANT NO-HOPERS. AS A REPRESENTATIVE IN BERNIE
SANDERS’ STATE IS THE ANSWER TO
A QUESTION NOBODY IS ASKING.
HE SERVED AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN
2016 TO SAY THIS IS A REAL
PRIMARY, THE ELECTION ISN’T
RIGGED, IF YOU WANT SOMEBODY
MORE EXCITING THAN HILLARY
CLINTON, I’M THE PERSON.
I’M A LITTLE MORE OPTIMIST BEING
THAN YOU ARE
-- OPTIMISTIC THAN YOU ARE,
JOE.
JOE. I DON’T KNOW HOW IT’S GOING TO
COALESCE.
COALESCE. >> I’M PUTTING THIS IN THE
BOTTOM OF MY PURSE.
>> WHAT’S INTERESTING, THOUGH,
IS BERNIE AGAIN WAS A GUY THAT
AFTER THE ELECTION WAS OVER, YOU
HAD PEOPLE SAYING THAT VOTED FOR
DONALD TRUMP, WELL, I WOULD HAVE
VOTED FOR BERNIE IF IT HADN’T
BEEN RIGGED AGAINST HIM FROM THE
DNC.
DNC. IT’S LIKE THE PEOPLE WHO VOTED
FOR OBAMA TWO TIMES AND BERNIE
DOES SPEAK TO A LOT OF
DISAFFECTED PEOPLE --
>> NO, NO, DON’T OPEN PEOPLE.
>> I’M NOT GOING TO ANNOUNCE IT.
I’M NOT GOING TO ANNOUNCE IT.
PLEASE.
PLEASE. >> NO, YOU HAVE TO KEEP OPENING
IT.
IT. YOU HAVE TO KEEP OPENING IT ALL
THE WAY.
THE WAY. >> THE OSCARS.
>> ISN’T THIS WHERE WE TELL THEM
YOU HAVE TO PASS THE NOTE
FORWARD.
FORWARD. >> OKAY.
>> OKAY. SO INTERESTING, RIGHT?
SO BEFORE WE GO TO BREAK BECAUSE
WE’LL CONTINUE CONVERSATION.
>> THAT’S A THREAT.
WE’RE GOING TO CONTINUE THIS
CONVERSATION AFTER THE BREAK BUT
AS WE GO TO BREAK --
>> SENATOR KAMALA HARRIS IN HER
PREBUTTAL.
PREBUTTAL. >> YOU TOLD US YOU HAD THE BITE,
NOW YOU’RE SAYING YOU DON’T HAVE