BUT
BUT THE
BUT THE BIGGER STORY WILL BE THE ONES THAT WILL BE STICKING
AROUND THE REGION.
>>> AS MINNESOTA'S PRESIDENTIAL
PRIMARY APPROACHES, WE WILL SEE
A LOT OF WHITE HOUSE HOPEFULS
DROP INTO THE STATE.
DEMOCRAT MICHAEL BLOOMBERG
OPENED HIS MINNEAPOLIS
HEADQUARTERS HERE LAST NIGHT,
OUR JOHN CROMAN TALKED TO THE
FORMER NEW YORK MAYOR ABOUT HIS
UNUSUAL APPROACH TO THE RACE,
INCLUDING WHY HE IS
DELIBERATELY SKIPPING THE
DEBATES.
DEBATES.
DEBATES. >> Reporter: THE FORMER THREE
TERM NEW YORK MAYOR OPENED HIS
FIRST MINNESOTA OUTPOSTS IN
MINNEAPOLIS.
MINNEAPOLIS. >> THE ONLY GAME I WAS TOLD TO
ASK IS WHERE'D YOU GET A JUICY
LUCY?
LUCY?
LUCY? >>
LUCY? >> I THINK WE MAKE THE WORLD A
BETTER PLACE BY CARING ABOUT
EACH OTHER.
EACH OTHER. >> WHILE AB, SHOWER AND THE
OTHER DEMOCRATICS ARE DUKING IT
OUT IN IOWA, BLOOMBERG HAS
CONCEDED THAT TERRITORY AND THE
THREE OTHER EARLY STATES TO
CONCENTRATE ON OTHER STATES OF
THE MAP.
THE MAP.
THE MAP. >> DECIDED NOT TO RUN AND THEN
CHANGE MY MIND AND THAT WAS TWO
LATE TO GET INTO THE FIRST
FOUR.
FOUR.
FOUR. I
FOUR. I HAD CAMPAIGNED IN ALL FOUR OF
THOSE STATES, AND GOT A NICE
RECEPTION.
RECEPTION. AND I WOULD HAVE LIKED TO HAVE,
BUT BY THE TIME I SAID I WAS
GOING TO GO IN, ALL THE
OPERATIVES WERE TAKEN UP, THERE
WASN'T ANY ROOM TO DO IT.
>> AS HE PUTS HIS GROUND GAME
TOGETHER, THE SELF-MADE
BILLIONAIRE HAS NOTICEABLY BEEN
ABSENT FROM THE DEBATES,
BECAUSE HE DID NOT QUALIFY.
>> I WOULD BE HAPPY TO DEBATE
AND IF THEY WOULD HAVE CHANGED
THE RULES, I WOULD BE HAPPY TO
GO WHEREVER IT IS, I AM NOT
WORRIED ABOUT HOLDING MY OWN.
>> Reporter: THE RULES?
GETTING ON THE STAGE FOR THE
IOWA DEBATE WAS NOT EASY.
ONLY SIX CANDIDATES MET THE
DNC'S THRESHOLDS, PULLING IN 5%
IN AT LEAST FOUR POLES, AT
LEAST 7% IN TWO EARLY STAPLES,
RACKING UP 225,000 INDIVIDUAL
DONORS AND A MINIMUM OF 1000
DONORS IN 20 STATES.
THE LAST TWO ITEMS BLOOMBERG
DID NOT MEET AND WON'T EVEN
TRY.
TRY.
TRY. >>
TRY. >> FOR THREE ELECTIONS IN NEW
YORK CITY, I DID NOT TAKE ANY
MONEY FROM ANYBODY, I WILL NOT
DO IT THIS TIME.
AND PEOPLE SAY WHY DO YOU NOT
JUST TAKE A DOLLAR FROM
EVERYBODY?
EVERYBODY? IT SETS THE WRONG IMAGE.
I AM INCORRUPTIBLE.
THE ADMINISTRATION IS
SCRUPULOUSLY HONEST, I HAVE
SHOWN THAT FOR 12 YEARS IN NEW
YORK CITY.
YORK CITY. AND I WANT TO SHOW THAT TO THE
COUNTRY, AND THAT COMES FIRST.
>> JOBS AND THOUSANDS OF
AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS.
>> Reporter: BLOOMBERG HAS
ALREADY SPENT 200 MILLION BUCKS
ON A TV AD CAMPAIGN TO
INTRODUCE HIMSELF TO VOTERS AND
GO AFTER PRESIDENT TRUMP.
THAT IS JUST PART OF THE
CAMPAIGN BUDGET.
CAMPAIGN BUDGET. BY THE TIME THE NEW YORKER
TOURED A SOYBEAN FARM IN
SOUTHERN MINNESOTA EARLIER THIS
MONTH, HE ALREADY STARTED
HIRING STAFF HERE AND PLANS TO
OPEN EIGHT DIFFERENT OFFICES
IN MINNESOTA.
IN MINNESOTA. >> YOU HAVE A FAVORITE SON OR
DAUGHTER, I GUESS WOULD BE MORE
APT.
APT.
APT. AND
APT. AND I AM SURE SHE WILL GET A
LOT OF VOTES AND YOU KNOW, IF
YOU DO NOT VOTE FOR AMY, VOTE
FOR ME.
FOR ME.
FOR ME. >> THE ONE UNIQUELY MINNESOTA
ISSUE HE HAS VOTED ON?
MINING NEAR THE WATERS.
HE WILL NOT ALLOW CALL FOR
SULFITE OR MINING IN THE
WATERSHED REVERSING THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION SUPPORT FOR THE
TWIN METALS MINE YOUR ELY.
>> I THINK IT IS ONE OF THE
MORE DUMB IDEAS I HAVE HER TO
HAVE AN ENVIRONMENTALLY
SENSITIVE AREA THAT IS ONE OF
THE GREAT THINGS THAT WE HAVE
IN THIS COUNTRY AND TO OPEN A
MINE IN IT THAT COULD DESTROY
WHAT IS GOOD, IT DOESN'T MAKE
ANY SENSE AND I CANNOT BELIEVE
ANYBODY IS SERIOUS ABOUT DOING
IT.
IT.
IT. >>
IT. >> PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS ALREADY
BRANDED HIM MINI MIKE BLUE BAG
ON TWITTER AND SAYS HE HAS NOT
REALLY HELPED THE DEMOCRATS IF
HE DOESN'T GET THE NOMINATION.
ASKED HIM ABOUT THAT AND THE
MAYOR SAID THE PRESIDENT IS
JUST WORRIED BECAUSE HE KNOWS
THAT BLOOMBERG CAN BE HIM.
THAT IS WHAT ALL DEMOCRATS ARE
SAYING RIGHT NOW, THE PRESIDENT
TRUMP'S KNOWING THEY COULD BE
HIM.
HIM.
HIM. >>
HIM. >> HE BASICALLY SAID YOU HAVE
TO FIGHT FIRE WITH FIRE AND HE
HAS GOT THE MONEY.
HE IS SPENDING EXTRAORDINARY
AMOUNTS OF.
AMOUNTS OF. >> EVERYBODY IS TRYING TO BUY
THE ELECTION BUT THEY USE IT
THROUGH DONORS.
THROUGH DONORS. HE IS NOT DOING THAT.
DO YOU THINK HE HAS A CHANCE?
WHERE IS HE PULLING?
>> HE IS PULLING HIGH ENOUGH TO
GET INTO THE DEBATE IF YOU
WANTED TO GET THE DONORS.
BUT HE IS NOT WAY UP THERE YET
BECAUSE HE DID NOT START UNTIL
NOVEMBER.
NOVEMBER.
NOVEMBER. THESE OTHER PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ON
STAGE FOR MONTHS NOW DUKING IT
OUT.
OUT.
OUT. >>
OUT. >> DOESN'T HE SIT THERE AND
THINK IS THIS REALISTIC?
I WILL SPEND A QUARTER OF