>> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY, WELCOME BACK.
HERE WE'RE WE'RE HERE TALKING WITH MAYOR MICHAEL BLOOMBERG WHO
ARE FUNNING FOR THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINATION FOR PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED STATES.
ONE WEEK BEFORE YOU AWE NOUNCED YOUR CANDIDACY YOU GAVE A SPEECH
WHERE YOU APOLOGIZED FOR STOP AND FRISK.
>> YUP.
>> Stephen: WHAT MOTIVATED YOU IN THAT MOMENT OTHER THAN THE
FACT YOU WERE TRYING TO APPEAL TO A BROADER DEMOCRATIC
COALITION?
>> LOOK, I STARTED OUT WITH 650 MURDERS A YEAR IN THE CITY,
MOSTLY YOUNG MINORITY MALES.
HAD TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.
YOUR RESPONSIBILITY IS TO STOP THE CARNAGE.
DID THE BEST I COULD.
NEAR THE END, I REALIZED WE WERE GETTING OUT OF CONTROL AND DOING
IT TOO MUCH.
ACTUALLY TALKED TO THE WOMAN WHO'S MY ASSISTANT WHO SITS NEXT
TO ME, HAS A YOUNG SON, AND WE TALKED ABOUT WHAT WOULD HAPPEN
IF HER SON WAS GETTING STOPPED.
AND I TOOK A LOOK AND SAID LET'S TRY SOMETHING: STOP DOING THE
STOP AND FRISK AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS.
WE THOUGHT MURDERS WOULD GO UP, AND IT DIDN'T.
I SAID LET'S PHASE IT OUT.
AND BEFORE I LEFT OFFICE, WE CUT 95% OF THEM OUT.
THEN I-- SOMEBODY SAID, "WHAT DID YOU DO?"
I SAID, "I MADE A MISTAKE."
AND IF YOU CAN'T APOLOGIZE, I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU LIVE WITH
YOURSELF.
SOMETIMES YOU JUST-- NOT EVERYTHING GOES RIGHT-- NOT
EVERYTHING GOES THE RIGHT WAY.
SOMETIMES YOU DO SOMETHING WRONG.
APOLOGIZE AND GET ON WITH IT.
>> Stephen: WELL, WHILE YOU WERE MAYOR THERE WAS A LOT OF
CRITICISM FROM IT.
IT WENT FROM 95,000 STOP AND FRISK WHEN YOU STARTED TO
600,000 AT ITS PEAK.
AND THERE WAS A LOT OF CRITICISM.
WHY NOT ASSESS IT WHILE IT'S GOING ON?
AS A LEADER, WE WANT TON WHILE YOU'RE IN POWER YOU CHANGE YOUR
MIND, NOT AFTER IT DOESN'T MATTER.
>> NO, WE DID.
BUT THE MURDER RATE WENT FROM 650 DOWN TO 300.
WE REDUCED DRAMATICALLY.
AND -- >> Stephen: BUT YOU'RE SAYING
IT WASN'T BECAUSE OF STOP AND FRISK BECAUSE WHEN YOU STOPPED
IT, IT DIDN'T CHANGE ANYTHING.
>> WELL, WE DID THE BEST THING WE COULD.
I THINK IT HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH IT.
YOU DO TOO MUCH OF ONE THING YOU STOPPED DOING IT.
WE REDUCED THE INCARCERATION RATE.
WE REDUCED THE RECIDIVISM RATE.
WE STARTED A WHOLE BUNCH OF PROGRAMS FOR YOUNG KIDS, ONE OF
WHICH PRESIDENT OBAMA COPIED FOR THE NATION.
YOU HAVE TO DO ALL THE DIFFERENT THINGS AND TRY AND SEE WHAT
HAPPENS.
>> Stephen: WHEN YOU WERE MAYOR OF NEW YORK, DID YOU EVER
HAVE TO DEAL WITH DONALD TRUMP WHO IS, YOU KNOW, BY HIS OWN
DESCRIPTION A PROMINENT NEW YORKER, CERTAINLY A FAMOUS GUY,
A "BOSTON HERALD," AS HE SAYS, IN NEW YORK?
>> HE WAS REASONABLY WELL KNOWN.
HE WAS A REAL ESTATE PROMOTER.
>> Stephen: NOT DEVELOPER.
YOU CALL A "PROMOTER."
>> I THINK SO.
A LOT OF BUILDINGS HE DIDN'T BUILD.
HE JUST PUT HIS NAME ON IT.
>> Stephen: OKAY.
DID YOU GUYS HANG OUT?
DID YOU GUYS DO ANYTHING TOGETHER?
>> WELL, WE CUT SOME RIBBONS TOGETHER.
HE BOUGHT THE RICE RIGHTS TO BUILD A CLUB HOUSE.
>> Stephen: I TRUSTED HIM WITH A SHARP OBJECT.
>> I STOOD FAR AWAY.
I ACTUALLY PLAYED GOLF WITH HIM ONCE AT A CHARITY TOURNAMENT.
>> Stephen: DID HE CHEAT?
DID HE CHEAT?
>> NO, BECAUSE WE HAD FIVE BALLS IN THE AIR ANYWHERE.
BUT HE HAS A REPUTATION OF, SHALL WE SAY, NOT BEING
SCRUPULOUS IN HOW HE COUNTS STROKES.
( APPLAUSE ).
>> Stephen: OR WIVES-- >> WE TOOK THE SUBWAY TO--
( APPLAUSE )
TALKED TO HIM AFTER HE WAS ELECTED BUT BEFORE HE TOOK
OFFICE, HE GAVE ME HIS PERSONAL CELL PHONE NUMBER.
>> Stephen: PLEASE TELL ME YOU STILL HAVE IT.
>> I DIDN'T BOTHIR TO WRITE IT DOWN.
>> Stephen: DAMN IT!
WE CAN CALL HIM RIGHT NOW.
WHAT'S IT LIKE ON THE ROAD.
WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN SO FAR?
IF YOU'RE NOT CAMPAIGNING HEAVILY IN THE FIRST FOUR
STATES, WHERE IS YOUR FOCUS RIGHT NOW?
>> WE'VE BEEN TO 20 STATES AND 40 CITIES.
I START GOING OUT TO THE WEST COAST ON THURSDAY MORNING.
>> Stephen: CALIFORNIA BEING SUPER TUESDAY THIS TIME.
>> CALIFORNIA, AND THEN THROUGH UTAH-- ACTUALLY, I'M GOING TO
WASHINGTON, D.C. FIRST, AND THEN OUT THERE, GO THROUGH IDAHO, GO
THROUGH UTAH, AND THEN BACK.
BUT IT WILL BE SIX DAYS ON THE ROAD.
AND THEN I'LL BE BACK FOR A COUPLE DAYS, AND YOU DO IT
AGAIN.
I'VE GOT A GREAT STAFF.
THEY DO ALL THE THINGS BACK HERE, AND MY JOB IS TO GET OUT
AND LET PEOPLE SEE WHO I AM, AND HOPEFULLY THEY'LL LIKE ME, AND
IF THEY DON'T, NOTHING ELSE I CAN DO, JUST BE MYSELF.
>> Stephen: WELL, YOU HAVE A $10 MILLION AD BUY IN THE SUPER
BOWL.
>> YES.
>> Stephen: YOU CAN TELL US ANYTHING ABOUT THE AD?
>> >> YES BUT I'M NOT GOING TO TELL
YOU.
( LAUGHTER )
IT'S A SERIOUS SUBJECT.
I'M A BELIEVER THAT I SHOULD BE SPENDING MY MONEY TO DO WHAT I
THINK IS RIGHT AND GIVE PEOPLE OPTIONS.
AND IT DOESN'T QUITE FIT IN WITH POPCORN AND BEER.
BUT IT'S A CHANCE TO REACH AN AWFUL LOT OF PEOPLE.
AND IT TALKS ABOUT SOMETHING THAT I CARE VERY MUCH ABOUT, AND
I THINK IS IMPORTANT TO THE COUNTRY.
>> Stephen: WELL, MR. MAYOR, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
GOOD LUCK.
IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A BILLIONAIRE PRESIDENT YOU SEEM
LEAK A MUCH NICER ONE.
AND ALL THE LUCK IN THE WORLD.
MAYOR MICHAEL BLOOMBERG, EVERYBODY!
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.