There's only 630 days until the 2020 election.
So if you fire up your slow cooker now,
you'll have the most tender election night brisket ever.
But that doesn't leave a lot of time for Democrats
to narrow down their field of contenders,
which just keeps growing and growing.
So let's check in on the latest developments
in our ongoing segment World War D.
-♪ ♪ -(cheering, applause, whistling)
Let's kick it off with Kamala Harris.
She went on The Breakfast Club this morning and said
that if she becomes president,
you're not gonna have to hide your weed
in the vegetable crisper anymore.
First of all, let me just make this statement very clear.
I believe we need to legalize marijuana.
-Have you ever smoked? -I have.
-Okay. Like, in college? Or... -And I... and I inhaled.
-You did inhale? -I did inhale. (laughing)
It was a long time ago.
But yes.
I don't know why anyone is acting like Kamala Harris
smoking weed is a big deal.
Yeah, it used to be a scandalous thing
for a politician to admit, but now it's like yeah, who cares?
Weed is getting so normalized in America now
that instead of drinking beers at O'Malley's Pub in the future,
it's gonna be candidates who are gonna stop by
Leafy Larry's Dank-ateria on Santa Monica to vape.
That's what it's gonna be.
So Kamala didn't make much news.
But there was another Democrat who did.
The field of presidential hopefuls
is a little more crowded tonight.
Minnesota's Democratic senator Amy Klobuchar
announcing her bid during a snowstorm in Minneapolis.
KLOBUCHAR: I stand before you
as the granddaughter of an iron ore miner,
as the first woman elected to the United States Senate
from the state of Minnesota...
(cheering)
...to announce my candidacy
for President of the United States.
(cheering)
(trembling): Yay. Can we go home now?
(laughter)
We can't feel our legs.
Announcing your campaign in a snowstorm.
From now on, everyone's gonna have to top that.
That's the bar now.
Biden has to announce from inside a tornado...
and then Bernie will be like, "Oh, yeah?
"Well, I'm currently being struck by lightning,
and it has no effect on my hair."
(laughter)
Now, some people said that Klobuchar holding a rally
in the snow showed grit and determination.
But to President Trump, it was evidence of something else.
NEWSWOMAN: The president clearly paying attention
to his potential challenger,
jabbing at Klobuchar's position on climate change.
He tweeted this, saying that...
(laughter)
"Snowman... woman"?
(laughter)
This is such a weird tweet.
'Cause on the one hand, he's denying decades
of scientific research on climate change, again.
But on the other hand, he's being kind of woke.
You know? Like, "Snowman, or woman.
"It's time we acknowledge that women can also be snow people.
"In fact, some snowwomen were born snowmen, folks.
"Lot of people don't know that.
"God doesn't always put the carrot
"in the right place, folks. -(laughter)
Not always. We've got to be inclusive."
(cheering)
But here's the thing about Amy Klobuchar.
Normally, this kind of campaign rollout
would be considered a success,
but unfortunately, her announcement was overshadowed
by some other news.
NEWSMAN: All this comes amid a report that Klobuchar
had such a bad reputation over treatment of staff
that a number of potential staffers withdrew
from consideration to manage her campaign.
Sources tell the HuffPost the senior senator is, quote...
Her anger left staffers in tears,
she threw papers,
and sometimes even hurled objects,
and one aide was accidentally hit
with a flying binder.
Wow. Throwing binders at her employees?
They need to legalize weed in her office.
(laughter)
So, fresh after her announcement,
the first obstacle to Senator Klobuchar's presidential run
has already presented itself.
How does she respond to the accusations?
Well, not in the way you'd think.
I am tough. I push people.
That is true.
But my point is that I have high expectations for myself,
I have high expectations for the people that work for me,
and I have high expectations for this country.
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
She has high expectations for herself and for this country?
Sounds like if she becomes president,
she's gonna treat everyone in America like her staff.
She's gonna be calling random Americans
at 6:00 in the morning.
"Hey, Brad, why aren't you at work yet?"
"Oh, what? What? I'm sorry, Madam President."
"Oh, you're gonna be sorry!"
Then a binder just flies through the window. "Aah! Aah!"
She's just like, "I do this because I'm-I'm tough on them."
That sounded like what my mom would say
before she'd whup my ass: "I'm doing this for your own good.
I have high expectations for you."
But look, are these reports about Klobuchar's temper
gonna be a problem for her? They could be.
Because if there's one thing we know,
it's that the only people who make it to the White House
are the ones with a calm, even temperament.