>> THIS WEEKEND, ONE CERTAIN TO BE CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT TOOK
A SERIOUS STEP TO PURSUING THAT
GOAL.
GOAL. HE QUIT HIS FOX NEWS JOB.
>> TONIGHT, I'M GOING TO DO MORE
THAN JUST SAY GOODNIGHT.
I'M GOING TO SAY GOOD-BYE.
THIS IS THE LAST EDITION OF H K
HUCKABEE ON THE FOX NEWS
CHANNEL.
CHANNEL. GOD'S PUT ME ON EARTH TO TRY TO
MAKE A GOOD LIFE.
>> IN 2008, FORMER ARKANSAS
GOVERNOR MIKE HUCKABEE WON THE
IOWA CAUCUS.
IOWA CAUCUS. MIKE HUCKABEE TOLD HIS AUDIENCE
THAT HE IS CONSIDERING TRYING IT
AGAIN.
AGAIN. >> THERE'S BEEN A GREAT DEAL OF
SPECULATION AS TO WHETHER I
WOULD RUN FOR PRESIDENT.
AND IF I WERE WILLING TOAN ANTO
ABSOLUTELY RULE THAT OUT I COULD
KEEP DOING THIS SHOW.
NOW I'M NOT GOING TO MAKE A
DECISION UNTIL LATE IN THE
SPRING OF 2015.
BUT THE CONTINUED CHATTER HAS
PUT FOX NEWS INTO A POSITION
THAT JUST ISN'T FAIR TO THEM.
NOR, IS IT POSSIBLE FOR ME TO
OPENLY DETERMINE POLITICAL AND
FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO JUSTIFY A
RACE.
RACE. I SAY GOOD-BYE.
BUT AS WE SAY IN TELEVISION,
STAY TUNED.
STAY TUNED. THERE'S MORE TO COME.
>> HERE'S WHAT CONSERVATIVE TALK
SHOW HOST AND MIKE HUCKABEE FAN
LAURA INGRAHAM HAD TO SAY.
>> THE IDEA THAT MIKE HUCKABEE
IS GOING TO BE PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED STATES, I'LL PREDICT
THAT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN.
>> THE WASHINGTON POST REPORTED
TODAY THAT IF MIKE HUCKABEE IS
GOING TO MAKE A SERIOUS RUN HE
WILL HAVE TO DO SOMETHING HE
WASN'T ABLE TO DO IN 2008, RAISE
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS.
ONE OF HIS POTENTIAL COMPETITORS
FOR DONOR MONEY IS CHRIS
CHRISTIE WHO ACCORDING TO THE
WALL STREET JOURNAL SPENT THE
HOLIDAYS IN THE CARIBBEAN
DISCUSSING WHETHER HE WILL RUN
FOR PRESIDENT.
FOR PRESIDENT. MRS. CHRISTIE IS SAID TO HAVE
GROWN MORE ACCUSTOMED TO THE
IDEA OF A PRESIDENTIAL BID SINCE
REPUBLICANS FIRST TRIED TO GET
THE GOVERNOR TO RUN IN 2011.
AMONG NEW JERSEY VOTERS, CHRIS
CHRISTIE'S FAVORABLE RATING IS
AT ITS LOWEST RATE EVER AT 42%,
GIVING HIM A POSITIVE RATING,
45% GIVE HIM AN UNFAVORABLE
RATING.
RATING. HIS FRIENDSHIP WITH JERRY JONES
PROBABLY WON'T HELP WITH HIS NEW
JERSEY NUMBERS.
JERSEY NUMBERS. HE WENT ON BOOMER AND CARLTON TO
DEFEND HIS LOVE OF THE TEXAS
FOOTBALL TEAM AND TRY TO EXPLAIN
THE MISSED HIGH-FIVE AND AWKWARD
HUG WITH JERRY JONES AFTER
YESTERDAY'S COWBOYS WIN.
>> IT WAS PANDEMONIUM IN THERE,
CRAIG.
CRAIG. IT'S DIFFICULT TO DESCRIBE THE
LEVEL OF INTENSITY IN THE JONES
BOX DURING THESE GAMES, AND SO,
NO.
NO. BELIEVE ME, I'M SITTING IN JERRY
JONES' BOX.
JONES' BOX. >> JOINING ME NOW, ROBERT COSTA
FROM THE WASHINGTON POST, AND
DAVID FRAUM FROM THE ATLANTIC
MAGAZINE.
MAGAZINE. ON THE MEEK HUCKABEE CANDIDACY,
HERE'S SOMEBODY WHO CAME IN A
STRONG FIRST IN IOWA IN 2008.
JOHN McCAIN CAME IN FOURTH IN
IOWA IN 2008, WENT ON TO
ACTUALLY GET THE NOMINATION.
WHAT IN HUCKABEE'S PREVIOUS RUN
AT THIS WOULD GIVE HIM THE IDEA
HE CAN ACTUALLY GO ALL THE WAY?
>> I SPOKE TO HUCKABEE ADVISERS
TODAY, AND THEY THINK HE HAS A
LINGERING GOODWILL IN IOWA.
BUT THE PROBLEM IS HE ONLY
RAISED $16 MILLION WHEN HE RAN
FOR PRESIDENT IN 2008.
NOW IT'S ESTIMATED HE NEEDS TO
RAISE $50 MILLION TO $75 MILLION
JUST TO MAKE IT THROUGH THE
EARLY STAGE OF THE PRIMARY.
CAN HE RAISE THE MONEY?
HE HASN'T SHOWN A PEN CHANT FOR
IT IN THE PAST.
>> THAT WAS THE STALL, WASN'T
IT?
IT? IN 2008?
IN 2008? >> IT WAS.
>> IS THERE A THEORY THERE IN
HUCKABEE WORLD THAT IF HE HAD
HAD THE MONEY TO CAPITALIZE ON
HOW WELL HE DID IN IOWA, THING
COS HAVE BEEN DIFFERENT?
>> THAT'S WHY HE'S GETTING IN
RIGHT NOW.
RIGHT NOW. HE KNOWS HE NEEDS TO START
RAISING MONEY.
RAISING MONEY. HE CAN'T COUNT JUST ON
GRASSROOTS SUPPORT.
GRASSROOTS SUPPORT. HE'S ALREADY COURTING A LOT OF
BUNDLERS, SUPER PACS.
HE'S LOOKING AT HIS STRATEGY
SAYING I KNOW I COULD WIN IOWA,
BUT I HAVE TO BE ABLE TO PLAY IN
SOUTH CAROLINA AND FLORIDA.
>> LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE
RECENT NATIONAL POLL THAT HAS
JEB BUSH AT THE TOP.
THIS IS A NATIONAL POLL, 23%.
CHRISTIE SIGNIFICANTLY BELOW
THAT THE AT 10.
THEN YOU HAVE A BUNCH OF PEOPLE
CROWDED IN THERE, 7, 6, 5,
HUCKABEE, RICK PERRY.
WHAT DO YOU TAKE FROM A LINEUP
LIKE THAT, GIVEN THAT IT'S A
NATIONAL POLL AND THE WAY THIS
IS ACTUALLY GOING TO WORK IS
STATE BY STATE?
>> YOU KNOW, THERE'S A UNIQUE
SYMMETRY THIS TIME BETWEEN THE
REPUBLICAN AND DEMOCRATIC RACES.
IN BOTH CASES YOU HAVE A FIELD
DOMINATED BY A FUND-RAISING
JUGGERNAUT.
JUGGERNAUT. HILLARY CLINTON, JEB BUSH.
BOTH OF THEM DEEPLY CONNECTED TO
THE WEALTHIEST PEOPLE IN THE
COUNTRY, AND BOTH OF THEM WITH
BROADLY SIMILAR VIEWS.
YOU GET THEM IN FRONT OF A
QUESTIONNAIRE, I DON'T KNOW THAT
THE ANSWERS WOULD LOOK SO
DIFFERENT.
DIFFERENT. AND IN BOTH CASES THE PROBLEMS
ARE PROBABLY RESIGNED TO THEIR
LEADERSHIP, BUT THERE IS AN
OPPORTUNITY, THERE'S
OPPORTUNITY, THERE'S DISSATISFACTION AND AN
OPPORTUNITY.
OPPORTUNITY. AND IN BOTH PARTIES YOU HAVE
PEOPLE LOOKING AROUND TO TAKE
ADVANTAGE OF THAT OPPORTUNITY,
RATHER MORE AGGRESSIVELY SO
INSIDE THE REPUBLICAN PARTY, AT
LEAST SO FAR.
BUT REPUBLICANS DON'T FEEL ABOUT
JEB ABOUT THE WAY DEMOCRATS FEEL
ABOUT HILLARY.
ABOUT HILLARY. WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, WE'LL TAKE
IT IF WE MUST, BUT IS THERE
ANYTHING MORE?
ANYTHING MORE? >> WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT THIS
POLL ABOUT HOW DEMOCRATS FEEL
ABOUT HILLARY, WHICH IS PRETTY
POSITIVE.
POSITIVE. WE HAVE HILLARY CLINTON AT 66%.
THE NEXT NAME DOWN, ELIZABETH
WARREN AT 9%, JOE BIDEN, 8%,
BERNIE SANDERS, 3%.
AND YOU KNOW WHAT?
GUYS, HAVING LOOKED AT THAT
POLL, HILLARY CLINTON AT 66%,
I'M GOING TO TAKE THE SUSPENSE
OUT OF THIS EPISODE OF THE LAST
WORD, I AM NOT GOING TO ANNOUNCE
AT THE LAST PART OF THIS PROGRAM
THAT I AM RESIGNING THIS ANCHOR
DESK TO GET IN THERE TO
CHALLENGE HILLARY'S 66%.
>> THERE'S CERTAINLY AN OPENING,
WOULDN'T YOU AGREE?
>> I DON'T SEE IT WHEN I LOOK AT
THAT POLL.
THAT POLL. BUT WHEN REPUBLICANS LOOK AT
THAT POLL WITH HILLARY CLINTON
UP THERE AT 66%, WHAT DOES IT
TELL THEM IN TERMS OF WHERE THEY
SHOULD BE GOING WITH THEIR
NOMINEE?
NOMINEE? >> FIRST OF ALL, WHEN I WAS IN
IOWA, I SAT DOWN WITH SOME
DEMOCRATIC ADVOCATES, THEY WANT
TO SEE A RACE.
THEY LIKE BERNIE SANDERS.
THEY LIKE HIS PROGRESSION.
THEY LIKE SENATOR WARREN.
THEY DON'T THINK SHE'S GOING TO
RUN.
RUN. THEY THINK JIM WEBB HAS AN
INTERESTING MESSAGE AS AN
ANTI-WAR DEMOCRAT.
ANTI-WAR DEMOCRAT. THEY WANT TO SEE A COMPETITION
FOR THE NOMINATION.
>> AND THAT'S PART OF THE WALL
STREET JOURNAL REPORT TODAY
INDICATING THAT IOWANS DON'T
WANT TO SEE HILLARY CLINTON COME
IN EFFECT AS AN INCUMBENT
DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENT WITH NO
CHALLENGE THERE.
CHALLENGE THERE. >> AND I DON'T THINK IT'S THE
SHEER LOVE OF THE SPORT.
I THINK IT'S SOMETHING DEEPER
GOING ON.
GOING ON. WE IN A RECOVERY, AND YET, IT'S
A RECOVERY THAT HAS NOT TOUCHED
VERY MANY PEOPLE.
AND BOTH DEMOCRATS AND
REPUBLICANS HAVE THAT SAME
FEELING OF SOMEHOW THIS IS
PASSING US BY.
BOTH HAVE THAT SICKENING FEELING
WHEN THEY READ MIKE HUCKABEE,
WHETHER YOU LIKE HIM OR NOT, THE
IDEA THREE CAN'T BE A CANDIDATE
UNLESS HE CAN FIND $70 MILLION
BEFORE THE 4th OF JULY, THERE'S
SOMETHING VERY ODD ABOUT THAT.
AND THE DEMOCRATIC RACE OF
COURSE HILLARY IS RAISING TENS
OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS AND JEB
OF COURSE IS GOING TO CATCH UP.
ELIZABETH WARREN GAVE VERY
ELOQUENT VOICE TO THIS IN HER
ATTEMPTED FILIBUSTER OF THE KROM
ANY BUS WHEN SHE TALKED ABOUT
HOW CLOSE DEMOCRATS HAVE BEEN TO
BIG FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS AND
HOW MUCH OF THE DEREGULATION OF
WALL STREET HAPPENED UNDERNEATH
THE WATCH OF PRESIDENT CLINTON.
THERE IS, I THINK THERE IS MORE
REST UNDERNEATH THE COMPLACENCY
THAT SHOWS THESE VASTLY
WELL-FUNDED CANDIDATES AHEAD,
THERE IS RESTLESSNESS.
IT IS NOT A HAPPY TIME IN
AMERICA.
AMERICA. IT'S NOT AN EASY TIME TO BE A
PRESUMED INCUMBENT.
PRESUMED INCUMBENT. >> ROBERT COSTA, WHEN YOU HAVE
TO GO ON A SPORTS RADIO SHOW TO
DO POLITICAL DAMAGE CONTROL,
MAYBE YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE GONE TO
THAT GAME IN THE FIRST PLACE.
THIS CHRIS CHRISTIE SITUATION
WHERE HERE HE IS GOING TO A
FOOTBALL GAME, AND THAT'S, YOU
KNOW, I'M SURE HE HAS A REAL
INTEREST IN FOOTBALL GAMES.
I'M SURE HE'S A FAN AND ALL
THAT, BUT THAT KIND OF THING,
PUBLICLY IS ALWAYS ABOUT SEE
WHAT A REGULAR GUY I AM?
I ENJOY A GAME JUST LIKE ANYONE
ELSE, BUT WHAT YOU HAVE IS THIS
IMAGE OF A MAN LITERALLY,
PHYSICALLY DESPERATELY CLINGING
TO RICH GUYS, IN ANOTHER STATE,
WHEN HIS APPROVAL RATING IS AT
ITS LOWEST POINT IN NEW JERSEY.
AND THERE HE IS ON THE SPORTS
RADIO SHOW TRYING TO STRAIGHTEN
ALL THAT OUT.
IT'S, IT SEEMS LIKE A
NOT-QUITE-READY-FOR PRESIDENTIAL
NOT-QUITE-READY-FOR PRESIDENTIAL PRIME TIME MOMENT.
>> AND IF YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT
RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT, IT'S NOT
THE FIRST THING, JONES IS TIGHT
WITH A LOT OF REPUBLICANS IN
DLACHLTS HE'S WATCHING WHAT'S
HAPPENING.
HAPPENING. HE SEES JEB BUSH IS GOING TO BE
IN GREENWICH RAISING MONEY.
CHRISTIE'S SITTING THERE
WATCHING A FOOTBALL GAME AND THE
WHOLE FIELD UNFOLD.
HE'S TRYING TO KEEP THE
RELATIONSHIP STRONG WITH JERRY
JONES AND WITH A LOT OF HIS
DONORS.
DONORS. >> JEB BUSH SEEMS TO BE CLOSE TO
AN ANNOUNCEMENT.
AN ANNOUNCEMENT. HE'S DONE EVERYTHING YOU WOULD
DO.
DO. DOESN'T THAT JUST CLOSE OUT THE
CHRISTIE POSSIBILITY?
CHRISTIE POSSIBILITY? >> IT CERTAINLY SQUEEZES IT.
AND THEY WILL BE COMPETING FOR
THE SAME SOURCES OF MONEY.
THEY ARE LOOKING AT THE SAME
KINDS OF DONORS.
ONE OF THE WAYS TO LOOK AT THE
REPUBLICAN RACE, IT'S A SERIES
OF LEAGUES.
OF LEAGUES. THERE'S THE LEAGUE IN WHICH JEB
BUSH AND CHRIS CHRISTIE ARE
PLAYING, THE LEAGUE RAND PAUL
AND TED CRUZ AND BENIC CARSON A
THE OTHERS WHO ARE BECOMING MORE
FAMOUS.
FAMOUS. BEN CARSON IS CLEARLY THE WINNER
IN LEAGUE THREE.
I WOULD BET ON TED CRUZ TO
EMERGE IN LEAGUE TWO.
>> BUT I WANT TO WRITE OFF
CHRISTIE.
CHRISTIE. A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE WATCHING TO
SEE HOW CHRISTIE, HOW JEB BUSH
CAMPAIGNS.
CAMPAIGNS. >> I'M BACKING UP TO LEAGUE ONE.
LEAGUE ONE IS THE LEAGUE THAT
ROMNEY DOMINATED LAST TIME.
THIS TIME THAT LEAGUE IS
COMPETITIVE.
COMPETITIVE. LAST TIME IT WASN'T.
LAST TIME ALL THE ACTION WAS IN
LEAGUE TWO.
LEAGUE TWO. THIS TIME THE ACTION'S GOING TO
BE IN LEAGUE ONE.
>> DAVID FRAUM AND ROBERT COSTA,
THANK YOU BOTH FOR JOINING ME.
>> THANK YOU.
>>> COMING UP, ONE OF THE JURORS
IN THE MICHAEL BROWN CASE WANTS
TO REVEAL WHAT REALLY HAPPENED
IN THAT GRAND JURY ROOM.
>>> AND NEW YORK MAYOR BILL DE
BLASIO SPOKE FOR THE FIRST TIME
ABOUT THE OFFICERS WHO TURNED
THEIR BACKS ON HIM DURING THE
FUNERALS OF TWO NEW YORK CITY
POLICE OFFICERS.
POLICE OFFICERS. >>> AND THE FIRST BLACK MAN
ELECTED TO THE UNITED STATES
SENATE.
SENATE. BARACK OBAMA WAS THE SECOND.
AND THOSE TWO MEN HAVE MORE IN
COMMON THAN RACIAL HERITAGE.