UNDECIDED VOTERS IN THIS PART OF THE COUNTRY WHERE THESE PRIMARY
ELECTIONS ARE ABOUT TO HAPPEN.
AND I THINK THAT HE HELPED MAKE
THE INDICATIONCASE FOR HIMSELF T
INTO THIS HEADING IN TO SUPER
TUESDAY AND BEYOND.
>> PRESIDENT TRUMP WRITES CRAZY
CHAOTIC DEBATE, FAKE NEW, SAID
BIDEN DID WELL EVEN THOUGH HE
SAID HALF OF THE POPULATION WAS
SHOT TO DEATH, IT WOULD BE OVER
FOR MOST.
FOR MOST. MINI MIKE WAS -- JUST
RIDICULOUS.
RIDICULOUS. WE HAVE A CORONAVIRUS ISSUE THAT
HE NEEDS TO HANDLE
PRESIDENTIALLY.
PRESIDENTIALLY. AND HE IS SITTING HERE TWEETING
LIKE THIS.
LIKE THIS. HE SAYS THAT HE HAS A NEWS
CONFERENCE AND OF COURSE HE SAYS
THAT RIGHT AFTER HE WATCHES
"MORNING JOE" AND STARTS
TWEETING ABOUT OUR COVERAGE.
PATHETIC.
PATHETIC. ANYHOW, DEMOCRATS HAVE THEIR OWN
PROBLEMS.
PROBLEMS. BLOOMBERG, IS HE HELPING SANDERS
AT THIS POINT?
BECAUSE IT LOOKS LIKE HIS
PARTICIPATION ACTUALLY HURTS JOE
BIDEN, NOT BERNIE SANDERS.
>> I THINK THAT IT IS GETTING
COMPLICATED HERE BECAUSE THERE
IS ONLY ONE GAME TO PLAY HERE
AND THAT IS TO KEEP BERNIE
SANDERS PLEABELOW 1991.
>> IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THAT IS
BLOOMBERG’S INTENTION.
BLOOMBERG’S INTENTION. >> LAST TIME I LOOKED, BIDEN
BOUGHT $1 MILLION WORTH OF
DIVISION ON SUPER
BLOOMBERG HAS 4$4 MILLION 4$400
HOW MUCH IT MATTER, I DON’T
KNOW.
KNOW. BUT BLOOMBERG HAS REAL
DURABILITY BECAUSE HIS FUNDING
WON’T DRY UP.
>> BUT DO WE KNOW WHO HE IS?
>> WELL, YOU’D THINK PEOPLE
WOULD KNOW.
WOULD KNOW. HE IS A KIND OF COMPETENT
BILLIONAIRE WHO DOESN’T LIKE TO
GET ATTACKED.
GET ATTACKED. MOST BILLIONAIRES ARE VERY
UNCOMFORTABLE BEING ATTACKED.
>> I DO THINK STRATEGICALLY
YOU’VE HEARD FROM A NUMBER OF
CAMPAIGNS, THIS MAY CHANGE AFTER
SUPER TUESDAY, BUT HEADING IN TO
SUPER TUESDAY, IF YOU CAN GET A
NUMBER OF CAMPAIGNS THAT ARE
VIABLE AND ARE TAKING DELEGATES,
THERE IS THAT CHANCE THAT THE
REAL GAP BETWEEN THE REST OF THE
FIELD AND BERNIE, IT WILL STILL
LIKELY BE THERE, BUT WON’T BE
HUGE OR IN THEIR VIEW MAYBE SOME
WHAT INSURMOUNTABLE.
WHAT INSURMOUNTABLE. SO I THINK THE QUESTION IS, YOU
KNOW, YOU’VE GOT TO HAVE SOME OF
THOSE PEOPLE STAY IN FOR A
LITTLE BIT.
LITTLE BIT. THE QUESTION AND LOOKING IN THE
MIRROR MOMENT WILL COME AFTER
SUPER TUESDAY AND FIGURING OUT
WE CAN’T MOVE FORWARD IF YOU ARE
IN THAT GROUP, YOU CAN’T MOVE
FORWARD WITH SIX ALTERNATIVES
AND HOPE?
AND HOPE? HOW IT
HOW IT SOMEHOW THAT IT REDERAILS THEM.
>> DO YOU HAVE ANY INTUITION
INTO WHAT BARACK OBAMA MUST BE
THINKING?
THINKING? >> NONE.
>> NONE. BUT MY GUESS IS AFTER WATCHING
LAST NIGHT HE GLAD THAT HE IS
NOT PARTICIPATING ANYMORE IN
THESE DEBATES.
THESE DEBATES. >> WHAT IS YOUR SENSE OF
POLITICAL ATHLETICISM AMONG THE
CANDIDATES ON THAT STAGE?
>> NOT VERY MUCH.
I MEAN, I THINK THAT WE HAVE
SOME GOOD CANDIDATES IN TERMS OF
POLITICAL SKILL, I DON’T JUST
SEE IS IT.
I DON’T SEE THEM BEING ABLE TO
LIKE DEFLECT AN ISSUE AND GO TO
SOMETHING THAT REALLY MATTERS.
I THOUGHT THE FACT THAT WE WERE
AN HOUR AND SEVEN MINUTES BEFORE
MAYOR MIKE EVEN BROUPT THEGHT UP
VIRUS WAS OUTRAGEOUS.
FAMILIES ARE SITTING AT THE
BREAKFAST TABLE AND LOST -- I
KNOW NOT EVERYBODY IS -- BUT
INCH
INCH PINCHING FUNDS AND THEY DON IS
HAPPENING.
HAPPENING. THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION HAS NO
EARTHLY IDEA WHAT DO.
YOU CAN READ STORY AFTER STORY
AFTER STORY.
AFTER STORY. HE DOESN’T EVEN UNDERSTAND WHAT
THE VIRUS.
THE VIRUS. AND I THINK THIS WAS A GREAT --
I DON’T KNOW WHY THE MODERATORS
DIDN’T BRING IT UP.
I THUT THIS WAS A REALLY, REALLY
NEGLIGENT THING.
NEGLIGENT THING. I LEARNED MORE ABOUT SYRIA.
ISRAEL/PALESTINIAN CONFLICT BEEN
GOING ON SINCE 1947, PROBABLY A
WHILE LONGER.
WHILE LONGER. THIS THING IS IMMEDIATE.
PEOPLE ARE CONCERNED AND SCARED.
>> I DEFINITELY WOULD HAVE
WANTED IT HEAR MORE WHAT
PRESIDENTIAL ANSWERS WE COULD
HAVE SEEN.
HAVE SEEN. >> AND TO JAMES’ VERY VALID
POINT, WE ARE LEFT WITH THE
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
BASICALLY TELLING THE PEOPLE OF
THIS COUNTRY IN THE WAKE OF WHAT
MIGHT HAPPEN IN THIS COUNTRY,
HANG IN THERE UNTIL APRIL WHEN
WEATHER GETS WARM BECAUSE THE
VIRUS GOES AWAY.
>> AND I THINK FROM MEDICAL
EXPERTS, IT IS NOT LIKE THAT.
>> IN.
>> IN. >> HERE IS JOE BIDEN’S ANSWER
WHEN THEY DID GET TO IT.
TAKE A LOOK.
>> WE REACHED A TURNING POINT
TODAY WITH THE CDC.
WARNING SCHOOLS THAT THEY MUST
PREPARE THAT THEY MIGHT HAVE TO
CLOSE.
CLOSE. MEMBERS OF THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION SAYING WE DON’T
HAVE ENOUGH MEDICAL MASKS IF
NECESSARY.
NECESSARY. WHAT WOULD YOU DO?
>> WHAT WE DID WITH EBOLA, I WAS
PART OF MAKING SURE THAT
PANDEMIC DID NOT GET TO THE
UNITED STATES, SAVED MILLIONS OF
LIVES.
LIVES. AND WHAT WE DID, WE SET UP -- I
HELPED SET UP -- THAT OFFICE IN
THE PRESIDENT IS’S OFFICE ON
DISEASES THAT ARE PANDEMIC
DISEASES.
DISEASES. WE INCREASED THE BUDGET TO THE
CDC.
CDC. WE INCREASED THE NIH BUDGET.
WHAT I WOULD DO IMMEDIATELY IS
RESTORE THE FUNDING.
HE CUT THE FUNDING FOR CDC.
HE TRIED TO CUT THE FUNDING FOR
NIH.
NIH. HE CUT THE FUNDING FOR THE
ENTIRE EFFORT.
ENTIRE EFFORT. AND HERE IS THE DEAL.
I WOULD BE ON THE PHONE WITH
CHINA AND MAKING IT CLEAR, WE
ARE GOING TO NEED TO BE IN YOUR
COUNTRY.
COUNTRY. YOU HAVE TO BE OPEN.
YOU HAVE TO BE CLEAR.
WE HAVE TO KNOW WHAT IS GOING
ON.
ON. WE HAVE TO BE THERE WITH YOU.
AND INSIST ON IT AND INSIST,
INSIST, INSIST.
INSIST, INSIST. I COULD GET THAT DONE.
NO ONE UP HERE HAS DEALT WITH
THESE WORLD LEADERS.
I’M THE ONLY ONE THAT HAS.
>> THAT WAS GOOD AND MIKE
BLOOMBERG ALSO PIVOTED FROM A
QUESTION ABOUT THE SODA BAN
WHICH HE NUT PLACE INPUT IN PLAC
YORK CITY.
YORK CITY. VERY DISJOINTED.
VERY DISJOINTED. AND IN MANY WAYS WHAT WE’RE
SEEING IN THESE DEBATES, I MEAN
SOME MIGHT COMPLAIN THERE IS TOO
MANY HOSTS AND TOO MANY
CANDIDATES.
CANDIDATES. SO IF THERE ARE TOO MANY
CANDIDATES, WOULD YOU AGREE WITH
THAT?
THAT? DOES SOMEBODY NEED TO DROP OUT
AT THIS POINT?
>> DON’T DROP OUT BEFORE
MINNESOTA.
MINNESOTA. JUST STAY IN THERE.
YOU CAN MAKE A DECISION AFTER
THAT.
THAT. AND I DON’T KNOW HOW FAR YOU
TELL SOMEONE -- PEOPLE SAY WHY
DON’T YOU CALL SO AND SO.
WHY DON’T YOU CALL THEM.
>> BUT TOM STEYER, WHAT IS HE
DOING UP THERE?
>> TOM STEYER IS AN INTELLIGENT
MAN.
MAN. HE PUT A LOT OF MONEY INTO SOUTH
CAROLINA.
CAROLINA. HE WILL SEE THIS OUT.
SATURDAY NIGHT OR SUNDAY MORNING
HE WILL TAKE A LOOK WHERE HE IS.
BUT HE WON’T DO -- WHATEVER
REASON THEY GET IN THERE, THIS
IS SO HARD, IT IS COLD IN IOWA,
THEY DO THIS AND THEY DO THAT,
AND THEY HAVE A DREAM.
AND THEY WILL -- THE DREAM WILL
GO HE AROUND ON --
>> ISN’T THEIR DREAM TO BEAT
DONALD TRUMP AND NOT HAVE A
PARTY SO WEAKENED THAT THERE ARE
FOUR MORE YEARS OF TRUMP?
>> I THINK THE FIELD WILL GET
SMALLER SOON.
SMALLER SOON. SOMETIMES YOU NEED PEOPLE
THAT --
THAT -- >> LET IT PLAY OUT.
OKAY.
OKAY. ER RICHLT N, RCHLT
ERRIN, IS THE FIELD SO BROAD
THAT ARE VOTERS SO CLUED INTO
EVERY SINGLE CANDIDATE AND
EXACTLY WHAT THEY STAND FOR?
>> THEY ARE NOT.
AND THIS HAS BEEN PARALYZING.
KIND OF A PATTERN THAT HAS BEEN
EMERGING FOR ME.
I GET ON THE GROUND, YOU KNOW,
DAYS BEFORE THE ELECTION.
PEOPLE ARE STILL UNDECIDED AS TO
WHO THEY WILL VOTE FOR.
AND I THINK WITH THEM HAVING SO
MANY CHOICES STILL AT THIS STAGE
IN THE PRIMARY, THAT IS MAKING
THIS A DIFFICULT CHOICE BECAUSE
THEY DON’T WANT TO CHOOSE WRONG,
THEY ARE SO FOCUSED ON OUSTING
PRESIDENT TRUMP THAT THEY ARE
NOT SURE WHO THAT PERSON IS YET.
THERE HAS NOT
ELECTABLE.
ELECTABLE. YOU KNOW, SENATOR SANDERS HAD A
DECISIVE VICTORY COMING OUT OF
NEVADA, BUT THE FIRST TWO
CONTESTS WERE CLOSE AND SOUTH
CAROLINA DOESN’T LOOK LIKE IT’S
GOING TO BE A RUNAWAY ELECTION
EITHER.
EITHER. SO THAT’S NOT CLARIFYING VERY
MUCH FOR THIS ELECTORATE.
I THINK THAT IS WHY A LOT OF
THESE CANDIDATES ARE STILL
STAYING IN THIS, WE DON’T HAVE A
CANDIDATE THAT’S REALLY MADE THE
CASE YET FOR A DIVERSE
COALITION.
COALITION. WE’LL PROBABLY SEE THAT PLAY OUT
OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF CONTESTS
AND HEADED INTO MARCH, BUT AS OF
NOW WE DON’T KNOW WHO THAT
PERSON IS THAT IS REALLY GOING
TO BE ABLE TO BUILD THAT
COALITION.
COALITION. BUT WHO KNOWS HOW CHALLENGING
THAT’S GOING TO BE WITH SO MANY
PEOPLE VYING FOR THE ATTENTION
OF THE ELECTORATE.
>> THANK YOU.
>> ARE YOU STILL SCARED TO
DEATH?
DEATH? >> YES.
>> YES. I TELL YOU, ERRIN HAS A FUTURE
IN THIS BUSINESS.
>> SHE DOES.
>> OF COURSE I’M SCARED.
I’M SCARED THIS IS, I DON’T
KNOW, WHAT, A CRITICAL JUNCTURE.
>> FOR OUR DEMOCRACY.
>> HOPEFULLY SOMETIMES THESE
THINGS WORK OUT BETTER.
I THINK YOU SAW SOME PEOPLE
GETTING BETTER.
GETTING BETTER. MAYOR PETE IS --
>> HE’S INCREDIBLE.
>> PRETTY GOOD.
HE REALLY IS.
BIDEN GOT -- I ACTUALLY -- I
THINK BLOOMBERG I DIDN’T THINK
HE WAS CAPABLE AS BEING AS GOOD
AS HE WAS LAST NIGHT.
BUT HE DID PRETTY GOOD.
WARREN WAS THE PERSON I WANTED
TO MOST BE FOR WHEN IT STARTED
AND SHE JUST -- I DON’T KNOW,
SOMEBODY SAID NEVER LET BERNIE
GET TO THE LEFT OF YOU --
>> HER FIXATION ON MICHAEL
BLOOMBERG’S PROBLEMS WITH WOMEN,
HAVE IT, BUT THERE’S OTHER
CANDIDATES ON STAGE THAT HAVE
THINGS THAT THEY HAVE WRITTEN
PERTAINING TO WOMEN WHERE SHE
COULD BE AS MORTIFIED AND AS
DEEPLY, PERSONALLY INSULTED.
IT SEEMED A LITTLE FOCUSSED AND
PERSONAL.
PERSONAL. >> I THINK IT WAS.
I THINK SHE DOES NOT LIKE MAYOR
MIKE.
MIKE. NOW THE QUESTION IS, WAS IT
SMART TO GO AFTER HIM?
IF YOU’RE NOT GETTING VOTES OFF
OF HIM, THEY’RE NOT COMING TO
YOU.
YOU. I DON’T KNOW, MAYBE HER ANGER OR
DISGUST OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT